The Monmouth herald., October 27, 1922, Image 3

G eophone Aid in
. Mine Disasters
JACKASS IS HIS MASCOT
a*i
Airplane View of Great Warehouse Fire in New York
Instrument Developed During served by means of the geophones,
and their relative positions deter­
World War Has Been Per­
mined.
fected by Engineers.
Another application of the possi­
bilities of the instrument In mine sur­
veying is in tlie prevention of acci­
dents in blasting through, if two tun­
EXPERIMENTS PROVE VALUE nels are approaching each other, or
are passing a short distance apart,
necessary to determine the rela­
Detects Subterranean Sounds at Great it tive is location
in order that men may
Distance—Has Many Uses, but Its be warned to keep away from the
Advantage in Mine Rescue
point of danger. As the sounds trans­
Work Most Important.
mitted through the geophone are so
characteristic, frequent observation
Washington.—As the result of ex­ would enable a trained observer to fol­
periments made by the bureau of low the progress of the work tn the
mines, the geophone, a novel instru­ opposite tunnel. He would thus be
ment used umld the reek and slaugh­ able to tell when blnsts were to be
ter of the World war for the deteetion fired.
of earth and rock sounds, made In | No attempt has been made tn ndapt
the construction of military mines and i the geophone to determine the earth
tunnels, promises to become an active j movements that sometimes occur In
factor in the suving of the lives of ' deep mines nnd are termed “bumps”
Remarkable nlrplune photograph of the recent warehouse tire in the heart of the Greenwich village section of
miners entombed uS the result of tires by the miners. It is probable, how­
New York. Two firemen were killed nnd many others Injured, uml scores of fumlllcs were driven from their homes
and explosions.
ever, that this instrument nmy be
by the conflagration.
In the course of tests conducted in of use in certain parts of the an­
the bureau's experimental coal mine thracite coal fields, where cave-ins
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near Pittsburgh, blows with a sledge nave destroyed mine working, caus­
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0
on the coal face were beard, by means ing loss of life, surface subsidence
0 Told to Kill Pet Chicken,
of the geophone, at a distance of Cot) nnd Injury nnd destruction of build­
0
Girl Takes Poison Dose
0
feet, with various rooms and entries ings.
0
intervening. On a suspended pipe The ninnifest advantage of the geo­
0
Rather than kill a pot chicken
0
>. ne, light hammering with the knuck­ phone for use In mine rescue work
0 which hud broken Its leg. Edna
les was detected at a distance of has led the bureau of mines to place MnJ. Claude Davenport, an Ameri­
0
0 Fnnshel of Flint, Mich., drank
1,500 feet. Ordinary talking and sing­ the Instrument on Its mine-rescue cars, can army officer stationed In Iluma-
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0 poison In an attempt to kill her­
ing could be detected through 130 feet | which are constantly being called to nla, tins adopted ns a mascot n young
of solid coal. By the use of two geo­ assist in the succor of entombed men Jackass. He Is here seen holding Ilia I Interesting Story of a Young Out of this he saved the $10 neces­ 0 0 self.
mother told her the
phones, one Instrument to each ear. at mine fires and explosions.
pet, then five weeks old.
sary to acquire the exclusive right 0 The girl's
would have to he killed
It Is possible to determine the direc­
American’s Rapid Transit Up to sell newspapers from the corner I 0 0 chicken
0 because of its Injury, whereupon
tion from which n sound is coming, j
of Fifth nnd Syracuse streets.
0 the girl ran Into the house nnd
the Ladder of Fortune.
and thus to locate the approximate
Very soon afterward, actually be­ 0
a bottle of poison. Her
position of the entombed miner.
fore tils second teeth were In place, 0 0 grabbed
knocked the bottle from
Another promising use of the geo- j
he evinced what Is perhaps liis most I 0 0 sister
lips before she had taken
phone is in the locntlon of leaks in
distinct gift—that for organization 0 her
WINS
BY
BUSINESS
BRAINS
much
the poison. Physicians
water pipes. By means of the Instru­
and development. Six months luter 0 0 said she of would
recover.
ment, It Is possible to bear water cir­
he was paying rent for two other
culating in the pipes of ordinary city
Stevenson Dispels Gloomy Convictions comers nnd the salaries of two negro
mains situated ten to fifteen feet below
Entertained by Many That Oppor­ kills of about his same age to sell
the surface. Tests conducted at a
papers for him from his additional when Stevenson stopped he hail, be­
tunities for Success Are Not
busy corner in the downtown district Teachings of Confucius Still Re­ characters. While nine of these were
stands. At fifteen he was the lessee sides buying supported himself In com­
What
They
Used
to
Be.
of Pittsburgh located a leak In a water
of ten corners. Ho lind ceased hawk­ fort and sending money to his family,
used for great princes, ns well as em­
main which the water company had main the Moral Guide for Peo­ perors. the first three were exclusively
ing papers himself—merely supervised bank balance of exactly $10.000.
New
Y
’ork.—Here
Is
the
story
of
a
sought to detect for two weeks vainly.
Imperial insignia. Thus is denoted the young American's transit up tlie lud- tlie operations of his employees «till« a Next
ple of Vast Domain.
a scheme all his
high rank with which Confucius has der of fortune which should prove en­ getting in full days' attendance at own. It lie was evolved
Sensitive, but Simple.
called the American Cir­
putilic
school
himself.
Ills
“interests"
The mine geophone is sensitive, yet
long been honored.
reudlng generally, but especial­ netted him forty dollars a week and culators’ corporation. Its business wns
extremely simple and easily portable.
“The temple gr< unds are separated gaging
ly
to
American
and youths. And he had become tlie chief breadwin­ to buy from dealers the unsold copies
ANCIENT
TOMB
IS
NEGLECTED
from the rest of the town by the again especially boys
The instrument was Invented by the
to
such
of these, who
of magazines of the month. He sent
his family.
street that marks the site of the an­
French during the war to detect sap­
bumble Jobs nurse the gloomy con­ ner At of seventeen
out agents securing subscriptions for
he
decided
that
the
cient village in which Confucius was In
ping nnd underground mining opera­
viction tliut opportunities for success dignity of manhood required a higher month old magazines at about half the
tions. It was developed by the United Interest Directed to the Great Chinese bom, the actual site of the house It­ nnd
are not what they once form of occupation than that of news­ rate that would have to he pnid for
States engineers, nnd the instruments Sage by Dispute Among Descend­ self being marked by tlie Duke’s pal­ were wealth
in their native land, who give boy—even
n “lioss" newsboy. He the mngnzlnes when fresh from the
ace, for there is still a duke In Lu, credence
now used by the bureau of mines were
ants Who Inherit Duty of
to
the
commonplace
expres­
turned
over
his ten corners to the press. The scheme paid, hut only
the seventy-seventh lineal descendant sion of opinion that Rockefeller, Cur-
made according to plans drawn by
Caring for Shrine.
control
of
two
younger brothers. The moderately, hut by (Ills time he was
of the sage.
them, except for the introduction of
nnd tlielr like long ago “grubbed ex-newsie essayed
n high Jump, for sufficiently matured to tnckle the real
different, diaphragms. The geophone Washington.—The tomb of Confu­ “Besides the contributions from de­ negle
It
all.’
ho
tried
to
set
liltnself
up ns a renl cstute game with some success, anil
votees
and
appropriations
from
Peking,
is essentially a small seismograph, ns cius, the mecca to which millions of
Is that of Ilnrry Steven­ estnte operator. Admittedly,
all he between these two Interests mannii>il
It embodies the same principles ns the Chinese pilgrims have journeyed. Is estates of many acres are devoted to son, The an story
Ohio youngster—for he Is still earned out of this was experience.
to put another $10,000 to Ills bank ac­
ponderous apparatus that records said by dispatches to he covered with the support of tlie temple nnd the sup­ a youngster.
began Ills business It seems folks purchasing houses and count in the next five years.
earthquake tremors. It really consists weeds due to a dispute between de­ ply of the great number of pigs, sheep career when he He was
years oid. lots or dealing In estates were ab­ Out of the study of house building
of a lead weight suspended between scendants of tlie great sage, who linve nnd cnttle required for tlie sacrifice, Ills establishment was ten
at
the
surdly disinclined to do business In that caine about In his real estate
two elastic diaphragms cutting across Inherited tlie duty of curing for this for no symbolism of cheap paper im­ of Fifth nnd Syentnore streets, corner
such responsible matters with a Ind operations he grew particularly Inter­
ages as substitutes for tlie real arti­ cinnati, nnd consisted of u pair Cin­
a small airtight box. If the instru­ shrine of tlie nation.
of
of
seventeen who looked fourteen. ested In roofing In all Its different
ment is placed on ttie ground nnd any The burial place of the man who lias cle, so common elsewhere In China, Is sturdy legs (hare In summer) an arm ­
Then
Dr. Eliot of Harvard entered methods, processes and materials
one is pounding or digging in the dominated Chinese thought for 23 cen­ allowed here.
ful of newspapers, a clear voice, dur­ Harry Stevenson’s
life. Not that Dr. used. Tills seut him to n Cleveland
vicinity, energy Is transmitted ns turies Is described, as it appeared a “The duke Is also In rlinrge of the able
lungs
and
dynamic
energy.
Eliot
ever
knew
It.
But the distin­ roofing concern whose product he lind
upkeep
of
the
great
Confucian
ceme­
wave motion to the earth, and the few years ago, in tlie following com­
is now thirty. He Is president guished pedagogue, It will bo remem­ decided wns the best of the tnlddlo
earth waves shake the geophone case. munication from Charles K. Kdinunds tery, whirl) U ps outside the city, to of He a New
corporation with uu bered, nrrunged out of his vast Western concerns. He had, moreover,
The geophone, therefore, transforms to the National Geographic society: rench which one goes from the north otficial credit Y’ork rating
$125,000, the scholarship n “five-foot shelf of In securing Information regarding the
the earth wave Into on air wave, “This Confucian temple, an enormous I gate of the city for about a mile along controlling director of of two
additional books” which lie calculated contained company, found that they had done
which is heard by the ear as sound, and magnificent place, occupying with a wide avenue lined with cypress trees. thriving companies that with
other tlie cream of human knowledge. The little or nothing to push their product
Tent of Thousands of Graves.
and at the same time magnifies the Its grounds the whole of one side of
subsidiaries
are
soon
to
be
merged
"five-foot book shelf” was widely, na­ In the East.
‘T
he
portal
tn
Sheng-llng,
built
In
wave so that the sound Is louder than the town of Kufu, Is the model of the
n super organization, of which tionally advertised. And nn advertise­ He picked up a telephone classified
if the ears were placed in direct /con­ Confucian temples found In all the Its present form In 1755 by the seventy- Into
one-time "uewsie” will he the di­ ment for men to sell tlie “shelf” which directory, consulted the list of roofing
tact with the earth.
cities of China. It is almost certuinly first lineal descendant of Confucius, the
recting
mind.
he saw In n local newspaper decided companies nnd picked out the company
gives
access
to
n
park-like
enclosure
The observations of the bureau of the growth of ages.
When
he
wns
ten
years
old
his
lodg­
Stevenson to uhnndon the career of of which Morris 11. Elvldge Is presi­
of
over
500
acres,
containing
the
Contains Image of Sage.
mines indicate thnt the geophone
ings were frequently found on a pile a real estate operator nnd seek a Job dent. Half nn hour later he was In
should he quite useful in the loca­ "Within tlie main building, called sepulcher of the sage nnd of nil his of
old newspapers in the comfortable ns the purveyor of a high grade of conversation with President Elvldge In
tion of mine fires. Usually a mine 'The Hall of Perfection,’ sits the enno- | descendants. The total is undoubtedly warmth
the latter’s office. He knew the con­
of n Cincinnati newspaper'« knowledge.
several
tens
of
thousands
of
graves.
fire makes enough noise, either by pied Image of tlie great sage, of which
cern to be first clnss nnd highly pros-
Ills home is now n hand­
Sells Five Feet of Knowledge.
drawing air or by breaking off slate there are not more than two or three When n family holds together for 2,500 pressroom.
perous and went there with the de­
some
villa
nt
Douglnston,
L.
I.
years.
It
grows
Into
a
big
concern—
He
sought
and
found
It.
D.
Stanley,
duplicates
throughout
the
empire.
Or­
and coal, to be heard for a consid­
sign of offering his $20,000 to he In­
Story
of
Poor
Boy’s
Success.
about
70
per
rent
of
the
p
o
p
u
latio
n
¡n
manager
for
thnt
section
for
the
com­
erable distance through the coal, nnd dinarily, Confucian temples do not con­
But the best of the story of the pany which was pushing the Eliot vested In the company nnd with It a
even through the strata above. The tain an image of the sage, hut a simple these parts, even tlie soldiers sent ns little
place for himself oy the selling staff.
advnnce to riches Is “shelf." He got the Job.
distance that these sounds can be tablet l>efore which veneration and de­ escorts claiming membership In the that It “newsle's”
President of Company.
Is
along
an
ojien
road
of
Ameri­
clan.
The
park
is
cared
for
by
200
at­
Harry
Stevenson
quit
selling
Dr.
heard depends a great deal on the na­ votions are expressed.
After
minutes, Elvldge turned
can
opportunity,
to
be
easily,
clearly
ture of the strata above the mine, yet “The statue Is of wood, Inrger than tendants, whose families have Inher­ traced, step by step, with no mystery Eliot's “five-foot shelf" at twenty. He the tide ten
of
questions
ns to Ids com­
ited
this
duty
for
many
hundreds
of
had
“covered”
the
high
schools
of
six
life
size,
nnd
represents
the
sage
seat­
the sounds originating at a mine fire
pany
nnd
Instead
began
some sharp
or
magic
about
It.
Just
us
there
Is
years.
states.
Unwittingly
the
distinguished
should be detected through 100 to 300 ed, holding in his hands the imperial “From the outer entrance of the no mystery or magic In It. It Is no
questioning
himself
ns
to
Mr.
Harvnrd “proxy” had laid the founda­ Stevenson nnd soon had all young
feet of cover nnd through 500 to 800 tablet, or scepter, as a symbol of his
the facts
•Tuck
story”
either.
It
Is
simply
nn
•Grove
of
the
True
Sage’
nn
avenue
of
tions
for
a
“newsle's"
fortune,
for
sovereignty
In
the
realm
of
thought.
feet of coal.
regarding the "newslo” and his sub­
admirable story of n little
“He Is clothed In nine different silk fine nnd ancient cypresses, about 150 interesting,
Aids Mine Engineering.
sequent enreor. The end of twenty
ten-year-old
toeing
the
scratch
In
the
on
n
side,
lends
to
an
Inner
indosure,
Geophones supply a quick and fair garments, on which the 12 Imperial where are halls for worship nnd monu­ battle of life valiantly, energetically WOMAN OPERA DIRECTOR minutes' talk wa# astonishing to Stev­
emblems
are
embroidered,
namely,
sun,
ly accurate method of mine surveying.
enson—agreeably astonishing.
ments of imperial visits from the Sung and thoughtfully and winning hand­
If two tunnels are being brought to­ moon, stars, mountains, dragons, dynasty
"Keep your $20,000 In the bank,”
somely.
down.
gether from any direction. tne phensnnts, altar vessels, wnter lilies, “As one passes Inward the moriu . I Ills parents were both living but
said Elvldge, “hut you are In business
flumes
of
fire,
rice,
axes
and
classic
progress of the tunnels could be ob­
—this business—right now.”
ments become more and more nnclent. were very poor nnd Harry took u Job
"What territory will you give m ei"
The aspects of the park are rather after school assisting nn older hoy
“Territory?"
those of age than of neglect. Present­ selling newspapefs. There was In Cin­
“As salesman?”
May Be Official Home of Gotham’s Mayor ly one comes to T h e Holy Way.’ closed cinnati an organization of the news­
“The whole country.”
In by walls like “The Emperor’s Way' boys who held by right of might the
“What?”
most
desirable
street
corners
for
the
• from one palace building to nnotlier.
“I «»m starting you,” said Elvldge,
1 thus denoting the imperil!! ranking of rending of newspapers—big hoys In
“from this minute as president of a
thel» late 'teens. But Harry discov­
the sage.
subsidiary
company of ours. Y’ou
ered
that
a
very
little
hoy
Just
enter­
“Finally, In very nearly the center
shall have complete charge. I partic­
of the whole Indosure. the visitor ing his ’teens could, for the payment
ularly want you to organise the sell­
rentes to two hillocks that rover the of $10 down nnd a monthly rentnl of
ing slaff. Hire your men and try to
remains of Confucius nnd his son. In $5, hire from these bigger boys a de­
tell them how you do it yourself."
front of each is a simple stone altar sirable corner. He got $2 n week nnd
This conversation took place on May
nnd nn Inscribed ;illar, the one before commission on Increased sales of his
IS, lillS. On March 1, 1922, Harry
that of the sage himself reading 'Moat papers from his big boy employer.
Stevenson bought the controlling inter­
Holy Ancient Teacher.’
est of the compnny from President El*
"It Is said that the earth forming
vldge for $75,000. This money repre­
the mound covering the hotly of Con
sented
bonuses which had come to lilm
fuelus has been I rought from each of I Forged to Buy B ble,
as president for Increased showing In
the IS provinces of the empire. H o w ­
Now Reads It in Ja l
the business of tho concern. Mean­
ever that may be. It Is certainly true
while Stevenson organized two other
llarry Stelnholt, twenfy-alx
companies, taking In the outlying In­
and still is felt throughout the win!.'
years ohi, a member of the
terests to which the a*h«-atoa products
extent of the great country; and the
Washington
State
National
could
he swung.
prophet himself, while In these latter
Guard, Inst his grip on his con­
Ami that’s this particular “newsle’a"
radical days somewhat dusty, still
science w hen he entered a curio
story ; not a romantic tale of a treasure
hears on his shoulders the vast com­
deal« r'r shop In Tacoma. Wash.,
hunt, to be aure, hut a strikingly prac­
monwealth of China, whose moral
nnd tendered a check for a
tical one.—Charles Somerville In the
h n « l s , w 1 t h afi Its dt t ic le n c ie s, is s u n ly
Bible, a rosary. and nome change.
New York World.
Ml»*
Emma
It.
Kleiner
of
New
a great m anorial to a great and won-
Because of the unusual request
Yoik,
a
cousin
of
Barbara
Erpeti
le.
erful man.
the dealer thought the cheek
Civil war hero'ne, who holds the dis­ Miss Doris Fltt, who has been elect­
wan good and the transfer was
The management of the Daughter*
tinction of being the only woman di­ ed to the city council of Norwich,
made. The check came !>ark
Residence of the late Bishop Potter, at Eighty-ninth street and Riverside of Israel Home for the Aged, In New­
rector of opern In the country. She England, la a theatrical manager by
marked “no funds." Stelnholt
drive. New York, recently purchased for an unknown client, is believed to he ark. N. J., has yle.ded to the desire
ha* already directed more than 8.0U0 profession. She Is twenty-six years
r as a m *?» d. and now re ds hi*
the site chosen as the official residence for New York city's mayor. The build­ of the oldest Inmate, one hundred and
performance* of 50 operas, and la at old and has the distinction of being
Bible and bis beads In Jail.
ing is of colonial design, and will, according to rumor, be presented to the city ten years of age. to have her hair
present musical director of tbs Music the youngest woman town councilor
bobbed ’Tike the other girls."
In England.
temple of the world.
for use as the mayor’s home.
N ew sboy at "Fen,
N o w Is Rich Man
Sage’s Influence
Strong in China
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