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Main Advantage*.
Some of the main advantages of
I the Rogers system as developed so far,
| according to experts, are almost negli
gible cost of construction, the intensi-
I fylng of signals by pointing the send-
! Ing apparatus toward the receiving sta
tion and reduction of static interfer
ence. Because of the latter advan
tage, the navy's receiving station at
New Orleans, where communication
with ships In Southern waters swept
by frequent electrical storms is main
tained, uses the underground appa
ratus with marked success.
In war a great advantage 1* that
submarines receive messages while
submerged. This is being done by
wires trailing in the water.
The Rogers development aroused
electrical experts of the government
to new efforts to expand and improve
radio transmission facilities. Out of
the experimental work done with this
and other ideas steady advance has
been made under war pressure and
Rogers' theories are interwoven with
those of other men In the results that
are being obtained.
King Victor Emmanuel of Italy and Capt. Frederic Baugher inspecting the
Y. M. C. A. post in the Casadel Soldato at Faenza. The king expressed his ENGLAND HONORS HEROINE 16
appreciation of the work done by the Y. M. C. A., which organization was
Girl Grips Blazing Shell and Saves
new to Italy.
Factory From De
struction.
RADIO SIGNALS
SENT
UNDERSEA
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Device Made Communication
Through Water and Beneath
Ground Possible.
SECRET HUNS DIDN’T KNOW
Maryland Scientist Is Persuaded After
Much Pressure to Accept Remun
eration for Time Spent Work
ing on Invention.
high towers will be superseded except
for limited special purposes.
The theory most generally held un
til Rogers demonstrated the correct
ness of hfs views, was that impulses
hurled into the air from a radio trans
mitting station and deflected earth
ward became dissipated, as does light-
ning, when they struck the ground or
water.
The Maryland scientist, however, be-
lfeved that the impulses flowed through
the earth as through the air and that
it was only necessary to trap and
measure them in the ground. He had
been at work on this theory before the
United States entered the war and al
ready had interested naval experts. He
offered the results of his work to the
navy without restriction, and when
they were accepted after some dem
onstrations at Hyattsville, officials say,
he was with difficulty persuaded to ac
cept even remuneration for actual time
given to co-operation with the govern
ment.
One of the first steps taken was
the request of the navy department.
London.—The youngest member of
the Order of the British Empire Is Mias
D. G. Vickers, aged sixteen. She has
won the distinction for an act of great
bravery. A small shell she was han
dling became alive owing to the fuse
igniting, causing her to drop It, but
realizing that there was a stick of un
finished fuses close by filled with pow
der. she coolly picked up the blazing
shell, dashed to the door and threw it
as far as possible. Both hands were
badly burned and her injuries prevent
ed her working for two months.
The staff of the factory presented
her with a gold bangle and the lord
mayor of Birmingham presented her
with a specially designed brooch.
CARRIES UMBRELLA OVER TOP
Doughboy From Massachusetts Said
He Didn't Want HI» Tin
Washington.—How underground and
Hat to Get Rusty.
through-water wireless was put into
practical use during the war was dis
Webster, Mass.—Folks here are
closed by navy department officials,
waiting to greet Private Stanley Kara-
giving to the public another of its se
bash, the doughboy who “went over
crets, carefully guarded so long as It
the top” carrying an umbrella. Kara-
might be of value to the enemy. Gov
bash. In a letter to his home from a
ernment officials regard this develop
base hospital, says the reason he car
ment, originated In private research by
ried the umbrella was to protect his
James H. Rogers, a scientist of Hy
“tin hat” from rain. He didn't want
attsville, Md., as one of the war’s ma
the headpiece to get rusty, he said.
jor scientific advances of the kind.
In practical use the new system so
far Is employed only for receiving.
Radio messages sent out from power
ful stations in Europe are now being
read at underground receiving sta
tions in the United States and in
some cases, better than when caught
by the elaborate and expensive air sta
tions.
Got Signala Under Waves.
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In addition, it was revealed art the
department, through an adaptation
I fire on him, riddling his machine and
of the Rogers theory, submarines un British Airman Has One of Most shattering his left elbow so that the
der water are intercepting radio sig
arm hung useless.
Remarkable Experiences
nals sent from shore and with crude
Again he was attacked by another
of World War.
apparatus. The scientist has succeed
squadron. Smoke came from his ma
ed In transmitting signals two miles
chine and he believed himself on fire.
from a submerged wire simulating a
, He used all his strength to try for a
submersible. Officials say it is pos
collision once more, and was still able
sible, though not yet an accomplished
to fire feebly. His success was repeat-
fact, that ground or water sending can
ed. A Fokker went down In flames at
be developed to a considerable extent.
three yards range.
They do not anticpate, however, that Destroys Four Hun Machines, Disables
As he was now too dizzy to see, he
Six,
Suffers Three
Crippling
the present method of sending from
dived to within a few thousand feet of
Wounds and Brings Back
the ground, just over the lines, his en
Machine in Repairable
gine going “full out,” so that it Is a
GIANT DAM RIVALS NIAGARA
miracle his machine stood the strain,
Condition.
and again he was attacked, this time
Mammoth Structure in the Tenneeeeo
American Press Headquarters, Brit by eight enemy scouts.
The terrible descent seemed to brace
Mountains Will Provide Horse
ish Front.—The war over, a great
power Estimated at 80,000.
many accounts of Individual bravery him. British observers saw him go
will be heard for the first time, but through the most amazing spins, spir
Knoxville, Tenn.—Surpassed only by none will excel this extraordinary tale als, zooms and all the tricks of the
the Roosevelt dam and Niagara falls, of a British flying major, now recover British scout fighter. In a 12-minute
engagement he drove down two Ger
and the largest dam east of the Roose ing in a hospital.
velt dam, is the mammoth new dam
The major, in a fast, single-seater mans out of control, broke free of the
just completed at Cheoah, in the moun scout, was out over the lines on a lone others and came home skimming trees
tains 47 miles south of Knoxville.
hunt. Discovering an enemy two-seat and trenches. He probably will pull
Twelve hundred men worked over er machine at 21,000 feet over the for through.
two years on it. Two hundred thou est of Mormal, the major began climb
WIFE OF ADMIRAL BEATTY
sand cubic yards of concrete were ing sharply to overtake him. got under
his
tail,
fired
at
point-blank
range
and
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used. It is 210 feet high from surface
of river to crest. It raises a mist 100 saw me two-seater break in pieces and
feet high as Its water strikes the river fall, one occupant diving out in a para- |
after flowing over the top. It is 350 chute.
While watching the two-seater crash,
feet long at the base, 725 feet long at
the top, 175 feet thick at the base and the major suddenly heard bullets snap
12 feet thick at the top. Six days were ping and hissing about him. Under
required to fill the lake behind it, him was a Fokker biplane. Before he
which Is ten miles long ; engineers had could make a turn he was wounded in
figured on 21 days, but a heavy rain the thigh, the shock stunning him for
helped. It will produce 7,500 units a moment so that his machine fell In
more of horsepower than the combined an aimless spin.
consumption of Knoxville, Memphis,
Surrounded by Foes.
Chattanooga and Nashville, or over
When he had recovered control he
20000 horsepower. It Is almost iden- found himself surrounded by 15 Fok
teal with the Roosevelt dam tn the ker» in attack formation. He drove at
West The cost was over 81,000,000. the nearest and the two were at once
Another dam will also be built tn that jockeying for favorable positions in
region. It was built by and for the terrific manuevers that carried them
Nnoxville Power company, an ally of through ths other 14. Chance shots
the Aluminum Company of America.
during these evolutions sent down two
of the major’s adversaries, and then
at ten yards he “got on the tali" of the
flrat Fokker, probably the squadron
leader, and shot him down In flames.
Uses Electrical Device
Then the major was wounded a sec
to Get Chicken Thief
ond time, this bullet shattering the
bone of his left thigh. In a dead faint,
with his engine running at top speed.
of an electrical invention of his
the Britisher fell in wild sweeping
FIGHTS 60 FOES
WITHIN AN HOUR
WAS OUT ON A LONE HUNT
à .
t tin.
own Ingenuity, Ferdinand Bauer
captured the thief who had been
raiding his hencoop. The first
electrical
trap landed the in-
ruder. Owners of coops la the
Yenity have called on Bauer to
circles, until he once again regained '
his senses and was able to pilot his
scout.
But the major was again set upon
by another squadron of 15 Fokkers.
He charged straight at the machine
ahead of him, firing at the same time.
The Fokker bunt Into smoke and fell.
Then the other Germans now centered
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late Marshall Field of Chicago.
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Miss Copeland paused on her way
down the dusky corridor and listened
—there was no doubt tn her mind that
her suspicions of the past week were
well founded. Thirteen years of city
life—most of It spent In the boarding
bouse which had been her only home
—had not hardened nor driven away
the deep, maternal tenderness which
had gone out to many a waif who had
drifted Into the house.
She knew that In that room a girl
was crying—weeping In the low, sub
dued, silent way that is ever signifi-
ennt of a breaking or homesick heart.
She went on to the door of her
room, and then paused again. She
remembered the shy, refined, girlish
woman, who with her young husband
had come to the room early In the
week. Something was wrong, greatly
wrong; and quietly Miss Copeland
turned back, ready to meet the insol
ent word, the dumb. Impassive face of
one who welcomes no kindly interfer
ence.
She knocked softly, but heard no
answer; then she opened the door.
She saw the slight form of a girl
stretched on the bed, her dark hair In
disarray, her eyes covered with slim
hands, her shoulders heaving.
“My dear, may I help you In some
way?” Miss Copeland asked gently.
“I am Simply an old maid living in
the house when I am not a business
woman. I wish I could help you,” the
older woman said, a bit eagerly, for
the beauty of the girl, her evident re-
finement, and her grief, appealed to
her.
“Thank you—but you cannot help
me. I am afraid—and I must be
brave.” The girl sat up suddenly,
brushing her dark hair Into place.
“But when Norman—he Is my hus-
band—Is away, I have my blues out.
He is trying so hard, and father has
been so—so terribly unkind I” The
tears seemed again to be coming.
Miss Copeland spoke hastily. “Now
suppose you tell me about It I am
tn charge of a number of girls In a
great office—almost a mother confes
sor. See if I can’t help in some way,
will you?”
.
The dark eyes were wistful.
"I
have no mother I can remember—and
I have wanted one so much—to talk
to!”
“Then make believe I am your
mother; you see, I am an old maid—
but I love children. You see—I have
suffered a little. I understand. So
tell me. My name is Della Copeland.”
The girl clasped her hands tensely
for a moment, then the tight fingers
relaxed. “It's simple—It seems so,
anyway.
You see Norman and I
learned to—to love each other. Fa-
ther was angry. You see Norman
worked In one of father’s mills, He
said I was too young—I know I am,
but we loved each other, and the
years don't count, do they?”
“No, my dear, love knows no
years,”
Miss
Copeland
answered
faintly.
“I told father I would have more
years io be happy with Norman. But
be—he was stern, and harsh, and un
kind. Then we learned he was plan
ning to send Norman away—to South
Africa.
We—we simply couldn’t
stand that. I wanted Norman to mar
ry roe, right away; he wouldn't with
out father's consent, but father
wouldn’t even see him. Then he told
rae he was going to send me away.
I told hlm I would not go”—the dark
eyes began to gleam, and the listener
guessed that the father’s spirit was In
his child—“that I would marry Nor-
man. He told me I did net dare. I
did.”
The girl looked wearily toward the
window. She went on, a bit more
quietly :
“We were married.
Father had
Norman discharged. He refused to
see me. I did not beg, nor shall I,
though I know he loves roe. The
worst Is, everywhere Norman goes for
work In his special line father's influ
ence stops him from securing It Nor-
man—oh, he has been so brave, so
kind and so uncomplaining. He Is
trained In one kind of work, but he's
trying to do what he can, and It’s
hard now.1
"Have you asked your father to
forgive you F Miss Copeland asked
hesitatingly.
The girl’s slight form stiffened and
the watcher saw the pride of race
stern on her features. “Never I 1
shall never do that I He must ask us
to return !"
Miss Copeland pondered a minute,
her hopes sinking as she thought.
“Will you tell me your name” she
queried.
“Why, I should have told you. I'm
proud of It, Miss Copeland—Mrs. Nor-
man Barker. My own name Is Laurel
Jeffery—father owns the Wellston
milla."
A long silence fell between them.
It was broken by steps that, approach
lag slowly, quickened as they neared
the door. In came a tall, good-look
ing young man, whose gray eyes could
not brighten the shadows beneath
them.
He was introduced to Mtss Copeland
by a proud wife. Taking advantage
of her first opportunity. Misa Cope
land slipped out and hurried to her
own room. There she stood In its
silence and dusk, thinking. Finally
she reached a decision.
"It is very foolish, very, very; but
I shall go and see her father. Those
brave, courageous young hearts must
not suffer.”
With her decision made, she sat In
the dusk near the window of her
room, dreaming—dreaming of a lost
girlhood, an empty womanhood, and
brooding on the gray and quiet years
Harvest Beans, Peas and Cow
that lay before her—lonely paths for
the walking of lonely feet.
peas Promptly After Maturity
The maid at the door softened her
to Prevent Damage.
voice.
“Mr. Jeffrey says that you
must give your name and state your
errand, please.”
Miss Copeland smiled. “Tell hlm 1
have come over two hundred miles for
five minutes of his time.”
The maid hesitated, but went In.
A moment later she returned smiling. Kill Insects Before They Can Increase
In Numbers and Carry on Destruc
“He is in the library, where you may
tive Work—Growers Have Be
see him.”
Through the great hall she walked
come Discouraged.
to the door where the maid stood and
(Prepared by the United States Depart
quietly entered the room.
ment of Agriculture.)
A man of powerful build rose heav
The serious losses caused by bean
ily from a chair, laid down his paper
and lifted a strong, stern face. With and pea weevils—which amounts to
lips parted he stood as If hypnotized, millions of dollars annually—Is large
his gray eyes staring; then the harsh ly preventable, and by putting a stop
Unes seemed swept from his face, a to It a valuable and much-needed
sudden overwhelming wonder and Joy source of the nation's food supply can
No satisfactory artificial
took their place. He stepped forward be saved.
remedies can be applied to kill weevil
with outstretched hands.
“Dell ! Della I It Is you—It Is you grubs In beans, peas or cowpeas grow
ing In the field, but they can be easily
“Yes, Stephen, It Is I—but you must and effectively controlled afterward
not hold my hand," she said, smiling If the necessary care is given. The
crop should be harvested as soon as
faintly.
“I shall hold It until I am sure 1 possible after maturity, and the seeds
have you here I Della, where have thrashed or shelled and treated by
you been ? Why have you come? Do fumigation, heat or cold storage. In
order to kill the weevils In them be
you remember—"
“Stephen, are you so glad to see fore they can Increase tn numbers and
carry on their destructive work.
me?”
Weevils not only cause serious dam
"Glad to see you I 1 have been hun
gry for the sight of your face for fif age to peas, beans and cowpeas in
teen years! Why didn't you answer storage but also In the field, and nre
my letters?
Why—"
He stopped, responsible for a curtailment in the
acreage planted in these crops. In
making an effort to calm himself.
"Let's sit down," she suggested some sections, particularly the coastal
quietly,
“Ah, Stephen, why bring regions of the middle Atlantic states,
back the old years and the old re this pest has carried on its work of
grets? I was willing to marry you, destruction so successfully that grow
you remember, but you didn't have ers have become discouraged and have
the courage to go against your fa discontinued to produce on a commer
ther's will. You remember, he would cial scale these valuable food crops.
Badly infested seeds are worthless
have nothing to do with me, you—”
His voice was hoarse. “My God! for planting. In one experiment on
If I only had had the courage! These record only 50 per cent of Infested
years, Della, these years—years—of beans germinated, and of these 30 per
memories—” His head dropped. “I cent were so badly injured that they
was a coward—but It'» not too late. could not develop into normal plants.
Harvest All Seed.
Della. You—why, the years have been
kind to you—are you—*’
In gathering the crop, exercise care,
"Married? No!”
She shook her the bulletin urges to leave no portion
head sadly.
"I couldn't—with my of it In the field, as seeds scattered on
memories."
the ground or left-in shattered pods
"Della I"
on the dried vines, may carry the pest
"Walt, Stephen. I came to see you. over winter, and furnish a supply of
You say you wish you had opposed weevils the following summer. The
your father, Let me tell you some- crop should be harvested as soon as
thing—”
possible after reaching maturity and
She leaned over, and tenderly she the seed thrashed or shelled soon after
told him of the young couple In the wards. Storing in the pod does not
dingy boarding-house room, of the confine the weevils. Immediately on
slight, brave young girl, of the young placing the seed In storage, fumigate
husband covering a dread uf the fu- with carbon disulphid or carbon te-
ture with a present smile, Then she trachlorid. These chemicals when ex
told him their names.
posed to the air vaporize into a heavy
My little poisonous gas which Immediately kills
He started to his feet.
girl—there I I wanted to teach them the weevil. Carbon disulphid is the
a lesson—I forgot my—lesson. 1 was more generally used, though carbon te-
a coward and—my God! I have paid trachlorid has the advantage of not be
for It.” He turned to her. “I am go ing inflammable. Seed to be fumigat
ing to put a call straight to your ed should be placed In an alr-tlght con
house—where Is It?”
tainer, such as a tin can or barrel.
Her heart throbbed at his words. The chemicals, used at the rate of
“Stephen, they will be wild with Joy !” from 2 to 4 pounds to each 500 cubic
She gave him the call as she Imagined feet of space to be fumigated, should
the scene to be enacted tn that far be poured over the top of the seed,
away room of despair.
and fumigation should continue for
He shouted the call into the tele- from 24 to 48 hours.
phone, brushing aside some remon
Killed by Heating.
strance with an abrupt word.
He
When there Is only a small quantity
clung to the receiver while he waited of seed, the weevil may be killed by
—a picture of eagerness.
heating the seed In the oven for sev
Then—“Hello I Laurel”—“Father”— eral hours. The oven should not be
“Yes, father”—“I want you to come hotter than 120 to 145 degrees Fahr
home Ip Y ou and—and Norman !”— enheit. Dipping seed In boiling water
“There—there—there—little girl !”— for one minute Is also an effective
“Yes, pack up, and come”—“I've been remedy. Weevils will not feed or
a pig-headed ass”—“Yes, you bet we cause damage at low temperature», and
will”—“Come right away!”
If seed can be kept Ln cold storage at
He turned from the telephone. His a temperature of 32 to 43 degrees
eyes were quiet, his face calm. She Fahrenheit, no trouble from this pest
thought as she watched him that the will result.
years had been kind, Indeed, to him.
She rose, feeling as if into her heart
had entered again the silence and the URGES FISH MEAL FOR HOGS
emptiness, while soon for him the last
shadows would pass. “Now, I must Tests Conducted by Agricultural De
partment Show It Is Equal to
Tankage In Feed Value.
He sprang up and laid his hands
WEEVILS CAUSE
SERIOUS LOSSES
TREAT SEED n FUMIGATION
gently yet firmly upon her shoulders.
His voice was vibrant, yet tender.
“You are never going—never, Della,
if I can keep you. Now that chance
has brought you, no one Ilves who can
take you from me. 1 was too-much of
a coward once to take you, and you
bad too much pride to come to me;
but, my dear, we simply must save
something out of the years—they must
not all be lost years. Don't you love
me even a little?”
Her head sank, “Stephen, ! have
always loved you and always shall;
but"—very softly and very quietly—
“youth is past—snd the dreams of
youth.”
Putting his arm about her, he drew
her to him. ”1 know, oh, I know, my
dear, but youth Is not all.” His voice
was shaking, “The springtime and
summer have gone—but the Indiai
summer—let’s enjoy It together I”
She looked up with tears In her
forgot—there Is Indian
summer—Stephen—Stephen
(Prepared by the United States Depart-
msnt of Agriculture.)
To stimulate greater interest in the
production of fish meal, which Is a
good substitute for tankage In the
feeding of hogs, a representative of
the United States department of agri
culture recently visited a number of
fisheries along the gulf coast as well
Hogs Feeding at Self-Feeder.
as a number of marketing centers In
the South. Testa conducted by the de
partment show that fish meal is equal
m feeding value to tankage. It con
tains about 57 per cent protein. It is
made by drying nonedible fish and
grinding fine. This meal is being used
at the government farm at Beltsville,
Md., to replace tankage. The men-
i haden fisheries on the Atlantic coast
can produce annually 10,000 tone of
Civilian Suffering.
I fish meal. Fisheries along the gulf
Didn’t that wild demonstration up- I states and Mississippi river have been
I wasting or manufacturing as fertilizer
“Completely. I'm suffering from I large quantities of nonedible fish.
yell shock."
Signs of a Good Time.
Mrs. Flatbush—"Did your children
enjoy themselves at the neighbor’s
party yesterday?" Mr». Bensonhurst
—“They must have.
We've bad ■
doctor twice to Beatrice and three
times to Bobby today." — Yonkers
Statesman.