Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 February 1919 — Page 3

his children watching with interest the Canadians’ entry into Germany.

BUILD AIRSHIPS TO LIFT 280 TONS

British War Office Officials Believe Machine Is Practical. GREAT POSSIBILITIES SEEN Immense Craft Could Cross Atlantic and Return and Then Repeat the Journey Without Pause» Weather Permitting. London.—A rigid airship—Zeppelin type— O f 10,000,000 cubic feet capacity, or about three times as large as any yet constructed, is a practical proposition, according to war office officials. Such ah airship would possess a-totallifting power of ab <> u t 280 tons. The structural weight, that is, the gas bags, framework, gondolas, engines, operating machinery, etc., would be not more than 80 tons, leaving 200 tons as, disposable lift. Only 50 tons would be required to make room for the crew, petrol ballast, etc., leaving 150 tons commercial load which could be carried. Such an airship could cross the Atlantic and return and then repeat the journey without a pause, if weather were favorable. British Government Interested. Because the British empire is so far-flung, the government is encouraging development of aerial communication for both passengers and light parcels as a vital necessity. Wireless stations belting the world also will be erected quickly as. possible. Before this is printed a HandleyPage machine will have flown from England to India in a test trip. This Is but preliminary to permanent air traffic to Egypt, India, South Africa and Australia. Canada likewise will be linked up with the mother country, The rigid airships which Britain now possesses can feross the Atlantic, given favorable weather. But it is the airplane that is being developed for overland routes. Godfrey Isaacs, brother of Lord Reading, Britain’s ambassador to America, is head of the Marcdni Wireless Telegraph company. Isaacs is simply waiting for peace, which will remove certain restrictions, to expand British wireless stations. —Two stations will be — erected —In distant parts of China. Receiving ap-

Court Thinks Loss of Girl Ample Punishment

San Francisco —Apparently believing that the defendant had been punished enough by seeing the girl he had wanted to marry in court as the bride of the man he had shot, a jury here acquitted George P. Livingston of a charge of assault with intent tp commit murder.

WIN IRISH BRIDES

Many United States Sailors Mar- - ry in Ireland. Plans for Naval Stations Are Going Forward = - Rapidly. Queenstown, Ireland. —Plans for the dismantling of the American naval Stations'in'and around Queenstown are going’ forward rapidly. Time will be required to remove the base hospital at White Point and much work will be involved in removing the many big warehouses which were brought here from Anferica and pet up in record time. Other important parts of the American plant include wireless stations at Queenstown and Aglada and many hAitmertts. > Atnerk'an officers and men have made a deep impression on the people of Queenstown and in other parts of Bouth Ireland, and relations generally

CURRIE LEADING CANADIANS INTO GERMANY

paratus Will be Installed on alt pas-senger-carrying airplanes, so that messages may be sent back and forth while the flight is in progress. Hence a business passenger who may tire of the scenery or have bright ideas about his business may get in touch with his head office boy or assistant manager, as the case may be. Thus, as it is feasible to wireless ships of the sea. so It will be possible to wireless ships of the air. —The—two-new wireless stations in China will be installed with the help of airplanes. Instead of requiring several months to send machinery to

WOMAN GETS SPY

Postal Censor Caught First One in England. Became Suspicious of Letter and Hun Later Was Run London.—How the first German spy In England after The outbreak of the world war was detected through a letter which fell into the hands of a woman postal censor has just been disclosed. “I was suspicious of his letter when I first saw it.” she declared. “The writing was in lines half an inch apart. I could discover nothing wrong, however, until I noticed a peculiar little mark, almost indistinguishable, at the bortom of alpage. I could hot explain' it. Experiment provedTThat it had been made by invisible ink. The visible writing was innocent itself, but the invisible writing told of movements of ships and soldiers, of fortifications and docks. letter wound up with : ‘Tomorrow Dublin.’ To Dublin the Hun went and his letter from Ireland was further evidence of his guilt. He was caught On arrival in London and his execution followed.” According to government officials, women have been .far/quicker in spot* ting spies than men, many instances being recorded in which woman’s intuition has led to experiments which have produced startling results. Until recently the postal censor employed 3,800 women and 1,000 men. They were fluent *n 34 languages.

GIVES EARNINGS TO WAR

Massachusetts Artist Makes Remarkable Record In Her Efforts to Help. Concord, Mass. —During the great war just ended Miss Elizabeth 'Wentworth Roberts, well-known artist of this town, made a remarkable record in her efforts to help in war work. Since 1914 she has given all the money she received for her paintings to the many war relief funds. It is estimated that about SIO,OOO has been so distributed by her. '■

have been of the most cordial nature. This Is proved by the fact that a number of weddings already have taken place, and more than one American sailor has promised to return for the girl he must leave behind. Queenstown has prospered greatly since the station was established here, but the people declare their regret in seeing ..the Americans depart is because they have become accustomed to their presence and like them for the fine ydung fellows they are.

Cooties Come in Letters.

Wooster; O.—-The tarantula which eScapes from a bunch of bananas and terrorizes freight. handlers or grocery clerks is going to have a rival in the news columns if a recent’incident in the post office here is any indication. A large, active and hungry cpotle was discovered «fa the wrist qf a clerk* iiamliing soldiers' mail from overseas. It apparently hud escaped from one of the letters. “ •

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From Private to Major in 5 Months 21 Days

Rochdale. Mass.—Rising from the ranks to major in the- army in a period of five months and •f: wenty-“one days was the remarkable achievement of J- H. Rogers, of this town. Previous to enlisting in the Coast Artillery Rogers was treasurer of a knife manufacturing company here.

Cashmere and the Chinese side of Siberia, locations of stations by wagon, for there are no “railroads, the machlnery wHl —be taken in HandleyPage airplanes. Thus, in such ways will the distant parts of. the world be linked up with modern times.

LEARNED AMERICAN DANCES

Officers of the American army re* cently spent an afternoon teaching the prince of Wales the American dances, so that he would be able to dauce at the ball given in his honor at Coblenz by the American officers of the army of occupation. His first attempt was with Miss Agnes Kahn of Baltimore, a and resulted in the prince’s stepping on her toes.

GETS LIMIT FINE OF $500

“Frankness Should Not Go Unrewarded," Is Comment of Court in Soaking Suspect. Kansas City, Mo. “Frankness should not go unrewarded,” said Judge Edward Fleming of the South municipal court as he fined Claude Simpson SSOO. the limit. Simpson was arrested while standing in front of a saloon by a patrolman who saw part of a “jimmy” protruding from Simpson’s pocket. - Simpson. who is unemployed, admitted he intended to break into the saloon. After learning his fine 4 Simpson said he was glad he was arrested before “he entered the saloon, as he then would have faced a penitentiary sentence. > “.Iydge,'’ he : said, “it's just as well to look on the bright side of things.” "Some Pollyanna,” remarked rhe judge.

Waterproof made of horsehair have been invented by • Janunese army ofjicer.

FIGHT BATTLES OVER AND OVER

pital Have to Be ; Amused. ARE LIKE LITTLE CHILDREN Mnw Their Job Is Done -They. Will Fight to a Finish With Best Friends Over Question of Who Won War. London. —Three wounded boys who ere left behind in the hospital, the ones whose names were crossed from the lists of those who sailed away in time to reach home forUhristmas. are the especial charge of the women who, volunteered to work on the care committee of tbe Red Cross . way back yonder last summer when there was a w on. --—■■ ' —■ — : We thought that with the signing of the armistice our work soon would be over and the Christmas plans we already had begun to make were abandoned under the impression that there wouldn’t be any wounded to entertain in England. But that was all a mistake ; it seems as if our work might go on for quite a bit yet. Anyhow, our hospital at Tottenham is one of those which is still full. Every afternoon trains of ambulances pour out their burdens in pur receivingward s j ust as in war times, and boys who have been for months in French or British hospitals are for the first time among' their own home folks. Wounded Captives Received. Then there are our wounded prisoners—now beginning to dribble back from Germany—to be looked after and made much of. To listen to their < stories alone takes one person’s entire time. There was no bother about Christmas dinner at Tottenham. Uncle Sam saw to that ages ago. Every boy in the hospital here had such a Christmas dinner as he will remember for years. Sir Thomas Lipton gave a party, one of his many, and it had special Christmas frills. The boys who could be moved assert they had a bully time at Sir Thomas’ house. He understands American boys, and more, he gets people to help entertain who understand them, too, like theta and don’t contradict them when they declare that they won the war. It’s all a matter of that little phrase with them. These children of a larger growth who have been masquerading in Jthaki- these last few months Jia ve become children again; now their job is done and they will fight to the finish with their best friends over the question of who won the war. They just naturally can’t keep off it. And some of the ones who arrived too late to fight at all declare that it’s not won yet, and that wars and wars and wars are going to follow. By night time they are all worn out with fighting it all over again and they sink back in their narrow little gray cots and the indulgent nurses —girls of our Denver unit in their quiet gray cotton dresses-arid their snowy caps—pass down the long wards tucking In this quivering battler, smoothing the forehead of that boy of nineteen who has lost all his faith in any government whatsoever because he lost his> hospital allowance to a guv from Cincinnati before he had bad time to even pack it in the cherished money belt the Red Cross gave him. But most of the boys who are being left over here are seriously wounded and it is thought best Tor them not to take a sea voyage for a while longer; so we try to plan little surprises for

HOW STRASSBOURG CELEBRATED

After 50 years-of German oppression, liberated Strassbourg celebrated ihe victory of the allies. Placards extolling Wilson. Clemenceau. Foch. Poin'are and Lloyd George occupied prondnent places In the windows; the allied flags flaunted from the staffs, while’wreaths and ribbons were strung aruetlcaily with swinging lanterns froth the cornices.

them weej< by week to the time until their joyful summons comes. It isn’t so easy, either, to think Of something that will amuse a lad who must always lie on his chest to keep a piece of shrapnel lodged somewhere in his interior from floating Jnto a locality where it may cause a great deal of damage. Bracelets Are Praised. Little stiver bracelets with ta gs bearing-the boy’s full name and his military number are perhaps the most coveted trinkets, .but as these cost $1.50 apiece. they cannot be got by the dozen by a single person. And thOh by the time they were all engraved anti the numbers verified in all probability the boys would be -transferred -and far away. 1 asked one boy Juror ftAvas~tfiat Yanks were crazy to wear bracelets, and he said it was a little queer how the idea had taken, and then he. addcil: “What can you expect? We took to wrist watches because they told us Tlghting men wore them: we found they wouldn’t go, but we got the habit of having something on our arms, and it all came down to this: if you’ve got your stuff chained to you it’s yours; just once pry it oft and you pass on and leave it. just like we have left so many things we thought sure we couldn’t get along without.”

Wife of Poker Player Sues to Recover Losses

Boston.—Because her husband lost 411,500 playing poker at a Roxbury club, Mrs. Eugene P. Grant has brought suit against the club and four of its members for $24,000. Under the state law triple damages may be recovered for money lost in gambling.

LABOR UNREST ALARMS BRITAIN

Nearly All Trades Demanding Either Higher Wages or Shorter Hours, or Both. BEER ISSUE AGAIN REVIVED Dock Workers Complain of the Quality of Beverage and Shortage of Supply—Unions Strong and Well Organized. ~ London.—The industrial unrest prevalent throughout the country is causing serious anxiety, not only to large employers of labor, but even to conservative labor leaders. The labor leaders taking this attitude include J, H. Thomas, general secretary of the Railwaymen’s union, who warned a meeting of postal workers who were demanding a 42-hour week, more holidays and curtailment of nijht__work, that, "the industrial and economic position of this country gives cause for alarm.” Demand Shorter Hours. The postal workers are only one of many trade unions which are demandingshorterhours with the present Or better ptjy. Up’ to this time the demands of the miners have been em-

ROGERS AND HIS RADIO

• James Harris Rogers of Hyattsville, Md., is the invento- of a radio system by which wireless messages may be sent and received under ground or water without the use of aerials. The chief and obvious advantage of the Invention is that It eliminates or greatly reduces static disturbances, both voluntary and involuntary, which have hitherto interfered with tlie complete success of wireless. This invention was practically perfected when the United States entered the war. anA Mr. Rogers promptly offered it to (he navy. —It was adopted and played no> photograph Mr. Rogers is shown with; the apparatus which he has installed in his own premises, where he has received messages from Berlin, Paris and Rome. At his feet is a small case which contains a portable outfit for setting up anywhere a wire can bd stuck in the ground. --

bodied in thfe resolutions of the Southport Miners’ Federation, who demanded that the government demobilize all miners in the army and that wages other than war wages be advanced 30 per cent. The attitude of the miners has caused the most comment, as coal and its price more directly affect the public. It is estimated that to grant a 30 per cent increase in wages would send the price of coal up at least a dollar a ton. In addition to the miners, the shipbuilders on the Clyde and in other centers are agitating for a 40-hour week, with daily wages of £l. The men engaged in the same industry in Belfast threaten to throw down their tools unless they get a. 44-hour week. The carpenters throughout the United Kingdom are asking for a 47-hour week, and the iron molders, who recently got 47 hours, are threatening to strike unless this is lowered to 44 hours. May Go to Extreme* The dock laborers are putting forth a demand for 44 hours for day workers and 41 hours for night workers. They are also much agitated over the shortage of beer and the poor quality of that beverage, and during the week there has been much slacking, parties ularly at Liverpool, from the cause. There has been a temporary shortage of beer at some shipping points due to the strike of brewery who also complain of long, hours. All these unions are strong numerically and well organized, and from the tone of speeches at their meetings the members apparently are prepared to go to extremes in their efforts to have conditions of labor improved along the lines laid down in their respllitlons. » There al§o have been minor troubles in the labor world. One of these iffected the crew of the liner Adriatic. The sailing of that vessel foY New York with a full list of American passengers has been delayed several days, and there is yet no indication of a settlement.

NEW WAY TO GET RICH QUICK

Man Charged With Shipping Bibles to * Dead Persons C. O. D. and Collecting $5 Seattle. Wash.—A new way to get rich quick is alleged to have been discovered by F. J. Comeau of this city, whose complaint led to the arrest !•> Tacoma of H. A. Jourdan, who is accused of shipping Bibles to dead persons C. O. D. and then waiting for the cash to roll in from relatives. Joui-dan is alleged to have obtained the names of dead persons in the Northwest from obituary notices In the newspapers. As soon as the names and addresses \vere obtained Bibleg were shipped with a bill for $5 each. In almost every case the Bibles arrive on the day of the funeral and the relatives would immediately send the 85. The JJibles, are said to be worth about 75 cents. To add dignity to the scheme the name of "Bev. in* Worth,’’ a, mythical person, is alleged to have been used.,, • • - -.: ’ ■