Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 104, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 May 1919 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Orabelle Duvall made a business trip to LaPorte Saturday. Samuel A.. Williams, of Union 'township, is reported to be in a very critical condition with blood poison. James Warner, of Gary, came Saturday, to spend the week-end with his mother. Mrs. Walter Bell went to Paris, 111., to visit her parents and also her brother, Cecil Wilhort, who has just returned from overseas. Private Wilhort was twice captured by the Germans. ■ . / Private Oscar Johnson arrived here Saturday, having been honorably discharged at Camp Sherman, Ohio, May 2. Private Johnson left here last June_and was overseas for some time. He went across with the 84th division and returned with the 34th He was not in the line of battle due rto a very severe attack of influenza while in France. Thomas F. Watson, of Gillam township, was in Rensselaer Saturday. Mr. Watson is plannihg on going to Indianapolis to attend the “Welcome Home” to be given the returned -Rainbow division, his soninlaw, Edward Rose, being a member of that division. If the person who took my biyycle from in front of my shop Thursday night does not return same ar once, he will be arrested as he was seen •to take it and is known. VAN WOOD. LUXURY IN EARLY TRAVEL “Safety Barges’’ Instituted for Those Who Feared Hazard of Voyage on Hudson River. The frequency with which boilers blew up on the early Hudson river boats led to the use of what were known as “safety barges,” and these. In their day. were considered the utmost luxury in travel, comparable to the private cars of the magnates of today. The barges were boats with main and upper decks and were almost as large as the steamers which towvfd them. The. rabble rode on the steamers, inhaled the smells of the kitchen and the freight holds, endured the noise of the engines, and took the chances of explosions, while on the barges behind the elite traveled in luxurious state. Food was brought fropi the boat kitchen to the barge saloon over a gwaylng bridge between the vessels and was served with great aplomb under the direction of the harge captain, who was a noble figure-hi the setting. The upper decks of the barges were canopied and decked with flowers, with promenades and easy chairs from which, to view the scenery. At night the interiors were transformed into sleeping accommodations much the same as a modern Pullman, except that they were more commodious. Not the least attractive feature of these barges, according to a chronicler of their excellence, was “an elegant bar. most sumptuously supplied witli all that can be desired by the most fastidious and thirsty.” Recent news dispatches which tell of plans to establish floating cases on the ocean just outside the three-mile territorial limit when the nation goes dry. indicate that luxurious floating establishments somewhat Similar to these “safety barges” may again come into use.

SCIENTIST TELLS OF TRIUMPH Professor Claims to Have Perfected System for Underground and Submarine Messages. Speaking recently of his work for the navy, Prof. James R. Rogers, the inventor of a wireless system for underground and submarine transmission, stated: “Six or seven years ago, I began experiments with the transmission of electric impulses by the ground. They were renewed during the war with the audion bulb, which render* the receiving apparatus more sensitive. I first established contact with nearby points and before long received with perfect distinctness impulses sent from Europe. I placed my antennae in trenches radiating from a center and pointing by the compass toward the distant station from which I wished to receive. I demonstrated to the navy department that eight operators may receive at once from eight separate wires. My system was installed at New Orleans, the Great Lakes station, and Belmar. N. Y,, and is now used at the principal wifeless stations in the United States. I have found the best results with my wires buried six feet below the surface in damp ground. Some of my experiments were conducted In water 25 to 50 feet deep.”—Scientific American.

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