Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 249, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 October 1919 — WASHINGTON CITY SIDELIGHTS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

WASHINGTON CITY SIDELIGHTS

inventor Lifts Terrors of the Fog From Harbors WASHINGTON. —Ocean fog fins teen taSM by the navy, so that it will no longer -be necessary for .battleships .and liners., u* lie outside harbors waiting a chance to creep in when the weather lightens, in a contract signed with Earl Hanson, a young inventor

of Los Angeles-.—the navy departmenttook _t 11e_fi rs tstep tomake itractleal a new device to control vessels in a fog outside harbors. ? ___ T,-:-- will be made at once at the naval base at-New London and later, in Ambrose channel in New York harbor. By tile use of the invention in connection with the radio compass, which the navy has now perfected, delay in ocean travel due to weather is to be eliminated. The radio compass

brings all shipping “in sight of land” and the new device, like a friendly hand, reaches out and takes the_hig.£est <Tf ships through the most tortuous channels safely ami quickly to its pier. The new device is a simple one". A cable is laid in the center of the ship channel. Through it is sent an electric current of low frequency, which through the listening devices on board ship gives off a sound of certain pitch that cannot be mistaken for any .other sound. Tin ship hugs the cable from harbor line to the dock. On the bridge and in the captain’s cabin listening devices like telephone receivers tire placed and attached by wires to the hull of the ship. The ship follows the course of the cable. •

Boys’ Working Reserve Proves a Great Success FEW things that came out of the war have been of greater signlfteance-thtln the benefits derived from the United Slates Boys' Working reserve, though we are still toe close to The movement to appreciate its rpsultgi T'lLcli-jll-tiie. early summer of 1917 President Wil- .

son wrote: “I call upon th-'able . bod ie<\ boys of the lai.d ttf turn lib bonh^tfi 1 the'fai jiis tind niake certain—that no pains alnl no labor are lacking' in this gr< t:t nation." - The result was that "otir second ■ of <h. fense.-'* as Mr. Hoover first called It. the Boys’ Working reserve, was formed. There was a spontaneous response in every state, many - schools and other organizations undertaking the wk of placing

of boys wjio , • tto 1 ' iers with their work. In 1918 this army of boys from sixteen to twenty-oiie yeaYs old was more than 2<>o,oVo in the United States. ' <)f ilh-sc no less than 21 .t**mwcTe frnmT+ie-high schools of Illinois? So a glance at the Illinois report will give an idea of the results in the whole count rv. Tb» no..ore s iv,>rtt. tnrmtnl-for thenr selves .?E2<‘o,ihX>. Less than 1 per cent of the boys have proved unworthy of the opportunity given them. About the same proportion of farmers proved unworthy of having a good boy sent them. ■ ■ * The boys made the fanners open their eyes, mid in a few weeks the skeptical farmer was saying: “Send me more boys; the boys are certainly making g<xxl." It wasn't long until there were boys scattered here and there by the thousands. This meant much to the farmers, for there was an average of one Worker from every farm in service, and the boys took their places. Teachers bear witness that the effect upon the boys was exceedingly beneficial in all "ays.

“Buck Privates” Would Have “Dugouts” Everywhere IN THE long night watches on the tiring line or in hospitals or rest billets, our fighting .men found that tci'npus failed to fugit with its customary ■ ahicrlfw They yen rued for amusement. "" ( rb be sure, ~t here were various [ : —7 “ patriotic organizations. to the ;

social instinct, but somehow they did ' not satisfy. So one day there sprang into being the. Buck Private;- society. Its success was instantaneous. Originally organized in the Sixth Vnited States field artillery of the First division, which artillery regitnont, I'V rhe Wily, fired the first Amersutids of members in every branch oi the service. There was no formality

of initiation. The only qualification was that you had to be an overseas-buck. privare. ,In..or.der .thM cm The-charter' members, now discharged, are beginning a Campaign for organization. The ’ original’ overseas organizer. Private Paul F. Collins, Battery D. Sixth field . artillery, lives in Los Angeles. He is president and chief buck private. But one of his comrades, First Sergeant Edward M. McGuire. opened Headquarters the other day in Cliicag-o as national field representative. “The Buck Privates’ society in no way conflicts with the American ■ Legion.” Sergeant McGuire said. ’ "In fact. I might say ong_of its aims is that I of co-operation with thO- legion. There is no question that it will be the means | of strengthening that body. ' We hope to establish a dugout in Chicago with a i membership of at .least 5d.0"0 men.” As its platform the society has adopted these planks; Broader edncntionn; | work; cleaner polities; A compulsory schooling_ for all boys .luulac-fdxtegg-jjM order to make bigger and better AmericrffiKTind active conditions in Industry, commerce and labor. ■

Women as Special Agents Under Food Control Act OFFICIAL coifrideration is to be given the appointment of women as special agents for the department of justice Jn the enforcement of the food control act. It has been said informally that a recommendation will be

made to name women among the agents necessary 1 to enforcement of this new legislation. This recommendation will be placed before Frank Burke, chief of the, bureau of investigations of the department of Justice. The department of justice Ims employed wonten agentsr’fH’eviously. A number of them did spy work in this country during the war. They were stationed In many of the larger cities of the country —New York, Boston, Baltimore and others.

‘T diink women would be moAt valuable as agents in the enforcement of A this profiteer act, not only for clothing overcharges, but for food as "ell.” said one of the officials of the department of Justice. “Women have been the purchasers of these commodities for years and they ought to make good detectives of profiteers.” .. Housewives who have. long cherished the desire to get legal action against the retailer Who has taken too much for little Johnny’s shoes or the family beefsteak may yet have the gratification of pouring their woes Into the ear of a feminine department of justice agent. It will be Interesting to watch the effect on clothing and food prices should women 7 agents be named. ' As the food administration acts during the war educated the women of the country, this new bill may give them additional Insight Into the matter of buying and selling in quantities. ....