NORTH PLATTE SEMIAVEEKLY TBTBUNE. ,
Spandau Arsenal Is Now a Salvage Dump
IMPROVED
HIGHWAYS
ADAMANT HIGHWAY IS NEED
The former ursonnl nt Spnndnii, Germany, linn been c onverttd Into a salvage dump lor all war material In tho
Berlin nrcn, anil the metal Is being used In tho inantifnct uro of ponce-tlmo articles. This photograph shows one
of tlio ninny small molal truckH bolus mado for shipment to Franco to used In reconstruction work.
U. S. HOSPITAL AT
CONSTANTINOPLE
Desifjnetl Eventually to Be Nu
cleus of Important Medical
Center in Near East.
QALKAtt WOKEN MAY TRAIN
Equipment of the Hospital, Which
Will -Have 100 Beds, Will Be
Supplied by the American
Red Cross.
"Constantinople. Americans In Con
stantinople have established a hospital
which Is designed eventually to be the
nucleus of an Important Amerlcnn
medical eeirjer In the near Kast. Ad
miral Bristol, tho American high com
missioner, Is chairman of the hos
pital's board of directors, which In
cludes G. B. Itavndnhl, tho American
commissioner and president of tho
Amerlcnn chamber of commerce ; MaJ
(i. Clallln Davis, director of tho Amer
lean Hed Cross In the near Kast ; Col
;
James I', Coombs, director of the
American committee for relief In tho
near Iiatit; Dr. Mary Mills Patrick,
president of Constantinople College for
Women; Dr. W. W. Poet, representing
tho various American missionary
boards, and Mrs. Huntingdon, repre
senting Robert college.
Red Cross Gives Beds.
Equipment for tho hospital, which
will have 100 beds, will be supplied
by the American Red Cross. Tho per
sonnel will be supplied by tho Amer
lean Red Cross and tho American com
mltteo for relief In tho near Kast, both
of which have many doctors and
nurses working In Turkey among war
refugees of various nationalities.
Dr. A. It. Hoover, who has lived for
ninny years in Turkey, will be direc
tor of the hospital and Dr. Ulflo Rich
nrds Gruff, formerly physician to Vas
GERMANY'S COAL KING
Latest plcturo of llerr Hugo Btlnnes,
German coal king, Industrial magnato
and nowspapcr owner, who led Ger
many's fight against tho allies' de
mands for coal and who was llnally
forced to yield nt the Spa conference.
IOWA IS MADE A TARGET
Famous Battleship To Be Object
ive of Big Naval Guns.
Will Go to Sea Unmanned, Under Own
Steam and Controlled by Wire
less for Unique Experiment,
Washington. Tho once famous bat
tleship Iowa, which played no small
part In tho destruction of Cervera's
fleet nt Santiago, Is being prepared at
the Philadelphia navy yard for what
naval ofllcers say will bo one of tho
most unique target experiments over
attempted.
Proceeding unmanned, but under her
own steam and controlled by radio,
probably from seaplanes, tho old sea
fighter will become tho objective of
tho big guns of the Atlantic licet super
dreadiiaughts In Chesapeake bay late
ithlB summer. This will bo the llrst
time that American warships have
siir college and a member of the Wei-
lesley unit of tho American commit
tee for rellof In the near Kast. will
bo his assistant. Mrs. Anna. K. Roth-
rock of Olonslde, I'a., will be superliij
tendent of nurses and her assistants
will be Miss A. Kstello Stilton of De
troit, Miss Roberta K. Sharpe of New
York and Miss Mary K. Coughlln of
Acton Center, Mass.
Constantinople College for Women
will open a school for nurses In con-
ectlon with the hospital, and within
u year will open a woman's1 medical
college to afford medical training for
women of all nationalities and re
ligions. The Rockefeller foundation
has promised to send a board of In
spection to Constantinople and tho hos
pital bourd hopes to get tho assist
nnco of thai organization In a gen
eral Improvement of health nnd medl
cal conditions In the near Kast.
Need Is Urgent.
The need for a hospital for English-
speaking patients Is very urgent,
LIVES SIX DAYS
British Scientist Makes Daring
Experiment in Interest
of Aviation.
WAS HERMETICALLY SEALED
Question Involved Was Would It Be
Possible to Calculate Quantity of
Oxygen Necessary to Airmen
at High Altitudes.
London. Six days scaled up. in a
glass cuso Is a daring experiment bear
ing on aviation which has Just been
curried out by a middle-aged British
university professor, Joseph Burcroft,
l It. S., render In physiology at Cam
bridge university. Tho question In
volved was whether It would bo pos
sible to calculato tho quantity of oxy
gen necessary to an airman nt high al
titudes.
The case In which Mr. Barcroft was
shut up for six days was specially
erected Mn n quiet room In tho physlo-
loglcal laboratory. It was about seven
feet high nail about ten feet broad.
Tho lloor, walls and roof were made
of glass, hermetically sealed and di
vided Into v two compartments one
fitted with n lounge chair and table
and Iho other with a simple bed.
Took Regular Exercise.
At tho foot of the bed was a pedal
ing apparatus consisting of a frame of
a bicycle, from which the front wheel
had been removed, and a small back
wheel with a frame nttached, to enable
Mr. llarcroft to get some exercise anil
cause a certain amount of work to lo
done.
During his six days In this case
Mr. llarcroft spent his time In work
used a moving craft for a target ex
cept In actual war.
Two of tho Iowu'h coal-burning holl
ers tiro being converted to burn oil so
tho shirr may continue under way with
no ono aboard onco Its fires have been
started burning and Its engines placed
In motion.
It Is expected that tho unique prac
tice will give tho gun pointers of the
Atlantic fleet au opportunity to test
their ability under conditions, as nearly
like those to be expected In battle as
can bo obtained. Smoke screens will
ho thrown around tho Iowu during the
runs and tho coursns will bo changed
at will through the radio control sys
tent, necessitating a chango In range
on all tho tiring ships, exactly as would
occur In action.
Tho Iowa has already been stripped
of Fonio of Its guns and much valuable
metal and the practlco will be contin
ued until tho old YC3cl, a mass of
twisted metal, ulnks beneath tlu wtv-en
American firms are opening branches
In Constantinople every week. This
has become n greut rendezvous for the
American navy. The Young Men's
Christian association and Young Wom
en's Christian association have large
organization, In addition to many re
lief anil missionary bodies, which are
constantly In need of hospital space
for their personnel.
Under the dlrcctlo'n of the Constan
tinople unit of the American commit
tee for relief In the near Kast, an
opon-nlr hospital for tuberculous chil
dren has also been established on the
shore of the Bosporus a few miles
north of Constantinople. This hos
pital Is under the direction of Dr.
lilllc Richards OralT. It lids 00 beds,
anil Is designed as a model Institution
which the Americans hope to get the,
Turkish, Creek, Armenian and Jewish
communities to duplicate.
Tho new American hospital has
leased u largo private residence Jn
Stnmboul, the Turkish section of Con
stantinople. Camden Buys Whitman Hougc.
Camden, N. .1. Walt Whitman's
home here, In which he Is said to have
.written many of his best poems, has
been bought by the city of Camden
for $000. The house will be convert
ed Into a museum.
IN GLASS CASE
relating to the experiments, lit tnklng
exercise on the bicycle and In sleep
ing. Ho was kept under observation
day and night to Insure his personal
safety, college students and others tak
ing their turn to keep wntch.
Nitrogen was continually Introduced
Into the chamber and the air I) ecu me
gradually rarer In oxygen until it ap
proximated that at an altitude of 1(1,-
000 feet, when Mr. llarcroft, who lias
had experience In mountaineering, ex
perienced considerable Inconvenience
from sickness and sleeplessness, and
also an indisposition to take any food.
Felt Rather Shaken.
At tho close of the experiment some
blood was taken from Mr. Rarcroft's
arm.' The oxygen' tho. blood contained
was separated and It was found to
agree with the expectations of the ex
periment. Mr. llarcroft confesses to having felt
rather shaken up after his release from
the gfass case but dhl not look much
the worso for the experience.
The experiment Is regarded here as
thoroughly successful and a scientific
report of It will, be laid before the
next meeting of the Rrltlsh associa
tion, whero Mr. Rarcroft will be presi
dent of the physiological section.
Dry Cleaners "Cleaned."
Columbus, O. There are two suits
of convict clothing at a local dry
cleaning establishment which await a
couple of convicts. When tlio place
was opened for business tho proprie
tors were surprised to see the cloth
ing carefully arranged on the rack,
whero the night previous two suits of
customers' clothing awaited their own
era. Two convicts who had escaped
from the state prison farm had made
the exchange during tho night.
to Join the old Texas, which, as the
San Marcos, was used as n statlouarj
target years ago.
The battleship Ohio has been turned
over to tho bureau of steam engineer
ing for purposes of experiment In ra
dio control and a btalf of expert tech
nical olllcers has been placed on board
to arrange the Iowa practice.
Edison Uses Telegraph
Key First Time in 1 9 Years
Orange,, N. .1. Using a tele
graph key for tho first time In
10 years, Thomas A. Kdlson sent
from hero to a committee of tho
Old-Time Telegraphers and His
torical association a message to
he Inscribed on an Imperishable
phonographic disc to be placed
In tho association's urchlvc, as
a record of his style of "send
ing," The last tlmo Mr. Kdlson
used a telegraph Instrument was
111 1001.
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Present Roads Wont Withstand
Truck Traffic and Builders Must
Plan Heavlor Roads.
The time Is near at hand when
ninln line hlghwnys must be built
more .substantially than In the past,
'according to William A. Hrusb, chair
man of tlio good ronds committee of
the Detroit Automobile club.
neciiiisi: of the tremendous growth
In commercial unfile on tho highways
tho road builders must soon look
ahcad- and plan-for heavier roads.
The railroad strike, which caused
Industries and commercial houses
throughout the country to resort to
motor transport to move materials
and finished products, helped to prove
Laying Brick Pavement.
that our highways are Inadequate iih
now constructed, said Mr. Brush.
Kven our most substantial roads
showed the effects iif this additional
tralllc ami the more cheaply built
thoroughfares began to deteriorate
rapidly. In fact so fast that It was
necessary for hlgl'way nfllclaU to ex
orcise their rrghts under the slate
laws and limit the weight of loads.
The highways we have been build
ing In recent years, even the perma
nent types, are not heavy enough to
carry the ever Increasing coiutnereia.1
tralllc. Knglnoors realize now that
the roads must be considerably thick
er than at present and that they must
be wider to give room for tlio addi
tional vehicles being placed In service.
Another phase of the commercial
tralllc problem Is that of tire equip
ment. It Is going to be necessary to
equl all trucks wlt'.i pneumatics
eventually In order that the highways
may be protected as much as possible.
The pneumatic, tire gets away from
the constant pounding that Is evident
with solid tires. They absorb the
shock, no matter how minute, and
thereby save the pavement from the
pounding of the hetiyy load anil give
longer life to the nieehanlsni of the
vehicle.
Experience Is the onlv teacher and
experience has shown to all the big
road engineers of the country the fob
ly of building a good road ton light.
The surfaces must be thicker In order
to stand-llHi sho 'k of (he heavy loads
pnssing over them.
MUCH CRUSHED ROCK NEEDED
Program for Road Building In Minne
sota Calls for 667,000 Tons
Material.
"The proposed road-building program
In Minnesota this year will require
about 007,000 tons of crushed rock or
gravel, or nearly 20.000 carloads of ag
gregate, according to Information se
cured by the bureau of public roads,
United Stales department of agricul
ture. The figures give some Idea of
the magnitude o the roail-bulldlng
program now being carried on In many
states. Largely on account or a snort
age of crushed stone or gravel OS
miles of road which were to have been
built In 1010 were not completed.
These roads are to he completed this
year, while about 180 miles of new
construction requiring crushed rock or
gravel have lieen authorized. This
makes a mileage of 250 scheduled for
1020.
EQUALIZING COST OF ROADS
States Which Have Constructed High
ways Should Be Given Credit
for Improvements.
In some of the states where high
way construction has Iwcji a part of
thestote policy for a period of years,
much work has been done on high
ways which would naturally become
a part of the national system. It Is
proposed that In these canes states or
counties should bo allowed compen
sation which will give other highway
mileage equal hi value to that con
structed. Such highways would not
be maintained by the government, but
would be turned over to tho state
while the government underiDok the
cot of maintenance of tho national
Bystein.
Register Wear on Material.
Machines In the road testing labora
tory of the engineering experiment
station, Manhattan, register as much
wear on road material In a few hours
as would be registered by actual use In
from 50 to 100 years.
Represent Liabilities.
Roads that will not be of any service
when the bonds that pay for them
have matured represent' liabilities In
stead of assets. Such costly waste
should be, and In many' places Is be
. lug stopped.
Bigger Population; More Seats in House
FLU NEED
L . LC WPW
HOUSE
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'AHIIINGTON. UiiIcrs the mem
bership of the house Is Increased
from 43T to nt least 000 to meet 'the
Increased population shown by tho
1020 census, ten states will lose one
or more representatives, according to
Representative Hlegel of New. York,
chairman of the census committee
which win franio the new apportion
ment hill.
Those states, are: Indiana, Iowa
and Missouri, which will lose two con
gressmen each ; ami Illinois, Kentucky.
-Maine, Maryland, Nebraska, Vermont
and Virginia, which will lose one con
gressman each.
Mr. Slegel explains that If the
house membership is retained at Its
present tlgure It will be necessary to
Increase the population basis In each
congressional district beyond the 211,-
U. S. Shipping Board
f PKRATION of the section of the
Ing preferential rail rates on exports
sent to seaboard for movement In
American bottoms will be suspended
until January 1. 1021. it lias been an
nounced by the shipping board.
Chairman -Reason explained that
this time would be necessary for an
Investigation of facts and Intelligent
application of the provisions of (he
net. This section Is one of those to
which foreign .steamship companies
have objected and ultimately It Is ex
pected to be made the basis for diplo
matic conversations between the
American and other foreign govern
ments. This Is thcvseeond suspension under
the provision of the law that the ship
ping hoard may certify to the Inter
state commerce commission that It de
sires suspensions of ninety ilnys dura
tion. The first suspension was certi
fied on June II. Amounting the fur
ther certification, Chairman Reuson
said:
"This section of the act Is In the'
interest of American commerce and
shipping. Congress had In view that
the movement of our commerce to or
Protecting the Birds
IN .ACCOKDANCK with a resolution
passed by the senate asking the
president to negotiate treaties with
countries south of iho United States
border for the protection of our migra
tory birds, the bureau of biological
survey Is now proceeding actively to
secure information. It is pending a
competent ornithologist to Argentina,
Uruguay, Paraguay and southern Rrn
zll for the purpose of studying migra
tory birds from the United States'that
pass our winter season In those re
gions. As such a treaty Is now In ef
fect with Canada, the birds will ulti
mately be protected all along the lino
of migration.
ACTIV1T1KS of the lost session of
congress have been made public by K.
M. Martin, tally clerk of the house.
The house was In session 110 days.
"One of the Most
pVIDKNCH against fourteen young
risk bureau, charged with defrauding
disabled soldiers out of claims aggre
gating moro than $100,000, has been
presented to the grand Jury by Dis
trict Attornev John H. Laskey. Thirty-live
specific cases of soldiers hav
ing been Victimised were presented,
although there are seventy-two cases
In which veterans of the war have
been defrauded "and only the top of
the conspiracy has been scraped," ac
cording to the secret service offldnK
A big force of secret service opera
tives are working on the plot, and
18,000 claims are being Investigated
on the suspicion that several thou
sand more victims of the alleged swin
dlers may he found. The ramifications
of the Investigation cover tho whole
country. Including the army hospitals
and rehabilitation Institutions.
Other arrests are expected, as the
secret service hitvo trailed a number
of suspects to tho remotest sections
of the country.
"None shall escape," declared W. H.
Moran, chief of tho secret service, who
characterizes the conspiracy ns "one
of the most revolting of crimes."
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000 or major portion thereof now fixed
If this Is done, he snys, the ten states
named will lose one or more of the
present districts because tbetr popula
tions have not Increased In propor
tion to those of other states.
On tho basis of the estimated popu
lation of 100,000,000 for the whole
country, In 1020, an Increase of ap
proximately 1-1,000,000 In ten years.
Mr. Siegel says sixty-live or slxty-slx
new seats In the house must be cre
ated If the ten states are to rctala
their present numerical representation.
While precedent warrants tho In
crease, Mr. .SIcgel declares there Is
strong opposition to It on tho part of
some of the present representatives,
while others favor reduction to, as
few ns 300 members.
Mr. Slegel expects the work of
framing the new apportionment bill lit
accord with tho new population to
begin with the reconvening of congress
In December, and he anticipates that
the measure will be passed early Iiv
1H21.
Kvery deende since 1700, with the'
single exception of 1810, the house
membership has been enlarged to keep
pace with the growing population.
Now the houso floor is crowded,
when all members are present.
Calls Another Halt
from any foreign port or n port in
a dependency or possession of the Uni
ted States should not be restricted,
and so required the board to certify
this to the Interstate commerce com
mission and authorized the commis
sion to suspend the provisions of Sec
tion 28, where American facilities be
tween such ports and the United
States were inadequate.
"The board has decided that ninety
days' suspension does not afford op
portunity for proper inquiry Into the
subject. Until fully Informed It could
not make Intelligent application of
the provisions of Section 28, and has
certified to the interstate commerce
commission the desirability of further
suspension of those provisions untIL
January 1, 1021."
and Other Things
over a period of 188 days. During:
that time .'1,720 bills, 132 Joint resolu
tions, 103 simple resolutions, unit
23 concurrent resolutions were In
troduced. The president """approved
103 public laws and 34 public
resolutions. House conmilttees report
ed to the house calendar 400 hill
and resolutions, while the house acted
on 231 hills and 327 resolutions, There
will, bea pending for Immediate action
when the hou.se convenes 250 bills.
DANGKR of a strike of radio oper
ators on American vessels has been
averted for at least ninety days. Ait
agreement has been entered Into by
Admiral Benson, chnlrman of tint
shipping board, with leaders of tho
National Radio Telegraphers' associa
tion to extend tho present agreement
to November 1.
MANY collections of Americana hav
ing to do with tho tercentenary of
the Pilgrims will bo on exhibit thl
yenr. Ono of the largest exhibitions
will be in the library of congress,
which lias an unusually valuable storo
of colonial curios, nnd Herbert Put-'
'nam, the librarian, has offered to arJ
range largo collections that will ha
changed from time to time, so that
many phnses of the early colonial llf
may be dealt with.
Revolting of Crimes
9
There Is no safety In the flight of
the accused or suspected, according;
to Chief Mornn, who has Information
about the intention of a number of
college men to flee to Mexico. At
least two who planned to escape the?
penalty by fleeing the United States
linvo already been npprehended.
The Inevitable part of n "woman In
the cose" has developed, nnd two
young women are under suspicion.
Two hnvo been taken to the head
quarters of tho secret service and
closely questioned about their sus
pected complicity, as they took part
In Joy rides and In other ways helped
the defendants spnd some of tho
money takeu from the disabled soldiers.
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