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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1914
Page
6
A proposed automatic helmsman would steer ships like a human on the bridge. Based on gyroscopic compass accuracy, a light reflected from a mirror on the compass would guide rudder motors to maintain a northeast course until new orders are given.
The piece explains how barbed wire has repeatedly turned assaults into defeats by entangling attackers. It cites the Santiago siege in the Spanish American War and Russo Japanese War examples, detailing wire layouts, improvised posts, and the hazards to both troops and horses.
Sherwood Eddy, in World's Work, notes India's economic surge over 50 years with trade rising from 300 million to 1.4 billion dollars. He cites 32,000 miles of railways carrying 330 million passengers yearly, 76,000 miles of telegraph lines, and irrigation networks reclaiming 22 million acres to avert famine. The piece highlights exports in rice tea hides cotton and wheat, plus Tata iron works supplying San Francisco.
A reminiscence of a boy visitor at Friedrichsruh recalls Prince Bis marck’s 19th century map discussion. He warned that Europe would face permanent change as dissension fil l s France and Asia becomes the focus of upheaval when millions grow hungry.
Quote from Howard V. Sutherland in the New York Post stresses a vision of a single safe nation to uphold civilization. The remark frames America as the sole exemplar in the global order and urges unity.
The U S Department of Agriculture orders spoiled food to be denatured before interstate shipment. Spoiled eggs may be shipped for tanning and other nonfood uses after treatment with salt kerosene or coloring matter to prevent food use. The rule mirrors denaturing grain alcohol for arts.
A Chinese company regularly enlisted in Hawaii militia earns notice for its progress under U S Army officers. The War Department sanctioned the unit and a second company may be recruited as it advances in military tactics.
A woman becomes the first superintendent and deputy medical officer for the women convicts in an English prison. The note contrasts this milestone with the past, recalling Miss Jex-Blake who faced hostility while seeking a medical degree in England and Edinburgh.
The article notes the immense force of large artillery. It states an eighty one ton gun firing a shot twelve miles reaches a shell height of 5428 feet above Mont Blanc. It claims a 100 ton projectile impacts with force equivalent to 465000 155 pound then springs from a height of one foot.
The London Mirror recounts a tale from Emma’s regency era where a bold knock wakes her before dawn and a childlike voice proclaims itself queen of Holland. Emma replies she is not dressed yet but allows her daughter to enter if it is the queen.
Known as vegetable sponges they grow freely in Ecuador during the rainy season on vines like pumpkins. The poor wash dishes and bathe with them claiming they are superior to animal sponges.
The London Statist argues that a modern continental war lasting three years would exhaust all belligerents. Supplying armies with munitions provisions and replacing losses through deaths wounds and illness would demand immense resources and vigor from the male population, likely exhausting even the wealthiest nations before the period ends.
Automobiles adapted to burn coke power omnibuses and motor trucks on London streets. A front hood conceals boiler and engine. coke bunkers supply fuel for 50 to 100 miles. An automatic feed delivers coke into the fire. gas passes through a cooler, emitting little smoke to meet police rules.
A London Chronicle note warns well meaning women sewing comforts for English soldiers that socks are useless to a march. The man on the long trek already has good boots and blisters from marching, so extra socks only cause disposal and no thanks.
A pamphlet urging priority for American products argues policy should favor goods made in U S factories by domestic workers, backed by American capital and taxation to support government goals. The call echoes a nationalistic trade stance attributed to Leslie's.
A Chelan Leader reprints a local mining opinion explaining that if owner A hires B to do assessment work and B forges an affidavit claiming full work, B commits perjury and could face charges of obtaining money under false pretenses. A must ensure remaining work is completed to prevent the claim from becoming jumpable by others.
N P Fruit Distributors general counsel Rich ards informs 8350 members of the industry that apple boxes must declare contents by weight or dry measure rather than count or cubic inches. Each standard box guarantees at least one bushel or 40 pounds, with optional stamping of the exact apple count on the exterior.
Walter Gerson a popular young druggist and Miss Sadie Carter were married at the bride’s parents home in Cashmere Wednesday morning. The ceremony was quiet with relatives and a few friends. The couple traveled to the coast and will reside in this city renting a north side track house. Gerson will resume duties at City Drug Store where he has worked six months.
Mr. P. E. Ward in charge of Malaga public school and a progressive ticket nominee spent last Saturday among Leavenworth voters. He worked five years in Wenatchee schools until resigning last spring in a board protest. His sole opponent on the Republican ticket is E. C. Bowersox, a former four year superintendent and current office worker.
Among the successful hunters on Sunday were C. B. Mc Dermott, Harry Wall, and Vic Aggren who bagged a fine 134 pound dressed deer though none could name the shooter. Harry Carr also hunted that day and secured a large doe.
Interview with Mr. Meekton reveals cautious support for women voting. He favors granting suffrage with reservations stating his wife should approve voters and that he does not want anyone she might disapprove of voting without her permission.
A fragment from the Philadelphia Ledger depicts a professor in a laboratory conducting experiments while a visitor worries about the professor’s fate. The scene hints at a dangerous or unexpected interruption with a booming bang.
Six thousand bushels of lodge pole pine seed are being gathered this fall in the Arapaho National Forest Colorado for spring reforestation. The Philippine Bureau of Forestry invites bids to cut nearly 300000 acres of timber on Luzon. Okanogan National Forests Washington installs powerful signal lanterns for night fire reporting from lookout peaks.
The first U S sawmill is said to be at Jamestown with boards exported in June 1607. A 1625 water-power mill near Richmond California is noted. Yew timber from national forests used in archery practice resembles medieval English long bows. Pennsylvania Supreme Court rules damage from negligent timber fires includes loss of young growth and overall property injury.
The family expresses sincere thanks to the people of Leavenworth for help and sympathy after the loss of Norman in an accident last Tuesday. Special gratitude is given to Drs Hoxsey and Judah and Mrs E Crawford and Mrs D C Town for substantial aid. Mr and Mrs C P Davenport and Mrs J W McCarthy also extend thanks.
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