Daily British Whig (1850), 10 Sep 1915, p. 6

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___PAGE SIX BLINDING SUBMARINES ~~ | i BY GUMMING THEIR EYES Oil Is Pumped on Waters in War Zone. PERISCOPES USELESS FOR VISION OF SHIPS IN OILED AREA. This Mcthod of Dealing With Sub. marines May Explain the Increased Success of British Patrol Boats, New York, Sept. ~-A "curious story has reached New York Times in a roundabout way concern- ing novel measures taken by the Brit- ish Government to combat the Ger- man submarine A New Yorker in casual conversation yesterday with the skipper an Anglo-American tank steamship from New ¥ork "harbor for war zone in- quired if he was having any trouble discharging cargo on the other side. "Not with the last three or fou cargoes," replied the skipper point of delivery indicated to 1 by latitude and longtitude. It is a ways some point in the so-called sub marine war zone. When we reach that spot we start our pumps and dis- charge our cargo of oil overboard, meanwhile steaming in a constar widening cireuit. When eur tanks are empty oar work is done, and we come home ¢ n for more oil i ------------------------- nn 9 the f of 18 Gymnasium Shoes Boys' Canvas Lace Boots, Rubber Soles, in Black or White. | Girls" Canvas Lace Boots, Soles, in Black | or White. | Girls" Canvas Oxford, Rubber Soles, in Black | or White. | The Sawyer los St Automobile For Hire (1915 REGAL) Special Rates for all Kinds of Drives The _éye of a submarine is its pe scope If that _be blinded, the sub- marine helpless. ~~ A submarine { rising to look for prey merely thrusts! its periscope out of water and a pic ture of the surrounding sea is reflect- ed eo mirror below. If there oil on the surface of the water the| periscope reflector is "gummed" and, the pleture-eannot-be-transmitted. To periscope the. submarine mast 'come to the surface and open s hatches; it cannot be done while the vessel remains submerged. "I have wondered," said the skip- | per' of the tanker, "if Lhe spraying of oil on the waters has had anything to do" with the increased success of the British patrol boats in combating the submarines." At Bayonne, where Standard OH tank ships load, are 'several tank steamers. employed by the Brit- igh Government which carry | from 45,000 to 50,000 barrels of at loading British Admiralty ord could be sent tc [their captains without the 'Standard | Oil-people being any the wiser. is clean its oil a ers PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT. Admiral Jellicod" once made 124 | not out when playing cricket for his | | flagship against Singapore } "When We Were Boys Together," | is the favorite song of Will Crooks, | who is spending his holiday with Tommy at the front. {.. The Livingston Gold Medal been awarded to Earl Kitchener, in recognition of his topographical work in connection with the survey | | of Palestine, and as director of the | i survey of Cyprus. | Vice-Admiral Sir Henry Jackson, | | Lord Fisher's successor at the Admi- | ralty, never indulges in vigorous ex- | | ercise. He leaves his house near | | the Admiralty Archway soon after | {nine in the morning, and walks | quietly in the park for about an hour Lord Dunraven, why is stiil doing war worl, acted as correspondent to a fatnous Londow daily paper through the Abyssinian War of '67. and througlr the . Franco-Prussian | War, including the. siege of Paris. 'One of the. nurses looking after the wounded soldiers at St. Mary's { Hospital, Paddington, is Princess {| Arthur of Connaught. She took up {her duties at the hospital about a fottnight ago. She assists at the | dressings and takes the ordinary | "turns." ' ! 'Sir George Scott Robertson, who is | responsible for the striking sugge: | tion that a regiment of Indian | | Guards shouldbe raised, will be best | | known as one of the gallant garri | son that held Chitral. Owing to his | immaculate appearance, he is know as the "dandy of the army." -------------- Out Of the Limelight. Few people realize that the King! of Spain has reigned longer than any other European Sovereign. with the | exception of the King of Monte-| negro, and the Emperor of Austria. Thi sis accounted for by. the - fact | that King Alfonso was born a King, | and has thus reigned for just over | twenty-nine years. King Alfonso is said to be looking rather blue over | tiie contihuanée of the war. He loves the limelight and just fow he can- not get into it. Nobody outside his | own dominions gives him a-thought now; he cannot travél, and money is tight. So there is simply nothing doing ,and his lively Majesty is bor- ed to death. To add to his troubles. | Madrid is rather pro-German, and he | is most emphatically not. i | has | } Many "Safety" Institutes. i There are twenty-six museums of | safety and institutes for the study | of industrial hygiene in the world-- | twenty-two in Europe, three in the! United Statys, and one in Canada. | i {| hand for silence, | bed upstairs. {| drunk i lons of water at HARDY PERENNIAL. A Story of George Ham That Goes Back to Lord Stanley's bays. George lam, who shares with Sir Thomas Shaughnessy the reputation of being the biggest factor in the prosperity of the C. P. R., can always be depended upon to turn a meat point. Speaking at a Montreal re- creiting meeting the other 'eve ning, Mr. Ham, in urging Young men of military age to go to the front, made this declaration: "If I could only take off twenty of my years and give them to my little grandson, there would be two new recruits for the 60th Battalion." "Same old George," was the com- ment of a newspaper veteran who was at the meeting. "Twenty-five years ago, as president of the Ottawa. Press Gallery, I was in the chair at our an- nual dinner, then held in the Russell House, with Sir John Macdonald on ong side of me, and on the other the G¢vcenor-General, Lord Stanley, of Peston, later the Earl of Derby and now dead. The proceedings were well along, but George Ham and one of the most: popular of the gallery of- ficers were missing, and it was sus- pected that the two absentebs were together. After a while George came in, dressed in tweeds, and took his seat beside Lord Stanley. " 'Where's Blank?" was the ery which greeted him from all over the room. . 'George stood up and, raising his made the solemn announcement: 'Gentlemen, I have just left our poor friend. He is in There is a bottle of Scotch there too, and it is a problem whether the Scotch or Blank will be first.' " Big Work at Eugenia. Hydro engineers have succeeded in coupling the Falls of Eugenia to the immense power chain that is being pieced, link by link, in the Province of Ontario. Eugenia Falls are locat- ed about .20 miles south of Colling- wood, and are about 600 feet in height. This is the highest water development in the Dominion, al- though falls in British Columbia ex- ceed Eugenia in height but not in size. The Eugenia Falls are located | on the Beaver River, on miles village of Ceylon! Dams from the which the engineers have thrown across the country near the falls create a lake of 2,000 acres area, con- taining over a thousand million gal- maximum depth, Should the volume of dam water fall to fifty million gallons in a dry sea- son this lake will supply water to tide over the difliculty. The engineers have located the power house about two miles from the base of the falls. To guard agalust any of the possibility of the | conduits bursting, an immense tank, | 105 feet in height, has been erected by the engineers. Fisheries Engineer for Ontario. Canada is certain to be visited by | increasing numbers, of tourists and | holiday visitors during the next few i years. | other parts of the world preclude the Conditions in Europe and in possibility of safe travel abroad. For this reason Canada should encourage tourists by perfecting and adding to her many natural attractions. The recent action of the Ontario Govern- ment in appointing a consulting fish- eries engineer and fish enlturist is, therefore, to be commended. The { mew official is Mr. J. B. Fielding, F, Z.8., of Barrie, Ontario, and his work will be to examine the waters of the province to determine scientifi- cally their suitability for the various species of fishes. Special efforts will also be made to develop new and at- tractive fishing grounds for holiday- ing sportsmem. Another important branch of the mew official's work will be an attempt to improve the strain of some of the Ontario fishes, which | have steadily deteriorated within re. i cent years. Mr. Fielding has an ex- | cellent opportunity for performing valuable public service.--Saturday Night. Canadian Woods. Canada has millions of acres of the DAILY BRITISH using the deep sea line, for it fakes a a EDDINGS A SeeCiaLry. Prompt Attention to, Boat and Traiy Calls, * Service and Efficiency Guaranteed. R. J. Allen Phone 300. Page & Shaw's Assorted Candies at Gibson's Drug Store. The true friend will not depart 'be- cause your pockets aré empty. A man is usually taken at the va- lue the community places on him. Autographic Kodaks and Films at y Gibson's. 340 Johnson J geet Don't: wait until wet, Stomp w buying your FALL SHOES. GET THEM Now : NEW STYLES vr : ALL LEATHERS eather before Roa Drug St | finest timber in the world, 4nd the | men and the mills to handle it. Many | of our woods are not used for certain | purposes because they have not been | tested for those uses. Sometimes we | have actually imported woods when { we had better kinds at home but did | mot know it. To make"the best use | of our native woods the Dominion Department of the Interior has estab- lished in connection 'with the Fores try Branch a forest products labora- tory. This institution is constantly at work testing: woods for paper making, building, furniture, etc. An investigation of the use of wood for block paving has just been completed, and the results issved in pamphlet entitled "'Treated Wood- Block Paving." This gives the latest facts and figures in regard to wood paving in Europe and America and removes many misconceptions, - Higher Mathematics, 'A bright five-year-old lad in Bar rie, just taking his first steps in the science of numbers, was displaying his knowledge before an admiring unele, ° * "I know one, and two, and three, and four, and five, and six," he pro- claimed. i = The time to let well enough alone 8 is when you cannot better it. 'As a rule; the rounder is anything but partial to square dealing Jin the glass tube with a wooden scale WHIG, ES -- HEAVING THE LEAD How a Ship Feels Its Way Over the Bed of the Ocean. FRIDAY, SE TAKING SOUNDINGS AT SEA. |For Deep Water Work Machines That Carry 300 Fathoms of Wire and a Twenty-four Pound Weight Are Used. Casting by Hand In Bad Weather. "By the-d-e-ep, nine" The peculiar, long drawn out cry of the léadsman in the chains echoes out as the cruiser gathers speed and be gins to move through the water. "By the mva-r-k, ten!" We watch the man as he twirls the lead in the air, and reels off the sound- ing with mathematical accuracy. He is standing in. the port "cHains"--a small platform, perhaps four feet square, jutting out fronhone end of the cruiser's bridge. To us his' position seems rather precarious, for his perch overhangs the dark water thirty feet below, but the man himself--a seasop- ed petty officer--feels perfectly safe, for he leans his body against a canvas "apron," waist high, while lils feet are firmly placed against a wooden bar se- cured to the platform ijtself. But let us watch him as he makes a cast. He first sees the end of the lead line is properly secured und then pro- ceeds to coil it up in bis right band. | The line itself, whitened by long use, baP sundry little marks at various dis- tances along it. At two fathoms (twelve feet) from the lead are two strips of leather, while at three fath- oms there are three. At five fathoms, and again at fifteen, is a piece of white bunting; at seven and seventeen fath- oms, a piece of red bunting, and at ten a piece of leather with a hole in it | At thirteen fathoms comes a rag of | blue 'bunting, while at twenty-three is | a small bit of line, with two knots tied in it, spliced into the lead line itself. The lead line is twenty-five fathoms long, while the lead secured to its end is about fourteen pounds in weight. The bottom of it is hollowed out to re ceive the "arming" of tallow or soap, and this allows the nature of the bot- tom to be ascertained, for the sticky substance will come to the surface with particles of mud or sand, etc, ad- bering to it. "Heaving the lead" looks easy enough, and anybody who is accus- tomed to doing it will say that it is quite simple; but it takes a long time before a man becomes a proficient leadsman. A novice is apt to be fright- ened at the whirling fourteen pound weight on the end of its line, and if he loses heart and omits to give it that | peculiar little jerk which brings it fiy- ing nd in a circle it may fall per pendMeularly in close proximity to his head. Heaving the lead may be gil right enough in good weather, but in the winter, when it is blowing hard, rain ing or snowing, it is anything but pleas | ant. The driving rain and snow search out every portion of the leadsman's anatomy, even though he may be wear. ing oflskins, while bis hands get numb' with cold until there fs no feeling left in them. Fig The deep sea lead line, which was in- variably used for deep water work bes fore the introduction of patent sound- ing machines and would still be used if they broke down, consists of 100 | fathoms of line and a twenty-eight | pound lead. It is marked up to twenty fathoms in the same way as the hand lead line, and then at twenty-five, thir ty-five, forty-five, ete. fathoms with one knot, and at thirty, forty, Gfty, ete, with three, four or five knots, and 80 on, to the greatest depth of the line, The ship is usually stopped when » considerable time for the lead to reach | the bottom. : i The patent somnding machiné cof | sists of 300 fathoms of thin piano wire wound on a drum, and to the 'end of the wire 1s secured a twenty-four | pound lead, with, just above it. a pes Torated brass sheath fitted with a cap. Before sounding takes place a glass | tube open at 'one end and coated om | the inside with a red chemical coms | pound, is placed jn the brass sheath. The wire is then allowed to run out until the lead is on the bottom, and as it descends the pressure forces thie water up the glass tube and turns the réd chemical into a milky white color | for a certain distance up. | The lead is then hauled in by hand, | or by a motor, and the depth is as- certained by comparing the line of demarcation between the two colors marked in fathoms. With these simple but extfémely res liable machines soundings cin be ob tained at greater depths, and with the | jehip traveling at a far greater speed, | than with the band lead and line, | though, as already stated, the older method Is always beld In reserve.~. London Answers, Boma ~ *T tinderstand frig to dance?" Fo on rn "No" replied Mrs, Glumsby. "That | report was started by some neighbors who hiippened to be lookitig through ot basement windew just after he dropped a hot cinder ou liis foot." ~Washington Star, Nr oe. A et ---- % "WEY 0 your, wife leave you?" \ "Force of habit, I guess. She was & cook before 1 married ber."--Detroft Free Dress, x wey ------------ The great secret of making the labor of life easy is to do each duty every ~Marsden. WEEE Fa dar. In advising be guile sufe you ars hel TMead SF Hadenie: \ - Resbives do not stand much shew whetl thé Will powers is weak. New Soaps and Lotion¢ at Gibson's ore. y ~ seeker to notice you just now. Of toursé vou expect the office | porter, | "Mr. Agint Telefone Co. | tam | nodder nite dé telefone was ring and | someboddies was say | dent and de front door | dont was be able for tole me, PTEMBER 10, 1915. | . FLAHERTY OFF AGAIN. - i Canadian Explorer Makes Another} Mysterious Journey. Mr. R. J.-Flaherty, of Toronto, the i explorer, who last year re-discovered ' the long-lost islands in Hudson's Bay, origimally charted b Hudson, has again left for the scene of his discovery, wealth of unknown proportions expedition. At the time of Mr. Flaberty's re: |} turn to Toronto last spring, it was rumored that a hurried return would be made to the islands, but con- | cerning this neither Mr. Flaherty + nor any of the membars of his party would say anything. ~ Théir chief con- cern seemed to he the condensation to reasonable length of the thousands if of feet of film showing various inter- esting scenes from Esquimaux life, and the difficulties and hardships en- countered by the party of explorers. Yet on Saturday night last Flaherty suddenly and quietly de- parted for the north, and it is Spid i that he was preceded some time ago by the major portion of his party, as well as by a shipload of provisions Hi ¥ Hendrik {i Mysterious hidden | |}! isi ! believed to be the ciuse of this new {| Mr. i " A FALL MILLINERY OPENING Friday, September 10th A a tg --Made-in-Canada Goods Our Specialty. OPEN TUESDAY AND THURSDAY, 7.30 P.M. TO 9.20 P.M. nn i ~------ Nomi im i it Miss Hamilt Miss Hamilton, 370 PRINCESS ST. Phone 1267 and paraphanalia which left for Hud- { son's Bay about the July. Mr: Flaherty's various trips of ex- ploration to | Hudson's Bay * have been in the interests of Sir Wil- liam Mackenzie and Sir Donald Mann. Mr. Lewis Lukes, assistant to the president of the Canadian Northern Railway, is in immediate charge of this line of enterprise on the part of the two railroad mag-| nates. { Mr. Lukes, approached by a re- begged, under the plea of business, to be excused from discuss- ing the matter for the present. It is understood that Mr. Flah- erty's discoveries on these islands, which have been lost to civilization | since the days of that' intrepid seventeenth century explorer, Hen- drik Hudson, include mineral de- posits of promising proportions. whettter gold, silver, or some lesser metal, it is impossible to say. That the find is considered a valu- able one, however, is shown by the! | aura of mystery which seems to sur- round the outfitting and departure | of the latest expedition; the sparse- ness of detail in Mr. Flaherty"s de- scription of the islands; the fact that his story of the discovery was not made public until some time after his return to civilization; the secrecy maintained coricerning his future plans; and, last of all, by the facts that Mr. Lukes, when seen over a month ago, preférred that mention of the expedition be withhheld from | publication until after Mr, Flah- arty had left. Seemingly, the "feathered Esqui- maux," whom Mr. Flaherty found to be the sole human inhabitants of the islands, are not the only attrac- tion of this almost unknown land. The discovery of the islands. was made in a nonchalant sort of way. Mr. Flaherty's expedition literally "stumbled upon them" in the night; | the ship, finding solid land beneath | her prow, decided to- stop. Dawn showed the explorers a barren, un- attractive landscape, formed a'most wholly of rock. The result of his | investigations into the composition of this rock, Mr. Flahert make public, > » The now famous feathered Esqui- y has still to } maux, whosé apparel consists of the tanned skins of the eiderduck, un- + like that of any tribe of Esqiimaus . Previously known, are so clad, stated { Mr, Flaherty, because of the absence | of fur-bearing animals on the {s- lands, * "A Modern Inconvenigence. , The unfortunate French-Canadian who wrote the, following amusing let- {tar must have been puzzied to know why a telephone should be called a labor saving contrivance, The read-| er cannot hélp wonderifig . whether | the "agint" was "able for tole him" why it is generally so considered. ! "August 1st, 1914, | 1 spose. you contract wid | me for telefone on my houses resid-| ence. You tole to me if I get som of | you telefone, she's goin help my biz-| ness. Dose telefone is de only ones | aroun my houses, and mos all de { nabor lak for use heem. So many peoples call up for ax me for go tole | somebody he want for. spoke to it, I dont was have no times for do' some- tin else. I have so many erran for do | sine I ge} does telefone | dont have for ten my own bizness. De. for go tole Mr. Brown for come spoke on telef ! I start for hunt Mr. Brown, an 1 fall , downstairs, broke my legs, an brake it out de front doors glass. My axi-| damage is add up $123 and 67 cent. If you can for | tole to me how much dose telefone is help me I keep dose contract. If you I goin | broke de contract. id "ans. La Croix Fecto." 1 Fish Culture. . | Artificial fish culture Ts a necessity | in cotinection with some of Canada's best food and game fishes. This is | due in the first place to over-fishing. many "of the feeding and! spawning grounds in the lakes and with especial force to such . i Species as the whitefish, one of the | Onest of the food fishes. In 1915, ap-| proximately 281 million whitefish fry | were distributed ig the Great Lakes. | During the presem{ season three new hatcheries are in operation. One of | these, situated & the third, 1a Qu'Ap- bas a capacity of 50 mil. | w . pelle Park, lon eggs. -------------- pn slo. 4 Money easily earned has the knack of departing in thé same way. ! When it can be avoided, poverty | comes very hear being-a ertme lt Neilson's Jee Cream Bricks at Gip-| son's Drug Store, A beginning of i. and Patriotic Rally Frontenac County Council Patriotic Meeting CITY HALL, Tuesday Evening, Sept. 14th At 8 p.m. Citizens and residents of the County are invited to attend. Chair will be occupied by Dr. J. W Edwards, M.P. Addresses Will Be Given By W. F. NICKLE, M.P., PROF. MULLOY, MAYOR SUTHERLAND, WARDEN DONALDSON, DR. ROBERTSON, OTTAWA, A. McG. RANKIN, MPP, W. D. BLACK, MPP. of3 By kind permission of Col. Ogilvie, the R.C.H.A. 7 Band will be in attendance. Solos, ete. A cordial invitation is extended to all. GOD SAVE THE KING. Kingston, September 9th, 1915. © oe RIDEAU STREET CONVENT. TESTIMONIAL FROM RIDEAU STREET CONVENT . "Ottawa, "Ont, J Messrs. C Sr Gentler : Ha Kg which Are anothed ont ¢ some of the planos decided to purchase rintzman & Co. pianos, and we wo s with one which we have Just selected from your stock at warerooms In purchasing this piano, we w'sh to express to you our delight and satisfaction in the se al Helntsman & Co. pianos which we alre y have in use, hased from you some time ago The responsiveness , the evénness of tone throughout the entire 3 1 as the quality and volume are all that could be desired a ad plano for a hme or an institution where the best is re d, they are all that can be desired; and we have noe hesitation in s amping the man & Co. ag Canada's best piano. ¥ours very truly, SISTER OLIER Heintz + Superior. The Heintzman & Co. Piano--the piano you will eventually buy. Used endorsed by the most prominent musicians and musical institufions from coast to coast. SOLE AGENTS FOR KINGSTON. C. W. Lindsay, Limited., "121 PRINCESS STREET. M. S. GRACE, MANAGER i A i ai A pA A, SN i A NN it = For Men on Saturday == 3 NEW FALL SUITS FOR $9.00. " Specially selected patterns in English Tweeds and Worsteds, well tailored, made three button sin- &le breasted sack style, with twill mohair linings to match; sizes 36 to 44. y for FOR THE BOYS ON SATURDAY. New Fall Suits for $6.00, made Norfolk style of Tweeds, Worsteds and Blue Serges, wide bloomer pants; sizes 28 to 35. 'Saturday for . [........ $5.00 ~ SATURDAY, NECK TIE DAY Men's 50¢ and 75¢ Ties to go.at 3b. Clearing our better grade stocks of all broken ranges and small lots; stripes, spots, foulards, satin borders, bengalines; some extra large shapes, full lengths. » 5 MEN'S FALL HATS. Sy : Soft Hats, slressy fall and winter stvles: Oxford grey, slate, battleship grey, navy and green; self or RE EE MEN'S $3 BOOTS ON SALE SATURDAY $1.95 Blucher style, black box kip and dongola kid leathers, common sense heels; sizes 6 to TL Satur- day for : ar vise us axa sass 3D Large assortment of Ladies' & Children's Fall Boots ' . re : ~~ Louis Abramson,

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