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LEAKSVILL^, NORTH CAROLINA MONDAY, APRIL 9, 1923
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PRESIDENT HARDING
IS BACK AT WORK
MUCH INVIGORATED
Mr*. Harding able to walk to
car when they reach
Washington
BOTH IMPROVED
BY TRIP TO SOUTH
(By Associated Press)
Washington, April, 9.—President
Harding is back at his desk invigor*
ated by a five weeks vacation in the
South and ready to shoulder again
an accumulation of official business.
President and Mrs. Harding arrived
in-Washington shortly after noon
yesterday, the latter showing only
slight evidence of fatigue from the
16 hour journey and her improved
health was further shown by the
£aet she walked thru the station to
the automobile at the entrance,
whereas, on leaving here she ,was
driven direct to a private car in the
railrbadd yards.
ATTORNEY GENERAL
RESTRAINED FROM
MAKING INQUIRY
New York Attorney General
Must not look into kill
ing of Peters
TELEGRAPH COMPANY
MUST KEEP STILL
(By Associated Press)
Albany, N. Y.t April 9.—Investi
gation by State Attorney General
.Sherman of the shooting to death
,of Clarence Peters by Walter S.
Ward was temporarily halted when
* attorneys representing the Ward
Baking Company and Ralph M. an*l
Walter Ward, obtained a temporary
injunction rearraining the attorneys
General and Western Union Tele
graph Companies from publishing
cablegrams relating to the ease.
It also resiraW'thf Attorney Oeiw
oral from questioning members of
the legal staffs
PULLMAN RATES TO
BE LOOKED INTO
/Bv Associated Press)
Washington, April, 9.—Investiga
tion into the propriety and reason
ableness of present surcharge plac
ed against passengers who use Pull
man equipment into’' the general
schedule of rates charged for Pull
man service was instituted by the
Commerce Commission.
NON RIGID DIRIGIBLE
.AT FT. BEN HARRISON
Vort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana,
April, 9.—T. C. one of the largest
United States Amy dirigibles land
ed here at 9:36 this morning the
first leg of its journey from Wing
foot Lake Station, Akron, Ohio, to
foot Lake Station, Akron', Ohio, to
Scott Field, Beleville Illinois. It left
Akron at 3:15.
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CUBA AGENCY OPENED
BY SOUTHERN RAILWAY
Havana, Cuba, April, 8.—Busi
ness between the Island of Cuba and
the United States, moving via the
Key West aU rail route and thru
Vthp South Atlantic and Gulf i>orts
Hit increased to such an extent that
the Southern Railway System is op
" ening an agency in Havana in order
that closer attention may be given
- to this constantly growing traffic.
Charles F. Lauer, formerly com
mercial agent for the Southern '•!
St. Louis, Mo., has boon appointed
Cuban agent and has just arrived
in Havana, accompanied by R- L
McKellar, of Louisville, Ky.,. for
eign freight traffic manager for the
Southern.
Hr. ifggaiur is enthusiastic over
the opportunities for profitable bus
iness in “Cuba which are open to
Southern business concerns as-the
result of their advantageous geo
graphical locations and states that
i«quP‘es oddresed to Mgr-ait l&to
vilie ot to Mr. Lauor at Havana, will
be handled gladly and promptly.
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BOMB DESTROY LOCK
DORTMUND CANAL
(By Associated Press)
Essen, Apri), 9.—The explosion
of a time bomb destroyed the lock
of the Dortmund-Ems Canal, near
Herne. The canal was blocked seri
ously interfering with complicated
inland waterway traffic in the Ruhr.
METAL TANTALUM
USED TO CHANGE
ELECTRIC CURRENT
(By Associated Press)
New Haven, April, 9.—The dis
covery that metal tantalum can be
used directly to change alternating
electric current into direct current
is claimed by Clarence W. Balke, of
i North Chicago. Dr. Balke today de
scribed the apparatus by whiph tan
talum is used as a rectifier in an ad
dress before the Division of Indus
trial and Engineering Chemistry of
tb« American Chemical Society.
This discovery is expected great
ly to reduce the cost of charging
electric batteries used in electrical
ly operated automobiles and for
starting and.lighting purposes in
gasoline motor cars. Apparently
tantalum is the only metal which
can be used as an electrilitic valve
Electric current supplied commer
cially and used generally for' light
and power is alternating current
For the charging of electric batter
ies, and'for some other purposes, p
direct current is required, and this
has necessitated the installation in
battery charging stations of expen
sive rectifiers. Every automobile dri
ver is familiar with the greenish
glow of the mercury lamps used in
these rectifiers.
Or. Bailee has aiscovereu
tantalum, wed in charging cells, al
most entirely shuts off the flow of
electric current in one > direction.
" •~tr'-a tantehfm plateted » lead
plate are placed in a electrolyte (a
ceH containing a salt solution) and
a source of alternating current of
the usual commercial frequency is
connected to the tantalum and lead
plates, the current flow in one di
rection will almost entirely shut off
and a pulsating direct current will
be obtained,” said Dr. Bailee.
4 The direct current derived frOjr^
this apparatus may be utilised for
charging storage batteries, for the
electro-deposition (plating) of met
als, and various other electro chem
ical actions requiring a direct cur
rent.
4,It is possible, by using two tan
talum electrodes in a single cell,
so to rectify the current that both
half waves of alternating current
pass in the same direction. This cur
rent may be smoothed out by a suit
able series of inductances and cap
acities to give what is practically »
constant direct current.
Dr. Bailee reported that tantalum
battery charging rectifier is noise
less in operation, has no moving
parts and requires “only one atten
tion which it has in common with
the storage^ battery itself, which is
the addition of dietilled water to re
’,<• evaporated »nd decompos
ed water of the electrolyte.”
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ANNUAL CONVENTION OF TH&
WOMANS* AUXILIARY
-> fbe annual convention of the
Womans’ Auxiliary of the Episcopal
Church ih the Diocese of North Car
nlin« will be held in Christ Church
Raleigh, N. C., April 10-12.
Among the special speakers will
be Mies Grace Lindley of New York
and Deaconess Stewart «f China
Bishop Redick will conduct the quiel
hour Tuesday night. The Leaksville
delegates are: Miss Meriwether, and
Mrs. H. P. Mansfield from Spray.
Mrs. W. J. Sykes, Mr* W.'J. Slayton
and Mrs. E S Gordon |
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Mra. R.. L. Moir entertained the
Woman’s Missionary Society of the
Leakrville Presbyterian Church thir
afternoon at 2 o’clock.
WIRELESS CALL T9 U. S. LINER SAVED
LIFE OF SICK SAILOR IN MID-OCEAN
ALONGSIDE THE U. S. LINER
iNew York, April, 9.—Trans-At
lantffc travelers who in the course j!.
their passage have witnessed a res
cue or the tranfer of a sick person
from a nearby ship have had an ex
perience they will not soon,-if ever,
forget. Recently upon the arrival of
the steamship “President Garfield’’
of the United States Lines came a
story of a seaman whose life had
been saved by wireless.
The story of the life savirfe is
told in the trite but comprehensive
report of Captain H. L. Look of the
steamship “Prwudcwt Garfield’’. The
report succintly tells of the treat
ment By wireless of a seaman in the
throes of pneumonia, his eventual
transfer at sea and a course of
treatment aboard the liner that res
ulted in his stepping ashore in New
York a well man.
The President Garfield was en
route to Europe when the stirring
incident occurred. Shortly before
midnight thi wireless operator res
ponded to a call for aid. The mes
sage came from the freight steam
ship “West of Norranus” bound
from Mobile, Ala., to Rotterdam,
Holland, and stated that a member
of the engine room force was seri
ously ill and in need of immediate
medical attention. The “West Nor
ranus” gave her position which
showed that she was almost 100
miles distant from the President
Garfield.
Captain Look, of the President
Garfield, summoned the ship’s sur
geon and asked him to do what he
could by radio in the matter of pres
cribing\for the patient. The surgeon
called for a description of the man’s
illndss and from the‘reply he diag
nosed the case as one of pneumonia
in a most advanced stage. His diag
nosia completed, the surgeon pre
scribed emergency treatment.
There was a rapid interchange of
messages between the President Gar
field and the freighter and -then
came one which stated that the sup
ply of drugs on the small vessel
was very limited and that it was im
possible to follow out instructions
It was stated that the patient was
I sinking rapidly and that his life was
despaired of. When the information
was conveyed to Captain ..Look no
immediately gave orders that the
course of the President Garfield be
changed that they might come up
with the freighter and render aid.
“Pull speed ahead" was the order
sent from the bridge of the Presi
dent Garfield to the engine room be
low and thru the night raced the
United States Ldner on her errand
of mercy. While the President Gar
field speeded toward the freighter
the ship's surgeon remained in the
wireless room giving the necessary
directions for the treatment of the
sick man. The pasengars on the
^resident Garfield did not know un
til morning that their vessel was
being taken out of her course on a
matter of life and death but once
having the .knowledge they stood by
the rail, scanning the sea for a first
view of the freighter over which the
death angel fluttered.
Abgut mid-afternoon the “West I
Noranus” came into view and the
President Garfield drew up as close
as possible. Considerable of a sea
was runinng when a life boat was
lowered away from the United Sta
tes Liner.
When the President Garfield’s
surgeon had boarded the West Nor
ranus he found the seaman, Jchi* W.
Miller, who hails from New Orleans
La., in a precarious condition, lie
quickly determined that the patient
be removed to the President Gar
field. Miller was lashed to a sea
stretcher arid lowered over the side
to the bobbing life boat below. The
transfer to the President Gar fie. d
was speedily accomplished while the
passenger at the rail of the liner
watched in silence.
During the remainder of the trip
to London the pneumonia patient
was watched day and night by the
surgeon and then came a turn tor
the better and the surgeon announ
ced to the passengers that the man
would live. Miller was kept in the
ship’s hospital during the President
Garfield’s stay in London and dar
ing the trip back to New York bib
restoration to health was fully ao
complished.
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Foster and
son, Emerson spent Sunday with
Mr. Foster’s parents at Stella, Va
Mrs. Cabell Jones was taken to
the hospital at Danville Sunday af
ternoon and underwent an operation
and was reported to be getting
ilon" well as could be expected to
’ay. . ~
Mrs. C. E. Hubbard is very much
indisposed today.
Messrs. L. W. Clark, W. D. Cili'
terj J. W. Krantz and Harvie Shu
mate who were on a business trip
thru some of «the New Englanu
states th epast week returned home
last night
Mrs. P. V. Godfrey and little s$n,
left yesterday for a two weeks visit
with relatives at Wadesboro Dr.
Godfrey accompanied them but will
return this afternoon.
olVmpis games for
LOS ANGELES 1923
(Uy Associated Press)
Koine, April, 0.—The Olympic
games, for 1932 have been awarded
to Los Angeles.
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MILWAUKEE’S SLUDGE
'SEWERAGE DISPOSAL
PLANT A MODEL
illy A: sociated Press)
New Haven, April, 9.—Milwaa
i.ct s. new activated sludge sewer
age disposal plant probably will he
a model for all American cities do
pending on fresh water lakes and
-sfveapv for city water supply, ae
f c ding to John Arthur Wilson, who
before the Water, Sewage and San
itation Division of the American
Chemical Society this afternoon.
. l>r. Wilson gave a description of
Iho great activated sludge plant at
M iwr-.ukce which has a capacity for
handling 85,000,000 gallons of sew
age daily. In times past cities la
bated on the American Great Lake,
allowed their sewage to flow direct
ly into the lakes which were also
Ui ;'r r-orvee of drinking water. For
Iho last quarter of a century they
have been experimenting with var
ious types of sewage disposal plants.
Milwaukee was the first large city
to me what is known as the activat
ed sludge process.
Tin? process wmcn was uncover
ed in 1914 consists of permitting,
the bacteria in sewage to purify the
water of itself thru circulation 'n
vat: and forcing air thru the sludge
to permit the bacteria to live and
work. There has been a theory fo:
a great many years that sewag'
emptied" into a flowing stream or
other fresh water body purified it
self after traveling a distance of 15
mile’s, and that whatever solid mat
ter was left gradually settled to the
bottom of the stream or lake.
However the increasing density 01
population and tire consequent in
crease in sewage to be disposed oi
' -V? made it unsafe, from a stand
of sanitation, to "permit furth
er use of this method. f
“At the Milwaukee plant a diffi
culty was encountered soon after its
construction which called fpr the
work of the chemical engineer
From the sewage treated daily 1.
275,000 gallons of sludge, contain
ing 93 percent water is obtained,’’
said Dr. Wilson. “In case the winter
time the dewatering of this sludge
or muddy sediment, is extremely
difficult.”
By the introduction of sulfuric
acid in certain quanities, and also,
heating the sludge, it was found
that the finely divided particles un
ited to form larger clots and thus in
creased the filtering efficiency of
sludge in Fedruary nearly 25 times
as fast as its natural rate?.
It was also found that by intro
ducing slightly more sulfuric acid
and adding one pound of alum to
each 50 gallons of sludge the rela
tive filtering efficiency is increased
to 40 times its natural rate. Alum,
however, is so expensive that its use
is warranted only when the sludge
is in its poorest condition.
Dr. Wilson reported that this big
plant operated by the city of Mil
waukee is highly successful and that
now Tlo impure water is permitted
to return to Lake Michigan after its
use in the city.
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ANTI FASCISTI ARE
NOW ORGANIZING
• (Bv Associated Prossl
New York, kpril, 9.—An alliance
to combat the recently announced
organization of the Fascisti of this
country, will be perfected at a meet
ing tomorrow night, officers of the
Italian Chamber of 'Labor announ
ced. SeVeral labor union leaders
were declared to be interested in
the new body to be known as the
Anti-Fascisti Alliance.
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Mr. and Mrs. Carl Bishopric are
spending a couple of days in Ashe
ville.
, QUEEN HELENA OF
ITALY MARRIES MAN
OF OWN CHOICE
Daughter King Victor Em
manuel married today to
Count Calvi Dibergols
CIVIL CETEMONY
FIRST THEN RELIGIOUS
(By Associated Press)
Rome, April, 9.—Yolanda the ; 1
dest daughter of King Victor Em
manuel and Queen Helena v.'i’.s nia>
ried to Count Calvi Dibergolo. Ttie
civil service in the Grand Hall if
Quierinal was followed immediately
by the celebration of religious rite;
in the Pauline Chape!, also within
the Quierinal. Because of the recent
death of a princess, maternal grand
mother of Queen Milena of Monten
egro, services were conducted as
simply as possible.
DENNIS JENNINGS
MAY GET 50 YEARS
(By Associated press'-*
Richmond, April 9.—Dennis Jen
nings the alleged head of a gang of
automobile thieves, who operated in
Virginia, North and South Carolina
and Georgia, returned here from
Detroit where he was arrested sev
eral days ago. He will be tried nere
on charges, the conviction of which
officials said would carry a maxi
mum aggregate penalties of 50
years imprisonment.
CANT RECOVER PROFIT
ONLY ANTICIPATED
(By Associated Press!
Washington, April, 0.—Anticipat
ed prifits lost thru the cancellation
of war contracts, cannot be recover
ed from the Federal . government,
the Supreme court held in three
cases today.
AM. FUEL OIL CO.
~ IN RECEIVERS HANDS
New York, April, ©.—American
Fuel and Oil Transportation Com
pany a Deleware Corporation with
authorized capital stock of 30 mil
lion dollars was placed in the hands
of equity receivers by Federal
u(5ge Mack.
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NEW LEAKSVILLE SCHOOL
PUPILS HAVE PICNIC
Last Friday at the home of Mr
and Mrs. A. D. Chatham was the
scene of a very interesting occasion
when about 40 pupils of the New
Leaksville school assembled for a
picnic on the lawn. These little tots
were accompanied by their teacher
Mrs. Moran Hopper and Mrs. J. L.
Clayton. Mrs. Bearham a patron
who fell into line with the happy
little procesion while enroute to the
place of their destination.
Gently marching into tne yam
they advanced near the front porch
and formed a semi-circle and was
asked by their teacher to sing, “Am
erica.’ My, how those 40 little tois
did sing. With faces looking sky
ward and some of them stood on tip
toe to be “big like others” their lit
tle voices seemed to swell the breeze
and with their whole hearts seemed
to understand the beautiful meaning
of this wonderful song. After sev
eral little songs and short poems by
the tots the program almost finished
some splendid piano selections were
given by Mrs. Hopper among which
was nothing more appreciative that
“Woodland Echoes.” Much can be
said by which to credit the teacher
for talent, in training these children
not only for excellent singing but
for beautiful behavior as well. And
the one quality surpassing either of
these is the love and respect thu
children show towards their teacher
which usually results only from a
sufficiency of real tact.
After the picnic and romping
games were over the tots having
feasted to their hearts content they
turned their happy faces homeward
bidding the hoftess a merry goodby.
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