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Show PAGE TWO g:. EL. ; ''' Missile' that Sank Lusitania. with Appalling Loss of Life These few lines have been pehhed in the hope BE A BUILDER, AND NOT A DESTROYER that you will pause and think, for thinking .' Are you a builder or are you a destroyer? interests of. breeds healthy actum and action is the birthplace be easier for the A rt; yovi 'neeld ii g to advanee-th- e There Is a missle about 17 feet tube about eleven feet long and used lw the wake am lsbt In so, perhaps, J?1 of inlong, cylindrical shape and for. storing the compressed air, the building, and creation, and riches?" Provo Dr are yon diverting your 'efforts to its terpedoi-yThches In diameter, that contains within motive power of the torpedo. Every Je-th- e depth Is Every man is a possible builder if he will but the Small space of Its head the destruction? . Boverned a by hydrostatic power ship and destroyer carries machines piston," It is eitherjmeor the other, for there is no emerge from .the ahadovv and' look upon tile to . destroy thdusands of lives and for compressing air, but submarines tle Prtociple of "which Is very There is a diaphragm con- sink the greatest of ships. That nils-slj: - -have . iheir flasks charged blight side of life. ---. ; : happv meditna." to a piston Ground which ectcd Ik the torpedoT Stich is the wea-- f alongside a parent or at ft base. ship Yoji are either a builder or you are a deand suh sank pon cf the 8pring !s adjusted to act the te ls '' ft t -- aim-usuall- y e - ' TWO. MORE BELLIGERENTS At this writing Rumania and Bulgaria seem You are eitbe ra builder 'or yo uare a dedetermined to enter the vvar on the side of the stroyer and the responsibility rests with you. Others know you as you are. but do you know allies. Several preliminaries have beeu arranged. The two countries appear to have settled the yourself ? exborders within its has many which caused the shocking aftermath Every towu cellent people who want to see their community of the Balkan war with Turkey. It is reported advance and keep pace with the rest of the world. and is these much plausibility in the report, that They want a larger and a better town, a more Russia has acceded to certain old claims as to prosperous7 faTTidr)gTmTrmtmityTroLlJu . thje ,llllliiiwi'Timiw.iiy'.awnt.fttri w unceas- boundaries. Russias necessities are uch thaFlt pockets' of every citizen, and they labor and the would concede in reason. It needs help ingly to this end. They are good citizens cit- m dealing with as them rates good and Austria in the the of mass Germany, populace great eastern theater of izens. Rumania, with less than 7.000,000 population, has a war strength of 580, They are Builders ! But often the most persists t eftorts of the 000. Bulgaria, with a emulation' of4, 000,000, has' builders are more than oversba font C: by the other a war strength of 450,000. Each has a large pop-- ' ulation of men of military age availallo for class the destroyers. duty, ' takes but unorganized.. That' both armies ere it what a in undo can A destroyer day capable wiH not he questioned. a builder a year to accomplish. They demonstrated their - And destroyers are lego j. prowess in the Balkan wTar, "Germany Is striving In every-wa- y Thcv travel in walks of life ami are- exceed to avert 41h e active. entry ingly belligerents. It! You find them among the rich property own- is urging Austria to make concessions. Austria is a singularly unfortunate ally. Wtih an interers, the landed proprietors, the business and men, thejnechanic and the farmer. You nal populace of an oil and water character, it hasberaunfortnnateTn - ifcTrelations witkite find them everywhere. . All seem to remember ancient They do not realize that they are destroyers neighbors. and have decided that this is the right are. wrongs but they ' Many rich men and landed proprietors are oppos- time to seek redress. Even should Austria make ed to all forms of public improvement because concessions they might be received with suspi- they fear-- it will increase the amount of their cion. Italy was offered enough and would have taxea. probably have kept ont of the waFif it had been tax the sure that the concession would not be revoked fixed are upon firmly Aj their eyes imafter that' the conflict In that event it could have ex- public list they lose Bight of the fact provements that increase the tax.. roUr slightly Feted no helpjrom the allies. Rumania may, follow the same course of reasoning- .- iris likely? likewise increase property values immensely. be that it will become a member of the They oppose improvements and thereby eome destroyers, placing the tremendous weight alliance that is fighting Germany, Austria and of their hostile influence in opposition to the ad- Turkey. It is not impossible that Greece will o vancement of the community. shy its castor into the ring. This will leave car who of men and Sweden, Denmark, Holland, Switclass is certain Norway, a Then there loose zerland let and Spain as the only neutral countries ry around a load of grouch which they of and However the war mgy end, there is without occasion regarc Europe. upoa every possible to sure be a for their victims. great revision of the map of ESurope. Of course we are sick of war.. But then V They damn the town and the people, and there are others" a' damed sighoScker than we and everybody but themselves. is them are. improvement to -like shaking a red rag at a mad bull. and And now and the at times June Bride will have her inning. everybody They rave at all their ravings travel on wings and grow and pen- - And in time the divorce courts will furnjsh her h e-- country outing. veryeetion-of-- t class that And then there is still another Secretary McAdoo reports the receipt of Gomes along with their contributions to the downof $3700 conscience money from a man An a small are the patrons fall of the community. They the mail order man the worlds greatest enemy Wisconsin town. Reports from Philadelphia-anPaterson are awaited with enriosity. of the small town community.' stores local 0-0 - Many ofLthese people utilize the , If you "never begnra task; you!! never finwhen they want something in a Burry or 4n credit, and then send away the bulk of their ish it, yelps an exchange. .But how about finishcash to the great cites.'. They give the mail order ing the task the other fellow fell down on? man the ripe ear of com and toss the husks to Of course the United States will become an the local merrhant. They, too, are destroyers, and are daily international, home for cripples, but this is land where humanity never calls in vain. throttling the eonimunity which shelter them en-and the community which they should foster 0 0 0 To close the advertise without in for yoyr goods is to tell the world every way, courage the-lomarket have that tjares-jndjhe place you goods that are worth buying. Tfcir 'farms Kecp your eVe Dn'lhe'nVerchanr'wlnradTCTtisps:- are a detriment. - submarine, the Lusitania, In times of peace its exercise head filled with water, the torpedo Is harmless enough, Put In the tube of a submarine, ready for action. .its bronze war head contain-- j in? about two hundred pounds cf cotton, it become the most fear- and destructive weapon in naval warfare. In Europe the Whitehead torpedo is almost universally used. Invented by an Austrian, Britain quickly adopt- - -- dif-ferene- rrll , ed 1 pro-fession- al 1 -- 'i"W a full-fledge- A d al-s- -- depth regulated, Torpedoes' are carried cn submarines, torpedo boats, destroyers large cruisers and battleships. The torpedo reaches its acme of perfection in the submarine. submarine, carries four tubes, in each of. which & torpedo is stored and it is possible to carry an extra one for each tube. In other words it is quite safe to say that ipost German submarines oper-tinin the North sea leave their base with about eight torpedoes. Before a torpedo is placed entirely In Its tube all adjustments are made , Jtag.-.i.gn- e Our-lates- t-, The United States has also been an trol the rudder. All these are' of very extensive user of the Whitehead tor- delicate adjustment and in order tc pedo, obtaining the right tP manu- have efficient, torpedo men, the navy facture it at the Torpedo Station in department maintains a eehool at th' ., We are, however, torpedo station in Narragansett bay Newport, abandoning the manufacture of the Torpedoes can be adjusted before Whitehead in faver of the lng to run any ieslied number of Leavitt, an American torpedo which yards before firing pnl in ouf latest Is rapidly developing into the best j torpedoes a range of world: the j la has been attained. The TORPEDO GAL TWO 10,000 yards torpedo So that you may appreciate tb speed of the torpedo denendsYm the so that it will run as desired. The merits ofeach nd understand the distance it is to ruii.' The Whitehead torpedo Is expelled 'from the tube by various functions of these torpedoes torpedo runs at a spded of 27 knots compressed air, and as it passes out a U Torpedoes are tier hour for 4000 yards and 40 knot starting lever is thown jSackYwhlch air within the divided into three principal parts: perhour for the' 1000 v ards sefflHgr to flask air the bead, the pass through the valves and the after Our submarines are being Supplied to the The war engine working presreducing made body. of with a heal is torpedo capable bronze and carries a charge of about of running 7000 yards at about 35 sure and then to-lengines. The now fun control of !t- takes two hundredT pounds-hfg- un torpedo an Tbe hour, eotton.'knats &t the deslredi depthi There Is fitted, into the war head a be adjusted previous to firing to run 8e an? funs small mechanism called the war nose any desired depth under the water, . speed and distance to the target, the function of which Is to, fire the The armor belt of most battleships When firing practioe shots the cotton charge twhen the torpedo extends about six or eight feet below ' Pdo floats at the end of Its run and strikes an object. The war nose has surface of the water and the tor-- may be picked ut and fired again, or three four arms which pedoes are generally adjusted to runout in firing at an enemy it can be, generally aid the torpedo in cutGng through nets at a depth which would strive the aB? should bp, adjusted- - so that Jf or fire the charge I ncase the torpedo enemy 4hip Just below the armor belt it doee not strike an enemy it will should strike a glancing bloif. In This problem' would nof . enter into sink and not be a menace to friendly tlmea of peace steel exercise beads consideration when firing af a mer- - r neutral ships. All torpedoes are &nd tested before are cftrrled for the pnrpose of ship haviDg.n,Q.JWinor..belt- ln Ihe usOd waf. Each-o- ne tice and as they are filled with water, it is advisable to run the torpedo a belng little deeper if Anything for the motion kaa its individual peculiarities, which they are entirely harmless. The head is fitted by screws to of waves near the surface might de-- ar carefully recorded as they develop the air flask, a hollow cylindrical fleet it from its course. Running ahal- (Continued on Page 6) g fir-Bls- Bliss-Leavi- tt I - nal en-ur- e. R.-I- - two-axlditia- and,er 1 w-a- r, of-th- - herowa-an4th&. s. gyroscopic steering apparatus largest now is at Weymouth, England. and the attached engines w'hich co-tory anv-thin- 1 4t-f- or against The flasks are charged- fo about 2101 Pressure, - When Water prespounds pressure per square inch an tsprln pressure equalize, this is reduced by a valve to an mechanism is so adjusted that a working-pressu- re 500 of about yine pounds depending of course upon the j 8leerDB nBine controls the horizonspeed. 2. In order to get the greate-- J tal rudders and keeps -- the torpedo possible range'wlth the limited sup-gu- n running along that depth. The spring be' altered at will ply of compressed air, the air after pressure can to a scale and thereby the ; ftBowa-thftcamnres- sed air-flas- k Bliss-Leavi- tt he torpeda-camals- o, I 1 i-h-e -- tor-gu- n prae-eha- bu4C-a(iJUBt- el - ng 000- -- 000- d The Clubmen of America are 0-- . 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