Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 31, 1916, Page 12

SCIENCE MEASURES CRIPPLES' POWERS Wonderful Instruments In-|7- vented by Belgians Gauge Wounded Soldiers’ Abilities. HUMAN REPAIR SHOPS| (Correspondence of the Assoclated Press.) Paris, Sept. 14—A number of re- markable scientific instruments for measuring exactly the efficiency of a wounded soldier to perform some new line of useful work have been put in operation at the Belgian Military in- stitute at Port Billez, France, for the re-education of mutilated soldiers. While the outer world regards Bel- gium as prostrate under the iron hand of Germany, it is a striking tribute to the vitality of the country that i has been able to establish such insti tions outside of the country. Here at a small town between Paris and Rouen 1,500 wounded Belgian sol-|7 diers, most of whom fought in the bat- tle of the Yser, are being made over for some useful occupation. A lrk of 600 acres has been donated, an: tensive buildings have been erccted So that Belgium, prostrate as it is, has an establishment comparing f:van\bly with the best English and French in- stitutions. The Belgians "have always been fa- mous for fine mechanical appliances, and here they have shown their genius in this line by the use of seven or eight new scientific instruments which ‘v .measure precisely the efficency of a wounded man, Dr, Nyms of the med- cal staff of the institute, has furfiished + the following sketch of these instru- ments and how they measure a wounded workman's energy: Stops Human Wastsge. “Recent studies on the efficiency of workmen have shown the enormous |9 force wasted through the non-adapta- ~ tion of working conditions to the workman's capacity for Productmn, and the chief object of efficiency re- searches is to lug‘preu all useless ef- fort and establish precise conditions for securing best results, When the study concerns mutilated soldie is :c?nires anew value. A certain loss fort may be tolerated when a 7 ks w& rkman is normal. But it is not so h the mutilated, whose functional [¥7 wers are diminished, and fo whom it is indispensable that every particle of work of which they are cnplble , should be made mte(rally available.” After explaining the method ' of charts and _traci ings employed, Dr, Nyms describes the instruments which measure the energy of the wounded, in Pnrt, as follows: First, the arthrodynamometer. It permits the measurement in degrees of the angles formed by the flexi and extension of the forearm. It is| % particularly nu ul in studying partial ankylosis. dynamometer attached to. this inmument measures in kilo- grams the force that a wounded man can exert, “Second, the lime, with a éylinder giving a :hronololiul register, This registers the impulsive force of the right hand, of the left hand; the pres-| 2 sure of the right hand, of the lefe nnd These n"re eon? ed‘ N"f' ?e'. 't'u:f mda to be corre mfid, :ul vmow vmh ntlmrlfl permits us to ltudy e work in car- nmlni mnihr to the measurement. Founh tlze clnlrorl phe, which re- stores the mobility the ffnun and 3 n*lmn their power of ~ “Fifth, a s mmeter wllh eudio- _meter, a urd h and a preumo- -graph, complets inmlln n, an : it the nud of all the physi hen bmin"' work be limited by u!ditbn:r periodl of rest.” Future Not Dismal, The use of these novel instruments is, of course, only one phase of the mzmive work be done here, | % ;‘b includes the of archi- | & sculptors, painters in lfl and - nters, shoemakers, | sad- typlwrlken, print- , engravers, ers, photogra- hers md a vast un r of other oc- h have a leg were &u(l\t at first to be ndgpted to some k not requiring the man to stand. this has been found to be a mis- md one. men are now con- erel well adap Mu‘:diundlunl 3 50 ? fionl 8 c: jemllm..‘itl‘lotnph e;m are not much in emand I:nt\u null towns of Bel- gium and Usually a mnded soldier chooses an mmflon n to his former work. iro! moulder who has lost | £ his uz and eln no longer lift heavy become a modeller of A mason has become - a mne designer, Others mutilated, have taken up entirely new occupa- tions, A restaraunt waiter has de- nflmd into an expert sign painter, ‘Many wounded soldiers are prepar- themselves to be government es after the war, in the customs offices, post and telegraph qficu, state banks, etc., as it is as- aa:ln reference will be given to soldiers. e of the schools here prepares men this government | work and for the provincial and com- o mmlln |dm§:;trm;ml, This school ng of a pioneer | Y ested the establishment of re.ull'r“sgldlutiom after the war for the training of Eovln for rnment employment ¢ same as le are trained for all | 77 branches of te enterprise. ustrian Saw Napoleon (Correspondence of The Assoclated Press.) Vienna, Sept. 30.—~The war corre- dmt of the Zeit in one of his 8sin illager leon un hu my to I(omw in 1812, l celebrated his Imnl! related | e |1 THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 81 POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT. POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT. POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT. POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT. POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT. POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT. Woodrow Wilson, President, - Declares for Local Optlon' My dear Mr. Shannon:.-- The question asked in your letter of April twenty-seventh about my atti- tude toward the important question of local option is, of course, a perfectly legitimate one, and you are entitled to a very frank answer. I would have re- plied sooner had I not been prevented by imperative public engagements. I have explained my views to you in private, but of course have no objection to your making them public. I am in favor of local option. I am a thorough believer in local self-government, and believe that every self-governing community which constitutes a social unit should have the right to control the matterof the regulation or the withhold- ing of licenses. But the questions involved are sogial and moral and are not :usceptlble of being made parts of a party programme. Whenever they have been made the subject matter of party contests, they have cut the lines of party organizatian and party action athwart to the utter confusion of political ac- tion in every other field, They have thrown every other question, however important, into the background and have made constructive party action impossible for long years together. So far as [ am mylolf congerned, therefore, I can never consent to have the question of local option made an issue between political parties in this state. My judgment is very clear in this matter. I do not believe that party programmes of the highest consequence to the political life of the state and of the nation ought to be thrust on one side and hopelessly embarrassed for long periods to- gether by making a political issue of a great question which is essentially non-political, non-par- tisan, moral and social, in its nature. Very sincerely yours, Rev. Thomas B. Shannon, 16 Clinton Street. (Signed) WOODROW WILSON ewark, New Jersey May 1, 1911. William Howard Taft, Former President, Declares for Regulation: ‘ (From Mr, Taft’s Book, ‘“Four Aspects of Civic Duty’’ “Nothing is more foolish, nothing more utterly at variance with sound policy, than to enact a law which, by reason of conditions surrounding the community, is incapable of enforcement. Such in- stances are sometimes presented by sumptuary laws, by which the sale of intoxicating liquors is prohibited under penalties in localities, where the public sentiment of the iimmediate community does not and will not sustain the enforcement of the law. 4 % ¥ “In cages where the sale of liquor cannot be prohibited in fact, it is far better to regulate than to attempt to stamp it out. “By the enactment of a drastic law and the fnlure to enforce it, there is injected into the public mind the idea that laws are to be observed or violuted accordmg to the will of those affected. I need not say how altogether pernicious such a loose theory is. * * * The constant violation or neglect of any law leads to a demoralized view of all laws.” These are the views of two of America's greatest citizens and statesmen. We have Local Option and Regulation in Nebraska. Prohibition destroys both. Are these great men mistaken? Think it over. Hac'ts Vals Akaknt Prabiiiion THE NEBRASKA PROSPERITY LEAGUE mqm um at &e TOP of the gioncnl fl:rchon m in 301 iva vote AGAINST PROBIBFTION T " ™ "o Yes 300 D Shall the above and foregoing amendment No (to'the Constitution be adopted? w