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ever
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the present
motto of the vast
majority of the
National Guard.
In "The Crisis in the
National Guard,"
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Hughes tolls of their
predicament and their
feelings, in this week's
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'VJptfiv, THSKATIOrAI.WlK.,T.
fc ELECTRIC POWER
PROBERS
NAMED BY LANK
Committee Will Ask Con
gress to Investigate Al
leged Irregularities Here
WARD INQUIRY ADDED
REVIVES OLD MILL
.Turned for 103 Years by
Force of Captured
Tidewater
OUTPUT IS INCREASED
Tent cannot make t ho mill to rrlnd with
power that Is pant," to paraphrase a
tandard quotation that has been minis to
apply to nny attempt to modern methods
in business. Apropos of mills and power,
Ultra la In America hut on tidewater mill.
Van Amrlnse'n Mill, a landmark of
Knickerbocker dayn In New York, which
lion been In operation itnce thn perM of
Klnc aeonre It, In now run by electricity,
No longer will thn great wheel revolve
with the tides, but tlio pren of a nwltch
will aet In motlifn tho up-todnts rlndlmt
pparatui that replace tha onco glicnntlo
ovnhot, combination of paddlra, now er
leUn only on tho canvaa of the painter,
Tha Invaalon of electricity Into llio field
of Induitry Ii now practically complete, aa
la domonatrnted by tha aurrender of tha
. Van Amrlnie mill to ltd Irreatatlblo nppcal.
Thla eatabllahment datrn bnck to tlln early
day of tho novc'nteenth century, althouich
tha mill Itaolf wan. not built until seven
jreara after tho cloiio of thu Ilevolutlonnry
war.
Klnr Oeorffe It, not Ionic nfter hln nccce
lon, mado a trant of land known an 'The
Hudd Patent" at what la now Mamaroneclc,
li. Y., to Bainuel Uudd. 1'iirt of thla srant
or "patent" paaied In 1700 Into tha luinda
of another old Knickerbocker family, the
Van Amrlnitra, who conceived the Idea
of bottllnr up tho II den and running n grlat
inlll on their nowly acquired property.
Bo they built a dnm from tho nhoro to a
neck of bind, which formed a natural
harbor. Thin dam was, ao constructed aa
to Inclose a salt water lake. Inundatlnr
thirteen acres of land. When tho tide
would flood, a largo sluice gate In the dnm
Would be opened, thus allowing the d.-uu-framed
pond to fill. "When the tide would
ebb, thla gate wpuld bo closed, thereby
trnpplnr tha water, which at law tlda would
flow over on old overshot ivater wheel.
For mora than a century this was known
as "Van Amrlnge'n Mill" and become
famous tho country round, as ono by one
Of Itn oompetltorn passed out of existence
or yielded to mora modern methods of oper
ation. 103 YBAIIS OF ACTIVITY
Clinging to their proverbial family tra
ditions, the despondantn of Its Knicker
bocker founders continued to operate their
mill, with Itn primitive machinery, until
111)3, 103 years from the time It was built.
During that year tha mill won leveled by
Ore, everything being -destroyed, building,
overshot wheel and tha rest of Its century
Old equipment. Only the lake remained.
The Van AmrlnKe family, which hnd
maintained Itn ownership of the business
and property, sot about to construct an
other mill. In no doing they made two Im
portant changes. Steel turbines were In
tailed In place of the .hid overshot wheel
and the grinding of corn was discontinued.
In placa of h purveyor of corn Hour Vnn
Amrlnge's mill became a producer of
pumlca atone In granulated form, an en
terprise which proved to be n more favor
ablo pursuit for Itn operators than tha
business upon which the family fortune
and reputation wera baaed.
NEW EIXA DEQINB
With tha widened vision of tha modern
business mnn the latter-day Van Amrlngen
.comq .noi sea ma economy or waiting upon
tho varying tides, which, nt the most, gave
power only nix hours n any. Am a result
or miir calculations or an income computed
upon a steady output from the mill nil
day long, tho present and progressiva head
of tha housa of Van Amrlnge took up the
problem with A. T. Foster, of tha West
chester Lighting Company, a New York con
cern. The outcome of thla consultation was the
transformation of tha historic mill. Two
twenty-flve-hcrsepower motors wera In
tailed to do the work and more of the
faithful but, slow and antiquated mill
wheel with its tidewater supply. The ef
flclenoy Jim multiplied with the Innovation
and tha picturesque character of the cstab-
llshraent of Van Amrlnga'a Mil) has given
pio.ee to uio attractive ana more profitable
electrical equipment
Reforms of Election Lnws Pro
posed by Democrats of
City
Tha appointment of the Uemocratlo com
mittee of right that will petition Congress
tor nn Investigation of the alleged frauds
committed In the river and downtown
wards during the presidential election wan
mado today by Democratic City Chnlrman
Bdgar W. Lank.
The members nnmed wern Holniid H.
Morris, former Democratic Btate chnlrmnn;
former Congressman J. Washington tigue,
Ignatius A. Qulnn, counsel for the Demo
crats city committee j Mr. Ijink, Ileny
Ilaur, Joseph IC. Willing, lsnao H. Clrom
man and Harry D. Wescott I'hraslng of
tha petition, which will ha signed by Sev
eral thousand names, according to the plan,
will bo begun nt once and tha petition pre
sented next week.
Another committee was appointed to In
vestlgat conditions In tho Democratla or-
ganliatlon of the river wards where. Demo
crat believe, many Votes were lost because
of factional differences. The committee,
which will report on the advisability of re
organising tho ward machinery, consists of
Thoman J. Oavaghnn. of thn Thirty-eighth
ward, and (leorga W. Itanklnson, of thn
I'orty-sefind wnrd, "old guard" ndhemnts;
Msglntrntn William If. Itelcher, of thn Fif
teenth ward; Magistrate John J. Clrclls, of
the Twenty-eighth ward i Magistrate Jamen
J. Campbell, of the Thirty-fourth wnrd, mid
John V. McNcnny, of tho Twenty-sixth
ward, all of tha reorganisation eloment.
The committee that will present the pe
tition to Congresn will alirgo that mora
than 20,000 votes were lost to President
Wilson through lllegnlllten In tha wnrdn In
question.
Proposed reform In the election lawn
wern Indorsed by tho Democratla City Com
mittee, These have been outllnod by Charles
P, Donnelly, old gunrd Democratla leader.
Tha proposod amendments are an follows:
The present "assistance clauso" to be
either eliminated or amended, Imposing upon
the voter tha necessity of a declaration by
him under oath of tho reason for assist
ance ; and to mnkn It a misdemeanor for the
person to assist or tho Judge to authorize
assistance to the voter in the absence of
the declaration or oath by the voter.
Uallot boxen to bn opened upon the peti
tion of five electors In any election division
upon the allegation of fraud, and tha Judgo
sitting to compute tha return's to be em
powered to open tho boxen and to correct
tho returns, and upon fraud being din
closed to hold the election officers for trial,
Making It a misdemeanor for nn elec
tion omcer to give out more than onn ballot
to each voter, and that there shall not bo
printed by tho county commissioners more
ballotn for each division than there lire
votern registered; that for tho purposa of
making provision to supply a tmllot to a
votor who may hnvo spoiled the original
ballot handed him by tho election om.
cent, extra bnllotn of a different color bn
printed, and that the original be marked
void by error, and nttached to fho extra
ballot, hoth ballots to be deposited by the
voter with hln namo Indorsed thereon.
That In nny election division where the
election ontcern iirtt nil of one political
party upon petition by five electors of tho
division the court shall have tho right to
appoint an additional lnnneclor nnrl Ixrb
nnd tho additional Inspector so appointed to
have tha same right, power and authority as
If ho had been chosen at an election.
Making It a misdemeanor for an elec
tion ofllcer to sign election return sheetn In
blank,
Abolition of tho party square on the of
ficial ballot.
Amendment to define how ballots should
be r.ountod whero there has been double
marking; In other words, whero tho voter
marks for morn candidates than hu has a
right to vote for. nallotn.so marked to be
null and void, and not counted for the
particular olllca for which the extra mnrks
huvo been mndo, but to be counted for nit
other candidates properly marked. Cnrds
to bo nent to election officers by tho County
Commissioners, directing and calling their
attention to the law, and fnllure on the
part of election olllcern to comnlv therewith
, to be a misdemeanor.
j y j 1 1
LEATHER.
Fully thrce-fourtlis of nil
beHinj? troubles arc caused
by Pulley Slippage avoid
this loss by iisinjr Bond
Products In your factorv.
CHABl.es
COMPAN3
520 Arch it.
Vv w ii f n
Quick Money
Last year $30,000,000 changed
hands through.
WESTERN" UmOW
MONEY TRANSFERS
Without wornr, red tape oj risk 1,200,000
people were conveuienced with quick money.
Not a dollar was loat Not a moment was
wasted, A great service at trifling cost
SCltAlrTTOtf A1DB CITV
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Leaves $10,000 to Protect Homo Own
em From Mlna Operators
BCIUNTO.V, vn , Dec, 8. W. W. Reran
ton, flcranton's wealthiest cttlten, who died
Sunday, recently gnvo $10,000 to the Bur
face Protective Association which Is wag
ing a fight to prevent tha coal companies
from dropping tha hom tf surface own
era Into the mines.
Today hundreds of Intenjely Interested
men rf the city, many of the small home
owners, mnrched In a body nt Mr. Beran
ton'n funeral, Only members of the Bcran
ton family and employes of the various
companies controlled by Mr, Bcranton
viewed the body. IJurlal was made at For
est Hill, this city.
i ..t,Milr nmrerS Efettcd
LANCASTER r-o., Dec B. City Coundl
last night elected city officer for tiro
years, all rupubllcnns, as there are but
four Democrat r'm'are Cot
ellmen. The principal officers '"
troller, J, 11. Itatchfonl fire chief, w'lm
Johnsons water tMtnt.CbnrUtK.
Will; street commissioner, Chester W Cum
mlngs. and city clerk. R a Smell. Gum
ming and Smelt are former Mayor.
WILSON WILL NOT HEAR
lilMN ATTACK ON HUM
President, However, Agrees to Write
Letter to Dinner Where Com
moner WiSlrt Figlit
WASHINGTON, Dec 6. William J)
Ilrynn. In n speech he la planning to de-
IlT"? " b t tender .O
Wednesday night. tm matte thLSy
tion mat promc-uion in ta t n; ;
mo national campaign or 1950 .7y.
Informed friends he .proposed defintTj.?
commit tun e emeni in !, ."' i
party which ho represent to tneTSll
lion movement. " ProWbfl
After a conference with several ju-i.iJ
iMlInn lesiter. rrorMi.t "' 0r
nn Invitation to attaint (ha i...7: ?l!ril
promised to write a letter. if
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It is a gift that will be the
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on Christmas morn and all through .
the year. There is no gift so
welcome, no gift that could bring
a more lasting joy.
Columbia Grafonolas range
in price from 815 to S3 50.
See your Columbia dealer
today -, and make sure that this
Christmas will find a Colum
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