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SMOKE IN CITIES
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Electrical Engineers See Air
Quickly Cleared.
-06 WIRES TO AID SHIPS.
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Practical Demonstration Is Given
Showing How Powerful Electric Volt
age Will Detach Particles of Carbon
and Other Material Substances From
! Gases Passing Up a Chimney.
A means of making Pittsburgh a
spotless town, of doing away with
London's fogs and of enabling safe
navigation in thick weather was, out
lined in three papers read before the
members of the American Institute of
Electrical Engineers at the closing ses
sion of the convention in New York.
Electrical precipitation, a method first
practically applied by Sir Oliver Lodge
of England, was stated as the solution
of these problems.
A practical demonstration showing
how a powerful electric voltage will
detach the particles of carbon and oth
er material substances from the gases
passing up a chimney, thereby doing
away with the objectionable smoke,
was given in the auditorium. A quan
tity of lampblack was blown up
through a fifteen foot smokestack plac
ed on the platform. The flying parti
cles filled the air. Then 50,000 volts
iwere turned on, and at once the lamp
black attached itself to the interior of
the chimney and the air cleared.
By adjusting the voltage to the size
of the smokestack to be treated facto
ries will be made smokeless, it was
said, and thousands of dollars that, are
now lost through smoke damage will
be saved.
Moving Pictures of Fogs.
Moving pictures of fogs and clouds
and their elimination as produced by
electricity have been taken, it was
said, to show the practicability of the
plan to free London from the grip of
the dense fogs and to eliminate a men
ace of sea travel. At the press at than
Sir Oliver Lodge is said to be working
on a plan by which I/>ndon will be
strung with wires through which a
high voltage will be passed and the fog
cleared away. Engineers at the meet
Ing agreed that the plan was not im
possible and expressed great interest in
the Work.
An unusual idea was suggested for
removing the fogs from about ships at
sea. A small aeroplane electrically pro
pelled from a ship will fly about two
boat lengths in front of the liner during
the fog. From the flying machine will
be strung a high powered electric wirt
reaching back to the ship. The cur
rent passing through the wire is ex
pected to cause a precipitation of the
moisture In the air and clear a channel
some 2,000 feet in advance of the ship
and to some extent on either side
through which the ship may safely
pass. This will enable the lookouts to
detect another ship approaching in
time to maneuver the liner out of dan
ger.
The patent rights on the discovery
are owned by the Smithsonian institu
tion at Washington and the Mellon In
stitute of Industrial Research of Pitts
burgh. The income on the patents will
be devoted by the institutions to fur
thering research work on scientific sub
jects, it was said.
The papers dealing with the discov
ery were read by Dr. W. W. Strong of
Mechanicsburg, Pa., Arthur F. Nesbit,
professor of electrical engineering at
the University of Pittsburgh and elec
trical engineer of the Mellon institute
and Linn Bradley.
OUR FIRST ELECTION.
Methods In the Days When Washing
ton Was Chosen President.
At the first national election at which
General Washington was chosen presi
dent only eleven of the thirteen states
voted. North Carolina and Rhode Is
land not yet having entered the Union,
and in ouly three—Pennsylvania, Mary
land and Virginia—were popular elec
tions held. In the other eight states
the legislatures chose the electors. New
York did not choose electors because
of a feud between the anti-Federalist
house and the Federalist senate.
One exciting incident was caused by
the fear on the part of Alexander Ham
ilton that John Adams, who was on
the ticket for vice president with
Washington, was plotting to tie the
Tote, and thus by throwing the elec
Hon into the national house of repre
sentatives defeat the Father of Hk
Country for president. So real wai
this fear in Hamilton that he dis
patched messengers on horses to Vir
ginia, Connecticut and New Jersey t<
stampede the legislatures of the lattei
two states to Washington.
So long did it take to gather news
that Washington was actually inaugu
rated president before some of the
remote counties in Virginia had seni
in their returns. In this first electioi
there was only one ticket and then
was no campaigning. There were onlj
about 3,000,000 inhabitants in the coun
try a4 that time, and the whole cosi
of •feting up the machinery of this
pifeddental election is estimated at less
&&n $lOO,OOO.— Pittsburgh Dispatch.
hthfiiLVAiliM U.mUiHi iij .
45,000 Converted in Philacie ph.a.
Billy Sunday, the evangelist, close,. :
his eleven weeks' campaign in Ph.ia- ;
deiphia in triumph. Enthusiasm wa,
great on the final day. All attend- (
ance records were broken and con
versions totaled beyond the 2,500
mark for the day.
The evangelist left the city Sunday
night for his home in Indiana. Thou- j
sands were at the station and there
was a tremendous ovation for Sun
day. Hats were thrown in the air and
handkerchiefs were waved. Billy
shouted farewell from the rear ob- ,
servation platform. "Goodby, old Phil- '
adelphia," he said, "you're a grand old
town and four square with God."
Contributions poured in for Billy. !
He left with a check for $51,136.85
given him by a local trust company J
with which contributions were de
posited. This amount covers the con
, tributions received up to this morn
ing. Other contributions wili un
doubtedly be received this week and
\ these will, of course, be forwarded to ;
him. His converts number more than
45,000.
Suffrage Goes to Voters.
! The Pennsylvania state senate
i passed, by a vote of 37 to 11, the joint
resolution proposing a woman's suf
: frage amendment to the state consti-
I tution.
As the resolution passed the 1913
i legislature and went through the I
' house several weeks ago, it will be
* submitted to the people next Novem- j
■ ber.
'| The senate chamber was crowded
with women and men whefti the suf
" frage question was taken up, the suf
-5 fragists, wearing yellow flowers, oc
cupying the half of the chamber to
' the right of the rostrum and the antis,
adorned with red roses, lining up on
' the other side.
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' Solons Form Bible Class.
? A Bible class made up of repre
' sentatives and employees of the Penn
sylvania legislature was organized in
Harrisburg. Representative McKay
5 of Crawford had a call read for the
' meeting. This is the first time in the
: imemory of the oldest inhabitant that
' the lawmakers have gone in for B.hle
| classes. Governor Martin G. Brum- !
| baugli expressed himself as being
j pleased that the members who remain
: in Harrisburg on Sundays have deeid
' ed to employ their time profitably.
1 Prominent Bible students tiirough
-1 out the state will be invited to appear
before the class at each meeting until
the end of the session.
Farmer Burns to Death In Home.
' W. H. McNordie, aged seventy-eight,
who lived on a farm in Hopewell town- |
ship, near Beaver, Pa., was burned to
' death when his home caught fire from
'• an unknown cause. McNordie went
1 upstairs to get some valuables and
clothing and was overcome by the
' i smoke and perished in the flames.
Oil Price Drop Produces Gloom.
' The decrease of 5 cents in the Penn
' sylvania oil market has caused much
- gloom in the vicinity of Kane, Pa.,
and the producers who had contem
-1 plated drilling a large number of wells
1 in the surrounding fields have changed
their plans and the outlook at present
I is anything but bright for drilling.
Meyeradale Has $75,000 Blaze.
i Fire that for a time threatened the
entire business and best residential
' sections of Meyersdale, Pa., complete
ly destroyed the four-story brick
veneer Donges theater building and a
two-story frame building adjoining.
* The total damage is estimated at
: $75,000.
1 Woman Seizes Burning Dynamite.
' 1 Six sticks of dynamite attached to
a spluttering fuse were picked from
the front doorsteps of her neighbor,
Salvatore Corso, and tossed into the
middle of the street by Mrs. Pauline
Segal of Philadelphia. The dynamite
became separated and only one stick
exploded.
1 Orders For 100 Steel Flat Cars.
1 "! Orders for 100 steel flat cars have
s been placed with the Pennsylvania
railroad shops in Altoona, Pa. The
'• cars are 40 feet long, with drop sides,
and have a capacity of 100,000 pounds.
" Material will be assembled and work
s ou the order will be begun by May 1.
v
e Sir Isaac Newton.
* The discovery of gravitation was the
first of many great ideas that came to
"the greatest original thinker of all
time." Newton was also the pioneer
u in announcing the physical properties
b of light. His epitaph, translated from
e the Latin, on his monument in West
" minster Abbey describes in u few
words the greatest accomplishments of
* Newton. It reads:
B "Here lies Isaac Newton, who by
vigor of mind always supernatural
r " first demonstrated the motions and
0 figures of the planets, the paths of
r the comets and the tides of the ocean.
He discovered what before his time no
s one had even suspected, that rays of
'* light are differently refrangible and
e that this is the cause of colors."
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An Eye For an Eye.
e The law of Afghanistan is in theory
the same as that of Mohammedan
countries in general—that is, of the
Koran. This is an eye for an eye, a
| s tooth for a tooth, and enables the par
-8 ty wronged to avenge himself on a
relative if circumstances prevent him
from reaching the aggressor in person,
hence revenge becomes among the
Afghans a point of honor, which no
naa may waive except with disgrace.
Oh, Shuxl
ghe quarrels with her face each day,
When in the morn she wakes up;
But, long before she hits the hay.
She goes ahead and makes up.
Paw Knows Everything.
Willie—Paw. what is a walking dele
gate?
Paw—A man who rides around In
taxicabs, my son.
Betchal
You need not be a surly stiff.
Nor pose around as such.
But you could say a lot more if
You didn't talk so much.
Good.
"Are you a good cook?" said Mrs.
Prim to the applicant for the position.
"I am. mum." was the reply. "I go
to church every morning."
Giddap!
"Some men are rummies," said old Blnks,
"They let the liquor get them;
The more they stand ar.d set up drinks
The more the drinks upset them." • - .
Same Here.
"What did you swear off this year?"-
asked the old fogy.
"Oh, just for a change I swore off
swearing off!" replied the grouch.
First Aid to Beauty.
And women who are pampered pets
To grasp this moral should not fail:
Good curves are more than coronets,
And corn fed shapes than Madame Kale.
—Cincinnati Enquirer.
Also those female pampered pets
Should grasp this moral without fail:
Pink cheeks that outshine coronets
Are not supplied by Madame Kale.
—Memphis Commercial Appeal.
Names Is Names.
Green Vermillion lives In Keokuk, la.
Canary.
The sweet singer of Cincinnati, Luke
McLuke, bursts into song.—New York
Evening Telegram.
Things to Worry About.
In Swedish 777 is pronounced "sju
sju-sju."
This Otta Git 'Em, by Heck!
This is ;i vo;>y of a notice tha*.>is
posted on it farm fence near Salem,
N. J.:
NOTICE. ,
Trespasers wili be persekuted to the
full exten of 2 mean mungrel dogs wlcli
aint never been overly soshibi! with
strangers and 1 dubblep barl shotgun
which air.? Loaded with no sofy pillars.
Daily Health Hint.
Never use a lighted match to see if
your gasoline tank is empty.
Tall Took Small and Small Took Tall.
The wedding of Miss Folly Small of
523 Cross street and Nathan Tall took
place last Wednesday evening in the
hall at 530 Dickinson street.—Philadel
phia Exponent.
Our Daily Special.
Always put off until tomorrow the
worrying you could do today.
Luke McLuke Says:
It might be a good scheme for every
couple to get married on the 13th ot
the month. Then they would have
something to blame it on in later years.
When a man goes shopping with bis
wife he is either henpecked or in love
with her.
Every clerk knows that if the boss
made the office force undergo an effi
ciency examination the clerk would
run first and the manager last
If we had to unbutton our overcoats
and get down into our pants pockets
to extend sympathy we would be as
stingy with sympathy as we are with
some other things.
The big difference between the pa
rade put on by a woman when she
starts downtown and the parade put
on by a circus when it starts down
town is that the circus paints the whole
wagon and keeps some of its mys
terious attractions under cover.
Lots of people who wouldn't work
for you for $2 per day are perfectly
willing to attend to your business for
nothing.
Father sometimes believes that the
reason why the baby doesn't yell any
longer than it does is because father
isn't home any oftener than he is.
What has become of the old fashion
ed bride, who was ashamed of her
store hair and hid it from her hus
band?
Most women know that gambling is
wicked. But it eases her conscience a
whole lot if her husband happens to
win.
A man who has patience enough to
sit down for a year and a half and
color a meerschaum pipe hasn't pa
tience enough to devote a minute and
a half to undressing one of the chil
dren at night
Some men are too thin blooded to
work in winter and too thick blooded
to work in summer.
• You never hear a winner holler that
the cards were stacked.
Common ordinary diseases like small
pox will snuggle ap to you without
even asking your name. But a high
brow disease like kleptomania must
know your social status and see your
bank account before it will condescend
to make your acquaintance.
Cheer up! The cost of everything
else has gone up. but happiness and
smiles and kind words are as cheap
ts ever.
bTifluous Lovs.
"Do yer love me. "Erb?"
"Love yer, 'Liza! 1 should jest thtoM
I does. Why, if yer ever gives me up
i I'll murder yer! 1 can't say more'n
that, can I ?**—London Punch.
Very Moving.
Talk about moving things with •
derrick—the most powerful thine
{ known to move man is a womauV
, eyes.— Florida Times-Onion.
THE PATRIOT
THE PATRIOT
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F. BIAMONTE, Editor & Manager!
F. SMITH, English Editor.
B. COLETTI, Italian Editor.
Entered as second-class matter
September 26, 1914. at the postof- 1
fiee at Indiana, Pennsylvania, un
.der .the Act of March 3, 1879.
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QUESTIONS THAT A GOOD
CITIZEN SHOULD KNOW
D. Have you read the Consti
tution of the United States?
R. Yes.
.
D. What form of Government
is this?
R. Republie.
D. What is the Constitution of
the United States?
R. It is the fundamental law of
this country.
D. Who makes the laws of the
United States?
R. The Congress.
D. What does Congress consist
loft
R. Senate ami House of Rep-
resentatives.
D. Who is the chief executive
ot the United States?
R. President.
D. 110w r long is the President
of the LTiited States elected?
R. 4 years.
D. Who takes the place of the
President in ease he dies?
R. The Vice President.
D. What is his name?
R. Thomas R. Marshall.
D. By whom is the President of i
the United States elected?
R. By the electors.
D. By whom are the electors
elcted? e
R. By the people.
D. Who makes the laws for the
state of Pennsylvania.
R. The Legislature.
D. What does the Legislature
consist of?
i ,
R. Senate and Assembly.
D. How many State in the un
ion?
R. 48.
D. When was the Declaration
of Independence signed?
R. July 4, 1776.
D. By whom was it written?
R. Thomas Jefferson.
D. Which is the capital of the
United States?
R. Washington.
D. Which is the capital of the (
state of Pennsylvania.
R. Harrisburg.
D. How many Senators has
each state in the United States
Senate?
R. Two.
D. By whom are they elected ?
R. By the people.
D. For how long?
R. 6 years.
D. How many representatives
are there ? ..
R. 435. According to the pop
ulation one to every 211,000, (the
ratio fixed by Congress after eaeh
decennial census.)
D. For how long are they elect
ed? V
R. 2 years.
D. How many electoral votes
has the state of Pennsylvania?
R. 38.
D. "Who is the chief executive
of the state of Pennsylvania?
R. The Governor.
D. For how long is he elected?
E. 4 years.
r D. Who is the Governor?
| C has. ambo ij
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WHILE YOU WAIT !;
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R. Brumbaugh.
D. Do you believe in organized
government?
R. Yes.
D. Are you opposed to organiz
ed government?
R. No.
D. Are you an anarchist ?
R. No.
1). What is an anarchist?
R. A person who does not be
ieve in organized government.
D. Are you a bigamist or poli
gamist ?
R. No.
D. "What is a bigamist or poly
gamist ?
R. One who believes in having
more than one wife.
D. Do you belong to any secret
Society who teaches to disbelieve
in organized government?
R. No.
D. Have you ever violated any
1,-ws of the United States?
R. No.
D. Who makes the ordinances
for the City ?
R. The hoard of Aldermen.
D. Do you intend to remain
permanently in the U. S.?
R. Yes.
Where Was Wales?
Spencer Leigh Hughes. M. P., tells
of the following amusing experience:
He was once passing the war office
building in Whitehall when bis com
panion, a Scotchman, pointing to the
emblematic devices engraved over the
door, indicated the Scotch thistle, the
English lion and the Irish harp
"Where is the emblem of Wales?" ask
ed his friend. "Oh." Mr. Hughes re
plied, "I expect there is a leak In
the roof."—London Express.
Badly Scared.
"Were you frightened during the
storm T
"Dear me, yes. The windows were
all open and I was so afraid of the
lightning that 1 didn't even stop to
wake up John. I jumped right up and
closed them myself."—Detroit Free
Press.
Prohibitive.
"What's the matter. daugherT*
"Father. I want a duke."
"That can tie arrtuged. my dear
was afraid you might want a baseball
pitcher."- Baltimore Sun.
There is no fatigue so wearisome as
that which comes from want of work
—Spurgeon.
Russia's Fisheries.
Russia ranks third among the fish
and deep sea food producing countries
of the world. The total yield of fish
is well over $8,000,000 worth a year,
but even this great supply is not equal
to the needs of the population.
Knew Traveling Men.
"She's a sensible girl," said the first
traveling man.
"Yon bet she is," said the second
"Last night when I took her to dinner
before ordering she asked me if I was
going to pay the check myself or work
It into the expense account"—Detroit
Free Press.
PENNSYLVANIA PARAGRAPHS
Governor Urges Local Option.
Addressing the members of the
house law and order committee Gov
ernor Brumbaugh of Pennsylvania
gave notice that if his local option >
bill is defeated he will go before the
people at the election of the legis
lators in 1916 and urge the selection
of lawmakers who will vote this legis
lation.
The governor also announced that
there was no necessity for haste in
reporting the bill from committee.
Jn his confidence say he is
figuring on a report about March 17 ;
or later, the matter large
ly on the effectiveness of th£ cam
paign he is preparing to make on the
members by the "folks at home."
By a 15-to-10 vote the law and order
committee decided the local option
bill would rsmain in committee until
. Governor Brumbaugh is ready to have
> it reported. This may be in about
! three weeks and it may be longer.
\ There are threats on the part of the
I liquor lobby to attempt the discharge
[ of the committee from further con
| eideration of the legislation.
f Bank Officers Blamed For Failurs. •
| Comptroller of the Currency John
| Skelton Williams in Washington is-
I sued a statement laying the entire
\ blame for the failure of the German
► National Bank of Pittsburgh on the
\ alleged faulty management of the
| bank.
I According to this statement an in
[ vestigation already made by the na
[ tional bank examiner in charge of the
| bank has /disclosed that the entire
J capital and surplus of $500,000 and
l $594,000 respectively have been wiped
I out.
I ! "The failure has no significance as
* bearing upen the general business sit
uation," said the comptroller.
Light Bu'b Cures, But Fires Bed.
I John Wolf, a rural mail carrier, re
siding at Ebensburg, Pa., suffering
from toothache, wrapped an electric
! light globe in a towel and took the
warming pad into bed with him. The
ache stopped and Wolf went to sleep.
About 1 o'clock the mail carrier
dreamed there was a fire and that he
was fighting his way through smoke
and flame. He awoke. The flames
were in bed with him. The bulb had
1 ignited the bed clothing. Wolf's home
was damaged.
Johnstown Steel Bought by Russia.
According to information from an
authoritative source the Cambria
■ | Steel company in Johnstown, Pa., has
received an order for 46.500 tons of
| steel from the Russian government.
This steel is bolt steel in long rods
and will be shipped to Brooklyn to be
cut up into shropnel.
France Orders Trucks.
' Announcement is made that the
Bessemer company of Grove City, Pa.,
j. has been awarded a contract for fifty
auto trucks by the French govern
i ment. Additional orders from the!
allies are expected within a short
time. The order will keep the plant
busy for some time. 4
Use of Needle Kills Man.
Henry L. Maitland, a farmer of Cool
Spring township, near Greenville, Pa.,
j is dead from blood poisoning as a re-,
* suit of using a needle to remove a
splinter from his thumb. The wound;
became infected, causing death. He
was aged seventy-four years.
l
Taft Invited to Harrisburg.
Governor Brumbaugh received the
legislative resolution requesting him
to invite ex-President Taft to visit the 1
capitol and address the general as
sembly when he comes to Harrisburg
on April 15. The governor said that
he would be glad to do so.
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Aged Pair Outwit Children.
Thomas Cooper of Clarendon and'
Mrs. Julia Hall of Spring Creek stole
a march on their children, went to
Corry, Pa., and were married by an;
alderman. Cooper is seventy-six and 1
his bride sixty-four and both were
wedded before.
Unemployed Man Hangs Self.
Paul Brexinori, arrested as a tres
passer in the Altoona (Pa.) yards of
the Pennsylvania railroad, committed
: suicide in a cell at the city hall using
a belt to hang himself. The man was
despondent because he had no work.
Woman Aged Sixty-four Ends Life.'
Mr 3. Mary Them, aged sixty-four, ia!
dead at her home in Pittsburgh as the
1 result of drinking an ounce of car-1
bolic acid. Despondency over ill
health is said to have been the cause
oC her act.
Fewer Fatalities In Mines.
There was a decrease of 32 per cent
In the number of fatal accidents in
the soft coal mines of Pennsylvania;
in 1914, according to a summary ofj
reports issued by the state department*
, of mines.
i Saloon Man {J^'sbed.
i As M. J. Kelley, a Titusville (Pa.)j
, saloonkeeper, was going home with]
1 the day's receipts in his pocket he
was assaulted and robbed of $3OO.
James Welch was arrested. j
Church at Karns City Destroyed.
: The Methodist Episcopal church
and parsonage of Karns City, near
Butler, Pa., were destroyed by fire
j j with a loss of $5,000.
Dies at Automobile Wheel.
: Benjamin F. Crane died while U-t
ting at the wheel of his automobile to'
Harrisburg, Pa., the machine cwmh-J
ing into a fence.