teis ill a M li Ms Know.
D. lla\" you read the Consti
tution of the Fnited States?
R. Yes.
D. What form of Government
i r 3 this?
R. Republic.
D. What is the Constitution of
the Fnited States?
R. it is the fundamental law of
this aouMtry.
D. Who makes the Taws of the
Fnited States?
R. The Congress.
D. What does Congress consist
of?
R. Senate and House of Rep
resentatives.
D. Who is the chief executive
of the United States?
R. President.
D. llow long is the President
of the Fnited States elected?
R. 4 years.
J). Who takes the place of the
President in case he dies?
R. The Vice President.
D. What is his name?
R. Thomas R. Marshall.
D. By whom is the President of
the Fnited States elected?
R. By the electors.
D. By whom are the electors
eleted ? . e
R. By the people.
I). Who makes the laws for the
stale of Pennsylvania.
R. The Legislature.
D. What does the Legislature
consist of?
R. Senate and Assembly.
1). How many State in the un
ion ?
K. 48.
1). When was the Declaration!
of Independence signed?
R. July 4, 177fi.
D. By whom was it written?
R. Thomas Jefferson.
D. Which is the capital of the
Fnited States?
R. Washington.
1). Which is the capital of the
state of Pennsylvania.
R. llarrisburg.
D. llow many Senators has
each state in the United States
Senate?
R. Two.
COURSE OF THE BECKER
CASE TOLD IN FEW LINES.
Herman Rosenthal .Vow York
gambler, murueivi! July T, I!H2, on
the eve t i. a making disclosures >
nr:- 9eu July iJU.
E ci'-r ,-onvi. to 1 of murder lr. i
first >ie re • < 'ot. fikJ.
aentenc.l fig Justice Golf Oct. ||
j Rxeent!oT> of sentence set for j|
Dec. !>. 1.4 |
Cor. t <<f avne-.b; rents a new
I * Sin<? to Tombs prison. New )
li *' , " \ 4
:: Yn executed at Sing
Sing April 12. P.U4.
| :benced bfjust •■Vh.ury May
J Rxecv.tion set for July u, 1C44.
Second ::pp t ken June 15. 1014.
Peels! of C •; sustaining sen
men. who twice prosecuted Mm.
THIEF TOOK COAT AND FEVER
Police Watch Health Reports to Find
the Criminal.
A good mackintosh and a million,
more or less, full sized scarlet fever
germs was the extent of booty ob
tained by a sneak thief who entered
the home of Dr. Preston Steele of
Greenville, Pa., and took the coat from
a bag hanging on the back porch.
The garment was used by the physi
cian exclusively in entering the sick
rooms of patients suffering from scar-
Jet fever The police are watching the
bonrd of health's reports.
m.
1). By whom are they ele<*tel"
K. By the people.
B. bor how long?
K. (j years.
I>. How many representatives
are there ? ..
R. 433. According to the pop
ulation one to every 211,000, (the,
ratio fixed by Congress after each
decennial census.)
1). For how long are they elect- I
ed ?
R. 2 years.
D. How many electoral votes
has the state of Pennsylvania?
R. 38.
B. ho is the chief executive
ot the state of Pennsylvania?
R. The Governor.
P. For how long is he elected?
R. 4 years.
D. \\ ho is the Governor?
; R. Brumbaugh.
D. Do you believe in organized !
government 1
R. Ves.
D. Are you opposed to organiz
-1 ed government?
R. No.
i
D. Are you an anarchist?
R. No.
D. \\ hat is an anarchist?
R. A person who does not be
ieve in organized government.
IP Are you a bigamist or poli
gamist?
R. No.
D. W hat is a bigamist or poly
gair ist?
L One who believes in having
iuothan one wife.
P. Do you belong to any secret
; So(i ,-y who teaches to disbelieve
} in organized government?
R. No.
| D. Have you ever violated any
| 1.-WP of the Fnited States?
R No.
I). \\ ho makes the ordinances
for the City ?
li. The board of Aldermen.
1). Do you intend to remain
permanently in the U. S. ?
R. Yes.
Best stores advertise in The
Patriot.
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OBSERVATION.
It is the close observation of little
thuags which is the secret of success
in business, in art, in science and
in every pursuit in life. Human ;
knowledge is but an accumulation j
of smell facts made by successive
generations of nrm —the 1 tile bi's !
of knowledge and experience cure
£..ll.. . _ 1 _ I *,l
tuily treasured up by them growing i
at leng'n into a mighiy pyramid.— i
Samuel Smiles. ~ j
The anvil that rim - t - the stunL
or 409 pounds. I.ui t! . • : :i\
whose weight is counted in ounces.
These are used by jewe:ers. silver
smiths and various other worker.-.
Counting shapes, siz s. styles of finish,
and so on. the e little anvils are untile
in scores of varieties, ranging in weight
from fifteen ounces up to a number of
pounds each. All the iictie anvils are
of the finest steel. They are all trimly
finished, often nickel plated, and those
surfaces that are brought into use ars
made as smooth as glass.
Aye, There's the Rub,
If we had to turn our own grind
stones we wouldn't have so many axes
to grind.—Cincinnati Enquirer.
Wanted, a Carver.
"You say your son belongs to a corn
club?**
"Y"es; raised a line crop last year.**
"That ain't the kind of corn export
I want to consult. I want to know
what to do for the pesky things."—
Pittsburgh Post
Willing to Do That.
"So your grocer refuses to give you
credit for another thing."
"Not exactly; he says he'll give me
credit for any cash I pay on account."
—Boston Transcript.
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ujyii I Uh-jLilo
G n O TO nrpiusr
• 4 H \ I - i K \ s s Stli i"
/I 0 i y Zt is
Fedsrai Jydgg Koiiisaal Takes
Hold In uhicago
CONFLICT WITH CITY CCUNCIL
Chicago Authorities Tell Traction
Ccrr.paniefc Not to Operate With
Strikebreakers; Court Gives Them
Permission —U. S. Troops Can Be
Called Out If Service Is Interfered
With —Considerable Violence.
Chicago, June 16. —The federal gov
ernment took a hwid in the strike of
the 14,500 operating employees of the
traction lines here when Federal
Judge Kohlsaat issued an order t<?
Samuel Inpull, receiver of the Oab
Park elevated line, to resume service
Wednesday morning, employing strike
breakers if necessary, and to report
any interference with operation to the
court for further action.
The court order was granted on the
application of Mr. Insull, Brltton I.
Budd, president of the elevated roads
and Gilbert E. Porter. The sensation
al move on the part of the financial
and operating heads of the roads to
break the strike came while Mayor
Thompson and the aldermanic peace
committee, appointed to make further
attempta to bring about arbitration,
were in session with the union heads
to ascertain a basis of compromise.
The court order is In direct conflict
i with the resolution of the city council
forbidding the employment of strike-1
breakers on any of the traction lines.
Should the police attempt to enforce
the council order they must face cita
tion before Judge Kohlsaat for con
tempt.
More important than that, if strik
ing employees of the road attempt to
prevent the running of trains, a fed- j
I eral injunction against such inter
ference would probably be the nex'.
step.
Judge Kohlsaat would the
forces of United States iroops behind
him to enforce such injunction.
Other important developments of
the strike situation was an order
i passed by the legislature directing
Governor Dunne and the state public
utilities commission to investigate the
trouble; a public announcement by
the state board of arbitration that an
arbitration with the object of inter
vention would be started Thursday
morning; information from many
cities in eastern states that 5.000
strikebreakers were being recntiud
for service in Chicago and tha+ more
than half of that number were en
route to Chicago and a dosen or rnor
violent acts on the part of strike sym
pathizers on the Southside-Northwest
ern elevated through route that was
being operated from the extreme
Southside to the city limits on the
north.
It was the extension of elevated
service to the Northside that was
marked by the first outbreak of
violence. Union officials charge the
company officials with inciting the I
trouble with the object of discrediting
the union and declare that investiga
tion of the outbreaks has proven that
the strikers had no part in the trouble.
The most serious of the acts of
violence was the attempt of two men
to wreck an elevated train at Chicago
avenue. The men took position on a
fire escape and as tho first through
route south bound train approached
they hurled a plank across the tracks.
The plank fell short of its mark and
dropped to the stree'- A little later
an acid bomb was thrown from the
root" of a building through * r.e roar
window of a train pr -ir-r TYc-lr and
West Kinzie. The bomb hit ojp, r
glass and changed the inner win do v
to several colors.
Finds $l,OOO In Buried Pot.
Elkfns, \\ . 7a., Juno lt. —Yv. i:o cul
*l,OOO, mo^il. in solcl a sonit sn.^a.
on it. Ii Is believed th* person who
buried the not cut the figure to guid -
him to its location.
13,547 British Seamen Lest.
London. June 16. —Thirteen thou
sand five hundred and forty-seven of
ficers and men of the British navy, in
eluding marines and members of the
naval division, have been killed or
wounded or reported missing from
the beginning of the war up to May
31. according to announcement mai
)n London. Of this total 8.245 were
killed.
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* WEATHER EVERYWHERE. *
s •
• Observations at United States •
• weather bureau taken at I p. m. *
* yesterday follow: *
* Temp. Weather.
• Pittsburgh 72 Cloudy *
* New York 6S Rain *
♦ Boston 54 Cloudy •
* Buffalo 56 Cloudy *
♦ Chicago 72 Clear *
* gt. Louis 76 Clear *
* Washington... 70 Cloudy •
• Philadelphia... 72 Cloudy •
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Weather. *
Partly cloudy tonight; Thurs- *
day, showers; west wind 3. *
iihliiSiON BLOW
70 POlfrDHliryT
■ Iu uuircftftifltft!
Cash Register Company Wins
in Supreme Court
| CRIMINAL STATUS AFFECTED
Lower Court's Reversal of Convic
tions Will Not Be Reviewed—West
Virginia Ordered to Pay Virginia
$12,393,000 —Dry Territory Not Pro
tected by the Webb-Kenyon Law,
Court Decides.
Washington, June 15. —The reversal
by the Sixth United States circuit
court of appeals of the conviction of
the National Cash Register company
will stand. The supreme court has
declined to review the case. The offi
j cials, it waa alleged by the govern
ment, violated the provisions of the
klherman anti-trust law.
By the decision the government lost
the moct Important criminal prosecu
tion that has yet come to triAl under
the Sherman law and what was re
garded by former Attorney General
j Wickersham and Attorney General
Gregory aa probably the most far
reaching suit of its kind in the gov
ernment's long list of prosecutions of
"trusts."
The circuit court reversed the con
victions of President John H. Patter
son and other officers at the National
Cash Register company, which carried
jail sentences, although it did not
deny the government the right to pro
ceed in some other way. The convict
ed officials contended the supreme
' court had no jurisdiction to review
the action of tiie court which had up
set the lower court verdicts.
The gov rnment case contained
many sensational allegations of unfair
competition and monopoly and in in
j appeal to the supreme court for a r -
view, referred to the defendants as
"Bteeped in deliberate guilt."
Department of justice officials made
no secret that they considered the ef
ficacy of the criminal section of the
Sherman law at stake.
Officials of the department of jus
tice stated after the court's announce
ment that nothing remained but for
the government to proceed in the
lower court. It may ask to have the
case dismissed or press for a second
trial in the district court.
The supreme court disposed of the
so-called Kentucky Webb-Kenyon
liquor cases without determining the
constitutionality of the Webb-Kenyon
law or passing on its construction.
The Kentucky case was a prosecu
tion of the Adams Express company
for bringing liquor for personal use
from Tennessee into Whitley county,
Ky., dry territory.
Justice Day for the court held it
was bound to accept the decision of
the Kentucky court of appeals, th*t
the Webb-Kenyon law was not applies
ble. ITnder that decision the convic
tion of the express firm was set aside.
The court held that West Virginia
must pay $4,215,000 as her share of
debts owed by Virginia prior to separ
ation from the mother state during
the Civil war and that West Virgin'a
must also pay interest on that amount.
The interest amounts to $8,175,000.
The contract under which the states
were separated provided that West
Virginia should assume her "equifab'e
proportion of the public debt." Many
exceptions were file-d by the two
states. Wf>st. Virginia tried to make,
the claim that interest should run only
from the date when the separati' i
actually became effective. July 1,
1863, instead of the date of the agree
ment, Jan. 1. IS6I, but the supreme,
court upheld the piaster.
The CT'" r.pnroved the findlne thai
Solons May Be Called Again.
the unofficial belief here that a so
cial session of the West Virginia leg
lature will b- called to consider * :v
court in the Virginia-West Virgin <
debt case. Governor H. D. HatfieL.
conferred with counsel as to whr*
course to pursue. Should the legD
lature be called together again it will
be the fourth session and the third
special ses don this year.
All MiE3ourians Asked to Weddiry.
Bowling Green, Mo., Jur.. 15. —Aii,
Missouriar- are invited to attend the,
wedding o. June 30 of Miss Genevieve i
Clark, da ghter of Speaker Champ '
Clark, to james M. Thompson of New
Orleans at Clark's Pike county home,;
according to a general invitation
spread broadcast. "It has been fou: d
utterly impossible to issue individual
invitations," the invitation said.
Ex-Premier Wins In E!ect : cn.
Athens (Via Paris), June 15.—Th
latest returns from the general ele -
tions err. firm the success of the
Venizelos party. The government can
didates in Macedonia were elected |
The partisans of M. Gounaris, th !
presen* premier, say they hare elect
ed 120 out of 316 deputioe.
: Grilioissd in England, He I
Uui.iuS ij AlliJliUa
I F ' /: ? lis
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Photo by Amor toon Proas AaoodottM.
SIR EDGAR SPEYER,
German With English Title.
: "' \
A Prayer For Ught
Lord God of pesos and war.
Thy prcosnco we Implore!
Descend from height* sfsr
And lead ua so of yoro!
Tho :iatlons *ia<Kr. blind
And perishing in night.
O, let us once moro And
Th# Jong delaying light!
Deal gently with our sin.
Deal gently with our grtof.
Thou who ha* shut us In
This plane of unbelief.
Thou who has spread a veil
Before our mortal eye*,
So that earth's noblest fall
Thy way to recognise!
Thy pity we Invoke
Upon our darkness here.
O lift the battle smoke
And let thy light appear!
-M. E. Buhlen
| KAISER, AS PATRIOT, IS
MORE LOVED THAN EVER.
Emperor Ha 3 Added to His Popularity
at Home, Observer Finds.
The "neutral observer" of the Loo
don Times in Germany writes that \>m
has noticed a subtle change in the po
sition of Kaiser Wilhehn in the esti
mation of the German people.. He has
fallen into the background when com
pared with Yon Hindenburg. Von Mc
kensen or Yon Weddigen. but at the
same time he was never so popular
before.
"Nobody makes the kaiser responsi
ble for the war," the correspondent
writes. "Everybody believes he tried
to prevent if and that when it was
brought on by the determination of
; foes the kaiser shouldered the heavy
burden with the deepest sorrow.
"He sacrificed all his personal inter
ests. for the sake of the country. lie
willingly accepted a subordinate posi
tion to give free play to men abie to
i command a victory.
"He is regarded as having set an
example of simple living and is said
i to have shown the utmost regard for
the susceptibilities of the federal sov
ereigns and their people. He has thus
gained a great hold on the affections
of the Bavarians and Saxons.
"lie is represented as having waive 1
every consideration that might have
militated against, practical efliciei< y in
waging war. This lias greatly filed
to the love his own people have fur
him.
"The crown prince, on the other
hand, is in a very different position.
-i-'ji 4 !*nis(*r"s otli *r sons .lis ;
DDT APu RR N I*/MO
ulhu rnLALHLri WiNb rAI.IL.
Child Who "Died and Came Back"
Seems Suddenly inspired.
fame all over the south as the child
preacher who "died, went to heaven
and came back."
Physicians shake their heads when
told that Mary died and came back,
but her parents are emphatic that
Mary was dead. She had no pulse, her
heart was not boating, and her body
was cold and rigid, they declare.
The following morning, when her
body was to l>e embalmed, Mary Mc-
Cain came "back to life" when her
grief stricken parents entered the
room.
The remarkable thing about the
young missionar is that Mary had nev
er been to Sunday school, never saw a
Bible and seldom heard the name of
Cod except in a curse.
Kn:w Traveling Mn.
"She's a sensible girl," said the first
traveling man.
'Ton bet <=he LB," 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 Pre**.
Dir/c Mm\ FARM
fcdid fa It" Si iMm
Ull OSA I uhilj I U!L
Ycung lowan Sets Example of
Great Success on Land.
HE STARTED EMPTY HANDED
Ba nkr Talis of Youth, German by De
scent, Who In Few Seasons Saved
$B,OOO, Bought 320 Acres For $28,000
and Had Fine Supply of Stock and
Machinery.
Charles 8l;ail. president of the First
National bank of Rock Unguis, la.,
tells the story of the remarkable sue
.•eaa of a young farmer of Ills vicinity
who started iu empty handed ami la
■ix years was nble to buy a $28,000
farm. Whec the purchase waa made
he paid down $8,0(M), gained Iu the six
year period, and hail free and clear
$0,700 worth of stock and machinery.
The young man Is a Herman by de
scent, lorsi aixl reared In our own
country. Hie i>eoyle are hard working
farmers, ao that he had the proper
training. His name Is John Busch.
After reaching his majority he began
farming on hta own account in 1008,
renting eighty acre* for one-third of
the small grain and $4 an acre. Ilia
father gave him two horses, and he
used hla father's machinery. The bank
loaned him s<loo to buy hogs and cattle.
In 1009 he rented a half section (320
acres* of land and purchased machin
ery of his own and more horses. The
seasons of 1909 and 1910 were good,
and he added more stock, horses and
machinery.
In 1911 the Imnk loaned him an ailiH
tioual SIYH>. making his total Indebted
ness $l,lOO. The season's crop was
large and the price good. He sold suf
ficient grain to pay up all the money
i borrowed and to liquidate other small
debts made In buying machinery, cat.
tie, horses and liogs, so that iu the
spring of 1912 lie hail all of bis debts
; paid.
Out of the crop of 1913 after paying
! current expenses and without selling
the cattle and hogs he had about $2,000
in money which he banked.
During the crop season of 1914 be
1 plunted 2(H) acres of corn. This aver-
I aged about sixty bushels an acre and
i was worth better than 50 cents a bush
j el. By the Ist of December, 1914, out
of the proceeds of this crop and the
; sale of cattle and hogs, after paying
1 current expenses. Bunch banked $5,000,
making in all $7,000.
He purchased a 100 acre farru iu No
vember. 1914, and promised to pay for
it $28,000, $B,OOO cash down and long
time oil the Isilance at 5 ier cent. The
land was deeded to hitn, and he gave a
mortgage back for $20,000. The bank
loaned him $l,OOO for sixty days, as
sisting him to make up the $B,OOO. In
January he disposed of hogs sufficient
to pay back the $l,OOO.
ELECTRIC FANS IN TRENCHES.
German Officers' Quarters Underground
Had "All Modern Improvements."
The officers' quarters of German
trenches captured near La (Juinquu
Rue in France were wonderful con
crete constructions fitted with electric
lights and electric fans and drained by
electric power. The electricity was
supplied from a plant at the coal mines
of La Basse.
The French who captured these
trenches benefited bv all these modern
improvements for several hours until
tho Germans cut the wires.
AMERICAN 1 WOMAN HONORED.
Roumania Decorates Mrs. Jackson For
Red Cross Work.
The Roumanian government has dec
orated Mr--. .John 11. Jackson, wife of
the former United Stall.s minister to
Roumania, for her aid in Red Cross
work during the last Balk n war.
ton. X. J., is in Ger yas a special
for Am has-ad- r Gerard.
GEORGE'S BAD SPELL
Washington Never Could Learn to
Write Some Words Correctly.
Whoever heard that the great George
Washington never could learn to spell
correctly?
You see, it happened this way. When
George was quite a young boy he came
aa copy of an English book call
"Young Man's Companion,"
written In a "plain and easy style," as
the title stated, which taught one bow
to write letters, wills, deeds, to sur
vey, to navigate, to build houses. t\,
make ink and cider, how to doctor the
sick and how to conduct oneself in so
ciety, "all without tho aid of a tutor."
Washington studied this book from
cover to cover and from It acquired
two qualities that clung to him through
life. His handwriting, easy, flowing
and legible, was modeled from the en
graved "copy" sheet, and certain forms
of spelling were le'irned tliat be never
could correct.
To the end of his life Washington
wrote He. lye: liar, Jyar; celling, ciei
lng; oil. oyl. and blue. blew, as In his
boyhood he had learned to do from
this old book. Struggle as .he did in
trying to spell as the others of his
day did. he never could be-*nj9 of cee
tain words.—St Louts Republic.