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INDIANA, PA., FRIDAY, AUG 27, 1915
Editorial
WITH THE European nations siill at each oth
ers throats in the deathly grapple for military
supremacy, the United States has, so far, remained
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HARRY A BOQGS
Subject to the decision of the Republican Primary, Tuesday,
September 21 1915, 7a. m. to 7 p. m.
CHLOROFORM IN FICTION."^
f Acts In a Manner That Surprises
the Medical Experts.
Every now and then stories appear
jibout individuals and even whole
households being chloroformed by en
terprising burglars. A report of that
fciud in New York city induced the New
York Herald to interview a nuiul*er of
fcxperts on the subject with the result
•f obtaining a verdict that should ef
fectively dispose of that sort of fiction
for all time, but probably will not, as
previous exposures have failed.
'These medical witnesses pointed out
ft generally requires the undivided at
tention of two surgeuns and several
fcurses to induce a willing patient to
field to the fumes. If, it is suggested,
she burglars have found a more expe
ditious mode of administration the
medical world would be glad to hear
ef It. Dr. James J. Walsh, an authori
ty on anaesthesia, said that the appli
cation of a chloroform soaked cloth to
$ victim's nostrils would produce a
burning sensation that would at once
arouse the sleeper.
Dr. J. T. Gwathmey, author of a text
book on anaesthesia, said bluntly that
it Is not possible to chloroform a grown
person while asleep. Another expert
vaid he could not see how a person
could be anaesthetized without realiz
ing the fact and instances a slight wo
man patient who required four at
tendants to hold her while being pr f
under the influence of chloroform on
the operating table.
Tales of wholesale chloroforming, ei
ther by saturated cloths or atomizers,
may therefore, in view of this testi
mony, be relegated to the realm of the
Imaginary.
WHY RIVERS OVERFLOW.
Seme Streams Make Their Beds Too
Small For Flood Tides.
"A river is not made to order. It is
nothing more nor less than the acci
dental path made by water in follow
ing the line of least resistance." writes
Arthur E. Morgan in an article on
"Why Rivers Overflow," published in
the Scientific American. Mr. Morgan
goes on to show that the average river
has found or made a channel that suf
fices for it in ordinary times, but that
in flood tide is not large enough to car
ry off the water. Some of the figures
he gives explain perfectly why certain
rivers are in the habit of overflowing.
The Coldwater river, where it enters
the flat lands from the hills in north
ern Mississippi, has a capacity of 900
cubic feet per second when full to the
top of its banks. At maximum flood,
however, 100,000 cubic feet per second
pour down It, and it has to overflow.
The St. Francis river on the boun
dary between Arkansas and Missouri
can take care of from 500 to 5,000 cubic
feet per second, but in flood time it has
160,000, and the surplus must overflow.
The Miami river in Ohio has a normal
capacity, varying at different points
from 6 per cent to 5 per cent of Its
maximum overflow. The Mississippi,
near the mouth of the Red river, has
a normal flow of 200,000 cubic feet a
second; when full to the top of its
banks it can carry about 1,000,000 cu
bic feet. When all its tributaries are
in flood it has to carry 2,500,000 cubic
feet a second. As its banks are higher
than the surrounding plains, these in
evitably receive the overflow.
NO DANGER.
Timid Man
We'd better not )
go out In that p
canoe. I hear 'if
that the bay is
full of man-eating lT'*"U
sharks. MBl*
Wifey What v"
r not a
man and your life £=?
to insured.
OUR WOMEN
visitors.
I suppose your
wife is enjoying /j ric
her summer cot- I
Not very much. 1 r
She has three n: jjv
WOMEN VISITING :: / F&FC "
HER EACH ON A J I
different kind of SESSt—
diet.
I A Country Life j
I I
A country life for me, my boy! A coun
try life for me!
I'll turn a leaf of city life for leaf upon
a tree.
I'll watch the cowslip on the field and
pick the poor thing up.
Find butter for the bread of life in every
buttercup,
And at the dogwood's bark I'll laugh. 1
know it will not bite.
I'll be as happy as a king from morn till
late at night.
A country life for me, my boy! A coun
try life for me!
The feathered warblers of the air now
join me in my glee.
The wren that rents the cedar tree has
rent the air with song;
And Jersey nightingales approach a hum
dred thousand strong.
And tender is the mission of the owl. t
wit, to woo!
But wooed or wouldn't, what the odd.O
For I don't care, do you?
A country life for me. my boy! A court
try life for me!
A place where trouble's troubles never
trouble us, you see.
Where the turkey gobbles grouches and
the swallow swallows strife.
And the mocking gird sings mockingly.
Oh. what a lark is life!"
Where a poet babbles blithely on without
a thought of print.
And every hank has In reserve resouroes
of the mint.
Pray Join me In a Julep! Fine! Right Joy
ful will we be!
A country life for me, my boy! A coun
try life for me!
—Orlff Alexander In Pittsburgh Dispatch.
FARMER SELECTS GIRL TO
INHERIT FORTUNE OF $lO,OOO
Illinois Man Wanted Young Lady to
Ba Companion to Wife.
Mary Alice Smith, blue eyed, golden
haired and with the bloom of Wiscon
sin meadows in her cheek 9, a bloom
that four years as a typist in a Chica
go office building have failed to oblit
erate, will leave in a few days to be
come the life companion of Uncle Jim
my and Aunt Louisa Pankhurst on
their 500 acre Illinois farm.
She was picked from a legion of
Mary Smiths aDd more than 2,000 oth
ers who applied to the Chicago immi
gration bureau for the privilege of be
coming "Aunt Louisa's girl." She is
the orphan who was selected by the
aged couple to inherit their fortune of
$lO,OOO.
Miss Smith will give up a job that
carries a salary of $l2 a week for the
one of $3. At Uncle Jimmy's death she
will receive the money.
"Rut what counts more than any
thing else is the fact that 111 have a
home and some one to love me." said
Miss Smith. "And I'll be away from
the city, where, unless you have a
home, you are nothing more than an
inmate of a great industrial prison."
Miss Smith has not had a real home
for six years. She is not a real or
phan, for ber father is living, but he
is married a second time and has a
family of his own to support. Miss
Smith's parents came from England
and settled in Wisconsin two years be
fbre she was born, twenty-four years
ago. Uiicle Jimmy and Aunt Louisa
out of tne mighty conflict that is dreaning Europe of
her best sons, anil turning back time, page by page,
aided by inventive geniss and cunning of the creative
mind, to barbarous slaughter hitherto unknown.
The peace which we have thus far enjoyed is not
the fault of the nations now at war. f<r cunning and
conniveing of every description have been exercised,
apparently, to embroil this country into the maelstrom
of hate and death. Most wondrous patience has been
shown in dealing with this and we are most fortunate
in having a president such as Woodrow Wilson. Pa
tiently and with great judgment he has dealt with the
difficult issues that have arisen, first sounding the
pulse of the nation before making comment or any
decisive action, until he has won the heart of every
true and loyal peace-loving American regardless of
politics, creed cr religion. With a president such a3
he at the helm, doing his best to steer the ship of
state into a safe haven of peace, this country will
know, if he fails, it will not be because of hot-headed
ness on the part of him or his diplomats, but that
every power and means for peace with honor will have
been exhausted and that war will be the last means
of settling our difficulties.
POOR WORM.
Worm: Hey! If
you fellows wattf
YYSK to have a tug of
/ war I wish you'd
get a rope.
FOR"SfllE11 WANT ADS.
Advertisements under this head lc
a word each insertion.
FOll SALE or TRADE—Peanut
roaster and pop corn machine, with
steam engine. Cost $375 when new.
Just the tiling for the fairs. A mon
ey maker. No reasonable offer re
lnquire J. M. Weddell, at
Chevy Chase Hgts., Indiana Pa.
FOR SALE—A new 5-room house
with water and gas and a good gar
den. Price $7OO. Inquire of N. N.
EO' SALE—Mare 7 years old or
four year old colt. Inquire of Joe
Mazza, Homer City, Pa.
FOR RENT, September 1, —New
Brick Store Building 25 x 80, good
cellar 25 x 25 by 7 feet deep, located
iu the heart of the business section,
large display window. Inquire of
Rosa Bevacqua, Johnsonburg, Pa.
FOR SALE —Corner lot in Chevy
Chase, 65x150, for further informa
tion, apply at this office.
FOR SALE —Automobile in
good condition, at a reasonable
price. Sam Maruca Melntyre, Pa.
WANTED—Laborers and chippers
Inquire Bollinger & Andrews Con
struction Co., Blackhck, Pa.
came from England, too, nut both are
real Americans at heart.
As the aged farmer explained:
"The United States is the most glori
ous nation in the world. I loved the
old flag sp much I risked my life for
It in the civil war. That's why I think
the government owes it to me to fur
nish me with a girl—a daughter we
can love.
"And if you find me a good girl with
no other love ties I'll pledge ypu my
word that just as I stood ready to of
fer my life for the United States I'll
take good care of her.
"Louisa needs a girl. You see. she
never had an education and can't read
or write, and a girl who can do
things will be more than a daughter to
her."
LINCOLN'S GUARD TO MEET.
Surviving Members, All From Ohio, to
Gather at G. A. R. Encampment.
. reunion of the Union light guard,
which was the bodyguard of President
lincoln for two years during the civil
war, is planned in Washington during
the enoampment of the Grand. Army
of the Republic, Sept. 27 to Oct. 2.
While conversing with Secretary ol
War Stanton, in 1863, the governor of
Ohio offered to obtain a bodyguard foi
President Lincoln Secretary Stan tor
Too Deep Far Him.
▲ Britisher was announcing his
views on things in general and sum
med up his own position by the state
ment, "Well, Tve 9een life." "Bat,"
said his American friend, "one of your
<nm bright poets has said. 'Life's a
Hfca.'" The Britisher is still exploring
remark—New Yotk Times.
i ———-
BAY STATE GOVERNOR
WELCOMES EXECUTIVES
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Photo by American Press Association.
Governors of all the states in the
Union are in session in Boston to dis
cuss national defense, penology and
other topics.
WILSON APPEALS TO BANKERS
Southern Financiers Are Asked to
Assist Cotton Growers.
Washington, Aug. 26.—The adminis
tration's second step to assist the cot
ton growers in the situation created
by the action of the allied govern
ments in declaring the staple contra
band was taken when President Wil
son appealed to the bankers of the
south to make cotton loans at inter
est rates of from 1 to 2 per cent
above the actual cost of money.
The president's appeal was made
in a letter to W. P. G. Harding of the
federal reserve board, and Mr. Hard
ing was authorized to read it in an
address delivered by him before the
Alabama Merchants' association at
Birmingham.
The president's evident intention 13
to secure for the cotton growers the
easiest possible loan accommodations
upon the $30,000,000 of government
gold which Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo announced this week would
be deposited in the southern reserve
banks as it is needed.
Mr. Harding bespeaks a reasonable
attitude on the part of the cotton
planters in regard to the allies' con
traband declaration, pointing out the
arguments which are used In its de
fense, namely, that In some measure
the staple is a munition of war. Here
is the president's letter:
"My Dear Mr. Harding: Thank you
sincerely for your letter of Aug. 23.
It gives me just the Information I de
sired.
"What interests me most Is: It Is
evident from what you tell me that
the country banks with whom the
farmer and other producers deal can
get money at from 4 to 4% per cent
and that the question whether the
benefit of this advantageous rate is to
be extended to the farmer is in their
hands. It is inconceivable to me that
those who are responsible for dealing
directly with the producers of the
country should be willing to jeopard
ize the prosperity of the country itself
by refusing to share with the pro
ducers the beneficial rates now ob
tainable for money loans. I think that
we can confidently expect that the
banks in the cotton states and in the
agricultural regions generally will
content themselves with a rate not
more than 1 or 2 per cent above the
rate which they themselves pay. I
hope that the facts which you have
stated to me will become generally
known among the producers of the
country so that they may feel them
selves free to exact of the banks with
which they deal what they undoubted
ly have a right to expect."
Wcir.en's Strike Is Off.
New York, Aug. 26. —The women 5
one-day strike is off. The Empire
state suffrage campaign committee
has decided to abandon its scheme
to have every employed woman in
New York city remain at home for
one day to demonstrate that woman
fills a place of value elsewhere than
"in the home." The employers to.d
the suffrage committee that a wo
man's strike would tie up public
utilities, close many stores and shops
and throw a monkey wrench into busi
ness in general.
Danes Honor Dead Britons.
Copenhagen (Via London), Aug. 26.
A salute from the Danish coast forts
bade the last adieu to the fourteen
British sailors of the E-13, as the Dan
ish steamship Vidal carried them off
for Hull. Heads uncovered, high Dan
ish government officials and naval of
ficers had come to pay a tribute to
the British submarine's crew who had
lost their lives when the submersible
was destroyed by a German warship
last week at Saltliolni, in Dani.-b
waters.
McGraw Sells Marquard.
New York. Aug. 2G. —Rube Marquard
of the Giants has been sold to the
Toronto club of the International
league. In return for the Rube's re
lease the Toronto club turned over
Pitcher Herbert to Manager McGraw.
Race Play Pictures Barred.
Pittsburgh, Aug. 26. —Mayor Arm
strong has forbidden the production,
hero nf "T/o Birth of a Nation."
LOSS OF AMERICAN
LIVES REGRETTED
Germany Issues Apology Pend
ing Report of U-Baat
'CONTRARY TO INTENTIONS
Berlin, While Not Doubting Word of
Witnesses, Asks America to Await
Official Report of Commander
Claiming Depositions Were Made
Under Stress of Excitement —Ger
man Papers Think Mine Sunk Arabic
Washington, Aug. 25/ — Germany,
through her ambassador, Count von
Bernstorff, has asked the United
Btates not to take a final stand on
the sinking of the White Star liner
Arabic until all the facts are known
It was the first word from German)
since the disaster.
If it was the action of a German
submarine that American citizens lost
their lives in the torpedoing of the
steamship Arabic, such action was
contrary to the intentions of the Ger
man government, according to official
advices received in New York by the
German ambassador from Berlin and
telegraphed by him to Washington.
The German official communication
was as follows:
"The German ambassador received
the following, instructions from Berlin
which he communicated to the de
partment of state:
"So far no official information is
available concerning the sinking of
the Arabic. The German government
trusts that the American governmen"
will not take a definite stand after
hearing only the reports of one side
which, In the opinion of the imperial
German government, cannot corre
spond with the facts, but that a chance
will be given to Germany to be heard
equally.
"Although the imperial governmen'
does not doubt the good faith of the
witnesses, whose statements are re
ported by the newspapers in Europe,
It should be borne in mind that these
statements are naturally made under
excitement which might easily pro
IIUCc VW o.j iiu.w.
"If Americans should actually have
lost their life, this would naturally
be contrary to our intentions. The
German government would deeply re
gret tne lact and begs to tender sin
cerest sympathies to the American
government."
Count von Bernstorff made no com
ment on the statement whatsoever.
His secretary said the message spoke
for itself. The Gorman ambassador
left the hotel a few minutes before
the Berlin message was given out.,
but did not leave any word indicating
when he would return or where he
was going. His secretary, after giving
out co. ies of the statement to a score
of newspaper reporters, took a train
for Cedarhurst, L. 1., where he lives
and where the summer embassy is
located.
Earlier in the day, however, a state
ment had been attributed to Count
von Bernstorff in which lie was said
to have declared his belief in the ini
pr'-ijiibility of a severance of dipio-
relations between the United
States and Germany.
"I have made no statement what
ever," said the German ambassador,
"except to announce the message re
ceived from Berlin and to say that I
had telegraphed it to Washington."
It was remarked by the reporter
who received the copies of the Ber
lin message that the last sentence
was of a peculiar construction. The
rest of the message took the position
that the facts were yet to be estab
lished but the last sentence began by
saying that the German government
"would" deeply regret the loss of
American life but that the German
government "begs" to tender smcerest
sympathies to the American govern
ment.
Deaths Laid to Leaky Boats.
Berlin (Via Amsterdam), Aug. 25. —
The judgment of the German admir
alty with regard to the sinking of the
Arabic will be reserved pending the
receipt of an official report, according
to the Overseas. News agency, which
gave out the following item:
"In any event, the Arabic was a
British ship, within the war zone, and
was on the way to obtain another
cargo of war material. She carried
a large amount of gold in payment or
war supplies.
"The fact that most of the passen
gers and crew were saved, and thai
there was ample time to lower the
boats shows . that there was m
catastrophe. If it is true that some
of the passengers were drowned, it is
very regrettable, but this likely was
iue to leaking boats.
Youth Hit by Train; Skull Fractured.
Pittsburgh, Aug. 25.—While cross
ing the Baltimore and Ohio railroad
tracks at Callery, Pa., Raymond M:1
ler, aged seventeen, of Connellsville,
Pa., was struck by an eaatbound pas
senger train. He was placed on the
train and brought to the Allegheny
Genera] hospital, where it was said be
was suffering from a fractured skull.
Man Di i After Writing Home.
Sharon, Pa., Aug. 25. —"We will
aoon be reunited and we will have a
cozy little home all our own." After
writing these words in a long letter
to his family in the old country, John
Coanta, forty-seven years old, gasped
and died within a few minutes.
Lincoln's Funeral Coach.
The first Pullman sleeping car, con
structed in 1304 in the shops of the
Alton and Chicago and called the Pio
neer, served as the funeral coach for
President Lincoln. Its cojft was $lB.-
000, which was regarded in those days
as most extravagant, and as It was
higher and wider than the ordinary
cars and the clearances of station plat
forms and bridges when It was decid
ed that it should be the funeral coach
of the president many changes were
Involved. Gangs of men were set work
ing night and day to cut wider clear
ances all the way from Washington
(byway of New York and Albany) to
Springfield, 111.—Brooklyn Eagle. Per Nuovo Sindaco
LOUIS FRANK E, candidato a Sindaco della città j
di Johnstown, non-partigiano, è uomo di buon
giudizio e tatto non comune. Egli è imparziale
con qualsiasi nazionalità. Religione e associazione.
Il sig. Franke è uomo di intelletto e farà di tutto per j
mettere tutte le sue energie pel benessere del popolo.
Cercate di conoscerlo, provate parlargli, e vedrete che
la vostra simpatia.
Dietro tutte queste ottima referenze il Sig. Franke gU-J
merita tutto il vostro appoggio. Votate ed esortate i JBÉ
vostri amici a votare per luì.
Louis Franke I I
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