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Trilo Dopartmont Our Readers In Fulton County and Elsowhoro May Journoy
Around the Aorld Alth the Oomoro on tho Trail
of Hlctory Malclnfs Happenings.
TUFTS PROFESSOR INVENTS WIRELESS VONDER WORKER
RIGA AND KOVNO THREATENED BY GERMANS
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I'rof. B. K. Shepard of Tufts college a.id the small wireless machine with which he oporates a seven-foot boat,
steers an automobile, fires a cannon, blows horns, rings bells and does many other things. ' The machine has no
pound wire. .
'BUSINESS MEN'S MILITARY CAM F AT PLATTSBURGH
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View of tho camp at Pittsburgh, N. Y., where hundreds of business men from every Btate in the Union are
receiving military training. Among the recruits are many men of great prominence and wealth. All undergo the
irlot training and discipline of the regular army. At tho right Is tho commander of tho camp. Capt. Halstead
Dorcy, aid to Gen. Leonard Wood.
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I Scene In French street, in Erie, Pa., Just after the cloudburst and flood that caused the death of more than
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many of the victims wer caught and drowned by the rapidly rising waters.
HAITIAN NAVY TAKEN BY ADMIRAL CAPERTON
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This is the gunboat Paclflque. the entire navy of Haiti, which Admiral Caperton "capturod" at Port au-Prlnce.
POLICE AS WIGWAGGERS
ponce department of New York nas a now signal corps tnat is being
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cilQneys of stations and the roofs ot high buildings, but later a wireless
will be installed.
RANGE FINDING ON WARSHIP
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Olllcer on the American battleship
Utah opuratlng the range finder dur
ing maneuvers.
Getting Down to Essentials.
"As a matter of professional con
tldonco,"' said the lawyer, "are you
guilty?"
"What's the use of wasting time on
a minor consideration like that?" re
joined the up-to-date prisoner. "How
do you think I measure up for Insanity?"
IIolow is a street scene In Kovno, thd northern extremity of the new line of RusHlan defense which the Ger
mans are striving to capture. Above, the Dunnburger railway station at Riga, Russia's moat Important port after
Petrogrnd, which also Is In danger of capture by the Teutonic armies and which was attacked a few days ago by
a German fleet. The chapel In front of the station was erected in memory of the escape of Emperor Alexander III
and his family from death at Ilarkl.
FIRST AERO SQUADRON OF THE U. S. ARMY
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The first photograph of the First Aero squadron, U. S. A. It Is the first organized corps In the United States
for Bervlco in the field. Tho squadron consists of 15 Junior military aviators, 90 mechanicians and eight 100-horso-power
military aeroplanes, or speed scouts, capable of flying 83 miles an hour with pilot and observers and six
hour fuel supply.
PRISONERS FROM RIVAL ARMIES
INDIAN BOY NAMED FOR T.
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Above aro seen Russian prisoners taken lu Poland rear-guard actions
and being marched back to German concentration camps. Below Is a scene
during an Inspection of German prisoners In a French camp In Alsace. Gen
eral Joffre was there, and as they passed him the Germans, by command of
their officers, respectfully saluted him by "eyes left"
During Col Theodore Roosevelt's
visit to the San Diego exposition hu
was much Impressed when an Indian
boy, born two hours before the former
president arrived at the "Painted
Desert" on the exposition grounds,
was christened Theodore Roosevelt.
The colonel took part lu the ceremony
and seemed to enjoy It Immensely
With his customary emphasis he de
clared "This Is the finest Indian boy
I ever looked at" The photograph
shows tho mother, Haria Trujlle, an
Acoma Indian, froMIng the Infant In
a blanket while the former president
adm'.rca It.
Matting.
Rub every two or three months with
Bait water, lukewarm, and dry quickly
with a clean cloth.
POOR QUALITY OF
GRAIN IN STATE
Professor 8urface Heart Unfavorable
Weather Results In Deteriora
tion Of Crops.
Harrltiburg. Rains, cold nights and
generally unfavorable weather condi
tions are going to cost tho farmers of
Pennsylvania many dollars In de
terioration of grain, according to Prof.
H. A. Surface, State zoologist, who has
been receiving reports from demon
strators traveling through the eastern
part of the State and who now are
Investigating conditions In the West
ern counties.
"In many cases the grain started to
sprout while In the field. Consider
able wheat has done this and I afu In
formed that quite a quantity of rye
suffered from the damp and the gen
erally bad conditions." says Prof.
Surface. "The oats crops, which we
all thought was going to be such a
valuable one and so much larger than
usual, may be diminished more thau
other grains because of the damp. I
have learned of large fields In which
the oats have been cut, but which are
wet through and through. This not
only will make It difficult to handle,
but unsalable In some sections.
"The most serious feature of the
conditions will be that the grains will
not command good prices, except
where everything wss favorable, and
there may be a shortage of cattle feed
In tome sections, although In others
they will feed the unsalable product
"Weather conditions have been bad
and the frequent storms have caused
much damage, more than we are
aware of as yet."
Lose Funds If Not Acknowledged.
Hospitals and other institutions,
roted appropriations for permanent
Improvements by the Legislature,
stand to lose thousands of dollars by
falling to file acceptances with the
Auditor General. Under the Act of
1911, If Institutions fall to file ac
ceptances within sixty days, the ap
propriation reverts to the State Treas
ury.
Judges File Nomination Papers.
Four of the Judges appointed to fill
vacancies on Common Pleas Court
benches In the last year filed petitions
to be candidates for renomlnatlon.
They are: R. W. Irwin, Washington,
appointed by Governor Tener; R. 8.
Oawthrop, Chester; W. H. Shoemaker,
Philadelphia, and E. II. Reppert, Fay
ette, appointed by Governor Brun-baugh.
Russian Official Studies Farm Method
Secretary of Agriculture Crltchfleld
was visited by Maximilian Groten,
engineer of maintenance of way of the
Imperial Russian Railways, who is la
this country for the purpose of report
ing to his Government on the Improve
ment of agricultural conditions m Rus
sia. He went over methods used by
the State Government for the spread
of farm knowledge.
State Educators Off To California.
Dr. J. George Bccht, Secretary of
the State Board of Education; R. B.
Tletrlck, Deputy Superintendent or
Public Instruction, and Thomas 8.
March, State High School Inspector,
have gone to San Francisco to attend
the National Educational Association.
They represent the State's end of edu
cational work.
Arsenal Contract Let
The Beard Construction Company,
of Lancaster, was low bidder at $38,-
4S0. for construction of the new build
ing at the State Arsenal. Ten other
firms bid. The appropriation for th
work Is 110,000.
To Stop Granting Of Grade Crossing.
Publlo Service Commissioners an
nounced that applications for grade
crossings would not be granted unless
very strong reasons were given. The
announcement was made during the
bearing of the protest against an ap
plication of the Allen Street Railway
Company for a grade crossing over the
Lehigh & New England Railroad at
Bath. Notice of Injunction proceed
ings brought against tho Allen Com
pany was given and the trolley com
pany rejoined that to avoid a grade
crossing would require an outlay ot
$10,000.
To lnpot Erie Damage
Highway Commissioner R. J. Cun
ningham and Chief Engineer W. D.
Dhler loft for a tour of northwestern
counties to inspect damage done by
the cloudbursts In Erie and to look '
over places where State aid has been
asked for Improvement of roads.
' The Inspection will be the first fof
Mr. Cunningham In some eectlons and
Important engineering details will be
looked over In the northern tier coun
ties and In the western border.
Contracts Let For Building Of Road.
The first contracts for building of
roads on the State aid plan were
awarded by Highway Commissioner
Cunningham, as follows;
Stroudsburg, Monroe county, from
22 to 67 feet In width, 4,871 feet, to
Franklin Construction Company, New
York, at $45,623.64.
Muncy, Lycoming county, 5,843 feet,
to Dwyer & Co., Philadelphia, at $41,
877.07. Milton, Northumberland county,
4,940 feet, to Fogel & Co., Uollldays
burg, at $28,144.43.
Uses For Township Fund.
A fast as accounts are certified to
the Auditor General, the Bureau of
Township Highways of the .State
Highway Department Is sending out
to the Township Supervisors the
amount due them from the State as a
bonus on the cash tax basis. Ac
companylng the remlttnnco to tho
supervisors is a letter from Joseph W.
Hunter, First Deputy State Highway
Commissioner, In charge of the Bureau
of Township Highways, in which he
informs the supervisor what use
may bo made of this money. ,: