THE CITIZEN, FlMDAr, AUGUST 23, 1011.
WHY THEY
ONE MILLION
PATENTS ISSUED
Alilj FAVORS AIU'KUOIATEI).
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
JOHN F. CABBOLL.
SENATOR OWEN.
Attorncys-at-Lnw.
Pormcr Leador of Tammany
Whose Illness Alcrrr.s Friends.
Who Asks Senate to Inves
tigate Causes of 1907 Panic.
H WILSON,
. ATTORNEY A COUNSELOR-AT-LAW
Office adjacent to Post Office In Dlmmiok
office, llonesdalo. l'a.
Now York. Aut. 'J'J. Although he la
reported very much better. John 1
Cnrroll, president of the Fourteenth
Street bank find former leader of Tam
many Hall, is lit the Hotel Nassau,
Long Ileach, N. Y., suffering from nn
ncute attack of liver and Intestinal
troubles.
Although the fact of his Illness has
Just become public, It is said his con
dition has been such as to cause seri
ous anxiety on the part of his friends
during the last six weeks.
PICKING GEIDEL JURY.
Accused Boy's Mother Assists Defense
In Its Selection.
New York, Aug. 22. Paul Geidel, the
bellboy accused of the luurdor of Wil
liam H. Jackson In the Hotel Iroquois
on July 2G hist, Is on trial lxifore
Judge Cralu In Part II. of general ses
sions. Geidel Is n wreck. His eyes
show much weeping. He scarcely
looks his ago of seventeen and shows
none of the coolness and self restraint
often seen In men accused of murder.
Jmnes G. Cleary and G. Gray, the
counsel for Geidel, had kept dark the
line of defense which they Intended to
employ. It was therefore something
of a sensation when the defense start
ed by demanding an adjournment on
the ground that the most Important
witness for tho defense was not pres
ent In court. Frederick Sheehan,
counsel said, was the Important wit
ness" name, ond be came from Scran
ton. Adjournment was refused, and
the missing witness reported in court
n fuw minutes later. While question
ing the first juror the defense asked
and obtained the privilege of having
.Mrs. Geidel, the boy's mother, sit be
tween the boy's counsel and help them
pick jurors.
Assistant District Attorney Nott,
conducting the prosecution nnd backed
by District Attorney Whitman, who
wns present In court, made vigorous
objection to Mrs. Geldel's being allow
ed In tho foreground of tho trial, but
was overruled.
Six jurors have been accepted.
FORCE POLICE TO ACT.
Boston Italian Quarter Being Scoured
For Revenue Officer's Assailants.
Boston, Aug. 22. The official Inquiry
into the killing of Lieutenant William
A. Whlttler of the revenue cutter An
droscoggin has begun. The city offi
cials nlso are investigating his death
after having been prodded by Captain
Daniels of the Androscoggin, and the
result is that tho Italian quarter is be
ing combed In search of tho men who
assaulted the dead officer.
The Investigation was begun by a
special board of Inquiry consisting of
Lieutenant C. D i'ercler, president;
Lieutenant W. C. Maglachan and Lieu
tenant A. B. Stlka. A. C. Itoacho, as
sistant engineer; Frank Gleason of
Brookllne and George II. Fnrwell of
Dorchester were examined by the
board. Tho Imnrd did not conclude Its
sitting. Tho findings will be forwarded
to Washington. The colors of tho cut
ter remain at half mast.
STILL OUT AT LIVERPOOL.
Conciliation Committee Fails to Sat
isfy S'reet Car Men.
Liverpool, Aug. 22. Tho conciliation
committee which Is attempting to set
tlo the labor troubles hero lias run
Into another deadlock.
The latest muddle wns caused by
tho refusal of tho committee repre
senting the street rnllwny companies
to guarantee tho reinstatement of the
striking employees. Tho union strike
committee thereupon ordered the dock
men, truckmen and others whose trou
bles had apparently been settled to
remain out.
Taft to Lay Stone.
Washington, Aug. 22. President Taft
has promised to lay tho cornerstone
of the new Oakland (Cal.) municipal
building when be visits San Francisco
in October.
Weather Probabilities.
Fair, slightly warmer today; Wednes
day unsettled; moderate south to
southwest winds.
OPUSTrME,
British Railway Employee's Side
of Their Troubles,
UNDERPAID AND OVERWORKED
While Roads Declare Enormous Divi
dendsPension Fund Really a Source
of Income tu Employers and of Lit
tle Benefit to Men.
A few thousand shareholders In the
railroads of Great Britain divide among
themselves each year tho enormous
sum of $215,000,000. There are fifty
one highly paid managers, who receive
salaries of $1,1B5 per week. One gen
eral manager who directs a small Scot
tish line gets 23,000 a year.
Now, as nn offset to these high priced
people there are ICO.000 employees
whoso nverago wage Is less than $5 per
week, while another 330,000 avcrngu
53.C0 per week. Altogether there nre
nbont C34.000 employees In these low
earning positions.
When n previous strike was threaten
ed evidence was given before the labor
commission that many employees work
ed seventy hours per week for $3.30.
The railway workers get leBS wages
per man than any other trade In Eng
land. The following statement was made
by an employee of a British railway
and throws considerable light on tho
recent strike situation nnd recites In
part the grievances behind the present
industrial upheaval In the United. King
dom: At tho Beginning.
"I began life lu a signal box us u
lad, earning $1.50 per week. Every
other Sunday I had to work for noth
ing. I suppose It was because I was
only a boy mid couldn't help myself.
At the same time If my time was
worth anything it ought to have been
paid for.
"When I was old enough to handle
baggage nnd do the work of a porter
nround tho stations I got 50 cants
more n week for two years and then I
was raised to ?2.50 per week. Though
doing it grown man's work, I only got
$2.50 per week for two years, bernuse
tberu Is u rule by which one cannot
got more than this sum until one Is
eighteen years old, no motter what
work he does.
"Besides doing porterlng, I had to do
'fogging.' or putting fog slgnnls on the
trac!P!vhen required. This work Is
very dangerous, but we get no extra
pay for It whatever. Sometimes nfter
a full ten hour day porterlng, or pull
ing about henvy baggage, I have to
go on 'fog duty' nearly ail night, es
pecially in December, when wo have
those heavy fngw. Tile railway gives
us no extra pay for this, but allows
us 12 cents' worth of 'grub.' They
would not have allowed us the 12
cents' worth of 'grub' only the men
used to get so hungry they would quit
work to get food, and that endangered
the lives of passengers. So the com
pany gave us the allowance of actual
food, but no increase of money.
"For our first twelve hours' work
of 'fogging' wo get, ns I said, 12
cents' worth of 'grub.' If our work
lasts longer than twelve hours we get
nnother 18 cents in 'grub,' not money.
Working all day ns a parcel porter and
then working all night nt 'fogging' is
pretty rough. It Is n wonder more
trains don't go to smash, tho men are
often so exhausted and sleepy. Some
of tho men meet with accidents nt
times because they get too tired to
look sharp every instant.
Wages $5.28 a Week.
"My wages are now 22 shillings
($5.28) per week, out of which the com
pauy each week takes 18 cents for
what It calls 'provident and pension.'
That Is to give us a pension nfter we
get to sixty-live years. But, let me tell
you, mighty few of us live that Ions.
If you leave the company after paying
Into this fund for ten years you don't
get a cent buck. It is all velvet to
them. Every single man married
ones, too must pay into this fund. Tho
company mast get a snug little sum.
considering that so few reach tho pen
sion age.
"As a mere porter nnd without fog
ging I work ten full hours a day nnd
often have extra work at night. For
tho night work nil tho extra pay I get
Is 41 cents. I havo often worked from
0 a. in. to C p. in. nnd then right on
to 3 a. m. next morning. Just getting
this 4 1 cents nnd no more.
"The company allows us no time for
food, so we havo to snatch It when wo
get a chance. This means doing heavy
work often on insufficient food nnd
sometimes without any nt nil. Some of
this work is very dangerous, ns wo
often hnvo to get down on tho tracks
nnd shift parcels from one platform
to another. Men are often killed by
passing 'specials.' Tho parcels often
weigh 150 to 200 pounds.
"I um married nnd support as best
I can a wlfo and one child on ?5.2S
per week. . Loss 18 cents for 'provident
and pension,' less $1.80 per week for
two rooms for rent in a slum quarter,
less, say, 32 cents for coal, leaves $2.08
for self, wlfo and baby."
French Workmen's Pension Law.
Tho French workmen's pension law
calls for a contribution of about $1.G0
n year by each beneficiary, an equal
sum' by his employer,' and the state
-.1 .1. n tttlwl
Q 1911, by American Press Association.
Washington. Aug. 22. An Investiga
tion Into causes leading to the panic
of 1007 and the benefits secured from
it for any persons or corporations is
asked In n senate resolution offered by
Senator Owen of Oklahoma. Immedi
ate consideration was not asked.
Tho resolution names as an Investi
gation committee Senators Kern of In
diana, Works, California; Reed, Mis
souri; Page, Vermont, nnd Clark, Wy
oming. SIGNS STATEHOOD BILLS.
Citizens of Two Territories Witness
Ceremony at White House.
Washington, Aug. 22. President Taft
signed tho joint resolution admitting
tho territories of New Mexico and Ari
zona to the Union, which was passed
by congress nfter bis veto of the first
statehood measure. A score of Now
Mexicans and Arlzonlans who havo
been at tho capital for several months
working for statehood were present at
tho signing of the bill. Delegate Cam
eron of Arizona nnd Delegate Andrews
of New Mexico bold a llttlo reception
In the president's office, accepting tho !
congratulations of their friends. I
Under the terms of tho joint resolu
tion it is still necessary for the voters
of Arizona to ellmlnnto tho recall of
the Judiciary provision from the con
stitution beforo statehood can bo
granted. New Mexico will como into
the Union practically automatically
after an election has been beld for tho
selection of state officers nnd repre-1
sentatlvca in congress. At this election 1
votes will also be cast upon several
amendments to tho constitution which
nre suggested by congress. If, how
ever, recall is not stricken from tho I
constitution by this vote the election j
ior mo oinccra is vnm uuu iiri.uim re
mains a territory.
ATW00D NEAEING SYRACUSE.
Aviator Disappointed Large Crowd by
Alighting In Field.
Syracuse, Aug. 22. Harry Atwood
arrived at Amboy, ten miles west of
this city, on his cross country flight
from St Louis to Now York. Twenty
five thousand persons were waiting to
greet him in tho city, but tho young
aviator merely turned off his power
nnd dropped quietly Into a field where
not even "a lone farmer awaited. Tho
flight from Lyons covered about 100
miles.
At Auburn 10,000 men and women
greeted Atwood at tho grounds of tho
Ownsco Golf and Country club. At
wood declared that, tho hardest part of
his trip had been between Rochester
and his landing place. Tho constant
whirr of his motor bothered him
greatly.
FOOTBALL FIELD ROMANCE.
Former Yale Player Wins Bride
Through Clever Work.
New Haven, Conu., Aug. 22. A ro-
manco of tho football field Is disclosed '
in Invitations received In this city to
tho marrlago of John Nathan Levlno
of Watervllle, Me., n former Yalo foot
ball player, and Miss Florence Newton
Flanders of Orange, N. J., sister of
Carl 'S. Flanders, who played on tho
Yale eleven with Lovlne.
The two men roomed together at
college, and It was after one of tho
big football games hero that Levlno
met Miss Flanders. Tho mnrrlage Is
sot for Sept 0 at Orange.
Market Reports.
BUTTER Firm on top (trades; receipts,
9.491 packages; creamery, specials, per lb.,
2Sc.; extras, 27c; thirds to firsts, HaSSc;
state dairy, common to prime. 19a25Hc;
process, seconds to specials, lSHa23Hc.;
factory, current make, 17a2fc.; packing
Btook. 17alSc.
CIIEESE Steady; receipts, 1,193 boxes;
state, whole milk, specials, colored, per
lb., ISalSMc.: fancy, small, UKc; largo,
12Hc; undergrodes, lOHalJc; dairies best.
Ha; state, part skims, 4alOHc; hard
skims, lHa3c.
EGGS Irregular; receipts, 17,909 cases;
fresh gathered, flretB, per doz., 17alSa;
seconds, 16alGt4c.
POTATOES Firmer; Long Island, per
bbl. or bag, J2.50o3; Jersey, R&OaS; sweets,
Jersey, No. 1, per bosket, tt.E0al.7S; south'
em. yellow, per bbl., J1K&3.M; white, J2a3;
red, J2attO; yams, southern, ILWai.
HAY AND STRAW-Steady; timothy,
MA nap 1M lh. SOaaXl tl): new. 7SaaU2S.
Ohio Inventor Gels Distinction
SGUgiit by Many,
AMERICA LEADS THE WORLD.
Thirty Per Cent of All Patents Havo
Been losuod In This Country Nearly
10,000 Granted Before Serial Plan of
Numbering Was Adopted.
Announcement of the issue of the
millionth patent (since they have been
serially numbered) wns announced re
cently by Commissioner Edward I!.
Moore. It wns Issued to an Akron
(O.) man for a puncture proof tiro for
automobile and other vehicles, depend
ing upon rubber springs for its re
siliency. Commissioner Moore said tho appli
cation came up in the regular order
of business, was numbered and car
ried through tho regular channels and
was signed without ceremony. Nu
merous requests were received from
vnrious inventors for this distinction,
but they were not heeded.
Englisnman Got First Patent.
This patent, nlthough numbered
1,000,000, is in reality not the mil
lionth for tho reason that prior to July
28, 1830, there were granted 0,057 pat
ents without numbers, bo that count
ing from tho first patent granted, July
31, 1700, and Including tho 0,037 un
numbered patents, the millionth patent
would be the one numbered 090,043, Is
sued April 18, 1011. The first one was
granted to Clarence Thorvnld Hasen
of Lancaster, England, for a machine
to make tubes from fibrous materials.
Tho American patent system was
founded by nn act of congress April
10. 1700. Thomas Jefferson, then, sec
retary of state, Inspired it and may
be said to havo been its father. He
took great pride in it, it is said, nnd
gave personal consideration to every
application that was made for a pat
ent during tho years between 1700 and
1703.
Under this act applications for pat
ents were exnmlned by a board of com
missioners consisting of the secretary
of state, the secretary of war and tho
attorney general, and after having
been passed upon byithis tribunal they
still required tho certlflcnto of the at
torney general and the signature of the
president. Tho first board consisted
of Thomas Jefferson, secretary of
state; Henry Knox, secretary of war,
nnd Edmund Randolph of Virginia, at
torney general. Tho first patent was
granted to Samuel Hopkins on July 31,
1700, for . manufacturing potash and
pearlash.
Fees Then and Now.
The act of 170O proscribed the fol
lowing fees for the granting of patents,
which are in striking contrast with
those exacted today: "For receiving
nnd filing tho petition, f0 cents; for fil
ing specifications, per copy sheet con
taining 100 words, 10 cents; for mak
ing out tho patent 52; for affixing the
great seal, 51; for indorsing tho day of
delivering tho same to tho patentee, In
cluding all Intermediate services, 10
cents." Today the government fees
amount to $35. v
In 1703 tho patent laws were revised,
and from that time until 1830 no sys
tem was maintained and every appli
cation that was made wns granted. In
1830 congress passed new laws that
are the foundation of the present pat
ent laws. It was in this year that pat
ents were first numbered, July 28, 1830.
Patent No. 1 was granted to John Rug
gles of Tbomaston, Mo., for a locomo
tive steam engine- for inclined planes.
SInco that time 1,825,000 applications
havo been made, of which 1,000,000
have been granted. There nre 00,000
pending; tho rest are abandoned. These
represent nn approximate exixndlture
of 547,000,000 In government foes from
tho Inventors nlonc.
Under these laws (act of 1703) the
board of commissioners wns abolished,
and tho power to grant patents was
vested in tho secretary of state. It
was not until 1830 that the office of
commissioner of patents wns establish
ed. Henry L. Ellsworth was tho In
cumbent.
Grinding Out 35,000 a Year.
America leads the world as nn In
ventive nation, Franco coming next
with 445,000 patents; then Great Brit
ain, with 430,000; Germany, with 250,
000;, Belgium, 240,000; Canada, 135,000.
The Bahamas and Liberia share the
"booby" prize, with two patents each.
Tho total number of patents granted
by all nations of tho world is 3,150,
000, of which 80 per cent havo been
granted by the United States.
Tho patent office is now granting
patents at tho rato of 35,000 a year,
applications being received at tho rate
of 05,000 per annum, tho examination
of which requires 875 examiners.
Owing to tho enormous Increase in
tho business of tho patent office in the
last few years lta building has become
very much overcrowded, and Commis
sioner Moore hopes that congress will
appropriate the $7,000,000 now In the
treasury to tho credit of tho patent
offlco for a new building.
Mora Railroad Employees.
Nearly 200,000 now employees were
added to tho pay rolls of tho railroad
companies of tho United States be
tween JpnoSO, 1000, and Juno 80, 1010,
according to the annual report 'of the
'ntorstato commerce commission.
Republican Candidate for the Nom
ination of Register nnd Recorder.
W. U. LESIIKR, Sterling, Wayne
County, Pn. '
A. II. HOWELL, WHITE MILLS.
Kindly investigate my life, char
acter and qualifications, and then.
, If possible, give mo your vote. If
elected I will attend to the duties of
the office myself and will try to
prove to all that no mistake was
made In my selection.
FOB COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
FRANK 1). WALTZ,
Newfoundland, Pa.
Subject to the Republican primaries,
Saturday, Sept. 30, 1911.
''(.HI TREASURER.
XT. W. WOOD,
DEMOORVriC CANDIDATE FOR
SHERIFF.
I respectfully ask tho Democratic
voters of Wayne county to give me
their earnest support at the primary
election to ho held Saturday Sept.
30, 1911.
Sincerely yours,
P. C. KIMBLE.
Honesdale, Pa. ' eoltf.
FOR COUNTiT COMMISSIONER
I horeby announce myself as a
candidate for the nomination for the
office of County Commissioner sub
ject to the decision of the Republi
can voters at the coming primaries.
EARL ROCKWDLL,
Lake Ariel, Pa.
C3tf
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Office over post office. All legal business
promptly nttended to. Honesdale, Pa.
EC. MUMFORD,
. ATTORNEY A COUNSELOIl-AT.I.ATO.
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ATTORNEY & COONSELOR-AT-LAW
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J ATTORNEY A COUNSELOR- IT-LAW,
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. ATTORNEY A COUNSELOR-AT-LAW.
Office in the Court House, Honesdale
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PETER H. ILOFF,
ATTORNEY A noiiNSKr.nn.AT.T.itp.
Office-Second floor old Savings Urn
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SEARLE & SALMON,
ATTORNEYS A COUNSELOES-AT-LAW,
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ATTORNEY A COUNSELOR-AT-LAW
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Dentists.
DR. E. T. BROWN,
DENTIST.
Office First floor, old Savings Bank build
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DENTIST, HONESDALE, PA.
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