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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 FOR l'ROTIIONOTARY. j w WAI. II. LEE, Attorney a counseloii-at-law. Office over post office. All legal business promptly nttended to. Honesdale, Pa. EC. MUMFORD, . ATTORNEY A COUNSELOIl-AT.I.ATO. flfflncw-T lhnt tTnll f ..... Post Office. 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