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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: OCTUBEU 31, 1915.
INVENTORS 0FBIG THINGS
United SUtei Lend the V7orld in
the Matter of Making Scientific
Discoveries.
EXGLAKD IS A POOE SECOND
Bom belligerent person who didn't
have anything else to do started news
paper row. recently, to which of the
great civilised co'mtrtea had produced
the greeted Inrventlona. It began with
a gentle spear-tlltlng between arirocatae
of Oman prvgrvmM and permrtis who
wjshed to demonstrate that th Oer
mant did not have any monopoly on In
ventlre genius, eays lha flt. Louis Fost
Wspetch. It all might hav been avoided If tha
rombatanta had only taken tha trouble
to consult the encyclopedist In tha ref
erence room of any library. Here, for
the mere trouble of looking, any per
son could have discovered In a few min
utes that the I'nlled Btatea far outranka
nil other natlona. For out of sixty-six
epoch-making Inventions twenty-nine of
th-m were made In thla country. Eng
trUnd comes next with seventeen.
France third with ten. Germany fourth
with five, Italy fifth with two, and Bra
til. Sweden and Austria wlih ona each,
tmn'-nvf. I; very Pracrsa,
In thla catalogue a aharp distinction
la dramn between the discovery of a
scientific principle and tha application
of that principle In a successful mechani
cal device. In other words, the things
counted are only the fire I practical de
velopment of great aolenti.lo principle.
If scions l.'le dl-coverle were claaaed
es Inventions, German grnlus would
make a far belter showing than It haa
in thla Hat. German chem.ua hava per
fee ed processes now us d throughout
the Inrt jutrUil world and have Improved
almost every pro ess they hava tak-n
in hand. Hut a discovery, such aa rad
ium, la not tha M .ia thing aa an In
vention, auch aa tha phonograph. Tha
Germane, who have been ploneera In
many frontier of science, hava neg
lected, relatively, that of mechanical in
vention. The oldest invention catalogued In thla
llat was the product of Fl Torrtrelll, an
Italian. Before h a time mariner had
very unaatUfactory meana of forecaa.lng
great weather disturbances. By tha ap
plication of a few well-understood sclon
tlflc principle and tha evolution of new
one Torrlcelll produced tha barometer.
Thi waa In
Tha thermometer la an article of house
hold necessity nowaday, yet, curloualy
, anough, tha first thermometer waa not
. constructed until 1709, sUty-slx year
after Torricelll'i barometer appeared. Ita
inventor waa a trussian namea r anren
helt, whoa nam today dlstlnguiahea tba
cat of measurement of tha ther
mometers in common use In tb United
State.
Ren and Ilia Kile.
Every achoolboy know about Benjamin
Franklin and hi klta, and every achool
boy know that Franklin waa tha first In
ventor of a lightning conductor. To tha
printer-philosopher goes tha credit of
founding tha American School of Inven-
. Uon, which has mad so many brilliant
achievement within tba last half can.
tury.
The spinning Jenny, which revolution
ised method of cloth weaving, was tha
Invention of an Englishman, 3. liar
ireave . Thlrty-one year later. In 17M,
18. Whitney, an American, Invented tha
'cotton gin. A lgreat part of tha early
- manufacturing prosperity of our own
country had Ita origin In these creations.
- Equally as well known aa Franklin's
kit la Jamie Watt's teakettle. If the
former was tha beginning of modern elee-
tvltftul MAnlk.nlia fK t 1 1 a imtmm Ik.
ginning of modem power development,
' and Watt la Immortal as tha Inventor of
tha steam engine. Watts, it will ba re
membered, waa a Scotchman.
, Ilalaed letter 'for the (killed 'finger
of tha blind la often considered a modern
Invention. The faot la that It was per
fected in 1784, tha Inventor being V.
Ilany of France. About tha same ttma
J. Outright, an Englishman, waa work
ing on a devlca he completed tha follow
ing year. It wa tha first power loom.
J. Jaoquard, a Frenchman, Invented tha
first pattern loom In 1801.
Wrights the Bird Men.
- Tn another Frenchman. MnnitrnMimr
must be ascribed the invention of tha
raa balloon. That waa in 178S. It was
mora than 140 year afterward that two
Americana, Orvllla and Wilbur Wright.
Would fly under Ita own power.
W, Murdoch, an Englishman, In ITM,
waa tha flrat ta provide a practical
means for using gas for Illumination.
Just nlnety-flva year later Wsllsbaoh,
aa Austrian, Invented tb incandescent
burner for Illuminating gaa so com
monly la ua today over tha whola civ
ilised world.
Steam locomotion got its flrat at art in
England and tha United States. It was
la MM that R. Trevlthlck. a Briton, mad
tha first stsarn engine to run on rail.
Three year later Robert Fulton, an
American, built tha first at earn boat. Tha
tubular looomotlo boiler waa patented
in 1S3 by Boqutn, a Frenchman. Tha
fli-at portable steam fir engine waa de
signed by Bratbwalt and Ericsson, in
England. J, Eric soon Invented tha flrat
crew propeller for steamer in tha
United States In IK.
Pint ItMH Hammer.
3. Nyssanth perfected tha first ataam
hammer in Scotland in UU. Tha rotary
steam turbine angina waa perfected in
11 by C Parsons, an Englishman.
Tba development of electrical mechanloa
baa been tha source of soma of America
greatest Inventive triumph. H. Davy
of England, perfected the flrat voltaic
, arc, and M. Faraday of England, in 1831,
created the flrat. serviceable magneUo
Induction apparatus. But tba telegraph
waa invented by Morse, an American, tn
1M4. Tha electric locomotive waa invented
by Page, another American, la UM. Tha
electric cable waa Invented by C Field,
an American in IMS. Tba telephone waa
invented by A. Q. Bell, an American, tn
UCt. Thomas A. Edison, an American,
. invented the phonograph in 177; the n
Cikfli!acnt electric light, tn VTX; moving
plctore (with M. Lublera of France),
In 18. Tba first electric light waa per
fected by U Fouceuit, a Frenchman, In
Ut, arid th storage battery waa ia
vented by C. Faure, a Frenchman, In
lsao. but tha mercury vapor electric light
wa Invented by Cooper Hewitt, aa
jUtterican, in 19U0.
It. Lelnnee of France, invented th
stethoscope, in ISO. Th next great In
vention of importance to th medical
world wa that of antiseptic surgery, by
Lord Lister, a Briton. Tb X-ray waa
perfected by C. Roentgen, a German, in
ISA. A radio-activity process waa per
fected ta 14 by H. Becqueret, a French
man. CiMxIyear'a Wark.
The English mu. raraday, ia 1S2S. dis
covered a p roc tee for th Uqueficatlon
and solidification of gaa, C Ooodyaar,
aa American, la Uo, perfected tha first
ICELAND HERRING CAN NOW BE SERVED ON AMERICAN TABLES Above is
shown railroad agents and government inspectors testing the shipment of 5,000 barrels of
herring, and below is the steamer which brought them to the United States last week.
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process of vulcanising rubber. H. Bes.
semer of England, in 18&6, Invented th
Bessemer steel process, and, th follow
ing year, W. II. Porkln, another Ens
Hah man, invented tha etrat practical anl
lln dya Siemens Martin of England,'
in 1&M, Invented th open-hearth steel
process.
Th first automatic harvesting machine
waa perfected In ISM by M, MoCormick.
an American. Th doubl cylinder print
ing press, modifications of which are In
use In all great newspaper office, was
th creation of R. Hoe, another Ameri
can. O. Mergenthaler, another Ameri
can, by tha Invention of th linotype, In
ISM, revolutionised th printing process
throughout th world.
Nor hava American lagged behind
tboaa of other nationalities In parfeotlng
engines of destruction. Tha first satis
factory, revolver was th product of C
Colt of this country. Ouncotton was In
vented by a German, C flchoubein, in
IMS, twenty-two years before A. Nobel,
a Swede, Invented d mam Ita. Smith A
Wesson of tha United States perfected
the first magaalr. firearm, J. Ericsson,
an American, invented th tret armor
clad warship. In 1M1, tha asm year In
which R. Oatling, another American.
Invented th rapid-fir gun whlob bear
his nam.' Simon Laka's American sub
marine was th parent of all the subma
rines which hava proven so effective In
tha present war. "
This for a Gersnaa.
J. ohultsa, a Oarroan, Invented smoke
less powder in IMS. Three years later
Whitehead, an American. Invented . tha
matin, self-propelling torpedo.
Some of th other things Amarioan In
vented and th year of th Invention are:
Friction matches, J. Walker, 157.
Typewriter. C. Thurber, ISO. .
Sewing machine, B. Howe, IMS. '
Sho sawing macblna, O. MoKay, 1NL
Shoe machine, C Ooodyear, 1871.
Automatlo airbrake, G, WesUnghoosa,
United States.
Portland cement waa hi vented by I
AspdlA, England, US; mercerised cotton
by 3. Mercer, England, 1IC0; tha btoyola
by Bk Michaux, Franca, IKS, '
Italy's graateat contribution ta applied
solaaos waa th wireless telegraph, to
vented by Marconi in UM. B null's great
son, Eantoe-Dumont, to 1301, perfected
th ftret dirigible balloon. ' "
From thla summary It will b seen that
American genius has invaded all tha
realms of Inventive thought and baa not
had to bow la any before tha bast prao
tioal thinkers of any other nation.
Of all th twenty-nine great Invention
ascribed to Americans only sLx wera de
veloped before th year 1Mb. Ona Amort
oan, T. A, Edison, was th Inventor at
three of the total of slaty-flv. leading
any other single individual, Faraday 'of
England1 and Erloasoa of th United
State belna tha only other with mora
than ana invention accredited ta each, - -
TWO OMAHA MEN IN
AUTO UPSET NEAR MYNARD
PUATTS MOUTH, Neb., Oct .- Spe
cial. H. O. Walker and Harry Hoff
maatar, both of Omaha, wera slightly In
jured in an automobile accident near
Mynard. A tiro blew out and tha ma
chine become unmanageable aa It waa
bearing a brldg across a shallow creek.
Tha auta plunged over th side of the
bridge, tearing off tha guard railing, and
overturned tn tha mud and water below,
pinning th two men under tha upturned
ear. They were not abla to extricate
themselves. C L. Jean, who lives ia ths
neighborhood, telephoned for help her,
and J. H. MeMacken and Walter Tower
went to their aaslstano and pulled tha
ear off them.
They were not seriously Injured, though
cut considerably over th head and face
by th broken glass of tha windshield,
and bruised and wet and muddy from
lying in tha creek. Tha man departed
via train for their home in Omaha, and
th car waa placed ta a garage here for
repair.
Mason City Defoata Arcadia.
MASON CTTT, Neb.. Oct M.- Bpeclal
Telegram.) Mason City High school de
feated Arcadia. Friday aftrnoon. by a
sour of I to a Th gun waa very close
from beginning to end, Woodson making
a touchdown during the ftret balf and
Kali field kicked goal. Kor Arv-adte, White
made a touchdown during the latter hair
Of th gam, but failed to kick oal. leaid
rns by Woodson, Neiholus and Fairfield
made lare aln for Mason City, while line
plunges featured for Arcadia.
&iotmn n
a slow . s. s.
TEUTON AEMIES
MENACE GEEAT
SERBARSENAL
(Continued from Page Ona)
finding an echo In th discussion as to
th advisability of creating a British
war council to consist of ths premier.
war secretary and first lord of the ad
miralty, to have supreme direction of the
war.
It is reported unofficially that King
Oeorge, who "was injured on Thursday
by a fall from his horas, passed a good
day yesterday.
Has Army Cm War tn Bala-arla.
COPENHAGEN, Oct. . Via Lon
don.) Large contingents of Russian
troops hava set sail from tha Black sea
ports of Odeasa and Sebastopol for th
Bulgarian oast, ths Berlin TageblaH
says, '
Th dispatch telegraphed to tha Tage
blatt from Bucharest gays that tha
transports are convoyed by a strong
squadron. Tha recent attack by Rus
sian warships on tha Bulgarian port of
Varna, according to thla aocount, waa
mads in preparation for an attempt to
land troopa.
Preach Restart Galna.
PARIS, Oct . to. French progress last
night at Bola EM Heche and tha repulse
of a German attack this morning near
Souchea are set forth In th official an
nouncement given out by tha French war
erf lea thla afternoon.
Tha text of ths . communication fol
lows; "In th Artols district last night w
mad progress at Bols En Heche and
occupied a section of tha enemy's
tranches.
To th southwest af Souchea tha Oar
mans 'this1' morning undertook an attack
in tha vicinity of Hill No, leX They war
repulsed by a curtain of fire from tha
French machlna guns. . t .1
la tha Cfaampagaa district uia fighting
still Is going an ta tha vicinity of th
position known aa La Courtine" with
th greatest ferocity. On different ooca
sloag, tha enemy has endeavored ta re
eaptura , from ua ths trenohss wa took
poaessstoa t of yesterday. These ' four
ouator attacks all failed completely be
fore th energetic reals tan oe of our
troops, who wars successful a very where
In retaining th advances made.
!Thara has been, no ether important
action pa tha remainder of th front
FIRST SKIRMISH -.
NEAR A6DA PRIETA
... T"1"''
(Continued from' Paga Ona)
tb outline of aa Ethiopian, which rises
out of ths desert nine miles east of hero,
claimed tha attention of all eyes today
aa marking th portal of a mountain
pass through which General Villa waa
expected to swing tonight or tomorrow
about 1,000 men to attar or besiege tha
Carransa garrison of Agua Prieta, Bo
nora. opposite here.
Beside his t,M soldlera. Villa was
authoratlvely repo.ted to hava twenty
eight field pleoea of unknown caliber and
efficiency. To oppose him General
Fellas Calles. ths Carransa commander.
has approximately 1,700 troops, tea eaaj
v Kruiiery ana Between imny ana ...,y
machine guna. V til ess reinforcements
coma over tha American side, via Eagl
Pass, and arrive tonight they will ba too
lata for th opening gun of th battle.
Aa they sweep westward toward Agua
Prieta. ths Villa forces must pass near
an encampment of troops stationed
hardly a mile north of the border, where
Brigadier General Thomas P. Uavte, who
assumed command yesterday, has about
tOOO soldier, with sixteen three-inch
guna. Th United State troopa hava
definite order to keep Mexican aoldlera
on their owa aids of tb International
line and to prevent them from shooting
into th United States.
Oa af Tboaa Caaaa Oat Ahead.
Hoping to ba th flrat to relate som
unwtiowns news, tn you in ruatted into
the nous and said:
"Father. I had a fight with Percy Ray
mond today.
"I know you did. replied tha father
soberly. "Mr. Raymond cant to sea m
auoui 11.
"Well." said th son. "I hope you cam
out as wU aa I did," Ladles Homo
Journal.
NEBRASKA CASES DECIDED
Supreme Court Bules that Former
Opinion in Madiion Case
is Good.
BOONE COUNTY CASE SETTLED
(From a Staff Correspondent)
uiiivvui, ar.ipeciai. in sn-
promo court baa decided that a former
opinion rendered by it In tha Madison
county commissioner cass waa correct
In that opinion, th hoUJlng of h Madi
son county district court waa reversed.
Th case waa one in which a 00 mm Is-;
sionsr bad been elected in uos, uos aad room for two prima Carson lan speoi
1911. Ths statutes and soma court mens. Tha Uktr leader said, Mr. Aa
oplnlons war in confusion and tha of-1 qulth was liks a drunken man walking
floors and peopl of Madison county ! along a ' straight line tha further he
considered that th term of offlo of went tha sooner h fell. At Mount
commissioner in counties not under! Edgecombe Sir Edward referred in eor
tdwn organisation and having three ' dUt tm to ths gentleman I see be-
commlssloners waa three yeare. At that
time ths law provided that a county
commlssloner should ba elected annually
for three yeare. -. . - .
Th high court holds that thla Jaw
should ba disregarded because tba law
now calls , for a four-year term.
Kallare ta Give Nstlo.
Tha fact that there was a failure - to
give th statutory notice af election Jf
county commissioner will not of Itself
invauaaie - ins aiscuon. But If It ap
pears that such failure has prevented
th election generally from voting upon
a question, it cannot ba held that their
haa been an election pon that question.
W ll Hold Job la Boone.
A. J, Tlsthammsr, elected as county
commissioner of Boon county in 1911
will hold that offloe for four years.
according to an opinion of tha supreme
court which 'holds
"By ths act of 1911 It U provided that
in counties having thre coram) sslonera.
two snail ba sleeted ia 1914 for a term
.?"r-TV.T!1 '0t "
legislative construction of former eon'
fllcting statutee. and establishes that
subsequent to th not of uoa and ths
amendment af tha constitution n valid
election could ba held in such counties
in th odd aubered years.".
Ths action is ona brought tn tha dis
trict court of Boons oounty, by I. H.
Del arm. ta restrain tha county clerk from
Issuing a certificate of election to Tlst
hammer, who had beea elected at tb
November election. Tb relator, who waa
filling an . unexpired term, brought auit
to restrain Tasthammer from taking of
flo. and the district court denied his
application. Tha high court sustains tha
action of tha lower court '
Deaarlaa Case Revereea.
In aa optnoln written by Chief Juatio
Morrtssay of ths supreme oourt tha Judg
ment of the Douglas county district court
Is reversed in a case, where ft. 3. Coff
man attempted ta fores his partner, Matt
Melons,- to buy out his partnership ia a
commission ' business la - South Omaha.
Tba district court found for Hoffman,
but tha higher oourt reverses the lower
court and sends the case back, for a re
trial... ' ..t . .
Id alone claimed that the contract made
between Coff man and himself, waa for no
other purpose than to Influence Amos
Snyder, the third partner, to ssll out
his interest in the business for ItMu,
which waa successful. Tbs question then
came up aa ta the disposition ef the
doydsr stack and la the settlement Ma-
lone refuae to take the check of Coff
man and demanded oaah. g The latter
than Insisted that M alone buy his stook
and over this controversy ths salt was
brought
GEORGE S. WARD WILL BE
HEAD OF BROOKLYN FEDS
NEW TORJC, Oct gX-XnnoUBoeraeat
was mads at the headquarters of the
Federal league today that eOorga S.
Ward la ta be elected president of th
Brooklyn- dub, to succeed his brother,
ths late Robert B. Ward, at the next
meeting of the etockholdera. Mr. Ward
was closely associated wtth his brother
In the affairs of the Brooklyn elub, and
la aald to have similar views regarding
Its policy.
Apartments, flats, houses and cottages
can be rented Quickly and. cheaply by a
Be "Per Kent
CASES OF UNCONSCIOUS WIT
VaUnr Bad Balls lit Times Paat Has
Giren the Opinio that Makers
Were Wise Men.
SOME SPECIMENS AEE CITED
It was Sir Richard Steels who said
that the bull" was a result of ollmat.
and that if an Engllahman were born
In Ireland he would make Juat as many.
J n roueciion 01 idu m v.
very timely. Now, of all tlrree. wa
need wit and kindly humor. And those
qualltlee belong In generous measure to
i. C. Perry, whose book of "Bulls and
Blunders" has given me an hoar ar twes
delightful relasatlon. says T. P. a
Weekly.
Mr. Percy gtvee a flna specimen from
old times:
Grose, In his 'Olio,' relates It as a
fact that in May. ITM, a bill, relating to
franking was sent from Ireland for the
royal assent. On clause enacted that
any member who, from Ulnesa of. any
other cause, should ba unable to write,
might authorise another to frank for
him, provided that on the back of tha
letter so franked the taember ga,v un
der his hand a full certificate of his in
ability to write."
Even Cobbett managed to perpetrate
the following sentence In "Rural Rides r"
"I saw no corn standing in rtrks, a
thing I never saw before and would not
have believed it had I not seen It"
Humor expresses Itself la action aa
wall as words. Ths Irish rebels of 179
enacted a- ''bull" of a remarkable kind.
They, wished to annoy the Hon. ' John
Bereaford, a banker.1. So, forgetting that
very bank note that la lost relieves a i
bank, of liability, they collected at great j
expense a pile of Bereaford paper money
and burnt it with great sound and fury, j
Mr. Percy, tells another . story, this j
time of a psychologic "bull," , from ba- j
yon! the Rhine; ,. ... .....- j
"There is a most excellent story of a 1
Oerman old maid, who had petitioned tb
authorities to remove a great Mil from 1
In front of her house, Mn order that shs j
might get aa unobatructed view f the
river Rhine. Th authorities were un
Obllffinr and rJarheeded. and wauld not
move tha hill. Th rAA mall nlAfiA Kut !
quite in vain. But she . was a pious
Bible-reading woman, and a lineal de
scendant af Martin Luther Into th bar
gain. She remembered th text about
th faith that can move mountains, anJ
ha resolved to try it On th great
troublesome hill that cut off her view
of th beautiful Rhine. Bh decided
upon a night of th prayer that th
mountain might ba removed, with 1m
plloit confidence that her prayer would
be answered. All night long ah wres
tled Ilk Jacob of old. In tha morning
she rose, with radiant countenance, con
fidently drew the curtain of her window
that looked toward th mountain, stag
gered back with apparent surprise, and
exol aimed: 'And there it stands, just
as I expected!' -An
Irish M. P., somewhat wearied by
debate, perpetrated th following: "If
you leave this question to us for three
years, we will settle it tomorrow morn
ing. '
It Fails t Cwre.
"Sir Edward Carson," saya tha au
thor, "la specially addicted to tha Taurus
Hlbernicns. which long rastdanca In
London haa failed to 'cure.
I hava Just
n,nd And bis friend, Mr. F, E. j
: Bm,tn' L F- w diacussing tha ParHa-
ferred to them aa twin bills, th younger
of which had not yet been born.'"
With thee gems it would be hard to
com pet a But ths book is full of them.
Scottish, Australian and American all
contribute to this lucky tub of verbal
topsy-turvy. -
Tha mixed metaphor. Ilka ths "shibbo
leth," often Is ths result of looking on
tha wins when It Is red. But sometimes,
as in tha following Instance, it is th re
sult of a vigorous attempt at vitupera
tion: "There was an editor or a local paper
In a little Wisconsin town who was a
source of perennial Joy. It is on record
In his flies, obeerved by an appreciative
local reader, that on week, whll re
buking som heinous charge by th op
position, he announoed that "chickens.
Ilk two-edged swords, aft times corns
horn ta roost' On another occasion. Ini
handling tha oaae of a contemporary, he
Thus, tha black lie, issuing from
to bis hand, and ha la hoist by his own
petard, aad finds
himself a
marked
lata th Ball Rtag.
Mr. Percy's personal circle seems to be
a promising bull ring. He gives ths fol
lowing: "I heard my wife say to a gardener.
Tout have done your worn very welt If
X want another man I'll send for you.'
6 peaking of a recent Christmas shopping
experience In Orafton street my "better
hair remarked: 1 ' simply couldn't get
into Messrs. Bo and Bo's on aocount ef
the rush, aad getting eat was wore.'
My colleague (Mr. Mscredy) took ma for
a motor run through WVsklow, taking in
aa extra detour Just ta show me a bridge
that had been washed away. M
Ona cannot really rob Mr. Percy's
store of stories. For every one we take
out half a doaan seem to coma In.
And his child humor ta proliflo:
"Desmond, aald tha teacher, "what is
the spinal column f
"The spinal column,"" - said Desmond,
Is what my head sits aa one and aad I
sit en the ether.
Hare ia a piece of scriptural history
puerillsed in fine style:
"A school boy wrote tha following terse
narrative about Elijah :
" There was a man named , ZSUah.
He had soma bears and Hved ta a cava.
Soma boye tormented him. He said; If
yon keep oa throwing stones at me, 1'U
turn the bear oa you and they'll eat
you up." And thy did, and ha did, and
tb bear did." .. " ;
Twe American stories are toe good to
mis. We hope they will not be regarded
as a breach, of neutrahtyi
"An American teacher bad visitors at
school one afternoon and naturally was,
anxious ror ner pupils to make a good
impression.
" William. she asked a rosy-faced lad.
eaa you tell ma wba Oeorge Washing,
ton wasT
" Tea. ma'am, waa the quick reply.
'He waa aa American gea'reL
" "Quit right' replied th teacher.
'And can you tail us what Oeorge Wash
ington waa remarkable focT
" He was remarkable eocan be was
aa American and told' the truth."
Here Is another exoshent Washington
story: "The teacher waa bearing the
history lesson. Turning to one of the
scholars she asked: 'Jama what was
Washington's farewell address?
The boy arose with promptitude aad
answered. 'Heaven, ase'em,"
.Woman Is Killed bv
JL1 aiU 11 UUI IftllUUl
ATLANTIC. Ia., Oct. .-Ppeclal Tele
gram.) Mrs. Redlngton, aged about about
. who Uvtd near Walnut, was struck by
Rock Island eaatbound local No. M this
. mI1m a-- if Wal.n mwA
knl, ,-... w. hf,M
I Mn-. rw-i t.Mes a husband, but
j BO CDlldrM1- T),, Mr WM bronght to
( thl, ul takn u her holn near
( Walnut.
Man IHrwoa Dead at A
AVOCA, Is-, Oct . (Speclal.r-Peter
HHlmath, aged at years, dropped dead
here thla morning at 10 o'clock in the
office of Paulsen's rooming house. He
had worked here for several years as a
baker and had no known relatives. Death
was due to heart trouble.
Faet Tim ia Crvea-Ceaatry. .
MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. Wisconsin
won - the five-mile croea-rountry race in
the dual , meet with - Minnesota, thla
afternoon. .Fred Watson of Minnesota
' broke, the course record In M.XiH.
Our Assort
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Are Always
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