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COUNTY HERALD.
Motto: All The News When It Is News.
vol. 22.
DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1013.
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HURRICANE ON NORTH CAROLINA
COAST CAUSES EXTENSIVE
PROPERTY LOSS.
BELL HAVEN IS WIPED OUT
Report That Ocracoke Island Was
Inundated la Denied Washington,
Ralegh, Beaufort, Newfern and
Others Suffer.
Ralolgh, N. d, .Sept. 8, The report
ed loss of 600 lives by hurricanes oa
Ocracoke island, oa the east of Pten
lico Bound, off the North Carolina
coast, Just south of Cape Hatteras, is
not substantiated, according to teie
crama received here Friday from
Washlngtonton. N
The wireless station at Capo Hat
teras imported to the Washington wire
less station hat it had boen in com
munication with the Ocracoke life sav
ing station, and the life savers de
clared the reported lots was un
founded. s
They had assisted a number of dis
abled seamen caught in smaQ boats
when the storm hit the island, but be
yond this and small property damafe
there was no cause for alarm.
Washington, N. O, Sept. 8. Prop
erty valued at more than $3,000,000 is
reported to have been destroyed and
rumors are current of a heavy loss
of life as the result of a storm which
swept the North Carolina coast. Wire
communication with the stricken dis
trict is meager.
Efforts to verify by wireless reports
of many casualties on Oracoke island,
in Pamlico sound, have been fruitless.
All wireless stations in that vicinity
are believed to be wrecked by .the
storm.
The greatest damage to property oc
curred in Beaufort county and havoc
was wrought among the fishing craft
in tho Pamlico river. Washington
business houses and manufacturing
plants along the water front were part
ly destroyed. The damage in this coun
ty alonn is estimated ut $2,000,000.
The fury of the gale was sonterod
on the towns along Pamlico sound,
among' theso being Morehead City,
Beaufort, Newberne, Washington, Bay
boro, Bell Hayen and a score of small
er places. A deluge accompanied the
wind and the tide In Pamlico sound
was many feet above the ordinary
high water mark. In Washington 4he
streets were flooded to a depth of sev
eral feet ..,..:..
Charlotte, N. C, Bept 8. Scenes of
desolation mark nearly the entire
?jorth Carolina coast as the result of
the hurricane which struck this sec
tion. . Dispatches over makeshift lines
of communication indicate that the
town of Bell Haven is wiped from the
map, while tho town of Washington,
N. C, not only suffered from the wind,
but lost heavily by flood. Tho loss
in Beaufort county, in which Wash
ington Is situated, alone will exceed
42,000,000, it is estimated.
FLASHES
OFF THE WIRE
Washington, Sept 5. Secretary of
the Treasury McAdoo awarded to the
Bailey-Marsh company of Minneap
olis, the contract for the construction
of a post office at Menomonle, Wis.
Its bid of $46,430 was the lowest of
four.
New York, Sept 6. Five hundred
self-supporting students at Columbia
university earned $120,000 last year,
according to a report made public at
the university.
Washington, Bept. 6. President
Wilson sent to the senate the name
of Charles J. Voplcka of Chicago for
minister to Bulgaria, Itoumanla and
Scrvla, the Balkan states.
Nobleavllle. Ind., Sept 6. JUlcy
Shepherd, ninety-three yearn old, fa
ther of 29 children, Is dead at his
home here. He Is survived by 20 chil
dren, 126 grandchildren, 82 great
grandchildren. He was born In North
Carolina, and came to Indiana In 1840.
Shepherd had been married three
times.
JAPS WANT WAR WITH CHINA
Demand That Coast City B' Seized
Until Reparation for Shoot
ing Is Made.
Tokyo, Japan, Sept. 6. The Japan
ese premier, Count Zombei Yamamoto,
left for Nlkko to report to the emper
or on the Bhootlng of several Japan
ese subjects during tho fighting, be
tween the Chinese government troops
and tho southern rebels in Nanking.
In his conference with hU majesty
tho premier will doclde as to the
course of action to be taken by the
Japanese government Public feeling
in Japan Is at fover point Some of
the newspapers dimand military ac
tion, and urge the occupation of a
Chinese seaport by tho Japaneso
until full reparation has been mado.
U. 8. Army Aviator Killed.
San Diego, Cal., Sept. 6. First Lieu
tenant Moss L. Love, signal corps, U.
b A , wub loHtantly killed when his
o loplane plunged 300 feet to the
i oi ml at tho array avlutlon school
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Qaynor Salle for Europe.
York. Sopt. 6. Mayor William
nor. wljo accepted an, indepen-
iinlnotion for re-election, has
cHlbi palledfor Europe fpr a
i. vacation, Mayor Qaynor
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The picture shows a portion of the
Mountain express crashed Into a Bar
New Haven & Hartford railroad, near
HUERTA TO RETIRE
WILL BE CANDIDATE, IS REPORT
FROM MEXICO.
Plan Said to Be Under Way to Make
General Trevlno Temporary
Head of Republic.
Mexico City, Sept 6. That General
Huerta intends to quit the presidency
In favor of Oen. Qeronlmo Trevlno and
become a candidate at the October
elections, was the statement mado
Wednesday night by a well-known
Mexican close to the administration.
This information came from a per
son whoMs in attendance upon afmost
every cabinet meeting and has himself
declined numerous offers to become
one of Huerta's ministers.
General Trevlno is making his way
to the capital and little effort has
been made to disguise the fact that ho
.has been officially summoned. Just
now the contemplated succession is to
be brought about has not been dis
closed. There are persistent rumors of Im
pending changes in the cabinet, and It
Is said that General Trovlno is to bo
made minister of foreign relations in
order legally to succeed to the presi
dency. The American exodus appears to be
practically at an end. Only a small
percentage of the American residents
of tho capital left
Washington, Sept 5. Tho ultimate
iriumph of the Washington govern
ment's policies for bringing peace to
Mexico was seen Wednesday night
when administration officials gave out
the purport of a series of hitherto
unannounced communications between
Nelson O'Shaughnessey, charge d'af
faries at Mexico City,, and John Lind,
President Wilson's special envoy at
Vera Cruz, and heads of the Huerta
leglme.
While the literal gist of these com
munications has not been disclosed,
tho United States government is said
to be assured of these things.
Tho early retirement of tho Huerta
regime.
A presidential election In "Mexico In
which Vlctorlano Huerta will not be a
candidate.
The ready establishment of an arm
letlc to bring order to tho republic.
WILL OPEN WISCONSIN FAIR
Management Announces a Record
Breaking Display Has Been Pre
pared for Annual Event
Milwaukee, Sept. 6. With practical
ly all of tho exhibits In place, every
thing Is In readiness for tho Wisconsin
state fair, which will open Its gates
here Monday morning for a week's en
gagement Tho management has been
working hard to mako a record-breaking
display this year, and ns a result
of their efforts there Is promised the
best collection of agricultural, me
chanical, live stock and fruit and vege
table exhibits ever seen here.
Take Whisky; 8corn $5,000.
Memphis, Tenn., Sept 4. Thloves
entered tho store of a supply com
pany, robbed the cash drawer of five
dollars, sawed tho hinges off a steel
safe whore $5,000 lay, stole throe
quarts of whisky and left tho monoy.
Bishop Moore Is Seventy-Flvo.
Indianapolis, Sept 0. Bishop David
H. Moora attained his seventy-fifth
birthday anniversary. Sloco hs ordi
nation fifty years ago Bishop Moore
has been active in tho affairs of the
Methodist Episcopal church.
Girl Killed In Auto Aooldent.
Long Mount Colo., Bept. C Anna
Marie Jackson, fourteon, w.ib killed
when an auw got beyond control on a
Bteoo hill between thin rltt, n,t v.,
Park, ran wild until It atruov n .1......
j curve and turned turtle.
COST SCORE OF LIVES
wreckage caused when a White
Harbor express on the "New York.
New Haven, Conn.
FIFTY BLOCKS DESTROYED BY
BLAZE THAT DEVASTATES
HOT SPRINGS, ARK.
LOSS PUT AT $10,000,000
Arkansas Resort City Practically De
stroyed by Thirty-Mile Wind Gov
ernor Hays Orders Out the Mili
tia. Hot Springs, Ark., Sept.' 8. Fire
which Btartod in a negro's cabin here
on Friday caused a loss of $10,000,000.
Fifty blocks of buildings were de
stroyed. No lives were lost.
A caprice of the gale aided dyna
miters In their efforts to keep the
flames from the main business sec
tion. Shortly after 10:30 tho wind began
to subside, and tho fire, having laid
waste tho greater part of tho South
Hot Springs business district and ex
clusive Quapaw and Prospect avenue
residential sections, burned itself out
at the foot of West mountain.
Various estimates of tho monetary
loss range from $6,000,000 to $10,000,
000. Thousands aro homeless, several
were slightly Injured, but no fatalities
are reported.
Gov. George W. Hays arrived at
Hot Springs late at night. He ordered
out the militia at once to patrol the
devastated district
The fire originated in a negro dwell
ing on Church street, near Malvern
avenue, Just east of the Army and
Navy hospital, and Bpread quickly to
the south and east. A number of small
dwellings, dry as tinder, as a result of
an extended drought, were easy proy
for tho flames, which within a fow min
utes were beyond the control of the
local fire department.
From this region the fire spread to a
manufacturing section, then to a pre
tentious reBldonco and hotel district
and then the shifting wind threatened
to carry the flames to the main busi
ness section. .
Among thd buildings destroyed
were: City light, water and powor
plants; Garland county courthouse;
Park, Jefferson, Princess and Moody
hotels; city high school; Iron Moun
tain railroad station and shops; Ozark
sanitarium, Peaplo's laundry, Zlegler
apartments, Crystal theater, Bijou
rink.
A hundred or more smaller business
buildings and many residences, Includ
ing some of the best in the city, were
burned.
GEORGE COHAN AUTO VICTIM
Well Known Actor and His Daughter
Injured When Machine Hits
Farmer's Wagon.
Hartford, Conn., Sopt 6. George M.
Cohan, one of the moat nnnulnr Antrim
on the American stago, and hlB four-teon-year-old
daughtor, Georgotta,
were seriously Injured on Thursday
when their automobile craebed into a
farmer's wagon. Two other actors,
Wallaco Eddlncor nnd Francis X.
Hope, members of Cohan's company.
were also hurt.
End Strike at Foss Factory.
Boston, Mass., Sept. C.-Tho strike
of employes of tho Hturtovant Blower
works In Hyde Park, controlled by
uovornor E. N. Fobs, was ended by
the acceptance by tho strlkere of
terms offered by tho management
Strikers Still Riot. "
Calumet, Mich., Sept. C Motlng
among the striking copper minors and
nonunion men continues hero. Fif
teen arrests were made, Beveral wom
en being taken Into custody Four
nqn union men wero badly beaten
FIRE SWEEPS MM
21 DIE IN WRECK
NEW HAVEN ROAD ENGINE
PLOWS THROUGH COACH E8.
Rail Heads Violate Order Sent by
Government inspector and De
stroy Wreckage Debris.
New Haven, Conn., Sopt 6. With
twenty-one dead and five dying as re
sults of tho wrepk of tho Bar Harbor
express train, the New York, Now
Havon & Hartford railroad facos a
searching public Inquiry Into the
causes of tho disaster by tho inter
state commerce commission.
Tho announcement was mado on
Thursday by H. &V. Boluap, chief in
spector of the commission. Commis
sioner McChord (will presldo at tho
inquiry. Mr. Bebaap said the inquiry
would determine wliat causes In tho
oporatlqn and management of the
road wore responsible for Its series
of fatal wrecks within tho last two
years.
Coroner Mix refused to mako publlo
tho testimony of Engineer Miller of
the Whlto Mountain express train,
which crashed Into tho Bar Harbor
train, or of Flagman Murray of the
latter train, both of whom he exam
ined in a preliminary investigation.
The first section of the White Moun
tain express, bound for Now York,
speeding along at probablj forty miles
an hour, in a thick fog, ruRhod by a
danger signal, it Is said, and ernshed
Into tho rear of the socond section of
tho Bar Harbor express, standing 100
feet beyond tho block signal.
Tho Whlto Mountain engine cleaved
through tho two rear Pullman cars,
both of wood, splitting thom In two
and tossing their- wreckago and three
score of mangled human beings, some
allvo, some dead, on either side of the
track.
Tho third car, also of wood, and oc
cupied by forty boyB on their way
from n summer camp at Monmouth,
Me., was thrown Into the air and al
most completely 'lifted off tho track.
Tho car fell on Its side, crumpled up,
crushed two of the boys to death and
Injured several others.
JEROME IS NOW A FUGITIVE
Special Prosecutor Jumps Ball Follow
ing Hie Arrest on the Charge
of Gambling.
Coatlcook, Que., Sept. 8. Tho immi
gration court of inquiry that has been
liftssHtgating thtfontranc. of Harry
K. Thaw Into Canada, on Friday hand
ed down a decision that the Matteawan
fugitive must be deported.
Whllo this decision was being read
Thaw was packing up in preparation
for departure at once for Montreal,
where he had been notified two of
his lawyers secured a writ of habeas
corpus demanding his production
forthwith before Justice Gervnis of the
Montreal superior court '
Another thing that added to his
pleasure in the events of tho day was
the predicament of Wllllnm Travera
Jerome, who had been arrestod on a
charge of gambling and held In $500
ball.
Tho wily Jeromo stole a march on
the local officials and slipped over tho
Vermont border without any attempt
being made to stop him.
CAMINETTI IS FOUND GUILTY
Son of Immigration Official Must Go to
Prison Jury Is Out Four
Hum.
San Francisco, Sept 8. F. Drew
Camlnettl was found guilty of viola
tion of the Mann act In Judgo Van
Fleet's court on Friday, after' the Jury
had wrangled over tho evidence for
four hours.
Camlnettl was found guilty on the
first count only. This count charged
that Camlnettl wilfully and knowing
ly transported Lola NorrlB from Sac
ramento to Reno, Nov., for Immoral
purposes.
NorcroBs of the Western Fuel com
pany was found guilty nnd sontenced
to Jail and the Western Fuel company
fined $2,000. The prosecution of the
Fuel company for alleged defrauding
of the United States of revenues was
closely linked with the Camlnettl
Diggs case.
RACE TO MAKE S0.J AMERICAN
Mr. and Mrs. Harjes Reaeh New York
From Paris Just In Time for
Event
Now York, Sept 4. Mr. and Mrs.
Herman H. Harjes mado a hurried
trip from Paris to New York so that
their son, born hero, might bo beyond,
any shadow of doubt an American
citizen. They arrlvod with Just six
hours to spare. Mr. Hatjos Is n mom
her of tho banking firm of Morgan,
Harjes & Co., tho Paris associates of
J. P. Morgan & Co. Although born In
France, ho Is an Amoricnn citizen,
His wlfo was Miss Frederlca Berwlnd
of Philadelphia. They como to New
York for tho same purposo when their
flrBt b6y was born two years ago.
Rob Paymaster of $10,000.
Columbia, S. C. Sept 8. Four ban
dltfl aro roportod to have held up, shot
and robbd a paymnstor pf $10,000 at
tho power Plant being constructed at
Parr Shoals, near hore. Bloodhounds
have been sent to tho scene.
Auto Racer Is Slain,
Jackson,' Mich, Sept. 8. Harry
Endlcott, thirty-five, was killed on the
race track here. Mary Sarata, aged
ten, lost her llfo when Endlcott'j
car plunge throuph a fence. Two
others were badly Injurrd
AFTER MANY YEARS
BROTHER8 MEET AFTER THIRTY
YEARS' SEPARATION.
NEWSFR0M0VERTHE STATE
What Is Going on Here and There
that It of Interest to tho Read
ers Throughout Nebraska
and Vicinity.
Falls City After thirty years' sep
aration, two brothers, George nnd Fred
Schmelzel, met on tho street here,
thought tho othor looked llko
"brother," asked nnd wero reunited.
Thoy had not Been each othor slnco
they were boys. Fred Schmefzol had
boen living In Fairbanks, Alaska, and
only returned hero bocauso of tho
necessity of having a surgical opera
tion performed, Ho rostded In the
vicinity of Humboldt, but left In 1883,
going to tho northwest states, and
then on to tho gold fields sixteen yenrs
ago. George Schmelzel has been a
resident of this city for more than a
dozen years.
Investigating AncIeht-Mound.
Weeping Water Prof. F. H. Stearns
of Harvard university, who haB spent
tho summer In northeastern Kansas
and southeastern Nebraska with a
parly carrying on archoologlcal Inves
tigation work for the Poabody museum
at Cambridge, Mass., has broken up
camp nnd returned to Cambridge. His
work during the summer has been of
a preliminary nature, with the idea of
returning with a larger party to do ex
tenslvo excavation next year. Ho
found hero tho first and only roal
mounds of the naturo for which ho
was especially searching, They are
similar to those of tho famous mound
builders of tho great lakes region, but
belong to a different raco and a differ
ent age. .f
Maple Grove Indfgnant.
York There Is great',. Indignation
In what is known as tho Maplo Grovo
school district, south o'f York, over
the fact that some parties broke Into
the school house and used the prem
ises for a beer drinking bout. Tho
school directors aro up in arms over
tho matter and Intend to "get" the
parties' Implicated, If possible, and
punish thom for their gross and wan
ton abuse of the building.
To Celebrate Depot Opening.
Mlnden The committee on recep
tion nnd banquet for tho celebration of
the opening of tho now depot have
fixed September 12 as the tlmo for
this event. It 1b expected that tho
various officers of the Burlington will
be present and It Is also planned to
have others, present from over tho
county and state.
Holds Annual Krlegerfest.
West Point The eighth annual
krlegerfest of the Wostllchen Krlcgor
bund has Just closed nt West Point
Tho prize for the best flag was nwnrd
ed to the landwehr voreln of Benning
ton, Nob. Eleven local landwehr
verelnen were represented by sixty
three accredited delegates.
Upset Lantern Destroys Barn.
Aurora Fire, caused by the over
turning bf a lighted lantern by a dog,
destroyed a large barn on the William
Pugh farm north of Marquette, Thurs
day. Mr, Pugh oscaped without being
severely burned by throwing an old
overcoat over his head and dashing
through the flames.
Former Nebraska Woman Honored.
Iowa City. Miss Helen Plough has
boen elected assistant superintendent
of Johnson county. This Is tho sec
ond tlmo In tho history of the county
that a woman haB filled the position;
that Is, In seventy-five ypars. Miss
Plough Is a former resident of Beat
rice, Nobr.
Cooling an Entire Town.
Tekamah. The fire department has
started In wetting down the principal
business streets, washing brick build
ings and pavements In order to reduce
the temperature and lay the dust
which sprinklers could not subdue.
The fall In temperature was remark
able after the first trial.
Sparks from a Burlington onglno
burned a large haystack belonging to
Harry Shrader, near Salom.
STATE BASEBALL NEWS $
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Kearney won at York, Friday, 7 to 4.
Orand Island lost at Beatrice, Frl
da, 4 to 1,
Columbus lost at Superior, Friday,
5 to 3.
Fremont wub shut out at Hastings,
Friday, 1 to 0.
Fremont was defeated at Hastings,
Thursday, 6 to 1,
Grand Island lout at Beatrice, Thura
Uay, 0 to, 2.
Koarnoy lost both enrna at York.
Thursday, 2 to 4 and 4 to 8.
Columbus lost at Superior, Thurs
day 7 to 4.
ColurnbuH wan shut out at Superior.
Wednosdny, 9 to 0
York lost nt Kearnoy. Wednesday,
2 to 1.
Grind Island loit at Beatrice, Wed
nevdsy. 7 to 4.
Imnont was shut out at Hastings,
Wednesday, to 0
York lorn at i.rnttd Island Tuesday,
5 tn 4.
Ha"ng8 won nt Columbus, Tuos.
d!i 4 to 1
IM'rre lot at !tcarne, Tuesday,
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EXTENSIVE LIGHT FIXTURE
Lamps Are Suspended and Counter
balanced In Novel Manner by
Invention of an Idaho Man.
Tho Scientific American in describ
ing nnd Illustrating an inventlou of
F. Garrecht of Idaho City, Idaho, says;
Tho lnvontlon refers particularly
to suspended electric light fixtures,
and thojbjocta aro to provide n fix
ture in which tho eloctrio lights aro
suspended and counterbalanced in a
novol manner; to provldo for tho easy
adjustment of tho lights to a higher
or lower position; to provldo for
Extensible Electric Light Fixture.
housing and concoallng tho wires in
tho extensible elements; and to pro?
vldo a ftxturo In which olemontB aro
adapted to bo produced ,ln orna
mental form.
WIND RUNS LIGHTING PLANT
House, Barns and Yards Illuminated
From Power Costing Nothing
Capacity of Six Amperes.
What Lb probably the smallest farm
lighting plant in the country has boen
Installed on the farm of a dairyman
near Poynette, Wis. This tiny plant
supplies current.for 14'lamps and Is
operated entirely by the farm wlfiK
mill, at a total cost of a few conua a
year for rubricating oil.
The farm consists of about 100
acres and is dovoted to stock ralslsg
and dairying. Tho power windmill is
12 feet In diameter, with a vortical
shaft extending down tho tower; at
tached to it aro tho power pulleys, etc.
In addition to driving tho electric light
dynamo this mill Is used to operate
a drill press, grindstone, corn shelter,
small saw, washing machine, grain ele
vator nnd feed grinder.
The dynamo Is located in a Bmall
building at tho baso of tho windmill
tower. This dynamo has a capacity
of bIx amperes nt 35 volts, or 0.2 kilo
watts when driven at full speed of 450
revolutions a minute. The variations in
speed, due to irregularities in the
wind, are overcome by a small auto
matic switch placed in the circuit .be
tween the generator and the storage
batteries, which prevents any acci
dents to the apparatus by "breaking"
the circuit when a certain range of
speed has been passed.
The tiny plant illuminates tho home,
tho yards and the barn buildings. All
the lamps receiyo their current from
the storage battery, the charging of
which is tho dynamo'iLonly function..
The entire plant. Including windmill,
generator, battery, wiring, lamps, etc.,
could be duplicated for not mora than
$250 Philadelphia Record.
DIRECT AND INDIRECT LIGHTS
Combination of the Two In Portable
Lamp Which Is Concealed by
Use of 811k Shado.
Somewhat of an Innovation In the
ubo of direct nnd indirect lighting
system is a combination of the two in
Portrait Direct and Indirect Lamp.
a portable lamp, says tho Popular
Electricity. Tho Illustration sorvea
to show the location of the reftoctor
pointed towards tho colling nnd tho
lncandoscent lamps for direct light
ing arranged horizontally on a clrclo
beneath. Tho lights In both cases aro
concealed by tho shado, which Is
usually cither silk or art glass.
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Long-Distance Language.
Tho Fronch lnnguago has boen
found muoh hotter adapted to long,
distance telephoning than tho Eng
lish, nnd export operators In Purls
havo Buccooded In transmitting; mes
sages to London at a rate of 100 words
a mlnuto.
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BABY'S CRIB RUN ON CABLE
Electric Scheme Dees Away" WKH
, Wheeling Carriage When Young
ster Demands Action.
Running a baby's crib Wk aM-
forth from end to end of a large porch "
on an electrically operated cableway.
Is a scheme designed by- John O.
Barnwell, superintendent of the mu
nicipal public utility plonta of York
villo, 8,. 0., to do away with tho" neces-
Cableway Crib and Its" Operatlnf
Mechanism.
slty of wheeling a carriage when the
baby demands action, says tho Pop
ular Mechanic.
The crib is hung from a suspension
coble by means of wheels, as shown
In the Illustrations, tho 30-foot .cable
being stretched taut by means of a
turn-bucklo. An endless cable, con
nected by friction gearing to a small
electric motor of tho typo used io rui
sowing machines, hauls the crib back
and forth on the suspension cable. At
each end of the line 1b a stop, which
the crib engages on lta arrival, thus
causing the reversing gears of the
driving,, mechanism to act and start
tho crib back again to the other ond
Engaging 'the Stop and StartlngBaoii
, Again. - - .-
of the line, this action continuingiai
long as the motor 1b allowed to run.
The motor is attached to an electric
socket by a flexible connection in the
usual way.
,
Electric saws are being use by
butchers in cutting up meats.
Florists use artificial electric heat
to force tho blooming of Easter, lilies.
Electricity Is now applied toinearry-
all kinds of power-driven machlnery.-
Paper insulation on exposed electric
wires has withstood IS years' serriee.
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All the largest Canadian steasMhlf
must now be equipped with wirelsM
outfits.
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A portable searchlight has beea per
fected for linemen to be used la night
repair work.
A now dam on the Columbia river
is expected to develop 800,000-electrlff-horao
power.
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Driven by electricity, a machine has
boen perfected for opening letters at a
rate of 300 a minute.
More than $23,000,000 worth of elec
trical machinery was exported from
this country last year.
The coal-handling machinery for the
Panama canal coaling stations will
bo operated by electricity.
California orange growers are ex
perimenting with electric heaters to
protect their treos from frost
Submarine telephony with uninsulat
ed wires has been carried on In Ens
land over a distance of 11 miles.
Electrically lighted houso numbers,
to bo placod along tho curbs on streets,
have been patented by a Callfornlan.
Tho United States has 247 war vob
sols equipped with wlroleBS, Great
Britain 213, Franco 141 nnd Germany
112.
An nutomatlc electric cooker uses
live steam for distributing the heat
from tho electrical unit to the food re
ceptacles. ' ,
Th amount of capital Invested In
tho electrical business in the United
States la In the neighborhood of $,
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a new portable electric lamp' so It ctotf
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