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yXOTA COUNTY HERALD
f State Historical Society
Motto: All The News When 1 1 Is New
VOL. 22.
DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1913.
NO. 15.
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MEXICAN FEDERALS EXECUTE
MAN WHO DYNAMITED
TROOP TRAIN.
SEQUEL TO KILLING 123
Huerta Officer Tortured and Slain Be
fore His Aids Take Revenge Flee
'v Inn General Arrives at El Paso.
Tex.
Presidio, Tex., Dec, 9. The big bul
lion train which has been on the way
from Parral, ,Mexlco, for tho past two
weeks reached Ojlnaga Sunday morn
ing and later reached the border in
safety with 2,000,000 ounces of sliver.
Moxlco City, Doc. 8. A fhodlfica
tlon of the old method of tying men to
the muzzles of cannon and blowing
them to pieces was employed on Fri
day by the federals north of San Luis
Potosl.
A captured rebel, supposed to have
boen one of the band which recently
dynamited a troop train at Carnoros,
was given a summary trial by court
martial and sontenced to death. Tin
condemned toan was tied to the ground
and a dynamite bomb was placed be
peath him and exploded.
Maj. Rlcardo Cordero arrived in the
capital and deecribed the' dynamiting
of the troop train, resulting In tho
death of 103 soldiers and 20 women
camp followers. He said Colonel de la
Pena was captured by the rebels, who
cut off hiB ears, tore out his tongue
and gouged out his eyes. Then they
killed the women camp followers.
Major Cordero succeeded in driving
away the attacking band and in captur-
' ing the man believed to have set off
the dynamite mines. It was this pris
oner who was put to death "With dyna
mite after a court-martial.
Reports that Collma had been cap
tured by rebelBi that Montoroy had
been evacuated by federals while fac
ing attack and that an anti-government
uprising had occurred in Guadalajara
were current hero, but were denied by
officials.
Word arrived also that the French
consular representative In Monterey
had been killed in a rebel attack on
the town. The foreign colony vainly
tried to get confirmation or denial of
this. At tho same time It was said an
American corporation had arranged
with President Huerta to lend him
760,000 pesos on promises of conces
sions. It was learned from a reliable source
that General Huerta had instructed di
vision commanders of the army that
thoy-need not expect tho army pay
rolls of the federal treasury, but to
obtain funds wherever they could find
them. Hucrta's family has fled secret
ly to Vera Cruz.
Juarez, Dec. 8. Instead of occupying
Chihuahua, Gen. Francisco Villa, with
his 7,000 rebelo encamped along the
railroad north of that city, returned
hurriedly- to Villa Ahumada to
dispatch more men In pursuit of the
federals retreating toward Ojlnaga, on
the American bordor. Altogether 600
rebels occupy the fort at Ojlnaga. Villa
said his soldiers would not let the fed
erals reach tho border or cross into
the United States without a fight. His
r,lT!sa 1b to capture the federal troops
.yhnd seize their arms and equipment
El Paso, Tex., Dec. 8. Gen, Roque
Gomez, one of the Huerta command
ers who ran away from Chihuahua, en
tered the United States at Columbus,
N. M., and arrived in El Paso on Fri
day night. Several other generals
their commands and many wealthy
Mexicans are expected to arrive here
this week.
DENVER IS SNOW-BOUND
School Children Unable to Get Home
and Department Stores' Clerks
Sleep In Shops.
Denver, Colo., Dec. 6. Denver is
snow-bound. At seven o'clock on
Thursday from twenty to twenty-four
inches of snow had fallen In the city
and suburbs, with no prospect of a
cessation for at least ten hours. Since
mid-afternoon street car traffic has
been completely blocked and thou
sands are marooned in tho downtown
district.
Hundreds of children were cared
for in houses adjoining the schools.
Many department stores closed early
that the women employes might reach
their homes, but hundreds wero
housed In downtown hotels, while mon
clerks, unable to get accommodations,
s'pent tho night in the stores. Many
telephone operators wero unable to
leave their homes and telephonic com
munication Is slow and uncortaln.
President Wilton Is III.
Washington, Doc. 6. Owing to a
slight cold in the head, President Wil
son remained In bed on Wednesday on
tho orders of his physician, Dr. Cary
T. Grayson. The president was suf
fering from the cold when ho made the
,trlp to tho capltol to deliver his ad
dress, and his physician told him to
take no chances of Its making further
progress.
Florida 8tate Bank Suspends.
Pensacola, Fla., Dec. 8. After an
all night conference the Pensacola
State bank, capitalized at $100,000,
suspended business pending examina
tion by the stato comptroller. Tho
bank has about $100,000 deposits.
Egg War Hits the Capital.
Washington, Dec. 8, Eggs are to
bo banished from the tables In the
homes of nearly all tho cabinet mem
here, whoso wives have pledged their
support to tho rg? boi-'tt campb-gr
b inr waTd to reduce the price
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embargo against the purchase, by tho Mexican revolutionists, of arras and
munitions of war In tho United States, tho war material U-r tho equipment of
the Constitutionalists will paBs through tho custom house at Vera Cruz, an
interior view of which is shown here. This is tho gateway of hope to tho
followers of Carranza.
TELLS BOMB PLOTS
CONFESSION OF GEORGE E. DAVI8
CAUSES STIR IN NEW YORK
LABOR RANK8.
WAS M'MANIGAL OF EAST
Member of Iron Workers' Organiza
tion Gives Particulars of Bomb Out
rages Committed at Behest of
Union Officials, It Is Alleged.
New York, Dec. 9. George E. Davis,
the dynamiter on whose evidence the
federal grand Jury at Indianapolis has
Just found Indictments in numerous
cases in which officers and membere,
of "tho International Bridge and Struc
tural Ironworkers' association aro de
fendants, made one of the most re
markable confessions over made.
Davis and Harry Jones aro among
tho new men indicted, in addition to
tho many connected with the union al
ready convicted on previous charges.
Davis gives dates and places of dy
namite outrages. He relates how he
was hired to blow up bridges, viaducts
and other structures erected by non
union labor.
Tho confession Is a document of ex
traordinary interest. It shows how
small the reward was that Davis re
ceived for tho destruction ho caused.
In one case ho got $30 for a dynamite
'outrage, in another only $10.
Tho confession shows the peril to
which hundreds of persons wore sub
jected by tho conspirators. Davis
carried the dynamite In suitcase
through cities, traveled in railroad
trains and steamships with it, deposit
ed it here and there in saloons over
night as if It were the most harmless
substance in the world. Yet he
handled quantities sufficient to cause
great loes of lifo and destruction of
property if accident had caused an ex
plosion. The confession shows how Davis did
his work and his relations with the
officers of tho ironworkers' union.
In brief, Davis was to the cast what
Ortle McManlgal was to the west Ho
was trailed by Robert J. Foster, n
Louleville detective employed by the
National ErectorB' association, to find
the man who had been doing the dyna
miting In the east, Davis was finally
induced to talk because he thought ho
had beon ill treated by the union,
which throw him over after the arrest
of Frank C. Webb in February, 1912.
He made his confession in Now
York.
TWO SLAIN IN MINE STRIKE
Volley of Shots Fired Through Non
union Boarding House at Paine
dale, Mich.
Calumet, Mich., Dec. 9. Serious
trouble Is expected as a result of the
murder at Palncsdale of two copper
miners and tho fatui wounding of a
third and of a young girl, as they
slept on Saturday. Six suspects are
held. Tho dead: Arthur Jamos, twenty-one
years old, Toronto, Ont.; Harry
Jamos, twenty-four years old, Toronto,
Ont. Both arrived hero Friday. Thom
as Dalloy, foriy-ono years old, and
Mary Nicholson, fourteorf, are wound
ed. This was the result of a gun at
tack on a nonunion boarding house, a
score of rifle bullets being fired
through this building and two others.
Penalty of "Slave" Act.
Denver, Colo., Dec. 9. Roy Mont
gomery, mayor of Glllotto, Wyo., was
sontenced In the federal court on Sat
urday to nerve two years and six
months in the penitentiary for viola
tion of the Mann act.
Kahn Collapses at Banquet
Chicago, Dec. 9. Otto H. Kahn, head
of the big Now York financial house of
Kahn.Xoob & Co. and chairman of the
oxocutlve committee of a grand opera
company, fainted Just as he finished
an address bore.
CRUZ CUSTOM HOUSE
BAR ARMS TO ULSTER
PROCLAMATION GIVEN AS AS
QUITH ACCEPTS PEACE PLANS.
Principles for Basle Argument With
Sir Edward Corson Are Sug
gested. London, Dec. 8. Homo rule for Ire
land, with Ulster Included and paci
fied, is visibly nearer realization as a
result of two Important announce
ments by tho government Friday.
The BrltiBh cabinet by a royal proc
lamation prohibited tho importation of
arms and ammunition into Ireland.
Premier Asqulth accepted tho terms
set forth by Sir Edward Carson In his
Manchester addiess by which Ulster
came to be pacified; , .
' Promulgation of "the ban upon the
importation of arms into Ireland for
the first tlmo inees the revolutionary
threats of tho followers of Sir Edward
Carson, who have for mouths paraded
their military preparations and defied
tho government to interfere.
Almost at tho time of publication of
the king's proclamation Premier As
quith made a long step toward con
ciliation of the UlsteriteB, announcing
his acceptance of the principles for a
basic agreement which Sir Edward
Carson had suggested. These princi
ples are:
1. That tho settlement must not
be humiliating or degrading to Ulster.
2. Ulster's treatment must not bo
different or exceptional form that
meted out to the other parts of tho
United Kingdom.
3. Ulster must retain full protection
of tho imperial parliament.
4. Tho homo rulo bill must not bo
such as to lead to ultimate separa
tion of Ulster from Great Britain.
Nottingham, Doc. 8. Sir Edward
Carson said in a speech that tho Ul
ster volunteers aggregated 90,000. He
added that they were determined and
awaiting orders. Aftor his speech Sir
Edward Bald tho king's proclamation
came too late.
BIG HOTEL FIRE KILLS' 27
Many Others Are Missing In Boston
Lodging House Tragedy Men
Are Trapped.
Boston, Dec. 6. Fire which de
stroyed the Arcadia lodging house at
1202 Washington street caused the
death of 27 persons on Wednesday.'
This Is the heaviest death toll ever re
corded In a firo In Boston.
Two persons were fatally Injured
whllo more than a score wero slightly
hurt or overcome by smoke. There
were 179 men asleep In tho lodging
house when tho flro broke out
The flames spread swiftly through
tho flimsy building and a number of
men, caught on the upper floors,
leapod from windows.
COLONEL GAILLARD IS DEAD
Member of Panama Canal Committee
Dies of Paresis After Two
Months' Illness.
Baltimore, Md., Doc. 8. Lieut Col.
Galllard, momber of tho Panama canal
committee, died on Friday at the
Phlppa clinic of tho Johns Hopkins
hospital. Colonel Galllard, who wae
suffering from paresis, has been a pa
tient at tho hospital for tho past two
months. Colonol Gnillard was assist
ant chief engineer of tho Panama
canal commission.
Navy Is Biggest Since 1864.
Washington, Dec. 9. For tho first
tlmo slnco the Civil war tho enlisted
strength of tho navy has passed tho
50,000 mark. Tho total number of en
listed men was 60,136. Tho gain since
July 1 was 2,008.
Dead In Texas Reaches 63.
Bryijn, Tox., Doc. 9. Flfty-threo per
sons aro known to be dead and scores
of others are reported to have lost
tholr lives In tho floods of tho Brazos
and Trinity rlvorH In contrnl and south
central TexaB.
SHIP AFIRE; 197 SAVED
STEAMER GOE8 TO RE8CUE OF
RIO GRANDE.
Discipline of Crews on Both Vessels
Averts Serious Accident
at Sea.
Norfolk, Va., Dec. 9. Ono hundred
nnd ninety-sovon passongors wore
taken off tho steamer Rio Grnndo at
sea bofcro daybreak Monday whllo tho
big ship was on flro and thought to
bo in dangor. The rescuo was made
by tho British steamship Swanmoro,
bound from Llverpqol for Baltimore
Tho rescue occurred 205 miles north
west of Diamond Shoals. Tho Rio
Grande, nfter Its crow failed to Bub
due tho flames in ono of its forward
holds, sent out wlrolcss colls for as
sistance '
The Swanmoro, which was within n
fow miles of tho burning ship, picked
them up and hurried "to tho burning
vessel. It reached tho itlo Grando
shortly nfter four o'clock and sent life
boats to take oft the passengors. A
high southwest wind ciiuscd a choppy
eoa and thoro was danger of tho life
boats being cmshed against tho sides
of tho two Bteamora.
Tho Rio Grando was ready to trans
fer tho passengers whon tho Swan
moro hovo in sight and had its life
boats loaded with human freight
whllo hanging in their davits.
Tho rescuo, accomplished in dark
ness, is regarded horo? as tho most
thrilling locordod in sorao tlmo. The
excellent discipline of- tho crew of
both vessels 1b belloved to bo respon
sible for the successful transfer ot
tho passengors from tho burning ves
sel to tho Swanmoro.
One report received hero said that
tho Swanmoro nfter taking off tho Rio
Grando'a passengers stood by the ship
and holped to fight tho flames. When
the flro was under control, ono report
says, the passengers wero ngain trans
ferred to the Rio Grange and It con
tinued on Its voyago;ttf,ii
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Brussels, Dec. 8. A Catholic priest
was shot and wounded here by a bo
clallet becauso ho refused to Join a fu
neral procession in which the red flag
ot socialism won' carried. Ono of 'the
men In the funeral party shot him.
Los Angeles, Dec. 4. After shoot
lng and killing tho cashier of tho Fala
Verdo Valley bank at Blytho, bandits
robbed tho vaults of the bank of $5,.
000 and escaped. Detectives left hur
riedly for tho scene of tho robbery.
Bingham, Utah, Dec. 5. That Frank
Lopoz, tho Mexican outlaw whose
deadly aim has claimed six victims in
tho last fow days, has escaped from
tho Apex mine, where ho has boon
thought a prisoner by moro thnn a
scoro of Bhorlffs nnd deputies, is the
fear of the mon who aro standing
guard at tho exits of tho mlno. This,
however, is not In accordance with the
belief of Sheriff Smith, who announced
that ho expected to find tho body of
Lopez.
MISS PHOEBE C0UZINS DIES
Woman Lawyer Dies In Poverty In 8t
Loula Was Enemy of
Suffrage.
St. Louis, Dec. 9. Miss Phoebe
Couzlns, the first woman lawyer in
tho United States and tho only woman
who ever served as deputy United
States marshal, died here on Saturday.
Miss Couzlns was seventy-three years
old.
Death camo as tho culmination ot
a long Illness, which sho had suffored
In poverty In a squalid room In a
crowded section of St Louis. Though
she was an early ndvocato ot woman's
rights, she later became an antl-suf-fraglet
HETCH HETCHY BILL WINS
Measure Passed by 8enate Grants San
Francisco Water Supply Jn Yo-
semlte National Park.
Washington, Dec,. 9. Tho Raker bill,
giving San Francisco water supply and
powor rights In the Hatch Hetchy
valley of tno Toulumnii rivor, YohhcIIo
national park, passed tho senato on
Saturday by a voto of 43 to 25, Tho
bill had previously passed tho houso
in identically tho samo form and goes
to the president for signature.
MRS. PANKKHURST RELEASED
Militant Taken to Hospital, After
Three Days' Hunger Strike, Suf
fering With Plpurlsy.
London, Doc. S. Aftor throo days
of a hunger and thirst strike In the
Exotor Jails, Mrs. Pankhurst was re
leased and taken to a hospital Sunday,
A medical certlflcato declares her to
bo suffering from pleurisy.
Industrial Workers in Riot.
KananB City, Mo., Dec, 9. Si'xteon
Industrial Workers of tho World wore
orroatpd near tho city hall. Thoy bad
defied tho orders of tho police in mak
ing speeches on tho Btroot Two riot
cajls wore sent to police headquartera.
100 Suffer In Rail Collision.
Bucharest, Doc. 9. News reached
this city that 100 persons suffered,
Bomo killed apd others Injured, in a
collision between pnBsonger and
freight traliiB- near Costostl on Satur
day night
EfflfflCTJ PRAYER
AUBURN MAN HAS DOCUMENT 150
YEARS OLD.
NEWS FROM OVER THE STATE
What Is Going on Here and TlVere
that Is of Interest to the Read
ers Throughout Nebraska
and Vicinity.
COMING EVENTS.
Meeting of Nebraska rovenuo
and tax commission at Omaha,
December 10 nnd 11.
Cuming county farmers' in-
stltuto at Wlsncr, December
11 to 13.
Banquet to Cornhuskor foot-
ball team by Omaha alumni of
stato unlvorslty, December 10.
Annual corn show at Central
City. December 10, 11, 12.
.Mld-stnto poultry show at
Scottsbluff, December, 10, 11,
12. '
County chicken show at Fro-
w inont, In December.
Peace Sunday over tho world,
December 21.
Stato corn show at Lincoln,
January 19 to 23.
State Lumbermen's association
at Lincoln, January 14 to 1G.
W ' TflC P T R 'K "K
Hastings. The "power of prnyor"
was illustrated at tho Nazareno Holi
ness church rocontly, whon, during a
season of supplication In revival ser
vices, Wesley Baker stumbled In in n
half-intoxicated condition Just at a
time when pleadings wero bolng mado
for "tho most wayward sinner."
Though he had been drinking, Baker
knew what he was doing and mado his
way directly to tho "mourners' bench."
A score or moro ot tho revival lead
ers gathered about him and thirty
mlnutos later Baker eprnng to his feet
claiming forgiveness and regenera
tion. Ho gave a vivid account of his
wayward life and explained how a
feeling ho .could not resist took hold
of him as ho pasned tho church and
tho something told him If ho lot tho
opportunity go by tlje pit was his cer
tain fate.
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Object to Insurgent Movement.
Nollgh. Tho M. W. A. members of
Nellgh camp No. 573 object to tho In
surgent movement In tho ordor now In
evidence throughout tho United
States, and especially to tho Nebraska
bulletin of tho society that Is being
freely distributed by tho Bo-cnllcd In
surgent element of tho organization in
this stato. They have ndoptod strong
resolutions to this effect, and are tho
first to issuo resolutions and glvo tholr
views In support of their contentions.
An Ancient Document.
Auburn. S. M. Haynes of this city
hns in his possession a very old and
quaint document. It Is a license is
sued to his great grandfather tinder
tho seal of tho office of chamberlain
In tho city of London nnd dated May
8, 1765. Tho license was printed on
parchment and the blanks filled In
with ink, and it nlso bears a seal. Tho
document Is nonrly 160 years old and
although It has turned brown with ago
the writing and printing aro still
legible.
Will Install Wireless.
Falrbury. A wireless telegraphy
station will be erected horo by A. D.
Ackorman, who ha3 ordered tho equip
ment, and as soon as the appliances
are received work on tho new station
will bo commenced. Tho receiving
wires for tho instrument must bo 100
feet In tho air. Mr. Ackermun expects
to recelvo United States radio tlmo
signals twice dally from tho govern
ment's new powerful wireless station
at Arlington, Vn., near Washington,
D. C.
Gift of Prehistoric Skulls.
Omaha. A series of thrco prehis
toric skulls, estimated as ranging from
100 years to at least 20,000 in age, and
representing tho thrco races of man
kind which have llvod In the groat
Missouri vvalley since the advent of
tho human race upon this continent,
have Just been presents tho now med
ical college of tho University of Ne
braska by Dr. R. F. Glider of Omaha,
archaeologist in tho field for tho uni
versity. Proud of His Lu:k.
Tecumsoh. M. II. McAulIff of Ster
ling has returned from Hyannls, whoro
ho selected his farm. Ho drow No. 47
In tho recent land letting and this
gives him a good plnce. He located
op section 18, fifteen miles south of
Hyannls, and says he thinks bo Is $3,
000 better off by having beon fortunato
enough to draw a farm On his sec
tion thero is nt least 250 acres of good
hay land. Labor Commissioner C. W.
Pool of Lincoln is IiIb neighbor, his
i claim bolng near that of Mr. McAulIff.
Delusions Cause Attempt on Life.
Lincoln. Stupefied bocauso of delu
sions that tho pollco wanted him In
connection with tho rocent killing ot
George Wllmeth horo, Stephen Kegley
attempted to commit suicide, and
nfter slashing his throat with n razor,
staggered out of IiIb houso and nlong
tho street for moro than threo blocks,
finally falling unconscious on an old
mattress that had beon thrown Into
nn nlloy.
Antolopo county has oxponded over
$28,'100 on her roads this year
AUTOS RUIN THE WHIP MAKER
Englishman Forced to Close Shop Be
cause Nearly All His Customers
Have Taken to Motors.
Thoro Is pathos bohlnd tho an
nouncement mado by Georgo Schom
borg, n whip mako'r who has boon in
business in B romp ton road for 45
years, that owing to nearly all his
customers taking to motor cars and
discarding their horses ho is forcod to
cloao his Bhop for good, says tho Lon
don Chronicle.
"Aly yearly turnovor ton years ago
from tho salo of whips used to bo be
tween $15,000 nnd $20,000, but last
yoar my turnover was only $4,000.
"Before everybody gave up homes I
used to Bell six to eight dozen whips
in tho shop each week, whereas now I
only sell two or throo," ho Bnid.
"Thoro used to bo over CO hlgh
clnss whip makers in London abiAU
12 years ago, but whon I will hnvo
put my shuttors up for tho last tlmo
thoro will ho only two or throo loft.
"Prlnco Chrlstlnn, tho duchess of Al
bany, Lord Lonsdnlo and members of
tho royal housoB of Russia, Italy, Ger
many and othor continental countries
havo bought whips from mo. Sohavo
many Indian rajahs."
Up till a fow days ago Mr. Schom
borg had nearly 20,000 sticks, none of
which had boon cut less than 17
years ago, stored abovo his shop for
tho making of whips. Theso ho has
given to his nsslstant Albert, who has
worked for him for 26 years.
NEW MACHINE FOR COOLING
Simple Device Just Invented Is Adapt
able for Operation In Connection
With Ice-Making Apparatus.
Tho Scientific American in describ
ing n refrigerating machlno, Invented
by J. J. Schrado of Waco, Tex., says!
This invention Is nn Improvement in
refrlgorntlng machines, and has for its
nlnutha, Jjrnvljou q oA$lmjj: dfjvlcs
Refrigerating Machine.
ot tho character spocllied, adapted to
bo operated In connection with an ice
making machlno, wherein tho dovlce
is cooled by air circulation, tho air be
ing cooled during the circulation.
Nickel a By-Product.
Thoro are no producing nickel mines
in tho Unltod States. Tho output of
nickel from domestic ores is merely a
by-product from electrolytes ot the
copper refineries. Salts and metal
equivalent to 328 short tons of metal
lic nickel wero saved in domestic ro
flnorios in 1912 from both foreign and
domestic ores. Nickel oro "lmportod
for consumption," is mostly from the
Canadian deposits.
Scotch Fuel Oir.
Fuel nil nbtnlnnd from Scotch shale
fields has been found highly suitable
for tho British navy and it is esti
matod that from 400,000 to 600,000
tons will bo available annually for 160
years.
Thoro are women carpenters In
Thibet
A llttlo copper added to steel pro
longs tho life of tho lattor.
Moro than 60,000 potters nro em
ployed In Staffordshire, England.
Beeswax and turpentlno, mixed in
to a paste, effectively cleans brouzo.
Groat Britain exportod 35,620,235
tons of coal tho first halt of this year.
Small panes of glass are sot Into
tho sldo of a now fountain pen so the
quantity of Ink It holds can be seen
readily.
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Paint, no matter how hard and dry,
can bo taken out of woolen clothing
with equal parts of turpentlno and
ammonia.
Tho earth and rock taken out of the
I'nnnnui canal would fill a tunnel
II fiet Hi dlnnifter bored through tho
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GOOD SUBSTITUTE FOR GLUE
Corrugated Steel Fastener, Designed
by New York Man, Simplifies
Work of Mending Breaks.
Designed by a Now York man for
genornl use In tho hardware trade, tha
corrugated otool fastener shown in
the illustration Is said to bo parties
larly useful in repair work and, thcrv
fore, a handy nrticlo to havo around
any homo. The fasteners como In sev
eral lengths and consist of a strip of
corrugated steel with ono edgo shnrp
oned. To Join a broken plcco of fur
niture or mortUo tho corners of a pic
ture frame tho fasteners aro laid
ncrosB tho two pieces to bo Joined and
driven into thorn. Tho corrugations
servo to keep tho Joined parts from
slipping in any direction nnd lnsuro
a lasting Job. Tho Inventor claims
Furniture Repairer.
that the fastener 1b not only a good
substltuto for gluo but an Improve
ment over that substanco as It accom
plishes its work quickly and is not
susceptible to the olembnta. For re
pairing broken chairs, tables, picture
frames, pattern making, etc., the val
ue of tho dovico will bo readily appre
ciated and It 1b especially convenient
in Joining mission furniture.
IRON DUST WORTH MILLIONS
Process Within Last Few Years Dis
covered for Brlquetlng Residua
Heretofore Blown Away.
In those progressive days, when up
to-dato manufacturers consider from"
an economic point of viow the utilisa
tion of everything possible in their
raw materials, It la interesting to
know the valuo of some of these in
tho shape of dust which was formerly
wasted, but Is now utilized.
Aii6tnblo lnstanco may be quoted
, ,
!)i th!nhftyo cf,, flue, dust 'VUhomaiir ! ..$$
laciuro oc pig iron. rnis aust is
blown by tho blast furnaces into the
flues by Uio fierce blast necessary to
gonorato tho heat to manufacture the
pig iron, and is composed of iron ore,
limestone, coke, etc.; In fact, the same
IngredlentB no make tho Iron. Hith
erto, although thousands ot tons ot
this havo been available and knows
to bo of' valuo, it has boen a waste
value and dumped in heaps owing to
tho difficulty ot compressing It with
out a binder, but thero has been dis
covered, within the lost year or so, a
process of brlquetlng it, nnd the result
is that approximately the discovery is
worth $12,500,000 yearly to the United
States alono, as merchantable iron la
now bolng mado from such dust
SETTING BOLTS IN CONCRETE
Pins or Fasteners May Be Easily Lo
cated by Use of Skeleton Base as
Shown In Illustration.
When anchoring bolts in a concrete
pier, I found that tho location of the
boltB could be moro easily determined
with a pleco of soft plno placed on tho
bolts of tho machlno and struck with a
Skeleton Base for Holding Bolts.
hammer than with a rule, writ?
James M. Kane of Doylestown, Pa., in
the Popular Mechanics. Holes were
bored at the location of tho dents
mado by the bolt ends and a skeleton
baso mado as shown. This kept the
bolts In their right places while pour
ing tho concrete. If this is done in
tho manner illustrated, the machlno
will fit on the bolts perfectly.
Cure Damp Walls.
Damp walls In residences can be
enrod by giving them two coatB each
of solutions of castle soap and alum
In water, applied alternately and each
coat dried a day beforo tho noxt is
applied. Slnco Gormany obtained the
Island ot Heligoland from Groat
Britain 20 years ago tho government
has beon surrounding it with a wall
of concrete, until now It is completely
protected against tho inroads of the
sea.
Coal to Newcastle,
Even though crudo oil and gasoline
aro being largely substituted Jor coal
us a sourco of power in Soward penin
sula, Alaska, 10,405 tons ot cool were
Imported in 1912. In spite ot Alaska's
great coal resources, not over 200 tons
woro mined In tho entlro territory in
1912. Alaska Is sadly in need of a
statuto allowing her to mine her own
coal, under adequate terms.
Flreprooi Coal Mines.
Two Illinois coal mines are said to
be as nearly fireproof as possible, an
tho shafts are concrete- lined and
steel buildings and boama are used
throughout Instead ot wood.
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