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State Hisioiicnl Society
DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD.
Motto: All The News W(icn It Is News.
VOL. 22.
DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1013.
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IDS TAMPICO FIGHT
REAR ADMIRAL FLETCHER OR-
DER8 REBELS AND FEDERALS
TO CEASE FIRING.
BRITISH CONSULATE INVADED
Vlllaa Men Seize Son of Wealthy
Lull Terrarae While He l Under
King George' Flag Forelgnara
flee for Safety.
Mexico City, Deo. 15. Roar Admir
al Flotcher, commander of the Ameri
can naval forces in Mexican waters,
'ordered Uio rebels and federals fight
tag at Tampico to cease firing Friday,
threatening to open upon them with
tho guns of the gunboat Wheeling If
his order was not obeyed.
Both sides complied with the order.
This information was contained in a
dispatch received by Sir Lionel Car
den, British ambassador, from Rear
jAdralral Sir ChriBtophor Graddock of
the British cruiser Berwick, which is
lying off Tampico.
The fedorals hold the center of
Tampico nnd the water front.
Roar Admiral Fletcher has ordered
. foreigners to tako refuge on board
ships, where they will be under the
protection of his guns. He said early
In the day there would bo no bombard
ment of Tampico proper by Mexican
warships.
Juarez, Dec. 13. Americans who ar
rived on Thursday from Chihuahua re
ported that since their occupation of
that city the rebels had entered the
British vice-consulate and forcibly
seized Luis Torrazas, Jr., a son of tho
wealthiest land owner in Mexico, and
after carrying him through tho streets,
placed .him in jail. The rebels also
served notice on 100 Spanish residents
of Chihuahua that they must leave
"the city within ten hours.
The invasion of tho British consul
ate and tho seizure of Torrazas, who
had gone there for protection after
hearing that his Hfo was in danger,
were reported to have occurred dur
ing the aosonce of the British vice
consul, Me. Scobell.
It was said that Scobell, enraged at
the action of Gen. Francisco Villa's
army, was denied facilities to protest
to the British minister at Mexico City
or to tho British ambassador at Wash-
lngton and that he then appealed to
the United States consul, Martin
Letcher.
All tho foreign ministers are said
to have Jolnod in a protest in what,
was regarded as a violation of tho
rights of asylum under a foreign flag.
' It was said that a demand for ?250,
M0 which young Torrazas failed to
pay was tho chief motive for his ar
rest. Luis Terrazas, aged father of
tho prisoner, recently arrived at
OJInaga with tho federal troops. His
great wealth has been a Bpeclal mark
for discussion In the propoganda of
the revolution, whilo thousands of his
cattle have served to feed both rebels
and federals.
Washington, Dec. 13. While Mex
ican federals and rebels were contin
uing their battlo at Tampico on Thurs
day Rear Admiral Fletcher, command
er of the American wnrshlpB in and
near tho harbor there, cabled the navy
department as follows:
t "I have warned tho leaders of both
sides that fighting will not bo allowed
near tho neutral territory assigned to
noncombatants or near valuable for
eign property."
Admiral Fletcher reported earlier
v fn the day that tho fighting continued
all night without change, but that the
constitutionalists wore making prog
ress in their attack on Tampico, He
added that Americans and all other J
foreigners had been taken to a neu
tral zone for protection under Amer
ican guns.
Admiral Fletcher telegraphed ear
lier: "Tho Tacoma and Chester are in
the river with 150 marines from the
American battleships aboard. A place
of safety for Americans and other for
eigners has been assigned under tho
guns of the warships.
"Tho steamer Logician, which has
been chartered by tho British admiral
and manned by a crow from tho Brit
ish cruiser SufTolk, has all tho BrltlBh
residents of tho town on board.
"All the Germans are aboard tho
steamer Kronprlnzessln Cecllle."
BOMB KILLS GIRL; HURTS 1
Head Blown to Pieces
.Opens Express Paokage
ager Fatally Hurt by
When She
Office Man
Explosion. New York, Deo. 16. A bomb dellv
ered on Friday in the offlco of the O.
K. Bottling company, 528-530 West
Thirty-eighth street, exploded and
killed an olghtoen-year-old girl, Ida
Ausewitz. ThomaB McCabe, tho office
manager, was fatally hurt. The
bomb waB delivered by an expressman
and when the girl opened it her head
was blown almost to pieces. Nearly
every window in tho building was shat
tered. Noted Scientist Is Dead.
Chicago, Deo. IE. Dr. Carl II. von
Klein, aged seventy-two, descendant of
a titled German family, graduate of
Heidelberg university and who once
spent a fortune in medical and archaeo
logical research, died hero.
Railroad Man Jailed for Wreck.
Middletown, Conn., Dec. 15. On a
plea of guilty Arthur T. Bradloy of
Morlden was sentenced to Jail for
throe months for manslaughter. Brad
ley was pilot of a trolley car It run
into a piusiMicor irnln
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A view of Chihuahua, tho most
deserted by Salvador Mercado, the
eral Villa of the constitutionalists.
ASK PROHIBITION LAW
DBLEQATE8 OF
FORCES STORM
ANTI-8ALOON
CONGRESS.
Sheppard of Texas to Introduce
In Both Houses to Make
Country "Dry."
Bill
Washington, Dec. 11. Ono thousands
delegates of tho National Women's
Christian Temperance Union and tho
Anti-Saloon league, carrying banners
inscribed, "For God, for country and
tho home," stormed congress' on
Wednesday, demanding a constitution
al amendment providing for nation
wide prohibition.
Tho delegates packed the wldo mar
ble steps leading up to the east en
trance of the capltol and overflowed
tho plaza below. The ,women wero
massed at the left and the men at
the right
Burley S. Bakor of Ohio, president
of the Anti-Saloon Leaguo of America,
announced:
"We have a very lengthy program,
and if you don't want to freeze to
death, you had better allow the speak
ers to proceed without Interruption."
President Baker then Introduced
Senator Shepherd of Texas, who
said:
"On behalf of Representative Hob
son and myself, I accept tho honor of
introducing into both houses of con
gress a bill for nation-wide prohibition
as a sacred trust. I am and always
have been a foe to the liquor traffic.
I am opposed to It because it is tho
chief enemy of the mother, tho wife
and tho child. I fight It because of
the homes it has destroyed, tho chil
dren It has killed, tho men it has
murdered and the women it has de
bauchod. I will do everything In my
power to aid in the enactment of
the constitutional amendment which
you como here today to seek."
Representative Hobson did not
speak on account of a cold.
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NEWS FROM FAR
AND NEAR
BS
Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 12. The
Harvard sonlors have elected a negro,
Alexander L. Jackson of Engelwood,
N. J., their orator for class day, 1914.
Omaha, Neb., Dec. 12. Fear of a
threatened run which threatened the
City National bank of Omaha has sub
sided. London, i)ec. 11. Mrs. Emmellno
Pankhurst, militant leader, has gone
to Paris to pass tho remainder of tho
seven days leave granted her .by tho
authorities, with her daughter.
Concord, N. H., Dec. 11. Judge Ed
gar Aldrlch ruled on Tuesday that
the mental condition of Harry K
Thaw muBt be determined in tho fed
oral courts and that a review of tho
caso of the Supreme court of tho
United States would bo asked at onco.
Tho court's announcement was made
ut the hearing on Thaw's petition to
bo admitted to ball.
Lob Angeles, Cal., Dec. 15. Piers
were wrecked, others badly damaged,
fishing and pleasure boats carried
ashore, three men soriously injured by
waves. Scientists say the disturbance
was caused by a seaquake.
Wilmington, Del., Dec. 16. L. J.
Moore of Salisbury, Md., and MrB.
Harry Pierce of Wilmington, a widow,
were killed in an automobile accident
near Newark, Del.
Women Storm Schmidt Trial.
New York, Doc. 18. Woman
tormed the court of Judge Foster in
an attempt to attond the trial of Hans
Schmidt, the renegade priest, aocused
of murdering Anna Aumuller and pre
cipitated a near-riot.
Womon Would Seek Slayer.
Bingham, Utah, Deo. 18. Sheriff
Smith refused to grant the request of
three womon who asked to enter tho
Utah-Apox mlno and try to induce
Ralph Lopez, Mexican Blaycr of six
men, to surrender.
ABANDONED BY HUERTA'S FORCES
Important city of Northern Mexico and capital of Chihuahua state, which was
federal military governor, with 3,000 troops and soon to bo occuplpd by Gen
USA F
WORLD-WIDE SEARCH FOR FA
MOUS PAINTING ENDS WITH
ARREST IN ITALY.
IS CONSIDERED PRICELESS
British Government Once Offered $5,
' 000,000 for Da Vlnol Work, But
France Declined to Sell Master
piece at Any Price.
Florence, Italy, Deo. 15. "Mona
Lisa," Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece,
the mysterious disappearance of which
from the Louvre in August, 1911, threw
tho art world into consternation, was
found in Florence on Friday. The man
who stole it was arrested. Ho is an
Italian.
-Tho famous "JocoriUe" -was" found
when the picture was offered by an
Italian resident of Paris to an anti
quary. Both the picture and the Italian are
now in cuetody of the police.
"I stole tho picture," said tho man,
"in order to avenge the thefts which
Napoleon I. committed in Italy."
When tho Mona Lisa disappeared
from the galleries of the Louvre vari
ous stories wero told of its going. It
is not a large painting. It is painted
on wood, much retouched and the
paint badly cracked, so that littlo of
Loenardo's original brush work la in
view, although overyono could sea the
mysterious omllo.
Traces of thieves were followed, and
finally tho story decided upon was
that the Mona Lisa, being taken down
and subjected to a cleaning process In
secret chambers of the Louvre, had
been washed away from tho back
ground and ruined beyond repair.
The "Mona Lisa" more properly
known as "La Joconde" Is ono of the
world's most famous paintings, and Is
regarded as priceless. Leonardo Is sup
posed by somo to liavo taken as his
modol for the picture Lisa del Glocon
do, a woman of Florence. Ho worked
on tho painting for four years, from
1500 to 1504. It was bought for France
by Francis I.
The value of the work can only be
Imagined, slnco nil offers to buy it
wero refused, aniong them one report
ed to have been raado by the British
government of $5,000,000.
M'DERMOTT IS FOUND GUILTY
Resolution Introduced to Oust Con
gressman From Illinois Manu
facturers Are Hit.
Washington, Doc. 10. After tho
presentation of the lobby investigat
ing commlttco's report to the house,
Representative Macdonald of Michi
gan, a Progrosslvo of the committee,
introduced a resolution, demanding
that tho house determine whether or
not tho finding of the coramlttoo war
rants action to oxpel McDermott from
tho house.
President Wilson's charge that lob
bies existed at tho capital to lnfiuonco
legislation wero sustained In the re
port of tho house lobby Investigation
committee, presented to tho house.
Tho report also finds that Representa
tive James D. McDermott of Illinois
"has been guilty of acts of grave im
propriety unbecoming tho dignity of
the distinguished position he occu
pies." Motor Police Arrest 13,000.
New York, Deo. 18. The motorcy
cle corps of tho New York police de
partment of 38 men has arrested
more than 13,000 autolsts in tho last
year. The total of fines imposod has
been over 117,000.
Woman Celebrates 104th Birthday,
Froport, 111., Dec. 13. Mrs. Mario
Simpson Cllngman celebrated her one
hundred und fourth birthday anniver
sary at nor homo in Cedarvllle, III.
She is believed to be the oldest resi
dent of Illinois.
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VACCINATION IS HIT
SPEAKER ASSERT8 8MALLPOX IS
DUE TO ITS PRACTICE.
Chlcagoan Declares Vivisection In
Hands of Those Without Sympa
thy Will Always Be Abused.
Washington, Dec. 13. With practi
cally every civilized nation urging its
invitation upon tho International Antl
vlvisectlon and Animal Protection con
gress now in session here, Belgium
appeared Thursday to be tho dele
gates' choice for the next gathering
three years hence.
After an executive meeting the final
opon session of tho congress began.
Porter R. Oopo of Philadelphia de
clared that tho "continued provalonce
of smallpox In America is solely duo
to, tho continued practice of vaccina
tion." Officers of the congresso&tMho neat
mooting place will be selected in Feb
ruary at a mooting in Philadelphia.
"Vivisection in tho hands of thoBe
without sympathy will always be
abused, will always be what it is to
day largely a pastlrao and a hobby,"
said Prof. J. Hownrd Moore of the
Crano Technical high school, Chicago,
in addressing tho congress.
"If I were making a world and could
arrango It as I wanted to," said Prof.
Moore, "only humanitarians would bo
allowed to practlco Vivisection. Only
those would bo allowed to practlco it
who would be as economical in in
flicting pain on otherB as they would
bo inflicting it on themselves.
"Any ono who has over associated
with dogs or monkeys long enough and
intimately enough really to know them
knows that they compare very favor
ably with human beings In their pow
ers of feeling and in their ability to
get out of life what littlo there is in
It. Dogs dlo from grief when sepa
rated from thoso they love about as
often aB human belnga do, If not often
er." U. S. SHIP DISABLED AT SEA
Battleship Vermont Damaged While
on Way Home From Cruise In the
Mediterranean.
Washington, Dec. 15. With her star
board main shaft broken and sevoral
of her compartments flooded, tho bat
tleship Vermont Is limping toward
Hampton Roads on her return from
tho Moditorrancan cruise under con
voy of tho battleship Delaware and tho
colliers Orion nnd Jasou.
A radiogram to the navy department
on Friday from Rear Admiral Charles
E, Rndgor, commnndor-In-chlef of tho
Atlantic fleet, describing tho accident,
said thero was no caueo for alarm.
Tho Vermont mado to Hampton
Roads under her port cngino, making
eight knots in comparatively smooth
sea.
WILSON WON'T AID SUFFRAGE
Chief Executive Asserts He Will Not
Write Message to Congress Fa
voring the Reform.
Washington, Dec. 10. Tho president
on Monday told a delegation from tho
National American Woman's Suffrage
association that ho favored a standing
woman's suffrage commlttoo in tho
houso of representatives, but he ro
fused tholr request that ho send a
speoial messago to congress urgingy
mo reiorm.
Wife Held Charged With Murder.
Little Valley, N. Y., Doc. 13. Mrs.
Cynthia Buff am, accused of killing hor
husband and one of her children with
araenlo, was arreBted at Salamanca,
chargod with murder in tho first de
greo and brought here.
French Defeated by Moors.
Paris, Frnnco, Doc. 13. Tho storm
ing of Aln Galaka, in tho intorlor of
Morocco, November 27, cost tho
Fronch army tho IIvob of three offlcors
and 12 men, whilo three officers and
10 mon wore wounded.
WAS WORTH WHILE
PROGRAM ARRANGED FOR FAIR
MANAGERS' MEETING.
GOSSIP FROM STATE CAPITAL
Items of Interest Gathered from Re
liable Sources and Presented In
Condensed Form to Our
Readers.
Consolidation of several state de
partments, a move calculated to make
for moro efficiency in stato govern
ment than tho primitive mothods
which havo provnlled for many years,
has been shown to he worth while to
tho taxpayers. In tho past year tho
associated departments of food, drug,
dairy, oil and weights and mcasuroa
Inspections havo collected $15,000
moro foea thun under tho old system
and at tho samo tlmo havo operated at
a loss outlay than under tho Bchomo
or diffusing activities. Food and oil
Inspections for the year of 1912, un
der soparate departments, brought In
fees to tho amount of ?G9,100 whilo
for the prppnt yoar tho total has run
up to ?S4,230. The Novombor report
of tho department shows that of tho
$8,771 fees recolved, tho oil' division
contributed ?7,816. Inspections made
included 101 cream stations, 203
hotels nnd restaurants, 177 meat mar
kets, 377 grocery stores, thirty milk
wagons and dairies, most of them In
Omaha, fourteen saloons, fifty-eight
bakeries and forty-four confection
eries. During tho month Just past
tnero wero 260 sanltnry ordors writ
ton and 117 chemical analyses made
by tho 3tato chemlBt. A total of 1,994
Weights and measurea Inspections
were made, which brought in a total
of $391 in fees.
Fair Managers to Meet.
The program outlined by W. H.
Smith of Seward, secretary and
treasurer of tho Nebraska Association
of ,Falr Managers, has been an
nounced. The gathering will bo held
during the week of Organlzod Agricul
ture, January 19 to 23. H. Mulenburg
of Geneva will speak on tho "Relation
of Fair Officers to Horsemen." Henry
Pickett of Wahoo will discuss "A Well
Balanced Program." L. H. Chcnoyof
Stockvllle will, give a paper on
"Awarding Premiums." "State Farm
Exhibits at Fairs" will be tho themo
of Prof. C. W. Pugsloy's address.
Genoralidlscusslpna. will, follow theae
addresses and papors. For several
years gambling dovices and all ques
tionable amusements havo been "cut
out" by tho Nebraska stato and county
fairs, and a sharp lookout has been
kept for progressive features.
Nebraska's Beet Sugar Production.
Nobraskans will likely havo an op
portunity during tho Christmas season
of enjoying the taste of real Nebraska
made sugar. Mocp than 50,000
sacks of the product jro com
puted In tho 1013 output of the
Scotts Blurt sugar boot factory, and
tho total production at Grand Island
will amount to 75,000 sacks, accord
ine to statements made by Dr. G. E.
Condra at tho mqotlng of the stato
conservation nnd public welfare com
mission. Stato officials, university
professors nnd good roads boostors
wero in attendance, this being Ne
braska's first elaborate portrayal in
tho movies. Tho sugar boot and apple
raising Industries, tho production of
beef cattle, scones ut the stato farm
and the "better babies" films, which
attracted such wldo attention at tho
national conservation gatherings at
Washington a couple of weeks ago,
wero shown tho visitors. All of thoso
wero arranged in snappy stylo.
Wins Trip to Washington.
Eighty-eight bUBhols' of corn per
acre, grown entirely by a hoy, Is not
such a bad record for tho dry season
Just passed. Master Jess J. Corrcll
of Cambridge, ago slxtcon, is tho boy,
and ho Jlven In a western county, too.
He left for Washington, December 8th.
Twenty other boys In tho corn-growing
contest grew over fifty bushels per
acre, and these boys wero from four
teen different counties. Je38 has won
a total of $100 in prlzos with his aero
of corn this yoar, He won first In tho
Western district last year with a yield
of 109 bushels. Wnlter Pflug, age
seventeen, of Kiirpy count), hau won
first in tho Enstorn district with a
yield of eighty-four bushels
According to Information recolved
by the stato board of agriculture
farmers In Arthur county aro prepar
ing to prevent wnsto on tho farms In
that region by utilizing potntoes that
cannot bo marketed. Many of tho
producers of Arthur county aro far re
moved from a sultablo market. For
this reason thousands of bushels of
potatoes aro wasted each year. Tho
farmers have conceived the Idea of
manufacturing' denaturod alcohol from
tho waste. Twenty-five farmers havo
banded themselves together to erect
a denatured alcohol factory.
All Indications point to an Increased
attendance In the winter courso of tho
university school of agriculture. This
course Is six weeks Jn length, begin
ning January C and closing February
17, Many mon of all ages tako advan
tage of this short course evory winter
to gain now knowledgo along agricul
tural lines. Tho school of agriculture
will offer lectures and demonstration
work In soils, crops, farm machinery,
farm motors, animal and dairy hus
bandry, animal pathology, farm for
estry, rntomoloKy, plant physiology,
hnrtl(,tli,,f nnd form manncoment
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POWER PUNT FOR A CIRCUS
Electricity In Any Amount la Availa
ble for Use In Illuminating Huge
Tents in Evening.
Illuminating tho "big top" for the
evening performance of a large circus
has taxed tho ingenuity of circus men
for many years. Now two of tho
largest circuses in tho world havo de
cided to carry along their own private
electric light plant and to Illuminate
everything, from tho big top to tho
stdo shows, with eloctrlclty.
Tho circus electric light plant con
sists of a gnsoleno englno and eloctrio
dynamo combined and mounted upon
a sultnblo wagon. This plant Is really
very Bmall, considering its power, and
requlros but an ordinary circus wagon
for its transportation. A gasolene cn
gino is mountod In tho samo fraino,
and upon tho name shaft, with a pow
er electric generator, or dynamo.
When tho gasolono onglno is started
electricity is instantly uvnilablo In any
amount required for tho circus illum
ination. Of courso tho plant Is in du
plicate, in case anything should hap
pen on route.
Tho tents aro all wired for electric
lights. This wlro Is arranged so it
can bo easily and quickly put in place
nnd as easily taken down when the
evening performance Is over. A large
and heavily Insulated cable carrios tho
curront from tho dynamo to tho main
tent. Tho curront Id controlled and
directed from a small switchboard
mountod upon tho wagon with tho
plant. The operation of this plant 1b
vory simple. Tho gasolene engine
runs automatically without attention,
being governed to produco only tho
amount of power required to whirl tho
dynamo for the various lamps as they
are turned on.
TO DISPLAY ELECTRIC BELLS
Considerable Time Is Saved In Mak
ing a Sale to Have Noise Mak
ers Mounted on a Board.
Tho way wo show a customer elec
tric bells in our shop is to havo ono
hell of each kind and size mounted
Bldo'byuldo on" a bourd.' AVJre con
nects with the left hand binding post
of every boll and with ono polo of a
dry battery. Tho other polo connects
with the arm of a switch having as
many contacts as there are bolls. Thou
there 1b a wiro from each of these
Demonstrating Electric Bells.
points to the right hand binding post
of ench successive boll. In ordor to
Bhow tho customer tho ringing powers
of any bell, all wo havo to do is to
move tho Hwltch to tho contact corre
sponding with that particular bell,
Writes Marshall S. Loko In tho Popu
lar Electricity. Tills saves considera
ble tlmo In making a sale and ia vory
satisfactory.
Electric ovens aro coming into use
In tbo city bakoshops.
Four wireless stations aro being
ercctod on tbo Island of Borneo.
China's first hydroelectric plant is
bolng built by Germnn engineers,
Dust on electric light globes robs
them of their llght-glvlng efficiency.
Eloctrlclty has boon adapted to 42
different purposos about a household.
An Omaha Inventor has patented
an electric alarm for refrigerator drip
pans.
Electricity aids bloodless surgery
by coagulating the blood wherever
oloctrodeB aro placed.
Tho aky reflection of tho lights of
London has boon aeon in favorablo
weather BO miles distant.
An electric automobile tractor and
trailer with a capacity of 12 tons of
coal is transporting fuel for a Detroit
electric plant
Tho. experience of German railroads
baa beon that the maintenance cost
of electric locomotives has beon leaB
than that of cars flttd with Individual
motors,
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BLOCK FOR ELECTRIC STOVE
Piece of Met.il Stores Up Heat at AH
Times Has Big Advantage In ,
Using Little Current.
Tho electric cooking block la a sub
stitute for the stove In that It per
forms a groat many of the offices of
the stovo in a very satisfactory man
nor, but from the standpoint of the
electrical manager it has tho addi
tional advantago that it doos not make
its demand for current during the
hours of the greatest' load. On the
contrary tho general adoption of the
block would make a constant call for
current which 1b what tho electrical
companies aro desirous of cultivating.
The stove consists of a block of lroa
Imbedded in heat insulating material.
Within this block is an electrical heat
ing unit The surfaco of the iron
block forms a smooth plate on which
a cooking utensil amy bo placed. But
normally, when the stove Is not in use
Electric Cooking Block.
it is covered by a lid, also filled with
heat insulating material. As there ta
practically no outlet for tho heat gen
erated by the heating unit, the lroa
block la steadily hoatod and rises in
temperature until the cover la re
moved for a cooking utensil to be mb
stituted. After one dish haa beeat
cooked the cover 1b applied to the
stovo again and it is permitted to
storo heat until tho next dish la to be
cooked. As compared with the ordi
nary dish stove the heat-storage stove
uses very little current .
HEATLESS LIGHT IS SOUGHT
French Scientists to Investigate Hurrn
ble Glow Worm In Hope of Solv
ing Perplexing Problem.
Tho humblo glow w,orm is to be In
vcstlgntcd by French scientists in tho
hopo Jthat It will servo to boIvo the
problem of discovering "cold -light.".
The great objection to all present
forms of electric lights Is tho heat
thoy give olf.
In his address to the National So
ciety of French Electricians, President
Daniel Bprthelot says tho glow worm
as a machlno for tho production of
light is perfection Itself. For evory
100 units of energy exponded tho glow
worm, with Its cold, dry light, gives
100 pur cent, of illumination, as against
1.2 per cent, by gas, 1.5 per cent, by
eloctrio light and 14 per cent by tho
sun. This, according to M. "Berthelutr
Is due to an "electro-capillary ap
paratus In tho worm, constituted by
thousands of cells."
TELEPHONE OUTFIT FOR DEAF
New Stylo Handbag Contains Nece
sary Batteries and Receiver
Handy for 8ensltlle Women.
Sensitiveness of women hard of
hearing often keeps them from using
an ear trumpet, especially In public
places. This now style handbag con
tains tho necessary batteries and re
ceiver for a telophono outfit so that
Outfit for Deaf.
the only obvious Indication of the use
of 'the Instrument Is tho receiver,
which is small and can bo easily held
In tho hand, nnd tho cord.
Telephone Facts.
Of tho more than 12,000,000 tele
phones in tho world at tho beginning
of 1912 nearly 8,500,000, or moro than
two-thirds, wore in tho United States.
Europe, on tho other hand, had only
3,163,000 tolephones, or ono for every
126 of tho population. Denmark had
a telephono for every 24 persons, Ger
many one for every 56, Great Britain
and Ireland ono for every 65, France
one for every 160, whereas Austria
had only one telephone for every 298
porsons. There wore 101,500 tele
phones in Australia, or one for every
44 persons, 36,000 in Africa, and 88,
000 In South America, but the huge
population of Asia mado uso of only
205,000 instruments.
New Disinfectant
Electrolytic hypochlorite, a by
product of electric lighting plants, is
claimed in Europo to bo one of the
most effective and ' least expensive
disinfectants.
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