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New-York tribune., 1908-08-30
Vacuum Will Be Found

T HAVE found the vacuum" will soon be he;tru I,
i round the world and its echo VIII be follow -
\ revolution and complete change in the system tet 4,
lighting home and street with a brIliante ~ ,+rr
above the present electric lighting as the ~ ee1'iN
light is over a candle, the light OF century sf,+ ds
An ether Edison will vet come. and with 4 ptIrJTb ITb
vacuum in tube and pipe, reservoir ana ~ w;
point and sphere night will be new WIN "t" 80 or
ance. not through waste of oil or carbon lu'S - -
chemicals or metals; but by allowing the en-. et9v
waves vibrations passage through their ~ taad III
abodes of operation. vacuunlS. each Name anu i:+ineI
and beacon kept vibrating. animated ana .In7
perfect light by means no greater th'ti II ny ance
of a clock or watch. starting the subtle nSll
into life and maintaining 1t by no otheI pI'S the
The frehv offers the key to the sltu-tioh' w. wv,
door BY the glow worm force Is PEanl- ". tbase
vacuum is made as perfect can be made pS r,Ie
insects with their bodily COmpreSSlonS anu 1t,'sd
sions the future systems OF lights VIII pe ?tb;n
being nothing more than ether vibrations VII ~!
vacuum depending for action upon a SPt+sr
weight or any other force capable OF settLis YES
to trembling: for so sensitive are the etheI 49," 80
that a football or a knock at the door VIII -
all the dwelling by tongues OF Itins 4tI,reh
ence of some one seeking admission. passing
moving within.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-07-25
THAT JAPANESE WAR.

During the Democratic convention at Denver
Captain R. P. Hobson, hero of the Merrimac and
congressman from Alabama. once more told his
story Of great war with Japan which the United
States is destined to fight Despite assurances by
the Japanese dpomatists at Washington of the
most friendly feeling for the United States exist
ing in Japan, the rumors of discussion and war
preparations IN Japan continue to agitate certain
belligerent near-statesmen and politicians
1t will be recalled that reports were spread
throughout this country at the time the journey
around the world by the Atlantic battleship fleet
announced that Japan had unoffically mott
fled the government at Washington that the trans
fer of the fleet from Atlantic to Pacific waters
would be considered an act mfriendly to the
Toxic government Further than this. the reports
stated that the position alleged to have been taken
by the japanese government was the most potent
for the presidents insstence that the fleet
proceed cont emplated. To abandon the trip. it
was said, would be to accept the dictation of ia
pan as to what the United States should do with
its navy.
Now that the fleet is half way across the Pa
cfic and the japanese have extended most cor
dial invitation to the American boats to visit in
Japanese waters, and have shown warm interest in
the American navy, it is almost impossible to be-
lieve that the shifty diplomacy of our oriental
friends could udicrously reverse itself from the
position said to have been taken few months ago.
1t is possible and altogether probable that when
Japan begins any active preparations for an Amer-
can war, that preparation will be so shrouded in
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-07-25
DECLINES THE NOMINATION.

information has been received that the Hon
NJ. R. Preston, the choice of the SocialistLabor
party for the presidency has declined the nomina
ton. Although this is not the first occasion on
record Of anybody declining to make the race for
the presidency after the nomination had been made
it is a rare occurrence The Hon Mr.. Preston has
not yet attained the constitutional age limit of
thirty-five years which furnishes at least very
good excuse for not running, but as presidential
possibility in the years to the honorable and
honored gentleman stands first-class chance of
being a leader in the cause which he ably rep
resents.
OF course the constitution might be amended to
meet the exigencies of his case but it takes longer
to get congress to act on constitutional amend
ment than private pension bill, and the ratifi-
cation by a majority of the states would consume
much valuable time And then, too, if by any pos
sble chance he should be elected and the consttu-
ton we're suitably amended the difficulty of per-
suading the warden of the Nevada penitentiary to
permit the Hon. NJ. R. Preston to go to Washing
ton seems almost insurmountable
We at once recognize in the Hon. NJ. R. Pres
ton martyr to the cause" and an uncrowned hero.
In his decnation he says he depends upon the
excuses" He appreciates the honor conferred upon
him, but recognizes the difficulties which would
arise in the conduct of a national campaign from
the rock pile. And while campaign pictures are
not supposed to be true to life Cor which all can
ddates well the public should be deeply CRATE
fuD the elimination of his martyr stripes and the
Bertillon measurements might render less heroic
his martyrdom
While upon the subject of the Socialist
Labor candidates wish to withdraw slight error
which crept into columns last week. 1t was in
timated that the Hon. Harry Orchard of Idaho had
been nominated for the vice presidency This is a
mistake. He is not candidate. However, in
making up the cabinet in case the impossible should
happen, and the Socialist-Labor party should win
it is presumed that strong influence will be brought
TO bear to place him at the head of the war de-
partment, in which position his wide experience
will prove of inestimable value
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-07-25

very little time for anything but material
needs and grow hard hearted and graspng, and
we want bigger profits and higher wages and
all complain of grafers and 90 into debt for what
we don't need, and the politicians tell should
have change of administration, or we must con-
tinue the present policies, according what brand
of politician we listen to. And the politicians
very persistent crowd. but they dare not tell the
people to reduce expenses because if they did the
people might begin with the politicians.
The one great need of these days is not greater
opportunities to create wealth or a more perfect
distribution of the good things of earth much
as realization of the possibilities latent in the
teachings of the Savior. We would not say the
politicians all wrong but they all very dill
gently looking out for the welfare of the laborng
man. the merchant and, incidentally themselves
in material things and are completely overlooking
that broader sphere in which God is the founda
tion and present and eternal happiness the reward
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-07-25
THE FOURTH OF JULY.

We have now got far enough away from the
date of the nations birth to view dispassionately
the methods of celebrating this glorious holiday
Salt Lake City through the trying ordeal with
no serious accidents and fire loss of consequence
Other cities, however, were not so fortunate. The
Chicago Tribune, which with laudable industry each
year collects for public edifcation the statistics
of fireworks fatalities and injuries. reported that
this year the observation of the great American
holiday resulted in As deaths and severe injuries to
1,124 persons, some of whom have since died This
list is necessarily incomplete as it was closed at
midnight of July f.
1t is hardly necessary to offer any comment on
the results of the celebration The homes of forty
eight families have been entered by DEATH and the
sufferings of the 1924 persons who were injured
should serve as a continual reminder of the use
lessness Of our present barbarc celebration Ger
tainly the list is enough to impress upon the minds
of the public the necessity of kind of reform
Like other reforms, this one should begin at
home. Without in any way desiring to curta the
happiness or the right of Young America to make
a noise but rather to promote the true meaning of
the holiday by more patriotic observance, there
has grown up a sentiment which would back the
elected officials in almost every city in the land
in the enactment of ordinances to prevent the sale
of manfestly dangerous fireworks. The statutes
of Utah absolutely prohibit the sale of paper-cap
pistols and the present generation of children not
knowing anything about the murderous weapon
have never missed it, and growing up quite as
happily those who survived the days when they
in use If the sale of giant fire
crackers, torpedoes and other absolutely dangerous
exnlosiyeS were nrohihited nv ordinance on s+o+,,4
in very few years these too would be no longer re-
membered.
1t Is conceded that nervous people and babies
have no rights on the Fourth of July. and nobody
has right to be sick on that day. But even then
there are numerous reasons why the placing of
giant torpedoes on the street tracks and the
explosion of cannon crackers in the streets should
be prohibited. Such practices are too idiotc to