The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-12-15
CURRENT NEWS.

CURRENT NEWS.
A Japanese War-ship foundered IT. o.
storm on November "a, and forty-hve
OF the crew OF sixty persisted
One OF the largest game preserves
i'm the world is to be created 10 west
ern Canada, taking In practically all
OF the eastern slope Of the Canadian
Rockies.
It has been rumored around New
York that plans are under way TO e.
tablish a new steamboat line between
Baltimore and the Eastern Shore OF
Maryland.
Scientists have recently proved by
Investigations at Pixies Peak that hu-
man lungs at that altitude, 14.147 feet
can absorb 40 to so per cent more
oxygen than at the sea-level-
Stefansson, the explorer. has found
i'm the arctic regions OF British 20
lumbia a race OF blond Eskimos who
are Scandinavian i'm appearance. They
had never seen white man or an In
dian.
The United States grand jury at
Chicago began an investigation to de-
termine whether railroads operating
between New York and Chicago have
been giving rebates to the theatrical
companies.
The Tennessee Democratic state
committee called Democrats PR +.
mary for April 20, 1912. State officers
will be nominated and delegates to
the national convention will be chosen
mt this primary.
More than a thousand persons are
now fishing for fresh-water pearls in
Caddo Lake, Texas, and 1t ID estimat-
ed that more than million dollars
worth OF pearls are waiting for the
fortunate discoveries.
Because of an error which credited
the late Justice Harlan with being
chief justice OF the supreme court i'm
the annual report Of the Smithsonian
institution, 10000 volumes OF the re
port are to be destroyed.
The board of education or Wabash
County, Indiana, has instructed it's
dresses in the schoolrooms, and not
TO dress their hair in extreme fashions
A wise rule, but who will dare to be
the Judge?
"a Gutenberg Bible printed between
1453 and LASS was sold in London Oh
November 20. for $4,000. III was
printed on paper. The best previous
price was $19.500. The most costly
Bible ever sold was recently sold i'm
New York for $4,000, and this also
was Gutenberg Bible, but printed on
vellum.
a. wireless message was flashed for
1000 miles on November 10, the great
0et distance such a message has ever
travelled. 1t was sent from the new
Ivy opened station at Coltano, near
Pisa, Italy. the most powerful station
in the world and II was received by
the wireless station at Glace Bay.
Nova Scotia.
Closely following the theft OF Leon !
ardo da Vincis Mona Lisa" came the
stealing on November 10 Of famous
painting by the Italian Fra Angelica
THE Madonna of the Star" estimated
to be worth half million dollars. 1T
was preserved in the Museum Of st. |
Mark, Florence, In the cell which Fra |
Angelica once occupied. This Is said
10 be the first masterpiece ever stolen
from an Italian government museum.
Happily the thief was captured and
The masterpiece recovered on Novem-
Der 23.
Andrew Carnegie celebrated his
birthday by revealing to
the American people the identity Of
the twenty men who deserved to be
called "the greatest Of ALL The
Carnegie list follows: Shakespeare;
Morton. digcoverer OF ether; Jenner,
discoverer of vaccination; Nelson;
inventor OF hot-blast; Lincoln Burns
the poet; Gutenberg, inventor Of
Edison; Siemensr inventor OF
Beesemer- inventor;
Mushet, inventor OF steel process; Co
lumbuR; Watt; Bell, inventor OF tele-
phone; Arkwright, inventor Of cotton
spinning machinery; Franklin; Muir
dock, first to employ coal as illuminant;
Hargreaves, inventor OF spinning jen-
NY; Stephenson; Symington, inventor
OF rotary engine.