The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-09-29

CURRENT NEWS.
Minerals in the soil may posi-
bly, be located by means OF the cleo
trio waves used i'm wireless tele-
Eraphy. Dr. hoewy of Gottingen,
Germany, says he Is doing 1t.
The large cactus plant that grew
in the arid regions of our Southwest
are now to be utilized for fuel They
contain more heat units than wood
or coal, and gas valuable for light
Ing purposes can be obtained from
the fiber.
Nearly a million people have died
OF the plague in India this year. This
may postpone the Durbar. It is the
brilliant function to De held at Delhi
in December, at which King George
Of England will be installed as En-
perOr OF India.
Another effort to cross the Atlant-
ic In dirigible balloon will be
made next month by Vanniman. He
was engineer OF Walter Wellman's
the ocean from Atlantic City a year
ago and was wrecked when a few
days out, but the crew were all res
cued-
Several European counties have
schools in which those who have
been hurt in accidents can be train
ed for work suited to their new con
dition. One such school has trained
$500 cripples to support themselves.
IAN effort IL now being made to in
produce similar schools in the Unit
ed States.
a little girl of seven got too near
a lions cage at the New York State
fair. The lion reached out his paw,
fastened his claws in her head, drew
the child to the cage, and with his
other paw clawed her fearfully. Not
until the lion has been beaten with
iron bars did 1t release the child,
who will die.
Spartanburg, S. c., il the home OF
Gilbert Pye, who il said to have mar
ried when he was a mere boy" a
girl OF Ia. They had LIZ children, OF
whom nine married. There was a
celebration in the family few weeks
ago, when the couple received news OF
the arrival of the thirty-ninth grand
child.
Nathaniel Taft, of Waverly, a cousin
OF President Taft, claims the distinc-
ton OF being the Oldest living 1ocomo-
tive engineer in the United States. He
is 81 years old and is hale and hearty.
When he was 20 years OF age he sign
ed pledge to abstain from tobacco
and alcoholic drinks, which he has
religiously kept.
Although a private citizen, living
at Oyster Bay, Long Island, Theodore
Roosevelt comes before the people i'm
his weekly editorials. He strongly
objects to the pending treaties OF
arbitration between the United
States, France and England. He
thinks they might result III putting
the foreign relations of this country
into the power of foreign tribunal.
There are now more than half a
million automobiles in use in the
OhAIOu OldICo, 4NOW Will w.
600, IL far ahead OF the other States,
California and Pennsylvania come
second, each with 10000. Motor
cycles are also increasing rapidly.
The use Of gas and petrol engines
for power purposes Is increasing
tremendously on farms and in factor
les.
torn apart and totally destroyed by an
explosion of her magazines Monday.
Between $50 and 400 officers and men
were killed. The battleship Repub-
liQue was badly damaged and the bat
tleships Democrats and Verite also
suffered severely fom the masses of
twisted iron and armor plate that
were hurled upon their decks This
il the greatest disaster that has ever
fallen upon the French Navy.
Fifty thousand dollars Will be
sought of Congress by the Public
Health and Marine Hospital Service
for the suppression of pellagra. The
annual report of Surgeon General Wy
man, soon to appear, will show the
great strides that have been made by
the disease in the last two years. It
is said that 1t is increasing annually
more than 100 per cent. 1t il most
prevalent in the South, where there
are now, it is said, more than 10000
cases.
a dozen Chicago preachers are con
doing with each other over the loss
"a good money, of which they were
derrauded by counterfeiter and n
woman accomplice, VINO repeatedly
presented themselves for marriage
and also presented false $40 bills Ia
payment of $40 fee. The clergyman
Who told Of the fraud refused to give
the names OF the preachers involved.
as secrecy had been agreed On wv u
meeting Of the UNCONVENTIONAL meet
ing, at which the victims condoled
each other.
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The Standard Oil COMPANY has
complied with the decision W the
United States supreme court announce
ed last spring. It has dissolved and
its business Is now divided among
tn1rty-three different CORPORATIONS.
The shares that each old stakeholder
gets In the new companies have so1d
Ior more money than the old stock
THIS 1s taken to indicate that the
reorganization has not hurt thy busi-
ness