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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-04-22
COMET IS A HARMLESS HOBO
Scientist Enabled TO Announce New
Results In Cosmic Evolution In.
dorsed by Others.

Vallejo, Calm concluding a series
Of lectures on astronomy Prof. T. j. ].
See, u. S. N, astronomer in charge
of Mare Island observatory, announced
that the new theory of comets result.
ing from his long researches in cos.
mic evolution had been confirmed by
the investigations of Prof A. O,
Leuschner Of the University OF Cali
fornia, and Of Prof. Ellis stromgren
Of the. Royal observatory at Copen-
hagen, Denmark.
AT the time the tail of Halley's
comet came SO near the earth in last
May" said Professor See, Il was able
to conclude that the comets as class
are surviving fragments of our old
nebula, but some additional points re-
lating to a few comets remained to
be cleared up. This has now been
effected by Leuschner and Stromgren,
who find, as I assumed last year, that
all the comet orbits are elliptical, not
one being really hyperbolic or para
bolic, as generally believed since the
days of Kepler.
What was so mysterious to Kepler
ana Newton was the high eccentricity
and great length of the major axis Of
the orbit OF the comets, and the pres
ent solution Of this difficulty thus def,
nitely settles one of the great prob
lens of the century.
''The comets are now proved to be
suryivals of the ancient nebula which
formed our solar system, the frag.
ments coming to US chiefly from the
outer spherical shell Of this nebula,
the inner portion having been eaten
out and rendered vacant through the
capture and absorption Of nebulosity
by The planets.
In fact, the planets have been
built up out Of the matter of comets
which have been destroyed. Even our
earth was made up Of matter once
existing In our nebula In the form OF
comets. When, therefore, we see q
comet in the future, it will have no
terror for anyone, for we may say,
for the most part, 1t is mere dust, like
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-04-22
MEDAL FOR HEROINE
Girl Rescued Baby Niece From
0nrushing Train.
two Rolled Down EnnbanI<ment &
safety-story Reached the Inter.
state Railroad Commission
Recognition Followed.

Paramount, Ind.-Leaping In front
Of q passenger engine rushing towards
her at the rate of SO miles an hour,
Miss Nettie Caskey grabbed her baby
niece from the railroad track and the
two rolled down an eInbankn- emit to
safety. And President Taft, in recog-
milton of her heroism, has awarded a
her with personal letter of commen-
dation.
It was late in the afternoon when
Martelle, 3 years old, was missed from
the Caskey home, where she was visit
ing.g Nettie, who is 16 years old,
looked around the house for the child
and then down the road There was
little Martelle toddling toward the
railroad crossing, and, to Nettie's hor-
ror, when she reached the point where
the wagon road crosses the tracks
Martelle started down the railroad.
Two miles away Nettie could hear the
Pennsylvania passenger train thunder
ing along.
Down the wagon road she ran and
turned down the tracks. "Martelle!
Martelle!" she screamed as she ran,
but the little one was full of the JOY
Of running away. and trotted on The
engine was now closing upon Nettie
and Martelle
Nettie glanced back to see how
much margin she had, then put all her
strength into final effort caught
Martelle and, turning off the tracks,
rolled down into the ditch, with the
baby In her arms.
The west-bound train was running
Into bright sun which hung close to
the horizon, and the view of the en-
in his eyes. He saw Martelle with Net
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-04-22
RACING DATES IN THE EAST
Belmont Park and Saratoga Plan &c
Hold Events as in Previous
Years With Longer Meets.

The principal race meetings this
season will be held at Belmont Park
and Saratoga. This does not mean
that Sheepshead Bay. Gravesend,
Aqueduct, Jamaica and the Empire
City tracks will not offer purses and
stakes to horsemen. They will. But
the Belmont Park and Saratoga
tracks will hang up the most valuable
purses and stakes and their meetings
in number of days will be greater
than at the other tracks.
The brunt of the racing battle, if SO
it may be called, will be fought out by
Belmont Park and Saratoga These
respects for a long siege. They are
the richest and are situated in COM
munfties favoring the sport. None of
the race tracks anticipates making a
fortune this year. Officials believe
the tracks may run at a loss. But
meetings and offer big stakes to prove
to the public that racing is not con-
Quoted at their courses for the money
there is in it, but for the sport.
At Belmont park work will com,
mence shortly preparing the course
and the grounds for the meeting which
will begin early in the spring. When
the aviation meet was held last fall
the jumps were RACED and the fences
torn down. This gave rise to the be-
lief that the coure would be used no
longer for racing. But the terms Of
the lease to the aviators called for the
return of the grounds in the condition
In which they were found All the
jumps will therefore be erected and
the fence rails marking out the vari-
Gus courses will be built The contract
for the work has been made and the
carpenters will start working in few
days.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-04-22
ATHLETIC FIELD FOR GIRLS
New New York Authorities Plan Grounds
for Basketball, Tennis, Hockey
and Other pastIrnes.

A girls athletic field on scale
that has never before been ATTEMPTED
is planned by the New York park au-
thorities for the girls branch Of the
public schols athletic league. The
grand stands and equipment will cost
100000. Land has been set aside for
1t by Park Commissioner Slower at
Nlnety-s1xth street and Riverside
drive.
The proposed field will accommo-
date $50 girls in different athletic
pastimes at the same time. The
grounds are to be surrounded BY high
walls. At one end there is to be i
swimming pool under cover. On the
floor above the pool will be d room
for dances and indoor games.
There will be courts for basketball
tennis and hockey. and they may be-
flooded in winter for skating.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-04-22
Historic Enoine Saved

Chattanooga, Tenn.-When fire de.
stroyed q passenger train and the
train shed at the Chattanooga-Nash
vile station it threatened the old en-
CINE, General, of Civil war fame, which
has stood in the station shed for a
number of years. Firemen directed
their principal efforts to it and sue,
ceeded in saving the relic.
The story of the race through Dixie
between the General, manned by An.
drew's raiders, trying to get out of the
Confederate lines, and the Texas, and
the capture Of the General is one Of
the most stirring incidents OF the war.
For many years the General has been
kept III good repair in the. Chattanooga
station
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-04-22
WIRELESS WORKS UNDER SEA
French Navy Carries Out Interesting
Experiments by Transmitting
Submarine Messages.

Paris. Interesting experiments have
been carried out with submarine and
wireless telegraphy by the submarine
f1otil1a at Cherbourg. By means OF
submarine bells messages were con-
veyed quite distinctly to the battle
ship Bouvines by four submarines,
each at a distance Of seven miles. As
a result of this experiment the min,
lister Of marine has given instructions
that all submarines shall be provided
with these bells.
The submersible Prairial was also
successful in signaling to the Bou,
vines by wireless telegraphy. all the
vessels met by her between st.
WAIST, Cape de Ia Hogue and Cher
bourg, and announcing her arrival in
sight Of the forts Of Cherbourg.
French submarines will in future be
provided with wireless telegraphy ap-
paratus.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-04-22
Results Of Second international
Congress Are Discussed.
important Committee Work Has Been
Carried Out and, Matter OF Re-
search Has Been Organized
Throughout World.

New York.-The present status Of
cancer is discussed In the Medical
Record. The comments OF the writer
are based on the second international
conference for the study Of cancer,
which was held recently in Paris The
first conference was held in Heidel-
berg and Frankfort in 1906 The
writer says
During the interim important COM
mittee work has been carried out, the
matter of research has been organized
throughout the world, and now in this
second meeting we are in position to
understand something of what has
been done along the lines projected
during the last four years. The special
papers read and the transactions as a
whole will naturally be slow in reach
ing the public But the Munchener
Medizinische Wochenschrift published
Won Czerny' S inaugural address. This
was delivered before large and dis
tinguished audience of laynen and
physicians alike Official Paris also
was largely represented.
Statistics, despite their fallacious-
ness, were first discussed by the
speaker. The disease seems to be on
the increase among all cultured folk.
But certain limited localities report a
notable decrease. This discrepancy is
highly significant, for it involves the
whole subject Of the incidence of can
Ger. Thus we find, say, a 30 per cent.
Increase in recent years In certain
countries; yet if we consider only re-
stricted localities we may be justified
I'm concluding that the disease Is not
only on the Wane, but actually extinct,
{for example, in many restricted To-
calities, not a single cancer death has
occurred for twenty-five years..
Surely this absence of cancer in
certain outsof-tl1e-way localities cannot
he an accident From such data near
~ every theory Of cancer might re-
ceive support especially those of con-
fas5on. food, soil, inheritance, not to
mention many others. Of great signi-
fcance in the collection Of statistics Is
tfa anatomical incidence Of the dis
easa. but to this is opposed the fact
fftaE HI LOCALITIES. = - N~e'hN@
cially prevalent we are. likely 70 ind
iii locations of the disease.
won Czerny admits the cogency OF
!, PARASITIC theory Of cancer as long
s. Ne follow statistics. II we pursue
ty,;s nlan there is as much support OF
snc1, a theory as in the case OF any IN
sacIious disease. Aside from the ar:
sy,,n,ent furnished by statistics the
nr,,k Of the evidence tends to antag
o o ! parasitic theory. We find
vide Iine of demarkation between two
s,.a,,ns each of which is histologfcally
ana fclinically malignant,
.The former may be DESCRIBED as
r,,nerficial, external, slowly CROWNS,
,,,.i ting III epidermal tissue-Wltn
~ !, sntecedent stage Of irtlamna ton Or
\ . ~ I, ion catlsing local 1netastases
. 49, and hence largely am ms 81 g
80 amt surgical treatment. BY tne
liner II III type consists chiefly q , Deeply
Gre ,saead cancers attacking the v,s ,sas,
pla ) arc ID. RAPIDLY growing and hlsi'
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-04-22
Worlds Greatest Ocean,

San Francisco, Cal The Pacific
ocean covers 6s,0o0,OOO miles, the At
lantic 100000 and the Indian, Arc
tic and Antarctic, 100000. To stow
away the contents of the Pacific it
would be necessary to fill tank one
mile long, one mile wide and one
mile deep every day for 440 years. Put
in figures the Pacific holds in weight
94S, 00,OO0,00O, 100000 900 tons.
The Atlantic averages a. depth of not
quite three miles. It's waters weigh
325, 100000, 900 ,000,O00.0OO tons, and a
tank to contain it would have each of
Its sides 430 miles long. The figures of
the other oceans are in the same
startling proportions. It would take all
the sea water in the world 100000
years to flow over Niagara.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-04-22

get the hook this early instead Of even
waiting till the training trip, shows
that Altizer is considered a fixture and
will not have to worry about opposi
ton from any one. 1t seems like TAX
ing long chance, but Garry Herr
mann and Clark Griffith are evidently
quite satisfied that Dave will do He
is no spring chicken, and he lost out
with the White sox not SO very long
ago, but he is figured in the come
back class with every Indication Of
permanence and prosperity.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-04-22
ALTlZER TO PLAY AT SHORT
Bony Veteran Is Figured in the "come.
Back" Class With Every lndica-
ton of Permanence.

It looks as If David Altizer, the bony
veteran whom the Cincinnati Reds
yanked up from the minor league
Wastebasket, would start the 1911 sea-
son with lot of responsibility on his
hands. 1t isn't to be a case of a try
out with Davy. He won't have to
compete for the shortstops job with
several other eager Cinnamon, all
younger than himself He's to go to
the task at rollcall and stay there all
season. 8
The turning down of both Corcoran
and DoWney, good and capable short
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-04-22
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SamMs strang, the former big
league star, is studying music in
Paris.
The latest foreign star in the Erest-
ling line to break out with title is a
chap named Krsck.
The sale of First Baseman Eddie
Sabre of Buffalo to the Topeka club
in the Western league has been an
nounced.
Harry Howell, the veteran pitcher
OF the st. Louis Browns, will set a
berth as an umpire in the American
association.
Detroit may solve the first base
problem by switching George Mo!iarty
to the first corner. In that case .ath-
ers would cover third.
The only fault sportsmon have to
find with Coach Stage is that he is
too lenient to those who attach him
in order to gain a little notoriey for
themselves.
Manager Chance is a standDattar on
his outfeld. He will retain Sheckard,
Hoffman and, Schultz In their respec-
tive positions, with Beaumont il re-
serve. The only other outfeld candi
date is Ball.
San Francisco capitalists are try
ing to bring the worlds series to .heir
city in 1915, to be a part Of the Pan
anna exposition They can have the
scalpers il they want them in time for
this years games.
I i q
Manager Mcclure Of the Cleveland
Maps, has announced, SO early in the
season, that Ivan Olsen will be sec
ond Ia the Nap batting order, while
Terry Turner probably will top the
list. Ivan was the infielder secured
last year from the Pacific coast league
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-04-22
Wireless Carries q .4e2 Miles,

San F'rancisco-It Is claimed that a
worlds record for wireless communi.
cation between ship and shore was
made when message was received at
local station from the steamer
Korea 4,4s2 miles away. The local
operator heard a faint call from the
Korea. The message could be distin-
guished: Steamer Korea, 4,492 out;
all we'll" The operator repeated thu
message and received an 80. K"
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-04-22

lie in pursuit when it was too late to
stop, but he did all he could. The sand
valve was opened, the emergency air
applied and the engine reversed
The engineer turned his head at the
moment he thought the engine had
struck the girl and the baby.
They're both killed." he groaned.
Then he turned to the fireman, say
ing:
''Old man, you take look. can't
bear to see that dead girl and child
The fireman looked back just as
Nettie had helped Martelle to her feet
and was starting toward home.
Look there, have look,'' he shout
ed, as he grabbed the engineers head
and pulled it around
Il never felt so thankful III my
aife," said the engineer afterward, "as-
when I saw that little tot with her
dress all dirty from rolling in the ditch
being led away, safe and sound Il,
took an awful load off my mind"
The train didn't stop, as no one was
injured, but the crew carried the news
OF the farmer girls heroism to the
end of the line.
The incident was reported to the In
terstate Commerce Commission and
the medal was awarded on the recon-
mendation of the commissioners.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-04-22
Plan Moor Boat Race.

Action taken by the Royal Nova
Scotia yacht squadron OF Halifax prac-
tically assures the holding of a motor
boat race from New York to Halifax.
IN response to a communication from
the Brooklyn IN. " Yacht club, tina
Halifax yachtsmen have outlined plans
for the finish of the race there and the
reception Of the competitors No date
has yet been set for the race, but the
last week in July or the first week in
August is suggested as the most de-
sirabIe
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-04-22
Louisville Loses AbbatIcehlo.

Infielder Abbaticchio the former
major Lacquer, just purchased by Lou
isville, has retired from baseball for
good. Abbaticchio has just paid $40
900 for hotel located near Forbes
field, Pittsburg, the home OF The Pi-
rates, and intends to devote ali mis-
time to his business interests.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-04-22

Tex Rarnsdell, the intercollegiate
champion Splinter of the University
of Pennsylvania and All-American foot
ball player, announced that because
OF an alteration with the faculty ath-
letic committee over his eligibility, he
never would again compete for Penn
sylvanta in athletics. The question of
eligibility arose over Ramsdell's win
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-04-22
Would spurn DANCING Girl,

Denver, Col.-"If l were bachelor
/ would not want to marry a girl who
has been. Rugged for the last ten years
by every man in her set" exclaimed
DR.. Herbert Howe, dean of Denver uni
versity, at chapel exercises, in pro-
testing against dances in the univer-
sity gymnasium. Dean Howe charac-
terized dancing as "hugging set to
music"
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-04-22
Makes Run III i d2s

George Gray, the Austrian billiard.
ist. made new worlds record at Eng
lish billiards with q run Of f,438 III an
unfinished match at Southampton.
The former record Of 1910 was held
by Roberts
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-04-22
BILL c0UGHLIN BUYS CLUB
Former Star Third Raseman OF Detroit
Tigers Secures Franchise in
Tri-State League.

Bill Coughlin, manager of last sea
sons Williamsport team, and George
Cockill, first baseman of the Montreal
club OF the Eastern league, bought the
franchise of the Reading team Of the
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-04-22
Dartmouth siqns Track ca..h

The Dartmouth athletic council 90.
nounces that Harry L. HilIman hos
been reappointed coach Of the Dart.
mouth track team for a term of thraa
years. Hillman came to Dartmout,,
from New York little over year
ago. -
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-04-22
France Increases Navy.

Paris BY a vote OF 461 to rs, tbs
chamber Of deputies has agreed on
the construction Of two battleships at
private yards The understanding Ii
that later units viii be built at gov
eminent arsenaIs.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-04-22

Kansas. Boy Wins In Oxford Games.
In the varsity sports at Oxford the
other day George e. Putnam, Rhodes
scholar from Ottawa. Kan, won the
hammer throw with a mark of 14s feet
two inches
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-04-22

CHARLES TILIEs treasury
~
resignation Of Private
responsible
secretary under the present administration Fred Warner Carpenter
dles will be succeeded
Veagh MT. HiIes man. who by
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-03-22
Death of Mrs, Caufield.

Mrs. Mary Jane Hutledge, relict
of the late John S. Caufield, died at
her home near Galilee in Damascus
township, on Saturday, March 4,
1911, at about 9:15 p. m. About
four weeks prior to her death she re-
ceived a fracture of the right arm.
She was recovering from this injury,
yet it is thought that the shock and
pain hastened her death, as no other
illness was apparent. She was about
to retire for the night when she COM
planned of not feeling we'll. Those
Immediately near fastened to her
bedside but she died before a doctor
could be summoned.
The funeral services were conduct
ed in the Galilee NJ. E. church on
Wednesday, March s, by Rev. ]. M.
Coleman. The body was taken to
Damascus and laid at rest beside
that of her husband, in the NJ. e.
cemetery.
The pallbearers were six of Mrs
Caufield's nephews, viz: H. d. Lord,
A. NJ. Rutledge, Irving Rutledge,
Otto Rutledge, Tilden Rutledge and
Fred Rutledge.
To this couple were born eleven
children, seven of whom now sur
vive, namely, Sarah O., wife of Ad-
olson Darling, Fish's Eddy, N. Y;
Lydia j., wife of w. L. Jackson, Ty-
Ter Hill; Miss Fannie E., jeremiah,
John j., Isaac L., farmers living near
Galilee and Judson A., carpenter
at Damascus.
Mrs. Caufield was a worthy and
respected neighbor; an affectionate
and indulgent mother, devoted
wife.
Her genealogical tree has many
wide-spreading branches. Enumera-
tion shows that she is represented
by the sons and daughters named
and also by twenty grand children,
tWenty-one great grand children
thirteen nephews, eighteen nieces,
twenty-three grand nephews, twenty
five grand nieces and. four great
grand nieces, making 1872 direct de.
scendants now living.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-03-22
Town Council Meets.

At an adjourned meeting of the
Town Council held in City Hall
Thursday evening, the following
members were present: President,
Martin w. Caufield; secretary Wy
man w. Kimble; treasurer, George
w. Penwarden, Messrs. S. T. Ham,
Thomas Canivan. These standing
committees were appointed to serve
for the ensuing year: Parks, streets,
lights and water plugs: P. R. Muir
ray, George NJ. Genung, George w.
Penwarden, S. T. Ham; building,
Thomas Canivan; scrip, S. T. Ham,
Thomas Canivan; police, George w.
Penwarden; fire, Wyman w. Kimble.
A levy of 1a mills on the. assessed
property valuation was laid for 1911.
Bernard M. Rifkin, Miss G.. Peter
son and Mrs. Penwarden appeared
before the Council and Mr.. Rifkin
explained the desirability of having
a City Shade Tree Commission. The
subject was thoroughly discussed
but action was deferred to the next
regular meeting.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-03-22

The following classification of the
high schools is based upon the
clause of the appropriation bill
which refers to high schools. In or
der that a school may receive ap-
preparation as first grade school it
must employ at least three teachers,
who devote their time to high school
work during term of months, and
it must maintain course of study
for four years beyond the common
branches.
A second grade school must en-
ploy at least two teachers who de-
vote their entire time to high school
work during an eight months term
and the course of study must be
three years beyond the common
branches.
The third grade schools must
have at least twelve pupils, quail
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-03-22
NEWS OF SCHOOLS
CLASSIFICATION ACCORDING TO
APPROPRIATION BILL INTO
THREE GRADES

A list of High schools in the sew
eral counties of the State of Penn
sylvania as reported by the Superin-
tendents of Schools and classified by
the Department of Public Instruc-
ton, prepared by Nathan c. Schaef-
fer, superintendent of Public In
struction, just received by County
Superintendent ]. j. Koehler, con-
tains the following items of interest
to our Wayne county readers. In
this connection it may be mentioned
that the Department of Public In
struction classifies the schools and
not the County superintendent as
some think,