The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1912-04-12
CURRENT NEWS.
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Successful experiments ar Coates
Vile, Pa, convert Tho smoke ana ga
or blast furnaces into electric power.
A New York man who sued another
for $4,000 damages for false arrest
won his case, but the jury cut down
the damages to one cent
The Supreme Court holds that the
United States government must pay
$4,000 to a French inventor for the
use of De Bange gas check.
Since July i, 1911, the u. 8. Treas
ury has paid out $14,082, 900 more than
III has received Last year at this time
the deficit was only $1,O29,0O0.
A meeting Of woman suffragists in
New York voted to buy no Easter hats,
nor hats of any kind, and give the
money for the support of votes for
women"
Fifteen-inch guns are proposed by
the Navy Department for the future
battleships. They would be enormous
ly more powerful than any now in
existence.
Mrs. George Strausbaugh, Of near
New Oxford, Pa, has In her possession
a quilt pieced by herself when small
girl, that contains 1896 patches
none of the patches being over "
inch in size.
Gradually the aeroplane il gaming
in lifting power. at Nassau Boule-
ward, IT.. IT,, last Thursday, one of them
took up five passengers including the
aviator. Together the passengers
weighed $40 pounds. They we've up
ten minutes.
The chief anxiety in the flood stu
alton or the Mississippi Valley now
centers south Of Memphis, where, If
the bikes on the eastern bank with
stand the tremendous pressure of the
foods crest, further G-nger will be
over in 36 hours.
Politics IL picturesque i'm Alaska. "a
delegate to the Republican territorial
convention drove 1000 miles by dog
proxies. The convention was to elect
delegates to the Republican nat ->tal
convention at Chicago.
On April lis a baby show" will BE-
held at Osler Hall, Baltimore, under
the auspices of the Just Government
League of Maryl. nd, of which Mrs.
Donald r. Hooker is president. Only
fc4 T1Dhi lac will
age limit has been fixed at two years.
Business was bet Ter in the month
Of February, 1912, than in any other
month in this country's history.
That is the subst: ce Of report made
by the Bureau of Manufactures. The
exports that month we're S21s million
dollars a higher record than ever
before made.
Under the new Harper Presidential
Primary Law, it will be necessary Tor
candidates desiring to have their
names placed on the ballot To ME en-
tries by April 21. From that time un-
Till May s, the date fixed for the prl-
mary, the fight in both parties prom
Uses to be interesting, IL not exciting.
Stanley Wintrode, driver Of one
of the wagons of the Hanover Trans
fer Co., recently discovered that a.
was ''sRake-charmer," a. he found
a real live black snake, about a feet
long in one of his coat-pockets. Whit
rode, one day last week, hung his coat
in the stable, and evidently during his
absence, the snake crawled into his
pocket.
1887 bills were introduced at the
recent session of the Maryland Legls-
1ature, about 900 of which passed.
Governor Goldsborough, assisted by
the Attorney General, Secretary Of
State, and a number OF prominent
lawyers, il now going over this batch
of legislation looking for snakes" lii
any should be found the Governor has
a very effective weapon in the veto"
club.
Four new Senator's, from the new
States of New Mexico and Arizona,
took their places last week They
enlarged the membership Of the Sen
ate from 80 to &c. The Arizona Sena-
tors are Marcus Aure1ius Smith of
Tucson and Henry F. Ashurst of Pres
colt, Democrats Those from New
Mexico are Thomas Benton Catron of
Santa Fe and Albert Bacon Fall Of
Three Rivers, both Republicans. All
are lawyers.
After 20 years of study, DR.. c. H.
Won Klein of Chicago has finished
translating an Egyptian medical work
supposed to be 1000 years old The
papyrus was discovered in 1872 by the
celebrated author, George Ebers4 The
medical knowledge of those ancient
times is amazing. Many things that
our physicians have only lately redis-
covered seem to have been known to
the ancient Egyptians. Appendicitis,
which has mot been understood many
years, Il described in the papyrus.