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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-08-16
Electricity viii PropeI War Ves-
sci in Future.
Plans for innovation Are Now Under
Way-Experts Declare Engine and
Turbine Are Not as Efficient
as Newer Motive Power.

New York.-The plan for future bat
tleship propulsion is to drive each ship
propeller with powerful electric mo-
tor direct connected to the propeller
shaft, this doing away with all gears
and consequent loss of power.
This new arrangement would also
save an enormous amount of coal and
greatly facilitate the handling of the
ship, as with electricity it is quite pos.
sible to control the ship from the
bridge, eliminating the ringing Of sig
nal bells or with telephoning to the
engine room, located far away in the
interior of the ship. The man on the
bridge can start, stop, slow up or re-
verse the motors at will.
While the steam turbine engine
shows better results for ship propul-
sion than the old reciprocating types,
experiment has proved that turbine
engines must travel at high rate OF
speed to give their greatest economies
and when they are used for ship pro-
pulsion this speed must be cut down
with the aid of gear systems, incur
ring a serious loss Of power.
The United States collier Jupiter
which is being built at the Mare ISL
and navy yard. will be the first large
vessel to be equipped with electric
propulsion, the Electric News re-
marks: The general scheme embraces
a steam turbo-generator set delivering
its electrical output to pair Of in
duction motors, each Of which will be
direct connected to its own propeller
shaft.
The designer Of this equipment is
w. L. R. Emmett Of Schenectady, who
described it's principal features and
the method of control in paper read
before the American Institute OF Elec-
trical Engineers. The generating unit
consists of a six stage Curtis turbine
connected to an alternating current
generator.
The golfers Neptune and Cyclops,
now in commission, are sister ships to
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-08-16
OLD HERMIT is ILL

Schooley changed so that the young
sters who saw MIN come to town once
a year to pay his taxes knew him as
the wild man of Borneo."
The old farmhouse, built in colonial
days, fell into decay under his neglect.
Dust that has been years in collecting
covers everything. Judging from ap-
pearances, Asa Schooley never moved
the furnishings following his broth
er's death. He apparently slept for
years on the same feathered bed
When the ticking wore away, he did
not change 1t for one of nearly a dozen
mattresses in good condition found
stored in an upper room. Nor did he
change the bed coverings, although
mahogany chests and bureaus were
found to be packed full of fine bed
linens, quilts and spreads.
For illumination at night the old
man went back to tallow dips, which
he made for himself in an antique
mold. He is believed by neighbors to
have subsisted almost entirely upon
honey from his big colony of bees,
fruit and what poultry and the few
vegetables he could raise on his farm
How he managed to exist through Sc
we're winters they cannot understand.
The bees alone of the creatures on
the farm show signs of care and the
hives apparently contain several hun
dred pounds of honey
Thus the old mans illness was un-
known to neighbours until woman
walking along the road heard sobs and
groans and found Schooley lying in
a field.
Schooley is said to have niece re-
siding in nearby town and one or
two distant relatives, WHOM attorneys
are trying to find.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-08-16

chosen according to the social status
of the criminal.
There are two executioners. One is
hidden in some brushwood, while the
other, dressed in vivid red, conducts
the criminal to the place Of sacrifice,
bidding him be seated on banana
leaves, "in order to be entirely sepa,
rated from earth" The condemned
man is then put into position, await
ing the axe. Earth is put In his
ears. For two hours or more nothing
happens. Siamese law demands that
the criminal shall bow hsi bead volun-
tarily to the axe This he does final.
ly from sheer exhaustion, and immedi.
ately headsman No. 2 rushes from his
hiding place and does the rest. The
execujoners are then sprayed with
holy water and otherwise purified
from contact with the victims soul
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-08-16
AFRICAN PYGMY AT ZOO
New Workers Soon to Have opportu-
nifty to See Rare Animal
Captlves.

New York-For the first time on
record visitors to New York ZOO wilt.
shortly have an opportunity to inspect
what is probably the rarest animal
that has ever been made part of any
such collection-that is, the pygmy
hippopotamus.
These pocket editions Of the blood.
sweating behemoth" were discovered
In 1884 in Africa, and it has taken
nearly thirty years to secure these.
first live specimens, although a few
mounted bodies have been shown
since their habitat so far as known Is.
confined to a remote territory peopled
by bloodthirsty cannibals The two
specimens which have now been ac-.
quired. male and female, cost the,
ZOO $4,000, a figure which indicates.
their rarity.
According to descriptions that have
crossed the Atlantic ahead of the pair,
the male is 80 inches high at the.
shoulders, 70 inches long from the
end of his nose to the base of his
tail, and his tail is ~ inches long He
weighs 419 pounds. The female, be-
lieved to be only two years old, is IS
inches high and weighs 176 pounds.
In comparison Caliph, the enor--
nous male hippopotamus who now
stands in a mounted state in the
American Museum of Natural His
tory, stood 4 feet 916 inches high at.
the shoulders, was u feet 4 inches in
length from end to nose of root of tail,
his circumference was II feet inches.
and his weight has been given as
close to $500 pounds
Beside the enormous bulk of a full
grown male hippo of the common spe-
cies, the pygmy is like six months
old human infant of thirteen pounds
weight beside a man of $50 pounds.
In bulk one adult Nile hippo weighing
5000 pounds is equal to fourteen adult
male pygmy hippos.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-08-16
LIMIT ON BATHERS
Only One Hour Is Allowed SWIM
merS at This Beach.
Authorities Have No Difficulty In Reg
ulatine Length Of Stay, but Can't
Make Them Come Out When
Their Time Is Up.

Boston, Mass.-Revere, a suburb of
this city, has burning question. 1t
is not who will be the next president
or whether the Red Sox will get the
pennant or not These important prob
lens are discussed far less around the
popcorn booths and the cool trains of
the Boston. Revere Beach and Lynn
railroad than How are they going to
Keep tabs on the bathers under that
new one-hour limit ruler"
VIII the policeman on duty have to
stand on the beach and sing out the
time at minute intervals that the oc-
cupants of the suits may get back to
their rooms within the hour? How
can the bathers be depended upon to
remember at which hour they went
into the water? Would It be feasible
to chalk the time of day on each bath
er as he springs gracefully down the
runway upon the sands?
These and many other conjectures
are being made. The proposal to put
In time clock is strongly opposed by
TIE labor interests. They say that
play Will be Just like work when they
have 70 punch the clock" at the be-
ginning and end of their bathing hour.
Others say that under the new sys-
tenn the bathers will not fully enjoy
their hours splash when they have to
remember constantly that they are
swimming against time. The fun of
the dip is just to slosh around and
have a good time. Under the new sys-
TEN, they say, all you would have
would be short time. And that con-
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-08-16
Cannibal Race i'm the West

which were stored property and food
These from time to time have yielded
evidence of cannibalism, but nothing
that appeared conclusive was I'M
earthed until this summer when in a
small dugout, one Of eight, were found
bones which Mr., Glider believes show
absolutely that human flesh was cook
ed to be eaten.
I'm all there were found parts of at
least 16 human skulls ranging from
the smallest infant to the senile sub
ject," said Mr.. Glider in announcing
this discovery. Many showed the Pc
culiar color which bones assume on
being boiled. In my possession there
is a vast assortment of food bones Of
quadrupeds and birds.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-08-16
Last of SchooIeys Found Near
Death on Farm.
Aged Man ls Last Member of an Old
Family In New Jersey-Has Lived
Alone Since Death of His
Brother.

New Lisbon, N. i'm the tumble
Town farmhouse where Asa Schooley,
an aged farmer and a descendant OF
one of Burlington county's oldest fam
lies, lived for years as a hermit amid
surroundings that seemed to indicate
direct poverty, a commissioner ap-
pointed by the court has unearthed a
small fortune in old coins, antique
plate and chinaware. That consider
able money is hidden about the old
home Is the belief of neighbors, who
recall that Schooley and his brother
made a good income from their farm
nd to their knowledge for years spent
not cent outside the taxes.
Asa Schooley was found nearly dead
In field on his farm recently, when
after days of suffering without medi-
cal attendance he was dragging him
self toward the public highway to
seek aid. He is now a ward Of the
county in the asylum at New Lisbon,
Ind the county court has ordered that
his estate be converted into cash.
: si2oe his brother Joseph died many
years ago Asa Schooley has been the
sole occupant 9f the homestead farm,
about three miles from Burlington, on
the Columbus road The brother was
missing for several days before neigh
bors learned from Asa that he was
dead. Then Asa Schooley tried to pre-
vent the men from committing the
body to a grave.
at fear the living more than the
dead" he shouted as they lifted the
corpse from the bed where Joseph
had died. He can DO me no harm, but
others who are living can and will"
Following his brothers death Asa
schooley shut himself away from the
world, and some glimpses Of how this
man, apparently driven mad by bitter
ness of mind, existed during the in
tervening years are being uncovered
by Attorney Reginald Branch OF Bur
lington, who was appointed by Judge
Horner to settle up the estate.
From a man of pleasing appearance
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-08-16
FIGURED CLOSE IN Filming HER
Woman Is Assessed So for Making
Five Inch Error in Guess at
Auto Trial.

Minneapolis, Minn.-Mrs. Josephine
McMichael in municipal court paid 81
because of an error of five inches In
Judgment of distance revealed after
the Judge. the lawyers and spectators
all had puzzled their brains in hgur-
Ing out an arithmetical problem. she
was charged with driving her car
within ten feet of street car dis
charging passengers.
The spot where the automobile
stood was agreed to easily enough.
The street then was measured and al
lowance made for the "overhang" OF
the street car and the width of the
automobile, and 1t was found that the
automobile was Just nine feet seven
inches from the street car.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-08-16
Deductions From the Study Of the
Records of Three Generations
Published.

Berlin.-Do children inherit their
mental gifts or shortcomings from
parents or grandparents? The ques-
ton is discussed in an article pub
lished in the German Umschau by DR..
w. Peters.
With characteristic German thor
oughness the author has visited most
of the state primary schools in Ger
many and Austria with the object OF
gaining information on this point by
comparing the school reports OF par
ents and grandparents, where avail
BILE, with those of the present day
school child. He has complete sets OF
records of three generations, with the
following results:
When both parents had good to av-
erage school records to their credit
76 per cent of their offspring pro-
duced the same, while the rest, "a per
cent, fell In various degrees below
the average
When one parent had a good and
the other a poor record, SO per cent.
of their children furnished good re
ports and Al per cent. inferior ones.
When both parents were distinctly
below the average, only SO per cent
OF their progeny turned out well and
62 per cent. badly.
The dependence of children on their
parents in this respect seems, there
fore. to be fairly well proved. Dr
Peters, however, also found that when
rarents were equal those children
whose grandparents were above the
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-08-16
slain With WheelbarroW.

Milan, Italy.-A live man was bound
TO a wheelbarrow with a sailors scarf
and belt and both were then hurled
from the pier head into the sea at Sa-
vona This new and barbarous form
of murder was discovered by party
of bathers who CHANGED to see the
body and the barrow at the bottom
of the sea in twenty feet of water
The police we're promptly informed
but so far they have found no clew
to the identity either of the victim
or OF his murderers.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-08-16
DYING MAN IS MARRIED
German, Suddenly Stricken, Sends for
Girl--Ceremony Is Performed
in Hospital.

Berlin.-A pathetic marriage cere-
mony took place in Budapest hos
pital. A German singer named Erdes,
who was appearing in the Hungarian
capital, was suddenly taken Ill few
days ago. He telegraphed to his
sweetheart in Frankfort to come to
him. The girl started at once and
arrived in Budapest. They were mar
ried Immediately in the hospital ward
and Erdos died an hour after the cere
mony.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-08-16

slant consciousness of the hour limit
would weigh on the heart like the
thought of the way the taxi clock is
piling up a dime every half minute
weighs upon the youth who has come
eagerly a half hour ahead of time to
take his girl to the concert and has
to wait forty-five minutes for her to
adjust her millinery.
The problem is as much a puzzle to
the officials at the bathhouse as any
body else. They admit they have ar
rived at no solution to the riddle. Just
now bathers may stay in as long as
they like, owing to the cold weather.
One employee thought good way
would be to check up the time of each
key and then charge the bather 25
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-08-16

cents for each hour or fraction there
of, to use the legal phrases of the par,
Gel check. A man might stay in the
water so long he would not have car
fare home. Therefore all he could do.
would be to stay in the water and
keep increasing the tariff that he could
not pay.
Under this plan the state would get
all the quarters that are due, for it
could hold the bathers' street clothes.
as ransom. Altogether the ramifica-
tons Of the possibilities of the ONE
hour limit idea are so fruitful of COM
plications that the authorities are,
rather glad that they have not been.
required to enforce it a single day
since the order was issued.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-08-16
BEHEADING is LONG AFFAIR
Victim Is First Fed-Not Until He
Voluntarily Bows His Head Does
the Axe Fall.

Paris.-An execution in Siam is an
extraordinary business, according to a
correspondent of the Chronique Medi-
Gale The doomed man, awakened at
dawn, is led in chains to the temple,
where candles are lit around him. He
is exhorted to think of nothing, to
disassociate his mind from mundane
affairs and is given the best meal of
his life, the menu being carefully
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-08-16
Twins Come to AGED Couple

Eugene. Ore.-Twin boys, each
weighing eight pounds, were born
to Mr.. and Mrs. John Warning, who
live at Jasper, II miles southeast Of
here. Unusual as this weight is for
twins, there is a more remarkable
feature in the fact that the father La
past sixty-seven years of age.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-08-16
Says Woman Pursued Him.

New York.-Complaining that Miss
Louise Nutter of this city has pursued
him all around the world, wooing him.
Herman Hand, trombone player, has
had the young woman bound over to
keep the peace.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-08-16

Baltimore.-The Phipps psychiatric
clinic of Johns Hopkins hospital will
treat "the blues" as & mental affec,
ton. holding II to be mild form Of
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-08-16
Invites Foes to His Funeral.

Philadelphia. Pa.-Herman Rohr OF
i449 North Comac street committed
suicide by inhaling gas He picked
enemies to occupy the same carriages.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-08-16
poa Keeps Watch for Master,

Philadelphia.-Th that OSWALD
Saeber, the young master, was still in
tho Northwest General hospital, Gypsy,
French poodle, kept constant
vigil outside the institution for four
weeks.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-08-16
Seven Whales are SIGHTED.

Sayville, l.. IA school of seven
whales was sighted off this beach.
The largest body Of whales ever seen
here.
The evening world., 1912-04-18
LITTER MIGHT HAVE
WE'D G. r. X

GYNN. Mass. April 1A-A letter
mailed to George E. Marsh In Call.
fornla by a relative on Sunday night.
April Z. contained q warning which UNI
doubtediy would have saved his life II
Il had been received before his alleged
meeting with william A. Dorr on
Thursday. April II. in the opinion Of the
police here.
This letter contained a clipping from
Q Stockton new spape saying that Dorr
had mysteriously disappeared from the
California city and was in the New
England States. and also . statement
that he had left Stockton under a cloud.
The funeral of the murdered manNwili
be held from his HON this afternoon.
James Marsh, the son. aEtved from Cal
ifornia last night.
Arthur Marsh nephew Of n victim.
said to-day: 1T vas only natural for
Dorr to return to Stockton. where he
probably intended to attempt to prove
an abb II suspicion vas directed his
way. doubt II Dorr saw the news
paper reports accusing him Of the
crime"
The evening world., 1912-04-18
HELD FOR MURDER
Of MILLIONAIRE
IN FORTUNE PLOT
W. A. Dorr Locked Up in CAL
ifornia Charged With Stay.
ing Aged George Marsh.

0TOcKrON. Cal, April fS.-wfiiam A.
Dorr. suspected of the murder Of George
Marsh. the millionaire OF Lynn, Mass,
wss arrested here at SIS O'Clock last
night and now Is locked up and under
samination by the police.
He was trapped through the aid Of q
telephons operator when he attempted to
Ssphons to his aunt. Mrs. Orpha Maruh,
niece OF the murdered man. This won.
"a u DORIS aunt. and her will. together
wsM . DEED In escrow made by the man
murdered In Lynn, placed james Marsh's
estate OF $4,000 within the reach Of
Dorr.
The telephone operator saw Q man
walk Into his once. look at Q picture
Of Dow printed In q Stockton ncwspa-
pen. tosether with the Facts that Q war
RAJ was out for the arrest Of the
St<ckton bicycle dealer. charging him
with the murder Of George r. Marsh.
This ma bottled from the ofios in great
agitation and the telephone operator at
once gave the police the 'dp."
They followed the suspect "a . res
taurant. where they found Dorr wear.
Inc spectacles and the clothes Of a
workingman. When Chief Bricars and
Policeman 0ayorr came upon him he
was attempting to got q telephone con
nsction with Miss Orpha Marsh.
Shortly after his arrival te ~telephoued
70 his stunt. Orpha Marsh. begging to
talk with her. but q youns lady com.
paaion answered that she was III in bed,
could not come to the phone and that
The evening world., 1912-04-18
DIG BATTlESHIPS IN YARD.
Its Facilities Exhausted by the
Five Vow Under Repair.

The battleship North Dakota. the last
Of the Ave big war vessels to be repaired
at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. arrived yes
terday and work will be Immediately be-
Guu. TIT four others are . the Utah,
Florida, Delaware and the Michigan.
They are the Nv biggest war ships ever
at the Navy Yard at n time. and
owing to tho inadequate facilities 1t
would be impossible to get another SINH
lar vessel into the yard. 1t this time.
The battieship Alabama. which has
been undergoing repaifs at the yard for
two years, was formally turned over to
TIE Navy Department yesterday.
The evening world., 1912-04-18
Muslin Underwear
Sale

Gowns. Chemises. Skirts and
Combinations. slightly mussed.
in fine NainsOOk and Cambria,
high and low neck gowns. Reg.
$l.25 to $1.98; special
at. 0SC
Bingham Wash Petticoats. made
with deep ruffle; tucked. in gray-Snd-
white. and bluc-and-white IN
stripes. Special. ............ DUO
Aprons. slightly musscd. Reg. "a
0sc to $3.50. Special. ....... OSc
Broken Lines Of Gowns. slightly
mussed. Skirts and Drawers Of Cam
brio. embroidery and lace trimmed.
Sizes 4 to Is years. Reg. SOC
and Toe. Special st.......... zoe
O'Neil Main stose-Third Floor.
The evening world., 1912-04-18
Sale of Baby
Clothes

This Mighty Demonstration Sale.
masking the first anniversary Of the
Enrich Sale. takes in every depart
mcnt. Following are two lines Of the
Infants Needs ready for to-morrow's
throng.
Baby's Lawn Caps. trimmed with
embroidery, insertion and lace;
all sizes. Special. Csc
Infants and Children's Long
and Short Dresses Of fine Nainsook.
in square and round Jokes. Trimmed
with embr oidery. lace and embroidered
insertions and fine tucks. Sizes,
infants up-to Z years. Special at 5Os
Owingsville outlook., 1912-05-09
WOMAN Is HEROIC
WIFE OF SHIPS CAPTAIN WORKS
WITH MEN TO FIGHT FIRE.
Helps Small Crew to Save Burning
Excursion Boat and Has to Swim
For Her Life.

New York-Fire aboard the steam
er Mohawk in Cardell Bros shipyard,
at Mariners HarbOr, $. l., did 100000
damage and came near costing seven
persons their lives. Among them was
Mrs. Bertha Brown, wife Of the cap
tain.
Routed from her cabin by the fire
aboard the boat Mrs. Brown, clad only
in her night dress, ran to the deck and
there Joined the crew Of six and her
husband in their efforts to extinguish
the flames. She continued to haul
water and work in the bucket brigade
fighting the flames until II was i'm
possible to stand the heat any longer.
The boat, whose hawser had been
burned, was then drifting in Staten Is
land Sound, and Mrs. Brown, with the
others, was forced to jump into the icy
water and swim for her life. She was
rescued by one of the boats that put
out from the shore. In her fight TO
save the vessel Mrs. Brown was not
Injured, but she suffered from the
shock of immersion in the cold water.
Owingsville outlook., 1912-05-09
ENGINE ROLLS OVER
But Three Men in the Cab Escapes
With Only Few Bruises.

New Orleans, La.-Texas and Pa
cific Engine No. 60, while running 20
miles an hour, and with three men in
the cab, turned completely over be-
tween. Adds and Crosse Tete, and the
crew escaped injury other than
bruises.
= When the engine stopped rolling En-
gineer Moore shut off the steam, which
was still driving the big wheels as ii
lay on it's side, throwing dirt in every
direction.
I'VE were backing up and the tank
left the rails about seven miles from
Adds toward Crosse Tete," said En-
gineer Moore. THE tank rolled over
on its side to the right OF the track
and the engine rolled to the left side,
three of us in the cab.
II was thrown from my seat in.1
the fireman's side and fell on top q
Fireman Strehlo and Conductor ClC
yer. None of us was hurt except be.
ing bruised. have been an engineer
23 years and have been in several
wrecks, but ! never saw or heard OF
anything so unusual or so fortunate
as this one"
Owingsville outlook., 1912-05-09
0MITs "YEs" AND LOSES SUIT
Girl Seeking $4,000 for Breach OF
Promise Admits She Did Not
Accept sultor.

Kansas City, Mo.-An emphatic
"yes ani not a smile or a mere nod
of. - lead must be given by the
ma & az proposed to in order to cover
damasls for breach of promise to
marry, according. to a decision in the
circuit court here. Edna NJ. Cooke of
this city sued Garnett Sparks. S73C
broadway, a horse and mule dealer,
for $4,000 damages. but her attorney
withdrew the case when the evidence
deve'oped the fact that she had not
said yes" when Sparks proposed, but
"tocl IL for granted that he knew
she would marry him.