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The chronicle=news., 1913-03-13
LONG PATENT FIGHT
CONCLUDED At LAST

New York. March t3.--Announcc-
ment was made n day or two ago tha:
the two great electric companies Of
the United States. the General Flee
tric and the Wesiinghous. Company.
ahvc completed negotiations which
Will tcrmiantc litigation or irritation
arising from differences over the
patent rights which represent the
most important. commercially at
least. OF the discoveries and invcn-
tions Of DR.. Peter Cooper Hewitt.
There has been agreement for an cN-
change Of licenses between these
com mpanics.
Aside from the purely technical
features OF this agreement. there are
somc that are of general scientific
aud business interest. The cagcrncss
with which the management OF the
General Electric and that OF the
Westinghouse Electric companies
have sought to utilize the inventions
which followed the discoveries of
Doctor Hewitt OF itself proves how
valuable. from the commercial poin;
of view. these are now regarded. This
agreement formally places Doctor
Hewitt commercially in rank fully
equal to that which he has obtained
as n man OF science.
Working for years with the pa
tiencc and sinccrit yof an cnthusias-
tic lover OF science. Doctor Hewitt
discovered hn extraordinary and un.
suspected relation OF mercury to
electricity. Utilizing this discovery
which was absolutely original. Doc.
tor Hewitt perfected the socalleI
mercury vapor lamp. His name will
always he associated with this ap.
paratus and also with another which
followed the invention OF the vapor
1amp-namcly. the mercury rcctifi.
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DOWrite ts LYDIA E.plxKHAN MEDICINE co. e
(COHYlDENT1ALD LYNN. y AM. for advice.
Your letter will liz opened. rad and answered q
by woman and held In strict confidence.
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GRAY FADED HAIR, OR BEAUTIFUL,
DARK, ATTRACT|vE-CA CHOOSE, MADAM!

their own. which IL usually TOO
sticky. ~ Insist upon getting wy
nih's" which can he depended upon
to restore natural color and beauty
TO the hair and Is plcndid for dan
druf. dry. fcvcrish. Itchy scalp and
falling hair.
A wcii-known downtown druggist
SAYS his customers Insist on Wyc,h's
Sage and sulphur. because. they say
II darkcnR 70 naturally and evenly
that nobody can tell II has been ap-
pllcd-i''s 70 easy to use too. You
simply dnmpcn n spong" or soft
brush and draw II through your hair
taking on. strand at time. Do this
Mt night and by morning the gray
hair disappears: after another aprlt
cation or Two. IL Ii restored to Its
natural color and looks glossy. soft
and ahundant.-AHcnt. ]. u. Hughs.
City Drug Store.
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| cd. Roth Of there have bccn Of great
commercial Importance. and the rec
! ,ificr. II IL believed. is hereafter
widely to extend the application OF
J electricity for the movement OF rail-
way trains and also for power pur-
, poses.
TIL" agreement between tho great
electric companies and Doctor He
witt emphasizes the modern tcndcn-
cy among those whose business is
largely based upon pn'ctn rights 10
defend themselves against the out
laws who have 20 often succeeded in
impairing. through violation OF pat
ctn rights. the just results which pa;
cnts under tho law should have. Edi-
son once said tha, after ycnrs OF liti-
cation that was very expensive. he
nt last secured final Judgment from
the United States court. This favor
able decision came only few weeks
before his patents expired. Hc had
his legal battle for nothing. Mr..
Westinghouse has recently said that
the defense OF patent rights has cost
the interests with which he IL idcn-
titled several millions In the last
twenty years. and that has also been
the experience OF the General Elcc-
,ric company. Tho adoption Of n
system OF exchange of licenses re-
duces the possibility of expensive
litigation to n minimum.
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Mixed With SULPHUR Makes Hair
Soft. Lustrous and Cures
nAnHrbn

The use of Sage and sulphur for
restoring faded. gray hair TO Its ma
turai color dates back to grand
mothers time. Sh. kept her hair
beautifully iarkcncd. glossy and
abundant with n brew OF Sage Tea
and sulphur. Whenever her hair
fell out or took on that dull. faded
or strcakcd appearance this simple
mixture was applied with wonder
ful effect.
Bu, brewing u, hone Is mussy and
cut.of-tiate. Nowadays skilled chem
ists do this better than ourselves.
Ny nskiux u; ANY drug store for the
ready-to-usc product-callcd Wy
oth'S Sage and sulphur Hair REM
e<iy"--you will Re; a large bottle for
about 80 cents. Some druggists make
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SLIPPERY.

THE Banana Baby, Is the lat
est Whats the banana baby?"
An Eastern physician has reared n
marvellous child on IL diet Of bannn-
as" Marvellous in what way?" IN
mentality. Why, the little fellow can
answer an almost incredible number
of difficult questions" Wonderful.
indeed. One would naturally suppose
that n banana baby would be apt to
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n hole through a sInss plate. Then

Hotc tHVOuHH SiHhs ptafc. ln"u
an emery wheel was set rotating
swiftly in n closed glass vessel. and
"A piccg OF steel imp!rncd upon Il.
scndina out u shower OF bright
sparks. Here tho minute particles
thrown off were behaving rs meteor
ties. The air was gradually with
drawn from tho vessel. and the
sparks died down. showing that me-
tcOrites cannot easily make their fire
works without tho presence of oxy-
gen. Then tho air was admitted
again. and tho mctcoiifes behaved 10
violently that the apparatus was srt
on fire. II was nut out without any
damage or alarm being caused.
The combustion which results
from ths passage Of n mctcorite thru
the air is not merely due to friction.
In its tumultuous course II compress
as tremendously the air TIM: lies
before IL. and this terrific compress
sion causes intense heat and light Mt
n temperature higher than that OF
the electric arc. so that tho plunEinR
Iacteoritc carries q blazing furnace
at it's nose. And behind II leaves n
luminous train miles long. lasting
for minutes and composed Of the in
cnndcsccnt particles thrown off.
That IL why We are ever ablc to sec
the course OF mc;eorite.
The structure OF mctcoritcs occu-
pied a considerable portion OF the
lecture. but here we get on to very
technical ground. In all the meteor
! ties that have reached us no more
than half OF the elements which are
present in and around the earth
have been found. Iron. nickle. sill
Gates and other common or garden
elements nre Of course. found In
large quantities.
The finer analyses are conducte I
by means of the spcc,roscope. which
can ge. very definict results out OF
very small quantities OF material.
And 1t is owing to the frenzied flight
of mcteoritcs that We have been able
TO know something of the compost
ton OF the atmosphere 80 miles
above us. moro than twice AZ high
as amy captive balloon without pas
senEers. by the way-haS ever been
ubl" to get. Various lucky scientific
accidents, aided by friendly meteor
ties. show that the afr" at that
fenormous height is probably COM
lposed wohlly of hydrogen and he'll
ium, with no admixturc of oxygen or
nitrogen. And the meteortc fire.
works at such n height nre not ca,is'
cd by the burning or ixidatiOn OF the
celestial proiectilc. but by the sheer
compression and combustion OF the
lrnrcfied hydrogen. {.
t The glowing crucibles, showing
how tremendous local temperatures
can he caused by chemical means. 30
that astonishing fcats OF welding
can be carried out in a restricted
space. brought the lecture to Il close
In IL red glory of seething fires thnt
gave some slight hint of the heat o'
q metcorite in Its passage from othef
worlds to our own planet.
The chronicle=news., 1913-03-13

A pain in the side or hack that
catches You when you straighten up
calls for n rubbing application OF
BALLARD'S SNOW LINIMENT. II
relaXcs the contracted muscles ana
permits ordinary bodily motion Win
out suffering or Inconvenience. Price
25c. soc. nnd s1OO epr bottle. Sold
by Hausman Drug Co.
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FROM MRS. ID. II. BROWN.
lola, During the Change
Of Life was sick for two years. ltc.
fore ] took your medicine I could
not bear the weight III my clothes
aud was hloatcd very badly. doc
torrd with three doctors hut they
did me no good. They said nature
must have its way. My sister al.
viscd me to take Lydia 4. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound and purchased
n bottle. Before II was gonc the
bloating left me and WAS not ~
sore. continued taking II until l
la! taken IL bottles. Now I am
stronger than I have been for years
und can do all my work. even the
washing. You: medicine IL worth
IL. weight In geld. canno, praise
II enough. II more women would
take your medicine there womi,. he
moro healthy women. You may use
this letter for the good Of othcr>."-
Mrs D. II. lsnowH, S09 North Walnut
street, lola, Kan.
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A good treatment FOR cold settled
In the lungs ia n IiERRlCk'S RED
PEPPER POROUS PLASTER ap-
piled to the chest TO draw out infia-
nation. and BALLARD'S HORE-
HOUND SYRUP to relax tightness.
You get the two remedies for the
price of one by buying the dollar
size Horchound Syrup: there is n
porous plaster free with each bottle.
Sold by IIausman Drug Go.
The chronicle=news., 1913-03-13

Quality printing - anything -
everything - at the Chronicle-News
office. Work delivered when prom
ised.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-02-27
Snokeless, Odorless and Has a Great
er Penetrative Force Than Dyna-
mite or Cordlte.

London.-Military experts who have
been experimenting with the new ex-
plosive "powerite," the discovery OF
young inventor of Sydney, N. S. W..
predict that it will revolutionize the
use of small arms and artillery In war
fare.
Cheapness, greater driving force, In
creased penetration, no smoke, no
smell, no recoil and no danger in
transportation, are among the virtues
claimed for "powerite," the compost
ton Of which is. of course, a secret.
Cartridges containing 80 grains of the
new explosive were fired in competi-
ton with cordite cartridges, fitted
with the usual service charge OF 35
grains.
The "powerite' projectiles pene-
trated eight inches into the target, as
against five inches for the cordite.
Fired into sand boxes, "powerite"
forced its way Is inches, and cordite
only ten. After testing it's force on q
sunken ship in Thayer bay, the Off
Ger in charge reported that three
pounds of ''powerite" was equal to ten
pounds Of dynamite.
The Sydney invention looks like
cotton and burns with harmless puff
of fame when a match is applied
Revolver shots may be fired into it at
short range without danger of explo
sion, and it is further claimed that it
is unaffected by heat, cold, moisture
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-02-27
Spirit Squad Is Needed as Adjunct to Police

ences, but the police hear and see
more that tends to question humanity
than employees in any other line OF
work
1T seems strange, but nevertheless
it is true, that persons have dreams
and Authorizations which are reported
to the police as facts for investigation
Dreaming of robbers, they have ava
kened suddenly with all the excite
ment and alarm that would attach to
the genuine case, fired revolvers at the
supposed intruder, and only been re-
conciled to their mistake after close
inquiry proves it such.
THE greatest imposition is that
which occurs great many times a
year when persons who cannot or do
not want to pay their just debts re.
port that they have been robbed OF
sums of money. They will prearraEge
to give color to the truth of their re-
port, but are generally found out In
the end.
1.-The public should not believe
everything they read and hear about
burglaries and highway robberies, for
many of the cases 30 reported, after
investigation, are shown to be without
foundation.
so. the spirit squad"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-02-27
There Is Balm in GiIead and SaIve in Africa

7 EFT Joy expand like a choking ca
IL nary and pleasure spout forth as
water from broken pipe. There is still
balm il Gilead and salve in Africa
There will be a grand inaugural ball.
Il will be such a scene of gaiety as
the modest electric light bulb seldom
smiled upon.
The die is cast. The gorgeous event
will come to pass despite the prohibi-
ton OF President-elect Wilson. Prepa-
rations are going forward like de-
tachmeut of Turks retreating from the
Balkan frontier. While the event may
prove q trif1e disappointing to the
ultra fashionable set, and somewhat
dazzling to the new chief magistrate,
there will be all sorts of compensa-
lions. The tickets will cost less
There will be more room In which to
swing partners.
The colored brother has beaten
everybody to 1t. He has put the in
augural committee on music up a tree
and circumvented Governor Wilson
He has chartered Convention hall, the
largest auditorium in this city. He
will have an affair that will make
former events look like pine cones
falling from a redwood tree.
The National Negro Woodrow Will
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-02-27
DISEASE CARRIED BY 100000
Testimony to That effect on Labor
Camps Before New York
Commission.

New Yor2k-OtSe hundred thousand
men, most % them foreigners, live In
insanitary surroundings in 5000 Iabor
camps in connection with construction
operations throughout New York
state, They contract disease in the
working months and carry it to their
families in cities. Many of the la
borers live in shacks made from dis
carded freight cars. Under their sys-
tenn of employment they may not leave
II dissatified unless they sacrifice part
Of their pay, held back to keep them
at their jobs
These are conditions described by
voluntary Witnesses at the second pub
lie hearing of Governor Suffers spe-
cial public health commission, which
is seeking to improve methods of pub
lie sanitation. Insanitary conditions
were alleged to exist in many can
neries and among the Indians. Two
hundred of the 600 Indians on one res
ervation have tuberculosis, it was tes-
titled. 1t was recommended that a.
trained nurse be stationed on every
reservation.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-02-27
Uncle Sam Wants Goats for Service in the Army

IS. r. O." sign out, and the COM
Founders of quinine and kindred
remedies have come to look upon the
post as regular meal ticket
All that seems to all the fort is
malaria. Now, as every one knows
by this time, the malaria mosquito
is the only insect to carry malaria
Usually it is a rather simple matter
to get rid of the mosquitoes by
eliminating their breeding places,
which are always collections, large
or small, of stagnant water. But in
the case of Fort Washington there
has been trouble getting at the breed
ing places. There is a stretch along
the water front that is not wet enough
to drain and yet is too wet for SAM
tary purposes. The grass and weeds
there have been cut and recut, but
they will not stay cut, anC an Inn
poverished government cannot lot the
war department have money enough
for a sea wall or other sort or
permanent binding on the edge of the
river.
SO the war department has put in
requistion for goats, twenty OF them,
and they, being cheerful and pretty
constant feeders, it is thought they can
be depended on to keep the vegetar
ton in check go that the sanitation
experts can find the wet spots on the
ground and standard oil the mosQui-
toes out of existence.
This start of twenty sounds modest,
but it is as many healthy goats as
the government can afford to buy.
Billies and nannies both are desired
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-02-27
Politics at Funeral Leads to Swift Arbitration

ALL THREE Of the big political
"A narties were involved In the row
over the corpse Of Charles Curtis, a
colcred messenger at the capitol, and
the funeral was delayed one day
Curtis, who was strong Democrat
and organizer of the Personal Liberty
League. died Tuesday. His erstwhlle
friend and political ally, George Rob-
inson. head of the house Of repre-
sentatives' tonsorial parlor, called up
an the widow with his condolences
and was mortified to find that
Republican undertaken had been en-
Gagged for the last touches. Robinson
protested and the widow allowed him
to go forth and hire a Democratic I'M
dertaker. who, he said. would not
present so large a bill.
Robinson went on his mission A
few hours later two undertakers ap-
neared at the house and the ensuing
argument drifted from business to
notifies. and finally to fsticuffs. and
the two men had to hunt up Robin
son at the house barber shop to try
to settle the matter by arbitration.
They ali made such a row there tnat
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-02-27
TREE IS BIG
Hundreds Claim Kinship With a
Late Millionaire.
Letters From Alleged Relatives OF J.
X. Zimmerman, Who Died In
testate, Pour in Upon the
Administrators.

Kansas City.-The lure of chance.
no matter how slight, to share in the
$1s000.000 left by the late ]. X. Zim-
norman, stockman, of this city, who
died interstate October 6, is prompting
scores of persons to write J. e. GUM
otte, probate judge, for particulars.
The fortune hunters live in all parts
Of the country.
Judge Guinotte is not the only one
receiving letters. Not day passes
that Sam B. Strother and f. P. Neal,
administrators, do not receive letters
claiming relationship to the wealthy
stockman. They have succeeded to
date in finding twenty-seven heirs who
claim part of the estate. They are
Investigating the claims of as many
more. Some of the Investigations will
require more acumen than that re-
buried to solve Chinese puzzle.
Here is one, for instance: W. Nj.
Spare, Cisco, ILL.,, writes:
While | can't claim kinship with
the deceased, 1t is quite within the
range of possibilities. My grandmoth-
ers name was Zimmerman and mar
ried Joseph d. Long of Pennsylvania
and moved to this section of Illinois
somewhere about the year of 1880 to
1888. She had brother by the name
of Benjamin and another by the name
of Obidiah, or possibly the last name
was the son of the former. But I'll
admit our ancestry is rather vague
on my grandmother's side, except the
names and places l have stated"
Grafton Zimmerman of Elmer, Mo-,
is very sure part of that $1.000,O00 be-
longs to him. He says:
Il believe | am an heir to part of
the estate. My fathers name was Pc
ter Zimmerman and was born In Han
over, Pa. Now if you can or will give
me instructions how to proceed in ma
king claim you will greatly oblige me"
w. N. Walker of Limestone, Tenn,
believes he can produce number of
legal heirs. He says:
1--WE think some of the heirs are in
our town. For any information you
can give me l will be thankful
A woman in Duluth, Mimi. put her
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-02-27
MAIL FAST; BLOCKS SUICIDE
Friends, Informed by Letters. Hall
West Norristown (Pa.) Mans
Death Plans.

Norristown, Pa.-The United States
mail was too fast for Robert Muffin.
ger, sixty-five years old, a wealthy bus.
mess man of West Norristown town.
ship, and to this he owes the fact that
he is alive. Mulfnger planned to com.
nit suicide and he wrote letters to a
local undertaken and local banker
about his burial and his last wishes.
They received the letters so promptly
that they found Mulfinger lying in his
bathroom with tube connected with
the gas fixture in his mouth. He was
revived and demanded to know why
they had saved his life.
Mulfinger lost money recently in in
vestments and he got the idea that he
was going to the poorhouse. He pre-
ferred death to that fate.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-02-27
HIS BAN ON EVILS
indulgence In Smoking and Liquor
Means Forfeit by Heirs Of Share
in Rich Estate.

Bloomington, Ill-Before Mora and
Leita Murdoch, and their brother Max,
children of the late ]. T. Murdoch or
La Sale county, can benefit under
their fother's will, they must appear
before the probate court and take a
solemn oath that they have not
smoked or chewed tobacco nor parta-
ken of intoxicating liquors for two
years previously.
The last will and testament of the
dead millionaire is unique in the an
nails Of the probate courts of central
known to be total aostainer himself.
he was never intolerant in his refer
ence to others who might drink or
smoke, and the will just placed on
record by the administrator was a
great surprise to his family and
friends.
To guard against false affidavit,
Mr.. Murdoch provided that in the
event such deceit was resorted to,
that protest made by any person ac-
Quainted with the facts must be given
consideration by the court. Should
the accusation be substantiated, the
person who made the false affidavit
must forfeit all shave in the estate.
The heirs, are given life interest in
the property, and the will provides
that the, anti-tobacco and anti-liquor
stipulations are also binding upon
their children and grandchildren.
The will bequeaths the personal
property 20 the widow and divides the
real estate equally between the two
daughters and son. All three children
are grown and prominent in society
circles. The trio say that there will
be no danger of any tcrfeit of their
share in the estate, az all gre opposed
to the use of tobacco and intoxicants.
The clause Of the will relating to
tobacco and liquor reads as follows:
1t has been my aim and ambition
during the whole time have been ac-
curing and saving the property here
in devised, to leave the same for the
Improvement of the minds, and not for
the debasement of the bodies of those
who may come into its possession. To
that end, after due, deliberation, it Is
my will, and L do hereby especially
provide, that no one who uses tobacco.
by smoking or chewing, or shall be in
the, habit of using intoxicating liquor
as beverage, shall have any share
In the property or income thereof de-
vised by me. Before anyone shall take
any benefit or any property be-
queathed OF devised by me, such one.
my wife excepted, shall file in the
court where this will may be admitted
to probate. his or her affidavit. and
such other additional proof as may be
required to convince the court of the
truth of such affidavit. that he or she
has not used tobacco, for smoking or
chewing, nor has been in the habit OF
getting intoxicated or of using intox-
icating liquors as q beverage during
the full period of the two years imme-
diately prior to the time such affidavit
shall be fled"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-02-27

MP Observation-Disclosures for ad-
w ministrative purposes a short
haired goat should be classified with
a paste pot, fumigator or a six
inch gun Is a question now demanding
the serious attention of the wise men
of the war department
The war department wants goats
Goats that will eat mosquitoes, or at
least THAI will eat the foliage where
the mosquitoes breed and ccngregate,
are particularly desired. Just how
many goats the department will want
has not yet been settled because the
acreage capacity of goat for weeds
and browsing has not yet been accur-
ately determined. However, the Off
Gals are looking for goats if they can
find the right appropriation to charge
them to, and 1t has not yet been de-
cided whether this should be equip
ment, sanitation or miscellaneous ex-
penditures.
The root of the trouble is Fort
Washington, down the Potomac. This
has long been known as one of the
most unhealthy posts in the army.
The hospital there usually has the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-02-27

The perfect cat has also been found.
The ideal cat won the first prize at
the show of the National Cat club at
the Crystal palace, London. 1t is an
orange colored tabby named Torring-
ton, with a red frill. 1t is valued by
its owner, Mrs. Horace Cook of Bide-
ford. Devonshire, at $4,000. The color
is not marred by a suspicion of white
eyes, which consist of alternate cir
cles of light and dark red. The coat
is also of alternate streaks in two
shades. Louis Vain, the Judge, said
he had never before, at any show,
seen such perfection of shading.