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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-02-19
Low Round Trip inauguration Fares

Low Round Trip Inauguration fafes
Southern Railway begs to an,
nounce account presidential lnatga'
ration, March 18th, extremely low
round trip fares TO Washington, u
c., have been authorized from al
points on its lines: dates of sale
February % and March 1st, End ano
3rd and for trains scheduled to ar
rive Washington before noon Marc'
tth, final limit returning leave Wash
ington March 10th. Fer further IT.
formation consult AGENTS or write /
S. Brown. Gen. Agt., Washington
D. C.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-09-19
NINE BATTLEsHIPS TO CRUISE.
Others of Fleet to Remain For Duty In
Mexican Waters.

Only nine battleships of the Atlantic
feet will make the Mediterranean
cruise planned for this fall, and they
Will not be accompanied by the tor
pedo fotilla, as the original program
proposed.
Secretary Daniels has announced
that it has now been determined that
it would be incurring an unnecessary
risk to have the destroyers make the
return trip across the Atlantic in mid
winter and that they would be sent to
the Mediterranean at more favorable
season.
1t had been intended to send larger
number of battleships on the cruise,
but four of the big vessels are being
kept in Mexican waters, and four 9TH
ers are held In readiness to relieve
them at stated intervals. The ships will
leave Hampton Roads, Va, Oct. %.
The destination of the nine battle
ships will be as follows: The Wyom-
ing (fagship), Rear Admiral Badger,
commander In chief, Malta; the Ver-
mont and the Ohio, Marseilles; the Ar
kansas and the Florida, Naples; the
Utah and the Delaware, Villefranche,
France.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-09-19
NAUTICAL KNOTS AND MILES;
THE DIFFERENCE IN THEM.

A nautical knot and nautical
mile are two different things, al
though they are frequently con-
founded by landsmen.
The length of a nautical knot is
fifty feet eight inches, while that of
a nautical mile varies from the ex-
treme length of 6,107 feet 10 inches,
to the shortest, 6,046 feet. This var
iation in the length of a nautical mile
is due to the fact that it must con-
form to line measuring one minute
of arc of the earth's surface at sea
Level, and as the earth is not per-
feet circle the radii differ, and so
must the arc.
To avoid confusion, however, the
length of a standard nautical mile
has been fixed by the United States
Coast and Geodetic Survey at g.
0S0 feet 8 Il inches, that being the
length of one minute of arc of
great circle of a true sphere, whose
surface area is equal to that of the
earth.
The method of determining the
distance sailed by a ship at sea in
the early days of navigation was by
means of process called "heaving a
log" The three-cornered board
with lead attached, so as to float on
its edge that it might not be drag
ged through the water, was attach
ed to long line and when the log
was thrown into the water as the
vessel sailed away from it the line
was drawn out of the vessel by the
log, which remained stationary in the
water.
AS soon as the knot passed out
over the rail or stern of the vessel
half-minute sand glass was turn
ed to show the time, and the sand
carefully watched until the last grain
had dropped into the lower bulb, and
the log line was then instantly stop
ped at the rail. The distance was
measured on the line as it was haul
ed in from where it stopped at the
rail to the knot before mentioned.
AS half-minute glass denoted the
one hundred and twentieth part of
an hour, so the log line was a one
hundred and twentieth part of the
distance a vessel would sail in an
hour.
In order to make the computation
more easy, knots were placed on the
log line every one hundred and twen-
tieth part of mile of $3.50 feet,
which placed the knots so feet in
ches apart and the number of these
knots which the vessel sailed in half
a minute were, therefore, equal to
the number of miles that the vessel
| would sail an hour if she continued
| at the same rate of speed.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-09-19

ice, shall be held on the municipal
election day; namely, the Tuesdat
next following the first Monday d
November in each odd-numbere{
year, but the General Assembly mai
by law fix a different day, twd
thirds of all the members of eac4
House consenting thereto; Provided
That such elections shall be held Id
an odd-numbered year: Provided fur
ther, That all judges for the court}
Of the several judicial districts hold
ing office at the present time, whose
terms Of office may end in an odd
numbered year, shall continue I'd
hold their offices until the first Mon
day of January In the next succeed
ing even-numbered year.
A true copy Of Concurrent Resolu
ton No. 3.
ROBERT McAFEE.
Secretary Of the Commonwealth
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-09-19

avoid the commonly accepted view
that the earth was created in six
days. Torrey's opinion in this mat
ter will be found to coincide with
some of the theories in Pemberton's
book, entitled 'Earth's Earliest
Ages
Il disagree with Doctor Torrey
and so do the Bible commentators"
said the Rev. DR.. William Henry
Roberts, of the Presbyterian church.
Adam and Eve are merely generic
titles for the first man and woman.
Adam means red earth, signifying
the clay from which Adam was
created. Geology has no discoveries
which can refute the account of the
worlds creation in Genesis, because,
in my opinion, the days mentioned
in the Bible were extended periods
possibly of 100000 or 100000
years each. 1 am surprised that
Doctor Torrey should entertain the
idea of a pre-Adamite race
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-09-19
Number One.
A JOINT RESOLUTION

Proposing an amendment to article
nine, section four, Of the Constitu-
ton of the Commonwealth of Penn
Bylvania, authorizing the State to
issue bonds to the amount Of fifty
millions of dollars for the improve
ment Of the highways Of the Com
monwealth.
Section /. Be It resolved by the
Senate and House of Representatives
of the Commonwealth Of Pennsylva1
mia In General Assembly met, That
the following amendment to the Con-
stitution Of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania be, and the same is
hereby, proposed, in accordance with
the eighteenth article thereof
That section four of article nine,
which reads as follows:
Section 4. No debt shall be cre-
ated by or on behalf Of the State,
except to supply casual deficiencies
of revenue, repel invasion, suppress
insurrection, defend the State in war,
or to pay existing debt; and the debt
created to supply deficiency in reve-
nue. shall never exceed, in the aggreI
gate at any one time. one million Of
dollars" be amended so as to read
as follows:
Section 4. NO dept snail De Gre
ated by or on behalf Of the State,
except to supply casual deficiencies
of revenue, repel invasion, suppress
insurrection, defend the State in war,
or to pay existing debt; and the
debt created to suppy deficiencies in
revenue shall never exceed, in the
aggregate at any one time, one mil.
lion Of dollars: Provided, however,
That the General Assembly, ire.
spective of any debt, may authorize
the State to issue bonds to the
amount of fifty millions Of dollars for
the purpose Of improving and rebuild
ing of highways Of the Common.
wealth.
A true copy of Joint Resolution
No. L
ROBERT McAFEE.
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-09-19
ItOI5I1IVI IUV1NT II1Is
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Number -Four.
A JOINT RESOLUTION

A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to sectionl
one of article nine Of the Consti-S
tuition Of Pennsylvania, relating to!
taxation.
Section 1. Be It resolved by theI
Senate and House of Representatives
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylva-|
MIA in General Assembly met, That
the following is proposed as AMI
amendment to the Constitution of the|
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in|
accordance with the provisions of the
eighteenth article thereof
Section 2. Amend section one Of
article nine Of the Constitution Of
Pennsylvania, which reads as fol-.
lows:
Cali taxes shall be uniform, upon
the same class of subjects, within
the territorial limits of the authority
levying the tax, and shall be levied
and collected under general laws;
but the General Assembly may, by
general laws, exempt from taxation
public property used for public pur~
poses, actual places Of religious wor-
ship, places of burial not used or
held for private or corporate profit,
and institutions Of purely public
charity" so as to read as follows:
All taxes shall be uniform upon
the same class of subjects, within
the territorial limits of the authority
levying the tax, and shall be levied
and collected under general laws, and
the subjects Of taxation may be clas-
sified for the purpose of laying graded
or progressive taxes; but the GEN
eral Assembly may, by general laws,
exempt from taxation public property
used for public purposes, actual
places of religious worship, places
Of burial not used or held for pri-
vate or corporate profit, and institu-
tions of purely public charity.
A true copy of Joint Resolution
No. 4.
ROBERT McAFEE.
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-09-19
Number Five.
4 JOINT RESOLUTIO,

Proposing an amendment to the Con.
stitution of Pennsylvania.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the
Senate and House Of Representatives
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylva-
mia in General Assembly met, That
the following is proposed as an
amendment to the Constitution of
Pennsylvania in accordance with the
provisions of the eighteenth article
thereof
Article TX.
Section Is. No obligations which
have been heretofore issued, or
which may hereafter be issued,
by any county or municipality, other
than Philadelphia, to provide for the
construction or acquisition Of water
works, subways, underground rail-
ways OF street railways, or the appur-
tenances thereof, shall be considered
as a debt Of a municipality, within
the meaning Of section eight of ar
ticle nine of the Constitution of
Pennsylvania or of this amendment,
if the net revenue derived from said
property for a period of five years,
either before or after the acquisi-
ton thereof, or, where the same is
constructed by the county or NUM-
cipality, after the completion thereof,
shall have been sufficient to pay in
terest and sinking-fund charges dur
ing said period upon said obligations,
or if the said obligations shall be Sc
cured by liens upon the respective
properties, and shall impose no mu-
nicipal liability. Where municipali-
ties or counties shall issue obliga-
tions to provide for the construction
of property, as herein provided, said
municipalities or counties may also
issue obligations to provide for the
interest and sinking-fund charges ac-
cruing thereon until said properties
shall have been completed and in op-
Grafton for a period of one year; and
said municipalities and counties shall
not be required to levy a tax to pay
said interest and sinking-fund
charges, as required by section ten
of article nine of the Constitution
of Pennsylvania, until after said prop
critics shall have been operated by.
said counties or municipalities during
said period of one year. Any of the
said municipalities or counties may
incur indebtedness in excess of seven
per centum, and not exceeding ten
per centum, of the assessed valuation
of the taxable property therein; il
said increase of Indebtedness shall
have been assented to by three-ffths
of the electors voting at a public
election, in such manner as shall be
provided by law.
A true copy of Joint Resolution
No. 5.
ROBERT McAFEE.
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-09-19
TUBERCULOSIS EMBLEM
STANDARDIZED.
Double Red Cross of Same Propor-
tions will be Used by all Anti
tuberculosis Organizations.

tuberculosis OfSanlZauOnS.
A special committee of The Ma
tional Association for the Study and
Prevention of tuberculosis, of which
DR.. Henry Barton Jacobs of Balti-
more is chairman, announces to-day
the exact proportions of the double
red cross, the international tuber-
culosis emblem, which has been
adopted for use in the United States.
Every organization or institution
dealing with tuberculosis will be
urged to use the emblem in it's cor
rect proportions.
Although the double red cross was
adopted for use in the United States
in 1906 as the symbol of the crusade
against tuberculosis, no effort was
made to standardize the shape or
proportions, with the result that
hundreds of differently formed en-
blems are now being used in this
country. After year of study of
the history and artistic merits of all
of the designs available, the National
Association has finally chosen one in
which all of the arms are pointed,
the two cross-arms being of the same
length. The width of the cross is
taken as the unit in determining the
proportions. The length of the low
er leg is units; the arms are 3
units on either side; the point above
the arms, 2 u units. These measure
ments hold good for any size.
The double red cross was first
adopted as the symbol of the Inter
national Anti-Tuberculosis Associa-
ton in Berlin, in October, 1902.
The proposer of the symbol was DR..
G. Sersiron of Paris, who is now AS
sociate Secretary of L'Association
Centrale Franchise Contre la Tuber-
culose. To-day the emblem is being
used by anti-tuberculosis workers in
every part Of the world, even in Ice
land, India, South Africa, Labrador,
Japan, China and the Philippines.
The double red cross is similar in
shape to a cross used frequently in
the Greek Catholic Churches, and
also to the Lorraine Cross of France.
In the United States over 1900
anti-tuberculosis associations and
committees, nearly $50 sanatoria and
hospitals; 400 dispensaries and
about 200 open air schools, besides
number of other organizations, are
using the double red cross as their
emblem. Wherever it is seen, il
means war against tuberculosis.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-09-19
PRE-ADAMITE IDEA OF
DIR. II. A. TORREY DISPUTED.
EVangelist's Published Theory of
Second Creation of World Chal-
enged by Minister'S.


Was Adam the first man? For CEN
turies mankind has believed he was.
Adam and Eve were the father and
mother of the human race. This is
the Biblical record, and men have
accepted it from time immemorial.
Now the Rev. Reuben A. Torrey,
the evangelist, comes forword with a
new theory. He says Adam was not
the first man; that Adam and Eve
were created by God after the exist
ence of a pre-Adamite race, whose
sins brought down a catastrophe up
on this planet, causing it to be laid
waste.
Following that catastrophe, Doctor
Torrey says, God proceeded to re-cre-
ate the earth in six days, as describ-
ed in Genesis, and made Adam and
Eve to start the human race anew.
Ministers in Philadelphia, says the
Ledger, were astonished, when they
learned of Doctor Torreys theory
and, without exception, they de-
nounced it. Had the author of the
pre-Adamite race theory been a lib
eral theologian, they would not have
been surprised but coming from Doc
tor Torrey, who has been regarded
as strong conservative in Biblical
Interpretation, they were amazed.
Doctor Torrey's statement concern
ing the pre-Adamite race appears in
a little volume for the instruction of
Sunday school teachers entitled
THE Gist of the Lesson; a Concise
Exposition of the International Sun
day School Lessons for 1913" I'm
der the caption "The Rehabilitation
of the Earth to Become the Abode
of Man. Doctor Torrey says:
I'm verse 2 (Genesis), we are told
the earth was Cor became) waste
and void The words translated
waste or void are used in the Bible
to express Gods judgment upon sin.
The words translated confusion and
emptiness in Isaiah 44:11 are the
same words used here.
"One Hebrew photographer gives
ruin as the proper meaning of the
word translated waste Further
more, Isaiah tells us in so many
words that God did not originally
create the world waste lisa. 45:1S).
1t is plain therefore that in the begin
ming of verse we have the descrip-
tion, not of the creation of the earth,
but of judgment that came upon
the eafth after It's creation (preSum-
ably because of the sin of some pre-
Adamite inhabitants). What follows
then is not the steps of the original
creation, but of the rehabilitation of
the earth to become the abode of
man.
''If this view of the passage is
correct, there never can be any pos
sibility of any conflict between any
thing geology may discover in the
record of the rocks and that which
is here recorded, not as the steps of
creation, but as the steps in the re-
fitting of the earth"
Several ministers denounced Doc
tor Torrey's teaching concerning the
pre-Adamite race.
Doctor Torrey's explanation is
visionary" declared the Rev. Dr.
George T. Webb, secretary of peri
odicals of the American Baptist Pub
lication society. What he teaches
is evidently the attempt of a literal
| ist to adapt Scriptural teaching to
present scientific theories, and to
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-09-19
Number Three,

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to section
three of article eight of the Consti-
tuition of Pennsylvania.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the
House of Representatives of the
Commonwealth OF Pennsylvania (if
the Senate concur), That the fol-
lowing is proposed as an amend
ment to the Constitution of the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania, in ac-
cordance with the provisions of the
eighteenth article thereof
Section 3. Amend section three of
article eight, which reads as follows:
"All judges elected by the electors of
the State at large may be elected at
either a general or municipal cleo
ton, as circumstances may require.
All the elections for judges of the
courts for the several judicial dis
tricts, and for the county, city, ward,
borough, and township officers, for
regular terms of service, shall be
held on the municipal election day;
namely, the Tuesday next following
the first Monday of November in
each odd-numbered year, but the
General Assembly may by law fix a
different day, two-thirds of all the
members of each House consenting
thereto: Provided, That such elec-
dons shall always be held in an
odd-numbered year." so as to read:
Section 3. All judges elected by
the electors of the State at large
may be elected at either a general
or municipal election, as circumstan-
ces may require. All elections for
judges Of the courts for the several
judicial districts, and for county,
city, ward, borough, and township
officers, for regular terms Of serv.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-09-19
SHOW RAILROAD EXPENSES.
Reports From 1859 Carriers Are Re-
eeiVed by Commerce Commission.

Reports From 1859 Carriers Are Re-
ceived by Commerce Commission.
Nearly 1900 miles were added dur
ing the year closing Aug. 81 to the
roadway of steam railroads of the
country. earning less than $1,0O0,oOO a
year, according to a statement issued
by the interstate commerce commits
sion at Washington. Reports were re-
ceived from 159 railroads, and these
show that the average number Of
miles operated during the year was
203, ,695, compared with 2o09S6 for the
corresponding period of the year pre-
vious.
The total operating expenses were
reported to be $2,S23, ,555,S73 for the
year as against 81, ,543, ,7s2, I'll last year.
The net revenue per mile is given as
s4,2S6 as against 1904 last year.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-09-19
New Record For euiIIaux.

Maurice Guillaux, the French avia-
tor, who flew from Biarritz to Brack-
el, Germany, Aug. %, has been award
ed the single day record of S59aI miles
This beats the record for a straight
course made last June by Marcel g.
Brindejonc des Moulinais, who flew
from Paris to st. Petersburg, by two
and one-half miles.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-09-19
AMENDMENTS TO

DRoPOSED AMENDMENTS TO
Il THE CONSTITUTION SUBMIT.
TED TO THE CITIZENS OF THIS
COMMONWEALTH FOR THEIR AP-
PROvAL OR REJECTION, BY THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYL-
vANIA, AND PUBLISHED BY OR
DER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE
COMMONWEALTH, IN PURSUANCE
OF ARTICLE XVIII OF THE CON-
6TITUTION.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-09-19
The Sum and
Substance

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member Of tho family and
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the doings Of the community and
tho bargains Of the merchants
regularly advertised viii enable
you to save many tmes the cost
Of tho subscription
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-03
Sudden Stop Spills
Driver and Cabbage
Hssrby Lsborers Grab Each a Din
ner Dish as Vegetables Roll
Down Ellis Street Hill.

The engine of an automobile deliy-
cry loaded with produce went deal
On the Ellis Street hill between
Peachtree and Ivy Streets this fore
aoon and the negro chauffeur applied
Tie brakes to prevent the machine
slipping down the hill. The auto came
TO an abrupt stop and George Hen
aerson, standing in the rear end IF
me car, landed in the street on his
head. He took with him on his flight
case containing three dozen grape
Hllt and a dozen cabbages.
The case broke open when it struck
me pavement and the grapefruit and
eaooages. rolling down the hill. near
caused a riot among a gang Of
.oFamen at the foot OF the incline.
Everybody grabbed a grapefruit or a
cabbage.
henderson was uninjured physical
d. but he suffered a lot Of mental
'Ftl7e before he could persuade the
"oranen TO relinquish the fruit and
egltsbIes.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-03
Burglars No Terror
To Doughty Doctor
Bold American Bluff Used by orne
Street Physician to Rout q
Highwsyman.

Dr. Edgar L. Hawiey, Al Orme
Street, to-day is priding himself on
being a champion buffer.
BY proving himself an adept along
that line early to-day, the doctor saved
his watch, money and other valua-
bles. He was returning i'm a cab
from an emergency call near Grant
Park when, at a secluded spot in
Glennwood Avenue, a footpad darted
from the shadows and, in true border
stagecoach fashion. covered the driver
with a revolver.
Throw up your hands inside there
and give me your valuables," com
manded the highwayman.
Lean to one side, there. and let me
get a shot at that scoundrel,' said
the physician to the cabman, in a de-
termined voice.
Instantly the bandit turned on his
heels and fed.
He was a rank amateur" remark
ed the unarmed doctor as he COM
manded the cabman to drive'On.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-03
Locker Club Forces
The Y.W.C.A. to Move
Present Quarters To Be Abandoned
Because of Proximity-seareh
for New Home On.

The quarters OF the Young Won
ems Christian Association in the
Steiner Emery building viii be aban-
doned by the association May l. No
decision has been reached as to where
the new Offices will be located.
The presence Of locker club on the
top floor OF the building is given by
the Y. W. c. a. officials as the cause
Of their action. The association has
accomplished much good in its pres
ent location. but the surroundings
have made the conducting Of the work
unpleasant.
The night school is quartered in the
Steiner Emery building, as well IS
the gymnasium, all of the classes and
the restaurant.
The women in charge were deter
mined to move from the building, al
though they had no place selected for
their future home. Accordingly, the
owners of the building were notified
of their intention and a search is or
for suitable headquarters.