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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-08

IL every large city in the country there are
from hundreds TO thousands OF men who
L deliberately spoil their days work before
ley begin IT, ThatAs, they put themselves
IN such condition that they congest their
lungs weaken their heart action. injure their
eyes and slightly daze their brains and there
by are in such shape that they cannot per-
form their days work as well as they could
when they left their home in the morning
These people are commuters. and they
s1oH their days work, or at least lessen its
quality and their own efficiency by riding TO
he city il smoking cars.
The men who Chamber aboard their train
and make for the smoking car may not be
nveterate smokers. They may be- very mild
users Of tobacco. But the car they ride in is
he big danger. The air in the smoking ear
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-08

Then this commuJer climbs into the smoker
and sits and smokes and reads his paper or
talks or plays a couple of hands of whist
with brother commuters on the way to work.
It has been estimated by scientists that one
puff of cigarette smoke contains 400000,ooo
particles of dust Just how many particles Of
dust are contained in a smoking car full of
men it would be impossible to estimate. But
a share of this is breathed into the lungs.
smoking in your Office is different The air
about YOU is not smoke laden. it contains
only a little smoke from your cigar Smok-
ing out OF doors is even better. You do not
as a rule inhale the smoke. You blow it out
without inhalng and inhale the fresh air
but in a smoker you must inhale smoke,
laden with dust particles, or else hold your
breath until you suffOCate.
The result is that the man who rides in
the smoker 10 his Office or shop or factory
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-08
EFFICIENCY
That WASTES
The TIME
Of the PUBLIC

efficiency experts have sprung up in great num-
l. hers within the last two three years and much
- of their work has been Of great benent' out just
nov there are certain sorts Of soCaled efficiency that
are taking up the time of the public and apparently are
for the benefit of the very few against the incon
venence Of the many.
New telephone methods, turnstles noreceipt rules,
soda checks and perhaps Of other apparently
trivial rules and regulations all started with view to
sffciency are really proving bother to the public
In the matter of the telephones for instance in many
big cities If not in ALL the telephone girls have been
trained by various means to devote less and less Of
their own time to the operation Of putting in calls
The res ut is splendid justification Of efficiency"
from the point of view Of the telephone company, but
how about the public?
You now give central number and she repeats it
back to you, shutting you off Just she speaks the
last syllable of the last number. If she heard you
correctly no harm has been done, but she did not
get the number you gave her there is all sorts Of
trouble II you gave her BLANK 7O71" the chances
are tina many times she will repeat back to Blank
7Ol7" AID then "snap"-she has cut you off She gets
BLANK 7Ol7' for you and you know all the time she
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-08

Is getting the wrong number, but all you can do is
TO wait until the wrong party comes explain to
them get your operator over again and try
This makes delay and trouble for you and for limo
cent party on the wrong line.
II she gets the right number It does save her and
the company lot Of time but getting the right
ner that is understanding you correctly every time
is an impossibnity This doesn't interest the efficiency
engineer of the telephone company for the lost time
is almost entirely lost by subscribers and the gam
is all on the side of the company, case of efficiency
for the company and loss of valuable time for the
subscribers
Many stores refuse to give receipts. II is loss of
their time they say 1t tends to efficiency and that
are many articles have be without re-
cepts there is lot of delay and trouble and frequently
the purchaser can do nothing to right the mistake,
whether It is made by himself an .employe of the
store.
Probably one Of the worst examples of efficiency
gone wrong is the turnste at a public exit These
put up to prevent people from getting into places
without paying If the exit were open a Waterman
would have to stand guard to see that no one went in
And the turnstiles are put up, great cumbersome,
bothorsome wooden things that a puzzle to every
one bump the little tots make trouble for the aged
and weak and lame and delay the able bodied A.
the Douglas station the Illinois Central Railroad
Chicago there are such exit turnstiles and person
with two suit two large travelling bags
possibly get through with them. Such person
must ask the kind offices of stranger to assist
him through with of the bags If IT is honest
stranger all right Except for the delay and loss of
time) but if it happens TO be a crook and he gets
through first and departs with the suit case-there is
more loss.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-08
By DIR. [. K. HIRSHBERG.

- NE OF the most interesting OF the more recent
[ discoveries OF importance in medicine was that
~ made by Dr. Edward G. R1seuow of the Rush
Medical College Chicago who produced wh9t is termed
new bacillus of rheumatism. Il during cpl
demc last Winter OF malignant sore throat that Dr.
Roseuow was able to run down the of that aec
ton a rather ferocious little organism that thryed
in milk and produced the epidemic especially among
children.
Dr. Rosenow was not after the many varieties Of.
pains and aches that pass rheumatism but he sought
the seat Of the very first symptom rheumatism He
finally came to the conclusion that rheumatism was
transmitted through the air. by contagion. by damp
ness or by the usually suspected means On the con-
trary he found that when particles of food-particu
larly the and uncooked foods of early Spring, for
rheumatic" fever is most frequent in March. April
and May-became embedded in the canals crypts
aperures and openings of the tonss the troublesome
malady liable TO begin.
In other words these foods carried the germs into
the tonsils from which point OF entrance they gained
TO the lymph and blood streams, and thereafter
set up the disease DR.. Rosenow then, with pair OF
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-08
The Easiest Way for COMMUTER to SPOIL His DAYS WORK

morning after morning goes 10 work with
lungs irritated with bad air, his heart actor
quickened somewhat abnormaIIy. and even
his brain slightly dazed by the narcotic in
fuence of the tobacco smoke.
The result Is this man cannot 20 about
his work as well equipped as the man who
walks TO the station breathing the country
air and rides in a clean car where smoking
is not allowed. This man may sit at his
desk then and enjoy cigar. but he has forti
fled himself with a lot of clean air while the
other man has put his body into a rather baC
condition
Keeping this up day afte- day. morning anc
night, means that the man who rides in the
smoker win finally ind himself unable Il
think as quickly or clearly to est as heartily
to enjoy life as comfortably or f1 do business
with quite the same degree of .arpness anC
quiCkness and sureness OF Iut. 'snt as the
man who keeps out of the poisonous smokers
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-08
Discovering a New BACILLUS of RHEUMATISM

less than one per cent strong Then they are killed
and couned-not difficult feat, though millions Of
the microbes are invisible the naked eye-and
placed in little walls which hold fifteen drops of water
Some Walls contain S000OOO0, others 5O0OOO0OO, and
still others 1000 600 bacteria The microbes are
now ready for inocuating into patients when they
like the cowpOx germs (hat prevent smallpox called
"vaccnes." They are be it remembered dead as
the proverbai door nails, and can do you no harm.
The method of preventing malades by the use Of
these vaccines is to give small dose Of say 100000
600 50000000O bacteria first and after some days
usually eight ten-the dose is increased to lOOO-
100000 Many direful diseases are now prevented by
the vaccine" treatment first put into by Sir Al
moth Wright OF London.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-08

TzWINTY-FIvE years is generally the growing
limit" That is most people are believed TO have
attained their entire growth, far as height
goes. or size Of feet hands by the time they
twent, i've years old Some develop much younger
and thin their fun growth by the time they any
where rom sixteen TO twenty years Of age.
After twenty-five, human beings not supposed
to grow except to put weight, increase their waist
measure or grow stout all over but the claim has been
made ~ j. Millot Severn, English phrenologist
that there many instances where the human head
continues to grow and that mems heads have been
known increase in size after they forty years
old Mr.. Severns claim is Of much interest, regardless
of the of phrenology but they not actually
Claims for DR.. j. B. Mege of Paris, says the brain
does rot become fully developed until a man is from
forty-hve to fifty years Of age
MI Severn says he has measured the heads Of many
promi tent people from time to time and he has dis
covered by Of these measurements that the
head continues to grow at considerably greater age
than is generally believed BY taking careful crania
measurements at various times Of the same heads he
is abe to give figures.
He has he says, taken measurements and examined
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-08
Changing the COLOR of GEMS

TT has been found possible TO change the color OF
genuine gems. The experiments have proved most
satisfactory on the semipreciOus stones thus far
Sapphires responded best 10 the experiment although
some results had with amethyss and garnets
and few others of the gems of that class
BY putting them in a small box with radium, only
minute particle of the radum, in fact, and keeping
them undisurbed for a month, the white sapphires
had turned yellow. the blue turned violet
sapphres became blue wine-cOlored ones became dark
red, and dark blue stones changed to violet,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-08

A Few of the so-Cslied Efficient
Things That Are at the Expense of
the Public Turnstiles, Soda Check
System, Checking Outer Garments,
Taking the Car Ahead, and Street
Peddlers.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-06-17
MUCH DAMAGE DONE BY
FIRE IN PECKVILLE.

Fire at 4:30 o'clock Saturday
morning in Jessup caused a loss of
$4,000 when the large brick build
ing owned and occupied by Henry
Swartz, was destroyed. The building
was used as a general store and
dwelling.
The blaze started in the dwelling
house and spread to the store part
of the building. Later calls were
sent to Peckville, Olyphant and
Dickson.
When the firemen saw that they
were unable to get the blaze under
control they sent call for help to
Scranton. Chief Ferber, with the
combination chemical and hose truck
responded and made the trip to
Peckville in eighteen minutes. AT
ter an hours work the fire was got
ten under control. The loss caused
by the fire is covered by insurance.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-06-17
AUTOMOBILE CRASHES
THROUGH FENCE
CARBONDALE TRIO NEARLY
FACE DEATH-BOLT DROP
PED OUT OF STEERING GEAR.
Accident Happened at Daylight OPP
pOsite the Home of @. Prosch on
SeelyviIle Road--Were Travelling
at Moderate Rate.

Accident Happened at Daylight OPP
pOsite the Home of @. Prosch on
SeelyviIle Road--Were Travelling
at Moderate Rate.
An automobile with three occu-
pants plowed it's way through the
nine-foot Delaware and Hudson fence
opposite the home of Carl Prosch,
Seelyville road shortly after sun
down Sunday evening, but FORUM
ately no one was injured.
The accident was caused by the
dropping of a bolt in the steering
gear. This forced both wheels out
and the car skidded toward the
fence. The occupants were Maui
rice Moylan, Norman and William
Oliver, all of Carbondale. Mr.. Moy-
Ian was running the car at a moder-
ate rate when the machine struck
the fence. He Immediately shut off
the power. Flying boards and a
sudden descent of the car frighten-
ed the young men, not knowing
whether they would land in the riv-
er or drop in mine, but good luck
was with them. The only member
of the party who was in any way
injured was Norman Oliver, whose
left side of his face was skinned.
This would not have happened had
the top of the car been raised. The
machine did not tip over, but was
thrown around at right angles with
the road. The axles were bent and
the two tenders badly crushed in.
The wind shield was also broken
The car is a 1912 model, Overland
and weighed $500 pounds. The
motor was unaffected by the acci-
dent and responded nicely when
cranked Monday morning.
1t is unfortunate enough to have
an accident but when parts of the
car are stolen during the night il
is about as unprincipled thing as
could happen to visitor. Mr.. Moy.
Ian informed Citizen representa-
tive Monday morning that while the
car lay in the partially wrecked con
dition during the night that a large
new Presto light tank was removed
from the machine. The party OF
parties also tampered with the too
| box, but was unsuccessful in the
attempt. One burr was wrencheC
off, however. Mr.. Moylan valued
his tank at $25.
The young men worked hard or
the car and succeeded in getting il
near the road early Monday morn
ing. The axle was taken to Gibbs
garage where it was Strengthened
Mr.. Moylan, whose former home
is at Canaan, drove from that place
to Honesdale Sunday afternoon, ar
irving here shortly after o'clock
After enjoying a little spin arounC
stssyn. they headed their car for Car
bondale, He said he was driving a
a moderate rate when the acciden
happened.
A section of the fence, probabl.
about 20 feet, was forced out.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-06-17
BASE BALL,

HonesdaIe defeated Carbondale at
Carbondale ON Sunday afternoon by
score of to in a seven-inning
game which was a comedy Of
errors, featured on the part of the
locals by Loll's pitching and Jae
cobs hitting.
Score by innings:
Carbondale .....0 0 0 2 0 2-5
Honesdale ......0 0 0 0 81
Earned runs, Honesdale 4. Struck
out-By Watkins 6; by Loll 6.
Three-base hit-Walker. Hit by
pitcher, Loll 3.
Saturday next the "Crescents" of
Scranton will play on the local
grounds. They were winners in the
Keystone League last year and are
leading this year.
Carbondale began their old tricks
Sunday when they disputed the
score at the end of the seventh in
ming. Manager Spencer says Homes
dale is ready to put up a purse on
the best team. 1t was understood
when it was found that a full nine
innings could not be played that the
result would be decided at the end
of the seventh inning ON account OF
the locals leaving on the train for
home. In the seventh Carbondale
did not score and Honesdale was
given the game.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-06-17
INJURED BY BULLET; DIES OF
TETANUS IN PORT JERVIS
Wayne County Lad Shot in Hand by
Playmate Dies in Hospital
Funeral Held in Narrowsburg.


Clarence Kuen, aged twelve years,
died in the Deerpark Sanitarium,
Port Jervis, at $3.50 o'clock Wednes-
day afternoon, of tetanus, after a
months illness.
Clarence Kuen is the son of Mr..
and Mrs. Lawrence Kuen, of near
Atco, Wayne county, and about a
month ago while out shooting crows
with a shot gun accidentally receiv-
ed a charge of the gun into his own
body and tetanus set in. Kuen with
William Early were out shooting and
had run out of shells. Kuen went
back to get some and Early took
charge of the gun while the other
was gone. They thought the gun
was not loaded and when Kuen came
back with the supply of shells they
started to load the gun. The barrel
was pointed toward Kuen and was
accidentally discharged by Early and
Kuen was wounded. The wound was
not considered dangerous until tetan-
us set in and then the boy was taken
to the hospital at Port Jervis, where
he died last Wednesday.
The body was taken to Narrows-
burg Wednesday afternoon at five
o'clock. The funeral services were
held in the Catholic church at that
place at nine o'clock Saturday morn
ing and interment was made in the
Narrowsburg cemetery.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-06-17
AUTO LEAPS over AN
EMBANKMEN1 NEAR ARIEL
MRS. ALVIN SWINGLE SEVERELY
INJURED WHEN CAR LANDS
ON HER.
Three Other Men in Car-Driver a
New Man at the BusineSs-Car
Leaped Over 20 Foot Embank-
ment and OccunantS Iumned

Three Other Men in Car-Driver a
New Man at the Business-Car
Leaped Over 20 Foot Embank-
ment and Occupants Jumped.
Mrs. Alvin Swingle, of Ariel. was
badly injured Saturday when an au-
tomobile in which she was riding
with four other men rushed over an
embankment and fell about twenty
feet. The car fell on top of her af-
ter she had leaped out.
The car was owned by a man
named Reed, from Binghamton, N.
Y, and he was just learning to drive
the car. They came to Ariel and
Mrs. Swingle was taken for ride.
They started out on the road lead
ing from Lake Ariel to Cortez and
about half way between the two
places the driver lost control of the
car and it leaped completely over
an embankment at the side of the
road. All of the occupants jumped
when the car went over. Mrs. Swim
gle landed safely but the car came
down upon her and crushed her to
the ground. Several ribs were brok-
en- and she sustained a badly sprain-
ed wrist and severe cuts about the
body but the accident was not con-
sidered dangerous. The men escap-
ed with slight injuries. Mrs. Swim
gle was taken to the home of Mrs.
David Black where DR.. White of
Ariel was called and attended the
injured woman.
The car in falling over the en-
bankment turned completely over
and landed right side up and was not
materially damaged except for q
hrnlrnn mhnnl and fondnr
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-06-17
HALF OF LIBERTY, n. y,
WIPED OUT BY FIRE
STORES, AN OPERA HOUSE AND
A CHURCH DESTROYED BY
FLAMES.
The Loss Will be Quarter of Mill
lion Dollars-The Amount of In
surance Will Not Amount to One
Third oP tho T,OSS

The Loss Will be Quarter of a Mill
lion Dollars-The Amount of In
surance Will Not Amount to One
Third of the Loss.
Liberty, New York, is prosperous
Summer resort town just across the
border from Wayne county. On
Friday last occurred the most de-
structive fire that the town ever ex-
perienced. The opera house, the
Baptist church, seven stores, an
apartment house, large barn and
numerous small buildings were wip-
ed out by the flames.
Details of the fire, from which this
article is gathered, were published
on Saturday in a special number of
the Register of that town. The Reg
lister says:
The origin of the fire is unknown
1t started in the barn and store
house of Rosa and Lancashire,
which is situated in the rear of their
large grocery store. Thomas Wash
ington had only short time before
unloaded a load of hay in the barn.
With such incredible speed did the
flames race that they had gained
uncomfortable headway before the
firemen had hooked their hose to
the hydrants. The place in which
the fire started was thickly sur
rounded by frame buildings that
were easy prey to the flames. The
firemen were hardly aware that the
fire had started before the flames
had raced over the entire block.
There was a persistent rumor
shortly after the fire that a woman
who lived near Rosa e Lancashire S,
was burned to death. This is un-
true. The woman referred to prob
ably was an elderly woman, the
mother of Mrs. Pierpont, who was
seen at the window. She was an in
valid and was carried to safety. Fred
Schoonmaker, who was at work on
the Baptist church belfry, was over
come, but his condition is not con-
sidered serious. Rev. Stinson had
his leg badly strained. There were
several overcome by the extreme
heat; some received minor injuries
but no one was seriously injured.
The aid of the out-of-town fire.
men came in the nick of time. The
Liberty men after having stood the
heat of the roaring furnace for near
ly an hour were weakening one by
! one as the help arrived. Without
giving quarter for crashing walls nor
| flying glass the firemen fought mob
| ly. Several streams were on the
| blaze, which accounted for the lack
of the usual high pressure. Water
had to be continuously poured on the
hose lying on the ground to keep il
from burning.
Estimates from men we'll qualified
to judge place the entire loss at from
$250,000 to $500,000.
Such estimates are from such
men as VIM. B. Hand, Isaac Post
David S. Hill, H. B. Mclaughlin
Charles Crawford, etc.
Total insurance (average esti-
mate of insurance dealers) is placed
at not exceeding $4,000.
Mr.. Green is the heaviest loser
To a Register reporter he stated
that his loss will reach 100000.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-06-17
HUERTA RULE NEAR COLLAPSE
Federal Forces In Mexico Unable to
Check Growing Unrest.


Washington, June 16--Latest dis
patches from Mexico seem to show
that the administration Of President
Huerta In that troubled country Is
nearing a collapse. Reports from many
points tell of widespread outlawry and
disorder in Mexico and complete de-
moralization of all local authority, with
the federal forces unable to check the
growing unrest
The break that has come between
President Huerta and General Felix
Diaz was expected here, but just what
the next turn in Mexican affairs Will
be no one can surely predict
A cabinet crisis is adding to Mexico's
troubles Just now, and formidable re-
volts in the northern states give fur
ther cause for alarm. The federal
troops are widely scattered, and In GER
tain districts every vestige Of federal
authority has been wiped out by lead
ers of the revolt.
The constitutionalist movement Is
rapidly gaining ground in some states,
especially in the north of Mexico. Here
the constitutionalists are In considera-
BILE strength, holding six Of the seven
ports of entry in the FIVE Mexican
states bordering on the United States.
Firce fighting is looked for IN the
near future in the north Of Mexico.
Meanwhile the state department is
withholding recognition of President
Huerta's administration and will prob
ably continue to do so in present cir
cumstances.
Secretary Bryan takes the position
that immediate recognition is not war
ranted because the present government
of Mexico is unable to give proper pro
lection to Americans and other foreign
ers Many appeals for protection have
come to the state department from va
rious parts of Mexico.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-06-17
PICKS UP $4,000 ON BEACH
Long Island Girl Finds Lump of AM
beroris Worth That Much.

A chunk Of ambergris worth more
than $1,000 was found recently on the
beach below her home by Miss Ethel
Terry Of Sayville, N. Y.
She was taking walk along the
beach when she saw at high tide mark
a quantity of grayish matter which
appeared to be wax. She had never
seen anything like 1t before, and, curl
Gus as to what 1t might be, she wrap
ped it up and carried it home. 1t
proved to be ambergris.
So far as is known, no other such
find of ambergris has ever been made
on the shores Of Long island, at least
not since whaling has become a lost
art in adjacent waters. Ambergris Is
secreted In the entrails of whales and
is of value to makers of perfumes.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-06-17
[SS COBB GRADUATED
FROM WILSON COLLEGE

/ Miss Isabelle Cobb, daughter of
Il. and Mrs. w. ]. Cobb, of S35
Iincy avenue, Scranton, was grad
tied on Wednesday Of last week
bm Wilson college, Chambersburg,
She received the Bachelor OF
It's degree. Miss Cobb, the only
#ident of Scranton in the gradual
class, is an accomplished violin
4 and a young woman of rare abil-
in academic work. Mr.. and Mrs
Rbb and George Ellis were among
Scranton people at the com
ncement.
Nv. j. Cobb, the father of Miss lisa.
lie Cobb, does an extensive lumber
Biness in Wayne county, his head
Arters being at Hoadleys. The
bb family annually spend the sum
r months in Wayne county at the
aforementioned place.