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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-04

An electric railway over which cars will fly at the astonishing speed of 500 miles per hour, or at the rate of S3 miles per minute, is one of the scen- tifc possibilities of the day and one which is engrossing some of the mas ter engineering minds of two conti-1 nents.
 \ An electric railway having such pos Abilities was broached by Prof. Boris Petrovik Weinberg, instructor in me- chanical engineering at the Imperial University of Petrograd, Russia, at the recent New York meeting of the Ann erican Association for the Advance znent of Science. Professor Weinberg has even built model of his proposed BOO mile-per- hour electric railway; but the first difficulty met with in con ,sidering his really remarkable inven ton is that the cars are supposed to he shot through tube in which there as created partial vacuum.
 It would seem quite prohibitive, at least with our present understanding of such engineering matters, to build even relatively small railway of this type and capable of maintaining such a speed as 500 miles per hour where the cars would have to pass through an evacuated tube or tunnel. even if this were divided into short sections or locks, so as to reduce the total quantity of afr that would have to be pumped out of the tunnel at a given instant. If we had available to-day a system extending from New York to San Francisco and on which the cars travelled at the rate of 300 miles per hour, then the trip between the great metropolis of the East and the Golden Gate could be made in five hours. Tn other words one could breakfast in New York andslunch in Frisco!
 Electro Magnetic Levftation.
 Many other remarkable possibilities of such a railway system will imme- diately suggest themselves to the reader. The editors of this journal have evolved a system for ultra high speed railway locomotion, such as 500 miles per hour, and which has been portrayed wildly by the well-known artist, Mir. George Wall. on our front cover. This system does not involve any such hyper-scientif1c proposition as that requiring an evacuated tube through which the cars are to pass, but, instead. brings into play the rath- CT slightly known method of eliminat- ing friction by electro magnetic levi tation. on the principle developed to some extent a few years ago by one Emile Bacheiet. formerly of Mount Vernon. N. Y.. but now engaged in.re- search work in England.
 The underlying principle of electro magnetic levftation as followed out by the Bache1et floating railway system, 1s as fo1lows. There is an electra enagnet and an alHninum ring. Now q we pass an alternating (rapidly phanging from positive to negative and vice versa) current through the magnet coil. 1t will produces in turn, m alternating or constantly changing smagnetic field, Such a field will tepei sheets or rings of copper or kfunzfnum, owing to the Eddy cur
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-04
STEPNEY

Mrs. William Craft is caring for Mrs. Botsford Peck. who is ill at her home.
 D. A. Green of lNorwalk held a meeting at the town fhal with the town school committee.
 Jerome Osborne has purchased g new automobile.
 Mrs. Harry Morgan has been a re- cent guest of her parents, MT. and Mrs s. B. Hayes.
 Miss Nolan, teacher in the Cutters school, has resigned her position
 Ernest Northrop of Stamford was recent guest in town.
 Thomas Perkins is erecting a new carriage house for Attorney Arthur
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-04
VELVET JOE

I'm member of no order
 With a mystic sign an grip, But a thirty-third degreer
 In the worldwide fellowship, That f1ourishes wharever Thar be two good men an true, That smoke a pipe together
 Just the same as me an you. When you meet real pipe lover,
 You're mo than like to find A man who thinks befo' he speaks
 A cheerful man an kind. Hearty fellows, good companions,
 They belong-nine out of ten To the "Indpendent Order
 Of Real Pipe Lovin' Men"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-04

J. Hull.
 Clayton B.. Haw1ey is i'll of an att tack of the measles
 Mrs. Edward Rounds of Brooklyn has been guest of her mother, Mrs. Emily D. Leavenworth.
 Miss Minnie Osborne of East Village has been substituting as teacher of the Cutters school this week.
 Perry B. Hubbeli and force of men are at work repairing the state road
 Rev. Alfred Boutwell,, a former pas tor of the Baptist church, was in town Monday and officiated at the funeral of Burr Hawley.
 Mrs. George Clingan, who has been spending several weeks in Pittsburgh, will return home this week.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-04

William Taft. president of the League to Enforce Peace, sent an ap- peal to 125 state and district officers announcing that the league will now devote it's energies to helping the United States to establish "a peace that will Ia St
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-04

State Forests with a total of over 3.600,000 acres have been established in thirteen states. Of these New York has the largest forests. which com prise 1,826,000 acres; Pennsylvania is
 second with 1,0O8,0O0 acres, and Wis
 consin third with 100000 acres.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-04
FOREST NOTES

Ba1so wood, found in Central Am erica, is said to be the lightest known wood. It is lighter than cork and has an average specific gravity of only .104.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-04

A wood specimen found in glacial drift and estimated by the Wisconsin State geologist to be approximately half a million years old has been iden- tified by the Forest Product tLabora- tory of the Forest Service as spruce.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-04

The largest number of sheep grazed on any single National Forest is S15,- TAO, finding pasturage on the Hum boldt in Nevada, while the largest number of cattle-75,S1S head-is found on the Tonto in Arizona. The value of the average annual meat product of these two National For ests is estimated at $2,0G0,006.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-04

On parts of the Angeles National Forest in California the packrats are so abundant that many of the young pines planted by the Forest Service have been killed or injured by the rodents. The damage seems to take place chiefly in the late summer and fall and is. more extensive in dry than in wet seasons. It is thought that the rats tear off the tender bark of the trees to obtain moisture at times when water is scarce.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-04

Farmer Want Ads. one Cent g Word
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-01-23
BEGINS FIGHT TO
REMAIN FREE MAN
James Meek, Escaped Convict and
Married. on Trial in LapOte
Court.

LAPORTE, Ind, Jan. %. - The
fisht of Convict James Meek, the
Jean vatican of the Michigan City
prison to gain his liberty that he
wife and babe, TO engage in the bust
ness from which he was torn to be
returned to prison to wear the
stripes, was begun in the Laporte
county superior court Monday be-
fore a jury.
81 will not divulge the name OF
my WIFE" said Meek when pressed
10 talk of his marriage to a pretty
Covington, KY, girl, who. however.
failed TO appear in court Monday to
cheer and aid her convict husband.
"She has suffered enough already.
She will join me if 1 am acquitted, =
said Meek
The state will endeavor to convict
Meek under an indictment charging
escape from prison. Ii acquitted.
the time Of his original sentence will
soon expire and he will be free.
Meek ran away from prison while
a trustee. found a young woman to
marry him who did not know he
was a convict and was prospecting
in business at Clarion. Pa, when
found and returned.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-01-23
ILLNESS MAY CHANGE
POLITICAL SITUATION
Serious Condition of Republican
troll of Upper House.

News Times Special Service.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. Jan. "a
The serious illness of Sen. William
T. Green of Albion, a republican. has
changed the political situation in
both houses of the Indiana legisla-
ture. The illness of Green breaks
the deadlock in the senate and
changes that body from republican
TO democratic control. Thus is the
legislative program of Gov. James p.
Goodrich in the most imminent dan
ger.
At the Methodist hospital here il
was declared that Green was suffer-
ing from pneumonia of the left lung
and that 10 days TO two weeks at
the least. would be required for his
convalescence. Green is elderly and
il is not impossible that cOmplica-
tons may set in to hold him bed
fast for a longer time. Members of
his family are at his bedside. Green's
illness has completely upset the
dope" bucket in both houses of the
legislature.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-01-23
CLAIM DEFEAT OF BILL
DUE TO VENTILATION
Two Republican Senators Made Ill
by Foul Air Fail to-
Vote.
Internatlonal News CIVIC !:

international News Service.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. Jan. ga
state house air sewers as Dr.
Hurry of the state board of health
terms the nOncirculating air in the
capitol. have been the direct cause
for the loss Of control of the senate
long enough 10 defeat at least one
Of the Goodrich administration
measures. Sens. English and Nc
Conaha, who have just recovered
from severe attacks of illness which
resulted from the lack of ventila-
ton. were absent from the upper
house long enough 10 permit the
democrats to effect the death of the
bill abolishing the oil inspection de-
partment.
The senate committee headed by
Sen. Beardsley made a further in
vestigation of the "disgraceful con-
ditions existing in the Indiana state
house" The senator from Elkhart
has declared himself in strong terms
regarding the unsanitary conditions
in the capitol. He proposed hiring
an expert to make a thorough inves-
tigation of the ventilating system
which would be of the greatest eff
cheney for the senate chamber and
the installation of a temporary sys-
tenn of ventilation Immediately.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-01-23
LEE IS REMOVED
BY GOV. GOODRICH
Member of Public Service
Commission Found to
be "InCOmpetent."

INDIANAPOLIS. Jan. 23.-Edwin
NJ. Lee, appointed a member of the
Indiana public service commission
as a progressive by former Gov.
Ralston a few weeks ago. was re-
moved from office late Monday aft
ernoon by Gov. Goodrich. The gov
ernor asserted he had found Lee to
be incompetent" as a commissioner
within the sense and meaning of
the term incompetency as used in
section two of the public service
commission act"
Lees attorneys stated after the
governor announced his decision
they would confer Immediately on
the situation and determine what
action to take for the best interests
of their client. The case probably
will be taken TO the courts in some
manner. il is said.
Charges against Lee were filed
some time ago by Bernard +. O'Con-
nor, a democrat, asking his removal
from office O'Connor alleged Lee
was incompetent TO serve as a COM
missioner under the act creating
that body, and also was ineligible
because ne was a democrat and not
a progressive The law provides
that no more than three members Of
one political party may be on the
the board. There were three dem
ocrats before Lees appointment.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-01-23
FIRST ELKHART CASE is
FILED AT MICHIGAN CITY
Damage Suit Is Only One Ever
Brought to LapOrte County
Superior Court.

News Times Special Service:
MICHIGAN CITY, Ind, Jan "a
The first cases ever brought 10 the
superior court in this city from
Elkhart county were filed here to-
day. The suits are those of Anna
NJ. Sullivan and Mary +. Stanton
against the Elkhart & Western
railway company and the New York
Central railway. Damages in each
case are demanded in the sum of
$4,000 for the alleged changing of
the course of the St. Joseph river.
thereby causing the river bank along
their properties to be washed away.
The defendant railroad com
panies asked for a change from
Elkhart county. and ordinarily cases
are sent TO adjoining counties, but
in these cases the attorneys agreed
upon Michigan City. and Judge Har-
mon sent both cases here.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-01-23
NILES PROPOSES BRICK
ROAD TO STATE LINE
Claim i Made That Brick Will be
Cheaper i'm Long
Run.
News. Tlmes special serviee:

News Times Special Service
NILES, Mich. Jan. 23.-A move
ment is on foot among leading citi-
zens of Niles township TO go the
county one better on the construc-
ton of the state reward road from
Niles south 10 the Indiana state line.
While the first cost of a brick
paved road is estimated to be prac-
tically double the cost of a stone
road. yet il is believed that in a
term of years il will be found the
cheapest road TO build
The advocates of the $4,000 bond
issue by Niles township to help the
county out and provide for a brick
road urge it on the ground that such
a road is of positive benefit TO
practically every farmer in the town
ship. who would have occasion to
use it many times during the year
on trips to the South Bend market
center.
With the impetus already given
10 the movement ii is believed that
a bonding proposition for S35, 900
will meet with favor in Niles town
ship.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-01-23
Ambition
Pills
For Nervous People

The great nerve tonic-the famous
Wendells Ambition Pills-that will
put vigOr, vim and vitality into ner-
vous. tired out. all in, Respondent
people in a few days
Anyone can buy a box for only sc
cents, and Wettick's Cut Rate Med
icine store is authorized by the max
eli to refund the purchase price if
anyone is dissatisfied with the first
box purchased.
Thousands praise them for gen
eral debility, nervous prOstra ton.
mental depression and unstrung
nerves caused by ver-indulgence in
alcohol, tobacco or Overwork of any
kind.
For any affliction OF the nervous
system WendelFs Ambition pills are
unsurpassed, while for hysteria
trembling and neuralgia they are
simply splendid. Fifty cents at Wet
ticks Cut Rate Medicine Store and
dealers everywhere. Mail orders
filed, charges prepaid by Wendell
Pharmacal Co, Inc, Syracuse, y. Y.
-Advt
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-01-23
MICHIGAN BARONESS is
SUED BY CHICAGO WOMAN
Asks Judgment For S125.0OO For
Stocks and Property Signed
Over to- Friend.
News Times Special Service

News Times Special Service:
MENOMINEE. Mich. Jan. %
The trial of the suit of Miss Frank
Gray Shaver of Chicago against the
Baroness May van Pallandt van
Erde of Menominee. Mich. began
this afternoon before Judge F1anni-
gan in the circuit court.
Miss Shaver is suing for $125.OOO,
which she alleges was taken from
her by the defendant through mis-
representations of various kinds.
Drawing of the jury was begun
Immediately after the case was
called.
The baroness and Miss Shaver
were both present at the opening Of
court. Miss Shaver also began suit
against Paul and Jean Dugas.
brothers of the defendant. for
smaller amounts, claiming they aid
ed in the Misrepresentation
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-01-23
INDIANA AND MICHIGAN STATE HAPPENINGS

Sunday 20 the effect that the supply
Of coal for the high and Central
schools was nearly exhausted. and
that at present there was only
enough on hand 10 last two days.
has been declared false by the
school board
However. the board said. that the
report was true 10 the extent that
the supply was limited. there being
enough TO last a few weeks. When
this is consumed IL is not known
what viii be done as it is extremely
difficult 20 obtain coal.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-01-23
MAN HURT SHOVELING
SNOW DIES OF INJURY

NeWs-Iimes Special Service.
ELKHART. Jan. 23.-Henry Ed
ward Gay, 63 years old. a teamster,
died at his home on Bristol St. Mon
day morning. Death was caused, il
is thought by an injury TO his right
arm. received while shoveling snow.
Mr.. Gays condition had gradually
grown worse. until Monday ne died
when in a spasm of pain.
Surviving AFR. Sey are his wife.
Mary Gay. IL othe~, George Cay
of Deming. Wash, a sister Mrs.
Jacob Foltz of Nagely. Pa. and a
step-daushter. Mrs. ROllo Fasig of
Elkhart.
Burial Will take place in the Rowe
cemetery. two miles south of town.
following the funeral services. which
viii be held at tee home Wednes-
day afternoon. Rev. J. C. Albright
officiating.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-01-23
SERVANT GIVEN $25,75O
HOusekeepcF's Request For S125.OOO
is Cut Down by Attorneys.

News Times Special Service:
MARSHALL, Mich, Jan. 23.-At-
torneys for the estate Of the late
Edwin c. Way. president of the Scot
ten-DillOn Tobacco Co. of Detroit
and principal stakeholder. today
compromised a s125,OOO claim of
his housekeeper. Miss Paulina
Klaumbush, allowing her s25,75O.
The claim of DR.. l. w. Houston for
$4,000 was allowed as filed. Total
claims allowed were $33, 666. The
estate is valued at over $1.000,000.
but an inventory fixed il at $6S5, 200.
Way was the western representative
of the company, with Chicago as his
headquarters some years ago.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-01-23
AGED RESIDENTS DEAD.

News-Times Special Service:
WABASH. Ind. Jan. 23.-Two
Wabash county octogenarians are
dead They are Alexander Moore.
IS years old, and Mrs. Nancy Ekeim,
So years old. a lifelong resident of
the county.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-01-23
FRYE UNDECIDED AS TO
WHAT TO DO IN RACE
News Times Special Service.

NeNs- HINES SpecIuI SERVED
ELK HART, Jan. 23.-Cyrus Z.
Frye. who has been named as a
possible democratic candidate for
the mayorality in the coming city
election. is undecided as to whether
or not he will consider the nomina-
ton.
Present City Clerk Bixler. "A dem
Ocrat, when asked whether or not
he would accept the nomination
again. said that ne was through with
politics for the present at least
Deputy Treasurer +. r. Campbell
Will be the democratic choice for
treasurer it is thought throughout
the city
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-01-23
EIkhart News
To GET REWARD FOR
TIP ON HER HUSBAND
Mrs. Thomas Gregory Helped
Toledo Police Get Trail of
Man Wanted.

News-Times Special -ervi,e.
ELkHABT, Jan 23.-N reward OF
So is 10 be given AIRS. Thomas
Gregory for information given.
which led 10 the apprehension of
her husband Charles Gregory.
alias Williams. who was wanted 10y
the sheriff at Toledo for horse steal
ing and arson.
Mrs. Gregory gave the police a
Tip" following an alleged quarrel
with her husband at which time he.
II is said. threatened TO kin her.
Williams" was at one time en-
ployed as "a special detective. 70
watch another patrolman
Mrs. Gregory viii receive the
money, according 10 Toledo Off
cials. after certain formalities have
been complied with
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-01-23
GETS DONATION FOR
NEW Y. w. BUILDING
News-Tlmes speeIal servlee

Ws-IImes SnecIaI service
ELKHART. Jan. % General
secretary of the Y NJ G. A. Mrs. L.
r. Clark. received a donation Mon
day from Mrs Emma Heasley of
Columbia. s. g, for the. new Y. w.
c A. which has been proposed TO
be erected on Lexington av.
A number Of speakers have been
engaged from the coming building
campaign, which is to start soon.
Downtown headquarters have been
engaged.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-01-23
J. R. CONLEY RESIGNS
AS DEPUTY PROSECUTOR
Special Service

News-Times Special Service
ELKHART. Jan. %. j. Ray
mond Conley. recently elected city
chairman of the democratic party.
has filed his resignation as deputy
prosecutor. which position he has
filled for two years and a half
Prosecutor Jay said that Mr..
Conley's work had been very salts
factory. and that the action was en-
tirely voluntary
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-01-23
ACQUIT CLUB MANAGERS
Jury Finds Heads Not Guilty of
Running Blind Tigers.

Nevvs-Times Special Service:
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Jan. ga
After celebrating only six minutes.
the jury in the trial OF the managers
of the Columbia club and Of the
University club on charges of oper-
ating a blind tiger, returned a YER
dict Of not guilty The two clubs
were raided recently on a search
warrant sworn out by s. L. Shank.
a former mayor OF indianapolis.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-01-23
GETS FOURTH DIVORCE.

WABASH, Ind, Jan. 23.-After
she had testified that her last hus-
band abandoned her 16 times dur
ing their two years of married life,
Mrs. Charles Hall, 30 years old, was
granted her fourth divorce in cir
cult court here today.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-01-23
STEAL AUTO WHILE
OWNER Is IN CHURCH
Ncws-Times Special Service:

News Times Special Service:
ELKHART, Jan. %. - While W.
F. Lilly, 1875 Vine St. was attending
evening services at the Trinity Meth
Odist church Sunday night some less
religious person or persons stole his
auto and went for a joyride.
The police were notified and the
stolen machine was found on Sher-
man st.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-01-23
BARBER ACQUITTED.

EVANSVILLE, Ind, Jan. 23.-On
the plea that shaving on the Sabbath
is a necessity. a jury of business men
here today acquitted George Bump.
a barber. charged with working on
Sunday.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-01-23
SAMUEL COOPER TAKEN
FOR CHILD DESERTION
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News-Times Special Service:
ELKHART Jan. %. - Samuel
Cooper. for whose arrest on a war
rant was issued last November, was
taken into custody by Deputy Sheriff
A. W Fonda Monday afternoon. on
charge of non support of his child.
Although the wherea bouts of Mrs.
Cooper and child, a daughter, are
not known. il is thought hy the po-
lice that they are in Toledo. o.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-01-23
.DEHES COURT IN
MANN ACT TRIAL
A. o. Braun Creates Sensation.
Cant Separate U.s." He
Cries AS Jury RetireS.
News Times Special Service :

News Times Special Service:
GRAND RAPIDS. Mich, Jan. %.
In the United States district court
Monday Arthur O. Braun, on trial
charged with bringing Elsie Hum
NELL a 19-year- Chicago girl, TO
Muskeson for immoral purposes,
created a sensation when. claspins
the girl in his embrace. he defied
both Judge Sessions and United
States Marshal Hanley to separate
them.
The dramatic scene came as a
climax to the case after the jury had
been instructed after listening TO the
counseTs arguments.
Clasps Girl i'm Arms.
The jury filed from the room 10
find a verdict. The girl. who had
been the governments chief witness.
had been ordered from the room
early in the afternoon. Braun also
had stepped out. Upon his return
the girl. who, too, had come in, ran
toward him, throwing herself in his
arms. and kissing him.
Braun returned the caress and
with the girl clasped in his arms
heard her say:
1T will be all right. 1 love you
Yes, l know YOU do Braun re
Piled
Remove that girl" Judge ses-
siOns said.
Defies and Warns Court.
You can't take her away from
met shouted Braun as he frightened
his hold on the girl. she came to
me. She is mine l defy you to
touch me. Keep away. l say"
Remove that girl" the Judge
shouted. and Deputy Marshal Hanley
hurried forward.
Keep away" Braun said You
can't separate us, l tell you; she be
longs TO me. We won't be separated.
defy you to separate us
Remove that girl and keep her
out of this court ROOM" Judge Ses-
sions Numbered.
Shakes Fist at Judge.
1t took all the strength possessed
by Hanley. who is an exceptionally
muscular man, to separate the
couple. As the girl was hurried from
the court room Braun shook his fist
at Judge Sessions and cried:
You can't kill our love by send
ing me 10 prison. That is the way it
has been for two years. The gov
eminent has been after me, but you
cannot kill our love. / will tell you
what 1 have TO say. l love that girl
and she loves me, and there is moth
ing that you can do that will keep
us apart"
Take that man into custody and
keep him in the custody of an Off
Ger until the jury returns" the judge
said.
II required the strength of nearly
all the men in the court room TO re-
move Braun. He struggled down the
corridor and finally was landed in
the office of the United States mar
shall
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-01-23
LICENSE TIME EXTENDED.

ELKHART, Jan. 23.-Owing to
the inability TO procure 1877
license plates FOR vehicles, because
Of the cOngested condition of the
state office. the time has been eX-
tended until Feb. /.