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Evening star., 1907-08-18
Columbia's Oldest Grads.
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
The general catalogue of Columbia cov-
ering the graduates Of all departments of
the university from 175S to 1906 has recently
been issued. According to it the oldest liv-
ing graduates are members of the class of
1885 in the academic department.
They are Thomas Buchanan Clifford and
George Quartus Pomeroy. Until this year
John Treat Irving, jr., of the class of 30
was the Oldest graduate. He died in 1906
aged ninety-four. His successor in the
honor, Henry Joseph Ruggles of the class
Of 80, died little later, 1T the age Of
ninety-tWo.
George Rex and Arthur B. Stout of the
class of 81 are the oldest survivors of the
medical school. William NJ. Thopmson, who
received the honorary degree of A. M. in
1S41, is the Oldest surviving holder of an
honorary degree.
The other Columbia schools are 30 new
that they have many members Of the first
classes living. For instance, nine out of
twenty eight of the class of go in the school
of law survive.
All of the eight graduates of Barnard '93
are living. The applied science and fine
arts departments are SO recent that they
have many Oldest graduates.
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INVITATIONS TAXED AS GEMS.
Only the Artificial Ruby Is the Real
Thing Chemically.
From the New York Sun.

Precious stones have not been superseded
by any of the artificial products which re-
Gently caused alarm in the jewery trade.
Many of the importers and jewelry manu-
facturers in the Maiden lane district are
now taking occasion in sending out cata-
logues for the fall trade to say that the de-
mand for natural stones is greater than 1t
ever was before and that substitutes are
not accepted AS far as taking the place
of real stones. 1t is said, all the artificial
products have proved failures. 1t is ad-
mitted that the laboratory gems have a
large sale. but only as a class Of limitations
somewhat higher than glass.
Imitation diamonds. rubies, emeralds,
sapphires and pearls have all been import
ed in the last year under the designation
of reconstructed gems, the importers in
each case demanding that the duty be 10
per cent, the rate applicable to precious
stones. while the government claimed 20 per
cent, the rate on glass limitations and on
non-enumerated manufactures.
Decisions of the board of United States
general appraisers handed down in the
last week have settled the status from the
customs point of view of the emeralds the
last of the reconstructed gems to receive
attention. In all the cases the importers OF
the limitations have been successful In get
ting the 10 per cent rate. The authorities
of the tariff law. which allows an article
to be classified with whatever 1t most close
ly resembles in material, appearance and
intended uses.
Of all the stones entered in the foreign
invoices as reconstructed gems the ruby is
the only one really entitled to the name,
say prominent dealers. The reconstructed
ruby, they say, Is really made In the labor
atory SO that 1t Is chemically Identical with
the finest rubies of Burma and the differ
ences are seen only in the interior lines
and bubbles and in the crystalline forma-
ton.
The sapphire, like the ruby, being Of the
corundum group, it was supposed that the
blue stone could be made in the laboratory
as readily as the red. But the so-called
reconstructed sapphire turned out to be a
doublet composed of two pieces Of quartz,
with blue cooring on the plane where they
were cemented together. The latest re-
ports from Paris indicate that the machine
which turns out red rubies by the thou
! sand cannot produce a single blue sapphire.
The so-called reconstructed emerald also
proved to be composed OF two pieces of
auuamarine Joined as doublet with green
coloring mixed with the cement, all the
work being done SO skillfully that to the
naked eye the two stones looked as II they
had always been one. Chemically the en-
erald and the aQuamartne are the same,
and the only difference is in the coloring, so
that from a custom-h house point of view the
difference was immaterial. Flawless en-
eralds of q deep green hue command fabu-
lous prices, while the aQuamarine doublet
may be bought for song.
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number of pilgrims is seeking the promised
land from the far western states. Asked
the reason for their migration Mormons OF
both branches will say that they wish to
be near the holy spot which the Temps @
Is to be erected according to the belief of
many Mormons) by God In a single night
when the accepted time arrives.
Possessors Of Temple Site.
To whatever branch OF the church he be-
longs the temple site is holy ground to the
Mormon, and it is the ambition of each
branch Of the organization to possess the
tract. 1t is a peculiar fact that this good
fortune is vouchsafed to neither of the two
big branches of the church This honor has
fallen to the Hedricktes, very small and
obscure faction. This faction secured pos
session of the ground after a long legal
tight. The Hedrick!tes have erected a small
frame building on a part of the ground,
which building is to serve until God sees tit
to build great temple which shall be fit
place of alteration for His chosen people.
The reorganiZed church, with which the
legal fight was wagad, has built what In
dependence calls the stone church" across
the street from the temple lot and hopes
some day to persuade the Hedrickites to let
II cross.
A secondary question that is interesting
Independence is, If Mormon domination does
come. whether 1t will be domination by the
reorganZed church, the Utah church or the
Hedrickites, or whether there will be an
amalgamation. leaving only one church, as
in the days of the first Joseph Smith.
Evening star., 1907-08-18
Revenue Cutter Service Orders.

The following orders to officers In the
revenue cutter service have been issued
from the headquarters of the service In the
Treasury Department:
Second Assistant Engineer ]. A Burns
resignation accepted, to take effect Sep
tember 9.
Second Assistant Engineer J. w. Glover
granted thirty days leave.
Chief Engineer ]. r. Daily. ordered TO
proceed to Reading, Pa, on inspection duty
Capt j. C. Moore granted thirty days ex-
tension sick leave.
Second Lieut.. f. S. Addison granted
thirty days leave.
Second Lieut.. w. II. Munter ordered to
the Window for temporary duty during alb
sence of Lieut.. Addison.
Chief Engineer II. c. WhitWorth ordered
to proceed to Coatesville, Pa, on inspection
duty.
. First Lieut.. Henry Ulke. jr., granted fif-
teen days leave
First Lieut.. L. T Cutter granted fifteen
days extension leave.
Chief Engineer II. x. Spencer granted
seventeen days extension leave.
Chief Engineer l.. T Jones granted thirty
days extension sick leave.
Second Lieut. II. Z. Searles granted four
teen days leave.
Evening star., 1907-08-18
United Maha1s Will Not Patrol Thoroughfa Until Test
and Of-Con eatth War Depatmn

ington the sparkling fluid from the turbu-
lent Potomac, and incidentally the thor
oughfare which lies atop of the pipes.
The conference resulted in the assur-
ance on the part of Montgomery county s
legal representative that he desired an
amicable adjustment of the vexed prob
lem. renewed assurances of distinguished
tary the citation of many points of law,
and finally instructions to Maj Cosby to
confer with the legally wise at the De-
partment of Justice with a view of max
ing test case to settle all the points
involved
Meanwhile Mayor Garrett, the youth
full executive of Glen Echo, and his stall
wart assistant, Marshal Collins who were
not invited to the conference, had
heard the reports that the precincts of
the riverside municipality were to be In
vaded by Uncle Sans marshals. and they
waxed exceedingly wroth. Thus spake
Collins, the rounderup of princes and
diplomats
Collins Stands Pat.
Il am taking my orders direc. from
States Attorney Robert B. Peter and
from Mayor John A. Garrett, and l will
do whatever they instruct me to do. They
can send as many deputy marShals from
the War Department out here as they
choose and it won't make any difference
to me-.
Having thus eased his mind on the at
tempt of the War Department to assume
police powers on the Conduit road the
Militant One lntimated in no unmIstakabe
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at points on the Islands of st. Michaefs and
Fayal, and the Navy Department has been
notified that the stations will receive re-
ports of wrecks and derelcts by signal from
passing vessels. and all such reports will
be cabled to the United States and pub
lished by the bureau of navigation for the
benefit of mariners.
The photographic Office of the Navy De-
partment has sent out notice requesting
all masters of vessels sighting dangerous
wreckage or derelicts to use this means OF
promptly publishing brief account of the
same whenever their voyage takes them
near the above named signal stations.
Evening star., 1907-08-18
Schooners Meet With Mishaps.

The three-masted schooner Maggie s.
Hart was badly damaged by fire while lying
in the James river off Newport News
Thursday last. The Hart had loaded a
cargo of coal at the Newport News docks
and was lying in the stream preparing to
sail for New York when the fire started.
The flames spread rapidly, and before the
fire tugs could reach her the fire had gotten
good headway. Several streams of water
from powerful pumps aboard the tug Were
poured on .--e flames. but the vessel had
been damaged to the extent of 5000 before
they were extinguished. She was built at
Waldoboro, Me, in 1885.
The three-masted schooner Arvile H Perry
is reported beached the Virginia coast
off Assateague sound and she is said 10
be badly damaged. The schooner has
aboard a cargo of pine lumber from the
James river for New York The crew OF
five men were taken off by the life savers
and il is feared that the vessel Uill be lost
Both the Hart and the Perry are known al
this port, where they have been with car
goes of lumber and other material.
Evening star., 1907-08-18
Caucasian Superiority.
The First Successful Automobile.

From the Electrical News Service.
The first successful automobile in the
world was invented by Des Moines, Iowa,
man, manufactured in Des Moines and run
In Des Moines streets. Today there are
nearly a million horseless carriages, all
told In the world. About one-fourth of this
number are owned in the United States
William Morrison, the inventor, is still
alive and a resident of Des Moines. When
Morrison's electric horseless carriage first
appeared 1t was as great curiosity as an
airship was a year ago The latest inven-
tion in connection with the electric auto
mobile is the mercury arc rectit1er devel-
oped by DR.. Charles P. Steinmetz of the
General Electric Company to change alter
mating current to direct current for charg-
Ing the batteries of the electric vehicles.
Evening star., 1907-08-18
Wireless Telephony.
the Electrical News Service.

From the Electrical News Service.
Wireless telephony seems to offer many
possibilities for overcoming lie difficulties
now encountered in long distances trans
mission OF the human voice across the
oceans. Prof. A. f. Kennedy of Harvard
recently stated that there is more prospect
OF sending the voice over the surface of the
ocean than through an insulated cable un-
der the ocean. The present range Of under
ocean telephouing is about sixty miles.
Alter that distance the sounds become
'drummy' or break in clearncss. owing 10
the electrical induction. No remedy can
be found for this disturbance. In wireless
telephony. within the present range OF ten
miles, such distraction is wholly absent.
But. as the professor remarked. trans
atlantic telephony is far from being &C
complished as yet
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in with great care to properly soften the
beard. Now, however the time and labor
of this daily duty has been cut down to
a minimum by the introduction of var-
GUS new pieces of apparatus so that IT Is
the task OF minute or two. The safety
razor in its various forms has peen large
ly responsible for this improved condition
of affairs but there comes word now or
the introduction of a fountain shaving
brush, which has been recently patented
in this country. The handle or the prusn
&C. hollow to contain the soap in a semi
Uouid form At the side of the handle is
a plunger and by slight pressure on this
the spontaneous material Is forced into
the brstles Of the brush Ihus. with lhe
daI,ice charged with the new shaving com
nound. 1t will be only necessary to dip the
brush into water and rub on the face.
with the use of the ordinary soap IT will
greatly aid In the simplihcation OF the
shaving operation.
Evening star., 1907-08-18
Ill-Mannered Motorists.

1t is idle for people to cry out against the
motor car, though they may object. and
rightly, to the recklessness with which
some of the inexperienced, young and bad
hammered drivers forget the rights of the
pedestrian, the cyclist and the occupant
of horse-drawn vehicle. These are mat
ters calling for severe regulation, and, If
necessary, for severe punishment.
Evening star., 1907-08-18
NO TROUBLE TO SHAVE.
Soap Concealed in the Handle of the
Brush

The time was when the art of shaving
oneself was regarded as a very gentleman
ly accomplishment The old gentlemen
in the novel or the play has his hot water
sent to his room every morning at the
same hour and proceeds to separate HIM
self from the superfiuous growth on his
face with the same regularity he eats
his breakfast a little later. In the days
aforesaid 1t was a more serious task than
today. for the lather had to be made and
then applied to the face and then rubbed
Evening star., 1907-08-18
Bowls as a Femme Pastime.
From the Ladies' Field.

Will our English ladies ever take bowls
into favor again? No insuperable objection
is particularly obvious. 1t is a light. cheer
full and healthy exercise, eminently peace
full and not wanting in those elements of
ingenious strategy in which the ladies often
excel. But so far the fair sex have not
come forward as bowlers. 1t remains for
some one to set the fashion.
Evening star., 1907-08-18
Fortitude in Misfortune.

From the Lady.
The people whose cries are the loudest
generally are those who suffer least. 1t is
no credit to a woman to sit down and weep
because her husbands income is suddenly
reduced. though her tears may win the
sympathy of friends and neighbors but she
who can show smiling face to the world
worthy of ell praise.
Evening star., 1907-08-18

The Loudoun campmeeting. under the
auspices Of the Baltimore conference of the
Friday at Bentons woods, near Middle
burg, Va, and will continue until August IS.
Evening star., 1907-08-18

Mayor Thomas P. Wallace sent to the
city council Friday night his appointments
of nine members Of the board OF directors
to the Wallace Library, to be established in
Fredericksburg, Va
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Just in the Same Old Way.

Then came Mayor Garrett. who said:
The War Department has no authority
to come into Maryland and make arrests
l do not see that any change viii! be neces-
sary on our part by reason of this proposed
order We will go right along enforcing
our municipal ordinances and laws, and
wherever we see violations, whether 1t be
on the Conduit road or elsewhere, we will
make arrests and prosecute the cases. A
deputy marshal might make an arrest any
where in a case where an offense had been
committed against the laws of the United
States, but officers of the ar Department
must not come into Glen Echo and attempt
to enforce speed regulations, or any other
kind of borough regulations along the road.
What is more the speed regulations as en-
acted by our town council for the borough
of Glen Echo will be enforced on the Con-
duit road, no matter what the War Depart
ment may stipulate as the legal rate Of
speed"
And that's the way it stands this morn
ing.
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Collins Is still supreme on the Conduit
road and SO he will remain until further
notice.
The report went abroad yesterday that
Collins reign was Ger and that United
States deputy marshals would hereafter pa
troll the thoroughfare which has its be-
ginning in the shadow Of Georgetown OBJ
servatory and its ending where the roar
Of Great Falls smites the ear. But like
many others that have gone before this was
a false alarm and today Collins and his
motor cycle will Nemesis the speeding
autoists at the same old stand while Mayor
Garrett with Blackstone by his side, will
wait to mete out justice to all corners.
Pausing in his record breaking disposition
of government business preparatory to his
dash for the Ohio hustngs and the Philip
pines Secretary Root yesterday afternoon
devoted an unnamed number Of moments
to the considera ton of the question of
Who's Who on the Conuult Road?"
Mental Forces Joined.
Joining mental force with him in this mo-
mentous undertaking were States Attorney
Robert Peter of Maryland and Maj Spen-
Ger Cosby, Engineer Corps, U.SA, who man
ages the pipe line which brings to Wash
Evening star., 1907-08-18
MORMONS TAKE TOWN
COHORTS INVADE THEIR HOLY
CITY, INDEPENDENCE, MO.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, August 17.-So quiet
ly that 1t is only just beginning to attract
attention another Mormon conquest has
been begun in the United States. The mem
bers of the once prosecuted sect are retak-
ing Independence, Mo. the Zion from which
they were driven with the shedding Of blood
and the application of the torch seventy
four years ago. Both the two great
branches of those who accept the Book of
Mormon-the Utah church and the Reor-
ganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter
Day Saints-are taking part in the move
ment
To those familiar with Mormon history it
is we'll known that, although the valley of
the Great Salt Lake is the seat of the tenn
poral power of the Mormons, 1t Is not the
mecca of the faithful followers of Joseph
Smith. the prophet" The promised land,
according to a revelation" accorded the
founder of the church, is the site occupied
by Independence. Independence, little
city having population of about 1900, Is
the county seat of Jackson county, and is so
close to Kansas City that it is sometimes
hard to tell where one begins and the other
ends
Evening star., 1907-08-18

terms that he would not be done out of his
Job by the War Department. any other old
department, or by Uncle Sam himself Let
them Just try to make an arrest beyond ths
District line" he continued. why they
would have no more right to do 1t than I
would to make an arrest in the District Of
Columbia. If one of them ventures to place
his hand on any person to make an arrest
just that soon will 1 arrest the officious
marshal or deputy marshal and take him
up before the mayor on a charge Of as
o,,It
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Mormons Are Taking Town.

1t Is this movement back to Jackson
county that Is now in progress. That 1t
has assumed considerable proportions is
shown by the prayer of little Independ-
ence girl of another faith, who, when
asked to say grace, made this brief sup
plication:
'Oh. Lord help us. The Mormons are
taking the town."
And therein lies the fear of the Gentiles
of Independence The Mormons literally
are taking the town. 1t was with some
thing Of shock that the towns old tim
ers awoke to a realization few years
ago that the then postmaster was a Nor
mon. Since then several positions of trust
and Importance have been found in the
possession of members of the church. The
present city attorney, Alma White, and
the councilman from the fourth ward
William Pitt, are Mormons. Those out
side the church fear that the saints will
soon dominate the town. To make such a
condition impossible sentiment has sprung
up in Independence for annexation to
Kansas City. The proposition is now
under consideration, but 1t is probable
that the Mormons are already strong
enough to defeat such a move at the polls
If they care to do So
1t should not be understood however
that there is anything Objectionable from
the standpoint of citizenship in the influx
OF Mormons When the citizens of Jack
son arose threefourths of a century ago
and drove out the sect by force Of arms
there may have been some excuse, or, at
least, palliation, for their action. Not so
now. The Mormons who are focl1ing to
the town are among the most laW-abid-
ing residents of the place.
Joseph Smith, Jr., Moves In.
But the Gentiles do not look with favor
upon the possibility of Mormon domina-
ton. For one thing, the Mormons are
too clannish. They are rapidly establish
ing stores at which they trade ex-
clusively. A Mormon bank is now in
operation. Recently a big plow factory
bought land near the town and will move
fts nlant there from Utah. Other smaller
institutions are being established at inter-
walls.
Rest evidence of all of the trend of the
Mormon movement is the fact that Joseph
Smith, president of the reorganized Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and
son of Joseph Smith, the prophet has
moved recently from Lamont, Iowa, to In
dependence and the headquarters of his
church have followed him. Following the
example of the reorganiZed church the Utah
quarters there, too.
The reorganiZed church is made up of
those Mormons who seeded from the Utah
church because the latter body espoused
polygamy. The present Joseph Smith and
his followers assert that the polygamy
revelation was an invention of Brigham
Young. Joseph Smith and Joseph F. Smith,
president of the Utah church, are cousins.
The reorganized church has the more
members in Independence but the Utah
church 10 aggressive, and an increasing
Evening star., 1907-08-18
Semaphore Station Established.

The Meteorological Society of the Azore
islands has established semaphore stations
Evening star., 1907-08-18
Mormons' Holiest Spot.

1t was one of the earliest revelations of
Joseph Smith that made Independence the
holiest spot in the world for every believer
in the plates of gold. He announced his
vision to his followers in this wise:
'Harken. o ye elders of my church, saith
the Lord your God, who have assembled
themselves together to my commandment,
in this land which l have appointed and
consecrated for the gathering of the saints,
wherefore this Is the land of promise and
the place for the city of Zion.- Behold the
place which is now called Independence,
Mo, is the center place and spot for the
temple; is spot lying westward upon a
lot which is not far from the courthouse"
This revelation is still divine law to every
branch of the Mormon Church. A few
months before his death, in 1901 Lorenzo
Snow, president of the Utah church, said
to a congregation of his people:
THE time is drawing near when most of
you will go back to Jackson county and
build the temple in the city of Zion If
you live twenty years more l can assure
you that you will go back to Jackson coun-
ty and build holy city to the Lord as
was decreed by Jehovah and revealed
through Joseph Smith"