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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-04-21

scurries across the sky TO less Protecte- -e-
glonS
One OF the latest converts to the hail shooting
Is Professor DOleriC, director of the vltlcu -,-a
school at Rudolfswerth, Austria He had .ug
secuted all possibility of fighting hail by cans
of these sky pointing guns. until involur -'v
he assisted at a big demonstration which we'd
hundreds OF acres of a costly vintage vh. ,u
unprotected vineyards only a couple Of III rs
or enormous damage was done
Scientists like Professor F. Houdai-le
cultural meteorologist of Montpelier rr -e
exhaustive theories as to cause and et-c.
have their reports before me; but it e-
they know little for certain ~ 20 tho
growers themselves. and the vast iu -~v
dependent upon them, amounting % SCORES Z
millions OF dollars annually, they are than "a
and content about the result and care
ITS physical causes They have bad pa
distributed 10 them containing high
sentences about "globules, electro tens
ascending hot air. superSaturatiou
eouS projectiles, and the like The
tried 70 understand IL all but what
them most Is the actual saving of
harvest
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-04-21
A Pitiful Condition

HERE even in the little commune of DcnicG
Il covering only twenty flour hundred acres.
the annual losses in a single decade exceeded
million dollars 1t ptiful The grape
growers surveyed their vines heavy with ripen
mg fruit. Around them was the labor of
months, the hard won profits of a year The
vines had been shielded from every pest that flew
and rrawled; in a few DAYS the purple punches
wou' he gathered But out of the DAYS heat
would gather black menacing clouds and in a
period measured by moments the havoc was done.
fruit and vines ruined
During the storm mentioned, Steiger who was
also the leading vine grower of Windisch Festrtz
began experimenting with a home made cannon
lie took an old locomotive smokesack set it on an
oak stump, slipped mortar under it, loaded
with eighty grams of powder, plugged it with 4
cork wad, and fired it off by fuse During one of
the greater storms he and his men fired nearly three
thousand charges The result was remarkable
he burgonaster gathered magnificent harvest of
grapes that year, while his neghbors who thought
ms cannonS evidence of lunacy lost quarters
81 Their vintage. Steigers vineyards by the wav
lay IN the very center of the ravaged district He
began to manufacture more scientific artillery and
soon there were thirty shooting stations in that dis
trlct OF Austra-wherc il has never hailed since
The weapons carry eight-inch cartridge of
forged steel, with percussion cap and d charge OF
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-04-21

~ URELN the strangeSt known protection for
- crops is parked artillery pointing skyward
~ barrel after barrel projecting from
among the vines of Austria and Hungary Italv
and Southern France And there are regular
manufactures Tor these strangest agricultural
cannon, notably al NIllcfranche the French
Riviera In Austria the Government itself sup
plies the necessary ammunition.
The object OF these singular weapons Is 10
dISpcrsc hail clouds either driving them away
altogether by conclusion OF the AIR. resulting
from a series of violent explosions all over the
vine clad slopes or else causing them % descend
gentle ram, instead of destructive ice masses
that may not only ruin the grape harvest of
year but also smash and tear the vines. GRIP
ping them for many seasons
And strange As the idea u.s. Il Is far from being
new Over century ago the Chevdllcr dc
lancourt noted that II never hailed on bcslcged
towns, over which the air was IN a constant
state of conclusion from artillery and small arm
fire 1t was not until twelve years ago how
ever, that the vertical hail shooting cannon as
seen to-day was invented bv Albert Steigcr
hurgOmaster of Wndisch Fcistrtz in Stvria
Austria. That season frIghtful storm passed.
over the vine clad hills and did enormous dam
age in the two hours and twenty minutes of its
duration. HaIlstones, some of them two inches
IN diameter, fell in a sharply defined tract five
miles wide and eighty long StcIgcr had long
been experimenting with cloud shooting ord
nance, especially since the terrible havoc
wrought III the famous VINE district OF the
BcauIoldis.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-04-21

eighty grams Of powder In short the hail shooting
guns are loaded like the old fashioned shot guns
The artillery man viii advise the visitor to watch
for the "whirlwInd ring There Is a heavy boom
As of rock blasting, and up into the threatening
han clouds goes vaporous circle. screaming and
whisthng Tins is the intangible proicctile which
rends the hail cloud 1t breaks il up. and either
drives away altogether else causes it to fall in
a KIND OF sIushy snow, or big raindrops
Warning with Nature
GCRELN this Is War with Nature in the most
~ hterai sense The long rows of vnes-the bone
OF contention between the angry rollins, clouds and
the believing cannon mouths-seem To- realize their
peril and drooP big protective leaves over their great
blooming, purple punches Suddenly the enemy
above will be seen to WAIVER. The black clouds he
come pillows of rolling smoke. They appear to give
way and like flash the shines glorioslv through
a nit. The gunners shout from hill to hill and work
faster than ever The busy cannons puff their cor
tony smoke and screaming rings of vapor and a few
minutes later the dark browed invader breaks and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-04-21

IN the reach of the humblest grower. Is
unorganized hrlng Is of uncertain use. Their.
be at least one cannon 10 every one
and thirty five acres. and the total cost
tanning battery does not exceed thIrtv-tr IS
an acre-a very low insurance indeed
utter destruction, This is the heaviest Iul-
while the annual charge for use amount -s
than twelve cents acre. Firing begins
clouds near the zenith with one shot d
Tor each station. increased later on 10 three CIV
minute Naturally the firing slows down vh,
begins TO fall for 10y that time the axis ot r al
storm has passed over the cannon and the r.- IS
over.
But perhaps the queerest use of all II N
tins agricultural ordnance has been put nd
in the French possessions of Madaga-.r nd
Algeria. Here their great funnel shaped lies
nave been turned upon vast menacIng ot
graSShopPerS and locuSts IN whose cloudh1, osJs
the famous 'whirIwind ring" has cur .hty
Swathes. So diScouraging that the dcs- I'VE
insects forthwith resolve 10 seek pastures new ross
the Se,l.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-04-21
SUNDAY MAGAZINE FOR APRIL 81, 1907

but pinned the faithful tunnel worker to the top.
He says that he cannot remember whether he even
attempted free himself Suddenly the gap
widened big hole was scooped out almost in front
of his face and Creedon found himself going through
seven or eight feet OF mud and rock Perfectly con-
scIous, his thought to himself from his
rock and he put his hands and arms in front of his
face, just though | was boxing with Teller who
was putting it all me-, in order to protect him
self
Then he hit the water. which at this point is about
tWenty -fve feet deep. He Went through this like a
bullet shot from a gun. and was hurled another
twenty feet in the air The next instant he found
himself back again in the water, swimming as
though he had Owed from the end of pier, and
yelling like Indian
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-04-21
The Whirlwind Ring

TIlEY We're interested however. IN
Il ments made 10 test the force of The
wind ring. which is seen ascending al
explosion Their scientific guardian
paper targets seven feet IN diameter
with wire netting And al a distance
hundred feet the whirlwlnd ring of Vaf
clear through the tough paper like
hoop Another experiment lifted
ing wooden target weighing owe,
hundred pounds Nermorel and Gas
that this ring IS not made of AIR ciog
enormous force
rs to experiments in the heId tn,
cannon and maintenance has been ryJ.
the Government Subventions until It
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-04-21
His Remarkable Recovery

A TUG in the river saw the geyser with the figure
of a man at its apex. and heard the shouts When
those board dragged Creedon deck, he had
only IuSt Telinquished his hold of the bags
of saWdust, and his hat was floating nearby. Asked
how he felt, he replied that ne was all right, except
that the cold had gone to his marrow. big drink
of whisky administered, with remarkable re-
suits Creedon, like the majority of sand hogs, -
whose constant dread is that they may contract the
bends, had been teetotaler for years The liquor
caused him TO vomit, and the deck of the tug was
strewn with sand and pebbles which he had swal-
lowed without knowing it.
Even the story of Hicks was not So graphic as
that of the French miners who taken alive
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-04-21
FARMERS WHO lombard THE CLOUDS

CURELY the strangest known protection fol
- crops is parked artillery pointing slyward
~ barrel after barrel projecting from
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-08-27

treasury officials are predicting
that q showing of as large II not
b larger surplus Ia the treasury
Al the end of The present fiscal
year viii be made A. resulted last
year
The customs receipts arc the
ones By far making the largest
showing, and THE receipts from
internal revenue are but little III
excesg of what they were at the
beginning of the fiscal year in
1900. The mid summer time N
d doll one for government re
ceIpte from all sources, and
especially 10 from imported com
modities. n the record Of more
than $4,000, 100 collected from
duties during the first six weeks
Df the present agcal year shall
continue, and internal revenue
receipts receipts maintain anything like
the record of last year, there win
be another enormous surplus
which will call more loudly
for tariff changes than the
issue raised regarding inequaIi-
Ties of duties.
Reduce the tariff 70 the actual
needs of the government and this
surplus viii remain IN
the pockets 81 the people, whore
IL belongs.
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If the present conditions with
respect TO Treasury finances con.
tiuuo there il certain 10 be much
heard a. the session Congress
which opens IN December regard.
ing The necessity for q speedy
revision Of the tariff IN order to
bring about d speedy revision Of
the laria III order 20 bring about
a reduction Of Che revenues,
Since the beginning Of the
PFC 7ut fiscal year ihe gain in
receipts from duties on imported
goods over the corresponding
period cf last year amounts to
more ihan Sio,00o.000. This is
d surprising gain for less than
six weeks time, and already
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County Officers.

Representative Craig County, r.. >.
Hobby.
Judge n fle County Court, Theo. p.
l' Freaf
County Attorney, d n Brady
Clerk of tho District Court .. 81
Htutsman
County Clerk X q Nix
Superintendent Of Public instruction
II w q Shelton
Sheriff II. y. Ridenhour.
County Treasurer, tl u. Fleklin.
Register of Deeds. Il. NJ williamson.
County Surveyor, George Ashby.
County Commissioner First District,
Pete Cuyue,
County Commissioner Second District,
*. A Barker
County Commissioners Third District,
Mes Harris
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-08-27

Congress, Jllird Dlsfricg, ] q Dageu-
port
Representative Craig Rogers aud
Tulsa Counties. John n Ezzard,
Judge, 2nd Judicial District r. Ls
Brown.
senator, 5Ufsi District A. Strain
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-08-27
~, X. ct. SPECIALS.

Psrsons, Kans4. Ang. q ID 80. 1867,
annual Eneeting Grand Lotge gf a. II. d
a. W., eoioFed. Open rate of fare and
setAiKd f0F the sound trip. Date Of ss.e,
Ang. -; hnAl htait, Arg. 81.
Oklahoma City. Aug. "A, on account
visit VI Secretary TAFT open rate 0f fare
and one, ,thia9 foT round trip Date Of sale.
Ang. ~ and "A, fnal Emit Aug. 70, 1907.
seeond- class Colonist Pare 70 northwest.
Billings, Hinsdale, Ogden, Salt Lake City,
Helsna and Butte fMontanaJ. Spokane.
Portland, Seattle and other Northwestern
points. Also, 70 points In California,
Arizona. New Mexico and Texas points
Date 81 sale septeuberi ID October 81.
MeAiister. + n. aug. 2023- Annual
meeting United Confederate Veterans,
- .35 Tot round trip. Date 81 sale, Aug.
10 10 ~, final limit, Aug. "a.
Shawnee, OKLA, annual meeting Okla
h0ma Sunday School Association, Aug. %
to ~, inclusive, ~ for round trip. Date
Of sale, Aug. 1922; final return limit,
Aug. 20.
Wagner, /. r., aug. 2e.yl-Gaand
lodge Brothers Of Friendship and Sisters
Of the Mysterious Ten (colored). Fare
and one-shird, on the certificate plan.
Date of sale, Aug. 26-sI.
SUMNER TOURIST RATSs:
La effect from June 1st to September 3Oth,
inclusive, 1907, final limits October 3Ist,
1907. Good to certain points in Alabama,
Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana,
Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee,
Virginia, West Virginia. Also st. Louis,
Chicago, Yellow Stone National Park,
Denver, Colo, and other points. For
further information see III. K. and T..
ticket agent.
JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION;
April 20th to November Goth, 1907. Sea
son tickets from Vinita and return s51.55.
A 60-day ticket $4,000 and I5-day
ticket S34.30.
H. A. FARTHING,
Agent, N. K. & I. Ry.,
Phone No. Is. yinita /: T
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- 80 -. - n
DEM0cR11n STATE TICKET.

yG1s gtases gsxss1ss f$es@fe Il.
CnSa Ygxa r Corr
ysmlees aacfes1s 61en ysms y.
iyM0 n NJ H8yse Il +. WNsAms
Natn#0 X Kahe y Y Iamen
0aeuos ~ N Baske
Llsas1nant Cepsfmr Geg VI hsiL
any.
Aftopsy General c4s West
B4erssary gY ssate William \. cros
Treasurer yAnss Nensfee
AB6lfN VI h Tmvp
Ciefk n supreme curt w H. +.
Campb@lL
State KxAminsf fagior
Babsnmendsnt Public Instruction
RI II Cameron
Mine InsDeetDf Peter fianraty.
commissioner n chartles Mias Kate
Barnard
Commissioner N Labor Charles
DaDgherty.
lnsuanee Commissioner n J. Ne.
C0mb.
Corporation Commissioners - J, No
Alssfer A. =. Watson, u Il Lose.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-07-02

ance with promise given to Mr. Heen
by the court several months ago."
| By this announcement it is made
clear beyond all question of doubt that
many applications, verbal and writ
| ten, had been made to the Judge by
American lawyers who desired to prac-
| tice in his court, and the language used
by him is convincing as to that fact.
! On June 4th, the court being in ses-
sion for the first time after it's return
: from Canton. announced that the ex-
animation for the bar would take place
under the rule on June 10th at 8 a. m.
! On the date set Mr.. Andrews ap-
| peared and took an oral mot written)
| examina ton, and no other application
had been made by any other lawyer,
Notwithstanding the fact that at the
sessj On of the court on May 4th, the
Judge stated from the bench that the
court had received verbal and written
/ applications from attorneys for admis-
! sion to the bar" No one came forward,
only Mr. Andrews, and the examination
| of him was a deliberate farce-a guise
to save the face of Judge Wiley who
had been ordered by the government
officials to permit all American law
y
Court for China. 1 am informed by a
lawyer who is familiar with the facts
that no application, oral or written,
was made TO the judge at the time he
made the announcement and that no
application was made by Mr.. Andrews,
who was, 1 understand, begged to come
forward for the recent examination,
and that he (no doubt?) would pass.
If such are the facts, Mr.. Editor, is
it not discreditable to have such a
judge attached to the United States
Court for China? l ask this question
of you and of all right-thinking men.
It would not seem reasonable to place
much confidence in the acts of a judge
who so conducts himself His con-
duct on and off the bench is not of the
sort that inspires confidence, on the
, contrary, respect and confidence are
| lost for him and for his court. He
has it is charged, inspired articles in
! local papers to laud his court and to
| deceive the public and the home gov
eminent; he has attacked most wan
tony the Catholic clergy, and through
them some fifteen millions of Catholics
/ in the United States. by calling them
I ''Popish thieves" in the recent decision
in the Roberts Will case. For this
attack he has been very properly taken
! to task by Father Colman, S. j., or
this port, whose letter necently appear
ed in your journal.
And moreover he refused to allow
Lawyer Curtis to take an examination
cat least he would noD nor will he
permit him to appear in his court
although he has come here from Wash
ington to bring forward suits. SO your
paper reads. What an outrage per
petrated on a lawyer by one who is set
in the position of an impartial judge
And such is the kind of judge tie
great American Government permits
to remain on the bench in China. What
| a nockeryi What a delusion! What
a living insult to Americans in China
and at home! Oh, what a contempt
uous thing he must be to American
lawyers! How long can it last, Mr.
Editor. or is the American Government
going crazy?
enclose my card.
Yours, etc,
AN AMERICAN READER.
Shanghai, 18th June. 1907.
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The Shanghai Times SAYS:

The Shanghai Times says:
Judge Whitley at the opening of the
court, announced that Mr.. w. H. Heen
| had successfully passed the examina-
ton given him on June Z, and he had
| pleasure in admitting him to the bar,
upon his taking the necessary oath.
SUCCESS OF LORRN ANDREWS.
Judge 4lfey said he had an APP
| plication from Mr.. Lorrin Andrews for
| admittanee to practice as an attorney
at-law before the United States court.
Mr.. Andrews was asked by his honor
whether he would care to take an oral
examination or a written examination,
! and if MIR. Andrews had any prefer
ence in the matter the court would
respect that preference.
Mr.. Andrews stated that he would
prefer an oral examination.
His honor then announced that he
| would proceed with the examination
and asked Mr.. Andrews if he desired
the reporters to take a report of his
/ answers to the questions of the court
Mr.. Andrews preferred that his an
swers should not be reported, and his
honor asked the reporters not to take
notes, at the same time explaining the
difficulty of situation in the case of
man giving oral answers to the ques-
tions
Mr.. Andrews then took his examina-
tion which lasted over one hour. The
questions put to him covered every
phase of law and Mr.. Andrews gave
his answers promptly and satisfactorily.
At the close of the examination,
Judge Whitley said-Mr. Andrews has
answered substantially all the questions
of the examination correctly. He has
filed with his application endorsements
of the highest character, both for his
personal and professional integrity.
| These endorsements came from promi-
nent officials in Washington, Brooklyn
| New York; and Hawaii, and are in
all respects satisfactory. Mr.. Andrews
will be admitted to the bar.
! Mr. Andrews and Mr.. Heen later
took the oath, and were admitted to
practice.
THE AMERICAN COURT AND ITS
JUDGE.
Ito the Editor of the China Gazette:
Sir:-Wm you be good enough, Mr..
Editor. to throw some light through
1.-THE columns of your journal on what
tito me seem the glaring Inconsistencies
lof Judge Whitley in his recent farce
loi an examination for lawyers to prac-
gtice in his court-a court of inferior
: Jurisdiction, it being nothing more
than a Consular Court, Americans are
I agreed.
On Saturday, May 4th, in open court
His Honor said:
"Since the court has received YER
bal and written applications from at
s tOrneys for admission to the bar, notice
s is hereby given that pursuant to the
rule of the court covering the admls-
: sion OF attorneys to the practice, reg
s. ular written examination wilt be held
at Shanghai upon the return OF the
court from Canton. The exact day or
the examination will be fixed as soon
as it is ascertained when the court Will
reach shanghai, but it is expected mat
it will be early in June. Persons deslr-
, ing to take this examination must file
APPLICATION to the clerk of the court
which will be accompanied by certiti-
Gates of moral character. A special ex-
ANNA ton will be given to Mr. Heen
. on Monday (June 6th) next in compli-
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Oahu Railway
TIME TABLE.
OUTWARD.

OUTWARD.
For WaiAuae, Waialua, Kahuku and
WA Stations-"9:15 a. m, 1920 P. IA
For Pearl City, Eva Mill and Way
Mkations-t7:3O a. m, +9:15 a. m, N1l:O5
a. NJ, .2l5 p. M, 1920 p. m, "5:l5 P.
m, 1880 p. m, til p. m.
For Wahiawa-+9:1 a. m. and 1918
Pm.
Arrive Honolulu from Kahuku, wal
alma and Waianae-~S:36 a. m, 5:5l
.. N.
Arrive Honolulu from Eva Mill and
Pearl City-t7:46 a. m, 1886 a. m,
s10:38 a. m, LAO p. m, +4:3l p. m,
s5:31 p. m, +7:3O p. m.
Arrive Honolulu from Wahiawa-
1886 a. m. and 1871 p. m.
SDaily. Elk. Sunday. Sunday Only.
The Haleiwa Limited, a twe-hour
train (only frst-class tickets hOnored) },
leaves Honolulu every Sunday at S:22
q. NJ; returning, arrives in Honolulu
ut 1910 p. m. The Limited stops only
ut Pearl City and Waianae.
G. P. DENISON, F. C. SMITH,
Supt. GP.&T.A.
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VIM. G. IRWIN & CO.. LID
sUGAR FACTORS AND
COMMISSION AGENrs

WIN. G. Irwin-President and Manager
John d. Spreckels-First Viee-PreEisE;
W. III. Giffard. Second Viee-PregieAt
81. NJ. Whitney. .............Tr easEea
Richard Ivers ...............S Secretary
W. n. Wilson. .A9Wol
AGENTS FOR
Oceanic Steamship Co., San FfsR
cisco, Cal.
Western Sugar ReAnins Co., eHE
Francisco, Ca.
Baldwin Locomotive Works, Pals
dslphia, Pa.
Newall Universal Mill Co., Man
faeturers of National Cane shrsds
New York, N. Y.
Pacific Oil Transportation Co., N
Francisco, Cal.
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Vim. G. Irwin & Co., Ltd.

AGENTS FOR THE
Royal Insurance Co., of Liverpool Eng,
land.
Scottish Union & National Insurance
Co., of Edinburg, Scotland.
wIlhelma of Magdeburg General In
surance Co.
Commercial Assurance Co., Ltd, OF
London.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-04
SAVED HER SONS LIFE.

The happiest mother in the little
town of Ava, Mo-, is Mrs. S. Rupee.
She writes: lone year ago my son was
down with such serious lung trouble
that our physician was unable to help
him; when, by our druggists advice
l began giving him DR.. Kings New
Discovery, and soon noticed improve
ment. l kept this treatment up for
few weeks when he was perfectly
well. He has worked steadily since
at carpenter work. DR.. Kings New
Discovery saved his life Guaran-
teed best cough an dcOld cure by f. l..
Smalley. Druggist. soc and S1.00. Trial
bottle free.