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Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-05
1000 WORK
FOR BETTER
y WAT Err WA rs
RIVERS AND HARB0RS CON-
GRESS IN SESSION
Delegates Hope TO Create Influence
That VIII Promote Trade
and Commerce Of
America
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.-Prominent Of
ficials of the national government, gov
ernors of states, representatives OF Tor
eign powers, members of the senate and
house of representatives, and leaders in
all walks of life, in America. participated
today In the opening of the convention
of the National Rivers and Harbors con-
gress.
Nearly 1000 delegates, representing every
state in the Union were present. IL was
not expected any definite or concrete ac-
ton in promotion of the projects advocat-
ed by the congress will be taken. but 1t
Is hoped that the work of the congress
will so impress the national congress, now
in session.. as to induce it to make ade-
quate appropriations for the improve
ments of the rivers and harbors of the
country. se %
1t is the desire of the delegates to Sc
cure such action by the congress of the
United States as will promote the trade
and commerce. of America, 1t is not a
special project that the convention has in
view. but the adoption of a policy by the
government looking to the extension of
the Transportation facilities of the Unit
ed States.
On behalf of the nationa administra-
ton, Elihu Root, secretary OF state, ex-
IenQeQ TO lue COH6lC Coo AiSoiSJ
in the work which has been undertaken,
and gave assurance of the support of the
administration in the conclusion arrived
at by the delegates.
The congress will be in session for
three days, and the body Will be ad-
dressed by some of the most prominent
economists of the United States.
Committees Report
At the ojening of the afternoon session
the vice presidents and members of com
mittees on resolutions and nominations
we're presented by the chairmen of the
various state delegations. The creden-
tiaIs committee reported 1907 delegates
from thirty-three states and territories
had registered, but the list was not
complete.
Chairman Ransdell then introduced to
the congress Cyrus p. Walbridge OF ST
Louis, former mayor OF that CITY VINO
reviewed the work of the Lakes-to-the-
Gulf Waterways association, and the
nresent MANAGEMENT of the association.
He said the work of the association was
IN the hands of twenty members, in
Guiding the governors of several states.
The object was to promote the construc-
ton of ship canal at least fourteen feet
deep from the Great Lakes to the Gulf
of Mexico.
such waterway, he said, would ex-
tend our coast line 1900 miles into the
interior of the country and in effect
would create with the Erie canal a con-
tinuous interior waterway from the city
of New York to the city of New Orleans.
oustave Schwab Speaks
Csustave H. Schwab of the North Ger
man Lloyd Steamship company. repre-
senting the Merchants association OF
New York, delivered an address ON the
foreign commerce of the United States
in its relation to rivers and harbors
lie said the Importance of foreign COM
merce in the life of nations scarcely
could be overestimated, not only because
the prosperity of a people depended upoa
xContinued ON Page Twol
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-05
GUNS OF GRAFT PROSECUTION TRAINED ON CALHOUN
YEAST GERMS. IN
BLOOD FERMENT, MAY
CAUSE MANS DEATH
Patient In Cook County Hospital,
Chicago, Becomes Infected in
Peculiar Manner and Life
ls Despalred OF
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Dec 4.-Yeast germs at
work in the blood has been found to be
the strange affliction of Leo Konnel, who
is confined in the Cook county hospital,
and for whose recovery there is said to
be no hope.
1t is supposed that the infection en-
tered his system though some slight le-
sion in the skin of his hands or. face.
The warm blood furnished an ideal condi-
ton for the reproduction of these germs
and they multiplied at an enormous rate,
so now that yeast solution is running
through KonnelPs veins
There are said to be only three known
instances of yeast infection In the blood
in all the history of medicine. In all in
stances death has followed in a short
time.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-05
LAURIER SCORES OPPONENT
FOR FAvoRING EXCLUSION,
By Associated Press.

Wilfrid Laurier made a bitter attack
on Mr.. Borden. leader of the opposition.
for his attitude in going about in British
Columbia trying to catch votes by favor
ing the restriction of Japanese imml-
grafton.
The premier said that while China is
not Japan is an ally to Britain, and II
war should break out in Asia any time,
he said, Japanese doubtless would be
found fighting side by side with British
ships. $50 long as am head OF the
government which advises his excellenoN
the governor general. said Sir Wllfrid,
"that government WIN never do any
thing IN any way to jeopardize the Bril-
ish-Japanese treaty.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-05
FOREIGN

Secretary of War Taft is received In
audience by tho emperor of Russia; high
honor is paid visitor from United States.
King and queen of Spain leave England
for return trip to Madrid.
Man and wife, accused of numbering
woman at Monte Carlo, are convicted;
woman to be hanged; man imprisoned for
life.
Former president of Argentine Repub-
lie dies.
Woman hurls bomb at governor gen
eral of Moscow: he escapes, but the as
sailant was fa,ally injured,
Court scandal comes up for discussion
in German reichstag.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-05
NEGRO BISHOP WEEDS
A DIVORCED WOMAN
coIored Clergyman Takes as Bride
Laura Lemon - Leaders of
Church May Disci-
pIine Him
By Associated Press.

By Associated Press
ATLANTA, Ca, Dec. 4.-Bishop H. M.
Turner of the African Methodist church
was married here last night to Laura p.
Lemon The bride was formerly the
bishops secretary and had secured a
divorc> from her husband. Rev. Mr..
Powell, last May.
At the time the divorce was ordered it
was reported the bishop contemplated
making Laura Lemon his wife. Bishop
Gaines brought the matter to the atten-
tion of the council of bishops at its meet
ing in June.
After an investigation. Bishop Turner
was notified by the council that such a
marriage would not be countenanced by
the African Methodist church. Nothing
further was heard of the matter until the
announcement Of the marriage lest night.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-05
EASTERN

thousand bills are introduced in the
United States senate in one day.
Dirt is flying from big ditch on Pana-
ma; all records broken.
Negro bishop takes divorced woman
for his wife; church may expel him.
Three more bodies found In Naomi
mine in Pennsylvania.
Statement of condition of banks at the
close of business December is called
for by comptroller of currency.
Army officers use horse instead OF teie-
graph wire in signaling and find the AMI
NAL good conductor.
Five persons killed and about tnlr'y IN
jured in collision at Baltimore
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-05
STATE MUST BE READY
FOR PETTIB0NE MONDAY
ralesmen Anxious to Serve on Jury
and Roth sides Use Up Per-
emptories in Keeping
Them of
NV Associated Press

BY Associated Press
BOISE, Idaho. Dec. 4.-Before ad-
iourning the trial of George A. Petit
bone this afternoon Judge Wood IN
forn,ed counsel for the state that they
should be ready to proceed with the
evidence not later than next Monday.
Roth the state and defense have eX-
hausted half of the ten peremptories
alIowed them by law. At the morning
session very little progress was made.
Int this afternoon and evening sew
eral of the talesmen examined
qualified.
An apparent desire OF many or the
ta1esmen to serve on the jury was
manifest today and it required skill on
the part of the attorneys to disqualify
a number who were not considered de-
sirable.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-05
COAST

President may send federal troops TO
GoldfieId to end the miners strike.
Patrick Calhoun, president OF the
United Railroads in San Francisco, will
be placed on trial Immediately on charge
of bribery.
Plague situation in San Francisco is
well in hand; 100000 rats have been
killed.
Mine fire 1t Drytown, Cal, breaks out
anew.
School boy at National City, near San
Diego, commits suicide.
Army troops will leave for Philippines
otday on transport Thomas, sailing from
San Francisco.
cisco
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-05
Cali pry Farming Congress

SALT LAKE CITY, Dec, 4.-The Off
cial call for the second annual session
of the Transmissouri Dry Farming con-
gress, which is to convene in this city
January 49, was issued today by Presi-
dent Fisher p. Harris. Nearly 1000 dele
gates, representing the states of the
Transmissour country are expected to
attend.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-05
shonts President of c. & A.
By Associated Press.

BY Assoclated Fress.
NEW YORK, Dec. AIT a meeting OF
the director, of the Chicago & Alton
railroad today Theodore p. Shonts,
president of the Toledo, st. Louis &
western railroad, and also of the Inter
borough Metropolitan of New York, was
elected president to succeed S. M. FELTON,,
RESIGNED.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-05
RrltIah vessel ouarantlned

BY Associated Press.
VALPARAISO, Chile, Dec 4.--The Brit
ish steamship Glenfarg, which arrived at
africa several weeks ago, has been held
in quarantine ever since, Sho has
Chinese passengers on board, some of
whom are suffering from oriental dis
eases and the authorities would not per-
NIT the vessel to discharge
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-05
Killed by Engine

BY Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 4-Patrick
Regan, 2S years old, was knocked Off a
wagon this morning at Sixth and Berry
streets by switch engine and killed.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-05
SNOW STORM RETARDS
MOVEMENTS OF WARSHIPS
Bad Weather Is tiindrance to Vessels
About to Assemble for the
Long Trip to the
Pacific
By Associated rress.

BY Assoclated FTess,
NEW YORK, Dec. 4.A heavy snow
storm today retarded the movements of
the battleships preparing to rendezvous
at Hampton Roads before sailing for the
Pacific.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-05
SUMMARY OF THE News
FORECAST

For Los Angeles and vicinity:
Cloudy Thursday, probably rain;
light east wind. Maximum tens
perature yesterday, "a degrees;
minimum, 81 degrees.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-02-02
Parisian., Bread.

There is no city in the world where so much bread is consumed as in Par is. It is estimated that every inhabit- ant eats one pound day on the aver age. Even in past centuries the French especially Parisians- had horror of stale bread. And, as in those days people manufactured their own bread, they had curious way of making it palatable. Strange as it may seem, the bread they prepared round or square slabs was used as dish on which the meat was carved and bore the name of "tranchoirs,' or ''tailloirs. ' The juice of the meat having pene- trated into the bread imparted pleas ant taste and prevented 1t from becom- ing dry.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-02-02
ANCIENT LITERATURE.
How Some of IL Was Luckily Saved
 From Destruction.

Considering that the whole of ancient literature was confined tt manuscript 1t is wonderful that so much of It has come down to us. The preservation of some old writings has been almost miraculous. To single copy presery- ed in monastery of Westphalia, for instance, do We owe all that we have of Tacitus. This Is the more remarka- ble since the emperor of that name had copies of the works of his distin- guished ancestor placed in all the im perial libraries and caused ten copies of them to be transcribed yearly. Still, only the one copy has been found in modern times.
 A page of the second decade of Livy, we are told. was discovered by a man of letters on battledoor while he was amusing himself in the country He rushed up to town, but he was too late, for the battledoor maker had used up all his parchment the week before" Two manuscripts of Cicero on "Glory" were presented to Petrarch. who lent them to an old preceptor. This latter gentleman, being pressed by want. pawned them and died without reveal ing the name of the pawnbroker Two centuries afterward they were men toned in n catalogue of books be- queathed to convent, but could not be found. It Is supposed that Petrus Aleyonius. the physician to the insti- tuition. appropriated them and, having transposed some of the thoughts to his own writings. destroyed the origi- nals
 The original Magma Charta of Eng land has certain mutilations, presuma bly, from pair of shears. IL Is said that Sir Richard Cotton. calling one day at his tailor's. discovered that that man was holding In his hand ready to cut up for pattern copy of the great Magma Charta, with all its ap- pendages and seals
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-02-02
EXPERT IN RAISING CHECKS
Western Inventor Makes Discoveries in
 Search for Indelible Ink

Stanley J. Morrow of l7 West Pratt street is perhaps the most expert and accomplished check raiser in the coun- try. His work, however, is done only in honest experiments. For twenty-five years Mir Morrow has been working in an effort to perfect an ink that cannot be removed from paper and paper from which ink cannot be removed without leaving trace of it's having been there, and it was while he was thus en- gagged that he raised hundreds of cheeks and drafts and acquired proficiency in his work
 MT. Morrow says he has at last made the discovery for which he has so long sought, and that he now has a paper and an ink that, if used, will effectually protect banks and others against the doings of the cheek raiser He has ap. piled for q patent on the process and the application is now pending before the patent department at Washington. In his laboratory at his home MT. Morrow has vast array of bottle of chemicals lined up, all of which he has been using in his efforts to discover a non eradicable ink. ''I have made this matter a study for twenty-five years, he said, "and I have here everything known to chemistry for the removal of ink from paper. believe l know more about inks than any other man and there is no chemist who is better in formed on the chemistry of inks than l am. I have been able to remove from paper every ink that has been put on the market, but I am not able to re- move the ink that I have just perfected after all these long years of research. Therefore, I feel that if I cannot re- move it no living man can, and that if this ink is used in cheek or draft it affords absolute protection"
 The array of bottles contained these chemicals Aretic acid, oxalic acid, al- cohol, ammonia, perchloride of soda, py- rophosphate of soda, hyposulphate of soda, cream of tsrtar, ehloroform, ferro cyanide of potassium, peroxide of hy. drogen, chloride of tin, aqua regia, ni- tric acid, tartaric acid and combinations of these agents. There, he said, are all the substances known to chemistry for the removal of inks There are no oth. CTS, he says. And none of these will destroy tke traces of the ink that he has just produced
 "If had turied my knowledge of how to raise checks to dishonest pur- pose" said MT. Morrow, "I have no doubt that could have been the most dangerous man the banks of the coun- try would have had to deal with, but my aim has been to produce an ink and
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-02-02

paper that would prevent banks from being swindled in that manner. During the years that l have been at this work I have astonished many bankers with the ease with which l was able to change their checks that had been writ ten with what they were pleased to call safety ink and on what was assumed to be safety paper.
 Even right here in Indianapolis have demonstrated this. One bank u particular pays $5 a quart for ink that it uses in writing checks and drafts The cashier felt secure and told me that l could not take the ink from the paper l did it, just the same, and showed him how it was done and proved to him that his safety ink was of no value in the hands of one who knew what to dc with it. Here is the check that I raised for him as an example of what could he done with his ink, and he held oui a check that though it had been raised bore not even the slightest evidence Of the change.-Indianapolis News.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-02-02
Reflections of a Ilachelor

If there is nothing the matter with the children woman can worry because there might be next year.
 A nice thing about grand opera is the enjoyment you will have at vaude vile the next time you go.
 If woman can't find any other ex euse for her husband nof being able to make living she will say he has an artistic temperament.
 The reason woman doesn't spend more money on her clothes is because her husband doesn t have any more for her to spend.
 When your head gets all tangled uT with girl it's a sign that the more she did it the more she is going to be angry with you for doing it.-New York Press.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-02-02
And the Fl Paso Times adds:
FOREIGN TRADE FOR 1906

Official figures just published show that during the year 1906 our foreign commerce enjoyed an extraordinary ex- pansion. All records were broken, alike for exports and for imports. The total value of our sales abroad amounted to sl,79S, ,l97, ,955, as compared with total of $l,626,99O,795 for the previous year. The imports were valued at Sl ,32l ,O64,. 69i, as against total for the preceding twelve months of $l.179,l44,55O.
 The advance is more striking when We put the totals for the year beside those for 1900, which were: Exports. sl,477,949,66G; imports, $S29,Ol9,337. The gain in exports is over 20 per cent. that in imports over 60 per cent. It is to be borne in mind that a gain in inn ports does not mean merely an increase in the sums expended by Americans on luxuries and articles of finished manu- factures-it also means an increase in articles used as raw material by our own manufacturers.
 The growth of our manufactured ex- ports has been steady and rapid. It is estimated that for the full year the value of these exports will exceed S70O- OOO,OOO. The detailed reports cover on. ly eleven months of the year. Today manufactured exports constitute 42 per cent of the total exports.
 In congratulating the country on the expansion of it's foreign commerce in every direction two things have to be taken into account in order to avoid ex- travagant claims. One is that the prices of many commodities were considerably higher last year than in 1905 or any pre- vious recent year. An increase of value IS not necessarily an increase in the amount shipped. But when all proper dedue tions are made, the figures indicate progress that is sufficiently striking and encouraging
 The other thing to remember is that every country that has goods to export had good year in foreign trade. In Great Britain the exports showed for the period gain of nearly $230,OOO,. 900, and the imports gain of about $2l5,OO0,000. These represented re- spectively increases of IA and 7.6 per cent. The totals were the largest ree> orded in the official history of British commerce.
 Canada, Australia, Germany, even Russia, in spite of famine and revolu- tion-in short, every country partici- pated in the expansion of trade and
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-02-02
THE MATTER OF HUGHES

In a signed editorial published in the Broadway Magazine, Erwin Wardman, editor of the New York Press, paper of strong Republican proelivities, says;
 ''Mr. Hughes must make good. Not that we question his purpose to make good. But if the financial rulers, the monopolists, the criminal rich and their horde of political agents block him in his efforts to make good, if Mir. Hughes is not permitted by those who control members of the legislature and other officials to give square deal as well as to talk about it, the people of the state are done with the Republican party. And when New York is done with it, so is the rest of the country.
 "There must be no more Roots and Cortelyous undertaking to manage the public affairs of New York for the poor benighted public which they have as- sumed has not wit enough to eompre- bend when it is being walked upon and stamped upon by the great. There must be no more Standard Oil direction of legislation. No more Transit Trust thefts of mayoralty elections. No more Gas Monopoly annulment of statutes and of court judgments. No more Pratt and Depew in the United States senate No more corporation dummies in public office.
 If there is any more of this sort of thing, if Mr. Hughes, as governor is not allowed to give the people of this state square deal in the fullest measure, then the United States can, not be saved to the Republican party two years from now, as New York has just been saved-by the skin of the teeth.
 And the Fl Paso Times adds:
 ''Well, Mir. Hughes will not make good except for the forces that put him in offiee-the Cortelyous, the Roots and the corrupt monopolies, the back bone of the Republican party as it to- day stands. The Times stated during the campaign that Hughes, if elected would be disappointment to those who voted for him because of the fight h, made to expose the rascality of the in suranee companies
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-02-02

commerce. Activity was universal. The standpatters who may see in our huge and unprecedented imports reason for opposing all reciprocity proposals and all efforts to liberalize excessive tariff schedules should be reminded that the needs of country must be judged by average, not by exceptional conditions. The problem of our surplus of manu- factured goods may at any time become one of pressing importance.