Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-03-30

/ 80 I'M illt VIII STOP TOO.
the dock he groaned and. pulling Il razor.
/ started to commit suicide
y park policeman arrested him.
| Prof, Irving Fisher of Yale has ius,
! Completed endurance tests which ne
cHlihS xindlcate Il diet without flesh
!oodS. he teSts Were simple but effect
I'VE. being; First. holding ont the arms
aN lo!nS as possible second. deep knee
nehding; third, leg raising with the sub
Ject lying on his back
fofty-nlne persons We're examined. in
ciudihS Yale students. physicians. nurses
ana college instructors. Prof. Fisher
says of the result:
Inc experiment furnished II severe
test To the claims of the flesh ahstaiDer
The result would indicate that uon-4esL
caters nave far greater endurance than
lhoSe accustomed to the ordinary Ameri-
can diet"
The excavations ut Metapontum. on
! the gulf of laramie. southern Italy. have.
resulted III the discovery of many Greek
tonbS, some covered with enormous files
others with cylinders and still others
with stones. One tomb, evidently that
81 distinguished parsonage, was made
/ OF large, heavy blocks of stone covered
with Greek lettering. and had inside a
skeleton. intact. with vases ana other
objects. The tomhS belong to the
Fourth century before Christ. Interest
IN the discovery has been heightened be-
cause the great Greek philosopher. Ply
tilagaras. was buried at Metapuntum
about 900 +. c.. and as his tomb still
existed at the time of Cicero, who died
IN ~ Il. G.. it is hoped that it may be
found.
Ext congressman Gillette who repre-
scented the Seventh Iowa district at
Washington number of wears age.
was secretly married February 2S to
Miss Lucy Appel. nurse who has been
making her home in Des Moines. la.
since last September. II is brother
Of the well-known actor, William Gil
lette. and special interest attaches to his
marriage because of the fact that she
| was president of a society here known
rs the Single Filers.' This had for
its membership unmarried people. some
who had tried both WAYS of living and
maintained there was more happiness
III the single life than in the welded
state. But few months ago the Spcre-
tary of the society, Mrs. Elizabeth Jones
was married for the second time, and
the Single Filters" is now threatened
with dissolution.
Mrs. George Livingston Baker of New
/ Brighton, Staten Island. is authority for
the statement that the star Spanglrd
banner which flew over Fort McHenrv
during its bOmbardment in the war of
1872 and inspired Francis Scott Key
| to compose the national ode is now i'm
New York. Mrs. Baker is grand
daughter of Col. George ArmiStcad. The
| flag. She says, is the property of Ebcu
Appleton of New York. her brother. and
has been deposited by him in the safe
deposit vaults of a Broadway trust com
pany. Mrs. Baker refused to give any more
definite address for her brother or the
name of the trust company. Her brother
has been annoyed SO much on account of
his ownership of the flag, she said. he
wished his address and the place of the
deposit of the flag kept secret.
James Bryce. the new British amhas-
sador to the United States, has n horror
of telephones. The diplomat has fire.
qucntlN been called on the wire since his
arrival III Washington and it is said
that on numerous occasions he has re-
fused To talk by means of the speaking
| piece. When ne does talk. however, lie
insists on knowing Immediately who the
person Is ut the other end of the line and
| his business. Mr.. Bryce doesn't like
this modern method of carrying on :.
conversation and as a result gets tAIt
of it whenever he can. Long distance
calls are said to be particularly dis
tasteful to the ambassador While at
times he has consented to talk to people
over the phone in Washington. he hates
TO converse on the long distance lines.
Consequently out-of-town calls for Eng
| lands new representative are not cor
! daily received, if at all.
Enticed to the outskirts Of Kewanee H..
after dark George Stone. n 16-year-uld
high school boy of Bradford. Ill was
seized and bound hy Il gang of youths
and then taken to the cemetery and
! tied tn a tombstone. Masked and garhed
/ in sheets. his tormcntOFs then hazed him
and frightened him to such an extent
that his mind almost gave way. Leav-
ing him bound to the stone after telling
him he would have to remain there tied
and gagged all night, the crowd did nor
return for over an hour. when the lads
trailed through the graveyard in an eff
fort To find new ways to frightcn young
Stone. They found him worked IN to
a high pitch of excitement rs Il result of
! his already ghaStly experience. As they
came close. Stone i'm a panic of fright
made II sudden lunge and pulled the
large monument over upon himself
crushing his legs and injuring him inter-
nallv.
Twice ncarcerated in the state insane
asylum after losing his fortune rs well
as the first mile track ever known in
the northwest. William Ncumeistcr of
In Crosse. Wis. has proved his sanity
in open conrt and frustrated an attempt
On the part of relatives to have him TAX
on back to the asylum.
Before the crowded court room \eu-
meiSter took the stand in his own behalf.
He recited the story of his life and his
fortunes, explained peculiar transactions
that led To the doubts as to his sanity.
and explained that his first incarceration
was mt his own request because he fea red
for the balance of his mind.
He told of the incidents connected with
his release and subsequent committal
aud then of his release ON parole
NeumeiSter claimed that the i'll health
Of his wife Wore ON him and made him
! irritable, while newspaper reports Of his
misfurtuneS only tended to aggravate
him. He recited business transactions he
! had conducted at Il profit to himself to
show his SoundneSs IF mind and readily
answered perpleNing questions to the sat
/ iSfaciion of the mnacy commission aq-
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