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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-04-26
PUBLIC HEARING
IS DENIED DYER
BY COMMISSIONERS
Mrs. Fairfield Requested
Him to Watch Yelled
Woman.

Howard ]. Dyer. the special police
officer of the Third police precinct
whose commission as special officer
is 10 be revoked by the Board of Com
missioners upon the recommendation of
Maj. Richard Sylvester, Superintendent
Of the Metropolitan Police force, viii
not be gwen public hearing.
Dyer is the officer who figured so
prominently in the case of the mysteT-
Gus woman who on number of oc-
casions sought at night 10 do bodily
harm 10 Mrs. Walter Fairfield, residing
at lT3 De Sales street.
Dyer was requested by Mrs. Fairfield
to watch the mysterious or yelled
woman and keep Ter from getting
into the formers home Dyer alleges
that he put the woman out of Mrs
Fairfelds yard several times and while
attempting TO eject ner on the night Of
April IL was stabbed and sundbasged.
Wait Official Notification.
Attorney Wilton Lambert said this
morning that inasmuch as the ruu Board
of Commissioners had not approved the
decision OF Commissioner West 90 revoke
nyer's commission he would take no
further steps in the case until Dyer
has been officially. notified of the action
OF the Board Of Cssamissiouers and I'M
Ill Dyer's commission is demanded by
Major Sylvester. When This stage of
The case is reached Attorney Lambert
says he viii institute maudamus pro-
cccdIngS in the courts to compel the
commissioners to show cause why Dyer
Las been removed and why a public
hearing has been refused.
Discussing the case this morning Com
missioner West said 10 a Times repre-
sentative that he had approved the
recommendation OF Major sylvester that
Dyer.s comm ssiOn be taken from him;
that he expected his action 10 meet with
the foil approval of the other members
of the board as soon as the papers in
.rhe case reached them He pointed out
the fact that tn the revocation OF the
commission of special policeman the
law is clear ON the point that the Com
mlsslcners do not have 10 give th= ac-
cuscu officer q hearing, nor 90 they have
10 give reason FOR their action. The
lay says special policemen ana addi-
JiODal pTIVates may be removed from Of
nee by said Commissioners, or d major
l-y of them. without cause and without
trial"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-04-26
TREASURY RECEIPTS
AND EXPENDITURES

Today's Treasury receipts Sl.6S2. 440;
expenditures. s2,230.010.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-31
PUMPS In NEW LIFE.
Poe's DeUice viii Raise the Dead.
He Says.

Almost sightless and semi-paralyzed, Professor
George Poe. living the life Of recluse on a
baclxwoods farm in Norfolk County, Va. says
he has solved the problem OF raising the dead
nv means OF his 'respiratOr. he calls the ma
chine which he has invented for the purpose.
Tests Of II have already been made in the pres
ence o. Norfolk and Portsmouth city physicians
asphvxiated or srnothered dogs and rabbits be-
,ns, the subjects. In each case the animal, after
helms, pronounced dead by the physicians was
brought hack TO life by Professor Poe's device,
q al soon afterwayd was frolicking around in
the full 10Y OF living. according to a dispatch 20
.oThs Washington STAR
A ten-year-old boy. Arthur Ostrander. son of
the man with whom Professor Poe lives, acted
as his eyes and hands In the construction OF the
machine. which intects the air Of life into the
lungs as II pumps out the deadly gases.
The inventor claims that the machine wifi re-
suscItate persons killed by asphyxiation poison
or drowning; prevent death by an anesthettic
while a patient IS being operated upon; prevent
"infant asphyxia" at birth; make drunken men
sober in a few minutes; revive men electrically
executed or hanged. the latter only in cases
where the neck has not been broken; prevent
freezing 20 death, even in the Arctic.
Professor Poe had long been studying the
problem When does life really leave the bOdy?'
One day. while ne was Illuminating the centen-
NAL OF 1876 an employe brought in a trap con-
tanning q huge rat. After the rodent had been
Killed the professor sac o, ,'so aside boys
oxygen into It's lungs until he actually ala re-
vive IL, SO that It leaped from the table and
escaped IN a hole.
This encouraged Professor Poe, and ne re-
doubled his efforts 20 ascertain the exact mo-
ment when life ends. His interest in e was
stimulated by the fact that young sister who
had been pronounced dead from typhoid fever
and placed IN her coffin had revived within two
hours of the time set Tor burial. and lived 70
be the mother OF family.
Several years ago Professor Poe. stricken with
paralysis, was advised by his physicians 70 live
in the country. He went TO Norfolk County and
IL while IN seclusion on the farm OF his
friend. A. C. Ostrander. that he evolved his
artificial respiration apparatus The boy Arthur
of whom the professor was fond, assisted IN as
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-31

sembng the model and in doing what the pro-
fessOTs dim eyes and palsied hands could not
alone accomplish.
The professors model Is simply that Of the
human heart. The problem in The Of per-
sons drowned suffOcated or dead through anees-
theticS was to remove the fluid or the poisonous
gases from the stomach or lungs and at the same
time pump life-giVing oxygen in. So Professor
Poe began experiments on what he calls double
laTynx tubes and two tubes TO connect the nos
trilS-one for inlet and the other for outlet.
Studying the action Of the heart, he saw that 1t
was that OF double cylinder-Or, rather, two
cylinders-right and left ventricles and right
and left auricleS. With the assistance of young
OStrander he built a working model In line with
the construction OF the heart. simple machine,
with two cylinders. each having an inlet and an
outlet valve. The plungers OF each cylinder are
made 20 work simultaneously.
The machine will In very few minutes sober
up q drunken man who has fallen into q stupOr.
II Is the slow respiration caused by liquor that
makes man drunk. BY the help of the res
piratOr the respiration would be Quickened, and
the poison thus carried out Of his system, mind
state.
Thomas Black a retired business man OF Nor
folk. being shown the plans. obtained per-
mission TO exhibit them to Or. Francis NJ. Nor
gan, a physician Of Norfolk, Dr. Morgan I'M
mediately saw that II promised 70 be an inn
mense boon TO humanity, ana ne induced the
professor to demonstrate IL before q committee
of Norfolk County and Norfolk city doctors.
They witnessed the smotheFing OF rabbits and
dogs to the point OF what they declared on their
professional honor was absolute death, and then
saw them reSuScitated.
Dr. Morgan describes n demonstration Given IN
his Office by Professor Poe and his machine IN
the presence OF himself and DR.. ]. p. Jackson
and DR.. N. G.. Wilson. On the operating table
was the little brass machine, composed OF two
small cylinders about a foot high and six Inches
IN circumference. with q pump handle. Pipes
led from q tank OK oxygen 20 the machine. and
from 1t tubes fitted with nOstril pieces were to be
fastened 90 a rabbit.
The rabbit was put on the table and one OF
the doctors injected two grains OF morphine into
its leg, after which four ounces OF ether was
given. OF course the rabbit was dead after this.
and the doctors applied every known test 10
discover signs OF life. No life was there. and
tinct
Then Professor Poe applied the tubes 10 the
ranoits nostrils. and pumping out the poiSOns
Witn one cylinder and pumping oxygen into the
lungs with simultaneous movement OF the
waves. within three minutes the rabbit, but
lately dead. was breathing naturally and within
slN minutes II was running arOunc the ROOM e
showed no sign OF nausea, proving that the ether
was entirely out OF the system.
Next a dog was placed IN a box containing a
heavily Charged atmosphere OF acetylene gas.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-31
DREDGING FoR HARD SHELL CRABS.

Hard shell crabs the rst OF the season. are now on
foia says The Washington Star The crabs come
from Hampton. Va, and are caught by dredge boats
which drag for them just oysters are dragged
tor on the Potomac. dredse. shaDed much ike
an oyster dredga. is used ana with this trailing he
hind the erabbers sail over Hampton Roads while
ne mOuth % the drsdge scrapes along the bottom
az nc bay The crabs. in a alternating state
on the bottom, half buried IN the mud are scoone1
- ~ ttle dTedge. and Il Is stated that Onlv \
tew hours work Is required TO secure several bar
res OF the shell fish When taken from che 49,.
condition are shipped 70 this city F5t IN a -,o-- 81
t...ce TIE crabs soon come 10 life and seem TO
nave almost much VigoP as thew bove ~ a.
fr.lGle OF the summer, when crabs are hoir,-, -
ee.gee acre By the thousands from the loves To-
Dredging for crabs Is enrnparativelv a re,, o.
tustrzg sne when & was first started n ,rsr ,e ~,
TENDED that Il would DESTROY fhe ry-'f, 10
y % ssstee such does not seem 10 be 60. for the
tlAls litt sumner were plentiful He AZ o---
time u previous years. when the talxInq 90 rrsTss
- winter was unhearG OF. The she'll fIsh ave- ~
excellent Demand. ana crab feagfs are n o-,le.
They are selling at 81 50 n hundred.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-31
MOTOR MAIL POSSIBILITIES.
Australian Postmaster General Impressed
with Probable Utility of Automobile.

The day Of the motor mail car appears TO
have arrived in Australia. At the present time
there are between 1900 aud 1000 motor cars
in private use in the commonwealth garages
having been established in most of the cities
and large townships, 1.-THE Boston Transcript
says. The cars most in favor among Australian
motorists appear TO be strong and speedy We
hicles, costing about 81 600 The Federal Post
master General. while visiting Europe in con-
nectiOn with the international Postal Congress
became acquainted with the manner IN which
Great Britain, France, Italy and other cOun-
tries were making an increased use OF motor
traction He visited the principal works in Lon
don. Glasgow. Paris and elsewhere and returned
70 Australia strongly impressed with the pos
sioility OF motor conveyance in the common
wealth. one OF his NrSt acts being to ascertain
how far the motor car could be used as a means
OF clearing pillar letter boxes in the large
centres OF population.
He states that in all the s,Spsrimenta roasa IN,
1eQeral ana state departments the primary mis-
take has consisted IN regarding speed. rather
than utlIity; as the great recommendation He
has limited that the federal postal administration
VIII have TO make an extensive use of the motor
car FOR postal purposes, in spite of the OPPOSE
ton displayed by the various railway denart-
ments The idea IS that cars runninp ar eb0nt
fifteen miles an hour, carrying mails passen
gers ana HEe!ght might be employed in the
fuT@l districts, the profits assisting In defrav-
INC the cost and thus preparing the vvaIr f0,.
the Introduction OF the penny postage svstsr,
nGt not, only throughout the commonwealth. but also
II practical effect were given TO the idea. an
immense NUMBER or motor cars would he ra-
CURED, there being several Thousand raiIu1o,,
stations not 70 mention sea and riverside morris
between which they could travel. At present
however tnere are few. IL any, motor cars other
than those used for private purposes IN fba
commonwealth. AS a rule. the roads are favor
able Tor motor traction ana when thew are NOT
authorities. " '''e 'oS3A
traction cars would be found useful on pas-
toral stations. where supplies are freouentIv
conveyed by bullock teams trayeiltnsr o. =
snalIs pace and occupying several days IN the
Journey. " a Few leading manufacturers would
motor cars for other than pleasure ,,,,rS -..aS
tney would nave an enormous field omen 10
them 1t is not improbable that American Arms
VIII oe speedily in the field. several agents bei1,-
already engaged in Investigating tue prosoects
OF the approaching trade S-SN
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-31

De pie S4 Miss Lille Ced3rhOm, Miss Leola
ston Clarence Van Keuren. Charles Spadone. Wal
Ter Burden, Elmer Burden Wesley Dingee. Robert
tire party adjourned 10 the Clarendon for supper
Mrs John Shepard stanton OF No 81 South
Portland avenue. IS 10 give dance for her daugh-
ter Miss Jessie Stanton. one OF the seasons
de6utantes; on Monday evening Among the
katherine Dauchy, Miss Olga Doughty .aiss
orlena Zabriside, Donald Abbott: Ernest Draper
Mrs. Stanton viii chaperon the young people to
the dinner :'' 'a-''' . INC ''e'S"'S o"S''O a''s'
Mrs Frederick W. Dauchy. OF No. SO Carroll
street will give large reception FOR her daughter
Miss Katherine Dauchy on Wednesday afternoon.
Tuesday evening. April e. IS the date set for the
Little Italy Neighborhood Association theatre
party, when Puccinis Madam Butterfly will be
tie attraction at the Montauk. The committee OF
arrangements IS headed by Frank II. Hutton and
NJ $500 -, =, ,.s71,, : or5l S1i:, HSaVic
A. Almirali Miss Zoe J; Lehman Miss Louise
W!ngate, Miss Anna L. Mckeen Mrs. George s.
Frank and John w Raymond.
Miss Nina Sawyer. one Of the prospective Easter
brides. was recently the guest OF honor % a lunch
con given By Mrs. Robert p. Forshew at the Cres-
cent Athletic Club. The decorations were In green
Miss Amy MacAdaIn. Miss Edith Qumby, Mise
Maud Cocheu. Mrs Clinton A. Bennett ana Miss
Agnes Forshew
The final arrangements have been completed for
tho cafe Chantant and Amateur Vaudeville 20
be given for the benefit OF the Asacog Neighbor-
hood Association NJ the Heights Casino on Thurs
day, April 4. Besides the vaudeville programme.
which VIII begin o'clock. there 90 be side
shows. Tho Asacog Club IS composed OF young
women who interest themselves IN the Asacog
House. Sands street where all sorts and con-
ditlons % Rirs'-the first letters giving the name
may find shelter and recreation. as well as receive
instruction IN any trade they may choose. II IS
most laudable charity and, though backed by
representative women in the borough the demands
exceed the income, as improvements are constantly
being made. Extra tickets may be secured from
The dulness Of Holy Week broken by the
card party given by Miss Mabel Harris OF No 273
Vanderbilt avenue. Monday evening for her
brother, Burdette Harris. who was down from
Cornell for the Easter holidays. Hearts was the
game played. ana after supper there was informal
dancing. Among the guests were Miss Marjory
Oatman. Miss Olga Doughty, Miss Jessie Camp
Miss Clara Camp Miss Caroline MacAleer, Miss
Edna MacAieer. Miss Kathleen NJ. Thompson Miss
Marion Norton, Miss Jennie Gould Miss Adelaide
Van Glau, Miss May Cowan, Miss Mabel Crom-
well. Miss Carrie Alsgood. Miss n. Stephens Ed
Archie Jelihe and Russell Willis.
Last Tuesday Mrs. C. F. CARTRIDGE entertained
several members OF the Riding END Driving Club
at luncheon at the Mohawk Hotel.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-31
A HOME LOWING slRp.

Direct evidence OF the return or the same indlVi1
ual bird Of migrating species 10 particular ST.
season after season IS not easily obtainaeies ~
n. c. Beers believes that he has such evidence con
eerning a chipping sparrow az Lakewood n. J.
few years ago he heard little bird concesssss -
the top OF maple utteFlnG a peculiar sone Ss.~5
he could not recognise. The next season No 49,
the same peculiar song In q tree but q 1eN 81 -
from the original point. This time ne iueA.es ~
bird, which seemed 20 have learned q song ~ ~
own The third year he did not Visit L1S@~ 80
the proper season to meet his little Itiend - "a
fourth year he heard and saw 90 AGAIN 49, ~
same SPOT IL appeared always 20 make ~ 10
home IN the trees an area not more taAAa -
acres IN eNtent.-YOuths' Companion.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-31
GOAT ANTELoPEs.

Although the Ions tailed coral CNemorhedus eau
datus). the goat antelope OF Northern China. vas
described so long ago as 1851 from skins sent TO
the Paris Museum. the first living example OF tna
species has only Just reached this country 10 wa
presented to the Geological Society by ,. q. BIZ
broush. resident IN COrea. Like its better known
allies Il is gCatlike IN form and size, win snort ~
curved horns. destitute OF a hook at the ZIP; Sle
height Of an adult male at the shoulders Is A..l'
over two feet These small anteOpeS are exec
~ active and frequent high broken grOune S- 49,,
cult OF access where they form small bands; e9 ~
old male. They remain IN shelter durEiS tnS
heat OF the day. coming out IN the mornins ~.
evening to feed. This important acQuislt9l -
been placed In the antelope hOuse-LOndon Glo1e'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-31
MEDIEVAL FRISCO.

A fresco, probably unique IN England, has bean
discovered en- an oak-paneIled room sn MIA, -.
once one OF the old religious houses built IN rbe
reign ~ Edward IA. at Rye, Sussex. The prem
;sss themselves are remarkably quaint and inter
csting, and largely visited b. tourists The
f4ss1o % ls feet long by feet high with a frs-e
= inches ln depth Just under the frieze are three
lgaTsls the first containing IN i've lines ~ anrl.,
H,siish black lettering The opening OF the MAG
n'nc2t, another the second part. but the thirf
hes only the words. GLORY be- the rest being on
i'tsfatef. These panels are supported BY chefuie
TIE fTesco % richly cooTed and beautifully de-
signed tho motive being chiefly conventional
tcios and ailasorical animals. bur there arc three
imposing obuQpe scrolls cutting tbna.lzs the
x-ound wogk.-L9ndOn Globe
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-31

one OF the most poisonous gases known. and
SmOthered there for forty minutes The dog was
then taken out and doctors examined him ana
pronounced him dead beyond hope Of resuscita-
ton. But the little machine got in its work. ana
the dog. after four or i've artificial respirdtiOnS
began breathing naturally. and soon MS Pulse
was beating normally.
Free press., 1907-05-04
Mr.. Brvce Incoo.

The last time Mr.. Bryce visited this
country was two years ago last sum-
mer, when he landed in Boston. He
is very modest gentleman, and he
prefers to travel incog. when he can
conveniently do so. So it happened
that On his last voyage hither neither
his name nor that of Mrs. Bryce, who
came with him, appeared on the pas
senger list, and his fellow voyagers
did rot suspect his identity until after
several days out. Meanwhile Mr.
Bryce had the pleasure of asking his
table companions all about this coun-
try and its institutions. And they
slibly answered his naive questions,
never suspecting that they were talk
ing with the author of The American
Commonwealth" Fancy their chagrin
later on. remarks the Boston Herald,
when they discovered by accident that
they had been undertaking to en-
tighten an inQuisitive foreigner who
knew far more about their institutions
than they did!
Free press., 1907-05-04
MAIL ORDER EVIL
ITS RISE is NOT THE RESULT OF
LEGITIMATE DEMAND.
DUE ENTIRELY TO CREED
And 1t Feeds Upon the Prosperity
Of the Country Towns-A
Menace to the
Nation.

Copyrighted. 1906. by Alfred c. Clark.I
AS the years go by we are more
than ever brought face to face with
the. vital question of trading at home.
During the past decade the habit OF
buying goods abroad has grown to
such proportions that the country
merchant may well feel alarmed at
the probable outcome unless something
is done to forestall the great calamity
which will surely result therefrom.
Trade conditions 25 years ago were
satisfactory. At that time catalogue
houses were entirely unknown and
country merchants were ''monarchs of
all they surveyed" SO 10 speak, in the
lines represented, and the people were
prosperous and happy. Perhaps not
so much because they generally had
money enough to meet their wants,
but because of the contentment that
prevailed throughout the country at
that time. The farmers raised good
crops, generally, and received good
prices for what they had to SELL They
sold their surplus stuff to the local
merchant and bought what they
wanted; and this was the height of
Free press., 1907-05-04
KANSAS.
Telephones and competition.


Every community which has a tele-
phone service is likely to be con-
fronted by the question of granting a
franchise to rival company. Each
case must be decided by the govern
ing circumstances, but every case will
show the peculiarity of the telephone
problem. The telephone is a natural
monopoly, for it is to the advantage
OF every subscriber that all users Of
telephones should be on the same sys-
tenn with him. More than one system
means that a subscriber must have
more than one instrument, or be out
OF communication with part of the
world of telephone-users. 1t is diff
cult, however. to adjust human nature
T. ideal mechanical conditions. Estab-
lisEed companies, without rivals, lack
the motive of competition to keep
rates down and service good. There
fore some communities have welcomed
new companies which promised better
and cheaper service. Dual systems,
like labor strikes, are on their face
economic losses, yet it may be worth
while to endure the temporary dis
comfort and loss in order to secure
better conditions ultimately. The
butcher may be on one system and
the baker on another, yet low rates
may bring two instruments within the
previous cost of one, and may so in
crease the number of subscribers
within call as to atone for the incon-
venience. If finally one company abb
serbs the other, the community may
have become so well established in
low rates that the surviving company
dare not raise them. On the other
hand says the Youths Companion, the
effect Of competing companies is
sometimes merely to divide the tele-
phone-users OF a community without
adding many to the total number, and
IL the companies then make an agree
ment to keep rates up. the community
is worse of than before. In the
strategical game which a community
plays with public service companies.
1t is difficult to determine in the case
of the telephone service how far the
actual or threatened establishment of
a rival company stimulates mechani-
cal improvement and checks the ma
tural tendency OF monopoly to extor-
tion. No community can settle the
question without careful study.
Free press., 1907-05-04
SUIT FOR OIL PROPERTY.
Eighty Acres in the Famous Glenn
Pool Valued at 100000, Sub
ject of Litigation.

Tulsa, I. T. = Suit was filed in
the federal court here Friday involv-
ing title to property in Glenn pool,
estimated at nearly 100000. Ex-
Creek Chief Legus Perriman, guardian
of Cleveland Grayson, a Creek minor,
sues the Gulf Pipe Line company,
Prairie Oil and Gas company. Greek
Oil company, Charles E. Douglass and
Wright Thornburg, for $125,000 dam
ages for oil sold from Grayson's lease.
Title to 80 acres comprising the lease
is also claimed by Grayson. The land
produces an annual income of 500, 900
now and it is only half developed. The
legal question involved is the right
of the white wife of a Creek Indian
to hold title to allotments. Two
judges of the eastern district have heln
at variance on this question