Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-20
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS

GIFT TO PRESIDENT-A sportsman's
weigh beam invented by Ernest Thompson
Seton, the naturalist, has been presented by
Mr.. Seton to President Roosevelt for use on
his African hunting expedition.
SHOOTS HERSELF IN SLEEP-Elizabeth
Brown, a young saleswoman, is in a critical
condition at Roosevelt hospital, New York
suffering from bullet wound in her breast
believed to have been self-inflicted last
night while she walking in her sleep
TO REDUCE SUBSIDY-News was
brought to Victoria, B. c., by the steam
ship Tango Maru that the subsidies of the
Nippon Kiasha are expected to be reduced
by S250,OOO and the Togo Kaishen Kaisha
by $4,000 by the Japanese subsidy bill
The total amount of subsidies fixed by the
new bill amounts to $3,67212S.
ATHEIST BARRED-Dr. PersifeF Fraser
Of Philadelphia, a well known scientist and
handwriting expert, has been barred as .
witness in case on trial at Camden, N. j..
because he would not say there was God
DIR. Fraser called by the state in ar
attempt to identify letter, but the witness
declined to take the usual oath.
+ CONTRACT AWARDED-To a Massachu-
setts firm has been awarded the contract
for the construction of the magnetic
survey yacht for the Carnegie institute OF
Washington. Specifications call for the
completion Of the vessel by July 1, this
year. She will be placed in commission as
soon thereafter as a practical test can be
made
MURDERER CAUGHT-Martin Lesoku-
ski arrested in Butte two weeks ago on
minor charge and later identified a con-
Wet and murderer awaiting death sentence
who escaped from Jail in Mauchchuk Pa.
has been taken to the latter city. He had
worked five years in the mines at Butte
Mont, under an assumed name. had mar
ried and was considered good citizen by
the Austrians who knew him.
MYSTERIOUSLY SHOT-Shot down by ar
assassin whose identity is unknown, Charles
d. fE +oI dxrip ho+ 4la 2
hospital in Chicago from two bullet wounds
in the head. The case is one of the most
battling the police have been called upon tC
solve in months. Although PatZelts assail-
ant was seen as he fired the shots, de-
scription of him can be obtained from the
only eye witness to the shooting.
BOYCOTT EXPOSITION-The Weavers
a Japanese organization al Toxic, passed
resolutions agreeing not to participate ir
the Alaska Yukon exposition to be held al
Seattle next year account of the anti
japanese attitude of the Pacific coast This
action which is regarded here as unimport-
ant was taken last week during the heat OF
the publications of the sensational press on
the anti-Japanese demonstrations in Cali
fornia.
ROBBER CONFESSES-George Lyon. %
years old admitted to the police of New
York after being arrested in Brooklyn that
he had robbed a number of flats aided by
his marked musical ability. He would rent
a room with family. gain their confidence
by posing as a high class musician, enter
tain them with classical compositions on the
piano then, selling the first opportunity
strip the apartment of it's valuables and
vanish.
INSTALL MACHINES-Thirty steel ma
chimes have been installed in the new de-
partnent for mechanicotherapy at the Van
derbilt clinic of the College of Physicians
and Surgeons in New York BY the use OF
the machines tissue, bone and Sluscle will
be strengthened and the period of GONZALES
cence lessened. DR.. Charles H. Jaeger, in
structor of orthopedic surgery at Columbia
university has charge of the machines
which were operated for the first time yes
terday.
Interior Garfield and Mrs. Garfield have ar
rived at waterbury, Conn., to be with their
SON. John Garfield, who is confined in the
hospital at the Taft school at Watertown
after having been operated for abb
scess in the ear. His condition is not seri-