Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-26
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS

JUNKETERS REACH VIENNA-The
members Of the American waterways COM
mission have arrived in Vienna from Berlin.
They Will remain here until Saturday and
then go to Budapest.
WILL DISCUSS TOMBSTONES-Pric
STYLES and quality Of monuments and tomb
stones Will be discussed at the annual CON
yention Of the National Retail Monument
Dealers association. which began a two
days session in Chicago yesterday.
PLAN AUSTRALIAN FLEET-The admi-
raltv yesterday in London announced that
the Australian squadron Of the imperial
navy Will consist Of one armored cruiser
stroyers and three submarines.
WANT s-HOUR DAY-The Metal Polish
ers and Buffers International union will
start a fight for an S-hour day in every
state In the union. big defense fund viii
be raised. This was announced by the ma
tional executive board yesterday in Gin
cinnati
DEMANDS WHITEWASH-Chas A. Doy-
en-, the present commandant of marines, and
the ranking noiccr at the marine school at
Annapolis when young James " sutton tr
lost his life, has demanded an investigation
Of his conduct Of the school at that time
Capt Doyen yesterday went to Washington
20 see the navy department officials
SCIENTISTS CONGREGATE-six hundred
delegates are in Winnipeg from the united
kingdom United States and Canada, at
tending the seventy-ninth annual convention
of the British Association for the Advance
ment Of Science. large number ot
Americans are attending including Prof
Brown Of Yale and Prof Campbell Of Le-
land Stanford.
COMNIENDS OUR LIGHTHOUSES-Rea
Admiral Adolph Mark. chairman OF tht
lighthouse board, has Just returned from an
inspection trip to Europe and declares the
United States is as well equipped with coas
lights any other country. The board in.
tends to experiment with an acetylene buoy
and with lighthouses which are lighted
automatically and require little attention.
SHIPS CONTINUE PRACTICE-BattI,
practice with the torpedo boat O'Bren anc
the ar-shaped practice barge No. o a
moving targets, was continued yesterday b.
Rear Admiral Schroeders, Atlantic battleshn
fleet ON the southern drill grounds a Nor
folk Va. Assistant Secretary Of the NAVY
winthrop continued a guest Of tho feet
and was an observer on the firing ships OF
their evolutions and gunnery practice
WILL PLEAD INSANITY-The evidence
introduced by the defense yesterday in the
Courtmartial at Omaha Of former Corpora
Lysle Crabtrce. charged with the murder OF
capt RAYMOND, Second cavalry, indicated an
attempt to prove Crabtree insane at the
present time. 1t seems that his attorneys
plan To have him sent to an asylum rather
than try to secure his acquittal on the
ground that insanity prompted the crime,
PERSONNEL Is ANNOUNCED The party
that will accompany President Taft on his
trip to the worlds fair a Seattle will in
clude John Hays hammond, member of his
office staff. secret service men and repre-
sentatFes of press associations. It is pos
sible that Secretary of War Dickinson viii
join the party in Chicago and make the tril
to Seattle. Fred g. Carpenter. tho presi-
dents private secretary. Will not make tbs
trip.
GERMANS PLAN CELEBRATION-Tht
German societies Of Chicago have received
assurances that more than 500 German or
gauizatinns from surrounding cities and ad-
iacent states will participate I'm the celehra
ti0n Of oct. 3 Of the great Homo Coming
day This marks the passing Of more than
two centuries and quarter since the hrsi
sons Of the fatherland made this the land
of their adoption.
SHOCK STIFFENED STEELE-The pecu-
liar effect of an electrical shock has been
noted by the surgeons Of Flower hospital IN
New York i'm the case Of Ehene2er Steele
an electrician, who came in contact with a
DYNAMO Steele's body was hurled across
the room and when he reached the hospital
he was unconscious and his body was so
rigid that it could he raised up by support
ing The back Of the head. Although steele
partly recovered consciousness the rlsdiH
remained.
BANKS ARE THRIVING-Western banks
and those Of the interior generally are
overnowing with money. This is the We"
Of Acting Secretary Of the Treasury Norton.
who has jus returned to WASHINGTON IRON
Payerly. where he had a conference with
the president. Any talk indicating that the
banks are pressed for money with which To
move the crops seems to be discounted by
this view of tine acting secretary Not for
two months has there been failure Of a
national bank.
COAL COMPANY SUED-For the third
time within a week the stone Canyon CON
soIidated Coal company has been made de
fendant in a damage suit resulting from
accidents in the company's Monterey county
coal mine Heirs of Two workmen killed in
an explosion last July demand $4,000 for
each death. and yesterday in san Francisco
Arsole Picolo, workman. sued for $1,000,
the price he places upon the loss Of his right
eye The defendant claims that an lhcompe-
tcnt workman caused the explosion which
resulted in his injury