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Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-20
TELEGRAPH NEWS IN BRIEF

plicants for marriage licenses under
going a physical examination and re-
ducing the license fee from SO to 50.
The house ends it's session Saturday,
and Governor Hay has announced that
he will not call a special session imme-
diately. The house passed a resolution
cutting off further introduction of bills.
The house also passed a bill providing
for the domination of supreme court
judges under the direct primary sys-
tenn.
Monkeys Defy Policemen -
Two monkeys defied efforts of three
policemen of Chicago who tried to dis
lodge them from the seat of a hand
organ grinders wagon Wednesday af-
ternoon after their aged master, Tony
Condrava, and his wife, Elizabeth, had
been injured by being thrown from the
vehicle in a runaway accident. With
their clothes torn and faces scratched,
the bluecoats were forced to retire in
disorder. The chattering monkeys then
rode home in triumph, still on the seat
of the wagon, which the policemen as
last resort towed at the rear of a
patrol wagon.
Radium Is Plentiful-Accord-
ing to the story told by DR.. S. w Will
kins, who arrived at Kennel Wednes-
covered on the McCloud river north
of there, to supply the world with ra-
dium for all time. DR.. Wilkins had in
his possession some fine specimens of
the precious stuff, and so impressed
were some of the business men of Ken
net with his story that they dubbed
the ground and sent an expert to visit
the newly discovered ledge. The ledge
is located twenty miles up the McCloud
from the confluence of that stream with
the Pitt river.
Recalls No Tragedy - eff I
killed my wife and baby I do not re-
member anything about it. I have. no
recollection of anything of the kind.
could have committed the crime only
when 1 was walkin~ in my sleep. My
life has been full of mysteries" This
was the statement made Wednesday
by James Rutter a McComb, Ohio, pa
per hanger, after he had been ar
raigned before Squire Sours at Findlay,
o., pleaded not guilty and was bound
over to the grand jury. Rutter is
and baby, whose bodies were found in
an abandoned we'll in the rear of their
home a week ago.
Democrat Appointed - With
the appointment of Marion Devries,
a Democratic representative
in congress from California as presi-
dent, the board of United States gen
eral appraisers has taken a new lease
of life, and sessions are due to begin at
once. A provision in the new tariff
made a change in the manner of ap-
pointing an executive of the board, |
and this had the effect of tying up the !
official machinery. For several years
the secretary of the treasury named |
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-20
PRISONER REGRETS LACK
OF POSIES FROM FRIENDS
W.. F, Gordon Still 4 San Francisco
JaiI-Mrs. Tompkins Is
Released

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 19-W. r.
Gordon, accused of passing a worthless
check, who was arrested yesterday in
company with Mrs. Emma A. Tomp-
kins, wife of a former warden of San
Quentin prison, expressed disappoint-
ment today that no flowers or notes
had been sent to him and disdained
the food provided at the city prison
He continues to deny his guilt. Mrs
Tompllins against whom no charge
was made, was not kept long in de-
tention by the police.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-20
POPE Plus OBJECTS TO
NEW RELIGION OF ELIOT
Pontiff Does Not Approve OF Theories
Advanced by Former President
Of Harvard

CHICAGO, Aug. ia special from
Rome to the Tribune says: the ao-
dress delivered by former president
Charles Eliot of Harvard university
before the Harvard summer school mas
been translated by order of Pope Plus
that he might thoroughly comprehend
it. - a+
The translation was read with great
care by his holiness, who expressed
profound regret a man of sucn au-
thority and culture as DR.. Eliot shoulo
spread theories that, he said, are not
in fact the basis of new religion OF
the future, but a negation of the faltn
and principles which are the founda-
ton of Christianity and modern CIV
ilization. -, -
The pope is reported to have said II
would be easy to refute and destroy
DR.. Eliots argument and highly
praised Archbishop Ryan of Phlladel-
phia. Bishop McFaul of Trenton and
other American ecclesiastics who has
tened to defend their church and falth.
1t is believed a semi official reply
to DR.. Eliot's address on the lines sug-
gested by the pope himself will appear
in the Civitta Cattolica, the most rep
resentative Catholic magazine.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-20
ARCHBISHOP FARLEY is
TO RETURN TO AMERICA
New York Prelate Leaves Queenstown
and Before Sailing Denounces
EIiot's Views on Religion

CHICAGO, Aug. ia special from
Queenstown to the Record-Herald says
Archbishop Farley of New York left
Queenstown yesterday on his way
home. Cardinal Logue came to Queens
town from Armagh especially to see
Archbishop Farley off, as did several
other Irish bishops. His grace's atten-
ton was directed to the recent pro-
nouncement of DR.. Eliot as to what the
twentieth century religion was to con-
sist of.
ITS too absurd for anything" said
the archbishop. There never was a
religion of that kind. There is no phil
osophy that does not contemplate the
supernatural. This man thinks that
America is going to do in the twentieth
century what will never be done-a
thing too preposterous-and he has no
more authority to talk upon a matter
of that kind than you have. He is a
layman, but has got an idea that he
knows everything, 1 suppose. But no;
that's too absurd"
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-20
Eat Half a Found of Meat Day

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19,-Half a
pound of meat a day per person is the
estimated average amount consumed
by the 10000 people in the isthmian ca
nal zone during the fiscal year 1909.
Meats of various classes delivered on
the isthmus in the year for canal
workers and their families aggregated
6, 96S, 664 pounds, but this does not rep
resent the total meat consumption, be-
cause Panama and the canal zone mar
kets supply small amount to the la
borers not in commission quarters.
About 30 per cent was sold to fami-
lies and the remainder was served at
the hotels, messes for European labor
ers and kitchens for negro laborers.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-20
MRS. HARRIS RECOVERING
FROM SEVERE AFFLICTION

Before taking half of the first bot
tie l felt much better. Believing it was
doing me good, [ continued taking it.
I am now on the fourth bottle, and am
improving rapidly. L can now eat food
that l have not been able to eat for
years without bringing On one of those
terrible spells of Indigestion.
81 have also been a great sufferer for
many years from an aching in my
lower limbs, caused by nervousness,
and preventing me from sleeping, but
I have had no distress in that way for
the past few weeks, for which / give
the New Discovery credit. The hem
orrhoids which were very distressing,
have not troubled me since using the
Cooper Medicine.
IT feel so much better in every way
that l am confident this medicine will
completely restore me to good health.
Words fail to express my gratitude for
the benefit I have thus far received.
l consider it marvellous
The Cooper remedies are on sale in
Los Angeles at the owl Drug Stores.
-Advt.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-20
OF FROGS AND TURTLES
IS THREATENED NEAR IVANPAtl
Rain in San Bernardino County Surprises Testudi-
nata Who Prepare for Beginning of
Winter and Start to Migrate

with difficulty the miners can keep
them from infesting their cabins.
Among the hundreds of mammoth
turtles which every winter come out
from their hiding places is the desert
hermit" a turtle which for years has
been protected by the miners of the re-
gion and which bears carved in his
thick shell the figures 1886. The frogs
are falling easy prey to the starved
turtles, which have been in the summer
homes for months and which are read
lily devouring the web-footed creatures.
1t is stated by old residents of the
section that never before have the tur-
ties and frogs made such an early exit
from their summer retreats. With the
return of the burning heat of the des-
ert sun the miners believe that the an
imals will be unable again to reach
their summer homes before vast num-
hers neriSh
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-20
AEROPLANE ENTHUSIASTS
ARE FLOCKING TO RHEIMS
Surprise Predicted When Mysterious
Machine Which Has Made Secret
Successes Appears

RHEIMS, Aug. 19.-Rheims is filling
up rapidly with visitors from all parts
of the world for aviation week. 1t is
said that one of the surprises of aVia-
tion week will be the appearance of
mysterious aeroplane, built along the
lines of the Wright machine, whlch
has been used successfully in a number
of secret flights near Paris.
This aeroplane takes to the air i'm
mediately without running over the
ground or making use of outside force.
Farman, Sommer, Fourier and Giborn
are among the aeronauts who arrived
at Rheims today.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-20

q AN BERNARDNIO, Aug. 19.-As
- the result of heavy rains which
~ have been falling at intervals for
the past two weeks in the Ivanpah
valley, a remote desert section of san
Bernardino county, bordering on the
Nevada state line, an unheard of sum
mer migration of frogs and turtles mas
set in, and the country is oVerrun WIN
droves of the amphibious creatures
and testudinata, which have been
brought out from their summer re-
treats beneath the burning sands by
the steady downpour which mas
drenched the country.
The continued wetness, thought by
the desert creatures to be the sign OF
the approach of winter. mas @ @staIteu
thousands of monster frogs hopping
through the driving rain, and It is
stated that they are so thick that II Us
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-20
Dislike pcssicated Eggs

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19.-Liquid
egg. or dessicated egg, does not meet
the approval of the pure food experts
of the agricultural department. They
maintain that the egg must reach the
consumer in it's original package
that is, the shell. Seizure was made
here of six drums of dessicated eggs,
September IS a hearing will be held TO
determine whether eggs in this form
as found in a local bakery can be
used for food
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-20
New. Tariff Law Not Burdensome

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19.-The new
tariff law has gone into operation with
surprising smoothness, according to
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
Reynolds. I'VE expected to be over
run with questions, many of them
silly" said Mr.. Reynolds yesterday,
"but the number of inquiries each day
has been little more than we had un-
der the Dingley law"
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-20
70 InterpelIat. French Government

PARIS, Aug 19-M. Jaures, the So
calist leader, has announced his in
tention of interpellating the govern
ment regarding the proposal to quote
officially in France American specula-
tive stocks, notably the common stock
of the United States Steel corporation.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-20

women giving water to a wounded man
and the soldiers who are carrying him
to the rear. These women exposed
themselves to the fire of the Moorish
troops in caring for the wounded, and
not few of them were hit by stray
bullets. The Moors are now suing for
peace, but the Spaniards are deter
mined to punish them for opening the
war and will push the fighting into the
interior
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-20

nj EW YORK, Aug. 19.-These are
v some of the first pictures to-
- reach America of the fighting be-
tween the Spanish and the Moors near
Melilla. The upper picture is a snap
shot of one of the Spanish camps after
the first few days fighting. More than
a thousand Spaniards were killed in
the second engagement outside Melilla.
The lower picture shows a group of
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SNUB BOY SENIOR.
Tufts Graduating Class Called to Ac-
count by the College President.

COuill ny Tie SStiCSC TiCoiOCItLs
The members of the Tufts senior
class are going to receive Norbert
Wiener, the fourteen-year-old boy who,
although he entered college with the
class of 10, has been promoted to the
senior class, whether they want to or
not
Wiener, a remarkable linguist and
all-round student, who is the son of
Prof. Leo Wiener of Harvard, has been
snubbed by the sedate seniors. Clad
in cap and gown, like other full
fedged seniors, this phenomenal boy
tried in vain for several mornings to
take a seat in the senior section of
the college chapel.
The boy wonder was crowded out
on every opportunity, but President
Hamilton addressed the upper class
and told them in plain language that
a seat in the senior section had been
granted to Wiener and that his rights
were to be respected. They were re-
spected and there was no trouble in
the chapel this morning, says the
Boston Daily Advertiser. The college
president, who pays a high tribute to
young Wiener's ability, reiterated his
statement Of protecting Wiener to a
representative of this paper and
scored the attempts of the older SEN
| iors to snub Wiener.
Wiener has been wearing the much
coveted cap and gown for one week,
and the spectacle of mere boy still
| in short trousers, wearing the impos-
| ing gown has caused much surprise.
The seniors who have snubbed
Wiener argue that he is not a mem
Der of their class in that he did not
enter with them, has not participated
in any of their affairs, has not paid
his class assessments and will not
share in the class day celebration.
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opinions from all quarters of the
sumption Of the cereal occupied for
tie time an almost czar-like command
over the worlds chief staple of food.
He is not the first man who has
been in the same position. What "Old
Hutch" did in the same line is well
remembered though couple of dec
AIDES have passed since his sensation
al corner sent the price soaring noun
tain high. But Hutchinson, though he
was nervy and resourceful, and though
he had for a time limitless money, had
the experience of many other bold
operators who have finally found it a
tragic experience to try to corner the
bread supply. He lost all his money,
and to make a living was at last com
PEELED to open a little grocery, where
among other things he sold in the
form Of bread the wheat which once
be had handled in sums running into
the millions of dollars.
Joe Letter Came to Grief.
JOe Letter., d u6Cdu0 dSO, SouJ IHG
price of wheat soaring by a skillfully
executed corner, but he, too, had the
experience of getting on the losing
end of the game, and dropped large
sum of money before he got out.
Chicago is the ideal place for any
cornering of the wheat market, be-
cause it is the center of the worlds
knowledge on the subject. All that is
happening to the wheat supply in the
Dakotas, in Argentina, in Russia, in
India, is instantly made known tC the
Chicago wheat pit. Telegraph and
cable instantly carry the news, and the
quick thinking manipulation is put in
possession Of the facts that enable
him to shape his course.
What is the weather condition in
every wheat producing point in the
world, the deliveries, the arrivals and
departure of wheat carrying ships,
every factor that can have any bear
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SCARED THE WORDS AWAY.
American in Madrid Couldn't Talk to
the Waterman at All.

Oftentimes folks get so nervous in
a foreign country that they forget ev.
cry word of the language, especially
if they are new to it. That was the
case with young American in Mad.
rid, and it came near getting him into
trouble.
He was out late at a theater the
first night after his arrival to the
small native hotel where he was stop.
ping with the idea of improving his
Spanish he found the door locked. II
wasn't until after a vain search for
doorbell that he remembered what
som cone had told him about the
sereofios, the night watchmen. He
clapped his hands and the Waterman
came around the corner on a trot.
He took a key from his pocket and
opened the door and then turned to
the young man and asked in Spanish:
What is the number Of your room?
The young man heard that if he gave
a number for which the serefo could
find no key he was in danger of being
arrested, and that thought drove ev.
cry bit of Spanish out of his head
He stood there dumb while the
serefo looked at him angrily. The
young man was trying his best to re-
member how to say the number in
Spanish, when luckily one of the EN-.
| ployes strayed down through the hall
1t was the porter who had carried
| up the Americans trunk earlier in the
| day.
He knew the American and told the
/ serefio it was all right. The young
man didn't have any trouble there
after, but he still is wondering what
would have happened if the servant
hadn't happened to come along just
| at that time.
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an immense advance was assured.
Patten, like Armour and other big
spectators, plans his campaign in a
large measure on the work of expert
crop fOrecasters. The United States
government has established a very
elaborate system of crop reporting,
and has some 100000 correspondents,
about 10000 of whom are paid for
their work. They send weekly and
monthly reports to Washington by
telegraph or letter, and these returns
are inspected by a board of statistical
experts who consolidate them into
public reports.
Spectators Employ Experts.
On Dec. 10 the report shows the
acreage sown to winter wheat. Three
months later is reported the amount
of preceding seasons crop still in the
hands of the farmer. Condition re-
ports are made in April, June and
July The May report also revises
the acreage report, deducting for win
TERRIFIED and abandoned acreage. The
spring wheat report begins in July
and in September is given the harvest
condition of both crops. In October
the yield per acre is reported, and
late in December a final report is
,, made by the government of all the
crops Of the country for the year.
But the spectators do not content
themselves with the government re-
ports alone, no matter how complete
and reliable they may be. These re-
ports are available to all persons, and
for the purpose Of the Spectator it is
necessary to be in possession of some
facts that escape other observers or
at least do not become public property
till later.
Therefore they employ private ex-
perts.
Every railroad has its own crop
crop sharps. For instance the Great
Northern must know weeks in ad-
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ways and his daughter would be Il
Pride O. Life failed to restore their
falling fortunes.
Perhaps you are right; certainly
there's no time to be lost" said the
doctor, briefly. mo doubt the de
tective will act as soon as the curtain
falls"
Very quietly he and the girl slipped
out of the theater. Meanwhile the
detective had leaned over to BOnhOlt
Hume
Face altered by the makeup, OF
course-but that's the man, l think,
| he said
The detective was smiling; it meant
a good deal to his wounded vanity, the
prospect of laying hands again on the
man who had once slipped through his
fingers; he was smiling, too, to think
of Mr.. Bonholt Humes little ruse
which he had nipped in the bud. Why
had Mr. Hume tried to warn Lathom
1t was rather curious under the cir
holt Hume's face. The appearance OF
the man on the stage who called him
self Craig was so altered that, but for
the warning note he had intercepted
and the change of color in Mr.. Hume's
face as the actor made his entrance
the detective would have been by no
means sure that he had run his man
to earth.
"Not a bit like Lathom! Your as.
sumption seems to me absurd" re-
piled Bonholt, hastily, wondering i'm
patiently whether Lathom would get
his message in time; evidnetly it had
been too late to catch him before he
made his entrance on the stage.
Would the man have the sense to bolt
at once? Bonholt Hume had no par
ticular friendliness for Lathom; in
deed, he had virtually accused this
man after the disappearance of Philip
before the tragedy came to light; but
he was desperately anxious now that
Lathom should slip through the de-
tectives clutches. mot the least bit
in the world like Lathom," he added.
. perhaps you are right" the other
said, dryly, rising and walking towards
the entrance. He waited there until
the curtain should fall on the first act
He felt he could afford to take his
time.
Meanwhile Margaret Strangways had
gone quickly to the door at the back
of the wooden erection. Unceremo-
niously she flung it open, to find her
self close by the wings of the tiny
stage. The climax at the end of act
l. was being reached, heralded by
tremolo chords on the cello, the one
stringed instrument in the orchestra
of three; on the stage she saw the
old squire (played by Lathom) fall un-
der the murderOus blow and lie pros
trate in the patch of moonlight; other
characters rushed excitedly on to the
stage Then in a twinkling change
came over the scene; the illusion of
reality vanished the murdered man
came to life, the carpenter in his shirt
sleeves rushed on to the stage and be-
gan to shift the borders" The cur
tain had fallen on the first act.
(To Be Contnued.)
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A show of force is often the best
kind of diplomacy. A writer in a
Paris newspaper tells a story of the
French Admiral Dupetit-Thouars, who
had been intrusted with the mission
of exacting reparation from an African
hey who had insulted a French con-
sui. AS Dupetit-Thouars's demands
were supported by the forceful argu-
ment of loaded cannon the hey &C.
knowledged he had been too hasty
and proffered profuse apologies. He
even invited the admiral to his table
and had a sumptuous repast prepared
for his guest. The consul warned
the admiral to be on his guard.
"The hey is inclined to be malic-
ious," said he, "and when he strokes
his beard and smiles you may be sure
that he is connecting some mischief"
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The big wheat spectators of the
country, men like Patten, succeed be.
cause they make a science of the sub
ject.
While he was being bitterly con-
demned for the part he played in the
corner Patten vigorously insisted that
this was injustice. He has insisted
right along that all he did was to
study conditions, to foresee the short
age. and profit for himself and his
friends by buying in time, before the
prices scared.
The basis of the work that resulted
in the Patten operations was perform
ed last fall. Then May wheat was
selling at about 90. Patten went the
field over, he studied crop prospects
all over the world. He concluded that
there would be a shortage, and that
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Quick-Witted DiVines.

DR.. P. S. Henson once delivered his
lecture on Fools" at the New York
Chautauqua. In introducing him,
Bishop Vincent said:
Ladies and gentlemen, we are now
to listen to a lecture on Fools by
one" (the audience broke into a
roar of laughter, and after it had died
away, Bishop Vincent added) -"of
the most brilliant men in America.
DR.. Henson rose and with a genial
smile said: Ladies and gentlemen,
am not so great a fool as Bishop
Vincent (another roar of laughter,
after which the speaker added)-
would have you believe"
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THE ADMIRAL AND THE BEY
Diplomatic Story in Which Lion and Pair of Pistols
Figure

eve shall see," was Dupetit-Thou-
ars's reply
He reached the bey's palace in good
time. Profuse compliments and salut-
ations were exchanged All at once
the admiraPs foot met some soft.
hairy substance lying on the carpet
under the table. He bent down and
saw a huge lion showing his formid-
able teeth. The hey smiled and strok-
ed his beard.
Dupetit-Thouars did not vince. but
called his dragoman.
My pistols was all he said.
The servant saluted. retired and
brought back a pair of pistols on a
silver tray. The admiral took them
and placed them ON the table before
him, but the hey, still smiling, contin-
ued to stroke his patriarchal beard.
Tell the commander" he said to the