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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-19
Anlmnln arr Prostratetl.

Little Rock, Ark, Aug. ls--The storm that threatened Arkansas and which centered at Little Rock this morning did net break because of the abnormal dryness of the atmosphere and in the afternoon the temperature rose to lol. One death occurred. Many animals were prostrated on streets.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-19
XicIIahnrg Wns DO.

Vicksburg, Miss. Aug. 1S--Vicksburg is still in the grasp of the terrible heat wave. the thermometer having gone to sy today. and remained there longer than yesterday.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-19
Goes to 1I4.

Dallas. Tex, Aug. 1s.--rhe thermom- eter registered 114 degrees in the shade at o'clock today, breaking all rec ords at the government observatory Correspondingiy high temperatures are reported from various parts of the State. Cooler weather is predicted for tomorroM
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-19
ueaeII ia Matched

New Orleans. Aug. IS.-Joe Bedell. q Chicago lightweight, has been matched to fight Kid Farmer. of Peoria Ill., ten rounds here Saturday night at the RnYnI Athletic Club.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-19
REPULsE SHAM ATTACK.
Invading Forces Dr1ven Prem Boston
 A- A rAflraueu

Boston. Aug. 1s.--An attack on Bos- ton was successfully repuised tonight in the mimic war maneuvers which are being carried on, at the harbor forts, coincidentally with the war game in the southeastern part of the State.
 The attack was by army transports representing eattieships which at- tempted to mako 8 landing on Nantas- ket beach. They were repulseo by the S1st Coast Artillery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-19
Mexican NriIls Combine

Mexico City, Aug. 1S.--rhe important flour mills of the republic will enter into a combine tomorrow. The leading spirits of the merger are the three big mills of this city with daily output of 2.200 barrels.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-19

Durant. Ok, Aug. 1s.-Edward Rives. President of the First National Bank here, died tonight from the effects Of being prostrated by heat. The tom perature reached 112 today.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-19
HERMAN STILL HELD
MOBILE COURT SENDS HIM BACK TO
 JAIL.
Hearing on Habess Corpus Writ Before Chaneellor smtth--sslfcttor Will Dismiss the Prohibition
 Cases,

Mobile. Aug. 1s-tSpecial.)-- )--An effort to free Alfred Berman. the man held here for defrauding Mobile people, as well as people all over the country. out Of money by taking orders for cards which were neyer delivered, on habeas corpus proceedings. failed today, when Chancellor Smith held that the man was properly held. and remanded him back to jail.
 An effort to have the bond of $500 reduced, also failed. The release was mittimuses committing German to jail. but these were remedied before the trial and the petition was disallowed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-19
HOTELS, SUMMER RESORTS BOARDING, ETC.

ter than yesterday and seven degrees warmer than Monday. The wife of Marshall Levy, a negro, was prostrated by the heat about noon and Aiec in short while. No other prostrations are reported.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-19
nnIIrond Lonn sIrned.

Pekin. gug. 18--A loan of $1,250. .000 for construction work on the Chang Chuu Kirin Railroad has been signed at Tien Tsin The Yokohama specie bank Is the financial agent of the prin-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-19
Taft,a Couuiu KiIIeii.

Trinidad. Colo. Aug. 1S--Charles Taft. A second cousin to President Taft. was Killed at Prior, Colo. today by light ming.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-19
unt fin Incikann.

Jackson. Miss. Aug. 1S--Today goes on record as the hottest ever expert enced here, Observer Hintz reporting 1O5 degress. That Is five degrees hot
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-19
Hot nt Ennss.

Ennis. Texas. Aug. 1S.-The termo' meter registered no degrees here to- day.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-19

Permits Czar to Pass. St. Petersburg, Aug, 1S--A dispatch
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-19
CUTLER GIVES sloO,OoA

Rich Man Leaves Large Sum to Prince
 ton UniYersiry.
 New York, Aug. 1S--Princetcn Uni versity is given s1co.0oo by the will filed today of Cornelius c. Cuyler. the banker. who was killed recently in an automobile accident in France.
 This sum is to be known as the Theodore Cuyler general fund. the in come to be used as the trustees may deem best.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-19
LITTLE ROCK TO STICK
 IN aOETTHERN LEAGUE,

Little Rock. Ark. Aug. 1S-- (Special.) Local club directors voted tonight unanimously to decline offers for the local Southern League franchise. They prepared for the next sea- son by re-engaBing Manager Finn, unless he iR engaged as President of the Southern At- lantic and other leagues
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-19

Mrs. Era Cohen and Master Oscar Cohen are the guests of MT. and Mrs.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-19

Miss Eloise washburn is visiting rel atives in Opelika.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-19
rcr CREAM SUPPER.

The Chishom School Improvement Association entertained at an Ice cream supper several nights ago.
 The affair under the able supervision of Mrs. John Chishom whose efforts have been most untiring, proved a great success both socially and fin- ancially.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1909-12-18
TO WIN m FOUR ROUNDS.
Jim Jeffries Dreamed Twice That He
Had Knocked Out Jack Johnsou.

Jim Jeffries Dreamed Twice That He
Had Knocked Out Jack johnson.
Jim Jenries, the pugilist who is
matched to fight Jack Johnson for the
heavyweight championship Of the
world. will knock out the negro pugil-
ist In the fourth round Of their mill
Il dreams are made Of real stun. JEFF
fries recently told his parents while
visiting Them at Springfield, ILL.,, that
he dreamed twice Of the coming mill
and each dream found him winner by
the knockout route in the fourth round.
Just after the articles were signed
Jim dreamed he had won by knock
out in the fourth, be told Sam Berger,
his manager. In Akron soon after
ward Jeffries again dreamed Of the
fight, with the same result. It Is
long swing that is to put out Johnson.
according to the dream stuff.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1909-12-18

The largest wooden vessel ever built
In the United States and the largest
sailing vessel of American registry
will be launched from Bath lMe1
shipyard on Dec. IA. This new leader
of her class Is the six masted schooner
Wyoming, and her official measure
ments give her gross tonnage of
$3.50, thus placing her ahead Of the
schooner William L. Douglas. the pres
ent title holder, with a gross tonnage
of 3,708. The Wyoming is $50 feet
long over all. 1895 feet keel and S0.4
feet deep. 4
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1909-12-18
GRIM GAME IN RUSSIA.
Little Lads Play at "Trial" and Almost
Execute q Comrade,

A letter from Cherson. Russia, in de-
scribing an execution. says that mill
tary trials and the speedy executions
which follow them have been of such
rommon occurrence that the public
mind has become blunted. Sentenced
to death and executed" has become a
stock phrase, and the oft repeated gal
lows stories have Influenced the minds
of children to such an extent that they
have game called trial." In which
the brutalities Of which they have
heard are enacted. The writer says
that the playing Of this game by a
number of boys in that town. none Of
whom was more than thirteen years
old. nearly resulted III the death of
one little fellow who had been selected
to ,.ay .ae part of the prisoner He
WIS tried. fanl,A guilty and sentenced
to be eyeeuicd. Only the timely inter
ferene Of elders prevented the trag-
edy.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1909-12-18
BATTLEsAIP OF CONCRETE.
One 10 on El Fraile Island at the Mouth
Of Manila Bay. y

OF mauua Bay
One Of the most unusual defensive
works IN the world has been erected
by the war department on Ell Fraile
island, one of the four islands which
form a chain across the mouth Of Ma
Mia bay. All these islands have been
strongly fortified in order to prevent
a foreign feet from entering the bay.
On Ell Fraile island has been built a
fixed battleship of concrete having two
steel turrets In each Of which are
mounted two fourteen-inch guns
These turrets can be trained in any
direction by the gun crew inside.
The original plan for the fertilization
of Ell Fraile contemplated the enlarge
ment of the island, which is small
and narrow and the establishment OF
an ordinary fort. This plan, however,
was abandoned in favor Of the con-
crete battleship, which has been prac-
tically completed. The fourteen inch
guns mounted in turrets on FL. FEaile
are operated by the general fire con-
troll station on Corregidor island
The artificial concrete ship Is uboutu
hundred feet wide and LOO feet long.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1909-12-18
THE LURE OF THE A cTlc.
After One Experience II outweighs
Love of Home or Money.


Polar life brings strange revelations.
A man who is model Of AVAILABILITY
at home is savage In those high Iati-
fudes, where Mother Nature and hui
manity seem bent on revealing their
crudest characteristics. When man
goes to the arctics first he dislikes 1t.
IL he is caught there one winter he
vows to himself that he will never
repeat the adventure. Yet when he
gets has k home lie discovers that the
white silence" has n compelling fas-
cina!ioll. have never known man
who could resist The chance to go
again. even ut n finansial loss. After
twenty years Of experience. If another
opportunity came to me. it is doubtful
whether any consideration would pre-
vent my taking UP he work again.
Once the .chiim Of these long months
Of daylight. the mysterious. deathly
silence Of those long nights. the white
glare Of that biillIant moonlight across
trackless wastes Of snow and Ice. has
been felt Il man is unable to resist the
siren call Of Ire north that has be-
come more to him than family. home,
friends or money. Gladly he takes his
life in his hands and fares forth again
into those frozen seas. Captain Coffin.
OF Ziegler Polar Expedition, in Ma
tional Magazine
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1909-12-18
NEW SOURCE OF RADIUM.
English Engineer Says There 10 cAe
In PORTUGAL.

That the recent discovery Of rich ore
deposits in Portugal will make possible
for the first time the manufacture Of
radium In quantities sufficiently large
for commercial use is the assertion Of
Harry March. d young English civil
engineer. who has come to this c0un-
try In the hope Of interesting Ameri-
can scientists and American capital In
the Portuguese mines. He has brought
with him boxfuI Of ore, specimens of
which have been examined by miner
alogists here and abroad. who declare
that the mineral contains large quanti-
ties of crystalline uranite. or what is
technically known as autunite. the SUBJ
stance from which radium Is ex-
tracted.
Professor james f. Kemp. head Of
the department of geology at Column
bia, and other members Of the staff
have seen some Of the specimens.
According to one analyst Allen f..
Walden of the chemical department Of
Oxford university. who subjected the
mineral to the usual scientific tests for
radium. 1t is estimated that the ore
contains nearly 72O milligrams Of ra-
dunn to the ton. a new record. The
ore itself he found to be made up of
quartz thickly crusted with yellow
crystals. These crystals when exam
ined proved to contain uranium. cal
cium and phosphoric acid, and there
was no trace Of other metallic or acid
Impurities.
Up to the time Of the discovery Of
the Portuguese deposits the chief ore
from which radium was extracted was
pitchblende, considerable quantities Of
which are found in Bohemia and In
Cornwall, England. The amount of ra-
dunn producing material in this sub
stance, according to Mr.. March. is
about @ per cent, whereas the ore OBJ
tanned from Portugal has been tested
and found to contain 33 per cent Of
oxide Of uranium. r. B. Barboni, a
French chemist. after snbjecting the
new mineral to careful tests. declared
that by reason of the ease with which
1t could be treated II was in his opin-
ion mt least three times superior as
raw material to pitchblende."
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1909-12-18
AN INTELLECTUAL MARVEL
Harvard's New Eleven year. old Stu.
dent Is a Ments. Wonder.

Harvard's New Eleven year old Stu
dent is a Mental Wonder.
William J. Sidis. the eleven-year-old
boy admitted to Harvard university as
the Youngest mmlrculate In the long
history Of the institution, could spell.
read and write at the age of two. He
became deeply absorbed in books when
other children were playing in the
SAND and making houses of blocks. He
devoured everything readable that he
could lay his hands on and when he
had advanced to the age Of FIVE his
ycarning for knowledge had also ad-
vanted to such state that be began
taking books from the Brookline Mass. I,
Public library.
When he was six he was sent to the
Runkle school. The school authorities
placed him in one Of the higher gram
innr grades, but withdrew him after
six months, for he knew more than
they taught at that school. and II would
have been waste Of time to have
kept him longer with the other pupils
When he was eight years old he was
sent to the Brookline high school, one
OF the best in the country. for it ia
supported by the richest town In the
world. He remained there five mont rs.
That was long enough. for he was then
further advanced than the school
He evinced strong liking for nmth-
ematics and physics ut the age Of eight
and was greatly interested III astron-
omy and other sciences. AT that early
age he was ready for college. but his
parents declined to send him to the
higher institutions, as they were Of the
opinion that their son would do more
thorough work at home. He was al
lowed to study whenever he wished
and whenever he liked. He was never
forced along any particular line.
This remarkable boy has been puz-
zle to scientists. astronomers and math-
enla,iiNis. He prefers the company
of men and women who gather III his
hunle. who are On an intellectual foot
Ing with him. 10 the boys Of the neigh
borhMd. He discusses advanced sci
ences with the learning of 4 professor
When boy Of eight he spoke four
languages. As Il freshman at the
Rrookine high school he made astro-
nomical calculations which puzzled
professors in mathematics. invented a
new system Of logarithms in series Of
twelves instead Of tens. prepared an
outline Of advanced grammar and help
cd pupils in classes above him to mas
ter their lessons.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1909-12-18

Mrs. Thomas A. Edison recovered a
diamond ring worth $l.1OO which she
gave up us lost six years ago. The
young man who found It at that time
had kept 1t ever since. believing 1t to
be without value. He was rewarded
with 4 check and the promise OF a
job, something he was IN want Of.
Robert r. Mccarthy Of 50 Mount Yer
non avenue. Orange. found the ring
when he was student In st. Johns
s~h-snI str sears a0n He was Ghost
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1909-12-18
COUNTRY BANKS TIE BEST,
Young Men Find There Greatest OPP
portunities, Says ChicayrAi,.

uouHS TtcU rtHu tUeTc 0TesSUst Up
portunitiss Says chicsyean.
"YounG man. go to the country If
you want thorough groundwork for
a financial career. S!iun the big city
bank. where you are liable to get into
a departmental groove and go no high
err"
Joseph T. Talbert. president of the
Chicago Clearing House association
and first vice president Of the Com
mercial National bank Of Chicago. was
talking Of the reasons as he saw them
for his being called to New York as
vice president Of the National City
bank when he gave this advice to
young men.
Mr.. Talhcrt attributes his success to
the fact that he was trained III Il com
try institution and says that lie 'ruh
bed elbows with the farmer"
I'm the banking business. as well as
in any line II trade, the man who
knows his customers. their habits and
peculiarities. is going to get the best
results have never regretted that
my start was In the country bank. 1t
was good school. and no young man
who liz In earnest will have cause for
regret II be takes q course In It."
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1909-12-18
POLE FINDER c0NFESSEs.
Professor Phelps Of Yale, Drawn by .
Sawhorse Reaches Worid's Top.


Professor William Lyon Phelps OF
Yale says that he is the only original
discoverer Of the north pole. He de-
scribes il in the following letter:
At latitude 81 I made my final dash.
consisting OF few parenthetical remarks
on the weather. | hitched the span the
sawhorsc and the pony. to new buck
board wagon. cutting Off the tongue. SO
that l might be the first to announce my
discovery. Ten miles had swiftly flown
BY. when the pony thinking that the
sawhorse was a seahorse. tried to eat
him. The pony naturally resented this,
and the team. already frightened by the
narrowness OF the meridian lines and by
the spectacle Of large fountain penguin.
became unmanageable.
The two faithful Eskmos were thrown
out and were Immediately devoured by
polar bears who. seeing their long boards.
took them for arctic hairs esteemed q
great dclicacy by these animals. | was
pitched high in the air and landed on the
small Of my hack, thus discovering not
only the pole. but the whifiietree. AT this
moment my right ascension was about
ten seconds. my declination, so far as any
future attempts are concerned. was final
and absolute. Yours very truly
WILLIAM LYON PHELPS.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1909-12-18
FATHER AGAINST SON.
Novel Contest Between the Gardnors
For Buffalo Golf Championship. !,


For Buffalo Golf Championship.
Mr.. w. Allen Gardner of the Coun-
try club Of Buffalo won the city cham
pionship on the Park club links recent
~. The runner up was his seventeen
year-oId son, Hamilton Gardner This
was the unique result Of the play that
eliminated all other contestants IN
tcLl Of nearly 100 entrants. Never be-
fore IN this country has father faced
ION III the final Of city champion
...) contest. The unusual situation
;.nxed the greatest interest among
Golfers. and the press Of the city fea-
trrM lie match IN prominent head
lines
Allen Gardner. the new champion.
his for years been star member of
the County club team and has played
in many tournaments IN this aud other
states rs well as in Canada. His PROV
esq as golfer Is welt known. and
from the first he was considered Il
likely candidate for championship hon
ors In the city tournament. But no
~
nection. The youngster hns been play
Ing the game only couple Of years.
but bis advancement has been so rapid
that his father openly confessed his
fear Of the result when the final test
came.
That his fears were well grounded
was shown at the very start Of III
match when the boy won the FIRST
two holes and. after having the third.
won he fourth, making him up.
1t looked very much At this stage as l..
the son was about to make runawa Y
game of 1t. He was clearly playing
the better golf ard showed absolute
confidence. without sign of nervous
ness. The large gallery that FOLLOWED,
In the wake Of the strangely matched
pnir which was composed Of Mr..
Gardeners old gofing friends, could
with difficulty refrain from chatting
the father OH his impending defeat;
but, Of course. they restrained them
selves, although their amusement must
have been perfectly obvious to the
exasperated sire.
Hamilton was 2 up at the turn
and going as smoothly as silk. But at
this juncture the 'old man" took a
mental bracer and proceeded to close
m the gap IN The score. Right at he
leMh hole he started his gait. winning
II IN 3 to Han,ltoH's T. As he bosir
IL s. It can he seen Tint the pair were
straining every nerve. They went
along In bogie to the twelfth. which
Allen won in one stroke under he
culonels pattern. For the first time IN
tue match they were all square. The
kid" took the thirteenth IN 4, but al
len evened up by winning the next
hole. The father annexed the next two
holes and held this advantage To the
end, winning by up. This ended The
most novel contest for the city thanl-
pionship that Buffalo Will ever see. in
all probability. American Golfer.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1909-12-18
COOK FOUND SANTA CLAUS.
Al Any Rate, He Told Little Chicago
Girl He Made Discovery.

1t was left to little Chicago girl to
discover the real object Of Dr. Cooks
and Commander Peary's heroic march
es to the north pole. 1t was to call OH
Santa Claus. Of course.
Jeanne Mcdonald. the tiny daughter
of Isaac Mcdonald. found this out and
wrote to DR.. Cook. addressing her let
ter North Pole, Brooklyn. asking him
to please tell her what kind of house
Kriss Kringle lived in. She wrote:
Dear DR.. Cook-Did you see Santa Claus
at the north pole? What kind Of house
did he live In? Yours truly.
JEANNE M'DoNALD.
DR.. Cook has replied In part as fol-
lows:
sSee Santa Claus? Why, of course
did. That's just why went to the
north pole. went there to make sure
that Santa Claus would not he angry
at some of our grownups and big bad
boys who have made fun Of him and
said they did not believe III him any
way.
II found him In u huge snow palace.
and every room from top to bottom
was crowded with toys and candy aud
great big packages Of good will and
kindness aud love for little boys and
girls. And there were special pack
ages. happiness aud content aud COED
Fellowship, for the grownups.
'He looks just like his pictures too.
He Is always smiling. even when he il
working hard loading his sIeighs with
his good things for the people down
here And he keens bis reindeers al
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1909-12-18
Wainuts Growing on Oak Trees

The superintendent of public in
struction Of California, Edward Hyatt,
returned recently to Sacramento from
San Andrews. Calaveras county, where
he found walnuts growing on oak
trees. The experiment is being con-
Quoted successfully by e. NJ. Price.
who has a large humber of new spe-
cies about his home. The nuts. ac-
cording to Hyatt. grow about three
times as large as the ones in the mar
Vets. The product is the result Of con-
siderable experimenting. The grating
Is done by cutting the limbs Of walnut
trees an6 grating them into stocky
oaks.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1909-12-18
WIRELESS ACROSS PACIFIC.
Steamship Minnesota Sent the Hert
xian Waves 1928 Miles.

The Great Northern steamship Min
nesota, plying between Seattle aud the
orient. was In communication with 'ls
Seattle and Japanese wireless stations
every night during her last trip. she
exchanged messages with the Seattle
station of the United Wireless com.
pany until she was 3.GoS miles on her
way to Yokohama. This establishes a
new record between ship and shore.
The distance is greater than from
Nova Scotia to the Irish coast. between
which messages are occasionally sent
by means OF high powered wireless ap-
paratus from towers Of great altitude.
To appreciate the significance OF the
Minnesota's wireless performance 1t
should be understood that the mes
sages were sent from the ordinary
ships nerial and that the apparatus
Is Of only Eve kilowatt power. instead
Of the fifty kilowatt power now used
to transmit messages between the
Nova Scotia and Irish coasts.
Paris Apaches' Trained Dogs.
The newest pest OF the Paris subur.
ban districts is the Apache dog"
which is taught by its masters to
jump at lonely pedestrians and bite
them while the hooligan rifles the vic
TINS pockets. 1t appears that. taking
4 hint from the police methods. tho
Apaches have recently trained several
animals of the same breed as the 20.
lice dogs to attack policemen and 9th.
ers.
Ii. Churches to Advertise.
After the fashion Of big business ad
vertisers, the combined Protestant
churches Of this country will early III
January begin campaign to adver'
tise social. racial. economic and re-
ligious problems which imperil Amer
lean life and American institutions
The advertising viii be by newspapers
magazines. periodicals.. posters. bill
boards and literature.