Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-28
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS

TO IMPROVE TONIB-Improvements are
soon to be made to Grants tomb on River
side drive, New York. Stained glass win
dows will replace the plain glass used at
present. The necessary funds will be de-
rived from the recent increase authorized
IN the government appropriation
REPORT WTTHHELD-The United States
senate committee on commerce yesterday,
considering the Burke bill, which recently.
passed the house and which requires ali
ocean-going vessels to be equipped with
wireless telegraph apparatus, but decided
not to report this measure at this session.
LIMIT REMOVED -Skyscrapers in New
York city are not to be limited to $50 feet
IN height. according to a decision of the
committee of the board of examiners. At a
meeting yesterday the board approved the
proposal to construct buildings of the tower
type to any height, long as the buildings
allowed light and ventilation for adjoining
structures.
UNEMPLOYED MEET-A mass meeting
Of the unemployed of Chicago for yester-
day afternoon was called by J. Eads How
Of St Louis. Mr. How is grandson of the
builder of the Eads bridge, from whom he
inherited a large fortune. He devotes the
greater part Of his time and money to
brotherhood welfare work. among the un-
employed and is known as "the hobos
friend"
100000 BLAZE-A fire which broke out
in the funeral supply company Of Paxson G.
Comfort 529 Arch street, Philadelphia yes
terday morning practically demolished the
interior of the big structure and before it
was gotten under control did damage of
100000. The building is eight stories in
height The flames broke out the third
floor, and for a time it looked as though they
would sweep the entire block.
"JOBS A MYTH'-Farm jobs in the west
and the crying demand for agricultural labor
is myth and a delusion and snare, ac-
cording to John c. Earle, financial secretary
of the Bowery mission, New York He de-
clares that while he receives countless news
nan nIi N7Tatr
farmers are in need of help and ready to
employ the idle men of the city. the mission
is unable to locate the addresses or get any
definite information concerning them.
BUYS PAINTING-Charles p Taft.
brother Of the president-elect has purchased
for $4,000 Millets "Sheep Shearing" the
highest priced picture offered in New York
yesterday at the sale of the notable cOlIec-
nine pictures in all were sold under the aus
pices of the American Art association, bring
ing total of s233,950. An agent acted for
Mr. Taft The picture represents the corner
of a farm yard.
SUCCEEDS IN ART-Acceptance Of a
painting executed by Charles E. Halberg Of
Chicago, once janitor in a bank. by the
Gutenberg Art Museum, of the worlds
noted galleries, has come to the Chicago
painter as the realization of his life dream.
Besides the qualification of ambition
which had burned for forty-ive years, Mr.
Halberg has received the decision of the
museum with patriotic zest for he is
native of Gutenberg.
AWARD CONTRACT-The contract for
making statue of Columbus to be placed
in the plaza of the union station in Wash
ington, has been awarded to dorado Taft of
Chicago, a relative of the president elect.
Congress has appropriated $780, 600 for the
Columbus memorial. Andrew O'Connor an
ish-Amercan sculptor in Paris, has been
selected to make a statue of Commodore
John Barry, which is to be erected in
Franklin park, in Washington. Congress ap-
propriated $4,000 for this statue
RADIO-THOR DOUBTED Physicians
and scientists in New York who have made
a speciality of the study of radium and its
effect on lupus, or cancer, are somewhat
skeptical concerning the value Of radio-thor,
or thorad-X, the discovery of which was an
nounced by DIR. E. Skillman Bailey, before
the Southern Homeopathic Medical associa-
tion Of New Orleans on Thursday. They
declare that the radio activity of pitch
blende has been known for some time, and
they are inclined to think it was simply
pitch blende to which DR.. Bailey referred.
MASON HONORED-Dr ]. McFatrich,
past illustrious pOntentate of the Masonic
order has been presented with a diamond
studded emblem in recognition of his services
to the brotherhood. On the reverse side of
the emblem appears the following inscrip-
tion: From Medinah Temple to J. B. Nc
Fatrich, Illustrious Potentate, 1907 Unani-
mously Reelected but Declined and Named
His Successor. Presented February 26, 1909,
by His Beloved Friend, Past Imperial Po-
tentate A. p. Clayton, Better known as Our
Pet" Mr.. Clayton is mayor of St. Jo-
seph, Mo.
DEFENDS PATRIOT-M NJ Mangasarian
has returned to Chicago from Washington
where President Roosevelt refused to see
him and hear the resolutions passed by the
Independent Religious society. asking the
president to reconsider a criticism in OF
his books of Thomas Paine. Mr.. Mangas-
arian will tell his followers today what he
would have said to President Roosevelt had
he been given an audience. "The criticism
said Mr.. Mangasarian, should not be per-
rnitted to remain record the utterance
of the president of the United States. We
will continue with our protest"
FORGIVES ASSASSIN - Instead Of
prosecuting Henry Vasey, the man who shot
at him in church last October, the Rev
James K Fielding of Chicago will send the
prisoner back to his parents in England
The pastor reached this determination after
visiting Vasey at the police station ''The
man may be a church thief" said Father
Fielding, 'but if so, he was driven to rob-
berry by hunger. When he shot at me he
was in such condition not to be respon-
sible. 1 have made arrangements for
Vasey's passage home, and Monday will
appear in court and ask his discharge"