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has a strong inclination toward pre-.
serving the poetic verities.
! Just now the emperor is building for
/ himself new castle on the historic
and picturesque island of Corfu, in the
Mediterranean, the largest and most
northerly Of the Ionian islands Corfu
is Greek island. with Greek traditions
Of the past and Greek actuaIities of
today. For his pleasure palace. quite
appropriately. Emperor William has
chosen the name "Achilleion." Greeky
enough to need no Identification tag.
Derived. OF course. from Achilles, hero
OF Homer's 'Tliad." this name naturally
calls for memorial of its namesake,
so Emperor William has commissioned
Professor Goetz. eminent SCULPTOR 10
create heroic statue OF Achilles.
Professor Goetz has finished his work.
and IN a short time the emperor per.
sonally viii unveil the statue.
This work OF modern art is nearly
t"enty-one feet high and will stand
upon marble plinth at Achilleion,
about thirteen feet high The helmet,
shield and lance of the Homeric war
rior are richly gilded. so that they may
be seen from long distance.
1t seems eminently meet that En-
peror William should select Achilles
Tor this distinction. Achilles is in 1T
erature the supreme type OF glorious
youth, and the emperor OF Germany all
ways mas apotheosized the vigorous,
virile fighting young man. But there
Is another point Of excellence fnhering
IN Achilles which no doubt suggested
itself even more strongly 10 the kaiser
Readers OF Homer and other ancient
writer's will recall that the sea goddess
Thetis, mother Of Achilles. dipped the
infant in the river Styx. thus rendering
MS person invulnerable to the shafts
or his enemies But in the dipping
process It was necessary for Mother
Thetis to hold the baby by one OF hts
heels. and the spot covered by the ma
ternal hand did not receive the Stygian
dye of invulnerability; consequently
after glorious battles in the Trojan and
other wars unscathed Achilles finally
received HIS death wound at the hands
. Of Apollo and Paris. the fatal thrust
being delivered through that vuIner-
able heel
Emperor William believes his en-
pire. with its tremendous army and its
strong navy. is invulnerable. but as a
wise monarch he must admit to him.
self at times that perhaps one small
heel spot may not be stamped with the
Stygian guarantee. As limited herein
before. the kaiser stands for the poetic
verities. so these facts may explain his
selection OF Achilles, the all but I'm
mortal youth. to stand upon a Corfu
height and flash defiance from his
shining lance to the four quarters Of
| Europe. ROBERT DONNELL
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Hudson river, necessitating more OF
less tedious ferriage. Now the Penn
sylvania. with an articulation OF lines
reaching the remotest corners OF the
republic and with nearly 1900 miles
of railroad belonging to its own sys-
TEN. weaving a network OF tracks into
the very heart Of the nation. is on the
eve Of completing Improvements which
win put Manhattan Island and Long
Island, practically speaking. on the
mainland Of the continent.
It is upon Manhattan and the eastern
end of Long Island that the principal
portions Of the second greatest city in
the world are built When the Penn
sylvania people were thinking out their
plans for these new terminal improve
ments they figured that the metropoIi-
tan area. meaning the section within
a nineteen mile radius OF the city hall
in New York. would have 5000. 600
people by 1913 and 100000 by 1920
Roughly estimated. this area now has
about 100000. considerably more than
four fifths of whom reside in the city
Of Greater New York.
IT theSe computations are correct,
and conditions seem to justify them,
New York within ten years will be the
most populous city on the globe The
Pennsylvania has been building not
merely for the present. but for the flu
ture. with its inevitably vaster volume
Of traffic, When one is confronted by
the statement that these new terminals
have cost the railroad company from
100000 TO s125.00O.OOO Cthe ap-
Proclamation varying to that extent).
one is astounded at the figure What?
Does ii cost a hundred million dollars TO
build new depot and bore a few tun-
nels? And isn't IT a wild waste of
money? Yes. it costs that much. when
the acquisition of the necessary land
is counted in, an IL would be reckless
extrava gance II the improvements were
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placed anywhere else in America save
the heart of the city of New York.
"Center of the World"
For whether you like New York or
not, gentle reader; whether you ever
saw the place or never want to see it;
whether you are prejudiced reasonably
or unreasonably against its people and
its spirit. New York this moment is the
greatest city in the world commercial
ly, and. though less than London in
population. it far surpasses that city
in push and enterprise New York has
been termed "the center OF the world :"
II should be remembered that New
York is a Mecca not only for Euro
peans. but for Americans: that It's
cosmopolitan population comprises
people from every state in the Union.
and that the men who really run New
York and who have raised the city TO
premier importance are not the ma
tives. but settlers" from smaller
American communities. This state
ment holds good in almost every
branch of industrial and professional
life
It Is because Of this essential aud In
sistent greatness OF New York that
the Pennsylvania railroad has not
hesitated in spending a hundred mil
lion dollars to overcome physical OBJ
stacles and run its trains right into
the vitals of the metropolis. Ten
years ago the late A. ]. Cassatt. presi-
dent Of the Pennsylvania. stood at the
terminal in Jersey City and looked
across the Hudson. He said to an as
sociate:
Il find this sweeping river of our
railroad commerce stopped short OF its
natural outlet by another kind OF q
river less than :. mile wide. Our in
evitable objective is the largest and
most important city Of the country.
We stand on our last railroad tie with
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corteIyou Wants Fewer Laws.

George B. Cortelyou. former cabinet
officer. decries the increasing flood OF
legislation in America. At a recent
dinner he quoted statistics to show
that last year some 1900 laws were
put upon the statute books OF this
country. He contrasted this work OF
our legislative bodies with the COM
paratively small output OF Great Brit
ain. He asked for fewer laws and
better enforcement OF those that were
made. He said that such organiza-
tons as the county societies could
greatly influence legislation.
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gen bands on or around this cometic
appendage. This proves two startling
facts-that Comet A 1905 tail is
striped like a BARRIERS pole and that it
is self protective, for cyanogen is per-
haps the deadliest poison known. A
grain Of its potassium salt touched TO
the tongue is sufficient to cause instant
death, with no time for writing a fare
well message. Fair warning is given.
If by any chance this apparently I'M
Orbited comet should return 70 the
earth's vicinity, be exceedingly careful
not to touch your tongue to its tail
Professor Frost tells us how to identify
the cyanogen. 1t is characterized by
an odor similar to that of almonds.
The sodium and cyanide bands which
encircle the tail of our tramp comet
are not visible to the naked eye, but
we are glad TO know that A 1910 is not
a colorless. conventional comet. but
takes pride in awaiting the Infinite
CARRIED in a Navajo blanket of gor-
geous hues. There Is a suspicion
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BY RoRERTUS LOVE.

HE approaching completion Of
the Pennsylvania railroads
new terminal facilities in New
n York city is a matter Of in
terest to every citizen of the United
States Already few test trains have
been run through the tunnels. now
quite completed. and IL is promised
that some regular trains viii be run
ming by April 1. while by midsummer
Of this year the entire terminal sys-
TEN. tunnels. station. yards and all. viii
be finished and hundreds Q. trains daily
viii be shuttled back and forth through
this gigantic weave OF underground
ages-under rivers. under cities.
beneath the keels OF seagoing ships.
beneath the foundations OF skyScraper
buildings.
Do you know what this will mean
It viii mean that passengers can board
a train at San Francisco and ride
through without change to Boston by
way of New York II will mean that
the St Louisan or the Chicagoan may
board a train in either Of those cities
and ride into the throbbing heart of
Manhattan Island. the central borough
of the new worlds metropolis. without
having to be ferried across the Hud-
son river as heretofore. It will mean
that persons living along any one OF
the hundred and more railroad lines
that are comprised in or that articu-
late with the Pennsylvania system
may do likewise.
Tunnels Succeed Ferries.
At present only one railroad has a
passenger station on Manhattan Is
land That is the New York Central.
BY a special rental agreement one
other road. the New York. New Haven
and Hartford. uses its tracks and ter
minaL But all other railroads leading
TO New York from north. south and
west have their terminals across the
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in view of 1t and cannot reach it. We
must find a way to cross"
cassatt's Dream Fulfilled.

in view of it and cannot reach It We
must find a way to cross"
cassatt's Dream Fulfilled.
Thus was born Cassatt's dream. now
nearly realized. eight years after actual
work was begun Mr.. Cassatt is dead,
but his work has been taken up by his
successor. James McCrea. and carried
to success. "A way to cross" was the
core OF the difficulty Engineers have
turned IL into a tunnel core-and the
way is found Very modern conditions
have made this possible. II would be
utterly impracticahle to run trains
drawn by steam locomotives through
six miles Of tunnels. The electric en-
CINE has solved this part Of the prob
lem. Recent improvements in maehin-
cry and methods for tunneIing made II
possible to bore holes under the rivers
and the city Fitted with big steel
tubes in sections. firmly mortised to-
gether and incrusted with a two foot
inner layer Of cement, these tunnels
are as sound and safe as any similar
space in the outside world
The Pennsylvania has two tunnels
under the Hudson river and four under
the East river. the latter carrying its
trains TO the enormous yards on Long
Island. The Hudson river tunnels run
under the city of Hoboken on the west
shore before reaching the river Be-
meath the entire width OF Manhattan
Island at almost its widest part the
tunnels go, so that nobody will see a
Pennsylvania train IN New York ex-
cept below the magnificent pink gran
lite passenger station at Seventh av-
enue and Thirty-first street.
This station area has sixteen miles
of railroad tracks. The building itself
Is 774 feet long. 43S feet wide. 50 feet
high above ground in the main. though
1t has central dome over the main
waiting room when rises 1913 feet
above ground. The tracks are forty
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feet beneath the street level, and the
principal part of the big depot" is
below ground. The main waiting room
is 277 feet long. 10S feet wide and $50
feet from floor to ceiling The station
and trackage area occupy four city
blocks. which were covered with build
ings when the land was acquired
For several years the biggest hole
ever blasted in the midst OF any city
has been slowly giving place 10 this
granite railroad station. which is a
thing of beauty and promises to be a
joy until some future day when the
stupendous metropolis viii have out
grown Ii utterly. The building is con-
structed after the Roman Dorie style
OF architecture. It's facade colonnades
and general aspect giving IL the ap
+ pearance Of a gigantic exposition pail
ace. But exposition palaces are built
OF fiimsy stuff. while this permanent
and substantial one is made OF Mil
ford granite Some Of the interior fac
ing of the waiting rooms walls are Of
marble taken from the bed Of the Tiber
and the cstacombs OF Rome. a fact
that gives added aesthetic interest to
the structure.
All Long Island Suburb.
The two extra tunnels running TO
Long Island are for the accommoda-
tjon of the local population on the is
land. The Long Island railroad is a
part of the Pennsylvania system.
Trains viii run to Montauk Point. the
farthest end of Long Island. with
spurs touching all the principal towns.
making them suburbs OF the city.
Shortly before he died Mr.. Cassatt
estimated the new stations capacity
thus: Daily passenger capacity, &c.,
600; yearly passenger capacity. 10000
900; western trains operated through
the two tunnels hourly. 20 to 30: east
ern trains operated through the four
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terrestrial sphere. which shows that #
Is not too lazy TO work If it could find
4 job. though at present it has no visi-
bic means OF support.
Comet A 1910 would be arrested as
vagrant IL ii should pass anywhere
near a policeman with a night stick
sufficiently long TO land on Its head.
But there is no lookup or calaboose
anywhere on earth which could ac-
commodate this wanderers tail, which
is something like 100000 miles long
and spread out like feather buster
There is evidence that somebody. /
possibly DR.. Inness of Johannesburg. /
South Africa. who discovered Comet A |
as1o on the 18th Of January. has mada
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criminal ofense All persons commits
ting such acts are liable to be crimi-
nally prosecuted. Any incivility on the
part of the inspectors examining bag
gage is 70 be reported to the deputy
collector in charge OF the steamship
pier Women travelling alone are to
receive special attention in expedition
If they state the fact that they are
alone on their declaration.
Foreigners and Americans who have
been residing abroad and can prove
the fact to the official on the pier will
be allowed to bring in all their per-
sonal apparel free. and, in addition.
their household effects. pictures and
statuary. without the stipulation that
they must prove one years residence
abroad, as has been the rule.
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Kaiser to Unveil
Statue Of Achilles

y Y WILHELM the lord. the German
"a kaiser is nothing if not consistent The
~ aggressive emperor. who at this moment
has a fighting force Of 100000 men
ready for mobilization in Of necessity who
has been by any of his soldiers with the top but
ton Of his coat unbuttoned and viii be So
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Camille Flammarion. Garrett P. Ser
viss, the undersigned and other noted
or notorious astronomers. It is an &c
centric, erratic exotic, scootng through
gully space at rate of speed that has
ordinary chained lightning frayed to a
FRAGILE. 1t comes from nowhere in
particular andf is going nowhere in
particular. just like an earthbound
tramp. but # travels considerably fast
er than any Weary Wilhelm of this
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-12
ACCUSED P|CKETS
GIVEN NEW CELLS
Men Removed from City Prison
to East Side Station to
Still Complaints

Police officers at central police head
quarter were deluged yesterday with
visitors to see the forty-eight strikers
who are in the city jail in default of
$50 bail apiece on charges of violating
the anti-picketing ordinance. Long
before 10 o'clock the corridors of the
building were well filled with friends,
relatives and sympathizers of those in
Jail. Many of the visitors had pack
ages of fruit, cigars and other luxUries
for the prisoners.
Chief of Police Galloway, accom-
panied by representative of the board
of health, made an inspection of the
Jail after several complaints had been
made by the heads of the labor or
ganizations of the crowded quarters
in which the men were placed. AL
though it was determined that the san
itary condition of the Jail is good,
Chief Galloway ordered the men taken
to the East Side station. There twenty
were placed in each cell and each
prisoner will have a cot to sleep on.
No arrests were made yesterday for
violations of the picket ordinance.
Ben Emend, a striker who is charged
with picketing, secured continuance
os his trial from yesterday to Sep
tember 80.
Andrew Gallagher, secretary of the
San Francisco labor council, visited
Captain Lehnhausen yesterday and
asked to be allowed to inspect condi-
tions in the jail. Upon being denied
that privilege, Gallagher stated he
would take the matter up with the
mayor.
Jailer John H. Shand, in speaking of
the protests made by the strikers
against the sleeping quarters and the
food they receive in the Jail, said:
"All the men imprisoned in the jail
until yesterday, when they were taken
to the East Side station, had beds.
They were in the upper tank, where
there are forty-four cots. I placed
five more cots in the middle of the
tank. The men had all the privileges
and even more than other prisoners
now in the city prison."
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-12
THIEF OVERLOOKS RICH
WALLET; GETS IS CENTS
Thug FeIIs Hotel Night Clerk but
Is Frightened Away

Early yesterday morning an un-
masked highwayman entered the st.
Elmo hotel at 343 North Main street
and held up C. e. Wagner, the night
clerk. He secured rs cents, which he
took from the pockets of Wagner after
he had knocked him to the floor.
Wagner was sitting at the desk when
the man entered shortly past 8 o'clock.
"Got any money in here?" he asked
Wagner.
When Wagner replied that he had
none, the robber commanded him to
open the safe. The clerk refused, say
ing that he did not know the combina-
tion, whereupon the thug struck him
a blow in the face which felled him
to the floor.
The thief was evidently frightened
away, as a wallet containing 5000 in
currency, which was in a closet in the
office, was not touched, and consider
able money in the cash register was
undisturbed.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-12
EIGHT VOTERS LISTEN
TO SPEECH BY ELDRIDGE
Leader of Solid Three Informs
CoIegrove He Has No Need
to Apologize

"Tus" Eldridge, leader of the motor
ious solid Three" of the Los Angeles
county board of supervisors, push"
Republican seeking the nomination for
reelection in the face of tidal wave
of opposition resulting from his sub
serviency to the push" and his de-
fiance of the taxpayers, was his own
press agent at Colegrove last night,
where, after waiting for a "crowd' to
show up, he delivered himself of a
Photographic Grafton explaining his
career as a supervisor.
"Tus" was accompanied by man
named Baird, who spoke for two hours
and a half, or until the 'crowd' went
away and left him only the night air
to commune with, when he discovered
the futility of his vaporings and
lowed by the gloomy and disappointed
"Tus.'
"Tus" was greeted by about thirty
personS-most of them women and
children. There We're only eight voters
present, not counting the homesick
members of the brass band which
"Tus" engaged to draw a ''crowd" to
the place Seeing that even the charms
of band music couldn't soothe the saw
age breast of the irate citizens of Cole
grove and that the "croWd" would not
be forthcoming "TuS" began his ora
torical effusion by saying that he had
absolutely nothing for which to apollo
gize. He then apologized for practical
ly everything he has done, and 'ex-
planned" and Justified" his notorious
actions as a supervisor without really
explaining anything
"While / say l amt got nothing to
apologize for he said, 81 want to ex-
plain about that road to Bungalow
land"
ELDRIDGE's "NOWHERE ROAD"
And then "Tus" dove off into a
wordy explanation of why he built
the "road to nowhere" which cost the
taxpayers of Los Angeles county more
than $50, 900 and is used by no one ex-
cept a real estate firm in which Ell
bridge is interested and which sells
lots up in the Laurel canyon district
"Tus" again apologized by stating
that at the time he spent the tax
PAYERS money to build this useless
highway he was not interested in the
bungalow Land company; but" he
explained latter l had got the road
built l saw an opportunity to make
money, and like any good business
man | bought stock in the company.
That's all there is to that affair."
"Tus" then apologized for few of
his other acts and tried to explain how
he spent the $39, ,924.O2 which the su-
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-12
OF WESTERN
UNION INSPECT LINES
Plan Improved System of Caring
for Traffic on the Com
pany'S Wires

c. H. Gaunt, the newly appointed
general superintendent of the Pacific
division, Western Union Telegraph
company, accompanied by H. F. Dodge,
division comrhercial superintendent,
and H. c. Chase, division superintend-
ent of traffic. arrived in Los Angeles
yesterday in the company's private car
Electric, on a general tour of inSpec-
tion of this portion of the company's
lines. They are guests at the AleXan-
dria, where they will remain for the
next few days while inspecting and re-
organizing local conditions.
These three men, the commanders of
the Western Union on the Pacific coast,
represent reorganization which has
recently taken place in the manage
ment of that company. Hereafter the
affairs of the company, under the gen.
eral executive supervision of Mr.. Gaunt,
will be directed by three division super
intendents. One of these is Mr.. Dodge,
commercial superintendent Another is
Mr.. Chase, traffic superintendent, and
the third is a division superintendent
of plant, who has not as yet been
named. This new method of running
the Pacific division places the super
vision of the service under three sepa-
rate executive heads, and while the
new scheme is in the nature of an ex-
pertinent, 1t is believed it will prove
highly successful and of benefit to the
public.
81 expect this system to work to the
advantage of ALL" said Mr.. Grant last
evening, "for it simplifies everything.
Under our new executive organization
we purpose instituting improvements
wherever they will be of value to the
public"
Mr.. Grant has for the past eight
years been superintendent of telegraph
of the Santa Fe system and assistant
general manager of the Santa Fe pa
rent lines out of Chicago.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-12
FIDELIA SINGERS PLAN
CONCERT AND VAUDEVILLE
Arion Chorus to Assist Turner'S in
ChoruseS at Chutes

The Fidelia Singing society, assisted
by the Arion chorus and the singing
section of the Turner's, will give a
concert and vaudeville program Sun
day at the Chutes, which the Fidelia
society has leased for the day.
The principal features will be the
rendition of the songs the Los An
geles choruses will sing at the San
Francisco saengerfest of the national
saengerbund, to be held the latter
part of this month. Especial interest
has been given to the San Francisco
meeting of the German-American sing
ing societies because the emperor OF
Germany has offered a $3.50 gold cup
and the emperor of Austria $1,000
gold trophy, which will be awarded
as prizes to the individual societies
which sing the best during the fest.
A hundred singers belonging to the
Los Angeles societies will take part,
and they will make efforts to win one
of the prizes and to secure fof Los
Angeles the next fest of the bund.
The songs Sunday will be under the
direction of S. G. Hagan, director of
the Fidelia DR.. Fritz Reiser, director
of the Arion, and l.. Thomas, leader
of the Turner'S. In addition to the
singing and the vaudeville program
other amusements will be prov:ied.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-12

pervisors levied on the Cahuenga road
district. He said he wanted to give
$6655.77 of this money back to the city
and tried to explain why the city
wouldn't accept 1t.
"Tus" apologized for having accepted
the highest bid to furnish the hall OF
records He started in on another un-
explanatory explanation, and then
seemed to forget his subject, for the
explanation was not forthcoming and
he was soon sidetracked into foWery
discussion of his own personal charms
and the reason fol his imaginary
popularity" which Baird, the talk
atiVe politician who accompanied
"Tus," declared would result in Ell
bridges reelection.
When the lights were all turned out
and everyone had gene home, includ-
ing the brass band, it was reported
that Baird could still be heard dis
cussing "the great work. done by
"Tus,' as a supervisor, but the political
reporter for The Herald was by this
time looking for a drug store and did
not go back to confirm the report
So ended another chapter in the po-
litical career of the Hon: ''rus" Ell