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Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-15
LETTERS TO AUNT LAURIE
FROM NEPHEWS AND NIECES
Continued from Page Four

and motioned me to take the one on
her right-a ruby for chair. When
we were seated fairies of every descrip-
tion entered the doors and stood in
front of us, awaiting the wish fairys
order.
Now, Fairy Echo" said the wish
fairy to me- "for that will be your
name after this, tell these fairies
what you desire most of all and it will
be given to you"
Just as / was about to speak l
felt myself falling, and looking around
l could see no fairies at all. but / had
fallen out of the hammock, where / had
fallen asleep oyer my book of fairy
tales. Oh, how l did wish my dream
was true, wouldn't you, dear Aunt
Laurie, if it had been you?
JESSIE Ola UDINO.
jefferson Street school, IA grade. Age
0 years. 663 West Thirty sixth place.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-15

brake and the very best tires and a
double bar.
Then | wished 1 had a motorcycle
and when l got home that night father
had one for me. / had lots of fun on
the motorcycle. Then I wished l had
an auto. l went home to see If / had
an auto, but / did not get any. My
father told me l was too young to own
an automobile.
My father said that there was wish
fairy getting the things for me.
IVAN CUNDIFF.
SaWtelle, Cal
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-15
FATHER WAS THE WISH FAIRY

Dear Aunt Laurie:
Once | wished l had a bicycle, and
my father went up to the bicycle shop
and bought me one. l was glad. l
rode all over the country. l went to
the beach and everywhere. After
while l got a new one with a coaster
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-15
CHANGED INTO OLD WOMAN

Dear Aunt Laurie:
Once there was a wish fairy, and
whatever she wished for she had. Once
she wished she had an ice cream
stand, so one appeared before her and
the day turned warm. 1t was the only
CONTINUED on Page Elght)
New-York tribune., 1910-05-09
MILLION OVER ESTIMATE
Corporation Tax Receipts Large
IL Exceed MacVeagh' S Figures.

Washington, May s.-Receipts from the
corporation tax will exceed by nearly 81
eg,a,6o0 Secretary MaeFeagh's estimate of
So, ,o5o, 600, made early in December This
is the latest calculation made b. the in
ternal revenue Office, which has almost
completed the examination Of the returns
from corporations on which, the tax is as
sessed When business closed last week
S25319,7 rs had been assessed. Half a mill
ion more is expected. The figures given art
subject TO revision, but the changes will
not be material.
There was a general disposition mani
tested by corporations to comply with the
law requiring returns to be made, said
Mr.. Cabell, the Commissioner of Internal
Revenue. About 10000 returns, represent
ing 275.0o0 corporations, were made. -Four
hundred thousand corporations were listed
when the law imposing the tax became
great number such as mutual savings
banks and beneficial and fraterral organ
izations. We're exempt from the provisions
OF the law
Included in the inactive corporations We're
great numbers Of mining and Development
companies OF mushroom growth which had
operated largely in the Southwest. Their
places of organization or charter mostly
were in tie East, although many were
started in New Mexico. Strikingly few will
full violations OF the Law in not making re-
turns were reported, and the penalty list
will not be very large.
New-York tribune., 1910-05-09

civil divisions will be completed. c. Dana
Curand, director Of the bureau, announced
to-day that no preliminary official state
nlents will be issued by the bureau until
the established count for each Of the
different areas has been made There will
be no rough counts or 'approxima tions -
he added. and TO sacrifice Of accuracy for
haste
LIE Grand Powers. chief statistician OF
the Census Division of Agriculture does
not expect to publish any informa ton re-
garding the farm census of 1909 until Sep
tember Is, when he may issue the first pre-
lilhinary bulletin. giving for each state and
territory the totals derived from the tabu
lation separately of general farm data. the
principal crops and the livestock on farms
and ranges.
William NJ. Stewart. chief statistician Of
the Census Division of Manufactures has
received about 10000 of the $4,000 schedules
involved in the census of manufactures
mines and quarries. 1t is likely that an an
nouncement of the totals for the District
OF Columbia viii be made some time il,
June. Publication Will be made of the
completed returns for other areas as fast
a they are received and tabulated
New-York tribune., 1910-05-09
NEW ERA IN PUNISHMENT I ?
Criminal Lawyers Agitated Over
Supreme Court Decision.

Washington. May S-Crir1iral lawyers
throughout the country are said to be agi-
tated over the action of the Supreme Court
of the United States IN starting what IS
designated as a new era in the punishment
of crinainals-that of requiring punish
ments to be proportionate to the offence.
The agitation among the legal profession
arises from, the decision of the court last
Monday, when for the first time in its his
tory it set at liberty person convicted of
an offence because there had been inflicted
on him ''a cruel and unusual punishment
Tt was in the case of Paul Weeras. an Off
cial in the lighthouse service in the Philip
pines.
His case came under the bill of rights of
the island. The court announced that IL
must give the same Interpretation to that
bill Of rights as is given to the Eighth
Amendment to the Constitution. Thereupon
it proceeded to construe this amendment
prohibiting "a cruel and unusual punish
n1ent."
II was admitted that in the n1usty prece-
dents of the past the English speaking peo-
pie had used this phrase only to prohibit
TIE resort TO inhunlan methods for CAUSING
boGily torture. II had been used to pre-
vent return to the Roman custom of sew
ing q parricide into a leather bag with q
live dog, a cock, a, viper and an ape, an
casting it into the sea, and to the Englisl,
customs of disembowelling traitors and
burning alive females who committed trea-
son,
The court decided to regard these prece-
dents as milestones in the advance of civili-
zation. and not as limitations on the phrase
In the application OF a constitution
said Justice McKenna, in announcing the
decision of the court. "our contemplation
cannot be only of what has been, but OF
what may be-" This he based on the be
lief that otherwise the general principles
of the Constitution would have little value
and be converted by precedent into inpo-
tent and lifeless formulas Rights de-
clared in words said he, might be lost ir
realty"
New-York tribune., 1910-05-09
TO ASK AID Of HUGHES
TrainIoad of New Haven Com
muters to Visit Albany.
ANGRY OVER HIGHER RATES
Will Seek to Have Communication
Regulated by Public Service
Commission.

Not alone are the commuters in the
different towns along the New York, new
Haven & Hartford Railroad going to orins
injunction proceedings to prevent the com
pany from raising its fares, but 1t became
known to-day that a trainload OF repre-
sentative citizens from Mount Vernon Ne"
Rochelle, Larchmont, Mamaroneek rye
and Port Chester would go to Albany on
Tuesday to appear before Governor
Hughes to urge him to take action Ihe
delegation will ask Governor Hughes 10
send emergency message to the Legis-
latuFe urging the passage OF senator
Wainwright's bill. which will put the mat
ter of commutation rates on all raiiroaos
in this state in the hands Of the PUBLIC
Service Commission.
This measure will prevent the company
from raising it's rates The delegation 10
Albany will be made up OF members OF
the Westchester County Chamber of Com
n1erce and other civic bodies. headed by
Mayor Edwin W Fiske of Mount Vernon,
Mayor Colwell of New Rochelle ana the
heads of the different towns.
The statement given out by the New
Haven officials that the commuters should
be thankful that they had a railroad
through the suburban towns and that
there should be no outcry against the raise
of fare. because the company had been
losing money on it's communication tickets,
was laughed at by city officials to-day.
Mayor Fiske of Mount Vernon said:
THE statement of the company Is not
alone absurd, it is asiniue. There Is
no justification, in my mind. for the COM
pany increasing It's fares when the large
amount of traffic to the suburban towns is
considered. Why, the company wants 70
increase its Communication from Mount Yer
non to New York, a distance OF fourteen
miles, from S. 60 10 s6 rs, whereas on the
Harlem road you can travel from White
Plains 20 New York, a distance Of twenty
FIVE miles. for 81 IS a month on ccranuta-
ton! I think the New Haven should be
thankful that it has been allowed to make
it's improvements and its progress, to the
detriment of some of the communities. es-
pecially Mount Vernon"
Mayor Colweli of New Rochelle said:
This is the first time have heard that
the company has been losing any money.
I am not in q position to state whether the
company's statement is true or not, but
nevertheless, ] don't think 1t is right for
the company to carry the people out from
New York for the summer at the old rate
and then constantly raise the rates after
getting them there. I understand that the
company is not going to raise the rates or
straight fares, but on the fifty-trip tickets
This is because its fares are based on tbs
| 2-cent mileage basis fixed by law
New-York tribune., 1910-05-09
ROUGH RIDER" IN A CELL,
Out for Man Who Struck His Horse,
Pitches Into Wrong One.

John Clark, one OF Buffalo B!lls rough
riders was a prisoner in the Yorlrvtlle
police court yesterday. charged with an as
sault upon Nicholas Novalen. The conl-
plainant said Clark walked I'D to him in
Fourth avenue, near Madison Square Gar
den, early in the morning, and without a
word attacked him
Clark told the magistrate that he thought
Novalen was another person He said onc
of the Mexican riders in the show had
struck his horse on Saturday night with j
whip He said he took Novalen for the
Mexican, and pitched into him. Magistrate
kernochan fined Clark sS. Clark asked the
magistrate how long he would have to
serve, as he had no money, and was told
until Tuesday afternoon. Clark said he
would lose his job IL he remained away
The complainant said he was rot anxious
to have Clark punished, SO Magistrate Ker-
nochan reduced the fine to 81, and Clark
was soon freed
New-York tribune., 1910-05-09
BIGAMIST SINGLE MAN AGAIN
Count" Won Heldep to Losa
Even His Legal Wife

Count Royal Won HeIden will be ,
single man when he finishes his term a,
three years and three months. in sfnS
Sing. where he now languistes for rrueh
marrying Two Of the women v-to
brought about his conviction for bfxsr,z
Rave had their marriages TO mir, an,
rullsd. and she third also Is soon 10 ha
freed.
The different wives vsrs witnesses fo-
each other in their several suits uhie,
we're brought before Supreme Cor,r.
Justice Keogh. at White Plains Tn.
first wife was Miss Loretta O'NefII =,
Jersey City Justice Keogh now has IN.
testimony In her action for a divorce
and a decree will be. signed this week
Her witnesses were Miss Gertrude
Lewis. wife No. 2. OF Manhattan. who's,
marriage TO the count was annuIIe5 a
few months ago. and Miss Emily Bron1-
back. of Mount Vernon. who was the
last one to marry Won Helden. and who
also was freed from him BY Justics
Keosh.
Before Won Heldsn was arrested for
marrying Miss Bronback he vas stew
ard at the New Rochelle Yacht Clun.
and used TO give her lessons in swim
ming. He told her mother that he Eaa
heir TO an estate on the Rhine-
New-York tribune., 1910-05-09
READY FOR WORK ON CENSUS
Floor Space Of 10000 Square
Feet Needed for Force.

Washington. May s.-Like a vast war
ship the Census Bureau here has cleared
is decks for action" In addition to the
ig.aia building Of the bureau two others
have been leased. giving total floor space
Of $4,000 square feet. which is enough to
accommodate the permanent census clerks
and The temporary force OF three thousand
employees whose services will be required
during the coming summer only.
Tho enumcrators schedules have begun
to arrive. but Ii will be several weeks be-
fore official announcement is made Of the
total population Of any city in the country
The population of the cities will be the first
tabulated. after which the states ana :nInar
New-York tribune., 1910-05-09
MAY FREE HELEN BOYLE
Alleged Whitla Kidnapper May
Be Freed on Technicality.
fBy telegraph to The Tribune


Pittsburg, May S.-Felen Boyle, con-
victed of kidnapping Billy Whftla, OF
Sharon, ard who was sentenced to serve
twenty-fv years in the Western penl-
tentiary. may be released soon because
the attorney for the state is unable 70
interpose legal objections to the applioa-
tion for new trial
Mrs. Boyles attorney, Stephen q. Fof-
ter, in an appeal to the Superior Court
contended that the trial judge had erred
in allowing the case against Mrs. boyle
to go to a. jury, as it had not been proved
that any crime had been committed IN
Pennsylvania. and therefore the Mercer
County court had no jurisdiction.
In the answer opposing the application
for a new trial, which will be filed TO-
morrow, the states attorney ackno"i-
edges that the evidence fails to sno"
that Mrs Boyle committed any crime III
Pennsylvania This is the only point at
issue, and attorneys for both sides say
Mrs. Boyle must be released almost I'M
mediately.
New-York tribune., 1910-05-09
PHYSICIAN HELD AS FoRGER
Or. James T. Hardy Goes to Tombs
Prison, Failing of $4,000 Bondsman.

DIR. James T. Hardy. who was arrested
on Saturday night at his home in Larch-
mont OH Il charge Of forgery. was ar
raigned in the Tombs police court yester-
day. Detective AIiley, who arrested DR..
Hardy, made a short affidavit. in which
he charged that the prisoner uttered false
checks and obtained money on them. The
complainant in the ca is the Title Guar
antee and Trust Company. It is alleged
the defendant got about s7,0oA by forging
the name of his mother. Mrs. Oliver t
Hicks. of BROOKLYN
There was no examination by Masistrat te
Steinert into the merits of the charge the
only question considered being that of bail.
which was finally fixed at $1,000 Failing
to produce a satisfactory bondsman DR..
Hardy was taken to tbs TomDs prison,
New-York tribune., 1910-05-09

would stay in the hope of getting peek
at the new general of the army He came
in minute later. and Mr.. Lincoln ad-
vanced to meet him, holding out his hand.
AS they were shaking hands the President
said. General Grant, 1 believe this is the
first time we have ever met General
Grant hung his head and in a mod
est way replied: You are right Mr. Presi-
dent. you are right; this is the first time
We have met When they began their talk
left
In the Grant administration Mr.. Richards
was standing at Pennsylvania avenue and
9TH street one afternoon, when a negro boy
near him picked a cigar butt from the curb.
He put it in his mouth and remarked that
he would be all right If he had a light. A
man smoking q cigar was passing at the
time and the prchin accosted him and
asked for q light. The man accosted was
President Grant, VINO was taking a stroll.
He gave the boy match and proceeded on
his way. nodding his head in reply to the
thanks Of the young negro.
New-York tribune., 1910-05-09
SEE THEIR MOTHER TAKE AcII
Six Children at Dinner Table When
Parent Attempts Suicide.

In the presence OF her six children MrA
Mary Reilly, fifty years Of age. made an
unsuccessful attempt to commit suicide yes
terday by drinking a quantity OF carbolic
acid at her home, No. HOG First avenue
She was taken TO Bellevue Hospital, pris-
oner, after DR.. Bulkley. of the Presbyterian
Hospital. had attended her.
II was shortly after noon yesterday that
the woman made the attempt upon her life.
The six children, ranging In ages from six
to- sixteen years, were all seated at dinner,
when the two oldest, Mamie and George.
saw their mother, who was in the kitchen,
drink the contents of bottle. The chill
dren became alarmed and called in Patrol
man Egan, Of the East 67th street station.
He called an ambulance. and the quick
work of the surgeon undoubtedly saved the
woman's life. Worry over family troubles
is said to have been the cause of the
woman's act.
New-York tribune., 1910-05-09
URGES POLICE BUMP TEs-
Charity Employees Heads Also Should
Show Kindness, Says Welfare Leader.

Mrs. Lavinia Chapman Petherick, the 10
cal representative OF the international
Brotherhood Welfare Association for the
Relief Of the Unemployed, at the first Of
a series of Sunday afternoon meetings of
unemployed men yesterday in Odd Fellows
Hall, Forsythe street declared that the
heads OF policemen and those employed in
charitable institutions should be examined
by competent phrenologists before they
were hired, and that applicants should be
rejected unless they had a philanthropic
bump.
The clerical staffs of the charitable in
stitutions take no interest in the inma tes'
she said. "and as rule are far from
charitable themselves. The same thing ap-
plies to the police force. Policemen should
New-York tribune., 1910-05-09
AGED INVENTOR A SUICIDE
Models and Working Plans
Found Beside the Body.

Harry l.. Van syckle. seyenty-t"o
years old. and for sixty years q resident
of BROOKLYN. killed himself Yesterday at
his home, No. 249 Cleveland street, by
hanging in the kitchen. tying one end OF
the rope to water pipes near The ce1llns
and then stepping off q chair.
About him in the Kitchen were nodeis
and working plans Of gas and electrical
inventions which he had failed TO de-
velop, causing a encouragement which
he often said grew to be unbearable af-
ter the death of his wife and a daughter
in March and June of last year
New-York tribune., 1910-05-09
SERVED u. S. 49 YEARS
Charles N. Richards Oldest
Senate Empioye.
PRAISES PRESENT MEMBERS
Superintendent of Stationery
Has Fund of Interesting
Anecdotes.
tFrom TIE Tribune Bureau ]

Washington. May S.-Charles \. hlchaTos
has broken all records for length OF service
as an employe of the United States Senate
He has just begun his forty-seyenth year
as superintendent of stationery and his
forty-ninth year as a government off1clah
for he was clerk in the Postoffice De-
paTtnent for two years preceding his ap-
pointment to his place at the Capitol.
Only one Capitol ernploye has longer rec
ord of service than Mr. Richards. John
T. Chancey has held place in the House
OF Representatives for. more than fifty
years.
Mr. Richards entered the service OF the
Senate in May, 1854 Henry Wilson, after
New-York tribune., 1910-05-09
PEANUT RoAsTER ExPLoDEs
Several Pedestrians HaVe Narrcv
Escapes at Poughksspsie.

Pouzhkeepsie. y. 7. May An expIo-
sion OF a peanut roasting nachins IN Ma
ket street here this morning was followed
BY freak results Timothy Nolan. a yo1ng
man passing at the time. had enc Of his
shoes blown off and hts foot badly scalded
Edward Clayton. a pedestrian. near By. Rad
his watch blown out OF his pocket. and ar
UNKNOWN woman was spattered with gasc-
lene. which failed 70 burn. Several pedes-
trians had narrow escapessfrorn being bad. v
burned The explosion wrecked the ma
chine. and IT rained peanuts for the time
being
New-York tribune., 1910-05-09
FOUND HURT, HEAD ON PILLOW

BY Telegraph to The Tribune
Morristowr, N. J., May 3-Elmer Nc
Cleary, of No. as Taylor street. Washington
N. j., was found to-day critically injured ly-
ing beside the Lackawanna Railroad track
near Washington, with a pillow under his
head. His left leg was nearly cut off. he
was badly cut about the head and his body
was bruised 1t is thought he had been
struck by train, but the presence OF the
pillow under his head lends mystery TO
the case. The LackaWanna Railroad train
crew who found the man summoned q
physician, who brought him to the Me-
mortal Hospital here.
New-York tribune., 1910-05-09
FAVoRs HINMAN FOR GoVERNOR R
Judge Lynn J. Arnold Calls Him Lin
coin of Broome County.
TBv Telegraph 10 The Tribune

:
CooperstoWn \. Y. May Sat a dinner
given to about one hundred and fifty of his
friends at the Five Mile Point Inn here last
night. Judge Lynn j Arnold said that, he
favored the nomination Of State Senator
Harvey D. Human. OF Binghamton. as the
Republican candidate for Governor this fall
He described Senator Hinman as the Abra-
ham Lincoln OF Broome County, the right
hand man Of Governor Hughes. a man of
wide legislative experience, an ideal man
10 carry out the work already begun by
the present Governor.
The mention of Mr.. Humans name met
with the heartiest applause of those pres
ent Among them were included many of
the leading Republicans of otsego County
New-York tribune., 1910-05-09
BY TROLLEY TO LOUISVILLE

Utica. ~. Y, May s.-The longest electric
tour ever undertaken will be started by
tventy-ene residents OF Utica on Tuesday
morning The furthest objective point is
Louisville. and stops will he made az forty
cities and villages The party will trave
in special car equipped for the purpose
The object is 10 investigate park systems
waferuorks manufacturing plants ard n1u-
nicipaI government during the two weeks
trim
New-York tribune., 1910-05-09

have kind hearts. When they are applying
for positions on the force their puHps
should be examined by a phrenolos1St. ana
if they do not show a kind dispos'tion
should seek some other vocation
Free luncheon. consisting OF coffee ara
sandwiches. was served after the rneetns.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1910-01-12
FAME AND FORTUNE OFFERED
Rich Prize for Man Who Discovers
the Long-sought Cure for
tuberculosis.

DR.. George w. Bloomer of Yale uni
versity, acting as spokesman for an
anonymous giver, has announced that
prize of 100000 has been set aside,
to be awarded to the first person any
where in the world who discovers
cure for tuberculosis. The gift Is un-
conditional as to time, place, or kind
of cure, the only real condition being
that the new cure must have been in
constant use at least five years, and
that the promoter of the cure con-
vince the investigating board OF the
merits of his discovery.
A large number of physicians have
been working for years to perfect vac
cine, or antitoxin for tuberculosis, or
to find some agent, such as tuberculin,
which will assist in the cure of the dis
ease. Thus far, the experiments have
not furnished a product which will
either absolutely cure or prevent con
sumption, or render the patient i'm.
mune against the disease. Many OF
these serums have proved effective in
increasing the resistance of the pa
tient and thus helping in the cure, but
no scientist of repute to-day claims tc
have discovered a tuberculin which
will produce a cure without the com
bined aid of fresh air, rest and whole
some food.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1910-01-12
cOUGHED ALL NIGHT
riil This Recipe Was Tried. Cur

Followed In Hours.
A prominent medical man, who sui
fered with severe cough and cold
on the lungs, often being kept awake
all night, and weakened by loss OF
sleea, finally discovered a simple
form; ala which will cure any cough In
five sours by the clock. 1t is lax
alive tonic cough syrup which can
ee made at home by anyone and the
formula is here given for the benefit
of those who pass sleepless nights IN
painful paroxysms. Those who have
tried it say it is magical and beats
any high-priced, slow-act1ng cough
medicine ever sold.
Mix in bottle one-half ounce fluid
wild cherry bark, one ounce compound
essence cardiol and three ounces
syrup white pine compound. Take
twenty drops every half hour for four
hours. Then take one-half to one tea
spoonful! three or four times a day
Give children less according to age
This will tone up and rid the system
Of deep-seated coughs every time.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1910-01-12

Where Are Harry and Isabella Allen7
Harry is now aged 20 years, and his
sister, Isabella, aged IS years. The
children were taken in charge by the
Nebraska Children's Home society In
1897 from Grand Island, following the
death of the father, Silas Allen. The
mother is now in Oklahoma, and is
distracted because she cannot locate
her children, whom she has not seen
since they were taken by superintend'
ent of the society twelve years ago
who now refuses to tell their mother
where they are. If the children will
address P. o. Box 1913, Omaha, Nebr.
giving their own address, it will be
sent to their mother.