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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-04-15
SCIENTISTS AND LIFE.
Ministers and Gardeners 0utlive Men in
Other Occupations.

Nobody lives so long as the parsons.
Gardeners run them close, and brewers
draymen come Mt the bottom of the
list" said DIR. Rhe:nhardt in a recent lee.
ture in London. on The Duration of
Life" AN interesting theory has been
put forward" he continued. that chill.
dren of young father will not make
good soldiers, but are marked by supe-
rior intellectual ability; and with n still
older father the children will have
marked philanthropic tendencies. This
theory barmonizcs TO a great extent with
the dictum of ConfuciuS. Longevity is
much commoner in southern Europe than
in northern climes. Bulgaria, with n non.
ulation of 3,000000 has more than 5000
centenarians leading the lives of useful
citizens"
Prof. William Bateson. speaking On
the heredity of sex, said that from exper-
| imeutS they had made with insects and
birds they approached the popular view
that daughters would he like the father
and the sons like the mother.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-04-15
Better Than Fisherman's Luck.

Two brothers named Leveague were
out on the St. Lawrence one afternoon
about three years ago when they saw n
strange gray object in the water. Be
heving that it was some form of animal.
they fred two shots at it. and then
hauled it into the boat. Recently one Of
the brothers called at the state labora-
tory and learned from State Chemist
Howard that it was ambergris and worth
$25.oNl. 1t weighed thirty-eight pounds.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-04-15

Mayor Gaynor of New York has We
toed the ordinance recently passed by the
Board of Aldermen of that city providing
for the tagging of cold storage products
with the date on which they We're placed
in the refrigerating warehouses He de-
slares that the ordinance could not be
enforced, because inspectors could not
follow the goods through retail channels.
The Danes get around this difficulty
when they place the dates on eggs
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-04-15

President Taft has thrown the weight
OF his influence in favor of the enact
ment by Congress of legislation which
will provide for publicity of campaign
contributions. Wisconsin has such a law
and public condemnation of the lavish
expenditures in the last senatorial cam
paign is certain to have the effect of
lessening campaign expenditures in this
state hereafter.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-04-15
The Best Burning Woods.

Contrary to widespread belief that
hard woods give more heat in burning
than soft varieties, the scientists at
Washington are contending that the
greatest heating power is possessed by
the wood of the linden tree. which is
very soft. Fir stands next TO linden. and
almost equal TO it. Then comes pine.
hardly inferior to fir and linden. while
hard oak possesses 8 per cent. less heat
ing capacity than linden, and red beech
10 per cent. less---Domestic Engineering
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-04-15

The decision of Judge Higbee in the
fishing trespass case at Sparta is of
great Importance to anglers through
out the state of Wisconsin, who
have frequently been estopped from
fishing by the owners of proper
ty abutting on rivers. Several far
mers through whose lands "A trouting
stream flows entered into an agreement
to exact from anglers fee for fishing
privileges of one dollar per day, or ten
dollars for the season. as recompense for
possible damage through trespass.
They brought suit against an angler who
refused to pay the fee, and Judge Higbee
awarded them damages TO the extent of
only one cent for trespass, without costs,
holding that the public has right to
fish in navigable stream by entering
the same either by wading or by beat
from n public highway or from public
ground, so long as it keeps off the banks
of such streams; that the owners of lands
| have no title to either the water or the
| fish, as their rights to the stream are
subject to public usage. This decision
will give anglers rights which have been
denied them in may instances and in
| cidentally increase the sales of high rub
| Der boots
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-04-15
Restoring RuSSia's Navy.

The Russian admiralty has ordered
Inc construction OF two submarines OF
Gt3 tons each capable of making twelve
knots an hour when submerged and six.
teen knots on the surface. The admiralty
has also asked the Duma for a first in.
Stallment of S4,4J0.000 of the SIP, 600,
900 intended for the Improvement Of
Russian naval works in order TO make
possible the construction OF the Dread
nought squadron. the keels for which
were laid In June
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-04-15

Does the United States want to estab-
lish a protectorate over Liberia? Would
it be consistent with American protesta-
tions since the first PRONUNCIATION of the
Monroe doctrine? Would it not be sure
to lead to embarrassmentS and compiler
SONS? How much better it would be
for the United States to refer to The
Hague tribunal the settlement of Iibe-
rian boundary disputes. That sort of
thing is what The Hague tribunal is
for
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-04-15

Chicago's hatpin ordinance is in force,
and one woman has been fined dollar
and costs for using a pin which pro
truded from her hat several inches, and
which scratched a mans face during
jostliDs on a crowded street. The long
hatpin must go.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-04-15

The engagement of the Princess Gle
mentine of Belgium to Prince Victor Ma
pOleon will be looked upon with particu-
lar interest in the present unsettled po-
lihcal condition of France. There are
imperial possibilities as well as royalst
possibilities in the future. Anything is
possible in France
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-04-15
Girl Held for Ransom

Kidnapers are believed TO he h" .9 ~
OF George Rudd, a wealthy mer.i4I.'
strangely missing from her Bronx ls. .:.
Mr.. Rudd received letter saylH-
daughter was being detained penoiA--. ~, ~
offer to pay a ransom for her t''. .-,-r
The child vanished after she LETT Wv,
companions on the way home
school
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-04-15
Visited the Pope.

Recently Mgr Ambrose Agius, al g..
tolic delegate to the Philippines; was ,5. u.
ceived IN private audience by the I w.
who engaged his visitor in eordlal ,.1.
yersation for half an hour, eN.A-- =
keen interest in the spiritual conld'l .'' .ts
the people of the Islands and IL
progress of the church's work.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-04-15

Prosecutor Garvin of Jersey City APP
piled to Governor Fort of New Jersey
for extradition papers for j. Ogden Ar
mour. If Carver succeeds in getting the
Chicago packer 10 appear for trial in
New Jersey, who will be left with pub
lie spirit enough to institute proceedings
for breaking up the farmer trust,
which, Mr.. Armour says, is starving the
ceopleI
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-04-15

Commenting on the recent murder of
a girl and the burning of her body in
house CRATE, the New York World calls
attention to the fact that the police rec
ords of that city show that seyenty-seven
girls from fifteen to seventeen years of
age have been reported missing from
New York homes since the 10Th of
January last Twenty of these cases
were reported confdentially and no re-
turns have been made for public record.
Fifty seven were made subjects of gem
eral alarm, and forty-two of the girls
returned or were found. The World
rightly asserts that vigilance on the part
of parents as to the whereabouts of their
children is the essential step for the pre-
vention of crimes against young women.
This is true in general, but was not es-
pecially true in the particular case to
which the World refers.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-04-15

The death of Mrs Allan Macnaugh-
son, known to the reading world as Alma
Kelly, cuts short promising career
She possessed a genius for observation
and description Nobody else has writ
ien of the foreign immigrant types in the
New York public schools with the knowl-
edge the sympathy and the dramatic
and graphic art that she displayed. She
will be widely mourned by thousands
from New York TO San Francisco, who
have been accustomed to look to her
stories for instruction as well as de-
light.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-04-15

Ex-President Roosevelt has escaped
from Egypt without being made the vic
tim of native fanaticism, whereat his
friends the world over will breathe signs
Al relief
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-04-15

Rear Admiral Bacon of the British
navy advocates the construction of larger
battleships because in his opinion, with
proper subdivision of the hull, they are
not as likely to be sunk as a result of
torpedo attack as the smaller ship. There
as something in this, as the weight OF
armament carried by a large ship is not
proportionately as large as that on the
smaller ship But it must not be over.
looked that the torpedo is becoming more
powerful under the develop of inventors
and the damage they intlict may be be
yond the ability of even the best of com
Partmented hulls TO withstand
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-04-15

The opinion of Consulting Engineer
Burdick of Chicago, expressed in a pa
per read before the pure water con-
vention of the cities in Mhicigan, Indi-
ana. Illinois and Wisconsin which border
on Lake Michigan, that waterworks in
takes should not be located in water
less than twenty feet deep, may convey
suggestion to the Chicago authorities
who are seeking to purify the lake in
the vicinity of Chicago by sending the
city's sewage down to the Illinois and
Mississippi rivers. The cost of pipe and
the laying thereof from Chicago to a
point northward where deep water ex-
lists is easily ascertainable, and it might
be so ridiculously small in comparison
with the cost of constructing a slhp
canal for sewerage purposes that the
taxpayers would jump at the proposition,
This is the age of iron and steel, and
submarine workers can place pipe in
water so deep that impurities could not
find their way into them.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-04-15

Americas envoy extraordinary TO the
beautiful Italian city confronting We
suvius will ignore half of the old prov
erb-he will ''See Naples and live"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-04-15

The Board of Education Of New York
Is discussing the ACCESSIBILITY OF taking
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-04-15

\ retired mon manufacturer who has
had great success III raising mushrooms
IN Kansas closes an account of his
achievements with the following: "Ev-
eryone who comes out here asks me how
40 tell a mushroom from a toadstool.
You can peel a mushroom. but you can't
peel toadstool. That is a certain test.
Then, too, the plants differ in shape, the
soadstool being more conical" OG-hand
information Of this kind is valueless and
dangerous. There are poisonous mush.
rooms-so-called toadstools-that can be
peeled, and edible mushrooms that resist
peeling; and there are edible as we'll as
poisonous mushrooms with conical cans
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-04-15

The story comes from Gary that that
mushroom city stole a march" on East
Chicago, which had designs on adion-
ing territory, looking toward numerical
superiority in the approaching census.
a-d which had annexed Whiting and
Hammond. The Gary council held a
special meeting and annexed East Chi
eago in haste. fearing that East Chi
cago councilmen might work the same
trick on Gary, and they thus took in the
three places at one swOop. But where
do the people of the Calumet region
come in? Are they legal shuttlecocks
for a game of battledore between Gary
and East Chicago? Evidently the game
is not over, by any means. unless the
Calumet region loves Gary more than
it loves its rival municipality with an
neXation propensities
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-31
big DEMAND FOR
THE MOTORCYCLE
Joe HOLE, HarIey=Davidson
Agent, Has Difficulty in Fill
ing All His Orders

Joe Hole, local agent for the Harley
Davidson motorcycles, reported yester
day that the outlook for business was
hne, but that he was greatly handi-
capped in not being able to get the
machines with which to make deliver
les. In speaking of this trouble.
Hole said that for two or three
months after the receipt of his Harley
Davidson demonstrator orders came in
from people, who in turn had been
compelled to wait two or three months
for their machine
Most OF these purchasers have
waited patiently, as after once inves-
tigating the Harley Davidson they
were so pleased that they would
rather wait than take substitute.
HOLE reports the sale of Harley
Davidsons to c. Z. Houseman, DR.. F.
". Elworthy. Z. j. Curran, Lewis
Chamberlain. DR.. T. p. Stokes, H. Con-
boy. William Z. Fisher, NJ Z. Kres-
tellar F. G. Sloan, Homer l. lie Ban
mister. Fred Ernst and a number of
Others.
In speaking of the Harley-Davidson
Hole said:
Probably the most important fea-
ture is the new patented belt tight
ener, allowing a free engine. as the
belt can be loosened so that the engine
viii run independently. allowing of
starting and stopping with ease al any
time"
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-31
IGNITION DISPLAY
ATTRACTS PUBLIC
Demonstration Stands on View
at Bosch Branch House Show
Workings of Magnetic

The Bosch Magnetic company is
thoroughly interested in motorcycles
and it is surprising the number of the
popular and record breaking machines
that have this equipment.
The company, in its new branch in
this city, has one of the most interest
ing and instructive demonstrating ig-
milton displays that has ever been
placed before the public. This display
is for the public and any one, from the
owner of a machine costing thousands
of dollars to the owner of the cheapest
motorcycle, is welcomed
Manager Brinkman said yesterday
We carry 126 different kinds of ig-
milton that can be used with the Bosch
magnetic, and hope all those who are
interested in ignition will make them
selves at home at our salesroom. We
have these demonstration stands for
their benefit"
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-31

Members of the association OF auto
mobile manufacturers, which includes
the makers of so American cars; and
the importers of three European built
machines, have. decided to embark on
a campaign for the 'reforma tion of some
of the descriptive words and terms used
in the automobile business. The term
commercial car" as applied to freight
carrying machines. is considered mis-
use of the term from the fact that all
automobiles are commercial and prac-
ticable. The expression pleasure cars"
for automobiles to carry passengers is
ion seems to be that in future automo-
biles should be termed passenger auto
mobiles" and freight automobiles" just
as the railroad companies term their
equipment freight cars" and "passen-
ger cars.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-31
LARGE Shipment
OF "EXCELSIORS
7. A. Skinner, Manager of Coast
Branch, Tells of Demand
for Motorcycle

The arrival. contests and demonstra-
tions of the new models of the motor
car TO certain extent. throw the
motorcycle in the background, but in
its own sphere these are of equal i'm
nortance. The Excelsior supply COM
pany's branch in this city reports the
arrival of a carload of the popular Ex-
celsior autocycle of the latest model,
and several other carloads on the way.
This little machine was first placed
on the market two years ago by firm
which had more than 80 years of good,
solid backing and it Immediately be-
came popular The Excelsior supply
company, when placing the machine
before the. public" said T. A. Skinner,
manager of the Pacific coast branch,
made sure that the machine was reli-
able and what they claimed for 1T. This
fact has done everything in placing the
machine in the position 1T occupies in
the motorcycle world today. So thor
ough was the work of the designer
that but few minor changes have been
made in the 1909 and 1910 models.
i''The Excelsior: has a shock absorbing
spring; fork, which does away with a
great deal of the jar and vibration due
to the .unev enness @of~ the rad and also
affords "A degree of safety greatly to
be desired The motor has a: piston dis
placement close to 1880 cubic: inches
and is oonservatfvely rated at four
horsepower. although every motor sent
out from. the factory in Chicago is re-
quired to show considerably in excess
Of: this power. The cylinder is cast
complete. in. one piece; which is: bene-
fetal In the avoidance of,lea kage where
cylinder and. head are cast. separate.
: The company. reports that business
has been most encoura ging i'm the Ex-
celsior- line and that a number OF ma
chimes just. received will be delivered
Immediately. The little machines win
arrive in carload lots at intervals of
every two or three weeks to enable the
company to make immediate deliveries.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-31
INDIAN PROVES A
BURNER OF Speed
c. c. Hopkins Calls Attention to
Track Records of This
Motorcycle

The cry for speed Isl heard on.=all
sides. whether 1t be from the owner of
motor car or ef a motorcycle. In
speaking of this fact yesterday. c. c.
Hopkins, local agent of the Indian mo-
torcycle, said:
Inquiries are constantly being made
as to the speed of the Indian and as TO
what it is really capable of doing
Conditions vary, and the best confpari-
son can be made. from track records.
The 2 q horsepower machine has gone
at the rate of So miles an. hour. the
horsepower has a record of more than
66 miles an hour; the horsepower has
done more than 69 miles an hour, while
the horsepower has made mile at
the rate of sac miles an hour and a
single lap of "a third of a mile at 90.91
miles an hour. On the road speed
would naturally be much less but in
the same proportion"
The experience of DIR. r. A. Workman
of Woodward, Okla, who uses In
dian in his practice. is interesting. He
writes:
II have found the motorcycle to be
the thing for physicians when the roads
are hard and there is not too much sand
and mud, as they will go anywhere any
vehicle will. if the road is hard and
firm. l had a luggage carrier put on
my machine and can carry my grip
or case on it. find it the best that is
for night calls, as all that is necessary
is just to jump on and hike. out. There
is no harnessing a horse.~ In fact,
can make a call in town and be back
and in bed in the time it would take
me to hitch up.
And talk about speed With one of
the new motorcycles you can make so
miles an hour. If the road permits.
That is the worst feature about motor
cycles@you get the speed mania and
want to go so fast that it is dangerous;
but if you can hold yourself down to
right,
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-31
, ,.-...-- ALlN 1G
TRADE INCREASING
IN MOTORCYCLES

Among the motorcycle dealers and
motorcycle supply houses in this city
probably none is better known that
John t. Bill & Co. This company, which
is agent for the Reading Standard and
Pierce motorcycles, reports splendid
business both in sales of machines and
in supplies,
splendid business is not only en-
joyed, in this city, but the branch in
Los Angeles has found it necessary to
move into larger and more convenient
quarters in order to take care of its
customers and owners at 953 -955 South
Main street. The change takes place
August /.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-31
MOTORCYCLE CLUB
IS MAKING GOOD
Local Organization Deserving of
Support of Every Owner
of a Machine

The San Francisco motorcycle club
has done some good work during the
last year. The members of the club.
who are among the most enthusiastic
in the state, have held some of the
most interesting races ever given on
the coast They are sorholding many
club runs. which viii do much for the
movement for good roads. Every owner
Of a motorcycle should feel it his duty
to join the club.
EASTERN TRIP STOPPED
Word has been received from the
two transcontinental riders. H ID.
Johnson and j. HelEeson, who recently
left Los Angeles that the tour has
come 10 a halt on account of Johnson s
collapse. The cause of the latter's ILL
ness was the condition of the roads
over which the tourists travelled and
the heat Johnson writes that the
raging fever sapped his strength until
he was compelled to place himself in
the hands of a physician. He is at
Fossil, Ore, where his physician says
he must remain for at least 80 days.
Helgeson waited until Johnson was
better and then continued his trip by
rail- to Minneapolis. Johnson wrote:
7 hope to continue my trip by Au-
gust 10, but must have a free engine
attachment on my machine before /
attempt it. The Indian 1 have is a
splendid machine, powerful, reliable
and strong. but on these roads. one
must have some means of starting the
engine in bad places. With a free en-
gine clutch can start up anywhere.
THE machine has stood up splen-
didly. In all this hard trip from Los
Angeles. over 800 miles of the worst
roads in the west. I have spent but
ST for repairs. That was for FIVE
spozes broken in the rear wheel. Have
had no engine trouble whatever nor
any with the frame
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-31
BIG BUSINESS IN
THE "G AND j" TIRES

C. E. Starratt. Pacific coast manager
of the G and tire company says:
THE general public does not appre-
ciate the volume of business there is
in motorcycle tires. The coming sea-
SON there. will be built about 10000
motorcycles. The first tire equipment
will amount to fully a $1,000. 900. so
adding to this the fact that at least one
other set will be used for each machine.
and new ones for the machines in ex-
istence, the trade will go over the
$4,000, 900 mark
"Of the factory equipment for this
year. the G and T company has secured
fully 80 per cent"
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-31
THOR MACHINE is NOW
VERY MUCH IMPROVED

A. Freed, the Pacific coast agent lor
the Thor motorcycle. is more than en-
tbus,astic over his models for this sea-
con In speaking of them. he said:
1--WE have something special IN our
belt drive and our magnetic
model. Up to this season factories were
slow in bringing out anything radical
~This year. after Thoroughly trying
ont the machines that they are now
offeriag. they became satisfied that they
baa the best that could be built. anu
then sent them out.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-31
NEW MODEL MERKELS
GREAT ON THE HILLS
Louis Heise Enthuses Over the
Many Refinements

Although the Merkel motorcycle has
earned a high place among its contem-
pOraries for power and speed and has
established itself as without peer
for hill climbing. the new models that
are coming into the city bid fair TO
surpass all former records. Louis Heise
the San Francisco agent for the ma
chine. says.
The Merkel people have already
demonstrated what their machines can
do. There was nothing the matter with
the Merkel single and when the twin
came in every one sat up and took
notice There are a number of i'm
provements in the new models that are
coming in that viii. in my mind. shove
the Merkel far above all of them.
There is no question about the SUI
periority OF the machine for hill climb
ing, and with the new type / don't
think there will be much question about
anything else"