The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-09-03


association, and President Furuseth OF
the Seamen's Union of America.
London-The American embassy is
seeking a description which will fiji
the young American who was taken
into custody after he had lost his
memory and was able to tell but little
concerning himself beyond that his
name was John DreXel. The physi-
clans who are observing him are OF
the opinion that he is improving men
tally and are hopeful his memory will
be restored.
Cherryvale, kan.-Dread of having
to return to school next Monday morn
! ing is believed to have induced Orley
Parsons, Is years old, to commit sui
eide at his mothers home here today.
He was the son of Mrs. z. Y. Parsons,
Paris-The latest surgical sensation
is an announcement introducing cleo
| tricity as a substitute for the knife.
Instead of being cut off with pain,
| the gangrened limbs will fall off mi
raculously, amputating themselves.
! High frequency currents, which have
found such marvellous applications in
! the therapeutics will perhaps revolu-
tionize shortly the whole of surgery.
l have been able, with powerful ap-
paratus," says Professor d'ArsonVai,
| ito pass into. the bodies q animals
high frequency currents capable of
raising their bodies to a very high
temperature. without any action on
their sensibility or muscular contrac-
tibility being noticeable. These ami
mails appeared to feel nothing. The
calorific effect resulting from. the
passage of the current was such that
the hinder members were in few
minutes literally roasted. 1t is extraor-
dinary," added the professor; ''the
animal manifested no pain: but few
days later the limbs dropped off, leay-
ing perfectly cicatrised stumps.'
Lisbon-A great sensation has been
caused by the seizure of valuable
cargo of smuggled goods at the navy
arsenal. The Seculo gives the follow
ing details. During the night the GUS
toms officials saw numerous carts
loaded with a quantity Of bales and
large cases coming out of the arsenal.
The carts were stopped and made to
return. On examination it was dis
covered that they were full of silk and
all kinds of tapestries, old china and
other stuffs of great value, the duties
on which on admission to Portugal
are enormous. Further Investigations
revealed the fact that the Portuguese
waTship, Vulcan, which had just ar
rived from Southampton, has been
loaded there with a cargo of valuable
goods. which had been smuggled into
the arsenal Several naval officers
are implicated. including the principal
director of naval construction at the
arsenal. In addition to their liability
of a fine calculated to exceed $25. 600,
the officers will be court-martialed.
The whole press is indignant at war
ships being used for smuggling pur-
poses. The ''mundO" declares that the
authorities have suspected for some
time that smuggling on a large scale
was being conducted through the ar
senal.
Cleveland, O.-Two boys playing
bandits were killed and anoter's arm
was broken when the roof of a treas
ure" cave they were digging in the
sand bank along Walworth run col |
lapsed.
Paris-A lady aviator, with the cur
ious name of Mile Abukaia, is in con-
slant conflict with the mayor of Etam- !
pes. in which town. or, rather, outside !
which town, she flies. Mr.. Mayor is
a sticlller for what he considers pro- |
Driety in dress. What may be suitable
in the air does not befit the earth.
Every day Mile. Abukaia puts on
llnickerbockers and overalls to fly. AS
long as she flies. we'll and good and
the mayor of Etampes has naught to
object. But she must come to earth
some time, and as there is no dressing
., dot i |
Just outside the town, she has to go
nome still wearing knickerbockers.
This shocks Mr.. Mayor Every day
Nile. Abukaia flies and every day as
she re-enters the highly respectable
city of Etampes in rational dress, an
official deputized by Mr. Mayor at the
takes a sumons out against
Ter for being improperly clad.
Berlin-Close, effective organization
s the secret of Germany's success, not
Ilone in the warfare of arms, but in
he struggle for commercial supremacy
nd the upbuilding of industries. When
t has been decided that a thing is
,ood for Germany it is put into eff
ect with as little circumlocution as
'ossible. In noeconomic line is this
ferman organization moved along
ractical lines and is more thoroughly
than in the means for the
inancing of the farmer and agricul-
ural land owner A matter, by the
Tay. which is seriously occupying the
linds of the governments in Europe.
he German system might also fur
ish some good ideas to America in
dvancing the back to the farm idea.
The business of advancing money
nder easy conditions to the owners of
cal estate is carried on here by three
lasses of institutions. The most i'm
ortant of these, in point of view os
lie scope of their transactions, are tho
lortgage banks, whose operations are
1iefly confined to towns They are II
rivate undertakings, but can only be ]
arted with the sanction of the state =
nd are at all times subject to its
Tict supervision. Next comes the !
which are voluntary as
'ciations of land owners on a Coop
'ative basis. They minister chiefly
} the financial eXigencies of the large
state owners Finally, there are the
nd banks based on the guarantee of
lie public revenues, which meet the
eeds of the extensive class of small
eeholders and peasant proprietors
lat exists in this country.
Dublin-The brewers and distillers
Ireland are face to face with a peril
hich far OutWeiGbS the hailed lovd