The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-20
PENN CELEBRATION
CAUSES COMMENT
Americans in London Are Criti.
cised for Tribute to Quaker's
Memory.
ACCUSED OF POOR TASTE
DR.. Osler, Advocate of Execution
of Old Men Reaching Age
Of 81 Years.
ACCUSED OF POOR TASTE
Special Cable to The Tribune.

SpcClal Caple 10 The Tribune.
LONDON. Aug. 1s-Some patriotic
Americans recently Joined in tribute
to William Penn. commenting on this
ono of the London papers hands out the
following hands across the sea" bou-
quets to them:
Tho slap-dash lmpulsiveness Of
American hero worship was well illus
trated by tho Pennsylvania society's
tribute to William Penn. Tho worthy
Quaker being indebted to the church for
his Imprisonment in Newgnte and the
Tower, his transatlantic admirers hit
on church as a suitable place for a me-
mortal TO him; and as he was a sworn
foe TO religious ceremonies and ritual OF
every kind. they chose the church where
he was christenod. Having carried out
this part of their business with the ap-
proval and patronage OF such Quaker
like Englishmen as Lord Charles 'Beres-
ford, the Pennsylvanlans journeyed to the
peaceful burial ground at Jordaps to de-
posit on Penn's grave hamboyant OBJ
ject composed OF ribbons and flowers
that was enough TO bring q hundred and
ifty venerable Quakers in horror from
their cofnns."
Spanish German Pact.
There is understood to be a secret
compact between Germany md Spain
and the opening Of hostilities would
probably find Frenchmen and Spaniards
While what is OF far more Importance
Germany would enjoy the hospitality of
the splendid Mediterranean ports Of the
peninsula, SO far as England Is con-
would be found raging In every quarter
Of the world, The strength of the Brit
ish feet. when compared with that Of
Germany, Is greater than two to one
Is. indeed, moro than a match for the
total naval strength of Germany. Brit
ain has naval force OF 500 ships of all
sorts, but many are poorly manned and
no actual experience.
Sir William osler Of Oxford some years
ago. expressed playful opinion that all
professors and public teachers should be
put to death painlessly on reaching the
age Of sixty. The idea was received with
much Indignation by people approaching
recently when the professor turned so 1t
lnepired an undergraduate bard to sing;
Brothers. am sixty one.
And my work on earth is done;
Peace should follow after storm,
Reach mo down the chloroform"
Professor Osler kept his sIxty-second
birthday, and is thus two years ahead Of
his own allotted span.
Vivisection Work.
During 1910 the number OF vivisection
experiments on animals In the British
Isles reached e5.731. or these. close on
5000 experiments were conducted with
anesthetics. and the remainder without,
1t was explained In the report Issued
on Saturday that in no case hnd cutting
operation more severe than q superficial
venessction been performed without an
esthetics. In no instance WIS q certin-
cate dispensing with the use OF anesthetics
allowed for an experiment involving a
serious operation.
In q very large number OF the expert
ments undertaken Without anesthe tics
the results are negative. and tho animals
suffer no inconvenience whatever from
the incubation. These experiments are
therefore entirely painless. In the event
Of pain ensuing MS the result OF an In
oculaion. tho animal must be killed
under anestheticS as soon as the main
result OF the experiment has been at
! tained.
| In the course Of cancer Investigations
during tho year nearly so, 600 experiments
were performed. mice being used for the
nnnEf mari.