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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-16
SOME PERSONAL ITEMS.

What else happened that a Well in
formed citizen ought to remember asked
Busy Man.
THE British Royal Commission on Tu-
berculosis. after ten years OF investigation,
arrived at the conclusion that tuberculosis
in cows is the same disease as in man and
is communicable. Notwithstanding the the
DRY Of Koch to the contrary.
THE marriage OF Nine. Emma Eames
and Emilio de Gogorza was celebrated in
Paris.
carl Pearson was chosen TO be the first
professor of eugenics at the London Univer-
sty. The late Sir Francis Cation left
1926, 900 TO endow the chair.
THE Anglo-Japsnese alliance was mod-
fed to exclude the United States from
Great Britan's possible enemies, and the
life of the alliance was extended nearly
six years by a new version OF the treaty
which Sir Edward Grey, the British Sec
rotary OF State for Foreign Affairs, and
Count Kats.. the japanese Ambassador at
| London. signed.
THE quaint ceremony Of the investiture
| of King Georges eldest son as Prince or
Wales took place at Carnarvon Castle.
| THE Venezuelan government received
positive news that Cipriano Castro, the
exiIed President of Venezuela effected
landing at Castilletas Point on the west
coas, OF the Goajira Peninsula, which forms
the northwestern extremity OF Colombia
Castro was said TO have a following Of
about thousand men.
Supreme Court Justice Isaac \. Mills
flied in the Westchester County Clerks Of
sci, - N
Rudolf Tombo, jr., an associate professor at
Columbia College. and his wife, Mary AIDE
laide Tombo, on the ground that she was
insane at the time the contract was en-
tered into.
-. Pierpont Morgan added another IA
nous painting to his collection. This Is
Gainsboroughs portrait OF Miss Linton.
known as The Beauty OF Bath
"Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler resigned
! from the Board OF Directors OF the National
Educational Association.
THE engagement was announced of Miss
Doris Cooper, danughter OF Frederic Taber
Cooper an author. TO Brian Hooker libret-
list Of the opera Mona. which won the
$40 900 Metropolitan Opera Company prize.
THE marriage was announced OF Sir
Alexander McRobert. manager and director
of the Cawnpore Woollen Mills Company,
oof Cawnpore. British India. and Miss
Rachel Workman. daughter Of DR. w. NJ.
Hunter Workman, the noted explorer. and
Mrs. Fanny Bullock Workman. the noun
tain climber, OF Worcester Mass
James Whitcomb Riley. the Hoosier
poet. made "A present OF plot OF ground
to indianapolis, valued at $4,000. TO be
used as the site OF a new public library and
school administration building.
Deputy State Controller Julius Har-
burger filed with the Surrogates' Court the
tax appraisal of the estate Of Samuel l..
Clemens MARK Twain. Mr.. Clemens died
at his home In Connecticut on April 81.
1910. He left In this state and Connecticut
an estate agsregating N'l.l3s
"The will Of Abraham Abraham. the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-16

avenue Judson A. Brown. for thirtyf five
years the cashier and treasurer Of The
New York Herald died of heart disease
at St Georges, Bermuda. Professor Lyman
Dudley Smith, OF Hartford, Conn, commit
ted suicide by cutting his throat with a
pocket knife at Maine summer resort. His
health had been impaired and ii is believed
that the heat crazed him.
"A party Of Michigan judges, travelling
by automobile for a proposed six weeks
tour of the Adirondacks. the Berkshires. the
White Mountains and Maine. halted sudden
~ at Auburn. y. Y, when Justice Hooker
dropped dead from heart trouble, due TO the
heat. DR. Ralph r.. Gallinger, son or
United States Senator Jacob II. Gallnger
was killed in an automobile accident In
New Hampshire. William +. Stllings, at
one time Tammany district leader in the
23d District was discovered dead in the
bathroom Of his apartment at No. Sll St
Nicholas avenue He committed suicide
Frank z. Jordan. fifty years old. brother-in-
law OF Mrs Frances Hodgson Burnett, the
novelist. and Miss Edith tombstone, a sis
ter OF r. II. tombstone. manager OF the
United States Printing Company. OF North
Sd street, Brooklyn. were killed as the re-
suit of a collision between Mrs. Burnetts
car. in which Il party OF five was riding,
and "A construction trolley car OF the New
York & North Shore Traction Company,
near Roslyn. Long Island. James A. Petit,
president OF the Peavey Grain Company,
which operates string Of grain elevators
in the West and Northwest was found
drowned on the beach at Highland Park,
near Chicago, where he was spending the
summer with his family His financial af
fairs were seriously involved following the
recent corner in May wheat"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-16
WHEAT AND BROOMCORN.

Speaking OF wheat. n. G.. Conner, OF
Harper County, has five hundred acres Of
wheat which promises twenty bushels to
the acre, while he has a hundred acres
which will not go over seven 10 ten bush
els He was showing wheat two feet high
that had twenty stools to the plant.
The Campbell dry farming system is be-
ing given try-out by Gray County farm
ers Tom Markey OF Southwestern Gray
County, has forty acres Of wheat that was
summer fallowed last year, and which is
said to be the best in that part OF the
county.
r. V. Derry. OF Southern Gray County.
is another advocate OF the Campbell sys-
TEN. Narrowing ground when IL is dry
IL mistake when II Is liable to blow
said Mr. Derry but narrowing immedi-
ately after a rain will prevent IL from
blowing. Ploughed ground blows more
after a rain than when II has been left
undisturbed and without rain for some
time"
The broom corn acreage in Reno and Rice
counties this year will not be as large as
usual on account OF the poor market con-
dtions. The best broom corn land in this
section OF the country is south Of Alden and
Raymond. This will probably all be in
brush. for IT is not good for much else
IL is estimated that there is still a fourth
OF the last year brush In the hands OF the
local growers. VIII Burgess, Claud Nc
Candless and the Profitt brothers. of near
Sterling. marketed their crop a few DAYS
ago at Sta ling for from SO to SIS a ton.
Although last year was very dry time
In Ford County, Henry Frogme. OF south
cast OF Bucldin. harvested 5000 bushels OF
wheat, an average of sixteen bushels to
the acre. The prospect Is good for a bump
er wheat crop In that section this year.
w. NJ. Hamilton. hog grower OF North
trn Rice County, reports the hog market.
with prices perhaps a shade higher this
GUNNER. Most OF the heavy hogs have
been shipped out MY shipments now CON
sist largely OF light weight hogs" said Mr.
Hamilton II look for a pretty steady hog
market Topeka Daily Capitol,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-16
DEVERY AND BINGHAM.

"The bill passed by the Assembly and
Senate at Albany. granting to William ;.
Devery. once chief of police OF THIS city
a pension Of 5000 a year from the police
fund with nine years accumulations, was
vetoed by Mayor Gaynor.
mayor Gaynor appointed this Board OF
Jnebriety in compliance with the law passed
Nv the Legislature of 1910: DR. William
browning. Of No. "a Lefferts Place, Brook
lvn; Or. John Dorning. Of No 12i West
s1st street, Manhattan; the Rev. Or. Will
lam Morrison. rector Of All Saints Protes-
tant Episcopal Church. Brooklyn the Rev
John j. Hughes. Superior OF the Paulist
Fathers in Manhattan, and Thomas j. Col
ton.
General Theodore A. Bingham threw up
the office Of chief engineer OF the Bureau OF
Highways. TO which Borough President Nc
Aneny appointed him at the beginning OF
May. General Bingham was removed as
Police Commissioner by Mayor Mcclellan
on the complaint Of Judge Gaynor, now
Mayor The Mayor did not object 10 his
appointment to his new office. General
Bingham still has a 100000 libel suit
pending against the Mayor. He said that
his methods did not nj in with those Of the
Borough Presidents administration. Bling
ham straightway received a new place at
the municipal table when he became con-
suting engineer Of the Department OF
Bridges lie will get $500 a year in the
new office while the job in the Bureau OF
Highways melted him $1,000 "A year Bridge
Commissioner Arthur J. O'Keeffe who was
General Binghams Deputy Police Commits
sioner in Brooklyn when the general re-
signed in Mulberry street at the old Police
Headquarters. offered his former chief the
race.
Governor Wilson announced the selection
Of Calvin VI. Kendall at present superin-
tendent OF schools Of indianapolis, 10 be
State Commissioner OF Education Of New
Jersey. The new place. which was created
in the reorganization Of the public SCHOOL
system. carries "A salary Of $4,000 year.
Governor IIoke Smith was elected United
states Senator from Georgia on the hTst
ballot taken by the House and Senate In
Joint session. lie succeeds Joseph NJ. Ter
rell, who was appointed by Governor Brown
to NIL the unexpired term OF the late a. S
Clay
Maurice j. Doyle. chief clerk at Quar-
antine was first a pugnacious and then "A
docile witness at the investigation Of the
administration Of Dr. Alvah H. Doty. Health
Officer Of the Port, before Judge Charles y.
Rulger. the Governors commissioner. Tn
der the proddng Of Charles Dushkind, law
yer for the compliments, Doyle admitted
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-16
BIG ALFALFA HARVEST.

Tho alfalfa harvest is in full blast In
Southwestern Kansas. In Meade county
there is an unusually heavy alfa1a crop
this wear compared with former years lor
Il escaped the heavy frosts. Several Meade
C.ountv farmers have as high as SIX nun
drsd acres to cut There are about one
thousand acres Of alfalfa TO harvest on the
hig Bunyan ranch. near Meade
There is a lot Of alfalfa in Harper Coun-
~, G. F.. Rogers. who has farm south
~ Harper. on Bluff Creek, has in 100 acres
IN alfalfa this year. Last season he cut
four crops. He reports a heavy staho ''i's
year.
Finney County can also tell OF altalia
this wear in big figures. Al the Nib
ranch. northwest OF Garden CITY, there are
three hundred acres in alfalfa. ~ Is LOOK
ing fine. Besides this. the KING orotheIS D.
who by the way. formerly lived IN huteh-
irson have in two hundred acres OF oats
and barley and a good deal OF corn. Ihey
are farming under irrigation.
good many farmers VINO can see anead
are secondIng the efforts OF the Agrlcuit-
ural College 20 bring about peuer IdI Trims
r,o,hods more intensive farming and bet
ter care OF the land.
when | came to Kansas, t"enty-hihe
wears ago this fall, and located on
claim I'm Kingman County. even at tnat
date there were thousands of acres OF
land in cultivation here" remarked MAJOR
" l.. Brown, Of Kingman sometimes
this land has produced two crops year.
wheat or rye. followed by corn or feed
Not a particle OF fertilizer has been used
the cornstalks have been raped up ana
burned and likewise the straw. The re-
suit In any other state but Kansas would
have been abandoned farms. We are aous-
ing our soil
The result is already beginning to snow
Major Brown declares. few years ago
wheat was grown without trouble in the
cornstalks. but of late seed thrown in
corn ground has been wasted.
THE only wheat | have seen thfs spring
here or anywhere else that will pay the
farmer is on ground ploughed early, with
a good seed bed prepared and sown at the
proper time" continued Major Brown.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-16
4 EEXTT7RE K INTENDED ESPECIALIY&s BUSY MAN n

thing in an effort to regain contro,
biplane. II was a futile attempt. -"
and an instant later the machine, d,,o."s.
ing with terrific velocity, struck thu - @
Forest fires in the mining dlyr.'
Northern Ontario were famed in,o
eral confagratioD and for two 50
miles the new mining country north A. :"
bait was made scene Of desolation r. ~
three hundred to FIVE hundred peo,,, -
ished.
more than ten barrels Of iies yer. -.
cred by 232 contestants In an antl.sv
SADIE in Worcester. Mass The win,.. -
gets q prize OF 800 and turned In a.
FIVE quarts. or total OF 1919, 900 nIs.
ured in traps OF his own CONSTRUCTION a..
the worlds championship. lie Is Esrr1,
Bosquet. twelve years old
The American track and fed ,..-
Yale and Harvard athletes accepted Al.
by FIVE first places TO -four at the h,,a.
oxford and Cambridge G.. F.. putr.r
Kansas, a Rhodes scholar. who ia s,v1..
/ at Christ Church. oxford won the ba,.
throw for the English team. with l5l "a.
inches. which brought defeat to the ylr.,.
/ The Americans won the hurdle rses :.
! Chisholm. OF Yale, the broad hnp >,
Holden. Of Yale, the high Jump. with q.
field. Of Yale, and the half-mile run :.
Preble. Of Harvard. The Englishn,, :.
the dash. the quarter-mile run, the o,..-.
run and the two-mile run. Then can, >,
nam. who won for England in the h,n-.
throw"
so Kansas saved England" erca-.
Busy Man. We'll. well. | never thoer.,
would live to see that day"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-16
CONTROLLER BAY.

circumstances surrounding the action or
the President in Withdrawing from a forest
reserve and throwing open TO entry 12,SOO
ceres Of land on Controller Bay which is
the natural outlet to great coal deposits IN
Alaska. are 10 be investigated Charges
have been made that this action of Mr.. Taft
Will insure control Of transportation TO the
coal fields by the Morgan uggenhem in
terests.
There is growing impression that the
story of letter alleged TO have been writ
ten by r. :. Ryan. of the Controller Bay
Navigation Company. TO ex-Secretary Bal
linger n which Mr.. Ryan Is made 10 say
that after he had induced Charles T. Taft
20 see the President in his behalf he had
no trouble in securing the release OF the
land he desired for a terminal, IS fake.
il is believed by those who have been look
ing into the matter that Miss NJ. +. Abbott,
who has been for some time in the employ
Of the National Conservation Association
and who is credited with saying she found
this letter. has been imposed on. The
President is incenSed over the effort 10
drag his brother into the affair. \ search
Of the files OF the White House revealed
nothing bearing on the subject OF the cor
respondence between the President and his
brother
Miss Abbott is a youthful writer. who
was graduated from Radcliffe College a
few years ago She says she is ready 10
take the witness chair before House COM
mttee and testify under oath that she saw
the letter in the Interior Department files
and took II down word for word.
secretary Fisher voluntarily appeared
before the investigating committee and de-
handed that it hasten its inquiry in order
that the facts might be made public. The
Secretary said that both the department
and the public are entitled to know the
nature of Miss Abbotts charges"
How is the real business of Legislation
proceeding at Washington asked Busy
Man.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-16
PRAYERS FOR \

How to win the .G ssssis solved y y .
Socsnt Young curate. pe eog story; 81
Let'e Soaps t curats. good fsl' parish
shy and bsshfuI. came INTO s;,s = ysoneu -
S wss " Occupied by Yorks dra and sOns',,,
hrsd horses and rode the men not get %
pre- pre- s t He dld NV 81
mss S ysrY much depressed 70 him; II -
aSrs dav the clerk SAID y, ne Chur'
desired 10, we'll. said the ep nrsyer ~
Yer. sssrv Ee in which the ~ p', was oft
every s s' conditions OF men nrsy for 49,
sSs's ohmrch was asked % he clerk w
era Gray the H'I vestry and said; Lucy Gns '
more; shes W" been prsyins, sa ,S. n. ~
asked , the he. ee ssfs said , ySa Il ::
But me s,r, / thought lit o, ,h i, hss~ b.
them al s, nee We took TO p,-
P BSrss' THE Gentlswom'~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-16
CATTLE FOR KANSAS
Thousands of Head to Fatten in
Rich Pastures.

Thousands of head Of cattle are being
shipped into the rich pasture country In
Western and Southwestern Kansas Tor
feeding at the present time.
Traffic men Of the Santa re and ROCK
Island railroads say the livestock move
ment is heavy Many OF the cattle are
being brought in from as far away as Old
Mexico
One of the heaviest feeders in Keno
County is Sam" Haston, who mas dig
ranch up in the northwestern part OF the
county. He now has about nine hundred
head Of cattle on his ranch and Is feeding
in all more than two thousand mead OF cat
tie on his various ranches in Central Kan
sas. Besides his holdings in Reno and Rice
counties. he has a ranch in Butler ana
more than two thousand acres in pasture
in Stafford County. During the last year
Mr.. Haston shipped more than thirty cars
of stock to the market from his place mere
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-16
Constant Reader Tells What
He Missed in Last
Weeks Papers.

"Whnts going 10 be the upshot of all
this talk I hear about efforts to GUST DR..
Wiley, the pure food expert. from Officer"
asked Busy Man as he met Constant Read
er last evening.
ITS a little too early TO do any predict
ing" was the reply, but the Attorney Gen
eral has recommended 10 the President that
DR.. Harvey w. Wiley. the governments
chief chemist. be permitted to resign. Inc
reasons for Mr.. understands recommen-
dalton are these: Congress. seeking to cur
tail what II regarded as extravaganza en-
ployment Of experts. passed law restrict
ing the compensation which the Secretary
of Agriculture might pay to experts TO
$500. In the spring OF 1909 Secretary
Wilson discovered that. by authority of Dr.
Wiley, DR.. II. IL Rusby was receiving COM
pensation for expert services at the rate OF
$40 a day for laboratory work and 500 a
day for service IN court. Secretary wilson
asked the Attorney General for an opinion
Al 10 the legality of this compensation. and
was informed by that officer that no com
pensation in excess OF $500 a year was
legal It was calculated. therefore, tnat
the legal limit amounted TO 50 day. A re-
duction appears 10 have been obJecuonaoe
20 DR. Rusby. who threatened TO sever MS
connection with the department Or. Wiley
through his subordinates. finally devised a
scheme TO circumvent the law by placing
DR.. Rusby on the permanent payroll at
50 900 a year, with an understanding with
Dr. Rusby that he was 10 perform in the
course Of a year services which would make
his compensation actually amount to the $50
q day he had formerly received. Secretary
Wilson then submitted the matter TO the
President. who referred it to the Attorney
General with request for an opinion, and
after reviewing the case. the Attorney Cen
eral advised that Or. Wiley be permitted
10 resign, that DR.. Rusby be dismissed, and
that DIT Kebler, chief OF the drug labora-
tory. who appears TO have devised the
scheme, be reduced TO a position in which
he will have no authority to make recon-
mendations regarding salaries or compen-
sation Of employees. The President instruct
ed that copies of the reports be submitted to
Drs Wiley and Rusby for reply.
The House Committee on Expenditures
in the Agricultural Department ordered an
investigation.
THE vigilance Of those who guard Uncle
Sans expenses wakes and wanes in man.
ner truly remarkable. doesn't it?" asked
Busy Man What's the significance or
this new outcry about Alaskan waterfront
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-16
RIG RAILWAY WRECK.

Running at sixty miles an hour over
.,roesoyer' switch, where the rules call for
. sneed Of not more than fifteen miles an
hour the Federal Express, one OF the New
Haven's fastest trains jumped the tracks
and smashed down a twenty-foot embank-
mont lust east Of the Fairfield avenue VIA
d,,ct at Bridgeport. Conn. Fourteen per-
sons were killed in the wreck including the
engineer, and forty-eight were more or less
seriously injured.
bud Mars. the aviator, was seriously
hurt at an aviation meet at Erie. Penn
Mars circled the field number OF times at
height OF several hundred feet. when
suddenly the machine made dip down
ward. and he was seen TO jerk at some
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-16

brooklyn merchant and philanthropst who
d,ed at the Thousand Islands on June 81,
was filed in the Surrogates' Office. 1t leaves
N the Jewish Hospital OF Brooklyn. $780,
ooO Brooklyn Federation Of Jewish Char
tiles $4,000, and Brooklyn Institute OF
Arts and Sciences. 10000 The residue Of
the estate. which Is estimated to be worth
from $4,000, 900 to sl0,O00.0 900. IL divided
into four equal parts. three Of which are
o,yen outright to Mr.. Abraham's three
Lillian Rothschld, Mrs.
Florence Blum and Mrs. Edith Straus. The
,ourth part IL TO be held in trust for Law
rance Abraham. son Of the testator who is
% receive the income until he msrres. and
,ben receive the principal To his wife
Mrs. Rosa braham. the testator gave the
family house. in ST. Marks Place, and It's
contents. and the income OF $4,000 year
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-16
SCOTCH PEARLS.

A number OF persons ~ ,oy the rreesz<
n livelihood by sesrchlne, 10 be -
s5S%ss ssif in a the interior q t:a
rIsd out on some English !, 50 az
streams. but none OF these ,nrtssrn ~, ~
pearls being found which as translsesssss
orient has produced so iar .r as AZ
pnd fiawlessness are s,ates that
of the eighteenth century ., the ySsxs
was a moderate estltna,, from sc's
pearls then ilshed Hnm a,,er OF his,ori, ss
i p'T Germsn who formed a synoi,,ss vslas
sr' Ssr in issS acquired stones to 10, he
si9 i oSo in that year alone: ss sd -L'''"
l. not so remunerative no"a0'
G'Obs
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-16
WHERE THE BLIND RIDE EoeE

bnhu people are now permitted to ride
free on the streetcars OF Glasgow. Scot
land The local town council has distrib-
uted supply Of brass tokens among the
various institutions for aiding the blind.
and an ordinary car ticket Is given In ex
change When token is presented BY a
blind person desiring q free ride.-Popular
Mechanics.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-16

that the system of bookkeeping in the de-
partmeDt was not trustworthy tHdt sumo :
~ the books and records from the office at
Quarantine had been taken away IN 'he idst
year and disappeared, and That II Wouiu
appear as if certain personal ana mousse
hold articles amounting TO several hundred
dollars. had been purchased for Dr. LotS
uriyate use apd paid for by the state
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-16
THE DEATH ROLL.

ANY persons OF importance die :: asked
Busy Man.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-11-14

f4--cari okishoma giant orig
ebies today result
Morris easily euponsed his
round Owing
the battle hard ard fast the ninth
stopped IL
Morris weighing 25s pounds
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-11-14
Mr.. DUCDALE HAS SNACGED
TWO NEW PHENOMS

the aid OF Fred Chick. the third
sacker. Fred Is enjoying life back
in Minnesota. but will be on hand
when the gong rings next March
Seattle fans will remember him az
the young infieIder who made a
good showing last spring. but was
crowded off the team with such
material as Bues. Leard and Ray.
mond on deck He was loaned by
Seattle to Calgary, where he was a
sensation.
Dug doesn't say anything about
managers. but he Is on a still hunt
He will join Hen Berry. Cal Ewing,
Judge McCrodle. Bob Brown and
Wattelet OF Victoria today AT ST
Louis. and board the special train
for San Antonio. to attend the big
doings. He will return BY way OF
Los Angeles. San Francisco and
Portland. stopping a few days in
each city. But be will be In Seattle
In time to partake OF the Thanksgiv.
Ing feast off the family board
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-11-14
WILL LUCAS AGAIN
HEAD LEAGUE?

learned from reliable that W. Lucas will probably
President pu1dac OF the
Seattle club the incumbent Of the pro ts bot
office. Ne mskesh 20
Lindsay allow directors 70 finally
candidate Lucas u stated the they have decided
raised against the regime Of Lucas
that
Of opposite eendon~here the
Of
with
admit that the former head master hand
IN guiding affairs
Shredder Joe Cohn w
David ouadse formerly to Lucas but
medicine Bob Brown
l..
like Luczs But the will have
Union association
10 our