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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-09-21
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HUNT BIG METEOR|TEI
Huge Mass Of Iron Knocked Hole
in Earth in Arizona
Such Is Belief Of Prof. EIihu Thomson
Movement Started to Find Inn
mense Piece Of Ore Believed
to Be Worth Millions,

Phoenix, Ariz.-About the origin of,
most of the. craters of the earth's sur
face there is little dispute. They are
of all sizes. We find them in the
Sandwich Islands, with floors from
three to four square miles in area.
These have reminded Professor Pick
ering Of nothing less than the ring
craters on the moon. In Arizona,
near Canon Diablo, is a crater-like de-
preston 1000 feet In diameter and
800 feet deep. The rim can be seen;
from great distance. and, such rims
being called "buttes," this particular
rim is known as Coon butte The ir-
regular contour Of the rim is marked
by broken rocks, some as large as a..
house. The outer slopes down to the.
plain are covered with similar masses,
pieces of many tons weight having
been thrown thousands of feet away
from the crater. But there is no
lava about the butte, and this would
seem summarily to dispose Of the idea
that Coon butte is the site of a VOL
canO.
DR.. G.. K. Gilbert many years ago
suggested that the ring-shaped pits on
the moons surface were caused by;
the impact of giant meteorites, and!
for some time he held the view that
Coon butte must have been formed
in a similar manner. This view has
of late been revived. Prof. Elihu
Thomson, in letter to the American:
Institute of Electrical Engineers, re-
minds us that the masses of iron flung
down the outer slopes of the crater
ara sent to all parts of the world as
meteoric iron. Mr.. Barringe has
spent considerable sums in explora-
ton under the firm conviction that he
will find large amount of meteoric
iron below the surface. So far he has
been unsuccessful. It is calculated
that 600 bore-holes, each costing
about &400, will be necessary to make
sure Of finding the meteoric mass, as
Stunning it to have been 500 feet in
diameter.
The mass of the meteorite is estl-
mated to have been at least five mil
lion tons. OF this the greater part
would be iron, but per cent. would
be nickel, and there would be three
million ounces Of platino-iridium,
worth about twenty million sterling
supposing the price to remain as at
present, between 81 and 28 per
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cred, and that the men, in their
frenzy, would rush out to certain
death. He drew his revolver and
told them that he would kill the first
man to attempted to break away. The
men knew that he meant it, too, and
that knowledge brought them back to
reason.
1T wasn't more than twenty min
utes before the worst of the fire had
passed the shaft. When it was safe
to crawl out they found that five of
the men were dead from suffocation,
but the other thirty-five were all
right. Pulaski himself was blinded
and burned, but his sight was partly
restored. He lost five men, to be
sure, but with less courage and pres
ence of mind he would have lost
them all. take off my hat to such
a man. He is a real hero.'
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ounce. But this is not all. Assuming
there is one-hundredth Of per cent.
Of diamond in the mass, one might
count on the extraction of about 500
tons of diamond. Which may account
for prospectors regarding the expendi-
turn of a quarter Of million on bore
holes with some equanimity. Profess
sor Thomson tells us that the Navajo
Indians have a tradition that three
large bodies fell from the sky on the
site Of the crater and killed a large
number of their tribe. They still re-
pair to the crater for supplies of the
white silica sand which they sprinkle
around them at their ghost dances.
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The situation in Apayao is especially difficult
because head-hunting among the trbesmen- of
tnat subprovince is intimately connected with their
religious faith. Nevertheless, the practice is be-
Ing gradually stamped out and, with the help of
the Igorot and Ifugao constabulary a number of
murderers have been arrested and punished.
1here Is still considerable area over which gov
eminent control has not yet been established and
which has not even been opened up by trails to
any great extent, owing to the inaccessible char
acter of the region One should realize, of course,
that headhunting among these people is not re-
garded as murder in the ordinary sense of the
word. 1t Is a field sport and manly occupation
established by the custom of centuries as be-
fitting of WARRIOR
Most troublesome and untrustworthy of all the
tribes of northern Luzon are the Hongots, of the
sub-province of Nueva Viscaya. There are not
more than 5000 or 5000 of them but they inhabit
vast region, most of it very mountainous and
almost wholly covered by virgin forest. Often
their settlements are merely temporary and
they are hard to get at. Enormous distances sepa-
rate their villages. which in the more remote
regions continue to fight among themselves These
were the people who not long ago murdered DR..
William Jones while he was engaged in making
chronological notes among them Nevertheless,
trails are being pushed into the heart of their
country; Two or three government Exchanges"
have been established Industrial schools are being
started for their benefit, and efforts are being
operations-partly for the sake of rendering their
communities more stationary. .
One should realize that the continual warfare
that has been going on for centuries among the
tribes in the wild mans territory of Northern
Luzon has been due mainly to lack of acquain-
lance among the people. Every stranger being
regarded enemy. it was a matter of course
that each village should be at war with the neigh
boring villages, and head-hunting was an import
ant part of the regular business of every able
bodied male citizen. The tilling OF the rice pad
dies and sweet potato fields could be carried on
with safety only under armed guard-heads of
women and children being not less desirable as
trophies than those of men. For doing away with
this situation of affairs the most effective means
has been the building of roads and trails by which
the tribes have been brought into communication
with each other, thus having an opportunity to
become friends. 1fugaos, Kalingas and Bontoc
lgorots now work side by side with pick and
shovel, instead of hunting each other with head.
axes.
1t is. In fact. veritable social revolution that
is being accomplished. All Of the Mountain Prov
ince is being literally gridroned with trails and
roads, the most inaccessible districts being open
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drink warm blood, and indulge Cor
have done so until recently an appe-
tite for wholesale homicide.
AS a means Of civilization (under
the direction Of our war Department.,
trade Is being developed among these
wild folk. In the past it has been nee
essary for them to make long Journeys
to the coast towns, to buy salt, cloth,
and other necessaries. But within the
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to 20 to the hospital but was compelled to do So
receiving the Injection requisite. Then he
began to complain bitterly that medicine
being put on his Sores But the effect of the
drug soon manifested itself, and he went about
town excitedly demonstrating his improved con-
dtion to all who would look Some days later he
disappeared, and the doctor was much disap-
pointed, because he wanted him for an object
lesson to convince others of the efficiency of the
treatment. To the great surprise Of the hospital
staff, he turned up again soon afterward with thir
teen other sufferers from "yaws" whom he had
brought distance of fifty miles from his native
village, in order that they also might be cured.
In Benguet the wild people are building school
houses and sending their children to them. The
boys are taught to construct looms. and the girls
to use them for making cloth. Each girl, on COM
pletng her course of education, takes her loom
and returns to her own village thus extending her
newlyacquired knowledge of weaving to her fam
lily and friends At Bua Is 1gorot girls school
in which the pupils not only make cloth, but
manufacture articles of clothing for sale Baguio
the capital of Benguet Is growing by rapid strides
and new and substantial buildings are springing
up on every side.
Useful plants and particularly vegetables, 1nclud
ing the Irish potato being placed in the hands
of the wild people. Their agricultural methods at
present entail great labor with limited results
They patiently clear forest tract with bolos
turn over the soil with primitive Implements and
SOW SEED. Inen, AFTER a snort Llme the growth
of weeds drives them to fresh areas, where the
performance has to be repeated. What the Ameri
cans propose to do is to provide them with mod
ern tools of husbandry, and with carabaos when
ever possible.
point by means to be lost sight of is the
fact that these wild people of Iuzon, are not say
ages of an ordinary type. Not only is their physi
cal development superb, probably surprising that
of any other race of human beings in the world
but they are highly intelligent and even clever
Given the advantage of two or three generations
of such educational opportunities as are now being
afforded them by the Americans, and they will
far exceed in intellectual qualifications the Fill
pinos of Manila and other coast towns. Indeed
it does not seem at all unlikely that in the future
they, rather than the Fflipinos, will become the
dominant race in Luzon, controlling the affairs
of the island and even those of the whole archi.
pelago, In case we should voluntarily surrender
sovereignty. In the meantime while trying to
uplift them in the scale Of civilization the gov.
eminent of the United States is making every et
fort to protect them against civilizations evil in
huences-especially the drink and diseases which
have undermined the moral and physique of SO
many primitive peoples on coming into contact
with the corrupting Caucasian
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ed up. A through routesfor horseback
travel has been nearly completed all
the way from Southern Benguet to the
extreme northern end Of Luzon. Tele-
graph and telephone lines are being
extended over hundreds of miles of ter
ritory, and the watch towers on lofty
peaks, hitherto occupied by native SEN
tinels on the alert for Taiding bands of
head-hunting foes, are deserted.
At Bontoc Capital ef the sub-prov-
tnce of the same nance, wonderful
improvements are beiag made. Here.
where half dozen years ago no white
man could have ventured without an
armed escort, the mem and boys are
being taught brick-making and lime
burning. A deposit of magnificent
clay for the purpose was found near
the river, with unlimited quantities of
sharp sand suitable for building near
by; also limestone. Today the people
of the entire village OF ssMinac, in that
neighborhood, are burning lime and
furnishing it to the government of
Bontoc Province They are becoming
independently rich at the business.
These facilities, with unlimited Ia
Dor obtainable for nothing under the
system of the ten-day tax, make build
ing work exceedingly cheap. A large
brick school house and brick club
house, as we'll ASA building for the
offices of the provincial government,
of stone and brick, have been put up
at Bontoc; also prison for wild folk
who misbehave themselves, and a
small, but thoroughly up-to-date. hos
pital. A canal has been constructed
incidentally to furnish the town of
3Bontoc with an aht1I1a supply of
pure mountain water.
1t is expected that the hospital will
be of inestimable usefulness. Most of
the wild people seem heartily willing
to give up their ancient custom of
curing physical ailments by human
and animal sacrifices, and come to the
doctor showing touching confidence
in the ability of the white man to give
them help. Packages of simple RENE
dies, with small pamphlet of directions
in English and the more important ma
tive dialects, are distributed among
the villages; likewise large quantities
Of quinine and other safe and useful
drugs.
A recently discovered drug has been
found to be specific for the very un-
pleasant tropical disease called
"yaws" 1t happened that a Bontoc
Evening star., 1912-11-18
MONEY PROBERS TO MEET
Trust Investigators to Frame
Future Plans at Sessions
Wednesday.

Plans for renewing the money trust"
investigation will be made at a meeting
Of the House committee to be he'd in it's
room in the Capitol at IL o'clock Wednes-
day morning. 1t is expected that the date
for the resumption of the oral hearings
will be fixed at that time.
Representative Pujo, chairman of the in
vestigating committee, who arrived in the
city yesterday. expressed the hope today
that the hearings could be closed by De-
cember 20 and the final report submitted
to the House py January 70 thus giving
q period of several weeks before the close
of the coming session of Congress for dis
cussion of the reforms recommended
1t is expected that the legislation to be
recommended by the committee. in Mr..
Pujo's words, will aim ito correct exist
ing abuses or evils in the carrying on the
business of the clearing houses. stock ex-
changes and national banking associations
of the country.
All the members of the investigating
committee may not be in Washington for
the meeting next Wednesday, but q
quorum is expected and more probably
will be here to attend the hearings when
they are resumed The hearings, it is an
nounced, will be held in the committee
room at the Capitol.
Evening star., 1912-11-18
LEWIS JURY DISCHARGED:
UNABLE To FINISH WORK
Acquits on Three Counts, But
Cannot Agree as to
Others.

ST. LOUIS. November 1S-The jury In
the case of E. G. Lewis. charge, with
using the mails to defraud, reported to
Judge Willard in the United States Lis-
trict court today that it had found that
Lewis was not guilty on ,.lree Of the
eleven counts in the indictment. and that
it was unable to agree as to the other
counts.
The jury was discharged
The counts on which the jurors found
Lewis not guilty related to some per
cent notes. The jury had been out eighty
nine hours. and on the first ballot voted
to 4 that Lewis was not guilty. Sub
sequent ballots showed the jurors stood
8 to ) for acquittaL
This was Lewis second trial on the in
dictment which was returned by special
grand jury July l., 1911. The jury In
the first trial stood to for onvic-ion.
The indictment covered four PROPOSE
tions which were placed before the pubic
by Lewis through The mails 1t was al
legged that he obtained millions of dollars
from investors by making misleading
statements in advertisements in his pub
lications Lewis was the incorporation
and the mayor of University City. resi-
GENITAL suburb.
Lewis de- .ense was that the Post Once
Department by issuing fraud order pre-
vented him from carrying his companies
to a successful end. He was acquitted
May Ia, 1908, of a charge of misusing the
mails in the organization and conduct of
the Peoples United States Bank.
Evening star., 1912-11-18
Handwriting to Be Compared.
MONGOL PRINCES REBEL.
Repudiate Recent Convention With
Russia and Ask China's Aid.

LONDON, November 1S.-Trouble has
arisen over the recent convention between
Russia and Mongolia by which Russia
recognizes and guarantees the indepen-
dence Of Mongolia.
A meeting of 10 Mongol princes and
chieftains was held yesterday in Peking
according to a dispatch to the Daily Tele-
graph. They decided to repudiate abso-
lutely the convention signed by Russia
and Mongolia at Urga, the Mongo ian
capital, and resolved to ask President
Yuan Shi Kai to afford military protec-
ton to those Mongolians willing to join
the Chinese republic.
The advisory council of the president
indorsed the Mongolian princes resolu-
ton, and 5000 trops belonging to the
northern q my were placed under orders
to proceed to the Mongolian frontier. A
number Of battalions have left by train
for the city of Kalgar, half of which is
Mongol and half Chinese.
Evening star., 1912-11-18
TAFT IN 1916"
Barnes Declares It Absurd to Talk
of Prospective Candidate.

NEW YORK, November 18.-It was re-
ported last night that William Barnes,
jr., chairman Of the republican state COM
mittee. had con eerred with the President
during the latters brief stay at noontime
yesterday at the home of his brother,
and to Mr.. Barnes was later attributed
strong hint that Mr.. Taft would be
placed in nomination for the presidency
by the republican party In 1916
This was denied emphaticaliy later by
Mr.. Barnes. The state chat man admit
ted that he had paid f1eeting visit of
courtesy to the President. but dec AIRED
that political subjects had not been
touched upon.
1T is absurd to prophesy who the
standard bearer will be in 1885, declared
Mr. Barnes, but it Is safe to say that
after the 4th of next March Mr.. Taft
will take an active part in the leorgani-
zation of the republican party. He is a
republican first, last and al the time, and
he is working with every good republi-
can for common end"
Mr.. Barnes dec. c.ared that the fight of
the republican party was Ito safeguard
the Constitution Of the United States"
Evening star., 1912-11-18
BODY PARTLY IDENTIFIED.
Woman Murdered in Chicago Prob.
ably From Michigan.

CHICAGO, November 1S.-Mrs. Edna
Snafer of $3.50 Indiana avenue told the
police today that she believed the woman
who was murdered at a downtown hotel
last week was Mrs. Renner. formerly of
Mount Clemens and Detroit, Mich.
Mrs. Shafer viewed the body at the
morgue. 1T looks like Mrs. Renner,"
she said, 'but 1t is some time since l saw
her. and / am not positive"
Mrs. Shafer told the police that she
met George Renner, a son Of Mrs. Rem
ner, in Chicago few days ago. She
said: He is about six feet tall" He tod
her. he said, that he and his mother were
in Chicago, coming from Detroit. on their
way to the Pacinc coast. Mrs. Shafer
said Renner told her he had no money
and borrowed % cents from her for food
The police later telegraphed to Detroit
and Mount Clemens for information.
Evening star., 1912-11-18
PLAN CARRIES
Unionists Raise No Objection
to New Method of Procedure
on Home Rule.

LONDON. November 1S.-An amicable
arrangement Of the home rule incident
in the house Of commons was brought
about today. when the dispute as to the
government method of procedure, which
led to such disorder last week. was set
tied. The government announced today
its intention of reaching the end it de-
sired by a more roundabout means, and
the unionists. having made good their
demand for observance Of the precedent,
raised no objection. Premier Asquith at
tributed his change Of mind partly in
repugnance at a possible recurrence of
disorder and partly to a desire not to
ignore the appeal of the chair.
The house of commons then, on the
motion of the premier negatived its origi-
nal financial resolution, the amendment
of which by Sir Frederick Banbury In
committee led to the trouble. Another
resolution will be substituted for 1t.
The net result of the squabble will Be
to delay the progress of the home rule
bill for ten days.
Evening star., 1912-11-18
APPEAL Of THE ALIENS
FOR NEW TRIAL REFUSED
Gov. Mann Not Expected to In
terfere With Execution of
Courts Judgment.

RICHMOND, Va, November 1S.-The
state supreme court today refused to
grant a new trial for Floyd Allen and his
son Claude, convicted of participation In
the Hillsville court murders. They were
sentenced to death in the electric chair at
the penitentiary here next Friday. No
vember 90. Gov. Mann. 1t is believed, will
not interfere with the execution of the
courts judgment.
Floyd Allen was convicted May II, spe-
cifically for the killing of Commonwealth s
Attorney William NJ. Foster. His son,
tried on the charge of killing Judge
Thornton L. Massie, was convicted and
sentenced to fifteen years in the peniten-
tioary. A second trial on an indictment
for the killing of Attorney Foster result
ed in a conviction for murder in the first
degree July p.
Appeal Pending Some Time.
The appeal to the supreme court for
new trials, decided adversely today, had
been pending some time.
The Hillsvile courthouse shooting in
March, when the Allen clan resented the
conviction Of Floyd Allen on a minor
charge by killing five persons in the
courtroom. is still holding attention in
Virginia because Of the trial of Sidna
Allen, the can leader, now under way
at Wytheville.
Propose Medal for Claude.
BRISTOL, Va.-Tenn., November 49,
With the date near at hand for the elec-
trocution, of Claude Allen more is heard
from those persons who. praise him for
defending his father on that occasion.
Miss Jezabel Goad, for protecting her
father in the same shooting. received
from the wife Of Gov. Mann and other
Virginians a gold medal Now it is pro-
posed by residents of Cumberland county
to present Allen with a gold medal. and
money for the purchase of the medal is
being subscribed.
Evening star., 1912-11-18
AND BUNT|NGARE
DISPLAYED FOR WILSON
Throngs Of People Line the
Streets to Welcome Ameri-
can to the BermudaS.

HAMILTL- Bermuda. November 49,
Woodrow Wilson and his family. on
board the steamer Bermudian, arrived at
Hamilton this morning.
Alderman Black, representing the corpo-
ration of the city of Hamilton, went out
on board a private steamer to invite Mr.
Wilson and his party to accompany him
to Hamilton.
Declines to Leave Steamer.
Owing to the large number of women
in the party Mr.. Wilson declined the in
vitation of the Hamilton Corporation to
go aboard the private steamer, and he
remained on board. the Bermudian until
that vessel reached her dock. The
others greeted Mr.. Wilson with rousing
cheers as he stood on the upper deck
bowling to the crowd while the steamer
was being berthed.
Mr.. Wilson and his party landed at
noon. He was received by the officials of
the city. The mayor. in the course of his
welcoming address, said:
I'VE trust that during your term as
President the cordial relations between
the United States and Great Britain will
be maintained and unimpaired and that
the strong bonds of the union will be
strengthened
Cheered by the Street Crowds.
Large crowds of people lined the streets
and wharves awaiting the arrival of Mr..
Wilson and all public and private build
ings were decorated with flags and bunt-
ing. Mr.. Wilson was enthusiastically
cheered as he passed through the streets.
One, winter residence of
Mrs. j.. Borden Hartman, has been Of
fered to him during his stay here. The
weather is charming.
Mr.. Wilson was favored by fair wealth
er on his trip from New York and he
thoroughly enjoyed his days and nights
at sea.
After long nap in his cabin yesterday
afternoon he spent most of the evening
With his friends telling stories Mrs.
Wilson, who was feeling the strain of the
.ampa ign, spent most of her time in her
stateroom. She sent word that she was
not seasck but tired.
Evening star., 1912-11-18
OPPOSES JOHNSON'S PLEA.
Wickersham Objects in Supreme
Court to Hurrying His Case.

Through his attorney, Jack Johnson, the
pugilist. today asked the United States
Supreme Court to advance his case for
hearing January 6. when four other cases
questioning the constitutionality Of the
white slave law will be argued.
Since his appeal last Monday. asking
the Supreme Court to release him on bail,
the pugilist has secured his freedom. but
his attorney asks that the question Of the
constitutionality of the white save law
under which Johnson was indicted be set
for early hearing.
Attorney General Wickersham in open
court said the government opposed the
advancement of the case.