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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-01-07
COTTON STRIKE SETTLEMENT.
Lancashire NH Hands Give Up the
Union Demand.

MANCHESTER. Jan q Unless the un-
foreseen happens the struggle in the cotton
goods trade is over and settlement may
he expected on Monday
The trouble started over the refusal
of man named Riley and his wife and
another woman To Ioin a local union at
ACcrington The union ordered "A strike
unless they applied for membership and
the masters countered by locking out all
hands 4 general lockout involving lGo-
600 persons followed aud the mills have
been shut down since December 81
Sir George Ranken Askwith. who is
noted az n settler Of labor disputes. has
been on the ground for the last week try
ing to bring th" employers and men TO an
understanding II is believed that under
III" expected settlement the operatives
will undertake never again to hold up the
mills on the non-union quest ion
Through the mediation of sir George
Askwith a SCI element was reached be-
tween III" card room workers and their
employers this evening
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-01-07
TOO MUCH DUNCAN VISIBLE.
French Landlord Tired Of New York
Semi-Nudity Advocate.

Special Cdbic DeSpdich 10 lHF S"N,
PARIS, Jan Raymond Duncan who
is well known in the United States be-
cause of the Greek clothes affected by
himself and his wife and child. got into
the courts here to-day through his peCul-
lar costum
The proprietor Of a residential fiat,
addressed an urgent request 10 the civil
courts for warrant which would permit
him TO expel from the building "mascu-
line person who saunters up and down the
stairs and in the lift with naked arms and
naked legs which almost reveal his hips
This exposure goes on all day and is
causing the mothers and daughters who
occupy the house to blush and flee,
according to the application of the pro-
prietor.
The aforesaid person was Raymond
Duncan, who was haled TO court, and
hasten there in his bare feet He gave
his age and said he was born in California
He made lengthy speech in favor of
semi nudliy
Al The request of the Judge the pro-
prietor agreed tn grant Duncan week :
time in which In gel Out
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-01-07
ONE DEAD, FIVE HURT
IN TROLLEY ACCIDENT
Car Runs Wild After Motorman
Falls From His Post on
the Platform.
SHJ\TED OFF ITS TRUCKS
Conductor Crushed Under the Car
All But One IN 1t
Were Injured.
SHUNTED OFF ITS TRUCKS

4 Brooklyn Rapid Transit conductor
wa- killed and five passengers. On" OF
them woman. were hurt al miduichi
lssr night when surface car OF the Six
teen,h avenue line shot from tn" rails 1T
sixteenth and Gravesend ay"nues ait'r
1t had run along for five blocks wilhou;
=. mOtorman.
As tn" ca~ was crossing Forty seventh
street man came running from th'
sidewalk and tried to board 1t Will" 1t
was IN motion. The motorman leaned
from his paC" and stuck his head ONT
10 SEQ if the man got aboard all lght. lht
lattice gate of the doorway was not CLOSED.
The motorman leaned too far and Jolt
Of the car knocked him into the street
The conductor did not So" the motor
man fall. The ear went right along until
II came To Graveseud avenue, where ther"
l. a switch At the switch the wheels
stuck to the rails hut the body of the car
lurchrd ahead in "A straight line and the
front end was smashed against the pave
mrnt. tn. car had only five Passengers
and all wer. hurt, Policeman ui IN"
Parkvile station pulled out tn" con-
ductor and the injured travellers. The
conductor was dead. The injured were
taken Ia the Gonoy Island Hospital.
All the passengers We're more or less
cut and bruised They were MIR and Mrs.
Walter Logan of 100 Third street. Brook
lyn; Miss Cora Steward. 7i3 Union street;
Hugh | Moore. "A lumber Inspector of
3l5 Seventh avenue. Brooklyn, and II. :.
Francis. address unknown
Al | o'clock the ambulance surgeons
hadn't decided how badly any Of them
were injured Miss steward seemed to
be the worst hurt Motorman James
Hughes was hurt slightly when h" fell
of the car.
The dead conduct or was Fred Plougher
30 years old who lived in Thirty-nlnth
street. Brooklyn. He was crushed under
the car.
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and examinations and reports by State
authorities. The new bill contains an
elaboration of the suggestion in the
Aldrich plan providing for the organiza-
tion of corporations 10 do a foreign bank
business.
Another change that has been made is
the insertion of a provision that Congress
shall have the right to alter or amend the
provisions Of the monetary plan at the
END Of any decennial period after the
organization of the association. The
original scheme provided for "A charter
of fifty years duration.
There is no likelihood of action by
Congress on the monetary plan at this
Session, and many Republicans and
Democrats believe thar il will be ques-
tion of years before 1t will be adopted
The report Of the commission will be
Unanimous.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-01-07
TRAMPS ILL AT LEIf--r.
Strange Disease Noted Also al Ham
burg and Milan.
Spectd' cable Despatch TO TIE 81

Spectd' cable DespGtch 10 TIE Sr>
PAEIs, Jan. g Dispatches to Frenr
papers from Ieipsic say the mys'eriou',
epidemic which broke on, in Berlin aoo''
Christmas time and is supposed to ma"
been brought about by hoboes drInS"'
woo'. alcohol has sappearedat that place.
II il said also that there are suspec'eo
cases at Hamburg and that the German,
are observing a strange silence III ga
In the epidemic, which is also r"Vo'''"
10 have appeared at Milan, Italy ;or
The International Sanitary om'n'ssm,,
has been asked for an Official report W
the disease.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-01-07

WAsHINGToN, JGn &. 81 ea or th9mp
Clark who has been confined 10 his bed
with a severe cold sine" yesterday. is
improving The Speat"r "Apccts to
return TO the capital Monday and to ;end
the jackson Day Democratic dinner
Monday night.
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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-22
Levant, where 1000 native Abysin-
ians were found destitute of provisions

ians were found destitute of provisions
en- route to Cairo. Before the encoun-
ter they had lived two months on gum
arabic alone. and. except for some
slight emaciation, no illness had occur
red. The oft-discussed experiment of
the American. DR.. Tanner. who. some
few years back, tasted without i'll re-
suits for forty days and forty nights,
scarcely needs repetition here.
The newely elected president Of the
American Medical association, Prof.
Abraham jacob of New York, tells of
an interesting instance of fever or high
temperature in a fireman who was in
jured by the revolving rods Of an en-
CINE. where the thermometer register
ed the astounding figures of 148. de-
grees. The temperance a taken
carefully In the presence of many per-
in several different spots Of the body.
More than five days 1t maintained an
elevation above 120 degrees. In dis
cussing this case Prof. WEIGH told of
one that had for a brief interval
reached l71 degrees. One hundred
and six degrees is usually regarded az
the highest temperature which the
body can give out for more than a
very limited period without death sup
ervening.
II you were to take a four-cycle en-
CINE from your motor boat or your
touring car. cover It with dirt. bury 1t
some feet below the surface Of the
earth, and exhume it a month later.
how efficient would it be afterward?
Yet this is done seemingly with inn
punity by the Hindu fakirs to their
very W selves. DR.. Konigberger, a
physician in the Punjaub. who doubt
ed these frequently repeated stories,
determined to make the most rigid
tests to exclude all possible fraud. One
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-22
BODY a MECHANICAL MARVEL
REM ARK ABLE CASES OF RESISTANCE TO DEATH WHEN RECOv.
ERY SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE.

up just behind the eye socket, and in
to the brain. and passed out at the
Very pinnacle Of his d~ome-shaped
head. At the top Of his head there
remained a rough lacerated hole larg-
er than a half dollar and as long as a
good but cheap cigar.
His optic nerve was severed, but,
except for the unilateral blindness, he
was quite strong and at work four
weeks later.
Mountainous to the ina yination in
the record Of its almost unbelievable
resistance to death or destruction is
the case of A. S.. q carpenter FL a
old. reported by Prof. William s. Hal
stead. Of the John Hopkins hospital.
This young man fell into the hands Of
certain hilarious students. and. while
saturated o or less with their OPEN
hearted hospitality. made so bold as
to boast OF his prowess as the only
original living human District in cap.
tivity. Challenged by a wager OF
cheese and small beer, he sat himself
sundry articles. consisting Of nails,
lacks, watch chains. horseshoe nails.
knife blades. handles. tins, dog COL
lars and two and one half ounces Of
broken glass. In his account Of this
marvellous human goat, Prof. Halstead
has attached q photograph Of the con.
tents Of the stomach as removed by
him v days after this drungen satur.
MALTA of nails and needles. knives and
chains. Exactly four weeks afterward
this ironfed young man left the John
Hopkins hospital as sound as a cow
bell. This was twelve years ago. and
he is alive and well today.
just. a few years previous to DR..
Halsted's celebrated case. DR.. Nielsen.
zach reported to the American Med
ical association that he had extracted
from a patients stomach twenty-five
barbed wire fence staples. fifteen large
screws. sixteen horseshoe nails, thirty
one half-inch wire nails. sixteen thir-
ty-two caliber cartridges. five thirty
eight caliber caftridgeA two knife
blades. two inches Of washstand chain,
some brass nails and staples, as we'll
as some electric light globes. Like the
other young man, this patient COM
pletely recovered.
Such heavy articles Of diet are, for
tunately. rather uncommon. but there
are equally strange examples Of the
power OF complex human tissues. re-
fusing to he an%nihilated. There IN the
account of Hasseluist's travels In the
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-22
CONTROL OF THE SENATE.

Speculations as to the effect on the
control of the senate Of Senator Ray.
ner's death are not very vital. So far
as that unfortunate event is con-
cerned, its effect will he but tenn
porary. Governor Goldsborough Of
Maryland may appoint a republican
to fill the vacancy for a short time;
but the democratic legislature of that
state will assuredly elect a democrat
for his unexpired term. although 1t Is
not probable that the successor will
fill his shoes.
There are enough states to elect
senators in the mex, three months to
make it impossible to predict with any
certainty what will be the exact po-
litical preponderance. The probabili-
ties favor a democratic majority of
one or two; but the possibilities in
clude that the ~progressives may hold
the balance of power. At all events,
the control of the senate Is likely to
be SO close that extreme partisanship
on any class OF legislation is likely to
defeat itself.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-22

of these Brahmin fakirs allowed him.
self to be buried by the doctor and his
suspicious colleagues In a well-fasten-
ed and sealed vault. The burial last
ed such a long time-for forty days
that some corn planted upon the soil
above the vault sprouted into bloom
before the unhappy fellow was re-
leased. Then the Hindu "a free. SUBJ
jected by the doctor to restoratives.
and lived happily ever afterward. Sir
Henry Lawrence. an English scientist
who assisted the German savant. SUBJ
Stimulates the whole account. The
chest in which the fakir was buried
was firmly sealed with clamps. and
when the fellow was brought out he
was cold and apparently ~lifeless.
The incontestable proof Of the HUI
man mechanism's strength and eff
cheney under the worst possible con-
ditions is to be found in the numer-
Gus non-fatal injuries and accidents
to the heart. A boy recently stabbed
in a street fray was left with the dag
ger III through the heart. He was
taken to the hospital and the heart
was stitched. He recovered. A man
of IS. suffering from paresis, passed
a hatpin into his heart. He had some
slight disturbance of his heart beat for
a month and then fully recovered.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-22
UHarper's Weekly Review.)

There is a univ ersai notion that any
serious injury to or o the brain
is incidental TO sure death. Popular
ly this is eXempliiied by gum-shoe art
lists and Apaches who brain their un.
fortunate victims with b~lackjacks and
sandbags. and by suicidal lunatics
who shoot out their brains by snap
ping the pistol against the temples
Yet how many sandbagged men ever
half-shot. would-be suicides that ac-
tually recover. H. is truly unusual 10
find them completely decima:ed.
Physicians and employees ahoLs nos
pitais = constantly astounde'd at the
relatively Slight damage done to the
gray matter H:ithin the skull cap after
what he thought a fatal bullet wound.
] have with ssci o than n such
perforated brain that suffered 60 Nt'!c
harm that a J; il sentence followed ZOE
pitiable creature. True enough. most
Of them die. but many of them re-
main alive long enough to tell all
about the affair to prevent the police
from looking for the perpetrator of a
dark and dastardly deed.
Thus. 1t may he realized how con-
tinuously the mind of man will fur
Their the vital activities of the body.
> AsAtino St'hliis tC Yarns
~, his pulse beats violently, he
breathes. he lives long after the Lul-
let has plowcd IN extra furrOw
through his brow. Often the end does
not come-except when the vital nerve
centers are severed-fOr a definite in
tcrval after his last wishes have been
expressed.
It is useless to fare far aleld fol
examples OF this strange human re.
sistance to death and dis%integrati0n,
There are IN record many-t0p num-
erOus. in fact. to mention.
That of Patrick p. O'Hara la OF
them that is perennial in it's interest,
O'Hara was a granite plaster; he was
engaged at the crucial moment In
tamping dynamite into the serpentine
crevice Of a precipitous cliff. The
tamping device was q vanadium steel
machet somewhat less than fifteen
pounds in weight. but only a little
more than an inch In diameter. When
tho explosion cleared away II was
discovered that this bar of steel had
been driven right through the lucklcss
laborer's Uranium.
1t penetrated the left cheek. just be-
meath the high cheek bone, went on
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-22

red sweaters to avoid being plugged
by nearsighted or excited hunters. but
the reports show that the victims are
who chance to cross the path. Carry
ing the guns recklessly. getting them
caught and discharged while Chamber
ing owe or through fences or while
handing them TO companions appear
to furnish as many casualties as the
familiar error of taking men for game.
Apparently the only hope for the
reduction of the number Of such mis-
haps, usually fatal. lies in getting
those who go hunting TO realize the
perils of the pastime. Doubtless a
great man, take every precaution
and. being familiar with the use OF
guns. avoid the risks that heset the
Inexperienced. But all stand in ex-
actly the am footing so far as dan
ger is concerned. because the veteran
is Just as likely to be manned pr kill
ed hy the care!essness Of the tyro who
fails to realize the necessity of caution
in handling deadly weapons. No doubt
each hunter thinks ii impossible that
an accident such as he reads of al
mos, dali could happen to him. That
is a common human failing RESPONSE
BILE for disregard OF many warnings.
AS a matter of fact. amply demon
strated by experience. no one is safe
so long as any fail to take every pre-
caution that prudence and vigilance
suggest,
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-22

There is no good reason for hang
ing back in the celebration of Thanks
giving day this year. Things might
have turned out worse" remarks the
Chicago Tribune. Medill Mccormick
organ. We should say not. ALL par
ties can extract each its cru,nb of
comfort. The rejoicings Of the demo-
Gratis are obvious and unanimous. The
bull moose are thankful that they
beat Taft. which was what they set
out to DO. The Taft wing is thankful
that Roosevelt was not elected. and
the socialists and prohibitionists can
both manifest their gratitude for the
biggest vote that either Of them ever
polled.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-22
All Parties Won in Washington.

"Of all the peculiarities Of the re.
cent election. in net results-and there
are many-the state Of Washington,
perhaps. furnishes the most striking"
said Robert a.: HAYWARD. a lawyer Of
Seattle. I'm the final analysis, the
supporters Of all parties and classes
must be satisfied. Democrats, regular
republicans. ~progressives. socialists,
sufragettes. and even the prohibition
lists. can claim a victory, for all won
in some part of the state. The state
was carried for Roosevelt by a safe
plurality, and the colonel, Of course,
will get the electoral vote of Wash
ington. Ernest Lister, the democrat
tic candidate for governor. won over
Gov. y. f. Hay, a regular republican
and n active manager of the Taft
campaign, by a narrow majority. The
regular republicans captured the leg.
Iislature. which will insure legislation
that will be of political benefit to the
succeeded in electing Mrs. Joseph r..
Preston as state superintendent of
public instruction. In the legislature
the socialists will be represented by
no less than six members. the largest
representation tn socialist party has
ever had in the state.
Three republicans were electd to
congress. and two progressives. In the
First district William f. Humphrey, a
republican. was reelected. In the
Second district Albert Sydney johnson.
editor Of the Hoquiam Washingtonian.
and formerly a newspaper man Of the
national capital. defeated Stanton
Warburton, a progressive. Mr.. John
son being a supporter Of president,
Taft. Representative LaFollettc. a
republican. was reelected, but the two
representatives at large-Alexander
Falconer and J. W. Bryan-are pro-
gressives.
Under the Washington law each
municipality may vote whether It is to
be wet or dry. In the election thirteen
cities voted dry and nine voted wet,
but Everett. the largest city in the
state that has beer dry. reversed con-
ditIons and voted for the opening of
the saloons.
$50 everybody in Washington. un-
der the conditions. must be satisfied"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-22
Thu: CABINET AND CONGRESS.

Even before his term expires. PreSi-
dent Taft is experiencing the salts
faction of making suggestions for re-
forms without being under obligation
to make the effort Of achievement.
Having listened to the suggestions Of
others for nearly four years. the pres
ident. as he himself in,imates. has
earned the right TO enjoy the free and
EASY menta exercise hitherto denied
him. Let others take the RESPONSE
bili,y now.
The studied effort TO keep the exec
utive and legislative branches Of the
government at arms length is a mis-
take. say the President. The veto
on II. one hand and the confirmation
OF appointments and ratification of
treaties on the other he would not
change. but he does feel hat there
white house and congress. ut has
been proposed twice in our history"
he y after the fullest considera-
ton by some of the wisest statesmen
we have ver had. TO pas a law Civ
ing to each department head a seat
in the senate and in the house. and a
right to enter into the discussion OF
the proposed legislation in either OF
the national legislative bodies"
In the early days Of the republic the
president attended the sessions OF the
senate. sharing in the discussions on
public measures, but the custom be-
gan and ended with George Washing
ton. who went away one day saying
AA~& l.osl sst,o <1yr~AG Il No u-nyN1I
go there again" Since then the presi-
dents have communicated with con
gress in writing.
The presence Of department heads
in congress would tend toward greater
publicity in government affairs. but
the success OF such an arrangement
would depend largely on whether the
legislative and executive branches
happened to be in control of the same
political party. If congress should
pass a law giving the cabinet men,
hers seats in the senate and house
there would be a great deal Of frank
nave p direct method OF making plain
its purposes. while the people, through
heir representatives, would have q
direct method of quizzing the execu-
live officers. If the administration
wanted to be secretive. however. the
cabinet officers could absent them.
selves, and if congress wanted to be
relieved of the burdens of listening to
the cabiret officers. a way would be
found t o cut off discussion. The two
branches Of the government could be
brought closer together, in short. il
10Th sides were willing, but since the
representatives of the executive de.
partment could not vote, it is a cues.
zion whether the proposed plan would
work better in practice than the pres
snt system Of written communications
and oral testimony in committees.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-22
THE WAY OF THE MuGwrMP.

Party lines have been pretty we'll
shattered lately, but from the stand
point of a sturdy democrat like Mayor
John ]. Fitzgerald of Boston "the
most unkindest out of all" is the an
aouncement of Governor Foss. of Mas
sachusetts that he favors William r.
Plunkett. a republican, to succeed
Senator Crane, thereby destroying
Fitzgerald's chances for the senate.
Governor Foss has beer elected
several times as a democrat. There
was a time, not long since, when he
was just as good a republican as he
is now q democrat. When Mayor
Fitzgerald. was marching around the
convention hall in Baltimore with
banners calling for "Foss for presi-
dent" William Jennings Bryan re-
marked: "As a democrat, that fellow
Foss isn't dry enough around the
neck" but Fitzgerald loyalty pro-
claimed the faith of Massachusetts,
governor.
Neither Fitzgerald nor any other
Massachusetts, democrat Is enthusiast
tic about Foss' Present attitude. The
governor says he would like to see
Plunkett elected, and will work for
him, because he Is in favor Of a low
tariff. and he would rather see a low
tariff republican get the job than a
high-tariff republican like John W.
Weeks. Samuel w. Mccall, or Curtis
Guild. This policy of opportunism is
all very we'll as a theory. but the DEM
Ocrats are not to DC blamed for feel
ing resentful. They might not be able
to elect a candidate Of their own, but
it is a new idea for generals to join
the opposition or the ground that
their own troops are ineffective.
1t was the same kind Of bipartisan
ship that was SO severely censured in
the Lorimer case. The motives OF all
democrats casting votes for Lorimer
were impugned. What. then, IL the
construction to be placed on the ac-
ton of Governor Foss? While there
is no imputation that he Is actuated
by any improper motives in urging
the election of a republican. there
does not seem on the surface to be
much difference between the present
case and the one that aroused the
United States senate not long ago.
Whatever conclusion may be drawn,
it is certain that the democrats of
Massachusetts, will feel less kindly
in the future toward the man whose
party ties are SO loose.