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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-05-24
WAITER Ma 7'RlES HEIREss.
Check and Blessing From Traction

Check and Blessing From Traction
Magnate, Fatiaer ct Bride. 8
Boston. - George 4. I.;im,ssee. the
handsomest waiter III Raston. = has
captured an heiress. Miss Macy Red.
ding; daughter Of q .'cl z Redding.
Baltimore tract tn;lgnate and
president of the Telnosratie club of
Oriole City. Thescoup.e were CARRIED,
it has just become known, at the Bos-
ton Cathedral of the Holy Cross on
May /.
Lamassee halls from Providence. He
was captain of walters at the Folies
Bergere restaurant, New York city.
Then he came to Boston and got job
month ago in the Copley- Plaza hotel
in the Back Bay He waited on Miss
Redding at the latter hotel, and it was
e case of love at first sight
Though Mr. Redding, it is said. Of
ten told his daughters he would rather
they be welded to workingmen than
idle society youths, he gaze a gasp.
tbs reported, when told of Miss Nan
cy's quick match. He barely got here
In time to attend the wedding, but he
gave the pair check and blessing.
Jack Redding, the brides brother, was
best man.
Lamassee will manage a restaurant
in an amusement park partly owned
by his father-in-law at Oil City, Pa.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-05-24
TELEPHONE BREEDS INSANITY
German AIienist Says Central Drives
Men to Madness 81

German Alienist Says Central" Drives
Men to Madness.
Berlin.-Remarkable evidence as to
the effect of the telephone upon the
minds of people using it was given in
a trial here. DIR. Strauch, a commits
sioner in lunacy, said that even phleg-
matte men might have their mental
balance upset by evaporation at get
ting no reply from central" He men
toned the case Of one of his own pa
tients. a well known doctor, who be
came completely insane through tele-
phone evaporation.
DR.. Paechter. another witness, as
serted that he could bring evidence to
show that government telephone girls
had been permitted by the inspectors
to utilize one of the big exchanges for
the reception of their fances. One
amusement of the girls of this ex-
change was to look up all subscribers
having the same name, to connect all
Of them, ring them all up and laugh
loudly at the result.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-05-24
WILL WE'D ONLY THE SOUND
Montclair Pastor Will Insist on Ger.
tifieate Of Good Health.

Montclair Pastor Will Insist on Ger
tifieate Of Good Health.
Montclair, N. 1.-THE Rev. Henry e..
Jackson, pastor Of the Christian Union
Congregational church here. has an
nounced he will perform no more mar
riages without certificate signed by
the physician of the bride to be that
the intended bridegroom is in perfect
health
At the coming annual meeting Of
Unity church the members will vote
on the question as to whether the pas
tor, Rev. Edgar s. Weirs, shall perform
the marriage ceremony without having
first obtained from each of the con
tracing parties a medical certificate
that they are physically sound.
The eugenics movement in Montclair
Is attracting considerable attention, in
terest in the subject having been arous-
ed by recent addresses OF DR.. Hen
~ Smith Williams, Professor III. 10.
Jordan Of the University Of Virginia,
Dean Sumner Of Chicago and Clifford
Roe. also of Chicago.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-05-24
CANCER STUDY AT HARVARD.
A Special Investigation Of the Effect Of
Radium to Be Made.

A Special Investigation Of the Effect Of
Radium to Be Made.
Cambridge, Mass. The effect of
radium in the treatment of cancer is to
be made the subject Of a special inves-
#tigation under the direction of DR.. Will
liam Duane at the Harvard medical
school.
For the present the experiments will
be conducted in the Coils p. Hunting
ton building, but as soon as possible a
special building is. to be constructed
adjoining the medical school and de-
voted entirely to the work Of radium
Investigation.
DR.. Duane has studied in the labora-
tory of Nine. Curie, the discoverer of
radium, and has been in touch also
with the work Of the Radium institute
In London. The Investigation is to be
made under the supervision of the can
Ger commission Of Harvard. DR.. e. e..
Tyzzee, director Of the commission,
says that a group of investigators is
being assembled osattack the problem
Of cancer treatment from various points
of view.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-05-24
SCIENTISTS NEARING
LIES BORDERLAND
Tests Tend to Show a State
This Side Of Death.

Baltimore.-Recent investigations in
the laboratories Of the Johns Hopkins
Medical school seem to indicate state
intermediate between life and death,
since life in many organisms may be
suspended by freezing in liquid air and
by other processes and then may be
resuscitated
Bacteria, the lowest plant organisms,
have enormous powers Of resisting
death. Bacteria Of various diseases
are seen in the laboratory frozen in
liquid air at temperature of 800 de-
grees r.
There are instances Of the lives Of
frogs, rats, snails and fish being sus-
pended by this freezing process, yet on
being ''thawed OUT after several weeks
they revive.
These animals are perfectly normal
when placed in refrigerating jar fill
ed with liquid air at a certain tempera-
ture. After short time the animals
appear lifeless. A month later they
are removed and on being ,massaged
show signs Of life, often reviving COM
pletely.
Recently successful efforts were
made in the medical school to revive
the apparently dead heart Of an ami
NAL. AS explained by DR.. Alexis Car
rel, who recently lectured before the
student body here, in about five cases
out Of ten the heart Of chicken took
on renewed energy several hours after
death: Immediately after death the
heart was frozen and preserved. A
few hours later it was resuscitated by
massage
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-05-24

% 1918, py American PreSS%ASSCCiat1On. u
JosEPHUs DANIELS, SECRETARY OF THE
NAVY.
navy and marine corps in adequate
numbers for many years to come. but
If the number Of appointments be re-
duced the relative cost Of educating
each midshipman will increase, while
the existing shortage in the navy will
grow rapidly worse There is little
likelihood Of more graduates from the
Naval academy than the government
will require LII
Secretary Daniels has approved
recommendation of the academy board
of the Naval academy that for subjects
in which the only examination comes
at the end Of the year the term work
shall count three ourths instead of
tWo-thirds, reducing the examination
accordingly. Under this arrangement
the work done during the term will
hereafter count more in determining
the scholastic standing than formerly.
The effect of the revision of the cur
riculum on the first years work has
been shown by the decrease in the
number of fourth class men dropped
for deficiency in studies at the semi
annual examinations. Last year nearly
II per cent Of the fourth class were
recommended to be dropped This
year only 10 per cent failed. In de-
termining the term work the examina-
ton now counts only one-sixth in SUBJ
jects in which monthly examinations
are given.
The recent entrance examinations
also showed an increase over the usual
percentage in those who qualified for
admission Out of 1876 examined in
February So per cent passed, as
against an average of about Al per
cent during the last six years. This
increase, it is said issnot due to a diff
ference in examination. but is due to
change in examination dates.
In order to limit the amount of ex-
penditures of midshipmen for civilian
clothing and haberdashery. as well as
to prevent their running in debt. an
order has been issued which forbids
them from making purchases directly
in Annapolis. but allows limited pur-
chases from firms who send repre-
sentatiyes to the academy. Local mer-
chants have no objection to the order,
as their payment is certain and IA
cilities for taking orders are freely
granted them.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-05-24

SECRETARY WILLIAM G. REDFIELD.
pared for the change. This is especial
~ true of those manufacturing wool
products.
E Great masses Of petitions have been
coming in from those conducting wool
en- business in all parts Of the country
praying that Schedule K be made ef-
fective Nov: l.. They urge an imme-
date announcement by congress of
such intention. They explain that this
is absolutely essential in order that
contracts may be made on that basis
and raw materials purchased with that
understanding.
OF almost equal Importance was the
suggestion brought to Senator Sim
mons by Secretary Redfeld that the
levy on incomes be laid only on those
accruing after July /, 1913, and not be-
ginning with Jan. of this year. This
would defer the gathering Of an income
tax for six months. The plea is adj
vanced that an attempt to tax incomes
accruing after Jan. 1, 1913, might be
regarded as retroactive legislation and
be pronounced unconstitutional by the
supreme court.
Winfred T. Denison. assistant attor-
ney general, and James F. Curtis, as
sistant secretary of the treasury, in
charge of customs, are the authors Of
an amendment Of farreaching impor-
lance. 1t had.been previously laid be-
fore Chairman Underwood of the ways
and means committee 1t has the in
dorsement Of the attorney general and
the secretary Of the treasury. There
is possibility that it may. be approved
by the finance committee and presented
in the senate before debate begins.
f Under the proposed amendment the
secretary of the treasury would be
given authority to proclaim the dutia-.
BILE value of any merchandise as finally
decided by the appraisers in case Of no
appeal to be the dutiable value. But
whenever in the judgment Of the sec
rotary It is practicable to make gen
eral schedule of dutiable values he may
from time to time proclaim such val
ues, publish them to take effect in no
case less than fifteen days after publ
cation, and Tin the absence Of such an
nouncement proclamation shall take
effect at the close Of such fifteenth
day, and such proclamation shall con-
5tinue in effect until revoked or modi
fed by the secretary upon sixty days.
notice. 2
Such proclaimed values by the secre-
tary would be used in lieu of foreign
market values. thereby steadying the
customs case as derived from an ad
valorem system.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-05-24
Extend Time ON
UNDERWOOD BILL.
Many Petitions From Business
Men Urge Definite Action.
ASK FOR SPECIFIC DATES.
Secretary RedfieId confers With sena-
tor Simmons of Finance Committee.
Wool Rates Likely to Become Effec-
tive Nov. 1-other Sections Of Meas
ure to Become Law Jan. I, 1914.

ure to Become Law Jan. 1, 1914.
Washington.-The fixing of specific
dates when certain features of the I'm
derwood tariff bill shall become oper-
alive is being urged with such per-
s1stency as to presage success. 1t is de-
sired to have the schedule comprising
wool and manufactured articles thereof
go into effect Nov. l, leaving other sec
tons of the measure to become a law
Jan. /. 1914.
The general impression prevails that
President Wilson favors this extension
Of time. The chief reason for such be-
lief arises from the fact that Secretary
Redfeld of the commerce department
recently held long conference with
Senator Simmons, chairman of the
finance committee, on the proposition.
Although Mr.. Redfeld is largely inter-
ested in manufacturing enterprises, it
is not regarded as possible that he
would advance a change of such sig
nlicance and Importance without the
consent and approval of his chief.
The argument used by Secretary
Redfield was that those engaged in
many lines of industry demand fixed
date when the tariff bill should go into
operation. They desire to adjust their
business affairs in advance and be pre-
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-05-24

state OF chihuahua, is now resident
Of this city. His charges, have been
forwarded to the City Of Mexico, and
they will be laid before the house Of
representatives there. Accompanying
the charges is petition urging that
General Huerta be impeached and sub
jected to the penalty for his alleged
I crimes, which is death under the con-
stitution Of Mexico.
There are three separate counts in
Senior Barron's complaint and petit
ton, and each count is supported by
quotations from the Mexican constitu-
ton and from the code of military
law.
General Huerta, it is alleged, was
traitor from the time General Felix
Dfaz got out Of prison, making no ef-
fective use whatever of his troops,
finally sacrificing them in an impossi-
BILE attack on the DiaZ forces, after
which he deprived President Madero
of the loyal troops guarding the pal
ace, substituting for them the traitor
Gus soldiers of General Banquet
Then, says Senior Barron, there were
several secret conferences between
General Huerta and the American am
bassador, Henry Lane Wilson, One Of
these conferences, it is averred, was on
Feb. II, the very day before Huerta
and Banquet came out in open revolt
and ordered the imprisonment and de-
| tention in the national palace Of Presi-
dent MaderO, Vice President Jose NJ
Pine SuareZ, several members of the
cabinet, the governor Of the federal dis
trict and Congressman Gustavo Ma
dero, brother Of the president.
The code Of military law is quoted to
show that General Huerta was guilty
of rebellion and treason in that he
withdrew from the obedience of the
government, used his troops In hostility
to the government and melted revolt
! The Mexican military; code provides
| the penalty Of death for any officer
whose unnecessary violence against a
prisoner causes the death Of the pris-
/ oner. On that count Senior Barron calls
4 for the death of Huerta because Of the
assassinat ton of Madero when In HUI
erta's custody. 1t is alleged that the
statement which General Huerta gave
/ to the press and public regarding the
circumstances Of Madero's death was
deliberately false.
In concluding his petition Senior Bar
ron says: ss5
1T is shameful for Mexico that even
tfor few weeks there could have en-
dured spurious government based
upon treason, usurpation and crime
Mexico forms part of the civilized
world Her social. commercial, literary
and other relations with the rest of the
universe oblige us to maintain before
Eother nations decorous attitude, be-
cause in modern times there is not a
nation which can endure while deliver
ling herself to acts of savagery horrify-
/ ing to the civilized world. y
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-05-24
COLONEL JOSEPH F. SCOTT.

COLONEL JOSEPH F. SCOTT.
Auburn prison. Colonel Scott was ap-
pointed superintendent of prisons after
a successful administration, covering
more than ten years, of the affairs Of
the Elmira reformatory. He was con-
sidered one Of the foremost penologists
in the country. President Taft sum-
moned Colonel Scott to Washington to
preside over the international confer
ence on prison reform held there two
years ago. Mr. Blake in his report as
sails Colonel Scott bitterly and says
fatty that he has done nothing to earn
his reputation.
Mr.. Blake asserts that because of in
fluence eXerted by men well known in
various walks of life money has been
wrung from persons seeking clemency
for prisoners, but in some cases the
favors bought were mot delivered"
The commissary department of the
prison, according to Mr.. Blake, lis run
along incompetent If not dishonest
lines. There is criminal carelessness il
not downright grating. Signs that this
is the case stick out as plentifully as
quills on the back of frightened por-
cupine."
John S. Kennedy, warden of Sing
Sing, is charged by Mr.. Blake with
having violated the law. HE has per
mitted the creation and continuance of
unbusinesslike methods" says the re-
port, land has caused the state to lose
thousands of dollars in a way that
points directly to graft. He has made
no attempt to protect the inmates from
disease and vice nor any effort to pro-
duce better conditions in this prison"
Mr.. Blake says he was told stories,
amply corroborated, of such frightful
character as to appeal to the most un-
feeling person. The cells on the ground
floor, he says, drip with moisture, so
that the minutes in many cases have
become victims of chronic rheumatism.
Many pages Of the report are devoted
to criticism of the Industrial depart
ment Of the prison. Mr.. Blake says
that there has been constant de
crease in the profits, which have drop
ped from $76,749 in the first six months
of 1910 to $30,052 in the first six
months of 1912.
In the course Of his Investigation of
the commissary department Of the pris-
on Mr.. Blake says that, according to
the records, 469 pounds of beef went to
Warden Kennedy's table during the
month of March. Commenting gener-
ally on the conduct Of this department
Of the prison, Mr.. Blake says he found
enormous waste, while the prisoners,
as arule, were underfed.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-05-24
DUFFY BRIBERY CASE
WILL COME Up next
Former Inspector Sweeney to
Face Graft Charges.

New York.-District Attorney Whit
man now plans to put Sergeant Peter
}. Duffy on trial next. Duffy, who is
alleged to have collected graft for
Sweeney when he was in command of
the Sixth police inspection district, is
under indictment for bribery, a felony
carrying a maximum penalty of fiji
teen years.
1t is the district attorneys intention
! to move for Duffy's trial Immediately.
The district attorney, after Duffy's
trial, expects to put Sweeney on trial
for grating and after him the other
three convict inspectors.
The grand jury is soon to take up
the question of graft collected in the
Tenderloin by an inspector who for
merly ruled there, much after the man
ner that Sweeney, Hussey, Murtha and
Thompson ruled in Harlem. This in
spector not only profited through wink
ing at violations of the law on the part
Of disorderly houses. gambling houses
and saloons, but he shared in the prof
it Of all "snide" gambling games where
everything was fixed for the victim to
be fleeced.
This Inspector is also said to have
shared in the huge sums of money that
wire Taper sWindlers obtained from
out of town men, and in his investiga-
ton of this inspector District Attor-
ney Whitman has come across fresh
evidence against high police official
whose chief sources Of illegitimate rev.
enue are the wire tappers and the
fortune tellers who are permitted to
eyade the law.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-05-24
SING Sine CALLED
A TORTURE HOUSE.
Medieval Barbarities Tame by
Comparison.
men CRIPPLED FOR LIFE.
Governors Investigator Asserts That
Cells Drip With Moisture and Are In
tested With vermin - Morals the
Worst Feature-Graft and Waste
AIlesed-coloneI Scott Played.

Albany. --"Stories of torture of pris-
oners In the middle ages sound like de-
Bcriptions of luxuries in comparison to
the tales that have been told me of the
lives that some Of the prisoners in Sing
Sing live"
This indictment Of New York states
Oldest penal institution is embodied in
the report made by, George w. Blake
of New York, a special commissioner
appointed by Governor Sulzer to inves-
tgate prison affairs.
The worst feature-that dealing with
the morals of the convicts-Mr. Blake
says cannot be discussed in q pubic
document, but should be called to the
Immediate attention Of those compe-
tent to deal with the situation.
The investigator describes conditions
as "frightful." The prison cells, he
says, are dark, small, damp, filthy and
infested with vermin. In them men
contract rheumatism and 60 out Grip
pied for life. Into none Of the cells on
the lower tiers has ray Of sunshine
entered for eighty years.
The report opens with bitter attack
on Warden Kennedy and on Colonel
Joseph F. Scott, who was removed as
superintendent Of state prisons by Gov
ernor Sulzer after he had refused to
appoint Charles r. Ratigan warden Of
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-05-24
TO TRY FLIGHT TO ENGLAND.
Aero Yacht to Start by July i, Says
Boston Official.

Boston Official.
Savannah, Ga.-A 5Batson aero yatch
will start by July 1 for flight across
the Atlantic ocean, according to the
statement made here by a representa-
tive of the company.
1t is the purpose Of the Batson inter-
ests to fly from Savannah to New
York with letter from Mayor Rich
ard j. Davant to Mayor William j..
Gaynor. Then the trip will be extend
ed to Washington, where, with letter
from President Wilson to King George,
the start on the transatlantic flight
will be attempted.
Captain NJ. A. Batson, U. S. A., re-
tired. is the inventor and designer of
the new air craft. His officers express
confidence of winning the prize of $780,
600 offered by Lord Northcliffe through
the London Daily Mail for the first
transatlantic fight.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-05-24
WANTS. A "sANEIsH" WIFE.
Lonely Man Also Says She Must Be

Lonely Man Also Says She Must Be
Fairly Young.
Los Angeles. Wanted, a wife. Can
didates must furnish proof that they
are Of saneish origin and must be less
than twenty-five years of age
Those were the specifications con-
tanned ina letter received by the coun-
ty clerk from a man in Redding, Cal.
The lonely mans modesty withheld his
name, signing only his initials.
The letter was turned over to the
marriage license bureau, where all can
didates may apply.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-05-24
BLIND MANS MEMORY FEAT.
Recalls Friends Voice After Twenty
two Years.

two Years.
Vancouver, Wash. The ability Of
Fred Lester, recently stricken blind,
to recognize by his voice man whom
he had not heard speak for twenty
two years was demonstrated here.
Having lived in the city for so many
years, Mr.. Lester goes about by use Of
cane. His eyes look normal:
When standing at Fifth and Main
streets he was addressed by G., w.
Holder, who had come to Vancouver
for short visit after being away
twenty-five years He asked Mr.. Les
ter IT the car went past certain point,
and when Mr.. Lester had answered
the question he added. "And, M.
Holder, am pleased to greet you"
1t was not until then that Mr.. Holder
recognized his friend of long ago.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-05-24
Uses Fire to Stop Doq Fiqlnt.

Bellefontaine, O.Fire was used to
separate fighting bulldogs after they
had created panic In the Big Four
station and driven people scurrying
from the platforms. It appeared Inn
possible to separate the dogs, which
seemed to be IN q death clutch, until
a commercial traveller, using his own
cigar and that Of another man, press
ed the lighted ends against the noses
of the two combatants.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-05-24
lnvents NonrefIiahIe Rotfl,

IIsSSISsS tNOIII VIIIIe8UISs0VSSI
San Quentin, Cal.With the time at
his disposal in the last eleven months
Of his seven year term for burglary, e..
J. McCalla. a prisoner employed as
waiter for the officers table at the
prison here, has perfected patent nom
Reliable bottle device which he as.
serts will ret him fortune upon his:
release two years hence The device
can be fitted to any bottle. 2
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-05-24
DOORWAY In A RUDDER.

Made Necessary For Work on the New
Giant cunarder Aquitania.
London.-The rudder has just been
placed in position on the $4,000 ton
Cunard liner Aquitania, which will be
launched at Clydebank, Glasgow, dur
ing the last week in April.
The rudder is so large that a door.
way was made in the lower part of it
to admit workmen and enable them to
work on a pin four feet long connect
ing the rudder with the ship.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-05-24
CLARENCE BARROW BROKE
Labor Unions Asked to Raise Fund
For McNamaras, LAWYER

VI iWSINaHdIdSH.#Ed Lawyer
Chicago Clarence s. barrow sur
prised the Chicago Federation of La
Dor at meeting here by walking in
and taking a seat. He was given a
rousing reception and addressed the
federation on the child labor question.
Later 1t developed that Darrow,s for
tune Of $4,000 had been swallowed
up in his two trials.
A letter was read from President
Charles 81. Meyer of the Western Fed
Grafton Of Miners calling on all union
labor organizations to subscribe to a
fund to assist Darrow In his third
trial. This move was indorsed by the
federation, and collections will be
made. The trial is set for June 16..