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The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-05
How Human LIFE
Nav Be STOPPED
and ST AR TED Again

r TEREIN is shown how human
ri life may be suspended and the
: wonderful things being accom-
plished by science in working toward
the realization Of the miracle of ex.
treme frost.
thine will come when the man who
can afford it, having no home ties. no
bonds of love- sand being tired Of the
follies or the injustices of his time,
will put himself In cold storage for a
century or SO with instructions as to
the exact time of his liberation, and
80 let the Irritating years. uncon-
sciously slip by. and awake hopefully
to new order Of things" So predicts
Mark Telfair discussing some Of the
marvellous things achieved by Euro
pean Investigators regarding ex-
tremes of cold so great that the lay.
man scarcely can grasp the full sig.
nificance.
Science itself does not. deny that
human life can be suspended. It re.
plies that 1t has not yet been done,
but that ways already haye been
demonstrated by which It may be
done. That an animal may. be re.
vived even when 1t; is apparently
dead. and when no. tests known to
science will show That life is still in
Il, has long been known. The posi-.
bility Of assuming this condition
where life exists only. as posi-.
bility Of revival, and which is now
known to scientists as "anabiosis,"
Is limited to the lower order Of the
animal kingdom, and to such of the
higher as are known to hibernate. !"
Frost and Egypt. Feminist.
Were anabiosis known and ap.
plicable in the time of the early Egyp.:
tians." remarks Newberry o. Nor.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-05

THAT the life of germ is length.
ened by the presence of noxious
i gases in the air is shown. by the
experiments of Trillat and of his pu-
pills in France. The impurities that
proceed from the decomposition Of
organic matter thus form a favor
able environment for certain infinite
ly small microbes. Newly exhaled
breath, the emanations Of the earth,
the neighborhood Of bodies in a state
of decomposition, are all sources of
gaseous food for the germ.
The experiments made by NJ. Tril.
lat on the air of glaciers and air
taken In the neighborhood of habita-
lions have clearly demonstrated this
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-05

TOR the next two hours, in this
II desperate struggle between the
trenches. the ballista was used In
cessantly," reads recent account Of
the fighting between the Italian and
Austrian armies. That item would
have been instantly comprehensive
during the days of the Roman con.
quest. In the time of the rapid.fire
gun It has wholly unfamiliar sound.
1t shows, however, how the ancient
things, thought to have been discard
ed for the intensely modern have
come back to assert themselves.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-05

tion OF this revived mode of fighting:
"The medieval catapult was usu.
ally fitted with an arm that had a
hollow or cup at its upper end, in
which was placed the stones to be pro-
jected. / find, however,
that the original and more perfect
form of this engine. as employed by
the Greeks and ancient Romans, had
sling made of rope and leather at
tached to its arm"
The addition of a sling to cata.
putt increases its power by at least
a third. The author says that, for
example, one catapult will throw q
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-05


in the case Of wheat grains, castor
bean and others. and Becquerel did
the same with pea and buckwheat. It
was thought that perfect suspension
OF life had been thus realized. but
others maintained that such was Inn
possible. and were 1t 50. that death
must ensue.
On, the Border of Death.
The vital functions were not ae-
tually stopped. but only very much
slowed up. for there may be very
slight difference between an almost
and an entire suspension OF life witch
is enough for the purpose. Or. Bee
ouerel Of the botanical department of
the University of Paris then UNDER
took to answer this objection by the
use Of the extreme cold AFFORDED by
liquid air and hydrogen. Fhe str.k-
ing experiments made by Pictet. Dyer,
Fadyen and Dewar showed that
germs could resist such intensescoid,
but the germs still contained water
and gas and were not placed in a
vacuum.
To make the result conclusive. the
three conditions for suspension of life
must be united. that Is, greatest
amount of dryness. highest vacuum.
and greatest cold. DR.. Becquerei was
fortunately able to realize all this at
Leyden by the aid Of the eminent
scientist. Kammerfngh onnes. who
placed the resources OF his Laboratory
at his disposal. Thus thes specimens
could be kept for three weeks at the
temperature; Of liquid air (-ls0 deg.
Cent) and then for n hours ut the
extreme. cold produced by liquid
hydrogen t-250 deg. Cent?. using
grains Of wheat, mustard. spores OF
aspergillus and others, and various
bacteria, all of which were kept in
sealed glass, tubes having the great
est possible degree Of vacuum.
lnsistenee of Life.
The three conditions Of cold. dry
ness and vacuum were now realised
to a remarkable degree. It is crafty
ing to state that the experiment was
complete success. An the grains
at the end of one year and the spore.
after two years in vacuum. once
planted or otherwise allowed to grow.
were seen to terminate quite as
usual.
Itds to be noticed that In this very
special case the cells were deprived
Of water and gas. and the protoplasm
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-05

ing to numerous Observations of the
German scholar Flugge. that for mi.
crobes to be transported by the air it
was necessary to project them into
1t by some mechanical action, such
as pniyerisation or any other means,
the effect Of which would be to de,
tach them from their support.
Contrary to this notion, Trillat and
Fouassier have established expert.
ments demonstrating that when the
superposition of certain factors takes
place the sowing of the air is per
formed in the same manner as that
of a bouillon of culture, merely by
the play and movement of the invis.
ible vesicles which constitute the
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-05

Influence. says the Chemical News.
NJ. Trillat in collaboration with NJ.
Fouassier, has continued this study.
The two scholars have just
shown that the transport of pathoge.
nous microbes in the air is effected
especially by the damp which con.
tains, in an infinitesimal state, traces
of gas.aliments.
Moreover, it would seem that the
air, when it fulfils certain conditions
of dampness, Of chemical compost.
ton, Of temperature, and of age Of
microbes, is capable Of being fertil.
lied directly by the contact Of mi.
crobian source.
Up till now 1T was thought. accord.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-05
Studying the Beginnings of Earthly Life

ciassed With the vegetable kingdom.
Such living things have mo- feeling
sard none Of the otheF senses seeing.
hearing, tastingsor smelling. ss
Next came the lower forms OF ani-
NAL lie. with s'on6 or more 10 fhe
'venses. and later the animaIs shavinT
allifive senses.
Man came last a. the highest tyne
Of living korgphistpt He was Ftven
superior powers. 90 that hs might be-
come the ruler Of an the other living
things. power exercised throukhy the
capacity Of the brain 70 think. reason
and originate.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-05

use OF. chemically pure water, while
others profess to observe some virtue
inshard, natural waters.
It IS, safe to say that pure, germ.
free water II always preferable for
drinking purposes to natural water
Of suspected ippurity. .Ifs.one be.
lieyes there is benefit in drinking
some natural wafer. he may be: con.
tent with the knowledge that the
supplying OF distilled water In .fha
factory does not prevent tho en-.
pioyes from averaging up their drink.
ing watersby taking what they want
from natural sources when away
from the works. g.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-05

of plants. and even completely devel.
oped animals. such as rotifer and
other lower orders.
In all cases they appear to undergo
a natural mummification from the
fact Of drying up. and can wait sew
eral years or even much longer. then
coming back to life under favorable
conditions for their evolution. How
ever. in nature 1t is quite difficult to
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-05
My.tery Of Latent Life.
humidlty. OF the air.

humidity of the air.
In an Infinitely feeble volume Of
about one hundred-thousandth Of a
cubic millimeter these tiny drops are
uninfuenced by the action Of the
force OF gravity. They are always
mobile under the influence Of the
least variation of temperature,
All these results are of the great.
est interest for ARCHAEOLOGICAL sci.
ence. NM. Trillat and Fouassier
have shown how the contamination
OF the air takes place in closed and
tranquil space. without the interyen.
ton OF the presence of dust or of anv
mechanical means, as was behaved
up to the present time.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-05

ascertain whether such germs have
their life only slowed up or really
stopped, for their drying is not COM
plete, and their protoplasmic SUBJ
stances always contain a certain
amount OF water or gases which
serve to keep up their physiological
functions. even though in a very
feeble state.
But in the laboratory the result is
not the same. for we now possess
more powerful means, and by using
almost perfect vacua. very strong
agents for removing the water. and
sources of heat. 1t becomes possible
to keep the germs alive and at the
same time remove all water and gas
from their cells.
Prof. Maquenne demonstrated this
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-05

pertinent, It is essential that the wa.
ter be very gradually frozen and that
1t shall have contained pieces Of ice
for from is to IS, hours before the
whole mass is frozen. The process Of
thawing must also be very slow. 1t
is believed that. through this process.
Siberian sturgeon and Alaskan sal
mon can be exported alive to distant
countries.
Mystery Of Latent Life.
Such is the far-reaching problem
that biologists have before them in
connection with the problem of
"latent life" that singular faculty
possessed by microbes, spores, eggs
Of certain crustaceous animals, seeds
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-05
How SUNLIGHT Helps the CURE Of WOUNDS

Or. Breiger applies different forms
OF rhototherapy. reserving the ultra
violet rays for the more torpid LESSONS.
He reports that old rehellious cases
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-05

OF skin efuptions saHd toils were
promptly cured by the fnergury-yapor
Hight after. failure Of an Other. meas.
ures perssserinsly apgiiedg
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-05

Jarrah trees in the Austrian for
ests grow to a height OF 100 feet;
kari trees to 200 feet.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-05

From an Odd Relief Of Hatshe-
psut, the Queen Elizabeth Of
Egypt A Commentator on
Suspended life by Freezing
Laments That She Was Not
Preserved by the New Method,
Instead Of by Pitch and Spice.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-12-15
MACEDONIA
FREED. = SAY
BUlGARS
Of Trio Of Cities Is
Claimed by War Office to
Have Put Last Foeman Of
Bulgarians From Serbia

London. Dec. 15.--Bulgaria is ex-
ultant. Her capture Of Doiran.
Struga and Gievlegi In Serbia. oficial-
ly reported in the war ONCE state
ment received here early today, was
hailed as marking a day "of great
historical Importance" In Bulgarian
history. inasmuch as It cleared Ser
bia Of the last Of the foemen.
Macedonia is freed" said the
Sofia announcement. The enemy
everywhere Is beaten"
In Doiran and Gievlegi the popu-
lace hailed the conquerors joyously.
the war office declared. Before quit
ting Gievlegi, the French did con-
siderable wrecking to delay the Bull
garians.
The French. the statement said.
fought more valiantly than the Eng
lish in the ten-day campaign which.
Bulgaria said. swept them back upon
neutral territory.
I .
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-12-15
ARE
. EVIDENCE IN CASE
AGAINST SCHMIDT
tBy United Press Leased wire.l

by united Press Leased Wire.) A
Los Angeles, Dec. ia suit case
containing four coils of fuse. box
Of dynamite caps and an alarm clock,
"a bundle Of fuse wrapped and at
tached to tin can, and San Fran
cisco newspapers containing accounts
OF the Times explosion were identi-
fed today by Edward Gibson, form
er San Francisco policeman. In the
M. A. Schmidt murder trial as being
the same that he had seen at bag
gage room OF the Oakland ferry on
January "a. 1910.
The suit case was opened and the
articles displayed before the Jury as
evidence and accepted
Mrs. Rosa Brown, who was O room
or at 2410 Mission street. San Fran
cisco. where Schmidt. according to
the testimony. made his home for
eight months prior to the explosion.
testified to knowing the defendant.
She said that David Caplan called on
one occasion and that Schmidt left
the place with suit case shortly
after the Los Angeles disaster. She
also declared that she saw him buy
a paper October 1. 1910, the day the
explosion occurred. Link by link.
the prosecution Is fighting to estab-
lish the connection Of the defendant
with the various bits of evidence.
Schmidt watches the proceedings
closely and keeps careful memoir
andum OF the number Of witnesses.
the evidence presented and exhibits
accepted.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-12-15
PLACES RESPONSIBILITY FOR
CONTINUED WAR ON GREAT BRITAIN
BY United Press Leased Wire, (,

CBy United Press Leased Wire.)
Berlin, via Sayville, Dec. 15.--Ger-
many's financial foundation Is rock
ribbed; England's has been weighed
In the balance and found wanting,
her dissolution is at hand; and upon
her ia the blame for continuance Of
the war.
This summarizes the speech Of DR.,
Karl Helfferich. imperial secretary Of
the treasury, before the reichstag to-
day In discussing the problems Of
German finance. M
N I'VE stand like rocks in the soil
OF their home country" he said. "on
the columns of the British empire
were written In glowing letters the
same words as we're written upon
Belshazsar's palace;
Meme. Meme. tekel upharsln'
(weighed In the balance and found
wanting)." !" ts.f 2
Quoting from the scriptures,
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-12-15
BILL PROVIDES FOR
EXTENDING WAR
EMERGENCY TAX
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(By United Press Leased Wire.)
Washington. Dec. 15.--The admin
istration bill proposing extension Of
the present war emergency taxes q
year in their present form, was In
troduced today by Majority Leader
Kitchin. He desires vote thereon
tomorrow.
In presenting the measure, Kitchin
pointed TO losses in customs revenue
amounting to $S2.00o,oo0. and in
tobacco and liquor to $4,000. 900.
Taxation Of rich mems incomes is
a plan to which the ways and means
committee is turning to meet the ex-
pense Of increased preparedness. A
democratic faction now threatens to
oppose any taxes for preparedness ex-
cept on incomes and inheritance, un-
less the government monopolizes the
making Of munitions.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-12-15

Helfferlch predicted these columns
would crumble and that England
would fall and dissolve.
"The responsibility for the blood
which will flow from now on" he
continued, "for the worlds misery
and the danger to which civilization
is exposed, falls not upon Germany,
but upon those who can not resolve
to draw the conclusion from Ger
many's military successes, which no.
body can dispute.
"The responsibility falls upon
those who In their foolish criminal
Illusion still now speak OF Germany's
annihilation and partition, and Of
winning a war OF exhaustion" 'i'i
Helfferlch thereupon contrasted
Germany's financial situation with
that Of her enemies, His speech was
In connection with the flrst reading
Of the bill providing an additional
ss.5 90, 100000 war credit.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-12-15
BULGAR TROOPS
STOP ON REACHING
GREC|AN BORDER
(By United Press Leased Wire

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
Athens, Dec. 15.--Offcial dis
patches today told Of a lull in the
struggle along the Serbo-Greek bor-
der. These said no large Bulgar
forces had yet invaded Greece, and
that scouts on the heels Of the re-
treating entente allies Immediately
withdrew when they discovered the
mistake they had made in passing
beyond the Greek border.
1t is possible that later press re-
ports concerning Bulgar invasion
are true, though officialdom does not
believe that the Bulgars will invade.
Meantime, "the ministry has de-
cided to shape its policy according to
the course Of events" said a semi
official statement. This is taken to
mean that Greece is keeping an anxi-
Gus eye on the problem OF pursuit
by the .Bulgars and Teutons. Some
reports say Germany has questioned
the allied occupation OF Grecian ter
ritory. The main body of allies has
been driven further toward Saloniki,
but about a division remained in the
trenches just inside the border to OPP
pose the advance Of the central allies
forces. Desultory artillery fighting
across the border was the only fight
ing yesterday.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-12-15
NAME CONSUL BOpp
AS HEAD or PLOT
TO WRECK RAILWAY
tBy United Press Leased Wire


Providence, r. l., Dec. 15.--Ger-
man Consul Bopp. of San Francisco
was named as head OF an anti-ally
plot TO wreck Canadian railway tun-
nels In an affidavit signed by Count
Van Koolbergen, printed by the Pro-
vidence Journal today. Van Kool.
bergen is now under arrest in Cal
gary, "a an alleged forger, though
It was said no will later be taken 10
San Francisco to testify In the alleged
bomb plot cases there.
The affidavit indicated Koolbergen
framed on the San Francisco Ger
mans. He told them, he said, that
he could do a job for them in Canada.
Thereupon he was assigned. He was
to be well paid for his work. Then,
with the colluslon OF the Canadian
Pacific officials. he caused to be print
ed reports OF damage to tunnel In
the Selkirks.
Afterward. according to the atii-
.davit. Koolbergen returned to San
Francisco for his pay. This was given
him by the vice-consul at the direc.
tion Of Bopp, he said, though not un.
III the consul had made some inquiry
as to the truth OF Koolbergen's story
Three thousand dollars was the
agreed price, Koolbergen claimed
The first installment amounted to
$500; then Koolbergen had tc
threaten to get more, he. claimed
Finally, through Baron Won Brincken
one Of the alleged San Francisco
plotters. now under arrest, he said
he received $3.50 under a com
promise arrangement. IA
At that time, Koolbergen claimed
he was informed that a steamship
agent. Capelle (probably Robert
Capelle, OF the North German-Lloyd
now sought as witness In the San
Francisco cases), was investigating
Just how much damage had beer
done to the tunnel which Koolbergen
said he had arranged with Bopp and
Won Brincken TO blow up. RI
The alleged afIldavit was signed In
San Francisco, August 81 last. and
covered events Of several months
earlier. VA s-s.i.a
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-12-15
QENN|SON IS
WANTED IN
co UR I
January 10 Set as the Date
When Bond Company Must
Produce Man Sentenced
for Attempted Extorti 0 n

Ernest d, Dennison. alias Geo. G.
Hun. must present himself in the cir
cult court OF Josephine county on
the 10th day OF January for execu-
tIon OF the prison sentence imposed
by the court In 1914, or the bond OF
$4,000 given when the case was ap-
pcaled to the supreme court will be
declared forfeited. This was the
substance OF an order OF the court.
signed by Judge Calkins. as another
chapter In the case celcbre In Jose
phine court annals.
Early In the year 1914. Dennison.
IA he was known here. came to
Grants Pass accompanied by two de-
tectives. Haas and Kirkwood. having
trailod oslin NJ. Jackson to this coun-
try from New York city. where an
Indictment had been had against
jackson. who was charged with ille-
gal transactions In real estate deal
Ing. Jackson was living on ranch
between Grants Pass and Merlin. and
was known here as Bob" Jackson.
The arrest OF Jackson followed. and
he was held In the county Jail hero
for several days pending release on
bonds. Subsequent to the arrest OF
jackson an fugitive from justice,
however, jackson brought about tho
arrest OF Dennlson, or Hun, and OF
Detective Hass, whom he charged
with attempted extortion. alleging
that the men sought to obtain money
from him upon the threat OF having
him turned over to the authorities
and returned TO New York upon the
Indictment there. When the case
came to trial. Hass turned states
evidence and escaped, but Dennison
was found guilty and sentenced to
serve an indetermlnate sentence OF
from six months to two years In the
state penitentiary. An appeal was
taken from the verdict and the judg-
(Continued on page y
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-12-15
RECORDCROP
OF v HEAT
IN j. s.
Yield Of the Cereal in 1915
Was More Than Billion
Bushels, With Corn More
Than Three Billion Bushels

Washington, Dec. 1.-THE 1916
wheat crop will total 1.0f1,505, ,000
bushels. against Ss1.O17.0O0 in 1914
the department Of agriculture an.
nounced today.
The corn crop is 3,054,535. 900
against 2.s72.0S4.000, while cotton
,is 1i,161.0O0 bales, against 1915
600 the past year.
Taken In conjunction with Secre.
tary Houston's annual report, these
figures mean that the American
farmers pockets are bulging. that
the old sock beneath the mantelpIece
Is overnowing and that the bank ac.
count is fat and lusty.
Houston's report told OF an estim
ated value OF ss.s7s. 900. 900 In 1914
a recordlbreaker, which scared near
iy $50. .000. 900 above the 1918 mark
At the same time. he showed par.
ticularly heavy agricultural exports
for the first part Of this year--near.
ly $500, 900. 900 to June /. The
secretary advocated more meat ami.
mails. and called attention to the
ravages OF disease. He wanted. too
prompt effective action to check cit.
rus fruit diseases In the south; land
mortgage banking acts and water
power permits in the national for
ests; provisions for better marketing
conditions: creation of grain and cot
ton standards. and a form Of ware
house act.
The value Of the wheat crop, as
announced today. is $3.50. 0.302. 900; /;
the corn crop at s1.755.Sb 900. and
the cotton at s602,3s3,000
The apple crop was placed In to-
days figures at 76.s70, 900 barrels,
valued at s156,407.000.
These remarkable figures total up
to $500. .0O0, 900 for the wheat, corn
and smaller crops.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-12-15
SAYS NAVY LEAGUE
IS A BRANCH OF
MORGAN WAR TRUST
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tby Ohitou Tfooo iSohoou Vho'J N..
Washington. Dec. 15.---The Navy
league was called branch OF the
~. p. Morgan War Trust" by Con-
gressman Tavenner OF Illinois In the
house today. In urging government
construction OF all war equipment,
he charged that the league Is backed
by contributions from makers OF
munitions.
I'VE have paid for armor plate an
average OF $410.40 a ton, when the
government could have produced u
for $685." he said, "of the $102,-
100000 spent for armor plate since
1887 with companies under Schwab
and Morgan control, we could have
saved $3b,O00,O00. These concerns
have monopoly on armor plate
business. M9 W3 t
I'VE could have navy one-fourth
larger, without any more taxes, II
the government made Its own armor
plato and munitions"
when Tavenner charged that
American companies have sold Russia
armor plate for s249 per ton, while
they charged America as high as
s6ie. Cyclone" Davis voiced an
"amen" with camp meeting fervor.
Further, Tavenner claimed that
Colonel Thompson, president Of the
league. Ia q director In tho nickel
company which sells It's products TO
the armor plate concerns,