Nebraska Newspapers

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VOLUME XXVI_ LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1909 NUMBER 44
]AS TOLD IN A LINE
A BOILING DOWN OF THE NEWS
OF THE DAY.
MENTIONED W SMALL SPACE
The Busy Reader Can Absorb in a
Few Moments a Good Deal of
Information.
Foreign.
Baron Kagora Takahira, Japanese
ambassador at Washington, who was
called heme by the government to at
tend a conference on various import
ant international matters, arrived in
Tokio and was warmly welcomed at
Shimhashi station.
The sultan of Turkey left Constan
tinople on board the imperial yacht for
Brusa, Asia Minor, He was accompa
nied by ihe heir apparent, the princess
and the grand vizier.
The west wing of the parliament
building at Toronto was completely
destroyed by a fire. The loss to the
building is about $100,006, fully cov
ered by insurance, but the line Mo
wat law library, one of the best col
lections in the Dominion, is a total
j loss, with no insurance.
rA number of men on strike in
Stockholm have received notice to
leave their homes October 1 unless
they return to work in the mean
time. The unions have issued a
proclamation that no strikers are to
pay rentals due in October. The
‘ strike leaders maintain it will be
' impossible to turn thousands of
families into the streets.
Vis* The Rueekoe Slovo publishes an in
terview which its correspondent at
Teheran had with the desposed shah
of Persia, who is now a refugee at
the Russian legation at Zerzeude. The
• former ruler of Persia complained
that his abdication was due to in
trigue and treachery, hinting broadly
at Russian and British diplomacy."
A Paris newspaper publishes a state
ment that Princess Helie de Sagan
was robbed of $5,000 during her re
cent, stay at Rheims. and her husband,
the prince, was at the same time re
lieved of $10,000.
El Roghi the rebellious subject of
tin- Sultan of Morocco, who was cap
tured recently and brought into l’ez
in an iron < age, is still exposed to the
gaze of passing crowds in bis open
, cell.
— ■ ■ —
General.
The steamer Empress of Ireland,
which sailed from Quebec August 20
for Liverpool, has broken the record
l>y a passage of five days from Can
ada to Mahn Head.
The authorities at Warsaw have
suppressed the Society for the Aid of
the Poor Scholars studying in Polish
schools. The society has 184 branches
throughout, Poland.
Two persons were fatally hurt and
eleven seriously injured when a local
Lock Island passenger train, carrying
state fair visitors, returning from the
show grounds, struck a packed Fort
A lies Moines car, fully ami'dship, and
Jr crushed it to kindling wood.
Very little rain lias fallen in East
ern Pennsylvania for several months
and the drouth has caused serious
damage. Crops and pasture fields
have burned up.
Thirty-eight children mourn the
death of their father. John W. Miller,
aged 70 years, who died at the coun
• try .home at Indiana. Pa., where he
lias been an inmate for several years.
Mr. Miller was married four times.
,4 One wife survives him.
f The taxable wealth of Missouri as
fixed by the state board of equaliza
tion is $1,549,703,347. an increase over
3 908 of $34,350,109. The valuation of
the real and personal property is
$1,379,048,573 and of corporate prop
— , erty $170,114,€74.
' September 20 is the day that Presi
dent Taft is scheduled to be in
Omaha.
i tie seen tarv ot tne interior wm
open bids at Denver, Colo., October
2s at tlioffice of t!:e reclamation
service for building the Pathfinder
dike in connection with the North.
Platte irrigation project in Nebraska
and Wyoming.
Dr. Cook, the American explorer,
reached the north pole April 21, 1908,
according to a telegram received at
the colonial office in Copenhagen.
The message was received from Ler
wick. Shetland Islands. Details are
awaited with much interest.
The quaint little city of Gloucester.
Mass., had the hoonr of entertaining
President Taft at his first public ap
pearance since the beginning of his
vacation. Mr. Tafts visit was in com
pensation for liis inability to attend
the pageant of the Canterbury Pil
grims. held there just prior to the
adjournment of congress.
William Jennings Bryan was the
principal speaker at exercises in Wa
terloo. 111., in celebration of the found
ing loO years ago of the Bethel Baptist
church, the first protestant church in
Illinois.
Panama lias just paid Uncle Sam
$14,300 for mistreating Americans.
W. S. Kenneth, a traveling buyer for
the ‘Panton-White Dress Goods com
pany of Duluth, Minn., was almost in
stantly killed hy falling down an ele
vator in an Omaha hotel.
E. H. Harriman has retired to the
exclusion of his mountain estate to
complete his "after cure.”
President Taft will urge postal
savings banks on next session of con
gress.
There is revolt against Cannonlsm,
hut the old man is not losing any sleep.
An advisory staff lias been appointed
for temporary service in the special
work of the census.
The woni n ticket agents on the
elevated loop of Chicago ha\e refused
to accept a raise in wages. Their ac
tion is said to he without precedent
in annal of local labor unions.
Additional reports from the Monte
rey (Mexico) Hoods show increased
loss of life.
The bureau of the census an- j
nounced that approximately three
thousand temporary clerks would he
appointed in connection with the work
of taking the thirteenth decennial cen
sus.
Oriusby Me liars, assistant secretary '
of commerce and labor, will retire
from office September 1.
Several suspected cases of cholera
have been reported in Rotterdam since
the discovery of the disease there,
notably among the occupants of a
barge on board of which a child had
died previously.
The Burlington system is shortly to
establish an air line through Nashville
connecting the grain fields of the
northwest with the Atlantic coast.
Ambassador David E. Thompson em
phatically denied the report that lie
tiad purchased’the Pan-American rail
road for $40,00(1.000, acting as the
agent for E. H. Harrintan.*
Henry Farnam. the English aviator,
broke all records for distance and
time in the air at Rheims.
Pinning his last hope,*ou his be ief
that he would rVriain his eyesight if
he bathed ill the sea on the feast day
of the Blessed Virgin. Peter Kelly,
Brooklyn, found that it failed him and,
concluding that he would never be
able to see again, committed kuieide
by inhaling illuminating gas.
The cotton manufacturing plant of
the York Manufacturing company at
i Augusta. Me., has shut down indefin
j itely in consequence of a wage sttike
of sixty twp weavers.
The Renault car. driven by Charles
lt.i le. won the twenty-four-hour a.ito
mohile race at New York in go-as-you
please fashion. The'car traveled 1.070
miles. 117 miles less than the record
made by Robertson and Lfscault last
year, but 112 miles more than its
nearest rival in this race.
Thomas A. Wood, newspaper man,
club man and civil war veteran died
in St. Louis, aged 04 years. I'ntil his
retirement two years ago lie had been
business manager for the St. Louis
Globe-Democrat for thirty-nine years.
Sedgwick and Rarnt^ will have first
and second places for the supreme
judgeship in Nebraska. Hamer and
Fawcett are running close, and the re
sult is uncertain.
President Taft has accepted an in
vitations to visit Mexico on October
4 0- next; when he will exchange visits
with President Diaz of Mexico at E!
Paso Ctiidad Juarez.
Washington.
The postal deficiency for August
amounted to $3,0ou.ouo as compared
with half that amount for July. The
war department used over $12.00.1,000
during the last month, while the
maintenance of the navy called for
a little more than $10,000,000.
The public debt, less the cash bal
ance in the treasury at the beginning
of business September 1. was
$1.047,21 l.i no. This does not include
$1,345,211.8)!!) in certificates and treas
ury notes, which is offset by an eipial
amount of cash in the treasury. The
recapitulation of the debt shows
I $915,317,49ft in interest, bearing debt.
2,814,475 in debt on which interest
i has ceased since maturity and $380,
417,144 in debt hearing no interest,
j President Taft has refused to con
I sent to pardon W. S. Harlan, l'o-nier
f !y of Iowa, who was convicted of peon
age in Florida, io escape a prism sen
tence. He has commuted his sentence
to six months imprisonment.
The interior department officials
who have been called in by President
Taft to report to him as to their course
I in the Cunningham coal land cases in
I Alaska are busy preparing their re
! ports. In the beantime the Pinchot
Halltnger row continues to smoulder.
Senator Cummins' bill to give the in
' terstate commerce commission in
j creased authority, so as to enable it
to fix a general schedule of rates for
the whole country, promises to.attract
much notice next winter.
A lot of old French junk that lias
been accumulating along the line of
the Panama canal is about to lit* sold
by the Isthmian canal commission.
The amount lias been variously estim
ated at from 45.000 to 120,000 tons.
! The federal circuit court at. Chi
cago made a ruling in wliat is known
as the Missouri liver rate cases, it
favors the railroads.
Authorities at Washington refuse to
await a test before continuing seizures
of bleached flour.
Personal.
Harrinian. at his mountain home, is
said to he improving daily.
The sickness of Harrinian. it is said,
cannot be cured by an operation and
none will be performed.
Samuel Gompers. president of the
American Federation of Labor, is in
Paris.
William Shafor, the first clown that
traveled with Dan Rice's circus, fifty
years ago. died at Newton. X. Y.. aged
8:5 years.
Governor t rank \Y. Benson of Ore
gon is not especially fond of hit: office
as chief executive and will not be a
candidate for renomination.
When President Taft becomes Ha
guest of the Boston Chamber of Com
; merce September I t it is expected that
about 10u persons will dine with him.
United States Senator Nelson \y.
Aldrich of Rhode Island, chairman of
tie national monetary commission,
i sailed for Europe.
Miss Mary McClain. Philadelphia,
celebrated liar li'lst birthday by tak
ing an automobile ride.
Secretary of W.ar Jacob M. Dickin
son appeared in the court at Nashville,
Tenn.. in behalf of his chauffeur, who
was charged with exceeding ths*speed~
limit.
STORK IS BELIEVES
DR. COOK CREDITED WITH
REACHING NORTH POLE.
VIEWS OF THE LONDON PAPERS
Shackelton Says Reported Finding of
North Pole Not Improbable in
Light of His Experience.
Washington.—Maurice E. Egan, the
United States minister at Copenhagen,
has telegraphed the State department
that Dr. Cook's reported discovery of
tlie north pole has been corroborated
by Dergaard Jensen, the Danish inr
spector of north Greenland.
London.—Dr. Cook's narrative of
his thrilling journey to the north pole,
which he reached on April Hist, while
it has not removed the doubts raised
to his having really accomplished the
feat he claims, has at least set at
rest the improbable suggestions ad
vanced in some quarters that he bad
attained not. the north pole, but the
magnetic pole.
Captain Kenold Amundsen, in an in
terview at Christiania on this point
says: “Such a supposition is non
sense. The magnetic pole is situated
on the American side and it is quite
impossible that Dr. Cook could
have driven so far from his planned
route. 1 feel certain that Dr. Cook
has expressed nothing definitely about
the result. I know him to be absolute
ly discreet and taciturn. Other peo
ple have misunderstood him and it
will be necessary to await his ar
rival at Copenhagen for th'j real
facts."
The London newspapers are not
wholly convinced by the narrative and
persist that it will be necessary to
await more details and reports. They
are unable to conceive how a task
which has beaten the ablest polar ex
plorers provided with everything that
money could purchase, would have
been achieved in such a seemingly off
hand and unprciuediated manner, and
with such ease and quickness.
The Daily Telegraph says:
“It is for the moment beside the
question to discuss the accuracy or
probability of Dr. Cook's statement.
It is neither just nor generous to
question in any way the genuineness
of such a claim before full details of
the expedition are made public by
the traveler himself. Indeed we have
much sympathy because of the dif
ficulties by which Dr. Cook or any
other solitary explorer is hampered in
attempting to convince a skeptical
of geographical experts of the reli
ability of his assertions and reports.
We trust when the proper time comes
for a I'nlf and impartial i xamination
of tin- record of the expedition Dr.
Cook will meet with the fairness and
consideration ills particular case espe
eiarty invites."
Dr. Hugh 1!. Hill, former librarian
of the Royal Geographical society, is
skeptical, but says that great weight
must be attached to the opinion of
polar experts in America.
' i should particularly like to know
General Greely's opinion." he said.
".\ly own feeling is that our present
information is insufficient to base any
opinion upon.”
Sir Martin Conway, a noted ex
plorer. thinks that Dr. Cook’s claim
could be accepted if his story on ex
amination was found to hang together.
Prof. Milne, the noted seismologist,
thinks that if Dr. Cook has a few
properly taken photographs of the
sky at the pole on April 21. 1008. they
may assist in determining the position
lie reached.
After reading a brief summary of
Dr. Frederick A. Cook's account of
his dash to the X’o.rth pole. Lieuten
ant Ernest H. Shackleton. who recent
ly led an expedition to the South pole
regions, said that nobody had any
right to be skeptical. There was
nothing in the explorer's statement
but what was perfectly possible.
Taft to Visit Alaska.
lleverly. Mass.—President Taft, in
bidding goodbye to Walter Ely Clark,
who Is to be inaugurated at .luneau
as governor of Alaska, October 1, an
nounced that lie probably would visit
the far northwestern territory next
summer. < „
Father of Thirty-eight.
Indiana. Fa.—Thirty-eight children
mourn the death of their father, John
\Y. Miller, aged 70 years, who died
here at the county home, where he
has been an inmate for several years.
Mr. Miller was married four times.
Harriman is Improving Daily.
New York.—E. H. Harriman. who is
resting at his home in Arden after
treatment at the German baths, was
in communication with his office in
this city Thursday. It was stated that
his condition is improving daily.
St. Louis. Mo.—All new territory
discovered by l)r. Frederick A. Cook
when he reached the north pole will
belong to the United States by right
of discovery, according to the Rev. C.
M. Charropin. S. J., professor of
astronomy at St. Louis university.
VOLIVA WANTS OUT OF JAIL.
Dowie’s Successor Secures Writ of
Habeus Corpus.
Chicago.—-Wilbur Glenn Voliva. suc
cessor to the late John Alexander
Dowie as head of the Christian Ca
tholic church in Zion, and who is now
in jail for failure to pay a judgment
of Slu.rtOO, obtained'by a former mem
ber of tlie church on a charge of libel,
obtained a writ of habeus corpus from
Judge Seanlan here. The writ is
made returnable Friday.
NORTH POLE REACHED.
Dr. Cook, American, Realizes Ex
plorers’ Dreams.
“I told Etukishook and Ahwelsh
(the accompanying Eskimos) that
we had reached the ‘Great Nail.’
Everywhere we turned was south.
By ?. vingle step we could pass from
one side of the earth to the other;
from midday to midnight. At last
the flag floated to the breezes at the
pole. It was April 21, 1908. The
temperature was minus 38 centi
grade. barometer 29.83. latitude 90.
As for the longitude, it was nothing,
as it was but a word.”—Dr. Fred
erick A. Cook as he stood at the
pole.
Paris—The Paris edition of the
New York Herald this morning pub
lishes a signed statement from Dr.
Frederick A. Cook, which is dated
"Hans Egede, Lerwick. Wednesday,”
on his experiences in the Arctic re
gions.
“Alter a prolonged fight with fa
mine and frost.” says Dr. Cook, “we
have at last succeeded in reaching
the North pole. A new highway, with
an interesting strip of animated na
ture. has been explored and big game
haunts located, which will delight
sportsmen and extend the Esquimo
horizop.
“Land has been discovered on
which rests the earth's northermost
rocks. A triangle of 30,000 square
miles has been cut out of the ter
restrial unknown.
“The expedition was the outcome
of a summer cruise in the Arctic seas
on the schooner Bradley, which ar
rived at the limits of navigation in
Smith sound late in August. 1007.
Here conditions were found favorable
for launching a venture to the pole.
.1. It. Bradley liberally supplied from
his vessel suitable provisions for lo
cal use. My own equipment for
emergencies served well for every
purpose of Arctic travel. Many
Eskimos had gathered on tlie Green
land shores at Annatoak for the win
ter bear hunt. Immense quantities of
meat had been collected and about
the camp were plenty of strong dogs.
The combination was lucky, for there
was good material for equipment.
aii that, was required was con
veniently arranged for at a point
only Too miles from the boreal cen
ter. A house and workship were
built of packing boxes by willing
hands and tiiis northernmost tribe
of 250 people set themselves to the
problem of devising a suitable outfit.
Before the end of the long winter
night we were ready for the enter
prise and plans had been matured to
force a new route over GrinneH land
northward along its coast out to
ward the polar sea.
“The campaign opened with a few
scouting parties being sent over the
American shores to explore the way
and seek the game haunts. Their
mission was only partly successful
because of the storms. At sunrise
of 1908 (February 19) the main ex
pedition embarked on its voyage to
the pole. It consisted of eleven men
and 103 dogs, drawing eleven heavily
laden sledges. The expedition left
the Greenland shore and pushed west
ward over tlie troubled ice of Smith
sound. The gloom of the long night
was relieved only by a few hours of
daylight. The chill of the winter was
felt at its worst. As we crossed the
heights of Ellesmere sound to the
Pacific slope the temperature sank to
minus S3 centigrade. Several dogs
were frozen and the men suffered
severely, but we soon found the game
trails along which the way was easy.
ur. Cook’s Success.
Copenhagen—Dr Frederick A.
Cook's credit stands so high with
Danish polar experts that the first
message announcing his success in
reaching the north pole, meager as
it was, was accepted as conclusive.
Commodore Hovgaard said: “I be
lieve the message is true, because Dr.
Cook is most trustworthy and op
posed to all exaggeration.” C. A.
Nielsen, an official of the immigra
tion department, who is well ac
quainted with Dr. Cook and was as
sociated with him in Greenland, said
he had no doubt tiiat Dr. Cook had
reached the pole.
RECEPTION FOR THE EXPLORER.
His Homecoming to Be an Event of
National Importance.
New York.—-Preparations are afoot
here to make the home-coming of Dr.
Frederick A. Cook an event of na
tional and possibly international im
portance. If the plans outlined by the
members of the Arctic club are car
ried out, the welcome home which
Dr. Cook will receive in New York
will be an ovation in which city,
state and nation will take part, while
prominent explorers—Cook's former
rivals—from all parts of the globe
will gather to pay their personal
tribute to his achievement.
Mint Is Not Very Active.
Washington—'The month of August
was a decidedly inactive one for the
mints of tlie United States, the
monthly coinage statement issued
Wednesday by the mint bureau ol
the treasury department showing that
only $H94,79o was coined during ihe
last month.
Bryan Helps Unveil Shaft.
Waterloo. Ill—The centennial of the
Bethel Baptist church, the first Pro
testant church in .Illinois, founded
by the Rev. James Lemon, sr., near
here, was celebrated Wednesday. W.
J. Bryan was one of the speakers.
Lord De Clifford Killed.
Loudon.—Jack Southwell Russell,
Lord De Clifford, was killed in an
automobile accident at Bamber, near
Brighton. His car collided with an
other vehicle and turned turtle and
Lord De Clifford was instantly killed.
FAVORS SMALLER NAVIES
George E. Roberts, from 1898 to 1908. director of the United States mint, j
and at present, president of the Commercial National bank of Chicago, is an
ardent advocate of smaller navies and international peace. Mr. Roberts was i
born in Iowa, and was brought up as a printer. He is recognized as an author
ity on finance and nas written several books on the question.
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STARTS AT BOTTOM
Harriman. Jr.. Is Learning Rail
road Business Thoroughly.
Railroad Magnate's Son Lugs Cham in
Western Surveying Camp—In
Training to Succeed His
Father.
Chicago.—Averell Harriman, son of
Edward H. Harriman, lias started to
learn the railroad business from the
ground up. Young Harriman, who is
18 years of age, is making his start in
l the direction of a railway magnate's
! commanding p. iiicn by carrying the
j chain in a surveying gang on the Ore
| gon Short Line in Idaho,
i During the summer months, when
t most rich men's sons spend their time
: in idleness or1 in seeking pleasure,
Averell Harriman has been doing his
share of manual labor in a rough sur
; veying camp in ihe mountains, and
1 doing it without a murmur.
When the father went to Europe in
: search of health, Averell had his
j choice of how he should spend the
| summer and his choice included the
opportunity to go to Europe. He de
clared that he wanted to learn some
thing about how railroads are located,
as that was the foundation of the
science of railroading. Asked if he
wanted to start at the bottom, as any
other boy would have to, he replied
that he did.
His father agreed to give him the
opportunity, but was apprehensive
that he would not stick to such rough
work in the mountains of the west.
George Dixon, son of Dr. George A.
Dixon of New York, one of Harriman’s
family physicians, is a school chum
ol' Avereil Harriman ami he decided
to join the "rain gang." Both boys
were put in positions at $05 a month
and were placed on the pay roll of the
Oregon Short Line with instructions
to the general manager to see that
they were treated just as other em
ployes are treated.
During the entire summer both
boys have tilled the bill perfectly, as
shown by the reports which were
made front time to time.
This week the boys "knocked" off
work, drew tbeir pay and started for
Seattle to visit the Alaska-Yukon-Pa
cifie exposition, alter which they will
return to school. It is understood
thai Mr. Harriman hopes to make
Avereil his successor in the railway
field. Avereil always lias shown a
deep interest in railway construction
and railway management.
T. H. Kruttschnitt, son of Julius
KryiUschnitt. director of maintenance
and operation for the Harriman sys
tem, is another rich man's son who
is learning the construction and oper
ation ends of railroading from the j
beginning.
He is assistant road master of the
Shasta division of the Southern Pa
cific at Weed, Cal. Weed is a lumber
camp and there are practically no
houses* except those in which the em
ployes of the Weed Lumber Company
live. Such a small matter of incon
venience as the lack of a house did
not bother Sir. Kruttschnitt. He re
quested that a second-hand Southern
Pacific day coach be brought to Weed,
had it partitioned off into rooms and
set upon a small hill near the depot.
Then he moved his wife and children
into it. built a protecting shed over
his home, to break the intense heat
of the sun. and there lie is living.
CLEW IS THREAD ON A NAIL
Corresponds with Tear in Alleged
Thief's Trousers and Causes
His Arrest.
Kan Claire, Wis.—A few threads
clinging to a nail served its a clew
upon which the police arrested a
young lnan whom they are quite sure
robbed Chris Melby's s;::oon on Gal
loway street of a small sunt of n oney,
some liquor and bottled beer. The
man arrested is no other titan the
son of the saloonkeeper whose saloon
was entered ami robbed, .Melvin Mel
by. aged 19.
The head of a nail stuck itj> on the
bottom sill of the window of the sa
loon and a number of threads were
found sticking to this nail. The po
lice at once surmised that the burglar
had caught tho seat of his trousers
thereon. They also figured that the
guilty party must have hud knowl
edge of the building and its various
entrances. Later in the day it was
learned that there was a trio of men
holding a beer party in the park near
the hospital on the North side hill
and a policeman war detailed to ar
rest the bunch. Three men. of whom
Melvin Melby was one, were found
there discussing a few boltPs o! gin,
brandy and beer.
The three were brought to the city
jail, but after questioning them two
were released as they could not be
connected with the robbery, but young
Melby was held as the s* at of his
trousers revealed a well developed
rent such as would he made by a nail.
He did not know how the rent came
there, but he denied robbing the sa
loon. He will be arraigned later.
WINS WIFE IN 30 MINUTES
Prominent Tennessee Politician Was
Ready to Propose Soon as He
Saw Her Eyes.
Chicago.—dt'n. Thomas S. Hutchin
son, who lias been prominently men
tioned for the governorship of Ten
nessee, and .Miss Louise Cheatham of
Clarksville, Tex., were quietly mar
ried recently, and are spending their
honeymoon in Chicago. The general'
says it ought not to take a man more;
than 80 minutes to win a wile.
At their apartments Gen. Hutchin
son told of his courtship and mar
riage while his bride nodded her ap
proval.
"It was this way,” said the general.
"I attended the confederate reunion
in Memphis in June. I was on Gov.
Patterson's staff and my wife was
maid of honor front Texas.
"The governor introduced me to
Miss Louise Cheatham a few minutes
after her arrival in Memphis. I looked
into her eyes and saw that I loved
her. I pushed her out of the crowd,
told her that I loved her and asked
her to be my wife. I did not wait for
her answer, I took it for granted it
was ‘yes.’ The whole transaction did
not take over 80 minutes. When we
rejoined Miss Cheatham’s friends l
acted as it 1 owned her.
“Every man could win a wife if he
followed my example. The man who
hesitates in warfare or business is
lost. Why should he take months in
winning a wife? Thirty minutes is
long enough.”
Hog Has Five Legs.
Garber, Okla.—-A freak in the swine
family is rather an uncomomn thing,
but K. S. Goode, a farmer living near
this city, has a hog with five legs, all
developed perfectly. The fifth leg
grows out behind the left foreleg and
is the same size as the others. The
hog is a very healthy animal and
weighs nearly 800 pounds.
TURNS OLD IRON INTO STEEL!
i
Inventor Takes Metal Costing But
Two Cents a Pound and in Short
Order Transforms It.
London.—M. Martin Kallnian. presi
dent of the Oriental Trust Company j
of Paris and London, is in London I
again on business in connection with
i a new process he is developing for
i turning iron of all grades into fine
steel.
In a recent demonstration the first
J test was a plain bar of iron. This was
! coated with a peculiar chemical pow
der and placed in an air-tight retort
in a furnace. The result was that
the entire bar was transformed into
steel, which the experts pronounced,
after testing it. to be of very fine
quality. Models' of several steel ob
jects were worked up in ordinary iron
and put through a process success
fully. Some were made into solid
steel, while on others only the outer
surface was transformed into steel.
An iron car wheel was given a
steel rim and a heavy iron chain was
turned into solid steel at one end.
which graduated into a thin coat
ing of iron at the other end. There
was no question of the steel being
i fixed onto the iron. It was clearly
demonstrated that in every case the
; iron itself was transformed into steel.
“The peculiar thing about this pro
cess,” said Mr. Kaliman. after the
i tests were finished, “is that low-grade,
cheap iron can. by our method, bo
I transferred into a higher grade of
steel than other and better grades of
| iron. We don't know much about this
| feature yet, but our experiments are
| teaching us a great deal.
■ “1 estimate we can take a piece of
i iron costing two cents a pound and
j put it through our process at a cost of
I five cents a pound and produce steel
j which, at the lowest valuation to-day,
; is worth $1 a pound. Other methods
would cost from 30 to 20 times as
much.”
—
A quick way to learn how to waste
money is to get hold of it.
PUTS FACE ON MAN
Follows a Series of Operations
Extending Over Three Years.
Also Provides Prolific Crop of Hair
and Covering for Neck—Head
Burned in Fire Made
Practically New.
Boston. Mass.—Stephen Calabro, 25
years old. of Qunicy, was discharged
from .the Massachusetts General hos
pital the other day. literally with a
new face and scalp, following a series
of operations among the most re
markable in surgical history extend
ing over a period of three years and
done as a work of scientific interest
by Dr Charles A. Porter of the Har
vard Medical school.
Calabro, who was horribly burned
and thought to be disfigured for life
in a fireworks explosion, in Wey
mouth, in 1905, submitted himself for
treatment at the Massachusetts Gen
eral hospital in March, 190f>. His face,
neck, scalp and arms were a mass of
turtle-like skin that is known to the
medical profession as elielyoid tissue.
He left the hospital with a new fore
head, new eyelids, new cheeks, a new
nose, a new chin, a new neck and. fin
ally, a new head of hair, the result of
three years’ treatment and unselfish
devotion of l)r. Porter in the cause of
science.
Calabro was given ether no less
than 30 times. The operations con
sisted of skin transplantation and
grafting. Much of the skin was taken
from other parts of Calabro's own
body, but his brother Thomas and
other members of his family sacri
ficed portions of skin to aid their
brother.
One of the greatest difficulties met
with in the treatment of Calabro was
the making of a new head of hair.
Nearly the entire scalp had to he re
placed. but this was finally accom
plished. and now the young man has
a prolific crop of hair "as good as
new," which comes well down over
his forehead.
Calabro has returned to his broth
er's home in Quincy, where he has a
little farm, lie intends, he says, to
raise fancy poultry for the market.
HAYSTACK FOR RAIL CHIEF
President Louis W. Hill of the Great
Northern Compelled to Spend
Night in Hay.
Great Falls, Mont.—Pres dent Louis
\V. Hill of the Great Northern railway
was compelled to spend a night in a
haystack. He started from Helena
to Great Falls in his automobile. Near
Fort Shaw the machine stuck in a
mud hole.
He applied to a settler for a bed
and supper, but was told that he
could find a bed in a near-by hay
stack and that he could help himself
to refreshment at the pump.
When the railroad president did not
appear here on time a searching party
started toward Helena. They found
the automobile in the rnud hole, and
a short inspection of the near-by
neighborhood revealed Mr. Hill and
his chauffeur sound asleep in the hay
stack.
Kills to Prevent Wedding.
Paris.—-After vainly trying to dis
suade. his father front remarrying, a
young schoolmaster of Wintherthur
natttqd Hadenbaeh, killed him the
other day with a hatchet as he was
preparing for his wedding. The young
man then committed suicide.