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VOLUME 12, NUMBER 21
A Now York dlspatcli to tho St.
Louis llopubllc tolla this Interesting
Btory: Dr. David Allyn Gorton of
Brooklyn, tho 80-ycar-old student of
ougcnlcs, who hue just boconio tho
fathor of twins, said recently that
thoro was no reason why a man
should not bo a father when a hun
dred years old.
llo cited tho cases of many other
men who havo become fathers at ad
vanced ages, notably Dr. Harvey W.
Wlloy, who becaino tho fathor of a
boy a fow days ago at the ago of G6,
and of Andrew Carnegie, whoso
daughter was born when ho was 02
years old.
Dr. Gorton luis evolved a system of
sex control, which ho says is absolu
tely certain. llo says that his
thoorios havo boon proved by tho
birth of tho twins, although ho had
boon dctormined on a son only. He
says that tho birth of a daughter in
addition, in no wiso affects his
theories.
"Thoro is no reason why one
should not bocomo a father when a
hundrod years old," Dr. Gorton de
clared. "I do not intend to havo
any moro children, however, as at
my ago tho care of moro would bo
too great a burden."
Tho twins were born April 25.
Tlioy aro as well as any babies could
possibly be. Tho mother is about
40 years old. Dr. Gorton will dedi
cate his boy to tho task ho himself
has undertaken for tho improvement
of tho human race. Tho father, who
could pass for GO yoars old, is confi
dent ho will bocomo a centenarian
and retain his faculties to tho end.
By tho time ho dies he expects his
son to bo ready to graduate as a phy
sician and tako up his theory of sex
control and tho betterment of tho
human race.
The twins are being fed on milk
and cereals and they will never bo
allowed moat. For forty years tho
fathor has lived on a vegetable diet.
Most persons, ho declares, eat too
much, especially moat. Ho abhors
alcohol except for medicinal pur
poses. Hard work, he says, is a
tonic and a panacea for all ills.
and workmen assembled and efforts
to obtain possession of tho parlia
ment being mado unavailing, tho
strikers started to break windows,
destroying merchandise.
Tho most serious encounter was
in a big building hold by tho strik
ers who lirod from tho windows with
revolvers. Several volleys wens fired
and tho police took a hand.
Tho general assembly of the south
ern Presbyterian church, in session
in Bristol, Tenn., adopted a substi
tute for tho elect infant clause of the
confession of faith, to the effect that
all infants, being elect, and dying in
infancy, aro saved and regenerated
through tho spirit of Jesus Christ.
Secretary Ilayward of the republi
can national committee, has classi
fied as contested all districts which
havo elected more delegates than the
number specified in tho call, the
Fifth district of Kentucky being
among the number.
Testifying in the federal suit to
dissolve tho steel trust Percival
Roberts, jr., director in tho corpora
tion, declared that J. P. Morgan &
Co., secured control of the American
Bridge company for the stool trust.
A chain of automobile accidents in
Chicago caused Mayor Harrison to
address a special message to the city
council, asking revision of tho speed
ordinance.
W. A. Prendergast, controller of
New York City, has been selected
to nominate Roosevelt before the re
publican national convention in Chi
cago. Senator "W. Murray Crane, of Mas
sachusetts, announced that ho would
not bo a candidato for re-election.
His term expires March 3, 1913.
Former Governor James D. Porter
is dead. Ho was assistant secretary
of state undor Thomas F. Bayard in
tho Cleveland administration.
Mrs. Emmelino Pankhurst, tho
suffragette leader, and two editors
of tho publication called "Votes for
Women," wero each sentenced n a
London court to nine months impris
onment on tho chargo of conspiracy
to incite the destruction of property.
Tho Methodist conference in ses
sion at Minneapolis, elected as
bishop, Rev. T. S. Henderson of
Brooklyn and Rev. W. O. Shepherd
of Chicago.
Suit to oust IT. Clay Pierce and the
directors friendly to him from the
Waters-Pierce Oil company was filed
in St. Louis.
At Baton Rouge, La., Representa
tive Joseph E. Ransdell and Robert
F. Broussard, of Louisiana, were
elected by the state legislature to the
United States senate. Mr. Ransdell
succeeds Senator Foster, whose term
expires in 1913, and Mr. Broussard
will succeed Senator Thornton in
1915. .
A Schenectady, N. Y., telegram
says: After her heart had stopped
beating and respiration had ceased,
following an operation for tho re
moval of gall stones, Miss Anna Loe
benstein, a pretty young woman, of
this city, is alive and practically out
of danger. Miss Loebenstein owes
her life to the quick tliousrht and
action of Dr. Charles G. McMullen.
. Dr. McMullen had successfully
performed tho operation, when the
attending nurse told him that the
patient was pulseless. Hurriedly ho
removed the stitches he had taken
and inserted his hand, reached up to
tho stilled heart. He gently grasped
tho human life pump, his hand clos
ing and opening gently. The auricle,
and ventricle, under the pressure be
gan forcing the life blood into the
arteries to havo it returned an in
stant later.
Tho physician continued the ma
nipulation with nurses and internes
bending over the patient. For more
than two minutes this was kept up
when suddenly a faint tinge was
noticed in tho patient's face.
The doctor continued tho manipu
lation another minute and then with
drew his hand. The heart then tonlr
up its work of pumping, and in less
than five minutes tho patient was
A Budapest cablegram, carried by
tho Associated Press says: Sharp
battles between tho polico and strik
ers wore in progress. Two strikers
were killed and many polico and
strikers wounded.
Practically all the trade unions
aro out as a result of tho revolt by
tho socialist union which proclaimed
a general strike as a protest against
tho election of Count Tisza as sneaker
of the lower house. Fifteen thous- breathing properly. She was placed
in bed and in an hour or two was
pronounced to bo out of danger.
Norman E. Mack, chairman of tho
democratic national executive com
mittee, announced that nothing in
tho way of organization would bo
dono until Juno 17.
Tho Methodist conferenco in ses
sion at Minneapolis, selected Dr.
Naphthall Luccock of Kansas City,
Mo., and Francis J. McConnell of
Greencastle, Ind., as bishops.
Tho democratic state convention
in Virginia selected delegates to the
national convention but did not in
struct them. They will bo divided
between Wilson and Underwood with
one for Clarke and one for Harmon.
A jury in the federal court at
Cleveland, O., returned a verdict of
not guilty In the wall paper trust
prosecution.
A band of negro Insurgents at
tacked a Cuban town, El Caney del
Sitio, sacked the town- and committed
many outrages..
At the Methodist conference, in
session at Indianapolis, new bishops
were chosen as follows: Homer C.
Stuntz, of New York; T. S. Hender
son, of New York; W. O. Shepard,
of Chicago; N. Luccock, of Kansas
City, Kan.; F. D. Leete, of Detroit;
F. J. McConnell, of Greencastle, Ind.;
R. J. Cooke, of New York, and W. P.
Thirkield, of Washington, D. C.
In the Kentucky democratic pri
maries, instructions were given for
Champ Clark.
North Carolina's vote in the demo
cratic national convention will bo
cast for Woodrow Wilson.
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