Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 19, 1910, Page 2

K- 2V L ) Announcement! If the._‘‘small women' will but wait until Wednesday t acwdcdamwofthaum-a*c styles in' washable dre: 1910. i ' and w'fl be RECT ses for the spring of We are busily engaged in unpacking large eastern shipments now, The sizes are 32, 34, 36 and 38 bust, and those charming one piece shirt waist dresses are prominent of course. The skirts are pleated —some are shown with the yoke effect. Maun’?'h are most proper, embracing per- ambrays, Scotch madras and the cales, ¢ like. Any of .these dresses «appropriate for street $2.25 $3. (Same shipmeznt includes children's 1910 wash dresses of equally piquant style.) BEBON=TIRE G New Location 1518-1520 Farnam St. (L0 4048 4l L0 LT L LD LT LD Y T if we could consider together the prin- ciples of state supervision and regulation, and in the case of banks, insurance com- panies, and public service corporations _could not only enjoy the benefit of: com- parative examination of existing methods, but also endeavor so far as may be to relate our state supetvisory activitles to comfmon standards. ' “The problems of labor, involving those of child labor, of safeguards against In- ‘ jury, of employers' llability and compen- satfon acts, of prisonindustries, of means to faclitate the arbitration of contro- versles; the protection bf the public health, including the prevention of stream pollu- tion aud the checking of the ravages o communicable disease; the methods of in- ferfor courts representing to so many of our people nearly all that ls- known of order and of justice; our electoral ma- chinery, and the quesiions relating to the number of elective offices, the nomina- ! tions of candidates for public office, the . form of ballot, campalgn contributions, ' and corrupt practices; the obstacles to the enforcement of the criminal [law by crafty medns, devised to cheat state authority, { as for example, in the case of syndicated buckeét shops operating in different states; the improvement of municipal administra- tion, and the means of securing efficient will be found highly or house. 50 $4.75 GOVERNOR FOR EXTRA SESSION (Continued from First Page.) expansion In his bureau has taken pla under his supervision. The completion of the Shoshone dam, the world, was announced to- The con- tractors defaulted and the work was com- pleted by the sureties, a Baltimore bond- The reservolr creater by the dam has & surface area of ten square It will Irrigate about 100,00 acres of extremely fertile lands in the valley beldw. A part of this land is now open for entry to settlers under -reclamation act. highest ‘In ¢ day by the reclamation service. ing company. miles. Des Moines Officers to Go. Senator Nelson from thé committee on { public lands today called up in the senate to Motnes. For years this office has been continued as a very distinct Joss to the government Captain and secured abolish the the passage of a bill land office at De: and now it is to be abolished. Hull when asked todlght whether he would fight for the retention of the land office at Des Molnes said: “No, one ofthe land officers there died recently § THE BEE: PHONE MEN IN CONFERENCE Town and Nebraska Independents in Annual Assembly. PLAN TO PERFECT ORGANIZATIONS One Fundred and Triety and Associations of Th Hope to Work More Closely Together in Fature. Farmers' mutual telephones may be op- erated at & cost of $ aplece a year, with out adding a cost for depreciation, accord- ing to the report made by James H. Han- sen of Blair te the ttelephone conventidn at the Rome. Towa and Nebraska Independent telephone men are meeting to the numbor of several hundred, the first sessions being held yes- terday by the Nebraskans, The two con- ventions will meet jointly today and to- morrow. No efforts was made toward organising the Independent telephone men of Nebraska at the sessions yesterday because of the lack of a quorum. While 160 members from Nebraska were registered, It was impossible to keep & quorum presgnt, as the members insisted on spending their time inspecting the new telephone devices which are on exhibition at the Rome. Officers of the system will be elécted this morning. Seek Unity of Actiom. The system was ‘“mmflk last sum- mer, but the organization not been perfected. It is the purpose of this con- vention to perfect this system that the 13 independent telephone systems of Nebraska may be more closely allied and that there may be unity of action in all matters of vital interest to the companies. It is not the purpose of the system to take over the ownership of the various fndependent com- panies, but rather to unite them into an assoctation for the benefit of all A new standard rate book s to be fur- nished all independent telephone companies of Nebraska, according to the report of G. K: Gann of Lincoln, chalrman of the rate book committee. The report of the secrotary-treasurer was read and. referred to the auditing committee. The officers of the Nebraska Independent Telephone association are C. J. Garlow of Columbus, president, and R. E. Mattson of Lincoln, secretary. The officers of the Towa independ Telephone assoclation are P, C. Hoidoegel of Rockwell City president, and W. J. Thill of Des Molnes, secretary. The reception committee consists of F. J Day, Council Bluffs; F. E. Ebersole, Omaha; C. A. Laubach, Council Bluffs; H. 8. Baker, Sioux City; W. F. Ely, Omaha; Charles G. Cockerill, Jefferson, Ia.; Joseph R. Lehmer, Omaha; F. R. Musson, Atlantie, Ta.; G. W. Johnston, Omaha; M. A. Reed, Woodbine, Ia.; A. G. Munro, Omaha: Charles A. Beno, Council Bluffs; Charles C. Deering, Omaha; T. H. Pollock, Plattsmouth; Levi Baker, Shenandoah, Ia.; E. A. Ebersole, Omaha. KILLS FRIEND OF HIS WIFE e OMAHA, WEDNESDAY. NATURE'S GREATEST MYSTERY Remarkable Ways in Whick Animals Find Thelr Way Home, Every evening about § o'clock till 10 many thousands of people stream out of town by tram and train and sort themselvos out into thelr separate homes. A visitor from Mars might wonder how we do It It is the same with nature; every day and night millions of creatures find their way home over long distances with unerring accuracy, and some of us marvel how it 16 done. Imagine what would be the effect if the whole of Loendon ware struck blind at 6 o'clock. A few minutes’ awful silence, during which. everybody would be groping about In wild stupefaction; then & Vv stampede; thousands would perish by fall- ing down areas and trampling on each other, and hardly a soul would find his house. This nieans that human beings de- pend chiefly on thelr sight for getting about from place’ to place. With nature’s creatures things vary, An ant, for instance, could find his way to the nest If he were struck blind or not, Trailing-out from an ant's nest are many tiny ant tracks branching out into tribu- tarles. Along these tracks thousands of ants crawl dally to and fro. Some of the ants \travel Into the forest distances equal by comparison to & man's twenty-mile walk. They find their way back by their sense of smell. Caterpillars as a rule rely entirely upon light and gravitation. A caterpillar fallen from a tree detects the presence of the trunk by its shadow and attraction. This is not nearly so good a guide the ant's sense of jsmell, for If another tree happens to he growing opposite, un- sultable to feed upon, it will crawl to that tree and have all its journey for nothing. Also, If & brick wall happens to be nearer than the tree it will make for the brick wall, But some caterpillars are much cleverar than this, The caterpiilar of the “Purple Emperor butterfly” chooses In its infancy specially selected leaves to siecep upon. At dusk and dawn It crawls away over an apparently trackless waste of branches to some fa- vored spot to have supper and breakfast. When the meals are over it Invariably finde its way back to its home, because it has left @ thin trail of silk all along the branches. This silk forms a kind of guld- ing string, such as sometimes assl ex- plorers to retrace thelr way back out of catacombs. But when we come to bees, the homing faculty is much more mysterious, since bees can neither leave tracks of scent nor web. How is it that a bee can fly all over a town and yet Invaciably come home to the hive In the evening? There can be little doubdt that so intelli- gent an Insect as a bee has a long mem- ory and a keen eye for landmarks, This is testitfed to by the fast that aimost all bees fly by day, whereas such creatyres as moths—of no . fixed home or occupa- tion—fly in the darkness. A bee would be Jost at~midnight because it could not recognize its surroundings. The same method is practiced by birds, although maturalists differ widely upon this JANUARY 19, 1910. PLEA FOR TAFT Tlinois Commissioner Favors Law for National Incorporation. SETTLE NATION-WIDE PROBLEMS WASHINGTON, D. €, Jan. 11.—A strong plea for harmonious incorporation legisia- tion was made today by John C. Richberg, president of the Illinoils Commission on Uniform State Laws, and also chairman of | the committes on uniforn incorporation | act, In an address before the National Civie federation conference. He held that the divergent laws In the varlous states were no longer mere obstacles to commercial and soclal development, but actuallly men- aced both the business and moral growth of the nation. Mr. Richberg heartily agreed with those who belleved in the pover of congress to authorize the forma- tlon of corporations and regulate corpors tions engaged In interstate commerce. The inability of the states to deal with prob- lems of national extent had been clearly shown and the onward march of commerce and discovery must not be halted by state lines. The speaker belleved that the day would soon come when a national ineorpor- ation law would effectively rid the eountry of the incongruous and chaotic provisions | in the incorporation laws of the Aifferent | states. But this would no\ do away with state corporations or the power of the state to create them. The objeet should be to displace diversity with uniformity. A corporation organized under the laws of a | state, yet conforming to national require- ments for engaging in Interstate com- merce, could readily be given the privileges | and held subject to the obligations of | natural persons, Nec ity for Big Organ tho The time had long passed, sald Mr. Rich- berg, when problems nation-wide could be efficlently handled by local organiza- tions, and this Civic Federation witnessed the necessity for national consideration of national problems. Undoubtedly the cor- porate entity was a ready cloak for wrong- doing to be used to conceal many baneful activities. But development of the great resources of the United States, the neces- sities of economic production, the utiliza- tion of costly and elaborate methods of production—all the great modern commer- clal tendencies demanded the services of the corporate form whereby the interests of many partners in an enterprise could be responsibly administered. A national in- corporation law would operate to increase not only the business unity, but the soclal unity of the nation. Sald Mr. Richberg in conclusion: “‘Where our problems are national In necessary comprehension, where state independence xllnn national chaos, either the federal ernment as representing the united people must mot for the people 'or the states must join hands, sacrifice sectional! desire Indivilual methods of business, even, perhaps, climatic habits of thought, and adopt uniform legislation as the Special Dress Sale Wednesday we offer the choice of our entire stock of fine one-piece dresses that early in the season were marked at $35, $40, $45 and up to $60. nesday, at. Materials of chiffon, broad- cloths, silk poplins, peau de cygnes, fancy nets, etc.; on sale Wed- 51675 Several dozen plain tailored Wash Waists, formerly 95c, $1.25 and $1.50, on sale ch- nesday at 50c each. feldspar, all with smiling patience and in- vineible courage. John B. McDonald was born in Ireland of very poor, hard working parents. He arfived in this country a broth of a b'y, with all of .his worldly goods done up in a red handkerchief. From laborer he arose to foreman, then superintendent, next con- tractor. He grew as he traveled and got an education @s he went. Every job he tackled he learned something from, and he 18 still going to school. He has got knocks and glven them-and-he s bigger and bet- ter for all the raps he has recsived. Aren't we a queer loc of folks, to give columns of space to & man lke the poet Watson, whose chief claim to distinction 18 that he made facés and sald sassy things at a woman he dldn't like, and we never 80 much as think twice of the men who bufld our bridges, tunnel our rivers and construot our skyscrappers! If I had my way I would make the life of a man Hke John B. MeDonald a study. in our publie #ctools and let the poets, with thelr booze, bromide and petticoats, siide.~Elbert Hub- bard in New York American. LURE OF -NAUGHTY COCKTAIL Cupid Hides in Liguid Confection to Promote Marriage Industry. ‘We live and learn. Heretofore the Ameri- can cocktall always has been regarded as a comparatively harmless and refreshing be regarded as & turio which had mixed up theories aboyt the conservation of en- orgy and could have no practical value unless pitchblendé could be found in quan- tities. Perhaps—who knows?—the dlscovery will come to pass. Already a find of high- grade uranium ore is reported from Den- ver. No such mass of pitchblende was ever seen before, though it is- not yet known whether there 18 énough to make’ the new metal avallable in the world's work, If so, hope will range high that other discoveries will follow until dollurs rather tian mil- lons_of them ecome to designaté the mui- ket price.~San Francisco Chroniele. DEATH RECORD Frank Thompson: Frank Thompson, 43 years.old, dled at his home, 3934 North Twenty-third street Tues- day morning, The funeral Will ‘be held from the home at 2 olclook Wednesday afternoon. Funeral will«be. in-Sprigwell cemetery. » Mrs. Fannie Gumm, Mrs, Fannle Gumm, 27 yvears old, colored, the wife of Walter Gumm, 1213 Cass street, dled at the county hospital Tuesday. Knockout for “Th Degree,” The police “third degres,” so frequently used by New York's detectivy .foroe in cases where prisoners do not know their rights, has fallen under the of the highest coutt of the state of Washington, That tribunal has set aside a conviction {n ’ a felony case Where it was proved that loeal government;—these are some of the (Continued trom First Page.) subject. There can be little doubt that beverage, used to liven up a dormant appe- matters too serious and difficult to be dealt with huirfedly’ or en bloc, but the consideration of which at conferences like ““fi would In theycourse of time yleld results of the highest value to our state.” ! ernor Haghes fuggested that it was the n at uhwhn th should be i nn‘ ot perfition’ meeting of governors ) 9] | M#& Low presented a report of the civie ! fedetation on the drafting of uniform laws, urging uniformity & to négotiable instru- ments, warehouse receipts, bills of sales, bills of lading and divorces. It also called for. speedy’ coopgrative actlon looking to supréssion’ of the White slave evil so that no state should be a harbor of refuge for white from another &tate. The report recomminded modelling pure tood . andigrugs jekislation after the na- tional law, protested. aguinst legislatures making sueh amendments to uniform legls- lation inténded 'to be upiform, stamped the warehouse Feceipt agtias a law of the nnllb—flolm. World enacted by seventeen g New York, where it had ppoud. and sald’ thirty-eight ted & uniform negotlable Igw and eclared that uniform tion throlgh, the procedure L u to put an end to mllntorrufl fragdulent divorce. Tonlght the lnvurnor attended a dinner | glven by'John Hays 'Hammond and the reguiar rigption at the White House. Mineis Takc( Up Cherry Disaster Annual Convention Will Begin Cam- paign for National Bureau of Inspection. INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 18—The annual convention of the United Mine Workers of North America which, opened at Tomlin- son_hall in this city today, practically is devbted to.the interests of the thousands of mién that labor 'a the immense bitu- mnlous cgal flelds of the country which streteh from West Virginia and Central Pennsylvania northwest to British Colum- bia ahd squthwest to T and Oklahoma, engaging all the mid-western states. The preliminary organization of the con- vention, including the report of the cre- tials commi‘tee, was expected to occupy the day. !} A ) The Alsaster at Cherry, Ill, has given new impetus to the movement for federal regulation of the Opergtion of mines, and this matter will be_only segond in import- ance to the question of wages in the con- vention. President. Lewis. vigorously will press his cempalgn for:the institution of a government’' bureau of mines and mining. It is his assertion that mining Is the world's greatest industry and its most haz- ardous, least protected and poorest re- warded one. It is generally canceded that the report af the tellers of the itecent balloting for officers will ghow . €he re-eelction of Mr. Lewls as president over Willlam Green of Ohlo, his opponent. Bdwin Perry, the isecretary-treasurer, had no rival for the office. B. £ .McCullough, the vice presi- dent, It wWas presumed today, had beer leteated byl !hn: J. Hayes of Diinols, and the other, who Is Jear 80 years of age, recently met wtih an acident. Ve now," We have settled up, therefor of thls office is indicatt eral progperity. o of the -Towa." “swndtor Warren today intfoduced & bill granting elghty acres of publice land to Rawlins, Wyo., upon payment of $1.26 per acre. Rawlins desires this tract to create a public park. Civil service examinations will be held Pebruary 12 for rural letter carriers in Howell, Loutsville, Nebraska as follow; Walworth, Wisner. SOLONS CALL Majority of House and Fifteen S tors Sigm Petition. Circulators of the petition asking the gov- ernor to call o _special sesston of the legls- lature have now secured the signatures of & majority of the house members. They lack two of having &gmajority of' the senate membership. Representative James B) [Gonnoliy, has been circulating the pet, n_among the Douglas county delegatigh ad succeeded In getting the signatur dyery member from this county e: Kraus and Stoecker. None of the: senato derstood. Nothing {s mentioned Tn the pétition on which it Is proposed to have the governor tive call the speclal session. but the Init nd referendum. “Tommy" Allen ants in the move for a special meet- ing of the legislators are determined to} hold everything down to glve a clear fleld to Mr. Bryan's pet measure. Some “funny work”™ is sald to be going maye tor a spe- , distingulshed motjng the urpowes. He is charged with going to Governor Shallen- on in connection wllh clal session, &un Omaha lobbylst u said %o pe scheme ‘purely for predatory, berger and urging the gover: session. There Is a strong Omaha that If this extra session is called, #omebody Is going to try mighty hard to profit at the expense of certaln big Inter- ests just now much ll the limelight III Ne- braska. Meat Problem Easily Solved i Forty-Five Feet of Link Sausage Stored Away Against High Prices by Frugal Thief, The fight on the high meat prices has taken a new and practical turn, While 6,00 men in Cleveland have de- termined to do without meat until it comes down, an Omaha 'man has solved the prob- lem all by himself. Forty-five feet of link sausage, welghing twenty pounds, twelve beef brains and two hams constitute the loot taken by a thief from & Cudahy Packing company. re- trigerator car standing on the tracks at Fourteenth and Jones strects. “Man wants but litile’ here below."'~The continuéd” Captain Hull, have practically no public lands in Iowa, the abol- ishment of the land office is a credit to our progressiveness. We have no com- plaint coming. On the contrary the closing on- SESSION . Douglas _ county would sign the petition, 1€ 1s un- best way to let it be known is through The dee Want Ad_columne. Laxative Bromo Quinine WSED THE WORLD OVER TO OURE A OOLD I ONE DAY. Always romember the full pame. Look de. - South Omaha and the woman was sent down there with Detective Dunn to identify the man, but in the meantime Detectives Pattullo and Davis had found Hunt at the Rome hotel, where he has been employed for some.time as a walte: Hunt Asserts Innocence. On_belng placed in . Jail Hunt refused to make any statement, except to say that he was not gullty. He asserts he was not in the house at the time of the shooting. The gun with which it is alleged he killed Knowlton has not been !our:i On Knowl- ton's person was found a la six-shooter, but he 4id not get to use it. Knowltow's body was taken In charge by Coroner Crosby, who will hold an inquest. Knowlton has been in Omaha for some time and has made his headquarters at the colored men's club at 200 South Fourteenth street. He has had no settled occupation. His home Is sald to be In New Orleans. Hunt has a falr record for Industry at the Rome and was regarded as a bad man. BLOODLESS ROW AT CORINTO WON BY AMERICAN OFFICER! Nicaragua Officer Refused to Give Papers to Boat Bearing Cap- tain Chaves. SAN FRANCISCO, Jar. 18.—The story of | & bloodless encounter between the United Btates naval forces at Corinto and the Nicaraguan authorities was brought yes- terday by the liner San Juan, which left Corinto December 28. Among the passengers who left Corinto the day before on the City of FPara was Captain Chaves, the Nicaraguan officer who had given to the American consul de- talls of the execution 3¢ Cannon and Groce. He had gone aboard by advice of the act- Ing American consul, & navy officer, to avold probable danger of his lite. When Captain Nelson of the City of Para applled for clearance papers he was told that the ship could not leave till Cap- taln Chives had been turned over to the authorities, The captaln told his trouble to the naval counsel, who willingly wig- wagged the fleet lying off Corinto. Five later Captain Oliver of the Al- on hie way ashore. “T'll let you have just five minutes to let Captain Oliver bowed to the Nicaraguan commandant of the port and remarked: Captain Nelson have his clearance papers.” The clearance papers were given. PAULHAN'S FLYING MACHINE Out of Sight. Louls Paulhan, king of the aviators at Los Angeles, has made good his boast in New York City that he would beat all rec- ords of flight at the California city, He Is easily ahead of all high fiyers, with a record of 4,300 feet, made on the 12th inst. Paulhan's biplane, named the Gypaetie, was constructed by Henry Farman, and is similar to his No. 3 type. The main planes are thirty-three feet wide and 6.6 feet deep, having a total area of 430 square feet. In front is placed & horizontal rudder (el tor) fifteen feet wide and forty-three square feet in area. This 18 operated by pushing in or out on & iarge lever In the aviator's right hand. The balancing planes are four small fiaps on the rear end of the main box cell, and are operated by the side to side motion of the samé lever. At the rear is a small pair of fixed hori- sontal surfaces which steady the machine, and also two vertical surfaces which are used as rudders’ ‘The motor is & fifty-horse power, seven- cylinder Gnome, which revolves with an S%-foot diameter Chanviere wooden pro- peller at 1,20 revolutions per minute. The machine I8 mounted on & combination of wheels and skids which has proved very satisfactory. The speed of the machine is thirty-seven miles per hour. [ Dangerous Surgery n the abdominal region is prevented by the use of Dr. King’s New Life Pills, the pain- less purifiers. e, For sale by Beaton | Deve Qo ) & migrating bird knows the difference be- tween aorth-and seuth; so that when the nightjar, for instance, ln leaving Africa for it begins its homeward journey England, by going due north. Now, it does yat follow that any night- y flew nrnl‘m from Jar ever bitentiont Atrice. to. Engl He may easily himself in Fran Paris In short, the hominj lnstinct in migrat- gunn wonderful ability in detecting changes 'n climate and direc- may ing birds consists fion of the compass, for their “home’ cover a large area’.The rest is all do by landmarks. Most animals, such as the fox, the wolf and the rabbit find their way back thelr lairs memory and smell. his way home If he was suddenly struck blind. But there- are 'extraordinary instances Vot cats, dogs and pigeons traveling over vast distances where it seems impossible for either sight ‘or scent to be of much use. For Instance, a terrier sent lo & new home in Birmingham, returned on foot to its old marter in High Wycombe, a ‘distance of mnesrly 100 miles. And a collie sent from a town In Oxfordshire to Leeds turned up three or four days later in Oxfordshire, ‘having “tramped” through four counties over a distance of 200 miles. In all instances like these memory and sight are of hardly any use except in the immediate nelghborhood of “home.” Of what service can their sense of smell be either, when the track they traverse s new and strange? It is the same with homing pigeons. And we are forced to conclude that scme ani- mals possess the sense of direction so0 highly developed that, no matter how or here they are taken, they are able to retrace their steps as though they had left trails behind themn like the silk trail of a caterpillar.—Pearson's Weekly. e o ' Bee Want Ads produce results. Stricken Son Telephones Father Police Officer Peter Dillon Called to Son’s Plumbing Shop to Find Him Unconscious. “I'm all in, fathe id a volce over the telephone when Peter H. Dillon, desk offl- cer at the police station, answered a call Monday night. The voice faded out \n an attempt to say something more and the sound of & crash ‘came over the wire, Hastening to the plumbing establishment at 1406 Jackson street, Officer Dillon found his son Chris unconscious on the floor. The young man was taken to the Omaha General hospital, where he has remained unconsclous. for fifteen hours. His malady is puzzling the physiclans. There Is grave likelihood ‘that Dillon will not recover, of stomach, liver and kidney troubles and cure billousness and ‘malaria, take Electric Bitters. Guaranteed. ®ec. For sale by Beaton Drug Co. = Blood Hun'l;rs Comnionly cause pimples, boils, hives, ece sema or salt rheum, or some other form of srupilon: but sometimes thpy exist in the system, indicaled by feelings of weak- languor, loss of appetite, or general ility, without causing any breaking out. Hood's Sarsaparilla expels them, remo- ystem. This o the testimeny of thowe b+ -‘nnuuy " .y ot Accept no substitute, having Hood’s Sarsaparilla I ual liguid, form or in chocolat uukulu 4s Barsatabs. ru'lu-..:l‘. but iInsist om e & mistake and find But Franbe, being just as suitable to him, decides the question, and he may drop down in the woods near by ‘& combination of sight, The fox could smell medium for expressing their diverse in- terests even as a common language carries the expression of their divergent thoughts.' State Control Inefficlent. Speaking of the control of corporations in an address in this city today before the National Civic conference on uniform legis- lation, J. B. Sterrett, president of the Amer- ican Assoclation of Public Aecountants, raviewed the various &tate laws now . on the: statute books and then singled out, ("Massachusetts as the state where other ‘states could find the beginning of ‘a proper form ot corporate control. ‘‘Even here, though, the law is incomplete in its requirements in some respects,” Mr. Sterrett said, “and, generally speaking, there exists & most unfortunate lack of uniformity in our corporation laws and all of these laws- make little or no provision for effective control.” In conclusion, Mr. Sterrett said the ent chaotic condition of American ¢o) ne to ,|ana the water supply. poration laws s & serious -hindrance to business progress, and the lax provisions in the various state laws have been at least a contributing cause of the loss of untold fortunes. The remedy should have uniform application and, to be successful, must be founded upon sound business prac- tice and exparience.” TRIBUTE TO MEN WORTH WHILE Suggestion for Less Poetry More Blography in the Schoo and The greatest compliment ever pald to a man in America was when the New York subway folks insured the life of John B. McDonald, the contracting engineer, for $2,000,000. These policies were to expire when the work was done and the subway accepted by the owners. Here was & ‘taclt admission that no one else could take this man's place and com- plete the task. Bonds had been given to the city provid- Ing against damage to Its sewer system Also, the job was to be cleaned up by a certain time. MoDonald was the one man who had the glgantic scheme thoroughly under his hat. If McDonald lived the work would g0 through on time, It McDonald dled havoe might relgn, panie follow and inertia would do the rest, The New York subway was the greatest engineering feat ever attempted in the world, and still remains so. To tunnel under a river or through a mountaln fs stralght work, along mathe- matical lines. But to tunnel under the homes, houses, stores, streets and factorles of a busy ity is another thing. The net- work of sewers, water pipes, gas pipes and electric wires that had to be protected was enormous. Then the excavating was most- Iy through solld rock, with a dense popula- tion overhead, so the blasting had to be carrled on with great caution The business of the city must go on as usual. But one man had thought out all’ the Qifficulties and anticipated every emer- gency and accident, even to the bursting of a water main, which actually occurred once, when the workmen had to swim for thelr lives, and McDonald, waist deep, waded out to terra firma. But McDonald @1d the work, and the Job was turned over to the owners, beautiful, effective and com- plete. McDonald went through the test without once ever. stubbing his toe. He dlan't get Lervous prostration, nor Aid he req vacstion, ‘The premiums on the policies cost uy.vard of §100000. The rate was rliff, beeause jhere was no restriction as to where Me- Donald might go and what he might do. The man who writes a poem does so usually under safe conditions. Nothing more dangerous than a bean blower is apt to be used against bim. Lemons and vegetables may come FLis way, but this is the worst, save the scorn of the eritics. But McDonald lived underground, amid dynamite and damp, for days and weeks. He met business agents, high explosives, irate .Jandlords, the general cussedness of inanimate things, falling gneiss and flying tite and glve zest to the meal that follows. Now it turns out to be knock-out draps. Mrs. Leveret Hubbard has brought suit In the New Jersey court of chancery to have her marriage annulled, and says it was per- formed while she was insensible to every- thing that was going on, due to drinking cocktails. Mrs. Hubbard was Miss Nightin- traveling on ‘a traln and met & -man whose name was ' Hubbar, March (by appeintment) ‘they met. again in New York, djned together and drank @ few cocktails, and then went to a theater together. Nothing of any great interest in the affair 8o far; it reads like thousands of athers. ¥ But Jet us go on. After the dinner the young woman and Mr. Hubbard went to the Astor and had a little supper, with a colftall or two. Then i'the next thing she remembers” {s that she.came to her senses In & room in a hotel, and Hubbard was there congratulating himself and herself on their being married. He gave her certificate showing. that the knot had been tied that morping,,. Now she wishes it un- tied. Mrs. Nightingale Hubbard says cock- tails deprived her of her senses. It has_been the pustom of certain bach- elors, called “men_about town," to Imbibe a dozen or more of these drinks before and durlng and eyen after a meal. It now turns out that it not safe to do so. First thing one of them knows he'll wake up In & hotel and find a wife there waving a marriage certificate.—New York Telegraph. BASELESS FABRIC OF DREAMS What Was Expected to Happen When Radium Was First Pro- duced. When radium was found in pitchblende, hopes were high that it would make vital economft changes, A product which' gives light and heat without loss of substance meant, If cheaply produced, & substitute for gas and electricity, for coal and pe- troleum. Imagination ran very high at such a prospect. Ome thought of & loco- motive getting jts power from bollers heated by a trifling bit of radium—a fuel that would outiast the great machine it- solf and its successors for all time. A pinpoint of it in each room of a house would light and warm the structure; and another would run the family cooking range without replenishment. = The mills and factories might shut off their coal or oll supplies, and, possessed of & few grains of radium, steam ahead at full speed. All fuel bynkers on shipboard could be added to cargo space, and an ocean liner could boom along on & Jump of metal no larger than & thimble. “Another lump might light a city from the top of its highest hill. These were some of the day dreams, but they were soon to vanish. A little matter of cost intervened. Something Ike $2,000,000 an ounce was the retall price of rudium on the street. It was cheaper to buy cou: and gas for & generation than radium foi a day. So the new metal soon came to They talked and liked each other and last | ,lavo s really meditated by the woman. material witness, under a ‘eat of a pro ecuting officer, tesllflefl a8 be lll{lllled. The court holds that “It'is far betfer that criminals should esca ge punishraent than that the courts should condone such pro- ceedings.” ' PSYCHOLOGY OF THE COURTSHIP, “We sbeak of man' as {he Woder, t writer on women, ‘“‘but JIIIIM in By dre behavior, coquetry, modesty, re- uniformly, from the fattest parts first, the attention of man and infatuates him.” Consider the predicament of ‘the girl busy at such entertaining sport, who finds herself suddenly becoming fat. She' know: by fhstinct that she cannot Infatuate long if she be fat, so to exercise and dlet in- stanter to save the day. They may—but there 18 an easler way, One can take off up to a pound & day without causing wrinkles, stomach dis- turbances, or the least bother. This can be done in old cases of overfatness as well as recent ones. Bos 41 seventy-five cents 533 Farmer Bldg., T Detrolt, Mich. o, bat: ter still, tender thie same 0 your druggist lor rge case of Marmola Presgription Tablets. This elegant preparation oan g0 with you everywhere in your satchel Take a tablet daily; off comes the fat, nlce and serve, and occasional boldess she gains AMUSEMENT BOYD'S | TONIGHT And All Week, Mat. Wed. u} B, FREDERIO THOMPHON PRESENTS "BREWSTER'S MILLIONS" “Traveling Salesman. Sests Thurs. ANCED ' le'&u—IA\ Bvery e. performance, 8:15, u{ 2:115— Tiss Week: George Auger & the Glant Killer,” The (i rmen Nonette, Perry and Whité, Willlams snd James F. MacDonald, Reynoid n, the Kirodrome and the Or- pheum Concert Orchéstra. > . ln ack Troupe, Prices, 1 Ill- GAYETY 2wt Twice daily all wi closing Frida; bs c‘pun; at . :' paiu ':’ 4 ‘KNIOKERBOGK!RS’ % BXTRAVAGANZA AND VAUDEVILLY Tadies' dime matinee dally et lns Ban, (8 aays) “he Frocad “and Frank Finney. K R U G TH!ATER !IO. 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