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VOL. XXIV.
CLOSE TO SOUTH POLE
The Shackleton Expedition Gets
Within 111 Miles of the Goal.
BRAVE MENjIMOST PERISH
Sometimes the Party Was Abie to Make
Only 600 Yards a Day—Most Re
markable Dash Ever Made.
London, England.—The polar re
gions are gradually yielding up their
secrets to human perseverance and
determination, Lieutenant Ernest H.
Shackleton of the British navy, who
left his permanent quarters last au
tumn for a dash to the pole, having
succeeded after an arduous sledge
journey of 1,708 miles, which occu
pied M 26 days, in forging to within
111 miles of the south pole, or 354
miles nearer than the point attained
by the “Discovery Expedition,” of
which he was an officer.
As the expedition to the south was
undertaken rather for the purpose of
geographical survey tnan with the
idea of reaching the pole itself, it
may be said to have succeeded be
yond the most sanguine expectations.
Profiting by former experiences in
the antarctic regions when ail the
dogs succumbed to the strain and
rigors of the climate, Lieutenant
Shackleton made some departure
from the usual preparations for a
journey across the snow and ice. »Ie
took with him a motor car which
could be converted into a sledge and
substituted ponies for dogs and light
woolen clothing for heavy furs.
The main expedition, of which Lieu
tenant Shackleton was in command,
reached latitude 88.23, longitude 162
cast, while a second party pushed
forward to the southern magnetic
pole, reaching latitude 72.25, longi
tude 154 each. The British flag was
left flying at both points.
Briefly summarized, the results of
the expedition are that a point was
reached within 111 miles of the south
pole; the magnetic pole was also
reached; eight mountain chains were
discovered, and 100 mountains. Mt.
Erebus, 13,120 feet in altitude, was
ascended by the party; a new coast
and high mountains were located run
ning west from Victoria Land, and
the theory of the existence of an
area of atmospheric calm around the
south pole was disproved.
ROOSEVELTJAILSJOR AFRICA.
Hundreds at the Pier to Bid Roose
velt “Godspeed’ as He Boarded Ship.
New York City.—Waving a hearty
farewell, with his black slouch hat,
his smiling face beaming in the morn
ing sun as he stood on the captain’s
bridge of the steamship Hamburg, ex-
President Theodore Roosevelt sailed
for his long-planned African “safari. ”
He left amid the cheers of thousands
that swarmed the Hamburg-American
line pier, the whistles of countless
river craft, and the thunderous re
verberations of the ex-president’s sa
lute of thirteen guns from Forts Ham
ilton and Wadsworth.
Beside the happy figure of the form
er chief magistrate, as the big steam
ship slipped out of her dock, stood
a young lad, seemingly dejected as
he wistfully gazed at the cheering
multitude on the pier below. It was
Kermit Roosevelt, who accompanied
his father as official photographer.
Father and son, both clad in brilliant
buff-hued army coats, remained on
the bride on the trip down the bay,
and acknowledged, with sweeps of
their hats, the salutes of the vessels.
The ovation was unofficial in char
acter, but many high in the affairs of
the nation were present. The crowd,
in its enthusiasm, bowled over the
lines of policemen on the pier, sur
rounded the former president, while
he was being presented a bronze tab
let by the Italian American chamber
of commerce, and before he was
again safely back on the sheltering
gang plank, knocked his hat from his
head and caused him to drop a vac
uum bottle, which had been present
ed by some admiring Pittsburg
friends. Fortunately, Mr. Roosevelt
was not hurt in the rush, and he
seemed to enjoy his experience with
the crowd.
One incident of the departure which
touched Mr. Roosevelt probably more
than any othei’ was the presentation
of a message and gift from President
Taft, by Captain Archibald Butt, who
was chief military aide to Mr. Roose
velt, and who occupies that position
under President Taft.
It is a collapsible ruler, twelve
inches long, when drawn out of the
end of the pencil. On it is inscribed:
“To Theodore Roosevelt, from Wil
liam Howard Taft. Goodbye and good
luck Best wishes for a safe return.”
One of the last acts of Mr. Roose
velt before sailing was to send a
message to President Taft, reading:
“Parting thanks; love and sincerity.”
With Mr. Roosevelt and Kermit on
the Smithsonian hunting expedition
are Major E. A. Mearns of the Med
ical Corps, U. S. A., and J. Loring
Allen and Edmund Helelr. naturalists,
who will seek specimens for the
Smithsonian Institution.
SIX AERONAUTS ESCAPE"DEATH.
Men Who Ascended in Airship Found
Near Mount Wilson, Unharmed.
Los .Angeles, Cal. —After one of the
most harrowing experiences in the
history of ballooning, Captain A. E.
Mueller and five companions, who as
cended in the balloon America at
Pasadena, landed in the Sierra Ma
dre Mountains and arrived on foot
at Switzer’s camp, near Mount Wil
son, unharmed. Many searchers had
been scouring the mountains for the
aeronauts.
The aeronauts suffered extremely
from the cold in their wanders, and
were greatly in need of food and
rest, when they finally reached a
ranch house and received aid.
®ljr Smuuuiah Srihunr.
MARITIME WAR LAWS
Adopted as Result of Conference of Ten
Leading Nations.
Wshingtcn, D. C. —The declaration
of principles regarding the law of
maritime war, agreed upon by the
conference of ten of the principal
maritime nations of the world, held
in London during the past winter,
and known as the Maritime Confer
ence, have just been made public at
the state department. Probably the
most interesting features from the
American standpoint, are the decla
rations regarding what constitutes
contraband, and what is free of con
traband.
The principle enunciated in the dec
laration are to act as a guide for the
government of international prize
court, to be established at The Hague.
They are regarded as of great im
portance, and mark a decided step
forward in the establishment of a
code for naval warfare. The Ameri
can delegates, as previously reported,
are satisfied the code contains much
that will prove of great advantage in
time of war. This is especially the
case with the articles treating of con
traband, exports approximating at this
time $900,000,000 a year, will be af
fected in the event of war, and un
der the head of free contraband ex*
ports approximating $400,000,000.
On the question of contraband the
conference adopted three classifica
tions, viz.: Absolutely, conditional and
not contraband.
Absolute contraband includes gen
erally articles and implements of
war, and those that may be used in
war. Conditional contraband includes
food supplies, fodder and grain, cloth
ing suitable for military use; gold
and silver, coined and in bars, and
paper representing money; airship's
and flying machines; fuel, lubricants,
powders and explosives not special
ly designed for war use; barbed wire;
horse shoes and shoeing outfits.
The following articles cannot be de
clared contraband of war:
Raw r cotton, raw wool, silk, jute,
flax and hemp and other raw mate
rials of textile industries, as well as
fabrics woven therefrom; oleaginous
nuts and seeds; copra; india rubber;
resins, gums and lac; hops; raw
hides, horns, bone and ivory; natu
ral and artificial fertilizers, compris
ing nitrates and phosphates suscepti
ble of use in agriculture; ores, earths,
clays, lime, chalk and stone, includ
ing marble, brick, slate an dtile; chi
naware and glassware; paper and
substances intended solely for their
production; and varnishes, hypochle
rite of lime; soda ash, caustic soda,
sulphate of soda in cakes; ammonia,
sulphate of ammonia and sulphat of
copper; machinery used in manufac
ture; textile industries and printing:
precious stones, fine stones, mother of
pearl, pearls and coral; clocks and
watches, except chronometers.
Articel 47 provides that any person
belonging to the armed forces of the
enemy and found on board a neutral
war vessel may be made a prisoner
of war, even though there be no
ground for seizing the vessel. This
principle conforms to the attitude ta
ken by the United States in the fa
mous Mason and Slidell cases during
the civil war,
NEWSY PARAGRAPHS.
Governor Hughes of New York re
fused to interfere in the case of Mary
Farmer, sentenced to die in the elec
tric chair at Auburn for the murder
of Mrs. Sarah Brennan at Watertown,
on April 23 last.
The gastronometer Galliott an
nounced to the French academy of
science that he had discovered two
new planets situated beyond Neptune,
which is the outermost known planet
of the solar system.
Fifty Catholic priests of the Arch
diocese of Batlimore met and decided
to make personal contributions to as
sist Cardinal Gibbons in raising $130,-
000 to pay the debt of the Rev. Cas
per P. Elbert. The American Order
of Hibernians has contributed $l,OOO,
and collections will be taken up at
the cathedral and all the Catholic
churches to help swell the fund.
To popularize red hair is the ob
ject of the “Titian Club,” which is be
ing formed by Mme De Parrot of Par
is. This lady is now in London de
livering a series of lectures to soci
ety women on “Famous Love Stories.”
Membership of the Titian society will
be limited to red-haired girls, whose
objects will be to “promote amiabil
ity, chivalry, and good fellowship,”
as well as to make red hair popular.
The earthquake-proof building built
by Professor Boermel of Berlin rests
in a massive bowl, and has a rocking
foundation with a curved surface ot
somewhat less radius than that of the
boyl. A half spherical pivot fits into
a cup bearing at the center. At eight
points near the outside of the bowl
are spring buffers, which keep the
house or other building from being
canted too freely and lessen the
force of any shock transmitted. The
structure on this foundation is to
have a light steel framework, and is
expected to resist the severest earth-
Several Munice, Ind., boys, whose
ages range from 10 to 14 years, are
in charge of the probation officer and
their parents because they emulated
highwaymen. The boys are said to
have held up at the point of revolvers
a number of children and to have tak
en money and valuables away from
them? One of theis chief ambitions
has been to obtain .marbles, and the
youthful bandits have succeeded in
robbing scliool boys of a large num
ber, it is said.
The Rev. M. D. Johnson, shot and
killed tha Rev. Solomon O’Dell, both
of Lebanon, Mo., following a quarrel.
The Rev. Mr. Johnson is pastor of
the Free Wip. Baptist church, and
the man he killed was pastor of the
Cumberland Presbyterian church.
Johnson surrendered.
THE TRIBUNE OFFICE REMOVED TO 462 WEST BROAD STREET.
SAVANNAH. GA.. SATURDAY. MARCH 21. 1909.
TORNADOSWEEPSTEXAS
Twelve Dead and a Score Injured
as Result of Storm.
COUNTRY DISTRICTS SUFFER
Heavy Loss—Distraction of One Farm
House Caused the Death of
Eight Persons.
Dallas, Texas. —Twelve known dead,
property losses, reaching into the
thousands of dollars and possibly a
sc°re injured, is the result of a tor-
Hu-o which swept over the north
eastern part of Wise county.
Several small towns were visited
by the storm, but none were entirely
uestroyed, although each suffered &e
-lious damage.
The general course of the tornado
seems to have been from the west to
the southeast. Starting at Crafton, in
the northeastern part of tire county,
it passed to the north of Decatur, the
county seat of Wise county, and then
struct, several small settlements, oi
which Slidell is the center. From
here the tornado appears to have
turned southeast, continuing its course
without doing further serious damage.
The greatest loss of lite occurred
in the country districts. The destruc
tion of one farm house alone caused
the death of eight persons. This sin
gle tragedy 01 the storm occurred
near Slidell. The farm house of Ira
Rice was crushed m by the furious
wind and the family of eight members
pinned beneath the wreckage. A light
in the house at the time of the dis
aster caused the ruins to become ig
nited, and, tanned by the strong wind,
the flames snuffed out the lives of the
helpless victims.
The towns of Sanger and Green
wood were hit and a number of the
houses were moved from their foun
dations. The Good View school house
near Sanger was wrecked. In this
vicinity Ben Wilson and Glasgow
Clark, farmers, and two children of
a negro tenant were killed.
At Crafton every business house
save one was blown down. The Meth
odist and Baptists churches were com
pletely wrecked. At Dan, also in
W ise county, near Slidell, two houses
were destroyed. The Christian
church at Greenwood was destroyed.
Several residences and two churches
were blown down at Brumlow. This
town is located near Slidell, which
appeared to be the storm center.
Heavy sand storms were reported at.
Dublin, Gainesville and other points
in that vicinity. Fences, small build
ings and windmills were razed bj
the storm in the outlying districts.
SOU TH WANTS PATRONAGE.
Congress Asked to Cut Diplomatic
“Pie” for Cotton States.
Washington, D. C. — The cotton
states want some of the patronage
“pie,” and want it badly.
Representative Hull of Tennessee
introduced a resolution in the house
calling on the secretary of state, if
not incompatible with the public in
terest, to inform the congress whether
the cotton states are being deprived
of representation in the diplomatic
and consular service in the cotton
purchasing countries. If so, Mr. Hull
wants the secretary to transmit any
facts or information that might be
suggestive of a remedy for this condi
tion of affairs.
In the preamble to the resolution,
Mr. Hull asserts that Alabama, Ar
kansas, Oklahoma, South Carolina,
Florida, Georgiy, Louisiana, Missis
sippi, North Carolina, Tennessee, Tex
as and Virginia now have smaller rep
resentation in the diplomatic and con
sular service than they have had at
any time in the history of the gov
ernment.
He points out that the states he
names annually insure the balance of
trade in favor of the United States
by raising and exporting cotton to
the amount of over $435,000,000 in
value. It is asserted that these states
have not a single representative in
any position of responsibility in the
diplomatic and consular service.
SAID TAFT WAS TO RESIGN.
Woman Also Says Pontius Pilate Be
came Theodore Roosevelt.
Chicago, 11l. —Miss INina A. Pat
tee, a school teacher, 30 years old,
is under arrest by the federal au
thorities, charged with sending ob
jectionable letters through the mails.
She was sent to the detention hospi
tal for examination.
It is charged that she wrote to the
governor of each state, saying that
President Taft was to resign, and
that he, with ex-President Roosevelt,
was to come to Chicago to be “or
dained.”
In letters addressed to prominent
clergymen she wrote:
“Pontius Pilate became Theodore
Roosevelt.
“Abel was Ethan Allen and is now
George Cortelyou.
“David lived 1,000 times. David is
now John D. Rockefeller.
“William J. Bryan was once Ezra
and later became Andrew Jackson.”
“PUT OF HELL INTOEDEN.”
Rabbi Advises Yeung Men to Get Out
City and Go to Country.
Chicago, 111.—“ Out of Hell! Back
to Eden!” That is the exhortation
given young men of the Chicago He
brew Institute by Rabbi Isaac Land
man, who declares that Hell is the
city and Eden the farm.
“In Eden,” says Mr. Landman,
“there is always work to do. There
is beauty for the eye and joy for the
ear. There is health and riches, too,
for him who employs his muscle for
making the earth give up the bless
ings hidden there. The excuse that
nineteen centuries of Christian in
tolerance have unfitted Jews for the
pursuit of agriculture is now invalid.”
INCREASESJOSTOF LIVING
So Ways and Means Democrats Allege
in Report on New Tariff Bill.
Washington, D. C. —Champ Clark,
the minority leader, was asked what
attitude he would take with regard
to the duty on lumber, and he replied
that he would develop that in his
coming speech in the house. Mr.
Clark’s alleged position on this sched
ule has been vigorously criticised by
democrats from Georgia, Alabama,
Florida and Tennessee, each of
which states has large interests in
lumber.
That the Payne tariff bill increas
es the cost of living; that it is
crude, indefinite, sectional and pro
hibitive, and that it is an open chal
lenge to a trade war with every other
nation on earth, are some of the crit
icisms of that measuie made by the
democratic members of the ways and
means committee in the minority re
port submitted to the house by Minor
ity Leader Champ Clark.
Declaring that a tariff is a tax paid
by the consumer, and that the only
function of a tariff law is to raise
revenue to supply the needs of the
government, the minority members of
the committee insist that, instead of
an increase of taxes, or a new issue
of bonds, the correct remedy for the
growing deficiency in the revenues is
the cutting down of the expenses of
running tne government.
“The bill is, in many respects,
crude, indefinite, sectional and prohib
itive. It seems to us, from our exam
ination, which was necessarily hasty,
that, on the whole, it increases the
cost of living. The claim that the
bill is a sectional one, made by the
democratic members of the commit
tee, is based largely on the cotton
schedule. The report contends that
the bill does not lift any burdens
from the shoulders of the southern
farmer, although the manufacturer of
cotton goods is protected by heavy
tax, it claims.
“The treatment of the farmer by
this bill is along the same lines as
have characterized republican meth
ods in the past,” says the report. “He
gets practically no relief, and the la
borer and producer have greater bur
dens imposed upon them. Every ar
ticle of food the laborer must have
to live comfortably is heavily taxed;
eVen the salt on his table is not
exempt.
That the bill is a sectional one is
shown by the failure of the majority
of the committee to lift any burden
whatever from the shoulders of the
southern farmers. The grower of cot
ton must sell his product in the open
markets of the world. In order, how
ever, to benefit the manufacturer of
cotton, the republican party makes
him pay a heavy tax on every pound
of, it that is exported, and comes back
into the United States in the shape
of manufactured goods. Thus he sells
in free trade market and buys in a
protected market. Not only have
these burdens not been lifted, but ad
ditional ones have been placed upon
him. By a lately discovered process
a fabric known as “mercerized fab
rics” is now being made. This is a
very fine article of cotton goods, look
ing very much like silk, and is large
ly worn. In order to further enrich
the manufacturer "and to further tax
the masses of the people, a tax has
been laid on these goods.
Cotton hose has fallen under their
greedy gaze, and the tax on it, al
ready too high, has been greatly in
creased. Cotton goods are more gen
erally used than any other class of
goods by the masses of the American
people, and every cent of duty laid
on such fabrics is an additional tax
on the people least able to pay it.
REPLICA JHLEREMONT.
Contract Let for the Facsimile of
Fulton’s Steamboat. *
New York City.—The officers of the
Hudson-Fulton celebration commis
sion have let the contract for build
ing the replica of Robert Fulton’s
Clermont, to the Staten Island Ship
building Company. Work has already
begun on the facsimile of the first
boat to steam up the Hudson.
The Clermont with the replica of
Hudson’s “Half Moon," which is be
ing built by the Dutch in Holland
will be the center of the great naval
parade which will start from New
York and steam to Newburg on Fri
day, October 1. To convoy these two
little vessels there will be fleets of
American and foreign warships, great
river craft and ocean steamships that
have evolved from Fulton’s awkward
little steamboat.
Free Trade in Pistols.
Chicago, 11l. —“Revolvers sold with
out permits” is the sign conspicuous
ly displayed in various stores as a
result of a truce between the city
and firearm dealers. The courts have
intimated that the present ordinance,
which requires a purchaser to obtain
a permit from the chief of police, is
defective and a new law will have
to be passed.
Cupid’s Darts Hit Solar Plexus.
Chicago, 11l. —Dr. Sheldon Leavitt,
who has charge of the Rev. Johnston
Myers’ psychotherapeutic class in his
last lecture, informs his students that
Cupid’s darts, contrary to time-honor
ed notions, do not land in the heart,
but in the solar plexus.
No Objection to Davis’ Picture.
Washington, D. C. —It is believed
that no official objection would be
made if the silver service to be pre
sented to the battleship Mississippi,
by the people of the state for which
it will be named, should bear the like
ness or the name of Jefferson Davis,
who was president of the confeder
acy.
KIDNAPERS RETURN BOY
Willie Whitla Delivered to His
Father at Cleveland, Ohio.
MAN AND WOMAN ARRESTED
Had $9,790 in Their Possession and
Confessed That They Had Stolen
the Child.
Harrisburg, Pa. —Governor Stuart
has issued a proclamation, offering a
reward of $15,000 for the arrest and
conviction of the kidnapers of Wil
lie Whitla.
Cleveland, Ohio. — Little Willie
Whitla, who has caused the police of
the entire country endless worry since
he was kidnaped from school in Sha
ron, Pa., a week ago, was returned
to his tataer at tne Honenden Ho
tel here.
Mr. Whitla admitted that he had
paid slo,uoo to the woman in a can
dy store, who acted for the kidnap
ers. It was in currency and bills.
The woman did not count the money.
Mr. Whitla believes the woman was
an Italian, but refuses to disclose her
identity.
Cleveland, Ohio. —In the arrest j
here later of a man and a wo- j
man having $9,790 in their pos- j
session, the police believe tney j
have captured the kidnapers of j
Willie Whitla. j
In fact, me woman in the t
case, who is greatly excited, ad- j
mitted tnai she had been respon- *
sible for the kidnaping. When i
placed in custody at tne central j
police station, sue said to Cap- *
lain Shattuck: i
“I am the one who planned i
the whole thing. There win be t
trouble for me, and hell in Sha- t
ron tomorrow.” • ;
Beneath the woman’s skirt j
was found $9,790. All of it but j
$4O was bound m packages, witn ,
the original slips placed on the j
money when Wnitla took it from ,
tne bank, still around it. t
In compliance with an arrangement
entered into between the kidnaped
boy’s father and an agent of the kid
napers here, th.e boy was placed on
a street car on the outskirts of the
city and sent to the hotel.
The moment the anxious parent
heard that a strange boy was in the
hotel, he rushed across the lobby,
grasped him in his arms and smoth
ered his faces with kisses.
Willie is in perfect health. He says
that he has been well treated, and
ever since his capture he has been
constantly indoors. He believes he
was taken from Sharon to Warren
and thence to Newcastle, Pa. It is
his opinion, expressed in a happy
schoolboy way, that he was in Ash
tabula at the time his father was to
leave his $lO,OOO in Flat Iron Park.
Whitla, senior, said that he receiv
ed a letter from the kidnapers at his
home in Sharon, saying that if he
called at a confectionery store in the
east end of Cleveland, he would be
told how to secure his boy unharmed
and “well fed.”
He at once left Sharon for Cleve
land. He was unaccompanied. Whit
la was certain that if he spoiled the
plans of his son’s captors he would
never see the lad again. His expe
rience at Ashtabula served as a warn
tng.
He went to a candy store in the
east end of Cleveland. With him he
carried $lO,OOO, expecting that it
would be demanded of him there. He
was met by a woman, who detailed
to him the terms of the kidnapers.
With all the eagerness of a distracted
parent, Whitla agreed to them im
mediately and paid the money. Half
an hour later he returned to the
Hollenden Hotel and awaited develop
ments.
Fully 2,000 people gathered in the
hallways and lobbies of the hotel.
Those who were unable to get into
the hotel stood on the sidewalks and
shouted for a glimpse of the boy.
Again and again they called his name
and implored his father to bring him
out and let them look at him. Whitla
acquiesced to the request of the
crowd, and carrying his boy on his
shoulder, walked down into the lobby.
Cries of “Speech!” “Speech!” caus
ed Whitla to say a few words.
“This is my son. He was lost and
is found again. If I live a thousand
years I never can do enough tq re
pay the press, the police and the
people who all have done noble work
in helping to find my boy and in ex
tending their sympathy to me and
my family and relatives.”
Sharon, Pa. —Willie Whitla does not
yet seem to comprehend what he and
his parents have been through. He
was out playing with his little friends.
He rode a bicycle, played marbles
and assisted in flying a kite. He is
the object of the childish envy of ev«
ery boy in Sharon.
Bee’s Sting Cures Rheumatism.
New York City.—The stings from
the plain or garden variety of honey
bee are being used successfully at
Roosevelt Hospital for the treatment
of rheumatism. Dr. Arthur W. Swann
started the experiments, after recall
ing the legend of his boyhood days
that a bee sting was a preventive of
rheumatism.
SBO,ODD,OOO Bond Issue.
Philadelphia, Pa. —At the adjourned
session of the Pennsylvania Railroad
held here resolutions empowering the
boaid of directors, in its discretion,
to increase the bonded indebtedness
of the company to the extent of $BO,-
000,000, was ratified.
LATE NEWS NOTES.
General
A chorus of five hundred voices, an
orchestra of seventy pieces, a large
brass choir and some of the most la
mous soloists in America will be
heard all at the same time in some
of the program numbers that are be
ing arranged for the Southern Music
festival at Atlanta, Ga., May 4, 5 and
6. This will, perhaps, be tne largest
combination of voices and instru
ments ever brought together for such
an occasion.
Chicago women’s clubs, refuting
the doctrine of politicians that "wom
en cannot understand the tariff” have
adopted resolutions inaugurating a
nation-wide protest against an in
crease upon necessities in every
American home which emphasize cot
ton gloves and hosiery.
The Minnesota house committee
on crime and punishment reported
favorably a bill providing that any
chorus girl who appears in public in
tights when the same are red, white
and blue, shall be fined slov, or be
locked up for ninety days.
The patriotic older, Sons of Amer
ica, has secured an option on Strat
ford, the ancestral home of the Vir
ginia Lees, which the order will pre
sent to the state of Virginia. The
price is given at $lOO,OOO.
Mrs. Polly Love, aged 110, the old
est resident of Walker county. Geor
gia, died last week at her home near
Bronco. She was a native of North
Carolina,- having been born in that
state in August of 1798, her span of
life touching three centuries.
War on the Standard Oil company
by independent dealers at Berlin, who
complain because the American com
pany is distributing oil direct to
small retailers in twenty-one-quart
cans, is threatened. It is said the
Standard offered certain concessions
which did not satisfy the wholesal
ers, who are urging the public to
cease purchasing American oil.
It is learned from one of ex-Presi
dent of Venezuela Castro’s friends
that he has only about $75,000 in Eu
rope, and that the stories of immense
sums being sent out to him from Ven
ezuela are pure fiction. Castro ar
ranged for a credit of $lOO,OOO with
the Deutsche bank of Berlin which
was later supplemented by drafts on
the Bank of Venezuela for about $50,-
000 more.
Twenty-eight minutes spent in a
New Orleans dentist’s chair in an
effort to have a refractory tooth ex
tracted was the basis of a $lO,OOO
damage suit that has been filed in
that city by Antonia P. Broussard.
The petitioner claims that during me
process of attempted extraction, the
dentist broke her jawbone, which se
riously affected her nervous system,
and led up to paralysis.
Washington.
President Taft has given his in
dorsement to a city planning exhibit
and conference to be held at Wash
ington beginning May 20. The con
ference is to be held for the purpose
of bettering conditions of city life all
over the country and making muni
cipal improvements in all large cities.
The president so strongly favors the
movement that he will attend the
first meeting. Practically every large
city in the country will make an ex
hibit of housing plans which are in
tended to solve the tenement prob
lem.
Secretary of War Dickenson states
that he will leave Washington about
April 15 for his visit to the Isthmus
of Panama. He does not know how
long he will be gone, but intends to
stay long enough to fully inform him
self as to the work and conditions in
the canal zone.
Sir Lionel Cardon, British minister
to Central America, has closed an ar
rangement with the government cf
Honduras for the settlement of the
foreign debt, on behalf of the council
of foreign bondholders.
At the final session of the AmeH
can Society for the Study of Alcohol
and Other Drug Narcotics, an inter
esting paper was read by Dr. G. O.
Webster of Chicago, president of the
Illinois state board of health. His
subject was “Alcohol and Public
Health.” Dr. Webster drew the fol
lowing conclusions: That the alcohol
problem is more important than the
tuberculosis problem, because it
causes the loss of more lives and
more money. “Traffic in alcohol costs
the United States in direct money
loss more than $2,000,000,000 a year,”
said the speaker. “It causes direct
ly or indirectly, at least 10 per cent
of all the deaths (n the country.”
Non-interest bearing treasury notes
to amount of one million dollars may
be issued by the secretary of the
treasury when in his discretion the
business situation requires it, if tne
bill recently introduced by Represent
ative Weiss of Wisconsin becomes a
law. The notes which are to be in
denominations of $5, $lO and $2O.
and are to be legal tender for du
ties, public and private, until the
time named by the secretary for then
ing money and valuables, to the
A novel way of raising revenue was
proposed in the house by Representa
tive Sission of Mississippi. It is pro
vided in a bill he introduced that a
tax of $2, be levied on every deadly
weapon, such as pistols, dirk knives
and brass knuckles, manufactured
and sold within the United States.
Representative Gordon introduced
a bill in the house for the suppression
of gambling on horse races by means
of national and interstate commerce
and the postal service, subject to the
jurisdiction and the laws of the Unit
ed States. Mr. Gordon says that as
betting on horse races is gambling
and most of the business is conduct
ed through the mail and the telegraph
it could be stopped under the inter
state commerce clause of the consti
tution.
NO. 21.
