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GRAD Y COUNTY PROGRESS—^AGE 7
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Will Explore the ! 'Arctic Con-
tiiient” for Britlsti. .
WILL BE GOBE THREE YEARS
Plane to Carry Elaborate Wireless Ap
paratus and Movfctg Picture Machines
to Aid In Work—Steam Whaler" of
247 Tons to Carry Expedition—Eight
Scientists In Party.
New York.—Flying th'o British flag
and not the stars and stripes, as It
■was ■ his original Intention ’of doing,
" yimjalmnr Siefnnsson. dlseuvorer of
the rare of blond Eskimos around Cor-
bnatiovi gulf. will conduct his second
expedition into the arctic* this summer.
He will go into the'great expanse of
more than a million square .miles of
tipexplored territory to the north of
North America. This will he the first
attempt jo penetrate these . waters
from' Bering strait since the days of
the' Jeannette e.'spcdltfon In 187D-S1.
• Mr. Stefn’iisson’s decision to go for
• the glory.of Croat Britain followed his
fommuuicatiou with various societies
inviting them to support him. He re-
, Velved-a promise of $'J'J.riOO_ from the
• National Geographic* society, $22,500
. from'the American .Museum of Natural
History and- wns awaiting the same
• i
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Kioto by American Press Association.
VHiUJAI.MUn STEFANSSON.
from the Harvard Travelers’ club and
the Cahndlan government when the
■ latter proposed to assume the expense
oif .the entire expedition. Mr. Stefans-
son communicated with the other soci
eties, and they consented that he make
the- trip for tbo Canadian government.
Mr. Stefnnsson will thus go Into the
: “Arctic ocean one year ahead of Cap
tain Roald Amundsen, discoverer of
the .south pole, und It is believed in
many circles tlmt the Norwegian’s suc
cess had much to do with prompting
the Canadian government
Mr. Stefnnsson has purchased the
steam whaler Kurluk, of 247 tons reg
ister. The vessel was built in 1SS4.
and ber hull Is in perfect coudltlon ow
ing to Its saturated condition with
•whale oil. She will he taken to Esqui
maus, near Victoria, aud from there
•will begin the voyage next May or
early In June. The Ivarluk will pro
ceed direct through Boring strait, -and
with Land’s End, on Prince Patrick is
land. us her objective, will put us far
Into the- Arctic ocean ns the open wa
ter will permit Mr. Stefnnsson ex
pects to reach his destination in Sep
tember and there will make his base.
If he Is unnble to reach as far north
’by ship he will establish n secondary
base at the northwest corner of Wol
laston island or Victoria islnnd. near
bis old exploring ground. The ship
will be sent bnek ench year, and Mr.
Stefnnsson arranges to be In the arctic
until the closing of tbo summer of
1910.
Wireless apparatus will bo taken
aboard the Knrluk, and stations will be
established nt Land’s End and at the
secondary base, through which com
munication will bo established with a
station at Herschel Islnnd, near the
mouth of the Mackenzie river. In con
nection with this system the Canadian
government will establish a series of
stations.
With a innd base established Mr.
Stefnnsson will penetrnte the un
known region by sledges. Eight sci
entists will nccompnny the expedition
niul full marine meteorological, zoo
logical arid other observations will be
made. Further study of the Eskimos
will be mad6 and moving, pictures will
be taken of them In all phases of their
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Human Baby Incubator.
Merchantville, N. J.—Joseph Hiqch-
mnn. a'bachelor, now eighty-eight, has
raised twenty-six babies from Infancy
to the nge of twenty-one. Salt perk
iwas their chief diet
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San Frnifrteco.—'T. B. Robertson and
Pi*. T-..C. Burnett of the University or
California laboratory make it known
thut / ihe,v have ■ found chemical sub
stances that will accelerate, or retard
the growth of cancerous tumors.
One of the chemical substnntes ex
perimented with wns lecithin, which,
they say, not only retards the spread
ing of cancer tumors to other parts of
the., body, Imt In some Instances re
tards the growth of the original cancer
tumor. On the contrary, cholesterin
when likewise Injected directly Into
the can.cer tumor causes-them to grow
more, quickly and spread.
This method of partial ’’control" ol
cancer.haying been established, it re
mains for further experiments to de
cide If lecithin can be so used as in
check altogether the cancer growth.
1 Lecithin aud cholesterin tire both
found in the human body. I-ecithin Is
described chemically as a colorless,
gammy, pltbspborlzcd fat, contained in
the coll material of animal and vege
table bodies, 'l’lie California experi-
-menteftt extracted -their lecithin from
the yolks of eggs. Cholesterin is a
crystalline compound contained in bile,
gallstones, nerve tissue, blood, egg
yolks, etc.
White rats were used in the experi
ments.
ROCK KILLS. UNCOVERS ORE.
Same Cave-in Discloses Motal Man
Had Been Seeking.
Manhattan. Cab—After working in
cessantly and alone for two years In a
mine In which none hut he had faith
Alexander Hubloy was killed by a
cnve-ln of rocks and debris estimated
as weighing forty tons.
And by the Irony of fate the same
fall or earth that crushed out his life
uncovered. t,he very ore body he had
bec*n.seeking with such dogged persist
ence.
The ore Is some of the richest ever
discovered in the district.
BARGAINS INGQLD COINS.
Boys Sell Ton and Twenty Dollar Coins
For 25 Cents Each.
Scranton. Pa.—Five North Scranton
boys were arrested for selling ten dol-
lnr nnd twenty dollar gold pieces in
the streets for 25 cents each.
They had moro than $500 In gold In
their pockets and admitted finding the
shiny •'metals" buried in the cellar of
a house formerly occupied by Peter J.
Scnnlon. who was credited with being
a miser.
Epidemlo Ends Record.
Darby, Pa. — The Quaker meeting
house, which lifts not missed Sunday
service since 1CS2, was closed with five
other churches owing to an epidemic
of diphtheria and scnrlet fever. Thea
ters and movies are closed nnd the peo
ple forbidden to gather even in the
streets.
Bachelor, Ninety, Seeks Wife.
Sioux City, In.—Ninety years old and
still n bachelor, Olnf Jurgenson of Vail.
ln. , has written to Mrs. Cora Swift
probation officer here, to find him a
wife.
*T feel young enough to marry." Jur
genson says In his letter. "T have an
ticipation or living io a ripe aid age
and wunt the loving care of a helpmate
.when my declining years are upon
me. "
CANNIBALS NEAR BOSTON.
Professor Shimer Finds at Ipswich
Relics of a Neolithic Type.
Boston.—Examinations made by As
sistant Professor H. W. Sblner of the
Institute of Technology of a shell
mound nt Ipswich led blm to believo
that tho earliest Now Eglandors, who
lived 3,000 to 5,000 nnd perhaps 10,000
years ago. wero cannibals.
Professor Shimer says:
“The neolithic typo, such as lived In
New Englnnd, wns of a lighter hone
structure than the Neanderthal man of
Europe nnd bad a. greater brain ca
pacity. Our prehistoric type.lived here
during the bronze nge in Europe and
central Asia. These Americans were
no doubt descendants of the eastern
Asia stock. Their bone formation con-,
forms with the bone structure of the
early people of that continent."
1 "Eat Dog Moat'," Amundson'.
St Louis.—Captain Roald Amundsen
seriously said that Amerlenus can re
duce the high cost of living by eating
dog meat.
He said be bns tried dog meat and j
has found It good eating, nnd; besides,
it is much cheaper than beef.
William Jennings Br.vnn's selection for
tho'.otllco Of,secretary of.stuto jnnhe NV11-
/jrr cabinet wns due la no smalt measure.
It liiis bcun suhl. to the part he played In
the tight for progressive doctrines nl the
Deifnicrulle convention ilt Baltimore.
Mr. iBryun'n public career. In the course
of which he won thrlco nominated by the*
Democratic party for the presidency, be
gan lii llio period frpm 1.391 to lS06, when
ho',wits'glcctcd to the . Fifty-second apd
Fifty-third congresses from the First Ne
braska 'district, lie received the Demo
cratic vote for l.’nlted States senator In
tho NeltrnHktt legislature In 1893 and was
nominated for tho same ottlco In tho. Dem
ocratic convention In 1891. but was de
feated by John M. Thurston, Me declined
t'onomlmitlon us congressman in that year'
and beentnu editor of tho,t)malm World-
Hern Id. .
It wuii : , In 1898 thnt he sprang Into na
tional prominence as the leader of tho
Democratlo party. At tho national Demo
cratic convention of Unit year lie wrote
the silver plank Into the platform and
made fils celebrated “Crown of Thorns"
speech, which carried the convention by
storm end obtained for him the nomina
tion on the fourth ballot with SCO votes.
Air. Bryan followed up his nomination
by it t,lreless cnmpulgq,. during which he
covered 18,009 miles und spoke nt almost
dory stopping place. Ho was decisively
defeated, however, receiving but nil elec
toral votes against Sit for McKinley.
In il’io Democratic national convention
af 1C00 Mr. Bryan was again nominated,
for, tho presidency itmlil n scene of the
wildest .enthusiasm, and lie was Indorsed
by the' Populist and silver Republican
conventions. ‘Agnln Mr. Bryan tnddB" a
remarkable campaign, but McKinley de
feated liltn, receiving 992 electoral votes to
IK! for liryan.
In 1908 Mr Brynn made a tour of tbo
world und wns everywhere received with
great consideration. HIs return to Netv
York ,wus the signal for a tremendous
demonstration, and It was freely said nt
that tlmo that ho would again be nomi
nated. Tills proved to lie the case, ns lie
dominated tiio national- convention nt
Denver In ISOS and wns named to opposo
William Howard Tuft, tho Republican
nominee. Tie wus defeated for the third
tlmo, Mr. Taft obtaining, 32T electoral
votes and Ml*. Brynn 1C2.
Mr. Brynn was born'In Salem. 111., on
Mriroh IS, 1SC0, and was graduated nt the
Illinois college, Jacksonville, 111, In 1SSI
nnd received tho degree of A. M. In 1SS4.
He received un LL. D. from the Union
College" of Law lit 1S83 and was admitted
to the Illinois bar the same. year. He
practiced law at Jacksonville from 1883 to
1SS7 and then moved to Lincoln. Neb.,
where ho now has tils home. On Oct. 1.
1881, Mr. Brynn married Mary Elizabeth
Baird of Perry. 111.
William Gibbs McAdoo.
William Gibbs McAdoo first became a
prominent tlguro In politics ns acting
chairman of tho Democratic national com
mittee llist full, l-lo was assistant chnlr-
mun and beenuso of tho Illness of William
F. McCombs, the chairman, wns called
upon to luko chargo of the campaign.
It Is as tbo builder of the Hudson tun
nels perhaps thnt Mr. McAdoo Is best
known, for ho accomplished In six years
what was considered ono of tho greatest
engineering feats In history.
Mr. McAdoo wns born near Marietta,
Go., on Oct. 31, 1803. Tho civil war cost
tho family alt of Its possessions, and Mr
McAdoo's father, who had been a Judge
and a soldier, was afterward forced to
tnko up teaching as a professor at the
University of Tennessee. At tho end of
his junior year Mr. McAdoo left tho uni
versity bccauso of tho lack of family
funds to tako a placo as clerk In the
United Stntcs circuit court. This gavo him
tho opportunity to study law, nnd when
ho wns twenty-one years old ho was ad
mitted to tho bar nt Chattanooga. Tenn
He dnbblod In local politics then, but soon
ambition led-him to go" to New York.
Hero ho formed a partnership with Wil
liam McAdoo, whq had been an assistant
secretary of tho navy under Cleveland
and later, police commissioner of New
York. N
In 1002 Mr. McAdoo organized the New
York and Now Jersey Railroad company,
which' acquired tho old tunnel under the
Hudson that was begun In 1874. In 1893
ho was elected president of the Hudson
and Manhattan Railroad company, which
operates tho present system.
Mr. McAdoo was married nt Chattanoo
ga, Tonn., In 1885 to Miss Sarah Hnzel-
hurst Fleming, nnd they had six children.
Mrs. McAdoo died a year ago. Mr. Mc
Adoo's homo Is at Irvington.
Llndley M, Garrison.
Lindley M. Garrison has long been
looked upon by the president elect as a
man of unusual force and ability, and
tbo two men formed a close friendship
whllo Mr. Wilson wa3 governor of New
Jersey. Mr. Garrison has been Vico chan
cellor of New Jersey slnco 1904 and occu
pied that post when appointed to a seat
in the cnblnct.
Mr. Garrison was born at Camden. N. J.,
on Nov. 23, 1861, tho son of the Rov. Jo
seph F. Garrison. Hq was graduated
from the Exctor preparatory school and
spent a year nt Harvard studying law.
On leaving Harvard Mr. Garrison entered
tho sorvlco of tho law firm of Redding,
Jones & CarBon of Philadelphia. He fin
ished his lnw studies nt tho University of
Pennsylvania and wns admitted to the
bar in Philadelphia In 1892 and to the New
Jersey bar Iq 1888 as an attorney and In
1892 ns a counselor.
In 1898 Mr. Garrison formed the law
Arm of Garrison. McManus & Enright In
Jersey City, but left that Arm In June.
1904, when tho office of vice chancellor
was offered to him by Chancellor Magle..
When his seven year term expired In 1911
ho was reappointed by Chancellor Pitney
to serve until 1918. Mr. Garrison Is a
brother of Justice Charles G. Garrison
of the supremo court of New Jersey.
William Cox Redfieid.
Wllllnm'Cox Red Hold has been an inter
esting tlguro in public Ilfo. Ho represent
ed tho Fifth district of Brooklyn tn con
gress and last fall was tulked of as a
candidate for tho governorship. He form
ally announced his candidacy for the vice
presidential nomination on the Democrat
ic ticket. As a congressman Mr. Red-
field was an ardent advocate of a down
ward tariff ravtslon, especially oa food
stuffs and the necessities of life.
He was bnrh In Albany on June 15,1S53,
and wo« educated ut the,high school of
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of great business corporations ns n spe-
rlnl iisslntunt .attorney guiioml. Hts work
for tho government lias consisted ehlulty
of the prosecution of tho tobacco trust
ntul tin* anthracite coal cusps, both ut
which attracted nation Wldo interest
Mr. MeRc.vnoUIs wns born nt -Elktnn
Ky., on July 23. 1802. and was educated at
Vanderbilt university nnd in the law de
partment of the University of Virginia
tie wns n professor ut tho Vanderbilt
Lnw school from 1900 to 1903, when be was
appointed an assistant United ittules nl-
Uirney general by President Roosevelt de
spite the fact that ho Is u gtild Democrat
Mr. MeReVnnlds was not u stranger at
tbo national capital, as ho luid spent a
number of yours there us secretory to
Justlcu Howell E. Jackson of Tennessee
Ho wns the second limn from Tennessee
to occupy tho post of nsslstunt attorney
general Ho resigned In January, 1913. and
took up Ills lnw practice In,New York.
David Franklin Houston.
David Franklin llousthn Is now chan
cellor of Washington university, In St.
Louis, und for years lias oeeii looked upon
as ono of the noted educators of llio
squtli. I-le lias not played a prominent
part in purities. Professor Houston was
horn In Union county. S. C„ on Feh. 17,
I SCO, nnd wns graduated from the South
Carol I n a college In ISS7. Five years Inter-
he received the degree of A. M. nt Har
vard and wns made an LL. D, by Tulnne
university and tho University of Wiscon
sin.
Professor Houston served as superin
tendent of city schools In Spartanburg,
9. C„ and assocluto professor und profes
sor of political solemn;, dean of the fac
ulty and president of the University of
Texas. He was president of tho Agricul
tural nnd Mechanical, college ofj Texas
from 1902 to 1905 and Is a member of the
tho City club, a member of llio board of
governors of tho Crescent club und n
jj.\ A.. Mryijfijllekl
the Dompcrntlo itml Independence lenghe
pftttles and won much.support Uncuqqe of
Ids attitude on utrjrf .reviston.
Jamie Clark’ McRoynolda.
Jhlnrs Clark Me Reynolds Inis had con
siderable experience In the Itivca'tlga'U'on
@ by Amorlcnn Press Association.
1. —William J. Bryan of Nebraska,
secreiery of state.
2. —William G. McAdoo of Now York,
socrotary of tho treasury.
3. —James C. McReynolds of Tonnes-
3co, attorney general.
4. —William C. Redfieid of New York,
socrotary of commerce.
5. —Franklin K. Lane of California,
secretary of the interior.
6. —Albert 8. Burleson of Texas, post
master general.
7. —William B. Wilson of Pennsyl
vania, secretary of labor.
8. —David F. Houston of Missouri,
‘secretary of agriculture.
9. —Lindley M. Garrison of New Jer
sey, secretary of war. * .
10. —Josephus Daniels of North .Caro;
lino, secretary of the navy. •
southern educational board, a trustee of
the John F.,Slater fund, a fellow of the
Texas Stato Historical society, a member
of tho American Economics association
and club.
On Dec. 11, 1895, Professor Houston wns
married to Miss Helen Beall of Austin,
Tex.
Josephus Daniels.
Josephus Daniels, national committee
man from North Carolina, member-of the
riltslh-ill. .VI:IS.- t,o linn been prominent
In I! ro.iKlyn politics and business for many
.rears. ,
Borough President Swnnslmm appoint
ed .Mr Redfieid. Brooklyn eoinnilssloiiar of
public works In" 1902. Mo Is n trfistri* of
■
campaign committee und head of tho pub
licity bureau of the Democratic national
committee lns,t fall, wax ono of the orig
inal Wilson men nnd wan spoken of from
the first as likely to obtain a place In lb*
cabinet.
Mr. Daniels started Ids career ns
newspaper man nnd Inter becama editor
or the News and Observer In- Rnleigb.
N. C Ho wits born at Washington, N. O..
on May is. lst',2. and was educated In the
Wilson (N. C.) Collegium Institute. Ills
first employment was with tho Wilson
Advance when ho wns eighteen years old,
Ho studied law and was admitted to the
bnr five years later,, but did not tnke up
.practice. ’
Ho became editor of the Raleigh "8tate
Chronlelc In 1SS5 and In IS94 consolidated
tlmt newBjiupsr. tlm North Carolinian nnd
tho News urrti Observer. Mr. Dunlels was
made ctulo treasurer of North Carolina
In 1887, holding the otllee until 1S93. and
for the next two years ho was chief clerk
Of tho department of tin* Interior He Ims
been, u promlnimt figure In jjumucrulto
nutluiinl conventions. .
Mr. Daniels' ambition ns n newspaper
man, lie once said, was to own u news
paper which wus a power In Ids slate,
aud tt wus ivlth tlmt aim In view thnt tin
devoted so much of bis tlmo to the News
ami Observer.
Air. Daniels wus married on May 2. ISSS,
tn Addle N. Bagiev, .daughter of Major
W. 11. Bagloy. Ills home Is at • Raleigh.
N. C. '
Franklin Knight Lano.
Franklin Knight I.nnu leaves llio chair
manship of the Interstate
mission to c
wus born In Prlnco Edward Island July
ID, ism. and was graduated from tho Uni
versity of California In IbStl. Three year;*
later no begun the pracilco of law tn San
Francisco und was corporation! counsel
of djuil city from 1S97 to 1902. In the* latter
year lie was q candidate for governor ol
tho stute uial a year later received the
party vote* of tho legislature for United
States senator. Mr. Lano Imd been a
member of the Interstate commerce com
mission since' December, 1905. and 'wus u
member of tho permanent International
railway commission.
In 1911 ho advocated a corporation com
mission similar to tho Interstate com
merce commission, with power to regu
late nil business enterprises engaged tn
Interstate commerce, as the best cure for
tho so called mist evils.
He lias also said that he thought tho
Interstate commerce commission should
have tile power to say whore a now rail
road should bo located Mr. Luno argued
that on the efficiency of tho railway sys
tems depended the prosperity of the coun
try. Mr. Lano was married to Anno Wlt-
ermuto of Tucoma In IS93.
Albert Sidney Burleson.
Albert Sidney Burleson lias been n mom-
her of the bouse of representatives from
Texas slnco 1S9D and In lato years bus
been a prominent figure In thnt body. Ho
wus a stanch supporter of Governor Wil
son and hts doctrines tn tho early pre-
converitlon days. Mr. Burleson wns born
ut Sari Marcos, Tex., on June 7, 1803, and
wus educated at tho Agricultural and Mo-
chnnlcul college of Texas, Baylor univer
sity of Waco nnd the University of Tcxus.
In 1884 Mr. Burleson was admitted to
the bur mid was assistant city attorney
of Austin from 18S5 to 1890. In 1891 ho
wns appointed by tho governor of Texas
nB nttorney general of tho Twc.nty-slxth
judicial district, an ofilco which" ho held
through threo bucccssIvo terms until ISPS.
He represented both tho Ninth and lator
tho Tenth Texas districts In congress.
HIs chief work was dono os a member ot
tho appropriations commlttoo,
William Bauchop Wilcon.
William Bauchop Wilson of Pennsylva
nia has taken an active part In trade
union matters for many years nnd from
1900 to 1909 was secretary-treasurer of tho
United Mine Workers of America. Ho
wus Dorn in Blantyre. Scotland, on April
2, 1SC2, and his parents came to this coun
try In 1870 and settled at Arnot, Tioga
county, Pa. Air. Wilson went to work In
the coal mines tn March. 187L
Among labor union men Mr. Wilson has-,
enjoyed wide popularity, and his appoint
ment will bo received by them with tho-
greatest satisfaction. HIs re-election each,
tlmo ns secretary-treasurer of tho Mine-
Workers of America was practically with
out opposition bccauso of tho oinclcn-9:
service ho had given to tho cause.
Of Into yours Mr. Wilson has engaged
In farming at Blossburg, Pa., whore he
now has his home. He wns elected from
that district to tho Sixtieth congress and
re-elected to the Sixty-first congress, re
ceiving more votes than if. of tho other
candidates together. Mr. Wilson Is mar
ried und has nine children.
TO GET SPARROWS DRUNK.
Before Executing Them, Says Dr. Sur
face of Pennsylvania.
PhllnilGlpliiii. — Ornithologists, htv
mnnitnrlnns nnd lovers of birds nnd
other nnlmnls in this city und stnte tire
ftroused by the statement of Dr. n. A.
Surfnee. the economic zoologist of the
stnto department of agriculture, de
manding that the only way to rid the
country of the English spnrrows Is to
make them tipsy and then mercifully
kill them.
llesnys the department, when spring
arrives, will deposit all over the coun
try fields oats soaked in beer, whisky
nml nleohol nnd thnt after the birds
have become. Intoxicated the agents of
the department will gather them up
nnd kill them.
rescuers, then undertook to make their
wny toward the other side. The? were
tints caught between the two tires nml
so were cut down. Examination of the
bodies showed thnt they had been
plen-ed with bullets from both front
nml hack. >