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GRAD Y COUNTY PROGRESS—^AGE 7 GO FI s*r • — 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 \ / .j 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 '•It?.-, 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 oovooooaaoooooaoaooeooaooo ACCELERATE C 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 OCOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSOBOOOOOOO 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. >