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USE FELON'S GLANDS
TO CURE MEN'S ILLS
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Bar, Clergy and Medical
Men Uphold Possibilities.
New York.~Time may not be far
distant when the glands of murderers
sentenced to the death chair in Sing
Sing may be transplunted after the
executions to patlents in hospitals for
the curing of certain ills.
Such is the consensus of representa:
tives of the bench and bar, the clergy
and the medical profession in Brook
lyn, who were asked to commefit on
the case of “Buck” Kelly, San Fran
‘elsco bandit with a record of at least
three killings, who was hanged on
May 11 In San Quentin prison,
Kelly’'s written consent having been
obtained, vital glands were removed
after the execution and transplanted
to a patient in the University of Call
fornia hospital who was suffering
from toxic goiter.
Operation Successful.
The operation, according to Dr. L.
8. Schmitt, dean of the hospital, was
a complete success and justified itself
by having fulfilled its purpose and by
its contribution to medical science.
Now that such an operation has
been successfully performed and bas
caused widespread interest among
physicians and prison authorities,
there are indications that many simi
lar experiments may be tried to cure
other maladies.
And so far as public opinion is con
cerned, nothing but commendation has
been heard for Kelly in granting per
mission for the experiment and praise
for the physicians who carried it out
successfully in the interest of suffer
ing humanity. .
From the medical standpoint, Dr.
Frank D. Jennings, chairman of the
press reference committee of the
Kings County Medical society, sound
ed a note of caution. L.
“It is never safe,” He said, “to gen
eralize from a single case, and eveh
if the facts of the Kelly case are as
reported it is too early yet for any
one to say definitely just what the
ultimate result will be, even so far as
this operation is concerned, although
now it is proclaimed as a success.
“The transplanting of glands itsell
is nothing new, although offhand I do
not recall at the moment any cases in
which they were transplanted from a
dead person. However, 1 believe it
would be assuming too much to con
clude from this one operation that
similar _experiments may cure other
ills. In most cases it has been found
that glands that have been transplant
ed soon shrivel and wither away.” .
Execution Caused Sensation.
However, this may be, thé execution
of Kelly caused sensation after sensa
tion. The execution itself was dra
matic enough, but it was as nothing
compared to the hue and cry that was
raised when it was learned that a hur
ried autopsy had been performed and
Kelly’s brain and heart had been re
moved. . -
The warden of San Quentin and
members of the state board of prison
directors demanded to know on what
authority the autopsy had been per
formed. ) The investigation disclosed
that, in addition to these organs, other
glands had been removed.
This aroused the father, mother,
brother and sisters of Kelly. But their
protests ceased when it was disclosed
that Kelly himself had given permis
sion for the operation.
The public reaction had resulted
from a widespread belief that the
glands had been bought by some rich
person. This public outhurst died
down when it was learned that there
had been no profiteering and that
Kelly had permitted the experiment
for the benefit of a human derelict tp
direst poverty and too weak to under
go the surgeon's knife for the toxic
goiter with which he was afflicted.
The question which presented itselt
to the medical men was whether the
glands could be utilized several hours
after the execution. It was necessary
to take them from the penitentiary to
the hospital, a good two hours’ ride
away. The success of the ingratting
answered this question ih the affirma
tive. - b :
But after his goiter had been cured
the patient left the hospiral and the
physicians have been unable to trace
him for observation purposes. Their
only hope now lies in the possibility
that he mray turn up some day unex
pectedly of his own volition,
Cyclist Goes 77 Miles
~ in Hour for New Record:
Linas-Monthlery Autodrome, France.
—Traveling faster than a bicycle and
man ever did before, Leon Vander
stuyft, .veteran Belgian rider, mofor
paced by a big . machine, covered’
122,771 kilometers, or nearly 77 miles..
in one hour. The former recordwa";-
120,958 kilometers made by Jean-Bru- -
pier at the same autodrome o~ No
vember 2, 1925, ‘
No European express train at any
stage of its journey, reaches such g
speed as vVanderstuyft made on his
“higycle. s
. Some Drive . .
" London.—lrjends of George :Kirby
Southampton professional golfer, c¢laim
for him the record of the longest hole
in one. ile sank his drive on the 340
yard ninth hole at Stoneham.
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Fastest Typist
Sacramento, (alif.—The fasteet typ
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a. She won an international rype
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54,624,976 IN U. S.
ADHERE TO CHURCH
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Census in 1926 Shows Gain in
.Membership.
washington,—~There were 213 relig
sous bodies and denominations In the
United States during 1926, with b 4,
(24076 members, organized in 23198}
churches, parishes and congregutions.
The census bureau has just reported
these ltuthjcl and compared them
with Its findipg ten years ago—for
1916—00 f 200 religious denominations,
with 41,926,854 members and 226,718
local organizations,
While the number of religious de
nominations increased during the
decade, the report showed that 19 re
ligious bodies recorded in 1916 had
passed out of existence or become ah
sorbed with other denominations, while
32 new denominations had been cre
ated or arose from divisions in exist
ing denominations. .
For 1926, expenditures reported by
all religious bodies amounted to $Bl4,
871,529, while the value of church
buildings and other property was $3,-
842,577,133 In 1916 the reported
church expenditures amounted to
$328,809,999 and church property was
valued at $1,676,600,582.
By che largest single religious
body reporting was that of the Roman
Catholie church, credited with 18,605,
000 members in 1926, compared with
15,721,815 in 1916. The largest single
Protestant. denomination. and third
largest denomination was the Meth
odist Episcopal church with 4,087,357
members in 1926 and 3,717,785 in 1916.
The second largest was the Jewish
congregations, which reported 4,087,
357 members in 1926, a very large gain
over the membership of 357,135 re
ported by Jewish congregations in 1916
The fourth largest religious body was
that of Southern Baptists, which had
3,524,378 members in 1926 and 2,708.
870 in 1916. And the Negro Baptists
¢amé& fiff with 3,196,623 in 1926 and
2,038,579 in 1916.
Among other large denominations
with memberships for 1926 and 1916
were: “‘Northern Baptists, 1,289,966
and 1,244,705; Congregational church,
881,696 and 809,236; Disciples of
Christ, 1,377,595 and 1,226,028; United
Lutheran Church in America, 1,214,
340 and 763,596 ; Evangelical Lutheran
Synodical Conference of Americh,
1,292,620 ; Methodist Episcopal church,
South, 2:487,694 and 2,114,479 ; Presby
terian church in the United States of
America, 1,894,030 and 1,625,817, and
Protestant Episcopal church, 1,859,
026 and 1,092,821, i
45 S*ites Building -
28,538 Miles of Road
Washington.—Forty-five state hign
way depariments will construct 28538
miles of good roads during 1928, the
American Road Builders’ association
stated. Both states and counties rre
now in the midst of the most elab
orate road construction program in
history, it is stated.
Three states have not reported their
programs. They are Conuecticut, Vir
ginia and West Virginia. It is thought
that these three states will add at
least 1,000 miles to the year’s state
hizbway program.
Expenditures during the year will
total approximately $1,307,821,000 in
the:46 states reporting their estimated
appropriations for both county and
state work., Connecticut and West
Virginia did not report. The total ex
penditures during 1927 for all states
was $1,123,607,055, or $184,216,661 less
than will be expended in 46 states dur
ing 1928,
The association pointed out that the
cost of good roads this year will be
less than eight-tenths of one cent for
each mile traveled by motor vehicles
and that a good road saves from two
to three cents per mile in cost of
vehicle operation.
Automatic Gear Shift
Success in Britain
London.—The Daily Mail says that
a “motorihg developient of first-rate
importance,” in the form of an auto
matic gear-shifting device, has been
adopted by one of the leading Britist
manufacturers after successful tests
over 50,000 miles.
By this device a driver moves a
pointer on a quddrant on his steering
wheel to the desired speed designa
tion, steps on a .pedal. and the gear
changes “automatically, smoothly and
silently.” .
New Alibi
New = York.—Herman Seyerowitz
says his horse thinks red is green and
green is red, That's the excuse he
gave in court for passing a traffic
signal. His sentence was suspended
on condition that he blindfold. the
horse. . ;
Organist Composes Air
for His Own Buria!
" Hereford, , Englaund.—A song
which he had bimself prepared
for his funeral was sung when
Dr. F. E Gladstone wus -buried
in Belmont abbey, near here.
Four monks “whom Doctor
Gladstone bad specially trained
chanted “In Paradisum,” a comn
position which he had prepured
for this occasion at the inter
ment service. A cousin of the
great Victorian statesman., Doc
tor Gladsion. had been organ
ist at the Llandatt, Chichester
and Norwich cathedrals.
THE HAZELHURST NEWS
Burial Places of Imperial
Manchus Desecrated.
Peking.~At least 60 pounds of large
pearls of the finest luster were looted
from the imperial Manchu tombs at
Tung Ling, according to a report
which the Peking Chamber of Com
merce has made to the local military
authorities.
Of this total there are now 173 fine
pearls in possession of Peking curig
and jewel merchants, and these are
to be given to the Chamber of Com
merce president at once for safe keep
ing until the Nanking government de
cides what is to be done with them,
They may be returned to the dese
crated tombs or they may be sold for
the benefit of the colony ot 50,000
Manchus who live around the tombs
and who now are destitute.
The lowest estimate of the value
of the loot from the tomb is $17,000.
000, and from this minimum the esti
mates run clear up to $H),000,000.
As yet no trace has been found of
the two *“jade melons” which were
buried in the coflin of the famous
Empress Dowager of Boxer days, Tsu
Hsi. These “jade melons” were globuo
lar pieces of the finest apple-green
jade, each about the size of an aver
age cantaloupe. They were both rich
ly encrusted with inlaid diamonds
and emeralds of great size, and they
rank among the most valuable pieces
of jewelry in the world.
Already myth and superstition are
playing their part in the tales told
about the violation of the Manchu
tombs by former northern troops who,
at the time of the outrage, had “gone
over” to the Nationalists. .
An Imperial Looter.
Many ot the “old style” residents of
Peking, the Chinese of classical cul
ture, assert that while death should
be meted out to the looters of the
tomb of the Empress Dowager, no
punishment should be inflicted upon
those who wWre concerned only in the
looting of the tomb of the Emperor
€hien; Lung.: e
Chien Lung, who was the Louis XIV
of China and who enjoyed the longest
and most illustrious reign of any
Chinese emperor, is said to have lootea
the tombs of the Mings, who preceded
the Manchus. as imperial rulers. The
looting of Chien Lung’s tomb is; there
fore, declared to be merely “heavenly
justice” manifesting itself after the
lapse of more than a century and a
half.
History affords no proof of the
charge that Chien Lung violated the
Ming tombs, nor does the present con
dition of these magnificent mausolea
support the story of his guilt, but for
wany decades it has been rumored
that many of Chien Lung's treasures
and jeweis were secretly taken from
the tombs of the dynasty which pre
ceded his own. .
TFhe common people of Peking now
tell, with bated breath, how a mysteri
ous sign of heavenly displeasure savedl
from violation the tomb of Kang Hsi,
the emperor who ruled for nearly 60
vears from the middle of the Seven
teenth century to the early years of
the Lighteenth. .
Carried “Credentials.”
The tale goes that after looting the
tomb of the lEmpress. Dowager and
that of Chien Lung the thieves started
‘to open the tomb of Kang Hsi and
were startled when a spring of muddy
water, “the color of imperial yellow,”
gushed forth. Within a few minutes
the thieves found themselves ankle
deep in this mysterious flood, and then
they fled in terror.
Mr. Liu Jen-jui, the man appointed
by Nanking to make an investigation
of the looted mausolea, reports that
the tombs underwent a second looting
by a ‘man named Sung Yuming.
This person Sung, soon after the
news of the looting got abroad, ap
peared at the Tung Ling tombs carry
ing what looked like a letter of ap
pointment and credentials qualifying
nim as “custodian for the Nanking
government of the Tung Ling tombs.”
Sung's credentials were not ques
tioned at first, and he hastened to re
move from the tombs 242 bronze idols
and ten fine picture scrolls from the
brush of Emperor Chein Lung himself.
Most of the bronze idols -have been
found by the Peking police, but the
invaluable scrolls have disappeared, as
has the much-sought Sung Yuming.
Bogus Generals Collect
Tribute From Chinese
Peking.—Bogus army commanders
have been causing the authorities
trouble of late in several parts of
China. In one or two instances a sort
of district civil war was on the verge
of breaking out when the regular army
officers heard of the fraud. =~ ° _
The “general” and his staff, while
the recruiting progressés, try to con
vince the people that they are about
to be-attacked and that they must put
up money for their own defense. Some
of these self-styled generals carry
forged documents of appointment as
commanders in chief, and have been
operating in”such oumbers that, Gen..
Chang Yin-\Wu emergency (-cinln'm'nd_um
of the Peking district, has organized
a . special: depurtment so deal * with
them. : ardeß e
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Copenhagen. —Sime he-man s P M.
Petersen. ciptain of - Kpned«+Rasmps
sen's exploring schooner. in Green
tand, once. says.Knud, Petersen’in a
grapple, trying to capture a polar bear
alive, thrust an arm down the bear's
throat. The, crew had to slivut the
bear to free the captain. ..
Elephant or Tractor,
. Question in Africa
In the Congo river basin of Afriea,
where the soll 1s perhaps as rich as
anywhere else In the world, there Is a
werry rivalry between American trac
tors and elephants as motive power on
the farms, The big beast driven by
a mahout for a salary of 24 cents a
day can turn the sod of one and a
quarter acres, Outside of a little salt
the elephant can find his own feed, It
Is not bothered by the tsetse fly, so
fatal to other domestic animals,
A tractor is figured to be 14 times
more costly to run. But its initial
cost is about S4OO to the elephant's
$2,400, and it ean turn the sod of 25
or more acres in a day. So each has
its advantages. After nearly 00 yvears
of experiment there are available in
the region only 24 elephants sufficiént
ly trained for use on the farms.
Electrical Contractor
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The Verdict .
John - Sloan, the noted painter, was
dining with a Fifth avenue million
aire, and after dinner his host led him
to his art gallery. .
“Sloan,” he said, as he halted be
fore an enormous canvas, “tell me,
Is.this.a genuine Titian?®’
Mr. Sloan laughed heartlessly. Then
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Growth of Corn -
The bureau of plant industry says
that there are two periods of maxi
mum growth of corn—one is in the
forenoon and one is in the afternoon.
Scientific research shows that some
plants grow as much at night, under
good conditions, as in the daytimé, but
this is not true of corn.
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Motor folk are putting on a used car
week. We had thought that every
minute of the year was used car week
as it is.—Los Angeles Times.
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Lucky Purchase
A once stately mansion was being
town down at the national capital to
make way for stores. The material had
been sold for a song. In moving one
of the white but soiled stone mantel
pieces the paint was accidentally
rubbed off. Lucky purchaser! The ma
terial was found to be alabaster.
The average man holds the key to
the future because there are so many
of him.—Charles R. Brown, dean of
the Yale Divinity school.
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