VOL. L. XO. 15,431.
PORTLAND, OREGON. THURSDAY, MAY 12, ,1910.
. PRICE FIVE CENTS.
BALLINOER GALLED
OVER Oil PROTEST
Secretary Never Candi
date for Office.
ROOSEVELT ASKS SACRIFICE
Piles in Senate Tells Inside
History of Appointments.
TAFT'S ACTION VOLUNTARY
Neither Senator I'rom Washington
Consulted About Forming of
Cabinet Garfield First to
Suggest Selection.
WASHINGTON. May 11. Rising to a
question of personal privilege. Senator
Tiles, of Washington, today explained to
Kont the circumstances in which
Slecrctary Ballinger had received his ap- C
pointment as becretary of the Interior
and also those under which he had been
appointed Commissioner of the General
I.and Office.
The explanation was calleU forth By
the intimation of Attorney Brandeia.
counsel for I R. Glavis, at the Ballin-ger-T'inchot
investigation, today, that Mr.
BiillinKcr's appointment as Commissioner
had been influenced by Mr. Piles at the
instance of persons who were interested
in the Cunningham coal cases.
Name Vrgecl by Garfield.
"No man in the State of Washington
or elsewhere ever suggested to me that
I should recommend Judge Ballinger for
either position." said Mr. Piles. He said
that some time before the appointment
of a Commissioner. President Roosevelt's
private secretary telephoned him to come
to the White House. He said when, he
arrived there the Presidnt asked him if
he knew Judge Ballinger well.
"I responded that I did." said Mr. Piles,
and he questioned me concerning his
character. 1 told him what I thought of
him and lie said that If Mr. Balllnger's
appointment would not be objectionable
to me he would be glad to have me
wire him, es he said. Secretary Garfield,
who had been a schoolmate of Mr. Bal
linger, was most anxious to obtain his
services." .
Mr. Piles said that he had told the
(President he would take pleasure In for
warding the telegram, but he did not be
lieve that Mr. Ballinger would abandon
his law business to accept the office.
First Offer Kerused.
He asked me to urge him strongly."
continued Mr. Piles, 'because he said ho
really needed such a man in that office.
Complying wlthi the President's request I
sent a telegram strongly urging Mr. Bal
linger'."! acceptance. On the next day I
received a message from Mr. 'Ballinger,
declining the appointment. When I
showed the telegram to the President,
he said that Mr. Ballinger's refusal was
very regrettable, because both -he and
Mr. Garfield, wanted him for the position.
He added that he himself would wire
Mr. Ballinger and I understood that both
ho and Secretary GarBcld had sent tele
grams pleading with him to accept the
appointment although such act might en
tail a personal sacrifice."
Two or three days later. Mr. Piles said,
he received a message from Mr. Bal
linger announcing his acceptance because
of the urgency of the President.
These are the facts, the absolute facts
and they would be verified by Mr. Roose
velt under fc-atli," asserted the Senator.
Secretaryship Is Surprise.
In respect to tlie appointment of Mr.
iBallinger as Secretary by Mr. Taft, Mr.
Piles iid it was through the news
papers that he had received hie first in
timation that such appointment might
be made.
"I sitbsequently saw Judge Ballinger,"
he suid, "and 1 asked him if he desired
the appointment. He replied he did not,
explaining that he hoped his friend. Mr.
Garfield, would be reappointed. Subse
quently I "heard Mr. Ballinger was to be
called into the Cabinet, but when I spoke
to my coileague. Senator Jones, on the
suhjeet. I found he had not been con
Bulled any more than I had been. We
came to the conclusion that the selection
of a Cabinet officer was a family matter
with the President and no concern of
ours. T was much gratified that one of
whom I thought so highly was to receive
m high a position and I am still grati
fied over his appointment."
Mr. Piles concluded with the statement
that the President himself would verify
all he had said.
GAKFlO.n CONFIRMS PILES
Ex-Secretary Says He Recommend
ed Appointment by Roosevelt.
CI-JOVELAXn. May 11. J. R. Garfield
said torlght the circumstances In con
nection with the appointment of Secre
tary 'Ballinger as Commissioner of the
tieneral Ijuid Office, ua related In the
Senate todajr by Senator Piles, of Wash
ington, were substantially correct.
It is true." aid Mr. Garfield. "I rec
ommended the appointment of Mr. Bal
linger to Mr. Roosevelt at that time. My
recommendation was known and there
was never any secret connected with it.
As far as any events that have since
transpired are concerned. I cannot say
anything nor Uo I cara to liscu them
In any w ay."
WIFE WHO ELOPED
IS LEFT PENNILESS
KANSAS MAX RECOVERS, THEN
DESERTS SPOTTSE.
Mrs. J. C. Phipps, Who Went Back
to Husband After Inn; Flight,
Now Stranded in California.
BACRAMENTO. Cal., May 11. (Spe
cial.) J. C. Phipps, of Kansas, who fol
lowed his eloping wife to California and
found her by chance on seeing from the
window of the train on" which he was
riding the man with whorti she eloped,
has punished her by deserting her penni
less in this city after bringing .her from
Red Bluff, where he. had caused, her and
her paramour to be jailed.
On arriving here- and while waiting for
the eastbound train. Phipps is thought
to have, boarded, a Stockton train with
his nine-year-old son, leaving the woman
stranded at the depot with nothing but &
few cents. All baggage of the couple
had been checked through to Kansas City
and Phipps took a suitcase containing his
wife's clothing and valuables. She ap
pealed to the railroad company and to
the police for assistance and was cared
for overnight by the Y. W. C. A.
Phipps, after causing the arrest of his
wife and her paramour, J. V. Jones, of
fered to take the woman back on certain
conditions, which were accepted and they
had started for Kansas City. The elope
ment occurred a month ago," when Jones
was working for the railroad company
near Red Bluff-
SUFFRAGISTS GET SHOCK
Iconoclastic Remarks of Mrs. Allen
Cause Shudder.
CHICAGO. May 11. (Special.) "The
most remarkable suffragist In the world."
This was the title accorded to Mrs. Mar
garet Allen, of Douglas Park Club, who
almost wrecked the suffragist meeting
at West Chicago Masonic Temple.
Mrs. Allen made a speech filled with
iconoclastic observations regarding her
sex. Here are some of the things she
said:
"Woman, as a rule, should vote as her
husband does, or, lacking a husband,
should follow the example of her father
or brother.
"Women are too prone to imitate the
butterfly to be good students of condi
tions. "Women read trashy books, squander
money on useless display and are the
chief supports of 'back-number' churches.
"Women are frivolous, dogmatic and
poorly informed."
Mrs. Alien's remarks caused astonish
ment. Later a vote was taken by which
Mrs. Allen was given to Infer that It was
the sense of the meeting that she was in
both the wrong church and the wrong
pew.
MEYER IS CALLED "JINGO"
Peace Delegate Sees Steel Trust Plot
in Bigger Navy.
HARTFORD, Conn., May 11. "The
two most trying problems that the
third Hague Conference will face are
those of . the inviolability of ocean
commerce In war and the limitation
of armaments."
Thus declared Edwin D. Mead, (di
rector of the International School of
Peace, Boston, In addressing the New
England arbitration and peace confer
ence today.
"It would surely be hard," said Mr.
Mead, "to conceive of anything worse
than the Jingoism and hucksterism of
the recent speech of the Secretary of
of the Navy at Philadelphia, urging a
bigger navy to prevent our being 'trod
den upon' by other nations and to make
more business for the steel trust."
John W. Foster was a speaker at
the afternoon session on "War Not In
evitable; Illustrations from the History
of Our Country."
At the close of the congress, resolu
tions were adopted expressing obliga
tions to past and present leaders in t.ie
peace propaganda. Sympathetic refer
ence was made to King Edward, who is
termed "Edward the Peacemaker."
TAFT DINES CALIFORNIANS
Boosters for San Francisco Exposi
tion Guests at White House.
WASHINGTON, May 11. In honor of
the Californians touring the country to
urge the claims of San Francisco as the
place for holding the Panama Canal Ex
position. President Taft gave a dinner
at the White House tonight. Among
those present were Senators Perkins and
Flint, of California; Representatives
Needham, McLachlan. Knowland. Hayes.
Hahn. McKlnley. Smith and Englebright.
of the same state; Governor Gillett, of
California; Mayor McCarthy, of San
Francisco; Victor H. Metoalf, ex-Secretary
of the Navy, and Judge Henshaw, of
the California Supreme Court.
Judge Henshaw and Mr. Metcalf will
appear tomorrow before the House com
mittee on industrial arts and expositions
In behalf of San Francisco as the exposi
tion city.
JAP ACCUSED OF MURDER
Police Think Denver Woman Was
Killed by Servant.
DENVER. May 11. Denver police bave
come to the conclusion that Genkio Mitl
sunga. a Japanese housecleaner, 23 years
old. was the murderer of Mrs. Ridgeley
Wilson, who was clubbed and choked to
death last Saturday night at her home la
this city.
Mitlsunga has been missing since Sat
urday night. The murder was not dis
covered until Monday afternoon.
Second Jury Acquits.
ALBANY. Or, May 11. (Special.!
J. O. Lee was acquitted tonight on a
charge of violating the local option
liquor law. on which he was tried be
fore Justice Porter today for the sec
ond time. He was tried the first time
yesterday, when the Jury disagreed af
ter being out 13 hours.
CROWDS
AWAITING
VERDICT ON GOHL
Case Goes to Jury at
2:55 o'Clock.
WIFE HOPES FOR SURPRISE
But Woman Fears to Hear
Husband Found Guilty.
PRISONER SMILES AT HER
Priest Visits Cell at Gobi's Request,
but Next Time Is Greeted With:
"You Can't Get Confession
From Me."
MONTE-JANO, Wash.. May 11 (Spe
cial.) "I will prepare myself for a ver
dict of guilty. If the verdict is not
guilty, I will have a pleasant surprise."
So spoke Mrs. William GnhL otinrt-
ing with her husband and a deputy sher-
m at .oo tnis afternoon, she watched
the 12 men who will decide the fate of
Gohl on a charge of murdering Charles
Hadberg file slowly into the jury-room
to prepare their verdict.
Expectation of
observable on every face In the crowded
courtroom. as Prosecuting Attorney
William E. Campbell Concluded tViM la or
argument for the state promptly at 2:30
ociock. The prosecutor's closing ad
dress was an unusualiv stronr or. rrnm
the fact that he wove so closely the
testimony of some 48 witnesses around
" concession of John Kllngenberg,
showing the reason to bellotra tii.t vn
enberg spoke the truth in describing the
",uUBr ot iiaaoerg and the disposition
ui xne corpse.
Defendant's Counsel Answered.
The attorney particularly resented the
insinuations of Attorney James A.
nutcneson, who, in closing for the de
fense. declared that hm v...? i .
"frame-up" on the rjart nf h. --
that In addition to a large amount of
.u.iey oeing expended in the "persecu
tion" of Gohl. the
j uttix utauuu
around the body of Hadberg eome time
oner me Killing, and that Gohl was the
victim of powerful enemies.
Campbell pointed out that Hutcheson
himself had been appointed by the
to oerena Gohl. and that a por
tion of the "great exrvenoo- , ,
tempting to discredit was being used
in paying Hutcheson at a rate of 1 an
nour, wnne trie prosecutor was malt
lng SO cents.
"Frameup" Vigorously Denied.
"May my God strike me dead if such
a conaixion exists, he exclaimed, re
rerrlng to the "frame-up" allegation.
"We have been working since the
2d of February to find out the guilty
party," he said, "and we have used
every means to do it. which is just
what the people of the county who
elected us expected us to do for th
protection of every man, woman an.
cnua m tne county.
The prosecutor explained, why the
tattooed Initials "H. H." on the body
of Charles Hadberg were not "G H.,"
as the defense claimed they should be.
it developing that In the language
of Denmark "Hjalmar" represented
"Charles," the latter being purely an
English name.
For the first time he explained the
state's contention as to bow the bullet
wounds in the skull of Hadberg were
(Concluded on Paere 2.)
INDEX OF TOWS NEWS
RooOTelt reviews Kaiser's troops and
. a nam Datue. f&ga o.
KatioxuO.
Senator Piles tells how Ballinger ap
pointed by Presidents, though not seeking
office and reluctant to serve. Page 3-
Senator B or art tells Senate Plnchotism has
driven 100.000 Americans to Canada in
year. Page 6.
Domestic
Talclrg of testimony- in trial of F. Augustus
Heinxe completed. Page 2.
LfOS Angeles scientist says he has discovered
lunaament&i torms on which physical
world la reared. Page 1.
BalloonUU drop 30,000 feet, yet live. Page 1.
Hyde murder case will go . to Jury today.
Page 6.
Corfs theatrical booking move may prove
Doomerang with and J. still to lore.
Page t.
Kansas man wins back . wife - who eloped.
men Qeoern ner. .rage l
S parts.
Johnson's road work, docs not tax his wind.
Page 8.
Jeffrie's vim delights trainers; champion in
jocular mood. Page 8.
Pacific Coast League results: "Portland 5.
Los Angeles 3; Sacramento 7, Vernon ;
Oakiand 8. an Francisco 2. - Page 8.
Commercial and Marine.
Slump In prices of 1900 Oregon wool. Page
Chicago wheat shorts manipulate Duluth
market. Page 21.
Marked Improvement In stock market sentiment-
Page iil.
Portland firm to repair lightship. Page 20.
Faclflo Northwest.
By decision, "Washington Supreme Court
practically kills state's grain inspection
Law. Page 10.
Seattle car company pays taxes when Deputy
Lheriffs seize cars. Page 7. i
Orange elects officers; mors resolutions In
troduced. Page 7.
Gohl Jury retires for deliberation at 2:55 In
the afternoon. Page 1.
Portland and Vicinity.
Woman's Club urges citizens to Join In mak
ing "clean-up day" success. Page 20.
City Council considers extension of Are limits
to harbor line. Page 14.
Council votes to raise $500,000 for public
docks, but Mayor will use veto. Page 14.
Physicians say only way to prevent scarlet
fever is to keep away from it. Page 11.
Strike of plumbers may tie up building oper
ations in Portland. Page 12.
Jury tampering alleged In Morris case and
arrests are expected. Page 10.
Scrib ers methods of false bookkeeping ex
plained by bank examiner. Page 9.
John P. Kavanaugb. appointed judge to suc
ceed Bronaugh, who resigns because over
worked. Page 16.
Oregon Retail Jewelers Association closes
third annual convention with banquet.
Page 12.
Elliott and Henry L. Corbett buy W. M.
LedrVs residence, for SftO.OOO. Page 9.
BERRY CROP IS MENACED
Shortage of Pickers Is Reported In
Walla Walla Valley.
MILTON, Or.. May 11. (Special.)
Unless more help is secured within the
next few days, strawberry growers of
the Walla Walla Valley will lose hun
dreds of dollars. Enough pickers can
not be secured at any; price, - although
growers have been walking the streets
of Milton, Freewatcr,, Walla Walla and
Pendleton for the past week looking
for help.
' In anticipation of the present trouble
negotiations were begun by fruit men
several weeks ago to secure help, and
were it not for those who answered
this cry. the situation would be worse
than it is.
The first -berries sold here on April
28 at J10 a orate and are now retailing
at $6 a crate.
Night and day crews are working in
the packing houses of the Milton Fruit
growers' Union and the Shield Fruit
Company, making boxes. At the open
ing of the season there were on hand
about 20,000 large crates or approx
imately a half million quart boxes. The
supply, however, may run short.
LAWYER ISJJNDER ARREST
Marsh Held Man. Charted With '.. j
taining Money Falsely.
MARSHPIELD, Or, May 11. (Spe
cial.) J. G. Crawford, a lawyer, has
been arrested on a charge of obtaining
money under false pretenses.
It is alleged that he claimed to be
a United States Secret Service man
and on the strength of the statement
received $60 from W. C Andrews, en
gineer on the East Side ferry.
Justice Pennock has set the hearing
for May 21 and released Crawfovd on
his own recognizance.
LITTLE STUDY IN EVOLUTION.
AERONAUTS DROP
20,000 FEET; LIVE
Fall of Balloon to Earth
Like Stone.
CONTROL LOST 4 MILES HIGH
400-MILE FLIGHT IS MADE
tered, Benumbing Men.
400-MILE FLIGHT; MAY DIE
President of Aero Club of America
and Companion Pass Through.
4 States; Kip Cord Damages .
Bag and GSas Escapes.
HORSE CAVES, Ky.. May 11. After a
thrilling flight of 400 miles, during which
they ascended to an altitude of 20,600
feet an dencountered two snow storais,
A. Holland Forbes, of Bridgeport, Conn.,
vice-president of the Aero Club of Amer
ica, and J. C Yates, ofNew York, lost
control of their balloon, the Viking,, yes
terday afternoon and descended so
quickly that both were badly bruised and
the balloon partly wrecked.
The balloon came to eart near Center,
Ky., a hamlet about 20 miles from Horse
Cave, and dropped through the final 100
feet like a stone.
The escape of the balloonists from In
stant death, was little short of miracu
lous Men Carried Off Course.
"We left Quincy, 111., at 6:55 o'clock
Monday evening," said Mr. Forbes. "We
were hoping to strike favorable air cur
rents from the west that might give us a
chance at the long-distance record. We
were carried in a' semi-circle, passing
over parts of Illinois, Missouri.fi Indiana
and Kentucky.
"Tuesday morning we encountered in
tense cold and a severe snowstorm at an
altitude of 16,000 feet. Tuesday after
noon at an altitude of .16.000 feet we ran
into another snowstorm. Shortly after
ward we shot up to 20,600 feet. From that
time on the cold was so intense that we
became benumber and half -stupe fled and
"I cannot tell what the altitude was
just before we made our final drop, but
efforts to let out gas by the valve had
not succeded In bringing us to the
ground as fast as desired.
Kip Cord Kefuses to Work.
"Finally I decided to use the rip cord
before we lost consciousness entirely.
In some manner as yet undiscovered,
the cord did not work well and ripped
the bag almost from top to bottom.
The descent was terrific, and I Judge
that for the last 100 feet there was
very little gas left in the balloon, as It
fell like a stone.
Mr. Yates is still in a serious condi
tion, and his attending physicians re
fuse to allow him to talk.
Mr. Forbes was able to dictate a few
letters and telegrams to friends and
relatives. Both men are being cared
for at the home of a farmer, Tilden
Boston, sear Center. Forbes' injuries
are not serious, but the physicians are
yet doubtful in the case of Yates.
Four States Touched in Flight.
Aeronaut Forbes expressed the be
lief that In the flight the balloon had
passed portions of four states,
gradually lost power to control the bal
loon. The balloon was first sighted south of
Center about 4 o'clock yesterday after-
(Concluded on Page 3.)
mBELERx
2, UNMASKED, ROB
CAPTURED TRAIN
ARIZONA DESPERADOES EVEN
MAKE SHERIFFS VICTIMS.
Posses, With Indian Trailers, In Hot
Pursuit of "Bold, Bad Men"
Hurjing to Mexico.
PHOENIX, Ariz.. May 11. Two des
peradoes who scorned masks captured
train No. 16. of the Arizona 'Eastern Rail
road, a mile from this city tonight, and
after robbing the passengers, who In
cluded John B. Wright, Attorney -General
of Arizona, and two deputy sheriffs of
Gila County, escaped to the desert, pre
sumably on the way to Mexico.
Fosses were started out tonight, with
Indian trailers from the Sacaton Reserva
tion, In the .hope of capturing the robbers
before they cross the line.
The robbers appeared Just after the
train left Maricopa. They did not molest
the mail or express car. confining their
operations to the passengers, one of whom
was almost scalped by a blow from a
revolver butt because he was slow In de
livering his valuables.
Deputy- Sheriff Ralph Sturgis. of Gila
County, was in the smoking car with Attorney-General
Wright and another dep
uty sheriff when the robbers ordered
"hands up." The officers thought at first
ltw as a play made by some passengers
and did not realize they were about to
be robbed until the boldup men threat
ened to shoot if they made a motion to
ward their own weapons.
After talcing ihe valuables of about -40
passengers through the coaches, the rob
bers forced the brakeman to stop the
train at a point where their horses were
tied.
MURDER CLOUD IS LIFTING
New York: Police Expect to Make
Arrests In Mysterious Case.
NEW YORK. May 11. There was an
air of expectancy about police head
quarters today which seemed to pre
sage announcement of an important dis
covery in the double murder uncovered
Monday, when William Benam, the
young Hindu butler, and Margaret
Meehner, the aged housekeeper of Dr.
Mott D. Cannon, a well-known Physi
cian, were found shot to death in the
doctor's residence in West One Hundred
and Twenty-second street. i
A blood-stained piece of linen with
finger prints on It and a German news
paper, in which apparently a Jimmy or
iron bar aad been wrapped, are the
only tangible clews the detectives have
to work on. Captain Kuehne is quoted
as relating that he looked for an arrest
to be made today.
Some of the experts incline to the
theory that Hindu vengeance was be
hind the crime.
STUBBS' AID IS NAMED
Gould Traffic Man to Join Harriman
Pacific Lines.
CHICAGO. May 11. Thomas Milton
Schumacher, vice-president in charge of
traffic of the Denver & Rio Grande and
the Western Pacific Railroads, with offi
ces In San Francisco, has been named a
traffio director of the Harriman lines,
with offices at Chicago, as announced
yesterday. Mr. Schumacher, who Is now
in the city, will succeed Erneet O. Mc
Cormick, who for nearly six years has
been assistant to Traffio Director J. C.
Stubbs, and who will leave in a few
days for San Francisco to assume his
new duties aa vice-president of the
Southern Pacific
In his new position, Mr. Schumacher
will have Jurisdiction over both freight
and passenger traffic, under Mr. Stubbs.
for the Union Pacific. Southern Pacific
Oregon SQiort Line and Oregon Railroad
& Navigation Co.
WORK IS ASKED FOR COAST
. .
Delegation Sees Secretary Meyer
About Building Submarine.
WASHINGTON. May 11. A numerous
delegation of Pacific Coast Senators
and Representatives In Congress called
at the Navy Department today and
urged Secretary Meyer to build all the
four submarine torpedo boats, for
which bids were recently submitted,
upon the Pacific Coast.
Secretary Meyer did not make any
promise In the matter and it is probable
that the question will be determined
by the naval experts.
PROTEST AIMED AT NEGRO
Objection Is Made to Dusky-Hued
Ballplayer.
SPOKANE, May 11. Manager Bill Hu-
len. of Medicine Hat, Alberta, and Bill
Carney, of Calgary, have entered a pro
test against Outfielder Brocklng, of the
Regina Club, in the Twilight League, on
the ground that the blood of African
chieftains courses through his veins.
The two declare a dusky player has no
place In organized ball. Brooking is play
ing a strong game for Regina and his
withdrawal would be a serious loss.
RYE HAY SEVEN FEET HIGH
Crop Sown Last October Runs 20
Tons to Acre at Chemawa.
CHE MAW A, Or., May 11. (Special.)
Rye hay, measuring seven feet three
inches, was cut from a piece of ground
today at the Chemawa Indian Schoo
The seven acres was sown late last
October and will average about 20 tons
to the acre.
A sample of the bay was taken to
Salem to be placed on exhibition at
J the rooms of the Salem Board, of Trade.
FOOR UNITS KEY
TO NEW SCIENCE
Californian's Discovery
Startling.
MEN GASP AT DEMONSTRATION
All Known Geometric Shapes
Shown With Wood Models.
NO FORM IS PROHIBITIVE
Minuteness or Colossal Proportions
of Wizard's Creations Know No
Limit ResutI of Nine Years'
Wort Impresses Scholars.
LOS ANGELES. May 11. Philip W.
T. R. Thompson has set local scientific
circles agog by claiming to have dis
covered the fundamental forms upon
which the entire physical world is
reared.
He asserts that chemistry, the vege
table and mineral realms and mathem
atics in all Its stages have their bases
in certain fixed and unvarying forms,
which are only four in number.
Explaining his new science, which he
termed stereometry, before a body ' of
Southern California educators, yester
day and today, Mr. Thompson declared
that wit hthe four units, which he
Illustrated with wood models, he could
produce any geometric shape now
known and many never dreamed of.
No Limit to Minuteness.
There was no limit to the minuteness
or to the colossal proportions of the
creations built of these forms. Com
bined in octaves or in series of. seven, he
said, they interpreted nature In its in
finite variety from the tiniest molecule
to the mightiest sun.
Mr. Thompson said that there was no
form of crystal, snowflake or any geo
metrical conception which he would not
produce with a combination of two or
more of his four units.
Mr. Thompson labored nine years to
bring this discovery to its present state.
He says he devoted 20 hours of every
day to the task.
Spectators Impressed.
Whatever may have been the indi
vidual opinions touching the merits of
Mr. Thompson's discovery, there was
general agreement as to the prodigious
mechanical feats he had achieved. Upon
the three large tables used for the
demonstrations were arranged the
geometric forms all made from the
lesser, and, he declares, the funda
mental ones.
For two hours Mr. Thompson held
the attention of the "Jury of scien
tists" as he referred to them, and those
who afterward were not outspoken in
their appreciation of the discovery
were interested enough to be in a state
of wonderment.
Mr. Thompson says he is ready to
prove that there is no form of crystal,
snowflake or any geometric conception
which he cannot reproduce by a com
bination of two or more of the four
units described.
Development Marvelous.
His development of prims and crys
tal forms was marvelous. The infinite
pains he went to was no less so. In
one of the forms were 28S0 bits of
wood; in each of several there were
more than 1000.
There Is a fixed relation between the
size of the forms In successive series.
In an increasing scale of sizes the lines
of the second series are twice as long
as In the first. In the third twice as
long as in the second and so on. Seven
Is a magic number -In working out
geometric forms. There are seven sizes
in each octave of music the eight note
being a repetition of the first. His
prisms develop the seven primary col
ors, and, when carried to the final
stage of complexity', split each color
into seven shades.
These units, he declares, represent
atomlcal forms, and through them the
final interpretation of chemical activ
ity may be demonstrated. He con
structed wonderful spirals which he
said were prototypes of the spiral
forms appearing in the vegetable king
dom. The only geometric form which he
did not construct was the sphere, but
Mr. Thompson, along with distinguished
mathemeticians, maintains that neither
the sphere nor the circle is to be found
in any of nature's fundamental mani
festations. NEW EARTHQUAKES FELT
Despite Terror of People Authorities
Work in Cartaso.
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, May 11.
Heavy earthquakes were felt here to
day. Thousands of persons are leaving
the city in alarm. A series of severe1
shocks were experienced yesterday.
While fear has seized a great part of
the populace, the authorities continue
resolutely at work among the ruins of
Cartago. Many have been released
from the debris, and some of these will
survive. In most Instances identifica
tion of the dead is impossible.
Congress has practically declared mar
tlal law in the province of Cartago to
prevent robbery and disturbances.
The American Consul has succeeded ir
finding all the Americans, some of whom
were thought to have been killed. All
the Injured are now receiving proper
care. .
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