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d 1 Classes in Hardanger Embroidery Today CORT-HEILIG MOVE ager of the East Hood River Fruit Com pany. The fruit is of fine quality and is being shipped through the Hood River union to Portland and Spokane- The present outlook promises a large crop of berries from this company's fields. AERONAUT WHO, WITH HIS COMPANION, WAS INJURED BY f BALLOON'S FAIili. IS SDN'S GHARGE PRESIDENT APPROVES BILL THE MORNING OREGONIAX, THURSDAY, MAY 12, 191U. BENSON BIGAMIST NOW BOOMERANG Both Wives Remembered in Will of Landgrabber Who Died Recently. FIGHT IS ON FOR ESTATE California Man Resents Father's Action In Awarding: One-Third of Property to Spouse ?fo. 2, Once "Wedded to Swift-water Gates. SAN FRAXCISCO. May 11. (Special.) It Is reported this evening that a peculiar will made by John A. Benson, of land-fraud notoriety, has been found among his effects. According to the story, it leaves one-third of the. estate to his first wife, who Is stiH living, and from whom it Is charged that Benson never secured a divorce; one-third to wife No. 2, who was once the wife of "Swiftwater Bill" Oates, and one-third to the son, nr. Edward A. Benson, who has branded his dead father as a bigamist. The sudden death of John A- Benson on the first day of liberty after a year's Imprisonment In the Ingleside. lail for land frauds has opened the lips of the son. Dr. Edward A. Benson, nho is president of the California Col lege of Optometry, brands his dead father a bigamist and says that he will fight to establish the claims of his mother, the first wife, over those o Mrs. Grace Gates Benson, former wife of "Swiftwater Bill." He says Mrs. 3ates married J. A- Benson when he iiad no divorce from his first wife. lr. Benson Talks. "It was my mother's horror of pub licity and scandal which made her en dure silently the treatment by my father." said Dr. Benson today. "I have applied for letters of administration on my father's estate and special letters have been granted Public Administra tor Hynes. 1 have no idea what the value of the estate is. The home where I live In San Francisco and the Oak land residence occupied by my mother belong to her. I suppose the San Ra mon ranch belonged to my father. "My father let It be Inferred by the pub'ic at the time of his marriage to this woman about seven years ago that he had obtained a divorce from my mother. My father and mother were never divorced. There was no feeling of bitterness between them, as my father many times acknowledged his mistake. During the past few weeks ehe received a message from him ad mitting the monstrous crime he had done my mother and asking forgive ness. Mother Has Letters. "Mr mother has letters. Insurance papers and documents enough to amply support her claims. She is not, how ever, a party to the action I am tak ing. I am the only heir, as my sister died some 20 years ago. Whether there are a few dollars or a large sum, the fact will be established that we are the only legal heirs." Mrs. Grace Gates Benson, who also claims to be the widow of the late land-grabber, and claims his estate, is at her home on Lombard street, whera line denies herself to all Interviewers. Blie is said to have won the adven turous "Swiftwater Bill" Gates when he was in the Klondike, through her graceful dancing. "Swiftwater Bill" has been rather versatile as to matri mony and his varleJ career included the fifth honeymoon a short time ago. Dr. Edward A. Benson is employing attorneys in his fight to establish claims to his father's property. John A. Benson came Into the public eye when he was Land Commissioner here and was called upon to account for misappropriation of funds. He fled the country and was located in Copen hagen after a 10.000-mlle flight. NEW AIRSHIP TYPES SEEN Falrclilld and Baldwin Already on Ground in Mlneola. MINEOL.A, Li. I.. May 11. If next week brings good aeroplane weather, Clifford B. Harmon will essay several long cross country flights around Long Island from his quarters at the Aero Club motordrome here. Harmon has had a week's hard practice with his Farman biplane, making everal flights of a mile or more each Say. There) are now eeven flying machines here, and nearly all of them are ready for trial flights as soon as the weather eems favorable. Among the more prom. Ising of the new ones are a monoplane built by Walter L,. Fatrchlld, of New York, and a new biplane built by Captain Thomas S. Baldwin. Wrights Going; After- Record. DAYTON, Ohio, May 1L Announcement iraa made here lost night that the Wright Brothers will attempt to better Paulhan's long-distance aeroplane feat by flying from Dayton to Chicago. A date has not been definitely set for the trial beyond that it will be within the next few weeks. The distance is approximately 250 miles. FACULTY DEFENDS DIGNITY Student- Suspended for Trying to IMsrobe Teaclier Ballplayer. SPOKANE, Wash., May H. Spe slal.) School authorities today set the cal of disapproval on the student prac tice of attempting to disrobe faculty members in public when they suspended rr expelled seven students of the South rrentral High School, two of them track tram members and five of them players on the baseball team. The boys took part In a "rough house" at the faculty senior baseball came Monday, in the course of which they tried to remove a pair of orange and black socks from R Bruce Barthol mew. of the North Central faculty, "rung in by the South Central peda gogues to strengthen their lineup. M'KINLEY SEEKING LANDS Seattle to Be Future Home of Pnbilc I.under Frander. SEATTLE. Wash.. 'May H (Specml.l Horace F McKinley and 6. A. D. Puter. recent arrivals from Portland, who were among tire first men arrested In con nection with the Oregon land-fraud cases, registered at the Seattle Hotel late yes terday afternoon. McKinley said that the purpose of hta visit to Seattle was to acquire timber land In this locality and make his resi dence be re. J BAIiIjOOM'S fall. X FV - ff ' " S . - x Mi j f V j.- i. i I: if tjShV , " V A :: It"- s V fc i J t fe j a v w v. i , i f -fsB ' s .3 '.'J v , In r i ' ' 2 m - x - I , . 4 I f . a r AZ-tCi:! :si-;f. , , . ff4' iV jsf''xhs 1 " ' 1 . I ' r-L & i i - 1 i ri c I n ' t f v " "I t - , A -ti? 4 :: t A. HOLLAND FORBES ....... .4 BIG BALM FALLS Aeronauts Drop 20,000 Feet Escaping Death. 3QVW SI 1HDHJ HHW-OOt President of Aero Club of America and Companion Pass Through 4 States ; Rip Cord Damages Bag- and Gas Escapes. Contlnued From First Page.) noon. Those who saw it eould discern no passengers and suspected that some thing was wrong. It was going at the rate of five miles an hour. As it moved over Center and north it appeared to be settling toward the ground, when sud denly the bag collapsed and the dash, to earth followed In the twinkling of an eye. Farmers soon reached the field in which the balloon had fallen. They freed the two apparently dead men and car ried them to the Barton home, where restoratives were administered. It was not until several hours later that Forbes showed signs of returning consciousness, and remained o only for a few minutes at a time. Balloon Had Erratic Flight. The balloon had a most erratlo flight. It ascended at Quincy, 111., Monday even ing and traveled soutward. Early yes terday morning it was slghte dat Wentz ville. Mo., and it passed over the Mis sissippi river within the limits of St. Louis. It was next reported In Southern Illinois. At Nashville. 111., the drag rope touched the tree tops. Ballast was thrown out at North Prairie and the aerostat ascended to an altitude of 3000 feet. It then passed into Kentucky. FORBES AERIAL ADVEXTtTRER Has Had Many Narrow Escapes While Up in Balloons. NBV YORK. May 11. A. Holland Forbes has had a long and. adventurous career as a balloonist, and Is vice-president of the Aero Club of America. On October 11, 1903, while he was competing for the James Gordon Bennett distance trophy at Berlin, his balloon the Con queror burst at a height of 3000 feet and fell swiftly. The gas bag. however, spread after Its collapse Into a parachute form and lowered the aeronau gently to a house top uninjured. Forbes won the Lahm cup on October 14. 194. for the longest flight of that year. With Max C. Flelschmann, of Cincinnati, he started from St. Louis on October 12 and landed in Chesterfield County, Vir ginia, after covering a distance of 731 miles in 18 hours and 16 minutes. HOLDOVER LOSS TO FARMER Goldendalt Wheat Brings SOc Less Than in December. GOLDEXDALU Wash.. May 11. Spe clal.) The first tales of wheat, held over by the farmers at Goldendale, were made this week, the price paid for forty-fold wheat being 7te per bushel, which is ex actly SOc per btihel less than was offered for the same wheat last December. Most of the farmers took advantage of the high prices offered last December and very little wheat was held over in the warehouses along the line of the Golden dale branch of the 6.. P. & 9. Light showers still continue In the Klickitat Valley and the weather is warm. Harvest in the valley will be at least 10 days earlier than usual. SPOILS SYSTEM BLAMED Civil Service Reforms Say noose ve It and Taft Ignore Rules. NBNf YORK, May XL Neither Fred dent Taft nor ex-Presldent Roosevelt es caped criticism in the report of the exec utive committee of the Civil Service Asso ciation made public tonight at the annual meeting of the association. The committee believes responsibility for the customs frauds here rests upon the executive officers of the customs de partment, who unde Roosevelt, it charged were products of the spoils sys tem. Instances cited are the appointments of Siarveyors Clarkson (now resigned) and of Deputy Surveyors Vail and Bishop, both of who. It said, were appointed by Gen eral CI ark son through waiver by Presi dent Roosevelt of civil service rules and both of whom have since been dismissed by Collector Ioeb. Taft appointments, of which the asso ciation complains, ar those of Edmund Vorhies as postmaster at Brooklyn, Dr. Nathan A. Warren as postmaster at Yonkers, N. T., and "William J. Maxwell aa collector of internal revenue. TEST CASE TO BE MADE LOCAL OPTION ORDER IX MOR ROW IS OPPOSED. Indicted Men. Admit Sale of In toxicating Liquor, but Insist No Law Was Violated. HBPPXBR, Or., May 11. (Special.) The regular May term of the Circuit Court for thia county convened Monday and adjourned Tuesday. This short aes sion was a surprise, because of the large docket of criminal cases. There were 30 indictments against pro prietors of near-beer dispensaries for selling lntexlcatlng liquors in violation of the local option law of this county. Of these. Old Hart and Dave Pressley pleaded guilty and were fined $50 each, while 13 others charged with from one to three indictments entered pleas of not guilty and waived Jury triaL Stipulations were entered Into, by their counsel, Sam B. "Van Vactor, and G. W. Phelps, District Attorney, admitting that each of the defendants did sell near beer, which they admitted to be intoxi cating, to C. "VV. Demarfrt, a detective employed by the authorities- during the week preceding and following the cele bration last Fourth of July. They also admitted the facts alleged in the indict ments to be true except that in selling Intoxicating liquors they were violating no statute, for the reason that the County Court never made any valid order pro hibiting the sale of intoxicating liquor, and the counsel for the defendants avers that there is no provision made in the statute'for the holding of a special session when the regular session has been ad journed for the term. The case of IS. C. Maddock was taken as a test case, stipulations being made that in case the defendant iwas found guilty and an appeal from the decision of this court is taken to the Supreme Court of the State of Oregon, the execution of sentence in each of the other cases shall be suspended and held In abeyance until the case against Maddock is finally de cided, and - that the other cases shall abide by the decision rendered In the case appealed. After long argument by both sides. Judge Bean assessed the fine of Maddock at J100, rendered his decision sustaining the law and allowed 30 days in which to file a bill of exceptions and at the same time ordered a stay of execution. TAC0MA ASKS THIRD TRIAL Commercial Club Seeks Mrs. Kval sliaug's Conviction or Acquittal. TACOMA, May 11. The trustees of the Commercial Club today adopted a resolution urging that Mrs. Martina Kvalshaug, charged with the murder of her husband, be trie4 a third time, the Jury having twice disagreed. The resolution also recommended the expenditure of any money that may be necessary to employ additional counsel for the state. Prosecuting Attorney McMurray said the third trial probably will be held some time in June. Lewis County Crop to Be Bumper. CHEHA1JS. Wash., May 11. (Special.) The crop conditions In Lewis. County are most favorable and it is expected that the fruit crop will be a record breaker. Astoria Ships First Fish Oar. ASTORIA. Or., May 11. (Special.) The Union Fishermen's Co-operative Company today shipped the first carload of this season's catch to New York. It contained U00 cases. Klaw & Erlanger Reply to, Seattle Man's Organization, in Theater War. v SHUBERTS' SHOWS COMING Helllg Theater Probably Will Play Independent Attractions if Port land Theater Lessees Acqui esce Speculation On. NEW YORK, May 11. An alliance has Just been formed by producing managers In the United States, who to gether own and control 200' of the leading traveling combinations in this country. They have placed the book ing of their various interests In the hands of Klaw & Erlanger, with In structions to play only In such terri tory and in such theaters as will give the producing managers the support to which they consider themselves en titled. The managers of the new alliance are Charles Frohman, David Belasco, Henry W. Savage, Henry B. Harris, Jo seph Brooks, Cohan & Harris. Klaw & Erlanger, Florenz Ziegfeld. Augustus Pitou, Charles B. Dillingham. James M. Caits, Wagenhals & Kemper, Fred eric Thompson, Al H. Woods. Joseph Weber, Henry ''Miller, Daniel Frohman, William Harris and others. That the theater war, started by Calvin Helllg, of Portland, and John Cort, of Seattle, a week ago, which has since spread until it embraces 400 the ater managers of the same way of thinking as themselves, is but In its infancy, was Indicated by a New York dispatch last night. Threatened with the downfall of their supremacy by the rival booking agency, what the independent theaters proposed to form, Klaw & Erlanger have drawn their forces together and are making a grandstand fight. The renowned K. & B. have bound to gether managers representing over 200 leading attractions, who have consented to an agreement that they will sign no contracts otherwise than through K. & E. What country shall be played Is to be left entirely in the hands of the booking agency. Thus a prompt checkmate has been called to the plan fostered by the Northwest Theatrical Association that the middleman be eliminated. K. & E. have not taken kindly to the proposal for their elimination and have come back with an answer, i It was but Saturday John Cort tele graphed to Portland and Seattle: "The battle Is . over. The game is in ' our bag." The prompt resumption of hostilities by Klaw & Erlanger would lead to the belief the announcement was prema ture. ' As to how the great war started there are varying statements. Calvin Hellig says it was because Klaw & Erlanger told him they could only sup ply 14 attractions for the following sea son, while on the other hand K. & E. charge bad faith by Heilig and Cort. Hellig says he withdrew his theaters in the Northwest, and the other inde pendent theaters followed suit; K. & E. assert they declined to book fur ther for Cort, Hellig & Co. Heillg has an iron-clad agreement that the Shubert shows shall play in the Hellig Theater next season so that Portland will not be without ade quate theatrical entertainment, yet both Heilig and Cort were confident that they would be able to book the other shows previously handled by K. & E. by arranging independently with each manager. This appeared more than feasible, as the new booking agency, formed by Mr. Hellig and his associates, could take care of a show from coast to coast. Now Klaw & Erlanger come back' with their old standby producers more firmly than ever their adherents. Those who had announced their defection from the K. & E. standard appear to be still without the fold. These In clude William A. Brady,' Llebler & Co, and a number of others. Locally the situation appears as It was prior to the arrival of Mr. Heillg. The Heilig Theater probably will play the Shubert and allied attractions and the understanding Russell & Drew as sert they have with the Shuberts prob ably will be settled by the Shuberts buying out the half interest Russell Sc Drew have in the Portland Theater and the Alhambra at Seattle. LAND FRAUD CASES DEAD Several Idaho Prosecutions Dropped, Venue Changed in Others. MOSCOW. Idaho, May 11. (Special.) Special Assistant Attorney-KJeraeral Pey ton Gordon dismissed several of the North Idaho land-fraud cases in the Federal Court today. William F. Kettenbach, ex-president. and George H. Kester, ex-cashier, of the Lewlston National Bank, who were in-J dieted several years ago with William Dwyer, C. W. Colby, Fred Emery and Clarence W. Robnett numerous times at Moscow and Boise, each have been dis charged from all but two important cases. The cases against William B. Benton, C. W. Colby, Fred Emery, George H. Kester and William F. Ket tenbach. who were jointly indicted, were dismissed. In the two subornation cases against George H. Kester and William Dwyer, Judge Dietrich granted a motion for change of venue to Boise. The only conspiracy case now remain ing is against J. E. Steffy. who has since turned state's evidence: William F. Ket tenbach, George H. Kester and William Dwyer, a timber-cruiser. EXPLORERS' ROUTE CLEAR Mount McKinley Parties Will Find ' Susitna Navigable. SEATTLE, May 11. The steamer Ber tha, from Northern Alaska ports, brings news that Cook Inlet and a part of the Susitna River was navigable when she left and that the whole of the Susitna must be clear of ice now. This is im portant for the two Mount McKinley ex peditions, which had feared they might be delayed a long time by Ice. A fur trader who returned from the In let reports a disastrous season. The na tives have obtained catalogues of Eastern fur houses and have increased prices un reasonably. " , First Shipment of Strawberries Out. MOSTER, Or.. May 11. (Special.) The first shipment of Mosler strawberries was made today by A. P. Bate ham, man- Postal Bank Bonds in Multiples of $24 Pass Muster. WASHINGTON; May ll. President Taft virtually approved of the postal sav ings bank bill as presented to him in ten tative form last night by Chairman Weeks and other members of the House committee on postofnees and post roads. After the bill emerges from committee It will be submitted to a Republican cau cus for final changes. It is understood that the President ap proved the idea of issuing United States bonds in $24 denominations and multiples thereof, bearing per cent interest, to be sold to postal savings depositors. A postal bank bill already has passed the Senate. RECEPTION TO BE IXFORMAL Thousand . Invitations Issued ' to Roosevelt Lancheon in London. LONDON. May 11. After communi cating with Mr. Roosevelt, the commit tee of the corporation decided today to present the ex-President with the honor ary freedom of the City of London on May SI, the date originally chosen. Instead of the formal luncheon planned, however, there will be an informal recep tion, for which. 1000 Invitations will be issued. WOMAN BURNS HER BABY BODY RECOVERED FROM BAY SHOWS CAUSE OF DEATH, Mother. Now in Hospital in Critical Wtih Murder. SEATTLE, Wash., May 11. (Special.) With blood on her clothes and hands, and her naked baby "dead by her own hand in her arms, Hilda Schlnke, 19 year old, threw the body into tl.e bay and staggered to her home, three blocks away, in agony. Neighbors called Dr. F. A. Booth, who sent her to the city hospital, where she is in a critical condition. Coroner Snyder is investigating. The girl rented a room in an apart ment house at Inter Bay several months ago. She has been working in a laundry until last week, when her condition made It Imperative that she quit. Mrs. P. H. Reilly, who "lives in the same house, saw the girl leave Monday with the naked baby, badly burned. The mother took the child to the foot of Smith street, where she threw It into the bay. She stoid she was married, but would not talk to any extent. Ser geant Dagner recovered fche Ibaby's the little one had been burned to death, its head, back and arms being charred. An Alaskan stove was mound In the room occupied by the girl. If she ltves, the mother may be made to answer toa .charge of mur der. Residence District Paved. MEDFORD, Or.. May 11. (Special.) Grading and paving on East Main stre'et and Queen Anne avenue are practically completed and the people on these streets are using the dirt thrown out by the ex cavating to level up their property and will soon plant lawns. The work is under contract to the Clark-Henry Company. Dancehall Plans Made. SEASIDE, Or., May 11. (Special.) Plans and specifications for a large dance hall have been accepted, and Monroe Grimes has the contract for the con struction of the building. Percy A. Campbell and William Byers of Portland are financing the scheme. Reaching Seattle, Man Hangs Self. SEATTLE, Wash., May 11. L. B. Frost, 37 years old, who came here from Theresa, N. Y., was found dead in his room In a hotel today, having committed suicide by hanging with a sheet. He had been sick and de spondent. Chippewa Lands Are Restored. WASHINGTON, May 11. Lands aggre gating 233,294 acres, located in the Chip pewa Indian Reservations, In Minnesota, which were withdrawn from settlement a little more than a year ago, have been restored to the public domain by the In terior Department. They will be subject to homestead entry on June 20. Rules Committee Delays Action. WASHINGTON, May' 1L The rules committee, which was to have acted to day on a rule designed to expedite the consideration of the anti-options bill in the House, postponed its meeting until later in the week, possibly Friday. Lecture at Oxford Put Off. LONDON. May 11. It was definitely announced last night that Mr. Roose velt's lecture at Oxford University scheduled for May 18 has been post poned. Trading Stamps Under Law's Ran. WASHINGTON. May TL The issue of Roots Barks Herbs That have great medicinal power, are raised to their highest efficiency, for purifying and enriching the blood, as they are combined in Hood's Sarsa parilla, which is Peculiar to Itself. 40,366 testimonials received by actual count in two years a record unparal leled in the history of medicine. Be sure to take Hood's Sarsaparilla this Spring. "I was badlv used up, so tired and weak it was hard for me to be about. I took Hood's Sarsaparilla, and it gave me an appetite and Improved my whole system." Frank Carlson, Box 10, Stark, Minn. There is no real substitute for . Hood's Sarsaparilla Get it today. Tn liquid form or choc olated tablets called Sarsatabs. AND CALLING CARDS W.G.SMITHSCO .VMSHIMGT0N BLQWW WASKtNGTO French Serge Dresses at $12.50 Regular Pripe $20.00 Women's one-piece dresses of finest quality all-wool imported French serge, in black, nary, white, cham pagne, reseda, smoke and gray. $12.50 These dresses are made In the new one-piece model, showing the new belted waistline effect. Some are. elaborately braided, others are tailor-made with button trimmings. Summer Coats and Jackets Silk Pongee Cloth and Covert Cloth Regular $12.50 Thursday $6.75 Women's Jackets in 32 to 36 inch lengths, made of all wool tan covert cloth, black taffeta silk in plain and braided styles, also of natural colors. Cloth of srold in braided and trimmed styles and of fine all-wool broadcloth. These jackets are all this season's newest styles. .Lined with either satin or silk. II Bungalow Curtain Nets, Special 43c Yd 2000 yards of fancy Curtain Nets in mission and leaded glass patterns, in large variety of pretty patterns. White or Arabian color; 45 to 50 inches wide; values to 60c yard, special, yard 43 $1 Curtain Nets, Special 79c Yd. 500 yards of fancy Curtain Net, especially suitable for bungalow windows ; 50 inches wide ; white or Arabian color; regular $1.00 value, special, yard 79e 25c Swisses and Scrims Sp'l 19c 3000 yards of Curtain Swisses and plain Scrims, in a large variety of patterns ; reg. 25c value, sp'l., yd., 10c Extension Rod Sale for Thursday 5000 Brass Extension Rods of superior quality and fin ish, both for sash and full-length curtains. All brack ets and screws complete with rods. Regular 10c Rods, Special at 7c Each Regular 15c Rods, Special at 9c Each Regular 20c Rods, Special at 122c Ea Regular 25 c Rods, Special at 19c Eacn Classes Today in Hardanger Embroidery nounced unlawful by the District ol Columbia Court of Appeals in a divided decision rendered yesterday. The trading stamp companies will appeal to the Su preme Court of the United States. NEW EARTHQUAKES ARE FELT All Americans, at First Thought Killed at Cartago, Are Found. 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 severe shocks were experienced yesterday. Congrress has practically declared martial law In the province of Cartago to prevent robbery and disturbances. The American Consul has succeeded in finding all the Americans, some of whom were thought to have been killed. All the Injured are now1 re ceiving proper care. Methodists Would Block Fight. IjODI. Cal.. May XL A resolution asking- Governor Gillett to stop the Jeffries Johnson fight was adopted by the Sacra- The Only Opticians in Oregon Manufacturing in Its Entirety the Genuine Kryptok Lens Remarkable Range of Usefulness of The Kryptok Lens Th Kryptolc far - and-- near bi focal lens has & remarkable range of usefulness. The engineer who wears them can keep a sharp lookout ahead and at the same tlm read his train orders. The church-groer can watch the minister and read the prayer book, at the same time. The traveler can watch passlnjr scenery or read his newspaper with equal comfort. Beware of Substitutes and Imitation Kryptoks. It is Safer to Come Direct to Headquarters. Columbian Optical Company 133 Sixth Street mento District Methodist Ministerial As sociation, which closed its session here today. Oleomargarine Tax Opposed. WASHINGTON, May 11. Legislative restrictions good for oleomargarine are good for butter, to precisely the same extent, according to John F. Jelke, of Chicago, who advocated the former product as the poor man's food before the House committee on agriculture today. Jelke said he was against any tax or any arbitrary discrimination against oleomar garine. Severe Shock Felt in, San Domingo. SAN DOMINGO, May 11. A severe earthquake shock was felt here at 3 o'clock this morning. There was no loss of life nor damage to property in the city, but reports from the interior have not been received. A model electric engine, built by Thomas rtavenport. a poor blacksmith of Brandon. Vt., and operated' on a small circular track in 1S34, probably was the first electric rali way In the world. The attorney cant address the jury, examine witnesses and refer to his precedents or evidence without changing glasses. There have been many bifocals upon the market. Most of them of the cemented, unsightly sort; some of them fused, like Kryptoks, but none of them satisfactory. Until the coming of the Kryptok there was no perfect bifocal. The genuine Kryptok is wonderfully satisfactory. i