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3 TWO AVIATORS MEET DEATH Hoxsey and Moissant Both Have Fatal Falls. S t r o n g W in d s and T re ac h e ro u s A ir C u rre n ts P rov e D isa stro u s to W o rld C h am p io n s. Los Angeles, Jan. 2.—Arch Hox sey, holder of the world’s aviation al titude recod, and star of the air pilotB of America, plunged to earth a Dom inguez held at 2:12 this afternoon from a height of 225 feet and was in stantly killed. The tragedy was wit nessed by 10,000 persons. The actual point of the accident, ac cording to the barograph, was at the altitude of 225 feet. Hoxsey had been gliding from an altitude of 7,000 feet. This descent was beautifully accom plished, and it would have been impos sible for anyone not an expert to un derstand that what he was doing was not the easiest thing in the world. A stiff north wind was blowing and the air was filled with what aeronauts call “ pockets"' Juat how Hoxsey happened to lose control of the machine, if that was the cause, no one who saw him fall was able to explain, because the thing was done so quickly as to defy precise ob servation. He had been in the air one hour and eight minutes, and shortly before the catastrophe was circling east of the field at the very summit of his day’s flight. He had swung around, seemed to poise about a mile above ground, and perhaps a mile east of the field. At this point he struck a slide and came at a downward cant of perhaps 30 de grees in a line which, if projected, would have taken him about the mid dle of the back field.! When he was over the back field, about 500 feet northeast from the judges' stand, the angle of descent was changed to a deeper one, but even yet he had not reached the danger point, so far as observation could detect. Suddenly a cry went up from the grandstand and the thousands banked along the fence. They seemed to un derstand vaguely in that instant that a tragedy of the air was about to be en- ated, for the airship tipped from its steep gliding angle and dived straight downward. The flight at this angle continued for only can instant, for the great Wright machine tipped until it appeared that it would turn a complete somersault. It then came to a straight vertical again, and shot down with the swiftness of an arrow. New Orleans, Jan. 2.—Leaving City Park Aviation field at 9:38 o’clock Saturday morning, full of life, vigor and hope, his eyes sparkling in antici pation of adding to his country’s glory by bringing the Michelin cup to Amer ica, John B. Moissant, one of the world’s most daring and skillful avia tors, flew over New Orleans only to meet death near Harahan, 11 miles from the city, 20 minutes later. Tonight at the hour when he was to have been presented with a handsome loving cup bearing the legend, “ John B. Moissant, the glory of Central America,” contributed by the Central American colony in New Orleans, the plucky aviator lies in the morgue, a martyr to the science of aviation. Alfred J. Moissant. president of the International aviators, bade his broth er cheery farewell, just before he as cended. Accompanied by press repre sentatives and mechanicians in an au tomobile, he followed the flight to the place up the river where the cup trial was to take place, only to be met by the stunning news that John B. Mois sant was dead. The added weight of an extra gas oline tank, the use of a strange ma chine and the deadly prank of a 15- mile wind at the moment when he had pointed the nose of his machine at a sharp downward angle, combined in sending Moissant down to death. Thrown from his machine by its sud den inclination, Moissant described a curve through the air and head first like a diver, shot downward, landing on his neck and head. His neck was broken. N o rth C o a s t Lim ited Robbed. Seattle—The mail car on the North ern Pacific’s St. Paul North Coast Limited was held up by two masked men soon after the train left Seattle Wednesday night. Mail Clerk Harry O. Clark, of Spokane, was’shot and the registered mail was rifled. Clark was brought to Seattle for treatment. A posse of seven deputy sheriffs is mak ing a systematic search of the coun try around about Kent, 16 miles from here, where the men left the train. the farm er who now sells his hay and grain to the w oolgrower a t a profitable figure will have to seek o th er m arkets or will be com pelled to reduce h is price. "T he g re at w est Is able, w hen de Pre sid e nt F ra n k W . G o o d in g , o f Idaho, veloped, for m any years to tak e care S H A L L T H E H O U S E B E L A R G E R ? D elivers Able A d d re ss. AFTER TO BA CCO TRU ST. of the grow th of the U nited States, PORTLAND—“Sixty-flve dollars was to furnish food and m aterial for cloth the price I paid for the su it I am w ear ing the rapidly increasing city popu C ru m p a c k e r P r o p o se s 4 3 6 M e m b e rs, G o ve rnm e n t B e g in s Final E ffo rt to C am p b e ll W o u ld „C u t to .226. D isso lv e B ig C om oin e , ing on th is platform this m orning," ex lations of the e a s t W ith the rapid claim ed Dr. J. M. W ilson of Douglas. | Increase in population In the U nited Washington—The question as to how Washington—Before the court of States, it will not be very long be Wyo., in responding to th e addresses fore every acre of land w ithin our the United States shall be reappor last resort Saturday began the final le of welcome th a t had been m ade to borders available for cultivation and tioned into congressional diBtcicta in gal battle for life of the American To the delegates to the annual conven crop production will be taxed to its accordance with the 1910 census re bacco company and its subsidiaries. turns was discussed with the president High priced corporation lawyers tion of the N ational W oolgrow ers' utm ost to provide for our own peo by Representative Crumpacker, of In matched wits with the government’s ple Even now it has become a diffi Association a t th e Arm ory, "and, cult m atter for th e Am erican farm ers diana, chairman of the house commit trust busters in a struggle to deter ladies and gentlem en, all th a t the to raise sufficient foodstuffs oi cer tee on census. mine whether the Sherman anti-trust sheepm an and woolgrow er got out tain v arieties to satisfy tne national The bill which Mr. Crumpacker will law is invalid or whether it has the of it was $5 25. T h at Is all I have demand. In the in te re st of the de introduce will provide for a member power to crush the tobacco trust. to say a t th is tim e on th e tariff velopm ent of the w est, I tee l th a t the ship of 435, an increase of 43 over the On the outcome of the fight depends question." proposal to lease the public dom ain present number. This would, be on a the life or death of the vast corpora Dr. W ilson Is a fluent and happy should m eet w ith refusal. It is not basis of one representative to 211,880 tion, with an invested capital of more speaker, and being regarded as one fa ir to coming generations to stop the of population. than $400,000,000, or the emasculation of the b rig h te st m en am ong the developm ent of th e west, the se ttle Representative Campbell, of Kan of the Sherman law, which would null flock-m asters, effort will be m ade to m ent of the p re sen t w aste places have him accept th e honor of presi and the erection of hom es w here now sas, who also saw the president at the ify the government's strongest weap same time, expressed the opinion that on against corporate aggression. dent of the association. P resident only cattle roam. Attorney General George Wicker- Gooding, who delivered his annual "W hile on the subject of leasing of the house should be reduced probably address having announced determ in public lauds, 1 feel It would be well to about 225 and kept permanently at sham and Special Attorney J. C. Rey edly th a t he will not be In position to call the a tte n tio n of the conven that figure. He said he might intro nolds commanded the forces of the government. to fill the office for a n o th er term . Dr. tion to the question of w hat tne duce a bill to that effect. W ilson’s response ran in a hum or faddists’ term the ’conservation of Attorneys John C. Johnson and Wil ous vein and m ade a g re at h it with n a tu ra l resources.’ A pparently w hat liam B. Hornblower represented the M AN AG EM EN T BERATED. the thonsand o r m ore delegates gath th ese people m ean is th a t the n a tobacco company. To Johnson, as ered In the e n te rta in m e n t hall of tional resources should be nearly as chief counsel for the appellant fell the H ig h e r S ta n d a rd s o f Efficiency N ee d the Armory. possible preserved in th e ir p re se n t { duty of making the opening argument, P resident F red W. Gooding of the form, so th a t although people ofj ed on R ailro ad s. and his legal defense of the accused national association, in delivering his th is generation may suffer and be Washington— Higher standards of corporation consumed by far the address, took up th e various ques retarded In developm ent, those of greater part of the day. tions th a t confront th e sheep and som e future tim e m ay have th ese efficiency, not increased freight rates, The tobacco trust suit was brought wool industry and laid particular resources for thefr use and benefit are the paramount needs today of stre ss upon th e necessity for the in undim inished form. Concretely | American railroads. This proposition by the government against the Amer retention of the duty on wool. He stated, the proposition is to lease the is the essence of the brief filed with ican cTobacco company, its officers, di also urged closer cooperation among public lands and th e w ater pow ers j the Interstate Commerce commission rectors, and affiliated corporations for the m en engaged In the industry and belonging to the various Rocky m oun-1 by Louis Brandeis, of Boston, counsel the purpose of seeking to prevent and spoke for b e tte rm e n t In tran sp o r tain and Pacific co ast sta te s and to for the traffic commission of commer restrain monopolies in tobacco and re to be tation facilities and along o ther lines p erm it the public tim ber to be cut cial organizations of the Atlantic sea lated commodities, alleged by which the industry can be brought and m anufactured and the coal in board in the investigation of the com conducted in violation of the Sherman to a higher and m ore profitable sta n d these Btates to be m ined and used mission in the proposed advance in anti-trust law and certain provisions of ard. P re sid e n t Gooding is one of beneficially on th e paym ent of a freight rates in the official classifica the Wilson tariff act. the m ost influential sheep and wool royalty only. It is a proposition to tion territory—that part of the coun men in the country and has also other stop the grow th of the w est now and try east of the Mississippi and north MAKE CANAL C O M P E T IT O R . very large in te re sts in Idaho and the to keep it in a sta te of vassalage to of the Ohio and Potomac rivers. Pacific northw est. the treasu ry of the U nited S ta te s Railroad managers, Mr. Brandeis Senate B ill W o u ld Let Am e rican T he convention opened im m ediately throughout the future. C oastw ise V e sse ls In Free. a fte r adjournm ent of th e sta te associ “T his program of the conservation contends, in an effort to meet existing ation, which w as unable to finish its ists is n e ith e r wise nor just. The needs should not look without, but W ashington.—Pacific C oast ship work in one day. It w as nearly 11 g re atest duty th a t can confront you within. pers who have been fighting for “ If their net income is insufficient,” w ater tran sp o rta tio n as an offset to o’clock when the national convention e ith e r as individuals or as a nation, was called to order. is to provide com fort and happiness he says, “ the proper remedy is not the exorbitant tran sco n tin en tal rail W illiam D. W heelw right delivered and prosperity for those now living. higher rates, resulting in higher cost road rates, will be benefited by the the address of welcome on behalf of T he fulfillm ent of this duty is not and lessened business, but scientific adoption of th e M ann bill, with Governor-elect Oswald W est, who was incom patible w ith true conservation. management resulting in lower costs, Senator F lin t's am endm ent, which unable to be present. Mr. W heel We should not only use n a tu re 's re higher wages and increased business. the senate com m ittee on Inter- w right said he knew n o thing about sources in accom plishing this duty, “ If their credit is impaired, the oceanic canals has voted to rep o rt wool, but realized th a t th e industry but should Im prove and develop proper remedy is not to apply the de favorably. was one of Im mense im portance to th ese resources w herever it is possi-j lusive stimulant of higher rates but to It is a bill for the governing of the the world, and particularly to this ble to do so. T h ere is no reason strengthen their organizations by in Panam a canal zone. F lin t's am end p a rt of the country. City A ttorney why this generation cannot m ake troducing advanced methods and elim- m ent m akes th e canal free of tolls F rank S. G rant delivered an eloquent proper use of all th e natu ral resources Thus for Am erican vessels for coastw ise ad d ress of welcome for Mayor Simon, and then leave to posterity a b e tte r inting questionable practices. trad e ; im poses tolls on railroad- on behalf of the city, and presented and m ore productive country th an they will maintain credit by deserving owned steam ships; enables th e gov it.” P resident Gooding w ith a gorgeous we now have. m en t a t any tim e to tak e over The proposed advances by the lines ern bouquet of P ortland roses. W illiam “ L et us engage in p ractical conser vessels which accept the use of the M acM asters. president of the Cham vation—providing for those now here in official classification territory would canal w ithout tolls, the question of The total cost to be settled later, and enables ber of Commerce, bid them welcome as well as for those who are to come. affect only the class. on behalf of the cham ber and touched Conserve our public lands by favoring freight tonnage of the lines for the the president to fix the tolls a t not upon P ortland as a steadily increas the hom eseeker, and our tim b er by calendar year 1909 was 626,321,975. less than 60 c en ts nor m ore than ing m ark et for the products of the regulating its c u ttin g and m anufac Less than 8 per cent of this moved un $1.50 per n e t ton. flockm asters. C. C- Chapm an, m an ture. Conserve o u r coal resources by der class rates, yet of the freight rev U nder the provisions for taking ager of the P ortland Com mercial the developm ent of our w ater powers. enue of these railways for 1909 nearly over vessels, th e governm ent can a t Club, extended th e welcom e of the L et us construct dam s for the storage 22 per cent ($103,271,823) was derived any tim e obtain all the colliers and people of Portland and th e club, say of otherw ise w aste w ater—th u s tak from class rates. auxiliaries it needs in w ar. ing th a t the city was wide open, th at ing off th e peaks of the floods of our The am endm ent will m ake the ca the business m en had contributed lib w estern rivers, preventing havoc and nal a real com petitor of the tra n s S U P R E M E C O U R T B E N C H F U L L erally to e n te rta in the guests, and destruction, providing w ater during continental roads. T here have been th at they w anted them to enjoy every the low w ater season for the irrig a well defined fears th a t unless condi featu re th a t had been prepared for tion of our arid lands and th e de Ju stice V an D evanter and L a m a r tions changed the P anam a canal them to the fullest extent, and not to velopm ent of electric energy. W ater would not give shippers the relief T a k e O ath o f Office. overlook anything. is not dim inished by use. L et us th a t was hoped for when It was proj A bout 200 delegates arrived from only use th is and o th er resources Washington—The two vacancies on ected. Such em inent au th o ritie s as Idaho, and m ore are following with wisely and th ere will be a n abund the bench of the Supreme court of the Adm iral E vans have proved th a t un every Incoming train. ance for the future. United States were filled Wednesday der existing conditions of control of The address o fP resid en t F ra n k W. “I feel th a t it would be im possible when Judge Willis Van Devanter, of steam ship lines by railroads, the ca Gooding of Idaho was an able discus to accurately estim a te the actu al loss nal Is practically tu rn ed over to sion of the traiff question as affecting of sheep from th e depredations of Wyoming, and Judge Joseph R. Lamar, them . of Georgia, took the oath of office as wool and conservation. P resident coyotes, wild c ats and o th er preuatory It was brought out In th e investi Gooding is one of the heavy sheep anim als in the U nited S ta te s yearly. associate justices and began immedi gation here th a t $70,000 a m onth had ately the performance of their duties. ra isers of the w est and w as a mem To give som e idea of how g re a t this b e e n ' paid by tran sco n tin en tal roads ber of the legislative com m itee which loss m ust be, th e experience of my For the first time in 19 months the in a pool as a bonus to the Pacific spent a large p a rt of la s t w inter a t own sta te of Idaho is told. During bench was complete. Mall Steam ship company, which, un W ashington, looking a fte r tariff leg the past y e ar the S ta te of Idaho has | For the first time since the organiza d e r the term s of the co n tra ct was islation. In part, P re sid e n t Gooding paid a bounty for the destruction of tion of the court, nearly a century and a compelled to run its ste am ers w ith 10,000 coyotes and o th er predatory quarter ago, one president had com out freight in o rd e r to prevent steam said: "Since the passage of the Payne- anim als If it is adm itted th a t eacn j missioned within a single year five ers from being com petitors of the railroads. Aldrtch tariff law, th ere has been a of these anim als killed six sheep prior men who sat on the bench. p e rsisten t and m alignant assa u lt upon to being oestroyed, it would m a k i a | Justice Van Devanter, having been P A C IF IC TO BE DEFENDED. th e tariff schedules designed to pro to ta l loss of 60,000 sheep in Idaho named first by the president to take te c t th e industry of wool growing. during the past y e ar from this source the oath, was escorted by the marshal Some m agazines and new spapers have auine. I do not think any w estern to the chair on the extreme right of T a ft P rom ise s Delegation M ore C oast been filled with articles conceived in sheep m a r will feel th a t th ese fig Defense Vessels. ignorance and prejudice, and which u res are too high. If we allow for the chief justice. Justice Lamar after W ASHINGTON — R e presentatives were designed to poison the public only 10 distinctively sheep growing he had subscribed to the oath, was E llis and H aley, w ith S enator Jones mind again st the woolgrowers. sta te s in the w est, the loss 'w ould shown to his seat, which was at the and R epresentative H um phrey and “U nless these m isrepresentations am ount to half a m illion sheep and ] left. A distinguished gathering witnessed several m em bers of the California are answ ered, the flockm aster will lam bs annually. Precedents in the delgation had a long conference w ith find his industry th reaten ed w ith de “ N or is th is th e only, nor possibly j the ceremonies. P re sid e n t T aft regarding th e neces struction. T his assa u lt has been the g re atest loss suffered from the court were broken by the first lady of sity for b e tte r protection of the Pa brought about by the selfish w arfare depredations of wild anim als. Game the land, Mrs. Taft, being given a scat cific Coast. P a rtic u larly th ey ap th a t is on betw een the m anufacturers birds and gam e anim als, the eggs of within the bar along with Charles P. pealed for m ore subm arines and of carded woolen goods and the m an birds, dom estic fowls and o th e r live Taft and Horace Taft, brothers of the torpedo boats. u fa ctu rers of w orsteds. They are stocks are all preyed on by th e pre president. Mrs. Taft was accom The upshot of the conference was constantly q uarreling over schedule datory beasts. I t is estim ated th a t panied also by Mrs. C. P. Taft and th a t both th e P resid en t and Secre K as th e wool tariff is known. It coyotes, wolves, wild c ats and other Miss Louise Taft. tary M eyer expressed them selves fav seem s to be u nsatisfactory to the wild anim als every y ear kill more orably upon th e dem and of the Pa woolen m anufacturers of the United gam e th an is killed by all the h unt cific Coast delegation and legislation M o d e l Indians A re Found. e rs in the U nited States. States. Washington—Indians that do not will be drafted and form ally recom “T here Is no doubt th a t schedule "U nder the bounty law s a t present m ended by the S ecretary of th e Navy K is the h a rd est to u n d erstan d of any in force in a n um ber of th e w estern drink to any extent, that have aband authorizing an Increased num ber of of the tariff schedules. I believe I sta te s, the bounties paid a re taxed oned tribal customs and adopted the ro a st defense vessels for the Pacific am safe in saying th a t n o t m ore than entirely ag ain st the livestock in white man’s ways, that have built lit Coast- one sheepm an in a thousand under dustry. T his I feel Is a m a tte r which tle one-story houses for their resid stan d s or knows an ything a t all of should be rem edied. The destruction ences and are self-sustaining—these F isherm en Left to Decide. schedule K. From m y observation 1 of these anim als is a general benefit are the Alabama Indians in Texas, ac Washington—In the effort to avoid believe th ere are very few congress and should be accom plished through cording to a report sent to congress by m en or sen ato rs who understand a general effort and paid for from Secretary Ballinger. The investiga the necessity for convening at this th is m ost Im portant schedule. funds created by general taxation. tion of the condition of the Indians was time the board of experts appointed “If through any n eglect of th is a s “It is n o t difficult to find excellent under the terms of the award of The sociation to a ssist the tariff comm is reasons for m aking uniform th e law directed by congress. The Interior de HaguefTribunal relative to the New sion to a com petent understan d in g of providing for the paym ent of bounties partment reports only 192 Indians left. foundland fisheries by invitation of the th is Im portant m atter, and in th a t on the killing of predatory anim als. State department, a number of repre W o rce ste r U n de r Fire. way th e tariff tin k e rs a re enabled to As is now the case, in one sta te , the sentatives of the board of trade and W ASHINGTON. — The Philippine the Master Mariners’ association of put wool on the free list, we will have feet of the anim al are Indications of only ourselves to blam e. And our its destruction, in a n o th er the scalp land investigation was resum ed by Gloucester, Mass., appeared in the de flocks will be reduced proportionately, | is taken, while in perhaps a third the the H ouse com m ittee on insular af If they will accept as sat as th ey w ere under th e free trad e | tail Is called for. Because of this fairs, R epresentative M artin, of Col partment. W ilson bill, from 45,000,000 to 36.- j lack of uniform ity, it h a s long been orado, who sta rte d th e Inquiry, cross- isfactory the regulations for the fish 000,000. The selling value of wool j known th a t tw o o r m ore bounties are exam ining Dean C. W orcester, of the eries laid down by the Newfoundland ers, it will be unnecessary to call a will drop to 7 o r 8 c en ts per often collected for th e death of one P hilippine Commission. Mr. M artin sought light as to the meeting of the international board of pound, sheep will be reduced In j anim al and the sla y er Is still le tt with selling value a t lea st one-half, and I th e pelt to sell.” a rre s t of M anila new spaper men for experts. libel In connection w ith publications C an n o n Inherits Fortune. concerning th e lease of public land C o m m e rc ia l Life Fails. M ail B a g s D isa pp e ar. Washington — Speaker Cannon re Los Angeles—After forsaking the to Mr. W orcester's nephew. San Francisco—Three bags of regis WOOL GROWERS MEET AND DISCUSS TARIFF LAW Haskell Calls Troops, Oklahoma City—Two companies of state militia almost got into action in the state capital removal fight Hear ing that Cuthrie citizens had interfered with the removal of three wagon loads of state records, Governor Haskell or dered militia companies A and B to stand in readiness to move to Guthrie. A short time later the governor learned over the telephone that Guthrie cit izens would make no objections to the removal of the documents and no fur tered mail with contents valued at ap ther trouble is expected over the re proximately $60,000 stolen from the government while on the way from moval of the capital to this place. San Francisco to Oakland, ia engaging the attention of more than a score of Farman Wins Great Prize. Etampes, France—By flying 381.33 local and Federal detectives. The miles in eight hours, Henri Farman, in ] mail bags were stolen separately. a Farman bikplane, broke the world’s The first was taken on the night of record for sustained distance flight, December 25, the second disappeared and won the Michelin cup and trophy two days later, and the third was stol for 1910. 1 en either December 29 or 30. ^TRONOMER DESCRIBES NATIONAL GOVERNMENT NEWS WORLD’S PROBABLE END NOTES OF GENERAL INTEREST J ministry for the calling of commercial agent for the Salt Lake route at Santa Ana, G. L. Moore found that love for the ministry was too strong and his resignation has just been handed to Frank H. Adams, general agent of the company. Mr. Moore, will take up the duties of a Methodist minister at Spokane, Wash., Mr. Moore took up railroading and found his salary was not sufficient to make ends meet. Those “easy” persons ’ who are al ways afraid th a t som a predicted end of th e w orld will come to pass suddenly should find considerable com fort In the as sertion of Profes sor Lowell th a t there la the b e st of scientific evi dence for believ ing m ankind will have m any years' w arning of the g reat and final cataclysm which may put th is earth In the scrap heap. The professor has no doubt th a t such an end will come to the earth, but h e m akes no attem pt to say when the event will occur. Those who know about th e em inent astronom er and hfs work do not doubt his word, of course; and those who do not know may re st assured th a t Professor Lowell Is amply qualified to render an opinion on this Im portant subject. T he probable nature of the end of the world, as the conclusions of the scientists show, will be a drop Into the sun; but Professor Lowell says we shall h a re advance knowledge of this, and he knows. As the scien tists have figured it out th ere Is som ew here in the rem ote confines of ■pace a g reat m ass of m atter—once a world, but now dead—hu rtlin g tow ard our sun. W hen It hits the bull's-eye. as It Is bound to do som e day, our little hunk of mud will cease to exlsL It Is well for our peace of m ind th a t no Buch dead world Is a t p re sen t within dangerous proxim ity. T et who knows w hat day the m orning papers may announce th a t one has been dis covered by aid of the su n 's light re flected upon It as It en te rs our little circle—butting Into our society, so to speak. W hile It would then be cer tain tne end of the world was a t hand, still, th ere would be am ple tim e In which to prepare for th e Inevitable. About 27 years would elapse from th e tim e It was discovered by some as tronom er with his telescope until the fatal m ass could be seen with the naked eye. and not until th ree year» late r would It appear as large as the b rightest sta rs In the heavens. N early th ree years m ore and our seasons would begin to change, the days be coming longer. The beginning of th e end would come about five m onths later. T he stran g er would not strik e our little planet, but would pass so close In Its dash to the sun th a t th e e arth would tu rn and follow until, to gether, they would drop silently Into the sun, like a couple of dust specks Into a roaring furnace fire. P rofessor Lowell, who has so calm ly announced the probability of th is sta rtlin g end to all earth ly hopes and fears, was born a t Boston, Mass., March 13. 1855. G raduating from H arvard In 1876, he continued th e study of astronom y In m any p a rts of the world until 1894, w hen he estab lished the Lowell O bservatory a t Flagstaff, Arfz. Being a fellow In nearly all the Im portant scientific and astronom ical asaoclatlona of E urope and Am erica, his opinions have long been -accepted quite generally as au thoritative. H is odd theory concern ing the end of the world, therefore, has aroused no end of controversy among m en of science. NINETY-YEAR-OLD IOWAN WHO KNEW HENRY CLAY It is ra re now adays to m eet a m an who knew Henry Clay, C rittenden and T hom as H. Ben ton, but U ncle Johnny C o o p e r , who Just c eleb ra t ed his ninetieth birthday a t his farm home n ear Ham burg, la., was personallyac- q u a l n t e d w ith those fam ous men. Mr. Cooper is by b irth a K entucki an and In his boy hood days lived next door to "H arry" Clay. He de scribes Clay as being the possessor of rem nrkably long ears and prodi giously big feet. His favorite a ttitu d e was sitting, book In hand, w ith feet elevated, leaning again st a tree. He would alw ays stop ami converse pleas antly w ith young Cooper w henever they m et and the la tte r has alw ays cherished his m em ory In bis h e art of hearts. The opposite, however, Is true In the case of T hom as H. Ben ton. T he Coopers rem oved from Ken tucky to Clay county, Missouri, In 1837. Mr. Cooper’s fa th e r becam e a close political associate and tru sted lieu ten an t of Benton. H e m anaged B enton's cam paigns In th a t section of the sta te and the g reat M issourian was a frequent visitor a t the Cooper home. On one of th ese occasions th e younger Cooper was tem pted to whip Benton. “ My father," said he, In a rem iniscent mood, “w as a talking man, and could m ake a b e tte r stum p speech than Benton. At one tim e when th e la tte r was spending th a nig h ' a t our house my fa th e r said, referrin g to me, 'T his young man la not going to vote with us this year. Benton, tn a loud enraged tone, roared, “If he was my son I'd disin h e rit him .’ "I'd have given all I was w orth,” said U ncle John, with vehem ence, "If he had been a young m an of my own I age so I could have thrashed him.” ceived a letter from King, King, & Co., bankers of Bombay, India, Washington— That the McEnerney notifying him that a woman client of act of California, passed as emergency j theirs, having been warned by her legislation after the San Francisco physicians that she had less than six earthquake of 1906, and providing for months to live, hal deposited with the establishment and quieting of title ; them her will for execution upon her to real estate in rase of the loss or | death, in which Joseph G. Cannon, of But N ot Now. destruction of public records, was con ' Danville, HI., is made sole heir to ar Howall—"Is he In good standing?“ stitutional, was the decision of the Su | estate valued at $2,500,000. Cannor Powell—"H e was until I sat on him.“' | had befriended the woman years ago. preme court of the United States. M c E n e m e y A c t Su stain ed .
