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6 PHOSPHATE KING ON LONELY ISLE JOHN ARUNDEL SUFFERS WILD LIFE HARDSHIPS MAGNIFICENT YACHT GOES ON ROCKS ■ Multimillionaire, After Robinson Crusoe Experience in South Seas, Is Rescued by Wireless [Special to The Herald.) PASADENA, Jan. 13—In spite of his millions. John Arundel, phosphate king and multimillionaire, suffered all the hardships of wild life with na tives on a rockbound isle of the Pa cific a few weeks ago when his million dollar yacht went down. All the facts concerning the remarkable adventure of the man who controls the phosphate beds of the world have been concealed until today, when, after the departure of the Arundel party from the Hotel Green, a friend told of the exciting episode an episode which rivals any thing 1 from the pen of Robert Louis Stevenson. John Arundel of London, New York, Paris and the world In general has vast phosphate beds in all parts of the world. His life is mostly spent on the sea, where until his terrible ad venture he has sailed In his mag nificent yacht, a boat with every com fort and luxury and almost as large as a great transatlantic liner. Some months ago he purchased from the French government some small islands southeast of Tahiti, and then deeded that he would take a trip In his new yacht to inspect his possessions. %\ hen the yacht, upon which were Mr. Arun del's two daughters, themselves born <jn one of his Island?, and his sister, reached the larger of the group of Islands it was discovered that the coast was uninviting, great cliffs ex tending far down into the sea, pre venting a landing in the darkness. In ■water half a mile deep the anchor was dropped and there, almost in the shadow of the cliffs, the great yacht lay for the night. Vessel Swept on Rocks ; Shortly after darkness came, up sprang a heavy wind. The machinery was started to keep the boat head on, when something went wrong. Thrown back upon her cable, this only means of s>afety gave way. and the costly vessel was swept against the Inhos pitable rocks. Shortly arter she struck it was seen she could not be saved, «nd so, without even the necessities of life, the indels and the members of the crew put off from the yacht in the small boats and succeeded in forc ing a landing through a crevice in the rocks. On the following day while explor ing the island the party encountered some friendly natives. With them they made arrangements to share the huts on the island and the crude food which the spot provided. In a few days one of the small boats was outfitted for a desperate attempt to bring help from some passing ship. Wireless Message Sent Ijj .this- frail craft five members of the crew put to sea, and after a week were fortunate enough to fall In with a large steamer with wireless tele graph equipment. With the wireless apparatus a message was dispatched to San Francisco, from which port one of the Arundel steamers was sent to rescue the loned party, and so help finally arrived, after the Arundels had spent several weeks in the native huts and ting the native food* The phosphate king from the start exerted "very effort to keep the story secret, and so far as is known has succeeded in so doing, until today, when a friend to whom Arundel had told the story repeated it. The phos phate king (eared that If the story were/ to berome public before his safety was assured it might affect the financial world, an.l after he had kept it secret so long he decided to continue to do so. CLUB MEMBERS REPORT TO POLICE HEADQUARTERS Early Risers Pledge Themselves to Leave Downy Couch at 6 Each Morning MIDDT-KTOWN. X. V. Jan I?,.—A dozen of the mo ■' prominent business men of Middletown have just organ l/.etl a club which has for its object early rlitlng. The club lias taken the motto, "Karty to bed and early to rise, makes one healthy, wealthy and wise." Members pledge themaelvea to rls« every mninlnff at I o'clock and to leave their clubs for home not later than 10 o'clock at night, and there are severe penalties tor violation! of the club rules. ■ K:i' h member la luppo ed to repoi t ;n [.nil. c !^ ndquartem at 1 o'clock In thi morning. GIVES AGE AS EXCUSE FOR DOWNFALL OF EVE At Address Before London Club Woman Chooses Novel Idea in Defense of Sex LONDON, Jan. 13.—Thfrr war* two sldei tn every story, Mn. W, Qurnay Bonham, witt at thn "prior" of the Wliil.'l'tiarK' dub. ri'ininilcil th< Kiipsta :it mr club'i recant dinner, In thf i.mrsr or her reaponM to the toast of "The Ladles." Bbc «;is alluding to the ndaloui aipsratoni on women which miii been mada by thf chief poets and writers of the world for over MOO years. There were two sides even to the old story of Eva, the oldest of nil tbt lea about women and the one which had bean morn held up than uny other lines the beginning of things a» a reproach to women. Men iin and .shaim I'iiiiy overlooked the faci that Eve was extremely young wbao she si.ile the apple. Adam, on the • itin i hand, was considerably older, practically as * ► L . i a* the hills. XI) that could be suid against fflVi i ii.it ihe stole an apple « hen the whs very yourvr. The Aral theft was committed by Bye, but who was the flrat recelvi r of .stolen property? Adam. Let ih.it always be remembered . thai the receh er « ai wor»« • much worsn —than tho thief, ami ihiii Aihmi was the Mrst receiver. ■. Homeone In nlwayi looking for the man who In a little better than the average, AIM for the man who li a little wars* than the average.-Puck. , PAULHAN CARRIES TWO IN FLIGHT I f% «wm£? /23S _ .. I : . \i /V) i |"^ ' .., ■ . ■ ■-.:- -- ;..'.-■:: -. 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One*. while passing the stand, he wiped his and, as he let go the lever which controls the •tminc, Mme. Paulhan KTa«|i<-«i it quickly and surely. The action brought cheers from every one who happened to notice the feat of daring. The official time for the flight registered nt *:16 1-5. The dis tance was 4.S:f miles. Ferris Takes Flight Dick Ferris took a Might with Paul han, and when he came down he looked years younger than when he; went up. He said he would not have! > naation tor a thousand or mi Everybody now wants to make flights | Just to gel younger and to k<c;> money, but Paulhan has shut down suddenly on the paaenger carrying game. One thing is proved by the p urylng (lights of yesterday.! The biplane, equipped with a large en glne, i:j more than a fad. H in almost .1 commercial proposition. If three In a biplane, why not many ' Biplanes are now firmly e>; . as machines for the greatest pastimes. They will noon veloped like tii" automobile Into ■ ommi rclal n< i II Daring in the extreme was the flight of Paulhan \^iif-n he i tvooped down upon the ludgei Hi came bo close, to the preiri gtand that the air rushing from hli machine bl'-w oft hats and st;irt< .1 ■' cloud "f sawdust from the starting square. [I was the most reck [ess piece "t dri^ ing ever seen any where, and would never have been at" tempted by any but a Kennatlon-loving Frenchman. Dai rented Will.'ird making tul attempt for the slowest time around the course. lie started but before he gol half u:iy around hi learned he waa unable to see his speed Indicatori ne to earth qui<kly, having covera ilf thi course. LOST TO FRIENDS, MAN IS FOUND IN PRISON! Rural Justice Makes Theft of Sack of Potatoes Grand Larceny, Then Forgets INDIANAPOLIS, [nd., Jan. IS. Lost. to the world, Henry Mulnon w«s Cound in jail today by the Marlon county grand Jury and set tree. Forgotten by in- acquaintances and overlooked *'y i/usy officers, lie had been I.•■hind the bars f.ii I'll days, without a chance to defend hlmsell agalnsi the charge <>t having ■ (potatoes. Mulson, one. evening last fall, while crossing a Detghbor's potato lot, wms stopped by two men, who charged him with having stolen ;i sack of potatoes. A justice of ihe p eat BroHd Ripple summarily bound Mulson over to a grand Jury oo ;i charge or grand lar ceny, placing ■ value of at least %■£> on the suck of potatoes. Mulson Knlil he hail neve, scon the potatoes, hui he was taken to the |a>U :.i Indianapolis, and the squlrs did not advise the county prosecutor, INVITED TO CORK DUBLIN, Jan. IS.—A numerously signed requisition hai baen prasantad to Mr. William O'Brien calling upon him, "In \I. w i.r the grays crisis through which the, country li paining, to visit fork at an aarly data to taka counsel with the people and glva than the banaflt or his wise advice and i statesmanship." In response Mr. O'Brien has signified Ids Intention to return from Florence and take part in the el.. iinn campaign. Woman's Instinct "He has luocaaded ever ilncs he took ■. ile into the business." "T( : the firnt ihlnj? she did was In make the waste us small us po-: lblt<" —Christmas l Juck. LOS ANGELES HERALD: FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 1-L IMP. AUSTRALIA HAS MILLIONS OF ACRES OF UNUSED LAND Sole Reason for Tracts Not Being "Settled" Is Due to Their Inaccessibility MELBOURNE, Jan. 18.— Under the heading of "Australia's Master Prob ]. m," the Sydney Mall tins an instruc tive article on the Immence capacity of the commonwealth for settlement pur- The assumption that Australia can nut hope to vie with Canada in thiH matter is. it says, a delusion. Aus tralia has just iis mftrh "settleable' 1 land within ber boundaries v Canada possesses; the only difference is she has Dot the same command of -it. Ninety per cent ol the territory of Australia still belongs to the crown and of that 90 per cent not quite half is held under various forms of lease hold tenure, while rather more than half is not even occupied. Clearly, then, with nearly 2.000,n00, --ono acres at disposal we cannot i that we nre hard up for land. No [ doubt a considerable portion of it Is j useless —at all events, according to our ■ present idea*—but after making the most liberal deductions for land of this j character we have a balance running Into a prodigious total. In Queensland, the northern terri tory and western Australia there are I scores Of millions of acres of land of j the finest quality with adequate rain fall, fairly to will watered, which are WE GIVE TRADING STAMPS=ASK FOR THEM THREE ORAf E SYSTEM. 609-611 B'WAY.sS^. LosAnQELES~ TODAY TOMORROW j| Pp^T (Friday and Saturday Only) - 9 W^\ n t We have taken all our $15.C0 and $20.00 greatest suits and overcoats—those made and tailored by CfWp^^WMwfjslfm jlk If\ the "Collegian" house of David Adler & Co., "Stratford System Clothes," Kirschbaum & Co. of fWM^Mf/iP'MM^mk k. »^JICy Philadelphia. Edenheimer & Stein of Chicago, and the great "Rialto" brand of smart clothing, and Hm^^^M/MJBmmmS^i fc^T •*••»»■ V/ marked them down to the ridiculous price of $11.25 —a price that should attract eager buyers and >^JJrQ^//!l gffew^M we aro agents for the -Para men of discerning taste —for here, right here, are values of the richest and rarest sort; all brand new, %2gsfl&|' ¥ s wlw«K^ls son" pants; greatest line in this season's goods, and it is our first sale after stock taking and should prove a memorable one. , |jjf plIjM M%%} ante7Zl^ .'xl'i'usiv.-' paSma We can fit all kinds of men and young men and the selection of sizes is most complete. AF/'i' 1 Wrf, l'l||feslyjy to be found only here. See our window display. _^_______ ' «|f'§;:i; ■§^''§o^^W ■ extra pants special. " a v _HL 7,, , • . i • C9A m, 1 mMiifiminW^m^ »5 dpan?s n In TeT^dark paT \E?Z3 Jan. (vJ All tliose dashing styles in our $20.00 _and _ ijm^t ■'{'■■<" \\^wilwk tern 3' Ktripca . and sma W Win tmM Wfa ' dar" effect's; strictly all wood guaranteed; iffifefHl Wf&smm \ /fl* CA Vr liiil Wm& ffl&%tjr All " tailored and styles in our wear and _ -■■• lllßaf terns?" rtripe* and small #H P^ $15.00 suit and overcoat line—Cheviots, / IJR checks; also plain £im 'FL i weeds, cassimcrcs, worsteds—in light and / - \ ■ solid effects-Special '■'■* Wfm dark rlT.rts; strictly all wood guaranteed; A IP tifr f? A BKf\J hand tailored and wan.mini to wear well _ |k»L; !*■ JT IS "4 Jll il Wffil^ Jl and hold their shape or your money* back. -1 KHffiililwr^lil *$*/»%J\J Bt \Wma c¥s*l K"^ This is a sale of merchandise that will ap- l^:ffiaffilfflKfltl IfPc *7W^AT C peal to conservative dressers, for. there are * ;§|§Jff )m MM OUITSS 0 COATS. ,-lass and distinction in every garment of- • liHllifii ■ /ft* /% f\ f\ "■ mm VzZVj-^- " fercd for sale. . ' ■ I '■SiitPßraMtii |^j «L r (ill ' - ■ Wsffl |f|fi «U> L . lIU Boys' and Children's Department Shirt iSlw *™< a ■ -izr^ Boys' extra fine suits and overcoats have been placed on sale (^/J Zf\ Wv^mVi\JßiPlo% ■ p™ or'rAXis' 1 ' >A rw at special price of $t3- *J\ f Qoi^ !■-» /IMiiE 1 ' /T^%V>- Young men's stylish and handsome patterned garments —those LfO_iS~y MBBttß&i&wkwfflw ' ./"^^.VmJ OJ/^Sw that we have been selling for $10.00; <£7^n **r+m-M.^s «■ ■■ ltt>\ S—l^iriv^i^ ages .14 to 19 years; now $ i ,D\) T , , >^^S^rt trl Si^Q^s. — Extraordinary X tiqffi/ >^rvr£?Z& CO (Jj |5 ft^^n^v We are the exclusive agents or the world-re- Of $1.50, $2 and $2.50 guaranteed values Sf££?r lJ ITI 'fA S -' /^*w nowned "Stetson" shoe—great because it —the strongest special we've offered since I" ** -J flT^^/Tries'' sol(1 with :l Kuaraiitee, and their shapes our , ore open ed— and in this collection &MY))<£ "^O*. H CO n O ar(' a " °°dß"'' PnCCS ™ng^" oi classy shirts are pleated, soft bosom, W hJ ? ™^&So2?^(to> raa r 1 CTA df*/"AA plain and fancy effects, coat style • three ■ I *ll ' Zif^^^ 3bI).UU,-J|)i).DU, -#O.UU neckband sizes to each sleeve <tinn >-J *^<?y%r ' length; extra special price 2)I.UU J^J^Tft^^ mail ORDERS FILLED • , v . -£#i .Eni^Extra special of $4.00 and $5.00 Men's and Young Men's <t^Cf| Underwear value in medium weight merino gray—shirts PA hJr* Shoes at ' $«?»^" and drawers—regular price 75c ; placed extra on sale at... Uuv Bleriot Monoplane Most Like Bird of All Big Flying Craft either nominally occupied or not occu pied at all. Much of this land, too, occurs where the climatic conditions are good. "Why, then," it is asked, "are these great vacant areas not sending out the same irresistible appeal to the landless of the world as are the great vacant areas of Canada?" The sole reason Is they are inaccessible. Nine out of ten people even in Australia do not realize they exist. HAS BROTHER INDICTED SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 13.—Accused of sending insulting- missives to his brother, Alfred C. Bernard was indicted in the United States district court to day. His brother, Stephen Bernard, a policeman, preferred the charge. He said that for some time past ho has been receiving post cards which con tained bitter attacks on his character, and credits their authorship to his rel ative. PRISONERS IN'SWISS PENAL INSTITUTIONS HAVE ENJOYABLE TIME Every Allowance Made by Warden, and Inmates Wander Around Wthiout Least Re . straint GENEVA. Jan. IS.— Prison life In Switzerland is a luxury Instead of a punishment. The comic opera Jail at Thorburg, where the Inmate* did a-* they pleased, has only recently been suppressed by the Berne authorities, yet- details are published of a similar institution at Barnes, In the canton of Oswald, where prisoners live like lotus eaters. B -non is apparently an Ideal penal resort, for the happy criminals who are sentenced to terms of "detention" In that institution have a far better time than hundreds of "free" Swiss citizens who are forced to earn their bread. A correspondent of a Lausanne paper states that he was passing through Strnen when he saw a number of men, dressed la dark blue clothes with white stripes, walking- about the village, smoking and joking. Others were seated til a cafe, ana some were working in • leisurely man ner carrying bricks for the construc tion of ,i new building. To his aston ishment, the correspondent found that the men were convicts from the can tonal prison close by. Work or Pleasure for Men ' These convicts are permitted to leave the prison iv the morning unit tlnd ; work around Surma, wf «;Uk about ttie ; country until QlfhUall. When they re turn of their own accord to the prison. They are unaccompanied by warders, : and then is nothing to prevent their | escaping but they are tar 100 com fortable to think of relinquishing their I quarters, tor they have as much lib- j erty is other men, and are, moreover, I red and lodged for nothing. The money earned by those convicts j who choose to work can be spent as they like. One convict, who is em ployed as a gardener by ■ local magis trate, sends his monthly salary to his wife and children. Two or three convicts "escaped'" some weeks ago, but they eventually re turned to the prison in a half-famished condition, and after being severely reprimanded, they were allowed to re i turn to their apartments. One convict was discharged recently, j after the completion of his sentence, i and he remained in Sarnen for the pur- [ pose of continuing to earn money as a bricklayer, but his "colleague" in prison uniform made things so un- j pleasant for him that ho begged the | governor of the prison to allow him to resume his "uniform" and status as a convict. NEW GERMAN WARSHIP MAKES RECORD IN TRIALS BERLIN, Jan. 13.—Burdened with her maximum equipment of guns, am munition, stores, and men, the new armored cruiser Blucher, of 14.760 tons gross, has attained a record trial trip .speed of 25.88 knots. The feat is acclaimed by the press as convincing evidence that the German admiralty is right in not emulating the example of England and prematurely equipping G etui an Dreadnoughts' and Invincibles with turbines. Doubt is expressed whether the turbines of the Inflexible are capable under similar conditions of excelling the record just made by the reciprocating engines of the Blucher. ROOSEVELT HONORED BY MEMBERSHIP IN ACADEMY French Newspaper Describes Former President as "an Apostle of National Idealism" PARIS, Jan. 13.—Theodore Roosevelt haa boon elected corn spontltng member of tin French Academy of Moral and Political Science^, to the seat left va unt V>y tho death of the Swiss econ o" ,st. M. BJrnest Nawille. Mr. Rooae mit received 18 votes out of i'X. Upon his return to Europe in the spring he «ill visit France ami be formally re celved at tlif institute. in view or the academy, the honor which has boon bestowed upon the former president of the United states is merited by the originality of his literary output, both in tin- domain of history and of social science, in the report on Mr. Roosevelt, which M. nut, the historian, addressed to i .aoYmy. he dwelt especially on the former president's history of the war of 1818, his life of Governor Morris, his the West" and his book of essays, "The American Ideal." The academy in thus choosing Roose velt to take his seat by the side of Beernart, I.uzzattini. Limantour, Moy nler, Brlce ami Lord Reay has merely sanction to the wide spread feeling in France that the ■ president is the personification of Anglo-Saxon energy and the model ot' what a responsible man should be. The Temps, in an eloquent leading le, describes Roosevelt as "an itle of national Idealism," and adds thai it is chiefly in this capacity that he deserves the distinguished honor which has been conferred upon him by the institute. IRISH BOYCOTT GIVEN AS CAUSE OF SHOOTING Two Children in Farmer's House Es« cape Leaden Pellets by Nar. row Margin DUBUN, Jan. in.—lt has been re ported at the constabulary barracks here that a few nights ago, between 5 and tf o'clock, at a place called Haek weat, In the KilmihiU district, the house of a fanner named Downos was fired into, the gunshot entering through a kitchen window. Two children who were sitting by the fire had a narrow escape, as the pellets passed close over their heads. The motive of the outrage is stated to be that Mrs. Downos earlier in the week had paid a visit to her sister, Mrs. Griffin, wife of James Griffin, who is subjected to severe boybottlng because of his holding some grass and bog lands which the tenantry on the Fitz gerald estate want to purchase. Unpardonable Omission Deacon Beegosh (to country editor) — I've a great notion to tell ye to stop my paper! Here, in this week's issue, ye give two columns nn the front pago to the Baptist fair and never once say that the church was transformed into a veritable fairyland!-Puck. ♦-»-• Felicitous The peasant was overjoyed when h» discovered that his goose was laying golden eggs. For it was winter. "I can paint them up and sell them for hen's eggs!" he exclaimed, visions of untold wealth rising rosily before him.—Christmas Puck. TVe wouldn't blame women for wish ing to wear stunning clothes if we know how much easier it Is to handle a man When he is stunned.—Christmas Puck.