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Six Meet Death in Railroad Accidents
FOUR KILLED IN
TRAIN RUNAWAY
FREIGHT PLUNGES INTO STEEP
DECLIVITY
THREE MEMBERS OF CREW AND!
TRAMP INJURED
Eleven Cars and Engine Speed at
Terrific Pace Down Mountain
Side When Air Brakes
Fail to Work
[Associated Presi !
LKADVILLK. Colo.. Jan. 10.—In a
fht wreck early today on the Colo
rado Midland, near Busk tunnel, four
men were killed and three others in
jured. The dead are:
H. C. SMITH. Leadville. conductor.
WILLIS RICH. Cardiff, fireman.
H. D. FAIR, Cardiff, brakeraan.
EDWARD DAVENPORT. Van. Mich.
The injured are:
Henry Parris, Leadville, engineer,
leg broken.
\V. E. Landlois, Leadville, brakeman;
badly bruised and shaken up.
Bert Harter, Grand Rapids, Mich.;
shoulder injured.
Ai. extra freight, consisting of eleven
cars, started down the steep grade
from the east portal of the Busk-Ivan
boe tunnel to Arkansas Junction. The
train had gone three miles when the
air brakes failed to work properly. The
speed became terrific and the train
reared down the mountain side. At
Windy Point there is a sharp curve,
and the engine and cars left the track
and plunged down a sharp declivity.
Conductor Smith ajid Brakeman Fair
were on the rear of the train. Their
bodies were found, crushed and man
gled, beneath a pile of wreckage. The
* neine, which had torn loose from the
train, turned turtle at the bottom of
the gulch and was partly buried under
a car Bf plaster.
Harter and Davenport were riding in
a. box ear. Harter was thrown more
than :'OO feet and lamii-d in a snow
drift practically unhurt. He made his
way back to the wreck and found En
gineer Farris fifty feet from his en
gine, buried under the ruins of a box
car.
SALT LAKE PLANS
WELDING BREAK
NEW ROUTES CONSIDERED IN
. FLOOD SECTION
COMPETENT ENGINEERS TO DE.
TERMINE DAMAGE
I
Railway Is at Present Two Disorgan
ized Branches, Whose Ends
Are Lost in Wild,
erness
[Associated Pressl
SALT LAKE CITT, Jan. 16.—Never
in the history of transportation in the
United States has a great railroad been
stricken so sorely as was the San
Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake by the
midwinter thaw.
In a twinkling, the desert-born tor
rents lapped up a hundred miles of rails
embankments, severed the Bteel
bond between mountains and sea and
mad? of a busy avenue of commerce
two disorganized branches whose ends ,
are lost in the wilderness.
Millions of dollars of investment
temporarily profitless and hundreds ••■
capable railroad men without employ
ment are two results of the A
As its extent is better understood the
day when earnings will be restore.l and
tile men recalled seems more and more
remote.
J. Ross Clark, the second vice presi
dent, said today before starting to Los
Angeles over the Southern Pa
"The weather conditions since the
washout in the Meadow valley
have been such that a thorough exami
nation of the present line has not 1" ■ ;:
possible, Inn as soon as the w<
will permit the matter will !,.
over carefully by competent engli
to determine the exact extent of the
damage done and the feasibility of re
constructing the line through the can
yon of the Meadow valley wash in Its
former position, or elsewhere.
"In the meantime reconnolsancea are
beiiiß mad.- on two other routi
;i vi> w tv asi ertaining if a patlsfactory
alternative is obtainable. If it is not
(Ound feasible to rebuild tv
through Mi adow valley wa
ttolutely safe basis, then it is
that one of thi other lines beir
sidored -w.il 1 he- adopted and n
constructed on such roul
ROOSTER KILLS SNAKE BY
RIGHT AND LEFT SWINGS
HEREFORD, Jan. lfi.— A
owned in- Harvey Hiestand will likely
lie awarded a premium at the Allen
town fair, not us ;i prize Plymouth
Hock specimen, but because his fitfht-
Inp blood will exceed that of game
chickens.
.Mr. EUeatand the other day saw ihe
rooatei have .i combat with a three-
Coot snake.
The snnko was holding the rooster's
comb with bulldog tenacity, but the
rooster was equal to the occasion. He
operated bis wings like a flying ma
chine, and by the time Mr. Hieitand
earn, upon the scene had the snake
stretched on the ground.
Hieitand jabbed down a manure fork
:md finished the snake.
The rooster is little the WOTte for the
figrht. although liis comb is swollen and
he lost half of his wing feathers in the
Ketto.
EMPEROR TO OPEN NEW
MONTE CARLO MUSEUM
PARIS, Jan. 16.^-The magnificent ' dieano-
raphlcal museum of Prince Albert of Mona.
io Ib to be opened March 27 by, It is be
lieved, the Qerman emperor. His majesty
• l.< present when the foundation stone of
the monumental building was laid ten yearn
ago. The museum li destined to house "i
prince's oceanoftraphlc collection*, and ha*
Just been completed. It stands on a uperV
Bite on the southern extermltv of the rock
of Monaco
TRAINS COLLIDE;
1 DEAD, 10 HURT
FREIGHT BACKS INTO FAST
SPEEDING SPECIAL
BAGGAGE COACH PILES ON TOP
OF ENGINE
Wreck Caused by String of Box Cars
Running on Time of Passen.
ger to Get to Water
Tank
{Associated Tress]
PINCKNEYVILLE, 111., Jan. 18.-One
person was killed and ten others were
injured in a collision near here today,
between the St. Louis and Memphis
special on the Illinois Central, bound
for St. Louis, and a. freight train.
The train was duo in St. Louis at
8 o'clock, and was running: at high
speed when it dashed into the freight
on a curve.
The dead:
CARL E. KITCHEN, fireman on
passenger. .
The injured:
H. J. Brown, Memphis, head cut and
Internal injuries.
Lister Terrell. Hannibal, Mo., head
cut and Internal injuries.
William Van Lear, Philadelphia,
neck twisted and internal injuries.
Alfred Pyron, Memphis, left side
crushed.
T. Felber, Cleveland. O , back and
neck injured.
C. Rinaldo, Columbus, 0., neck and
wrist twisted.
J. It. Ward, Memphis, broken ankle
and internal injuries.
U. B. Wilson, negro porter, neck and
shoulder wrenched.
F. H. Pope, passenger engineer. East
St. Louis, outs and internal injuries.
Miss T. H. MeKenzie, Lulu, Miss.,
cuts and bruises.
The freight backed to a water tank
a quarter of a mile south of the city,
running on the special- time. The
passenger train rounded a sharp curve
and crashed Into the freight before the
crew could make a move to stop.
The engine was demolished and the
baggage ear was piled on top of it.
TRADE UNIONS CANNOT
LEGALLY MAKE LEVIES
House of Lords May Be Opposed by
Parliament When Bill Is
Introduced
T.iiXDOX. Jan. Ifi.—The decision of
the house of lords that trades unions
cannot legally make compulsory levies
on their members for the purposes of
parliamentary representation was an
ticipated. The executive .>f the Labor
party will deliberate on the decision at
an early date and will probably de
■ id" to promote a bill in parliament
which the government may take up.
Til"' action Which led to this decis
ion was engineered in the interest of
the Tories in the hope of cutting down
the Labor representation, but there
will be no difficulty in obtaining the
assent of parliament t<i a bill which
will give the majority to a trade union
th' right to pay its parliamentary
mat ives.
Such efforts to stop the wheels of
progress always have the opposite ef
fect !'■ that which their authors in
tend. They may cause some tempo
rary Inconvenience, but the ultimate
result is that the unreasonable ob
stacle is removed once and for all. As
a mere electioneering move the result
of this appeal will do the Tories no
good.
DRAGGED BY ROPE
TIED TO BALLOON
Unfortunate Man Is Rescued by Oc.
cupants of Cage After Going
13,000 Feet Into Air
BERLIN, Jan. Ifi. —Hans Auspltz, a
young soldi' r of the German army.
went through a remarkable experience
at Goettlngen, whither he had been
dispatched !i> thi colonel of hi
ment to as-ist at the ascent of the
balloon Segler,
Ho and Rome other soldiers of the
same regiment wen' holding the tow
ropes of thi balloon before the ascent
When the commander of tin- balloon
gave the order t., let «.>. Auspltz alone
among his comrades failed t" ] n
his hold in time. The balloon, liber
ated from tin- group of soldiers, rapidly
asci nded, and the unfortunate Auspitz
was carried up, holding by two hands
to the rope.
Hi.-* piercing shrieks sent thrills of
horror through the assembled crowd.
The three men In the cage of the bal
loon were fur Borne minutes the only
persons who were unaware of Aus
pltz' plight. Finally their attention
was drawn to his dangerous situation.
"With great difficulty they succeeded
In dragging him Into the cage by loop-
Ing ropes and lassoing him in midair.
alloon had reached a height of
Auspltz was hoisted
into the c£ge,
The balloon landed safely some houra
liii more than a hundred miles from
the starting point.
PENNSYLVANIA WOMEN TO
WRITE POLISH HISTORY
DRESDEN, Jan. 16. — Mrs. Benjamin
Shears of s.t.i! i. Pa ami Miss Angela
Reeves of Nanticoke. Pa., have arrived here
from Warsaw, Poland, where they have been
collecting data tor a history of Poland.
The women declare they hope to create
rafflclent sympathy for the Polish cause by
their book to result in the ultimate freeing
of the nation. Mrs. Shears and Mil Reevp?
have made a tOUr of Poland and will begin
the actual writing of the book here.
BOWLER MAKES RECORD
PEORIA, II!., Jan. Clarence W.
Brayshaw. In a ten-game handicap
bowling handicap upon regulation al
leys, completed the series with an
average of 228 4-10, a record (or a
straight ten-game series which, it is
■aid, never has been equaled. His high
game of the series was 278 and his
grand total 2264.
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Eat at the Angelus grill.
« ■ «■
Anybody who would be able to find an
address In the olrectorjr would be abl« ta
and your CLASSIFIED ad. '
T.OS AKO3LES HERALD: MONDAY MOUMNH. JAM AliY 17. inio.
WOMAN DIES IN
HEAD-ON CRASH
TWO ST. PAUL PASSENGER
TRAINS COLLIDE
BRAKEMAN AND NINE OTHERS 1
INJURED
Accident Due to thi Fact That Freight
on Siding Prevented East.
bound Train from PulU
ing on Switch
[.v-^'u lated Press]
CEDAR RAPIPB, lowa, Jan. 16.—
One passenger was killed, a brakeman
was injured fatally and nine other
passengers were hurt seriously today
in a head-on collision between two fast
passenger trains on the Chicago, Mil
waukee .v St. Paul railroad at Key
stone, twenty-five miles west of lien.
The westbound overland limited on
the St. Paul road and the eastbound
fast train were ordered to pass at Key
stone. A freight train on the siding
prevented the eastbound passenger
train from pulling on the switch.
The eastbound passenger train had j
run past the Btaion and was ready to
back on the siding when the overland
limited, going twenty-five miles an
hour, crashed into it. Both engines
were reduced to scrap, and the mail.
baggagl and chair ears of the limited
were badly smashed. The engineers,
escaped by jumping.
Mrs. Louis Zee of Cleveland, Texas,
was killed. Ralph Morrow, a brake
man, "f Marlon, Jowa, had his legs,
broken and was internally injured.
H' cannot live.
Those less seriously injured were A.
W. Griffin, Chicago, baggageman, b-a
broken; fail Pralies. newsboy, Bur
lington, ribs broken; M. Batzmall,
Council Bluffs; Joseph Zeffer, Omaha;
Louis Zee, Cleveland, Texas; R. Mush
kine, Cedar Rapids; Mamie Mushkine,
Cedar Rapids; Michael Dontirlch, Chi
cago; George Klngler, Marion, lowa.
JOKE PERPETRATED BY
DRUGGIST SAVES LIFE
Girl Intent on Suicide Takes Harmless:
Potion Labeled Carbolic
Acid
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 16.—Hazel Moeller-
Ing, who says she is a rhild of fate,
was saved from death by her own hand
by a Joke perpetrated by a druggist.
Humiliated at her failure to commit
Buicide, Bhe told tin- police she would
not try again; that "once was enough."
Several times during the last three
years Miss Moellerinir, who is 10 years
old. has threatened l" end her life, but
members of the family laughed at her,
six months ago .Miss Moellering told
August Meyer, in her home at 4-Nf>
North Newstead avenus, that she would
lie better off dead. He rebuked her.
When he ceased liis attentions the'giil
grew despondent, and also was out of
employment as a seamstress. Last I
Wednesday afternoon she went to tho
drug store of Henry Gruber, 4U3 North
Newptead avenue, and asked for 10
(■•■nis' worth of carbolic add. Her de
j' ted look and melancholy appearance
aroused Oruber's suspicions and so ho
mixed i|ii a solution of water with jus!
enough acid in it to make it smell of
tli lor. '
While her stepfather, Fred Henning.
was 'nit in the rear .van], ami hei
mother absent From home, the girl
made a bed of pillows on the floor and
swallowed the 'rose water." It burned
Just a little hit. She was awaiting
death when he father returned.
"I guess yon won't think I'm bluffing
now, will you?" she asked him when he
asked what she had done with the con
tents of the bottle labeled "Poison"
lying at her side, "I've shown you now
that 1 had (he nerve."
The fuller summoned Dr. Charles
.Whl. 4209 llano avenue. He worked on
the girl for an hour and said Bhe was
out of danger. Policemen investigating
as to where the "acid" had been pur
chased ran across Gruber, who told
them of the trick he had played.
In a note *„ her mother Bhe said she
| wanted burled with her the redstone
I ring she always wore and wanted Meyer
to come to her funeral.
FAITHFUL COLLIE DOG
SAVES LIFE OF MASTER
Boy Struggling with Icy Waters Pulled
to Place of Safety by Ani.
mal He Befriended
NEW YORK, Jan. 16.—William Mon
tleth, 12 years old, son of John Mon
tlcth, a farmer near Centrevllle, x. J.,
befriended a hungry col lie dot; which
came t" the farmhouse two weeks ago
against the wishes of the boy's father!
Yesterday afternoon William started
in cross the Morris canal on thp ice
with tHe ilok. which ran about Bye feet
in front of his little master. The lat
ter broke through Ice surrounding an
air hole and went down'in mx feel of
water.
Several times the boy tried to get out,
but his hand! slipped on tlic Ice, anil
he had about given up hopo when tin
dog turned around and saw him. The
animal walked up to the edge of the
hole, near enough for the boy to grasp
his collar, and then slowly backed
until tin- boy was out of the "water and
on firm ice again.
The dog will have a handsome new
collar, a warm blanket and a comfort
able home as long as he lives.
INDEPENDENT MOVING
PICTURE BUSINESS GROWS
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 16.—St. Louis has be
come the center of the independent
moving picture film business of the
country west of the Mississippi river
by the purchaie by Frank L. Talbot,
together witli William H. McLaran ami
other St. Louliam Of the entile Him
supply of Ilu' Film Import and Trading
company of N'i-.w York for the territory
greet or tin- river. The contract which
(ran signed in New York plans control
of the Independent Him business into
.St. Louis iminls. together with the ex
clusive control for the territory of ili. ■
whole product of more than thirty-two
European firniß and a number of Amer
ican independent film manufacturers.
Steam Trains
I ITOI I
Aviation Camp
DOMINGUEZ-Main Entrance
THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC is the only steam
rialroad to the grounds. <J Special Trains Leave
Los Angeles (Arcade Station, Fifth and Central aye.)
at 9:05 a. m., 10:15 a. m., 11 a. m., 11:45 a. m., 12:30 p. m.
and 1:30 p.m. Returning leave Dominguez at S p. m.,
5:30 p. m. and 6 p. m.
Through Coaches from Interior Points
Plenty of Roomy, Steam-Heated Cars
SEATS FOR EVERYONE
Round Trip from Los Angeles
35 CENTS
I 1 Take Your Lunch and Start Early I 'I
Southern Pacific
600 South Spring Street, Cor. Sixth
Arcade Station, Fifth and Central Avenue
GREAT BRITAIN
FACES PROBLEM
REJECTION OF FINANCIAL BILL
CAUSES DIFFICULTIES
SIX MONTHS OF FISCAL YEAR TO
WORRY THROUGH
Hope Is Seen in the Regulations
Published for Guidance of
Traders and Customs
Officials
LONDON, Jan. 10. — How the British
government is to worry through live or
six months of the fiscal year without
revenue is a problem which is perplex
ing many persons. A promising effort,
however, to lessen the financial and ad
ministrative difficulty create.i liy the
rejection of the finance bill is seen in
the regulations published for the guid
ance "f traders and of the officials of
customs anil excise. The regulations
relate to the duties on spirits, tobacco,
beer, tea and motor spirit, and lay
down for tin 1 acceptance of the trading
community the course to be followed
witli regard to the payment of the
duties in the interval between the pro
rogation of parliament and tin 1 pass-
Ing of a, new finance bill by a new par
liament. Neither the new nor the In
■>■ ised duties are to lie enforced. Jn
the circumstances that have arisen it 's
open to the merchant or importer to de
cline to pay them until the house of
commons has resolved thai they must
be paid or a finance bill has been passed
embodying them.
The resolutions of the house of com
mons regularising the duties as from
April 1 of this year are in the altei id
situation inoperative, and the trader
may take one of two lines. He may
take delivery Of the goods referred to
and make a deposit equivalent to the
amount of the duties, or he may elect
to give no such deposit. In the latter
event he will he liable for the duties
should they be reimposrd by parlia
ment, In the case in which the deposit
has been made when the goods are
cl ared the merchant will be entitled
to a. refund if parliament should feln
to sanction the duties. The commis
sioners issue the significant warning
that new conditions may be imposed,
if necessary, to govern cases in which
no deposits are given.
May Work Out Well
There arc indications that the ar
rangement will work out to the ad
vantage of mercantile interests as well
as the revenue. Manifestly the threat
ened deadlock in the administrative
departments would lead to much con
fusion, if not positive loss, in the trad
ing world. In the uncertainty as to
i he fate of the new taxation proposals
merchants would be. perplexed by the
double problem of how to deal with
the authorities and with the public.
Trading with the latter on the assump
tion that the duties would not be en
forced would, for instance, be attended
with great financial risk.- having re
gard to the possibility that parliament
might, as the regulations suggest, in
sist on the full payments as from the
liist of April, 1909. It is not surprising,
therefore, to learn that influential trade
representations were made to the gov
ernment with a view to the provision
of such an arrangement as is described
in these regulations. Those merchants
who make the deposit will have occas
ion lor rejoicing if Hie result of the
election should be a house of commons
opposed to the new ami the Increased
duties.
The campaign lias 'ODeneil well y on
both .sides. The Liberals will count
to their advantage the passage in the
king's speech regretting that the pro
vision of the commons for the re
quirements of Imperial defense and
social reform has proved unavailing.
The commons are thanked for the
"liberality and case" with which they
provided for the heavy addition to the
national expenditure, it will be dif
(ioult to argue that this reference to
the constitutional crisis is intended to
have no political value, The masses
in England will be expected "to believe
that the king has been pained by the
refusal of the lords to pass the pro
vision generously and carefully made
by the commons for imperial and na
tional requirements. The speeches of
the chancellor of tlio exchequer and
Winston Churchill give proof or the
determination of the Liberals not to
be too nice in their use of argument.
Every opportunity for pressing the
claim of the people against the peers
is to be availed of to the lull. No de
velopment of the fighting quality of the
oratory of Lloyd George or Mr. Church
ill could be looked lor; it remains as
robust a.s ever.
Discusses Cotton Industry
Skillfully enough, Mr. Churchill, in
Lancashire, devoted much' of his
speech to the .state of the col ton In
dustry under a government that had
"broken violently into the world of
constructive action,' while the chan
cellor of the exchequer once move de
fended his budget with great feeling
and effectively dwelt on the issue that
has been raised between the elected
representatives of the people and the
body of legislators who were as little
qualified as themselves, At Plymouth
Lord Lansdowne sala the issue lay
between tariff reform and the budget;
but this attempt to narrow the ques
tion raised by the aggression of the
lords and their denial of the commons'
ancient privileges is doomed to failure
as a popular platform argument. Even
Unionist electors will expect the here
ditary legislators to face the light they
have provoked.
At this moment, when the lords as
set^ that tin' budget has been refused
because of its revolutionary proposals,
it is interesting to recall that early in
the summer the reason given for Its
threatened rejection was not its So
cialism, but that it did not provide suf
ficient money for Dreadnoughts. it
was on the, imperial safety cry that
the Tories were relying for their jus
tification. When tills cry was taken
from them they were not long in find-
Ing another. The real truth is that
the budget was thrown out because it
was the only w.> open to the Tories of
weakening the Liberal party and open
ing*up a prospect of a return to office
for themselves. The Tories regard of
fice In this country as their special and
exclusive perquisite, and any Liberal
or Radical who happens to fill a min
isterial position and draw a handsome
salary is held by them to be an .Inter
loper who has no right to bo there.
They have now been out of office four
years, and during that time they have
been unable to do anything for their
friends or relatives at the public ex
pense, which Is an Intolerable state of
things to them. ,
Peers on the Stump
An innovation is promised in this
campaign by the peers' participation in
platform work. The first list of fix
tures is now published, and the plat
form peers seem to consist chiefly of
Lord Donoughmore, who could never
lose an opportunity of, making a
speeoh anywhere; Lord Desborough
and Lord Dunmore, and that bright
particular star of the oratorical world,
the earl of Camperdown, who never
fails to clear out , the house of , lords
when he gets on his feet. ,
Of course there -In the Impressive
rumor that the (treat Lord Curzon in
tends to deliver*, series of political lec
ture* in the rountrv. Hl* mwlipnpea
had better be very respectful or ho will
cease to enlighten them. They must
remember that they are being honored
by the presence of one who is accus
tomed to regal honors, and the least
they must do is to rise in their places
when he enters the room and remain
.standing until he sits down. On the
whole the campaign by which the.
peers were to show the people what a
brilliant lot of fellows tin y are seems
tn be something of a fiasco. . In the
meantime the organs of the advanced
democracy are holding up the lords to
the, contempt Of all men and making
them appear as ridiculous as possible.
On Invitation of the lord mayor. Sir
John Knlll, ii conference on Industrial
education and apprenticeship was held
at the Mansion House a few days
since, many prominent persons being
present. The object of the meeting
was stated to be the discussion of the
question of industrial training in ed
ucation and the development of trade
schools, and In connection therewith
(1) the position of apprenticeship and
of the apprenticeship charities and (2)
the establishment or development of
employment bureaus or other moans
of bringing those leaving school Into
touch with the industrial and commer
clal world.
The lord mayor said he had always
taken if keen into^-est in tho questions
of Industrial education and apprentice
ship, which he was: anxious to see de
veloped in a way best suited to the
interest and progress of the country.
Mr. Cyril f'obb. vice chairman of the
education committee of the London
county council, spoke on the develop
ment of industrial training in both
elementary mid trade schools. It was
felt that in some ways the commer
cial supremacy Of Great Britain -was
threatened by the large commercial
nations of the continent arfd.tlie United
States. They were often told that the
reasons these nations were so much
more successful than the English were
lay in the fact that their system of
education was on a better Industrial
and commercial basis, especially in re-
Bpect to the intermediate and pro
visional schools which formed a link
between the elementary schools and a
university education. It was necessary
that Kngland should reform her edu
cational system and make it more
practical. There were many reforms
Which could be carried out if they ob
tained the support of the great leaders
of commerce, the leaders of labor, and
the trade union organizations. Under
the present system apprenticeship was
killed. There was too large a number
of boys leaving school whose ultimate
goal was In the unskilled trades.
Several other addresses were made.
No resolutions were passed.
UNIONIST LEADER WEAK
FROM RECENT ILLNESS
LONDON, Jan. 16.—The condition of
Rt. Hon. A. J. Balfour, the Unionist
leader, is more serious than was sup
posed. The repeated attacks of In
fluenza he has had have weakened
him, and on each fresh occasion the
work of recuperation is necessarily
slower. It has been observed in the
house during the past couple of sea-,
slons that before he speaks he takes a
phial from his breast pocket encased In
silver, he removes a stopper and sniffs
up the aroma. . •
At first it was thought that this was
merely a disinfectant used to keep the
Influenza germs at bay, but It Is now
known that it is a heart stimulant. He
uses ii freely after he has spoken and
withdraws to his private room with as
little delay as possible to rest. When
he left London lie was told that at the
very earliest ho could not expect to be
able safely to address a meeting be
fore the ttrst week in January, but he
did no notwithstanding the orders ot
hl-nhv-IM-n
LAD STARTLES PROFESSORS
WITH ADVANCED THEORIES
William J. Sidis, Ten Years Old, Has
Grasped Fourth Dimension
Principles
CAMBRIDGE. Mass.. Jan. It!.—Wil
liam James Sidis, the 10-year-old stu
dent of Harvard, startled gray-haired
mathematical professors by propound
ing some new theories of the fourth
dimension in a. lecture which ho deliv
cit'd in Conant hall, Cambridge, beforo
tli. Harvard Mathematical club.
Distinguished mathematical profess
ors from all over New Kngland were
present and gazed in wonder as the
rosy-cheeked boy in short trousers
placed on the blackboard row after row
of figures to prove his difficult and
profound theories. Many of them
frankly professed their ignorance of the
subject of which the boy talked so
glibly, and again and again called on
him to explain some mathematical
tli •em.
Young sidis. who was accompanied
by his father, Dr. Boris Sidis, one of
the foremost psychologists of the coun
try, stepped to the front, and. with a
Childish laugh, began his lecture.
He wore a red handkerchief such as
is commonly worn by boys in the pri
mary schools, and his handwriting was
that of a child.
But his mind was far from childish,
and some of his ideas were beyond the
comprehension of many of his auditors.
The fourth dimension, the subject:
of the boy's lecture, belongs to tho
highest branch of mathematics and is
commonly looked upon as a study for
the oldest and most experienced pro
fessors. It exists only as a mathemat
ical problem, and the human mind can
not grasp it.
Three dimensions exist in ordinary
geometry, the first, second and third
dimension. The first dimension is
illustrated by a straight line, tho sec
ond dimension by a plane like the top
of a table, the third dimension like a
cube or pyramid.
In the fourth dimension the fiigures
of the third dimension, for instance,
the cubes, are used as sides, and a
figure is constructed. This figure can
only be explained and illustrated in
terms of geometry.
Young Sidis has derived his knowl
edge of this subject by taking the
most advanced course in mathematics
which is given at Harvard. He has
worked out a number of original theo
ries on this subject, which have been
accepted by the entire scientific world.
FOUND IT IMPOSSIBLE
TO SWIM IN THE SNOW
Connecticut Man Tries Unusual Stunt
to Amuse Friends and Nearly
Dies for His Folly
SOI TTH NORWALK, ft., Jan. 16.—
William Knorr of Cranbury tried to
swim through a mammoth WOW banK
this morning to amuse ble friends and
nearly paid for his foolishness with hi.-;
life He dived Into a ten-foot bank,
intending to swim through to the other
MHis companions applauded the feat
at first, but as minutes went by and
Knorr didn't appear laughter <>iangec
to anxiety and anxiety to tear. All
hands turned to dig him out He wus
found unconscious in the middle of the
bank The snow had served as a tight
blanket and he had been almost suffo
cated. After half an hour's work he
was revived. , ,
lie is an expert swimmer, but de
clare! that hereafter he will stick to