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2 ALASKAN LANDS ARE UNENTERED COMMISSIONER SAYS NO AP PLICATIONS PASSED CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS MAY BE INSTITUTED General Land Office Recommends Prosecution in Cases Where Fraud Is Alleged to Have Been Practiced [Associated FressJ WASHINGTON. Jan. 23.—According : to a statement issued today by Com missioner Dennett of the. general land office, none of 'the applications to enter Alaska coal lands hare passed to entry. It also is shown that in the Alaska coal : cases preliminary adverse reports have been received covering about 700 en tries. The Cunningham group of thirty three entries, on which payment was made in 1906 and 1907. and which will cut an Important figure In the Ballin ger-Flnchot inquiry, are now in hear ing upon adverse reports of special agents. Filial reports bays !>-cn received upon 300 entries, on a large number of which the general land office has recommend ed criminal proceedings. Adverse pro ceedings to cancel entries have been di rected upon most of the entries finally reported upon by agents. In the United States at largo final ad verse reports from agents have been received in the. last twelve months on t tases involving more than 150,000 acres of land within the United States. Much of this is coal land. It appears from this report that in the last eight years coal lands within the United States have been obtained by fraud to the extent of more than 50,000 acres. These entries usually cover the best of the coal and are today es timated as being worth $10,000,000. It is declared that if mined on a roy alty sufficiently low to enable Indepen dent operators to compete with exist ing coal combinations, returns to the government would reach more than 000,000. All of these patents are from five to eight years old. Indications are that the fiscal year ending June, 1910, will show 50,000 acres of patented land recorded and that cash collections will approximate the $1,000,000 appropriation for the work. Reports Involving more than $3,000. --000 in timber trespass also have been made In the year. Suits have been filed In most of these cases. In the six months ended January 1, $247,521 was collected on account of public land cases, and In the fiscal year 1908-09, $403,440. Collections for the preceding four years were less than $500,000. TWO FIRES DIRECTED AGAINST BALLINGER Charges of Reckless Expenditures by Interior Department and Contro. versy with Pinchot in Hands of Committees WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.—This week will probably see the beginning of work by the Joint committee appointed to investigate the liallinger-Pinchot con troversy. For the moment, affairs of the inte rior department are before two com mittees: for. aside from the main In vestigation, the charges of Reprc-senta- Hitchcock of Nebraska, charging reckless and Improper expenditures by the interior department, are being in vestigated by the house committee on uiitures for that department. The house tomorrow' will probably ratify the selection of Representative (iraham of Illinois as one of the Demo cratic members of the special Joint < ornmittee, who wi n by the Democratic caucus Saturday night in place of Representative Lloyd. The committee will then consist ot the following: B nators Knute Nelson of Minnesota, chairman; Frank P. Flint of California, George Sutherland of Utah, Ellhu i. Io; New York, Dun can rj. ineti hi Florida and Thomas Jl. Paynter of Kent;; Representative W. McCall of Massachusetts, M. B. Olmsteud of Pennsylvania, E. H. Madison of Kan- Edwtn Denby of Michigan, Ollie James of Kentui ky ar.d James M. Gra liara of Illinois. RECOVER BODIES Of WRECK VICTIMS (Coatlnned from Paro OnM the river and loi ite.i both the class cur ami the tourist car which disappeared on Saturday. Operating Hi I , from the tiridge proved extremely difficult, and it wai found n< essary to arop the lirst-class car back into the river after it had been partly raised. Before do- Ing go men were sent into it t' >vhat bodies were accessible. Of the fourteen bodies recovered to day, ten were taken from the, first class coach. Which may contain others buried in the debris: Hire.' from the submerged part of tho dining car, which was lifted alear of the r and out was found Moating In the stream. INDIANAPOLIS APPLICANT FOR INTERNATIONAL MEET 75,000 Tickets to Aviation Contests to Be Sold in Advance to Raise Necessary Guarantee INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 23.—A cam palgn to obtain the international avla meet of XillO for Indianapolis has launched. By selling tickets at $1 oath to the extent of $75,000 It is <1 to raise the necessary guaran tea fund. Bids for the meet must be submitted meeting of the Federated Aero <lub of America at St. Louis next Saturday. It is understood that the $75,000 jruar uiii I" only a small portion of Ihe Inducement that Indianapolis will NO SETTLEMENT REACHED . PARIS. Jan. 23.—1t was stated by a high authority today that no «ettle jnent has yet tjetn reached regarding the Hanknw-Sze Chuen railroad lean off3o,oo<ttf« Scene at Trial of Night Riders, and Prominent Figures in Tobacco War ,| l|t WBS3^^s'Rl2to^SE^?t2sl GOVERNMENT HOPES TO END ALL STRIFE Federal Authorities Take Firm Stand ss Regards Night Rider Outrages Resulting from Tobacco War LEXINUTON, Ky., Jan. 23.—The de termination of the federal au thorities to try to put an end to the growing night rider outrages in parts or the tobacco growing sections of Kentucky, Ohio and Indiana, Wade H. Ellis, assistant to Attorney Qen«ral YV'iekersham, being named as govern ment investigator, lias called renewed attention to th£ situation in the tobac co country. It is openly charged that the Burley Tobacco society, an association oC wealthy tobacco growers forming a pool and opposing the marketing of cropi by Independent farmert ;>t prices below thoae fixed by the society, is re sponsible for tho burning of bains, the whippings and the ihootingi that have terrorized the tobacco growing country for many months. The allegation is vigorously denied by clarence Le Bus of Lexington, ?it of the society, and by its officers, who declare that they Bxe "no more responsible for the out- rages than any forward movement in history has been responsible tor the disorders that attended its progress." They assert their entire willingness to have the control of the tobacco mar kets by their society, numbering thou sands of members, investigated by the department of justice or by any other fi •]( ral or state authority. Pooling of crops in order to control prices is not forbidden by tho laws of Kentucky. INFORMATION INDICATES LULL IN COUNTRY'S TRADE NEW YORK, Jan. 23.—As a cul mination of the yielding course of prices of stocks discernible since the first of the yeai-, there was a disor derly break Wednesday. The immediate cause was the crash in Hocking Coal, due to the rupture of the market pool in that stock, the calling of loans to members and forced liquidation. The failure of three stock exchange firms and actual losscn involved were supplemented in their Influence by ru more of wider troubles and by dis creditable methods of stock market operations thus shown to have i 11 ijred. The check to the d( (Mine when it had advanced into the violent stage; did not prevent the recognition of lone substantial ■ Luses underlying the re actipn, beyond the. mere correction of speculative ex, The purging of the. credit situation last \vt i k i\as testimony to the ne cessity for correction and played an important part in the mid-week's tum ble of prices. There were Hems of Information that pointed to a lull in the business ac tivity of the country. Th". substantial marking 1 down of prloei ot slinks and the reduction of international rates on money induced some Investment in them, attracted by the increased rate of return on divi dend-paying stock compared with in terest rates on loans. Baling of foreign money markets and the progress of the English elec tion* brought improvement in the in vestment situation abroad. STORMS PREDICTED FOR COUNTRY EAST OF ROCKIES WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.—The atmo spheric disturbance now approaching the Pacific coast will advance to the Rockies by TuMday morning. Tuesday and Wednesday it will make its way acrosß the plains and central valley states and reach the Atlantic seaboard about Thursday. It will be preceded by rising tem perature and rain In the southern and snow or rain in the northern hi a weather »iii reach the plalm and central valley st.it. s about Wed and the Atlantic states Thurs day or Friday. HYSTO ia ■•darfdy" fur nerves. LOS ANGELES HERALD: MONDAY MORNING, JANUARY 24, 1910. 'LIVING TOO EASY' iS RiPLirS REPLY {Continued from Porn Oo«) use a telephone that costs them 51.r.0 a month. They want the order sent up. and sent up at once. It costs the grocer about 10 per cent to deliver that package. If the man who drives the wagon were thrown out of his job he probably would have to work on a faun and would then become a pro ducer, adding to the world's wealth. There are thousands of acres of unde veloped wealth in the country, and there la hardly an acre that is being made to yield all that it could yield. And an army of men are employed in catering to tho Americans' love of com fort and ease. "Many a family that orders its gro ceries by telephone does it becausa that is the easiest way, and not he cause the time of any member of the household is worth more, than that of tha man who drives the delivery wagon." Uncle Sam Extravagant The tax on oleomargarine wu re ferred to as one of the many contrib utin:c causes of high living. "Oleomargarine is the poor man's butter," said Mr. Riplcy. "I don't see why it should be taxed any more than any other product. Of course, reve nue must be raised, and some things must be taxed. But taxation is a big subject by itself. "The government itself is very ex travagant. There is too much pie cutting. Congressmen are lauded for getting appropriations for their dis tricts, and the expenditures for public buildings and other public works are enormous. It is tho hardest thing in the world to control." TO JAIL WITH THE OPPRESSORS OF POOR DECLARES CLERGYMAN BALTIMORE, J;m. M.—Discussing the high price of meat, Rev. Francis H. Scott of tho Calboun Street Chris tian church in a sermon today said: "To jail with the oppressors of the poor. There is no civilized country on the globe that is so enslaved and that has its vitality sn)>]"'d to such a de gree as has the United States by the trusts." Rev. Dr. Henry M. "VVharton of Brant]ln Baptist church, referring to the meat boycott, said: "If .such a great movement does not alarm the trusts .■mil wake up our congress then something: else will hap pen. It is the first muttering of the distant thunder. God save us from the storm." KANSAS CITY WORKINGMEN TO ADOPT ANTI.MEAT RESOLUTION KANSAS CITT, Jan. 28.— While no radical action With respect to the anti meat movement was taken by the in dustrial trades council this afternoon, plans looking to the enlistment of every union man in the city In the i ruaade were consummated. Delegatei to the council, representing J5.000 work ing men, pledged themselves to intro duce at the next meeting* "f their va rious organizations an anti-meat reso lution, and each delegate asserted that there was no doubt that hie union would adopt the rewjlutlon. There has bwn no reduction in the prtcc of meat here. NO DECISION IN CHICAGO CHICAGO, Jan. 23.—Up to the pres ent no widespread plan lias been adopted toward inducing the Chicago public to abstain from eating meat. The Chicago Federation of- Labor has a special committee at 'work to inves tigate the subject and make a report, but it wan not stated today whether an anti-meat eating crusade will bo de cided upon in Chicago. RAILWAY MEN JOIN BOYCOTT MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 23.—Tho first organized stand In Minneapolis against the high price of moat was taken yes terday when more than 600 men em ployed in th« ; Chicago, Milwaukee & St., Paul railroad shops joined the boycott. INVESTIGATION OF BEEF TRUST ASKED Albany Assemblyman Prepares Reso lution as Result of Present Condition of the Meat Market ALBANY, N. T., Jan. 23.—An inves tigation of the beef trust is called for by a resolution Introduced by Assem blyman Andrew F. Murray, Hepub- Ucan, of Manhattan. The resolution, Whlob vent over until tomorrow night, is us follows: "Whereas, The ratal! prlcei of meats in the city of New York are higher than at any time in the history of the United States, which prices do not re sult from economic laws and are out of all proportion to the ability of the great mass of wage earners in the. city of New York to pay said excessive prices for this necessity of life; and "Whereas, The recent statement of Swift &. CO. for the year shows a net profit of 14 per cent on $60,000,000 of Stock, and its aftietl were increased nearly $12,000,000 after paying interest on bonds; and "Whereas, It appeals iii the public I>ress that Swift & Co. and the Nn tlonal*Packlng company now have and by agreement ara about to control all the supply, packing provision and beef companies engaged in the sale of mea(i to th 1 retail trade in the city of New- York, and that the. National Packing 01 mpany is about to acquire every re tail butcher store in the city of New York desired by such trust; and "Whereas, Said monopoly is in re straint of trade and in violation of the antl-truat laws of the United States and the state of New York, and against the general welfare of the peo ple of the city of New York; there fore, be it "Resolved, That the legislature of the state of New York request the hon orable attorney general of the United States and the honorable attorney gen eral of the state of New York to in quire Into the existence of such mo nopoly or contemplated monopoly, and to bring such actions or proceedings as may I , ary to dissolve, restrain and prevent said monopoly, and to icuta criminally all those con cerned In such conspiracy as in such cape;: made and provided by federal and state statin A resolution providing for an inves tigation of the high price of foodstuffs and increased cost of living was pre sented in the assembly by -Minority Leader Friable. SEATTLE IN LINE BJBATTLBS, Jan. 21.—The local unions today took nn action on the question of joining the meat boycott, but passed the question up to the Cen tral Ijfibor council, which meetß Wednesday night. Leaders of the Fed erated Women's Clubs announced to night the anti-meat crusade Will be taken up for consideration at the meet ing of the federation tomorrow. DENVERITES EAT VEGETABLES DENVER, Jan. 23.—The meat boy cott was not discussed by the Denver Trades and Labor assembly today. No organized movement to abstain from eating meat has been launched In Denver, although restaurant keep ers say many i*.Tiions are demanding vegetable menus. BUY MEATS IN MEXICO EL PASO, Texas, Jan. 23.—The El Paso central labor union will meet Monday night to consider the advisa bility of issuing a boycott against i ating. Many people. here are buying their meats in Juarez, Mexico. GLASSBLOWERS, NO MEAT POUGHKEEPSIE, N. V., Jan. 23.— Members of the Glass Blowers' - union last night voted to oabstsiln from using meat after February l until the prlco has been considerably reduced. NO SETTLEMENT PARIS. Jan. 23.—it was stated-by a high authority today that no settle ment has yet been reached regarding the Hankow Bzo Cbu«n railroad loan of $30,000,000. : RAILROADS SEEK EDUCATED MEN HUMAN PART OF MACHINE AS VITAL AS MATERIAL EXPERT URGES SCHOOLS FOR DEVELOPMENT Declares Companies Should Extend Principles of Definite Apprentice. ship to Every Department and Branch of Service WASHINGTON, Jin. St.— "The time will come when railroad employ for every man In the service will nol mean drudgery, nor sinecure, nor accidental opportunity, i>\u an sjillghtenecl, stim ulating, highly efficient service of high est earning power, leaal uncertainty from accidental causes, largest freedom for Individual Initiative, entire self respect and thoroughly democratic spirit." With this prediction .T. Shirley Eaton, former statistician of the Lehlgh \ al ley railroad, soncludea s lengthy mon ograph for the United States bureau lucatlon on "Education for Effl j in Railroad Service," which Commmlsloner Elmer B. Brown has submitted to the aecretarj of the ia tei lor. In his letter of transmlttal Commia sloner Brown says the subject of edu catlonal preparation for definite occu pations in life, anil particularly tor the several trades, is under serious con sideration in the United Btates. The relation of trade education to general education is one of the Important as p. eta of that question. This relati hi was summed up by President Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia university in savins: "What science and praotl Cal life alike need is nut narrow men. but broad men sharpened to the point." Surprising Advance Made "The advonce made in the present decade in the subject of education for railroad service is very surprising to those who may not be Informed," says Mr. Baton. "Ideas of practical men on the subject are now less Indefinite and conflicting. The relation between education and efficiency in railroad service is coming to be generally con ceded. The large educational value of the railroad service Itself Is being turned to systematic practical account, find the value of educational agencies in pn paring for specific industrial ef ficiency is better understood. "The railroad service in the united Btates will shortly reach a total of 2,000,1)00 men. It is the largest and mopt highly organised example of us soclate effort, in an epoch conspicuous lor industrial and commercial concen tration. Eduratlon in a broad sense must always ho a large factor. "In the course of railroad develop ment there was a first era. which was the era of railroad building. There was next an era of co-ordination or the railroad service, and finance to the commercial and financial conditions as a whole with which the railroads were called on to deal. Era of Adjustment "Next came the era of Internal ad justment on the physical and mechan ical side—perfection of the machinery, cutting down grades, strengthening bridges, Increasing the train unit. And now has come the era of sociological adjustment. The human part of the machine is quite as vital as the steel and wooden part in producing effi ciency and so in increasing the in come. "The most practical and efficient railroad manager today is now siiuare ly 'up against' the problem, which he is attacking in one form or another, of education of himself, his staff, the individuals in the rank and file and the rank and file as a whole. It im plies, for instance, an eager, resource ful, self-respecting Individualism throughout the working force, co-or dinated with a keen appreciation of the social charaoter of the work, which expresses itself in a loyalty, not to a person or a local group, but to the income account of. the railroad. These income accounts, showing steady, healthy grovth over several : i, become at the same time the terms of largest service to the commu nity, the stockholder and the individ ual employe." Draws Conclusions "Railroad financial managements should incorporate an educational scheme as a degnlte part of their pol icy. Such policies should be inaugu rated fur periods of not less than live years, preferably ten, otherwise the money appropriated will be largely wasted," Mr. Eaton writes in con clusion. "Railroads should extend the prin c I plea of detinite apprenticeship to every department of the service, and should provide for two or mure grades Of apprentices in order to take acco.unt of differences in capacity and work done elsewhere, either in property ac credited schools or by experience, and leading to different grades of service. "In executing the policy of educa tion announced by the directors, there should )><: a superintendent of educa tion reporting directly to a higher of ficial, such superintendent to he thor oughly Informed of the educational policy" uf the railroad and the broad considerations on which it rests. His department should systematically re cruit the employes throughout the service and certify, on request, to their records and general efficiency in the early stages of promotion. "Efficiency should be recognized by an efficiency wage, stated distinctly apart from the seniority wage. "Employes should be encouraged to take outside courses of instruction or experience without forfeiting their tenure, and, so far as possible, the educational department should .sys tematically turn to account every out side educational agency by suggesting courses, uniting in co-operative courses and recognizing the work done in those courses, to the end that the ory and practice be Joined." ONE DEAD, THREE HURT IN HEAD-ON COLLISION Fireman la Killed Instantly at Car. roll, Term., but None of Pas sengers Is Hurt JACKSON, 'I'cnn., Jan. 23.—Fireman Moore was killed, Fireman Foster was fatally scalded, Engineer M. Mamney's legs were broken and Engineer Tatura, Who was slightly hurt, saved his life by leaping (rum his cab when passen ger train No, ■">, St. Louis to Mobile, on the Mobile Ohio, collided head-on with iin extra engine today at Carroll, Term. None of the passengers was injured. The passenger train engine was driven through the sxpreu car. Bat at the Angems grill. AMUSEMENTS •PELASCO THEATER neuwo-Blorkwood Co., Propr«. and M(tr». ELAbIO IM^AXiLK MATINEKS Thursday, Saturday, Sunday. Just This One Week More for This Great Success The Belasco theater has had many successes that It la honestly proud many of Its productions have mad* local theatrical history and brought the eyes of th« theatrical world to look upon the Belasoo theater company as the best stock organiza tion in this country. But nothing that LEWIS S. STONE and the Belaloo company have ever given ha« quite reached the true mark of public favor and hit the bull'sey* of genuine success as has this fine presentation of rORTER EMERSON BROWN'S new play, THE ' Ispendthriftl T*rt- 1 BBCAUBH IT DEALS WITH ONE OF TIIR MOST VITALLY IMPORTANT Wtlyr PROBLEMS IN EVERY MAN AND WOMAN'S LIFE TODAY; BECAUSE EVERY POINT RET FORTH IN THIS GREAT PLAY RINGS TRUE: BECAUSE ITS 111 MAN INTEREST IS BO INTENSE THAT IT FIRMLY GRIPS YOU; BECAUSE IT [3 nil. OF FINE COMEDY AND 810, POWERFUL DRAMATIC SITUATIONS— AND BECAUSE IT'S a PLAY OF TODAY, BEING GIVEN BY THE Thflt'«S why BEST STOCK COMPANY IN AMERICA. ' X 11C4U Wlljr This is positively the last week of this notable success and is the last time you will be able to witness this truly remarkable play at the popular Belasco prices. Two months hence it will be given in New York by Frederic Thompson, and there you will have to pay $2 a seat. If you want to see a play that will really set you thinking don't miss this chance —get your seats this morning. Next Week- Inauguration of a season of Georire Broadhurst's plays, opening; -with nil famous play of love and American politics. "THE MAN Ol' TUB HOUR," Riven for the Brit time by a stork company anywhere. SEATS FOR "THE MAN Ol>' THE HOCB" • WILL GO ON SALE THIS MORNING. G D . Hri nt)T!'l3A HT>TT?Ti' MATINEES Tomorrow. Saturday, Sunday. RAND UJr'KKA ilUUSili Phones— 1007 ; Homo AlOB7. i SECOND AND LAST CROWDED WEEK OF THIS MUSICAL TBItMTH. CUDDTC *nd ht" «"P company present 1XT.1.1.11 j l »-l A rJiKKIO Henrjr W( savage's original production WOOQlcinQ HARTMAN of the famous musical forest fantasy. — SPECIAL BARGAIN MATINEE TOMORROW. SEATS NOW ON SALE. «SM=ISS " \ ■" """ BEGINNING MATINEE TODAY The Orpheum Road Show Alice Lloyd Ha O'Day & Co. Famous London Comedienne. L "A Bit of Old Chelsea." The McNaUghtOnS - v Matinee Th 3 Sln*«r on Horseback. English Eccentrics. « """5^ Night in a Monkey Brothers Permane Today Music Hall "Nightingales Making Love. J_ Presented by Maud Roches. Hyman Meyer ■ Melville & Higgins The Man at the Piano. "Just a Little Fun." . I ORFHECM MOTION PICTURES. Nights—lOe, gBc, SOc, "Be. Matinees Dally—loc, SSc, BOc. MOROSCO'S BURBANK THEATER- i£J2^« M3!!2SS& ALL WEEK—MATINEE SATURDAY. Winston Churchill's superb war-time play, THE CRISIS "BEST STOCK COMPANY AND BEST PLAYS IN AMERICA." REGULAR BURBANK PRICES—2Cc. 35c, 50c. MATINEES, 25c. GALLERY, 10c. HAM3URGER'S MAJESTIC THEATER i >"J e B:B, nd MM^». Or: Broadway near Ninth. Phones: Mala 7005; 11133. ALL WEEK-r-MATINEE WEDNESDAY—MATINEE SAXUHDAY. CHARLES B. HANFORD In a modern comedy by Gcorgo H. BVoadhurst and C. T. T)a2ey. THE AMERICAN LORD" PRICES 25c. COc, '73c, $1. A few front rows $1.50. Wednesday matinee, 25c to 750. Saturday matinee. 25c to tl. Next Week—"THE VIItOrNIAN." .. MASON OPERA HOUSE i,e.s.e.nd mS TONIGHT AM) ALL WEEKMATINEE SATURDAY—Direction of Mrs. Leslie Carter Co. (Inc.) MRS. LESLIE CARTER o^r^-Sr Vasta Herne MRS. LESLIE CARTER as VASTA HERNB. Her new play of morals and emotions, by Edward I'eplc, author of "The Prince Chap," "The Play That's Different." PRICES 50c to »2. SEATS NOW ON SALE. Coming—William H. Crane In "FATHER AND THE HOVW." LOS ANGEi^s f HEATER spring st. 5 matinek today. OS AMObLta 1 H^AifcK NBAR 4Tlr , shows nightly. X^f Bohemian Sextet. I ~ Malvern Troupe. I f-^ f ■> I (olton & Long. Nellie Kurt. I ' Jp\rr\f\fp Of I Ot> Josephine Gassman.and her The Laugh-O-Scope. I >VIIIIWI^ *» l-^/V Plck anlnnies. Tori I.AR PRICES— 10c. 20b AND 30c. OLYMPIC THEATER Opposite Burbank Theater. I^imr-J.V^ innniaa { Phones—Pl4o2; Main 121. Ai.piiiN-i'AKOO mvhiCATm 9FF TO CATALINA COMEDY CO. present \fC P IKJ 1-. l\ I /IJLyIIN A > A real pleasure trip, by Charles Alphln. Ten We singing and dancing numbers. 10c f 20c and 26c. Next Week—"A DAY IN VENICE." NEW COMET PLACED IN CLASSIFIED LIST -PHOTOGRAPHIC OBSERVATIONS ARE MADE Celestial Body First Noticed by South African Scientist Appears to Observers in Arizona FLAGSTAFF, Ariz., Jan. 23.—The luminous body now plainly visible to observers in various parts of the coun try is a new comet. It is known as "comet A of 1910," and photographic observations made of it by the scien tists of Lowell observatory shows that its light differs from that of most com ets, though it closely resembles the Kivat comet of 1882. The new celestial body was reported by Dr. R. T. A. Inness, of the observ atory at Johannesburg, South Africa, on January 16. His name was given to it. but as the same comet Is said to have been observed in Orange Free State prior to that date, scientists here prefer to call it "comet A." The newcomer has excited great in terest among: astronomers, who are making close observations, but it has net yet been determined whether the oomet will appear again. An analysis of the photographic ob servations made; here shows that tiie new body differs greatly from comets in general. The usual comet spectrum consists of very bright series of hydro carbon bands, but the comet now vis ible shows very light hydrocarbon bands, with a pair of intensely bright sodium lines. The striking orange color of the comet head, observed in various parts of the country, is said to bo due to Incandescent sodium vapor. TONOPAH SEES COMET TONOPAH, Nev., Jan. 23.—A bril liant comet, believed here .to be Hal ley's comet, appeared tonight sit 5:45. Owing to the altitude and clear atmo sphere, it was plainly visible. The tail was clearly defined. The comet will reappear every evening for several :.;■, according to local scientist*, and irmy then be visible during the daylight hours. BRAVERY OF SKIPPER SAVES FIFTEEN LIVES CAPTAIN OF FISHING SMACK DEFIES OCEAN'S PERILS Rows to Wrecked Schooner and Res cues Those Aboard Who Had Been Lashed to Rigging for Ten Hours EDGARSTOWN; Mass., Jan. 23.—The six-masted schooner Mertio B. Crowlejr lies tonight a total wreck on the reefs off Martha's Vineyard island. The Crowley was bound from Baltimore to Boston with coal. To the bravery of Skipper Lev! Jack" son of the Kdgarstown fishing smack I'iisHlla Is due the rescue of the flf l>een persons üboard the Crowley—Capt. llaskoll, Mrs. Haskell and the crew of thirteen. The skipper's wife, like the others, was lashed for ten hours to the rigging of the battered schooner. The schooner hit the rocks at 5:10 this morning, the man at the wheel making out Edgarstown light as that of Block island. At 10 o'clock the Crowloy broke in two. Efforts to get out to the schooner before noon,were unsuccessful, because of the great seas. Capt. Jackson late this afternoon finally reached the wreck. Then he anchored, and four dories, manned by as many fishermen, took oft the crgw. MOTION PICTURES TO BE MADE IN CALIFORNIA Southern California, with its sun sliinn ;tnd flowers in midwinter, haa attracted another class of industry by on of the glorious prevailing con ditions. The Blograph company of New York has sent a troop of motion picture artists clear across the con tinent that they may work unham pered by the snow or cold. The company, numbering thirty-two actors, actresses, artists and canicii men, arrived In Los Angeles last even ing and registered at the Hollenbeck. They intend to spei v the winter here milking pictures with California scen ery as a background.