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. THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1914.
SANITY TEST IN MISSOURI.
In Jackson county, Missouri, a
court was called upon to decide a
matter of far-reaching importance,
in that community at least. The
final decision unfortunately was lack
ing, for one of the parties to the case;
in a panic, consented to a compro
mise when he heard the character
of the testimony which was being
introduced agains him.
The case was over a will left by
Louis Neer, a participant in the Kan
sas-Missouri war, which preceded the
great war, and a Confederate veteran
who fought through from the begin
ning to the end of the struggle. In
this will he left the bulk of his es
tate to some of his children, exclud
ing others. The excluded ones very
promptly sought to have it set aside
on the ground that the deceased was
mentally incompetent at the time
that he executed it.
The beneficiaries of the will scout
ed the idea that any testimony could
be produced to raise a question of
the mental competency of their fath
er, but they forgot for the moment
their environment. Those attacking
the will, when the case went to trial,
put on the stand witnesses to prove
that several times, in the closing
years of his life, the old man had
scratched his ticket and voted for
Republicans for office, and that on
one occasion he had actually voted
the straight Republican ticket. More
over, as crowning proof of mental
incompetency, he had boasted of the
fact. His age probably saved him
that time.
Realizing what they were up against
and not daring to leave the issue
to any Missouri court on such testi
mony, the beneficiaries of the will
promptly offered to compromise and
the offer was accepted. For some
reasons there is regret that the de
cision was not left to the court; but
it is fairly easy to guess what the
decision would have been in a county
in Missouri named after Andre.w.
Jackson and in which the normal
Democratic majority is about 27,000,
one year with another. The propon
ents of the will were wise.—Ex.
If London specialists would also
give Teddy a case of writer’s cramp
and prevent him from writing for
three months the coming campaign
would lose its interest.
BUND SINGER
IS FOUND DEAD
Girl Believed to Have Been Poisoned
and Oakland Police Are Hunt
ing for Her Male Friend.
OAKLAND, June 18.—The police of
this city are striving today to solve
the mystery of the death of Helen
Mesow, a blind singer, who was found
dead in her apartments last night.
Death is believed to have been
caused by poison, but the police fear
foul play, as they can conceive of
no reason for the suicide theory ad
vanced by some. The police are now
hunting for the man who called fre
quently at her apartments, and who
was seen in them only yesterday.
With the defeat of Dan Driseoll for
the council of Fairbanks, the Wick
ersham forces received a setback
that it is predicted they will be un
able to recover from between now
and the November election. The de
feat Driscoll caine as a surprise
to the followers ' of Wickersham,
many of whom expressed themselves
as being confident that they could
muster sufficient strength to elect
Driscoll to the council. This defeat,
the politicians declare, shows that the
glass in the political barometer is
falling for Wickersham in Fairbanks.
Babylon was considered Impregnable
but finally fell, and why not Wick
ersham?—Fairbanks Socialist.
BASE BALL SCORES
Games played June 17, 1914.
National League.
Boston 8, Chicago 3. Pitchers—
Tyler;. Zabel, Humphries.
Second game. Boston 7, Chicago
3. ' Pitchers—James; Pierce, Smith.
Philadelphia 5, St. Louis 4. Pitch
ers—Alexander, Burns; Doak, Griner,
Sallee.
Brooklyn 2, Cincinnati 1. Pitchers
—Pfeffer; Douglas.
New York 5, Pittsburg 0. Pitchers
—Mathewson; McQuillan.
American League.
Cleveland 7, Washington 2. Pitch
ers—Collamore; Shaw.
Chicago 5, Philadelphia 0. Pitch
ers—Faber; Brown, Bressler.
Detroit 3, New York 4. Pitchers
—Cavet, Hall, Mains, Dubuc; McHale,
Caldwell.
St. Louis 4, Boston 0. Pitchers—
Hamilton; Johnson, Bedient.
Federal League.
Kansas City 1, Baltimore 2. Pitch
ers—Bandie; Quinn.
Indianapolis 11, Buffalo 8. Pitch
ers—Billiard, Mullin, Mosely; Schultz,
Moran, Houser, Moore.
Chicago 1, Pittsburg 3. Pitchers—
Lange; Walker.
St. Louis 1, Brooklyn 3. Pitchers
—Groom; LaFitte.
1 - —
Northwestern League.
Tacoma 4, Seattle 5. Pitchers—
Spokane 3, Portland 1. Pitchers
—Covaleski; Leonard. *
TEAM STANDING.
National League.
Per
Games— Won Lost Cent
New York .,. 29 18 617
Cincinnati .'. . 30 23 566
St. Louis . 28 27 509
Pittsburg .24' 25 490
Philadelphia . 23 24 489
Chicago. 26 29 473
Brooklyn . 21 26 447
Boston . 20 29 408
American League.
Per
Games— Won Lost Cent
Philadelphia . 35 19 648
Detroit . 32 25 . 561
Washington . 29 24 547
St. Louis . 29 25 536
Boston . 28 25 528
Chicago . 24 30 444
New York . 19 32 373
Cleveland . 19 35 352
Northwestern League.
Per
Games— Won Lost Cent
Indianapolis . 27 21 563
Ohicago . 28 23 549
Baltimore . 26 22 542
Buffalo . 26 22 542
Brooklyn .. 22 21 512
Kansas City . 23 27 459
St. Louis . 23 30 434
Pittsburg . 22 30 423
Federal League.
Per
Games— Won Lost Cent
Vancouver . 43 18 705
Seattle . 41 23 641
Spokane . 38 25 603
Portland . 23 38 377
Tacoma ....24 42 364
Victoria . 18 41 305
EIGHT HOUR LAW
STIRS SUFFRAGISTS
Now Want Probe of Living Cost
In Washington.
Washington.—The passage a short
time ago of the Feters-La Follette bill
limiting the hours of labor fqr women
in the District Of Columbia, exclusive
of stenographers, to eight a day has by
no means settled the woman labor
problem in Washington. It has brought
the problem into the field of open dis
cussion, with a result that more people
are talking about the problems of wo
men workers in the capital than ever
before.
The center of the discussion is the
District branch of the National Con
sumers’ league, whose operations are
directed by Miss Constance D. Leupp.
Inasmuch as the activities of th& Con
sumers’ league here are typical of the
kind of work which is being done by
the same or other organizations
throughout the country, the matter is
really one of more than local interest.
The Consumers’ league has laid out
a definite program of action. Having
passed the eight hour law, it is now
asking the senate to appropriate $6,000
for a study of the cost of living in the
District of Columbia to be made by
the federal bureau of labor statistics.
Having secured officially the statistics
of living—and a favorable report on
the resolution in question indicates
that the chances are in favor of the in
quiry’s being ordered—the Consumers’
league will next press for a minimum
wage law.
MUSIC TO CURE INSANITY.
Inataad of Listening Only, Patients
. Are to Be the Musicians.
Kankakee, 111.—Music as a cure for
Insanity is to have;a more extended
test in the Eastern Illinois State Hos
pital For the Insane than has ever be
fore been attempted in the Institutions
of the state. The plan Is an advance
on previous music cures in which the
patients were merely listeners. It is
intended that the patients shall be the
musicians.
Instruction and Coaching in music
will be given, and patients who are ca
pable of it will be tumid to qb
dsrtake the toaebf et leas advanced
CHRISTIAN TELLS
OF LIFEIN MECCA
Penetrated Walled City and
Stayed Eight Months.
THE ISLAM OF CENTURIES AGO
Nothing Could Bs Mora Inconceivably
Remote, Says Dr. Hurgronje, Whose
Studies Convince Him That Chris
tianity Can Never Replace Moham
medanism There.
The dangerous and unusual experi
ence of penetrating the walled city of
Mecca, living there for eight months
in a Mohammedan household, perform
ing all the rites and ceremonies which
the 200,000 pilgrims perform every
day and attending lectures which In
the past have been heard only by Mo
hammedan ears, was accomplished
successfully by Dr. C. Snouck Hur
gronje, professor in the University of
Leyden, and now In the United States
as exchange professor to a number of
American universities.
Dr. Hurgronje is not only an adept
in the Arabic language, but prefaced
his sojourn in the sacred city by sev
eral years of research in Mohammedan
theology. It was this complete fa
miliarity with Mohammedanism which
made it possible for him to preserve
his disguise for the entire period of
eight months.
“I even fooled the tramp dogs,” he
explained. “They are afraid of the
Moslems, but they can smell a foreign
er—an infidel, you know—and they re
veal him to the Mohammedan by at
tacking him.
Live as In the Dark Ages.
“Nothing could be more inconceiva
bly remote than Mecca. It represents
the Islam of centuries ago. The houses
are impossible. All the conveniences
to which we are accustomed—light,
heat and water—are as they were in
the dark ages. But one who has not
been to Mecca, has not lived there in
Mohammedan households and studied
at the mosques cannot understand
Islam.
“There has been some talk from Mine
to time that Mecca would be thrown
open to the world by force. But I see
nothing to indicate that this is true.
England is the only nation that would
attempt it. and It would stir up too
much trouble—trouble for her in the
British Indies should she take such a
course. Mecca will for many years to
come. I believe, continue to be a cen
ter of Mohammedan tradition.”
Dr. Hurgronje believes that there
will be a gradual breaking down of
barriers and a merging of the east and
west, which will come with compara
tive rnpidity within the next few dec
ades. He holds that the future devel
opment of Islam will repeat with an
amazing degree of similarity the his
tory of later Judaism. The evangel
ists of the Christian world who look
forward to an incorporation of all
creeds by the Christians will not see
their dream realized in regard to Mo
hammedanism. Mohammedanism will
continue as strong and vigorous a faith
as Judaism, adapting Itself much in
the same manner as Judaism has
adapted itself to changing conditions
and requirements.
Will Never Adopt Christian Faith.
For seventeen years Dr. Hurgronje
has been adviser to the government of
Holland on matters relating to the
Dutch East Indies and so speaks with
authority. He says:
“Holland flhs empire over some 35,
000.000 Mohammedans. The idea that
she is going out to preach and win
over those’millions to the gospel has
long since been abandoned. Wbat we
have come to realize is the need for
educating these people, who, from the
twist of historical events, have be
come Intrusted to our care. We have
realized that the best thing for their
souls is the adaptation of their faith
and tbeir own institutions to tbe re
quirements of the day.
“The Mohammedan regards Chris
tianity as something over . and done
with, and to his mind tbe adoption of
It would be a turning backward. What
ever the change which Islam will un
dergo In the next half century It will
not be a change which includes the
adoption of the Christian faith."
TRYING NEW ANAESTHETIC.
Prolonged Insensibility Follows Uss
of Ursthsns.
The London Times announces that
Interesting experiments with a new
anaesthetic, which it is’ believed may
prove of great service, are being con
ducted on animals in a Cambridge la
boratory.
Tbe anaesthetic Is a substance which
for a considerable, time has been fa
miliar to medical men and chemists
under tbe name of urethane. This
drug, which is obtained by combining
urea with alcohol. Is administered hy
podermically. like morphine, with a
syringe.
Tbe great advantage of urethane is
said to lie in the fact that heart fail
ure never occurs when it is properly
used. On the other hand, e very pro
longed period of Insensibility—about
•lx hours—follows the administration
of urethane, and it has not so far been
found possible to shorten this time ma
terially.
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