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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-06
CET'M very Eiad to see in the 'pa-
pers." said Joel Dorff. a retired
L bootmaker of'this city-and an

kkT'M very Eiad to see in the 'pa-
pers." said Joel Dorn. a retired
bootmaker of'-this city-and an
exceIIess bootmaker he was.
his friends avert am glad to see
that the President is setting the fash
ion OF riding on horseback hope it
will revive the old custom. In my
younger days all the young bloods
about town rode on horseback Chat is.
those who had any ginger in 'em), and
they all wore long boots. Many's the
time I've had young gentlemen come
all the way down from the First ward
and there were no street car
lines then-to get their measures
taken for a pair Of long boots 1t was
Southern style to ride horseback-more
Southern than Northern, I think-and
the riders wore long boots and their
breeches were strapped under the foot
20 keep them from getting up above
the riders knees.
"Leggins IS all right" continued the
old cobbler. but they are not in 1t
with old-fash3oned boots. There are
some gentlemen IN Washington that
srn cling to boot and they ale right
After awhile. If the President has
many folks 10 follow his habit OF rid
ing on horseback. boots will be in
fashion once more. Now. you mark
my word
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(copyri.at. 1905, by Walden Fawce-t.)

(Copyril 1t, 1908, by Walden Fswce-t.)
ECENT disturbances which have
- endangered American interests
in various parts OF the world
in Panama, in Turkish domains.
and in the Far East. have proved more
conclusiveIy than ever before the great
value Of those codes and ciphers where
by the United States government COM
municates conhdentially with its army.
navy and diplomatic officials in all quar-
tiers Of the globe Indeed. were it not
for these mysterious vocabularies which
render unietelligible to prying, un-
friendly eyes the secret orders of the
officials at Washington Uncle Sam
would fndghis every move in the game
of world affairs anticipated and check
mated. Neutral but rival nations would
''steal his thunder" and unfriendIy
powers would be enabled to thwart all
his plans.
The Geographic Code.
A telegraphic code. it may be explain
ed. is simply vehicle for saying things
IN a few words. The Government has
no monopoly in the use Of the scheme
Codes have been employed for years
past in the conduct OF all kinds Of bust
ness which requires frequent and speedy
long distance communication The aver
age business mans object in using a
code Is not so much to preserve secrecy
regarding his transa although
that may be a consideration-as TO save
money 1t is evident that if u man,
in telegra phi ng or cabling. can make
each woro in his message represent TO
the recipient a group of words. or per-
haps a whole sentence. he can save a
vast amount Of money, since telegraph
ing and cabling are both charged for
on the basis of so much per word, and
in cabling the cost is frequently sew
eral dollars per word.
The Saving in Money
With Uncle Sam the question of money
saving is matter of Importance, since
the Government sends vastly more mes
sages than any business firm, and pays
for them just as would a private citizen
but the Government officials set ever
more store by the plan of using codes
because the words and letters and fig.
ures with hidden meanings enable them
10 communicate with Government
agents in anr part Of this or any other
country without outsiders being any
the wiser as to what is being said by
either party in the long-distance con
versation. In the business world, where
codes are used because they enable z
cutting down of the number of words
in kilograms and a consequent saving Of
money. almost every person employs
one OF the universal codes issued by th'
telegraph companies. but. Of course
Uncle Sam, who has state secrets tC
protect, cannot risk using signs and
symbols. the meaning OF which is known
TO so many people. and consequently
each OF the principal departments Of the
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nifcance. Sometimes in writing mes
sage in code words an officer will
sprinkle in at intervals few words
which have no hidden meaning but are
to be taken at their face value. as it
we're. This plan may be resorted to when
an officer wishes TO use some word or
phrase for which there IS no co inter-
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than simple request for a new flag,
would on the face of 1t sound decidedly
suspicious to persons who were not
aware that the message had a hidden
meaning. For this reason an effort is
made where words are used for code
purposes ito select specially coined
words such as "eabbazoo" which have
no real meaning outside their code sig
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part in the code or it can be employed
as means of putting additional OBJ
stacles in the path Of any unauthorized
person who might seek TO figure out
the cloaked meaning Of the message.
The Precious Key Book.
Since the writing of a code message
or the Interpretation of one is very
much ike translating from English
into a foreign language or vice versa.
it goes without saying that the one
indispensable adjunct of the officer who
wishes to send or receive code message
is the precious code book" which cor
responds to the foreign English die
tio.ary OF the American who is learn
ms European language These code
socks are guarded with the utmost care,
since If one fell into unfriendly hands
the possessor might be ena bled to learn
many of Uncle Sans secrets. At the
departments careful record is kept Of
every code book issued and the officer
who receives it is hel1 strictly account
able for its safekeeping. Should one
of these treasured books be lost or
stolen it would probably be necessary
to hastily arrange an entire new code
to take the place of the one no longer
inviolate.
A Complicated Operation.
Whereas a code dispatch can be trans
lated by any person who is in posses
sion of code book and understands
its use, there is another way to re-
double the precautions for the preserva-
ton OF secrecy in the transmission OF
messages. namely. by the use OF cipher:
and this is frequently resorted to in
several OF the departments. notably the
War Department. The use Of cipher is
an Intricate and complicated operation.
not readily comprehended by the IN
Initiated. but in general way it may
be stated that in cipher work instead
OF code work, which is transmitted
standing for the expression appearing
opposite ii in the code book it typifes,
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% What, You don't know me?'
q No, said the great man of Roanoke;
! can't say that / ever SAL you before
Why. I'm Billy VNeale. boarding
house keeper in Washington
oh, that may be- replied Randolph.
1 may know you in Washington. but I
don't know you i'm New York
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Special Codes for Each of
the Executive Depart
ments The Presidents
Exclusive Code-Guard-
ing These Keys to State
Secrets.

United States had no personal code.
but merely depended upon one or an
other OF the regular department codes.
When, however. the conflict with Spain
made necessary the utmost secrecy in
the transaction Of Presidential bust
ness. Colonel Montgomery suggested 10
the late President Mckinley that a
private code for the Chief Executive be
prepared. and one was accordingly Tor
INFLATED. The Presidents code is used
only for communications passing be-
tween the White House and the Presi-
dent when the later is absent from
Washington. and the last question usu-
ally put to Secretary Loeb as he and
the President leave the White House
for a journey is Are you sure you have
the private code book"
Absolutely Secret
The Navy Department has a code Of
(which it is very proud. IN speaking Of
it Lieutenant Belknap. the code officer
OF the department. said: Our code has
been IN use for a number of years. and
we believe that it is absolutely indie
cipherable. The utmost precautions are
taken TO so guard it that no Information
regarding the code can become public
A branch of the Government which uses
a code extensively-but solely to save ex-
pense and not to insure seerecy-is the
United States Weather Bureau. The
weather reports from all parts Of the
country are sent TO the main ONCE at
Washington in code form. and inasmuch
as a single word such as .'obIige" stands
for a whole phrase such as weather
cloudy: rain probable it will readily be
seen that the scheme saves Uncle Sam
many pennies.
Good Code" Men.
In the State Department. where there
is much code work OF very important
nature. the responsibility for making
up and translating the code messages
going to or received from our ministers
and ambassadors in all parts OF the
world. falls upon Assistant Secretary
Adee and Colonel Michael. the chief
clerk To be good code man" re-
quires ability OF no near order Thor
ough familiarity with the English Ian
| guage is necessary; a good memory and
some knowledge of teIegraphy. Even
the most expert code workers some
times have great difficulty in figuring
out the exact meaning of a message. AT
the time OF the Boxer. revolt in China
Colonel Montgomery worked fer six
hours to obtain the correct interpreta-
ton Of one mystifying word in tie first
message received from Minister Conger.
who was a virtual prisoner in the Iega-
ton at Pel1in. This was a trying time
for all the code men in the Govern
ment service The Chinese operators
seemingly purposeiy jumbled up the
code messages and the receiving officials
in Washington had not only to translate
the words of the messages, but rear
range the words and phrases so that
they would make sense.
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Government has one or more codes Of
its own for its exclusive use.
Thus the State Department has q
code. the Navy Department has a code.
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The Lady From the Wsst.

Everyone has some idea of the more
or less trouble servants give their mis-
tresses. 1t seems to be a condition
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Acknowledged the Soft Impeachment.

Charley Lee is the rather humble APP
pellation of a denizen OF washington
who is the proprietor of a laundry par
Tor in the immediate vicinity OF the
noble statue of Albert Pike, near Third
Street. In the dominion of Her I'm
periaI Highness Isl Ann, where Charley
first beheld the bright sun shining on
the minarets of Canton. he waitzed
along the intricate pathways of life
under the more or less euDhonious pat
ronymic OF Lee Lung. but after a SHIRT
while on Occidental shores he thought
it best. for commercial reasons. To
adopt an American name. So he hung
out his single as Charley Lee. 4.
One day last week a Times reporter
walked into Lees shop to get a portion
of his linen out of pawn. The proprietor
who was seated on a table and wearing
a Shriner's red fez, was 4rsnquilly
smoking a pipe, having bowl of about
the dimensions of a thimble and a BAN
boo stem yard long. and an expression
Of ample contentment spreading all over
his yellow countenance.
mo work today. Lee2'' asked the re-
porter Yes. said the Chinaman.
PLENTY wash, See he said. Indicating
by a nod OF his head where a stout
colored woman was iaboring over Il
washtub I'm back room. No iron today.
All other days wash. iron both.
Il imagine" said tie reporter, ''you
play fantan Sunday afternoons, don't
you?"
Yes" unhesitatingly said the heather.
play fantan Sunday, Monday. all time
play fantan.'
Then he came down of his perch.
gave the reporter half dozen little
disinfecting seeds and went into his rear
office, indicating that the interview was
at an end.
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Recent Events Have Proven
the Value of the Mysteri-
Gus Nocabularies Where
by the Government Trans
mltS Confidential Mes
sages by Wire and Gable.
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a test Of his abilities as captain OF an
elevator route. His record was excel
lent. He was a member of the church
in good standing. and he had been run
ming an elevator car for many years. or
course he passed a rigid examina ton.
and now he holds forth as conductor OF
one of the motors in the new Govern
ment Printing Office Though all who
knew him were sorry to part with him
they all rejoice at his promotion
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-05-08

Albert Summerill had his two colored
men to drive his old bull to Penn'f
Grove. which he had sold to W. G. Lay.
ton. to be sent away on the Reybold. He
was led bv two ropes tied to a ring in his
nose. While in the hotel yard he be-
came mad, broke loose and attacked g
crowd. whose agility saved them from
being butted. All day Friday he has in
S. R. Leaps lot opposite the Record VI
fee and attracted many persons who had
various ways Of capturing him. Mr..
summerill with two other men on horse
back rounded him up Saturday morning
in bull fighting style and drove him back
home in company with two COWS.
The quarterly meeting of the Salem
County Board of Almshouse Trustees was
held on Monday when the settlement
was made for the past year. It has been
the aim of the farm committee the past
year to raise as many supplies as possible
on the farm and the increase in that line
by tile Keeper William B. Turner make
the Board feel that they not only have
an excellent keeper of the inmates but q
first class farmer. Formerly only about
Is head OF cattle were kept, and the sup
ply was kept up by purchasing. Now
cows are raised and 81 head of cattle are
kept. Potatoes and pork use to be bought.
Last year $50 bushels Of potatoes and $50
worth Of pigs were sold, beyond what
was needed for use. MI. Turner has a
fine pen of shoats to keep over for which
5000 were offered.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-05-08
woodstown WhIsperings

Mr.. Henrietta Snitcher and daughter
Miss Carrie are visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
Chas. Snitcher.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Richman, of Phila.
delphia, are boarding this month with
their parents Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Rich.
man. VIM. Richman is going to and
from the city daily.
Miss Agnes Moore is entertaining Mrs
Eta Clum, of Millville.
Chas. Lippincott started last week. fol
California.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Jacques returned
returned on Friday to pack their goods
and left on Wednesday for E~ngiishtown
where he has purchased a store.
Chas. Turner, VIM. GofOrth and sol
Harry were Philadelphia visitors or Mon
day.
VIM. Phifer, of Glassboro, registered al
the East Ave. Hotel over.Sunday.
VIM. Foster, of Havre De Grace, Md.
visited his parents Mr.. and Mrs. VIM
Foster last week.
MI. and Mrs. E. Becker enjoyed a few
days outing at Philadelphia this week.
Harold Shinn, of New York, is making
a short stay with his parents Mr.. an6
Mrs. Isaiah Shinn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alvah Bushnell, of Tioga
spent Sunday with the latter's father
Vim. Weatherby.
MI. and Mrs. Frank Flitcraft enter
tanned their son Ralph Flitcraft and wife
Of Philadelphia, owe Sunday.
Warren Shinn has planted $4,000 seed
lings on the farm Of Chas. Reed neal
Woodstown.
John Borton is going to and from thu
city every day.
Misses Ascah Greir and Francis Moore
teachers at Bacon Academy, gave q de
| lightful May party to the pupils Friday
| afternoon.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-05-08
Fishing Notes.

Shad fishing has been fair and the
prices firm this week. Mondays catch
Tor h best nets ran from rs to 100. VIM.
Dolbow was highest with 100. The other
best catches were made by Henry Hates
l4O, Vim. Vanderslice, 1877, VIM. Sayres
lie, Raymond & Shultz 118, John ..
Slmkins 1l6, Munyan & Vanneman lib,
Edward Justice 122, Munyan & Ward ll9,
Megill Bros. lO6, Vim. Broadway loo.
Tuesdays catch ran from so to 70 Tor
the best nets. Vanderslice q Sparks got
l28, s. Doughten "a, Megill Bros. 70, Jos.
Somers IS, Edward Justice "a, Raymond
& Shultz 70.
On Wednesday the catch ranged from
30 to 60. The catch was smaller on
Thursday running from 10 to 20.
The wholesale price of the week past
has beer from $25 to $50 per loo. The
catch in the Bay has been no better than
Ill the River. Mossbunkers have been
very thick.
A few sturgeon have been caught. b.
g. Wood caught the first two weeks ago.
He caught 5 up to Monday night and had
made two kegs of caviar.
Caviar opened this year at so cents q
pound, the highest price ever paid OH the
Delaware.
Allen Hunter, Jr., caught thirty sea
horses last week, something unusual.
Joseph Johnson caught 226 sfiad last
Friday, which was the largest made this
season opposite Penn's Grove.
Owing to the cool weather the officials
on the shad propogating steamer Fish
Hawk, at Gloucester, were unable to gel
any spawn until last Saturday, but the
first collection of s., 900 was dead in two
days, it not being matured because Of
cool weather.
The gasoline engines are proving very
serviceable to fishermen in the Bay this
year, because of rough weather. Those
possessing engines have been able to fish
more than those who do not have them.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-05-08
win Test The Case.

Thomas Ayars, OF Salem, who ma
been working at the mason trade Ga
carney Point has sued the 3. l. DuPon,
q 20. for his wages which were attacneu
because Of a debt he owed. Mr. Ayars
went security for a man who bougnt q
morse OF Edw. Dolbow. The purchaser
and Mr.. Ayars the surety refusing TO pay
an attachment for $500 were mace
against his wages through a elaW
Justice. Ayars was given Judgement lOr
the amount of his wages by Justice ..
a. Smith, in Salem on Thursday OF iast
week j. F. Sinnickson, attorney Ior
Dupont's gave notice that he would ap-
peal the case.
The Dupont Company which nave
works on Carney Point and at Ihomp-
sons Point New Jersey is a Delaware
corporation with its business headquar-
ters IN Wilmington. Delaware has q law
whereby a certain amount of wages can
be attached each month and the money
owed becomes a foreign debt. Workmen
refusing to pay their honest debts nave
nae suits brought against them before a
Delaware Justice of the Peace. who ME
an attachment against their wages. In
this way merchants, mechanics, farmers
and others have collected hundreds OF
dollars worth of honest debts, which tney
a been deprived Of for years ana 9TH
erwise would never have received. 1t is
a good law and New Jersey should have
a similar one, as the 5000 exemption law
protects a big lot of dead beats.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-05-08
A Pretty Reception.

On Wednesday of last week MI. and
Mrs. William Cutting we're given a we'd
ding reception at the home OF the brides
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. William Horner,
near Auburn. Everything was arranged
for the occasion and the dining room
decorated and draped with flowers, vines
and colored effects presented a beautiful
appearance, in fact, no pains were spared
to make everything beautiful and pleas
ing for their only daughter. The bounte-
Gus repast wa partaken of and thorough
ly enjoyed by the following guests:
Mr.. and Mrs. William Cutting, Mr..
and Mrs. William Horner, Michael Ryan
wife and family, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
Kelly and family, John Scheiner and
family, Matthew L. Kidd and family,
Mr.. and Mrs. Adam Bucket, John Burk
and family, Mrs. Clara Kidd and son.
Mrs. Reba Sack, Mr.. and Mrs. Martin
Kelly, Mrs. Deborah Hillman, Mrs. Lizzie
Dolbow, Misses Josephine Koenig and
Hilda F~easter, of New Brunswick, E..
May Ward and Nellie A. Lynch, of Will
mington; Maggie Norton, Anna Bates,
Loretto Ferguson, Ellen M. Shimp, Ellen
Cune, Katie Kelly, Maggie Kelly, Messrs.
Jacob Glutting, Robert Kidd, William
Knox, James Ferguson, George Duggan,
Henry ONell. John Ferguson, Martin
Kelly.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glutting received many
handsome and useful presents.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-05-08
PennsviDIe Points.

Miss Sarah Freas. of Salem, spent Sat
urday and Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs
Fowler Freas.
Some of the fishermen from the bay
have returned home to finish the season
The moss bunkers have made their ap
pearance there in great numbers, compel
ling them to leave.
Violets, lilacs and dogwood are in
bloom.
Several of the men from this place who
have been working at the powder mills
have left there and are now working al
Fort Mott getting more pay and making
less hours.
Mrs. Jane jenkins, of Atlantic City, il
spending a few days with her daughter,
Mrs. Samuel Layman.
Ford Toulson, of Salem, was a Sunday
visitor at Fowler Freas's.
Examinations are being held in oul
public school and the commencement
will be held in Sune. The class is com
posed of four graduates.
Mrs. Emma Carney, of New York, il
spending a few days with her mother
Mrs. Sarah Chattin.
MI. and Mrs. John Horner and sor
| Lester, spent Sunday visiting lis mothel
at ,HancOck's Bridge.
Mrs. Mary Bassett and Mrs. Mary Cal
lahan and daughter Mildred spent Satur
| day with Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Bassett il
Salem.
The burbank house will be sold at pub
lie sale Don
Beginning next Sunday the M. E. Sun
day School will begin at 11.45 at the CLOSE
| of the preaching service until further no
| tice.
Miss Lizzie Allen, Of Salem, has beer
| spending a few days with relatives here.
Mrs. Mary Callahan will hold fair and
festival in the store vacated by G. J. Jar
rell on this Saturday evening.
Miss AIvoita Ale has returned home at
ter spending a few days in Havre d.
Grace, Md.
Joseph D. Fogg is Improving slowly
and his many friends hope for his speed!
recovery.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-05-08
O

Joseph M. Whitsell arrived home from
Trenton on Monday, after six months stay.
Mrs. Sarah Avis was an ~over-Sunday
visitor with her son James A. Avis in Sa-
lem.
Mrs. E. L. Bliss, Of Philadelphia, is
spending a week with relatives in this re-
gion.
Mrs. Howard Jameson and son Leon
have been spending a week among rela-
tives in this vicinity.
Mrs. Sarah Boyd. Of Wilmington, spent
Wednesday and Thursday with her sister
in-law, Mrs. Henry Barber.
Mrs. Jere Cream and the Misses Creams
attended the silver jubilee celebration OF
Rev. S. M. Lyons in Salem on Tuesday.
Peter K. Stevens and his daughter
Mrs. Mamie Obier, of Oak Grove, DEL,
has been visiting his sister, Mrs. William
J. Satchell.
Mrs. Edwrad G. Brick and son Arthur,
OF Germantown, have been spending a
few days with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles G. Flanagan.
Mrs. Bedford Wood went to Port Penn
on Wednesday to be with her mother,
Mrs. Fisher who has been very sick for
some weeks and is not expected to live.
Mr.. and Mrs. Asa G. Turner and Mr..
and Mrs. Harry S. Barber entertained on
Sunday, Mrs. Mamie G. Barber, Verna
and Laura Cheesman, of Penn's Grove;
Nh. and Mrs. Howard Feaster, of Will
mington; Misses Lizzie and Anna Hunt
and Bessie Davis, OF Auburn; Messrs.
Samuel Hunt and Hollis Ashcraft, OF
Penn's Grove; Raymond Lippincott, OF
Mullica Hill; Robert Harbeson, of Har-
risonville.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-05-08
Hospitality Commended.

The N. J. Conference Convention of
the Christian Endeavor which met last
week in the Bethel M. P. Church adopted
the following resolution:
The Christian Endeavor ship never
made a better harbor in sunshine or storm
than when it made a harbor in Mariners
Bethel. This delightful place by the
delaware has afforded us an ideal place
for our convention. We know there
never was a more b~ounteous provision
made for our wants and never did En-
deavorers do better justice to the good
things provided. We desire to commend
the Endeavorers and the entire church.
and pastor and choir for such care and
loving thoughtfulness and trust that
Heaven shall repay a thousand fold. We
shall ever hold the people of Penn,s
Grove in lasting remembrance for theil
bounteous hospitality.
Committee on Resolutions.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-05-08
a StartIfnR Test.

70 save a life, DR.. T. G. Merritt, of No.
Menoopany, "a. made a startling test re-
suitng IN a wonderful cure. He writes,
"a patent was attacked with violent hem
orrnages, caused by liberation of the stom-
acn. 1 had often found Electric Bitters ex-
ceiient Tor acute stomach and liver troubles
50 prescribed them. The patient gained
from the first, and has not had an attack in
- months Electric Bitters are positive
y guaranteed for Dyspepsia, Indigestion,
constipation and Kidney troubles. Try
them. Only SOC. at Johnson's Drug Store,