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The Washington times., 1905-04-02
J Bug versus Bug =

" HE old adage, Send a thief
to catch a thief" finds expires
sion in changed form in con-
nection with modern methods
of insect determination. Send bug to
catch a bug is the new version. The
story of the way it works out forms one
of the fascinating romances of every
day science. and the Bug VS. Bug" ex-
hi,t will be one of the most interesting
of the many interesting displays at the
Lewis and Clark Exposition
There IS an old saw that runs:
Big feas have little feas upon their backs
TO bite 'em,
And little feas have lesser ieas, and so ad
fnfinitum.'
Probably the man who wrote the saw
never conceived the possibility that the
truth which it told might some day be
or the greatest possible Importance TO
the agricultural industry. In fact, the
writer did not express quite the whole
truth. The bug that bites the bug may
be either smaller or larger than the bug
he bites. The important thing is, that
the biting bug kills the bug he ,bites,
and that the biting bug be good bug.
and the bug he bites a bad bug. The
SIKH of the scientist must discover which
pug Is good and which is bad. and then
effect situation which will result in
. the determination of the bad and the re-
tention Of the good. When this has been
successfully accomplished, it will result
In saving to farmers of millions of
dollars Hence the Importance of the
researches OF the scientist
Men have been fighting insect pests
almost as long as they have been rails
Ing crops, but until quite recently the
results have been but Indifferent. and in
many instances. entirely Ineffective.
Many man who now rides in his auto
mobile and spends the summer at the
sea coast remembers with dreadful dis
tfnctness the long hours he spent pick
ing off potato bugs in the hot summer
SUM- And he remembers, too that af
ter long day of such labor. the next
DAY saw the potato vines still covered
with an army Of pests When the labors
OF the bug specialists are ended there
Will be no more potato bugs, for an
otner bug, perhaps, introduced from
Australia or Africa. will have devoured
them all as a bass devours the de-
fenseless f1fnnow.
The Washington times., 1905-04-02
A Saber That Will Cut.

With reference To the cavalry sword,
army officers ha-a decided that the
weapon should be nrt quite so curved.
The edge of it will be sharpened to a.
keen point and the new sword will cut
! through flesh and bone with as great
facility as the battle ;xes of old.
There has been a strong sentiment
among army officers against encourag-
ing return to fighting with close range
instruments, but modern practice cannot
halt at theory and the equipment of a
soldier will naturally be brought to its
highest point of perfection IL the Ameri-
can army is to keep abreast of the times.
The development Of the sword and
baTonet for the American soldier of the
future is not the only point to which
the general staff is giving attention as
result of lessons learned in the East
1t has been found there that the move
ment OF troops by night, and night at
tacks, have been responsible for many
victories. Army officers readily account
Tor this in the fact that il is the only
way by which troops can get close to
each other now that the firearm has
been developed to long range.
The general staff is giving special
study to this phase of warfare. A high
official in the United States army re-
Gently said:
Hereafter a premium, IS To he n1aced
on the commander who can successfully
move his troops about IN the darkness
and take the enemy by SURPRISE In my
opinion the soldier of the future will be
oliigently trained to cultivate, agility
and the ability to get about in the dark
ness
1T is the only way that a small force
can ever save itself in the face of a
superior enemy For this service nat
urally their swords and bayonets must
De of the best type for close fighting.
1t would appear that warfare is m
reality returning TO :ts old style in the
primitive days when men used battle
axes and spears At any rate. the SOL
der of the future may well count upon
being thrown into close contact with
the enemy whom he is attacking
The Washington times., 1905-04-02

Continued from Page Four.)
was brought to the Senate The Senator
who introduced it spoke of it facetious-
ly as a peace measure. and hoped that it
would please the Senator from New
York, looking at Senator Langhorne
When it seemed as. il everything for
OF against the bill, which if passed GER
tainly meant war. had been said, SEN
ator Langhorne rose from his seat and
took the floor. He had shaken off the
lethargy which had apparently pos
sessed him all day. The crowd, in which
there were now many Representatives,
who had come over from the House,
took long breath. What it had waited
for had come at last. What would he
say?
Marjorie and Nine. Won Breunen,
side by size in the gallery, leaned for
ward over the rail. To the younger wo-
nan the outcome of the battle meant
much, for she loved her uncle, but to the
older. 1t meant more, for she loved an
other man, and if war was declared the
uart 20 which she had been assigned,
odious to her, would no longer be neces-
sary
Senator Langhorne began slowly and
deliberately, but he spoke easily and
made his points with telling effect. His
thorough grasp Of the subject in hand
made the arguments which had preceded
his appear puny. AS he continued in a
clear, even voicc the great crowd forgot
to shift its feet-forgot almost to
breathe. Minute after minute passed, a
he spoke. When he closed there was
applause such as has seldom been heard
in the Senate of the United States.
Then the vote began. Had he wonc
Had the great leader at last been de-
feated? Even now the crowd was quiet
waiting for the outcome. As Senator
after Senator voted yea or nay the ex-
citement grew Evidently the Senate
was more evenly divided than had been
at first supposed. Undoubtedly that last
effort of the Senator's had changed sew
eral votes The question was how many
When the last vote had been cast ii
was found the bill had been defeated by
a majority of one
Immediately a motion for adjournment
was made and passed. The day was
saved. War would not be declared for
another twelve hours But what the
morrow would bring forth no one could
say. The crowd left the gallery in ST.
lence. The outcome of the battle on the
floor had not been popular.
Senator Langhorne shook himself free
of the scores who would have detained
him and Joined Marjorie and Madame
Won Breunen In his office. Marjorie
greeted him with shout of triumph.
"It was splendid" said Madame Won
Breuncn II did not believe it was pos
sible."
The Senator looked his thanks, and to-
gether the three went down TO the au-
tomobile.
Lets take a spin In the machine to
clear our brains after all that mental
effort" said Marjorie iI,pudently. and
the Senator agreed. Down toward the
river they Went into the southwest sec
ton of the city. The car stopped sud-
denly on that part of a street whose
name is & number which rhyms with
heaven, between the points intersected
by a street whose name is also the most
delicate part OF the human body and q
street whose name Is letter which oc-
ours thirty-four times n this sentence
For gust of wind had taken off tbs
The Washington times., 1905-04-02

Senator's hat a man, apparently
laborer, standing near ran after the hat
and brought it back to the Senator. AS
he handed it TO him he dropped into it
a small note, then walked quickly away
in the growing darkness. The Senator
opened the note and read:
You have won today. Beware of to-
morrow
At the bottom of the note was small
Maltese Cross
Billy Hale had not joined the party
in the automobile seemingly because
there was not room but really because
he had been engaged during the after
noon in watching the movements of
large fat man This man had listened to
the speeches in the Senate with careful
attention. Just after the vote had been
taken Billy saw him receive a note
which he read slowly and then put into
his pocket as if for future reference.
When he went out therefore, after
speaking TO several Senators who SEEM
ed to know him well, Billy followed He
hailed a cab. Billy did the same, bid
ding his man keep the other in sight,
but not to drive too close.
After twenty minutes drive into the
northwest section of the city, Billy's
cab halted and the driver leaned down
Cabs stopped, SIR" he said. Billy
scrambled out in time to see his fat man
disappear into a house. It was a dingy
house with little that was distinctive
about it except the fact that its shut
ters were closed tight. 1t stood on a
street the extension of which is an ave-
nue., and which runs near an institution
for the old. somewhere between q street
named for a famous general of the civil
war and another named in honor Of the
oldest college in the United States.
The first cab had driven away as soon
as the fat man had dismounted. Billy
dismissed his also. and walked slowly
toward the house which ne felt must be
rendezvous of the Maltese Cross.
(To Be Continued Next Sunday.)
The Washington times., 1905-04-02

Japanese officers are not walking up and
down before their regiments receiving
bullets with grace and resignation They
are leading their men into desperate
charges; their swords are dealing death
to the men who oppose their rush to
victory. Behind them are lines of men
who, with never backward glance to
some hill from which they might have
used up linitless rounds of ammunition,
hurl themselves on the foe and trust
to cold steel for swift and terrible re-
suits.
1t takes time for a lesson to sink in
to the minds of men who have been
trained to opposite views. But the les
son has been learned. The truth is ap-
parent at last, say the critics. and the
fighting of SO and ga was not mistake
The scenes of the great American Civil
War are being repeated In Manchuria
and the weapons of that period are or
dered back.
Secretary Taft has ordered that
chanpe be made in the bayonets and
swords now issued to the men Of the
army.< The bayonets must be made
sharp and stout he says, and the swords
used by cavalrymen and officers must be
given an edge that will make them OF
service in hewing through flesh and
bone.
The Washington times., 1905-04-02
A SCIENTISTS COSTLY MISTAKE

An English entomologist recently re-
ceived for examination few specimens
of the gypsy moth. ard accidentally al
lowed some half dozen to escape These
increased and multiplied in such an
alarming fashion that the moths spread
over a certain locality. in which they
wrought considerable damage. 1t has
cost that English county $500, 900 in the
attempt to suppress them, and 1t is es-
timatcd that 1t will ta!ss another S100 900
per annun to keep them from travelling
outside the area which they at present
devaState.
The Washington times., 1905-04-02

r. oRTY years ago the civilized
- world witnessed a terrible wal
in which mighty armies flung
their battle lines into man-to-
man death struggles; the slashing Of
swords and bayonet stabbing swept COM
panies and regiments from before the
onward sweep of victorious columns and
life was cheap 1t passed-and man said:
Behold. it was all a mistake; the long
range gun Is the thing-away with bay
onet and saber.'' Today the War De-
partment is wiring the arsenals to re-
place the despised bayonet and the Of
ffcers are ordered to GRIND their swords.
For the Wise Ones are discredited; :;
their prophecies have missed. The war
with Spain was fought-and magazines
and newspapers were filled with opin-
ions from many authorities, but similar
in tenor. showing conclusively that the
modern battle was nothing but an Incl
dent, in which a high-class engineer sit
ting in the shade with a mathematical
treatise in his hand would call out a
combination of numbers which invari-
ably led to the discharge of the piece
of ordnance before hin-and loi five
iilieS away d regiment, VI a i"i y VI 9"
man-of-war would be utterly annihilat-
ed.
Then came the Boer war. These same
authorities pointed with pride, and said:
1--WE told you so. Solid regiments Of
British soldiers were held in play by a
scattered handful of Boer sharpshooters
who picked their human targets at 600
yards, while they, themselves, were hid
den on the tops of kopjes. The moral of
the Spanish war was repeated-military
experts insisted that a swagger stick
must replace the sword and that bayo-
nets were in the way and spoiled scien-
tific long range sharpshooting.
And now comes the Russian-Japanesc
war Two great nations are fighting to
the death-and fighting man to man
The Washington times., 1905-04-02

until new style of bayonet can be de-
c.ded upon. 1t is quite probable that
the War Department will return to a
bayonet much resembling the old type
l ct, while found excellent for digging
and wood-cutting purposes IN the trop-
les, is not satisfactory as an instrument
OF slaughter. and a stouter rod is need
Cd
The Washington times., 1905-04-02

gency, for l do not want Cyrus to die
a-laugning. Sadly yours.
GEO S. LIVINGSTON
zB02 Fifteenth Street northwest.
Tell him to look in the looking glass.
MRS FUNNY.
Dear Mr.. Gloomy Cyrus.
Which would you rather do. or go
fishing. Yours truly.
MRS. JOHN DooLY.
Oh. Gloomy, Gloomy, with such a phiz.
You can't know the joy that's in fizz;
So banish care-and come out a while.
jest around the corner-and let US
smile
]. C. REAGAN,
City Postoffice.
Dear Mr. Cyrus: Do you know the
difference between Il little hill and ID
lame dog? Straighten your face and
One is slope up, and the other is a
slow pup.
ALEXANDER HANSON,
30 Massachusetts avenue northwest.
Dear Mr. Gloomy Cyrus:
We nave met Jim Dumps and Gloomy
Gus
But from the looks of your picture,
you're the saddest .cuss.
Would 1t make you smile If you got a
buss
From two goo.i-looking girls like us?
MARY AND KATIE CONCEITY.
Dear Gloomy Cyrus:
| think this will make you happy:
Your wife told me confdentiaIly that
she would not want new Easter gown
and bonnet this year
If this does not make you happy you
are an unhappy duck.
Yours confidentially.
M()NTA REII,
923 G street southeast.
Dear Gloomy Cy.
Please do not cry
Please laugh Tor me,
| want that V.
But if you heard that lady sing Alex
ander,' you may never even smile again.
Mr. Moran should have tried a Moran
tique piece.
But that's another song.
But say, Cy, did you know that Ju-
lius Caesar was good crap player, bu.
a poor. grammarian. When he crossed
the Rubicon he said. The die is cast"
Are you smiling yet, Cy?
What city in the United States re-
minds one of laundry wagon?
Tacoma, Wash.
Do | get ii, Cy?
At the Milwaukee. WIS. bowling tour
nament last month one of our District
boys had his manly chest covered with
badges, Why, some one asked, and an
other replied:
He's trying to pass as a Badger.
Is there simmer OF grin, Cy?
A gentleman wearing overgaiters was
leading little white dog on F street a
few days ago. when he was arrested
Why?
Sptz and spats on the sidewalk.
Dear me, Cy, aren't you laughing vet
Say. Cy. where do all the pins go?
They fall TO the ground, and become
ra-pins.
Was that filter, Cy?
Dear Cy,
Good-by;
II alive
Send five.
EXpectantly.
G. S. L.
The Washington times., 1905-04-02

Mr.. Editor:
l iuclose herewith a few original opIns
and quirks for Gloomy Cyrus. Please
hand them to him and watch his facial
expression. You might have a physician
on hand to guard against any emer-
The Washington times., 1905-04-02
= The Maltese Cross =

Continued from Page Four.)
The Washington times., 1905-04-02

Dear Mr.. Gloomy Cyrus.
Which would you rather do. or go
i.Shing. Yours truly.
MRS. JOHN DOOLY.
The Washington times., 1905-04-02
IRISH DoN'S CHILDREN.

(To Be Continued Next Sunday.)
The Washington times., 1905-04-02

sency, for I do not want Cyrus to di
s-laugning. Sadly yours,
GEO S. LIVINGSTON.
2002 Fifteenth Street northwest
The Washington times., 1905-04-02

Oh Gloomy, Gloomy, with such a phiz.
You can't know the joy that's in fizz;
50 Danish care-and come out a while,
jest around the corner-and let US
smile"
The Washington times., 1905-04-02

Tell him to look in the looking glass.
MRS FUNNY
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-21
KANSAS TRUST BUSTER UPHELD.
Supreme Court Says the Act Is NalId-Santa
Fe Wins Rebate Suit.

WARRINGTON, Feb. 20-The validity Of
the Kansas Antitrust law was to-day up
held by the Supreme Court, and the judg-
ment Of the Supreme Court Of Kansas
against Edmund j. Smiley was affirmed.
Smiley was secretary of the State Grain
Dealers Association and az such made an
agreement with the grain dealers in Rush
county, Kansas. whereby competition in the
purchase Of grain in that county was pre-
vented.
Smiley was convicted under the State
Antitrust Law and sentenced to three
months imprisonment and to pay fine
OF $500 He appealed 10 the Kansas Su-
preme Court and then to the Supreme
Court Of the United States, on the ground
that II infringed his constitutional right Of
freedom Of contract.
The Kansas Supreme Court held that
the acts we're clearly within the act, which
was within the police power Of the State,
anG the United States Supreme Court
adopts that Interpretation as conclusive.
The Supreme Court affirmed the judg-
rnent Of the Supreme Court of New Mexico
in Diminishing the suit for $500 900
brought under the Antitrust law by the
Caledonian Coal Company against the Santa
Fe Pacific Railroad.
The suit grew out Of the granting of re-
bates to the Colorado Fuel and Iron Com
pany by the Atchison Topeka and santa
re road. which acquired the Santa Fe Pacific
line. The latter company had no Office
in the Territory, and when President Rip
ley was passing through the district notice
Of the suit was served on him. The New
Mexican court held that this was not proper
service. and dismissed the suit. This action
was affirmed by to-day's decision
The Supreme Court held that the law OF
Kentucky imposing a tax on corporations
is valid, and the decision of the Circuit
Coprt Of Appeals to the contrary was re-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-21
WANTS ARMOR PLATE CONTRACT
Midyaie Company Appeals to President 10
BE Saved From Heavy Loss.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 20.-The Midvale Steel
Company has not given up all hops of fur
nishing the Government with a portion Of
the armor plate for the cruisers North
Carolina and Montana and the battleship
New Hampshire. The entire contract has
been awarded to the Bethlehem and the
Carnegie companies. though it has not been
actually signed.
President Charles j. Harrahap, Vice
President j. F. Sullivan and Chief Engi-
neer Alex Petre of the Midvale Company
called on Secretary Morton and on Presi-
dent Roosevelt to-day. A number OF
papers were left with the President II is
believed that the company asks for part OF
the contract on the plea that an immense
outlay Of money has been made on the
Plant and that II the concern does not get
the Government work 1t will lose heavily.
The entire correspondence Of the Navy
Department concerning the award for
arrnor plate has been sent 20 the House
Committee on Naval Affairs, in compliance
with a request made week ago.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-21
Obituary Notes.

Or Charles DENIM veteran Brooklyn drug
cIst died on sunday Of pneumonia at his
home. Court street and First place. In his
sirty-hfth year. During the clyil war he
served as spothecary on the ship Ocean
Queen presented to the Government by
Commodore Vanderbilt He was member
OF the Sanitary Commission during the war
and for some time chief apothecary OF Belle
vue Hospital In 1895 he established his
drug store in South Brooklyn. He was one
~ nc founders. and for several years the
traasurer OF the Brooklyn College Of Phar-
mac. He was also a charter member OF
The Kings County Pharmaceutical Society.
lie is survived by widow and three sons.
Charles II Sturges died suddenly at his
home In Saratoga yesterday. He was a
prominent member Of ne SaIWetoEs county
NJ vfliage trustees was legislated out Of
office and new village charter went into
Vas elected village president on the reform
,icket and continued In ONCE two years.
He was born in Pittstown hensselaeT county
rn,erinfe ndent OF public works and at the
time OF his death was member Of the board
OF education
Henry o. Koenls. who was a reporter on
the Stats Zeitun1 for many years. died yester-
Sav NJ his home, 5l4 West l5Oth street He
was born at Rudolstadt. Germany. 81 years
200 For a time he was employed as private
s ago, ry' By oswald ottendorfer and then
became a reporter For nearly thirty years
he was engaged in reporting police news
-Four wears ago nc Hl1 twenty
am anniversary a. member Of tho stan
~ Tho Stgafs II eitun1. and his colleagues and
employers gave him substantlal present
Ne leaves a widow and two married daughters
George B Mersereau, dentist. who has had
~ once al 10 West Thirty ninth street for
~ iatt fifteen years, died suddenly on sun
dav afternoon at his home. POS West Ninety.
~, street lie was born on Staten Island
az wears al 60 was graduated from New York
University and later studied dentistry. He
had had an once in the neiRhborhood OF
EIftb avenue and the Thirtes for the Inst
forty years. He was widower and leaves
one son.
Daniel Mccarthy. for more than a half
century resident OF Plainteld. died there
Yesterday aeed 100 He was born In County
fork. Ireland and came TO this country
about ffty years ago. A few days ago no
snent several hours chopping wood at his
home and remarked that he never felt better
In his life.
calvin Derrick. who died on Saturday al
hts home. 20 Halsey street. Brooklyn. In his
sIrty-seventh year, was n civil war veteran
ard a member OF the Invincible Club and the
Lincoln Club He WAS active In Republican
poIitics He leaves a widow, son and two
daughters
Ellzabeth Mauran lawrence. dau tighter OF
John IS Lawrence. who for many years was
n we'll known New York lawyer, died at her
residence at Ma7tic. l.. l.. on Saturday. She
WAS a direct descendant Of Jonathan law
renee and a great granddaughter Of Gen.
John Smith and Con. Nathaniel Woodruff.
Theodore Durand. who died on saturday NJ
his home. sH Hancock street, Brooklyn, II
his seventeen year. was a well known yacht
builder In Grcenpolnt. He was long trustee
of the FlrFt Methodist Episcopal Church. A
i dAughteT survives HIN. :
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-21
The Old Reliable
ROYAL.
BAKING POWDER
ABSOLUTELY
PURE
There is no substitute
SENATE AT ODDS on STATEHOOD
Lots OF Talk and No Action over Appoint
ing Conferecs on the Hi.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 20 When the ques-
ton of appointing a conference committee
on the Statehood bill came up in the Senate
to-day Mr.. German argued that the con-
ferees should be appointed from Senators
who represented the prevailing sentiment
of the Senate.
Considering the closeness OF the vote,
ne expressed the hope that the chair would
appoint oonferees representing the ma
jority vote on the Statehood bill. He
thought. also. that the sentiment OF Sena-
tors opposed to the admission OF Arizona
and New Mexico should be represented
on the conference COMMITTEES.
Mr.. Teller said it would be unfortunate
to have a majority Of the conference com
mittee composed of men violently opposed
to the Bard amendment. The rule in par
liamentary bodies was TO appoint as con-
ferees men friendly to the measure as
passed He insisted that the majority OF
the Senate should have a majority on the
conference committee.
Mr.. Hale asked il it was not true that the
one distinctive and pronounced vote IN the
Senate on the Statehood bill was that In
favor of a single State. cutting of both
New Mexico and Arizona. The other votes
fuctuated. thereby leaving in doubt the
real will Of the Senate.
Mr.. Foraker asked If that part OF the
Senate should not be represented which
had favored his amendment providing
for a separate vote on the question of Joint
Statehood by the people of New MeNico
and Arizona This amendment had been
agreed to BY the Senate without division;
Mr.. Teller replied that he believed the
Senator from Ohio, or some one with SINH
lar views, should go on the conference com
mittee Mr. Lodge pointed out that Sena-
tors Bard and Bate, who are spoken of as
conferees. had both voted for the McCumber
amendment providing for four States, AND
we're therefore in antagonism to the bill
and Arizona. Mr.. Lodge added that the
Senate conferees whoever they might be,
would look after the rights Of the Senate.
Then the matter went over.