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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-11-04

Big Bargain in Cutlery Monday al
Ransone Hardware Co. 25c Scissors
at 15c. 1t.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-11-04
Army Scores AGAINST Vale.

WEST POINT. Nov. 3.-Yale do
teated West Point by score of IT,
TO g.. The game was lively enough
put the showing made by Yale was p
to their partisans
Their line work was POOR They were
weak in attack and defense particr
larly in the first half
In the second. they braced ana
made better front. but the fnmblinr
OF onnts spoiled their open plays.
Coach Graves had the Soldiers In
me TRIM and there were mighty
cheers for him when his men scored
ahrr twenty minutes of play in the
first half.
v. p. /. Beats Roanoke.
ROANOKE. VA, Nov. AIT
e,'rksbnre, Virginia Polytechnic In.
,l.tp'e eleven. defeated Roanoke Col
l'ee IS TO 0. The game was cIear
'nro"ghont and was filled with sen.
satioral plays.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-04
Whitsunday Services at st. Thomas
Church

A large congregation gathered yesterday
at ST. Thomas Church, 18th and Church
streets, to participate in the Whitsunday
the second chapter of Acts, And when the
day of Pentecost was fully come, they
were all of one accord In one place." served
as a text for the sermon of Rev. c. Ernest
Smith, the rector.
DIR. Smith discussed the curious placing
of men of various talents in posts of re-
sponsibility, and the relation opportunity
bears to achievement in the many places
of human activity. Warning was given
against the assumption of too great credit
for results that tickle opportunity alone
had made possible.
At the Pentecostal festival at Jerusalem
the crowds came from every quarter OF this
globe-a mighty host, gathered TO worship
God This was the second stage IN the
establishment of a great Catholic Church
that should acknowledge Christ as the Re-
deemer.
They were all of one accord in one
place." 1t was stated; such unity. brother
hood, common hope and common faith; all
banded together in love and reverence for
the Lord of all. The lesson is forceful to
the people of this day."
Pathetic reference was made by the rec
tor to the recent attempt on the life or
the King and Queen of Spain. as illustrate
ing discord, sin and crime where peace,
happiness and reverence had prevailed.
DR. Smith closed by emphasizing the go
lemnity and Importance of the preaching OF
the Gospel as an ordinance of God, and the
necessity for unselfish devotion to the great
work of the church, to the end that in the
last great day all may be gathered together
justified before the throne of God
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-04

Der of inspectors is certainly inadequate.
as the Secretary of Agriculture has often
complained. We noted that some large
establishments had an obviously insufficient
force. A few small concerns have no In
spectors at all, and may sell uninspected
meat wherever they please in the United
States.
VII-Legislation.
l. Examination before slaughter is of
minor Importance and should be permissive
instead of mandatory. Examination after
slaughter is of supreme Importance and
should be compulsory.
2. Goats now exempt from inspection.
Intended for foreign or interstate commerce,
should be included in the list subject to the
inspection of the Bureau of Animal Indus
try, and should be equally controlled by
the regulations OF the Secretary of Agri-
culture.
3. The examination of all meat products
intended for interstate commerce at any
stage Of their care or treatment should be
consigned to the Bureau of Animal Indus
try, and no mark or sign declaring that
inspection has been made by Government
officials should be allowed on any can, box
Or other receptacle or parcel containing
food products unless the same has been
subject to Government inspection at any
and every stage of the process of prepa-
ration, and all such labels should contain
the date of issuance. and 1t should be a
misdemeanor to erase, alter or destroy any
such labels. Meat products, and canned
from any packing or canning establishment
II returned to the same, should be subject
10 such further inspection regulation and
tseiation from other meat products as the
Secretary Of Agriculture may prescribe
4. Power should be given to the Secre-
tary OF Agriculture to make rules and
regulations regarding the sanitation and
construction of all buildings used or in
tended to be used for the care of food prod
ucts for interstate or foreign trade and to
make such regulation as he may deem nee
essary 10 otherwise protect the cleanliness
and wholesomeness of animal products.
prepared and sold for foreign and inter-
state commerce.
5. 1t should be forbidden to any person,
iirm, or corporation to transport or offer
Ior transportation from state TO an
other any meat or meat food products not
Inspected and labeled
General SUGGESTIONS. The number of
inspectors should be largely increased. so
that special assignments may be made for
night inspection, for the examination of
animals at the platforms of stock yards.
for the following of dead animals to their
alleged destination, and for other special
work.
Special government inspection should
be carried on continuously to prevent vio-
lations of the law and general abuses IN
the trade, and to secure evidence when nee
essary.
3. A careful study of the standards of
inspection In other countries should be
made, and the results of the study should
be published and circulated for the public
information.
4. Consideration should be given TO the
question Of specific labelling of all carcasses
sold as fresh meat, which, upon examina-
but are still deemed suitable for food.
JAMES BRONSON REYNOLDS.
CHAS. p. NELL
Washington, D. G., June 2, 1906.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-04

Cal: Prof. A A Persons. University of
Alabama: Col Ben s. Johnson. secretary.
Little Rock. Ark: Crban A. Woodbury.,
Burlington, VT: Col Charles F. Homer,
Yonkers. N. Y.
Appointed by the Vice President: James
A. Hemenway. Boonvi1le, Ind T. C. S.
Blackburn. Versailles. KY
Appointed by the Speaker of the House
of Representatives: Elias s. Holiday.
Brazil. Ind; Samuel w. Smith, Pontiac,
Mich; A. A. Wiley, Montgomery, Ala
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-04

Mrs Isabella Walcott. the actress, who
was known to theatrical folks as the dow
ager of the Lyceum Stock Company" is
dead in New York, after an Illness that
began last September when she suffered
stroke of paralysis at her country home.
Mrs Walcott was more than sixty years
old
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-04
WEST POINT ACADEMY.
Gen. Porter Elected Head of Visiting
Board.

The board Of visitors OF the United States
Military Academy was organized at West
FONT, N. Y. as follows;
Appointed by the President of the United
States: Gen. Horace Porter, president,
New York; Lieut.. Gen. A. r. chaffee, vice
president; Arthur W. Foster. San Rafael.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-04

Baron Frisch. head of the department OF
legislation In the council of the empire, has
been appointed president Of the council at
st. Petersburg.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-04

his dirty apron and trousers In contact with
the meat he was spreading out. and, AFTER
he had finished his operation, again took
barrow, went back for another load. and
repeated this process indefinitely. Inquiry
developed the fact that there was no water
In this room at all, and the only metnoo
to rub them against his dirty apron or on
his still f1ithier trousers.
Z AS an extreme example of the entire dis
regard on the part of employees of any no
ton Of cleanliness In handling dressed
meat. we saw q hog that had just been
killed. cleaned. washed, and started on It's
way to the cooling room fall from the Slid
ing rail to a dirty wooden floor and slide
part way into filthy mems privy. 1t was
picked up by two employees, placed upon
truck carried into the cooling room and
hung UP with other carcasses, no EFFORT De-
Ing made to clean IL.
Treatment of meat after inspection.-The
radical defect In the present system OF IN
spection Is that 1t does not go Tar enough.
It Is confined at present by law to passing
on the healthfulness OF animals at the time
of killing; but the meat that Is used in
sausage and in the various forms of canned
products and other prepared meat foods
goes through many processes In all OF
which there is possibility of contamination
through insanitary handling, and further
danger through the use of chemicals Dur
ing all these processes Of preparation there
is no Government inspection and no assur-
ance whatever that these meat-food prod
ucts are wholesome and fit for food-desp!te
the fact that all these products. when sent
out. bear a label stating they have been
passed upon by Government inspectors.
AS to the investigation of the alleged use
of dyes, preservatives, or chemicals IN the
preparation of cured meats, sausages. and
canned goods we are not yet prepared to re-
port. We did look into the matter of SAM
tary handling of the meats being prepared
for the various food products. The results
of our observations have already been
partly given. Other instances of how prod
ucts may be made up, and still secure the
stamp of Government inspection are here
given. In one well-known establishment we
came upon fresh meat being shoveled into
barrels, and a regular proportion being
added of stale scraps that had lain on
dirty floor in the corner of room for some
days previous. In another establishment,
equally we'll known, a long table was noted
covered with several hundred pounds or
cooked scraps of beef and other meats.
Some of these meat scraps were dry, leath-
cry, and unfit to be eaten; and In the heap
were found pieces of pigskin, and even
some bits Of rope strands and other rub
bish. Inquiry evoked the frank admission
from the man In charge that this was to be
ground up and used in making ''potted
ham,
The Tahe1S
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-04
The Labels.

All of these canned products bear labels
of which the following is sample.
ABATTOIR NO. =.
The contents of this package have been
inspected according to the act of Con-
gress of March g. 1901.
The Washington times., 1906-01-21

worked a wire in every city of impor-
tance in this country. Also there are
men grown gray in the service who
have done time in isolated stations of
the West; who have followed railway
construction in the advance march of
civilization across the plains and have
transmitted messages of importance
for the Government and for the pio-
neers Of commerce from every point Of
the compass. There is probably no pro-
fesslon where exciting life and inter
esting incidents are more commonplace
10 the actors themselves.
II is doubtful if there is a telegraph
once in the entire country which has
Lot been the scene of a lOng-distance
quafrel-that is. the home Telegram pheF
mas at one time or another had a
scrap over the wire with distant
ids as wei as their inception merely in
words and soon became forgotten Incl
dents OF telegraph life
Stlil others had not been settled in
such an amiCable menner. as was the
case with we'll known teiecra nhar
employed in the Galveston office of the
Mexican Cable Company. Over some
trivial matter he became involved in a
wordy war with the man at Vera Cruz.
Mexico. and the number of words OK
changed between them if paid for AZ
the commercial rate. would compare
faVorably with those rendered for cahled
descriptions Of the battle at 2n3- Nfefar
ment of Santiago
In fact so angered did the Galveston
operator become that he informed he
Vera Cruz operator that IL was his in
tention 10 close his office. take the first
boat 10 that place and administer unto
The Washington times., 1906-01-21

often upsets the equilibrium Of good
nature.
\ plug or beginner can always be
detected by an experienced operator
and many a joke must be undergone
by the novice before he becomes sea
s0ned to the language of the wires
One of the standing Jokes which ev-
cry plug, probably from the time
telegraphy came into general use has
had sprung on him BY some Joker
down the line is To send q message
sddressed 10 the Office Of which the
plug has charge. II is sent in the
form OF regular message. and reads.
l.. T. Phant; Cannot ind your trunk
here. ADAM GOODSELI.."
Unless the plug is more than ordi
narily astute he swallows the bait
writes Out the message ana sets out ON
4 quest FOR l. + Phant
faVoTiIe admOnitiOn or request the
plug receives one or more times in
his noVitiatc is after he has la abori-
ously spelled out message to his gifted
brotheT-or sisteT-at the oher end of
the line; Nov. send your right foot
for while The plug may be red
tormentor he is mute. for even If he
wee capable of expressing his feeling
adequately and with sufficient rapidity
the man at the other end of the wire
could give him the merry ha-ha' sim
ply by shutting tho key.
Tales of ludicTcuS, and in some in
stances. serious blunders by plugs are
common. An ambitious check clerk IN
q Canadian telegraph office came near 10
involving Uncle Sam and john Bull in
q diplomatic mtX-up d few years ago
Between the weather bureaus at Wash
ington and Toronto there has long been
an exchange Of meteorological gather
The Washington times., 1906-01-21
Queer Tools to Diq With.

The hole was no larger than abso-
lutely necessary for a man to crawl
through. Knives and forks, stolen
from the prison tables. with a tin
cup for a shovel, comprised their
digging tools. One man would dig
and slowly pass eupfuls of earth
back to another, who would empty
it into the trOuser leg. Each shift
of two men filled the queer sack and
then slowly and painfully backed out
o. the tunnel.
Two others would then descend
and when they had filled the sack
third pair would take their places.
The disposal Of the earth from the
excavation was a matter of grave
risk. Had the guards IN the prison
been alert and watchfuI the plan of
The Washington times., 1906-01-21

these points, and made a most enviable
record for rapid work DESPITE his in
hrmliy. was in a hurry TO get clear
lie resOrted to the use of code or tele-
graphic abbrrvia tions, The Spokane
man said nothing. simply taking his
SD"Fane the operator in that city had
LeaVv file for Montana papers and
fstI. wing, perhaps. that the Helena man
had been a little severe on him, resOTted
TO tho same tactics
Despite the fact that the Helena man
did not use a typewriter he did not
break a single time. but the per
as he painfully endCaVored 10 keep up
with the rapid transmission of the
Spokane man
Finally Spokane got clear, and by
this time more specials had been
filed for Spokane Lighting his pipe
to steady his nerve, the Helena man
again essayed to paste the Spokane
receiver, but to no avail. The specials
finally came To an end. as did the in
cident, both men merely said &C. r"
meaning good evening, and the ordi-
nary commercial business resumed its
sway
Attempts to paste" an operator at
the other end of the line are Of not
infrequent occurrence. TeIegr phing
is nervous work. requiring a trained
ear, clear brain, and a steady hand.
When d long story is being trans
mitted nothing is more aggraVating to
the sending operator than to be broken
in upon with a request for a repetition
In newspaper Offices in particular
where many thousands of words are
sent and received every night ODara-
tors are usually keyed to a high pitch
or interest, and any small annoyance
The Washington times., 1906-01-21

him severe drubbing. And he was as
good as his word so far as closing the
once and taking a boat which happened
TO be sailing that day for Vera Cruz
were concerned.
Inc GdINeStOn operator boarded The
snip Tor Vera Cruz. but when he reached
lhat place he was unable TO wreak The
qeslred vengeance because his frienti
had learned OF his coming 9nd taken a
hunting trip ia the mountains He There
upon returned TO Galveston.
But perhaps one of the most remark
aole incidents of this kind occurring. in
recent years happened I'm Helena
Mon. office and the Spokane Office of
the same company, in that two one
armed teiegraphers were the partici-
pants. One is left-handed becarse he
had lost his right arm and the otba~
rlght-handed because he had lost his
left
The Helena Spokane incident could
hardly be termed a scrap i'm tho or-
uinary ,pariance of telegraphers' phrase
oiosy' but rather ''pasting' match.
The Washington times., 1906-01-21

for reforming the ranks and the
command 10 resume the chase.
That was the closest that Dilger
came to the rurales for several days.
He made his way 10 Arizepe. lOdg-
ing at the ranches OF hospitable
Mexicans at night and begging food
by day when near habitatiOns, or
digging roots from the ground and
clubbing nuts from trees when he
could get nothing else TO eat.
In the mountains he nearly frOze
10 death, clad as he was IN the thin
cotton trousers and .ooze coat Of the
water carrier.
After leaving Arizep5 and walk
ing in the direction OF Oputo, he was
Obliged TO cross a wide desert-like
plateau. Here he came face TO face
with company of unmounted rur-
ales who We're securing the country
for him. Their commander was not
very smart, or Dilger was a very
good pretendeT indeed. for he was
seized and questioned rigidly about
himself. Why they die uot pene-
trate his disguise ne Goes not try
10 explain. He was permitted TO go
free
The Washington times., 1906-01-21
Happened on Pay Day.

II happened on monthly pay day.
That viii account for many breaches of
teleBIap"ie discipline. The operator on
the Toronto end of the international
wire went out for lis midday lunch y
actiy at noon. His pockets were fhici;Iy
lined with bills recognized at face vs.Itsa
IN any thirst cure in the province
y number Of them were casheJ this
Gay with the result that o'olocz and ,
o CLOCK passed without his return. AMI
the buHalO wire received only i0terfnft-
tent attention. Then a message drilled
INTO bufIaio from Washington destined
Ior the grave and mighty Canadian
weather officials. Such messages are 10
De quickly handled, and TO cali attention
10 the fact they are copied on pink
blanks. P''i'
Cali after call from Buffalo failed IN
eiiclI an answering signal from across
the border, and the anxious Ap,sries,,
put more speed into his wiggline wrist
Just then the check clerk came bv saI
heard the aixious calling. Here was a
Continued on Page 4. this Section,
The Washington times., 1906-01-21
Rea Tragedies of the Telegraph That Discount Many Weird Tales Of

~ ROBABLY no other profession is
- as productive of interesting little
side episodes as that of teIegra-
ply Countless fiction stories Of
the most intense interest have been
founded upon facts developed by the
deeds of the men of the keys: count
less tales stranger than fiction. of heroic
deeds AMI humorous, ludiclous and pa
thetic incidents might be written, says
the Chicago Chronicle. The life of the
telegraph operator, particularly in the
beyond the ordinary that little attention
is paid to them by the actors in the
dramas. farces, and tragedies which
hang upon the use of the thin strands of
wire which now play so important a
part in the everyday dOings of the
modern world
There is a bond of fellowship between
other professions. Few persons who
conduct large correspondence. even in
a business way, exchange messages with
the same person. now here, now there
one day in Chicago. another in New
York, again in San Francisco, Kansas
city. New Orleans, Winnipeg, and every
point of the compass. For like the
printer of the days before the Aiergen-
thaler, the bon vivant teamsters who
drive electricity through the wires are
often tramps AS it used TO be with
The Washington times., 1906-01-21
Freedom at last.

Hastily backing out of the tunnel
until at the entrance to the cell,
Pedro whispered "Es echo,"
"Es Echo, Es Echo" wonderingly
whispered the men in the cell, scarce
believing the truth of the state
men:
Soon Dilger appeared and he told
his companions thst all was ready
for their escape. a hurried consul
tation was held Plans were quickly
made and every man did what little
had to be done in the way of pre-
The Washington times., 1906-01-21
An American and Seven Natives Have Dug
Their Way Out Of Mexican Prison and
the Unfortunate Warden Must Serve Out
Their URexpred Terms. :. =. -.

from the miseries of the prison at
MOctezuma.
-Four of his companions, Juan
Martinez, Diego Herrera. Jose Vas
quez, and Manual Cobac, were serv-
ing out long terms for murder. Mar
tinez had twenty-fou- years ahead
of him when he escaped and the
others fifteen years each. The 9th
ers, Pedro MendeZ, Mariana Panay,
and Jaime Perez, We're being pun
ished for theft. Nendez left an
unfinished term amounting TO six
and one half years, Panay eight
years and Perez seven years. Dilger,
who lad been sentenced 10 seven
years Imprisonment on a charge Of
robbery, had served but half of his
time. He stoutly maintains that he
was innocent.
From the time that a few bricks
were removed from a dark corner
of the floor of the cell in which Dig
er and the seven Mexican convicts
were confined to begin digging on
November l until the American
crossed the border his life was in
constant danger. The hardships of
tie imprisoned men as they painful
ly dug their way down five feet from
the floor of their cell and then fifteen
feet horizontally until they knew
that they were beyond the walls Of
the prison. were as great as their
dangers.
The Washington times., 1906-01-21

the tramp printer, the tramp telegrapher
Is oftentimes the most skilled operator
in business.
knowing his competency, the opera
tor inclined 10 "a nomadic life relies
upon his ability To show the head of
the gang and fall into take" when
ever and wherever he wants il. Again.
like the old tramp printer, many tranp
operators are lovers Of the cup that
cheers. Most of them are extremely
clever and capable men, and as sucb
they take delight in holding up their
end of a wordy war with some unseen
antagonist, possibly miles away.
If the telegraph wires We're pos
scssed Of souls and minds and being,
many is the tale Of deadly feuds, of
sharp witticisms expressed by the
Morse code, of tragedy, Of crime. and
or love they could relate.
There is, Of course. a certa' element
among the men Of the keys who are
prone 10 take advantage of their i'm
munlty from personal attack and in
dulged in lcng-distance innuendo and
abuse There IS a free-masonry among
long-distance telegraphers that is sure
~ symbolized by signs. but that is not
necessarily recognized by a secret grip.
The Washington times., 1906-01-21

ECAUSE young Ameri-
can, R. L. Dilger, and sew
en- native conyicts es-
capped from the prison at
MOctezuma, Mexico. BY
digging a tunnel under the walls.
the careelero, or warden, has been
condemned to spenc the remainder
Of his life in the very cell in which
the eight men had been confined
several of them for years. This is
one OF the laws in Mexico which is
rigidly enforced, and unless the
warden recaptures the men who es-
capped from his cus5ocy, which is
most improbable. he will be Obliged
to serve their unfinished terms
which amount to ninety-Iour years.
This means life Imprisonment.
Dilger, after his daring escape.
quickly separated from the Mexi-
cans He made a bee line over the
ragged Sierra Madre mountains.
through lofty snow covered gorges,
across flood swept passes, lodged the
mounted and foot ruraIes Of Mexico
by day and the equally dangerous la
drones. the highwaymen of that land.
by night, and finally arrived at El
Paso after several weeks of most un-
usual dangers and hardships. His
only clothing during the most try
ing part of his Eight was the light
garb of a water carrier.
Dilger and his companions. who
were all confined in one cell, started
10 dig the tunnel on the night of No
vember 1. They TOOK every care
and precauUon TO carTy un their
work without detection, for several
attempts to escape had been discov-
cred previously. The leg of a pair
of discarded pantaloons was made
TO serve as a bag in which the
earth was conveyed from the tun-
mel, and while two men mounted
guard the other six duS by relays
during the night