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nd presided over the senate for four

and presided over the senate for four
years.
William Henry Harrison, the ninth
president, was delegate in congress
from the Northwest territory in the
sixth congress, resigning in 1900. He
was elected to the fourteenth congress
from Ohio to fill the vacancy caused
by the resignation of John Mclean,
and was reelected to the fifteenth con-
gress. He served in the senate from
1925 until 1928. when he resigned.
John Tyler, the tenth president, who
succeeded Gen. Harrison at his death,
after being one month in office, was a
member of the house in the fourteenth
fifteenth and sixteenth congresses, and
senator from 1927 to 1886. when he
resigned. He was also elected a men,
Der of the confederate congress in
1861, but died before taking his seat.
James K Polk, the eleventh presi-
dent, was representative from Ten
nessee in the nineteenth and succeed
ing congresses to and including the
twenty fifth, serving as speaker in the
later congress. He was the only speak
err of the house who has reached the
presidency.
Willard Fillmore, the thirteenth
president, was member of the house
in the twenty-third and in the twenty
fifth to twenty-seventh congresses,
inclusive, from New York, and was
president of the senate during the six
teen months that President Zachary
Taylor lived after being inaugurated.
Franklin Pierce, the fourteenth pres
iden, was member of the house from
New Hampshire during the twenty
third and Twenty-fourth congresses,
and a senator from 1887 to 1912, when
he resigned.
James Buchanan, the fifteenth presi-
dent, was member of the house in
the eighteenth to twenty-first con-
crosses, inclusive, and a senator from
1884 to 1845, when he resigned to be-
come Folks secretary of state.
Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth
president. was member of the house
in the thirtieth congress, serving from
1S47 to 1S49. He was a candidate for
the senate in 1858, but was defeated by
Stephen A. Douglas.
Andrew Johnson. the seventeenth
president, was member of the house
in the twenty-eightth to thirty-second
congresses. inclusive, from Tennessee,
and a senator from 1857 until 1862,
when appointed military governor of
Tennessee. He was again elected a
senator in 1857, but died the same year.
Rutherford B. Hayes, the nineteenth
president, was member of the house
from Ohio from 1865 to 1867. when he
resigned to become governor.
James A. Garfield. the twentieth
president, served in the house of rep
resentatives for 1868 to 1880. In 1880
he was elected to the senate. but never
served, being inaugurated president in
1881.
Benjamin Harrison. the twenty-first
president. was elected to the senate
and took his seat in 1881. At the end
of his term he was defeated for re-
election.
William Mckinley. the twenty-fourth
president, served during the forty-fifth
farty-sixth and forty-seventh congress
es as representative from Ohio. and
was again elected to the forty-ninth.
fiftieth and fifty-first congresses.
From this it will be seen that all
the presidents have been members Of
one or the other or both branches of
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The Lond Toner and His Famous Crate Fire

wish that I could accurately out
line the origin of the reproducing
CRATE fire prevalent in London. I'm
fortunately the leading authorities
differ. One set, headed by Lord Soake,
F. r. s., who was elevated to the peer
age for his discovery that whisky con-
tanned alcohol, contend that CRATES
were brought over from Rome by the
late J. Caesar, builder of the first
bridge across the Thames river. The
duke of Marlborough. however, de-
clares. that the crate introduced by
Mr.. Caesar was discarded by the Brit
ons long before the Norman conquest
on the ground that it did not produce
enough smoke to keep up the average
of fog. William the Conqueror, his
grace contends-and he Is by no means
without supporters-was not only the
inventor of the open crate, but also the
first grower of the smoke producing
coal, which even today commands the
rate of II shillings ton.
At the present time the people of the
Culcu hlHSuOu SeeW HOpeleSSiy Ill
vided on the question and call for no
American interference. Hense, until
decision has been reached by the
British themselves the CRATE must be
judged by its work alone. All we
know is that it is archaic and smoky
and the best known examples of non
conductor of heat.
The average unthinking foreigner
who has come to London in the winter
and has tried to get warm by means of
a crate fire will madly rush to the
nearest morgue and ask if there are
any vacant slabs. Such an action is,
of course, insanely facetious. Every
body knows that morgue is supposed
to be colder than a grate-heated Lon
don room, in spite of the fact that the
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degrees of CLEANLINESS are about the

degrees of CLEANLINESS are about the
same.
In the half-civilized United States of
America barbaric steam pipes, hot
water pipes, hot air furnace pipes and
coal stoves prevail to wearisome ex-
tent Great London, majestic in its
adherence to peculiar idols, will have
none of them. The crate and the
Union Jack occupy equal places in
London's esteem. and any effort of an
American house-heating concern to in
troduce new methods is treated as IL it
were foreign invasion-like an ar
mazda. in fact.
The London crate is built into the
side of each room of house and each
has flue of it's own leading to the
open air. The ends of these flues are
generally discernible side by side on
the roof on clear days.
One day some hundreds of years
ago the Duke of Gloucester, afterward
Richard H., and Wat Tyler were walk
ing down Piccadilly when all the
aues on one house began to smoke.
Wat" said the duke, "I'll bet you
half a crown that the second flue gives
out more smoke than the fifth in the
next half hour
You're on" replied Wat, "and I'll
make another proposition-that No.
l gives out blacker smoke than No.
81
Agreed" said the duke, but to
keep this straight l must put it down
in my book"
From this incident originated the
practice of bookmaking which has be-
come so reprehensibly prevalent. How
the duke won all of Tyler's money in
single afternoon and how the dukes
brother. Clarence, became so jealous of
his wealth that he had to be put away
is, of course, all matter of record.
When you leave your room in the
morning the landlady will stop you
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WALLOPED THE ROBBER.
Threshers Take Ample Revenge On q
XQuld.Be HOld.un Man.

Herman Borge, Clayton Little and
Chris Jensen, members OF the thresh-
ing crew on Phil Manseau's farm,
we're held up by hobo named Martin
j. Burns, about mile from Grand
Harbor Monday night, says the Inter-
Ocean. The hold up artist had been
around the Harbor with these three
men during the evening, and learning
that they were going back to the farm
and the route they were going to take,
skipped along in advance and laid in
wait for them. With a revolver he
commanded them to hold up their
hands in the true Jesse James order.
The three travellers quickly complied
with the request until Burns went
through the pockets of two of them.
from which he extracted $211 from
one and IS cents from the other. The
third man, however, refused to be
robbed SO easily. Quick as flash he
knocked the revolver from Burns hand
and struck the robber a Bob Fitzsim-
mons blow that sent him to the grass.
AS he struck Burns arm that held the
revolver the weapon went OFF, and
Borge says he can still hear the whiz
OF the bullet which passed danger
ously close to his head The three
men, after nearly pounding the life
out OF Burns, took him back to the
Harbor and lodged him in the cali
boose for the night. The next morning
Deputy Sheriff Stenseth brought him
to the county Jail, where he now re-
pines waiting chance to plead guilty
in the district court. The penalty
for highway robbery is from one year
to life. Burns says he deserves about
fifteen years, and Judge Cowan will
see that he gets all that is coming to
him.
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at the door with remarks about the

at the door with remarks about the
weather.
Il say, sir" she will remark-and
please remember that SAY" must be
pronounced lige Sight say, sir.
but I'll lay the fire in your room, so
you can light it when you gets 'ome."
"Thangkew, Mrs. Perkins," you say,
"thangkew!"
You hand her tuppence to show your
appreciation of her thoughtfulness and
then go out among mankind.
"Thangkew, sir! Thangkew!!!"
When you return you see in the
crate layers of paper, kindling wood
and black substance called Coal"
To the paper you touch match. hoy
ing that the paper blaze will ignite
the wood, and that the latter in turn
will fire up the coal. Alas, for your
hopes! The British newspaper, which
lies at the bottom of all London crate
fires, is so solid and Unconditional that
it won't catch fire in the ordinary way,
and you sigh for good old New York
"wuxtry." The british newspaper
shoulders and belches forth smoke
so per cent into your room and the
other so up the fue. The kindling
wood does likewise, and the sluggish
goal" does worse.
Occasionally you see few red
CLEANS supposed to be fire. Thew
make rather pretty contrast to the
blackness of the CRATE itself-and
eventually the crate is filled with
ashes.
And yet Londoners will tell you that
the coal they use, dug from British
mines. is 1.-The best in the world. and
there's no getting away from that"
Far be it from me to make any attack
on the morals of British coal. In fact
1 know that it is modest. shrink
ing substance, forever hiding its
warmth and red bushes under the
MANTLE of dansa smoke
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Training for Presidents
All But Five Of Our Chief Executives Had Previous Exper
fence In Congress

IL you were taking civil service
examination and the question were
asked you: How many and what
presidents of the United States have
been members of either house of con-
gress?" could you answer 1t? The
question, What presidents have borne
the title Of general?" has actually been
asked In that connection. The pos
session of such information may not
be actually necessary as one of the
qualifications of government clerk,
but the answer to the question gives
pretty good index to the candidates
general information.
The first president of the United
States, Gen. George Washington, was
a member of the Continental congress
In 1774-1775, when it met in Phila-
delphia, before actual hostilities broke
out between the mother country and
the colonies, but when things were
getting warm. After that time his
services in the field precluded legis-
lative vservice.
John Adams. the second president,
was member of the Continental con-
gress from IVA to IT'S, during which
time that body met during two years
in Philadelphia, held one session in
Baltimore, andother in Philadelphia,
again in Philadelphia, and one session
each in Lancaster and York. Pa. 1t
will be remembered that the the Cont
mental congress had a moving career,
changing from point to point to meet
the convenience of the British. Mr..
Adams was also vice president and so
20 6,1r3 hn
first, second, third and fourth con-
crosses.
Thomas Jefferson, the third presi-
dent. was a member of the Continent
al congress from 1775 to 1878 and
17S2-17S3. His first election as presi-
dent was by the house of representa-
tives. there having been tie vote
between him and Aaron Burr in the
electoral college.
James Madison, the fourth president,
was member of the Continental con-
gress during 17SO-1783 and 1786-178S,
and representative from Virginia in
the first, second, third, and fourth con-
crosses
James Monroe, the fifth president,
was a member of the Continental con-
gress in 1783-17S6. and a senator from
resigned to become minister plenipo-
tertiary to France.
John Quincy Adams, the sixth presi-
dent. was senator from Massachu-
sets from 1903 to 1905, when he re-
signed His election as president was
by the house Of representatives, there
being tire other candidates in the cleo
toral college-Jackson, Clay and Will
liam H. Crawford-and none received
majority. After his presidential term
he served nine terms in the house of
representatives dying in the capitol in
1S4S.
Andrew Jackson, the seventh presi-
dent. was a member of the house of
representatives from Tennessee from
December 5, 1896, until March 8. 1897,
when he was elected senator. serving
until 1898. He was again elected to
the senate in 1923, resigning two years
later
Martin Van Buren,. the eighth presi-
dent. was senator from New York
from 1921 to 1928, when he resigned
to become governor of the state. In
1882 he was elected vice president,
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RAILROAD NOTES.
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KILLING WEEDS.
Mr.. Strother. Of Tidewater and West.
ern. InYentS Plan.

Mr.. Strother. Of Tidewater and Vest
ern, Invents Plan.
Mr.. w. B. Strother, roadmaster of the
Tidewater and Western railroad. has
invented plan of killing grass and
weeds on the roadbed of railways.
Colonel Talcott, president of the
road, is discussing the invention, said
that a trial had already been made
which was partly successful. but that
Mr.. Strother would, he though. perfect
his plan.
An ordinary railroad engine is used,
from which steam is forced onto the
track. Colonel Talcott thinks that a
special boiler will be necessary for
the work, as the continual forcing of
steam will injure the ordinary boiler of
the engine.
The plan will be given a further
trial.
President George w. Stevens. of the
Chesapeake and Ohio. is in New York.
General Manager c. E. Doyle is on the
road on an inspection trip.
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> o o . o o 8 o o o 8 o o o o % o o
. THIS DATE IN HISTORY, o
g. Sent. ~. 8

% o o . o 8 o o O 9 9 o o o o o 9 9
1737-Gottingen University, opened.
1S03-Robert Ermet put on trial.
1S55-Ethan Allen Hitchcock, Sec
rotary Of the interior, born.
1S39-William Paterson. Canadian
minister of customs, born.
1S54-Many lives lost in the wreck
of the Queen Charlotte.
1S62-Gen. Rosecrans began attack
on the confederate forces at Iuka,
Miss.
1S7O-Italians occupied Rome.
1S71-Disastrous fire in Virginia
City, Nevada.
1SS1-President Garfield died at
Long Branch, N. j.
.19O1-President Mckinley buried at
Canton, Ohio.
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PEACE SOVEREIGN.

Associated Press to The Evening Times,
Milan, Sept. 19.-At the session of
the 18th universal peace congress the
officers were directed to send tele-
gram to King Victor Emmanuel ex-
pressing the hope of the congress that
he may live in history as the sovereign
of peace.
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MUSIC SHOW.

Associated Press to The Evening Times.
New York, Sept. ia national
music show opened in Madison Square
Garden today, to continue during the
greater part OF next week. Every
thing pertaining to music is on exhibit
ton, including rare instruments Of all
kinds, famous collections of old
spinets, virginals and violins.
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VERITABLE DREAMLAND
IS GETTY OF AMERICA
. 90 o o o g o o o g o o o @ &, g, (

9 Chicago, Sept. 19-The post Q
Q Office departement is investigating 9
Q the plans for cooperative city Q
9 and many crush it by denying the .
. scheme the privileges of the mails. Q
. The City of America" is to be 9
e built in Alabama on the Gulf .
9, The investor of $3.50 pays no in 9
g terest, taxes, assessments. insur- .
. ance or OUTLAWS of any kind. He .
e. pays on rent. title or tolls over 9
g the membership fee. 9
Z: Some of the promises are: Q
9 More than 100000 families g
. can be cared for; will be senate 9
? and house of representatives; hotel 9
. checks will be used for change &
:: among the people; they will be (:
o made of copper and bronze and {:
9 called one minute, five minutes, 2
. ten minutes. fifteen minutes, 9
. thirty minutes, one and five 9
. hours; grand portals at entrance 6
g to city: tower to be 1850 feet -:
. high with lantern at the top Z:
3 which can be seen for one hun :
g dred miles: no boarders per- z
. mitted, white men only eligible: 9
g married men first choice: single Z:
9 men cannot be freeholders."
o o % o o . 9 o . o o o o . . . Z
Every time man gets it in the necl
he realizes how little he amounts to
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GOVERNMENT wORsTED.
Annotated Pres. to The Evening Tim.

-H'''oe'"se" e"ss 10 NC r1SeuIuR IEhheHs
Havana. Sept. 19.-Alfredo Zayas,
president of the liberal party, informs
the Associated Press that Colonel Ava
los with 200 mounted men attacked
the rebel force under Pine Guerra yes
terday near Los Palacios. The rebels
had one man killed and two wounded.
The Government had eighteen killed
and thirty wounded. The second at
tack was about to begin when peace
makers arrived, telling of the cessa-
ton of hostilities.
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IS IN PORT.

Honolulu, Sept. 19-The steamer
Manchuria is in this harbor and Capt.
Metcalfe thinks that the vessel can
be repaired here in ten days so that
she will be able to go to San Francisco
under her own steam.
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H. IRVING COMING.

London, Sept. 19.-Henry B. Irving
and Dorothea Baird. with their London
company, sail today for New York to
begin their first American tour. Early
next month they will appear at the
New Amsterdam theatre in New York,
opening their engagement with Steph-
en- Phillips "Paolo and Francesca"
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Every time man gets it in the neck
he realizes how little he amounts to.
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KIDNAPPED IN AUTO.
Young Son of New York Doctor Re-
ported Missing.

Arson Head Richards. three years Of age,
sor of DR.. William Richards of New York,
was abducted in Chicago yesterday by three
men. who carried him away in an automo-
bile. No trace of him has yet been found.
The mother of the child is living at the
home of her sister Mrs. c. F. Hunting The
boy was playing on the lawn in front OF
the house when two men approached him.
One OF them lifted him up. and the chauf-
feur. who had stopped his machine some
distance away. at once started toward hem.
The boy was hastily placed inside. the men
climbed In after him. and the machine went
flying north at furious rate. A number
of persons who witnessed the abduction
gave chase, but the speed OF the automo-
bile was so great that they We're distanced
in a few minutes.
Members Of the family believe that the
boy was carried away by his father Dr.
Richards, son OF Prof. Eugene L. Richards,
instructor of mathematics In Yale who was
married eight years ago to Miss Rosie Reed
OF New York. Two years ago DIR. Richards
and his wife separated and Mrs. Richards
came to Chicago.
dispatch from New York last night says;
The father of the boy. kidnapped in Chicago
today Dy. w. NJ Richards of this city,
resides in apartments at the Burlington, IN
this city 1t was said there tonight that
Dr. Richards was absent from the city
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GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ON THE RIVER FRONT

The big Philadelphia barges Kate NJ
Latta and c. B. Rosselle. which for about
a year past have been under charter to
the Allegheny Coal Company and have
been used to transfer coal from the railway
dumps on the Eastern branch to George
town, have completed their contract and
have been taken to the Alexandria ship
yard, where they will be given an overhaul
Ing preparatory to being placed in the coal
carrying trade between Philadelphia and
Baltimore to the ports on Chesapeake bay
and Its tributaries.
Arrived: Schooner Il. f. Layton, with a
cargo of pine lumber from a Virginia port,
at Alexandria; schooners Fannie Shepherd
and Blanch Hayward, oysters from Pos
tomac beds; schooner Samuel Wood, cord
wood. from Nomini; tug Marion Cameron,
towing scows laden with sand and gravel
from beds in Piscataway creek: schooner
Father and Son, pine lumber from a river
point; schooner Raymond Oliver fish from
nets In river; schooner Cora, fish. from Po-
tomac nets.
Sailed: Schooner Belmont, light. for q
river point to load cordwood; schooner Com
pact, light, for lower river to load schooner
John McGinnis, for Leonardtown to load
railway ties for Philadelphia; schooner Ma
BILE and Ruth, barreled tar, from George
town for Portsmouth, Va, thence to North
Carolina to load lumber for Washington.
Memoranda: Schooner Il. f. Layton has
peen chartered 10 go TO BlanCnelds WnarI
on the Rappahannock river to load cargo
of lumber for this city: schooner c. G.
Wehrum has completed the unloading of a
cargo of stone and has been chartered to
load a cargo of lumber the York river
for New York: c. c. c. barge No. 20 has
completed the loading of a cargo of coal at
Georgetown and will sail tomorrow for Bos-
ton; schooner Henry f. Kruger is reported
at Punta Gorda, Fla, loading a cargo OF
phosphate rock for Alexandria.
The little bay schooner Julia, which lost
her foremost and otherwise damaged
in blow on the river several days ago.
has completed the unloading OF a cargo of
pine lumber, and sailed today in tow of
tug for Baltimore, where she Will be sup
piled with a new mast and viii be repaired
before she goes into service.
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Lighthouse Service Notes.

Albert c. Meyers, second assistant keeper
of the light station at Wolf Trap. In Chesa-
peake bay has been detached from service
at that station. and ordered to duty at
Seven Foot Knoll light station at the en-
trance to the Patapeco river as second as
sistant keeper. Horace G. Groom has been
transferred from the Seven Foot Knoll sta
ton to the Wolf Trap to succeed Mr.. Mey-
ers. The light house tender Maple has
sailed from Norfolk to look over the buoyV
in the Potomac river and to give them the
attention they may need. replacing any
missing ones with new sparA
The bell buoy marking the entrance TO the
Craf9hiH channel to Baltimore harbor 10 TO
be moved about 100 yards to the eastwau6
of it's proper position In order to allow SONS
dredging work to be done.
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Transfers of Revenue Cutter Officers

Capt John F. Wild has arrived at Balti-
more from the revenue cutter Gresham on
the Boston station. and under orders from
the revenue cutter service bureau IN this
city he has assumed command Of the reve-
nue. cutter William Window. on the Chesa-
peake bay station. relieving Capt. George
F. Mcconnell. who has been in charge of
the cutter for the past two years Capt
Mcconnell is to be retired In. July, and he
has gone on a leave of absence until that
time The Window is at Baltimore prepar-
ing to resume towing work on the bay.