Albuquerque morning journal., 1906-08-26
BRITISH ADMIRALTY
MAKES RAISE IN WAGES
Department Of Agriculture to
Send -Four Young Men to
Europe to Study the Making
and Preserving of Wines,
(By Richard Abcrcorn.l

on changes at the dockyards issued
yesterday
All the workmen in the dOckyards
are invited to contribute suggestions
regarding improvements in tools and
methods of work. and committee of
dockyard officers sits once a month 10
consider and adjudlcate on the sugge5-
tlons received
A sum of $1,000 has been authorized
for distribution during the present
year In awards for suggestions either
adopted in their original form or sue
cessfully developed.
An increase of pay is to be allowed
to certain classes of workmen to take
effect next October. This will involve
an expenditure of $780, 900 a year A
uniform forty-eight hour week is also
to obtain In future In all the govern
ment doCkyards.
A premium system has also been
adopted eXperimentally i'm the dock
yards by which an expert workman is
enabled to increase his wages by COM
! pleting his work in less than the time
allowed.
The department of agriculture OF the
/ Cape colony Is about to send four
young men to Euroue for the purpose
of studying the making and care Of
wines
Selection of the four will be madr
by competitive examinations. but the
candidates must he over twenty years
old, must speak German flucntly, ana
must have had some experience in
vine-groWing and cellar work.
Studies will be conducted mainly III
Germany and attendance on lectures at
the Royal College of Viticuture. Gels
enheim. will be required, although m
structiOn will be mainly of a practical
4 character, as each student will be ap-
prenticed to a firm of wine makers H.
! Coblentz. Rudesheim. or Frankfort
The government will pay the sta
dent travelling expenses to and from
Europe, and $3.50 a year towards liv-
ing expenses. The students will give a
written guarantee undertaking to de-
vote themselves for at least three yeors
to the wine industry on their return
from Europe. and to give lectures and
demonstrations under government aus
rices during that period concerning
the cultivation of the wine and the
management of the cellar.
sAs
Men OF science attending the British
associations meeting at York the 9TH
or day listened with profound atten-
tion to delightful little dissertation
on dolls which was given by Sir Lau-
der Brunton
Physical cducation," he said. "be-
gins with babyhood, and the proper
way to care for babies should De
taught at schools.
II should like to see established n
every school class for the care Of
dolls. Every girl should have wash
able, unbreakable doll which should DC
for the time being her baby"
"She should be taught how to wash
dolly, how to feed dolly. how to treat
dolly's So throat or stomach ache
how to make clothes for dolly, how &c
take dolly out for exercise. how ii
hush dolly TO sleep, how to provide
dolly with fresh air. and how TO pro-
tect dolly from chllls."
In fact. all the information that the
girl will afterwards need for bringid,l
up her own babies might be impaired
in concrete form. in way that
could be remembered, in dolIy's class. =
shS
Mystery surrounds the voyage of ihf
steamer Xema. which has sailed from
Gravesend on the Thames, for q desti'
nation which is a close secret
II is certain. however, that she car
ries a diamond seeking expedition H.
nanccd by a syndicate in London, and
ii is thought that she Is going in
search of an uncharted island off the
African coast, Of whose diamond
wealth rumors were recently circn-
lated.
The Xema Is owned by Earl FitI-
william, who two years ago. fitted o"'
the abortivc expedition in the Veronl-
que TO Coeos island in search of n Dl-
rates buried treasure. The Earl, how
ever, has nothing further to do win
the expedition, which is the enterpris,
of the Coils diamond syndicate.
The crew signed on for St Helen1
which lends color TO the story of tht
African diamond isle The ship is H.
ted up with great luxury and the 1f-
iicers are resplendent in gold lace. VI
addltnon she carries as passengers 2
party of ladies and gentlemen whost
identity Is q secret SO that nothing Is
lacking to make the voyage of tho
Xema romantic aud interesting.
sxs
There Is great excitement among Tho
big armament firms over the visit Il
Or. Lugo. an American scientist. who
Is now In London perfectng a ncN
electric storage battery OF which grea
things are expected DR. Lugo claims
, for his invention that 1t Is Of internL
tional interest and that il may rendel
naval war absolutely impossible. Th'
storage battery fitted to torpedoes Wi
propel these engines of destruction 81
, far as twenty or thirty miles. Thes'
, electrical torpedoes. DR.. Lugo says
could be discharged from the shore ~
we'll as from the ships. and woul'
, make all present battleships obsolete
, 4 number of American hnancers u
London are Interested In the invention
= which II Is feared in England will b.
fest offered to Germany when per
fccted.
Meanwhile DR.. Lugo has been show
, ing his invention 10 the great Englisl
firms which build battleships.
oAs
, Nearly SIS, 900 in fines was paid b
; British automobiists during the yea
ending June 80 last statistics fot whicI
, relating 10 motor car offenses" hav
4 just been Issued.
TIE number OF prosecutions durinI
, the year was 5.I65. and 4.915 defend
4 ants wore fined making the averag
fine paid about Sl1. In i.245 cases tn
prosecution was for exceeding th
speed limit Five motorists were sen
by the magistrates for trial on seriou
: charges--iniury to pedestrians through
: neglect. drunkenness. while In charg
Y OF an automobile etc.
II Is a striking comment on tn
sometimes excessive zeal OF the rurn
j police against automoblists that 49,
I prosecutions were withdrawn or dis