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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-10-09
Naming of VogIegeSang
Due TO the President
Officer Made Good I'M
preston on Panama
Trip Last Fall.

Lieut.. Commander Carl T. Voglege-
sang, tbo popular young naval officer
who has been selected to command the
Presidents private converted cruiser
yacht, the Mayhower. owes the honor
conferred upon him 10 the splendid i'm
preston he made upon President Roose-
welt during the latter's trip 20 Panama
last faH. = Mr.. Voglegesang was the first
navigator Of the Louisiana, on which
the President made the Journey. and
the manner IN which he handled tho
ship quickly caught the Chief Execu-
tive's eye.
The President saw much Of the work
Of the young officer on the journey.
spending considerable time on the ships
bridge with him. The entire journey Of
several thousand miles was made safely
and without the slightest incident. and
before leaving the vessel Mr. Roosevelt
personally congratulated and thanked
the commander. Capt. A r. Couden,
now rear admiral. Commander Chaplin,
Noglegesang. and other responsible OH
GERS Tor the safety and pleasure OF the
Journey
Mr.. Voglegesang was appointed 10 the
Naval Academy from California in $50,
ans attained his present grade IN July,
1870 he made his reputation a a tur-
ret officer IN the spring target practice
Of 1904, on the Asiatic station when he
was in command Of the forward thir-
tCen-inch tUrret on the Wisconsin The
score made by him and his crew broke
all records OF the navy. and has never
been exceeded but once since, and that
was by the same gun and nearly the
same crew the following year. This
gun mads Lhirty-tWO hits out Of a pos
sible thlrty-stX, and MADE 1.5S shots per
minute. with Ia hits per minute.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-10-09

Ostrich farming Is the newest enter
prise OF Cuba and promises TO grow into
an important Industry. At Marianao.
near Havana. a farm OF twenty-seven
acres has been established. aTording
shelter for the birds In inclement
weather and quarters for employees
There are now forty-elght Osuches
there. twenty-three OF which were I'M
ported from the Phoenix American Os-
trlch Farm Of Ph 1eEix. Ariz., and the
others from the Nice Ostrich Farm. in
France Fourteen OF these are breeders
and the othars are between one and two
years old.
Account Of Farm.
Edwin V. Morgan. An erican minister
70 Cuba. furnishes the State Depart
ment with an interesting account OF the
farm He says:
The land is divided into large pens
for the younger birds and smaller ones
for each pair OF breeders. There is also
q salesroom. where ostrich feathers are
sold-nOt. however, necessarily the prod
uct Of the farm. The price OF the full
grown breeder Is from 500 TO 500, and
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-10-09
AirShipS in Peace and War.

Balloons float over Washington
and our people come to realize the
potentially of aerial tactics in war.
Great Britain, Japan, and Europe,
in the meantime, conduct extremely
successful experiments with air
ships. The dispatches are still
fresh that told of the voyage of the
Null Secundus," the airship of the
British army, thirty-two miles from
Marlborough to London, in a ten
mile breeze. Germany has a similar
vessel which has sailed an hour
against wind of seventeen miles
an hour. France has long been
training her officers to manage
dirigible balloons, and has conduct
ed entirely satisfactory tests in the
neighborhood of Paris.
As the people of London, or Ber-
lin, or Paris, looked overhead and
saw these ships of the air sailing
back and forth, turning and wind
ing over hills and valleys, rising and
dipping at win, it must have seemed
70 them that a new era of com
merce and warfare was dawning;
that the dream as old as the first
writings Of history was now about
to be realized. Maybe so.
There are many who believe that
the construction of an airship of
the manageable balloon type
strong, easily held to it's course in
the stormiest weather, equal to
long voyages-is a matter of a few
months, while the higher or aero
plane type will require only a year
or two more. Mr.. Wellman's air
ship promised better than any
other TO test the practical value of
the present designs had not snow
storms and adverse winds pre-
vented. But, as it was, his sail of
three hours and fifteen minutes.
with his craft completely under con
troll, rather frightened the prospect
than clouded it. If the ali is ever
to be probably navigated, it must
be with airships like his. carrying
weight by the thousand pounds, and
built to travel hundreds, not tens.
of miles.
For spying out the enemy in time
of war, however, and possibly drop
ping. chunks of explosive into his
camp, the airship is put in new
light by a report from the Belgian
war department. That bureau has
been firing at balloons in the air.
according to the New York Sun.
1T was, of course, necessary to an
Choir the balloons, and as the uues-
ton to be settled was the altitude
Of effective fire. it was OF no great
consequence whether the target
was swinging at the end of a tether
or holding 4 course" Shrapnel, in
field guns, found the gas bags and
punctured them at heights varying
from 1900 to $500 yards. One bal
loon, gondola as well as bag. was
hit 149 times. Couple this vulnera-
bility with the present uncertainty
of keeping ahOat, and it is plain the
airship as a new factor in wer is
yet nearly all theory.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-10-09
HORSE GUARDS MASTER
UNTIL HELP ARRIVES

WILKESBARRE. Oct. awhile gal
lopioping on his patrol through West
Pittston, Trooper White, of the State
constabuIary. met with an accident thai
nearly proved fatal to him, but dem
onstrated the thoroUghness with which
the troopers train their mounts.
Ills horse stumbled, throwing him
heavily to the ground AS he lay IN
conscious and bleeding from a lonS cash
In the head the animal stood guard over
him. licking his wound until help ar
rived
The faithful horse followed closely in
the wake Of the crowd when the trooper
was carried into nearby drug store
and also followed. unled, the carriage In
which his master was conveyed to the
barracks.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-10-09
GIVE IMPROVEMENTS
TOSOUTH AND EAST
Commissioners Will Grant
Requests for Former
Citizens.
Inspecting City While Max
ing Estimates for Next
Year.

There is a strong probability that the
Board Of Commissioners will. in their
annual estimates for tne coming fiscal
year, recommend appropriations for ex-
tensive improvements in the eastern and
southern sections OF the city.
For years the citizens in the South
eastern, Southwestern, and Northeast
ern sections OF the city have complained
that their sections haze not been given
a reasonable proportion Of the money
spent for street, sewer, and other i'm
provements. Not only does this com
plant come from the city limits proper,
but from the suburban sections.
Hundreds Ask Improvement.
All over the Northeast and Southeast
sections citizens associations have been
organized TO bring this alleged neglect
Of the Commissioners TO their Official
notice Hundreds of such requests for
Improvements nave been filed with the
Commissioners by Individual citizens
during the last year. and al OF the citi-
zens. associations have made the wants
OF their particular sections known by
formal and detailed requests
The Commissioners, In going over the
ann. al estimates, are taking these re-
quests, petitions. and papers into con-
they will be provided for In the annual
appropriation bill 10 be presented 70 the
SiNtieth Congress. 1t Is probable that
the eastern section of the city viii get
double what was provided by tae last
Congress
Commissioners Inspection.
IN this connection the Commissioners
have started a personal inspection of
the city 20 see for themselves just what
the needs TIE city are in the way OF
street and other improvements. Com
mencing yesterday afternoon the Com
missiOners made a trip through Inc
northeast. 50 dtheast, and southwest
paying paruc 1lar attention to streets,
alleys. sewers. lights. and other public
necessities. During the inspection the
school and fire engine houses and police
stations Under construction in the sec
lions visited were looked over. as was
the Anacostia bridge. now nearly com
pleted-
In response TO the request OF L. il.
Patterson. secretary OF the Northeastern
SUBURBAN Citizens Association, Lang
don. for a heating relative 20 a revised
list OF street improvements submitted
the Commissioners have Informed Sec
rotary Patterson that as the board Is
now considering the annual estimates
the hearing can lot be granted al this
time. but as soon as the estimates are
completed date will be liked for tho
hearing.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-10-09
LIEUT.. u. S. GRANT
ORDERED TO BOSTON

Lieut.. U. S. Grant, Sd. Corps OF En-
gineers. U. S. -. has at last been as
signed to active duties in his branch OF
tba service, most Of the time that he
spent IN the army having been given
% assignments of a light o. social
nature. Lieutenant Grant, who Is a
grandson Of President Grant and nephew
OF Gen. Fred D. Grant, commanding the
department OF the East. has been de-
tailed to duty in Boston under the direc-
ton OF Mai. Edward ". Burr, in charge
Of the river and harbor work
The assignment is probably as agree
able as aLy that the young army lieu
tenant could be given, aside from those
Of a social nature Lieutenant Grant
has spent most of his brief army career
st Washington Barracks. being for sew
oral years one OF the military aides to
the White House.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-10-09
WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER .. 1907.
COming-But by What Route?

Secretary Wakeman, of the Amer
tan Protective Tariff League, is
quoted as saying:
was greatly surprised during a trip
which i have just made through the
Middle West at the extent Of the senti-
ment for tariff revision. ] believe in
telling the truth, and so L do not hest
tate 10 say that this Is a fact. While IN
Chicago. St Louis. Cleveland. and Pitts
burg / talked with forty or fifty promi-
nent business men. and found them IA
vorable to revision. / must admit too,
that reports received by our organiZa-
ton indicate that the sentiment Is gen.
eral throughout the country. j confess
that these reports and my interviews
surprised me.
Not only surprised, but disturbed.
we warrant. Tariff revision IS on
the way. The question is whether
the Republican leaders will permit
it to travel on it's tracks or take the
Democratic accommodation
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-10-09
Ireland Praised
By Irish Captain
In New York Port

NEW YORK. Oct. with the flag OF
Ireland flying haughtly from her FORE
top and q yellow poodle barking a greet
ing TO the Goddess Of Liberty, the Irish
Monarch, 400 tons. and the pride Of tile
Emerald Isle. steamed into port, sugar
laden, from Java
.sirs," said Capt George Gordon Ora
ham. OF Cork, the Irish Monarch came
from Ireland and she files The flag OF
what will be the greatest nation in the
world, England willing"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-10-09
OVERT0NES.

I ask not aims. oh life, of tkeei
Nor guerdon for mortality.
Only, visit increasingly.
/ do not weep because the mIre
Has held and stained my soul entire
Only, 1 feel a blind desire.
: seek not sanctlty or place.
Fame, riches, or especlaf grace.
Put I would hold a hidden face.
Harrison Moore, In the Pathfinder.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-10-09
A GREAT MAN.

Aseum-Your father was an actor, you
say?
Bragley-Sure; BTagley, the tragedian
you know.
Ascum-Funny l never heard of him.
He played Hamlst, l suppose2
5ragley-Sure: He originated the part
The Catholic Standard and Times
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-10-09
liked UP.

For goodness sakeI' exclaimed the
boys mother. what are you complain
ing about2 You wanted reg'lar s4s-
pender pants, an now you've got EN-
you ain't satisfied"
i know, mother" protested the boy.
but TT. kinder 'fraid they're too fiEht
under t:Ie arms. The Catholic stan
dard f.ad Times.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-10-09

The organ in a Baltimore church Is
believed to receive the attentions OF a
ghost during the SINE" hours OF the
night. At any rate. says the proprietor
OF n grocery near by, there is an IN
earthly air about the music.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-10-09

Dr. Woodward resumes his desk as
Health officer by stating that there are
no developments in the milk question
Some Of the product that gets to con-
sumers seems to be pretty far deveI-
oLed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-10-09

BY not stopping TO hagele over items
Of 10 cents and not being content with
resolutions the Chamber Of Com
merce bids fair 70 set itself In bad
FAY or with the local preceGents.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-10-09

II the President will permit we should
Ike to observe that the Tigers have
locked horns with the Cubs
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-10-09

Conflicting statements offer the latest
developments in the struggle between
Mr. and Mrs Leroy Weber for the
possession OF their hve-year-old daugh-
ter Noile.
Mr.. Weber is former clerk OF the
Department Of Commerce and Labor,
Nnd June 1, after a long series OF do
nestle troubles which resulted IN the
separation of himself and his wife.
gained possession OF his little girl, and
has since kept her whereabouts IN
known 10 his wife. Weber was ar
rested Monday night charged with nom
support and yesterda- appeared in the
Juvenile Court. The case was cor
timed until next Tuesday in order to
permit Weber 70 bring witnesses in his
own defense.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-10-09

Just the same. Wen bet some OF those
fat colonels will be too busy for a few
days to sit down when they eat.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-10-09

The w. c. T. U. says 1.-The District
may soon bar liquor" That's the way
It's usually got rid Of isn't it?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-10-09

The drammer receives another boost
Mrs. Nation is to become a star.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-10-09
Arrested at Wife,s Home.

Since he disappeared with the child,
June /, Mr.. Weber has been in various
places. but all efforts on the part Of his
wife TO locate the little girl were fruit
less. Monday evening he telephoned his
wife that the child was in Baltimore.
and offered to take the mother to her.
Mrs. Weber. however, suspected that
her husband was not acting IN good
faith, so told him to come to her housa.
pretending that she would go to Balti-
more with him She summoned a de-
tective from headquarters. and when
Weber arrived at bis wife's house he
was arrested.
Mr.. Weber pleaded not guilty to the
charge OF nonsuppOrt. and his LAWYER
Mr. Truatt asked for a postponement
until next Tuesday so they can arrange
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-10-09
Stories Differ;
Both Are Emphatic

4 would be the hap.
pieSt man on earth if
she would come back to
me. / want my wife to
come back" Leroy
Weber.
You can just deny
everything he has said.
He has never asked me
to come back to him,
and he does not want
peace. He is frightened,
and / am glad of it,
Mrs. Weber.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-03-25
$4,000 ALIENATION
VERDICT AGAINST RICH.
jury Decides Against the Veteran The
atrical Manager in Suit by
Bedell.

Boston, March saac b. Rich, the
oetogenarian theatrical manager, must
pay $4,000 for the alienation Of the
affections Of Thelma BedeIl, the S5- year
old wife Of Edward 4, Bedell, who had
sued Mr.. Rich for $4,000. 50 the jury
says, which heard tho case before Judge
Harris in the fourth session Of the SUIT
folk court. The husband now may bring
suit for divorce.
There were two counts in the action.
The first Of these alleged seduction and
the second declared that the defendant
had alenated the affections Of Mrs. BE.
deli and induced her to leave her hus-
band.
On the FIRST Of these counts. the jury
found for the defendant, but on tie
second count they found for the plain
tif Saturday and awarded $4,000 as
damages.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-03-25
Many STUDENT . Take rrip.

Following the initiative of the Bel.
lows Falls high school in substituting
a trip TO Washington three years ago
in place Of graduating exercises By the
senior class, fifteen parties Of seniors
and friends from a. many schools in
this state and New Hampshire will
leave Vermont next Thursday for the
capital The party viii 60 in two divi.
sions until Albany, n. u, Is reached
one starting from Bellows Falls and
the other from Rutland.
IN the party from Bellows Falls will
be twenty-nine Bellows Falls high
school seniors and about City friends
the members of the senior classes at
sc. Johnbury, Newport, LyndonviIle.
White River Junction. Windsor. and
Springfield, and Claremont and Walpole
y. II. The Rutland excursionists viii
include pupils from the high schools Of
Chester, Ludlow, Swanton. Proctor, Fair
Haven, and Rutland. There win be over
four hundred people IN the parties.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-03-25
A Typical American CITY.


Last October there appeared IN Ne.
Clure's Magazine, George kibbe Turner's
article, "Galve ION. A Business Cor.
poration,' which described Galyeston's
new form Of government that has been
IN force since the reorganization Of the
city subsequent TO the food. This an.
ticle that gave sucn wide publicity to
the Galveston Idea--the government OF
large city BY a small committee Of
business men and mayor-has been
the basis Of investigation and public
discussion in many cities OF the country.
Some cities Of the Southwest and West
have recently adopted this Galveston
system.
In April McClurc's Mr.. Turner has
another important investigation article
entitled "Ihe City Of Chicago Ii
deals with the business organizations
OF vice in our American cities-the sale
Of dissipation, in other words. which is
the real cause Of tho great waves Of
crime that have swept over Chicago
sau Francisco, and pittsburg in TIE
last few years.
Mr. Turner chose Chicago Co inyesti-
gate, mot because ii is worse or diff.
ferent from other American cities. but
because it is so typical and SO Well
known" to 50 many millions. lie finds
Chicago spends one hundred millions
year for alcoholic liquors, twenty mil.
Hon for prostitution, fifteen million
year for gambling that "the dealers
in dissipation in Chicago have total
revenue of mt least one hundred and
thirty-iive millions yeRr.--tnat IL, re.
ceipts at least two-thirds as large as
those Of retail grocers and meat men"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-03-25

There Is more Catarrh Ia this section OF the
country than all other diseases put together
and until the last few years was supposed to Re
fncnrabie. For q great many years doctors
pronounced Il . local disease and prescribed
local remedies, and By constantly failing 20
durable. Science has proven catarrh TO be a
constitutional disease and therefore requires
constitutional treatment. HslFa Catarrh Cure
Quo, In the only Constitutional euro ON The
market. IL 10 taken internally IN doses from III
drops to q teaspoonful. II acts directly on the
blood aud mucous surfaces OF the system
they offer one hundred dollars Tor any case IL
fails 70 cure Send for circulars and testi-
monials
Address: +. J. CHENEY 6 Co., Toledo. Ohio.
Sold by Druggists, Tsc,
Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-03-25
TILE DRAINS.
Simple Means Of Increasing the Water
Movement.

Simple Means Of Increasing the Water
Movement.
Where land requires the use Of tile
drains the following hints may prove
useful, A writer in Iowa Homestead
says.
| viii give you my plan Of increasing
the working capacity Of a tile drain
! extend the upper end out to fence
when practical, and 70 the last tile laid
l add an elbow sewer the same size
as the tile, and TO the upper end OF
this add enough more to extend above
the surface Of the ground. This gives
II air and causes it to draw faster
when it Is running full or nearly so.
BY having this vent under or near a
fence II IL out or the way OF stock and
farming tools.
Another thing to do is to 20 TO the
low places in your field directly over
the tile, dig to the tile ana uncover
three or four joints and fll in over the
tile with old hay or trash of any kind
cobs are gcod-and leave it this way
through the winter and spring, provid-
ed there is no stock to get ia II. This
will also let the water in much faster.
Before farming begins these holes may
be filed with dirt. leaving the trash ia.
Still another good trick might be
mentioned If you have natural sur.
face drain underlaid with tile and wish
70 prevent surface washing, dig down
to your tile (where it passes under a
fence ID the best place. and take out
one section OF tile and pick hole In
II as large as necessary and replace il
with the hole upward. Then take an.
other section with the same diameter
as the hole you made and fit Ii over the
hole as close as possible and cement
around It to prevent dirt washing In.
On top Of this section set another. and
so on until your last one extends a few
Inches above the surface. Fill dirt in
carefully. taking care that you 10 not
disturb your stand pipe. Just below or
near this inlet make 4 bank or dam
across the drain so as to back the over.
lowing surface water up enough TO
flow into this sink or inlet.
A sink of this kind near large out
let is very valuable In preventing the
washing around the header" or abut-
ment These sinks should be made ais
large as practicable. They can be
screened or grated II necessary.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-03-25
Harriman al close Range.

Il. RI. Hartman Is described and in.
terpreted in the April American Maya
zine Following T. view Of the man
at close range:
He Is not, in person, an appalling
figure nothing like the steel.eyed and
panther limbed heroes that were the
subjects Of Tom Lawson's twice-told
tales. He i short of stature but by
no means the frail creature that the
more enthusiastic Harrimanoclasts have
pictured. It would make these earnest
souls very happy indeed if they knew
Mr. Hartman was hollow-eheeked and
rad cough But he isn't and hasn't
It is too bad but the facts must be
stated. No consistent invalid could
undergo the strain that man il under
who works for nearly half century
for the worlds championship IN IN.
popularity
Mr.. Hartman is a big little man.
Until recently he was good deal Of
an athlete, and he IL still muscular,
powerful and active. lie looks az least
ten years younger than his age and ap..
pear9 70 be about as happy in his
wickedress as Andrew Carnegie, who %
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-03-25
He Cot His Berth

Frank X. Lane, Interstate Commerce
Commissioner, on bis journey westward
from Washington, wanted to reserve a
berth from Chicago TO Minneapolis, He
wired the request, and this reply came
back Cant do It. Interstate Com
merce Commission viii not allow IT,
He fired a wire back, reading; by what
authority DO YOU say Interstate Com
merce Commission will not allow YOU
TO reserve u berth in sleeping CARP
The Pullman agent answered. @By the
authority OF recent ruling Mr.. Lane
was interested by this time, and he tel.
egraphed; II am a member Of the In.
terstate Commerce Commission, aud am
not familiar with the ruling. Give me
a reference And q snort time after.
ward he received this telegram: Berth
reserved. "--Argonaut.