The National tribune., 1907-09-05

| 'lf in their native element they were
never molested they would never ore
Ii they had sufficient food and did no
prey upon one another, there would Dt
no reason FOR their dying. 1t was,
think, to prevent uninterrupted tenure
! OF life that fish We're made fisrc"l4
predatory and remorselessly cannlbai!s IS
tic Their lives are strenuous in tbs
extreme. and they seem to live for TN
sake OF eating and to avoid being eat
en-"
! The Hon Gordon Lee, who repre-
Isents the Seventh Congressional District
of Georgia, recently accepted from the
contractors his newly completed colo
NAL home at ChiclamauSa, Ga. The
new house stanGs upon the site of the
old Lee homestead. and it is said to be
/ one of the handsomest structures III
that section. 1t is Il unique house, IN
that MIR. Lee, always having deep and
sentimental regard for his ancestral
home, required the contractors to utilize
ali of the available material of the old
homo in constructing the new. Ihe
result is that the Congressman is now
preparing to move into a modern and
up-to-date residence. much of which
sheltered his ancestors. Mr.. Lee is lm-
mensely popular, personally as wen a.
politically. ySruout his district. and ne
and Mrs. Lee enjoy few things more
than the entertainment of their friends
ana neighbors.
Experiments which have been con-
Quoted by a special board. of which
/ Capt. A NJ. knight, L. 5. N, is the
/ head, are likely to soon result in tne
adoption by the Navy of new high
explosive for use as a bursting charge
of shells. That board has for some
time been working on the development
nF fArniaptiip-
and kindred subjects. Besides the re-
suits attained in the way of explosives,
considerable progress has also been
made in the development of detonat-
/ ing fuse for high explosive shells
The muzzle of one of the eight-inch
guns of the Colorado was recently blown
! off during target practice, and the other
gun in the turret was injured at the
same time. The present guns are OF Az
caliber and the new ones to be shipped
from the Washington Navy Yard for
! the Colorado are of .45 caliber. In or
der that the Colorados eight-iach bat
terry might have all guns alike, it was
decided to replace all Of them with new
ones.
Some conflicting statements have been
made as to whether or not the gun
whose muZZle was blown off was de-
signed for the old brown powder or for
the more powerful smokeless powder
now in use. 1t may be stated that these
guns were designed for the smokeless
powder, which was being used at the
time of the accident.
THE abolishment of the canteen,
says the report of the Judge-Advocate-
Generals Office for the fiscal year end
ed June so, 1907, has undoubtedly
caused the location near the military
reservations of resorts for the sale OF
intoxicating liquors, which pander to
the appetites and passions of those en-
listed men who, largely by reason OF
the prohibition in question, frequent the
same.
These resorts are beyond the control
of the military authorities, and their
presence near the military posts is high
~ detrimental to military discipline"
Attention is called to the law in Ne
braska, which prohibits the sale Of
liquor within two and a half miles of n
military post, and of Illinois, whore the
limit is one and one-eighth miles, and
Indiana. where the limit is one mile.
"If such legislation" says the report,
could be followed in other States where
military posts are located, the effect
would undoubtedly be conducive to mil
itary discipline, and reduce the number
of courts-martial for offenses due to
drunkenness"
The total trials by courts-martial dur
ing the year numbered 3,913, a decrease
of 6S3 as compared with the year pre-
ceding. Desertion heads the list OF
causes, there having been 1,1Ol men
tried for this offense. Thirty-two COM
misSioned officers were brought before
the courts-martial, their trials resulting
in 23 convictions (sentence disapproved
in two cases) and nine acquittals. Two
cadets were tried and convicted. Of the
enlisted men, 3,574 were convicted tsen-
tence disapproved in SO cases. and BOB
acquitted.
The number of cases tried by sum-
mary courts-martial during the year was
considerably less than for the preceding
year. amounting to a reduction of about
seven per cent. 1t Is stated that it is
believed that still further diminution
in the number of trials would result if
a more general use werc made of the
disciplinary measures authorized by the
Army regulations. and that this could
be effected without in any way impair
ing the standard of discipline.
Four officers We're dismissed by SEN
tence, as against Il last year. In two
cases the sentences of dismissal were
commuted TO loss of rank.
Reed Knox son of United States Sen
ator Pililandcr c. Knox, of Pennsylva-
MIA, again has shown that he has a way
and a Will of his own. Young Knox
has gone to work as an automobile
agent in Pi;tsburg, his home town.
Last Spring he gave his friends a
shock when he slipped off quietly to
Alexandria and was married to Miss
Elizabeth F. McCook, of that city,
granddaughter of Gen. Daniel McCook,
of the famous lighting McCook" fam
lily Reed Knox for several years has
been well known in Washington among
the official social set, and was regarded
by his associates as man who was too
fond Of worldly pleasures and the free
dom OF young bachelorhood to think of
marriage. He did not wait for n formal
ceremony. but with his intended bride
| jumped an electric car and went to
Alexandria. where the pair were mar
ried by Rev. William J. Morton, rector
of the historic Christ Episcopal Church
After the ceremony Mr.. and Mrs. Knox
returned 10 Washington by trolley.
The marriage was a surprise to the
| parents of Mr. Knox and to the brides
grandmother, with whom she lived. Sem
ator Knox intended that his son should
follow the law as a profession, and he
was educated at one of the Eastern
colleges, afterward taking a course in
/ law, but the young man did not show
any liking for the legal calling, and
announced that he would enter bust
ness.
| To those who know him intimately,
! should choose the automobile business,
| for he always has been an enthusiastic
automobilist.