Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1907-06-07
WASHINGTON LETTER
(rrom our Regular correspondent. !,

bryan JAS SET ~ resi- So ldT do uC 10
concerned the rnmor, always regarded |
as senseless in the realm of practical
politics, of any coalition between the
two great parties, His announcement |
has been received with considerable
satisfaction in Washington because |
while there was never much stock tax
en- in the story that Bryan was at the
last moment going to throw his infln |
ence 10 Roosevelt, there WAS emo gh |
possibility in the unconti addicted rUmOr
to make basis for talk. Mr.. Bryan
says that while be admlres President
Roosevelt, and while the President has
adopted some Democratic policies and
made the best use be could of them, be
has never carried any of these policies
as far as they needed to be carried, or
as far as the Democratic party would
have carried them had it had the chance.
Mr.. Bryan says he does not even want
to influence the Democratic party in
the choice of nominee for the presi.
dencY, but that whether be did or not,
all talk of the party endorsing Presi
dent Roosevelt is the merest nonsense.
Steps have been taken by the gov
| eminent to lessen the profitable in
dustrY of smuggling on the Mexican
border. This has been problem with
the government for many years. The
| industry f1Ourisbed before the removal
of the free zone" between the two
countries and since that zone has been
abolished has been easier and more
profitable than ever. 1t is not likely
that there will ever be any effective
safeguard against this eating of the
customs, for there is over 900 miles of
border exclusive of the Rio Grande Sec
ton where there is nothing but stone
monument every 800 yards to tell
Mexican from American soil, 1t is of
course impossible to patrol this vast
leXpanse and not only are goods con-
stantly struggled across, but many i'm
migrants as we'll who have found 1t i'm.
possible to pass the immigration in.
specJOrs. Now the government has
declared a neutral strip all along the
border where federal officers are SUI
preme in the discharge of their duty
land are unhampered by state or terri
tOrial regulations. Tnis will aid iI
making the work of the smuggler a lit
tie more venturesOme. but so far al
putting the law on them is concerned
their prosecution will still remain in
the category of the receipt for cooking
rabbit-first catch your rabbit.
The Navy Department has been ex-
+ perimenting quietly with a new tor
pedo that, if it is the success it's de
, signer claims it TO be will solve tn,
) long discussed problem of utilizing gas
r oline gas as a motive power withOu
exploding it in an internal COLD oustlol
J engine. AS most people know, thu
economical and effective little gasOlin
engine that has solved the AUTOMOBILE
e problem and Is furnishing the poWe
for so many thousand OF farmers al
over the country, works by mixipi
Z gasoline vapor and air in the cylinde
Z of the engine and then firing it 10y al
electric spark. This takes the plac o
steam in an ordinary engine, but ther
t are certain disadvant ages in it chief
i, that it has to be run at q Ligh and COO
i slant speed to develop its full ef1icl
e ency and that for slower speed, gear
have to be introduced.
u The new torpedo uses gasoline as
motive power, but by a clever com
bination with water in the jacket 4
the engine, it converts the gasOlln
vap0r into what is practically steam an
feeds it directly to the cylinder of th
engine without the aid either of fire @
spark plug, which as all gasoline er
glue users know, is one OF the most d.
testable of human devices. rne lie,
torpedo is remarkable engine of wa
| IL OduO ID OldluaCu VI IL 10 VI uOs
;. runs at a speed of over 60 miles an hou
and is effective at a range of over tw
. miles. 1t is under perfect control an
= stands very small chance of mlssiD
the warship at which it is aimed. Blu
. the chief interest for the general pub
a lie lies in the claim of the makers tina
! the problem of using gasoline vapo
direct has been solved. If this is sc
it means a revolution in small powe
engines for farm use.
It A young woman of MiddletoWn, \
e Y, Miss Guinan, has just been aware
9 ed medal for heroism and with til
8 distinction of having it presented Wit
letter from President Roosevelt ST
J, saved the life of Mr. Rynon He Wa
g over seventy years old and very feeb
IL when he attempted to cross the track
9 in front of an approaching train, NJ
g observing that train was also rapid
II approaching on the other track frOl
the opposite direction. He reached tt
central space between the two track
IL before observing that the trains wei
IL approaching from both directions, an
K became greatly bewildered at his al
IL parent inability to go forward or BAG
10 without danger of being run down.
II Miss Guinan, who was standing at th
II orOssipp ohsarved bis poriliouo mr..
=" dicament and rushed to his aid. Nc
having time to push him off the tracks
Ia she seized hold of him and held hil
Ia firmly between the two trains as the
!. rushed by. For several moments tn
a two were 10 this perilous position,
" train rushing by at a high rate of spec
n on each side of them. When the cas-
b bound train had passed they got to til