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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-11

dunn steel. weighed only eighty pounds
and withstood the shock of forty
pounds of dunite without a crack or
warp.
1t is now the aim of navy officials to
use the vanadium flux in the manufac
ture of steel worl, in the makeup Of 4
warship. including the big guns. BY
the use of vanadium the weight of the
vessel will be greatly reduced. thereby
increasing the speed without loss of
fighting efficiency. Another advantage
of vanadium will be that it will pre-
vent erosion of the big guns, which is
now a problem before the bureau of
ordnance.
In connection with vanadium it is
said that one of the mysterious things
which for years puzzled navy men and
makers of armor plate was the fact
that Krupp armor made at Essen prov
ed better than armor made under the
Krupp process elsewhere. 1t was not
| until the experiments with vanadium
as flux began that the secret was dis
closed. An analysis of the Krupp plate
| made in PittSburg showed that it con-
tanned trace of vanadium. Since no
| vanadium was mentioned In the Krupp
| process, IAN investigation was begun
and the fact developed that small
quantity of vanadium was in the Swiss
iron ores which are used in Essen.
The value of vanadium is in the fact
| that it is what steel men call a "Scav-
/ enger">
1t clears out all the impurities that
may be in the steel and gives the other
| elements. chromium and nickel. a
! chance to do the work for which they
are intended without interruption by
gases and other deleterious matter.
The use Of vanadium prevents all pos
sibility of the b,owholes that caused
so much trouble and talk in navy cir
cles few years ago.
While vanadium is sometimes refer
| red to as new element" its value in
the making of steel has been shown to
some extent since 1896. when it was
discovered by French scientist Lat.
| err German scientist discovered it In
| Switzerland, but not until recently
was it found in such quantities as to
! make it a commercial possibility. Fol
| years steel men have been searching
for vanadium. and the whole world
has been prospected over. Fortunes
have been spent In the search.
The mine from which the navy de
partment will get vanadium is located
on top of the Andes mountains, il
Peru. The deposit is three and q hal
miles long and mile and a half wide
Its depth is unknown.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-11
Biliousness and Constipation.

For years I was troubled with bill
iousress and constipation, which made
life miserable for me. My appetite
failed me. | lost my usual force and
vitality. Pepsin preparations and ca
thartics only made matters worse. !
do not know where l should have
been today had | not tried Chamber
lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets
The tablets relieve the i'll feeling al
once, strengthen the digestive func
tions, helping the system to do its
work naturally.-Mrs.. Rosa Potts
Birmingham, Ala. These tablets arr
for sale by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-11
THE VALUE OF VANADIUM
Will Reduce Vessels Weight and Permit More SpeedTo Be Used
in WarShps.

Much interest is expressed III naval
circles in the recent announcement
that the navy department. had officially
adopted vanadiutna as means OF In
creaSing the resistance of steel used in
armor on warshipS. Experiments al.
ready have been made with vanadium
in alleged steel, and ordnance officers
now admit that the use Of vanadium
will mark an epoch in ordnance con-
struction.
Experiments have shown that armor
plate treated with process Sf vana-
dunn combined with chromium and
nickel will resist a projectile $50 per
cent greater than will the armor plate
made by the Krupp process. Plate of
every class has been tested and thor
oughly proved in the presence of Rear
Admiral Mason. Chief Constructor
Capps and n score of other navy Off
Gals. including Mr.. Newberry. assist
ant secretary of the navy. \ deck
plate three and one-half inches in
thickness made of the vanadium nux
withstood Il test that smashed Krupp
plate three and seven-eighths inches in
thickness to bits, says Il Washington
correspondent Of the New York Her
aid. That test was held at Ipdian Head
a few weeks ago.
The torpedo gun of Lieutenant Com
mander Davis is a product OF vana-
dunn, and the great tensile strength Of
the new steel is shown by the fact that
the original Davis projectile. made Of
ordinary chrome nickel steel. weighed
a thousand pounds and could not be
floated to its objective point. while the
successful proiectile. made of vana-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-11
BY JAMES A. EDGERTON.

"WO of the most important actions
of President Roosevelt or of any
president in recent times were
nonpartisan in character and in
any sense of strict construction were
outside the prescribed duties of his
office. One was the calling of the con-
yention of governors to consider the
conservation of our natural resources.
and the other was the appointment of
the commission to investigate the con-
dition of our farmers and report meth
DDS for their improvement. 1t would
be difficult to find two more praise
worthy objects. Into both of them all
patriots and lovers of their race can
enter with the utmost heartiness. The
two subjects are kindred in character
and together with the identifying of
our cities and villages constitute field
of effort in which the harvest is ripe,
but the laborers are few"
1t is difficult to measure the relative
Importance OF contemporary move
pents, but it is the opinion of the
writer that the future will find none
more cOmmendable than the broad and
general crusade included under these
three heads. 1t is philanthropic in the
highest degree. That it is necessary
the destruction of our forests and the
abandonment of our farms demon
strate. Its aims are for betterment
the creation of more beautiful sur
roundings and the increase of happi
ness. 1t not only goes with nature
but brings men back to nature. It is
both practical and idealistic. 1t means
the improvement of the outer anC
inner man.. 1t makes for happie
homes. 1t tends to an increased love
of nature and hence an increased love
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-11

OF country 1t helps those now living,
but still more it helps the generations
unborn. 1t benefits the farmer, on
whose well being the prosperity Of all
nations rests. May it not well be that
in years to come this crusade to i'm
prove the life on the farm, beautify
landscapes, cities and villages, con-
serve and replant our forests, make
better roads and better streets, will
grow to be a fountain of blessing to
the race and will receive the plaudits
of that greater. wiser and better hu-
manity that the future is to bring
forth?
Need of Cooperation.
I know of no humanitarian effort Of
modern times that appeals to my soul
more powerfully than does this. With
the Improvement of transportation ia
cilities through the automobile, the
electric road, the steam road, and, latest
and greatest, the ships of the air, men
will live more and more distant from
their places of business. This will
end the frightful congestion of our
cities and Will Improve the appear
ance of the country and the conven-
fences Of rural life. Then the lessen
ing of the drudgery of the farm and
the increasing of the social and intel
lectual l:fe of the farmer and his fam
fly will tend to stop the flocking of
young men and women to the city and
will increase the prosperity, the intel
ligence and the happiness of our most
numerous class. In many European
nations the farms are so cut up that
those who till them can group their
homes into little hamlets. This re.
moves the lonesomeness of country
life and adds to social pleasure. In
this country the introduction Of the
telephone and rural free delivery has
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-11
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-11

al and In favor of following nature ~
lines of natural grace and beauty.
Third.-Both of these should support
the campaign for the identifying of cities
and villages with which they are SO
closely connected, and in turn should be
supported by it,
Fourth.-They should also lend sympa-
thetic aid to the efforts at tree planting
and the preservation of forests, which
should be made to serve the ends of
beauty as well as those of utility.
Fifth.-All these relate, although some
what more remotely, to the movement for
good roads in the country and for clean
er and better preserved streets In village
and city.
Sixth.-The identifying of farm sur
roundings and the making of farm life
more attractive and interesting to the
young is another part of the same general
movement.
Seventh, and most important Of all per-
haps. is the identifying of school grounds
and interesting children in all the general
advance here outlined.
Here is a definite programme. Why
should not all the societies interested In
any phase of the subject be appealed tc
for this general programme? Why should
not all these societies support each other
! In this common work? Why should moi
the newspapers, the pulpit, the woman's
| clubs and the teachers take up the cru
sade? Why should not our agriculture
department be interested in definite way
| in this entire programme? Why should
not a general national movement be in
augurated on these lines that would enlis
/ the support not alone of a few expert.
and specialists, but of the people gen
sra1ly2
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-11

seventh or that relating to school work
On these lines. The selection Of Gift
ford Pinchot, the efficient head of the
forestry bureau, as member of the
commission gives assurance that tree
planting will also enter into coISidera
ton. AS for landscape gardening and
the identifying of environments, these
must come both In city and country.
The president specifically mentions the
school feature, and the work of the
commission has already developed the
imperative need of good roads. Good
roads not only assist the farmer in get
ting to market, but facilitate travel and
add to the amiability of all concerned.
1t would be frightful to contemplate
how many men have gone wrong
through swearing at bad roads.
The five gentlemen asked by the
president to serve on the commission
are Professor L. H Bailey, director of
the New York State Agricultural col
lege; Clifford Pinchot, head of the for
estry department; Henry Wallace, ed
itor of an agricultural paper at Des
Moines, Ia; Walter II. Page, editor of
the Worlds Work, and Professor Ken
yon l.. Butterfeld, president of the
Massachusetts Agricultural college.
Enthusiastic Forester.
Clifford Pinchot is the first real for
ester we have had in this country. He
is man after the presidents own
heart, one who is not satisfied unless
he is doing something every available
hour of the day. Even when he plays
games he puts his whole heart into it.
He belongs to the presidents tennis
cabinet" and also accompanies Mr..
Roosevelt on tree chopping expeditions.
Mr.. Pfnchot's immense services to the
country in stopping the depredations of
| timber thieves, in putting bounds on
greed in the cutting of lumber, in intro
| ducing scientific system in. the choice
| of trees for lumber so that the forests
on land useless for other purposes, in
| caring for the woodlands already in
eXistence.and in extending the knowl-
| edge of forestry cannot receive too
| high praise. Not till Il future genera
ton will the worth of this work be
! fully appreciated. Had it not been for
some such man stepping into the
breach there would have been timber
famine in this country inside of half
century. Even as it is the peril is not
entirely past.
The secret of Mr.. PinchotS success
is that he is one of those men who be
lieye i'll their cause. He believes in il
so much that he is ready to devote his
life to it, 1t is that kind of man thai
moves the world. Pinchot and other;
are rapidly educating this country III
to the needs of planting trees and pre-
serving those we already have. 1t is
certain that he will take up the kindred
work of improving life on the farm
with the same fine enthusiasm
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-11
What Farmers Need.


our agricultural department is already
doing an immense service to the farm
ers. 1t is spreading knowledge of sci
entific methods, is conducting impor-
tant experiments and in the south is
carrying on schools that are of great
practical benefit AS far as it goes,
that work is well. AS the president
says, however, agriculture is not all
of country life" 1t is important to
get the largest possible crops out of
the soil. 1t is also important to get the
most of joy and progress out of the
heart and soul of man. What the
farmers need is to unite for their own
protection, stop the leeches from bleed
ing them to death, get all the latest
machinery and scientific knowledge to
aid them, have warehouses and band
themselves together both to buy and
sell, organize for mutual benefit. inn
pfovement and social life, beautify
their homes, make life more attractive
to themselves, their wives and their
children, learn to eliminate the drudg-
ery-in a word, to find themselves and
discover the secret of all happiness in
knowing how to live. 1t can be done,
and with intelligent investigation and
pefseyering effort it will be done. The
farmers need what we I'll paed-to
learn how to cooperate.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-11
Value Of Good Roads.

After writing along these lines so
long it can be imagined with what
qualification I greeted the president
recommendations when they came. IT
is true that his programme only direct
" concerns the sixth item, that rela-
tive to making farm life more attrHc-
tive, but it will necessarily include also
the fifth or good roads feature and tie
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-11
A Work Of Great Import.

Walter II. Page in his magazine,
the Worlds Work, has long advocated
such movement as the president has
put under way. His intelligent appre-
citation of the Importance of the task
may be judged from the following
paragraph. which appeared in an edi-
torial summing up the farmer and his
future:
Getting a living from the soil IS now
scientific and profitable pursuit for those
who know best how to do it-those who
take advantage of all the new knowledge.
AS the number of such persons increases
and better ard better methods are used
the profits and the joys of country life
will grow. Organization will take the
place of wasteful individual work The
intellectual life viii be cultivated. The
time dreamed of by the poets and philos-
ophers will come-Tnay come-throughout
the great fertile stretches of our country
and it would come within a remarkably
short time If all the forces now at work
for it could be co-ordinated and directed
right. A great common movement toward
such an end would take rank as the most
| important work in our land, perhaps the
most important in the whole world.
That has, the right ring. With two
such men as Pinchot and Page on this
commission something worth while
| will follow. 1 do not know the other
| gentlemen, but judge from what little
/ have heard of them that they are of
| the same sort.
1t is the presidents desire that the
| commission deliver it's report not later
than the beginning of the new year
after which he will embody its conclu.
sions and some ideas of his own in q
message to congress.
| The commission has already written
nearly half million letters to farmers
and other persons connected with
country life. Answers to these will
be tabulated by the census bureau, and
unusual or notable replies will be read
by some member of the commission
Hearings are being held throughout
the country which will extend wei
/ into December.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-15
Gulnp--BnRc1l.

/
POCAHONTAS VA, June 14.-One OF
messed in Pocahontas was solemnixed
on Wednesday. June 10th, at the resi-
dence of the brides parents, the
NAPLES" when Miss jeanette Bach,
the young and beautiful daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Bach, became the
bride of Mr.. II. N. Gump, of Bluetield,
w. Va. DR.. Rabbi Morgansteine, OF
Cincinnati, o., performed the ceremony,
only the Immediate relatives Of the
family being present.
The bridal party consisted of Misses
Marian Kindow. Lucille French and
Madge Elsinger, nieces Of the bride,
and Marguerite Smith, OF Bluefield, W.
Va. as ribbon girls. Little Bernice
Bloch was flower girl, preceding the
maid of honor. who was Miss Mable
Bach, sister OF the bride, who was
attired in a handsome princess gown
of white tllet lace, and carried an inn
mense bouquet of white carnations and
ferns. She looked her best, and was a
picture of grace and beauty. The
ushers were Messrs. Louis Baach and
William Hammond, of Bluetield, W. Va.
The bridesmaids were Misses Verna
Elsinger, OF Cincinnati. o., and Roma
Eiseman. of Johnston City, Tenn. Mr..
Worthington Gump. of Bristol, Va, was
best man.
The bride entered the parlor on the
arm OF her father, who gave her
away. She wore an imported gown
of white point lace. and her veil was
caught up with diamond sunburst.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-15
VIRGINIA RAILWAY TO
IMPROVE TERMINALS
Especial to The mes-Di.pa,ch.l

Especial to The Times Dispateh.l
NORFOLK, VA, June 14.-lncreased
activity in the construction of the
Sewell Point terminals OF the Virginian
Railway including the system of steel
piers for the handling OF coal, was
inaugurated last week. and the founda-
ton work is being pushed. 1t is be-
1ieved that another year will sec the
port Of Norfolk with a duplicate sys-
tenn OF coaling piers, the equal OF those
now at Lambert's Point, and that the
bunker coal business will be doubled.
il not trehled, within three years.
With ample water front. plenty OF
yard room. and modern steel piers for
the rapid shooting of coal into the bot
toms of both sailing and steam crafts,
the Virglnian Railway will be one of
the best-equipped roads in the world
for the busin ess. 1t is expected that a
large town will quickly spring up at
the point, which is but a few hundred
yards from what is now known as Pine
Beach resort. or 1.-THE White City"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-15
4 sophomorc.,Annunl BANQUET.

BLACKSBURG. VA, June 1.-THE
great event of the " p. L. commences
ment with the underclassmen Is the
sophomore banquet, given by that class
each year to celebrate their promotion
to the ranks of juniors. The one FRI
day evening was notable in having as
guests Of honor the president Of the
institute. DR.. Paul b. Barringer, Pro-
fessor j. Z. Williams, C. r. vawter.
l.. d. Wilson. 9. NJ Newman. Dean w.
j. Quick and Colonel G. III. Jamerson.
Covers for seventy-five guests were
laid at long tables in the dining hall
of the college, which was decorated
with the class colors. Behind bank
of palms and ported plants the orches-
ira played popular music during the
banquet, which was served in courses,
and included in the menu were all the
delcacies of the season.
The president of the. class, Mr.. y. a.
Davies. acted as postmaster, and the
responses were as follows: The Fag-
ging system of England. as Compared
With Hazing." DR.. Barringer: "Requt-
sites for Success and Efficiency as
Juniors" Colonel Jamerson; THE Soph-
omore as Factor in College Life
DR.. r. y. Wilson; Motives of Mans
Life Professor vawter; "Sophomores.
Prerogatives." Dr. Williams; Beauties
and Advantages Of Rural Life" Dean
Quick; The Sophomore Class-1ts Flu.
ture,'' DR.. C. NJ Newman. M
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-15

an heirloom OF the sfoons mother.
She carried a huge bouquet Of lilies OF
the valley, and her ornaments wers
pearls and sapphires. &
After the wedding ceremony an eIab.
crate wedding supper was served at
the "Mapes'
After an extended trip North Mr..
and Mrs. Gump Will go to Bristol tn
the home Of the grooms parents. whera
a house party will be given In their
honor. After July tst they will make
their home at Bluefeld, w. Va. Tho
presents were numerous and beautiful.
Those present who live out Of this
city were. Mr.. and Mrs. Fl. NJ. Smith
and daughter, of Blueheld, w. Va; Mr..
and Mrs. A. Gump, Of Bristol, Tenn;
Mr.. and Mrs. r. Elsinger, son and
daughters, OF Cincinnati, o.; Mr.. and
Mrs. l.. j. Lindau and daughter OF
Greensboro. N. CT; Mrs. Rose French
and daughter, OF WEIGH, W. Va; Mr..
and Mrs. Jas. Lee Beck and daughter,
of Huntington, w. Va; Miss Roma
Eisman, Of Johnston city Tenn; Mr..
and Mrs. j. 3. Perry, of Bramwell w.
Va; Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Bernhem, OF
WEIGH, w. Va: Miss Bertha Bloch. OF
Richmond, Va, and Miss Lena Elsln-
ger, OF Cincinnati, o.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-15
TO MEET
At HOT SPRING S
Mr.. Meade Addison, Of This
City, One Of the
Speakers.

LYNCHBURG. VA. Jtine 14.--Mr. N.
p. Calling, secretary Of the Virginia
Bankers Association, has completed all
arrangements for the sessions OF the
fifteenth annual convention OF that
body, which are to be held ut Home
stead Hotel. Hot Springs. on June
18th. 10th and goth, and "a large at
tendance is expected.
The principal addresses of the con-
vention Will be made by Colonel Fred.
L. Tarnsworth secretary OF the Amer
lean Bankers Association; Edward j.
Cattell, corresponding secretary Of the
Atlantic Deeper Waterways Committee:
George Il. Allen. OF New York, and
Martin w. Littletor, Of New York.
On the evening OF June 18th at s
O'Clock the officers and executive coun-
ell OF the association and ladies' will
hold a reception at the Homestead
Hotel. The annual banquet Of the
association will take place on the
evening of June 18th, at the same
hotel.
The Thursday morning session will
be opened with prayer by Rev. John
G. Scott, OF Hot Springs. after which
the reports OF officers and the various
committees will be heard. Following
these Will come group reports from
the several sections OF the State.
"Some Lessons of the Late Panic" by
w. Mead Addison, cashier National
Bank OF Virginia, OF Richmond; Amer
ican Bankers Association and Cur
rency legislation" by Colonel Fred. f.
Farnsworth. secretary American Bank
ers' Association. of New York, and The
Undeveloped Wealth in the American
Waterways" by Edward James cattcll,
OF Philadelphia.
Friday morning, after the appoint
ment OF the nominating committee, the
following addresses Will be listened to:
An address by Hon. Martin w. Little
ton. Of New York; american Institute
of Banking" by George f. Alien, score
tary, New York; The Banks and the
Legislature" Hon. Don L. Halscy, OF
Lynchburg.
Saturday morning, the closing ses-
sion. will be occupied with election OF
officers and unfinished business.