The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-09-25
WASHINGTON.
Legislative and Gem
eral Topics from
the Capital.
September 10, 1908.

ment as well as the crowds who
have daily attended the trial
flights were confident that the
aeroplane would easily pass all of
the tests. 1t lies now in the shed
where it had been kept. mass of
broken wires. splintered wood and
torn muslin. Lieutenant Selfridge
who accompanied Mr.. Wright is
dead and Mr.. Wright with a
broken leg, several broken ribs
and many bruises, is lying in the
Army Hospital at Fort Myer in
the suburbs of the city, still una
ware that his companion in the
flight was killed. OF course every
one has a reason why the propeller
should have broken and why the
machine should have fallen but it
takes little technical knowledge
to see that when q flying machine
gets anything wrong with it's ma
chinery while in air it has but one
thing TO do and that is to obey
the laws of gravity and reach the
earth by the shortest line. When
an automobile stalls on hill it
may be annoying but it is not
dangerous. When a flying mech.
anism fails it is not only danger
Gus but probably fatal.
This fact postpones by many
years the time when flying ma
chinos will be useful either for
war or transportation aud before
that time it will doubtless demand
heavier vital toll than those
who have already fallen victims
to the experiments Lieutenant
Selfridge was a clever promising
young man of twenty-six. He
had for several years taken the
keenest interest in all air ships
and had made many ascensions.
He was also The inventor of some
of the parts of the Baldwin dirig-
ible balloon and was fearless in
experimenting with them. His
death, happily. was painless, as
he never regained consciousness
after striking the ground.
The officlal opening of the In
ternational Tuberculosis Congress
will take place next Monday when
distinguished scientific men from
far away parts of the world will
meet for the first time in three
years to discuss the progress that
has been made in the fight against
the great white plague and to ex-
change ideas for the advancement
of the work. Many distinguished
officials of the Government who
have only the layman's knowledge
of the subject will address the
convention but it is safe to pre-
dict that no one who goes to the
quarters prepared for the conven-
tion in the National Museum will
escape without having learned
something about the work in
which it's mem berS are engaged.
There will be many comprehensive
exhibits from European countries
and from the different states to
show just how the scOurge is
being attacked and to demonstrate
the scope of the crusade against
it. DIR. Carl Hamel of Germany
is already putting in place the
German exhibit which will be a
small but perfect model of the
tuberculosis colony at Bolitz, a
health resort near Berlin where
the most advanced methods are
used in caring for patients with
that disease. 1t will be true to
scale even to the forest of balsam
frs which surround the sanitorium
buildings. Sweden is sending a
similar exhibit in charge of one
of the officers of the Association
for the Prevention of tuberculosis
whose members number twenty
two thousand and who support
this flourishing society without
the fnaucial aid of the Govern
ment.
The many conventions which
have been held in Washington
have at last brought home to the
residents that this city is poorly
provided with restaurants where
moderate prices prevail. To OBJ
viate this task which would be
keenly felt by foreigners who are
accustomed to dine much better
and at much cheaper prices than
Americans, huge restaurant il
being added to the museum by 6
number eff church women who ex
pect to be able to provide meal.
for 1000 delegates daily. Enter
tainments of many sorts are being
arranged for the delegates. notably
a garden party in the Whit,
| House grounds by the President
and Mrs. Roosevelt. Many sight
seeing trips are also on the pro
, gram and not the least of th'
/ preparations for the comfort O
tht visitors is the appointment o