The National tribune., 1908-11-12

Tt has been decided to no 1onge
paint the hulls of our warships tn,
white above the water line which hav,
made them famous for their natty ap
peerance. After many experiment.
With different shades of colors, n shade
which may he described as slate ha'
been adopted as more serviceable and
as rendering the ships less visible at q
distance, which is, OF course, of advan.
fage in time of war. The paint will be
applied with a .'fiat surface" which, in
painters parlance, distinguishes il
from glossy surface, which reflects
the light.
orders have already been given to
apply the new paint to the battleships
New Hampshire, Idaho and Mississip-
pi, and the armored cruisers Montana
and North Carolina of the third OF
home squadron of the Atlantic fleet
and to the three scout cruisers Birm-
ingham, Chester and Salem.
No decision has yet been made as to
whether the slate color should pc ap-
piled to naval yachts, converted cruis-
ers, auxiliary vessels. supply ships and
yard tugs, and whether torpedo craft
shall have the slate color in place of
the dark olive, which has been pro-
nounced SO satisfactory in the case of
shese vessels.
along mighty well in his carpet fac
tory. He served an apprenticeship of
a month in the wool asserting depart
ment, and has now been promoted or
advanced to the "worsted'' room. This
is the next stage to the completed car
pet
There are many other processes he
fore the product is completed, but the
officers Of the company say that young
Roosevelt is paying strict attention to
business and is learning rapidly
He is living quietly in Thompson
vile, and goes to work early every
morning clad in black working shirt
and oose-fitting blue overalls. He
nearly always goes to bed early, and
The rumor is again revived that
young Theodore is to marry Miss Mum,
the daughter of very rich Washington
ians. She will be a debutante of this
Winter. She and her mother were
hostesses to Miss Edith and Theodore
during the Summer at the beautiful
Mum home at Manchester-by-the-S
1t was from there that the rumor came.
1t may be that Theodore has gone into
trade hoping the earlier to be able to
support a wife in proper style. He
will not have much money of his own.
Miss Alice Roosevelt inherited wealth
from her mother. The other Roose-
yek children are her haif-brothers and
sisters and they get no money from
the estate of the first Mrs. Roosevelt,
so. of course, have only what viii come
from the President or his relations.
None of the Roosevelts are what might
be called extremely rich.
To keep the organization free from
even the suspicion of evasion of legal
rector of the Geological Survey, has
issued an order prohibiting members
of the Survey from owning stock IN
any mining company, the property Of
which is in the United States or Alas
ka. any member at present holding
any stock is requested to dispose Of
st as soon as practicable.
The order was issued in accordance
with an act OF Congress, which pro-
vides that members of the Survey snail
have no personal interests in the lands
or mineral wealth of the region un-
der survey. While the prohibition in
the case of lands is not SO strict as re-
CARDS owning an interest in mines, the
Director points out that the rcstric-
ton should prevent employees of the
Survey from purchasing any interest
because of the possibility of land values
being directly enhanced by the field
operations of the Survey.
Former United States Representative
Allan Langdon McDermott, one of the
best-known Democratic politicians in
New Jersey, who held many State,
County and municipal offices. died sud-
denly last week of heart disease, at his
home, Jersey City.
afaj.-Gen. Leonard Wood, who has
been in Europe on leave Of absence.
sailed for the United States on Oct. 81,
and will probably assume command of
The Department of the East some time
fn the latter part OF November.
S!las C. Mcfarland. Of Iowa, Con-
sul-Generai at large for the European
district. shot himself on a railroad
train Oct. 2i, coming from Hamburg to
Berlin. He died almost Immediately.
His body was taken Off the train at
Ludwigslust.
Mr.. Mcfarland was appointed Con-
sui-General at large June 10: 1908; His
sferritory was Europe, excepting Euro
mean Russia, the Balkan States and
Greece.
Prior to his appointment Mr.. Nc
FarIand was Consul at Nottingham and
at Reiehenberg, and was made Consul
General at St. Gall, Switzerland, in
1907
Pheasant. Iowa.
Before entering tl1esConsular Service
he was editor and publisher Of the
Marshailtown Qowa) Times.
Even our buckwheat flour rights are
invaded. and we have to think when we
are eating pure buckwheat -four bat
aer cakes with pure maple sirup" just
aho,y the name looks on the sack and
can with that nasty word compound"
staring US in the face.
II is charged that the product is n
compound of wheat and buckwheat
-four with Ieavening matter, containing
phosphate, soda and salt. This case
brings up a point on which there has
been no judicial ruling. BY the pure
food law IL is required that il the mat
Ger be compound IL must be so Ia
beIed IL is said these packages arc
labeled "buckwneat -four" in large
type. but the fact that il is a COM
pound is set forth in small letters on
,she face of the package. This, the
District Attorney holds, constitutes
violation of the pure-food law.
The Sunday before election the Pres
sdent and Mrs. Roosevelt attended the
Dutch Reformed Church together, but
Won could scarcely say they went to-
eether. for the President was about
nhree strides ahead of Mrs. Roosevelt
most of the time. President Roosevelt
walks like he docs everything else
rtrenuousIy. He swings along with his
arms tapping like fails and his shoul-
ders working till you can see the move