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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-06

The ponies are the attraction at Chevy
Chase Lake now, though they are not
of the Benn!ng variety Both adults
and juveniles surround the eighth-Of-
annie track nightly. tickets for saddle
rides and taunts in the cute little bur
70 teams selling like the proverbial hot
cakes.
Marine Band concerts are also nightly
features AT Chevy Chase Lake. The mu-
steal programs start at about seven
thirty, continuing ur I'll nine
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-06

The novelty of the combined electric
line and steamboat excursion from
Washington to Annapolis via the high
speed cars of the Washington, Ralti-
more ana Annapolis Electric railway
and the steamer Emma Giles. from
Annapolis. out into the Chesar cake
Bay, mas met with much favor a nong
excursiOnists in Washington.
It is possible now via the electric line
to reach the BAY in an hour and step
from the car diret to the steamer.
These excursions are run on Monday,
Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-06

II there is any better way 10 enjoy
Yourself these hot. sultry days than to
take a dip IN the ocean il has not vet
baeu discovered Thousands have found
this out and journey almost daily to
Chesapeake Beach to enjoy the salt
water bathing and the many attractions
at the popular resort. Never has the
beach been so patTonized, and its pa
trOnage grows every day as more peO-
ME come 20 realize how much pleasure
can be gotten out of a days outing
there.
m when you have had din you feel
gay and would like TO dance there is an
excellent dancing pavilion with fine
orchestra, free.
Trains ieave the District Line station
every little while. The fare on week
DAYS. round trip. is only % cents, and
on Sundays 80 cents.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-06

Every day more people realize the
pleasure and comfort 10 be gained from
the moonlight trips via the commOdi>
Gus steamer Jamestown. Capa city
crowds are the rule, but so spacious is
this handsome big excursion boat that
one experiences no sensation of over
crowding All the latest music Is played
by the JamestOwn's orchestra. The airy
palm garden * ? popular spot when re-
freshments are IN order. These popular
trips are made nightly, leaving at sew
en-, returning about eleven.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-17

gestion that General Bell obtained the
material embodied in a report just
submitted. The facts gathered by Gen
eral Bell afford material for conSidera-
bic reflection as to the Zest and per-
sistency with which the officers of Eu-
ropean armies devote themselves to
mastery OF the horse and feats in
''equitation," as the military sharps
say BY constant practice every day
in the week and generally for hours at
time the officers of European armies
nave gained such skill that they can
perform without any ado and as
matter of every day drill feats that
seem to the average mind almost an
impossibility. Nothing like the severe
tests which are imposed in foreign ar
mics are required in our own. Mr..
Roosevelt does not advocate imitation
Of European military regulations in
this respect but he does urge with
vigor the general raising of standards
In horsemanship. The field officers of
cur army cannot be held exclusively
has been frequently observed among
them, he says, and he points out that
the reason for the existence of poor
Craftsmanship is found in part in the
fact that the quality of the horses used
in our army does not equal that of for
eign mounts and that Infantry officers
have no opportunity to practice riding
until they become field officers. where
as in Europe all infantry captains are
mounted.
The ruling idea in European armies
is that all mounted officers should keep
themselves at all times in fit condition
for war and their mounts also. \
great many customs are encouraged to
stimulate rivalry among the officers in
this respect. and there are cross coun-
try rides. drag hunts. fox hunts and
other things partaking of the nature
of sport, but involving very practical
tests in horsemanship because of the
necessity of jumping fences, bitches,
walls and hedges and other obstacles.
Some of the feats undertaken by
hiVuAtCu OlhNtio III tISot lllCS
very spectacular and seem almost i'm
possible. American cavalry troops
have won honors in contests with In
dams and in China and the Philip
pines. In fact, complete success was
lacking in the operations in the Phil
ippines until a cavalry brigade was
put in the field against the insurgents
. In the reorganization of the army
undertaken not long since the fact
was recognized that the national
guard of the country is composed al
most wholly of infantry and that in
case of outbreak of war with a for
eign nation volunteer cavalry would
have no chance of immediate success
in contests with the highly trained
cavalrymen of European army. Spe-
cial efforts have therefore been made
TO increase the number and efficiency
Ct the cavalry troops of the regular
army. and it is in line with this policy
that the president seeks the elevation
of the standard of Craftsmanship
among the field officers of our army
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-17

MAJOR GENERAL JAMES FRANKLIN BELL.
armies are under the constant super
vision and examination of their supe-
riors as to Workmanship as well as
other matters, and should a. division
commander report a field officer de-
fcient in Workmanship at any time
he is either assigned to duty not re-
quiring physical activity-that is, prac-
tically shelved-or becomes subject to
transfer to the retired list.
In the German army a goodly num-
Der of officers of captains rank and
higher are annually called out of the
army for deficiency in riding and en-
durance in the saddle, and the German
officers live in continual anxiety over
the results of the regular inspections
and annual maneuvers. The bride
paths near the German riding institute
are filled with fat majors and cap
tains hammering along with grim per-
sistency and determination in their
faces, and the young students of the
riding institute have a ocular saying,
Ills breadJasket will buy him top
hat before long"
Some of the photographs obtained by
General Bell illustrating cavalry feats
abroad are very interesting, and one
OF the most thrilling pictures repre-
sent3 an Italian cavalryman riding
over twenty foot perpendicular cliff,
the photographs being taken in series
to illustrate the sagacity of the horse
and the skill of the rider in maintain
ing his poise in different stages of the
descent. There are also pictures of
German and French student officers
apparently leaping from hill to hill
and across all kinds of obstacles with
the ease of mythical hero on a wing
ed Pegasus.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-17

BATTERY TUNNEL TRAIN STARTING FROM
BOROUGH HALL STATION.
can be made little under this time.
The Battery tunnel forms a branch of
the big subway now extending the
length of Manhattan Island and into
the borough Of the Bronx. The Brook
Ign subway is completed now only as
far as the borough hall, the present
Brooklyn terminus, but in a few
months 1t will be finished as far as
the Flatbush avenue station of the
Long Island railroad, where connec-
ton will be made with the seashore
and the suburbs in which so many
commuters dwell.
The capacity of the new line will be
about 10000 passengers an hour. with
trains running on two minute head
way. Sixty steel cars built after the
latest plans for such use have been
constructed for the underriyer traffic,
and eight car trains will be run. At
times during the trip under the river
passengers are about 100 feet beneath
the surface of the water Ferryboats
ply to and fro far above them. but
the days of the ferryboat on the East
river are almost numbered
In the case of a,tube beneath a river
ventilation is a problem that has to
be dealt with in the most efficient man
ner. There is no smoke in the TUNE.
of course, electricity being used for
power but thorough ventilation is
needed nevertheless, and at the waters
edge on both the Manhattan and
Brooklyn sides large ventilating shafts
have been sunk. They contain ma
chinery so powerful that in case of
short circuit all of the smoke caused
by it in the tunnel could be driven out
in a few seconds. At the Bowling
Green station is a model of the sub
way under the river which indicates
to the man in charge of it just where
every train is as it proceeds. He has
absolute command of the system in
this way and in case of trouble can
stop every train and locate the diff
Guilty at once. The subway is also
equipped with the very latest in au-
tomato devices for safeguarding
against accidents.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-17
ANOTHER WILLIAM J. BRYAN.
New Senator From Florida and "Kid"
Member of Upper House.

New Senator From Florida and "Kid"
Member of Upper House.
1t is an interesting situation which
is presented by the appointment of
William J. Bryan of Florida to fill out
the unexpired term of the late Stephen
r. Mallory in the United States SEN
ate. Senator Bryan's middle name is
James instead of Jennings, but that
will not prevent his being often con-
fused with the distinguished Nebras-
kan, who, by the way, is not nearly
related to him. The William j. Bryan
of Florida is much younger than the
William ]. Bryan of Nebraska and is
even younger than the latter was when
he first ran for the presidency. The
Nebraskan statesman was but thirty
six when he was named as the Demo
cratic standard bearer in 1896, and his
comparative youth was then consider
ed to handicap him in the race. But
Senator Bryan of Florida was only
thirty-one years of age last October
and his smooth shaven face helps to
give him boyish aspect He is the
kid" senator, wrestling this honor
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-17
New YOrk'S
New Tunnel
To Brooklyn.

W%ROM the Battery to Brooklyn by
Ia subway-that is the newest
"a route between the two great
boroughs of New York city.
The old New York, now known as
Manhattan borough. and the former
City of Churches form the two main
divisions of the commercial capital of
the continent, but the East river, flow
ing between, has long proved barrier
to their complete union under one mu-
nicipal banner. with other less popu-
louS boroughs-the Bronx, Queens and
Misunderstanding their proper part in
the consolidation. But there are now
two bridges over the river and three
more in course of construction. and
two tunnels under the river have been
completed. The first to be finished
was the Belmont tunnel, from Forty
land City. and cars were run through
this tube last autumn. But no system
of marlborough rapid transit by this
tunnel has yet been established. The
tunnels at Thirty-third street. Manhat-
tan, for the use of the trains of the
Pennsylvania-Long Island system will
not be ready for about year. so that
the Battery tunnel. as it is called, is
the first to give underriver transporta-
ton between Manhattan and Brook
Ign boroughs. Its opening has been
long and more or less impatiently
awaited, and the difficulties met with
in the construction of tube under so
large body of water as the East river
have necessitated the postponement
several times of the date for starting
trains for the general public. Never
theess it is the first among the many
tunnels constructed from Manhattan
Island, to Long Island and New Jersey
to be ready for use in the expansion of
New York's transit facilities.
The Battery tunnel was begun over
four years ago, and the first train was
run through the tube with a party of
city officials and others specially in
vited for the occasion on Nov 81, 1907
For the present the trains to be OPP
Grated for the accommodation of the
general public will be run through only
one of the two parallel tubes consti-
tuting the tunnel. In a short time the
other will be used for rapid transit,
and then the service viii be more fire.
quent. From the station at Bowling
Green, Manhattan. to the station at
Borough hail. Brooklyn, is distance
of one and sixteenth miles. Five min
utes are allowed for the trip though it
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-17

day by day at her mothers side ey-
pressed her keen sense of the humilia-
ton to which her brothers course of
life had brought his family. To this
cause for mental suffering are now add
ed the disappointment and mortifica-
ton incident to the failure of her mar
rage to the earl. His conduct since
their marriage at Pittsburg in 1908 has
often been commented upon, as it was
common gossip that he neglected her
for the society of other women, some
of them of shady regulations. She re-
ceived a cold reception from the earl's
family on her return to England last
summer after the Thaw trial. although
her husbands mother was kind to her
and endeavored to prevent break be-
tween the titled couple.
She is not expected to come to the
United States for the trial now in prog
resS.
AS Miss Alice Cornelia Thaw the
present countess was much liked in
Pittsburg and was easily the most
popular member of the Thaw family
Her marriage was brought about By
her brother Harry. but he had falling
out with the earl just prior to the we'd
ding and refused to attend 1t. The IA
ther-in-law of the countess is the sixth
Marquis of HEREFORD. one of the oldest
and proudest of the British nobility,
and her husband In the natural course
of events will some day succeed to his
fathers title.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-17
A NARROW ESCAPE.
Uncle Reuben's Story Of His First Ride
In an Elevator.

Uncle Reuben's Story Of His First Ride
In an Elevator.
Uncle Reuben came back from the
city excited and nervous. He had
gone to the city TO transact some law
business connected with his farm with
a lawyer whose Office was in mod
ern skyscraper and whose address Reu-
ben carried along for memorandum.
"Waal." he began after his wife,
alarmed at his changed condition, had
Threatened to summon the doctor from
the nearest village If he would not ex-
plain its cause Il had about tn skin
NEST shave from death this morning l
ever heard on! 1t wuz in that law
yers buildin' too. Y see. | found tn
right place an started lookin' through
tn buildin fr his name an number.
Finally after walkin' up stairs after
stairs f'r over two hours set daown
all tired out on tn top step o tn last
stairway. completely discouraged.
"'Where kin find Lawyer Barnes
Officer | asked a man hurryin' by
me. He didn't stop but just pointed
his thumb at young felar standin'
beside little cagelike room chewin'
gum like sixty. So | stepped over an
into this little room an asked TIL boy
If he wuz Lawyer Barnes clerk. No
he sez. bit freshlike. but I'll see that
v see m! Then that fresh young
fellar hit tn wall aApunch that did
tn hull businessw "a
Here Reuben pausl to cover his
eyes and shake all over
"IIe hadn't any more'n hit that
wall when he dislodged that rooms
git-rich-quiek fastenn's." he went ON
when his spell was over. IAN tn hull
floor o that room fell right out an
daown them fifteen stories to tn
ground. talin' me an that young feIlar
with it.
"Waal. thank God, here be. Sarahy.
How either O. US escaped gittin' every
bone i'm our bodies broke | don't know
an don't care All | know is that
foor fell fat on tn ground an we
didn't lose our footin When that
shock wuz over | Rugged tn young
Teller FIR joy an give him five dollar
bill f'r openin' tn door an lettin me
out ahead o him. Then | hustled Err
home. bohemian Magazine.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-17

FRENCH OFFICER PRACrICING HoRSEAIAN-
SHIP.
in the American army
sfGuld be raised 1t was with this in
few that the recent practice marches
Which put to the test the endurance
hd efficiency as equestrians of many
n the older officers in Uncle Sans
khd forces were ordered. 1t was on
he 2Sth of last September, shortly aft
" these marches, that the president
rote as follows to the chief of staff,
tajor General James Franklin Bell:
Ny recent order requiring a test of
Ne riding ability of the field officers
a our army has brought forth q num-
FER of press comments apparently in
xpired by the impression that such a
lest was something extraordinary or
lnheard of. / think the requirements
ID this line in foreign armies cannot
be very generally known. Won't you
be kind enough to prepare for me at
your earliest convenience a report
Blowing how our own requirements
compare with those prevailing in some
0f the armies of Europe?'
lit was in furtherance of this sug-
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-17
ROBERT c. CALDWELL.

duke under both names, he said and
had arranged the pretended death and
funeral at the dukes request. He
swore that the coffin contained instead
of a body roll of lead weighing 200
pounds. In consequence of hisItesti-
mony he is under a charge of perjury,
and when be landed in New York re-
Gently he was arrested. but was re-
leased on bail and permitted to go TO
his home in Staten Island. where, it
was afterward said. he was quite III
Caldwell figured some years ago ia
the A. T. Stewart mystery claiming to
have knowledge of where Mr.. Stew
arts body was, and in this way he
won the title of the great American
affidavit maker"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-17
Caldwell AND BRUCE CASE.
The American Who swore Bazaar
Keeper Was . Duke.

The American Who Swore Bazaar
Keeper Was . Duke.
The claim of George Hollamby
bruce upon the title and estates of the
Duke of Portland fell to the ground
with a heavy thud when the tomb Of
Thomas Charles bruce was opened
and the assertion of the claimant as
to what the coffin contained was not
sustained. Had the exhumation so
eagerly awaited by the public revealed
the fact that lead was placed in the
casket instead of a corpse the conten-
ton of the claimant that bruce and
the fifth Duke of Portland were one
and the same person would have re-
ceived the strongest sort of confrma-
ton. But the bottom dropped out OF
the case of George Hollamby bruce
completely when the opening Of the
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-17

tomb showed that the coffin contained
the remains of an aged, bearded man,
just such man as Thomas Charles
bruce was in his last days.
The plausibility /of the bruce claim
depended largely on the sworn state
ment of an American. Robert c. Cald-
well, that he had been party to
mock funeral and had witnessed the
placing of lead in the supposed coffin
of bruce.
Caldwell testified in court that he
had known bruce. the bazaar keeper,
and that he was in reality the fifth
Duke of Portland. He had known the
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-17

the progress of the
armada. The COM
mander in chief of
the fleet, Rear Adj
miral Robley p. Ev-
ans. has a son. Lieu
tenant Franck r.
Evans. on the Lou
isiana. but he leaves
at home his wife.
daughters and grand
children. Mrs. Ev-
ans is a very retir-
ing woman. and it
is seldom that any
thing appears about
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-17

Her III print. But
she is very proud of the deeds of her
gallant husband and of the honors that
have come to him in late years. She
was Miss Charlotte Taylor daughter
of Franck Taylor of Washington, and
was married to the admiral in 18Th
She was at Hampton Roads to bid him
farewell on the day the Connecticut.
the admiral's flagship, and the other
vessels of the fleet set sail.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-17
A HIGH PRICED TITLE.

HAT Won by Countess of Yarmouth
Earned Through Much Suffering.
The Countess of Yarmouth, who has
]egun suit in the English courts for an
1ulment of her marriage to the Earl of
Yarmouth, was much IN the eye last
inter when she came to America to
Ittend the first trial of her brother,
larry x. Thaw, for the killing of
3tanford White. 1t was remarked
II the tine that the earl did not ac-
his wife to this country, as
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-17

success as governor of the Panama
canal zone and as governor of Cuba
under the second american occupation.
He is over six feet tall and broad in
proportion. He has the same way
that Secretary Taft has of laughing
over things that would worry most
people. Speaking of his administra-
ton Of the canal zone, man who
knew him there said:
"He took the job seriously. All the
riding about in carriages, saluting and
receiving salutes he did with the dig
nifty of funeral and the splendor of
a circus. He was SO big the people
looked upon him as a sort of person.
flied Providence. He was a parade all
by himself. This tickled the Central
Americans down to the ground. In
fact, he was a great hit"
Yet when he got back to Washington
Judge Magoon told the newspaper men
that he had been "excellencied" so
much that he longed to be called
"Charley" again.
While the officers and men of the
warships on the Pacific cruise are en-
joying the Inequalities of the South
American ports ut which stops are
made their wives and sisters and
sweethearts wait eagerly for news OF
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-17

RT was on the eve of the adjourn
en- ment of congress for the Christ
III smas holidays that President
Roosevelt sent to the secretary
|of war communication on the sub
'ject of craftsmanship among army Of
Ulcers, subject very close to his heart.
In the communication to Secretary
Taft he said:
III wish you would take such meas
|ures as may be necessary to bring to
the attention, of the military commit
tees of the senate and house the de-
STABILITY of legislation for the pur-
pose of making infantry captains
mounted officers and for the establish
'ment Of as many remount depots as
may be necessary to furnish remounts
for the army Both of these measures
are essential to the improvement Of
Craftsmanship in the army"
u Every one knows what a good horse
man the president himself is and how
much he desires that the standards of
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-17
P opIe Mentioned
ALCOHOLIC beverages were turn

ALCOHOLIC beverages were turn
"a ed into the streets and permit
kzaA ted to flow into the sewers in
80 Oklahoma City on the eve of
the day the new prohibition law went
into effect. 1t is related that some citi-
zens got down on their stomachs and
by tapping it up endeavored to prevent
entire waste of the amber fluid. In
Georgia the temperance people did
some whisky bottle smashing. and. on
the other hand, in some of the COM
munities where prohibition laws have
Just gone into effect. there We're New
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-17

ed OF as Democratic candidate for pres
ident in 1908 on Il prohibition platform.
1t is said that Mr.. Haskell settled in
Oklahoma with the ambition to be-
come its governor and went, about
achieving his ambition with the same
degree of deliberation and system that
any good business man would adopt in
going into new country and assisting
in the building up of new industry
with the view of becoming president of
the corporation conducting it. He was
born in 1860 in Putnam county. O., in
a home of poverty. When he was five
years of age his father died and he
went to live with man named Miller
This man gave him few opportunities
for obtaining an education. Neverthe-
less he managed to pick UP some knowl-
edge and at sixteen decided that he
was able to teach country school.
He walked twelve miles to the county
seat to take the required teachers ex-
animation, having with him 55 cents.
1t was necessary to use 80 cents of this
for the examination fee. and the rest
he spent for a sandwich. On his re-
turn Miller bad a blacksnake whip
with which to fog him for running
away and taking the examination with
out his pepnission. Haskell got a
pitchfork, and Miller dropped his whip
and sought protection at the hands o.
his wife.
From teaching young Haskell gradu-
ated into the law, going to the Ohio
legislature, and on his removal to In
dian Territory, as it then was. estab-
fishing law practice in Muskogee. He
was influential in framing the much
discussed Oklahoma constitution.
Comment has been made upon the
popularity of Governor Charles e. Ma
Coon in Cuba as evinced by the success
of his New Years reception at the