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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-07

use. Some gas escaped on account of the
suns heat and the balloon dropped to
$500. But all in vain. All hopes of Que
bee We're gone. Up and down 1t varied
anywhere from 2G1 to 1000 feet and
always meeting battling currents Of air
We wee than 49, miles on our trip and
moving at the rate o. twenty-five miles
per hour. That seems fast. and IL is
rapid motion on earth. but UP where we
| were the only way THAT we could gauge
our speed was by watching the country
! and comparing with the maps. 1t Is al
most impossible for one To come any,
where near gaugins the speed of a balloon
unless he has charts. sn apparently i'm
perceptible is the motion over the earth.
An empty bottle was dropped. We all
watched.
But II was just one minute and ten seconds
after he had spoken that the bottle struck.
A thunderstorm doomed up ahead.
Near to a Thunderstorm.
We don't want to get TOO near that"
Skipper Forbes said quickly. but l begged
to get close as possible so the Con-
queror drifted on toward the ugly black
clouds. and a little beneath them The
jagged lightning flashes were wildly APP
parent and the great crashes of thunder
made our ears throb.
Near enough"
Yes
Two scoops of sand Went out ard Ii
minute We were a thousand feet above the
storm. 1t was a very weird sensation to
feel and To be able TO taste the electricity
from above and to hear the rumblings
below.
See that long field over there
Aye. aye, sir
We'll try to land there; now get your
anchor ready and have that bag OF tricks
loose. You Mott. stand hv TO valve her
when | give the word. and | myself viii
attend to the rip cord Potter, will YOU
have the sand ready for me as I need II.
and be sure to hand il to me quickly. Are
all the bags inside? Good
The town OF Franklin. y. II twinklei
on our right hand, but long way ahead
yet
Valve her a little
The gas escaped from the top of the
balloon with d soft kissing. Time and
again this was done until the earth SEEM
ed to rise up toward us. Gently. with
scarcely jar. the huge balloon settled on
an open pasture. almost on the house In
in which Daniel Webster was born. Skip
per Forbes had given his orders calmly
and there was not the slightest hitch TO
our coming to earth. although this is con-
sidered the NEST dangerous part of a trip.
In one hour the whole outfit was packed
and ready for eXpressage 10 New York
The highest altitude that we reached
was 1A0 feet and the lowest 1000 The
average speed was twenty-eight miles per
hour; the distance sailed over was 1871
miles and the average temperature 81 de-
grees. LAWRENCE MOTT.
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ciic their experimental station stands as a
monument to their blasted hopes.
Jngained fame in the making OF rain
has cost several millions of dollars. One
company alone. Chicago syndicate, spent
half a million trying to produce rain
from cloudess skies. They sent S1OO.no
worth of chemical-ladened smoke into
the air but not Il drop of water fell. No
record however has baen kept of the
tons OF dynamite that have been exploded
from the tails of kites or tow lines OF
balloons. in vain attempts - cause rain
before nature was ready to weep. The
United States patent Office contains a
| number of costly models of rain making
cannon, that produced loud noise and
lots of smoke. but not a drop OF rain.
How near the inventor comes to the
unsalned fame and the fortune that goes
with IT is shown by the unfortunate ex-
reriments o. man who tried to make a
substitute for coal. He did succeed IN
making composition that burned and
stftute for coal but not until he had
spent a quarter of IL million OH his eX-
periments. Then he learned that his
substitute could not be manufactured in
a ton. When the coal supply is ex-
hausted this mans invention will be
valuable.
NonTelescoping Cars in Demand.
Railroad cars that will not telescope
| III SolllsloI nave Hot YET DeeH iHNeHteu,
but enough money has been spent try
ing to invent such car to pay the
claims Of those killed and injured in
railroad accidents for the past five years.
One railroad, operating in the state of
New York. spent about $4,000 building
india rubber cars made perfectly tight
and the air pumped out. in the hope
that they would when placed back Of
., n0{r I'D OF I've n~I nf hn funir
break the force of collision. The
vacuum cars. as they were called, were
smashed to thousand pieces at the
very first trial.
No one ever. will know the amount
oe money lost in an effort to solve the
problem OF perpetual motion. This
chimercial siren has collected toll in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-07

the average business man wonders what
he does with them.
Sunday is the day when all Washington
puts forward its best foot In the way Of
things on wheels Every one who 4 IN af-
ford it goes for a ride in the park. Stand
at one of the entrances some pretty Sun
day afternoon and Look AT the constant
throng of automobiles, fine traps and rum
abouts OF all kinds and descriptions and
the question arises whether every one In
town possesses rig of some sort Hard
~ any one is walking there And the
drivers seem to have small respect for
pedestrians. Ambassadors and those high
in the executive and legislative branches
of the government wliZ by in high pow
cred automobiles. Parties of pretty girls
laugh mcrrily they glide through the
shady spots in their little electric run
ahouts. Prosperous looking clubmen drive
smartly past in high traps drawn by
equally high stepping horses. Lovesick
SWANS and deeply interested madens go
by at snail's pace. with lines hanging
slack, in buggy" Fashionable danes
and. sometimes Il may be said, borad-ap-
pearing men pass in elegant victo-ias
with smartly liveried servants on the
box Altogether it is A scene of quiet en-
joyment that makes onookers feel rather
out of PLACE If they are not fortunate
enough to be able TO enjoy with all other
Washngtonians holiday on wheels.
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Special Correspondence OF The Star.

SptSldl Correspondence OF ne star.
NEW YORK. June g. 1cnS
a FTER drifting through the air at
~ a height twenty times that of
"a the new Metropolitan tower
4 - after piercing the clouds and
seeing them fail below the ini-
tate in balloonins%aero navigation is
more modern-returns TO native earth i'm
pressed with the smallness of ii; with the
vas-ness of the afr. To see towns shrivel
10 dots. 10 see lakes dwindle to tiny drops
ard then TO nothingness brings the begin
ae- back 70 terra firma an enthusiast.
These We're the sensations of the writer
after d flight made from North Adams
Mass 10 Franklin y. H., in A. Holland
Forbes big balloon. the Conqueror. In
the upward rush the great gas bag rose
20 a height of 1900 feet, sometimes drift
ing lazily. at other times rushing through
The air. But with miles as mere inches
apparently. on the earth below. the SEN
sat:on Of speed was almost eliminat ed
leaving nothing to consider but grand alti-
lude.
Well. with luck. We should get TO Mon
tredi or Quebec today" Mr.. Forbes said.
We'll go up about 700 feet at the start
trade wind "
How easily he said 1909 feet
Enthu.:astic North Adams.
II must be said that the town or North
Adams. Mass. IS the most enthusi ia site
place about ba.looning that can he mag
med. And all the natives are so cheerful-
~ optimistic.
.'You'H Lave u grea, flight said one of
the leading citizens.
Fine. another echoed
Al . . clock the streets were filled with
persons all going down 10 the "gol-
burned balloon" in the process of being
minated Bugg!es run bouts. automobiles
and the good old-fashioned farm traps
tait "'athsr used 10 use crowded the
main thcroughfdre. Trolley ears ratified
ncisIiy by. each one loaded to its capacity
wi'h curiosity seekers.
The halloonists were the center OF all
eyes. Pretty girls with their escorts old
maids without any. SWANS and would-be
SWANS. all gdZed at us eagerly.
Mr.. Forbes limited The impeiimenta 10
glasses. camera and light rubber coat.
tn talloonists arrived at the Aero Club
grounds. The Conqueror was spread out
on its canvas cloth. ready for imitation.
Thousa nds of people clustered around the
photographs. BY this time the sun was
tie heavens was clear from time 10 time
through the still low-hanging rain clouds.
Filling the Huge Balloon.
The Conquerer lay nat on the ground.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-07

the sun on the clouds and the marvellous
shadows that were visible from our ire
mendous altitude.
The Connueror slid on wi: h the north
east breeze and her own shadow on the
thunder clouds was superk. We could
watch our progress by the silhouette that
was cast on the clouds below.
There's rabbit one of the party
said.
| took my glasses and through them
DISTINGUISHED fine buck deer.
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tracted. and the balloon dropped to 230O
feet and beneath the clouds.
Looking Down on Green Glory.
Stretching away as far as the eye could
reach was just one glorious mass of
green There was the darker shade OF
the spruce and pine. and here. just below.
the lighter colors Ct the birch, ash and
maple And over II all far from the earth
as we were, was the magnificent effect of
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On wheels

WASHINGTON on wheels.
Wheels. wheels. wheels
VAA everywhere. To the north.
wv to the south, to the east. TO
the west-everywhere the
eye can reach it rests On a procession of
wheels. Automobile wheels, carrieg &c
wheels, coach wheels. buggy wheels.
bicycle wheels, wagon wheels, baby
carriage wheels. cart wheels. street
car wheels. ard last. and most popula
with the boy and girl. the roller skate
wheels-all enter into the picture of
Nash!rgtons means of travel and traffic.
Wheels are necessary to the pleasure
and comfort of ali Washingtonians. and
there is no city in the world whose
streets are more admirably adapted tc
their use This is the prime reason for
the popularity Of the wheel here
First comes the infant. wheeled along by
liz nurse Il a cute wicker go-cart: mex,
comes the school boy roller skating hither
ard thither on the pavements and in the
streets; then the youth hurrying along
the street in a motor cycle that gives
defiance 10 the bicycle policemen the
love: is very much in evidence with the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-07

-HE United States government is
anxious to see price list of the
i new noiseless powder. Uncle Sam
make powder make less noise. and did
not produce single grain; therefore.
since he paid million dollars and got
none he is anxious to know the cost or
enough to fire nois less salute to a
nervous monarch. Great Britain spent
in the same line and unrecorded thou
sands have been spent by individuals who
saw the great fortune to be made with a
noiseless gunpowder. but who came no
nearer success than the two great gov
ernnlents.
orally staring people in the face, waiting
only the mystic touch of inventive genius
to turn the golden flood into the pockets
of the fortunate inventor; but with exas-
perating persistence the coveted treasure
remains always just beyond reach. caus-
ms the loss of uncounted millions in fruit
less efforts TO attain il. Every foggy day
in London costs the street merchants SIS
coo. What p-incely fortune awaits the
inventor of a lamp that will dispel this
misty gloom and allow these merchants to
conduct their business. Thirty-hve syn
the failure list. and the money they have
wasted in the battle with the fog runs
we'll into the millions.
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And then the Conqueror dropped over
the Connecticut river valley. Walpole
was the first place that we got into COM
,nunication with-and that was by shout
ing down to the farmers from an altitude
of 3f2n feet. Then the wind shifted a
hit 70 the northeast. and We sailed over
Bellows Falls at the height of 3.CCO feet
Hanging Over.
Iron, time m time I took nc
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-07

WHAT Can Be Seen in the
Streets-The Baby Car
rage The Automobile -
The Carriage = The Push
Cart = The N e w aper
Wagon-The Happy, Jolly
Roller skating Boys and
Girls-The Fruitstand on
Wheels-The Bicycle-The
Unitarian Cart - All the
Modes of Travel and Traf-
fc Seen in and About Wash
ington's Beautiful Streets.
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Harvesting the Tidesp

Fame and fortune both await the in
ventor who can harness the tides and put
them TO work. Millions of horsepower of
energy is wasted with the ebb and flow of
each tide, Not long ago some German in
ventors sold as scrap iron experimental
machinery that cost $lo.OUO. They had
plan for gathering the Irresistible power
Of the tides and putting IT to driving ma
chinery On an island in .the South Pa
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-07

NEW YORK June g. 1GnS
a FTER drifting through the air al
~ a height twenty times that OF
"a the new Metropolitan tower
~ after piercing the clouds and
I'll hoI 4 nj.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-07
Hanging Over.

From time to time l took photograph!
and frightened the other passengers b,
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-04-09

SiAshNNrA2n Intelligent thinking woman,
In need utNyiNt from weakness, nervousness
pain and suG Mug then 10 means much to
ron that tbor@lA M Lied and lrue- h1nesl
tALAlAAnG- 4h--lA4llAA- c4AEQsLLLQS4 sold hY
a4gg!alE tAL lhg cure u M0WAns MS.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-04-09
DO y9u Think
For Yourself ?
lN F\ - d - r.

Or. "a you on, n your mouth Ike a young
PRO a.d gulp down whatever food OF modl.
tine maS be offered your
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-10-30

case of alleged nudity of a sentence:
in the case of suspicion against Judge
of the Rota and to hear suits for dam
ages against judges of the Rota. Any
one can appeal against the decisions of
these courts with or without the as
sistance of lawyers, and a special body
of lawyers has been formed, the mem
bers of which have pledged themselves
to assist the poor gratuitousIy.
Beginning with next Tuesday the
court with ten judges. one of them an
English speaking one. The Segnatura
will be entirely composed of cardinals.
The practical result of the new con-
ditions will be that the countries re-
moved from the jurisdiction of the Pro-
paganda instead of applying to the lat
ter for the decision Of all questions
must apply to the suitable congrega-
ton, to the resort of which the matter
may pertain. The creation of new do
ceses and the appointment of new bish-
ops will be dealt with by the secretary
ship of state. after which they will be
sent in trust to the congregation of
the Consistory to carry out the deci-
sion. While heretofore all questions
were gratuitously dealt with by the
Propaganda as established for mission
airy lands after next Tuesday the pay
ment of the usual fees will be exacted.
The congregation of the Consistory
which replaces the congregation of the
Propaganda in the nomination of Am
erican bishops, and which is presided
over by the pope. will have as its sec
rotary Cardinal DeLai The members
of this congregation, numbering four
teen, include Cardinals hurry del VAL
Moran, Oreglia, Serafio, Vannutelli
Martineni, Rampolla and Gotti. Among
the judges of the Rota are Monsignor
Prior, rector of Leda college, and sew
eral other distinguished dignitaries
After this every archbishop and bishop
in the United States will have a per-
sonal representative before the tribun-
ais in Rome. Cardinal Gibbons and
Archbishop Farley have already Sc
lected a representative in the person
of Sig. E. Santi.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-10-30
CHANGES DUE TN
CHURCH GOVERNMENT

Washington. D. c., Oct 80. - The
American members of the Roman Cath
Ollie hierarchy are well pleased with
the new papal constitution which will
go into effect on Tuesday next, Nov.
g. They aer looking forward with
great deal of satisfaction to the day
which will elevate the United States
from a mission country to the rank
and status of a regularly recognized
Roman Catholic state, with the right
and prerogative of dealing direct with
the Roman Congregations through the
papaI secretary of state. instead of
dealing with the propaganda which
heretofore has had charge of all mat
tiers pertaining to mission countries.
Under the new papal constitution
which will go into effect next week
the United States, Great Britain, Hol-
land, Canada, Newfoundland, Gibraltar
and Luxembourg are removed from the
jurisdiction of the propaganda, which
forms one of the nineteen congrega-
lions in Rome, to whom the admins
tration of all church matters is en-
trusted. The propaganda, which is
headed by Cardinal Gotti, has hereto
fore ben one of the most important
and powerful of the congregations, but
by the new constitutions its powers
will be materially diminished
In addition to changing the status and
powers of the propaganda the papal
edict provides for other reforms, reor-
ganizlng the modus of the congrega-
tions through a more suitable division
of subjects and eliminating the dupli-
cation of authority and regulating the
work of the ancient tribunals of the
Rota and Segnatura. BY the terms of
the edict both civil and criminal liti-
cations are removed from the juris-
diction of the congregations and in
trusted to the tribunals of the Rota
and the Segnatura. The congregations
retain only disciplinary powers. A new
congregation regulating discipline and
the sacrament is created, its duties in
GLIDING also questions regarding mar
riages, while the dogmatic side of the
sacraments remains under the juris-
.diction of the congregation of the Holy
Office, which has exclusive jurisdiction
over mixed marriages, where one of the
parties is non-catholic. The pope re-
mains project of the Holy Office The
Importance of the Congregation of the
Consistory, of which the pope is also
project, is augmented by entrusting to
it the creation of bishops and the SUI
pervision over and direction of the
rules of dioceses and seminaries and
also deciding questions of competence
between the congregations.
All disputed questions, not merely
matters of conscience, go to the Rota
in the first instance and then to the
Segnatura as supreme court. The
Rota works also as a court of appeals,
both for sentence pronounced by other
courts or by itself. In the later case
the matter must be submitted to diff
ferent judges. The Segnatura is con-
stituted a court of cessation in four
cases: as an appeal court against an
entire sentence of the Rota; in the
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-10-30

Mishawaka. Ind, Oct %. = Vice
President Charles w. Fairbanks, speak
ing to a large crowd here tonight. de-
clared that while 1t was important to
elect William II. Taft and Mr.. Sher-
man, it was of equal Importance that
the state ticket should not be lost
sight of. He declared the ticket EN-
titled to the support of every one who
believes in the efficacy of the republic
can party in public administration.
Our candidate for governor, the Hon.
James f. Watson, is entitled to the en-
thusiastic support of every republican
not alone because of his loyalty to the
principles of the republican party and
of his honorable public service, but be-
cause of the things for which he
stands"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-10-30

ROOSEVELT PR0CLAIMS
TAFT AS HIS ONLY
CHOICE.

, The true friend of reform, the
. true foe of abuses, is the man
y who steadily perseveres in
r1ghting wrongs, in warning
, against abuses, but whose char
D acter and training are such that
he never promises what he can
= not perform, that he always Is
little more than makes good
what he does promise, and that
while steadily advancing, he
. never permits himself to be led
. into foolish excuses which
would damage the very cause he
. champions. In MIR. Taft we have
= a man who combines all of
. these uaiities to a degree which
= no other man in our public life
= since the civil war has sur
. passed.
. There is no fight for decency
= and fair dealing which 1 have
= waEed in which / have not had
. his heartiest and most effective
y sympathy and support, and the
. policies for which / stand are
y his policies as much as mine.
= If there is che body of men
= more than another whose sup
. port L feel I have n right to
. challenge behalf of wage
y workers of the country.
= stancher friend. fairer and
= truer representative, they can-
o not find within the borders of
= the United states. He will do
y everything in his power for
o them except TO do that which is
o wrong; he will do wrong for no
= man, and the refore can be
q trusted by all men.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-10-30
WILL SPEAK TONIGHT

Crawfordsville-John L. Griffths of
Indianapolis will deliver republican
address this evening at the Y. NJ. C. A.
armory. Tomorrow night John c. Dan
cy, colored, of Washington, D. c., will
speak. and Congressman Charles B.
lands will close the speech making
in this county with an address Friday
evening. His opponent, Martin A. Nor
rison of Frankfort, spoke at Browns
Valley Monday night and at Ladoga
last night -
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-10-30
NEW LIBRARY AT DEPAUW.

Greencastle. Ind. Oct. S0.-The mag
nifcent new library building at De
Paw, university was dedicated today
with interesting exercises. Among the
guests of the occasion were a number
of the Methodist bishops who have
been holding their annual meeting in
Indianapolis
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-10-30
POLITICS TO SIZZLE

SheFbyville-This city will be a hot
bed of politics from now until the clos
ing night of the campaign. This even
ing Thomas II. Kuhn will speak in the
opera house and on Friday John Kern
and Sam Small will be here. On Mon
day night plans are being made for the
biggest rally of the campaign. James
e. Watson, candidate for governor on
the republican ticket, will be here and
deliver a sneech
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-10-30
AN ELABORATE PRODUCTION.

panhandle Pete" is superior and
an elaborate production in which nov
city and newness are promised when it
comes to the Towle Opera House, Sat
urday matinee and night. Oct. 81. The
situations and complications of the
tramp Panhandle Pete" and the must
cal numbers are consistently inter
mingled with the dialogue. The pre-
senting cast is headed by Walter Will
son, a comedian, who needs no intro
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-10-30
What The Republican Party Has Done

% R.a so. Ds ss which itch
h accomp Ps fh hese constuoe uorRs
The Dg5 Maeoa a 99 sso and Cu n p s her the
effort sd @ = :, 1
100000 With hn
1SasR ISLANDS Rs Philippine Fh 's viii With @ RRa
and The he nn6 ss ssmnsaa Rbe eG
republican party
the Q island
The republican p.y gt.ss Ss sa Standard b. tn. law Of March
n
prevent currency suspension Of crisis
reforms currency
gold standard
The republican party has extended to the ufT9s ns OF ne
a5 the meane redma m Of m on the pupf dgDt
nes sFo" n decrease o. leest on ne oo ana the
YssT ' sifso5 e. Debt e 5Sss5o
s4SSSSS 1 80 SSSSSS
debt fought the battles Of the cn and
Measures the Of
utea o sy R'a 69 a09f
republican railway
republican party pneipie
ap R sp0y recover for as INJURIES s While o work aO0 IN the 0
and d 9 Glasses srs5 s ' Fs the honest s fa
The republican, tss tf Ct ns a and saved the
lives establishing
initiated
lection of the forests and the water sources,
g q has ss sss' VIII S s @ % % s s
the he. Nation n9n
ngns ESRs0sa s aB hs sq e World
republican rsorgaazsd the
stak in order to make an efective fghting force
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-10-30

duction to the theater- going public of
this city. He has been surrounded by
a competent cast of fifteen principals
and male and female chorus of TWEEN
ty, all of which have been selected be
cause of their ability to sing and dance.
A big evening of great fun and amuse-
ment can be expected at this house.