The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-09-30
ROOSEVELT FINDS
PLENTY OF WORK
Receiving More Callers Than
If Congress Were in
Session.
WHEN DOES HE. WRITE?
DAY, HE MUST WRITE BRYAN
LETTERS AT NIGHT OTHER
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.

washington, Sept. 3O.-The predlc-
ton that President Roosevelt would
be busy man when he returned to
Washington has more than been full
filed. The White House is not more
besieged with callers even at the
height of d busy session of congress.
The Missions of most, but not all of
mis- visitors are political. The meet
ings here of the tuberculosis and the
fisheries congresses ad to the throng,
but there has been a continuous pro-
cession of callers, with varied inter-
ests, some coming at the request of the
president and others on their own mo-
ton. No one who can make a salts
factory showing to Secretary Loeb is
denied an audience and the president
is keeping longer Office hours than
any other official or private citizen at
the capital. So busy has he been re-
ceiving callers, in fact, that the sug-
gestion has been made that his letters
to Mr.. Bryan must be written between
darkness and dawn.
Mr.. Roosevelt has told some of his
callers that he expects the next five
months to the busiest of his life.
Knowing that next 4th of March will
release him from the cares, he is 60
ing to crowd into the coming winter
all the achievement possible. There
are lot of things he wants to do or
see done before he leaves the presi-
dency. He can't get them all done.
but he will accomplish some of them
or know the reason why.
The possibilities of the wireless tele-
graph in protecting ships from disas-
trous storms at sea and saving life
and property were illustrated few
days ago when the navy department
endeavored to pick up the cruiser
Prairie and warn her of the approach
ing hurricane headed for the Atlantic
coast from the West midas. This YES
sci. with two hundred and fifty men
on board for the American fleet now in
lon. was four days out from Norfolk
when intelligence of the dangerous
storm was received. The cruiser was
sailing directly in the path of the
"twister' and efforts were made from
every wireless station on the coast to
get into communication with her, but
without success. probably due to some
electrical disturbance.
Although the department did not be-
lieve the vessel would be unable to
weather the storm it was thought best
warn her captain, if possible, in order
that he might change his course and
seek some safe refuge until the blow
was over. Naval officers and men en-
gagged in the merchant marine of the
country believe with the perfection
of the wireless system it will soon be
possible to communicate with ships
no matter how far from land, and
warn them Of dangers and keep pas
sengers posted on the events of the
day. This is done now in measure, on
the great liners travelling over the es-
tablished lane forming the pathway
between European ports and New
York, through communication with
each other, but the perfection of the
system is expected to extend its ad-
vantages to ships at sea, no matter
how remote they may be from land
The advantages of such information
would be inestimable to ships engaged
in trade, but naval officers look only
to the great good that would come to
them if it were possible intime of war
to keep in touch with that arm of the
national defense after it has left its
rendezvous and gone in search of the
enemy. The time is coming, naval Of
fcers say, when it will be as easy to
direct the movements Of a fleet hun
| dreds of miles at sea as it is with the
telephone and telegraph wire now to
connect the various divisions of an
army.