The Washington herald., 1909-01-06
AT THE HOTELS.

with the German army. is at the New
Willard. He came 10 this country 10 he
present al the wedding OF his brother,
Count Montgelas, formerly attached 70
the German Embassy here. and now
counselor OF the Emperor's Botschaft in
Tokyo. Japan. which took place last week
at Grand Rapids. Mich
I believe your American army officers
Go not discuss politics FOR publication,
and the same rule holds good with his
German colleague. We do not and can
not discuss internal politics and you must
therefore excuse me-"
The German army officer is always on
the go" continued Count Montgelas.
when he was asked to state his opinion
as regards President Roosevelts march
ing or horseback riding test for American
army officers.
We have no idle moments, and never
know when We may be called out to do
the most strenuous military work Man
euvers and the Ike keep Us in proper
condition There Is no room in the Ger
man army for the officer who Is not up
10 the point in every way.
German soldier because he Is a good and
thorough soldier himself. More than that,
he is a great tacticisn. The German army
consists Of twenty-three army corps. and
the Kaiser is in personal command Of the
imperial army maueUveTs. which recur
every year, and took place IN Alsace-
Lorraine last year
Il have not Yet had an opportunity 10
observe the work OF the American regu-
lars, and am therefore in no position 10
give an opinion as 10 the personnel or
the efficiency OF the American soldier. 7
was in China at the time OF the Boxer
troubles and there saw the American de-
tackment, and I must admit that they
were the finest body Of men. from a phys
icai standpoint, l had seen for some
time
Speaking about the possibility Of war
between Germany and England, Count
Montgeias deprecated the idea. saying
that England's navy was four times as
big as that Of Germany. There is no
good reason for a disagreement between
England and Germany he said. "Au
the differences there may exist between
Us can easily De settled through diplo-
matte channels"
The military or financial power Of italy.
been weakened through the earthquakes.
Count Moutgelas said that the naval
power OF Japan. Ike that OF England.
was founded on The availability OF so
many fsherfOlk- The German paid his
compliments 10 the effectiveness Of the
japanese army. particularly the COM
missariat department
There is a growing practice OF INSTALL
ing private water supplies by means %
artesian wells IN the London area. al
outcome of the high charges for water IN
the metropolitan district. according 10
John n Leeds. Of London. who Is al the
Arlington 8Ir. Leeds is q civil engineer
and has been on a trip 10 the Panama
Canal He declined, however. % say
anything at al about the big ditch OF The
Gatun locks. or the sea-IeveI canal Lon
don aTtesian wells he would talk Of. but
that was all.
An artesiau well said the English
man. giving a good supply OF water
can be put down al a comparatively small
cost One well At the Ba1k Of Engla1d.,
which was sunk some years ago % a
depth 4 40 feet. gives a supply OF 7.el
gallons an hour As a direct consequence
o. the high cost Of water in the city. the
bank authorities have placed a CONTRACT
TO sink another vel to give such Al ad-
ditio1al supply OF water as VII render
The bank Independent
There are ether artesian water SUD
plies in London on the premises Of ths
mint Baltic Exchange. Salisbury House,
! Mansion House. Chambers and Mess-s.
/ LiptOn's. The cost and working expenses
| Of an arteSian vel and air lift pump
/ ing plant for 100 gallons in London ara
1 estimated at 500 for capital cost and
/ SIS per annUm for working cost, IN
/ clu>nS depreciation
{ "Roughly.~ added Mr.. Leeds. 'whers
/ any occupier Is paying more than s15J
/ per annum in water rate Il would
/ probably pay 10 put down q private sup
ply. The storage tanks are generally
/ placed on the top OF the building. and
I the water is either pumped direct O
pumped into the basement Of the buil6-
/ ing and then raised 20 the roof tanks ~
Ia separate pumping plant for distri5u-
/ ton"
Burton is an excellent nan 20 repre-
( sent the state OF Ohio in the United
States Senate said Roscoe c. NcCul-
Tough. a prominent lawyer Of Canton
Ohio at the New Willard last night
1 Mr. Burton has had years Of experi-
enoe IN the lower House. where q
gained intimate knowledge Of the work
; incs Of the legislative machinery OF II
nation Senator Foraker has a strong
/ following in Ohio. and he Is not REGARDED
as being a member Of the down and
cut club by his friends by any means.
The State Of Ohio ought 70 be recoss
nized in the Cabinet Of President-elect
7 Taft. and above all men qualified for The
: position Of Attorney General under AR
Z Taft not a better man than Wade Il
+ Ellis could BE- mentioned. Il Ohio Is %
be in the Cabinet. Ellis is the man.
I would much rather talk about Nc
Kinley than politics. business. OF any
thing else. or course. yoU understand
Z Mckinley was from Canton. and. 50 an I.
and We are all proud of the fact. The
I old Mckinley homestead is now the Hos
pital Of Mercy. managed under Catholic
auspices. and il is a splendid institution 20
/ Il pays TO take a chance according 10
Harry y. Butter. OF Hoffman. Pa. who
I is al the National he Believes Il Is lucky
( to pawn your last possession IN order 20
I raise money 10 invest on a chance. Sew
/ eraI months ago. after years OF endeav-
or in the oil field. Hoffman was down 10
/ his last dollar. His wife agreed 10 allow
/ him 20 pawn their furniture with which
/ 20 sink Just one more well
The well came in for a big SusheT, "
said Mr. Better. and made me man
comfortably well or in earthly goods
In spite Of the fact that I had such a
I rich property. I was stiH short Of ready.
money. so / pawned my gusher 10 raisei
I cash TO sink another well II was just
an ordinary wei, producing about fifteen.
/ barrels an hour I ordered il drilled
/ dePper, vEereupon a tremendous volume