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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-13
4 Could Drop Bomb on a Warship"
WRIGHT AVIATOR
He Couldn't" Is Answer of Commander
BY w. G. Shepherd.

first time in history an aeroplane
passed over warship when VIII
bur Wright recently sailed nine
and one-half miles up the Hudson
river and back again.
Below, as he sped, lay dozens of
great fighting ships of seven ma
vies. their monster guns helpless
when he was above them.
Onto any one of these vessels
he might have dropped enough
dynamite to sunder them, accord
ing to his statement.
II could easily drop a bomb on
warship," he told me.
But could he? The navy men
who saw him fly say No"
Commander Rogers Wells of the
United States battleship New
Hampshire, over whose ship
Wright passed squarely, while the
officers and men of parts of seven
navies looked on, smiled pleasant
ly as the aeroplane flew toward
him, up the river.
Long before the machine could
be plainly seen the roar of it's mo-
tor was easily heard. AS 1t sud
denly doomed out of the mist it
travelled at such a great speed
that, while one moment 1t looked
like a mere gull the next it had
assumed the outlines of an aero
nj ac Tho II of- Sc h,.1
bursts instantly into a full-blown
flower.
While it was in the distance
there were dozens of giant guns
that might have belched great
missiles at the tiny flier, with its
speck of a human being in the
seat. Always fearful of conflict
ing breezes, the worst fears of
Wright might have been realized
by the rush of air of one of these
great shells, even If it would not
have hit him. A network of
rushing cyclonic currents of air
might have been thus thrown up
into space against him.
THE arms now in use on every
warship," said Commander Wells,
would be sufficient, / think, to
prevent an attack of aeroplanes.
At the speed at which Wright
travelled 1t would have been a re-
markable feat for him to drop
shell onto us, il he had reached
us. But he couldn't have reached
us, I am sure, in time of war.
Rapid fire guns that send a rain
of shells would sooner or later
find the mark, if the big guns did
not hit him.
"In addition to these guns we
have the small arms, from which
we could send hundreds of shots
in short time. These might, per-
haps, only riddle the wings, but
in time one of them would find
a vital spot in the aeroplane.
There is no limit to the angle of
elevation of small arms and the
rapid fire guns can be elevated
more than As degrees from the
horizon.
"If any more defense against
|aeroplanes were needed we could
use mortars that would throw
bombs straight up into the air.
But suppose, even, that an
aeroplanist did succeed in drop
ping 200 pounds of dynamite on
to our decks, he wouldn't disable
the ship.
THE explosion would wipe
away the gingerbread work and
kill all men within a certain ra-
dius, but the decks are so heavy
that I am sure they would only
be bent.
"a six-inch shell, fired at
1000 yards, would have greater
penetration than that of 200
pounds of dynamite dropped dis
lance of 1000 feet"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-13
Three Trusted Employees
Arrested for Robbing
the Goldfield Mills of
Concentrates Worth
b $21,50

fBy United Press Leased Wirc.)
GOLDFIELD, New, Oct. 13.--
After being under surveillance for
months suspected of stealing rich
"concentrates" from the Consoli-
dated mills, three of its most
trusted employees are under ar
rest here today. The three men
are l.. II. Dresser, graduate of
Princeton university; Elliot Lamb,
who recently acquired notoriety as
the hero OF a trolley wreck near
Spokane, when he saved a num-
Der of lives by chopping the VIC
Tins free, and ID. Couture, repair
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-13
BILLY SUNDAY NOT WANTED
FOR REVEALS IN YAKIMA

NORTH YAKIMA, Oct. 10
The North Yakima ministers have
withdrawn their invitation to Bill
ly Sunday to come here for re-
vival meetings. The reason is
that he has failed to specify a
date that is convenient. In addi-
ton, several ministers were not
enthusiastic about his coming,
believing more good could be done
by some other revivalist.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-13
HONOR MEMORY
Of COLUMBUS

Tacoma Knights of Columbus
last night celebrated the anniver-
sary of the discovery of America
by Columbus with elaborate SER
vices at st. Patrick's Catholic
church. Rev. ]. T. Murphy preach
ed the sermon of the evening.
Special music was furnished by
local musicians.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-13
INDIAN Maiden
LEADS CLASS
IN LATIN
(By Cnited Press Leased Wire.)

(By Onlted Press Leased W1re.)
SPOKANE, Oct. 13.-Twenty-
five Indian children from Kamiah
came in a body to the township
high school ait Fort Lapwai, Ida
no, and were enrolled in the
grades. Indian boys and girls
are enrolled in the higher grades
and their work is satisfactory.
An Indian girl who entered
school three weeks after schoo!
opened leads the class in Latin
and teachers say Indians show
wonderful progress In the dead
and grades equal those
of white students. With five
pianos in school a splendid music
course is offered. Vocal music
is taught in all of the grades
while instrumental music Is
taught to older pupils at an extra
cost.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-13
NOTICE

Beginning Saturday night, Oc-
tober 16, the Sanitarium baths
will remain open until 1880 p.
m. Price of Turkish baths, 81,
or six for IS. Sanitarium Baths,
926 Commerce st. Main 1425. ***
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-13
MORSE ILL IN PRISON
TAFT RIDES TROUGH
COLORADO DESERT
(By United Press Leased Wire.

YUMA, Ariz., Oct. 13.-After
riding through the Colorado des-
ert all night, President Taft reach
ed Yuma at 6:15 a. m. Governor
Sloan and his staff met the presi-
dent here, and their private car
was hitched to the train for the
run through the territory.
Thursday Mr.. Taft will visit the
Grand Canyon of the Colorado.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-13

Royal Dairy ice cream. Best in
town. Main s5 and A21s6. s12
4 st. "s
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-13

AS heretofore the Eilers Music
House is accepting the latest issue
of Lucore prize piano bonds at
premium. *+*
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-10
National Conservation Association.

The agitation in favor of the con-
servation of the natural resources of
this country has crystaliZed in the or
SANITATION of the National Conserva-
ton. The new organization has most
distinguished membership and has as
its executive officers men Of business
and energy who will see to it that the
work is actively carried on. The
central office has been established at
New York and branch offices will be
established in various parts of the
country as the work develops. Per-
haps the principle work of the associa-
ton is to procure concerted action on
the part of the states of the Union to
protect their resources. 1t is believed
that by cooperation any limitation of
the powers of the federal government
prescribed by the constitution will be
overcome through this concert of effort.
The association will also endeavor to
interest the general public to the end
that public opinion may be built up N
support of the work. The publicity
given the matter by the conference of
governors and the Roosevelt conserva-
ton Commission was very satisfactory
but in order to accomplish lasting good
public interest must be continuous over
a period OF years. The new association
will give attention to water power
rights, the economiZing of the supply of
water, the protection of human life
from accident and disease as well as
the conservation of forests, coal and
fertility of the soil.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-10
Monotonous Americans.

LORD NOrthcliffa owner Of the Lon
don Times and one of the leading fig
ures in English and Canadian affairs
makes unique complaint against the
people of the United States. He says
that we have been standardized" that
our public school system is such that
we are all alike and that as a whole
we cof1pose a nonotonous type. This
is really funny. The fact that the most
cosmopolitan of all nations, a nation
made up OF wanderers from every
land should have become a monotonous
type Is certainly new fault. Lord
Northclitfe is to he congratulated upon
his discernment.
His attention was called to the mat
ter through the emigration of Ameri-
can farmers from this country to the
Canadian Northwest. He complains
that Winnipeg looks like Kansas City
as a result of this migration. He
finds that Canadians are losing their
Canadian individuality'; that even in
the Newfoundland town he is build
ing around his paper mills, the girls
are wearing their hair after the style
of the girls of this country. 1t may be
that this complaint is caused by his
discovery that American school girls
Lon, 1vnC hoi f,,a,
German fashion plates. To Lord
Northcliffe anything German, no mat
ter how far removed from the Father
land, is like red rag to a bull.
1t is true that we have no class dis
tinctions in this country. We have
no landed gentry, no lords, no extern
sive pauper population, to furnish the
contrast which the gentleman misses
so much. But we are of the opinion
that the monotonous average is some
what higher than any average that
could be struck elsewhere even by the
most adroit statisticians. The stand.
ardization of Americans through the
public school system may have created
a type of American but if so we abide
by the result with perfect equanimity
We do not object particularly to q
standard so long as it is high enough
1t might be suggested that the
Canadian Northwest is developing
faster than any other part of Canada
is developing or ever did develop, ant
the cause therefor is the large pro.
portion of American farmers of the
monotonous type, monotonously ener.
] getic, monotonously sober, and monoto
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-10

The November number of The Twen-
tieth Century Magazine more than fulflls
the promise of the October issue and in
dIcateS that the new magazine under Mr.
Flowers editorial management will be
fully equal to THE Arena" at it's best
The opening article is from the scholarly
pen of Professor Archibald Henderson.
IN d., and deals in a most interesting
ana Illuminating manner with the life and
writings of George Meridith 1t is beau
t1ully Illustrated. as is also "The Writ
ing on the Wall" an extended and critical
review of the powerful drama of that
name dealing with the tenement house
EVIL. This second paper is from the pen
OF MI Flower and is one of series which
Will appear in this magazine during the
coming year dealing with the really great
dramas of the present in which social
problems are handled in a serious and eff
fective manner.
railway Corruption" by Carl S. Vroo-
man, IS notable paper by a specialist
VINO mas devoted the last three wears to a
critical study of the railways of Europe
ana America. In it the author compares
corruption which exists under private
ownership with that found under mbIic
ownership.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-10

noasly intelligent. A few more OIL
these monotonous types have planted
industries on the other side OF thc
line and have made that portion OF
Canada which lies between Maine ana
Michigan an exceedingly prosperous
country. All Canada's prosperity is
not traceable to the activities of men
who live in the United States and IN
vest their money in Canada but a
very appreciate amount of American
money is invested there and quite a
large number of Canadian cities ana
towns are dependent upon these m
vestments for their material prosper
ity.
The truth of the matter is that Lord
Northclltte voiced an opinion of his
own and We believe it i'm no way
represents the sentiment of Canadians
at large. There is no i'll feeling what
ever on the part of Canadians toward
Americans, and the criticism that our
public school system is in any way
detrimental, is as absurd
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-10
Secretary Wilson Warns.

Secretary Wilson of the Agriculture
Department, the best informed man on
agricultural subjects in the United
States, predicts that before many years
farm products unless American farm
erS make the most of the resources of
their land and improve every method of
agriculture in accordance with the
needs of the people. Secretary Wilson
does not pose as an alarmist and says
that the danger that consumption will
overtake production in this country is
not immediate.
The danger would not exist at all
We're it not for the fact that the soil
robber" forms a very considerable pro-
porli ion of American farmers. These
men or groups of men, for it is very
often syndicate under a manager,
pay no attention to rotation of crops
and give no thought to returning to
the soils that which they have taken
away. In the case of the syndicate
this is easily explained. The stock
holders demand dividends and the
managers in their enXiety to make as
good a showing as possible bleed the
land for immediate returns, giving no
thought to the future. When it is real
lied that the manager who can make
a farm pay an annual dividend over a
long term Of years, is better than the
manager who extracts a big dividend
during a short period of time, soil rob-
berry Will cease to be popular. Secretary
Wilson takes an optimistic view of the
conditions at present, saying that the
crop figures now show that the farmers
output for the year 1908 aggregate =
80, 900 600. II is certain that high
prices and bumper crops will raise the
total for 1903 very materially.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-10

Ii is to be noted that none of the
men being mentioned" in connection
with the next Democratic Presidential
nomination are from the South. And
yet it is this section of the country
that for some years past has given
the Democratic party all its electoral
votes. How long will the Southern
leaders Of the Democracy be content
to continue this supine policy of self
effaccmcnt?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-10

In view of the increasing travel from
New England to Italy and Egypt, the
Cunard Line has again arranged at
tractlve cruises by the well-known
steamers Carmania and Caronia. and
the saxonia, so favorably known in
the Boston-Liverpool trade. for her
comfort and steadiness will be de-
spatched on three special trips from
New York to Italy. These steamers
belong to the same line that produced
and operate the Lusitania and Man
retania. Special sailings have been
arranged from Boston to Queenstown
ana Liverpool by the popular Ivernia,
Pannonia and Ultonia.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-10

The California OUTLAW" league has
decided to come into the fold of the
national agreement. 1t is exceedingly
expensive to attempt to run profess
sional baseball on the outside. 1t is
the national agreement that put pro-
fesslonal baseball upon business
strength and popularity.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-10

In refusing to allow a committee Of
Our National Geographical Society to
be present at the examination of Dr.
Cooks so-callcd data the faculty of
the University showed conclusively
that it understood perfectly well why
it was selected as the custodian of this
data and precisely what DR.. Cook cX-
pected of it in return for this mark of
his favor. 1t is a wise college faculty
that knows precisely what it is there
for
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-10

Another man who thought his only
chance to get rich was to be found in
the deserts of Nevada has been res
cued after he existed for days on the
flesh of snakes and lizards He ought
to try a Maine farm. He could at least
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-10

Frank Gotch can perform great
work for the peace of the human race
if he will get Jeff down and choke him
into promising that he won't say an
other word until he has knocked John
son into the briny waves of the blue
Pacific
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-10

The sad intellg ence has reached this
country that the much crossed Rubi-
con has ,;windled until q three-year old
kid can jump it backwards. 1t is now
York thoroughfare.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-10

William J. Bryan is grooming his
own candidate for the presidential
race of 1912. 1t might not be fair tc
him to disclose his full name but his
initials are William Jennings Bryan.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-10

The French seem to extract as much
keen enjoyment out Of the Steinheil
trial as we did out Of the unsavory
ThaW affair
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-10

More gold will be produced next
year than ever before in the history
of the world, but we have no assur-
ance that any more will find it's way
into newspaper offices than has been
the custom in the past.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-10

The pew San Francisco district at
tOrn.y promised the people of that city
that he would make it the Paris of
America, which indicates to the lay
mind that San Francisco will be a poor
place to visit with a bank roll.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-10

1t may he that the yellow haze on
Mars is caused by a similar disregard
for smoke ordinances as that which is
stirring the officials Of cities on this
planet
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-10

The students at Cincinnati Univer-
sitv have been set at work repairing
the university plumbing. The stu
dents declare that it is lead pipe
cinch compared to the usual tasks.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-10

Let every Democratic patriot of
the battle-ground States grid up his
loins and buckle on the armur.
There's going to be the devil to Law
today.-.IiouSton Past.
Republicans have long suspected that
the gentleman was or the Democratic
payroll.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-10

The subtle humor displayed by
Judge Gaynor in sending his oppon-
ents the tips" concerning their past,
which were furnished him for cam
paign material, has no parallel in AM
erican politics. 1t is almost as funny
as the antics of the Tiger with no
dough bag fastened to it's nose.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-10

McHarg has told us what he thinks
of Pinchot. We are left to guess what
Pnchct thinks OF McHarg, but it isn't
hard to guess
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-10

Why does Cook prepare his data IN
New York" Nobody would shed tear
if he went back to Denmark to perform
the ceremony.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-10

ESTABLISHED 1925

No notice whatever will be taken Of
unsigned communications.
The journal cannot be held RESPONSE
BILE for the preservation or return OF
rejected communications.
Address all communications relating
to subscriptions and advertisements
to BURLEIGH & FLYNT. Publish
ers, Augusta, Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-10

An Iowa man says that he intends
to live to be one hundred years old.
He can, in Iowa, for there is nothing
to disturb his peace of mind.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-10

President Taft evidently forgot that
the telegraph wires We're still working
when he assured the women of New
Orleans that they We're the most beau
tiful in the world. He is not in a no.
si:ion to speak with authority until he
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-10

1t does rot pay to get discouraged
over the large number of divorces. Sill
Yer and golden weddings are still being
held down in Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-10

Evidently Uncle Sam isn't the only
person engaged in digging canals
Scientists have discovered that Mars
is up to the same caper
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-10

The man who carried the message to
Garcia has retired, but the man who
carried. the message to the people is
still at il.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-10

The Chicago railroads are inviting
the comfort of the morning smoke.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-10

Down in Galveston, Tex, someone
stole a whole railroad crossing! There
is no use in denying the fact that Tex
ans have a taking way.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-10

Willard Clark of West Franklin
picked sweet corn Nov. ] and enjoyed
a midsummer dinner while snow
furry was in progress
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-10

President Taft advises the boys to
stay on the farms and 1t IS excellent
council 10 heed.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-10
Wednesday, November 10, 1909.

One Cannon declines to be spiked,
by friend or foe.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-10

A. NJ. Durham, who made Pcary's
snow shoes, is very proud of his part
in the discovery of the Pole. The
success of the expedition has made his
Norway shop famous.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-10
BOOK CHAT.

Among this weeks publications of B.
w. Dodge & Company We're my Quest
of the Arab Horse" by Homer Daven-
port, an account of the cartoonst's trip
through the desert in search of his prize
horses, illustrated with numerous pho
tographs and drawings of the author;
In Lockerbie Street." a little apprecia-
ton of James Whitcomb Riley. by Ma
bel Potter Daggett; and THE Players O.
London" a love story of Shakespeare $
day by Louise Beecher Chancellor, got
up in dainty gift book style
One of the remarkable features of Mrs
Marah Ellis Ryan's new novel; The Flute
of the Gods which Stokes has Just pub
lished, is the revelation of Indian religion
which it contains. Many of the myths
and traditions of the ancient tribes of
Arizona and New Mexico have a distinct
likeness to the great world religions For
instance, the Te-hua tribe, of whom Mrs.
Ryan writes, have a tradition of an In
dian savior with mysterious origin.
who is rejected his own people, and
lays down his life for them
Mrs. Ryan during her two wears stav
among these people has indeed penetrated
far beneath the surface, and her success
is undoubtedly due to her keen svmDatny.
she says that the scientific investigators
have often missed the spirit of Indian re-
ligion through their unsynpathetic atti-
tude, ana that the Indian himself will
never reveal it to the world at large
partly on account of inability and partly
on account of retcence In one of her
letters she writes:
The heart of the Indian is as the song
OF the bird You can cage the owner of it.
you can drill him in new tones YOU NAV
succeed even in making him dumb. but
you can never understand him so long as
you have a lingering doubt as to whether
his rude shrine on the mesa or mountain
is whit less the abode of the Great Mys-
terry he instals there, than is the latest
and most magnificent cathedral erected
by the greatest of architects and conse-
Grated by the most exalted of church.
men"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-10

Maine has its first censor for NOV
ing pictures shows The appointee, c.
+. Batchcldcr Of Portland, is com
missioned by the National Board OF
Censorship to pass upon ali the films
exhibited in that city.