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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-01-31
MONEY Is ALLOWED
FOR War BALLOONS
House Agrees to ApprOpria-
ton of 100000.
BILL PROVIDES FOR PLANTS
Lively Debate Follows objection
Raised by Representative Macon.
Betta's Escape frcm Paris and His
Establishment of National Defense.

After a spirited debate in the House
yesterday. a provision was incorporated
in the military appropriation bill making
available the sum Of $4,000 for war bal
looms and other aeronauticsl devices used
by the Signal Service Of the army.
The debate was chiefly important as
showing a disposition on the part Of the
House to favor further experimentation
with balloons and other aeronauticaI craft
for purposes Of war
An effort was made to keep the pro-
visions relating TO the balloons out OF the
bill. on the ground that it was new legis-
lation, and, therefore, should lot be car
RED in an appropriation bill
The chairman, however. refused to sus-
tain the contention It was brought out
during the debate that nearly every Euro
pean army is experimenting with balloons
and aeroplanes on a much larger scale
than the military establishment OF the
United States.
Cites Use Of Balloon.
Representative Macon. OF Arkansas,
said he would not oppose the provision If
any one could cite a single instance
where the use OF the balloon in warfare
had been instrumental in deciding a con-
test one way or the other.
Representative Cochran replied TO Mr..
Macon as follows:
The war balloon performed q signal
part in thu war between France and
Germany. Gambetta escaped from Paris
in a balloon and organized the national
defense
At the battle Of Malvern Hill and other
engagements Of the civil war, Representa-
tive Capron. Of Rhode Island, said, bal
looms had been used to great advantage
in observing the movements Of the enemy.
WIfhdraws Opposition.
Representative Macon Withdrew his op-
position to the balloons. Representative
Slayden. OF Texas, asserted that proper
encouragement had not been given aero
nautics in the United States. The Wright
brothers had to 80 ahead TO make their
experiments
As PROVIDED by the BIZ. plants win be
built for the construction OF balloons and
for housing them, and experiments with
balloons and Otner air ships VIII be con
Quoted under the direction Of officers or
Signal Corps.
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Canpanis. from Liverpool FOR New Ysrk; Celtic.
from Q1eenssoEn fer Nsv YORK
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-01-31
YESTERDAY N CONGRESS.
SENATE.

HOUSE.
House convened Al noon.
Consideration Of army appropriation bil ~
slmea.
Haif-miIhon-doIlsr appropriation fer army bal
Icons approved.
House committee hesrs experts On gas
BIZ introduced 70 extend PARK place
Bal introduced 20 parole boys from training
sChooL
House ad5aurned at 5 O'Clock until noon to
day
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STATEHOOD ASKED
IN CONGRESS BILL
Provides for Admission OF
the Two Territories.
BELIEVED MEASURE WILL PASS

Democrats Join with the Republic
cans in Agreement 10 Admit New
Mexico and Arizona Separately.
President Approves Plans and EK-
presses Desire to sign the Act.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-12-26

ure OF nitrogen fertilizer from the atmos-
phere Is an instance OF striking depart
IRE. Despite the assertion OF prophets.
who. Moseslke. are predicting wears Of
plenty In the wheat crop, grave fears have
been entertained 81 late over the exhaus-
tion %. natural fertilizing deposits. Sci
entiic minds are busted with offsetting The
depletion in the supply Of the natural de-
posts.
Sir William Crookes. a leading English
chemist. in addressing the Association FOR
The Arrangement OF Science on the subject
q 'Thv Waning Food supply" said that
the coming problem would be 70 save our
wheat. anc he called engineers and sci
eL;lsts 70 the rescue. The most promising
result Of this warming Is the perfection OF
"A methcd OF utilizing the air. which is
fouT-iiIths nitrogen, as a fertilizer During
the last three cor four years efforts have
been directed toward employing this inert
ana hitherto unusable quantity Nitrate
Factories have now been set up AZ Niagara
Falls, il Sweden and in NORWAY. and by
an electrical method an eaicion: substitute
for the natural deposits of nitrate fertilizer
thus promises 10 become generally useful.
\ new English invention in the shape Of
q direct acting explosion punp has at
Uacted the attention OF the engineering;
world IN the apparent ability 70 save % per
cent Of the cost OF pumping. In the device
the water itself acts as piston. osciIiat-
Ing through curved pipe under an or
isinal impulse with the regularity OF a
pendulum. The oscillations keep the pump
In operation. the usual piston rod. betting.
hywhsel and other transmission parts being
dispensed with. Owing 10 a gaseous dis
charge the pump appears seEviceable Tor
sewage rather than for drinking water.
IL was FIRST brought TO public notice four
or nve months egC. md from Il a long
line OF improvements may emanate.
In pace with the general conservation OF
natural resources are the attempts 20 sub
stitute for the fast disappearing supplies OF
wood pulp other materials for paper max
Ing. Considerable thought is being given
10 the proposition Of Asilizing the enormous
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-12-26
BIOLOGY.
Secrets Of the Origin of Life May Be
Learned in Laboratory.

TIE study OF heredity viii especially
rcclpy biologists during the coming year,
according 10 Professor r. c. Osburn. Of
Teachers college. Columbia University.
Breeding experiments on an animals that
sicld readily 20 the purpose, like guinea
pigs. rats and mice, viii be carried
OF and there VIII he particular attention
given 20 The transmission OF psychological
traits
Origin OF life experiments viii be car
RED on by many workers IN different parts
81 The world. The secret OF life Is sun
wrapped W IN the complex mystery -
urOtorlasm, but n may be solved IN 1910.
The governments OF the world are study
ing and applying biological knowledge in
an economic way The Bureau Of Fish
sries IN this country n studying a Dsven-
port, Iowa. 20 propagate fresh water mus.
sels for thu sake of the pearl button in
dustry. Vhic.. amounts 20 several million
eoilsrs a year. and may succeed any day.
The determination Of prairie dogs and
gophers by poison, and a other pests by
suitable means, viii result IN enormous
ssving 20 rhe country.
Important biological discoveries may Be-
announced az the eighth International
geological Congress. which vii be- held az
GrsS, Austria. neat August
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-12-26
SUMMARY OF PROSPECTS FOR
TQf1

Solution OF mystery OF the origin OF
life end it's artificial creation In the
laboratory.
TranspIantIns dog and nre7keY teeth
Into the human Jaw.
Cure Ter cancer
Shifting OF vital organs from animal
TO man by surgical means.
Aeroplanes travelling from New York
10 Chicago in five hours.
Face OF the person you talk 70 over
the telephone visible 20 you.
Drama on gigantic circular stage sur
rounding sudenc-, without lnternis-
sIons. scenes lighted by artificial sun
moving from east 20 west.
Ships propelled by gas turbines, e'irni-
mating furnaces, boilers and stoS<ers.
Mono-railrosd cars running at 200
miles an hour. prediction Of children
being shet to school through pneumatic
tubes.
Color photography perfeete5 20 make
prints on paper. Landscapes and faces
"snapshetted'' In their natural eoIors.
Discovery CT missing links in human
evolution IN California ard elsewhere.
Antidote for root poisons, beneiitins
agriculture. "Ooctoring the desert
with chemicals instead Of irrigation.
Learning the stuff comets are made
OF BY usIrg the perfected sPectroseope
en- hsilsy's wanderer.
Discovery of the South Pole.
Municipal subsidies In America for
musical culture.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-12-26
MUSIC.
Volume Of Sound from Orchestra Nav
Be Multiplied Fivefold

Music. especially in its operatic form.
promises TO take the United States by
storm There are large developments i'm
mediately before US. Opera is no longer
n luxury of the big centres. but Il is being
clamored for and obtained in comparative
hamlets. TO say that il completes with
vaudeville In popular demand would. of
course, lie slight exasgeration: but a
goOdly section OF the people over ell The
land are becoming enamoured OF the opera.
Small cities send representatives 10 New
York TO ask the price of so many nights
opera, and they are not generally dis
Outraged by the steep quotations.
An occurrence which might be called a
sporting event. OF interest 70 patriots as
well as 10 musicians. will be the visit OF
the Metropolitan Opera company 10 Paris
next summer. Performances will be given
from May 20 July az the Chatelet Theatre.
and every body will want 10 see how the
Europeans take Americas world champion
company OF artists. Wat viii the foreign
eTs saw about New Yorks all-star cast.
with a salary roll exceeding the combined
expenses of several royal opera establish
ments? Win the laureIs be conceded or
will the Europeans carp about details that
money cannot always buy? II there are
any reflections on the orchestra. We will
INFORM the critics that the first horn player
from CINCINNATI gets $50 a week; the FIRST
hute and bassOon Sle0 apiece. and altogether
the players are more highly paid than any
hNe orchestras In Europe put together.
There Is about 10 be put on the market a
device for increasing the sound of musical
instruments about five times. Instead OF
being obliged 90 have an orchestra OF sew
enty-rve pieces 10 make the necessary
volume OF sound for a grand ball. fifteen
VIII now suffice, and We are assured thst
the quality % tone will be not only I'M
spoiled but improved. The experiment has
so Tar been made only On stringed instrl-
rnents, but AT a concert given ON the cello
In London few days ago. when the device
was used. IL was pronounced completely,
successful
IL II called the auxitOphone. and Is a IlttIe
multiple reed valve or comb of aluminium.
hinged In such a manner that each rs.,
can viorste at variable distance from a
corresponding slot IN a small box. 20 which
compressed air is supplied at about ivs
pounds pressure. A pipe leads from the
suSitophone 20 a large horn placed ON a
stand some distance from the lnstrumer,
and It's PLAYER. The attachment does NO.
cause any Inconvenience Co the player. The
compressed air II IN a portable box. and
every detail has been arranrcd To make
things easy for the artist.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-12-26
AVIATION.
A Thousand Mile Aeropiane Trip IN
Ten Hours Prophesied.

While New York agents cf approved types
Of aeroplsnes are clafng under the delayed
receipt of orders, a host Of inventor build
eTs throughout this country are pTeparns
10 establish new markets and open new
agencies. All are looking % the year 1910
for the initial leap in the airship industry
and are confident in the belief thar tbs
country is TO loosen her pursestrings a.
generously as France has done.
The Wright suit. based on alleged IN
Judgements of patents may result IN ths
doing away with certain mechanical feat
ures OF warping and control OF al existing
aeroplanes except their own. In this event
new devices Will have 20 be invented II
connection with general Improvements m
all kinds Of fyiug machines which are
bound 90 make their appearance soon. the
problem Of building light. effective motors
for aero3lancs viii probably be solved. Win
the exception OF the Wright motor. the pro-
puisivc features Of the aeroplane are st'i'
crude. IL Is asserted by the Wrights that
they can build an aevoplane capable OF
making q trip Of one thousand miles. al u"
rate OF one hundred miles an hour. and aoio
10 carry from Ave TO twenty passengers
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-12-26

ready under successful operation, the gas
producer is the successor OF the steam
engine and bids fair 10 revolutionize fur
mace firing in many industries. This in
vention dispenses with two mechanical
steps; the getting OF fuel into steam and
the expansion Of steam in the engine
Tie gas producer does away With the
cumbersome boiler. Its economy Of spaee
Is demonstrated on the battleship. where.
& i - 1rted on good authority. g Der
cent additional fighting area may be OBJ
tsined by its substitution for tie steam
turbine. At present S9 per cent II a hat
tleships area is devoted 10 machinery ana
coal bunkers In passenger steamships
il is estimated that twothirds OF the area
would be saved 10y the gas producer and.
as in all vessels employing such a plant.
smokestacks would be done away with.
During the last three years the gas tur-
bine. corresponding TO the gas engine. has
been the subject Of constant experiment.
ana though stil crude in ts deve.opne nj
may this year develop into a powerful ana
successful COntrivaRce. For its size, n
fact. II II deemed the most powerful en-
gine made, and the coming year, il is be-
lieyed. will find this engine listed among
the wonder workers OF engineering. In
to-4htt experimental t4-A4it@ OF lLlS L pc
have been constructed as hish as go horse
power. Its fuel is gasolene, and IN its
more perfected state Il will doubtless b.
adaptable 20 automobiles and areoqianes
In aerOplanes. where only Elk or seven
pounds weight 20 the horsepower Is de-
sirable In an engine, IL Is likely 10 prove
especially seryiceahle. A gas turbine for
an automobile. Il Is said. would be small
enough % ~ IN . mans hat.
Under the impetus received By the ex.
plOitat.on Of the Brennan gyToscope mono
rail system In England. and that Of August
Scherl In Germany. widespread expert
menting has begun In the hope OF adapt-
ing the gyroscOpe principle 20 other in-
ventionE. Certain Investigators OF the old
top principle az balance as demonstrated
IN the syroscupe are In lopes OF applying
a. 20 the steadylng of STEAMSHIPS in rough
water and "a balance seroPianes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-12-26
Observation-Disclosures
BOTANY.
Poisoning of Ground By Roots May b
Checked

In the botanical field a promising wo-x
which will probably be accomplished nex,
wear Is the discovery OF the nature %
substances given OF by the roots OF plauta
There IS evidence that these substance.
are poisons 20 the plants that prodac.
them and 70 certain other plants AZ re,
suit, the soil Is poisoned for thu sams
crop next year. while another crop nav
not be affected. Crop rotation Il perhaps
the practical side OF this hitherto unknown
condition.
The discovery OF an antldote for root
toxins may prove OF great value In agri-
culture. II IS suspected that the beneficial
results OF fertilizer are due more 70 It's
antit0xic prOpeties than TO its enrichmeat
OF the soil. The chief value OF cultivation
Is 70 oxidize the soil and 10 rid IL OF
polsons. The United States Department.
OF Agriculture is studying the subject OF
root poisons. Tremendous. revolutionary
results in the science and art OF agriculturs
NAV be obtained in the near future. Tbs
economical possibilities are almost IN
limited.
In plant breeding there VIII be furthsr
progress i'm the production OF types that
give an increased yield
Potatoes edible without cooking, peanuts
without shells. painless cUcumOers. COM
bfnation vegetables Ike cabbage above and
turnip below. and color schemes worked
out in Iowly vegetables go that a kitchen
garden will look Ike a flower garden ara
future possibilities.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-12-26
ASTRONOMY.

The astronomical feature OF 1870 will be
Haliey's comet. says Professor 5. n. Mitch
Gil. OF Columbia University. This is the
much predicted body which left our ken
seventy-ave years aso, and viii be the irst
brilliant comet visible in these ATTITUDES
since lSS2. II wiz come nearest the sun on
April u and will be nearest the earth
month later.
10 scientists there is special interest In
TIE arrival Of the comet discovered by
Newton's friend In the seventeenth century
because II viii give the first good oppor-
tunity TO analyze cometary constituents
with the spectroscope. When the last brill
iant comet was seen the speetroscope had
not been perfected. The spectroscope OF
to-day may compel Halley's wanderer 10
make valuable revelations regarding its
composition The art OF photography has
also been greatly developed. and the sensi-
tive plate is expected TO record important
phases or the eometary nature and move
ments. There Is little exact knowledge con-
corning comets. Halley's comet win se
visible TO the naked eye all next summer.
II VIII have a poTtentous tail extending
over one-sixth OF the heavens. IL will be
seen right after sunset
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-12-26
MARINE TRANSPORTATION

The one thing in the marine word a
present which has the brightest 0uti'o~
for the future Is the direct application p
electricity for driving ship engines. rms
Is being experimental with by engineers
I'm England ard France. The idea Is =
have one central power station IN sAe'
ship for the development % elecuieiS'
this 10 be carried ay wires % mo'os'
which would connect with each screw pro
peller and thus obviate the need Of q com
pick mass OF machinery.
The power OF electricity applied 70 ,n'
ships machinery would greatly ASSIST =
vessel IN starting and stoppins, as q "a,
en- It's bridge could switch the euFreal -
or on and start or stop the ship "a -
motorrnan controls trolley car. ~ w.
also be a saving OF labor IN many sss
items. Electricity could be used ioF ess'
ing all auxiliary machinery and tof ee'~
Ing purposes and for heating the e@''"
and paSsageways.
To equip battleships with conpresssa -
making them unsuitable. - propossa
John AFbucSle. who has been salsIas
sells from watery depths by eorapi
air system.
In 1910 tovpeioes may os ssssssa - -.
n ship or the shore BY means Of WV
teleSraphy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-12-26

GOOD THINGS MAY HOLD FOR US ALL ~
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

, quantity Of cornstalks which have long
been going 10 rot IN Kansas and Neoraska'
The timeliness Of this departure Is maze
apparent by the familiar estimate that
daily newspaper uses up In single edltion
about ten acres Of trees and that mover
sweeps OF practically a mountain OF trees
4 favored subject OF experiment is the re-
producti1n OF images al a distance 10
be able 10 distinguish the features OF an
individual IN Chicago while addressing him
In New York by telephone has been the
dream OF almost countless Inventors, as the
Patent ONCE at Washington VIII testfy-
sanguine prophets hold that the coming
year Is likely TO give birth TO successiui
applianA OF this character.
Next year we have not only the coming
OF the gas engine. but the appearance OF
the solar heat engine. This is intended
10 be used in sunny climates where there
are no coal deposits In the solar heat
engine there are parabolic mirrors. which
concentrate the heat OF the SUMS rays and
store il UP for energy.
Besides these new schemes for power
we have a scientist working night and day
TO perfect a plan for transmitting electrical
power without wires. This would revolt
tionize everything electrical from the light
ing OF electric Dulbs 10 tne running Oh
trolley cars. In fact. the Imagination could
run riot over the possibilities. No trolley
wires either underground or overhead. no
third rails no wiring in houses and. there
/ fore. no more hres caused by broken in
sulstion: then the new kinds OF vehicles
could be propelled with wireless power.
even flying machines.
A valuable achievement is the new cleo
/ trical measuring instrument that Edward
/ Weston has conceived and made. The ac-
/ ourate measuring Of electrical currents has
/ been a bathing problem Mr.. Westons in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-12-26
PALEoNToLoGY.
The Long Wanted Missing Link MAY
Be Apprehended.

Our old friend the missing Ink Is still az
large. and the paleontolog.sts are trying to
get him. although they do not Ike to ex-
press il that way. Perhaps 1910 viii wines,
his capture II e desired 10 trace man
back through fossil remains % HIS earlies.
forebears as has been done with the horse
and the camel. showing every step Of the
evolutionary process. The French discovery
at Aries last year and the human Jaw res
directed near Heidelberg, while they arc
appreciated have only whetted the appetite
Of scientists 70 ind first class complete
skeletons OF prehistoric men.
Mainly fragments have been found hith-
erto. and conservative students have not
favored the large fabric OF speculation built
upon them. There is yet big gap between
the most advanced ape and the most PRINT
tive man, and il would take many fossils %
IN the gap satisfactorily. Cuvier bossted
that ne could reconstruct an extinct animal
from a single tooth. The modcrn scientist
is more modest. has less confidence IN teeth
and fragments. and wants TO see an entire
skeleton.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-12-26

victims Of the lazy germ within the next
twelve months
The coming use Of electricity seems 20 be
not only 20 heal various diseases. rejuve-
nate the body. leagthen its years. hut also
% call hack. ~ least for a while. the spark
OF life that has fed. This Is being sue
oessfully done on rats and rabbits. The only
drawback In its application 10 human be-
ings is in the fact that at the present time
the resuscitated animal must first he cleo
trocuted. The future holds promise that
electricity may also he used TO revive per-
sons who die from drowning. asphyXiatiOn
and other causes
From experiments by Dr. Marage. OF Par
is. who made dead dogs howl bark growl
or yelp by applying electric currents 10 the
muscles of the larynx. we may hope soon
20 sec the Gull or dumb vocal organs of
singers restored 10 activity Even the dumb
through the same agency might b made 20
spsak
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-12-26
DENTISTRY.
The Tooth Of a Dog May Replace Your
Decaved Molar.

There Is q prospect OF dazzling teeth En-
che United states II the directions OF the
newest dental science are observed. The
general application during the year ~ a
revolutionary discovery IN teeth hn!ng VIII
save and adorn innumerahie molars. 6i-
cuspids and other chewing or smiling inn
pigments.
The old style o. nlling was 20 pound bits
81 gold and other metals into cavities,
painful process ana one IN which there
was no certainty OF the material staying
IN place. Now a small piece OF wax is
pot into the cavity and the patient bites
into u 10 give II the indentation Of the
opposing teeth; the wax is gently removed
on q pin point. placed in q tiny mould ana
surrounded with a liquid clayey mixture.
which soon hardens. The mould Is then
heated IN an electric furnace until the wax
FnsltE and Is absorbed by the surrounding
clay. Next the pin Is Withdrawn. the
mould Inverted and a drop % gold placed
on the pin hole. Enough heat Is applied
70 melt the gold. and compressed air AT
pressure OF some twenty pounds 10 the
square inch drives the molten gold into
every nook and crevice OF The mould
Thus a solid gold filling. which is a per-
feet replica OF the wax and fts exactly
81 tho cavity. Is produced. A thin layer
~ cement fsstens the gold into the cavity
90 frully that IL would take a Jehries 10
.dielodFe II. A hard. indestructihle metal
like platinum may be used instead OF gold.
For an especially dainty and artistic Job
the patient may have porcelain crown
inisid on the top with 3 delicate golden
line encircling a.
We may expect in the near future 20 see
monkey molar which VIII grow fast IN the
hurnun Jaw and by its dazzling briliance
between lovely lips excite the rhapsodies
a. poets. The dog-to0thed lady viii thea
Aecorne more than hyperbole o. the show.
snEn.