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The Virginia enterprise., 1909-09-10
Marine Corps and Navy Again at Odds

tlon discreditable to the service and
argues strongly against the practice of
commissioning and putting into posi-
lions OF responsibility young men with.
out previous training."
Marine officers say that Commander
Hood went entirely outside the pre.
cept under which the court operated
when he wrote the above, and that it
was merely gratuitous affront to the
marine corps.
1T is the old fight between the two
branches of the SERVICE" said a ma.
rine officer. "The matter will be nut
up to Secretary Meyer when he re-.
turns to Washington, and it is bv no
means unlikely that he will revoke Az.
sistant Secretary Winthrop's approval
of that part of the courts findings
But we will not stop there. We will
see that it is brought up in congress
next winter
The young marine officers who were
defendants in the Sutton inquiry have
given up all thoughts of filing suits for
damages against Mrs. Sutton. After
reading the findings of the court thew
communicated with one another and
agreed that their complete exonera.
ton by the court was sufficient and
decided to let the matter rest there
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-09-10
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NEW YORK.-New York is becom-
" ing newer New York at such an
astonishing rate that it is now authori-
tatively predicted that by the year
1925 it will be practically impossible
to find in the city a single building
worthy of the name antedatitg the
memory of the average middle-aged
man.
In other words, the city. which it is
expected will then be the largest in
the world, will have achieved it's ex.
listing position so far as physical con-
struction goes in only a little longer
time than the time usually allotted as
the length of single generation.
That there is solid basis for such a
seemingly incredible prediction is
borne out by the mania which seems
to possess this city to do away with
everything that by any stretch of the
imagination might be called old.
New York indeed is exactly revers.
ing the practice of the old world,
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-09-10

III NGTON.-Trophies secured
w by the African hunting expedition
headed by ex-President Roosevelt are
to be preserved to posterity in the
grandest and most ornate exposition
building the world has known, which
will surpass any of the wonderful MIL
seums erected and maintained by the
wealthy monarchs of antiquity.
The building will be completed Just
in time to receive the valuable hides
Of the rhinoceros, the elephant, the
hippopotamus and the other huge
mammals which fell before the un-
erring aim of the Roosevelt party. AS
the most OF these animals are rapidly
nearing extinction it is expected that
the trophies will form the nucleus of
a collection that will become the most
complete and the most important in
the world.
There are many duplicates in the
collection Of 81 pelts sent home by
Col. Roosevelt, and this fact will en-
able the authorities of the Smithso-
nian institution, for whom the build
ing has been erected in this city by
congress, to secure many valuable
species which were not found by the
Roosevelt party. The law permits the
Smithsonian institution to make ex-
changes for species it may not possess
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-09-10
Peoples Kitchen Again Feeds Hungry

week and still have something left
for tobacco, wherewith to promote the
dreams of afluence in which a full
stomach is prone to indulge.
Although quite new in its present
quarters, the Kitchen serves about 500
meals day. It is hoped that soon the
number may be trebled. That will
mean profit to the promoters and en-.
courage them to start branch kitchens
in other parts Of the city and run a
sort of feeding trust for the thrifty.
The Working circle sends in 200
children every noon to be fed at the
Kitchen, but nearly all the other Gus
toners are men employed in the
neighborhood or within easy reach.
Some of them are just getting foot
hold here and want to keep their
health to do their best work and save
money to bring their families across
the ocean. There are 40 or more young
men who think the country will give
them a chance If they will fit them
selves for it, and who spend the even
ings in study after working all day.
They stimulate their ambition by .
hearty supper at the Kitchen.
From II to 2 and from to are the
serving hours at the Kitchen. Both
meals are alike and seven cents is
the price of each. Customers are ready
as soon as the doors are opened, and
from then on they keep the walters
busy. The management arranges the
bill of fare and lays at each place the
regular meal. This saves time in
service and customers don't have to
puzzle over choice of food.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-09-10

GOVERNMENT experts at last have
VI discovered why there are so many
lazy people in the southern states.
The widely recognized prediction of
the average southerner for fishing and
other pleasurable pastimes is not the
result of fondness for those things
into which an element of real work
does not enter. They are simply CON-
PEELED to do it, and a little parasite
known to government medical science
as the hook worm" is the motive
power.
DIR. Charles Werdell Stiles, chief of
the government hygienic laboratory,
Is the dtscoverer of the hook worm. !"
He has several specimens of him safe
ly preserved in alcohol, and it may be
stated here that the parasite has no
particular objections to being put in
alcohol. He likes it.
In his investigations of the habits of
the parasite, covering a period of
seven years, DR.. Stiles has found that
it thrives on liquor-that is to saw.
that 1t cannot exist in the stomach of
anyone who is a total abstainer. Thus
the difficulty in the way of it's total
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-09-10

HE long standing row between the
1 navy and the marine corps has
broken out again as result of the find.
lngs OF the court of inquiry in the SUIT
ton case, and a congressional investi.
eatlon OF the marine corps is not i'm
probable.
The trouble arose over the minority
findings of Commander John Hood. II
$. n, the president of the court, who
on his own responsibility and without
the support of his associates, Mai. Me-
vile and Lieut.. Jenson, took occasion
to say that the discipline at the ma
rine barracks Of Annapolis at the
time OF the Sutton trouble was not of
the proper sort.
The testimony" according to Com.
mander Hoods minority report. "con.
corning the whole deplarable affair in.
dicates a state of discipline then ex.
listing in the Marine School of Applica-
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-09-10
ity of New York Is Being Made Over

where age brings veneration, and
nothing except the very largest build.
ings and improvements here are likely
to attain any degree of permanency.
In the last few years, for example,
practically every one of the famous
hotels has vanished. The site of the
Fifth Avenue hotel, rich in memories
and traditions, where King Edward,
then Prince of Wales, was entertained
years ago, is now marked by an enor-
nous Office building with no traditions
whatever. Not so long ago Union
square, a few blocks farther down.
town, was a hotel center second to
none in the country.
Now even the hotels which sup
planted those which established this
reputation have disappeared. It is
even reported that the famous old
Astor House. far downtown. 10 to
make room for an Office building.
The famous old restaurants have
nearly all vanished. The Hamilton
Grange trees have been cut down to
make room for apartment buildings.
Everywhere the same spirit is ram
pant, and the accusation that New
York has no sentiment seems to find
plenty of substantiation. But from a
commercial point of view the change
now going on promises results un-
dreamed of few decades ago.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-09-10
Learn Cause of Laziness in the South

determination from the southland has
become painfully manifest.
To get rid of the parasite the pa
tient must needs deprive himself of
any and all substances containing
even the slightest percentage of alco-
hol. This, Of course, includes the red
liquor" 20 dear to the palate of the
victim. What the doctor fears 10 a
dialogue something like this when the
government physician goes forth in
the south to exterminate the worm
and comes up with the first victim:
Doctor-In order to effect q cure
you must abstain from liquor.
Vfctim-Abstain! Do you mean it,
sab?
Doctor-Yes, can't cure if you don't
abstain.
Victtm-How long did you say it
will take, sab?
Doctor-Four days, Saturday and
Sunday and
The doctor quits the premises in a
hurry.
In summing up his investigations
DR.. Stiles holds out one hope. He in
Inmates that real good red liquor is
not as sustaining to the parasite as is
the cheaper grade, for he says that it
thrives most among the poorer classes
who drink the latter kind, which
probably is imported from the north.
DR.. Stiles report on his fnvestiga-
ton has been printed in the bulletin
OF the United States bureau of
zoology.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-09-10
Big Crowd Expected for Hudson Show

named in curiously striking manner.
Hudson, according to historical rec
ords, is supposed to have starved to
death in an open boat in Hudson bay.
Yet the most interesting feature in
connection with the celebration held
in his memory, will be the greatest
banquet ever held in a permanent
structure, at which 5000 guests will
eat in memory of the man who
starved.
The banquet, which is to be held in
the Hotel Astor, will be remarkable
in many ways. 1t will mark the open
ing of the new grand ballroom, the
largest room of it's kind in the coun-
try, covering $4,000 square feet, or
more than half an acre, and three
stories in height.
Fifteen hundred couples, it is esti-
mated, will be able to dance in CON-
fort in this room. which marks al
great an accomplishment in its line
as did the achievement of Hudson and
Fulton in theirs.
More than $100,oo0,oo it is esti-
mated, will be spent during the cele-
bration, and Father Knickerbocker
will not only have achieved the record
of having quadrupled his population in
one week, but Of being the worlds
greatest host as we'll.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-09-10

OR at least one week during the
L latter part of this month, the
United States will have city not only
greater in population than any that
has ever existed, but one which in
the total number of it's Inhabitants
will exceed the combined population
of the four largest cities on earth.
It is now estimated that the num-
ber of people in New York will ex-
ceed 100000, I'll of whom, with the
exception of the regular Inhabitants.
will be attracted by the celebration of
the three hundredth anniversary of
the discovery of the Hudson river and
the one hundredth anniversary of the
invention of the first steamboat by
Robert Fulton.
Not only will the city have the
largest municipal population ever
known, but curiously enough it will
also honor the memory of Henry Hud-
son, after whom its famous river is
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-09-10

A FEW years ago, when Grover
"A Cleveland was president, the Uni
ted States treasury at WASHINGTON
was robbed of two silver dollars.
This loss, although of no material i'm
portance, was decidedly significant
and measures were taken to prevent a
recurrence.
At this season of the year Washing
ton is crowded with visitors and tour.
lists to whom the government extends
a welcome. Guides are at hand to
show the visitors through the govern
ment public buildings, the working of
each department and subdivision is
carefully described and sightseeing
citizens are made to 1eel perfectly at
home in the business houses of the
government
Formerly it was the custom to take
visitors through the vaults in the
treasury building, where millions of
dollars are stored. On one occasion q
small boy, tempted by the immense
amount of glittering gold and silver,
cut one Of the bags with his pocket
knife and made away with the two
''cartwheels." as the heavy one.dollar
silver pieces are referred to. -.
Since that time the vaults have
been closed 70 visitors, except to those
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-09-10

The state of Oregon has a unique
game law. The last legislature passed
an act making it misdemeanor for a
hunter to kill a deer that was being
chased by dogs, but at the same time
put in a proviso that prevents the
ranchers from killing the dogs that
chase the deer. It is claimed that
hounds protect the deer by chasing
them. This is the way it is explained
In Oregon. Hounds will rarely run a
deer down and kill it themselves, and
unless some hunter shoots it, the deer
will escape. But while the hounds are
loose they will clear the woods of the
animals that prey upon the deer. In
the spring wildcat will kill nine or
ten fawns to feed its kittens, and the
number of wildcats is so great that
they destroy more deer than hunt
ers do.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-09-10
A HUMANE WORK.

During the meeting Of the medical
association at Atlantic City, a sugges-
ton was made that the women physi:
clans of New York and other towns
Of the north should cooperate in the
work of teaching the poor to avoid dis
ease. says the Florida Times-U Union.
Thus and individual work has be-
come one of strength and union. The
physicians of the female persuasion
have already begun at their humane
task, and the poor, infected children
of the crowded quarters will be saved
by it. The great philanthrophy of this
movement can scarce be weighed un-
til one realizes the want, the igno-
rance and the disease that reign over
the tenement districts of New York.
The women especially will be taught
to take hygienic care of their little
ones as well as of themselves. What
Is the use of supplying pasteurized
milk to the infants If the mothers
don't know how to feed it to them in
a cleanly, sanitary manner. Besides.
pasteuriZed milk does not disinfect
a room where baby lives, neither does
it make him immune from the dis
eases which attack his elders with
whom he is in too close contact.
Teaching the poor, ignorant mothers
Is saving the race, and no other class
of women can be better teachers of
the miserable masses than the woman
who holds medical diploma.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-09-10
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Fine Structure for Roosevelt Trophies

and there is little doubt that all the
great museums of the world will be
anxious to secure at least one of the
Roosevelt trophies.
The new museum building is con.
structed entirely of granite, with floor
space approximately nine and one
half acres. It's cost was slightly more
than $3,500,000, and it is being put
in order for the reception of the va.
rious objects tht have been collected,
chief among which are those sent by
the ex-president.
So far the arrangement of the va
riOus specimens has not been deter
mined upon by the curator of the mu-
scum. 1t is likely, however, that the
entire first floor will be the future
home of the pelts sent to America
by the Roosevelt party.
1t has been deemed best to tan the
skins sent from Africa as the most
perfect way of preserving them for
all time. AS soon as they have been
taken from the casks and cleaned Of
the brine this task will be undertaken
by some one who has not yet been
chosen.
The work may be done under the
immediate supervision of the Smith
sonian officials in the museum here,
or it may be turned over to some tan
ner. In view of the importance at
tached to the proper preservation of
the trophies, which in years to come
will be almost invaluable, this ques-
tion is now being considered by the
officials. The splendid show cases to
be erected in the museum will permit
the specimens to be displayed in the
most effective manner.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-09-10

That Paris doctor who is advocating
the removal of the large intestine
from every child before the age of
three years, on the ground that this
organ is breeding place for most of
the harmful germs that flesh is heir to.
has struck a great scientific principle,
says the Philadelphia Telegraph. Fol-
lowing 1t out, we would have amputa
tion of the feet as cure for corns. Of
the nose for snoring, of the stomach for
seasickness, and of the head for head.
aches. Simple, isn't it?
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-09-10

The Wrights, with their cautious ex.
periments above the parade ground al
Fort Myer, do not make the impres.
been effected by NJ Bleriot's voyage
across the English channel, says the
Evening Wisconsin. The monoplane
upon which he accomplished the feat
is destined to hold high place in
popular esteem as practical machine
for aerial navigation. The English
are showing gallant disposition in
the hearty tribute of recognition
which they are paying to the intrepid
Frenchman.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-09-10

A few years ago the activity of agri
culturists in different parts of the
country was directed to grating toma,
to vines upon potato vines, with the
view of raising two-story crop-to.
matoes above ground and potatoes be.
low. The experiment does not seem
to have been satisfactory. Now an
Ohio man is undertaking to grow pota
toes without any tops at all. His
patch" is said to promise well, the
bulbs having attained the size of a
hens egg without showing the sign of
a sprout.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-09-10

From Alaska comes another news
item indicating the enormous possibili
ties of that once greatly derided coun.
try. A ditch has been completed in
the Klondike region which is expected
to supply water for the largest hy'
draulic gold-mining operations in the
world. 1t is believed at Dawson that
within the next decade. the companies
included in this enterprise will extract
from $1,000,000,000 to $4,000, 900, ,00C
from the gravel of the region through
the new facilities thus afforded. Yet q
few years ago the Klondike was un.
known and the whole of Alaska was
regarded as of little or no account.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-09-10


oent OF system master
nande He not believe military a
of
talent
perhaps the Chicago police
the day he
never needed the police he sad their AS
mate OF fact
be the head but the business The police
costs
neeo
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ne was II he went Chicago seek his big
useo 10 outdoor ne could
made the Wilson small
he
has finally him chief of police a
Twelve
sand maiers who weren't being we'll drilled Those
ent OF delivery He That
years.
Chief Steward
he has published
Wordsworth Walt Whitman
avaer and Lombros he had his
tor OF fact he had now.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-09-10
THE New York police make an ar

THE New York police make an ar
l. rest somewhere in the five bo.
roughs every two minutes. On an aver
age, % persons are taken into custody
in the city every hour. This means
67O a day. The total number of ar
rests in the last year was PA 4,822.,
Every arrest costs the city of New
York $50. The total appropriation for
the police department last year was
$14,452,000, exclusive of the amount
appropriated for pensions. There are
10000 policemen, and each of them
averages two arrests a month or one
every two weeks. Each "cop'' costs
the city $1,460 year in salary. Most
of the vast number of arrests are for
misdemeanor-219,6 ,613 out of 244,822.
The aggregate number of arrests in
the last Is years Is as follows:
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-09-10
Will He Have hoofs and r.;l7

Medical experts of this city predict
that civilized man will have hoofs
instead of feet, in 1000 more years
NO less personages than DR.. David D
scannell, surgeon and ex-Harvard ath
lete; Lewis F. Small, an orthopedist,
and DR.. L. R. G. Cranston and DR.. E
II. Bradford, both of the Harvard Med
ical school, see this probability. DR.
Cranston says the human foot has be.
come hind foot or hoof in use, if not
in actual form. DR.. Small says the
civilized races are slowly reverting to
hoofs, and that we must go to the jap
anese to learn how to walk. Foot
troubles are unknown among them -
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-09-10
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Motor Trips in Germany.

French roads are getting steadily
worse for motoring, while the main
German ones are as steadily tmprov.
ing: Hence the fatherland is growing
in favor as touring ground and can
be recommended as afording much de-
lightful travelling.
The duty on cars is very moderate
and both customs officials and police
are most polite and obliging il one
takes the trouble to-. treat them
courteously and drive with considers.
tion! in populated places. Some of The
roads are the finest I have been IN
except the latest Of our tarrirred roa.1s AZ
and the land is full of /. beantifni
scenery and delightful old worid.
towns and villages. One. of the hest
approaches from France is by the he
Parts-Strassburg highway. j -
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-09-10
REAL SOURCE OF PROFIT.

A son of Italy was so unfortunate As
to face the Judge in the police night
court in New. York not long ago.
What do you do, Tony?" the Judge
asked, in kindly tone, not being hur-
ried, al it happened, and perhaps
touched by the liquid softness Of
Tony's dark eyes. '~- =
'Maka da music wid de fina street
piano-oh. very dne music!" Tony
said. with q bright smile. 4 } :.
!. How much do you make IN .
week? 3" .=.s ] .:.:tss..s
d Ihere NJ. q aasA oe white teetb.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-09-10
One Way to Do II.

In northern New York is a little
town classicaily called Naples, where.
by the way, the novelist Emery Pottle
was born and raised. There the folk
evidently have a way of their own for
doing things, for this word was re.
Gently sent to former resident, now
located in New York City: =
There will be big change. in
town before you visit US again. There
is some talk Of moving the tall hall
over BY the lamppost. two blocks
down: Main street. SO q TO- give the
front : better Nght,
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-09-10

Cuba is now having trouble with an
insubordinate army. Still, the strug-
Cling with many difficulties may be
good discipline for the young republic
If it retrieves its mistake of taking
steps backward.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-09-10

A young man in New York left s4O0
in cash with another young man, a
stranger to him, to keep awhile for
him. He returned and got his monev
Now the metropolis is pluming itself
on possessing two modern human mir
acles of trust and honesty.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-09-10

Aeroplanes are not the only vehicles
waiting for the time of their perfec-
ton. Motor boats also could be i'm
proved or else provided with adequate
life belts.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-09-10
One Bad New Yorker Out of Every Twenty
Total for Is years

The figures indicate that five per
cent of New Yorkers-or one out Of
every 20-get into the laws clutches
for some offense or other; 10 good
New Workers to 1 bad one is the pro-
portion. - -;
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-09-10
Small Theft Makes 81 Jncle S,r,"c c.~o,

VINO get permission from the secretary
OF the treasury. In the large vault
which Is 80 feet long and 81 feet wide
Is stored $165 100000 in coin for the
redemption of gold and silver certifi
Gates.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-09-10

Here is new cause for alarm! The
pauper hog of China is competing with
the corn.fed American porker in the
London market.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-09-10

cHICAG0'S POLICE CHlEF

LIE Roy T. Steward is the newly appointed gen.
eral superintendent of police in Chicago. In the
public understanding he is chief Of police, but in
fact, he will be business manager. Chicago aban-
doned the idea of having military police or a
body Of old style seuths when she picked Chief
Steward to head the department, and started the
first business regime in police force. Chief
Steward does not even wear the uniform Of his
office. The city provided an outfit of gold braid
and gold buttons, gold epaulettes and gold belt,
but he would not even look at it. When he was
sworn into Office some days ago he wore a busi-
ness suit and when the badge of Office was
pinned to his vest as he took the oath OF nfdce
he unpinaed it and put it in his pocket.