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The Washington times., 1909-01-21
TEACHERS
FAVORED BY BOARD
At Meeting Tonight Trade
Organization Will IndOrse
Retirement Fund.

The Washington Board Of Trade al its
meeting at the New Willard Hotel to-
night is expected TO put itself on rec
ord as favoring the passage by Con
gress Of the public school teachers re
tirement bin in the District Of Co
Iumbia. A resolution 10 that effect.
bearing the Endorsement OF the com
mittee Of public schools Of the board,
will be introduced. and, it is believed,
will meet with unanimous approval,
At a meeting Of the committee on
public schools In the Board of Trade
rooms last night the question Of Con
gress establishing and d.sbuTsing a pub
lie school teachers retirement fund was
taken up and a motion passed 70 the
effect that the chairman draw up a
resolution supporting C1e bill. which has
already received the Endorsement Of the
Commissioners and the Board OF Educa-
ton The motion was introduced by
William r. GUIDE. and the resolution
will be prepared today by Chairman ".
II. Singleton.
While a formal program has already
been arranged lOr The meeting OF the
board tonight, an effort VIII be made
to have the resolution considered as a
special order Of business. In the gent
II &c Endorsed at this time by the board
il is believed that the chances Of the
passage Of the bin in Congress VIII De
materially strengthened.
The Washington times., 1909-01-21
BILL FOR MILITARY
CARRIES $98.295.4O6
General Staff Change Is to a
Four Years Period of
Service.

The military appropriation dill FOR
the next fiscal year. carrying So. go, 400,
has been reported 20 the House py the
Committee on Military Affairs
The proposed change az 10 the gen
eral staff COTpU provides that all Of
hceTs detailed in the general staff corps
shall be detailed for periods of four
years, unleas sooner relieved
While serving in the general staff
they may be assigned to duty n other
branches OF the service, returning 70
The branch in which they hold perme-
ueut commission upon the completion OF
their duties. The bill provides for n
general staff corps, consisting Of chief
Of stan and two general officers 10 be
detached by the President from the
army at large, four colonies, six lieu
tenant colonies, and six majors, to be
detached from corresponding grades in
the army by the President.
The appropriation for pay of enlisted
men is increased from SO, 900, go 20 SI5,-
10000 The appropriation for men on
the retired list is doubled, being raised
from 81 Ig8, 445 10 S2,00J00l For the en-
campmeut and maueUveTs of organized
militia the amount is reduced from
81. OO0. coo 10 1925 90
The Washington times., 1909-01-21
Presidents Action Again
ArouseS Legislators by AL
legged UsurpatiOn.
QUESTION RIGHT
TO NAME BODY
Senate Has Had Bill to Create
Just Such Advisory
Board.

Congress is looking for some uos0
method Of getting back at the President.
The wrath OF the members OF House
and Senate has been stirred up by the
White House action i'm appointing a
council to advise the heads of depart
ments on all plans for buildings, grounds.
OF statues. ANY question in connection
with these must be submitted to the
Council CT Fine Arts, as the body the
President has named is called.
The action is viewed at the Capitol as
a case OF usuTpation Of authority. 1t
is almost certain that the council will
come in for vigorous scoring on the floor
Of each house before the session is over.
Every appropriation for the erection OF
a Government building or a statue
names q special committee 20 select the
site, and attend to the details and the
Presidential action supersedes the &C
lion OF Congress as to these special
committees or commissions.
Senate's Fire Stolen.
In the Senate, the wrath Of the mem
bers IS felt the more because the Presi-
dent has done at stroke, by ExecutfS e
order, something the Senate was CON
slderlng doing by legislation. Senator
NeWlands had introduced a bin to cor
vert the Office Of the Supervising Archi-
tect into the Bureau Of Public Build
anEs and Arts"
The Washington times., 1909-01-21
CRITICS FIND FLAW
IN THE 98-MILE RIDE
Unbeheves Measure Distance Ridden by President to
Wanenton and Find First Estimates Fall Short
of the Actual Count

II wasn't ninety-eIght miles that the
President rode in seventeen hours the
other day. It's all a mistake.
Doubtless at first blush it will be q
matter Of satisfaction to the critics Of
the President to know that he didn't
ride any such distance in seventeen
hours. They never did believe he would
or could do such q thing. and. anyhow,
they don't particularly approve Of the
man on horseback idea in connection
with the Executive office.
1t seems that some of the army Of
ficers had doubts about that ninety
eight-mile story and they decided on an
accurate test. They went over the
exact route with q tested cycIometer
and measured the distance with the ut
most care and accuracy.
II wasn't ninety-eight miles at all
Instead, IL was los statute miles
This is the accurate measurement
reached by the people who for the sake
Of historic accuracy decided to make
The Washington times., 1909-01-21

the try-sQuare test. Report is that \
number of military critics Of the Presi-
dental riding test for officers have
gone into the doldrums since they got
the report on the final and official
measurement The President, on the
other hand, is better pleased than ever
with his performance
In explanation of the error in the
earlier measurement, il is said that the
earlier computations were based on the
distance from Chain bridge. across the
Potomac, four miles from the White
House From the bridge to Warren
ton and back, ninety-eight miles, was
a pretty accurate estimate.
But as a matter Of fact, the President
rode 10 the bridge, instead of start
ing there. and on the return rode all
the way back to the White House Al
lowing eight miles for the distance to
the bridge and back, this develops an
error of Onl~ two miles in the route
first measured. 1t ought to have been
one hundred instead of ninety-cight
miles Adding the eight miles for the
omitted lap, makes a total of 10S.
The Washington times., 1909-01-21
STREET RAILWAY
FACTS DEMANDED
Number of Cars, Condition,
Power, and Equipment
Will Be Compiled.

Backed up by the authority Of the
Interstate Commerce Commission, the
District Electric Railway Commission
today made a last demand upon the
railway companies OF the District for
specific information, preliminary 10 TAX
ing steps to remedy conditions com
planned Of by the travelling public.
At a meeting yesterday afternoon it
was decided, If necessary, TO resort to
the courts TO compel the companies TO
supply the facts as to the number of
cars owned and operated In the District,
their sanitary condition. heating ap-
paratus, general repair, character OF
power equipment, nature of appliances,
and time schedules.
This action was taken following the
reading Of an order from the Inter
state Commerce Commission, authOTiz-
ing the Electric Railway Commission
under an act of Congress, to obtain
the desired data. The railway COM
panies had previously shown reluctance
TO comply with the local commission
requests.
The Interstate Commission also d.
rected that the companies be urged 20
offer suggestions as TO the best way to
prevent overcrOwding Of cars. Vigor-
Gus action will be taken by the COM
mission IF the companies fail 10 do
something TO prevent OvercrOwding.
Another order Of the Interstate Com
merce Commission requires that within
ten days all cars running TO and from
Union Station shall be provided with
station signs.
Commissioners Clark and Lane have
been delegated to take action in their
discretion to prosecute the railway COM
panies should they fail 10 comply with
the commissions requests.
The Washington times., 1909-01-21
MILITIA OF DISTRICT
LAUDED FOR ITS WORK
Says Eyes of Entire National Guard Are
on the Body Which Represents the Capital
of the Nation.

That the National Guard OF The Dis
trict Of Columbia is the most impoF-
tant body OF militia in the United
States. is the opinion OF Representative
Halvor SteeneTs9n, chairman Of the
Militia Committee Of tise House
The steps taken here to improve the
militia. and the course followed I'm reg
ular work" ne said, "are under the
eyes Of the entire country. and will
be initiated by a majority OF the Ma
tional Guard organizations
mr.. SteenerBon was making an adj
dress to the prize winners I'm the re-
cent rife competitions, those who had
won service medals and a host Of their
friends in the guard, the army and
navy and in civil life. The presenta-
ton Of the prizes occurred in the drill
The Washington times., 1909-01-21
SCOTS PLAN HONOR
TO LlNCOLN'S BIRTH

The Scots Of the District vino are
members Of the Californian Club are
preparing to observe LdncOln's birthday
anniversary February u The club will
try 30 arrange a date for "A soccer foot
bali game for the afternoon and in the
evening the annual club ball viii be
given
The Caiedonians are preparing 90 do
things in athletics this year and viii
make sports more OF q speciality than
they have been heretofore. This de-
CisiOn was reached at a meeting held
last evening at Eagles Hall, as the re-
suit Of an address by Chief Alexander
Douglas and several OF the more prOmi-
nent members Of the club.
The Washington times., 1909-01-21
LINCOLN MEMORIAL
URGED FOR MALL

The National Society OF the Fine Arts
viii use it's best endeavors to prevent
the placing Of the proposed Lincoln
memorial on the Union Station plaza.
The society thinks that the best place
for II is that chosen IN the mall by the
Park Commission. Resolutions along
these lines were adopted last night at
the annual meeting OF the society, held
in the new Masonic Temple Hall. The
annual election of officers was held. and
resulted IN the following elections:
President, William H. Holmes. first
vice president, Heunen Jennings; sec
ond vice president Glenn Brown: sec
rotary, o. Wayland Vaughan: treasur-
er, Bernard r. Green; board Of man
ayers, Mrs Alice p. Barney. James II.
McKim
The Washington times., 1909-01-21
Pill S
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We want every man and woman suf-
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piles to just send their name and al
dress TO US and get by return mail a
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The way TO prove what this great rem
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YOU will get by return mail a free trial
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Then after you have proven TO your
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Don't undergo an operation. Opera
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Cure reduces all Inflammation. makes
congestion, irritation. itching. sores and
ulcers disappedr-and the piles simply
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For sale at all drug stores at so cents
a box
The Washington times., 1909-01-21

han OF the Center Market armory last
evening.
Gen. George II. Harries presided. In
addition to the address by Mr.. SteeneT-
son, Mai. Gen. George II. Elliott, com
mandant OF the United States Marine
Corps also addressed the gathering
During the course OF the evening the
brigade band, under the direction Il
Prof Donald Macleod. played throug
an excellent program.
The prizes presented to the marks
men were those won at the indoor
competition, and consisted not only OF
medals and trophies, but many useful
gifts donated bv the business men OF
the District Lieut.. Col. Luther H
Reichelderfer was I'm command Of the
large squad Of prize winners and Col
onels 81. Emmett Ureu and Charles II
Ourand, commanding the Second and
First regiments Of infantry. respective
iy. were present with their STATS.
The Washington times., 1909-01-21
LINCOLN CENTENNIAL
STAMP SOON ON SALE
One Hundred Million of Two-Cent
Denomination Will Be
Issued.

One hundred million 2-cent stamps
hearing the portrait Of Abraham Lin
coin viii be issued on or before Lin
coin Birthday, February u. 10 com
nem0rate the centennial anniversary of
the birth Of the great President.
The design for the new stamp IS sim
pie and digniied. 1t will consist OF
The portrait of Lincoln in an elliptical
medallion, surrounded by a spray OF
laurel leaves. The inscription ''U. s.
Postage" will be placed across the top
Of the stamp, and below this will be
the dates, ''ls09-Feb. 12-I909. " The
stamp will be red, Ike the regular 2
cent stamp, The portrait Of Lincoln
10 be used has been taken from the
copy in the CorCorsu Gallery Of Art OF
st. Gaudens' statue on Riverside drive
Chicago
The Washington times., 1909-01-21
WANTS HARBOR LIGHTED.

Secretary Straus has asked Of Con-
gress an additional appropriation Of
$4,000 for the purpose OF lighting Am
brose channel, New York haTbor, IN
order that the transatlantic steamships
may move In and out OF the harbOr at
night, There Is $4,000 for this purpose
on hand, and the Secretary estimates
that the channel may be made suffi-
ciently brilliant with a total OF sS0,0C0.
The Washington times., 1909-01-21
ASKED FOR TICKET.
WOMAN is DEAD

NEW YORK, Jan. I.-'"TicBet please, %
said Conductor Jacob Thompson to a
woman on his train on the Passaic and
Delaware Branch Of the L.ackawanna
railroad. near Summit, n. j.
She seemed TO stare ahead without
taking notice of the conductor. Again
he asked for the ticket and again re-
eetving no attention, Investigated. The
woman was dead. She was Mrs. Mary
Carofano, Of BernardsvilIe.
The Washington times., 1909-01-21
MRS. MARIE |. HANSON
BURIED IN OAK HILL

The funeral Of Mrs. Marie Ingle Han
son, who died at the Magnolia Hotel
1891 NJ street northwest. was held this
afternoon at the Church Of the Ascen-
sion.
Mrs. Hanson died yesterday morning
after a brief illness She was eighty
three years old. She is survived bv two
daughters, Miss Susan b. Hanson and
Mrs. Arthur p. Miller. The Rev. J. III.
Nelms offciated at the funeral Inter
ment was at Oak Hill Cemetery.
The Washington times., 1909-01-21
SAYS THE MEETING
WAS GREAT SUCCESS

The President has officially notified
Congress Of the success of the recent
convention OF international tuberculosis
ernertS at the Smithsonian Institution.
The Presidents communication was &C
Companied by reports Of various Gov
eminent officials I'm charge OF the con
gress. w. 7. Adams, distributing agent.
announces a balance OF 2l5,658.s2 out o.
the $40 900 appropriated by Congress
Secretarv Fulton, of the institution.
estimates that 147,409 persons visited the
exhibits
The Washington times., 1909-01-21
ADMIRAL BARNETTE
NOT CRITICALLY ILL

The condition Of Rear Admiral Will
lam J. Bsrnette. superintendent or the
Naval Observatory, who is IN at the
Naval Hospital, remains unchanged this
morning. Though Admiral Bsrnette' did
not rest well last night ne is not
thought TO be CritiCa 'ly H.
Little change is noted in the condition
of Rear Admiral Samuel r. Franklin
retired, who has been confined TO his
nome. 1923 Nineteenth street, for the
past week. Admiral FTanklin's Illness
is regarded as serious.
The Washington times., 1909-01-21
WATER
is STILL OFF COLOR

A number Of new complaints regard
5rs- the alleged foul condition of tn
water supply furnished 20 the northern
section OF the city have been flied with
The BrightwoOd Park Citizens ABsOCIa-
non.
AT q meeting Of the association last
evening a letter was read from the En-
gfneer Commissioner stating that the
cloudy water was the result OF veEe-
table growth in the mains. and that
everything possible was being done TO
correct this condition
The Washington times., 1909-01-21

send 70 Thos. J. Fisher & CO. for
Seeing Connecticut Avenue from the
White House to Chevy Chase. '-Advt.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-09-24
Maine Pearls.

Two Hampden men who have been up
in Greenfield on Il pearl fishing eXpedi-
ton We're in Bangor recently with their
spoils, which, according to the state
ment of Il local ieweler. are worth sew
eral hundred dollars. Pearl fishing is
a most lucrative industry and fortunes
are made in it every year, but the state
ment above will surprise Il good many
people who never supposed pearls We're
ever found in Maine The pearls found
are fresh water pearls. to be sure. but
they are pearls nevertheless. and to the
inexperienced are quite indistinguishable
from the oyster pearl. These men, in
the short time that they were at Green
field. gathered about two hundred pearls
but only one or two of them are of any
commercial value The largest one was
shown to a local ieweler Tuesday morn
ing. and lie stated that it was worth
several hundred dollars. There being
no market i'll Bangor for pearls of such
value. he advised sending it to Tiffany,
il New Iork-Kennehec Journal
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-09-24
To Cure Kicking Cows.

To cure a kicking cow is often a diff
ficult and tedious task, and unless
some method of restraining them
from kicking is adopted more loss
than profit may result through split
milk. The person milking also runs
considerable risk of injury in some
form or other.
When the cause Of kicking can be
assigned to vice or an acquired bad
habit, the following little arrangement
will be found useful, and, at the same
time, simple, harmless, effective, mex
pensiVe and easily applied. A strap
about one inch wide should be buckled
around each hind leg little above the
hook sufficiently tight to compress the
hamstring.
The animal cannot kick, and if flies
are troublesome and cause her to
switch her tail, the best plan is to
either strap it to her leg or secure it
to one of the straps with a piece of
cord. Use the straps every time the
animal is MIXED, and after three
weeks or so omit, to ascertain wheth-
er cure has been effected or not
Irish Farming World.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-09-24
FISH FROM THE CLOUDS.
Picked Up on an English Hillside-In-
stances from India.

On Friday last a number of towns
people taking a walk on the slopes of
knockScalbert hill were surprised to see
on the grass near Summerhill 4 large
number of very small tshes. varying in
length from ~ to > inches The fish APP
peared to be the young of the herring,
and their presence OF the hill in conSid-
cradle numbers created much specula-
ton.
In August, 1904, a shower of herring
Try was experienced at the head of Long
row, but there was ne doubt as &c
whence the miniature fish had come, for
they fell from above on the hats and
clothing of several men, and at the time
small black cloud of remarkable dens-
lty was directly overhead.
The phenomenon of fish falling from
the clouds Is. says our contemporary, of
more common occurrence than is gen
orally supposed. 1t is undoubtedly due
to some small fry of fishes having been
lifted from the water and carried over
dry land by what is popularity known
as waterSpout.
Many cases are reported from abroad,
and they are common in India. Last
year Caithness reported a shower of
small fishes which were identified as
herring fry, and there was also a SINH
lar occurrence in RoSsshire.
Frogs, insects and other living crea-
lures have also been known to be thus
transported through the air-Campbell-
town Courier.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-09-24
Deep-Sea Rivers

The bottom currents of seas and
oceans, such as those which possibly
bring amber to our shores, are strangely
disposed. The Seigneur of Sark some
fifty years ago was shipwrecked in his
yacht near the island of Guernsey. He
Iost among other things, a we'll fastened,
strongly made chest containing silver
plate. 1t was found a year later in
deep water off the coast of Norway and
restored to him,
In the really deep sea, over 1000 faith
oms down, there are well marked broad
currents which may be described as riv-
ers of very cold water (only four de-
grees or so above freezing point. They
flow along the deep sea bottom and are
sharply marked off from the warmer
waters above and to the side. Their
inhabitants are different from those of
the warmer water. They are due to the
melting of the polar ice, the cold water
SO formed sinking at once owing to its
greater density below the warmer water
Of the surface currents. These deep
currents originate in both the Arctic and
Antarctic regions.-Sir Ray Lancaster
in London Telegraph.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-09-24
ALASKA NEEDS RAILWAYS.
Territory Has 100000 Square Miles
Untouched by Explorer.

Alaska, with more than 100000 square
miles of territory, has virtually 100000
suuare miles untouched by the explorer
says the Chicago Tribune. Yet in 1908 ii
produced almost S2O,OOO,OO0 worth OF
minerals, $19,OOO,OO0 of which was gold
Lack of transportation in the territory
is the greatest factor keeping back its de-
velopment. III these 100000 square
miles there are only 452 miles of wagon
road, 397 miles of sled road, and 25J
miles of improved trails. It has only 800
miles of railroad, Il considerable portion
of which is out of repair and idle, and
only fifty miles of new road was built il
1908.
The cost of transportation has made
( impossible to work any but the rich
est of mineral deposits in many sections
of the country. Supplies must be fur
nished the mining communities, and eX-
cept in those remote camps where the
gold deposits are extremely rich, diff
culties of transportation make supplies
prohibitive. Alaska is ripe for u new
era in transportation facilities.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-09-24
Oak Mark fa Government Surveyors.

The skyline north of Mountain Home,
Ark, rises in two long curves, then fat
tens out and leaves in silhouette above
the crest of what is known as Wallace
Knob a solitary tree. 1t is such a strik-
lngly lonely tree that no visitor to the
town fails to notice it and ask how ii
got there. Then he hears that several
years ago the government engineers de
cided to find out the exact fall of the
land from Denver, Colo, to Atlanta. Ga
Wallace Knob, on account of its eleva-
ton. was chosen as one of the three
chief observation points in a huge tri-
angle To mark this knob with con,
spicuous object to sight at ali the trees
on it were cut off but this one marker
1t is an oak. fifty or sixty feet in height
Kansas City Star.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-09-24
WHEN CAT AND EAGLES MET.
Story Explaining Tabby's Home Coming
and Death of Two Big Birds.

Some days ago two large eagles de-
scended upon the town of Milo and car
ried off Biff, the big Persian cat belong
ing to Mrs. l.. H. Ryder at the Silver
Lake hotel. No one ever expected to see
her again, but Monday morning she re-
appeared outside of Mrs. Ryder's win
dow apparently but little the worse for
her experience.
Some of the long fur about her throat
was missing and there were several
scratches on her back, but she was pur-
ring contentedly and has taken her Gus
tomary allowance of milk and sardines
since without the slightest difficulty.
The final act in the drama was I'M
folded when Dave Hutchinson arrived
here from his Bee Pond camps with the
bodies of two eagles which he found
in the Ten Mile Shanty road about five
miles from here. The head of one of
them had been shaved terribly and the
throat of the other had been torn open.
That they both met their death at the
hand of the cat there can be no doubt
But how she managed to despatch them
without herself sustaining serious injury
is a complete mystery which even Bill
Mcbride, the Houston Mountain bee
fancier doesn't attempt to unravel.-Ken-
nebec Journal.