The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-07-08

THE WASHBURN TIMES.
WASHBURN, WIS.
WASHBURN PRINTING CO., Publishers
The fact that Count Zeppelin generally
experiences a wreck when he tries to get
back to earth may be due to the great
size of his dirigible balloon. The really
successful dirigible of the rigid type will
probably be a much smaller ship than
that with which the Count is now con-
Quoting experiments.
The wild-fying hammer scored another
victim at the Exeter-Andover field meet.
Standing on the side lines" to witness
hammer or discus throwing is like crowd
ing along roadway and forming a lane
through which racing automobiles can
pass if they are not erratic, but in which
they can deal out death and injury if
they fly the track.
The decision of Judge Anderson of the
od at TnHIananOiIS
the remarkable suits brought against the
editors of the New York World and the
Indianapolis News, known as the Pana-
ma libel cases, gives the defendants rea-
son to believe that they will not be
crushed under steam roller but accord
ed "a chance for their lives"
That the movement in favor of simple
clothes for students at commencement
exercises has practical aspect is ihdl-
Gated by the report from Russellvllie,
Kentucky of the suicide of 16-year-old
youth, a student of Bethel College at
that place, who was respondent because
he was in debt and did not have good
enough clothes for commencement week.
A tourist who took a silver pitcher
from a bar in New Jersey has been held
for trial on a charge of larceny, despite
his strenuous claim that he cOniScated
the silverware as souvenir OF his trav-
els. If the appropriation of the possess
sions of others as souvenirs were COM
mendible, the people who succeeded IN
carrying off articles of greatest value
~x,o,,1J 1,a tho most xU0rfhV
Caruso, who is in Milan, denies the
story that he is to undergo an operation
on the larynx. He afirms that all he
needs is few months rest. With Pade-
rewski recovered from his rheumatic diff
ficulty and Caruso's voice restored, the
musical world will feel less desolate than
was the case when these great artists
left New York few weeks ago, inca
pacitated for the continuance of their
current season in the United States.
The Stevens plan of communicating
with Mars by means of wireless mes.
sages projected into space at the nearest
approach to the outer edge of the worlds
atmosphere which can be reached by
balloon will be put into operation on the
18th of September next. There is some
interest in the preparations for the eff
fort; but it is a safe prediction that
when Aeronaut Stevens tries to Hello"
Mars, he will find that the line is busy.
That was touching tribute which
Private James Bartlett of the regular
army, who died at Fort Sheridan, paid to
Helen Miller Gould by bequeathing to
her. as the friend of all soldiers, the
death benefit to be paid by the United
States to his devisee. Miss Gould has
shown herself the friend of the soldiers
and the sailors. and this evidence of ap-
probation and gratitude will no doubt
inspire her to continue her patriotic ae-
Invites in their behalf.
That Germany has suffered seriously
from the industrial setback of the year
and three-quarters since October, 1907,
is shown by statistics relating to the
population of Berlin. For many years
Berlin had been growing as fast as any
boom town in the United States Lately
it has stopped short. 1t has even gone
back a little. At the close of 1907 the
population was 2,111,361; at the close
of 1908, 2,1O6,492, showing a loss OF
4,S69,. though the excess Of births over
deaths during the same period amounted
to 16,415.
That e. H Hartman was alarmed
about his health was the assumption
drawn by many from the fact of his
camping out in Texas. The opinion will
be confirmed by the report that the mag
nificent house on Fifth avenue, New
York, which he is fitting up and will oc-
eupy next September. will have accom-
modations for him on the roof. When a
u.an is not well and takes precautions he
often lives a long time. the prediction
is safe that Hartman will be pretty
lively factor in American transportation
affairs for some moons to come.
A few weeks ago William l.. Pattison,
a Chicago bachelor, noticed group of
children playing in a dirty alley. He
stopped and thought about it. Then he
took action. In the short time which
has interviewed Mr.. Pattison has pur-
chased 5000 square feet of land in the
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