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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-10-07
VALUING WATER POWER IN
NEW YORK.

The New York court Of claims is now
deciding a number of eases which are
Of interest TO this city. as they throw
some light on what value that State
places upon water rights 1t will be
recalled in the trial Of the Warren case,
when that property was taken for a
reservoir, lawyers and experts differed
widely as to how TO value the rights
OF the riparian owner In the building
Of the barge canal in New Nork-upon
which the State Is spending a hun
dred million dollars-it has been found
necessary 10 use some of the streams
and to take water power from a mum
Der Of manufactures. In Fulton, a city
of 10000 people, one of the interests
affected is the Fulton Heat. Light, and
Power Company. u was awarded
$4,000 for its property and It's water
rights. The State will take the case
10 the court Of appeals. As the method
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HUMANENDURANCE AND THE
GREAT DISCOVERY.

Human endurance got perhaps its
most striking testimonial in the dis
rovery of the Pole
"Of all parts of the world" says
the Lancet, one Of the leading medical
papers, "the polar regions are pre-
eminently trying. Those who endeavor
10 penetrate the Arctic solitudes find
the conditions more unfavorable TO
life than in any other region, and it is
hard to imagine greater test of the
endurance of the human body than a
prolonged stay in these high ATTITUDES"
From all accounts, the two explorers
now claiming North Pole honors stood
this test fully as well as the Eskimos.
In fest, in DR.. Cooks story there is
evidence showing that the superior in
telligence of the white man had much
TO do with buoying up the spirits of the
Arctic sboTigines. And so it has been.
too, in the wonderful explorations the
white man has made in equatorial
lands, in the deserts of the two worlds,
end in the wilds of Asia and South
America. Men like Sven Hedin, who
has thrown open the time-rusted doors
Of Tibet, and these Arctic and Ant
arctic explorers, and men like Stanley
and Livingstone, are not only advance
Rgents OF civilization, but also great ex-
Hmples of human fortitude and perse-
Terance. Such men are inspiring heroes.
They embolden and stimulate the i'm
Rgination Of the whole world.
Through his extraordinary powers of
endurance the white man is bound TO
play big part in the development of
Alaska, the Philippines. and che trop-
zeal countries on both sides OF the
Atlantic.
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HEALTH REGULATIONS THAT
HAVE LONG BEEN NEEDED.

The people of the District of Column
bia should receive with a sense of re-
lief the announcement of the Commits
sioners that regulations have been
framed providing for a stringent tuber-
culin test of cattle in the National Cap
itai. The Health Department has been
doing all in it's power to protect the
citizens of Washington from infectious
milk, even 10 the extent of examining
diaries outside of its jurisdiction. Up
to this time. however. it has been with
out adequate. regulations for the ex-
animation and disposition of cattle in
the District.
Statistics show that the percentage
OF illness in Washington which can be
traced TO tainted milk has been alto
gether too high. For over two years
the District Commissioners have been
laboring to improve the standard of
milk supply. The Health Department
has been endeavoring TO compel milk
dealers to furnish milk which would be
equal, II not superior, IN purity 10
that produced in any other community
in the world. This campaign has been
given added impetus by the co-opera-
ton of the Department OF Agriculture
with the District officials. A constant
vigilance in the examination of cattle
brought into Washington cannot but
result IN a betterment OF present con
ditions. Under the new regulations it
will be possible to extend this eXsmins
ton to cattle other than COWS. This
is extremely important in that it will
go far in removing the possibility of
contagion. The campaign for the elm
ination of COWS suffering from tuber-
clIlosis and the handling of milk under
the most eXacting sanitary conditions
should be carried on with renewed
energy now that the District officials
have at their disposal financial and
technical aid from the Department of
Agriculture.
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Washington. d. C.. Oct. s. 1903.
Washfn ~, IT,.

Editor Washington Tines:
With the opening OF schools. opens the
Old scre-va ccination- Is il not time
now that this barbarous custom which
has held sway for so long, and which
IS being upheld by the law, should be
abolished2 Are the people OF Washing
ton and the District going to humbly
continue TO submit to a law which COM
pels their little ones TO undergo vacci-
nation al a time when no epidemic is
present nor likely to be, in a sanitary
city such as we have?
Recently there were several cases re-
ported in your paper, where two little
girls were lying unconscious and prob
ably at the point Of death in Boston.
as the result of vaccination. causing a
vigorous crusade against the practice
IN force In that city for school chill
uIeh- am glad 20 hear that DR.
Charles +. Page, Of Boston is causing
the public TO open their eyes regarding
appendicitis and vaccination. He terms
me operation for appendicitis as Grim
mai and vaccination blood UOieOU-
inE- Even among the physicians some
are advocates of vaccination and others
disagree, and pronounce il useless. in
eHectiNe. par arous, and dangerous 70
health and life. let alone the pain and
Inflammation Of the affected part and
the fever and sick condition OF the little
patient for several days
know voice the sentiments OF many
fOnd parents in this CITY who heeftaf-
ingly submit 10 this outrage because the
law compels them to do so, aud viii not
permit their children 10 enter school
without il.
1 for one am in favor OF al least stls-
pending this rule of the Board OF E,dV-
cation indefinitely. until such time IL
there may be need for it L O. H
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more
Mr. Blizzard is native Of Franklin
~ Va. but has been living in Wash
ington for several years
After the ceremony Mr.. and Mrs. Big
zard left for Atlantic City Upon theii
booker. Mintwood place. where they will
vember -.
Major and Mrs. VI. T. Steele have re.
turned to their apartments at the West
minister from Atlantic City
Visiting in Capital
Mrs. Archibald II. Davis wife OF
! Lieutenant Commander Davis. L. s. N.
is tht guest of her father and sister
Col. Francis Cotton and Miss Marrerv
Cotton. AZ their residence on Connecticut
avenue
CoIoaeI Cotton and Miss Cotton az
;5ect To leave Washington the latter par;
Of October for Porto Rico. where
colonel cotton has been appointed gov
Nj and Mrs. William T. GaIliher have
CARDS out announcing the marriage OF
their daughter Annie Laura, 10 Wars
Tracy Estabrook. The ceremony took
pace AZ Jhelr rome, =tS Maryland ave-
rue northeast, Wednesday. evening, Oc-
Iober 8. at O'Clock
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Mrs Neill S. Brown and Miss Marie Nc
Mlllln Brown nave returned TO Washing
ton from Pine Orchard. Conn.,. where thev
spent the summer. They have given nm
their apartments at the Dupont and
have taken, the house 1921 S street for
the winter
Miss Josephine, AIcEnery, daughter OF
Dennis AlcEnery, and Michael Fenton,
were married last evening at O'Clock,
in The Church OF St. Vincent de Paul
the Rev p. J. o COnnelI. the pastor. OF
ficiating- Miss Mary O'COnnOr WAS the
maid OF honor and William Taylor, the
best man.
Airs. Clarence r Edwards and Miss
Bessie Edwards, wife and daughter of
Brlgadier General Edwards, L s A
returned TO Washington this morning
from Cleveland, where they have been
VisItinE General Edwards mother since
their return from Europe
Mrs. Minnie Rosenberg, of Norfolk.
Va, IS the guest of Mr. and Mrs Maui
rice Rosenberg. OF Biltmore street.
Miss Rose Mordecai. who has been
spending few weeks in Philadelphia,
Mrs. David Goldman and son Howard.
OF Norfolk. who have been the guests of
Mrs NJ Newmyer, left yesterday for,
Baltimore 10 visit Mrs. A Birkenwsld
FOR a few days. and before returning
Washington.
Ny, and Mrs. :. J. SClmson. formerly
OF Baltimore. are now located at the
new apartment house, corner Columbia
road and. Seventeenth street.
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Greenroon1 Gossip

THREE productions are now being
rehearsed in New York under the
direction Of women. They are
''The Passion Flower" which is being
put into shape by Nazimova; ''Kiddie,
the new Mary Mannering play; and
The ChaperOne.~ Miss Mannering not
only selected the players for "Klddie."
but she is personally attending 10
every detail connected with the pro
duction- Maxine Elliott is the stage
directress- par excellence. OF "The
ChaperoDe." In Brooklyn Edith Ellis
Furniss is staging the plays OF the
Shubert Stock Company at the Bi1ou
Nazimovs's methods differ -.ideIy
from those employed by any other
stage director. First o. all she uses
no script, because she memories
every part.
Miss Ruth Allen. who is 20 be a mem
Der Of The Return Of Eve" COMPANY.
has just completed walking tour OF
Yosemite Park She was accompanied
by Miss Florence Roberts.
Miss Lula CHASER will open her sea
son In 1.-THE Girl From the States in
Albany, October 9. Following Albany
she win play two weeks engagement
in Philadelphia.
The third new play to be brought out
by the Shubert Stock Company, at the
Bijou Theater, Brooklyn, was The
Ranchman," four-act drama OF the
plains By Edith Ellis FurnIss Mrs
Furniss staged and rehearsed the play.
Henrietta Crosman's Western tour in
sham her successful comedy, has
been shortened in order TO enable he.
10 return to New York early In the
spring. Miss CrOsman's tour this sea
son included a trip TO the coast, but
that part OF the Western trip was can
celed and Miss Crosman viii start on
her way East Immediately after her
engagement in Denver.
Tim Murphy in rummaging away
some old papers, recently found the
program Of his first appearance on the
stage II bore the heading of the his
toric Ford Theater, Washington, D. c.
where the comedian raised his first
laugh in Baby Tim.
Denman Thompson viii celebrate his
seventy sixth birthday shortly. He
played the role Of Uncle Josh Ia The
old Homestead for more than thirty
years.
Beautiful gowns form a prominent
feature in "The New lyvveds and Their
Baby company. All were designed by
Cora McGreacly, daughter Of Charles
MCGreachy. well known for his assn
citation with some of the famous stars
GreaChy is a young lazy scarcely out
Of her teens. Some OF the original
plates Of the costumes are Oh exhibition
ia the lobby Of the Colombia
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ATTEMPTED SUICIDE
WILL MARRY TO-DAY
Miss Lillian Gilman Will Become
Bride of Anthony F.
WiCkleSS.

Wedding bells will ring for Miss
Lillian Gilman, who attempted 10 com
nit suicide Tuesday night because she
thought her sweetheart had been in
different toward her, and preferred
death to life without him.
This evening Anthony F. WicklesS
will lead her. a weak. but blushing
bride to the altar. The couple OBJ
tanned their marriage license Septem-
be. p. Wickless this morning made
the announcement >that the wedding
would take place. which was made CO.
incident with Miss Ohman's departure
from the hospital
Miss Gilman left the hospital this
morning without taking the physi-
clans and nurses into her confidence
as TO the moment of her departure.
She was found making preparations
for this evenings wedding.
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Impressions of Taft Trip

Mr.. Taft is a President who changes
enemies into allies.-BaItlmore Ameri-
can.
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The banquet TO President Taft in S.n
Francisco is to cost s25 a plate Suffer
ing Archie Butt, Think Of SIS worth of
beef and cabbage New York Evening
Telegram.
Roosevelt, Taft and the Ia iser are tie
only three soVereigns who preach SER
mons. Edward VII and Nicholas <I
are heads Of state churches, but neither
fills pulpits. MOhammed leads in
prayer as Caliph, but he does not mount
the pulpit.-Philadclpn Press.
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II is possible, too, that when President
Reverend w. II. Taft preached on the
text "A Soft Answer Turueth Away
Wrath" he had In mind what the in
surgents might be getting ready to
say.-ChiCagO Record Herald.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-10-07
GREATEST TROTTING MEET
IN THE WORLD.

II is so much the custom to speak of
the horse and OF horse racing as being
back numbers that it may be a surprise
10 many persons TO Know that there
has begun at Lexington. KY, probably
the greatest trotting horse meet this
country has ever witBessed. In the
ten days racing purses and stakes
amounting TO 100000 are being dis
tributed and the bluest equine blood
in the world is represented.
For the thirty-two events 600 horses
are entered. In the purse races there
are more entries than any three other
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In the Mail Bag

The Times VIII accept for publ
cation in Its Mail bag columns,
short, viGofons letters ON question
of public Interest. II cannot nm
dertake TO publish letters exceed
Ing ESQ words, and reserves the
right rigidIy TO cOndense eOmmu-
nscations which are OF greater
length. Letters must contain the
name and address OF the writer,
but these viii not be published II
request to that eftect Is made.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-10-07
WACHTER is PILOT
OF WEDDING PARTY
Has Trouble Getting License for
Sister, But All Ends
Well

PHILADELPHIA. Oct. 1t took a
lot OF hustling on the part Of former
Representative Frank Watcher Of Bal
timOTe, to get the necessary -idenrifiCa-
ton for mis- sister and her fance. which
would permit them to procure mar
rage license.
Mrs. Hannah Dudley, of Baltimore,
was the young wOm3nS name and she
did not want To he married in MARYLAND
II is said. because applicants for a IL
CehSe there are compelled to give their
age When the wedding party reached
this city yesterday. Mr.. Watcher look
ed up Mayor RcVbun for the identified
tiOn part of the program, but the may
or was not in Finally. friend was
discovered Just before the license clerk
locked mp mis- office for the night, and
the necessary naper obtained.
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THAT REMINDS ME. "

Baggs and Jaggs met, and Baggs ana
Jaggs got warming.
II once knew a man, dear boy began
Baggs. who was 50 ticSlish on the bot
toms Of his feet that whenever he took
bath he Had to walk about aftcrwsri
on blOtter. II was the only method
of fout-drying that wouldn't throw him
into fits
That's nothing my dear fellow" re-
torted Jaggs. II used 10 board at IL
place where the landlady was so neyv-
Gus that. whenever the wind BILE she
had to go out and grease the cor.ars Of
the house so the wind wouldn't Creak
when it went round them
And then BsgEs wept bitterly for ne
had long held the championship. and
was 10th 10 reIinquish it-Chicago Rec
ord Herald.
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of arriving at the worth of this sort
OF ownership seems TO be exceedingly
difficult, possibly the plan of valuation
in New York may be worth looking
mp. II will be compelled to take a
great deal of similar property, and in
all likelihood it will fight extravagant
awards 20 the last court.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-10-07
MONTH FIRE LOSS
AMOUNTS TO $11,921

Fire losses in the District during the
month Of September amounted to Sll.S2l
according to the monthly report OF Chief
Wagner, of the Fire Department. The
property damaged was insured for
$1,000.
During the month seNenty-Seven
alarms Of FIRE were received. of which
four were false Only one fire necessl-
tated the sounding of an additional
alarm
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COLOR LINE ON GALLONS

WILKESBARRE. Oct. Z-Having re-
ceived objections from the friends CT
Stanley Nazarko 10 his being haneed
with the negro Thomas Willis in the
iaU here next Thursday. Sheriff RhOdda
today decided TO hang them separately.
Nazarbo Soing hrst. thereby takinE
precedence.
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the marriage Of their daughter. Alma
Lee, TO George w Barton. of Cincin-
natl. The ceremony, which took place
al noon yesterday. was performed by
the Rev. r J. Wright. in NICK endree
Methodist Church. Only the immediate
families were present
Mr. and Mrs. Barton will be at home
at lO23 Eighth street northwest, after
November I. after a bridal trip to Phil
sdelphia, Atlantic City. and New York.
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Mrs. William -Kirlxus. jr. has cards
out for the marriage of her daughter
Miss Ruth Greene Kirkus. 10 Walter
Grafton DunlaH, on Wednesday evening.
October q, AZ 8 O'Clock, in St Mar
garet's Church.
Cocke-Du Bose.
Miss Alice Watts duBose, Of Char
lOttesville, Va, daughter Of Dudley Du-
Bose, OF Alaska, was married 10 William
r. c. Cooke, Of Virginia, at noon today
in the home OF her uncle, DR.. George
DuBose, 1908 Q street northwest. The
ceremony, which was attended by a
party of relatives and friends. was per
formed by Bishop-elect Lloyd. Of Vir-
ginia, cousin Of the bride
The house was adorned with branches
Of autumn leaves, clusters Of golden
rod, roses and chrysa
LIE Dflue wore a handsome gown Of
heaVy white satin trimmed with Ouch
ess lace. Her long tulle veil was ar
ranged with spray of orange blossoms
and she carried a shower bOduet of lilies
of the valley and orchids.
Miss Deborah White Of Cnarlottes-
vile, Va, the maid, wore a white lace
robe over silk and carried cluster OF
Bridesmaid roses.
Gaylord Clark. Of Virginia. was the
best man for Mr.. Cooke.
An Informal reception and wedding
breakfast followed the ceremony and
later in the day Mr.. and Mrs Cooke left
washington for wedding trip the lat
cloth with a hat of the same shade
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Return to Washington.
Rear Admiral and Mrs. C;heen and the
Misses Gheen have returned to Wash
ington from Westchester, where they
spent the summer. and opened their
residence on New Hampshire avenue
for the season.
An interesting event to many reel
dents OF Washington and Baltimore was
the marriage yesterday morning of Miss
Kate Switzerland Smith. i4I- West Null
berry street, Baltimore, to Edward
Bruce Blizzard, Of Washington. The
plony being performed in the parsonage
of Fayette street Methodist Episcopal
Church, Baltimore The Rev. Robert W.
Weech pastor of the church. 'Officiated
The bride is "A daughter Of Mrs T.
Leigh MerriOtt, OF Baltimore, and q
granddaughter OF Mrs. Arthur p. Cor
man, widow Of the late United States
Senator German She has spent CON
siderable time with her grandmother IL
Washington and has a large circle Of
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Points About Discovery

The Peary Arctic Club has an idea
Mr.. Peary's statement" will curdle the
milk.-Baltimore Sun.
-.
Anyway, this North Pole matter per
mits US % forget Harry Thaw.-Phila-
delphia Inquirer
Both got the glory, but Cook got the
cash.-BaltimOrc American.
a disrespcctful correspondent writes
"a ask If a pig could find the Pole.
Not a cooked pig.-Charleston News
and Courier.
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Joke ON BARRISTER.

There is good story told of the DAYS
when Lord Halsbury was barristcr.
lie was arguing q cas-. on behalf OF "A
XVelshman. aud showed a great lmowI-
edge Of the princiDalty and its peopIe.
'.Come. cone said the judge at last,
you know you can not make yourself
ont 10 be Wclshman
PERHAPS NOT" replied the barristcr
but ! have made a great deal of money
out of Welshmen On my time
''WeU, then" replied the Judge, sun
pose we cali YOU a Welshman by extrac-
ffOu Al 4 T.
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SEVEN MORE BODIES
REMOVED FROM SHAFT
Thirty-two Believed to Be Dead
AS Result of Disaster
In Canada.

Seven more bodies we% removed to-
dav from the wrecked shaft Of the
Wellington Colliery Company near Nan
aimo, making a total Of thirty-two bod
les recovered. which is believed to be
the total number Of victims.
The majority of the 700 survivors OF
TUESDAYS explosion tell narrowing tales
of their escape. many of whom were
driven to the bottom Of the shafts. their
rescuers reaching them by means OF a
cross cut.
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ENGINEER A SUICIDE.

INDIANA, Pa, oct. Worrying over
being placed on the pension list anO
forced to give up his duties as pas
railroad is the reason friends assign for
the suicide Of Henry Taylor McCof-
mick. aged s!Nty-live. at Armagh, yes
terday.
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GANG OF THIEVES AT WORK

ATLANTIC CITY, Oct. Police be
lieve that an organized sang 81
thieves looted the store of samuel
RothoIz, within a block OF the city
hall. and on one Of the most brilliantly
lighted corners of the city. The
thieves backed a wagon up to the back
door OF the store and forced n door.
selecting only high-priced dress suits.
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WINE PRODUCT HEAVY.

EGG HARBOR CITY. n. j., oct. *
The winC-maNing season rs about
over this years grape crop having
been the heaviest in the towns his
tory. The Wine-makers have utilized
every vacant space IN their vaults
and every cask is oiled to its capacity.
The industry here is growing.
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France has erected nude statue of
Victor Hugo. The French ambassador
should have informed his government
OF the frOst-bites suffered by the Father
of His Country, as represented in the
Greeneugh statue. which formerly stood
at the east front Of the Capitol. but
" lich is now safely stored in warm
81 OF
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MISS ELKINS BACK
FROM TRIP ABROAD
Arrives in New York With Mother
and Brofhers-Met by
Father.

NEW YORK, oct Miss Kath-
crime ri kins, daughter of Senator
Stephen b. Elkins Of West Virginia.
with her mother and her two broth
ers, Stephen B. jr., and Davis, re-
turned TO New York today on board
the Adriatic.
They were met at the pier by SEN
ator EllSins
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MODERN TRAVEL.

Did your brother go over in the
steeTage?"
II guess SO. He toid me he had
been hired 10 chapcron "a lot Of
steers. Philadelphia Ledger
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ORGANIZER DIES SUDDENLY

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. oct. 7.-E. Fl.
Flick national O ganizer Of the Loyal
order of Moose. died here suddenly of
neuralgia OF the heart.
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If New Yorker takes a day on TO
READ the papers he may be able to in
form himself about what is going on
in the municipal campaign.
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President Lowell the new head Of
Harvard. is COnfroajed with problems
fully as important as those which were
solved by his distinguished predecessor.
President Eliot. Here's Looping that his
administration will be as successful
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-10-07

The National League OF Postmasters
favors the appointment OF postmasters
under the civil service law. Senators
and Representatives will not become I'M
duly hasty in enacting the suggestion
into law.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-10-07

President Taft undoubtedly knows
more about the increases in the tariff
biz than he did when he signed the
Payne bill. \ duty of $50 on silk pa
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Admiral Evans says this talk about
the navy being a bluff is rot Right-O.
Likewise our lack of a merchant ma
rine is attributed among other things.
10 the assinity Of Congress back in the
sos" You don't need to go back that
far. Admiral.