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young gentleman. The girl screams. just
as the Apache girl screamed. Dingot
stands. trembling, and just as the Apache
goes for the ring, the dog springs furious
ly at his shoulder.
1t is lucky for the pretended Apache
that Dingot was muzzled. In half the
demonstrations the dogs were muzzled.
SO that the human performers might act
without armor. The various cowhide and
Sesting to the animals their victims; they
might be supposed to attack the padded
suits instead of their wearers.
Does Dingot do we'll to use his judg.
ment? The duchess says yes. II do
not want to tell my dog to care for my
grandchildren when a tramp springs on
them. says the great old dowager.
NO, say the police, "Dingot should
not use his judgment; he is no police
dog, but ladies' protector. very wise
and trained
True police dogs must not be confound-
ed either with watch dogs or ladies pro-
tectors" trained from the same races. ex-
hib.ted on their own days at the Belgian
town meetings | have mentioned.
And Is true police dogs have their prin-
ing Suburban thugs. so were the Ram
bouillet exercises
The dogs seem to know no fear. The
pretended Apaches would actually beat
them with thick sticks; they never got in
more than two whackS before the animal
was hanging to their hip shoulder.
They fired blank cartridges in the dogs
faces. 1t never stopped them.
For trial of number of the dogs a
wooden wall had been built around Marie
Antoinette's old brick dairy, not to be
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~ French Police Dogs Win Admiration Of President Fares

Duchess de Luynes and Baron de
Rothschild talked dog with Monsieur
Lepine. Mrs: Westinghouse, Mrs. Hami-
ton Paine. CASTOR Menier, the chocolate
magnate. and Count Potocki. of line of
reigning princes who saved Christianity
from the Tartars. In Marie Antoinettes
xerdant milk-walk; these remaining
forces of society drew together round
their four-footed friends.
Ten dogs took part. all trained by po-
licemen and their wives. Due. the first
prize Groenendael of Neuiily suburb,
has. indeed, enjoyed such postgraduate
advantages from the agile young wife of
Patrolman Moeller that her arms have
been black and blue for months, though
protected by double cowhide armor sewed
by Neuilly shoemaker, who is trying
TO take a patent on it, the ladys skin
was never broken. Now. Nine. Moeller
is Dues best friend; feeds him. binds his
wounds. Goodies him by the fire. Then,
what of the morality of biting her?
The dog must bite his best friend
when on duty" says Moeller. 1t was
hard to make Due believe it. Louise,
disguised Apache girl, sneaking
through the lots beside burglar. could
not fool him. He grinned at me, as If
to say: III play that Louise is
tough but boss. your wife is in bad
company aud may need my protection
At the roundup Due would dance
round Louise gayly as soon the men
was handcuffed. Then l made my wife
run, if escaping.
'Well?" inquired the Duchesse de Luy-
nes softly.
1T was sad day for Due when he
learned he must chase and bite his best
friend II she resisted. 4 somber light
dawned on his conSciousness-the knoWl-
edge of good and evil"
Not all so-called police dogs have such
discipline. Al the recent Monte Carlo
show, the infant class of these special
lied CANNES predomnated. Prince Or
lon and two friends could not find places
Orloff sent his card in, and as they were
being conducted across the arena, DO
lice dog caught him by the Leg which
would have been lacerated but for the
accidental protection of heavy leather
putties. The animal had mistaken them
for training armor. and, worse, the Rus
sian wore a bicycle cap, the badge of the
Apache all over Paris.
American tourists this summer should
be on guard against such shows"
Apart from Paris cracks and student
dogs jealously guarded in French cities,
the small Belgian towns that originated
: the species are the only places to see
them work. | name the following coming
exhibitions: July IS Brussels. July -
Ciney; August II, Wlebroeck; August
II. st. Trond. August. II. Huy; August
80, Namur. September l. Louvain; Sep
tember ~, Mons.
The dogs are diverse in looks Some
are long -haired, some are hard-haired;
many have mongrel look; some re-
semble Alaskan sledSe uogs. Among
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German dogs, which latter may be blood
hounds. sheep dogs. Airedales or Dober-
mann terriers.
The famous Jules: Toilette, the dog of
human intelligence; Porthos. who last
year nearly took Jules championship,
and that otherwise dog, MacFarlane, all
owned in Brussels, are counted GrOenen-
daels. But the name means less than
the animals accomplishments and the
party from whom it is purchased.
The Duchesse dues, buying Dingot at
Ramboullet, got technically a Mechlin
dog. but to the duchess. the important
thing is that Dingot defends any lady
he sees attacked, without word of COM
mand
1t was amply proved Before the presi-
dental tent, Dingot was left alone upon
the sward A wire netting cut the dog
off from the rest of the world He
knew it. He must act on his own judg-
ment.
In strolls an Apache girl, rough in
blouse and topknot, gathering daisies.
In strolls the Apache. And Dingot never
budges. Girl and tough count daisies.
Arrives a second Apache. And Dingot
does not bulge. He has no business with
when the furious rejected intruder
snatches a ring from the Apache girl
hand. the dog pays no attention. In the
ensuing row he only yawnS.
The scene changes. Enters a young
lady gathering daisies. Up strolls an eff
Terminate young gentleman, who counts
them with her. Dingot does not bulge.
He is not there to interfere with ladies'
pastimes. But when burly Apache
comes upon the scene. the dog is all
alert The big tough mocks the slim
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sign and equipment that would he service
able only in the land of eternal snow and
ice. Foremost among these in Importance
and novelty is what is generally referred
to as the guide rope of the America. but
which Mr. Wellman prefers to designate
as an "equilibrator.' This ponderous tail
of the airship weighs 300 pounds Wnen
not in uSa it is drawn up under the car.
When its aid is desired it is let loose and
dragging over the surface of the earth
serves as powerful brake.
The guide rope of the Wellman craft to
large extent takes the place of ballast
AS has been explained above one of its
functions is to act as a sort of drag
anchor. gliding over the surface of the
ice fields and retarding the drift of the
ship in a contrary wind, so that it will
not be carried far out of its course by
unfavorable air currents but equally i'm
portant Is its aid in preventing the sud-
den descent of the ship. When the guide
rope is thrown out it simply has the eff
feet OF deposting part of the weight of
the airShp on the surface of the earth
and with this lessening of weight the de-
scent of the balloon stops The Same
purpose would be served by throwing ont
ballast as the ordinary balloonist does
under similar circumstances, but the
Wellman invention has the advantage
that 1t permits the use of ballast without
its permanent loss. Ballast once thrown
out cannot be recovered. nor could it
readily be replaced in the arctic
The equilibrator of the America. by a
triumph of Yankee ingenuity. serves a
double purpose. First, it is a drag and
an automatic ballast regulator, and, Sec
ondly, il is a storehouse of surplus sup
plies. thereby making use of space that
could not possibly be utilized for any
other useful purpose. In form the eauli-
orator is comparable to a serpent or a
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confounded with that of Versailles. The
dogs removed. couple of suburban
thieves approached the building by cir
cuitouS ways.
The dogs were led into the long green
walk from the far end. The sole clue
was broken fence of fiimsy construction.
From 1t the dogs followed, round and
round. the thugs route and crawled 81
lently up 10 the wooden wall.
The police stood in place. The attack
was ready. At signal the dogs first
sought quiet, sneaking entrance. None
was found-the thieves had climbed the
wall. The dogs backed off. came running
leaped the wall in Silence-and then you
should have heard the pistol shots. the
screams of fear. the coming silence, When
the police cautiously opened the door out
backed a baretoothed dog-and after him
filed the three captured thieves surround
ed by the other dogs. not biting, hut just
growing low,
One of them. Topp. a Mechlin-like Din
got, has all the police ethics. He would
stand by and see any lady mishandled-
without formal order 10 mix in.
Though dogs are naturally snohs. good
clothes are nothing to Topp. On order.
he will stop or conduct duchesse or
Apache girl tramp or marquis Two
smart young gentlemen and an enthusiasts
tic eray-haired lady undertook that one
of them al least SHOULD get across the
green walk. The lady was Nine. Nouriot.
who raised Petit Mousse, the famous Ia
dies" protector" dog who would have won
first prize at Buffalo but for his weak
ness in jumping.
Come out; no fear: the dog is muz-
zled," the police called: and the two
young gentlemen went sprintng across
the green. At the signal Topp had
dashed between the legs of one and tum-
bled him in an admirable foot ball tackle
The second was half way across. How,
How" cried the police. Down went dog
and human. But dignified Nine. Nouriot
TRANQUILITY walking, had almost made
goal. Dare the poor beast attack a lady
in navy blue serge? But Topp only knew
his order. Slender wolf-dog and massive
elderly dame were rolling together: and
the President was laughing like a boy.
To bite or not to bite? There has been
h ydr rophobia controversy. 1t has passed.
Fear of the dogs bite is what stops the
fleeing suburban thug: but dogs first muz-
zled. then unmuzzed, proved amply to
President Fallieres that if the victim
stands immobile, making no resistance,
The police dog will not bite him.
Argus, Due and the dog Roland who
belongs to Baron Henri de Rothschild,
bit viciously on the bulky padded over
coat of a scared actor.
Stand still and they won't bite' called
Policeman Boulogne. Panic stricken. the
Apache had been trying to run
to us behind the netting-with Argus
fairly hanging by the teeth from his
shoulder.
The padded Apache stopped. Argus let
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per hour. as 1t would be under anything
like normal conditions. the fuel would
allow 100 hours of aerial motoring, during
which time a distance of more than 1000
miles should be traversed. Inasmuch as
the distance from Wellmans headquar
ters in Spitzenbergen to the pole Is only
700 statute miles, the aeronaut-explorer
figures that he has an ample margin of
safety for his cruising.
~
The energy for driving this motor bal
loon toward the long-sought mecca OF
the scientists is supplied principally by
an engine of the Lorraine-Dietrich de-
sign of 7O-sO horsepower. which drives
two steel screws or propellers. each
eleven feet in diameter. Installed beside
the engine just mentioned Is a small or
five horsepower motor, the function of
which is to drive an ar-blower for fore
ing air into the balloon and also to start
the Lorraine-Dietrich machinery. This
motor equipment is what supplied the
propulSive power when the America made
her experimental flight in 1907. but, as
mentioned above, the preparations for the
voyage of 1909 have included in the
doubling of the motive system. There are
now in place as reinforcement for the
regular engine an eighty horsepower
motor and a second set of steel screws
with independent gear and system
throughout. so that this affords in literal
truth a powerful reserve force.
The dirigible America was designed for
a voyage in the arctic regions and not for
work in the United States or Europe,
which will explain the hesitancy of Well
man to adopt the suggestion. oft repeat
ed last year. that he bring his cruiser of
the air to the United States and duplicate
or surpass. as he could probably have
done. the spectacular achievements of
Count Zeppelin in Germany. Because of
the America S novel sphere of intended
operations she has many features of de-
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1t foolhardy to attempt The polar cruise.
Some of the gales inflicted damage to the
airship and to the structure erected to
shelter this sky craft. But the DANA se
was not considered that the summer
was wasted. for Aeronaut We.man and
his aids made one twenty mile voyage
that clinched their faith in their arctic
airship The America" Last summer
other engagements kept Mr.. Wellman in
the United States and prevented him
from again attempting a try-out of his
ingenious scheme.
Early in 1909, however Wellman began
his preparations for what may be termed
his most ambitious undertaking in this
field. The same airship is to be used,
but in the light of the experience gained
a number of changes have been made in
the details of the program to he followed
and the north bound aeronauts feel that
they have thereby improved their chances
of reaching the longrsought locality. 1t
should be explained, here that Welman,
with more discretion than might be ex-
pected In so imaginative an adventurer,
has by no means set his heart on flying
for the pole this summer, whether or no.
He has every hope that weather condi-
tions will justify fight in 1909, but ii
they do not he has determined to bide his
time with what patience he may, and not
take undue risks with his precious air
ship.
Just before sailing for Norway to as
sumo personal charge of this odd expe-
dition. Mr.. Wellman declared that he did
not expect the boon of truly ideal con-
ditions at his northern starting post
Indeed. he did not even hope for a repeti-
tion of the auspicious conditions that
prevailed during the summer Of 1906.
when the preparatory work was in prog
ress. He would be perfectly satisfied
he said. if this summer should strike a
mean between the very good summer of
1906 and the very bad summer of 1907,
the latter the worst known in that
region in more than thirty years. This
year. Explorer Wellman declares that
everything is in readiness if the weather
will but do its share.
The arctic aeronaut was much en-
couraged. just before he set out from
his home in Washington. .. c., by the
receipt of a cablegram announcing that
everything appeared to be in satisfactory
condition al Camp Welman, the head
quarters of the expedition. This base
is located on Danes Island, spitzbergen.
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go instantly and crouched bare-toothed.
ready for spring at the first movement.
II IS Hands up
See his discipline" said Argus mas
tiers. At once Argus lost all ferocity
Throw aside your padded coat." The
fellow did it. Pat the dog." and Argus
received the tough's caress with friend
liness.
| have said masters" Ii is important
to police dogs usefulness and essential to
prove these demonstrations no mere circus
trickS-they work equally with any
member of their police squad. II is much
to ask of any dog: but the race has some
clan sense in its blood. Smugglers loaned
their beasts among each other. Customs
officers dogs recognized the commanding
tones. looks and manners of the force.
In Neuilly. where they began with three
dogs. six men of the bicycle squad lived
with them and became recognized as their
indiscriminate masters. II did not prevent
Argus from particularly liking Policeman
Boulogne, nor Due from forming an at
tachment for Patrolman Moellers pretty
wife.
Uniform language of command has
much to do with this esprit de corps.
There seems TO he a beginning of man
and-ooS language Its basis is that dogs
understand intonations better than words;
that they catch on easily to gestures, and
that these races have long been COM
manded by dog whistles.
| give a few of the words-words only.
has been doing something in a wrong
way. "ASsez tenoughD. means stop it, or
let go. 'La-la,' means appreciation.
Down means disappear, noise.
"Chut" is the same. close at hand.
"PasSe," is out. Sic 'em"' How! How"
encourages in search or attack.
vocabulary not more than triple this.
with various intonations. violent signals
with the arms and simple whistles get
wondurful work out of the wise ami
mails.
At a whistle dogs imprisoned at long
distances leap 1-foot barriers and even
break through crowds of spectators to
come running. AS a final number they
thus dash to the arena-to find stuffed
Apache. All imitation man, erect, with
club in hand.
"Passe. Passe!"
How, How"
II is terrible to see them fall on the
stuffed figure and tear IL to such small
bits that there is nothing left.
STERLING HELLO.
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American to attain the ir1gld Soal ny
the aerial route. The daring PROJECT han
it's practical inception during the sum
ner of 1906, but the construction of the
arctic airship and the establishment or
extensive headquarters from which to
set out on the polar flight consumed so
much time that before everything was In
readiness il was too late in the season
10 risk the unique excursion.
The summer of the following year, 1907,
found the equipment all in readiness. but
here fate stepped in and dished up an
exceptionally unfavorable season, with
continual succession Of storms that made
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hu2e stuffed sausage. 1t is long cyl
inder of leather, steelScaled. so that It
can drag over the toughest ice without
damage, and water tight AS we'll as buoy
ant in water. so that even II il drag in
definitely through the Icy no harm
Will come to the 800 pounds of food for
the crew slowed away ip its interior In
explanation Of why this ingenious type
of drag rope has not been thought of or
used by any other aeronaut il may be
pointed out that il is only in the arctic
that 1t is a practical adjunct Forests.
buildings electric wires. etc. would con-
stitute obstructions that would play havoc
with such trailer. The vast unbroken
ice fields. however, offer an ideal scene
of operations.
If the America gets away for the pole
this summer she wiz carry three pas
sengers, Wellman. Engineer Vaniman and
a third person yet to he designated The
latter will in all probability be one OF
the numerous scientists of various ma
tionaities who have applied for the priv
lege of participating. Incidentally. It
may he mentioned that since the achieve
ments of the Wrights and the other tri-
umphs of the past two years in aero
nauics. the Wellman polar light is re-
garded with more tolerance. Men who
formerly sneered at II as the dream OF
mailman. now admit that it is within the
bounds of practicability. Even should
the America be wrecked en- route TO or
from the pole, there is little danger that
the Wellman party will meet the fate
Of the reckless Andree, who set out for
the pole in ordinary balloon almost
from the very spot where Camp Wellman
stands. The America will carry ten
sledge dogs, sled2es, lfeboats and. in
fact, all the accoutrements of a sledging
party. in addition to provisions for the
crew for ten months. together with tools
for making huts out of the heavy rab-
rics of the airship.
The great problem is to work fast
enough to do all that is required in the
limited space of ten weeks. Owing to
ice conditions it is impracticable to reach
Danes Island and start effective work
before the early part of June. Then the
force of fifty men must shovel away
hundreds of tons OF snow ere the sail
cloth cover-an acre of canvas-can be
spread over the steel framework of the
balloon house. When the home of the
airshp. o15 feet in length and eighty
five feet in height. is in readiness. the
huge gas bag is inflated. Then come
series of trial flights, such as the trial
flights which preceded the War Depart
mentS acceptance of its dirigihle and
If all goes we'll these will be followed by
departure for the pole sometime in Au-
gust. For the campaign of 1909 Wellman
has a new gas-making plant. prepared
in Paris for speedy erection at Danes
Island. To make the hydrogen gas neces-
sary to lift the America poleward will
require 10 tons of sulphuric acid and
seventy tone of iron shavings.
WALDON FAWCETT.
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wholly of steel, whereas in most dirigibles
it is of wood.
While figures will not convey an ade-
quate idea Of the bisness Of this aerial in
vader of the frigid zone. 1t may be noted
that the America is 1S4 feet in length and
Is So feet in diameter at her greatest
girth. Her volume is represented by the
enormous total of 25S. 500 cubic feet and
she has lifting capacity of 1900 pounds.
or upward of ten tons. The triple-tissue
gas bag or balloon envelope weighs $500
pounds and the steel car above Xeferred to,
which is 10 feet in length, adds more
than 4.5OO pounds to the bulk of the cargo
that must be carried aloft. The weight Of
the steel car, Stanch as is its conStruc-
ton. would not be anywhere near as great
at it is were it not for the fact that there
is included as an integral part of this
steel framework the gasoline reservoir
which is to carry the fuel for the polar
fight. This odd receptacle for the sinews
of war on the forbidding north is i'm the
form of a steel tube Is inches in diameter
and of the same length as the car proper,
namely. 10 feet. II will hold 1900 gal
Ions of gasoline. the equivalent of consd-
erably more than 1850 pounds.
By utilizing every nook and corner of
the airship 1t has been found that quite
reserve supply of the precious gasoline
can be slowed away In addition TO that
for which provision has been made in
the main tank. All told. the America
will have aboard 5000 pounds. or three
tons, of gasoline when she sets out for
the pole. Master Welman figures tnat
even If he pushes his craft at the top
speed of thirty miles per hour he will
have sufficient fuel for a run Of thirty
four hours. during which a distance of
1000 miles could be covered, whereas if
the speed were reduced to eighteen miles
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nARING Explorer May

nARING Explorer May
l. Attempt Trip to North
Pole Again This Summer
Weather Is Factor to Be Con-
tended With in Trip-Well-
man Now Owns Dirigible
America" and Wealthy Men
Are Behind the Proposed
Trip - Attempt Will Cost
Large Amount of Money to
Explorer and His Friends
Plan That Two Others Will
Accompany Former News
paper Man.
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HIS summer will
witness a deter
mined effort on
the part Of Walter
Wellman to reach
the north pole by
means of an air
ship. This is the
third attempt, or,
m ore correctly
speaking, the Sec
ond attempt of
this resourCeful
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oW shall a police
dog act, off duty?
Shall he stand by
and see a girl rob
bed of her satchel,
on the principle
that he has no IN
structions? Or
butt in like a hero,
and perhaps get
whipped for using
his own judgment? =?
1t is a new dog
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TRENCH Police Dogs Are
! Not Afraid of Clubs or
Pistols-Trained to Protect
Women When They Are
Alone-Apaches Are Their
Greatest Enemies Cabinet
at Rambouillet Recognizes
Values of Canines-Animals
May be Adopted by Police
of America Within a Few
Years.
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Needless Trouble.

From the Kansas City Star.
Did you wash the fish," a Springfield
woman asked her new servant. "Shure.
an phwat's tn use of washin anything
that's always lived in the water?" asked
the girl.
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Special Core spondenoo of Tle Star.
PARIS. May 20. 1909.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-05-12
Man and WOMAN
DEAD in ROOM
FORMER SHERIFF or JEFFERSON
COUNTY, MO-, AND AN
OTHERS WIFE SHOT
TO DEATH.

st. Louis, Mo-, May 1.-THE bodies
OF Anna Reed, aged 80. and Joseph
Baker aged S.. were found In a room.
at 2sss olive street today. Both had
been snot through the head but the po-
lice were unable to determine whether
ii was double suicide OF whether one
OF them fred both shots.
Baker was formerly q county Ofncer
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-05-12

One OF the novel things 70 be seen in
the Hawaiian building at the Alaska
Yukon Pacific exposition at Seattle
this summer viii be moving pictures OF
the volcano KilAuea in eruption. show
ing the lava as it streams down the
mountain side. The pictures have
never before been exhibited outside of
Honolulu.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-05-12

WANTED-An apprentice girl to learn
dressmaking. Room IL, deLendre-
Gle block, Miss Mitchell.