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The Washington herald., 1910-05-17
THE TALK OF THE TOWN.

ed into Il on March 4 as Il IS. The people
will come here anyhow. and they will
spend approximately the same amount Of
money whether it be clear and warm or
snowy and cold.
But il IS the comfort Of the visitOrs-as
we'll as that Of the inhabitants OF the
city-that the people who are behind the
Henry amendment 20 the Constitution are
looking for. This amendment viii change
the date OF the inauguration 20 the last
Thursday In Apr!l-thus insuring, II not
clear weather. at least almost total alb
sence Of the species Of 'harebacks' that
we had last March
There they stand-the admiration tour
lists al Union Station.
Then they gaze at the long concourse
the beautiful waiting-room. the wonder
ful lighting scheme and exceueutly ap-
pointed dining-room and other great fea-
tUres.
Walking out to the plaza, the tourists
issue their notes OF supreme eXultatiOn.
Stretching before them is a grand vis-
IA Of Cinders, bTickbats. mud puaaleS,
tin cans. sign boards, and circus tents,
all lending 10 that natural symmetry and
beauty that goes 20 make UP the beau
tiful plaza shown in pictures Of the
Union Station.
Just at the end Of the grand plaza
stands some ancient structures which at
tract the visitors fancy as they gaze
toward the Capitol and Senate Office
building, which lend something TO the
scene in the way of a pleasing back
ground.
Then turning slightly 10 the right as
they leave the station is a scene that
reminds them of travels through Egypt
as they gaze on the little colored tents
Their admiration knows no bounds, and
they take the first car toward the home
Of friends. to whom they expauate over
the wonders OF the plaza
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DIED.

BILLINGSLEY-On Monday. May Is
1910. at 30 a. m, MATTE PRICE
BILLINGSLEY, daughter Of Cath
crime 4. and the late Rev. J. A.
Funeral services will be held at the
residence OF her mother, 1924 Monroe
street northwest, Wednesday morning,
May Is Relatives and friends invited.
HOLLAND-Sudden on Sunday morn
inc May Is, 1910, al II O'Clock. al his
Nd. MILTON NJ HOLLAND, the
beloved husband OF Virginia Holland.
in HIS siXty-ffth year
Funeral az Lincoln Temple Church,
corner Eleventh and r streets, We'd
nesday May is, at p. m.
KEARNEY-On Sunday. May Is, 1910. az
1925 Prospect avenue northwest.
BLANCHE. daughter Of the late
Louisa and Col. James Kearney. l.
Funeral from Trinity Church. George
town, d. c.. Tuesday. May Il. at
McKERICHAR-On Monday. May Is. 1910.
at S:45 a m, DUNCAN MCKEE
RICHAR. IN his fOrty-seventh year.
Funeral lprivate) Wednesday. May IS.
at . p. m, from his late residence.
Interment at GlenwOOd Cemetery.
MOORE-S Suddenly, on SUNDAY morning,
MAY Is, 1910 at Eagle Pass, Tex,
FRANKLIN MOORE. husband OF
Fanny Thomson Moore, formerly of
Washington.
Interment at Eagle Pass.
.SAUNDERS-On Sunday, May l5 1910.
at 2.5o p. m. at his residence, 26lO p
street northwest WILLIAM A.
SAUNDERS. the beloved grandson Of
Sarah Thomas and James Saunders,
in the eighteenth year Of his age.
Funeral from Mount Zion NJ z. Church
Wednesday. Nav IS. at ? p. m Friends
invited 10 attend
SMITH-Ou Monday. May Is. 1910. at l.45
a m, ROBERT J. beloved son OF
Catherine A. and the late Capt John
". Smith.
Funeral from his late residence. "A s
street northwest. Wednesday morning
May IS az Q o'clock. thence 10 St
Martins Church. where solemn re-
QUEEN mass will be said for the re-
pose Of his soul. Friends and relatives
respectfully invited. Intermenf IN
Mount Olivet Cemetery.
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The District Building vas the scene Of
the visit Of another character Of nation
al importance yesterday morning. when a
certain Mr- Nelson. Of Chicago. better
known as Battling Nelson" wandered
in 20 pay q call on the Commissioners. 70
demonstrate to them that the exhibition
that he and his sparring partner are Civ
ing az one Of the local theaters this week
IS nothing more than a perfectly lady
like bit OF foot work. Evidently they
were we'll impressed. for they signifed
their intention Of not interfering with
the performance.
The Battler walked into the Press Club
and made friends with the reporters
there. telling them several Of his expert
ences. To the man in charge Of the news
Of an evening sheet he remarked that. in
his opinion, Commissioner Johnston would
make a pretty good fighter. for he was
built from the ground Up" and ought 20
put up a good scrap" He was intro
duced to Commissioner Rudolph
= =
The old talk Of the European countries
sending spies over here was all revived
yesterday. when a German by the name
| OF Gonweissenberg was arrested in Alex
andria on a charge Of having papers in
his possession giving the plans and speci-
hcations OF several Of the Notifications
in the country. Apart from the name Of
the alleged spy. which would seem to be
enough to convict any man. there Will
probably not turn out 70 be anything In
the story
The arrest Of a spy is the only logical
I consequence Of the large number Of quasi
political intrigue stories that heve been
turned out lately by that master OF
diplomatic fiction, E Phillips Oppenhein.
II Is we'll known that almost all the Eu-
ropean countries have their secret service
departments, but up 10 the present there
have been few instances tn which these
have been detected working over here.
! OF course. they may be here. but if SO.
they have kept we'll under cover II they
gained any information. they have kept
It quiet.
The slippery pavements on the Avenue
were responsible for several bad falls FOR
both men and horses the other day but
there was one fall that was more ludi-
crous than serious.
A large touring car was travelling at a
moderate rate Of speed at Twelfth street
and Pennsylvania avenue, and support
ing himself by the projecting rod at the
side where the curtains are attached was
youth riding bicycle. The machine
struck puddle. the youth was shaken
off his wheel and landed fiat on his back
IN the wet, while the auto went bliss
! fully on
| The boy was not hurt, but II IS sur
missed that his feelings were not soothed
any by the smiles Of the onlookers as he
arose. soaked with muddy water, and re-
sumed his wheel.
=
The bill now before Congress TO change
the date of Inauguration Day Is creating
large amount Of comment throughout
the city. That this change is badly needed
cannot be denied by any Of those who
were the victims Of the storm OF March
4. 1909.
1t has been explained as one reason
that at a later time more people will
visit the city and spend more money
here But a consideration OF this will show
its absurdity. The city Is crowded as II
is, and II IS hard TO see how II could very
well hold any more than are usually pack.
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JUDGE HARLAN TALKS ON LAW:
Addressing Howard CoIIeEiHns, Up
holds Supremacy of Constitution.

Addressing Howard COllegiHns, Up
holds Supremacy of Constitution.
Above all, the Constitution OF the
United states" was the basic idea Of an
address. delivered by Judge John NJ. Har-
Ian. Of the United states Supreme Court.
20 a capacity assembly az the Law School
Of the Howard University. last night.
The judge conteRded that the Constitu-
ton Of this country. being the only writ
ten constitution in the world which pro
tects the rights of the individual liberty
and property against any powers that be,
should be observed and oheyed in the
first place. local state laws notwithstand-
/ ing.
He evolved a parallel between the
American Constitution and that OF Great
/ Britain. and showed that, so far as the
rights Of private property are concerned,
/ the American citizen enjoys more inde-
pendence from any public authority, than
| the free Briton. whose possessions can,
/ in special cases, he appropriated for the
general welfare Of the community. subject
20 fixed and obligatory compensation. he
said. however that in other respects, the
/ individual liberty OF the present-day
American citizenship is not greater than
/ that Of the first English immigrants or
board the Mayflower The Anglo-Saxon
race Is the leading race OF the world. and
/ the future Of the earth belong to the two
great peoples representing 1t.
Among the people on the platform were
Judge George ". Atkinson. United States
Court OF Claims; Dean Benjamin F.
I Leighton: Judge Robert H. Terrell. Mu-
nicipal Court: Prof. ". II. r. Richards.
/ Prof. " II. II Hart. and Assistant Dis
/ triCt Attorney Cobb
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Temperatures I'm Other CitIes-

Temperatures in other cities. together With the
amount Of rainfall. FOR the twelve hours ended at
p m. yesterday. are as follows.
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That the District government IS over
taxing its property owners 10 pay clerks
large salaries was the charge made by
Capt W. VI. Potter last night at meet
ing Of the East Washington Citizens As
sociatlon IN q debate on a bill recently
submitted 10 the Commissioners for tax
ing intangiable assets.
Capt Potter said that the difficulty In
the past had been to induce Congress to
appropriate sufficient money for the
Districts needs but Of late the Com
missiOners had found a way around the
proposition by securing legislation which
would enable them to over tax property
owners. and get the necessary funds in
this manner.
Now" he said. all that they have TO
dc is 10 go 20 Congress and ask them 10
sanction the appointment OF so many
clerks, explaining that they have the
money in their Golfers TO pay them" He
said that 30 per cent of taxes was paid
by the property owners, while people own
ing personal property. such as bonds and
mortgages, paid no tax at ALL
The whole debate started as a result Of
q motion made by Charles ~ Shields to
appoint committee on assessments and
taxation, he declaring that the Commits
sioners had no right 10 reject the bill
providing FOR taxing intangible property
without submitting it TO the citizens Of
the District.
Mr. POtter's View AntnEOnized.
N. l. Weller took exception TO the re-
marks Of Capt. Potter and declared that
the present board Of assessments were
conscientiously trying to do all within
their power 10 relieve conditions. He
denied that the property owners were
being over taxed for the purpose Of in
creasing the salaries of clerks. and added
that if the statements were true It was
not worthy Of commendation. as he be-
lieved that the District employees were
underpaid.
Building Permits Cost More.
James L. Parson. a contractor and
builder. said that under the old system
OF taxation and assessments # cost but
cents per loo gallons for water with
which TO mix mortar, but under the pres
ent system no limit could be secured for
less than a dollar. 1T now costs 80" he
said TO lay 1000 bricks. whereas 1t for
merly cost q cents. Last year paid S64S
for building permits. whereas under the
old system it owuld have cost but s."
A committee on assessments and taxa
ton will be named in the future. A reso-
luton asking Congress TO make an ap-
prOpriation for n statue OF Commodore
Joshua Barney 20 be placed at the inter-
section Of Pennsylvania and South Caro-
lima avenues was adopted. Another reso-
luton asking Congress 10 purchase the
triangle at that point was also adopted.
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Only Fourteen u0 Days Left.
DISPUTE IN COURT.

Maryland and West Virginia AttOr-
'neys File Briefs.
according to briefs filed yesterday IN
the United States Supreme Court. Mary
land and West Virginia will soon be N a
legal fight over a boundary line.
In the brief, entered by Attorney Cen
eral Straus, Of Maryland. It Is asserted
the controversy hinges upon the transla-
ton OF a Latin legal phrase. Maryland
contends that the boundary line is along
the high-water mark on the south bank
Of the Potomac
Attorney General Conley, OF West Vir-
ginia. who entered a counter brief. holds
that the iow-water mark is the southern
boundary Of Maryland.
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Gets $40 on Train.

Covington, Va, May IA robber
boarded west-bound Chesapeake and Ohio
fast passenger train No. at Clifton
Forge, Va. last night, and between this
place ana Allegheny Station, about seven
teen miles west Of here, entered the
sleeper and robbed the passengers. get
ting $40 from Mr.. Fredekin. Of Hinton.
W Va.
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Ocean Steamships.

New York. May l6-Arived: Priuz Friedrich VII
helm. from Bremen Minneapolis from London.
May Z: Celtic from Liverpool. May z FuruesSa,
from Glasgow. May =
Arrived out Arabic at Liverpool; Kaiser VII
helm II. N CherbJ1rg Mauritania at FishguaHi-
Sailed from foreign ports: President Lincoln from
SOUTHAMPTON.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

ESTABLISHMENT OF HARBOR LINES.
Georgetown. u. G. United States Engineer Of
See and OHi-e % the Commissioner q the Dtstcs
o. Cclumb.a-A plb,ic hearing viii be givea II tH8
Municipal Building O! the Ds-rrt Of Columbia.
MAY a. 1910. a. ?. H. % al persons interested
iI the establishment q hzrbor lines for port q
GCO-EcluWu u. c. MaQs showing proposed harb0r
lines are on yicv az the United States Engineer
ONcc on 18th p. NV. Washington. D. G.. EDW.
" MARKHAM and WARREN T HANNUlI
. Captains Engineer. uy6TaOTIs
I WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY
debts contracted by Annie ". Lee. ny wife
myI65t W. J. LEE
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Some Of the new parasols are OF a solid
color. veiled with a net embroidered in a
thread the same color as the silk or con-
trasting strongly with Il
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LocnI Temperature.

Midnight q: ? a n. lO:4a m. 42.6a m. Al.
a. m, 81; 10 a m. 81; p noon. "a; p. n, 65:
p. M, e6; p. M, ca p m., 81; 70 p. m. g.
Maximum, g. minimum. so
Relative humifity-s a. NJ. 50. p. m. 81: s. p
m "a. Rainfall Is >, n. 70 2 p. M O. Hours Of
sunshine. l26; per cent Of possible sunshine. g.
Tcmpentlre same date last year-Afaximum S.:
rrr, Fr-rrr
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Sun Girl ParaSolS
At $2.44, Instead Of 5000.

Would $500 Parasos here $2H II twerent Tor the
an So forget that cold in the and rejoice matching
YOUR hat and gownwih silk linen pongee Paraso plain or
with artistic border And the handeare not some alone
worth $244 They here with the ranheyH 90 from
here with 4 few hours OF sunshine. You need hurry
The Washington herald., 1910-05-17
Condition of the water.

Special to The Washington Herald
Harpers Ferry. W. Va. May l6.-POtomtc cleai
and Shenandoah cloudy
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Tide Table.

To-day-Hgh tide, 2:5s a. m. and Us D. m. low
tide. e1, a m and 1908 D. N.
To-moTUW-High tide. 355 n m and q p. m
low tide. 1896 a. m and 1882 p m.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-17
Chiseling Dinosaur From His Rocky Bed

tertains faint hope that the head of this one NAV
be discovered.
Inc digging of the fossil is necessarily slow and
expensive The bones lie in all directions and con-
ditions, and must be chiseled with intense care
only snort holes can be drilled at time for fear of
striking the parts Very little blasting can be done
"hich necessitatcs the continuous scratching and
scrapig of the rocks with hammer ana a chscI
AS soon rs a portion has been disensag.d it Is wcu
wrapped in burlap which has been saturated In
plaster Of Paris This is wound about it until it is
enveloped In coat of almost malleabc plaster Often
some bones be only partly uncovered nj , time
This 10 duo to III, ,,,. ~. ~ 80 .'''ic.
49, - u"e - me iact .hat hey run into depths
or directions which, for the time being, must not
be disturbed In such cases 1t is often ncccss,r,, .,
coat the cxposed portons viii ,,os,o. !. $3.50 "
dIsintegr,tion A NOV, l., 49,, - ,i "eet 10 prevent
- ooH IS made on the scene to lt each
oone into this, as soon possible the part is
packed Prof. Douglas estimates Tho oas, =. a..
M ,n :. go 'e ~ iour thousand dollars each.
,a Inc fossil now being dug by Prof Douglas is
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a2pIa1HNnYfNzMua 5/l/l1Mea/oO1 5h6z ing

rejoiced this year in abundant harvest Out in
southwest Salt Lake county the yields In pro-
portion to the of skill and knowledge used
in producing the crop. The Junb valley did itself
proud shown by the splendid exhibit at the
recent state fair. From San Juan county the
assurance of renewed faith in dry farming
mental farm there gave average yield of better
e than 20 bushels of wheat per 1t should be
remembered that in San county there are mill
lions of acres of land TINT will do this and this
land today is practically untouched.
interest in dry farming this year the passage
of the enlarged homestead act introduced by Senator
Smoot and the opening OF thousands Of acres Of
dry farm land. True the call back to the farm
has affected great many Utah citizens and many of
the professional and business men of the state feel
that land is safe and profitable investment: 1t Is
probable too that the fact that there has been n
waning interest in mining is responsible for
the diverting of some capital towards dry farming
Probably the most potent factor this situation Is
the fact that the long looked for year of drouth pre-
dcted by pessimsts, arrived and successful crops
We're harvested. All of these factors taken together
have resulted in stimulating very great interest In
this movement and the closing days of 1910 see
hundreds of men from Utah villages and many from
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wv rHII1E searching the hills of the Green River
NIX district for fossils and mammals previous
WV ly eXtant in what is now the valley of that
river Prof. Earl Douglas, of the Carnegie
museum at Pittsburg. Pa. came ledge of
broken strata in which his eager eye cspled some
portions of the petrihed skeleton of dnosaur or,
terrible lizard, the implies. This was the
largest animal that existed and tho same
time tho most highly organized In structure The
species constituted many varieties, of which only
two, the Bronosaurus and the Dipodocus will be
forred tn here
Prof. Douglas made the discovery Aug. IT, 1909.
and in l6 days the with three fur
nished with the implements to begin the digging.
Since then, Sept, . 1902 all the have been con-
tnuousy chisoliEg. but have yet finished their
task. stil they are chisclng. and still the dnosaur
remains unfinished. Unfinished. though Al
boxes, ranging in size from and half by three
and half by six, every one containing a por-
ton OF the monstrous skeleton, may be seen In ono
place at the foot of the hill, the top of which
Is the deposit Another similar heap of boxes, also
bearing like measurements and burdens. may he
found tho other side OF the hill Every box bears
the address. DIR. W. J. Holland president of Car
nese Museum, Pittsburg, Pa" and every box is
ready for shipment.
or these boxes, however, few contain parts of
second somewhat smaller one, but which is of itself
inonstrous beyond conception Prof. Douglas ex-
plains that just before completing. he thought
dt Is not yet completely the work the first the
Brontosauris, some of the vertebrae of the second
the Dplodocus, were discovered. Indeed he SAYS that
me ZONES OF potH are SO htefinlhSied that even he
loses trace of their lndirduaes; and he often OK
subduod belief that still others are dis
ributed among Them SO varied and numerous seem
the pieces.
In his description OF the skeleton, Prof Douglas
tells that the Brontosaurus measures between rs and
so fee. in length from head tail (tip OF each, 1t
resembles or the Dipodocus now exhibition in
the Carnegie Museum Mt Pittsburg resembles, for all
the world Il monstrous serpent which was wont to
go upon Its belly according ecclesiastical
curse, hut which, at some its existence
Ncloped miniature feet, then logs. and these evolved
into what finally raised the of the huge body
to such n height rs would admit the largest OF px-
listing land animals to pass upright beneath f.
The larger rib of this Ijrontoslur,ls measured IS
inches across the head and inches in
length II then 1t possessed the sternal ribs
as others of Its kind are known to have been, and
If these ribs bore tho proportions to tho side
ribs that tho others have done then its gigantic legs
carried body 10 feet In depth, approximately 30
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in circumference The spinal ribs of this animal
have yet been found. but Prof. Douglas is hope
fully watching every exposure for them
The vertebrate of the Dinosaurs number about o5
in ALL smallest the neck the head. and
points to the body which is about in the middle,
where they assume diameter of many inches.
The body occupies considerably less than third
Of the total length of the animal OF the remainder
the tail forms the greater part. The bones
of the body seem rather to be the parts of u huge
machine than of an animal. One femIr of the small
animal the DiplCdocus. measures ~ inches across
the head and is five and half feet in length Is
still partly ccmented to the stone, side
This bono will weigh between Goo and 700 pounds
while the pelvis into which it fitted, measures three
and a half feet The pelvs of the Isrontosau-
foot larger still The foot of the animal
is said to have been three feet in length. The
ton OF the larger taken from this deposit ac-
cordng to Prof. Douglas most reluctant estimate.
weighed several tons" He asserts, however, quite
boldly, that the live weight of the animal was from
20 to 80 TONS and his estimate he declares is we'll
within the range of safety
The head of the Brontosaurus was not found 1t
while following the neck vcrtebrae downward
mcnts among the bones OF the Diplodocus. 1t is
difficult to distinguish between tho remains OF
the two animals Prof Douglas cherishes doubt
full inclination to believe that more than
individuals mingled together in the deposit In
which they working. The neck OF tho
Diplodocus also runs downward. The professor
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and lands which attempt had been made
to conserve the moisture, but reliance placed
tlrely upon the precipitation OF tho year, is ample
evidence
The officers OF the experiment station have visited
every dry farming section In the state during the
year. They have been persistent in their studies of
the of failure and reasons for These
have visited the numerous farms and have inter-
viewed hundreds of dry farmers and q result
their Studies and Investigations they have unanimous
ly concluded that the adoption of proper cultural
methods the selection of approved drouth resistant
varieties of seed and the use of small amount OF
seed will produce profitable returns the average
dry farm even in the face of extreme drouth. We
think 1t unnecessary here to cite individual cases
because this the universal experience and 1t Is
generally recognized that scientific principles OF
dry farming must be rigidy observed If is
be expected, that any argument is Unnecessary.
The famous Cache valley farms yielded practically
good crops this year before and the
quality the best known in years. 1t is rather
interesting thing in this connection to note that in
the of wheat production the best grain is
the least rain fall.
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acquired characteristic and hence the folly
of selecting seed grown under irrigation for the dry
farm For this reason u suggestion made by Dr.
Widtsoe n number of years ago. to the effect that
the years go by larger crops will be grown with
the same. rain fall. Is true. Our dry farm plants are
becoming accnated and varieties being de-
velopcd for use under arid conditions
One of tho surprising developments OF the year
in dry farming Is the that 1t is not essential to
have rain fall during spring months, great
people have heretofore believed that unless the rains
came during the growing of late spring and
early summer the crop would not mature. This
season. however practically the entire dry farm
ing of the state precipitation during
harvested.