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The Washington times., 1910-02-17
MINORITY REPORT
IN HITCHCOCK CASE
Committee Probes Into
Charges Against Nephew
of Secretary.

r II Representative Hitchcock
charges against the administration OF
the Interior Department are thrown
down by the Committee on Expendi-
lures OF the Department, which IS in
vestiEatiuE them, there viii be a
minority report
This is the word that has come
from the committee unofficiaIIy. al
though il Is understood no decision
as 10 what kind Of a report viii be
made by either the majority or
minority members has Yet been
reached
In the event Of a minority report.
the department dealings with Jack
EaEinECT- nephew Of secretary Of the
Interior BalliuZer, viii he made the
basis Of It. II IS understood that this
was the object IN view when minor
sly members or the committee in
sisted upOn having the reports sent
by Jack BaIIugeT TO the department
from Seattle inserted in the records
According to certain minority mem
berS, they don't see how the SecTe-
tary's nephew could have left Wash
iuECon on July 10 and five days later
mail a report from Seattle which
could be expected to represent any
sort Of an adequate inquiry to land
Office conditions IN that section OF the
country
There is an impression that Com
missioner Dement'S testimony i'm
pressed the committee with the fact
that there IS q tendency in the land
office 20 use the fun amount Of the
Interpretations made for the office,
regardless OF whether It is necessary
o. .expedient 10 do So
When the Jack BallinEer episode
has been handled according TO the
views of the minority mem beTS- in
the event a minority report is made,
i is regarded as extremely proba bic
that the remainder of the report viii
he devoted largely TO "sermonizIng
on exLraEa6snCes
The Washington times., 1910-02-17

ing, disfiguTIng eczemas, rashes- Itchlngs.
irritations, inflammatiOns and chat1ngs
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DOCTOR TOLD HER
TOUSE CUTICURA
And Thus Cured a Scalp Disease
Like SCaId Head - Il had Lasted
Several Months and Made Most
of the Sufferers Hair Fall Out.
TROUBLE SOON GONE
AND NEVER RETURNED

When I was ten OF twelve years old
I had a scalp disease, something Ike
sCald head, though It wasn't that I
suffered for several months and most Of
nv hair came out. Finally they had
doctor to see me and he recommended
the CuticJra Remedies They cured me
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nv hands and was benefited a great
deal. I haven't had any more trouble
with the scalp disease Miss Jessie ?
Buchanan, r. F. D. 8, Hamilton, Ga,
Jan. Z, 1909"
The Washington times., 1910-02-17
NEW MEMBERS ENROLLED.

Many new names are enrolled upon
the roster of the Sodalitv Of the Blessed
Virgin Of the Church Of the Immaculate
Conception today The iridium for the
sodaIitv closed with q reception last
night At which the Rev Eugene Con
molly rector OF the 0rga nizaIIon pre-
sided The ceremonies closed with a
solemn benPdiCtiOn-
The Washington times., 1910-02-17

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Kettles, ; quart size Il &c
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800 Needle Etched Water Sets
Tankard pitcher and six glasses. Q -
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15C Water Bottles. quart size. new a
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Coffee Pots, two pint size
The Washington times., 1910-02-17
NO BRANCH STORE
IS TO BE OPENED

II has been stated enormously that
Parker. Bridget & Co are 20 open a
branch store at Fourteenth and
streets northwest The store viii be oc-
cupied by another firm
The Washington times., 1910-02-17

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ment, united with the
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ingredients aEi most
refreshing Of flower
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is unnvaled FOR pre-
serving, purifying
and beaUtify1ng the
skin, scalp, hair and
hands Of infants and
children In the pre-
ventive and curative
treatment of toTtur-
The Washington times., 1910-05-30
LOCAL MENTION
The Druery.

The DriIIery.
Miles Fuller, founder 100 New York
Ave Pitman Shorthand. Touch Type
writing. Double entry Bookkeeping. The
best business school in the city Sum
mer rates. Start now.
For Automobile Eye Insurance,
Ask Druggist for Murine Eve Remedy
Caverlys plumbing 1881 G St n. ".
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and daring than the LOndOn-ManChcsteT
flight Of Paulhan or Graham White,
said Edwin ". Cleary. American man.
ager Of several aviators soon 10 visit
the United States
"Curtiss had 10 fight more difficult
wind conditions, and the English fight
was over a fiat, easy country, present
ing none OF the problems that the Hud-
son valley air navigator faces"
Charles Hoffman, secretary Of the
Aero Club OF America, was no less en-
thusiastic
1--WE had come 10 look or this thin
as an impOssibilfty." ne had said.
His descending only twice is re-
marlable feature Of the performanc
This beats all other Cross-country
flights"
The aviators praised Curtiss par
ticularly for his technique He map
ped his flight like a general dividing
II into four sections. In each Of
these ne used different tactics, fitting
the peculiar conditions.
And the cost OF the fight is Of 10
less interest. The trip was made with
less expense than had Curtiss been a
passenger on a train The plane was
run over the distance for less than
cents a mile.
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GEOGRAP HICAL CLUB
HONORS ROOSEVELT
Luncheon In His Honor
Given In London BY the
Royal Organization.

LONDON. May Sn-ReturninR from his
weekend al Edward Burton's country
place. in Essex. Theodore Roosevelt to-
day became the guest OF the Royal
CIeOgrapE .'al Club al luncheon. Many
notable q e5ts had been invited
The luncheon was given at the Hotel
MetrOpOle, Major Leonard Darwin. pres
ident Of the Royal Geographical So
ciety, presiding.
II was a brilliant -fair, given prin-
cipally IN honor Of Mr.. Roosevelt s
African hunting expedition.
British geOgraphers have a high re-
gard for the ex-President beCaCSe Of his
friendship with Commander Robert z.
Peary, whose ship on the Fuccessful
North Pole hunt was the Roosevelt
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wheels foI about 10 yards and then
ascended to a height # thirty feet on
his first essay he few several hundred
feet Since then ne has flown every
morning and evening when the wind
permitted and on Saturday made a sue
cessfUl double circle o. he field, a dis
lance Of about six miles.
hlneola Is the aviation center OF the
East at present Half a dozen aviatOrs
ana builders occupy sheds and tents
or me plains and every Saturday and
sunday the fields swarm with autOmO-
biies Of society fOIs. who come 10 see
IHe flights and eNan,iTF the half-COU-
pieted machines. Lewis Strang is ar
other automobile driver who intends u
90 lllo aviation as a profession. and
the machine being built for him Is one
OF the pr-uolrlL obt.cIs OF inject
The Washington times., 1910-05-30
DICKINSON JOINS
GOLFING COTERIE

Secretary OF War Dickinson IS the
latest member Of President Tafts goIf
cabinet The big southerner was re-
Gently recruited into this choice circle,
and has been pounding away on the
Chevy Chase links regularly ever since
He has acquired considerable tan and
muscle, but as yet he has not acquired
sufficient skill 20 defeat the President
Secretary Dickinson Is reported 20 be
making progress, and Senator Jonathan
Bourne. iT., Gen. Clarence R Edwards
and Capt Archie Butt, the regulars,
are preparing 20 fght for their laurels.
Although Vice President sherman IS
being allowed weigh cor age, he, too,
is said 20 be apprehcnsive as 70 his
laurels.
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MRS. ROOSEVELT
TO SEE GREETING

NEW YORK, May 3O.-Mrs. Roose-
-eH and twenty of her personal
guests VIII witness Mayor GaynOr' s
welcome of Colonel Roosevelt from a
special box on June IS
The box has been provided by Lewis
engagements At Battery Park, where
the former President Will be greeted
by the mayor.
Returning on the steamer with Col
onel Roosevelt viii be Mrs. ROOse-
welt, Miss Ethel Roosevelt, Kermit
Roosevelt, Mrs Nicholas LOngwOrth.
and Mrs. y. r. Merritt. a cousin OF
Colonel Roosevelt
The Washington times., 1910-05-30
MEDALS ARE GIVEN
IN SUNDAY SCHOOL

The girls receiving this years
medals for merit IN the Sunday school
OF the Church Of the Nativity at
BrightWOOd are Iona HuCk, first class
gold medal for general excellence:
Lily Peck, second class gold medal for
general excellence. and Agnes DAILY,
Margaret Donovan, and Lillian King
other girls receiving medals were
Marie Cox. Naomi Cole. Grace Con-
way. Katherine Schneider, Katherine
Hunter. Katherine Lynch. and Dor
othy Paul
Among the boys receiving medals
were Leo DAILY. John Schneider. Ger
aid and Bernard Connolly. John ard
Joseph Cox. and Percy Clark. The
awards were made yesterday by the
Rev F Y BfschOT
The Washington times., 1910-05-30

stallatiOn Of the motor which is on its
way rom Europe.
Joe Seymour, the veteran racing car
driver, and Walter Diefenbach, an eX-
pert macbinist, have built the machine
from their own designs. following close
~ the best points to be found in the
Farnam, Wright. and CUrtiss types,
and they are confident that the flyer
will eclipse all records for long distance
fight.
Will Lift Seven Men.
The machine is Of the biplane type
Its wing spread is forty-fve feet and the
length from the front control TO the tai
IS the same. The lifting surface meas
ures 600 square feet. When the motor
which is an Isotta aviation engine Of
7G-horsepower, is installed the aviators
expect 10 be able 10 lift the weight OF
seven men.
I'm going to beat Curtiss," said sey'
inour. today. we are going after thai
Albany 10 New York flight We have
Chrfstened our new machine the 'LuSl
tania" ] believe I viii be able 10 ~
from here 20 Chicago without stopping
Seymour and Diefenbach say that tht
larger the machine the sJeadier II WI
fy, and their opinion has been poFI'
out in all recent tests They expect q
have the Lusitania ready for ira
fights this week.
Seymour Learns Quickly.
Seymour holds all records for learning
10 ly An aeroplane- He bought a Cur
tiss biplane a week ago, set II up a
Nineola IN two days and on the thir'
made his first attempt 10 fly He drov'
the machine along the ground on a.
The Washington times., 1910-05-30
AEROPLANE
IN WORLD IS NEAR
ITS COMPLETION

NEW YORK, May 5o-The largest
aeroplane IN the world has been built
in the aerodrome OF the Aeronautical
Society at Mneola, /. I. Today the fin
ishing touches were put on the frame
work, and there remains but the in
The Washington times., 1910-05-30

son valley from a soaring aeroplane- It
was delightful. swinging up there.
The aviator does not realize mat ne
IS suspended I'm air unless he meets
Then il feels like an elevator in sky
scraper dropping Not pleasant sensa-
ton at all
There was one fall which would
have been no laughing matter had there
been any wind. IL was near Linhthgo,
and not far from Germantown The
plane dropped with a swoop while l
left the steering go 10 arrange the oil
pumps. But I caught it.
AerOplane Tipped by Air Currents.
Then a breeze came up, but met 1t
head-on, and stuck to a course over the
middle Of the river.
The growing heat produced a sort
Of ground swell Of afr. Ascending
waves Of hot air, reboUndinE from the
earth, tended TO tip the aeropIane, and
sometimes would elevate one wing
while a descending cold wave of air
would depreSS the other wing. This Is
I one Of ayiaTiOn's chief dangers. and the
/ only way TO escape Is 70 keep On The
alert every moment. II IS also we'll 10
descend. as 1 did, 10 a more stable
/ level
ION landing at POughkeepsie I felt a
peculiar sense Of 1uSlguitCanCe. After
| soaring over the landscape, 20 drop 20
earth and see things from the normal
viewpoint gives a most peculiar sensa-
4 ton for a time
Il got the worst plunge I ever had at
Camelot, while passing through the
headlands, where the air Is churned up
so that even on the surface II gives dif-
lhCulty- A swift current caught the aero
plane and tossed IL about like a news
paper. II dropped forty feet. but those
forty seemed like 1000. 7 hope I may
/ never go through that again. With great
difficulty 1 swept down 10 within fifty
| feet Of the river
View Is Inspiring.
THE view of Manhattan. particularly
Of the skyscrapers. from over the Hud-
! son is inspiring I caught the first
glimpse Of the city thirty miles away.
when / sighted the big tower Of the
| Metropolitan Life building.
Along the lower part Of the city
| had no trouble from air currents sent
/ of by skyECrapeTs. although some aVl-
atOrS have complained that the tall
/ buildings had an influence. did not find
It so.
! Then, while I could hear the river and
bay craft screening their welcome
/ came the descent at Governors Island
where ] was given a royal reception.
Il made good time on the trip, but
/ by no means did I work the engines tc
! their utmost capacity.
Another feature Of the trip Is thu
proof # gave of the value TO the aviator
| Of the United states Weather Bureau
! Had II not been for the assie -ance Of
( that organization, and the information
/ il gave me Of the state Of the weather
! through the Hudson valley, the triT
could not have been accomplished"
Praise From Aviation World
Curtiss today received the praises Of
many OF the most important men in the
aviation world.
His fight is OF far more significance
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1910-02-17

ceived from the first president of the
United States. The present possessor
of the document is Orville Dewey
Thatcher. a veteran of the civil war,
now In the division of the auditor for
the postoff1ce department.
Mr. Thatcher received the letter
from his uncle. Rear Admiral Henry
Knox Thatcher, member Of the So
ciety Of the Cincinnati by whom the
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1910-02-17
NEWS FROM SCANDINAVIA.
Principal Events That Have Trans
PRED in the Old Countries
Within a Week or So.
NORWAY.

FROM Aaseral, Mandal, $4,000 white
grouse (ryper) have been exported
this winter. -
Mrs: oline Hegrenes,- of Floro, GEL
ebrated her one-hundredth birthday.
Jan. ~. Her mental powers are in
hne shape, and she still takes a live.
ly interest in the events of the world
Copenhagen.-The bodies OF twenty
tshermen lost in terrific gales that
are sweeping the Norwegian coast
nave already been washed ashore and
nine nsnlng smacks, manned by forty
sailors, are still missing and believed
10 nave gone down. All shipping is
interrupted. The storm is the most
severe in several years.
copenhagen. - ARRANGEMENTS have
been completed for a new cable he
tween Norway and England. It will
run from Egersund, Norway, to Peter.
head, Scotland, and will be controlled
by the two governments. One result
OF the new line will be a reduction in
cable tolls between the two countries
OF cents word, the new rate being
placed at cents.
Inc Nurnberg, a vessel owned by
parties living in Kristiansand and
carrying a load of guano from South
America to Belgium, encountered a
storm on the Atlantic which swent
away the masts and practically every.
thing above deck. An English steam.
er came just in time to save the crew
which consisted of sixteen men. The
Nurnberg was abandoned in mid.
ocean.
Fire broke out in the new creamery
building at Narbo, a place not far
from Stavanger. The people living in
the building barely managed to save
their lives. Some men from the
ne1ghborhood came to put out the
fire, and while they were engaged in
this wall fell down and killed two
OF them, Jens Brekke and Martin M.
LELAND, both of whom were single
men. Ole Grodem had one of his feet
crushed, and several others were
slightly injured.
A new ministry has been formed
to take the place of that which re.
signed several days ago and of which
Gunnar Knudson was premier. The
new cabinet is as follows: Premier,
N. Konow; minister of foreign af-
fairs, J. 1rgens, the present minister
to Great Britain; minister of finance,
M. Berge, who was formerly minister
OF public worship; minister of com.
merce, S. A. B. Arctander, senior burg.
omaster of Christiania; minister of
public works, M. Braenne; minister
of education, M. Kvigstad; minister of
justice, M. Scheel, judge of the su.
preme court; minister OF defense,
Lieutenant Colonel K. S. J. Bull.
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Peoples Trading Co.
STEAMER SINKS; 81 DROWN
"lIMA" GOES ASHORE IN STRAITS
OF MAGELLAN,
Another Ship Goes to Rescue, but Can
Only Carry Off Part of
Those Aboard.

Santiago, Chile, Feb 14.-The Pacf
nc Navigation company's steamer Ii
ma is ashore on one of the island of
the Huamlin Passafe of the Straits of
Magellan and probably a total loss.
The chief pilot and so passengers were
drowned.
The British steamer Hathumel
rescued 205 persons aboard, but was
forced to leave SO persons aboard
whom it was impossible to rescue.
The stranded steamer Lima is q
British vessel owned in Liverpool and
plying between that port and the ports
of South America. She was last re.
ported as sailing from Bahia Blanca.
Argentine, on JAM 26, and was on hey
way to Chilean and Peruvian ports.
The Lima is 4O1 feet long, registered
BIB tons and was built in Glasgow
in 1907.
The place the steamer was wrecked
is probably Huamblad passage, located
between the south shore of San Pedro
island and Chloe. 1t is a narrow pas.
sage full of dangers and very difficult
OF navigation. Huamblin rocks, two In
number, and IS feet high, mark the
entrance to the passage.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1910-02-17
MRS. INGERsoLL AGAIN FAVORED.
Her Claim Against Copper Mine Estate
Recognized.

Boston, Feb. ILLEGAL services Of
the value of $4,000 rendered by the
late Robert G. Ingersoll were recog-
nized in a decree by Judge Hammond,
of the Massachusetts supreme court.
Mrs. Ingersoll, widow of the former
lawyer and orator, is benefited by the
decision affirming the decree OF tho
probate court directing a distribution
Of the Massachusetts portion of the es-
tate of Andrew J. Davis, former cop
per mine owner of Butte, Mont, by
whom Colonel Ingersoll was retained
as an attorney. The estate in Massa-
chusetts is valued at 100000. o..
The case, which has been in nt1ga-
ton for many years, will now go to the
United States circuit court.
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Washington Dissatisfied.

George Washington had. his periods
q dlscontent like the rest Of 10, as
Is shown in a letter he wrote his
brother soon after the Braddock cam.
paign: Il was employed to 20 on !
journey in the winter which I believe
few or none would have undertaken
and what did get by It? NV ex.
penses borne. was then appointed
with triftng pay. to conduct handful
of men to the Ohio What did i gel
for that? Why, after paying myself
the considerable expense in equippine
and providing necessities for the com.
pany, went on soundlyz bealen
and had my commission taken IRON
me, or, in other mu.ds my command
reduced .n,dt .etense OF an OF
der from home then went out ana
volunteered ul.uyr Gen Rraddock anu
lost al, nd many olneI
things nave sose Oiss III p,Ing Or
Ger ~ s. lerea Inc service
es,s-H
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ago was sold at auction in New York
bringing 1895, and passing into the
co,,ect1on OF one of the New Yorb
collectors.
mere Is nothing in this letter to
indicate that WASHINGTON retired
from public life on account Of his m,
popularity, and. If 1t were necessary
would show that Hamilton wa. not
inc author Of the valedictory address,
Madison, appealed to in the letter
just quoted. did find time to draw uu
sucn an address as Washington tndi
Gated: This was submitted to the
president, and the latter prenared q
paper from it. This CODY he sub
mltted to Jay. at that time chief 1us
tlce OF the United States supreme
court and to Alexander Hamilton. the
secretary OF the treasury. In forward.
ing the paper to Hamilton. Washing.
ton wrote: Even If you should thtnk
1t best to throw the whole into az.
1erent form let me suggest, notwith-
standing. that my draught may be re-.
turned to me (along with yours) with
such amendments and corrections aa
to render 1t as perfect az the forma.
tton Is susceptible Of: curtailed. II too
verbose, and relieved Of all tautoIo~v
not necessary to enforce the ideas in
the original or quoted part NV wish
Is that the whole may appear in a plaln
style. and be handed to the public in
an honest. unaffected. simple part"
Hamilton prepared a draft which
Washington said he preferred to 9th.
ers submitted to him. It was main.
~ "a change in form, but Hamilton's
paper Is said to have differed much
from the original. This draft wa. fol.
lowed by Washington, who wrote the
ADDRESS and then submitted the new
production to Pickering, McHenry and
Wolcott. These made few changes
and these are said to have been as
t1ckering has recorded, regarding
cnleny the grammar and composi.
tion" =. +. -
Aitnough the first letter to Madison
on the subject bears the date Of Nav
~. 1892, the farewell address was not
gwen to the people until September
~, 1896. In the meantime, as has
been shown, it was undergoing re-
peated alteration and Improvement at
various hands, yet the main ideas were
washington s., and the final draft not
only was in his hand. but very largely
was OF his own composition.