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The Montgomery tribune., 1910-09-09
POWERFUL AlRsHIP Projected

An airship is being made for the
British navy which will have lift
ing capacity of 30 tons. In many
respects this is the largest ever con-
structed and is the first built for the
English government. The usual load
which this machine will be called
upon to carry will never be more
than five tons, the remainder being
margin of safety. 1t will be 500
feet in length and will have two mo-
tors Of total Of 400 horsepower,
capable of driving the machine at
rate of As miles an hour in still
air.
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-09-09
The Lash of a Friend

would have been about as well
come to A. Cooper of Oswego, N.
", as merciless lung-racking
cough that defied all remedies for
years. "It was most troublesom e
at night" he writes, "nothing
helped me till used DR.. Kings
New Discovery which cured me
completely. II never cough at
night now Millions know its
matchless merit for stubborn colds
obstinate coughs, sore lungs, la
grippe, asthma, hemorrhages,
Group, whooping cough, or hay
fever, 1t relieves quickly and
never fails to satisfy. A trial con-
vinces. SOC Sl.00 Trial bottle free.
Its POSITIVELY guaranteed by Crump
& Kidwell.
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-09-09

preference to cold by the small mi
nority who used water for drinking
purposes. Champier, writing in
1860, notes that the habit of drink
ing hot water was spreading among
all classes in France. "Some warm
it by holding over the fire; others
dip burning bread into it. Rich peo-
pie plunge bar of hot gold into
their water before drinking it, and
the less wealthy bar of hot iron,
while the very poor are content to
warm their drink with live coal"
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-09-09

rect saving is. VIII also make more
plain the vast difference between the
cost Of transportation by rail and by
water.
Through the 500 canal at the out
let OF Lake Superior there we're car
ried In 1907. 58,217,214 tons OF freight.
This was carried an average distance
OF 1888 miles at an average cost Of
8 OF one mill Per ton-mile. II this
had been shipped by rail at the aver
age railway rate for that year (7S2
mills), its transportation would have
cost S3s,eS3,364 more than was paid
for its carriage by water.
The total freight carried on all
lakes that year was. In round num-
bers, 100,O00,o00 tons. This vast ton
mage was carried for $3.50, 100000 less
than It would have cost to send II by
rail. and the improvements, which PRO
duce saving large enough to pay on
the national debt in less than two
years. cost only $85,000,0o0.
Proof Of Good Results.
Wouldn't you call that pretty fair
dividend on the investments And don't
you think II would pay TO improve all
our waterways as fast and as far as
we can?
But" says some one. what reason
is there to suppose that improved riv-
ers would give anything like as good
results as have been obtained on the
lakes?" That is a proper question and
is entitled to an answer.
The only waterway In this country
which has been improved as whole
is composed of the four lakes above
Niagara Falls, but there are many Inn
proved rivers in Europe. From care
full study of the results obtained on
these rivers the army engineers esti-
mate that when the improvement Of
the Ohio river is finished. freight can
be carried thereon for one-half mill
per ton-mile. That means that the
dollar which will carry ton 127M
miles by rail and 1880 miles by lake.
will carry 1t 1900 miles by river.
Cost of transportation will vary on
different rivers with depth, width.
swiftness Of current, etc, but the es-
timated cost on completely improved
Ohio river can be increased by 60 per
cent. before 1t will equal the average
cost on the lakes in 1907, and there
is still margin of nearly 400 per
cent. before you reach a rate one-half
as high as that by rail. It will pay to
improve our rivers.
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-09-09
IMMUNE TO SNAKE POISON
Lerot Showed No Ill Effects Of Viper
Bite-case of Pig and
Hedgehog.

The remarkable combats of the
Indian mongoose with venomous
snakes, in which it always comes off
victor, are well known. The fact
that it invariably survives has led
to the suggestion that it is immune
to snake poison. Other animals said
to be immune are the pig and the
hedgehog.
With regard to the mongoose, in
deed, this immunity has been denied,
and if bitten it is said to fall VIC
tim as rapidly as other animals. If
this be true, then it must owe it's
victories to its wonderful agility in
avoiding the bites of the reptile.
However this may be, some recent
experiments of M. G. Billiard show
that an animal of the dormouse
family must be added to the list OF
the immune.
This animal is known as the lerot
and is said to fight fiercely with
vipers. M. Billiard injected large
doses of viper's poison into the lerot
and found that no i'll effects fol
lowed. On one occasion, again, one
of them was bitten badly on the eye
by a viper and no signs of poisoning
followed. There can, then, be nc
doubt that the lerot is immune tc
snake poison.
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-09-09
MODERN wooDMEN DAY.

Monday, Oct. 8, at the State
Fair, at Sedalia, Mo-, will be Mod
ern Wloodmen Day. Every Mod
ern Woodman in Missouri is in
terested in this big day. The di-
rectors have offered large prizes
for drill teams and bands, and all
sections of the state will be rep
resented in the drills and in the
band contests. It is predicted that
on Modern Woodmen Day there
will be the largest attendance that
there has ever been ON any day
at the Fair. The head officials of
the Modern Woodmen order are
behind the movement to make this
a great day for the Modern Wood
men of the state.
A prize list can be secured by
sending to the secretary at Seda-
liza or to DR.. s. c. A. Ruby, State
Deputy Head Consul, Clinton, Mo.
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-09-09
SAVING OF MILLIONS
WHAT COMPREHENSIVE SYSTEM
OF WATERWAYS IMPROVE
MENT MEANS TO FARMERS.
FIGURES TO SUPPORT FACTS
On Shipments Of Grain Alone the d.
rect Return Would Mean 100000
600, and ProportIonateiy All Other
Products Would Be Affected.

In a former article we gave facts and
figures to prove that, II the compre-
hensive plan of waterway improve
ment advocated by the National Riy-
ers and Harbors congress were car
ried out, the direct return to the farm
ers Of the country, on the single item
of grain, would certainly be 100000
600 year-and probably would be
more than twice that sum.
But grain is not the only item on
which the farmers would receive a
benefit. The fact Is that for the farm
ers-and everybody else. for that mat
ter--the cost of transportation infiu-
ences practically everything he buys,
sells, eats. wears or uses In any way
whatever, except water. air and sun
shine. The average man is inclined to
laugh when told that he pays out more
for transportation than he does for
taxes or because of the tarin-but his
laughter does not alter the fact In the
least. Na-
There are three principal methods
Of transportation, the wsgonway. The
railway and the waterway and there
is SO great a difference in the cost of
transportation by these different meth
ods that It is worth while to study the
matter little. The experts of the
good roads bureau estimate the cost
OF hauling ton OF freight one mile
by horse and wagon on the average
road in the United States at 25 cents.
The cost on q thoroughly good, smooth
road might be reduced to 10 cents.
Poor's Manual gives 1872 mills per ton
mile as the average price received by
the railways in 1907, while the ofacial
records kept at the 500 show that the
average rate on the freight carried
into and out of Lake Superior In the
same year was only 8 of one mill.
Facts In 'utsheII.
You can better understand what
these figures mean II they are stated
In another way. They mean that II
you have dollar to spend in shipping
ton of freight you can send it
miles on an average road. 10 miles on
first-class road, 127h miles on q rail
road. and 1880 miles on lake vessel
1t is very easy to see that good
roads are lot better than poor roads
but that transportation by horse and
wagon is too costly at the best to be
used except for small loads and short
distances. So far as interstate traffic
is concerned the wagon road must bt
left entirely out Of consideration. Il
is Just as easy to see what a grea'
benefit would result from the building
of a railway into q region where there
was none before, and that still
greater benefit would result from Sc
improving a river that 1t is mad'
dependably navigable when 1t was no
so before.
Waterways increase prosperity II
three principal ways. viz: direct sav
ing, indirect saving. and by what ma!
be called a creative effect. The direc
saving is that which occurs on good
actually carried by water, and SOM
facts which indicate how great this di
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-09-09
WHITE OAK.

WHITE OAK.
c. v. Holcomb attended the fair
at Olney Saturday.
Mrs. Tony Walton and son Of
Louis are guests OF relatives in
this community.
Paul Thomas and wife were Wis
itors at Geo. Uptegrove's Satur-
day and Sunday.
s. H. Cobbs is preparing to build
a new residence; and r. B. Moss
q new barn.
Miss Irene Summerton OF st.
Louis is a guest at L. M. Thorley's.
Miss Viola Dunbar and broth
ers, George and Charles, were
guests of Tbuel Hagood last week.
Miss Annie Mabry began teach
ing school at Swope Monday.
Several from this vicinity at
tended the Olney fair Saturday.
The Thomas boys are building
a new bridge at Elkhorn.
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-09-09

Don't use harsh physics. The
reaction weakens the bowels, leads
to chronic constipation. Get
Doan's Regulets. They operate
easily, tone this stomach, cure
cons tidation.
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-09-09
OLD Ways or PURIFYING wATEF

Over 1000 years ago an elaborate
system of filtration was established
by the Egyptians to purify the wa
tcrs Of the Nile. In both Rome and
Nthens no. water was drunk in
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-09-09
THE ROCK.

THE KOCK.
Tom Downs and wife spent Fri
day with Mrs. Frank.
Miss Edna ingram left Sunday
Tor Hugo, where she will teach
this fall and winter.
Miss Martha Graham, who is
teaching at Buell., visited home
folks over Sunday.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-09-12
INVENTIONS FOR AIR WAR
Wireless Covers Fifty six Miles
New Automobile GIN.

Grandvilliers. France. Sept. 1l.-Mlil-
tarv areonauts who Will take part in
the French army man9uvres on the
Plains of Picardy arrived here at in
tervals all through the day All the
dirigibles and aeroplanes reported for
duty with the exception of one biplane,
which was damaged while flying. and
everything is ready for to-morrow's op-
erations.
The dirigible Reinstatement made
fine trip from Compiegne. during the
course of which successful trials were
made with new light wireless appa-
ratus The operator was able to COM
municate within a radius Of ninety kilo-
metres Cfifty-sfx miles. Heretofore the
weight of the apparatus precluded the
use of the wireless system on French
dirigibles.,
An automobile machine gun, especially
designed TO combat aeroplanes and
dirigibles. has also arrived. The opera
tions Of the areonauts will be confined
TO scouting. recommending and similar
duties.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-09-12
AT 96 He WEEDS A WIDOW
Clerk Gave Nonagenarian Gun
ner's License.

Baltimore. Sept. 11.-After a strenu-
Gus experience William Boyd. ninety
six years old, of Stevenson. Baltimore
County. was married tonight to Mrs.
Eliza Ann Daniel, ffty-nine years old.
The wedding occurred in the Stevenson
Methodist Episcopal Church. which vas
crowded to the doors. interest being
heightened by the age of the groom and
2 peculiar mistake in the first license
The clerk Of the court at Towson mis-
took Mr.. Boyd's mission when he ap-
plied for a marriage license yesterday
and issued gunner's license instead
The eroon-to-be did not discover the
mistake until after he had returned
home After supper he walked back to
Towson. which is ten miles distant from
his home. routed out the clerk and Sc
cured a proper license. Then he walked
home
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-09-12
AUTO TIRES BURST; 2 DEAD
Manufacturer Wife and Chauf-
feur Killed at Nahant, Mass.

Mahant. Mass Sept. 11.-Albert f.
Hanna. of Lowell and Mrs. Fannie
Reed wife of Charles l. Reed, manu-
facturer of Colby Hill, Nahant. were
killed and Herman Stegeman, of ia
maica Plain. was slightly injured. when
an automobile in which they were riding
crashed into an electric light pole on the
Nahant road early to-day. Mr.. Reed
and lis son Dana. fourteen years old,
who were also in the car escaped I'M
injured.
Hanna was the chauffeur of the ma
chine, which is owned by John d. Pill
ling. a we'll known shoe manufactures
of Lowell and Boston. The tires on both
rear wheels burst, and Hanna lost con-
troll of the machine while it was trav-
cling at high speed. Mrs. Reed, who
was in the back seat, was thrown out.
Her skull was fractured. and she died
almost instantly. Hanna was pinned
beneath the wheels of the car and his
life crushed out.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-09-12
AUTO sKIDS; TWO INJURED
Machine Turns Over Into Ditch
When Tire Bursts.

Great Neck. Long Island. Sept IL
Two men were hurt, one of them very
seriously. when an automobile turned
over into ditch beside the turnpike be
tween this place and Bulls Head this
morning.
James Mahon. employed as butler by
DR.. H. B. Daruch, of this place. had his
skull fractured and was otherwise hurt.
and may not survive. Irwin Dieseman.
who has public garage at Oyster Bay,
had his left leg broken.
The accident occurred about o'clock
this morning Mahon hired Dieseman to
drive him to his employers home. They
were spinning along at moderate
mace when one of the rear tires burst.
Before the machine could be slowed
down it skidded and went into the ditch
The crash was heard. and people living
in the neighborhood found the men and
called an ambulance which took them to
the Nassau Hospital. in Mineola.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-09-12
WOMAN INSANE IN HOTEL
Guest at the Clarendon, in
Brooklyn, Had No Money.

Guests assembled in the dining room Of
the Clarendon Hotel, in Washington
street, Brooklyn. were thrown into an
uproar at 40 o'clock last night when
Ellen Messenger. one of their number
was suddenly attacked with acute de-
mentia and. after knocking over her
ia bic. began screaming Historically for
Mother The walters tried in vain to
calm her. but she was finally removed to
the observation ward of the Kings
County Hospital
The woman registered on Saturday
night from New York. No cards. or ad-
dresses were found in her satChel or on
her person. Her name is believed 20
have been correctly given, as the mi
tails "E NJ" were found on her watch
and on signet ring. Her pocketbook
was empty. The woman is about thirty
Years old.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-09-12
DIVIDED MILLIONS IN LIFE
Colonel Isaac l.. Ellwood, Who
Distributed Fortune, Dead.
TBv Telegraph TO The Tribune.


Chicago. Sept 11.-Colonel Isaac L.
EIlwood died at his home in De kalb,
Ill, tonight He had been i'll since the
death Of his wife nine months ago
Realizing that death was only a few
DAYS away. Colonel Ellwood last week
made A final will, in which he distributed
$1,000. 600. Most of it went to near rela-
tives. The remainder of his fortune. es-
tinated in value at between S2oOOO.O0o
and $4,000, 600 already had been dis
posed Of.
Colonel Ellwood had been one of the
leading men of Illinois since the 7Os.
He was a pioneer manufacturer of barbed
wire fencing. TO which business he owed
his fortune He was born in Salt Spring
Vile. n Y. on August 3, 1888, He took
mart in the California gold rush OF 1850,
and later was De Kalb County pioneer.
Colonel Ellwood became prominent as
an organizer of the American Steel and
Wire Company. He had two sons ana
two daughters They are William l..
FJlwood f. Perry EllWood, Mrs. Harrlet
Msyo of De Kalb, and Mrs. B. f. Ray
of Denver.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-09-12
S57,5O0 IN GOLD STOLEN
Was in Transit on Steamship
from Alaska to Seattle.

Seattle. Wash. Sept 11.-Gold bullion
valued at $1,000. part of a consign-
ment of $4,000 from the Washington
Alaska Bank of Fairbanks to the Dex-
ter-Horton National Bank of Seattle. on
the steamship Humboldt. was stolen in
transit.
The stolen gold weighed $50 pounds
When it left Fairbanks on Yukon River
steamer for Dawson the gold was in
three wooden boxes and was in the care
of the Alaska Pacific Express Company
When the boxes were opened by Cana
dian customs officers at Dawson the gold
was intact.
The boxes were opened again at the
United States Assay Office in Seattle on
Friday and the theft was discovered
One box contained pigs of lead instead
of gold The seals of the boxes were
intact when they reached the assay office
The gold was insured against loss by
the express company
II is supposed the theft took place on
the Yukon steamer between Dawson and
White Horse. or on the steamer Hum
holdt between Skagway and Seattle
The gold was in the pursers cabin De
tectives working on the case say they
have no clew-
The robbery was much like one of four
wears ago. when $4,000. consigned TO
Seattle by the Washington Alaska Bank.
of Fairbanks. over the Yukon River
Skagway route. was stolen from a wood
en- strong box by Bobby Miller. night
Waterman on a Tanana River steamer.
Miller secreted the gold SO well that
after his arrest on suspicion the owners
of the bullion were glad to make terms
with him. He was promised a short
nrison sentence if he returned the gold.
and he produced $4,000, alleging mat the
other $4,000 had been stolen from him.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-09-12
FATAL FALL UNDER AUTO
Victim Said to Have Staggered
Car Movinr Slowly.

Andrew Bower a contra ctor and build
err. of Fort Lee. n J., was struck and in
stantIy killed at Hudson Terrace. near
MYRTLE avenue. Fort Lee, last night by
an automobile. said by the New Jersey
police to be owned by Michael FULLY. OF
No. 211 West 10th street, Manhattan.
Bowers skull was fractured.
The accident happened as Mr.. Bower
was crossing the street ahead of the car,
which. Mr. Tully says. was moving slow
". AS the machine neared him Bower
was seen to stagger. and he fell and was
run over.
A number of young men and women
who were returning from camp at the
foot of the Palisades saw the accident
They told the police that Bower stag
gered against the Car.
Mr.. fully was taken before the Cor
oner. His son. a daughter and two
friends who were in the car with him
corroborated his story and he was re-
leased.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-09-12
COTTON LABOR DEFIANT
Fears of English Lockout-Other
Trades Conciliatory.

London, Sept. 11.-This week promises
TO he grave one in English Industry
unless the operatives in the cotton mills
agree TO arbitration tomorrow. They
remain defiant The Employers Asso-
cia ton will recommend a lockout Of the
men from the mills. which would affect
several hundred thonsand cotton opera
tives.
The shipyard lockout has taken a
more favorable turn, the boilermak ers
having requested a conference with the
ernnJovcrs. while the Great Northern
Railway employees, Who voted to-day on
the question OF striking on the ground
that the company had not complied with
the decision Of the arbitrator. who re
Gently adjusted the difference between
the men and the company. have decided
80 submit the matter again 20 arbitra-
Ion
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-09-12
POWDER NEAR ROOSEVELT
Found Beside Stand in Columbus
from Which He Spoke.

Columbus. Ohio. Sept f1--Superin-
tendent Arson of Good1e Park. where
ex-President Roosevelt spoke yesterday.
turned over TO the police to-day suit
case. containing a quantity of gunpoW-
der. which had been found near the
speakers stand to-day It was reported
that the suit case also contained nitro
glycerine and dynamite. but this was
denied by Chief Carter of the Police De-
partment.
caretakers of the park cleaned the
grounds after Mr.. Roosevelt's departure.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-09-12
BIG STORM SWEEPS TEXAS
Quarter of MillionAcres of Cot
ton and Other Crops Destroyed.
rRv Telegraph 10 The Tribune

TRv Telegraph to The Tribune.
Galveston. Sept. 11.-An unprecedented
hailstorm. accompanied by high wind
and followed by rain, swept over Brazos.
Grimes. Burleson and Houston counties,
Texas. Yesterday, and destroyed a quar-
ter of million acres Of cotton in the
field and other crops.
In many places cotton was destroyed
n, hajlstones, while in other places rain
washed cotton from the fields INTO the
Brazos River and other streams The
greatest damage was done by the hail,
which literally stripped trees Of their
smaller limbs MANY planters lost nearly
an their cotton crop as cotton picking
had lust been well started.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-09-12
ESTRADA MAY KEEP POWER
Proposal to Postpone Election
Welcomes u. S. Commission.

Managua. Nicaragua. Sept. 11.-Presi-
dent Estrada has sent Geographic
message to DR.. Castrillo. the Nicaraguan
Minister al Washington. proposing that
the Presidential election be postponed
for one year. In his message the Presl-
dent intimates that the raising of loan
in the United States will he guaranteed
by the custom revenues.
He approves of sending to Managua
an American commission. which, it is
reported here. will be appointed. to in
vestigate the situation in Nicaragua.
and says that the commission will find
no difficulty in placing the blame for the
execution of the Americans, Cannon and
f7roCn
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-09-12
DOG SAVED MASTERS LIFE
Leg Broken, He Crawled Six
Miles and Got Aid for Owner.
IBy Telegraph to The Tribune-l

TRv Telegraph 10 The ITtbune-I
wilIiamsport. Penn. Sept. 11.-With one
leg broken and one eye blinded ny Dee
stings. a shepherd dog owned by Patrick
DoIin. of Cross Forks. crawled six miles
through the woods 10 a house ana
vhined a message that obtained aid lot
his master. unconscious and prisoner
hareath a tree that he had felled 10
gather a store of honey.
Dolin also was terribly stnns Nv 'he
enraged bees. and. had II not oeeh TOT
the sagacity Of his canine companion
there is little doubt that he would nave
perished. as his family did not know IN
which direction he went when ne ieft
home
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-09-12
METALLIC GOLD FOUND
Ore Yielding SO to SIS the
Ounce at Cripple Greek.
L. Teleeranh IA No Trihrre

n leIesraph 70 7 ne IflbuNe'
Colorado Springs. Col, Sept. 1l-For
the first time in Cripple Creeks twenty
years existence metallic gold has beer
discovered there. Metallic gold is worth
as high as SIS an ounce. which is only
90 less than the gold used at the mint.
The metallic gold has just been found
in chimneys and seams two inches wide
in the fifth lead of a mine. on the west
slope of Gold Hill.
\ ton Of this rich ore would be worth
approximately S600.000. The mine has
for years produced an abundance of
medium grade ore and ore worth up to
500 a ton.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-09-12
LORRAINE FALLS INTO SEA
Aeronaut Swims to Irish Coast
Nearly Crosses Channel.

London. Sept 11--Robert Lorraine the
actor who in the last few months has
developed into daring aeronaut. all
but accomplished an aeroplane flight
across the Irish Channel to-day
Starting from Holyhead, Lorraine di-
rected his course to Dublin Although
he had trouble with his engine, he got
within two miles of the Irish coast. The
breaking of a wire then forced him 10
descend to the sea. He swan ashore.
and his machine was picked up by a
steamer. The distance across the chan
mel is about fifty-five miles
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-09-12
PARDEE'S DAUGHTER KILLED
Elk Governor of California Loses
Eldest Girl in Auto Accident.

San Rafael, Cal, Sept. 11.-Niss Flor
ence Pardee eldest daughter of former
Governor George c. Pardee of California,
was killed to-day in an automobile &C
cident a Corte MADEIRA.
The machine went over an embank-
ment and Miss Pardee was thrown out,
sustaining injuries from which she died
shortly afterward.