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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-11
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Especial to The Times DispatclL]
Washington, December 10.-Wash-
ington, by way OF maintaining its
prestige as a convention city. will en-
terrain next week the international
conference Of the American Society fol-
judicial Settlement OF international
Disputes. Prominent counseiors. ju.
rists. philanthropiats and officials Will
DE in attendance, and some of the most
momentouS questions Of to-day VIII
be discussed. Among the distinguish
cd guests who have consented to ad-
dress the conference are President
Taft, Secretary of state Philander
Knox, Charles w. Eliot. Simeon NJ.
y. Looms Richard Bartholdt, Charles
Noble Gregory and Thomas Nelson
Page. Theodore Marburg. secretary of
the conference and president of tho
Municipal Art Society. of Baltimore.
will also make an address.
This week the national capital had
three congresses to convene within it's
borders--the only original Congress of
National Rivers and Harbors Congress.
which met or Monday. and. the Ma
tional Rivers and Earbors Congress.
which assembled for tr!daiiy sessions
on Wednesday. Thursday and Friday.
The last two held joint sessions on
Thursday and were friternally gra-
cious tn the members of the National
nual meeting here at the same time.
The presence of so many DISTINGUISHED
strangers was the ratson d'etre for
unusual entertaining
Among the visitors here for the
Woman's National Rivers and Harbors
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-08-18


would fill q book, and if he wore all
the medals with which he has been
adorned for his services when he went
out still hunting he would sound like
tin shop falling off hip roof. DR..
Hornaday has published a dozen or Sc
books Of real scientific value and has
hunted big game everywhere.
Anarchists Avenge Betrayal.
-Four heavy guns In Cherbourg for.
tress were recently found to be useless
OWING to the disappearance of essen
tial parts of their mechanism. Later
the mystery was solved. A soldier
named Beau was arrested, denounced
by an anarchist of Italian nationality
who was detailed by a secret society
in Rome to avenge Beau's betraying
some members of the society in 1907.
Boschini, the anarchist, secured work
as q mason near the fortress where
Beau was quartered. Boschini induced
Beau to steal the sights and other
parts Of the guns. Then he denounced
him.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-08-18
ROSE WINE 289 YE as OLD.
Germany's Most Celebrated Vintage
Kept at Breme.

The most celebrated of all the wines
of Germany is known as rose wine,
and, according to French confer o.
rary, it is jealousy preserved in {
town hall of Breme.
The wine has been in the vaults since
1921, when the conscript fathers had
six great watts made at Johannisberg
and six others ut Hockheimer. Each
received the name of one of the apos-
ties. 1t Is an unwritten law that as
soon as a bottle Of wine is drawn from
the watts Il similar quantity Of the same
vintage is put into the tun; consequent-
ly they are always full.
Each of the tuns or watts in the town
hall ut Breme cost originally f4S and
their capacity Is 20i litres or about If
ty-sevcn gallons. Our French statisd-
clan comes To the conclusion that each
time bottle of this wine is drunk it
represents sum Of over $50
During the war o: 1870 the French
occupied the town and the officers.
Drawing the anger If the council OF
Breme made free with their precious
wine, and ii was said that the town of
Breme paid more to France than all
the other towns In Germany. At the
time Of the crown princes wedding We
further learn that he was allowed one
bottle and one only.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-08-18
Acuuirinu a Reputation.

Archbishop Howley, who lived in the
eighteenth century, most unjustly got
the reputation of swearing like a
trooper The explanation is that the
Duke of Cumberland, who fought the
battle Of Culloden and who was un-
speakably profane, once went in quest
Of the primate to get his assistance
about certain bill which he disliked.
He returned to the house of lords, say.
ing: It's all right, my lords. I've seen
the archbishop, and he says he'll see
the promoters to - before he'll vote
for the - BILL" AS q matter Of fact,
all the profanity had been supplied
quite In the ordinary run of conversa'
tion by the duke.-Loudon Tatler.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-08-18
AN INTERNAL
MACHINE.
How 1t Was Prevented From
Blowing Up a Ship.
BY SAlllE MSNDEM.

copyright. 1910. by American Press Asso-
ciation.l
A party of travellers was assembled
on the ulAtsor deck Of the ocean liner
Eric. four days out from Southamp-
ton, England, bound for New York.
Walter Kicker had met and Travelled
with Miss Eugenia Floyd. They had
become engaged and were returning
to their homes to secure their parents
sanction to their union
The ocean during the voyage had
run smooth, but the course of true love
had not. An Englishman who permit
ted the fact to leak out that he was
the eldest son of an earl and was 60
ing to America in search of n wife
paid considerable attention to Miss
Floyd, much to the annoyance of Mr..
Kicker. The name under which this
scion of British nobility Travelled was
plain John Mervale. He wore n check
erboard suit with golf cap to match
and was the best Switchboard player
on the ship.
Mr.. Mervale bad settled himself into
n steamer chair beside that of Miss
Floyd. while Mr.. Kicker was chatting
or trying TO chat with other young la
dies of the party. His attention was
not given to the young ladies, but to
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-08-18
Tho Gentla Cana of Golf.

On one occasion an old lady was in
the same railway compartment as a
party of golfers. II found fearful
trouble this morning." said one AT
the first l fell right into the middle of
a prickly gorse bush, and at the Sec
ond was stuck up on the top of a
tree. pitched out of bounds into the
farmyard at the third, got caught by
the wire at the fourth. stuck fast
in a deep hole at the fifth, found my
self buried In mud at the sixth. l was
lying in heap Of rough fints at the
seventh, got lost at the eighth and
finished up at the bottom of that dirty
ditch at the last hole"
Gracious me-" cried the horrifed
old lady from her corner OF the car
riage, land they told me that golf was
an old mans game! I'll never let my
Edwin play again"-London Globe.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-08-18

Governor 3. +. Carroll of Iowa, who
was recently indicted for criminal IL
periences. Once at a caucus the only
attendant besides himself was citi-
zen of very tall stature and ponderous
build Mr. Carroll had some resolu-
tions to pass which began by repre-
senting that they We're presented to a
large and respectable" gathering of
voters, and he proceeded to read and
vote them on to the records of the eau
Gus.
Hold on" cried the other man. 1--WE
can't pass that, for it amt true"
What isn't true?" demanded Carroll.
1T amt n large and respectable eau
Gus" objected the other member of
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-08-18
DEEP SEA WATER.
Bottles With Which Samples Are
Taken From Ocean Depths.

Taken From Ocean Depths
The water bottle for getting water
for analysis from selected depths in
the ocean is a cylinder of brass, Ger
man silver or other metal which re-
sists the corrosion of sea water. gen.
orally about two inches in diameter
and twelve or fourteen inches long,
with upward opening valve at the top
and bottom. connected together on @
central stem. Lugs are cast on the
side of the cylinder for conveniently
securing 1t at any point along the
length OF the line by which 1t is to
be lowered into the sea- During the
lowering of the line the valves of the
bottle are kept unsealed by the pas
sage of the water through the cylin-
der during its descent, but when the
motion Is reversed the valves seat
themselves and are locked by the de-
scent of small propeller In the
framework above the upper valve.
which rides idly on a sleeve during the
lowering of the bottle, but descends
along screw thread to press the
valves upon their seats when the line
commences to be hauled up. A speci-
men of the water at the depth to which
the water bottle has descended is thus
brought to the surface confined with
in the bottle, and a series of speci-
mems from different depths may be
obtained at one haul by securing a
series Of water bottles at the required
intervals along the sounding line
Scientific American
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-08-18


likely never before occurred in Mime
sofa or any other state.
At present the treasury is groaning
under the burden of Il surplus which
has never been duplicated On Oct. 1
there will be nearly S4,000,000 in the
state treasury. On Oct. l, 1909, there
was approximately S2000,OOO. The
unusual surplus has arisen through the
successful settlement of cases which
have netted the state large sums Of
money. The largest of these items
came from adjusted lumber cases, the
gross earnings tax cases, the inherit
ance tax cases and others.
Not only have large sums of money
come into the treasury through them,
but there will be a constantly aug
mented stream. so that Minnesota bids
fair to become a state unique in the
history of taxation. .......s..--r.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-08-18

his appointment to
such an extent in
the estimation of
his patron that to-
day the rec or d
made by General
Eppa II u II tom s
protege is a prece-
dent set for other
cadets. Young Lew
Nixon stood at the
very head OF his
class the first year,
and every succeed
ing year found him
still No. l. In 1882
he was graduated
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-08-18

the compliments the Britisher was
paying his tiancee and the pleasure
with which She received them.
Now comes deck steward with a
wireless telegram in his hand, which
he delivers to Mr.. Mervale. The gen
tleman reads it. starts. and his hand
trembles He rises at once. seeks the
captain Of the ship and hands him the
message, signed by the Southampton
superintendent of police;
"One of your pieces of baggage was
left on the dock There is every rea-
son to believe that an Internal ma
chine with your name and address on
it was shipped in its stead by anarch-
lists with the intention of blowing up
the ship"
The captain turned pale.
where is your baggage" he asked
Mr.. Mervale.
Part in the baggage room and part
in my stateroom.'
Can this thing be in your state
roomE'
NO"
Very well We must get out what
you have in the baggage room imme-
diately."
The captain. attended by MIR. Mer-
vale. went down on to the main deck
and, entering the baggage room, or
dered all the Britisher's luggage pulled
out. There was a suspicious looking
box about which the latter seemed
very uncertain. He said that his
mother had done his packing and he
was not sure whether this box belong
ed to him or not. One Of the men
present put his ear to the box and dis
tinctly heard the ticking of machinery.
This was enough. The captain ordered
the box thrown overheard.
"One moment" said Mr.. Mervale.
I'm not sure but that's clock In
there my mother asked me to take
over and give to her sister, my aunt,
who is living in America"
I'VE can't take any risk said the
captain. "HeaVe the box overheard" "
But, captain" persisted the English
man. 'if that box Is really mine ii
contains several articles OF great value
My mother spoke to me about 1t, but
till this moment 1t had escaped my
mind
The ship and cargo are worth too
much money TO take any risk. and the
lives of the passengers certainly can
not be jeopardiZed"
Nevertheless protest against my
property being jettisoned, and am moi
sure but this box is mine and contains
family heirlooms Of great value sent
by my mother to relatives in America
l think it quite probable that some ono
on the dock heard the ticking of the
clock and informed the superintendent
of police that the box was an Internal
machine hence the telegram. Sup
pose we open the box and find out"
Not on your life"' said the captain
every well. l have another plan to
propose. Lower one of the llfeboats,
place the box In it and tow the boat
with line long enough to be perfectly
safe"
AS these words were spoken the box
was being carried out and in another
moment was resting on the rail ready
to go overheard. Mr.. Mervale made
so strong a protest that the captain
hesitated. Mr.. Mervale declared that
If the box contained his property he
would hold the captain responsible fol
its destruction. The captain, influenced
hu +hie oronment changed his MIND
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-08-18
The Saddest of All,

"There are many sad things in this
vale of tears" remarked Uncle Joshua,
the genial, but of all the sad things
that can be recorded by tongue or pen
the saddest is this-to wit, namely, viz,
the boy whose dad has given him a
quarter to buy firecrackers with on the
Sd of July and who has spent the two
bits that night for candy and peanuts,
devoured the same and then goes out
on the glorious Fourth to meet the
gang"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-08-18

born in Plaintield,
Ind, in 1854, and
with the exception
of one period of
error, d uri n 6
which time he dab
bled in the real
estate business, he
has been in the
wild animal line
alive, dead, skin
ned and stuffed.
The list of the
sportsmen's clubs
n. 4
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-08-18
- -esr-s--- ----s------- =
the TRAIN BABY.
Her Presence Saved the PaSSen-
gers From Death.
BY WILLIAM ALFRED COREY.

BY WILLIAM ALFRED COREY.
copyright, 1910. by American Press Asso-
ciation.l
The shrill cries of the motherless
child arose above the roar of the train
and the labored coughing of the two
Dig mogul engines as the Overland linn
tied slowly climbed the steep grades
between Salida and Marshall pass.
DO what she would, the w@Ian the
train crew had installed as nurse could
lot pacify the poor little waif. 1t had
been supplied with everything a baby
could be imagined to need or want
Indeed, the nurse had a suspicion
that this overattention and overfeed
'ng were what allied the infant in the
present crisis. Too much and too
many kinds of candy from people who
could think of no other way to show
heir interest had brought on collie.
Come back and see Pacifica, Bill"
aid the conductor to the engineer Of
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-08-18
Where to Beqin.

Look here" said the reforming hus-
band; 1--WE must have things arranged
in this house so that we shall know
just where everything is kept"
with all my heart" sweetly an
swered his wife, 'and let us begin with
your late hours, my love. ! should
very much like to know where they
are kept."-Stray Stories.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-08-18
Some Paw More.

The man was looking over the family
bills as his wife glanced through the
paper.
"Oh. john" she said, lit tells here
of a young fellow who was fined $6.Sc
for flirting"
That's cheaper than got off," re,
piled the man, his eye still on the
bills.-Philadelph Ledger.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-08-18

father was n Ger
man, and Thorn
ms was the fifth
of eleven chill
dren. At the age
of sixteen he
went to Albany,
y. V. where he
became n clerk in
a clothing store.
In the mean
tim @ his father
had experiment.
ed with Il formu-
la for the manu-
fAntttnA nF pvln
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-08-18
Very Different.

Mrs Bronson-My husband is plain
spoken. He calls spade spade. Mrs.
Woodson-So does mine, but must de-
cline to repeat what he calls the lawn
mower.-Boston Globe
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-08-18

lie through train when she finally
me to q stop on the cold but sun
owned height of the pass. "Pacifica's
bad way, Maybe you can quiet
kid. Nobody else can"
The trainmen had named the baby
'aci1ca" and adopted her as their
n when they wired the authorities
Los Angeles of the mothers death
d made arrangements for the in
nts care. "The little czarina," 'Ba-
offsky" and various other names
ID been suggested. But Cy Werner,
fireman. whom the engineer de-
.ibeG as n sort of bookish, sentimen-
3 cuss.' had insisted on "Pacifica"
the most appropriate name, and the
st had acquiesced. SO "Paciica" the
tie stranger was throughout the rest
the long journey.
AN right, Mr.. Barnes" said the big
gineer; IN be there directly"
and directly" when he had finished
fling 'er up and deposited the long
sed can in its place in the cab, he
'rted back along the train to where
little uncrowned queen lay yelling
full lung power, which was excel
t, and kicking and fighting like a
revolutlonist.
he engineers hypnotic presence
rked quick and marvellous results.
there, We little furreigner, wot's
matter?" he called out. dangling a
We above the improvised crib with
hand and catching diminutiye
* toe between the fingers of the
ar. "Wot's the mattery Don't Amer
suit ye nother?''
len he opened his eyes wide and
"Boo!" as he bent down low and
':ed into the blue depths of the big
IS.
)-o-ogle, oogle, goo, cool" said the
y as her cries suddenly ceased and
vide smile of delight spread itself
r her face.
think so myself" said the engi-
c, tickling Pacifca's fat chin with a
It finger.
ioo-goo-google gee" again re-
ked the baby, suddenly grasping
engineers long mustaches with
l hands and hanging on as though
pended In mldair.
Ouch, ye little terrorist" WINGED
engineer. while the ring Of by
ders roared.
ut the infantile crisis was passed.
with a that's the way to do it.
the man of the throttle and drive
eels went back to his seat in the
the conductor called "All aboardr'
the train resumed its journey to-
/ the sunset slope.
dey were showed in for a day be
reaching ogden, and Pacifica was
lost the sole diversion wherewith
storm bound community beguiled
slow hours. 4 stranger IN q far
ange land, she had more friends
she could we'll manage. though all
willing to be managed. The only
y on the train, her welfare was ap,
emily the one concern OF all.
legant, fur wrapped ladies brought
mites from the Pullman car buffet
please the child of poverty and mis-
tune. Dignified men of wealth anG
airs inquired anxiously as to the
lie ones comfort and wanted t
ow II there was anything they
aid do. A newly married couple
their honeymoon were effusively
ncitous. A titled somebody from
mewhere calmly adjusted his mono
and smiled grimly as he studied
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-08-18
An ADVANTAGE,

80 you prefer servants who speak
English imperfectly:"
Yes" replied The housewife. If |
don't understand what they say | am
not obliged to dismiss them so fire.
Ouently "-Eychanrp
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-08-18
Caustic.

The Girl-Whats your opinion of
women who initiate men? The Man
They're idiots. The Girl-Then the
Imitation is successful. - Cleveland
leader
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-08-18

the thrashing Of
his wheat from
fifteen acres.
"A II a." eX-
claimed the gov
err ." "Nr-'rr
ju st iu time. I'll
feed you oii II
you work. | need
hands just now
more than ! need
advice. Is it a
bargain?"
Sure" John
Swanger, bank
examiner, n n d
Mr.. Lee, insur-
q n c G commits
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-08-18


grease, but which the father could not
make commercial success. Later the
sons established small factory and
manufactured the grease for sale.
The business is now large and sue
cessful, and it is said that the Stand
ard OIL company once offered 100000
for the plant.
DR.. William T. Hornaday. who has
been engaged in a controversy with
Secretary Nagel over the destruction
of the seals on the Pribilof islands, be-
came the head of the New York Zoo
logical park because he was the one
man on the continent who ought
to be at its head, and he is staying
there for the same reason. He was
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-08-18
No Dancer of That.

frs. Stubbs-John, no true man will
oke up his wife's curtains. Mr.
bbs-I should say not. Anybody
smokes curtains would be a freak.
refer cigars.-Chicago News.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-08-18

You will see the name of Thomas L.
Uisgen of Massachusetts mentioned
frequently in the dispatches from now
on, for as president of the independ-
ent petroleum marketers he is going to
lead the fight that organization now
proposes to make against the Standard
Oil company. Mr.. Hisgen was born in
Petersburg. Ind. ON Nov. 90. 1873. His
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-08-18
Sketches
Of People
In Print
MAN who ia

: n MAN who ia
"A frequent
iy mentioned
these days as a
probable nominee
for vice president on
the d e m o era tic
ticket is Eugene N.
Foss of Massachu-
sets, the Democrat
who carried t b e
rock ribbed Repub-
Ii can Fourteenth
district of congress.
That victory has at
tr0cted wide attpD-
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-08-18

at the head of his class and with a
phenomenal record in all his classes.
How did You manage to do it," he
was once asked. To which he replied:
Il just worked. l knew what want
ed, and l just rolled up my sleeves and
worked to get it"
And it was by rolling up his sleeves
and working that brought his later
successes.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-08-18

Chile Votes Defense Fund.
The Chilean congress has voted S22,'
100000 for defense purposes.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-08-18

the assembly There's only two of
us"
That's all right, brother; that's all
right" assured Carroll. "It goes as
read Just you keep still. This is Il
large and respectable caucus, all right.
You're large and lam respectable"
And the resolution passed without
further dcmur.
The Indictment of Carroll is the out
growth of an investigation by the
grand jury of affairs mt the Iowa In
dustrial School For Girls at Mitchell
vile. 1t is alleged in the bill that the
governor made libelous statements con-
cerning John Cownie, former chairman
of the state board Of control, In an ar
ticle published in the Des Moines Cap
ital of May "a. In which the governor
set forth at length his reasons for de-
manding the resignation of Mr.. Cow
ME.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-08-18

tion to him in the past year, and 1t is
now believed that If he can keep him
self in the public eye he will be prac-
tically certain of place on the Demo-
cratic national ticket In 1912.
Foss is the sort of business man that
every politician welcomes into politics
until he gets In. It's on the level
with him. He doesn't care about being
elected-to hold an Office Is bound to in
terfere tremendously with n dozen or
so business enterprises-but he dearly
loves to fight. He Is Il dynamo in
breeches. He began life as a lumber
salesman and put n prohibitive tariff
on the pursuit of happiness for his
competitors. Finally he was taken
into the opposition firm, married the
opposition's daughter and has been
putting into practice number of high
ly original ideas ever since,
Why do some men succeed so tre-
mendously, while others Just plod
along and fail to get out of the rut ?
Well, take the case Of Lewis Nixon,
the famous shipbuilder, who has just
been appointed chairman of the COM
mittee for the betterment of steamship
service by the pan-American confer
ence.
At Annapolis Lew Nixon more than
"made good" In fact, he justified
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-08-18

II you imagine that a governor
doesn't know what real hard work is
you should visit the farm of the chief
executive of Missouri. When bunch
of politicians swooped down on Gov
ernor TIadley at his farm recently they
found him shy of hands and facing
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-08-18
Governors
In the
Linelight
. OVERNOR A

EItNoh n.
N o. Il B d r =
HART of Min
q a is holding
head pretty
his ,hese days.
And wonder.
Just think Of being
governor of a state
having SO much
cash in its treasury
that 1t probably
won't be necessary
to levy any taxes
In 1911! The situa-
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-08-18

sioner, responded gayly. Here's
where we make hit with the farm
ers"
The governor thrashed 155 bushels
from his fifteen acres, or ten bushels
to the acre. Finally Swanger had to
give up; 1t was too hot
The dinner of fried chicken was
dandy. This was where Swanger had
a chance to shine.