The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-28
AT THE HOTELS.

Railroad Company, who was seen at the
Raleigh last night Mr.. Sylvester is
member OF the auditing department OF
the company. and. with others OF that
division. Is visiting the various stations
and business offices of the road on his
annual auditing tour.
The increase in business is Slow
said Mr.. Sylvester, but it has every ia
dication of continuing and being Of a
healthy. normal growth-nothing spas
modic about it. This Is especially true
OF the freight-carrying business. and
that is where the railroad companies
make their money
Speaking OF President Taft, and the
legislation which he accomplished during
the session Just closed Mr. Sylvester
said that President Taft did not look
very promising at the beginning OF HIS
administration. or. in fact. until a few
weeks ago. but that review of the iegis-
lation by Congress showed that he had
been very successful. president Taft IN
the last few weeks has gained In popu-
larity considerably. and If looks now as
IL he will continue gaining the pubiies
confidence"
Mr.. Sylvester does not believe IN the
honesty of the present method OF nomi-
mating and electing the President Of the
United States He contends that the con-
vention's choice is picked beforehand by
a few of the leaders. He said that Gov.
Hughes, OF New York; Judge Gray, or
Gov. Johnson. of Minnesota. would have
made a good President, but that they
were not successful in securing the in
dorsement OF he powers-that-be.
Mayor Gaynor. of New York. Is the
best executive New York City has had in
many years. said Edmond Cougar
Brown. a patent lawyer of New York.
who was seen at the New Willard last
night. Mr.. Brown is here on patent busi-
ness. "Gaynor has made good in every
respect. and he has more friends now
than he ever had before, including even
those who opposed him in his own party
when be was put up as a candidate.
Great pressure Is being brought 10 bear
on Gov. Hughes TO withdraw his consent
10 go on the Supreme Court bench and be
a candidate for reelection to the gov
ernOTship.
1T is my personal belief that Gov
Hughes inclination lies along legal pur-
suits, ana that the Supreme Court billet
viii, therefore. be just according TO his
wishes do not believe that he viii &C
cede TO the wishes OF Col Roosevelt to
withdraw from the Supreme bench.
Much has been said in the past year
against Col Roosevelt. but my observa-
ton has convinced me that those who
were strongest in their denuneiation OF
some of his acts are coming around his
way
Richard C. Hearn, of Grimsby Eng
| land. who is at the Arlington, and who is
deeply interested in aeronautics. said last
night:
| zone of these days it may be brought
home to Us in unpleasant fashion that the
airship must be considered from the
naval as well as the military standpoint,
and then. perhaps. the authorities viii
come TO see the necessity of attaching an
! aeronauticaI section TO the naval as well
as TO the military forces In effect. we
ought to have one great aerostaticaI de-
partment, which would specialize in both
| branches of the work. one section being
devoted 10 military aeronautics, the other
to the creation of airships for coast de-
Tense, raid repelltng, and oversee work
Few people realize" continued Mr..
/ Hearn. how close Germany is to US as
/ the crow fiies-that is 70 say by aerial
/ routes-Dor have they calculated that the
/ distance now is well within the range
Of the Zeppelin airships. a direct run
/ Of 30 miles would bring German air
! ship from such point as AK lie Chap
| ellie TO SheeFness, and 800 miles may
be taken as a fair average distance for
| a German airship to travel In order TO
| reach many important strategic points in
| England, where at the present moment
| We have neither special guns nor air
| ships to meet them.
''The Zeppelin could make thirty miles
an hour on a calm day. or forty with
| ar assisting wind. Even with a ten
/ mile-an-hour offshore wind it could
average twenty miles on hour Let US,
for purposes of argument. assume the
mean speed to be only fifteen miles an
hour. and we find that the dirigible could
reach London, or Sheerness, or Dover
/ within twenty hours. AT a thirty-mile-
i an-hour speed the time would be but ten
hours; at twenty miles an hour it would
take fifteen hours
The soTtest sea route for a naval
raid on similar points would be more
| than $50 miles, and allowing a mean
speed OF twenty miles an hour, the time
to reach English shores would be more
than twenty-five hours, and twenty-four
hours might be taken as a very fair
average.
a naval raid could thus hardly be ac-
complished under twenty-four hours, and
would be detachable for at least half OF
that time. An aerial raid could be made
in ten hours at thirty miles an hour, IN
fifteen hours at twenty miles an hour,
and in twenty hours at a speed Of fifteen
miles an hour. The sirshiD could leave
its haPbor with absolute secrecy. could
cross the intervening space at a height
which would practically prevent its be-
ing observed. end quite cOnceivably
/ might only be detected when II actually
! came over it's objective. Fitted with
wireless telegraphy. it could flash back
| TO headquarters invaluable information,
| and even without making any attack il
could serve very useful purpose"
shows deep concern at the falling birth
rate and at the fact that the population
is actually decreasing" said Homer F.
Ducrot. of Rheims. France, at theArling-
ton, last night. IN twenty-five years,
they tell US. Germany win have double
the population of France. and in fifty
years the nation viii have Disappeared
unless. in the meantime. it be gobbled up
by its powerful and rapidly increasing
neighbor.
above all things" continued N. Du-
crot, ''the French people are logical.
Having become aware Of the danger.
| they have set to work to find a cause
One of these causes is the cOmplexity OF
marriage laws in France. Persons are
deferred from entering wedIoek, especial
~ persons of the poorer classes because
of its difficulty. Until a couple Of years
ago the law demanded a formidable ar
ray OF papers before a young man and
a young woman could be Joined in matri-
mony. The consent Of the parents had 10
be obtained in writing; there were birth
certificates, and certificates Of residence,