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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-08-21
IS LET
FOR ST. MATTHEW'S
Mgc. Lee, Rector. A ranges for In
pTOVements TO Cost $4,000
on Church Structure.

Determined that the new St Mat
thew's Church shall be one Of the hand
sou,est structures OF its kind in the
city, Mgr Thomas : Lee rector. has
closed a contract with Pennock Bros,
Of Philadelphia, for improvements on
the church and reCtory, 10 COs- SIl5.00o-
The plans for the Improvements were
drawn up by LaFarge and Morris. Of
New York, and call Tor the coustruc-
ton Of the dome. the nave OF the chap
e., the facade, the sacristy, the chapel
Of the Sacred Heart, and the chapel OF
the Blessed Virgin When completed.
the church VIII have a frontage Of 1ss
feet on Rhode Island avenue. with q
large court in the west as well as in
the north
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-08-21
SEES HOPE OF ESPERANTO
BEING TAKEN UP HERE
Founder Believes american People Will Soon Realize
Advantages of Univers al Language for Use In
Diplomacy, Science and Commerce

"Gis Ia revido''-"Untu we meet
again"
This was the farewell made today to
the American Capital by the parting
foreign delegates TO the sixth interna-
tionaI congress Of the Worlds AssO-
Citations OF Espcrantists
By tonight there viii be only q few
lingerers from the countries over the
seas left in the city. including Dr.
Ludwig J. Zamenhof the captain OF
the ship the founder OF the inter
national language
As a farewell courtesy, DR. Zamen-
hof today consented TO give an inter-
view by means OF an Interpreter. As
DR.. Zamenhof does not speak English.
though he is a profound student OF
its composition, he has up to this time
KEEP rather in the background and this
is ths first interview given by him 10
the newspaper
The founder Of Esperanto is little
nan with a world OF whis6ers that
dart ferOciOusly to all points Of the
compass But his eys have a twinkle
that belle the derceness Of those
mighty whiskers. When the inter-
prefer, the reporter, and the scholar
we're comfortably seated. Dr. Zamenhof
crossed one short leg over the other
and whirIed away in q maze Of bur
ring rs and whtstIing IS. He was
speaking EsperantO--the simplest
language in the world"
i am well pleased with your coUn-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-08-21

try-oht very well pleased I see a
great future for Esperanto here. But
Americans, as they are practical and
industrious, are a very prudent people
They do not jump at anything until
they are certain that IL is meTitOriOus.
This is the first time that you
people have had a real opportunity 10
try out Esperanto as an international
that Il IS practical. that your prudence
IS satisfied. your industry viii cause
Esperanto to progress more rapidly
Ilan IN the other countries so that IN
a short while i expect Esperanto 20 De
on an equal footing IN America with
its standing in other countries.
your commerce VIII prove the great
in America. 1t IS certain that com
mercialism VIII carry Esperanto into
this country before long. particularly
in your trade with central and eastern
Europe. where English is little spoken.
1t is said so much that in Europe
every one speaks so many languages
that q universal language is not need
ed but 1 find that there is a continual
attempt there 70 force the language OF
the bigger nations upon the smaller
ana therefore there Is great jealousy
among the people OF the smaller COum-
tries who fear that their national
tongue win be lost
with Esperanto this IS not So II
is an auxiliary language and IS to re-
place no national language It is 20
be the language Of diplomacy and sci
ence and commercialism-
And so as your commerce with
other nations grows. Esperanto VIII
be more needed here and viii spread
quickly
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-08-21
Effective Remedy for the Skin
Zelmos Gives Permanent Relief From
Skin Eruptions and Disfgurements.

Science has at last given US a 1o-i-
cal and effective remedy for skin
diseases ZelmOs. the new prpuara-
tion, is a salve which Is readily alb
Sorbed by the skin and leaves no OBJ
1ectiOnable trace Of any kind Zef-
mos Is marvellous in aIIayinE irrita-
ton and itching, while the worst
cases Of Eczema. Psoriasis, pfrnpIes
BARRIERS Itch, etc. disappear as II
by magic from the use OF this won
derful remedy It gives almost in
slant relief from Sunburn, Chatting
and PrICkly Heat
In connection with Zeimos SaTve
there have been prepared ZG-rcnE
Tablets, for internal use These tab
lets contain the most effective bsoCd
purifying agents. in combination
with Well-k1OVn vegetable laxarives
IN most minute Quantities This IN
ternai remedy acts fully in harmony
with ZeimOs SaIve for external use
and the result is a most effective
remedy for all skin diseases.
ZelmoS can be purchased from
ODOnnelIS Drug Store. PeopTe-s
Pharmacy, or any druggist price. %
cents per box or 81 per large Jar
<elmOs Tablets, soc per box of fifty
tablets Sample Of Zelmos SaIve viii
be sent free, on request BIZ F-avIC
Laboratories, Marbridge BuiIdfne
New York
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-08-21
GIRL BEARING CROSS
TO HEART OF AFRICA
Stone Designed fo- Fiance's Grave
By Scotch NoIleman'S
Daughter.
Daughter

LONDON. Aug "a journey from
England 10 central Africa. that she may
erect q marble cross on tie grave Of her
dead sweetheart. was begun today by
Miss Macleod. daughter Of Sir Reginald
Macleod, under secretary for Scotland
Miss AIacLeOd-s fance was Lieut.
BOyd AleNandcr, who was murdered ley
a native near Abeshr last April. Alex
snder's body was recovered and buried
at Maifoni, a British post near Lake
Chad
Miss MacLeOd-S journey VIII require
seven months, and has never been ac-
compiiS he'd By a white woman. She viii
travel -OJ-t 800 miles Up the Niger river
and then about 500 miles across one Of
the widest sections Of africa
Friends tried 10 iiSsuade Ter from
such a perilOUs though romantic pill
e1iuage- but IN vain she Is taking The
marble cross with her
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-08-21
HOME WEEK BEGINS
IN NEW HAMPSHIRE
Dedication Of Buildings TO
Mark Celebration In
Three Towns.

CONCORD. N H Aur. --Nev-
Hampshire, originator OF -OId Home
Week observance, entered unou its
twelfth annual celebration or that
unique festival TODAY
In addition To tbs usual features. this
years old home week VIII be notable
for three interesting Gedications Pub
lie Libraries IN AIstead and Hudson.
and a sci o,i building in Pi1tsfeId viii
be dedIca, ed The AIstead library. one
o. the most beautiful structures in She
State. IS tire Eift Of Nj and Mrs John
G. Shedd, Of Chicago, in memory OF
their parents, who were residents OF
AIstead-
The Pittsheld building is also a me-
mortal gift from former Governor and
Ms Hiram A T'uJtle for Jheir deceased
daughter. CiaT. Folsom.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-08-21
IRISH WANT LINERS
TO STOP AT ISLAND
Delegation Coming 10 Confer With
Postmaster General
Hitchcock.

The delegation Of distinguished Irish
visitors which VIII leave Queenstown on
September - for New York 20 confer
with Postmaster General Hitchcock On
the subject or the stopping o. the
Cunard liners at Queenstown Is expect
ed TO arrive IN Washington about the
first Of October
The delegate viii probably remain
for some time in Washington and kill
include the lord mayors OF Dublin and
Belfast and prominent members OF sew
MERGE
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-08-21
PLANNING INQUIRY
OF TUG SMASHING

VALLEJO. Cal Aug PIT is thought
today that court Of inquiry VIII in
VeSJlEate the smashing or the tug Una
dills by the armOreG cruiser South Da-
koId. which went aGTift here yesterday.
The accident happened at the Mare
Island Navy Yard. where the cruiser
broke from her mcOrInSsr drif<eG in
near the travelling crane. smashed the
pilinES, and then Coilided with the tue
which was moored at the sea wall.
smashing three holes in the tugs side
The cruiser then ran aground
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-08-21
OPPOSES DEATH PENALTY.

MYSTIC, Conn., Aus. 2.-CapitaI pun
iShuent has been denounced bv the
convention % the Connecticut Associa-
ton Of the International Peace Society.
The liquor business also fell under the
ban OF resolutions drafted EeSterIqv-
and legislation is recommended 10 eIiuI-
nate IT
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-08-21
His Efforts TO Secure Thirty
day Vacations Are Being
Hindered.
POLITE WARNING
TO ASSOCIATIONS
Unless They Desist In Opposing
Department Plans Men Will
Be the Losers

Letter carriers Of the Baltimore, Bos-
ION, Philadelphia, and other big post
Offices, who have complained that POST
master General Hitchcock effected a
large part Of mis- savings last year by
CurJailinS their vaca ton substitutes, are
iu danger Of LOSING a friend in the
Postmaster General
THIS was the intimation given out at
The POstOfhcc Department today For
more than a year Mr. Hitchcock mas
S%en working upon a plan which would
giy@ the carriers a fun months vaca-
ton each year instead OF two weeks. as
at present He has met with OpuOsi
uou- yet he has persisted
To enter q protest Just now. therefore.
on the score that the carriers have been
required to double Up" on their work
in order 10 secure VaCdtf-l Is Cdicu-
lated. postal officials say, TO discourage
the Postmaster General ia his effort to
place the carriers upon the same foot
ing with the other postal employees in
80 far az vacations are concerned.
Works No Hardship.
IF he should succeed in the movement
10 allow letter carriers a thirty-day va
cation each year instead OF the two
weeks period, no hardship would be
worked upon those carriers who were
left behind TO do the work Of tie ab-
sent ones. the officials say
Under the civil service rules carriers
cannot he compelled 10 work more than
eight hours a day, and that Is all the
work they VIII be expected to do under
any system which may Be adopted II
The mail deliveries are Hight. as IN the
past and as during the present summer
season. carriers viii be expected 10
cove extra territory while their asso-
GATES are OF leave, but IN no case er-sII
they be assigned 10 work longer than
eight hours. This is the assurance Of
TIE postal nfncIaIs-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-08-21
WHERE THE LEAP CAME IN.

Fair arFival-But why do they call
this uupicturesQue spot under a
scTaEE- tree Lovers LeaD2-
Her friend-F'robab bly, because Won
cant sit here i've minutes without a
caterpillar dropping down your neck.
Boston Transcript
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-08-21
4 8eanz.zzk C0mBLexlon
IN Ten Days
hadfnoIa
CREAM
Complexion
Beautdier

NADINOLA banishes Tan. Sailowne ss.
Freckles. Pimples. Liver Spots and
other facial discOlOratiOus. Worst
case IN 20 days Rids pores and It's
sues Of impurities, leaves the skin
clear soft, and healthy. Directions
and guarantee in each package 50
cents and Si00 BY Toilet Counters OF
Mail
NATIONAL TOILET co. Pzyis. Tenn.
Sold by Peoples Pharmacy, Henry
Evans ana high-Class Toilet Counters
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-08-21
Estimates Already Prepared
for 1o11-12 Rivers and
HarbOrS Bill.
FIGURES TO BE CUT
TO THE VERY BONE
Brig. Gen. Bixby DiscOurages Agi-
tation for Big Appropriations.
Fears for Measure.

Il is learned that estimates for river
and harboT improvements for the year
19II-I912 contemplating expenditures az
Eregatine S50O03,009 have already been
submitted TO the Chief Of Engineers OF
the Army And the end is not ret.
These estimates are prepared by army
engineers IN charge OF particular dis
tricts. and are made Up fC- the purpose
OF giving the board OF engineers in
charge Of waterways improvements q
general knowledge Of each project upon
which work is TO be done or Is now
icing done
When all the estimates have been re-
ceived and the board goes through them
q revision IS made and the whole batch
Is sent on 10 the House and Senate
committee charged with the ConSidera-
ton of waterways appropriations II
is upon these estimates that the rivers
and haTb1Ts bills are based
Estimates To Be Cut.
Many Of these estimates are out Of
al proportion to the merits OF the pro-
jects involved, and as a result they are
"cut 10 TIE bone by the engineer
board This Is done ia order 10 keep
down appropriations and TO attract at
teutiOa 10 the meritOriOUs projects
With S59glBGl1 already asked fOr il
the estimates and half that much mora
10 come. il VIII be a difficult matter 70
hold the next rivers and harborS Dill
down as demanded by the President
when he consented to sign the last bill
He sent word 10 Congress then that ne
would never sign another OH OF the
character OF that before him at that
time
Bris- Gen. William H Bixby, chief OF
engineers, GiSCOuraEeS all agiI2JOrs IN
favor Of enormous sums for waterways
improvements He Is fearful chat any
effort 20 pass a bill carrying big total
viI result disastr0usly. Speaking OF
this matter the general says
Newspapers Can Help.
Newspapers can aid immensely in the
preparation OF the next river and hsr-
Dor bill by urging conservative esti-
mates for projects. a yearly Tiver AMI
harbOr bill IS greatly 10 be desired. but
II the newspapers insist upon their par
Uicular locality getting all that the most
enthusiastic advocate OF waterways i'm
pTovemeutS desires. the bill Wi become
so large that its passage Is out of the
question
Vow that the committees Of Coueress,
dealing with waterways have gone on
record as favCriHE a yearly river and
harbor bill II helooyes the people and
the press 10 counsel conservative ap-
prpOriatious 10 the end that the bill
will clearly establish the yearly pTin-
ciple OF rivers ard ha-bOTs budget
IT the bin is loaded down with pro
visions FOR the Improvement OF this
river and that canal. and if it fails to
carry out the SJ-EEeStlOrS made by the
President during the closing DAYS OF
Congress. ] fear for its passage.
What We need now, more than any
one thing N waterway legislation is Il
conservation appropriation bIii- Iudici-
OUSly prepared with view Of yearly
appropriations so that the notable pro-
Jects may De completed within a reason
able time
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-08-21
Works No Hardship.
Standing In Own WAY

Several Of tIe carriers associations
nave found fault with the Postmaster
General because he reduced the allow
auce in various offices for substitute
carriers during vacation season. These
protests have come 10 the attention Of
the y ruartmeut and resulted IN The
SL--- ton that the carriers rnTgnr no
stT-r1 * fl their own light by a0ra-c-
LrzinE the Postmaster General
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-12

buildings on the hill win then be as
completely divorced from the district
system as though they were isolated
on the Sandwich islands.
The plant is generally referred to as
the million dollar plant" 1t will cost
almost that before it is ready to run.
1t will furnish light, heat and power
to the capitol, the library of congress,
the house and senate office buildings
and to the new supreme court build
ing when that is built. Probably the
marine hospital the coast and geode-
tic survey and the botanic gardens
will be hitched up with the system
when it is completed. The plant has
been so built that it can carry the
whole load with something to spare.
CAPACITY BEYOND DEMAND
That is the only criticism that has
been made to the plant, namely, that
1t is too good. But the virtue of the
arrangements Is that it will be equal
to any call that is made on 1t without
ever going to the limit of its present
capacity.
The big plant is just south of the
capitol, about half way between the
building and the river Under the
ground and running from the plant
itself to the river bank there are two
big pipes, one a four-foot sewer of con-
crete and the other a thirty-six-inch
castiron pipe.
The sewer, entirely Independent of
the district system, enters the river.
The iron pipe, which is, as it were,
the main artery of the system, runs
from the basement of an inconspicu-
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-12

scale is set the pressure of button
prints on card the weight of the car
and its load.
Then the bottom of the car is opened
and the coal drops down to the base
ment of the plant. The weight OF the
empty car is printed on the card, also
giving the weight of the load of coal.
When the load has dropped to the
basement it passes through a machine
like a stone crusher, that reduces all
the coal to a uniform size. Thence 1t
is thrown on an endless chain of buck
cts that carry it up to the coal storage
loft in the top of the plant.
There it is dropped on an endless belt
that distributes it to the coal hoppers.
From there ii Is shot into the feeders
without having been touched by hand
since it left the coal car.
INTERLoCKING DEVICES
These automatic hoppers and stokers
are a revelation in themselves. They
have an interlocking device so that a
hopper above the stoker cannot be filled
till 1t has been entirely emptied into
the stoker.
Also the hopper registers its con-
tribution to the stoker so that at the
end of twenty-four hours the engineer
can tell just how much coal has been
fed to each boiler and how they COM
pare in efficiency.
The steam pipes, leading from the
boilers to the engines are almost as
complicated as the moves on chess
board, so that any set of four boilers
can send steam to any engine, the
valves being arranged like the stops on
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-12
PARROTS TALK GAINS
ADMISSION FOR ALIEN

NEW YORK. June 11.--Mrs. Fillipa
Cartorio, who had arrived from Italy
on the steamer San Giorglo, passed
through the runway at Ellis Island to
undergo the catechism of the registry
clerk. She was bound for Easton, Pa,
where she formerly resided. She said
she had lived in this country twenty
four years, but had gone back to Italy
during the hard times two years ago.
"Do you speak English?" inquired
the clerk.
mo, signor I no speaka da Eeng-
leesh," she replied.
That's very stranger" said the in
spector. "You say you lived in this
country twenty-four years and yet you
can't speak English? This looks sus-
picious."
The clerk was about to indorse her
card IS. L." meaning special inquiry"
when he heard a voice say hoarsely:
Hello. Cut that out. Cut that out"
Isl signor," said Mrs. Cartorlo. "He
speaka da Eengleesh." She drew off
a cloth from a cage which she carried
and disclosed a large green parrot.
"Cut that out" came from the cage.
"All right" said the inspector. Your
parrot speaks English. That shows
you have been in this country, as you
say. Pass on. You're admitted"
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-12

Gus little house out over the water to
the main plant, a thousand yaros
away.
This iron pipe takes the weter from
the river for conducting purposes ana
boiler feed. 1t is supplied with three
centrifugal pumps down below tide lev
ell. When the full head of water is
driven up to the plant 1t carries one
and one-half million gallons of water
an hour.
The little house is built of brick and
concrete, with the piles reaching far
below the river bed. 1t is a manless
station. When the motors are put In
position the house con be locked up
as tight as a tin can and the whole
system-for taking in water and chang
ing from the use of one intake to the
other-can all be controlled from the
power plant a mile away.
DESCRIPTION OF PLANT
The plant itself is an unpretentious-
looking light brick and stone building
with two stacks, each 212 feet high,
towering above it, But it is the heart
of the whole system for the light, heat
and power of the big buildings 1t will
serve.
Down under the street there is an
aggregate of 5000 feet of concrete tun-
mel, high enough for a man to walk
upright, and carrying besides a big
steam pipe that runs to each of the
several buildings that are being sup
piled. one can walk underground from
the power plant into the basement of
the library, the capitol or either of the
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-12

office buildings without even going into
the open air.
The thing that will strike the layman
most forcibly about the big steam pipe
is that allowance has been made for its
getting longer or shorter with the heat
and cold. 1t is almost as thick as a
mans body, but at every 250 feet there
is steam-tight expansion joint that
will take care of any elongation of the
big pipe. This joint is packed so that II
Is steam tight. It has a smooth inner
surface that can slide back and forth
and allow for a foot of variation in
the section of the pipe line 1t Is set to
guard.
FOUR BIG TURBINES
Up above the pipe tunnel in the body
of the power house there is a set of
four big Parson turbines that run the
plant They take steam at a pressure
of It's pounds. Each of the four is of
1000 kilowats capacity, so that the
whole battery will generate 5000 kilo-
watts
The battery of boilers that supplies
power to the engines and heating sys-
tenn consists OF sixteen 600-horsepower
boilers with automatic stokers at
tached. Up in the roof of the boiler
house there is storage capacity for 1000
tons of coal
This is brought to the side of the
building and weighed on a section of
railroad track connected with a big
scale inside. In little metal pocket in
front of this scale bar there Is room
for card to be dropped. When the
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-12

an organ, so that any combination can
be played in case of a temporary break
down of any part of the plant.
But the provision against accident
does not stop there. In the ground floor
there is a big storage battery room with
a capacity of 1900 amperes. If the whole
of the plant should stop working Tor
any reason the storage battery would
be thrown on automatically and the
lights. machine shop and cranes would
run off the batteries so that repairs
could be made.
This automatic switch Is an ingenious
arrangement. So long as the plant is
working the current holds up the switch.
But If for any reason the current dies
down, the magnetism of the switch is
destroyed and the contact falls through
the space of about an inch and puts the
storage battery into service.
OF course IL the plant burned down
or was blown up with dynamite the
lights In the capitol would go out, But
short of such an accident 1t does not
appear that anything is going to inter-
rupt the illumination.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-12
TEST BIC PLANT
ON CAPITOL HILL
New System of Lighting and
Heating Capitol at Washing
ton Is Immense
COST NEARLY A MILLION
Mechanical Completeness Mar
veIous-Light Generated
if Boilers Fail
COST NEARLY A MILLION

Testing out has begun at the new
light. heat and power plant that will
supply the federal buildings on Capitol
hill, Washington
Within a few weeks-the time has not
vet been definitely set-the new million
dollar plant will be working. The big
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-12

An almost totally bald gentleman,
dining one day in restaurant. called
out in anger. Waiter, there's a hair
in my soupl"
The waiter was a tactful man and
he replied "Ah, re magneficent hair.
Undoubtedly from monsieur's head"
And the much hattered diner smiled
blandly and remarked, "Ah, well, ac-
eidents will happen!"-Human Life.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-05-25
CHRONICLE MEN
LIKE THE ISLANDS

J. d. Van BaaIen, who has been il
the Islands in charge Of the Hawaiian
Development Edition Of the San Fran
cisco Chronicle, leaves today on the
Wilhelmina for the mainland Mr. Van
Baalen has nothing but praise for the
Hawaiian Islands, He says:
- have visited every plantation
and point of interest on the islands of
Oahu, Hawaii, Maui and Kauai, and
these are certainly garden spots. Labor
conditions are far different than have
previously been reported on the main
land. The scenery is not surpassed
anywhere IN the world, and the people
are most hospitabIe
1.-The development edition of the
Chronicle will acquaint thousands on
the mainland with the virtues of the
Hawaiian Islands as a health and pleas
ure resort, and it is hoped the edition
will result in bringing many tourists
to the Islands.
"The business interests have accord
ed me the most courteous and liberal
treatment and it is my sincere hope
that | may return to the Hawaiian
Islands. at some future date, in the in
terest of the Chronicle