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Two WESTERNERS
| Run AFOUL FISTS
| Of HOTEL CLERK
Eonners and Christopher Leave
Wives at Hotel Belmont
and Go Sight Seeing.
FIND WAY TO ROYAL.
ACTIONS Displease Clerk Laft,
They Wind Up in Court
~ and Pay $40 Fines.
FIND WAY TO ROYAL

NW TIN Ar,ttcs ~ pt.ht ai.rL d, Nas.i
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~'."o ~ "o''ei Vi su'" " 'o
uuon 10 "e a"'e 10 tahe care OF MIN
Set under any and all adverse condl-
lions. Evidence that David Laft.
4ight clerk or the Hotel Royal IN
Thirs avenue. near Fourteenth street,
u well quipped In that respect was
Furnished by the appearance In York
yiile Police Court to-day OF James j.
Conners and Alfred Christopher. min
ng men. from Seattle. Wash.
H ~. Conners. who IL aid to have
tihed two men In the far Northwest.
va q tattered and CORY spectacle. His
heef was bandagej. his features were
s1ispfAc ed and what attire he stlll pos
.sesssd WAS beyond repair. Mr.. Chris.
topnsr. OH IA Of a more re.erv.a Ala.
1870. g.. "a. .u-.. -
N" =" -.
~ uoe'oo .Ao''o's, was MOI oaoiy
mefred' out ne looked IKE relevant evil
1soce OF a hard night.
III = Out 70 See the Sights.
II Appears that Mr.. Conner, and Mr..
<btStopher. leaving their .nou.e, a,
ne rAotsi Belmont. Jared forth 10 see
Che sights last night. Early morning
found them enjoying the dangerous
music. reaned conversation and scin.I-
I, NJ comma nionsb,n ,ha, ,revaII. IN ,ho
~. =, ~ r.ow.. ss..n., -. 49,
Una 's,".'' "'' '"'
s'reet from IA"'many nan
FROM shsrkeys the two visitors from
Fnesttle wandered to the Hotel Royal.
Subsequently sounds of conflict, shrieks,
tyel,s and thuds reached the ears OF Po.
S,c.u.r xoh,.r Who v.s NJ, his hea,
IN~.-.. -, 49,. =.
eo.p'o vi y" go
Foho"'hs inc SOUNDS 10 tner source
%oehier INVADED the Hotel Royal lie
found the visitors from Seattle sore be-
ketf Mr.. Christopher was In a corner
hhielalnr himself with a chair. Mr..
Eonpers vas hidden from view by wait.
Ira and other hotel employees who were
Snsaeed in mau..ne him.
Following the naturally pacific bent
n. an experienced cop. Koehler rescued
khe tvo Visitors from Seattle ana ad-
ki.e6 them 10 he on their way. Mr.
S~-onoer, therrunon waved indignant.
ht.f.s,6 M New YORK con couId ho.s
s,,rs ana es.aved 10 forciblv pluck
k,oehier,. ,h,e,d from his blouse.
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blood. IL now reported to be practically
beyond the danger point. Her husband
who cares for their nine little children.
could not say enough In expression OF
his gratitude to the modest young
doctor.
Dr. Savage shows no signs OF the
drain made on his vitality.
The evening world., 1911-05-17
HER LIFE SAVED BY
NTERNE'S SACRIFICE.

Mrs. Sarah wynn. 10 ave whose
life at the Volunteer Hospital, No. %
Gold street. a young inferno. Dr. Arthur
j. Savage. gave n quart of his "
The evening world., 1911-05-17
PROF. HAEckEL BREAKS HIP

JENA. Germany. May T.-Ernst Helm
bicf Haeckel. the famous mAterislist.
who II professor Of zoology at the uni
ikersity here. broke his hip bone yester-
l4ay. He was standing on a stool reach
Ing for q book on a high shelf when the
Aeel broke.
Because OF his advanced age, Prof
Heeckel being seventy-seven. the acci-
oeAt VIII 20 hard with him.
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Just about $50 high-grade Suits in this season
~favorite styles and best materials, from manufacture
tailors of national reputation. The materials are ne
browns, tans and grays, including also a liberal shown
of plain and fancy blues and pin stripes. While eac
variety is not complete in sizes, the entire assortmer
provides a fit for all men of SO to 5O-inch chest measure
Mostly three-piece suits, but some are coat-anc
trouser suits. All now SIS. 80 a suit. Fourth Flo,
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they can still be seen today; ii was like
having money in the bank. Mr.. Edison
could draw on his mares and colts any
day. The altitude was favorable and
running the range kept their feet in bet
ter condition than pasture.
And now you are in Paris" i said
ut was an ideal life-for those who
love solitude and meditation sixty miles
from railroad" he laughed. Il want
ed to travel and see things This Is my
FIRST trip to France
No doubt Mr. Edson-now with his as
sociates, Frank Brown and James Hem
dry from Carlton Oreg.-did raise re-
markabe draft horses in high attitudes
in Nevada: and II was admitted by sew
eral OF the buyers present that I'm certain
parts OF the northwest. as in Oregon it
self, breeds have become much perfected.
What we have ourselves raised pre-
vents our admiring indiscriminately all
the draft horses we see In France" said
MI Edison. Certainly there are mag
nfhcent Percherons in France but Amer
tea is draining on their best: prices arc
high. and 1t takes an expert TO buy. Bel
GUM combats draining by giving a pre-
MUM even to registered mares. The re-
suit Is that L saw one man refuse S2O,0p1
for four Belgian mares. Think OF THAR
What is this famous Belgian pre-
MUM asked
The Belgian premiums are a five-year
term spoke up the encyclopedia young
Graham. The government gives the
owner Of a registered stallion SI25 Der
year for five years, paid annually. To
keep him in the country. If the animal
goes out before the term the owner has
to refund all the annual Dremj,ImS Ia no.
received. At the end OF the five years hs
keeps the 5000, and may sell or register
once again. L refer to stations In serv-
ice. They have TO be passed by a gov
eminent board. AS to their best mares.
they simply won't sell them
The young editor of Kansas City had
been sitting silent and attentive, seeking
only to give truth a chance
Young as he looks, Mr.. Graham has
been fifteen years a stockman, and ha,
visited every locality In the world whera
draft horses are raised. His second study
is systematic horse-oreeding 1 got ont
OF him that American mares are not pro-
ducing as many colts IN the United States
as they did twenty-five years back
about one mare out OF each three
bred, actually produces a living colt
that arrives to be weaned the rest die"
he said. regretfully, soberly. II recently
made a test on one thousand barren
mares scattered over the central part OF
the United States. to ascertain the reason
that so many are failing to produce The
exact results Will be given later, but the
general cause seems to be a germ infec-
ton. Now. thing like that could not
grow up unknown In France or Bel
gium.
He sighed and shook himself.
Heart up!' he said. We're young"
STERLING HELLO. !,
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ribbon of the Legion of Honor. No
Frenchman can be admitted who has not
for fifteen years practiced agr culture or
functions directly attached thereto"
Solemn exceptions are provided for rare
services to the whole agriculture Of
France, as of inventors, scientists and ex-
pIorers. Pasteur had it for his discovery
OF the anthrax serum Mr.. Singmaster
has it for his long career as an apprecia-
tor of Percherons. l asked him why we
let the South Americans take the prize
winners from under our noses.
The South Americans bid 5000 and
$4,000 for q single horse. said Mr.. Sing
master. We have to let them go. We
cannot sell them. You see Argentine has
established a haras for one thing-a gov
eminent stud service.
Which our government will never do?"
II think not
Would it not be a good thing for the
United States government to establish a
draft horse haraS?' / asked.
AT the present moment, certainly.
Anything to increase the hish-class draft
horses In the United States. We are
short of good stations and even worse
short OF good mares, and they are get
ting SO high over here that you cannot
buy mares for less than 500 or $500
apiece. In some localities Of America
they do not know what good draft
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Different types of grains Of smoke
less powder for twelve-inch guns and
six-pounders. The large grains are for
the twelve-inch guns. and the one-cent
piece will give an idea of the size.
ship which can shoot straightest and
make the greatest number of telling hits
in a given period Of rapid firing. To this
end the work of finding ways to save
small fractions of a minute goes on at
Indian Head. and naturally some risks
must be run and some guns imperiled in
testing these facilities.
Six years ago the bureau OF ordnance
tried to shorten the loading time by form
ing the powder units into a fagoted
charge, which did facilitate quicker ham
ding. and a twelve-inch gun was as
signed for the experimental work Shortly
after the test began the entire muzzle and
part of the chase Of the rifle was blown
off while trying out the modified powder
charge. No one was hurt. and two very
that powder of that form could not be
used with safety in our guns and, sec
ondly, that the other 4O-caliber twelve
inch rifles In service were not strong
enough near the muzzles to withstand
any abnormal action on the part Of the
powder In common use. This led at once
to a reduction in the full service charge
for all similar guns then on sfipboard,
and thus an accident at Indian Head
probably prevented more serious conSe-
GuenceS in the fleet.
One Of the most useful weapons at In
an Head has been an eight-inch rifle
which blew its muZZle off while at target
practice some years ago. After its mis-
hap the gun was sent to the naval gun
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horse is They do not see any, especially
in the far west and south. In Kansas,
Iowa, Nebraska and Illinois we are get
ting educated. Evidently it is to the
farmers advantage to raise geldings that
sell from $500 to 800 each. 1t does not
cost any more to feed a good horse than
q scrub
The transatlantic passage OF these val
liable animals costs more than lady S
first-class cabin and the extras run
higher than the average mans tips.
wine bill and poker playing.
Young Samuel Bell. who Is in Paris
with his Uncle William of Worcester.
Ohio. was telling me about their special
lines and luxurious accommodations. he
was just from the Brussels show, where
he had been impressed by seeing NJ.
Dumont wealthy Belgian fancier, offer
$4,000 for a three-year-old sorrel Bel
gian stallion after he had won first in
his class.
They are just common French and
Belgian farmers" said Mr.. Bell. Often
professional breeders buy from farmers
They break the young horses at two years
old and use them right along In their
farm work. But they feed them and
take good care Of them and thoroughly
develop them. If one does not look good
they sell him to an omnibus company.
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distance. This ranging is now carried
through wider arc than was the prac-
tice prior to our war with Spain, because
our present weapons mounted on ship
board have a bombarding reach of fully
twelve miles when their muZzles are ele-
waited twenty degrees.
A very careful procedure Is followed in
this work of ranging Nothing is taken
for granted In the hombproof, just
back of the battery the powder-looking
like perforated bits of horehound. candy
is thoroughly mixed and weighed with
the utmost precision and then packed in
bags just before the firing begins. This
is done so as to reduce to minimum
any variations in velocity that may be
due to changes in the propellant since it
was itself "proofed.''
The gun Is next laid or elevated at
the required angle, starting at one de-
gree and working upward. and pointed
at fixed mark, and then fired over the
river range Observers are stationed at
different points where they can follow
the flight of the shell and not the point
where it falls and in a general way the
angle of incidence with the water
This latter factor is now only imper-
fectly known, but it is one of the ele-
ments which bear Importantly on the
penetrative powers Of the shot under
battle conditions.
This was one of the objects in the re.
cent firings against the old battleshiI
Texas, and the lessons learned then are
being guarded jealousy by our nava
officials. Much that has appeared il
print regarding that famous target prac
tice should be taken with more than ont
grain of salt. Other things that are OBJ
served at the time of the ranging of thu
gun are the position of the weapon above
tide level in order to establish a prope,
zero or starting point for the measure
ments. the state Of the barometer, the
atmospheric temperature and the direc
ton and the force OF the wind.
When possible, calm weather is pre-
ferred for this work. After each sho
the gun is elevated one more degree and
p. it's position accurately established BY
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The noting o

All try to have the best that they can
buy"
How is it that they can have such
good horaes?" l asked.
BY keeping the good and wedding out
the poor ones. They have been at it hum
dreds Of years. said young Bell, en-
Enthusiastically. These heavy draft horses
are really a development of the old battle
horse Of the middle ages, which had to
carry it's master clad in armor, the
horse itself being also armored."
They all came back in admiration to
the $4,000 offered by NJ. Dumont for the
sorrel Belgian stallion and refused by the
owner.
The owner figures that he can make
40 per cent per year on that price out OF
him as sire said Frank S. West OF
Wood River, Neb
But now doomed up a greater hero, the
cynosure of neighboring eyes ford and
courteous Belgian nabob, the famous
fancier, Paul Nerinckx Of Bal. Brabant.
Slender, erect, decorated, with short au-
burn side whiskers defying the breezes
Of the morning, rudy and alert, he en-
joyed his fame with evident satisfaction.
That man Nerinckx offered $4,000 for
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GIANT DRAFT HORSES ENIGRATE FROM FRANCE TO UN

before he is shown at from ZOO to- So, 90
Il speak only OF show horses, not merely
fine breeding stallions). The same show
horse, after he has gained a prize, will
sell between $500 and $4,000"
Americans will not pay these prices?"
1 asked.
The American purchaser declines to go
above 5000, even for the finest show
horse. That has been the history Of the
business. 1t is stated that a Monsieur
Tacheau had stallion which was
first Ill the four-year-old class last winter
and gained first at Charities June !.
Should you buy this horse now 5000 is
the price; but should you wait and the
horse also receive first prize at this Paris
show his price will have risen to 5000
That is the way it goes
Why the race continues so much better
in France Is simple. America has not
enough good sireS.
''if the state Of Iowa should receive
200 full-blooded imported stallion colts,
3Oo of them would go on the stand" said
Mr. Kirk.
"Out Of 900 raised In the Perche not
one-third are selected to be used as sires.
They take the pick; the rest go into har
ness. The other day a French dealer
showed me thirteen Percheron stations;
not one of them was fit. Had they been
In America all would have gone into serv-
ice.
What we lack in America is size and
bone" said J. Hayden Of haywood stock
farm. indianapolis. There have been too
many little second-class. cheap sires used
for service in our country"
"Why?' l asked
There was nothing else available. An
other thing has kept our farmers back;
they have not stuck to one type Of horse
They will breed drafts awhile and then
cross them with road horses. Here they
stick to one line-the draft breed. Also In
France and Belgium the farmers and
breeders get together and associate. When
they do not win prize, they do not get
angry as In America, but go ahead and
try to buy the horse that beats them, or
one as good-to have a better chance next
tine. We have also plenty Of shows In
America, but our farmers do not take in
terest All our American people think of
in show is to win. no matter what kind
of horse they have got. If they do not
win first prize. they are angry. Lack Of
education again. They do not know even
what they should have"
When J. O. Sngmaster Of Keota, Iowa,
walks in Paris streets, he meets with re-
spectful Difference from the whole popu
lation. green ribbon does it-tiny ribbon
in his buttonhole. When he enters a
French business house the ribbon gets
him led straight to the private Office. It
makes cabmen. walters. post clerks, shop
men, subway conductors, wait on him
first. out OF turn. In a word the simple
citizen of Keota is decorated with the
French Order of Agricultural Merit, hard
er to get in some ways. than the red
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LOW Large Caliber Guns
i i Are Tested-Making the
Guns at the Washington
Factory II Using Smokeless
and Old Fashioned Black
Powder - How Projectiles
Are Loaded Into the Guns.

HE more fortunate
of our Seaboard
taxpayers are able
once in a while to
get a superficial
glimpse Of the sa-
tons m o d e T n
dreadnoughts, but
only a very few of
these favored ones
have more than an
inkling of what
those gray-colored
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upon these data the ordnance Engineers Of
the service have been able to design new
types Of guns capable Of accomplishing
greater ballist;c results.
The work of this experimental gun has
given our experts the safe and sure step
ping stones to the evolution of our great
fourteen-inch guns, which are to be the
prime weapons upon our forthcoming
largest dreadnoughts. The gauges used
In recording these pressures are small
steel cylinders open at one end and con-
tanning a movable piston or plunger.
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upon the development Of pressures from
the time of the powders ignition up to
the instant the projectile leaves the gun;
and the data thus obtained for each pc mt
along the weapons bore enable the ord
nance engineer to plot a curve Of press
ureS.
expert in the economical designing of
guns of other dimensions. There is still
much to be learned about smokeless pow
der. and the naval authorities prefer to
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which is directly exposed to the force Of
the explosive blast.
This plunger acts against disc Of cop
per which. before the gauge is put in the
gun. has been compressed to a definite
thickness by means of a known pressure.
this thickness being measured with the
utmost nicely. After the gun is fired the
copper disc is again calibrated by fine
micrometer gauge, which gives readings
convertible into pressures agreeable to the
further compression of the disc. Each
gauge. in turn, is thus an absolute check
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records rather than to base their calcu-
lationS too confidently upon formulas
which still contain factors OF speculative
value. Therefore the velocity battery
at Indian Head supplants theory and
gives to the ordnance engineer data of
positive weight.
Besides satisfying the naval inspectors
that it is structurally sound every gun
is sent to the naval proving ground to
be ranged that is, ii is fired num-
Der of times to determine the elevation
required to carry the shot to any chosen
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factory in this city, where the fractured
muzzle was cut off smoothly, and then
the rifle was sent to the naval proving
ground for experimental purposes. after
it had been so altered that pressure
gauges could be inserted at definite points
along its bore.
This gun has s'nce performed very val
liable service by enabling the ordnance
experts to determine, by actual records.
the character OF the pressure curve de-
veloped while firing different charges of
powder o. varying types of grains. and
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T. wandered into
the Grand Cafe
without cuffs. boy
ism. smooth faced.
composed. c a r e.
worn, and ordered
steak and coffee. in
the plain English OF
Missouri.
The gayeties of
Paris did not touch
him. He had not
seen the Louvre,
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DRESIDEN Mt F A l.
i LIERES Bids Them
Bon Voyage With the
American Importers Of High
Grade Percherons at the An
nual Fair of All France-In-
tervieW With Famous Stock
men on Their Travels to I'M
prove the American Breeds.
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a single three-year- at the Brussels
show. 1t was refused. said West.
Yes" said Monsieur, Nerinckx, II Of
fered up to $4,000 for the Condo. Bel
and he is worth It. He stands 1 meter
- high. with 2S1a centimeters below the
knee (canon). 1t was by not counting
money that l raised the two first prize
winners of the Paris worlds fair of 1900,
Reeve dor and Calino H.
Patriotic Americans, they discussed the
two plans. A government Haras, like the
French, gives farmers cheaply a large
stock OF high-class animals. The Belgian
premium system fosters prize-winners.
Belgium has no haras,' said Frank
West, the Nebra ska man. Adding the
premium-don't forget the premium
makes it worth while to keep a stallion
in the country. The very best French
horses are not as good the very best
Belgians. l speak from the prize draft
point Of view only. The Percheron is
more finished and finer all round.
DO you buy more Belgians"
NO. l used to buy more Percherons,
but now the Belgians are coming to the
front. One must import both: our people
are divided. Yes import a good many
mares. and certainly the PercheronS are
the most Intelligent and easy to train. An
ordinary woman could drive one. Near
my hotel on the boulevard they are dig
ging a cellar of an apartment house. EX-
cessively heavy carts loaded with stones
must be taken down a steep declivity. The
Percherons who haul them seem to rea
son about distance in turning the corner
and make the difficult descent without
being guided. l have seen them stop
courteously to let ladies pass on the
sidewalk
In this chorus Of praise for France and
Belgium, two voices were not exactly
silent. but, let US say, measured.
j. G. Truman Of Bushnell, Ill, is our
greatest importer OF shire horses from
England. 1t was he who sold the stallion
Dan Patch last year for $4,000. and six
mares to the Iowa Agricultural College
for 81. 800 apiece. He was in Paris pick
ing up a smaller string OF Percherons.
I'VE like the shire horses best. he
said. They are the biggest draft breed,
taken as a whole: and the use Of shire
stations and French mares is producing
wonderfully good draft geldngs for the
American markets.
Up to two years ago James Edison had
the largest horse range in America. 1t
was in Nevada, forty by sixty miles of
government range. which his 5000 horses
ran. He raised an average OF 1,1OO colts
per year, all draft breeds. the greater
part from shires. The mares were. natu-
rally, a cross from these different draft
breeds, and ran from 1000 to l.SOO
pounds. II any one does not believe it,
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Special Correspondence Of The Star.
PARIS IIIiy IL
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he Arc de TrlOmphe OF TOMB OF NapOieOH
The TaSariu dance hall would not know
him and the American jewellers of the
Dead Rat need not dread the accusa-
lions OF his mild blue eye.
He had come TO Paris to see horses.
Fair women exist not, art is futile.
opera. ballet what are they: France is
the land that breeds the Percheron draft
horse, and just across the frontier the
Belgian government feverishly cultivates
a rival race. The Brussels annual draft
horse show is just over. The Paris show
has lust begun. Here are things of in
terest 10 the same man.
Patronizingly he took me to the great
day of the Paris show. where we met the
president of the French republic and his
cabinet 1t was a unique sight