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The Washington times., 1911-10-08
UNCLE SANS TINE
KEEPER TO AID PLAN
T0ELECTR|zE NAVY
Ensign Guy K. Calhoun Will
Take Special Course in
Engineering.

Ensign Guy K. Calhoun, who has
been on duty at the Naval Observatory
In this city as the nations time keeper
since his graduation from the Naval
Academy at Annapolis in 1908, has Just
entered the Massachusetts, Institute OF
Technology. He Ii the first officer of
the United States Navy to take UP
specialized study Of electrical engi-
neering.
His billet is a part of the plan of
Secretary Meyer to have a corps Of
highly specialized experts for the navy.
Ensign Calhoun's study Of electrical en-
gineering will At him for the promotion
Of the Meyer plan to have all the great
warships Of the navy operated entirely
by electricity, generated aboard ship
with great steam turbines.
Naval authorities generally are recog-
nizing the importance Of electricity as
applied to the navy. and 1t Is the desire
of the Secretary to have more knowl-
edge within the department than can
be CLEANED at Annapolis. After the
completion of his course. Ensign Cal
houn will be expected TO work out many
problems confronting the service in .ad-
vanced electrical engineering. He is
peculiarly fitted for the work. Electri-
cal engineering always has been of
great interest to him, and he shows
a marked insight into its intricacies.
Ensign Calhoun was appointed to the
navy from the State of Washington.
and graduated with the class of 1908
Since then he has been at the Naval
Observatory, part of the time in re
compass office, handling compass ma
terial for the vessels of the navy. For
the past year he has been In charge of
the department Of chronometers and
time service. where the correct time Is
and given to the country
by telegraphic fash.
The Washington times., 1911-10-08

With nearly 800 cases on the docket
the Supreme Court of the United States
will convene tomorrow for the fall
term of 1911-19l2. The highest tribunal
has had a four months recess. and
meanwhile a large number Of import
ant cases, none of them as vital, how
ever, as the Standard Oil and Tobacco
trust cases recently decided, have been
accommodating.
Cases involving the activity Of State
railroad commissions probably will be
among the first taken up by the Su-
preme Court. There are more than
fifty issues of this kind to be decided,
all Of them more or less correlated, and
It is likely they will be heard as con-
secutively as possible. Missouri alone
has thirty-six rate cases and Mime
sofa, Kentucky and Oklahoma furnish
several each.
The opinions of the highest court will
establish definitely the constitutional
rights of State railroad commissions
in prescribing rates for intrastate
traffic, which is the bone of contention
that has brought the half hundred ap-
peaIs to the Supreme Court.
The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion and its powers also are to be
subjects of decisions by the highest
tribunal. One of the questions involved
is the right Of railroads, which is con-
tested by the Government. to make con-
cessions to elevators. The Government
alleges this is rebatinS in another
FORM Another issue to be decided
early in the term Is whether stockyards
in the large cities are common carriers
within the meaning of interstate COM
merce laws Still another suit involves
The Washington times., 1911-10-08
SUPREME COURT TO
BEGIN FALL TERM
Eight Hundred Appeals Await Decision of Highest Tri-
bunal-Railroad Commissions Cases Among First to
Be Taken Up-Labor and Land Hearings

!, the alleged right of the Baltimore and
Ohio Southwestern railroad to trans
port sheep in interstate traffic through
a State which is under quarantine.
Labor Is interested In one important
case. This is brought up from Louisi-
ana, where an employer is being prose-
cuted for permitting a laborer to work
more than eight hours In one day. La
Dor Is also interested In the test case
brought to determine the constitution
ality Of the employers liability act OF
The court will hear argument in the
Oklahoma land fraud cases, four in
number, which are typical Of 3Ol suits
brought by the Government to invali-
date some 10000 conveyances by In
dams, which the Government alleges
were fraudulent conveyances.
Several of the more important cases
are hold-overs from the last term.
These include cases involving the in
Stracey coal land claims, in Alaska,
and an indictment of James A. Patten
and others on the charge of corner
ing the cotton market. The review
of the Hyde land fraud cases from the
Pacific slope also is of interest, par
ticularly in the West
The heavy docket at the beginning Of
the present term again emphasizes how
the administration of justice is being
clogged by the overburdening Of the
preme Court justices is becoming hard
er each year and Congress is consider
ing plans for their relief. 1t is prob
able that fully 300 more cases will be
filed before the end OF the term. The
average number Of cases that can be
decided by the court in a year, grant
ing a reasonable time for the considera-
ton of each, is about 400. This is a
liberal estimate. The court, therefore,
is almost two years behind in its work
its labors are lightened in some manner
bv legislation.
The Washington times., 1911-10-08
AYATORS TO DROP
BOMBS. FROM SKIES
IN PRACTICE TESTS
Weather Conditions Permit
ting, Work Will Start at
College Park Tomorrow.

A bomb-throwing and dropping device
has been attached to the old Wright BIZ
plane at the army aviation school at
College Park, Nd, and tomorrow after
noon. II the weather permits any fly
Ing, the apparatus will be tried out on
the big field.
The apparatus is attached on the foot
rests of the machine It is SO arranged
that one man must lie face downward
and control the device, while another
pilots the biplane. Bombs are held in the
little instrument, and the man who
drops them has a powerful glass con-
nected with the instrument by which he
determines the distance 70 the earth,
and picks out the armies of the enemies.
When the bomb is ready to be dropped
a button is pressed. two little hooks re-
lease their grasp. and the bomb pitches
10 the earth at a terrific speed.
Actual explosives will not 1e expert
mented with at College Park. Dummy
bombs, made Of steel. exactly on the
same pattern of the ones that an aviator
Will have to handle In case of war, will
be used. The first experiment will con-
sist of dropping twenty-five Founders.
These bombs have an arrow attached
in order to keep them from whirling.
used tomorrow afternoon are sharp
pointed, they will more than likely be
buried so deep In the ground when
they drop that 1t will require much
labor to dig them up. An actual bomb.
with a quick cap in the end, eXplodes
with the slightest conclusion.
The experiments tomorrow afternoon
will be conducted from an altitude of
1000 feet or more, and will be carried
on by Lieutenant Arnold, as pilot. and
Lisutenants Milling and Kirkland.
Should the experiment tomorrow
afternoon be successful, heavier bombs
will be taken up and dropped. until It
is ascertained exactly how much extra
weight one of the present day biplanes
will carry.
The Washington times., 1911-10-08

Lieutenant Kennedy climbed into his
CurtiSs machine to take his first lesson
in flying. Although he had never been
in a machine alone, he carried the BIZ
plane over the aviation field on the
ground, and at times made several hops
Of five and ten feet. This is considered
splendid progress. and by time the army
myers are ready to go South for the
winter Lieutenant Kennedy will be
ready to operate the powerful 15 mile
an hour Curtiss machine the Govern
ment Is going to purchase soon.
The Washington times., 1911-10-08
Lieutenant Kennedy
Takes Several Hops
In Army Aeroplane

II is Aviator Kennedy now, for Lieut..
Frank NJ. Kennedy has. In the short
kpace of two days instruction under
Capt. Paul Eeck. been able to make a
few short hops in his Curtiss biplane
at College Park
Lieutenant Kennedy IS learning fast
and before the end of next week he
hoIrs to be able to carry his machine
Up for a long spin. Friday afternoon
The Washington times., 1911-10-08
S. S. Gregory, Noted
Lawyer, to Speak Here

S. S Gregory. of Chicago, president
OF the American Bar Association. and
brother of Dean Charles Noble Greg
ory. of the George Washington Uni
versity Law School, will deliver an
address to the Law School of George
Washington University. in its main
hall. New Masonic Temple. next Sat-
urday evening at Sis o'clock.
The Washington times., 1911-10-08

Arnold, Eugene B. Adams, A. B. Car
penter, and Ladson A. Mills represent
ing the board of trade and the city
council of that city, reached Washing
ton this morning and conferred with
Gen. James Allen, OF the Signal Corbs
They explained to General Allen the
many advantages their city afforded
Aiken, s. c.: August, Ga; Asheville,
N. c.. and Palm Beach, Fla, are after
the school
The Washington times., 1911-10-08
Greenville ENJOYS
Ask That Flyers Be
Sent There for Winter

application to the Signal Corps of the
War Department yesterday for the
establishment there of the winter head
quarters Of the army aviation school.
committee composed Of J. Thomas
The Washington times., 1911-10-08

dted suddenly Of heart disease at the
Woman's Christian Association Home.
i1s Thirteenth street northwest. yes
terday afternoon, will be held from
Lees chapel, 322 Pennsylvania avenue.
tomorrow afternoon, with interment In
The Congressional Cemetery.
The Washington times., 1911-10-08
VeSpers for Knights.

Annual vesper services will be held
by the knights Of Columbus at o'clock
tonight in st. Pathck's Church. The
knights will form in the basement Of
the church at 1:S o'clock.
The Washington times., 1911-10-08
Mrs. Maury Will Be
Buried Tomorrow

Funeral services for Mrs. Georgia
Maury, seventy-four years old. who
The Nome daily nugget., 1911-09-25

Sixty thousand strong should prove sufficient to place City Engineer Thom son of Seattle on the retired list. or relegate him to the ranks of has beens.' He has improved the city. cut down many of it's steep grades. but al an enormous expense to the property owners. In trying to improve the city he has ruined many of is citizens. on. should never lose sight of the man who helps to foot the bills. He Is a factor that should always be taken into con : sideratian
The Nome daily nugget., 1911-09-25
MINUTES FOR OLD AGE TO BE
 TRIED IN WISCONSIN,.

Wisconsin will go down in history as the first of our states to engage in life insurance and old age annuities. The plan to be adopted is the sarnc as that in force in Germany. Policies will be issued to persons from twenty to fifty 'u amounts of $500 or multiples. but nc person will be allowed more than S1 .00o of insurance until ti nun ter of in sured reaches .0O0 aLd so on.
 Annuities are to start at sixty years and are not to exceed $500 yearly County officials will act as agents 'cr the state.
 The na'y plan will be watched vial interest, and if successful vii com mand the attention of thA othcr state,
The Nome daily nugget., 1911-09-25

from the Kansas home. where wife No. 2 rcigns supreme.
 Peter lost track Of his first wife for ty years ago. She found him last spring through the pension office. but he had remarried, thinking the first Mrs Sharp dead.
 He tried to make them at home. feel ing sure he could be happy with both or either. But with the women 1t was not so-one scorned to wait on the other. and the first wife fled
 Everyone will admit the situation was a little trying.
The Nome daily nugget., 1911-09-25
NUGGETS OF WISDOM

A smile provoked Is a groau revoked
 Self conceit is self esteem run amuck.
 A light heart goes easily with a heavy purse.
 4 fool Is most a fool because he know not he Is a fool
 Wisdom comes not SD much from learning as from the usc that is made of it
 People who find it easy Co decide for their friends find 1t hard to decide for themselves
The Nome daily nugget., 1911-09-25

President Taft has defined the dem ocrat as the common foe of the rrpub- licans the enemy who fights in the opening. but he defines the nsurgent republican in far different terms. The common foe We know exists. anJ can guard against. but the foe from within. the one we look upon as a friend. who is constantly applying the knife in th, dark is the one that should bc guarded against
The Nome daily nugget., 1911-09-25
NOME: Miners and PrOSpectOrS

QUARTZ OR DREDGING property that will justify development.
 Unless you have ground that will stand examination and a common sense proposition, to offer do not answer
 Am also in a position to render ae- curate reports on all phases of placer or quartz mining machinery, methods Of handling, treatments, development of of mines and mineral ground, general engineering, etc.
 Will also accept ore samples for mill tests or asssying and chemieai andy ses. Address p. o. Box 36s, Nome.
 Wanted to get in touch with
The Nome daily nugget., 1911-09-25
NOME. ALASKA, SEPT. 2s, 1911.
PARTY POLITICS.

Thor" seem to he doubt in the minds of few laymen as to what constitutes party politics. To the old and tried war horse it is plain as A B Cs. but for the benefit of the unso- phisticated we will. in our humble way. try to throw a little light upon the subject
 First We will state that what ap- plies to straight out and out repub- lican politics. holds good within the ranks of the democratic party. the principal being the same the world oyer.
 A straight out and out politician who carries out the principals of politics as enforced in the states. emulates the Bee. To get an idea of a good work CT watch the habits of these faithful workers. How doth the busy little bee employ each shining hour?"
 Study every act. move. and watch results. how obtained and how rewards are given out and you will master the inner workings of straight out and out politics.
 Did you ever see a drone bee par taking of the honey2 If you have you have seen one of the undiscovered things in nature on the other hand. you will never see a drone political worker partaking of the fruits of labor. only tn Alaska
 In the hive there is the Queen Ree she corresponds to the political leader of country. state territory or city. Only one, all the others are killed so harmony can prevail. The great trou- ble in many political fields or hives is the fact there are too many Queens. the result always prove disastrous.
 After the Queen Bee there are those who guard the hive and see that the workers employ each shining hour. These correspond to the central com mittees whose duty is. and should be. to see that the workers are busy in times Of harvest and amply rewarded when their labor Is ended.
 As there are no drones in and about the hive neither should there be any in the respective committees superintend- ing the political work when everything is at stake nor should they receive re- wards With the emulation of the Busy Bee. one can grasp some idea Of what party politics are. when carried out as they should be.
 The man who plays straight politics. the kind that wins on the outside k the fellow who has mastered the ele- mentary principles. whose first lesson Is: The party under all considerations is greater than any one individual. for man is mere integral. or a small Traction of the thousands upon thou sands who go to make up the whole.
 Then to play the game right. one must get in and dig. even 1T the candi- date whom the party has nominated. is one under any other consideration would not be tolerated. and whose in- diNiduality Is obonxious in the ex- treme. It's the party not the man. Too many taii tu master the difference be tween the individual and the party. there is as much difference as there is between day and night
 A straight party man sees nothing but the success of the party He over looks all the short comings of the man receiving the indorsement Of his party. Victory is the watchword. and he fights with might and main to bring IL about. All personalities are buried full fathom five and he plays the game to win. with foe for a candidate as if he were a bosom friend.
The Nome daily nugget., 1911-09-25
DEMOCRATS ATTENTIokl

Pursuant to call from the Terri torial Central Committee, a Primary Election and Enrolment of the Demo erats of Nome and vicinity will be held at the court room Of the U. S. Com missioner on Wednesday. September 27th, 1911. at 8 o'clock p. r,., at which time 10 delegates to the Territorial Convention will be chosen.
 E. E. HILL,
 Chairman 2nd Division.
The Nome daily nugget., 1911-09-25
NOTICE

On and after September 25th. the office of the Seward Peninsula Power Company will be located in the office of the John J. Sesnon Company. where all business in connection with the company will be transacted. Branch for supplies only at Darling & Dean Company.
The Nome daily nugget., 1911-09-25

The fighting within the ranks of the republican party is not confined tu the outside we have a little of it doing on right iu our own town It would be fine should one ho able to hlazou across the heavens. The house divided against itself must fall' SO the great progressive republican party could have this truth driven home before it is too late.
The Nome daily nugget., 1911-09-25

Harry q. Steel played straight party politics and has been rewarded. He has been right politically during all tho elections and it is dawnlng upon th. powers that be. in the states. they have been too lax in their duty nf ap- pointments. s" are trying tp make amends
The Nome daily nugget., 1911-09-25

The cable may be put out or business but the people know they win receive the news just as long as there is a pro- gressive paper like the Nugget in the field to serve its many subscribers. r. you want to get the news just sub scribe for our paper and We will do the rest
The Nome daily nugget., 1911-09-25
ALWAYS IN STYLE.

if you take your clothes to the Nome Tailoring Company, for cleaning, press ing or repairing, and have them treated in the best up-to date methods for cleaning garments, you will always be in the height of fashion and style.
 Prompt service and satisfactory work" our motto.
 Between segerstfom 6 Hasens and Zehner's JsveIry Stores. Front Street.
The Nome daily nugget., 1911-09-25
TWO WIVES IN ONE HOME NOT
 4 SUCCESS.

The efforts of Peter N. sharp to keep Faith Hope and Charity in his house with two wives has failed. and wife No. l Is now with her son far removed
The Nome daily nugget., 1911-09-25

abandoned railroads. From eighteen the rails have been removed and s4 are described as not in operation" or operation suspended"
The Nome daily nugget., 1911-09-25

The best Bourbon or Rye Whiskey in town by the gallon or bottle Seward Cumn Co. wholesale and ret?l dealers.
The Nome daily nugget., 1911-09-25
CHICKENS FOR SALE

Live Chickens Soc per pound and flyers at 65e per pound. Inquire | p ossers' Harness Shop, Phone Black
The Nome daily nugget., 1911-09-25

Records for 1910 show that in the United States there are eighty -one
The Nome daily nugget., 1911-09-25

To get the news you have to sub. scirbe for the Nugget
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-01
EXPRESS MEN CITED.
n. Y. Board of Equalization Wants to
See the Books.

Oklahoma City, July Edward
Thomas Platt, son of the late United
States senator from New York, and an
executive officer of the United States
Express company. was ordered today
by mandate of the state board of
equalization to appear hero on July
10 with records of the company, to
testify concerning stocks and bonds
and other financial matters which the
state board is considering in connec-
ton with the assessment of taxes
against the company.
Similar orders were made applying
to Vice President and Traffic Manager
Bradley of the American Express COM
pany. whose office is in New York; to
Richard Burr general auditor of the
Wells Fargo company, and other Off
cials of the Wells Fargo and Pacific
companies who may be able to en-
tighten the state board with regard to
recently made railroad contracts
whereby the Wells Fargo is to sup
plant the Pacific upon certain middle
western trunk railroad lines.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-01
DEFENSE FUND $500, 900.
Every Union Man to Contribute tC
Save Mcnamara.

Indianapolis. Ind, July Every
member of a labor union in this coun-
try is to be asked to contribute 25
cents toward the defense OF John j.
and James B. Mcnamara. charged
with dynamiting outrages in Los An
geles. according to plan adopted by
Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor, and
other national labor organization Of
ficials. It is expected in this way to
raise a defense fund of 100000 this
summer
Mcnamara stamps bearing a por-
trait of j. ]. Mcnamara. also are to be
issued by the federation, to be sold al
one cent each, the proceeds to go into
the defense fund
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-01
SPRINGERS DIVORCED.
Denver Banker Is Given Decree
without Contest.

Denver, July John W. Springer
was granted a divorce today in Judge
George W. Aliens division Of the dis
trict court from isabelle Patterson
Springer. The charge was mental cru
city.
Mr. Springer, who is a wealthy bank
er Of Denver and formerly well known
in Illinois where his father was proni-
nent for a number of years brought
suit for divorce following the Staying
of Balloonist Louis Won Phul and Geo.
E. Copeland by H. f. Henwood az the
Brown Palace hotel last May, develop
ments of that tragedy bringing in the
name of Mrs. Springer as an alleged
source of enmity between Won Phul
and Henwood.
The trial today in Judge Aliens
chambers was brief and no notice Of
the hearing had been given. Mr.
Springer appeared with his attorney
A. M. Stevenson, and filed an amend
ed complaint in which he alleged only
mental cruelty Daniel 3. Ellis, rep
resenting Mrs. Springer. fled denia
of the allegations and then the hear
ing was begun. Mrs. Springer not being
present Mr.. Springer testified tha- re-
cent publications concerning the rela-
tions of Mrs. Springer, Won PhuI and
Henwood, and the evidence at the trial
of Henwood, had greatly hulnlliatos
him, causing him much agony Of mind
and that he believed the testimony al
the trial was true. Judge Allen held
that this testimony by Springer was
sufficient to sustain the allegation Il
the complaint and ordered n decree
The question of alimony was not RAISED
in court, Mr. and Mrs. Springer hav-
ing effected a private settlement b.
its terms Mrs. Springer receives .00(
in cash. diamonds and other iewelry
and an automobile. Mr.. Springer also
agreed to use his influence with thf
district attorney to have turned ovel
to Mrs. Springer the letters sne is al
| legged to have written to Won Phul.