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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-04
GUINEA PIGS USED
INSTEAD OF LAWN MOWER
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Special cable TO The Tim es Dlspatch.]
London, June IA very curious md most
successful experiment is being made on, q
number of private lawns in Kent. and is
about 10 he tried by golf club In the
neighhorn"od of Greenhlthe. The idea is,he
novel one Of substituting the guinea pig for
the. moving machine and The weed killer.
around the lawn is arranged low wire
barrier. and into the Enclosure nre. turned
number OF guinea pigs; or better. a pas
sage Is made from their hutch TO the lawn:
me animals n. once attack all the worst
Wcecs-ihe pl1ntnins first then the dande-
Hons and daisies. These broad -Ieaved plants
which no moving machine will touch. are
Eilled by the persistent cutting of The guinea
pigs teeth. Sff ut
When theythave finished the weeds which
are broad -leaved and succulent, they pro :
ceed 10 the grass In very short time the
lawn looks "a II II had been cut BY the very
closest machine: No harm is done 10 the
grass. i33 ~ wa
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Aaarcs. By Congressman nodenbere


Especial TO The Times Dispatch, t-4,
Culpeper. Va, June 3-The Culpeper
Chapter. U. D. O.. covered Itself with
glory day by the manner in which
1t planned and carried out the exer-
cises to the Confederate dead. PROMPT
~ at IL a. NJ. tho exercises were
opened with prayer by the Rev. j.. w.
Ware. The marshal of the. occasion.
Porter .NalIe. introduced ! George
EIiden. who introduced S. a. Rodenberg,
Congressman from Georgia, who for
more than an hour charmed the large
and enthusiasts audience with n most
powerful md instructive address on
Virginia, and Her Influence Before,
During and Since the Civil War"
After the address of ConEressman
Rodenbers. the marshal introduced Rev.
It. w. Hooper. who presented crosses OF
honor. conferred by the United Daurh-
ters OF the Confederacy. on several
Confederate veterans. Rev. Z. w. Win
frey read poem. After the dismissal
by Rev. C q. Peasants, the flowers
were carried and distributed at the
cemetery. 4,
The Oulpeper Minute Men added no
little to the occasion by the soldiers
manner in which they marched and
guarded the United Daughters OF the
Confederacy and their guests.
~ On returning from the cemetery the
United Daughters Of tho Confederacy
gave splendid luncheon to the yeter-
ans, Minute Men and the band.
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hanging by the neck in the /
child's cries soon brought tn,
stricken mother to the scene.l
Mears WAS about ffty-two
age. and is survived by his "
four children. Interment was
Jenklns's Bridge. n
John W. Daniel, son OF NIayc
and a graduate of the Ca l
High School. has been ava
scholarship at the Uniyersit
GINA by the Eastern Shore
of Alumni 'j
The May term OF the Circ)
at Eastville was continued z!
week, and on Monday the IL
the Scherer will case begai
third time. ]. S. Wise andf
burlington are attorneys fol
plainants, Meredith, Kendall
for the, will. Tho case, itJ8
wolves about $4,000. The tusR :,
selected from Accomac coli {
s24 The Jefferson Davis Ch6H :
Daughters of ConfederacpA
crosses OF honor on aiifN
tending Mt Accomac WeSa
address of welcome wassY
G. Walter Mapp. and tho
of the CROSSES was by .D,
Stuart. The address TO RT
Yha by Captain William ~
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q
PAY TRIBUTES TO
FALLEN COMRADES
Many Confederate Organizations
in Virginia Observe t
Memorial Day.
PRESENT CROSSES OF HONOR
Tombs ST Lee and Jackson at
Lexington deliberately
Decorated.
PRESENT CROSSES OF HONOR
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(speciai to The Times Dispatch,
Lexington, Va. June 3-Confederate
Memorial Day was observed here to-
day with fitting ceremony. ms becomes
The occasion in the community where
both General Robert Il. Lee and Gem
eral Stonewall Jackson are buried
Rev. William S, Hammond, of Wood
stock, former pastor OF Trinity Meth
odist Church. Lexington, was tho ora )
tor. his theme being THE Civil War
Fifty Years After" He delivered an
eloquent and entertaining address.
. Following the exercises in Lee Me-
mortal Chapel. the various Confederate
organizations. headed by the Virginia
Military Institute band and corps Of
cadets marched to the cemetery, and
placed flowers on the graves of their
fallen comrades. There were more than
hfty Confederate veterans in the line.
A number of crosses of honor were
presented to the Confederate veterans
and their descendants by the Daugh-
ters OF the Confederacy, The tombs of
Lee and jackson were elaborately dec
: Grated
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DIR. NIcGIli liz Orator.

Especial to The Times Dispa tchl
US Woodstock. Va, June 3.-Confeder-
etc memorial services we're held bera
to-day. under the auspices of Shenan-
doah Chapter. Daughters of the Con-
federacy.' Services were held In the
Confederate Circle in Massanutten Gem
etery, where number OF Confederate
dead arc buried, Dir, John McCill. of
Piains. former chaplain of tho FIFTY.
second virginia Infantry. Confederate
Army. was The orat tor
AT Mount Jackson memorial service,
were also held. E :,
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COLEMAN DECLARED NOMINEE.
Action IL Equivalent to Rc-EIectfon az
Present Member of IInu.a ..-lLl-

Especial TO The Times Disratch.l
fredericksburg. Va. June s'lTbe
time Tor Ming notice OF candidacy for
, e1e democratic C, nomination for the
1onse OF Delegates from the district
composed OF The city Of Fredoricl,s-
burg and the county Of srotsylya
having passed. the chairmen Of tbe
Dem ocra Ito committees of the citv of
Fredericksburg and the county OF spot.
g Js,N, respectively. have declared G.
nominee. he being the only one 'who
complied with the requirements of The
primary law. Mr., Coleman is Tho
present member OF the House from
ms district The nominatIonls thought
70 pc equivalent TO an election. NJ,
me special grand Jury Of the Cor
poration Court brought In an indic,
ment against Harry Hoskins for the
assertion and non support of his wife.
and the case viii come up next rrida,
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Seasonable White Goods

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White Goods for every occasion
can be had in abundance here; all
the best values at very low prices.
Pique and Poplin. extra fine quail
Sity, worth 25c yard. for. .10c
French Linen. finished suitlng. SO
Inches wide. sc value. ..lc1sc
9 All Pure Linen suiting. fine, soft
weave. So inches wide. z. :5c
Persian Lawn, one OF the best
values OF the sel,en. that usually
sells for zoe yard, selveige slightly
imperfect .1INc
Shifting and Wasting Madras. 80
Inches wide, csc value. Use
40 inch Lawn. extra ine.
tyaro Observation-Disclosures. .12Isc
Linen Napkins. large size. full
bleached and silver bleached. s2.hO
Faiue, dozen observation-disclosures. .SI,r5
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ADDRESS NJ Dn. DI.AcKwr,,
Feature OF Closing Exercise. ~ m,
rIsOnbmrE High Sci.n.I w /

" ----1----- N ''7-''FN AT fINr-
risonbnrg High school
n arrisonburg Va. June s.-pr n y
blackwell. president of Random.
Macon college, Ashland, delivered the
exercises OF the Iarrisonburr IJtgh
school last night "
There were eight -sradnatcs-se
girls and one boy--and nineteen pro.
motions from the grades.
MISS Eugenia Berry, the honor grad
nate, made an average grade through.
Out the four years Of 93a. the high.
est ever made In The school She ais.
won the gold medal offered annual,,
for the best declaimer. IT.
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suffering for some time from ner-
vous amiction committed suicide IN
his barn by hanging. Captain Mears
on the day he took his life sold his
boat. put the money in bank. and went
to his home late that afternoon. at
tending his duties around tho prem
( ises at supper time his wife sent
their little daughter TO call him to
supper. She discovered her father
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Choice of These Gowns 81.

Three Of the many attractive styles in
Gowns at ONE DOLLAR that are worth one
dollar and a half and more.
eooI-Fine cambria, slipover style, lace yoke
front and back, shaped neck, yoke and
sleeves entirely Of Val insertion and torchon
edge finished with ribbon
eooa-Fine cambria Y shaped neck with
fine linen, Val. lace and beading strung with
ribbon, lace trimmed sleeves.
9oos-soft finished cambria yoke OF Swiss
embroidery and linen lace; neck and sleeves
finished with lace edge and ribbon
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ENDS LIFE ny HANGING.

Captain John Henrs Commits Suicide.
Other Isnsfcrn Shore News.
lSrecialito The Times Dispatch ti
Cape Charles. Va, June 3.-Captain
John hears. OF Belinda, who had been
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-04
age lasting twcntyeight days. The
NrOYsnder provided for The q nimals in.

cindfs 2.250 ponds OF .oat hay, 2,25n
crushed mealies. i 900 pounds of meal.
les. $40 pounds of oats. 600 pounds of
chilled mutton and various quantities
carrots. fresh eggs. rock salt and bird :
Evening star., 1911-10-22

to the cargo handling movement, thes
cranes will have movement along the
front of the dock at speed of 100 feet
per minute.
Plans for the Atlantic end Of the canal
include a series of five docks. These
docks will be built OF reinforced concrete,
at which ten 1,OOO-foot vessels. or. twenty
vessels Of the type now in the isthmian
trade, may tie up at one time and take
on and discharge cargo. The plan pro-
vides for an anchorage basin east of the
canal, an artificial mole projecting from
Cristobal point, and docks between this
mole and the anchorage basin, and the
construction of docks around Cristobal
point which will provide for the COM
plete shelter of vessels without the con-
enable them to discharge and take on
cargo without entering the canal, an ad
vantage over the plan heretofore consid-
cred Of having an interior anchorage
basin Immediately north of Gatun.
A dynamite wharf, 13O feet long and
20 feet wide, has been built along the
old French canal at Mindi, near the
crossing of the American canal, at which
dynamite ships tie up for unloading. Up
to this time dynamite was unloaded at
the only available place, the docks at
Mount Hope, and, although no accidents
occurred since the first shipment in 1904,
there is always danger of an explosion
which might wreck the shipping in the
harbor and do considerable damage in
Colon and Cristobal.
The point at which the new dock was
constructed is about two miles north of
Gatun, and four miles south of Cristobal,
and an explosion at this point would
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NEM eSTERL PIER $40 FEErLoMG

therefore do less damage. Ships con-
tanning the dynamite now pass up the
American canal direct to the new dock.
There is about 10, 100000 pounds of dyna-
mite yet to be unloaded before the canal
is completed.
cement unloader of titanic power, de-
signed by the mechanical engineers OF
the commission and constructed at Cor
gona shops, was tested on the Cristobal
while that ship was in port last August.
This unloader works on the principle of
an endless chain which lifts barrels from
the hold of the ship and deposits them
in the barge tied up alongside. An i'm
mense iron truss forty-five feet long rests
on the deck of the ship, with one end
overhanging a hatch and the other pro-
jecting over the barge. The endless chain,
or barrel carrier. operates through this
truss, over sprOckets at either end. The
carrier consists of two roller chains Op-
Grating parallel with one another and
supporting chain loops so fixed with
movable joints to the endless chains that
the barrel is held securely from the time
it leaves the hold until it is dumped into
the barge. From the bottom Of the hold
to the bottom of the barge a barrel may
be carried 125 feet. A motor erected on
the truss drives the chain.
1t was the original intention to suspend
the truss on a mast in such a way that
the angle it makes with the ships deck
could be changed to compensate for the
rise of the ship and fall Of the barge as
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prime minister. There are two strong ar
guments against him. One is that Austen
Chamberlain, son of Joseph, has a sort
of hereditary claim to the reversion of
Balfour's political estate, and the other
is that Smith may be considered too
young-he is only thirty-nine years old
now. Whether he becomes prime minister
or not, Smith Is today the real leader OF
the new tory party. His brains and his
enthusiasm inspire it, and he is chiefly
responsible for switching it from party
of traditions to a party which advocates
conservative social reform and a larger
part In the comforts and decencies of life
for the working class With marvellous
skill he has grated his social reform pol
icy onto the older policy Of protection,
and he proposes to devote the money
raised by taxes on imported merchandise
to financing his schemes for social bet
terment.
r. f. Smith is pre-emnently the "man
of no particular family The British
public doesn't know, and doesn't care.
who his father was and few even of his
friends know anything about his grand
father. Smith pere appears to have re-
ceived a fair education, for he ran away
and joined the army and rose to be a
sergeant major and after he left the
army was able to become lawyer He
never accumulated any money, however,
for when he died his son found that If
he were to continue his education he
must win a scholarship. He was at school
at Birkenhead, in the north of England.
then and he made up his mind to get a
scholarship. He won it and In 1880 went
to Oxford. There he soon attracted at
tention, and before the end of his term
was president Of the oxford Union, that
famous debating society where so many
of England's statesmen have Won their
spurs.
At that time, however. Smiths ambi-
tions were scholastic rather than po-
litical He took all sorts of college non
ors, and when he graduated he became
don" which means that he took up the
work of lecturing and teaching at the
university, and he might have continued
this useful but rather humdrum round all
his life II he hadn't happened to fall IN
love with the daughter OF Country
clergyman who had no more money than
he had. Smith made up his mind that he
had to get into some more lucrative pro-
fession, so he started reading law and
he was called to the bar In 1899. Today
he is the youngest man entitled to wear
the silk gown Of a kings counsel.
He never was q briefless oarrister. HIS
fame at the university brought him
clients as soon as he hung out his shingle
in his native city of Liverpool and in
few years he was earning big income.
Today no important law case is complete
Evening star., 1911-10-22

tory party are numbered Not only was
he confronted with his sixty-third birth
day last July. but his health is not good,
and for years he has been getting more
and more out of touch with the rank
and file of his party. This estrangement
began when Joseph Chamberlain launch
ed his policy of protection for British
industry. Balfour never fully accepted IT.
and when he did render II lip service he
did It so equivocally that he inspired its
onnonents rather than It's friends with
fghting fervor But he never has been
more hopelessly out of touch with the
Young and vigorous fighting element In
his party than during the recent strug-
sle over the abolition Of the lords veto.
The young tories belonged hotiy to the
faction known as the "ditche-s from
their shouted readiness to die IN the iast
ditch rather than sacrifice lie mousse
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O% Or TtE G1qANr1c
CRANES ATWQRK

material dredged from the harbor will
be placed behind the docks and form an
immense freight transfer yard for the
Panama railroad. These yards will ex-
tend the full length of the docks and
spur of land will run out on each pier.
The length of the piers will permit the
docking at any one of them Of two YES
sells 400 feet long or three vessels 300
feet long on either side. or both sides
at once. Another advantage is that the
width of the slips between the piers will
permit vessel to lie in the slips with
steam barges on either side ready for the
transshipment Of freight.
All of the piers will be fitted with the
most up-to-date appliances for loading
and unloading, and these will be operated
by electricity. There will be huge electric
overhead cranes large enough to COM
mand the top matches OF any vessel in the
world and a system of automatic leaders
of the endless conveyor or chain type
will be installed for handling cargoes.
Uncle Sam proposes to have enough Of
these large cranes and other appliances
on hand to serve every hatch of any
ship ready to load or unload.
Work was begun on the docks last
November and it is the intention of the
commission to have about half Of the
of the canal One of the new steel piers
has already been completed and is now
being used to hasten the work on the
canal. This pier is a good Illustration of
the piers to be built later 1t is sup
ported on large caissons spaced on nine
ty-three-foot centers and is $40 feet long
1t will accommodate three 3.OOO-ton ships
at all stages of the tide. 1t is provided
with ten immense travelling cranes of one
and a half tons capacity. In 1907 this
pier was increased from its original width
of fifty feet to eighty feet, to provide
space for two railroad tracks. supported
by piles. running the full length OF the
pier.
At the time the steel pier was enlarged
two wooden docks were erected ,mme-
diately north of 1t and joined to it. One
OF these is $40 feet long, equipped with
two fOur-ton travelling cranes. The other
dock is 65S feet long and has six four
ton travelling cranes. The total length
Of the three docks Is 1,91S feet. These
cranes are designed to take cargo from
the middle matches of ships and deliver
II under cover of the wharf. A fifteen
ton pillar crane at the sea end Of the
steel pier handles heavy cargo. Five
ships can be ->erthed at the united docks
at one time, and in 1909 an average of
]. 600 tons of cargo a day was handled.
Basins have been excavated alongside
the pier of sufficient size to allow a free
movement Of vessels Of 3.OO0-ton capacity,
Evening star., 1911-10-22

and to permit such vessels to be safely
berthed there at all stages of a tide,
which has an average rise and fall Of
twenty-on feet. Cargo will be rapidly
transferred directly to and from railroad
cars on the pier, which is connected by
branch road with the main line. On the
pier and main line adjoining there have
been recently constructed an ample train
yard, water plant for piers and ships.
electric light plant, treasure vaults, teie-
phone and telegraph lines, track scale
and engine shed and Office building.
Only short time ago contract was
awarded for eight immense cranes, and
they were to be in place within eight
months. The dock was strengthened, so
that it could support a concrete floor.
and the eight new cranes will take the
place of ten one and one-half-ton cranes
now there.
The new cranes will have a capacity
of four tons each, and will be capa BILE
of taking general merchandise or lumber
from the holds of vessels tied up at the
docks and delivering it under cover on
the dock. The boom of the crane will
extend over the ship a distance Of forty
feet from the center of the crane tower
and the crane will be capable of lifting
a load Of four tons a distance of ninety
feet at speed of 300 feet per minute
carrying IT along the boom at the rate
OF eco feet per minute and depOsiting ii
on the wharf, the whole operation to be
completed in one minute. In addition
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mense teeth about ten inches high, these
gigantic teeth In turn to be about six
inches apart.
A clearer idea of the tracks upon which
these electric mules will run can be given
by comparing the center track to a gi-
gantic saw, with each tooth of the saw
ten inches high. The engines will have
ordinary car or engine wheels, and in ad
dition will have an arrangement very
much like cogwheels in the center each
cog in the wheel fitting into a cog or
tooth of the center track. By this means
the engine will be able to exert terrific
pulling power. There will be not only
the weight of the engine. which is the
case with the ordinary steam or electric
engines, to give it tractive power. but
the engine will be tied to the track in
such a manner as to make 1t almost Inn
possible to separate the track from the
engine without pulling the track with it,
or until the operator releases the mechan-
ism.
After inventing this extraordinary type
of engine, the next thing to confront the
engineers was how to prevent 1t from
toppling over sidewise when the terrific
strain Of hauling the vessel was applied.
While the problem of uniting the engine
and the track had been successfully met,
still there was the danger-on account of
the side pull of the towline-of the en-
gine turning turtle. The solution Of this
difficulty was found in the applicat ton of
a slip drum and extra horizontal thrust
wheels on the side. the wheels bearing
on the side of the track next the canal.
thus throwing the greater weight of the
engine away from the canal.
These engines are to be used for towing
vessels through the locks only, the indi-
vidual vessel being expected to sail the
distance between the locks under it's own
motive power. A number Of these loco
motives will be used, varying with the
size Of the vessel. A typical case is ex-
pected to require four engines, two ahead.
one on each wall, giving motion to the
vessel, and two astern, one on each wall.
to aid in keep the vessel in the center
of the canal and to stop it when entirely
within the lock chamber.
The mode of operation will be some
thing like this: When passing vessels up
through the locks. while the water level
in the lock is being given time to equalize,
the two locomotives in front will go for
ward up the incline of the lock walls to
the level Of the next lock chamber, and
while going up these inclines they will
have nothing but their own weight to pull
Evening star., 1911-10-22
The Weak Ones.

DOLCE CHIEF SEBASTIAN OF I.os
Angeles was talking about a MARI ed
man who had fallen before the charml
OF the beautiful "iirt catcher"
George was always weak" said Chief
Sebastian 'Once. when he was a boy
at school. his mother was apologizing foi
him to his school teacher.
George is so easily led the mother
said
Yes the teacher agreed-'excspt ir
the right direction