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The evening times., 1911-08-17
DOUBLE STAR
Mars and Saturn Were in Conjunc.
ton Near the Moon.

Cambridge, Mass, Aug. 17.-The
eastern heavens last night presented
an unusual sight, that of the appar-
ent conjunction of two planets. Mars
and Saturn, near the noon. The
planets, although appearing to the
naked eye, as brilliant double star,
were in fact about two-thirds the ap-
parent width of the moon apart.
The spectacle was SO unusual that
Prof. E. G. Pickering, director of the
Harvard college observatory, came
from his summer home today to SUI
pervise observations of the pheno-
menon. Photographs of the conjunc-
tion were taken at the observatory.
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several Of the members Of the asso-
citation that the European plan could
be employed to better advantage in
many instances. In the country hotel
It was contended that the hotel owner
who served a breakfast under the
American plan could make more
money by serving a ten or fifteen cent
breakfast Of coffee and doughnuts, as
suited the wants of his patrons.
Troubles Are Many.
The troubles of the country hotel
owner are many, according to G. A.
Klaus, proprietor Of the Gladstone ho-
tel at Jamestown, N. d. In his address
before the convention he declared that
the travelling public, despite the fact
that hotels all over the country make
charges for outgoing telephone calls,
always make complaint on such
charges when they are made by the
hotel in the smaller city. The labor
question Is another that he pointed to
as being extremely trying for the hotel
owner Of the small city, as the ques-
tion of securing new servants is one
that is extremely difficult to solve in
many instances.
WHY Ou OOmptuuOus
John Willy of Chicago gave talk
this morning on the question of COM
petition, and it proved to be one of the
real interesting papers Of the asso-
citation convention. He said:
Without competition the hotel busi-
nes would suffer from dry rot.
Competition Is a healthy stimulant.
Lack of competition begets the
"good enuf'' idea.
Competition means-let merit win.
Competition is invited by keeping
poor house.
Competition is discouraged by keep
ing the best hotel possible under ex-
listing conditions.
In my travel experiences I visited
IA town where the one hotel had no
competition. The house was run in
a shiftless, thoroughly unsatisfactory
manner, the proprietor having no
particular stimulus to do better.
1 again visited this town when two
hotels competed for business-the old
and the new, A.
The old house had new proprietor
who had spruced things up, and real
ly kept good hotel. The new house
was operated through a manager and
furnished the modern improvements at
rates but very little advanced over
those which obtained at the old
house under the no-competition con-
ditions.
Both houses, under competing con-
ditions, were doing good business and
earning fair profit.
The building of the new hotel drove
the shiftless proprietor of the old
house out of business. He had not
the courage to meet competition. His
successor, taking what many would
The evening times., 1911-08-17
STRIKE FAILED
TO MATER|AL|zE
Time Limit of Railway Men
Expired at 8 Clock This
Morning.

London, Aug. 1.-THE time limit
Of twenty-four hours in which the
railway men demanded that their en-
ployers agree to consider their griev-
ances, expired at o'clock this morn
ing but the threatened general strike
on the railroads Of the United King
dom failed to materialize. Instead
representatives of the four railway
societies involved went into confer
ence with the board Of trade.
Traffic proceeded as usual. No for
NAL orders were given the union men
by their leaders, but apparently it
was generally understood that truce
would be observed while the negotia-
tions with the board Of trade contin-
ued. Later union leaders numbering
forty met with the board of trade
officials.
Day lond conferences at the board
Of trade proved fruitless. Represen-
tatives Of the union were irremoable
from their standpoint that the man
ayers Of the railroads had broken the
letter and violated the spirit of con-
ciliation agreement.
Following the failure of the strike
negotiations today military maneu-
vers have been suspended everywhere
and troops are speeding to the strike
centers from all directions. while a
brigade of guards with machine guns
has returned to London. The city Is
preparing for q large encampment.
It was asserted today that unless the
matter were arranged in the interim.
cessation Of work In the whole trans
port trade Of the united kingdom
The evening times., 1911-08-17
POLITICAL DOORS
REIGN IN SENATE
Regular Republicans Form
Unholy Alliance With Dem
ocrats or Amendment.

Washington, Aug. 17.-Another po-
litically chotic condition in the SEN
ate developed today when the Demo-
Gratis, disregarding the caucus action,
and through the deliberate aid Of the
regular Republicans. put through the
steel and iron amendment offered by
Senator Bacon OF Georgia to the cot
ton tariff revision bill. The progress
sive Republicans voted against the
Bacon amendment. because of the i'm
piled breach of faith in the Democra-
tic-Progress-Republican alliance. The
senate prepared to pass the bill be-
fore adjournment.
The Democratic senatorial caucus
yesterday afternoon agreed to let the
cotton bill come to vote in the SEN
ate and to accept the La Toilette
amendment modifying the steel and
iron schedule.
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SIOUX CITY GETS 7HElNEXT CONVENTION
AND TAGGART H MADE THE PRESIDENT
Taggar Urges Further Work Along the Line Securing
Better Laws Declaring interests of Public and Owners are
Mutual-Addresses Today Were Important --~Mem-
bers of the Organization Thorouhy Pleased

New officers and the next place Of
meeting were selected this afternoon
Immediately after the Northwestern
Hotel Mems association opened the
concluding session of their conven.
tion in Grand Forks. To F. ]. Tag
gart of the Loyal hotel of Omaha,
Neb., fell the honor of being made
president, while Sioux City, Iowa, was
selected as the next place Of meet
ing.
In addition to the president, the
following officers were elected:
Vice President for Minnesota-W.
Pocock. Ryan hotel, st. Paul.
Vice President for North Dakota
@. A. KLAUS, The Gladstone, James,
town.
Vice President for Nebraska-J. c.
Venable, Lindell House, Lincoln, Neb.
Vice President for Iowa-W. F.
Miller, Kimball House, Davenport, la.
Vice President for South Dakota
w. F. Pascoe, Rapid City.
Secretary and Treasurer. A.
Medlar, Mid West Publishing COM
pany, Omaha, Neb.
The report of the nominating COM
mittee was received by the conven-
ton with genuine enthusiasm, and
Mr.. Taggart, Immediately after the
election Of the complete list of off,
GERS had been brought about unani-
mously, was given his place at the
side of the retiring president, R. w.
Johnston Of Fort Dodge, Iowa, who
has done such good work at the head
of the organization during the past
year.
The nominating committee, the
wor kof which was ratified without q
dissenting voice, was composed of
Messrs. Wooden and Lee of Mime
sofa; Moore and keenan, of Nebras-
ka; Donahue and Hunter of owa;
laus and Bacon Of Grand Forks, and
ascOe and Conklin of South Dakota.
When the association convened this
morning 1t was found that the time
was decidedly crowded, and in order
to facilitate matters it was decided to
eliminate. the papers on the program
THAT were. not presented by the writ
ers. That, ts, in cases where subjects
had been assigned to hotel men and
they had been unable to attend. but
their papers had been placed in the
hands Of someone else for presenta-
tion, such course was done away with.
Attendance Above Average.
One Of the notable features Of the
convention that is being held in Grand
Forks Is the fact that the attendance
is above the average for the associa-
ton. Another Is the fact that so many
new hotel men have this year, for the
first time. taken an interest in the
gathering and the work of the asso-
citation. With respect to it's promise
that new men would become interested
In the association II the meeting was
brought to Grand Forks. it appears
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that such promise has been made good
In every respect.
Uniform Legislation


Continuation OF the movement for
uniform laws was urged upon the
Northwestern Hotel Mems association
by F. ]. Taggart of Omaha in his re-
port made to the. convention this
morning, this report being that of the
uniform legislation committee ap-
pointed a year ago in Minneapolis.
The death Of j.. j. Bohn of Chicago,
the original chairman of the commit
tee, was pointed to as being RESPONSE
BILE for the fact that the work during
the past year had not been as extern
sive as it otherwise would have been.
In discussing legislation for hotels,
Mr.. Taggart declared the sentiment
that would be permeated through the
efforts of the northwestern associa-
ton would have q general effect upon
legislation throughout the country,
inasmuch as plans that were taken up
and carried through to a successful
conclusion would be adopted by other
hotel mems association.
Interests Of the hotel owners and of
the travelling public, he contended,
were identical rather than antagon-
istic, and he strongly urged that ef-
forts be directed toward bringing to-
gether the travelling man and the ho-
tel owners wherever possible. This
was the plan In Nebraska and he said
that 1t worked out very successfully.
That the plan of protection launch
ed In the Minneapolis meeting q year
ago, and which has spread through
out the United States, has caused a
saving Of thousands of dollars for the
hotel men was also indicated by Mr..
Taggart In his address on that sub
ject. He showed that the proposition
had been taken up outside of the five
states included In this association and
that 1t had everywhere been success
full.
| Urges Nationsla Cost Congress.
The holding of q national cost con-
gress was urged by Harry M. Eastman
of Chicago. He outlined the plan on
which such congress could be held
delegates being sent fcom the various
district hotel associations, such dele.
gates having the power of acting fol
their organizations in all matters
which might arise.
| All questions of cost could be gone
over thoroughly in such congress
the interchange of ideas being bene.
ficial in bringing about more uniform
methods of dealing with the travelling
public. Unless items of expense could
be eliminated, single method of deal.
ing with employment agencies and the
help situation in general could be
outlined, and the benefits would be
mutual for all hotel owners.
Favor European Plan.
There was an interesting discussion
this morning of the question of the
European cafe. 1t was pointed out by
The evening times., 1911-08-17
Wiley DROPPED
ANOTHER BOMB
Adverse Ruling on Corn Syrup
Had Been Changed to Fa-
vorable One.

Washington, Aug. 17.-Dr. H. A.
Wiley, the pure food expert, added
another sensation to the house in
quiry into the agricultural depart
ment affairs today when he declared
that the ruling adverse to the So
called corn syrup manufacturing in
terests," promulgated by the bureau
of chemistry, food and drug inspection
board and Secretary Wilson himself,
The evening times., 1911-08-17
SEVEN SENATOR
INJUNCTION CASE
Nothing Will Be Considered
:. by Judge Hale Except
Constitutionality.

Minneapolis, Aug. 17.-At the con-
clusion of the argument in the "sev-
en- senator" injunction case today
Judge w. E. Hale of the district court
announced he would consider but one
point-that of its constitutionality
The measure seeks to prevent any
one county from having more than
seven senators in the legislature.
Judge Hale announced he would file
his decision early in September.
The evening times., 1911-08-17
ANOTHER. [ CYCLONE !.
VICTIM IS DEAD
Iver Hovik Died From Compl-
cations Resulting From the
Injuries Received.

Crosby, N. D., Aug. 17.-Iver Hovik,
who was SO seriously injured in the
tornado on the Truax farm died at
noon tday. His leg was badly broken
and the injury OF the artery caused
gangrene to set In. The condition of
the patients at Thor Johnson's is still
unchanged. The schilke family,
eighteen miles southeast in the hills,
sustained injuries Of q somewhat seri-
GUS nature.
Reports are that the hail in. the
hills injured the crop twenty por cent.
The destroyed buildings are gradually
being replaced. Z
The evening times., 1911-08-17
GRANDPA TEDDY
Teddy, Jr, Starts an Anti.Race Cru.
sade.

San Francisco, Aug ia daugh-
ter was born to Mr.. and Mrs. Theo-
dore Roosevelt, Jr, at 2:30 o'clock
this morning. Mother and child are
reported in satisfactory health. Since
their marriage the Roosevelts have
made their home in this city, where
Mr.. Roosevelt is engaged in business.
The evening times., 1911-08-17
TOGA HAS ACUTE
INDIGESTION
Program Of Entertainment for
Today Cancelled Because
of This Indisposition.

Boston, Aug. 17.-An attack of
acute indigestion declared by his at
tendants TO be slight, caused the can
collation. of the program of entertain
ment in honor of Admiral Toga, the
Japanese naval officer, here today.
The proposed trip of the admiral to
Provincetown to receive the courtsies
of the United States fleet at that
point was also abandoned.
The evening times., 1911-08-17
THE conference
REPORT ADOPTED
House Accepted the Senate
Amendments to the Farm
ers' Free List Bill. j

Washington, Aug. 1.-THE house
today adopted the conference report
on the farmers free list bill 100 to
102, after eliminating the house
lemons amendment and concurring in
all the senate amendments. Under the
agreement with the senate corn was
stricken from the free list provision
of the senate amendments.
The evening times., 1911-08-17
Left Toledo at 1929 O'Clock
This Morning on Way to
sandusky.
AVIATOR HAD COVERED FIVE
HUNDRED TWENTY NILES
Flight Of the Birdman Spectacular
Sensation in Cities Over Which He
Passed Bouquets and Lunches
Bought for Him.

Toledo. Aug. 17.-Starting from a
high altitude above the city, Harry N.
Atwood left here in his aeroplane at
1929 a. m. for Sandusky and Cleve-
land.
One landing place in sail of 123
miles was fixed by Atwood as his
schedule for today. Atwood, who was
on time shortly after daylight touch
ing up his machine for the continua-
ton Of his journey, said he would
make the flfty-eight miles between
here and Sandusky, Ohio, by noon. He
prepared to remain there for several
hours and at about o'clock to start
;on the sixty-five mile trip from San
dusky to Cleveland, where he will
remain tonight.
Atwood covered the 1873 miles from
'Elkhart, Ind, to Toledo with only one
stop and in actual flying time of 2
hours and Sc minutes. He started
from Elkhart at sos a. m., was COM
Ipelled to stop at Pettisville, o., for
more than five hours because he ran
out of gasoline, and, continuing his
journey, guided by the tracks Of the
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern rail-
road, he arrived in Toledo at 4:02 p.
m.
Between some of the stations, At
wood beat the scheduled time for or
binary trains. In the last lap Of the
days run, he whipped up such q
speed as hardly to be visible for
longer than a minute at any one
angle. The 33 miles from Pettisville
into Toledo was run In 80 minutes,
including delay for starting and
time lost in circling around the city
in search OF q landing place.
The Boston man 's@arrivai here was
as exciting as was his trip over nor
.thern Indiana and Ohio.
Steam whistles and thousands Of
people on top of Office buildings greet
ed him as he came in from the west.
All the way he had been gliding to
get a good view of the town, he said.
Instead of alighting in the west end.
he shot over the city and landed near
the mouth Of, the Maumee river, In
the eastern section.
Intense interest marked his pro-
gress. When swooping low to read
the names of the railroad stations,
great crowds, including farmers who
had come in from miles around, fran
ticaly yelled for him to come down.
Some brought bouquets and lunches
for the aviator, whie policemen and
municipal officials abandoned their
posts to join in the ovation.
Before the aviator whizzed into
view, his machine coming on like a
rapidly growing spot in the western
horizon, the telegraph Offices were
kept busy with inquiries as to his
whereabouts. Whenever two minutes
elapsed without word from him an
impatient message went over the
wire, "Can you give US any news Of
the big bird?
Atwood at Toledo is TAT mics from
New York. With $50 miles already
travelled, he will, on arriving In New
York, have to his credit 1.265 miles,
Jas computed by railroad mileage, In
!cluding 2s6 miles from st. Louis to
Chicago. $40 miles from Chicago to
Buffalo. N. T., and 439 miles from
Bufalo to New York. But Atwood
asserts he will be entitled to consid-
erably more than this as he covered
fifty or more miles In circling over
I6t Louis and Chicago and made de-
tours enroute.
The evening times., 1911-08-17
POPE ATE FIRST
SOLID FOOD TODAY
Physicians Permitted Rice in
Chicken Broth and Stewed
Fruits.

Rome, Aug. 17.-Physicians found
the pope with normal temperature
and otherwise improved today, and
accordingly for the first time since
his illness became serious, permitted
a departure from the liquid diet. They
ordered little rice we'll cooked in
chicken broth and stewed fruits.
The evening times., 1911-08-17
Marrow Escape.

Chicago, Ang. ,17-Arthur Stone.
driver Of Queen monoplane. was
Suatched from death at the interna-
tional aviation meet here yesterday
after hopes for his life had been given
up. a.
Howard Gill, In q baby Wright,
came almost as close to death, but
escaped from under the wreck OF his
machine vnhurt Lincoln Beachey,
a4tsr being driven far to the south
and fighting his way back above the
deld, glided 5000 feet In safety to the
earth, after his engine had suddenly
stopped. James Ward had an equally
hard task to make his way from far
The evening times., 1911-08-17
Near sandusky.

Venice, Ohio, Aug. 17.-Three miles
from the end Of the first stage Of his
flight today Harry N. Atwood. who is
making q CROSS country flight from
st Louis TO New York. altghted In q
Edsld near here. In. order to get his
|bearingk He had just completed q
.dight Of 65 miles from Toledo. The
landing at 6andusky is q difacult one
as Atwood must descend In the court
house yard An automobile picked up
Atwood and conveyed him to SAM
dusN % that he could look over the
ground and prepare for landing.
The evening times., 1911-08-17
Body at Pittsburg.

Pittsburg, Aug. 1.-THE body Of
William r. Badger, who was killed
Tuesday afternoon at the Chicago
aviation meet when his aeroplane fell,
arrived here today, accompanied by
Capt. Baldwin and John .Gpettman. It
was taken to the Goettman residence
on North Highland avenue, for many
years the home Of the aviator. Ar
rangements for the funeral have not
been completed. $50 $50,
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would be ordered on Tuesday. 1t is
estimated that 100000 men will obey
the order
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out over Lake Michigan. but descend
ed safety in the field.
Stones machine fell into the lake
just at dusk. He leaped from the
failing plane and was rescued when
all but exhausted, by a motor boat
after he had supported himself in the
water for more than half an hour.
His machine Sfatnot recovered.
Stones rescu> Aistttributed large
ly to the insistences Socs,ife that
he guard himself with n,StV Gsv-
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water for more than half an hour.
His machine Siafsnot recovered.
Stones rescu> Aisstributed large
ly to the insistence- SocE.fe that
he guard himself with q n.StV Hv-
Johnston's Father Protests.
Protesting against the continuance
Of the aviation meet, DR.. Stuart
Johnstone. father Of st. Croix John
stone made a statement today call
ing an inventive genius to safeguard
the men flyers. The statement reads:
II write in protest against this new
Moloch that is swallowing up SO
many of the best of our young men.
My boy is dead. a sacrifice to his
quality. As a flyer he was conserva-
tive, studying the art from the view
point Of the elimination of it's dan
gers.
He desired to specialize and study
cross-country work. He was type
of dozens Of others who are gone and
dozens more now on the brink of the
same sacrifical alter at this aviation
meet
1--WE cannot prevent their loss,'
you Say. man must conquer the air.
You can, l say, and still must con-
quer the, air. 1t is perfectly. obvious
that these frail machines will break
with terrible strain put upon them.
1t Is just as true that in the hands of
the best mechanician motors will act
erratically, break, stop.
Nov let the inventive genius that
has brought them to their present
perfection be attracted toward devils
ing life-preserving agencies that will
remove the pitiful helplessness of
these men when the inevitable hap
pens. Until this is done, in the name
Of humanity, l call on them to stop
all public flying and to end further
sacrifice"
Funerals Today.
The funeral of St. Croix Johnstone
was held today. Several Of his late
companions at the aviation meet here
were present. A monoplane of flow
ers appeared among the lavish floral
tributes. The body will be cremated.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-05-19
The Horrors Of Thirst.

In the oasis Of Mogara, says l. Dow
Covington IN the Wide World Maya
zine, we had a first experience Of the
desert travellers great enemy-thirst.
We were seated in front Of a Bedouin
chiefs tent, our two baby camels en-
joying their first drink Of water since
they had left Cairo, when, from across
q sand dune, q BedOuin came stagger-
ing and tottering toward US. His eyes
were bloodshot, his lips twice their
natural size, while his tongue, blue and
dry, hung out Of his mouth Evidently
he had lost himself, had wandered
around for days in search Of water
and had stumbled upon the oasis in
the very nick of time. To allow him
to drink would have been his death.
In spite of his frantic struggles, he
was held by four men, while a fifth
allowed a few drops Of water to
trickle down his throat. It was as
though he were q redhot boiler which
would have to be allowed to cool of
before being filed If an accident was
to be avoided.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-05-19
A Drnn of Watnr-

Figures are sometimes impressive
simply by being 50 ~stupendous that
the human mind grasps them with
difficulty. An instance in point is af.
forded by the illustration once offered
to his hearers by<dn eminent scientist,
who, in order to bring to their com.
prehension the idea Of ultimate parti-
cles of water, stated that If he was to
empty a lumber containing half a
pint Of water, letting out each second
a number equal to 1000 times the
population of the earth, it would re.
quire somewhere between 100000
and 100000 years to empty the tum-
bier. Lord Kelvin has assured us that
If a drop Of water was magni1ed to
the size of the earth the particles
would be between the size of cricket
balls and footballs. If that statement
is correct the drops Of water in all the
ean are not many times so numer-
Gus as the particles, or molecules, In q
single drop.-St. Louis Republic.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-05-19
MAN AND THE WORLD.
A Very Small Graveyard Would Hold
the Whole Human Family.

A Very Small Graveyard Would Hold
the Whole Human Family.
How little mankind signifies in the
scheme Of nature is shown by a rather
morose calculation of the Italian Pro-
fessor Zuccartni, who has figured out,
among other things, that estimating
the worlds population as 100000
the whole human ace at present living
could stand comfortably shoulder to
shoulder In an area OF 500 square
miles.
Taking the number Of generations in
the past 5000 years as 200, the room
taken up by them all on the above
plan would only be half the size Of
Germany, or for the sake of com
parison less than the area Of the state
Of Colorado. To bury all the people
on earth would need a graveyard little
larger than that area.
If the dust left by each body be
estimated at one-tenth cubic yard,
which is q liberal estimate, 1t would
cover only forty square miles to q
depth of about three feet. This Ger
tainly seems Insignificant compared
with the great coral reefs and other
immense deposits built up by the shells
of tiny infusoria.-New York Sun