The Washington times., 1911-08-16

About the most conspicuous apparatus
in the Bureau of Chemistry during the
inquiry is the retort.
The Census Bureau employees are re-
joicing in the assurance that none of
them are to be fired this month.
The weather seems to have cooled up
on purpose to make that militia hike to
Frederick little more enjoyable.
An entire new system Of lightning
rods has been PLACED on the White
House Mr.. Taft believes in protection
The manufactured products Of Alex
andria have practically doubled be-
tween 1904 and 1909. and the pulse of
trade and industry is beating strong.
Secretary Stimson has returned from
the wilds and the wolds. saved from
the boa constructor that has skeered
US in ;he pictur."
The noiseless flying machine will soon
be with us. and will make 1t easier to
slip up on a sleeping enemy-or TO catch
larks when the sky falls.
The pathway of the Washington
florists, who bore down upon Baltimore
for the annual convention, was almost
literally strewn with roses.
No. Pauline. the herdic operated on
Sixteenth street is not the original
Deadwood coach of the Wild West
shows. The latter, we are informed, is
still in fair degree Of preservation.
IT does begin to look as If it were
just as well to keep that og-muzz!e
regulation in force a little bit longer.
Even velvet-footed puss could stand a
little more surveillance
One thief has stolen a heavy lawn
bench and another has made way with
a siX-Cylinder automobile The guard
around the Washington Monument had
better be strengthened.
The corridors Of the State War and
Navy Department are to be painted a
light buff color. How the jingoes would
have danced if II had been the fighting
gray Of the battleships!
Secretary Wilson is celebrating his
seventy-siXth birthday today "Tama
Jim is on one Of his vacations" which
he spends lectuIing and attending agri-
cultural meetings, and the anniversary
doubtless will cause little interruption
OF his daily routine.
Washington G. A. R. men are to pro-
vide most of the excitement at the
national encampment at Rochester next
week. Col. John McElroy is to be can
didate for commander-n-chie and Cor
poral Tanner will lead the opposition |
Both are hard fighters and both have
hosts of loyal supporters.
Belva Lockwood recently confessed |
that as a girl she aspired to be an
aviator and carried to a conclusion her |
theories of flight. The one trial re-
suited in a twelve-foot tumble and end
ed her experiments She is now, how
ever, considering an invitation to make |
a fight with one Of the College Park
operators.
The gold medal bestowed TODAY upon |
Arthur ]. Williams by Vice President |
Sherman. was earned rot by deed of |
Valor in battle. hut by an infinitely |
greater achievement, the invention of |
ar hvgicnic device which is expected TO |
save the lives of many of his fellow
workers and make life during working !
hours much more pleasant.
Washington has never posed as |
manufacturing center, and yet between
1900 and 1909 the capital invested in
manufacturing enterprises here increas-
ed more than $lS,oOOOOO. or - per cent. |
while the value of the products in
creased ~ per cent. This is a record of
which many more pretentious Industrial
ceEters might well be proud.
In the retirement for age tomorrow |
OF Rear Admiral Schroeder, the navy |
loses one of the most picturesque fig |
ures of recent years and one of its finest I
officers. Time and again his gallantry |
brought promotion, and he has seen |
service in all parts of the world His
home is in the Capital, and he is espe-
cially popular in club circles.
Colonel Cosby's report, just publish
cd is an interesting document 1t sheds
some light upon the number of tourists
who visit the Capital in the course of
q year, for 10000 are reported as hav-
ing been admitted to the Washington
Monument. That is an average of about
600 a day.
With the Southern, Woodward, Riggs,
and other new office buildings available
for large office space users, 1t 10 diff