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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-14

vary with the distance between
those points. That distance is
called the base line The appar-
ent shifting in the position Of tine
object is called its parallaX
Your two eyes form an excel
lent instrument for measuring
parailaX for nearby objects. The
distance between them (3l-2
inches on the average is the base
line; the amount by which the
object is shifted in direction by
looking Al it first with one eye
and then with the other meas
ures the parallax. Try it on a
perpendicular window bar.
Only 100000 Miles Away.
All YOU need in order to learn
the distance when YOU know the
parallax is a little know ledge of
trigonometry, which teaches YOU
how 10 calculate the length of all
rhe lines or a triangle il you
know already the length Of one
of them. and the size Of two Of
the angles. II YOU arrange the
experiment SO as to- have one
right angle YOU will need to
measure only one ~ the angles
at the base. for a right angle
is always 90 degrees, and by ad-
ding the amount OF the 6ther base
angle To 90 and Suhtracting the
sum from $50 YOU get the third
angle, and your problem is solved.
II the base line is very short in
comparison with the distance ~
the object the amount of shifting
or the paralIaCJic angle, will be
very slight. Tha first requisite.
then is 90 get q sufficiently long
base line
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-14

IF 4 letter can he shot
through a pneumatic tube
from New York 10 Brooklyn,
why not a fiye-Course meal -?
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-14

is $4,000, 900 miles across, and If
he had not seized upon THAT
for his base line If. then the
astronomer carefully determines
the direction of a star say on
January LIST and again on July
LIST, he knows that in the mean
time the earth has gone from one
end Of that immense base line to
the other. and the angular
amount of the change in the di-
rsction of the star gives its par
allax, and consequently it's dis
lance.
How 1t Applies.
Let us see how this applies in
the case of Alpha Centauri. The
distance Of that star. although il
is 5000 OO0, 900 times the diane
ter Of the earth, is only about
100000 times the diameter of the
earth's orbit The angle between
the two lines drawn To Alpha
Centauri from opposite sides Of
the earth's orbit is the same as
would be that between lines
drawn from the ends of a foot
rule 20 an object about 261-2
miles away, and. although this is
exceedingly small, it is neverthe-
less measure BILE with modern in
srruments.
But even this enormous base
line fails the astronomer with all
but few Of the nearer stars.
There are about so, among the
hundreds of millions. whose dis
lance has been approximately
asCertained Among these are
many Of 'he brightest stars i'm the
sky. but even some Of the bright
ones. Ike Campus or Rigel ara
50 far away that their parallax
has not Yet been mea sured
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-14
By GARRETT P. sERvIss.

.ifT OW do astronomers know
the distance Of the stars
Isn't il all guesswork. at
The Washington times., 1913-12-01
Extra Checks With Teas and Coffees

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The Washington times., 1913-12-01
BECKER'S APPEAL IS
BEGUN At ALBANY

ALBANY, n. Y. Dec. with a stage
setting as If for jury trial. with pre-
liminary sensational dispatches from
Sam Schepps in Paris. with interviews
with attorneys, and even with the wife
of the accused present in court. the ap-
peal In the case of Charles Becker OPEN
ed this afternoon.
Becker's attorneys today appeared to
urge new trial on the. ground OF i'm
proper action in the court below, and
asserted also that they had newly dis
covered evidence. They declared that on
the night Of the murder. the accused
police lieutenant was doing other things
totally Inconsistent with any thought of
murder. They attacked the affidavits Of
the gunmen. and at great length pro-
duced arguments to show that these
were false.
Their argument contends that the very
attempt Of the witnesses TO shift the
crime on Becker to save their lives has
established that Becker Is innocent. They
assert that it was an abuse of discretion
on the part of the trial Judge to refuse
a. new trial, and tht his own opinion
shows that one should have been grant.
ed
The Washington times., 1913-12-01

ters. repointing stone cutters, and re-
pairing and renewing sheathing, S5o,Co.
For additional building for labora-
tory purposes and research work ana
for the prosecution of the investigauons
authorized by the act Of August H. lsis'
$1.5, 900.
For new roof for the Winder Building.
$3.50.
The total for rivers and harbors, in
Guiding continuing contract work, is
estimated at $I, 4S3, ,Ss5. The larger pro1-
ects include: Continuing work on OHIO
river below Pittsburgh. s1,s76,0 900: an
other project. same river. a;sn,Ue;
completing improvements Galveston
harfycr to Texas City, s900. GOO; complet-
ing improvement Buffalo harbor, $751;
600: completing Improvement East river
New York, $4,000; same, Staten Island
sound, New York. 100000; continuing
Improvement on Delaware river. Penn
sylvania and New Jersey, 100000; In
land waterway Norfolk to Beaufort IN
let. n. c., $500. go; maintaining twenty
six-foot channel at Savannah, s2o0Wo
continuing improvement Harbor of Ref
uSe. North Carolina, 100000; same st
Johns river. Fla, 100000; completing
improvement Black Warrior and Tom
bigbee rivers, 500, 900.
Five Millions For River
Continuing improvement of Ohio ri
ton 6f locks ani dams, with view tc
securing a navigable depth of nine feet
Sc, 900, 600.
Continuing improvement Of Mississippi
river from head of Passes to mouth OF
Ohio, $50, 0c0. 900; improvement same river
from mouth of Ohio to Minneapolis, ~
$40. 600: improving Missouri river for six
foot channel between Kansas City and
mouth: 100000; continuing improve
ment Columbia river. Ore, $1,O000O.
A large number of additional EN-
ployes in the Postal Service is esti-
mated for, and this is partly responsible
for the INCREASED estimates Of that de-
partment <
Under the First Assistant Postmaster
Generals office il is estimated that more
than l7,6cn additional employees, CON-
prising assistant superintendents of sta
tions, mails, delivery. money order, reg
istry, etc, are needed to handle prop
erly the growing business Of the depart
mert. These assistants. il authorized
would receive the regular salaries rang
ing from 81, 200 to $l.6O0 per annum.
The Postmaster General asks 5000.
900 additional for the inland transporta-
ton of mails.
There is an approximate s4O00,0o0 in
crease in the estimate for the railway
mail service.
The several departments inform Con-
The Washington times., 1913-12-01
CALLS PROGRAM PROGRESSIVE.

This is not it will be observed. .
large program" he said. but it is a
progressive one. 1t meets the demand to
go forward in the continuation of AN
adequate ard weIl-proportioned navy
We now have under construction six
battleships of the largest and most ap-
proved type.
With the authorization Of TWO of
the largest battIeships ever constructed,
the Crited states will have enough
ships to have always a creditable and
capable feet ir both the Pacific and
the Atlantic oceans. = steady building
program from year to year viii be nee
essary to give us an adequate navy.
Dewey Urges Four Dreadnaughts.
Though he recommends but two
dreadnaughts. the Secretary includes
in his report, that of Admiral Dewey
as president of the general board
which recommends four dreadnaughts.
The type of ships recommended by
Secretary Daniels will cost approx
mately s14,00o,000 each.
THE wise naval policy for the
United States at this time the Sec
retary says, lis to find the golden
mean. 1t cannot wisely, by itself,
reduce the construction of dread
naughts or compete with other great
powers in burdening taxpayers to
hasten the construction of a navy
larger than our conditions demand
The estimates OF the Navy Depart
ment show a decrease in ordinary eX
perditures. The program may be
summoned up in the phrase: More
money afloat and less ashore
1T is not dealing honestly with
Congress to make large estimates in
the expectation that the national leg
islators will use the pruning knife. I
have reduced the ship building pro-
posed by the general board not be
cause of opposition to the progressive
plans Of that able body of naval
statesmen. but because il is deemed
wise to suggest budget that will be
within the resources of our Govern
ment
The building program recommend
ed by the general board contemplated
construction of four ba ttleships, six
teen destroyers, and one destroyer
tender: eight submarines, end one
tender: two oilers. two gunboats. one
transport. one supply ship. and one
hospital ship
In a similar strain he urged the acqui-
sition of oil wells. at is sufficient TO
point out at this time that the super
iority of oil over coal for naval purposes
has been already demonstrated. and is
no longer a matter OF experiment; that
Great Britain is eqUipplng her navy
with oilburDing vessels of the first
class: that the Enghsh government is
already spending a total Of s1.S71. 759 in
the erection of enormous oil tanks: thaI
in addition, the scantiiy yielding oil
shales of Scotland are to be preserved
for the use of the navy. and that in
Mexico and elsewhere English firms are
reaching out for oil fields from which
TO supply the demands OF the English
navy. On the other hand. the price OF
oil is steadily creeping upward. So that
today the United states navy Is paying
over twice as much for its oil as 1t did
in 1911 TsIc only relief possible from
what will be a staggering item in the
expense account of the navy in the fu-
The Washington times., 1913-12-01

Opposition To Program.
That this program which splits, by
more than half. the recommendations of
the general board of the navy, will en-
counter squally weather. is already ap-
parent from the Congressional bar
Creter.
Before referring to economies amount
! ing to- S2a00,cO0 which he has effected
in the department. of which 10000 has
been saved on dreadnaught No. a9 now
building, Secretary Daniels strongly
urges the construct. on of a Government
owned armor plate factory and the ac-
QUESTION by the Government of oil pro-
ducins lands, as means Of escaping
the structures of private monopolies in
both lines. Regarding the armor plate
factory, he says:
1T is evident that without an armor
plant of its own the Government in time
of waI or impending war would be en-
tirely at the mercy of these three manu-
facturers and obliged to pay practically
whatever price they asked. History
does not warrant an assumption that
the patriotism of these companies would
prove superior to their desire for profits
inasmuch as during the time that war
with Spain was imminent. these COM
panies refused to accept the price fixed
by Congress after investigation as
just rate and declined to manufacture
arv armOT until they got their own
price Of 500 a ton more than that which
Congress had determined on. In this
connection il is well TO note that the
love of country possessed by these COM
Tanies id not prevent them from fur
nishing armor 10 Russia. reported 10
Congress. In 1894 at s249 a ton, while
they were charging the United States
t616.ii a ton Upon purchases under the
contract o. March. 1893, nor did il him
der them from furnishing armor to Italy
in 1911 at S591.C3 a ton. while they were
charging their own Government Si20 a
ton. and that even at the present day,
according TO Information that seems re-
liable, they are furnishing the armor
Tor the Haruna. now being built by the
kawasak Co. al KOBE for Japan, at
StG6.S5 ton rs against the price. rang
ing from s50i 10 $40 n ton. which they
are row charging Us for the armor OF
battleShiD No. 80
II am convinced from the reports ot
expert" made =. -.le. who have gone
carefully over the subject. ttkt we can
make arrc'or much cheaper than we now
huy il. and hat from an economic
point Cf view alone, the erection OF
Government plant is amply justified"
The Washington times., 1913-12-01

gress of what they are having to pay
for rented buildings, the total rent bill
being estimated at $651,e The Depart
ment of Agriculture has the largest
rent bill. $99.277, while the Interior De-
partment trails closely with a rental
outlay of $s3,4S5. The District of Co
lumbia is paying sss.2S. for rented
buildings and the lowest rent bill Is
that Of the Public Printer, 1928
The law requires that the depart.
ment heads shall notify Congress of the
State of the work in these departments
and practically all of the Cabinet of.
ficers say t1aS the current work Is well
ukp..
The Washington times., 1913-12-01
GOODBY[DANDRUFf
Parisian Sage Stops Falling Hair
and Itching Scalp; Removes
Dandruf With One
AnuIicaison.

II your hair Is not as soft and beau
tiful. or as fresh and fun as that Of
some friend whose hair you admire.
Do what she does-take care Of your
hair. 1t needs daily attention.
If your hair Is too thin. make IL grow.
II it is too dry and brittle. soften IL
up-lubricate 1t. II you have dandruff
1t is because the scalp Is too dry and
flakes off. Freshen up the scalp and
dandruff win go.
Partisan Sage. sold In fifty-cent bot
ties at druggists and toilet counters, is
just what you need to make your scalp
healthy and Immediately remove dam
druff-your hair wavy. lustrous and
abundant.
Parisian Sage quickly stops itching
head: cieanses the hair of dust and ex-
cessive oil: takes away the dryness and
brittleness: makes IL seem twice as
abundant and beautffies II until II -
soft and lustrous.
You cannot be disappointed in Paris
ian Sage. Always sold on money back
IL not satisfied plan Look for ths
Girl with Auburn Hair on the pack
age. Recommended and sold BY OsDon-
nelfs Drug Store.-Advt-
The Washington times., 1913-12-01
Weeks Bill Favors
United States Ships

Senator Weeks of Massachusetts in
trOGuccd in tn" Senate a joint reSolu-
ti"n calculated to restrict tn tr@nspO.-
taiion by s"a of ali Government business
to vessels Of th" United States
II provides that only vessels pf the
'nitcd states shall carry men. material !.
stores and equipment for tho arm. and
navy. for Panama canal purDoS- ) ard
for Government use generally. Such
transportation IS to l." let by contract
to the lowest bidder.
The Washington times., 1913-12-01
Some of the Chief Points in JoSephus Daniels
Recommendations for the Navy ...

IOSEPHUS DANIELS, Secretary of
J the Navy, recommends only two
battleships for 1915, but the Gen.
eral Board declares the fleet should con-
sist of forty-eight battleships of the first
line before 1920 and that the building pro-
gram should begin with four.
Here are some of the chief points in
Mr.. Daniels report:
The Government should own the fuel
oil fields to escape exorb:tant prices
charged by private concerns.
By refining its own oil the navy will
get relief from staggering item in its ex-
pense account of the future.
Great Britain already is equipping its
navy with oil burning vessels.
The English government now is spend
ing 81, 81, $50 for oil tanks.
The Washington times., 1913-12-01

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CoffeC ........---.S-C
> Checks with ID. Sultana
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The Washington times., 1913-12-01

Total, including the Pos
tai Service ............... !, los, ,ss1, m. o.
| Total appropriated for the same cur
! rent hssNl year, S.0H, 5,S69.73.
Permanent Estimates.
These estimates include the perma-
| nent apnual appropriation of the several
| branches OF the Government; for in
stance the District estimates here pre-
| sented are slightly in excess of those
| submitted by the Commissioners because
| they include such permanent annual
| charges as the permit fund, the police
and firemen's relief fund, the guarantee
| fund and the fund for the refunding of
taxes.
Under the Executive Department the
| customary allowance Of $4,000 for the
contingent expense of the President IS
recommended.
Numerous changes are wanted for the
Civil Service Commission which comes
| under this head. 1t is proposed to make
the salaries of the Commissioners Sc, 500
each and more than a score of addi-
uonal employees are asked for.
In the face of one battleship appro-
priation by the economical Democratic
House last year. Secretary Daniels
comes to the front with estimates for
q naval increase consisting of two new
dreadnaughts. eight destroyers and
recommendation
OF steady progress in the Navy
1t is estimated that Uncle Sans Dem
sion bill for the fiscal year. 1915, will
be Sl69, ,15O 900. This, however is $ll-
100000 less than the amount Appropriated
for pensions for the current fiscal year.
In the War Department estimates Is
included recommendation for approxi-
mately 100000 for public buildings and
to continue work on projects already
authorized. The largest item under the
public buildings head is s550,0OO for con-
tinuation of work on the postoffice at
New Haven, Conn.,, in which structure
former President Taft recently showed
an interest by going to the Treasury
Department and asking that high grade
marble be used.
S1eo,ooo For Bangor.
Other large public building projects
include $4,000 for the Bangor. Me.
postoffice: S3jN,Oo0 for additional land
and alterations at Brooklyn postoffice:
s2O0, ,O60 for the Denver postoffice build
ing: Sl75.OIO for Minneapolis. and sl2O, 600
for Mobile. Most of the appropriations
sought are for continuing work on
projects under way.
FiV. new projects in the District of
Columbia are recommended by the
Treasury Department. They are as fol-
lows:
For repairs and alterations. including
necessary changes I'm plumbing, in the
On"-storv annex to the Butler Building.
under the Treasury Department in or
der 10 LroviiC additional space for the
use OF the Public Health Service, and
for installing electric passenger eleva-
tor and constructing stairway from
fIst nOOr 10 basement, Butler Building.
Si335(0
For new roof for the Treasury Build
ing. including new .skylights and gut
The Washington times., 1913-12-01

In Mexico and elsewhere English firms
are reaching out for oil fields to supply
the demands of the British navy.
A Government armor plant should be
built at once.
All guns, forgings, powder, and tor
pedoes should be made by the Govern.
ment.
The time has come for the Govern
ment to be freed from excessive prices.
More air craft should be built as
weapons of offense and defense. :
No single nation can safely take
naval vacation.
1t is not a vacation we need, but pol
icy to guard against needless expansion.
Make the personnel of the navy more
efficient.
The Washington times., 1913-12-01
DANIELS URGES
GOVERNMENT TO
OWN OIL FIELDS
Would Build Two Warshps Eight Destroyers and Three Sub
marines-Britsh Seizure of Mexican Fields
Cited in Report to President.

Two of the largest type of American dreadnoughtS
for 1915
Eight torpedo boat destroyers and three submarines
This is the naval building program recommended by
Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels in his first annual
report.
In addition, the Secretary recommends:
Government control of fuel oil fields.
The erection of Federal armor plate plant.
A Government plant for the manufacture of guns
torpedoeS and other supplies.
More air craft for the navy
Raising of the standard and opportunities of enlisted
men by opening the door to promotion.
An international conference the naval holiday"
idea.
steady building program for an "adequate navy
The time has come the Secretary says, in reference
to his plan for Government manufacturing plants to fur
nsh supplies when the Government should be freed from
the excessive prices charged by private manufacturers"
The estimates of the General Board were cut by the
Secretary not because they were too great but because it
was necessary to keep naval building down to the level of
expected revenues, the Secretary said
The Washington times., 1913-12-01
Opposition To Program.

rure is in the control of oil wells. and
refining of its own oil by the Nevy
Department"
The Washington times., 1913-12-01
M'ADOO'S BUDGET
MORE THAN BILLION
By THEODORE TlLLER.

With the convening of the regular
session today, the SECRETARY of the
Treasury transmitted estimates for the
appropriations of another bilIion-dollar
Congress.
Secretary McAdoo, through whom the
several Government departments voice
their cry for money. estimates that I'm
Gle Sam should spend 81 los, ,6s1. mo- dur
ing the fiscal year 1915.
This is approximately $4,000. 600 n ex-
cess of the appropriations for the cur
rent fiscal year, and under a promised
regime of Democratic economy. the es-
Inmates doubtless will be maltreated
20 the extent that several millions will
be Topped off.
The estimates given include those for
the Postoffice Department, the eX-
penses of which are paid from the
postal revenues.
Detailed estimates covering District
Of Columbia needs are published in an
other column of The Times.
Here and there through the estimates
are items for increases in salaries of
scores of Government employees and re-
quests for additional clerical workers in
the several departments. In view of
the leaping expenses of the Government
new tariff law and the income tax will
produce, ii Is probable that many
hopeful employe will be disappointed
when the appropriation bills begin to
come in. However, no harm is done
when department head asks for any
thing.
Burleson Asks More.
Postmaster General Burleson. who
was recently member of the House
Appropriations Committee, and who
was wont occasionally to WELD the
Democratic pruning knife. asks Con-
gress for an unusually large sum for
the Postoffice Department
The Postmaster General. having ex-
tensive improvements of the postal serv-
ice in mind, sends in estimates FOR
500, Ill. in comparison with the ap-
proXimate s2s2. .O00. 900 which the depart
ment asked a year ago.
Under the law, Secretary McAdoo. on
the opening day of each regular session
of Congress, transmits requests Tor
money from his various fellOw-Cabinet
members, and for all branches of the
Government service. BY departments
the estimates run from St.763. 49,. 20
wanted by the new Department of
Labor to the three hundred-odd million
sought by the POstoffice Department
and the 500. 10000 estimated by the
War Department.
a recapitulatiOn of the estimates ny
departments is as follows:
Legislative ......-.....-...-. SIf,4SI'eifio
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-01-06
How 70 Kin Mice.

The usual necessary but barbarous
mousetrap may be favorably supplant.
cd with the following mcrcifully
quick, sure death device:
Fill big stone crock with water
and cover it-preserye jar fashion
with parchment in which. when tightly
stretched, You make Il cross cut. Set
this crock near shelf, curtain or other
Jars which may afford the small ma
rauders a foothold opportunity ana
sprinkle the parchment near the cut
with bits of cheese or bacon. The
mouse will scent the delicacics. will
climb the crock for them ana will
slip through the slit in the cover and
drown i'm the crock. The stif parch-
ment points of the cut will spring
back in place Immediately into position
for the next victim.