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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-09
Reserve Ammunition Short.

The War Department has only So per
cent of the estimated needed reserve
ammunition for the field guns on hand,
however, said the chief of ordnance.
but this will be increased to SO per
cent within the year. The supply for
each gun contemplated by the army is
about 1900 rounds. and under the pres
ent plan of appropriations the proper
amount would be on hand in four years
In time of war, Gen. CroZier eStimat-
ed, the government plants and private
factories in the country could turn out
900 rounds in six months and 10000
rounds a month thereafter.
"1f you were in a war would that be
enough?' asked Representative Avis of
West Virginia.
well, the ammunition plants are be-
ing enlarged right along" said Gen.
Crozier. They are meeting an in
creased demand"
Are they selling through Canada?"
asked Representative Kahn.
They are selling to somebody"
Gen. Crozier said that automobile
manufacturers in this country were
now turning out armored automobiles
which were being sold to European
power now at war through Canada.
WHAT" suggested Representative
Kahn. I'VE are asked to pray for peace
and yet we furnish armored ears to a
belligerent to further var:
Defense Conditions Improving.
Gen. Scott told the committee that
the condition of the national defense
is constantly improving" and dis
cussed at length the question of ammu-
milton supplies. Chairman Hay of the
committee took issue with published
criticisms of the condition OF the mill
tary esta bliShment and asserted that
supplies now on hand were rapidly
approximating the necessary reserve"
Representative Green OF Vermont
quoted from the report OF former Chief
of Staff Wothersoop a statement that
there Is Il serious deficiency" in am
uunition for seacoast defenses.
Reserve Ammunition on Hand.
Gen. Scott put into the record q table
showing that there was on hand for
twe1ve-inch mortars so per cent; for
sixteen-inch guns. :s3 per cent; for
fourteen-inch guns. 4s per cent; for
twelve-inch guns. 4S per cent, and for
ten inci1- guns, 100 per cent of the nee
essary reserve ammunition as proposed
by the national defense board
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-09
artillery Of US.
RANKS WITH BEST
Gen. Crozier Says There Is No
Need to Feel Uncomfort-
able on Subject.
ORDNANCE BUREAU CHIEF
BEFORE HOUSE COMMITTEE
Tells of Experiments This Country
Is Making With Big Guns.
Short on Ammunition.

The United States has no need to feel
uncomfortable on the subject Of artil-
lery," said Gen William CroZier, CHER
of the bureau OF ordnance Of the war
Department before the House military
affairs committee yesterday. Gen Crozier
discussed ordnance OF all sorts from re-
volvers to sixteen-inch field guns and the
Busy Betties. the Jack Johnsons" and
other enormous guns used in field opera
tons in the European war.
Have you seen models Of the new six
teen-inch field guns which the Germans
are reported to be using in Europe"
Representative Kahn asked.
No. replied Crozier. land We do not
contemplate experimenting with those big
guns. No one knows what they may
come to, but We must consider the pur-
pose for which these guns were used in
Europe. The French Belgian border was
defended by armored forts, mounting
three and six inch guns. to meet such
artillery as ordinarily accompany mobile
armies.
The Germans knew these guns were
there and those forts were there and
brought up these special guns to de-
molish them. From what l understand
it is an engineering feat to move those
sixteen-inch field guns. and they can
be transported only by rail. Now.
we are not going up against anything
like that. and ! can see no reason why
we should need any such guns as
that"
II have understood said Mr.. Kahn.
that this same gun which the Ger
mans are using. or one practically the
same. was invented by an American
named Gathmann and that it was Of
fered to the War Department and the
Navy Department"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-09
Fancy Table and Decorative
LINENS
For Christmas Gifts.

- 9lf are more Welcome to the housewife
fancy linens embellishments
TEA NAPKINS.
Hemstitched Damask, $500 to $1,000 Dozen
Madeira Embroidered, $500 O $I6SO dozen
LUNCHEON SETS, IS PIECES
Madeira Embroidered, $500, 5000. ss.z5 and 5000
Lace, $5.75 $1,000.
SETS, Is PIECES
Madeira Embroidered, 5000 to $4,000
Laees of various kinds up to $l35OO.
Hemstitched Damask $3.50 to $780,
Lace Scarfs $1.OO to $I6.5O each
Hand Embroidered Scarfs, $3.50 to $3.50 each
Lace Cenerpeces 7Sc to $500 each.
ndenbroidered Centerpieces sI.0O to $500.
oDeonll rect
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-09
4 Special Gift Offering in
BOYS SILK NECKTIES,
ATTHE LOW PRICE OF Csc.

DALC 1NOOIOs
Sizes 4 to 10, $2.25 to $5.75.
Sizes II to Is, $2.75 to S..
The largest and most at
tractlve assortment Of
Bath Robes that the Boys
have ever had to choose
from. All manner of refined
and attractive patterns in
grays, blues, reds, tans-
the color combinations are
especially neat and service
able. Every garment made
in a high-grade, we'll tailor
ed manner, finished with
cord and tassels.
Third floor. Center.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-09
FINE GIFT UMBRELLAS FOR MEN.

A Gift that is serviceabe-and which is used
only times when its service is douby appre-
ciated. Many handsome novelties in handles.
Of
silver
eandba nd, dselec
Priced from $500 to $780,
Umbrellas, S-rb
wood .hande
Priced at $500.
Priced from 5000 to $500.
wood p W. handles. beautifully silver trimmed
Priced from $500 to $1,000.
trimmed bamboo
Priced at $500 EACH
floor an G Streets.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-09

Georgetown, Mrs. Larkin w. Glaze
brook. Arthur Peter and Mrs. Bennett
of Paris.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-09
Not Considered Invention.

There is no invention about building
a big gun" returned Gen. Crozier;
anybody can do that. Claimants gun
was a very different affair from this
gun. His original model embodied many
newfangled notions.
He finally came down to building a
seacoast defense gun, using a very
large projectile with heavy charge Of
guncotton. We conducted several ex-
periments with funds appropriated by
Congress. Finally an eiGhteen-inch
gun was built along the lines suggest
ed by Gathmann. 1t was tested out
side by side with a twelve-inch service
model gun"
He added that the Gathmann gun,
which depended on .projectile
bursting on contact. was of much less
efficiency than the service gun with an
armor piercing projectile.
Discussing field artillery, Gen. Crozier
said that the ordnance bureau was at
present experimenting with field how
tiers of 71a and 81 inch caliber These.
he said. would be able to move with
a mobile army. At present he said
the field artillery is supplied with B.
inch and 6-inch guns. OF these. he
said, there are now $50 in service or
ordered. He expects to increase the
number to 912 during the next year,
and he estimates 1892 guns as the
maximum needed.
I'VE think our field guns are as good
as any In the world" said the general
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-06-09
THE CHARGE FOR THE BARBED- WIRE ENTANGLEMENTs

loop-holes, but no flash came from
them, and at a run we went over the
mound of earth protecting the great
gateway. The door swung open and
the haggard and wasted men, barely
able TO stand, threw down their arms,
while their officers looked on in help
less establishment. But they accepted
the inevitable.
I was so hungry that 1 had pretty
nearly lost all regard for the proprie-
ties, and made a quick run for the
kitchen, a Spanish soldier showing me
where the officers provisions were
kept. The first thing / found was
some sausages in cans and cutting one
OF these open by one blow of my ma
chete, began TO get at the contents in
the most primitive way Imaginable.
saw two Spanish officers looking at me
with disgust plainly evident on their
features
During the night the insurgents had
swarmed into the houses, had opened
fire on the two -blockhouses occupied
by the the local detachment of gueril-
Ia The defenders knew that it was
OF a question of time until the dead
ly dynamite gun from the shelter. of
nearby houses would blow their fiirnsy
blockhouses to bits. They were in a
terrible position. as they could not
expect the quarter given the Spanish
regulars. Their captain came out to
ask what terms would be given them.
The laconic reply was, THE same that
you have given the helpless wounded
in our hospitals"
1t was merely a choice OF the form
of death, so they marched out, threw
down their arms, and to their credit
met their fate with courage. They
were cut down with the machete. 1t
was a shocking spectacle, but il was
retributive justice if there is such a
thing, for these men, half Spanish,
half Cuban, had never known what
mercy was.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-06-09
FALLS 1000 FEET BUT
LIVES TO TELL OF It
Young Aviator Lands In Tree,
and is GriIIed by Flames
as Gasoline IgniteS.

NEW YORK, June 9.-Tumbling
1000 feet in an unmanageable BIZ
plane and being grilled over flames
which started as il neared the ground
Knox Morton, a young medical stu
dent from Baltimore, Nd, escaped
with minor burns and slight bruises in
a flight at Hampstead Plains.
Morton went aloft in a heavy wind
and when he had reached a height of
about Loco feet a strong gust threw
his machine over TO one side.
To right himself Morton jOinted the
steering wheel over so suddenly that
the wire entering the tail snapped,
letting the tail flop. Unbalanced, the
machine tilted forward and dropped
down. The fall was broken several
times when the planes caught the
wind and righted the craft.
When nearly back to earth the ma
chine plunged down. crashing against
the ground and then JOlting against a
tree. Morton remained strapped in
the biplane when the machine first
struck. When the wheels hit the
tree the straps were broken. hurting
him into the branches, where he hung
suspended in a dazed condition.
With the engine still going the BIZ
plane thrashed around at the foot of
the tree.
The feed pipe was broken and the
gasoline set on fire In a few seconds
the flames had caught the planes
sending sparks and smoke up into the
branches from which Morton was
hanging.
Men who were passing in automo-
biles were first to reach the semi
conscious man and rescue him from
the flames. They lowered him to the
ground and revived him He had
painful wounds on his face and
hands and his clothing had caught
fire. After being treated by a doc
tor he went back TO his room
The machine was a twisted wreck.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-06-09
other blockhouses garrisoned by
regulars, now gave up one by one.
Copyright by Charles Scribner's
SOnS.)
(CONTINUEDO
CONTINUED

NOTE-Soon after the above fight
ing, Gen. Funston was taken very i'll
and after much trouble, was taken
through the lines and invalided Il his
home IL Kansas. This was jus. be-
fore the war with Spain. The story Of
FunstOn's remarkable campaigning in
the Philippines begins in the next
chapter.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-06-09
STATE DETERMINES VALUE
Supreme Court Rule on Paid I'd Face
Value of Insurance Policy.

WASHINGTON, June 9.-That the
paid up face value Of an insurance
policy shall be determined according
10 the statutes of the states where the
contract is made, but that this shall
abridge the right of free contract in
other states, was in effect the decis-
ion of the supreme court of the United
States today.
The question was raised in a case
appealed to the court from the su-
preme court of Missouri by the New
York Life Insurance company. The
company claimed that on a policy
drawn by Richard c.. Head of New
Mexico, the contract being made in
Kansas City, it owed the beneficiaries
$50. The courts of Missouri held that
under the laws of that state the COM
pany was liable for S7,476.
Get Walk Over shoes and oxfords at
cost or below during the closing out OF
stock sale. Advt.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-06-09
CAN STOP LIQUOR SALES
Supreme Court Makes Ruling Regard
ing Indian Lands.

WASHINGTON, June 9.-The Unit
ed States supreme court Monday de-
cided that the government could pre-
vent the sale of liquor at Bemidji,
Mimi, and other points in the coded
lands in that state which the govern
ment claims is Indian country and
therefore dry" under the Indian
treaty of 1856. The court held the
treaty gave congress full jurisdiction
to make ceded lands dry. Justices
NICK emma and Lurton dissented.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-06-09
How the Rebels Won the Siege
of Victoria De La
ms TundaS.

I'm yesterdays chapter Gen. Fun
stOn told of amazing effects on the
Spanish enemy OF a dynamite gun
which was now used for the first time
in war He also told Of the killing OF
the American. Col. Chapleau. The
following chapter tells Of the re-
mainder Of the 51-hour battle at Vic
toria de Ia Tundas and the Cuban vic
tOdy.-EditOr.)
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-06-09

Crusade members bring your ap-
petites to Castle Hall Tues. Eve. Din
ner at 7.-Advt
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-06-09
CLOSED WEDNESDAY AFTER
MOONS

Groceries and Markets closed every
Wednesday afternoon until Nov. list.
ADV.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-08-08

have just found out one reason
why Dick came over to make up with
me. He has found an apartment that
he thinks would suit us both. A friend
of his is going to Europe and has
long lease on his apartment. He
wants Dick to take it. 1t is SIS a
month, but Dicks friend is willing to
make concessions that will make it
net us $50 month for the next year
and then, we will have to pay full
price.
have seen the apartment and it is
charming, with an enclosed porch,
good sized living room, two bed
rooms with connecting bath, a dining
room with a delightful enclosed porch
off of it, where know we shall eat
most of the time. The maids room
has private bath, and the, kitchen
is small but compact. l am delighted
with it
There is such nice room for Aunt
Mary, and with the things she has
given and lent to me l will not have
to buy anything except some rugs and
kitchen utensils.
She has decided to take another
bedroom set and give it to Mary and
Jack so that she can take hers that is
already in their apartment over to
our fiat.
Poor Mary, know she will be
heartbroken when she finds that Aunt
Mary is coming to. live with US, but l
am sure that she knows that Aunt
Mary could never be very happy with
the way Jack is carrying on. =.
When l told Dick gleefully that we
were going to have Aunt Mary's beau.
tiful furniture he said: do you real
ly think it is beautiful, Margie?"
81 certainly do. You wait until you
have seen it after have it polished
up and arranged in that apartment of
ours
"An right if you say so, but prefer
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-08-08

every woman in town with our colo
NAL and real hepplewhite and sheri-
tan furniture. Even ElieDe has moth
ing so beautiful in her house as these
old pieces of Aunt Mary's.'
This made Dick sit up and take no
tee, and, after scrutinizingta splendid
old fashioned desk, he remarked
rather obviously. Perhaps you are
right, my dear, and, anyway, Pm go
ing to let,you run the home business
: .And give me the money to run it
with, Dick?" 1 quickly asked.
Just as soon as l get our debts
paid, +" he answered.
Give me the bills and I'll pay
them," l begged eagerly.
Dick frowned. Il can't do that,
Margie, but I'll see that you have
enough money to run the house on"
Oh. dear, l am awfully afraid that
this old money question is going to
bob up again.
I Dick says his father is miserable
and that Jack seems to have braced
up. He did not know anything about
Mollie, and shall be very glad to
get back and see what is doing. Dick
is going back home tomorrow and
take the lease of the apartment.
We have. decided to have an auc-
ton and sell the household goods
Aunt Mary does not wish to keep. l
can see that it is almost breaking her
heart to have to demolish this home,
where she was so happy all the years
that stretch behind. But she is Drawer
about it than many others have
known. -.
Some women seem to be like cats.
They care so much more for places
than they do for people. l would be
happy anywhere with Dick-if he'd
only let me spend the money.
~ Ito Be Continued Monday.)
Tho NAToVooan faaNhoPo. of A$Ian%a
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-08-08

The women teachers of Atlanta,
Ca, have won their equal pay for
equal work" fight and they are now
paid the same as men teachers,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-08-08
THE CONFESSIONS OF A WIFE


1t. 1914, by the Newspaper Enterprise Associa
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1914-02-26
Forfeiture Notice

Crested Butte. Colo. January End, 1911.
TO Antoine Pcrreault and Josephine Perreault,
heirs of A. N. Perrcnult, and to all other heirs
of A. y. Pcrreault, deceased
You are hereby notified that have expended,
during the year 1912 and also during the year
1913 one hundred dollars for each of stid years,
in labor and improvements. upon the Bull Do
mingo No. 3 lode Mining Claim, situate in the
Tin Cup Mining District, Gunnison County,
Colorado, the location certificate of which is
recorded in tho office of the Clerk and Recorder
of Gunnison County, Colorado, in order to hold
said claim under the provisions o. Section 2f2I
of the Revised Statutes OF the United States
and the amendment thereto approved January
22ud. 1850, ncerning annual labor upon mi Ia
ing claims, being the amount required to holt
said lode for the period ending on the 3lst day
of Deco uber, 1912, and the 3lst day of De-
cembor, 1913; and it, within ninety days from
the publication of this notice. you fail or refuse
to contribute your proportion of said expendi-
turc as co-owners which amounts TO S3a.l9 for
each OF said years, ycur interest in the claim
will become the property of tho subscriber,
your coowner, who has made the required cx-
pcnditurc, by the terms of said section.
CHARLES +. VAIL. :
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1914-02-26
500 Reward 500

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there Is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all its stages, and
that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure
is the only positive cure now known to
the medical fraternity. Catarrh be
ing constitutional disease, requires
a constitutional treatment. Halls Ca
tarrh Cure is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system, thereby destroy
ing the foundation of the disease, and
giving the patient strength by build
ing up the constitution and assisting
nature in doing its work. The propri-
etors have so much faith in its c,fra-
tive powers that they offer One Hun
dred Dollars for any case that it fails
to cure.
Send for list of testimonials.
Address: f. ]. CHENEY & Co.,
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Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti-
patton.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1914-02-26
Prospectors
Don't Prospect

The prospector has got to have
some help from capital or the useful
ness of the mining engineer will lie
at an end and that before long 1t
seems that after accomplishing so
much in the treatment OF ores, the
mining engineers might put some of
their knowledge to the finding of
new ore bodies. But where will one
see mining engineer prospecting2
And why should not the mining
school enlarge the scope of their in
struction to properly fit their young
men for prospecting? asks a CORES
pondent in the Engineering and
Mining Journal. In this way they
would put new life into the business
of prospecting, and give it the ad-
vantages of a knowledge which has
done much for the handling of
properties after they are in the pay
ing list.
The business of the prospector is
on the same level now as it was so
years ago; poor living, no money,
no ability to get money, Just "A hang
ing on by the eyebrows from day to
day. How do you expect these fell
lows to develop a property? 1t is
out of the question. They must
have the assistance OF capital Cap
ital says it is looking for mine,
has plenty of money, but must be
shown the goods. 1t wants II de-
veloped property and consequently
there is nothing doing.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1914-02-26
Twenty and Thirty
Years Ago..

Mr. and Mrs. Mike Mcdonald were
down from Anthracite.
Mrs. Adam Miller slipped and fell
last Tuesday spraining her wrist.
Ed Seyferth and Jock McCann are
again working at Carlisle & Tetard' s
p. G. Carlisle arrived at his old
home Columbia, Missouri, last week.
H. l.. Reynolds, has received the
appointment of Postmaster at this
place.
Owen Whipp and Joe Rowland
arrived home last Sunday from their
trip to Lake City.
w. Scott Humason and Joe Hoff-
man are still pushing work on the
Hawkeye.
Mike Welch was in Gunnison
Saturday and Sunday and reports hav-
ing had q splendid time.
Robert Dalrymple had his arm
broken at the mine this morning, too
late to learn particulars.
Charley McWilliams, who has been
in Michigan for the past four years,
where he learned the cabinet makers
trade. arrived home last Saturday.
The young people turned out in
force last Friday evening and surprised
Frank Cuthbert. Frank expects to
leave in few days to accept position
on the road.
THIRTY YEARS AGO
The Mint saloon building was be-
ing rebuilt.
A double building situated at Irwin
owned by W. A. Eckerly, was crushed
in by heavy snow.
The Coeuer d'Alene was on in full
blast and many are going from Gun
nison county.
One of the Anderson brothers was
injured at the .Qceen mine by heavy
plank falling 159 feet down shaft.
j. w. Myers was sent to the Cu'ur
d. 'Alene gold fields by compny of
Irwin business men. Dave Irvine
accompanied him as millman
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1914-02-26

they have SO throughly at heart :
The benefit plan referred to in the
report Of last year has proven emf
ncntly satisfactory and has, an.
positive, cementedi the harmonious
relationship between the operating
force and the investor.
1t would also be improper to
close this report without some re-
ference to'the great value of our re-
lationship with the parent company.
The American Telephone and Tele-
graph Company. The past year,
in particular, has emphasized the
value OF our association with that
company and our coordinate cor
porativns which go to make up the
Bell System. The advantages which
we receive in nthe matter of engineer
ing and accounting advice, and the
exchange of information covering
operating experiences, are invalu-
able alike to subscribers, employees
and stockholders. -
For some months The Mountain
States Company has been telling
the story of its operations, in adver-
tismentsand IN letters to its sub
scribers, and the confirmation of
these statements by this report is do
ing much to create confidence.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1914-02-26
Death.o
Henry M. Teller
Admission Is Cents

Ex-U. S. Senator Henry NJ.
Teller, Colorado's greatest states
man died at al early hour last
Monday morning at the age of SO
years and s. months. His was u
life full of activity, full of strife, of
triumphants and honor and yet
thru all he remained the same
plain man, a champion of the best
interests of civilization and of this
people. His dramatic and string
address at the Republican conven-
tion in 1896, after which he led
the boiling delegates from the hall ,
opposing tho denomination of
silver and protesting bitterly against
a party platform in the interest of
the few and against the people.
will go down in history as one of
the most important political events
of the United States.
And he has passed away feel
ing as few men can feel, that his
life's eworll was done, the past
well lived, and loved and rever-
enced by all Colorado and the nation.
G. Perry was in from the Jarvis
ranch this week after mail and Civ
ing other business affairs his at
tentiOn.