The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1914-08-07
At NATIONAL CAPITAL
Paragraphs on Important Gov
ernment Affairs.
The LINCOLN MEMORIAL
Insurance Fight. Speed of Flies. :
The Colombian Treaty.
The Tribune Bureau.
BY J. E. JONES


BY J. E. JONES
ashington, D. C.-EvidentlY hos
tile interests are becoming very much
distressed by the success OF certain
life insurance company OF New York,
since they are attempting to check
its onward course BY legislative enact.
,nent. There has been pet theory
for good many years that nobody
would take life insurance unless
solicited by an agent. This company
has plenty Of resources and owns one
OF the big downtown buildings OF
New York city. The men who
organized 1t believe 10 printers ink,
and have backed their Judgment by
placing their advertising throughout
the country. The result is that they
have been forging ahead rapidly-in
fact, they have made such progress as
"the only non-agencY company In
America" that the old line insurance
companies have decided to try to put
the innovation out Of business
There have been a series Of long
distance races between the British
and American house flies, in which
the United States has been hopelesSly
outclassed, according to information
that has been received by the United
States public health service. 1t was
agreed between scientists Of both
countries that there should be a
series of flights to determine just how
far the fly eau carry his bacillus
covered feet. In the United States
$50 1ies we're captured and marked
by means of spots of gold enamel.
They were afterward released and the
winner was found only 240 yards from
the starting point. The British
experiments were much more elab-
crate. $4,000 flies were captured.
They were fed on brown sugar for
twenty-four hours because it was
found that such food was best to
develop their full powers Of flight.
The flies were divided into armies Of
5000 each, aud each lot was busted
with colored powdered chalk. In
one case fly travelled 1.700 yards
within forty-eight hours of the time
Of libsration. This, according to the
British, constitutes the longest fight
that has yet been recorded.
The nations noble tribute to Lin
toin, for which congress appropriated
$4,000, 900 in February, 1918, which
Is now In course O! construction 10
Washington, is to take the form of a
monument symbolizing the union OF
the United States Of America, inc!os
Ing in the walls of its sanctuary three
memorials to the man himself-one
statue OF heroic size. expressing
Lincoln's humane personality, the
other memorials of his two great
speeches, one of the Gettysburg
speech the other of the second In
augufal address, each with attendant
sculpture and painting telling 10
alleQory Of his splendid qualities evi-
dent 10 those speeches.
BY means Of terraces the ground at
the site Of the Lincoln memorial will
be raised until the same level Is
obtained as the ground at the base of
the Washington monument. First,
circular terrace, 1000 feet 10 dame
ter. will be raised III feet above the
present grade. On its outer edge
will be planted four concentric rows
OF trees, leaving a plateau 10 the
center $50 feet In diameter, which Is
sIour feet greater than the length Of
The capitol. In the center of this
plateau, surrounded by wide road
way and walks, will rise terrace is
,feet high and 500 feet in diameter,
making a total elevation of grade q
feet above the present grade. On
this will rise the memorial to Lincoln.
When Colonel Roosevelt came to
washington two years ago and ap-
peared before the committee investi-
eating campaign expenses, he turned