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The Washington times., 1914-04-02
SWEEPING ADVANCES IN
AIR FLIGHT.

Something of the advance in aero
nautics is revealed by descriptions
of the flights of the giant biplane,
1lya Mouromets, now carrying pas
sengers over st. Petersburg and its
suburbs. The passengers are able
to move about comfortably in a
roomy cabin, and one of them de-
scribing his experience. says "there
is none Of the roll or pitch that
seems to characterize lesser ma
chimes"
A st. Petersburg correspondent
Of the London Times has this to say
of the new giant of the air:
The Ilya Mouromets, so named after
legendary hero. has wing area fye
times that Of the ordinary Farman BIZ
plane The metal fuselage is sixty-flve
feet long. The forepart of the fuselage
contains a number Of cabins, extending
over length Of twenty y-eight feet. The
cabins have large windows on both
sides. and also windows in the floor for
observation and Photographic purposes
At night the cabins are lit ny electri-
city. On the roof Of the cabins there is
pidSofHi. me lotdl weight Oh tQe
aerorlane is three and one-half tons.
With a total development of horse
power Of 400 the Ilya Mouromets raises
a total useful weight OF a little over
one ton and one-haf hundredweight.
besides nearly eight hundredweight Of
fuel and oil The mechanics can more
about freely to attend to the motors
and other parts OF the machine without
disturbing the equilibrium Of the aero
plane while in flight.
The essence of the achievement
which the Ilya Mouromets repre-
sents lies in the tremendous lifting
power of its engines. In the adap-
tation of a type of motor of such
enormously increased capacity to
the use of the biplane a new era in
aerial navigation has begun to
dawn. Lincoln Beachey has said
that "you can fly a kitchen table if
you can get a strong enough motor" +"
and something of this has been
realized.
A machine such as this tempts
the imagination. Who can say that
the conquest of the air will not be
accomplished, with the aerial voyage
from London to st. Petersburg, per-
haps from London to New York, so
commonplace as no longer to excite
comment?
The Washington times., 1914-04-02
THE POLITICAL DIFFER
ENCES.

1t is a common observation that
the Senate requires months to de-
eide whether it is for or against a
given piece of legislation; having de-
cided, it is liable to vote almost
unanimously on it.
Going back to the railroad legis-
lation Of 1906, to the meat inspec-
ton. the pure food and other pro-
gressive measures, there is some
ground for this view of the Senate's
methods. But that rule applies only
to those measures that conservatism
wants to sidetrack or pigeonhole,
while progressivism wants to pass
them. The effort to kill a good
measure by asphyxiation having
once failed, then the reactionaries
who plotted most desperately to get
it out of the way must needs be
foremost in supporting it, in order
to make the country think they were
really for it all the time.
But it will not be that way in the
canal tolls fight. There is no spe-
cial reason why gentlemen should
seek the bandwagon, when the band
wagon is altogether likely to carry
the burden of the unpopularity in
volved in the affair. The President
is going to win in the Senate; al
most nobody doubts this; but he will
win by main force, not because of
the attractiveness of his cause.
People who vote against repeal of
the tolls exemption measure will not
have to go home explaining to their
people. The explaining will, for the
greater part, be done by those who
vote for the repeal measure.
The Washington times., 1914-04-02
SHRINKING PENSION
BUDGET.

The tide has begun to ebb once
more, in the flow of Federal funds
to- pensioners. Time and again, the
recession has set in, due to the pass
ing of annually increasing numbers
of the veterans and their widows;
but every beginning of recession has
been seized upon by Congress as q
signal for increasing its liberality
toward the remaining pensioners. SO
that on the whole the increase has
gone pretty steadily on.
The current fiscal years pension
appropriation is over $50, ,000, 900.
The pension authorities estimate a
reduction of over $10,000.0 900. from
this figure for the next fiscal year,
by reason of the rapid shrinking of
the pension roll. Against this, the
disposition Of Congress is to find
new occasions for increasing its ex-
penditures in this direction; and the
Spanish war widows and dependents
are likely to be added to the roll,
which will in the beginning add
something like $2,500,0O0 to the
total.
It is at least interesting that al
ready the pension roll for the
Spanish-American war has mount
ed to several millions a year, and
Congress gladly pays it, while at
the same time the legislators are
utterly unwilling to make any pro-
vision for the establishment Of a
pension program for the advantage
of the civil service. Pensions for
the Spanish war veterans are in the
nature of recognition and reward
for services rendered and ended.
Pensions for the civil service would
bring the Government immediate
and tangible benefits, continuing and
increasing with every year of the
systems operation; for they would
be the guarantee of increased and
constantly increasing efficiency in
the conduct of the Government s
business,
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tising it with public moneys, moneys
that must be appropriated by Con-
gress! Quite impossible.
Yet if Washington were like other
cities, it could do that sort of thing
if it wanted to; and it probably
would want to. Philadelphia will in
augurate the plan, in all probability.
Los Angeles is big advertiser, the
city's revenues always contributing
their full share. Des Moines has
spent large amounts of money, a
fair share from the public treasury,
in its advertising campaigns. The
propriety of such expenditures is not
nowadays seriously questioned.
But they are expenditures that
Washington couldn't possibly make
from its public funds. That is just
cne of the limitations that our form
of government imposes on this town.
There are many more of them. The
disadvantages of being ruled by an
alien council that hasn't time or in
terest to learn the towns needs, will
be impressed more and more as the
city grows and fits necessities be-
come more complex. Sooner or later
the Congress must make some ar
rangement that will give the Com
missioners a large legislative au-
thority, and let them run things that
now must needs be handled by the
The Washington times., 1914-04-02
GENERAL WOOD.

Gen. Leonard Wood will retire, on
April %, as chief of staff of the
army. the position whose occupant
is for the time in effect the COM
mander in chief of the army. He
will be transferred to the command
of the Department of the East, with
headquarters at New York.
General Woods service of four
years as head of the army has won
for him a well-nigh unanimous ma
tional conviction that he is one of
the most capable and useful men
that ever headed the military or
ganization. 1t was his misfortune
that his rapid advancement follow
ing the Spanish-American war
caused jealousies and heartburnings,
and that for a long time he was un-
able to achieve recognition for all the
high qualities that had commended
him to the men who knew him best
and who were responsible for his
rapid advancement.
But in the course of the years he
has won at length full recognition
for his abilities as both soldier and
organizer. He has accomplished a
great work for the army, in the
period in which he has been either
its head or the close adviser of the
civil authorities supervising it. He
will be succeeded by General
Wotherspoon, for long time assist
ant, and a product of the same
school Of military methods and
policy.
The Washington times., 1914-04-02
Oldest Inhabitants
Admit 2 New Members

adoption of a resolution to remit tho
dues Of those members unable to pay
them. was the principal business
transacted at the meeting Of the As
sociation OF Oldest Inhabitants Of tho
District last night.
Plans for a new form Of member
ship blank also were drafted at tho
meeting. and a portrait Of John p.
HI nderson was presented to the AS
ISOLATION by his son. !ohn 3. Hem
derSon. Jr.
The Washington times., 1914-04-02

Incidentally. The Hague has upheld
the film companies protests AGAINST
night attacks by the rebels. Against
all rules Of modern warfare. You
can only make moving pictures In
the daytime.
plores Americans to stand right On
the Mt. Pleasant line around O'Clock
Americans have no other choice.
The Washington times., 1914-04-02
The Silver
Lining
Edited BY ARTHUR BAER.

ing by using sulphur. It's some con-
solaticn to know that their American
sisters are above that sort Of language.
Seven thousand police will parade In
New York on May Is Well. the parade
should be properly policed anyway.
Not to be outdone by March. April
came in like a sea lion
The Washington times., 1914-04-02
What's on tie Program n
Washington Today

Meetings, evening:
Nasonic-Naval Lodge. No. 4: Hiram. NA
10; Lafayette. No. 10: George e. W61ftAG
and william r. Singleton. No - Monthly
meeting Masonic Board Of Relief Eseher
Chapter. No. s. Eastern Star.
Knights Of Pythias-Frsnklin Lodge. Ne L
J. p. coldwell Company, 20. !, Cnifam
Rank.
Maccabees-Dfstrict Tent, No. L
Odd FeIlo~s-Excelsior Lodge. No. II: g.
lumbia, No. 10. and Salem. No T.
National Union-william H Collins Co9nell
Special music and dancing. Homo Club.
Lecture on taxation by W. l. Sw7nton In
New Jerusalem Church. p. m
Dr. Ernest listers lecture on "Parstfal" as
the New National Museum. $50 p. m
National Capital Kennel Club meeting In
Chamber Of Commerce. D. m
Washington Rho chapter Of Sigma Alpha
Epsilon smoker in fraternity house. 15o
Euclid street northwest. D. m.
Capital Camera Club housevarming in
studio. IL Eleventh street northwest, 9
p. m.
Lecture by Rev. Lee H. Downing at homo Of
Irwin B. Linton. 1s,S Second street north
west. at p. M
The Washington times., 1914-04-02

FeGeraIs in Torreon desire to do the
right thing. but are not sure whs<heP
to surrender to General villa or the
moving picture companies.
Sir Thomas Upton should name his
new challenger Toll Rates." Thsn ~
would be sure to finish q bad second.
The Washington times., 1914-04-02


ture are for essential animal COM
forts. The next two are necessary
because the worker lives away from
her home. Although existence does
not depend on the remaining entries,
most civilized life does. Twenty
cents a week for sociability and two
weeks time for recreation are tenn
perate demands. In view of the
fact that neither health nor business
is unfailing, a modest saving is al
mcst imperative.
We are told that many young
women cannot earn So a week; that
their services are worth less. Many
are certainly paid less. Half the
girls in the lines studied got sc or
under. But just how much their
labor added to the value of the prod
uct, could not be figured out from
the books of the manufacturers.
The fact that other people are will
ing to take the job for low wages,
apparently fixes the worth Of the
service.
The majority of female employees
are young persons who live at home.
They don't have to support them
selves entirely, and SO they accept
wages confessedly Inadequate for a
girl adrift or for a woman with
others dependent upon her. But the
presence in certain industries Of
many persons whose living expenses
are paid from the earnings Of some
one else, lowers the level Of wages
The Washington times., 1914-04-02
THE OLDEST INHAB sEz-

"Whsn yuh 80
. feller's head
sticlEin' out q M'
top o tn Wash
ington Monunsat
yuh can't tell II
he's enjoyin' him.
self or vhsthes
he's . tourist
The Washington times., 1914-04-02
AmuSementS.

National-'"The Doll Girl" Sis .. IN
Columbia-.The Man VINO Would Live" Els
and Sis p. m
BeIasco-.-rhe Third Party" $40 p. m
Poli's-'The Ghost Breaker" els And 3:w
d. m.
Keith's-vaudeville. Sis r. m.
Cosros-Vaudeville, continuous.
Casino-vaudeville. afternoon and evening
American-Naudeville. els and tbs p. m.
Gayety-Bu<lesque. Els and Sis ,. m
The Washington times., 1914-04-02
A Peal Cut.

Oh, the Cuiebra cut Is wide and desA
A chasm wide and long and steep.
But it's only a scratch to the awful
dent
In the salary roll Of the Government,
It's only a dimpie when compared to the
hole
The committees dug in the salary roll,
Culebras shallow alongside the slash
The House will put in tho g. clerks
cash.
Spring foods are causing . lot Of In
Even the prohibition towns
draw the line against total inundation.
The Washington times., 1914-04-02
WOMEN'S WAGES IN NEW
YORK.

One hundred and fifty thousand
women in the factories of New York
State receive less than So for a
weeks work. How many more in
stores and offices fall below this fig
ure, nobody knows. In two indus
tries Investigated with care in New
York city, $500 out of 10000 fe-
male employees were paid at lower
rate.
Eight dollars week is mention
ed because most authorities agree
that this amount is the lowest sum
a woman must pay to live like a
human being in our cities today.
The following yearly budget does
not seem excessive:
The Washington times., 1914-04-02

In the canal tolls debate on Tuesday
5000 words were spoken. which. addsd
to Ambassador Pages remarks this week
on the same subject. total an even eo.0oo.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-07-24
SCENE FROM "A KINGDOM At STAKE"

"a KINGDOM AT STAKE" is a
"a new multiple reel release in
which the power Of child love
plays the leading part. The leader Of
the revo%lutionists is made tutor Of the
little queen, and he falls in love with
her. He gives evidence against his
fellow conspirators. but the tiny child
frees them and wins their loyalty.
Margarita Fischer is put to an un-
usual. test in The Other Train" a dra-
ma soon to be released. She plays the
part Of a character that is first seer in
girlhood and is at old age at the end
Of the play. Miss Fischer's versatility
10 such that she successfully accom-
plished the feat
A brand new animal picture, it's
main plot centering about the life OF
the circus. with its sawdust rings and
tight ropes. is the proposition upon
which Director Fred Wright Is now
working for q summer release.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-07-24

Versatile Donald Crisp has produced
"On the Brink" which has just been
released. He also plays the lead in the
drama which tells the story of q wife's
narrow escape from a misstep through
the thoughtless words Of her child.
Meg O. the Mountains" by Richard
r. Ridgely, in two parts. Meg, in an
unbalanced condition of mind, recog-
nizes Gregory as the father Of her
child. Grant plans to get Gregory out
Of the way, as they both love the
same woman. His plans are upset,
and Meg, in a moment Of understand
ing, Identifies Grant and not Gregory
as the guilty man
THE STUFF That Dreams Are Made
o." q new version Of the celebrated
comedy. This is a burlesque melo-
drama in the true n Of the word.
It carries a laugh with every turn Of
the crank to the point Of bringing tears
to your eyes.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-07-24

or the top of the chimney.
well. I'll be dod rotted." ! said to
myself, III that isn't the Queerest sight
/ eve saw-Miranda daring to use u
gun"
drove right up to her. and as l did
30 l glanced at the chimney top to see
the bird she was trying to get q shot
at when ! was 6abbergasted at seeing
a mans bead pop up above the bricks.
Then Miranda. seeing NE. dropped the
gun and fell in u faint.
1t didn't require more than q few
seconds tO take in the situation. Mi.
raDda had q man up the chimney.
Who be was or how she got him there
didn't concern me just then. Lea wing
her on the grass to come to herself
when she got ready. l picked up the
gun. Then l called to the man to
show himself. he did 90, and ! ask.
ed for an explanation.
That GAL" be said, has got the
devil in her. might as well confess
that. tinding her alone. ! told her II
she didn't tell me where the family
kept their money I'd kill her. She said
they Kept It up the chimney. l went
mp after It. end she barricaded the IRE
place With heavy furniture %
couldn't get out that way. and when
climbed mp to get out this way she
waa watching me With a gun. I'm
glad you've come along. I'm nearly
dead In this cramped place. I've been
here nearly three hours.'
Well. that's the end OF the story. J
told the nal to come down The wasn't
arIned,. Miranda came to herself. and.
instead Of taking a pleasure drive. I
drove the man to the county seat and
turned him ' married Miranda.
thought after what she'd done !
might depend upon no one getting any
cash ! might leave with her when l
was away.
Since we've been married ! hsve had
bot one chance to zee bow Miranda
viii act In presence of danger. 4
moune q M out Of tn hole: she shrek
Cd and got on q chair.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-07-24
Passing Of Old Houses.

Riders and walkers through the
New England countryside and villages
learn to look for the venerable houses,
many of them centenarians twice
over, which not only distinguish this
region, but fit into it's landscapes with
a suitability which newer buildings
somehow lack. AS this interest grows
the observer begins to notice that
they are all too rapidly disappearing
to give place to modern houses which
are certainly no improvement in work
manship and architectural design, and
not necessarily superior in comfort
and convenience if Ihe old houses are
properly handled. In icsi.g these an
cient buildings w are losing not only
parcels OF history. We are losing
quite as much a dignieed ard fitting
style Of domestic architecture which
Is all the more effective. by being Sc
verely plain.-Bcstn~ Transcript.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-07-24
AOULTERATEO AND MIsBRlND.
Ed FOOD PRODUCTS AND
BEVERAGES.

l, E. F. Ladd, chemist Of the North
Dakota Agricultural Experiment Sta.
ton and food commissioner for North
Dakota, do hereby certify that the
list of food products and beverages
herein specified have been analysed
during the six months preceding June
30th, 1914, and the same found to be
adulterated or misbranded within the
meaning of the statute as shown in
each individual case.
l further affirm that this is a true
and correct list to the best of my
knowledge. E. F. LADD,
Chemist and Food Commissioner.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 3Oth day of June, 1914.
ALMA X. JOHNSON,
Notary Public, Cass County, N. D.
My commission expires Oct. %, 1917.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-07-24
The Twelfth
Jurywoman
b. DWIGHT

When equal rights for women tn
umphed in 1926 they not only gained
the franchise. but laws were passed
imposing upon them the same duties
~ men. They were drawn AZ jurywo-
men and were eligible to stt on the
bench. Different experiments In jury
duty were tried. one Of which was the
making up OF . jury Of mixed men
and women.
The case Of Grace Fleming against
Francis Iddleston for breach Of prom
ise attracted universal attention. The
law a. 1t stood at the time required
that all cases Of breach of promise
should be tried before a jury Of IN
married persons. ok being males and
Ex females. There being q great rush
tor adm1ttance to hear the ptQuant
evidence that It was expected would
be brought out q number Of young
men and women strove to be impan-
eled on the jury. The result wa six
young men and six young women were
drawn and accepted. all Of whom
were OF the better class, and the
young women were all good looking.
It was proved conclusively on the
thai that Iddleston had proposed to
Miss Fleming and that she had accept.
ed him. but the defendants counsel
brought in evidence to show that abe
had been engaged to another man at
tho same dma. The Judge charged
that II tho Jury were satisfied that the
defendant had proposed 70 the plain
III thsy were - return . verdict In
her favor. But Il they were satisfied
that the plaintiff had enyxgsd herseif
% another man willis she VA sngag.
q y le1les1pa ~ wGes - 11d fos
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-07-24

Hunters in Africa Actually Kick the
Brutes Out Of Their Way.

A globe trotter and a hunter, by
name Percy Stanhope, is an English
man who may or may not have a
sense of humor. Here is what he
said in New York recently about lion
hunting in Africa:
"You hear them talk of lion hunt
ing in Africa as though it were the
king of sports. It's a beastly shame
the way they treat the poor beasts.
Why, when l was out in British East
Africa two years ago there was a
movement on foot to punish lion hunt
ers for cruelty to animals. In fact,
they were seriously taking up the
question with the home government.
"The lives of the poor lions are be-
ing made a burden to them. I can re-
member when the lions would come
in out Of the jungle and sit on the
platform of the railway stations, and
some Of those cruel Englishmen actu-
ally booted the beasts out of the way.
Think of it, the cruelty of it all!
There being no foxes available the
sportsmen out in those parts have a
habit of stirring up a lion and pur-
suing the poor beast with whoops and
yells until it drops dead Of exhaustion
and actual fright. The poor beasts
have been so terrorized that when
they e a white man they whimper
from fright. This fear shortens the
life of the lions, and unless drastic
steps are taken to put a stop to the
cruelty there won't be any Of the An
imals left in Africa. New York
World.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-07-24

Helen Lindroth has created so many
adventures" parts that she says she
can hardly walk along the street now
without assuming q stealthy, snakelike
tread or lodging every policeman in
sight.
In "Lillian's Dilemma" q girl is re-
fused admittance into a strict boys
school, but determines to get in any
how, just for spite, and DISCUSSES her.
self in a boys suit of clothes. which
she had been commissioned by her
mother to bring her brother Dick. One
of the boys wears her clothes and gets
everybody into trouble. After confess
ing her deception and satisfactorily
explaining everything, Lillian finds her
brother and a little later finds herself
engaged.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-07-24
lDAlTON'S EXPERIMENT.
Showing What q Genius Can % With
Crude Apparatus.


The great English chemist Dalton
was q schoolteacher. He worked with
out q laboratory and with crude ap-
paratus, mostly made by himself from
simple materials. Here 10 an example
described in his own words:
TOOK an ale glass of . conical fig-
ure, two and q half inches in diameter
and three inches deep; filled It with
water that had been standing in the
room and consequently Of the tenn
perature Of the air nearly; put the
bulb Of the thermometer to the bot
tom Of the glass, the scale being out
Of the water. Then, having marked
the temperature, I put the redhot tip
Of the poker half an inch deep In the
water, holding 1t there steadily for
half . minute, and a. soon as it was
withdrawn l dipped the bulb of q zen
sitive Thermometer into the water,
when it rose in . few seconds to $50
degrees"
He then determined the tempera-
ture Of the water at the bottom after
five minutes, after twenty minutes
and after an hour and found that it
ros gradually from AZ to 50 degrees.
This simple experiment proved that
water has the power to conduct heat,
which had been denied by no less an
authority than Rumford. - Youths
Companion.