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The Washington herald., 1915-12-24
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Leave for one month and ten days is granted
fl-st Lieut. Bruce l.. Burch. Fourteenth Ca,alry-
First Lieut.. Campbell r. Hodsss Fourth In
tantry. Will rrrsrt'i to Crowley and Alexandra.
la. and make inspections cf COMPANIES O.!
infantry. of the Louisiana National Guard ID.
cemher . and %
Leave for two months is granted Capt James
Hanson, Quartsnas,sr CorT-.
Leave for thrce months is granted Capt. GouEer-
V. Packer. FIpf Infantry.
Capt. Harold T. Hetrick OcrTs Of Engineers.
is relieved from station Lock T. Ohio River.
Ny. and will Troceed to Louisville Nv. in cpn-
ncction with his present duties.
The resignation by First Lieut. 'iodfrey Y. risek.
Medical Reserve Corps. of his commission. is sc-
cspted by the President.
Leave for fourteen days Is granted Capt. Fulton
Y. @. Gardner. Coast Artillery CONS
First Lieut.. Henry G. Pratt. FIrst Cavalry. will
proved to San Antonio. Tex. and report Brig
Gen. Georye Bell. jr. L. :. A. for appointment
and duty aid decamp on his STAFF.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-24

n n EANwHILE, too Tin Mr.. Van
N Buren's administration). the
AV i country went staggering and be-
wildercd through its season Of bitter ruin.
There had been nothing like 1t be-
fore in all the history of business in
America. Utter collapse and despair
came. soon or late. upon every sort OF
undertaking the year through.
Radically unsound banking laws In
the States had been At the bottom OF
all that had happened to bring disas-
ter on; and yet no one could reason
ably wonder at the hopes and schemes
which had bred that swift and fatal
fever of speculation
Astounding wealth unquestionably
awaited the enterprise and industry
which should develop the rich valleys
Of the West, plant productive COM
munities there. and unite East and
West by road and river: and means of
quick development had at last been
found which promised fulhlment of
every dream within a single lifetime-it
might be within a single decade.-who
could tell?
1t seemed as II. in this very decade
Of Jackson's reign and the new de-
mocracy. the world had hit upon ways
of almost instant increase of wealth
and power. where resources were at
hand. virgin and inexhaustible.
1t was then that railways began to
be built and steam boats put upon
the rivers; and the great spaces of
the continent began to seem no longer
insuperable obstacles to the growth
men had dreamed of and strained aft
er ever since the landing at jamestown.
Robert Fulton had put a successful
steam boat on the Hudson as long
ago as 1907: but until now steam craft
had seemed hardly more than novel
conveniences. to be experimental with.
Now at last they began to be built in
numbers sufficient to quicken and ia
cilitate enterprise and settlement.
Railways seemed to spring sudden
ly into existence. to serve the same
end.
In 1880 there were but twenty three
miles Of rail in the country: a short
road here and there for cars drawn by
horses. But presently steam was
brought into use for the propulsion
of cars also: and within five years
Qs3S no less than thirty million dol
lars had been invested in railroads.
Before the crisis OF 1887 came more
than fourteen hundred miles of rail-
ways had been constructed; and by
the time Mr.. Van Buren went out OF
office (1S4D there were more than
three thousand. the crisis notwith-
standing.
Invention seemed to awake on ev-
cry hand. and was not a whit daunted
by the state OF the money market
In 1884 Cyrus Hall Mccormick had in
vented q reaper. to be drawn by
The Washington herald., 1915-12-24
NAVAL ORDERS.

Annapolis. arrived GuaymAs. December -; Balti,
more. arrived Charleston. December -: Brooklyn
arrived Manila. December z; Glacier arrived Quay
mas. December -; Jupiter. arrived Guantanamo.
December -; Nsnshan. arrived Guymas. Dccenh-r
=: Nero. arrived san Francisco. December -: New
Orleans. arrived TUpoobamTo. December q;
Protes. sailei for San FranGs,o. December -;
Sacramento. arrived Norfolk Yard December -;
Sylph. arrived Washington. December q; Uncas,
arrived Key West, December ..
NOTES
The flag Of the commander in chief, Asatic Fleet
has been transferred frpm the Saratoga to the
Brooklyn.
The Prairie. now at Philadelphia. will not re-
turn to Haitian waters before the third pro1imo,
at least.
The fuel ship Pruteus now route from Homo
ulu To san Francisco will load a cargo at the
latter place and proceed to Oongapp Philippine
Islands
ORDERS To OFFICERS
Lieut.. n. I. selfrcidge. to Asiatic Station via
January transport
CONTINUED ON PAGE ELEVEN.
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Army ORDERS.

CAPT. lanes ID. Taylor. SegPu;h Infantry. is re
lievtd from du'y at the Army Sc.yice Schools
Fort Leave:rworth. Kan. ard will proceed to Fort
E1yaTi. y. Mex. to- cbs ryGliua and treatment
Leave for two msrths is s-an:rd First Lieut.
Chie l.. Eastman. sigma! tcrDs.
First L.cut. Hush L. Waltiall. Eleventh In
fantEy. row ~ the Lcttsr.Ian Gspsral Hospital.
T.. r.es;dio # san Francisco. will return TO his pcooli
station.
Leave for fften days l. g-artcd First Lieut..
Adna II. Cfsfee. jr.. Ninth Cavalry.
1he Leave granted Co. GCCTse X. Mctiunnesle
infantry. is extended ten days.
Leare for month is granted Capt. Monroe
C. Kerth. infantry.
Leave iC- two months Is granted First Lieut..
Icln II. Hester. ufnn,ry.
The leave q an,ed Capt. Wallace n. Craigie,
Iii: tVenth Cayal;y. Is extended ten days
Leave for two months Is granted Firye Esuk,
John @. Psgnn. Ninth CAsalEy.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-24
BY r. b. JOHNS.

Congress has been asked by the Sec
| retary OF War to appropriate s53o.ooo
or the purchase from John Hays
Hammond. jr.. of his invention, the
Hammond Radio Frojectile. The pro-
jectile, which is a type of torpedo, is
controlled by wireless either from the
shore or from the battIeship which
launches it and can be operated on the
surface or as the usual type of tor
pedo.
Representative Sherry, chairman OF
the fortifications subcommittee of the
House Committee on Appropriations.
has looked into the merits of the pro-
position and has been greatly impress
ed with its effectiveness. Senator
Thomas S. Martin. of Virginia, chair
man of the Senate Committee on APP
propriations has also become interest
ed in the invention and has taken the
matter up with the Secretary of War.
Mr.. Hammond claims that by his
invention, he can control the course
of this type of torpedo for a distance
Of five miles from the launching
point. In tests made at Mr.. HAM
mond's laboratory at Gloucester. Mass.
bamboo pole weighted so that il
would stand upright in the water
three and a half miles off the shore.
was hit ten times out of fifteen.
In writing to Senator Martin, chair
man of the Senate Committee on APP
propriations, the Secretary of War
urges the immediate purchase of the
invention. The Secretary declares that
it has been fully tested by the Board
Of Ordnance and Fertilization and that
it has demonstrated that II will be
of great value to the country's sys-
TEN of coast defenses.
Neither the X nor the l. type of sub
marines has been accepted by the Navy
Department. The X boats have done
splendid work on preliminary trials but
the builders are not ready to submit
them to the final test. The l. boats have
not taken n preliminary test and will not
until the contractors have made some
changes in them.
The Secretary of the Navy is exercising
the greatest care in the erecting of sub
marines. He is insisting that all of the
submarines should come up to the letter
of the governments specifications. In
his opinion the submarine il still in the
experimental stage, and the government
should be protected against any defects
that develop in the boat.
1t is understood that the chief trouble
Is with the defective storage batteries.
Despite all the claims of the manufac-
turers, the storage battery problem for
submarines has rot been fully solved In
some quarters IL Is believed that de-
peudab,C submarine VIII never be OBJ
tained until a single unit of power is de-
veioped. The Navy Department Is max
ing some experiments in this direction.
and one of the old submarines will be
equipped with what is known as the
Neff system of propulsion If authority
can be obtained this session from Con-
gress for the expenditure OF sufficient
funds to install the new system of power
Cart. Robert Blanchard and Capt.
James L. Bourke. of the Medical Corps
Of the army. reported at the War De-
paStmsnt yesterday.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-24

/ horses. which once for all solved ant
simplified the problem how the grea'
plains and wide valleys of the Wes
were to be brought under cultivation
by a sparse pioneer population. where
hands were few.
In 1885 means were found by which
the great anthracite coal beds of the
country could be used in the produc.
tion Of steam and in the manufacture
of iron.
Along with the utilization of the
new fuel came the invention of the
screw propeller. By 1898 the fnven.
tion had been fairly perfected. and II
had become reasonably certain tina,
steam craft upon the ocean would
draw the continents of the world to.
gether as steam craft upon the river.
and locomotives upon the railways
were uniting East and West in Amer
lea
In 1929 James Nasmyth. at Man.
chester. invented the steam hammsl
whose use was presently to increase
sources Of the iron forges from which
the new machinery of conquest anc
manufacture was pouring forth
Here were the instruments of in.
dustry and of real production upon
which Imagination dwelt and specula-
tion based its hopes. Real wealth
was being created apace. and nothing
was too extravagant to hope for.
More eager movements OF popula-
tion went with hope and enterprise
and a very ferment of social and econ
omic change.
With the growth of manufacturing
industries came concentration also
Towns began to grow into cities
Enterprise took on new magni-
tude. individual initiative was a lit
tie daunted. and corporations began
to be multiplied.
Finding themselves massed in the
new undertakings. finding their EN-.
ployers, not individuals. but groups OF
men using their combined capital
upon a large scale. workmen and me-
chanics began to draw together into
protective organizations: and new
murmurs again. ~capital. banks. and
monopolies' disturbed the peace alike OF
philanthropists and of politicians
The rural nation which had chosen
General Jackson to be its leader be-
gan to be transformed even while he
reigned:-most of all in the East
where industry was chiefly seated
but in the West also. where men OF
every section met. and moved with
quickened pace towards new objects
and new developments till then not
dreamed of.
New ambitions stirred everywhere
and mems very manners were changed
with the new haste and energy that
swept them on.
Monday-Anti-SIavery Agitation.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-24

navy as big as that of Great Britain-as advo-
Gated by the general board-can only be required
for the purpose of fighting with Great Britain.
And if we prepare to fight her on sea we must also
if logical prepare to fight her on land
There will probably be 100000 veteran troops in
Canada few months after the war ceases We
should prepare army of at least that size at
once.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-24

An aeroplane agent who recently arrived in
New York from Europe intimates, according to the
newspapers, that England is planning a great aero
plane raid in Germany. He refused to talk, be-
cause he had been admonished not to tell what he
had seen. If he continues to intimate however
Germany will soon discover any secret that may
have been entrusted to him. though probably it
was not one that the world is not welcome to.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-24

The cable announces that Henry Ford will pay
the salary earned by Judge Ben B. Lindsey as a
lecturer in the United States and will buy Judge
Lindseys lecture contract, calling for S3o,ooo to
keep him with the party. Now let's quit knock
ing Ford
The Washington herald., 1915-12-24
Steamer Being 0verhauled.

The Steamer Charles Macalester
which runs between here and Mount
Vernon and Marshall Hall. has been
laid up at her wharf, foot of NJ street
southwest. for two months for a COM
plete overhauling., She will be re-
painted and redecorated for service
next spring and summer
The Washington herald., 1915-12-24

The Secretary of War has asked Congress to
appropriate S53oooo for the purchase of John Hays
Hammond, jr.'s torpedo that be controlled by
wireless; but the chances that Congress will
be able to control itself
The Washington herald., 1915-12-24

The mistletoe business should be dull in Mil
waukee, Wis, and Camden, N J., where the health
officials have issued warnings against kissing be-
of serious epidemics of grip.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-24

1t has not yet been definitely determined
whether the Kaiser is suffering from "zelIgeweb-
entzuendung" degewebentzuendung." The
people of this country are still neutral
The Washington herald., 1915-12-24

We are waiting to hear just what Mr.. Henry
A. Wise Wood thinks ought to prepare for.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-24

It's long way from HOLSTERS to horse meat, but
the limit has to be stretched for New York in all
things.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-24

Vienna is pleased with latest note. And
yet it sounded all right the way was given out
here.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-24

We can put off until Monday at any rate worry
ing about the threatened rise in the price of gaso-
line to IS cents gallon.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-24
As TO SANTA CLAUS.

Now don't you think that Santa Claus
His work would better do
If you would just a moment pause
To help the old boy through
The Washington herald., 1915-12-24
A Line O Cheer Each Day o the Year.
By JOHN KENDRIcK BANGS.

First printing OF original poem. written oanJ
for The Washington Herald
The Washington herald., 1915-12-24

Mr.. and Mrs. u. \. stein. of Chicago,
are visiting Mr.. and Mrs Max Fischer.
lTi4 Lanier place.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-24

Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick G.. Latham and
Miss Cynthia Latham. of New York City,
are at the Shoreham for the Christmas
holidays.
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Copyright. 1851
The Washington herald., 1915-12-24

Mr.. and Mrs. y. +. Sawyer. whose mar
ria ge took place recently. are passing
a part of their honeymoon at the Shore
in New York.
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AN AGE OF INVENTION.

P::Issd BY SPECIAL wTh through
The Mcclure NeuypapU Syndicate
4 Brother
by he spaperS
ever .siy Tor etSsr ..s,re
The Washington herald., 1915-12-24

Lieut.. Commander II. G. Dinger will
entertain Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Y Sad
lier. of New York. as his house guests
over the holidays A number of enter
tainments have been planned in their
honor.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-24

Capt. and Mrs W. A. GIL will come
to Washington today from Fort Monroe
to pass the holidays. Their son-in-law
and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Hyde Smith.
will give an egg-nog party for them on
Christmas afternoon. and Mrs. Gill will
entertain at dinner January ;.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-24

The District Of Columbia Division.
United Daughters of the Confederacy.
will hold a benefit card party at the
Cairo. Friday afternoon. January H. at
= o'clock.
Miss Pansie G. Wilson. chairman or
the division entertainment committee.
Is In charge OF the arrangements. Tho
patronesses will be announced later
The Washington herald., 1915-12-24

Mrs. Riley Decide will entertain at
a luncheon today when the guests will
include number Of cadets from thu.
United States Military Academy. class
mates of her son. Cadet William peeble
A theater party will follow.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-24

Miss RoSaIe Donaldson il visiting
Capt. J. A. Hoogewerf u. :. N, and
Mrs. Hoogewerff. at the Naval OBJ
servatory.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-24

Mr.. and Mrs. David 3. sutton are
prominent New Workers passing a short
time at the Shoreham.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-24

Miss BERTHE Pugh and her neice. Miss
Louise Pugh. entertained informally at
tea yesterday afternoon in honor of Miss
Mary Hardwick. daughter of Senator
and Mrs. Hardwick. who has come to
Washington from Georgia, where she
attends school. to spend the holidays
with her parents.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-24

Miss Edith Lester and Miss Kathleen
Lester are spending the holidays with
their parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Wharton
+. Lester.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-24

Cart. Robert Blanchard and Capt.
James T. Bourke. of the Medical Corps
OF the army. reported at the War De-
pAgtment yesterday.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-24

Mr. Justice and Mrs. Holmes Secre-
tary Lane, Assistant Secretary of War
Breckenridge, Mrs. John H. Hampson
and Miss Stevens were well-known peo-
pie lunching at the Shoreham yesterday.
all accompnied by friends
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CONTINUED on PAGE ELEVEN.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-24

Lunching in the Rose room of tn.
shoreham yesterday were Prince Alfred
zu Hohenlohe and Mr.. Stephen Hedry
de Hedri, OF the Austria-Hungarian En-
oassy. and Constantin Mavroudi Enendi.
second secretary of the Turkish EN-
bassy.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-24

Mrs. William Cumming Story, presi-
dent general of the Daughters OF the
American Revolution, will return to
Washington Monday, December q. to
attend the Pan-American Scientific Con-
gress- Mrs. Story is a member of the
executive committee of the congress OF
which Mrs. Robert Lansing is the chair
man. Mrs. Story will be the presiding
officer for one session Of the congress.
While in the city she will be the guest
OF Mrs. Frank Foster Greenawalt, State
regent Of the District u. A. r.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-24

1t is pleasant to think that all people, no matter
whether religious irreligious. Jew Gentle. Gel
ebrate Christmas. In my own acquaintance there
are people who make more OF the day than
some Jewish friends. For weeks ahead they plan
what they will give to another, and their chief
meal they make genuine love feast Here, it
offer US s. an @ example Of superiority to to- prejudice.
They give us again the lesson in Christianity that
has come down to from Jew. the lesson we
have yet to learn
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-05-18
.|NST|T TUTE AT BAP-
T|ST Church CLOSED
"The Lad and His Dad" is Subject of
Interesting Address by Rev.
-..s
% Lapham.

The three days convention and in
stitute of the Baptist B. Y. P. U. ano
Sunday schools of Webster City
Eagle Grove, Iowa Falls and Homer
held at the Baptist church in this
city, ended Sunday night. At the Sun
day school hour yesterday morning,
Rev. Jay A. Lapham of Des Moines,
who has abeen the principal speaker
during the convention, addressed the
Sunday school for a half hour upon
the Standard Sunday school. The
afternoon meeting which had been
advertised was given up and the ev-
ening meeting last night brought
the institute to a close. Rev. Lap
ham spoke upon "The Lad and His
Dad" in an interesting manner to a
fair sized audience and the choir
rendered special music.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-05-18
To Locate in Webster City.

DR.. R. C. Crumpton of Chicago has
made arrangements to locate in Web
ster City and will Office with DR..
McCaulitf, having purchased an in
terest in the equipment and supplies.
He is now here and ready to serve
patients. DR.. Crumpton graduated
from Rush Medical college four years
ago and following his graduation
served two years on the house staff
of the Cook county hospital and two
years as chief of the house staff Of
St. Luke's hospital, Chicago. The
doctor comes highly recommended
and will be accorded a hearty well
come in Webster City professional
and business circles. 1t is the wish
of DR.. McCauliff under the new ar
rangement to devote more of his
time to surgery.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-05-18
Electric Dog is Faithful.

That engineers do not lose inter-
est in animal life by dealing with
machines is proved by the fact that
the electrical engineering students
of Highland Park college, Des
MOines, are making dog which will
follow his master all over the place.
This dog consists of a small box
shaped like the animal with two
rather prominent eyes in his head.
The eyes are made of the metal
selenium. This mechanical dog
moves his head around until he sees
a light, when he at once fixes his
eyes intently upon the light toward
which he moves rapidly. 1t is only
necessary for the dogs master to
carry around an electric light, a
pocket search light, or something of
the kind to cause the dog to follow
him. The insides of this dog, made
entirely by students of Highland
Park college, consists of wires, mo-
tors and other electrical elements. If
this mechanical dog loses his master,
he stands still and moves his head
around until he discovers the light
a gain,
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-05-18
Goes to Eagle Grove.

Carl Quist, who has been at the
head of the Fort Dodge band for
many years and is known by many
of the citizens of this city, is about
to move to Eagle Grove. This means
that our neighbor on the north will
have band worth while before
many months have passed. The Fort
Dodge newspapers regret Mr.. Quist's
removal from that city. The Chron-
icle says:
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Quist will leave
next week for Eagle Grove, where
Mr.. Quist has accepted a very fine
offer extended by the city to organ
ize and conduct a band in Eagle
Grove. Mr.. Quist has been resi-
dent Of Fort Dodge for fourteen
years and during that time has been
intimately connected with the mus
ical life of the city. He has con-
Quoted a band each year and has or
ganized two orchestras, one led by
Mrs. Quist. The loss of this couple
will be deplored.
No plans have been made as yet
for the leadership of the Fort Dodge
municipal band. which has just been
organized.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-05-18
CL0Sz DIVORCE
CASE IS DECIDED
Judge Wright Divides Property and
Grants Divorce-John McCar-
ley Wins Suit.

Judge Wright has announced his
findings in the Closz divorce case
tried in the district court here few
days ago. Harriet M. Closz brought
action for divorce against her hus-
band, Theabold Closz. The parties
are we'll known in this community,
having resided here off and on since
childhood and the case attracted
considerable attention. BY the de-
cision of the Judge Mrs. Closz gets
the household goods and $4,000 in
cash. The combined fortunes of Mr..
and Mrs. Closz were estimated in
court at $4,000, she having prop
erty to the value of about $500. It
is figured that she gets about three
sevenths of the value of the proper
ty.
In the case of John McCarley VS..
J. P. Hanson the jury found for the
plaintiff. This was an action on a
note given for an automobile and
involved about $1,10O. Mr.. McCar-
ley is president of the First Nation
al Bank of Williams and had bought
the note.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-05-18
Is a Past Master.

Register and Leader: Attorney
General Cosson, after reading Sena.
tor Chase's statement published in
The Evening Tribune, that Senator
Francis has picked Cosson for gov
ernor and that he had promised to
make Francis United States senator
in the event of a vacancy, last night,
said:
Senator Chase enjoys mixing a
little wit and fun with his politics.
I do not believe that the senator
meant to be serious and therefore no
answer is necessary. Then, again,
no one in the state has happier fac
ulty Of diverting debate from the
real issue than Senator Chase. ,He
is past master at this art. Howev-
er, if Senator Chase would name one
person that he heard
make the statement, I will be glad
to treat the matter seriously, and
inform the senator that I promise
jobs to no one in consideration of po-
litical support"