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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-12-24

Treachery. though II first very eau
Sstious. In the end letrays itself.-Livy.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-12-24
Christmas Bells
By MlNNA IRVING.

BY MlNNA IRVING.
1915. by American Press Asso-
" IHEN all the world is white with
w snow
Ten million tongues repeat
The idings Of the birth Of Christ
In accents clear and sweet.
They fling the message to and fro
Der frosty hills and deIs
Til every earthly ear has heard
The music Of the bells.
THEY are the echoes Of a voice
Still ringing through the night
From blossom bearing lands Of sun
To lands Of frozen white.
First heard on old Judea's plain.
Where Aocks and shepherds lay.
BY time and distance multiplied
To welcome Christmas day.
Tor then a shepherd boy awoke
And rubbed his sleepy eyes =
And saw a star Of wondrous light
Above him in the skies
And. pointing to its glory. cried:
"Al hail the Christmas mornl
Behold the star Of Bethlehem,
The Prince Of Peace Is bomI"
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Peter voIo Fast Four Year Old.

Peter Volo Fast Four Year Old.
During his career on the turf the
champion stallion The Harvester trot-
ted one mile in 2:O1 and one mile III
2.O2. Cresceus once trotted in 2:O2A
and again in 2:O2A. Etawah last year
won five heats under 2:04, the fastest
in 2:03A. This year the four-year-old
Peter Volo has on three different occa-
sions trotted in 2:O2. and his two other
winning heats were under 2:O3, max
ing an average Of 2:O2A for all his
winning performances. Etawah was
considered a marvel in four-year-old
form, but this record of Peter Volo's
stamps him as being the faster colt.
and he is so far In advance of all other
colt trotters that a longer period will
probably elapse before his record is
beaten than marks any other reduc-
ton of the record for four-year-olds.
The first champion at this age of which
there il record was the famous Ethan
Allen. He won in 2;36 in 1853. bring
ing great fame to the Morgan family.
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Howard Buck, captain of Wisconsin's
football team, is recognized as one Of
the best nlckles in the game. Last year
he established a reputation for speed
and daring and this year has added to
his fame. Towards position is left
tackle, and by his strong game so far
he is practically assured of 81 place
on the all western conference eleven.
In the games already played by the
Badgers they have rolled up big scores.
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r BOOMING AEROPLANE INDUSTRY IN THE UNITED STATE"
Increased, New Ones Spring
ing Up and All Are Humming
Like Beehives

the old patent litigation between the
Curt!ss and Wright interests Is loom
ing UP again. Since the old suit was
decided in favor of Orville Wright Mr..
Curtiss has developed a new type OF
control. which he calls the single act
ing a.leron. This control Mr.. Curtiss
contends does not infringe the aero
plane patents held by the Wright
interests. and this liz the control he is
using on the new machines. Many OF
the other aerop,ane companies are
| turning out machines that have been
held by the courts TO infringe the
Wright patents.
The new patent suit is set for trial
in the United States District Court at
Rochester on June 81. England Is the
largest purchaser OF American aero
planes. and once the machines are In
| England the question Of infringement
is removed. Just before the war be-
gan the British Government bought
the Wright patents in that country.
Recent cable dispatches have stated
that a SIG. 900. 900 order for aeroplanes
was about to he placed in this country.
This IL considered impossible by con-
structors here. No doubt England
would like To place such an order here
II she could get any n to MI II
| promptly. but no one here In In q
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EVERY MAN HIS OWN FOOT RULE

allel mark, indicating the end of the
side he vas measuring.
Now" he said. "you have ten times
liz inches. which IL ll2Ia inches.
span exactly Q inches, making l2lia
inches, and my thumb IL Just an inch
wide at the first knuckle. making
l22ia inches. and that is the length
of the opening Now for the width"
Following the same process, he
measured eight shoe lengths and
marked the distance. Then he laid his
hand down FIAT. the heel Of the palm
touching the mark he had just made.
called of ~ inches for the other to
note down, marked that and placed
his hand again. palm down. but this
time measur ng with its width AT the
knuckles. The side Of his hand came
exactly to the end Of the narrower
of the two sides.
Put down 4 inches more" he said.
THAT is eight shoe lengths. or 30
inches plus ~ inches, plus 4 inches,
lOl y inches. The opening is there
fore 10 feet e19 inches by s feet ~
inches. and you'll he perfectly sale
In going ahead on those measuna-
| ments."
Testing the result when the arrived
where they had access TO a two foot
rule II was found to be correct within
a Of an inch, which was near enough.
Long ago" volunteered the unique
measurer. "more as a matter ~ GU
r!os!ty than anything else, 7 suppose
made measurements Of several mem
bers Of my body and remembered
them, Here Is the schedule. 1t hai
helped me out many a time"
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T WISH | knew the dimensions Of
that opening," said one man

i a,.. 49,, 49,. =.
""'''e', "u' na,e -"
RUE WI" Nv SucS' nav ).
c"lne pa'N "S"'" '"H "'''"'"' anu
measure
The opening was a rectangular mole
In the ground that had been cemented
TO the top and when needed a cover,
why dont you measure 1t now
said the other man. and save yourself
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From the Aerial Age
Types of latest American aeroplanes.
Notwithstanding room. Curtiss works at Buffalo. Parts of
machines 60 in at one end and completed machines
come out at the other.

ing night and day on "A S2'o,oOo order
tor England. and Albert :. Heinrich is
in Italy after another order.
For years the Heinrich brothers
struggled along, flying almost daily AT
Hampstead, with an order Tor
a machine. They stuck to II, put in
all their money and gave all their
time. but the results were nil until
Europcan buyers came along with
rush orders for military tractors.
The Wright Company at Dayton,
yivor Of the origina! Wright brothers,
~ its head. is building biplanes of
the pushcr type with one engine and
two propcllers. These machines are
equipped with the new Wright stabil-
izer. so that the pilot, as we'll as he
observer, may concentrate his atten-
ton on the foe below.
This plan is also working or full
time building machines for European
shipment. one of the Wright com
pany's latest orders came from Gen.
villa, who demanded a half dozen ma
hines for tho use Of his aviators.
These have been shipped.
Glenn l.. Martin OF Los Angeles,
| Cal, who has long specialized in Just
the type of tractor biplane that is
, now SO much In demand, Is working
his factory full time turning out bet
ter than a machine a week, II Is
reported that the Martin company has
Just obtained a substantial contract
from Norway.
The nations of Europe not at war
seem to want a%eroplanes Just as much
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position to accept the order for prompt
delivery.
England has $4,000 trained engineers
and mocha MICS working to their full
capacity at home turning out aero
planes to supply the British fiers.
They cannot build machines fast
enough. British firms are engaging
every trained mechanic they can find
and are training others as fast as they
an. The Royal Aircraft Factory has
abandoned It's experimental work and
has developed until IL now employs
900 men. II is safe To say that the
American aeronaut!cal industry could
use 1000 more trained men. but they
are not To he had.
Lieut.. P!otrowski OF the Imperial
Russian navy, who came 10 this Cour-
try recently. said that it was pretty
generally conceded in Europe that
America eXcel,ed In the production Of
seaplanes. The term seaplane as Ice
abroad includes both flying boats and
hydroaeroplanes. Lieut.. ~Piotrowski
added hat American seaplanes had
been adopted as the standard for use
In the Russian navy.
\ recent cable despatch to a steam
ship line here reported that 100 aero
planes shipped to Russia from the
port OF New York had been landed
safely at Archangel. With these ma
chimes, most Of which were seaplanes,
went Charles &. Wilmer. formerly
pilot Of Harold F. McCormick's flying
boat Edith. Wilmer has a years o n
tract in Russia. where he will test
the rev aeroplanes at Sevastopol and
teach the Russian aviators to fly them,
The chief instructor Of the Italian
navy is an American. John Lansing
Callan, brother Of Assemb,yman Cal
Ian Of Albany. His assistant is VIII
lam Eiwood Doherty OF Buffalo.
II has been officially stated, and the
statement seems to he pretty generally
accepted abroad, tina, the flying corps
Is the safest berth for a soldier, Wher
the Royal Flying Corps was organized
in lal2 It was estimated that the
entire personnel would have to h.
changed every six months in case nj
war. That is. six months would he
the average l!fe of an aviator in active
service.
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attracts much attention from spectators
on account Of its green color. Another
newcomer is the johnson motored
Shaw ~monoplanR. which was built in
indianapolis and is now being flown
a. Hampstead by Tex Millman. This
Is n Of the few monoplanes now be-
ing built in this country.
This war seems To have demon
s,rated the superiority Of the blplane
for practical work. and nearly all the
nations at war have ceased 20 order
monop,anes. In France. where the
nor oplane had been developed to a
high STATE of efficiency, the change to
hiplanes Is most noticeable. Germany
abandoned the monop,ane early in the
war.
The Gallaudet A%croplane Company
Of Norwich, Conn, IL exhibiting a
tauhellke riplarc at Hampstead. A
British officer said recently that he
was very much interested in this type.
as he believed IL could he flown over
the German lines without drawing the
eremy's fire on account of its taube
lines. The Gallaudet is faster than
the fastest taube.
Another new machine AT HempSead
has beer produced by the Huntington
Aircraft Company and designed by
Howard Huntington, secretary of the
Aero Club of America.
At every aeroplane factory and at
every flying field of any Importance in
the United STATES there are stationed
ono or more officers from European
nations. who keep track Of the latest
developments and who -. X. the ma
chimes that are being built for their
Government. Several British officers
are on duty every day AZ tho Hempste ii
aerodrome putting the new machines
through speed, climbing and weight
carrying tests. Capt. r. J. Jenkins of
the military wing. Royal Flying Corps,
is in charge, Holland has also had
two officers AZ Hemps'ead.
At every factory where aeroplanes
are being built for ono Of the allied
nations there are one or more trained
officers. who put the stamp Of official
approval on every part II a goes into
each machine. Their final q. X. COOS
on the completed machine and then
the responsihiiity'of the builder ceases
In the midst Of this unusual activity
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as those already in the conflict. Many
OF these countries formerly got their
supply from England. Germany or
France, and now with that supply
u of they must urn to the United
States. Wilbur T. Gracey. United
States Consul in Seville, recently re-
ported the purchase Of six land aero
planes and six hydroaeroplanes from
the Curtiss company.
John Dale Cooper. who was for
many years a demonstrated for the
Curtiss company in Russia, has
started an aeroplane company at
bridgeport, Conn, His first machine
Is almost ready for its test fight.
Cooper has designed what he calls a
submarine destroyer, hat il. an aero
plane specially adapted and equipped
10 detect submarines and to destroy
them. The method Is to swoop down
within, say. fifty feet Of the sub
marine and drop a bomb. BY the
time the bomb strikes the aeroplane
would he we'll out Of danger.
The effect Of the European war on
the aviation industry in America Is
well reflected at Hampstead plains
whore rev machines are being tested
almost every week end and where
from two to a half dozen differen,
makes OF a%eroplanes are to he seen In
the air nearly every day,
One Of the newes aeroplanes t.
make its appearance there is the Mayo
military tractor, built by Virginiu!
j. Mayo at New Haven and now beine
flown almost DALI at Hemps,ead ~
Stevenson Magor~on. This machin,
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Makers Who Saw Business Vanishing
Now Rushing to Supply Big
Orders From Abroad

maker The British Admiralty got :he
benefit Of those long months Of ux-
periments
Another marve.. these Americas are
being built. assembled. Grated and
.hipped with never a test in actual
hisht. In this too they are handled
IKE Fords." Mr.. Curtiss knows they
viii fly and he KNOWS what weight
they will carry. So does the British
Admiralty. And the Admiralty is ev.-
IDENTIFY satisfied for the orders keep
coming in.
There is n very noticeable differ
ence in the Americas that are being
sent to England ard the one that vas
butt for Rod.an Wanamaker. NJ.
Wanamaker's America WAS painted
bright red so that 1t could Ice seen
from the greatest distance possible
The Americas for England are shipped
with their war paint on. "A dull bate.
ship gray.
These monster machines. with wins,
that spread sixty feet from tip To tip.
are the weight carriers and the long
distance fiying machines of the British
navy. Machine guns can he mounted
on them. bombs can he carried and
great distance "a he covered. They
are a part Of England's coast defence
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uos, -, tho woodwork for v,,..
sac,tors and stru,s ,s made for the
C,r,iss cornanv in ,wo other factories
~ puearo
,r n Nocurdy ubo bas long
hoo, oor,oc,od vi,h ov;a,ior g., tho
r.ri,os c.s,os "a nrac,ic,, eier ard
sc,nrtis, as wel is ~orpanizirr the
r,,r,lss H., a, T,,nr,, Tho o,tira
mach.ne cx,cn, tho motor will he
huil, a., ,his niar, FOR tho Canadian
Govorrmer, aud 100 mon arc already
working There. although tho factory
* NOT vet CONNECTED
NJ N,,,.s. ,roi,irr o,o,o,
vourg canadians who asnire To be
members Of the living corps and there
are 7OO ON the waiting list. Warner
n peberdy formerly of New York.
is the motor exper, with Mr.. NcCurdy.
The TYNE of a~eroplane turned out
nv the Cur;!ss nlarts is practically
the same as that turned out nv other
concerns that are manufacturing for
foreign Governments. our own War
Department has lately demanded trac-
tor hip.anes. So American manufac-
turers turned their attention to that
,yp and in tina, type they excel. The
Curt.ss company Is the only one max
ing the monster America type or nylng
boats.
Another concern that has hecn for
turate in obtaining several large
orders from England Is the Thomas
Bros. Aeroplare Company Of Ithaca,
y, Y \ year ago the Thomas Bros.
n,nTArr had a lis,1n Taffnru ut Ilnsh
y. V. building not more than a
machine every three months. They
were strueslng along a niue more
prosperous thah some oH' st1' s'rus-
si'hE'
Now they have moved 10 Ithaca
whore Cayuga Lake affords better
facilities for overwatcr flying than
were TO he found at Bath. They have
taken over a large factory formerly
used for building incuhators n here
they turn out a machine a week. the
Thomas Bros. have as their chief de-
siguer an Englishman-also named
Thomas, hut M relation to the mem
bers Of the frm-who designed the
famous Sopwith flying boat In Eng
land and who was brought to this
country by Lieut., Porte to work on
the design of the original America.
Already the Thomas company has
outgrown its new factory and will
som break ground for another build
ing. In the meantime the finishing
touches are nut on the machines in
largo fonts and the Grating is also
done out Of doors. This plant is
o~pcratIng night and day and they
are irving hard TO increase it's out
nut.
A, uorn,o,ood Mass tho pnrgoes
canaru needed hy ". stor,irc
p,' ,urrirc an, ,broo aoro.
n,anos woot J,s most recent, ordc,
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-11-01
baltimore COP.
| COUNTS ON SPLIT
Row Over Harrison Nomina-
ton Hope Of Maryland
Republicans.
DEMOCRATS PESSIMISTIC
Only Landslide. However. Can Take
Control of General Assembly
From Them.
DEMOCRATS PESSIMISTIC

Baltimore, Oct. 3l.-Although the Dem
ocrstic registration exceeds the Republi-
can by 1000. the governorship Is in
doubt. according to Baltimore poll
ticians who. are busy figuring estimates
on Tuesdays election. Only a landslide
can prevent the control OF the general
assembly by the Democrats. Nor could
the Republicans hope to elect their can
didate for governor II Maryland Demo-
Gratis were united. Four years ago the
Democrats. by a break in their lines. lost
the governorship, though they elected
the balance OF their ticket by good ma
Jorities.
The situation this year is not much
different from that Of 1911. Again Sena-
tor Lee sought the nomination for gov
ernor in the primaries. He had the
backing OF Mayor Preston. OF Baltimore,
and the better part Of the city machine.
But Senator Smith. Lees bitterest en-
envy. succeeded in nominating Emerson
c. Harrington, State controller.
Now the Lee faction is rebellious. and
the independent Democrats, who do not
take kindly TO the State machine, incline
TO side with them.
The Republicans named ovington z.
Weller. chairman Of the State roads
commission. and a prominent business
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-11-01
FOOD EXHIBIT
Opens TONIGHT
Brilliant Display VIII Begin at
Convention Hall at
7:30 O'clock.
|EDIBLES AND FURNISHINGS
District Commissioners. Civic and
Trade Bodies. Will Begin March of
Review as Doors Are Opened.

washington's knowledge of food val
ues and the things that go TO make
housekeeping and good living the great
est possible satisfaction viii be greatly
enhanced as a result Of the food show
which opens in Convention Hall at 7:SC
O'Clock this evening for two weeks
run.
1t marks the biennial display Of the
Retail Grocers' Protective Association
and IN It will be found the most cele.
brated Of national and local manufac-
turers and surveyors of foods and
household goods.
This show is the most pretentious one
that Washington has ever witnessed. II
a the elimination of hard work on the
part Of the food show committee ant
Perry p. Patrick. the manager. Of the
display. The man in charge of the
shows stock rooms gave eloquent ties
timony yesterday to contemplated gen
erosity Of the exhibitors. Never IN the
history Of food shows In Washington
have the exhibitors brought so many
cases of samples" he said. land II has
been necessary for Manager Patrick &c
secure q warehouse near Convention
Han TO store the goods"
The oficial opening tonight will be dig.
ufied by the presence of the District
Commissioners the presidents and secre.
taries Of the Board of Trade. Chamber o,
Commerce. Retail Merchants Associa,
tion. Federation Of Citizeps' Association:
and others
The doors win be opened at 80 o'clock
and the grand promenade OF guests
members OF the Retail Grocers' Protective
Association and food show reviewers vii
be begun 10 the accompaniment of THE
Stars and Stripes Forever.% played by
Pistorio's band. which will give concert.
both afternoon and evening Throughout
the show.
Booths and decorations are entirely
novel. A test was had last night of tn,
lighting effects The grouping of BOOTH
has been accomplished along unique lines
and every booth is laden with the choicest
Of products that tickle the palate ant
intensity interest in life.
There are not alone suggestions for tn,
home but for personal wear for men anC
women. How to cook and what to ust
In the preparation Of foods for the tabI,
are shown side by side. Correct ant
iabor-saving appliances for the home ar,
shown through the medium OF two com
pletely equipped homes, with fittings anC
appliances that will interest every pres
ent and prospective housewife in Wash
ington.
The show has been constructed will
a view TO bringing about an even CREATE
degree OF confidence between the groce
and the buyer. The exhibitors realize tina
this is an age when the public demand
to be shown. and tonight's opening viii
mark brilliant beginning to an occasion
Of picturesque entertainment and educa
uonal value.
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WILL DISCUSS CRISIS
AT ORDNANCE PLANT
Maehinists Meet Tonight and May Call
Out Steel Company's Workmen
nj Ciesbo.o Point.

A special meeting OF union machinists
will be held tonight to discuss the sud
den dismissal Saturday Of six employees
OF the Washington Steel and Ordnance
company's plant at Giesboro Point. The
six employees. members Of the machin-
ists' union, had been active IN union
king the l.5oo workmen at the plant. No
reason was given by officials Of the COM
pany for their discharge.
Harry T.. Clark, secretary and treas
urer OF the company. declared yesterday
he knew nothing Of the incident. nor
OF any agitation among the workmen.
The policy Of the company has been to
employ both union and nonunion men.
While the company has employed union
men II has never recognized the organi-
cations. The discharge of the six men Is
taken as evidence of active opposition
to unionization.
Union officials declare the matter is at
a crisis, though no mention OF striking
has been made. The situation will be
determined at a meeting tonight OF Lo-
cal 10 international Association of Ma
chInists, In Naval Lodge Hall.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-11-01

Members Of the Secular League di
cussed "Abuse Of the Freedom OF the
Press at a meeting at Pythian Temple
Yesterday. There still was doubt when
the meeting ended as 20 whether the
power really Is abused.
r. Cotton Lewis, special assistant to
the Attorney General, was the speaker
He believed that the freedom OF the
press had been abused and quoted iron
newspapers published as far back as iIs'
and as recent as 1875 to prove his con
tention. He told OF the abuse OF Its free
dom by the Appeal to Reason. social'
list organ. Some sentences from MT
Lewis speech follow:
The abuse OF its freedom by the press
is growing worse and worse. The prob
lem is SO serious as 10 threaten the lib
erty of the people. Newspapers SO use
their freedom that the continued abuse
constitutes a worse menace than posi-
BILE regulation"
Mr.. Lewis placed a large part OF the
blame for the assassination OF Presi'
dents Lincoln, Garfield and Mckinley or
newspapers. He quoted from newspa'
per called the Aurora which. In lis4 ano
lTS, attacked George Washington In
hysterical fashion. and said In conclud'
ing his quotations that that shows how
much dependence may be placed or
newspaper articles"
Mr.. Lewis said that It would be good
to deny the use OF the mails to news
papers which didn't meet with approval
or II that were considered too strict
that they might be made to pay more fol-
mailing their publications.
Prof. Hyiand Kirk, a vice president
of the league, opposed regulation OF
newspapers. The remedy. he said, would
be worse than the disease.
I'VE of the Secular League ought &c
be interested In this question:" he said