SCENE OF BIG WAR
CAPITAL WILL BE CENTER OF
NEXT MIMIC CAMPAIGN.
Department Plam to Test Defense of
City of Washington Militiamen
of Nearby States Expected
to Join In Maneuvers.
Washington. The moat formidable
army over gathered together for In
struction in the
history of mimic
war will 1)0 seen
on I lie outskirts
of tho District
next year, when
thousands of mili
tiamen from sev
eral of tho states
will bo brought to
gether, to engage
In a theoretical
campaign, to hint
for two weeks.
The recent ma
neuvers held In
the enHtern counties of Massnchu
netts, In which militiamen from four
states and the District and detach
ments from the regular army partici
pated, havo been declared a marked
success.
(!en. Wood, commnmling the depart
ment of the east, umler whoso Buper
vialon the army of tho rods was
liittert against tho blues, comprising
tho Massachusetts volunteer militia,
it is said, is more than pleased with
the outcome.
In his report to tho war department
concerning the maneuvers, it is under
stood that ho will recommend that
like maneuvers, on even a larger
scale, bo conducted next year, when
the troops which were on the defen
sive this year will constitute a part
of the attacking force, while tho at
tacking forces will be tho defending
army.
It Is yet too early to ascertain Just
bow much truth there Is In tho many
reports flying thick and fast from the
war department. It Is known, how
ever, that the war department officials
arc seriously considering the proposi
tion of getting together for instruc
tional purposes the largest body of mi
litiamen tho world has ever seen, and
that the battle ground will be in the
vicinity of tho District.
Several of the officers of the regular
army, detailed by tho war department
for instructional purposes with tho
District militia during the Massachu
setts campaign, are not In favor of
such a move. It Is likely that they
will, without a single exception,
recommend to tho war department
that tho District National Guard bo
permitted to go through a less strenu
ous campaign next year.
The guard should be sent to some
point near Washington Harpers Fer
ry or tho lower Potomac forts where
tho company officers will be given an
opportunity to learn tho whys and
wherefores of everything military
which Is required of them.
' While tho officers gained much val
uable information In the New Eng
land meneuvers, yet the policy of the
war department these days to leave
the general plan of each campaign di
rectly In the hands of the command
ing officer, thus eliminating to a largo
extent his subordinates, does not tend
to mako of tho subordinates expert
military men.
; Tho commandlilg officer has In mind
a certain plan which he wnnts carried
out. From his headquarters he di
rects that one dlvlalon occupy a cer
tain point; a second is ordered to ad
vance so many miles, while a third
is told to push forward to a town
miles away. Each division comes face
to face with a detachment of the en
emy's forces, unexpectedly.
Tho results may be favorable to the
mute commander, but about the only
ndvantago to be derived by his subor
dinates Is the practice In handling
their men under fire. Not until long
aftor the smoke of the battle has
cleared away, even tf then, do the of
ficers know exactly tho objects of
their commander.
It is the belief of tho regular nrmy
ofllcers that the militiamen should
havo a brigade camp of their own at
least every other year. At this tho
little details, as well as the general
plans of the campaign, can bo worked
out by the company ofllcers. They
are given- a good Insight Into tho real
objects of certain moves. Then, when
that militia finds Itself a part of a
large army, tho purpose of which Is
fo attack a certain stronghold, the or-
icrs from general headquarters are
uore intelligible, and every move can
e understood while It is being carried
nit. .
Great Interest in Alice.
The avid Interest In Mrs. Longworth
Is scarcely less than In Mrs. Taft.
They are both good advertising me-
liums. One of the fashionable schools
of Washington, In Its announcement,
Mates that a certain oue of its pro
fessors gives lessons to Mrs. Long-
worth, which is evidently deemed an
irresistible bid for patronage.
I At a dinner at a fashionable hotel
in Washington recently, where Mrs.
Longworth was a member of a special
party at a profusely decorated table,
the daughter of the president, In aris
ing from the table left unheeded the
floral favor beside her plate. The
nosegay didn't match her gown and
he bad no use for it. A rich New
York woman at an adjacent table
pounced down like a hawk upon the
neglected posy, and offered the stew
art a large sum for the flowers as a
souvenir, though she had no acquaint
ance, with Mrs. Longworth or apy pf
that lady's party. '.
fuitt '"yY
TURNS STABLES INTO GARAGE
President Taft's Fondness for Auto
Causes Alteration In White
House Buildings.
Washington. One very radical
change that President Tnft made
when bo became president was to
turn the White House stables into a
garage. Not that the horses have
been dispensed with entirely, but the
president seldom uses a carriage and
docs all his pleasure driving In a mo
tor car. President Roosevelt had no
tiso for automobiles and even would
not permit his daughter, Alice, to own
ono beforo sho wa3 married. Now, as
the wife of Representative Longworth
sho la no longer restrained In this re
spect rind drives about the city in an
electric runnbout.
President Tat not only enjoys auto
mobiles, but the truth Is he shows no
great respect for the speed laws. In
side the city the limit is 12 miles an
hour but it would take a very liberal
reading of the president's speedome
ter to hold him down to that rate.
On tho road to Chevy Chase, where
tho president plays golf, the limit 13
15 miles an hour, but If tho White
House automobile ever guts below a
20-mlio gait nobody has yet seen it
going that slow.
However, it must be said that the
president's chauffeur is a careful driv
er and bis car Is easily handled, so
that tho dnnger Is reduced to the min
imum. Furthermore, Mr. Taft Is Im
mune from arrest, as he has two bi
cycle corps on motor cycles following
him all (ho time, and no other police
man Is likely to interfere. These mo
tor cyclo men have a bard time to
keep up w ith the president's car when
ho is on tho wny to the golf links,
though their machines are fast and
powerful ones.
EXTRACTING THE TRUTH
Story Told by the Late Senator Car
mack of Tennessee of Former
Speaker of the Legislature.
Washington. Tho late Senator Car
mack of Tennessee, used to tell a
story of a will case where Tom Myers,
former speaker of tho legislature, was
an attorney.
Tho question hinged on the sanity
or insanity of the testator when he
mnde his will, and Mr. Myers was in
troducing evidence as to the unsound
ness of tho mind of tho man who
made tho will at tho time he made
it.
He called a witness who had, talked
with the dead man a few hours before
he died. "Did you hold conversation
with tho testator a short time before
he died?" asked Myers.
"Yes, sir."
"Now, tell the Jury what he said.
Do not mako any comments on what
you think he meant or what Interpre
tation' should be put on the conversa
tion. That will be for the Jury to de
cide. Just tell us what he said. Did
he say anything to you?"
"Oh, yes sir, he said considerable."
"Well, tell us ono thing. What re
mark did he mako to you on any sub
ject? Do you recall any?"
"Yes, sir, I recall one remark he
made."
"Ah!" said Myers. "Now we are
getting on. What did he say?"
"Well," replied the witness, "he said
he reckoned that legislature where
Tom Myers was speaker was about
the orncric8t legislature he ever did
sec."
STORY BY SENATOR TILLMAN
Testimony on the Efficacy of a Wart
Remover That Was Not Alto
gether Satisfactory.
Washington. Senator Tillman, on
one of the hottest afternoons during
the past summer, said of a new cool
ing device In a Washington restau
rant: "Well, it may be a good thing. The
thermometer, though, doesn't recom
mend It. Look at tho thermometer;
close to three figures. Us recommen
dation is like Rradish Gibson's of Sal
uda. "Rradlsh Gibson had a wart. He
bought two full quart bottle of wart
remover and took them strictly ac
cording to directions. But they did
him no good. Then liraillsh, since he
had spent $2 on tho remover, felt
himself betrayed, and In a spirit of
revenge he wrote to the manufacturer
of the remedy that he was a leading
Saluda politician and that In return
for a suitable present he would fur
nish a testimonial of the wart re
mover's astounding efllcacy.
"The manufacturer, overjoyed, sent
Hrndlsh a box of very fine five-cent
cigars. Ho got In return this testi
monial: " 'My dear Professor: I had a wart
on the back of my neck that I was
accustomed to use as a collar but
ton. I bought two bottles of your fa
mous wart remover, the large, size;
and, after having taken them accord
ing to directions, I ntn astonished to
And that I can now hang my pants on
the wart.' "
Militia Costs Millions.
Four million dollars, appropriated
by congress for the militia, has been
allotted among the several states and
territories by Lleut.-Col. E. M. Weav
er of the general staff corps of the
army, who Is chief of the division of
militia. ';.',;.
The enlisted strength of the militia
as shown by tables prepared by Col.
Weaver Is 109.761 and the allotments
under various heads include 11.472,250
for arms, equipment and camp pur
poses; $490,750, for ammunition and
1970,630 for supplies. .
HEAVIER-TKAN-AIR MACHINE'S LCNGEST FLIGHT.
Henry Farman in winning the Grand Prix de la Champagne for length of
flight at Rheims, France, was in the air three and one-fourth hours and trav
eled a distance of 118 miles. It was dark when he landed and for some tims
the machine was Invisible to spectators, who cheered the aviator for his suc
cessful voyage when he landed. He won $10,000 by the achievement.
DRAINS ONORISTS
Yearly Output Is Twenty Billion
Cubic Feet at Present.
We Are Cutting Our Timber Sopply
Three Times as Fast as It Grows
Exploitation Already Had
Serious Effect.
Washington. "The total yearly
drain upon our forests, not counting
losses from fires, storms, and insects,
is some 20.000.000.000 cubic feet,"
says It. S. Kellogg, assistant forester
in charge of the office of forest sta
tistics, in a publication Just issued
by the forest service on "The Timber
Supply of the United States."
"Our present forest area of D50,
000,000 acres may be rougbly estimat
ed to consist of 200.000,000 acres of
mature forests, in which the annual
growth Is balanced by death and de
cay, of 250,000,000 acres partially cut
or burned over, on which, with rea
sonable care, there Is sufficient young
growth to produce in the course of
time a merchantable, but not a full
crop of timber, and 100,000.000 acres
of more severely-cut and burned-over
forests, on which there is not suffi
cient young growth to produce an
other crop of much value.
"Taken as a whole, the annual
growth of our forests under these
conditions docs not exceed 12 cubic
feet per acre, a total of less than
7,000.000,000 cubic feet That Is, we
are cutting our forests three times as
fast as they are growing. There Is
menace In the continuance of such
conditions. While we might never
reach absolute timber exhaustion, the
unrestricted exploitation of our for
ests in the past has already had seri
ous effects, and It will have much
worse It it is allowed to continue un
checked. "White pine, for Instance, which
was once considered inexhaustible,
has fallen off 70 per cent. In cut since
1S90, and more than 45 per cent,
since 1900. The cut of oak, our most
valuablo hardwood lumber, has de
creased 1G per cent, since 1900, and
that of yellow poplar 22 per cent.
Tho same story will be told of other
woods if they are not conserved.
"The fact that timber has been
cheap and abundant has made ,us
careless of Its production and reck
less In Its use. We take 250 cubic
feet of wood per capita annually from
our forests, while Germany uses only
37 cubic feet, and France but 25. On
tho other hand, Germany, who has
learned her lesson, makes her state
forests produce an average of 48 cubic
fe-t of wood per acre. We have as
fust-growing species as Germany, or
faster, and as good or better forest
soil if we protect it.
"The uecessity for more farm land
may eventually reduce or total for
est area to 1CO.000.000 acres less
than It Is at present It Is entirely
possible, howevet, to produce on 450,-
000. 000 acrea its much wood as a
population much greater thaa we
have now will really need if all tho
forest land Is brought to Its highest
producing capacity, and if the prod
uct Is economically and completely
utilized. Hut to reach the necessary
condition of equilibrium between tim
ber production and consumption will
take many years of vigorous effort by
Individual forest owners, by the
states, and by the national govern
ment None of them can solve the
problem alone; all must work to
gether." MASONIC LODGE IN THE AIR
Meeting Held at an Elevation of
. 7,000 Feet Being the First of
. . Its Kind. In History.., ,
. Greenfield. Mass. Aerial, lodge No.
1, A. F. & A4 M., was formed the other
to --t.
Jay in tho balloon "Massachusetts"
at an elevation of more than 7,000
feet, 'his being the first meeting of
the kind ever held. The lodge was
conducted with all the Mansonlc ob
servances possible under the condi
tions. At the highest point recorded by
the barograph, 7,200 feet, in the midst
of dense clouds, the Masonic ceremony
took place. The details were recount
ed by the party when it reached
Greenfield, after considerable difficulty
in getting the huge gas bag and its
numerous trappings out of a forest
where a landing was made with con
siderable danger to the ballonlsts.
PUT LIMBURGER IN HER SHOE
Rejected Suitor Adopts Novel Method
of Getting Even with Fair Cal
ifornia Waitress.
San Francisco. Placing limburger
cheese In the shoe of the young lady
who refused to accept his affections,
was the, manner In which William
Linz, steward at the Sunset cafe, is
alleged to have vented his anger on
Miss Emma Schultz, a fair waitress
working at the same restaurant.
Linz appeared before Justice Weller
to face the charge of battery preferred
against him by the young woman.
When Miss Schultz took the witness
stand, she was asked what the ac
cused man had done to her.
"He tried to make me love him,"
she said, "and when I refused he put
limburger cheeso in my shoe. Then
when I became angry at this nasty
thing, he struck mo over the face and
hurt me."
Linz took the stand and testified
that he had done nothing to annoy
the beautiful waitress and declared
emphatically hv.t he did not strike
her.
Bed Lincoln Slept In.
Chicago The walnut bed described
by those In charge as having been
slept in by Abraham Lincoln, when
he was a guest at the Sherman house,
was sold at the auction of furniture
of the Sherman house for $26. It was
bought by a woman, who gave as her
name Mrs. Kelly, but provided no
closer identification of herself.
Biggest Snake is Whipped
North Carolina Farmer Tells of Bat
tle Between Kingsnake and Rat
tlerFormer Is Victor.
Wadesboro. N. C. While in Wade3
boro a few days ago J. Frank Ran
dall of Ansonville township gave a
graphic description of a light he saw
a day before between a kingsnake
nnd a big rattler. The rattlesnake was
considerably larger than the king
snake, and to look at them one would
not think It possible for the smaller
reptile to swallow the larger one, but
this. Mr. Randall states, Is Just what
occurred.
The fight which took place In the
road near Mr. Randall's home, was
witnessed by all the members of bis
family as well as himself. After the
battle had been in progress some time
the kingsnake managed to tie himself
around the body of the rattler about
ten inches from the latter's head.
The rattler, after this feat had been
accomplished, made several attempts
to strike his antagonist, but without
success. The kingsnake slowly
worked Its way up the body of the rat
tler until suddenly It opened wide its
mouth and swallowed the head of the
rattler. Just as the swallowing feat
was accomplished tho kingsnake
squeezed Its prey until, Mr. Randall
said, Its bones could be heard to
crack for some distance. The king
snake then untied itself from the rat
ESCAPE BY SE
Convicts on Siamese Border Gain
Temporary Freedom.
Prisoners, After Many Perils and
Dangers on Sea and Land, Secure
Food by Pretending to Be
Seeking Elephants.
London. The three survivors of the
five convicts who escaped recently
from the Andamans told the following
remarkable story of their escape and
the adventures which followed it:
Six convicts Bissan Singh, under
sentence of 15 years; a Bengalla
(term of seven years), and four Pur
mans. Nga Naing, Nga Tun, Nga Pya
and Nga Po Lu, all "lifers," under
the charge of two military policemen
with two rifles and 100 rounds of am
munition were sent in a forest boat
to a small Island in the Middle Anda
mans with seven days' rations for
each convict and the policemen.
On reaching the . island Rlssan
Singh,. Nga Naing, Nga Pya and Nga
Tun were set to work, while tho two
policemen with Nga Po Lu and the
Bengali went up hill in search of a
"golden" bird that is highly prized in
Port Blair and has a ready sale. The
policemen, before leaving, took off
(the recaptured convicts state) their
bandoliers of cartridges and laid
them with the rifles In the bottom of
the boat which had been hauled up
on the beach and made fast. Po Lu,
who was the convict overseer, pro
fessed to know where birds were to
be found in plenty, and led the police
men and the Bengali Into dense un
derbrush, then gave them tho slip,
and mnde his way quickly back to tho
other men.
The' men got the boat into the wa
ter and raising the sail started In
the direction of the Burma coast A
strong wind, almost a gale, was blow
ing when they left the island, but
the boat, which had both sail and
oars, proved seaworthy, and after
seven days' heavy weather they
reached the Tenasserim coast only to
have the boat dashed to pieces on
the rocks'.
They managed to save what rations
were left, however, before the mis
hap occurred which prevented their
continuing further along the coast as
was Intended. Nga Naing, Nga Tun
and Bissan Singh were very ill dur
ing the voyage to tho Burma coast.
Po Lu and Nga Pya, who were well
throughout, assumed command of the
party and took charge of the guns
and ammunition. The men went
northward until tho food supply gave
out and one of the party returned to
Ve to buy rice, whero he explained
the possession of government arms
by saying that they were government
elephant hunters.
The party received every assist
ance, then struck out for the Siamese
border, which they reached after
some weeks hard travel, privation
and delays through three of the party
being ill. They crossed tho Siamese
border, their food gave but and on
the verge of starvation they re
crossed the frontier to the little ham
let of Kyunchoung. Amherst district,
to try and get food. They went to
the house of a cultivator on the out
skirts of the town to whom they
said they were government elephant
hunters. After they had been fed at
the teahouse Goung was sent for, to
whom they" repeated their statement.
He brought them Into town and gave
them shelter for tho night.
The headman arranged a deer
shoot with the two convicts who had
guns and next morning shortly after
they had gone shots were heard, but
believing their companions and the
Goung were firing at deer the three
convicts left behind thought nothing
of It until some little time afterward
four Burman policemen entered the
hut. The three convicts then
learned that Po Lu and Nga Pya had
been shot and were themselves ar
rested. The headman appears to
have been in communication with the
pollco from the beginning.
tler and commenced slowly swallow
ing the rattler, the latter all the time
making frantic struggles to escape.
After several Inches of the rattler's
anatomy had disappeared into the
kingsnake the former managed to tie
Its tail around a small bush, and then
there was a mighty pull on the part
of both reptiles, which continued until
Mr. Randall untied the tall of the rat
tler. From this time on tho process
of swallowing continued until at last
every vestige of the big rattler disap
peared into the stomach of the king
snake. Tramps Given Bath.
Fostorla, O. The Jail here con
tained the cleanest and angriest quar
tet of tramps In the United States the
other night, n'ter Capt. Harry Smith
had curried out the first part of the
sentence o Acting Mayor T. P. John
ston. The men were locked up for loiter
ing and the mayor sentenced them to
be stripped and washed with the hose.
In addition they were given five days
on bread and water.
Sultan's Gems to Be Sold.
Paris. The Jewels of Abd el-Azlz,
the former sultan of Morocco, which
wcro pledged in a government pawn
ship in 1907 and have not been re
deemed, probably will be sold at pub
lie auction in a fortnight. ...
"PEGG0TTY" HUT A SAD RUIN
Yarmouth Scenes Which Dickens De
scribed in His Story of "David
Copperfield."
London. A Yarmouth hundred ot
herring really counts 132, and in many
ways the inhabitants of the old towa
are credited with an open-handed gen
erosity. Pcggotty told David Copper
field, you remember, that it was the
finest place In the universe, to which
the boy replied that "a mound or two
might have Improved it, and also
that If tho land had been a little moro
separated from the sea and the town
and the tide had not been quite so
much mixed up, like toast and water,
it would have been much nicer." But
All that Is Left of Peggotty's Hut.
presently, when he got Into the streets
nnd "smelt the fish and pitch, and"
oakum, and tallow, and saw the sail
prs walking about and the carts. Jing
ling up and down over the stones,"
Young Copperfield admitted that ha
had done Yarmouth an Injustice.
The remains of. Peggotty's ,hut may
still be seen, sad and forlorn, alas!
but suggestive nevertheless of the
quaint home where David was so
hnppy, of Peggotty's Jokes, of little
Emily's pretty ways and of the dole
fulness of Mrs. Gummidge. There are
many ancient buildings that have
stood the test of time better than the
queer boat home of Pcggotty. For
merly Yarmouth was one of the prin
cipal ports of England, and its mer
chant adventurers enjoyed the pat
ronage of Queen Elizabeth. Its Tol
house claims to be the oldest munici
pal building in the kingdom.
WILSON WILL GO TO MEXICO
Minister to Belgium to Succeed Am
bassador Thompson in Neigh
boring Republic.
Washington. Henry Lane Wilson,
American minister to Belgium, twill
soon be officially named to succeed
David E. Thompson as ambassador to
Mexico. Mr. Wilson has been notified,
of his appointment by the state de
partment and is clearing up his busi
ness at the legation In Brussels pend
ing his departure for his new post.
Mr. Wilson, who is a native of Craw
fordsville, Ind., has been in the diplo
matic service since 1897, when ha
was appointed minister to Chile. H
Henry Lane Wilson.
became minister to Bolglum In 1905.
Before entering the diplomatic service
Mr. Wilson was successively editor,
lawyer and banker. He is a graduate
of Wabash college.
Deadheads Must Be Coaxed.
Concert givers In Germany find It
more and more difficult to get an au
dience Free tickets by no means in
sures one. A Berlin journal tells how
audiences at recitals (Berlin often has
more than CO of them in one week)
are apt to be made up.
Miss N., who plays or sings, sends
out about 200 tickets, some of them
to prominent persons. One of these Is
the wife of Prof. X. She kindly ac
cepts the ticket, but has no Intention
of attending the concert, bo she gives
them to her dressmaker, who In turn
bestows them upon her assistants
who probably may go to the concert
In one rase it was found that of 209
free tickets only 47 were used. Mu
Blcal America.
Pulsation and Respiration.
Before birth the averago number of
pulsations per minute is 150; In the
newly born, 140 to 130; during the
first year, 130 to 115; second year 115
to 100; seventh year, 90 to 85; four
teenth year, 85 to 80; adult life, 80 t
70; old age, 70 to 60.
At birth there are 44 respirations
In one minute; at five years of ace
2G; from 15 to 20. 20; from 20 to 25
18.7; from 25 to 30. 16; from 30 to
50, 18.1. The average ratio which the
number of respirations bears to the
number of pulsations in a given tlm.
Is 1:414. '
The temperature of a healthy humcn
adult averages from 98.4 to 96 6 but
97.6 and 99 F. are wlUn normal'
