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REPORT TELLS IF e mini SITUATION AS SEEN BY COMMISSION ON COUN TRY LIFE.. DEFICIENCIES POINTED OUT Agriculture at Present Not Commer cially as Profitable as It Is En- - titled to Be Highly Organized Rural Society Recommended as De- . sirable Step Possible for Congress to Remove Many of the Handicaps Washington. The report of the commission on country lift, made lo the president, was road In both houses of congress. Substantially the re port was as follows: To the President: The commission on country li ft herewith presents Us report. The commission tltuls t h:i t agriculture in the t'nileil States. t:ikcti together, is prosperous commercially, when measured hy the conditions that have obtained in previous years, ul UioukIi there are some regions In which this Is only partially true. The country people are producing vast quantities of supplies for food, shelter, clothing, and for use in the arts. The country homes ure Improving In com fort, attractiveness and health!' ulness. Not only in the material wealth that they produce, but In the supply of In dependent and stroiiK citizenship, the ag ricultural people constitute the very foundation of our national cllielency. As agriculture is the Immediate basis of country life, so it follows that the general affairs of the open country, speaking broadly, are In a condition of Improvement. Most Prominent Deficiencies. Tet It Is true, notwithstanding all this progress us measured by his torical standards, that agriculture is not commercially ns profitable, as It is entitled to be for the labor and energy that the farmer expends and the risks that he assumes, anil that the social conditions In the open country are far short of their possibilities. We must measure our agricultural . Inciency by tlie possibilities rather than by com parison with previous conditions. The farmer Is almost necessarily handi capped in the development of his busi ness, becuuse his capital is small and the volume of Ids transactions limited; und he usually stands practically ulotie against organized interests. In the general readjustment of modern life due to the great changes in manu factures and commerce. inequalities and discriminations have arisen, and naturally the separate man suffers most. Tho unattached man has prob lems that government should under stand. The reasons for the lack of a highly organized rural society are very many, as the full report explains. The lead ing specific causes are: A lack of knowledge on the part of farmers of the exact agricultural con ditions and possibilities of their re gions; Lack of good training for country life In tho schools: Lack of good highway facilities; The widespread continuing deple tion of 'Soils, with the Injurious effect on rural life; A. general need of new and active leadership. Other causes contributing to the general result are: Luck of any ade quate system of agricultural credit, whereby the farmer may readily se cure loans on fair termr; the short age of labor, a condition that Is often complicated by intemperance among workmen; lack of Institutions and In centives that tie the laboring man to the soil; the burdens and the narrow life of farm women; lailt of adequate supervision of public health. Nature of the Remedies. Some of theremedles lie with the na tional government, some of them with the states and communities In their corporate capacities, some with volun tary organizations, and some with in dividuals acting alone. Krom the great number of suggestions that have been made, covering every phase of country life, the commission now enumerates those that seem to he most funda mental or most needed at the present time. Congress can remove some of the handicaps of the farmer, and It can also set some kinds of work In motion such as: The encouragement of a system of thorough-going surveys of nil agricul tural regions In order to take stock and to develop a scientifically ami economically sound country life; The establishing of u nationalized system of extension work In rural communities through all the land grant colleges With the people at their homes und on their farms; A thorough-going Investigation by experts of the middleman system of handling farm products, coupled with a general Inquiry Into the farmer's disadvantages In respect to taxation, transportation rates, co-operation or ganizations and credit, and tho gen eral business system; An inquiry Into the control nnd use of the streams of the I'nited States with the object of protecting the peo ple In their ownership and of saving to agricultural uses such benefits as should he reserved for these purposes; The establishing of n highway cn glneerlngsrrvice, or equivalent organi zation, to be at the call of the states In working out effective and econom ical highway systems: The establishing of a system r,f parcels post and postal Havings banks; And providing some means or agency for the guidance of public opinion toward the development of a real rural society that shall rest di rectly on the land. Other remedies recommended for consideration by congress are: The enlargement of the I'nited States bureau of education, to enable It to stimulate and co-ordinate the ed ucational work of the nation; Careful attention to the farmerv' Interests In legislation on the tariff, on regulation of railroads, control or regulation of corporations und of spec ulation, legislation In respect of riv ers, forests, and the utilization of swamp lands; Increasing the powers r.f the fed eral government In respect to the supervision and control of the public health; Providing: such regulations as will enable the states that tlo not permit tho sale of liquors to protect them selves from traffic from Adjoining states. In setting all these forces In motion, tho co-operutloti of the states will be necessary: and In niniy ases drflnlt state laws may greatly aid the work. IVinodlcs of a mere general nature arc: A broad campaign of publicity, that must be undertaken until all tho people ure informed on the whole sub ject of rural life, and until there is an uwakencil appreciation of th neces sity of giving this phase of our na tional development us much iit'e.-itton us lms bei n given to other pli v-c s or interests; a uui. Ueticd sense of re spn!!jhii;i v. in all the country people, to the coinniuuilv and the Mute in til conserving of coil fertility, and In the. necessity for diversifying farming In order to conserve this fertility and to devilop a better rural society, and also in the better safe-guarding of tho strength and happiness of the farm women; a more widespread conviction of the necessity of organization, not only for economic but for social put- poses, this organization to he more or less co-operative, so that nil the people may share equally In the henelits and huie voice in the essential affairs of the community: a realization on the. part of the farmer that he has a dis tinct natural responsibility toward tne laborer in pr.. Ulin.r him with good living facilities, and In helping him In every way lo be a man among men; and a realization on the part of all ti.e people of the obligation to protect and develop the natural scenery and attractiveness of the open country. Underlying Problem of Country Life. The commission has pointed out a number of remedies that are extreme ly Important; but running through nil of these remedies are several great forces or principles, which must bo utilized In the endeavor to solve the problems )f country life. All the peo ple should recognize what these fun damental forces and nuclides are. Knowledge. To Improve any situ ation, the underlying facts must be un derstood. The farmer must have ex act knowledge of his business anil of the peculiar conditions under which he works. The I'niled States depart ment of agriculture and the experi ment stations and colleges are rapidly acquiring and distributing thl knowl edge; but the farmer may not be able to apply It to the best advantage be cause of lack of knowbdge of bis own Mills, climate, iinlmal ami plant dis eases, tnarki Is. and other local facts. The farmer is entitled to know what are the advantages and disadvantages of his conditions ami environment. A t borough-going system of surveys In detail of the e-:aet conditions under lying fanning in every locality Is now an Indispensable need to complete and apply the work of the great agricul tural Institutions. As an occupation, agriculture is a means ol developing our Internal resources; we cannot de velop these resources until we know exactly what they arc. Kdueul Ion. There must he not only n fuller scheme of public edui utlon, hut a, new kind of education adapted to the real needs of the farming peo ple. The country schools are to he so redirected that they shall educate their pupils in terms of the daily life. Op portunities for training toward the agricultural colleges are. In be multi plied mid made broadly effective. Kvcry person on the land, obi or young. In school or out of school, edu cated or illiterate, in ust have a chance to receive the information necessary for a successful business, and lor a healthful, comfortable, resourceful life, both In home nnd neighborhood. This means redoubled efforts for better country schools, and a vastly increased interest in the welfare of country boys and girls on the part of those who nav the school taxes. IMiKation by means of agriculture is to be a part or our regular public school work. Ki.eoi.'i! ncriciillural schools are to be organized. There Is to he a well-de. veloned Plan of ext. noon ti aching conducted by the Agricultural colleges, by means of the printed page, face-to-r'..-,. i.iiks. and demonstration or ob- leet lesson, designe d to reach every farmer and his family, n' or mar their homes with knowledge and stimulus in everv department of country li'e iiiLfanizatioii There must be a vast enlargement ofvoluntary organized of fun iimontr farmers themselves. It is Indispensable that fanners shall work together for their common Interei ts nn.l f.ir the national welfare. If they do not do tills, no governmental aetivl iv no legislation. not even better schools, will greatly avail. The farm i.ra are nevertheless relatively unor ganized. We have only begun to d ve ion business co-operation in Ameri ca, runners do not Inilueiice leglsla Hon ns they should. They need a more fnllv organized social and recreative life stt.lriioal I'orces. The forces and Institutions that make lor tnoraiitv and spiritual Ideals among rural peo ple must be energized. We mis the i...ni nf the nroblem if we neglect to foster personal character and neigh borhoo.l righteousness. The best way i,. i.e. .serve Ideals for privnte conduct and nul.lic life Is lo build up the insti tutions of religion. The church has great power of leadership. The wholo peoole should understand that It is vitally Important to stand behind the rural church nnd to help it to become n great power 111 developing concrete, country life ideals. It Is especially Important that the country church rec ognize that it has a social responslblll ty to the entire community as well us e..iieioiis responsibility to Its own group of people. Recommendations of the Commission The commission recommends all th correctives that have been mention. n.i.l.e tin. bend of The nature of the remedies." It does not wish to dis .ri.tiinate between important mens. ores of relief for existing conditions. It has purposely avoided Indorsing mi' iiarticuhir bill now before con gress, no matter what Its valm Ject. r ol- There are, however. In the opinion of the commission, two or three great movements of the utmost consequence that should he set under way at tin) earliest possible time, because limy are fundamental t.i the whole problem of ulUmute permanent recunstructlon, tlnsu call for special explanation. Taking Stock of Country Life. There should be organized, ns ex plained In the mam report, under gov ernmental leadership, a comprehensive Plan for an exhaustive study or survey of all the condtinns lli.it surround the business of farming and tne people who live In the count rv. In order to take slock of our riv.ouifes and t supply the farmer with local knowl edge. Federal and state governments, agricultural colleges n ml other educa tloual agencies, organizations of vurl oils tvprs and Individual students n the nroblem, should he brought Into co-operation for this great work of In vestig.lmg with minute care all ugrl cultural nnd country life conditions, Nationalized llxt. leil.ui Work --Kiudi state college of ilglieullure should lie empowered to organize as soon as practicable a complete department college eMeiision, so tuauagid as to reach eerv person on the land In Its state, with both In foi ni l t Ion and In snlratinn. The work should Include MU h forms of exlinslon teaching an hctuns, bulb tins, rinding coursis, correspondence court's, demon'. tril lion, and oile r means of reaching th people at home nnd on their farm.. It should be designe to forward not only the business of agriculture, but sanitation, education, home making, and ul I Interests of muntry life. THE NEWS IN BRIEF. Miss Colla Milliuan. a young woman of Centralla. 111., died after taking an overdose of headache tablets with tho Intent of obtaining relief from ex cessive pain. Mrs. Julius Uoldiicr wains the city council of Hayonno, N. J., to appoint five woinrn.ns policemen for the pari; next summer. Mayor (omen of May onne favors tho plan. V. A. Kdwards. a prominent manu facturer of Clinton, la., whos wife and children perished in the Iroquois theater lire, dropped dead in his olllee. lie was .S years old. Tito harvester combine has agreed not to light the case against li at To peka for violation nf the anti-trust laws and will pay the stale $t!0.U0n for which Jt was sued. Mrs. I. N. Stevens, aged it'Z ears. wife of I. N. Slovens, owner and editor of tho Pueblo Chieftain? died in Den ver. Mrs. Stevens had been ill since July 7 from stomach trouble. A bare possibilltv exists that the senate may pass the bill lo establish postal savings banks before adjourn ment, according Id advices from Washington. It is not likely that the house will pass the nieasuie. Mrs. Ceorgo V. Parks, a society woman of Pueblo, Col., and wife of the assistant president of the Pueblo Tracilon Company, committed suicide in Pueblo, Col. Mrs. Parks has been In ill health for some lime. John H. Morati, district attorney of litston, died In tiie St. Luke's home In Phoenix, Ariz., of tuberculosis of the throat. Mr. Moran went to Phoenix two weeks ago, al'ior spending; some hmo In the Adlrondacks and al Pen ver. John I). Rockefeller in a speech lo (corcia farmers said: "Put after we Ret through with whatever our (ask in life may lie, we will he asked the per tliieul question, what was the fruit of our work what was the real fruit- ige?" Hear Admiral Itoblcy l. Kvatis, re tired, In an interview in Chicago, was quoted as saying that Russia will light Japan again, and will have (lennany, Kranee and Austria as allies, while 'upland will support the Mikado's otintry. li Is announced til the heatl'inarier. of the National League of the Civic Kduenilon of Women, in New York, that Mrs. Stuyvesant Pish lias joined the organization, which moans thai Mrs. I' lsn "Th "opposed to women s suffrage. F.ulogies of llio late William II. Alii son of Iowa occupied the session of the senate last Saturday. Tributes were paid alike by Republican and Democratic senators. The exercises were opened with prayi r by the chap lain. Senators Dolliver and Cummins paid high tribute to the deceased. NEW MICHIGAN BANK LAW. Measure Said to Have Approval ol Officials and Financiers. Detioit, Mich., Feb. li. The outline of u proposed new bunking law foi the state of Michigan was made puli lie lasl night by Hal II. Smith, attor ney for the Michigan liankets' asso elation. It is Issued In the form of a report of n special committee of tin association as amended and adopted hy the association's executive council It has also been approved by Stan Panklni; Commissioner II. M. Zimmer man. Tlie bill makes il a felony punish able by u line not exceeding $1.""" or imprisonment not exceeding- live yours to make or ust? false statements to oli tain credit. Tlie making or irealati of false rumors derogatory to a hank Is also made a felony. The salary of the commissioners of bankin;: raised from J'-'.noo per year to VM'n and I he deputy commissioner Is given $rt.000 per year. K.xami tiers are n (i aired to nass an examination as In their competency and are to receive $l.fi()0 the first year nnd an InciraM of $HaO per year up to a maximum ' I $2..ri(i0. When the stock of a solvent bank is impaired the banking comtni sloner Is authorized to assess tin stockholders proportionately to th holdings. THE MARKETS. New I.IVK SToi'K-Sioers iiogs Sllei-p I'l. I ll'lt --Winter Straights Wl I KAT-M.iv .lulv ftilt.N-Mnv KYI'. No. Wcslorn i:t"n-i;n-t'n'iinicrv Kiics t'llKKSK C'll KWCPi. CATTI.K- I'aiic v Steers... Mrdhllll lo tiooil St' l IS ('own. Plain to I'aney.. Cliolce ''ei (es C.llVeS IK )i iS - Heavy Packers .. H'-a v lluti In rx Pigs Voik. Pell. V .. j. , ' m e, j-, . . T la o ; :'i .. 4 ::! it I" .. -I Ml 'o l ,. I !-",'! t t .. 1 C 'O 1 . , 'i o 1 s li'S'.r !- :t to 'ii :"i IIPTTKU Cr.-anieiv Hiilrv I.IVK PHU.TIIY k. I ICS Pi ITATOKS (p. r Ini.i Fl.( X'lt Spring Wheat, Sp'l WIIKAT-M.iv July Corn, Mmv u I", May I! ye. May MII.WAI'K K H. I ' i t I ! K A I N -.May ( 'oi n, (i.its. live Wheat, No. 1 Not fl II I ne May. SlanO urit KANSAS (MTV. .at. Miv CHAIN- Wl .loly Corn, Miv (I. ItS, No. While .... ST l.nl'IH CATTI.K Iher St-.. Texas Steers HOCS-pai ki r HutclM rs SIIKIM'-Natlves (HI MIA. CATTI.K- Native Steers . Slorkel H anil I is i. I ii. , Cows iimt 1 1. Hi it ... . IfiCS - IP-n y BIIKKI'-Wcth. rs ffiSPMLfffiSl flXQUECN LIL OF HAWAII ASKS MONEY OF C0NGRC3"'. Is Child of Royal Line nod Traces An cestry Back to Princess Who First Introduced Christianity Among Her Subjtcts. Washington.- tjqoen I , illiioual.ini. fiTiuer ruler of the Hawaiian Isl.rds, '.v In is still eiideavor'n:; to co'ih.t from the Pulled Stabs for tin- s ailed crown land which became public properly when lllis count I. V tool, pus session of lip' islands nearly ' e i: s aco. appeared led'ere the Iidum1 com laptoe on laws the oilier day to ui '.e Icr claim. The queen has no 1. ,''il claim of any kind, and she and her relatives have al lust been forced to concede this. They are now nppealin:; to the geie'r o.-:ty of the American people on the round that the i'or'uer head of an it: 'pendent nation which was ah.-ar,h"d hy this gnat country should have a lilting; income entirely aside fiuni the iiti'llmtiiins of friend: and former subjects. Tile former queen eat deal in the last has a",ed a few years and I toad while st n i!;s have appeared i'l ill-. There are wrin i-r eeal black l kles in the brown face of the woman who. vh'"i she first appeared in Wash 'ton was uiianiinoi" ly oled to be a lidedly beaiitii'ul IT d'.e kv matron. When the queen was tli.-spossesv.'.ed. ha! was then known as Hie crown ids aiiiouuled to about 1 .iiiin.ouii UK s. Accordm;; to local residents these lauds were in po sense the prop- i't of the monarch. Put belonged lo he slate, and properly were tuniei! 11? j 1 i mmm Ex Queen Liliuokalr.ni of Hawoii. over Hist to tin' republic. Urn to the I'nited States, and then reverted back to the territory as ordinary public lands. The queen ;mi it r followers always have centi nd"d that Hove lands were privaie propeity belong ing' lo the reigning family. When rlie was driven from lh throne her in come from this source amounted lo about. ?;.".((() annually in addition to a public fund of onno u year for maintaining the royal household. Since that, time ibe deposed ipieen and her friends and assieia-es have pressed vainly their claim for recom pense In lore one congress after an other. The present ahp of these lands Is something; over .Mo.n'ai.iMi'i. hut the (tteeii has now n a'ed down her claim lo the print where site Is willing to compromise for about ? jr.o -Ono In hard cash. Tin-re Is a growing feeling In favor of gi ni tons action to ward the former queen, win so years are now fast declining and many statesmen say it b onus direct to her would he worth a good deal more than the money involv. d. because of tile K'lod impression It would create amon: the Hawaiian part of the population of Ibe Islands. Idliuokalanl Is a direct descendan: of one of the mosl piel tin seue char acters Iii the history of Hawaii, whose story has been told in a thousand missionary meetings am sent broad ca.'.t in a million Sunday school vol umes. She Is, in fact, a ep at grat.d niece of Kaplolani, the island princess or female chief, who did more than any other person to hiing tf-o native-; to Christianity. It was Kapiolani who d a red to 1 1 1 hi k the sacred herriis which grow at the brink of the crab r of Kilau. a. The natives had been taught lhai a pmsoii Will) picked those beirie-; would Sillily (lie a most horrih! the btipposeil ttpalnst the godde: not only ptPhe-ed risking her life in she led a picture! deai'i iacrileg, s Pile, the !,ac set m ill -pie pi hecau (111 Kap; if ; oi pi n i !i g llietti I. n l.'CCSlillll of In iiu'iim't, low P'o rim ned hymn the Cod of det.eil Pi le her retainers, some " down to the lake of I'm of the crater. Wi'h hook, singing pral; s the new Christian nil1. rn nnd threw the sorr' d henies hit burning lake, (if course no'liing pencd, and the suppoM, wptib-gi not punished in any way. Pole ns an awe Inspirit;:: deity compelled to go out ol bu tiie. the was and the rimp!et:a!ies llockud to the Cluis tlan standard fully convinced thai a new Cold had ari-' ti who would su:e ly punish iinh .s ho wire fullicw.l with prals" and lh:ii;!,s v. in '. '1 l.i ; was the he. dnnilig of 'h" extramili nary conversion of the rliuple I-land-ers, the li'i? of which piohably never fins been seen of heard before or plnce Iii the hlM.oy of missionary fctfort. Washington Whisperings Interesting Hits of News Gathered at the? National Capital. Congressmen Initiated Into Novel Club WASIIINCTON. : ive eiMicressli The most exclu- ional oii'.anlallon In Washington is liie "Did You P.lte, Too?" club. It was formed hero the other iiy in the cloak renins used at the c:i itol, Th" incomplete mem bership hst, which is withheld, con tains a do en names. Like the Anani as club, ibe wishes of a prospective member are not consulted. If he Is i eiisidei vd e there is noil igihle he joins because iag else for him to lo. s of initiation ii some- Tile pieces thing like th! A member, either of the senate or the bouse, receives a biter hearing the return card of a prominent down town hotel. He opens the letter and reads it. If his face grow;! red and his eyes flash, it is n good italii at ion that he Is for membership. If. after a material moment of thought, a smile spread bis count i ' .si bi s In bis d"sk begins to over lance ami lie for his cheek hook, it if. II a mere Indication no long i c"rlalnly. lie Is then ap- pi n:ii la d by a member. "hid you bile, too?'' smilingly iiHks the member of III'" IlietlllsT elect, "I dhl," the member elect answers, in Tect. "I law ! her. iw! haw!" roars the mem- New Aero Club at " 1 1 n.ir' i - C. t V "I) ;rz: : . . - it WAS, ff wa HlNdTON ha an nreo club. It as organized the other day In the odice of Prig. !en. .fames Allen, i hlef t k'nal ollicer of the army til the war department. Truman II. Newber iv, secretary of the navy, wuh elected president; Itobert Shaw Oliver, as sistant secretary of war, first vice- resident; I nomas: Nelson Page, sec ond vice president, and Kepresentatlve Duller Ames of Massachusetts, third vice president. Among tlie charter members of tin new (lull are Kepresentatlve Parsons of New York, O. II. Tlttman of tin eodetic survey, I.lent. Richard It. Creery, P. S. M. ('.; ( . D. Mariatt chief of the bureau of entomology; Lieut, tieorge ('. Sweet, P. S. N., of the bureau of (iiiipmeiit ; ( ol. Charles II. Promwell, P. S. A superintendent uhllc buildings and grounds, District ot Columbia; Lieut, k. r. i.alitn, Victims Open War OPNOKIl ollicer.. of the navy who are regularly Invited to the de butantes' teas in Washington say they are point; to form an atitl-mushrooni "Merry Widow" hat league, or wear baseball masks in the future. It appears that the so-called "pink Has" are sometimes positively danger ous if ( -liner Miss Newberry, daughter of the secretary of the navy; Miss 01 r.t Converse, the Misses Fremont, the Misses Coodwln or any of the other navy girls turn around too abruptly when naval olHecrs or others of their admirers gel. among them and conic within range of their hats. These large bats of the mushroom "Merry Widow" rpecies aro sonic line s as sharp on the cdgi s !ts If they had le en f,, ealiy dropped, and. in addition, generally have stanch, sirup Senate Elevator "Boys" Given a Raise (n AITKU prut' cling Presidentelect T.ift ia the Jino.ouo salary voted to him recently, senatorial hearts Dpi lied up to the conductors of the s-"Hale (levators the other day and scat'ered a little loose change In their dire. lion. So that now, if ibe house ir'tes, the president, vice president, speaker, the I'nited States Judges and the elevator bins will get a raise. The !'i siie:il w ill h.tve $.'.0,000 more, Hie judges from $1.nno to $.",,onii, the vice prcsidon. and speaker, $:!,(il)ti, and the elevator men $i!ini additional a v ar. Senator I'.orah, who iiisuiged all along against the iauiiy Increases, Ilr:-" took up the it.lg. Is for the ele m ts i FT The "Haw! haw! haw!" signifies that the Initiation is complete, and the Hew mcmlx-r biiishinrily receives tlie congratulations of the older mem bers Immediately. If he is a pood fel low he sets out to find a recruit up on whom he himself may administer the "work." The organization of the 'Did You lilte. Too?" club Is (he result of a visit to Washington of two women from New York in the Interest of a very captivating publicity scheme. This scheme Is now om; of the secrets of the "Did You Hite, Too?" club. A few days ago the young women went back to New Yotk. The day aft er their departure u large' hunch of letter. came to the capilol, all written on the business stationery of tho ho tel. Kach letter contained a state ment of the account of the person to whom It was addressed. One was for live automobile rides, another waa for dinners and suppers, another for nu merous bottles of wine, others were for miscellaneous items, and one, which wiis received hy a younn con gressman, who has plenty of tho wherewithal and doesn't care how lie spends it. was for board and lodging for two persotin for ono week. Those who paid hoinago to those young women and wondered at tho lavish entertainment, are wondering no longer. The members of the "Dill You Pile, Too?" club know exactly how they managed It. Now that U Is all over, If you can Ret ono of them to talk club matters he will tell you it was one of the finest pieces t high llnanciiiK that ever came to his notice. the National Capital Ceorge O. Tot ten. Jr., and It. M. Mc Lennan. A committee of the Aero Club of America, with which the Washington club will be affiliated, hasbeonapiiolnt cd to receive contributions for ti memorial shaft to Lieut. Thomas K. Selfrldge, V. S. A., who was killed In the accident to the Wright aeroplane at Fort Myer last September. On the committee nre (lien II. CurtlHs, I'rof. Alexander Hell and Lieut. V. P. Lahtn. P. S. A. Tho shaft will be erected either In ArlliiKton National cemetery, where Lieut. Hclfridgo Is burled, or on the spot where I he Wright aeroplane fell on the parade ground at Port Myer. The latter sot Is favored hy the mujority of theso interests. Officers of the signal corps have not given up hope that something may be done hy this session of congress to ap propriate tuotiey for the promotion of aeronaut icn In the I'nited States army. They express hop'! that Individual member of congress may ask for money for aerial protection of the dis tricts they represent. They believe If this should po through In one case It would be followed by other requests of a similar nature. on "Mushroom" Hat imintod feathers which protrude and could Inflict untold damage If properly aimed. No one iicchscr the navy Rlrls of attempting to do damage with these weapons, but the fact remains that there are several of the younger ofll cers who have received painful plan ( in; blows from the hats but have been too gallant to complain. "The way the damage is done," ono of the navy girls' admirers said the other day. "Is Renerally In this fash ion: You ko to a tea and, after shak ing: hands In the drawing room, sny several of the fair young navy dam sels all in a group ami talking viva ciously. You approach cautiously and begin the recital of some carefully prepared speech about the weather to Miss Converse. At the sound of your voice Miss Newberry or Miss Fremont or some other navy girl turns her head quickly your way and de livers you somewhere about the face a slinginK blow with the edge of her hat and the sharp pointed feathers. Of course yon suffer In silence, like a man. hut you silently pray for tho day when softer or smaller hats will be In style." vator conductors. If the president's pay was to be doubled, he asserted, why not reniembi r the hard worklUK men who ride the senators un and down every day? Hut the senate warmed up slowly. Senator Warren coldly argued that, if the elevator men were to be bene litnl, a general adjustment of em ployes' salaries would be necessary. As proposed by Horah.the amendment was beaten. Senator Kntite Nelson of Minnesota, however, sprang the same amendment after changing the verbiage Blightly lie spoke of "our poor elevator boys" who work the day long all tho year round for a scanty hundred a month. Not one of the "boys" Is under CO, but that did not seem to make any differ ence. La Foi let te put In an almost tearsoine plea. When the test came the second time even Warren had wilted and not a vlote was recorded against increasing the "boys'" salary from 1,'J00 to 11. 100 a year.