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33 Aerography From New England to the Philippines Washington Will Be Connected by Wireless Telegraphy . With all the Country's Possessions. THE SUNDAY OEEGONIAN, PORTLD, SEPTEMBER 18, 19M. Tmpi KD now It hath been decreed that J the Nation must have a new sys- m tern of nerves to conduct the di rective impulses -which dart forth from the great Federal brain "Washington. The old metallic nervous system of wires is to be replaced by the miracu lous, invisible system of electrified ether "waves, demonstrated to an ad miring: "world under the name of "wire less telegraphy," or "aerography," aa we must say to be technically- correct and truly abreast of the times. A -wonderful aerographic circuit is to wreath our continent from New Eng land down, across and up to Alaska; is to leap across the Pacific to our Asi atic possessions thus half-way span ning the globe on which we dwell. It is to be installed, equipped, owned and operated by the Federal Government, which, from the executive departments at the capital, will be in touch always with coasting vessels, with ships pass ing to'and from our detached territory! and in war tiroes with our naval bases and hawk-eyed scoutships, watchlpg for the approach of the leviathans of our enemies. This Invisible, throbbing network of nerves will a day in advance give storm warnings to ships hundreds of miles out at sea, and will enable us land lubbers to be a day still more ahead of general storms sweeping in upon us from King Aeolus' western cave of the winds. It will automatically transmit warnings protecting our millions of acres of public forest lands from the ravages of the fire demon, and its flashing Impulses will defy the very mountains themselves, the severest tempests, the hottest holocaust, the lightning from the heavens or the earthquakes upheaving the vplcanoes underlhe sea. Vast Chain of Stations. Our Navy, as well as our Army, lias had its attaches in the troubled Orient these six months past and their reports to the Intelligence bureaus at "Washing ton assure the authorities that the san guine struggle In Manchuria has dem onstrated beyond the shadow of a doubt the practical value of wireless telegra phy. That system of communication is no longer a mere theory or savant's toy. On the basis of this information there was delegated to sit in "Washing ton an "inter-departmental board" with members from the various depart ments interested in wireless telegraphy. By this body's decree, approved by7tho President, the control of the future wireless system of the Government is vested In the Navy. The chain of stations will extend from the New England coast at Boston and Providence, through New Haven, New "York, Lewes (Delaware), Norfolk, Cape Hatteras, Pensacola, Key "West, Guantanamo, Porto Rico, Panama, our coaling station in Lower California, San Francisco, Portland, Or.; Seattle, Cape Flattery and Dutch Harbor, the most southerly point in the Aleutian Islands. Thence it will Jump across to Kamchatka, down to Japan and the Philippines. Then it will return by a southerly route to Guam, Hawaii and Ban Francisco, thus running half round the world, touching no territory not under the American flag, except Japan, where the service will be oper ated In conjunction with the Mikado's government. Seven hundred stations are to be equipped in the Philippines alone, while the apparatus is to be in stalled upon the 340 vessels of the JCavy. World's Longest Circuits. Two of the longest circuits In the world are being established in the region of the Panama Canal zone. These are, respec- THE WORLD'S CONGRESS OF MINERS AT PARIS John Mitchell Tells How Representatives of Two Million "Workers Strive for Reform. ARIS, Sept. 3. (Special correspond ence of The Sunday Oregonian.) For five days the, representatives of the miners of the world wre meeting in the Bourse de Travail at Paris under the aueplces of the Miners' International Con gress.' ForlB years this congress has held annual sessions, at which questions of Interest to the miners of the wdrld have been taken up and discussed. The meeting this year was the most Important since the organization of the International Congress. For the first time in Its history there were present at the congress delegates from the United States, and thus the 77 members represented al most all the coal-mining countries of the world, or, in other words, almost tho en tire coal-mining population of the world, that if, 2,059,500 miners. There were repre sentatives from all parts of Great Bri tain, from Germany. Austria, France, Belgium and the United States, which countries produce ver nineteen-twen-tleths of the entire amount of coal mined. It Is always extremely difficult for men of different nationalities and speaking dif ferent languages to meet and discuss problems of common interest. The major ity of the representatives understood Eng lish but neither French or German, while those who spoke either French or German were ignorant of the other two languages. As a consequence all the proceedings, in cluding the speeches of the delegates, had to be translated and retranslated, so that it took 30 minutes for a ten minutes' speech to reach the understanding of all the delegates. However, the transla tors were extremely able, and the dele gates limited their speeches to the most important matters, with the result that the proceedings were very much more rapid and Intelligible than might have been expected. Resuitant Advantages. It would be difficult to exaggerate the advantages which have resulted from the annual meetings of the Miners' Interna tional Congress. The effect has been to inspire the delegates from the more back ward countries with the hope of Improving the condition of the miners whom they represent. In the past the initiative in ftese congresses was -usually taken by the iSngllsh miners. At first the German, French and Belgian delegates were unfa miliar with parliamentary rules, and the course of the sessions was delayed by a number of men trying to speak at jonce; but In the last session, and In a number of sessions previous, the congress was con ducted in the most admirable method, and the rules of parliamentary procedure were adhered to most strictly. The vari ous nationalities displayed the utmost courtesy and consideration toward one an other, and friendliness and good-fellowship reigned throughout the congress. Since the beginning of these annual con gresses the conditions of European miners have been everywhere improved. "Wages have risen, the hours of labor have been reduced, and the sanitary condition of the mines has been bettered. Another gain during this time has been the prohibition by practically all the countries represent ed of work by women inside the mines While many women In Europe pick slate and do other rough work on the outside of the mines, almost none work inside. Businesslike Proceedings. The proceedings of the congress are con ducted in a rapid, sensible and business like manner. Each day a president is elected, who serves for that day only, and for each nationality a separate president 4s also elected. The credentials of the GOVEKN5EENTS NEW "WIirEISS RE OKI V Kit MESSAGES BUZZ INTO EAB-TBUMPET. WIRELESS SHORELINE STATION UNITED STATES NAVY. tlvely 1000 miles from mast topmast, ex tending from Key West to Panama, and Key "West to Porto Rico. Other great spans will be from Panama1 to our naval station on the south coast of Cuba 720 miles; from the same station to Porto Rico 00 miles, and from Pensacola to Key "West 150- miles. Between .-these various stations tremendous areas of land, as well as of water. Intervene and the electric currents will cross and recross. They will leap over the islands of Cuba and Hayti, and "will penetrate the network of cross-currents set up not only by our own stations, but those on the foreign coasts of Central America and of the for eign islands on both sides of the isthmus. . World's Highest Mast. The highest mast In the world erected lor wireless teleemnhv tn Vm rif up at Panama. Whjle Its exact height" has. not yet Deen determined it will be nearly if not quite as tall as the Washington monument, xne uovernment is to ener- delegates are passed upon by members of their own nationality, and only in cases of dispute (which have not yet arisen) are questions pf this sort submitted to the business committee. This business, or international committee, which .agrees upon the proceedings and acts as a. sort of executive committee, consists of one member from each nationality. Tho del egates to the congress must be either min ers or miners secretaries, but the public are admitted to the deliberations. In dis cussing any measure or motion one speak er Is heard from each nationality, and the speeches are usually made as short as pos sible In order to prevent a needless waste of time In translation. Much of the discussion during the pres ent congress bore upon the subjects of shorter working hours and the establish ment of a minimum wnxro. Th hnnm nt labor have already been somewhat re- I uuveu in wuuiieaiai countries, wnne in England they arc already shorter than In the United States. As in America, the miners of Europe are endeavoring to se cure a universal eight-hour day for min ers, and considerable progress has already been made In this direction. The congress was unanimous In Its vote to obtain by such means as were best suited to the situation in the various coun tries, the speedy establishment of a mini mum wage. The greatest possible differ ence exists between the wages of miners in various parts of Europe. In Great Brit ain the wages, until the last year or two. have been relatively high. c6mparing not unfavorably with the wages of American miners. In France and Belgium, how ever, wages are much lower, and lri cer tain parts of Germany, notably in the Eastern or Sileslan district, and through out Austria the rate of remuneration is so low that the workingman cannot Jlve-in" decency, and in many cases cannot even maintain himself In physical vigor. Gen erally speaking, wages are highest where the men are best organized, and it Is one of the objects of this congress, therefore to spread unionism into all parts of Eu rope, In order to maintain a fair rate of wages for coal mining throughout the world. Mine Sanitation. One of the most serious questions dis cussed by the congress was that of mine sanitation. In many parts of Europe in Great Britain, France. Belgium, and in other countries, the miners suffer from a worm disease called ankilostomaisis. This worm, which is very small, is usually to be found In damp and badly ventilated mines. It destroys the red corpuscles of the blood and produces a feeling of lassi tude and an entire absence of energy, which prevents the men from doing effec tive work. There are mines in which as many as 90 per cent of the miners are af fected by this disease, which not only re duces efficiency of the men. but weakens them to such an extent that they become highly susceptible to other diseases. The congress took action looking toward the investigation of the -worm disease, and ad vocated that legal measures be taken- to arrest and cpmbat its propagation. The chief importance of the congress is Its indirect, xather than its direct, consequences. The congress has nd .power to compel the obedience or even the adherence of the unions In the sev eral countries, but almost all of the reso lutions are adopted by unanimous vote and the congress exerts a strong morai influence upon the miners organizations and upon the community in general. The European newspapers devoted consider able space to the proceedings of the con gress, and much interest was manifested In the future plans of the organization. With each year the Influence of the con- 1 gress becomes greater as the miners in the world realize that the problems which beset them are more or ies similar in getically apply in the neighborhood of the Isthmian Canal zone the strategic lessons which Its attaches have learned in the Orient where the Japanese ships by means of their wireless equipment have been enabled to keep in close touch -with each other as well as with their home port3 and the central government headquarters. It is known that the in formation thus conveyed has been respon sible for some of the signal victories of Admiral Togo and General Kuroki. Our strategists have observed the tremendous disadvantages at which the Czar's forces have been placed through this well-equipped system of the Japanese. So there will be no reports of cables cut and wires down, sjd far as our Gov ernment's future telegraph system is con cerned. Our 50 stations on the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts will be in uninterrupt ed wireless communication with warships, army transports and vessels of the mer chant marine within 300 miles of shore or of island stations along the eastern all countries. It is now proposed that the congress eventually form itself into a permanent "body by the appointment of an International secretary and the estab lishment of a central ofHce. If this Is accomplished, the permanent secretary will secure information bearing on the conditions, of the miners In the various countries, and this Information, printed In German, French "and English, will be widely distributed, so that the miners In each country may be kept informed of the conditions in all parts of the world. As In all congresses, much of tho most Important work of the Miners' Congress is done outside of the meetings. The influence of the delegates from countries where wages are high and conditions of labor good, upon representatives from countries "where organization Is just be ginning, has been extremely effective and beneficial. The meetings of the con gress also lead to the settlement of lonc- standing difficulties. During the present congress, for instance, the American del egates were able to make important ar rangements for the transfer or admission" of members from one country to another, these arrangements being made with Bel glum, France, Germany and Austria. In the past some friction and misunderstand ing had arisen owing to the fact that when a Frenchman or German presented himself for admission to the American union, and asked as a foreign unionist to be exempted from paying the initia tion fee, It was frequently Im possible to tell whether the ap plicant was or was not a member of a foreign union. This difficulty has now been entirely done away with by 'the adoption of a uniform system, and tills reform is entirely due to the fact that the delegates of these countries and from America were enabled to meet at an In ternational Congress. Foreign Competition. The chief service conferred, by the In ternational Congresses has been the moral aid which they have given to tho organi zation of miners Into trade unions throughout Continental Europe. This or ganization is proceeding with much ra pidity, although the Continental miners are still not nearly so well organized as their brethren in the United States and Great Britain. The difficulties of organi zation are even greater Jn such countries as Germany and Austria than in the United States. In Germany, for instance, the union has to deal with the same problem of uniting different nationalities as Is encountered in the United States. During recent years tens of thousands of people of differing nationalities, including Poles, Hungarians, Czechs, Italians, and others, have entered the German mines. These people, usually unable to speak German, live by themselves in company patches, or what are there called colo nies. Every effort is made, however, to reach the people of foreign nationality and with much success. The German miners, for example, issue an excellent weekly Journal, printed in German, but containing one page in Polish, giving the most Important news in that language. At first, as in America, the people of foreign birth underbid the native miners, but with the progress of the years, the foreign-speaking people became strongly Imbued with the principles of unionism, and they are now among the most ard ent and enthusiastic of unionists. Min ers of foreign birth have also invaded the mines of Belgium, and. to a consid erable extent, of France, but in all of these countries the problem of different nationalities speaking different tongues Is being dealt with in somewhat the same manner as In the United States. The Continental miners, however, have even more serious difficulties to contend BENDING APPARATUS ADOPTED TOR GOVERNMENT'S NEW YV1KKJLESS rJNES. MAST AT GOVERNMENT with. This is especially true of Germany. The attitude of the great producers of coal is dne of absolute, uncompromising and unwavering hostility, and at alt times they refuse to meet with the union or dis cuss terms. The rates of wages, the hours of work, and the conditions of employ ment are fixed by the large operators, who post notices on their walls. There Is no recognition of the union, no con ferences between representatives of the two sides, no answer that the men can make, except silent acquiescence or a strike! The operatprs, though organized into huge trusts, are qpposed to the very existence of unions, and would, if It were possible, take away from the workmeb the legal right to oin trades unions. The, hostility of these large employers goes so far, In fact, as to express a desire for the withdrawal of the franchise from the worklngmen by the abolition of uni versal suffrage. Persecution by the State. The hostility of the large operators In Germany towards the unions is rein forced by a determined persecution on the part of the state. Like other pub lic meetings, those of trades unions can not be held without obtaining permis sion, from the police at least 24 hours In advance, and without the presence of police officials at the meetings. The law, however, seems to be enforced with greater rigor and stringency against the unions than against other bodies. The policeman sits upon the platform next to the presiding officer and whenever he considers anything Is said or done Illegal, he rises, takes off his helmet and re spectfully informs the audience that the meeting Is dissolved. In many sections of the country the unions are systematically boycotted by the owners of public halls, and In some cases it is practically im possible to hold meetings In any suitable place. Even the meetings of the local or ganizations are considered public meet ings requiring 24 hours' notice and the presence of the police, and it is often necessary to forego having meetings at all and to secure the opinion of the mem bers upon important subjects by meeting them individually. The police are harsh In their Judgment of offenses committed in trade union meetings, and unionists have been sent to jail for two or three years for offenses which in America would not entail more than a small fine. Notwithstanding all the obstacles, the organization of the miners of the world is proceeding rapidly, as is evidenced by the congress of 2,000,000 miners, of whom over 1,000,000 are already enrolled in trade, unions. JOHN MITCHELL. In collaboration with Walter E. "Weyl. Once Upon a Time. ClIrTord Chase, in Leslie's Monthly. Heard I once my old nurse telling Stories by the Are at night. All about big, bearded giants Till I shivered in affright; Then her voice cams from a. distance From a drowsy, far-off clime, -- Echoing the sweet old cadence, "Once upon a time." Read I once a golden story Of King Arthur's wonder court. Launcelot and Guinevere. AH. the knights of brave report; But amidst the loving, hating. Still I heard the insistent chime Like a cuckoo clock, . repeating, "Once upon a time." "Will our lives when we have lived them Seem like stories we have read? Stories -which our nurses told us As we lay all snug in bed. Will they eeem as vague as dreams are. All 'the days we thought sublime? Shall we hear the alnt, low whisper, "Once upon a time." When the earth and day and sunlight Grayly fade away; When the years that we have lived here Seem like one brief day; Shall we hear again at twilight Echo of our nurse's rhyme, "Her you lived and loved and labored," ''Once- upon & time.'' WIRELESS STATION. HOW SMITH And How He WILLIAM SMITH was just the sort of man you would expect from his name. He was an unobtrusive citizen. He wore clothes of the same style as a thousand other men, and lived in a cottage of the same style as a thou sand others in the suburbs. He caught the 8 o'clock car to town in the morning and the 6 o'clock car home in the even ing, after a faithful day's work in a real estate office. On Sundays he went to church with- his family, and every Sum mer he dutifully spent a week at the sea side. In short. Smith was an excellent example of the average steady Portland citizen, and ho would no more do any thing out of the way than fly. His most painful recollection was of a morning he had gone down to business in a new suit on the back of which one of tho children had mlschlevlously pinned a large price tag. Tnls was Smith before he was seized with vaudevlllitfs.. One evening Smith went to a vaudeville show. There is nothing strange about that; hundreds of Smiths do the same thing, and yet it was a fateful evening for Will iam. The next night he went to a vaude ville show again, and the next and the next. For weeks this went on, until he became restless during the day and waited Impatiently for the evening. He aban doned church on Sundays and spent the afternoon and evening at his favorite en tertainments. At length one mortiing, in the office, just as an Important deal vas being concluded. Smith looked up from his desk and began to sing: Up in the clambeds of old Washington There dwelt a Slwash maid. Walked as If she had a bun. Dug up oysters with a spade "Now, then, chous," he cried: Skyko, Skrko, My Skykomlsh. "Mr. Smith!" exclaimed his employer. Smith stopped suddenly, looked around sheepishly and resumed his work. When Smith went home that evening he entered the dining-room, and, taking off his coat and hat, laid them on the table. "I've just run in to give Clarabef her lesson in acting," soliloquized Smith, ges ticulating wildly toward the window. Just then Mrs. Smith entered from the kitchen, followed by the children. "Dinner will be'ready in a minute, Will lam," she said. "Haj Clarabel!" exclaimed Smith, bob- blng his head to Indicate a bow. , Mrs. Smith's name was Mary; so she didn't quite know what to make of this. "Just In time for your lesson," contin ued Smith. "Here's the railroad track." "Yes, mommer, let's play trains," cried both the kids in chorus. Mrs. Smith looked puzzled. "Look out, Clarabel; you'll be run over," cried Smith, jumping toward his wife with such realism that she sprang back and fell against the table. "O, William, you frightened me," she said. "I though there was something there." "There goes the mall train," said Smith, watching the floor. "Heavens, there's a child on the track Let me save it," and he dashed across the room, to the intense enjoyment of the young Smiths. "Saved!" he cried, picking up an im aginary object .."Here, Clarabel,. take and -western coasts of mid-Pacific and within 1000 miles from shore, if needs be, in the region of the canal zone. Ultimate ly all commercial vessels of any import ance will be equipped with apparatus for their own convenience and safety. It will thus be possible to transmit, step by step, a wireless message from a ship 300 miles off our New England Coast to the Philippines. Marconi, having dem onstrated the possibility of sending a message 2039 miles across the ocean, with very powerful apparatus the practicabil ity of such regular communication with our lines will be a "mere matter of de velopment. The Navy will transmit nec essary wireless messages to and from ships free of charge, where it has no commercial competitors and until Con gress shall pass necessary laws fixing the question of tolls. Interception Impossible. Those readers who have kept well post ed as to the developments of wireless telegraphy under the great Italian in ventor Marconi have, of course, com menced to wonder how the Government in this coastwise transmission will be able to hurl- Its electric impulses through a criss-cross of dispatches without suffering a vast confusion of utterances, worse than that which caused the tower of Babel to fall from the clouds. While Great Brit ain has equipped all of her warships with the Marconi apparatus, our Government has been encouraging home enterprise. Its experts lately conducted a series of rigid tests, extending over a -period of several months, during which seven wireless sta tions were in simultaneous operation in the same magnetic field. The invention which best withstood the test was that of a young American Inventor, Lee De For est, Ph. D., a graduate of Yale. Dr. De Forest, by an ingenlus Invention Is able to "tune" any circuit so that Its messages will not be received by any crossing cir cuit differently "tuned." and when he finds some circuit crossing his to be tuned a.3 his is, he can regulate the apparatus so that It will work Independently. Inter ception of his messages Is therefore total ly eliminated and upon the basis of this virtue of his Invention the Navy Depart ment has selected him to install the ap paratus for its coastline and insular sta tions. Sending and Receiving. To illustrate how the new system will work we will select for example the long circuit between Key West and Panama. I The Instruments at these two stations! will be tuned exactly alike, to begin with. Under the giant mast at Panama, In a building connected with the top of this pole by electric wire a man will rapidly operate a telegraph key, using tho alpha bet employed by the telegraphers whom we aauy see in omces ana railway sta tions. He fingers out his message at the rate of 35 words a minute, and every time the key In his hand ticks a small spark of lightning is let loose from the apex -of the tower above him. Between him and the similar station at Key West there Is no connecting wire whatever, either above or below the land or sea. The sparks leap off the mast's tip Info space and pass faster than thought through the fiercest West Indian tornado, the highest tidal wave or the most powerful seismic repe tition of Mont Pelee'. Instantly they have reached the apex of the twin mast at Key West connected by wire with a building underneath wherein sits a man not with a telegraph sounder before him, as In the usual telegraph station, but with a telephone helmet, such as the "hello girl" wears, clamped to his head and holding a receiver at his ear. The sparks of lightning which the transmitter at Panama is shooting out into the clouds a thousand miles away reach the ear of this receiver at Key West, not in the original clicks of the telegraph key nor In the snaps of the sparks at the mast top, but In a series of buzzes which sound as though a giant Jersey mosquito were try- CAUGHT VAUDE VILLI TIS "Was Cured A True Story fay "Wesf ord Jones. this and we, who have no children of our own, will adopt this little stranger." "But, William" feebly protested Mrs. Smith, who by this time was in a state of collapse. "Yah, ooh, ooh, mommer," screeched the children; "we don't want a 'dopted baby." "And, oh, the chicken will be burnt to a crisp," cried Mrs. Smith, galvanized Into action by the misera'ble recollection of a forgotten duty. When she returned with the over-roasted bird, Smith appeared to be his usual self, and his wife attributed his action to reaction after too laborious a day in the office. When dinner was over. Smith put on his hat and went off to town, where he attended another show before going home. When he got out of the car on his return, he deliberately smashed in his, hat, tore his collar open, ruffled his hair and rubbed dust over his coat, and ad vanced unsteadily to the door of his house, staging. "Fr hesh jolly goo flow." When tho door was opened, he tumbled in on the mat. ' "Ask me wh time 'tis," -he said to his wife. "Why, what time is it?" exclaimed Mrs. Smith, who was in a state of fright. "Twelve 'clock," answered Smith, and then he began: "Cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo" Mrs. Smith sprang to the phone and called up Dr. Johnson, who lived next door, imploring him to come over in stantly as William was In a fit. As the last "cuckoo" was dying from jSnuth's Ilpo, in came Dr. Johnson. "Drunk," was his thought as soon as ho saw Smith. Taking hold of the patient, he led him into the room. "Aren't you WHY DO YOU SUFFER? C. OPERATIONS Then why let yourself suffer? Thl3 famous doctor knows the action of over 500 different remedies that he has successfully used In different dis eases. The following Testimonials from well-known people tell of the wonderful curative powers of nature's own herbs and roots: Thomas Walsh, Tenth and Everett street, city, cured of stomach trouble two years standing. M133 Helene Enberg, 506 Vancouver avenue, city, suffered many years with dyspepsia of the stomach and lung trouble, and was said by doctors to have incurable consumption. 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When the transmitter across the Gulf of Mexico makes a short click the receiver hears a short buzz, and when a long click is. heard an equally- long buzz resounds. Thus a short buzz makes a dot and a long buzz a dash of the Morse telegraphic code. To make it possible for a person not familiar with the telegraph alphabet to transmit wireless messages by this system there can be connected with the transmitter an electric device resembling a typewriter. When a key is touched the connecting lever automatical ly translates the letter Into the dot and dash code. An Important result of this wireless telegraphy enterprise of the Government is the transfer to the Weather Bureau of all control of ocean weather prediction heretofore done by the hydrographic of fice of the navy hitherto our "old probs" on the high seas. The navy's 50 wireless stations on the coast will receive at least one dally weather observation from each ship with wireless apparatus within the 300-mile limit. When there are marked changes of the barometer more frequent observations will be transmitted to shore. The 2000 ships hitherto sending, by one way or another, dally weather observa tions to the hydrographic office will now send them to the Weather Bureau, to gether with the prompt wireless weather reports. These data will all be thrown into the hopper of the great weather mill at Washington and be ground out in the form of forecasts wired directly to the wireless telegraph masts along the coast and thence oceanward. More lives will be saved and more car goes delivered from the- waves through this Innovation than can be readily esti mated, for the result "will be our first thorough system of marine storm fore casts? The Pacific chain of stations will be of great importance to internal commu nication since all of our general storms pass In rom the Western seaboard, and 300 miles, the distance at which observa tions can be sent from outlying vessels, represents one day's movement of the average marine storm. Our cities and towns will thus be one day further ahead of the weather coming in from the Pa cific Our Southern stations will in the sairfe way further anticipate the progress of the dread West Indian hurricanes, which play havoc along our Atlantic and Gulf Coasts, and often inland. Warnings will thus be nrenared manv hmrrs in nA. vance of these gales. An automaUc wireless service Is furth- iuuic uciiig iwuiucu uy ine oecreiary of Agriculture for the protection from fire of the 76,000,000 acres of timber In our Federal Forest Reserves. The transmit ters for this system are so arranged that they will of their own accord sound an alarm whenever excessive heat encroach es upon them. The great reserves are to be divided into sections, with masts and stations underneath .for the alarm, re ceiving and transmitting apparatus. A ranger will be in charge of each station about eight hours each day, and he will transmit a message of approaching fire if he perceives It befpre the instrument does. An alarm thus sounded at the stations along the border, foresters, squatters, miners and farmers will be able to mount their horses and hasten to the scene of danger In time to save hundreds, of thou sands of dollars' worth of lumber. The system will be first tested In the Black Hills Reservation, which Is 60 by 100 miles In extent. The Federal Government has not planned to compete with private wireless telegraph companies. The Department of Commerce and Labor will issue licenses for private, stations, but under regulations preventing their Interference with Gov ernment circuits necessary to the National defense. It is very probable that many new laws must be made by all countries as a re sult of tho success of wireless "aero graphy." (Copyright. 1S04.) JOHN ELFRETH WATKINS. ashamed of yourself to come home in this state coming into your house drunk." "Yes, drunk," he repeated, as Smith looked shocked. "Drunk," said Smith, "I'm not drunk haven't had a drink In ten years." "Didn't I hear you just thl3 minute chucking and cooing around here like an aviary?" "Pshaw!" replied Smith, "that's the way every husband comes home In vau deville. Everyone I've ever seen tells how he went home and hlg wife asked him how late It was, and he said "twelve o'clock," and the Swiss clock cuckooed three times and he had to stand on the stairs and cuckoo nine times more." "Yes, but this isn't vaudeville." objected the doctor, and Smith was silent. "There's only one cure for this," mused Dr. Johnson. "Desperate diseases require desperate remedies. I will Inoculate him with the virus of comic Sunday supple ments." The antidote worked. Smith now reads all the New York papers every Sunday and Dr. Johnson Is preparing to electrify the American Medical Association with a monograph on vaudevlllltis. WEXFORD JONES. As Explained. Chicago News. Gyer There's one sensible poem In the current number of Blank's magazine. Myer Get out! Who ever heard of a sensible magazine poem? Gyer Well, the one I refer to Is all right enough. It wns written to advertise a new brand of soap. When the Great GE can cure you of any aliment by his powerful and harm less Chinese herbs and roots, which are unknown to medical science of this country. His wonderful cures throughout the U. S. alone tell the story. Thousands of people are thankful to him for saving their lives from 253 Alder St., corner of Third, Portland, Or.