TO STUDY IRRIGATION
Senators Will Examine Reclama
, tion Projects For Public Good.
FAMOUS OCEAN" LINER.
T. H. CARTER TELLS OF WORK
Cunard Steamship Lucania, Damaged
by Fire, Once Queen of the Ocean.
The Lucania, one of the best known
ships of the Cunard line,, which was
recently submerged at the Huskisson
dock at Liverpool, England, to extin
guish a fire that seriously damaged
her; left New York on July 7 on her
last trip and was to be thoroughly
overhauled before returning in Octo-
Experts to Take Careful Survey of'Der- The ship, now sixteen years old,
Vast Undertakings by the United ;was launched from the yards of the
States Government Many Acres 0f i airnela company, limited, Glasgow,
Land to Be Reclaimed.
A thorough investigation of irriga-
iu July, 1893. She is 601 feet in length,
65 feet in breadth and has a depth of
hold of nearly 38 feet. Her gross ton-
tion land projects estimated to cost;naSe is 12,952, and her first -trips
more than $100,000,000 will be made j made her the acknowledged "queen of
by a committee of the United States the oeean" at that time- '
senate which passed through Chicago I With her trip of 5 days 7 hourS and
the other day. . if mhtes jor thi stward voyage
. I from Daunt's rock to Sandy Hook
She committee us made up of ex-; 1Ightshlp and her eastward voyage of
perts. and includes Senator Thomas H. 5 aays, 8 hours and 25 minutes, made
Carter of Montana, chairman of the in October, 1894, the Lucania was the
senate Irrigation committee;" Senator unbeaten steamship of the world until
Francis E. Warren of Wyoming, Sen- the advent of the Deutschland, of the
ator William E. Borah of Idaho, Sena-, Hamburg-American line. The latter
tor George E. Chamberlain of Oregon steamship wrested the pennant of the
c, . ,,.. , ... 1 Atlantic from the Cunarder. and the
f Z T . , Germans kept it with the ships of the
:ia. The investigation will be of great North German Lloya until the last
importance and may lead to unexpect- Cunard turbine driven fliers came into
ed developments. It will deal with the service. :
. methods and character of the work j The Lucania is an Imposing looking
thus far done and will be the basis , vessel with two funnels rising 120 feet
.'.for further congressional legislation. in the air. She is amply provided with
; .Discussing the proposed wc of the j water tignt compartments and cost
-'committee, Senator Carter said before abut ?3,500,000.
One of the features of the Lucania
jus departure: wag her w dlni 8aoOQ fltted with
-Construction under the reclamation masglve Spanlsh mahogany, with hand
law. has been in progress for seven carvea paneis, and the broad compan
years, and at the last session of con- ionway leading from the promenade
.gress it was deemed advisable to have deck was of the same costly wood.
a committee of the senate inspect the The saioon skylight, which is reported
-work and inquire into the administra- t0 be destroyed, was fitted with hand
tion and operation of the law. No sonie stained glass panes, hand painted
-charges of maladministration have by well known artists, which were
been made, but complaints have been j very umch. admired when the ship
receive.! from time to time from vari- came out. Her lounge, music room
us sources, and special legislation is and nbrary. on the promenade deck,
being sought in the interest of Individ- , formed a suit of rooms that was not
uals or communities. surpassed inthe Atlantic trade until
; Guide For Future Work. j the Mauretania and Lusitania appear-
"In oTder to ascertain what has been ' d.
done and to determine what should be ; In discussing the fire one of the
- done in- the future the committee on Ounard officials said that the Lucania
irrigation of the senate is now en route would now be refitted throughout with
to visit the projects, inspect the works cabins built on a different plan and
on each and to examine such witnesses much larger than the old ones. - She
as have complaints to make or sugges- will also, it was said, be fitted with
" tions to offer. I another deck above the promenade
i' "'The entire trip will consume fifty- deck, and the dining saloon will be'
seven days, but as a considerable por- moved up from the main deck to the
tion of the work is to be done in promenade deck to comply with mod
Arizona and New Mexico it has been era ideas.
AevvneA best to divide the tour of in- i The Lucania had heretofore never
jspection so as to go over the work in met with a serious accident. In 1898
.the northern states during August and a piston rod broke, which delayed the
sl portion of September and to make ship on her voyage to New York, but
' the journey through southern Cali- other than many voyages made jonger
fornia, Arizona and- New. Mexico In by reason of stress of weather there
November. - - , " , was no serious happening.' -
"Secretary of the Interior I'.allingcr ''-'' - ,
-will go with the committee over a- PLAN TO SAFEGUARD TAFT.
large-number of the projects. - - . ;
' "Thus far we have invested fifty odd Southern Railroads Decline to Have
millions of dollars in construction, and j President's Car on Regular Trains. ;,.
the completion of the present-projects , Presldent Taft will not be able to
- Trill require about fifty millions- ad-' un0stentatiously through all of
ditional. The fund for this work is the south on hi8 coming trip this fall,
made up of the proceeds from the sale ag he had piannedj as an example of
of public lands, and the settlers are deniocracy. The railroads of Texas,
required to pay back into the fund the however, are not disposed to take the
cost of reclaiming the lands they enter risk of transporting the president's car
in ten annual installments. It will on the regular trains, but have deter
thus be seen that the fund is con- mmed t0 compel him to accept a special
etantly increasing and being steadily train
ftSUFFRAGISIAHmORY
Mrs. 0. H. P. Belmont Erecting
Large Building In New York.
ADDITION TO HER TOWN HOUSE
Specially Designed as a Lecture Hall
For a Militant Campaign by Suffra
gettes Necessary, She Says, if the
Cause Hopes to Succeed.
replenished.
Much Land to Be' Reclaimed.
"The present projects contemplate
-the reclamation -of something over
' 2,000,000 acres of land. The total
amount of arid land which can be re-
Word ' reached Washington recently
that the Missouri, Kansas and Texas
management in Texas has flatly de
clined to take chances in attaching Mr.
Taft's car to the regular fast trains on
his forthcoming journey. Instead they
claimed has not been ascertained, but, will supply a dining car and another
different persons approximate the area to keep the train steady, attach the
extending all the way from 10,000,000 presidential coach and send the special
0 EO.000,000 acres. i- ; along as the second section of the reg-
"The size of farms allowed under ular train. In this way the regular
the irrigation works varies from 40 up ' train will act as a pilot, and in case of
to 160 acres, no one being allowed to accident the president's party will es-
takeup more than 160 acres. Few per- j cape it.
sons realize that the waste and value
less lands of the public domain - in
crease in value when water is applied
It is not unlikely that other southern
roads will adopt the same policy. The
president intended to travel as plainly
-with such great rapidity that in some , as possible, eschewing private trains,
-Instances sagebrush land has gone , and to study the people of the south.
-up from nothing to as high as $1,000
an acre, that value being supported
by actual earning capacity. Of course
-this high priced land is of choice fruit
Guiding Lights For Aeronauts.
The Aero Club of Berlin has been
giving its attention to the question of
producing quality, but land capable of guiding lights for the use of aeronauts
growing thirty btishels of wheat an ! at night. It suggests a combination of
acre without any chance of crop fail- ( letters In vivid colors which will be
-lire has a fixed value based on earning clearly seen at a distance In the dark
capacity which clearly warrants its 'and which will be placed at the top of
reclamation. elevated structures. The letters which
indicate frontiers or the neighborhood
Homes For the Homeless.
"It Is the intent of the law that this
enterprise Shall furnish homes for the
Siomeless and lands for the landless.
. The conditions prescribed are so favor
able sttiat any industrious person pos
. essed of sufficient means to purchase
an outfit and erect a house and barn
with ordinary industry can meet all
payments and in the course of ten"
years acquire complete ownership of a
valuable homestead.
"The demand for available produc
tive government land never was as
arreat as at present. To illustrate the
. -fact I need but call attention to some
0,000 applications now on file for the
privilege of taking land on the Flat
head and Coeur d'Alene reservations,
-where less than 1,000 claims are avail
Able. "The high price of the necessities of
life at the centers of population has
.driven many to consider the propriety
of owning a patch of land on which
-the family can be supported at mod
' rate expense.
"The work of the government in ren
." dering its arid public domain habitable
and productive is holding out to strug
gling men and women of limited means
the prospect of becoming possessed of
.desirable estates on terms with whic
any one equipped with, industry and
frugality 'may comply." Chicago Trib
aine. . . .
of the sea will be specially distinguish
ed if the Aero club has its way. Ger
many is to be divided into ninety sec
tions by ninety combinations of let
ters, and France, it is proposed, should
adopt a special sign for each depart
ment. The project has been submitted
to all of the principal aeronautical so
cieties in France, Belgium, Holland,
Austria-Hungary, Italy, Spain, Eng
land and America for consideration.
The Children's Santa Claus.
In memory of Miss Elizabeth A. Phillips
ol Philadelphia. 1 -
In vain the children at this Christmas
tide
Will wait her coming. Ah, the bitter
. - end -
That robbed them of their one true,
steadfast friend, .
Leaving them mournful, "with no touch of
pride '
In saying, "This she gave me" for she
died
Ere she could give again! Stern grief
did rend
Her Joy to fragments that she could not
. mend,
And so, the tasK too great, late was
defied. -,
Sing not of faith that moves the mighty
rocks, :
Por if it had fled from her silently,"
And hope, bo long shut in Pandora's box.
Died ere she knew the open sesame.
But still remember as you smooth her
locks
" The greatest, yea, of all is charity.
Edward H. S. Terry In Philadelphia
Public Leoeer.
Not content with opening Marble
House, at Newport, for suffragist lec
tures and giving the National Wom
an's Suffrage association luxurious
headquarters on Fifth avenue, New
York, Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont an
nounced the other day that she is
building an addition, to be called the
armory, an exact reproduction of a
room in the late Mr. Belmont's house,
Belcourt, at Newport, in her new house
at 477 Madison avenue, New York,
which is to be devoted to the cause
next winter. This new house is now
nearing completion, the architect prom
ising that it will be ready for occu
pancy on the 1st of January. -
Since the house has been started,"
said Mrs. Belmont recently in her
apartment at the St. Eegis hotel, in
NewsYork, "I have become an ardent
suffragist, and it seemed to me that I
could serve the cause in no better way
than by providing a large hall in which
prominent suffragists might lecture
during the winter. So I asked my
architect to arrange for this armory,
which will be decorated with the armor
which hangs in a similar hall in Mr.
Belmont's old Newport home, Bel
court. I shall of course use the room
for other" purposes, but my incentive
in building it was to devote it to the
cause of woman's suffrage.
"My enthusiasm for suffrage grows
all the time. Every one of my chil
dren is sympathetic with me in regard
to the work. Two of my sons W. K.
Vanderbilt, Jr., and Harold Vandec
bilt have promised to sit on the plat
form at the public lectures which will
be given at Marble House on Aug. 24
and 28.
Will Try to Interest the Men.
"You see, I believe that one of the
weaknesses in the fight hitherto has
been the fact that more men were not
interested in suffrage. I shall endeav
or to interest the men of my acquaint
ance, if in no other way, at least finan
cially. -
"You see, I don't believe in individ
ual work in any case. All the work for
a cause like this must be collective,
and that is why I have thrown myself
into the fight with the existing suf
fragist institutions. I shall work en
tirely with the city, state and national
institutions. . Of course 1 am getting
up a special league of my own, but
that is only one small part of this
large body. "
"Just now I am especially interested
in making a success of the lectures
which are to be given at Marble
House. On the first occasion Dr. Anna
Howard Shaw will speak and on the
second Professor Charles Zueblin. The
tickets for these lectures are $5 each,
and the money raised will be devoted
entirely to the campaign.
Until now I have always felt that it
was best not to open Marble House to
public view because it has been used
as my private residence, although I
should have liked very much to please
many art students who have made the
request in past years. 1 am -depart
ing from the rule simply because I be
lieve the step may tend to increase in
terest in the crusade for votes for
women. "
' Favors Militant Methods.
I have studied the question of suf
frage in England thoroughly. I have
talked with Mrs. Pankhurst and her
daughter, and I have been to innumer
able meetings, and I am convinced
that more militant methods must be
adopted in the United States if we
hope to succeed. I do not think it is
necessary to go so far as the English
suffragettes do, but I do think that we
shall have to struggle to gain what we
want I most emphatically believe in
street meetings for one thing. ;
"This winter we hope to have a lec
ture Very nearly . every day. Some
prominent speaker will be heard in
some part of New York at least six
days in the week, and the subject will
always be 'Votes For Women.' The
armory in my new home will be open
ed for the purpose as often as it is
needed. , '
"Just so soon as the lectures which
we have plann'ed for Marble House
are out of the way we shall start in
to work on plans for the fall campaign.
The headquarters are now ready for
occupancy, and we shall hold an open
ing reception in them as soon as peo
ple come back to town, early m Sep
tember. Mrs. Harper has been here
all summer, but most of the prominent
suffragists are elsewhere now. I, my
self am living at Newport." .
The Beauties of Marble House.
. There are many parts of the famous
Marble House, which is built of differ
ent kinds of marble throughout, which
have never been photographed. The
side toward the sea is protected from
the public gaze by a high hedge, and
this part has never been seen except
by friends of Mrs. Belmont The walls
on this side are composed of Carrara
marble, elaborately carved, and there
is a marble terrace 100 feet wide. - The
Interior of the building is famous for
its rare art treasures, which will be
visible to the public for the first time
one hour on each day before the lec
tures begin. New York Times.
MONUMENT TO VALOR
Veteran to Erect Memorial at Gettys
burg Recognizing No Section.
A monument in commemoration of
American valor without distinction as
to north or south, which will be the
"finest memorial on any battlefield of
the world," is to be erected at Gettys
burg by C. N. McConnell of Chicago.
The monument will cosj $150,000, ac
cording to a recent announcement
made. by Mr. McConnell. Telling of
his plans, he described what he says
Is the most jremarkable instance of
valor on record the annihilation of
one regiment by another.
"The first day of fighting at Gettys
burg has been slurred over in the his
tories," said Mr. McConnell, who par
ticipated in the battle, "because it was
a decided Union defeat. In that first :
day the Twenty-fourth Michigan faced
the Twenty-sixth North Carolina. At
the close of the day the . Twenty-
rourth Michigan, my regiment, had
lost 400 of its' 500 men. The Twenty-
sixth North Carolina had lost 700 of
its 800. . No such fighting was "ever
known to the modern world. None
like ft has been known since.
Tt Is to glorify the American valor
represented by this little known en
counter that my monument is to be
put up.
'The monument will be a sort of
pantheon, with three domes. The
central dome will be gilded and will
reacb toward heaven. It will face the
east- so that the sun's first rays will
fall upon It. The right hand dome
will be dedicated to the Twenty-fourth
Michigan, the left hand dome to the
Twenty-sixth North Carolina. The cen
tral dome will contain the names of
all the soldiers of the so called Iron
brigade the Second, Sixth and Seventh '
Wisconsin, the Twenty-fourth Michi
gan the Fourteenth "Indiana and Bat
tery B, United States artillery who
participated - in the battle, with the
exception of my own name, which will
be omitted. It will call special atten
tion to the unprecedented fighting
which took place on the first day of
the battle and will, of course, be put
on the first day's field, where hardly
anybody goes at the present day.
"I hope to nave the monument done
in time for the fiftieth anniversary of
the battle in 1913. Artists in Europe
and America are working on the de
sign now. In case I should die be
fore it is completed I have left a pro
vision for It in my will."
SHAH'S ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE.
Young Monarch Suggested Race, Gal
loped Ahead, but Escort Caught Him.
Ever since his accession 0 the throne
the twelve-year-old shah of Persia,
Ahmed Mirza, has been thoroughly
miserable. He declares that he is the
unhappiest boy in -Persia, weeps con-"
tinually and says his one desire is to
accompany his father into exile. To
quiet the child his mother has been al
lowed to visit him at the palace of
Sultana tabad. She, on her side, cannot
reconcile herself to the loss of her son.
She weeps persistently and declares
that the Nationalists will end by kill
ing him.
A rumor that the ex-shah, Moham
med All, has been plotting to regain
the child is current. It is said that
through a woman servant the boy was
told at his father's instigation of the
execution of the reactionary leaders.
Then he was warned to escape to the
Russian legation, as his life was In
danger, and to abdicate and leave the
country with his father. A plan was
concocted to effect this escape while
his youthful majesty was riding in the
country. .
On Monday, Aug. 9, therefore,' the
little shah ordered his horses out and
once past the precincts of the palace
proposed a race with a eunuch of his
father's .household. Both spurred their
horses and galloped away. The other
attendants- thought at first it was
merely a boy's game, but .when it was
seen that the horses were galloping in
the direction of Zerguendeh they sus
pected a trick and pursued the shah, in
hot haste. -
A courtier overtook the royal run
away, caught the bridle. reins ana
drew his revolver. "If yur majesty
does not come down from yotfr horse
I will shoot myself on the spot" he
said.
When the shah 'saw that. his plan
had failed he returned to Sultanatabad.
New Study For Women.
One of the latest forms of feminine
commercial enterprise in Paris is a
hnnl where T-'-f'i"" ia fr"U"ht
Natural Gas For Train Lights.
An innovation in railway train- light
ing has been adopted by the Western
Maryland railroad, which taps the
West Virginia gas fields. Two of its
bJt trains between Cumberland and
Baltimore are being equipped with
storage tanks for natural gas. If the
experiment proves a success the road
plans to use only natural gas in all its
trains. " ' ; " '
Diamond Set In Finger Nail.
A diamond set in the nail of his little
rfinger is displayed by Alphonse Albert
Dupuy, an Evanston (111.) tailor. The
stone is one-third carat. On ordinary
occasions the tailor wears a thimble
ovr the bejeweled finger.
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.The Boys In Olive Drab.
Sham battles are In progress now.
And in the glad affray
The soldiers practice how to fight
Against some bloody day.
The poets, too, should take their pens.
The chance they ought to grab.
And practice how to glorify
, The boys In olive drab.
The boys In blue just marched them
selves Into poetic form,
And Britain has her "thin red line"
The singer's heart to warm.
But it will take a handy bard -With
mighty gift of gab - -To
work into a martial line --
The boys in olive drab.
McLandburgh Wilson In New York
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