“Midsummer Night’s Dream” in Washington Naval Blimp Makes a Forced and Lucky Landing Under tli«' nirphev of community service "A mor Night's Dream," with Meuectlve regions. These include a state­ ment as to the probable weather, tern-' perature, and wind, and during the winter months, the probable minimum temperature. Warnings of violent and severe storm conditions at sea are given tn the Interest of navigation of the coastal waters, the Caribbean sea, the Gulf of Mexico, the Great Lakes, and ' the region around the Hawaiian . islands. The advices cover also storm j conditions of only moderate intensity , for localities In which the operation of small craft Is Involved. On the oc­ casion of violent storms on the Great Lakes or Gulf no means Is spare«] to spread the advices and warnings as far In advance as possible. Warnings are broadcasted by wireless to ships afloat. Itlver and flood warnings: This service is of great value to the com­ mercial, Industrial and agricultural Interests In whatever regions are Inundated. It always Is effective In saving vast amounts of property, and in some cases great saving of life also results. Valuable Aid to Food Shippers. Shippers' forecasts: During the winter particularly this service is of special benefit to those concerned In the movement of perishable products. Commission merchants, shippers and agents handling commodities of this character are advised in advance of temperatures detrimental to perish­ able products and to which shipments In particular directions are likely to be exposed. This enables railroad men and others Interested to properly pro­ tect shipments by heating or icing cars, and in other ways to mitigate the losses and claims which ^vould re­ sult from damage In shipment. The foregoing Important services of the bureau bear only indirectly upon the agricultural welfare of the nation. The services listed below, however, are specifically beneficial to agriculture. Frost warnings and special fruit frost service, alfalfa warnings, etc.: It has been conclusively demonstrated that the damages by spring frosts in the horticultural sections of the coun­ try can be greatly mitigated, or even prevented entirely, by proper methods of artificially heating the orchards. The weather bureau undertakes to tell the orchardist when frosts are coming, what the probable minimum tempera­ ture will be, nnd even to specify the time to light the orchard fires and to perform other operations. A like service is extended to trucking Inter­ ests, sugqr-cane growers, and many other agricultural interests which may be benefited by forewarnings of early or late frosts nnd of atmospheric con­ ditions detrimental to them. Timely Warnings for Stockmen. Advices of weather conditions favor­ ing the cutting and harvesting of al­ falfa, and operations of like kind, is another specific service In the interest of agriculture. Cattle region service: This is a service operated during the summer season especially. Authentic informa­ tion Is disseminated concerning weath­ er, especially precipitation conditions over the stock ranges and stock-raising districts of the. West, enabling stock- men to determine the best distribution of their cattle in the grazing districts nnd the places where grazing is most plentiful. Stock warning service : This is closely allied to the cattle region serv- Taft Taking Oath as Chief Justice Eafs Eggs Taken From Snake; Has Weird Dreams Winchester, Va.—E. W. Knee, prominent churchman and mer- chant of Marlboro, Va., was “dead sure” he saw snakes while he slept, and he Is not yet en­ tirely convinced he didn't. Mrs. Knee had an encounter w ith a six-foot black snake while she was gathering eggs late In the afternoon. The snake was colled up under a hen, and Mrs. Knee touched the serjient when she reached In to get the eggs the hen had laid. After the snake had been killed an egg came out of Its mouth, being the egg the hen had laid while sitting on the snake. Mrs. Knee, it was said, laid the egg aside, but Mr. Knee got it by mistake, boiled It and ate it. During the night he had terrible dreams, neighbors said, all caused by eating the egg. ♦ ice. The weather bureau advises the stock-raising interests of the approach and severity of cold waves, storms and atmospheric conditions injurious to cattle. With ample warning In ad­ vance, the weak stock can be brought to shelter, and enormous losses pre­ vented. Fire weather service: The studies of the foresters and weather bureau employees have resulted in supplying a service on the part of the weather bureau to the national and state or­ ganizations which Is helpful in the prevention and control of forest fires. Its advices to forest-fire fighting agen­ cies promote the most effective distri­ bution of fire prevention and suppres­ sion agencies. Weather and crop bulletin: The object of this bulletin. Issued weekly, Is to get the fullest possible informa­ tion to the agricultural interests as to the weather conditions week by week. The effect of the weather on crop conditions Is also mentioned. The bulletin Is issued at a great many out* lying stations, and also at Washington. Highway weather service: This service, which Is of a general charac­ ter, was Inaugurated In a limited way as an outgrowth of war conditions. It consists of adding to the forecast mes­ sages and bulletins Issued by the bu­ reau at a number of Its stations, ad­ vices as to the conditions of the prin­ cipal highways of travel. This Infor­ mation Is of Interest to large num­ bers of highway users, but owing to limited funds the service Is not ex­ tensive. Any person or concern desiring to secure the benefit of one or more of these services should send a request to the weather bureau, Washington, D. C., stating as specifically as possi­ ble the use that he will make of the information asked or the character of the Interests that will be served thereby. COHENS LEAD IN NEW YORK More Men in War Service by That Name than Any Other in City- Smiths Lead in State. New York.—The Cohens led New York's fighting forces in the World war. The war record bureau of the state bonus commission has found that more soldiers ^id sailors of that name than any other were In the service from the metropolis. The Smiths, however, are ahead In the entire state. The bonus commis­ sion estimates that about 5,000 of them wore the uniform of the United States while the Hindenburg line was being smashed. In the state the Cohens numbered 2,500. There were 2,400 Millers, 2,000 Sullivans and 1,800 Joneses. New York Home Building Boom«. New York.—New York city's home building campaign has passed the $100,000,000 mark since the tax ex­ emption ordinance w ent Into effect, acj cording to Hurry Curran, president ot the borough of Manhattan, Since February 25 plans have been filed and construction begun for dwell­ Ex-President William Howard Taft taking the oath of office which made ings to house 20,897 families, as com­ him chief Justice of the United States. The simple ceremony took place In pared with buildings, costing $37,143.- the office of Attorney General Daugherty, the oath being administered by Chief 000, to house 6,604 families during the same period last year. Justice Hoehling of the District Supreme court.