The Oregon daily journal., July 19, 1908, Page 33, Image 33

THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. PORTLAND SUNDAY MORNING. JULY 19. 1908.
EVERY HORSF HAS HAD HIS DAY
Will Automobile's A d vent Into Field of Horse, and Anti-Rac-ing
Law Drive Man s One ! Time Best Friend to tKe Zoo?
THE) oooupatlon of tha horee eem
suddenly to have become endan
gered. As though a great conspir
acy wtrs on hand the one Indls
penslble quadruped la belnf
pushed from places where one It waa
essential. Tha automobile for pleasure
and tha motor wagon and truck for
utility hava chased thousand of horses
Into tha country. Even there tha equina
frets a dubious welcome for tha farmer
lias now become an automoblllsL Tha
passage of anti-gambling laws, If en
forced, meana the eventual death of
trotting, running; and pacing, for It Is a
conceited fact that theae sports depend
fur existence exclusively on betting. At
this rate soon nothing will be left but
ine horse shqw, and even here the horse
will be dependent for a oontlnuance of
popularity on the favor of society,
which la proverbially fickle in Its tastes.
After tinvlng been ranked since misty
antlriulty as man's btel friend and help
er, the horse is now forced to right a
battle to keep hlmaelf from becomln,
mtle more than a freak for exhibition
in r xoologlcal garden.
The whole world seems to be engaged
In vast conspiracy.
First came the automobile and the
motor truck to serloualy cut Into two.
spheres of activity that have given the
borne a special usefulness, and now If
that nere not enough, the crusade
against gambling has Anally resulted In
th passage of a rigid anti-betting law
In the first state of the union and the
oue where the horse racing mania had
reached Its greateat height.
It In admitted that If the same re
sult obtained in New York Is followed
up throughout the remainder of the
United States, and betting on horse
races Is finally and completely abol
ished, thnt men will cease to be vo
taries of the sport of kings. When this
comes to pass, horses will no longer be
developed for the purposes of racing
and trotting, ana one 01 mans sirunsi
motives of Interest In the noblest of
animals will have passed. pioneers, the forerunners of the present
Then barred out from a practical great army of motorists, did not al
standpolnt and made Impossible as a ways remember that the power con
source of sport, the horse will (lrst be trolled bv the wheel of their high pow
banished to the country. Then having ered automobiles was one that ought
boconio a poor money-making proposl- to be used very temperately,
tlon the farmers will lose Interest In jut etartlng as an enemy to the auto
him, till eventually the poor equine will mobile, the farmer began to make some
find his occupation, like Othello s, for- discoveries. He found out that lovers
ever gone. ,,( the "Honk! Honkl car' iiad llko hlm
The 'amazing inroads made Into the Beif a strong Interest In the light for
horse's domain are conceded, and by good roads, and that being In moat cases
most persons they are welcomed. men of woalth thev were successful In
The development that Is gradually getting legislation far more quickly and
tuning ine norec s joo away nuni nun adequately man he inula, nope.
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In order to profit by tha sunerlor speed The retirement of the horse from True, the hor show remains. There
possible to the runabout this kind of work Is a blessing; thai was never a tlnm hen Its popularity
Kven for the moving of the heaviest all humunllaiiuns will snjoy. was greater. 1 xhlbttlorja of horse
of freight tha motor truck has staadlly ' Trotting has not escspsd the lnflu- flesh In the on; loor and Indoors. In
bsen givlns the horse-drawn dray a hat- snce of tha anil-batting crusade, for the winter time, It one, of the functions
tie. In thin manner aiona thousands the last two yeurs tha horses on the host loved of sin Inty, and there la no
of horses have bean put out of rommls- grand circuit have faced many vlclssl- Immediate prospect that It will suffer
ion In tha last yer Many big firms tudea. Sometimes betting waa permit- an revrisn.
devoted to the making; of automobiles ted, sometimes not, and where the in- Hut thu preference of ahilety Is no
for plnaKure uses hav been turning terdlct waa -on, a paying gate was as torlmisly fickle. v
their attention to tha big Meld offered rare as a two-minute trottor without Any proposition based axiiuslvelir '
,by the cnmmerclul vehlrla, and tha tha wind shield. on this liklna Is never by any means
struggling. straining horse, bsttllng Therefore. In the future Question of assured of permanent prosperity,
bravely and mightily to hanl hla heavy how far tho boras has past from Its something might on-nr thai would
load over the slippery atnnea of a cltv a present place In the esteem of sports- rob the burse hlmw of IU uppeul to
streets, .will soon no longer affront ttis men It cannot be denied that the bar- tht fasblonnbie rrrhnps Hie nry act
yea of tha merciful. nasg horse also faces dlsmul duys. of UoviTimr llu; us ugalnst ginbllng
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AHTI-B15TT1NG LAV5 WIVL END
cJCENE LIKE THU.
Is Indeed, further back than the auto
mobile. It was the Installation of the
ttnllev systems throughout the country
that told of a better method of trans
portation than horse power, rounU.
tested and put Into gerjoral use.
Formerly the big cllv knew only the
horse as n motive power for the cars
This bond In common, the desire for
better hlghwavs, brought about tho first
amitv between, the farmer urn! the
motorist.
A systematic campaign by the latter
to win over the former end allay his
suspicion was Inaugurated. Motor
clubs passed resolutions reprehending
flint moved Its populace from place to those who 4! rove too fast or recklessly.
plnce. r.ut now It is only in the small- They assisted In having punishment
er villages that any are to be found. brought upon offenders.
,ts conquering way soon took the Slowly but surely the farmer was
tinllev out Into tho country, and re- WOn. He discovered that the. autnmo-
Biilted In Joining together cities and hlllst wasn't such a bad fellow after nil,
towns formerly widely separated and tnat not all of them broke the laws, and
opening up for development whole new tnnt 0fleri offenders were led Into their
stret.-hes of country that had been in mistake merely by over -enthusiasm in
the past Inaccessible. the power of their machines
The horse had been the car rier b- Fronl becomlng. nlerely tolerant the
twceti districts formerly, but the,, ua farmer be , to investigate tha auto-
ruped waa put out of commission As mobile
soon ns the trolley began to no us w$tk.
In the new apportionment the tiorse
got a new lob more for use as a car
riage animal to be used In the short
distance rounds of rural transportation.
This wrts In the slaKs when the far
mer would not admit that the time
mobile. horse or a ralr as had been Drevlous
Might not be so bad after all to have custom, the farmer Hold his horses
a. machine that could go four times as In order to get an automobile,
far as Dobbin, and at tbe same time When he put them on sale In the
curry greater loads without effort. city he found that transformation was
Some farmers made tha experiment, in progress there.
Their fellows had to follow, with tho Not onlv hud the siitomohlln been
could ever come when by any chance 8'uu' rer-un mm now an over uie ndoptea ror pleasure Dy thousands who
be would be a convert to the automo- rouniry an-enormou number or auto- formerly gratified their love lor speed
l.ile mobiles of varying grades and slr.es In the fast stepping of a good pair of
Ills deep-rooted hatred to the mortem are to bo found in the possession of roadsters, but in the professions and B
t,.n.n..ri.ilni itvptt Mm former tn o r t o rn h 1 bes. farmer wtio tirtvA I
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to tin bitterest possible reprlsuls become converts. less advance had shown the motor car
against motorists he caught beatlnsr th- The fortunes of the horse were pushing the horse out of commission,
speed laws. In many cases the farmer greatly Involved In this changing at- The doctor, the solicitor, the can
had a Just right to complain, for the tltude. Instead of buying a new vasser are rapidly retiring their horses
T7XTT A XTTVC CT-TTn fiTl rvcTrrv T? r
iin vjJuriNi -j wJiixjr wi ii i p i juiv i famous cruiser
Battleship Will Be Seen in American Waters or First Time
By Walter P. Meriwether.
ANON the Frlnce o Wales is to
pay a visit to Canada. some time
In the near future the date not
yet being officially announced.
With Its habitual foresight the
navy department has made arrange
ments by which the navy of America
may have fit representation In the ves
sels that will gather at Halifax or at
Quebec, as the case may be, at the
time of h! ooming. ...
But although the navy is much inter
ested in tho visit of this prince, It may
be no harm to say that the navy, as a.
body is chiefly interested in the vessel
which is to convey turn across mo c
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lust as once we regarded France, and ous places and yet remain erect. Tre
nt a Inter date Russia. It was the Ftiis- vlous to this series of experiments the
stan Rurlk which produced our rower- Rrltish admiralty carr'ed to a conclusion
fuls. the Rossla which led to our another series, utilizing one of the ob
IirHkes. Wo initiated Inflexlbles, it is soleto battleships, the IJerod, for the
true. In doing so, perhaps we commit- purpose. These experiments demon
ted an error. Nothing in the German strated tho great vulnerability of the
navy or In any other flee called for fire control system, and as a result or
such vessels. That, however. Is a mat- ders were Issued that the vessels then
ter of past history
Germany Is Rival.
"The essential fact is that Germany
replied; and we are compelled to,meet
the reply tvlfh sMIl further replies".
Therefore, regarding tho new ship
building program, on the question of
whether the best Is
under construction be fitted with tripod
masts. I ommentlng upon these masts.
The Navy, a service Journal, says: "An
odd thing In connection with this de
cision is the statement, now well au
thenticated, that the St. Vincents will
have, but a swaJI single, mast .agJi, and
will thus be to nil practical purposes
mastless ships This means that tho
tripod mast, which has made its appear-
M tn, v nre in the ureadnougn, after hsvmg
neen seen many years In the old Peru-
may have the effect of making1 thai
400 look askance. The growing vogue)
of the dog show might also be tbe en-1 .
terlng wedge to take the horse off lt'
pedestal. j
Tho yearly battle for blue ribbons haj
dono much to develop tha quality -of
American horses. Breeders have davel-J
oped the ambition to gain the prizes of-,
fored for superior thoroughbreds In the
various classes, and have carried, tha
quality of American horsemanship "
steadily forward. The prizes won by. .
tho VanderMlts In a recent English
show, the attention given to the coach
ing exploits of Alfred Gwynne Vander
bllt In Rnpland aro evidences of the .
steady advance, but U will he noted that
It Is only in tho esteem of society, which,
changes its mind us often as Its cos
tumes that the tmrso Is offsetting Its
loss in other directions.
It mny lie that If the horse Is to be
saved from the limbo of things dis
carded, a woman's fondness for tha
animal mny be tho source of tho salva-,
tlon It Is an admitted fact that tha '
gentler rex becomes a more expertl
rider every day, and It 13 even said thatt .
polo as a woman's sport Is likely to be) ,
a striking departure of rtio near future.
President Roosevelt guve a Kreat Im
petus to horseback riding by his parti
ality for the sport, and the skill of hiSj
wife also sot an example for the women
of the nation. Many profited,, and an .
increasing number of skilled riders at- -
test the remarkablo Improvement at tha i
sport.
Tho military use of tho horse can
never pass, and there are other lines
nf activity where its reign Is assured:
but whether these surviving uses will
offset tho ones that have passed Is thee
tig issue on which hangs the future of
the animal th,at wasonse man's sola de-
pendence.
POLITICAL PARTIES MUST ASSIST PROJECTS-Waterways Im-
pro vements Necessary to . Country s Progress CampaignersSnouloLJteJfctic,
If ntic That is chiefly for the reason Bum to be expended, we are disposed to v!n battleship "Huascar, is already
that they know all aooui me piinco express unstinted admiration for the
and but very little about the ship. And Bl5miraIty pn,,ry. AVe consider the mo
ships, moreover, take higher rank in ,,on Bd(1pted altogether admirable,
their professional studies than do jIavng said this, however, wo have s.ild
princes. ,, . all that wo poBSiblv can say in favor
As to this particular vessel inero nu of ,hft
new program.
been much speculation. Aside trorn ine Germany's reply was In the Blucber
Dreadnought she is the most notaoie nd thp ng ypt nnnrnP(1 crlsers now
warship of the period, and so much se- designated as -,F" and "t ;." As against
crecv has been maintained about ber the elKnt 12-lnch (runs of the Indomlt-
deslgn that she has come to w known ablB ,)-, Riuriier js to enrrv in 11 -inch
as "The Mysterious." So well have the rines The later cruisers "F" and "G"
details been cuaraea mai even mo iui- are t0 l)e even move heavily armed, are
doomed It will not be removed from
the vessels which have already been
equipped with it. the first four of th-j
Dreadnought series, and probably the
first threo Invlnclbles.
"Tho heavy military mast has fallen
Into remarkable disfavor In recent
years. Fifteen years ago many of the
world's battleships were loaded down
with till sorts of deck Incumbrances and
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ARHINGTON. July 6. -thoroughly
united are all
So tlon beginning with the convention In
nn- 1X32 by the Democratic party at Raltl-
lltlcal parties of the present ventlons-and' which nominated Andrew
day on the absolute necessity Jackson and Martin Van liuren. In the
for Improvement of the In- brief platform adopted by the conven-
masts, flehtlng tops, and turrets The fall to be of great Interest.
land waterways of the country
and, therein, In accord with the de
mands of the trade mid commercial In
terests of the country, that a sketch of
the Question as It was viewed In the permanency of the republic.'1
earlier days of political parties cannot
silent on the question, but the Repuhll- next convention to declare on thft aub-
can convention, of Philadelphia, noml- Ject was the Democratic convention ofi,
natlng Freemont and Davton, adopted si2. nominating Cleveland and Steven-)
this plank- In Its platform: son at Chicago. The inland waterway
"Resolved, That appropriations by plank In its platform was a repetitlonv
the coneress for imniovem-nt of rivers of tha plank in the platform of 18S4 '
and harbors of a national character, re- with an important addition. The plants
"Resolved, That a uniform system of quired for the accommodation and se- was as follows:
Internal Improvements, sustained and
supported by the peneral government,
is calculated to insure In the hlgest de
gree the harmony, the strength and t,he
Prltlsh n.ivv has never pone In for Between the two psrttes of the Tar
tness accretions much, although most Her days and from tne time wnen con
Among Free Soilers.
rent Issue of Brassey's Naval Annual, to navP a wider steaming radius and in r "10 s,n,P!-1 have tops on their masts, ventlons took up the worn of nomlnat- dentlal conventions of I
the authoritative British publication their H.Onn horsepower is the promise J'uring the war In th far east. Japan Ingr candidates for the presidency and on fnP ,;,(,,,.( of t!ie .
which customarily gives minute de- Df greater speed 's understood to have learned thot thefce the electoral colleges became we re-
tails of'everv new warship of every As the British Drcodnotipht revolu- nPB were both useless ana dangerous, corders of the will of the majority lne "'land waterways, ni
motion Is almost silent about this new- tlonlzed naval construction o doubtless This has resulted In the
V, A martini World flflOSt. will Ihla r,.w r-i, f ...,iler llrp. many of them
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noughts revise naval programs. I lie "i"'
When Secrecy is Difficult.
1tie Whig and the Democratic presi-
IK3fi were silent
m rovement of
nnd even on the Period of Silence.
there was always the question right of the federal novernment to on
on a system of Internal improve
to enter upon and carry out a system
curlty of existing commerce are nu- "Resolved. That the federal govern-
thorixed by the constitution and justi- merit should Improve the Mlsslsslppf
fled by the obligation of government to and other great waterways of that
protect the lives and the property of country so as to secure ror the Interior'
the citizens. " states easy and cheap transportation '
The American, or Know Nothing, to tide water, and when any waterway
convention of ths same year made no of the republic is of sufficient lmpor-
fteciaration on the sunject and mo tance to demand the aid or tne govern-
period of silence, with one exception.
fell upon tho subject for several presi
dential years.
removal of party.
and Japan's latest ships Of the right of the federal government ter
mcnts.
But the free soil convention
The representative of our shinvarda of Internal Improvements and the de- which met In that year and nominated
which has been designed to meet the bates on tho subject were long drawn Martin Van Buren for the presidency
Indomitable upon her arrival In Cana- out and often acrimonious. It is other- had views "n the subject and cxpressa
man waters is the iNew Hampshire, wise today.
This 1 the newest battleship which we
hive In commission. The vessel is of Firs Presidential Convention
16.000 tons, has a speed of 18 knots.
and ia armed with four 12-Inch rifles The storv of the Dosltlon taken rv
eight . Inch and 12 7-Inch The cruiser .w- n.!.t rti of the i-nit
battleship of Great Britain Is superior " . ' ' ,." ,
to her In speed, and her eight lf-lnch Btatea on the question of a system of
has a speed of onlv "1 knots an hour kucs oi( nmoie tne lour or tnat caUDre pUDIIC Improvements ny me renerai gov
inHnmitoHio r.a'r . t., n.-u- w carried h v tho New Hampshire. ernmerU Is a Florv of intelligent evolu-
placement, and an tne resi mm ia i- knots an hour faster.
Dreadnought Is the most powerful bat-
tleshln now In existence. She mounts
Rut although It may be easy enough n 12-lnch rifles The Indomitable car-
.hmo a vessel ries etgni guns or tins canner. anci m
HcauHi lire is t'uuiti iu me urpHiimiuKni.
the only difference being that the bat
tleship has two guns In reserve, as it
were, on the unengaged side: that Is,
these two would be available to bear on
an enemv appearing on the opposite
side. Moreover, while the Dreadnought
to maintain secrecy
while the vessel la under construction,
yet it is practically Impossible to keep
up the secrecy after the vessel haa gone
afloat and Into commission. Then she
must reveal he lines, the number and
character of her guns and their em-
In 1860 the two Democratic conven
tions were silent on th question of ri
ver and harbor improvement. One con
vention was held at Charleston, nomi
nating Breckinridge and Lane and tho
them In these words, of the meaning
of which there can he no doubt: "Re
solved. That rler aid harbor Improve
ments, when demanded by the safety
and oon enlence of i onim.rc with for
elen nations or between the states, are
subjects of national concern and that It la Chicago and riorn Inatlng Abraham Ihi
tiie duty or l. .congress, in tne exer-
ment, such aid should be extended on
a definite plan until permanent Improve'
ment Is secured.
In the words "on a definite plan un
til permanent improvement Is eclred",
there Is a declaration in advance of, the'
time In which the declaration waa madev
and It is in line with the modern plan.j
avoiding intermittent appropriations
and suggesting a fixed and definite
policy by which, alone, the truest re-t
suits of river and harbor improvrmentev
other at Baltimore, nominating Douglas can he secured ine :,i inneapotis con-
and Johnson The Constitutional Union ventlon of iv.i'. nominating Harrison
party, nominating Bell and Everett, c.nd Reld, .made no declaration on the)
made no declaration on the question subject. ,.
with the Republican convention, held at
else of its cons'it.itl'MiiI
provldo therefor.
powers, to
Ible to tho observer. It is unimeiy
that any of the naval attaches neg- Dreadnought and Indomitable.
lected the opportunity, which was rirst
afforded a short time ago. to see Just
what the vessel Is like. At any rate,
enough Is now known to warrant the
statement that "The Mysterious," oth
erwise and officially known as the In
domitable, Is sn extraordinary vessel In
more senses than one
And whereas the Dreadnought has
only U-pounders for repelling torpedo
attack, the cruiser battleship has sn
anti-torpedo argument consisting of 16
I5-pounders.
The Indomitable Is driven by turbine
PERILS OF A SLEEPWALKER
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For one thing, she la a combination of engines, which have an estimated borse-
wtieKhtn and armored cruiser, ana, . ui n.v. ii.-, pncm u n ...... .
what is more remarkable, she is re
garded by those experts wno nave
managed to learn something of her
armor, armament and speed, as being
efficient both as a battleship and as an
armored cruiser. She is bigger than
anv other completed battleship except
the KHtish Dreadnought, and she is
w-ould seem to enable her to maintain
high speed In almost anv kind of weath
er. Forward the vessel measures .7?
feet above the waterline The amidshlp
freeboard Is I? feet; aft it 1s ;n fef.
The armor protection consists o" a
belt seven Inches in thlrkness. 'ur
navy officers have nn means nf knoT-
APMINGTON. June 27,
year-old girl walking
sleep, clambering over a build
ing front and over a roof and
eaves, harrowed the feelings
of Ceorge'.wn residents In the early
hours of this morning. The entire neigh
borhood was aroused by her screams,
and still the girl did not awake. To the
fastness of her slumber she owes her
life.
-A 1J- Pome there
In her rr" leap, but
The Whigs oflSR
From the time nfl.e free soil con
vention of 13. the political parties
to'Rv who affirm that Ignored the question In their platforms
up to and Including the Democratic
convention of !.;,'. but In that year
the Whig
did not go over
t:.s:ant she was slt
tf'.y to the edge and
swifter 'nr'"L";.r.. is. but from what thev know of armor
of the Salem class
three last acuuia ... y pay that an armor belt of thla thick-
were remonru as mr lanyr.i P" riess should have the resistence enuU
In the world. Of this trio the Uath- , tfmt of the ,5 ln(.n of wtth
uuiu i neficr ri.imj ...oj ..... : bo.v wnlcn we formerly protected the r
lne what particular kind of armor this at 3124 I' street alone with Miss Mary
i.iouin.-. n rioeriy woman. .Miss
Thomas Is deaf, and In all the excite-
anyway. The i.e
tlnr or r'lnelnp
walling piteous!)
Meanwhile, the peop'.e below in tha
Btreet were almost In a frenzy Several
physicians were on tt scene and word
was passed to hush .-r the girl would
sure fall. The crowd hardly dared to
breathe.
Fergeant Hess took the responsibil
ity of t reakl: g down the door Wit.!
others, he C'.t out on the rjorch roof
Miss Fadie Pettit occupies the house only to find that be e0.:ld not reach the
girl from there, ns re bad planned
YVV.1i. f I-e toti wer efunrlin tiik
for the mon.pnt and "ondering what The Free Soilers Again.
tnev woui.i o . next, .miss I nomas
conve'it i-i. roninatinir Gen
eral WlnflcM S'-ott st Baltimore. In
corporated this plank In their platform:
' Resolved, That th. constitution
vests In th rorgres the power to open
and repair hart.ors j, ml remove obstruc
tions from r.avuT.ah!.. rivers whenever
such lmpro ."cents ire necessary for
the common d- ferse nv. I for the protec
tion arid fa.il ty o commerce with
foreign nst'ojs rr emng the states,
said improv en:ents belr-g general in
1 1 lr char? . t t r.
coin and Hannibal Hamlin, reaffirm
ing the platform of the Fremont and
Dayton convention anci declaring that:
"Appropriations for river and harbor
Improvements of a national character,
required for the nc. ,mmodatlon nnd
facility existing commerce are author
ised hv the constitution and lustifled
by the obligation cf government tho there
lives n.n.1 the irooertv of the citizens." erst I
With that d. :-,ri:i..n silence re-1 1
upon the two parties Republignn and
DernoTtic The-r - i nventions f lstv4.
1S6S, 1ST: 1 74 a- d ! ,-7 made no declara
tion' on the , ji-stlott. and It was not
until ln thnt the .piestlon s.eui.-d to
have thrust itself again on t!i notice
of the leaders srd platform tu .kers , f
either party In l".-! the R ; utile-, n
ronvfrtlnn romlratlng Garii'l and
Arthur, merelv de.i.-.re.l that ' w de. m
It the duty of the congress lev. hip
and Improve our sea const art 1 harbors "
The Democratic convention. -c-imtln
Hancock and Erfrlis''.. was sll-nt.
In Later Days.
The convention of 1894, nominating
McKlnley nrid Hobart at St. Louis, waa)
silent on tho question, whilo the Chl
cngo convention, nominating Bryan anT
Sewcll, adopted the plank of the Demo-era:!--
convention of H92 nnd again.
was silence. Neither the Tiflmn
convent!., n of I9nc. ttominntinsT
H rv .'. n and Me1 en s. m
tier tlie Republl. ai: .
deiphla. n on1,! r a 1 1 n g
Roosevelt, hid :tvtt.:
subject of tnlau l war
Improvement. The
rating Roosevelt and
cago. In 1',1'M. w.
qu.-stli.n with the St
n- m i na t ine I ' t rk. r a
tl e following jd. ink Ii
"We f i v or ) 1 1. era 1
of 2fi f.2 knots an hour. Designed ror
a speed of knots an hour, thla Brit
ish racer Is now credited with ;5 knots.
The Indomitable Is the first of the
all big iTun cruiser-battleships to go
gon ana tne hattleshlrs or her tlm.v
This ia because of the vt improve
ments thnt have neen maile in
sines then
ment when rescuers were seeking an en
trance to the house to ascend to the roof
she gave no heed and tne door had to
be battered In The girl sat on the
ledge of the building for an hour, ber
feot dangling tnr.. tbe sidewalk and
armor slept on. while the crowd how was at a
l s to know how to recb hr until the
rrlor to the advent of ths Dread- fxpHftit of housebreaking was adopt-
afloat. The Michigan, the first of our noUght the officers of all ships of war d. niis bad ben dlyel. fearing that
all bi- run toat plain battleships, was
launched a few weeks ago. The Michi
gan is rated aa a "Dreadnought." Thla
Dreadnought cruiser of Great Britain n the Dreadnought all of tha officers
had their quarters aft Thla custom the noise would awaken th sleerer nd
Is as old ae the navy Itself But new very one waa certain that If she awoke
types demand new arrangements, an.i she would fall.
carries a battery equal to that of the including l he admiral
Alunigan. ana nrr sprea is sucn mi rnsndlng officer . have
she can easily outrun any of our much
boasted Bcouta.
But It was not to outdo our Michigan
or to outrun our scouts that the battla
cruiser was originally designed. Tha
Indomitable Is ore of a class of three,
tSa other two beirg tbe Inflexible and
the Invincible. The Inflexible la tbe
tvNi shir hut the Indomitable waa th
t! rst to ra complete!
Police were summoned and fer was
and the com- t!k of calling out the fire department.
n.e.r jKniifis r.t arm n t aa aal.l that th's wou ,1 l-
lorwarn, in me spar, mrmeriv errnpi-n certain to wake up the rtrl
by the crew The Indomitable las tha rtMth would surelv follow
and
same arrangement-
The Tripod Maits.
Still other ungual fatnre that glre
the vessel a singular appearance are
Thla interesting the tripod masts On this side of f.ie
Miss Pettit ST.ashe-1 evcrr pars ?
glass In the window of her r"w.m. hh h
ia on the second floor, and climbing out
on a frail water pipe worked hr iv
along the side of the building until shs
reached rvyf of ths porch From
there she cllrnr.1 tbe water pips to tr
her am
a:-, 1
next, M!ss Thomas jut
her head out of the window and called
up cr.mmandlr.gly to the girl.
"Wake up and eorre off the roof"
At thla everv on- in trss crowd felt
Ms heart step, for M!ss Pettll did wake
up
The evpe-'f 1 did r t happen Miss
Pttlt aw ok" ni'l'i a shudder and fei
backward, rot forward
"Where am I a'.-l how did I get
here-" sh lr.-julr- 1
Se-peant Hess riirriel out or - sh li
ter and Iv-'ioenan ' r i hel-1 him fr vn
the V..1--.W !.- I'.'t'.t wa t.-l 1
siide d wt he :- .f t the M-:e. . ..i t
Hess grv! ed he- as s rjr '.a
wa ran e.1 f o I p', a of SAfetV.
Miss P-t't is -:ffrir e toMght from
nervous s'-cfe. L sav she ra-not gr
ov er I er frlcvt f ". I 'ht sr fe's mors
frl1. 1 row t; nl-rn S: awoke On
th rof It is t f.'t time she eer
walked 1 1 er S-eep t i ter fcnow lgo
Miss P't tit savn that sv had em.
That was. In fact, a haltlne declara
tion, or. at tiie best. a half-hearted
recognition going r,o farther than the
removal of obstructor from the navi
gable waterways, but the Kree S .llers
of i
lad t .
.ir were
In VJii
bdng the f i irterrth hiank of tneir con- ahap t th Improved Inland waterway. rf "T"1 on a fld policy, embraclnaj
err. prist Ic a
folj.iwlr.g
Subject Is Revived.
With the comlre of the presidential
year of 18M the subject was revived,
although there was no declaration on
the subject thet would satisfy tbe
unanimity of demand of the present day
and time brought limit vy the admitted
t eceasttv for perniar ent additions to
the means of transportation in
Kunaaa City,
nv entlon at Pblla
.McKlnley an.t
eg to t.,iy on the
twhv an, harbor
onventloa noml
rotrhanks at Chl
o silent on the
Lotus convention.
1 Davis, adopting
its platform:
priroprlatlona for
the cue and in.-.- .vemeut of the.
wnterw.tvs of the eo mtry When anvf
vvn'. rwav. like t flsasstppt, t of
s iffi -i. nt tint nrtir.oe to demand special
n lil of the L-overnmert, such aid anoull
hi. extended, with a definite plan of
contin i .us work unHl permanent Im
provement Is secured."
Question Today. -
That the great political partlea now
recognise the fact tnat the Improve-
the ment ' the Inland waterways and bar-
dellht on tha motives which lnflu- a.i.... y.. An. cn.M.,. roor- njen r s.s aimosi rrpenoic many ininj rir,i on r.tr m.no ana tin n
...j it. .......iiAn f iv. thros " aoove m leoge. t reepina along tha r"-l. n mat s- e was raving a ii
a.la of thla claea la furnished br the iPrlrr,ent. or lata witn navy g,Me ,h. rt to a awiall brick rrr.iec-
lndon Fnginr. In a rnt Issue thia maata. and aa a result of an ejtenslve 'Ion which pita out at tbe rear of f
paper Mid that "the provision of an teat In which the monitor Florida was boos Prel n)r In her nltrht rloth-
Infiex'Me tviw will be held doubtful used as a target, we hav now evolved trs h-to4 on this dlzav f-v-tlng and
roller fcT ane. but tiers again we fan- a pew construction, tnia oing ine cri-a ai me iop or rr o.ce
fcder that the aa -lords are light, rkeleton mast. kperlment "howM
ventlon. h..d si Pittsburg
' Ites-iv ed, T!a' i" ..- and harbor lm
provemer.t w e r, o -.sarv to ha
safetv ard c. . - . . ,.f com-mer. a
w 1-!i " f.-.i. ; -- hetw.en th
stn:. ar- - c - states, a-e
i Je i-f --..l ; - : n and it la
t ,.- 1 ,'v cf - u t--.'- ' rr .vide for
t h ni
Cincinnati and Fhiladeiphia.
Tf o.-- o-v - -: : ! ' in
C'-dT.i'i, '' na-'rig p-i-
rhanan and Bre.-kinr 1 ge. went to the
farthest eitrerr-a In denouncing the
rivt of ttie r-ora-ex to encage 'n any
f l- terr a . ln.-rov i-r-tee.i, voe c-
In 14 the Democratic convention.
nominating rieveland and Hendrlcka,
regolred -that:
'The fed.Ti government should cars
for and Improve the Mississippi and
o'her great wate-way of th repuhllj
so as to v,--,r, f.-.- interior states easy
and r' eip trinsportatlon to tl-le water i'
A i ihrr c. ,t-ven t ions of tt.at Vf.f
w.re ' .ent. the Republican conventiori,
i..nn ii.- r Blslne and Logan, not mak
...g a : y ! ciaration en the question.
Conditions Reversed.
Conditions were reversed In lilt
that year the Iemocratlc convention
a derinlte plan, wuh adetuale annual
appropriations and with ronMnqo ia
work. Is a just and an tmperattve de
mand by the Industrial, agricultural
and commercial interests ef tha ream,
try la rot to be disputed fur they ace
made un rf the Individual mute of
rltlESTiBhlp engaged la trade. In cm
meree and In agrirultaral poraulta, i
labor dependent upon them and ernit
their product a. and all def-endert n i. a
eaae and cheapness with which il,f
can ship thir prodJcta from fleif, f,.
try. com m art Ul stlj!iriii.n( or r i
to a market and a ronj'"-r. Tut
ja eaae and chcapnesa rmn be fou'uf nn r
way on m dfmite sed f; -1 t-..'.- r
Iortel oreair ct n wnws sr-a- waa c- tns wrk f t-terra In.t rov -r-iei.i. the sc- waa auert, while tha Kepweiiran rnaven- adronate ar.prfrta'T. "e r.na.i rr-
r-x-if S' d-es r, t remember breaking nd rrk .f tie platform being in tlon. normnatir.g HarrlssiB and Wort on. hy t c.Tesa ef the t nu"4 Fii-m
tbe windows nor clltrbing the water the wr s ..broached the subject ailrhtly by its) On rtiat platf .rm ih tr.! ar-l
ptr- hut she do rerremhe-r running The .Y-nstP'it'on dos not cos f- on recommendation and approval ' ef "ap- Bier'-lsl ntrnn are a a ' .--'
ninft tv roof When she nki up th antral gorarnmrrt the power to proprlattona for the SM-catr worke of Kopttoal roevert : u '
rrrw living Is nearby huaa ockd sbe krswr wbsrs was whl. h wwe tKe romn.rnc and carry nn a aeneral Syt- national Importance in the lmprvmr.t rne'nl:r r:-r-ini ir-i - ' '
f .
Hlcatlv rr wrly tbe faahlon It now that thia spiral ef steel can withstand rait ef their wind"a aaJ m the r" raon a be beld back and eluUhed far Um of tntemal tnpreawieBt." t barbora and the channels of tnterral, fNw 1n on
to rtgard Oanany aa lha r-cwitble rival, cun fire.; that It caa be cut ta numar- vjrotnaa apparently preparlsg to leap, rapport- Tee wblg ooavenuua in was coastwise aaa loraign commerce. it,e iiti.oa.