Ik-1 flL
* % /l
f 1
^c^V .frA-~'f*'~
?rv ^
bottom Book on Socond ?m by
drtektea eorbollo uM, tb, body not
botes dtenrrorad nntil abont 11:?0
o'ctofk HI. mornlot
It ooo ulowlld that Mr. BwdlB
1^. did lot COM down to bryokfMt?n<l
at >b? boar (Iron abora Mr. Orant:
ham, mooogor of tbo bonoa, wont up
to lb room to aeo what was the mot
tor. The door wao found locked,
dad eatrance was MUtM By must
HF- Haihln. Mr. Owate wao f.aad
. \ lylog la bod. Ike cotar tucked snugly
aroaad him. bat a buvrlod OramI
nation iisdoaed the fleet that the
body wee oold and atlt. An empty
bottle ef carbolic add told the story
^ plaia eaeugh
B The flew I as lines had been writB?
tQHM a typewriter wfcich ha kept
M in. hie ream: 'Wire J. W. Brooke,
| Wilmington, k. o., -and nave mm
Wr ?TlillH? W. L. analh, BMUM 11. It
aad Mra. U 8. Swale. Shexlotte,
N. C. Also wire Mm W. B. Street.
1*1 Craven street. New Bern. Youia
trtSy. h. 8. Swain."
M MISSES CHARLES AND
W CARTER AT THE LYHIC
FI r The egering at tho Lorric last
g?-- ovenlBB wmaUted of a very high,t
fleas fsedCTlllo act. and excellent
* motion tares that well pleased its
m thm Misers Charlaa A Carter In n
K * uinglng and dancing act made their
I D ret appearance, offering some very
I ? K catchy songs and a talking number,
these artist were exceedingly clever
throughput their act and their con|
4 tnnn were very attractive.
Today's program at the Lyric of1^.,
fere an entire change In both vsndevlDe
and motion pictures, as appears
in their ad. that appears on fourth
t? page, which gives every indication ef
7 The many after supper amuse
meat eoafcore And that the maaageraentdeea
all within his power t<?
Kiyo his patrons only the best amnse17
went, and we believe that he is dally
V canyimg <Mt hto intentions.
urainSi"
REANSJ ELEVATOR
The Nt government building on
the corner ot Market mad Second
? isaslsnttl bit an elmratnr?at
least lor the promt. The refcaon to
lock of electrie power, the municipal
electric light plant being loaded already
n near its capacity that it can
k net fnraieh even raffle tent electricity
Ui* for the ten 'horse power sagta*
7 which would be nee a Mary to ran an
/ elevator in (he building.
I ' Not long ago. this paper printed a
report from Superintendent Chdrles.
of the ldght Plant,, stating in plain,
simple terms the absolute necessity
for en enlargement of the plant. If
the bneineee continues to increase at
t. the present rate. The argument of
My. Charles consisted of a cold statement
of facts, to which ifaay now be
[ 1. added the incident of the governPi
meat building.
Rf rS' ***-"'T>e government has had a num.
jI here abont two weeks ago to con/
plele arrangements of this sort, and
the Otis hlerator Co. also had a rep).
remtative tn Washington to see to
the 'Installation of a modern etaraj
ter equipment v'"
j When it was em that electrie
i never was unavailable for the presi
. eat, the Treapury Department ofl^
date decided not to have any elvator
*/' a| all. When the city eleotric plant
* _. gsWin shape to -furitteh
It * frobable that <? will be than
[I jKv' laebenefl. S>
tl t.? Work <m the bnildlng la folas
ajong smoothly, and Mr. F. R. Pratt,
wbe kM charge of the work as a
?ab?r of the Arm of contractors.
Jeha G. Unkerfer and Co.. states that
hy (he last of the week all the mass
ef scaffolding which has been erected
arosnd the front of the building
will ha torh down, giving the, cltltf
seas a chanoe to sllmnse for the first
* thee somethlng~nf what the completed
stractors will look Iffce.
i * fhe betiding, irroonds. fnrsish\
lasa, etci, will eoet arosnd 1150.000,
k ) which Is orer twice ss much as the
gsvcrament osoally oats Into hnlldiats
for towns the sfse ef Wsshfn*B>
ton. Credit for the anpronriatton Is
hew tedly universally extended to
Cesgrossman John H. Small, It ha
k / /% lj
f i % ij i
======
ATIIAM HOUSE
Mr.. SwaJu VH Mmed la the insurance
builniw. and had only been
a resident of this cltr about a month
He gave so Indication of any unusual
despondency, add hie friends hare
noticed nothing out of the ordinary
ip his manner the last few days. He
always seemed well supplied with
II
among his acquaintances. One of
his fellow boarders says that Swain
exclaimed to him once, several
weeks ago. "Oh, what is life anyway!"
but his remark aro&sed no
suspicion that he was piannlHf aF
that time to take hlipself out of the
world.
He is survived by a wife, who was
with him here until two weeks ago.
It will be noted that he requested
that she be notified In h*s last mesThe
?ororner. Dr'Joshua Tayloe.
iu uumuiuueu el uiiub. pi. taj*
loo lias ileclaied sa Inqnsst -unnw
essary, It being a?plaln case of self
destruction.
Bo tar ss lb known the deceased
was a mai^of steady habits
1HM. glUIM mi
HFFECTS6TB DIVISION
The Naval Militia Bilt which has
Just passed the Senate and has passed
Its third reading In the House and
.? so certain of final passage that tho
Bureau of Navigation la In correspondence
in regard to aumqier exercises,
has a direct bearing upon tho
Sixth Division of Naval Reserves.
w'th headquarters In this city.
Lieutenant Charles P. Morton la Id
receipt of a letter which runs In part
as follows' "It la the Intention 40
take each of the militia on the coast
upon a cruise with the Iowa, touching
ct each trip, either Bermuda or
one place in Canada, ending each'
crttlae withrtarget practice. Fpr this
jfrmporu i'een pWM^eeMMWMMdy
so that when returning from a trip
thelowa can steam up to the range
and carry on her target pficDorW
fore landing the organisation."
Pay for the officers and men and
all expenses such as travel and subsistence
Is ef course contemplated on
these cruises.
The officers are requested to get
together and go into the details thoroughly,
and for this purpose there
will he -a meeting on board the 111frlda
at New Bern Sunday of nil the
officers of the Brigades. The meeting
Is arranged for Snnday so as not
tn Urtarfm with ttin bnrtMM of th?
officers.
SHERIFF RICKS Til
? JET MURDERER
Sheriff George E. Ricks, who has
ftft for Raleigh to place Jess Whitley,
a white man who has l>een eonfined
for safe keeping In the county'
Jail, in the State hospital, will stop
on hie return In Chatham county to
bring back wfth him the negro who
shot Mr. Owens at Plnetown during
the lajf Christmas holidays. The
sheriff has been working upon this
ease for sometime, and has received
much commendation for the manner
in which .he has followed it up.
DECATUR'S OLD FRIGATEWashington.
Feb. 11-*?Decatur's
od frlgste, the Philadelphia, with
which he defeated Tripoli's band of
pirates, now lying In the sand of
Tripoli Harbor, will probably never
be raised. The navy department will
not endorse the bill introdtfeed
House j>y ^ ?J' {
000 "to recover the hull and guns.
Lieut. Commander Rlobard D. White,
naval attache at Rome. Italy, has
made investigation and has reported
to Washington that "nothing of
value can be recovered and that the
amount needed to raise it would be
too much for sentimental "purposes.*
Mr. C. B. Paul, of Sydney, is in the
elty today.
Mr. J. B. Klllingsworth, of Beckwlth,
la among todgfii visitors.
tng very doubtful If any one with a
law Influential poaltton W tha House
could have pat tbe project through.
The building would be a dlatlnct
credit to'any ofty In the Stale and
attraeta much attention from visitor*
'
I CAHOUNA. TUBSDAT AJTERNOO>
athcrt UNS^TTI
Iibid purofrj^
wi mm
II
i Jim
8 _ Washington, Feb. of
L the disturbances In Mexico cfcty came
1 tSL-Waabyutoa TMtcrdar afternoon
- la the form of unofficial dispatches
? to the White Mouse and to the State,
1 War and NaT/ Department*.!
a Inasmuch as there are' 4,000
T Americana in the Mexican capital, as
* won as aomeiBing nm lo.oub other
C forelgnors, whose lives woultPbe ent
dangered In the event of th* over?
throw of the Madero government,
* the dispatches caused intense'appre"
hens Ion.
Tho dispatches were more or less
- conflicting.* however. and. ptndlng
" the receipt of official lnfonfiatloQ,
? President Taft ordered that no
" movement of warships or troops bo*
r made. Ho did direct, however, thai
- orders for the dispatch of ships or
0 troops, or both, be held In readiness.
3 The hoods of the Stnte, War and
0 Navy Departments arranged to ro1
main on duty the greater part of the
; night. If necessary, awaiting definite
' news of the disturbances. It was
0 expected that Ambassador Wilson or
r Consul-General Arnold Shanklln at
Mexico City would telegraph the
* State Department the situation In detail.
In the event of telegrapmc
* communication out of Mexico City
* being cut. it waa hoped that Consul
William Canada at Vera Cruz would
be able to send some word. The latter,
as well as Ambassador Wilson
and Mr. Shanlclln, had been asked
t by wire for full details. It was from
:, Vera Crus that the administration'
Earl}
: ?E.a. i.'tTT"
=}--^? Get Bej
t " i i
"I couldn't find m/ else," a
to a friend one afternoon, aa i
waist counter.
"What," she answered "70
In theM loVely waists? Of e
were looking forlt now."
"Tea, 1 waj^
"Well, whateeuld 70n espe
noon, and you take a thlrty-sh
than anything else"
"I'll know better next tim<
The moat rehabte march an
II moat Important money-earln|
Read The Daily News eloeely
you will always bo posted and
I I ^^1 B B
WASHINQTON. NORTI
"
Wc
111
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j_ PltUbort, r?b. fl-Wkll. th<
Rev. Dr. A. W. Arundel, rector of 31
Mark's MtfMBPPal church hero, con
tlauoa to preach socialism to crowd
od congregations. both on Sunday
and weekdays. Bishop Cortland
Whitehead has Inaugurated a plat
uf Buy"cult to drlTo Dt. Aiuudnl fiun
Ihla disease.?Previous to aecepttoj
the rectorship of St. Mark's Churct
which U In the mill and settlemen
district. Dr. Aruhdel was rectpr o
Trinity Church here, the wo&lthles
and most exclusive In Western Ponn
sylvan la.
Dr. Arundel became rector of Trln
ity lu 189T. Displeased with the q1
titude of his wealthy parishioner
PWIffl ULB cnurcn. he oedHBfTRn!|
vert to "Christian soclallaxn"' sn<
preached It from Trinity's pulpit
For this he was driven from thj
charge of the parish. He onterei
upon his duties at St. Mark's In spit
ot a written proamnion on tne par
of Blahop Whitehead.
When application was made by Di
A rondel for the Bishop to come ,t
the pariah and confirm a class of ore
100 ho was astounded, after mucl
delay, at receiving the following re
ply:
"The Bishop of the diocese regret
it will be impossible to fix a date"*fo
confirmation at St. Mark's this year.
miEOIMET Timer
Tonight is the date for the concer
of the Commonwealth Male Quartet
which comes to the Public Schoo
Auditorium tor a performance a
8:30 tonight very highly recom
mended. The quartet has been greet
ed with ' enthusiastic'' approval i
Rochester, Richmond, Nashville
Charlotte, Oklahoma City, O lveston
Milwaukee, -Houston',iuid many ott
In Richmond, the work of th
quartet won the following. com
There is no good to be accomplish
ed by picking flaws In the work c
the "Commonwealth Male Quartc
.Concert Company." whtch appeare
at the City Auditorium last nigh
It Is necessary onlyNto say that th
gredt big audience roared with mirt
and applauded with .infinite happ
nets and delight Every word, son
chime, story, poem, solo, duet, an
quartet that the organisation apokt
sang, sang or told.M~
MANY WOCXD BR DKTKCI'lvigi
Washington, Feb. 11.?-Followln
the publication throughout the code
try several days ago of the d eat rue
tlon in Washington of more tha
870,000 In counterfeit money, th
Secret Service Bureau has been be
sieged with applications of would-b
sleuths who believe they can hel:
the government run the counterfoil
era to earth. From time to time th
list of applicant^ has grown, untl
today there Is a total of 4,500 o:
hand.
"Every time a big arrest or bii
Job of some kind Is made by th^e 8e
cret Service we get additional appli
cations from would-be. detectives,
said William Flynn, chief of the 8e
cret Service. "Most every man wh
thinks he has detective ability drop
us a line asking for a Job. We bar
the counterfeiters pretty well li
hand now?and no vacancies to th
Ptaf."
>
r ==?
1 flrst loarned of the trouble,
t The State Department at 1QV30 p.
_ m.. sent second Instructions to the
. American Ambassador to jua?te an
Q immodfatn and full report 6fTlhe dls,f
turbances. Late tonight It wap
l( feared by officials here that communidation
vfQi Mexico City had bean
Intormjtfflil f Hio mo?|*n Bent by
o the State Department had not been
j- return^!.
f >-UulW States Goneul A loose B.
l? Garrett at Nenre Laredo, Mexico,;
,f telegraphed the State Department at
>t 10 o'clock lajst night that rumors
4 were current In Laredo that a mob
t. of soldiers and civilians bad broken
e open the military Jail In Mexico City
h yesterday afternoon and liberated
L_ Felix Dies and Bernardo Reyes, and
g that after his release Reyes was shot
d and killed, while Diaz made his esi,
Secretary Meyer said yesterday aftornoon:
? "If ttw apti?are correct ike
nary certainly will be ordered to proH
tect American Interests in Mexico
^ City, and I will expect orders lust as
B soon as the news la authenticated."
a| "I hare heard nothing today from
H; Mexico City," said 8enor Don Rlcardo
e i Huorta, Third Secretary of the Mexip
can Embassy. "One cannot say
. much in the face of news like this."
g I "This Is good news, if true," said
j United 8tates Senator Thomas B.
Q Catron of New Mexico. "It will bring
j about Interruption by the . United |
g States, which must sooner or later
K send Its troops across the border and
stop the riot and anarchy In Old
.. Mexico. This government should
^ have intervened before. It most ln0
terrene now?fsr better now than
H months hence."
e *' ??????
a The "Circle of Ten" is meeting
e'this afternoon with Mrs.-Joe Harding.
r. Buvers
rt Choice
xplalned ^worried-looking woman
he camo c^sconsolately from the
a couldn't got anything to lit you
ourse, you don't mean to any yon
ct at three o'clock in the aftert.
Ton know that also goes faster
?J?* sighed the ^disappointed one.
ts in Washington advertise their
; opportunities In The Dally News,
and constantly every might, then
I be able to shop early.
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1. rVBBltART 11, 1*1).
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fluUluiuu Tin
I!
Last Bight at the public school
Captain Wilson H. Davennjr, flek
octittfy ot (? Katlonal Rivera an<!
Harbers. Congress, addressed an aud
lence of business men/ which, 11
small In numbers, was rcpresentstlv<
of the best business talent In Wash
| Ingtoh. His subject was the same ai
that of his addresses In New Barn
and Elisabeth City and rations other
points, "National Waterways."
Supt, N. C. Newoold introduced
the speaker as one who was an acknowledged
authority on his subject
and one sure, to entertain and Instruct.
Ho read a letter from Congraasmnn
Bmill -rnmmnntlinti Cnp
censhlp of any community he might
rlslt.
Captain Darenny Said in part: "1
deeply appreciate the privilege of being
presented to the 'home .folks' 01
Congressman John H. Small, and the
friends of Senator Slmmone, two ol
the most earnest and effective representatives
in the national halls pi
legislation, and both among the foremost
champions of deeper and bettet
waterway^. With one of them a
member of the River and Harbors
Committee of the House and the other
a member of the Commerce Committee
of the Senate, the interests ol
North Carolina. pertaining tu waterway
development, could npfbe io
better bauds.
I "I am glad," said Captain Davenny.
"to appear as the advocate of o
proposition that is neither partisan
nor sectlohal?-a proposition that it
as broad as our common country;
'^rhfch nVfcr^lRah". wdnimiTarrfj
child has really a vital interest.'
The speaker then submitted nguroi
proving that-'the taxation exacted
from the people through transports
tlon. vastly exceeds tfie revenue* thai
are received by the gbvernment fron
all Hources. He alaOCftbd the vela
live cost of transportation, gtvinf
the per ton per mlle'average by wag
on on an ordinary unimproved high
way; on an Improved wagon road; t
railway, by lake craft and on an improved
river, ranging from 25 centi
p?r ton per mile down to one-half o:
a mill per ton per mile.
Examples were given on the ex
perience of cities of England ant
Germany showing the wouderfn
growth In population, and the grea
expansion of commerce and industr:
tbat had rg?nH?d from tbe deTtlop
ment of rivers, the digging of sanah
and the improvement of harbors.
"The development of our rivers,'
said Captain Davenny, "is necessary
to relieve existing traffic congestloi
?to handle traffic the railroads can
not carry and to develop new Indus
trial centers, by carrying yaw mate
rials to mills and factories tha
would be necessary, if water routet
wei% more generally established."
Reference was made by the speak
er to provisions of the Panama ('ana
Act that will after July 1, 1914, en ?
mock competition between railroadt
and lines they own or eontrol. Un
der the law that will then be opera
,Jive? railroads may not longer owr
or In any manner control competing
water lines.
"North Carolina together with
Virginia," said Captain Davenny
"has the honor of having been a
P'oneer in waterway development iu
the joint construction of the Dismal
Bwamp Canal, and she may -aleo now
be proud of the fact that the first
completed link In the great intracoastal
waterway has been constructed
within her borders?the Adams
Creek Canal. ,
"The years 1900 to 1910," said
the speaker, "witnessed 5,700 disasters
to coastwise vessels on the Atlantic
seaboard with the destruction
of property valued at $40,000,000,
white fhA lives nf 9 2nn American
seamen weVp sacrificed. And surely
considerations of humanity, to say
nothing of the commercial advantages
that must accrue, would command
the construction of the inland
route, avoiding the rocks and shoalc
of a fog bound and perilous, coast."
"The National Rivers and Harbors
Congress," explained the speaker,
"advocates no' special project, but la
carrying on a nation-wide camnaign
in favor of the policy of developina
a comprehensive and connected system
of waterways. It has beep instrumental
in securing a return to
annual river and hatbor bills, and
has Influenced an increase of mors
than fifty per cent in the amount ap
f IV. ; _ . '
Iltlll "nil mill iinm*
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lliniTUH
InUKiilW
I FEARFUL
: jtttl
, New Yoxk_Ffeb- 11.?Great Atlantic
I waves buffeted about like a cockle(
ebaU the Mi Cuuarder Maaretanta,
which docked yesterday morning,
more than a day late. Fors forty-one
r hour* last Monday. Tuesday and
L Wednesday h?r n.rhtn?x had Ka
. slowed down and on the last day the
7 storm reached its height,
i As u beginning of the havoc, at 8
. bells on that day the wireless rigging
kited away to leeward before
1 a tiing of the 100-mile wind that list.
ed the liner as a gaje bends n tree.
, In the middle watch that night
. .the Cunorder tetered on a wave. It
. was the first time iu ocean steaming
. .......1. it... ... ?n.l
jMtuJJm ajiitilkyWl ersr H?ph
' practically demonstrated by experience.
[ The person w ho noted this strange
.. situation, which tested the onstrucf
tive unity of the flyer web lier build>
er, G. H. Hunter, who felt the subtle
f and glorlons thrill as the vessel pols.
ed on.-ihe crest ol a sea mountain^
; both bow and* ?-??rn in the air and"
Tour propellers turning above tho
water, of having personally '.riampbl
ed over every combination of wari
l|ke elements of weather and wave.
Tie experienced Mr Hunter said
. that never before had a ship been
; known to be without support under
lindL end and to hr supported only .
i amidships. Not a rivet was started,
he raid. The ship wan lively, solid
-land >-pontaneouH as a single plank.
, yitjdln#'gracefully and buoyantly to
! the forces jjt nature.
> Then she dived, head under, into
a hole in the ocean, her propellers
f "SpmnVrig^bui "of water?- *'
The next, vr&ve broke all the wini
dowe out of the whcolhuusc. MiiasUI
ed the forward windows in the
. lounge, burst in a door dpehlnCTIhro
t lite lounge on The port side. carried"'
i away an entire length of rail on tho
. boatderk and tore ofT tho matched
I celling from the overhang of the
. | wheelhouse, extending over the boat.
deck.
II At the height of the storm there
11? that class was Mrs. Pulia Richardt
son, from Rotberham, Bngland, on
her way with her two children, Ylo.
let, three and one-half years old, and
I Connie, nine months old, to ioin her
1 husband, a sawmill hand in Cart
bonado. Wash.
r On Wednesday V relet became
. very ill with diphtheria, and Dr. B.
f Sydney Jones, the ship's surgeon,
performed an operation, but the
child died early Thursday morning.
r At eight bells of the afternoon
i watch in lowering, gloomy weather.
. Staff Captain F. G. Brown read the
. burial service. The mother, with
? her baby, stood w the port side, at
t the stern. As the captain began the
, ritual there was a burst of sunlight
through tho clouds.
The steerage thought it would be
a nice thing to buy a sleeping berth
for the mother from New York to
the West. Then the second cabin
took it np, and Anally first class passengers.
Third and second class paaseng
rs contlbruted more than $30,
and the saloon $191. A voyager who
had been overlooked in the contribution
sent anonymously $26 *o Capt.
Bjnwn. and that made $252 lor Mrs.
Richardson to add to her original
capital of $26.
BEFORE RECORDER.
W. H. Barrow, colored, was yesterday
afternoon tried for stealing,
$60 from Ed. Dempsey, colored. The
case was dismissed for lack of evidence.
Mr. R?H. Wheaton, of Raleigh,
was registered yesterday at the
Loniee. i
?" : 1
Mrs. Nancy K. Hamilton is in the <
city visiting h?r fsthcr, Mr. J. L. i
Paul, at his home on Bonner street, i
' i
propriated. It aims to secure an an- 1
i anal appropriation of not less than :
960,000,000, as the minimum
i amount that will meet the needs of
worthy projects. 1
i "The man who today en lints in the 1
movement for deeper and better wa-11
: terwaya, and who lends hie moral and
material support loyally and continuously,"
said Captain Daveany, "will
i leave a legacy to the eons who sao>
ceaee. his breadth of vision and hto
patriotism."
s
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msPKo
9111 a
hkad TO KUM ;l \ ,.*fj
WMhlnfton. Feb 1 n ?The mute 1-jH
iMt ol|ht ptKKl the Webb Ua?or _; LjSj
bill already puaed br the house u ?
substitute for the eKnyon-Sheppard
till. V. "
The Webb bill would prohibit ahlp- <
menu 01 intoxicating liquor* from
ope slate to another whcu ln(cuilwl ?1
to be received or sold In violation of
the law of tho State to which the
shipment la made.
Friends of the legislation now will
seek to have the houso concur in tho
Senate bill, which differs from tho
bill passed by iht? house cnly in number.
"Should that^be 'done Ttnr-bltls
will not be considered in conteromco,
QUI CTgTjTBPgTCTggW by Hie eenalo
will go to the Preside*! Rn lil9j!gutt=?=="" "
ture.
The substitution of tlic Webb bill
for tbe Konyon-Sheppard bill came
at the close of prolonged debate wa<l
woe by viva voce vote, no roll call
being demanded.
Ml IB :F
BPP8SED n
- mum
Mends of nil.-*?'The Independent.
Mr. C. A. Campbellr a valned cltfien
of Beaufort Coonty, and former
3epnty sheriff, now has a position tn
the Senate aa clerk t3^ Hon. Harry
W. Stnhh, senator from this district.
OOTTOlf MARUT
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Ootton, -it-**!- ?. !
good Cotton, 4 J-le.
Cotton 8004. IK.M. u I
vriiitli UU1U
(.Uy Andrew Carnegi'M
OAicials under the present aduiiaijatrjUlfuj
liiu^rca^iut)-jwo? p.ww
tuent in surprising efforts to increase
our naval and military forces,
the latcat and uiost startling being
Colonel Gocthal's estimate of no less
tl.ftn 25,000 soldiers as neco^sary to
guard the Panama Cnnnl, strongly
fortified against naval assault as it
is. Under present conditions no
saaalb;? rut*;, would object-..to ado- ,
quale protection of our whole country
by the army and navy, but sure Ij
this is madness.
?^te-pmuliuK demand Is for three*
battleships this session, but General
Wood tells us tha*. the Canal once
opened ts to inquire more battleships ?
than hitherto, differing in this from
the President who has assured us _ .
that only one battleship per year
would be required afv^rth^ Canal.
was opened, because our fleet could
then be transferred either to the Atlantic
or Pacific as required, thus
doubling its efficiency.
Our republic, soon to number
100,000,000 of free and independent
citizens, our men old and young
ready with their dren to do or die
for their country if attacked, snrely
every man. even the narrow professional
soldier in'"his sane moments,
must realize that no such hair-brained
madness as Invasion will ever be
attempted. Our harborfl could easily
be torpedoed before the enemy
could prepare and arrive.
Not one of the three additional
warftmpB aemanaea mm rear, ic
built, in all probability will ever gro
a shot against a foe. but rust'Into
uselessnesa?forty-flve millions of
dollars needlessly squandered. What
a waste of capital that could be put
to useful ends in improving for the
masses the conditions of life. There
is to be an end of this folly some day.
A man's profession is bis hobby;
therefore If'generals are to decide
how many soldiers we are to maintain,
and admirals bow many fifteenmillion-dollar
battleships we are to
build to rust away, farewell to sonimon
sense, for there are no extremes
to which men's hobbles hiay not
lead them.
True, few If any of our officers of
today have ever soon war, and thanlc
Sod fewer still are'ever to see it,
but the professional hobby takes root
early and grows apace. An army
and navy., maintained at present
standard, are ample and more than
ample. We have n6 enemies, all nations
HTfl MonSi ? ?