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EL PASO MORNING TIMES, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1909
DETAILED PLANS FOR
ROOSEVELT'S BIG HUNT
What the President Thinks He Will Kill In
Darkest Africa- His Itinerary.
The Hallroom Boys
(Copyright 1101, by American-Journal •Eumlmr.l'
Theodora Rcoscvt'.., jit >e-ir» of age.
1:* .-T ' ■ Mr re'.: • Mil- retl-v-
mint as twenty-sixth presidi nt of th-
Ignited State a, completed over 2 j
years of public f.orVlee, hat <!< tied
i i take reus and recri Ukn. to a two-
years* trip abroad, hair of which v.-: 1
be spent in Africa under th iiritish
fla;; a a :* faunal list* ni .et. r.nd U»c
other ho’? In Europe , .irUu: at hast
etui rie real ton It, l.unDng and wlvntifle
i*-%.n*-*-h a*-** * ■- ’' tl*. miner uot-a. lie in
tend** ;e put i Se e'If beyertj tie- nf!‘h of -
'I,.,,-' m**- e- ■ m, he tulIfrft#. would in-
rvS .->V* mvk. 1/ h** vere within u*a<-h. to,
uv hi , Infill -her witf. il»< i.iln.-lnlm ra* Ion of ,
Meat William II '(’aft. Mr. Ihwwu-vall ’
ate of ihe manner in which r
I f n eireiilatiai that Mr, )
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Mr. Taft, ae p*"«l-
Is- att'Tlheil to Mr
the biff Cii lUah; Ai the
a. scientific expedition < t-
fpe Hniltbacnlan institut'd :i
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head r,f
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rf Washhigii r.
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urulints < f n
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Heller run':*: :
mti’s, bird!--, r -;.til i
taitieul niwc,i«C!l;i <-f
which, will li deposit
StSl Maltor:il Mm- >:
ton.
Start in M.
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rbout the ; lildle of V
the Meditor r->U
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and Naples. \t .Yaplm, the ri. -u/.i r ■
of the f x; edition will board " ilea per
of the Orman ©LSI African line fo,
Klllndltit harbor, MombnKa island.
They will arrlvi at (lie Kant. African
pen ' toward ihe end of April, proceed
by thi 1 panda railway to Nairobi.
spin1! : ■: months there, then conUnn •
by i’ -: Florence, Lake VMttoria
N> ... ie lit? a total distance of
r,Si miiea l. V'.ll. Tile ex: edition
will cr.-ps 1'i.v.nrla by caravan, and.
finally pm - duv t I he who!** length of
the Nile, i-aching Khartoum about
April, tit I (i M '
speclnn n c lice,
British 1C at i Ai.:
railway will
ready trail a ' 11
which Will be
wtirre 1,1., «e, tnet,,rt in rfile rf'*!M*rI i, a,-. *
' "re. for tirtriit, , ,iii ‘ I ii in,,ji- ItMU-ci'h rilrtf
I -allly he found Is hh , - ■‘Inn Mr. j
i o«"vrj- umir mnn h- t*»f *< the I**- j*V i
: ■ u ' in fount roil vi •, * ion |>nS nmiiiiairil ,
M'. Taft to tie* pro hl.-niy. mad** a « :o-,
mtrftt In whirl* hr srtii - ‘II VI:. Tuft i; j
M II -it fllilt etn, ,.i | I]1;- IvUieti :
^ rv ■ rr, • s r■ I- j would innlro !
! h nny erl't-irm, !/ t urn* njireftit. I
*'• '■ ' 'tint i viol dirt HI tax to llilll J
nod t*r’,i v fi iiowrd . r thin I hull dletii *d
■i ’ -I truu tiir.-'d down In liny Vitrr-r
11* me"
I't.AtN I'm/-:'-
in travel in ft abroad \t tie. "vnl wilt I
* male- iiiiv irti trio r- did li.nierftlj
ant after ,<ilrlna ft'in tie Ci'ri!(l*'Orv.
'‘-•■oral liriini nan rrrcjvid t*i atnie t»y
* i-rirror, and i in-** ■ ' ...... he a-t*:i* on
t-l : lour around the *» , r'd it,, n*n*, feted
n no other Amerl-nii 1 ver hnu h**,“i \fr.
II ■ aevell wilt nyoid all ti-*r It 1„ tm< lib,
•Velre in travel u rinln Ameriran r-ttll
1,1 and uiaoidlnv H * * ■ * 1 *-1 of it I w itno,
In the iinrmiit of - rm* 1 *■ , f11 out IdniHotf
wilt of the v.-nv "t r el*-1 enterialnmenl.
It I* Mr Itnosrvrl*'* itaelre flint iita
Afrtran liuntim* 'Xludi-i*ll atiiill not l«*
IiMikiut me n tit *r,e IMi Hpr r I n e n main
object. A tl lilt * rd Morlhrl of MOrel,netlH of
MiftoiomU ii "I hp-d - III I** killed for the
- ee of ihe rail'd H:r',.*** \aMonut iniiaeitin.
1 It tier klltlllB Will he eolllilied to Ihe llmlfk
■ f He :,* *■! ury end >,m»|dy of Die ramp.
On Idu trip Mr Itonaeveli liopen to aeruie
■ jll in (lone in '
where the I'Klinda
tl .i,. a means of
.till from Nairobi,
■> l).ISI‘ Ilf MttJipilCM.
Two Lectures.
At Kbuit.ciim. it Ih expected, tin*
fircsidi til, find 1:11 nun will Ie* Joined
by Mr I toe It who wIM ae com-
pany them on t it trip to Kuropc.
The tmtur: 'lets of lac pally will pro-
ceed direct i the i'liited States from
Kgypt Mr liuorcv«lt pruimbly will
rptnnin in t' lit ntrnfal Kurofto and
Ori'al hril ihi uboul one year, having
accepted in vital U,n to deliver the
Honianen lecture at Oxford university,-
an addrcRR at the Sorbonno in Purls
ami a lecture Imfore the students of
the University of Berlin.
Long Time Lesire.
1-odk has It been the desire of Mr.
Roosevelt to malt* a hunting tonr
Into tin heart of Africa lit* lime made
numerous flips In Bourjh of big game
In every puof the United States
whore such an!Mnl*: inulio their abode.
Hunting Grourds,
Sjionking of ‘ho pn>at hunting
grounds of Die uni . Mr Roosevelt
68} <• that tlu-rc rema n ih three in
the present century. •' Lth Africa Is
die true hmifer'.' paradisi in hi-, opin-
ion. If the hupp. hi’t '• grui nils
are to be found anyw. > in .t-il.i
world, soys he, they lay ber-vi.m ihe
Orange.and the Zambesi, aid f Mend
northward here ami there to tin- Nile
d tile hi',filing fllid I for weleuittli- iiurpuKCM two ndolt Kiieidmrns
(flic iif i‘«uh ‘M m'hJ n «»•»•<'m«*M of ff|i*ii*
* * 'ii” < f nnlmnlH In* |h likely fo irH’of on
th (In ! eoiK I lien f l*or flu "nllunrv
•f till' imiMMirii *f fhe i>reMldent find the
uatnrftljnfH nnd director of the Hinlihnonlan
Iviadi(uil<*n. whom he Iihh consulted, think
fl<«>e »»l|| |»e HiifYicJcrit, hot Mhelher f)y*v
.*in> MiifThlent or n<»t. these *re all he Iiar ilo-ie
f',r aM H fdmre of ihe excuse were secured
jh ;i eoiirce which lias not ls*en revealed.
no part of these funds was
oenvci ri-tin any KovernnouK njiproprlatlon
or tin* i,„f n„. Kmithw.nian hIHtlhi
* tyo It was udvumcd liv Homo om*
inliTiHpul to Hf-lcru,. (boro In no il-oiibl, and
countries and Somaliland. Nowhere j his vtutt fo Dm pi-vsliii ui. unhi in* «-«• mir
else, arc there such mullltailSB of
game, representini; ac many end inch
widely different kinds of animal* of
such size. *ucli beauty, Bitch infinite
variety. “We should have to go back
to the fauna of I’hdstocane to go Its
equal." it is to this section of the
world, that It* In now bound.
Mr. Know veil f i ■! -- Dipt l»« h n >. i-n ni. *!
tin* rlglit ty pul in « portiifii of tii« time
la tin* sport which most np|M*Hln io him.
lb* proposes (*, jcl’.t] two years away from
Die I'nilei! Slates for two reasons, liest
DELIGHTFUL OCEAN TRIP
THE YEAR ROUND
%
Comfort
The keynote of the magnificent new
PASSENGER
STEAMSHIPS
OF THE
SOUTHERN PACIFIC
FROM
New Orleans to New York
Luxurous Accommodations
Suites, Staterooms, Baths,
Promenade Decks
CALL ON LOCAL TICKET AGT.
In mind in klU. no matter how plentiful
£«me mny he.
If Ih ihe known wlnh <»f the president
that the expedition Into Africa hIiiiII he
made with the privacy that murka. or
obotild mark any other Helen f I Mr expedition.
Mr. ItooHevrlt wnntH an ouilna nnd a chance
to n im deinte amount of fthoollu:;. with n
fleet view to tfetllrp^ resulla Hint will he
nf wo trie benefit to Hrlence. While a ntim
her of the Ameriran newHpnperH would like
to send enriTHpondoutw with Mr, Uooaeveit.
it In needleHH to way that no newa|m|n»r
»*«»i re«pt nd' iit w ill accompany the party.
WORKING OX PLANS.
LiiritiK the hot Hummer davM from .Tune
till Hep!ember the prescient devoted tnurh
of Ida time alttlnK on the bn nd veranda
of Ida h? rue Rtlldyln# hooka of natural bl»-
tory and Mir tea me biintlnjc In Africa. Th<*we
be urocurcd from every nvallnbb* Komce.
Win k I nit out t lie deinllH of IiIm plnuw oc-
cupied a an1 nt deni of time He waw eon-
tluuttlly In correapondence during flu* niin)
mer and even after lie ayaln remimed his
o(Tidal duties at Washington with Ihe noted
big game hunters and naturallHtH wl»o hate
devoted vears of study to eeiitral Afrh'n
and Its fauna Men who have spent any
length of time In. that part of Africa which
In* Intends visiting were welcome visitors
n( Hairaiintie Hill, and from these he Knitted
valuable Information.- TM* wnn the ease
nlan when be returned lo the White House,
and tinning those whom he entertained there
were Hlshoo llari/.ell. who hns spent ninny
*'i ni*s ns inlHslonnrv hlahop of the Methodist
' ■d '■>;»«I church In Africa, nnd HIr Harry
n .’"Imston, the noted KngHtih naturallsi
■ " '! "Ythor who has bad twenty five years’
**'O’ • ’ie In central Africa and wnn the
ill icover r, t»f the Okapi. Hit* Harry, after
I «,l !>> Mud Mr Roosevelt so well Inform
cd n Africa nnd Its fauna, and declared
♦ lint tin' president was able to tell him
thing* about It of which he had no know]
edge. Numerous other persons who have
been to rirandn and Mrltlah Last Africa
Me’ president has consulted, nnd as a result
be has uni bored a store of Information not
to be obtained from bonks.
TKNTATlVi; PLANE*,
ft was to Heeretnry Walcott of the
SroRIconlnn Institution that Mr. Rouse
vel^* llrst unfidded the tentative filnns for
bU African hip. In a letter to the sec re
tnry he made known his project rtf going,
after his term of office expired, to Africa
for the pit loose of hunting and traveling in
British and Gorman l'nst Africa, crossing
l'lmndn and working down the Nile, with
wide h-ltiM after animals and birds, lie de
dared then that lie Is “not tn the least a
game butcher." saying: “I like to do
certain amount of hunting, but my real
and mnlh Interest Is the Interest of
fnusnl naturalist."
hi Ms letter lie etpfCKsed fhe opinion
that this trio opened the best chance for
the 1 ’ulted States National museum to get
a line collection, not onlv of the hlg game
beauts, but of the smaller mammals nnd
birds of Africa, nnd ought not to be no
gleeted.
The president ottered to take with him
several nrofessionnl Held nuturnllst* nnd
taxIderuilatH, who should prepare and send
back the specimens be Is to collect, the
4*01 lection to go to the National museum
The urea)dent said that as an ex president
he should f«*e| that that Institution Is the
museum to which his collection should go.
While he would pay the expenses of him
self and Ills son. he felt that he had not
the means that would enable him to pay
for the naturalists nnd their kit and the
curing and transport of the specimens for
♦ lie museum All he de«lred to keep would
he n few personal trophies of little Helen
title value which for some reaaon he might
like to keep He said the actual hunting
of big game he won id waut to do himself
or have Ills son do.
Seeing the value of the president's propo-
sition. Secretary Walcott Immediately net
to work selecting men to form the party.
He decided that three men should form the
Smithsonian Institution’s portion of Uu‘
party. The necessary funds for the Rmtth-
natrd
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IN MOM II AH A
t>>» n act Inn Kllliullnl, April :*1«t. thi*
narty will -'tend n h!h»i*i Dm,, in Momlmna
nmi tnan prm-wd t*y train on iti<* f’jcnndft
railway i<* Nairobi, tin* i-apitnl nt I’kiiniliii
l-rovlin-i* nmi hi'ndiiiinm-rn .>r Die admlnln-
'ratl**n of ItrlDnli Kant Africa protectorate,
city of I a r,U Intuit,Ifanta. of wlinm .‘*7!!
c ':niii|H*aa». Nafntld will la* nncil aa tli**
llcn(l,|iijiJtcra and tmw of Riiitpliwa and from
■ *"•'** trlpa will la* made Inti* the cniinlrv
t he ran Ii*," t a, wldcli iiliuni*cw In anlmnla of
nil kinds It Is in thin section that Mr
Roosevelt hope* to do moat of Ids hunting
ami collecting. Trips, extruding from n
week to a month In length, will he mad'’
In all directions. Supplies nnd camping
outfit will be carried by nnflveH nnd camps
entj»b!ished nl various points on the trips.
has been decided that intow rnoped Mount
herila* 18.000 fe,u high, an extinct volcano
near Ndoro. to the north of Nairobi, will
be the object|vo nolnt of Ml-’ of tliese trips
WII1TK Rt i | \( H 'KItt M’8
Mr. Roosevelt will tu> greatly disappoint
if be falls to kill several specimens of
the white rhino,ennif;. This Is the same
ns the square mouthed rhlnoccrouH and is
the nearest living ally to the type of the
extinct Mchorlno or woollv rhliioeerouH
which lived In Knglnnd the HSae of the
glacial ported.
The nmm which Mr ('iinlii<!ham(* 1m
selected In London consistk of rot proof
louts, green In color: a good supply of
inouqnllo netting, camp tools and cmikltlg
ntenslh. Mr. Roosevelt and the other mem
»e*H of the party will sleep on the simplest
kind of light cots. A luxury that will be
tnkcti are folding baths. A large quantity
of presiervatIves and materials for cyriug
skins mull preparing them for shipment
home Is being taken. Nairobi being the ren-
li'rtl station of the Uganda railway. It will
bo-easy to ranch quickly tin* remote parts
of the country, where the party can strike
on Inti* tin* jungle. All the sm*c I mens will
be taken care of at Nairobi before shipment
t(> Hie National museum.
In October the cxnodltb-u will pack Its
mil Ml at Nairobi and rout (hue Its journey
Inland over the T'gnnda railway to l'ort
Florence. ,,n Lake Victoria Nyan/.n. At
that place a short si,vp will be made nnd
probably a trip will be made to Mount
Llgon, seventy-five miles north "from there.
Mount 1'lgon Is over 14.000 feet in height
Winn tl»e party again returns to Port
r lorence It will board a steamer of the,
railway service which plies about the lake
and proceed to Entebbe. i:.0 miles away. I
It )« exited ed that’ Ftuebbe will be reach '
'•d enfly In f>ecemiKir. At that joint a
siuall cnrnvun will* be made up from anl
tnnls and natives, which Mr. Funlnghamo
hns Ktw',daily engaged Tor the trip across
Uganda to the Nile. The first stop after
leaving Kntebbe wll I.q at Mengo Then
bv short stagws tt will Proceed until reach
lug Kltdrn on Lake Albert Avnnza. The
journey across Fgnnda Is expected to tak»*
not more than a month, and the expedition
should strike tho White Nile about the first,
of the year 1010.
nf the greatest imjmrtfinee Is the battery
<>f guns which Mr. Roosevelt will carry
along with him. Since It became known
that he intended* to make a hunting expe-
dition into Africa ninny of his friends Imve
presented him with guns. Hut he did not
select any of these to take with him on his
trip. Instead, he had made specially for
him by one of the beat American gup maim
factoids four different types of rifles, each
hnvlng a special use. The ft cat of these Is
n powerful rifle of .405 caliber, carrying a
.too-grain bullet, nnd Is Intended for the
very largest type of African game, such as
rhlHoeerous. hippopotamus and elephant.
Smokeless powder Is used nnd Its power can
be measured by the fact that the bullet at
the time of Itnonet has an energy of 5500-
foot pounds. The seo»nd rifle Is known us
the new .140 Vnlted States government rim-
less cartridge type, carrying n 220-graln
bullet, and Is fltt'^1 to kill verv large game
nt a range of from 500 to 10od vnrds This
will be the Hon gun. The third rifle is an
extra light weupon. carrying a 45.70 car-
tridge, with Its must effective range at 50
yards. It is of .405 caliber. This U the
weapon Mr. Roosevelt used considerably In
his excursions for hlg game In western
Vnlted States. The fourth rifle Is a .400
gun for moderate sized game, carrying a
smokeless powder cartridge with a bullet of
170 grains. It also Is of a very high pow
er tyi>o and has U*en used by the president
on some of his trips The other members
of the part j; also win he armed with slm
liar guns and .will carry revolvers. The
principal weapon which will be carried by
the naturalists will be a l-’ boix* gun.
PACK OUTFIT.
Hundreds nnd hundreds of applications
have been received by Mr. Roosevelt by
people who wished to accompany him oh
tin* expedition. Tliey offered their servh*es
gratis. Those offers came from all kinds
of j»e«ple. from cooks to naturalists. None
of them was granted by Mr. liooaevelt.
Numerous announcements have appeared In
tike newspapers from time to time stftlW
that some person or other was to go with
the president, nnd not a few gained con
slderahle newspaper advertising In- this
manner. The latest was a voung prlte
fighter who was traveling with‘a theatrical
enmnany.
The versatility of Mr Roosevelt will be
shown by the rnct Hint he will speak Ger-
man In his address iM'fore the students of
the university of Berlin. French In his lec-
ture at the Sorbonne. and English In de-
livering the Romanes lecture at Oxford. It
Is expected that this feature of his vlnft
to the capitals of the three leading nations
of Fiirope will attract a great deal of at
tent Ion Holland being the home of his
ancestors in Europe, it Is considered not
Improbable that he will go there for a
abort visit, when he undoubtedly would
sneak in the tongue of his forefathers. Mr.
ttookseveH a veraatlllty In language U well
known in this country, hut It will receive
Htlir*hlglier commendation when he makes
Ids add r us sis abroad In the languages of
the country he vltdts.
Owe |*ofnt of particular interest iu I*on-
don. which no doubt Mr. and Mrs. Roose-
velt will visit la St. George's church, where
they were married in 18SII. It Is likely
that they will he in lyondon on the twenty-
fourth anniversary of the wedding.
PLANS MADE FOR
' BIG POWDER PLANT
Clerk to Head Corporation Beginning
With $3,000,000 Capital—Located
on the Pacific Coast.
San Francisco, Feb- 21.—Backed by
the interests headed by Senator W.
A, Clark of Montana, a powder manu-
facturing company, beginning opera-
tions with a capital of $3,000,000, will
shortly erect a plant in one of the bay
counties and engage in active com-
petition with the powder trust, ac-
cording to a statement made In this
city. Associated in the enterprise,
it is said, will be John Bermingham,
formerly general manager of the I)u
Pont Nemours Powder company. The
plant, it is believed, will he located
in the vicinity of Antioch.
Tlie operations of the company will
he under the personal direction of Mr.
Bermingham.
EXPORTERS CALL ON FRENCH
PREMIER TO TALK TARIFF.
Clemenceau Declares Government Is
Busy With Tariff.
Paris, Fob. 21,. I’ll** delegation of ex-
poi'lers which yesterday called upon M.
ituppl. minister of commerce, In connection
with American enstotMa duties, visited ITc
Piter riemcnrpHi* and Minister Plnchon to-
day. The premier stated that Die French
government already tmd been occupied with
tile consideration of the questions arising
on! of Ihe proposed Increased tariff and
would give a!tendon to the delegation's do-
munds.
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I EARTHQUAKE FELT IN I
* SPANISH PROVINCE. #
* -- *
sene lamp with a chimney and a
flat wick, a pan and several quarts of
alcohol. According to the reports of
those present, Foskett succeeded in
every test. The first test was made
w w i v,i j 11.01. j tic ill op tcot nuo iiiouv
Madrid, Feb. 21.—Four prolong- ♦ i with ordinary sulphur matches. Fos-
# ed earthquake shocks were felt #
■* during the night at Elche, in Ali- *
6 canto province, but no damage #
•# was done. fj*
* *_* * »»»»»»»»»»**
the Old Point pier, and the Mayflower,
picking up her anchors, will folow
the last of the war vessels into the
ltoads. The president's yacht, will
take a position in the center of the
fleet and at 2 o'clock the flag and
commanding officers will be received
on board by the president.
Later the president., accompanied
by the commadner-tn-chief of the fleet,
will go aboard the Connecticut,
Louisiana, Georgia and Wiscinson, the
divisional flagships, to address the
men.
WELCOME WAITING.
(Continued from First Page.)
miral Arnold
to the navy department
tliis morning as soon as the twenty-
five ships of the joint command were
brought to a standstill at the ocean
drill grounds.
Yankton Carries Gold.
The Yankton slipped in last Wed-
nesday. This busy dispatch boat re-
turned from Washington today a ver-
itable treasure ship. In her strong
room tonight are golden eagles, double
eagles and half eagles to the amount
of $800,000, to be used in (laying off
the officers and men upon their ar-
rival.
The naval yacht Sylph, one of the
vessels placed at the disposal of the
president, arrived today to take out
to the reviewing ground tomorrow the
wives of the admirals and captains of
the fleet.
Mrs. Sperry, Mrs. Scliroeder, Mrs-
Wainwrlght and Mrs. Potter, wives of
the (lag officers of the four divisions
of the fleet, are here, and more than
one-half of the wives of the captains
also will be on board the Sylph to-
morrow. *
Not to Take Messages.
The dicision of Admiral Sperry not
to attempt to receive the hundreds
of wireless messages addressed to offi-
cers of the fleet has occasioned much
woe here among the navy Women and
tlie host of sweethearts who have
gathered to greet the home-coming offi-
cers.
Review Plans.
The plan of tomorrow's review
briefly is as follows:
The Mayflower, with the president
and his party on hoard, will arrive
at the tail of the Horseshoe in Chesa-
peake hay at 0 o'clock. The May-
flower will be in approximately the
same |M>sitlon she took up fourteen
months ago. when the fleet ventured
forth on the cruise that was to make
the American navy famous in tlie
ports of the world. The Connecticut,
leading 'the single column of battle-
ships and escorting cruisers, will point
the way in the Capes at 10 o’clock
and will pass the Mayflower promptly
at 11 o’clock. The line of ships will
be a little more than seven miles long
and will be one hour io passing. Tho
battleships will proceed slowly to the
anchorage grounds running west from
Roosevelt En Route.
Washington, Feb. 21.—Ajpld the
plaudits of the assembled throng
which had gathered at the navy yard,
President Roosevelt and party aboard
the U. S. S. Mayflower sailed shortly
before dusk today for Hampton Rhoads
where he tomorrow will welcome the
returning fleet. As the Mayflower
swung out into the Potomac, promptly
at 5 o’clock, Ihe crowd broke out into
cheers and the president raising his
hat called out: “Good bye and good
luck.”
The Mayflower proceeded down the
Potonmc river at moderate speed to
its anchorage off the "Tati of the
Horseshoe" in Hampton Roads at the
j same spot where the president said
I good Dye to the fleet on its voyage
around the world.
There was an exodus of thousands
from Washington today for Hampton
Roads to witness the great naval
pageant. The steamship lines and
trains were taxed to their utmost ca-
pacity in handling the vast crowds.
At 3:40 p. m. the Dolphin with the
members of the naval affairs commit-
tee of the house and senate on board
left tlie Washington navy yard for
Hampton Roads. A party of more
than 100 members of congress left on
the steamer Washington.
Rear Admiral Pillsbury and his as-
sistants in the bureau of navigation
were at the navy deartment all day
receiving communications and send-
ing instructions to Rear Admiral
Sperry.
kett lighted half a .dozen, one after
the other, holding them with one hand
so close to the fingers of the other
Diat the flames curled around them.
He then lighted the lamp and held
his hands at>ove the wick, while the
flames curled ovfcr them and the soot
completely blackened them.
Front one of these tests to another
1 Foskett went, while the scientists held
their breath and watched every mo-
tion, until he came to the climax. . In
this he poured a quart of alcohol into
Die basin, lighted it and then washed
his hands, bathing (hern for nearly ten
minutes in the burning fluid, washing
it up over his arms and to his face—
literally bathing himself in blazing
alcohol., That completed the tests
for Saturday: As soon as It was fin-
ished the physicianB present examined
Foskett, and they could find not the
silghest trace of a burn or blister. Fos-
kett told them that the flames did not
give him the slightest sensation of
burning that he felt comfortably warm
and pleasant, and nothing more.
The second tests were made
at the home Qf Professor .Tames
afternoon at the home of Prof. James
in Cambridge, and under the same
conditions as the day before. Consid-
erable mystery is thrown about them.
Mr. Hall said they were so startling
that he did not care to discuss them
until they had been tried again. An-
other scientist who was there said
that. Foskett performed all of his ex-
periments of the day before, and then
“absolutely and positively deinaterial-
ized.”
“He seemed to dissolve into thin air
as we watched him. Was gone 41 sec-
onds and then materialized. It was so
startling that we, I am afraid, lost
sight of thetest conditions, and we
have asked him to appear before us
again. Tt seems unbelieveable, but it
certainly seemed' so. We hardly know
what to think of it.”
Prof. James refuses to talk about
the tests.
According to those who were pres-
ent. Foskett seems in a passive state
during the tests, and he says he thinks
nothing in particular. Those who ex-
amined him discredit the hypnotic
theory. They believe he has some
latent psychic force that never has
been studied.—Boston dispatch to New
York Tribune.
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King of Spain Also Watched Skiing
Contest Sunday Afternoon.
Pan. Frn*><*T. F**b. 21 —King Alfonao »t-
t**nil*Kl 1*1*1* ninKH today at tin* cathedral of
St. Martin. The aacml vi-onels presented by
yneen Isabella In inns were used In the
service. After the mans the kin* proceeded
lo Manx Bonne, where he witnessed the
skiing eompeltllons between the SwIsk and
Norwegian military teams. King Alfonso
left for San Sebastian this afternoon, via
Barrltx.
PEACE CONFERENCE TO
BE HELD IN CHICAGO.
Chicago. Fell. 21.—The second national
lieai-e congress will be lield In Chicago for
three days, beginning May 3d. according to
the announcement mode tonight by R. L.
Melendy. aecretary of Die congress. Dele-
gates from all parts of the dvlllxed world
wll Is* In attendance. J. M. Dickinson, who
has been put down for the war tsirtfollo In
President elect Taft's cabinet, Is president
of the congress.
“Is he much of an optimist:-”
’.‘Only when the spirits move
Birmingham Age-Ilerald.
him.”
IS HUMAN SALAMANDER.
The* marvelous psychic power of
Fred E. Foskett, a young machinist of
Orange, Mass., has attracted the at-
tention of Prof. James, of Harvard,
and other leading members of the
Boston branch of the American So-
ciety of Psychical Research, who gave
him tests yesterday and today.
The first of the tests was held at the
home of Prescott E. Hall on Saturday
afternoon. Prof. William James and
several well known physicians were
there and test condidtions as nearly
perfect as possible were made. Fos-
kett was seated in the center of a’
room before a small table. There he
performed every feat of the Hindu
fakir and the Buddhist adept.
On the table was an ordinary kero-
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