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4 ROCKING CHAIR ADMIRALS OR LINE OFFICERS They Are the Prizes Being Fought foF By Senator Hale and Meyer in Navy Ruction. MEYER IS PROGRESSIVE Hale Would Keep Old Bureau System Because it Affords Political Patronage. By. W. S. Couch. Washington, Feb. 7.—The battle to - get water under the navy is on again. Secretary Meyer, the Roosevelt rem nant in the Taft cabinet, having re- j organized the bureaus by executive or- ) der, appealed to congress for legislation : ' to make the reform permanent. Chief | Constructor Capps and Paymaster Gen 1 eral Rogers promptly went before the " house naval affairs committee an-l ( poked the Mayer argument full of • holes. The house naval affairs com- , rnittee grabbed at this excuse to back j away from the Meyer recommendations. There the matter now stands. This is the old fight between con- • gressmen and rocking-chair admirals on i the one side and the line officers who sail ships on the other. Meyer has । followed Col. Roosevelt in taking up । the cudgels for the line officers. Sea ! ator Hale and the gang which wants ‘ to exploit the navy yards for patron- ' ’ age and political purposes fought Roose- । - velt savagely. Meyer, they thought, a ; qniet-voiced. easy-going could be • baffled without either difficulty of : outcry. Meyer has fooled them. He is i using language that was never taught i at Harvard. 1 The bureau system of the navy has 1 i three big flaws: ii First—Out of $120,000,000 or so an- i i nually voted for the United States • navy the bure®is have succeeded in t [ spending the heater part on shore, s • Much of this money has been absolutely 1 । wasted. , i Second—The bureaus have built ships, s armed and outfitted them without re gard to the recommendations of the of- ( 1 ficers who sailed them, recommends- j tions based on actual experiences. 1 Third —All the bureaus arc independ- 1 ent of each other and more or less jn- 1 dependent of the secretary- of the navy. The bureaus would never co-operate, be I cause each feared the loss of some of its dignity and importance. . Bqth.the civil and Spanish-AmeAcan wars saw the rocking chair admirals fall down bard. Both times a sort of A Fine Time to Work Out * . * ’* ’ ■ f' . ‘ * the Food Problem The wide spread “shriek” about high prices for meat will induce people to plan meals with more reason and better judgment of food strength and cost. Many of our strong men, College Ath letes and others, learned from actual expe rience that a vegetarian diet produced better results than a diet including meat. Many famous names appear in the veg etarian list. Names whose owners are cham pions and prizewinners in their chosen field of athletics. After all the argument for and against any particular kind of diet, the question can best be solved for the individual by personal experiment. AS TO PRICEOne 15c package of GRAPE-NUTS contains 14 portions, practically ONE CENT Each. Sold the same today as this food has always sold. No rise in price. There’s a pathway to reasonable economy in food and that’s not all— 1 TUESDAY, Photograph shows congressional committee in session. From left to right:Representative Denby, with Representative McCall almost hidden behind him; Representative Olmstead, Representative James, with the head of Senator Nelson, chairman, appearing behind him; Representative Graham, Senator Flint, Senator Southerland, Senator Root, Sen ator Fletcher, Senator Paynter. unofficial central authority had to J>e I hastily improvised. It was to escape I orders from an outfit of this kind that Admiral Dewey cut the cable at Ma nila. Despite these failures of the bu reau system in time of war. the system came back strong after peace was de clared. Senator Hale', Capps and the Ports mouth navy yard offer a triangular il lustration of the whole game. Presi- I dents and secretaries of the navy come and go, but Hale has been chairman of the senate navy committee for years, and he is the navy. The Portsmouth navy yard, although in New Hampshire, is on the Maine line. Hale has filled that yard with his constituents, and his naval policy has consisted in keep ing the Portsmouth yard busy. Ports mouth is a bad harbor for big modern ships, but Hale met that problem by resisting the building of battleships big ger than 12,000 tons displacement. Thus be held rtack the navy for years after foreign nations built the Dreadnaught size. , Heads of naval bureaus such as Chief । Constructor Capps are detailed to their ' jobs for four years at a time, with the title and pay of admiral. They can | be redetailed as often as is desired. । Capps, having secured his detail ; through Hale, naturally adopted the | I Hale Portsmouth and other policies. I Capps advocated small battleships. Capps say that Hale men got jobs in Portsmouth, and that Hale’s friends sold supplies there. Wherefore Capps could wear gold lace at pink teas in “There’s a Reason” for Grape-Nuts THE BALLINGER-PINCHOT BOARD IN SESSION Washington, while other officers sailed the stormy seas. In similar fashion. Capps looked after senators on and off the naval affairs committee, and representatives like wise. Other bureau chiefs did as Capps did. Portsmouth is not the only uavy yard maintained for political purposes. To further illustrate the waste of money it is worth notice that such bu reaus as construction, steam engineer ing and yards and docks, each had its independent power plant and electric plant and machine shop in the same navy yard. The dignity of the bureau chiefs demanded this duplication, and members of congress got jobs for con stituents as a result of such duplica tion. The salt-water officers would not have kicked so hard, perhaps, if the rocking-ehair admirals had given them good ships to handle. Capps, though, would demonstrate by differential cal culus that a battleship didn't need much freeboard. When the line offi cers found they couldn’t fire their guns in any kind of a sea because of this lack of freeboard they growled. There were the 12,0(H) ton battleships, too, and de fective turrets and old-fashioned guns and other faults perfectly plain to the men who sailed the ships. Col. Roose velt ami a muckraker or two took un this battle of th? line officers. This forced an investigation, which Senator Hale conducted. He and his committee browbeat and bullied every critic who appeared nnd'let Capps tell the story of SAN ANTONIO LIGHT AND GAZETTE Certain it is that those who have never tried it, have some facts to learn by break fasting this way: A LITTLE FRUIT either fresh or stewed A dish of GRAPE-NUTS and cream A cup of some hot beverage— Postum —Tea—Cocoa or Hot Milk Some bread and butter and there you are- Plenty ! Plenty! Plenty ! for a strong Postum Cereal Company, Ltd., Battle Creek, Michigan. his life and call all the critics names at will. The Hale verdict found the ships pcrfecl and Capps a great man. It was a fine model for the present Ballinger- Pinchot inquiry. After Roosevelt left, a sigh of relief came from the bureaucrats. But now Meyer, a Rooseveltian at heart. is after them hard. He has at his elbow for ad viser, Admiral Hutch I. Cone, the young officer who took the torpedo flotilla around the world. Cone was detailed head of the steam engineering bureau by Roosevelt. He was one of the crit ics of the Capp system. Meyer has reorganized the naval sys tem by executive order. If he can make congress write this into the law the bn repu system is done. If not, Moyer's reform can be upset by his successor. Hale and Capps and their crowd will fight, the battle of their lives to beat Meyer. Rogers is simply another Capps on a small scale. Physician—Have you any aches or pains This morning! Patient—Yes. doc tor; it hurts me to breathe; in fact, the । only trouble now seems to be with my breath. Physician—All right. I’ll give you something that will soon stop that.—Boston Globe. —♦ v “I think,” he said, “I have at last • found the key to success.” “Well,” his wife replied, “if you are going to fumble around with it as you generally do with your night key there will be a long wait before us yet.”—Chicago Record-Herald. ROYAL CHILDHEN CLOSE STUDENTS — London, Feb. 8. —The present occu pants of the royal school room are the Princess Mary and her brothers, Prince Henry and Prince George; tile “baby” of the royal household, Prince John, will enter it shortly. The royal children were taught to read aud write at 4 years old, and from the age of 5 had to speak in French and German. Once a week they must speak in French and German during lesson time, when their studies are con ducted altogether in one or other of these languages, aud during meals they almost must talk either in French or German. The school room at Marlborough house is in charge of Mr. Hansell, who came to supervise the education of the young princes some years ago. Mr. Han sell was formerly a tutor at G. O. Smith's famous school for young aristo crats at New Barnet; he acted as holi day tutor to Lord Dalmeny, and theu in the same capacity to Prince Arthur of Connaught, after which, he went to Marlborough house. Ho is a great favor ite in the Prince of Wales’ household, and extremely popular with his youth ful charges, albeit a strict disciplinar ian. He is a tall, handsome looking man MOTHER’S FRIEND] A LINIMENT FOR EXTERNAL USE. One of the most valuable qualities of Mother's Friend is I that it safe-guards the future health of the mother. It is a | liniment to be applied externally to the body, the use of 1 which lubricates the muscles and tendons, softens the glands WHICH AUUIXlilUCO ‘'“V 0V&VVM.J and ducts, prevents lumps forming in the breasts, and relievos the pain, nervous ness. nausea, and other troubles from which so many expectant mothers suffer. When Mother's Friend is used regularly it fits and prepares the system for an easy and natural consummation of the term. Women who massage with this great liniment are always saved much suffering when baby comes, recover more quickly, and without ill effects. Mother’s Friend is sold at drug stores. Write for our free book for expectant mothers. of slight build; he possesses great charm of manner, is a delightful con versationalist, and takes a keen inter est in athletics. Large and Well Lighted. The school room at Marlborough house is a large, well lighted room on the first fioor. In the center is a big round mahogany writing table; one side of the room is lined with oak book shelves filled with school books, and on the other there is a massive old oak bureau of the Georgian period where exercise books, drawing portoflios, paints and paint brushes, pencils, rub bers and such impediments of the school room are kept. W Study begins at 8 a. m. in the win ter, and half an hour earlier in the sum mer. Breakfast is served for the young princes in the morning room adjoining the school room at !• in the winter and half past 8 in the summer, which is fol lowed by three more hours’ work in the school room. In the afternoon, between 4 and 0, there is a further period of study which is not, however, joined in by the royal pupils under 7 years of age. These are the hours of study usual ly observed when the princes are at ’Marlborough house; but they are, of ; course, frequently at other of the royal residences; they may be in Scotland, at Abergeldie, one week, at York cot tage another, and perhaps at Sandring ham or Windsor castle the week after; the hours devoted to lessons are then varied, but, except in the holidays, the royal princes put in at least four hours’ work in the school room every day. English History a Specialty. Special eare is taken in instructing all the royal children in English his tory. In order to interest them in this branch of their studies, the princes are taken frequently to the British museum by Mr. Hansell to see original letters and documents of great historical im portance, which they have found men tioned in their books. This method of instruction was one that greatly appealed to Prince Albert, for whom these documents had a tre mendous fascination; the young prince would frequently plead to be taken to the museum instead of going to see a football or cricket match: sometimes his request was granted, and he would spend hours in reading these musty old documents which deal with affairs man, day worker or Brain Worker. Looks “thin” you say. Our word for it, you will reach lunch time fully sustained— food well digested—head clear and ready for the noon-day meal. Where is the sustaining power ? You ask. • • In Grape-Nuts which we believe to be the strongest, most digestible food known. Five important points should guide the wise selection of food. Must be made of nourishingingredients Grape-Nuts. Must be easily digested—Grape-Nuts. Must taste good—Grape-Nuts. Must be economical —Grape-Nuts. Must be guaranteed under the Pure Food Laws—Grape-Nuts. FEBRUARY 8, 1910. THE BRADFIELD CO; ATLANTA, GA. NEW BRAUNFELS SEES MUCH NEW BUILDING “New Braunfels is on a boom in the building line and in the course of a few years we expect to be tile largest and best health and pleasure resort in the south. Dating back fifty-years, when the town was founded, been a disposition on the part of the citizens there to make the quaint lit* tie city one of the best in this section of the country.” The above statement was made yes terday by P. F. Sussdorf. a member of the real estate firm of Sipple & Suss dorf, of New Braunfels, who stopped over in the eitv Monday, while en route to Boerne, where he goes to close a ranch deal in that city. Mr. Sussdorf called on the Light and Gazette yes terday and stated the people of New Braunfels were extremely thankful for the news service furnished them by the Light and Gazette, which is also giv ing a full and correct account of all the happenings in Now Braunfels. Speaking of the progress being made by New Braunfels at the present time, Mr. Sussdorf said: “The town is booming in the build ing line and choice property in the City and county is changing hands da-ily. At present there is a $45,000 building being constructed there by George Knoke and when completed it will be occupied by the general merchandise firm of Eiband & Fisher. In addition to this there are from five to ten new dwellings now in the course of con struction and a new addition to th? town has been added by Faust & Popp, two local capitalists. ” that have had so great an influence on the history of our country. The king and queen, it is scarcely necessary to observe, take the liveliest interest in the education of their little grandchildren. The sovereign is, by the way, solely responsible for the man ner in which the education and upbring ing of the eldest son of the prince of Wales shall be conducted.