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Evening star., 1911-08-27
WANTS SPEEDY WAR CRAFT.
England to Build Dozen Swift Tor.
pedo Boat Destrovers.
ecial Cablegram to The Star.

Special Cablegram to The Star.
LONDON, August CIT is announced
from the admiralty that orders have been
placed Professionally for twelve torpedo
boat destroyers. The shipbuiding pfo-
gram of the present year authorizes the
construction of twenty destroyers. and 10
is understood that some of these will be
of new type. with a speed of thirty
three knots an hour.
In recent years vessels have been built
for only twenty-seven to twenty-nine
knots, but in view of the speed now
being obtained by foreign destroyers, it
has been decided to construct swifter
craft for the British navy, without dis
carding the present very heavy arma-
ment, which includes couple of FOUR
inch guns.
Evening star., 1911-08-27
-,... 1o.n Meriwether grand treasurer.

p,n;a. John Meriwether. grand treasurer.
Enin Rie hmond; % general attorney. J. Thomas
Newsome, Newport News; Rosa Inomp.
son. worthy mistress. Thomas NeWsome
is the only one of the old omcers 10 pe
retained ~,,..,
All of the old men have been given
places in the rear. and there Is q feelins
that In the course Of a year or two tne
order will be able to resume Dusiness'
The investigations are not yet competed.
and n is intimated that other men Will
be involved before the matter is finally
settled.
Evening star., 1911-08-27
AmMAN DETECTS SUBMARINES
Aviator Auburn in Novel Test for
French Navy.
Special Cablesram to The Star.

PARIS, August 26.-The aviator Au-
brun. flying in Duper DussI monopiane.
carried out some interesting experiments
yesterday outside Cherbourg harbor. The
naval authorities sent out two submarines
for some distance, and then sent Aubrun
to try and find them.
The aeroplane. at q height Of 400 feet.
discovered. within a few minutes, both
submarines. which were over mile and a
half apart. It then returned to the har-
Dor and prepared for further test-to
discover the submarines while submerged
and going at q high rate of speed. Au-
brun rose 1T once to a height of LOO
feet, ana, after short observation. he
found the periscope Of one submarine
Evening star., 1911-08-27

which was at a depth OF about eighteen
feet This second flight occupied twenty
minutes. Further similar experiments are
shortly to take place. 1t has now been
demonstrated that from a height of about
1900 feet 1t Is possible to discover a sub
merged submarine; and that a submarine.
with the aid Of its periscope, cannot sight
an aeroplane when the latter Is flying
higher than 1,5OO feet
Evening star., 1911-08-27
New Sport for Girls.

From the GentIewoman
Who'll will hazard guess as to what
viii be the next vogue in society now
that the rage for roller skating. although
uerhans only for the moment. has sub
s;Aed? fancy that ball playing. the legit-
,noate old ball playing of the Greek
women and girls. will be engaged in by
ur-to-date English women and their
Saurhters, and much they need 1t botn
lot The % Women of ancient Greece. and more
Evening star., 1911-08-27
Gentle Intercourse.

From the Philadelphia Telegraph.
Mrs. Jones-Mrs. Brown and her next
door neighbor. Mrs. Green, don't speak
any more. !.
Mrs Smith-Thats good: the rest u
the neighbors will now be able to take q
nap In the afternoon.
Evening star., 1911-08-27
Nothing Omitted.

From the Cleveland Plain-Dealer.
"Waiter! called q diner at q local
club. come here at once! Here's hook
and-eye in this salad!'
"Yesseh. yesseh." said the waiter. grim
ming broadly. Oats paht OF de dress
ing, sah!'-
Evening star., 1911-08-27
Easy.

From Harper's Bazaar.
white-Have you any trouble in making
both ends meet?
Green-Not bit. The end Of my money
and the end of the week always come at
the same time.
Evening star., 1911-08-27

particularly the Spartan. had the most
graceful figures and bearing in the world.
How did they acquire them? By gentle
ball playing. OF course. and by wearing
their clothes loose.
Evening star., 1911-08-27
Her Experience.
From Puc

From Puck.
Friend-Of course. there are all sorts
OF cooks-good, bad and Indifferent.
Mrs Holmes-Well, I've found them
good and bad-but all Indifferent.
Evening star., 1911-08-27
The Witness.
From Harper's Bazaar,

From Harper's Bazaf.
Hudson-Has Jones a good memory1
Judson-No; he forgets to remembel
instead Of remembering to forget
Evening star., 1911-08-27
Lively Statesmanship.

Saber duels fist fights and oratori-
cal pyrotechnics have been enlivening
the sessions of the lower house Of the
Austria hungarian parliament. Herr
Sylvester, president of the lower
house, was the first to attract atten-
ton by an attack upon England. which
fnferentially hit at Germany. Herr
sylvester characterized England as
always interfering with others at
fairs in. the Adriatic." and advocated
a close alliance between Hungary, Italy
and France to break Briton's power.
This speech raised a storm OF dtsap-
proval in Germany, which, II such q
self left entirely out OF the race to
gain a foothold in Morocco. and would
be driven to the unwelcome recourse
of forming an alliance with the hated
English.
The next publicity stunt Of the Aus
tria Hungarian parliament was saber
duel, prefaced by a ist tight in the
casion for this display Of undiplomatic
prowess was the debate on the reform
bill: the participants were M. POze-
gay of the Kossuth party and NJ Pal
Of the government party.
During this debate NJ Poxegay
staggering blow In the face. M. Pal.
recovering. quickly returned the blow
and a fight OF the first water was soon
on with members of the different fac
tions freely joining in.
The serious side Of the affair came a
few hours later when N. Pal and his
assailant adjourned to q convenient
field and fought for forty minutes with
sabers. During this encounter NJ.
PoxeKay received q severe blow on the
| head and n. Pal was hit on the shoul-
J der.
Evening star., 1911-08-27
Campaign Against Poll Tax.

There will be a determined effort at the
next session of the general assembly to
rid the state of the constitutional pro-
vision requiring the payment of the poll
tax as q prerequisite to voting. The
democrats Of the dominant faction of the
party are standing for the amendment
to the constitution, and they will see to
it that the basic law is so changed that
the people can vote and not have to pay
the poll taxes before they do so. The
matter OF suffrage will be safeguarded by
the strict enforcement of the educational
test, SO that the ignorant and vicious
whites and blacks will not be able to
have a hand in politics. This matter of
franchise was one which occupied the at
tention Of the constitutional convention
for some weeks, and 1t was that section of
the constitution which the late Senator
Daniel labored SO hard to frame.
The truth is that when the negro vote
has been needed to bring about a certain
result in various sections Of the state the
registrars have found it easy to put them
on the books, regardless Of what the con-
stitution says, making these officers the
sole judges of the subject of franchise.
The law has worked to the injury of the
democrats, and 1t Is to win back these
men that the amendment to the con-
stitution will be submitted.
Whatever may be the decision of other
cities in the matter of allowing the NOV
ing pictures of Beulah Binford. the wom-
an in the Beattie murder case, to be
shown the city of Richmond will not per-
NIT the pictures to be shown here. That
clares that she has not and will not
pose for the pictures. so that enterprising
theatrical men who are offering them are
imposing on the public.
Evening star., 1911-08-27
Want to Bar Children.

Along this line there will be hard sled
ding here for the moving picture shows
II an ordinance soon to be presented be-
comes a law. John ]. Lynch, q member
of the city council, has announced that
he will propose that no child under the
age Of fourteen years shall be admitted
to any of these shows at any time. night
or day. unless accompanied by its parents
or guardian. The moving picture business
has grown to such q nuisance that the
places are crowded with children at
every performance. and there are many
reports of children having gone wrong
as a result of the habit OF visiting these
places.
The Grand Fountain Of the colored or
der, the True Reformers. has been in
session here this week. and the insurgent
faction has made good It's. promises to
clean out the old men and to inaugurate
a new policy for the conduct Of the insti-
tuition. The order will ask that all the
assets Of the bank which dragged the
order down be turned over to the or
der. that il may be rehabilitated and re-
sumo business. The affairs of the order
are now In the hands Of receivers named
by Judge Daniel Grinnan of the chancery
court. The new ofYlcers are: w. r. sGrif-
fith. grand master, Washington. D. c.:
Floyd Ross, vice grand master. Missouri:
j. Frank Douglass, grand secretary. Vir-
Evening star., 1911-08-27
Editorial War Opens.

Col. Alfred B. Williams. editor Of the
Roanoke Times. has come to Richmond.
| and is in charge Of space" in the
and has opened up a broadside against
Glass and Jones. and in favor Of Martin
and Swanson. The day or two follow
ing there appeared an announcement to
the effect that Walter E. Addison Of
the Lynchburg News would come to the
city and have charge of space" in the
Virginian, and espouse the cause of
Messrs. Glass and Jones. The fight has
been on now for nearly a week. and 1t
is interesting. The people are getting
both sides of the campaign in the same
paper, and the two distinguished editors
are pitching right into each other. and
are saying things in goOd-natured
way Col. Williams is past master In
the art of ridicule and sarcasm en-
ploys an extensive and elaborate
vocabulary. and has a decidedly
humorous turn. Mr.. Addison, on the
other hand. has a style that is graceful,
fluent and dignified.
ment may have as to the result Is not
known. but the fact is that there Is con-
siderable opportunity to wager on the
outcome Of the senatorial race. Alder
man John r. Grimes, a follower of Mar
tin and Swanson, Is in the field early to
able to get all he wants. The odds are
3 to / that Martin will win. 1t Is be-
lieved that Swanson will run pretty close
to Martin, and there is no question. ac-
cording to the. supporters of the ma
chine candidates. that Jones will finish
fered to bet odds that Jones would not
carry district In the state except the
first, and there is some question that he
will carry that.
Evening star., 1911-08-27
HOT SENATE FIGHT
Campaign Now Warming Up
in Virginia.
ODDS FAVOR INCUMBENTs
Martin and Swanson Expected te
Run Ahead of Jones and Glass.
TO WAGE WAR ON POLL TAX
Democrats Favor Amendment I
Constitution-True Reformers
Elect New omcefs.
Special Correspondence Of The star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star
RICHMOND, Va, August 26, 1911.
With but ten days Intervening before
the primary election, the candidates for
the United States Senate are mastering
their forces and getting ready for the
battle. Senators Martin and Swanson
came to this city Immediately following
the adjournment of Congress. and lost
no time in getting their campaign ma
terial before the voters. The matter
OF arranging the speakings occupied
some time, the desire being to get as
many places for meeting the people as
possible. and In the centers of popula-
tion, and where they are most needed.
Senator Martin will open here next
Monday night, and that afternoon Sem
ator Swanson will begin the fight at
Lawrenceville, in Brunswick county.
What the two gentlemen will say is, Of
course. known only to themselves. but
that they will have some reply to the
generally understood. There will not,
however, be, any discussions between the
candidates. Martin has not spoken to
Jones for some ten years, and they
have been at loggerheads for q long
| time. Jones has made severe attack
on Martin, and the latter has made de-
| nial Of the allegations, the same as he
did when Jones first made the attack
ten years ago.
Senator Swanson is not expected to
meet Glass, the former desiring to make
as many appointments as possible. and not
caring to lose the time that would natu-
rally have to be lost in case there should
be joint meeting. The papers of the
state are beginning to snow considerable
interest in the campaign all at once.
The majority of the papers are stand
ing up for Martin and Swanson. while
there are several newspapers which are
champfoning the cause Of the anti
machine faction.
Evening star., 1911-08-27
Put Blame on Kaiser.

Germany Is notoriously behind her sis
ter powers in the matter Of aeronautics.
and on the head of Kaiser Wilhelm,
whose love Of saber and gun and aver
sion to spending money on nS''new-fangled''
methods Of warfare, is heaped the Goals
of the critics who decry the empire 8
aero backwardness. Now In the kaiser 8
characteristic known in America as pig
headedness," and as long as he was made
the butt of the army's critics he stuck
religiously to his plan OF conQuering am
bient ether via the balloon or not at all.
OF late. however, the Moroccan situa-
tioD and the approach OF the general
elections have drawn the critics attention
from his aerial policy. and the astute
head of the German nation has taken the
opportunity offorded by an otherwise in
terested public to quietly reform his
views regarding the German aerial army,
with the result that the kaiser's critics
have been surprised by an announcement
"kaiser's maneuvers," to be held next
month.
Even now, however. the German en-
peror shows himself to be still imbued
with the idea that aerOplanes are as yet
in their infancy and that money spent IN
their manufacture or the training OF army
officers is i'll spent. for he has invited
amateurs to compete, stating that the
presence OF amateur airmen and their
machines will be cordially welcomed.
Nothing is mentioned about the recon-
pense.
Germany now has but 100 army airmen,
and even this small number has been got
torether only after the most strenuous
efforts on the part of the kaiser's min.
tary aids. In the matter OF aeronauticS
GERMANY Is behind almost every other
country Of the civilized world.
Evening star., 1911-08-27
Society Is Curious.

In fact. the capitals society set has
been agog with curiosity ever since hts
announcement as Mr.. Hiifs successor,
and the under secretaries Of the Ameri-
can embassy have been literally bonn
barded with questions about the new rep
resentative.
This exceptional interest seems to in
crease as his instatement draws nearer.
Particularly does attention center about
the new ambassadors family. for the
younger set Is sadly in need of the i'm
portation of the new bellies and it has
been heard that the new ambassadors s
youngest daughter, Nancy, is great
beauty.
To all of its inquiries diplomatic cir
cles have received favorable replies, and
the sentiment in favor of the new anibas-
sador is hourly growing more strong, for
the further the brilliant career of Mr..
Leishman Is inquired into. the more do
his exploits while diplomatic represen-
tative of the United States in Switzer-
land. Turkey and Italy recommend him
to his new post
Evening star., 1911-08-27
Plans for Reception.

Hardly had his departure from America
been announced when plans were laid
for his reception at the German capital.
Columns were devoted to his life by the
German press and numerous anecdotes OF
his visit in 1890 cropped up. People who
had met him then, came to the front, and
an organization was formed to take
charge OF his time during his visit In the
capital.
He will be the guest of the American
Board Of Trade. and a banquet will be
given in his honor: he will be received by
the kaiser, and will be the guest at many
public and private social functions. Dur
ing his stay he will be the guest OF Sig
mund Bergmann, q prominent German
manufacturer.
The advent of the Leishmans, while
not Of such great interest to the citizens
at large, nevertheless claims more at
tention in German diplomatic and social
circles Mr.. Leishman is practically un-
known to the diplomatic set OF Berlin,
and many and profuse are the surmises
as to his personal characteg, mode OF lv-
ing and habits.
Evening star., 1911-08-27
WAITING FOR EDISON
Germans Anxious to Welcome
the American Inventor.
INTEREST IN LEISHMANS
Cordial Greeting Also for New Am
bassador to Berlin.
KAISER LOYAL TO BALLOONS
Heavier-Than-AirM Men Blame Him
for Backwardness in Nations
Aviation Progress.
INTEREST IN LEIsHMANs
KAISER LOYAL TO BALLOONS
Special Cablegram to The Star.

Special Cablegram to The Star.
BERLIN. August 26.-The coming Wis
its Of two Americans. who will arrive al
most simultaneously, is occupying the at'
tention Of Berlin. even to the exclusion
of the political turmoil. Thomas A. Edi-
son is one OF the Americans who will be
honored; the new ambassador from the
United States, John G.. A. Leishman. for
merly ambassador to Rome. the other
Both of these distinguished men are ex-
pected in about two weeks and both Will
be given a royal welcome.
or the two, Edison's visit is. perhaps,
the most widely famed. and the most
eagerly looked forward to by the German
bopulace and scientists His many inven-
tions, their wide renown and the eccen-
tricities Of the aged inventor himself have
woven a shroud Of fable about him that
harmonic nicely with two prime char
acteristics of the German temperament
love for mechanics and an equally
strong prediction for the unusual. Ie
Germans at large Edison is veritable
god Of the laboratory.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-06-08
OUR PRACTICE
OF ovEREATING

In the Southern California Pract-
toner is an instructive and valuable
article on overeating and its conse-
uuences, translated by DR.. Boardman
Reed freom a paper by M. Marcel
Liable. Liable is of the opinion that
there is very large number OF per-
sons who suffer from eating to eX-
cess He points out that a great
many people hold the view that so
long as the diet is nourishing and dl-
gestible they may, with impunity, eat
very large quantities of such food.
There are, however, dyspepsias caus-
ed simply by superabundance of nour-
ishment Therefore, Liable thinks
that in the prescription Of a diet the
physician should not be content with
Indicating the quality but should also
prescribe the quantity Of food per-
mitted
He further draws attention to the
fact, which should be especially taken
to heart by the urban inha bitantS OF
the country, that the digestive disor-
ders SO frequent in people living IN
hotels and restaurants are, indeed,
due more to the excessive quantity
than to the bad quality of the food.
Nothing" he says, lis more danger
Gus than the table d'hote with a null
titude of viands." The writer than
gives in detail the various injurious
results to health brought about by ov-
creating and Reed adds to the long
list of complaints a. very serious one
which the French professor does not
mention, namely, arteriosclerosls,
which most recent writer's attribute
to a great extent to oVerindulgence in
the pleasures of the table.
There is little doubt that overin-
diligence in eating is very frequent in
this country and especially in the
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-06-08
ALL THE LITTLE
EGGS FOR CONN.
Because Other States. Buy
Them by Weight, While
We Buy by Dozen

Someone has discovered that Con-
necticut is getting the small end OF
the egg market, and the small eggs Us
well. The reason is that In several
other states eggs are sold by weight
and not by count, and naturally, the
largest eggs obtainable are wanted III
those places, as sale Of eggs weigh
ing a pound and a quarter to the doz.
en- is more profitable than sale OF
those that weigh only threequarters
of a pound to the dozen.
1t would seem odd until one be-
came accustomed to 1t to go into
grocery and ask for a quarter Of a
pound of eggs. But it is not unus-
ual to buy potatoes and other, vege-
tables by the pound instead OF by the
peck or bushel, and 1t probably be
as easy to become accustomed to buy
eggs by the weight.
New Haven has taken steps to Sc
cure the sale of eggs by weight in
stead of by count and Wallingford
will soon have an ordinance that will
require all dealers to retail eggs by
weight 1t may not be long before
the housewife will ask the grocer for
half a pound Of eggs, please, and
be sure they're fresh
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-06-08
TWO KINDS OF
RAILROAD WORKERS

Every raiiroad wreck is IN is way
an illustration of the general GER
tainty ard fidelity with which men
CHARGED with responsibilities effecling
the lives of others do their duly. The
most recent occurrence of this kind
illustrates what happens .hen some
portion of the human mechanism
breaks down The engineer cnnrged
with Paving caused the wreck paid
for his error with his life. None can
tell how the error came about. The
night was foggy and lights were
difficult to see. Perhaps the ma n
had beer many hours on duty, In
which case the probability of error
was. multiplied. Emphasis is given
to the merits of those laws which
have for their object to prescribe safe
guards, and to protect ratlroa dzo en-
from long hours and too eXhausting
labor. In such laws the public has
the keenest interest, an interesr
which is certain to be stimulated by
tn catastrophe at Lockwood's cross
ing. Opportunity is given to COM
pare two classes of railroad EMPLOY
es. Mark these trainmen, strong.
nervy men, their lives forfeit for
mistake cf their own, or of any of
thousands of fellow servants, end
mark the soft, sleek, cunning hire
lings who, upon the very day of this
tragedy and for months before, had
been continuing snares to destroy
laws for the protection of railroad
passengers and trainmen.
For Gods sake, flag the express, -
are the first words of Conductor
Oliver Hough, as he is dragged
mangled and probably dying, from
the wreckage.
For Gods sake flag that bill" has
been long the cry of other men in
the paysof the same corporation.
The bill was not tagged, and as a
result wrecks will become less fire.
quent and lives of trainmen and pas
Sengers will be somewhat safer.