The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-10-27
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4 4 ss'rtment blocks and "sky-scraper
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y -S i i said, and builders must
VA rntil the population catches up
l4h ne supply Of buildings.
c,rorror Dix of New York has in
M the governors of all the other
~ ANA Of the Canadian provinces,
!, sand delegates to a good roads
..,grpss." to be held at Rochester.
Tar 14-i7. Expert road builders will
y rresent from all parts of the
.,rntrv. to tell how to make and care
N good roads.
Nsnatches from Toxic say that the
bnanese government has been close
catching events in China and be-
HWY there will be a long and bitter
ivil war.
Tan foreign warships are anchored
aE Hankow. Two of them belong to
hs United States, two to Germany,
tTo to Japan and four to Great
Britain.
The Government accountants who
have been investigating the Sugar
Trust gave that sweet institution a
clean bill of health" They reported
HAT there wasn't any trust; that not
more than ~ per cent Of the sugar
business is in the hands Of the So
haA fhn oh NYfa
Of sugar is caused by a European
monopoly
mail bag, lost more than 900
Years ago, was recently found by
Forkmen who were tearing down an
old postoffce at Frankfort-on-the-
Main, Germany. Apparently the bag
bad been stolen and hidden there by
the thieves, who had not opened it.
There we're PIP letters, and they give
much interesting information as to
the manners and customs of those
times. The date II 1885.
large majority of the boys who
apply for admission to the Military
Academy at West Point show com
plete unftness,' according to the an
nual reoprt of Major-General Thos.
Il Barry, the superintendent. Of 553
who took the first examination only
lTO passed. Of 242 who took the Sec
ond examination rs passed. On July
!, 50 young men were nominated, but
only y Of them were found to be
qualified
To open the way to q ministerial
education to young men everywhere,
correspondence school OF theology
has been formed by a number OF
prominent ministers of the country.
Bishop John G. Murray OF the Mary
land Episcopal Diocese Is one OF the
members of the advisory council,
which includes also several Baptist,
Congregational, Methodist, Presby-
terrain, Reformed, United Brethren
and Protestant Episcopal divines Of
note.
A new system of coinage Is plan
ned for China. A commission ap-
pointed by the Emperor Regent has
reported that the American decimal
system is the best except for the p
cent piece. If the emperor approves
me report the new Chinese money
viii have coins Of the same weight
and value as our silver dollars, half
dollars, dimes, nickles and cents. In
stead Of the quarter there will be
lucent piece; and because the Chi
nese need very small change, mills
Will be coinedd.
While President Taft Is talking
peace on the Pacific slope, his Secre-
tary of the Navy is preparing to make
the greatest show OF naval force that
tnls country has ever seen. One hun
dred and two war vessels and
auxiliaries will assemble in New
York harbor October 80, by order of
tne Secretary. The total tonnage Of
these warships is 577,559 This Is
the Atlantic fleet only. November 2
the Pacific feet of twenty-four ves-
sels Is to assemble near Los Angeles.
mat fleet has a tonnage Of 116,245.
This is probably the last time that
the American fleets can be assembled
ana rank as those OF the worlds sec
ond naval power. Germany i in
creasing her navy faster than We are,
and in few months will advance to
second rank, while the United States