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fine qualities The latter was built by
contract labor.
While the work on the Wasp was going
on at the yard the famous Chesapeake
was lying almost beside her being fitted
for cruise which turned out to be Ia
nous though short-lived one, and three
seamen from the British ship Melampus.
lying at Annapolis. deserted. came to
Washington and shipped aboard the Ches-
apeake. This slight incident IS preserved
in it's entirety because of the tremendous
stir that came of it.
The British amba ssador. Mr.. ErSklne,
made formal request for the return OF
the deserters The United States wanted
to meet the British government on falr
terms, an inducement to the British
to stop impressing American seamen on
the high seas. An inquiry at the WASH
ington navy yard developed the amazing
fact that the three .'Brtishers" We're all
Americans. Their names were William
Ware. who had been pressed into Enghsn
service from an American vessel ana
taken aboard the Meiampus in the Bay
of Biscav: Daniel Martin, colored. press
ed at the same time and place. and John
Strachan. impressed and taken on the
Melampus from a merchant vessel OF
Cape Flnisterre. Ware and Strachan had
papers to prove their American identity.
Martin said he had lost his.
No sooner had Capt. Tingey and his
shipbuilders put the finishing touches on
the Chesapeake than she sailed away on
a fine June morning in 1906. the yard
lined up to bid her a farewell and many a
toast was drunk to her success. Imagine.
then. the modification. the dfsmay ana
the anger that struck deep home IN
Washington when the news came from
Norfolk some days later that the Chesa-
peake had limped into that port badly
crippled from an attack of the British
ship Leopard.
In time of peace the Engiishman had
opened fire on the Chesapeake. whose
commander expected nothing of the sort,
and the surprise was SO great that the
Chesapeake's colors were lowered to pre-
vent utter destruction. The attack came
from the incident of the deserters. The
three men were taken off the Chesapeake,
together with another man named Will
son. The work done on the Chesapeake
in the Washington navy yard just pre-
vious to this was objected to by some OF
the officers of the ship The objections
were confined to the lower rigging ana
spars.
The frisate President. one of the vessels
In ordinary at the yard, was the subject
in command. and the navy yard. Every
one remembers the history of the Presi-
dent. She captured the British ship
Swallow as one Of the first achievements
of the navy yards coterie of vessels in
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America and England. The navy rec
ords are filled with the details OF the
manufacture of these and myriad otner
warlike things. all Of which form the
warp and wool of American naval glory.
Pistols used by American seamen in the
war of 1912 were shipped from TINS Earo
in great quantity. Gunpowder Tor the
Mediterranean fleet was sent from mere.
inventor Of the steamboat. tried out tor,
pedo ideas at the Washington yard ana
was laughed at for his pains.
The navy yard was originally forty
acres of rolling land lying on the Eastern
branch of the Potomac. as described in
the first known record of the real estate
transactions which led up to its establish
ment Secretary of the Navy Stoddert
wanted it, and bought it for the govern
ment from Gustavus Scott and William
Thornton, who were at that time commits
sioners of the District of Columbia. 1t
cost $4,000.
The yard started to raise its head from
the ground almost soon as the pur-
romance in those days; and the breezes
which bore our budding commerce
breathed adventure for the Washington
navy yard. When a plank was laid in a
ship made or refitted in our yard" 1t was
scrutlnized very carefully, because the
chances of shot through it were immi-
nent.
Frenchmen were despoiling American
cargo ships in the dying years of the
eighteenth century and English seventy
four gunships were graphing the little
American navy in the early eighteen
hundreds And all of this naval war
fare had a great effect upon the Washing
ton navy yard. for years the most i'm
portant one along the coasts.
II was of great convenience. too. De-
catur Bainbridgc and all the others
whose names are linked with American
naval fame found it so in the years when
Tripolitan piracy was being shot to pieces
by American guns, and the balls which
sank British ships in the days of 1917
were shipped in some instances from this
city. Washington navy yard timber and
rope made a name for themselves in ev-
cry latitude from the coraled islands OF
the South seas to the great docks of Lon
don.
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COMMODORE STEPHEN DECATUR.

COMMODORE STEPHEN DECATUR.
"Perhaps stephen Decatur was the
greatest Of all the great men who
depended on the Washington navy
yard
and laid up Tin ordinary" as the naval
phrase has 1T. Therefore, in 1902 we
find nearly half the navy lying idle at
the Washington navy yard.
See what great ships were there in
charge of a mere handful Of old sailors
the United States, forty-four guns
the President. fortyfour guns; the
Congress. thirty-six guns; the Boston,
two guns. and the General Greene.
twenty-four guns. Every one has d
glorious memory. Capt. Cassin was the
admiral Of this idle fleet, and he OBJ
jected strenuously to this good timber
loafing in the Eastern branch.
He told Secretary of the Navy Robert
Smith that the galley fires for the ships
wood and 1000 bushels of coal-an
awful expense! 1T was much better
to have the ships consume money and
fuel to some seamanlike purpose said
Capt. Casstn.
For a long period of months the yard
bent beneath the humiliation Of being a
lishment; and the plant OF the "old
salts" against what they thought to be a
species of sea sacrilege is still to be
found in the records. Congress had de-
termined to deplete the navy, yet recOg-
nized the Washington yard as it's prin-
cipal naval possession, for in 1902 it had
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In the navy documents now yellow with
age. one can find the old accounts of
moneys spent on the famous Washington
navy yard. and it is solemnly told that in
the first two years the Navy Department
had spent for stores and timbers for the
yard the sum of $15S,6S3.
Around the old yard. where the wall
and the commandments house stand. as
the sole monument of what the establish
ment was before it was burned to thwart
the British advance by land in 1914, hang
memories that are precious to every
American. The gate to the yard, where
today the tourist is peremptorily stopped
IL he should have camera In his hand.
is an American institution which men can
look upon with a reverence akin to that
given to the cracked and sacred indie
pendence bell itself.
b. H. Latrobe, architect and surveyor
of public buildings, designed it and built
it. This was in the years 1904 and 1905,
after the yard had been in service for
about five years. In Iatrobe's specifica-
tons he says the gate should be made of
durable freestone." The situation of the
commandments house. too. was given con-
sideration by Latrobe. who said OF 1t:
I'm the center Of the upper part of the
ward l propose that the first officer OF the
yard shall reside. does the commits
sioner of the kings yard in England and
this situation the whole yard Is under his
eye
Latrobe introduced into navy yards in
America the first use of the derrick crane.
His plan states:
The crane erected in front of each
store will take out and put in the masts
of a seventy-four-gun ship and do all the
business for which shears have been en-
ployed The crane Is now used for this
purpose at the East India and West In
dia docks below London, and 1T Is I'M
necessary to dwell on their immense util-
ity''
William Marbury OF Annapolis and Ma
val Constructor Josiah Humphreys had
much to do with the earliest activities
at the yard. Mr. Marbury was naval
agent from 1899 to 1901, sort Of civilian
commissioner; but Capt. Thomas Tingey
was the first superintendent, corresponding
In many ways to the Office of the present
commandment. Congress actually gave him
that title in 1904. although he had been
here for three years previous as superin-
tendent
He was a prolific writer of reports. and
was in continual communication with the
NAVY Department and with Secretary Of
the Navy Robert Smith. At no time did
he delegate the correspondence to Capt.
Cassin, second officer, or to any clerks.
TIE records show that one day he would
send piece of port nre to naval com
mander on another he would finish
hempen cable for some great ship, on
another he reports that he has settled
labor dispute with some of the carpen-
ters The next day he reports that he
has sent munitions of war to Commodore
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The yard was busy in those days. and
the workmen were Increased from TIM
to time. These sturdy citizens had their
grievances. of course. and one of the
earliest known labor troubles" at t|le
yard arose over the question of whetheE
or not whisky should he served in the
yard. The men used To knock OFF, oc-
caSionally to go outside the gate and
get mp. The commandant objected.
Thereupon The blacksmiths and others
sent formal complaint To the Nav
Department, saving that they were not
allowed refreshments while engaged
in heavy work. The records show thai
in August. 1912. the Navy Department
helped settle the difficulty by purchas
ing ''120 barrels of good whisky at -
cents a gallon. This was for navy
yard use.
The yard was set aiire at the COM
mand OF Capt. Tingcy, August -. 1914.
He was acting under the authority Of
the President and cabinet at the time.
for the British army had Washington
at its mercy. The British commander,
Gen. Ross. included in mis- official re
port that his men had burned the ma
yard along with other public insttu-
tions. and he probably thought SO at
the time.
The total loss i'm that fire was Sil7,-
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'The bowsprit to be lowered fifteen
inches in the bed and to have five feet
ess sleeve than before. The stern ports
to be the same size as the quarterback
ports. The knightheads and bulwarks
forward to be cut down In line with
he bulwarks abaft and the rail to be
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boys spend part of the time in helping to
decorate the streets as well as the houses.
Even though it's cold, flowers are put all
along the streets and a grass rope is tied
along from one house to another to keep
out the evil spirits as the little Japanese
boys believe. Then over each door they
place two Japanese flags with trees tied
on either side.
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wrong. and thinks Colonel Cocktails
was given too much authority.
The scheme which seeks the repeal
of the Adamson act providing for re-
organization OF the canal force and n
mandatory reduction OF 90 per cent in
pay. proposes not only "A three-headed
commission in future. with divided au-
thoritv. but also provides for turning
over 10 private corporation the rail
road and steamship line and the com
missary departments
The railroad is an integral part of
the canal defense, as well as of it's on
Grafton, and triumph for government
ownership. Its divorce from the canal
would upset the iEterlocking relation
ship necessary. and would put the rail
road and canal in competition.
The commssary department under
government money has been one OF the
signal triuInphs connected with the
work.
Only 1000 employees and 5000 troops
ERE TO be left in the zone when the
canal IS completed. These could easily
lie supplied by the government com
missary department. but they will be
:obbcd II the commissary is turned
over TO private management
The Adamson bill provides for all
this. but Governor Metcalfc's scheme
has been forwarded 10 Washington,
and 1t is feared here that because
president Wilson has not yet ordered
the reorganization. and an immediate
start on the organization of the one
ratinG force that all the plans of Col
onel Goethals will he upset
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nesday. They arrived in New York to-
night at . o'clock.
y statement made by them referred
largely TO tho management OF the At
lanta prison DIR. Morton said that the
food WAS inadequate. and that the sys-
ten of treating prisoners is one which
depriVcs them of all desire to live.
Men come out Of prisons mental and
physical wrecks.
So far as their individual treatment
was concerned, neither had any com
plant. They said that the parsimony
OF the government in feeding the
prisoners was the most objectionable
thing in connection with their stay in
prison.
DIR. Morton said that OF the long
term prisoners. few failed TO become
imbectles In II few years. He went to
his homo In Riverside Drive and Mr..
Hawthorne 10 n hotel
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D|ST|LLERY CASE
NEARING ITS END
Pocahontas Witnesses Deny Gov
eminent Charge in Federal
Proceeding.
SUIT FOR coNFIscATIoN
Point Hinges on Question as to
How Beer Got Into
Slop Tank.

Inc governments suit to conhscate
the Pocahontas Distillery will reach
the jury to-day. The defense will place
its last witness on the stand early this
morning in the United States District
Court
Tho Federal government Instituted
In rem proceedings In the District
Court for the connscation OF the Poca-
hontas Distillcry. In Petersburg for
alleged Internal revenue frauds. Reeve
nue agents told OF approaching the
plant on the night OF July II and dis
covering 'slop" tank high up on the
outside OF tho distillcry which contain
ed LOG gallons OF beer In high state
or fermentation. United States Dis
trict Attorney Groner claims that the
official plans of the distillery in the
possession OF Collector NJ. *. Lowry
fall TO show the pipes connecting the
suspected slop tank with the cooler and
thc beer well.
Put Up Vigorous Defense.
Tho defense struck a vigorous blow
when ]. w. Throckmorton. who drew
tho governments plans OF the distil-
lery testified that tho pipes In Gucs-
ton were shown him when he made
the plans, but that II had been irpos-
siblc 10 sketch these particular pipes
into the drawings. The governments
storckeeper- gauger ut tho Pocahontas
was also placed on the stand by the
defense ana gave valuable evidence.
The prosecution wound up It's case
yesterday By taking the evidence Of
Revenue Agent j. A Pierce and Special
Revenue Enpolyes l.. +. Iansbrough.
Murphy and Starbuck. Pierce and
liansbrough were the men who made
the discovery OF the tank, and whose
evidence is relied upon by the govern
nent To secure n verdict Under cross
examinations Pierce and Hansbrough
reiterated their belief that beer could
only have got into the slop tank BY
design Both asserted IL impossible
for beer to have been pumped there &C
cidentaliy. The strong point OF the de-
Tense IS that the beer found In the
tank was due TO an accident
ON the outcome OF the In rem pro-
c"edings depends the future course Of
the government toward the pocahontas
proprictors. Up TO the present time no
criminal proceedings have been insti-
tuted against individuals for the frauds
alleged 10 have been pcrpetra,ed In
case the government obtains "A YER
diet to-day IL il more than likely that
an attempt Viii be made TO FIX the per
Sonal responsibility for the alleged
frauds and 10 ;nhict punishment
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\yaikcr---Mims.

lSpeclal 10 TN" Ti'neS- Dispatch
Durham, y. G., October lf-Miss Elise
Minis, OF this city. ana Nicholas Walker OF
Raleigh, were married at Trinity VI. T..
Church at $50 O'Clock yesterday afternoon.
The church had been artistically decorated
In color scheme or green and white.
Immediately preceding the ceremony Il
beautiful musical program rendered. To
tho accompaniment played on the organ by
Miss Alice Hundlcy, Mrs. Gilmore Ward
Bryant sang My Heart Is Singing and
Until You Came" The bridal party adj
vanced to the chancel from opposite aisle
as follows: Messrs johnson, Mcdonald and
Thomas e. benson. OF Raleigh, James G. Di-
hreil, of Lynchburg, and tiilmer Kerner. OF
Winston. groomsmen: then the bridesmaids
Misses Virginia Rawls. OF Norfolk: Kate
jenkins. OF Winston; Katie Loe McKinnon,
or MaNton, and Emily Walker or Raleigh
Miss Louise Glass OF this city. was tho
maid or honor. Tho little flower girls Misses
Saliie Lyon and Mary Washington StagR.
preceded the bride. Tho bride was exulsite-
~ gowned In white meteor, and princess lace
en- train. Sho carried showed bouque, ~
lilies OF the valley. She entered the churci.
with hor brother, Dr. Edwin Minis. and wa.
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TWO-DAY SESSION
AT HARR|SONbURG
United Missionary Conference of
Protestant Churches in
Annual Meeting.
Especial to The Times Dispatch. ]

tcPeClal 10 Inc Times -DiSpatCh.
liarrisonburg. Va. October l6-The
United Missionary Conferences of Prot
estant Church to-day opened a two day
session In the Methodist Church. Three
noted speakers and experts are here for
the conference. rs follows: Rev. T. O.
cronk, ID. D., OF Columbia S c., secre-
tary of tho Layman's Missionary Move
ment in the Lutheran Church In the
South. Rev. William Henry Smith. ID.
ID, or Richmond. who spoke on Our
Supreme Need in the Missionary En-
terprisc"; Professor Il. Il. Gaines, or the
chair OF mathematics in Richmond Col
lese, who tomorrow afternoon will
lead general conference of missionary
education. Rev John Roach Straton,
OF Baltimore. Md. who is conducting
revival meeting at the Baptist Church.
on "A Mans Job"
Several matters OF Importance were
transacted at the Virginia Mennonite
conference. which has just closed its
annual session at the Bank Church. sew
eral miles wcst of Harrisonburg An
industrial school will be established on
the liayfeld farm, one OF the George
Washington estates near Alexandria
Christian CARRIER donated an old CO.
lonial residence and several acres OF
land all valued at $4,000. Steps We're
taken to raise $4,000 more from the
Mennonites or the eastern part of the
United States. The school Will be un-
der the charge OF conferences OF Nir-
ginia. Maryland and Pennsylvania.
Ministers were allowed to use rail-
roads. street cars and steamboats, on
the Sabbath, when necessary, but use
OF public conveyanccs for pleasure on
the sabbath is prohibited
The conference will meet next year
at Spring Dale. near Waynesboro
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relating to the manufacture of gas
nd Section b discussing problems OF
distribution such rs the proper meth
DDS Of laying street mains and Of
handling street leaks In both sec
noon sessions, with good attendance
and animated discussions by engineers
OF national reputation. In Section y,
committee on power economics in
gas plants made n report. after which
papers on handling. storing and sale
of coke were read by J. W. Shaeffer:
Oh physical characteristics OF fcrric
oxide, by w. II. Fulweiler and on the
removal OF hydrogen sulphide from
coal gas, by J. q. O'Nci
The committee on progress in car.
bonization methods reported at the af-
ternoon session. @. b. Evans read n
paper on tho carboniZation Of coal In
vertical retorts, The committee on the
naphthaleno problem reported. and Il
Taper on behavior OF water i'm holder
cups was read by II. w. Aldrich.
V Street Main Problems.
Section b was perhaps little less
technical. and its sessions were illus
trated by many maps and views Of the
work being done in several cities The
installation of cast iron street mains
was discussed by Walter ForStall; the
installation OF mains and pipe lines of
steel and wrought iron, by II. l.. Rice
street main standards. by q. I. Vincent,
and the protection of street mains by
an adequate system Of inspection, by
c. G. Simpson Papers read at the
afternoon session were on protection OF
street mains by the intelligent use of
underground space. by j. y. Gould; on
organization for and method OF hand :
ling street leaks, by y. II. Whitaker;
on a portable electric photometrical
standard. by DIR. c. H. sharp and A.
II. Schan. and on automatic and dis
tance ignition of gas, by +. H. Giipin.
Golf Tournament.
The institute Will reach n final adj
journment to-day following the joint
session with the Illuminating Engineer
ing Society. y golf tournament at the
ranged for this afternoon. all members
OF the institute having the privileges
OF the golf course Prizes have been
offered for the tournament. which will
be an affair OF great interest.
The Richmond, fredericksburg and
Potomac Railroad Company is arranG-
ing for special train to leave Rich
mond at . O'Clock tonight for New
York, on which many of the delegates
have secured reservations Special
arrangements are also being made for
tho return trip Of Western and South
ern delegates.
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FEAR OF METCALFE
UPSETT|NG PLANS
New Governor Thinks Colonel
Cocktails Was Given Too
Much Authority.
Lspec!al % The TImes. DIspatohl

faHama, october lO.-Govcruor Met
calfo has finally completed the scheme
10 upset all OF Colonel Goethalss plans
for the effective management of tho
canal. and goes even further than was
previously minated
After an experience Of only four
months. Mr.. Mctcalfc, il seems. has
become convinced that the whole plan
under which the canal was built was
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NO DESIRE FOn LIFE.
Men Come out OF Prison Mental and
Physical Wrecks.

Especial to The Times -Dispatch.l
Now York, October l6--Julian Haw-
thorne will devote tho remainder Of
his life to working for reform In man
agement OF prisons. Mr.. Hawthorne
and DR.. w. L. Morton. who have been
for tho last six month"; In the Federal
prison at Atlanta, were liberated We'd
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met at the chancel by the groom with his
best man Louis y. Dibrel or Danville. Rev.
X {. Craven was .he officiating Clergyman.
After the ceremony the bridal party went
TO the home OF the brides mother on Trinity
Heights, whore buffet supper was served.
Mr. and Mrs. Walker left Tho city for tho
North Oh the 5 o'clock train.
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Blossom Brown, who was fined
ordered TO leave the city because she
appeared in Broad Street in II slit skirt.
returned this week, the police discov-
cred yesterday. but She left last night.
Gunnison news-champion., 1913-10-17
Regret Of Ace.

II we could but recover the naivete
of children tthat first hand way of see-
ing persons as if they had sprung up
out of the ground and were standing
like fresh flowers TO be looked upon
with wonder), and il we could have
again those simple words with which
children tell their thoughts, the con-
crete words, making picture, reveal
ing motion and emotion-ino words
Ike function, 'social consciousness" /"
none of the phrases with which we
hide our vagueness. "The man Jumped
up" Il told you so, My dolly's dress
is torn" Jennie had a nosebleed and
she cried and criedi" His fate would
be happy. the writer's, who could keep
that vivid simplicity. the noun that de-
seribed person or a thing. and not a
state of mind, and then could use il on
the larger world, more richly peopled,
of his older days.-Collier's Weekly.
Gunnison news-champion., 1913-10-17
Paradise OF ChiIdhood

Blessed be childhood for the good
that 1t does, and FOR the good that
il brings about carelessly and uneon
soiously by simply making us love it
and letting itself be loved. What lit.
tie Of paradise we still see on earth is
due 20 its presence among Us. With
out fatherLoOd, without motherhood, ]
think that love itself would not be
enough to prevent men from devour.
ing each Other-Inen, that is to saw
such as human passions have made
them. The angels have no need of
birth and death as the foundations OF
their life, because their life is heav.
eRly.-Amiel