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e 500 length

length.
that dashing raid on German preserves.
Before the outbreak of the war there
were none of this valuable type OF
ship in the British navy. Today there
are sixteen. with more coming along.
knots an hour. Six more than the six
teen mentioned have been authorized
and will soon appear. The whole Amer
lean fleet has only three such boats
the Chester, Birmingham and Salem.
<
A type of warship which is being
found most useful and of which num-
bers are being built is the monitor. a
kind of warship discovered in Amer
lea, but long ago abandoned except for
river work. Three of these were build
ing in England for Brazil at the out
break of war and were taken over by
the British navy. They were found SO
useful that many others have been
built Half a dozen are at the Darda-
nelles They are slow going and cum
hrous, but they mount the biggest of
guns and are fine for bombard1ng land
positions
Forty new destroyers have been add
ed to the British navy since the war
started BY January ! the number Will
be over fifty-swift, powerful. modern
boats. Not counting single one OF the
myriad of these craft in commission
before the war, these ships are more
than equal to all the American fotil-
las.
Countless submarines have been built
here and elsewhere. England. already
powerful in this class of boat. prob
ably has fifty more now than she had
last August
1t is a wonderful thing this build
ing of a navy. At any one time these
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ENGLAND sGREw


and boilers, from which will come her
great speed. She will burn Oil, as will
all naval vessels of the future.
4
Some months ago there was a notable
engagement in the North sea. A squad
ron of German battle cruisers came to
raid the east coast of England. They
did their work and started homeward.
pursued by British fleet. The German
battleship, or battle cruiser. Butcher
was sunk BY the pursuing British bat
tie cruisers. The Butcher was travel
ing at something like twenty five knots
an hour, possibly more. but the fast
British boats managed to overtake her.
The Blucher was sunk because she
was slow, yet there isn't a battleship
in the American navy, with the excep-
ton of the very latest types, that can
make the speed the Blucher made when
she was overtaken and sunk. What
squadron of four ships of this new
type could do to the ordinary feet of
the day can easily be imagined. Ideas
OF battleship construction will now have
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BY JAMES B. MORROW.

a PROFESSIONAL scrutinizer of
IN Congress made the obser-
N\ walton: Though the party of
q y the first part seldom is vul-
gar enough to brag abouts it, and
though the party of the second part
would scornfully deny it. the Senate
feels that il is superior to the House
of Representatives and the House of
Representatives feels that it is infe-
rior to the Senate"
Bacon, Augustus Octavius of Georgia.
now dead. standing solemnly and.
perhaps. untactfully in his place. de-
clared that the House does not 'legis-
late. In its haste it does no more than
20 suggest Legislation. The Senate" he
remarked to his concurriHg colleagues,
puts the legislation into proper form"
This the Senate accomplishes. say
those who hold the Baconian view of
Congress. it's functions and its failings,
because it is a deliberative body-de-
Lucrative meaning. to the man in the
gallery, rhetoric, adorned and I'M
adorned and without bounds. so long as
the orators voice and strength endure.
There are Senator's" exclaimed Will
liam E. Ma son-himself a Senator and
known as Billy" for the reason that
he was fat and notwithstanding his
words straight at certain vocauy re-
dundant members, who. without the
slightest intellectual effort, start their
mouths going, walk away and leave
their mouths going for week at a
time
When Bacon spoke and Mason an
swered. away back in 1901. cloture. be-
rif
dressed in the same clothes it wore
in the bygone days of Henry Clay, had
walked into the Senate. as it does peri
odicaAy, and. planting itself in front of
the Vice Presidents desk. had said:
Here am I again Now. gentlemen, I'M
dam your oratory"
Senators. potent and eloquent have
ashed themselves into defeat against
the large and hard old rock that guards
the cavern of prolixity.
Clay tried it. So, in modern days, did
no less a battering ram than was Nell
son W. Aldrich himself. Hill of New
York; Hoar. too: Platt of Connecticut.
stern, nervous and able: and Gallinger,
now the parliamentary leader of the
republicans, have had their collisions
with cloture and have limped away,
done up in bandages-
ANY BILL" say those who combat all
projects to limit debate and bring or
Il vote. that is sincerely supported
tsincerely is emphasized) by ma
5ority of the senators can be passed
Even the majority" and here the
veil of secrecy is torn away to help
along an argument use the privilege
of unlimited debate to kill unsound
or Objectionable measures 1t does not
dare openly to condemn.
The democrats, under the leadership
of President Wilson. have a legisla-
tive program for the new Congress
that is to meet in December. Merchant
ships. for one thing, are to be pur-
chased by the national government and
sent to foreign markets laden with do
mestic products. Already John W.
Kern. the floor leader of the democrats
in the Senate. is preparing for the in
-vitable contest.
Cloture, or the closing of debate on
a day and at an hour agreed to by the
democrats. is necessary, in the opinion
of Senator Kern, for the carrying out
of the Presidents legislative policy.
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Tongue Work.

r. HE late Keir Hardie, the fiery. sin.
cere and well beloved member of
parliament for the labor party. dressed
very plainly and was often taken for
workingman.
Mr.. Hardie liked to tell story about
a policeman who said to him one day
as he entered the house of commons
by a Unlicensed gate:
"'Workin' here. mater
Yes the NJ p. answered.
"'On the roof?'
mo, on the floor"
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days there are building in British ship
yards 400 vessels for the British navy.
including merchant ships which are
being converted for use as hospital,
transport, repair and supply ships. pa
troll boats and mine sweepers.
The estimates show that within
twenty-four months after the outbreak
of war. period far less than II takes
to build a dreadnaught in America.
England will add to her fleet nearly
100000 tons of warships, to say moth
ing of all sorts of auxiliary craft like
hospital, supply and repair ships.
Copyright. 1915, by Curtis Brown)
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to be recast. The super dreadnaught Of
today will soon become obsolete, as
did the dreadnaueht of yesterday, and
just about as speedily.
AT the outbreak of the war England
had building number of battleships
of various classifications, but all super
dreadnaughts. There were also being
constructed in this country two battle
ships for Chile and two for Turkey.
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ENGLAND Fleet Equal That Of America Fighting Poverty
Il Beshps Will Be Commission With Countless
CrEngand Still Emerge Greatest
Badehp New Type Being Pro-
Thirty KnoEgt Hundred Feet Long and Car
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new SUBMARINES.

I'm 1914 Congress appropriated funds
u for eight submarines, one large one
and seven small ones. The large
one, the Schley. or No. SO, is now
under construction. AS its name sug-
gests. it derives it's appellation from
Admiral Schley of Spanish-American
war fame.
The Schley is to be from $50 to 276
feet in length. with speed of some
twenty knots an hour. The average
speed for a submarine is fourteen
knots an hour; SO. can be readily
seen, six additional knots is a consid
cradle increase and will be a long step
in the progress of naval affairs. The
speed of submerged submarine is.
of course, not so great The. weight
of the Schley will approximate 1000
tons.
The average submarine carries from
twenty-five to twenty-siX men. includ-
ing officers: the larger ones from thir-
ty-five to fifty. depending on whether
or not they are propelled by steam.
Those that are steam driven can ac-
commodate more men.
The Schley will cost Uncle Sam in
the neighborhood of $1.350,000. 1t
takes three years to build a submarine
of the Schley class and the Schley has
been in the yards but year. The
smaller ones can be quite ready for
duty in two years.
The new features which mark the
SchIey and put her in class apart
are: First, her remarkable velocity.
and second, her ability to accompany
battleships on the high seas Hereto
fore this latter distinction has been
impossible because Of the more mod
crate rate of speed Of the submarine
in the seas today Naval experts be-
lieve that submarines OF this new type
will displace the torpedo boat destroyer.
In 1915 Congress appropriated more
money for eighteen submarines. two
of which are now being designed.
These are known as No. so and No. 81,
names not having been bestowed upon
them. They are to be even more colos-
sal than the Schley. running 20 as high
speed as twenty-five knots, and
costing $1.500.000 apiece. These will
also accomp ny the fleet. They win be
the giants OF the submarine world.
Neither England, Germany or France
have anything approaching them, nor
are they now building anything both
so mammoth and SO swift. 1t is known.
however. that all these countries have
under construction submarines with a
capacity for high speed-twenty and
knots an hour. The other
sixteen submarines. for which Con-
gress provided funds, will all be
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in service before, SO it constitutes
lew feet
The figures are amazing Ihey sno"
that in the seventeen months mention
ed the British will produce $4,000 tons
of the finest battleships in the world.
Tonnage is one way of estimating the
other. On these ships of-war there
will be emplaced no fewer than eighty
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NATIONAL government of a large amount
of silver.
Debate had dragged along for many
days. But on October II. IAN era of
leader Of the democratic repealers.
phrased his purpose, was confidently
inaugurated. Shall the majority rule ~
he shouted. so far as 1 am concerned"
he declared, Il would rather be car
ried away from my desk feet foremost
than surrender to the minority
The Senate, he said. would remain in
You know now replied Fred T. Du-
bois of Idaho, that you will fail"
I'VE shall stay with you" exclaimed
old Isham G. Harris of Tennessee.
piratical in the flaming of his eyes
and the size and curl of his mustache.
years ago." he added. but I'll stay
here and answer all the roll calls
Matthew C. Butler Of South Carolina,
who lost his right leg at the battle of
Brandy Station, tall, gray, martial and
handsome, filled the chamber with his
masculine voice. 1.-The edict. the ukase.
the imperial order" he roared. has
stop until the Sherman law is repealed.
l, for one, will not obey that imperial
order
There were democrats for repeal and
others who opposed it. The republic
cans, too, were divided-the west. in
certain parts. against the east, the
east led by Nelson w. Aldrich. The
populists, chief among whom was Will
liam Alfred PETER. wearing two pairs
of spectacles- while reading documents
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Special Correspondence of The Star.

LONDON. October IA, 1915.
0N HE late Admiral Mahan, that
great American naval scien-
fist to whom all the experts
q ba ,yor1d mold Ala
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and in good health, and unless restrain
ed, might talk the program not only
onto the table but into the waste
basket. Therefore gag is being
made ready for their mouths.
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This new craft will be 500 feet long,
which is a hundred and nifty longer
Than the Queen Elizabeth. that won
derful floating fortress which today
stands as the premier bat,leship of the
world. She will be nearly 200 feet
longer than the greatest American bat
tleships. Her speed will be we'll over
thirty knots. possibly th:rty-fivs. 1t is
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Morgan, Frye and Wolcott-Wolcott.
who was to tell Carey of Cheyenne.
right to his face, that it was "a waste
of lather TO shave a jackass."
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-11-02
MEETING OF TRUSTEES SCENES OF LAST NIGHT
Second Act in Halloween Brings Out
Many NIasqueraders and
Spectators

Kiug street swarmed last night with
merrvmakers. 1t was the continual
ton of the Halloween festivities
which began Saturday night. Hun
dreds of young and old Of both sexes
entered into the spirit of the occa-
sion. and it seemed that every person
who could procure mask used 1t.
While masked groups were encoun-
tered on nearly all thoroughfares,
King street was the assembling point,
and parties. large and small, attired
in grotesque habiliments paraded un-
til midnight. Bands of music added to
the hilarity. Virtually all who usec
the roadway were MASKED, whle
hundreds of others, who were going
it alone" and walked on the sidewalks
wore similar DISCUSSES.
The weather was ideal, and the fur
that was in the air was contagious
There were no disorders, all being out
for good time, and the best OF feel
ing prevailed.
The recording angel, however, was
kept busy for time this morning
when housekeepers emerged iron
their homes and found their window
blinds missing. They were generally
found in adjoining lots, up alleys o'
under nearby doorsteps.
These occasional carnivals seem 70
be Fart Of our human nature. In the
olden time in Europe outdoor mas
querade parties were features lene
anticipated. The masquerade party II
Rome on Easter Monday night, was
probably the most elaborate OF all.
This feature, however, is no longer
enjoyed as it was. The entry OF
King Victor Emanuel into the Etcf-
nal City in 1870 brought such fcsti-
walls to a close.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-11-02
HALLOWEEN CARNIVAL
Festive Scenes i'll The Westminster
Building Last Night.

Last night the Westminster Bible
Club of the Second Presbyterian
Sunday School, presented most sue
cess j Halloween carniva, in the
Westminster Building. The Westmin-
ster phony Band led the grand march.
The hall was decorated beautifully
with autumn leaves, cedar, pine, greer
and orange papers. An oyster sup,
per was served from $3.50 to 1880.
Their were booths representing the
different classes in Sunday School.
The following were among the
prizes awarded:
APPLE pairing race won by Miss
Edmonia Baker.
Potato race, won by Taylor Rudd, j.
PriAes for the best costumed per
sons were awarded to Miss Risheili
and Mr.. John Scott. Mr.. Scott made
a hit as "Charlie Chaplin"
The following were features Of the
exercises.
Nonologue by J. VIM. Nay.
Selections by Coon Quintettc Of
Westminster Bible Club
Recitation by Miss Eveiina Howard
Tie Anvil Chorus, participants
wert dressed in Gypsy costumes.
Duet, "My Gypsy Maid" by Miss
Margaret Howard and Mr.. Stephen
Fiel !
$50. "Gypsy Love Song" by Miss
IucY Graves.
Selections by the Indian Guard
Bani
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-11-02
AUCTION SALE OF A LOT AT
GEORGE WASHINGTON PARK

Pursuant to the terms CT decree
OF the corporation court Of the City
of Alexandria, Virginia. rendered on
the 9th day Of October, 1915. in the
chancery cause of Nellie V. Ramey VS.
News Publishing Company, Incor-
poration, ct ais, therein depending
the undersigned, Receivers III the
above entitled cause, will offer for
sale at public auction at the Roya!
Street entrance to the market bUill-
ing. at u O'Clock noon. on WEDMES-
DAY, NOVEMBER, 10th, 1915 that
lot of ground known as. lot p in
block l of the subdivision known as
George Washington Park.
Terms Of Sale: Cash. Conveyance
ing at the cost of the purchaser.
WALTER &. FOSTER
G.. S. TAYLOR BURKE
Receivers
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-11-02
OIL IN HENRlCO.

Heniico County is looming large
as prospective oil center. Comet
dent with each other are two facts
which have become known and which
nut serious aspect on the possibility
Of Fairfield District becoming q
great petroleum. field. One Of these
is that samples Of oil taken from
places where it secpcd up through
the surface on Henrico lands have
been examined by the United States
Department and found 10 be Of very
excellent quality.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-11-02
General Business In Connection With
Public Schools Transacted Last
Night

The regular monthly meeting OF
the City School Board was held last
night. Chairman Bradshaw presided
and the following trustees were pre-
sent: Messrs. Kirk, Lunt, Perry,
Howard, Colvin, Anderson, Cox and
Thompson. and City Superintendent
Sweeney.
Mr.. Perry, of the committee on
school houses and furniture announc-
ed that electric light had been
placed in Washington school and
sundry repairs made. He also stat
,, ed that certain work was contem-
plated in West End school.
! The superintendent read his month,
| " report as we'll as the reports OF
! the principals of the white and color
ed schools.
Thanksgiving Day falling on the
18th the schools were ordered to be
closed from Wednesday the 24tt
instant, until the following
Monday in order that such teach
! ers as desired to do so might attend
+: the meeting of the State Teachers
association in Richmond which meets
on Wednesday, the Oath.
The other business transacted was
of miscellaneous nature.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-11-02

tIr. Bernard Cline, Of Braddock,
was operated upon for appendicitis
by Dr.. Delaney yesterday.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-11-02
FIRE IN a GROCERY
Richmond Murrhy's Store Found Il
Be Burning at Early Hour
This Morning

About half past one o'clock this
morning the fire department was SUM
.noned to the grocery store of Rich
ard Murphy, on Montgomery street,
between Alfred and Patrick. a blaze
had been discovered in the inside.
and before tie fire could be eXt;n-
guished considerable damage was
caused to the building and contents.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-11-02
POLICE COURT NOTES

in police court this morning John
Wabash, colored, was fined $50 fcr
striking Cora Davis, colored wo-
man, with stick. The woman was
taken to the Alexandria Hospital
where % stitches were taken in hef
head.
Fannie Bates was fined $40 for
carrying razor.
Jack Ryan, was fined SO for be-
ing drunk on the streets.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-11-02
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
Interesting News Notes About People
of Alexaxandria-
In Society.

The Current Topics Club held its
second meeting last evening at Lee
Camp Hall. Mrs. Hyde, under whose
direction the club has been organized,
gave resume Of the war, plcturing
the moves of the thirteen nations en-
gagged in a war SO ferocious that the
methods OF warfare employed are
those from the most primitive club
bing. to the latest modern achieve
ments of science. A portion Of the
evening was given to current lltera-
ture. The statesman discussed was
Thomas Jefferson, whom she spoke
of as having left behind him more
permanent influence than any other
of our American statesmen. Jonn
Greenleaf Whittier. whose accomp-
iishments were for beyond his oppor-
tunities, was the poet for the even
ing's program.
Next Monday evening following the
war talk and current items, Mrs.
Hyde, will take group OF three
statesman for discussion, Webster,
Clay and Calhoun and one Of our most
popular American poets, Longfellow
The Junior Assembly has organized
for the season Of 19f5-16, having
elected the following officers, Satur-
Gay night; Grouse T. Burke, presi-
dent: Lawrence c. Fawcett, secretary
treasurer. and John Leadbeater,
Thomas l.. Wattles, and I. Topper
Barrett, members OF the club TO serve
witt. Ike TWO officers as an executive
committee. Al q meeting OF the
board last night a constitution was
drawn up and adopted and the name
Of the organization fixed IS the Jun
ior Assembly, with membership of
twenty boys. The first german of the
club will bc given Saturday evening.
November q from eight until twelve
in The EIks' auditorium.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-11-02

Shrapnel is being turned out at the
Richmond Locomotive Works in
Richmond at the rate of 1000 shells
a day. The Richmond works have
recently taken on large number Of
new men.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-07
FRESH FRUITS

The general market ruled steady under mod
sate offerings and fair demand Quotations:
Apples per hbl.-Jonathan, fancy, SB.5Om4;
DO, fair to good. S25Oa3: Mcintosh. S3q4;
smokehouse $iu3,JO; Grimes Golden, S2.T5w
40; Wnesap, 81, 2,75d3.jO; Greening. S2.75Gf
SbO; Baldwin. 81. TJfi325: Black Twig $4,000
~: York Imperial, S2a3.25; Twenty-Ounce,
Ea3 Pippiu S2H3; Ben Davis, Sl.75a2.25;
other varieties, Sl.5Od2.JO; No. ., SlQ1.25, Ap-
Western, per box, S1.75u2.75. Pears, per bbl,
-Seeke. AHl0; sheldon. S4a5; Rcurre d. An
iou, 2,50U3aO. Grapes, New York. per lib.
basket-DelHware lOGl2c.; Niagara 1O4l2c..
Concord, lOaul2c. Grapes, New York. per
s0-lb. baskct-Concord, 4OH5Oc. Niagara, 454
1c Oranges, FLORIDA, per crate, Sl.TJfp2. 80.
iangerines Florida, per strap S3H3.5U. Grape
irulL FLORIDA, per crate, S2d3, Lemons, per
toA S2gj. Pineapples, Porto Rico, per crate,
t-eJ. Cranberres, Cape Cod, per bbl,, S5Qp
v DO. DO. per crate, $l.7542i do, Jersey, per
crate 81 .JOGT9
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-07
POULTRY

LVE-Fovls and chickens were dull and
ie lower under fairly liberal offerings. Other
sescriptlons showed little change. Quotations:
Fowls as to size and quality l3hloc,; roost-
tn ilal2c: spring chickens, according TO
quality. ljai5c. turkeys. lSd2Oc.i ducks, as
ID size and quality, lIalGc; geese. l4hl6c.;
pigeons, old. per pair, 22n20c.; do. young
Ter pair lStf2Oc
DRESSED. Turkeys were moro freely offered
and easier under Il light demand. Other kinds
Of poultry weIo generally quiet ana showed
little change. Following are the quotations.
nesh-kled turkeys, fancy, nearby, @dH2Ic''
do, do Western, dry-pacSod, 22n23c.; DO,
lair to good, 2OH 2lC. do, inferior, JdlSc.;
iowls Y to box, dry-picked and dry-packed'
ancy selected lSC; weighing ifsn5 lbs.
ipItce l7iac.; weighing / lbs. apiece, l6l3c.;
veghing ~. lhs apiece, ljml5lsc; weighing
Rs apiece aud under, l3Gt1Ic. fine, heavy
fowls Ia barrels, fancy, weighing llgHJ lbs
Apiece, lTc.; weighing 4 lbs ltc.; smaller sizes,
ighIi4c. old roosters, dry-picked, he; chick
nsfby fancy broers. 22H2Ic.; Western broll-
ta Illinois chickens, fancy, yellow, weighing
bS and over, lSnl9c.; do, fancy, weighing
2sh1is lbs, lJfflGc.: other western. Weighing
lbs and over, lTdJSc.; do, do, weighing 2ls
f5ll lbs. 1IHljc.; inferior. 13c,; spring ducks,
nearby, lSU20c. do, Western, fancy, lIalSc.,
ilir 10 good, l2MljC.: geese, nearby, lO4lSc.;
d.. Western, iiu lGC.; squads, per doz.-
White, Weighing IL to 10 lbs. per doz., S4BO
q540; white Weighing . to 10 lbs, per doz.,
Aa450; white. weighing S lbs, per doz., S3.2j
gS.JO white, weighing I lbs. per doz., 81; 30
ss: white, we!ghing, GaGh lbs. per doE;;' gig
::2s; dark. Si.7Ja@.25; small and No. ?. SIG