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would help the opponents Of England s
participation. He could tell. for in
stance Just what part the violation of
Belgian neutrality played in the delib-
erations of the cabinet, and to what
extent the government was pledged to
support France and Russia, irrespec-
tive Of Germany's action in Belgium.
He could, undoubtedly. furnish the op-
ponents of secret diplomacy with much
ammunition for their bombardment of
Grey and Asquith and Churchill.
1t is not, therefore, through want of
effort on the part of those interested
that Burns has refused to be drawn,
although several of the more promi-
nent have not despaired of ultimately
counting the former minister among
their number
Evidently, therefore, the German
story Is in the nature of intelligent, or
unintelligent. anticipation. Time alone
Will tell us which.
rs it drinking that delays the manu-
u facture of munitions of war in this
country? Lloyd George says it Is:
Kitchener says IL is: the prime min
lister, surprisingly enough. says it is
not; at least, he asserts that there Is
no delay to speak Of Meanwhile, an
American business man, who has just
returned from the north, declares that
a lot of the trouble is attribute BILE TO
the fascination which the movies"
have for the British workingman. He
says that this is more wasteful of ac-
tual working time than the alleged
drinking habits of the men.
After futile attempt to speed up
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direction of the tube and the atmos-
pheric condition.
The powder explosion generates such
heat that the metal behind the
projectile is SO softened that. IL the
projectile came backward instead of
going forward, il would cut the inside
of the gun out like hot knife going
through cheese. but fortunately it does
not come that way. However, between
the friction of the projectile against
the sides Of the tube and the effect of
the hot gases passing through il, the
tube, after 10 discharges SO, usual
~ becomes 50 eroded that il can no
longer be depended upon for accuracy
of fire
The gun, however. is not destroyed; !;
it is sent back to the ordnance SHOP
where the inside is bored out bout
two inches all around: a new tube is
prepared, and the gun shrunk about
it, as the jacket was originally placed
about the tube. II is then riied and
the gun sent back to service. This
operation may be repeated until tho
gun of that peculiar type goes out Of
style TO be supplanted by the very lat
est thing from the experts.
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tributaries, lovers of nature have found
themselves able to reach these beauty
spots at will. Twenty years ago the
number of launches on the river was
steam propelled and were expensive TO
operate and maintain.
Then came the naphtha and then the
gasoline engine. crude at first. but still
sufficiently practical to satisfy the
longings of the enthusiastic yachts
man who did not care much for steam
power. but still wished something more
relia BILE than the wind. Thus from year
to year as the gasoline engine devel-
oped the number of power boats on the
that there are no less than 1000.
In the early history of the Capital
Yacht Club. the pioneer yachting or
ganization of Washington, the boats of
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trenches. singing to the Russian troops
stirring songs of gallant deeds done by
'ormer generations.
IT HERE is really much more behind
the split between Nenizelos, the
former Greek premier. and King Con-
stantine than is apparent to the man in
the street There exists between the
two men an enmity that dates back to
the days when the present king was
crown prince and Nenizelos first be-
came prominent in Athens politics.
Constantine, therefore, simply used a
convenient and popular excuse for
dropping an extraordinarily clever pilot
whose influence and control has always
been distasteful to him.
Constantine has always been a firm
supporter of the army, and, as con-
sequence, of what is known as the mil
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TN the ordnance shops at the Wash
ington navy yard are being con-
q structed the fourteen-inch guns.
ffty-f1ve feet long. for the California
and the Pennsylvania. the latest Gre
atons afloat in American superdread-
naughts.
These enormous guns, which Will
throw a projectile weighing half a
ton fifteen more miles, must be 50
constructed as to stand bursting
charge of 425 pounds of smokeless
powder behind the projectile. No piece
of solid metal could be made strong
enough to stand this strain. because.
due to the elasticity of the mass. the
inner part of the chamber would col
lapse under the pressure before it re
cefved the support of the outer layers
of the surrounding metal.
To meet this condition, as ordnance
developed in size and power. manufac-
turers devised the built-up gun, which
is great departure from the bronze
or cast steel gun used during the civil
war, which was made by taking a cy-
Iindrical hole and pouring the molten
metal about it." The present guns are
made by shrinking over long tube va
rious shorter tubes or hoops of different
thicknesses, each Of which. having an
interior diameter little less than the
exterior diameter of tube on when
it is shrunk holds it in grip so tight
that 1t lessons the outer elasticity and
takes up the strain from the exploding
gas more quickly than gun made or
the solid metal could. and SO prevents
collapse. ..
The operation of putting on a jacket
or hoop is done frequently at the gun
shop at the navy yard, but to under
stand 1t one must go back to the steel
works, usually Midvale or Bethlehem.
where the parts are made in the rough.
There great steel ingot of the re-
quired weight is cast and the top cut
off. to dispose of any floating impurity.
Then. after being pressed by terrific
hydraulic pressure instead of being
pounded. as formerly. by the old steam
hammer. 1t is drawn and rough-pored
and turned for one of the new four-
teen-inch guns into tube little over
f1fty-ive feet long, with a half-inch
leeway in thickness over the measure
ments. In similar way the jacket and
the various hoops are prepared ana
sent into the shop.
The jacket is first prepared by boring
1t out to the required size to the small
est possible fraction of an inch. 1t is
examined with the utmost care for
flaws and cracks. On the faintest sign
of weakness, 1t is rejected.
The tube is then picked up from
where it lies by overhead crane.
which handles it as easily as an ele-
phant would fence post, and placed
in giant lathe. where It's outer sur
face is cut away with great exactitude
until it's exterior diameter is about
forty ty-one-thousandths of an inch great
er than that of the interior OF the
jacket.
The travelling crane let's down
chain. with which it catches the tube
and swings it over and let's 1t down
into pit perpendicularly. muzzle end
up When fixed firmly in this position.
a flowing stream of cold water is let
into it, and it is left there forty-eieht
hours to become as cold as the water
with the result that 1t shrinks little.
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itary party in Greek politics. Cnfor-
tunately, the army has not always sup
ported him. and it is bit of surprise
to find him drawing his chief support
from that section of the public. Six
years ago Constantine was practically
eXiled from Greece on the demand of
number of officers who were iissatis-
fed with the way in which the then
crown prince managed the army. Con-
stantine and his Teutonic wife spent
their exile in Germany. the former
eagerly absorbing German army no
tions In the two Balkan wars he had a
chance to vindicate himself, and so we'll
did he come out of the struggles that
the army rallied to his support in the
present crisis.
Constantine is by no means the weak
man pictured in certain quarters. The
man who could give strong and popu-
lar prime minister like teniZelos his
walking papers in the face of public
opinion inflamed by talk of national
ideals and national aspirations has
backbone enough and to spare.
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At the same time the crane picks up
the jacket. let's 1t down into great
oven and claps on the lid. a current of
hot air-about 900 degrees Farenheit.
which does not affect the temper OF
the metal-brings its temperature, III
the course of weight hours. UP to
point which has produced quite a
marked expanson--only few thou
sandths OF an inch, but enough.
The rest of the process is simple.
When all is ready. the crane lifts Off
the lid, which weighs Il ton or so. and
lays it to one side. 1t then grapples
the jacket, lifts it out and swings it
away from the furnace for inspection.
Experts with gauges test the eNpan-
sion, then the crane raises the jacket,
and, after it has been carefully adjust
ed. north and south, lowers it slowly
over the tube, until, just before 1t
reaches the bottom, it is let go with a
run into it's final position. Jets OF
water are played upon 1t to insure
shrinkage at the base. IT is then al
lowed to cool gradually, the strain on
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into auxiliary craft-that is vessels
equipped with small gasoline engines
and propellers. to kick them along in
calmS. they have been converted
into power pleasure launches.
Even the larger steam yachts on the
river are gradually being converted
into gasoline boats. The cloelia, be
longing to G. w. Forsberg. is now ly-
ing at the street wharf to have a
gasoline engine installed, her steam
engine and boiler having been removed
two weeks ago. When it is complet ed
she viii not only be speedier. but will
be much more roomy and comforta-
BILE craft
Washington, according to the yachts
man. however, is rather poorly provid-
ed with anchorage grounds for pleas
ure craft In the Washington channel
d hundred more launches and other
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Washington has not been behind any
other city of the United States in the
matter of the development of its speed
craft 1t is claimed that the modern,
so-called gliding boat had its first
tryout on the Potomac river, and that
from this crude stern wheel propeller
the racing boat of today was evolved.
Nowadays. it is not an uncommon sight
to see some of these faster boats on
tn e river make circles, literally.
about the pa ssenger and freight steam
boats moving up and down the Poto-
mac.
This development has continued
straight through from the sailboat
DAYS Out of fleet of twenty-five
vessels which were formerly equipped
merely with sails. there are now left
less than five or six with sail power
only. The others have been converted
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certain job in which he was inter
ested, he followed the advice of one
or his acquatntances and paid visit
to neighboring cinema show. Al
though 1t was the middle of the after
noon. the cheaper seats were crowded
with men. most Of them in their work
Ing clothes. And there they stayed
through the priceless hours of day
light.
m ~ONSIDERING his age which is only
~ twenty-four. it hardly seems an
crowded more thrilling hours into their
lives than Lieut.. cyril Martin. one of
those who won the "V. c." at Neuve
Chapelle. During the retreat from
Mons, he. with platoon OF engineers,
captured a German trench. and held it
until the arrival OF reinforcements He
received the coveted Distinguished
Service order for this feat, and. having
been shot through the shoulder and bay-
oneted. was invalided home
He returned to the front just in time
to be present at Neuve Chapelle To
receive the ID. S 0. and the " c. in a
few months. and all this at twenty
four, Is a wonderful record. Lieut.
Martin, who is in the Royal Engineers,
is the son Of the Rev. John Martin,
principal of the c. NJ. s. College at
FoochoW.
u and fabulously wealthy Russia
cabaret singer heartened the czar's
troops in Manchuria by singing to them
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Yacht club. the Eastern Branch Yacht
club the National Yacht Club. the
Washington Yacht Club and GregoryS
Boat Club, to say nothing of other
similar organizations. will all be there.
listening to the music of the propeller
ana it's song of joys to come through
the summer months.
Every man in motor boa tdom in and
around Washington who can get to
IN. course OF the regatta under the
bridges will he there. Trim and taut.
the Edna. owned by Edward .. Reed
of 1908 18th street northwest. VIII be
on hand: the Aragon, owned by l'r- a.
T. Bennett of the Farragut. which Dr.
Bennett brought all the way down
from Albany last year by the inside
passage" will be there. and will
the Auto. owned by w. a. Rogers of
1920 New York avenue northwest.
The Oo1ootsa. owned by William j.
Bacon, ir.. secretary and treasurer of
the Corinthian Yacht Club, will show
her heels to many a competitor: the
Lackawanna, belonging to William l..
crane Will do likewise. and Mr.. Rogers
other boat the Disturber. Will be there.
The famous Whoo-ee. owned by W.
i. Stockett of aa3 North Carolina ave
nue. northeast, will sing a song all her
own with her propeller, and w. J.
Ingram OF l3S5 GUS street HoFtHNeS1
will be there. too. in his launch, the
Ju-e-l-l
With the perfection of the modern
gasoline engine the growth of the
sport of motor boating on the Potomac
river has been perhaps more rapid than
around any city of the size of Wash
ington in the United States.
The natural advantages of Washing
ton have been largely responsible for
this. With the beautiful Potomac Civ
ing easy access to picturesque corners
of Chesapeake bay and its hundred
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English Plan Stt War This NonEng-
Air Defenders When
4mgM- Burns and His New
CrS Soldiers
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that club were all sailboats. Today,
nine-tenths of the boats owned by the
members of this club are either
launches or auxiliaries.
Washington has four prosperous
power boat clubs. with large and
growing membership. Next in point of
age to the Capital Yacht Club comes
the Corinthian Yacht Club. Then. own
crs of pleasure craft residing in the
southeastern section of the city form !
ed the Eastern Branch Yacht club.
which has its headquarters near the
navy yard. The National Yacht club.
one of the latest, was formed about
two years ago.
The Alexandria Motor Boat club IS
prosperous and growing institution.
This club co-operates with Washing
ton organizations in all matters OF m
terest to the boating fraternity.
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the folk songs which they loved. Char
tering a special car. with a numerous
suite Of ardent admirers in tow. she
forsook the gilded restaurants of st.
Petersburg and devoted her genius to
the humble peasants who were fighting
for their country's cause.
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types of pleasure boats lie anchored
between line drawn from the foot Of
sth street TO the upper end of the har-
Dor The boats. It is said. are ofttimes
exposed to the danger of collision from
passing sail vessels and to suction
caused by big steamers moving in and
out from their docks
At Georgetown heavy currents sweep
ing down from the upper Potomac often
drag boats from their anchorage and
do considerable damage. Conditions on
the Eastern branch are being gradual
~ improved by the dredging of the
channel and yachtsmen who berth
their boats there say that they are now
well satisfied with the location.
The torinthian Yacht Club has one
of the most desirable anchora ges
around Washington Three years ago
this club obtained the property on the
Virginia side of the river between the
Highway and Railroad bridges and es-
tahlished a new clubhouse there. The
anchorage is well protected except in
winter. when ice drifts into the cove
and endangerS the boats This, how
ever. is avoided by yachtsmen who
Ike their boats in for the winter or
have them hauled out on the shore,
The Corinthians are now improving Z
the grounds about their clubhouse. and
in the course of year or two will
have as beautiful an anchorage and
yacht club as any club in this section
of the country.
There is some talk of having all the
boat clubs move their headquarters to
the Virginia side of the river beside the
Georgetown channel, but no definite
direction has been given to the plan.
The Corinthian Yacht Club was or
ganized September Is, 1903, and was
incorporated in 1908. Its commodore is
Or. A b. Bennett. jr.; vice commodore.
John u. Hill; rear commodore. F. +.
Syamneski; fleet captain, f. b. Brooks;
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Not to he outdone by her fellow
artistic. Mile. Lipkovska. one of the
greatest of grand opera singers. is now
with the Russian troops in Poland.
During the frequent lulls in the terri
nc fighting her wonderful voice can
be heard floating over the silent
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heard the FotonIac-'F ull
Speed Ahead"
< with the official opening OF
the mote -hoating eason. June Z. at
the regatta to he held under the aus
pieces of the Corintiian Yacht Club the
motor boat owner will come into his
own.
Months of weary waiting. in dingy.
cold. Saii-lofts. and in damp. dark
lighthouses throughout the duh win
Ter months. will bring their fruition.
oNerhar!.us is being completed. en-
zines are being tested out. and soon
bank clerks. government officials. po-
licemen, physicians, firemen. statesmen,
advertising writers and men in every
other commonplace occupation of daily
life will be kings in their own right
motor boatnen on the Potomac river.
Nine hundred and ninety-nine of them
are now casting euvious eyes on the
Gray Bat. hoping. some day. to own
something that can come near to
eaualing her speed and class.
For there are 1000 motor boats on the
Potomac around Washington. the finest
body of water for motor beating IN tue
eastern United States, aud the Gray
Rat is king Of them all. hSe is thirty
nine feet in length, has forty horse
power engines. and her owner, J. T.
Battenfield, says she can go twenty
three miles an hour. But he is mod
est the Gray Bat is commonly ac-
cepted as being the greatest racer on
the river, and even those who compete
with her or who envy Mr.. Battenheld
ownership of her, say she can go
Twenty-Five or twenty-eight miles an
hour.
There will be a great gathering OF
the craft June on the Potomac be
Meath the Highway bridge ana the
Pailroad bridge Representatives of
the Capital Yacht Club. the Cortnthian
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secretary and treasurer william &
Bacon, ir
The capital Yacht club Is beaded is
commodore OTTO T. RreitmaYer N..c
commodore. Alvin O. Portner and SEQ
retary and treasurer. George q Dat
The Washington Yacht club, located
on the Anaeostia river. holds = meet
ing on the second Monday OF each
month Wilbur Jarvis is commodore.
X g. TaNior is secretary treasurer and
the trustees are Thomas keelcy and X
T. Bufiin.
The Capital Yacht Club is TO haN. 4
regatta May 80 AT Mattawoman creek
Ihe members of the club viii leave
Washington saturday, aud the races
Will be held sunday afternoon over ,p
.lght-ini course to Indian Head and
back. a silver cup has been donated as
one of the prizes The Corinthian Yacht
Clubs course for the regatta of Jun.
VIII be down the river to the High
way bridge. from there to the Eastern
branch. thence down to Alexandra:
back up the river to Chain bridge and
from there back to the clubhouse
Motor boatmen have made several at
tempts to obtain from Congress per-
mission TO erect clubhouses in lower
Potomac Park. and have had the sub
stantial support of the officer in charge
Of public buildings and grounds In
sundry civil bills provision for such
permission has been made. but through
some mistakes the provisions have al
ways been stricken out. These provi-
sions have been predicated on the possi-
blity Of the boatmen building the sort
of lighthouses that would be satisfac-
tory to government officials from an
artistic standpoint. and that they pay
the government nominal rental fees 1t
is hoped to obtain this permission from
a future Congress.
Plans for the development of lower
Potomac Park include the establish
ment of a government ferry at the foot
of 18th street to make access to the
park easy, and the motor boatmen would
greatly welcome the opportunity to
establish lighthouses there.
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Special Correspondence OF The star

Sperial Correspondence OF Inc s'af'
LONDON. May 8. 1915.
80 1E shall be well protected from
N NH the Zeppeiins when they pay
\V\V their Iong-promised visit to
" " this metropolis if a tale
heard yesterday be true. 1t can't be
vouched for. but it was related by one
or the inside at the Hendon Aerodrome,
which. in peace times the "smartest
of all places 10 watch flying. is now
practically in the hands of the mill
tary authorities.
NJ Hendon, it seems, great prepara-
tions for tackling any Zeppelins that
may attempt a raid on London have
been in progress for some time. No
less than twelve armored aeroplanes
have been placed in readiness. and their
crews have been keen for a chance
to pounce on a Yep A few nights
ago. however. a surprise test was ar
ranged and it then took two hours 10
get one aeroplane out of the hangar.
and the men who eventually went UP
III it carried one shot gun. Personally,
the writer didn't doubt the story
bit. especially as one remembers that
when the first Zeppelins visited this
country, they few directly over an
air base" al Yarmouth. without a sin
gle airman going UP to dispute their
progress or single anti-aircraft gun
being Aired at them.
wv ILL the war really start this
w month. as Lord Kitchener is re-
ported to have declared TO his sister?
l. there any reason to suppose that
the new British army is any more
ready now than it was. When the war
opened and Kitchener began raising
his new million army we We're told
that Great Britain would put mill
hon new men In the field in France
iu six months and serious minded mill
tary critics were questioning whether
T. would not be better to do il in four
months. To-day. after eight months
OF warfare. England has less than
three-quarters of million men in
France and Flanders. including her
original expeditionsry force of $50. 900.
and is holding only thirty-one miles
n the front Instead of the spring
campaign we now hear of a summer
campaign and the papers are even
talking OF the coming great push as an
autumn campaign. 1t was hoped that
another winter in the field, with all
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E Son@ Of the Propeller Is Heard on the P0t0ma.

The Various Boat Clubs
in Washington The
Regattas Of SHnmel,
Crack Speed Craft or:
the River-P erfectior
of Gasoline Engine
Aids the Popular
Sport - Passing Of
the Sailboat Beau
tlful Potomac Offers
Advantages for Low
ers of Motor Boats.
Early History of Yacht
Clubs.
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TT HE English papers have been max
ing merry over an item Of alleged
news which was sent out by the Ger
man wireless. This particular item.
like so many contained in the German
wireless and ridiculed by the English
press. is not entirely devoid of founda-
tion.
The paragraph sets forth that John
Burns. the workman cabinet minister.
who retired from the government be-
cause he disapproved of certain acts Of
the members leading up to the war,
was about to form a new radical party
with keir Hardie and Ramsay Mac
donald. TO oppose the protraction of
the struggle.
The element of truth upon which this
story is built is found in the strenuous
efforts that have been made for months
past and are still being made to draw
Burns into the open. One prominent
socialist opponent of the war recently
stated to the writer.
If Burns would come out against
the war and appeal to the working
classes of the country to stop II. he
would sweep the country"
Undoubtedly Burns knows lot that