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Fort Monroe Notes

Fort Monroe. Aug. Lieut.. and Mrs
Chapman celebrated Lieut.. Chapman's
promotion by giving a supper-dance Fri
day at their quarters for Capts. and
Mesdames Grain. Lincoln. Alley. Capt.
Brigham. Lieuts and Mesdames Dodson.
Caskey. Lieuts. Fred E. kingman. E. S
Harrison. Charles X Wing and the
Misses Van Hoose. Wing and Williams.
Maj. Callan and Capt Rhoades have
returned from Fort Totten.
Lieut.. and Mrs. Dodson gave a dinner
at the Chamberlin Sunday for DR.. and
Mrs Tisnor. Lieut.. and Mrs. Chapman
and Lieut. and Mrs. Stovall
Mrs. Alley gave a bridge party Tuesday
in honor of Miss Corbitt and for
Mesdames Grain. Stovall Holmes. Will
ford. Hall and the Misses Corbitt and
Van Hoose. Prizes were won by Mrs
Grain and Mrs. Stovall.
Col. and Mrs Stark gave a dance FRI
day evening at the Fort Monroe mess in
honor of Miss Evans.
Capt and Mrs. Grains dinner guests
Wednesday were Lieut.. and Mrs Glib
son. Miss Van Hoose, Capt. Fenton and
Capt. Brigham
Mrs. ldA was hostess at bridge
luncheon Wednesday for Mesdames Pet
tus. Robinson. Massey. Groom. Taylor
Widrick and Moore.
Capt. and Mrs. Grain gave a beach sup
per complimentary to Miss Van Hoose
and for Miss Corhtt, Lieuts Wing and
Baird.
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Way Out of Difficulty

The development of the power of the
submarine 10 carry rifled guns firing
explosive shells should remove forever
from that field of warfare the excuse
that the sinking of merchant ships
without warning is necessary because
of the inability of the underwater
vessel to stop the ship for visit ana
search. with guns capable of badly
damaging a great ocean liner, If not
sinking her, by properly placed explo
sive shells. il will he incumbent upon
every commander of submarine to
signal the ship marked for destruction
and give the passengers and crew op
pOrtunity 10 escape.
At the time of the sinking of the
Lusita MIA one phase of the justitiCa ton
offered was that invisibility was nee
essary to the success of the attack
inasmuch a the German L submarine
could not have stopped the swift ocean
greyhound if. she had put on full
speed. Now if it shall be esta blished
that the carrying of guns amply able
to stop a merchant ship is not incom
patible with underwater maneuver:ng,
then there can be no excuse if the
nation or nations undertaking such
attacks upon merchant comemrce shall
refuse so to gun their submarines as
to enable them to be sure of their
prey without the necessity of unher-
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ton of importance in view of the pros
pect of the increase in the enlisted force.

ton of importance in view of the pros
pect of the increase in the enlisted force.
A peculiar condition is noted on board
the submarines resulting in the tempo
rary disability of members of the crew
on account of what has come to be term
ed gasoline jag" This occurs espe-
cially On boats equipped with a certain
type of gasoline engine where the gaso-
line is stored in tanks. II is found that
both raw and burned gasoline have toxic
effects which differ from each other in
degree and in character. Raw or I'M
burned gasoline may be present in the
boat through leaks anywhere in the saso-
line lines and the gas from its volatiliza-
ton produces a typical gasoline jag,
that resembles an acute alcoholic intoxi-
cation in many ways and is rather in
siduous in its onset. In typical case a
man will be found working in the SUBJ
marine in close proximity to a leak He
is conscious at first OF slight and not
unpleasant odor of gasoline. Presently
he feels rather Eighty and is conscious
of a dull headache. He determines to
get out into the open air. but as he feels
more or less weak and languid he does
not hurry. He may reach the open and
his weakness passes off and his headache
is gradually relieved Otherwise. he may
be overcome with delirium. Some times
the man will he found wildly excited and
il frequently takes several men to re-
strain him, condition lasting from five
TO twenty minutes Finally he lapses
into a sleep from which he can be easily
aroused to complain of a bad headache.
In the course of three or FOUR hours he
feels ready for duty save for a slight
weakness. IntoXication from raw gaso-
line is not SO frequently met with now
1~l. 49, f,,1
vision of the integrity or the gasoline
lines in the boats. One remarkable case
recently was the intoxication of a man
who was painting double bottoms with
an asphaltum paint in which gasoline
was used
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Our New Destroyers

The final step III completion of the
design of the torpedo boat destroycrs
for the United States navy. provided
for in the naval appropriation bill APP
proved March ,, 1915, was accomplish
ed July 81. when Secretary of the
Navy Daniels signed the plans of these
vessels as prepared under the super
vision of the chief constructor. The
Secretary has also signed and issued
a circular inviting all sLipbuilders.
having sufficient plant TO construct
| these vessels, to submit competitive
bids for their construction in accord
ance with their plans and specifica-
| tions approved today.
The final design of these vessels was
developed by the Bureaus of Construc-
ton and Repair and Steam Engineer
ing, to produce certain important mill
itary characteristics desired by the
general board of the navy. These YES
sells are now designated as destroyers
Nos. SO. 20. II. ~, 73 and "A. The Sec
rotary will. however, at an early date
select for these vessels the names of
six deceased officers of the navy,
whose distinguished services or heroic
acts in the active service of their
country have entitled them to places
on the navy's roster of honor.
In connection with the design of
these vessels. especial effort has been
made to utilize the information avail
able as the result of the European
war; the design marks a distinct de-
parture, in many respects. from that
of preceding classes. The maximum
sustained sea speed has been made
thirty knots. while a large radius of
action at cruising speed has been
maintained. Those guns located in the
waist on previous vessels, have been
mounted amidships at such a height as
to materially increase their efficiency
under rough weather conditions. In
addition to the foregoing, care has
been taken to guard, so far as posi-
BILE. against the tendency existent in
most small light vessels to pitch and
roll and every effort consistent with
their military requirements has been
made to render these vessels comfor-
table from the standpoint of living ac-
commodations
The mann characteristics will be:
Length, SO feet; beam, 30 feet Z
inches: draft, beam, feet: displace-
ment, LIPS tons; battery. four 4-inch
rapid fire guns, two 1-pounder, anti
aircraft guns. four triple torpedo
tubes; machinery, steam turbines, oil
fuel. burning water tube boilers Bids
will be opened by the Secretary of
the Navy on October s, 1915.
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NAVY ORDERS.
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS

Jason sailed ior Iort Prince. August 5: Rocket
arrived at Indian Head. August s: Yankton arrived
at Newport. -il-ust s; BuItus arrived at Hampton
Roads. August D; Adams arrived at Hobokcn. Au-
sIst 6: Jupiter sailed for Newport, August $;
sas, Texas. Florida South Carolina Michigan Ne
braska, Virginia. Louisiana. New Hampshire Utah.
Benham. and q 'Brsn arrived at Newport August 6;
Yorktown arrived al San Francisco August S: Nep-
tune arrives At Hampton Roads Ausus, 3: Con-
neCticut arrived at Cape Hsitien. August s. San
doEal sailed for practice cruise. August s: Esarsarg.
arrived at North River. New York CITY August 7;
Oseoa salled for Pert au Prince. GonaiVeS Au-
gust 5.
The Dubuque at the navy yard. Portsmouth,
y. H.. has besn ordered to proceed 10 Newport to
join the mining and mine sweeping division of tbs
Atlantic Fleet
The Tennessee. now at New York City has been
Ordered TO Iroceed to Philadelphia to embark q
regiment Of marines. After eznharkin- the marines,
the vessel will proceed TO Port au Prince. Haiti.
ORDERS To OFFICERS
Lieut.. Commander Z. q. Woods placed on retired
list from July 81 to home
Lieut.. Halsey Powell, to command Burrows
Lieut.. VI. :. Davis. to navy yard New York
Ensign r. E. z. Elmer TO Naval Academy. prac-
tice sIuadrcn.
Assistant Surg. W. 4. Stoor$ TO dutv with Sec
ond Regiment Of Marines First Marine Brigade
Passed Assistant Surg +. K kotes 10 duty
with Second Regiment First Marine Brigade
Paymaster ID. NJ Addison to feet paynastrr
Atlantic Reserve Fleet and Alabama. October 1,
1915
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50-CENT CANVAS VALUABLE.
Treasure of Celebrated Artist sold
to Purchase Drug.

Seattle. Wash. Aug 7.-One day more
than a year ago. man whose hand
trembled for want of A drug. walked into
secondhand store and sold \ painting.
the last of A score of family heirloOns.
for 50 cents. \ short time ago Mrs.
Edwin G. Ames. wife of the vice presi-
dent of the Seattle National Bank,
bought il for s..
Today the painting. with its coat Of
Crime removed. hangs on exhibition in
a Seattle art store. as probably il did
more than fifty years ago and in the
Royal Academy OF London. The paint
ing is the work of John Frederick Her
ring and J. A. Williams, celebrated ar
fists, and is valued at 5000.
The lower risht-hand corner Of the
painting, which measures % by IS
inches, contains the signatures of the
two artists. scarcely discernible. The pic
ture represents a farm scene with sew
eral horses, cows, and barn in the
background. 1t bears the date 1856.
Herring was one of the most sue
cessfuI of animal painters, like his faith
er. who was even more distinguished
than he. All Of his work was exhibited
in the Royal Gallery. His masterpiece
is THE Baron's Charger"
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New Canal Valuable

Rear Admiral Colby NJ. Chester, U.
S. n. speaking of the Cape Cod Canal.
says:
"Fortifications without a navy have
been well compared to a shield with
out a sword. We have a conspicuous
parallel to the importance of the Cape
Cod Canal to New England interests
in the Kiel Canal. which was built by
the German nation. at a cost of nearly
500. 0o0.0oo for practically strategic
purposes, yet the reduction Of the dis
lance between the base of the German
feet in the Baltic and the North Sea
by way of the canal is but little more
than that which will be gained for
the American fleet by the enlargement
of the Cape Cod Canal between the
two important strategic centers, New
port and Boston"
The New York Tribune SAYS some
$500 vessels have passed through the
canal since its opening last year.
among them many government ships,
including the submarines KS and KS,
which made the passage from Boston
to Newport at the rate OF eleven miles
an hour.
1t was a test by the government of
an inland passage for war craft and
1t was brilliantly successful 1t re-
quired only forty-f five minutes to make
the eight.mile passage through the
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1t is estimated upon what indispu-
table authority is not divulged. that
the President will devote a large part.
If not the whole. of his annual message
TO Congress in December to the subject
of national defense to which end he is
now in receipt of certain preliminary
information regarding the needs of the
military-naval csta Enlistment.
On his return to Washington shortly.
1t has been announced. he intends to
take up the problem of increased pro-
lection with an earnestness that prom
Uses to impart to the subject an import
ance il has not hitherto attained on
account of Mr.. Wilson's recognition of
the subject as a public question.
The activity manifested by the Pres
ident in this particular insures CO.
operation between the White House
and the War and Navy Departments
that has been lacking to the degree
that the Presidents comments to Con-
gress on service legislation have been
unimportant and unconvincinS and
sometimes in conspicuous conflict with
the recommendations of his Cabinet Of
fcers in their annual reports and their
representations to the military-naval
committees.
In this connection it is quite evident
that Mr.. Wilson will find it advantage
Gus to consult the leaders in Congress
who will have charge of appropria-
tions and who will be held responsible
for a distribution of the public funds,
the availa bility of which must be de-
termined by the Secretary of the
Treasury before anything can be pro-
vided in the way of service legislat ton
unless. of course. there should be such
an international crisis as makes the
consideration of expense of no conse-
quence.
These preliminary transactions and
consultations make it unnecessary and
unwise to call Congress in extra ses-
sion. as has been suggested in some
quarters. Nothing could be more I'M
productive of adequate results or. in
deed. more conducive to positive harm
than bringing Congress permaturely
together. newspaper dispatch from
Portland, Ore, contains the views of
Mr.. Til'man and Mr.. Chamberlain,
chairmen. respectively. Of the Senate
Naval and Military Committees. who
insist that it is unnecessary to call an
extra session for the purpose of pro-
noting service legislation and. incl
dentally, they renew their previous
statements in favor of liberal appro-
pria tions for the national defense.
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Naval Radio Stations

The opening Of the new naval radio
station at Darien. Isthmian Canal Zone.
adds to the facilities for the transmission
of government messages, burt does not
extend the commercial service. The
Navy Department. In advising the De-
partment of Commerce of the opening
OF the station. offers to transmit free
all official messages to or from points
In the Canal Zone from or to points in
the United States.
Out of a total OF forty-seven naval
RADIO stations which are now in use in
various parts OF the United States or
possessions. twenty-one are open to COM
mercial messages. while the others are
reserved for official business. In the
Canal Zone there are two stations-at
Balboa and Colon-which receive COM
mercial messages, so that the new sta
ton need not enter that field In order
to accommodate the public. as the facili-
ties are already adequate.
A list of the United States naval radio
stations. with their classes of service, Is
here presented:
Location. Service.
Anhkpc1s
Arlington. .Ofnctai
Balboa, Canal Observation-Disclosures 0Werc1u
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GERMAN

Lieut.. and Mrs. p. A. Capron. Ensign
and Mrs. Bruce q. Leighton. Ensign
and Mrs. james B. Will, Misses Louise
Lewis. Mildred Moore. Dental Surgeon
L. A. willard. Lieut.. L. l.. Brewster.
Lieut.. A. S. Hickey. Paymaster K. 5.
Chew, DR.. Kruger kronich, and Mr..
Walker Gwynn.
Ensign B. B. Ralston had dinner at
the Casino recently for Ensign and
Mrs. George B. Wilson and Miss Mary
Wilson.
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aided sinkings which have so shocked
the moral sense Cf neutral countries.
If the anger aroused in the United
States and other countries outsid" the
zone of this ~ ar shall eventually turn
out to have been the largest influence
in making this cunning of submarines
general, the terrible loss sustained by
the Lusitania's sinking will not be
wholly without benefit to mankind IN
making il plair to Al! nations that re-
gard must he paid to those common
principles of humanity which cannot
conceivabIy he wholly suspended even
in the maelstrCm of war.
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TO THE MEMORY OF COL. G. n.
BACkETT.

II Gen. Grants staff. and Chief Pomologist q Ii
Department Of Agriculture.
In Season Of the fruit when vines conspire
And The gWeet kernel Of the hazel sets.
This soldier passed. yet not with his desir.
He left Jhe land with deepest Of regrets
That he could not continue in the nyht:
For him his former service with the gun
His purpose changed into the larger sight
of nfe'- sisst battle and from victories Won
Thro' eighty eight full years IN earthly light
He saw. what few see. that the prize 10 lie
To Elm Who comes to know and do the right:
And earnestly he entered In that strife,
All honor to the man who dos his best
Great Natures mighty power viii do the ressi
HYLAND O. XIX.
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MEN CRAzIER THAN WOMEN.
Physician Says March Is Great
Month for .LoOns."

Chicago. Aug. Men are crazier than
women and the popular phrase crazy
with the heat is a delusion
Figures prove II. B. J. Mum, of the
Chicago Psychopathic Hospital, produced
them today. He found that out Of 1894
Chicago insane. s. per cent were men.
March was the leading month for the
production of mental troubles.
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canal, and the submarines saved sixty
miles of distance and much rough
weather Another important test of
tho waterway was the passage of the
Tenbergen, a Dutch steamer of 3.S26
tons. She went through in ballast AND
made a quick passage. Had she not
been a neutral vessel she thus would
have heen relieved of all danger of
capture by an outside belligerent.
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Besides these the army of the United
States. through its Signal Corps. has sta
tons that are open to commercial bust
ness at Fairbanks, Alaska: Fort Mills.
p l.; Fort St Michael. Alaska: Kotlik.
Alaska: Nome Alaska: Petersburg
Alask and .Wrangell. Alaska.
Plans have been made for radio COM
munication between San Francisco and
Manila by way of Honolulu. but work
on that project will not be commenced
until fall and the section to Honolulu
will not be in operation until year from
this time.
4 naval station at Point Isabel. Tex.
and Great Lakes Training School station
are under construction.
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Enslewood. n. J., Aug. 4.-'If had
fifty bullets. ] would fire every one
into him. for believe he has taken
my daushter away; SAID Mrs. John
Adelgais, who disappeared from her
home simultaneously with the dissp-
pearance of Abraham Cornelius. cashier
of the Citizens National Bank. II is
said that Cornelius is short $1,000 In
his accounts. Cornelius Ia married and
haS 1hrAA dAnGkfarA
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New York. Aug. Miss Eva lie
Gallienne, daughter of the well-known
English poet, Richard lie Gallienne, ar
rived in this city aboard the American
liner st. Louis to visit Mr.. and Mrs.
William Faversham. the actors. Miss
lie Gallienne has inherited some of the
though but rs Years of age has scored
a decided triumph on the English
stage. She may take up her stage
work In this country. During the sea-
son in London she performed at sew
eral charity performances for the ben.
eft Of the British wounded.
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Baron Maxwell de Wardener. of New
York, and Mile. Bcula Antoinette Mer-
cier, daughter of an officer in the
Legion of Honor and head of the
largest French decorators establish
ment, were married in Paris recently.
- The two met when the wealthy baron.
whose mother was an American. came
to Paris with the American ambulance
corps. Later he became an interpreter
with the British ambulance service and
the romance continued. eliminating in
the marriage
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,pette party; but the jusf,
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AN ACT ID Amend Section Six Of
LMY az Nineteen Hundred Seven,
tAIatNX TO the Discharge of In
atsS The Maine School for
4ycepR SK Of chapter forty-four of
tn$ Pu' Es e Nineteen Met en- s b. ne Re
out Ne words Amy three" In the ninth
line thefeof, and inserting instead
thereof the words, a majority so that
SAD SECTION. as amended. shall read as
Melton 6. Any order of committal
upder this act shall be subject to ap-
peSI In the same manner by the same
peeAphs srd 70 the same extent that
G9sS insane OF incompetent o.
th@ yet aAali Ssr hsheas CORPUS pro-
eOf11WS proceedings may confirm the
er4Sf Of coYnmttment whenever tusttce
re&t4yes. Any inmate of the Maine
school for TIE Feeble Minded may be
difS&Arged by q majority Of the Trus-
ted * by a Justice OF the Supreme or
6u4Atipr court Of the State whenever
Q Aither detention In such school in
th&ff opinion ~ UNNECESSARY. but any
pef&pn 80 dfscharGed who was under
seAfSNce OF imprisonment at the time
Of bis commitment, the period Of
which shall not have expired. shall be
committed or remanded to prison for
such pnexpired titne.'
tApproved March Is. 1851
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CKAYxE1 lo8.

An ACT TO Amend Section Five of
Chapter F9rty-four Of the Public
bred Six{y-seven of the Public Laws
OF Nineteen Hundred Nine Relating
to C6tnmitments to the Maine School
fpY Feeble Minded by Judges Of
asT Enacted. etc.:
Section &ye OF chapter forty -four Of
the public laws OF nineteen hundred
seven. as amended by chapter one hun
dred stxty-seyen Of the public Isws Of
thor amended By striking out In the
Of said school for feeble minded" and
Inserting IN place, thereof the words
aftsr the word "institution" in the
thirteenth line thereof. the following:
provided no such order Of commit
mont shell issue until An application
been made to the hospital trusteea.
which shall be placed on Ne at the
institution and evidence thereof pre-
sented 70 the judge Of probate, accom-
:sSjsnt. .tat t"i IN s nj that
such person viii be received under the
provisions Of section seven Of chapter
fofty-four OF the public laws Of nine
tsSn sSnSres sSss ,s Tsss properly
amended. shall read a. follows:
section s. whenever It IL mads to
appear. upon application to the Judge
OF probate for any county ana after
due notice and Z proper hearing e ns that a.
any Inmate OF the Maine lnduatrial
Boyg tSs bath Military and Naval
OrpAan Asylum. or any person sup
Tor the Asiee School for Feeble Mind
I'd. aueA tpdEe may commit such per-
sop 10 aid school by an order Of COM
m1tmout dtrvcted TO the hospital trus-
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49,
statutex. Reictiss q fsymsns q
Funds ior Lands Rsssfved FOR Pub
Be II enacted. etc:
the Sdse:ee q Is shsssSs
e s,! &. issss HSs 's 81 s ~ st3H s
tenth itnS and inapFting In Tplace
thereef tnc felloyin. yet: ne
, q Public ssh'so,s sss,, al &c 2
amcuhts a. for intsrset FOR the pre-.
cedins year. according 70 : record Of
such anlount1' to b furnished TO him
by the TreAs4rst .of state. n the o@ce
OF the STATE Auditor. Who sAall thero-
s aDss a:s IS si 4 s enc ass ss
drawn tk6S yeor. The STATE lupsria-
tendsnt q Pubic Schools shall s.
patiaBod Tat m such plantations ere
oPgawi1oA a1a that schools hoee eooa
estAblish64 thssVin accor1ine 20 Law,
ssaf 80, s:ss ss ~ swos. q 80 S1ai
law: . tSsl ssid sscties. q E.snasx
9setioS .. fSs iatsrsse shall -
go: s.csd e t4s t.iasips 9. e essa - = :.
q ScSSpisc1 8 ! Sisststios. "a e.
tatllS4 - o1eh plaata1ton 60 q Wego
och0o1e. an1 unil1 the 0y1t ~ q Jsn-
u.sy esxt DsoeeAing - 80 -
s Tween. 81, ssp..Ss - sssssSIss q -.
Whom any S6eh toWeshlp y iusoe-
porated es . town. SAID fundo oelcao-