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ration of Lincoln, the commandant
issued the following order:
This yard shall not be. surrendered
to any person or persons except by
an order of the Honorable Secretary
of the Navy. and in the event of an
attack. 1 shall require all the officers
and others under my command TO
defend it to the last extremity"
In 1864, when Gen. Early, sent to
relieve the pressure of Grants army
against Richmond, appeared with his
forces outside of the Capital, the com
mandant was frantically beset for
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Mammoth Washington Navy Yard
- Has Developed From Small Plant
Ih Weeks Observance Navy Calls Which
Taken in peandC11a of Work..
by DUFFY CLIFFORD,

= TARTING as a scanty shipyard
with 81 acres of land valued at
$4,000. and a total supply of six
~ frigates. the Washington Navy
Yard has Snread oyer LIZ anreS
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Further Facts Are Now Disclosed
Concerning an Early Burial Place
Rambler Has
Burnesa andV Var NessH Hitory.
OF may read this letter:

Y = OF may read this letter:
" My Dear Rambler: l have
been reading with interest
i your article in The Star con-
cerning Mrs. Anne Burnes
and her place of burial. Fortunately
l am able to fill in the gap which you
suggest in your letter of October
may never be filled.
"She was buried in the rear of the
old mansion house at Brooks Station,
on the Metropolitan Branch of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, beGng-
ing to Col. Jehiel Brooks, who. I am
advised, was a friend of the Burnes
family, together with her son and hus-
band David Burmese. / visited the
spot on August 10, 1885, and found
there the three stones which you de-
scribe as now being in Rock Creek
Cemetery.
They were all lying on the ground
in irregular order, and the presence of
three sandstone supports or corner
posts led me to believe that one at
least of the three slabs had been
erected originally on these posts.
which were "a inches tall and from
to inches in diameter
THE exact location of the graves
was a few rods northeasterly from the
rear door of the Brooks mansion,
which is still standing, and in the rear
of No. 3424 Tenth street northeast and
quite close to Newton street. The In
closed letter from DIR. j. Henry Brooks
(Which please return) is of interest.
The remains of David Burnes. his
wife and son, John Burnes, were re-
moved to Rock Creek Cemetery in the
Summer of 1887 and the site for the
three graves bought and paid for by
private subscription. The land COM
pany or syndicate paid for the re-
moval and for the reinterment.
Yours very truly,
FIRED. l.. WOODWARD"
Fred. Woodward came to Washing
ton in 1883 with Woodward & Lo-
throp and has been with that firm 43
years. In 1887 he wrote a series Of
articles for the Washington Hatchet
called ''Rambles About Washington"
and he signed them Redwood. One
of these stories treated of the Brooks
house and the graveyard in which
David Burnes, owner OF one of the
farms on which Washington was built,
was buried, with his wife and son.
Mr.. Woodward is also the author Of
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sIXINCH GUNS FROM THE BATTIEsHIP WHICH
STROYED IN HAVANA HARBOR FEBRUARY Is, 1893

tous, until they were seen by the
German aviators. The enemy's inn
mediate withdrawal was followed by
the armistice, signed at the exact
spot from which one of the guns was
fired.
Before discussing the Washington
. navy yard as a gun factory, it is
not amiSS to mention some of it's con-
tributfons to the country while still
neglected shipyard.
In 1861. when a rumor spread that
the yard would be attacked for a
siege of arms to prevent the inaugu-
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were superior to any weapon of the
allies armies and We're the greatest
achievement of the Navy.
Each gun weighed 90 tons, had n
muZzle velocity of $500 feet per second
and a maximum range Of 81, 900 yards.
They were so heavy that French engi-
neers refused them passage over the
railroads-until the firing on Paris
started. Realizing that these guns
alone could stop the charge, they ac-
quieSced.
Over scanty bridges and steep grades
they rumbled. snaillike but porten-
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THOSE in charge of yard activities

THOSE in charge Of yard activities
are: Admiral y. +. Hutchison.
commandant and superintendent of
the naval gun factory; Lieut.. Comdr.
{. +. Green, aide to commandant;
Capt. Yates Stirling, jr., captain of
the yard; Capt. =. w. Foste, senior
inspector: Comdr. F. J. Fletcher, pro
duction officer: Comdr. J. b. Rhodes.
inspector OF planning: Lieut.. Comdr.
o. l.. Wolfard, inspector OF turretS:
Lieut.. Comdr. II. l.. MerrinS, planning
officer: Lieut.. Comdr. r. &. kinkaid.
inspector of drafting: Lieut.. Comdr.
]. c. Jones, in charge of mines: Lieut..
Comdr. w. &. Gillet broadside bat
terry: Lieut.. W. Granat. inspector of
material, and Paul +. Mckenney. gen
eral master mechanic and tectional
expert.
Another name. not included in the
list. is Of value to the outsider. 1t is
that Of Isaac BasSett. the visitors
guide. who not only points out tro-
ph:es of Lieut.. Perry and confiscations
from Gen. CORVALLIS, but who could
make the assembling of a gun fasci-
mating TO Quaker.
Having examined the Washington
Navy Yard in its past and it's present.
we now encounter the question OF its
future. During the war Is 900 men
and women flooded its portals; today
the staff has sunk to less than 5000.
Disarmament conferences have neceS-
STATED an exodus of 1900 people in a
swoOp. many of them meritorious. too.
During the war Is and IS inch guns
were built: the recent disarmament
conference has limited the size to s
inches. Do the movements for a per
manent peace portend the passing
bell of the navy yard?
Not so. for the yard has already
adapted itself TO private commercial
activities. With a we'll eauipned ma
chine shop. tool department. steel
foundry and power plant. the Wash
ington Navy Yard has. in a number
of instances. succeeded in getting CON
tracts because it was the lowest bid
der. Thus we find ii today making
money plates for the Bureau of Print
ing and Engraving, letter boxes for
the Post Office Department and gears
for Government airplanes
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the pursuit of mechanics, Inathe-
matiCs and drafting, course of train
ing which has turned out some very
high grade workers. also "A fire control
school for specially chosen men from
the ships of the fleet. who are instruct
ed in all the operations of controlling
gun fire.
These opportunities for advance
ment have been the incentive for the
extended service of many employees
\ regular array of 'old timers may
be found among the workers in the
yard, as. for example. Charles Smith
son, master mechanic of the east gun
carriage shop. here since 1880. and
George Dunn, master mechanic of the
erecting shop, who came to the yard
in 1854
Milford chronicle., 1925-10-09
MURPHY OF RED OAK

/ In the country town of Red Oak,
Iowa, Thomas D. Murphy and Ed
mund B. Osborne terminated their
seven years partnership one day
back in 1895. And thereby hangs a
tale. Each had determined upon a
definite field for his business career.
Osborne believed the big city would
afford greater scope for his ambit-
ions. Murphy was convinced that his
future lay in a rural community.
These two young men-each twen-
ty-five years old when their paths
diverged-had first met at Indianola,
Iowa, while students of Simpson
College, then a small struggling
"fresh-water" institution. The two
youths-still in their 'teens-had be-
come cronies. They belonged to the
same fraternity, boarded at the same
club and were confederates in the
characteristic bits of student devil
try that rocked the staid little corn
belt town. So when Osborne left col
Iege for Red Oak to assume manage
ment of a wabbling county paper,
thrust upon them by the death of it's
owner, his father-in-laW, it was only
natural that Murphy, upon cOmplet-
ing his college course a few months
afterward, should join his pal in
the Red Oak Independent.
But the publishing business was
not so good in Red Oak, Iowa. There
were three papers in a town of only
5000. The young partners were fore
ed to adopt various eXpedients for
raising cash.
Red Oak, following the customary |
fight, acquired a new
That was the big news
Of the day. Everybody wanted a pic
ture of the building. Osborne con-
ceived the idea Of putting a woodcut
on card and surrounding it with
small advertising spaces. A Red Oak
business man suggested attaching a
calendar pad to give the card per-
manence. This suggestion was adop-
ted. Thus the famous Red Oak court
house calendar came into existence.
It was the precursor of many mil
lions of date reminders turned out
n Red Oak and in other towns and
cities both by the original firm and
hose that later went into the calen-
lar business.-Everybody's Maga-
zine.
Milford chronicle., 1925-10-09

Mrs. Sallie Frederick and daughter
have returned to their home in New
Jersey after spending some time
with Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Passwa-
ters.
Prayer meeting at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Windsor Short Satur-
day evening, October 10th.
Harry Webb who has been on the
sick list is improving at this writ
ing.
Linwood and Daniel Banning
spent Sunday with their aunt, Miss
Mary Hemmonds.
The weather is much cooler now
and Jack Frost is making frequent
visits.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harley Mitchell
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
George Mitchell.
Misses Bessie Wilkins, Olive Bush,
Ruth Thoroughbred and Della Jones
visited Misses Hilda and Ethel Thor
oughgood Saturday and Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Larry Mitchell and
family and Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence
Wilkins visited VIM. R. Dorey and
family on Sunday.
Mrs. VIM. R. Dorey and Mrs. VIM.
Timmons are on the sick list.
Miss Florence Jones visited Miss
Hulda Lawson Saturday and Sun
day.
Corn huskings are quite in style
in this vicinity.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Belts and
son Howard, visited R. E. Wilkins
and family.
Several of the young people are
the carnival at Millsboro
this week.
We were favored last Sunday with
4 sermon from Rev. Elzey, former |
pastor here. who now is in south
srn conference.
Service Sunday: Sunday school,
80. Glass 2:30.
Milford chronicle., 1925-10-09
is THERE A REAL DOROTHY DIX

Did you ever wonder: How to
hold your husbands love? How to
keep your boy from drinking? What
to name the baby?
And if so, did you ever think of
writing to the daily paper about it?
If you haven't you are unique, be-
cause almost everybody does, ac-
cording to the veteran heart colum-
mist of the country, Dorothy Dix,
whose mail runs into something like
a thousand letters week and who
is literally bombarded with queries
like these. In private life Dorothy
Dix is Mrs. Elizabeth Gilmer of New
Orleans. She has been answering
hasn't answered or, at least, that
she hasn't been asked.
"The one thing we are all inter
ested in above everything else is our
family affairs" is how she explains
it, and incidentally it may be said
that Dorothy Dix is not imposing or
folks questions for nearly thirty
years. Her answers to them run in
seventy-eight newspapers through
out the United States and her mail
comes in such quantities that the
postman has to carry an extra pouch
to accommodate her. There is scar
cely a question in the world that she
awe inspiring, but small and dainty,
with white hair and laughing eyes
and hands so small that you wonder
they can manipulate the typewriter.
She is reputed to be the highest-paid
woman newspaper writer in the
world. Her salary runs way up into
the five figures, but she doesn't mind
saying that she was paid three dol
lars for her first article and that she
started newspaper work on the old
Picayune in New Orleans on a sal
ary of five dollars a week.-Every-
body's Magazine.
Milford chronicle., 1925-10-09
DON'T BE AFRAID OF MAKING
MISTAKES

Take the case of Samuel w. Rey-
burn. He has just turned fifty. Ten
years ago he was an Arkansas
banker and, although well regarded
and deal of force in his commun-
ity, he was not known outside by
men other than those with whom he
came into direct contact. Today he is
regarded as one of the soundest
bankers in New York and as the
coming man in finance-although to-
day he is not officially a banker at
all.
He is the president of a great de-
partment store. He directs the work
ings of many millions of dollars in
vested in department stores. But
what is more important, he took ov-
er these stores at a time when they
needed strong, clear guidance and
put them squarely on their feet.
Ind the remarkable part of it all
is that the man never seems to have
had anything in the way of luck
certainly no bull luck. He has come
on quickly but his building has been
solid. He is not a war product; he
gave up his time to war-he did not
make money out of war. Nothing has
ever simply fallen into his lap. His
is worth looking at, for be-
lore he became q banker he was a
Milford chronicle., 1925-10-09
PRACTICAL INSTRUCTIONS in Home SEWING
BY RUTH WYETH SPEARS
DRESSING TO TYPE-THE RIGHT HEMLTNE

This fall, as for the past few sea-
sons, there will be a good deal of di-
versity in skirt lengths. The skirt
that reaches about five or six inches
below the knees seems to be liked
best by those who have straight,
slender figures and trim legs and
ankles.
Partisan designers know that the
mode cannot be made alone for this
type. AS one expresses it, There is
a hemline for every figure. The wO-
man whose hips are large must have
fullness-else when she sits down
she will no longer be beautiful. For
her I use plaits or circular lines. If
the legs and ankles are not chic-I
look to the length"
A dress with an overskirt often
gives an illusion of shortness, as in
the model sketched in the center.
An uneven hemline is also smart and
is good for the woman who does not
wear short dresses well. For even
ing frocks of transparent material,
with slip several inches shorter than
the dress itself, are much used. This
hemline is also happy compromise
for one who does not feel well dress
ed in an extremely short costume.
Milford chronicle., 1925-10-09
TOLD IN A FEW LINES

Christ Church Guild will hold a
rummage sale, Saturday, October
oath.
Christ Church Auxiliary will meet
Wednesday. October IA. 2:S0 p. m.
at the home Of Mrs. c. A. Collel.
The ladies of St. Johns Church of
Milford, will give their annual sup
per and b&zaar on November 9TH.
John wilkins class of young Ia
dies of the NJ. Z. Church, met at his
home Tuesday evening and went to
the home oH Mrs. Jean Smith, one
of their classmates, and gave her a
surprise party. The evening was
spent in playing genes and at a late
nOur REFRESHMENTS were served.
Milford chronicle., 1925-10-09
Trinity
Near BridgevilIeJ

Miss Kathaleen Wright spent the
weekend at Seaford
Mrs. Sinah Hall of Cape Charles
Va, and little grandson, Donald
COulbourne of Seaford spent the past
week at the home of her brothers,
Robert and William Hastings.
Miss Grace Hastings spent the
weekend at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Pierce Prettyman near Milford.
Several from here attended the
party at the home of Mr.. and Mrs
Andrew Givens on Saturday evening,
given in honor of their sister, Miss
Truitt of Wilmington.
The small child of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harley Rogers died of cholera infan-
tum on Sunday. Funeral services
were held on Tuesday,
Frank Wheatley spent Tuesday in
Wilmington.
A. T. White and family spent
Sunday at Tyaskin, Md
Lorenzo Baker, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Baker and Ethel Reed,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Reed, were quietly married at
Greenwood on Saturday evening.
Mrs. Ethel Hunt of fredericksburg,
spent the weekend with her parents
here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Wheatley and
children spent Sunday at the home
of w. F. Hastings.
A number of the young folks have
been attending the carnival at Mil
ford and Seaford the past week
Mrs. I. L. Willin visited her par
ents at fredericksburg on Thursday.
Milford chronicle., 1925-10-09
HOUSE DESTROYED BY FIRE

The dwelling house on the farm
owned and occupied by Mr.. and Mrs.
John w. Rust, located about one
mile south of Harbeson, was totally
destroyed by fire on Tuesday, Sep
tember 29th, together with most of
the furniture, only few articles be-
ing saved. The family was away at
the time. Mrs. Rust on returning
from the truck patch discovered the
fire and endeavored to extinguish the
flames which were burning around
the chimney, but with no avail. She
summoned help but when it arrived
the building was a mass of fire. For
tunately the wind was blowing from
the east and the outbuildings and
poultry houses were saved. They
carried but little insurance.
Milford chronicle., 1925-10-09

lawyer, and before he was a law
yer he was a worker about a rail-
road station, and before that he was
a schoolboy supporting his family by
odd jobs. And he is worth looking
at as a human being-as a whole
human being and not at a mere sue
cession of dramatized incidents. For
there is a deal to be learned from
the way he has gone about the busi-
ness of his life.
do you know" he said to me one
day, Il think most of us have too
much fear of making mistakes, or
errors of judgment, or whatever you
want to call them. The simple error
amounts to something, of course, and
should be recognized, owned up to-,
and corrected. 1t need not be talked
about, but should never be denied.
The compound error really matters.
By simple error 1 mean single err
ror. 1t is nearly always possible to
catch an error of this kind before it
has gone far. By compound error I
mean a train of errors brought about
by trying to cover up instead of ac-
knowledging and correcting the first
error. Then we may get a situation
which it is not possible to correct
excepting at great expense. Most
failures are due to pyramiding er-
rors. Everybody Magazine.
Milford chronicle., 1925-10-09

The State Board of Education will,
on October 13, launch the first state
wide movement ever attempted in
Delaware, having in view the teach
ing of adults, who cannot read and
write that portion of an education.
Ever since war time, when the Am
ericaniZatiOn work was started,
there have been classes in Whining
ton, but the rural men and women
who couldn't write their name, or
read have not been looked after. In
this the state educators have not
been entirely responsible because OIL
lacks of funds and other details, but
now, with the likelihood of sufficient
funds to make a start, the state ed
ucatiOnal officials are preparing for
such an advanced step.
DR.. Harry V. Holloway, Commits
sioner of Education of Delaware mas
left to Miss Marguerite Burnett, di-
rector of immigrant education the
arranging of the details for con-
ference on education to be held IN
Wilmington on Tuesday, October 10.
To this conference the Parent-Tea-
cher's Associations, State Bankers
Association, American Legion, Wo-
mems Clubs and Daughters OF the
American Revolution will be asked
to send representatives to confer
with the State Board of Education
and local educational officials. Out
of this conference, at which plans
for beginning the work will be dis
cussed it is hoped to arouse enough
enthusiasm to make the beginning
an auspiciOus one.
At this time, according to the most (
recent survey of the state, there are
1O.502 men and women who cannot
read and write. These are divided as (
follows: 2,427 whites. 4,702 cOlored .
and 1878 foreign born. These are /
the persons whom the State Board
of Education hopes to aid.
One of the ideas in the minds of
the educators, if it be possible to
obtain such help, is that OF VoIun-
teer teachers. By that is meant, men
and women who will volunteer to
give an hour or two of their time
few evenings each week for several
weeks during the winter and who
will. at places arranged for, meet
with men and women and teach
them to read and write. This one pu-
pill plan, if properly exercised, ought
to work out more rapidly than If
class of men and women were in
structed by one teacher. But whe-
ther there are enough men and wo-
men who are educated who will be
willing to give their time to such
project is a question to be answered.
Better Training For Teachers
How to revise the course for pros
Dective teachers and make it more
beneficial is one of the big projects
for this school year which got un-
lerway at a dinner conference held {
At Newark. At this conference there
was a general discussion participat- t
ID in by the University of Delaware {
Teacher Training instructors, the 2
state educational staff embracing +
Dr.. Holloway, John Shilling and H. I
3. King and representatives of the \
educational staff of the Wilmington v
public schools. t
One of the suggestions which are f
,eing considered is that permitting C
more optional work in elementary C
trades. Another thought revolVes a
bout the course of training for men s
Milford chronicle., 1925-10-09
Careys

Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Studte, the
Misses Leona, Gladys and Aletha
Galloway, all of Chester, Pa, were
the weekend guests of Mr.. and Mrs
Alfred Passwaters.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy Sutton was
the Sunday guests of Miss Mae Pass
waters.
Harold Walls, formerly of Prime
Hook Neck was the guest of Mr.
and Mrs. Alfred Passwaters on Sun
day.
Asbury Passwaters of Chester, Pa,
spent most of last week with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Pass
waters, near here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pete Everngam, Les
ter and Hattie Everngam, all of Fed
eralsburg, Md, were the Sunday
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Pass
waters.
The Y. P. A. Society of Oakley M.
P. Church will hold its monthly
meeting at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
E. N. Wharton Friday evening, Oc-
tober 9th (tonight). Everyone well
come.
Evelyn and Leta Passwaters were
the Sunday guests of their sister,
Mrs. Leroy Sutton.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. A. Webb enter
tained on Sunday Mr.. and Mrs. Chas.
O'Bier and son, Charles, Jr., Mr.. and
Mrs. Steve Clendaniel and son DON
aid and Mr.. and Mrs. Mont Webb
and family
Melvin Banning spent Sunday
with Samuel Passwaters.
Many of the people of this vicin-
ity attended the Firemen's Carnival
at Milford last week.
Preaching at the Oakley M. +.
Sunday, October 18th, at
o'clock P. M.
Milford chronicle., 1925-10-09
Selbyville.

Mrs. w. H. Kenney is Visiting a
Girdletree, Md.
Miss Pauline Moore has been con
hneu TO her home for several day
with an attack of tonsilitis.
Mrs. Helen Murphy spent the weel
end in Wilmington.
The enrolment in the high schoo
numbers Sc. The number lin the 8tl
grade is %. AS these pupils are un
der high school instruction. i
makes the total number in the higl
school 1O8.
The work on the ne w schoo
building is progressing rapidly. A
part of the building has already re-
ceived a coat of paint.
Two new classes were promoted
on Sunday morning in tire Sunday
school. Mrs. Elmer West was an
pointed teacher of the girls class
and W. B. Derrickson, Sr., of the
boys class, formerly taught by ].
A. Tubbs. The Narcissus class was
put under the leadership of \ Mrs.
Marine. This class was formerly
taught by Mrs. F. X. Evans.
DR.. and Mrs. Elwood Cook and
son, spent Sunday with reIatiV les in
Dover.
Mr.. and Mrs. George EVansl Mr..
ana MIS- George Walker and di hugh
ter, spent Sunday with Mr.. andl Mrs.
Danlel ShockIey near Ocean Vi lew.
MI ana Mrs. W. L. Hudso4 Jr.,
and son and Mrs. P. E. Long, kpent
the weekend at Fenwick IsIa1kd
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Taylolr en-
tertained at cards on Friday dven-
ing the following guests, the lisses
Ruth Richardson of Willards Md,
Lillian Colona and Hllda Eva the
Messrs. Conn Scott and RolanN Pep
per.
Mr.. and Mrs. Uriak Long Il as
their guests at dinner on MOnd ev-
ening Rev. and Mrs. Theodore eau
champ of Georgetown.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward KIM ] of
are guests of NJ and
Mrs. William G. Williams.
Owing to the incIement wd ther
he Narcissus Glass was enter ined
IN Monday afternoon instead o Fri
lay, at the home of Mrs. F. Ev-
ms, their former teacher. mes
we're played and refreshments erv-
ID. Those present were the \ sses
Pauline Brittingham, Cecile i NIB
in, Ethel Hudson, Alberta And ews.
4ouise Rogers, Ruth Watson and
Iary Flood.