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Watch Cleaning, 75c." Mainspring, 75c. Crystal, 10c. All work guaranteed. MAX GREENBERO. 523 10th St. N.W. pg-d eSu;S WEATHER FORECAST. Occasional Showers Tonight or Friday. For the District of Columbia, eastern Pennsylvania. New Jersey. Delaware, Maryland and Virginia, unsettled weather with occasional showers tonijht or Friday; light south to southwest winds. Although there has been a general rise in pressure, conditions are much unsettled throughout the country, and there were showers over ail districts, except the southwest the extreme northwest and the Pacific states. As a consequence there has been a considerable moderation In temperature, and In the northwest It Is quite ?-ool this morqing. Conditions will continue unsettled tonight and Friday in the east and south, with occasional ahowers, and without temperature changes of consequence. The winds along the middle Atlantic coast will be light to fresh and mostly southwesterly; on the south Atlantic coast light to fresh southerly, and on the east gulf coast light and variable. Steamers departing today for European ports will have light to fresh southwesterly winds; showers Thursday; fair Friday. to the Grand Banks. The following heavy precipitation (in inches) has been reported during the past twenty - four hours; Charlotte, 1.04; Northfteld. 1.72; Concord, 1.86; Chattanooga. 3.30; Greensboro. N. C., 1.70; Greenville, Me., 2.02; Keokuk, 1.52. Tide Tables. Today?Low tide, 8:55 a.m. and 8:45 p.m.; high tide, 2:05 a.m. and 2.23 jKm. Tomorrow?Ixiw tide, 0:55 a.m. and 9:45 - p.m.: high tide, 3 a.m. and 3:27 p.m. The Sun and Moon. Today?Sun rose, 5:04 a.m.; sun sets, 7:07 p.m. Tomorrow?Sun rises, 5:05 a.m. Moon sets 12:12 p.m. today. The City Lights. The city lights and naphtha lamps all lighted by thirty minutes after sunset; extinguishing begun one hour before suni ise. All arc and incandescent lamps lighted fifteen minutes after sunset and extinguished forty-five minutes before sunrise. Condition of the Water. Temperature and condition of water at 8 a.m.: Great Falls, temperature, *4; condition, 35. Delecarlia rese voir, temperature. 82; condition at north connection. 24; ' (MIUllKJIl dl MIUIII CUIIIirrilUll, w. urui gcfiwn distributing reservoir, temperature, S2: <*ondition at influent gatehouse, 60; condition at effluent gatehouse, 55. Height of the Water. The elevation of the water above the dam at Great Falls is 151.10. Up-Hiver Waters. Special T)l?|)itrk to Tl?e Star. HARPKR8 FKRRV, W. Va., August Both rivers are muddy. Lambeth Conference Ends at London LONDON. August 6. ? The I.ambeth conference came to an end in this city I today with a service at 8t. Paul's Cathedral. at which Bishop Tuttle of Missouri delivered the sermon. The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Archbishop oi York and 200 bishops were present. The conference has been In session for fifteen days, and 241 bishops participated. Matters of church administration and missionary problems have been considered An encyclical embodying the results ol the conference la to' be Issued. CLOUDS ^REWEEPING Elements Lament the Taking of Fort Hunt, Va. RAINING TODAY IN CAMPS National Onardsmen Resting Tip for Big Engagement. LAND AND NAVAL ATTACK DUE Preparing for Exercise on Elaborate Scale Tonight?Signal Corps Operates the Wireless. Sperlo 1 Prom a Staff Correspondent by The Star's ItisDatch Boat Fairbanks. PORT WASHINGTON. Md.. August This Is a rainy day In camp. It Is suggested that the heavens are weeping because of sorrow due to the fall of Fort Hunt last night before the onslaught of an attacking party of gallant District National Guardsmen from this post. The rain was respor oible for a let-up In the work this morning. The supports were busy at the big guns, using heavy charges of blank ammunition, last night, while the reserves, who constituted the expedition against Fort Hunt, had a most strenuous experience. Most of them in making the landing jumped overboard from the small boats and waded ashore, many being soaked from feet to shoulders. All of the force had not returned to the tents here at midnight. So everybody needed a rest, and. in addition, the rifles required attention after the firing in connection with the onslaught. Keeping dry in their tents, the guardsmen did what was needed to the firearms. Notwithstanding the moist c-.iidltlons officers and men of the guard, and the regulars as well, are on the qui vive this afternoon. The spirit of battle is rife. The first general land and naval attack, all the troops to be engaged, is scheduled for tonight. So fhr as can be learned the exercises will be preliminary to a more elaborate engagement tomorrow night. Disposition of Troops. Gen. Murray, chief of artillery, fs expected here to witness the exercises tonight. The National Guard support companies will man the big guns, use the searchlights and locate and theoretically destroy the enemy, while the support companies, both here and at Fort Hunt, are to be disposed as they were Tuesday night and last night, respectively?along the shore line, to repel an imaginary attack. While the support companies were hav nig uieir rnergeuc nine set-to last ntgnt. the reserves were far from idle. They manned the disappearing guns, and did it well. The U. S. S. Oneida, which had been sent down stream, was located by the searchlights, her exact position determined and charge after charge of powder discharged in the direction of the craft. The explosions of the charges shook every building on the reservation. The Signal Corps was also actively engaged with bombs, rockets and flash signal apparatus. The wirelese station was also used. A wireless station has been established near' the Fort Washington wharf, and apparatus is installed on the Oneida. Perfect communication is maintained between the station here and the Oneida, no matter at what point on the river the yacht may be. General Staff Not Captured. It is denied with some show of spirit that Gen. Harries and staff, while recounting heroic deeds of the past, were more or less ignominlously captured by the attacking party from Fort Hunt last Tuesday* night. During the progress of the engagement the commanding general and the officers of his staff were right at the seat of war. whcr? I'nl OnrnnH n-a? directing the defense. The only individual near the manor house headquarters was Maj. George Henderson, surgeon general of the militia. He was in his hospital tent when an enlisted man, armed with a rifle, dashed in. "What can I do for you, young man?" the surgeon general inquired, solicitously. "Do you surrender?" was the counter question by the intruder. VSurrender what?" Dr. Henderson wanted to know. "We have captured this fort and you are my prisoner," the young warrior explained. with an air of pride. "Oh," Dr. Henderson ejaculated. "I'll have you understand, sir, that I Insist on my rights under the treaty of Geneva. Are you aware, sir. that you are encroaching on a hospital in violation of the terms of that treaty?" Colored Cooks Apprehensive. The conquering hero appeared nonplussed for several moments. Then, without a word. Dr. Henderson says, his visitor slunk away in the darkness. Proceeding to the manor house for a glass of water. Dr. Henderson found the structure apparently deserted. He called loudly several times. At last a door was opened cautiously and the head of one of the colored cooks peeped out. "Has they all done gone?" he demanded. apprehensively, his concern being unmistakably genuine. The foregoing, it is claimed here, is proof positive that Gen. Harries and his staff were not taken prisoners. When the invaders, who were tneoreticaiiy annihilated before landing, reached headquarters there was no one there to be taken prisoner, for the surgeon general was protected by the Geneva treaty, the colored employes were safely hid and the others were far off. very much In the midst of the war game. Attacks in the Past. Now that war is In the air and Fort Washington is the center of simulated military strife, those of the guardsmen historically inclined have been trying to learn definitely whether or not the fort was ever actually assailed by a real enemy. According to Dr. James Dudley Morgan of Washington, although the fort was in a generally dilapidated condition in 1813. Secretary of War Armstrong, with all the facts before him, proceeded to argue the utter improbability of a hostile force leaving its fleet and marching forty miles inland. As to the Potomac, its rocks and shoals and devious channels. it was held, would prevent anv stranger ascending it. '^The British." Armstrong concluded, "would never be so mad as to make an attempt on Washington. and it is therefore totally unneccessary to make any preparations for its defense." Not only the Secretary of War, but also President Madison did not see the need of urgency, and only "a couple of hands" were ordered down to the fort to execute the necessary repairs, so that the ascent of the British In August. 1814, was checked by no formidable display of men or armament, and their approach to Alexandria was easy and simple, having only one man killed in a Journey of eight to nine days or more up the Potomac, and this Briton was shot while lower down the Potomac raiding a chicken roost. British Have Easy Sailing. After the capitulation of Alexandria and the burning of the public buildings of Washington, Capt. Gordon, the British commander, weighed anchor and slowly proceeded down the Potomac. At both the White House and at Indian Head on the Potomac September 3, 1814, there was ' a considerable muster of men, who tired i on the retreating vessels towing their prizes taken at Alexandria. Porter's battery at the White House did considerable damage to the enemy, killing seven and i wounding thirty-five men. The winding | course of the channel of the Potomac and '.the numerous kettle bottoms formed by > beds of mud and oysters made navigation i : very slow, and on many occasions the ves ; sels were grounded on one of the frequent sand bars. Only a few days elapsed after the deT parture of the British when Secretary of | State Monroe, who was then also acting Secretary of War. September S, 1814, or dered Maj. L'Enfant to come here an< reconstruct the fort. Describes Taking of Fort* Capt. Gordon, H. M. S. Seahorse, com manding the Potomac squadron. In his re port had the following to say of that par of the journey in the vicinity of Moun Vernon and Fort Washington: "The following morning, Augusl 27 1814, to our great joy the wind becami fair, and we made all sail up the rlvei which now assumed a more pleasing as pert. At 5 o'clock in the afternoon Moun Vernon, the retreat of the lllustriou Washington, opened to our view, ani showed us for the first time since we en tered the Potomac a gentleman's real dence. "Higher up the river, on the opposlt side. Fort Washington appeared to ou anxious eyes. and. to our great satla faction, it was considered assailable, i little before sunset the squadron anchore just out of gunshot; the bomb ves sels at once took up their positions t cover the frigates in the projected at tack at daylight next morning and bega throwing shells. "The garrison, to our great surprise retreated from the fort, and a shot time afterward Fort Washington wa blown up. which left the capital o America and the populous town of Alex andria open to the squadron without loss of a man. It was too late to ascer tain whether this catastrophe was occa stoned by one of our shells or whethe it had been blown up by the garrison, bu the opinion was in favor of the lattei Still we are at a loss to account fo such an extraordinary step. The positio was good, and its capture would hav cost us at least fifty men and more, ha It been properly defended, besides an un favorable wind and many other chance which were in their favor, and we coul have only destroyed it had we succeede in the attempt. "At daylight the ships moored unde the battery and completed its destructior The guns were spiked by the enemy; w otherwise mutilated them and destroye the carriages. "Fort Washington was a most respecta ble defense; It mounted two flfty-tw pounders, two thirty-two pounders, eigh twenty-four pounders; in a martelle towe two twelve-pounders, with two loophole for musk<?ry. and a battery In the rea mounting two twelve and six slx-poum field pieces." Could Have Saved Alexandria. There can be no doubt, the histqriai says, that had Fort Washington bee: properly garrisoned and the channel ob structed, as Gen. Winder requestec August 1ft, 1814, and suitable batterle erected at the proper time on the river the British squadron would never hav reached Alexandria. The officer who ha< run away with his command from For Washington was tried by coqrt-martla and dismissed from the service. After the second war with Great Brit ain. Fort Washington was allowed to gi to raclt and ruin for want of proper car of its armament and intrenchments, until In 1850. it was a mere military post, hav Ing one or two companies of artillery, am later on only a detachment of the ord nance corps. Prominent in History. In all periods of North American his tory, aboriginal, revolutionary and seces sional. Dr. Morgan remarks, the groun< where Fort Washington stands today hai taken a prominent part. The first orde: Issued during the civil war for the protection of Washington to the naval forcei was dated January 5, 1861, signed Isaa< Toucey, Secretary- of the Navy, and ad dressed to Col. John Harris, commandan Marine Corps, directing that a force o: marines be sent to Fort Washington foi the protection of public property. Forty men, commanded by Capt. A. S. Taylor U. S. Marine Corps, were sent In obedi ence to the order. Historic Fort Washington, Dr. Morgar concludes, which has seen so many vicissitudes and taken part in so many wars, invasions, sieges and insurrectioni of this country, bad a garrison flag raised to the top of a new steel flagpole Wednesday. December 12, 1902, with mill tary ceremony, the music playing. troop< drawn up in line with presented arms, anc a salute being fired from the guns of th< fort. The new flag, which is a large one flies from the top of the pole fully twt hundred feet above the river. It Is s< situated on a high hill that It can be seer for miles. Until this time only a smal flay had been used at Fort Washingtor on the flagpole within the old stone fort Under the authority of the War Depart ment the large garrison flag has now beer raised, signifying Fort Washington is the headquarters for the Potomac forts. C. F. C. HEAL ESTATE TBANSFEBS. NO. r.15 l-TTH STREET NORTHEASTMary Duncan et vir., John F., to Mars Florence Peabody, lot 199, square 1029 *10. NOS. 208 AND 210 PARKER STREET NORTHEAST?Mary E. Cox to Mars E. Kuhns, TOts 123 and 124, square 750 *10. FORTUNE ENLARGED?Eleanor Ryar to Mary Beuchart, part lot 23; *10. POOR TOM S. LAST SHIFT?Charles H White to Hattle I. Heron, part lot 4 *10. B STREET NORTHEAST between 18tl and 19th streets?Milton Strasburgei et al.. trustees, to Henry A. Herrel and John F. O'Neill, lot 6, square 1107 *100. TENNESSEE AVENUE NORTHEAST between A and B streets?Watson J Newton et ux. to John W. Brashears jr.. lot 07. jsquare 1011; *10. NOB. 621 AND Lj aitiZitui iNUKin EAST?Adolph Feldvoss et al., trus tees, to Robert F. Bradbury, lots 17' and 175, square 856; $10. EAST DEANWOOD-Frank T. Rawlingi et ux. to Hester Covington, lot 34 block 12; $10. CONNECTICUT AVENUE ADDITIO> TO CLEVELAND PARK?John L Warren et ux. to Jennie F. Wilson lot 1. square 2218; $10. TWENTY-8ECOND STREET NORTH WEST between P and Q streets?Eu gene A. Jones et ux. to Charles R Riley, part original lot 9, square 67 $10. WHITNEY CLOSE?Middaugh & Shan non to Clarence E. Williams, lot 21 block 3; $10. Same to Roy C. Claflin lot 20. block 3; $10. VVE8TFORD?Owen H. Fowler et ux. t< George L. Whitford, lots 1, 5. lO, 15 20, 25. 30. 35, 40. block 5153; lots 1, 5 10. 15, 20. 25. 30. 35, 40. 45, 50, 55. 60 65. 70, 75. block 5154; $10. CLARK MILLS ESTATE?John L. Knop] et ux. to William Kues, lot 25; $10. SEVENTH STREET SOUTHWEST be tween D and E streets?Nathan Tol . stoi to David and Esther Tolstoi, par lots 2ft and 29, square 435; $10. BURRVILLE?John H. Brown et ux. t< Lillie P. Goldsborough, part lot 4 section 2; $10. 652 AND <154 ACKER STREET NORTH EA~. -Caroline L. Dler. guardian, ti Patrick F. Hannan. lots 172 and 173 square 861; $10. William W. Wright jr.. to same, same property; $K Eleanor L. Wright to same, earn property; $10. Patrick F. Hannan e ux. conveys tame property to Chrlstiai Loos; $10. MOUNT PLEA8ANT AND PLEA8AN' PLAINS?John Joy Edson et ux. to L? Roy Mark, lot 200; $10. IVY CITY?Adolph Feldooss et al., trus teeB. to Eugene B. Welborne, lot 4 block 2. $10. CHEVY CHASE?Harold E. Doyle et ux to John W. Gardner, lot 67, squar I860; $10. ? a?rv 1T aTDPUTfl VnPTHWKH' JOi ll ADU U ? ?? (The West over)?Westover Land Com pany to Henrietta M. Halltday, lot 1 square 175; $150,000. 18TH 8TREET NORTHWEST between 1 and L streets?Ernest Zuberano t Adele Zuberano, part original lot " square 103; $10. SOUTH PINEHURST?South Plnehurs Company to Eugene H. McLachler lots 1 to 10. square 2840; $10O. Ku gene H. McLachlen et ux. convey same property to Archibald M. Mc Lachlen; $10. WHITNEY CLOSE-Middaugh & Shan non to 8ilas Van Hopping and Mar E. Hopping, lot 10, block 3; $10. HOI^MEAD MANOR?MIddaugh & Shan non to J. Ward Etcher and Jessie M Eicher. lot 00, block 47; $10. WYOMING TERRACE AND WA8HING TON HEIGHTS?William H. Rider t Helen R. Haines, lot 136; $10. NO. 1343 V STREET NORTHWBSTMary P. Gale to William Eatman. Io 68. square 235; $10. LANIER HEIGHTS?William A. Gordor trustee, to Duane C. Turner, part lo 80; $10. PINEHURST?Plnehurst Park Compan to Kittle McLachlen, lot 11, block : iioa. J FORT HUNT NOT TAKEN? c< a t Why, Shucks! the Invaders | Were Just Slaughtered. * e c, ; DEADLY PAPER BULLETS * s - Commissary General Neumeyer Sus- JJ e pects Point of Attack ti r tl K U d AND SITS ON THE WET GOODS s< J: pw n Star Man at Fort Hunt Objects to ? s. Defeated Force Sticking Out ? s Their Chests. " 't O' " d( a ? .. Special Prom a Staff Correspondent by The Star's * Dispatch Boat Fairbanks. _ u( r PORT HUNT, Va., August 6.-s-Aithough it the Instructors did not give a decision d< r- as to last night's attack on Fort Hunt, it w n is the opinion of every officer and man ol e at Fort Hunt that had the paper bullets d been lead most of the shouting "conquerors" who returned to Fort Washing- p, g ton after the engagement would have been jr <j stretched on the sod and weeping relatives b( saying "Doesn't he look natural?" ir r The flre command station, the 'water n tower and the guardhouse were not cap^ tured last night, despite reports to the contrary. Maj. Simms. operating the flre n - command station, had every man armed, tc ? and at the landing of the opposing force 11 r ordered lights out and doors barricaded. a The nearest approach to a capture of the w r station was by a private who stubbed his ic A toe over a wire near the tower. When he got up he remarked, "Where is that w thing they wanted us to capture anyhow?" a As for the water tower, no one was detailed to blow it up, even If the landing ?! n party legitimately reached it. The near- 81 - est to a guardhouse that any one saw a I, was the guard tent of the 1st Field Bat- a ? tery. Seven men and a corporal from Com- s< pany H, 1st Regiment, were captured sin- ei gle handed by Corporal Richmond of the b battery. This squad was poking around gl i In the grass looking for Battery Mount t Vernon, when the hard-hearted gunner r demanded that they lay down their arms. 111 They did so with alacrity. First Sergt. tc - Wilson or ine Datiery was caneu anu i-uu0 ducted them to the guard tent, where they " e bemoaned their wet and bedraggled state. * . Later they were sent to Fort Washing ton. Jl Beady for the Attack. ta As early as 5 o'clock the men took up their positions along the coast line of . the reservation. Two companies of MaJ. to . McCathran's battalion marched to the di j southwestern part of the reservation; hi 5 Company B formed the line of outposts r and Company A was stationed farther back on the slope, as the supports. Companies C and D were stationed on the s parade ground near Col. Reichelderfer's 1 headquarters, as reserves ready to move . out at a moment's notice to any point iy t where reinforcements were needed. The . 1st Separate Battalion, under Maj. Brooks, took up a similar formation on VjJ r the next section, guarding the coast, with M r outposts formed of Company A. with Company C as supports and Companies hs " D and B, stationed near headquarters, as St reserves. 1 The effect of this arrangement was to m, " have every yard of coast or river front r guarded and observed. When the enemy ' approached, the outposts would give the ' 1 alarm. Are on them if necessary, and the w supports would move to the point of at- Wl tack. Then, if necessary, the reserve A* force could be sent to any point where ,n the attack was making headway. w Fort Hunt's river front is a hard one for a landing party to tackle. The Star correspondent went over the ground early 10 in the morning with a regular army of- CI fleer and picked out the two vulnerable ar places, or. rather, the only two places at II1 which a landing could be attempted, as re the bulk of the water front is swampy and covered with thick underbrush. As H it turned out, the enemy chose both of sp those places, one for the real attack and PI the other for a feint to draw the reserves, te The feint was unsuccessful, however, as ( their force was annihilated by MaJ. Mc- C< Cathran's men, and no damage was done at , to Fort Hunt in that direction. H ~ _ Hark! Here They Come. pr Tn Pr?1 TJ oloholrlnrfnr'a hooHmia or-a tarn art f J ii v. VI. AkVIVIIVIUVI 4V* O ?1V- | uui IVI V I WW >-? n signal corps men were stationed to work C< the field telephone that had been laid during the day, and which connected ev- jn ery point with headquarters. Lieut. Sher- of 1 wood and Capt. Chiles of the regular army were at headquarters. : The first heard of the attacking party jJL ' was from outposts of the 1st Separate Battalion, who say three large boats load1 ed with men going down the river. This jL J was telephoned to headquarters, where | It was retelephoned to every post on the coastline, with Instructions to watch for . , them. They were finally reported by Maj. McCathran as heading toward the ' fort at the extreme southwestern edge of dl ' the reservation. It was known that this af was merely a feint, consequently no attentlon was paid to them by the re" serves, and then when they attempted to fr 1 land volley after volley was sent into w their boats. g< 8 Capt. Walsh, commanding the supplies to ' at that point, moved his men down to M . the water front and. spreading out his line, completely annihilated the enemy. Notwithstanding the fact that the enemy ^ ' was ruled out at that point, some of his ti, enthusiastic soldiers waded ashore, and tj, In their attempt to capture the fort were captured, as mentioned, by men from the ^j] ; 1st Light Battery. Two others. Lieut. Jones and a private, were captured by se Sergt. Robblns of the 2d Battalion. 2d Regiment. He saw the men trying to q, ' worm their way into one of the small nf gun batteries. Reporting the fact to q; Capt. Sayer, they were taken Into camp, 5 although the captors were armed with Ci ' only a field glass. th ' Meanwhile the main body of the attack ie was being towed over hy a tug. the fleet of "transports" containing three hundred fa P men. The tug carried no lights, but its ai pilot was forced to uncover his green Ca " sidelight to escape a collision from a q " steamer coming down the river. A watch- at ful officer of the guard saw the light and w immediately telephoned to headquarters, jn 0 A little later the entire flotilla could lie gi > discerned and the outposts and supports. Company A under Capt. Webster and f - Company C under Capt. Richardson, pre- te 0 pared for action. The statement that the ' attack was a complete surprise is not m . exactly true, as headquarters had seven ec > pins stuck In the map, representing the se e Beven boats, for a long time before llrlng er t began- I 1 Dash for the Shore. L' When the tug shook loose from the f) c ooais ana ine aasn ror the shore was d< made the two companies mentioned r s opened fire. They were spread out and completely covered the enemy with their guns. Volley after volley was fired, and a had the attack been an actual one the attacking party would have lost perhaps _ I* 10 per cent of Its force. Two companies - of reserves were hurried to the scene and . reinforced the outposts and supports. Capt. Ryan, commanding Company C, deC ployed and spread out directly across the o path of the invaders between them and the water tower. When the enemy landed the order prohibited any more firing, it owing to the danger of firing even paper i, bullets at close range. The attacking force was commanded to s halt by the fort defenders and also by the umpire at that point, tout ht enthusiasm they advanced regardless of the i- faot that It was up to them to be judged y by the umpire. In the melee at this point there was a good deal of rib tickling with - the ends of rifles. For the benefit of the [. 1st Separate Battalion It should be said that their officers held them In good disi cipline and there was no attempt at a 0 scrimmage. The enemy Ignored the fact that the reserves were drawn up against - them and ran through the camp of the 1 1st Separate Battalion in no particular order. Company H. 1st Regiment, took i. the lead. it Passing the guard tent the incident occurred which some of the more excited y ones call a "race war." The corporal of i; the guard spread his men across the road and demanded a halt, but the enemy rould have none of it. In their mad dere to avenge their defeat of the previous lgh<t some of the men drew bayonets ant Imulated a bolo charge. The guard, not aring for that kind of war. drew back nd one man's shirt v(as split. Anothei lan, walking his post, and not takini art in the maneuvers, was upset by ar x-foot ball player. Officers and men alik< t Fort Hunt are very sorry that this ccurred. and are unanimous in express lg the wish that no bayonets had beer arried by the attacking force, as non< ere carried by the defending party. Wet and Bedraggled. They were a wet and bedraggled lo hen they reached headquarters and tin istructors began to fight it out. Soirn f the men had seen enough war to las lem for some time. They could stan< le bullets, but the wet ooze of the Po )mac made the skin cold and the trou jrs dirty. The attack contended that their su erlor force would have carried the day hile the defense claim that their voile; ring would have demoralized the land ig. and that the reserves spreading ou j intercept the advance would have doni msiderable damage, especially as tin rerny was in no order at all. At an; ite Fort Hunt Is congratulating itsel i*er the fact that no point was left un efended, that the enemy did not stroll h ithout meeting any one at all. as wa one by a detachment of Fort Hun oops In the attack on Fort Washington : is disappointing to the men that m ecision tvas given, but as the lesson ere learned the practical experience i f just as much value. Camp Notes. Company C of the 1st Regiment is ver; rpu?l of the fact that at all guard mount igs but two a man from their ranks ha een selected as orderly for the command ig officer. The man chosen is always th attiest and most soldierly looking one o ie field. When Ed Neumeyer, jr.. was told las ight that Invaders from Fort Washing >n would probably think more of th quid commissary supply than of th inge tower, water tower and other im ortant military points he lmmedlatel ent to his headquarters and sat on hi e box throughout the engagement. Capt. Sullivan from Fort Washingto as captured early yesterday and hel prisoner until after the battle. When the battle commander telephone rders to Are an eight-inch armor-piercin iiell at a battleship off Marshall Hai n-1 all that is in sight is a sailboat an scow loaded with watermelons it i jmetimes necessary for the men at thl id of the line to do a little mind reading Lieut. Col. O'Brien looked as if he wer oing to see fighting in reality last nigh hen he buckled on his revolver and wen ito the range tower. He and every othe tan on duty there last night determine > sell their lives at a dear price. The; sed a glass door as a bomb-proof casins ov.-ever. the enemy were unable to fim tat very important spot and the rang wer worked away this morning unin i red. There is a lawyer soldier in the 2d Bat ilion. 2d Regiment. When asked to giv te sentries' general orders at guart our.ting recently he recited the lonj ring of instructions, but when he cam' i the words "To report all breaches o scipline" he shouted out "To report al eaches of promise." E. G. ARMY AND NAVY NEWS. Army Orders. By direction of the President, Firs! leut. Charles M. Gordon, jr., 6th Inntry, is detailed as professor of mili.ry science and tactics at the Carlish ilitary Academy, Arlington, Tex. At the request of the Governor of Alauna, Maj. Walter A. Thurston, Unitec ates Army, retired, with his consent if Mailed for duty with the organized ilitia of Alabama. The leave of absence granted Maj. Gen ?onard Wood is extended one month. Capt. Harry L. Pettus, quartermaster ill make not to exceed-three visits pei pek to Fort Washington, Md., on ofrial business pertaining to the supertendepce and inspection of constructior ark at that post. By direction of the- President, and upor e applications "of Sergt. James Walker 7th Company. Coast Artillery Corps lief Musician J. F. Klein, 16th Infantry id Cook Andrew Stlckel, 12th Infantry io.se soldiers will be placed upon the tired list. The leave of absence granted Capt enry M. Dichmann, 26th Infantry, lr fecial orders. No. 89, April 20. 1908, liilippines Division, is extended to Sepinber f>, 1908. Capt. William P. Pence. Coast Artillerj >rps, Is relieved from further treatment the army and navy general hospital ot Springs. Ark., and will return to hh oper station. Leave of absence for one month it anted First Lieut. Graham Parker fast Artillery Corps. Lieut. Col. Robert K. Evans, genera! afT. will proceed to Camp Perry, Ohio connection with his duties as executive Rcer of the national match for 1906. First Lieut. Christian A. Bach, 7tt avalry, is detailed to enter the class at ie Mounted Service School at FVfrt iley, Kansas. Leave of absence for one month 1e anted Capt. James S. Parker, quarteraster. Capt. Edgar T. Collins, 6th Infantry, ill proceed to the hospital at the Predio of San Francisco, Cal., for obseritlon and treatment. MaJ. William S. Pierce is relieved from ity in the office of the chief of ordnance id will return to his proper station at ie Midvale steel works. Philadelphia. Maj. Clarence C. Williams is relieved om auiy as inspector or orananee at tne orks of the Bethlehem Steel Company, >uth Bethlehem, Pa., and will proceed the Watertown arsenal, Watertown, ass., for duty. By direction of the President, and upon ie application of First Sergt. Sylvester cCormick. Company L. 117th Infantry, lat soldier will be placed upon the rered list. First I^leut. Henry H. Scott, Coast Arllery Corps, will proceed to the general ispltal, Washington barracks, for obrvatlon and treatment. Second Lieut. Guy H. Wyman, 11th Eivalry, Is detailed as range officer at the itional match for 1908, at Camp Perry, hlo. Second Lieut. John V. Spring, Jr., 7th avalry. Is detailed to enter the class at ie Mounted Service School, at Fort Riy, Kan. First Lieut. James E. Ware, 14th In.ntry. will proceed to Columbus, Miss, id report to the commanding officer, imp of instruction, Mississippi National uard, for duty during the encampment that place. Thereafter Lieut. War* 111 proceed to Fort Benjamin Harrison id., for dv^ty with his company, D, gnal Corps. The leave of absence granted Capt. rancis E. Lacey. jr., 1st Inf ntry, is exnded to September .10, 1908. The following-named first lieutenants, edical Reserve Corps, recently appoint1, are ordered to active duty in the Tvice of the United States at their preslt stations: Thomas S. Lowe, Henry F. Incoln, Joseph E. Bastion, Wallace E. arkman. First Lieut. Armin Mueller. Medical Re>rve Corps, recently appointed. Is or?red, to active duty at Jefferson baricks. Mo. Sale of Ships Approved. The Navy Department has approved th( lie of the old warship St. Marys, at th< SPECIAL r Are Being Qui ! Maybe your lower than the letting people 1 Talk to then The Star. Describe whi its price. % i i i r * i i | Two New Near Dup , A Section e Where ground is vali ? : costly dwellings. !i i The Construct A modern builder not prove these building; materials used. y t ! | Reinforced Stc ? Electric ; Parquetry ? Hot Wa I. ; ; j The Plan. These houses are a triumph room*, flnw-floor kitchen. a lan rooms; two elogautly tiled bat j The Price, $ 1 8 And the reason for this Ins |. way below value and the bulldi to buy materials at tbe lowest ? I I you to Inspect them. See them n X I only two of them. Bear In m 1 ! houses vacant this year than it I ; e Near Scott e :: y Circle. 3 Half a square from beautiful Scott <*lrcle. located n on a prominent avenue; 10 d ; rooms. 3 stories, cellar; lot A splendid ops portunlty for a home. !n" vestment or speeulation. K And why this statement? 11 Knrmerlv nrleert .t SIR - d ""0; present assessment. 0 1 $t?,000. And we ean sell It for $8.2tVO? $700 lower than what conservative District > appraisers consider tw<>e tnlrrls valuation. This is it . Washington's moat fash. lettable residential section. The chance of a lifetime to locale In this locality d ;: I at such a price. \ MOORE & 1)33 0 SI e < ; ?! r 1 | Don't Miss the Perso | LYNNHA J X (The Larchmont of Was , SATURDAY . f OCCASION OPENING 1 % this most picturesque, health | Itin * For this trip and until completion . *? Leave Washington 4 p.m., Satur X Northumberland. Dinner and breakf j y 7:30 a.m. Leave there immediately al ? and arrive at Lynnhaven 9:30 a.m. , ' | 12:30 p.m.; leave Lynnhaven 2 p.m., X wharf 4 p.m. Thence up Chesapea X City, formerly the capital, and site ' ? , arriving In Baltimore 5 a.m. Monde ' i > trains can be had for Washington. ; V. Cost of Trip Rebate . X Those desiring to avail themselv i X the best Investment opportunity e . X tor booklet and full particulars and I MORRISON REAL I t ?; 1325 G St. N.W. ' * 1 Jy2D-l0t Washington Agents Lyi ' New York navy yard, and the Shear1 water, at the navy yard, Philadelphia ; mas in excess or ine appraisea vmui were received for these vessels. The puri chasers of the St. Marys are Butler & t Co. of Boston, Massachusetts, whose bid j was $5,062.73. and the purchaser of th< Shearwater was Samuel B. Wilson ol t Philadelphia, whose bid was $1,536. Georg< Warrington of Washington, D. C., bid $751 for the Shearwater. The St. Marys is a wooden sailing vesse of 1,025 tons displacement and was built at the Washington navy yard in 1844. Foi many years past she was used as a naui tical schoolship by the state of New t York. The Shearwater is a stee schooner rigged converted yacht and was built in 1887 by the Atlantic works ol i Boston. Until she became useless for that t purpqpe she was used as a training shit by the naval militia of Philadelphia. Naval Movements. The tugs Pentucket and Powhatan hav< [ arrived at New York, the collier Nero al Lamberts Point and the tug Rocket al Norfolk. The gunboat Des Moines has sailed j from Philadelphia for Guantanamo, the battleship New Hampshire from Newport for Portsmouth, the battleship Mont tana from Norfolk for Rockland. Me., and , the auxiliaries Ajax and Glacier from , Suva for Auckland. Serretnrv of Mississirmi River Com mission. Lieut. Clarence H. Knight, Corps of Engineers, has been relieved from duty , with the 1st Battalion of Engineers, at Fort Mason, Cal.. and ordered to take ' station at St. l?uis. Mo., for duty as sec, retary and disbursing officer of the Mis. sissippi river commission. He will also > relieve Capt. Gustave R. Lukesh, Corps of Engineers, of the works and duties in his charge. Capt. Lukesh will proceed to Fort Leavenworth, Kan., for duty with the .Id Battalion of Engineers. Bound for Porto Rico. Assistant Secretary Bacon of the State Department has left Washington for San Juan. Porto Rico, where he will look into the question of land holdings about to be transferred to the Cnlted States government, the title to which 1h in dispute. Mr. Bacon go? s by rail to Tampa, thence to Havana and Santiago, ' where he expects to embark on the yacht ; Mayflower for Porto Rico. . PRICES Dted Everywhere. goods are as low or next, but are you mow that? i through an ad in it you have and tell i * ? ' Residences !j! ont Circle. uablc and improved by ; ion even a genius could ims in workmanship and iel Construction, : Lights, ' Flooring, iter Heat. of the architect'* skill: ten large re and bright dining n?>?n: ?lx be?lbs; lot 22x133 to paved alley. 1,000. v price?the ground wt? purrha?e?| cr'a extennive htudne** enable* h!n? wholesale cash priee*. We want i right away, though, a* there are lnd there are less tlrat-olasa new ever before. I; Columbia jj[ Heights. \ | These new houses are Unsurpassed for con- ;|J struction. artistic arrangement and grade of materials; 9 spacious ; ]; rooms. 3 stories. 2 ; j; beautiful tiled baths; hot-water heat; two (2) large haek porches; mottled brick, stone trim- J j ; mings. We have sold < |; rows of desirable homes before, but these for ! 1: $7,500 outrank anything we have before offered. ! 11 Inspection will convince j ]; you of this statement.. HILL, Inc., i fREET N.W. nally Conducted Tour. % VEN, MD. I hlngton and Baltimore.) ?, ^ , AUGUST 8. | SECOND SUBDIVISION in ? ful and restful watering place. X erary | of pier now building at Lynnhaven: day, August 8. via palace steamer V ast aboard boat. Arrive Piney Point *? fter arrival via a seagoing motor boat X Fine sea food dinner on grounds at jC and re-embark on steamer at Miller's X ke bay after touching at St. Marys X of the first settlement In Maryland; X iy at which place hourly electrlo y d to Lot Purchasers. | es of this enjoyable outing to inspect X ver offered In Washington should send y make re; -vations without delay. y DCT ATC rnmn 4 mi; Y LiC3 l/\t C WUITirAlX Y 5 Phone Main 4840. X inhaven Development Co. V ?? *??? ? ? ?? *?* ? ???? ?? I THE REAL QUALITY ? : * * Of what you buy should certainly I X known beyond mere looks or 4> > 3? advertisements. <g? i i: These Are Quality I !'l Houses. I ; 1 1227 to 1235 I : llrvinffSt. N.W.i ? o I f Columbia Heights. % f (TAKE 14TH OR 11TH ST. CARS > . ? Before you do anything about X , Z, purchasing a house we ask you to ?i? : 4> spare the time to see these. ( % OPEN DAILY TTLL EIGHT P.M. % i Lots 18x140. I ; A THE LOCATION Is ex ellent. X I ?, Irving street, being a through ?g? <i street, is considered the most at- ??? 0 tractive and desirable of any *5* <|? north of Florida avenue, and this T V particular square, with its fine ^ ' * residences and wide lawns, could X j * * not be prettier. The elevation and '!<; ) south front afford a grand view of A ?, the city. No made ground?the ??> ' X ground here is as solid as a rock. * 4? THE HOUSES, built by day ? ^ labor, are an excellent example of V T iiow to build right. Red press T T brick fronts, brownstone trim- X IX niings. The most minute details a |X have been cared for. On the main ??? ; X floor we have parlor, reception hall ?j? ??? (very large), dining room, pantry <?? and kitchen. On Uhe~ sec-ond floor *r I ?y four large JjsArflorns and tiled bath; V <} on the third floor two rooms Two ? ! .*-? stairways 'built entirely of oak. I |4> The WOODWORK THROUGHOUT X ? IS OF GENUINE OAK. beautiful- X ; ? ly polished. Two-storv rear porch. A V Magnificent mantels and gas fix- X j T tures. Gas logs. Numerous closets. ?? j % Servants' accommodations. High, V I ?. dry concrete cellar. The finest !?L HOT-WATER HEATING PLANT T i ever put In a house. Instantane- X I X ous water Seating apparatus. I%w X | y builders finish and equip their JL V ihouses in such expensive style. A % WE INVITE YOU TO IN X 8PKCT' THESE HOUSES WITH X OUT DELAY. SUCH HOUSES T |> AS THESE WILL SELL PROMPT- T 1 Be! t, O'Brien & Co.,Inc.,| t 1303 G N.W., | ll? * S<n>fe Ao-eimts. 5! | aiiT?-2t v ? ? TT COBB A BENEDICT. Champion. Batter Takes a Bride at Augusta, Ga. AUGUSTA. Ga.. August ?.?Tyrus Raymond Cobb, better known as "Ty" Cobb, the heavy batter of the Detroit American League base hall team, vn married today to Miss Charlotte Marion Lombard, daughter of one of Augusta's wealthiest citizens. Mr. and Mrs. Cobb will snend a few days visiting- several Georgia towns, after which he will rejoin the I>etroit team, his wife traveling with him. At the end of the season it is.the intention of the couple to visit Europe.