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WEATHER. Probably showers tonight or Sunday; not much change in tem perature; southerly winds. Jjbenitw ht. The Star it the only afternoon paper in Washington that printi the news of the Associated Press. No. 18,945. WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 1912-TWENTY PAGES. - ONE CENT. Southwest Connecticut Occu pied by "Foreign Foe." NEW YORK OBJECTIVE POINT Empire State Metropolis Defended by Army of Blues. GAME ALREADY UNDER WAY Regular Troops and National Guards in Maneuvers?Campaign to Last Nine Bays. MANEUVER HEADQUARTE RS, STRATFORD, Conn.. August 10.?An area of southwestern Connecticut of 450 square miles in extent is today trans muted from the scenes of peace to the papeantry of war. Regiments of infantry, troops of cavalry, batteries of artillery. Held trains, wagons, auto trucks, am bulances and hospital equipment are de training at strategic points for the di visional action between the "Reds'* and the "Blues," passing to various camps and preparing for the opening movements of the nine-day Connecticut maneuver campaign. Sixty-five special trains ha\e cris crossed the state to distribute the thou sands of men in khaki who are to re ceive training in the art of war among ph-turesque hills of the old Constitution state. The campaign which began today and at 6 o'clock tonight will have reached the real point of a state of war is ex pected to he one of the most important ever held in the east. The number of men actually engaged will exceed 20,000. In the general scheme war has been wag ing for some time. It is a "Red" army of foreigners that has been pressing on to capture New York. The Americans have been forced back slowly but surely, and after a stubborn resistance the "Blues" have lost New Haven and Waterbury on a line running north and south, and while a rear guard of two regiments of Infantry are fighting, the patriots are rushing a provisional division to their assistance. Main Army in Support. The advance of the "Reds" is that of a division, but the main army, 200,000 strong, in theory, is coming up as a support. The provisional regiment of the "Blues," however, must fight, and fight hard In western Connecticut to give the government time to rush its regulars to the aid of New York. The divisional defense is not only to check the direct advance by t^}e sound shore roads to New xork, but to prevent a wide flanking move ment toward the Massachusetts line, which, if successful, would sweep down the valley of the Hudson and overrun the great watershed of the city. The problem to be worked out in the next week Is whether the forces of the "Blues" can be so maneuvered as to stop the advance of the "Reds" before the New s York state line is reached. Never before W since tbese war games have been played jointly by the regular army and the Na l tional Guard has a region been selected In which both a defensive and an offen sive campaign can be worked out with such brilliant displays of military strat ep- Within this region the entire body of 20.000 men can be almost entirely lost and yet it will inyade the property rights and trespass on homesteads only to a trifling degree. To understand the game which opened today it is well to note the initial con dition. The "Reds ? have New Haven. 7* ^ile the "Blues" hold Bridgeport, and have Infantry strung out through the lowlands of the sound shore reaching through Milford to the Orange line. Northeast the "Reds" are coming down, but in small detachments. The call for mobilization of the troops was sounded yesterday, and 20,000 men of all arms were on the move before daybreak this morning. The "Red" army has knowl edge of the activity of the defenders and is straining every nerve to get its ad vance guards across the rolling, deep Housatonic river, which is a natural de fense for the "Blues." provided the lat , ter fan dominate the range of hills be tween which the river flows. Forces of Invaders. The "Red" army of invasion is made up of 1st Brigade, National Guard of New York. Brig. Gen. George R. Dyer commanding, which is composed of the ?.h Infantry, Col. Daniel Appelton com manding; J2th Infantry, Col. T. W. Hos ton; ?*h infantry. Col. L. D. Conley. and the "1st Infantry. Col. W. P. Bates. From Connecticut, 1st Infantry, under <-oi. John Hickey; 2d Infantry, under ? ol. C. F. McCabe; 1st Separate Com pany Infantry, J. W. Ross, jr.; 1st Com pany, Signal Corps, Captain S. P. Baker, wsth field hospital and ambulance corps. t rorn Maine, 2d Infantry, under Col. F. Al. Hume. Massachusetts. 1st Brigade, under ,x8\ ?n; E. Pierce, and composed or the 2d Infantry, under CoL W. C Hayes; 6th Infantry, under Col. G. H. Priest; the 2d BrigadV under Brig. Gen. ?w H. Pew. jr., and composed of the 5th Infantry, with Lieut. Col. W. W. Stover. mi command, and the 9th Infantry, under CoL J. J. Sullivan. The 1st Company Sig Capt. Harry G. Chase. 1st ?Field Hospital, and the 1st Ambulance Company were with the Massachusetts quota. ,^?-fifctlcut- 1st Infantry, under Col. F. M. Hum*'. ? Ne* Jersey. 1st Troop Cavalry, 7m, Tro?^, CavaJr>- Battery A. Field Ar t.llery; Battery B. Field Artillery; the Kgnal Corps Company and the 1st Fiel* Hospital. The National Guards are supported by the 2d Battalion. ::d I'mted States Field Artillery, most of the loth V. S. Cavalry from Fort EtAan Allen, a portion of the i . S. Engineers. The "Reds" also have ? considerable number of other detach ments. Line-Up for Defense. The "Blue" army is made up of the f?th United States Infantry, the 2d Brigade from New York, under Brig. t*en. John G Eddy, and composed of the 11th Infantry, under Col. John H. Foote; the Sid Infantry, under Col. F. H. Norton and the 47th Infantry, under Col H C ?Hl!.mfI!;,nUpportei1 by ,he lst Battalion! * ield Artillery, under Col. M. B. Thurston the 2d Battalion. Field Artjllery under Col. George A Wlngate; 2d Regiment of Engineers, under Col. John B. Hotchkin lst Cavalry, under Col. O. B Bridgman' and the 2d Cavalry, under Col. C. I. De w . u ^,ny Si*nal CoTP*. under Capt. YV. L. HaJlinan. and the 2d Com pany S.gnal Corps, under Capt. G. E. Schenk. The first and second field hos pitals and the first and second ambulance companies are with the brigade. From New Jersey came the lst Brigade made up Of the 1ft Infantry, 4th Infantry and 5th Infantry. Vermont sent its 1st Regiment of In lantry. Both armies had sanitary troops and the necessary equipment of field trains and wagons for carrying camp equip ment. The forces are under the command of Brig. Gen. Tasker H. Bliss, who is com mander of the Department of the East. and his chief pf staff Is Col. William A. (Continued on Fourth Pa**)* Chafin, Accepting Nomination, Criticises Local Conditions. ARRAIGNS THE PRESIDENT Statute Against Traffic in Girls Dead Letter, He Charges. DISCUSSES PARTY PLATFORM Claims That It Is the Only Real Progressive Appeal to the People That Has Been Issued. EIGEXE W. CHAFIN. WAUKESHA. Wis.. August 10.?Dr. Charles H. Mead of New York city, permanent chairman of the national pro hibition convention held at Atlantic City, July 10-12. on behalf of the notification committee, before a large audience in the city park, this afternoon, informed Eu gene W. Chafin of Tucson, Aris., that he had been unanimously nominated for President. Arraigns the President. In the course of his speech of accept ance Mr. Chafin made the sensational charge that the law in the District of Columbia against the traffic in girls had not been enforced for ten years. On this subject he said: "The complete suppression of the traf fic in girls is the language of our plat form. We are the only political party this year, or any other year, which has dared to make such a declaration. Why? Because it is a part of the liquor traffic system. Neither the present nor former President has in the past ten years dared to enforce the law of Congress in the District of Columbia against this aw ful crime, though It has been carried on almost in sight of the White House, the Capitol and In the shadow of the Washington Monument. Neither dares today to announce to the American people that if again intrusted with the office of President he will enforce this law, not withstanding the President takes an oath of office and the Constitution says 'He shall take care that the laws be faith fully executed-' It says nothing about making the law a dead letter in order to get the liquor vote. And one of these gentlemen pretends to be a progressive and a reformer!" Why Waukesha Was Chosen. Mr. Chafin spoke In part as follows: "Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, ladies and gentlemen: It did not seem convenient for this committee and myself to meet at my home in Tuc son, Ariz., for this formal and important ceremony, so I selected Waukesha. Wis. It was here that I began the practice of law in 1873, a practice which I continued for more than twenty-five years. It was within fifteen miles of this city that I was born and reared on a farm purchased of the government by my father, who was one of the pioneers of Wisconsin. Mrs. Chafin was born in this county, and we were married here. Our two children were born here and one is buried here. What more appropriate place could there be to receive the honors of this occasion than here among kindred, friends, school mates and teachers? Only Progressive Platform. "Mr. Chairman, it is with many thanks that I receive from your hands this handsome, engrossed copy of our platform. It contains sixteen planks and 4X5 words. It is so plainly written that any one who reads can understand its meaning. The committee that draft ed It and the convention which adopt ed it, evidently intended it to convey information. This engrossed copy is of such size and form that it can be , framed and hung over the office desk of the President in the White House and be a daily reminder of its pledges to the people. I shall do all in my power to see that it is placed there. I have carefully considered each plank and they receive my hearty approval. It is the broadest platform and most comprehensive of all the issues that has been adopted by any political party this year. It is also the only real progressive platform." Indorses All the Planks. Mr. Chafin then proceeded to indorse In turn the planks of the platform, com mending a single term for President, of six years; woman suffrage, popular elec tion of senators, repeal of laws licensing the liquor traffic; declaring for the sup pression of the traffic in jdrls; commend ing arbitration, declaring for a tariff fixed on a scientific basis secured by an omnl-partlsan commission; indorsing graduated income and Inheritance taxes, and favoring the initiative, referendum and recall. High Cost of Living. Regarding the high cost of living, Mr. Chafin said: "Destroy the liquor traffic?let those ten millions of consumers become pro ducers and the problem is solved, and there is no other solution. Charging It . to the tariff and like legislation is mere buncombe. The liquor problem is the greatest economic problem the world has ever faced. The solution of the labor , and capital question is bound up in it. For the leaders of all other parties to Ignore this great question in order to get ? the liquor vote is a travesty on the word 'statesman.' And especially is this true when they call themselves 'progress ive.* Where have they 'progressed' from? I And where are they 'progressing* to? Single Term for President. Regarding a single term for President Mr. Chafin said: "The platform favors *a presidential term of six years and one term only.' This Is a most lmportan mat . r ^continued on fitfUkftge.1 I - I Towns of Gallipoli and Tchanak-kalessi Destroyed. MANY PERSONS KILLED Villages on Sea of Xarmora Also Great Sufferers. SHOCKS IN CONSTANTINOPLE Injured Carried There for Treat ment?Three Disturbances Re corded at Georgetown. CONSTANTINOPLE, August 10.?The Turkish seaport of GalllpoM, 132 miles west of this city,, and the town of Teha nak-kalessi, at the narrowest part of the Dardanelles, have been destroyed by earthquake. Many of the inhabitants were killed or injured. Another slight shock of earthquake was felt in this city this morning:. Yesterday's quake was very severe on the southern shores of the Sea of Mar mora. Telegraphic communication with the Dardanelles is interrupted. The villages on the sea of Marmora suffered greatly, and many of their in habitants were killed or injured. A con siderable number of the injured have ar rivtd here for treatment in the hospitals. Gallipoli a Seaport. Gallipoli Is a seaport of European Turkey, in Rumelia, vilayet of Adrianople, on the east coast of Gallipoli, at the northeast entrance to the Dardanelles. It was a place of great importance in the middle ages when Its population was about 100,000. Its present population is about 30,000. The town has extensive bazaars. Tchanak-Kalessi, sometimes called by Europeans as Dardanelles, is a town of Asia Minor on the Dardanelles, at their narrowest part, opposite Kalid-Bahi*. The manufacture of pottery is extensively carried on in the town. The population is about 10,000. , Shocks Are Felt Here. Three severe earthquake shocks were recorded last night on the seismograph at Georgetown University observatory. Father Tondorf, selsmographer, believes the initial point of di^urbance was more than 3,000 miles distant, though the ex act location is uncertain. The disturbance began last night at 8:."i0 o'clock. The first severe shock was at 9:13 o'clock, the Second coming at I 9:16, and the last of the hard quakes at 9:18 o'clock. The disturbance caused the needle to oscillate until 9:58 o'clock last night. m CATLIN COOP TITLE Minority of House Committee Passes on Contest From Missouri District. Theron Catlin, the young representative from the eleventh Missouri district, is up held In his defense against Patrick Gill's claim for his seat in Congress, and the methods of the democrats who brought the contest are vigorously assailed In a minority report from House elections com mittee No. 2, presented to the House to day Theodore Roosevelt and the bull moose are mentioned by Inference by the minority, which says in the latter part of the long report: "The franchise is the most sacred gift of free government to its people. Next to that franchise the most perfect gift of liberty is the right to .hold office. "Polite" Terms in Politics. In these days, when, sometimes, suspi cion seems almost equal to conviction, when 'thief,' 'robber,' 'yegg' and 'second story worker' are words of seemingly po lite conversation in politics, when the country seems full of unrest and tur moil?when the government seems at times almost to be trembling on its foun dation?we may be supported by the thought that amid the struggles of par ties and factions of parties, amid the clash of classes and the unrest of the toiler, the humblest citizen may yet aspire to reach the highest office within the gift of the nation. Duty of the Hour. "Nevertheless, it behooves us who in this case assume the role of judges of other men's actions, to lay aside preju dice and party advantage in order that suspicion may not here wrongly assume the hue of guilt." In conclusion the report says: "Tne sanctity of the ballot is no less profaned when the man who is legally elected is driven from his seat than where, having obtained that seat by fraudulent and cor rupt practices, he is permitted to retain it unmolested." ANXI0UT TO ADJOURN. Senators Show Disposition to End Session. The Senate today showed a disposi tion to clean up the appropriation bills and adjourn. Several senators asking consideration of special measures in which they were interested failed to get a quorum. The bill for a depart ment of labor, the vocational educa tional bill and the Coosa river dam bill were among these. The way was cleared for the completion of the post office appropriation bilL "The President has vetoed the wool bill and probably will veto all the other tariff bills, so I don't see much use of staying here," said Senator John Sharp Williams. The steel bill is at the White House. The sugar bill and the excise tax bill are still in conference. Gallinger President Pro Tem. Senator Gallfnger of New Hampshire was elected president pro tempore of the Senate today, to hold the office from Monday. August If. to Saturday, August 17. Senator Bacon of Georgia fcaa fceld ifeft Siace August JL THE IF-BALL FAN. NATION "COMES BACK" Banner Yields Are Expected for United States This Year. After one bad crop year the United States seems to have "cpme back," and if the estimates of the Department of Agri culture are upheld by the harvest this will be one of the banner crop years of the country. The general average of the past ten years has been exceeded in near, ly all of the staple crops. Some new records have been made, and there have been but two years when the corn crop has been larger. The country's corn crop, estimated at 2,811,000,000 bushels, will be the largest in the nation's history, with the exception of the years 1906 and 1910, the former being the banner year with 2,927,000,000 bushels. As for the wheat crop, esti mated at 680,?00,000 bushels, that will rank fifth in size during the past twenty years. Becord Oats Crop. The oats crop will be the largest the country has gathered, surpassing by 21, 000,000 bushels that of 1910, the previous record. In barley, too, this year will es tablish a new record, the estimated yield of 202,000,000 bushels being 24,000,000 bushels greater than that of 1906, the previous best year. The yield of rye, 35,000,000 bushels, will equal that of 1910, the former record year. Of potatoes, which will amount this year to 371,000,000 bushels, only 1909 with its 389,000,000 bushels produced a larger yield. "Mr. Dooley on I The Metropolis" I o 0 <? OW wud ye like to 41ve in New York?" ask- v ed Mr. Hen- y nessy. "If A I was young- K er," said Mr. y Dooley, "an' A more bullet- \ proof I'd y take a A chance. K There's no doubt it's th' center iv y American civilization since Dead A Horse Gulch quieted down. I'd like \ to see th' late Jesse James or th' 0 Younger brothers on Broadway. A If they didn't die iv narvous pros- K thration fr'm th' artillery practice y they'd go home to Missoury an' A spile their repytation f'r truth an' veracity be settin' around th' Are y afther a hard night's wurruk rob- ^ bin' a Mishoury Passyfie thrain an' tellin' their comrades about th' ex ploits iv th' New York polis. "No, I don't think I'll go there. A While admittln' that no place in \ th' wurruld offers a betther pros- Q pect f'r a career to an ambitious \ young fellow who can deal fr'm th' Q bottom iv th' deck an' is handy \ with a gun, I'm afraid th.' me- y thropolus wud be too sthrenuse afther years lv th' relljious quiet iv Ar-rchey road an* th' stockyards." <? <? Tomorrow in the Special Feati res Section <? of I THE SIRMY STAR | Roosevelt Tells of Crisis in the Progressive Convention. SAYS HE WON CONTENTION Breach Threatened Over the Negro Question. OYSTER BAY, N. Y., August 10.?How near the progressive party came to a break at Its first national convention was told today by Col. Roosevelt. The_ negro question, he said, created a breach which for ?a time threatened to make serious trouble. The disagreement, said Col. Roosevelt, was due largely to the fact that some northern delegates who were genuinely anxious to help the negro in the south, did not understand how to do it. They told the colonel that by refusing to give the blacks in the south represen tation he was treating them unfairly, and that they could not consent to such ac tion. Col. Roosevelt's reply, he said, was to point out to them the attitude of the negro delegates in the republican conven tion, and to say if they wished to create those conditions within the progressive party they must do it without him. The Only Way, He Says. In the face of this ultimatum, the colonel had his way. and he believes that he succeeded in convinciing those who at first opposed him that it was the right way. "It was the only way, absolutely," Col. Roosevelt said. If the new party should win, he continued, many people would i say, six months after election, that the plan had failed, because the negro still suffered from injustices. But in ten years, he said, they would understand that a step in advance had been taken, and that the country was on the right way toward the solution of the whole problem. Took Democratic Views. Col. Roosevelt cheerfully admitted that j the progressive party in framing its platform had taken material from the democrats. "William J. Bryan says you have taken democratic ideas," he was told. "We have," he replied with a. smile. "We have taken all the democratic ideas except those fit for inmates of a lunatic asylum." Col. Roosevelt received a telegram which, he said, pleased him greatly. It was sent from * Bremerton navy yard, near Seattle, and extended congratula tions of the crew of the battleship Ore gon on account of his nomination. MAKES RECORD IN HIS LINE. Colored Georgian Steals One Thou sand Chickens in Three Months. ROME, Ga., August 10.?One thousand stolen chickens in three months is the record of Henry Richardson, a negro of this city. He told the police today that lils income from the fowls during that time had averaged $100 a month. The negro, who has made a full confes sion to the police, said that he would often steal as many as fifty chickens in a night. He dressed them in the daytime, then sold them at just enough reduction under the market price to have no dif ficulty in disposing of them. HOLDING FINAL SESSIONS. Aminftl Convention of Eagles Will Close Up Business Today.. CLEVELAND, Ohio. August 10.?Today saw the final sessions of the annual con vention of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, which met here all this week. Today's program called for a final Grand Aerie meeting in the morning and the installa tion of the new officers in the afternoon. In the morning matters brought before the Grand Aerie were the final decisions on the 1913 budget and a recommendation Is admit, Btate aeries to Grand Aerie. Decision of Roosevelt Leaders in Ohio Regarded With Suspicion. COLUMBUS, Ohio, August 10.?With nearly all of the twenty-one members of the republican state central committee already here, and with Taft and Roose velt leaders holding hourly conferences, it was apparent early today that nothing like complete accord had been reached concerning the selection of a candidate for governor in succession to Judge E. B. Dillon, who refused to accept the nomina tion. Regarded With Suspicion. The decision of the Roosevelt leaders to give their suport to former Attorney General Grant Denman took the Taft leaders by surrise, inasmuch as Denman has been classed as a Taft man, and the Taft people were making efforts this morning to discover, as they said, "if there was a mouse in the meal." The committee was scheduled to meet at 1 o'clock this afternoon. A proposition that the Roosevelt men, both on the state ticket and among mem bers of the state central committee, be asked to declare their allegiance to the candidacy of President Taft or resign their places was being widely discussed in political circles, and promised to add new complications when the committee met this afternoon. Decision of Boosevelt Men. United States District Attorney U. Grant Denman of Cleveland, former at torney general of Ohio, was determined upon for the Roosevelt candidate for the republican nominee for governor at a meeting last night between Walter F. Brown, chairman of the state central committee: Dan R. Hanna of Cleveland and Nat C. Wright, Cleveland newspaper publisher. Following the meeting, Walter Brown indicated that should Mr. Denman or some other candidate acceptable to the Roosevelt forces be nominated he and the other Roosevelt leaders would not place a progressive state ticket in the field. Should the Taft forces succeed in nominat ing their candidate he indicated that the progressives would place a progressive ticket before the voters of the state. BUTCHERY LASTS HOURS Hundred and Forty Bulgarians Slain by Mussul mans. USKUP, European Turkey, August 10. ?Details of the massacre of Bul garians by Mussulmans August 2 at Kotschana, fifty miles to the south west of this city, show that the butch ery lasted three hours and that more than 140 Bulgarians were killed. The trouble began with the explosion of a bomb on the crowded market square. Five Bulgarians and six other per sons were killed. Five minutes later a second bomb exploded in the same place, causing further fatalities. Soon afterward bands of Mussul mans appeared on the spot, armed with guns, revolvers, knives and clubs, with which they carried out a wholesale butchery of Bulgarians, Turkish offi cials looking on. Later on Turkish troops arrived, but, instead of arrest ing the Mussulmans, made a house-to house search for Bulgarians, many of whom they drove to prison with their hands bound. One hundred and forty dead bodies were found in the vicinity, more than a hundred of them being piled up in the courtyard of the Bulgarians' church. Much looting was done during the day. All those arrested were Chris tlSWK ? ... United States May Have the Greatest Dreadnaught. COMPROMISE UNDER WAY Action of Democrats in Congress Will Bring Harmony. PLAN CAUCUS FOE "WEDNESDAY Vessel to Be Built, It Is Expected, Will Revolutionize Naval Construction. A great gray battleship, superdread naught in type, carrying an armament of guns which will send destruction to an enemy's fleet even far down the horizon, will be the outcome of today's pact signed by both the two-battleship and no-battle ship factions of the democrats in Con gress. This is the prediction of Steven B. Ayres of New Yorlc and John L. Burnett of Alabama, who represent the different sides of the question, and whose actions today brought the democrats together, so that harmony prevails in the ranks, and the sore feeling growing out of the differ ences of opinion is fast disappearing. The ship Is planned to be the greatest ever built. If these predictions are car ried out by the American navy experts the Stars and Stripes some day will float from a battleship to which the squadrons of England, France, Germany and Japan will have to bow in acknowl edgment of Yankee skill in construction. Manned by Yankee tars and commanded by graduates of Annapolis, this ship will be a steel-clad mistress of the seas that may revolutionize ship construction the world over. In the agreement that has been made the two-battleship men cheerfully con form to the plan to vote for a single ship. They would vote for two ships if they could do so without engendering party strife and making ill feeling be tween strong men in the party, but they recognize they will have another chance to vote for other ships. Democratic Senators Agree. Not only In the House of Representa tives has this agreement been reached. Representative Padgett, chairman of the committee on naval affairs of the House, has conferred with senators, and the two-battleship amendment of the upper House will be compromised cheerfully as against the no-ship hiatus of the House bill. The Senate specifies also that if one ship alone is authorized it must not be an ordinary vessel, but must be the last word in naval construction. Following this, the interested democrats conferred with officials at the Navy Department. The results were so satisfactory to all that the democrats seem no longer split by a difference of opinion on naval affairs. Representatives Ayres and Burnett theVeupon got together for the benefit of the party, and Mr. Burnett sent to Mr. Ayres this note: ... "Dear Mr. Ayres: I hand you herewith a call for a caucus, which, if your friends will sign, I agree to attend and will ad vise those who have been with me on the battleship question to attend, and I agree to support a resolution framed in con formity therewith." To Caucus Wednesday. The caucus will be held next Wednesday afternoon, it is planned. It Is necessary to hold this meeting to release democrats from the previous no-battleshlp promise. It is expected, though, that some mem bers will hold out for two ships. What the republicans will do when the matter is brought up on the floor is not cer tain. Representative Padgett will ask for a concurrence with the conference report, with an amendment calling for one battle ship. After that it is expected that the bill will pass without trouble. Speaking of the sentiment for a bigger navy, Mr. Ayres said today: "It Is marvelous when we come to real ize how patriotic Americans are over the question of an American navy. I don t care where they are from, the American people seem to have arisen during this battleship controversy, and have demand ed that the Stars and Stripes shall be su preme In power. I have polled my ois trict, and have found the sentiment over whelmingly in favor of big ships and a strong navy. Even men from farther back in the country find that people stop them on the street and urge a big navy. It is not a question of politics?it Is a question of patriotism." SINGLE TERM IN FAVOB. Bailey Confident Presidential Plan Will Pass the Senate. The constitutional amendment for a single term for the President of the United States will be pushed for consider ation in the Senate early nexf week. Senator Bailey stated today that he had canvassed the Senate and was satisfied the amendment would secure the neces sary two-thirds vote for passage in that body. "I am anxious this amendment should be passed in the Senate at this time, so that the House may take it up early next winter and pass it in time for submission to the state legislatures In 1913," said Senator Bailey. "In this way its final passage will come after the present cam paign, and there can be no charge that it has been directed at any particular cir cumstance." Senator Bailey had announced his pur pose to call up the single term resolution today, but he changed his plan to'facili tate appropriation legislation. Several senators announced their desire to speak on the resolution. ON WAY TO DBYDOCK. Battleship Nebraska, Recently Dam aged, Proceeding Under Convoy. NEWPORT, R I.. August 10.?Con-' voyed by the flagship Missouri, the bat tleship Nebraska, which was damaged last Thursday by striking an uncharted shoal off Point Judith, was proceeding at a five-knot pace up the coast today to drydock at the Charlestown navy yard. The Nebraska left the practice grounds off Block Island yesterday afternoon for Charlestown. Late' last night the Mis souri was dispatched from here to go to her aid. Iffanft Ford's Body Cremated. LONDON, August 10.?The funeral service for the late Isaac N. Ford, for merly correspondent of the New York Tribune in London, who died August 7, was held today at St. Barnabas' Church, Kensington. Many journalists and rep resentatives of the publishing world and a number of Americans were present. The body was afterward cremated at tisldeycs .Green $em?tciz? ?? CITY MAKES RECORD Paying Its Debts Faster Than Any Place In the Country. GOVERNMENT REIMBURSED Obligations Cleared Off Last Year, $1,591,687.40. DUE TO CUT APPROPRIATION S District Authorities Would Prefer a More Liberal Attitude on the Part of Congress. Washington is getting out of debt fast er than any city in the I'nited Stat?. Information placed before the Commis sioners of the District is said to estab lish this fact It was learned today that the total payment on the debt last year amounted to $1.301.687.40. It is no secret that the local authorities believe the District's indebtedness is be ing reduced at too rapid a rate. Tho reason for the rate is to be found in smaller appropriations by Congress for | District improvements. The payment of approximately a million and a half dollars last year toward the extinguishment of the municipality's obli gations is said to be almost a record breaker for a city the slse of the capi;al. It was the biggest payment of the kind the District has made in any year. More Liberal Appropriation Sought. More liberal appropriations by Congress for much needed local improvements, which would reduce the funds available for applying on the District's debt, but leave a sufficient amount for extinguish ing the Indebtedness at a fair rate, would constitute a policy which, it Is under stood, would be most pleasing to the Dis trict Commissioners. An interesting situation has been brought about in connection with the rate at which the debt is btlng dis charged as a result of the provision iu the sundry civil bill for payment by the District to the Government Hos pital for the Insane of an amount t?? ccver the cost of maintaining certain patients in the institution during the fiscal years 1881 to 1911, inclusive. Repayment of Advances. Last year the District paid out of its own revenues the amount of $886,020.65 on account of advances made by the United States government and, at the present rate, would extinguish this ob ligation in two years. However, should the District be required to pay to the Government Hospital for the Insane S760.536.O9, as provided in the sundry civil bill, on account of indigent patients maintained in the hospital in excess of the number charged to and paid for by the District in the years named, it will have available next year limited funds to apply on the debt on account of advances made by the United States. District Payments. At the beginning of the present fiscal year the District's total bonded indebt edness was S8.256.5o0. As previously stated, the amount of S886.0U0.65 was ap plied last year on the debt of advances by the United States, which reduces that obligation to SI.779.061.16. Should ttie District not be required to reimburse the Government Hospital for the Insane, it probably could wipe out this obligation by the end of the next fiscal year. June 30, 1911, the District's debt on parlc improvements amounted to $55,213.2". This was increased to $278,905.16 during the fiscal year that ended June 3i?, 1912. Toward this obligation there was paid last year the amount of S76.016.7o, which leaves a balance of $2u2,888.41. Three more annual Installments will wipe out this amount. Payment made on the bonded debt during the fiscal year 1912 was S629, 650, the method for extinguishing the indebtedness being on the half-and-half principle of appropriation. The entire amount paid by the District toward the extinguishment of its obliga tions last year is found in the payment of S886.020.65, on account advances oy the United States; $76,016.75 on account of park improvements and $629,650 on account of the bonded debt, or a tot&l of $1.591,687.40. WINS IN BERMUDA R/U? Motor Boat Dream Victor Over Kathemma on Time Allowance. ATLANTIC CITY. X. J., August 1<V The return race from Bermuda between the motor boats Dream and Kathemma was won by the Dream on time allow ance, both boats passing the finish line at one of the ocean piers here today. The Kathemma crossed the line at 3 a.m. and the Dream finished ?.t 16:04 a.m. According to those on the yachts the Dream on the reiurn trip was given a handicap of 12% hours and she there fore won by a margin of 5 hours 26 minutes. The two yachts left Philadelphia on a race to Bermuda two weeks ago today and after a stormy passage the Dream won by a wide margin. The return race from Bermuda was started last Tuesday evening, both boats crossing the line shortly after 7 o'clock. The crews of the little vessels had an easier time on the return trip than on the run down to Bermuda. Both ran into a northeast storm that lasted two days, but otherwise the return voyage was a pleseant one. All hands were re ported well. CUSTOMS OFFICERS NAMED. Nominations Sent to the Senate by the President. President Taft today sent to the Sen ate the nomination of Frederick A Hig gins to be appraiser of customs at New York, and R. P. Clero to be appraiser of customs at New Orleans. Mr. Higgins will succeed Francis W. Bird, who resigned to Join the progressive party movement. The nomination of Charles B. Quinn to be surveyor of customs at Memphis, Tenn., and that of Charles L. Peacock to be surveyor of customs at Chatta nooga also were sent to the Senate. Ancients and Honorables Return. NEW YORK, August 10.?Forty mem bers of the Ancient and Honorable Ar tillery Company of Boston arrived in New York today on the steamship Celtic after their pilgrimage to London, where they participated in the 375th anniversary of the founding of the parent company, ?d xpce !>*, jjm iunc*