BRITISH BUILDING GREAT WAR FLEET Every Type of Craft Under Construction; Trained Men Ready For Every One London, Aug. 12 (Correspondence of the Associated Press). There is a certain small section of British water front where more ships are up der construction to-day than the en tire shipbuilding facilities of any other nation could undertake at one time. They include every type of craft from submarines to battlesnips and from steam trawlers to Atlantic liners. Most governments lay down their battle- ships and cruisers singly, and the lesser craft perhaps in pairs, but here battleships loom up as twins, light cruisers by the half dozen, destroyers In rows of ten, with many braces of long submarines, and an occasional monitor. The war fleet under the hammer and and the paint brush hero would rank In the naval list above the establish ments of several modest maritime powers. It could demolish the two squadrons which fought the battle of Manila Bay with one volley, and then steam against the combined American and Spanish fleets of Santiago with confidence. And the merchant ships in the stocks are as many as the L T nited States mercantile marine has added to its register in several years. Trained Crews Ready "We 1-ave trained crews ready to step on board all these ships as soon as they are fitted," a naval officer re marked. Under tutelage of Hugh Law, Na tianlist member of Parliament for West Donegal, a party of correspond ents spent a crowded day on land, on water, and on ships in dock, at this base. They saw something which they are not permitted to describe in detail, and many things which they cannot describe for lack of technical knowledge; for the ordinary m%n the visit furnished mostly illumination upon the vast scale on which sea power is arranged, and upon the kind ! cf men who manage it, and their hard but cheerful lives. The general stage settng for this swift review of the fighting and trad ing vessels under construction con sisted of several miles of water front lines as thickly as could be crowded with skeletons and hulls. The stocks carried everything of the final type —until next year, or next week, for | every naval campaign means new I ideas, new devices, new lines of con struction. Two years of active serv- I Ice under war condtions have brought j a great advance to the British navy, already acknowledged to be leader in most naval matters. Every ship and ' every detail of a ship, is the last word j in its class, acording to the war-bought judgment of engineers and fighting officers. In one noticeable detail at least British naval architects appear to have been converted to the principle of one feature of American warships. Follow U. S. Monitor Style The monitors make an appeal to an j American because there is a suspicion j that other navies were disposed to! scoff at them for years. Yet here they | are, with all their superficial changes i and embellishments a tribute to what the brain of John Ericsson conceived I in the sixties. The monitors have been I employed in the shallow waters off the coast of Belgium, and even more ef fectively at Gallipoli. The correspon- ! dents there described them fully. Two i or three strata of the outlying hull! may be penetrated by torpedoes and j the monitor can still keep at work with her guns. Two battleships, almost prepared | for the water, according TO informa tion rendered, are expected to demon strate themselves the most efficient | machines of their familv ever com-j v missioned, and they look it. The bat tleship standing in the timbers on j land with all its lines revealed, 6how- I ing its adaptability for speed, presents I a different picture from the fighting j ship seen above water and has a sug- j gestion of a racing yacht. These had i been constructed in something like I half the time consumed in making a | big warship in pre-war days. There were several so-called de etroyers certainly as long as many \ light cruisers of earlier times, ten of j them extended side by side in one row, | and others elsewhere. Just where the superdestroyer i leaves off and the light cruiser begins j is not a matter of length to-day. Be- | yond the destroyers was a line of long i thin skeletons of submarines, whose size could not be judged at all ac curately in a passing view, even if it could be reported. Compared with the now old-fashioned submarine they are as the Aquitania to the Philadel phia. Submerge In 20 Seconds Floating alongside a dock was a brand new submarine, painted and polished like a touring car fresh from the shop. Her young commander stood alongside and proudly pointed out some of her attractions. From his transparent enthusiasm she might have been a pleasure yacht instead of the vehicle for the most dangerous form of adventure that fighting men undertake. "Of course we are not in the same class with Horton and Kci2- brook," he explained, "but I hope you will hear something from X Seven teen," pointing to the number paint ed on the turret. He observed that this thing could submerge in twenty seconds. From this largest shipbuilding sta tion In the world, with its miles of Bmoklng factories, and with its rever berating clangor of thousan-'s of hammers ringing upon steel, the party traveled over night to the most ex tensive naval base in the world. This was a place where ships run in for re pairs. for oil which is almost the only fuel of these days, for ammunition and stores. Here they are replenished, re fitted, repainted frequently and then disappear into the mists of the North Sea, of which a typical one was en countered on the morning of this visit. The shipbuilding district was a realm of private enterprises, factories and yards where rich firms carry on their own work independently and with no visible traditions of discipline and no outward signs of professional comradeship, except perhaps in the luxurious offices decorated with models of dead and gone ships dating from eras of wooden and iron hulls, where the directors entertain their friends in peaceful times and now by brief, but earnest after lunch speech gave unneeded assurances they were working as hard as the men who wear gold braid. The naval yards present an aspect of their own. Their whole area and their activities certainly are as diverse as those of the shipbuilding com munity, but all is under one manage ment and one directing brain. There is much more to naval organization than meets the eye in the big fleet put ting to sea, and the shore force has its all important work even if less Rpectacular and less appreciated than that of the fighting men. The naval captain in actual control of this es tablishment invented the remarkably complex spotting system which gov erns the fire of ships in action, and probably he and the officers of his staff draw pay which is a mere frac tion of the salaries commanded by the superintendent of a ship founder's yard, if the financial recognition gov ernments give their naval officers can be called pay. Two years ago this was a great naval base, according to reputation, FRIDAY EVENING, J Underselling Women's j I iFllh A gmil iffl|H[ llS"r^lilUnderselling Men's Fine Silk Stockings jVi New Fall Hats ! IX^^ c r i °". up .. ,o . $I : 50 . Lattr :Bsc AT r K 111 |y .. $1.50 heel. C to 0 e IC and 0t «o°ll. PU S?roni k ga?ter tops! 1 r,lnforced 1 {jf |i||[lOn|wl(^^^ll2l] Si I S6 llfM Jf\ All the newe.t felt^pe.^color^ and alier ! i S '° re ° pen * at \ °' c,ock Cl °'" flt 9P - Itl ] Butt eric k Patterns, the Beet in the World (Store Operu at 8 O'clock flow, at JP. ] {The Great Underselling Event Of Early Fall Merchandise Continues To-morrow Saturday I™"™ -11 "■^^■1^■■■■■ This is the ONE BIG EVENT you should take advantage of if you want to save money on. your Fall needs. The one big event I 1 A Final flip#! n-lin at c^ proves our ability to undersell in spite of the fact that merchandise continues to advance. Read this list and profit by —, _ . ■HI®" VlvOll Up these wonderful offerings. Low Underselling Prices Prevail on all kinds of the newest, freshest Fall merchandise. What you can 110 ' OF ■ buy here to-morrow for very 1 ttle will cost you more elsewhere now and in the future. SO BUY TO-MORROW AND SAVE. I __ 11 I Remember the time is limited for this event. A few days at the most and these offerings will have to be withdrawn. Anticipate If fl 11 ' , £ w your Fall needs and buy to-morrow. You'll be many dollars ahead of the game if you take our advice. | —„ 11 ill I— 111 lI II I IWHWI IIHMI I ■—Jg—ILI SHOES ' j Dresses Underselling Hundreds Newest Fall Coat Suits, For women and 1 w"iV K DRESSES, COATS and DRESS SKIRTS speS Low ( " UreSS A Money-Saving Event No Woman Can Afford To Overlook Underselling J / v WOMEN'S AND MISSES' NEW FALL SUITS WOMEN'S AND MISSES' NEWEST FALL 1 ) j3KiriS JKi That Will Cost Up to $20.00 Later. I[J DRESSES That Will Be $20.00 1£ AA nivCo • i Early Fall Price v 1 J.UU Later. Early Fall Price 1 D.UU Women's uiiln 'jmn # For One Dav / .. S ra artes t new whipcords and poplins; long coat styles. Men's Wear Serge Dresses. New Satin, Taffeta Silks and Misses' Newest t fl I 1 B _ _ /I Y\\ lined with guaranteed satin and many with full belts; all Serge and Taffeta Silk Combinations that are well adapted I T> *T T EUNRCI 13 I § lomorro W, jat. c / I \\\ Sizes; black and colors. to Autumn that wear. Black, Navy and Burgundy are the rAL.L. BnOaS 2 / I I rwn nir ITCMC /A fife, WOMEN* AND MISSES- HEW FAU, sum SSSS ; rha« wui c„ s , $3; 3 / I IWU Blu lltMb V « W V"} s2s '°° FOr Lat "' <KI Q75 WOMEN'S & MISSES' NEWEST FALL SILK Sp'cUl Eariy f | L, C rhmrp Fnr \M"I W SLm 1 f P "" T, f „ POPLIN DRESSES That will Cost <t» eAC Fall Price, f j C F V/IIOILC lOr - \ tl K r / *f la , £ flm In -W men's wear serge, gabardines, whipcords, poplins, etc.; col- >PO-yo .Later, -tar iy rail .Price V •1/ %J h V # » m Mm. /r^IVW il and Peau de cygne lined; all sizes. of the high-priced models, in black, navy blue, brown, \/ /\ Qif "7 I LII - // \ WOMEN'S AND MISSES' NEW FALL SUITS "" W " 1 *" > 1 K H H M i I /IBS'L That Will Cost $30.00 to $35.00 d» O A WOMEN S & MISSES LATEST FALL PURE AJ( m S \ Later. Early Fall Price /13 WOOL SERGE DRESSES That will (- QJ- [ 1 ' / 1 / The biggest values in all Harrisburg. All the best mate- Cost $6.95 Later. Early Fall Price, , , » I V \hr\ / I r i als: ? U t , he ne "', est 'Style touches; all the very latest mod- They are not only In the latest newest novelty effects coitskin eun v!f 1 ' TaW.c nf \ \/ jl / //'3 e 's and colors. Nothing to equal them will be offered any- and staple styles, but are extraordinary qualities for this coitskin, gun metal calf and kid- r IWO laDies Or women S jk wV\ / 11// Where at this price outside of the Kaufman Store; all sizes, price. Choice of black, navy, green and brown. All sizes. skin. 8-inch top button boot. j and Misses' W ASH //7 X / I J A Spanish heels and all sizes. M , DRESSES; Worth $1.50, !/tfw / // EXTRA LARGE SUITS HUNDREDS OF NEW COATS Women's and Misses' New- 1 $2.00 and $2.50. Choice J / ri J Are strongly displayed, In styles Just as chic and faah- Women's and Misses'light weight for early Fall wear. est FALL SHOES That J I Saturday CA / L J ionable as those for more slender women. The Kauf- for iJUv / J / ma ,? st °re has long sustained a splendid reputation for Fall of 1916. All sizes . $5.»5 to $25.00 Later. Special Early 1 The lot -L-nii»c k '°t 'Deludes voiles ging- / /I shown in Harrisburg this year; that reputation will be Satin Lined Poplin Coats; new Fall styles < A O J ) floured effects Charmlne mo?N / / ifeh more than augmented by the splendid collection now P $lO 00 to $10.50 Price t els in assorted sizes and colors. ready for you. See it. Prices range from $25.00 to SIO.OO Extra Size Serge and Poplin Coats. ..SIO.OO to SIB.OO ... .. S I V All the newest S-inch tops; (T T,„. Tahl« nf ™" — 1 button or lace styles in patent m and Misses' WASH Underselling This Season's Newest Fall Dress Skirts For Women & Misses I i els. All slzesf Spanish B1 1 DRESS SKIRTS; Worth Women's and Misses' Newest Fall Women's and Misses' Black Satin Women's and Misses' Newest Fall Women's and Misses' New Fall Little Boys' Solid Leather K I $1.25, $1.50 and $2.00. SK ™MVM 10 SKIRTS That WUI Cost $7.95 SKIRTS That WUI Cost $6.95 to $lO SKIRTS That Will Cost $6.50 School Shoes That Will # f Choice Saturday *0 Later; y Fa,, Price Later; Early FaU Price Later; Fa,l Price Cost $1.50 Later SpeciS I 1 for OUC Jh-.Jo to $5.95 to $8.95 SO.OO I Early Fall -| -| r\ C \ Latest summer models of white Made of fine navy blue and black Trimmed with big pearl buttons; Velour checks, in blue, brown, I p r ir» A 1 I H I J pique, gold golflne, white gabar- poplin, in the newest flare models; latest models and very popular for Handsome new, wide, graceful green and gray; stunning new I ' rrK - c V # I dine and linen. A good assort- many pleated styles among them; the new season's wear; all sizes and flaring styles; some with the large styles, in the new right-leneth and B Button styles, made sturdy g S ment of styles and sizes. all sizes and extra sizes included. all lengths. pockets; black and colors; all sizes, waist sizes Sft a "d strong of solid leather. All M I || | Underselling He Newest Fall IMslsj S2S2TK ..ffl. I J Women's and Misses' New Fall WAISTS Dotted Voiles 5? White Skirting 290 \ That Will Cost $1.25 Later. QQ tw. '' Later: Early FaU Price. . 95c UsjMul i. qUallt L Yard wide; a good 45c quality. J > Early Fall Price . .. "OC WJ» A va.t variety of new plaid WJlj White Skirting 396 f voiles,, organdies and white China silk.!| P FaU mddel« I ! eP in 8T a ?. es ' . ° " 36 Inches wide; a. 59c J All beautiful aew styles and all sizes. '! sizes and colors. Voilesand Batistes ... 100 Flaxons and Voiles .... 100 J !>' Wnmpn's anA Mi<s«se«' Mew Pall ■! Girls' Newest FaU Wash Dresses I ' nc ' les wide; 19c to 35c qual- Full 40-inch width; 25c quality. I > women s and Misses Mew fall WAli>li> ess \ That Will Cost $2.50 <ci qC Tlffrrll^VVW l JV r- Fieured Voiles 1 1 That Will Cost $2.50 Later. f\ Q % /A. [> Later; Early FaU Price ® A > , jk I MX . Q A SSJfffa ;• These are unusually charming; Tard wide; 59e quality. wide. " J Early Fall Price V A •*/w lis ? made of fine ginghams, reps, gal- . SI.OO RAG RUGS $10.50 BRUSSELS *I.OO SUIT CASES £ i . _ \ J 1 atea, etc.; all new. all attractive # .... . , RUGS > A big collection of lovely new Fall styles in \ an d all sizes. /\ Made ot « ood clean Good Xapestrv Brus . Matting covered; 24- # ? Georgette crepes, silk crepe de chine; white, \ JJ "! At $2.03 to $4.05 A vast as- / rags; size 27x50 in- sels Rugs, 9.\12-ft. ,nch size . with lock i" black and colors. All sizes. \ VWi\wJrJTff,' 1 sortment of Girls' New Fall Wash IJnrier*iplUnP r ches. Special room size; 5 good de- an d key; well made. M 1 \ Sfoff/XrJi i" Dresses, in all the most popular uHuviavumg .» v " ,v " 0 ' signs and colors to se- bPecial, Friday and m % Women's and Misses' New Fall WAISTS I «, fast color wash fabrics; newest Popular New Sweaters 090 lect from. Special, Saturday. % e jf CBG. 1 models, patterns, colors and all That Will Cost $3.50 Later. (fcO QC M . J NEW F.LI SERGE DRESSES e^U t n h d%o P iSrc , woou RUGS 211±. C j Earlv Fall Price *Pfclal/V /[ \ A. 14 ?>»« pockets; narrow or big broad belts 9x12-ft. Wool Fibre £ *" GAS IROXS BC ? '< ,/ \A ' Ji Are now „ n sa i e k Stvles are ex- or sashee; newest collars and all Rugs; good patterns Good inii R J^ ic J tel plated with l| i .!&"«!» %»''%.•"}< 1 M\ < s,?~z° a "°" MUreo °' ,ven - ELm"*" aa h*"V- ss'sStiiif I, 5 chine silk. Georgette crepes. A large assortment ' V\W 'i ff in lng wear. afore" Special, sizes. Special, each, each, ■' Jof this season's newest styles and sizes. \1 a\ 7ro m . .f?OT To PriCCS $2.90 tO sß.9t> aOO $1.59 I E; k « ( indersejii>t Hei's a«d Young 0.75 Now's the Time to Buy Boys' Suits zA Men S NEW 1 ALL SUITS I / mi _ T , , n f 0 , i "h That will Cost $15.00 Later JL m The Latest Fdll Styles For School and Dross 1 m £ arly F"all Underselling Price C 1 T /\ /% 4-T IT A 11* Tl • i yp ' The Newest Worsteds. Velours and Cassimeres embodying the new season's most 031 wfl<l6 JL 0111011 0 ft wliO'W ' j K style touches, in Pinch-Back, New English Patch Pocket Models and staple C> I B. {lisp /tyles for men of more conservative tastes. Every Suit brand new, well tailored and SCHOOL SUITS FOR AFj BOYS' SCHOOL <l*o A A | perfect fitting. Now's the time to buy and save yourself a few dollars later _ '' /c(*r*® on - Come in to-morrow and look them over; all sizes. ... nM 1 Sixes 4 to S years. Sl»e« 6 to 18 jenr«. ■Mf l] Continuing Tomorrow, Saturday, the Big lmq\ 1 ! Vm Underselling Sale of MEN'S TROUSERS sum ..^_ H SCHOOL $4.49W(&) (Men's Worsted Pants That Will d» Men's Worsted Pants That Will C|"| The new Norfolk models, the material of s,ie " 7to 18 Wg/^r// 1 Cost $2.50 Later. Early Fall Price, V 'O" Cost $3.50 Later. Early Fall Price, good strong mixed cassimere. m medium and s with »»•» P»nts. fflf/ faff i Well made of neat stripe worsted; double stitched. «IKr I tm»rit th «ff Be nattern« U 1 a dollar ' two-pants suits. ' i__ ' j \ All sizes. Good assortment of patterns. All siz.s. - BOYS' SCHOOL (frO A/"\ RftVC truftnT L_ ' f Men's Worsted Pants That Will QAA MEN ' S SUN-PROOF BLUE SERGE PANTS SUIXS W.UU sillVi SCHOOL jtC QA j[T T > , Cost $3 Later. Early Fall Price, Tha« Will Cost to $4.00 Later. io fiQ a,„. . SUITS ; ..._ |JIA C Guaranteed not to rip or tear. These new Nohole Early rail Price V Wonderful values in this lot of handsome .Wonderful style and fine oualltv in thi« K Pants are waterproof and made of the strongest fabric All-wool and fade-proof. Good dress trousers. All Norfolk Suits in fine ribbed corduroy. Save lot of suits. Every new Pinch-bark and C uH ■ I for work and wear. All sizes. sizes. a full dollar on these suits now. folk model. Actually as 7 value. imbmJSP™""! m but now its extent and the array of; docks and shops and barracks has t been so multiplied as to make it a truly vast one. The force of skilled and common! workmen is larger than can be kept! at constant employment for they must be able to grapple with emergencies j and with quick operations on a big scale. Wireless is a great aid. Every squadron coming into port telegraphs, its needs, even the humble submarine does the same. The materials and the men are ready on the docks and I in the supply ships when tho fighting craft appear. There was an example on view. One of the most massive and swiftest warships in being was shored up inside a drydock, and that' necessarily one of the largest docks. constructed, to have her hull scraped. Incidentally advantage was taken of i the time, as is customary, for a 1 thorough overhauling of every detail ■ of the ship's machinery from keel to i topmasts. Fifteen-Inch guns, six inch guns, turret machinery, every j detachable or movable fragment of the whole complex creation was being | detached, and inspected, scrutinized,! tinkered, polished and oiled. Several | hundred workmen were engaged. I Miles of wires were strewn above decks and between decks, apparently in hopeless tangles, but the expert workers handling them knew what all the ordered confusion meant The plain citizen who wrangles to achieve a modest rectification of a telephone wire gone wrong would here find cause for prayerful wonder. Sleep Any Old Plaoc Doubtless all navies do the same thing, but one gathered the impression that it is about the ultimate illustra tion of efficiency in complicated and concentrated work. Through it all the sailor man displayed his adapt ability to sleep in impossible places and positions under impossible cir cumstances. The trip Included a view of Beatty's battleship squadron. There they were —and that is about all that can be said. They were prepared to steam for action at five minutes' notice, and they did not care to steam for action with a cargo of newspapermen and a Nationalist member of parliament. These coud not decently be thrown overboard and obviously were not worth a moment's delay. One ship carried into the Jutland battle an army officer on leave from France who was calling on a brother on board. He returned, fortunately, published It, as his mature and well considered judgment, that he felt more at home HAKRIFLBURO TELEGRAPH! in the trenches. Two destroyers con veyed the visitors around the squad ron. There was considerable fresh paint visible in splashes, more on the German officially sunk Warsplte than elsewhere, but what that meant In the way of damage was Greek to the out sider. Two facts impressed an Amer ican. That the commanders of the larger ships averaged 10 years younger than the commanders of ships of the same class in the American navy, and the number and variety and adapt ability of the supply craft, the navy's commissary department. The only thing approaching leisure discovered was on some of the de stroyers. These sea scouts work in shifts. Four days on active duty (a very active duty) four days In port ready to start at the drop of the hat and four days outfitting with more or less shore leave, is their program. Beatty Stood on Bridge Some information and scraps of gossip of the battie cajne out in the course of talk. One item was that Ad miral Beatty went through the flght on the bridge and did not take the protection of any of the armored places which builders make for shelter in battle, and be was under heavy fire. Another, that when the Marlborough was hit by a torpedo, and all believed that she had only a minute or two to live, her commander issued two orders. One was to close the water tight doors that she might float as long as possible, and the other to flre all guns at utmost speed where there was a reasonable target. He wanted her to put in as many blows as she could at the last moment, thinking with all others on board that the last moment had struck. There leaked out a streaming concensus of opinion that a certain high officer is considered Just, without bowels of mercy for careless ness or slackers, and yet men like to serve under him. Then an Incidental reminiscence by a Burgeon on one of the ships which had the good luck to escape being hit. He was below, of course, waiting for the wounded, and playing the hardest part that can be experienced on a ship In action. Even harder than the engineers and stokers In the depths, who work without seeing or know ing what goes on above, and how goes the battle, because he was neither working nor seeing. The great guns were rocking the ship and none below knew whether it was victory or all to the bottom. One of his men was ab sorbed in a novel, paper covered and frayed. Probably where heroic Alger non leaps overboard and rescues SEPTEMBER 8,1916. blushing Madeline from the jaws of the shark. "I thought, he will never turn over the page,' said the young surgeon, a Canadian. "I admit I thought it was a bluff. He did turn the page and kept on reading and turning them over. I was thinking of home and mother." On this big ship as on all the cruisers and destroyers, there was one strong reminder of their work. About all the smaller guns were stacked shells; shells lining the sides like Nanking plates on the walls of a porcelain collector, and shells In boxes, and In baskets. "Shells, and more shells," apparently Is the motto of the navy, as It is of the army. STORM HITS DETROIT By Associated Press Detroit, Mich., Sept. 8. —One of the most severe wind and rain storms Detroit has experienced in many years struck the city last night. Several dwellings were blown down and a number of persons Injured. Consid erable damage was done to small sail boats at the boat clubs and to light vehicles in the downtown streets. The downpour was acocmpanled by a 65-mll® wind, < SPEAKS FOR CONSERVATION By Associated Press Greensboro, N. S.. Sept. B.—Secre tary of War Baker was the guest of hoonr at a conservation dinner given by the Greensboro Chamber of Com merce last night and spoke on tha "Conservation of Humanity." "I hope never to have to mobilize the mankind of this nation for a trial of strength and fitness," said Secretary Baker, "but if the time ever comes that such a call has to go forth, I hope the response will not be by broken men, crushed under the industrial processes of our, civilization." PANAMA CANAL OPEN Panama, Sept. 7. Twelve ships passed through the Panama Canal to day. Their maximum draught was 28 feet, which indicates that the dredging of the slide which recently occurred at Cucaracha has been vlr-< tually completed. HOLT COMING HOME Stockholm, Sept. 7, via London. Sept. 8. Frederick Holt, secretary of the neutral conference for continu ous mediation, will sail for New York Friday on the steamer Oscar II on his way to Detroit* 5
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