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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-03-26

has not yet found a way OF completing
one first class battleship I'm less than
Is months. AS / remember II. that is
the record, and though the ship was
termed complete at the end OF that
time. IL was even then a long way from
being actually ready for fighting serv-
ice. No full sized battleship should be
rushed through and put to sea inside OF
from two TO three years. IL should not
be forgotten that the chief requirement
In "A fighting ship, after all, is that 1t
be well built.
"Brt the United States is now as well
prepared as any nation to create an
adequate navy. as there are several
establishments where ships second to
none in the world can be built as quick
ly as anywhere else. barring possibly
England, and, i'm my judgment. even
better than anywhere else. l should place
Cramps and the Newport News ship
building companies about on a par as
To facilities. The Newport News yard
is now a little the larger, but they have
had greater experience at Cramps, and
their yard is more compact. After these
two i should place the Union works at
San Francisco and then the Roach
yards at Chester. Big ships can also be
built at both the Brooklyn and the Nor
folk navy yards. while gunboats and
the like can be built at dozen smaller
yards. and the possible facilities for
constructing torpedo boats. torpedo
boat catchers. submarine boats and the
other smaller craft are practically un-
limited.
"Why is 1t that England can build
faster than we? Simply because there
are many more skilled workmen there
than here. Our machinery Is as good
or better. we can make iron and steel
beams. plates and armor as rapidly as
they can i'm England and perhaps more
so. but we have comparatively few
workmen who are skilled at the ship
builders trade. Why not import them
My dear sir, you forget that the ship
builder who shcIld engage skilled
workmen abroad and cause their immi-
grafton to these shores would be liable
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-03-26

done by skilled hand labor. Every rivet
that holds the framing and the plates
together must be driven home andham-
mered hot by hand. Every bolt and
nut must be screwed together by hand.
The interior fittings must be put in
place by hand. The paint must be put
on with brushes welded by hand. At
the Cramp yards they are today at
work on the Alabama. a great new
warship OF almost twice the tonnage
and OF at least twice the fighting pow
er of the Maine. She Is already we'll
under way. the essential parts OF iron
and steel are all finished or in course OF
construction. and hundreds OF men are
now making frantic haste to complete
her.
1T might be possible TO carry on this
work a little faster. but not much for
as many men as can find room TO work
on. under and about her are banging
away with hammers and rasping with
files. boring holes with drills and do
ing all the other things that IL is nec-
essary to do In order to finish the ship.
The Cramp yards might be able TO build
two such ships as quickly as one. In
fact, I feel sure that this is so. and II
would undoubtedly be possible TO turn
out FIVE battleships In five years there,
OF at the rate OF one n year but no
matter how much money might be
available TO do :. with human ingenuity
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-03-26

ehfpyards in Elizabethport. N. T., the
other day, 'let me impress upon you
the fact that / am thorough believer
In the battleship. should understand
better than the majority also that IL Is
impossible at this time to create an
up to date navy with anything like
the celerity shown by the United States
in the sixties and that IL would take
years to build and arm an invulnerable
line Of forts along our seaboard.
But i do believe that we can de-
fend ourselves and that we can get
ready much quicker than is generally
supposed.
How can this thing be done? BY the
use Of the howitzer, as the improved
modern rified mortar Is termed, and the
rapid building of fleet of mortar boats
Mortars and mortar boats were among
the chief instruments that brought vic
tory TO the north in the civil war, and
they may be powerful aid again.
'It would be impossible for the best
equipped shipbuilding concern in the
world to launch full nedged fighting
vessel of the first class that could carry
the war wherever IL might be consider
ed necessary in less than is months aft
er the laying Of the keel. but yards that
could build a mortar boat In less than
month are scattered all along the
north Atlantic coast OF the Uniteds
States and are not wanting on the Pa
cific. I would be willing to guarantee
that we could build a mortar boat at
the Crescent yards In three weeks and
arm her with four IL inch mortars that
would carry explosive laden projectiles
weighing several hundred pounds each
seven miles-with accurate aim. and /
have no doubt whatever that the same
thing could be done In any OF several
yards I could name, such .s Cramps.
the Bath Iron works, the Roach yards
and so on.
There need be no doubt whatever Of
the feasibility .of this when I say that
here at Elizabethport We have built ten
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-03-26

, more such boats as i have in mind in
practically as short a time as one, Ii
need be. only brief period before every
port could be prepared to give an ex-
ceedingly warm welcome TO the vessels
of a hostile power.
These boats would be OF the SIM
plest possible construction and of
course would be entirely without armor
plating. which requires months in the
manufacture. They would look about
like this" he continued, sketching rap
idly as he talked, land would be, say,
l60 feet long by 35 feet broad and draw
about four feet of water. The material
would be OF iron and steel plating some
what heavier than that used on light
river craft.
THE mortars would be placed In pairs
at either end. and the engines and
boilers would be set low in the hull.
Built so rapidly. the engines as well as
the boats would have to be OF the sim
plest sort, of course, but any engine
builder will tell you that with the pat
terms already on hand the construc-
tion OF a simple direct acting engine
is a matter of only a very short time.
and the same is true OF types Of boilers
that would do Besides. I'm emergency,
engines and boilers could be taken out
Of tugs and other small steamers. II
would not be necessary to use very
powerful engines. the only object In
having them at all being TO enable the
boats to move themselves from place to
place.
How can we get the guns ready
quickly. since we are told that the maxi
ing of piece OF heavy modern ord
nance is a matter of months? Return
to first principles and make them of
cast iron. That is quite feasible. The
guns would be of sufficient strength IL
the castings were made heavy enough,
especially II re-enforced by bands OF
wrought iron. I wouldn't recommend
cast iron mortars In anything but an
emergency. and IL In true that a certain
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-03-26
Lewis Nixon Who Designed he Indiana Type Of Baeshp
Has Scheme For fhe Defense Of Our Seaports With
Rfed Howtzers and Mortar Boats, Which He Says
Could Be Rapidly Created Why Warship
Cannot Be Built In Year-How fhe
Wartime Monitors Might Be
Made Effective.

steamers with huis OF a type that
would be we'll adapted to mortar boat
service in three months. and that the
machinery OF almost or quite every
yard l know OF is admirably fitted for
such work. Moreover, the boats could
te built I'm sections. 30 that they could
be sent from the place of construction
by rail to any port on either coast in a
surprisingly short time, as has been
abundantly demonstrated In the steam
ers. built and building for the Yukon
river services<-And as every yard OF
any consequence. IL pressed to It's ut
most capacity could put out two or
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-03-26
(Copyright, 1898. !

Copyright, 1891 N
Lewis Nixon. the naval constructor
who designed the battleships of the In
diana type and who has been in close
touch with the navy department ever
since the beginning OF the present fleet of
1884. when he was stationed there as
convinced that the United States can
vastly improve the condition of every
one OF its seaports. 30 far as defenses
nre concerned, In Rsvery few weeks.
Before explain my idea." said Mr..
Nixon to the writer at the Crescent
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-03-26

TO a fine OF $1,000 for every man brought
over. IL is quite possible for the un-
skilled immigrant, who has no idea how
he is going 10 earn his living 10 come
TO America and settle himself. but the
man who is I'm demand and Will not
come without a contract Is barred out.
You must not think me pessimlstic.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-03-26

heaven should rain down a dozen COM
plete and well equipped battleshlps to-
morrow and place them at exactly the
points where they would be most avail
able. we could not make good use of
them, for We have neither the officers
90 command them. the seamen TO man
them, the engineers TO operate their
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-10
Santa Catalina.

SANTA CATALINA, July Civilian J. Landers, a prominent insurance man of San Francisco, who visited Catalina Island recently, distinguished himself while here by catching tuna weighing 13S pounds The noble game was caught on a 21-strand line, with rod and reel.
 G. G. Fraser of San Francisco, and a nephew of the ex-Premier of Ontario, Canada. made the second largest catch of tunas in the world on the 25th ult His fish weighed 173 pounds, the record being 1SS
 A. w. Goodfellow, prominent attor- ney of Oakland, arrived here on the 18th in his private yacht La Paloma. He has Joined his family at the Metropole
 Recent arrivals at the Metropole from San Francisco and Oakland include: Mrs. A. E. Marchand. William J. Landers. Herbert Landers. Mrs. w. s. Goodfellow. Mrs A. l.. White, Miss Florence White, Thornton White, A E. Pinching G. G. Fraser. Mrs. George E. Dow, Miss Lillian Dow, Ed T. Dow. MT. and Mrs. Albert Frank, Miss R. c. Dunlop, Mrs. T. D. Gum, Mrs. L. W. Wakefield, Miss Wake field. Miss Kirk. Miss Catheryn Kirk. Robert Arnold Foster, Miss Marie Rose Carew, Miss Juliet l.. Saxton. Miss May E. Devine, Miss Margaret L. Dunn. Miss Josie R. Ambrose. Miss Marion Goodfel- low, Miss Edith Goodfellow, George Good fellow.
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-10
Santa Catalina Island.

Colonel D. M. Burns Is guest of the Metropole for two weeks. Colonel Burns is accompanied by Mrs. Burns, Miss Mrs. George Gale. all of San Francisco, and Guy B. Barham of Los Angeles
 w. s. Goodfellow, a prominent attorney of San Francisco, is among recent arri- vals on the island. MT. Goodfellow cruised down on his private yacht La PaIoma and was accompanied by his two sons, Arthur and Hugh Goodfellow. They have joined Mrs. Goodfelow and daughters who are guests of the MetropoIe
 MT. and Mrs. A. A. Moore, A. A. Moore Jr.. Miss Jacquelin Moore, Miss Marga- ret Moore of San Francisco are guests of the Metropole for some time. They were accompanied by pr. J. P. Dunn of Oakland. During their stay here pr. Dunn has given several launching parties to Oakland and San Francisco people who are sojourning on the island
 Mrs. A. l.. White, Miss Florence White and Thornton White of Oakland are among prominent northern society people who are at the Metropole. They expect to visit Coronado before their return to Oakland.
 Recent arrivals at the Metropole from San Francisco: r. c. Hotaling, H. w. Brown. Miss Alice Rogers, Robert Ar mold Foster, Miss Marie Rose CareW. Miss Juliet l.. Saxton Miss May E. De- vine, Miss Margaret l.. Dunn, Miss .Jo- sic R. Ambrose, A. H. Glascock and wife. Mrs. w. Street and daughter and C. B.. Strohm.
 Oakland arrivals at the Metropole are: Miss Kirk, Miss Katheryn Kirk. Ed Kal- isher, Miss Kalisher
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-10

| Cogswell and other large schools, were rivals armed cap-a-pie with advantages over the studio ir the vicinity of Lar kin and California streets. The infre- Quent orders came few and far be- tween and finally ceased. There seemed to be no distinguished perSonageS in San Francisco.
 Morton Andrew Edwards found 1t difficult to live Jy the labor of his days. He moved his family from cheap to cheaper lodgings, sold his jewels and the WelS of his wife, sold his few ef- fleets of value, pledged what he could not sell and kept the wolf a yard S length from his door. Then came day when the rent of the studi , long over due, could not be paid. The landlord appropriated it's negotiable stock and advised his unprofitab ble tenant to take himself and his Titan offspring into the streets. The sculptor, stripped of his stock in trade, without a shelter for his art, disowned the plaster tribe and turned his back on Larl1in street. The landlord sent Tor the Sherilr and at a cost of one hundred dollars to himself, besides an additional cost of sixty dol lars for cutting hole in his building to let them through, moved the heroic group designed, ordered and executed for the Flood Building out as far as the curb of the street before his doors
 And there the winds of the air came and howled about their ears and there the dust of the earth rose to gather on their garments and there the rains of heaven beat upon their heads, washed away the graz like curls of Bacchus. ran in muddy streams across the gar ments of Ceres, robbed Fortune of her rounded arms, but spared the features of Miss Flood.
 And there the Supervisor of Streets discovered them to be Instructions and unsightly in the eyes of man and or dered somebody to be arrested for placing them there. the landlord the sculptor, anybody. and finding nobody arrestable within the limits of the law, ordered the city carts to come and gather up the crumbling remains and carry them away to the Corporation Yard. But first came Morton Andrew Edwards with an express wagon driven at his own expense and into this went the head and shoulders of Fortune with the features of Miss Flood.
 In 1889 James c. Flood died. His attorneys pressed Edwards for trial. He was without money to meet their demand. They insisted that all claims against the estate must be settled, and rather than be forced into the contest without means 10 de1enQ his rights, he let the name of James c. Flood drop from the suit. Then Roberts died, the firm of Conlin & Roberts passed out of existence and the executors of the Roberts estate laughed the Edwards claim to scorn.
 Then Morton Andrew Edwards took his last chance. He borrowed the ser vices of an attorney willing to take the case on a conditional fee, and brought suit against the estate of W. Roberts of Coniin & Roberts, contractors, for
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-10
Hotel RoWardennan.

Following is a list of late arrivals at Hotel ROwardennan: MT. and Mrs. Will liam R. Newton, Miss Winifred Newton, Master William Newton, J. D. Brown, Mrs. J. D. Brown, Tom Brown, J. G. Edwards, Miss Nettie M. Edwards, Charles J. Plum, wife and family; James Irvine, wife and -dmily; Benjamin Cur tag, wife and family; w. H. Deming, J. P. Martin. Mrs. Martin. Mrs. Ethel Craigh, E. M. Walsh and family, M. s. Jeffers, Miss Myra Jeffers, Miss Eunice Jeffers, Miss Claresa Jeffers, Mrs. R. Germany Miss Laura Carmany, MT. and Mrs. IT, vine F. Mouton, Miss Harriette Moulton, Henshaw, Stanley Henshaw, Trily Hen shaw, Stuart Henshaw, Miss Lowry, Mrs; Cole, R. c. Morton, Mrs, J. F. ,Cassell, Andrew F. Cassell. Miss Little, MT. and Mrs. Grow, MT, and Mrs Charles Pike, Master John Pike, Master Robert Pike, MT. and Mrs. George Bonnet, Florence and family. J. G. Giesting Jr., Andrew s. Moseley and family, T.. w. MelIors, Everding, Mrs. Williamson, Miss William, son, Mrs. E. L. Wemple,. Miss Muriel 1S Wemple, Mrs N,s1 A. F9Tbes, Wsnz,e,neTnsT Mlss Misa ssAil1efse1r I1elle rarfer Mss J. A. RoSs C F Rowell, C. s. Cushing, H: c. McCor- mick, Harry Farr, Fred J. stoen, Mrs Eastland Mr SbiSlns Snd Mrs; M,ss shiil- H.
 
 Han, D9wneyi Miss Jean ,,I1 DoTney Oak Oak Miss Myrtle Sims, Miss Gladys Sims Brown, George B.; Hicks, Alameda. Charles J. Wilson. Santa Cruz Mrs. H. Rawlins and family, Mrs. Edgar Maine, Hanford. MT. and Mrs. Crichton, Bakers field, A. F, Kales, Mrs; M. w. kales, Miss Kales, Miss Rose kales, Frank and Spense Kales, Miss Shehan, MT. and Mrs. H. H. Adams and family J. E. George, l.. F. Cadogan, E. A. Heron and family Mrs. Edward Barry, Miss Barry, Miss Mariedna Barry, Miss Letitia Barry Miss Isabella Kendall Miss Dolores Will kens MT. and Mrs. D. F. Belden, Miss Belden, Miss Nordine Belden, Mrs. J. P. Garlick Miss Garlick, Clement Bennett and wife. Marshal F. Jones and wife, w. H. Beanston, w. s. Fulton, George Gibbs, H. D. Hadenfeldt, H. H. Cosgriff, M. G. Edwards: F. Moulton, Miss Bessie Roden; pr. E. w. Westphal, G. D. Morse and wife, H. D. Bent E. c. Ward, Miss s. F.. Black, Dr. J. C. Black, Dr. H. C. Girl, Dr.. M R. Gibbons. Dr. A. M. Lewis, A. M. Lewis Jr., Charles l.. Lewis, C.. r. Nag- ner, R. A. Brown, James Cooper, San Francisco. s. Philips, Miss A. Lowry, Samuel M. Wilson, H. R. Mann and wife, Harold R. Mann, Judge and Mrs. F.. A.. Belcher, Mrs. Brownell, Miss Brownell, Mrs. A. w. Moulton, Dr. H. l. Jones and wife, Spencer Grant, Harold Wright, Miss Kohler. Dr. F. C. Rolofson Jr., Dr. W. R. Cluness. Helen Davis, MT. and Mrs. Curtis Lindley, Miss Josephine Lindley, Curtis M Lindley, Miss Helen E. Wright,
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-10
The Gevsers.

The following is the list of arrivals at the Geysers during the past week. Miss Hazel Prince, Miss Beatrice Hughes, J. $. Fairweather, J. H. Ulintee, H. C.. Breeden, J. de la Montague and wife, Mrs. Louis Lask, Fannie L. Lask, l. Werth- elmer, A. c. Gale, Mrs. E. O. Rieser, hd- ward A. Richon, MT. and Mrs. B. P. Oliver. J. E. Youngberg and wife. Frank Youngberg, MT. and Mrs. Foster, Mrs. H. Curly. Mrs. c. Curly, ". L. Ham ". Whitman, Miss Florence Selby, Neva Harlan, Oakland: Mrs. M. A. Reese, Miss Agnes Duff, Lee c. Duff, l.. W. King, A. $. King, Berkeley; R. M. Robert, John Robertson, D. $. Stanley and wife, Alameda; Mrs. G. Huff, Miss Jennie Huff, Miss Callie Huff, Miss Mamie Huff, San Leandro; Dr. J. E. Marsh, Brent States navy; Ed Ware, Santa Cruz; John Reinike, Ralph Reinike, May Reinike, Mrs E. Parson and son, Mrs. Evington, Peter Bolliger, Mrs. Habishaw and daugh- ters, Bert Habishaw, Middleton. Lake County; Estela Jacobs, Adelaide Petray, Hattie Jacobs, Healdsburg; William A. Dale. Eden Valley; Duck Petray, Round Valley; F. Albertz Miss Lizzie Lewis, Thomas Place, Miss Anna Dominic, Fred Dominic, George w. Coe, E. D. Phelps, Cloyerdale; H. w. Kern, Chicago; Mary $. Wetherill, Philadelphia.
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-10
Theu're Engaged.

Mrs. Lena Son has issued invitations for the wedding of her daughter Hattie to Emil Deutsch on Sunday afternoon, July r. Only relatives will be present. After the ceremony the couple will go south for a honeymoon trip, and upon their return will reside in San Jose, where the groom will go into business.
 Miss Bertha Well and Goodman Lowen- thai. whose engagement was recently an- nounced, will receive their friends to- day between the hours of 2 and D. m. at 1401 Van Ness avenue.
 Ihe reception of Miss Celia Lachman and Joseph Hirsch, whose engagement was recently announced. will be held Sunday, July r, at 703 Geary street, from to ,.
 Mir. and Mrs Joseph Well announce the engagement of their daughter Ancie to Charles B. Well of Modesto.
 Cards have been issued for the wedding of Miss Birdie SchweiZer to NJ. Harris, both of New York, Sunday, July 2, at the residence of the brides father 261 West One Hundred and Fourteenth street, New York
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-10
THE FORTUNES OF MORTON EDWARDS
 HND THE TEXTURES OF MISS FLOOD
BY ALICE REX.
Continued from Page Seventeen.

this work. He said he would take a thousand dollars in cash and the ma terials of the studio. MT. Roberts would not accept these terms. MT. Ed wards gave him his choice between them and the terms of the contract. MT Roberts said his attorney could cancel the latter with a stroke of his pen MT. Laver seemed to agree with him. MT. Edwards did not. In the ab- sence of Mr. Flood, who was in New York, he called on Con O'Connor, man. ager of the Flood interests who re- ferred him back to MT. Layer, who re- ferred him back to Conlin & Roberts, who referred him to his own resources. lie called on James l.. Flood, the son of James c. Flood, who decided prop erly enough that the affair was none of his. He called finally on James c. Flood, who had returned to San Fran cisco, who refused to see him a dozen times, received him the thirteenth, ex- pressed himself as disinclined for all conversation on the subject and chang ed his mind sufficiently to say that when people owed him money he sued them, and cheerfully recommended MT. Edwards to the same simple course.
 The English sculptor took him at his word. He put the matter into the hands of a collector and attorney, filed lien on the Flood building. then still in process of erection at the corner of Market and Fourth streets, and in April, 1887, began suit against Conlin x Roberts, contractors, and James c. Flood, capitalist. A demurrer was filed by Floods attorneys, who claimed that their client was improperly made party to the suit, but Judge Wallace decided that under the circumstances MT. Flood was very proper person to be sued, and the demurrer was overruled. The case came up before Judge Levy, occupied two days in the trial and was decided in favor of Nor ton Andrew Edwards, with verdict of sixteen hundred dollars and costs. Floods attorneys applied immediately for new trial, which was granted them. But they appeared to be in no hurry to press the advantage they had gained.
 The months dragged along and the moneys of Morton Andrew Edwards were exhausted He had continued to pay rent on the studio in the vicinity of Larkin and California streets, where he held class in sculpture and worked betimes at infrequent orders with what intermittent assistance he could afford to purchase by the hour.
 Under such disadvantages as these he modelled and executed several monu- ments in stone. a coat-of-arms in bronze for Scottish Hall. colossal fig ures of Aristotle. Plato. Herodotus and Plutarch, bronze bust of John Wieland and bronze medallion of James Lick-the Greeks for the Palo Alto University, by order of Senator Stanford. the Americans to be placed. respectively, before the Wieland Brewery and the Acadamy of Sciences Building, San Francisco.
 But the Art Association. the Lick and
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-10
Summer Home Ranch.

A very pretty and at the same time patriotic ceremony occurred at the Sum mer Home Ranch" of s. J. Tichenor. La Honda, on Saturday. July ?, by the raising of the Stars and Stripes. The event was in commemoration of the gentleman S sixty-second birthday, and Incidentally to show the loyal feeling of the family to their country at the present time.
 The woods being full of campers, it was only natural that they should share in the celebration, and right well did they re- spond to MT. Tichenor's invitation to be present on the occasion.
 Just before the hoisting of "Old Glory the family and invited guests formed a circle around the f1agpole, and after ren- dering several patriotic airs, the Stars and Stripes were Haunted to the breeze to the singing of "The Star Spangled Ban ner' by the entire company, after which toastS were delivered by several members of the party for the success of the old flag and for the future welfare of Mir Tichenor and family