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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-06-02

whatever angle In which the ship It,
self might be. Nothing else showed
above the deck but her funnel and ar
mored pilot house. The manner in
which she fought the Merrimac. com
Polling the latter to withdraw and
eventually 20 out of service. created
positive CONSERVATION on the other side
OF the water. and there was an imme-
date demand for the conversion of
English vessels into turret ships. Work
was Mt once begun. and the result is
seen to-day in the great fighting ships
possessed by all the navies of the
world. Progress was exceedingly rap
id. though our own part in advancing
naval construction did not begin until
n number of years after the close Of
the war. When at last we did enter
upon q period Of naval activity, there
were few navies which were not SUI
perlor to ours. We had not seen the
need Of an extended naval program,
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-06-02

may be useful. including sub marines
The iron plates Of two or three inches
thickness have long been displaced
with hardened 17-inch steel armor,
and marvellous turrets. holding won
derful guns have developed from the
primitive Cheese box" from which
Lieutenant Worden directed the fight
of the Monitor against the Merrimac
And the barbettes on the center line
of the modern battleship are but a
modern adaptation Of another princi-
pie of the turret. The step between
the Monitor and the great battleship
of to-day is long one, but the con-
nectlon between the two is apparent.
for upon the former We're first demon
strated the principles which have made
the battleship the wonderful thing it
Is.
The advancement Of guns has kept
pace with the development of armor--
in fact. has preceded 1t. Improve
ments In armament necessitated great
er protection and the steel ships Of
to-day are the result
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-06-02
NOTICE TO BANDITS
PERDlCARIS CASE BECOMES ONE
OF IMPORTANCE.
Secretary Hay Sends Word TO Ban
dts That in Case of Injury of
Captives They will Rc Hunted
tn the Death, and That No Inter-
ference Will BE Allowed.

Washington, May 81 .-Raisuh, the
Moroccan bandit, has been notified by
Secretary Hay through United States
Consul General Gummere that if seri.
Gus injury comes to the American cap
tive, Ion Perdicaris, the United States
will hunt him to his death. This will
be done whether it takes weeks,
months or years. Consul General Gum
mere was instructed to make this mes
sage to Raisuli as forcible as possible,
and to inform him that no European
nation will be permitted to prevent his
punishment. At the same time Consul
tiummere was instructed to consume
all possible time in the pending nego.
tiations. The cablegram was sent in
response to one from Mr. Gummere adj
vising that Raisuli would kill Perdi-
carts, and that he would also kill his
stepson unless the ransom was prompt
ly paid. Mr.. Hay has reached. the
settled conclusion that the terms inn
posed cannot and will not be accepted.
If Raisuli carries out his threats and
kills his captives, the sultan of Moroc
co will be Immediately notified that lie
must hunt down the bandit and exc.
cute him. American ships will remain
in the harbor of Tangier until the mat
ter is settled. If necessary, American
cavalrymen will be sent there to assist
in capturing the brigands. Such an
intervention will be friendly one,
and would meet with assistance from
the Sultan. Secretary Hay is still
hopeful that France will take up the
matter and institute the necessary
measures to capture and punish the
bandits. And in any event he feels
sure Great Britain will assist the Unit
ed States, as Cromwell Marley, kid
mapped with M. Perdicaris, is a Brit.
ish subject
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and. besides. We were too much en-
gagged in reconstruction OF the nation
to be able to go to any great expense.
So it was that all the nations Of Eu-
rope took our ideas and developed
them. 1t was In 1889 that we began
modern construction. In building the
cruisers Chicago. Boston and Atlanta
and the dispatch boat Dolphin. In
1895 the United States took fifth rank
among naval nations We are now
third (sOme claim we are stronger than
Fra nee. which has held second place
for a good many years. and England is
first England may always hold the
lead. for the naval program of Great
Britain il SO extensive that to keep
pace with ii would he useless ex
pense,
Late history Of naval development Is
familiar to every person who reads.
The Spanish American war gave an
impetus to naval construction which
has resulted in the addition OF large
number of the finest fighting machines
in the world to our navy. including
all the approved types Of vessels from
the monster battleship Of the States
group like the Kentucky. the Indiana.
the Iowa. the Oregon, the Alabama
the Maine and the Massachusetts,; the
cruisers with the New York. Brook
lyn. and others: second class battle
ships and cruisers, gunboats torpedo
boats and destroyers; dispatch boats.
fast converted cruisers and transports;
GOLFERS. repair ships and ammunition
carriers. with all the new things which
have been proved Of value or which
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-06-02
UNION OF CHURCHES.
Three Denominations Talk of ANAL
gamaciOn.

Three Denominations Talk OF ANAL
gamaciOn.
Washington, May 3O.-The Meth
odist Protestant conference has adopted
partial report of its committee, pro-
viding method of union of the Meth
odist Protestant church, the Congrega-
tionalists and the United Brethren. A
joint commission is proposed whose
conclusions, if agreed upon by the
three denominations represented, con-
template the amalgamation of these
three cnhurches considerably earlier
than in the plan originally proposed.
The plan proposed is that of the
general conference, to be held by one
representative from each of the con-
ferencess of the Methodiss Protestant
church and like commission from
the other two denominations, whose
members shall exchange views looking
to amalgamation and formulate plan
for common agreement on the common
fundamental doctrines of Christian
faith upon which the three churches
will stand, also to draft representa-
tive form of government.
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unsea worthy except in the smOOthest
Of water Nevertheless. they were ex-
ceedlngly effective. and in his reports
of the first battle In which they were
engaged. the admiral of the French
feet said they had demonstrated them
selves to be everything that was hoped
for them Anchored some 800 yards
from the Russian forts. they pounded
away until the works were reduced,
and not one OF them was injured,
though each was struck 60 or 20 times
by the solid shot hurled from the Rus
sian guns.
This engagement showed that recon
structiOn Of existing fleets was ne
cessity. and the French led the way.
The GlOire was wooden ship $50
feet in length. plated entirely with
iron AZ inches in thickness to six feet
below the water line. She had ram
bow and could steam about Is knots.
Trials alongside the fastest wooden
ships Of the French navy demonstrated
the Gloire to be superior to them all
in every way. The English then began
to hurry work on ironclads, and in
1861 launched the Warrior. She was
larger than the Gloire. but she was ar.
mored only for two-thirds Of her
length, bow and stern being unpro-
tected. These vessels were Of course
Of the broadside type, the turret COM
ing only in our own Monitor, which
revOlutionized naval construction. or
perhaps 1t would better be said. start
ed 1t in the right direction.
On March Q. 1862. there was fought
in Hampton Roads the first battle be-
tween armored ships, when the Moni-
tor and the Merrimac engaged in their
famous clash. 1t Is not necessary to
tell how the Merrimac, a 6O-gun frig
ate under repair at the Norfolk dock
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FII.IPINOS EN- TOUR.
Delegation of Fifty will See what
They Can of This Country

Delegation of Fifty will See what
They Can ofThis Country.
San FRANCHISE, May 30.-The steam
er Siberia, from the ORIENT via Manila
and Honolulu, carried a number of
prominent people, notable among them
being fifty Filipinos, chosen as board
of observation by the Philippine COM
missioners. They will visit the st.
Louis exposition and also inspect many
parts of the country, the object of the
trip being chiefly educational.
The party includes Trinidad H. Par
do de Tavera, BenitO Begarde and Jo-
seph r. de Lururiga, members of the
Philippine commission; chief justice
Arellano and others as we'll known.
These representatives of the native
population of the islands We're met
down the bay by delegation of lead
ing citizens on the government Tug
Slocum The steamer also brought the
portrait of the empress dowager of
China, which is to be shown at the
ST. Louis exposition. 1t was painted
by Kate Augusta Carl, an American,
and is being conveyed in royal state.
The accompanying guard of honor
numbers 100 persons headed by Ma
jor Domo Shen Nigh Hu. He has sew
en- secretaries. each with ten attend
ants. The picture, with the baggage
of its custodians, was passed by the
customs authorities without inspection,
| in accordance with instructions re-
ceived from Washington.
The visiting Filipinos are in charge
of Arthur W. Ferguson, eX-secretary
for the Philippine islands. The ex.
penses of the party are being paid
from an appropriation of $40, 900 pass
ed by the Philippine government for
the purpose
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ALASKA JUDICIARY.
Investigation Will Take Wide Scope,
1t Is Said.

1t Is Said.
Washington, May 30.-The proposed
investigation of judiciary affairs in
laska this summer will be much wider
in scope than ut first supposed. The
matter has been hanging fire for some
time, and the president is not yet ready
to say who will be selected to make the
investigation. 1t may be said, how
ever, that the inquiry will cover not
only southeastern Alaska and Central
Alaska, but the Nome district as we'll.
As already told in these dispatches,
the investigation will be conducted by
a high officer of the government, and
he will be assisted by a special attor-
ney and will be accompanied by a stem
ographer for the purpose of taking a
record of hearings.
An investigation of affairs in the
Nome district has been conducted ev-
cry year since 1899 by special agents
of the department of justice, but the
results have not been satisfactory and
the department is as far as ever from
realizing its purpose of securing an
honest administration of justice in the
North.
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Merrimac, one of these-the same Mer-
rimac which finally was compelled to
acknowledge the superiority Of the
armOred Monitor-was taken to Eu-
rope In 1854. startling naval admins
trations with the enrmous shell power
OF her battery. In the few years in
tervening between this time and the
Civil War, navies were In a practical
ly experimental stage. Some means, It
was acknowledged. must be devised
for protection against the new and
terrible shells. which could tear ship
to pieces with ease, but what 1t was
going to be was problematic al. Armor
when John Stevens Of Hoboken, N. j..
brOached the idea. Nothing came Of
1t. however. perhaps because the ex-
IRENE necessity of 1t was not appar-
ent. and it was not until 1S43 that any
thing definite was accomplished. In
that year the Secretary Of War was
authorized by Congress- to enter into
contract with Robert l.. Sevens, son
Of the man who originally proposed
armor. for the construction Of war
steamer for harbor defense. shot and
shell proof, to be built principally Of
IRON" The length Of this vessel was
IRON" The length Of this vessel was to
have been AIS feet. and Its protection
was to have been belt or armOr Of
iron 81 Inches in thickness. Work was
not begun until II years after the con-
tract was authorized. and when the
ship was about half completed Con-
gress refused further appropria tons.
Owing to this fact. the honor Of plac-
ing the first armored war ship on the
seas belongs to France. the French
ironclad frigate Gloire taking the ways
in 1859. though previously to this the
French had placed in service several
floating iron batteries which demon
strated their power in the battle Of
Kinburn. Russian port on the Black
Sea. In 1854. These batteries were Pc
culiar things, about half ship and half
fort They had engines and they could
steam four or five knots, but they were
upon fiat keels and therefore totally
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faction and alarm Of all governments.
Nevertheless, to the United States,
Great Britain and France the world
owes most OF the ideas Of naval con-
struction which have to-day apparent
ly come near perfection. The United
States began the change by applying
the screw as means of propulsion
in place OF the old side paddle wheel.
The American ship Princeton. 1912
1S43. was the first war vessel In the
world to have the screw. Though our
own naval authorities saw at once the
superiority of this type over the old.
Europeans took up the idea with the
greatest reluctance. probably because
of the then belief that nothing rood
could come out of the United States.
Nevertheless, 1t became evident after
a time that the improvement must be
adopted if pace were to be kept. and In
1858 the French built the screw battle
ship Napoleon. The English had op-
portunity to see that this was the com.
Ing method of propulsion and as the
French themselves were 80 pleased
with the new ship that they imme1i-
ately began the construction Of others
Great Britain realized that mistake
had been made In not following the
lead of the United States. and at once
began the construction OF several YES
sells of the same type. BY 1859. when
the first ironclad war vessel ever built
was launched, the renovation of the
navles of Europe was well under way
and the screw was in almost exclusive
use.
TO Admiral Dahlgren Of the United
States navy must be given the credit
Of making the shell what it Ia. He
carried the application Of this new
missile to great perfection In the
United States frigates Of 1854. The
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CO HE war between England and
Russia in the early sos was the
beginning OF the development of
the irOnclad-or. as we now call 1t, the
armorclad-though not to either Of the
combatants in that passage at arms
can the credit be given for the intro
ductiOn of the first vessel to carry
armOr. Up to the bombariment Of Sc
ba stopol. writes John G. Davis. in
Pennsylvania Grit. ships that were
practically those OF the previous two
centuries were in use. Naval devel
opment was practically unknown. and
1t was not until the shell was invented
that the necessity Of change was
made manifest The English ships at
SebastOpol were Of the old two and
three-decker broadSide variety. the
flagship Of the squadron. the Royal
Albert. being vessel Of 300 toiis
burden carrying 121 guns. In those
days the ship with the largest number
OF guns was 1.-The best fellow" prac-
tically regardless of any other cousid-
CintAOh. ~ lew vi tut NOSdI htUCIl
guns were shell gums. but nearly all Of
them were the long 32-pounders. exact
~ like those with which the Victor
the flagship Of the famous Nelson. was
armed seventy years earlier In near
ly three-quarters of century. there
fore. there had been little or no rea
progress In the matter of cannon. And
beyond the introduction OF steam AS il
motive power there was very little
development In the ships AS said be-
fore. they were the same old two and
three deckers NO familiar In the pre-
ceding century.
The Russians were the first to use
shell In warfare. and it was lmmedi-
ately owing to the battle Of Sinope
Nov. 30. 1858. in which Turkish feet
was annihllated by a Russian fleet
having shell guns that there came sud
denly demand for protection for
ships. The change was radical. but
1t was necessary, the effectiveness OF
the shell against unarmored vessels
having been demonstrated to the salts
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yards. was set afire to prev eut her fall
when the place was evacuated: how
she but partly burned. and how she
was repaired by the Confederates. who
cut her down to the waterlne and ap-
piled slOping protection Of railroad
Iron to her battery: how she destroyed
some of the best ships in the Federal
navy and became the terror Of the
Atlantic coast and the hope Of the Con-
fedora tes nor how the Monitor finally
appeared and stopped her In the height
of her career. These things are all IA
mlliar to every person who Is at all
versed in American history, the battle
ranking perhaps as the most famous
naval fight In the world not. Of
course. in damage inflicted, but in ulti-
mate results. For had the Merrmac
been successful. the whole north con st
Of the United States. with the ports Of
Philadelphia. New York. Boston. and
all other cities Of the shore, would
have been at her mercy. 1t may not
be Familiarity known that at the very
beginning Of the war. a special naval
board was appointed todetermine upon
types OF ironclads to be built for i'm
mediate service. the result being the
construction Of three broadside YES
sells. the Galena the New Ironsides
and the Monitor The Galena was
the first to be tested. her armor
proving totally deficient in the very
first test. The IrOnsides did better.
She was covered with 4hinch solid
plates backed with n inches Of oak.
During period Of six months she was
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THE NOME EXODUS.
Twenty-Five Hundred Take Passage
for Nome.

for Nome.
Seattle, May 30.-Seattle' floating
and permanent population will be de-
creasd by about 1880 people this
week, through the departure Of that
number for the Nome gold fields. Sew
en- steamships, including all of the
larger passenger carrying vessels, are
scheduled to sail for Nome between
now and Saturday. They are the Sen
ator, Victoria, Garonne, Oregon, Ro-
anoke, Olympia and Tacoma. They
have combined accommodations for
over 5000 passengers. but the present
indications are that nearly every ves-
sci will have unoccupied steerage.
The sale of second class and steerage
tickets has not been as heavy as the
managers of the various lines had an
ticipated. Last year at this time more
than double the number of second class
berths had been sold. The fact is
more disappointing to the large opera
torsa nd companies, as they are threat
ened with labor shortage.
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SHIMOSE POWDER.
Japanese Employ New Explosive
With Terrible Success.

Japanese Employ New Explosive
With Terrible Success.
Washington, May 30.-RepOrts re-
ceived from the far East dwell at
length upon the terrific power of the
Japanese Shimose powder, the nature
of which is an absolute secret. 1t is
not used to propel the shot, but for
bursting charges of the army and navy
explosives.
The heaviest armor-piercing shell
with its small cavity. is rent into
countless thousands of small frag-
ments, which are hurled through the
air with such force that they tear
through the sides of an iron ship as
would projectile from machine gun.
The Russian warships Variag and ko-
rietz, We're found to be riddled, deck
and sides, by fragments of these shells.
1t is not known that any other Ma.
ton possesses such a terrific explosive.
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struck 1913 times and was never once
forced to 60 to port for repairs. The
Monitor, built and designed by Cap
the Confederates "a cheesebox on a
raft" She had a very low freeboard,
there being but about two feet Of her
sides out Of water Her deck and
sides were plated. and her armament
consisted Of but two 15O-pOunder Dahl
green's. But she had one point of su-
periority to anything that had ever
been placed upon the seas In the tur-
ret which protected her guns and
which could be made to revolve. thus
permitting the guns to be fired at
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-06-02
MANY VILLAGES DESTROYED
Turks Committing Terrible Dcprc-
hatiOns In Armenia.

Turks Committing Terrible Dcprc-
datiOns In Armenia.
Paris, May 3O.-The advices con-
tanning the details of the Armenian
massacres are not yet definite, but the
official opinion is that the depredations
are very grave.
Deputy De Presence, socialist who
has confidential relations with the
foreign office. has received a telegram
from Baku saying that the Turkish
forces operating against the Armeni-
ans consisted of $4,000 regulars and
1874, 900 Kurds, with fifteen guns. The
dispatch further asserts that forty
three villages were burned and that
the inhabitants were killed. The Ar
menians are said to have made Il des-
perate resistance on the summit of
Mount Antok.
The officials believe that M. Press
enez's dispatch correctly states the de-
vastation the Turks have wrought.
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Mint Director Goes to Alaska.

Washington, May 3O.-ieorge F..
Roberts, director of the United States
mint, will leave Washington for Seat
tie and Alaska early next month He
will make an extended visit to the
Nome district for the purpose of look
ing over the mining operations, and
will make report on the gold produc-
ton of that part of Alaska. Mr.. Rob
erts belle les that Alaska is destined to
become much larger producer of god
within the next few years, not only in
the placer districts, but in the quartz
region OF Southeastern Alaska.
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ORGANIZE on Tamany Lines.

Portland, May 1910 offset action
of the direct primary law which is al
most certain to be passed at the COM
ing state election, the Republican lead
ers of Oregon have organized a party
on Tammany lines, leaving affairs in
the hands of general dictator and
precinct captains.
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Wool Gin Is Heavy.

Echo. Or, May 30.-Wool is now
coming in for shipment rapidly. One
half million pounds has SO far been
delivered. The wool clip will be much
greater than last season. Already the
amount brought in to date is more
than the 1908 clip.
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Would Float q Big Fleet.

According to report OF the geo
logical survey Of the United States
government. now nearly ready for
publication. petroleum was first dis
covered by Colonel Drake less than
half century ago in Pennsylvania
near Titusville. Men In those days
had no notion that petroleum was
A tallow dip or wax candle illumIn-
ated sufficiently the nights activities.
and a blazing log wood fire left no
room for desire for another kind OF
heater. Petroleum might have been
counted a superiority. but instead II
sprang into immediate favor. and now
it's list Of popular byproducts grows
longer every year.
The total production of crude petrol
cum from 1859 to the end OF 1902 has
been no less than 1,165, $50, 727 barrels.
That means that II two and one lf
feet were allowed for the height Of a
barrel. and II these barrels filed with
all the domestic oil that has been pro-
duced were laid 40 that their heads
touched they would encircle the earth
two and one Quarter times
or this total Pennsylvania and New
York produced $50 per cent; Ohio, a..
per cent; West Virginia. lib per cent:
Indiana. 80 per cent: California, 30
per cent: Texas. 81 per cent. leaving
8 per cent to be supplied by the States
OF Kansas. Colorado. Louisiana, Hi
nois, Missouri. Indian Territory.
Wyoming. Michigan and Oklahoma.
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Not the Same Girl Now.
"She used to be such a sweet girl"
Yes, but she fermented about Eve
years ago."-Town Topics.
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Blessed Is the baldheaded man; he
night