Semi-weekly herald., 1907-12-23

, Itself even to persons who have notl
, Ing 10 do with the navy; that insult
, cient ammunition hoists are the laug
ing stock for men who know tn
; proper thing in sea fights. that pou
protection for gun crews is amazing
: that lack OF torpedo boats and destroy
ers is glaring fault in the make-u
OF our fighting fiotilla, and that wit
/ all these TO fight against most of tn
officers are too old to take command
II Newport, Il. L.. Dec. 2I.-Rear Ad
miral Luce. on being shown tn,
charges made by Reuhterdahl admitte,
there are a number of defects in tn,
construction of American warshipy
and said the charges made by Reuh
terdahl were largely true. He Dlamei
| the weaknesses OF the fleet on the
many headed bureau system" thai
| manages the navy. We simply haze
| made mistakes continued the ad
miral. Everybody makes mistakes
| We are not the only nation that has
made mistakes but we will Iectify
| them. Well, / guess we are first
| class naval power yet. AS TO those
ships which have just sailed away
let them go. guess they could give a
| good account of themselves. And they
will wear out or become obsolete any.
way before another war
New York Dec. 2l--Mark .gaia is
| sufferer 10 the extent OF over thirty
thousand dollars by the involuntary
| bankruptcy thrust upon the Plasmon
company of America in the United
States court Twain was acting as
president of the concern. an inde-
pendent branch of which is flourishing
in England. II manufactures milk
products for weak stomachs. John
Hays Hammond, who also invested in
the company, lost a considerable sum
Des Moines, la, Dec. .21.-Nrs
James Scofeld was killed. Miss Louisa
French hurt and third woman seri.
ousy injured today when the Great
Western train backed into bugg;-
in which the women attempted to
cross the track when the engine back
ed down upon them.
Milwaukee, Wis. Dec. 21.-The Wie-
consin lnteracademic Athletic union is
holding its fourth annual meeting AT
Milwaukee academy today. Among the
institutions represented are the Wis
cousin academy of Madison. st. John
Military academy of Delafield. Way-
land academy of Beaver Dam, Beiuit
academy of Beloit. Racine college ol
Racine and Milwaukee academy. The
selection of the place for next years
track and field meet and the drawing
mp of the basketball schedule are
among the matters being considered
Milwaukee. Wis, Dec 21.-Not In
recent years has a ring battle aroused
so much interest in local sporting
circles as the coming contest between
Hugo Kelly of Chicago. claimant OF
the middleweight mpionship ii =.
and Bill Papke of Spring Valley. which
Will be pulled off week from Monday
night by the Badger Athletic club.
Both men are training earnestly for
the meeting and the Milwaukee sports
are expecting battle that will oe
full of ginger and vim from the time
that the gong sounds. The men viii
weigh in at 154 pounds at 3 O'CLOCK
in the afternoon. Kelly has been in
the fighting game for eight years and
has the advantage OF experience, but
in Papke he will meet a man who. in
his brief career, has gore up against
many good ones and has never been
returned a loser
Cleveland. O., Dec 21-Witl an ad-
nt hu \
Johnson. the convention of the Mer.
chant Marine league of the United
States was called 10 order hec.e today
Former Governor Myron r. Herrick of
Ohio presided. The principal business
before the convention is the estab!is'r
ment OF an adequate merchant marine
and the passing OF a shipping bill in
the near future. Among the speakers
OIL the program are Truman y. New
berry, assistant secretary of The navy
J. T. McCleary, assistant postmasts.
general; John Barrett, director of the
bureau of American republics; w. F.
Humphrey, congressman from Wa 't-
ington: Lewis Nixon of New York; F.
l. Case, president OF the Harva I'd Man
company: Senator Foraker
and other we'll known men. 1epres Il
tatives of commercial bodies OF many
large cities are in attendance
Boston, Dec. 21.-The annual debass
between Amherst and Williams. o1n
oi the principal events OF its kind ir
New England college circles. will be
held Monday. The judges selected ~
clude James r. Burnet. the prominent
New York lawyer; Congressman Sam-
uel w, Mccall of Massachusetts aa11
Attorney General Dana Malone or Mas
sachusetts.
New York, Dec. 2l.-Indoo. Lawn
tennis for this season had its inaugu-
raj in New York today with The open
ing of the championship tournament cf
the Seventh Regiment Lawn Tennis
club. Dates have also been ARRANGED
for matches with Columbia, Harvard,
Princeton and Yale. The inter-city
matches with Boston and Philadelphia
began in Boston this week. The ma
tional indoor championships this set
Son will be for both men and women
the matches in women's singles and
doubles beginning on February II. ami
those for men on February IL TIE