The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-22
Some of the Delayed Expio-
sives" Used in Practice Ex-
ploded Mile From Target
TEXAS REDUCED TO
MASS OF WRECKAGE
Now Proposedto Destroy Hull
of Old aWarship by Use OF
Dynamite-Fleet Con-
cludes Tests

~ BOARD L. s. TORPEDO BOAT
sTRINuHAM. OFF TANGIER, cHEs-
hpEAkF BAY, March 22.--Not sat
sisf,ed with the reduction of the ola
hatt,e-proven warship Texas 10 use
,exs and an all but sunken mass OF
steel junk. the battleship New Hamp-
shire to-day resumed its deadly hre
So far gone was the old oastieshlp
from yesterdays firing that the ord
nance oficers concluded to-day that
.he vessel should be destroyed.
Before sunrise day the fire spot
ters'. from each OF the thirteen battle
shipA arrayed in battle line before the
San Marcos--the new name given the
Texas--were aboard the New Hamp-
shire. The San Marcos lay IN shallow
water over night, and to-day her nj :
teen degree list had increased ana
she had settled deeper into the clay
bottom. Dangling from the stubs OF
her broken masts were the weird ng-
ures OF the dummies representing the
orew. The only Indication of life was
. fsock of chickens on board, most Of
which survived yesterdays rain OF
shells
BY o'clock this morning the Esw
Hampshire was again belching forth
fame as she fred her salvos of IL.
s and finch guns. Smoke and flames
poured forth from the hull of the
San Marcos as the shells hit. Spray
dashed two hundred feet in the air.
The New Hampshire, which did the
nring. was never less than Ave miles
from the target.
A trh ~
nical Information. the firing thus rsr
has been disappointing in that II has
demonstrated the delayed explosive
shells not wholly reliable.
More than one burst in mid-air a
mile from the target. Great secrecy
was maintained to-day by naval off,
GERS ~ to the exact damage inflicted
by the huge shells, many of which
came up to expectation and exploded
in the battleship- II lie not desired
that foreign nations profit by the re-
suits OF the costly experiments.
Ordnance officers and naval con-
structors are already specializing upon
the problem of what shall be done
with the latest addition to the mud
Meet" The vessel lies In the way OF
navigation To remove her would cos,
thousands OF dollars. Dynamttina
what remains OF the former $4,000. 0of
bAttleship II looked upon as the leas-
expensive and most expeditions meth.
cd OF removing tho obstruction,
Rear Admiral Schroeder, in com
mand of the Meet, expected to com
plefe the tests this afternoon and re
turn to Hampton Roads to-morrow
The regular fleet target practice vii
be held next week.
To Maintain Most Friendly Relations
TOXIC. March 22.--Resoiutions fo,
Impeachment of the imperial cabtne
for 'humiliating" the empire In tn.
negotiation OF the new treaty u.t4t
the United States were rejected n,
the lower house Of the Diet Tues
day, the last day of the session.
The resolutions were introduced b,
members of the Nationalist party,
Count Komura, replying for tn.
government. declared the American
treaty made no change in the stand
Ing of Japanese in relation to Amer
lean immigration laws. The presen
policy of the government. he said
was TO maintain the most friendi,
relations 20 the United States.
Target Work Satisfactory.
WASHINGTON, d. C.. March az
On his return from Tangier Islam,
to-day Secretary of the Navy Meye
said that the target work had beel
highly satisfactory. particularly In tn
demonstration Of the accuracy of tn
spoilers"
The accuracy OF the fire was Yer,
encouraging" said the secretary: TIN
shells spierced the coming tower an,
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