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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-11-20
MORE ABOUT THE
RANK OF NAVIES

In further reply to the gentleman
who asked the Star for current naval
ratings, this paper reprints the fol-
lowing from the London Daily Mail;
The King George ", Britain's sew
enth uper-dreadnOught, was success
fully launched by Princess Christian
of Schleswig-H olstein at Portsmouth
on Monday.
In her main features the new super
Dreadnought is similar to the Orion,
now preparing for the pennant; but
while the latter vessel was under con-
struction several minor Improvements
suggested themselves, and these have
been embodied in the new ship. The
following shows the corresponding
increase in dimensions:
Orion. King Geo. V.
Length, feet .... 545 $50
Beam, feet ..... 8S.5 80
lDisplacem't, tons. 22,5OO $4,000
The King George VS. turbines will
develop 81 900 horsepower. The arma-
ment of the new ship will be the same
as that of the Orion-namely, ten 1876
inch and twenty 4-inch guns and three
21-inch torpedo tubes.
Naming the Vessel.
The usual short religious service
was conducted by the Bishop Of South
ampton, and then Princess Christian
named the vessel by breaking a bottle
of wine on the vessels stem and say
ing: Il wish success to the King
George V and all who sail in her" A
vigorous cheer was raised, and then
with a mallet and chisel the Princess
cut the cord that held up the weights
over the dog-shores and the great ship
glided majestically down the ways into
the water. Rule Britannia" and the
national anthem were played by the
band, and at a megaphone. call by Adj
miral Tate the assembled thousands
heartily cheered Princess Christian.
The King George V. was after
wards towed to Fountain Lake in the
dockyard, where she will be com
pleted.
With the launch of the King George
V the Dreadnought strength of the
principal naval powers is as follows
Great Britain-15 completed z
launched, 10 building and projected,
total 80.
Germany-9, 4, s, 81,
United States-6, 2, 4, ~.
Russia-0, 3, 4, 7.
Franco, 2, 2, 4.
Italy-O, 2, 2, 4.
Austria--0, 1, 8, 4.
Japan-0, Q, s, Z.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-11-20

The torpedo boat destroyer Phoenix
was launched privately at Vickers' Ma
val Construction Works at Barrow on
Monday. The vessel is of the improv-
ed Acorn type, and is 24O feet long,
and with designed speed Of q knots.
She will be driven by turbines, and
her boilers will be heated solely by
oil fuel.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-11-20

Honolulu Office, Bethel and Mer
chant SITS. Tel. 242l and 1894. P. o.
Cox 1853.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-11-20
CHAMPION TYPEWRITER.

II. o. BlaIsdell the worlds cham
pion typist, writing at the rate Of liz
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-11-20
TlG Yokohama Specie Bank
LIMITED.
HEAD OFFICE, YOKOHAMA.

Capital paid Up).....Yen 24,000,00L
Reserve Fund ......Yen 16,6OO,OOO
General banking business transact
ed. Savings account for 81 and up
wards.
Fire and burglar proof vaults, with
Safe Deposit Boxes for rent at 81 per
year and upwards.
Trunks and cases to be kept on
custody at moderate rates.
Particulars to be applied for.
YU AKAI, Manager.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-11-20

Germany, 4, s, 81.
United States-6, 2, 4, ~.
Russia-O, 3, 4, 7.
Franco, 2, 2, 4.
Italy-O, Q, 2, 4.
Austrla-O, 1, 8, 4.
Japan-0, Q, s, Z.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-10-26
BEATRICE WANTS LOWER
RATES ON KANSAS COAL

BEATRICE, Neb., Oct. 25.--(Special.)- y
The Commercial club of this city is MAX
ing an effort to secure cheaper rates from
Kansas on coal, and at a meeting held
last night the traffic committee was In
structed to go to Lincoln on october 30
and present the matter to the Interstate
Commerce commission. The budget plan
of conducting the finances OF the club
was discussed, but no action taken.
Kenneth p. White and Miss Etha Clay
pool. both OF this city. were married Mt
Omaha Monday They will live at Ar
llngton, Neb.
Miss ella Summers, living six miles
west of the city, yesterday entertained
four great grandmotkers at dinner. In
the party were Mrs. Rhoda Ferris OF Vim
ton, Ia; Mrs. John Jewett, Mrs. Sarah
Elwood and Mrs. Harry Bedford, all of
Ellis The combined ages Of the four
women totals ga years.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-10-26
Hackney Auto Plow
the One Man Outfit

This machine is the invention Of L,
8. Hackney. president of the Hackney
Land Credit company of st. Paul,
1t was designed to meet the require
ments of the medium sized farmer.
Those who were fortunate enough to see
the splendid demonstration given Tues
day in charge OF M. II. Hansen OF the
Hackney Manufacturing company. st.
Paul. were given rare treat. They first
plowed eight and three-quarters inches
deep in slow speed, and on the return at a
depth OF seven and one-half inches in
high speed. They also demonstrated the
advantage OF having the plows under
meath, as when the plows clogged up
they raised the plows and backed away
from the obstruction, then went ahead
Those who wish to see the machine in
operation can do so on Thursday.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-10-26
Lancaster Men )
Like Sarpy Roads
CFrom a staff Correspondent

LINCOLN, oct. &-(Special )--Lancas-
ter county commissioners, who are agi-
tating the building OF good roads i'm this
county, aver that sarpy county Is shortly
to have the best highways In this state,
II not in. the west. A visit was made by
local mon to that county yesterday.
"There are two reasons for this" said
one Of the party today. "Surpy county
recently got a large sum OF money and
the men doing the work know their Susi-
ness"
The sarpy county board recently was
given charge Of the expenditure OF $4,000.
which came to IT as Inheritance tax from
the Barton estate. out Of this sum the
county has been able to build slXty-five
miles of fine roads. all under contract.
The larger part of the money has been
spent on the main Travelled roads from
Papillion 10 Gretna and from Gretna TO
the state fisheries near South Bend and
from Papilllon 20 Springfield and east
from the latter place.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-10-26
New Ordinance Cause
of'Many Inquiries

Numerous inquiries are being received
daily in the office Of the city clerk and
city treasurer relative to the ordinance
passed October 10, providing for an &C.
cupation tax. whereby ell persons, firms
or corporations engaged in selling hay,
ice, grain, building material and fuel in
less than carload lots and delivering to
citizens of Omaha, should be compelled
to pay an occupation tax OF SOS per year
ON the first day of November of each
year. The ordinance provides for a
punishment for doing business without
q license. and this clause is responsible
for many Of the inquiries.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-10-26
BRIEF CITY NEWS

Gsve Root Print n.
Egyptian Chocolates coo, Myers-Diilon
Gas, Eleo. fixtures, BurEssa-oranden
Write T. W. Blaokburn-Douglasl 196,
In new phone book
LAtsnser Ruys Land-John Latenser
has bought twenty acres of land. one and
one-hah miles north Of Florence, from
II. d. Bolln.
Fined for Hitting Poiiosman--Fred
Palmtag, who got into a fight at Croigh-
ton hall sunday night and polished ON
Ger Risks optic, was fined IS and costs
in police court.
Ball for Charity-The annual charity
ball of the Omaha Jewish Ladies' Relief
society will be held Thursday evening,
November 2, in the Auditorium. Plans
are being made to make the affair huge
success and an elaborate program is being
prepared.
Associated Charities TO AGeet-The reg
ular monthly meeting of the Associated
Charities of Omaha and South Omaha
and affiliated organizations will be held
in the city hall Friday afternoon at
o'clock. The subject for discussion will
be Echoes from the National Prison
NSNeaNSS' 5SNaSeoiS Aua " JOhto urges
all members to attend and to bring their
friends with them.
Clan Gordon Social and Dance-The
women's auxiliary of Clan Gordon have
completed Its plans for social and dance
to be given Thursday evening at Myrtle
hall, Fifteenth and Douglas streets. An
tioipation is at high point among the
Scotch people of omaha, as Mrs. Howe,
Carnegie medalist, Is to sing. There
will be other features on the program
and refreshments will be served.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-10-26
ACUTE APPENDICITIS
CAUSED BY A PIN

MARSHALLTowN. Ia, oct. 25.--(spe-
clal) "A find that has aroused an inl-
mense amount Of interest In local medical
circles was made public today when an
ordinary pin was removed from the APP
pendix OF Mrs. A. T. Lowry, aged 81. OF
LsGrand. 1t is said that It is the first
time In the experience OF the physicians
interested that such an article was found
in the appendix. The woman was taken
sick with an acute attack OF appendicitis
Saturday. An operation was advised and
she was brought to this city today.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-10-26
MANY NEBRAOKAUS GET LAND
This State Fares Exceedingly Well
in Rosebud Lottery.
OMAHANs ARE LUCKY
Out I'm the state, Outside of Omaha
and Suburbs, 4s9 Persons who
Registered Drew Numbers
Inside OF FIRST 1000.

Continued from Fifth Page)
Omaha daily bee., 1911-10-26
STATE HEALTH ASSOCIATION
HOLDS SESSIONS IN LINCOLN

HASTINGS, Neb,, Oct. 95--(special Tel
egram)- Nebraska State Health
association concluded It's convention today
and adjourned TO hold It's next meeting
in York next April city and county
health authorities from throughout the
state were in attendance and the meeting
was devoted TO consideration OF means
Tor conserving the public health. Santa
ton In water supply was one OF the chief
topics. Prof, II. II. waite OF the state
university declared that unsanitary water
was responsible for the recent typhoid
fever epidemic in Lincoln.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-10-26

l,e6G-John c. Renninger. Florence,
l.9T1-Erank Hubby, Lynch.
l,97S-J. II. Porter, Carroll.
1,9S1-Bruno G. Hinkelman, Harrington.
1,9S3--Will Zimmerman, Springfield
1.9S7-SolomOn Kern, North Bend.
1,9sS-A. l.. Hulburt, Sholes.
l,99S-Alice Maud Macumber Butte.
1,9a9--Joel A. Malander. SoSS Csss street,
)unhn
Omaha daily bee., 1911-10-26
COMMERCIAL CLUB
TO HELP ON REGISTRATION

The Commercial club has had printed
1000 circular postcards. In reminder that
Saturday is the last day that voters can
register this fall, and will mail them to
reach club members Friday evening.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-03

constructing Dreadnoughts Invincibles ana
Indomitabes. The sea assassin has It's
failures a. we'll as its successes. Vigilance
and counter-attack ward of many Of the
disasters But think Of the wonderful ad-
vance of the torpedo since the above
quoted statement was penned or since the
article on 'Torpedoes' was written for the
1911 edition OF the Encyclopaedia Britain
MICA"
First, the range has been greatly in
creased. AS has been said, the target prac-
tee OF the United states navy is now al 100
yards. although a thousand yards was until
recently thought the limit OF effectiveness.
Next. the speed according 10 reports from
the other side has been raised 10 nearly
fifty miles an unexpectedly half as fast
as the speed that Eardley-Wilm)t thinks
would relegate all the Dreadnoughts 70 the
scrap heap. Efficiency in firing gains every
year, and. lastly, the amount OF the ex-
plosive carried IS sufficient 20 cripple any
warship, II not 10 sink her.
These improvements have been brought
about by strengthening the plating OF the
torpedo. by increasing the pressure OF
compressed air IN its air chambers from
!. 800 10 100 pounds 10 the square inch and
best OF all. by device OF heating the air
on It's way from the cold afr chamber TO
the engines so that the air greatly expands
and its power in driving the propellers is
tremendously heightened. II remains 70 be
seen whether these improvements are the
final ones or whether, as In the case OF
every other invention. the torpedo will be
vet further perfected and possibly some
day. with its ally. the submarine put an
end 10 the national riyalries OF costly war
ship building.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-03
Most Improved Types Now Travel 1000 Yards and When
Still Further Perfected They VIII Conceivably Rele
gate Mighty Dreadnoughts to the Scrap Heap.

could furnish both power and steering ca
pabiity 10 the missile. as seen in his own
! invention. the Howell torpedo.
Obry's gear was first tried by the Italian
government in 1896. II was adopted by the
/ Whiteheads and the combination OK gro
scope automatic steering with their method
Of propulsion, namely. compressed air
power. caused this improved type OF tor
pedo 20 prevail over all other rivals In
Guiding the Howell. the Brennan. the Lay
and the Sims Edison.
, Now. what has the modern torpedo 40
compnshed in actual warfare
Away back in the COS. when the Japs
fought the Chinese at Yalu River, defeated
their fleet and blockaded the surviving yes
sells in Wei-Hai-Wei harbor. they brought
torpedoes into play. The Japs small craft
made repeated night attacks on the block
AIDED squadron and managed 20 torpedo
several OF the Chinese ships. In this way
the resistance OF the enemy was gradually
broken down and Wei-Hal-We! Was capt
ured
Shortly before and after the Chino
japanese War South American troubles
furnished two instances OF deadly attack
Encalada. OF $500 tons. was sunk by the
little 750-ton government torpedo boat tho
Lynch. discharging Whitehead torpedoes
Just as deadly. IN the Brazilian revolu-
ton OF 1894, was the attack OF the on-ton
torpedo vessel Sampaio on the great iron
clad Aquidaban. \ broacside torpedo
sank the big ship. while her tiny enemy
escaped injury
These modern missiles had little eject
on the fortunes OF the Spanish-American
War. For some reason or other Admiral
Cervera failed or was unable 20 use his
two torpedo boats against the American
feet blockading Santiago. And Il was
case OF being hoist by his own pctard
when in the course II the anal engage
r1ent an American shell struck the AL
ulrante Oquendo's fourteen-lnch torpedo
souarely IN its tube aboardship and
caused a terrific explosion. entirely wreck
ing that side OF the cruiser. killing many
Of the crew and putting the vessel OUT OF
action.
The vessels torpedoec by The japanese
AZ the beginning Of their war with Russia
In lgo4 We're the battlcships Retvizan and
Tsarevitch and the armored cruiser raj
lada The japanese made midnight attack
on the Russian war feet lying az anchor
entirely unguarded outside tho harbor "t
Port Arthur The unexpectodness OF tina
attack and the lack OF means FOR meet
ing IL rendered the Russians helpless
None OF the ships was sunk by the tor
psdo explosions, but they were 50 badly
damaged that they had 70 20 into cry
dock FOR months, and IL was not until the
following June that they were ready to
take 70 sea again.
But It's evident the real test betwfSt the
strongly armored man-o'-war and It's tor
pedo adversary Is yet 20 como. The past
shows that most OF the warships when
have succumbed 20 torpedo blows have been
ul-guarded or have lacked the modern
means OF defence and counter attack
II is purely a guess which wins-the
mighty-seeming Dreadnought or the insis-
nincaut but devastating torpedo.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-03

right or left the axis II tho gyroscope On
order 70 keep its balance. so 70 speak,
makes a relative angular motion in the
opposite direction. That motion is I'm
parted by means OF a crank and a servo
motor to the helm Of the torpedo and thus
the missile IS forced back automatically 10
its original line Of fight
BY a device equally ingenious the water
auto travels steadily at certain depth
below the surface Of the sea. The
pressures due 10 different depths are made
use of 10 actuate horizontal rudders. Thus
the torpedo is directed automatically up
ward or downward, according as It's
tendency is 20 sink or rise. II the original
aim at the target has been correct, and
II the gearing is in good order. nothing
can deviate the line OF its true flight.
This manless boat. this underwater,
self-steering locomotive, is indeel a
greater marvel than even the aeroplane.
the dirigible airship or the submarine. and
the only reason II has not been thus re-
garded IS It's evident lack OF the spectacu-
lar. together with the absence OF the
human thrill that is associated with craft
bearing cargoes OF human beings into the
skies above or the waters underneath. It's
evolution has been a long one.
Passing over the earlier crude attempts.
II should be recorded that Robert Fulton
In 1905. working for the French govern
ment destroyed a British brig by means
of torpedoes containing lS0-pound charges
Of gunpowder. fired by clockwork
mechanism.
But 4 was with an old fashioned spar or
outrigger torpedo-merely an explosive
charge at the end OF long, projecting
niece OF timber-that Lieutenant Cushing.
in the Civil War. performed his memorable
exploit OF blowing UP the Confederate IRON
clad Albemarle. The Albemarle and the
fran launch in which Cushing had APP
preached the mighty ship sank about the
same time. but the daredevil hero swan
away from the scene OF casualty and es-
capped.
Modern light armament such as the ships
OF to-day carry would make short work OF
daredevil Cushings who ventured thus near.
A Mr. Whitehead an Englishman super
intending the engineering works az Fiume,
Austria. took up and developed the original
idea OF Captain Lupus OF the Austrian
navy. This was plan for small. self
propelled boat carrying an explosive charge
and directed from a distance. AS the idea
grew in Whitehead's working out, he pres
entity abandoned the notion OF having di-
recting wires and devoted himself 10 max
ing a completely automatic locomotive
craft
II was tiny, toyllke affair. this pro-
genitor of the deadly machine OF the pres
emf day II could do only ten knots speed
and had a range OF but a few hundred
wards. Worst OF all, It's course was most
uncertain. II might hit the target or II
might not. No one could tell which way
the tarnation thing would go, following the
initial impulse
Ludwig Obry an Austrian engineer.
solved the problem nearly thirty years later
with HIS gyroscope gear for the Whitehead
toruedo. though Americans recall with
nride that long before that Admiral Howell.
NJ our own navy. had demonstrated sue
cessfuIIy that the gyroscope, II need be-.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-03

Miraculously II lays a true course 20 the
Dreadnought Is the thing a Frankenstein
Monster that some surprising engineer has
built and endowed with devilish inteili-
gence? Il would seem so, its self-directive
course IS so marvellous. Its sharp nose hits
with a thwack the hull OF the warship.
The force OF the blow explodes a dry
primer lust inside the head Of the steel
spar. The explosion communicates 70 a
charge Of wet gUncotton adjacent, and
with an awful roar the guncotton deto-
mates and the knetic energy Of the gases
suddenly released slaves IN the side OF
the mighty Dreadnought. Water rushes
into the gaping hole. Some OF the crew are
killed. others are stunned or thrown into
the water by the shock.
Possibly one Of the Dreadnought's maya
zines explodes. and the badly wrecked
leviathan sinks with all on board 10 a
watery grave or possibly unchanged as
TO the greater part Of her hull, she still
floats. but listed and hurt. with her star
board guns pointing meannglessly UP 20
the sky and her port armament directed
as meaninglessly 10 the depths Of the
sea. In either event the giant has yielded
to the midget. The Goliath has been pros
trated by the sling OF David.
Says S. Eardey-Wilmot in Brassey's
Naval Annual" for 1909: When some one
evolves a missile able TO travel under water
at a speed OF one hundred miles an hour
for a considerable distance and 20 carry a
heavy charge Of explosive. a radical change
in naval construction Will doubtless follow. %
That simply means that in the opinion OF
the naval world the torpedo has not yet
proved itself the annihilator OF the big war
ship type and that the nations are still
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-03

The modern torpedo has been hkened 70
a Frankenstein Monster. Rather Il is IN
der-water automobile minus a passenger
and steering its own course without the aid
OF a chauffeur. Transfer the scene OF opera
tons 10 land conceive Of a selt-steerins
motor car. the forward end filed with eX-
plosives that detonate on percussion and
imagine its owner sending II flying across
an unfenced country 70 strike target two
or three miles away That is exactly how
the torpedo works; and when properly
eeared il is no more diverted by water
resistance and the cross-currents OF the
sea from its original path than self
steering automobile would be diverted by
the little Inequalities OF the way.
The torpedo IS elected from its parent
ship by an explosion OF cordite gas, which
first thrusts a long projecting shield into
the water and then entering the inner tor
pedo tube by means OF a valve pushes out
the torpedo and the surrounding water to-
gether Its contact with the sea drops a
trip or lever which starts the engines with
In operated by the compressed power from
the air chamber and driving the propellers'
actuating screws in the little water autos
stern. The torpedo leaps forward in its
journey. and In the same instant another
piece OF mechanism, the gyroscope fly
wheel. starts racing.
Now as every boy who has spun a TOP
knows. or at least sees, the gyroscope or
wheel moving around a free axis tends 10
preserve its plane Of rotation. When de-
fected from It's normal whirl II will slowly
right itself without ceaslng its motion.
10, y,To II
to the vertical axis Of the torpedo body
encasing IL.
Whenever the torpedo turns either TO the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-03
BY n. J.. M'Mahon.

*" HE opinion Of the Atlantic fleets
experts IS that We have not yet
nearly reached the maximum OF
etiaeH.y .u torpedo gunnery. Nor, for that
matter has any other nation. Yet with the
rand improvements IL construction now
maxim. and with the increased efficiency
due o. practice The Whitehead torpedo
WILL prove "a terribly destructive factor IN
lie next great war Uncle sam backed
this belief the other day by sending over
10 El-.-ld "a large order Tor improved
types 20. these weapons.
ANY doubt Of the modern torpedo aDA-
Sly o. blow l1 bat-esaips?' continued the
speaker. who Isl al officer al the Brooklyn
navy yard why sir. with my own eyes
hack u 1915 .n the Russo-Japanese War 1
saw tae great gaping holes made In three
Of the Cars Zig ships by Jap torpeooes.
The ships were uot sunk outright Dy the
explosions, but they were badly wrecked
ana PVT DIX ~ the combat. AL Of them
were -s--. -t such an angle that their guns
could nor .e lined al the enemy. II TOOK
months g.. repair them. ia consequence the
Russian a.a. 10 Port Arthur was 50 "eah-
enel that OF. Japs took command Oh the
seas aa. rushed men. guns and stores 10
Aanrrur. ..mo.estad.'
Quoting -. historic Instance Of torpedo
cestr-lt.-.-ess and giving the results or
'-- recent American feet practice under
way conditions off the Massachusetts coast
tlls officer r9mnated the notion that TOR
le-oes We're 600 eccentric and uncertain 10
decide u.a issues II war He had just
come back from Frrvncetown. As he salo'
lie ol.. officers and correspondents disap-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-03

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ALLAN
TIC FLEET PRACTICE. THE TOR.
PEDO POINTERS WERE PER-
MlTTED TO MAKE ACTUAL HITS
AGAINST THE SIDES OF RAP
IDLY MOVING sATTLESHlPS.
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