The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-09-21


Mrs. Weller. mother OF the bride.
wore a costume Of royal blue satin.
with an overdress Of gold gauze EN-.
} broidered IN blue. Mrs. John McMui.
! lin, grandmother of the bride, who
b was one of the grand danes of So
ciety a generation ago. wore a hand.
some robe of black Chantilly lace.
Following the ceremony supper was
served at small tables, except the
brides table, where, besides the well
!, ding party, were seated Mrs. Douglas
Fry, Miss Ethel Shorb, Miss Anna
Peters, Miss May Colburn, Lieutenant
Ord, U. S. A., Ensign Symmington.
William Lieb and John McMullin. The
young couple will visit relatives in
Chicago and New York before going
to their new home at Annapolis.
Largest Warshps Yet.
NEW YORK, September 1.-THE
arrival here of the new American
dreadnought Utah, to join her sister
ship, the dreadnought Florida, now
nearing completion at the Brooklyn
navy yard, again sets the scales in
motion of the relative position of our
American sea fighters as compared
with the navies of the other great
powers,
While naval experts concede that
Great Britain has the largest aggre-
gate of fighting ships, with Germany
and the United States in a close race
for second place, yet it is equally con-
ceded by these experts that the two
new American dreadnoughts now here
outrank in size and strength anything
afioat in the British and German ma.
? vies at the present time. The British
l naval monsters, Lion and Orion, Will
= exceed in tonnage and strength the
. American ships, but neither of these
/ leviathans is as yet in service. Ger.
t many also has a number of monster
S dreadnoughts, but they are in course
of construction, and the largest Ger
man ship afioat is still less in tonnage
. and efficiency than the two sister
y American dreadnoughts, Utah and
? Florida, now here for the first time
/, The American ships have a dis
, placement of $4,000 tons as against
: the original dreadnought of 1906
=, tons. They also take the lead over the
Delaware and North Dakota, 10000
tons each, which have heretofore held
the lead of big gun ships in the Ameri
i can navy. The two new American
dreadnoughts, besides leading the
ships of all the great powers in point
of size, also bring Germany and the
United States nearer together for sec
: Qnd place among naval powers.
Among naval experts the origina,
dreadnought has become the accepted
unit of fighting efficiency. Counting
L the dreadnought as a unit of 100, the
American battleship Delaware and hel
y sister ship, North Dakota, have {
+ ratio of efficiency of 10 each, whil
!. the Florida and Utah have a ration
n of 1875 each. These ratios for Ameri
L can dreadnought ships aggregate $40
d as against an aggregate of about 7OC
t for Germany. So that Germany anC
S the United States are separated b!
s only few points for position of sec
n Ond place among naval powers, baseC
e on the dreadnought as the unit o
fighting strength. However, on Ship
l. below the dreadnought unit, naval ey
l, perts maintain that the scales ar,
e turned in favor of the United State
5. as second in rank among the nava
o powers.
o Coincident with the arrival of thes
e two leaders among dreadnoughts q
W the great powers, the keel was lai
A. yesterday of the super-dreadnough
al New York, $4,000 tons, which ou
is ranks in tonnage anything thus ia
built or underway in England or &c
se many. The largest British ships III
n der construction are those of the Kin
as George class, $4,000 tons, and tn
.. largest of the new German ships bull,
10 ing are $4,000 tons. The British d
"a. signers are planning the Queen MAJ
of $4,000 tons, but she is not yet a
tually under way.
The New York represents the lar
est war ships now being built and IL
" Utah and Florida the largest in IL
" service of any of the great powers.
nu A RESTFUL PLACE.