The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-06-28

II REORGANIZATION Of tie ,i..,,a bat,
tleship aeet with the bshdlng
~ up OF two powerful reserve
fleets for the Atlantic and ia
cific coasts will be made effective by
Secretary Meyer before the end or the
year. The program already mapped
out brings the main feet up to twenty
OF the most powerful battleships In the
navy. besides the new Wyoming, which
will the flagship by jan 1. 1913.
The Atlantic reserve feet VIII consist
of nineteen ships. Of which fourteen
are TO be battleships or armored cruis-
erA The Pacific feet by the beginning
Of next year will represent fighting
force better able to defend the PACING
coast than any which has been there
since the battleship feet stopped on It's
cruise around the world. There will be
ready for service on the Pacific four
teen cruisers. besides the battleship
Oregon. The Pacific fleet Will COM
prise the armored cruisers California,
South Dakota, Maryland and Colorado.
and the reserve fleet Will be made up
Of the Pennsylvania, West Virginia
and the Oregon and the cruisers
Milwaukee, Charleston. st. Louis. New
Orleans, Raleigh. Cleveland. Chatta-
nooga and Galveston, the torpedo boats
Fox and Davis. the tug Fortune and
the submarines A 3 and A 3.
The Atlantic reserve fleet on Jan. L
next will be made up Of the battle
ships Ohio (fiagship), Maine, Illinois,
Alabama, Wisconsin. Kearsarce. Ken
lucky. Iowa. Indiana and Massa-
chusetts, the armored cruisers Wash
ington, Tennessee. Montana and North
Carolina. the cruisers Brooklyn. Column
bia and Minneapolis and the scouts
Birmingham and Chester The Atlantic
battleship fleet at the beginning OF
next year will have the Wyoming as
detached flagship. with New York its
home yard Each Of the four divisions
will consist of five battleships. SO that
four can always be ready for service
while the fifth is undergoing repairs.
The feet will comprise the Florida,
Utah. Delaware. North Dakota. Michi-
gan. Louisiana. Vermont. Kansas.
South Carolina. New Hampshire.
Georgia. Virginia. Nebraska, New Jer-
sey Rhode Island. Connecticut. Mime
sofa. Missouri. Idaho and Mississippi.
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LEAVING PEkiNG BY AERO
Plans for an aeroplane race from
Picking to Paris. suggested by a Paris
journal. which offers S3f.GP prizes
for the proposed event. Ia assumed
definite form.
The first point to settle was the sea
son OF the year when the rain and
wind would least interfere with the
competitors Meteorological reports
from Russia and Siberia show that in
September the rainy season Is over
and the average rate of the wind is
not too great. Therefore the start
may be made in September next.
IMPORTED lUxURIES
Iuxuries imported into the United
States during the fiscal year which
ended last month exceeded 100000.
600 In value. Under this term ''luxu-
ries" are included such articles rs
diamonds. art works. laces and en-
broideries. champagne and other
wines. tobacco and manufactures
thereof. ostrich feathers, artificial
flowers. toys. perfumeries aud cosmet
ics. jewelry and manufactures OF gold
und silver.
In many OF these articles. especial,
the more important ones. the imports
of the fiscal year 1912 Will exceed II
value those OF any earlier year. Ar
works. for example. show for the nine
months ending with March Il total ex
ceedIng by % per ccns the hlghes
record Of any earlier year and vii
approximate Sio.00o.o00 In value 70
the full fiscal year rs against $1,000.
600 in 1911 ard SCI 100000 In 1910.
Diamonds also will show large 20
tai for the fiscal year l0i2.