The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-07-04

ticSt,ip il-"t with the building
up Of two. powerful reserve
fleets for the Atlantic and Pa
ciiic coasts will Tie mad. effcciiYe 10y
Secretary Never before the end Of the
year. The program already mapped
out brings the main fleet up TO twenty
of the most powerful battleshiIvs IN tile
navy. besides the new Wyoming, which
will the flagship by jan. l, 1913.
The Atlantic reserve feet Will consist
of nineteen ships. Of which fourteen
are to I've battleships or armoresl cruis-
ers. The Pacific fleet by the beginning
OF next year will represent q fighting
force bstter able to defend the Pacific
cpa& than any which has bsen there
saes the battleship feet stopped on its
cruise ground the world. There will be
ready for service ON the Pacific four
teen cruisers, besides the battIeship
Oregon. The Pacific fleet will COM
prise the armOred cruisers California,
South Dakota, Maryland and Colorado,
and the reserve feet will be made up
OF the Pennsylvania. West Virginia
and the Oregon and the cruiseN
Milwaukee. Charleston. IT. Louis, New
Orleans. Raleigh. Cleveland, Chatta. |
Aoo6a and Galveston, the torpedo boats |
FOX and Davis. the tug Fortune and
the submarines A 3 and g.
Ths Atlantic reserve feet on Jan. |
nsxt will be made up Of the battle |
sh4ps Ohio (6agship), Maine. Illinois.
Ahhana. Wisconsin, keaFsarge, Ken |
tucky, Iowa, Indiana and Nassa.
chusstts. the armortd cru1Bes Wash
ington. Tennessee. Montana and North |
Chroiina. the cruisers Brooklyn. Column
bia and Minneapolis and the scouts
and Chester. The Atlantic
battleshfp feet at the beginning Of
next year will have the Wyoming a.
detached flagship. with New York its
home yard. Each Of the four divis ~
will consist Of FIVE battieships. 70 mat
four can always be ready for service
while the fifth is undergoing repairs.
The feet will comprise the Florida,
Utah, Delaware, North Dakota. Michi-
ean, 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 ~ AERO
Plans for an acroplnne race from
l'eking to Paris. suggested by Paris
journal. which offers S31 900 In prizes
for the proposed event. have assumed
definite form.
The first point to settle was the sea
s0n Of the year when the rain and
wind would least interfere with the
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 he made in September next.
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IMPORTED LUxuRIEs
Luxuries imported into the United
States during the fiscal year which
'Mlcd last month exceeded $2OO,OOO,-
U0 in value. Under this term ''luxu-
les" are included. such articles as
art works. laces and en-
Droderies. champagne and other
I
vines. tobacco and manufactures
hereof. ostrich feathers. artificial
lowers. toys. perfumeries and cosmet-
cs. jewelry and manufactures of gold
md silver.
In many Of these articles. especially
he more important ones. the imports
,f the fiscal year 1912 will exceed in
'alne those of any earlier year. Art
works. for example. show for the nine
months ending with March total ex-
,eeding by so per cent the highest
record of any earlier year and will
approximate $I0,OOO.OOO in value for
The full fiscal year as against 500 $780,
200 in 1911 and SCI 100000 in 1910.
Diamonds also will show a large to-
tal for the fiscal year 1912
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