The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-10
TWENTY-FIVE SHIPS
ARE BEING BUILT
British Navy to Be Increased
Materially By the Work
Now Under Way

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premacy at sea is evidenced b. the
Iiact that twenty-five battleships and
hattie cruisers for her navy. ali al
the most modern design. will be UNI
der construction in British ship yards
uur1ng the present year. Furthermore,
the hrst lord Of the admiralty. win.
SION churchill. has practically prom.
ised to ask parliament for money for
Ave more large ships, and it In nossi.
Ole that this number will be Increased
10 Sin on account Of the situation
IN tns Mediterranean. and the action
OF austria Hungary and Italy in in.
creasins their naval programs.
g there are the three battleships
Mnlcn Premier Borden Of Canada has
ASKED the Dominion parliament to
the vessel for which the federated
Malay states have voted the money
and which. like those from Canada.
Will &c q modern battleshtp.
Brush ship yards are also building
SIN more large modern warshtps for
Iiofeien governments. The total new
a!Esdpnlane n under way amounts to
very ear $500. 600, 900.
10 complete these ships with tina
necessary speed will require very care
ill organization. Already recent Rrit.
!sn programs are In arrears. and there
are likely to be some DELAYS with this
te eseI ! warshtp construction. Here.
totoFe tine admiralty has calculated on
t%o years Tor the completion Of q bat
v viS"sp, 1t Is probable that they
WI! now nave to revise this estimate.
The great difficulty that comforts
ON q d%ockyards and shipbuilding
companies is the insuficiency Of skiii.
~ !aoof. The dock yards are work.
!ne day and night shifts and overtime
n tney nave recruited about ali the
dsaa.aoie men, special inducements
having nad no effect. The dock Yards
nns ~ une same fix: There is quite a
Lower Thames. where the trada on M
nourished. but they are strangely "a
verse to leaving the vicinity Of Lon.
ION: and while employment il nien.
tliui elsewhere. they seek work ~ snv
Klnd near their homes.
Inc norwegian expedition which.
Saoer the leadership Of Johan Koren'
sHs neen exploring the north coast az
ewna s'nce the summer Of 1911, is
July. 1913. @N'"sAa' IN
sailing his ship Kittiwake throurh
6ering straits in the summer Of iaii.
Saptaln koren followed the north
coast OF siberia as far as the mo,,th
OF tue river Colyma. He then sailed nm
sae Coiyina for 500 miles. At this
point on the river the expedition win
teleo n secured valuable furs from
sne nat.ves OF a regton where traders
winter the entire supply Of gasoline
vas lost. so the Kittiwake was allow.
cd to drift down the river with tha
Ice In the spring.
AT h mouth Of the Colyma Captain
horen set sail for Koliuchin. about
2oO miles from the island Of the same
name; Here the explorers met the
American schooner Morris. under
der. and the schooner took the Kitti-
axe IN tow. The two vessels expected
to winter on the Island Of Koliuchin.
which they undoubtedly reached in
time to establish quarters for the long
night.
There is no fear for the safety of
me expedition. as the Kittiwake was
amply supplied with all the necessities
winter. The island is visited every
ummer by American traders from
A!aska. and. figuring on the time
which they take for the voyage, It is
that the Kittiwake will
reach Nome next July.
Heretofore the position Of ships sur.
sean mas oeen m~onopoltzed by men,
but all doubt as to the eligibility Of
women for the position has baen set
at rest by a Scottish steamship com
pany.
The company in question had a
steamer on the Clyde ready to sail
for Australia with a large number Of
passengers. including emigrants, on
board. All that kept her from ieav-
Ing was the lack OF q surgeon. A
qualified woman doctor, the daughter
Of q marine engineer. heard Of the
and offered her services. The
board OF trade officer who had to GER
tify the ship looked up all precedents.
although he found that no woman
had ever before been signed on as
surgeon Of a ship. he could find uoth-
Ing against 1t, and the woman doctor
vent out with the steamer.
On a long voyage. with a large
number Of emigrants. the position is
not an easy and shipping circles