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Middletown transcript., 1915-01-30
| Ip0INGS AT THE
s TATE CAPITAL
1 ,Av STEAMER BURNS.


All OF the Passengers Escaped From
the Burning Vessel.
SeveAty-six passengers and the "a
men comprising the crew OF the steam
er Maryland were saved from that yes
sci when it burned to the waters edge
off the mouth of the Magothy river.
That some Of the passengers may
have lost their lives was at first feared
because some jumped into the water
to escape from the burning boat.
Ohicials of the B., G. and A. Line, to
which the boat belonged. are con-
fident np lives were lost.
The story of the rescue of the pas
sengers and crew in the darkness OF
early morning. their landing on the
practically uninhabited shore of Anne
Arundel county, near Mountain Point,
their efforts to prevent freezing by
building big bonfires and their subse-
quent taking off by ships of the Chefsa-
jeake Line, which brought them to Bal
timore, is full Of thrills,
The grave danger in which every
man, woman and child on the vessel
found themselves when aroused to
their peril was minlmized by the ad
mirable conduct of the officers and
crew of the doomed ship, who managed
the rescue work with display of COM
posure and consideration for the pas
sengers' safety that very nearly spells
heroism
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HUMAN VOICE
SENT 4,4OO MILES
Talking Over the Telephone
From Sea to Sea.
PRESIDENT WILSON ON WIRE
He Also converses With Thomas A.
Watson In California and Alex
ander Graham Bell, inventor OF
the Telephone, In New York.

Washington, d. C.-President viii
son Monday inaugurated the first
transcontinental telephone system by
speaking directly to President Moore.
Of the Panama-Pacific Exposition, in
San Francisco. With Mr. Moore,
Alexander Graham Bell the inventor
of the telephone, and President Vail,
of the American Telephone and Tele-
graph Company, on the wire at diff
ferent points, the President extended
congratulations on the achievement.
1T appeals to the imagination to
speak across the continent" said the
President to Mr.. Moore. ut is a fine
thing for the exposition that the first
thing 1t has done is to send its voice
over from sea to sea. | congratulate
you on the fine prospects for a sue
cessful exposition. | am confidently
hoping to take part in it after the ad-
iournment of Congress. May not
send my greetings to the management
and to all whose work has made it
possible and make it the great event
it promises to be, and convey my per
sonal congratulations to you?"
With DR., Bell listening in on the
line at New York, the President then
spoke to Thomas A. Watson, in San
Francisco. Mr.. Watson was DR., Bells
electrician at the time of the inven-
tion OF the telephone, and was the first
person to hear word spoken over a
telephone.
Il consider it an honor" said the
President, Ito be able to express my
admiration for the inventive genius
and scientific knowledge that has
made this possible, and my pride that
this vital cord should have been
stretched across America as new
symbol of our unity and our enter
prise. VIII you not convey my cor
dial congratulations to DR.. Bell, and
l want to convey to you my personal
congratulations, sir"
With Mr.. Vail listening in on the
line at Jekyll Island, the President
then spoke to Dr. Bell:
May / not congratulate you very
warmly on this notable consumma
tion of your long labors and remark
able achievements? said the Presi
dent. "You are justified in feeling I
great pride in what has been done
This is a memorable day and conve!
to you my warm congratulations"
The President said that he coult
hear Mr.. Moore in San Francisco yer.
distinctly.
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j. S. NOT PARTIAL
DECLARES BRYAN
Secretary Of State COnlradiCts
Complaints.
OUR MARKETS OPEN TO ALL
Letter To Senator Stone Shows Ger
many Formally Announced II
Did Not Expect EN-
barao.

Washington, d. C.-Secretary Of
State Bryan made public the text Of a
6,000-word letter written by him to
Chairman William J. Stone, of the
Senate Committee on Foreign Rela-
lions, defending the Administration
against the charge Of having shown
partiality toward Great Britain and
her allies in the present European war.
The letter, inspired by one from
Senator Stone setting forth numerous
complaints and charges relative to the
attitude of this Government. was pre-
pared under the direction Of President
Wilson, under 19 separate headings,
corresponding to Senator stones
summary of the various charges, to
which Secretary Bryan makes cate
gorical answers.
Answers Charge OF Partially.
In the concluding paragraph of the
communication he thus replies to
charges that the Administration
course has favored England and her
Allies, to the hurt of German and Aus
tria-HungaTy:
''If any American citizens, partisans
Of Germany and Austria-Hungary, feel
that this Administration is acting in a
way injurious to the cause of those
countries, this feeling results from the
fact that on the high seas the German
and Austro Hungarian naval power is
thus far inferior to the British. 1t is
the business of a belligerent operating
on the high seas, not the duty of a
neutral, to prevent contraband from
reaching an enemy.
"Those in this country who sympa-
thize with Germany and Austria-Hun-
gary appear to assume that some obli-
CATION rests upon this Government, in
the performance of its neutral duty, to
prevent all trade in cOntraband and
thus to equalize the difference due to
the relative naval strength of the bel
ligerents. No such obligation exists
it would be an un-neutral act, an act
OF partiality on the part of this Gov.
ernment, to adopt such policy If the
Executive had the power to do so. II
Germany and Austria-Hungary cannot
import contraband from this country
it is not because Of that fact, the duty
of the United States to close its mar
kets to the Allies. The markets OF
this country are open upon equal terms
to all the world, to every nation
belligerent or neutral"
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BRITISH SHIP BLOWN UP.

Germans Torpedo Merchantmen In
North Sea; Grow Escapes.
London.-The British steamer Dur
ward, says a Rotterdam dispatch, has
been torpedoed by German sub
marine. The crew was saved. The
Durward was bound from Leith to Rot
terdam and was struck by the torpedo
while % miles off the Mas Lightship.
The crew took to the boats and reach
ed the lightship. from which Dutch
pilot boat conveyed them to Rotter-
dam.
A Hague dispatch says 1t Is reported
there that the Durward had on board
40 tons OF provisions belonging to the
American Relief Commission when she
was sunk.
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PSF OFFICERS IN IS DAYS.

Casualty List Published In England
Shows That Loss In Flanders.
Iondon.-There has been given out
in London an officers casualty list
covering the period between December
80 and January IL, which shows that
the British army in France in these 10
days lost total of 257 men. OF these
go were killed and 1873 wounded.
Thirty-two were reported missing.
Added to the previous totals the
records of the last fortnight give off,
GERS killed. 1866; wounded, 2,416, and
missing, 662, or total casualty list in
officers since the beginning of the war
of 4,344 men.
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"NEvER AoAIN"-NoYEs,

Watehword OF the ALLIES, Declares
Poet, Who Arrives In New York.
New York.-Alfred Noyes, English
poet and peace advocate, and visiting
professor of English at Princeton,
reached here aboard the Lusitania.
1.-THE watchword of even the most
pronounced militarists among the
Allies" said Mr.. Noyes, "is never
again. When the settlement finally
comes there will certainly be grim
attempt to establish some sort of col
lective responsibility among nations
so that treaties cannot again be torn
up with impunity. The whole thing
reduces itself to whether we are going
to have international wars in the
future.
"A system of international police is
rather distant idea, but don't see
why the principle of international al
iances cannot be worked out"
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WIPES OUT HIS FAMILY.
Man Kills Wife, Three Children and
Self

Butler, Pal. H. Woods, a tele-
graph operator, of Harmony Junction,
Butler county, shot and killed his wife
and their three children and then COM
mitted suicide.
All the victims were shot in the
forehead, and death in each case is
believed to have been instantaneous.
The bodies were found by E. L.
Hilderbrand, who resides on the first
door, and who investigated when
Woods and his wife failed to attend
church. Hilderbrand says he heard
some noises on the second floor. oc-
cupied by Woods, but paid no atten-
ton to it. Woods, 3S. was employed
by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company. His victims were his wife,
Alice, 80, and three daughters. Fay,
15: Rosemary, and Marjorie, 2.
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GRAND JURY MAY TAKE ACTION
Escape pf Poolroom Witnesses Has
Stirred Annapolis.

Escape pf Poolroom Witnesses Has
Stirred Annapolis.
Although the furore incident to the
raid made on the Patuxent Rod and
Gun Club at Meyers Station by Mar
shal Carter and force of so officers
of the Baltimore city police force is
gradually abating, much unfavorable
comment is still heard in Annapolis
as to how score of the 148 men
gathered in could have made good
their escape from Sheriff Potee and
his assistants, states a dispatch from
Annapolis.
Following the suggestion made in
the public declaration Of Governor
Goldsborough, reports were current in
Annapolis that Judge Brashears would
recall the October grand jury to con-
duct a rigid investigation. but no
action along this line has as yet been
taken.
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MORE BIG GUNS SHIPPED.
Liner Carries Two t6-lneh Ones Out
OF New York Harbor.

New York.--Two 16-inch guns, So
feet long, and weighing nearly rs tons
apiece, were lashed to the deck of the
Cunarder Pennsylvania when she
sailed from here for Liverpool. Be
mind the guns was placed turret for
battleship, giving the liner a war
ike appearance. The guns were made
by the Bethlehem Steel Corporation
and were consigned to shipbmldins
company at Belfast
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YET ON OFFENSIVE IN CAUCASUS
General staff OF Russian Army Issues
Report.

Petrograd.-Th general staff of the
army in the Caucasus had issued the
following communication:
"Our offensive in the region of
Transchoruk continues. despite an
obstinate defensive OF the part of the
Turks.
an the region of Olti some~isolated
fighting occurred with Turkish detach-
ments.
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couRTHousE DYNAMITED.
Building Destroyed on Second VIsit
OF Vandals.

Irvine, Ky.--A charge Of dynamite
exploded under the Estill County
Courthouse here, destroying the struc-
ture. The explosion shook the town
and broke number Of windows. No
body was injured A previous attempt
to destroy the building, two-story
brick one, was made in December,
1918, when dynamite was exploded in
the corridor, causing slight damage.
The authorities have no clue.
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COLLEGE CREEK BRIDGE OPEN.
Governor GoIdsborough First To Cross
the New Span.

Governor q Goldsborough First To Cross
the New Span.
napolia.-Governor Goldsborough
had the distinction of being the first
person to cross in vehicle the bridge
span of College or Dorsey's Creek, the
Annapolis end of the Baltimore boule-
ward, which was thrown open to traffic
Wednesday for the first time. The
bridge is built of concrete and was
constructed under the supervision of
the State Roads Commission. 1t cost
approximately 100000. The work was
started nearly year ago. but many
difficulties were encountered, chief
among tyhic was the sinking of foun-
dations on The Annapolis end of the
span The bridge was built by the Nc
Lane Construction Company, Of Balti-
more.
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SUFFRAGE BILL PASSES.
West Virginia Legislature Votes To
Submit Amendment.


Charleston. w. Va.-The Legislature
voted to submit to the people at the
next election an amendment to the
Constitution providing for woman suf-
frage. There was one vote ;in the Sen
ate and six in the House Of Delegates
against the resolution.
Any opposition to the measure
crumbled away in the face of the on
slaughts of suffragists, who crowded
the galleries and floors of both House
and Senate and who, in their second
attempt to secure the submission of
the equal suffrage amendment,
achieved an almost unanimous victory.
Senator Steed, in the Senate, and
Delegates Board, Currey, Harman, of
Mcdowell; Kittle. of Barbour; Mon
roe, of Hampshire, and Davisson and
Rinehart, OF Harrison. in the House
alone voted against the joint resolu'
tion.
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ITEM S OF INTEREST.


Manchuria's trade is affected very
little by the war.
Aberdeen'a linen mills are kept busy
by war orders.
Canada is finding a wide market
abroad for bhled hay.
Russia wa ants automobiles. motor
trucks and NJ Motorcycles
Cocoanut water has been found in
Ceylon to be valuable coagulant Of
rubber.
Sugar beets can be successfully
grown in Ireland
Cotton seed meal is gaining popu-
larity as cow feed in Canada.
Andalusia's olive crop is poor one,
owing to a recent drought,
III 1ldiy IubIS dE0 dDOul LWO lnOur
sand five hundred murders annually,
Russia about two thousand four hun
dred and Spain about one thousand siy
hundred.
Development of Morocco has been
generally stopped because of the war
in Europe
Prices for footwear are going up in
England and retailers ind difficulty
in getting stocks.
J A recent novel sight in Brunswick
Me-. was th crashing machine hauled
)y yoke Of oxen driven with reinS
Ike horses.
India's jute crop is large. estimated
At 12.0OG,0OO bales.
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BIG GUN TO GUARD CANAL.
Capable OF Throwing 2,4oo.POund
Shell 2t Miles.

Boston.-The army's biggest gun,
recently finished at the WaterYliet
arsenal, for the defense of the Panama
Canal, and which is capable of throw
ing 2,4O0-pound shell 21 miles, was
brought to the Watertown arsenal for
its carriage. The gun. which is 56 feet
long, required a specially constructed
freight car for transportation here.
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Rear AdmlraI's Report.
U. S. TO HAVE ZEPPELIN.
lie To Ask For Bids On Construction
and For AeropIanes.


Washington. d. C.-The Navy De-
partment within several days will ad-
vertise for bids for the construction Of
Zeppelin model airship and for a
number of new type aeroplanes. All
the new aircraft, including the Yep
pelin, are to be constructed in the
United States. The navy has wished
for some time to obtain a Zeppelin,
but there were no dirigible manufac-
turers in the United States and no one
willing to undertake the experiment of
building one. Navy Department Off
cials have finally succeeded in finding
several big concerns which have
promised to undertake the construc-
tion of a Zeppelin type if their bid is
successful.
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GERMANY WARNS RouMANlA

Mobilization Orders Considered "Hos-
tile Acts" In Berlin.
London The Paris Temps prints
the following from Petrograd: Ger
many, in note to Roumania. declares
that the measures undertaken by the
latter country, which are tantamount
to mobilization orders, and its en-
couragement of a revolutionary propo-
ganda in Pennsylvania, are hostile
acts"
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RUSSIANS BLOWN UP.

Railway Station Full OF Troops De-
stroyed BY Austrian Shell.
Berlin (by wireless to London) 1t
is officially announced here that the
Russian railway station near Chenciny
(about 10 miles southwest Of Kielce,
Southern Poland), which the Austrians
destroyed by single heavy shell. was
filled with Russian troops at the time,
all of whom were killed.
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MORATORIUM EXTENDS TO U. S.
A>1erleans May Take Advantage or
It, Court Rules.

New York-Supreme Court Justice
Erlanger decided that American eiti.
zens who had incurred debts in Eu-
ropean countries where moratoriums
were declared after the war began
may take advantage of the mora
torium. Michael Goldmuntz, a dia-
mond merchant of this city, sued
Samuel Spitzel & Co. to recover on a
bill of exchange given in Antwerp,
where both parties have places of
business. The defendant pleaded that
the moratorium declared in Belgium
gave him the privilege of delaying pay
ment.
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WOULD HAVE CUBA PAY U. s.
House Bill sus1e Reimbursement
For aaeification.

Washington D. C.-In the Diplo-
matte Appropriation bill, carrying ap-
proximately $4.OOO.OOO, as perfected by
the House Foreign Affairs Committee,
is contained a provision requesting the
President ito take such steps as may
be necessary to have the republic OF
Cuba reimburse the United States to
the extent Of $6,5O9,511" for tEe ex-
pense of pacifcation from 1907 to
1909
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A Russian woman is leading an ex-
pedition which has started to cross
Arabia at its widest part and which
will try to penetrate land never be-
fore explored.
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TO All POTATO GROWING.
Frostbura Bank Offers Prizes For Best
Seed Raised.

seed RAISED.
Farmers of Allegany and Garrett
counties are greatly interested in the
seed potato campaign, started recently
in Frostburg after officials Of the State
Agricultural Department had an
nounced that this section of Maryland
can grow better seed potatoes than
Maine and other Northern States. To
stimulate further interest in seed po-
tato growing in these counties the
Citizens National Bank OF Frostburg,
has arranged for potato contest to
take place next fall. Prizes of $25 and
SIS for the best and second best pecks
of Irish c0bbler seed potatoes have
been offered, similar prizes for Green
Mountain seed and $40 and IS for the
best and second best pecks of seed
potatoes of any variety.
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GARY RAIL MILL TO REOPEN.
Working Force OF Plan To Be In
creased BY 1900 Men.

Gary, Ind.-The Gary rail mill,
closed for three months, is to be open
ed on February and other depart
ments of the Illinois Steel Company's
plant will take on more men within a
few weeks, according to an announce
ment made here by the company. The
present working force of 1900 will be
Increased by 1900 men.
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JAPs MAY KEEp KIAucAAu.
Lease To Germans Takes II Out Of
chlna's Realm.

New York-Dr. Teyokichi Iyenaga,
former professor of political science at
Chicago and Columbia Universities,
declared in an address before the
Japan Society here that the retention
Of Kiauchau by Japan would not be a
violation of Chinese integrity mas
much as Kiauchau had been leased to
Germany for SO years and was, there
fore, not a part of China.
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PEACE DAY JULY T.
Women At Frisco Exposition VIII
Proclaim Against War.

San co.-Independence Day
will be Peace Day at the Panama-Pa-
cifc International Exposition. This
announcement was made here by Mrs.
May Wright Seweu, honorary president
of the International Conference of
Women, the organization under whose
auspices an international peace confer
ence will convene at the exposition
grounds for four-day session. Make
this the last war;" is the slogan
adopted by Mrs. Sewell's advisory
board, and to that end delegates from
all parts of the world will assemble
July 4.
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WOMEN sUpPLANT MEN.
Soprano "HeIios" Now In City Offices
At Washington.

Washington, D. C.-Soprano 'hellos"
will supplant bass in all city Offices,
the Commissioners having ousted all
men at the private telephone switch.
boards and appointed women opera.
tors.
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A Canadian soap factory, costing
100000. is to be erected in Hamil-
ton, Ontario, by a Cincinnad firm for
supplying its trade in the Dominion.
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German child labor laws define chill
dren as boys and girls less than 13
years Of age and those older who stil
attend school.
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MANNINe voIDs aLEAsE ORDER:
Governors Action, It Is Thought, Re-
stores Militia.

Columbia, S. C.-Gevernor Manning
issued an order here declaring void
and of no effect" the action of Cover
nor 3lease in disbanding the South
Carolina National Guard shortly before
he retired. Adjutant-General Moore
said he believed the order automatic
ally restored the troops to their former
status, and that reorganization would
he unnecessarY.
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NAVAL BATTLE
IN NORTH SEA
British Sink One Cruiser and
Damage Two Others
RAID ON THE ENGLISH COAST
Big German War Vessels Escape Into
Their Own Mine Field, Which
British ships Dare
Not Enter.

London.--An attempt by a German
cruiser squadron to repeat the attack
recently made on Scarborough, the
Hartlepools and other British coast
towns was frustrated Sunday by the
British patrolling squadron, and in a
running fight the German armored
cruiser Bleucher was sunk and two
German battle cruisers were seriously
damaged.
The British ships suffered only
slight injury. So far as is known only
1913 of the Bluecher's crew of 1856 were
saved.
A battle also occurred between the
light cruisers and the destroyers ac-
companying the big German ships, but
the result of this engagement has not
yet reached the admiralty.
The British we're superior in ships
engaged, weight of armament and
speed, and the flight of the German
ships into the mine and submarine In
tested field possibly saved them from
/ further losses.
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To keep up with the match con-
sumption of the earth. the services of
$4,000 work people are constantly
required
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TO nAR The plcToeRApH.
West Virginia Legislator Would For
bid It Unless BY Consent.

Charleston, w. va.--A member of
the Legislature here proposes to intro
duce a measure to forbid the use of
distographs, except where the person
on whom it is used gives his permis-
sion and consent.
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RIuecher a Fine Ship.

The Bluecher was a cruiser of 1850
tons displacement, and, although com
missioned in 1908, was completely re-
rugged last year. She was not classed
as battle cruiser, but was in the next
class to those formidable fighters.
With her were the Derfiinger, Ger
many's latest battle cruiser, which had
just left the builders hands, and the
battle cruisers Seydlitz and Moltke,
the latter sister ship of the Goeben,
formerly of the German, but now OF
the Turkish feet, which was recently
reported damaged by the Russians in
the Black Sea.
The British squadron, commanded
by Rear Admiral Sir David Beatty
who also was in command at the bat.
tie off Helgoland last August, consisted
of the battle cruisers Tiger, Lion
Princess Royal, New Zealand and In
domitable. The first three of these
cruisers mount eight 13.5-inch guns
each, and even the New Zealand and
Indomitable carry Pinch guns which
are equal to those Of the Derflinger
the only one Of the German ships that
had better than 11-inch guns.
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-FOUR DEAD, NINE
HURT IN BLOWUP
U. S. Cruiser San Diego Was
Making Power Trials
LOW WATER WAS THE CAUSE
Vessel Is Flagship OF Pacific Fleet.
Accident Occurs During Short
steamlno Trial; Wounded
Landed At ouayamas.

On Board U. 8. S. San Diego. La Paa,
Mexico.-Four men were killed and
nine seriously injured on board the ar
mored cruiser San Diego when a boiler
tube blew out after steaming trial
of four hours had been completed
Landed At Guayamas.
Immediately after the accident the
cruiser left for Guayamas.
The San Diego is the flagship of the
Pacific feet, and is in command Of
Capt Ashley H. Robertson.
Washington, d. CA brief official
report to the Navy Department on the
explosion aboard the cruiser San
Diego added no details to the news dis
patches except to say that some OF
the nine injured were in grave con-
dition and others were not so badly
hurt. The next of kin of the dead
were notified at once by the Depart
ment.
Rear AdmiraI's Report.
Rear Admiral Howard's report gave
this account of the accident:
THE San Diego completed her four
hour-full-power trials and made 21.45
Just at the completion of the trials a
tube in No. 4 boiler ruptsred, due to
low water. No endurance runs were
attempted. A full investigation has
been ordered"