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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-08
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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-08
SLATER. MO.

Sunday the services at both of the
churches were largely attended. Prof.
A. G. Lewis, with his assistant, Miss
M. Blackwell, is plotting the school
to perfection. Rev. L. T. Mack is
preparing to leave the city and To-
cate more centrally for his work.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-08
SALISBURY. MO.

The Masonic and U. B. F. lodges
gave a joint entertainment and exhi-
bition drill at the A. NJ. E. church. . .
A music and literary recital vas given
at the Baptist church Friday evening,
the 23d.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-08
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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-08
TESTIMONIAL

This is to certify that the writer
suffered for four years with danduff
and itching of the scalp until prac-
tically bald, trying many remedies
but of no avail. About six months
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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-01-30

struction should be adopted; one that
will be safe at every step in the con-
struction and afford satisfactory
dry dock when completed
Here follows a description OF two
alternate plans suggested by Mr.
Noble:
Anticipating the approval of the
department of one Of the general cas-
sion methods outlined by Mr.. Noble,
the chief of bureau proceeded with
the elaboration of the type B deign,
having under construction the substi-
tuition OF steel pontoons for the rein
forced concrete cassions. Mr.. Noble
signified in a preliminary way his
qualified approval or this change.
asIn March, 1914, Civil Engineer L.
M. Cox, u. s. Navy, designed and de-
tailed q method Of construction for
carrying out the contract design. The
Cox method involved the use OF a
steel ballast tank SO feet square. in
plan with wooden Enclosing Golfer
dams which would provide working
chambers for building the side walls.
The tank was to be supported either
on timber grillage or upon steel con-
structions, so as to form tunnels about
IL feet wide and 10 feet high, In which
the transverse reinforcement for the
dock floor would be placed and the
concrete OF the floor completed.
Civil Engineer Harris at this time
prepared variations and Celebrations
Of the plan previously submitted by
him, including plan Of which an i'm
portant feature was the placing of
the concrete IN the bottom by tremie
in steel grid, previously sunk into
place by the use of steel boats. which
would afterwards serve as working
chambers for constructing the side
walls.
On April q, 1914, Civil Engineer r.
C. Hollyday, y. s. Navy, submitted to
the department method and design
for constructing the drydock.
On April 6. 1914, the department d.
rected that the bureau and the con-
tractor endeavor to come into agree
ment as to a plan and method for com.
plotting the dry dock.
The chief of bureau on April 1S,
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SECOND evening
ENTERTAINMENT
FOR THE GUARD

Tomorrow evening members OF the
National Guard and their families VIII
gather at the armory for the second
of the Sunday evening entertainments
inaugurated last month. There VIII
he a short address by/the chaplain,
followed by an excellent musical pro-
gram. and a motion picture offered
through the courtesy of the Popular
Theater management, Messrs. Blair
and Bredhoff.
Not only present members of the
guard, but former guarusmen also. are
cordially invited to be present and 10
bring their families. At the December
entertainment the ladies formed 2
large proportion of the audience. ana
ii is believed that the attendance VIII
be even larger tomorrow.
Chaplain Valentin Franck OF the
National Guard, has been working for
some time past on the program, and
every number is high class. The en-.
tertainment is for the enlisted men OF
the guard and former guardsmen and
their families, and hearty inyitation
is extended to them.
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(gl The structure now afloat is
moved into position and sunk into
place by filing the ballast tank with
water, the base being thus deposited
into its permanent location in the dry
dock. 1t can be lifted and replaced IL
it does not at first sink into the cor
rect position. No water is admitted
within the cofferdams at this period
This condition is shown in figure 10
Chi The work of completing the con-
crete work of the drydock floor and
building the side walls is Immediately
begun ard is, carried to completion,
except that shallow depressions are
left in the floor where the pedestals
rest and also that the concrete side
walls of the drydock are carried only
to a height of about / foot above high
tide.
90 The section is then flooded and
the upper structure detached from the
base by unscrewing the nuts on the
long hold-down bolts. These nuts are
located on the upper edge of the struc-
ture, which is at height OF feet
!. above mean low water.
I'D The water in the ballast tank Is
. pumped out and the floating structure
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-01-30

1914. presented to the contractor q
method CT construction conceived by
himself, to which the contractor gave
assent and agreement. and which has
been approved by the department and
under which the work is to proceed.
Mr.. Mobiles death prevented bis OPP
inion on this design being obtained;
however, all the elements of strength
and safety which were considered ne
cessary by him have been provided
foT.
The writer was the bureaus assist
ant in developing this plan and pre-
pared the estimates of cost Civil En-
eineers Cox and Harris gave assist
ance and made recommendations and
suggestions which were of great va
lne. and in accordance with which
some Of the important features of the
work were designed. Mr.. F. B. Smith
also contributed some valuable sug-
gestions.
The principal features of the Stan
ford plan are as follows:
TAD The dock is to be built in sec
tons SO feet long and full width Of the
dock i52 feet, There are to be l6
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lifted TO its minimum draft The large
gates which are provided in the end
ccfferdams are opened so as to clear
the concrete side walls and the struc-
ture is towed clear. This condition Is
illustrated In figure Ii, where the ends
OF the upper part of the drydock walls
can be seen through the opening in
the cofferdams Figure IL illustrates
tie concrete work of one section OF the
drydock. The depressions where the
pedestals rested and also the line
showing the height to which the side
walls were carried before the removal
of the cofferdams can be seen.
(k) Upon completion of the opera
ton of floating of the base described
In 60 the construction of new base
can be Immediately begun on the
floating drydock, and this new base
should be ready to receive the tank
and cofferdam as soon as the opera
ton of releasing and floating off this
structure as described in I'd is COM
pleted.
This method provides the following
features:
1. Practically all concrete is placed
in the open air, under favorable condi-
tions permitting inspection, accom-
plished as follows:
tal BY constructing the bases upon
a floating dock.
lb) BY holding down the bases dur
ing completion of the floor by means
of ballast tank.
lc) By utilizing steel cone rdams y
form working chambers in which Oe
side walls are built.
2. Minimum risk during constfuc'
ton secured by :
/ lal Constructing the bases upon a
floating dock.
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CIVIL ENGINEER
{. R. GAYLERHA
WRITTEN ACCOUNT
Former Public Works officer at
Pearl Harbor Tells of Struggle
Against Adverse Conditions


AGAINST the treacherous bottom and
shifting coral sands Of the Pearl Har-
Dor drydock site, has been written by
Civil Engineer Ernest II. Gayicr, pub
llc works officer here for some time
before and alter the big blow up" at
the drydock. February IL. 1913. Be
cause OF being an official document,
docketed as supplement to bulletin
of the bureau OF yards and docks.
Navy Department the story loses
none or its interest u Is conc Sc
statement CT the plans suggested by
the various engineers and boards OF
engineers, who had whack' at the
problem, and detailed description OF
the plan under which construction
work is to be resumed. Many OF the
ideas Of the late Alfred Noble, the
famous consulting engineer who came
here during the summer Of 1913, are
embodied in the final plan, but Rear
Admiral Homer Stanford, chief of the
bureau OF yards and docks. and well
known here. Is really sponsor for the
present plan.
The Army and Navy Register Of
January is prints the Gayler state
ncnf in full, illustrated by ~ draw
ines. Brief extracts from Civil En-
tineer Gayler's resume OF the drydock
Investigations. and his description OF
The present working plan OF Admiral
Stanford In full. are given herewith
II Is impossible TO reproduce more
than two Of the drawings, but the
two which best illustrate the ingen,
ious method OF construction have been
selected. The Hawaiian Dredging Co.,
acting for the San Francisco Bridge
Col. the original contractors, are now
pushing the work Of clearing and
dredging the site. but II will be many
months before any new work can re
commenced.
Following are extracts from the
ca1ler account
The department on November 20,
1914. signed the supplemental agree
.tnf which provides for new design
Tor the Pearl Harbor drydock. This
action marks the end Of B period %
one and threefourtls years Of exam
nation. study and negotiation which
had IS the object the contamination
81 al agreement which would insure
The completion. with minimum o.
|'sE Of q permanent, stable dry dock
d the selected site and at just ana
.|E1sonabIe pr.ce; that object has been
6Liained.
Inmediafely following the acct
TIE contractors coIferdam and crib
construction. a. well as a portion OF
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ORDERSOF THE
HAWAIIAN DEpI.
January %. 1915.

January 70, 1919.
Special Orders No. %.
3. Pvt. Edmund F. G.. Clarke, Com.
pany NJ, 1st Infantry, Schofield Bar
racks, H. r., will be discharged from
the army by the commanding off1cer
of that post, by purchase, under the
provisions OF General Orders No. 81,
war department, series 1914. Q0423.l
3. The following named enlisted
men, now sick in the department hos
pita., this city, will be sent by the
first transport to San Francisco, Cali
fornia, where upon arrival they will
be reported to the commanding gen
eral, western department, with view
to their admission to the Letterman
general hospital, the Presidio OF san
francisco, for treatment:
Sergt. John A. Kelly, Battery d LIST
Field Artillery.
Pvt. Hugh L. Carey. Hospital Corps
Pvt. 1st Class Silas G. Potter Quar-
termaster Corps.
Pvt. Joseph H Dittmar, Company
A, LIST Infantry.
Pvt VIII smith. Company F, 18th
Infantry.
Pvt william Patterson, Company /
25th Infantry.
On the day of sailing the commanu
ing officer of the department hospital
will transfer the above named soldiers
to the commanding officer of troops
on board the transport, together with
the descriptive list and transfer sir
in each case.
The Quartermaster Corps will fur
nish the necessary transportation and
subsistence. The journeys are neces
sary for the public service. t1546
DSO.)
4. Upon recommendation Of the
medical examining board I'd Lieut.
Bernard P. Lamb, 25th Infantry, nov
sick Tin the department hospital, thu
city, will proceed to the Lettermar
general hospital. the Presidio, Sar
francisco, California, on the frs
transport sailing Tor that port, report
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ing upon arrival to the commanding
officer of the hospital for observation
and treatment
The travel directed is necessary in
the military service. t1546-DSO.l
5. Private Charlie w. Davenport
Company G, LIST Infantry, SchOfield
Barracks, H. T.. will be discharged
from the army by the commanding
officer of that post, by purchase, I'M
der the provisions OF General Orders
No. 81. War Department, series 1914.
(1O424.J
6. Leave of absence for % days,
with permission to apply for exteh
sion OF two months, to take effect up
on arrival at san francisco. Califor-
MIA, Of the February transport. Is
granted Second Lieut. H. w. Hail, eth
Cavalry, Schofield Barracks. H. T.
Attention is invited to General Or
ders No. 1876, War Department, 1907,
and General Orders No. 35, series
1914, these headquarters. Q0425.)
Z. Pvt. John Lippertz. Battery D.
1st Field Artillery, Schofield Barracks,
H. T., is transferred to the Quarter
master Corps. Depot Detachment no
nolulu Depot, and viii report 70 me
department quartermaster for duty.
The Quartermaster Corps VIII fur-
nish the necessary transportation.
The journey is necessary for the
public service. Cd @ II 1887 1z9
8. PVT Lewis G. Adams. Company
II, 25th Infantry, SchodeId Barracks.
II. T., Is transferred 70 the Quarter
master Corps at that post Cd Q. d.
4097-430.l
9. Pvt. Charles L. Berry, 104th
Company, Coast Artillery Corps. Fort
Armstrong. H. T., Is transferred 70
the Quartefmaster Corps, and WIN be
assigned to station By the Coast De.
Tense commander. Cd 9 n. lo97-l1I.)
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(bl The rapid sinking of the bases
by the use of ballast tank
tc) The additional safety in tran
porting and sinking the sections by the
availability of the fotation of the tank
in case of leakage of the cofferdams.
I'D The element of safety introduced
by the use of well braced steel Golfer
dams instead of wooden cofferdams.
3. Rapid and economical construc-
ton secured by
tal Transporting and placing the
bases by fiotation.
tbl The epeated use Of steel Golfer
dams and the handling of cofferdams
by the flotation of the belfast tank
tc) The practical elimination OF
tremie-placed concrete.
Id The reduced building hazards.
TIE construction of the wall OF the
semicircular head of the dock offers
difficulty, due to its shape, which does
not permit its constitution within the
steel cofferdams. This wall is accord
ingly to be built of reinforced concrete
blocks, weighing about $50 tons each,
nodded on shore and placed by the
yard floating crane The blocks will
be So feet high, 5 to feet wide along
the semicircie of the head end, and
the full thickness of the wall, and will
have openings through them whereby
they are bound together with the con-
crete to be placed between the blocks,
which will be done by the use Of Golfer
dams. The blocks will be placed about
6 feet apart.
The pump well is to be a separate
structure. As by 50 feet in plan, built as
floating structure. and sunk into
place adjacent to the outer end Sec
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SENTENCE OF
CAPT. NlBLACk
MUCH REDUCED

The foiio~iilx from the Army and
Navv Register of recent date will be,
Of interest to the many nere VIZ VIZ
know CAPT. A. h. Niblsck, who served
a tour as conmandant OF the HOBO
lulu naval station:
Secretary Daniels took action yes.
terday on the general court-martlai
cases Of Capt. Arthur P. Niblack and
lieut. com. Clarence l. Arnold, u ..
navy These officers we're tried 1or
neglect of duty. in connection Win
fine groundinS sof the u. s. s. Micni-
pan IN the early morning OF November
"a last. these officers being, respect
lively, captain and navigator OF tnls
ship at that time. The circumstances
in connection with this grounding
were unusual The Michigan naa
been engaged in target practise ABOUT
10 miles on the Capes of the Chesa-
neake during the 26th, finishing about
q m. on the 9th. The night was
clear and starlight except that thick
haze hung around the horizon. ABOUT
1:30 a. m. the Michigan laid ner
course from her supposed position,
.abproximately for Cape Henry ignL
denending upon picking up that light
and other aids to Navigation "hen
they became visible, which It was 60,
timated would be between and :So
a. m At 4 o'clock, no navigational
lights having been sighted, orders
were given to take sounding, which
when taken showed the ship then to
he in very shallow water, though still
afioat. Nothing being in sight the
ship's position being, therefore, I'M
certain the captain Immediately drop
ned anchor. At this time khe snip
was af1oat,. but it being nearly hlgn
tide, when the tide fell she rested on
the bottom. 1t later proved tnat the
ship. owing tor an unexpected current
! had set four or five miles to the north
ward and that owing to the thick naze
around the horizon, the extent o.
which was not fully realized, the aids
Ito navigation had been obscured. Inc
shin was fioated on the following nign
tide without any damages whatever
i The court sentenced Capt. Nfbiack e
loss of 20 numbers, which IN accord
ance with the recommendation OF tne
bureau Of navigation was reduced 9,
the secretary of the navy to fiye mum
bers, two of those being extra mum
bers. Captain Niblack actually Loses
three numbers on the navy list. Tns
court sentenced Lieut.. com. Arnold I.
loss Of 40 numbers, which, in accord
ance with the recommendation CT tns
bureau Of navigation. was reduced D!
the secretary of the navy to ten
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= W
Orders have been sent by Secretary
Daniels to the commandant OF the
Mare Island navy yard. to proceed
with the construction of the torpedo
boat destroyer ordered last month.
This will be the first boat of this
class to be built in navy yard, and
the experiment will be watched by Of
fIcials here as determining factor In
future boat building.
The Mare Island yard estimate was
about $4,000 below that of private
bidders who were awarded contracts
at the same time for destroyers.
Recovered from a nervous break
down, Commander Needham L. Jones
naval aide to the President, has resum
ed his duties.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-11-09
The New Mote 10 Great Britain.

The new note to Great Britain Is voumin-
Gus, comprehensive ahd plain-spoken, yet
merely restates and makes more emphatic the
position which our government has taken from
the outset with reference to violations of the
rights Of neutrals on the seas. We insist that
previous TO this war neutrals had secured the
embodiment OF certain principles in the accepted
international law, all in the direction Of freedom
OF navigation, and protest against the cur
tsiment or impairment OF these rights under
any pretext whatever We do not propose to have
either Great Britain or Germany set up that we
kave acquiesced in their self-made rules OF
blockade, war zone OF Meaningless subsea oper-
atoms.
So far as scoring immediate results out Of
the present note goes, we have grave doubts.
The protest is hardly an utimatum, and an ulti-
riatum would be no more effective unless we
we're ready to enforce our demands. II win,
however enable the United States to renew the
propositions when the international code comes
to be reformulated and also to prosecute claims
for damages which may have been sustained by
American citizens. The note is not to be taken
the final step in the correspondence, for II is
TO be presumed Great Britain will digest IL de-
Dberately and form its answer with like deliber
alton, as befits the ways Of diplomacy. The
Frtishers, however may as well accept II as
certain that the United States, the principal
neutral nation, will not yield position which
our people unanimously believe is right.