The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-02-11
superintendent Was Built
At Total Cost of Thirteen
Millions
From fridays Daily.

From fridays Daily.
Washington, February 5.-The new
monster super dreadnaught U. S. S.
Pennsylvania one of the most power
full sea battlers afloat, began her
trials off the Maine coast today.
The Pennsylvania displaces 81, 400
tons, is COS feet over all, ninety seven
feet in breadth and will, if she fills
her contract agreement, be capable
of developing twenty one knots. Her
main battery consists of twelve four
teen-inch guns in four turrets, and
four submerged torpedo tubes.
= In her secondary battery are TWEEN
ty-two five inch rapid fire guns, four
three FOUNDER saluting guns, two one
FOUNDER guns for boats. two three
inch field guns and two thirty calibre
machine guns.
+ Sixty five Officers.
Her full complement is sixty-five
officers, SGD men and seventy four
marines. She has fuel capacity of
694,S3G gallons of oil and 1892 tons
of coal Her total cost was $13,-
900, 1000.
An idea of the monsters size and
power can be better realized through
comparison W it'll t he Delaware,
launched in February, 1909. and at
that time considered the last word
in man-o'War The Delaware dis
places 10000 tons. She carries ten
twelve-inch guns in five turrets fror1
which can be hurled a broadsidc Of
five tons. A broadside from the Penn
sylvania weighs seven ard one half
tons.
The Pennsylvania was n second ship
to be launched since 1913 with cere-
monies that included prayer. The
other was the Oklahoma, launched in
1914. This latest super dreadnaught
was built at the Newport News yards.
From Fridays uai'"
This is the list Of delegates chosen
by the democratic state conference at
the auditorium, ST. Paul yesterday:
For Delegates at-large-D Daniel w.
Lawler, st. Paul; A. C. Weiss, Du-
luth; B. r. Nelson, Minneapolis; w.
A. Just, Rapidan.
For District Delegates-First, H.
NJ Lamberton, Winona county; f. g
Sasse, Mower county; second, c. H.
Helweg, Murray county; d. d. Muir
ply, Blue Earth county; third, Peer
A. Nelson, Goodhue county; George
Sullivan, Scott county; fourth, John
A. Wagner and Joseph M. Thornton,
st. Paul; fifth Edward Conroy and
Fred Wheaton, Minneapolis; sixth.
Fred Schilplin, Stearns county; j. B..
Gahernault, Aitkin county; seventh.
Charles Kane, Swift county; T. M.
Thayer, Grant county; eighth, John
J. Jenswold, Jr., and Douglass Gree
ley, ST Louis county; ninth, John J.
Olson, Marshall county; M. j. Daily,
Ottertail county; tenth, James F.
Williamson, Hennepin county; S. j
Meaiey, Wright county.
For. Alternates-First M. M. Guth-
rie Steele county; G. E. Dorival,
Houston county; second c. B. Fraz-
Ter, Redwood county: Milton Ham,
mond, Watonwan county; third, G. G..
Kelars, LIE. Sueur county; w. c. Odell.
Rice county; fourth, r. T. O'Connor
and George Grenville, ST. Paul; fifth,
M. C. Bowler and c. NJ Andrist, Min
neapolis; seventh, A. E. Arness.
Chippewa county; J. B. Ormond, Stew
ems county; ninth. H. L. Thorpe, Nor
man county; M. Engebretson, Kittson
county; tenth, G. f Moseley. Henne-
pin county; c. P Christianson, Pine
county,. eail9
oiAlternates were net named in the
sixth and eighth districts
For Presidential Electors First
Charles, Woodhall, Waseca county;