Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1916-07-20

great craft. To translate her INTO
terms that may be appreciated l,N
the man on the street. ii MAY h,'
stated that it would require 500
freight cars to haul the material
OF which she is built and that
these cars strung milo d solid
train would attain length OF
sin m,irs Mere TIN hip broken
UP that ii might be loaded On
wagons IL would call for In.
STRENGTH of thirty horses Ia haul
il In Tins one mla iliy hap Ia
s,,1i, e!rht cent Tor each man,
wohaan oi child beneath ihe la",
lur liz lias cost Sl.; lUnn .uuu
The Glory of lie i.rliish Heel
the Queen l.iizairll Horticulture
rcp,iicd Ia he Tia. greatest i,r.ti
ing iiip atloat r. 600 tors
smaller than tn, Penn yiNanis
Her .nns are bigger than hos
al he AInrflcan hir hang al
i, INCH Ga!ibei but ic h.,5 iiut
eight al them instead 81 twelve
She has an ADVANTAGE, oil ilf,,
amel'lran shlp rs 10 4rec,l. for h...
IS capable, Of =. hnote an hour.
Information l. not asaiial,t,
with relation Ia he hip> OF
t;rc:.i Britain ur Germany. thai
NAV have been cunslr,iri,.d since
hc European MAE broke ont II
may l'. ros sihle lhaI these ma
ilonS haze proceeded with ie
con iftulirn al ships ul Il eiae
hat 5 cuInparal,Ir To ll,o t. b,li!d
ing IN hr Amrlir;in many bun II
m, has happened no detail of il
When hr war broke out here
we're ~ lac German NAVY, tWo
{fraf vessels under con Erection.
he kalSrr Frederick M and ue
kaiser Wilhelm II which wcrl "a.
signed lnr 5000 tons dispinnc
meni, and which w..re 10 ,.ltrs
each, fiaiit T., inch m,,ilS III a ...
sign sin,i!;,' la hose ul The t,:lrssl
Elizabeth.
These vessels are lnqurslion
ABLY tn rnlii.ill .,t.i, and are nos
elbly lac iaa!i. :,,,5 na..h Ia HE.
"e1lih5A mania -. Anytime aiItai
rance HAS 'nlllr Vessels al sinai
ar size nov building hal the biz
eesl Of her rnmpittrd ships are
hui ~ 900 ions. japan has uN,i n
con slf'lttlnn several 30 Geo Ion,
Snip whirii are Ia cii.,'s l,yr!A,s
- inch s'Aili as docs Ia, Penn
,NlNaiiia and Nhmh VIII he N.,s
ileanlS IN lici ri, The tnit,.,,
state IN llnr meantime. hns tn,
California and the lennasre, III
j&.''pn Ions. hcailn@ ,omplcii.,l,
and ntli"r monsters al 10 .nuu tn,.
under Way Thus docs An,rli,t.l
eillier q capacity for eini,.a. lhu4,a
hlhs5 That are sl,rrla,.,llaril
'arse in q WAY Mat is beyond CON
3erNa!iNr Europe
Actual Gun Power.
III great sllf al TIN T., Iirh
gun IS hard tn arpfeci:ll, rht
mere barrel Of 1t Wcleh e., LON
and would he an rrluaJ for a
Ifeishl car ii II Mrr, p,s il,lt.
10 get a WAGON slrnn@ enough Ia
mold 1T ii "mlid rtpinrr SINK
horses tn hailI il II il inur i.rl
acfnSs tln III" emil at lllis a.f,l
barrel and liz ",ilis al il are .
inches lhirl.. II Is 81 4 feet
lolls and Two feet acros lile
muz2lr al lie little end
ne Guns arc capable ~
shooting across lhe l,naii5i,
Channel, by POINTING thelr m,,y
zleS 'il milo lie arr ii would t,.
pos@lblc Ia drop shnll thin,
miles away rh.s ability il, mol
con ld"l"d al amy particular value
however. a. I'll rl1rlny lip could
not be h. at such a distance,
he curve al the earth is such
lfia' from an observer al an ud-
d'harA lr,aht an object al ao-
pear l".'"M the horizon nj nine
mules distance. The Ionluall a.,
non aioatd III. pennsvlvania
however, iniE.hl I..s,,i,ly lnal... on,
We ri twelve mll,a away. for
'hfy ar" 'IcNated Prom I,,. top
vi her 8lc'elun ma ITS ii Eliaht IL.
p"s3ll'la on 4 Vars clear .lay, H.,
make Out Other mast. ,lp 10 say
r'i''rh nIll'. Nl'l,..I by 4l.nlIei
~ aeroiplahrs Britt Ii ehil ha&.
iii lllf present war made effective
hits at l.. 900 yalis and he mn
"f he Penn aNNania m!ahl etf
results at 20 900 Nar,i4 in lh,.
clearer atmosphere off Anlariran
more II she had arr"Jqlanr can
lblr al dong effective shnitil,r
IL rs there fore quite certain MAI
me inch guns OF The penns>l
wanna would begin firing al AM
''l"fnN 'lfr' at a distance. between
~ 900 and 20 900 yards. Gv ,h.
me II got within I 600 ward
ne hafflr would have warmed un
con F''irfallN and results in b,l
would he frequent. Them finally
he great clash that meant the
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