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The sun., 1919-09-07
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I'VE went into the building OF bat
ueships and battle cruisers to be cleo
trically driven" said Rear Admiral
Griffin, Chief of the Bureau Of Steam
Engineering, "only after the most care
full consideration and knowledge based
on our experience with the machinery
of the collier Jupiter. We feel the
fullest confidence that We are not
making a mistake and that the ma
chinery of all these battleships will
prove to be what we want. Some Of
us steam engineering men are now be-
coming electrical men. We must move
with our profession"
Among other battleships being
equipped with electric drive are the
California, Tennessee, Maryland. West
Virginia, Colorado and Washington.
Even without the unique feature Of
the electric drive the New Mexico
would be an object of great interest
for she is the last word in modern bat
tleship construction from stem to
stern and from keelson to fighting
tops. Launched at the Brooklyn navy
yard in the summer of 1917. she is
ga feet long. slightly over 81 feet
wide, and her displacement is more
than $1,000 tons. She draws thirty feet
OF water and on her trial trip the four
great electric motors, each of 1000
orse-power. drove her at a speed OF
21.0S knots. more than twenty-five land
miles per hour. Her furnaces burn
oil and she has a capacity OF s,4o0 tons
OF liquid fuel-abput 100000 gallons.
Her crew numbers nearly 1900 men.
$4,000 Horse-POwer Generators.
The General Electric Company OF
Schenectady, N. Y. built the electrical
equipment Of the vessel, and the COM
pany's engineers. In consultation with
the Navy Departments Bureau OF
Steam Engineering, developed the de-
signs. The power plant consists OF
two urbo-generators, each capable OF
producing $4,000 se-power, and the
current from these generators is con-
Quoted through copper cables to four
giant motors, of 1000 horse power
apiece, one for each of the four prop
pellers, These motors are twelve feet
in diameter and are located In separats
water tight compartments. They are
or control station, far down IN the
centre OF the ship, protected from
every method OF attack.
Here the engineers. on receipt o
orders from the navigating bridge o.
the coming tower under battle condi
tions. can by the movement OF I
switch start, stop. reverse or chang,
speed. They can run all four motor
from one generator unit. or two from
one generator and two from another
II one Of the motors or propeller
breaks down the two power plant
may be used 10 run the pther three. Il
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Advantages of Turbines Maintained
sssand Their Disadvantages Overcome
by Ingenious Installation andDevices

propelled ship undoubtedly has come
and come to stay.
In discussing the matter recently
before committee Of Congress Sec
retary Of the Navy Daniels said:
II recently paid a visit to the battle
ship New Mexico, which is one of the
latest dreadnoughts to join the feet
and the first and only one of any
nation to have electrically operated
propelling machinery. On this account
she has been an object of SURPRISING
interest to the officers Of our own navy
and to those of foreign navies as well,
and to electrical engineers in general.
THE result was satisfactory from
every point Of view and confirmed the
Judgment Of all who were in any way
concerned in its design and adoption.
There was not the slightest mishap
with any part of it, everything worked
| to perfection. and the crew was as en-
thusiastic over the performance of the
machinery as is the department proud
in the possession Of such an efficient
dreadnought.
when we entered into contract for
the machinery OF the New Mexico we
stipulated that in addition to being
capable OF developing the maximum
power she should also give an econ
omy at cruising speed very much su-
perior to that obtainable with the tur-
bine installations that we had pre-
viousiy used. and am happy to say
that this stringent requirement was
| also met. AS a matter Of fact the
New Mexico will steam at ten knots
on less fuel than the best turbine
driven ship that preceded her.
"On the whole I think the country
has cause to be proud Of this achieve
ment in engineering not alone because
of the pronounced success in this par
ticular instance but because of the
assurance 1t gives US of the superb
ority Of our capital ships to those OF
foreign nations"
Not First I'm Field.
While the New Mexico is the pio-
neer battleship to be equipped with the
electric drive, she is not the first ex-
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Bachelors Milk Toast

Next, go back to the bathroom and
turn Off the faucets. The man who
lives under you objects to having his
bath room flooded.
Now return to the kitchen and feel
the water to see II 1t is hot. 1t is not
necessary to waste this hot water;
pour it into small tin receptacle and
place this on the burner not in use.
II will do for the coffee. Now it may
be left to boil.
Pour the milk from the bottle into
the empty frying pan. but be careful
not to fill to the brtm.
While the milk is heating Is a good
time to take a bath. II the bell rings
do not stop to dry before going to the
door. but be sure to throw on a bath
robe. as the superintendent's wife
sometimes delivers the milk.
Return at once to the kitchen 10 ac-
count for a strange smell OF burning
rags. II there are no rags burning
scrape the pan and throw in, more
milk. Then apply the bread, first
slicing II.
While the bread is cooking, go to
the Ice box for butter. Put a bit of
butter about the size OF chestnut on
each slice OF bread. Also sprinkle salt
on the butter.
Next stiffen the milk toast with a
handful OF -four, The tiour is Ia one Of
dozen round brown cans on tho shelf.
Taste the -four before using. es it may
be sugar or salt.
Mash down the Jumps OF -four that
coagulate around the milk toast. Use
a spoon or a fork and not your fingers,
as the milk toast Is now hot.
Mash the Jumps some more.
When the milk has been absorbed
by the toast and the toast has turned a
queer brown II Is ready to eat.
Then dump II into the garbage can
Last, eat q peach and hnish dressing,
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Naval Men Everywhere interested
and Striking Comment Is Made in
Brassey's Annual" Just Out

this electric transmission system has
greatly increased interest in the sub
ject The system appeals particularly
to the imagination of naval officers OF
executive rank; 1t savors of the
simplicity of you touch the button
and the engine does the rest There
are, however, many practical disadS
vantages incidental to this system to
which reference will be made presently.
But first it 10 important to consider its
efficiency as q means OF transmitting
power to the propellers. The New
Mexico has two turbo electric general
ing sets Of $4,000 kilowatt capacity
They have no mechanical connection
whatever with the propeller shafts,
The electric power is transmitted to
motors Of nominal $500 horsepower.
one on each Of the four propelling
shafts, the motors being close to the
stern Of the ship. These are rever-
sible motors, so that there are not. as
in the ordinary turbine mechanical
transmission system, separate turbines
for driving the ship astern. The de-
signed power was equivalent to $4,000
ships horsepower. but at the trial the
ships horse power in the full six hours
trial at full power averaged 31.1s7.
importance need not be attached
to the increased power, as it was not
due to the electric transmission. but
the fact that with oil fuel and steam
turbines overload can easily be main
tained for long periods The steam
consumption at full power for all pur-
poses was equal to just over eleven
pounds per 8. H. p, which is no better
than Is realized with single reduction
geared turbine installations of corre-
spending powers. At one tenth of full
power, however, the steam consump-
ton for all purposes was equivalent to
about IL pounds per s. II. P, This Is q
little better than has hitherto been
obtained at this power in ships with
single reduction geared turbines; but
the advantage Is due to two causes
| First, when running at q fraction of
full power 1t Is only necessary with
the electric system of transmission to
use one or more turbo-generating units
to supply electricity to the motors.
Each turbo- generating unit can thus
be worked at nearly full power and
! therefore give maximum efficiency
This undoubtedly Is a great gain
When making the outward trip from
the United States to France only one
turbo- generator set was run; this was
sufficient for the speed desired on the
| voyage. On the return voyage west
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short the system adopted insures the
utmost fiexibility of control.
1t is not only in respect to her pro-
pelling machinery, however. that the
New Mexico is an electric ship. Every
bit Of heat, light and power aboard her
is derived from the mysterious fluid
the real nature Of which is as much Of
q mystery to the great engineers who
harnessed It's effects as II Is to the
wondering schoolboy who experiments
with an electroscope in some physical
laboratory.
Has 500 Motors.
There are more than 500 motors on
the New Mexico. The giant rudder,
which eight or ten men could scarcely
move were the ship dependent on hand
power for her steering. can be set to
the fraction of an inch by the move
ment of a switch lever no larger than
the steersman's hand. Electric motors
raise and lower her boats and anchors,
elevate her 16 inch guns and ram
the charges home in them, hoist the
anHnunition from the magazines and
barrels OF smoke as soon as a charge
has been fired. Electric motors oper-
ate the Ice plant with a capacity of six
tons Of ice a day.
Even the kitchener galley, as II is
called - is equipped with electric
bread mixers, electric potato peelers
electric toasters. electric percolators
and electric ice cream freeEers. OF
course the ships laundry Is electrical
ly equipped with electric irons and
washing machines The heating appa-
ratus on board Is electric and even the
compasses are of the Sperry gyroscope
type equipped with electric motors
There are motors In the machine shop
and in the carpenter shop, and the
latter boasts among its equipment cleo
trio glue pots as well. Tho ship Mt
ters aboard have electric soldering
irons. All interior communication ID
by electric telephone. both the ordi-
nary and the loud speaking type. and
the electric lighting system is in du.
plicate throughout that 1t may be
operated either by the~auxiliary gener.
ators or by storage batteries.
The primary military advantage oi
the electric ship, as recently pointed
out by Commander 8. NJ. Robinson
| u. s. NJ. rests on the ability to arrange
the propelling machinery in q number
of separate watertight compartments
thro Saout the ship placed near the
centre so that they may be protected
from damage due to torpedo attack
shell fire, grounding and collision.
The ability to form new combina'
tions OF control and operation by the
convenient isolation of defective ap'
paratus simply by cutting on th'
electric connections. the low cost o.
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Humble SunflOwer Valuable

paper pulp would become some sort of
strong utensil commodity for house
hold use. such as pals, willowware,
articles, boxes, differs. buckets, &C.
Now, as to fuel and material the
large sunflower. once freed Of its heavy
burden OF ripened seeds, becomes when
dried, a real blessing as stove fuel. II
can be used whole or in parts. The
heat 1t throws out is real heat, quick
ly responsive.
Something on the order Of a peat"
is this great new fuel commodity. and
the incest thing about 1t is that it can
be grown and used as fuel by our
thousands OF countrymen OF the United
States who have any sort OF patch
Of land.
Sunf1owers are a peculiar flower
they have an unalterable and as yet
unexplainable habit Of facing the east.
No matter in what direction the plants
are set nor how the winds affect other
things growing in the very same gar
den, the sunflower invariably raises
its yellow petals and round face al.
rectly toward the east.
VIII Turn II TranspIanted.
Transplant such leaning youngster
and have the sunfiower face west,
north. south-behold! In a few days
the petaled yellow face again faces
the east-the SUN!
Thus does the name exactly suit
this garden and field bit OF pretty SEN
timent. Our glowing sunfiowers early
worship the Creator Of all things and
the sun Of the gray, rosy, streaked
! dawn, in eastern sky. stand and
gaze in silent awe at my eleven and
twelve feet plants. with nodding, yel-
low heads atop. Then / ask: "oh
sunfiower, what do you see In this
sast?" But the flowers only nod ST.
lentiy. I am almost sure they near
that they should help mankind.
That, instead Of being despised al
homely, common flower. they should
be understood for their true value
like gold from the east, where the
warm bright sun arises daily; that, in.
stead OF being banished to rear ant
scanty realms OF garden lands they
should be permitted to grow In tru,
strength and beauty OF purpose il
better selected ground.
Give the svnhower chance.
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maintenance. the reliability Of the
equipment and an economical opera
ton at many different speeds are also
valuable considerations.
1t cannot be denied. however, that
there is still much divergence of pro-
fessional opinion regarding the rela-
tive merits of one form OF ship pro-
pulsion over another The British
NaudI Almanac, publication Of which
has ttist been resumed under the edi-
torship Of Lord Brassey, after n lapse
OF three years due to war conditions,
has the following to say in regard IT,
the New Mexico and her unique
methods of propulsion:
"The putting into commission of the
U. S. A. battleship New Mexico with
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INK toast Is q pleasant and nu-

.N tritious food. 1t should be
properly prepared, but by fol-
lowing these directions any bachelor.
natural or acquired. will be able to
make It. Simplicity Is the keynote,
the kind that lifts talent to the plane
of genius.
Milk toast is ordinarily a breakfast
food. but 1t can be used for any other
neal as well. What it needs at any
time Is plenty Of milk. Also bread.
II a loaf has been forgotten the rolls
left over from last week will serve.
These preliminaries having been
mastered, the recipe for preparing
milk toast comes az q matter Of
course.
The bachelor should rise at his usual
hour ana after turning on the water
for his bath he will proceed to the
kitchen and light the gas stove. It is
better to light two burners, for there
may be emergencies.
In selecting the bottle of milk from
the five or six that have accrued in
the icebox be sure to take the paper
stopper or and throw 1t away Used
in the preparation of milk toast. It i'm
parts an exotic favor disagreeable to
some tastes. Also smell the milk or
even taste it to sec II It Is sweet. Sour
milk is used for biscuit.
Next place the frying pan or spider
the terms are pseudonymous for the
same household utensii. on one OF the
lighted burners. Be sure the light is
turned completely up in order to thor
oughly cook the milk toast. Raw or
partly cooked milk toast is held TO be
indigestible.
II the frying pan was used the night
before for shampooing eggs put water
in It. Do not on any account let the
water boil.
The sun., 1919-09-07

ample in marine architecture of this
type Of propulsion. A city Of Chicago
fireboat was so equipped in 1908, and
the Navy Department began its first
experiments with the collier Jupiter,
launched at the Mare Island Navy
Yard, San Francisco, on August "a.
1912.
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Good for Mats.

This fibrous material Is usable for
strong containers. baskets. mats and
I doubt not but II combined with
The sun., 1919-09-07
.HERE is no reason whatever why
the seldom cultivated sunflower
ahnnld nnt ha rnada of raal as


the seldom cultivated sunflower
= should not be made of real as
sistance in reducing living expenses.
1t only needs to be better understood
(and grown) to be made %.
First--As chicken feed.
Second-As fuel for stoves.
Third-As a fibre material.
Birds pick the seeds from a grow
seeds back to their young ones in the
nest. Chickens are over fond Of the
ripe sunfiower seeds given them and
such feed is healthful for all fowl.
As chicken foods are high in price
and the matter of keeping and well
feeding ones flock Is by no means a
light question easily disposed of. it
remains the natural query on my part
TO wonder why more farmers and poul-
try raisers do not grow quantities OF
nne sunfiowers.
A Big Beonomy.
sunfiowers OF mammoth size result in
making an attractive field or garden
"show spot"
Those have In my own garden
average to II feet in height, with a
growth of the flower itself measuring
from about IS inches across its face
proper-that is. the seed portion alone.
Leaves measure from ~ to 20 inches
in length and nearly 20 inches across.
They would make good fans If proper
ly cured and treated to varnish. !
have never experimental in fan max
ing from the leaves, but have found
q strong and useful fibre in the stalk
| OF the sunfowsr, This stalk Tesists
the wind. The plant sways and bends,
but seldom breaks even before q stiff
gale.
II one peels down the fibre on a sun
flower stalk good material Is obtained
from the later dried peelings. which
can be made long or short, narrow OF
wide, Just as the experimenter desires
Good for Mats.
This fbrous material Is usable foi
strong containers. baskets. mats ane
VI doubt not but II combined with
Evening journal., 1919-03-10
NEW YORK SHIP WINS
FROM HARLAN TEAM

New York ship had an IN. luck in It's
Delaware River shipyard League soccer
match with Harlan here on Saturday
and noseG out by goals TO 4. Harlan
did most Of the forcing, had scores VI
shots for goals, but the forwards were
I'm an erraiic mood and all save one
went wide
New York ship. on the other hand
had comparatively few opportunities
hut made the most of them in efficient
fashion. Gaynor and Brngham ala an
the scoring for New York ship, both
managing 10 lead BOwdlcr with can
non-ball shots in The first half. Cole
tailed for Harlan in the second hali
and came near tying the score toward
the middle OF the period. After thai
Harlan did some Of The worst shooting
seen this season. clearing everything
except the fence. The smooth combna-
lion Of the New York ship forwards
MAS one Of tie features Of the game.
y. Y. ship. hdIlan.
Evening journal., 1919-03-10
du POnt Bowling League

ON Friday evening Sales took three
games from the urser Division.
Engineers took two games from Work
supply.
BsandyNyine took two from Poole
shops.
Cochran OF Poole shops did some
good work. getting 30 In his las, game
aud total Uf jsj.
SullWell Of BrandyWine. was high
on his team with 400
Lenning Of sales. made 5iS.
Morgan and Graham also mode 5ij
and j0l
The urger Division did such poor
work ii would 0e hard 10 say which
one of them was the poorest.
As the scores of the Work supply
and Eng neering department were not
available at The time of This willing
the writer can make no comment on
the work or these two teams
The management of the alleys is 20
he congratulated ON The Inauguration %
seating arrangements for spectators.
70 is something that has been want
ed Tor some time and VIII be- appre-
cialed not only by the spectators. bul
also by the ones who use the alleys
Thanks. Grady
Evening journal., 1919-03-10
BAKER LIKELY TO
PLAY With YANKS
Has Not Definitely Decided
to Quit Baseball, Hug
gins Says
MORE BASEBALL
IN HIM, HE SAYS

As a result OF his visit TO Frank
Bakers farm at Trappe, Md. last Fri
day, Miller Huggins, Yankee manager
has high hopes that Frank Baker, third
lhascman and leading hitter OF the club
/ viii be back with tie New York Amer
leans next season.
Baker refused 10 give me an abso-
lutte Yes. But likewise he declined "a
give me an absolute No. H.. has moi
definitely decided 10 quit the game
/ Baker says he VIII do what ne thinks
is best" said Huggins.
"For the present there is nothing
further 10 do but 10 lst Baker work out
/ the problem in his own way. ] already
have told him he will be excused from
| the training trip n he is willing 10 re-
port later on so that DE may have time
20 complete the new house he is build
ing. / think by the time the season
starts, however, that Baker Will be with
Us.
Baker is so tied up I'm business down
IN his locality Of Maryland that il not
only would hurt his own interests but
those Of some of his relatives and
neighb0rs II he WOULD announce at the
present time that he again Will play
| ball IN New York this summer. Baker
and some OF his immediate Kin control
a bank down at Trappe. and lot OF
persons associated with Frank like 90
have him there TO direct things. as
| things rather rcyOlve around Baker IN
! that town. At least that is the impres-
sion I got Of the situation.
Baker really displayed more feeling
about this thing than l thought he
would. lie always has been "a con-
scientious fellow and he can see the
clubs angle. lie rather surprised m7
when he told me that in a way he feels
that he owes 10 TO the club TO play this
year.
Il realize that This is one year that
a club will need all its players and
that 10 will leave quite a hole in the
Yankees II / do not report. Baker told
me. I also feel that the Yankees in
vested a lot Of money in me and that
owe II 10 them 20 get IL back.
Furthermore / realize that In the
| last few years the players have been
getting all the money in baseball and
/ the owners very little. As man who
made an my money in baseball ] also
owe the game something. On the othel
hand / have business interests dow
here which have me tied down and a
present / do not see iiOw 1 can &c
/ away.
81 was much pleased, however, viii
statement Baker made that II he play
/ ed this year he felt he would have
/ fine years continued Huggins. III
also said he feels that ne still has sew
eral years OF good baseball in him.
II would Ike 20 make it plain th3
there Is no money difference between
the club and Baker In fact Baker told
me 20 make that clear. lIe told mC
have absolutely no grievance against
the club. 70 always has treated me
very fairly and again has rendered me
very satisfactory offer. Money has
nothing TO do with my refusal to sign
contract"
Evening journal., 1919-03-10
ANGLING
TRAP SHOOTING
CRAIG LEADS THE
.COLLEGEF FREE FOR ALL

The free-for-all competition in the
various athletic events at Delaware
College was carried stiIl further last
week. and ,he scores Of The competi-
tors at present stand as follows
Evening journal., 1919-03-10

Friends OF Mike Donlin, and they eX-
ist everywhere, will have an opporlun-
lty Of seeing what sort Of a light COM
edlan he is. The old-tlme star OF Tie
Giants Is appearing In one OF leading
roles OF 'Turn 10 the Right the COM
edy OF peach jam and reformed crooks
which comes 10 the Playhouse three
days beginning Thursday Ma-ch 20.
Donlln has been on the stage for sew
eral years but has appeared almost cN-
cluslyely in vaudeville. lis part in
''rurn 10 the Right" is bY long odds ihc
most important undertaking of hlstrl-
onic career. the characte- Of lhe deft,
amlable dip" being one OF the comedy
piyots OF the play. Mike is The only
one of the principals In the company 20
be seen here who did not appear dur
ing the nfiy-fOur weeks Iun on the
piece at the Gaiety Theatre, New York.
from which 10 may be gathered That
he Is In decidedly fast company. News-
paper reviewers everywhere nave
praised his work enthusiastically.
Evening journal., 1919-03-10
PINES, STR0H, TO
GRAPPLE ON MAT

y. NJ. II. \. Hall, Third and King
streets. will be the scene OF some lively
wrestling bouts on Wednesday evening
when four star bouts, all 10 a finish,
will be put on.
The promoters OF the show intend TO
make 10 The best ever presented 60 To-
cal fans. The windup will bring to-
gether a bout that has been hanging
fire for a long time and the contest
ants will be Andy Pines and Ivan Stroh.
Both boys have yet 20 lose bout In
the city. but on Wednesday evening
one or the othcr must lose.
Other bouts will be between Charlie
Leggas and Bin Jennings; Joe Jacobs
and Fred Wenn; Malcolm Mccoy and
Johnny Jackson.
olcn Hackett OF the Keystone Field
Club l. promoting the show and prom
lses the fans the fastest wrestling OF
the season. John Y. Cooper will ref
cree. Ladies are invited and will be
admitted free. Tickets for the show
can be had at Pogue's cigar store and
Grady Bowling Alleys. The first bout
will start at S.ij o'clock