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The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-26

When operating alone, the battle cruisers
function as ordinary scout cruisers When
with the main fleet they act as what is
known in naval parlance as a fast wing
Battle cruisers are from eight to twelve
knots faster than any other capital ship
with eun mower equal to that of any capt.
tai ship. In other words, they are as fast
as a cruiser or destroyer, and yet carry
guns as powerful those of battleship
Because of their huge armament they are
more than a match for any cruiser, and be-
cause of their tremendous speed and mobility
they are able to choose their position In
fighting a batteship. thus offsetting to
considerable extent the advantage Inherent
to the battleship because Of its thicker
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-26
New York Herald Bureau.
Washington, ID. c., Dec. 25.

Washington ID. e.. Dec. %.
w ONE years ago when Great Britain
started bestowing such names as In
~ domitable and Indefaugable upon her
warships "Pitchfork' Ben Tillman, Senator
from South Carolina, suggested on the floor
of the Senate that the United States call
two new dreadnoughts then building the
simply Fierce" and the "Skeered of
Nuthin'"
Though names have already been selected
for the six monster battle cruisers now I'M
der construction for the American Navy
and the appellatons facetiousy suggested
by "Pitchfork Ben" are not among them,
any of the giant warcraft might with per-
feet propriety be characterized as "Skeered
o. Nuthin," for naval experts assert there
is no warship ahoat which will be able to
make them turn tail and run.
The new battle cruisers, to be built at
cost of approximately $23,000,0OO each,
are to be called the Constellation, Consti-
tuition, Lexington, Ranger. Saratoga and
United States. Briefly, they are the largest
and most powerful ships of war ever de-
signed.
Those who remember the battleship Ore
gon and the thrill of pride every American
felt when Capt. Clark sailed her around Cape
Horn will be interested TO learn that each of
the battle cruisers is four times large as
the Oregon, has nearly twice its speed, and
singlehanded could probably defeat. six or
eight Oregons in battle.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-26
How the Anti-C Cigarette Law Works Out in Kansas

who find themselves subject To raids and
subject To the jurisdiction Of the court II
A supply is found in their places Of business.
The operation of the law seeks to take out
of the mouths of Kansans their liberty To
smoke a cigarette. 1t has not succeeded.
because when the intent of the statute was
learned the majority would not obey what
the minority had been successful I'm sad
ding on them.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-26
Swift, Heavily Armed War Graft Outrank Any
thing Afloat or Laid Down in Speed
and Hitting Ability

Constellation has sixteen 6-inch guns.
Another important point is that while
there is only one Hood in the British navy.
the Constellation has five sister ships OF
exactly the same dimensions. Ship for ship
and gun for gun, Great Britain at the present
moment is mistress of the seas, but when
American ships now ordered or under con-
structon are completed she will drop back
to second place
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-26
Speed, Mobility, Armament
MIKE Them Superior to Any Cruiser

Confronted by a group of battleships. the
Constellation. If her commander so desired,
could easily outrun them. If they we're ships
of the type of the Arizona, Arkansas or
California, she could probably do them con-
siderable damage without being greatly
harmed herself, for she could stay at long
range and oppose her sixteen inch guns TO
the twelve and fourteen inch pieces of the
battleships. Her greater speed and mobility
would enable her to take and keep a posi-
ton on the bow of battleship, where only
the bow guns of the enemy could be brought
to bear upon her, though she would in the
meantime be perfectly free to fire broad
sides i'm return.
Though the battle cruiser demonstrated at
Jutland that she can give good account
of herself in a pitched battle with capital
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-26
Active Minority in Command
Through Rural Legislators

Kansas H. not a state filled with large
cities. II is essentially rural in its nature.
The members OF the state Legislature are
essentially rural i'm their thought and action.
Honest and conscientious i'm their endeavor,
they attempt TO represent the wishes Of
their political following. That is good politics.
But the difficulty lies I'm the fact that an
active minority support can overcome a
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-26

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The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-26

To the New Yorker IL may seem long
way to the time he will have to go
through the same procedure to satisfy
his smoking appetite as he does now to
quench a parched throat. But. with
nationwide crusade under steam to rid
people of Sunday subways. bad habits
and purple socks. the ban on cigarettes
may not be so far off as it seems. Kansas
has already Joined the blue procession.
II has gone further to satisfy the advo-
Gates of PuritanicaI laws than any other
State.
Here is what the reformers have done
in Kansas and the way the people feel
about IT,:
II. ONG before the people of other sec
tons of the country We're worried
- about a cocktail drought Carrie Ma
ton had hewcd a path through the bar
rooms of Kansas That lady of the Ratchet.
whose heft and bravado became the terror
of all saloon keepers. spent most of the
time in JAIL but lived to see her bottle
smashing campaigns strike root and serve
as a forerunner to national prohibition.
The latest reform in which Kansas, has
taken the lead is a taboo on cigarettes
when smoker seeks his favorlte brand
he must shelter his words behind a guard
ed palm. AS much secrecy surrounds the
purchase is required in buying n bottle
Of hootch, and the Sunfiower state under
local option was long known for the secrecy
it required in that respect. Tobacco stores
may he raided and stocks OF cigarettes CON
flscated under circumstances comparable to
n liquor raid.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-26
Attains Express Train Speed
BY 10000 Horse Power Engine:

ton and her sister ships will have the speed
OF an express train. Driven by electric en-
gines generating 100000 horsepower she
will plough through the waves at forty miles
an hour. and in case of emergency will be
able to better that figure considerably. Rear
ADMIRAL X. $. Griffin, chief of the navy bu-
reau of engineering, has characterized this
"the greatest horse-pow per shaft that
has even been projected i'm any marine in
stallation. irrespective of the type of motive
power"
To develop this tremendous power eight
electric motors, each fifteen feet i'm diam
eter, weighing $4,000 pounds. are connected
in pairs to each of the four propeller shafts
This is twice the number Of motors used
even on the largest electrically propelled
superdreadnoughts.
One hundred and eighty thousand horse
power of electrical energy is enough to sup
ply light and power to a city of 100000 popu-
lation. Anchored i'm Boston Harbor. for ex-
ample the Constellation could generate
enough current to take care Of the demands
of the whole city. The amount of current
used TO drive the cruisers would operate
fifty large merchant ships
Though Great Britain originated the battle
cruiser nearly eight years ago, and at pres
ent has many in service, only one, the Hood
approaches our new battle cruisers in size
or power. Japanese engineers are reported
to be designing several battle cruisers of the
Constellation type, but they are said to be
of slower speed, several thousand tons
smaller displacement and of considerably
lighter armament
Az the beginning of the great war Ger
many had a number of battle cruisers of
moderate size. but lost them when her fleets
were allocated to the Allies. No other ma
tons have built battle cruisers.
Thus II is seen that America. Great Britain
and Japan are the only nations of the world
which possess this new type of war ship and
that America has taken first place among
the navies i'm this respect, Notwithstanding
the fact that she was the last to adopt the
battle cruiser.
Comparative figures on the Hood and Com
ISOLATION follow:
Normal Dis Main Ar
Length, placem't, Speed, mament,
Vessel Feet Tons Knots. Guns.
Constellation. s74 $4,000 1926 S16-inch
Hood. $50 1920 31.00 S15-inch
The table shows that the Constellation is
fourteen feet longer than the Hood and has
1900 tons greater displacement, yet she Is
designed for a speed two and quarter KNOBS
an hour faster than that OF the British ship
Her main batteries contain the same number
IL guns as those of the Hood, but hers are
i6-inch pieces, while those Of the Brtisher
IRE 15-inch. In the secondary batteries the
Hood has twelve 55-inch guns, while he
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-26
Twenty Years the Limit of
Any War Ship Supremacy

In view OF the large amount Of money in
vested there * natural desire on the
part of the public TO know how long these
vessels will be scrviccable. The style in
warships. according TO naval experts. rs not
unlike the style in womeu's dress I'm that u
ia subject to sudden and almost whimsical
change. How long the Constellation type Will
continue to be Queen Of the Seas depends 90
"A large extent upon tho developments made
in tho science OF naval warfare.
II IS inConccivablc. naval officers say
however. that the six new battle cruisers
should have become passe before twenty
years have elapsed That. after all, Is about
the usual life Of a capital warship. When
she reaches the age Of twenty she must
pocket her pride and go into the second linc
The now battle cruisers will have a com
PIGMENT of about 1900 officers and mon
each The ships viii he equipped with recre-
alton and amusement rooms. moving picture
halls. mess rooms. libraries-in fact. cverN
thing that is possible 90 make q blucjacket
happy under the circumstances.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-06-19
PROOF THAT STONE GROWS
Rock on California Farm Has In. creased in Weight Within the
 Memory of Settlers.

On the farm of MT. James Cham piOn, known as the old home place of his father, John Champion, boys used to meet years ago with the elder Champion, and often tossed a round stone. ball fashion, one to another. The same stone now lies in the yard, at the old place. and men now in their eighties often speak of this rock and identify 1t as the stone they used to toss about to each other.
 Today it will weigh about 300 pounds and lies near the spot where it has lain for nearly a century. Some of the most substantial old men of Mercer county who are now living, will youch that this rock has grown from n small stone to its present size since their babyhood days.-Wilmore (Cal.) Enterprise.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-06-19
WOMEN NEED SWAMP-ROOT


 Thousands of women have kidney and bladder trouble and never suspect it. Womens' complaints often prove to be nothing else but kidney trouble, or the result of kidney or bladder disease. It the kidneys are not in a healthy condition. they may cause the other or gans to become diseased.
 Pain in the back, headache, loss of ann bition, nervousness, are often times symp- toms of kidney trouble.
 Don't delay starting treatment. -Dr. klmers Swamp Root, physicians pre- scription, obtained at any drug store, may be just the remedy needed to overcome such conditions.
 Get medium or large size bottle inn mediately from any drug store. However, if you wish first to test this great preparation send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer & O., Binghamton, N. r., for a sample bottle. When writing be sure and mention this paper.-Adv.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-06-19

dissolved, then add three cupfuls of sifted four, mix we'll and set away to become cool. This makes the crust for three covered pies and the pastry is delicate and tender.
 Cherry sponge.-Take two cupfuls of canned cherries, two eggs, three &fourths of a cupful of sugar. one fourth of a cupful of hot water, three fourths of cupful of flour, one ,ea- spoonful of. lemon juice, two teaspoon fuls of baking powder and one-fourth of a teaspoonful of salt. Beat the yolks of the eggs until thick and lemon colored. Add half the sugar gradually and beat until smooth. Add the flour mixed and sifted with the baking pow der and salt. Add the whites of the eggs beaten stiff and dry. In the bot tom of a buttered baking dish put the cherries. Pour the batter over and bake in a moderate oven forty min utes. If the cherries are tart sprinkle them with sugar before covering them with the batter. The sauce from the fruit will be all that is necessary to serve with the pudding.
 scalIoped NoodIes.-This is dish which offers a variety of combina- tons. Prepare the noodles-those made at home are much better than the carton variety. Take veal and chicken broth with gravy and small pieces of the meat, make layer of the noodles, meat and gravy and finish the ton with crumbss Bake fin a hot oven long enough to cook the noodles. Serve hot as a luncheon dish. This is called warmein in Chinese restaurants.
 Cherry Cake.-Cream together three tablespoonfuls of shortening and one cupful of sugar; add one egg well beaten and two-thirds of a oupful of milk with two cupfuls of flour alter nately, sitting two teaspoonfuls of bak- ing powder and a half teaspoonful of salt. Mix we'll and cover the top of the cake with quart of pitted cher ries: sprinkle with cinnamon and bake Half the sugar may be used in the cake. the rest reserved and mixed witk ohorrioC
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-06-19
KEEPS FLY PAPER IN PLACE
Device That Will Be Appreciated by Anyone Who Has Sat on the
 Abomination.

A New Jersey man has invented a device to keep fiy-paper in one position and from being blown by the wind on to fathers favorite chair or mothers most treasured lace curtains. It con- sists of frame having grooves at each end to permit the insertion of the sheet of fiy-paper. A narrow strip of wood is forced down into the groove over the paper to hold 1t taut, At the lower end of the frame three grooves are To- cated for taking care of any variations in the lengths of the fly-paper.
 When the fly-paper is in it's frame, it may be placed up in any convenient place. and will he so conspicuous as to be readily seen before being sat upon. Tn addition to being useful as a holder for fly-paper, the device can be used as m emhroidery-frame or as stretcher for cloth or paper.-Popular Science Monthly.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-06-19

so, that it was a foolish story and before it was too late they cor rected themselves, for anyone who knows anything about birds knows that teeth don't belong to birds or birds don't belong to teeth pr how ever one would express it.
 "That is so.' said Benny.
 "'What do you think about little song said Billy. You sing one and then will
 "'All right said Benny. Here is my song:
 I'm an owl, owl. owl, hoot-hcot. hoor-
 hoot,
 The fact is so pleasant that toot, toct.
 toot.
 "'Well,' said Billy, here is my song:' ho-who-who, too-too-too, Which means that I talking to youl
 "And both the owls laughed and thrieked their compliments to each other right across the great woods!''
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-06-19
Bandits Armed With corneobs.

Our correspondent in Villa Hermosa communicated to us the capture of some inventive individuals, who, hay ing passed themselves off as rebels, devoted themselves to robbing and at tacking small towns. "It was aston ishing that the captured men carried arms that were crude imitation of 3O-30 rifles, made of worthless wood; in their cartridge belts they were wearing corncObs instead of deadly bullets. For some time they fooled many and gained much booty. At last their protector, Gesuas, slept and they were taken priseners."-EI Universal, City of Mexico.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-06-19

nests. For the Barred Owl families and the crow families are great ene- mics.
 ''The only thing that will make a Barred Owl wake up in the day time is when a crow or a number of crows come around and bother him and make him get out from his sleeping place.
 '"Their eggs are white and they, are very nice on the whole. In fact, the Barred Owl family are about as harm less as any of the owls and they are also among the most numerous of all the owl families.
 "'Hello, Benny said Billy Barred Owl.
 "'Hello Billy said Benny Barred Owl.
 Pheasant evening" said Billy.
 "Quite delightful said Benny.
 "Let's have, a talk. love to hear myself talk said Billy.
 "'So do r. said Benny, and will agree to talk any old time at all. Even if we don't say much it is fun to hoot and to toot and to make a lot of racket
 Folks do say.' said Billy, that we make a great deal of noise. In fact, we screech so much that some folks think we must be dangerous, though we aren't dangerous. We're quite all right
 "'We just enjoy screeching, whO- who-who, too-too-too,' said Benny.
 ''So they sat one evening quite far
 l-z z1, and forth.
 "'Would you like to come any near CT and talk? asked Billy. If you did we wouldn't have to screech so loud
 "'Would you like me to come near er?' asked Benny.
 ".No,' said Billy, for if you were any nearer you could hear me and I could hear you without the screeching and the screeching is such fun.'
 'So they sat far apart and screeched at each other ins a loud and piercing way long into the night. Sometimes they would vail and cry out, but it. was all only part of their chatter and it didn't mean that they were in the least bid sad.
 "1'm good big fellow said Billy Barred Owl, and I have such strong lungs that I hope I'll live long time to enjoy them.'
 "'Exactly what hope said Benny.
 "By the way said Billy, do you remember there was something once said about owls? rs
 "'What was it?' asked Benny.
 "Why someone said that owls were greatly bothered for fear they might
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-06-19
Kill Is Ills Motto.

No mammal in the entire world, great or small, can compare with the weasels as hunters. They hunt their prey necessarily, following it by scent, and take the lives of a far larger number of victims than they need for food, says the American Forestry Mag. azine. They kill, and keep on killing just for the fun of it; and it is only during the cold winter weather, when game becomes scarce, that they con- ceal for future consumption the bodies of some of the animals they havs slain.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-06-19
Phone Not an Improvement.

Oscar-Why did you have the tele- phone taken out of your office?
 Jim-Do you consider anything a modern improvement which gives your wife a chance to ask for money dur ing business hours, after going through your pockets the night before?-Hous- ton Post.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-06-19
No Trouble.

'"Tommy Tucker is the worst boy in school. Harry, and I want you to keep as far away from him as you possibly can."
 q do Mother. He stays at the head of the class most of the time. Boys Life.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-06-19
Prayed for Cure Finds it After 10 Years Food Would Sour and Boil
 Teeth Like Chalk

Mr. Herbert Nj. Gessner writes from his home in Berlin, N. H.:
 l had stomach trouble over ten years; kept getting worse. I tried everything for relief but it came back worse than ever. Last fall got awfully had; could only eat light loaf bread and tea. In January got so bad that what I would eat would sour and boil; my teeth would be like chalk. l suffered terribly. prayed every day'fo something to cure me. One day I read about EATONIC and told my wife to get me box at the drug store as was going to work at D. m. I took one-third of it and began to feel relief; when it was threefourths gone, felt fine and when it was used up had no pains. Wife got me another box but I have felt the pain but twice. l used five tablets out of the new box and have no more stomach trouble. Now 1 write to tell you how thankful I am that 1 heard of EATONIC. I feel like a new man; eat what like, drink plenty of water, and it never hurts me at all.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-06-19

nave 10 lose Unotr " i s d Om teeth when their wis dom teeth start ed aching. And, of course. it would never do for they wouldn't want to lose their wisdom
 w h a t ? asked Benny In a very surprised voice. What was that you said w h o-w h o-w h 0 ever said such a thingY
 |" oh, W e l ], they found out that it wasn't
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-06-19

"G o O o." said Nancy.
 He's always a nice old fellow to hear about" " said Nick.
 Billy Barred Owl" said Dad dy, "has a fine pair of brown eyes. He hasn't any real ears, but that doesn't bother him in the least.
 "Their n e s t S are in hollow trees and they've been known to fnLo a tr
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-06-19

chest is prepared as follows: Take one cupful of lard and one-half cup full { s ca t ) of boiling water, add one teaspoonful of salt and stir
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-06-19
Good Reason for Crying.

Johnny-What makes the new baby at your house cry so much. Tommy?
 Tommy-It don't cry so very much and anyway, if all your teeth were out, and your hair off. and your legs so weak you couldn't stand on them, guess you'd feel like crying yoar- self
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-06-19
Doughnuts Help College Boys.

Doughnuts are paying the expenses of eight Kansas boys, students at the Kansas State Agricultural college at Manhattan. These young men were or ganized recently as a corporation call ed ''The Perfect Bakery" Their bakery turns out all kinds of bread, small cakes and cookies, but the speciality is doughnuts.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-06-19
Applicants Aplenty.

The other day an Indianapolis high school teacher had birthday. In some way the children had discovered that it was coming and since she was very popular many of them decided to give her presents. One of her little fresh man boys came in with huge box of candy. "Oh, Bob," she said. "why be- lieve I'll have to kiss you for this."
 Now right behind Bob was junior boy much larger and more glib of tongue. So immediately he spoke up. "Wait minute, Miss T. I've got you present, too."
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-06-19

Costs few cents! Drop a little Freezone on that touchy corn, instant ly that corn stops hurting, then you lift it right out with the fingers.
 Why wait? Your druggist sells a tiny bottle of Freezone for few cents, sufficient to rid your feet of every hard corn, soft corn. or corn between the toes, and calluses. without soreness or irritation. Freezone is the much talked of discovery of the Cincinnati genius:-Adv. --,
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-06-19
An Observant Victim.

"You say you were held up by a foot pad with a revolver this morning. At what time?'
 "Five minutes to one."
 "How can you fix the time so pre- cisely?" ...... ...
 Because I could see the church clock and noticed the hands were in the same position as mine. ."-London Tit-Bits.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-06-19
ImpoSsibIe.

'"The doctor advised me to take something every day to whet my ap- petite." .->
 "How did he expect you to do that without a prescription?"