Judsonia weekly advance., 1920-04-01


 cellation of the 1916 authorization Of 12 destroyers in favor of construction of five or six of the larger 2000-ton type of destroyer with speed Of D knots. There may be reluctance also in agreeing to construction of 10 scout. cruisers, although the argument made by the general board in that respect was regarded as convincing from q military point of view. So far as con cerns battleships, our naval experts do not believe them to be rendered obsolete by developments in aircraft warfare and in methods of attack by torpedoes and mines.
 Battleships Not Obsolete.
 According to the expert view, none of the experiments that have been made in aviation and nothing that the experience gained in the war has demonstrated justifes relegation of the battleship to the junk pile. This is asserted, too. by officers that have the greatest respect for aviation and the greatest faith in it's development and who see in it one of the greatest factors in naval warfare with it's pos abilities as an agency of offense and course. Unquestionably the big navy men have q strong argument in favor of their contention in the unsettled condition of world affairs. Two bat tleshipS, one battle-cruiser, ten scout cruisers, five destroyers of the flotilla type, three experimental submarines. two airplane-crusers. one destroyer tender and one submarine tender were recommended by the naval general board as the building program neces- sary for the navy to keep pace with requirements.
 defense. Airplane carriers represent new type on our program, although Great Britain has had specially-built vessels for that purpose for some time. It is regarded as one of the most important features of the pro gram.
 Busy Time for Politicians.
 The national political convention season is now less than three months away. The intervening period will be a busy season for the politicians. Most of the delegates will be chosen during the months of April and May. While that work is going on the party leaders will be trying to arrive at conclusions as to the important declarations of the platforms.
 The people--the voters-haye larger opportunity this year than ever to express their views in regard to can didates. TWenty-one states, through presidential preference primary laws, afford voters this opportunity. This list of states, together with the date of the primary and the number of delegates the state is entitled to have in the convention, is as follows:
 New Hampshire, March 3 (already heldD, s; North Dakota, March 1G (already held), 10; South Dakota, March 23. 10; Michigan, April 5, 30; New York, April 6, 85; Wisconsin, April s, 26; Illinois, April 13, 5S; Nebraska. April 20, 16; Montana, April 23, &; Massachusetts, April ?, 35; California, May 1, PC; Indiana, May 4, 30; Pennsylvania, May IS, 76; Vermont. May 21, &; Oregon, Nay %, 10; Texas, May 25, g; West Yir- ginia, May 9. 16; Florida, June s. s.
 Fairly Represent the Nation.
 These tWenty-one states that have opened the way for the voter to eX- press direct preference for the pres idential nominee will he represented in each convention by total of nearly six hundred delegates. Moreover the states are so located geographically as to- represent in most satisfactory way the country as a whole. States like New York, Pennsylvania, New Jer- sey and Massachusetts speak for the industrial East; states like Indiana, Illinois, Ohio and Michigan will voice the sentiment of the industrial and agricultural Midwest, while the Da- kotas will reveal the sentiment of the agricultural Northwest, and California and Oregon will reflect the views Of the Pacific coast.
 It seems reasonably certain now that no candidate will go into either of the party conventions with prestige enough to insure him the nomination. At the present moment the greater in- terest centers in the Republican con- vention, which Is to meet in Chicago June s, probably because it comes ahead of the Democratic convention. Recent weeks have not brought any changes worth noting in the field of Republican candidates. The avowed candidates, as revealed by the official applications they have made for con- sideration in the presidential prefer ence primary states, are:
 Gen. Leonard Wood the country-at- large; Governor Frank O. Lowden, of Illinois; Senator Warren c. Harding. of Ohio; Senator Hiram ". Johnson, CnIifnrnin and Snnnt ntni. Miles Dnin-