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The New York herald., 1921-01-23
OLD BATTLESHIP
! GIANT OCEAN CRANE
Kearsarge Will Be Largest
Self-Propelled in the
World.
TO HANDLE ESQ TONS
Principal Job Is to Lift Tur-
rets From Building Cribs
to Ship Decks.

On completion of the alterations on
the old battleship Kearsarge. which Will
convert her into Crane Ship No. !, the
United States Navy will have the largest
capacity floating crane in the United
States. 1t Is believed it will be the
largest capacity self-propelled crane in
the world. taking into consideration
reach as we'll as hosting capacity.
The crane with which the Kearsarge
is to be equipped will be capable Oh
handling weights up to 250 tons. Under
test load it will be required TO lift 3lz
tons.
The duty of this vessel in its new
service will be to proceed under its own
steam from one building yard to an
other in the open sea and TO handle
at the various yards guns, turrets,
arrnor plates, boilers and other heavy
material to and from piers, cars. light
ers and ships. Its primary purpose Is
to lift turrets partially assembled from
their building cribs into battleships.
Sections of modern triple 16 inch
gun turret, which must be assembled
and riveted complete before putting
aboard battleship. will weigh zoo tons
or more. AS this weight is beyond the
crane capacity Of some Of the navy
yards and private yards building battle
ships. it is necessary for the Navy De
partment to have a large crane that
can be moved from yard to yard to
supply this deficiency.
All work in connection with refitting
The vessel for the reception Of the crane,
including the foundations, is being done
at the navy yard, Philadelphia.
In addition to the construction and
erection of the crane the alterations
will include the removal of all guns,
ordnance outfit, armor abaft crane 8.
including easement arnlor, turrets and
barbette armor, certain interior armor.
all structure above the main deck and
the provision of bulges on the sides 10
increase the beam foundations for the
crane and for new generator sets and
deckhouses The necessary rearrango-
ment OF quarters to accommodate the
vessels complement of officers and
crew as q. crane ship will be made, to-
gether with all repairs. additions, &C.,
to fit the vessel up complete in every
respect for sea service.
The crane itself Is being built under
contract by Wellman-Seaver-M Morgan
Company, Cleveland, Ohio. and will be
shipped to the Navy Yard. Philadel-
phia. in parts. where 1t will be assem-
bled. 1t will be of the revolving hinged
jib type, electrically operated. capable
of rotating $50 degrees, and will be
capable of hoisting this load from 40
feet below the base of the crane to 103
feet above.
The main hoist consists of two hooks,
each 125 tons. which are fitted to take
an equalizer when lifting ESQ tons. The
The New York herald., 1921-01-23

vessel as refitted will also be capable
OF transporting at one time two triple
16 inch gun turrets with their guns from
one yard TO another. foundations being
provided forward and aft under the
main deck for this purpose.
The Kearsarge was built by the New
port News Shipbuilding and Dry DOCK
Company. being launched on March "a
1895. and commissioned February 70
1900 Her length between perpenolcu-
lars is 1858 feet and her draft aiter
conversion will be about 20 feet ana her
breadth over the bulges 90 feet.
The New York herald., 1921-01-23
POSLAM FOE OF
SKIN DISORDERS
HEALS RAPIDLY

r. you suffer with any eruptionai
trouble do not let another day pass
without trying Poslam.
Let your own skin tell you how
efficient 1t is, what splendid help ~ can
render you in driving away Pimples,
teaffng Eczema, disposing Of Rashes,
soothing and allaying Inflammation. The
test is to apply Poslam to small af-
dected surface at night and in the morn
ing look TO see Improvement. Healing
bower which supplies n soothing. COM
forting influence is here aDundantly in
concentrated form.
Sold everywhere. For free sample
write to Emergency Laboratories. 243
West 47th St. Now York City.
\. Poslam Soap, n1edicated with Poslam.
kbehtenA beautifies complexions.----Adv.
The New York herald., 1921-01-23
GOVERNORS WIFE TO SPEAK.

Mrs. Nathan L. Miller, wife OF Gov.
Miller, will be one OF the speakers before
tho state League of Women Voters In
conference at Albany January 81 and 2s,
advocating support of a comprehensive
plan for child welfare. DR.. $. Josephine
Baker, head Of the child hygiene division
OF the Health Department, and Mrs.
Frank A. vanderlip also will support this
project. Herbert Hoover will address
the women at banquet at the Hotel Ten
Eyclx january al
The New York herald., 1921-01-23
URGES MEXICO RECOGNITION.

PHOENIX, Ariz., Jan. 22.-Gov. Thomas
z. Campbell to-day gave signed ap-
proval to a memorial of the Arizona
Senate urging recognition by the United
States of the Government of Mexico.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-15
Your Foresight.

The greatest magician that ever lived WAS
Robert Houdin. French conjurer. born in 1905.
But Houdin, after all. was only human being
and tho time came when his bag Of tricks was
sexhausted- At least, that was what EVERYONE
Ehought when Louis Napoleon called Houdin to
this palace gardens and told him to produce a
new trick or lose out at court.
Houdin went through lot of hocus-pocus
and said: III your majesty will have yonder
pax tree cut down. in its heart you will md
gold box and in the gold box message writ
ten by your father 30 years ago"
The oak was felled. The gold box and its
message were found. Houdin, in his memoirs
published after his DEATH confessed that 20
years before, he had foreseen Just, such a sit
hation and had cut into the oak tree and buried
The box. What do you think of that for fore
sight! Yet Houdin's ability to figure years
N advance was no more remarkable than the
foresight OF those who have pioneered scores
Pf great industries or guessed correctly the
Zeal estate movement of cities. How many
years are YOU looking into the future? Have
you given any thought to YOUR condition 30
years from now!
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-15
The Will and the Way.

Cornelius Vanderbilt began to turn up
Filings" when he was 16. He was born at
8tapleton, s. l.. In 1894, descendant Of an
cestors poor in the extreme who had migrated
70 America from Holland. But at 16, despite
hcute hardships, he had saved up $sS and with
~ he bought . sailboat. In this, he carried
Narm products from Staten Island to New York
Three years later he enlarged his activities
by carrying supplies to fortihcations in New
York harbor and adjacent waters On the
lookout continually for an opportunity to
'broaden out" his chance came at % when
ne recognized the superiority Of steam over
sailing vessels. With this conviction in mind
he sold out and took a job at $1,000 year as
captain on steam ferry then plying between
New York and New Brunswick.
4 Shortly afterwards Fulton and Livingston
acquired the sole right to navigate New York
waters with steam craft, but Vanderbilt be-
lieved their franchise unconstitutional. He
Fought them persistently in the courts until It
was repealed, and himself became a steamboat
ADwner
N When the government was paying a large
subsidy for transporting European mails, he
astounded his competitors by Offering to carry
Che mail free Of charge.
In two years. he built up an enormous freight
md passenger traffic, and when Vanderbilt died
Sn 1886, at the age Of 81. he was said to be
worth $200,000,00o.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-15
The Guilty Sark.

4 A strange ship flying the Portuguese flag
pits into South African port for repairs.
She is the Guilty Sark. last of the famous
FChina clippers" remaining on the high seas
The era Of the clipper ship was bare
quarter of century The first was launched
n ls45 Steamships crowded the clippers out
pf business and with them went most Of the
Romance Of OCEAN life
1t is doubtful II man has ever produced a
more artistic creation than the clipper shin
flying before the wind with its Sc 900 SQUARE
feet OF sails spread like the picture you re-
member in your schoolbooks. There was lure
even In the names Of those sails-the Tapping
tahloo. Jib-o-Jib and Jamie Green sails.
: The clippers were wooden ships and. ~
wood was plentiful in America in those davs.
and cheap the small clippers permitted the
United States to build up . merchant marine
than in 1850 totaled 2.s14.52o tons. From then
antil the World var cur merchant marine
feclined steadily.
I IN 1870 the United States built and launch-
"a ship tonnage greater than the whole
nseseaA merchant Asst aAoat in lseo. Many
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-15

Over in England where women are pretty
we'll advanced in suffrage they have become
tired of being referred to as the weaker SEX"
aho the fair SEX" and they have held a meet.
ins about it
Pernaps American women when they come
to think on It, will espouse similar views.
The Women's Freedom league, Of which
Margaret Hodge is councillor, has tabooed the
use OF fair sex" and weaker sex" in refer.
ence to women.
The league has ALSO set down as first nr;r.
c'ples that woman's Judgment is as good as
mans. that women talk less than men. and
that women can keep secrets.
One irritating custom comes down from
an age when to be fair was womans first and
foremost duty" Miss Hodge says. land the
only women who counted were for ornament
Women may be the weaker sex physically. Int
not morally"
Most men will admit that voman's iudp.
ment, too is as good as mans, and that's wby
husbands so often confer with their wives in
business matters.
That women talk less than men-and mora
to the point when they do TALKS hardly OMEN
to argument
When pressed women can keep still in sew
en- languages"
AS for keeping secrets. that they do not ia
comic paper Joke, and men on both sides Of
the ocean know that wild horses cannot dr.-
secret from woman II she cares to keep it.
There are cases On record where she'll ab
rather than do It.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-15
Keeping Money at Home.

The suit begun by william Randolph
Hearst, the newspaper publisher, to enjoin the
United States government from advancing fur
Their money loans to European nations un-
questionably meets with the favor OF the ma
tority Of American citizens. While the war
was in progress it was to be expected that the
United States, being. the weather. of the ma
tons allied against Germany, should have
financially aided those with whom she was
associated in the determination to curb the
mad onrush Of the kaiser's armies. But the
war has ended and the United States is pass
ing through period OF reconstruction the
same as other nations that were engaged in
that conflict -
While it is true the United States did not
suffer in general damage as severely as Euro
pean countries did, still we have our problems
to meet as a result of the part we played in
the fighting. Whatever spare change Uncle
Sam may have lying loose could be put to
very good use at home. The great need in
this country today is revival of industry, the
getting back to productive activity the armies
of employees that have been idle since the lull
that came as an inevitable consequence Of the
speeding and overproduction that was inciden-
tai to the prosecution of the war. If there
are Industries that are hesitants about resump-
tion of operations because of fear of financial
losses the federal government might step into
the breach and tell the timid ones to proceed
and that the United States would meet the
payrolls until such time as normal trade con-
ditions had been reestablished. That would
be getting the idle back to work. money would
begin circulating in natural way. and before
We realized it the country would be moving
along as 1t did before things were turned topsy
turvy by the war. And such a program would
be far better than shipping our money to
Europe. Let's cure our own ills before serv-
ing as doctor to our neishbors
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-15
"a Model WoG,an.

s~ What = : model woman! asks newspaper.
And n rsply readers are painting lovely word
pictures q the women 81 their dreams
Nov the classic tribute to ! model woman
vas that which Vas written BY The Engljsh-
man. Jonathan Swift. In memory Of Esther
johnson. Swift described her as "the truest
most virtuous and valuable friend. that l. or
perhaps any other person, ever was blessed
with"
OF her Swift wrote:
I'm conversation size was never given to
interruption, or appeared eager to put in her
word.
she spoke in most agreeable voice, in the
plainest words.
'She was but little yersed In the cowmon
topics Of female chat; scandal, censure and
detraction never came cut OF her mouth.
'She read carefully the best books which
serve to open and enlarge the mind She
bought clothes a. seldom as possible, and those
as plain and cheap as consisted with the situa-
ton she was in; and wore no lace for many
years.
Honor. truth and liberality. good nature
and modesty were the virtues she chiefly pos
sessed. She laughed at 10 ones mistakes, and
II good thing were spoken, but neglected.
she would not let it fall, but set it in the best
light to those who were present"
And she WAS as beautiful as she was good.
for she was looked upon as one of the most
beautiful graceful and agreeable young women
in London, only little too fat"
Well, girls, do you know Of a better model
than Esther johnson?
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-15
The Daily Short Story

I group that we're in a discussion oil
psycho-analysis. Rose-who didn't
even know the meaning Of the
word-was most embarrassed
Then Anne whisked her in the
midst Of trio who were having a
/; delightful quarrel over Bernard
Shaw. Rose had a vague idea that
Bernard Shaw was candy manu-
facturer! Then they disagreed over
Ibsen. Rose had a suspicion that
Ibsen came into fame by drawing
the heads Of pretty girls, but could
not be certain.
Finally she extracted herself
but Anne came up with q doctor
and a lawyer who were engrossed
in a phase OF medico- jurisprud-
ence. Rose stood it 10 minutes and
then escaped to the piano stool
One thing she could do, she solilo-
quized. was to syncopate to stimu-
late even q fossil, but a musical
looking person draped himself over
the piano and begged Tor something
soulful and dreamy-jazz made
him almost i'll!
Even at dinner Anne saw that
the conversation was directed over
and above her head. Rose could
not follow it at all, and once when
the only word she really caught
was Dante" she thought someone
had been profane. II she even, had
Arthur there, she thought, even to
quarrel intelligently with!
The next afternoon, after q
strenuous day Of planning, Anne
stole away from her guests and
again called long distance.
us this Irene? How's Arthur?
That's splendid! Really? Nonsense!
Your reputation as a hostess is not
ruined: Anyway, what's q reputa-
ton compared to a happy home?
Oh, he called her up? Good. And
the maid didn't know where she
was? Fine! Yes, 80 Is Rose. She
left . half minute ago.
mo, she wasn't very tactsbIe.
nor tactful. Thanked me for my
hospitality. but couldn't stand the
kind OF people l enjoyed. Said in
comparison with them Arthur was
an angel. Certainly. il you are
busy. l Know you could manage it.
Thanks heaps. He's my favorite
cousin. you know, and do want
him to be happy. Good by dear"
The telephone clicked, and Anne
leaned back IN her chair and sur
veyed herself in the long mirror.
She WAS good to look upon. A gen.
tie radiance glowed over her beau
ttful. mellowed face, her fine eyes
ehone With Intelligence and love
Tor humanity. She was sueenly.
yet With . certain exquisite humil-
ity. She was at once q tower Of
strength. yet one who could for
give and understand human frail-
ties.
For . long moment shs looked
far back into her own land Of ut
might have BEEN" with . wistful.
longing sigh.
Then. again forgetful OF self. sha
returned to her comfortable euegts.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-15
A FRIEND
BY ALFRED ARNOLD.

friend is one who's lived awhile
And learned work. Of stuff;
Who smiles kind Of patient smile
Though things be smooth or rough.
A friend Is one who's tried you out;
Who's heard your every plan;
KNOWS al your weakness and your doubt
And says. II like that man"
A friend 10 one who stands q lot:
Yet tells you you're 4 sinner:
And after that, As like q not,
Invites you out to dinner.
A friend IL one who knows your faults.
Yet doesn't hide his own;
Who'd rather walk With onA Who halta
Than plod along alonA
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-15

7 equal to the latitude. For Chicago
this angle is Al degrees 5 minutes
@. What are the duties OF the
war department general stan! l.
B.
A. The duties of the war DE-
partment general staff are to pre-.
pare plans for national defense anu
the use of the military forces l@
that purpose, both separately anu
in conjunction with the nssi
forces, and for the mobilization o.
the manhood of the nation and ln
material resources in an emefs
ency; to investigate the repoi'
upon all questions affecting the ei,
ficiency of the army OF the unlleu
States, and its state of preparatiou
for military operations; ana "
render professional aid and "
sistance to the secretary OF Wal
and the chef of staff.
@. Who we're the apostolic n'n'
ers? T. W. A.
A. This name is applied to those
Christian writer's who were pe
lieved to have been contemporA!
with any Of the apostles. They ~
Barnabas, Clement Of Rome,
natius, Polycarp, Hermas an'
Papias.
@. How can rust be remover
from nickel plate? F. ]. D.
A. Nickel plate which has pe
come rusted may be cleaned "
polishing with sweet oil and wnI
ing, or IL badly rusted, with veI!
fine powder and sweet oil. WASH
the nickel plate with hot watel
and dry in warm place oeio''
polishing.
@. Has the tonnage of the snlps
of the world come up to pre-"@
status? E. r. d.
A. The entire world tonnage =.
vessels Of 100 tons or more ,ssS
-, 100000 tons in 1914. In NV
this had risen to 57,314.Oo0 tons
@. What Is the longest RAILWAY
tunnel In the world? B. NJ. c.
A. The Simplon Tunnel. p'a
nounced Sanplon, construct
through the Alps, is nearly 'n.l
miles longer than any other tunnss !
IN tho would Its entire length Y
IL miles. 45S yards. .
Q. What orchestra is tine oioe'
In America7 H. F. .,,.
A. ThS New York Philharm0n,s,
claims the distinction "
being the Oldest organization OF ~
kind In America. and the tn.s
lied in 1912, and numbered "
musicians.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-15
TT MfGHT HAVE BEEN.
By Mary N. McDonough.

Copyright, 1921. by The Wheeler
Syndicate. Incl
II was nearly time for the first
OF Anne Wilton's house party
guests to arrive. and she was Civ
ing herself this last, unhurried hall
hour for quiet and rest.
The toot of an auto horn, a jerky
ring at the bell, and the maid
ushered in ian excited, flushed
NY dear Rose!@ exclaimed Anne
II am delighted you found you
could come. And I'm glad you're
early; we can have a lovely tete-a'
tete."
"Oh. I'm not staying. Miss viii.
ton" coldly. II Just came to say
few words to you. Oh, yes. Ar
thurs coming. I suppose he needs
the mental stimulus Of you and
your 'intellectuals'!"
The older woman flushed. "l
don't understand you. Rose" she
replied quietly. Arthur wrote me
that you and he had q previous
engagement with the Ralstons.
was talking over the phone with
Mrs. Ralston a while ago, and she
said Arthur was there and was dis
appointed that you were detained
in town."
HE said he was coming here!
Another Of his deceptions." the girl
burst forth. Il tell you, it's all
over. I intended to have a separa-
tion-possibly a divorce"
Anne was distressed, but not
alarmed. She was rich In the lore
of human nature.
You poor child" she said sin
cerely. Il didn't know there had
been trouble. but nearly every mar
ried couple has its OF days.
AN angel couldn't get along
with Arthur" exploded Rose. Il
don't care If be is your favorite
cousin. Oh, you needn't look at
me like that. OF course l know
you exercise some strange infiu-
ence over him"
II realize that" agreed Anne,
with . competency that electrified
Rose. "It's amAzing-isn't it,
what influence = woman has over
every man except her husband or
her brother. It's just that our fam
lily take US 90 much for granted.
Nov il You and Arthur were
away long enough to miss each
other-I say, Rose. spend the week
end with MS. I>have plenty of
gowns you can choose from, II you
don't mind wearing clothes made
for . woman 20 years your senior. /"
"You don't look q. II you had q
husband like Arthur you'd look
72!"
Bat Anne tactfully led her up-
stairs and she was soon removing
the evidences Of travel.
Meanwhile Anne hurriedly called
long distance. Hello, Mrs. Rails
ton! Irene? This Il Anne. In ab-
solufe confidence. Arthur and Rose
have Quarrelsd seriously. Now, it,
your duty. please. to make Arthur
a. uncomfortable and AZ homesick
as possible. Yes. l mean II. Yes,
/ know he's splendid and that Rose
is hAsty. I am attending to her.
Yes, that's the idea You're q
level. Good-by."
Anne's party va, - usual, Q
success. Everybody had . glorious
tims-except Rose. Anne saw to
hat First abe brought her to .
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-15


A feminine correspondent wishes
to know what I think Of ga5trop-
tosis and enteroptosis and m OPP
Grafton for them. She informs me
she has had 'stol .ach t. ouble for
years and years and Z coated
tongue. The lady incloses an orig
|inAl pen drawing showing what the
X-ray picture rather unfortunately
disclosed. to-wit: the stomach 1p-
|parently Hopping dolorously against
the anterior hyperion spine Of the
hip bone which is popularity II mac
curately called the prominence Of
the hip.
These Ptosis sisters have been on
the stage for years. Wherever
Castro appears Entero Is sure to be
her partner. Now and then the
whole PsUsis family puts on . per-
Torrance, Old Grandpa Nephrop-
tosis, Aunt Hepaptosis, and the
three sisters, Cairo, Entero and
Coloptoeis. The act H. depressing
in its general effect, and should be
enumerated among the great afaic-
tons the discovery Of the X-ray
pathologist has brought upon the
world.
Now for all You and I may know
our respective stomachs may be
dangling againrt our sacred wings
or disputing the ground with our
respective -appendices-yoIrs may
at amy rate. I have no appendix.
But even so, does it worry us? Why,
of course not. We don't worry about
a displaced organ until we discover
that it has been displaced-and
then We feel so chagrined to learn
that our in'nards have been out OF
kilter all along and we never real
lied it! The blow is terrible, and
some of us never quit get over it.
Operation for ptosis?
I like operations myself. In all
seriousness I doubt that l ever en-
joyed 10 days better than I enjoyed
the 10 days l loafed while having
my appendix obliterated, except, of
course, the-well, We needn't drag
in the hired girl.
But I'd rather entertain the
whole Ptosis I; lnily the year
around than submit to an opera
ton for the purpose of being rid of,
any Of them. The trouble with such
operations is that, like throwing
out your mother-in-law, the end is
not yet.
Once in great long while, per-
haps once in every four thousand
years, a patient does actually suf-
fer some exceedingly annoying
symptoms purely and simply from
sagging of displacement Of some
organ or other In such a case the
first and obvious remedy is the rest
cure-bed rest, with post-prandial
knee-chest and other uplifti lg pos
lures. and plain and fancy feeding.
for the purpose of building up a
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-15

~one Of the singers Of the New York grand
4cpera troupe claims that her voice has been
RESTORED by prayer. You might cut this out
Ind paste it in your hat and the next time you
are i'll try that remedy. The experiment won't
tcost you anything, at least, and If you do find
u necessary to subsequently call in the doctor
you are nothing out as result Of your prayer
kul efforts