Daily press. [volume], December 15, 1906, Page 2, Image 2

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PI ANS FOR MAMMOTH
BATTLESHIP SUBMITTED
... ? ,
by Special Board From Sets'
Prepared by Ten De?
signers.
POWERFUL UIMEIT PROPOSED
Main Battery la to Consist of Ten 12
Inch Quns?Belt of Armor Eight
Feet Wide and Eleven Inches Thick
to Protect Boilers, Machinery and
Magazines, _*
According to a lottor Jimt submitted
to both houses of Congress by Secre?
tary of tho Navy Charles J. Ilona
parte, the mammoth 20,000 ton battle?
ship, authorlzod by Congress at tho
Sast session, will bo constructed on
leslgns made by tho board or coii
fstriiqtorB of the navy department.
These plans wero recommondod by a
eo|al board headed by Assistant
Oretary of tho Navy Ncwborry from
ur - sets of plans submitted by tho
board of construction of tho navy de?
partment and six sets submitted by
Individual designers nnd shipbuilding
concerns of the United States and
foreign countries.
. ship as recommended will bo
G1Q feet long; 85 foot, 2 5-8
Inches extreme breadth nnd
will have a displacement of
riot more than 20,000. Her speed
oil a four hours' forced draft run will
ho 21 knots nnd sho will hnve a total
coal bunker capacity of 2,.'<00 tons.
Her armament will consist of ton
12-inch broeah-loading rifles In the
main battery nnd twclvo 5-Inch
preech-loadlng rnpld-flro guns, twelve
smaller gunB and two submerged tor?
pedo tubes in tho secondary battery.
'.- The ship's armor protection con?
sists of a belt of water-line armor 8 foot
In width and 11 luchos ninxlmum
thickness throughout tho length of tho
belt, protecting the boilers, machinery
tthd the magazines, and tending, be?
sides, to maintain the stability of tho
?Mb. a very Important point in view
of tho high center of grnvlty caused
by the elevated gups. Abovo tho wa
I'feMtpe belt tho sides of tho ship are
protected by armor 10 inches thick In
a belt 7 foot 3 Inches wldo. Above thjs
amidships, the side is protected by 5
inches of armor, shielding tho Smoke
.pipes, most of the secondojo hattory
and, the hull structure. ff
v^Thero wlil also bo a protective deok
^|ndlng .tho ontUfe length of the
^SmjHWft ^bftrtiettes oelow the turrets.
tlrotocfiiiK the ammunition hoists, ma
?hlnory, oto., Ih tho bnso of tho tur?
rets/
v .The battleship Is dealgnod for the
installation of either reciprocating or
'turbine engines, and provision is
runde , for the storage of a largo
?moUnt of oil fuel without reducing
tue capacity of tho coal bunkers.
WILL PREACH AGAINST
"WIDE OPEN" MOVEMENT
Sister. Propose to Fight Against
Repealing of Saloon Ordl
j'. nance.
^'.Twelve paBtors attendod I he meet?
ing of the Ministers' Association at
,(the Y. M. O. A. yeBtorday morning nnd
discussed the effort which Is being
inado to have repented the ordinance
requiring saloons to closo at 11:30
o'clock at night. All of tho ministers
expressed themselves aB being strong?
ly opposed lb any change in the ordl
Home of Powell Trust
Company.
Pays 4 Per Cent, on Deposits
2711 Washington Ave.
nance and decided lo preach on tho
subject tomorrow.
* petition Is heilig prepared and
will he presented at the meeting of
the ordinance and police committee
of tho council when the petition ask?
ing that the ordinance he repealed Is
taken up. ,
t Kev. KV T. WeUford presented te tho
association too following letter:
' Newport News, Dec. 111. PIOO.
The Ministers' Association Oily,'
1 Gentlemen?On behalf of the' Jun?
ior Order of United American Me?
chanics of 1'iU city, alluw me to
express our heartful desire to serve
your efforts to raise tho standard
of the city and not to lower It. as
would be Hie case If wo had a |
l "wide opon" (own. Newport News
Is not looking for citizens who hang
around saloons at any hour, much
less those who wish lo frequent
such . place.i later than 11:110.
'We Intend to make a strong fight
? to prevent the saloons of our city
from being kept open later than
they now do.
At our meeting tonight we placod
ourselves on record and wrote to
tho ordinance committee of the com?
mon council.
YourB In tho cause of a pure
city Instead of a wide open one.
. C. R. FELLOWS.,
State Councilor,
J. O. U. A. M.
A Peculiar Crew.
Tho Danish steamer Eghnlm,
which arrived In port yesterday from
Philadelphia, has one of the most
peculiar crews that ever manned a
ship entering this port. According
to the ship's manifest filed at the
custom house tho crew Is made
up of "sixteen men, three dogs and
one pig." The duties the dogs and
the pig perform aboard the ship
was not staled In the manifest.
You will find our Wines nnd Li?
quors to pass the Pure Food Law In?
spection. They cost no more than
adulterated goods. NEWPORT
NEWS WINE & LIQUOR CO.. Cor?
ner Twenty-fifth street and Washing?
ton nvonuc. noth phones. 12-12-lm.
If you nro looking for something
good at a very low cost attend the
closing out at cost sale of the Chica?
go Houseturnishiug Co.. 12-H-Gt.
SPRAGU E*S
THE CHRISTMAS STORt
For years this store has been known as the
Peninsula Headquarters for rich and artis?
tic Merchandise.
This season we are especially well stocked
with Diamonds, and can offer exceptional
value ?.
Here are some samples:
1 Ladies' Soltaire, fine white stone, over f J
carats.$ ?35
1Ladle*' Soltaire, just snort of 2 carats...$300
1 Ladies* Soltaire, nearly .? carat .$100
1 Ladies' Soltaire, 1 carat.$145
1 Gentleman's Soltaire. 1 carat.$150
Smaller sizes in greit numbers, ranging In
price from.$10 to $100
Several especially fine Ladles' Soltaire,
assorted settings, at.$50 each
The standing of this store is a' warrant of
honorable dealing.
J. R. SPRAGUE,
ft ? *? ?? ? 'J *
/'Manufacturing Jeweller.
Montana Christening Parly How at
the Warwick Katal.
GREAT SHIP DEMY FOR PLUNGE
Final Preparations Will be Made Thie
Morning and Sole Pieces Will be
Cut as Soon After 8:30 O'clock as
Possible.
MIkh Minnie A. Conrad, who will
break tho traditional bottle of cham?
pagne over the prow of the new ar?
mored cruiser Montana when that ves?
sel startB ou her journey to the water
at tho shipyard about 8:4!) o'clock this
morning, arrived in this city on tin
Chesapeake & Ohio train at 5:30
o'clock yesterday afternoon from
Great Foils, Montana, via Chicago and
Washington. She wns accompanied
by her parents, Hon. and Mrs. W. O.
Conrad, her sister, Miss Josephine
Conrad, and Miss Irene Moore, hor
brother, Mr. W. I<\ Conrad and his
wife, and Mr. .lohn Hutd. Tho chris?
tening party was escorted to the Ho
tol Wurwlck. which will be the pai .y's
headquarters.
Mr. Maglnnis Comes Today.
Hon. Martin Maginnis, tho personal
representative of Governor .losoph
Joseph K. ToolO, who wns unable to
attend tho launching, and United
States Senators Thomas H. Carter and
Alfred M. Clarke, of Montana, will
nrrivp in the city from Washington at
7:3(i o'clock this morning. Senators
Clarke and Carter wuro unable to
leave Washington until late in the af?
ternoon.
Preparations Completed.
All preparations for tho launching
of tho Montana nro complete. The
launching stand nnd christening booth
at the ship's bow have been decorated
v. Ith flags and hunting and Hundreds
of flags have been strung from how
to stern on the big fighting machine.
About 0:30 o'clock this morning a
force of several hundred mechnnlcs
will begin tho last preparations for
putting tho big vessel overboard and
It Is proposed to saw the sole pieces
as soon after 8:110 o'clock as possible.
Tho Bhinyard gates will bo thrown
open to the public at 8 o'clock and
nil who desire may attend the launch?
ing.
As she rotds upon the stocks be?
decked with flags and her grent bright
red bull glistening In the sun light,
tho Montana will present an imposing
spectacle. From all anpearnnces tho
work on the ship. Is at an unusually
advanced stago nnd she Is probably
tho heaviest warship ever launched
at the yard. "Mf?
GIVEN TEN DAYS TO
COMPLY WITH LAW
Closed-car Ordinance Was Signed
Thursday and Chief Got
Busy Yesterdriy.
Attorney K. M. Uraxton, counsel
for the Newport News & Old Point
Hallway & Electric Company, ap?
peared .In the police court yesterday
to defend his company against, the
charge of violating the ordinance
prohibiting street car companies
from operating open cars in the
city during the winter months. The
ordinance was not signed by the
mnyor until Thursday, but tho may?
or handed a copy to Chief of Police
Reynolds with the request that It
bo enforced at once. Several em?
ployes of the Newport News and
Old Point Company were almost
immediately summoned to appear in
the pollco court.
Mr. Braxlon explained that his
company did not know that tho or?
dinance had become a law and had
had no time In which to prepare
to comply with it. Justice Brown
agreed to continue the cases for
ten days, with tho understanding
that If the law is complied with
the charges will be dismissed.
MR. PHILLIPS RECEIVER.
Local Attorney Takes Charge of
Clark Overall and Pants Plant.
In tho Federal Court yesterday
Judgo Waddill appointed Attorney
L. C. Phillips receiver In bankruptcy
for the Clark Overall and Pants
Manufacturing Company, rcqulrlug
a bond of $10,000.
The bankrupt company was doing
a nourishing business until Its plant
wa spartlally destroyed by fire <tev
ernl months ago. A large quanti?
ty of goods ready for shipment was
destroyed by. the fire nnd the loss
was so great that the company conl.i
1 noL get on its feet again.
Policeman Appointed.
Special Officers S. W. Gldlngs nnd
T. J. Chowning have been appointed
to the regular force hy the board
of polioc c^.iunlsiloner?. 'lt. 'A.
Johnson and J. W. .Meyers named
as specials.
Episcopalians Withdraw.
Tho Episcopalians have withdrawn
from the proposed inter-denomlna
tlonal evangelical meeting to be
held during the Jamestown exposi?
tion. The unsettled conditions In
the lea ling Episcopal churches of
Norfolk are said to have been re?
sponsible for tho action.
An opportunity to furnish your
houso cheaply for the coming James?
town Exposition at the closing out
sale of the Chicago Housefurnishing
Co. 12-14-?t.
Retail Grocers can secure "Wa'seo"
Four of the WIU<INS-DAL,BY /Com?
pany, Newport News ll-20-tf.
? THEATRICAL *
ills German diulect as comical, his
songs as pretty and us well sutig and
his acting as clever as In .years gune
by, Al il. Wilson onlertulued and de?
lighted an audience last night that
filled almoBt every seat In the Acade?
my of iMiislc. Supporting Mr. Wilson
was one of the most evenly balanced
and capable companies be has ever
brought to this city and his stage set?
tings were exceptionally pretty.
"Metx in the Alps," a four act come?
dy drama depleting life in Switzer?
land, teems with heart interest and
cleverly staged as It Is with beautiful
mountain scenes it could not fall to
please.
Miss Gertrude Perry makes an ac?
ceptable llllad M?ller, wife of Metz,
and little Miss Reenie Farrington did
exceptionally clever work as LittI-*
Deutchor. Others in the supporting
cast deserving of especial mention
are Fired Mower as Dr. Sebastaln
Grimm, Richard Malloy as Toby Van
gander, Ross O'Nell as Simon Fren
zel and Miss Mllburn as WUhemlnn
Mittler.
During the performance Mr. Wilson
Introduced the following now songs:
I "My Heaven Is in Your Ryes." "WI1
| son's Lullaby," "Whispering Dreer.es,
| Yodel," "Swiss Mountain Bird." The
, Snttzollmnk," and "Song of Old Path
i orlnnd." % ' jl
DISLOCATED HIS SHOULDER.
James Wright Very III at His Home
as Result of Accident.
Mr. James Wright Is quite 111 al his
home on Washington avonuo as the.
result of an accident which befell him
j n few days ago while he was In Phil
i lidelphla on business. In gelling off
n street ear. Mr. Wright was thrown
, tc Hie street with great violence and
his shoulder dislocated and his body
more or less bruised.
Mr. Wright Is a past chief of the
Clan MacDouald, of this city, and was '
employed at the shipyard as a ma?
chinist until recently, when he win
appointed an agent for tho American
Branch of the Amalgamated Society j
of icugineers.
Imports From Liverpool.
The British steamer Alblann, of
the Chesapeake & Ohio fleet ar?
rived In port yesterday from Liv?
erpool with a large cargo of Im?
ports' which she Is discharging at
pier. No. S.
D. of C. Building.
The contract for the building to be
erected at the Jamestown Exposition
h ythe Daughters of the Confederacy
all over the country has been award?
ed. The building will cost $5.000 and
will be a reproduction of "neauvoir,"
UK- old home or Jefferso^ Davis, at
Gulf Port. Miss.
A number of local society folk I
went down to Old Point last night
to attend a reception given at. the |
Chnmborlln by the oflieors of the'
Artillery School In honor of Col.
Harrison, commandant of Fort Mon?
roe.
We make n specially of fine old
straight Whiskies, Imported nnd Do?
mestic Sherries and Ports. N'FAV
PORT NEWS WINE & LIQUOR CO..
Corner Twenty-fifth street and Wash?
ington avenue. Both phones. 12-12-lm
$20 Per Month.
Will buy you a good rooming house
near Huntington Avenue above ship?
yard office; ll rooms nnd bath, sew?
er, range, gas for cooking. It. rents
for this much, so you need not. live in
It. vourself. Just put a tenant in it
and In ten years the rent will give
von $2.100. We will sell it right now
for only $2,100. Cash payment only
$:?r>0. and you get deed at once. Ex?
cellent condition. Good place for
hoarders. See us today. SOMMER
VTLLW TRUST CO., (Incorporated).
12-13-3L
Mice!
Until further notice the N.
N. &. O. P. Ry. & Electric Co.,
will receive freight for Pine
Be?.ch, via' Ivy Ave., Newport
Nows, at their Freight Depart?
ment, Hampton; also, at their
? freight office, Newport News,
Va., beginning at once.
Nov. 2G, 1900.
THORNTON F. JONES, Agt.
l-2C-tf. Hampton, Va,
ELECTRIC LIGHT
AND POWER !
The beat and cheapest. See us about
connecting your building.
Rate, 10c per 1,000 watts, subject to
our usual terms and discounts.
PURE I0E MADE OF DISTILLED
WATER?COLD STORAGE.
Power bouse and plant. Twenty
I filth Street and Virginia Avenue. Of
! flee,' Thirty-first and Washington Ave
Both 'phones. No. 16. Night 'phone,
I No. 408, Citizens.
CITIZENS' RAILWAY, LIGHT
AND POWER COMPANY.
The aversion which many people
have toward ordinary oil heaters is
largely due to the smoke and smell so
characteristic of the old-fashioned oil
burner. The removal of these ob?
jectionable features and the perfecting
of all mechanical parts, combined with
beauty of design and skilled work?
manship, have made the
(Equipped with Smokeless Device)
vastly superior to all others. Cannot
smoke or smell. "Wick cannot be
turned too high or too low. Brass
oil fount beautifully embossed. Holds
four quarts of oil and burns nine
hours. Light and portable; easily
carried about. Warms cold rooms and
heats water quickly. Two finishes
?nickel and japan. Every heater war?
ranted. If you cannot get heater or
information from your
dealzr, write to our
nearest agency for de?
scriptive circular.
?fr is an
orna?
ment to every room and is
the best lamp for all-round
household use. Perfectly constructed ; absolutely safe ;
unexcelled in light-giving power. Made of brass
throughout and nickel-plated. Every lamp wurranted.
If not at your dealer's \v:ite to our nearest agency.
STANDARD OIL COMPANY
y
uxton ? Parker,
Articles that are Attractive, Useful and Lasu? g
Royal Push=Button
Mortis Chairs.
Rocking Chairs.
Couches ..
China Closets.
Dinner Sets.
Music Cabinets.
Ladies' Desks.
Combination Desks
Fine Parlor and
Library Tables .
Chiiioniers
Chifiorodes
Wardrobes
Parlor Suites
Rugs and Druggets
Pictures
Lamps
Clocks
Brass Beds
"Quality" Beds
Here in Weathered oak, Quar?
tered oak or Mahogany finish,
Velour or Chase leather cush?
ions.
A great assortment, pricea
ranging from $1.00 to $40.00.
From the modest velour cover?
ed couch to tho best guaranteed
whole stock leather cover
conch. All steel construction.
Prices from $0.50 to $50.00.
By far the best line we've ever
had. Prices from $20.00 to
$75.00.
Domestic and foreign. Prices
from $9.50 to $15.00 for lOi
piece sets. Mahogaiiy finish.
Mahogany finish.
MahoKuny, Weathered and
Quartered oak.
A largo assortment, oak and
Mahogany finish.
Mahogany Weathered
Quartered oak.
and
ouLDvr it
be better to
buy now when
you can have lar?
ger assortments
to select from
than you w Fl 1
have later ?
We will store
gotds 'till wanted
uxton & Parker,
What More Suitable
Than a I
KODAK
Kodaks, from $5 to $20
Brownies, from $1 to $5
Let us Show Them to You
C M >K C EPES <Sr B R O.,
28TH STREET?FIRST DOOR FROM WASHINGTON AVENUE.
Daily P*ess JOc Per Week.