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THE ARGUS, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1908. 0 CRUISE IS HELD i NAVAL TRIUMPH Secretary Metcalf in Report Pats Ad ministration on Back on Its Success. HELPS DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS Criticism of Type of New Warships Declared to be Groundless Wants More Vessels. ule time, and have practically taken care of 1 heir own repairs on this cruise. The repairs list sent In at the naval statici, Cavite, P. I., have just been receiv3d, and are significant. They show that after the voyage to the distant borders of the Pacific, the needed repairs are negligible. The per formance of the Oregon in 1S98 has, it seems, been substantially repeated. This cruise, as yet hardly half over, he declares has given us an opportun FOREIGN COUNTRIES BOUGHT LIBERALLY Banner Year Was 1908 for Sale of Manufactured Articles By the United States. I: . Washington, . Dec. 11. More manu facturers were exported from the ity to get Utter acquainted with tue ; United States in the fiscal year of republics to the south of us. with our 11908 than n any preceding year, ag- own island possessions, with the new gregating in value three quarters of a and vigorous branch of the British em-' billion dollars, according to the annual piro In Australia, and particularly with report of the chief of the bureau of Japan; and 1-as given to those coun-' statistics of the department of com-, tries a better opportunity to get ac- imerce and labor. The report shows 49 quainted with us. It has been every-! per cent of cur manufactured exports Washington, Dec. 11. Secretary Metcalf of the navy department, In his annual report, discusses as the most notable naval event of the past year, the voyage of the battle ship fleet, which "has proven an epoch-making cruise." " Late in tha spring of 1907 it was de cided to send the Atlantic fleet on a practice cruise of the Pacific. When the purpose of giving this ass3niblage of 16 battleships such a practice cruise, under severe conditions, was announced, he states, criticism from high technical quarters was heard. The undertaking, it was said, was too monumental; dangers more than mul tiplied with numbers in such a case; battleships should not be sent around the globe on any ordinary occasion; the skeletons of some of them would doubtless be left in the Straits of XI IT J T A ! 1 1 11 ' " udseuan; ami, u me snips snouiu on th nrat.Hre rruiao. With rosnoel round South America, they would, one to the assortion that our 12-inch guns ! are inferior to those of other powers, i the facts are found to be that the where understood and accepted, as it was intended, as the reaching out of a strong hand in friendly greeting on the part of -America, and the cordial hos pitalities extended to our fleet will be long remembered, and have powerfully influenced feeling' in this country. Between tha United States and every country visited there is a feeling of deeper interest and friendship than existed before the fleet sailed. DrNixn of Shlpu Approved. Passing to recent criticisms of the new and larger battleships now build ing, the secretary says that at the conference, convened and opened by the president at Newport, the general matter of design of these ships was approved, after 43 days' consideration, by this assemblage of the best authori ties available in the navy, consisting of about 60 officers, all but 7 of whom were line officers of the seagoing i branch of the service, i Marksmanship he says has improved went to Europe during 1908, copper leading in vr.lue. v K.. r, ...in. ,V,; ! 1 ' i-'j wnt, aiiivc vf.:i luiituiiiri its ll'av and unserviceable, and with crews re- ueiuns uie conuiuon oi me maieruu. , acUlai nizsje energy of those 12-inch Mnde Own KrpairH. guns, which for in the main armamont The facts are. Secretary Metcalf , or our 8 latest battleships in conimis says, that the ships maintained sched-j sion, is somewhat greater than that of any gun afloat in- any other navy. j As the officer in command of the American fleet now in the far east holds the rank of rear admiral only, he is in a position of subordination to foreign naval officers. This is true be cause foreign powers have, oi Import ant naval stations, representatives of the rank cf vice admiral. The secretary urges that .the navy should, without delay, be provided with tu-n vlfP admirals. ! It is desirable, the secretary states, to lengthen the dry dock authorized by congress to be constructed at Pearl harbor, Hawaii, from 850'to 1.140 feet, to render it capable of accommodating two or more vessels at once. WnntM Mow Veeln. The secretary recommends that con gress authorize at its approaching ses sion the construction of 4 battleships, 4 scout cruisers, 10 destroyers, 4 sub marines', 3 colliers, 1 repair ship, 1 ammunition ship, 2 mine-laying ships these two ships to be converted from cruisers now on the navy list. For Making Fudge and Taffy get pure, fine-flavored syrup that makes the finest kind of canity. In 10c, 25c, and 50e tins at all grocers A book of cooking and csndy-nzk:ag recipes sent free cn retjuesf. CORN PRODUCTS REFINING CQ New York Palace MeatMafket We meet or beat all competition as Christmas is close at hand and everyone is eager to make the money extend as far as possible. In order to add to the Christmas gifts, we would suggest you trade at the Palace Meat market. We know cf no better place, as we have the finest line of meats. HiS WEAK SPOT. Tho Thousht That Made the Nervy Man Lose His Composure. Sp'iil;ing of nerve." said a Massa chusetts congressman, "there, generally 1c a win: It spot iu the most colossal va riety, if it only can be found. In this connection I remember my grandfather used to tell a good story. 'Some forty or fifty years ago a long shoreman's eating place in Itoston was the resort also of truckmen and other . teamsters whose business brought them out early in the moruing. "One gray November morning about 5 o'clock n stranger entered this place mid took his seaf among the habitues. He ordered a substantial brer.kfast and ate it flowlr and with evident enjoy ment. Then lie took his hat down from the peg on the wall and started to go. As he got abreast of the cashier's desk, behind "which stood the proprie tor, he slowed up. '"Much 'bilged.' he said genially. So long!' ' ?- "Tlit proprietor bad n good many . rough customers to deal with, and his pistol was handy. In a second it was out and the man covered. Then he de manded the price of the breakfast. "The man, apparently unmoved, look ed at the shooting Iron with curiosity. It was a queer, clumsy affair of ancient date, and it was evident that he had never se?n Its like before. Suddenly his expression of cariosity changed to one of apprehension, even terror, and he drew back a step. ! " 'Is that a stomach pump? he fal tered. "This story has a happy ending," the congressman concluded, "l ne man kept his breakfast!" Boston Post. Regular hams at Wzt Picnic hams at 8c Wide baccn, strip, at 13'2c Narrow bacon, strip, at ... 120 Bologna 3 lbs 25c Pork loins at 11c Pork chops at 122c Pork shoulders at ...V 8c Pork roasts at 9c Hamburger, 10c, 3 lbs 25c Dainty bulk sausage, box.... 15c T. M. SMILEY, Manager 1811 econd Avenue. . . . . Phone 1024 D0 -YOU -NEED XM AS MONEY? SEE US Mutual Loan Company, People's National Bank Building; Room 411. Old Phone West 122; New 5109. Open Wednesday and Saturday Nights. Chinese Torture. x The ingenuity of the Chinese in de vising punishment for offenders sur passes that of the most cruel people of the middle ages. Some time ago a boy was kidnaped from a viHnjte about thirty' miles from Chinkiang and brought to that city to be sold. The kidnapers were arrested and returned to the village, where the people dug a hole i:i the grouud. like a grave, about three feet deep, covered the bottom and sides with unslaked lime, placed the offender, with his hands and feet tied, npon the lime and covered his body with the same material. Then they filled the hole full of water, and ns the. lime slacked he was roasted alive and his body consumed. The Good Old Days. The richest man iu King Charles II.'s England could not get so good a dinner as tens of thousands will sit down to today. Cattle were of a ?ar poorer breed, vegetables were few and bad and the commonest conveniences of the table were unknown. Fish knives, for instance. 'are hardly con sidered an' extravagant luxury, but Mr. Gladstone could remember when they were not to be found on any table. Tindnn Teltxrnnh Mtlli and Rnim We give too much thought toour toeals. for instance. They need con triving, and it is pleasant to have them set temptingly upon a table on whicfK fresh flowers are arranged and to eat them in a room wherein there Is not a speck of dust, but it is not right that our bodies should be fed at the expense of our souis or that the dust should be taken from every ledge in our house and left to gather thickly in our brains. Reader Magazine. ' '-. I Frank About It. - . Shoe Store Salesman What size would you like, madam? Miss Larjun -I'd like a No. 2, but there's no use hiking about. that You may as well how me your JJo. 5's. London Tel- raph. .- . . . 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