THE SUN, SUNDAY, MARCH 31, 1912. FLORIDA BEATS WORLD'S NAVIES nbout 27.000 tons which will lo christened the cost of her construction and her arma- 14,405 Ions and 17.11 knots; tho Missouri, tho New York, and which with her ment will finally total close to $8,ooo,om, 13,5'rl tons and 18.15 knots; tho Nebraska, Uncle Sam Demonstrates That He skier , lho Toxns, will bo required Her four propollors aro run by turblnn 10,001 totmnnd lO.oflknoU; tho New Hamp- Speed of 22.54 Knots Over a Measured to make Iwepty-on- o knots, and tho naval engines of tho Parsons type, which develop shire, 17,781 tons and 18,10 knot3J tho Now officers who are petnonally concerned a horso-powe- r of about 28.000. Sho will Jersey, 10,014, tons and 10.18 knots; the iMile Course Attained, Surpassing Can Build as Well as bollevn that sho also will lo n record carry 2,500 tons of coal and 400 tons of oil. North Dukotn, sister of tho Delaware, breaker. They aro oven prophesying that Her complement Is 051 men and sixty 22.000 tons and 21.01 knots; tho Ohio, Fight Hard in Them After they m.iy bn able to bring her speed up officers. Sho Is 521 feet 8 Inches long and 13,500 tons and 17.81 knots; tho Oregon, AU Previous Records of Any pretty cloe In twenty-thre- e knolH. The her greatest beam at tho water line is 83 now No. 3 on the list, 11,088 tons and 10.70 They Are Launched first hittleahlp built at tho Brooklyn navy feet 2).j inches, and her main draught knots; the Rhode Island, 10,001 tons and Sea Fighting Power yard, the Maine, blown up In Havana 28 feet 8 Inches. 10.01 knots; tho South Carolina, sister harbor, only 17.15 knots. Her Tho Florida's armor Is 11 Inches thick, of lho Michigan, 17,017 tons und 18.80 fipeed record for or . America's fastest armored nude The Oklahoma and Nevada which were as to bo completed with a displacement Texas, along the water line, and is 8 feet knots; IIih Vermont. I7,0?0 tons and 18,33 navies go Into the second rato , tho North Carolina, built by the sister ship, tho old nuthorizod running authorized by tho last Congress, nre between 20,000 and 30,000 tons, foreign contemporaneously wth Maine, in width. Above this heavy protecting knots; tho Virginia, ltl.oui ton And 10.01 since the performance of Unclo Nowport News Shipbuilding and Drydock the and to be practically sister of tho New Between tho scout cruiser and battle about tho same displacement and speed, belt there Is 9 Inch armor. Twelve Inches knots; tho Wisconsin, 12,150 tons and fiim' greatest and latest dreadnnught Company, achieved a speed on trial of York and Texas, each to carry ten' 14 ship classes America's fastest ship U dis- - was stricken from tho naval list and sunk of stool protect tho live turrets In which 17.17 knots. i Florida over a measured mile course last' 22.48 knots. Tho Florida, with her tho armored cruiser North Carolina, Mondav No of tho American built by tho Newport News Shipbuilding Jtavy Itself over attained tho Florida's and Dry Dock Company. The Nortlt trinl speed of 22.51 knots. Hut moro Carolina's best speed on trial was 22.48. noteworthy still, tho Vanguard, one of Tho speod of the nine other nrmored the latest of tho F.ngllsh dreadnoughts, on trial was as follows: The hi n record of hut 22.S0 knots. California, 22.20; tho Colorado, 22.24; And to make tho superiority more Maryland, 22.41; Montana, 22.20; Penn- remirkable tho Florida Is n product of sylvania, 22,44; South Dakota, 22.24; foiled States naval officer plan and Tennessee, 22.10; Washington, 22.27; West cintructlon. No outside battleship Virginia, 22.15. Tho North Carolina and bulkier now has any sneer on tho folly Montana wore tho last of tho armored of a rSovcmment building Its own vessels cruisers built, they being first commis- In flr sm fighting. From the time her sioned 1003. They were tho .fastest ijrl w.i bid until sho slid down tho ways ships In tho American navy, above the the Florida was an American triumph. class, at the time they went The speed trial was mado near Rock-'im- l. into commission. Me . and was a tryotit under trying Tho official battery description of the i.a and wind conditions. Tho record Florida and Utah is as follows: Ten 12 niide was place! In comparison Immedl-'nH- y inch guns, two In each of flvo turrets, with that recently checked against all 'on tho centre line, giving a full 12 the dreadnought Utah, built by the New gun broadside These turrets are located ork Shipbuilding Company at Camden. three forward and two aft, ono forward American Th" Utah was the fastest ' lljjjj and ono aft being superimposed. The Kittlehip until the Florida had her trials. guns are .45 calibrt. There aro also The men of the navy and tho Rrooklyn sixteen 5 inch '.51 calibre rifles, four 3 .ivv vnrd. where the Florida was built. pound saluting guns and two 21 inch tvik more time in fashioning her than torpedo tubes. wis expended on the Utah, which broke Tho batteries of tho Arkansas differ records ly being launcncn from tho Florida In thero are twelve layirg that nine months and ton days after the 12 inch guns of 50 calibre and twenty-on- o keel, but naval officers liellovo that ' of her o-- s & :' 5 Inch 51 calibro guns. The New York the nddltlon.il time and expense put on flopida - r ' ; .:..;..,.;';'?--,, y Vyik, and Texas aro to liavo ten 14 inch 45 the Florida has been justified, mo nnai calibre guns, their disposition in turrets rcct of the newest.shlp will be much moro to bo the same as those on the Florida, tho Utah, but tho exact i iimmmmmmmmammmmmmmmmmmmmmmiimmmmmamamsaamammmtmmm m than that of I in Jin iMMMMiaiMiMMMMMw ii Uiah, North Dakota and Delaware, Thoy which make comparisons figures from to will havo twunty-on- o 5 Inch 51 calibro was when not yet available. It said guns and four 21 Inch submerged torpedo the Florida was under construction that tubes. Tho batteries of tho Oklahoma the would cost about $1,500,000. which is and Novada, the plans for which aro not placement of 21,825 ago by the big Delaware aro mounted ten 12 inch 50 cnllbro Tho following comparisons aro given inch guns. Their required spo3d is 20.50 J?,500,noo more than the contract prico of tons, therefore has a year battleship her yet completed, will be practically tho beaten of tho In ordnance tost. Florid is guns, each of which Is 50 feet In length of ships now under construction knots and their, dlsplaoament will be the Utah. the best armored cruiser Tho i the the samo. The information concerning tho meas- class, displacing about 14,000 heaviest ever launch"! in the from the point of tho shell chnmW. or authorized: The Arkansas, No. 33, approximately 28,500 tons. They are The Florida In her runs over the tins. armament of those latter bhips is still Me., nver-'aite- d There Is construction now at tho United She is 1,000 tons Sho has n secondary luittcry of sixteen 27,243 tons nnd 20.50 knots; tho Wyoming, tho biggest warships yet authorized ured mile course off Rockland. under States. about being held as confidential. 21.97 1 knots In five top speed runs. navy yard In Brooklyn u Uittlcshlp of larger than tho Utah. It Is lclloved that rapid fire 5 inch guns. 27,213 tons and 20.50 knots; the Now York, b any nation, although it is understood When tho Secretary of the Navy decided Theee figures are not ofTlclal, but they Kach of the big guns weighs 133,000 No 34, 28,307 tons nnd 21 knots; the Texas, that the now being built probably almost exact. Tho sea was enough to build No. 35, 28,307 tons and 21 knots. in England by Brazil will bo changed, to that the machinery of the Florida should re pounds and costs 05,noo, bo tho rough and tho wind blowing half a gale. warship the period steam of Parsons turblno tyixj, ho wrota a little of leforo to tho of etcam engineer- The officers aboard of her were Rear F.ach great gun can throw thus bureau supplanted sail. ing: Admiral Aaron Ward, commander of the a half ton projectllo twelve miles, liarh third division of the Atlantic fleet; Capt. shell costs $500 and a broadside from tho "The recommendation of tho bureau Harry S. Knapp, In command of tho ship, mighty ship means tho shooting away contained In tho preceding indorsement and the trial board, mado up of Capt. of $:o,ix)0. She can throw about 25 per Is approvod, for tho reasons stated therein reason Navy A. F. Fechteler. president; Commander cent more destructive foroo than any .7 'II and for the further that the T. J. Senn, the recorder; Capt. W. C. other ship In commission. It was predicted Department already has under contract Braith, Capt. C. 8. Williams and O. H. of her that her engines would develop 172,000 horse-pow- of Parsons turbines, Rock, naval constructor. Naturally none much more than 28,003 horso-powe- r, nnd and as our navy yard employees will of these would tell exactly what the great It Is likely that she lias exceeded this havo to do all tho repair work that may (hip had accomplished, but all were by probably several thousand horse- be necessary on tho vessels that aro Jubilant, and Rear Admiral Ward said power. The success of tho Brooklyn navy being equlppod with turbines of this that an extremely high speed had been yard in turning out this kind of ship is make it soems advisable that they should attained. The officers made comparisons attributed in part to tho complete reor- become familiar with tho manufacture of the Florida's wonderful run with the ganization of the Navy Department, sev- of them. The proposal of the Parsons record of the Utah, which also had beaten eral of Its bureaus having been merged company is a duplicate of that to bo her contract speed requirement of 20.75 and rearranged, thus increasing the manufactured at tho Now York Ship-- , knots, making one run at the rate of efficiency. building Company's works and has al- :i.837 knots. Her average was 21.288 Like the othor battleships of our service, ready lieen installed on othor vessels. knots. the Florida has lattice masts. Those In view of tho further fact that therj The Florida burned coal only under her have not yet been adopted by' tho Euro- are five shipyards on this coast whose boilers, as the oil burning tanks have not n pean navies, which, however, have decided mechanic's are all moro or l0s familiar been installed. On her trial trip the to emulate the Yankeo constructors in with the construction of tho Parsniu privately constructed Utah also burned other things. For instance, tho turrets turbine, this would indicate f3.lt experi- 'coal only. The officers in conversation of tho Florida are built along tho centre enced mechanics familiar with thl3 type whh friends after the trial of the Florida lino of the ship and not in echelon, as they of machinery could be secured at any expressed themselves enthusiastically on are in F.uropean naries. Thus, a five time." the subject of naval built ships. The turreted battleship of tho Florida type The building by the Oovernmsnt of performance of the Florida will especially can turn on flvo guns at once In broadside, Its best, or some of it3 best, ships has delight Naval Constructor William J. while the F.uropean ships can uso only Inspired the mechanics of the nivy yard Baxter, head of the hull division of the four guns. Kngland and Germany are with an enthusiasm fortheir work oqiialled navy yard, and Capt. William Parks, adopting the centre lino idea. only by that of tho nival experts them- . . 1 1f ! J. . neaa oi mo inaumuery J ll ui uieit The following interesting comparative selves. They read of tho new slilp'a nary yard. data, in displacement and speed, of all triumph with tii'ich tutlsf.ictio n, glad Of course, as everybody who knows the thirty-on- e battleships now on the list, that they had helped to create her. warships anything of the understands, from tho Indiana, America's third battle- Tho Florida U being handled by a picked the dreadnoughts Is tpeed of the modest ship, to the Utah, is provided by the Navy crow nnd a strong liat of o.liceri. Her in comparison speed of some with the of Department; commandor, LVpt. Harry S. Knapp, who the cruisers and the marvellous Indiana, now ship No. 1, since the sink- hails from Connecticut, is one of of tho particularly those our own ing of the old Maine and tho Texas, has most efficient ortlcers in the navy. Tor navy. Kngland many batt- has cruisers of a displacement of 11,688 tons and a speed a year he was in command of tho armored leship type which are even swifter than of 15.55 knots; tho Iowa, No. 2, 12,647 tons cruiser Tu.me.u'jj und waj specially the American scout crulsere and not so 17.00 12,150 far and knots; the Alabama, tons H selected by Sacretary Meyer Tor the astern of American destroyers. 17.01 17.660 vliKt' the fastest and knots; the Connecticut. tons Florida's command, in tho raco of appli- Unofficial reports say 18,78 that the swiftest of and knots; the Delaware, the first cations from a number of othar oflicorj. the British have developed 28 cruisers of the improved dreadnoughts. 22,000 The executive officer U Commander knots. American Ches-e- r, The scout cruiser tons and 21.50 knots; tho Georgia, 10,001 Joseph H. Syphor and tho navigator Is a comparatively small vessel and the 10.23 knots; 14,405 tons and the Idaho, Lioutenvat-Comm-ind- Ridley McLean. fastest American ship destroyer 17.12 12,150 above the tons and knots; the Illinois, Tho other responsible officers dowu to cias, made 28.52 on her acceptance 17.45 17,050 knots tons and knots; the Kansas, the grade of junior... Lieutenant are trial, and her sister ship, tho Salem, 18.00 knots; Kearsarge, tons and the Lieutenant-Commande- Walter G. Ropsr covered 25.95. The of de- fastest our 12,320 tons and 16.82 knots; the Kentucky, and 7,. A. Madison. Lieuts. William Norria, stroyers i Paulding, with a top speed 10.90 the 12,320 tons and knots; the Louisiana, Richard Wainwright, S. M. Robinson of 32.R0, She highest pre- Jr., thus beat the 17,680 tons and 18.82 knots; the Maine and W. F. Jacobs. vious speed , 31 .82 knots, of any of our naval new Maine, which Is now No. 10 on the The Florida continued her trial on a craft, made by the Reld. The Impression the battleship list 13,500 tons and 18.00 twenty-fou- l' endurance run Tuesday of the Navy Department is that the Paul- knots; tho Massachusetts, 11,688 tons and hour and Wednesday oa her way to Hampton ding is the swiftest war vessel In the 16.21 knots; the Michigan, the first of the a r MAnms tyvt wo wm c rtn Roads to join tho battleship fleet world, barring probably a few destroyers t.O c. American dreadnought type, 17,817 tons for the annual battlo practlco to begin off the in the British navy. She is a trifle swifter and 18 70 knots; tho Minnesota, 17,050 E Chesapeako Capes on April I. than the fastest of the French and German to ns and 18.85 knots; the Mississippi, W? lGATO or 7-H- FCOF? .

hnnds. Let It only bo brought homo to their hearts that the blind aro not BLIND LIVES MADE USEFUL hopelessly doomed to Idleness, that HALF THE JEWELS' ARE SMUGGLED If you had stood at the end of tho they may become honorable, useful "Half of the jewels that come to America And by tho same American qual- discloses only a mpxconlgram, received paper ribbon on which raised character;! another sacrificed something tc. send 10 bo token the woikroom, citizens, und your appeal will not In nine-tent- g nt sea, reading 'Danger declare every- turned Into a drill room for are made. Tho dictation finished, sho cents, wlille a blind boy who had been aro smuggled, of tho hiiur-glin- ity is better, for our workshops, paying the time being, vain." is done by thing,' and watched the thirty reads her notes as ranldly uii sho can taught at the Llghthouso and Is now American tourists and tho largest salaries, attract the best is men pssoclation hoys pn nine times "It thee that our through tho manual of arms slip the paper through her fingers. employed In in ofllco In competition out of ton they We money by craftsmen of Europe. especially combats by ugents in Europo SPRING POPULAR AGAIN. Nisi-en- , wlth , PARK it," said l.udwlg president of tho brought here In their wands and practise the Near by a blind operator nt tho tele- with boys wno sto ent ST-- h'.) savings "Tho choicest stones aro and Canada and Mexico. These agents Boy Scouts' Precious Stono in lioteU und olubs. drill with easy precision, phone switchboard plugs In with unerr- from his 57 a week salary. The eagerness Importers Association, too. On cabling nn order to Europe So about listening to 5'ou Muddy West Hide Resi- quiet boast made in confidence For probably wouldn't havo guessed ing accuracy and trlll.i her numbers In of blind whom 4'rotnn Drives "The tourists are many nnd very long I havo often been unswered, "We havo that every the the association thero is no smuggler who can hold his ono of the Scouts was blind. rjulto thu approved fashion. has helped to bo to dents lluik to Primitive Hupply. pursed, anil they havo tho idea, especially no American goods,' meaning none of tongue always. Thre was none of tho groplnp or un- Miss Holt, who with her assist others out of the Idleness that Tho little spring in Central Park which businessmen who have never liad time to first quality. "Not so muoh docs our association seek certainty Winifred pay to prices "Tho bad bargaining of tho amateur cf step usually associated with rilstcr, Mrs. Joseph Colt Hloolgood, used to go with loss . f sight Is ono of had a reputation for containing medicinal attention jewelry, that are to punish smugglers as to deter them blindness. first smuggler may not end whon he leavos entering t no by making too Kvery boy stepped out as kindled Llghthouso beacon tho tho best evidences of success of the properties that was not borne out much lower in Kuropo than here. from samo it the for the a man store his purchase. Sailing risky and expensive. The 10 per cent, confidently as though the handicap blind, ono of girls to run nn work, says Miss Holt. Department, experts has achieved "When rich nnd his wife arrive the with didn't calls the Paris, with nothing shortly to continent, ho can duty on a few pocket fuls of gems may exist, and thcro was a Bnap and to tho top floor. Tho young There Is another llghthouso recently a new fame since tho Croton water becamo in to do but visit tho another amount to $100,000 In a year, yot very few ro to c.rand shops and become enamoured of tho hardly return or exchange the goods if the drill that would havo done woman turns down the hill as confi- founded In llutfalo, and It is planned to so muddy that tho residents of tho uppor men there are who can carry those pocket" credit gems dNpUytid, tho shop-keojie- rs for any reason lie comes to regret having to regulars. dently as though sho had sight nnd runs extend the work as tho funds come In. West Sido have refused to drink it. Thero beautiful fuls across tho Iroundary successfully." One is dally procession of maids, butlers and take very good euro strongly bought them. And when ho attempts thing you learned nt once; that quickly and grncofuily up tun stairs. Over In the workshop on Kast Forty-secon- d a Mug to conllrm thU opinion. Thoy havo a, to smugglo them through Collector Loeb's After the Battle. Mind doesn't necessarily mean Everywhere In tho Llghthouso It Is street, whero they make brooms, cooks carrying half gallon bottles, pitchers us-- Custom Houso ho runs long risk of losing y and vessels to get supply of clever near truth which thoy with tho a Mnu rut off from all the fun In life, the. same, every one Is bi.-- nnd every the blind workers of tho Lighthouse other a the After tho battle of Chancellorsvllle up which Bteadily of greatest effect, that tho United StateB his jewels nnd Ills money and his good at the "Lighthouse." as they call ono Is happy. Tho only thing that force did over $25,000 worth of busi- clear water bubbles out among the mortally wounded left on the the persons now iin)osos a on cent, duty on jewelry. name to boot. headquarters of the New York seem from year. in- the rocks. The number of xt field was a young Confederate soldier. makes tho iilare different ness last The rug and basket They aro to leave "For tho Oovcrnment has agents In for the Wind US any office Is making such uso or the spring habecomo rareful unsaid that this One of his countrymen, realizing at East Flf other busy f'e beautifully dustry brings In a living for moro of tho only to those same kindly Instructed that street, are to bo found some of women so largo that late comers have to wait a charge applies madeup jewolry, stores that the breath was fast leaving his body, modulated voices of the and the sightless men and women nnd with such as rings, brooches, which him in how to avoid paying duty, and the happiest men women boys quick courtesy which long time, often more than an hour, for U, are leaned against tho side of a great tree and and with the visitor money to build moro workshops there almost never imported, whllo unset cut his purchase may have lieen roported to "rd girls In No Is met. their turn at water drawing, which screened him from observation lork. would b room for more workers, all 10 per gems agents, Tho Government has In After Tho kooper of a boarding house near stones are taxed but cent., and thoto and waited for tho end to come. the drill was over the boys had Miss Holt ns secretary und moving eager for tho cluinco to become upon in tho rough go duty tree. Since the cost this surveillance an auxiliary in our Presently a boy In hluo came up, Ienn In splices the park thought sho had hit and making knots and spirit In tho work Is almost too busy to device to time of c. piece of jowelry depends nliuost Imiorters Protectlvo Association, which observing that the dying soldier was Hh Mr. Wldcman, deep a now cut down the her who was a talk about It, but sho finds time before The work Is carried Into the homes of had to wait tho Sho sent wholly on tho stones in it tho price of In shortly to bo expanded into the Na- wearing a fine pair of leather boots ater sailor oafore he sight, an butler nt spring. stooped nnd began quickly to lost his tinning tho visitor over to one of her the blind, for the association has listed him night found thp.t jewelry mado In America Is ralsod only tional Jewellers Protective Association, so unlace thlr trarhi r. out nt but others them. They learned that a man anslstants to eiuphnsUn the fact (hat 10,000 cases of blindness nnd Is In had thought of It too, though ho got some in per con), by the tariff, not til) that the forces cf all tho wholosalo and have to ee to for The Confedcrato realizing what he w"n't tie a bowline or tho association Is u State iirganhutlnn. personal touch with approximately 7,000 thero at 10:30 o'clock night before last ho cr cent, retail jewellers In the country may lie was up to stepped from his hiding place "'ke a short splice, for a sailor often Independent of polltln or political con- of these, llcsldi's teaching tho blind to reported on his return that ho was last In "And dearly the smuggler pays for his united against smuggling and other forms and accosted him. to In Jji work the dark and In a hurry. trol and dependent for Its support bo tho association lookH u long line. 10 Those know l&wbreaklng. "Hey, you! What Bre you doing there, Tho water flows very slowly out of the er cunt. traders an of Scouts were rapidly perfecting largely on the public, although tho blind after the social side of their lives. It American e.s soon as ho enters thoir shops "There cilst a few professional smug- you rascal? That man's still living. Ihrmfelves rock, tho craoks or fissures In which are Take your hands off him this Instant!" In tho first course leading workers all help to tuke earn of them- provided free tickets to concerts and so small as to be almost imperceptible, and raise their prices us a welcouio to him, glers liko those who the other day in Jo the water degree A. U. money The Union soldier rather sheepishly falt of when selves. She talks of the need for lectures, excursions Into the country Tho Park Department officials have for "rsrcly aro tho articles tagged. If .Minneapolis let a part of their illicit Joweb abandoned his undertaking and turned lenson had to end because tho room, to pay off the mortgage on the land and to the seaside and It publishes the srooned out the bottom of the rock so that tlm tout is) is willing to haggle ho can often bo discovered In u safe deposit vault. to depart, Wfh In the the little stream trickles down into iv probent cramped quarters almost across the hi rem whvin u new Nrnrchlltht, thu first magazine for buy for ono-ha- lf what was asked of him Some of them have thd connivance of the "A precious lot you've got to do with 61 the basinllko cavity out of which the water Lighthouse seves many pur-Y?- ', Lighthouse Is l"'trK built ami to pro- to b In hou.-i'- s In Antwerp and Amstordam whloh It, anyhow!" ho grumbled as hn blind children published this may be scooped up with a cup or a dipper. llrst. gun. was needed for grownups' vide n larger endowment to pay tho country. I gems. They nil cover their tracks shoulderefT Ills tho This cavity is not large and Is soon enough "And even thu lowest prico apt to cut got to do with II, my "'''aline club. In force-- And all this has been accomplished convictions ure rare, (icrhapa "I've this much Karller the day tho teaching lllled, though tho stream that fiours into be higher than it would be In America, so well that friend. I'vo been waiting around hero rr.om was the workshop "vhcro Wlllard V. King Is the treasurer, and In the live ycirs since Miss Unit and it is it tiny one, At one time the water one In u year, Often a professional is her sister began tin- - work In their home, for the enormous wealth of our couniry In tho ruin a couple of hours for that iMft and ru busy. Holt says that money comes to constantly overflowed It, but now the I n arrested as he lands from his ship, only boots myself makers uere Miss Miss Helen Keller, of the cavity is seldom even half full, watnr pro iilecr. Letter market for sui'li luxury fellow tn die to get those a blind all sorts of people, Ono blind lb" r,n to havo It found that hn has deolared his I meun to bo cheated out of stenographer Is taking him from association, huu suld of the association's being dipped out ai toon u it l duep las jewelry. Wo du business u lnri;er und don't won on a machine that carrte ft men eent In SI uut of his first earnings, work; "Tho public will hold up your enough to fill cup. ' cats, with a leas percentage of profit. jowolo, and a tearch through hl baggage them."

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