Washington Evening Times. (Washington, DC) 1904-09-29 [p 7].I
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BATTLESHIP CONNECTICUT LAUNCHEDI
THE MEW BATTLESHIP COHNECTICUT One rf the Most Powerful Fighti in the United States Navy A Sitter SW of tile Louisianalc En nee
BATTLESHIP CONNECTICUT- IS PRIDE OF THE OCEAN
Contined from First Page battleship in the navy that has been built at a Government yard The Texas a secondclass battleship was built at the Norfolk navy yard but was never- a complete success the ship generally starting a plate or breaking down In some one her component parts when- ever most needed tar duty
j 1ws th jfjwr- Is the pride of the
dfpartraent of the navy The constructor declare she will excel any ship ever built
A sister ship of the Connecticut the Louisiana is now pain completed by the Newport News Shipbuilding sad Dry Dock Company
The two battleships Identical in ev- ery particular were py an act of Congress approved July 1 1MB It was by this act that one of the ships should be built at a Govern- ment yard and the future Connecti- cut was selected be constructed at the Mew York yard The contract tor the LouisianaNewport News
A 4MK understanding was reached that every endeavor would be made by both the private concern and the
to finish tie ship first The Louisiana was launched about a month ago and is consequently several per- cent ahead of the Connecticut la the race for
The officers at the navy yard say however that the Connecticut will be completed and turned over to the
before the Tx uisiaDa pleted
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On the first of the year the Louisiana was 10 per cent theaxTin work but on
st 1 the report of the chief con the Connecticut
While the Louisiana ws 52 per cent completed the Con necticut was 47 per
With the a work is as only completed On the remainder of the
t le officers at the yardpar the private company The Connecticut a load
water line pf 480 feet and an extreme bread h of W feet inches the will have a displacement of MOOQ tons and a trial sea four hours of IS knots The hull of the ship is of steelthroughout
Formidable Batteries It is not only In Chelr speed and dis-
placement that the Connecticut and Louisiana will be powerful it la their
The main battery of jbe Con cut will consist of four 12Inch ihloadlng rifles eight breech
loading rifles and twelve 7inch breech loading rifles Her secondary battery will consist of twenty 3inch
twelve semiautomatic
SInch field guns and ix automatic buns
Tht finch guns of the main battery wall be mounted in pairs in elec tricallycontrolled turrets on the center- line one forward and one aft each withan arc of tire of ahout 270 The
h guns will also be mounted in eta two on each beam
ihsst Farwarl and a stem The 7inch guns will be mounted in
broadside on pedestal mounts on the gun deck behind 7ineh armor The for ward and after guns are arranged to lire right ahead or right astern The
of the secondary battery will be mounted commanding positions
The Connecticut amply nro vided with defensive armor as well as with offensive engine of war The hull is to be protected t the water by a complete belt of armor 9 feet 3 Inches
having a maximum thickness of lit The decks and
by the best of armor It Is be- lieved the Connecticut will withstand the attack of any warship ever con- structed
In addition to her she will have four submerged torpedo tubes These
been added to the armament since the were made partly because of successful torpedo the nuaao war
Water or Wine The Navy Department had Its troubles
when the Womans Christian Temper- ance Union learned that the new ship wms ta be christened with The Metjr sent a petition to Acting Seerre tarS Darting atoned fry almost all its
ham in which they decried the use of wine and begged that the
malts use in the ceremony of none but pure crystal spring water against which for nearly three hundred
no indictment had been found and which has played a vital part in build- Ing the sons of into sinews of the nation
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f what it cufs-ons The petition however came to Chief Naval Constructor Richard Hhas had complete charge ofhe construction of the Connecticut KJthe youngest constructor in theme born In Kavenna Ohio in
CONNECTICUT- IN NAVAL HISTORY
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and It Is one that has had an unblemished recordin the annals of our navy
It wis a Connecticut that took part in the first fleet action in which theUnited States was engaged and thoughthat momentous resulted defeat to our arms yet like that of Bunker Kill it was so stubbornly contestedthat it prevented enemy fromrying out their of invading New York from the North strug gle might well be called the BunkerHill of the Sea
was on the 11th of October 1776 that the American and British naval
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forces on Lake met In their first clash Of arms The hastily assem- bled American fleet under the command of MaJ Gen Benedict Arnold consist- ing of fifteen vessels mounting eighty eight guns and by 700 men took a position old
Among those vessels the Connecticut technically called a gondola mounting three guns and eight swivels and manned by The op posing net under the command of Cap tain Pringle of the royal navy con sisted of vesselseightynine guns and manned by 1 men
early in the morning the battle opened and was with fury until 5 oclock in the afternoon when theBritish retired just beyond gunshot In- tending to renew the struggle In themorning that he was lessly outclassed and having severe damage on the enemy Arnoldunder cover of night through theBritish lines and stood the lake
Started in Pursuit The enemy did not discover the move
until the following morning when hey started out m pursuit All that day October 12 the chase was kept up and It was not until noon of the 13th just after the Americans had paved Split Rock fleets were again In gun snW
in vessels were destroyed or dispersed
Although not regularly connected with the navy there was another Connecticut- in our sea forces of the Revolution She was an eightgun sloop i privateer manned by men under the
command of Capt C Tucker She was commissioned from the State of her name Evidently he career was short and inconspicuous for there is little- r ecord of her
The Second Cojupectiewt
The second Connecticut of the regular navy was a sloop of war built In 17M
at Middtetown Conn She was ship rigged f 418 tons mounting 30 guns and wee manned by 280 men The coat of her opnetruction was IS7M and at the tf rhfjaatlon of hostilities wfth
ee for pt300 is like many other of Our
warships of that period was built to nrotect our merchant marine
from the depredations of French cruisers and Under the
of Move Tryon she cruisedtwo years In the West Indies escorting homewardbound andprotecting American in those
waters At the outbreak of the civil war the
problem of national warships at on the was one of the to confront theat Two aidewheel steamers rechristened Connecticut and Rhode Island were purchased and fitted with coldstorage plants for the preserr
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two ot th smallest Statesof the Union Is difficult to understand
of orncers and men who satdown to wellprovisionedcheerfully More Warlike Service
Aside from this stewardship these ves- sels frequently were called apes per fornj more warHk service In the way of chasing Confederate cruisers and
and bombarding torts The Connecticut was purchased July IS ISO under the name Mississippi froMesas S L Mitchell Son for She was a wooden vessel of 17K tons At the close of the war she was sold September 23 1MB for 1 W to D BAllen
The name Connecticut having suchcreditable association In the matter ofgood and good sating In theit for thebattleship just launched
JUDGE SITS
Presides Over the Police crt After Yaemtia JHx Weeks
months In the wilds of Maine Judgeivory o Ktmball senior Justine ofPolice court returned to the bench thismorning
He presided In the United Statebranch of the court told had heavydocket to dispose of Judge Mills whohas been sitting in the u per courtthe District Branch where there another full
Judge ONeal was conspicuous becauseabsence ferencc In the nenalti M
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half months leave eachJudge Kimball left Washington in August to go o Boston attendedthe annual encampment of the O
From Boston Judge Kimball went to Maine wherefor live weeks His health was Improved and he looks stronger
He he spent time hunting andbut ones gotaway Judge Charles F Scott who has beenpresiding in the District Branch of thecourt will not return until about themiddle of October did sotleave until the lIt of September Justice has been appointed asa substitute Pollee C jrt It is
then again
LEAVE FOR PRINCETON TOMORROW AFTERNOON-
The Georgetown football team will leave over the Baltimore and Ohio
at 1 p m in a special car or Princeton where the team will play Princeton Saturday The arrangements- for the trip were made by Percy Bald- win traveling passenger agent There will be twentyone men In the squad besides Coach Assistant CoachDr Owens and Ma
ately after the game Ort
the Baltimore surd Ohio at 7 a mnjt At Princeton in goodtime for the game
MAY TRY OUR METHODS TO IRRIGATE IN EGYPT
American irrigation methods are the most modern and wonderful in the world We will probably adopt many of the methods In rescuing the deserts around the Blue and White Niles for agriculture
The foregoing utatement was madethis morning by Col M H K Bakhati chief engineer of cant projects for thegovernment of Egypt who calkd at theDepartment Interior and had along talk with Secretary Hitchcock
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Mrs Campbell in The Sce i The Sorceress which Charles Froh
man will produce at the Columbia The- ater on Monday evening for the first time ID English on any stage will be the AVst appearance of Mrs Patrick Camp- bell In a play which has made a sensation in Paris and in London
Sarah Bertfnardt who first appeared In It fn brlnctag both Paris and London audiences to leer list Mrs Campbell who wilt appear la the part of Zoraya in this city which Charles man lids chosen for the perfor- mance will afterward present the
and extensive production for a- long run hi New York Mrs Campbell Jtt all the emotional parts of the present day is perhaps the very best and thestrongest that this drama could possi- bly have great skill and versatility and Is espe- cially adapted to the psychological u eMatton o a character According to Partslevnes her new role will give her unusual acting opportunities
the sixteenth century in Toledo after the expulsion of the Moors tram Spain IB their retreat the Moors did not carry the superstition away with and at the beginning of the play a fairoung widow name
i accused of witchcraft She Is thedaughter of a wise and learned wisdom and learning shehas innerited She Is ot nature which she accredits to her
blood though the charm she exer esjKH upon men is attributed by thetts of the Inquisition to sorcery
Enrique the newly married hus band Joana of the gov- ernor become infatuated with her She Is brought before the Inquisition con
to the stake to be burnedgut Joana has lanes Into a sort of cat from which Zoraya with
her powers can awaken her On this condition she is libei uea but the pardon she has received isnaught the raging multitude and
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ttonal Theater Monday night to a new y opera The Two Rases under
the management of C B DUltngha- Mtos SehetTs new ofeerUtg is a musical rendering of the story of Dr Gold- smiths comedy She Stoops to Con quer
Stanislaus Stange is said to have known cleverness in adapting the story for opera purposes and of
ta chief incidents of eve actsInto two He has also furnished a num ber of excellent lyrics upon themes sug gested by the comedy it is claimedthat there is not one musical number
in any sense be regarded asinterpolated music by Knglander isto be in harmony the E
rural life tong the of th opera
Mum Scheff is seen first as Rose Decoureelles a French girl In English surroundings and then as a Hence the two Roses Later she appears in a gor- geous costume as lady of fashion Miss SchefTs obviously pat- terned after Kate andreported that Miss Scheff has won new laurels es a comedy actress Hereto fore she has been famous chiefly as a
but now she has achieved new distinction by giving a piquant perform-ance of this comedy
In Miss SchefTs supporting compan are Roland an tenor never before heard in this country Louis Harrison the wellknown eomedian who will have ample
for funmaking in a mrt much Clarence Handsside fi7 Whitney Jr IdaJosephine Bartlett Louise La
and a singing chorus of There will be a matinee on Saturday
Oar New At the Lafayette esmmsneing Mon-
day night win be given Our New- Man front the pen of Charles T Vin- cent with Harry Beresford that sole fellow as the star of the performance This young actor Is regarded as a comedian of quiet methods of a grace- fully awkward personality sad thepossessor of a ofnte lines as comprehen- sively as if he spoke them Vin- cent play Is a comedyfirce and is de- scribed as full of clean pure fun com
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plicated situations with a a coun and again a third plot all ofwhich develop however In the most natural manner the climaxes being ludicrous in the extremeManager Coleman has selected thecompany surrounding the star with theutmost care s
ent to theirwith quickened wits and iuietel
The Child Slavs of Maw The Child of Mew Tusk
melodrama In a prologue sad tour acts by Charles B maser and Howard Hallwill receive jts second presentation inthis city
The play is said to be replete withscenic features among which are an Alaskan scene with snow clad talus and glittering peaks of ice the river front of the great metropolis by moonlight showing an grate elevator its destruction by the har
end fist Street station of the Underground Railway shawl the street above
The company numbers thirty members and among the are William Vedder George Mack last season withFoxy Grandpa Ida Vernon
Van Dyke Brooks Fannie Ulllan Mae Crawford M M Murrey Harry Hsmmil Robert A WeusetU-
iOustave Knoll William Morgan Samuel OafTanr Fred Slater the Chfid Slaves Octet and the Child Slavs Roy Band
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Yule Bert 1 no and Walters andFva Wheeler are also features
The Orphstua Show The Orpheum Show will make its
usual annual visit to Chases Theater next week Mclntyre and Heath vet eran black face comedians whose sketch The Minstrels is uf the
vaudeville seen in On Ik ssanfs eao brought
diecUy from frame fur Shorn and the act as said
to be one of the greatest novelties im ported to these shores They ride a merrygoround participate in a ludi- crous banquet ride a bicycle play clown and do other feats unexpected from bears France and Yen Latona will
a comedy act entitled The Musical Slavey which garnishes their wonder- ful Instrumental work The Knight Brothers and Miss Sawtelle will offer tuneful songs and fascinating d mces Harry Swirl and Rose Keener will pre- vent The Belboy and the Waiting Maid Clarice Southern singer Jack Gardner monologue comedian and the Boston Brothers startling European gymnasts complete the bilL
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