OLD U S. DESTROYERS TO B£
SOLD TO S, AMERICAN NATION
Pacific New* Service, Wash. Bureau
WASHINGTON, Five torpedo des
troyers, now comprising part of the
destroyer force of the Atlantic fleet,
are shortly to be sold to a South
American republic, according to re
peats emenatlng from naval circles.
The vesels are the Lanison, Smith,
Picston, Flusser, and Reid, all coal
burners, and will be the last of that
type of craft to be dropped from 'ho
Navy Register as of no further use
T1 p destroyers are of 700 ton3 dis
placement each. It is understood the
department hns decided that convert
ing the craft into oil burners would be ^
nadvisablo because of the expenditure
ifeessary.
The passing of the speedy little craft,
calls atentlon to the extremely short
life of warcraft. The destroyer has
been commissioned less than ten years
bi tore becoming obsolete. The Pres
ton Smith and Lamson were author
ised in June 1906; the Reid in March,
It 07, and the Flusser in May, 1907.
More than a score of coal-burning
torpedo boat destroyers, other than
the five now listed for sale,' are on the
Navy Register, but none of them are
considered available for duty with the
Atlantic fleet, though several are In
sci vice on the Pacific coast. Sixteen
destroyers which use coal as fuel are
being used as torpedo craft for Atlan
tic coast defense. These vessels are
older than the Smith, Damson, Preston
Reid and Flusser which will, If ne
gr'ations now under way are con
summated, shortly go to bolster up the
navy of an unnamed Latin-American
i enublic.
A big factor that entered Into the
decision of the Navy Department to
dispose of the destroyers, it is under
stcod, Is the shortage of sailors to rnan
the new dreadnoughts that are being
commissioned. Old cruisers, battle
ships and coast defense craft are being(
shrived. It is learned, In order that
their crews may be released and go »o
make up the 700 to 1,300 men required ,
to take over the super-dreadnoughts
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Pacific News Service, Wash. Bureau, i par'ment recently made public a the United Htatc3 and of the United]
WASHINGTON, D. C. — Puget Sound! statement to the effect that both In Kingdom, according to returns to the,
Columbia River and San Francisco! number of ships under construction United States Bureau of Navigation
Buy shipbuilding yards are well up in1 and aggregate tonnage the United flora American shipbuilders "includ
merohant-ship construction as coni -j Slates is close on the heels of tho mg ships ordered but not begun” and
pored with o her principal mnrihe! United Kingdom. according to Lloyd's returns from Uri
ernstruction c niters of the Unit <11 The steel merchant shipbuilding in tli h shipbuilders “covering only ships
SiatP3 and Europe, the D partment of I progress on September 30, 1916, In the the construction of which has actually
Commerce announced to day. Th»de-|i! t principal shipbuilding districts of begun,” were a3 follows:
NOBODY CAN LIFT SLIGHT
GIRL WITH STRANGE POWER
"Resista," the slight, demure young
girl who is doing the resistance act at
Fantages this week, came into the
Post-Intelligencer editorial rooms vih
terday. Sho had her golf stick; was
Just off to the municipal links.
Seme of the strong men among the
staff thought the ywould test the gen
uineness of her claims that she could
not be lifted. Among the spectators
was Walter Shicl, former captain of
the U. of W. football team. He was
selected to make the trial. He easily
lifted the girl. “Now try,” she said.
Ho struggled until he was red la the(
fare. He could not budge her from
the floor.
“You are like a chunk of lead,’’ he
said. “If Dobie could get your secret
for hla men he would have It easy."
Other strong men tried. It was all
the same. No one could lift the ninety |
eight pounds a fraction of an inch, i
It is a strange thing that 3eemlngly
3Udden change of a girl’s weight from
ninety-eight to 300 poundB, perhaps
mote, for Shlel could certainly lift 400
pounds dead weight, perhaps more.
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The girl says she does not know
how she changes her weight. She 1
dee sn't know whether It is will power,!
hypnotism or some undiscovered law
of phychology. She has been doing
this trick for eight years. In the
Post-Intelligencer office there was no
clinnce for mechanism. She Just
walked around, a free-moving young
gill. Then, when the hands were laid
upon her and the man strained nnd
gtow red in the face with his exer
tions, she stood apparently passive.
Eut the resistance was there. At the
theatre there have been hundreds of
tests. She has not failed once. Here
is an opportunity for some paycho
3cicntlst to explain things.—P.I.
ALASKA
NOTES
Henry Paul, a Hot Spring3 Indian,
lias been held for the grand Jury In
a charge of rape. Bail was fixed at
$500, and as It was not forthcoming
llcnry will be permitted to wield a
snew shovel until spring.
Alfonso Sheboff, a Russian 22
years of age and unmarried was kill
ed by a falling rock at the Persever
ance mine near Juneau recently. She
btff had Ju3t started to work on his
first shift in the mine when a rock
.’t il down one of the chutes, crushing
him.
The curfew law is again being en
rol ced in Juneau starting recently.
All children under 18 years of age
uiinccompanied by their parents must
be off the streets at 9 o’clock, or have
some good legitimate excuse. The
law has been on the books for some
time hut has not been enforced.
An amusing Incident occurred in
the courtroom at Juneau recently,
when a witness for the defense in the
case of a man charged with the Illegal
sale of liquor fell asleep In his chair
and commenced to talk In his sleep
just as the court commenced to In
struct the Jury. The court stopped
and the sleeping man very audibly
stated: "Oh, they’ll get him yet; It
is only a matter of time.”
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United Stutes- Construction,
District Number Gross tons
Delaware River . 90 419.213
G:eat Lakes . 69 216,046
Chesapeake Bay .. . 11 213,796
Sal, Francisco Buy 35 211,628
Puget Sound and. ...
Columbia River. 32 182,000
All Others. . .150 211,497
Total . .417 1.454.270
United Kingdom—
Newcastle ...... . 77 401,926
Glasgow . 74 319,332
Greenock .57 285,280
Belfast ... 26 281,250
Sunderland .. 56 220.004
All Others . 179 281,262
Total .409 1,789,054
Figures on the construction of mer
chant vessels other than those of steel
tue not being compiled, officials state
B't* it is not believed the building of
wooden craft In Britain to be used ns
trawlers compares with American
construction of boats for the same
purpose on the Atlantic coast, added
to the Increased activity of several
Pfcillc Coast yards that arc turning
out many wooden ships to carry on
coastwise lumber trade
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Jan. 3. . —25 -28
Jan. 3 . —18 —28
Jan. 4. —17 - 34
Jan. i. —20 -40
Jan 6.. —0 —40
Jan. 7.. -17 -22
Jan 8 . 80 - 30
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Ian. 10 . 19 -10
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Jan. 19. —25 10
Jan. 20 . —22 18
Janl 21 . —20 —10
Jab. 22 . . —18 -17
Jan. 23. —23 - *7
Jan. 24. —17 -15
Janl. 25. —6 -SP
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