The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 20, 1922, Page 8

PAGE EIGHT - THE “MONTEREY”)"™ Powe 10 BE JUNKED! FEBRUARY 24 Was The First Steel Fighting, Ship. Built on The Pacific | Coast H KEEL WAS LAID IN 1889, Flag Hoisted In 1893 With Full Ceremony and Great Public Enthusiasm lf ae . Washington, Feb. 20.—(By the Ai a socisted Press)—An old. double tur-} reted monitor, the Monterey, direct \ aescendant of the sriginal Monitor, the “tin can on a shingle” made fam- ous in the battle with \the/ Merrimac in Hampton Roads in the war between the States, is to leave her bones in the far waters of the Pacific. After thir- ty years of honorable service under the flag, brief years of high.adventure and‘ long years of plodding, humble, faithful duty as a station ship, she is to be sold February 21 to any junk man who will risk a few hundred dol- lars in a salvage venture. Fira The Monterey i fighting ship built on the Pacific coast. Her keel was laid at the Union Iron Works, San Francisco, in 1889 and in 1893, with full ceremony and great public enthusiasm, the flag was ho'st- ed ‘that ‘marked her ‘first’'cgmmission. They had beert/great'dap, thise?of her building. For in KEE diy thé ship was a mghty one in gun pdwef ‘and'de- fensive armament, and’ all’ ‘along“‘the Pacific coast the size ofhér rifles was talked of by people who ‘never before had been interested in such a subject. The first of her two 12-inch guns’ was fi reighted westward with the folks turning out all along the way to look the monster, blocked up ‘on’ a It had_personality.!' ‘It, “Big Betsy” ran at freight car. had even a name. the lettering painted on the}wodden housing and as “Big Betsy” it was af- fectionately described in endless news- paper dispatches telling of the great ‘weapon’s triumphal progress west- ward, Made Holiday When it reached San Francisco, the city made holiday to welcome. the monstér. Men, women and children poured in’ endless lines’ through the freight yards to look at it. A proud sailor, perched on the car at the muz- zle would occasionally lift out the huge wooden plug that protected the gaping mouth. Eager small boys lifted -high in their parents’ arms, thrust diminutive heads into the! cav- ernous mouth of the gun, gazing down the vast, dark ehamber of the bore with hair-raising visions of awful power that lurked there. They felt that discharge of this’ giant must wreck the universe. Finally, still with the people. taking a large part in every step, the gun was in place in the forward turret of the Monterey. Came then the sister piece and the two smaller 10-inch rifles for the after turret, and the monitor was ready for her place in the navy at last- : She was not designed ‘for fighting at sea. Her mission was harbor de- fense. She was just a floating bat- tery. sitting low in the water soas to offer small target for afl enemy's fire, her four heavy guns housed in walls of chilled steel to be’a final barrier against any invader coming in from the sea. She was not designed to go outside except in smooth weather, for it took little heaving of the sea to send blue water foaming over her low decks, Her place was inside, riding at anchor most of her life, and a chief duty as her designers’ saw it, would be protection of the Golden Gate at need. Was on Exhibition Up and down the coast the ship went, as the weather served, ‘to.show | . herself to the people at thé 'Various ports. She was a member of the “White Navy,” spick and span and gleaming white of hull and the tan coloring of funnel and upper works setting her off as a picture of ce and beauty belied only by the gleam* ing steel of “Big Betsy” and her sis- ters nested in the massive turrets. The ship was built to ‘be:‘alméit'a land-lubber, to’ live’ and ‘die ‘in ‘the coastal waters, ‘sheltéred“by frittidly headlands from the storm‘ and! stress of deep’ water. So her first’ years passed. There was no war cloud in sight and she was a show ship for the people of the far west, the ship they knew best along the coast. Then suddenly came the war with Spain. On a dull, foggy day, the Ore- gon, destined to become the hero ship of that struggle, plowed out through the Golden Gate on her historic rush around the Horn to the, fighting front off Santiago. Overithe cables drifted the story of Dewey’s bold dash on Manila with his cruisers and gun- boats, of his thrilling passage of the harbor forts in the darkness of early. morning and his smashing victory over the Spanish fleet inside. Inside the Golden Gate the tents were springing up as by magic as au army gathered almost overnight. . it was only a matter of days until the first transports loaded with troops went out under a setting sun, bound 8000 miles across. the Pacific to end the century rule of ‘Spain in the Philippines. And still the Monterey. lay at her berth, ship and crew eager for a place sin the fight but without hope. She was a home guard ship, not a deep sea fighter, and the ‘fight- ine was thousands upon thousands of miles away. Cables Hummed But a rumor was astir that was to mean great things for this burly nav- al policeman: While down,near San- tiago the pride of Spain’s navy was being ‘bottled up against the day when, in heroic gesture, Cevera flung his. whole fleet to destruction under the Yankee guns that waited outside, across the Atlantic a Spanish battle- ship, the Paleyo, was. moving to in- tervene in the situation at Manila. She was started with attending cruis- ers and supply craft, to go via the Suez ‘cattal. The”gables hummed with warnings flashed to Washington of Dewev's peri!, for this single enemy ship had more fighting power ‘than his whole fleet and there was no R WON A PLACE IN.GRAND OPERA FOR HER ELIZABETH LENNOX By. RUTH ABELING nox, a minister’s daughter, and a few years ago a resident of Grand Rapids, Mich., used to help with the church music by playing the piano and organ. But Miss Lennox couldn’t ‘sing. She couldn’t carry a tune, Today Elizabeth Lennox is one of the few really successful American singers. She-has been in grand opera and is now on a concert tour. The answer? Will power! Elizabeth Lennox wanted to sing more than anything else in the world. “A soprano voice was needed in th choir of my father’s church,” says Miss Lennox.’ “I tried to fill the place and found that I couldn’t sing at all.” “Those were dark days for me,” continued Miss Lennox, “to sing wa3 the only thing I really wanted to do. “T kept perfectly still about: my dis- appointment, though you know a par- sonage is no place for family com- American battleship in Pacific waters to even the chances. Then someone in Washington thought of-the Monterey, thought of “Big Betsy” and those three other great guns in her turrets, of the foot or more of armor that belted the ship and guarded‘the gunners. | If Dewey could but have that force to aid him, there was never a doubt of the out- come. a * Still, Dewey was. across the Pac fic. 8000 miles away. The Monterey had no fuel capacity for such .a: voyage. She had ‘no high sides to help her bat. tle a road to the scene of danger.:Her decks ‘stood less than two ‘feet above the‘ water «with ‘her © ballast. tanks empty: She would be,a plaything to any storm, for small waves woul bury her. to the turret tops: No hatch could be opened. The situation was desperate,: It called for desperate remedies and the wires carried to San Francisco order that set the men and officers of the Monterey wild with joy. Against all odds, they were to: take her over. Lashed down on her wide decks would go the coal she needed carried in sacks, and so laden the sturdy ‘ship finally wallowed out into, ‘the eve of the westering sun, going 8000 miles to rescue comrades in danger. Day by day, with life and perhaps the lives of hundreds of men’ down there with’ Dewey at stake, the men of the monterey worked the ship across the ocean. ey endured terrible dis- comforts as she rolled and bucked her way, half submerged in even calm seas. “Down into tropic waters, she plowed and the heat in her fire rooms was terrible, her crew’s quarters and ward room almost unbearable under closed hatches. Death might lurk be- hind any gathering ‘of clouds. She was not designed to meet the sudden storms of the Pacific. But:she plowed on, out of touch for weeks on ‘end for there was no wireless then to tell her what lay before, until finally the entrance to Manila harbor loomed ahead of the sea. stained, rust red- dened bow. and inside law, Dewey’s leet. ‘ Fear Ended i That ended all fear of the Paleyo. With the*batteries of the Monterey to back him up, Dewey was eager for the battleship ‘to. come, but she had jturned. back at the’canal. There re- mained only the last scene of the war to be staged, the capture of the city {of Manila. In that ‘scene, the Monte- rey was to take a picturesque’ part. *| Just a few days after her arrival, the. monitor, her turrets overhauled and “Big Betsy” glaring ‘ominously | shoreward, moved into action. Behind her Dewey on the Olympia led the | cruiser’s fleet down. to.hammer at the Spanish fort and break the back of the Spanish trench line for the ‘troops. | Close in under the ancient walls of the ‘old city, however, stood the Lunetta massive earthworks that housed |Krupp guns of greater power than ‘anything ‘aboard the cruisers. It was on these the Monterey trained “Big Betsy.” The ship steamed down in- |side the bombarding line, ignoring |every other object. She planted her | bulk, grav now in war paint, but still | With the rust and seastain of her long voyage upon her, squarely opposite those menacing Krupps. Broadside on and just a few hundred yards from |their muzzleés, she stopped, crouched like a bul!dog in leash, her own. pon- ‘derous rifles loaded and ewung out- board, ready to answer thesfirst spurt of flame from the shore batteries. ; It nevercame. © The roar of Dewéy’s jguns died away, succeeded by the {mutter and crackle of rifle fire ashore plaints a ahd ‘continued playing for New York, Feb. 20—Elizabeth Len- || Sundgy ‘school. Finally, when 1- entered Chicago university my career. began. “I: decided’ that .I should get back my voice: ini spite’ of everything. As soon as I reached Chicago I secured a-teacher. My spending money all} went for lessons:: I‘ skipped classes and’ slighted ‘my studying—every bit of my career I put into my voice. “Then, one day, after I’d been studying about a year there was a church audition posted and through a drizzling rain I went to Warren Avenue Congregational church, stood up there with my.legs shaking and all those wet clothes on and sang for the church committee. I was the last of a long line of other girls, just as wet and shaky as I, who were competing for the place. “And I got it—with the voice I had i reclaimed.” “And no one knew until thon,’ add- ed Miss Lennox, “that I was even try- ing to sing.” RRR eee as the troops pressed home the at- tack. .The dust kicked up ‘by the shells settled over the wrecked fort where the cruiser’s fire had centered. Straggling groups’ of Spanish troops assed sullenly backward over’ the Lunetta into the walled city. White flags appeared everywhere, on the walls, the battery earthworks, the clustering houses and then the blue- shirted, bare-armed men of the army swarmed out across the open to gath-| er under the old walls and complete occupation of the city. .The war was over. tate .For years the Monterey and the Montadannock, also a monitor, re- mained as guardians of Manila’ har- bor. Their. day had passed, however, and finally the Monterey’s flag came down and she passed out of commis- sion'as a fighting ship. She still was useful to the navy, however, and as a station ship, a humble server of the newer, finer fighting craft that came, and went, she served in many ports, in Chinese waters, finally in Hawaii where she floats today awaiting the wrecking crew’ that will turn her into junk. yao eben DATE IS SET -FOR INSTITUTE Wilton, .N. D.,- Feb. 20.—Friday, March, been selected ag the smers’ Institute to be Word from RG. Catron, deputy commissioner of agriculture and la- bor and director of'Farmers’ Insti- tutes, ‘states. they have arranged for a full ‘day’s program, morning, after- noon and evening. ita’ “Prof. Dan E.' Willard, {the conduc- tor of the Institute, will handle the swbjects of farm management, crop rotation and potatoes. W. F, Reynolds, a dairyman, near Lark, will be in charge of the dairy department, dis-' cussing dairy herd improvement, feeds | and feeding, and the proper handling of milk andicream. Mrs. G..W. Rand- lett will have charge of the poultry discussion, gardens and. clothing. There will. be other vital problems to the farmers: discussed and it is the aim of Commissioner Catron and his corps of instructors to make .this institute a valuable and practical help 0 farmers of the community. MISFITS’ ININDUSTRY Chicago, Feb. 20.—Keauction of the! number of “misfits” in industry is the aim of the National Vocational Guid- ance Association which will meet in annual convention here February 23, 24 and 25. The association is q fed- eration of branch organizations, all centering their activities along voca- tional, lines. Speakers for the convention include Dr. Walter Dill Scott, president of Northwestern Uniiversity, Peter A. Mortenson, superintendent of Chicago ‘schools, Mrs. Helen Wooley, national president, and Miss Edith Campbell, director. of the Vocation Bureau, Cin-| cimnati, O. Three sessions daily will be held Thursday pei tak eh ar convention —adjotirhing -‘“Saturda’ morning following the election of of- ficers. t 6 _| $2,000,000 in northwestern North Da- ' Stevenson, resident’ enginéer. weather conditions are favorable. BRISSMAN CASE Set For Hearing Before Judge THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE GN. 10 SPEND «. $2,000,000.IN NORTH DAKOTA iwill Construct Car Shops In Minot, Improve Stockyards, ‘Build More Trackage INEW DEPOT FOR STANLEY Minot, N. D., Feb. 20.—Plans call-+ ing for expenditures of approximately kota during the coming season, have been approved by the Great Northern Railway company and work will be begun within a comparatively short time, according» to announcement made by R. F. Mills, general agent. The work includes a compre- hensive campaign of improvement of both roadbed and general facilities | for handling. business. | The work includes the construction of car shops 4n Minot, and the laying of a mile and a quarter of trackage to serve this new department that will be operated here; improvements at the stockyards and completion of the double track from Surrey into Minot and to a point about a mile {west of the city; the ballasting, sur- facing and laying of heavy steel from Ralston to Manitou; the erection of a new depot and) yard changes at Stan- {ley; the laying. of doyble tracks from Springbrook to. Williston. And added ‘to this, considerable - maintenance work will be carried on during the coming season. +6 The construction work referred to is all on.the Minot division of which R. A. McCangllegs. {5 superintendent. The vast expeiiditure indicates the confidence + of } Superintendent Mc- Candless and’ officials of the general office in the territory in’ this section of the state served by.,‘the Great Northern. Details of the work to be done are under the direction of W. P. i i ) _ Car, Shops for Minot, Minot is particularly interested in the decision'to erect car shops here, in that /it will add to the already large payroll of the railway at this point. The shops will be just east of the present roundhouse. The structure will, be 84 by 300. feet. In-4 cluded ‘with this work will be the lay- ing of about a mile and a quarter of tracks to serve the ‘car shops. The cost of this work is estimated by En- gineer Stevenson at approximately $85,000. ii It_ is’ qatiingted that the cost of work in changing tracks at the stock- yards’ east of.'the city, of ballasting, surfacing and’the completion of a} second track.'from Surrey through Minot to a point’about a mile west of the city, will bé about $220/000. The double ‘track has already ‘been built from Surrey to the stockyards and this will be pushed on to ‘completion. ‘A work that ‘Will iFepresent an ex- penditure éstimated at $500,000, is im- provement {ithe roadbed between Ralston and :Maniton on the main line west of Minot. .This stretch will be; ballasted and. stitfaced dnd gheavy | steel will replace the present ‘tracks. The Great’ Northern will erect a new depot at Stanley, and extensive | yard changes. at that point ‘will cost about $150,000, $750,000 for Double Tracking, The line from Springbrook to Wil- liston will be double tracked in. order to handle ‘traffic more efficiently in this district. It is estimated that the cost of this work’ will be about $750,000.- The $2,000,000 campaign of ‘the Great Northern will do much ‘in tak- ing up the slack, in,the labor situa- tion. Large “créws' of laborers, as well ag skilled workmen Will be em- ployed, starting just as, soon as ‘WP TOMORROW Nuessle in District Court The next step in the case which Joseph Coghlan instituted against Herman G. Brissman, of Bishop, Briss- man and company, will be tomorrow before District Judge:Nuessle whea Justice of the Peace Richard Thistleth- waite is cited to appear to show cause why he should not be restrain- ed from further action in the matter. Joseph Coghlan, who instituted the cases foday made a statement as to why he instituted action against mem- bers of the firm for assuming the title of certified public accountants in this state .wihout va. certificate, from the Board of Accountancy. He says it is for the protection oftaccountants of North Dakota. 6 ; He said the North Dakota law cov- ered the matter, and quoted from the certified public accountant, published at Washington, D.-'C., stating that every state has legislation regarding the use of the words “Certified Pub- lic Accountant.” He said the basis of his ielse ad- vertising charges against Mr. Briss- man and Mr._Bishop was that the firm advertised itself on the assumption that they are certified accountants in this state, and although they are cer-| tified ‘public accountants in Minnesota he says this does not make them C. P. A’s in North Dakota. ‘Mr. Coghlan quoted from “The Cer- tified Public Accountant,” published in Washington, D. C., as follows: “Every state in the United States | has ‘legislation regarding the use of | the words ‘Certified Public Account- | ant’ or ‘C. P. A’ ; “Each state makes it a criminal of-| fense to use the words ‘C. P. A’ or! ft ou ¥ oat grants’ d ceftificateyxs! g cer- | ith miblic accountant Mefead “The lack of such legislation inthe District of Columbia. made: it possible judge, Mrs. Stokes called on the sher- ———e to organize a private corporation to sell ‘C. P. A.’ degrees, sold far and wide to all comers for $10.00. hibits on pages 2, 3.and 4 show. many states have announced them- selves as legal ‘C. P. A’s’ violation of the state law. ing, and will continue to be, prose- cuted, but this requires separate ac- tion in 48 states.” prising on market days iceboxes in which there are always young girls are beautiful, five é id al y bs } i “i b ; to the public as such gtil! | a WOMAN, 75, SUED FOR DIVORCE — MRS. ZARY STOKES, SR., AND HER HUSBAND. me By NEA Service, Savannah, Ga., Feb. 20.—Mra, Zary Stokes, 75, one-of the! oldést twins. in this state, is being syed by her hus- band for divorce. 'He's'80! x Stokes charges ‘his’ wife deserted him. She denies that. When the aged man failed to pay $5 a week alimony, as directed: by the iff to jail him. “The sheriff did. “Tl die in jail before I'll spend a cent!” the aged fman is allaged to have declared. -“There’s no accountin’ for women's doin’s,”” “These ‘C. P. A.’ degrees have been | A great manp, purchasers of ceiving the business’ public, as ex- “The holders of these diplomas in in direct “Violations of the state law are be- GYPSIES INVADE HANOVER TOWNS, IN LARGE BANDS Berlin, Feb, 17-—North and East Hanover, from Oldenburg to Bruns-, wick, have been invaded by an’army of gypsies, traveling in bands. com- sometimes 100 wagons and camping in fields and woods. They, in- vade the market ‘plates ‘in: towns. and growa’ out German vendors. ‘ The authorities in’ the’ #everal'com- munities are taxed beyond ‘their re- | sources. to control these hordes and/ Prevent them from beating the Ger- mans in trades, at which they ere adepts. Members of the Reichstag have asked the government 4what steps were to be taken to drive out or control.the unwelcome, guests, ” Where they. have -comfe , the authorit! lo. not knows by of them aré'¥ich, travel in st Plux- urious wagons, equipped with rich or- iental rugs and fine furnishings, and supplies of good, wines, liquors and costly champagnes... . Men of these gypsy bands. have adopted modern Buropean apparel, but the women cling to the quaint and Picturesque original costumes.: The ‘Communities through which the invaders. pass ‘ugually a cleaned out through: trade, purcha: or theft, although it is next. to im- | possible to fix crimes upon the gyp-! sies. { | E E i 4 Zé i F i 8 & Ly i 7 i bit of it | e 4 mi ¢ 5 & ty 4 @ z 4 7) a B | | WILLYS-KNIGHT fo Tremendous Mileage With Luxurious Economy That is the Willys-Knight’s achievement in the hands-of scores of owners. ‘‘The Sleeve- Valve Motor never grows old.” After 100,000 miles and more, it runs as powerfully as after May Also, Later On, Design Its You never rod Touring - - $1525 Own Stamp—Will Not ‘Bear King’s Image © ~ Dublin, Feb. 20.—Proposals for a new Irish currency and Irish postage stamps are being discussed by the Free State authorities. . Banking circles here are said to bé strongly opposed to any ‘alteration in the currency on the ground’ that it will-hamper trade and cause compli< cations by the establishment of yet another fluctuating - ‘foreign -ex- change;”. but national sentiment’ may Sweep these objections aside. Some predict that before the end of the year Irish printing. presses will be turning out Irish treasury notes. Reckoning by. pounds, shillings and pence will doubtless continue for ‘some time, and English silver and cop- per will continue to circulate; but it igs anticipated that the Free State will adopt the decimal ‘system of coinage as soon as practicable and that Irish « LAHR MOTOR SALES C0 the first hundred. le in’e car like this before. It makes luxur- ious motoring economical. ‘It’s comfortable to ‘the’ limif. |... Roadster Phohe 490 PARTS PRICES REDUCED 20% TO 50% FREE STATE MAY ADOPT DECIMAL with the deliberate” intention of de- dollars and cents, or whatever their equivalent Gaelic names may be, will ultimately take. the place of the ster- ling money. “ ‘i As for postage stamps, the proposal - is that Ireland shall content her- self for the present with making an arrangement with Great Britain for printing a surcharge inscription, prob- ably consisting of a shamrock, or harp, combined with the word “Erin” in Irish characters upon the face of the stamps now, in use. ' ‘Later on, the Free State will desig- nate its own stamps, and they are not likely to:bear the English king’s im- age. ’ Well Known “Songs” Were Sung in Dublin Dubin, Feb. 20.—A party of demob- jlized “Black and Tans” marched to a Dublin railway station the other day singing to a well-known tune the words, “Does anyone want to get killed before we go?” The crowd retaliated with the chor- us popular in children’s games: “See the robbers passing by.” Dance at Baker’s. Hall: every Tuesday, Thursday and Satur: day nights. Best music and floor in state. 10¢ a dance. For Sale Choice Canary Sing ers. J. Bull, Dickinson, N. D. 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