Evening Star Newspaper, June 25, 1923, Page 14

" 14 Leviathan, New Queen of Seas, To Seek Transatlantic Record 1,6 and 25 Hour Speed Marks of Maure- tania Beaten on Trial Trip—Regular Service to Europe Begins July 4. By the Associated Press. regular nerthbound steamship track NEW YORK, June 25.—The Levia- ( to Diamond Shoal Light Vessel, ar- : riving there June 23, at 3:39 am. than, new queen of the seas, rested | IR NGT NG Siip’ making at a Hudson river pier today after a!an average of 27.99 knots. record-breaking five-day trlal trip| “From Jupiter ‘Lighthouse to lati- 55 s ce | tude egrees 52 minutes north, of 2,200 miles. She will begin active [ (MO0, 88 GeBTocs B0 I nutes veat, service to Southampton and Cher- ! digtance of 687 miles was made In bourg July 1. twenty-five hours. making:un aver- 5 e at | age speed of 27.48 knots per hour.” Capt. Herbert Hartley suid that ®8 Y, ey peen announced that when the proper time came the Le- | quring the first hour of the run from viathan would go after the trans-!Jupiter Light the average speed of GitPe recora: the vessel was 28.04 knots. a new = = ated | MiBh world vd, and for w six- The engine-room men who operated | poSiL WOTG THeOV RS i peed was the machinery that enabled her to |28 knots. Tt was ‘known that this make a record of 27.48 average knots | had beaten the record of the Maure- for twenty-five (hours and @ 1-hour | tania_ for an hour, and for six hours record of 25.04 knots were rewarded | the Cunarder had thus lost her title by the pass s, who contributed | of speed queen, but still Capt. Hart- $8,000 to a them, in addition | ley, Mr. Gibbs, Mr. Ferguson and the 10 §3,000 more for the seamen’s fund. | Shipping Board committee were- not Foir delayed her entrance to the | satisfied. harbor several hours yesterday, but s s esia the weather cleared before sunset ; e and the mighty ship moved up the| Guests spent the day with amus o majestically amid welcoming ; ments and none other than the of salutes Trom the sirens of the har- clals In the secret remained up that Bor cratt | night. The news became common s property within twenty min after Crew is Jubllant. ompleting the t hour Guests of the United States Sl period, at 8:17 am.. ping Board. officials who constituted | record held by the Mauretainia of the trial board and every ember!27.04 knots in a twenty-five-hour of the crew are jubilant’ over the apture of & new championship, one d by Great Britain for Inany 27.48 for the in- the new record of vinthan was run up. radio with ad their famil e newspapermen All are talking of the thrill 3 of a new experignce. news, gues When the Shipping Board announc- i and friends, and ed it would put the reconditioned! took ‘such space a# left In order Leviathan over a test course to de-|to give the news to the country. termine how successful had been the | Everybody shouted their congrati- attempt of American genius and | portsmanship to turn the former| Cl danced and slapped each erman Vaterland into a bettér ship acks. It was big news to than she was born to become, noth- ing was said about going after speed ords Shipping men did not dream uch an attempt would be made and | the members of the board kept quiet. After_a day of the ocean, en rout 1o the Bahamas, the committee of the board i harge of the tri bert D. Lasker, the retiring chairman. | which is to start Independence day and Comum oner . Plummer, T. V. 0'Connor and F. I. Thompson, sum nioned Capt conferen Brothers, hant marine, and apparently~just to others who had no pre- d ideas on the subject. Soon were wiring for accom- on one or another of the itioning, president of the Newport | hipbuilding Company, were | For Better Vision The Right Glasses and Eye Comfort Consult Kinsman Optical Co., 705 14th St. N.W., Established in 1900 Rheumafism even those deep-seated, long- standing aches give way before the soothing action of Sloan’s. Apply it gently without rubbing. Just its glowing, tingling warmth is a com- fort. Immediately the pain begins from New York was passed| to case off —then, almost miracu- that the tirn about Abace| lously, is gonel Get a bottle from Jand, and the passage through( Yyour druggist today—35 cents. vidence channel had been made’ o . 3 during’ the miznc . the low whieh | Sloam's Limiment kills pain! 2" was the ques- | tion all put to the captain. ! Exploit During War. | in fact, i i came as near showing exci when the ran the St. Lou mounted guns, through Germ marine-infested waters as ican challenge to sink her pioit. before America entered the ropean war on the s was one of the heavily in Capt. Hartley's favor fo the honor of commanding the Levia- than Capt. Hartley was directed to choose the moment when the test would be- | gin. Not a word had been said to another soul on board. No one of the 450, or more, guests, and not a mem- | ber of the crew above the engine | 100m, knew what was intende i On ‘the third day out from Boston, June 22, everyhody knew the ship had speeded up, but it was explained that | this meant nothing, and that warm water, which al] shipping men know to be'hard on the conde . would not be selected as the plac ing a speed test. But th creased still moré and, aithough tiere | was little or no vibration, it gradually dawned on the government that some sort of an unu was taking place. Log Revealed Record. i Jupiter Light, about a thousand | mil was not made public till afterward, | shows what_was done | ghthouse abeam 7:17 iR the ' Seattle Gatewdy YOU ARE LOOKING for “something different” in the way of a summer outing,” go to Alaska. It's IT! Seattle to Skagway and return—a 2000- mile voyage through the world-famous “Inland Passage”—takes only ten days. Fare, $80. Seattle to Seward and return, 1866 miles—takes five days longer. Round trip rate, $122. For days you steam through inland-dotted ‘waters which are as smooth as an inland lake, past mountsins miles high and alongside glaciers ‘which were old, centuries before Columbus discovered America. Daily — sometimes twice a day — your steamer stor.4 for an hour or two at a little town on the coust and there you get fleeting glimpses of Indians and totem-poles and fox-farms and copper mines. It is all very wonderful. May 15 to September 30, the Northern Pacific offers exceedingly 3 Low Round Trip Fares to Pacific Northwest points, including Seattle. These rates, in combination with the steam- ship fares, shown above, make the Alaska tour, inexpensive as well as unique. Literature describing Yellowstone Park (which can be visited, going or returning), the North Pacific Coast and Alaska mailed on request. 1 shall also be glad to feserve berths from your home town all the way to Alaska. ‘Write, please. Or, better still, call at this office. Steamers of the Alasta and Pacific rflunflhflm&nflnlbofl( jor Alaska. They are as com= . fortable as ocean liners; and almost as big. Ask for Booklet “I-4” P W 809-! trial period had been humbled, and | ions; most of the people ran about | those who favor an American mer- | service trips to Cher- | bourg and Southampton, the first of THE - EVENING STAR, ‘WASHINGTON, D. On the promenade deck one got the men who were guests on the trial planned tc paying passengers on | her five yea: the first trip. There was arscurrying below to look at rooms, locations_ for deck chairs were looked over, and at luncheon many were heard to tell the | Lev: “We'll | efforts. recor. still has al dining room stewards that see you again soon.” Sees Great Fileet. “Now, If we can only mint that jubilation into a lasting national pride.” said Mr. Lasker to Gibbs, Fergu- son, fellow commissioners, and about 500 others, “we'll have a merchant marine that can compete Wwith any nation on earth.” For the next ten days the Leviathan will be tled up st her pier, under- going a few minor repairs and to give opportunity to correct certaln fervice faults dlsclosed by the trial. These are all unimportant. Not a plece of machinery has to be. dis- (English channel), “channel-to-channel” sible. Prous by the Leviathan. record was made the power developed was turbed. Capt. Hartley said the ship was running” just as well and he felt a8 much at home as If he had had rs. Although_ beating the Mauretania January, 1911, the Majestic n oc record to tempt the than to renewed and stronger This great White Star ship bolds the record of & fraction under five days on the run from New York (Ambrose channel) to Southampton known as This was made in a fraction under five full days. Mr. Gibbs promises to beat that mark, but will choose a time when conditions are as near perfect as pos- run. of Performance. The Majesti¢’s best speed mark is 27.04, just one knot under that made ‘When the latter aximum horse id to be 77,500 at 186% revolutions per minute. \"ig- ures have not been given out officially. In discussing the trial, Mr. Gibbs, the naval architect in charge or rebuild- ing, said: “It was satisfactory in every way. We hoped for good re- sults, but we really did not expect such a perfect performance with new speed records. I cannot speak too highly of the fine workmanship and splendid_service rendered by Homer Ferguson's shipyard. I am very proud of the fact that America has estab- lished a new ideal in.merchant ship service, and I believe it will stand until 6ur own ships beat it."” Complete functioning of every member of the Leviathan's crew, ac- cording to Capt. Hartley, enabled the ship to meet the expectations of her designers and builders in a way the German owners of the Vaterland never anticipated. - Down below the water line in the intense heat of fire kold and engine room there, was Jjust the same enthusiasm to serve as the C.,/ MONDAY, JUNE 25, 1923. Y in the brilliantly lighted dining salon with ity music and cool breezes. After the trial tripr there is a better under- standing of every task and in regu- lar service the organization will not be under the handicap of inexperi- ence. Omit Passenger List. The ustal publication of passen- ger's names was missing on the trial ! trip. Not even the ship's daily news- ! paper with its radio world news had an intimation as to the identities of nearly 500 guests aboard. The Shipping Board office at Washington had the records on the day of sail- ing. The group included members of the Shipping Board, prominent public officials, newspapermen, artists and a few plain cltizens. Lifeboat drill and fire alarm tests | brought to many of those aboard the recollection of war-time travel. There was apparently no reluctance on the part of passengers or crew to re- spond when called on deck, wearing life helts and ready to occupy the Loats. Complete inspection of the entire ship and observance of all tests were invited. Plenty of amuse- ment was afforded by deck games, movies, orchestra, library, gymnas- ium and swimming pool. Asked about the need for a trial trip, Mr. Ferguson, president of the Newport News Ship Yard said: Trinl Held Essential. “No one can tell how a ship will behave until she makes a trip. There it no mechanism or organization that always acts precsely accord- 1 ing to plan. Just as the kitchen sink or the electric wiring in one's home | needs attention, the organism of a | S E ship may need tunigg up after it is| Setting Rer Right. ready for service. Every ship built or repaired at our yard has had a | ¥rom the Boston Transcript. trial trip before being put into merv- “Stop! Stop!"” cried the music ice. I believe the Leviathan will be |teacher in despair to his shrieking 0Tt Showed a net cost of less than 2 per day for feeding the passenger guests, which constituted practically the only expense of the trial trip above the cost of the crew and oper- ation. A round trip every three weeks between New York and Southampton is the Leviathan's schedule. There will be stops at Cherbourg for pas- sengers to and from France and the continent. 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