Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 October 1908 — BEEN AROUND THE WORLD [ARTICLE]

BEEN AROUND THE WORLD

Battleship Alabama Arrives at New York from a Voyage of 3A.000 Mlles. New York, Oct. 20. —Through a dull brown curtain of haze and smoke which overhung the entrance to New - York harbor the battleship Alabama crept Into port yesterday and dropped anchor off Tompkinsville, completing a voyage around the wold in 309 days. More than 35,000 miles of all the seas ' of all the world lay behind her. Except in one particular Qie Alabama finished her long swing around the great circle as fit for a fight as when whe sailed from Hampton Roads on Dec. 1 6 last. Seven years of steaming has put the boilers of the ship to a severe test and repairs are necessary. In a few days the Alabama will go to the navy yard at Brooklyn to undergo an overhauling.