Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 August 1909 — ASKS GUNS COSTING $600 FOB ONE SHOT [ARTICLE]

ASKS GUNS COSTING $600 FOB ONE SHOT

Naval Secretary Meyer Favors Fourteen-Inch Rifles. Washington, Aug. 24.—Secretary of the Navy George Von I;. Meyer will recommend that on the next two battleships fourteen-inch guns be used instead of the twelve-inch guns, as on the ships now building. The new “fourteens” will be the most powerful naval weapons in the world. They will be more than fifty feet long. The projectiles will exceed seven feet In length. They will have an actual range of sixteen miles. It will cost S6OO to fire the fourteen-inch gun once, using an armor-piercing projectile.

SPERRY RETIRES SEPT. 3 Admiral Who “Took the Fleet Around” Will Be Sixty-Two Next Month. Washington, Aug. 24 Rear-Admiral C. S. Sperry, who took the Atlantic battleship fleet on its cruise from San Francisco to the Philippines and through the Suez canal to Hampton Roads, will be placed on the retired list Sept. 3. He then will have reached the age of sixty-two. NEW DESTROYER A FLYER Fluster In a Trial Spin Attaint Speed of 31.03 Knots. Washington, Aug, 24.—Record speed was made by the torpedo boat destroyer, Flusser, in her preliminary trial. The vessel scored 31.03 knots per hour, her contract requirements contemplating but 28. This sets a new mark for destroyers Cleared Up. “Have you been reading the Shak*-sneare-Baeon controversy?” “Every word of It.” “And what Is your conclusion T* “That somebody wrote It."