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Show ITALIAN SUPEKUKEADN AUGHT ARRIVES TO TOUR U. S. PORTS jjH -m - I "" - . t ,1 t I The upper photograph showa the big Italian fighter, the Conte dl Cavour. as it entered New York Itarbor. The other picture shows a deck view of the vesscL The Conte di Cavour, one of the big warshroa whose operations in the Adriatic spelled defeat for Austria and added fresh gloTy to the Italian navy, steamed into New York harbor recently on a tour of American ports. The accompanying photographs give a good idea of her immense aixe. She has a displacement of 22,380 tons, a speed of twenty-three knots and car- lies in her mam battery twelve 13-inch 13-inch guns. The vessel is in charge of Admiral Hugo Conz, who Dot only has a brilliant fighting record, but also served in Germany, Austria and Turkey as a secret service agent, supplying many valuable military lacts. Many Italian residents of New York greeted the arrival of the Conte di Cavour and among them was Enrico Caruao, the noted tenor. The vessel was sunk by an Austrian submarine in 1916. but was raised again after the signing U the ana-istico ana-istico t H |