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Show SACRED IMAGE WILL BE MASCOT FOR RUSSIAN SHIP ST. PETERSBURG, March 19. Tho daughter of Admiral Taube. who commanded com-manded the wooden Retvizan, predecessor prede-cessor of the present battleship, has written to Admiral Makaroff, saying that nearly fifty years ago. while tho old Retvizan was moored In the Neva, her father noticed an object floating toward to-ward him and found it to be an Image of the Savior which had remained In the Taube family since tho dismantling of the old ship. The daughter of Admiral Taube now sends the Image to .Admiral Makaroff, convinced that it will keep the battle-ship battle-ship from harm In the future. j |