Show i i I I I I L I Brakes Fail To Hold Big Naval N val Craft Crashes Down Ways and Wr Wrecks Wrecks' ks' ks Pier Piero on n Way to Berth Cal Nov 20 The The V rv super dreadnought California was vas launched successfully at 11 1145 45 a a. a m. m today at the Mare Island naVY yard The brakes rigged up to slacken the momentum of the big battleship as she slid lid from the ways failed to hold and sh she crashed I Into a pier tearing away piling The damage was slight and no one was In In- In In addition to being the biggest bigge t and I heaviest super dreadnought afloat the California will be the last word InI in I i electrical power development Developed Developed Devel Devel- from crude erode oil burned under her own boilers electricity will supply every impulse aboard the ship from revolving propellers to peeling po potatoes potatoes potatoes po- po In the ships ship's galley She is the acme of fuel saving coupled with power power pow pow- er development thus far achieved by science This fighting giant will carry the theL biggest guns of any and Is destined to be the flagship of the great Pacific squadron carrying I I th the flag of Admiral Rodman One of the distinct features s developed developed developed devel devel- 1 I by the new method o of introducing oil Into the California's furnaces will wUl willbe willbe I be the ability to develop a gigantic smoke screen at will In ordinary consumption consumption con con- conI I of the fuel the oil i lg so 60 sprayed as to produce no smoke what what- I ever When so desired the oil supply supple can be Increased In such manner as asto asto j I to force an Inky black cloud from the great single funnel The vessel Is I equipped with four horsepower I motors |