Show H H hh hl hh I nr e eyb yb 1 s Ye JJ r t 1 j h I I j I i t 1 l r I i a aM I M J N i I r I v L v 9 r i 7 r i i 1 il I T Ti i Hi l iH HH I HH H II HH HH H tH H I t H I III WAS BUILT IN TilE THE V STATES STAIRS Russian Hussion Battleship Which Was Waa EtTon Reported Sunk by the tho Japanese Navy Special Specht Correspondence Washington Feb 23 Two of ot the tho first vessels u ls of at the czars navy nay to succumb to the superiority of Japanese arms were built In the Cramp Shipyards at III Philadelphia They were the and The former Is la said eald to have havo been floated and to be capable of ot further service The Thu latter nt at last reports r was n a total wreck wreak Whether or not lIot the Japs have discovered for tor themselves the secret of at submarine torpedo warfare Is U an nn open question Shortly after the destruction of oC the first Russian vessels oft ort Port Arthur by II hi the Ihu Japanese torpedo In la one olle of ot the of ot the Cramp Shipbuilding company com declared that no surface torpedo boat could have caused the havoc reported Ho IIo Iu added that he lie knew of ot his own oni personal knowledge that t there are several reveral aub boata attached to the Japanese na navy y and It wee was one or snore moro of ot these he was certain that won the lint first victory Ictor for Cor Ja Jn Japan pan on the morning of February I 9 Soon Boon utter tho the wa WM launched she was 13 docked locked in tho the navy yard at Brooklyn lII A photograph was wag made mado of ot her after aCter the water had hind been pumped out of at the dry dock It happened that a n submarine Inc torpedo boat bot was In la tho the dock at tile the same time and nm was caught by h the tho photographer This Thus picture which ch thaws shown the tie relative size of ot n a ten tell mil million million lion dollar battleship and a torpedo boat bont is an eloquent commentary upon IllOn the value of ot little hillie things dings especially If It they are arc naval vessels with crews competent to handle them thorn The photograph appears above Here Is an nn example of at the tho unreliability of ot the war news from the tho far east cast at this time lima Some Seine days IlnI ago ngo tho the report was definitely and widely telegraphed over the tho world that the had been sent ent to the tho bottom of tho the ocean by bythe bythe bythe the fleet On Thursday of oC this week welk the cable brought messages that nhe ahe hind hat coveted covered with glory clary In ht 11 repulsing the Japanese ships the tho day In before when the latter Utter attempted to storm Port Arthur that she sho beat buck back the enemy In masterful fashion a n fact that sent a thrill of ot patriotic pride through th the empire of ot the czar If It Ja In Japans Japans pans victories have havo nil been be n like this ono one she ho has hai hB gained no considerable advantage nd antage thus time far tr It U would seem that sho she must have hac a 1 very ery Industrious press bureau at It work in her behalf ono one that nt docs does not hesitate to color col r when wh n color Is le required MI o y tr i NJ I NM I |