Show one of t ie largest most powerful ow erful wai ships quincy mass ug 31 the battleship vermont which was launched here today is one of the largest and most powerful fahe ships of war that have been constructed for the united states navy she is tons burden with a length of extreme breadth of TC K feet affe will be required to steam IS knots an hour for tour consecutive bourse the main battery will consist of tour 12 inch breech loading rifles two mounted forward and two aft eight 8 inch breech load ing rifles and twelve 7 inch breech loading rifles in the secondary battery will be twenty 3 inch 14 rapid fire guns twelve S and semiautomatic semi automatic guns six one automatic guns two one semiautomatic guns two three inch field pieces two machine cups and six automatic guns the 12 inch pieces will ba mounted in pairs in two electrically controlled balanced elliptical turrets the 7 inch guns will be mounted in broadside on pedestals on the gun deck behind even anch armor the hull of the battleship Is of steel throughout it Is protected at the water line by a complete belt of armor 9 feet 3 inches wide having a maximum thickness of 11 inches tor about feet amidships forward and aft of this the maximum thickness Is 9 inches within the limit of the magazines from which points the thickness is gradually decreased to four inches at the stem and stern the 12 inch barrettes barbettes bar bettes extend from the protected deck to about tour feet above the main decks and consist of 10 inches of armor in front ana seven and one halt inches in ho rear above the gun deck the engines are of the vertical twin screw four cylinder trials expansion of a combined horsepower of there are twelve boilers placed in six watertight water tight compartments there are three funnels each feet high above the base line the vermont was designed as a flagship the arrangement of the quarters provides accommodation for a flag officer a chief of staff 19 ward room officers 10 junior officers 10 warrant officers and not fewer than men including sixty marines thousands cheered and waved their hats as the hull rushed into the water among those who witnessed the spectacle were many distinguished citizens of vermont massachusetts and other states the guests of honor included governor bell of vermont governor douglas of assistant secretary of the navy darling and commander boutakoff Bon the russian naval at washington after the launching the guests were entertained at luncheon by fore river company formal speeches followed the luncheon mention of the president threw the assemblage into a most enthusiast alc tlc demonstration every one present arose immediately and cheers filled the loft BOYS WERE KILLED used a box of dynamite as a shooting target santa fe N M aug 31 two youths named jose Martl noa and eudore romero have been billed by the explosion of a box of dynamite they used for a target halt a allo from chama rio county the boya wore rabbit hunting not finding any game when they reached the powder house of the denver rio grandc railway company near chama they set up a box of dynamite as a target the box contained pounds of tn explosive and its explosion set off four tons of powder C many window panes were broken |