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Show BIG OIL TANKER ISJJNCHED Greatest Vessel Ever Built Has Every Modern Device Double Lifeboats Required. Newport News, Va., Jan. 28. The John D. Archbold, largest oil tanker ever built, was launched here today. President Archbold of the Standard Oil company, and many other officinls were present. Mrs. M. M. VanBuren of New York, Mr Archbold's daughter, christened the ship. The Archbold has every modern device. de-vice. It has double the lifeboat capacity ca-pacity required by the government, equipped to burn oil or coal, and the ship will carry 67,500 barrels of oil, her draught Is such that there are few ports in the coastal trade she will be unable to enter. One of her devices enables the captain cap-tain on the bridge to know immediately immedi-ately whether the engine 'room is executing ex-ecuting his orders. nn |