Show NAUTICAL NOVELTIES contributed are you informed of the fact act that A commission of army engineers reports the construction of a nicaragua canal quite feasible fe ast b ic the estimated cost la Is and the time to complete 15 25 years the total length Is miles ot of which 70 Is in the lake it Is said that the canal would be far easier to defend than panama one of the novel features in the design of the akron Is the provision made tor for the storage of five completely assembled aeroplanes aero planes cote cole lap sible doors in the bottom of the ship cover a T sh shaped aped opening thru which a trapeze with an aeroplane attached can be hoisted or lowered the planes may attach or detach themselves from the trapeze during light flight the constitution or old ironsides tron Is proving a great attraction in new england she received an average of visitors a day the first day in new york she had visitors over fifteen years ago the first marine turbo electric propulsive plant was installed in a collier of the united states navy the IT S S jupiter this vessel has since been converted into an aircraft tender and her name changed to the U S S langley As a result of a request for contributions tor for the relief relict of the unemployed naval academy officials have decided to charge admission to football games played at annapolis this season previously all games played at the naval academy have been free admission and the expenses of the games fames have been bourne by the navy athletic the nautilus used by sir hubert wilkins for polar explorations will be sunk bunk permanently in deep water in the north sea this action was taken as great dangers would attend any attempt to cross the atlantic |