The Comanche News. (Comanche, Indian Terr.), Vol. 9, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, March 16, 1906 Page: 2 of 8
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I THE MONSTER DEWEY
600 feet long l
134 feet wide
Cost $1300000
Height of side walls G3'a ft j!
Holds a 24447 tons warship
Each hawser used in towing '!
k stretches 1200 feet weighs 27 !
’ tons 1
I I
The great steel dry dock Dewey
which left Sc'omon's Island Dec 28
to be towed fourteen thousand miles
to the-Philippines is now well started
on her voyage and if all goes well
the powerful naval vessels which are
hauling the immense and unwieldy
structure will not stop until they
reach the entrance to the Suez canal
says a dispatch from Baltimore to the
New York Herald
In towing the dock hawsers having
a total length of 1220 fathoms or
140 yards more than a mile and a
quarter will stretch between the
ships and the dock This great
length of hawser together with the
lengths of the ships and tho dock
will make a tow of about one mile
and three-quarters
These giant machines hooked up
will present a dazzling spectacle on
clear nights The four shTps convoy-
ing the dock are fully equipped with
electricity In the way of search and
signal lights and each ship and the
dock nre equipped with wireless teleg-
raphy so that communication should
be perfect There are spare hawsers
and chains and a vast quantity of
co3l Will he used
To the dock will be fastened forty-
live fathoms or inch chain for a
bridle To this will he fastened 120
fathoms of hawser made up of two
15-lnch manlla hawsers seized to-
gether From this will go to the ship
nearest the dock 200 fathoms of G-
inch steel hawser From ship to ship
will stretch ICO fathoms of 15-Inch
manlla and 200 fathoms of 6-inch
wire hawser
The colliers Brutus and Caesar and
the supply Bhip Glacier are to tow
the Dewey The tug Potomac is to
be used partly as a rudder for the
dock when necessary and for emer-
gencies The Potomac will run on
sea errands such as putting into
ports for supplies
In addition to the great nine thou-
sand pound anchors there are four
mushroom or "umbrella" anchors of
four thousand pounds each on the
Dewey These are designed as the
permanent anchors of the dock and
are to be used on each corner To
each of the great anchors Bre 125
fathoms of 2-inch chain cable The
amount of gear Is enormous for the
- great bridles for the dock are In quad-
ruplicate and are in addition to the
towing hawsers regular and extra
and the regular and extra chains for
the anchors
There are thirty-six men all told on
Queer Homes
If we draw a line through Tarsus
due north across the Peninsula of
Asia Minor and another through
Smyrna directly east the two lines
will Intercept in the volcanic region
of Mount Argaeus where the cone
pyramids and pure cliff dwellings of
Cappadocia are found writes J R
Sittlngton Sterrctt an English trav-
eler and artist who has recently vis-
ited that out of the way country The
whole region is of volcanic formation
which covers a vast area extending
west to Selme and south to Soghanlu
Dere and is composed of a deep layer
of pumice stone tufa or peperine
overlaid in the region of Tatlar by
rugged lava fields The pumice or
tufa is of almost incredible thickness
but the overlaid layer of lava is com-
' pnratlvely thin not more than three
feet at any point The tufa Is so
soft that It can be dug away with the
thumbnail so that only time and
patience were necessary to excavate
It into chambers of any required size
It Is known that a chamber 25 feet
long 13 feet broad and 10 feet high
was excavated by a single workman
In the space of thirty days
: In this region the troglodytes of
Cappadocia have the wonderful dwell-
ings which were Ars described by
Paul Lukas who traveled In Asia
Minor on the commission of Louis
XIV His story was discredited but
It Is correct In every vital particular
and he perhaps understated the truth
when he estimated the number of
cones at 50000 The region was vis-
ited in succession by Texler Hamil-
ton TschlchatBcheff Ainsworth
Barth and Mordtmann but it is still
virtually unknown The height of
iks cones varies greatly ranging per
the dock In the complement are
three engineers a wireless telegraph
operator and an electrician four fire-
men twelve seamen a steward a
cook and two mess boys The dock
carries 400 tons of coal designed for
the use of the dock machinery only
It Is generally calculated that the
Dewey will make about 100 miles a
day which would require 124 days for
the passage or four months if the
dock goes straight through without a
stop It Is believed however that the
dock will be five or lx months on tho
cruise
The cost of the trip can only be
surmised The Boston Towboat corn-
pay got $25000 for taking the' dry
dock Algiers from Baltimore to New
Orleans and there was an Insurance
on the dock of $30000 for the voyage
It is current report that the dues
through the Suez canal will be $50-
C00 The Dewey was built at the plant
6! the Maryland Steel company In a
great excavallon near ' the water
front Just outside of Baltimore When
It ws completed a bulkhead that
INBOARD PROFILE OF THE DOCK WITH A BATTLESHIP QFZHE GEORGIA CLASS QMHEBL0CX3
'THE BATTLESHIP
separated the Putapsco from the hole
in tho ground was cut away and the
water ran In and floated the huge
mass of steel while Miss Maud En-
dlcott daughter of Rear Admiral En-
dlcott christened the dock the Dewey
of Troglodytes
of the Twentieth Century
haps from 50 to 300 feet- The tall-
est cones usually stand in the center
of an eroded valley but not -always
The process of disintegration by the
solvent actlou of water Btlll continues
of course and In many cones the ex-
terior wall has been worn away to
such an extent that the chambers are
laid bare Such exposed chambers
if they lie fairly in the sun are used
for drying grapes and other fruit
as they are safe against invasion by
animals Often the cones are almost
perfect In shape and originally all of
them were crowned by caps of lava
which were the primal cause of the
cone formation The caps maintain
their position as they form one Inte-
gral conglomerate mass with the cone
Very often tho doorways are quite
elaborate and display an attempt at
architectural and decorative effect
more especially in the caae of cones
that have been turned Into temples
churches or chapels On entering
the doorway of any of these cone
dwellings we find ourselves within a
spacious chamber about the walls of
which niches and shelves for the
storage of small household -effects
have been cut Into tlie stone The
stairways leading to tho uprer stories
are liko wells or round chlmneyB and
one ascends to an upper story by
means of ladder holes cut in the rock
The floor between the stories are usu-
ally thick enough to withstand any
weight that might bv rut upon It but
occasionally the excavators miscalcu-
lated the thickness of the floor and
so had to muke one lofiy chamber in-
stead of two As many as nine stories
may occur In one cone but moBt have
only two three or four stories which
can be counted by the windows
Great numbers of the cone dwellings
with a bottle of champagne
The dock was not only completed
ahead of contract time but In excess
of the requirements for it will lift a
20000 ton battle ship whereas the
contract called for only 16000 tons
It- also exceeded the speed require-
ments in lifting a ship
When the big cruiser Colorado was
placed In the dock to test It In the Pa-
tuxent river tho contract called for
the lifting In four hours The Colo-
rado was lifted until her keel was six
feet above the water in a few min-
utes more than two hours Then the
dock broke alt records by lifting the
battle ship Iowa of 16000 tons with
heavy weights in her turrets amid-
ships In one hour and thirty-seven
minutes
The Algiers dock also built by the
Maryland Steel company will lift 17-
500 tons and Is the second largest
afloat The other big docks of the
world are tho Bermuda dock built in-
England 543 feet long and 100 feet
wide lifting only 16000 tons: - the
Pola dock owned by the Australian
government 4C0 feet long with a ca-
IOWA ENTERING THE SUBMERGED DOCK '
paclty of 15000 tons and the Stet-
tin dock owned by Germany 610 feet
long and lifting 11000 tons
A novel feature 6f the dock Is its
ability to dock itself All steel ves-
sels take on a marine growth on their
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are used to-nay as dovecotes for hosts
of pigeons the eggs and flesh of
which are used by the cave dwellers
The landscapes amid which the
modern troglodyte dwells are never
tame and are often startling The
modern troglodytlo usages add to
rather than detract from the general
bottoms which necessitates hauling
them out every year or so as their
life depends on receiving paint to pro-
tect the hulls Docks now afloat are
bo gigantic that they cannot be dock-
ed to be cleaned or repaired with
the exception of the Dewey
The Dewey can release the two
side walls and disconnect the three
pontoons that are joined together In
the flooring or hull Then the two
smaller pontoons are filled with wa-
ter and sunk under the larger or cen-
tre pontoon They are then pumped
out and the two smaller steel pon-
toons rise with the larger one on top
of them
When it Is desired to dock the
smaller pontoons the conditions are
reversed The big centre pontoon is
sunk and the two smaller ones placed
on It and the big one pumped out to
raise the little ones
When heavy weather comes on at
sea the bottom sections of tho Dewey
will be filled with water until the
body of the mass of steel Is submerg-
ed and only the Bide walls extend
above the surface to the wind which
it has been calculated may reach a
pressure of thirty pounds to the
square inch
There will be no effort to tow the
vessel while it Is partly submerged
The towing vessels will simply hang
weirdness of the prospect The soil
Is fertile and produces vegetables and
fruit chiefly apricots of superb qual-
ity Indeed one of the old travelers
claims this region as the original
home of the apricot
It la very difficult to fix a date for
the origin of these cave dwellings
They are mentioned by no classical
A TROGLODYTE VILLAGE— FROM A PHOTOGRAPH
on drifting along with the giant
where the wind choBes to send ' It
and waiting until the storm blows
Itself out for no headway -can be
made with such a tow in heavy weath-
er Three 24-tnch centrifugal pumps
the steam for which is furnished by
three separate 225 horse power Bab-
cock & Wilcox boilers will pump out
or flood the Dewey These pumps
are controlled in the engine room
On the port side forward Is the valve
house where there are twenty-four
levers The three sections of the
dock are' divided Into sixty water
tight compartments and each of these
levera controls the flooding and
pumping of several compartments A
telephone gives communication with
the boiler room and a pneumatic
valve house announces the amount o
water In the dock
On the starboard side is a machine
Bhop quarters for officers and crew
kitchen and bathrooms The machine
shop is forward It is fitted with ev-
ery appliance for minor repairs On
this side of the dock is the distilling
apparatus which has a capacity of 2-
500 gallons of sea water a day It
will be used principally for feeding
the boilers Three tanks contain the
distilled water An electric light plant
on the port side gives light for the
entire structure
Running clear through the side
walls of the dock is a thorough ven-
tilating system a large fan whirling
fresh air Into every corner It la pro-
pelled by steam Ventilators are thus
dispensed with except over the bolt
er room where there are two
At the forward end of the dock a
bridge connects the walls Two life-
boats are carried Tho members of
the prew will get double pay and free
passage home
No Chance for Santa Claus
"City houses with steam-heating are
all very well" said Charles Felton
Pidgin the statistician of Boston “but
when It comes to Christmas games
they are a little lacking
“A friend of mine heard a loud
rasping noise in his rarlor la3t Christ-
mas eve very late
"In great alarm ho got up and has-
tened down to the delicate and pale
parlor with Its coloring of white and
pink and gold to find there all black
with soot smears his little white-
robed son whom he had thought fast
asleep In bed ’
“ ‘Why why’ he cried ‘what does
this mean Willie? '
‘‘The little fellow lifting a cake of
soot out of his fair hair pointed rue-
fully to the ornamental fireplace
wherein there was 'room for about
three logs the size of lead pencils
‘I'm playin' Santa Claus’ he saidt
‘and I — I can’t get np the chimney’ "
The masculine Idea of an Intellec-
tual woman is one w ho is as thin as a
match and wears glasses
author except perhaps Cicero but
there Is an allusion in the works of
Deo Dlaconus who flourished about
950 A D Prof Sayce however be-
lieves that the cones of Cappadocia
were well known and Inhabited la
the Hlttlte period about 1900 B C
a date beyond which we cannot and
teed not try to go — New York Times
O
TOM REED ON H13 AXCEOT
4
Why the Maine Man Drew the Gcnsa-
logical Line Where He Did
In the memorable campaign of 1890
Thomas B Red went west to address
a msBs meeting Ob the way en eld-
erly gentleman named Reed boarded
the special car in which the genial
“Tom” was smoking and entertaining
hls frlendB and on being presented
said :
“Mr Reed I had thought to write
you but learning you were coming
into Iowa I waited your coming feel-
ing sure I could learn more In a brief
interview than I could from an ex-
tended correspondence with you 1
have thus far failed to find In any -of
the numerous sketches of your life
any mention of your ancestry back of
your father Thomas Brackett Reed
Sr Will you kindly glvo me the
name of yoqr grandfather on your fa-
ther’s side?"
Mr Reed promptly responded
“And your greatgrandfather?” was
the next inquiry
Here the speaker gave hla new-
found relative a broad smile and
twisting his mouth to one aide as
was his wont he said:
“I’ll have to admit I don’t know
The fact ia Mr Reed I retired from
the field of genealogical reaearch
quite early in life Aftar satisfying
myself that no one of my immediate
ancestors had been hung for murder
or been run out of the country for
horse stealing I thought It safest not
to pur" the subject further!”—
Judge
Fable of the Two Ntephews
There was once a Rich and Stingy
old Bachelor who had Two Nephews-
And one being a Hypocrite said in his
Heart: "All men are Mortal and this
One must Die sometime although un-
fortunately his Doctor understands
his Case So I will Pretend to Iovo
my Uncle and Bear with him and Tend
him with Great Care and Tender As-
siduity" But the Other Nephew who
was blunt and Honest in his Feelings
said to All Whom It Did not Concern:
‘Why should I pretend to Care for My
Undo when I Don’t and Play the
Hypocrite He -cannot but Respect
my Independence the More then than
If I Fawned upon him”
One day the Uncle died when It
Suddenly occurred to him that he was
Spending too much Breath' To the
Nephew who Was a Hypocrite he left
his Fortune and to the One who Did
cot Conceal his Real feeling he Left
his Regards
Moral: Moat people like to be Flat-
tpred because Human Nature Is Built
that Way and the People who give
Real Money to Folks Who say Right
nut what they Think about them are
only to be Found In Highly Moral
Story Books — Baltimore American
Two Candle Charms
Did you ever try to blow out a
dozen candles at once? It is hard to
do and funny to try doubly so when
the person trying Is blindfolded
Arrange twelve candles In a row—
they can be slightly melted and stood
on an old lacquered tray or a better
way is to put twelve nails point up-
ward through a board fastening a
candle to each
Then each person present Is blind-
folded In turn and told to blow out as
many as possible in three trials Ac-
cording to the number of candles left
lighted will be the years before mar-
riage Another candle charm Is to run two
needles which have never been used
Into a candle at right angles naming
one for yourself and another fog a boy
(or girl if you are a boy) If the
candle burns past the spot where the
needles cross then good luck will fol-
low your friendship but if not — well
don't worry about it for it is all in
fun after all
Mistake at a Caucus
At a republican caucus In Nashua
N H the Hon J A Spalding who
had fifty-five votes as a candidate for
mayor approached the desk on the
platform and declined to be a candi-
date Col King who had one vote
then approached the desk Every-
body laughed and applauded and kept
It np so that the colonel could not be
heard
The members of the caucus know-
ing the colonel’s proclivities as a jok-
er supposed be was going to with-
draw his name It turned out how-
ever the chairman doing the talking
that the colonel had promised to with-
draw another gentleman’s name a
prominent one — Mr Dearborn’s — and
had been endeavoring to do so The
laugh therefore was on the audience
Moving Day
“Are you sure we brought- every-
thing from the house William?"
“I don't know Marla: I don't miss
anything but I feel like we had forgot-
ten something”
“Did you compare the things as the
inon took them out with the list?”
“Yes and it's all right'
“Then what was It that we didn’t re-
member?” “Good heavens Marla I know now!
We forgot the children!”— Baltimore
American'
Discouraging 1
Gastoit — I tell you old man Miss
WatUyn Is a mighty sensible girl —
the most sensible girl I think I ever
knew
Alphonse — I think you're right my
boy I wouldn’t advise you to propose
to her
Peeress Owns Violet Farm
Lady Wyndham Quin the daughter
of Lord Dunraven is among the prac-
tical horticulturists of the peerage
and wns a wonderful violet fans
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Copeland, J. F. The Comanche News. (Comanche, Indian Terr.), Vol. 9, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, March 16, 1906, newspaper, March 16, 1906; Comanche, Indian Territory. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1921832/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.