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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 11,

A HUGE BANK BUILDING.

THE LARGEST SHIP AFLOAT.

To House 6,000 People.

Some Particulars of the Rebuilt "Leviathan"

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There is probably no better invier the building material silutalin is the United States than the ports of the Indiana Limestone Quarrymen's association irith endeuarters at Bedford, Ind. 110 first three months of 1923 indirsta

A BANKING COLOSSUS Une of the largest gats ever made in the Indian Timestone quarries marks when material was quarried for what will be the larg est bank building in the world, the Union Trust Building yow nearing completion at Cleveland, O. It will occupy the better part of a whale blok ut Cuclid avenue and East or the situation is most excellent.. Nino St. It will be twenty-three in that period Sill curstructive en- stories high and house a pupula fterprises specifying limestone were Hon @0,000 porзons, Twen y reported to the association from all eight elevators will be used to carr over the country. This morks tearts and the estimated 60,000 20 per cent gain over the corre lady visitors. The gurbeture will spending period a year #gu Th10 contain 18,000 tons of steel, 98,000 (20 per cent decrease in price of the ubie Sept of linya tape, resume itape is 1922, it was ofcially light through 3,600 window, end stated. - Mains

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THE REBUILT LEVIATHAN, WITH HER NEW COMMANDER, CAPTAIN HERBERT HARTLEY (INS ET) AND BELOW A SOENE IN THE LOUNGE, SHOWING THE. SHIP'S GIANT PROPORTIONS,

Huge fares wore paid by the many passengers seeking accom. modation on the giant liner Leviathan (formerly the Germ 10 8.5. Vaterland) on her maiden trip under the U. S. fig..

Passengers d crew totalled 4674. The first class cabins. accommodated 976, second clasa. 542, and third class 1880. The crew comprised 1976. The com. mander is Captain Herbert Hartley, formerly of the S. S. St. Louie.

The rebuilding operations have made the Leviathan, the fargest ship afloat. Her gross tonnage is now 59,956.65, as against 54.82 originally, 3405 more than the Majestic, although she is eight feet aborter and only a fraction "It cost $8,500,000 to rebu la and refit the Leviathan," said Love.The ship is now worth $25,000,000 She has been con verted from coal to oil burning.

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OROSSES IN SIX DAYS.. "She will sail from New York | for Southampton: every three weeks, making the trip in six days. Each trip will consume 5400 tore of fuel oil. If thin

1,462,300 gallons were gasoline it

would run a fivver around the

a car 10,000 miles a year for 263 years.!.

world 1000 times, or would drive

BASEBALL POINTS.

More Questions Answered.

QUESTION: Ooo--Can baserunners advance on a third strike that touches the person of the batsman, he being

declared out?

Two--all is batted over fence, and bounds back into playing teri

marine signals; two high-power eearchlights; 13 watertight trans- verse bulkheads; and 18 water- tight sliding doors" hydraulically operated and controlled from the bridge.

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Fire protection includes

A 45 stations alarm system,

miles of

Cooper tubing which expansion of air raises an alarm of fire automati- cay, 11,000 feet of hose, and 10' pumpa baving a capacity of 1670 gallons a minute.

HOSPITAL FOR 34.

"The Leviathan has 15,000 electrio lamps, and a generatiog plant providing enough power to supply an ordinary home for seven years. There is a social hall 53x75, with a 21-foot ceiling. On board will be three doctors, and three bospital stowarde, with an operating room and a hospital There are 12 decks, five pas-accommodating 34 patients, in senger elevatore, for baganga and addition to the crew" hospital; provisions. Even the engine room accommodating 16, baan, elevator,

"The distance around the pro-

11 Weight of the Leviathan loa~- ed is 71,76 tons. To transport this weight on lärd would require 2380 freight cars.

class passengers, only, is 38 feet to the mile. There are seven The swimming pool, for first- | memade deck is 1090 fast 4.8 lapa long, 20 feet wide, and from 3 1-2 galleys," where the cooking will 10 6 1-2 feet deep. It carries be done by Americane China- 30 900 gallons, or 118 tone, ofware includes 104,000 pieces-and water. There is a gymnasium there are 65,000 linen sheets, pil- 16140 for the first class, and an- low cases, towels and tablecloths. other 14127 for second class. Alag "Food? There will be enough two libraries, containing 4180 for a city on each trip-93 tons volumee.

of meat, 36 tons of poultry, "Safety is an urred on the 3

of tous

game birds.. 28. Leviathar. There are 68 life tons of fish, 30 tons of po boats and two 31-foot molor boats | tatoes, 10 tons of other vegatables, equi ped with wireless, the" 70 | 8 tons of sugar, 3 tons of ten and bosts having a capacity of 4750 coffee, 2 tons of ham, 26 tons of persons. There is a Sperry gyro- flour, 2 tons of grapes, 7 1-2 tone

compass, similar to those son

battle. hips; draft gauges so the

amount of water the vessel is

drawing can be read on the bridge; four microphones for sub-

ball. Umpire rules runner out. Captain of team at bat contends runner was not actually touched with the ball and should be called Ba'e.

Five With runner on first and one out, batsman hits fly to right field. The runner on first believ ing ball will fall safe; stands midway between first and second. Batsman runs out hit and has just passed other runner when ball drops safe. He hesitates, and allows preceding runner to Runner on first reaches Bo on. third and batsman second: What about it?

ritory. What is the ruling? should make it a regular part of your

family diet.

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Three-Batter dodges badly pitched ball, which strikes his bat and results in a fair fly ball, which is caught by the third baseman. Is the batsman out or is the ball Idead?

Four-Runner tags fielder with back of gloved hand which has the

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ANSWERS. One-Bill becomes dead when third strike comes into contact

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with person of batsman and no runners can advance on such a play.

Two-Hit should be credited as home run. The moment it passed out of playing territory it became such. No attention should i be given the fact that it bit a pole and bounded back on playing ter ritory.

Thres Bateman is out, On such a play whatever happens is lepal.

Four-Runner is out. It is not necessary that the base runner be actually touched with the naked ball.

is. Five-Bateman out the moment he passes a preceding

runner.

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do away with the usual dead-end losses, basket coila being used for tuning. Ranges of from 100 to 500 It miles are nothing unusual. must be remembered that some of the American broadcasting stations use more power than the British.

New Stations.

It is stated that a high-power station will be opened at Buenos Aires shortly; two other stationa will be ready in South America later in the year. These statione will be in direct communic ation. with the Franch station at Saint Assise, with Neuen in Germany, and with long Island in U.S.A. IfSouth America desires to communicato by wird lese with the United Kingdom, she will bave to send ber messago vis France, owing to the Post Offico not yet having granted a lidarea for the erection of a station in England

Brighter Tennis.

A certaia lawn tennis club. at Home claim better and brighter, tencis since a wireless installation. and loud speaker has been In- stalled. The club has prepared an open-air dance ground for the use of members during Saturday Afternoone, when the proposed daźce programmes will be broade cast.

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Puzzle-Find the couple just married, the one married

five years and the one married fifty yeaIN,