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New-York tribune., 1908-08-15

TO approach the vertical. In getting the upper
point for this curve the aim is always TO run
the ship at a higher speed in standardizihs
than she win make when running the TOUR
hour trial I'm order TO give proper direction 10
the curve AS this was not done for the Ches-
ter the direction Of the curve above 20 KNOTS
had to be assumed, and it is upon the accuracy
of the direction of the upper part of this curve
that the question of the true speed of the
chester hinges. An investigation of the revo-
lutions of the propellers shows that the Ches-
fer was standardized at 545.1 revolutions for
% O74 knots and that during her four-hour
trial she averaged 614.3 revolutions to the min
ute for which the curve gave 1852 knots,
which does not seem unreasonable, provided
the efficiency of the propellers did not rail- OH
very rapidly above % knots
The comparative performances are given mere
with
Chester. Salem
Highest speed on measured mile 26Q1 26Ss
Mean of FIVE highest runs - zog'
Mean speed for four hours. % 90 -"
Mean revolutions for five runs .!fo 9IS!
Mean revolutions for four hours6l45 o'o'4
While the question of the speed of the two
vessels is an absorbing one, it is very closely
related to the type of machinery used. Inc
Chester has Parsons turbines, an English de-
sign, though manufactured in this country;
the Salem mas Curus luiolhe'' "h N
American In both design and manufacture
Parsons turbines are used exclusively in the
British navy and in, nearly every turbine driven
merchant steamer built in Great Britain or
elsewhere. and for that reason are better
known than the Curtis turbine which may be
said to be in its infancy, so far as marine pro-
pulson is concerned.
In the proposed trials, which are expected 70
begin late in September, and for which the
government is making elaborate preparation,
the cruiser Birmingham, equipped with recip-
rocatins engines, will also be included. The
chief interest centres, however, In the per-
formances of the Chester and the Salem, be-
cause both have turbines, The trials may
therefore aid the department in the choice of
engines for the new battleships. Until then
the question must be considered as at least I'M
settled.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-15
BRITISH AMBASSADOR TO GERMANY.

Berlin, Aug 14-Sir Edward Goschen, Amoassa-
dor OF Great Britain at Vienna. Is to succeed .
Frederick c. Iascelles. the British Ambassador =
Bariin who will retire on October "A ACCOUNT
of
New-York tribune., 1908-08-15

Japan will do we'll to celebrate the coming or
the American fleet for the sake of that former
American fleet whose arrival meant the dawn OF
q new era for the island empire.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-15
NEW YORK SOCIETY.

Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver Hartman have been In town
for the last few days. staying at the Belmont.
where John Turner Atterbury and Mrs. Augustus
Jay likewise staying.
Ernest La Montague has arrived by motor from
Saratoga
Mr. and Mrs. Lucius X wllmerding at Cen
eva, in Switzerland, staying at the Hotel Beau
Rivage
Mr. and Mrs Cortlandt F Bishop at the
Grand Hotel at Aix-Ies-Bains where Mrs B. A
Bend is likewise staying Miss Beatrice Bend and
Miss Dorothy Whitney have left Paris for Switer-
land
Mr.. and Mrs. stuyvesant Fish are still at the
Hotel Ritz, in Paris.
MI and Mrs. Gerald Livingston Hoyt. who are
now at Ipswich. Mass, leave there at the end of
the month for their country place at Staatsourg'
N Y, where they will spend the fall
Mrs. Ambrose c. Kingsland. who is now abroad.
sails on Tuesday for New York, and on her arri-
Mrs. Henry B. Hall Is spending the summer with
her son-in-law and daughter Mr.. and Mrs. Regi-
nald c. Robbins, at Hamilton, Mass.
Mr. and Mrs J. Sergeant Cram. who sailed on
Wednesday will spend the fall in Scotland where
they have rented shooting lodge for the season
Mr. and Mrs Hamilton Fish Kean are spending
a few weeks in the Adirondacks
Lady Oxford has sailed for New York. to visit
her father, D C. Corbin. Her daughter, Lady Doro-
thy WaIpoe, does not accompany her, but has
gone with her father the Earl Of Oxford. to stay
with friends and relatives IN Scotland
Mr. and Mrs John B. Trevor who have been
spending their honeymoon IN Europe. are now at
New-York tribune., 1908-08-15
New York, Aug. II. 1908

while IN ordinary cases not under investlga-
ton the certificate OF department may be
conclusive on the Controller. II may fairly be
questioned II when, with reference 10 the
Blackwens Island Bridge, the work Is under
official investigation by order Of the Board OF
Estimate a certificate Of the Bridge Corn1nis-
soner given while the matter is sub judice should
be taken at face value. Under the circun-
stances the finance department would certainly
be justified in protecting the taxpayers by
Withholding payment pending report as long
as legally possible. 1t has awaited court orders
often enough on indisputable bills 10 avoid pay
ing them at inconvenient times.1
New-York tribune., 1908-08-15
AmflHcMenrS,

ACADEMY OF MITsTC-e-S :l5-aIlstress Nell
AEsFrArs cARDENS-2:I5-s:se-Th Merry Widow
ASToR-e-5o-s:Se :Se-PSid IN Full
BRIGHTON BEACH-s.15-Pain's FfreTcrks
CASINO -2:15-s:l5-The Mimic World
CONEY ISisANIt-Luna ParS-Dreannlano
DAILY S-2.I5-S :15--6iiris
EDEN MUSEE-The World in Wax
fANMERSTEIN-S y ROOF: Is -s-l5--NsudeTliie
HERALD SoUARE-2.ls-- --s:i9--IhTse S"i'ls-
JARnIS DE :I5-tSoiles Of iSOe
ENICK ERBOCK ER-2:ls-s:l5 Narsee Prince
rIRERTY-2 -2:15-s:I5-Tae Travelling Sslesnla1
NEW YORK-2:Ia-s 90 Minstrels.
wsII,ACK.S-2.r5-s -s:I5-The Girl Question
New-York tribune., 1908-08-15

FOR SOUTHAMPTON
Robert r. Mansfield.
Mrs. Edward Fl. Richard
r. =. Walker.
FOR ANTWERP.
Mrs. a y. Powlsss.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Potter
Murphy.
A, FOR GLASGOW.
/ James Ambercrombie.
MI. and Mrs. David T. War
den.
Mr. and Mrs. Lsander c.
I Claflin.
, FOR LONDON.
Nv. W. Osborne.
III. RI. Robertson.
b MIR ana Mrs. Thomas A
JanvieT.
FOR NAPLES.
Miss Inga orner.
. j The Right Rev. Thomas II.
4 Burke.
Arthur G. Ferchsr.
FOR LIVERPOOL
z. r. Lindsay
| NJ {. stamp.
sW. w Watson
New-York tribune., 1908-08-15

Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver Hartman have been In town
for the last few days, staying at the Belmont
where John Turner Atterbury and Mrs. Augustus
Jay likewise staying.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-15

Mr.. and Mrs Hamilton Fish Kean are spending
a few weeks in the Adirondacks.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-15
A CHANCE FOR WASTE.
Dangerous Provision in the Charter Which
Should Be Changed.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: In your treatment of the Blackwelrs Island
Bridge matter in your issue OF the 5th inst. your
editorial rather criticses the Controller for even
in part recognizing the final certificate forwarded
for payment by the Department of Bridges attest
ing to the completion of this work
Therein you fail to recognize that the present
charter under which the Controller IS. working
makes such certificate of completion any work.
as issued by a borough president or commits
sioner conclusive and binding the city. and
numerous tests at law show this mandate distinctly
disadvantageous to the ci:y's hest interests.
Inferior workmanship materials may be sup
piled notifications of contract requirements may
be made by time extensions or otherwise. but the
Controller in contesting payments stands unsup-
ported by the very instrument supposed 10 nave
been designed protective OF the general interest
Apparently In this the final certificate as
rendered has not been accepted by him through a
sense of duty not legally imposed but payment
could be compelled by mandamus under the con-
elusive and binding Interpretation of the charter
To what extent will the present Charter Revision
Commission correct this state of analrsE Does II
recognize that If competitive bidding Is 10 en-
SIZE on our public works, disinterested ON
ca1-nreferabIy the financial Oficer-must have the
power of review construction works TO see
that these as constructed are the works aetuaiiy
required by the specifications on which other com
petitors bid.
missioner should be made conclusive and binding
on the city or be considered preslmpuVe eVl
dence, in the face of facts possessed by the Con-
troIler that the work materials, In quantlty'
ouaIitv or character differ from that required by
the contract under which the work was awarded
and once entered into modification thereoI IN
any of the above particulars should be allowed
unless by and with the consent of the ControLer'
who should agree 20 the money value OF the pro
nosed change Extensions Of time are contract
notifications of so serious nature as to require
spectal attention and treatment, as should the mat
ter of providing for engineering review OF spec
hcations before advertisement to eliminate over
exac+ions that are never contemplated TO be en-
frced tbs inclusion OF which restricts the field OF
competition to those who know
CHARTER REVISION.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-15

Mr.. and Mrs ]. Sergeant Cram. who sailed on
Wednesday Will spend the fall in Scotland. where
they have rented shooting lodge for the season
New-York tribune., 1908-08-15

Mr. and Mrs. John B. Trevor. who have been
spending their honeymoon IN Europe. now at
La Bourboule, IN Auvergne-
New-York tribune., 1908-08-15

Ernest La Montague has arrived by motor from
Saratoga
New-York tribune., 1908-08-15
TRANSATLANTIC TRAVELLERS.

Among the passengers who will sail to-day for
Europe are:
New-York tribune., 1908-08-15

Mr. and Mrs. Lucius K. Wilmerding are at Cen
eva, In Switzerland, staying at the Hotel Beau
Rfvage.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-15

THE NEW YORK. ]
Mrs. Charlotte Derr.
William c. Foster.
Il. r. Libby.
THE FINLAND.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Abbe-
Mir. and Mrs. ". Il. Coe-
Miss Ella a Lake
Mrs. John u. Thomas
THE CAIIFoRNil
Mr.. and Mrs. George Nj.
Book
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard p
Morfe.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Muir
-~- .o
q. THE mESADA'
MINI. c. Drake.
MisH. LOTUS.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. : Water
hurry.
THE KOENIGIN l.
Mrs. A. NJ. Barclay.
The Rev. Joseph a. De
laney
Mrs. Cora kainpre
THE UMBRIA,
y. r. Atkinson,
r. W. Hapgoo1.
-. W. Hood
New-York tribune., 1908-08-15

Mrs. Henry B. Hall Is spending the summer with
her son-in-law and daughter. Mr.. and Mrs. Regi-
nald c. Robbins, at Hamilton, Mass.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-15

Mr. and Mrs Cortlandt F. Bishop are at the
Grand Hotel at Aix-les- Bains. where Mrs. B. A
Bend is likewise staying. Miss Beatrice Bend and
Miss Dorothy Whitney have left Paris for Switer-
land
New-York tribune., 1908-08-15

Mrs Ambrose C. Kingsland. who IS now abroad
sails on Tuesday for New York. and on her arri-
val will 20 to her villa at Ienox for the autumn
New-York tribune., 1908-08-15

From Golfers Weekly.
If Governor Hughes Is TeneminaIed 81 al5 5,-s-.
aIectsd and then succeeds in bringing ano1t -
primaries and the Massachusetts ballot us nls sis
ond term will be even more successful 'iiaA -
first.
The Washington bee., 1908-03-14
PARAGRAPHIC NEWS.
Continued from page I.

was crowded, several having had to
stand throughout the evening.
Emmanuel Loebela, garment press
er was arrested last week by the
police in Chicago for distributing
Emma Goldman's anarchistic circu-
lars.
While the PoStofice Department is
trying to restore to normal conditions
the disorganized city delivery mail
service, complaints are still being
made. which make matters look like
they are growing worse
John +. Stevens, of the New York,
New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Company, has issued a statemen, re-
garding The Panama Canal, which he
prOphesies a failure of the undertak-
ing.
Bishop Alexander Walters was
loudly applauded, it is said, by the
Ministers Union of the A. NJ. E.
Church when he said, at the Lafay-
cite Presbyterian Church in Jersey
City. that the Negro ministers who
were recently i'll conference in this
city had Indignantly rejected an in
vitation from the President OF the
United States.
Mrs. Ella DeBurton Turner, wife
of ]. Milton Turner, former minister
to Liberia, died last week at her
home in ST. Louis, Mo.
Mrs. J. w. Johns, who died at
Long Branch, N. J., last week, after
a long illness, was born in Balti-
more, Md, hfty-one years ago.
Representative Hale. of Tennessee,
addressed the Second Baptist Lycem
last Sunday on American Citizen
ship: Its Essential Elements"
There will be no more hanging in
the State of Virginia; all persons
condemned to death will be electro
cuted in the chair.
When Minister WI TingFang was
asked at Pittsburg last week wheth-
er or not war was likely between
China and Japan, his reply was, do
you think it is likely that there will
be war between England and the
United States?"
Secretary Taft has accepted an in
vitation to be present at the NJ
Street Metropolitan Church the 18th
of this month to listen to an address
by Prof. Booker T. Washington.
Senator Perkins, of California, has
introduced a bill to provide for re-
tirement of employees in the classi-
fed service of the Government.
The Washington bee., 1908-03-14
OUR MISTAKES.

II should not be presumed be-
cause a man Is colored and commits
an infamous offense that he should
have any more sympathy than any
one else White or colored men
should not stand upon corners and
make insulting remarks to women.
no matter who they may be or what
their vocation in life Colored peo-
pie make the mistake of attempting
excuses for offenses committed by
colored people. Many of them very
often come to the conclusion, when
a colored man IS charged with an
Ofense or charged with having in
suited a white woman, he IS neces-
sarily innocent. He is no more in
nocent than a white man charged
with having insulted a colored wo-
man.
Colored women are insulted by
white men, but rarely punished.
Many colored women are insuIted by
white men, but il seems that they
get off with it.
The Washington bee., 1908-03-14
ATTORNEY COLLINS PRO
TESTS.

Attorney George +. Collins,a men,
Der OF the Election Board, has en-
tered his protest against the high
handed methods of Messrs. Biebef
and Crawford Chairman Bieber,
states Attorney Collins, has had nc
meeting of the Election Committee,
but has arbitrarily issued certain
rules and regulations governing the
election of delegates to the National
Republican onvention.
Attorney Collins states that he has
attended no meeting and has sub
scribed to no rules. Republicans
throughout the city have denounced
the high-handed methods of the al
legged Election Committee 1t is a
question whether the National Com
mittee will tolerate or endorse these
high-handed methods.
Chairman Bieber IS playing hot
and cold with those who have elevat-
ed him to the position he now holds.
He first declared that he was for
Speaker Cannon; it now appears
that Bieber has gone over to Taft
and the Administration.
Attorney Horner declares that he
is against Taft, but Chairman Bic
Der, who has since declared for Taft,
is attending meetings urging Repub-
hcans to support the FlathersHor-
ner ticket. This looks bad for the
chairman of the Election Committee
to favor any particular candidate. 1t
is true, nevertheless.
There are thousands of Republi-
cans in this city who will stand by
Attorney Collins, who is anxious to
give Republicans a fair deal and see
that the votes are honestly counted
for every candidate.
Lem and Aaron Bradshaw, en-
plovees of the District government,
are making an active canvass for
Fathers, in violation of the execu-
tive order, so declared Col. William
Murrell in a speech this week in
West Washington.
The Washington bee., 1908-03-14
THE ELECTION A FARCE

THE ELECTION A FARCE.
If reports be true, the coming
election of delegates to the Re
publican Convention will be a
farce. 1t will be the greatest farce
of any election that has ever been
held in this city.
The claim of those who are at
tempting to run the machine seem
to think that they have the ma
chine, and for that reason no other
candidate will have a show.
Mr.. George F. Collins, the col
ored member of the Committee, has
been ignored by the two white
members, Mr.. Bieber and Mr..
Crawford. Mr.. Bieber is a can
didate for National Committeeman
and it IS not natural that he will
allow judges to be appointed inim-
ical to his ticket. The Homer
Fathers meetings are being at
tended by Mr.. Bieber, and these
meetings have been and are en-
dorsing him for National Commit
teeman. What Ishow will other
candidates have if they are not per
mitted to have Judges in the box
es?
If there are three tickets in the
field then each ticket should have
a Judge. This will certainly give
the appearance of fair play. On
the other hand, if Mr.. Bieber and
Mr.. Crawford name the judges, in
the absence of Mr.. Collins, there
will certainly be a contest.
Mr.. Collins has been willing and
is willing today to give all candi-
dates for delegates a fair deal.
In the opinion of The Bee the
election this time will no doubt be
the greatest farce in the history OF
politics.
The Washington bee., 1908-03-14
NEGRO PIONEERS IN
INDIANA.
Or. r. Wright, Jr., in the Southern
Workman.D

Workman
Between 1929 and 1855 a large
number of Negroes became pioneers
in Indiana. There were three class
es of these pioneers: the first class
and the largest were the free peo-
pie OF North Carolina and Virginia
who were sent away by the Quakers ;
the second class were the slaves who
were freed and sent out of the slave
States to the free States by other
agents and the third were part slave
and part free, being the children of
their own masters and being manu-
mitted by them and often brought
by them to the Northern States, sup
piled with lands or funds to buy
lands, and permitted to live in COM
parative ease. The differences in
these groups must be realized by the
student of the early economic his
tory of the Northern Negroes. The
first group was composed of persons
manumitted by masters during life
and by will after death, also of per
sons who had bought their own free
dom and some whose freedom was
bought for them. In most cases,
though not in all, they were made
to suffer the rigors of the life of 4
free man which, during the period
here dealt with, and especially the
latter half of it, were very hard in
deed. This served, however, to
bring out their best qualities TO teach
forbearance, patience, and industry.
The other group of people manumit-
ted by their master-fatherS and Civ
en- lands had not known the rigors
of slave life nor the hardships of
the free Negro's life, as had most
of the other group. They were, one
easily sees, not fitted for pioneer
life The third group were least
prepared. They were the ones re-
Gently emancipated and without
training, sent from their homes 70
the new land. They had not known
even the responsibility of caring for
themselves; in most cases they were
illiterate and ignorant and work was
The Washington bee., 1908-03-14
MINISTER'S MEET.

Baltimore, March 5. - A public
meeting in the interest of Senator
Joseph Benson Foraker and the dis
charged colored soldiers was held
here tonight. The speakers includ-
ed Revs. A. L. Gaines, @. r. Weller,
w. A. Blackwell, William NJ Alex
ander, DR.. H. E. Young Of this city,
and Rev. DR.. S. L. Cororthers, pas
tor of Galbraith A. NJ. Z. Zion
Church, Washington, d. c. In the
speeches considerable animus was
manifested toward President Roose-
welt and Secretary Taft.
Baltimore, March 4.-Rev. w. M.
Moorman, a well-known Methodist
minister, died at his home in the
The Washington bee., 1908-03-14

To those who from sheer malice
seek to defeat this man we have only
pity, for theirs is a lost cause per
Sc" for the American Negro was
awakened years ago by the tread OF
those gallant soldiers up the heights
of San Juan Hill, and after having
been awakened they have been called
to arms by the signing away of the
honor OF some of those same sol
diers without cause or without evi-
dence sufficient, for no man should
be punished unless proven guilty be
yond a reasonable doubt.
Yours to charge, chase, and con
quer. the enemy with Chase,
A. K. Griggs, Tr.
The Washington bee., 1908-03-14
IT LOOKS LIKE TAFT.

FROM the Atlanta Constitution.
The complete rout of the Foraker
forces in the Ohio Republican con
vention seems to conclusively fore
shadow the success Of SecretaryTaf
before the National Convention next
June. Not one cog or splinter of the
Foraker machine remains to show
even the wreck of what was a very
pretentious or hopeful movement tc
undermine Judge Taft. His home
State has written its endorsement or
his candidacy w unanimity and
an aggressive e.. Uc-ance that must
exert telling effect on other doub:
full delegations.
Since his return to this country
from his globe eirdling tour, and
since the second self-elimination oi
Mr.. Roosevelt Judge Taft's stock
has. appreciated with significant IA
pidity.
AS result, Judge Taft, at the
present time, has hopelessly ouldis-
tanced his competitors within Re
publican ranks. All trustworthy and
logical indications point to his nom
ination at Chicago
The Constitution hopes that such
will prove to be the case. With the
issue between Taft and Bryan, the
South is reasonably certain of fail
treatment.
Taft knows conditions in theSoutf
better than any Republican now in
public life, with the possible excep-
ton of Mr.. Roosevelt. His expert
ence on the Federal bench. where his
circuit reached far into the South
brought him in intimate contact with
Southern conditions, and has given
him a knowledge and grasp of prob
lens i'll this section not possessed by
any Of the men offering in opposi-
ton to him.
Both Bryan and Taft have given
earnest of their friendship for the
South. These are all the guaran-
tees the South could ask, under ex-
isting conditions, with regard to the
outcome of the pending presidential
election.
If, as now appears probable, when
the flag drops next summer it will
be Bryan and Taft in the running,
the South can abide the result with
hope for Democratic success, but
with equanimity in the event of de
feat.
And if the verdict is for Taft,
there will be much at which to re-
joice in the knowledge that the next
president, like Mr. Roosevelt, will
be big, broad, patriotic American,
of whom the whole country will have
the right to feel proud.
The Washington bee., 1908-03-14
THREE REASONS WHY Mr.. w.
CALVIN CHASE SHOULD BE
ELECTED - A. r. GRIGGS.
Id CINLEC IIIC CONS


The occasion of the election of
delegates to the Republican National
Convention affords an opportunity
for the colored people to show to the
world that they are a thinking peo-
pie, capable, and willing to do the
right thing at the right time.
AS a race, young in the present
day civilization, we naturally have
some faults of our own and a great
many more that we learned from our
AnglO-SaxOn brother. 1t has been
often said that we as a race were
ingrates, that the sense of gratitude
had no part in our being, which OF
course is not true, and since it is not
true it is our bounden duty at all
times to show to the world that the
accusation is unfounded and is not
inn any sense a characteristic of our
race.
To in part disprove this idea is
the first reason that we should sup
port the candidacy of Hon. w. Cal
vim Chase as delegate to the Repub-
hcan Convention TO be held in Chi
cago, June, Io8.
In the face of present circum-
stances. or for that matter under any
conditions that could arise, it would
be inconsistent with our idea of ad-
vancement to forget the deeds of this
man to satisfy the ambition OF some
would-be leader.
His deeds for the advancement of
the cause of right for the American
Negro are innumerable; his words
fall as frebrands upon the souls of
our prosecutors and accusers, and
ofttimes they are made to fee from
the wrath to come.
His thoughts are only for our up
lift and our rights,
AS thoughtful men, in making our
choice, let us do it by elimination by
comparison.
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