The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-09
Almost AS Great a Source of
Dread as the Building of
Warships.
WORLDS ENP0SITI0NS
REQUIRE MONEY IN PLENTY
There Are a Large Number
Projected, and Returns
Not All I'm.
specIal Cablo 10 The Trlbune

/, a source of dread to the European
budget maker almost a. The building
of additional Dreadnoughts. There are
no loss than nine world s fairs of
various kinds in contemplation within
| the next lustrum, all of which viii re-
! Quirc appropriations 10 enable France
| 10 be adequately represented. San
| Francisco and New OrleaUs both, ]
understand, contemplate world s fairs
to celebrate tho opening Of the Panama
canal, New York rs getting ready to
celebrate tho three hundrcdth ann
versary of the purchase of Manhattan
Island by IIcnr5. Hudson, while Japau,
Norway, France, Berlin, Italy and
| Brussels all have similar celebrations in
contemplation. and all the returns are
not in yet. ! hear, by The way, an
| interesting bit of gossip about the New
York exposition, to the effect that
former President Theodore Roosevelt
IS 10 he offered the presidency Of IT, not
alone because nc is the best known
American. but also because he is a ma
tive OF New York and is Of Dutch
descent. When Gen. Horace Porter was
American cmbasSador 10 France he and
an uncle of former President Roosevelt,
Robert Roosevelt, were Interested IN
plans for . permanent world S far IN
New York Tho death Of Mr. Roose-
N'll lUIflIUpltb lH'St pIduS. DHl ! utj'
they may be merged with the cen
tcnarv OF The Dutch appearance in
The New World, aud that the cyposl
tion to celebrate that event may be
made permanent.
Col John Jacob Astor docs not per
NIT the MANY other things on his mind
10 keep him from keeping up with the
latest developments in aYiItjon. Col
Astor is perhaps one Of the best posted
men on acronauiics in the world. and.
| am informed. has several experts IN
France now nj work experimenting
along lines laid down by himself, which
Will take acronautIcs out of the plane
OF sports and make the airship com
mcrcial actuality. Col. Astor s expert
mcnts are. according 10 my informant,
being made with The gyroScopc as the
best means to insure automatic sta
bility TO the airsblp. with magnesium
metals 10 cut down the weight of Inc
ship and 10 gci moro lifting power, aud
with auxiliary motors to got increased
power and greater safety. IL is under
stood that the American multi-mil-
lionairc intends. when he has got the
right kind Of an lirshiP, 10 90 IN for
polnr exploration, and if the expedition
Of Capt. Scott TO the south ole is de.
lavcd. il is not at all impossible that
to him, or at least to an air expedition
backed by him, viii 60 the honor of dis
covering thc south pole.
Some idea Of thc vogue the hylng
machine has in Europe may be gathered
from the fact that something like
= 2,000,00O francs ($J0O,000) is offered as
prize money for nving contests dur
lng 1910. Here arc some of the primer
pal meets, as Just officially announced:
February 6l". AT lIoliopolis (EWpD.
value Of prizes. 2l2,Q00 francs; April
Ill, ut Eiarrit2, 100000 francs; April
2lo. af Anucs, 10000 francs; hprll
1875. al Nice, 100000 lrancs. May
-, ri Croix d 'Hus (BordcauX), 30
un0 flames: May 1922. at Lyons. loo,
hOO francs; June 5-l2. at Nichy. 10000
francs, July so, clim,nalory rounds
for the French team so contest the In
teruatiousc dc ! Aviation; September
81. ut Croixd 'Glins (BordeauTl. 200.
000 francs, September - 50, at liaFre-
Douvillc -Trouville. 100000 francs,
creased before the year is much older.
The actresses Of the French capital,
and either grown ups who are not
actresses have several collections of
dolls which arc pccularlv interesting.
Nine Marthc Regnier has whole
roomful Nile Marccle Yreu has gal
lcries of dolls, and NJ Leo Clarete.
Fran"ais. has q house full. The other
dav there was talk nj Nine. Sarah
Bcrnhardt s house of these collections.
and somebody wondered why Nine.
Sarah had never thought of starting
one. She laughed and led the way INTO
n room where 800 beautiful dolls, in
costumes Of all kinds, received her
visitors, At The end Of the room was a
curtain. Nine, Sarah Bernhardt drew
il aside and showed collection OF OK
quisitc little figures carved by herself,
painted by her friend, Louise Abbcma.
and representing the actress IN all the
parts she has ever played. from lphi-
gcnir in which she made her debut at
tho Francais IN 1852. Ia Joan Of Arc,
in which she is appearing now.
French cotton spinners are complain
ing that they arc compelled 10 pay for
TOO much American water when they
buy their raw cotton. ThcI claim that
there is an undue amount Of moisture
i'm The American bales of cotton when
compressed for shipment, which not
only artiGcially increased The weight
but .injurcs the staple. II is proposed
TO establish laboratory whore the
amount OF. moisture can he determined
and when the amoliuh is proven 10 hc
cxcessivr claims viii be made for re-
bates IL l. not claimed that there is
ANY iutcntoD on tho part Of the Amcri.
can packers or shippers go uudulv IN
crease weight. but IT ~ rlamcd the
methods of packing are not what they
should hc. aud tho work is not done
with sufficient care.
Tbe uupopuarity incurred 10y the
members OF the French chamber
through having raised thcir own sal
aries from $500 TO 5000 is Likely To
lose many of them their seats at The
next elections. Nevertheless, NJ
gosnicr who represents Il constituency
in the Indrc. boldly insinuates in IN
address TO his supporters that instead
OF being reduced an NJ. p salary
ought TO be raised to Gl000.
Six hundred year ho SAYS. Is in
sufficient income for a French deputy;
he himself spends $1,000 year. He
proceeds 10 publish list Of his cx
pcnscs Thcv include subscriptions to
political clubs and to newspapers, a
huge sum for cab fares. the cost Of a
Hat i'll Paris. and the salaries of n STAFF
oF secretaries to ropc with the
enormous quantity Of bcggiug letters
he receives from his electors.