New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-04

Sbilit ddy lItiS WIEN oii liz Nf"' 'NAN
City aviation field Harmon, Hamilton
or some other skilful aeronaut is ex-
pected to drop imitation bombs on an
| imitation battleship. AS no arrange
ments have been made for repelling the
attack the proceeding will fail to show
the preba bic outcome of real battle. In
a recent issue The Scientific American
described a combination attempted by
the superintendent of a Western military
school, a rapid fire machine gun belhg
so mounted that it could be fired from
an automobile. Here is one type OF
weapon which might prove serviceabie
in actual warfare. and it would certainly
be worth while to learn just what such
2 gun could do. Another question 10
which a convincing answer has not yet
been offered relates to the extent OF the
damage which could be inflicted by an
army rifle or sporting rifle in the hanos
of a good narksman. A direct encounter
between an airship, on the one hand, ana
an expert gunner on the other, is dp
parently out of the question in time OIL
peace, unless one OF our esteemed con-
temporaries whose patriotic interest III
the development of flying machines Is SO
consDicuous lust now should unselhshiy
consent to provide an aviator for the
purpose. In view of the advantages OIL
a practical test, perhaps it Is not 100
much to hope that this Will be done.
Texas reports man frozen to death
with the thermometer at 103. Trust to
Texas to keep in the public eye
The adjournment of Parliament VIII
proba blv facilitate rather than empar-
rass the negotiations for an amlcable
settlement of the great CONSTITUTIONAL
questions which have been vexlng the
United Kingdom. Between now ana
mid November statesmen on both sldes
will have opportunity for deliberate ana
dfspassionate thinking, and it is scarcely
conceivable that such consideration of
the matters at issue can fail to produce
useful results The Mother of Parlla-
ments'' is not going to stult1fy parna-
mentarism.
The judicial dignity Of coroner mas
been accurately measured, now that the
notice lieutenant who treated Coroner
Schwannecke despitefully has suffered
thirty days suspension-at full pay.
Surely a great political mystery tins
presence of Speaker cannon f I,Stfn lG ~ r
Dav Chairman Mack of the Deflocfd
National Committee and W j. ConneTs, ea-
cratic Committee, at the same hotel IN tIle
upper lake region. Doubtless Justice gay ,S
ana Chuck Corners are planning a new the
ot Others Republican.
The Corners family in New York does
not owe it's eminence to a single lhol-
vidua1. Our Springfield contemporary
should know that "Fingey'' and 'Chuck
are by no means one and the same
entry for the Hall of Fame.
At last Chairman Dix OF the beliio
cratic State Committee has done SOME
thing. He has gone to Brooklyn anu
listened to a speech by the Hon. EDWARD
M. Shepard. That is good deal III tiliS
hot weather He is evidently a man Oh
energy and determination.
The incognito of Colonel Roosevelt III
the coal regions was as successful as
that of Inspector Dew on his way to
Canada.
A dispatch from Waterloo, n. y, says
that the women of that town de1ealed
tho ,roposition to increase the number
of school trustees by casting 100 votes,
the result being III to 149. Evidently
d. uoYnan's Waterloo is different from a
mans.
Lost" books and records have a re
markedly intelligent way OF turning up
when the courts in earnest.
Citizens of Oklahoma are daily pray
ing for rain. If the rain comes, 1t is to
be hoped that they will not neglect
nromptlv to return thanks
Again we say to the Iowa stand
patters.'' don't try TO out-1alt ! alt