New-York tribune., 1911-12-19
THE DA WASHINGTON
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HARDER THAN EvER---The naval
authorities have decided on a programme
for future battlAship practice which VIII
make good scores harder 10 obtain thsn
ever Excellent results have been achieved
in the past. but secretary Never has de-
tern1ined 70 set the naval gunners an even
harder task The range. which recently has
averaged 5000 yards. Is - be Increased 10
10000 yards Submarines will he SUB
merged to give q minimum range or
ia, 900 wards Special attention will he
given 70 torpedo practice. which VIII -"
held at night and will include night runs
for the submarines. n being the nrst
time this has been attempted. The work
will all be conducted on competitive
basis. with a view to fostering the utmost
ambition among both officers and crew
The resArve fleets Of battleships and tor
nsdo craft on both coasts will he placed
on q competitive basis. II being desired TO
keep these vessels ready at all times 10
proceed 10 sea Three new competitions
are 10 be established. having 10 do with
the consumption of coal for steam
launches. evaporstors and dynamos, re-
spectively. Mr. Meyer is convinced that
this extension OF the competitive princi-
ple in connection with the consumption
Of fuel will be productive Of the most
gratifying results.
CHICAGO WANTS BOTH--Not CON
tent with It's success in securing the Re
publican National Convention. Chicago IS
now making an earnest effort 10 secure
the national convention of the Democrats
For some time Baltimore has been lulling
itself 10 fancied security under the i'm
preston that st had pre-empted the DEM
ocratic convention--and possibly il will
win yet. hut II will have 70 fight for IT,
St Louis, disappointed al not securing the
Republican convention. is determined u
will secure the Democratic. and now chi
cago has undertaken 10 raise fund with
which to capture the Democrats which
Chicagoans, with customary modcsty. pre-
dict will make the funds OF Baltimore
and 81. Louis look like thirty cents -
The Democrats are by no means loath 10
go TO Chicago In fact. they appreciate
that tho Windy City has many advan-
tages 20 offer, but what they want and
what will determine their meeting place
III Ine Ulldl dIldlgSlS Will ur tlir hhip"''
OF cold cash contributed 10 their cam
paign fund.
CHAMP, ALIAS jim. Before Champ
Clark conceived an ambition 10 be Presl-
dent he was Just plain "Jim'-some time
before. At least. that is the story told by
w. s. stover. Of Milwaukee, who came to
Washington to-day 10 talk over boyhood
days with the Speaker. Not until the
other day. explained Mr.. Slower, did he
realize that his boyhood friend Of the
homely cognomen and the Speaker with
the euphonious handle" were one and the
same I'VE called him Jim Clark during
our school days in Kentucky. when ! was
a boy" said Slower. when handing in his
card at the Speakers Office. II have been
reading about Champ Clark In tho papers
for years, but never associated the name
with the fellow went to school with II
appears that IN his youth the Speaker did
not like the name Beauchamp and he was
never known by that euphonious appela-
ton Later In life when Mr.. Clark en-.
tered politics. he 'cut the thing in two,
es he expresses II, and this threw Mr..
Slower of the track. Reading sketch Of
the Sneaker recently II dawned on him
that the youngster he once called Jim :
was now the Speaker Of the House and
the famous Democrat who now has PIesi-
dental aspirations. q. q. H.