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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-17

neighborhood of the bishops house. In stead he went to Buffalo. where Father John, the head of the Franciscan order in America, resides. Father John is a good deal like MT. McGill. He is mild voiced, mild mannered-and has square chin.
 MT McGill does not believe in circum- locution.
 ''Father," he said. i've have the mort gage on that Polish church. Why don't you pay it? Now I think I can show you it will be to your advantage to clear away the indebtedness. Let us consider this subject from a business standpoint. To struggle over this property Is waste full Waste is abhorrent in business As plain business men we can settle this af- fair to our mutual satisfaction and profit
 Father John looked at him in amaze ment.
 My son." he said, in broken English, T have not the money. I have been en- gagged for long time paying back those poor people who put all their savings into the church. I have paid $90,000 to them. Not one dollar has been lost by these good people. I have no more money. am without experience went on Father John. 'I came to America to take charge of the affairs of my order after a life of secluson. All these matters are new to me, but this mortgage is not just or fair. At least that is my view. To me the poor people who in their faith gave what they had were the first to be considered. The men who drew that mortgage took ad- vantage of the enthusiasm of that young priest and of the unworldliness of the bishop. Is it not sop
 Young MT. McGill judges churchmen, scholars, spectators, all by the human standard. He acknowledged that the con- fidence of the priest and bish~ had been abused by the men they trusted, but he explained that this had no bearing on the validity of the mortgage, as it ha1 passed into the hands of innocent parties The thing to be done was to arrive at a basis
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-17
UNCLE SAM LOSING MILLIONS-By Frank G. Carpenter

of the miners and increase their safety while below ground. The work is now be- ing rapidly extended to saving our ma terial resources The story of the gas producer has shown you something of what may be done with the coal above ground. There is an enormous waste in the mining, some of which may also be stopped. Indeed, all the coal taken out measures only one half of what might be mined. Fully 50 per cent Is lost by irn- proper handling or is left in the mines, and this loss amounts to about S,000,0O0 for every working day of the year 1t Is enough to build structure as large and line as our library of Congress in every one of our cities of more than 100000 in- habtants. The library cost S7,000,000. We could put up 10 such buildings each year out of the waste coal left in the mines. In two years we could more than pay for the Panama canal, and in less | than decade could lay aside a capital equal to that of the United States Steel trust and half a dozen of our big railroad systemH4
 treatment of minerals in 1907 was more than s3eo,0oOCOO, and of the 4oo,ooo,- UCc tons of coal which we annually take out of the earth we leave another l00,000.- coo, in such d condition that 1t can never be mined.
 The worst of this. is that 1t Is a dead loss. A bad wheat or corn crop can be replaced the year following. 1t takes thousands of years to grow coal, and that which we now have is like a great saw inss bank of bottled up power to be used iH the future. Every check we cash re- duces the amount Of the deposit and there
 is none coming in. At the same time we are burning more and more coal We now consume i've tons per head, and waste more than three. The proportion of in crease is rapid, and should it continue our coal will be all gone within few centuries.
 It is even worse with gas and petro-
 eum. The loss in natural gas is more than 1,00o000,C0o cubic feet every day. 1t equals 143,000 barrels of petroleum, or enough to light every city we have of moro than 1oo,00o population. It's heat value is about the same as 1,0e00C bush els of coal, and this loss goes on day aft CT day, year in and year out. There is one we'll in Kentucky from which a throwing out into the air fuel which at present prices would be worth s30O0,O0 The loss from petroleum in leakage and waste is also enormous.
 Briquettes From the Slack
 pr. Holmes tells me that the day will some time come when we will turn our coal dust and slack into briquettes, or coal bricks, which will furnish as great, or even greater heating power than the coal itself. Such briquettes have been made and used on the southern railroads, showing greater efficiency than the same grade of lump coal from which they were made. The cost of manufac- turing at present. however. is about sl
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Father John looked into young MT. McGilrs eyes and young MT. McGill looked into Father Johns eyes. Then q will pay it. l do not know how soon, but will pay it."
 A straight business appeal had won where threat had failed.
 In the good feeling that came be- tween Father John and his visitor, fol- lowing their agreement. Father John told a little of his life and experiences. He knew nothing about business until he came to America. "But I am learn ing" he said. It seems to him from what he had heard of the affairs of his
 order in this country and of the affairs of various churches in various cities | that bishops and pastors were taken ad- vantage of frequently. He told of one experience of his own. He wanted to build a church for the Franciscans, but did not have quite enough money. He went to a banker and laid his case before him. The banker was willing to make the loan. All the details were arranged Father J John wanted to make sure regarding all charges he would have to pay, and they were set forth | clearly.
 Now this is all?" he asked the | banker.
 AL" was the reply.
 l A month or two later, when he soon
 would need the first installment of the
 borrowed money, he notified the bank
 CT and the bankers son caled upon
 him promptly. The money was ready, | the bankers son announced. But there is one little charge that will | have to be paid first" said the banker s
 son. And then he explained that as coun-
 sel for the bank his fee for passing on the
 loan and examining into it was $300 It
 would be necessary for him to pass upon
 the work done on the church and the gen eral condition of things when each of
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the four or five installments of the loan was paid, and for each examination he would charge $500.
 It was in vain Father John explained that the banker had assured him all charges were covered in the sum they had agreed upon. The young man was obdurate.
 "The fee to me must be paid" said he firmly.
 Sop said Father John.
 "So, said the young banker.
 q will not pay" said Father John.
 Good afternoon" Thereupon the monk went to the contractors and asked them to be patient. and he would find money
 with which to meet their bills. That night the good father started for New
 York and the next day was aboard ship bound for Europe. When he returned three weeks later he had enough money to build his church. He had borrowed 1t from friends of his order in Poland, in Germany and in Austria, He never took a cent from that bank and he never will
 Young MT. McGill went back to his hotel highly pleased. He went to bed to sleep the sleep of the just and the happy. But he awoke in the dead of night thinking hard of Father John. Somehow he req soned, Father John ought to pay that money right away instead of waiting three or six months or longer. As early in the morning as it was decent for him to do so, he was out again to see the Franciscan monk.
 Father John," he said, what Is the use of waiting so long about this affair ? Why not pay that mortgage now?" | The priest looked at him in puzzled | inquiry.
 l impossible"
 "Impossible?" pursued McGll. Non | sense! Any man who can do what | you did in the case of that banker
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one biscuit We are now consuming be-
 tween S00,000,000 and 500,0000O0 tons of coal every year, and our annual coal bill | amounts to something like $1,500 O00, ,0O0 One-third of this goes to produce power
 and it is of this that 90 per cent or more | is lost
 The Age of the Gas Engine Tn order to cut down this waste Uncle
 Sam has been testing our various coals
 and making experiments to get more pow
 CT out of them He has a great heating station at Pittsburg, with all kinds of apparatus for testing the coal, and he has been making special work of what are known as the gas producer and gas en- zine, which show that we can get two or three times as much as we are now do- ing. The gas producer, which was tested
 by the government at the St. Louis ex- position, is now so well known that it is in use all over the country, and it is do- ing much to drive out the steam boiler.
 It has aid sin the development of the gaN engine, and today four cycle, twin tan
 dem, double acting engines of 2000 or 3000
 horsepower can be found in all our up to date steel plants, and there are sonee | installations where the engines contan. several units each rated at 5000 horse | power.
 | In the production of gas the coal is put | into what looks like mighty steel boiler stood upon end. It is a great furnace | of cylinder of steel. The coal is put in at the top, which is then closed, and a | forced draft soon converts it into gas l There is no smoke, the combustion ;s | perfect, and the gas passes out through | pipe into gas engine in which it pro- | duces the power. In this process the | saving is so great that a 800 horsepower | gas engine will save 5000 year in it's
 coal bills over the same power steam en- | zine, and the saving on a 6C00 horsepower
 gas engine would amount to something | like $72,OMi year. Indeed, the saving | is so great that many of our factories
 are discarding the steam plants and in | troducing the gas producer It is row
 used in the s,lbways of New York and at
 hundreds of other stations over the 1 country.
 | Will Turn Lignite to Money l These Improvements in the. use of
 coal will turn our Ignite into money,
 and will add billions of dollars to our l national wealth. The Ignite coal is too poor for profitable use in connec-
 tion with stream, but by means of the gas producer it will develop as much power as the Pennsylvania and West l Virginia btuminous coal when used
 under steam boiler Now we have 150,000,000 acres of Ignite. In North | Dakota alone we have five times as
 much, weight for weight, as tnere is
 coal in Pennsylvania. The former
 state has 20,000,000 acres of Ignite.
 It's coal beds are as large as South Carolina or Indiana. and they can be
 easily mined. Montana has about
 300, 900, 100000 tons of such coal. New
 Mexico .ias 1S0,000, ,000. .0OO tons, while Texas has 2a.Ooo.Q0o.00O. By the gas
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per ton. and they cannot compete with the lump coal from the mines.
 It is different in the Ignite fields of the west, where the briquetted coal has a far greater heating value than the coal itself, and where it can be pressed up for ship ment
 There are briquettins plants at the an- thracite mines which are working over the waste at an exceedingly great profit. They are washing the culm grains and pressing them into bricks, and they are even dragging the coal grains and slack out of the Susquehanna river and putting them on the market. Ninety-six thousand tons of such coal were taken from the water last year. and altogether about 100000 from the waste This coal at the retail prices which now prevail in Wash ington would be worth something like s9o 0OO.000 although it would hardly sell for one-fourth that at the mines.
 Some of our great naval vessels arc | now using briquettes.\ They can carry more of this fuel in a smaller compass: and fl has less smoke and greater power producing value. The government has brlquetting machines in it's experi- ment stations at Pittsburg and Denver. and it may be that the cost of making ! these bricks of coal will be much less in the future. It is also testing peat in briquettes. and is taking advantage
 
 [ Belgium and England where briquettes arc commonly used on the railroads and l for domestic heating as well.
 Testing Government Coal During my stay in the bureau of mines
 was taken to the laboratory in the top of the building where the scientists were at work testing the heat and power values of coal sent in from all parts of | the country. They were analyzing tho samples sent in by bidders for the ss- ernment contracts and finding out Just how much moisture and ash and heat or power each contained.
 At the present time about 40 of the pub lie buildings here in Washington and 300 other buildings belonging to the govern ment scattiered over the country, are supplied with coal on such tests. It is the same with the Panama railroad and our navy yards. All the fuel Is bought direct through competitive bids and 1t must be up to the specifications. premium is paid for any decrease in the ! amount of ash below the standard and deductions are made when the ash ex- ceeds the standard by more than per cent
 The samples of coal when they come in are ground to a dust as fine as face pow der. and thimbleful of this. or one gram. is enough for test This amount is first examined for moisture It is put In a little cup of bone ash and then left in a furnace which registers just the amount of moisture that comes out of the coal. After this the thimbleful of coal is put into another furnace which is exceed ingly hot. It burns It to ashes. and the ashes left in the cup show proportion ately the amount of ash in the coal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-17

Copyright, 1911, by Frank G. Carpenter)
 Washington, D. c. | HAVE just weighed one of my eye lashes. It was little red hair, half 4 an inch long, and 1t tipped the beam at one one-hundred-thousa of an ounce. The scales were among those of the laboratory of the bureau of mines, some of which are so fine that a pencil mark, on a sheet of white paper, will make their balances wobble. Their disks are gold plated and the weights are bits of platinum and platinum wire
 These are among the testing arrange ments which Uncle Sam is now using to discover the heat and power values of our coal supplies. He has all sorts of in- struments which determine the amount of moisture and ash in each ton of fuel, Bhd just how much work it will do.
 It used to be that coal was bought upon the reputation of the mine from which 1t came The price was so much per ton, and the manufacturer or domestic consumer thought nothing of the ashes and moisture. Today the country is fast coming to estimate the coal by heat units, and this is the basis upon which all gov ernment purchases are made. We are now spending something like $10,0OOOOO a year for the fuel used by the army and navy and the various government depart ments and 1t is through such tests that we are saving at least $200,O00 over the cost of the same coal in the past.
 The great factories and foundries are beginning to buy their coal the same way, and the bureau of mines will eventually he able to show every man just where he can get his fuel the cheap est, and what prices he should pay for the kinds needed for his special plant It will also give such information that every man who buys coal for his home will know just what to buy. and how to burn 1t to get the best and most econimical heat 1t will tell you how your coal can be used to produce the most power, and how our fuel supplies, fully one half of which are now going to waste, may be saved.
 BLeaks Which Equal Million Dollars Day
 | How would you like to have one of Uncle Sam,s tax collectors appear at your bed side every morning all the year through and force you to pay him S3? That is the leak which the United States an- nually loses from the waste in its coal to say nothing of the losses in the mining of iron, copper silver and gold, and other metals of various kinds. These figures are given me by pr. Joseph Ax Holmes the director of the bureau of fnthes, who knows more about our fuel resources than any other man in the country. He ksays that fully half the coal is left in *the mines. and that of the amount got Y ten out iW the production of steam we lose from 92 to 95 per cent of its energy. Prof Fernald, one of the chief engineers of the bureau. compares our use or coal to that of a housewife who took a whole barrel of flour and out of 1t got only
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The Washington herald., 1911-05-21
ELECTRIC PARK RESULTS.

FIRST RACE-Three-year-ol and up
five furlongs. Anavri. lib Oennison). II
TO 10. won: Geo Hall. 113 (GranD. to 2
second: Tom Shaw. 121 (Ousey). even,
third. Time. 1:c3. Duncraggin. Excel
lence. I'm There, and Geo. W. Lebolt
also ran.
SECOND RACE-TSe--->--aiA. tour
end one-hnIf furionss. Drexef Hill. ia
Henderson), to 5, won; Lesbos, los
CHarty), l to 3, second: Shreye. los
Brown, out, third. Time. 0:5s. Nickle
also ran.
THIRD RACE-Slx and one-haf fur
longs. w. I. Hinch. 115 CNalker), to !.
" on; Jack Nunnally, Ill Peak, out, sec
ond: How About You, IL (Myers), to l.
third. Time, 1:26 II Racinette. 7Grecian
Bend. Culpepper, and Duke Of Bridge
water also ran.
FOURTH RACE-Six and one-half fur
longs. Chester Krum. 123 (Mentry), 8 to
8, won: Smirk, 100 Brown). to 8. Sec
ond: Fond Heart. 10 (Hickey), out, third.
Time, 1:25. Joe Rose also ran
FIFTH RACE-Six and one-half fur
longs. Parlor Boy, 113 (Mentry). to l.
won: Mason. 11S CGran0. out. second;
Alice. Virginia. Ill Brown, out, third.
Time, 1:27. Only three starters.
SIXTH RACE-Three-year-o and up:
FIVE furlongs. Black Branch, 113 oval
kerr, to 5, won; T. B. Spears los Den-
nison), I to 10. second: Goodacre, los
Dennison), to 5, third. Time, los. AL
dine NJ. Juvenice, Solon Shingle. and Fez-
zen also ran.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-21
TOURNAMENT ENDS
AT CHEVY CHASE
Interesting Matches Seen in
Final Days Play.

The annual spring tournament OF the
Chevy Chase Club came to close yes
terday afternoon, when the finals were
decided in the following classes: Ladies'
scratch singles. ladies' handicap singles,
and the mixed doubles. The tournament
was the most successful in the history
Of the club. 1t took two weeks to run of
the matches.
The best match yesterday was in the
mixed doubles between Miss NJ Greble
and Lee McClung, Treasurer of the United
States, and Miss Alice Downing and Ed
ward Dcnn, the former pair winning, by
the scores of 6-3 and IS. The last set
was the most interesting, as many games
We're ''deuced' before the winner was
did base line game. while Miss Greble
showed up well in serving. McClung
played his usual good game, and won
many points by his accurate placements
of the ball.
In the ladies' scratch singles. Miss f.
Chew had an easy time winning from
Miss Shepherd, the scores being 81 and
6-1. Miss Shepherd started in we'll, but
she was outclassed, especially in the
second set
Miss E. Chew also won from Mrs.
Brooke in the ladies' handicap singles
The scores were ca and T-5 The sec
ond set was fast, and showed both play
ers ats their best. but Miss Chew finally
Won by smashing the ball at her oppo-
nenc.
Miss NJ. Greble and Lee McClung re-
ceived a handsome cup each for their
victory, while Miss Chew was awarded
two silver trophies. offered by the club
The Washington herald., 1911-05-21
LOCAL BOAT CLUBS

men VIII make a good showing
He said: IF our new eight-oared shell
arrives this week We will undoubtedly
give the Potomacs hard run for their
money. as our crew is light and will do
much better with light she'll The shell
we nave been using is too heavy"
Capt. Middleton has not vet decided on
the members who will row in the race.
However. he will pick his crew from the
following: McCauley. Combs. Bowie. Bull
Tough. Bunzel. Crafts. West. Daniels,
Greene. Whelpley. Mcdowell. Nevius,
Williams, and Middleton Charles Coffin
will be coxswain Of the crew
The following is an original idea for
towing dinghy:
The Herald Boating Editor:
When alone in my motorboat and
working my way through a winding,
narrow passage. where frequent backing
is quite necessary In order to make the
turns, I find this simple method of use
to me in keeping my dinghy's towline out
OF my propeller. / am able to tow with
ten or twelve foot line which requires
no attention, the slack taking care OF
itself
"I attach to the dinghy's towline about
midway between the two boats a dried
gourd or tin float which has buoyancy
enough to float the blight of the line. SO
that when the dinghy runs up on the mo-
torboat the slack cannot foul the wheel.
"Of course. the dinghy's towline can be
shortened to foot or two but this re-
quires lengthening when open water is
reached Even though you have a man
with you. ten chances to one he will have
to be reminded to clear the small boats
line every time the engine is reversed.
"SYBILLA.
Washington, d. c."
The idea suggested in the above is
original, so far as We know, and appears
to. have merit
The Department of Commerce af1u
Labor has sent out department circular
No. Dds. which contains the text of the
law governing motorboats. 1t is impor-
tant that every motorboat should have a
full understanding of the act, which went
into effect July 9, 1910.
Circular No, 22S can be obtained by
applying to the Department Of Commerce
and Labor.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-21
TORONTO RESULTS.

FIRST RACE-Six furlongs. King
James. 1874 Ougan). won; Fitz Herbert.
1St (Shilling). second; ]. II. Houghton.
ll2 &c. Byrne), third. Time, 113. Jim L.
also ran. No pooling On rrst race. All
money refunded.
SECOND RACE-Two-year-old four
and half furlongs. Chocorua, 113 (Koer-
ner), $3.50. won: Puggins, lis (Byrne),
$40, second; Ochre Court, 113 (GoIdstein),
$40, third. Time, O:55. Sati, Bill Lamb,
Thirty Forty, Stalmore, knights Differ,
Tactics. Mad River, and Bard Of Hope
also, ran.
THIRD RACE-One and one-sixteenth
miles. Busy, 104 (Byrne). SIS, won; Black
Ford, 1O7 CPickens), $780, second: Aylmer.
So (Koener), $40. third. Time, 1:47 %.
Herbert Turner, Vreeland, G. H Miller,
Chief Kee, Hampton Court, and Seconko
also ran.
FOURTH RACELOne mile Zeus, III
(Shilling), $2.70 won; Cherish, liz CKoer-
ner), $3.50. second; The Niger. 122 Frain),
500, third. Time, 1:54 3-5. PACED and
Lady Lorne also ran.
added starter.
FIFTH RACE-Three-year-o and M,
one and one-quarter miles St Bass, los
Dugan), $50. won; sPowderman, los
Koerner), $40. second; 'Jane Shore, i1s
(Goldstein), $3.50. third. Time, 2:0S as.
sPiacer Land, Sandring, Legislator, Miss
Marthas and 'Havrick also ran.
coupled.
SIXTH RACE-Steeplechase four-year-
olds and UP. two miles. Bigot, 14O CKer-
nath), $,53.30. won; Sleeve Lane, l46 WAR
rington), $22 20, second: The weIkin, l60
Pending), $3.50. third. Time. 4:I2 2-5.
Merry Man, DR.. Kock. Dtnna Ken,
Waterway, and Apologize also ran.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-21
By EDWARD w, KIBBEY,

The Potomac Boat Club will hold its
annual regatta next Saturday, and from
present indications II will be the most
successful in the history Of the club. as
many interesting events have been ar
ranged that viii larouse unusual interest
among local boating circles.
The feature event of the day will be a
special match race between the junior
eight-oar crews of the Potomac Boat
Club and the Analostan Boat Club. The
race will be from the Three Sisters to
the Acqueduct Bridge, which is about a
half mile. II will start about 2:30 o'clock.
Much interest is centered on this race,
as the crews have been working hard
during the past month in preparation of
what Is considered the most important
event this season
! Joe DAILY, who is in charge Of the Po-
tonacs. said ressntlx- that thu mar. have
made spiendfd showing IN practice and
Will undoubtedly spring big surprise
next Saturday. Capt Frank Smith will
pick the eight from the following men:
Bosch, Talbert, Quintard, Kehoe. Hough
Hoppee. Parker. Milovick, and Mckinney,
coXswain.
Capt Rankin Middleton, who is coach
irg the Analostan crew. is confident his