Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-09-13

or the interference or the little navy
men In congress, who are generally
credited with having less patriotism
In their hearts than tn. have petty
selfish interests In their minds, the
naval experts are hurry!us aud rush.
ing their plans for the new battle.
ship Pennsylvania. the only one au
thoriced by congressional a%ppropria.
ton at the last session. II Is, accord.
ing 10 the progressive ideas of Sena.
tor Hen Tillman, to be fully as large,
If not bigger, than the leviathan just
ordered by the British government.
which has a displacement of 10000
tons, is 100 feet in length, and has a
speed of 70 nautical miles an hour.
carrying an armament OF l4.inch
guns the greatest In the world.
The navy constructors have out.
lined plans of the principal features
of the new battleship, and are strain
ing every effort to get out the adver-
tisements calling for bids for the
building of the pride of the American
navy before congress meets In De-
cember. The possibility of a spec
ial session in October may, upset
their arrangements. In the new plans
there are certain important features
that have yet to be developed.
1t is said to be we'll established that
the size of the hsip has exhausted the
possibilities Of the ~reciprocating en-.
CINE, for the great power to be de-
veloped by the boilers would necessi-
tate such gigantic low pressure cylin.
ders and main shafting of such thick
ness that the engine builders could
not safely meet their demands. :
Experiments are now in progress at
Indian Head with a gun carriage cap
able of carrying three great 14-inch
rifles. So far these have not been
entirely satisfactory. yet upon their
success must depend the adoption of
the. trlple-gun turrets for the Penn.
sylvania. In general dimensions, the
new sip will be about as already
stated, but, unless the navy experts
make some radical changes she will
be about 20 feet shorter than the new
British thunderbolt. Crude oil will
probably be relied on for fuel.
When the Pennsylvania goes into
commission, she will be equipped
with twelve lr-inch guns. which will
be made with tapered or cone-shaped
Innings. This lining will increase the
efficiency of the ship about five per
cent. The length of time required
to change ner WORKOUT guns will be
shortened from about four months to
tw oweeks. A big naval gun is made
in two pieces, a big shell and a tenn.
pered steel lining. The shell is heat
ed and the lining slipped into it.
Mnen they cool, the parts are firmly
welded together.
Those big 14-inch rifle guns will
fire a much heavier projectile than
the 12-inch guns, and will have a
muzzle velocity but very little less;
so, it is estimated that they will have
a life of about 1875 shots each, prac-
tically the same as the life Of the
present lz-inch guns.
t..... a. H.. -
A much-traveled visitor from In
dia, who has sailed the salt sea over
many times, expresses himself shock
ed over the fact that the American
does not take even the most Ordi-
nary methods used in hot countries
to prevent sunstroke. 1t seems to be
a general experience that the stroke
CONS from TIE back of the neck, and
for this reason the practice of going
without a hat in the sun is decidedly
condemned by this experienced In
dian traveller. ~ 81.
He points out that nc native of a
hot country where the II is to be
feared. would ever veal a little hat.
In India the helmet is the thing,
with the dropping back brim that
protects the neck from the sun, and
the ideal helmet Is made of pith,
that the heat from without may not
penetrate. s.
The Mexican, he points out, wears
a sombrero that weighs two pounds
and laughs at the suggestion that his
headgear Is too hot for summer. 1t
is the Mexican's way Of keeping his
headS4cool, the heat from within be.
ing nothing to the heat from without,
He can't stand the sun or the hot
air beating on his head through a
| straw or an ordinary felt hat.
In the Australian bush, the natives
cover their heads with moist leaves
and lie low in the heat of the day,
and this seems to be an aboriginal
custom. Only in, Washington, st
Louis, New York, Chicago, Philadel
phia, Cincinnati, San Francisco, and
other modern American cities do peo
pie disregard the weather by the
headgear that they wear.
In the city Of New Mexico, which
Is never so warm as any of those
| cities | have named, as it has an ele
walton of 1000 feet above sea leve'
and usually a mountain breeze, the
stores close in the heat of the after
noon for at least two hours, and their
employees, in common with all work
men, go home to take a nap, or a
least go somewhere, and be still
Prostrations are quite unusual dowr
there among the natives, although
foolish visitors. who scorn the Gus
toms, get caught occasionally.
1t appears that not Mexico, nor In
dia alone, but all the hot countries
and few of them, if any, r hotter
than the national capital sometimes
suspend all forms OF human activ
ity if possible when the sun beats
fiercely. The people rest Just as