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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-04

We're purchased under specification last
year for the Capitol. The government
printing office called for 1000 tons OF
bituminous and 10000 tons of antnracite
1900 tons were purchased for Soldiers
Home, $500 tons for the new museum,
1900 for the State War and Navy build
ing: 10000 tons for the Hospital for the
Insane. 5000 for the Agricultural Depart
ment, and 500 each for the Columbia
Deaf and Dumb Institute and the Zoo
The Treasury called for $50 tons. the
Naval Hospital. $500 tons; the navy yard
10000 tons: the bureau of engraving ano
printing. 1900 tons: Freedmen's Hospital
1000 tons. and the bureau of standards
500
Among the tons OF coal purchased by
the municipal government under speciflca-
ton during the past year were 200 tons
used in the District building. Five thou
sand five hundred tons of bituminous coal
were sent to the District pumping sta
ton; Occoquan received 10000 tons; the
sewage pumping station received. 4.5OO
and some 500 tons were used misceiia-
neously
In purchasing coal under specifications
for his battleships and naval vessels
Uncle Sam uses a rather different method
of sampling and testing The mines from
which it is proposed to procure coal are
visited and samples are obtained and an
alyzed In making the contracts the coal
from q mine or mines is specified ana on
delivery the coal Is sampled and tested.
tests
has shipped coal from the specified mine
or mines and should the samples prove
inferior to the quality of coal expected,
shipments from these mines are no longer
accepted.
BY specification Uncle Sam purchases
about $4.OOO.OoO worth of coal a year
and should this method save only % pei
cent for the government. 1t would at least
pay the 100000 that Is appropriated fol-
the fuel testing of the bureau of mines
The navy is also greatly aided in iti
81. 100000 yearly purchase by the tests
that are made at the mines. 1t is record
ed at the bureau that more than fifty OF
the larger cities. number OF states anc
a much larger number Of private corpora
lions and business concerns in different
parts OF the country have followed this
plan of the government for the purchase
of coal under specification. The city Of
New York sent It's representative Il
Washington to examine the methods
adopted by the bureau and has itself
with some notifications. adopted them
1t was stated that the adoption of thi:
plan in one year resulted in a saving ir
the cost Of fuel to one department o.
New York city of $4,000.
The coal tests carried on by the bureau
Of mines consist of q proximate analysis
a sulphur determination and q heating
value determination. The first or proxi
mate analysis is the determination o.
moisture, ash. volatile combustible mat
ter and fixed carbon. In determining tn.
moisture In a sample of coal Difficult
problem faces the chemist, for in reduc
ing the sample to a convenient weigh
and size some of the moisture IS lost. How
much is lost depends on the proportion o
moisture originally carried by the coal
After the coal has been reduced suffi
GENTLY a sample Is Immediately taken
This is known as a total moisture sam
PIE. for the moisture In this sample il de
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-04
Measuring Electricity by American Standard

expensive and open to detection in thou
sands Of places. There are few purchas-
ers Of electric current on any considera-
bic scale, for instance, who do not them
selves measure the amount of the power
consumed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-04

xusted and scared at the kind Of work
was mixed up in. so I asked to be sent
away. Instead OF that, and probably be-
cause had asked it. I was sent still
further up the river. hundreds of miles
further to a place called Santa Gaia
lima, where a manager called Rodriguez
had his camp I have an idea that the
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No one workman worked on all
parts OF these Notifications.
That wall Is left because OF its
history. II is almost as old as the
country. but IL has nothing to do
with the Notifications
And so It is, all along the coast
Innocent looking rocks hide heavy
guns and mortars. Nothing is what
It seems to be!
And how can the cliff dwellers, a
mile or two away be affected by
the extention OF Fort Adams? No
one admits that a military post Is
a quiet neighbor! Guns must be
tested. and when the heavy guns
at Adams and Greble are being
fired, the whole island quiyers.
windows are broken. valuable
paintings dashed to the floors and
walls injured. Things are bad
enough as they are. With the de-
yelopment OF the future they will
be far worse. Last October resi-
dents near the fort were driven
away during the heavy firing. Mrs.
Vanderbilt and Mrs. Morgan ran
away to escape the noise they re-
turned to broken windows and
cracked walls.
Newport itself Is but q part OF
the general fertilization, all sides
of the bay must be fortified.
jamestown, Just across from Fort
Adams. bristles with guns and
earthworks. The Summer home Of
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Mrs. Isaac Clothier, OF Philadel-
phia, is In the midst Of an arsenal,
and the end is not yet. Property
owned by Mr.. Price Wetherill, also
OF Philadelphia, has been bought by
the War Department.
Behind jamestown, in what is
called the West Passage, Is Fort
Greble. This fort controls the
passage TO Providence, 1t protects
the bathers at Narragansett Pier
and also the ocean entrance to
Newport harbor. The guns on this
island can drop a shell twelve
miles away.
With these guns added TO, with
the guns on the nearby shores in
creased, what pleasure will yachts
men have In these waters? Not
long ago Mr.. Harry Payne Whit
neys yacht was struck by shell,
last August big fishing schooner
was struck by a steel projectile.
The proiectile went through the
deck, passing between four men
grouped foreward. and luckily for
all hands, sank into the water tank.
That accident was not due to
carelessness. every pTecaution was
taken. At the investigation, 1t was
found that something was wrong
with the defector. But such &C
cidents spoil the bay as a play
ground. 1t will no longer be pleas
ant for Colonel Aston to take hun
cheon parties out on the Mona, or
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tween New York and Boston. II
controls the approach to both cities
by land and water. Should a for
eign army land, to-day, on the I'M
protected shores of the bay, 1t
would find the way north to Bos-
ton, the way south, to New York,
clear before IT, The Government
is thus more eager TO fortify New
port and Its waters than New York
or Boston.
Making Newport the biggest ma
val base In the country means the
almost perfect protection OF New
York and Boston. Torpedo boats,
submarines, dreadnaughts can be
sent out from this base and reach
either city In a few hours. When
all the vessels are equipped with
oil-burning engines, these few hours
will be cut In half! There Is am
pie room for an aero-nautic school.
Right here, within a radius OF a
few miles, every department OF a
most complete united service can
be developed. And developed on
the largest scale. There is room
for everything.
Last season, Stuart Duncan, n
Newport multi-milllonhire. secured
permission from the naval author
tiles to keep his big airships on the
grounds at Fort Kearney, Just
north Of Narragansett Pier. HIS
daily practices were an object les
son to the service.
The expansion o. the naval base
means also the expansion Of the
military post. Fort Adams is the
second largest fortress in the coun-
try. 1t will be made one OF flrst
Importance II the War Department
Is permitted to carry out its plans.
Fort Adams occupies the largest
front of land iutting out into tho
bay. All around this point are
beautiful estates. worth many mil.
lions. The estate OF Arthur Curtlss
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HOW the Governments Decision to Make
the Famous Resort Its Greatest Naval
Base UW L-ipe americas Frivolous
Fashionable Colony off the Map

Indian name for Peace. At the sea
end Of this island, is the Queen
City, with rocky peninsulars run
ming into the ocean and into the
bay. Each one OF these points is
TO be fortified. The rest Of the
island Is to serve the navy in one
way and another.
To the north, Coddington Cove,
now the practice ground for the
submarine and torpedo boats, Is
to be made into a huge dry dock.
the largest in the world. Coddlng-
ton Point, now owned by Louis
Bruguiere, Is to be heavily forth
fed. Mr.. Bruguiere's new colonial
mansion will be done away with
1t cost several hundred thousand
dollars, but 1t Is In the way. II
may, perchance. be turned into
barracks. Enlisted men will per-
haps eat In the banquet hall where
Mrs. Stuyyesant Fish and Mrs.
Herman 0elrfchs have dined.
All the north shore with its val
liable Summer houses has been sur
yeyed by the Government. Options
on the shore from Coasters Harbor
Island to Portsmouth, have been
acquired. And II awaited OF. what
marvellous changes there will be.
What will the new Mrs. Alfred
Vanderbilt do? She has at last,
after divorcing her first husband,
succeeded In winning a Newport
position. And now. II the Govern
ment carries out It's plans, her po-
sition will not be worth tuppence.
Poor Mrs. Alfred
But why this concentration at
Newport? Why destroy the magI-
cal city built by milllonaires? The
answer is easy. Because Nara.
gansett Bay is the key to the whole
Of the New England and Middle
States. This bay, with Its miles
of good roadsteads. its unusually
wide channels. lies half way be-
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for Commodore Gerry to take pic
mic parties out in his big Electra
The waters of the future belong 20
the Army and Navy.
There Is something amusing in
seeing Newport at last held at the
mercy OF the United Service, How
the wives, once disdained, will
chortle when the circus set moves
weepingiy onward
The Gould family do not care TO
spend their Summers in Newport.
II they go there next Summer they
will see the house where Jay Gould
planned Black Friday transformed
into hospital annex. The naval
hospital, a new building, occupies
the lawns Of the old place, the big
old house remains. but 1t does not
look as 1t did when Jay Gould lived
there
When the circus set swoops down
on Newport next Summer II had
better bring along plenty OF alb
sorbent cotton The Government Is
dredging the inner harbor, the
channel must be widened so that
waTships can move about with
ease The dredger works night
and day and on Sundays, tool It
makes weird sound which can be
heard all over town, and II Is most
nerve-racking.
The cottagers complained In the
Fall. but the Government told
them they would have to stand ID.
There are thus many things which
viii demolish the playground OF the
circus set The Government will
efectually drive them out without
buying their estates.
To look at this whole develop
ment calmly. II certainly would
seem that Newport. the queen Of
all watering places, is doomed 10
get hers very soon.
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Newport, Feb. s.


NEWPORT as a purely frivO-
M lous Summer resort must go.
Y The millionaire palaces. the
farms" at present the pride Of
the country, are to become things
of the past. The military and
naval authorities OF the United
States are preparing to demolish
Newport, and 1t Is only a question
of time when Viewpoints iron-bound
coastllne will be coastllne Of guns
and mortars. This work OF demoll-
tlon has been going on slowly but
surely for years. 1t Is only re-
Gently that the Government has
shown Its han1 plainly.
or course, the Government real.
lies that the mlllionaires and So
ciety danes are important-we
must have them. But 1t also real
ICES that as a naval station and
military base the Queen City Is
OF the most vital importance. Mar
ragansett Bay, the large body of
water indenting the whole State
of Rhode Island, is the most i'm
portant strategic waterway on the
Atlantic Seaboard. Admiral French
f. Chadwick, when Commandant
of the Newport Naval Station, said
this, and he smiles now when he
sees the present developments.
1t is because Of this importance
that the Government is quietly buy
ing up great tracts Of property
along Viewpoints water front and
acquiring options on the valuable
properties adjoining Fort Adams.
The estates of Edwin d. Morgan,
Lewis Cass Ledyard, young John
Nicholas Brown, the once-rlehest-
boy-in.the.world; Seth Low and
Mrs. Elsie French Vanderbilt lie
in this danger zone.
Newport is on an island ten miles
long, the Isle Of Aquidneck, the
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says, II need your land to
build upon" but II shall take
the waters of your bay, as
welll"
And why not? For years
Nara gansett Bay, big
enough TO float all the nayies
OF the world. has. been the
playground for American
millionaires. For years, Il
has been the pleasure ground
OF any one owning a sail
boat or steam yacht. The
Government has given them
a free rein, but now II can
do so no longer. The bay.
Its shores, It's islands, lis
waters must be given over
to the United Service. And
naturally this means the de-
moliuon of the Queen City.
The whole country Is in
terested in the latest deyelop-
nent. The whole country
wants to know II the pic
turesque side OF Newport is
to become a thing Of the
past. VIII military sentrles
pace the cliff walk where
beauty and wealth now play?
VIII the Breakers, Marble
House, the Berwind palace
become military prisons, bar
racks for enlisted men? win
these mansions where the
officers Of the Service and
their wives are now suubhed
become In turn. the proper
ty Of the Government We'll.
not soon. but reN
All parts of Newport are
affected by these rumorsd
changes. Last August Mr.
7. suffern Taller stagrsrsd
his friends by buying IN The
polo grounds on the oeasn
Drive and other large pIo;s
In that direction. Wby 4,
Taller purchase this unasSa
apparently useless land.
provide a playground "a,
millionaire friends? No,
the highest point OF i.r,
the ocean front Of Newport.
controls the one little cove
a sea harbor might be devs
Already Newport sees a 10,
ton, an observatory ana
military side shows on this
tant property.
Just after the polo ground
chase. Mr.. James and lir. d
bought In q large property 4
harbor front, between Mrs v,
bits and young Browns ests
Why did they make these
emily useless Investments?
Fort Adams Is extended an
whole southern part OF the
is taken over by the Cover
these properties mast be inc
For years. right under the
of the circus set. Fort Adam
changed character completely
for ifications are distinctly N
and up-to-date. There Is a
colony Of officers wives. dau
and sisters living on the re
ton, but not even the wife
commanding officer kr Iws
the most important fortitiea
are! Not even a Junior Z
can 60 through the whole
He does not know all the 50
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heW A1NhhR hNtNo~
sary. On these
properties the
War Department
trains its heavy
guns and. says.
Gentlemen get
out, or you will
get hurt"
Newport mil
lionaires are In
a sad wsyl Their
homes, their very
playground is
threatened BY the
Servicei The Gov
eminent not only
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James. Just completed, and furnish.
ed. at cost OF a million and half
touches the fort. and so does Bea.
con Rock, Edwin Morgan's hand
some home. Nearby are a dozen
other properties, and on all this
the Government has laid eoyetous
eyes, and as many options as 1t
,,nur hnnrnr nanna- "
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-06-09

iscs made for them by the manage
mcnt Of the Empress previous to their
arrival mere last Wednesday.
In stage setting that depicts the
surface OF quiet pool surrounded by
woods, and with a hill sloping up
abruptly from It's further side, Mr..
Conrov and La Diva FOR thirty min.
utes offer series Of thrilling cxecu-
tions that have scored tremendous
hit with those who have witnessed
them so far this week at the Empress.
Mr.. CoDrov needs little introduction
10 Salt Lakers. He has been awarded
every medal given men IN this coun.
try FOR bravery IN water sDd life saw
ing, including the Carnegie hero medal
and the United States congressional
medal for bravery. There are only Ave
men IN the world who have over re.
ecived TINS latter distinction.
La Diva is one OF the most perfectly
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D UT the life or death of
- "Mama's Baby Boy" de,
pends upon the Kitchen Cabaret.
On the first night, this section of
the entertainment went off with
auspicous dash and gaiety. AL
lolson ran down from the Winter
Garden, to receive nothing less
than an ovation from an audience
taken by surprise. Having arrived,
he seemed somewhat at loss; but,
telling the audience that they
wanted him to sing "Rum-Tu
fiddle and graciously acceding
TO their demand, he flung himself
through that popular. mad song,
and then dashed back to the Winter
Garden, there to take up his per
formance where he had interrupted
it. A team named Howard and How
ard succeeded in arousinr almost
as much enthusiasm as noise; but
the star Of the cabaret-and, "b'
the same token. of the entire
entertainment was unquestion.
ably Elizabeth Murray. of "Mad-
anne Sherry memory With quiet
humor, with pleasing, hearty. but
subdued voice, and with convinc-
ing geniality in every glance and
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SALT LAKE THEATER-Margar
Anglin in Green Stockings: Mon
day and Tuesday evenings. Cur
tain, Sis.
OEPHEUM THEATER - Willard
Mack and the orpheum players In
The Dictator; all week, begin
ming tonight Metiuees Thursday
and Saturday. Curtain tonlght,
s.16.
EMPRESS Sullivan Con
sidine vaudeville. all week. Natl
nee daily at $50 Two evening per-
formances, 1:30 and s:t5. Bill
changes Wednesday afternoon.
COLONIAL THEATER-Levey vau-
deville: all week. Matinee daily
two evening performances. Bin
changes Saturday afternoon.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-06-09

r TAVING scored heavily in roman
~ tic drama and plays devoted to
live topics of the day, Willard
Mack and the Orpheum players
now propose 10 demonstrate that they
are equally at home in side-splitting
comedy The laugh promoting vehicle
selected for tonight and the coming
week is Richard Harding Davis's great
story, "Tbe Dictator which was
nlayed by Willie Collier in New York
for one solid year of success.
"The Dictator has three good
points to focus attention: II carries
a good love story; il is lively and up
10 the minute, and it requires some
unique and striking stage settings.
The first act deals with incidents on
board the steamer Bolivar beneath
the tropical sun on the waters OF the
harbor of Porto Banos, Central Amer
lea. The next two acts are ashore
amid striking Spanish costumes and
appropriate scenery.
The story deals with one Brooke
Travers and his valet who boltcd on
board Inst as Red &. liner was sail
ing. This hssty departure followed a
fight with a cabman- Travers think
ing that he has killed the cabbie, elects
to escape the electric chair and hee
from the country On board ship Is
encountered a queer collection Of pas
sengers. Among them is Colonel John
T. Bowie. the newly appointed consul
at Porto Banos. and his bride. There
is also Lucy Sheridan. q girl who Is
travelling to meet and marry nilsson
cry -
Travers promptly falls IN love, while
the new consul at the last moment
finds that q Spanish woman 70 whom
he ha. violently made love, awaits him
ashore. He elects to stick TO the ship
and exchange his credentials with
Travers Travers goes ashore and be-
comes the dictator Of the little republic
and then the complications arrive fast
and thick Humorous situations pop
no on ali sides and the rest OF the story
is one big scream.
II is some tiule since Mr.. Mack has
heep seen in straight comedy. and in
the character of Brooke Travers he
will be glven a splendid opportunity.
Miss Bliuu will be seen in the role Of
Lucy Sheridan. the sweet girl mission
ary torn betwix. love and duty. John
Sumner has been assigned to get all
there is out Of the fat part Of Colonel
Bowie, the sUave old consul with ?
shady past. Simpson the timorous
valet who sees detective al every
turn. i, in the hands Of Frank Jonas
son. Walter Seymour nlavs Charley
Hine. the wireless operator with q
weakness for bigbbaIls; f.. Forrest
Iavlor, the Rev. Arthur Bostoek; /;
Elizabeth Ross, the sptire. and Sonora
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Empress.

formed women in the world and her
diving and swimming feats are grace
| itself
j. Hunter Wilson and Effie Pearson,
late stars Of the HThree Twins musi-
cal comedy company, offer skit en-
| titled FAt the Reception consisting
| principally of the cleverness and
hnesse of the two artists. The act is
as dainty and refreshingly new as any
thing vaudeville has offered in months
here and Miss Pearson in particular
is proving q great favorite.
The Three Gammons, including in
addition two trained Scotch terriers,
open the bill in gymnastic and tumb
hing act that is n winner, Mr.. and
Mrs. Snyder Reynolds follow with if
teen minutes Of original patter, and
then Selma Walters and Frank Her
bert take the stage, offering the So
ciety satire entitled ga Woman y
Way during the course of which both
performers demonstrate that they are
very clever artists.
ri Cleve, xylophone artist who was
formerly. soloist with the kilties band,
proves himself past master on the in
strument. and the Pathe weekly PIC
lures Of current events include a mum
Der of very interesting happenings
from this country and abroad.
cne OF lhe biggest FEATURES oil the
next two nights among the theaters
will be the amateur exhibitions of
swimming and diving that have been
arranged for Monday and Tuesday
evenings by Manager Mccoy at the
Empress. following the regular per
formance Of Conroy and La Diva,
Monday. night will be given over TO
the exhibitions of boys and men, and
Tuesday evening will be civen over to
the ladies. A dozen expert swimmers
and divers have entered for the con.
test. and handsome cups will be pre-
sented to the winners on both even.
ings
Beginning Wednesday afternoon of
next week the Empress Will offer its
th!rty-thrd bill, headed hy thc
Michael RicharJini troupe of Euro.
pean gYmnasts featuring niss Wilma
kichardini. Following will come Gny
BROTHERS in black face fun and melody.
Biliy case, a topical songster. Harris
Eldon and Bessie Clifton. presenting
the protean plavlct. His Awfnl
Nightmare; the Bartlett trio in ;,
immature musical comedy; Josie and
Willie Barrows, two Youthful nrod.
lgles who sing and dance: the RovaI
Ianetto troupe Of iugglers from Lon.
uous ann the Pathe Dicturos