Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-07-05
Robert NJ. MeWads.

at DoilIutOIc W thC "OASy 6A~~~uo'
selfish, ~ofice-seeking, publicity.hunt.
ing marplot from Nebraska" as the
erudite and eloquent John B. Stanch.
field, OF New York, styled ROosevelt's
alter ego during Monday afternoons
session OF the National Democratic
Convention, is lat ghingly commented
on by visitors to the White House,
who say that the gloom that was SO
painfully apparent there ever since
the kick-up at Chicago has now dis.
appeared. President Taft's smile Is
more expansive and genial than ever,
especially since the big Bryan
breaks" and it is now the general
remark that he fairly bubbles over
with optimism over the outsome OF the
| November election, q condition that
is inspiring to the regulars and some
what displeasing TO the insurgents.
The latter are not saving much. II
anything, and are evidently waiting
| until they near from the exile at Oy'
ster Bay, before they commit them
selves on paper or otherwise. 1t Is
understood, however, that he Is hard
| at work on a Declaration Of Principles
that may mean a lot to his followers,
many of whom are at sea as to their
own status in the Republican party
lines. Should he succeed In making
things interesting for President Taft,
suo Ro~oseveltiano more, there is q
strong possibility that the President
may elect to forget his determination
not to make any speeches during the
coming campaign. He has about made
up his mind to follow the digni1ed
course pursued by all of the Nations
Chief Executives in that respect; but,
as in the ante-convention campaign.
he IS quite likely to be forced to 60
on the stump and defend his policies
against the attacks Of his former
friend and ally.
Just because he feels that "Ameri'
| can manners are poor" that we are
| rather boOrish, so to speak, Monsieur
Auguste de Castellane, a blood cousin
of the noted Count Boni, is willing to
act as the pedagogue for a School for
! Gentlemen, which, he says, ought to
started here right away. He has trav-
eled the sad seas over, and has tour
ed our seven-benighted country from
! Maine to California-and back again.
! The results of his travels and cute
! powers of observation are that we
should have those queer manners OF
our manicured; and he says that he is
so endowed by nature and Partisan
training as to be the only man fit for
the job. He wants that school to be
opened at Washington, after the Dist
riot Commissioners have appointed q
a competent committee to pass upon
his qualifications, and he has secceed-
ed in securing its certificate of ftness
"as a nan of manners, fashions and
~cOurtesies."
He says that he quite agrees with
that arbiter elegantiarum, Ella Wheel
er Wilcox, in her modestly expressed
opinio that "the manners of Ameri-
cans are really very unbecoming." 1T
is sad-but true" he signs, and adds:
"They are unbecoming at table, in the
theater, on the street, and In general
department and dress as we'll. Such
mannerisms must be corrected before
Americans can hope to combine the
grace of the Old World with the vig0r
of the new"
At last reliable information Is at
hand regarding the recent remarkable
achievement of the new submarine
torpedo-boat, Seal, in descending to
a depth Of 256 feet below the surface
of the water, thus breaking all records
in this and every other country in
the world. The best prior record was
made by the United States submarine,
Salmon, which in October, 1911, reach
ed a depth of IA feet in Narragansett
Bay, and was under water for twenty
minutes.
AS we all know, submarines have
been lowered to a greater depth; but
that was done by means of a crane,
and without a r in the boat. I'm
der such conditions, a submarine has
'pen.! oWeraA 21a& feet. The Seal, how
ever, under the command of Lieut.
Kenneth Whiting, stayed beneath tn
water for 30.5 minutes, and she hat
twelve men on board.
According to the official records
progress towards the bottom wa
made slowly and steadily, and tests o
the skin of the vessel made
every few minutes. 1t is noteworth!
that those on board at no time fel
any discomfort; and no defects wer,
found in the shell. Communication
were maintained all of the time will
those waiting on the surface. Tn
test took place in Long Island Sound
southwest of Bartletts' Reef Lightshil
The Secretary Of the Navy says tina
the Seal is the largest submarine
boat yet launched for the American
Navy, and that she is specially design
ed for long cruises in rough weather
She has six torpedo tubes, and stoI
age space for ten torpedoes. She !
161 feet in length, has an extrem
beam of 13 feet, and a submerged dis
placement of nearly 525 tons. TIL,
contract with the builders required
speed of at least IA knots an hour o.
the surface Of the water and 81 knot
submerged, and a radius action on tn
surface of $500 knots.
It's not a far cry from aviation t
submarine sailing. Naval officers ga,
that, as a result Of the development
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