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Show FINAL TEST OF OUR jU' NEW SCOUT CRUISES?! fljiianBl WASHINGTON. April 10 The th'j t5' scout cruisers of iho American havyJtSimp Chester, Birmingham and Salem, mjich start Monday on their final test, u tmOeo ty-four hours' run at top speed, to Ne careful records will be kept of the W; ind water and oil consumption, Tho sfatfs will be mado at Newport. ftiiclm The test will bo practically a. Jfe tl test between the old style and iicw s!W to of engines, the reciprocal. ug andSjjtiis l turbine, and incidentally between Js. English and Amrican makes of rueTby 0't tor class. . si0 , The naval board of cons i action rjeri giving serious attention to the casftyg the battleship North Dakota, wljio arje equipped with the American turbinoftvj D is tho scout cruiser Salem. If, iCw1 pointed out at tho navy o'eoartmentn,. e North Dakota makes no better shtrii. than the Salem, it would sltTVSjM 1000 miles, against 7000 miles lM,sii sister ship, tho Delaware whiK il equipped with reciprocating en-RK1)in |