| Show S SUBMARINE BO BOll T TESTS BEING MADE They Are Arc Valuable and Perfect Aids to Coast Do fonse BRITISH VESSELS ARE BETTER B limn llio 1111 IVI o of or 0 t Im I ru mi gi i lJ I 1 t tel let r V 1111 1 1 mus Nuin lIln hl in SI mum rh it I l o V I Washington D I C March tm h P Now ow that Om government Is testing the tho th two new torpedo boats hoats the Shark hark and tho the renewed interest Is I mani manifested tested futo In thin supposedly modern meth method od of cit the coasts of ot n it count coun country try tr It Is only within tho the la last hilt t 2 juan that submarine boats have havo boon betH re ro regarded reg g as In 11 any atly all way de do fen ti LI to naval Sleet fleet and within that period 1 has rm made greater grenter towards tOI r s the tho of o flo flotillas tillas of or the o small vessels than titan any Iny other othur nation arid the tho reison for this h te that th timi admiralty have mini uni uniformly extended submarine fleets lu In of iho or six lx that Is Ic to tom m tn fOr time tile have picked out n a 1 trpe have 1110 constructed he live vessel Ij el of at that type ii nd ono one of an n advanced and then thon tho the year jear they lucy continued fl tho the unites en n that today while Hance has moio nue IIII submarine than Great Orrot Britain tho the British are nto far belli hottI r suited for or the purpose fI In addition mo arc nt built In III such uel ni n to make thorn valuable und perfect aids to coast defense e AN V IDlA The Tho general iuppo Is li that thit Jules Verne Verno erno In his hi story torr Twenty Thousand Leagues Under th tim Ihl Sea Sen first t con conceived the Idea icIeR of o submarine navigation lion tion but bill Admiral Philip It now iu In on Cli tho the list of ot the navy nil 13 who was for or man wars chief constructor tr tor In an 1111 prepared for tor the En Engineering jews eilis ago thawed that long before h Jules Julei Verne lerne In war nr even Ien born submarine lIon ai as attempted It einus that William BournI nn un as the tho first imal constructor of o this type amid his hiM boat was wai a built hullt more moore than year nr ago ngo n o than thon In 1624 IG Van Drob I he lel n a Hollander operated a II boat hont capable of ot carrying 12 persons hilt but this boat bOllt wits was propelled IY 01 oars Ind amud so su o on for the next there ere desultory attempts made to tn control navigation It will surprise R a 1 great many peo pea plo iilo to know that George CHorgo Washington In n R n letter written to Thomas Jefferson Jofferson expressed tho the opinion that the problem loin lem of o successfully navigating water wn tel beneath tIme the surface hind had been boet And Ammil what will pet perhaps hap bo be more micton luton to the tho student of Jt this Is I Ith til th the fact that Fulton Fultun the tho inventor of lit tho the steam bunt bOlt built ti n submarine boat bout I before he ho attempted to navIgate tho the waters VOters of ot tho time Hudson with the aid of ot othis his old chit fashIoned d cI queerly que II const con d head Mourner OIHI further than that Fulton gave MO tIm tho Fame came name to his itis submarine boat HS as I that thit chosen en by lIy Jules Verne namely nl III I the tho Nautilus Napoleon 01 alss ale lieu his attention at attracted attracted to this method of beneath the tho surface Irae but Napoleon ulio ed loading tire ors arms anti and It WUK CO 0 ears after that treat great Cor died on the little Maud island of ot St Helena before breech loading loathIng lire 1110 arms column camo Into uso anti It 1111 v w nearly a it 1 hundred years cars CLU after Cler II a his Math death navigation received receded any Iny serious attention I In III this country ut lit least leant but now It norms that tho the committee on mm naval affairs Ins has awak awakened cued ened to tn the Importance of ot the tho bill till and It Is 11 probable that the five or nr cia Ix 11 boats bonts nf ot thIs will be lie authorized tn III time the coming coin hug naval nava I Ion bill billI hi II MANY I COMPLAINTS CO MADE IDl Within the tho past few ew weeks coma coin I lime have come como to Washington In lii Inu u tL perfect storm nit all over OVel time tho country concerning the Iho character of ot the tho and the tha paper which shieh are now being heln used med lI ell bj by tho the bureau bult II of ot and printing In the tho manu manufacture facture of postage stamps Th Thero ro never was as u II time when the gum on omm the thu backs of ot those these pieces of paper waH II so 5 bail bad as ns It Is today tollay amid If n mm pil ion 11 ato concern had hlll the time It would bo be hauled up mill tind dealt with of or the thu character of ot time the vork which Is IH being turned turnell out In III his attempts to reduce the thu cost coet of ut manufacture to n a f minimum und and there thero bj 13 flak a I of nt economy tie the director of ot time the bureau of Jr III printing seems seem to tn produced as all poor a it lot of ot stamps mis 1111 WON over 1 turned out by hr time thu cheapen little king kingdom dom In As stamp collecting know for fOl or many years ears lIfS some comb of ot thc e kingdoms were werl noted for fin tho the poor vor quality of their postal s hut but no ono clue of or tiem t lem wits nt ever crr accused of ot I roil mug nn on e stamp stain iu lo to lisa uso which It Il In b i al to 1111 n II n u r untied loge Ono 0 no of ot om C tho Ito t hotels ii o ln hI Ii ein i o oIn In Washington Wn haM bax mich lIuch a it 1 bottle hattie on nn onit lt it counter ami every elory time a 1 postage o oIs stump Is 15 sold said tho time patron of ot tho time flows II stand Is I to tn uso U l tho thu brush h so em on 1 to It the lon of the to tho the letter which hn ill do de sins to solid Monel scum off orr nN MILLION It Is probable timed that is wilt wll appropriate something like OuO 00 or for tor tho the construction of u If public buildings In tn varIous arlous parts leFts of tin till country It 11 Is lit three or four years eara now since a mm 1 bill of ot this character WIN wall brought through aol and the time result U he that tIme the supervising edict III In thu tho treasury nt has hats practically been work vork for or Mini last six months That Is li to tf II 1111 a the force of or export exhort draftsmen rt III 11 mind and civil engineers h hal to tn he hat a as about the lies I t COIr fote 01 e m ill the i has hll had po 10 ma maIi little Ii t I ic in III I o do to mug the lie I macI yea r that t ii a I n a aVi VO Vi 11 V l rge proportion of If the men timen have hao haver r V cot tin ii I fl 1 i found fate at positions P I t loti e C Th rii tot ii of ot th tm who tap lime hn their th lr con contu tu Ilon with s iLl lit ilu I l IllS is t ami If the it IN mt bill I IILA In I U lIt lItI if 1 I dl st otton bv by It limo lilt t tee on OtI build legs JI ii ji nil lid Is tH put tin inch It will willbe be IU Ii for the Iho super supervising Hll er t miro to the necessary II CI i u i n 0 to dr ign the t lie lou I I dl age which will willI o ill b I 1 Hiu titis There is not n city in III it tl 11 i n where e are not 1101 nott t lu u l lr r Hum they th over were before mi the lii Ih di for expert lies br betm n greater dining Hi th i In int r U i hl h thin ever so no If Unit thul ml I men who wh 1 ho would V at lo he im h only too ii willing to tn accept Motis I urn mir lr now hOW chary har about po V s In which th receive bet helt better to 11 III In lI tuIe anti nna which c r moore mure n In III most mOlt vnye 1 i 1 to 1 ume back ack to the ury depart m in n II for tray Inn be b only 1111 temporary rn theft nt It II would bo he till tar better b If I l M u on Id adopt sonic somo of lii Iti foi fiut fo H year yearby Yearby by hy rUI as is nt lf time tit fn Clinton toni before b time the Ih scheme Into i Ito effect rt than I to tn put PItt or big hilt bill through once In n or Mv k Ix years cars caf and an then Ihen havn time tho treasury department people attempt to rush rushi i V Ji plans for or a period arid at nt till the end eat of that hat period let no gom tIme tile mun maca who whom hwo been j en educated up to the point where their heir sen tees are valuable Tin Tim CO SAIn It 11 bias haa been beNI estimated that i a x groit groat unity thousand of ur will 1111 bo tic coY cov covered ered rel Into limo thu from rein the lar e like London Paris PurU and auth as 00 n a I result of or th tb of f t the feigo 1011 consul bill hilI It ItH Itis is H the th 1 of or this thin hilt bill for tor to o lix tho the salary of time thu th s ni i l at nt nt ot n II your and to Im nl RI alic 1 ic cv him no riI es whatever outside OUI This Timis Is III now con lit red to he be worth orth about a tt 1 rit ruti hut but It do to s slot not lot follow tollow that the difference between h the he proposed el the tIme r T nt total will find Ha its 16 way Into the tho Console in tim nil all of o the AB ilg cit cites It ion les es of ut n I t vety lurK lurg pro Po proportion portion of or their fees mom from work done clone for fop states and und cities elUe In him the Wy my Cir I I In I n ng and atud I I I i i h ii h It I I desired In itu law 1111 Cn a nees es eH Of or om tf f the 1111 consul receives r no ill fee P for foi this rl e eI I hell heio will Ii I be no ito fir rr f r him himo iii in into to o l It and of having such nuch sen Ices bj bV h ion ut the states will dl appoint rom coni who ho will receive time tho Icon foos mil who vho not mint he be responsible rl to t 0 tin tIm federal In III any ally way vay There mire ire n a whole lot of or 11 1 11 III 1 a I teen ens today todar In time the large lame consul consulates mitts ates which will In time tho future If I C the tho thoron consular ron bill IH is adopted ns as It now stands stanis never ho he heard of because In III Instead stead of ot being paid fold to the will ll b bp all to state appointed for tur or the purpose of IC Ilon the thc orl tIme the 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