Show ANXIETY IN THE HE NAVY I It Is announced l that time the greatest an felt Colt by j the officers of tho the navy naY general board and tho the board of con construction construction regarding the efficiency of tho thu battleship North Dakota because she sho is equipped with the Curtis Curlis type of turbine which has demonstrated on the scout cruiser Salem an ability to eat cat e t up coal at a ruinous rate According to the tho tests now In pro progress gress gres It Is found that tho the Salem re requires requires requires quires 02 tons of coal an hour to tomake tomac tomake make mac twenty t went knots loots while whilo tho the Ches Chester Chester Chester ter equipped with tho Parsons typo t of turbine makes the same speed with tons and the Birmingham with reciprocating engines makes males the tho speed with less than tons tolis It was expected that time the test of ot these hese scout cruisers would demon demonstrate strate strata that thol the time turbine mechanism In Involved involved a greater coal consumption than that of time the reciprocating engines but no such was expected as at the t e tests thus far have shown |