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The Blyth Standard, 1930-03-20, Page 3How Britain Can Recover Atlantic Steamship Speed Blue Ribbon CAUSE OF LOSS OF THE PREMIER POSITION Increasing Power Without Increasing the Weight Driven Will Increase Speed boiler al least 011e -half more surface can be got per tot of weight, hence for every ton of weight w•o can get 60 per cent. more steams from 11 water. tube boiler than from 0 Scott 1£311 at. the sante pressure, and 11e can get 20 per cent. more oil burnt. Also, we 04111 get a higher pressure and increased ellicietcy. Applying this f the 4veigllt of the lilauretania's boilers, which ere near- ly one half of her total machinery weight, 1se can hal, an increase of Power of well over 20 per 0011 1,, and nn increase, of speed of well on to 2 blots, nearly sufficient, if 901 (1uite, to 0)1)19)1 111o Bremen's speed. Th110 we see that the oiioet of boil- er design is 01) 144ient 1.0 deserve the most serious consideration if we are to get hack the Blue 12ibbun of the At- lant lc, 'I'Ite whole of the weight saved in boilers cannot he used for increasing power unless we can gel across the Atlantic for the same weight of fuel. The Bremen, which, Is the cause of all 61110 taut, carnes about: the sante weight of fuel 640 the Mauretania, while her machinery weights 20 per cent. less than the Maurotaniu'i;..Dr, The I.usitanl0 i011 the Mauretania Bauer, tho designer of her machinery, were annular ships than the Aqul-t announces that he is prepared to pro- tattle, imperator, Vaterlam], and the duce a D -(lay ship whose machinery Bismarck, and it would therefore air will be 10 per cent, lighter than 1110 pear that to obtain the greatest speed Mauretania's,* It looks as 11 unless It Is not necessary to adopt water -tube -something on the same lines is antler - boilers, at any rate the adoption of 'water -tube boilers Was not associated with the greatest speed. It Is, however, 111e horsepower per ton of weight driven that determines the speer), supposing that the ship de- sign is in all cases equally good. In the erase of tho Mauretania this Is about 2 hp. per ton of weight driven, (By Sir ,Fein Biles) Now that the fastest ship on the At- lantic is not British, it may be of in- terest to reflect on what is the cause of the loss of the premier nos111011 111 shipbuilding by the 13r1t1011 Mercantile Marine. hr 11106 the Lusitania and t1te Maure- tania were undoubtedly the fastest At- lantic liners 061006, ]laving a speed of 26 knots, and no attempt was 111ad0 10 801-11100 -Chem in speed until the Ger- man ships Europa and Bremen were laid down In 1926. 'rho Vaterland (now the Leviathan) and the Imperalol' (now the Boren - guria) were built by the Germans, These word followed by the Ilisuuo•c19) (clow the Majestic) and some other slower vessels. 'rhe Aquttania, of the Cunard Line, and rho three outer flamed vessels had speeds of about 24 )mots, The most sl tilting point about the German ships was 'that they had boilers in which the fire Is outside the tubes cmnlaiullg the water, called water -tube boilers, while rho 13x111811 ships adhered to the cylindrical belle's in lvlhich the fire is beside the tubes, usually called Scottish boilers, taken by us w0 0111111 be out of the running. Some responsible officials aro re- luctant to adopt water -tube 1/01101'8, 1111011 will give the highest, speed, though they have been at the root of the success of the Cleans n steamers, T11e 1.100 of water -tube boilers in At- lantic, liners has been forced on ship• while tit the otter four' ships it Is, owners in this country by the cegn101- about 1 to 1,2, tion of the German -built ships after Anything that can he done to 10• the war, and though the result has 'crease the power 11111(out increasing been most successful they shrink from the weight driven will increase the repeating the practice, The Navy has speed, To Increase the Dower without adopted wotertuho boilers exclusively increasing the weight of machinery for the last 20 yea's, and yet those re - 11101 fuel will increase the snood. Tho typo of holler which for a ton of weight gives to the steam the great- est amount of oner4Yper (on of fuel used 1s tine boiler from which the greatest speed of at ship may be ex- pected. The water -tube holler has two arl- 'vanloges over the Scottish boiler: First, It can burn more oil fuel Per square foot of heating surface; Second, it can deliver the steam nt a higher pressure old greater effici- ency. la a Scottish boiler each 25 square feet of heating surface involves a ton of bolter weight, while in a water -tube sp0115fb10 for these fast Atlantic liters hesitate to take the step, '1'110 alternative to rho water -lithe boilers for the highest speed Is the adoption of a large number of Diesel engines accumulating and transfnrm- iug their power by moans of dynamos and motors. This is far more experi- mental 111111 a water -tube holler Pro- ject. These highly developed types of ma- chinery Involve the use of highly de- veloped brains for controlling theta, and the presort state of 1110 organiza- tion e,6 ehipowmiug companies may not seen to eucerage this 111011 of Inno- vation. ono- vcltion. Light Has Weight Einstein Claims Prof. A. H. S. Gillson, of McGill, Discusses Strange Conclusions Einstein's experiments load to sonic extraordinary conclusions, one of which in that the universe is a large box. Calculations based upg0 the rela- tivity theory slow that the sun calve Into being at a definite time 6001 that the world tools slope dirge thousand million years ago. Other conclusions front Einstein's great experiments indicated that the geometry taught in schools is quite in- accurate and that it may sometime be replaced by a geometry of curved space, Measurable Weight That tight has weight which is 010a - 001096e was also shown, the speaker 0111(1. It has been estimated that 160 toes of light Poll upon the earth daily. At the rate which light is sold by a local power company, the value of the light energy falling upon tine earth is at the rate of $420,000,000 per hound, the lecturer said, Calculations based upon EInsteln's • findings show that time and space are not fixed as in ordinary thought. These depend 91P011 velocity. A train moving will be found to have a shorter length than one at rest. Also 4 clock indicates lesser timo as its velocity Is increased. It it were possible to throw atclock to give it at velocity equal to that of light, 186,000 miles per 00001161, then 11010 would) cease to be recorded. Perpetual Youth Perpetual youth would in the same way ho attained if mon could reach a voloctly equal to that of light. how- ever, the !Mayer added, the mal would not be visible to his friends 00 his mass would become inflinttesinml. Cdlculatlous from ono of Einstein's equations demonstrates that utero is enough energy in an ounce of cheese lift a• weight ,cf 30,000,000 tons to the top of Eiffel tower while a pound of Ghees could provide enough energy The Great Empire Red Cross France Builds Wonderful New Cruiser Ready for Anything) New Town Safe Kaye Don Prepared Pe rplexing Problem of Water British Racing Motorist Will Supply for Port Churchill actn g Now Solved Drive Mammoth "Silveri Bullet" Sunbeam Weighing Ottawa.—A solution has Just been found for one of the most perplexing Seven Tons With Engines engineering problems In the develop - Developing 2,000 Horse tent of northern Canada, namely, sup. Power at Daytona Beach ply of water for the coning port and city of Churchlil, termimis of the Hod, Now York.—Another carefree, stmt• sea Ray Railway, Ing Briton is In the United States to Ordinary methods of piping water challenge death and man-made speeds below the frost litre fail up there he- mi the steel hard sands of Daytona cause borlugs as dell) as 117 feet have Beach. reacher) solid rock before coming to This 111110 it 10 Kaye Don, crack Br1. the end of the frozen soil. Churchill fish race driver, who will follow 111 filo will bo founded on eternal frost—or wheel ruts made by his famous British at least frost that has been present predessor, Major Sir II. Sograve, last since the glacial ages, tens of thous - March, on the Florida sands that have ands of years ago, cos ttwo aimed kings their lives. Se- Pipes laid through that frozen sub• grave, drove his roaring Golden Arrow soil would freeze solid in an hour, ac - Sunbeam at 111e amazing speed of cording to D. W. Lachlan, engineer of 231.33 miles all hour to Bet the record. the department of railways and can- IJon, a good-natured veteran of ahs, who has been coping with sub - Groat War Days, will try to smash arctic conditions at Churchill and Nei., that record in a bigger, and he thinks 0011 for seventeen years. better Sunbeam. This one a main- Plans are being completed these moth seven -ton creation in silver gray days for the location of a pipe ibis to labelled the "Silver Bullet, It to his be laid in dry moss, to thickness of at turn to drive because Segrave, one of least four feet to protect the water his best friends, has definitely turned from the long cold weather and the from automobile record smashing to bitter sea gales. his first love, the building of a speed The source of Churchill water will boat that will conquer all time stand- be Grassy Slough, a depression not far orris on the water, from the famous Rosabelln Lake, Don is a bachelor of 38, tall, well named after the wife of William set up, with Sandy hair, a brisk tan Beech, who homesteaded there 111 1905 mustache, blue eyes and a pair of deep Steam shovels will gouge out Grassy dimples at the corners of lila moth, Ile Slough to a depth of some twet'v thrives purely- for the sport of the feet. If necessary, Rosabella Lake thing, was the British champion in and a large area to the south can be MOST MODERN TRAINING SHIP IN WORLD'S NAVIES 1928 and 1929, has never piloted a drained into 1110 reservoir. The land machine faster than 102 utiles an hour, has been taken over by the govern.and flew a bomber In France during anent to prevent squatters locating in We see hero the new French cruiser, Jeanne D'Arc, taking the slips at her the war. the water drainage area. A lino to "If we consider," he said, "what Is being located, with two pumping sta- C10110 in the air, we can realize that tions on the escarpment above the a human being should be able to present site . ` the town and the docks travel faster than 250 miles an hour to bring the water rho fou' or live on land. Within five years, the re- miles clown to the port. cord should bo close to 300 miles an The water pipe itself will be sup. hour. It is all a question of stream ported on wooden posts driven foto lining," he said, the clay and stiching up four feet or The "Silver Bullet," which has 'more above the ground. Above that never been driven, but has a theoretl- in a mound reaching four feet above recent launching at St. Nazairo, Prance. It will be used as school fu train - Ing of naval officers. , Globe -Trotting Reporter Meets Ghastly Death Body of Dr. Kurt Faber, Mangled By Wolves, Found in North Edmonton, Alla.--Dr, Kurt Faber, noted Berlin ,Journalist, who plodded into the North Country five months ago, is death—a victim or the North' laud's rigors. A terse telegram front a Royal Canadian Mounted Police Post in the North-West Territories tells of his body being found, torn and mans• led by roaming wolves. Last summer the German scientist• writer had travelled North from Ed- monton. At ;,ort. Vermilion hue plan• nod to circle North and Last on a Jour- ney of 019001 1,000 tiles, most of which he planned to traverse on foot. Dr, Faber had been sought by police Patrols and by radio broadcasts for some weeks in an effort to info'm•him that his mother had died In Berlin, Dr, 1{, Martin, German Consul at Win- nipeg, had been requested from Ger• many to transmit the information to the globetrotting reporter. Conference From Fort Vermilion, which' he had reached by river -boat, to the Upper Many 11110restiug feahn•es 1x111 dm. Hay River Post, Dr. Faber had travel- ucteriz0 the forthcoming British Em - pine Red Cross Conference which is to take place in May in London, Eng. land, accirding to information now in the )hands of the headquarters' offi- cials of the Canadian Red Cross So- ciety in Toronto. The session of this unique gathering will bo Mold in the historic St. Janes' Palace, which is new so prominently before the eyes of 1110 world as the 010011ng Place of the Disarmament Conference. On May 20th its plenary session will bo presided over by the Puke of York, while Princess Mary is scheduled to Inspect the various V.A.D.detach- ments present from ninny Parts of the United hingdont. Invitations to- send delegates to this )Empire -wide conference of Rod Cross workers have been issued by Briga- dier -General 11, 13; Champaln of the British Red Cross Society, who has followed a new precedent by asking atlendauco of representatives from all overseas parts of the Empire, large or small, and irrespective of whether they Possess organized lied Cross So- cieties or not. The agenda as foreshadowed by the tentative programme will 90 very broad as it will deal with not only Em- pire anti national activities but with many international aspects of Red Cross work. Some of its proposed features include addresses from pro- minent health or educational authori- ties, demonstrations in London County Council Schools, an elaborate Junior Red Cross Emphe Pageant, the possi- bilities of co-operative effort of Junior Red Cross 101111 all other organizations of juveniles within the Empire, and the widest discussion of the interna- tional and imperial aspects of the Red Cross, Tlie Canadian Red 00000 Society will send at least official delegates to the Empire Conference with several additional representatives who will be named by the Central 001111011 on to 1101440 2,000,000 dreadnoughts to a March 276.h. height of 2,000 miles. The sou, it is estimated, 0 losing through dissipation of energy, 360,000 niChon tons of 11s weight per day, The She—"Now you pride yourself on being able to judge a woman's char - mass of the sun being 14(90141, it 10 00- alder by her clothes, What would be WHERE SHARP TURNS AND STEEP GRADES PREDOMINATE Untold. that enough remains so that your verdict on my sister over there'?" One needs a quick eye and a quicker foot on this moxa -rain highway, the Carel mo'o' rend in 11 0 Jasper the sot still has 15,000,000 million Ile (looking at her sister's scant at- Ltcnal Purls, Alberta, years to go 0u giving out its energy. tire)—"Insuflicicnt evidence," led by canoe, portaging from the source of one river to the origin of another In his struggle into the North- ern barrens. IRs death is believed to have occurred as he paddled north along the river toward the Great Slave. The meagre statement from the post of the Mounties may mean that the jornallst fell exhausted or that his body was washed ashore after his canoe had been dashed to pieces In a 1-01)960, only Official History Of War is Urged "Man tc-day can fly like a bird, but man will never ho able to sit comfort- ably on a barbed wire fence."—Lord Dewar, 'There is not a woman living who Is physically or mentally capable of tell• ing the true story of her ilio."—Peggy Ilopkins Joyce Canadian Legion of British Legion Sends Request to Ottawa Ottawa-13elievhlg that the time has come when an edictal history of the part played by morn of Canada in the Great War hould be written, the Canadian legion of the British legion, in its representations of Parliament at the present session, is putting for- ward It strong request that the writ• Mg of this history be undertaken at once, and that it shall be a true re- cord of the sacrifice, Ole suffering and the achievements of the soldiers, sail- ors and airmen of Canada, with that theme rho Predominant note in any such history, The Legt, 11'8 attitude is based part- ly on the prevalence of war histories which pay very little attention to the part of Canada's men in the field, and partly on the thought this his- tory should bo written while the 01011 who could mance vital contributions to it, In the way of actual experiences and accurate records, are still alive. It is believed, tco, that this history should be undertaken by the Domin• is estimated that they will bring ion Government, and that 1011011 it is seveuty-flve millions during the pre - completed, 1t should be used as the sent year. When it is borne in mind official text -book on the great w•ar 111 1 that the Dominion Bureau of Statistics all the public schools and high schools shows a total revenue for the Do - and collegiate institutes thronghont the D::miniol, cal speed of 260 miles an hour is a the pipe dry moss will bo piled, That great improvement over Segrave's will be capped with aheetdrrn and "Golden Arrow" in evading wind re- thatched straw to prevent the gloss sistatce, Don said. The new car 10 from getting wet, and from turning it 30 feet long, weighs seven tons, Inas into a good -conductor of told, two stabilizing fins to keep it on the ground, and is equipped with silk tires Children's Aid 37 inches in diameter and lightly v co eyed with rubber, the tires are tested Does Valuable Work to last four minutes at a speed of 300 1111150 a1 hour. The "Bullet" is powered by two 12- cylinder aviation engines in tandem, Children Placed in Good developing 2,000 horsepower, three Homes Are Average Good times as much as Segrave's "Golden Youngsters and Turn Arrow," It bas three speeds and Out Well should travel at the rate of 90 miles an hour In first, 180 In second, 260 in Quito 111) extensive work Is carried high. on in Ontario in the direction of pi•o- vlding orphan or destitute children urist Trade with good homes in private families, Our To According to the estimate or rho aur with a view g giving realer' Provincial Minister or Roads, who some information regarding this laud - ought to know, tourists last year able work our representative recently brought a revenue of some sixty-two had a talk with Mr, J. J. Kelso, who is in charge of the Children's Aid million dollars to this province, and it minion from t11e tourist traffic of over two )hundred and fifty million dollars, Quebec's share is seen to be a very aro one. ti is all the more neces- sary that the people of this province should be alive to the necessity of foe - tering the tourist trade in every legiti- mate manner.—Montreal Star. "The theatre to -day is not more vul- gar; it's just more natural." -1101011 Kane. "It is only ignorant people Who are ashamed to confess ignorance."— Clarence Darrow, Judgc—"Prisoner, the jury finds First I10,11w0,010..11- 1114)badness?" "S,ty, is there you guilty." Prisoner—"That's all m this 1/ any danger u mot , '„ right, judge. I know you're too intelli- Second It 0110aytan— No, not un- less you get shot." gent to be influenced by what they say." Thrills of Mountain Motoring Becoming Popular Branch of Ontario Government Ser- vice. Naturally the first question asked W00, "Where do tho children come from?" "Well," was the reply, "there aro a variety of ways in which children be- come homeless. Very often the death of a mother throws children on the world uncared for, the father indiffer- ent and neglecting to provide proper Thome life for the children, Frequent- ly, also children are placed in public institutions or with private parties by the parents, who then disappear; some parents have no affection for their children and cannot be made provide for then) properly; while in other cases the relatives have fallen into evil habits and the child for its own protection has to be removed from their control," "Aro not such children at undesir- able class for adoption?" Mr. I{elso was asked. "No ,there is a good dual of miscon- ception on this point. People frequent- ly imagine that homeless children roust necessarily be plain -looking, bad tempered and evil-minded, but such Is not the case. As a rule they compare favorably with the average run of children." "Where 011001d application - be made?" Anyone wishing a child has only to address a leiter to the SeScretary of the Children's Aid Society of their City or County. There are over sixty organizations in this work, or they can apply direct to my otlice," The older boys and girls are taken partly for the assistance they can give, but the ma- jority of people desire to satisfy the craving of lonely hearts for children to love and cherish.'" Fairy Tea A f.tiry who wont visitin.; Arrived at half -past three; Her hostess said: "I am so glad You came In time for tea, For I have some honeyed roseleavos And fresh dew brought by the elves„ So matte yourself at hone, and then - We'll eat them all ourselves." "I do not believe in that word Fate. It is the refuge of every self-confessed f, faihn•e."—Andrew Soutar. "If atheism wins over 0 whole poen- No- nation, the nation must disappear." -- Will Durant.