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LEFT MOTLEY 323 MOTOR BOAT because of the fact that an effort is sometimes made to standardize the hu- man factor, it is a dangerous thing in inexperienced hands, and the ill-advised use of the stop-watch has undoubtedly been the cause of many labor disputes. MOTLEY, JOHN LOTHROP, an American historian; bom in Dorchester, Mass., April 15, 1814; was educated at Harvard University and Gottingen, Ger- many; published two novels called "Mor- ton's Hope" (1839) and "Merry Mount" (1849). Entered political life as a mem- ber of the Massachusetts House of Rep- resentatives. He published, after 10 years' labor, "History of the Rise of the Dutch Republic" in 1856; "History of the United Netherlands" (1860-1865); and the "Life and Death of John of Bame- France, and on his return his knowledge of foreign languages and customs gave him a position in the government. He was appointed to a position in the Foiv eign office in 1890, and in 1896 accom- panied as First Secretary the Japanese Ambassador to Russia. In 1898 he be- came Minister to Belgium, in 1901 Min- ister to France, and in 1906 Ambassador to Russia. In 1907 he received the title of baron, and later represented Japan at The Hague. He resided in Paris during the World War and died there in 1918. MOTOR BOAT, a small craft whose means of propulsion is an internal-com- bustion engine — as distinguished from a sailboat with an auxiliary motor or a steam launch. This class of craft is limited in length to 65 feet, and when MOTOR boat: 40-FT. CRUISER veld" (1874). He was minister from the United States to Austria in 1861-1867, and to Great Britain in 1869-1870. He died in Dorchester, England, May 29, 1877. MOTON, ROBERT RUSSA, American educator; bom in Virginia, Aug, 26, 1867. Graduated at Hampton Institute, 1890. Officer of Hampton Institute, 1890-1915. Succeeded Booker T. Washington to the presidency of Tuskegee Institute, Dec. 20, 1915. Secretary Negro School Fund Board since 1908. President of the Negro Organization Society since 1912. Trustee People's Village School. Mt. Meigs, Ala., and of the Home for Colored Girls, Peake, Va. Chairman of the executive committee of the National Negro Busi- ness Men's League, 1917. Major of the Hampton Battalion for 10 years. Author "Racial Good Will" (1916). MOTONO, ICHIRO, BARON, Japa- nese statesman; bom in the ken of Saga in 1862, he was sent as a student to this size is exceeded, the craft becomes a motor yacht, barge, or tug, or whatever else its type may determine. About 1885, before the successful adaptation of the internal combustion to boating, various types of expansion en- gines, such as the Daimler, were run by naphtha and alcohol vapor, and were, as a class, known as naphtha engines. The action of these engines was similar to a steam engine in that expansion, rather than the explosion of the vapor, was util- ized. The liquid was heated by a flame under a boiler, and generated into a vapor which was piped to the engine. This type of power plant wa^ lighter in ,weight, cleaner, and easier to operate than steam, and lighter and more reliable than the then existing internal-combus- tion engines. Boats in which power was furnished to an electric motor by storage batteries were operated as a novelty at the Chicago World's Fair, and a line of small passenger-boats with this equip- ment b^p-an to operate on Irondequoit