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New-York tribune., 1907-06-16
UNFIT CREWS.

Special laws govern excursions when boats
licensed 10 carry n certain number Of passengers
receive permits IN carry greater number. in
Guiding extra equipment At such times the
distance they may travel IS defined by the board
Of inspectors. who also determine the route they
may take Laws governing excursions and
crews are fagrantly violated. according 10 the
statements Of a number Of mon interested in
the present movement. Of whom Frederick
Conant. secretary Of the Marine League, and
Edward c Brennan. chairman Of the committee
on voluntary inspection may he quoted.
Crews are picked up along the wharves from
among ignorant Indifferent mon. many Of whom
know nothing whatever about boats. and some
of whom in a state of intoXication when
hired and put on the boats These men receive
an average OF fifty cents day and are expected
70 make UP fair days wage out Of tips from
passengers They are hired for day or two
perhaps three. and sometimes receive more than
the sum mentioned. They have no interest in
either boat or passengers The law requires that
a strict drill Of crews shall take place every
week when men shall he drilled in the Of
the fire apparatus handling of Hfeboats gang
panks and in ~ the duties necessary TO make
them effective IN time Of danger This law is
invariably disregarded
Laws are very fun as 70 tho kind and guam
tity of equipments for safety 10 he supplied
upon every boat. and these laws are dsrcgardni
Boats are inspected only once year and The
law states that they may be Inspected only upon
a written request from the master of "a vessel tp
the board of inspectors Now. just think ~ a
mikman. for instance. bringing bottle 90 the
Board OF Health and telling II there is bottle
Of milk for inspection The only way 20 rom
edv existing evils fe 10 have frequent and uu-
expected inspections The law says iu this
speCt that inspectors shall make many in
spections in addition % the annual visit.
they shall deem necessary. etc. That opens the
way for frequent inspections"
Il have heard" said MI. Couant. that after
one boat belonging 70 an owner is inspected
date Is set for the examination OF m" next boat
among several The equipment of the inspected
boat is then transferred io IA" next steamer.
the first IS not liable To- another inspection for d
year. and so tho one equipment does duty upou
several boats We intend to find out the truth
Of this matter I'm the summer campaign of
voluntary inspection
Mr. Brennan stated. 'It le The general CON
sousus Of opinion that the greater number Of
vessels carrying excursions are manned with i'm
sufficient crews. and that. iu addition the Ifo-
boats. life preservcrs. fire apparatus and ma
New-York tribune., 1907-06-16
SYMPATHY A FACTOR.

rs not there a remarkable discrepancy be
tween the sizes Of penalties imposed upon own
ers and officers Of steamers and those ultimately
enforced ," was asked
1T must be remembered - Captain Parsons re-
piled, that sympathy plays an important part
where accidents are due TO technicalities and
not TO the wilful dereliction Of duty. 7 do not
of my own personal knowledge know Of man
dereliCt in his duty in safeguarding the lives
and properties of those at sea
This statement was supplemented by that Of
the president Of one of the largest marine or
ganizations in New York. who is upon the
advisory committee Of the Peoples Institute
Marine League. He said: In experience Of
twenty-five years I have not known a single
inspector not conscientious in the performance
of his duty. But ] viii say that the service has
greatly improved and is more effective since the
SlOCum disaster. Laws and rules have been
made more stringent new laws have been pro-
engineer has been made to feel himself part
OF the public inspection service. These men
used to be afraid 10 report bad conditions upon
the boats on which they were employed. but
they getting over that feeling in 4 measure.
We marine men by no means indorse every
thing suggested by the Institute Marine League.
For one thing, they wanted state laws TO take
charge of things already in charge Of the fed
Of this, and also Of having lot Of volunteer in
spectOrs on board of every boat with power
make the inspection required to prove ef-
feCtive. We pointed out a better way thau this
when somebody jumped up, eXclaiminS. oh
then we'd have the ship owners down on u.s.
LAS in all newly formed organ ZatiCns there
are people in The movement with axes to grind
people who want nOtOriety and others who don't
know what they want This element suItihes
the efforts of those who have at hear the public
good, but we have got 10 a poin- where we know
what about.
The local inspection service is wholly made
New-York tribune., 1907-06-16

machine stops We cannot. to b,e, sure. make such
make simpler machines which VIII iu some or
two points initiate the structure Of the living en-
Exhibit the Phenomena OF life.
Buschu has "a theory that an living protOplasm
has a foamIike structur" II" holds that There is
always ii dcnsor jelly, within which are minui"
a sort of emulsion like cream or cod liver oil Tho
power Of movement Of living things. be supposes.
sISrigt ~ ali ii,,ir creaf,iras NJ am m oiIl.is W. TI
,ig5 w a., ,id, - ii, al al 49, iIt M
adds various substances. usually little fatty acid.
AMI shakes the whole into foam, a minute drop
takes on the appearance of an amrb9 and begins
a creature Is obviously not alive. yet because the
structure Of life stuff has been initiated IN par
of life stuff, namely motion.
testing his theory that the contraction of muscle
is from the heat q sudden momentary comnus-
than the effect OF activity. mad" artificial muscle
the blood WHEN the water was suddenly heated
the artificial musci" contracted and lftod fairly
heavy weight Recently Jacadis chandra Bose OF
Calcutta. studying what he calls Response in the
non-iivng, made a muscle of stretched India
rubber wound with German silver wire The wire
was connected with an electric battery and as
muscle jerked like a real muscle stimulated 10y an
Veasf miami which when nIared in nutrjtiv. ana a.
helium. went still further and made Yeast that
would not only grow but bud Within "a few
months another English naturalist has made di-
atoms of luminum which in solution of Caustic
potash swim about like real diatoms looking for
food. while FrenChman. Dubois. by treating Ordi-
nary Gelatine with small crystals of barium chloride
has produced bodies Oarge enough to be with
the unaided eye) that initiate with extraordinary
fidelity the earlier stages I'm the development of the
frogs egg Thus and In "A hundred other ways has
been initiated not only the physics of life stun hut
its chemistry well.
What wonder therefore, since science has irni-
tated separately all the life processes of the simpler
creatures that II has become the sure and stead
fast hope Of many a working biologist that science
will some day do all together what has already
New-York tribune., 1907-06-16

Is found on this earth associated with a certain
chemical body. but where II came from nobody;
knows. Like the magnet which renders magnetic,
for time the iron in contact with IL. the living
creature takes 10 ufeless food stun builds II into
its own living substance. and then eXcretes tt
again. hfeiess as before As the loadstOne endovS
with magnetism any number OF steel magnets with
out diminishing in the least its own supply. so the
OAK tree endoWS with lie any NUMBER or acorns
AS the TWO halves of magnet are each whols
magnet the two halves OF amCsba in
ing What could he clearer than that ma gnetisna
is property of iron, and life property Of proto-
And Yet after ALL magnetism Is not a property OF
iron. All electric motors. trolley cars. dynamos.
all the thousand and one recent applications OF
discovery that magnetism. last analysis has
nothing whatever 10 do with iron For. OF course.
a magnetic field whatever be the conductor. We
know also that magnetism exists Independently OF
any material body. and may occur in vacuum.
In snort, the magnetlzed iron bar merely lenders
manifest power which was already there-a power
that will stI be present after the bar has been de-
magnetized or destroyed.
You have" Sir Oliver tells Professor Haeckel in
effect. fine logical argument TO prove that life -
q product OF UTOtOplaSm and nothing more Very
good. But not many years ago could demonstrate
by exactly the chain OF reasoning that mag
netism is a product OF iron and nothing else. Yet
ciseiy wrong: and So by all precedent. are YOU
With this the case must rest. The truly shatter-
Ing discoveries of the last few years have all at
once opened 10 science two new worlds. The X-rays
and wireless telegraphy the entrance to one:
that there Is not at least third-the realm or HE
and mind2 For all that science knows. life
convenient tool Tor manifestng itself IN this par
tculaT world. while II belongs essentially TO
other. The life of even the simplest creature may
not be in the body at all.
All that we can absolutely say to-day is that life
one cannot have dewdroDs without some solid body
which the dew appears does not create the water
Worlds Work
New-York tribune., 1907-06-16

they navigate the Sound because It is filed with
irresponsible craft run by ignorant and mex
perienced men. who are likely 70 run into them
at any moment There are numberlesS cases OF
accidents exactly like that which occurred TO
the Larchmont. only the steamers have not
been sunk and loss Of life has not occurred
Irresponsible slOOps, laden with freight can tack
back and forward across the Sound all day in
the path Of steamers, run into and disable them
and escape all punishment because the law does
not cover them their navigators-
The law does not require that steamers which
go around Point Judith shall be anything other
than what is known as harbor boats. There
fore boats totally unsuited TO open sea condi-
tiOns are run regularly around Point judith.
carrying thousands of passengers who are IN
danger Of losing their lives upon nearly every
tTiD-"
One OF the officers OF the marine organizations
stated that he had been informed that some
Cursion steamers received the following fnstruc-
tions: Take all who Will come aboard pro-
vided there isn't any inspector around
New-York tribune., 1907-06-16
SOME ROTTEN HULLs.

"G know. too. that the hulIs of many excur-
sion steamers are SO rotten that the boats can
not be used for other purposes and an engineer
told be that they ought 10 be sunk; that they
We're unit for service of any kind. The same
expert engineer told me that boilers of many
excursion steamers are unfit for use. and
menace 10 the lives of those upon the boats.
When the boilers are unsafe 10 use for general
navigation. the boat is made into an excursion
steamer and the boilers run at a low pressure
and rate of sDeed, for eXcursiOnists do not
complain since they go largely for the pleasure
of being the water. Even at this low pres
sure the boilers are likely 10 explode. and tho
law regulating the boilers Of such boats is suf-
fcienty involved 10 enable boatowners 10 dis
regard its intentions.
81 never knew until I entered upon this work
what terrible strain is endured by captains
carrying steamers through the Sound and those
going around Point Judith where conditions
are always more or less dangerous Captains
says that they live in fear every moment that
New-York tribune., 1907-06-16

Nov Society Formed to See that
Laws Are ENFORCED or AMENDED
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Those New Workers who patronize excursion
boats VIII have their safety looked after this
summer better than before, because not
only VIII the customary precautions be taken to
make the excursion boats seaworthy but new
body. Of citizens. called the Peoples Institute
Marine League. has recently been formed for the
express purpose of seeing TO it that the navga-
fion laws enforced far possible, and
that this port viii not be disgraced again by a
Slocum disaster. if 1t can be avoided.
Professor Charles Sprague Smith. mana ging
director of the Peoples Institute, told how the
Marine League came into being. He said
The Peoples Institute League composed of
the active members of the Cooper Union audi
ence. Is governed ny an executive committee At
meeting Of this committee the question was
raised as 10 what conditions in the city espe-
ciaHy needed correcting. A member of the com
mittee said that the excursion steamboats, were
rotten A committee was at once appointed TO
investigate and report. Fred r Conant one Of
the secret~r1es OF the Peoples Institute. acting
as its secretary This committee put itself at
ono, INTO communication with every agency
timoug'- which information could he derived.
Conferences were held with representatives Of a
number Of those engaged as engineers. pilots,
fremen. lifesavers and in marine occupations.
The result Of these conferences was the passage
Of d ssries Of resolutions Of which the most i'm
p0rtSnf was carried To q large gathering assem-
bled by the Board Of Trade. In which were
seated owners and masters Of ships from the
entire eastern seaboard. numbering over eighty
organizations. The chief action Of this gather
ing was 10 indorse the resolution adopted by the
Institutes conference and appoint a committee
70 carry il 70 Washington. This resolution calls
for the naming Of q committee by the national
government for the investigation Of marine con
dirions. and also calls for a thoroughgong re-
vision of our present obsolete navigation laws
After the Board Of Trade assembly had ad-
lourned the conferrees gathered by the institute
determined 70 organize in permanent form. The
Peoples Institute Marine League is the out
come
The purpose of the lea que is 10 study the
York, especially excursion boats. investigate ex-
listing laws and promote in every way possible
the betternent Of conditions so as to safeguard
life and property at sea. All such work will be
done in cooperation with the existing authori-
ties. II is thus proposed that in the coming
summer no excursion boat shall leave this port
without having been properly examined by an
inspector. or inspectors representing the league
or without having on board among the pas
spectcr will have q printed digest of the naviga-
ZION laws, also blank with a series Of cues
uons which. when filed out. will be returned 70
The office Of the institute. secretary at the
Office will examine into the conditions renortad
and on the results Of that examination will de-
pend further action"
New-York tribune., 1907-06-16
FINES RENTED.

In 1905 there We're 50 penalties inflicted for the
Violation Of navigation laws, of which 30 were
rernitted, 3 enforced, 43 greatly reduced and s
actually or practically dismissed
In 1906 the list of penalties reached 1n7 ~
which . were enforced. 20 RENTED. - greatly
reduced and the rest shelved dismissed Near
~ all the penalties enforced were against pilots
on technical charges In one instance a fine Of
Sl9.32o was reduced TO 500, for a technical in
Irlngernent OF the passenger act a fine of S10-
tBb, relating TO the violation Of health laws was
reduced 10 SD; one Of 1885,. imposed for i'm
proper crowding OF mixed passengers at night
vas reduced TO 500; another. amounting to
S33l5 was RENTED. and number ranging
New-York tribune., 1907-06-16

quate and-I might say-ineffeCtive. One man
cannot properly inspect a great ocean liner and
look over every one Of her life preservers in adj
dition to the multitudinous duties of an inspeC-
tor in q single day. Yet that Is all the time al
lowed to him, and he Is not permitted that much
time for the inspection of smaller boats. We
haven't half enough inspectors TO do the work
required Of them.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-05-31
Got Even with the Professor,

Prof. Robert c. Brooks Of swNth.
more college il q great stickler for
hard. persistent work on the part Of
bis students, and is correspondingly
disinclined to regard with favor any.
thing savoring Of dilettanteism. Ono
day recently young lady Of the col.
lege approached him with Z request to
be allowed to attend a certain lecture
course he was giving. At the same
time expressing her great regret that
she was unable to register for regulal
work In II.
Certainly. certainly, the oxygen's
free. | suppose" answered the profes.
sor rather sententiously.
The students smiled - the young
lady took her seat with . dazed ex.
preston, but at the next meeting OF
the class she had her revenge. Pass.
Ing the professors desk at the begin.
ming Of the hour, she inquired sweetly
rs the hot air still free. professor -
New York Times.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-05-31
BURLINGTON REFUSES coLoREo
BUSINESS.

Readers OF this paper will notice
the absence from our news columns
Of the notice of the excursion to have
been run by the Knights Of Pythias
to Meadow Park Labor day. The COM
mlttee informs us that the Burlington
railroad. over which the excursion
would have taken place, has Cancelled
the contract for the reason that they
would not have sufficient cars to ac-
commodate an excursion on that day.
This news came to us just at the
time that we were preparing to give
notice to the refusal OF the Burling-
ton to permit Zion Baptist church to
use the Meadow Park grounds and
have an excursion over its road on
an earlier date. and the reason given
by the contract agent In this case was
that they would not contract 10 carry
Negro excursion. The only eAcur-
sion given OF late years over this
road was that OF Zion Baptist church
last summer and 1t was one OF the
largest that ever left Denver. Per
sons who went on that expressed
themselves as having had the time
OF their lives. 1t was composed OF
high class negroes and was free from
the drunkenness and rowdyism that
characterize many excursions OF
whites. The only inference to be
drawn is that the Burlington local
management does not want colored
excursion patronage regardless OF all
considerations Of the department Of
cxcursionists.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-05-31

We welcome into the field OF larger
usefulness the graduates OF the year.
II Is a pleasure to fnd the number OF
those who finish the earlier prepara-
ton to enter into sterner life increas.
Ing with each year. No more hopeful
sign OF the realization among US Of
what citizenship demands than the
willingness with which our youth are
doing we'll this hrst thing Of educating
themselves. It IL carly for prophecy.
but II is fair to presume that tho same
thoroughness will characterize their
lives. Tho local graduates arc Masses
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-05-31

Charlotte Ensley, Helen Mundy, Lola
Jacobs and Virgie Webster OF East
Denver High School; Durham Camp
bell and Gerald Allison of Manual
Training school and II. Franklin Bry.
ant of the law school of the Uniyers.
ity Of Colorado at Boulder.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-05-31

In these latter days, white men of
the south are frequently quoting the
views of Abraham Lincoln and Rob
ert Toombs as representing the same
view toward the Negro. How shame
full to compare the saviour of his
country with the man who did all In
his power to wreck it: the emancipa.
tor OF a race with the chief apostle
Of that races bondage.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-05-31
Humane.
Mrs. Nuwife was veXed.

Mrs Nuwife was veXed.
You are always kicking about my
ookins." she said. and saying that
" douEhnuts are not At for human
einss TO eat. And yet I notice that
you have sobbled UP every one Of that
last batch!"
The brute WAS staggered. but only
for a moment.
Yes. my dear" he answered, calm.
ly. but why? knew that II I did not
eat them our poor little baby would
Insist on having some. And. rather
than have the child poisoned. I took
the awful risk involved In devouring
them myself. You evidently DO not
understand. my dear. that An . self
sacrificing parsat!"
The silence that sosved vas only
oroksn BY Z crashiaS ssuad % Of a
smpty doughnut dish brsaking upon {
sumap AseA.--C,svslssl Loa6aS.
GA~ ~TWv-
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-05-29
Indne Mall To Wed.


The hosts Of friends OF Judge WA.
ram 4 wall. Of Mound city will be
mnch pleasea and surprised to learn
mai he 4 to be united in MARRIAGE
With Miss Margaret Cecilia BROWNE
daughter of Mrs. Mary Browner' an !
sister of Mayor Browner OF Monna
civ on wednesday, June OH, l9o \
II their residence on High street.
Mound City
ndae and Mrs. Wall will be a.
home in Mound City after July lst.
Jndge Wall formerly was GO ny
nudge Of Pulaski county ard IS Amos
as wen known and fully as popular "a
Alexander county as he is in PULASKI
county and that is saying much for
maee wall is general fayofi'e ny
reason Of his genial disposition. ne Y
prominent in Pulaski county poll'le9
apd also has taken hand IN AleAah-
Tar eoanty's political affairs Wh 'h'
nccasion has seemed TO demand H.
several times recently The Jnd@
bas been seen in Cairo with yono3
Iady Of charming appearance eva NJ y,
- h,a hride.elect. and his trends VIII
heartily congratulate him on ny
chsice. invitations have been te-
caiyad here to the wedding anu
number of Cairoites will attend
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-05-29
Fortniehtly Club.

Works OF Edward Grieg, inc ho'V'
Norwegian composer, were pfeseh'e'
in very interesting program g'Ven
h, The FottnightIy Musical cup yes,
terday afternoon al The Halllday, u, ane
members being the guests o. MISS
Bessie Turner
Those participating in ne prosr",'
were Mechanics William F, smith, -
. This,lewood, Charles O. Patier =.
EniIe Proflet, Leon E. Denisoh !
Misses Hazel AisIholpe Bertha
Schlosser, Madge Zimmerman Leua
u;ler nellie Hall, Bessie Turner
The program was one OF excep'
tonal interest unsteady the ofisi-
nality of the composer being eS'
necially marked in the selections
which were rendered
The club was glad to welcome MIS-
lima Woodward again after an az
sence during which she studied var
roted teachers in New York.
The next meeting Of he eiuo VII
he held at the residence Of Miss I'm
melman on Fifth street. with MIS-
nloflet. Misses Hall and Zimmermai
in charge Of the program.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-05-29
At ST. JOSEPH'S
PAROCH|AL SCHOOL
PUPILS GIVE FINE ENTERTAIN
MENT TO LARGE AUDIENCE
ELABORATE PROGRAM sue
cEssFULLY CARRIED OUT.

Last night one of the Most elab
crate entertainments given in the city
for some time was presented at ST.
Josephs Parochial school. Il was
largely attended in spite Of the IN
fortunate and quite unpardonabie
error made in yesterdays Bulletin.
announcing that the entertainment
would be given at 81 Patficks hall
The good sisters worked hard with
their pupils and the Lar er exeried
themselves to their utmost to make
the entertainment a success and their
efforts we're duly appreciated by the
audience. The following interesting
nroeram was rendered.
Re,fta fon-Edith Langan-
Fire Cracker D-ill-Twenty fonr
Junior Boys.
Katherine Williams ana
Viola Walker
Goblin Drii Fourteen Boys
Jananese San Drill-Sixteen Junior
GINS.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-05-29

Operetta in Three Acts.
Elnore. in acts and at tho age
or 5--LucylIe Smyth.
Elnole, in act three at the age OF 10
Anna pierce Walsh.
Duchess 81 Tivoli. her mother-Res-
sic Howard
Helena. Elnore's nurse-Anna Blu
cher
Merida aauon OF the palace
Elizabeth Thomas
Attendants.
interchangeable O'Connell.
Lucia-Ione Corzine
Natilda-Alice Dayres.
Marearita-Anna noUd.
Dorothy Josephine Strautz.
Bertha Mary Klein.
Pietro. a messenger boy-Herberf
Nen.
Hans. an Old man-Stanloy Dwycr
Gretchen. his wife Earle Johnson
Fairy Queen-Miss Myrtle BAN
brick
Puck--Joseph Bucher
Fairies Lynette Greaney, Anni
Isria Grimes, Mary Doud, Mar
Doaeherty. ANA twelve other fairies.
Market Girls.
Bettina- Rosa Barry.
Rose-Rosa Gillespie.
Anna-Mahala Reid.
Lauro-Ella Dougherty
Won Lustiger German Frankfnrte
Eberhard Bncher.
Di Gusto. Italian Peanut vender-
Joseph Johnson.
Tyr0liean Warble.s-Evarista IA
Try. Rita Barry Edith Langan. Eisi
IOLoughlin. Beatrice Walker, ACNE
Thomas. Edith Hagelmeier, Ethel =.
Tram. Allen Moore. Jesse HawkIn
Eberhard Butcher Joseph johnson
Raymond Aydt
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-05-29
old-Time Cairo.

Suggestion is made that Col. ". +
Dcwdan. of Memphis, be invited 20
deliver a lecture on "Oid-Time Cairo,
for the benefit OF the Cairo Childfen's
Home. Col Dowdall was q Cairo Gu.
zen in the early ffties and could tel
some in eresting tales Of those times