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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-01-06
ALLISON Majors DEATH
REGRETTED BY SOCIETY

At the meeting Of the executive com
mittee OF he Humane Society this
morning. held in the rooms Of the or
ganization In the Warder building. reso-
lutions Of regret for the death of Ali
son Nallor, whose funeral took place
this morning. were passed. Mr.. NaIlor
had been an active member OF the as
ISOLATION for a number Of year. and had
served on the executive committee for
four or FIVE sessions.
A brief report on G5nations was read
by the secretary. This paper showed
that receipts to the amount of 81 ,4267 IS
have been received during the past year
4 resolution thanking the Donors was
unanimously passed.
Six new members were admitted TO
the society They were Miss Sophie
r. Beatty, George Kicker Miss Ruth
Trager, Miss Isabel Stokes, Mrs. Tritch,
and Miss Nulte.
IT was decided today that the annual
meeting for the election of officers and
a new executive committee will be held
in the rooms on January Il at $3.50
o'clock. At this meeting. which the en-
tire membership is expected to attend
the yearly reports OF all committee will
be heard.
At the suggestion Of Vice President
J. p. Upper. who presided at this
mornings meeting, all persons inter
ested in the association, whether they
be- members or not. are invited to at
tend the meeting on January II.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-01-06
WASHINGTON PRODUCE
MARKET

Local produce market prices fell back
this morning to where they were on
Friday. The advanced figures on pouI-
try which obtained because of the I'M
seasonable weather. failed to hold to-
day. the receipts on these goods being
better than they have been for sew
eral days. The top price on dressed
turkeys was II cents this morning.
Changes OF figures on other goods
were few, Arrivals were liberal and
the demand active, especially on green
fruits and vegetables. Gmae was very
plentiful and a ready market was found
for the best grade Of stuff.
Eggs-Fresh, Virginia. 30d3lc; strictly
fresh, $. W. Va, 2Su29c; storage. ISa22c:
Cheese-N- Y factory, large, 1Gll6Ikc;
hats l51.4l6e; small, l6Ql7c; fair to
good. 12a15c.
Butter--western, FIRST slqa2ci sec
ohds' 13g2lc5 process, fancy, 24q25c; fair
10 good. 2422c; dairy. choice. 2Ca2lc;
store packed. fresh, 19Q20c.
POULTRY.
Turkeys-Live, per pound. toms, lGdI7c;
hens, l64l7c. Chickens-Live. per pound,
small. l5Ql6C; hens, 13ul4c; ROSTERS,
suSc. DuCkS-Live, rer pound, spring,
dl9lzc. Geese-lJ1Eci keats, l0Ql2c.
Iurkeys-Dressed, per pound, hens. un-
drawn, l60lfc. average, undrawn. 154l6C,
Old tom, 150l6c Jhlckens-Dressed
large 15u16c; small, 15Gl6c; hens. choice.
l40l5ci ROSTERS. Sc. DuCks-l2414c.
Geese-l2Ql3c.
GREEN FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.
Apples Cper bbI.)-York Imperial,
packed $223U4o0; Wine Sap, S2.75Qf50,
Fancy table, S3.50a4OJ; spy S3.25g450
CTanbeTrles, per box, $L75QZ25- Grape
truit-tloTlda, S3.0CH4.50 Oranges-FIor-
ida. S2.75Q3.5O. Walnuts-Pound, &c Po-
= IA rE-a.T "a too
Dbl, S2-J943.lai ydnIs, bJl-, &Z-OCH3.OJ.
Cabbage, 100, S2Jyl4.O0. Cucumbers, bu.,
$3-25HS32J. Onions, bu., 6gIs0c; Celery,
crate, $3-Z544.25. Squash. Fla. pc. bas-
Eet SlOJuloO- Beans, per basket S2U6zt
20. Egg plants, per crate. Sl-J0g2.25.
Peppers, crate. $l-C0uZ.C0
GRAIN.
Wheat-Choice, Sl.O0QlO3; fair 10 good,
S5c4SL00; ordinary, sZ8y6c.
C6rn-sheiied, white. 63Q65c; sheHed,
yellow, 62H63
New cofn-Ear, Ss.OOqSSIo
oats-WesterH. white, No. ?. 55g60c,
Hay-Timothy. Western. No. /. sI7Oog
1900, Western. No. ?. Sl650alZO0.. West |
ern. mixed. $l5.5Oa16 80.
GAME.
Rabbits, per doz., $1.O00I25; kits. per
dJZ.. JJHi5C. Quail. per dOZ.. S2oUlt2.50. Z
small, per doz,, Sl.C)4l.5J. Squirrels, each, /
Je. UpOssums. each. l5HaJc.
LIVE STOCK.
Cattle-ENtra per Cwt.. Si5O05 %. /
butcher, per cwt., S400a455; common,
per cWt. S2.00T3.OO. HOgs-Per cwt |
gross, S4-5H5.Z5- ordinary. per cwt, 81 50 (
U5O9. Sheep-Cl PIPER, 4U5C; common, % /
Q3c. Lar bs-SpTing. choice, 6Iz07c: me
Gium, 5izll6c. Calyes-Prine, per h., &C. |
medium, per H., SEiNzc; grass, per
H., 4p4zc. COws-PriEIe. fresh, each /
t.98S50, common, each, S2043J: old and /
dry. $u10.
DRESSED MEAT
Calves-Fuu dressed, sale. Hog
dressed calves, SHI0c. Hams-COuntry
sugar cured, 14Ql6c. Hogs-Small and |
neat. per cwt. I8I3zc; medium, 6g7c; |
Eeavy, 6Q6lzc-
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Nailor Funeral Services
At Pro Cathedral Church

Funral services for Allison Nailor.
jT.. were held from the Pro-Cathedral
Church of the Ascension this afternoon.
Bishop SatteTlee officiated. with the
Rev. DR.. Snyder assisting. Interment
vas in Rock Creek Cemetery.
Before the church services members
OF the Scottish Rite Masons conducted
a ceremony according to their ritual
at Mr.. Majors late residence. The
Rose Croix services for thirty-third
degree Masons was most impressive.
Masonic services were also held at the
grave.
Members OF the Oldest Inhabitants
also attended the funeral services.
Resolutions Of regret at the death of
Mr.. NailOr were passed at a meeting OF
the Blaine 1nvinCible Club Saturday
night. Eulogistic addresses were made
by Col. Perry II. Carson and Frank
Wells. J. o. Minor, first vice president,
presided in the absence of President J.
W. Bell, who is i'll with the grip.
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HOUSE DOTH SCORN
VAIL FROM THE TOMB

Representative Graham OF Pennsyl-
vania made a startling request IN the
House today He asked unanimous con-
sent that the Committee on Ventilation
and Acoustics be given leave TO have
done at the Governments expense any
amount Of printing that the committee
should see fit.
Many members objected at once, as no
one could figure out what that committee
would Ike 10 have printed unless Il
should be wedding invitations or funeral
notices. 1t never meets. and II never
does anything. His request was there
fore denied.
Mr.. Graham did not cOndescend to en-
tighten those who cared 10 know what
was 10 be the nature of the printed
matter. and resumed his seat with a
weary smile.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-01-06
JOSEPH STRINGER BUYS
CORC0RAN STREET HOME

Joseph StTiuger has purchased the
thrcc-story cellar brick dwelling. 1903
Corcorsn street northwes through
Stone & Fairfax. The purchaser, who
paid $500 for this valuable property
near New Hampshire avenue, viii oc-
cUpv IL.
The apartment building at 200 EleV-
enth street, Columbia Heights, has been
sold by Frank G. Carpenter. q news
paper writer through Moore & Hill
The local investor was represented in
the transaction by A. :. CaywOOd. real
estate broker.
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WASHINGTON STOCKS
DULL AND STEADY
Lower Prices for
Washington Railway
Preferred.

Greene Cananea was the premier on
the local stock exchange, $50 shares
changing hands. The price remained
unchanged at 74Q79s. the outside price
being u shade firmer. Small lots of
Washington Railway and Electric pre-
fered sold at 71uT1i6. this being izdt
point below the last sale recorded. one
sale Of 80 shares was recorded at Il.
The Gas case was heard today. Some
or the brokers on Change are firm in
the belief that no action will be taken
that will prevent the increased capital
ization scheme.
Washington Railway ana Electric IS
sold at 70 A sale of United States cOu-
pom Is was reported at 12L
Shareholders IT. the Columbia Fire IN
surance are specializing on what they
viii receive for their assets. Chairman
Bell who presided at the meeting Of
stockholders when the sale 10 the for
eign corporation was agreed upon, is OF
the opinion that the returns to share
holders VIII be about So a share. This
is perhaps a maximum estimate.
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CURRENCY BILL
COMING TOMORROW

The currency bill was agreed upon
today by the Senate Finance Committee,
and Senator Aldrich expects 10 intro
duce It IN the Senate tomorrow Sen
ator Aidrich, when asked about the de-
tails Of the bill refused 70 make state
ment
It is understood to provide for an
emergency currency based on suitable
nOn-GOvernment securities, which shall
be highly taxed 10 retire the issue when
occasion for it has passed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-01-06
0VERHEATED CHIMNEY
CAUSES $500 FIRE DAMAGE

Fire did $500 damage 10 the roof and
bathroom Of Charles ColweI's residence.
ga / street southeast this morning. An
overEeated chimney is said 10 have
caused the fire. Most Of the damage
was done by smoke, the flames having
been extinguished a few moments after
the arrival of hremen.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-01-06
INSANE MEN DIE
IN BURNING HOUSE

HOT SPRINGS. Ark. Jan G-TWo
insane men, Ed Porter. colored. and
VIII Bryan, white, burned 10 death in
fire which consumed the detention
house at che poor farm last night II
is believed that Porter set fr9 TO the
structure
Efforts were made to reach the men,
but they We're walled in by sheets Of
flame and their shrieks told of their
dying agUnies.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-01-06
LANDLORDS SURRENDER
TO TENANT STRIKERS

NEW YORK, Jan. 6-The Landlords
Association, controlling 5000 tenements
IN the Williamsburg Ghetto. surrendered
this morning and agreed TO a COM
promise whereby tenements in that To-
caity will receive reductions varying
from 81 to $3.50 per month.
The victory. which viii mean a reduc-
ton to more than $1,000 people was only
won after fifty tenants had marched IN
a body to the third district municipal
court, and Justice Bogenscheltz had de-
cided four cases In their favor.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-01-06
FORMER CLERK H. BARNEY
BACK WITH D. C. COMMITTEE

Harry Barney, formerly clerk OF the
House District Committee. but now a
banker in his home State, is back al
the Capitol for a few weeks
He returned on the urgent request of
Chairman Smith. Of the District com
mittee, to help the committee in start
ing out well with the many Legislative
affairs shat come before it.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-01-06
COTTON MARKET OPENS
WITH AN EASIER TONE

NEW YORK, Jan. 6-Under the infiu-
enCe Of the weak cables from Liverpool
the undertone of cotton market at the
outset today was easier. first prices
being to Z points lower. There was a
fair commission house trade in March
and May prices, and hardened slowly
after the call on strong bull support
Opening quotations: January. 104GG
1850; March, 1O64Q1065; April 1870
asked: Nay. 10.61G1062: June, 1O570
106S. IulN. ln55n10E6
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hUNCIE CARS TO RUN,
STRIKE BREAKERS GO

MUNCIE, Ind, Jan. 6,-Today forty
three imported strike breakers left this
city for Chicago. The men were dis
missed from duty last night
Today the Union Traction Company III
tends operating its cars regularly and
they VIII be manned by local men. none
OF whom is a strike breaker.
Mob rule has been broken. The sight
Of soldiers bluned the ruffans respon-
Eible for the city being put under martial
law.
Citizens today began earnest efforts
10 get the company to arbitrate with
the strikers.
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THREE LIVES APE LOST
IN HOSPITAL FIRE

SAN FRANCE SEQ, Jan. 6.-Three
lives were lost by fire which destroyed
the laundry at the French Hospital
early today.
Three bodies were discovered after
the flames had been extinguished. The
dead are Michael Franco, his wife, and
Jean Pons.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-01-06
BODY Of INF ANT
FOUND IN SEWER

While cleaning out the sewer at the
corner Of Seventh and 1 streets north
west today about 2:9O O'Clock, the body
Of an infant child was found. The body
was badly decomposed and 1t is thought
the child was thrown in the sewer at
least about a month ago,
An investigation is being conducted
by the police of the Sixth precinct,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-01-06
POLITICAL.

II is no certainty that young and
tender boom can be successfully car
ried through the frosts Of the winter
News.
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District Committee Meets Saturday.

The House District Committee will
have the first netting Of this Con
gress next Saturday when IL Will or
ganize for the work Of the sixtieSh ses-
sion.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-01-06
Washington Prices

United States coupon 1 per cent, $500
OH
Washington Railway and Electric
Fer cent, 81. OO0ui5. 81 UOJlt75
Washington hallway and Electric pre-
ferred, JUTIIl.
Greene Cananea. IOJa7l4, lOJa1ss, 1904
rs 50uTI.
After call-Washlngton Railway and
Electric, preferred, 3qul2. cal.
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BONDS, MONEY, AND GRAIN
New York Stocks

Quotations furnished by Post & F1agg.
y 81. nW.l
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DRESSED MEAT.

Calves-FuI dressed, SQi1c. Hog
dressed calves, SHloc. Hams-COUntTy
sugar cured, 1fQl6C. Hogs-Small and
neat. per cwt. T8Thc; medium, cue;
keaVy. 6N6izc.
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This record could not have been eSta Shed unless salts
faction had been given to our Gust nerS
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these strange cradles drifted to the
land.
Another disaster, we'll remembered
by New Workers, was the burning OF
the Seawanhaka off Wards island on
June 20, 1880. Forty were lost in this
disaster
June appears to have been fruitful
month for steamboat fires, for proceed
ing the burning Of the Seawanhaka by
few days was the burning of the
Stonington steamboats, Narragansett
and Stonington, sister ships, after they
had been in collision in mid-sound
during a dense fog on the night of
June II, 1880.
By far the most terrible steamboat
disaster that ever occurred in New
York waters was that of the burning
of the General Slocum. Of the 5000
excursionists aboard most were wom-
en- and children. Only one other
steamboat disaster in the annals Of
American steam navigation surpassed
the horror, and that was when the
Mississippi river steamboat Sultana
burned in 1866, with loss of 1000
lives.
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from the lower peninsula of Michigan
it uncovered channel from Saginaw
bay into Lake Michigan 100 feet lower
than that at Fort Wayne. Whereupon
the water was diverted from that
channel and all carried away by the
Saginaw bay. Lake Michigan and Chi
cago river outlet. The shore line of
the glacial lake formed at this stage
of glacial recession can be traced as
distinctly as a railroad embankment
the entire distance from the vicinity
of Buffalo around the south and west
shores of Lake Erie to the head wa
tiers of Saginaw bay, where it opens by
a perfectly distinct channel into Grand
river. Euclid avenue, in the city of
Cleveland, is built upon this shore
line. The great drainage canal from
Chicago into the Illinois has availed
itself of this old outlet, the bottom of
which was only about Is feet higher
than the level of Lake Michigan.
Earlier glacial outlets farther west
are clearly traceable from Green Bay
into the Fox river and from the west.
ern end of Lake Superior at Duluth
through the Chippewa river into the
Mississippi, little way below St.
Paul. The remarkable level gravel
terraces high above the lake at Du.
luth, so convenient for streets and
drives, are the shore lines of this tenn
porary lake at the west end Of Lake
Superior.
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tive portfolios, the ports in the holds
of steamboats, are now large enough
for the heaviest man to get out of if
necessity should arise.
1t has cost owners lot of money to
do these things, and such as did not
feel inclined to follow the orders of
the steamboat inspectors when their
boats were inspected had to send their
boats to the marine graveyards, to be
broken up for the old metal contained
in their outfit. At least 25 New York
steamboats, which were being used
when the Slocum met her fate four
years ago have disappeared since the
steamboat laws have been enforced
Such vessels as were built since the
Slocum disaster were largely of steel
and now that the jamestown has
proved a success all steamboats, built
for the local service that do not come
up to her class in safety certainly will
merit criticism.
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TORRENTS FROM MELTING ICE
DRAINED THROUGH GREAT
LAKES TO THE STREAMS.
OLD BOUNDARIES ARE TRACED
Expert Wright Tells Where the Work
of the Prehistoric Period Orig
mated and Ended-Bodies
of Water ENLARGED.
BY G. FREDERICK WRIGHT, A.

BY G. FREDERICK WRIGHT, A.
NJ, IL. D.
Author Of 1.-THE Ice Age in North Amer
lea, Man and the Glacial Pc
riod," ETC.,
Copyright, by Joseph B. Bowles.)
Ice is rock. At any rate, so long
as it lasts it performs all the functions
OF rock. AS one steams up the Yukon
river he will often see ahead of him a
forest growing upon high bank with
PERCEPTIONS face which at first sight
would seem to be the enduring rock
Of the region. But upon near ap.
proach it will turn out to be an ice
cliff covered with few feet of soil
which has been washed out upon it in
sufficient quantity to support vegeta-
ton. Large forests are growing upon
the Malaspina glacier in Alaska, sew
eral miles back from it's front, and
where the ice is 1000 feet thick under
1t. In numerous places in the vicinity
Of existing glaciers large streams of
water may be found running both upon
the surface of the ice and along a
the adjoining highland or mountain
chain which hens it in. Large lakes
Of water are also found at high eleva-
tions where they are held in by ice
barriers. Where these barriers sud
denly burst through, as they some
times do, tremendous floods of water
devastate the valley below. The Matt
mark See, in Switzerland, and other
bodies of water held up behind alpine
glaciers have been a menace.
But great as are the direct effects
upon the drainage, of ice of existing
glaciers, those brought to light by
study of the glacial period in North
America surpass them all in wonder
full measure. Naturally the accumula-
ton of ice during the glacial period
began at the north, and early clogged
up the great lines of drainage which
lead in that direction, while, after the
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wedding, the bride remained with her
friends and could communicate with
her affianced only through 1.-The friend
of the bridegroom"
Throwing shoes originated in the old
Jewish custom of handing to the pur-
chaser of land an old shoe as token
of surrender .or remuneration. The
brides father gave shoe to the hus-
band or threw it after him to signify
they surrendered to him all authority
over their daughter.
Throwing rice symbolized fruitful
ness and plenty, from its general dis
tribution over the world.
Taking the husbands name orig
mated in Roman times, though the
date is unknown. When Julia married
Pompey her name became Julia of
Pompey. Modern women omit the
"of" III the name Chicago Examiner.
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ice had reached it's farthest limit and
began to melt back, the northerly di-
rection of the drainage could not be
resumed until the ice had all melted
away. Thus for long periods the drain
age of the great lakes, which now
passes down the st. Lawrence river,
was turned over to swell the volume
of the Susquehanna and the Ohio
rivers, while all the drainage that now
into the valley of the Missouri and the
Mississippi. This, anyone can see
from a slight study of the map, must
have been the case. 1t has been
most interesting work to biologists to
find these actual outlets of glacial
drainage, and to trace the effects of
this great addition of volume to the
south-flowing streams of the north.
In general the effects of this great
increase of the volume of the water
poured into the valleys of the con-
necticut, Hudson, Susquehanna, Allie
gheny, Ohio, Mississippi and Missouri
rivers are evident in the extensive
gravel terraces which line the banks
of all these streams and of their
northern tributaries.
The terraces of the Connecticut
river have long been famous, consist
ing of deposits of gravel and sand ris-
ing upon either bank of the river from
so to 100 feet or more above present
high water mark In the Hudson val
ley they exist as brick clays, extensive
" worked in various places above
New York city, but spreading out into
extensive gravel deposits where the
Hudson river comes out from the
Adirondack mountains. The sandy
plains of Saratoga were spread out
during that stage of the glacial period,
while immense streams of water were
turned over into the Hudson valley
through Lake Champlain and Lake
George. The Champlain canal has ap-
propriated a portion of this glacial
channel, and passes from the lake to
the Hudson river with a lockage Of
less than so feet.
Before the ice had melted from
the Mohawk valley there was an enor-
nous amount of glacial drainage car
ried off through the Finger lakes and
over the higher passes leading into
the Susquehanna valley. The stream
passing through Seneca lake over the
site of Watkins and entering the sus-
uuehanna at Households was specially
noteworthy; while the marks of the
glacial floods in the Susquehanna val
ley are clearly seen at Harrisburg and
other places farther down.
Before the ice had melted from CEN
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0lINwUIRRlglBup Anp
IulNg[[Eg[KRlBlLl2 STEAMBOATS,
AS A RESULT OF the
lOCUm DISASTER

writer's. If struck in a vital part,
however, say around the boiler or en-
gine-room, she undoubtedly would
sink, and it is this point that the pub
lie should insist upon-that steam
boats be made unsuitable.
And they can be made so. A series
of bulkheads cutting the hull up into
small water-tight compartments, the
use of the cellular or double-bottom
principle, or of water-tight tanks dis
tributed through the various holds of
the ship, would make any vessel prac-
tically unsuitable. There is no law
just at present making it obligatory
upon the part of owners to make their
steamboats, unsuitable, but such law
is bound to come in time, and when
it does come owners will be the best
pleased among those directly bene-
fitted
When the investigation into the
General Slocum disaster was under
way the fact was brought out that
when the flames which suddenly burst
forth in the forward hold in a barrel
in which rubbish was thrown, were
discovered in order to communicate
the news to the pilot house, where
the commander of the vessel was sta
toned, it was necessary to go to the
third deck, lot of valuable time be-
ing wasted. Since that day electrical
and other devices have been placed
aboard our more prominent passenger
steamers which instantly notify the
occupants of the pilot house, as well
as officials on other decks, of the ex-
act location of fire or other trouble
in any particular part of vessel.
Further than this, there have been
safety devices invented which reduce
the possibility of loss of life by wreck
to a minimum
Day of Rotten Hose Gone.
To-day there is no more rotten hose
included in the outfit of passenger
boats. The life preservers are fresh
and new and made of real cork, and
there is an ample supply of them,
number of good serviceable lifeboats,
and they are not painted fast to the
decks; they have their running tackle
overhauled every little while, and
when put overheard they will float.
Ample stairways between decks, both
inside and outside the cabins, are pro-
vided, and as a result of the harrow
ing episode connected with the men
imprisoned in the burning hull of the
North German Lloyd liner, when the
Hoboken piers set fire to her few
years ago, who could be seen alive but
unable to crawl through the diminu-