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New-York tribune., 1910-07-17

Iberfa's stern. and for several weeks the
two sections of the British freighter drift
sd in different directions over the sea.
The Tmbrfa which had come through un-
scathed except for the denting of few
bow plates, came back to the scene of the
accident and took aboard every man on
the sliced steamer. Fortunately there
haupened to be no men in the section
through which the Umbria ploughed, and
no one was injured on either vessel
A captain on one Of the big steamships
coming TO this port declared recently that
some day or other something interesting
In the way Of sea incidents would be
heard Of, and that the MaUretania or the
L.usitania probably would be the chief
character in this melodrama Of the sea
Just keep your eyes on those big
Frrtes" remarked the captain, and mind
what / say. I came out OF Liverpool
ahead of the Mauretania one Saturday
We left in the morning and she cleared
at o'clock in the afternoon. we had the
start Of her, Of course, but, doing only
fifteen knots. she with her clip Of twenty
six overhauled us into Queenstown. 1t
was dark when we picked her up astern,
and Lord, how she did come, We were
carrying no passengers at the time. being
sent over for freight only on that trip.
We had passenger accommodations, how
ever and ! ordered every stateroom light
ed up and the ports opened. 1 sent word
10 the engine room TO give us all the cleo
fricftv they had, and had things lighted
nm like "A banquet hall. ! wanted Captain
Turner to see US. L was real anxious that
he should see us, because if he CHANGED to
overlook us and hit us-well, there would
IL t., f,,I,
gator. a mighty able commander, but
nevertheless want to give him a wide
berth when I'm ahead OF him on the run
from Liverpool TO New York"
There IS really nothing that can govern
the speed of ocean liners in fog so as TO
preserye uniformity. Shippers are sup
nosed TO run at reduced speed-about half
speed-but this varies the different
liners What would be half speed for the
Nauretania would be almost full speed
far the Graf Wsldersee, the Pennsylvania,
the Pannonia or the ultonia end many
o437.t thfrteeu-knot Eeszets- 4 blow at
Thirteen k41f-ts viii Usually sink a trawler
or a liner II It hits right, and experience
has shown that the fellow who is running
the faster gets off the easier
II must be borne in mind, however, that
there are exceptions In the history of col
lisions at sea in fog. Instances are on
record where vessels have come together
head Gu and have survived the shock The
New-York tribune., 1910-07-17
Sea Tramps Wont Keep Ouf OF SfeaTS0fp
Lanes Because They Lose
Time if They Do.

with the vapory menace to navigation, ana
can see better than his passengers. Those
who have been up on night of fog ana
have heard strange blasts ahead, but fixed
in TO particular direction. and later nave
heard the hoarse roar OF a liner as she
PASSED astern, must utter-if they are hu-
rnan-some Involuntary word OF praise TOT
the trained men on the bridge whose ears
kant the vessel out Of fiarn:'s way in
night Of fgurative chaos.
Tbe,, what must a master do when he
encounters fog? Stop? Not at all lie
rngy run at reduced speed. but II is useless
to stop unless he finds himself close 10 an
other steamer Few captains Will ADMIT H.
but there is a general belief among mas
tiers that 1t sometimes pays 10 run at iuii
sneed in fog II master has a Dig yes
sci Of say $500 tons, with a maximum III
sueed of twenty-six knots, ne Knows Iui'
well that If he lets her out whatever ne
hits IS going to give way. IL is all rlSh'
For him as long as he hits another steam
er. but If he comes in contact with a shoal
or an iceberg he might as well prepare 10
go down to the locker Of the late MI.
David Jones. either shVe or WIN ieh"
nelIet in his head.
C,gntain McMickan. who was in command
30 the ole Cunarder Umbria some fifteen
or sixteen wears ago. was a firm believer
,n che theory OF running at top speed
,hroueh fog. He had an opportunity to put
thts net theorem into practice before he
o,,it the sea. and he lived to write his
u. Captain McMickan was man
,.-bo nracttsed what he preached. One
,,oraee when about one hundred and hfty
,,,,ies east of the old Sandy Hook Light
ahtr he suddenly encountered a thick fog.
r1s was cautious. but the matter of high
araaa aid not bother him. The Umhrla'
,.sszssss,. was then one of the fast ocean
a,,ers wss hitting up about nineteen knots
- the fog did not CAUSE her te fe1hee
speed xot.rr,. or
suddenly there vas an exchange OF
,-n,stIes in the fog pail but II was 100
80 90 ,naneuvre There was a crash
"a the sharp steel bow of the Gmoria MI
~n'.a,ting aa'I s II was the British tramp ship
sSar,a The Umbria went through her
,,,a knife through cheese chtting he[
! srto two sections. each being heiH hIioa
nv -hv wstertight bulkheads. The blow was was
Ds,,''sred about forty feet forward OF the
New-York tribune., 1910-07-17
MONMOUTH BEACH.

Monmouth Beach. N. j., July, 16.-The
Monmouth Beach Inn. which. undef its new
management, is having a splendid season,
has been busy this week arranging a con-
cert that will take place shortly at the new
casino The Inn used to be the Monmouth
Beach Club. and. although 1t has changed
to a hotel. cottagers hereabouts take quite
as much interest in II as before the trans
formation. Albert Spaulding, who is sum-
mer cottager. is expected to head the pro-
sramme of volunteers. Mr.. Spauldtng re-
Gently played for Nine Lillian Nordica at
her new summer home at Deal Beach, near
here.
Visitors at the Monmouth Beach Inn were
entertained on Wednesday night at a hop III
the new dancing pavilion. The New jer-
sey Waterways League met here to-day
Tbey were In session at the South ShreWs-
bury Ice Yacht and Boat Club.
After much discussion the sutnoritie'
here have signifed their Willingness 10
snrinkle the main boulevard with oil, In or
dor TO abate the dust nuisance resulting
from the passage Of fast automobiles
New-York tribune., 1910-07-17

steamship Florida, of the Lloyd 1taliano
Line which sank the White Star liner Re-
public in a fog off Nantucket two years
ago, had her bow buckled and f1attened In
like a pancake, yet her collision bulkheads
saved her, and she is now running in the
Italian trade to this port.
What will happen If two vessels come
together in a fog is purely a matter or
conjecture The vessel supposed to be un-
sinkable may go down, while less stable
steamship will keep af1oat or proceed on
her course without assistance. The Re-
public was supposed to be unsuitable, yet
she noH lies in some forty fathoms of
water off Nantucket
A striking example of the stability OF
modern steamship construction may be
seen in the case of the White Star freight
Ell Suevic which went aground off the LIZ
ard. the extreme southwestern end of Eng
land. She appeared to be a hopeless
wreck but the salvage men kept at her.
The forward section, which was hard and
fast on the shoal, could not be budged.
1t was badly damaged and not worth saw
ing. but there was two-thtrds OF the big
freighter that looked good to the wreck
ers and 1t was decided to cut her in two
and take the good part back to port. She
was cut in two. The stern was taken to
Southampton and put into drydock, new
bow was built on. and the steamship was
made stronger and better than before she
grounded.
The accident to the Suevic recalls a
little group called the Scilly Islands. to
the southeastward of the Lizard. 1t Is a
graveyard OF ships, and a bad place to be
In when a skipper gets fog. The Atlantic
1I.n II h ord md
fast upon the shoa1 of the Scillys some
three months ago, and was thought to be
total loss, but after lightering her cargo
she was saved, and proceeded under her
own steam 10 port. Captain Layland had
piloted the Minnehaha between New
York and London many times. but bad
fog caught him off the haunted ScfliyP
and he finally went aground The ribs
OF many stanch vessels are rotting and
rusting on these treacherous shoals. and
the visitor . the curio and souvenir shops
of, es,ifhampton may find photographs of
some fifty sailing vessels and hrty-fve
steamships taken while they were pound
ing themselves tc pieces on the rocks.
One OF the most treacherous features
Of fog is the fact that 1t comes in
patches The quickness with which IT
closes in upon a liner makes Ii annoying
Frequently the mist has lifted suddenly
and passengers have seen another vessel
steamipg by unpleasantly close.
New-York tribune., 1910-07-17

cred ]. w. Hutchinson, Of Hampstead.
Long Island, TO negotiate with Founder
James A. Bradley for one Of his ocean
front plots in Asbury Park as the site FOR
a permanent headquarters. Mr.. Hutchinson
is instructed to purchase, il he can make
terms with Mr.. Bradley in accordance with
an appropriation he has been allowed. and
the Quakers will build in the fall, IL the
sale is made. A great auditorium, as large
as the Ocean Grove structure will be built.
where every Quaker gathering in America
will meet Mr.. Hutchinson has been IN
conference with Mayor 7. Frank Appleby
and Publicity Director Harold E. Denegar,
and has already inspected likely sites. The
three will meet Mr.. Bradley In New York
early next week.
Tomorrow will be childrens day in the
Grove In the morning at the Auditorium
the Rev. R. F. Y. Pierce. q New York Bap-
tist clergyman, will give an illustrated talk
to the children. The evening service will
be largely musical. with singing by the
childrens chorus.
New-York tribune., 1910-07-17
Fishing Craft Seek Same Lanes Because
Garbage TbrotOn from Passenger
F1eef Attracts the Fish

when sixteen miles out at sea-
Wireless has played it's part IN fog
Captains have been able 10 give one an
other their approximate positions If the
fog has been sudden. but If all ships are
travelling on dead reckoning and are sud-
denly punched in dangerous pEopinquity
the wireless is of no great help
Even II the steamship companies have
made an agreement TO adhere strictly 20
the rules Of the road in traverSing the
transatlantic lanes there is nothing TO
prevent interference from the tramp
steamship. a haphazard vessel. a nOmad
OF the sea that goes wherever fortune
or owners order her. The tramp is
not obliged to keep to the lanes, for her
course is varied. and she is one OF the
things the transatlantic master breads
The Standard, that rammed the Baltic.
was Of the tramp order. an oil tank bound
for Copenhagen from Philadelphia She
had orders TO get from port 20 port as
economically as possible. Her master nat
urally took the shortest route. and he
crossed the path of the Baltic and hit her.
The tramp is not the only menace loom
ing up on the ocean highway that re-
stricted route OF the passenger carriers
The fishing boats. the trawlers. are the
fellows the average skipper is sore on
II has been learned recently that these
fishermen deliberately come down upon
the transatlantic lanes to fish because the
fish run well In the lanes The refuse
thrown overheard by the liners attracts
the fish. and II Is in this food route that
the trawlers make their big catches
Submarine bells or the Scilly Islands
is something the British government
should provide for the safety of the thou
sands who travel from America 10 Eng
land Captains have urged this necessity
hundreds of times according 10 a prornt-
nent transatlantic captain. but without
avail IL is eontended that IL the Seillys
were fortified as they should be with sub
marine bells the grounding OF big liners
In that British graveyard OF the sea would
be practically done away with
New-York tribune., 1910-07-17

the mask fete and the other entertain
ments of the real carnival week. Queen
Titania and her royal maids will shortly
be announced, and preparations completed
for the court ball and the coronation ceTe-
monies.
Professor Oscar Ehrgott is busy rehears-
ing young people of the summer colony
for the coming production of Dolly
Warden at the Casino. The play win be
given two nights, July % and 26, for the
benefit of the Ann May Memorial Hospital
The New Jersey Sunday School Assocl-
ation's school of methods brought to
close in the High School Building on
Tuesday There We're 207 students enrolled
during the session, the largest ever Feld
here The school will meet in Asbury Park
next year from July to u.
With a membership OF 270, the Asbury
Park Fishing Club now boasts the largest
fishing organizati ton along the Atlantic
Coast. The club elected a number of new
members at it's annual meeting this week
when its present officers were renominated.
New-York tribune., 1910-07-17

it, and In this direction. through the aid of
the wireless telegraph, two young Italian
inventors have brought out the compass
azimutal hertzienne. This adequate In
strument and its aerial equipment were
installed on the French liner La Provence
recently, and in Captain Poncelet found an
enthusiastic exponent of the system OF de-
tecting ones position in fog and in clear
weather.
The Provence came to port with her All
mutual compass several months ago, and
her captain obtained permission from the
Department of Commerce and Labor 10
have the exclusive attention Of the wire
less instrument on the Nantucket Light
ship In determining her bearing with the
Hshtship on her next eastward passage
Although his enthusiasm has not abated,
Captain Poncelet found a little difficulty
in making the wireless azimutal compass
do the fine work he had expected Of 1T.
The compass azimutal hertZienne was
designed to enable ships equipped with
wireless telegraph apparatus to determine
their direction from ship or shore station
and thereby keep of and avoid collision.
There IS nothing in the wireless instru-
ment aboard ship 10 tell an operator the
direction Of the station or ship from which
he IL receiving. With the azimutal COM
pass the navigator is able TO turn bar
over a compass and by listening to the
wireless waves vibrating in his ear is able
10 stop the bar when the vibration sounds
loudest The direction Of the bar on the
compass at this moment gives him within
a degree his bearing with the ship or land
station from which he Is receiving. The
skipper may travel along for twenty or
thirty, or even fifty. miles and by trian-
Rulation verify his original bearing. II
all ships were equipped with this device
and were able to operate IL with any de-
gree OF accuracy IL is generally conceded
that there would be less chance for col
iision at sea.
The submarine bell has done Its part IN
helping the skipper out in fog. But the
submarine bell is of use only when ships
are close tnshore and in the neighborhood
OF a lightship equipped with bell "A
master can usually get his bearing with
n lightship within Ave miles if the light
ship is working q bell The captain of the
Cunarder Saxonia on one occasion picked
I'D the sound Of the bell on Boston Light
New-York tribune., 1910-07-17

The club is getting ready for it's annual
casting tournament the beach next
month Meantime fish continue to bite.
Mrs Darius Burton has won the club gold
button for the first woman to land a bass.
Mrs. Burton's fish was hooked in the surf
off Asbury avenue and weighed three
pounds eight ounces
Asbury Park is much exercised over the
agitation to secure an aviation meet for
the Athletic Grounds here. Ernest A. Har-
vey, manager of the grounds, has been In
communication with Secretary Heitman, of
the Aero Club OIL america. and the pros
poets for holding a meet here are bright
There was a mass meeting OF hotel pro-
prietors and business men at the Bruins
wick Hotel on Thursday night to discuss
ways and means.
Now that the General Conference OF
Friends has closed its meetings in Ocean
| Grove, Tall Esen Morgan, the musical
director. is preparing to resume his pro-
! gramme The Friends are SO well pleased
with this locality that they have empow-
New-York tribune., 1910-07-17
errors of Fog at Sea Vastly Increased by Mans Greed

Although the steamship companies de-
sire to have their captains come to port
over the shortest course and be econOm-
fcal in the matter of coal, they have ali
agreed to protect the lives of passengers
and guard against mishap to their steam
ships by setting out a course over which
all captains are compelled to travel.
These courses are called the transatlantic
lanes There Is lane for the eastbound
vessels and q lane fer those westbound.
and their boundaries are just as clearly
defined for the shippers as are the signal
posts along the route of the Twentieth
Century Limited. There are lanes for the
summer season, when the ice is breaking
up, and a lane for the winter season when
there are no icebergs to fear. All this is
planned to avoid collision at sea, and
there is no time when collisions are so
likely as when a thick fog patch rises in
the neighborhood of q huge iceberg drift
ing to the southwark.
When the Ice IS prevalent the course
of the liners Is further south and about
112 miles longer than the short or north
ern course of the winter. Probably the
worst thing a steamer could hit when in
a fog is an iceberg. II the Lusitania, the
Mauretania. the Kronprinzessin Cecilie,
La Provence any Of the fast steam"
ships should hit one at full speed 1T Is safe
to assume, as one captain put 1t, that "the
icebergs would still be there" This Is
one instance where the high speed theory
Of Captain McMickan would suffer in a
practical test.
A captain OF one of the big German
liners coming to New York with large
passenger complement few years ago
hit the end of huge berg hidden in fog
and crushed through 1t. The ice hap
pened to be soft. and 1t broke readily. but
IL IL had been hard and the liner had hit
ii further amidships Il IL doubtful IL any
one aboard would have lived to report the
occurrence After he took his vessel back
to Germany the captain retired from the
service 1t was rumored that the thought
of fog and icebergs broke his nerve. and
he retired voluntarily. Some say his COM
rnand was taken from him.
The FOG problem most likely will not be
solved during this generation. Many de-
vices to dissipate the blanket of yapor or
run through it with impunity have been
devised, but the fog supply, being greater
than the demand. will always be drug
on the market. and deadly drug at Hat,
A decade ago man proposed to keep the
fogs away from San Francisco by cleo
trical currents. but the scheme was i'm
prac tic able Since man cannot destroy the
fog, ne has tried to make friends with
New-York tribune., 1910-07-17

Twilight services in the Tabernacle have
been resumed with Miss Helen Gertrude
Rumsey as the leader. Miss Rumsey has
Just returned from the Worlds Woman 8
Christian Temperance Union Convention In
Glasgow, Scotland. She is assisted at the
meetings by Miss Ruth Harris. soloist.
DR.. A. E. Ballard frequently addresses the
meeting.
A lecture on the parts and the construc-
ton of the great Ocean Grove organ is
now q feature Of the afternoon recital
Mr. Morgan delivers the lecture, while
Mark Andrews, the organist. illustrates the
instrument.
New-York tribune., 1910-07-17
Asbury Park
Boating Carnivals and Shirt
waist Dances Very
Popular

Asbury Park, y. J., July 16.-In search OF
cooling sea breeze, hundreds OF weekend
visitors arrived yesterday and to-day, ana
the resort is again filled with great most
There has been steady sea breeze all the
week in Asbury Park that the town pene-
flied by as far back as Grand avenue, put
the feachfront afforded the greatest Teiier'
and there the biggest part OF the summer
population has spent almost the entire dag-
The nights. however, have been comfort
able. and this has been responsible Tor
the greatest evening parades along lle
Boardwalk the resort has ever known
Bathing has been the principal diversion
this week, though young people nave not
hy env means forsaken the ballroom. Hotter
proprietors came TO the rescue, however
and revived the shirtwaist dance Mldweek
hops at the Coleman House, the Bruins
wick. Sunset Hall and many aother hotels
were of the. "shirtwaist" variety, and ar
-he Coleman House "slirtwaist cotllon
was danced.
Carnivsls on Wesley Lake were the chief
evening attractions. The July events ended
last night with the revival of the Wesley
Lake boat carnival. The lake was brill
iantly ilIumined with thousands OF in
candescent lights, and the boat pageant
was a notable one Pryor's band gave a
concert from a platform in the centre OF
the lake, and the grand finale was a fire
works battle getween the Monitor and
the Merrimac. On Wednesday evening
Hawaiian night" attracted great throng
that crowded the lakes banks. 1t was a
night of light and music, one of the most
novel entertainments the resort has ever
known
The carnival association, now that the
Iulv events are over, is concentrating Its
energies toward the great baby parade
New-York tribune., 1910-07-17

fhe White Star liner Baltic came 10 TINS
port recently with a by foot hole in
hef port SIDE about fifty feet aft Of the
bow. There was q assure leading from
lie gap below The water line, and through
Us tie sea poured into the holo- nc
pumps kept the food pouring out as
quickly as il poured in, and there was
Practically no damage to the consignment
Of china that was slowed in the damaged
section
The Baltic had been in collision about
sn hundred and eighty miles east VI
kandY Hook with the German tank Steam
slip Standard. bound from Philaoelphia
With Oil for Copenhagen. No hses were
lest but there was scare on both steaiii-
Rips The damage TO :he Baltic was conn
rsrsuEely slight but her master captain
Ransom might be thankful that ne "as
at by a ship with a clipper bow lhsoe3u
|" one with the modern bulky suaiE"
slein. nr the damage to the Baltic mig ~
3Fe been much greater. The Soahest
hsnt on 20 Copenhagen and the baitle'
mch was bound from Liverpooi 70 rev
tork, came TO this port day late. on
aH arrival questions were asked abohi
Hf collision -5ow did ii happen? Ihe
sns~er was. Fog"
fog mas caused more worry than storms
s'Aa perhaps as many casualties the COZ
-sson ot the Baltic eOnjUred up the spirits
- tne oceans dcaG--Ereells that nave
.sstied At The bottom with living, breath
,ze sssings or fuasa. ..aa 1he echo OF the
'.'caaiati tisr-',s4s been fog. fog Ano
1s- df's r9s iuesi.? II is the CLOAK Oh
Asfr iar ae mariner 1t means tha'
s.e'aaie trained eyes aEd ears Oh
- 2; iia-r are at once pressed into ser
~ I'D bridge and elsewhere TO pre-
l s=el and those on board from
pr - steamer. the iceberg ana the
ana aAlch the average lAndsman caiis
Ns IS of'en recorded on the log poob ps
&c & Skipper as mist" When the woros
-'k fog" appear 81 the masters oriciai
ie the obssyer may rest assured tha'
81 .o@ could not be seen from the bridge
- Ssitic passengers declared that at the
"a. Oi the collision the weather was
80 yet Captain Ransom said he coul0
T., ioar or FIVE miles anead- BY nus
eye the sailorman is able 10 cope