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Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-22
Conductor HanSOn's
Quick Wit Saves Motor
and Prevents Panic
Runs Railway Car While On Fire Up
70 Farm House and Starts
Bucket Brigade

CALLAwAT. Neb. Na--h --.spe-
cal Between Cc1rro ard E5Evvi-le- zs
the morning moygr Was usEiEE IS to~u-
ua-d TIP the car IN s1--s 1anner eauEnt
Gre In TIE szoktnE euupartIen-- hen
disccvered b. Good 1erur Hanson there
w4s 10 wzrsr With wh-Eh % slastzs t1e
blz1e an1 several % the pzssengzrs we're
women and Childrsz-
Ccrdu-r0r Hanson d1d nc- RAISE an
alzrul. but waited until the car was cP-
pczirs . farm house near t-s= l-alE wen
he DuIle-d TIE air On tire mC-Crulzu and
st1g9ed the ear- he rhsu erytsre1 al
paseuEsrs II and drafted the ms1 tuu1
51ckst brtEzfs czrrTlng Wa-s- from
rha farrn hauza- IRE IRE Was son e1-
tf-g1shed with hrtis dzmASs- Ha6 tns
passengers EnoEu the car AS ca IRE Thsu
z was Erst discovered b. Conducr1r Hsz-
acu thers would 10 toabr have 6esa q
uaztc
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-22
California Day at
Land Show Fixed
by Gov. Johnson
Proclamation Issued Sets October Is
for Special State Day tx
ercIses-

vTe1Esz5zr- Cc-oosr & hzs been ssEz-
za-=5 Czlif1ru5z day a. t1s seoond Omaha
Land show
Executive prcC-amau-n Issued b. Ggv-
ernor Hiram Johnson q CaIEf1rula has So
aside TIRE cav fc- the special programs
reprsssrung the interest o. RS state a.
tE= Shea The governor has sVpoi1-ed
Frank WiEErus ire cftc5sl representative
q tEe STATE a. t-z Is16 STOW
ne E1Fz-11r Eas expressed rs interest
in ard appro1a,1n q the lazd s-oE move
neat
ne efforts Of gard show exh5nf-UrE have
resulted IN interesting MAY IL California
la1iz- Another result q TIRE California
EXHIBITS az th= last la7d snow hzs ben
r-e pur- a-.EE-l-l = -zslE brad Zncu-
sands q lcz-es % Assn brad we're as
tribIrH1 a. rte snow ~ r-e Fresno Can
ber q C-U-e-oe- To-Day thousands q
caves q weeE are icing sd ~ tne OruaHa
hazeriss- A rev demand for Fresno raszlns
Ezs been cres-sz
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-22

HtaEat Eas tse
d 4
70 ba41s
Oh
z-n1n AID
wh-H
%
s ssg and
- aEzz1
a
"a Cd
a
IN
Is
d
the
al
ecrsor 70 r-=sau- Ire s1u ou me
II be
q a q
q
ysarth e a
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-22
MODERN HAIR DRESSING

kaz playe1 hzFoc Wita he trsszss ct
tss ar SCI. ard druggists every
Where eo1Zezr ca rs tact that tzEy
E-s selling iarEs glH1-rl=s % sage
fur Eakilg tAa olt-flzh.clsd -szgs
tea Elch a. vas Usad ~ cur ErzzE-
meters fer pruZcu-g TIE Eruw-h q
thsir hAir and restoring rs uAru-al
celr-
70 dsmzz4 for thzs EeU-kn5Eu
herh Tar iris purposs las besl 80
EEE thE1 OEs maDutz--lrer has
1kz1 ldFantaEs 81 the ,z-t. ara las
pl1ce1 On ne IErEer an seal slgs
Ian cnul1inilE s-lFhlr, q Va2-a-ls
-e2edE far dand-uff and scalp raz1ss
nd frrifErtgls. czile1 WyE-A's SaEs
"A Sllpllr HEir RsZedT-
LEa uGZ lllc-EEers G. r1-s reZs-y
utkcrize cr1EEts-s % SCI q Lntsr
1aral1ss tkEar E-1eF VII - -
azded z Z tEEs % GO sxactly s.
erueSElce1
TE-s Frspar1tl1l a cctsred u tie
Ua1e - FRY cats a 11t-ls and -
ecc1uae1ded sz1 SID 81
saerual q -lc-caneL Drag Co.
49, ONl DruE c.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-22
ENGINEERS HOLD CONFERENCE
BurfinEson Lsrsmstive Drivers Pre-
parfnE fer the BtennfaI and
ChSosfhE DeIeEates-

EuE-nss-s q rae s--EnE-1u tines w=s-
q -Hs Mzsz1-i river are meeting a. 80
Fzx-ru hcrel rhis wsez % d-aw - ne
biennial -c-s----iC1 azE -r elect repre-
ssucarvss % the 30 melting q al r5s
Burlington Es-Ez ezEuesrs % &c he'd n
CEicaE1 -eE- wees
ne g-zz--c1 = s-E=5-=s- EaE=s ard
va-lo-s committees nay cone % a. 49,
OMAHA meeting also an t1s rs--zse1- "a
rfvss ssnr % CEi-zE1 VII - l1s-r-crzz
a. % rhe course the -zzhe-s q ice as
sor-z-lou o. tz= l1ss wsz- q r1s 1LlzsC-r-
Wlsh % Purse
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-22
RAPID PROGRESS ON NEW
UNION PACIFIC BUILDING
stone work en- Lower FouF Stories Of
Ra1road Structure Complete
wednesday.

ProEress q TIE 1sw Cu1cu Pacific bad
quarters Eas been rapid IN lh= recent
uErrz weather. and ws5n=staF TIRE last q
To- f3E- l1wsr stores e s-urs VII Be
finished WIrE TIE F-oue work ftzlshsi
Jhe srseklaTsrz VII begin their w1-E az
TIE truu .iErzy hrick fer ire r=zaln6sr Of
TIE twelve stories
IRE eUzersts Eoors q ire tenth, s-eve1-h
and rwelech stories must s-il1 b. lad. and
there VII bs sura -=r-a Gotta cUruice and
other decorative scn=Ess CARED oCr On
ths tenth ard rEslfrh Coorz ne con
tractors James Stewart 4 Co. dec lars
thz- Trey are sure nov rat the b--6z1g
cau - ready n sepcel-her
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-22
First Day of Real Spring;
Vernal Equinox Explained


Evs-yboty krcus -ta- tha So
sc-s sep--e upo- the s-n7s anne
In tire cav A. tna seu1z-g CO
Iaz1arT the SIN Is vEv Cu. l-s
-aFs faU n ve-T s-anE-E Gree
uc1- % that rs lat ts sprsa1 ever
q Eres- surface AID its iE-s-s--y
tu-s-e1 IN prupC-rC1- As -1a
5ars ard wssks a16 El11-Es sea-
ca ne nctrs nat TIE sla IS creep
~ - ElEhzr In the SKY. TIE 1ays
are c1-c-1a-lv ircreaE1g IN leuE-h-
TIE wea--er - becc--E wa-e-
auE plazts srs snaslsd % go
me q the Ez- 1az reacEet 5--
EEhesz pCiz- Us rayE taL a-r--s-
5lrecLy. ard -h= heat r. pears -pC-
-aEuu TEs1 TIRE s--
1aE--s 90 rec-zcs It's s-spz- TIRE kzar
lesz=-a the 1ays ueccEe s-crr=r.
---L - December q rzs 81 5zs
aEzlE rssched is lo~ezI res1-
Alr-s1Eh Whil= rEe s-n Is hEhsEc
In tss SAY the hsa- O. Eivss - s a
EaEu-m AID w-ez lcWest a
-inzur-- ne x-cu that TIE hottest
taTs q the year are a-vays s--s
the af-sr June q ard L-a co Ezz-
as-sr Deem 1er e Tor ne sams
rsa-a81 Tat -E= hottest and CO 5ezt
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-22
PRICE or BR0OMS WILL
NOT BE RAISED IN OMAHA
Big Contracts Call for ahe sane
Price An spite 81 The Re-
cent Ffre.

OuaEa Housewives rcd E1r Eor-v over
th= prlcs q brpC-s which many tzCCE1r
would BE- boosted ~ reason q -Es Rig Ire
Eh'rh bu-ned - the TisiElz Supply a
1rocm corr SE1tET a. Chz--zs-cEu- IL
TIE price q b-ooEz vas raissd sore tine
Az be1azss q -he pccr rr1p ln 1Elzho-na
as yea znd re poor rrup -1e yea -
fare q hC-h Kansas and CE-aE--z-
We Rave rcr-ra--s f-- br1CEE % carry
6 -n-E -Ee -HE- c-u1 cones around and
suppose ether fms have -Ez sz-s -r-zE-
sasd MzzzEsr s1eaF e --s za-1Us-e O.
pa-rmerr a. Eaytsn E-us - r-ere VII
D. 10 Red q -zls1rE ere p---s q rr1E1s
TIE s-cEu- E=s-rcE=d vas p-utzaly s1l-.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-22
"Flatiron" Building
for KOuntze Company
Structure 70 Go Up On Triangle
Bounded by Eighteenth. Howard
and St Nays

OMAHA Is 70 have a -Ez-i-cn- building
u VII q I'D ca tire t-5zzE--a- plscs q
ground a. ire 1ECc--re q EEErserth-
Howard and 81. Marv avenue
Ire EulE-Es Eza1 Estate company PRO
poses % hEzld there q 1o---s-1rg- building
% c1s- SlHA l. MI co1rzia ten store
rUous On the ground foor and the ugp=r
E0urs VII - divided 1--l o4chel1r apar--
--sEus. % contain uinsry-slX roonE Ths
-ain f-CEr I'll be u-1ety-rwo tzsr On
E1gh-esn-E street ard the extreme 5eprh
Il the building vi - - fssr a-ouE TIE
Inc truu Jhs center q ne Eghrser-k
street front 20 the AK q ras TRANCE a.
yzs t-nrrl-s q Howard ard s. MAYS
sssn1e Wors All STAR A. oz-s-
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-22
Four Generations at
Wedding Of Aged Pair
Two Sets OF Twins and -Four Success
sions Represented AZ Mar
rage Ceremony.

F,-- E=rg-z-1ns and two Ezc-szstve s-rz
II twins we're represEr-st z-C-E re
-s,a-tv=s q ire b-1sa a. re wst51-E n
~szr-- DEED ard A-sUsa sayIss q C-zaEs
SErErz1zE
Rs1Cr5s q the license Clerks off-1e sh1E
trar the BRIDE and TIE E-ocm gave --sL-
EEas as -1ve- s. yea LnsE Ere bo-h
apprCE--z-=lv -
AEcnE -ECse w1o amended the Ws,---1E
were Ms Sele Yong yeas cd
ta-zh-s- % the b-l1s- her rT--s Lloyd
F-I1ug--u and M Chzr-=s Cooper and
Ma Coop-E's -UtE 6z-gh-s-A u -ou-1a
I'D
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-22
Old Man is Beaten
and Robbed in Park
When Hs Refuses 70 Give Up HIS
Watch James Dufak Is As
ssulted.

Jauss Dufak. Al sEad Write =an -ssi6-
TX a. Tenth ard Alas streets. vas beaten
over the hsad ard robbe5 e rs Eatch ard
- csuts b. a negro IN Rivsrvfsw pa-k
Ttzss5zv --CruluE
Tha negro zcEusrsd ire Cd nan ard
asked rim the tine He then te-aEted
TIE watch and when refused Re struck the
oIS usr ever TIE head ard robbed him
D-rfak's INJURIES were dressed a. ire police
stzuCn ard a descrlpuon q Tire negro
E1weu-
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-22
WILLARD GOES TO DENVER
TO ATTEND R0FFAT FUNERAL
F~1<r Frtez4 sf Dead Banker Rs-
sRaa4s - Reaa=sE sf tie
FlzE1T.

HsEpo11-zs % tAs urgent -ssusEt q -
fAz1iy, oz-SsnAtcr Jossph n NlIa-t is
leMst1E t1r Dszwsr 70 attend the r-zeral %
Davd h NactEE. ths ~ ba1ksr ard ralI-
~4g EAEzare- Mr- MLard wr serge a.
90 - ths houcrarT pa bearer beE-E
ss-srr=d heeauss q MS early Intimate as
so1auun wtrh NJ Mottar Whzr ths 10
e-lks1 t1Esthsr n ne rcresr days q
GAIA and frisu1ship csmsntst th1t e-n-
u11=t Oh arr Tear- NJ Ez-d III
rslE-u lous lEEe1-ztsly afrsr t-s t1nersr
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-22
PRE-EMPT POOL HALL-IAILED
EounE Mea Whs lake over Estab-
ItahmeHr Altn~t Owuer's Pre-
reaf s-ureRreI ~ Caarr

san Mass and Frz1z A--=1 s-r1E=E .--1
ne Ar1rsus pur Ea "a N1--z ~
-szz-z street M-E1zT ulgr- a1E pro
-eesed o. I'm LznEs Hr-l-znE ru rasI-
sEu t5Has- rb=F collected rzs Money and
-r1sT=1 rr= Proprietor abC-- -uL TIE 20
IRE arrived wE=1 -E=F rC1c1E=z 80
sFsu-lEs =z-=r-z-l==E- SKA -lEs IN IN.
potCs aE-l-
Yer rzsir ezaapate J-cE= C-aEts-1 fire.
Ara q ard zusa and s=u- Ma-ks % "a
f-r Gfresu tzFz
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-22
Six Mixers" Are
Sentenced to Jail
Five Month Terms and Fines OF 81 900
Each Imposed on Half Dozen
Mzhrzy Workers.

Judge su.-a NcPhe-s1n imposed ss--
tsEcss Tuaztav morning OF sI q the
11Eyksrs- u r1e fauc4s Mahray CASES
Ire men sa-h -ecsivs5 a sentence q i've
Months n al and a 6ne q yLas. They
we're r L. Z-islual- George ryan
T1czas DzFfes. L1a-s z Hl-E1a-- 90
TIE Ho-ey Grove KID C. P Fni-pc- and
n. L order Al u ths mixers pleaded
EElrg-
p upg- and Crider arrived frCu Los An
Es,ss In the care q TIE s-e-itf M1u,isy
-------r
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-22
GUN ToTEa- GOES TO JAIL
BsIa- Bad NeErs Gives stHtE Days ~
JadEe CraWford IA FsIEee
Cauru-

SKY sags ~ ~ azt tie ,uss - a ~
r. r1-rer - rae ar-s --1 R1-s- q h-szg
uzsru q b-a1t-5z-s- 1-E-1s.-11l 81 pa
ll- --zar-zEzE E=-a sIar=k==s-r AID va
ni1s EuE ne 11EcE-
E1ra- Eppear-s a. rhs Msrrupo--tan Lam
rl-uang cites "a D1-gaa s-reer MIA
Ee-srZog1- -izuzEEuE ezr-rtdErz he Wls
-st1s-i- he cree hs reVllrer O. -lf1rc-
rs l=zaEE W1en be tscEef mo a recover
sd b. tzs has 1e1-z1 rs= c1uu-s-- On
.s street ~ -1ak 20 Gzgl- ur-E % D.
IA asa b. Js= rAahbT b1 a-hl=lc o.
nrer CE-usF
~ 80 ssatsnr-d n PuI1.s -o1rt T-ss-
fag uur-arE
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-22
BODY ARRESTED BY CORONER
AIIeEed Dad Ma sw~ars ar officer
sd 10 Pat IN jail for Be-
tnE Alive

ne curc-ers ~d=a1 EaEr-- u1s VA
~
Ar 1tEcz- auf an UrErr-asHr had
r-ac--s su =-zsv ban az s7N N---- s-z-
r=-ntz street 90 Lak= ela-zs % a 1utr
ne 1udy E-re--tEr vas -z-E bezl-= ire
BODY a-t the z1E=rrzkzr aTenar=t 20 -1l
ne ao1v ever
-ueu 80 SOY 90 ID ard -czss=z- He
Was Enzagpg a. h=-1E aEaE=nz-L
HE Lazcn-z - E.zE-er A. i-z-zrz-- "a
bc-=r- Ea1 h==1 Es-Eoat see es-z
frzz hH uaVe-z Re ~ raz1r &.
al
A wa-a1 Ev-E IN --E -el-Eh----sF "A .
tas -bciyr a1d ncc11=1 -hs r1E-e
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-22
SAUR TALKS WITH HITCHCOCK
DsaErr Pesgmazt-r Csatera via At
tsEaeg IN RrEard % Heerar
nefaIcntfon.

WASHINGTON AArla =-Pzs-uasrsr
Pa sazr q Dz1ve-. C1lo. hzs rad
cc11erencrs wl-h Pust=asrsr General
ELtzhco1k m -hs last -E-r- oars -uu-srluE
ths -r-sz- aetal1aEs1a 10 ne Dezrsr p1s--
zc1a
NJ H1eH-1ek macs Is g-a-n tazr there
b - -sCe--l- Erc. --= 1e-suusl Integrity
e Puslz-zs-sr SzE- pa 20 asusrrall ire
sEart ta--z be- w- review tE= szLrs re-
purt ua t-s case lef-re reaching a ze-
caEnn
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-22

Special N~dirtnr - EfEH~F Amaeaea
Nz-v s-zsrfT us1E-s havs f1z-e n FaIsr-s
KIM EsE=Eg a E-lcE relt-f aad -
1su- bs1s1r e-om H1zsT a15 5lz6t-r a.
-eE-s al frcu -EE-gLzE U-t1arg irr.Fz-
lErlrt=H &C. 20 E1TEEZilE Tsars Isaac
E=Ezr farzer- Easa1-rL szvu- -Faizy-H
Eltnsy Esusty stfeets1 . rlug sc ere
II No lEss alf . Wazt u-E=rz - klss q
o. Fur szls b. a. e-zEE1-G
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-22

Nee . -Es tine 20 Ezr ~ - F-l- r-s--
ua-su T11 - Ert CEa-5=r-ztr.s la
lusur Er11=rf-1E srr-c--re Q-= auu-l1
-lnu utl uenEtlce g-l q rs Uer-ls IN
q Fer s.ls b. a. e-ais-L
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-22

n k'5 q 'a' s'll.a'l-s'a Wa Aa'
The Washington herald., 1911-07-16

The next wild dash was to another tene-
menE A young woman had attempted to
end her life by the gas route, and by
heroic work she was saved. She lay
moaning on the stretcher in the ambu-
lance at our feet as we made our way
back to the hospital, and the next morn
ing she was sufficiently recovered to be
sent back to her rooms In the slums.
Two more calls were responded to IN
quick succession. but each turned out to
be lemon CALL" as the surgeon desig-
mated them. as In each case 1t was not a
surgeon but a coroners services that were
needed.
1t was now O'Clock and we were sit
ting in the stable where Jimmy. one Of
the drivers, was relating many interest
ing experiences Of the 20 years he had
spent in the service. Our rest was rude
ly broken into when a telephone bell and
gong sounded simultaneously.
"Three-alarm fire In an East Side tene-
ment district and q general alarm for all
ambulances IN the districtI' sang out the
surgeon.
on We ciattered. Every ambulance in
the stable was sent out, and in another
wild dash, uninterrupted by the earlier
crush Of tra11c, we reached our destina-
tion and drew up within the fire lines
which a Gordon of police reserves had
drawn about the burning structure. Here
the doctors had their work cut out for
them. As each victim, either burned Or
overcome by smoke, was dragged out the
surgeons fell to work and either resusci-
tated them on the spot or else hurried
them on to the hospital First 1t was a
dweller in the tenement and then a fire.
man. There We remained on duty until
nearly o'clock. Then the surgeons, well
nigh exhausted. made their way back to
their respective hospitals, with still az
other hours work ahead Of them l crept
back to a hotel and turned in, thoroughly
convinced that there is one profession
quite as e1acting as that Of Journalism.
The Washington herald., 1911-07-16

corps the writer recently spent q night
at one Of the big New York hospitals
and made the trips with one Of the sur
geons on night post 1t was q cold. wet
night, and when we sat chatting In the
lounging-room which opens into the emer-
gency ward, the Junior surgeon remarked:
''It will be a busy night, Friday, you
know, and wet at that, which means
suicide night
First the surgeons showed me how the
records are kept-records of all the daily
and nightly runs and the disposition Of
the cases when brought to the hospital
This was all very complete and very In
teresting, but hardly had we begun to
scan the pages OF the second big bIotter
when the whirr OF the telephone bell In
terrupted rs. Coincident with this
gong changed somewhere without, per-
haps in the stable, and in a second all
was hustle and hustle within and with
out The nrst run Of the evening was
about to begin.
All calls for ambulances arst 80 to
The Washington herald., 1911-07-16

through the streets was more perlous,
more nerve racking and more sensational
than when the gallant Jack horse drew
Us to North River. Our destina-
. ton was about a mile distant and when
we drew up to the door Of the address
designated q policeman greeted rs with:
Third door back, Doc"
Up we raced, and there we found q
woman Historically weeping at the bed
side Of a man who. drink crazed, had
drawn a razor across his throat. He
was long past aid, and although the
junior surgeon worked heroically the last
breath had huttered from his miserable
body and the second entry Of the night
was made In the suicide column.
Our third trip of the night was to q
tenement where a baby boy was slowly
choking to death as result OF swal-
lowing a big marble. The mother was
drunk and hysterical and could do little
but wiring her hands and moan while the
doctor worked with might and will to
dIslodge the marble and restore the lit
tie ones breathing apparatus to its nor
NAL state. This he finally succeeded In
doing. The next call was a little more
eAcltIhB' slnce t"o uehi@euS OA al ~
night drug store. crazed with liberal in
halations Of cocaine. had hacked each
other with hat pins until their own moth
ers could not have recognized them.
There was q brief respite for midnight
luncheon. and then came a hurry call to
an East Side saloon. Two old-time pre-
cinct leaders had met and old political
uuarreIs were renewed. Guns had been
drawn and fred with such deadly aim
that three men lay badly wounded on rhe
floor. Still another had been cut on the
head by a flying bottle, and shortly after
our arrival three more ambulances drew
up to the door. The doctors all worked
in common. and stretchers were brought
into play and the victims removed to the
emergency wards within that district.
The Washington herald., 1911-07-16

- HE Dill for the IOrtlncatlon OF the
mouth of the Chesapeake Bay,
which has been agitated for several
- years, viii in all probability be
passed by Congress at this session,
and thus the government will be able to
guard one of the most important points
along the Atlantic Coast.
The building Of a fort on Cape Henry
directly at the mouth of the Chesapeake
Bay. will give protection to an even more
valuable section of the country than the
huge Panama Canal which is also to be
fortified. While the canal will represent
a vast outlay Of money, and Will be i'm.
mensely valuable to this nation IN the
event Of war with either a European or
Asiatic country, the mouth Of the Chesa-
peake Bay, once entered, would give to
the enemy easy access to not only the
capital Of the nation, but the cities Of
Baltimore and Philadelphia, to say moth
ing OF Annapolis and the Naval Academy
and the cities Of Norfolk, Newport News
and the great shipyards and coal pierz
representing millions of dollars in Hamp-
ton Roads.
Although there is a modern fortifca-
ton at Fortress Monroe, and, to a great
extent, ships of q foreign navy could be
prevented from entering the inner Hamp-
ton Roads were they TO steam in straight
from sea, yet should ships get past Cape
Henry It would be possible for them to
steam up the Bay toward Baltimore with
out getting within range Of the guns at
Monroe.
Cape Henry, as win be shown, is the
, key to the Chesapeake Bay. Unless It Is
fortified In the most thorough manner IT
will be vulnerable and an open invitation
to an invasion that would be difficult to
repel.
The possibility Of the United States
being invaded must, Of course, be con-
sidsred from two main standpoints. First,
in connection with the Vulnerability of
our coast line defenses. and, secondly,
as b the forces sent against u.s.
At the outset It may be said that no
one power could effect a widespread or
permanent invasion, but It may be reas-
onably feared that one Of several large
powers might gain control Of one or more
Of orr important strategic positions and
iniict great punishment before this nation
could place itself In condition to drive
out the enemy.
As to VuInerabflity We NAV aean the
situation from Main to Texas, ard then
from Texas on the Pacific side to the
northernmost edge Of our country, and.
though seeing several points at which a
hostile power might seek to gain a foot.
hold, no part Of our entire coast line
presents, in the hands of the enemy
such an opportunity for destruction of
great cities as does the Chesapeake Pay,
whose geographical nature Is peculiarly
favorable to battling aggressiveuess and
continued occupancy.
1t may confidently be said that the
power controlling that body Of water viii
also control, or render absolutely useless
70 this nation. the entire peninsula formed
by the Chesapeake Bay, Atlantic Ocean
and Delaware River, as well as many
miles Of peninsula land on the western
side Of the Bay.
AZ no other part Of our coast line could
the transportation OF Troops and munI-
lions Of war be so efectually hampered,
while. conversely. no other part Of our
coast involves the preservation OF 50
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The ports Of New York. Boston and
Galveston, representing, as they do, the
extreme poles or outlets of our COM
nercial conditions as wen as strategic
advantages and untold valuation Of prop
eTty, lie almost within gunshot Of the
ocean and would require, In addition to
their present defenses all the reinforce
ment they could get from our dogs Of
war"
Some idea Of the strategic value Of the
Chesapeake Bay for operation In case
Of war may be cleaned from the fact
that within its entrance there are 700
miles of water navigabie for vessels Of
IL or IS feet draft; $50 miles Of which
are navigable for vessels Of 20 feet draft;
425 miles for ships drawing 25 feet. and
nearly 400 miles which may be traversed
by ships Of 80 feet draft. The II or Is
foot channelway admits a small naval
fry, such as torpedo boats and destroyers.
gun boats and other vessels Of lighr
draft. The 20-foot depth will sccommo-
date second and third class cruisers and
many troop and supply ships. The 25-foot
depth will admit Of navigation By all
second-class battle ships. hrst-class cruis-
ers. scout and troop ships. and in fact
all auxiliary craft or a navy; while near
~ 400 miles OF the Chesapeake and its
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we are to be removed to our home. or
to the emergency ward Of the hospital
he Just left It IL not a pleasant thought.
Yet when We come to know the sm-
bulance surgeon and his work more In
timately we readily realize what angels
of mercy in duck" they really are.
But It Is with the life Of the ambulance
surgeon that we have to do and while
conjuring up in our minds all the fright
ful things that could assail rs in the
crush and turmoil Of the big city, how
about the corps Of men who remain on
duty night and day, ever at the beck
and call Of the stricken7 Whether this
call comes from one Of the fashionable
hotels, or from some brotheI in the
worst section Of the city, the young
surgeon must tumble out of his warm
bunk and perch himself upon the tail
board of the ambulance while 1t goes
rushing through the crowded streets TO
the side of the victim.
In order to get at frst hand q fair
knowledge Of the work Of the ambulance
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police headquarters. Then the lieutenant
who receives It decides which hospital
to call on. and there is no appeal from
this decision. When the buzzer buzIes
and the destination is made known. In
less than a minute after 1t Is received
at the hospital the ambulance and Its
little surgeon are on their way. This
call in question was at Fifty-nrst street
and North River. Clean across the city
and three miles from the Flower Hos
pital. our starting point. Clinging to q
strap on the side Of the interior Of the
ambulance, l went at a pace never ex.
perienced before on a crowded thorough
fare. 1t was a Wild ride. and as the
vehicle careened. swayed and skidded
along over the wet, slippery streets the
surgeon sat there calm and cool. but all
the while keeping a sharp lookout ahead.
aiding and encouraging the driver by q
word here and there. Time and again
thought our time had come and that we
would be hurled to the street as we
graEed cars, trucks and automobiles. but
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many strategic advantages and facilities
for the speedy transportation by land
and water Of an army as would be AZ
forded us bF the control Of the Chesa-
peake, the key to which is the entrance
formed by Cape Henry and Cape Charles,
whose natural advantages for resisting a
hostile fleet lies on the south side, which
Is washed by the main ship channel whose
width abreast of Cape Henry lighthouse
is less than three statute miles between
i've fathom lines.
Cape Henry Is the natural Gibraltar. Of
the United States and should be made
impregnable and impossible, the neces-
sity for which. obtains because II Is the
key to our most important of all strategic
situations, and because, with the proper
fortiication Of this point. fewer battle
ships In the event Of war would be here
required to aid In repelling the enemy's
feet. This means not only protection to
invaluable facilities at the ports of the
Chesapeake, the preservation to our own
and closure to hostile feet Of the finest
harbor. as well as the most important
base OF operations we possess. but a
virtual increase in the size and strength
Of our navy aud its scope and effective
ness at other ports Of our great coast
line