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Evening journal., 1912-12-31
HURLED CUPS AT
and DRAGGED HIS
WIFE ON FLOOR

James Collins. charged with breach
OF the peace was held under Si00
peace bond by Judge Churchman IN
City Court today after his wife. Mrs.
Mary Collins, told of her husband
dragging her on the floor OF their
home by the arms. He also threw
cups at her she said, but they did
not hit her.
The charge of violating a nv q
from Building Inspector Cassidy
against John c. Mote, a grocer. waa
dismissed Mote had refused to
change the number of his house at
Lancaster avenue and Harrison street
from No. 1900 Lancaster avenue to
No South Harrison street but had
since agreed 10 do SO. The case was
therefore dropped
Evening journal., 1912-12-31
PEACE NFcOuATIONs 90 ovrR

HY mo rniled PTIs8
LONDON Dee gi-Thes was a. infornsl conference Of
he Turkish Balkan aeleses today though tie peace ps
sotatons we're adjourned unn tomorrow afternoon q vac
sad tbat ue opponents nearer areemeas Aae
when they arst met ,al dealt largely sitl Heelfi
pashae guarded proposal anoassdarai meaaoo Tho
Balkan delegates discuss socb proposal unless
wac formally presented vraos and &c vas aald ha uis
might be done tomorrowa meetng
Evening journal., 1912-12-31
CEMENT co. CHARTERED.

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
DOVER. Del, Dec. 31.-The Ala
bama Portland Cement Company. OF
Philadelphia. with capital stock of
$4,000 600 was incorporated here to-
day, to manufacture all kinds of &C.
ment The incorporators are +. r.
Hansell, Philadelphia; George H. B..
Martin and s. C. Seymour, Of Cam
den. n. J.
Evening journal., 1912-12-31
MExIco no CIR ILImlruM

By Tho United Press
WASHINGTON Dec si.-wia hs return Of presidept Tax
from rsuams reports today rou Nesico indicating a4t
dlsturhed conditions there reaching climax vas le-
eved relations between ibis country and Mexico would
be forced to an issue and the "ultmaum recently
pared by the state Department would be MEXICO without
further delay
Evening journal., 1912-12-31
See the Old Year Out;
Welcome the New Year In

The year will be ushered tonight the
compartment of changing bells and blowing Whistles and
leaf, clean and white viii be before
aside your business and personal tonight and
greet your pleasant
ons and good Will Tomorrow resolutions
be made added that each will keep them
this year better than did during the old
part good resolution is to make these little
daily "heart heart talks of and greater and
value you each day.
THE EVENING JOURNAL wishes you HAPPY NEW
YEAR.
copyrighted by j. P. Fallon)
Evening journal., 1912-12-31
GARMENT WORKERS QUIET
ON SECOND DAY OF STRIKE

workers are women The strike will
fall of It's own weight
Efforts TO arbitratc continued with
little response from either side.
Evening journal., 1912-12-31
SO 2s5.9s2-Oo sl4e,is7oO

The year closing has been a pros
porous one for business men OF the
Peninsula. In speaking of conditions
Mr.. Williams said the outlook for the
coming year was most promising
This was especially true in the IN
dustrial plants. The leather busi-
Continued on Second Page.
Evening journal., 1912-12-31
PACKAGES ARE UNMAILABLE.

Two packages have been deposited
for mailing at the local Office which
in their present condition are unmail-
able. The packages are addressed to
Mrs. Adam Barrowman. Milltown
Convoy. Co. Donegal. Ireland. and
Madame Page, Primary Neivre,
France.
Evening journal., 1912-12-31
WEATHER.

BY The United Press.
WASHINGTON, Dec. sl.-Generally
fair weather will prevail in the east
ern states tonight and Wednesday.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3i-For Della
ware: Cloudy tonight and Wednes-
aay; moderate southwest winds.
Evening journal., 1912-12-31
81 FAILURES ON THE
PENINSULA THIS YEAR

Peninsula OF which 4.O52 are located
in Delaware. 1916 in Maryland and
S32 in the two counties Of Nir-
ginia.
The figures furnished by r. G.
Dun and Company summarize busi-
ness conditions in the territory as
follows:
Evening journal., 1912-12-31
Books Open 10 An.
The EVENING JOURNAL

res more Subscribers Than
any oiher paper in Delaware.
That means d home paper
Evening journal., 1912-12-31

81 S542,e174O $3.50,
Totals for 1871.
Evening journal., 1912-12-31

Ccopyrightod, 1912 by J P Fallono
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-22

putc-or, TO put It another way. that
her daily coal consumption, II installed
with rcciprocatnG engines would be only
two-thirds what II would be- IL equipped
with said turbines-yictory rested with
the militant engineers
This action on tho part Of the United
states provoked much comment and some
criticism from the trades aud engineer
Ing journals, both here and abroad. But
"hen II is recalled that the United
states had in commission two sister ships
OF the first class. one. the Delaware
EQUIPPED with reciprocating engines: the
other the North Dakota. equipped with
said turbines. that these ships had been
IN service about a year and. therefore
mad given the United States a practical
Illustration OF the relative merits of the
TWO types of machinery; that no other
naVai power, not even Englan nd. had such
comparison. It will be seen that con.
scientious and thoughtful officers had no
other course than to stand by their con-
Nicuohs' even though they might be
charged with retrogresslon
This one decision fight and victory
marked Cone as fearless and able
leader. =.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-22
The New Order in Warship Building

liable or practical knowledge Of marine
engineering. electrical engineering or ord
nance engineering.
on behalf of the line officers in the
machinery division. II Is pointed ont That
they are men OF wide experience In on
Grating and repairing all manner OF
mechanisms embraced In the three classes
Of engineering above mentioned.
When the contract was awarded for the
building Of the Texas, the sister snip or
the New York. persistent and vigorous
effort was made by the interests that CON
troll p certain marine turbine 10 force the
government to install that turbine both
in tho Texas and the New York
\ merry fight waged between the In
forests. on the ono hand. led by the cN-
chief constructor Of the navy. and the
engineer officers of the service on the
other hand, under the leadership. Of Rear
Admiral Hutch T. Cone the hoy chief OF
the Bureau of Steam Engineering When
Admiral Cone proved conclusively TO the
Secretary OF the Navy and to the general
board that the New York. With recipro-
eating engines, could cruise at least one
third greater distance than she could
II equipped with the turbines In dis
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-22
F1a.u11,oe ~ the Deep
sea Pfc dge on Poard

trawl 10 a great depth Coz search "f the
animals that live In the ahysscs.
First a sounding is made IN order ="
learn tho exact depth and determine n
The right locality has actually been
reached. Sounding is not = simple opera
ton. il would seem very easy "a send 10
the bottom weight al the end OF carI"
whose length IS known ia advance. ln
reality it Is a very complicated task. and
in spite Of the greatest care Tia" tackle
viii sometime remain At the bottom.
especially when the sea Is rather rough
and the swell exposes the vessel To rude
and repeated shocks
~ steel wire similar to piano strinS
Is used IN sounding. and il ie stronS
enough 10 support weight Of 80 kilos
(about so pounds. II is 50 fine that its
own weight IS negligible and the sub
marine currents do not swcrye II. Form
crly many mistakes were made by tho
use Of thick and heavy hemp cables.
The bottom Was not found with these
cables because the current swept them
10 one side. OF their considerable weight
forced the reel 10 dcvatc indefinitely.
This sounding wire f. rolled on a
winch forming part Of an admirable APP
paratus as exact 80 a clock, the Ltgcr
Sounder worked automatically by
steam. An automatic Indicator Is at
tached 10 The machine and one can read
at any moment on dial the depth
reached by tho lead and follow the speed
at which the wire f. unroling The
naturalists Of the party stand around
the machine; it is a curious spectacle TO
observe the interest that every one takes
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-22
Me Cd.

play IN It's transportation. much valuable
information has been gained for the help
OF deep sea fishermen.
Most interesting Of all sea creatures,
however. arc those that dwell In the
depths. the bassalian fauna, their
classitors call them. lNing-most ot them
below the area of sunlight. which pene-
trates only about 1000 or 100 feet below
the surface. Their habitat, II is com
monty believed. is separated from the up
pcr waters by a stratum that possesses
neither light nor life. q cold. dark region
, whose silent reaches are disturbed only
by the slow dropping remnants OF the
passing life above.
Animal life is confined to various strata
OF water, because each species is adapted
TO withstand the enormous pressure OF
only certain depths. Despite this great
pressure, which increases one ton TO the
mile. the density OF the water at the bot
tom is little more than at the surface,
since water can be compressed only one
twenty-thousandth Of its bulk Yet 50
vast IL the amount OF the water contained
in the seas that IL the pressure could be
suddenly released-as by the cessation %
grayitation--the surface OF the oceans
would instantly rise 10 height of 800
feet. engulfing nearly all the inhabited
parts of the globe.
Specimens brought up from a few hun
dred feet I'm large beam travis are usually
red In color, while ali those existing at
greater depths are of uniform violet or
inky black
Their eyes arc excessively large. or
nearly or completely atrophied Thou
sands of them are phosphorescent. having
luminous spots along the sides or lumi-
nous shouts. The whole belly of the Jap
anese sharklet is luminous. Another deem
sea denizen--called the Melanocetus John
soni and brought up from a depth of
three miles-carries a phosphorescent bulb
on long whipike projection extending
from its head, and with it lures other fish
into It's cavernous mouth
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-22
Continued from nth page.

who arc specialists BY education. train
Ing and experience I'm their several lines
Through their employment in manu-
facture and repair work in the yard, line
officers are enabled To gain wide expert
.cnce. which equips them 10 make all e.
cept the most serious repairs while the
ships arc serving IA the feet.
This puts tho fleet in a position TO b.
largely self-sustaining. The yard or
ganization OF the two divisions provides
a field OF generous rivalry that keeps the
wits OF all responsible officers sharpcncd
Tho hull division has control OF all mat
tiers that pertain 10 the hull and static
parts OF the vessel. The machinery d.
vision has charge OF all prime movers.
motors, conyerters Of power. power leads.
shaftiDg and other matters that pertain
10 Inc battery OF the ship.
The officers in the hull division are able
naval architects and shipbuilders. Due TO
their education and to tho fact that they
never-weu. hardly ever-go to sea. they
cannot. II is argued. have tho most val
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-22

+, the urrolliuc or the wire "heh the
hand of the dial has passed o'oD metres
dc 20 fecD. II stops suodehE' '"e
nach;nist cries Bottom. the lead has
touched ground that human eye h'' never
seen.
The FIRST unknown quantity OF 'ne
nrobIem il solved The wire carries ~
the bottom series Of iron rings SUI,
rounding a bronze tube, which is ioreeu
deep into the ground by the s"if'ilesS u
the fall II is filed with "A sort OF "i"'
pie which is carefully saved wheh 'le
aounder comes back on board 'ia!'
sand and mud OF various colors arc
found in it. All these specimens care
fully labelled. are examined under the
microscope. and. as II. Thoulet remarks
nothing Is more Of a chatterpoN 'hsh
grain OF sand. II reveals host OF IN
terestIng facts about the geolos! ana NV
mincralogy OF the sea bottom tne Origin
Of the ground, the submarine curious
and the changes that they nave undeI
gone. The most interesting '"h'I"S'''''
can be deduced from these facts win re-
gard TO the way in which the continents
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-22
SOMEWHAT HUMAN.

one curious product NJ the deep {.
fish that is able 10 take into its stom,a
prey larger than it's body. It's stom.,,
sweus and forms an enormous pocket ur.
der the body. giving the appearance A.
two adjoining bodies and It is possibl. 4.
see through the walls Of this singular A.
gestlve organ. which is transparent. Al
that is going on within.
As for sea scrpents, II Is possible th,
there exists in the depths some crestn
as Yet unclasslfcd by scientists that h.
furnished some foundation in fact for IA.
highly colored tales so fascinating 10 IA.
landlubber and sailor alike. AS often A,
not whales. lines Of birds resting on III.
water and floating sssweed are at Ia.
bottom Of these stories. but there ha,.
been taken long, olllihe sharks, Sr,.
times luminous over the entire body. tn.
ribbon fish furnishes another likely ss.
feet for the sea serpent story. 1t 10.
sembles a beautiful white or silver rb.
bon. slashed with black, with a long A,
extending It's entire length. line o.
vivid red plumes. or pompons. floats s,-
It's head. A specimen Of the ribbon ISL
Weighing 500 pounds and measuring NOR
than thirty feet has been caught "a Ii.
coast Of scotland.
Though the scoffer may jeer a, III. Sc,
serpent. however. ne had better leave n,
bathing suit at home when he visits h.
Indian and Pacific oceans. from the Ca,
OF Good Hone and Madagascar 70 ID,
western shore OF Panama. and from N,1
Zealand 10 Japan, the Bay Of Bengal az
the seas around the Nicobars. Moluea
Timor and New Guinea. For these Va.
,ers are infested by the thanstophit,
deadly poisonous sea snakes, Of Who
hfty varieties arc known. The cobra 40
the bushmastcr Of Africa are the only
two land snakes whose poison Is y
deadly. and there IS no case on record =
q recovery from their bite.
They rarely approach near the land. al
when removed from the water bit. ar,
snap viciously. but soon die. The con-
grassland carpet snakes are the orly
three land snakes that arc clad so b.as.
tifuliy They arc banded striped, spscks
and blotched With colorincs Of green
olive. yellow. blue and black. They ar
often seen coiline and swimming Nth
beautiful motions IN the transparent In
dian Ocean When dashns after thtI
,nrey their bodies stifcn ike an arroE
and they use as a propeller only it'
broad. paddle-lihe tail which forms ,hs'
only striking difference from lsnl SER
penis.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-22
WANDERERS OF THE SEA.

Far above these vast expanses OF rcd
clay live the strange creatures OF the 9 -
that know no home or resting place. The
surface OF the water possesses an sbun-
dance, nearly everywhere, of minute ami
NAL life-fshes crustaceans, shells, fora
minlfers, pteropods. etc. on bright. calm
DAYS these creatures remain near the sur
face. sinking below the waves into quieter
water when the weather is rough. Many
OF these animals are phosphorescent, and
on dark. still nights the sea is made beau
tiful by their cl,ttering light, the waves
are shining silvery masses and a. the
ship ploughs along IL leaves luminous
wake behind \ single dip Of handnet
will often bring up hundreds OF speci-
mons. and large quantities are obtained
BY towing behind a vessel large ret
lined with boiling cloth.
A. they die by the million The inhabi-
tants OF the upper waters sink toward the
bottom where their remains are eaten ny
the animals to whom sunlight is un-
known. or are added TO the ooze mat
covers the floor They are carried b. the
ocean currents into temperatures In "nich
thcv cannot live. so that for example
dredging In the Upper Gulf stream or
wherever cold and warm currents min;le'
Yields rich hauls of specimens Of scien-
tinc study.
huge conc or horn - solid cloth. its
large opening distended by circle OF iron
wire Is let down. often a. isr a. three
miles. and then drawn UP quickly In
rrlsoning in its swift ascent THOUSANDS
of microscopic pelaGic animals. called
plankton. that furnish food Tor numerous
pei,gic fish such a. the sardne, herring.
etc.
BY studying the nature Of the plank
ton. It's abundance. the conditions tnst
cause It TO approach or shun the coast
and the part that warm or cold currents
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-22
AN INOslicACY.

Young Lord Gockssfase, ""V v,,r.
troduced In London the faSh'o'' ,roa.
ing side vhlskers that curl ou' =, n
of the ears. is the first se"u''
Europe. bar Kins Alfonso on'!r .,yr.
Tho speaker New York po'0 -
continued nuke q
Lord Rocksa,ase leads 'ne Are
westminster's set lGc is hands0'p, .r,.r.
rider, superb shot and very ''''
i'm dress. ,rs si
They tell a story about nun ,rtv
strollins. one warm and sum. carlo
morning. on the terrace at Noh'' rlck.
From the cut of his gray 1arne's' opa.
pocket realized Lord Rocksa'se y, srei:s
lcnce and attempted to steal n's seirri
purse. But the young noplen'a" ock,ss
in his strong brown hand the p,,'.s,r,,.,eds.
grimy paw, and, looking al u'a
he said. as he nung 1t from him. N 5
"ITow dare YOU put your n 'sslns 4
sentleman's pocket without
tirSt""
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-22

attached to this cable indicate the tenn
peratlre of the water at different depths
and from this data the direction ana
source of ocean currents can be learned
Somples OF the water from various known
dcpths are also brought UP to serve the
same purpose of study.
one of the most valuable instruments
used is n trawl invented by the Prince OF
Monaco. II is made of fine network
over a wooden frame. shaped Ike
pvramid and about seven feet long. with
this instrument the prince once brought
I'D from depth Of 1900 feet l,lS specl-
mems of curious fish shaped IKE
fiat eel. and at another time from depth
of 500 feet there were brought TO inc
surface sixty-four large crabs, some haV-
ing q reach Of forty inches.
Huge conical travis. 10 feet lonR ana
gaming 10 feet wide at the mouth, are iel
down TO the ocean floor at the END Oh
long steel cables For this purpose the
cables Of the Princesse Alice III are Wound
ON great reels. each carrying p,"p rect
of wire As soon as the instruments
show that the trawl has touched bottom
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-22

1t is believed that all the deop 20, G..
are descended by degeneration ana
cialization from various forms q, 'N
fishes. Drifting into unfamiliar d 1--WE
their organs have been gradually ,o.,
changed and their tissues sorteno1 '~
fitted to withstand the greater pra,.~'
Their bodies. which appear sot,
spongelike, are probably hard and "a
when permeated with water far ben... a
the surface. BY specialization lumI.'S
spots are developed on their bodie,
long teeth are grown. while their in. 80
turned into feclers
So many phosphoresccnt creature.
been brought from the abysmsl bo,,,
regions that it is certain their grsa, ,,,-
bers provide a dim illumination. ,h,oa-'
which they move In their ceaseless a..
to prey upon one another. This phosnh.
resent glow has the actinic proper,r :.
rendering conspicuous red, yellou -,
green. and hence in the upper reaches T..
habited by these animals those arc -
predominating colors in their bodies
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-22

according 10 the depth OF the wafer ana
,ho nroximity of the boat to dry land
Evtonding out from the shore mes Oh
,,,rorts and large islands for an aV-
80 distance Of two hundred miles, and
.o.cbinp maximum depth of SIX nun
- soot the movements of the rivers,
tides and ocean currents prihs uo"' anu
denos,t on the floor of the sea great va
rietv NJ matter that has had It's origin
81 .ha land These deposits appear IN
tho form of blue and green mud, coral
sor,,,a,iors or volcanic muds. and are
called collectively terrigenous deposits.
Further offshore and buried under an
everincreasing weight and depths or
water are the pelagic deposits appearing
90 s,,r,,, ooze. made up Of the disinte-
GRATED remains of a vast variety or sea
creatures. and differing widely In char
acter according to the nature or the hle
I'm each locality. The term peiagic is
applied to all aquatic plants and animals
that live floating existence, never
yenturing upon land or resting on the
oceans bottom.
In the still deeper parts OF the sea
comprising more than one-half ~ the area
covered by the oceans, the floor is OF
uniform red clay. In these profound.
pitch dark depths there is no material
brought down from the land and no traces
Of pelagic life. save only an occasional
tiny tip Of a sharks tooth or an almost
microscopic bit Of whalebone. All other
matter. from tho toughest steel to the
nabbiest fish, Is dissolved in the acids
that arc present in the deep seas. Failing
very slowly through the deep water,
whose pressure increases a ton 10 the
square inch for every mile OF the descent.
most Of this material is dissolved long
before II can reach resting place at the
bottom. SO slowly have these deposits
been formed that only few feet, II is es-
timatod. have been added since the terti-
AIRY period, thousands Of years ago, whose
closing days were marked by the first ap-
pearsnce on earth Of the human race.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-22
BENEFITS TO MARINERS.

on his iodrncyings up and down the
Atlantic the Prince has explored aud
carefully chartcd the depths about the
Azores the Cape Verde Islands and the
Canarics. the Mediterranean Sea. the
coasts Of Portugal and Morocco. the Gulf
OF Gascony, The Rarentz Islands and the
glacial part OF the Eastern Atlantic. His
charting OF the desolatc and dangerous
coasts OF Spitzbergen have been Of inn
mcnsc practical benefit To mariners
obliged to navigate in their vicinity.
He has also made map of the ocean
floor Of the North Atlantic, and has
undertaken. from the results Of his own
expeditions and those of other onthusi-
asts. 10 draw up contour maps OF the bot
toms of all the seas and oceans in the
world. His Oceanographic Museum at
Monaco is one OF the most complete and
valuable in existence l.. Jouoin, who.
since 1885,, has had charge of the Princes
collection OF Opoda-that species of
deep sea creature which includes tho oc-
topus. cutie FISH. sqmd, etc has written
an interesting description OF the daily
programme on board tho Princosse Alice
H.
The vessel. equipped with all her in
struncnts. machines and various con
triyances ready for operation, steers her
course over the mysterious depths OF
the Atlantic toward the place of her in
vestigations off the Azores After several
DAYS Of sailing the boat reaches the spot
determined i'm advance. for instance,
above the Fossc de Monaco. where there
should he depth Of about 800 metres.
The problem now is to let do4Sn the