Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-11-07
WANT SHIPS TO KEEP
TRACK OF |CEBERCS
British Board of Trade Has
Scheme to Prevent Repeti-
ton of Titanic Disaster.
ADD TO SAFETY OF TRAVEL
American RAGS Horses Capture English
Turf Events - Cotton Con.
sumption Is Growing
Rapidly.

berg lookout ship in mid Atlantic is
suggested by the British board OF
trade as a sequel to the report OF Lord
Mersey on the Titanic disaster.
AT present the plan is being consid-
cred by the advisory committee of the
board OF trade. II the proposals are
carried out. the vessel will be stationed
in the track OF Atlantic travel and she
will cruise along the boundaries Of the
ice region. h will then be in n position
to warn the hurrying liners by her
powerful wireless equipment OF the
exact position of the various ice fields.
The proposed ship will also send warm
ings of drifting icebergs n any dere-
l1cts which she may encounter.
According to reports made to the adj
visory committee. the most suitable ice
berg ship woul be about of 1900 tons
displacement; $50 feet long and 32 feet
broad. with a draft of ~ feet 6 inches.
She would have a speed of 10 knots and
consume about IL tons OF coal every
"a hours. Her wireless telegraph equip
ment would be of the most powerful
type and widest range.
The board OF trade officials express
the belief that the stationing of such
a ship i'm mid-ocean would add inn
measureably to the safety OF ocean
travelling.
American-bred race horses have
won more events this year than ever
before on the English turf. Among
them the offspring of James r.
keane's once famous sprinter Voter
figure he most frequently, two of his
sons, Election and Selectman. having
upset theorists on breeding by win
ming long distance races.
Colder Rod and Coney Island. two
E~.nglish-brcd grandsons of J.. IL. Hag-
Gins Emperor of Norfolk. also proved
themselves good winners his season.
s4S.OO0 and n. B. Duryea's Sweeper III.
100000 during the year. Duryea has
also won as much more in France
With Shannon, an Amer1can-bred colt
sired by the brilliant race horse Irish
Lad out OF Census by Etlaelbert.
The greatest WHINE of the season is
not American-bred. but this horse.
Prince Palatine has been ridden i'm all
of his stake races by the American
jockey. Frank O'Neill, who comes from
Paris each time The horse races.
Danny Maher. wing has again taken
his old place as head of the list OF
winning jockeys, has signed a renewal
of his contract for first call on his
services with Lord Rosebery. Maher
has refused offers of second and third
call on his services. and when he is
not required to ride for Lord Rosebery
he will be q free lance.
The worlds consumption of cotton is
increasing rapidly. according TO the
annual statistics of cotton stocks and
consumption issued by the Internal
tional Federation of Master Cotton
Spinners. The figures rose from H.
599.401 bales i'm 1901 to 13,957,330 in
1911-12. At the same time spinners'
stocks of American cotton have in
creased by nearly a million bales.
The repor points out that as the
worlds %spindles have only increased in
this time from 137.27S.752 to 131,G93.-
103. it is clear that the season just
ended has been extraordinarily free
from short Tune and labor disputes
involving long and expensive stop
pages.
Depending upon reports of a bumper
cotton crop In the United States, the
Lancashire spinners are looking for
ward to a season of unprecedented
prosperity.
Lord Denman. the governor general
OF Australia. has been practically ex-
PEELED from Sydney by the authorities
of New South Wales. and the matter
has caused some hard things to be said
of the Australian state in England.
~ a Il0u
nothing to do with the dispute which
has caused his eviction from the Of
fetal residence. and he Is the victim Of
q quarrel between the state and federal
ministers.
The commonwealth wanted to start
a postal savings bank. but as this
would have competed with the existing
state bank. h state authorities OPP
posed the idea bitterly.
To bring pressure to bear on the
federal authorities a means was found
IN the threat to resume possession of
Government house. the residence of the
governor general. which is state prop
erty. The excuse was given that the
grounds were needed for a park and
the house for a museum. At any rate
the governor general was compelled to
seek new quarters in Melbourne. and
on his departure the mayor of Sydney
presented him with an address ex-
pressing the regret and Indignation OF
the citizens at the circumstances of