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the gases passing through the smoke
stack may he used for the purpose.
Had some such method been available
on the Volturno it is probable that not
only would not q person have been los,
but the ship herself might have been
saved.
Again. all steamships carrying pas
sengerS may be compelled to be
equipped with tanks large enough
to carry supply of oil to be used IN
calming a boistcrous sea in case boa. y
have to be lowered When one of the
rescuing steamships. the oil tank ves-
sci Narragansett, reached the burning
NOlturnO gale was blowing and the
seas were running mountain high. max
ing 1t almost impossible for the Grosser
kurfuerst, the krOonland, the Touraine
and other ships to launch small boats
to take of the Volturno's passengers.
The Narragansett allowed oil from her
tanks to flow into the sea. Inmedi-
ately the sea near by became COM
paratively calm. sufficiently 80 that
the rescuing ships were able to launch
boats and take on the 52l passengers
and crew.
The movement in the case OF passen-
ger ships to build "ship within Q
Ship" no as to AFFORD greater safety in
case Of accident, began some time ago.
Two instances OF this construction are
the Imperator. the largest passenger
vessel aflOat, and the Olympic. The
Aquitania. now building in England,
which In to exceed even the ImperatOr
in size, is planned on the "ship within
ship" form Of construction.
Already some seafaring men have
suggested that "a system Of rescue ships
shall cruise the ocean regularly within
certain specified zones, winter and sum
mer. and shall carry powerful wireless
apparatus, large tanks filled with oil
hydrOaeroplanes, tanks containing car
bonic acid gas for fire eXtinGuishing
purposes and other means of giving
aid to ships at sea. This patrol would
be supported Jointly by the various
maritime nations.
Through such an arrangement ves-
sells In distress would always know
where to look for aid and would be
sure Of obtaining it at short notice.
Lewis Nixon Of New York. former
naval constructor OF the United States
navy and designer Of the famous
United States battleship Oregon. has de-
ciued views on ocean safety and what
the future holds In that direction.
Commenting on the Volturno disaster
of a few weeks ago in particular and on
ocean safety generally Mr.. Nixon said
last week.
This latest calamity taken In con-
nection with that of the Titanic shows
plainly that even with adequate boat
outfit the loss Of the Titnnic's passen-
gers would still have been great. There
has. Of course since the loss Of the
Titanic been much activity in the de-
vclopmcnt of life saving appliances, and
the progress in this direction has been
most encouraging to those who travel
by sea.
"Of course, very evident structural
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one thuusaudth ~ a degree These
la fc" tests proved ConCiusiNely tnat the
uc.jtnS iceberg. strange as it may
,rcnl. was directly responsible for the
seeming rise OF temperature in the
surrounding waters.
When drop Of temperature was oh
served near the ice .t was discovered to
be dji" to the sweep Of n colder north
"rn current, IN which the iceberg was
being carried Despite their great bulk,
the cooling effect of the iccbergs them
selves was really very small. In the
main Arctic current. cooler currents
exist whether ice bc present or not.
but wien a berg WAS approached a
zone Of warmer water was uniformly
found TO envelop Il for a considerable
distance. Even when within few
yards OF them the icebcrgs investi-
gated by Prof. Barnes in the Belle isle
straits and in the sweep of the Labra-
DO. crrrcnt showed no cooling effect
upon the adjacent waters.
Remember what has already heen
said about warm salt water sinking
when chilled. ENpcrimcntally IL was
shown 10y Dr. otto Peterson that
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w 7HAT inventions what pre-
IA uutiuns Will the near I'll the
w distant future provide 10
safeguard life at sea, to
make for greater ocean safety to pas
sengers and crew.
As though the Nolturno disaster had
FASTENED its session an International
conference on safety at sea is to meet
in LONDON November II. Every mari
time nation in the world will he repre-
scented by delegates. those from the
nitcd States being Rear Admiral
Washington l.. Capps. Chief Construc-
tor of the United States Navy: Naval
Constructor David W. Taylor, L. s. NJ;
George Uhler. Supervising Inspector
General of the United States Steam
ship Inspection Service and Il. T..
Chamberlain. Commissioner OF Navi-
cation.
Marcons invention Of wireless tsleg-
raphy has already saved thousands OF
lives at sea, in addition to those so re-
Gently rescued from the burning Vol.
tnrno, and it is not unreasonable to ex-
pect that within the next twenty-five
years other inventions and improve
nents of existing devices will revO-
lutionze travelling by sea and give
increased assurance OF safety to life.
As passenger ships other than small
coastwise vessels are now compelled by
United States laws to be provided with
wireless installation, together with COM
uetcnt operators, may not such ships
within the next quarter OF a century be
reuuired, for instance, to carry power
ful hydroaeroplunes, each capable of
carrying fifty or a hundred passengers
aud OF being launched from stages
erected on the vessels deck?
IN aeropane was successfully
launched last year near San Francisco
from the deck OF the United States
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ago | went over to the Wclin davtt
works to see some new boats being
built for the United States navy. They
WI! not crush no matter how hard they
are thrown against the side of a YES
sci, while in the same space that is
allowed for ordinary lfeboats far moro
Passengers can be carried So We see
that every lesson is drawn upon for
new devices making travel safer. and
that men capable of appreciating such
lessons are at work at all times.
"Of course all ooeangoing steamers
should he provided with searchl,ghts
The splendid work done by Capt. Barr
OF the Carmania, at the time of the Vol
turno disaster was mastery and worthy
of all praise
To one man now on the total crew
list carried on an ocean liner who can
handle an oar We shall find ten who
can handle a modern gasolene engine
50 universal has knowledge of the ma .
n!puiation Of motors in boats, as in
automobiles. become. All passenger vcs
sells must in the future carry motor
boats. They can keep other lifeboats
head To the sea and can he far more
easily handled than the rowboat.
Any one familiar with the develop-
ment in the boats OF the United States
life saving service can appreciate the
vast superiority OF the new motor life
saving boat over the old oar driven boat.
both IN the matter of general efficiency
ana in the nursing of the physical
strength of the crew for supreme effort.
Gasolene for motor boats can be carried
on ships in steel tanks and cannot be of
the slightest danger. A very serious
evil might be incurred in case oll
burning engines were substituted for
th" universally understood petrol motor.
whoss manipulations are of the sim
plest kind.
ITO sum up, however. the whole mat
ter resolves itself into the fact that
those who go down to the sea in ships'
must take certain amount Of risk and
realize that while n vessel lying at n
dock may seem an immense structure.
when at sea he becomes very much of
a pigmy, and that the oceans great
ness is overwhelming and cannot he
altogether conquered by man.
"Hcnce while outside influence may
in some measure aid in safeguarding
ships ANA passengers the Wisest pro-
visions for safety will be those devoted
to making the vessel itself as secure as
possible in operation.
ANY expectation that accident on
the sea may be altogether averted,
either in the near or distant future,
through the agency of man il as futile
AZ is the hope that accidents on land
may be entirely avoided. Accidents
ashore and atiOat always have hap
pcned and doubtless always will, Ill
though mans ingenuity may. and with
out question WILL as time advances
lessen their extent and frequency, but
the overwhelming powers Of nature as
compared I" the puny efforts of man and
the percentage Of chance will never
remove the possibility ~ acci-
dent anywhere,
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far back as 1911 he reported az poS.
lows upon some experiments in con-
nection with icebergs near the Belle Isle
Straits in which he used a very sensi-
tive thermometer for temperature read
ing:
as soon as the ship. the Stanley. was
reported abreast of the berg direct
readings were taken at one minute in
tcrVals AZ the mass of the ice was left
astern These observations
show how the temperature rises a. III"
distance from the berg becomes
greater"
In conclusion, speaking of the data
obtained in the Belle Isle straits in
1910. Prof. Barnes said:
In the li"ht If preliminary obserYa-
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Narrow Escape of Teutonic Warning
to Marners-Old Practice of Trying
to Detect Proximity of Ice by Taking
the Temperature of the Sea Based on
an Error

by u rapid fall below the mean tenn
perature of the water the presence Of
ice may be taken as fairly assured"
1t may be noted that II In well
known fact that schools Of fish and
other organic sea life will affect the
temperature Of the water.
Tho rather puzzling character OF the
observations made in 1910 induced Prof.
Barnes to make additional invcstiga-
tions during the summer of 1912. and
for the purpose the Canadian Govern
ment lent him the steamship Montcnlm.
ABOARD o: that vessel hc spent three.
weeks IN The Belle Isle Straits. and he
employed his marine Thermometer,
which is 50 sensitive that it Il capable
Of detecting temperature variations of
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exposed to the warming effect Of the
show how mistaken has been the com
mon piactice OF Judging the nearnes q,
OF ice hy a drop in the tcmperaturs
of the surface water of the sea. Hs
shows lat the probable proximity NJ.
See can jcst bc detected BY the simul,a
neous liking of two temperatures. tha,
OF the surface and that Of the under
lying water down ny ships kea
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and thus arrives at the upper stratum
and keeps the seas surface cooler than
ii would be II undisturbcd and exposed
to the sun and the warmer air. Whcn
a surface current is arti'iciaiiy in
duced by an iceberg. this horizontal
flow blankets the upward movement Of
the cold waters Of the deep sea and
leaves the surface layer so much longer
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These two readings. and not ono .s
h"r"t' ore, VIII give warning ut a.,.
proaC Ug danger. For this purpuse
iroi. Barnes has adapted his mh.ro-
th"ripm"t"r So that it Will automa'.-
caIlH axe c"En2ance Of these d TER
cnces
air al the sun.
Thee disclosures OF Prnf Earr,s
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-07-17
Sea Shells Instead Of Giasa

As a substitute for glass. sea shells
are used TO splendid advantage in tn.
Philippines The windows IN the main
entrance OF the Phihnpinp General
hospital. Manila IRE probably as fre
modern example Of the use OF sea
shells as can be obtained. The sea.
shell windows may also be seen at
their best in the old churches. Ma.
Mia alone uses In the neiehborhood of
100000 Kapas shells each year for
windows. The largest-sized shells vii,
square about three inches. These sell
for from 81 to S. per ,0on, according
to quality Shells that will form names
of about two square inches sell for
anywhere from s15n TO So per ! 600
and are used for ordinary purposes.
in dwellings, stores. and the like. The
shells are translucent and the LIGHT
comes through them in a soft pearl.
gray tone.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-07-17

part In 'Clayhanger' when you came
In. 1t was where the hero suddenly
learns that the girl he's engaged to
has just married another man, and
am crazy to know why she did it. But
probably | viii be as long in finding
out as | will In getting this dress. /
have learned that there are two class.
es Of people YOU never can hurry, and
they are n1velist5 and dressmalers.
Really, though. they both give one
such delicious suspense that one
doesn't mind the Waiting.
Make the collar little tighter.
please; like my collars very tight
and very high. for my neck is so LONG.
Yes. you may make the skirt two
inches from the floor; that's one thing
l won't do. and that Is clean up Chi.
cago streets with my dresses. 1t real.
ly makes me i'll to hear women rave
about sanitation and hygiene. and 90
into fits about microbes in unframed
bread. while all the time they are de.
flying the rules OF health and gather.
Ing up all the microbes In sight with
their long skirts.
No. I'm not bit tired, thank you.
l know that some women always ret
faint when they are being fitted but
somehow it seems to brace ne I'D.
Perhaps this is because nv hook
sort of fortities me for a fitting. Rut T
know l shall never wear this dress
without thinking of that unhappy hero
l do hope that he will turn out we'll so
that l may have some pleasant
thoughts about my gown while I'm
wearing 1t.
oh, yes. I'm sure the dress will
turn out well, and you needn't mind
II 1t Is wee bit hobbly-Just enough
to allow me to take decent steps. You
will try and send the dress tomorrow
night? WE'LL good morning.
"oh, mustn't forget my poor Clay.
hanger. Chicago Daily News.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-07-17
IN THE FITTING ROOM
By OLIVE WENGLER

mo, I have not been waiting veas
long. At least, it has not SCENE.
long. for have my book with me, ana
can even forget clothes when nave
a good novel. Yes. I almost away
take a book with me when 90 lot .
fitting, and, really. the books l navo
got through with while waiting III
dressmakers would fill q library.
ITS funny how some Of my dresses
sngeest certain books. / never put on
INV lavender chiffon without thinking
of Buried Alive BY brown velvet Is
associated with Under the GREENWOOD
Tree 7 lust can't bear to wear an olo
white wolfe of mine. because II 70
minds me of the sad end Of Anna IA
renina.'
ooh is that my dress? thought
mine was a lighter shade OF blue.
think this dark blue makes my eyes
looked kind of washed out But never
mind: | can wear a jabot next to my
face and that will relieve the strong
color. :,
mo. don't make It too hobby.
NAV be old fashioned. but l DO like
dress that can walk in and sit down
in, though know it's the style now 10
have your dresses made 30 that you
can do either.
II have a friend whose new spring
suit is SO tight about the ankles that
she simply cant take q step without
holding It up. She says she doest
care. for her shoes are 20 tight that
there's no comfort in walking in them.
20 che might a. we'll cit still. I think
women are perfect geese about
clothes, or, rather. they are like sheep,
and where one goes the others follow.
well. I think you have got that
skirt a little bit too full. Ono doesn't
want to be 30 old fashioned that one
looks like a scarecrow, and. Of course,
this ID an easy dress to hold up In case
l cant walk In 1t easily.
Don't you ever get tired Of sticking
pins into women? Or, rather. don't
you ever long to stick pins into them
instead of just into their clothes? That
would give them something to be fus-
sy about. | often wonder that we
don't hear Of shocking crimes com
mitted in fitting rooms by maddened
modistes. So far rs know, no woman
has ever met with foul play when she
went for a fitting It seems strange,
too.
"This reminds me Of my book. /
had just got to an awfully exciting
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-07-17
Lack Of Time.

Benton-Have you tried all the
remedies that your friends have rec.
commended for your rheumatism?
Tulser-Great Scott, no! haven't
had the pesky disease more than
three years
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-07-17
=. LOUIS A. FORT
=. 1.-THE ARCHITECT"
:. KILLER Hotel, Lakeland, Fla.
). ,ss,as,ssss,ts,,s.'s'ss .:,s,tstss-sa$%e -
Some Loss.

IBID you lose much In that bank
allure, Jimf" asked Hawkins. =
should say | did," said Slabsides. II
had an overdraft of hundred and
sixty dollars in that bank, and geei
low had TO hustle to make goodl-
Harper's Weetlr
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-07-17
DIGESTION Of Economy.

He-~ws must economic. Suppose.
oarling, that you try your hand at
naking your own clothes?" Shs-
sOh, George. dear, I could never do
Nat Suppose I begin By trying to
make yoursr
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-07-17
MAKING Cotton Goods

More than a million persons are en-.
ployed In the textile mills of Great
Britain.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-11-13
TRAIN STRIKES
FARMERS WAGON

Grandin, N. D. Nov. 13.-John o.
Reilly of GranGn narrowly escaped
death Tuesday evening when Great
Northern train No. l crashed into the
wagon he was driving across the
tracks near his home.
O'Reilly supposed that he had plenty
of time to cross the rails before the
train would reach the crossing but hts
team became unmanagable, and the
rear end of his wagon vas still on the
tracks when it was struck by the pilot
of the locomotive.
The vehicle was smashed to kindling
wood and O'Reilly was thrown several
yards clear of the track. He was I'M
hurt except for q few scratches and
bruises.
One of the horses was thrown to tn
ground by the impact, but neither was
badly hurt.
The train was stopped Immediately
and the train crew fastened to the as
sistance of the injured farmer. The
wrecked wagon was removed from the
track and the horses d~isentangled.
Had the wagon been struck a foot or
two further forward, O'Reilly would
have been killed.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-11-13
GREAT INTEREST IN
ANNANIAS CLUB

Bismarck, N. D., Nov. 13.-The BAN
quet Of the Ananias club of America
to be held here Saturday evening
promises to be the biggest event Of its
Kind ever held in North Dakota.
individual acceptances have been re-
cetVed from all parts of the state and
trom many dignitaries outside of the
state, which shows the interest some
OF the big men of the country are tax
ing in the event. twenty-five &C
ceptances were received by mail yes
terday and more are coming each mail.
Because Of unusual conditions at
washington Senator McCumber will
be unable to attend. Hon. Frederick
d. Lynch OF st. Paul, democratic ma
tlonal committeeman Of Minnesota,
Will probably reach here Saturday
noon, though his old time friend. DIR.
Ireacy thinks he will arrive Friday.
Col. Tracy r. Bangs of Grand Forks,
and Col. d. G. Greenleaf of Minot,
both talented orators on the program
me are expected to arrive here Fri
day evening, and such towns as
Beach, Dickinson, Mandan, Flasher,
Washburn, Minot, Dawson, Valley
City, Wahpeton, Jamestown and Fargo
VIII v prominent delegations. This
Will be the third annual banquet and
these yearly events of the club seem
to be increasing In popularity.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-11-13
NORWECIANS ARE
GREATLY PLEASED

Abercrombie, N. D.. Nov. 13.-The
ENorwegians Of this section are greatly
Related over the decision of Governor
EHanna to go to Norway next summer
Land participate in the presentation Of
1.-THE Lincoln statue to the Norwegian
eg0veTnment. This statue was voted
stEat the last legislative session and the
governor authorized to name a COM
gInittee for it's presentation. This was
Tdone and the committee was cOmplet-
ing arrangements hen some of them
decided it would be the proper thing,
te have the governor and his staff
aaiong. At first Governor Hanna could,
mot sec how he could make the trip,
rbut the members of the committee
and other Norwegian residents were
ESQ insiStent that he finally decided and
f7Ihe presentation will be quite an off,
ETial ceremony. All the members of
Egthe governors staff will
E4lim and be resplendent in gorgeous,
EIniforms.
s%& The North Dakotans with hundreds
fIof former residents of Norway will
leave in June. The presentation is to
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-11-13
NEWS OF THE NORTHWEST
TRANSFER MEET
OF %POSTNASTERS

Grand Forks, n. D., Nov. 13.-The
1914 convention of the Tri State Post
masters association will be held in st.
Paul instead Of Grand Forks, but the
1916 convention doubtless will come to
this city instead.
Because Of the fact that the Nation
al Postmasters' association has select
ed st. Paul for it's 1914 convention,
officials Of the Tri-State association
asked Postmaster f. V. Kent Of Grand
Forks, n the Grand Forks CONNER
cial club If the transfer of the district
meeting would be agreeable.
In this request the local interests
have expressed their approval, realiz-
ing that it is for the good of the as
sociation which will, with the national
session in progress, have an oppor-
tunity to attend it's meetings as well
as their own, thus obtaining greater
benefits.
H. G. Plumley, president of the Tri-
State association. who Is In Grand
orks today, expressed appreciation
Of the attitude taken by this city.
The value of these meetings lies in
the number Of p~ostof1ce officials one
can hear. In the district meetings we
consider ourselves fortunate if we Sc
cure one representative of the depart
ment, while in the national gathering
Sle%heads of all bureaus, as we'll as
me first assistant postmaster. attend
ed last year, and it is expected that
equally as many prominent officials
will attend mex yea
THE transfer Of the district meet
ing to st. Paul gives the postmasters
of Minnesota, North and South Da-
kota an opportunity to come into
touch with them.
AT the same time the action of the
local people will have the effect Of
bringing to the city a better
ton in 1915, as the district association
doubtless will select Grand Forks for
It's first meeting following the session
with the national. With the national
so near at hand, the district meeting
or 1914 would suffer unless located in
the same city.
N change, Of course, Is made in
the meeting Of the North Dakota.
League of Postmasters. which will be
held in Grand Forks
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-11-13
MISSING FARMER
HAS RETURNED

Minot, n. D., Nov. 13.-Gust Hem
bricks. a farmer Of Plaza, who mys-
%teriously disappeared last spring and
from whom nothing has been heard
for eight months, suddenly put in an
appearance at his home a few days
ago In good health and with some
money, explaining that he had been
working all this time in Canada.
Hendricks, who has a homestead on
the reservation a few miles from
Plaza, disappeared early last spring,
stating at the time he left, tbAs he!
was just going over to a neighbours.
When he did not return that night,
his wife commenced a search for him
and he was traced to Berthold, from
which point all trace of him was lost.
Mrs. Hendricks was distracted and
feared that he had met with foul play;
the county officials and police we're
lOtif1ed in every county in the state;
d reward Of S. was offered and a war
Iant sworn out for his arrest. In spite
Of advertising in the papers and all
other methods used. no trace of him
could be found.
Several days 6 he showed up in
&itnot and was seen by a friend OF
he family, Pete Grogan. The latter
Wired Mrs. Hendricks that her nus
band was in Minot and she immedi-
ately hired a car and came to this
city, only to find hat her husband had
again disappeared. On her arrival
home, however, she found her .hus-
band there, looking hale and hearty.
He explained that he had been
working all this time in. Canada and
mad just returned. He did not state'
why he had left without telling his
wife. 1t is understood that there has
been no domestic trouble in the home.