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The Washington herald., 1913-05-18
Too Old to he Safe.

To try to reassure people in time of an
accident sometimes causes more trouble
than the accident ITSELF said a man who
once lived on Staten Island. "At any
rate, that. was my experience when one
of the old Staten Island ferry boats near
ly turned over one day in a fierce wind.
1t looked as If destruction were in
evitable.
The boat had dipped until it almost
stood on edge: passengers stampeded.
women and children shrieked and cried
in terror Badly scared as / was, I IN
dertook to comfort a woman who had
knelt and was praying loudly for deliv-
erance.
Don't be alarmed. madam / said
We are sure to be all right. The boat
will straighten up in a few minutes II
has been running for fifty years, and
it is not likely to go down now
My comforting words had most I'M
expected effect.
"'Oh,' walled the woman. if the boat
has been running for fifty years it must
be so old and rotten that it can't pos
sibly stand this strain. We're done for
And with that she jumped overheard.
Fortunately, she was fished out by
the crew, but she sustained a severe
shock. The boat. of course, weathered
the storm, and that woman was the only
person on board who was injured"
The Washington herald., 1913-05-18
LAY ALL WALL IN CEMENT.
That's the Big Lesson We Can
Learn from Omaha.

From Engineering News.
The reckless caprice" Of whirIing
storms, SO often figuring in current de-
scription, disappears before the trained
observer. The madness of the storm is
discovered to be essentially methodical
Except in a few cases. buildings moved
from their foundations Tat Omaha
were rotated in a direction opposite to
that Of the hands of a clock. And the
great prime destructive force of the
tornado is not the impact of whirling
air. 1t is the explosive force of air
confined
A tornado is the low pressure center
of a great, inrushing whirl of air.
When the part vacuum which the storm
carries at its heart envelops a building
the air within the building presses out
ward. Windows are great safety valves.
Buildings with large auditoriums suffer
more than those with small rooms Solid
walls suffer relatively little, but brick
walls with an air space between courses
are split by the explosive force of the
confined air. Mortar laid walls go down
where cement resists.
Recommendations for tornado proof
construction are somewhat as follows:
Lay all walls in cement
10 not leave air spaces in brick walls
Provide ample window space.
Tie buildings to foundations and roofs
to walls. The outrushing air follows
the easiest path. 1t pays to have the
windows blown out rather than to have
the roof lifted to equalize the wind
pressure, and then dropped back upon
the house, or the house itself lifted
from its foundations by the upbulge
of the confined air in the basement.
Use diagonal bracing wherever DOS
sible
Since these are counsels of good
building sense, irrespective of the
peculiar stresses OF tornadoes, 1t will
surely pay architects and engineers to
take them seriously into consideration.
While it seems probable that nothing
can resist the tornados maximum yio
lence that violence is exerted in but an
part of the area OF a given
storm.
The Washington herald., 1913-05-18
RETIRED PURSER'S SEAGOING
RECORD Is 2,636,OOO MILES
John Rennie Concludes Service Of ForB-sn Years at Sea
and Has No narrowing Shipwreck
Tale to Tell.

New York. May ia young old man
stood on the pier near the old Martin
stores on the Brooklyn water front and
watched with mingled feelings the
steamer Verdi, which had to be coaxed.
coddled and Strengthened out by tugs
before she would consent 10 leave the
man on the pier and start on her long
journey to the Argentine. Reckoned by
years and white hair and mustache he
was old, but his red cheeks, eyes "a
clear as porcelain. visible signs of splen-
did health. erect carriage and elastic step
proclaimed him to be young. He was
John Rennie, the Scotch purser Of the
Lamport & Holt liner Vasari. or ex-pur-
ser. rather, for he has just quit the sea-
When the Vasart arrived recently from
the Argentine and Brazilian ports Mr..
Rennie balanced his books. counted his
cash. checked up accounts. and turned
in the ships papers to his agents for the
last time after forty-six years service
with the Lamport & Holt Line.
Started at Twenty.
His first trip. at the age of twenty,
for John Rennie was sixty-seven years
old yesterday. was made on the Archilles
Of the Blue Funnel Line, to the Far
lar designation. but 1t was the old Holt
Line. The first port of call for the
Archilles was Mauritius, in the Indian
Ocean. The black plague was ravaging
the island and people were dying at the
rate of 1000 a day. Local officials Of
fered to pay to the Achilles a sovereign
for as much quinine as could be heaped
upon the coin, the dose to be repeated,
a sovereign for a sovereign's measure
without limit, but the ships doctor would
not consent to part with a single grain.
There was no telling how much quinine
the Archilles might require for herself
- For twenty-one years Rennie has been
sailing between New York and the Plate.
His mileage includes three voyages to
China, equal to 1900 miles; 100 voyages
from Southampton to Buenos Ayres and
return. equal to 10000 miles. and llO
voyages from this port to Argentina and
return, equal to 20 trips of 500 miles
each. or 1,3s4.Ooo miles. The total is
2 s36,ooo miles in a span of nearly a half
century of life. Although he has crossed
the equator 40 times. going and coming
the veteran purser never had an acct
dent.
Victim of Yellow Fever.
Thirty-four years ago, while purser of
the Oilers, he was stricken with yellow
lever. He grew worse. The ships doctor
told him that by the next day a sea
burial would be his portion and he would
best prepare for 1t.
Not IL / know It," replied Rennie,
will / lose the number of my mess. III
propose to be buried ashore with my
family like a proper Christian landsman.
we got will enough to get we'll As you |
hink I am going to die, there can be no |
harm In my taking my own medicine"
rhe patient, who was deadly sick. or
Tered a hot mustard bath and had him
elf placed in it up to his chin-and he |
oon recovered. Mr.. Rennie has never |
lad sick day before or since, although |
'efore he had yellow fever he was sub
ect at times TO violent headaches. Since
lis recovery from yellow fever he has
ever had a headache.
The Washington herald., 1913-05-18

4 Last year when Purser Rennie's BIRTH
day was celebrated on the vasari. nearing
this port, there were two passengers on
board who had known him for q lifetime.
sixteen years old when Rennie's ship took
her to Buenos Ayres.- She has been liv-
ing in Buenos Ayres ever since and 10
now forty-six years old
Miss Rose Dart was another celebrant.
She is now sixty years old. When sew
enteen years old she went on a ship to
Buenos Ayres with Rennie as purser
When the ship reached her Brooklyn pier.
Miss Atkinson, OF that borough, was
there to congratulate him. She crossed
the equator with Mr.. Rennie when she
was a maiden Of six summers.
Rennie was purser OF the Tennyson, the
nrst steamer to pass Martinique after
the eruption of Mont Pelee In 1902. and
the first to land mail dispatches of the
calamity at this port The ship in pass
ing mad her decks covered with ashes.
hsnnfe was born in Garliestown, Wig
townshire, Scotland. His home is now in
wares where he has a wife and three
srown-up daughters and a son. He has
not seen his family in four years and
before his last visit home he had not
seen them in seven years.
Docks Are New,
There were no docks when the mr.
ser hrst began going to Buenos Avres
ana the steamer had to anchor twelve
miles from the bay. using little sail
boats, later launches. and later VET
carts to transfer goods TO the ware
houses, but now 1t has the finest stons
built quays and dock gates in the world
with all kinds OF hydraulic mechanism
for handing cargoes
ASKED to what he attributed his ROSY
cheeks, clear complexion, and well pre-
served health and vigor, the purser re-
piled: To plenty of fresh sea air and
moderation in smoking. drinking, and
eating. / have given UP my pipe and
now smoke cigars only. The very rou-
tine of the day at sea produces regu-
larity of habits. Routine makes regu-
larity. Meeting people makes one light
hearted. l have thousands of friends.
Contact with people not only makes one
lght-hearted, but it does not take the
edge of youth"
Testimonial Is Received.
On the last trip north of the vasari. as
the ship neared New York, Judge Thorn
as Kearney, OF Wisconsin. presided at
the dinner table. At the other end was
the purser. The judge arose-to speak
and removed a napkin from a pile of
100 gold sovereigns. which the passen-
gers had contributed as a testimonial
TO the popular purser.
Before he leaves on a Manchester
steamer for his home in Wales Mr. Rem
ME will have a good look at Boston,
Philadelphia and New York, which city,
he has been coming to it for
SO long, he has never seen with the
eyes of a traveller Of leisure. Long
habit cannot break him of his fondness
for sleeping aboard ship, and while here,
retired, he still turns in every
night aboard whatever Lamport & Holt
liner may be on the Brooklyn water
'front.'.
And this was why he stood bidding
yood-by to old friends and watching with
mixed emotions the Vasarrs sister ship,
Verdi. start on her long passage to
Brazil and Buenos Ayres.
The Washington herald., 1913-05-18

him $4,000. The Canadian government.
| however. offered him ZOO. and Steffans
| son accepted. The fact that he Is a
Canadian by birth had much to do with
his accepting the Canadian offer. despite
the attraction OF the larger amount of
money.
Stefansson was born in Winnipeg of
Icelandic parents. He is unmarried.
which, in his opinion, should be the case
with all Arctic explorers. He studied at
Harvard and was graduated. One of his
hobbies is the study of the people Of the
north of Europe and the study Of Morse
literature.
Stefansson has had considerable ex-
perience in exploration in the vicinity Of
the supposed continent. Not long ago he
spent three years among the Eskimos of
the Arctic. His discovery of the Blond
Eskimos' made him famous the world
over.
During the course of an expedition into
Polar regions Stefansson ran across
remarkable tribe of Eskimos. They
had never seen a white man before, and
Stefansson had never seen any Eskimos
like them, many of them having blue eyes
and reddish hair. with many of the facial
characteristics Of the Scandinavian.
Il felt certain" said Stensson on his
return, that / had accidentally run
across the descendants of the Norsemen.
who years before Columbus discovered
America, landed on the Greenland coast
and became lost.
II measured their features and found
that the males had features very similar
to the Observation-Disclosures half-bloods
Of Greenland
The Eskimos received Stefansson as
one of themselves. He says that he did
not look unlike some Of them. For sew
eral years he lived with them, took many
photographs, and studied them in their
lives and habits.
II Stefansson succeeds in discovering
the theoretical continent of the Arctic.
he will doubtless bring back with him
much scientific data of extreme value and
scientists await the first reports Of his
axpadi,ion with great interest
The Washington herald., 1913-05-18

she spent II with a profuseness almost
beyond belief. 1t is not surprising that
Antony should have found the attrac-
tons of the Egyptian court under such
circumstances hard to resist. Set in
the midst OF parks and gardens beauti-
full with palms. nimosas and aromatic
shrubs: surrounded by vast public build
fnss and the majestic temples of the
gods: approached through avenues of
sphinxes. between obelisks and across
courtyards sheltered from the sun by
haEgings of purple cloth, the royal PAL
ace was a miracle CT magnificence. In
the pillared banlueting halls, the roofs
of which were uplifted on huge columns.
the guests reclined at table on silver
couches, and ate from gold and silver
plate, while beautiful slaves waited upon
them and entertainers of every nation
ality contributed amusement.
The Alexandria of that day was cross
ed at right angles by two great avenues.
each 100 feet wide. bordered with colon
nadcs of marble. All the streets were
paved with large blocks of stone. There
were innumerable monuments, erected by
successive Ptoiemies. The Brochium, or
royal quarter, was inclosed by lofty
wa.ls. within which each king in turn
had built a paIacs and erected a temple.
Near by rose the superb temples of
Isis. Chronos, and Neptune, the enor-
nous gymnasium, and the famous libra
ny (afterward burned with nearly all of
its contents), housing 100000 volumes.
Conspicuously situated was the huge
containing the body of Alex
ander the Great, in a coffin of solid gold
afterward replaced by a block of glass
And. rising into the sky, was the dome
Of the celebrated Museum of Alexandria,
at once a school and monastery, wherein
poets, astronomers. and philosophers lived
at the expense of the royal household. 1t
was maliciously called the cage of the
muses.. Outside the walls was the "fu-
neral quarter" where the professional
The Washington herald., 1913-05-18


erer Of the Blond Eskimo or the lost
tribe of white men of the Arctic, will
leave here early next month on a four
fyear trip into the mysterious North in
search of mystic continent Somewhere
IN the snowbound regions of the Arctic
Circle 1t is believed there lies a great
continent of more than 100000 square
miles, and 1t is for this that Stefansson
and his little party of scientists Will
search.
In these days, when scarcely no part
Oh the globe remains UNEMPLOYED and I'M
chartered, II seems strange that expior-
ers and scientists should be ignorant Of
such great stretch of land, IL such n
land really exists. Their ignorance of it
Is explained. however, by the fact that
practically all polar exploring of the past
mas been confined to hurried dashes to
the region of the Pole. Nearly all Arc
Tic expeditions have had as their primary
objects the discovery of the Pole Now
that Peary has attained that object ex-
petitions of the future will devote more
time to exploring the Arctic Circle and
to scientific research.
The region which Stefansson will ex-
plore is now known as the Beaufort
Sea That Is the way II appears upon
maps OF the Arctic, but II is not by
any means certain that it is the sea, al
thoush many explorers, including Dr.
Nansen and Amundsen, are inclined to
believe that it is the sea Stefansson
and Commander Peary, however, believe
that 1t is a great continent Peary as
serts that he saw many signs of land
In the vicinity OF the Beaufort Sea
while on his dashes to the Pole. which
indicated that they were parts Of
continent.
Stefansson hopes TO reach Nome, Alas
ka, the last telegraph station north, a
month after he sails from here. He ex
poets to round Point Barrow the last
week in July. His vessel is the Karluk. |
an old whaler. His party will consist of |
ten noted scientists and a crew of twelve |
men. all experienced in Arctic explora-
lion. |
The Washington herald., 1913-05-18
Women Opinion of women.

From olivia in India"
Men have an absurd notion that we
can't admire another woman or admit
her good points 1t isn't so. We admire
pretty woman just as much as you do.
The only difference is you men think that
II woman has a lovely face 1t follows
as the night the day that she must have
q lively disposition. We know better.
that's all.
The Washington herald., 1913-05-18

The expedition is being made at the
expense of the Canadian government. 1t
had been expected that Stefansson would
make the trip for the National Geograph.
ical Society, of Washington, and the
American Museum of National History
of New York, which institution offered
The Washington herald., 1913-05-18
Very Deliberate.

flom Judge.
Benham-What's your hurry?
Mrs Benham-If Adam were as slow
as you. he wouldn't have finished nam
ing the animals yet.
The Washington herald., 1913-05-18

the State Senator who has been indicted
for bribery on charges brought by George
II. Kendall. president of the New York
Bank Note Company. expresses conf
dence that he will be completely exon
Grated when the case comes to trial
Similar charges against Stilwell were dis
missed after a hearing of the case by
the State Senate. District Attorney
Whitman will have personal charge of
the prosecution when the case comes up
for trial before Justice of the Supreme
Court Con.
The Washington herald., 1913-05-18

Steamers plying between England
and Holland have been equipped with
apparatus by which all their hfeboats
can be launched from either aids Of
Q vessel
The Washington herald., 1913-05-18

In the accompanying photographs
are shown Vilkjalmar Stefansson in a
group of the Blond Eskimos," whom
he discovered in the arctic and among
whom he lived for several years. The
Eskimos are not true blends, having
dark reddish hair and blue eyes, with
Scandinavian facial characteristics.
Stefansson believes they are descend
ants of the lost Norsemen who landed
on the coast of Greenland before Co
lumbus discovered America.
The Washington herald., 1913-05-18

A girl is an ole maid at twenty
nowadays.
A Teller kin quit anything. Look
at Secretary Bryan. He hasn't
made a speech since he went t
Californy.
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man Dor Der maibe mebrere Stiin-
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bet iperoen. Wtan eibt i'm in fleineren
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tuS biil5u, ifiittelt i'm bin nnb ipie.
Der Inn, iporanf nod mebreren Stlm.
ben Die 2oiung erfolst iein ipirb. Der
9uftrag Der 2adloilng auf ben be.
treffenoen stoff erfolst, tpie setpGbn.
lid, nit eiuem Hinfel.
Arizona republican., 1913-05-25
SHERIFF'S SALE
No. 7075.


 Louis Melczer. plaintiff vs. Edward r. Hawk, defendant.
 Under and by virtue of an Execution and Order of Sale issued out of the Su- perior Court of the State of Arizona, in and for the County of Maricopa. on the 18th day of May 1913, and to me as Sheriff duly directed and delivered, on the judgment rendered in said Court, in the above-entitled action, on the 10th day of May 1913, for the sum of Four Thousand Five Hundred Sev- enty-four and 42.100 Dollars with in- terest thereon at the rate of 10 per cent per annum from May 10th, 1913, until paid, and also Two Hundred Thirty-ei eight and 57.100 Dollars, assess ments of the Salt River Valley Water Users Association, with interest at the rate of six per cent G per cenD per annum from May 10th, 1913, until paid; together with the sum of Four Hundred Fifty seven and 44.100 Dollars, attor- ney's fees, with interest thereon at the rate of six per cent per annum, from May 10th, 1913, until paid, and the further sum of Ten and No 100 ($10.00) Dollars, plaintiffs costs and disburse- ments incurred in said action, taxed and allowed at said amount, together
Arizona republican., 1913-05-25
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

Sealed proposals will be received by the Trustees of Highland School Dis trict No. A. Maricopa County. Ari- zona, for the construction, complete. of a four-room school building to be erected at Gilbert, Arizona.
 The above building to be built in accordance with plans and specified ton prepared by Royal w. Lescher and John Rinker Kibbey, architects, 4O0-4O1 National Bank of Arizona Building Phoenix, Arizona, from whom plans may be obtained.
 All bids to be in the hands of the architects at their office in Phoenix, Arizona, by II o'clock a. m. of June 2nd, 1913, and all bids must be ac- companied by a certified check for five per cent of the amount of the bid, made payable to the Clerk of the Board.
 The Board reserves the right to reject any and all bids.
 Trustees of School District No Al.
 By c. w Pine, Clerk.
Arizona republican., 1913-05-25

with a foreclosure of plaintiffs lnortg- age lien as against each and all of said defendants upon the following de scribed premises, to-wit:
 The North one-half of the Southwest one-quarter of the Southwest one quarter and the Southeast one-quarter of the Southwest one-quarter of Sec tion Thirteen (13), In Township Two CD North, of Range Three (3) East, and all that portion of the Southwest one-quarter of the Southeast one-quar- ter lying south and west of the Arizona Canal, and that portion of the South east one-quarter of the Southeast one quarter lying south and west of said Arizona Canal, in Section Thirteen O3), Township Two CD North, of Range Three (3) East, of the Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian, all of the premises hereinbefore described and mentioned being in Maricopa County, State of Arizona, and which said last mentioned premises contains sixty acres more or less.
 In pursuance to the mandates of the said Execution, I have levied in the manner and form required by law upon all the right, title, claim and interest of the defendant, Edward F. Hawk, in, of an to the above described premises, and
 Public notice is hereby given that will. at the Court House door of the said County of Maricopa, at the hour of o'clock P. M., on Friday the 9th, day of June, 1913, sell at public auc- tion to the highest and best bidder for cash. in lawful money of the United States, all the right, title, claim and interest of the above named defendant in, of and to the above-described prop erty, or so much thereof as may be necessary to satisfy said judgment and costs of suit, and all accruing costs.
 J. D. ADAMS,
 Sheriff.
 Dated May, 18th, 1913.
Arizona republican., 1913-05-25
CALL FOR CITY WARRANTS.

Public notice is hereby given that the undersigned, as City Treasurer of the city of Phoenix, will on the 18th day May 1913 at the Valley Bank of Phoe- nix, Phoenix, Arizona, upon preSenta- tion pay the following GENERAL FUND WARRANTS of the city of Phoenix Warrants numbered from 715 to $50 both inclusive.
 The same being issued in December 1912 and January 1913.
 Interest on the above warrants will cease on the 26th day May 1913.
 J. H. KINNEY,
 City Treasurer of the
 City of Phoenix, Arizona.