Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-14
IRevenue Cutter Service

Capt. Charles II. Johnson, commanding
the revenue cutter Bear, which has just
returned to Alaska from q cruise in the
Arctic ocean. during which she visited
the settlements on the Alaskan coast
along Boring sea and the arctic, in
his report to the headquarters of the
service in TIL. Treasury Department
speaks Of the residents Of these little
towns in highest praise as law-abiding,
and says they could be taken as models
as far as obedience to law and order is
concerned On the cruise the Bear
transferred school teachers and govern
ment officials from point to point, and
also gave transportation to natives. who
We're away from home, to their native
villages.
At each town visited, DR.. Emil krulish
Of the United States public health serv-
ice and the surgeon attached to the
Bear made an inspection Of the place
and rendered medical aid wherever need
ed. Heavy ice was found by the Bear.
and for time it looked as If the vessel
would be lost but she managed to get
through it. AS a result of the ram
ming she had to give the ice, when she
got to clear water she was found to be
leaking slightly.
That the schooner Annie r. Heidritter
was not lost at sea in consequence of
the hurricane of the early part of the
month is due to the prompt aid render
ed her by the cutter Sem. mole. When the
cutter reached the vessel she was leak
ing badly and had nine feet of water in
her hold. She was partially dismasted,
her rudder was broken and altogether
her plight was desperate. The cutter
took her in tow and she was placed in
harbor in Hampton roads.
4 schooner, the Petra of Aricibo. P. r.,
which had been abandoned by her own
ers. was saved from the reefs of Rom
cador Island by the cutter Algonquin.
which, after working on her for long
time, succeeded in getting her into deep
water off the coral rocks that were cut
ting her hull to splinters. The vessel
was taken to Fajardo harbor for re-
pairs.
To give the cadets under instruction
aboard her practical drills in seaman
ship, small boats. eyolutions and other
matters pertain .ng to their chosen pro-
fession, the practice cruiser Itasca is in
Gardeners bay, Mass, from her cruise to
various points along the coast She
will remain in Gardeners bay and on
when she will return to New London |
The next session of the school of instruc-
ton at New London opens October l.
Good work was done by the officers
of the derelict destroyer Seneca in !
steaming from New York to a point $50 |
or 200 miles northeast of Cape Cod and |
picking up derelict. reported several |
times in the past week by passing yes /
sells The derelict consisted of the hull |
of vessel floating bottom up and was
q dangerous menace to safety. OF YES |
sells, as it was directly in the ocean |
lane OF travel. The wireless message |
from the Seneca states that she has /
the derelict in tow. and will endeavor |
to take it into Halifax, Nova Scotia.
the most convenient port for her to
reach
The cutter Miami went to the aid Of /
the steamship Alta, reported ashore on |
French reef on the Florida coast. but |
wreckers succeeded in floating the YES
sci without the aid of the cutter. |
though her commanding officer had |
offered her services If needed.
Cutters on the coast south of Cane
Henry have had a busy time in the
past ten days In consequence OF ves- |
sells being injured and stranded in |
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