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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-02-03
Potomac River Landings

AND BALTIMORE.
Steamers leave eth st. wharf for Baltimore snd
river points Monday. Wednesday and SATURDAY,
pm; arrive Baltimore second morning out. Leave
Baltimore. Pier 3. Light st. Monday "wednesday
and Saturday. = pm.: arrive Washington second
morning out. River freight prepaid. Passenger
service irst-cass. Freight received until 3:45
I'm sailing days.
JOS P. STEVENSON. Agent.
Maryland. Delaware and Virginia Rwy Co.
Telephone Main as. Eth St Wharf
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REAL ESTATE LOANS.

MONEY To LoAN-s25o TO $500 600 ON D. O.
real estate. Several large trust funds. Az TO
per cent. All transactions conducted with
economical consideration for borrowers.
WM. II. SAUNDERS & CO.,
Southern bldg, SO7 18th st. n.
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RCs1NESS MEMS DUCKPIS LEAGUl
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Now Before Congress Proposes to Consolidate Revenue
Cutter and Life Saving Services Into One Body to Increase
Efficiency in Safeguarding Navigation Along Seaboards

1T should not be understood that the
entire amount of property represented
by the figures have mentioned was
saved by the service alone. A conside-a.
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$50 per annum. The total annual cost
of the entire coast guard under The
new conditions will be about $4,000. 900
per annum. The total cost of the army
and navy, exclusive of pensions, is APP
proximately $3.50, 900 900 annually. In
other words We now expend only one
fftieth as much for saving life and
property as we do for preparing to
destroy them.
Last year the net expenditures for
the maintenance Of the life saving SER
vice were in round figures but slightly
in excess of two million dollars. Now
let us see what the service accomplished
in the saving of lives and property for
The last fiscal year in return for this
money. A total Of 1.7i3 casualties were
reported. the highest number that has
ever occurred within the field of the es-
tablshment, clearly indicating that the
need for the service is greater to-day
than ever, despite modern improvements
in navigation and ship building.
"Df the casualties 5j2 were sustained
by documented vessels and 1871 by ves-
sells of the undocumented class. the lat
ter comprising small craft such as fire.
quent harbors and other sheltered wa
tcrs largely for pleasure. The docu-
mented vessels carried 5,7s7 persons
while those of the undocumented class
had on board 1884. The total estimated
value OF vessels and cargoes both
classes combined, was sl5.623,150. of
which sl,763150 represents the value of
the property lost.
"Out of the 9,0il lives involved In
these disasters of the sea only eighty
seven were lost. Nor would the number
have been as great. II Is more than
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service because they are able t. earn a
greater income in civil pursuits, and the
life saving service offers no advan-
tage to offset this difference in pay
| These conditions make 1t more and more
difficult to secure even sufficient appli-
necessary to employ temporary men
picked up by the keepers from among
the unemployed in their vicinity.
These temporary men are too fire.
qucntly of the ne'er do well, shiftless
and incompetent type. unable or unwill-
ing 10 qualify for regular enlistment
men who will remain in the service for
comparatively h,rt periods, necessitat-
ing frequent changes and the conso-
quent training of new men. Their infu-
ence on the crews Is bad. and 1t is diff
cult TO subject them to discipline. Foi
these reasons the efficiency of the sta
tons is inevitably lower and the extra
work and responsibility thrown on the
keepers and the regular members of the
crew are sources &c discomfort and fric-
ton.
The presence Of such unframed men
in the boats adds greatly to the perils
of rescue work at wrecks, often endan-
gering the lives OF tho crew as well as
of those whom I; sought to save. In
many Of the life saving stations the best
qualified and most reliable men are
those who have reached such an age
as to place them beyond the probability
II being able TO secnre other regular
employment and who are retained in
the service solely for the reason that
they. even in their advanced years, are
better than such new men as can be
obtained with the small inducements
offered
During the last fiscal year about
II u per cent. OF the total force have
either been DISCHARGED for physical dis
ability or declined to continue In the
service under existing conditions. In
several of the districts it appears to be
impossible to secure sufficient men to
MI the current vacancies. and in one
district particularly there are fifty-eight
vacancies and not a man on the eligible
list 1t Is believed that the organiza-
ton of the coast Euard as proposed will
remedy the existing evils and save this
nlSnlN lntTllbllouS nTdHtH OF lHt
service from dccadence, inevitable I'M
less the service Is made more attractive
THE experience of the revenue cut
ter service bears out this belief, as since
the enactment of legislation giving Its
officers and men the benefits Of retire
ment this arm of the Government has
increased its efficiency more than four
fold.
For example, during the four fiscal
years 1898 ITO 1901, prior to the enact
ment of any remedial legislation sta
tlstics show that for each dollar in
vested in that service 1t was instru-
mental in saving s2.39 worth of marine
property For the corresponding Pc
riod of the next decade. 1901 to 1911,
after Congress had given the service a
retired list and increased pay, an invest
ment of 81 saved SAB of the floating
property belonging to the public.
1T is estimated THAT the immediate
increased cost of the coast guard over
the existing organizations will be $780,
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HE COAST GUARD, UNCLE SANS NEW
IDEA TO SAVE LIVES AND PROPERTY


Stern part SANK quickly, while the fore-
par, upneiu oy the ar retained by its
o'hneaus' hoa'ed and' lying in the
.'"'nei ianeS' FORMED serious menace
me wireless quickly
.ne h'leu states revenue cut
hio"h as 'he uerenct ue-
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experienced men, who simply by an
Executive order can he Immediately
transferred to the naval forces of the
Government either in war or peace.
whenever the exigency requiring such
action may arise.
Ito attract competent men in any
branch of human endcavor the pay and
emoluments offered must be common
surate with the work to be performed
and the risks to health and life which
must be incurred. The rates of pay In
the life saving service cannot with
justice be fixed solely with reference to
the actual work performed, for in a
hazardous calling of this kind there
must be considered the ever present
risk of injury. the possible loss of life
and the necessity for providing for the
time when the human physique becomes
through advancing age incapable of
strenuous occupation.
Prior to 1908. owing to the small pay
and lack of a retired list, the ranks of
the life saving service became much
depleted. Congress, in the year l have
just mentioned. sought to remedy this
condition by a slight Increase Of pay
for keepers and surfmen. For a brief
time some Improvement was apparent;
but at present the conditions are even
worse than before.
Good men are continually leaving the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-09
Search for Treasurer of Boat
on Which 1900 Union
Soldiers Persisted

II HE wreck of the old packet SUI
tana has been partly uncovered
by one OF those queer changes
of bed which make the Mississippi a
continual puzzle to engineers and now
a company is being formed to explore
the hull in the hope of recovering an
iron safe in which was 100000 when
the boat blew up one night just after
the civil war. The explosion occurred
seven miles above Memphis, Tenn. near
Hen and Chicken Island. OF the 2,2OO
Union soldiers on board the craft over
eighteen hundred lost their lives.
No one has ever been able to deter
mine the cause of the accident. Two
theories have been advanced. The first
is that the old boat was overloaded and
that its boilers We're unable to stand the
strain. But Charles III. Davis. one of
the men on the boat at the time, as
serted recently that the explosion did
not come from the boilers but from
the tireroom, He Is inclined to believe
the second theory, which Is that the
boat was destroyed by members of the
ku klux Khan as an act Of vengeance.
Whether the Sultana's boilers blew
up or whether cordwood loaded with
black powder exploded in the freroom
will never be definitely known.
The Sultana left Memphis about 0
o'clock one Sunday night in 1865. Some
one hlundcred at the start, for with Two
or three idle boats waiting the entire
force of 2,200 men We're crowded on
board the single vessel.
Conditions on the boat, even at the
s;art, We're horrible. The men. tired
from their long campaign and many OF
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Hon. Byron r. Newton, ASSista.
Secretary OF the Treasury.

"All around the boat were bodies an
portions of bodies floating in the wa,e
I had been trying to get some sleep /
the foredeck and when the eXplos.o
came I was thrown into the water
within a few feet of mc | saw
man and a woman who Were holllr
on to a small piece of wood. Tn
were having difficulty with the currer'
and | distinctly saw a man bend TOW
ard the woman and kiss her and tht
he threw up his arms and sank. II
next day saw the body of the wom,
which | recognized on account Of a B.
Of red ribbon she wore in her hair, az
| judged she must have let 20 also.
1T is impossible to describe the ho
ror of the explosion. The river SCENE
to be forty miles wide, and I swan
and swan until my whole body ache
with exertion and my arms and les
seemed to move like the limbs # SON
mechanical mannikin. suddenly d
could go no further. Every powtf
seemed paralyzed. tried To- fight Oh
but | could not and my fee' sank.
But they touched bottom ! ha'
knowing it. Painting for breath stool
with water up to my neck afraid a
move, until dawn came. ! could see th-
flare of the burning boat in the d stan,
and could hear faint cries.
When dawn came I could see bod.
les all around me, most of them badly
mangled. Rescue boats had been ser
from Memphis, and these took on those
of us who survived.
Il left for my home in New York, bu'
came back here five years lfterwar
The river had changed its chaunel. and
the place where the Sultana sank va.
dry land then and a small stpl.ng wa
growing near the place where TO III
best Of my memory l was when founl
by my rescuers."
Capt. Charles T. Greenwood Unite!
States inspector of boilers at Memphis
Mr.. Davis and two or three Others hay'
announced that as soon a. they caI
get dredging machinery they VII star
digging in the lowland where a portion
or the boat has been uncovered
While 1t Is possible that the SAT
with the 100000 in it broke throug'
the bottom of the boat and was lost q.
the time of the explosion, yet there is q
strong possibility that it is SomcwheEe
near the boat We intend % make q
search for the safe anyhow. ana even
II We fall to recover the safe itself Il j.
probable that We will loca'. valuable
relics" said Capt. GreenWoul.
The search for the sunk,n treasure
will be commenced early in the fall
according 10 Capt. Greenwood present
plans.
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steamship lanes. This is life saving
work of the first order because derelicts,
next To icebergs. are the greatest men,
ace known to navigation.
ITO illustrate how the service works
in this direction, take the case of the
Oklahoma the oil tank which broke In
two during a terrific gale which swept
the north Atlantic last January. The
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-09

Representative Underwood who Is
the calmest man in the world Is tmd
about just one thing, and tha' is rdint
rapidly in an automobile. The other
evening a friend of his pers uaded him
to take little whirl through ihe parks
in n new machine the friend had JUST
bought.
THE doctor told me needed some
thing to take me out into GHIs tresH
air" explained the friend as put on
speed. Il can see already 'It
going to be a fine thing for ny nerves
to get out this way
After they had ridden along abou'
thirty-five miles an hour for s''nr li'ue
time Underwood remarked IN a, que
way:
Your doctor may be exact rsh'
about it. This may he "A fine '.hs io'
your nerves. But"-wlth sigh
you've nearly ruined mine
Senator Ollie James has e. man!
years been addicted to neckwolr Of se'
we're acoustics. but the other d. ne az,
peared with scarf that exc d'u az
limits even for him. II was nam,
moth four-in-hand of red, p" anu
blue, and the colors were W.. u "'
circles, dots, rings, horse-h Inv
other designs.
The proprietor of all this "N'''
was called by his friend 81 NNt'
President TO preside over q N'''''
and all afternoon the memh. '"'
face an object that kept ca...- ''''"
ton to itself like great head -'|
When the Vice-President 'a
sumed his seat IA Senator NA.N'' o'0
to him and said
"You are to he congratulate "h unu,
ing your desk still here. ol,i" Iil''es
presided all afternoon with that hery
scarf of his and the desk never ought
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There was fleet of about twenty
five vessels at Unalaska awaiting the
arrival of the Bear to show the way
through the ice into Nome. When the
Bear arrived she picked her way
through the ice, finding a path, and by
means of her wireless outfit she noti-
fed vessels when to follow her toward
Nome"
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Stefansson, which was crushed in the
ice and sunk on January Is near Herald
Island, northeast of Siberia.
THE Bear left San Francisco recently,
touched at Seattle to take aboard a
scientific party. which was landed at
Valdez. and then headed for Unalaska,
the headquarters of the Boring Sea fleet
of the revenue cutter service
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likely, If 1t had not been for the destruc-
ton OF two steamers on the Pacific
coast In January and April last. under
circumstances that rendered the rescue
OF their crews by any human agency
impossible which resulted in the drown
ing OF forty-nne persons, more than
half of the total number OF lives lost
during the year.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-02-04
WILLIAMSVILLE.

y. :. Derby was in Gardner. last
week on business
The Cleaner. VIII meet with Mrs. y.
r. Stednan Thursday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs g. K. Wheeler visited
his brother. Il r. Wheeler, Monday,
Burton Halladay came home Satur-
Barre.
Mrs. Major Houghton Of Erattlebo
10 was "a guest Monday OF Mrs. +. II.
Richardson.
Mrs y. r. Stedmau and daughter,
Doris went 10 Brattleboro 70 visit the
first Of the week.
On Friday evening the locals will
pay basketball with the East Dover
team in Grange hail.
Dugan and Wales viii play for q
dance in Grange hail next week Fri
day evening, Feb. -.
MIS- A. y sherman aud little
niece, Gretchen Waite, are at New
fame for few days visit.
The Brattleboro Tnviueibles were a
little 10 fast for the home team, win
ning the game Saturday evening 50 to
%. II was the best exhibition of bas-
fKctball seen here yet.
Mrs. J. w. Williams very pleasantly
entertained the women who took part
in the play, Miss Fearless 4 Co., Sat
urday afternoon. Finch was played
and refreshments were served.
Mrs. ldclla Hescock, who has been
at ~. T.. Wheeler 5 several weeks as
sisting in the care of his father. Il
p. Wheeler, went Thursday to Green
field. She is now caring for hel
daughter, Mrs. Walter left, and twir
sons in Leyden.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-02-04
BELLOWS FALLS NEWS
Two Men Charged With Larceny.

The Greenfield police arrested Viii
liam j. Barry and Thomas +. Lynch,
who claim that their home is in Bos-
ton. 1t was reported to the police yes
terday morning that two men were Of
fering some cloth for sale on Deerfield
street and the matter was looked into
at once, with the result that there was
found a quantity of cloth in the posses
sion of each of the men. They admitted
that they stole the goods from a freight
car at Bellows Falls. They both claim
they have been formerly employed by
the railroad, but that they are out of
employment and took this means of Sc
curing money. The goods were shipped
according TO their story, from Bellows
Falls. where they were stolen, to Me.
Gainesville and then brought back te
Greenfield, where they were offered foI
Mass, correspondence
in Springfield Republican of Wednes
day.
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NORTHFIELD. MASS.
Founders Day Thursday.

Founders day, Feb. ; will be OBJ
served as a holiday at both Moody
schools. w. X. Moody will conduct Il
service at Mount Hermon at = clock
Thursday afternoon in the chapel and
one at Sage chapel at the seminary
the latter part of the afternoon. Ten
OF the trustees of the schools are eX-
pedted to be present, Mr.. and Mrs. II.
II. Proctor, Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Per
~ and Miss Priscilla Perry of Boston,
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Perry and
daughter of Westerly, K. L., and Mr..
and Mrs. 6. ). Palmer of New Lon
don, Conn. Some of the trustees will
speak on the life of the founder of
the schools. ID. l.. Moody.
Following this service at Sage chap
ell at 4.45 there will be recital to
which the public is cordially invited
The program will consist Of eight
numbers and will include the Andante
from the Fifth symphony Of Beet
hoven and the Adagio from Mendels
i sohnrs Scotch symphony. Miss Angel
viii be the organist, Miss Miller VIC
/ linist and Mrs. G. f.. Dickerson pi
anist This is the first of 4 series Of
I four recitals TO be given this winter.
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TOWN SHEND.

Mrs. Stillman Chilis and Eldora
Wright are i'll.
Mrs. Lucy Pierce and Mrs. j II.
Hathorn are i'll.
{. b. Carleton Of Manchester was
here the first of last week.
Mrs. Emery Wilder Of Manchester
visited her son, Eldorus Wilder, over
Sunday.
The women of the Congregational
church vii have i box party in Union
hall Friday evening
Mrs. Mildred Swift of Manchester
is here with her mother, Mrs. Bacon
Mr.. Bacon is about the same.
Wantastiquet Grange held its in
stallation OF officers Friday evening.
District Deputy Marden was the in
stalhng officer.
Arthur Dexter of Troy. \. H.. p. X.
Holt of Ludlow and Miss Clara Mar
den of Manchester were here to attend
the funeral OF ID. W. Marden.
Mrs. Ethel Scudder, former school
teacher, is boarding at Herbert Will
liams 5 and will take part in the play,
\ Daughter of the Desert, Feb. L..
David Carver has bought the farm
of Walter Stowell and will take pos
session March |. Mr.. Starr has hired
the Daniel Batchelder farm for five
years.
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Mrs. Rowera Randall.

Mrs Rowena Randall, 90. widow of
Joel Randall, died at the Belts sana
torium in Athol Jan. %. where she
went last fall for special care. The
funeral was held in the home of her
son. Clarence Randall. on Maple
street this town, Sunday AT clock,
Rev II. al. Buzzel officiating. The
burial took place in the Center Gem
etery.
Mrs. Randall. one of the oldest per
sons in this town, was born In Ber-
nardston Oct ,, 1924 SiXty-ive years
ago She was married TO Joel Randall
OF Gill and they came here to live. Mr..
Randall died IN 1858. Mrs. Randall
leaves. besides the son, Clarence, with
whom she made her home here, a son,
Clinton. of New Haven, and daughter,
Mrs John Angel, in Omaha, Neb.
also two grandc children. Mrs. Ran
dali 5 failing health for several years
kept her from participating in the ac-
tivities Of the town, but formerly she
was active in the interests Of the Uni
tartan society.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-02-04
NORTH WALPOLE, N. H.

Mrs. Lawrence Delaney is confined
to her home by illness.
4 son was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Oliver Bixby last week.
jeremiah Connors of Wendell, \. H..
spent Sunday AT his home.
Mrs John Stack has gone to Green
field, Mass, for an indefinite visit.
Miss Mary Fitzgerald, who teaches
in Claremont, y. H., spent Sunday at
her home.
Roger Moynihan and Patrick Finnfs
sv of Sunapee, \. H., spent Sunday at
their homes here.
Miss Elsie Hastings has returned to
her duties rs bookkeeper at the Cres-
cent Bottling Works, after a two
weeks vacation.
Edward o Hearn, who sustained a
broken arm several months ago, re
turned to his. duties as night conductor
on the railroad Monday.
Miss Marion Godsoc has left the
eniplov Of the Direct Importing Co, III
Bellows Falls. Miss Godsoe was Il
guest Of friends in keene over Sun
day.
The wall, on the new arch bridge lis
undergoing repairs. William kiniry Is
in charge of the work. For the past
month or more the bridge has been
in a very dangerous condition. Some
Of the planks have become dilapldatet
ana in several instances people have
been tripped up and thrown forward
Lv the boards that were placed over
the planks that were IN state OF
dilapidation. This work Will be appre
] LAT 81 by manN.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-02-04
WE ARE DOING BUSINESS

In temporary quarters on Elliot street
Just as. we were DONG IL before the
fire that destroyed the Grange block.
The carpenters and painters are bur
rying TO get our old place of business
ready for us again but an the mean
time we are meeting all demands for
our special lines of coifees, teas, spices
and other things we handle Direct
Importing Co, where you see the signs
on Elliot street.