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French liner France from half
dozen long, narrow barges that
stretched the full length of the ship. 1t
was the week before Christmas, and the
longshoremen. mostly Americans, had
caught the holiday spirit and went nois-
lily about their task. On deck. how
ever. not a soul was to be seen. and but
for the constant shoveling of coal and
intermingling sounds of the lOngshore-
men one might have imagined himself
far removed from the hustle and hustle
of "a great city.
In the main saloon of the vessel a tall.
lean sea-farer was lazily polishing some
brasswork, while seated on a divan in "A
corner of the spacious room were two
stewards playing checkers. They were
nearing the end OF an exceedingly close
ana interesting game, when the Frances
skipper, Capt. Poncelet, unexpectedly
entered the saloon.
The stewards, who also should have
been polishing brasswork instead of
Willing away their time, looked at each
other in blank amazement and the
checkerboard fell to the floor. Scattered
here and there were the white and black
men.
Inc captain StoOu gazing NJ lne stew
ards a full half minute.
tut. tut" he exclaimed finally In
disapproval Of their apparent fright.
And now" ne added, smiling critically,
"you have both lost the camel"
The stewards gathered up the check
erboard and checkers and went aboui
their work sheepishly. while Capt
POncelet walked slowly to his cabin.
Checkers" he said. as he lighted q
fresh cigar and gazed dreamily at u
picture Of the great Napoleon. which
hung just above small brass bedsteed
In his cabin. II, too. played checker,
once, but my men were battleships ant
my checkerboard the map Of the world
YES" he continued reminiscently
that was long time ago. was young
and enthusiastic and felt a. Napoleon
himself must have felt toward tn,
English when he was taken to st
j HAlena. And now what changes'
0D ~ Dnglish % we'll ] am sleeping
.@I1 m1xrrAn -
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-01

of creating vibrations higher than those
that would be detected by the sharpest
of human ears.
on course he had to have for this pur-
perfectly, and once more electricity
came to his aid. No, he did not use a
submarine bell or "A submarine horn Of
a complicated nature, but instead he de-
vised way to turn a ship itself into a
source Of sound.
He has made II possible to cause the
huh or skin of vessel to CULVER so
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Gardner's original apparatus that the
British authorities were testing when
they experimental with the old Terpsi.
chore and the exploding of a tuned tor
pedO fastened to the bottom Of that ship
was but one step in a much more inn
portant field of application.
The principal weakness Of existing
submarine boats lies in their compare
lively low speed when running totally
submerged. As general proposition
this does not exceed ten knots an hour.
while the big dreadnoughts are capable
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uses an electromagnetic which ne places
preferably down below water and in the
very bow Of the craft. and the poles or
terminals Of the core Of this magnet are
close but not in contact with the inner
surface OF the ships steel skin.
An electro-magnet is active only when
current flows through the enveloping
coil. and then streams Of magnetism
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flow out Of one end OF the core and
circle around the coil and return by the
other end Of the core. The speed with
which the magnet is energized or de-
energized will set up corresponding vi
brations in the adjacent plating. II
these vibrations are not too fast sound
will be produced which the human ear
can detect: otherwise they would be
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-01
BY JOHN TAYLOR PARKER SON.

A ::::::: :: ':;:
French liner France from half
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-01

inaudible but capable Of
spreading far through the
sea and of affecting a prop.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-08-29

United Press Correspondent.
copyright, 1914, by United Press.)
London, Eng, Aug. 2o.-Winston
Churchill, first lord of the admiralty,
today granted me an interview on the
subject of the European war. On my
asking him about the cause, he hand
ed me the celebrated white Paper"
of Sir Edward Grey's negotiations,
saying:
"Oh, there is our case-and all we
ask of American people is that they
should study it with severe and i'm
partial attention"
I then asked him what was the
underlying cause, apart from the &C
tual steps which had led to the rup-
ture. He replied, in effect, that the
war was started and was being main
tanned by the Prussian military aris- |
tocracy, which set no limits to its
ambition Of worldwide predomi-
nance. i
''In a word" he said, cit is the old
struggle of a hundred years ago
against Napoleon. The grouping of
forces is different; the circumstances
are different; the occasion Is differ |
ent; the man, above all, is different
happily. But the issue is the same. |
We are at grips with Prussian militar |
ism England stands right in the path |
of this ever-growing power.
Our military force is perhaps |
small, but it is good and it will grow;
our naval and financial resources are |
considerable; and with these we stand
between this mighty army and do
minion which would certainly not be
content with European limits"
/ asked whether the end Of the war
would see abatement of the struggle
of ornaments. Mr.. Churchill replied:
THAT depends on the result If we
succeed and if, as a result of our
victory, Europe is re-arranged as far
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-08-29
WINSTON. CHURCHILL GIVES UNITED PRESS
MAN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW ON THE WAR


hope to a great relaxation and ease
ment. But if Germany wins it will
not be victory of the quiet, sober,
commercial elements in Germany,
nor of the common people of Ger
many, with all their virtues, but the
victory Of the blood and iron military
school whose doctrines and principles
will then have received a supreme and
terrible vindication.
81 cannot. understand, he contin-
ued, why Germany has not been con-
tented with her wonderful progress
since the battle of Waterloo. For the
last half century she has been the
center of Europe, courted by many,
feared by many, treated with defer
ence by all. No country has had such
a reign Of prosperity and splendor.
''Yet all the time she has been dis
contehted, solicitous of admiration,
careless Of international law, wor-
shipping force, and giving us all to
understand that her triumphs in the
past and her power in the present
were little compared to what she
sought in the future.
''And now the great collision has
come, and it is well that the demo-
cratic nations of the world-the ma
tons, mean, where the people own
the government and not the govern
ment the people should realize what
is at stake. The French, English and
American systems of government by
popular election and parliamentary
debate, with the kind of civilization
which flows from such institutions,
are brought into direct conflict with
the highly efficient imperialist bu-
reaucracy and military organization
Of Prussia. That is the issue. No par
tisanship is required to make it plain.
No sophistry can obscure it."
1 asked whether the democracy Of
the United States, apart from the
Evening star., 1914-02-15
Schooner Birdsall Floated.

\ schooner named the Birdsal, sup
posed to be the Percy Birdsall Of Perth
Amboy, y. j., which was ashore on the
North Carolina coast was fioated by the
cutter Seminole. from the Wilmington,
y. T.. station. and was taken into q safe
port. No details regarding the rescue of
the vessel from the dangerous sands on
which she stranded have been received
at the department and the report of the
commanding officer of the cutter regard
ing the assistance given the vessel is
awaited with interest.
Bo.h the derelict destroyer Seneca and
the cutter Itasca took part with a wreck
ing fleet in floating the British steamship
Queer Louise from the sands off Seagirt
N j. The floating of the ship was a
spectacular event, and was watched with
interest by many persons who from the
shore had 4 good view of the work The
report of capt. Johnston of the Seneca
states that the fleet aiding in floating
the steamer worked on her on four tides
before she was finally worked into deep
water. Most of the pulling on the vessel
was done by the Seneca. which broke
three big hawsers as she lunged on them
TO Jerk the big ship off the sands hoiuing
bt.f
Evening star., 1914-02-15
Going to Aid of Tug Potomac.

Bound on mission TO aid the naval tug
Potomac. fast in the ice of the Bay OF
Islands. Newfoundland. where she went
TO aid fishing vessels caught fast in the
ice. the cutter -Androscoggin. the ice
breaker OF the revenue cutter service
feet, has arrived at Halifax Nova Scotia
and Will remain there until further
orders 1t is said to he probable that if
conditions are favorable she will be sent
this week to make AN attempt to free
the Potomac from the ice that holds her
in its grip and To bring her TO safety
While in the ice it is probable that the
AndroScoggin also will make an effort
to free the imprisoned fishing vessels to
whose aid the Potomac was going when
she was herself caught in the heavy ice
Though the cutter Onondaga spent sew
eral days in the vicinity of Mays Head
Mass, where the three-maSted schooner
Helen II. Benedict was stranded about
a week ago, she was unable to do any
thing looking toward the saving of the
vessel. which was well inside the line of
breakers and almost high and dry or
the beach. After leaving the Benedict
the cutter started in search of the Ameri-
can bark Foohng Suey. which is report
ID dismaSted and drifting helplessIy in
tho Atlantic many miles off the North
kclina coast At last reports the
cfiondasa was still employed upon this
mission.
Evening star., 1914-02-15
Genius Equal to Occasion.

N. practical mind, free from Ireju-
a... stsr!ld have tae slightest difficulty
In arSi 5a- tire real origin o. the invon-
you in question. when the fact is taken
rnta account that it was made by d
tf1-red Hnancier at a critical moment
,esttn tine financial necessities of the
sautry iuperiously demanded IL At
;Uai critical moment in our history,
yrh.n t.. possibility of beginning a new
,-at5aual lille depended upon the creation
genius arpvared ON the scene who was
equal To the occasion. This daring iuno-
Nator. born in Lebanon. Conn. in ft2G
sd moved in lt55 To Philadelphia, where
E" became a prosperous merchant As
early - 11T6 he had began 10 write on
the currency, and wrote three years
later a series Of essays on free trade and
5aauce. He published February 1G, 1fS'
his pata-hreakinG tract. in which he
-iared 10 set forth in great detail just
.-ecta,t the new Constitution should be. To
his plan ne later Appended this. note: AT
rat- time when this dissertation was
written the defects and insufficiency Of
t5e old federal Constitution was univer-
sally feit and acknowledged.
1t was years safterward before any
proposals al all like il were made, Prior
to Wehsters publication there is no
trace Of any other plan that can be
placed IN contrast or rivalry with his
"a oily novel theory
-,WebSters dream was to create q self
executing federal system, armed with the
power la tax and operating directly on
In, iudiVidGaI. out Of his brilliant and
daring proposal IL arm a federal assem-
Niy with supreme authority To levy all
s5HdS Of federal taxes arose the existing
restitution OF the uiteu State
Evening star., 1914-02-15
Wreck of Schooner DESTROYED.

y report received from the commanding
ofhcer of the cutter Acushnet states that
the work Of destroying the wreck of the
three-nasted schooner John Paul, which
lay srnken OH Nantucket shoals between
Hedge Fence and Cross Ri, light yes-
sels. has at last been accomplished and
there is lIow forty-two feet of water
over what remains of the vessel 1t re-
Gured several attempts on different DAYS
To remove the wreck as to make uavi-
cation safe over it.
out on the north Pacific coast the little
cutter Arcata found a lighter adrift in
the fiirway of vessels navigating Wash
ington bay. Puget sound. and she was
towing il into port when she met the
British tug Imp of Vancouver B. C.. The
master OF the tug stated that the lighter
had broken away from Il tow his tug
had in charge and he was then search
ing for il. The lighter was turned over
To the Imp to be taken to Vancouver.
v here il Is owned.
Within the next week or two the annual
shifting ground of the officers of the
various cutters will be made and consd-
GRAFTON of the new details is occupying
the attention of those In charge of the
service 1t is understood that changes
in stations will be numerous.
Evening star., 1914-02-15
Many Lives and Much Prop
erty Saved on Coast From
80 Maine to Florida.
CREW OF SEVEN RESCUED
FROM SCHOONER SEA FISH
Ice Breaker Androseoggin Arrives
at Halifax in Search of Naval
Tug Potomac.

Heavy winter storms along the Atlantic
coast in the past week have given the
vessels OF the revenue cutter service
from Maine to Florida plenty of work
to do in saving lives and marine property.
The most notable work of the week
was done by the cutter Yamacraw of
the Savannah station, which saved the
lives of seven men, members OF the crew
of the fishing schooner Sea Fish when
that vessel was wrecked. The schooner
was attempting Thursday to get into the
harbor at Charleston, S C. in a heavy
gale from the northwest, when she struck
on the outer end of a hreakwater. The
Yamacraw, fortunately for the crew, was
near at hand. and steaming to the aid
of the men on the wrecked vessel, sue
ceeded iu saving all lives. The informa-
ton Of the rescue of the men is con-
tained in d brief telegram from the COM
manding officer OF the Yamacraw to
the headquarters of the service i'll the
Treasury Department. After rescuing
the men the crew of the cutter took care
Of them and finally landed them at
charleston
Evening star., 1914-02-15
Division of Government.

fHe moment Webster saw that lis
ao~ creation must be Il strictly organ
.z'.d aad self sustaining government he
.3toposed to divide it into three depart
taenfs-lesislative executive and judicial.
There had never been Il federal govern
H9.9t 50 divided IN the worlds history.
'Eis people nj Ills country had never
Fe4rl Of a President Of the t'nited States.
IuHet less of a President surrounded by
q cabinet council. Webster was the first
10 provide for both.
Just as the then state constitutions adj
n6eaEsHed Webster to split the govern
"snI into three departments. 50 the hi
eaIntsal state legislatures adnonished
aim Ia Spit the oue-chamber congress of
tie confederation, then existing, into two
=Ht9ubcfs, au upper and - lower house
tn important count il Nebster's in
tilrt'@ttlt against the Articles of Con-
federation was that they could institute
z@ general Judiciary powers. That diff
cflty r. proposed L. reraov. III his new
sestem by creating q supreme Court.
taiN the blind or the infatuated Will
orten1 that such yigiIant ana am
s.5taGs ND1M@ statesmen as Madison.
hamilton and PIpckuey. intent upon
5tf"pE5EiuS conditions then crying for
~ tsiu-dE, LI8 rot read and master the
"oHI.Ets of Neb=ters = great document
Ice tTSt to propose the construction of
ts' IS federal system No popular myth
"a ever 50 absurd as that which as
si,ncS t4aJ the great discovery IN
modern politi- 81 science emerged
Hroush some Sup.r-norTnal process
tEosa t8c combined brains of the con
t#utlon of l1a5. which worked only
@stentY-SiX DAYS. No defiberative body
rEer All it. work 50 cat out ana ar
.44n-eI beforehand as this convention.
and tn" single question before the cox
s"sN. was as 10 the form in which the
greet Invention II Webster should he
-4uaI+c4. 70 IhaA Existing conditions as
7TCH.stH4 system Of government
Evening star., 1914-02-15
Saved by Cutter Acushnet.

\ big four-masted schooner. reported
to be the Dustin c. Cressey. was saved
by the timely arrival of the cutter
Acushnet from being lost on the bars off
the mouth of the Pamet river near
Highland Light Mass. The cutter took
her in tow and carried her into safe har-
hor- The vessel. bound from Jackson-
Vile TO Portland, was forced to anchor
IN a heavy gale and was in imminent
danger of dragging ashore. Word was
sent to the cutter Acushnet, at Woods
Hole. of the predicament of the vessel,
and the life-savers at the Pamet river
station had everything in readiness TO
take Oft the crew of the schooner i'll the
breechcS buoy when the Acushnet ar
rived on the scene. With much difficulty,
in the midst of bowling winter storm
and bitter cold. the crew of the cutter
got line TO the big schooner and after
hours Of hard work finally brought her
to safety.
The cutter Gresham. from the Boston
station. according TO a telegram re-
ceived by Capt. Bertholf commandant,
has left Boston to go to the aid of a
steamship reported ashore on Peaked
Island bar, Mass. The telegram CON
tanned no information beyond the fact
that the cutter Lad gone to the aid of
the vessel.
Evening star., 1914-02-15
All Others Rewarded.

fii have hceu rewarded. ali nav .
,.i "a Eorored. except the great one
5sho rHade everything possible. While
stte priceless legacy bequeathed by the
samostal document Of February I6.
s.. has become the heritage of swell
ts millions, humble and neglected
--raNc at Philadelphia, has been the
-aHiy ree0mpense 50 Tar received by its
'gt4cf Every drummer boy. every
sst~t iEner who rendered Conspicuous
erV}es 10 the patriot cause during the
yGIGtiOuary cra has been honored by
-norUraeut--ouly The architect of our
-rarVgIous Constitution has been for
often.
B1.t he has not been ungenerously for
-@tt.n by noble and grateful people
ready 10 honor al who have served
etH. The real facts involved in the llfe
eor< ot Pe!atiah Webster have not
er, totoee been known; it was The fate of
sl< great man Of contemplation 10 work
-t# u Wsrr. behind "a curtain which, until
.lsy. has almost concealed him from the
.av Of tle world. 10 the drawing aside
t that curtain your humble petitioner
a,fs devoted the best efforts of his life.
3c hopes and believes that the time has
"riIvsd whcp the Congress Of the United
STATES, iae fiISt t~o-Cbamber assembly
n III history. will Re wtiin. To yause
.9r a moment in order 10 do honor TO
Us" s@54aS wins a. signed il As to the
att there cav lie neither oovii, doubt
l- a}l~ tion-
Evening star., 1914-02-15
Cutter Bear Being overhauled.

To be made ready for summer cruising
service in Alaskan waters and in the
arctic, the cutter Bear is at Mare Island
navy Yard, receiving a thorough over
hauling. Within the next week or two
the cutters Manning and Tahoma will be
placed out of service to be put in good
order for effective work.
Capt. G. l.. Johnston, commanding the
cutter Seneca, was at the department in
the past week, having been ordered there
OH official business.
First Lieut. Leonard Cutter. who for
several years was equipment officer in
the revenue cutter service, but who was
taken i'll while on duty as executive Off
Ger of the cutter Window, is still under
tie care Of physicians and recently was
granted six months additional sick leave.
Evening star., 1914-02-15

,CEs- JsrS In the twenty y-thousand-
e1allar damage suit of Harvey Whit
re. trsinmau. against the Baltinore Q
I'd Ohio railroad. after having been
-791r twenty four leuCs. was GiSchar&rt.d
=tlav Afternoon ~ Cumberland.
: s',i haviuE failed - agree.
Evening star., 1914-02-15
Hannis Taylor Would Have
Congress Honor "Father
of Constitution"
FURNISHED BASE UPON
WHICH FATHERS BUILT
Philadelphia Financier and Student
First 10 Propose Tri-partite
Federal Government.

4+rNI,= -4eGcsujt.eu - PcIatiah Wooster
tHe zeal author of The first draft Of
t. rsizt.lze Constitution Of th, United
~ tte= b 10 b. asked az the hands of the
-5 htfiv. body witch is the result of his
naft Itauuts Taylor. lawyer and
.l4thor ot this city- minister to spain
ffoH. ls't; 20 lsi7, VIII subuit = petition
te tsas effect 20 Congress- tomorrow, with
.e request tHat il lie referred in each
5.'1Ise te proper committee, which shall
ill., 4trectai 80 inquire whether a tablet
al. some othrr appropriate memorial shall
.-, erected in ar near the Capitol in COM
.Ias-aersI3ou ot the services of ''oue who
LIS cors-.5ateG 50 much, not only to or
Ianor aut siory, bat to the politics of
tNe e-arla''
Nt-- .rayler appears to lave gone into
'Hc matter very thoroughly. and his Pc
ttriou -aa6es out q strong case Tor the
r.at. r2e recognition of whose services
f.. t-a- country 'l. ar,!.Ttiy desires to
.#-.a.saf af-H~n.
-eH +. arlary lt. 17N.: tbs. petition
z--lte~ b. ia1T- Pelatis,tl y Nebst-r. Il mas
t@~ II zee s'.'nce of economics and
Fl.5rg-e $3.50 Ussy justly ns called the
>nt@ei-sH AdAtA smith Of that day. pub
4.si t& .tt Philadelphia. his invention.
sE@ WHOLLY novel theory OF a federal
=. ,zers:,fltnt. embodied soon thereafter by
-ft.~ federal invention OF 11s1 in the eX-
.s,5r& constitution ~ the United States.
*ac iat,u.i,E. tisUs promulgated was
s-Ea tarettd iH great detail and spread
#sfoaslc.,s5 itl q Tan1rAlct of forty-seven
H3E~s -An original copy OF that epoch
-1.ttsis. l,3.bli,atJon. entitled ~ .iisserta-
gfeyl On tae political union and constita :
t54n ot 1hc thirteen tuited States OF
%ertIs Am-rit.t. which is necessary TO
tre5r fl.ze rvaJlc9 and happiness; hun1bly
,.lgsla.l 7Y th. pua.ie by Il citizen Of Phila-
tf,}rI.5s. ana H5st as authentic as the
t-5fst stitrati.,s itself. IS on file in the Lii
..fssre af CausreS~, subject 10 inspection
f,l trv e3s.- uayja@ thr slightest doubt
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-16
Practically

lat by 62 feet on one Of the two main
boulevards OF the exposition.
In the great Iowa state building
members of the Iowa Society of Cali
fornia, organized to welcome visitors to
the exposition in the name of Iowa.
will assist the members OF the Iowa
commission in the many ceremonial
functions and observances that will be
held in the building.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-16
RElp-mooRE HOLDINGS SOLD.
Groups Which Ha. Dominated Rock
Island Interests Retires

Ottumws, Dec. ls.-Daniel G Reid,
william, II. Moore and James Herbert
Moore are entirely out Of the Rock Is
land companies. which they formerly
dominated. This fact. roachsafed for
in authoritative quarters, came out,
Monday IN connection with the plans
10 reorganize the property.
That the Reid Moore people had sold
Roct, Island stocks and bonds when
these securities were ceiling much
higher than at present had been ac-
cepted as q fact il Wall street and La
Sale street, but that :hey had failed
10 bay them hack later at receiver
ship quotations and had washed their
hands Of all interest in the road was
hardly suspected.
In the reorganization, the Rock Is-
land company and the Chicago. Rock
Island & Pacific Raiiyay Company
witt. s22i ,555,s5t par value Of watered
securities outstanding in the hands Of
the public based on 1888 500 stock Of
the Chicago. Rock Island & Pacific
Railway Company viii be wiped out.
Thus with the passing Of the Reid
Moore interest in the property Will
pass also the tep-heavy ge!d-Hoors
corporate creations. and there will be-
main the old operating company which
existed before the advent Of these
ananciers into Rock Island affairs.
Interests associated with Phelps.
Dodge & CO. will continue as the NOV
ing factors il the ROCK Island man
ayement after the reorganization.