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partment of Commerce, safeguards the
country's far-flung coast line with its
ever signaling: Keep off. Danger
Also in the Department of Commerce is
the steamboat inspection service, which
must examine and approve all hulls and
machinery before craft may enter into
commerce on waters of the United States
and make sure MAT they safe; ex-
anime and certify to the qualifications of
masters, mates, engineers and pilots, and
issue licenses therefor: and, what Is OF
large Importance, examine into the al
legged dereliction of any of these officers
and administer punishment where neces-
sary by revoking or suspending licenses.
And finally. there is the bureau of
navigation in the Department of Com
merce. charged with the enforcement of
the navigation laws, with the document
ing of all merchant craft. with the ship
ping of all American seamen in the mer-
chant service, with the measurements of
all vessels. with supervising wireless teleg
raphp in the country. with the collection
of tonnage taxes-briefy. with a general
superintendency of the commercial
marine and merchant seamen of the
'nited States.
Naturally the steamboat inspection
service and the bureau of navigation are
the bodies more directly concerned with
safeguarding travel. These operate in
close cooperation.
At the head Of the bureau of navigation
is Commissioner Eugene Tyler Chamber
lain. one Of the promoters OF the world
movement for safety at sea and an ac-
knowledged authority on the subject tie
figured largely as a delegate from the
Tinted states in the recent London con-
ference on sea safety.
It j. bat natural that ne should. For
more than twenty years he has occupied
his present position and labored for
safety Presidents have come and Presi-
dents have gone, but the commissioner
of navigation has remained the same.
AS an authoritative writer on matters al
fecting navigation he has Won high place.
And marine safety is his fad and his
occupation.
Commissioner Chamberlain occupies
curious place in the personnel OF the
government. He is the only man IN ac-
tive official position in the service OF
the country VINO is operating under a
commission signed by Grover cleveland,
President Of the United States Mr
Cleveland : other appointeeS have died,
have been replaced. have retired-and
this refers particularly to army and
navy oihcers-or have been reduced III
grade. Mr.. Chamberlain alone remains.
Three republican Presidents in success
sion found this democrat. appointed by
President Cleveland. so valuable IN the
service that they retained him. Naturally.
President Wilson has followed their
example.
Mr.. Chamberlain was ar Albany. N Y,
newspaper man at the time of his appoint.
ment. December /. 1882. When Grover
Cleveland was Governor of New YORK
Mr.. Chamberlain came into intimate con-
tact with him. Furthermore, when Dan
Lamont. afterward Secretary of War,
left Journalism to become secretary 10
Mr. Cleveland. MIR. Chamberlain moved
over from the Mhany Journal to the
yl.,..
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the industrious and hardworking gun
man, the shrinking Blackhander. the mill
tant suffragette and the sportlve stick
up artist We have with us always on
land to multiply the perils of everyday
existence. Their aggregate and proper
tionate toll of life far exceeds that exact
ed by Neptune.
The story of the ordinary citizen whose
backbone is caSed in by the passage OF
an automobile over his frame has be-
come common in the days news. 1t has
ceased to DC spectacular. The same is
true of the other causes of disaster on
land.
rias a thrill. Its very infrequency, the
REGULARLY tragic setting of the scene, its
remoteness-an these things contribute to
the heightened interest in marine as
4ster.
Fog. storm and possible Ife are idt-
Ural handicaps to safety al sea bot
mans precautions-and particularly your
Uncle Sans precautions-haVe almost
eliminated these handicaps.
While Uncle Sam has maintained gov
erilrnental machinery for years to procure
safety at sea, his efforts in recent years
nave been increased materially He was
one of the leaders in the world move
ment which recently culminated IN iie
safety al sea conference i'll London with
an maritime nations participating. the
result OF which conference IL an agree
Inent to regulation that VIII reooct'
II is calculated, at least one-haif the cA-
istins perils Of navigation.
Without going into the detail of what
was accomplished by the conference, the
four chief results may be summarized
as covering requirements as TO construc-
ton of ships to render them more safe
he establishment Of an international ice
n ~
disasters like that Of the Titanic: resi-
lations as to lifeboats and safety devices
on board. and regulations to secure the
maximum benefit of radio-telegraphy at
sea in rendering succor to vessels in
peril.
All this, of course, relates to travel by
ocean. OF perhaps more intimate con
Germ to the people OK the United States
is the matter of regulating coastwlse.
harb0r. lake and river navigation, the
carrying Of Observation-Disclosures
many million passengers each summer
and the operation of the multiplying
fleets of small passenser-carrylng pleas
ure craft.
Year by year. as new methods of water
Transportation have come into being, as
lin. summer water excursions have be-
come more popular: as water travel nas
increased; as scientific Investigation has
shown the need-ln ncle sam has been I'M
proving and making more rlSld ms feSu-
lations 10 insure safety to water-travel-
ing passengers This year they are 10
be more rigid than ever
Through FIVE agencies the federal GOV
,rnment operates in It's marine safety
campaign. In the Treasury Department
there is the revenue cutter service
charged with MANY duties and large re-
sponsibilties among them the suceorins
If shipa in distress and the destruction OF
derelicts at sea fruitful sources of dis
IL TO-
long and splendid record of work We'll
tone
Then, also in tie Treasury Department
the life-saSnc service with rs ever
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asked Congress L. approve was to use
the United States cruisers Birmingham.
Chester. Salem. Columbia and Mime
spolis for carrying for hire mail, passen-
gers and freight 10 South American ports
through the Panama canal
The senator pointed out that We are
confronted with the prospect of soon
having on our hands a great isthmian
canal. which has cost the country the
price Of an empire. and no international
commerce to carry through It We are
building ii, as matters stand largely for
the benefit of Great Britain and other
foreign countries. The use of naval yes
sells in the manner suggested. the senator
affirmed, would give us an entering wedge
IN the South American trade. which we
need. and there would be no question
about tolls in their case. for they are
government vessels
Il is pointed out that the cruiser.
named IN Senator Weeks proposition are
not of any particular fighting value They
are speedy. unarmored cruisers intended
for scouting purposes, and of rather prob
lematical value even for that use Their
employment as scouts, IL war were to
break out. would not be affected by their
service in the commercial manner pro-
posed.
Senator Weeks is graduate of tho
Naval Academy. well versed in naval af-
fairs, and friendly to the navy His plan
has received serious consideration. The
Senate referred the resolution to the
committee on naval affairs, which is now
studying IL.
When the senator introduced his reso-
luton it was not generally known in
congress that 1t had administration in
spiration and that the real author of
the proposition was the Secretary of the
Navy. who is firmly of the opinion that
tine cost. as well as the efficiency, of the
navy is such that some efforts should be
made to put some of its ships into
practical use in time Of peace as well
as war.
Ever since Mr.. Daniels took office he
has been hoping that some time or other
during his administration the navy
would assume functions in time of peace
that are now ascribed to IT and render
il of still greater value, in his opinion.
10 the country at large. The plan as
outlined by Senator Weeks seems to Mr..
Daniels to present the best means to
his end. In the course of recent in
terview on the subject he said:
I'm my opinion it is quite practicable
bv the use of naval vessels TO carry out
Evening star., 1914-05-17

SAFETY AT sea ana Sa1e-y HFSt sii"
npt new phrases with him as regards
aNeI by water.
His agents Tor generations have exer-
cssed watehfaf care over the construction
~ vessels. They have PROMULGATED
rJI.es OF the road which all craft must
obey They have provided regulations
for the carrying Of safety devices. They
rave compelled examinations and certiti-
cations prerequisite to exercising
command Of 4 vessel or 10 operating the
machinery thereof
The end and purpose Of all OF these
activities is the safeguarding of lives and
property afoat. not only On the high
seas. bat on the rivers aud lakes and
bays
,'ncie Sans precautions III these re-
cards have not always prevented marine
disasters. true enough. Not always have
tine rules and regulations been obcyed
Ilat always u the past have they been
,igidlv enforced. The General Slocuni
:tEGd the Titanic disasters stand out in
recent wears rs horrible examples OF
v net may happen on the water
Evening star., 1914-05-17

HEREIN the gen
t.euven Of England
10 not At al! re-
se,nble your Uncle
: q IN L Q J. Almost
rom ! h e time
that Uncle sam set
I'D irI business for
aEimself he has
been mindful Of
these hangers and
has sought 10 min
iinlZe them.
y ., A.tsE % ,.~.
Evening star., 1914-05-17
6SOVERNRNE no 1QJRE SAFE TRAVEL WATER CRAFT SAYS

You must be that. far as ii lies in our
power to make it SO. of a considera te
kindly and firm enforcement of the law.
1t should be considerate because it should
take all the facts into account. 1t should
be kindly, not merely because courtesy
requires that. but because the purpose of
the law is to do good and not to be a
beSonn of destruction.
1t must he firm, because even in your
own profession there are those who Will
take the risk of loss of life and property
If they can temporarily profit thereby,
and also those whom habit or fortunate
immunity from disaster may have blinded
both in vision and conscience respecting
the solemn and sacred obligation they are
under to insure. first and foremost the
safety of the public. Ii is always true.
the world being what it is. that the inno-
cent suffer for the guilty. and the con-
scientious manager has to bear burdens
which might not be SO very heavy were
it not for the uuscrupulous or the forget
ful. -
I'm thu. work of preventing loss Of life
does the department receive thr co-opcFa-
e ton of the shipping industry,
The lars" steamboat and steamship
companies Of course. as a rui" eiiipl"N
the highest technical talent men who's"
navigation safe and profitable. because
the two of course. go together. tnlfih
that never before in twenty years mas
there been a more cotciat c"-olerduoi'
than at present between competeht ols
Interested shpownerS and shipbuilders
and the officers of the department. ne
fact that the Secretary of Commerce mas
himself :, wide acouaintaigro am ons these
technical men has douhtless ne pea 10
bring about this rc-op@ratlon
tia .1a.,t tpG
useful representatives Of the nitfd
states at the International Congress on
Safety of Life at Sea IN London We're d
ehipowner, Mr. Alfred Gilbert Stni'h. anu
a shipbuilder, Mr. Homer l.. Ferguson.
During the preliminary preparations lor
the conference the American society ol
Naval Architects and Marine Ensiiei .
VINO are mainly shipbuiiders and snip
owners. heartily co-operated WIN i'te ~ ~
nartment and in the execution OF the
iaws for safer conditions of travel ~
sea which We all hope will result from me ne
conference. the continued cooperation %
this society will help greatly.
ar would be quite out of the question
for me to attempt to name .he liaiS AZ ,
diy;dnals shipowners. shipbuilders and
captains of ocean steamers laHlii'al ~
t,rst-hand knowledge from daily eNpe-
rience with the actual problems OF sai''s'
who helped the department III thls pre-
liminary work.
The first and principal aim OF The con-
ference. you will recall, was to provide
for as safe ship as possihie: An apso-
lutely unsuitable merchant ship is prob
ably out of the question, but the nuns OF
shins can undoubtedly be SO subdiVided
&c n ui,hstaud for Il much longer time
III. results of a shock opening up some
of the compartments to the sea than Is
likely under the present rules OF conStfuc-
ton.
The rules at.opted by the convention
which are now awaiting the approval oil
III. Sarara in SO tar as they relate to the
subdivision of hulls, to waterusht conf
uartn.n:s t0t closing af necessary open
Evening star., 1914-05-17

In years past the bureau of navigation
has had to depend on the revenue cutter
service and the collectors of customs To
enforce navigation laws, particularly with
regard TO the carrying OF proper nights
and adequate life preserVers Beginning
in 1910 Congress began appropriating
$4,000 annually to be expended by the
!,Ir-a4 itself iu this WORK ThirtH-fiN y :.
Evening star., 1914-05-17

Points Out Posi-
bilities OF His Novel
Ideas for Use of Fast
Cruisers and Other
Craft in Time of
Peace-United States
Ships Suitable for Car
rying Passengers and
Freight Probable
Cost of Shore Estab-
Iishment Difficult to
Estimate-DockS and
Terminal Facilities.
Evening star., 1914-05-17

Eugene T. Chamber
lain Tells of the
London Safety at Sea
Conference and of
New Domestic Regu-
ations to Prevent Ma
rine Disasters Dan
gers to Be Reduced
More Than One-Halt.
PerilS of the Sea in
Reality Less Than
Perils of Land Travel.
Evening star., 1914-05-17

Then also in tie Treasury Department.
Is ;he life saving service with rs ever
swelling list Of heroic acts
NJ. YGirau Of lighthouses, IN the De
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1914-09-21

Best head cabbage -. 100 so
Beat half dozen or more
carrots. parsnips. table
beets. turnips. stock
beets. cucumbers. rut-
abaGas. squash and
onions. each ...... 100 SO
Best half bushel wheat.
oats. rye or barley.
each ............. AGO 100
Best sheaf above grain. 200 100
Best sheaf OF grass. al
faifa. miiiet. clover.
timothy. red top. or
any other hay grass.
each .............. i.oo so
Clas F-Fraits
Best Plate apples. any
name ............. zoo 100
Best plate pears. any
uAWo <.VV Law
Best plate Of fruit. any
kln0 ............ zoo. 80.
Class c.
Best loaf bread 400 80.
Hest Jar jeliies or JAM. 800 80.
Beht jar fruit, any kind. 800 80.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1914-09-21
with game o6ieials As to fish ways for
the SpraSue River dam.

with game ofieials as to fish ways for
the SpraSue River dam.
Besides looking over the Modos
Point project. now almost completed
which will irrigats s.740 acres OF
land, the party win look over other
possible projects. Two Of these are
the drainage OF the Klamath marsh
to reclaim $4,000 acres. and the Yai.
max project. TO put water on from 90.
600 to $4,000 acres Of land.
If there are sufficient funds after
the Modoc Point work Is finished.
work on the surveys and other prelIm.
mary work on these projects may be
taken up.
Work on the Sprague River dam Is
being held up little. awaiting the
arrival Of the steel and iron struc-
lures. After these reach the dam. II
will be completed in about three
weeks.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1914-09-21
"sss.a.s Mist" s's~s.s-.

ons Of tho mos, Eripplas ssass
es-s depicted In pietase nim here sn
'hs ave reel psoaussica at The Ass
ter Mad" ~ the star theat.f. w.
maHa nfeess. IN tho title role. held sil
With biz ~onderfai acting. asplessss
a most euaaiex director of csimissi
operations. beat upoa reseaslss The
death Of his brother. The thoa,ss sas
packed as ssesy Performance
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1914-09-21
INVESTIGATE THE
INDIAN PROJECTS
OFFICIALS or THE INDIAN SER
VICE HERE no LOOK AT NO.
noe PROJDCF. AND THOSE IN
o0NrEaRLA1FOS

With . view not only inspec-
ing the Aodoc Point Irrigation pro-
tect. but looking into other possible
projects for irrigatins the ranches
Of Tie klamath Indians. Chief Engi-
nesr W. n. Reed and Cost Accountant
tranklin. from the Washington ONCE
Of the Indian irrigation service. and
District Irrigation Superintendent L.
y. Holt are on the Klamath reserva-
tlon. They came in Saturday night
- did Project Engineer H. w. Hincks,
who has besa ct Seattle. conferrins
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1914-09-21
A ss9aL nAH9,A,N

Moss~sw ave-soasM hossp With hath.
.s"s~ sss.smess. iars. nv,sx russs
with hca~ s~tltas. heek ess~.. lAsss
elassss. arepaa~s. caA,sss wort n
k'sehss. ssss~as II s~sv. Mus, ~
ss'1s. sssi whs ssake pvsec ot sa.ies,
Only fs~ hssslsvsi rssA. balance liAr
rvss. Sss chilresr. asS Ms,s s'r-ss.
pAooe -. ant
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1914-09-21

dsnaink and Claude H. Davis Davis
has been connected wI,h the eoae-fn
for some time. and ctsndsnaias. ~ho
10 ~cii known throughout Klamath
eoua,y. Is also a practical dsiryman.
Tho straw dairy 10 one of the most
up-to-aat- tn the state.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1914-09-21
Gets Home Safrty.

Mr. and Mrs, J ID. or,h and family
have returned from an auto trip to
klamath Falls They encountered no
accidents on tho trip. and report tia,
tho roads are In excellent condition. -
Mcdford Sun.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1914-09-21

Tho regular meeting OF the wo-
:ass'= css.=:.ss Temperance s.s.ss
viii be held q, the chsistisa church
tomorrow af,ernooa, Tho public u
invited to attend. aud tho rnioa will
provide special speakers
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1914-09-21

Suit To foreeiose a mortgage oa
seven lots In klamath Height. vas
instituted In the eireuit court BY J,
BaumEsrtner against J. ". Murphy
aud Ben r. Pennington. The mort.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1914-09-21

The Berney Construction company
Of Laksview has secured the contract
for the tunnel Of 500 feet through
solid rock on the Chewaucan River.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1914-09-21
sage go. s'ssa ). security on . ss.s
for ysss.


Charles n. coasy has s.t.fsss
from = visit ~irA relatives In aaa.s
t-y county. cAiifosass.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1914-09-21

Sweden has but oine tire factory.
which u quite unable to supply the
homo demand.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1914-09-21
strsw's Dairy In Sold.

A deal was closed today for tho
sale Of the Straw dairy To c. u. Cisn.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1914-09-21

been prepared for the various oompe-
titions:
Class A-Iivesaock
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1914-09-21
Town Topics
Grubb Nov = Gardener.

arubb Nov esaeslrurf.
+. G.. Markwardt today rented his
spiendid Mills Addition garden, with
what crop remains. TO Tom Grubb. for
several years Identified with tho Hurn
Hardware company. Grubb viii here
after operate the garden. Markwardt
recently leased the county poor farm.
where he will raise stock and pigs.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1914-09-21

Hest piece fancy needle
work. grown woman
or kiri over IL ,,.. 400 i.Js
Best sam. BY Girl under
i5 years ..,.,.... z.ee 100
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1914-09-21

Homo Fross Visit.
Mrs. Wesley o. Smith returned Sun.
day from a few days visit with her
parents. Captain and Mrs. Ivan d.
Applcgate. nj Dry Lake.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1914-09-21
MlAu hlR Is 70 sTM seen

(Continusd from pass ~
The fool-killer., 1914-11-01
A SERMON ON TATTLERs.

Hello there, Old Lady Tattle-
trap! The Fool-Killer is out af-
ter you scalp this trip. You
old longtongued social viper
and neighborhood nuisance, if
you don t want me to run a red
hot pitchfork through your old
Shiny tongue, you had better
reel in about IS yards Of it and
tie a blanket over your mouth.
The tattler's tongue is the
nearest approach to perpetual
motion that has ever been dis
covered. 1t is loose at both ends
and timber in the middle, and
forked poison plays over it like
lightning on a telegraph wire.
It is the devils Jewsharp, and
he plays on it all the time.
The only thing a tattler knows
to talk about is her neighbors,
and she never let's one escape.
If she hears something good a.
bout somebody she is very care
full to forget it, but anything
that can be twisted into scan
dal is her greatest delight. She
begins early and talks late, and
the more she tells it the bigger
it gets, until some innocent life is
wrecked by the poison Of a tat,
tiers tongue. =
| A tattle is a gossip; a gossip
is liar, and a liar is the devil :
|yaller dog.
/ Whenever you find a tattler you
find trouble-unless she is the
leading lady at a funeral, and
fthen everybody is glad and in {
good humor.
And say, you old breeches
wearing Gabbyjacks, I amt
through till I give your old rusty
simlins a few whacks. I know
some Of your kind of tattler
who are just as bad as the petit
coat variety, and you every on
ought to be shot in the mout]
: with a 48-calibre bucket of mud
: f. Yes, doggon your hateful pic
lures, you've always got you
> big dog-ears propped open t
! catch a bundle of news, an
= everything you catch is multi
piled by four times the length O
your venomous tongues and put
: lished in The Tattler's Trumpe,
- y which circulates all over tn
{ world.
Friends, beware of the ta
tiers tongue. The man or W.
man who will backbite othe
people to you will backbite yo
+ + to other people. Remembe
: ), that Treat a tattler as 70
# would a rattler-keep out of i,
way.
The fool-killer., 1914-11-01
PERKINS, PROFIT & PUKE.

Here is a great joke The United
States Steel Company has adopted
what it calls ''profit-sharins
plan and is going to give it's
just tiny speck OF
it's billion dollar profits.
"The men will appreciate it, .
said George W. Perkins, head Of
the steel trust. 90 If we act in good
faith,, we will be willing to take
the men into our confidence, for
they will be our partners. This
proft-sharing plan puts an incen-
tive on individual initiative, and
it will get the best there is in the
men. Theoretically it is right
practically it must be. .
Oh, he-haw! haw! haw! haw!
For the Lord S sake, do come and
rub my tummy. | am just bout to
die with pure tickledness.
Law, yes, Perk, that is great
thought you have thunk out with
your lite thinkeratus. To open
up your old dough-bag and let
the men who created your great
wealth get just a tiny smell Of
what they have created-that
will work wonders. It will be
great incentive to individual ef-
fort, and will cause the men to
do their best O, yes! Sure!
But hold on there, Perk! It
seems sorter like I read t'other
day something about how danger
Gus it is to give workers too muck
Of what they produce. If you give
the laborer the full value Of what
he produces that is, if you give
him ALL the profits-it will de-
stroy his incentive to work and
fill the land with idlers and dead
beats. You must give labor just
enough Of it's own earnings to
sortera halfway keep soul and
body together, and you million
aires pocket the rest.
Now we are getting down to
the facts. We are going to learn
something pretty soon. The
light is beginning to dawn. Now
it is all as plain as a bug in your
soup. Give the wage-slaves just
a smell Of the profits and they
will work better. But give them
enough to do some good-enough
to keep them from going ragged
and hungry-and it will take a
way all their incentive to work,
fill the land with deadbeats, and
cause the downfall of the nation
Fry meat-skin and hold it under
a man s nose and he will work his
fool CUTS out to get it; but spread
a feast Of good things before hin
and it destroys all his incentive
to eat and he just lies down ant
D goes to Sleep
I say, Perk, that is grea
idea! Why don't you and tn
> rest of the plutes get patent OF
it?
And that 8 what tickles me s<
Haw! haw! haw!
The fool-killer., 1914-11-01

In view Of the election returns,
it looks like the Bull Moose might
just as we'll be placed in the Ma
tional Museum with the rest OF
the Roosevelt relics.