The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-01-24
Once More, "S. O. S."

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| whole libraries yet remain to be writ
| ten if we are to do the subject full
justice.
We sometimes see the wireless re-
| ferred to as the romance of cleo
| tricity." There isn't much romance
about it. It is an intensely practical
invention. 1t is a great, powerful
fact, spectacular in operation at
times, perhaps, but stubbornly useful
and peremptorily competent. It has
made the sea less tragic and less
| mysterious. On numerous occasions
within recent months it has inter-
posed far-reaching hand to stay the
greed of angry old Neptune and to
rest&e helAess humanity to home
The aritime traffic is
burdenA les of ships that
''nevea Sometimes
brok Ear cast up On lonely shore
Or aIslic of a vessels rich cargo
floaA7g in tragic solitude amidst the
ocdh wastes have borne mute cyl
dence of the victory of wind and
waves and treacherous rocks-often
only the silence of years has reward
ed loved ones who waited and
hoped.
Not only how many lives were
saved but how many questions were
hushed by the IS. .. So call that
went out from the Titanic as she lay
wounded unto death in the North At
lantic! T iblity that not a
soul anon escaped in the
boats N elryived had not
assistan amcned suggests
what M abeeI the worlds
sad que Fthe fate Of this
great sh walled away in proud
and ''unA e defiance of danger,
but that estined never to reach
port. TIN the days and the
weeks and tie months when thousands
would hay ped against hope that
some word of reinsurance would
come, from a hidden corner of the
world. q
And SGT Rt have been with
been Eat have
come - At sea. It was
uncle Joe" Ce rlon who, when some
one asked him VWhat he thought of
the United States, replied that in his
opinion this land of ours is "a hell of
a SUGGEST. I'm the light of the re-
cent history-of men who go down to
the sea inRs.rfSStts," whether as life's
calling g. business Or pleasure
bent, tn me remark would apply
to the W q anRaratus on ship
boards lines.
Prev orest Fires.
The ca Commission of
to prevent fssezsRIires. and is calling
attention to the laws making it a
misdemeanor, punishable by fine and
imprisonment. negligentIy Or Wilfully
to set on fire or cause to be set on
fire any forest, brush or grass lands.
The Commission urges the sheriffs
and other parish officials, and the Of
ficers of railroads and lumber COM
panies to cooperate with the eonser-
vathn agents throughout the state in
pref ating, and, if necessary, in
puni9hng violations of the law.
ThVeommission considers the ap-
plicatN s lns 1ss.son this subject a
matter ance, and is u.s.
ing eve is ole of acquaint-
ing ting Wi the law and Sc
curi4sffs Jrcement.
With reference to forest fires, Act
No. POI Of 1910, for the protection of
the forests, provides in substance as
follows:
A fine of not less than $40 nor
more than $500, or Imprisonment for
not less than 10 days nor more than
8 months, or both fine and imprison-
ment,. for negligently Or Wilfully set
ting On fire or causing to he set on
fire any wood, brush Or grass lands
owned by another, or allowing fire SO
started on ones own land to escape
to the land of another.
Persons causing a fire on wood,
brush or grass lands by carelessly,
negligentIy Or deliberately dropping a
burning match or emptying fire from
a pipe. or dropping a lighted cigar
va Si51A SttS, VI ulStHdIS1HS q CQm-
bustible wad from firearms, or not
extinguishing a camp fire before
leaving it, to be considered guilty Of
setting the forest on fire.
Railroad companies operating
through forest lands are required to
keep their rights of way clear Of all
combustible materials, and to prohib-
it their employees from depositing
fire or live Goals on the right of way
except between the rails.
The companies are required also
to issue instructions to their section
foremen and train crews relative to
the prevention Of fires along their
rights of way, especially those caused
by sparks, and calling attention to
the Importance of reporting a fire as
soon as it is detected, and in case
it is seen from a moving train, to re-
port it at the next telegraph station
passed on the way. Fires in their
incipieney may usually be checked
without much difficulty, but after
they have gained headway are often
impossible to extinguish.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany made a wonderful record last
year, carrying Ill 100000 passengers
without killing one of the vast num-
Der.
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