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very assistance to the injured an
urvivors and to take testimony.
Officials Visibly Depressed.

The President, Secretary Bryan and
other members of the cabinet were Wis
IDLY depressed. Persons who talked
with them found them sick at heart
and grieyed at the horror of the ca
t,s,rorha
>-:.,
NJ" ithstahdihS 1hat warnings mao
oeen H1u peei reg laeu as ~
| cpilceiNaple pE hleh omciais that me
lnieaiehea SINKING OF the Nessel would
ar INA uallE oe carried INTO eHect:
Inc ldct that the lusltanla was
hil'lsH sup HSihG the hfltish nag.
d!lu eNeli hdd COM rapdHd OF war dboard
uiu iiot ieiiloNe rom theif hlinds tne
~ rent lhouenl that hosllle
sbi ;th iI .eiS as s y 81 me
Of defenseless neutrals and women and
Everywhere that aspect overshadowed
the legal phases OF the case, for while
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warning on a belIieerent rnercbantnoan
it was realized that defense might be
made on the charge that guns were
R;tith ,, ~. .,-s "a no" 'ie
CONSIDER Attacks on other Vessels.
~ many quarters II was tnousht
probable representations to Germany will
be general, covering all the cases Of At
,.ci, on .r,,o,.;o,,, o,
o,t ,h.t w. go - ~ r.,s.
'' my eaee VI the Luliisht, also
torpedoed without warning, with a loss
of three American lives, might be made
the basis for action by the United States
but that the Lusita mia incident, the death
British steamer Falaba. ard the attack
steamer Gushing might he srounef az N az
indictment by the American government
against Germany Tor failure to observe
snee, ~ ,ha ,;,,es ~ law with re-
The Presiden, returnad 81 70 ,1,,
House from the golf links a+ noor ~, ia
resumed reading Iisn.,t huoh anu
tinued TO refuse ~ - 49, 80 eo
comment
Talk of Conveninp Conpress
In official quarters and among di-
plomatists there was annrebepsjon th,+
the American neo,Ia ,,;,-ht u.
iio' con
'tde4 iePi eSeitatioiis suilClent a Spe-
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Russians Are Pursued.

Strong Austrian troops in the Dukla-
Rymanow district are along the Car
pathian roads which the Russian troops
are using in their retreat in a northerly
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Conference Held.

Secretary Bryan reached his Office
early and Immediately went into con-
ference with Counsellor Robert Lam
sing and Assistant Secretary Phillips.
The consular bureau was flooded with
inquiries from relatives of Americans
At the Office of Chief Clerk Ben Davis
the names of Americans saved were
being compiled and dispatches from
Ambassador Page and the American
consulates were given out.
Officials showed by their demeanor
they realized they were facing a grave
situation, fraught with many possibil
ties, but were giving their immediate
attention to using every availa BILE
agency to get facts.
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The omnibus routes of London tota
900 miles in their combined length.
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Expression of Sentiment.

newspap ers and by means Of kilograms
and letters.
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Grave international Situation.

Everywhere it was admitted that
grave international situation had
arisen. the extent of American inter
est being difficult to forecast as yet, be-
cause of the meager reports as to the
disaster and the lack of Information
concerning the number of citizens of
the United States lost.
President Wilson and Secretary
Bryan it was believed. would make no
announcements Of policy until an in
vestigation had been completed and all
necessary facts concerning the incident
had been gathered.
Some members of Congress were here
today including senators on the for
eien relations committee, blu they were
unable to predict what the govern
ment's course would be. Many thought
that no important action would be
taken without calling special session
of Congress, as the President hereto
fore has consulted both houses when
ever a serious situation has arisen IN
the nations foreign affairs.
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ancs to Bismarck politically. In 1857
both the King OF Prussia and the Gar
Alexander II. met the Emperor Ma
poleon III. in Paris. Stieber. OF course.
accompanied his royal master ana OBJ
tained full advance Information OF the
plot to asnasinate tho Car while In
the French capital and took the news
to Bismarck Bismarck told Stieber
to let the attempt at assassination be
made. but warned him not to let II be
successful.
Stieber followed his orders. and, a.
everybody knows. the fanatical young
Pole who made the attempt was ar
rested and at his trial was acquitted
by the jury. Stieber's own account Of
the affair gives tho strong presump-
ton that the verdict was due to Prus-
sian bribery OF the Jury. At any rate,
the resentment Of the Russians at the
outrage and at the result of tho trial
caused tho very coolness between Rus
STA and France which Bismarck had
been working for and which prevented
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dowa, minutely mapping the country
and collecting 30 much valuable mill
tary detail that even Won Moltke was
astounded. After the victory of Sa-
dowa. which gave Prussia the unques-
toned leadership of the German
States, King William recognized the
value OF Stieber's achievement by
making him Governor Of Brunn. the
capital of Moravia. a position which
he held for several months. When
the war ended Stieber became Privy
Councillor of Prussia and National
Minister Of Police.
Stieber's secret service budget In
1866 had risen to 100000 marks and
when he was asked by Gen. MUNICH
lausen how much he had spent in spies
and bribery to facilitate the Prussian
invasion he calmly replied that 1t was
impossible to set down in money the
value Of blood which had not been
split and of victories which had been
made certain"
The extraordinary completeness
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A 6ISS EVA CORNING, tho police
M woman OF Topeka, has Just
turned in n report OF her
years work. During that time she
gave assistance To siXty-nine girls,
such as securing employment or help
ing them over rough places when they
had no money and were struggling to
get work. For some OF these she fnund
homes and for few she straghtcncd
out cases of small thofts. OF the sixty
nine three were sent to the Industrial
School. SiNty-tWo women were as
sisted with advice and the cases Of
twenty-five boys were investigated
and straghtcnod out without taking
them to the Juvenile Court. For some
of these permanent employment was
found, and the others. all young r1na-
ways. were returned home.
sixty children were sent homo at
night for not ohcying the curfew law.
Fifteen neiChhOrhood disagrcements
were settled out of court, although
when reported to Miss Corning one
complainant wanted a warrant for ar
rest Thrty-two complaints were in
vestiEatcd and turned over to the
proper authorities. Forty-s ven men
many Of them social workers. directed
her attention To urgent cases, The
chief Of police called her in To assist
him in sixteen cases OF investigation
all involving women and girls, all oi
| which were eventually settled out oi
court.
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While you are leaning over the rail
watching the weird effect Of the arc
lamps on tho moving figures in the
shadows far below there comes
bright flash Of light from under the
stern. There II comes again. The
flare Is like that emitted when troll
ley pole slips Off and strikes the wire
Evidently something Is wrong down
there. and to any healthy cadet
trouble OF any kind Is as Irresistible
as Q fire TO his brother on land. He
makes q wild dash for the ladder call
ing the rest OF the clan as he goes
down with the agility Of a monkey.
Then follows a rush for the after
part OF tho vessel, during which run
the youngster falls over wires. com
pressed air hoses and pipes. slips on
the Shiny bottom and finally brings
up painting and damaged, at the
scene of action.
Instead Of discovering something
gone wrong. he finds that the flash
was part Of a mans Job, Right along
the stern post a man Is crouched. gog-
giles on his eyes and blue glass
screen In one hand. while in the other
is a pair OF wooden nippers holding a
wire From time to time ne applies
this wire to the stern post and the
binding flash follows. For n time the
group of cadets stand In silence,
watching the working OF the new ap-
paratus. Then the inquis!tive one ap-
| proaches the man on the job to find
out the why and the wherefore. As
the man on the Job has paused to 1T a
| new wire into the nippers he answers:
"Tuh fix up tn c'rroded places. Sonny"
The inquisitive one resents being
called Sonny when he has risen to the
| dignity Of relieving the man at the
wheel. but ne holds his tongue, for his
curiosity Is still unsated. by degrees
he hnds out that the removable wire
Is a piece of the finest Swedish soft
iron connected to highly charged
wire and that a ground wire is at
tached to the hull OF the ship, Then
when a contact Is established the iror
from the wire Is fused or welded right
into the iron OF the hull, thus filing
the places that are badly corrodcd
Also he finds out that the apparatus
Is used for repairing cracks In boil,
ers, which otherwise would be useless,
About 10 the next morning all III,
Jobs have been finished and the worl
Of getting the ship ready to take thu
water again begins.
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local spies already In the pay Of Prus-
sia. The number Of people in his pay
inside the French frontiers grew
steadily.
At the beginning Of 1858 ne applied
to Berlin for the following numbers
and classes Of additional spies: (a)
-Four to five thousand German agri-
culturists who were to be drafted into
farms along the frontier and on the
route which would be followed by the
invading German army. (b) Seven
thousand to nine thousand woman
servants, by preference unmarried or
widows. for service in public places
as cashiers. barmaids and the like
these were to be as pretty as poss.-
ble). (c) Six hundred to seven hun
dred non commissioned officers, who
were guaranteed employment OF a
commercial kind by the flxed spies.
(d) Some fifty young and pretty girls
to act as servants in canteens Of the
garrisons Of the east OF France. with
the express purpose Of extractng in
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Ono young chap takes hot rivet
out Of the fire with . pair Of tongs
and carelessly throws II to another
youth who deftly catches II in the
empty bucket and passes It to the
riveter. He puts It In It's place. an
other man backs It up with q ham
mer. and then tho riveter puts his
pneumatic machine against the head,
gives the handle . twist and
prrrrrrrrrip. IN . minute tho head Ia
fattened and shaped But the build-
ing OF skyscrapers accustomed New
Workers TO this sight q long time ago.
Down in the engine room machinists
are clambering about In ell sorts Of
places like flies about spilled sugar.
Five or six arc apparently having the
time Of their lives getting the head
Off the low pressure cylinder. The
crane In the engine room 10 already
rigged up, and the helpers are on tho
chains ready to heave when the men
on the cylinder have tho last nut of
the last bolt.
Underneath the cylinders another
crew Is engaged in replacing one Of
the brass bearings or journals on the
high pressure crank. They have the
lower end Of tho piston raised by
means OF blocks and falls. while they
sweat and strain at the bearing that
refuses to bulge. Still another crew
is working on the condenser. You can
see the lower half OF one of them pro-
truding. You can also hear the upper
half, and II you have been raised In
the conventional churchgoing man.
ner it Is likely that you will walk
away with your hands over your ears
and shocked expression on your face
but much association dulls the ear tc
such things.
Night arrives in dry dock Just as 4
does everywhere, but tho arcs that I'll
the docks and the yard make tn,
change less noticeable. Work goes on
only new shifts have taken the plac,
of the old. for here In tho yards the!
work twenty-four hours a day wheI
1t Is necessary. Time is money. an,
the time a ship is laid up Is Just s,
much money lost. to say nothing o
the expense connected with keeping
ship In a repair yard. On that ac
count the steamship companies ar
anxious to get their ships out as sool
as possible. Steamship companie
carry insurance against loss by fire o
collision, but they can't insure agains
lost time. Hence they watch tn
very minutss . ship loses.
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The painters gather in their trestles.
take the pots away and lash tho tres
ties TO the sides OF the dock. Another
gang ~ men comes along and discon-
meets the various air hoses and wires.
The super" comes down. takes a look
around, pokes about In odd corners OF
the vessel, from time to time consult
ing his list, and at length pronounces
everything right.
on deck the boatswain and his men
are bustling about getting the lines
ready and attending TO the thousand
odd Jobs "bo'sun" has to keep at his
finger ends.
There Is much shouting, and then
the signal Ia given TO open her up"
II is several minutes before there is
any noticeable sinking, but when II
starts the dock falls more rapidly than
It rose and before You know II the
sea valves have been closed and you
are afoat once more and on the way
back TO the dock.
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lish over there In the yards. Any one
who wishes to hear English ''as she IL
spoke" ought to make a visit to the
Basin.
There Is a fascinating atmosphere
of the sea about the yards No mat
ter how prosaic man may have be-
come In the daily grind Of city life,
after half an hour in and around Erie
Basin his Imagination will begin to
thaw out. and he will be az curious
as the proverbial small boy. Go along
the water side in South Brooklyn and
look at the ports Of registry on the
sterns Of the ships there. Read q few
Of them. Nickerie. Amsterdam; Para
malta. Colombo; Kandahar, Shields
Horatius. Liverpool; Diana. Hamburg
Acre, Rio do Janeiro, and so on until
almost every port in the world Is rep
resented. One cannot look at those
ships without thinking what storms
they must have weathered and what
places they have seen. His eyes rest
his mind rise visions from the sea ro-
mances of Stevenson or w. Clark
Russell.
After a time the place takes hold OF
one. and he begins to banker after q
breath Of salt air. even though he
may never have been outside OF Sandy
Hook. 1t explains the fascination
which the sea exerts over men, thai
holds them to the life in spite of hare
hours. low pay and in many cases
execrable food.
When the ship has reached within
heaving distance OF the dock q ligh
line writhes through tho air, and thu
men on the dock haul In one Of thu
ships hawsers and run Il up the dock
Other lines follow the first. and thel
the capstans aboard tho steamer be
gin heaving the ship into her berth
Long spars are put out from each sid
Of the dock to hold the ship uprigh
while the water Is out.
When everything is made fast 10 tn
satisfaction of the foreman In charg
he signals the valve tenders and the
| turn the necessary valves which lie
the water out OF the compartments
Slowly. almost lmperceptibly, the doc
and the ship begin to rise. Lookin
over the side at the depth figures on
can see the water gradually fall. an
the dock go right On rising. At tn
end OF perhaps an hour all the waite
has left the dock. and one can &
down a long ladder. down into wha
appear vast depths, and inspect th
] underwater portion Of the hull. Th
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mys.er.ous to the German Generals.

mysterious to the German Generals.
His own department was entirely IN
dependent OF them and he held sum-
mary Jurisdiction. The same charges
OF torture. violation and murder, mas
querading as execution, were made
against his "army" as have been
brought against the invaders Of Bel
GUM in the present war.
Not content with his other multi
farious activities Stieber also under
took TO attend to the French news
paper press during the war OF 1870
and in the two years preceding.
Through Bismarck he applied for and
obtained a subventlon worth $4,000
annually for the purpose OF making
important French papers talk Prus-
slan," and by 1870 he claimed 10 con-
troll nearly a hundred writer's in Paris
and provincial dailies and weeklies.
He did not confine himself. moreover.
to the actual Journalists, but ,nfiuen-
t!al bankers, business men and heads
OF news agencies were brought into his
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military commander Of the French:
third. to describe the political dispo-
sit!on and the war resources through
out the localities which the German
army would traverse; fourth. to pro-
cure in all these localities persons able
and willing to furnish directions as TO
roads. &c. and other useful informa-
ton; fifth. to arrange for the lodging
of such persons as the stan designated
In safe houses.
Won Room was sceptical about Site
ber's capacity for supplying all this
over such a large area IN the enemy's
country. but Stieber retorted that his
army had been intrenched in France
for two years and that the informa-
ton required was not only ready but
printed. To another officer OF the
General staff who said "Our army is
invincible" he replied: 'say our ar
mics. The fighting army Is coming
behind you. but for a long time mine
has already occupied its positions
which It took up in silence and from
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with which Steber had laid the foun-
dations for this perfectly true boast
can be Judged from the description
quoted by Lanoir in Les Grdnds Es-
pions Of the progress Of the Prussian
armies:
AT every halt the houses IN which
the stan and the Generals with their
suites were to be lodged were marked
with n particular sign. A peasant"
spy In blouse and sabots. who had ar
rived in advance of the invading army
but who had had himself handcuffed
by the advance guard on It's entry into
the town and who then, pretending to
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be brutally treated and kicked about
by the soldiers. managed to convey to
the officer in command the location OF
these houses. at the same time giving
precise information Of tho strength
and position Of hostile forces In the
neighborhood as we'll as details as to
the sentiment of the local population
and the resources of tho locality in
forage and food
Tho war Of 1855 thus insured the
triumph Of the spy master and led to
the permanent adoption Of the princi-
pies for which he stood as cardinal
institutions on which, in the future.
both the military and civil governors
Of Prussia were to rely. No sooner
was the Austrian campaign concluded
than Stieber. under the direction of
Bismarck. set about preparing for the
invasion Of France. In 1867 he told
Bismarck that In eighteen months
time he would be able to supply him
with all military and other information
Of the French frontiers which would
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cadets como down the ladder like
youngsters let out Of school. and sx.
citedly Chamber over ropes and pipes
on the slimy bottom Of tho place.
Every workman who will answer Ques-
tions 10 deluged with them. How long
does It take to fiil the dock 2" when
will the ship be out?" do they have
many ships there?" els II expensive
to lay up Q ship7' These are but a
sample OF questions that suggest
the future officers
Tho ship has not been clear Of the
water twenty minutes before the
scraping gang puts in an appearance.
Like magic big trestles are erected
around the ships bottom. and they
set to work with scraper and wire
brush to clear the bottom OF all the
vegetation there, for that Is what
takes the edge of the vessels speed
and makes her slow to answer the
helm. From the deck above It looks
as though lot OF ants were swarming
about the bottom Of the dock.
Directly the scrapers are through
along come the painters with their
pots OF red paint. looking moro like
butchers than painters in the be-
smeared jumpers they wear. All this
time there is the buzz OF many human
voices, whistles from the stream de-
noting the passing and repassing OF
ships. the rumble OF heavy meta
planers and shapers over there In the
machine shop, just a biscuit throw
from the dock. and all tho signs Of
life and activity that one hears in &
shipyard.
While the scrapers and painters are
working away for dear life down or
the ships bottom a squad Of boiler,
makers arrive. the helpers and ap
prentices laden with tools. varyinl
from a small punch to a sledge. The,
hold a powwow with the engineers
and descend into the black depths o
the fire room, whence present.!
emerges the sound OF hammering
with an occasional remark about "pi
eyed dubs that can't even hold lam
where feller can see"
About this time up the ladder come
a group of greasy overalls-and by tn
way, It seems that every one here 1
more or less greasy and beRrimeC
They bring with them portable forge
bags Of rivets, hammers and an empt
bucket. Before long they are har
at work replacing rivets that hav
been shorn OF by strsininS.
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the Russians coming to the rescue OF
France in 1870.
On the first train which started from
Berlin for Mainz on the declaration OF
war between France and Germany,
besides Won Moltke and the general
stan, were Stieber--now designated
Chief Of the Active Service Police
and his two lleutenants. His duties
we're, according to his own account:
First, to provide information for the
staff concerning the position, force and
movements OF the French army; Sec
ond. to give fun details Of the age.
character and reputation of every
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be necessary for q successful cam
paign. Shortly afterward, having in
the meantime received the coveted or
der of the Red Eagle. he and his two
lieutenants, zernikl. a Pole, and Kali
tenbach, set out for France to look
over the ground.
In order to facilitate the work his
department was subdivided into four
districts with the headquarters at
Berlin. Brussels, Geneva and Lau-
same. He appointed on this first
Journey over thousand spies within
the invasion zone and remitted to Bis
marck reports from nearly 1000 fxed
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boys who are cadets In the
United States merchant marine
By a MERCHANT MARINE CADET

TIME boys who are cadets In tho
United States merchant marine
have many experiences that
do not fall to the lot OF the
boy ashore. but few OF them exceed In
point OF interest a trip to the dry dock
for repairs.
Over in South Brooklyn In what is
known as Erie Basin are numerous
shlpyards, and 1t Is to one Of these
places that the reader is asked to go
with the cadets.
The ship has been prepared for her
visit to the dry dock and the officers
are waiting for the tugs to come and
tow her down the bay. At last they
arrive, putting Importantly. make fast
their lines on the steamer and COM
mence the run down the river
Through all sorts of the smaller fry
that infest the harbor Of New York
the big steamer is towed until the en-
trance to Erie Basin is reached.
Those cadets who have never been
In dry dock before are feeling much
like the small boy about to attend his
first circus. all anticipation and Curl
osity. One of the boys who has
served a while tells the others In a
somewhat superior manner that 1t is
a great place, with a great deal to be
seen. The uninitiated listen and take
1t all In.
Just inside the entrance to the basin
the channel begins to twist and turn
until It rivals a snakes back fol
crookedness On both sides are ship
Yards and In them can be found every
kind of craft afioat, all types. ages ant
descriptions. Over there on the lef
Is a tramp steamer without stacl
and half OF her hull the bright red o.
| non -corroding paint. while the othel
half is OF sober black. Altogether sh'
reminds one OF the particolore'
| clothes worn in the Middle Ages.
To the right the gaunt spars OF
full rugged ship rise up. looking for
lorn because bereft of their accus
toned sails. All about the air ring
with the characterlst sounds OF tn
lsbipvards. over everything, like tn
ss1rnn1 r sune gigantic locust, Is Tn
staccato prrrrrip OF the pneumati
r!veter at work and the ringing q
heavy hammers on iron. Then ther
is the voice of some bull throate'
foreman near by who hoarsely bawl
out an order In what passes for Ems