The Washington herald., 1916-03-23
BANQUET GIVEN
BY YACHT CLUB
Secretary Redfed, Guest Of
Honor, Tells Fish Stories
that Sound Fishy.
ENJOYS LOG SAILING
Motorboat Legislation Discussed by
Capt. Thomas Fleming Day.
Many Are Present.

Secretary of Commerce Redheld was
the guest of honor at a banquet given
by the Columbia Yacht Club last night
In the oak room of the Raleigh.
Secretary Redfeld gave an informal
talk on his motor boat experiences in
the waters of Maine. telling of thrill
ing experiences he had had, and of
his love for the sea, stating that he
enjoyed sailing on a log. and also fully
appreciated the grandeur of the modern
battleship. and everything in the shape
Of craft between those two extremes
: He told of what. his department had
done to minimize the cruelty and
crookedness of boat captains to their
crews along the coasts OF this country,
and commented on the tremendous
shipbuilding now going on in this
| country, saying that there were at
present 24o ocean going steamers I'M
der construction in the various ship
building yards of the United States,
and more to be built as soon as there
was room for them.
Some time ago." he said, there
was about to be famine in the pearl
button Industry, and something had to
be done right away. We knew that the
pearls used to come from the fresh water
mussel, and also knew that these began
life as parasite in the gIlIs OF Ash,
so we began inocuIating fish with
these parasites.
Very Simple Method.
ut is done in this way. Every year
when the Mississippi river returns to
its home, there are left many pools
filled with fish. Men are sent there
and these fish are taken to Fairport,
Iowa, where they are placed in a tank
laden with these parasites, and after
few minutes are taken out and
turned loose in the river to breed
mussels."
Capt Thomas Fleming Day, editor Of
The Rudder, and one of the men who
sailed the Atlantic in the Detroit, a
twenty-elght foot craft, was the next
speaker and was introduced by Commo-
dore Adrain Sizer. POSTMASTER as the
grand old man of the yachting fra
ternity." He talked on motor boat
legislation. and told of the bright pros
poets for the return to popularity Of sail
ing yachts.
The committee in charge of the ban
quet were: E. F. Hartley. chairman: II.
c. Chandlee, Lyman Hewins r. c. Cruit,
E W. Shepard, Allan Clephane. G. II.
Bright, Adrain Sizer, H. A Heine and
A. H. Bedford.
Those present were: Capt McAllister
OF Baltimore, president of the Chesapeake
Bay Yacht Racing Association: II. F. L.
Allen. G. n. Anthony. George c. AUkum,
Edward Bacon. William Bacon. Charles
II. BAR, r. E. Barry. Richard V. Barry,
A. II. Bedford, DR.. A. B. Bennett, Swift
g. Boykin, Otto E. Braitmayer, George
II. Bright, William J.. Brown ROYAL E.
Burnham, George H Chandlee, Horace
c. Chandlee, Will H. Chandlee George
V. Chandler, Alan o. Clephane, Z. s.
Cochran. Frank B. Conger, W. L Crane,
r. Clyde Cruit, F. Darrieulst, Thomas
Fleming Day, NJ. S. Doyle, Richard S.
Doyle. John A. Dunbar. E w. Edrnons-
ton. Emmons X. Ellsworth, George H
Evans, Walter Farnum, NJ T. Fisher,
Gus W Fosberg. w. Ashby FARMLAND,
c. P. Glein, oscar H. Gordon, Thomas E.
Greene, Stsrke NJ. Grogan, Robert A
Guerrant, Eugene F. Hartley, c. NJ
Havell. John G. Halves. r. P. Halves,
William A. Heine, John B. Henderson,
Joseph F. Herman, Lyman F. Hewins,
Charles L. Hill, Griffith L. johnson, Mar
Gus Jordan, F. Klinger. H. T Knight, jr.,
Fl. H. Lewis, Joseph w. Lewis, K r.
Lech, D. W, Lord, J. T. McClenahan.
Frank r. McFadden, John G. McGrsth,
Charles c. MiIburn. C. c. J. Norris, Mai
Pattison, Alvin o. PortRer, Stuart A.
Postle. Otto Praeger, William c. Red
field, Samuel L. Rogers. Ernest c. Rueb-
sam, Collingwood SanboTn, A n. Shelan-
der, Morris Sheldon, Edward W. Shepard,
James Strayer, Adrain Sizer, W. Stutz,
George E. Sullivan, Earl F. Templeton,
William Tinoall, Lieut.. Commander J. H
Tomb, John P. Welcker, C. A. NJ. Wells,
F. Deb. Weston, Robert C. wilkins n.
B. Wolcott, Ross Woodward. Dan Thew
Wright and Charles A. Wayson, tr.