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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-05
RAOFORD NORMAL SCHOOL

Especial 10 The Times Dispatch
RADFORD. VA, March, i.--Profes-
sor j II. Binford. Of the state Depart
ment OF Education. was at the normal
school this week ana spoke at the
chapel hour and to the Junior and
senior classes in regard to tho stand
ization OF schools and other problems
in connection with the rural and viii
lagc schools
One OF the most Interesting features
of the joint educational conference will
be the work of the training school. In
this school the teachers will sec teach
Ing done according to the best and
most approved methods. One -half day
on Friday is devoted to observation In
the training school
Fairfax Harrison. president Of the
Southern Railway. and II. W. Ander-
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-05
STOPS FAILING HAIR
This Home-AIade Mixture Stops Dan.
druff and Failing Hair and
Aids It's Growth.
10 half pint Of water add:

10 "A half pint Of water add:
Rarbo Compound. small box
these arc all simple ingredients
that you can. buy from any druggist
al very little cost, and mix them your
self. Apply to the scalp once a day
for two weeks. then once every other
week until all the mixture is used a
half pint should be enough to rid the
head OF dandruff and kill the dandruff
germs. IT stops the hair from falling
out and relieves itching and scalp dis
eases.
Although 1t is not dye. 1t acts
upon the hair roots and will darken
streaked. faded. gray hair In ten or
fifteen days. It promotes the growth
Of the hair and makes harsh hair soft
and glossy.
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len Warren, Charles c. Taliaferro, Rev.
Robert s Carter, and DR.. +. G. Scott, Jr.
Miss Elizabeth Ransom is visiting
friends in Richmond
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Wisconsin Woman Testifies.

Milwaukee, Wis. : Before taking Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound was physical wreck.
had been going doctor for several years but he did
good. A friend told about Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound so decided to give it
which had been bad that would have to lie down.
also used the Sanatve Wash and it has done me
great deal of good and am not troubled with weak
any more Mrs. p. L. BRILL, 1893 Booth Street,
Milwaukee. Wis
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Maryland Woman Testifies.

Cambridge, Md wish all women who suffer from
female troubles would take Lydia F. Pinkham's Vege-
been At one time was great sufferer and my hus-
band bought me bottle of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound and it helped me right away. Again
after my second child was born it overcame female
weakness after everything else had failed know how
me, and know it will help others Mrs. JAMES A.
BEIDEL, 107 Maryland Avenue, Cambridge, Md.
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Dr. Gibbons Went the Rescue the Holland Which Will Find Place
. the Museum of the Peaceful Arts Which MIR. Schif
Recently Gave 100000

through Long Island Sound To New
Haven one fine night. What became
of that Graf: is uncertain. but II is be-
lieNed that she was FOR many years
concealed on a pier in the Connecticut
town
The United States Government in
1887 took pp submarine construction
seriously. and advanced money to liol-
land to aid him in his experiments,
For the most part, however the in
ventor had hard time of it, and strus-
glcd against poverty while he worked
on his problems. lie perfected another
boat. which was frequently seen about
the harbor of New York. and was
called by the ship news reporters the
Fenian Ram.
by this time Mr.. Holland was well
on his way as an inventor of the mod
crn submarine. Strangely enough, he
was working in the same region then
as did Bushnell. the American. who IN
the War of the Revolution had tried TO
sink a British frigate by using a globu-
lar kind OF craft, which he called a
double turtle. The Bushnell submarine
was operated by one man. VINO worked
Paddles with his feet and guided the
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BY JEANNE JUDSON.

"HE Trenton. tender to the pilot
boats Of New York harbor,
l. lay Just of shore at Staple
ton, Staten Island. We. the artist
and I, came on board ut half past 6
Of the fairest and calmest Of August
afternoons.
We had come across on the ferry
and taken little train for Stapleton.
escorted by three pilots. They assured
Us that steering two ''lady reporters
was a far more dangerous task than
steering an ocean liner into Sort in n
heavy fog. Nevertheless. they as
sumed their duties with certain
amount OF complaisance and no little
alacrity. and told US about the boat on
which we were to embark on what was
70 US brave adventure. but all in the
days work so far az they were con.
,cerned. OF all the innumerable craft
that throng the harbor none is more
exciting to the fancy. more surrounded
by the atmosphere OF romance and ad-
venture than the pilot boat.
Var. aao before tho New yor,, and
A.. -. ,r. ,,-.,
Ao" se'e' "o'S |,s''c'a''O" WIS
formed. when any man who had n
pilots license could engage in the busi-
ness. there was keen competition be-
tween the men who made their living
oy guiding big ships In and out OF the
harDor. They all had sailing craft then
ana speed was an important factor. for
tho nrst pilot to reach ship was the
one to get the job OF bringing 1t in.
sometimes. TO he the nrst to reach
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ter is only too glad to put his ship into
their hands, confident that it will be
guided into port safely, no matter
what the weather. Sometimes the
small boats are capsizcd and lives nre
lost. but the-pilots are not heroes. No.
indeed. They all told me so. They
are just doing the days work.
We had reached the open sea, far
enough out to watch the dock lights
die" and we wanted to 20 out in a
small boat aud board steamer with
the men. Unfortunately there wasn't
any steamer coming in just then, but
they were anxious that we should see
the Sandy Hook.
The Sandy Hook was once yacht
belonging to L. A. G. Smith. Dock
Commissioner of New York. When "a
pilot boat was wrecked by collision
with "A fruiter in fog "A few years ago
Mr.. Smith sold his yacht. the Priva-
teer. to the pilots association for the
Insurance on their. old boat and the
name was changed to Sandy Hook.
From the side OF the Trenton to the
small boat was only a short drop. and
we accomplished it with perfect safety
and "A fine display Of feminine awk-
wardness. 1t seemed strange to be
atioat in 80 small IA craft with nothing
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SUBMARINES SAVED FROM SCRAP HEAP CONES TO NEW YORK

Commercial Museum in Philadelphia.
Tho Government decided tn sell her
ana transferred her tn an old metal
dealer. Walter \. Han OF Elizabeth,
y. j.. who was ot the original crew
o. the Holland, heard that the boat
was about 10 be scattered for the sake
of the bronze and tire steel tha, was in
her He informed Dr. Gibbons.
Negotiations soon resulted in the
purchase OF the craft for a sum which
still remains confidential. The Hol-
land with all the experiments made tn
perfect her cost at least half "A million
dollars, but the amount for which she
was finally disposed was entirely
on the old metal basis. II has been
estimated that even at junk prices
! tLerc Is 5000 worth OF steel and
! bronze IN her.
! AS soon as the announcement OF the
purchase was mace deep interest in the
| Holland was shown on every hand
cay after city desired to claim the
honor OF giving her last resting place
Baltimore. which had welcomed the
! first undersea frcighter OF peace. the
Deutschland, applied through the Com
"
displaying the Ilollind in historic Nc
! Henry Park.
| Elizabeth, where tho vessel was
built, claimed tho distinction Of receiv-
ing the Holland back again. A COM
mlttee was formed for consulting with
the purchasers as to the best manner
Of giving due honor To the inventor by
displaying the Holland in an appro-
! pirate public place. II included Henry
| swan Manning of New York. who had
years ago furnished oil engines for the
craft; Mr.. Hal. who had been Of the
pioneer crew; Ambrose McManus OF
the Elizabeth Board Of Trade; Arthur
l.. Busch, who had been superintendent
OF the yards where the Holland was
built, and Vance &. Roberts and Will
lam Ridgway. also Of Eliza beth. The
committee last Wednesday afternoon
canNassed the situation thoroughly
and decided tn accept the offer of the
museum and Of the exposition despite
the fact that II leaned so much in the
direction OF Elizabeth.
b The Holland is to he delivered to the
Museum OF tho Peaceful Arts without
cost by the new owners She vii! bs
brought tn TINS port on the deck OF q
steamship and transferred on a spe.
cial car To the Bronx grounds. AS she
weighs twenty-cight tons and is sixty,
eight feet long and eleven feet in di
ameter at the largest part, for she |,
spindle shaped, the task of deliver,
viii he no easy one. She IL still II
good condition. ana indeed som'
cynics have even remarked that sh,
remains to this day the only real sub
marine in the United Stases navy, "A,
many Of her successors have no
shown nearly the qualities which sh,
possessed
Not only as remarkable cXampl,
Of marine architecture. but also as tn,
memorial to man OF wonderful talen
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vessel under the covcr o. r.cht a. hc
pecrcd from n small Conuln- tuNcr
The Bushnell type carried u1 a." OUT
side a bomb or torgeio which was Ia
be attached to the side of ;uc vessel hr
a screw driven into the hui. y trial
was made with this "hcl'iSh invention,
az the British called i. hat owing 10
the alarm being riv,n the man who
WAS working the boa, became confused.
Through accident the torpedo Went of
ninety feet aStern uf the ?.iealc and
did 10 dlmdgc.
Eobc"t Fulton had worked uu tire
submarine early III the nineteenth GEN.
tury in the River seine while IN far.s,
The fault with all the earlier types OF
submarines was that they could no:
be quickly suhmcrg.d. The method
described III Jules \crnc's Twenty
Thousand Leagues l'ndrr the Sea" de-
pcnds upon the filing uf ballast tanks
with water and thereby reducing the
specific gravity Of the craft. This is
all well ana good. Yet it must hr con-
sidcred that the submarine must not
stand long on the order of it's going.
Other engineers were working ON the
problem when Holland was devclopinI
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uesirous Of startin. somcth.us ,.l
the band leader to vaNo the I.....
and haul the assembled pcopl, iu l.,..
rect ! think the patriotism Iropu. o..
is overworkci and protest a-t.u-.
"bn several occasions hupl, ...
mad 10 stand up in rcspuusp .. '.
=. =. II. cali when there Wd~ iu H..'.
reason FOR II then for "A cail tu utlJ-
repel submarines or Xcppolus anI
never would have happened except
the causes have mentioned. ur W'...
some patriotic individual who ne
got as near as rlar; shure go ar. "
service. has had AN uppurtnui'' "
make q speech which wuul4 n" "
have secured applause IN any o' '"
way than by an appeal To the col .r-
These conditions existing ana h0 -
~ to grow, believe that some rcaIl'r
tions should hc generally h,urt' !
whereby undemons,ratiNc patriots Tee
protected and he authorta'velv In
formed as To when they should r's"
and when not at the playing uf 'I'"
Star Spanglcd Banner It's a gtrr'
old nag, but that is no reason So, :
should be Haunted out of fashion hN
any sort of irresponsible person me- ,
TO make show and advertise Ia, .H-
pertinent patriotism"
The sun., 1916-08-20

at Quarantine the destroyer shows the
z O + hags. which mean Have you
wircless?" II the ship answers "Yes''
a boat is despatched from Quarantine
and the wireless is sealed before the
ship enters the upper bay. 1t is kept
sealed until the ship is out in the open
sea again.
Just then one of the men came from
below to announce that dinner was
served. 1t was welcome relief in
more ways than one. for they had
just begun eb discuss my age with the
privilege that belongs to middle aged
men, and I was nervous. The dining
table filled all Of the cabin that was
not occupied by berths. but even so
there was not room for all OF US to
eat at once. As guests the artist and
belonged to the first table There
was no fiattering scramble among the
pilots to be the ones to eat with us.
but at last hunger triumphed and the
table was surrounded.
The dinner was all on the table when
we arrived-quantities Of food-served
| by the cook with u wholesale gener-
osity that more than compensated for
]
all good fun. but the pilots were glad
when II was over.
| II was quite dark when We went up
on deck again. We were in the lower
bay. rapidly approaching the open sea
and the end Of the journey. All around
| lay the dark water as still as s!ass-a
bell buoy was ringing with dolorous
! loneliness and there were innumera BILE
! lights which meant other ships or
! lighthouses. each one OF which the
| pilots knew by name.
They le; me take the wheel for n
while and We learned that when one is
/ tod to port the helm" the wheel is
turned to starboard instead Of to port.
This Is all because the wheel Is COM
paratively new thing. 1t came In with
steam navigation and old names have
been retained with new methods
| Then they told US how the Sandy
Hook. at the Ambrose lightship sta
,on. provides pilots for the European n
steamers: how the New York, sta
/ toned at Scotland lightship. takes
care Of the ships from South America
and the West Indies. and how the
Bar station IL for outbound ships
When Captain Appelby OF the New
York Pilots Association told us that
We might go on the trip he made only
one provision.
Don't write us up as heroes" he
warned. There ore pilots all over the
world doing the same things that We
do, and there's nothing hcro.c about
it," So We promised. and. much as we
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| ticket She had been taken Off In such
rough weather that the Trenton did
not go back to New York for three
days and she had to stay on board the
Sandy Hook until the weather cleared.
The boat was being tossed about like a
rubber ball in a fountain. and the old
lady was sick every minute. but she
was game. The men were sorry when
she left them.
Then there were "reminiscences OF
the days before they had become pilots.
! In their enthusiasm they called each
other "old barnacle." little knowing
that their conversation was giving us
more delight than n pirate story af-
fords small boy.
John Peterson told how he had gone
around the Horn in the Tree, the
smallest sailing vessel that ever made
that dangerous voyage. The Tree was
in command OF Capt. Nelson, who now
has the steamship Ecuador.
"I.e wrote a story about the cruise"
said ,Tchr. Peterson. land put me in it,.
/ lie called me Jerry Driscoll.' It's
strane, how men can write stories
about things like that. II all came
] wouldn't have remembered half the
things he told
They all agreed that It was wonder
ful how people could make stories out
OF everyday affairs like trips around
the Horn in sailing ships.
Capt. Carr has been sailor for
/ forty-siX years. and Steve Cooper, one
of III, "cll blrcgcles" has been a
sai,cr longer than that. They know
/ the ports Of the world and the ocean
trails that lead ~ them. bu, they have
never considered anything they have
seer ar done worth putting in II book.
We were approaching the Narrows.
( The light was still strong enough to
i MAKE cut the names OF neutral ships.
a mile or so AFT don't you love
/ those nautical words?) we could see
the cunardcr Carpathia also APP
/ preaching tn. Nlrrows. She would
soor pas, us and we We're curious
alb NJ the long string OF bright colored
| flags attached TO her rigging. The
/ pilots explained that these flags
/ spelled the name Carpath.a in the in
/ terra. onal signal code. They were
/ hois;ed ~ Identification for the United
States torpedo boat destroyer which
/ has gdarded tho Narrows since the
/ be%inEing NJ the war. The destroyer
war showing the Y 7 T. flags OF the
code. which signify proceed IN voy-
aac." No boat passes through the
Narrpws without this permission.
AS soon as an incoming ship arrives
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but water and a few mysterious look.
ing lights in sight. No shore, no SHIN.
nothing but dark. smooth water and
here and there bobbing light. Even
IN this smooth water 1t was no easy
matter to get the small boat directly
under the ladder which had been le,
down the side Of the Sandy Hook. bu,
finally II was accomplished. and one
by one we climbed to the upper dcch.
We were shown all over the ship. from
the hot engine room to the cool br.src.
Everything was marvclous,y well
equipped and shipshapc; the cabins
furnished just as they were wtlU n,
Sandy Hook was the Privatccr. ,hc
white bathrooms -four Of ;hcm) the
smoking room. the roumy Kitchen.
with its big iceboX. and the dining
room, with the funny frames on the
tables to keep the dishes from Shdias
of. The pride of the pilots in the
Sandy Hook il entirely justified
IL was now holf-pas, nine. and # the
lady reporters were to get lhrk 10
New York by midnight IL wius hi.h
time that they were starting. 50 We
set forth in the small boat agan and
got on board the Trenton. The pilots
had all been distributed to their posts
and a new group. relieved from duty,
had come on board during our ahsolcc,
The Trenton staru,d back thrnueh
the black water. moving eigh, knot.
an hour Ia knot y a sea milc). and we
all sat up on deck wrapped In .nor.
nous oilskins. We didn't need them.
but they looked picturesque and holp.I
hn lao
pirate ship of most sinister design. II
was too dark to see the faces ~ the
pilots and no one could prove TIA, tlu
didn't have scars On the left ch,,h ug!
red scarfs wound round their heads,
Back through the Narrows We went,
and into the light jewelled circle ul ~"
upper bay. past ships of every d,s,rip.
, tion. slipping silently out L. sea l.N.
huge black ghosts.
We passed two vessels az anchor
| whose sails have not been 50, f,r ,
long time. Two years asu ti" Ma,tG.~
was carrying tobacco To l;rcm.n. ari
the lndra had cargo OF nitrate. VHi.r
she was taking from Valparaiso loo.
Hamburg. They had both gone y ,..t
way on their journey when they roirl
that Germany WAS az war. arl tn..
both put back and took refuge in Nv
York harbor They are German nNn,f
and they are s,..l herc Waitin..
we went ashore At Stapletuu. o.r
heads filed with the subtle diTcrc, .,.
that distinguish barks from brfca
tines and sloops and ships from
schooners. which had been cNphlr,t
on the way back. Those things We.
forgotten almost as soon as they We.
told. but the smell. VI the sea. tho SD.
Of the harb,r lights and the motion o.
the small boat remained ana mad.
give eager accrptaHC" to an Invita-.
70 come again in February. Win, .
more exciting, if less pleasant. Vula-c
was promised
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regret it, We can't indulge in any culo-
g.es on the heroism of pilots.
All they do is to go out in the Trcn-
ton. distribute themselves on the pilot
boats and wait for incoming steamers.
They go out 0n fair days and foggy
days. days calm and days stormy. and
they work all night: Sometimes the fog
is go dense that they cannot see the
lights on the steamers until they are
very near and have To- answer the. sig
nal of whistle instead of the blue
light. No matter what the weather.
they get into the tiny yawls and are
rowed TO the side OF the steamer If
the weather is very rough indeed the
big ships will sometimes drop oil bags
overheard 10 break the crest OF the
waves and enable the men 10 get near
enough to catch hold Of the swaying
rope ladder over the side of the ship
by which they board the craft. When
they reach the bridge the sailing mas
The sun., 1916-08-20

he had originally toward Grcl' H&.a-
'He exclusive rights for tho hullln- o.
the Holland type of suhm ir..,. "a.
Great Britain were sold io t
MaJestNs Government. The Il -.
Admiralty is not given To public ui.i..
tins. hut il is generally known Mat ,I~
submarines which it now opcratr4 ir.
based largely ON the Holland nua
HOW far they deviato from It and I.,.
what notifications have been mae.
Is difficult t. say.
IN" Germans were slow in pCr' o..
ing their submarines DESPITE H., pr re-.
ress which they nave recently nI...
The | boat is "A combination q, m.,..
styles of undersca craft, bur as -,. .
from its spindle shape .hc HOLLAND Be-.
nuence is dominant She owes mlc.
too to the Simon Lake ideas and &c.
threat OF the Bridgeport igv,u'u, p.
proceed against the Teuionic ,Nnr.
OF the sub-surface cargo carrier. .
deutschland, shows a cu!uraI,o -.-
picion that there las been mp,. Dr..
debtedness on the part of the term .
to American inventiNchcs~.
Those who are interested h. r.....
architecture will find in the ud n
land the essential features OBJ, ...
undersea vessel of the present T
wonderful periscope Of the up :, l..
submersible is indicated hy t., -.
culiar telescopin. tower
John T. Holland might have i-..
much more for the submarine ntJ
had the benefit Of the practical scry .
or the present conflict Iir pp~...
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the fair weather. for they take great
pleasure in permitting reporters to
90 .ut with them and watching men
who never get seasick" succumb to a
combination Of small boat and choppy
sea. However, when they saw girls
instead Of men, they became reconciled
to n tame voyage.
Most of the pilots were past middle
age; some Of them were men Of co. and
n very few were young. but every one
has had the same training. The boats
change. but the men are the same
every one sailor who has cleaned
decks and had his turn as apprentice
and as 4. u. on the high seas.
Al first they were difiden,. but as the
Trenton moved out they began to talk.
The sun was going down and lights
were beginning 70 flash from the shore.
1t was the hour for pipes and conver-
sation. and even two LADY reporters"
couldn't stop them. They told stories
Of other guests who had been more un-
willing than We We're.
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n lie arrangements having beef
made, New York is to he the
permanent home OF the Hol-
land, the Mother OF the Submarines,
which was saved from the scrap heap
and oblivion by DIR. Peter J. Gibbons
and his son. Austin Flint Gibbons. Of
this city. They decided it last week 10
the Museum Of the Peaceful Arts,
which one OF these days is to have a
permanent building in the heart of the
metropolis. where will he shown OBJ
jects Of American ingenuity.
The offer was made in the name of
DR.. George +. kunz, acting president
OF the organization. Jacob H. Schff
q few weeks ago gave 500, 900 for the
development OF the museum and it Is
understood that four other men are to
give equal amounts. A submarine un-
I'll recently. when "A L liner came TO
these shores. was not regarded as be-
longing to pacific times, yet some day
the craft may be looked upon not as a
destroyer OF life and property but as
a carrier Of commerce.
Before the Holland finds a final rest
ing place she will be shown for year
from next May in the Bronx Inter
national Exposition. which is beinf,
planned for celebrating the three hun
dredth anniversary OF the settlement
Of that populous borough. The
grounds OF the exposition include
twenty acres at fremont avenue and
177th street. To 1t will be brought man,
objects which were exhibited IS eight
OF the nations al San Francisco.
The Holland will be the centre Of at
traction In the Pavilion of American
Accomplishments. As The Bronx ha.
nearly a million inhabitants on it's oIr
account al special transit facilities
will be ready before long it is believed
that the Holland will be seen by :
myriad Of visitors before another year
The saving OF the Holland from be
Ing broken up Is one OF numerous in
stances OF the first fruits OF geniu,
being preserved for posterity by mer
est chance.
DR.. Peter J. Gibbons and his sor
have for years been deeply interested
an were their ancestors for that mat
ter. In the early history OF invention
They had studied the evolution OF tn,
locomotive. Of the phonograph and o
the telephone.
The Holland. the successful sub
marine craft which was built for III
Government by the late John i. Hol
lane. had after many fortunes bee
landed high and dry In front Of tn