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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-23
SAVE OLD PAPER TO
AVOID SUPPLY'S SHORTAGE
Department OF Commerce Issues Hull
letIn In order to Eliminate Fossil
bile Deficiency.

Save your newspapers. DO not throw
them away. They have u marketable
value and n list Of dealers In paper
stocks. who will buy them from YOU
will be furnished by calling up the
Chamber Of Commerce. The old adagc
Yesterdays newspapers make TO days
fire" is still true. but the papers are
TOO valuable TO burn. as is also the
wrapping paper that comes home from
the stores.
So alarming has the paper shortage
become In the United states that Sec
rotary Redhcld. OF the Department OF
Commerce, has issued "a bulletin urging
that paper bc saved so that II may
he used IN the manufacturing of paper
stock material Paper has advanced i'll
price from 20 per cent to 100 per cent
within the last sixty days.
The bulletin sent out by Mr.. Red
field for distribution is as follows:
"Thc attention of the Department OF
Commerce is called. by the president
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UNCLE SAM HAS JOBS
VIII Hold Examinations for Depu,,
Incomc-'raN Collectors
on AUriI 4.

Competitive examinations Tor dupty
iHconc-taN collector. inspector and
agent in the internal revenue service
VIII be held simultaneously at .Abing-
u"h Alexandria. Charlottesville. elf
ton Forge, Lynchburg. Norfolk. Rich
Hn"hd, Roanoke. stanton and Win.
chester on April 4. From the register
al clie!b!es resulting from this cxunl-
nation certificates will he made to nil
Nacanies as they may occur in these
positions III the Treasury Department
Each applicant must show in his ap-
phcanon that he has had AT least Two
Years OF responsible, practical expert
'hce N nupiic accounting, auditiu" or
as head bookkeeper. or in similar 20.
sp"nsib!e positions. and il mus, b..
shown also that the experience mas
acquired within the last FIVE years
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-23
No REASON GIVEN FOR
HOSTPOSING NACATJo,

Cnohiciai reports reaching here to-
day said the avnba ssador actually had
postponed his vacation. but gave no
reason.
state Department officials declared
'hey were resentful al the publication
OF the reports because, they .nid. ~
mere were any prospect Of mediation.
L would be damaging II not DESTROYED
" is known that the American am
bassadors in all the bclligercnt coun
tries nav" constantly been reporting
On confidential conferences for the in
formation OF Presid"n, Wilson. and Il,
is understood that the burden Of their
reports has been that there were no
n''* prospects 70" peace now than
'h"r" nay" been al any tim" ina the iss;
SIX months
All The beiliGcren,s arr understood
to be ready for peace on their own
terms
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-23
Ii''nit AND WESTEHN BOARD
Wit MEET ~ NEW YORK 'VUua>

SpcciaI t" Tho Times Dispatch.l
HON NOk T., VA, March 2o.-Th.
p'rt' or directors of the Norfolk and
'cstcrn Railway VIII meet in New
ORR city tomorrow morning. ac-
riding 10 information given out at tn,
.ldluartcrS OF tho Norfolk and Wcs.
'rn here to-day. Deep interest is
'own IN this meeting. because OF re-.
nj rumors, given credcnce in New
ork and Philadelphia, that the Penn
wanna l-ailtpad is negotiating to
ase tho NorHoik and Western sys-
IN, whIch, IN effect. would mean vir-
Ialiy II ncrsrr % The southeastern
Dad. Though II is denied here that
~ m"ctin" tomorrow has ANYTHING
DO with such II plan. the gathering
the directors, it is believed. will set
rest reports concerning tho future
The Norfolk and Western.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-23
DEMURRER OVERRULED
tnse or smith Courtucy Go. t-nip.,
state Lime Bonrd Set for
Trini on Muy 20

In the case Of the Smith-Courtnev
Co. against the state Corvic. Lime
Board. brought in the City Circuit
Court, Judge Il. Carter Scott Yesterday
ovctruled the demurrer Of the defend.
ant. and set the date OF the trial for
May 20.
Tho Smith Courtney Co. alleges that
II sold machinery to the lime board
for which it has not received the con-
tract price. while the hod~d alleges
mat the machinery did not come up
to specifications
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-23

All hut Two "I'rOHcjcnt.-

ISPtCIhI TO Tic IIncS- DISPATCH.
NORFOLK. VA, March 22.--IIvery
company of the Fourth Regiment, Vir.
Ginia Nolun ters, except Company NJ,
OF Emporia. Nnd Company r., of Ports
mouth. has been rated "proficicnr, by
the War department, as the result of
the recent annual Federal inspection
made by Captain Arthur NJ Shipp
United states Army inspector. All
these companies with the exception Of
tho two noted. including the five in
Norfolk. were rated either rs good"
or very good"
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New. \"tc. %. Interest.

rhe Christian determinations VIII
on erect q tabernacle n Hope we'll in
lich 10 Worship until a church can he
lit.
fudge and Mrs J. " Mullen. who
sc hcen visiting ia fIorida. are now
Savannah. Ga, and are expected
me the last OF this week
Though Petersburg has to nominate
Mayor, twelve Counciiinen and six
dermon NJ The coming primary. very
tic talk is heard about the matter
ccp' in the wards where there ;s
posttion on tho Council tickets
lere Is only ono candidate for the
tEorattN nomination, Robert Gillian.
Mrs. Ethci Anderson and Freeman s.
oc"ooa. both OF Ettrick. We're mar
ed last evening 10y Rev. r.. w. Moore
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tsT MASTERS NIGHT
HELD RN ORA Nt.E I.OJa.E

iS-crial TO The Times Dispatch.l
ORANGE. w. March "2-IndeDnrd-
j! DranS" Lodge a. T. and n ". NJ,
IS, held its first past masters nigh;
3 TUESDAY. There were prcScn, for
'o occasion representatives OF twelve
is"H to- the number OF l25 NJ g
.cld presided ~ master OF the n.rt
. ~ thu close Of which he was prc
'Hi"d with magnificent bouudet of
'scs 10y Rev. Thomas w iJooncr in
half of orange Lodge.
y dci"ghtion of thirty Masons from
iArioticSNilie conferred TIE masters
Gre" \ strong address was made by
nN IT, l.. euarlcs, Of Manassas. Va.
il"i lHr meeting z buffet supper WAS
-rNrl
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'ERsBURC CHURCHES
To UNITE IN CAMPAIGN
',Sclisiic Services Will BE Held
simultaneously During Early
Part of April.
UAs EPIDEMIC OF MEASLES
'es nf Cases, but Disease Is i'm
''id Form and There Have Been
CIV Fatalitics-JSond Forfeited
:, Railway Company.

rpecia TO Tie Times DISPATCH.
i:l:SEtl;G. VA, March 2.-The
"diSt ministers or this city arc
Interested in the simultaneous
E'laiic services to be held in all
h"roh"S in tn" carly part Of
. ana TO continue until Easter.
1nlnar" campaign in the interest
,cSe services viii be started Oh
It - ana IN" utmost publicity is
rlNcM.
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Military Company Assured.


special TO The Times Dispatch
RI BOSTON. VA. March 22-
more than were required for tho char
Ter were present at the weekly arm
OF the new military COMPANY This
means that the company is an ussnr.d
success. ana petition has been scut
!" Nuluta t-Gencral Sale for n charter
i"r the company. y good feature of
The company is that lis roster in
Guides number Of men from ON, Of
town nearly All the surrounding towns
an" villages being represented
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PrOtesi AgninxI TnAcS
,nrG,"i I" The Times Dispatch

tNptSl"i 10 the Times Dispatch
SOUTH BOSTON VA. March - -
lh- BUSINESS men OF this city gath
cred thirty strong al the Commercial
Association rooms on Monday in re
7pohSe 10 call from tho president of
". association TO protest against the
LOWE taxes on borrowed canital \
runber Of talks were made nv no.
present. and IL was voted to arrange
Tor dat" on which to NEE, Win no
members OF the Town Council i'm ~,
effort TO have this tax removed 1I,i.
mte'!hS VIII probably be held or neNt
Monday afternoon
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-23
I:Ni,.ri,.d l,rn,,-Irr.

- expected Tia, Rev J T. Vim.
,. OF the Baltimore Methods. i.pis-
u Conferences. now IL session ~
.1uGriu. VIII br transferred 70 the
,inia Conference. and he assigned
Washington street Cnurch tn ,hi,
OF which at one time lie was the
OF Efforts are nGing made TO Sc
~" transfer and Assignment.
Ellington Street Church IS one of
most important charges in III.
.inia Conference. and The pulpit ~
INT ~ reason y: the resienation
y Wilkinson.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-23

HanniGan. assistant general freight
agent OF the Southern. OF -. Louis:
r. l.. Geoheghan, chief clerk OF the
freight trafttc manager OF the Southern.
OF Washington: II. T.. friedman. dlv!-
sion freight agent OF the Southern. OF
Norfolk; Il. II. Dcbotts. division pas
scngcr agent OF the Southern. of Char
lotte; c., {. Gray, travelling freight
agent OF the Erie lines Of Baltimore.
and III. y. Morton. travelling freight
agent Of the Star Union lines OF the
Pennsylvania system. with headQuar-
terB In IrontoR. o.
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Epidemic or Measles.

asirs has been epidemic IN Pc
'uIB for some time. and mani
- of cases have been and sun
bnhe! treatment The Board Of
IN mgus giving notice OF the pres
OF N" disease appear on dwellings
ihhy stree'n, and IN scuie sections
an" V"rS numerous. The cpl
e. extends into the adjacent couu-
also. fortunntcly. the disease Is Of
I'D type, and thcyc hr.. been very
fatalities.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-23
To-Day and Tonight in
Richmond

Simultaneous cvnnRclistic services
I'm ptt Protestant churches.
FIRST Unitarian Church lecture by
DIR. j. shelton liornlcy ON "nIodcrb
Knowledge OF Cancer" y o'clock.
Advertisers Club, weekly luuch-
con, Lexington Hotel, i;I5 O'Clock.
Council Committee ON Advertising
aud Enterprises. city Hall, y o'clock.
Equal Suffrage League, sddrrsS by
Miss inurl'c, I;3b o'clOck.
Acndcmy-"POiIyH 500.
I.yric--I'Opuinr vaudeville: mnti-
nee, 3; night, 7:3O aud o.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-23
ror Manufacture Of Potash :nl,..

WASHINGTON. March 22.---Senator
Smith. of south Carolina. io-day in |
PRODUCED a bill 20 authorize the Sct- !
rotary az Agriculture 20 establish and !
conduct ii plan; for the manufacture OF
potash salts from kelp for commercial |
and military needs
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Inatnr "Pnnniicd.r

" G. II. foace, pastor OF the Wash
Oh street Christian Church, was
r!srd last night by the visit OF =
&c DELEGATION OF remrcrs OF his
rcEatiou, bearing packages Of sup
for the family larder. Thc ofrcr-
wore generous ai!d Of various
E, and were appreciated. Mr..
.o had been requested 10 nr AT
a during the evening. but ne had
he"'t iIiormed,of tho reason there
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iibrur, for south nn.,pu.

ENrcIA! % The Times DispatCN.I
SOUTH BOSTON. VA. March 91-
rlans ar we'll under way TO establish
library IN South Boston. principals
through The efforts ri one Or TWO WON
on Of the city. Already nifty volumes
nav" been donated. and q campaign 10
rails" cash for furniture. etc viii! lc
started ~ once II - planned 10 get
al the donations possible here and
th,u appeal 10 Andrew Carnegie for
help
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-23

WASHi%,iTOE, March 22-rh.ra has
r""n anot'l-~r decided fall in pressure in
IN" Rocky Mountain and Plateau re-
y Ous, accompanied bv warmer weather
~ the former district, but there Mas
i'Hctiic states. With the exception Of
snow Thursday IN New England. gen
orally fair weather sill prevail Thurs
River.
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New Iorpurnt;nu.

Certificate of Incorporation q! the
urron Heights Corporation Mas
.crdcd hcr" to-day; purpose real
ate business Cnrital. $1,000 10 $50
J. officers president &. W. Comp
!. Roanokc. vice. president, David 4.
OF. Jr. socr"tary n'd treasurer. j
lAnN.-
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SAT- ti'lirtiun.

itt'a FLORENCE May Ia, iwo-N car
daughter o; Mr.. ANA Mrs ~! Mar
died mis- morning Al their home N
ton street This !s tie second child
~" family 10 iii" This month. :, son
ina died on March -
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The Weather
,Eurnished ny L. =. Weather bureau
l'0rrcnSt, Virginia


J. noon temperature. ...........-
} T.. II temperature ......... ..-...
MAXIMUM temperature 10 ) y. NJ $50.
Miniinuul temperature 20 i. NJ
Mean temperature ...............
Normal temperature for thiE date.
Excess IN temperature. ...........
Deficiency IN temperature sire.
March ! Observation-Disclosures.
Accumulated excess since Jnnuar,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-23

i;aiufaH y hours ending T. NJ 0i;
Rainfall. ,; hours ending l. NJ pIS
Deficiency IN rainfall since March
...... Observation-Disclosures. u
IN rainfall since JanU-
uary 22s
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Among the railroad men visitors in
the city Yesterday We're Warren Brown.
general agent OF the FL Paso and
southwestern lines. Of Memphis: X. r.
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I.ocn, barometer Headings.

Harolneter reduced TO sea levelJ.
y ". ...... ..2?.3l
Barometer reduced 70 sea leveD.
= NJ $3.50
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-23

Temperature. A.; humidity, 81; wind.
direction, north: wind. velocity,
stat. ut weather, clear.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-23
CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO
TO ISSUE NEW BONDS
Stockholders Will Meet Here April
FL TO Pass on New Finan-
Cial Plan.
y. Il W. WINS HARTMAN MEDAL
Honored for Making Best Record in
Accident Prevention and Improve
ment i'm Conditions and Hygiene
During 1915.

stockholders OF the Chesapeake and
ONO Railway Company viii meet in
iNcthond. April 81, IL was learned yes
to-day. To authorize III. issuance OF
bonds TO the extent Of $40 / SO O0o to b..
secured by SiJ.s2o.O Chesapeake AND
ONO Railway FIRST lien and improve.
ment mortgage = per cent bonds to
provide for the conversion Of it's Sta
""o'"oD notes and for additional capt.
TAI. Inc now ISSUE Will h. per cont
thirty-Near bonds. ana viii he offered
20 stockholders at az i-2. it is stated
RE chesap.ah" and Ohio RAILWAYS
propose! 10 take mp it's S3G.0Oo.o0c :
p"r cent notes hv tn" offer Of bonds
"r "hich circulars explaining he
transaction will! II" sent TO ytocknol1
"rs in the next few DAYS Will in add.
i!on 10 providing for the notes. furuisi,
the company with between 1000 600
ana S6'""o."oo additional capital
The bonds viii he convertible into
So,'''n"h S'ork OF the company at $40
Per snare. I" and including Arril t.
i'-"' ana thereafter at $50 p"r share
|" and nc!"dinI April l. 1873 and
hereafter al $40 per share. to ana in.
cinhinS April | 1926. and thereafter
~ $40" pc share, 20 and ,nclu,,inr
Nprh J. 1895 The amour, Of add
fional stock. which il viii no nncos
shtI to authorize. will be approxinate-
~ !il'"S5.too, figuring that all III.
r"hnS would IL" converted at rs on
April /, le2o
ne retirement of the Chesapeaks
an" ONO Railway Company's fye-vear
per cent gold notes Will terminate tho
ptoNis'oi OF the indenture securing
them. which was that the con,nnrv me
OUT o. It's not income earned bctveen
-'piH 1918, and June l. 1919 the SIM,
"i Hi,,"oo,ooo for capital expenditures
1nriuuihe payments and discounts on
equipment trusts, on account of which
~
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-12-10

may know you are walking gold. ] doubt not that
there is fortune under the planks Front street
and that if the buildings could be cleared away from
the tundra which they stand it could be mined
at a profit Some of the houses have cellars which
yielded enough dirt to the of the dig
ging. The gold is scattered through the earth in
patches or pockets, and there probably many
pockets yet undiscovered
Back of Nome the things from which
the gold has been taken. There is a plain running
from the shore TO a low range mountains. This
plain is about four miles in width 1t is composed of
three ancient beaches which have grown up through
out the ages. From these beaches millions of dollars
worth of gold have already been mined and upon all
of them the miners are working today
The street scenes of Nome interesting The
characters those frontier gold mining re-
gon of the icy north, mixed with the Eskimo life
of Siberia and Alaska. There are many women and
men well dressed those of cities, and there
are others clad in the rough clothing necessary to
hard labor in the far north There are miners wear
ing shoes laced to their knees, White black rub
Der boots that reach to the waist. There Eski-
mos in mullluks, and garments of skins Their fat
Monaghan features look hoods the bristes
of which long a hat pin. Some are clad in
parkas of fur cotton, with their in boots or
seaskn that reach to the knees. There are little
Eskimo children that look like furry than
American children, until you observe their copper
colored faces and see their black eyes twinllng
of the fur hoods There are Eskimo women with
babies tied to their backs the faces the little
look out over the shoulders of their mothers. There
are Eskimo grownups dressed half in fur and half
in the of our civilization The queerest Eskimo
sights when the rain comes. and this just now
is most of the time Then the Eskimos put on
waterproof coats made of the bladders of the wal
rul skin which is as thin paper, but which turns
the rain and keeps dry in the wettest of weather
This skin is in small pieces sewed together in bull
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-12-10

took gold dust to the amount of than $4,000
average of $4,000 per For distance forty
miles along the shore the sands were found to con-
tain gold and the best pay right here at Nome
Just west of the town two cleaned up $500 in
three days The stories of the miners interesting
l shall write of them later.
AS l walked up the beach this afternoon I saw
still washing gold of the sand In one place
they had put up engine stretched a rude tent
of about six inches in diameter which carried the
water to the top of sluice box twenty thirty
high. The throwing the sand into the
box ana the stream washing it away the gold
tom of the box
Further north some men were rocking out the gold
In cradles. and there patchy mining going on
all along the beach. 1 laying a
claim and fencing it with poles. She seemed to e.
sent my inspection. She a positive woman and
did not want visitors.
I am told there is still gold in these sands in
front of Nome and that more comes in every high
the sand. A Iow-grade deposit amounting to
thing like 80 cents a cubic yard is said to for
miles along the seashore, and machinery may yet
be employed to get this gold out
When you walk along the streets of Nome You
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-12-10

dances socals fairs and amateur theatricals. They
in out door sports especially in skiing
III is quite the thing to go from the town the
creeks and mining camps, country skis
long. sled like sharp pointed runners, which
is fastened each foot such way that they can
skate the snow. Nome has ski club.
tournaments are held, in which prizes awarded
both for jumping and for speed. Sleighing with dogs
is another amusement. A common sight is mady
wrapped in furs sitting dog sled, with the driver
running behind, holding the handle bars Such
seds used to go dances held in the neighbor-
ing camps, and the with each other
carrying their sweethearts in this way. while they
and the dogs do their best outdisance their
lows
FRANK G. CARPENTER
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-12-10

business establishments. No one has built his home
permanency When Nome was first started there
no lumber be had, and the first homes were
tents. Later frame houses built the tents
to them. Many small shacks went
up, and then came rambling buildings of two or
three stores. Even today there are but few large
houses, and many home has only three four
one reason for this is the cost of fuel and
the difficulty of keeping the houses during the
cold winter months
The sky line of the Nome streets is as ragged as
the jaws of a boy whose second teeth just
ing The buildings are of height the roofs
of rising high above those the others. This
makes it necessary for the little buildings to have
high stovepipes in order that their draught may
be off by the taller structures about them The
result is little cottage will often have galvanized
stoVeppe high itself, rising above it. Looking
down on the town, thicket of these smoke
stacks springing of the roofs They look like
handles 10 the houses below, and make one think
of many Irish shillaahs the pipes being the han
dies and the houses the knobs on the ends of the
clubs
Many of these houses have gardens. Nome has a
short summer, but it is far north that the sun
works from eighteen twenty hours during the
summer and hence they able to grow lettuce
turnips and other green STUFF. Nearly every woman
has flowers her front windows and some
have flowers growing outside Entering you find
these homes very well furnished They have their
pianos other musical instruments They are
well equipped with books magazines and in fact
with all the furnishings cultured homes of the
United States proper
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-12-10
bous patches The coats loose fitting. and they
have white hoods to the heads

bous patches. The coats loose fitting. and they
have white hoods to the heads
Among the striking business features of
Nome the curo shops, stores selling mining
terals and those dealing in furs of every descrip-
ton. Some the latter have polar bear skins
ing from $40 to SO apiece glacier bear skins worth
fourth much and brown bear skins of
size The stores have white fox skins, reindeer
hides and skins of the ermne which white
with pinch of black the of the
tail. The establishments selling mining supplies and
hardware especially large l went through
hardware store than does business of several hun
bred thousand dollars "a year.
The provision stores carry stocks which
of proportion the size the community. This is
especially in the fall, for that time full supplies
have to be laid in for the long winter months. The
last late October. From then on
for six months the country is cebound and
such goods brought in be dogseds
which have to travel thousand miles
get here Such supplies much in freight as
the first price of the goods
The place is wholesale center 1t supplies the
trade of the camps of the Seward peninsula, and
those the Arctic coast of Alaska and for
much of the northeastern Siberia, as we'll
The traffic of Nome Includes all sorts vehicles.
You may see automophes ON front street at every
hour of the day. Great wagons hauling six tons of
fish at load drawn by heavy horses the
plarks behind may come little carts pulled
by dogs. Looking down the side streets you
may the pup-moble This is a fitted
the railroad the board streets. The
railroad of Nome built for steam 1t did not
pay, the travel over il is handcars, each
drawn by from seven to fourteen dogs. Nome has
also its carriages and buckboards you may
woman horseback
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-12-10

A Social Center Under the North Pole-The Long
Winter and How It Is Spent-The Arctic Brother,
hood and Log Cabin Club-Busness in the Far
North-Among the Gold Miners of the Sea.