The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-07-27

uN "a" Japanese and Chinese consuls
] was permitted To- enter the guarded
door To pier 20 under the auspices Of
the chinese steamship company Here
was another round OF inspection \
hlu"-coatcd official haltcd me aud
demanded my passpirt which he look
ed over and hen CLOSELY scruttnized
me and compared the likeness In the
passport Co my frightened yisaEs.
when satisfied that the one was ss
homclN - the other he vailed Tor my
declaration and waved me on to the
n"Nt offictat who terrified me ny
fatty asking How much money hey
We got ON being Informed = small
sun he continued We'll let's hev q
look at It. without /, comment on his
audicity ! produced the money Count
INK It. he gave It back. After baggage
Inspection { was passed on and told !
could not go on shore again ! Aiw
before me Il great steamer. resembling
u great white city 80 Immediately
clean and shiaing that Tor , moment
! thought ! must have made q nus
take. as such luxury could not Doe for
one uf such simple living a. 1
- was met by u smiling Chinese
WIN N'N IN' NNANNkA wv hNNf NNNN
gold passtge 90 the cabin that was to
bc no, nome for five weeks H"fe 9
was again surprised aud pleased
had hu entire cthin tll To- myself Two
bcrths and = soft IichlN furnished
with mahogany locker ltyatori"s snd
toilet tables and mirrors. You ."
whom such grandeur Is an everyday
matter cannot appreciate what this
meant 10 u poor little school teacher
Ia whom a hall bedroom Is q luxury
To he waited on by q traiGcd Chimes"
servant who anticipated every want
WAS also q mover experience ~ must
tend To hopelcssly spoil one ny ~"
end ~ q Journey
As soon as I could get on deck !
took an inspection trio over the good
ship Ranking and her brave crew. !
found the crew made up Of several
valiant heroes IT sea disasters. Her
commander. 7. T Dobson. In n Ot
IN. most courteous Scotch noblemen
have ever met. Though he started
his sea career some years Y az "a
sailor on u four master. he In hale,
hearty and youthful In spite of M
adventures Of being wrecked off Cape
Horn. OF the coast of Japan and he
Ing marooned several times.
THE chief engineer, u. X. Mart
land. can he best described by this
stanza presented together with a hand
some gold medal hy his friends ~
honor Of his faithful and heroic serN
ices on the burning Congress:
" when the good ship Marking salts
away
OUT OF the harbor % Elliot Ray.
She will carry a cargo Of friendship
true.
And the whole darned load
IN assigned to you
From your friends.
what IN now the beautiful Nan-
King was once the gallant ship Com
gress. which was out at sea some two
hundred aud fifty miles, took IRE.
Despite the heroic efforts of her cap
tain and crew the flames gained head
way ard for a time II seemed that the
ship must he abandoned. but down in
the hold amid roasting flames. chok-
ing smoke. broken machinery and all
the inferno which prevails below
deck. a brave man n a noble corps
of helpers were making the suprem"
effort To sail the ship % harbor.
THE chief pointed with pride 20 "
stalwart chinese mechanic, az he said
"Ther. is one ma who stood by me
"a the finish. and best Of all. ] nave
nearly an my old crew with me. Yes
We gained the harbor without the loss
OF a lie. the chief replied In ans~er
10 my question. hut I was an awful
ookin' sight
lie stayed with the skeleton lett ny
the flames and ran her 10 Seattle aho
for eighteen months superintendent IN"
work 81 reconstruction until nov h"~
hold her on her maiden voyage, IN"
magnificcnuy equipped Ranking
Briefly she IN a vessel OF l'u''
toms displacement, a seven d"cket
with a capacity Of t23 first cabin pas
sene.rs- 100 second class and '''
s,eersee The observation room ~
finished In the beautiful white ma
hogany or PrimR Vera. carpeted an"
upholstered Ia heavy blue velvet. tho
gold colored lights and the stained
glass windows present a picture "t
luxury
The lining saloon for the it'Hl
ci,s. Messengers Ia IN mahogany ana
red velvet Here the most delicious
menus are served by natchlesa 'hln
csc servants. The chief steward -"
Halliday. has proven himself me pf'n''