Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-12
NO SHIP COMMANDER
LOVES COAL MERCHANTS
Native Dealer In Foreign Ports Is
Thorn in I'lcsl, to Amer
lean Patrols. l.
HOW "LITTLE FELLOWS" coal
Before Operation Is Over Everybody
Wishes lie Had Joined the Army.
Constant Watch Kept 60 Keep From
Loss on Short Measure.
RY CLAIR PRICE.

WITH THE UNITED STATES NAVY.
AT EuRopEAN BASE. November 10
coal merchants in foreign I bases a"' are
to the navy, If you see tho gig with
the captain standing in the bow shak-
ing his fist and emitting phrases which,
thing or other. Justly expose his
I INA, Ter to renro1Gh;n you may know
heure on the coal dock is being io!d
To- get $50 tons alongside by / O'clock
thia afternoon,
You may See these native coal mer-
chants advertised in any local guide.
Mesh coal supplied With despatc
Welsh coal supplied with dispatch
are situated On the breakwater quay"
these ads. usually read: ''Coains
signal; "Answering Pennant over alag
In attendance. Every description Of
o %n repaira for ron and
trained divers. etc FRESH wa;cr and
e esfs plentiful and cheap: YES.
repairs are free from harbor or dues.
but pay pilotagc light dues. and moor
inss or used, al m2dera'e. Apply
coupled TO these coalng ads" usuaii,
copy OF the maritime sanitary act
ine8a foul hill OF health. but having
n2sdy on board sick Of Infectious
ffEtcd ports with more than scven days
passage said ships tfe admitted TO
spection and free pratioue is granted
only TO passengers. captain. Doctor
purser. chiof officer ana chief en-
c'o,hes when lan dim PIT There +, s'ea aa
Tins lost with tho medical inspection
oihctal time counts from sunrise to
trimmed ~ ss5orc laborcrs Night
work IS My permitted 10 finish buhk-
eFinE IL. order 10 sail Immediately"
Any naval chief engineer throws up
his hands at tho mere mention OF
COALISG DONE: DY GREW
OF course. on the mig fellows' they
do these things differently. In The
lana pi hsGt ana ns ersw 6Gn While The
for each side are chalkcd up. checred
and signalled to the flagship
fellows as the l "th"s fe Il we ia o.s
TO Say to them. are. las usual. UP
creek drilling" II is the little fcl-
work
on OF these little sea urchins who
u usen % be priyate zach, and who
~ ~ifh her chin In the air. came into
the base here ;his morning. rolled up
hsr ,, slssTe5 ,so SPA. on her hands and
Her chief is one OF those lncon,pIc-
nous naval officers who look about as
Interesting as Kansas county seat
He speaks in monosyiabies and no,
many OF those. and he has d quiet air
OF wanting 70 DO all he can. His father
was Sruarchcad who used to run a
Danish f!ciChtcr into Ncwcas.le years
ago and his grandfather. back in the
eos took an ancicm, schooner TO
the Mediterranean. los, 1t TO bunch
nf Spanish fishermen. who killed ali
his crew and missed him only because
he escaped into wilderness, from
which he emerged y,l - LAT I'M,
Their Is good sea -biocd n him nHG ana a
omaha and Oran alike. but he concca!s
IL behind a manner that's as silea:
as sunday in Gates Avenue. Brook
nut THIS QUIET MAN
HURST INTO VIOLENT ERUPTION
Before this afternoon was over.
however. he had hurst into violent
eruption and when his bunkcrs wora
finally full, he was covered from bend
70 foot with coal dust and hot lava
IKE lanEnage II sou are a conno;ssur
Ing new pearls TO your col!cntion. your
best plan Will he TO lnccr alongside
chief who is dis2!eased with his
old As steam }shlps ""A
of hays used. the kind OF power used
on tho winches, the kind OF whips used
.or sn,st,chinG over the bags and similar
ht'''~ ,'SS. IISl as dirty, Just rs
expensive and JUST as rcpuisiva in
every aspect as Il was when the frs,
steam ship polluted the clean ocean.
You can't wet down your coal 10 keen
the dust down. or you'll, risk an cx-
plosion from gas in your bunkers. And
the neat little hric- brio that makes
your room look cosy and home1ike as
much as you please but at the end OF
coming. youG first look at it's smugcd
appearance Will make you wish you'd
gone into the army. And on rainy
days, when ttf coal dust washes into
your eyes in dreams
else
The lighter came alongside the little
yacht about o'clocl: this aftnrnoon