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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-11-18

f.A- nest w oEkcrs. ". I. Z. L. hay, Gala,
:, s'so oclC SG eg b., held rhuS$4sy. afternoon
Su'hs''e' CT iiishland Sp-inss
Announcement has been made ,ba, ~,
TT9nTsnton Of the lienrico County
ESsSenec7 .; the Tatvrnaclc B S,iuI,sH
Nm q ihs eonsrera,ion Q. s.. Johns
Tris.x ;eEtS.nsd ~ "a recen;ion to bs given
.hsht al O'clock BY The vrs;ry
tns ShG:ch and the Mems ASsociatinr
- ,,i>. II. Ncish Is chairman OF the com.
-''''ee ARRANGING the affair
NJ. IL / Canada. OF Kcysviile. Va. was
!sSoried las, nigh, as making fav0-anis
.Iostess n recovering from an onsra;tE,,
WwaiSa sSe uaccrwen, last Friday Al The
Cal 6 l.sndsrs was. Yesterday appointed
tn. Tn; aTd was sworn in bv city Clerk
Revival service. are being held all q,
ms WceN except SATURDAY. in Fulton Pres.
SE;rrian CHURCH. Fulton and Denny Streets
s;S e,cifoSS SnHe'1s at 5:tS and nreach;m.:
,Renor;s from The committee in cha-r.
~ ARRANGEMENTS tor tho ball TO he cIysn
christmas week under the auspicas Of IN {.
eTssmds Q. Irish Freedom and from oiher
fatrick Henry Branch which viii he held
tonight In the Arcade building Fousnc,
street between Broad and Grace.
An important meeting OF the canvass!ns
stockton Street Church will be held 10.
nishi at o'clock.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-11-18
Benefit FUND FOR WIDOW
AND SIX CHILDREN GROWING
Struggling Woman Encounters Many
Difficulties In Supporting inrEe
FnmIly-SD.OO Needed.

Contributions received yesterday
through The Times Dispatch relief
fund for the aid OF the widow and her
six children, amounted to SIC, MAX
ing tho total Sl70.l0. with Il balance
OF $500 still needed. The woman must
support herself and six children. In
the face OF many difficulties, the poor
woman has Strivcn to care and pro-
vide for herself and children, but with
no help other than what assistance
the fourtccn-y cnr-old boy could render
found II Impossible to meet the de
mandS OF existence without aid. This
IL known as case No. s, and it is
hoped that the contributions today will
make up the $3.50 needed to meet the
requirements of the case.
Following are the receipts acltnowl-
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-11-18
LOCAL NEWS BRIEFS

Earnest Workers W Z T t,~h,y. o,,,,
meeting 20 be held ThursIsv n f,c ,'r!trsu
! is,,., 80 ciock IN the homo Cf Mrs CcISs,,.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-11-18
INCREASE POSTAL FORCE
Ten New Clerks VIII lie Added 4
ttchmohd Department. Thornton
Is Advised.

Photographic dispatches received last
night by Postmaster Hay r. Thornton
announced the allotment to Richmond
oil zen ADDITIONAL postal clerks. whose
appointments VIII he made soon
from the substitute list supplied Tho
department here by the civil service
asked for seventeen additionnj 49,,
omt zen wcrc all that were granted the
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-11-18

lEI9uncc7icui has been made that m,
" T'nYIsn'iSn Of The iienrieo County
re e Seiiec7 a; the Tabvrnatlc E,ui,s.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-11-18

Cal l-anders was Yesterday APPOINTED
r.sa.es OF ;he Richmond Fire Depart.
~. aNG vas sworn n bv City Clerk
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Legion orrnni.inr Rand

\ call has gone out from the head
quarters OF Richmond Post No. !.
American Legion, for the names OF
men formerly in service who desire 10
Join a band which the ORGANIZATION
will foster. Names OF applicants are
10 be sent 20 lllt Mutual Erildinr
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-11-18

EpiscopnI Wen 10 Meet
Men OF ST. Pauls Episconal r-,,,,,
known as the Menu Association ASSOCIATE on nf 6,
fauis. Will hold ;aeir first fail me- ~
ing at 1850 today .L luncheon a, tho
Business Mems Club a' the
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the Roanoke class will compare favor
ably with the thirty or forty which Ger
man submarines have found 1t worth
while to distribute.
The mine squadron was the seagoing
part OF the mine force OF which Rear
Admiral Joseph Strauss, l.. s. NJ was in
command. with headquarters at Inver-
ness. Scotland. his flag flying on board
the repair ship Black Hawk. Capt. r. C.
Bulmer. While the new ships were be-
Ing converted and their officers and
crews were being trained by the original
mine squadron nucleus depots for storing
and assembling the mines were being
prepared Mt Inverness and at Invergor-
don. on Cramarty Firth, in the Scottish
Highlands
These depots or bases occupied the
buildings. grounds and adjacent vacant
land of two Idle distilleries, their ample
dry storage spaces making excellent
quarters for the personnel. Capt. o. c.
Muffin. u. s. N. went TO England in
November, 1917. to be in charge Of these
bases. There were twenty officers and
more than thousand naval enlisted men
at each base. Together they could as
semble 1000 mines day. ready for
planting.
Meantime in the United States the
manufacture " the mines had been going
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was screened by an escort OF from eight
to twelve British destroyers. which
would form around the squadron upon
its leaving the base and keep with 1t
until its return.
Against railing attack from enemy
cruisers while away from the coast the
mine squadron was guarded by a sup
porting force consisting Cf a battle or
battle cruiser squadron or light cruiser
squadron Of the Grand Fleet-sometimes
by all three. according TO the estimated
probabilities of attack.
on the second mining excursion the
Sixth Battle Squadron was the support
consisting Of four American bsttleships
commanded by Rear Admiral Hugh
Rodman, L. s, y, in the flagship New
York. one may imagine with what
feelings we saw our own great ships file
out Of SCapa Flow. form line on our
quarter, and Slowly disappear in the
haze as they swept off to the southeast
ward.
II viii be readily understood that the
way had 70 be made smooth for the mine
planters. As long as il was 80 all
would go well. but a single well placed
torpedo or mine or few enemy shells
would certainly finish one vessel and
probably destroy all ten OF them. Each
mine planter carried from twenty-four
TO 120 tons OF high explosive, n total Of
nearly 500 tons in the squadron, many
times more than the amount that dew
astated Halifax. With this on board
the squadron was hardly a welcome
visitor anywhere.
The operation as whole was done in
conjunction with a British mine laying
squadron OF four vess-rs, which worked
from n base at Grangcmouth, near Ed
inburgh. under command of Rear Ad-
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on since December, 1917. The many
parts, small and large. going into the
makeup OF single mino were being
constructed by the thousands by numer-
Gus different contractors. who delivered
them at Norfolk. There the mine
spheres wore charged with 600 pounds
OF INT. and with the other parts were
loaded INTO mine carrier Stea ms,.ip~ IN an
|, aged by the Naval Overseas Transport
Service. II required twenty-four OF
these steamships running constantly to
keep the ten mine planters supplied with
mines
Only One Carrier sunk.
The carriers were small craft, carry
ing only from 1900 to 1900 mines. so
that II one were lost there would not be
too great an interruption of the flow Of
mines. They were slow, too. and alto
gether good prey for submarines, one Of
which did sink the Lake Moor in April
last. Besides the unfortunate loss Of
forty-one Of the crew 5000 mine auch-
ors and other parts went to the bottom.
All the other mine cargocs were safely
delivered at two points or the west
coast of Scotland, where small detaCh-
ments from the bases were stationed to
unload the steamers and forward the
mines and stores by rail or canal to the
mine bases.
After an eventful voyage, sailing from
Newport May 12 the mine squadron ar
rived at Inverness May 90, all ready to
begin operations and twelve days later
started on its first mine planting "eXcur-
SION" On these trips, which lasted usu-
ally from forty to eighty hours, the
squadron was part OF the British Grand
Fleet. Against submarines and partly
against hostile mines casually placed II
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SEABREEZE.

SFARREEZE, Fla. Jan. 2I.--'rhe opening
dinner dance At th0 Hotel Clarendon waa
the smortest event VA the history Of the
hotel and 3i5 guests enjoyed the dinner
and dancing nfterwRrI. This gives mn
idea OF the lrtllianCa expected OF the
coming season.
Former Senator Francis NJ Hendricks
Of New York. with his niece. Miss Kath-
artne Hendricks, will spend the winter ~
usual at the Clarendon. Mrs. Hutton
Wood OF New York. who IL going n
Honolulu and California With her hrc.h
ere, Frank and j., l.. Hutton, may coma
here for the late spring season. New
Workers. here include Mr.. aud Mrs n.
CeCN - George. Mrs. J. L. Bret2, Ma or
RAYMOND q, Keeney, Mrs Koeucy. Miss
Katharine l<ecney, Gen. &, e. Jam,eaon.
l.. :, A.; Mrs, JamlesNon, Miss Eleanor
Jameson, Mr., ana Mrs Frank W. Davis
and Mr., and Mrs. w. Balm Kinds
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w0MAN's WIT TO THE FORE.

This happened In a crowded subway
eypress the other night: An old man
boarded the train at Times Square sta
ton and chung 10 a strap In front OF
young woman who was seated. As none
o. the men showed n disposition TO let
the old man sit down the young woman
Uttered her seat 10 him.
Before ne could sit down a younger
nan slid into the vacant seat. the
foung woman was confused. but only
hr mn instant She leaned down ana
a'd 10 the man In the seat:
You dropped an envelope on the moor
mr."
The man Jumped up and started to
search Tor the envelope. He'll a min
etNs hunt failed to reveal II, so ne
turned 10 where the woman was stand
hs and said:
Say, lady. where II that envelope
can't nnd II on the floor"
That envelope" replied the young
woman, rs In the same place your man
tsrs are"
Tho Young man understood and faded
nom view. The old man got the seat,
shile those near by locked, listened ana
laughed
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Daring Plan Cost
ingMillions Made
DangerChain ESQ
Miles Long From
Norway to the
Orkneys and Sank
the Huns Trying
to Escape

Roosevelt had visited the mine force on
August 30. and was much pleased with
what he saw Early in October Admiral
Mayo. commander In chief United States
Atlantic fleet, visited the mine force
and congratulated 1t on the work II had
accomplished and just before the mine
squadron sailed for home. Admiral Sims
addressing the officers and men as
sembled on board the flagship San Fran
cisco. said that the mine force had done
a stunt the like Of which had not been
done in the world before. He also said
that after We came into the war our
navy designed mine built 1t. equipped
the mine planters md planted more
mines in less time than any nation had
ever thought OF doing-so successfully
ms to have excited the commentator Of
all European navics; and that fitting
out the vessels, learning to handle mines,
planting them and going through the In
cidental strenuous wurlt--the squadron's
part--had been really one of the finest
stunts the navy has accomplished on
this side"
Admiral Benson, our highest profess
sional authority, has spoken of II as
one OF the most successful efforts Of tho
whole war by any of the forces en-
gagged while the British press and the
First Lord Of the British Admiralty
nave repeatedly spoken OF tno enective-
ness of the North Sea barrier
And so the mine squadron had re-
| turned home with n quiet but very deep
feeling of satisfaction in having sue
| cessfully accomplished ito large part in
an arduous and hazardous operation
which has contributed much to the
cnemy's final defeat. And this feeling
must be shared with special gratinca-
| ton by all who had to do with the
| original mine force, the establishment Of
| which by Admiral Fletcher of the At
lantic Fleet in July. 1915. and It's sub
sequent building up AMI training. made
II possible to organize quickly n greatly
enlarged force and carry through with
notable success and without mshap an
undertaking OF unprecedented kind and
| magnitude
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There was no other loss Of life nor other
injury ana despite the close navigation
through mine swept channels and near
other mine fields. no ship ever came to
grief-thanks largely TO Capt. Butler
and Navigator Cunningham of the flag
ship.
ON the seventh excursion. starting
august %. the comma nder Of the mine
force, Rear Admiral Strauss. L. $. N,
went out. and on the next excursion,
which was done by the American and
British squadrons together. he was In
command Of both, flying his flag on the
San Francisco The mine field on this
occasion closed the western end of the
barrier off TIE Orkneys, making 1t COM
pete. The ninth excursion was similar,
but with Rear Admiral Clinton Barker,
Il. ". in command.
Altogether the American squadron made
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ing streets. devoid Of air and light. and
dingy. unsanitary houses.
The Greek Government Immediately
after the fire of 1917 which destroyed a
the necessary steps TO relieve the un-
fortunate homeless. but also to seize the
opportunity OF insuring for Salonica a
future worthy of its glorious Greek ira
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discovery ~ unknown Byzantine frescoes
and mosaics that had remalnded hidden
for centuries. Another church, St
Sophia, named after tho Crock cathedral
of 81. Sophia in Constantinople. was
saved and with II many mosaics of great
beauty.
Naturally IN the planning Of the new
city there were many prohlems those OF
race. religion and nationality: public
auction OF the new ground lots. com
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Americans will be much interested IN
one OF the most important OF. public
works soon to be undertaken In the
eastern theatre Of hostllties, the re-
building Of that ancient city whose his
tory is interviewer with that of Chris
tIanty. the Salonica of st. Paul Under
the Turks Salonlca became architecture
ally a real Turkish city: narrow. wind
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ditlons. Two world famous landscape
architects We're invited to replan the
city with broad avenues and streets,
large squares. fountains. gardens. parks.
modern drainage and water supply.
everything in fact that could he de-
manded OF a modern up to date city.
The new Salonica will compare TO the
old. Just as the new san Francisco COM
parcs with its predecessor.
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Thus the present generation has seen
the passing of an old landmark In the
history Of Christianity. of a city in
which st. Paul preached the Gospel of
Chris. and in which early Christian COM
munities first struggled for freedom.
or the many churches subsequently
built. most OF which had been turned
into mosques by the Turks. the most
ancient, 81. Demetrius. was destroyed by
the fire, though its destruction led to the
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IN WORLD OF SOCIETY

sonss ny lhileaS Goulet, violin solo by
Raymond f. Crounse and the installation
of officers
Mrs. William l.. Voicht of 222 River
side Drive was In charge of the rum
mage sale held on Friday and Saturday
at Si6 East 112th street under the aus
pices of the Harlem Council of Women.
Mrs. y. A. Halsey IL president OF tho
council Dr. John willis Slaughter ia
giving series of monthly lectures on
current history at the Lenox Avenue
Unitarian Church for IT, and these are In
| charge Of Mrs. Eva Phlpps.
! Victory dinner and dance" will be
given Tuesday evening for the members
and friends OF the University Forum Of
America, Or. Alexander Cumming presi-
dent. in the Hotel DIES Artistea. / West
SiNty-seventh street. The chairman Of
the evening will be Francis Wright Clin.
I ton. and the hostess Mrs. owen kildare.
Quests of honor will be Mr.. and Mrs.
Charies Coburn. James Bliss Tcwneend
VIII speak on "My Friend Theodore
Roosevelt" Dr. Alexander Cumming
VIII speak on The Keynote to the Lift,
OF Theodore Roosevelt" After the din
ner there will be dancing and n r,ckv
number dance.
Last Tuesday evening nj the I'niyer-
sity Forum. Newton W. Gilbert who was
Governor or the Philippines for six wears
gave an address on THE Philinr,lne lei
ands' The hostesses were Mrs. Newton
w. Gilbert, Mrs. Owen Kildare, Nrs 7
water Robertson. Mrs. NJ Everett
!"asue. MISS Marie l.. Adams, Miss
Byron.
a silver tea Will be given by Mrs a.
/ \. Walter at her home, 3os Yves, Nira.
| tieth street on Tuesday from 2 to 81 NJ
! Tor the benefit Of tho hospital in Counac-
| non with the womens auxiliary to the
rescue work of the Salvation Army.
| There Will be an entertainment and q
| number of club presidents will be guests
| Mrs. Walter. who IS vice president
| or the AUXILIARY, will he assisted nv the
officers and personal friends The next
regular meeting will be held In the hon.
| on February %.
The Dixie Club Of New York, Mrs Fr-
| nest Malcolm president, Is 10 have ,
| luncheon on March I. and will be ona of
| the first clubs to entertain at the new
! Commodore Hotel The next meeting OF
| the Dixie Club will be held at tho Hotel
! Aston on February 90
Miss Elisabeth Marhury will make an
! INFORMAL address - the Colorado CllN
/ DwellAIT Association NJ a tea and racen-
! ton in the McAln n Hotel Tuesday afte~-
| noon Mrs. Willis x. Howell of Morris
! town, vice-presldent of the association,
/ will preside
The New York County Woman SUI
frage Association. Mrs \cliie y Van
SlnEeriand president held it's january
meeting Tuesday ~ the Hotel st An
drew. The association and the leagues
comprising II voted unanimously to uu-
dertake an entertainment To benefit the
Working Girls Hotel Of the Sew YORK
''tv F"iera'lon - WGm0Ns Cluhe The
ASSOCIATION also voted to assist the Ret
termeut League in Its Efforts Ia lauucn
Betternent club houses IN every Dor
ough.
Delegates elected 10 the CITY ITedar,-
ton convention were Miss Iaura Stcrl".
Mrs. Viola Burkhardt, Mrs ,ieorg, Run
tner, and the alternRtes were Mrs JULIO
Reinhart, Miss Rellucri. Mis- Christine
. n. Ross
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mral Clinton Baker. r. y. The Amer
lean and the British mine squadron,
pften went out AT the same time under
protection Of the same heavy squadron.
hut except on two occasions they alwaN .
worked separately. in different parts ui
the harrage area.
on the first excursion. June :. tho
squadron planted a mine field forty
seven miles long, containing 3.4oO
mines. IN three hours AMI thirtv-six min
utes. Everything went without hitch.
Though the ships we're not built nor fully
equipped for keeping in exact formation
while steamlng and turning. they az
tuallv dld so VITA n precision rarely
cqualled by regular men OF war. The
new mining installations likewise worked
perfectly. ON this first operation one
ship emptied herself Of G75 mines with
ont a single break. ore mine every " IL
seconds through more than two hours
the longest series ever planted any
where
When the squadron returned 20 the
base, the first task successfully accom-
ulishcd. ready for another load Of mines.
ard Admiral Strauss learned al that had
happened. he expressed confidence that
the future operations would 20 even
faster than had been expected. He was
not disappointed. The squadron was
always ready to make excursions as fas'
as the mines could be furnished.
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U-Bont Alarm Met Quickly.

This everpresent possibility and the
fact that the working ground lay in
the principal thoroughfare of enemy sub
marinea with attendant incidents of
perlscope sightinss, submarine reports.
depth charges. smoke screens, floating
mines and dead German sailors floating
by. lent spice to the work, which. Ike
the proverbial sporting life, was often
hard, but never dull.
one beautiful evenings serenity was
rudcly broken by three Simultaneous
warnings-by semaphore, by radio and
by flashing lieh. from the cruiser sun
port In the haze ahead-aganst a sub
marine n few miles distant. The escort
eader took no chances, but on the in
start turned his destrnyers outward, and
four heavy, deep explosions. first on nne
side. then four more on the other, shook
the squadron and showed the submarine
what 1t might expect.
The Arcostook added n touch ny
shrieking her siren for torpedo to star
board" herself charging across another
ships bows TO avoid II. Being in n
channel newly swept for mines the
squadron had little chance for manpu-
wiring so II held on its course. merely
changing from two columns - three
/ earlier than intended In order by short
ening the formation to decrease the
! submarines target before settling down
! for the night.
| on every excursion also during the
| mine laying one or more OF the inres
would GO OF fairly close astern-lcsr we
| forget. The mines were very sensitive
| and no witness Of an excursion could
| retain any doubt as to the fate OF z
submarine that "luckless dares oui
| silent wake"
In the surroundings OF the bases the
! squadron was most fortunate. the atti
| 'udc OF the people h"irg uniformly KIND
and friendly Relations witt the Brjtis,
! naval authorities. Re"r Admiral Fears At
/ Invergurdon and cant. Bowlcy at liver
ness and their s'afrs We're of the best
eSrocia'y so with capt. II. Il. GODFREY
IN II N : Vampire commanding the
fourteenth destroyer fotilla, our escort
on ten excursions.
In ordinary living conditions there
vas much discomfort for the mine plant.
ers crews. Mines are bulky shipmates
| and when on board. 40 they were most
OF the time. the men had to squeeze ir
the chIrks Just living around. and thor
no smoking below no moving pictures
on board. and cramued quarters, CLOSE
and stiflng when II rainei. ms It did thi.
summer to an extent locally admitted {
be uNheard OF.
Morale of Men Maintained.
But the men took whatever came II
the best spirit possible. With the aid oi
the Y. NJ. c. A. AMI hospitnhle towns
people and the squadron baseball lea que
and track athletics to keep them At ant
keen. their time on shore was spent in
a wuy to make for lasting good vii
and mutual understanding, tending to
preserve that peace which their work
afloat helped much to bring about
And like the rest of the navy, the mine
| squadron backed its work with lis
money. taking s2+4,0o0 of the Four'l
Liberty loan, nearly 81 for each one OF
It's mines in the barraEc.
! on the passage from Inverness tc
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The Sigma Omcron Zeta Fraternity
of Brooklyn has arranged TO hold an in
formal dance on February IL at the
Pouch Mansion.
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Continued from Second Page.

Mrs. Louis C. FarTar gave an interesting
talk on her -four months experience In
France while she and Amparita Earrar
were entertaining Our boys" Miss Grace
Stutsman spoke on Music as a Factor
In Education"
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Mrs. Irving Crane will give n bridge
party at her home on East l6lst street
on February tn the members of tho
ChicaEo club. Mrs joan Marshall Gal
Cher. pre- sident.
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Casualties Were Few.

Not only that, the casualties were
very few. One man fell overheard AZ
sea from the Saranac while working with
naravanes, and there were four other
deaths (among 1000 men) which might
save occurred under any conditions.
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Before IL was halfway across the
narrage began to yield results. Early
in July. after the second excursion and
from time to time reports would come
ut submarines damaged or disappearing
in that area. From the nature OF the
case it may never he known definitely
how many actually did come to grief
there. but the best information gives
4 probable ten before the middle Of
october, with n final total OF seventeen
or more. In addition to this toll the
squadron should be credited with two
submarines lost In the field OF British
mines laid by the Baltimore off the
Irish coast
The whole scheme Of the barraCe was
ambitious and daring, and its concep-
ton and execution reflect the highest
credit on all connected with IT, the
more so because the mine which made