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would not be any too bright. At
the best we would have supplies for
only q few days. We would have
little clothing except that which we
had on, and it soaking wet. Under
such circumstances, we could not hope
to winter on the island.
After drying our clothes at a drift
wood fire we would have to set out
in open boats for the Alaskan coast,
800 miles distant. Siberia was nearer.
but we would probably be as badly
off there as en- Herald Island. With
Winter approaching, the trip to either
coast in open boats would be no pleas
ure cruise.
We kept sending the water along,
feeling that our very lives depended
upon our efforts. We realized that
the outcome could be only matter
Of minutes-twenty minutes, half an
hour at most. The captain would
have to decide il we should leave and
when. While we fought the flames,
he got some of the Eskimos busy
lowering 3nd eouipping the boats.
There would be tWenty-three of us
in two whale boats, leaving very little
room for provisions.
had no way Of knowing what the
others thought. Every one was too
busy for other than essential conver-
sation. There was no undue excite
ment or hysteria. There had been a
moment of panic in the dark fore
castle when the Eskimos were awak-
ened by the first cries of fire as the
watch discovered the flames shooting
up through the engine room hatch
way about 1870 pm.
They had scrambled into the first
nIn lpU their hanHQ
on in the darkness and rushed on
deck, some of them in their bare
feet, bringing with them everything
they could find in their hurry. When
they saw every one else at his post,
working without excitement. they
quickly reeained their compOsure and
did what they could to help.
caught myself wondering in which
direction the force of the explosion
would manifest itself. Would we be
blown upward or laterally Somehow
I hoped 1t would be the latter. Quite
irrespective Of the fact that | should
probably sink as soon as / hit the
water, clothed as / was in heavy fur
garments, even If l We're not killed
outright, my mind went on to pic
ture myself crawling out on the ice
cakes at the foot of the cliffs half
a mile distant.
l should then have frozen solid, Of
course. but the prospect seemed much
more inviting than being burned like
a rat in a trap. | could console myself
with the thought that there was little
chance of that--we should either get
away from the ship in the boats or be
blown up. No other alternative
seemed possible.
Down the line came the cry, urgent,
compelling. More water Faster,
Faster" / grasped a bucket. cut off
a mainsail gasket to serve as Ian
yard and jumped on the rail beside
Payne. With two buckets going. we
were able to keep the bucket line more
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xpoon Is Calmly Awaited Blazing Steamer in Arctic Sc

fully occupied. and Il steady stream OF
water was thus passed into the engine
room.
A S Payne and | worked like two
automatons he remarked grimly:
"Wen. I guess you ordered a little bit
too much this time" I knew what
he was thinking of, and | was not AZ
all sure that my proviso-that we get
out with our lves-would, after all.
be realized. The situation undOubt-
edly held interesting possibilities.
Naturally it's "story" value appealed
to me- But | could not help specu-
lating a little as to the worth OF "A
story which one might not he alive 10
write. Nor could l help thinking of
the bones we had picked up on the
beach-the skeletons of the last party
that had landed on Herald Island
They had arrived with all the neccs-
Saries OF life. yet had died.
We should land on the island with
pra ctically nothing. not aS we had an
ticipated earlier in the evening, when
we had discussed the possibility OF he
ing frozen in, with the full resources
Of ship at our command. And we
might not even have q chance TO do
that. At any moment the ship might
be blown from under us.
Fire Is terrible at any time. Fire
at sea is more terrifying still. But
fire amid tanks of fuel oil and gaso-
line on board ship in the heart Of the
Arctic Ocean is perhaps the most ter
rifying of all. Although Payne and
were hauling up water as fast as our
arms could move. it seemed to me
that our efforts were pitifully made
quate to the task in hand.
After we had worked for what
seemed ages, but in reality was not
more than half an hour, word came
along the line, "The pumps have
started" For the first time / began
to feel that there might be a possible
chance of success. Nevertheless, we
did not slacken our efforts. We kept
the water going forward as IL our
fate depended entirely upon the bucket
/ line.
A few minutes later Dick Holbrook
came staggering out on deck for a
breath OF fresh sir, aud we felt the
! fight was going our way. We knew
Dick would not leave his post while
the issue hung in the balance. Shes
under control" he gasped.
When it was over we could appre-
ciate our luck in being at anchor and
sheltered from the wind. Had the
decks been Ayaying and plunging
a bout as they were during most of the
voyage. it would have been Impossible
to fight the fire. And had we failed
10 win with heavy seas running we
could not have launched the boats.
| So from the standpoint of interest
! and adventure everything worked out
as if planned beforehand. | would
| not have missed the experience for a
| good deal. but I doubt If one could
come so close to disaster again and
get off so easily--the margin was too
slight.
tCopyright l9cG.l
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When not handling the sails, the
crew were busy chopping ice off the
forecastle- head and deck with axes.
We had a dozen Eskimo Walrus
hunters on board, and they were all
seasick. Their small kayaks and
umiaks are incapable of riding out
very severe storms. and consequently
they have not got accustomed to the
heaving motion of ships in bad
weather.
The Eskimos were not the only
ones who succumbed. Some of the
more experienced sailors were also
affected No one was entirely COM
Portable. Although signed on the
ships articles as a sailor, l was, In
sense, a passenger, and had been as
signed no regular duties.
Soon after breakfast, being made
distinctly uncomfortable by the mo-
ton of the ship. | took to my berth.
But | found no comfort even there.
The ship. plunged about so that ]
was continually in danger of being
thrown out of bed and across the
cabin.
There followed another night of
misery for the crew, now nearing ex-
hauStfon from the continued strain.
owe Of the stout. WoVen-Steel foremaSt
shrouds parted during the night. The
Ulu snip MAS beginning to break under
the persistent pounding and battering,
but so far her hull was sound.
The second morning broke with n
slight cessation in the force of the
wind, soon reflected in a noticeable
lowering of the waves. The clouds,
dense and low all the day before.
seemed to be clearing TO windard. The
sun was yet obscured. but a strange
light lay over the sea. The water was
a pale green.
The cantain headed the ship more
directly into the wind. The motion
Of the vessel was somewhat rougher
in consequence, but we were becom-
ing Injured to it and suffered no fur
u ) - '".tut'1t th4 bow
spirit would plunge into the foam as
the vessel shot down into the trough,
and a moment later water would flood
in through the stern-line chocks as
another Choppy comber rose under
the bow.
During the forenoon we sighted
IL 37n0 iur- ,,ving th0N- he
horizon on the starboard bow. The
captain hoped to gain its lee to allow
the crew a chance for some rest. But
we had 80 or 50 miles to beat against
a head wind, which, although slacken-
ing steadily, was still of considerable
force.
All day the engine pounded on and
gradually we approached our heaven.
AS We neared the land the water be-
came smoother and the force of the
wind less.
Eventually we came entirely un'
der the shelter of the high bluffs and
lust al dusk dropped anchor III
small blight about a mile off shore.
The cliffs rose almost sheer from the
waters edge all along, save at the
extreme tip of the island, about four
miles northwest of our anchorage.
where there was BIT Of gravel
beach.
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A FREAK OF THE FINNY TRIBE.

IT is reported that a singular species
of fish, small in size, which, instead
of laying eggs or roe, gives birth to
fully developed young, is found along
the California coast. Specimens col
lected by members Of the United
States Fish Commission last July were
stuffed with little fish apparently al
most to the bursting point.
In some instances the young had
begun to escape from the mother, the
little ones being found in the water.
and in nearly all cases they could be
Evening star., 1926-09-05

easily pressed from the body of the
mother, in which event they were able
to maintain themselves in an upright
position in the water and swim about.
The adult fishes are silvery white.
from 312 to 8 inches long, and the
newly born were from l to ] Il inches
in length. Surf fish" is the name
prevailing in the California waters
and it is described by the fish experts
as swarming in great numbers, during
the spawning season, in the surf or in
shallow water along sandy shores.
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d. c., and a number of others have
confirmed these particulars of the in
cident.
Mr.. Frank Myers, a captain In the
Confederate Army, remembered the
incident and wrote, There is more
poetry than truth in Whittier's song.
AS we passed by she Mrs. Frietchiel
came out on the porch and waved
her flag at us. Not one of US tried
to bother her, and 1t was not neces-
sary for Stonewall Jackson to say a
word
"A few days after the above Incl
dent the Union forces under Gen.
Mcclellan marched through Fred
erick and Mrs. Frietchie again got out
her flag and waved 1t at them, but
from the window of the front room
facing the creek. She did not climb
with it to the upper window nor re-
store it to a staff as described in the
poem
1T seems that the fault of the EN-
bellishment Of the details Of the Incl
dent Is not entirely to be blamed on
Whittier.
GONE of the raconteurs of the
" story reported that the whole
Evening star., 1926-09-05

Mr.. lie Bourdais is a Canadian
journalist who has had varied eX-
perience on the Northwest frontier
as n teleera pher, ssawmill operator,
land cruiser. salesman and writer.
For two years he Travelled with
Nilhjalmur Stefasson. the Arctic
explorer. when he was lecturing
IN the United States. Out of this
contact grew Mr.. lie Bourdais' in
terest in Wrangell Island. the OBJ
tective of the voyage described in
the DreSent article
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~ " made her fame. but the
town in which she lived is
Barbara Frietchie's town.
II has produced other noted citizens.
1t is replete with history at every
turn, there are lovely old Georgian
houses along its streets, it was named
IN 1145 for Frederick, Prince of Wales,
the father of George III, but the most
picturesque thing it has ever produced
was a tiny little old lady of &C. who
hObbled To her front door and shook
the flag Of her country in the faces
of the invading Confederate Army.
She stimulated the imaginations of
the citizens of Frederick. Md. and
then of the people of the United
States, and her place in history is
fixed.
Her face looks out at YOU from
picture post cards in every store in her
old home town and from life-siZe por-
traits on the walls Of public places,
and her name is emblazoned from
gasoline stations, from chocolate
shops. over the door of hotel. from
soft-drink counter and even from
hot-dCg stand. On the main thor
oughfare through the city a sign on
the bridge running over Carroll Creek
marks the place where her house
stood, and tiny flag always fiutters.
whether it rains or shines, over the
sign.
1t is impossible to get out of Fred
erfck without knowing that it was the
home of the loyal little old lady.
Her relatives still live in Frederick,
and one of the most patriotic Of them
today has some 'Of the personal be-
longings of Barbara Frietchie my
mother gave them to me because she
said | seemed to be more interested in
them than any of the other children"
explained Miss Eleanor ID. Abbott the
ereat-great-niece of the famous pa
triot
This is Barbara Frietchie's flag
which she waved at the Confederate
soldiers at the time they marched
through Frederick in 1862, the Incl
dent around which Whittier's poem
was written. She also waved It at the
Union soldiers when they marched
through the city some time later. You
see. it is badly framed. the edges be-
ing tucked in but ] am almost afraid
to have it taken out and reframed, as
II might drop to pieces in the
handling.
Controversy has ragged fpr ~
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old woman, who at 90 years Of age.
had the courage of her convictions
and the pep" to stand up for them
in the face of q whole army of reCk
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Family Version of Story of Barbara Friechie Given at
Behind cihnRe by

Ep rose old Barbara Frietchie then.
Bowed with her fourscore years and ten;
Brayest of all in Frederick town.
She TOOK up the nag the men hauled down:
II her attic window the staff she set,
TO show that one heart was loyal yet.
Up the street came the rebel tread
csonewall Jackson riding ahead.
Ender his slouched hat left and right
de glanced: the old flag met his sight.
Halt the ,dust-brown ranks stood fast.
Ire out blazed the rife blast.
II shiyered the window pane and sash:
IL rent the banner with seam and cash.
quick. as 1t fell from the broken staff
Dane BARBARA snatched the silken scarf.
she leaned far out on the window sill.
ana shook 1t forth with a royal will.
r,Ssnoot. II you must. this old gray head.
Out spare Your country's flag" she said.
From Whittier Poem.
Evening star., 1926-09-05
BY ID. NJ. lie BOURDAIS.

w YE did not know when day
n break came. The fog was
wv so dense that for all we
knew it might still have
ruripa finrin,r
Evening star., 1926-09-05

GONE of the raconteurs of the
~ story reported that the whole
Confederate Army was talking about
Evening star., 1926-09-05

w WHITTIER may have exer-
M cised poetic license and
~ " made her fame. but the
town in which she lived is
Barbara Erietchies town.
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fully occupied, and a steady stream o
water was thus passed into the enGiH
room.
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To KEEP
DRY staff

Major II. H. White, recently ap-
pointed administrator Of the Mary
IIand.D District OF Columbia prohibit
ton enforcement area, said today
that he would probably retain,
temporarily at least, the field and
office staff which IS now working
under Edmund Budnitz, retiring adj
mifistrat0rs
The new official added, however,
that he could make no definite an.
rouncement until after he has taken
office December i.
1T Il entireiy likely said Major
White, that shall have no staff
changes to announce until some
time after December /. wish to
give all the members now on the
staff d chance to show what they
can do, IL they care to remain.
Several Of the present admin.
istrator's assistants, Major White
said, have signified their intention
OF resigning when the offices are
moved here from Baltimore.
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CITIZENS RALLY
To AID DRIVE

AS q stimulus to continue for an.
other week its organized member
ship drive the Federation of Citizens
Associations tonight will hold big
rally at 3 o'clock at its headquar-
tiers, 1885 New York Ave. II. w.
Each Of the As associations MEM
bers In the federation is expected TO
Be Represented by It's president, sec
rotary. membership chairman and
other delegates. In addition to rally.
ing the various officers and field
workers Of the various bodies the
meeting Is called for The purpose Of
obtaining an approximate check on
the progress Of the campaign thus
far.
THE results SO far have been
fine" Jesse G. Suter, general chair.
man of the campaign committee,
said today. "but there is still greater
achievement within our reach"
Refusal to admit women TO men,
bership constituted the high light
OF the meeting Of the Georgetown
Citizens Ass0eka ton last night, when
resolution providing for feminine
admission was voted down by a
close vote.
Both Commissioners b. III. Meyer,
Of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission, and Assistant Secretary
OF the Treasury Clifford spoke
against making women members,
while District Commissioner Dough
erty and George w. Offutt spoke
II favor Of 1t.
Isaac b. Nordlinger was elected
president OF the association, sue
ceedIng ]. A. Oliver. Fifty-six new
members were admitted.
James q. Yaden, president Of the
Federation Of Citizens Associat ions,
told members Of the North Capitol
Association last night that the mem.
bership drive already has resulted
In the accession Of 272 persons to
the rolls.
The annual election Of officers
viii be held at the December meet
ing.
A. J. Driscoll was put in the run.
ming for the District Commissioner.
ship at last nights meeting of the
Mid-City Citizens Association, Of
which he ID president.
President Coolidge Endorsed the
general purposes and work Of citt.
xens' associations in a letter to
Frank Van SAINT, president Of the
West End group. read at the meet.
Ing last night.
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Bride Taken By Fall,
Jury Is Told

J Hogan, Immediately took the door
to open To-. the defense!
Hogan told the Jury the story Of
the early lives 81 the two defcn;
dants.
He recalled the days when Fall
and Doheny prospected together
with pick and shovel ana endured
common hardships.
Then, Hogan traced the two
careers upward one ii politics, the
other III finance, but always keep.
ing the two closely together and tn
constant personal contact.
This finished. he gave the jury
black board talk, the disputed
reserve being traced thereon in red
and white. His purpose was to
prove that leasing and drilling was
necessary to prevent draining fE0En
outside the border Of the reserve.
why" he shouted, s'up to 1920.
rs ,0O0, 900 barrels Of oil were drained
out OF this land owned by the Gov.
ernment. buy the Standard Oil and
the Pacific Oil. without the Govern
ment getting b single barrel.
Hogan then outlined Falls connec-
tion with the Pan.Annerican con-
tracts. The Navy, he said, was
getting no benefit out of It's royalty
oil because under an Executive order
OF 1911 1t was sold and the money
placed In the Treasury.
Mr.. Fall, about to 20 West On
business for his department then
wrote To the Secretary Of the Navy
suggesting that negotiations might
be undertaken with oil companies
for both fuel oil and storage facil-
tiles III exchange for royalty oil
This letter was referred to the
bureau Of supplies and accounts.
The bureau replied enthusia stically,
recommending that Mr.. Fan take
the matter up.
'.on September IA, 1921, Mr.. Fall
III 3 public, official communication
advised the President what he had
done.
ION his return. Mr.. FAN was
specifically asked by the Navy De.
Epartment to get some form Of esti-
mate from the Pan-American Com
pany on an exchange proposition
including storage"
Hogan revealed to the jury that
Fall had gone voluntarily from the
United States Senate into President
Harding's Cabinet as his first
step toward permanent retirement
to private life.
'He had q distinct agreement
with President Harding that he was
to step down on March 4, 1922,
after serving Just one year. said
Hogan, ''and his old friend Colonel
Doheny was well aware Of this un-
Outstanding.
"At the time Of this loan, Doheny
understood that Fall would have
nothing to do after March"
Fall stayed on. Hogan said, after
win Hays unexpectedly resigned
and Mr.. Harding begged his Score.
tary OF Interior to remain another
year SO the public wouldn't think
his cabinet disintegrated.
The loan Hogan said, was made
because Of long standing friend
ship. It was made in cash because
the ranch Fall bought with it was
twenty miles from 3 bank and even
those were very small. Mr.. FAN
wanted to settle all at once said
Hogan.
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Continued from First pagel
tngton for FL Paso, carrying the
500, 900 In cash with him on the
train, ana III few days he had COM
pIeted the purchase OF q ranch, using
most Of this cash.
FINALLY, this transaction became
known. Fail did not tell the truth
about 1t. He tried ID every way to
conceal It, but finally the facts came
out
This transaction took place
November % and 80. 1921, Roberts
stated. contlnnining to show the
jury that within i few days 81 that
time, Doheny had proposed to Fall
that his company, the Pan-Amleriean
Petroleum Company, exchange fuel
OIL in storage to the amount Of
/ 500, 900 barrels for the Nays
royalty OIL from its reserves pro-
vided the Panl- American could set
additional OF leases"
Opening 81 the Defense
Fan then went to Secretary Of
the Navy Denby, Roberts said, and
put Toward Dohenys' proposition.
Ultimately the contract vas signed.
And We will prove "a you IN
Dohenyss own words that he ex-
pected to make 800 900 900 out 81
ii, Z said the Government counsel
All Of this. Roberts commended
was done at Falls suggestion,
despite the fact he clearly under
stood the Federal policy of oil CON
servation Tor the Navy.
Roberts spoke for only an hour.
Doheny's chief counsel, Frank u
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-23

Democratic State Committee
Expended $61,164 in
Recent Campaign

BALTIMORE, Md. Nov. 2S.--
Gov. Albert c. Richie spent only
$S,742.92" in his campaign, accord
ing to his account filed today.
The money was mostly expended
in newspaper advertising.
The Democratic State Com.
mittee spent $61,164.67. The con-
tributors Appropriated 1.bC0.
The largest contributor mentioned
In the report is the Maryland
Democratic Advisory Campaign
Committee. which is credited with
contributing $24,525.
Each OF the six candidates for
judge OF the supreme bench gave
$1,000, while each of the candi-
dates for court clerkships eon'
AEibNtsa eeo0s u
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SoreL Has Inspired 100
- Have Power Over Men,
Boasts French Actress
Here to Play

NEW YORK, Nov. 2S.-Women
that men love, women that are
the inspiration of mems great
deeds and greater sins, these Cecile
Sorel chose to discuss today.
The French actress has returned
to America to give a series Of per-
formances. She il so. She looks
so. She says she does not care.
becauSe:
81 have power-power over men
lit is greater than beauty. / have
love, and it IL beauty. / have been
the inspiration OF a hundred men.
And now, I have a husband
whom I married just seven months
ago because he adored me. shall
be ever beautiful to him.
Every woman OF today IL the
reincarnation OF some woman Of
the past. I'll am the soul of
Du Barry I demand the best and
~ Az .~--x------.---.A---A..-- e.
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seems to act like a bracing tonic.
II the defense is at all successful
in this trial, it will be mainly be.
cause of Mr.. Pfeiffer's brain and
ingenuity.
It was he who conducted Mrs.
Halls affairs during the first in
vestigation-well enough, 1t is said,
so that it resulted in nothing more
than empty talk and temporary sob.
livion. Just why he appears to be
occupying the background this time
! don't know, but I'm not misled
by his apparent inactivity. re
spect the caliber Of his legal brain
too much, and IL any surprises are
sprung by the defense it will be
mainly because they were devised
or unearthed by Mr.. Pfeiffer.
I think he is one of the brainiesl
men in the courtroom with the ex'
ception of Senator Simpson, who
overshadows them all. I don't ad
mire Mr.. Pfeiffer-far from it--but
in all fairness. think it ought t.
be conceded that, he is the brains
of the defense law group,