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| above the deck load. to which the
| running gear and braces We're at
| tachcd, sea.sawcd uncertainty and
| threatened to give way with the heavy
strain upon it.
In fact, I fully expected to see the
whole fabric aloft--mastS, yards, and
| salS-cOme down with a crash about
our ears. And in my heart l bitterly
| blamed that shouting figure on the
| poop for having led us into such a
| mess. just for the sake of earning the
praise OF his owners Tor perhaps their
condemnation by carrying few
sticks of timber more than the ship
could safely hold.
| But if it was hard work glowing
up the sails from below, how much
more difficult was it furling them with
a crowd whose only experience aloft
! consisted of a few fine weather climbs,
Some of the men, on reaching the
| top Ia platform at the top of the
lower mast onto which they clam
bered through the "lubber's hole" de-
spite the nautical tradition which for
bids such nseaman-like procedure, re-
fused to go any higher. Others, Of
a more adventurous disposition, con-
tinued upward to the lofty spars that
swung TO and fro across the sky.
But here, out on the swaying foot
ropes. hundred and fifty feet above
the deck, their courage ebbed as they
desperately Tended off with one arm
the beliNing canvas, which continually
thraShcd back over their heads.
One lad. whose experience of life
consisted of what he had seen on his
fathers California farm. reached the
topSallant yardarm. Here he became
fascinated by the rushing water far
beneath him and lost his head. In a
panic he tried to get back to the COM
paratively safety of the riggngs, but
lost his balance and fell astride the
foot-rope.
For few moments he remained
suspended in midair in this terrible
position, screaming all the time that
he was falling. And fall he surely
would have done had not the bosun
and sailmaker been near enough to
drag him back to safety.
The men. who We're by this time
pretty we'll all in, were considerably
shaken by this unpleasant incident.
and several OF them Scuttled down on
deck without waiting to finish the job.
Even those who remained aloft were
| Of little use. SO it fell to the bos' un
and sailmaker, the solitary apprentice
who had stuck by the ship. and myself
TO crawl out on yard after yard and
pass the gasketS round the remaining
loose sails.
X X X
/ ATER, when the rest Of us had
reached the deck, the crew were
mustered to make sure that no one
had gone over the side. As the bos'un
called the names the responses came.
nd
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mon thoroughly disillusoned with
their new life.
A stiff tot of grog all around did
something toward restoring their lost
confidence, but many day passed
before they were able to look at a
foot rope without a shudder.
After this blow the weather inn
proved, but in order to run no risks
the captain kept the ship under re-
duced sail. In this way we logged
slowly southwark, taking no heed Of
tho vessels that rapidly overhauled
us. wondering, no doubt, at our lei
sure progress.
Later. in the tropics. during an in
terminable procession Of fine sunny
days and starlight nights, sailing with
steady trade winds that called for
hardly touch on the braces. we set
to work in earnest to teach the men
the art OF Sailorising. They proved
themselves willing pupils, being able
to reef and furl. steer and sew can
vas, in highly creditable manner.
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who had gathered the flock. And ere
dawn had spread over the city next
| day we were 80 miles down the river.
1t was not, however. until we had
slipped the tug at sea that we realized
what sort of a crew we had had
palmed off on us. Thinkers, tailors and
| soldiers. they may have been-but
| they were certainly not sailors.
| With the exception of a Frenchman
and Dutchman--who at once became
known as "Frenchie and "Dutchie"-
| there was not a mothers son among
| the entire 90 hands (signcd on as able
seamen. mark you) who even knew
the names of the sails and ropes, let
alone who was able to so aloft.
| One man had just come out OF Jail;
| another, in taking to life on the
ocean wave, was saving himself from
the probability of having to go there
| facts we cleaned from the miscreants
during the course of the voyage.
The Army was represented by one
eyed eX.infantryman. The unfortunate
fellow gave the boS'un some back
chat the first night out. as the result
Of which he nearly lost the sight OF
| the other eye as well. =,
Literature was also represented, for
a sea story, and had signed-on express
ly for the purpose OF collecting local
color" for his work. He got it all right.
| We also mustered an eX-bank clerk,
weary of the stool. who had come with
| us for a glimpse of the world. He, too,
| got what he came for!
For the rest, the crew were mostly
| composed of young farm hands and
lumbermen from the back blocks of
California. But how 1t came about
that these fellows got into the hands
Of boarding house 'crimp' ] never
quite understood-partic as one
or two of them, as they confided to
me, had never even seen the sea be-
fore. let alone sailed on it.
THE difficulty Of working a large
'square-rigcer." carrying huge
spread of canvas aloft, with such ma
terial needs no elaboration on my part.
No doubt the safest plan would have
been to keep the ship under very
small sail until the men had become
accustomed to their surroundings.
But as the weather was fine leaving
port the captain decided TO set every
thing, being anxious. with good rea-
son, to get well to the southwark be-
| fore stormy spell set in.
| All went well at first. With the
Frenchman and Dutchman. as fine "A
| pair OF seamcn az l ever encountered,
doing most of the steering, and the
| rest of us leading the gang around on
deck, TO pull and haul on the ropes
as necessary. we kept the ship going
and the sails properly trimmed. In
deed. so pleased was the captain with
results that on the second day out he
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Experts From Fifty Nations Meet Here for Study of Rad

work Of the military services and that
Of the commercial companies in the
radio field is that the latter have only
one frequency to bother them, while
the Federal services require a consid-
cradle number to handle their various
needs.
But we seem to be coming on. with
the younger generation picking up the
code almost in their cradles and the
older ones so keen on their job of com
munication With unseen friends at the
other side of the world that they are
like the men in the slogan of the L. s.
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with a valuable cargo was frequently
obliged to wait outside or anchor in
port during thick weather until II
cleared up, unless the captain was
willing to take his chance OF going
aground If sc left 'Lefore the weather
was propitious.
The numbers OF vessels that were
wrecked or grounded attest to the
fact that they were by no means
always successful in making port
safely without loss Of time. as the de
lay was an important factor and often
caused The owner the loss OF many
thousa nds Of dollars.
Practically every sea going vessel is
now equipped with radio apparatus of
some description, and thus n ship
with an installation of transmitter and
a receiving set may ascertain its true
position at any hour Of the day or
night provided il is within the range
Of audibility 10 the nearest radiocom-
pass station maintained by the Gov
eminent.
The United States has a very com.
plete chain Of 81 such stations that
are distributed along lis farming
coast line, and though these are Of
value in war time in tracking enemy
fleets or aircraft in order 10 protect
our coastal cities. the service rendered
--a@ merchant marine 81 this and other
nations is Of enormous value each
year in the saving Of lives and prop
erty.
When the householder sits down at
his radio set some evening t dinner
time to adjust his set for some dance
music from his faYorite broadcast
station, he is often annoyed 10 find
that series OF broad and fuzzy
sounds is coming in over the air. 1t
may help to comfort and interest him
little to learn that these notes are
the radio calls OF some incoming or
outgoing merchant vessel with
spark set, and that the operator is
reporting his arrival. or perhaps his
departure, 10 the nearest naval radio
compass station, and that this news
is then published the following day
in the paper under marine intelli-
gence.
II the home in question is within
sight OF the harbor. it may take off
the curse OF these irritating sounds
p 10 glance out the window, where a
faint shadow Of the vessel slipping out
TO sea may be noticed. There is ro'
nance for you. Perhaps YOU may
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declared: 1--WE are getting along swim
mingly."
As matter of fact. "swimminGly"
came very near literally describing it,
for on that very night we ran into a
breeze that all but took the sticks out
of the old wagon.
With no more warning than perhaps
long, low bank of cloud ahead, n
violent sauall swept down on MS
screaming blue murder. The ship
cranky at all times with her top
hamper of timber. heeled over alarm
ingly to the onslaught. A moment
| later the captain rushed on deck in
his pa iamas, yelling for all hands to
get the sails off her.
| was in charge Of the deck at the
| time Had | been more experienced.
let me admit. l might have taken more
notice of that bank of cloud, but then
| was only 81.
l had let the royal and topgallant
halliards fy the moment the wind
caught us. but the yards would not
come down. being damned against
the masts by the bellyinc sails and
steep angle at which the ship was
lying over. Before we could do. any
thing to right matters. more than
one perfectly good sail had blown To
ribbons.
The noise Of torn canvas aloft,
thra shing and cracking like a battery
Of field guns; the wild lurching OF the
vessel, doing the utmost to sweep up
in the wind. and the excited shouts
of the captain for the man at the
wheel to '1et her go off" had be-
wildering effect on the watch below.
Never in their lives, in all probable
ity, had they been awakened so
abruptly, and now they calmly de-
cided to remain where they were until
the tumult had ceased.
But they were not left to themselves
long In towering fury the mate
suddenly appeared a the fo-c'sle door.
Turn out there, YOU useless, mailing
ering lot of halfwitted loafers' he
roared Turn out at once, unless
yo, want To see the ship over on
her beam ends.
Not a little impressed, to say moth
ing of his angry demeanor, the men
who were lacking neither in intelli-
gence nor pluck--qllicklV realized that
something was needed Of them, and
without further hesitation tumbled out
into the black night to grapple with
the situation.
LOk TWO hours we tolleu On lIidl
timber-stack in an effort to keep
pace. in reducing sail. with the ever
freshening breeze 1t was demoraliz-
ing work, though. even for expert
enced seamen, accustomed to working
their ship in A proper manner from
the main deck.
Ropes became hopelessly entangled
around the ends of protruding logs:
the ierry-huilt wooden rail stuck UP
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In order to insure better "tone" for
THIS important work, Naval Commune
cations recently installed new lis
tening post" on the grounds of its re-
search laboratory at Bellevue, where
the radio messages are first received
and amplfied before their reception by
the operators at radio central. This
is a common practice among the inn
portant commercial companies. which
frequently have special stations for
such work at points far away from the
big city radio centrals.
The chief difference between the
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sArE nountr n
Thrh gCnvn Foot

| lines fore and aft on top OF it. We
also strapped down the lifeboats. so
| that they could not shift and-last.
| hut by no means least-saw to our
bodily comforts by dressing our oil
skins and soaking plenty Of tallow and
| Stockholm tar into our seaboots.
Then. when the first icy blast came
away from the southwark. accom-
| panied by an albatross or two. like
| harbiners of evil tidings. we went into
| standby watches to await what the
| gods might have in store for us.
The Roaring Forties," as sailors
| call the parellels between 40 degrees
! and 80 degrees south latitude. did not
, maintain their evil reputation so far
as we We're concerned. Crossing the
| fortieth parallel in the ncichbOrhOod
| Of 100 degrees west longitude. we ran
| through them under practically all
| plain sail. steering down for the horn.
But what the forties lacked in Sc
| verify of weather. the fifties made up
with interest, shattering our hopes OF
| sneaking around the dreaded promon-
| tory of Cape Horn without paying the
| customary toll.
Coming on deck at o'clock one
| morning to relieve the mate. shortly
after we had passed the fiftieth paraI-
shortened down to foresail and top
sails.
Looking over the side at the vessels
greatly reduced speed / asked my
| superior the reason for this precaution.
Have YOU seen the glass, man. he
responded. | admitted that l had not
Then. for goodness sake. go and
look at it, he growled.
Jove, it was low. and no mistake.
1t stood at $3.50 inches. had fallen
nearly three-quarters of an inch since
I was last on deck, and was still fall
ing.
If there's not n breeze behind that.
I'm blinking Dutchman," declared
my superior as he went down the com
panion way, pausing with his head
above 1t to warn me to call the can
tain Immediately If it started to blow.
~ X
nAYBREAK gave us the first visible
sign Of what was in store for us.
A lurid glare suffused the sky, lending
strange coppery hue to the mems
| faces and the white paintwork on deck.
! 1t was not exactly overcast nor was 1t
clear. A thin veil of haze blOtted out
| the stars and gave to the sun, as II
rose. woolly appearance and weird
| looking halo.
| In the northwest, rolls Of olive.tinte1
storm clouds. torn and Jagged at their
edges, were rising higher and higher
| in a mighty bank. And there was an
unearthly sort of moan in the breeze
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ed. telephoned to the nearest Coast
Guard station that a ship near that
point was getting into danger and 10
be on the lookout. He gave the exact
position of the vessel, and sure enough
n few minutes later had an urgent
sos from the ship that she was
aground.
a ship obtains it's bearings by send
ing out test signals for nearly a MN
ute, so that line of bearing on her
Ia obtained by the radiocompasS OPP
orator. This is then transmitted to
the control station Of that group.
which plots the position lines on a
chart in order to check the accuracy
Of the bearings. II satisfactory, they
are then radioed to the ship and the
navigator plots the lines on his chart
and thus works out his true position
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never see that ship again. but as II
steans away 10 foreign lands X IS
saying good by across the air be-
tween the antenrae stretched above
the radio shack and your home on
shore.
Hazardous points along the coast
Of North Carolina. s"ch as At ccpe
Hatteras. which has heen called the
graveyard of the sea-" are aided by
radiocompass stations that furnish
more bearings TO ships than any two
other stations in the Navy, or an
average of 1000 4 Inun;h.
IEUT. PHILIP TAFT, y. 3. ~, the
- district colnr; Illcat.on officer Of
that region, tells the story OF the mer-
chant vessel that was trying to make
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Mail Service-"through storm and
snow and sleet'-and may be we'll
termed the pioneers of the present
day.
Not with covered wagons. Not with
frail banks on dangerous seas, leading
toward the northwest passage to the
Orient. But key at hand, calling
across the continents. N" or "GO
ahead" while the distant flash spells
back the word that shortens the dis
lance between friend and friend
around the world we live in.
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Experiences that are Increasing
" rare fell to those who learned
seamanship in the sailing vessels
that are fast disappearing. Mr..
OBrien is of that swiftly diminish
Ing company Of iron men,"
At the time Of the narrative In
cluded in two articles. OF which
the first follows, he was second
mate of a four-masted barque that
faced the supreme test of a vessel
under adverse conditions.
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even before we We're across the
Equator.
In the southeast trades. which car
riad us out of the tropics, we bent
Storm canvas in place Of the fine
weather sails. put extra wire lashngs
on the deck load and stretched life
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AFTER, when the rest Of us had
reached the deck, the crew were
mustered to make sure that no one
had gone over the side. AS the bos'un
called the names the responses came.
YEARLY and despondently, as befitted
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time immemorial, Cape
Horn, the southernmost tin OF
South America, has been dread ,
L ed by mariners. The tremen.
dn1ls storms that sweep around
, 1927-11-02

CODY = TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8
Program at Cody Theatre and Demon
~trofion at Burlington Station

The Better Poultry Special, consisting of ten cars,
eight of which are especially equipped for the dem
onstration of every phase of the poultry growing in
dustry, will arrive in Cody early Tuesday morning, and
will be here until noon on that day, at which time the
train will be moved to Powell, for a meeting there in
the afternoon.
Evening star., 1927-05-01

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linen-fnish quality, in to 10
yard lengths.
Evening star., 1927-05-01

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The Alaskan., 1927-04-08
FOX SKINS TAKEN
FOR TERRITORY

Game Warden E. M Goddard re
Gently seized "a blue fox skins fol-
The Territory, at Ketchikan. The
skins had been shipped from Ket.
chikan to Seattle with other furs
in packages which were not label
ed as to the contents. Mr.. Goddard
became suspicious and wired to
Seattle to have the packages ex-
amined The customs service CO.
operated and upon examination they
found a number of furs and among
them the "a blue fox skins which
were not branded as is required by
the Territory for the protection of
licensed for farmers.
All of the furs except the fox
skins were released, and they were
sent back to Ketchikan because
they had not been legally export
ID When they reached Ketchikan
3ame Warden Goddard seized them
or the Territory.
The Alaskan., 1927-04-08
COLD STORAGE COMPANY
AT JUNEAU ASKS CITY
TO FOREGO 10 YEAR TAX


AT the last meeting of the jun
eau city council, II. L. Faulkner ap-
peared, representing the juneau
Cold Storage Co., Inc, for the ex-
emption of city taxes on the new
plant which is to be completed
this summer, for period of ten
years, the juneau Empire reports.
Mr.. Faulkner's plea was that
the Cold Storage Co., will extend
the local city float from 16 foot
frontage to a 65 foot frontage. All
local boats may have the use of
this float. He mentioned the fact
that the city should encourage new
industries and foster them "Such
an exemption will help the new
company in getting started, bene-
filing the city Of Juneau" he said.
The subject was discussed and
referred to a special committee
for investigation. A report will
be made at the next meeting.
Empire
The Alaskan., 1927-04-08
BOlles Trophy
Aid Schools

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.-The state
department Of the American Legion
Auxiliary which each year does the
most constructive and systematic
work in developing and strengthen
ing the public school system of its
state will be awarded a gold tro-
ply cup, it was announced att ma
lional headquarters of the Auxiliary
here recently.
The departments will be judged
op the following basis: Cd the de-
partment that has the highest per-
centage Of average days attend
ance of children of school age in
public schools of the state; CD the
department that has the highest
percentage gain in average daily
attendance; 90 the partment that
lLcIo CDO biSi1COI pOASChtoSO VI SUN
in the establishment of accredited
high schools; (4) the department
that has the highest percentage of
teachers who are graduates Of nor
NAL schools or colleges; 60 the
department whose Auxiliary spon-
sors the greatest number of pa
triotic exercises during the year.
The cup has been donated by the
department Of Washington in the
name Of Lemuel Bolles, former ma
tional adjutant of the Legion, and
Mrs. Bodies, and will be known as
the Bolles trophy.
The Alaskan., 1927-04-08


There are a number of simple
minded legislators who have been
convinced that the Controller Bill
means the building up of political
machine because they will have the
appointment of all the territorial
officers.
Who appoints them now?
The great issue In the next cam
naign will be the Controller Bill.
Men who do not vote for it will
not come back.
Evening star., 1927-09-08
ALEXANDRIA.

| ALEXANDRIA, Va, September
(SpeciaD-David Butler Of 1440 Duke
street, a former patrolman,' before
Judge William s. Snow in Police Court
this morning, was held for action OF
the grand jury on charge OF assault
on James Fields. colored, of 306 North
Henry street. The charge was lodged
against Butler by Alice Fields, Fields
mother.
1t is said that Butler arrested Fields
August IS, on a charge OF violating
the prohibition law, and while taking
him to the police station, struck him
over the head with a revolver. Fields
was taken home and 1t is said he re-
mained unconscious two days. Charges
of assault lodged against William T.
Beales of No Fairfax Apartments
were dismissed. Testimony brought
out the fact that Beales had no part
in the assault, but only carried Fields
to his home in his machine when re.
quested to do so by Butler. The pa.
trolman was dismissed by Capt. w. w.
Campbell when the warrant against
him was served.
Alvin Nevitt, II years old, Of 312
Montgomery street, and Noel Wind.
sor, IA years old, of 219 South Royal
street, were caught leaving Constan-
tinople's store, King and Payne streets,
early this morning by Patrolman Hum
mer of the Alexandria Police Depart.
ment, according to the officer. After
a short chase Hummer took tho boys
into custody. They had 8 packages
of cigarettes, Al packages and 100
sticks Of chewing gum. 35 chocolate
candy bars, a package Of safety