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Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1938-06-23

kel, az el6tt a dzsungel ajtaja
bezarul.
Aki egyszer oda belep, az
mindent kiviil hagy az alton.
ami a rendes tarsadalomho1
kototte.
A penzvagy, a rendes elet,
a csalad, a barat, mind d-mind
mogotte maradnak. Csak az
a banat jon ell vele az orszag-
ultra, ami a tarsadalombol XII
l0kte. Kit a hutlen asszony
kit a bort0n, kit mas; eze-
ket a dolgokat senki mem ku-
tatja.
Macy er6 kell hozza, hogy a
dzsungelt valaki elhagyja.
Nemcsak azert, inert oft iga-
zan kenyeres pajtasokat talal,
akik a legtisztabb kommuniz-
musban az utolso falatot is
mindenkivel megosztjak, ha-
mem azert is, inert nehez visz-
szajonni azon az alton, amt
egyszer magunk zartunk be
mogottiink.
Akinek nincs hazaja, mines
lakasa, mines a "rendes" en-
berek kozt baratja, akinek ta-
Ian mines egy jo nadragja
attol a "rendes" emberek hui
zodnak. Lakast, burdot, mum
kat az mem kaphat.
Hej, sokat faztam a new
ycrki feher kertben, mikozben
"visszajonni" probaltam, es
sokat elcsiiggedtem, amig veg
re egy derek magyar mazol6
inasnak vett heti negy dol
larert, ami aztan ravezetett. a
munka RESERVES es harminc
eve tarto utjara..
A munka utan sc vagyod-
tam valami kul0nosebben, de
a tengertol egyenesen irtoz-
tam Mert az a gyomromnak
ma Sc valami jo baratja.
Miattam aztan Two-Bits is
maradt, de Spotty. par nap
mulva elment, hogy maid id6n
kent 'meglatogat bennunket"
es ITALIAN a Mardi Gras vissza-
hozza az orleansi dzsungelba
OFT New Yorkban egy ha-
iora szeg6dott es ahogy a ha-
jonal k0nnyes szemekkel bu-
csuztunk, mindaharman tud-
TUX es ereztiik, hogy Spotty
soha tobbe vissza mem ter a
dzsungelba.
Hogy a munka 0r0k0S iga-
jaba hajtotta a fejet, es "ren.
des" ember lesz belole.
Negy het mulva az oszi SEE
hideg lett, Two-Bits Mike
aki "tud6s" volt, beallt az
egyik Battery Place-en levi
labor-agencynel a Panama.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1938-06-23
csatorna epitesehez
nl,lrlkas-

csatorna epitesehez munkas-
maxi. Engem mem vettek fel,
inert a dongam akkoriban meg
nagyo1l vekony volt.
Arvan, egyediil maradtam
New Yorkban, a Hotel de- -Gink
ben, a hob6k kedves, meleg
feszkeben t0bbe a helyem mem
lelte1n es oft sirtam, ahol ait
senki mem latta.
Munka utan neztem, de
akkoriban a hires magyar ven
degl6k, a Boulevard, a Monopol
meg Balogh-bacsi is finnyas
volt; az edenymosogat6 kiszo-
kott katonatisztnel kezd6-
dott.
Honapokig jartam, amig
Nagel Jozsef, a derek new
york; svab-magyar piktor fell
vett az utcarol maga melle
inasnak es azota szabad en-
Der soha mem voltam.
Rossz vilag van, draga a dol
lar, es bizony harminckett6
ma nagy summa belole.
De hany harmincket dol
lart adnek ma Istenem, ha ait
a harmincket dollart vissza
lehetne csinalni!
Ha ujra egyutt nyujtozhat-
mex a csillagos eg alatt Spotty-
val, Three-Fingerrel, Two Bits
sci, akiknel jobb, igazabb, hu-
segesebb baratokat az eletben
soha, sehol mem talaltam.
Ahogy ezeket a sorokat a
Sloan Street maganyaban
irom-sirom magamnak, a szom
szedbol, az emeletr6l, a base
ment-lakasbol kiilon-kiil0n ra-
diok orditanak a flilembe.
Mennyivel szebb volt, ahogy
Spotty tamburazott a feherbe
borult gyapotmezok szeleben,
ahogy Two-Bits baritonja a
Spotty sep, meleg tenorjat
atfonta...-.
Vagy hat. az is lehet, hogy
mem is Spottyek fajnak olyan
nagyon, hanem az a kobe
ESQ harminc ev, amibe annyi
csalodAs van preselve...... Talan
a husz evek utan vagyodunk,
mikor a fejiink kopasz es de-
res lett? Mem tudom.
Csak AIT tudom, hogy mikor
neha-neha csalodtam, nlikor
nagyon sokkal tobbet vesztet-
tenn az eletben, a penz elvesz-
tese soha annyira mem fajt.
mint az az atkozott harminc-
ket dollar.
Ami az acelsinek vegtelen,
viraggal, jokedvvel, gondtalan-
saggal kivert utjat bezarta
elolem....
! HIMLER MARION.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1938-06-23

VGgre q mexicoi f0ldik meg
mondtak, hogy Spotty elment
dolgozni.
Beallt egy gulf-haj6ra. amin
olajat hoztak Vera Cruzbol
Orleansba, Is harom hetig
mem latjuk. Mert a haj6mun-
kanak meg van az az el6nye,
hogy AIT mem lehet oft hagy-
nj. Oman mem lehet akar-
mikor quittolni. EFT megta-
nultam en- szemelyesen is, mi
kor egy baltimorei osztrigas
barkan a kezeim akartak le-
fagyni es a k0nnyeim fagytak
az arcomhoz, de a haj6rol mem
lehetett utk0zben leszallni.
Bizakodva vartuk a harom
hetet es mergesek voltunk
Spottyra, hogy elszokott mel
loliink, de Sc harom het null
va, Sc hat het mulva mem jott
meg.
New Orleanst mar oft hagy-
TUX S felhuzodtunk Lexing-
tonba a loversenyekre, oman
Cincinnatiba, ahol abban az
idoben a Kentucky oldalon ta-
Ian a legnagyobb hobo -dzsun-
CELIA volt az orszagnak es
albany delrol erkezo hobo meg
jelent, Spotty fel6l kerdeztuk
oket el0sz0r.
osz fele jart az lido megint,
mikor Spotty megtalalt ben
niinket...~ New Yorkban. A
Boweryn. A j6 Greg Boweryn,
ahol minden hobot meg le-
hetett a Macy varosban ta-
lalni.
Spotty rendesen XII volt ol-
tozve, amt abban az idoben
meg lehetett tenni harom-
negy dollarbol, ha az ember a
secondhand" soron vegig
ment, sc a keZei kerOesre VOL
tax dolgozva.
OF honapig dolgozott a ha-
jon, hogy az ezredes 80 dol
larjat megadja.
Aki pedig nevetve mondta
neki, mikor ratalalt a coving-
toni dzsungelban, hogy a ket-
szaz dollar regen meg volt a
helyen, inert AIT a hobok ha-
marosan potoltak.
Boldog 0r0mmel 0leltik a
kis cimborat a keblunkre es
mem irhatnek ugyse semmit a
vilagon, ami Spottyt johban
dicserhetne, mint ami elvitte
t6lunk a hajora es visszahozta
kozenk New Yorkba.
Csakhogy az orom nem tar
tott sokaig.
Spotty t0bbe mem a mi
nyelviinket beszelte.
Megmergezte a penz, az a
rongyos penz es kapitalista
hajlamokkal teri meg az ut
jarol. Ahogy az 6szi nap hit
vany melege oft sut0tt a
Battery plezen benniinket
egyre arrol beszelt, hogy vele
megyiink mi is a hajora dol
gozni.
Rabja lett a munkanak.
Els idegen ember lett a m.
szamunkra.
Mert a hobo-dzsungel ket.
fele embert mem ismer es ak
1 = 4 T.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1938-06-23

nesz-gyerek volt a kenyeres
pajtasom.
Two-Bits Mike-al egyutt
kezdtiik a hobo-palyat, mikor
a pittsburgh osztrak-magyar
konzulatus irodajabol egyfor-
ma rovidseggel vagtak XII ben
nunket, hogy mines penzik
segelyre, az osztrak-nlagyar
sogorsag fuzott ossze bennin-
ket.
Two-Bits uri gyerek volt,
becsi katonatiszt ozvegyenek
a fla, es amig az acelsinek or
szagutjat egyutt jartuk, min
den falatot megosztottunk
egymassal. A "falat" alatt a
boros vagy palinkas uveget is
lehet erteni batran. Sot, ahogy
egyszer-egyszer megirtam, ne
ha bizony a szerelmen is osz-
toztunk.
Ahogy azonban Spotty ko-
zenk akadt egyszer a New
Orleans dzsungelban, a ragyas
kis mexicoi gyereket ugy meg
szerettem, hogy felcsaptam
Big Brothernak melleje.
Ebben a szerepben mem vol
tam magamban. Two-Bits
epen ugy szerette, Three-Fin-
ger Joe egy izben veresre vert
egy Greg hobot miatta, inert
Spotty a fiatalsagot es a "han-
gulatot" jelentette a dzsungel-
ban.
Az orokke jokedvu, orokke
gondtalan, mindig vigyorgo
csunyakepu kis kolyok olyan
szepen jatszott a tamburajan,
es olyan kedves, meleg han
gon enekelt melleje, hogy
amikor enekelt megszepult;; es
neha csillagos esteken AIT hit
Tux, hogy nemcsak a hold
vilag, de a csillagok is az 6
notajat hallgatjak.
A dzsungelban mem huzta
XII magat a munkabol, ha az
orleansi kikot6ben egy-egy te-
herhajo kirakasat felvallalta a
hobo-dzsungelnak a colonel, a
vezna kis mexicoi gyerek XII
vette a reszet a munkabol. Es
olyankor neha, lopva; neki
fizettem vissza AIT, amivel
Laczi Imrenek voltam adosa.
A nehezebb zsakokat elszedtem
elole,
Az oregebb, erdesebb hobok,
kul0nosen akik el6szor vetod-
tex veliink egyszerre a dzsun-
gelba, csak "spig"-et, szineset
lattak Spottyban. A spanyol
haboru meg kozel volt, S a la
tin-indian kevereket mem sok-
kal tobbre neztek a negernel.
Hogyne ereztem volna koze-
lebbi rokonsagot Spottyval?
En- a zseller-falu ghettoja-
max a terheit hoztam utrava-
lonak magammal, benne szin-
ten az "underdog"-0t 0leltem
szorosabbra magamhoz, ha
meleg eghajlathoz szokott kis
indian meg-megrezzent Sa-
vannah szell6s oble mellett
egy-egy csip6s ejjelen a dzsun
gelban.
Egyszer Spotty nagyon $40
moruan j0tt vissza New Or
leans mexicoi negyedeb6l, aho
foldijei voltak, akiket neh;
megnezett.
Tulsagos sokat angolul men
tudott beszelni, es jo id6be tel
amig megtudtuk, hogy m
bantja.
Az edesanyja iizent mex
Sonorabol, hogy amig mindel
lit elo foldije vagyont szere
maganak odahaza az atkul
dott dollarert, 8 a csaladja
elfelejti, pedig most jo alkal
muk lenne talpra allni, egy ki
vagyont szerezni. Meghalt
szomszedjuk es a f0ldje clad
harmincket amerikai dollarer
! Ma es minalunk ez kis 0s,
szeg, de Mexicoban peono
kOzt akkOr nagv penZ volt.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1938-06-23

leggondatlanabb, legszinesebb
elettel felhagytam, hogy bu-
csut mondtam a hobo-dzsun-
gelnak, amelyben eek miatt a.
harmincket dollarok Matt ar
van maradtam.
Sok mindentol megfosztott
a sors, S mem adta meg az elet
ait a legnagyobb oromet, ami
osztalyresze a legszegenyebb
embernek, de karpotlasul meg
aldott - jobaratokkal. Sok
iobarattal.
De eek kozt a jobaratok
kozt is akadt harom, akik ia
Ian a legkozelebb alltak a szl-
vemhez.
Az egyiket a haboru meg
olte, a masikat harmlncket
dollar sodorta el tolem, a har-
madik Greg legeny, mint en-
$ bar csak szazhatvan merit
foldnyire kerteszkedik tolem,
evente egyszer-ketszer ha Ia
tom. vagy trunk egymasnak. )
icy is tudjuk az esztendo min
den oraiaban, hogy kOzel al
lunk egymashoz.
Laczi Imrevel Verebelyben
6riztiik egymassal a libakat,
es ha az egyikiinkre ravertek
otthon egy-egy este, inert a
"huhukolasban" 0sszesaroztuk
magunkat, biztosan kikapott a
mask is; minden nap es min
denfele egyiitt jatszottunk.
Laczi Imre a legjobb, leg
szelidebb gyerek volt Verebely-
ben, en- a - legrosszabb.
Az ellentetek vonzottak egy-
mast, nem tudtunk egymas
nelkul megelni. Es akar-
mennyire ram nehezedett a
szegenyseg, akarmilyen gond
volt tizenharom ewes korom-
ban, hogy szegeny ozvegy
anvam mibol tudja maid szep-
temberre "az iskolat" fizetnl,
en- bizony ell mem mentem vol
ma soha a csepl6gep melle nap
szamba, ha mem tudtam volna,
hegy frnreyel egyutt fogunk
dolgozni vagy ket evvel ido-
sebb volt nalam, 8 a rostat
hajtotta, en- meg etettenn.
! De sokszor mondjak, ha va
lakit meg akarnak vagni, hogy
"te paraszt". 1mre paraszt
gyerek volt, de jobb szivet,
finomabb lelket en- a selyem-
ingek alatt soha mem LATHAM.
Ha az orszaguton a nagylab-
ujjam "elvagtam'', szinte az 9
SCENE konnyezett belle, amig
kotOzte.
Ha a rosta-etetesnel az arpa-
pelyvat a szel visszahozta a
nyakamba emlekeztek-e
meg az arpatorekre magyarok?
- az etetesben felvaltott. Ha
bajom volt, AIT 8 elobb latta
vagy erezte, mint en-, es epen
ilyen jo, kedves, szolgalatkesz
volt minden mas emberrel.
Olyan kisocsse voltam Laczi
Inrenek, es mikor a haboru
elvitte, epen ugy fajt nekem,
mint amikor a tesverbatyamat,
akivel sok-sok evig egy agyban
aludtam, megl6ttek.
Bako Jani a harmadik "pa-
rasztgyerek" akivel en- het.
orszagot megjartam, neha
ITALIAN napokig het szot mem
szoltam, inert hiszen egymas.
max a gondolatat is ismerjuk
A kozbe-es6 baratomat, akit
az a rongyos harmincket dol
lar elvitt mell6lem, meg a ma
gyar parasztember is mayor
lenezne.
Spotty, az en- kis hobo-cim
boram mem is feher embe1
volt.
Volt benne feher yer is biz
tosan, de legalabb nyolc-tized
rGsz indian volt, a napsute
ses Sonorab6l, Mexicob6l jot
ebbe az orszagba.
Spotty meg Laczi Imre azer
vannak mindig egyszerre a fe
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CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS

The United States Civil Service Commission has announced open competitive examinations for the positions named below.
 Multilith operator, S1,440 a year, for appointment in Washington. D. C., only. Applicants must have had at least three months full-time paid experience in the opera tion of a multilith machine. They must have reached their eighteenth but must not have passed their fifty third birthday. T
 Deputy United States Game Man agement Agent. $500 year, Bu- reau of Biological Survey. Depart ment of Agriculture High-school education or a mental test is re- quired; and certain game manage ment experience or similar eXperi- ence, except for the partial substi- tuition of college work Applicants must have reached their twenty fifth but must not have passed their fortieth birthday.
 Full information may be obtained at Room 311, Federal Building.
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BUILDING THE HEREINAFTER
 THIS WINTER

Now that s7O0O0 has been set aside by the War Department for building the breakwater for the Jul neau small boat harbor is to be hoped that the Army engineers will see their way clear to get the Work under way before next spring.
 Recent bids opened in Seattle on the project were so much higher than the engineers estimate that recommendation has made by the engineers that the bids be rejected There a difference of IA cents yard between the estimate and the lowest bidder No further action has been taken but report emanating from Seattle hints that the Army is con- siderng holding the work in abeyance until spring and in the meantime probably asking for new bids.
 There would be many advantages to doing the work this winter, the Chamber of Commerce has pointed out in message to Col H. J. Wild District Engineer in Seattle while there are very definite handicaps next summer.
 At this season of the year there plenty of workmen and many of them are men who are in need of work avoid turning to the relief rolls during the winter An ample number of trucks is now avail able for the hauling, condition which will not prevail next spring as ether projects started And there is reason to believe that the cys application for PWA loan to help in doing it's share of completing the proect-buildng terminal facilities-is being held up ts see if the project actually going to be started Another 30 days and there will be little chance of getting PWA loan.
 If the breakwater work is held over until spring the builders will find that Wloughby Avenue will be torn up after May for paving and trucks hauling rocks for the breakwater would have to be routed through the city and up over the hill. Workmen will be occupied with seasonal occupations and equip ment will be much harder to obtain
 If the Army engineers can see their way clear to undertake the breakwater portion of the small boat harbor this winter they will be doing this community
 real service at the time getting the work done under the most favorable circumstances
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HOW CAN REASON RULE?

A great many thousands of words have been during the last year with relation to the international picture, but at time has it been so clearly presented in terse sentence did Presi dent Roosevelt in his address night before last
 You cannot organize civilization around the core of mitarism and at the same time expect reason to control human destinies," said MT. Roosevelt
 With threat of war Hitler has pushed forward and is continuing to push forward to gain the lost prestige of Germany. With armed forces Mussolini moved into Ethiopia and found expansion for land hungry Italy. With force of arms Japan is sweeping over China Throughout Europe, before and since the Czechoslovaka crisis every nation is arming to the hilt Never before in history has the armament race been so extensive speeded up to such tempo Under such circumstances. is there any dim hope that will control human destnies?
 Right after the World War, the civilized world saw some merit in peaceable negotiation. There was hope for that at long last had over taken human kind It began to appear that man had finally to the belief that he could attain his decent end without killing off the other fellow. But
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NOTICE OF HEARING ON
 FINAL ACCOUNT

In the Commissioners Court for the
 Territory of Alaska, Division Num-
 Der One.
 Before FELIX GRAY, Commission
 CT and ex-officio Probate Judge,
 Juneau Precinct
 Tn the Matter of the Estate of
 ROBERT w. BENDER, Deceased.
 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Helen Bender, administratrix of the estate of Robert w. Bender, deceased, has filed herein her final report of administration of the estate and petition for decree of distribution, and that a hearing will be had upon said report and petition before the undersigned at Juneau, Alaska, on December 22nd, 1888, at 10 o'clock A. M.. at which time all persons interested in the estate may appear and file objec- tions in writing to the said final report and petition, and contest | the same.
 GIVEN under my hand and the seal of the Probate Court at Jul lneau, Alaska, this 20th day of Octo- Der. l938 ! (SeaD FELIX GRAY, 1 Commissioner and eX-officio Pro-
 bate Judge, Juneau Precinct. First publication, Oct. 21, 1888. Last publication, Nov. II, 1888.
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DAILY LESSONS IN ENGLISH
 By w. l.. Gordon

Words Often Misused: Splendid is often used indiscriminately Do not say, Tt was splendid dinner or, Tt was a splendid book" Say, de- licious dinner, and interesting book. One may say. "a splendid (brilliant) diamond, or, "A splendid (illustri- ous) man."
 Often Mispronounced: Wrea t h Csingular); pronounce the tn as in both. Wreaths tpluraD; pronounce rethz, the tn as in with.
 Often Misspelled Khaki. Observe the kha
 Synonyms Workman. working man, laborer, artisan, craftsman, mechanic.
 Word Study: Use a word three times and it is yours Let us in- crease cur vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word Fortitude; firmness of mind m meeting danger or diversity. ''Tlle fortitude of a Christian consists in patience"
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it was short-lived and empty hope.

it was a short-lived and empty hope.
 The scars of the war were quickly forgotten. New faces rose to demand place in the sun, and those faces began mastering their armies even as power seekers have done since the beginning of time Until today it has again become question of who has the biggest and most powerful armed force.
 Each and every one of these power seekers has
 front" he presents his laudable cause. It isn't conquest, he wants, he assures the world, but his ambition is to right some imagined wrong.
 It is the familiar tune of the aggressor since the beginning of time Alexander the Great was Of the first of them some 300 before Christ and the formula hasn't changed since. Old Genghis Khan had similar idea about 10 centuries ago he swept over Asia and very close to conquering the then known world So it has gone through the centuries and SO apparently, it is going today.
 Civilization MT Roosevelt implied is again organizing around the core of miltarism and in view of it we cannot expect to control human deStines" The only alternative is an army and navy second to none.
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Horoscope "The stars incline
 but do not cOmpel'
SATURDAY. OCT. 29. 1888

SATURDAY, OCT. 29, 1888
 Benefic aspects rule strongly to- day, according to astrology. This should be one of the rare times when the average man and woman finds that all is well with the world.
 Newspapers should bring encour- aging tidings to Americans who will enjoy a period of prosperity. Busi- ness should improve and commerce expand
 The planetary government may stimulate energy and inspire ac- tivity Young men and women should benefit under this sway which is believed to implant high ambitions.
 Good luck should attend partner ship agreements or leases signed under this direction of the stars. It is wise to delay contracts with pro- fessional women, however.
 Labor is subject to threatening portents which may not disturb workers until next week, when there may be serious troubles.
 Aged persons will experience de- pressing conditions, ignoring their past achievements, the seers predict.
 If the stars are rightly read, dic- tatorS are now at the zenith of their power and must experience rapid decline of support.
 Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of a year of varied luck. For the young, love affairs may be uncertain
 Children born on this day prob ably will be fond of secret planning and may be given to intrigue. These subjects of Scorpio usually are eX- ceedingly intelligent
 Thomas F. Bayard, American statesman, was born on this day 1928. Others who have celebrated it as birthday include John Keats poet 1795; James Boswell, biogra- pher, 1740.
 Copyright, 1938)
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LOOK and LEARN
 By A. c. Gordon

1. What proportion of the weight of a fowl is lost in dressing it? ?. Did Moses ever reach the promised land?
 3. What is the Bourse? 4. What is the name of the larg- est lake in Scotland? 5. What does a cubic foot Of fresh snow weigh?
 ANSWERS
 l. There is from IS to 20 percent loss in weight after the head, feet, bones, and inedible entrails have been removed.
 2. No.
 g. The Paris stock exchange. 4. Loch Lomond
 5. From to 15 pounds, depend ing upon the humidity of the at- mosphere
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20 Years Ago
 From The Empire
OCTOBER 28, 1918

The search for the Princess Sophia's dead was continuing with unabated efforts and at this time 167 bodies had arrived in Juneau, all having been searched and pre- pared for burial Of the bodies, 147 had been identified. Gov. Thomas Riggs Jr., was still on the Cedar, continuing to direct the relief fleet. Capt. James V. Davis of the Este beth, when interviewed at the home of Dr. E. H. Kaser, said that at 2:30 o'clock the day the Sophia sunk, boat was lowered from the ship loaded with men. Capt. Davis stated that they pulled up within twenty fathoms of the Sophia, but the boat was called back and those in it got aboard the Sophia. Continuing Davis stated that "at any time on the fatal day we could have taken all the passengers and crew from the Sophia It was not too rough for a 14-foot skiff to go to the wind
 ward of the Sophia Boats and life rafts could easily have come down with the wind. Capt. Locke simply grumbled that the wind was going down instead of coming up, or he figured his vessel could weather the gale" Capt. Davis also said that the passengers were evidently satisfied to remain aboard the Sophia as there were very few on the deck and at one time we could hear a piano being played in the social hall. Word brought from the Cedar indicated that the wreck occurred shortly after 530 o'clock, on the morning of the 18th. At least it was known that the wireless operator on the Princess Sophia was driven from his room at 5:20 o'clock, and before that time he had said the water was coming in his quarters His first SOS. calls were sent out at 4:50 o'clock, and asked the Cedar ito come and help us, we are founder ing" He continued to talk with the Cedar operator until 5:20, when he said: For Gods sake, come Ye are sinking" Examination of the reef at low tide showed that the Sophia had turned completely around. It was believed that the wind quarter ing on the stern swung it around slowly, the bow holding until all the vessel cleared the reef save the bow, and that she then swung free and fillcd from the forward port, as the bow had been dented, and plunged beneath the waters. The pressure of the air and possibly , boiler explosion released the oil. Several bodies which had been re- covered were those of members of the engine room crew of the Sophia, and most of them were badly burned, showing evidence of fire on board or an explosion of serious nature.