'Fij?7?fsFww4. ,,, i v wajMwsj! fti tvW'l.'Jl'.l I V v;k? ei'j -si." vf. Hi I ' EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 22. 1922 XOy ,h?. LINER, ONCE QUEEN OF ATLANTIC GREYHOUNDS, NOW LIES ROTTING IN "MARINE BONEYARD" Grizzled Followers of Sea Recall Days When Proud Craft Was Acclaimed Wonder Ship of the- Century Philadelphia's Last Voyage a Speculator's Lesing Gamble 9 in JVhich Disgruntled Crew Looted Stores and Fittings 1 -iil -W, - i I " ' """" VVWV I 0 NCE n floating palace of the ocean highway, ncclaimed in song and fctervs holder of the world's records for swiftness afloat; victorious heroine of buttles against the elements; her saloons the transient home of beautiful women and famous men; her trim hull the cradle of hope for 'thousands seeking fortune in the Land of the Free; her record of nchieve 'ments in two wars a brilliant one. New a flrc-scarrcd hulk, keel deep in the slimy mud of Naples Bay, Iretting and rusting, while clamorous creditors seek their due, a pittance 'compared te the vast sums expended te create and maintain a once giaceful, lithe greyhound of the tea. Such is the .story of the last oy ey tgc and of the career of the S. S. v Philadelphia, stanch United States mail steamship of' the American Line, ship w'tn !l personality, one of the most noteworthy ocean pas senger steameis that ever flew the Stars and Stripes. In service for three and a half dcades, a long period fei a vossel of modern serv ice, hers has been a history, new drawn te an inglorious close in the haiber of Naples, that is unexampled In American maritime annals. Her recent voyage te the Medi terranean, perhaps te be her last, led her te the dread fate of all fa mous old ships the end of her glory. After fires, attempted mur ders, mutiny, looting and that dis grace te a geed ship, libeling for debt, the Philadelphia, taken ever by Italian marines, was towed te a ship's gravcyaid, where, tired and distresscl, she settled into the ooze of the harbor for rest. The Italian Gecrnmcnt may pump her out, of course, patch her up after a fashion and try te sell her, or else turn her ever te creditors as se much junk, but her great days as a trans ' Atlantic liner are gene forever. Once Most Palatial Craft en Seven Seas The twin-set c-w Philadelphia, fifiO feet long, with a beam of sixty-three feet three inches and a depth of foily-twe feet, was in her day end that was for many days one of the most palatial craft en th seven seas. In her palmy times the made twenty-one knots, or twenty-four land miles, an hour, and that is still "traveling some," even in these days of big, fast ships. She was a scouting cruier and a troeprhip in two wars, lan the Ger man submarine cordon in British water-- and had often encountered Bterm, lire and all of the perils of the ea in both war and peace, but it is doubtful if the historic Philadel phia ever had a mere exciting 01 eventful passage than that which began at New Yeik en the first day of Inst July. The tale as told by "survivors' who recently icturncd te America by a Cunard steamer was one that set the tongues of owners, skippers and old salts going in two continents. It was also a subject for investigation at Wash ington. Italian-American speculators, look ing with a favorable eye en the heavy outbound teuiist traffic of the last season and estimating even larger leturns from the westward bound emigrant traffic fiem Italy, cast about and hit upon the Phila delphia. She was still geed te leek at eutwanlly, although in bad need of extensive lepairs te get even a few me.p seasons out of her. Modeled Along Lines of a Graceful Yacht One of the few remaining trans Atlantic liners with the old-fashioned cutaway bow, figurehead and fperting a stubby bowsprit, she had the lines of a big yacht. Fer her spars, nRging, two stacks and low decks she was familiar of aspect as a ciack beat in the European lone". Her last regular season in the service of the American Line was that of 1920, when the patched-up old l.ner, with pait of her second class converted into fust class and sellinK for 5225 per berth, was pressed into service te accommodate the prrat tide of travel from Amer ican slimes te see the battlefields of Km epe. It was her last effort for her old time owners. Even then it took no Ruauntec engineer expert te de tect that her engines were fed by whcezinL', leaky boilers. Her weed work, though freshly painted, showed . traces of a hunched previous coats and her accommodations vere tee out-of-date for the fastidious lattei "V tiaveler. The American Line 'I'd net consider that she was worth the expenditure of a large sum of money, and because of a variety of ether reasons the winter of 1020 1921 saw her laid up in the Hudsen River. of his 'tickets and pklppcd te Bremen. Perhnps one of his swindled clients lind happened te meet 1 iin In one of the dnrk nnd narrow streets which uie se mm men In Naples. Perhaps the proprietors of the Hetel Vosiivle get tired of wait ing for llielr hill te be paid and hnd put lilm in Jail. An way, he disap peared. "When the ship hnd been In Naples thirty-three de)s, and even the officer began te leek worried, the chief steward assembled all of his department in the a lively indignation meeting. Thev were largely mountaineer Italians and Albanians, who had come aboard en Jul 20: It whs new August til Pas sengers mounted rhnlrs and tables and delivered themselves of their anger, nnd disgust in excited Ittilluu, "linking theli fists and uttering curses nnd threats Nobedv Illumed them much. Hvsten rnl women burst into tears nnd weie led te their cabins. Jinny of these folk bud spent their ull en tickets te reach America by this vessel. The meeting broke iv Inte groups for individual dis. russlens. Things might have' gene fur ther but fOr the presence of two heav Ih armed cnrnbinleri. "The firemen in the stokeheles, who for n time, though unpaid, had kept fires going se the ship's dvii'ime and eireulntlen pumps could be kept going, hnd receive,! the news of the oempnnv s Insolvency with disgust. On the fol lowing night some of the P.elsheviki element among them piled up the mat- William J. Avrutis, who shipped en Phil adelphia en her last voyage which spelled disaster te her owners. His companion is a carabinicr detailed -e preserve order en the .ship when the crew mutinied .The ( ptlmisis he took her ever for me teuiiM nnd lmiiilgiant business nf .. . l ,b,'''i-"ii R"t tint old liner f.r u wier s chuntev. the figure linviug4een SKi'i "s ?I,000. They thought her VM,:1, tlmt ns u Knmble If $50,000 mera re spent en rennlrii. Wlilnn.,1 in J some sort nf shape nt n Hoboken jnrd, i first sailing, with ica-eii ihl.v low cabin rates, was ndveitl-el. and n geed M-pensp cnceiirngiil the new owners, who had nhniit shut their lust financial belt, in getting her leadv for se.ij A new, lather nondescript. It is true, was. -hipped under the American flag nnd eflui'i's weie signed. The en-glue-room new was net all that could have I een desired. In it were eleven nationalities, liHudiug some lull fledged Pol-heviks and some American lepresenintnes nf the I. W W., who carried ileim. ulili iheni n I iir-n nnnti. tin of iiesi'Itin' literature, which Inter found Its win Inte all the fmo fme castles nnd ncginvnted the tiibuhtlens of Cnpt'iln McLean, the -kipper. When trouble began te luevv. after ibe eage began, these abeiid, who were be.iiishlx inclined en e.tpitnli-ni, w leaked their vengeance en owners whose gieatest fault was that thej were net suffieientl.v pievldrd with capital. 1P0W OVIlges nf model n llmik ,vni show such a leg as tli.it which was set down ns a tine account of the happen. lugs aboard the old Philadelphia After a (lav or inn 0111 el .New link, wilh personnel functioning .mv tiling but smoethlj because nf its nnndccilpt and in part untrained diameter, trouble pepped up in the engine loom. The ship began te lag, until -Im wns. run. nlng enlj a few knots, for the belkrs wouldn't bold -team nor make it nt pies-uie no mntter hew much coal was shoveled beneath them b.v the pciplr Illg t.vies who wanted te see Italy. Collegians Regarded Trip as a Huge Lark 'I'lli, ll!ll llllAll ,mi,l. i . ,. n.. I...1 en a Inn i i all, mid he -tnved there. wiui nun- -nip mr inaiiv ii.ivs, until the ship made lilbrnltar. Meantime tliutj college bejs in the crew, shipped ns steward- 'ind for cabin ulw, who icgaided their nip te the Mediterra nean In the niituie of a lark, were vio lating the .rule- of a well-di-upllned ship. It was reported tint some of the irre irre spensible sh.vhirkeis when off watch vv mulcted above and mingled with the fun tirst-eliiss passengers piemenuded en detk and fieipnnted the smoking room. In the latter hnven. where Vol Vel stead regulations weie unknown, they ireei.v pnrioek ei eeveruges pievldcd hj the nmused pas-engeis, and even sat In poker game' On the i etui n htelj nt such of the efiners nnd crew ns get bm k te Amer ica, New Yerk ship news reporters weie Inclined te nsijn the collapse of the Philadelphia's vejnge nnd the be ginnings of hei trouble- te the do de do nieiali.lng inlluence of the non-disciplined lellege men, who Insisted en donning their tlnnnel trnii-cis after hours and -lenllng feith en deik, ukulele In lnind. te dance with the gul pussen geis and genernllj plu.v at being pas sengers themselves, Ane'dlng te William .1 Aviutls, class nt 11I22, t'ellege of the Ct of .New erk, who had been graduated In dune just before shipping bun-elf for the tun et the ti!p, tin- was a gross i.v iifi'ntnl If ill . The clew, hn ..nirl. tmm. In i, m1 JCii. and the mil,, uillcgians that did eci n-lenulb siieuk en (lie dance tloer wen the dei k nidds, niiiubei ing ten 111 all The etheis hud Jelts whlih Kept tin in bus.v (Mlb eih el Ihe thip who weie sent buck with l"."i of Ihe ciew hj the A iiuii Censul at Naple- as "distressed Anieih.in seuiiien" hud their say en unlwiin at 'ew Voik, and what the) said, since time of them weie Hritibh (TH, was net at all llatteiiug te an Ameilcan men hunt murine. The for fer niei puiM'i said it was "the must ill ill Kiaieful llnii'; that hud ever buppeiinl iiudei the uieiican tlur' " Hveubedj agiced It was dlsgiucc- ..i n..i I, nil iiniiin iiheiit frnm ulin cause, that of trying te run a Btcamahlp ' nM n l,r,Aaff.lnffr tli arrlnff, company en t..ir,....el ,v -... -t V, ,v giving out. Many such a venture hns rene en the rocks for the snme reason, but this was small comfort te hundreds of pntrens nnd emplejcs of the line. With siithcient menej, there would huve been no niiitinv. no threatening of the lives of the captain, chief steward nnd second stewnrd. no set fim nn beard, no pillaging and no seizuie for debts b.v a foreign (Jevernment The vejage of thr enre swift vessel te Naples took seventeen dnjs. includ ing a two da.vs' step at (Jibraltar. Three da.vs out of New Yerk trouble developed with the ten boilers, net mere than seven of which were serviceable, and usimllj for the test nf the trip net inoie than five were In use. The chief engineer nnd his hrst assistant went into the engine room nnd virtually lived j and nte nnd slept there until Naples was t eached, but they get the lngglnc vessel te her destination. The renl troubles, however, began at Naples, where, after the passengers lind been dlsembaiked. repnlrs en the toilers and ether parts of the ship that press- I T 1 i i 0CsXnN Ct1 WX XI' PI I'll rs S TlfKBw''-'X; vVRJSaSaaKlSSrlSiMffflfe.ig k. 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T XZZZ3 i?5, V '!wJ :r-5y. -. 4 -iSiwMr-a X,' , 3?, Z verts' '' J&- b. b. Philadelphia, originally the City of Paris. Picture shows graceful liner as sne appeared in her remodeled form. Fer years -he a- undisputed e.ueen of Atlantic passenger fliers Ingly required attention were under taken. After eight dn.vs In pert, pns sengeia fei the return voyage te the I'nlted States began coming aboard A day or two passed, but Htlll the ship dii'l net depyrl. The crew began te get uneasv, ler thej bud net been paid off and all sorts of rumors run through the liner. After the passengers hnd been aboard ten (lavs the ship's printer get out n bulletin, in verse: "iu'jc a lciiiArc ship uith a Yankee crew, Hut a rotten bathtub through and through ; The limleri are maty, the menta all ilccayeit, The mattienri ripped, nnd the pil- Ien h all frayed ; tihc'3 filthy and hungry and in dark- ej.i, tee, Hut she's a VanAce ship tilth a Yankee (If ic." Life en beard the liner at this time was net all beer nnd sklttY-, themrh vine was by no means lucking. The pusscngers were new getting us ic.iU-s as the irew, ay what passenger wouldn't in such circumstances? Every fellow in day brought' ita nw rumor as. te aail- L illg. New It would he FrWnv that the ship wns te leave; then it would be the next Tuesdaj. When the Mm pi tei went up Blgnitvlng that the slun wus te sail that dn nil wete Imppv '1 hen the word would be pnssed around that it wns all a mistake, ami tie blue peter cume down. ('.line, u duj when the tun's lowed the Ntenniless, waterless. llghili- and al most foedies steamship out ftem her plei and bieught her up ngain-t a brenkwnter, whera a niimbei et nthei ships seemed te be tied up with an ntr nf permnnenre. It looked like a mniiiie lmnevntd The crew get gl "iiuier Al though there wns no hint et insolvent as jet, the crew and the pis-engeis be gan te wonder. The pilule, '.u bu-j and get out unether rhviiie which be gnu : "It was puydny en the Plnllv. Net n 'llrfe' was in siglit " Soen after this, iiccuiding te Aviutls, who was interviewed ns he was niatile. ii'ntlng for Columbia I niveisitv ihls fall, things began te happen Collegian Avrutis tells It in these vveid-: "One morning the head wultcr came Inte the saloon te And air tbe table sll- i gene This a- verr Bfrnni.ii for 'he -a'enn bail been gu irdeil bv two Veap titiin w.itcbiucn all night " The nv-iei ua- never quiie cleared up, i ,iltiiniiM ninnv efTeied ,is n pe ihtc -e- utieii tne tiieerj that the wutehmen ill loot n iinnd In gettinc the silver ever rhe side and Inte one of the innm nrber buinbnnts. '"Hie theer.v was prebnblr a correct one fur the wntchmen weie ,i genial sort and weie knnvvn te give anv one a h'lping band when it came te shoul sheul deiiug n bundle or catching n henvlns ine lliev were, above all flitnes. nnvleus te plcii'e When the ship re duced the number of watchmen from twelve te two. nmiv were loud In com mend iron cemiin nt for here wns teal econeiiH two wntihmen could net steal ns mui Ii a- twelve. "Ner that the crew meieTv steed by nnd eb-iivtd Oh, no Shins coats. blank) ts and sheets were sneaked a-here and th pi -ed of at popular price- It vuis a peer Nenpelirnu fnmilv indeed that could net obtain at leist r, linen i napkin for itself I Disappearance of Ticket Swindler a Mystery - "It mu-t b' understood that there was no menej nbeaid Oftentimes the, bejs had te irseit te barter te obtain i their needs li was no uncommon pight ! te see one of them exchange a knife or bpoen for a couple nf pairs of Fecks nt u street vender's and then go elT, whlle I the vender closely scrutiiiued what he j had received In exchange The gulle- b'-s natives nlwnvs thought thnt they , wrre getting -"v" , It was white metal. "One of the stewards eliiaini,l n 'number et feinis with the ships name I piloted upon tin in These, he took I 'nslio.re 'lid sold as steani-hip tickets te1 America l'ei a wiek or se he lived In ' splendor at the Vesiivin, ein- of Nu plis' iivue een-ive hotels He tipped the billuejs liberallv nnd wis tieatul i ns tlie siai gue-t. Meanwhlle p was te ' be found in the waterfient cafes ever evening " ' hv heuldii t the N'ew Yerk-N'a pies 1 liu I" down en me?" he would sii.v ' in t I uiidoi-elllng t hi in en their own ship?' . I "And then he suddenly disanneneml for Reed. tPjCrhapa. be had sold the lavt pnloen He' 1 'Fellow T lest want te lei'sure ii In i a-e the cempanj I ! bank i ii r i 'iill ill get vmir meni'.v", emuin lis u ), ' p n I nei.ee tile oilier credttnr- Pit 1 want in nI vmi net te pilfii n f tin silver ei mlier s'ip plies, a- - ) ) av dime If the worst conies tn tl n ust we can peel every thing nnd llvi le up, bei au-i we're a long wnv- t' ll home. Imr let - i,..r spoil evi'tvt! j Creditors Hound Ship Seeking Their Due "Theieii ii st dit theiempnnv wns declared bankrupt It had admitted It couldn't nuke tie grade. It I- un nccessarv te sta'e that in the mean time credit irs from n-linre hail been visiting us with gient regulnrltv te learn about their rep.ni fuel nnd feed bills. 'The night of that day the bnnk ruptcj announcement was made men in the ciew fnurd brand-new blankets stewed in the lags of l.uindrv which the steward had ordered te be taken usherc Then the captain lest bis tern- per. He shouted 'Ciet that ihief stewnrd nnd wipe up the deck with him! Walt a min ute, men den t kill bim! riling him up iue eiiuge "The crew meed down the deck like a pack of wolves m ihise of prey Put the chief sfeu irl m In lilrlin'ir .. .I couldn't be found Thev brought no 'lie sec hi. I m-ti nl Th, s,ipper piecd the bridge while he explained te the cowering steward whnt he thought of him. Handcuffs wue piodiuel, the steward wus iiencd and led awny te the shlpV brig "Later tin' cbnf steward was found ill the chief engine) i s neiu The cap. tain, n big nuti mane iiejecting from his left hip pocket, pnr-nnalh brought him te the bridge The captain came down nnd spoke te the crew nnd cj--plajcd the pistol. He -aid " 'Sler. ..V,.,. f ......1 ...,.. 1.1... hi Jul ,,uiii i en'ft ll'M.i null. He H ill my room new civmg like a kid Leave him ulein , bejs, new. I'll take this up in the in"! ning ' The i upturn hud the nennd itlensul then and inld him te go te his renin nnd 'behave him self.' Ne filithei ni'tii n was taken against the two piliii,p,ii sD'wanls, nn w must have cleuied themselves "Then the passuigeis took a hand Thej asseiubluil en deck, where thev had spent e many weary dajs, and held I trescr In their thr" forecastles nnd set I lire r . ii i in ' I'i il im 1 rel lei-i The -hip's S' ng iii el ji, hand- i tVir tue -ru tien 11 i e v is uniuilel ti'ld .itlached te the wiiir main- I Me old valves -tuck lltli lie i nu i inril is. flirt, nimlr. , vnln ofteri- te Tui ii en tin waiei Alter sevei.il mini t, s or --rus.-iny tie v lives 1 were enk, M0 , ,,,, M ,, Mj j( lun,)(, ,r the file- ili.ii.si i" t' , iie-i 'I here en me n l.im i'i i nan in e-imp inienwuv ns the tli -lisliii t. ii'iveus .ind )ver wicuislit. mihk, l i. i, t tl.ioegh I here was iron i i,i ing nn I ev.rnl men broke nw.ij ,m i i ,M,, , , ,si,, "The second i uginei r wepr after them with n wren h .e, nnded thit thev quit tishting , r . , f broken benis nnd get the,,, bnk .t tlnni du du 'ie slmi p. biting sm ke tloateil U1, out et ihe forecastles Mm f, I et hnndk. r hiefs ev.r ilnn ta - and en- teie.l M af,,,,. , , pll ()t )i( uiicn-. i.i. , is ., tutte, , mtest or tie tue In worked s wn through the old weed, n pnititnuis ,ind sivual stnteriiini- wee new ablate and the pre had also worked down into the mal bunkers '" csI.'nbM t''lp"j' -,r"T hP!nn ,'1 "" "'it snrlll bln-ts fei ail and distress rook reok roek tts wete sCr my tn-m the navigation bridge An 1'allnn battleship .,,., ,,i near bv sent a corps of marine. ,,l,nr,. Ihe-e male their win through the -n loon nnd attmkel tin n,i,n walls with axes Put thev found them lurked with" steel and bn 1 te irv a ditT'icr method of attack Marines With liagenets Cew Mutinous Crew ' Utber ii nun h.,,, i,,, pnsSPn. gers and p.ut of tin new aft at the points of th.ii I) i nnc is shots wire lind wildlv Th. l . iM.it uiiiii thnnigh i that Dim nun. ne hnl iilun a pet shot ' at the expe-tiiluniig uipt.iin, h,n ll( mlssdl him 1 ei Imiiis the il.ii, i, , w.re I light T I . v win n ,i einpp ,,, ,1ir I n clock in tin nmiiung fei ninatidv Hist hefme the eviiw.iLnl old pmnps stepped giving vv.iti i "The Italian tmveiiiiucm nnirrcd evei vbedv oil I hi si m n, t , ,v b.nge win Inmis it Ien. si I, ,, , ,M fiiemen. I'.elslnviks and all uem i,,i,,.. en In aid the unft I nun join eipuppnj with lilies mid hiiMiiicIn The liieiiien vvi.re hustled ashore mid luiprlsencd i "The passengers ritfj the rest of the I crew were tuKcn etr hv tee ship's life- 9 beats. These of the crew net put In jail were taken care of by the American Censul at Nnples, who provided them with subsistence nnd nienev until the arrival of the S. S. Cnmerenia two days Intir, when he arranged te send 175 of 'hem back te the I'nlted Stntes. ' 'It wns a Ynnkec ship with a Yankee crew . . . Thnnk Ged, n Ynnkec Censul, tee.' "When the crew were ordered ashore. ertnln of the officers were left aboard te take charge of the Philadelphia. With the aid of marines from the two battleships stationed nenrhv, they tried te keep tbinfjs going Put no one knevr hew- te operate the bilce numns. se thnt the ship took in se much water that she slewlv sank. Finnlly the anchor cnain was cut nnd six tug rushed her across the bay te shallow i w liter te prevent her sinkinc farther. I suppose that the Italian Government K new pumping her out ut It3 leisure. "These en beard when the marines enme snv that the latter smashed In locked doers nnd despoiled everything. Including the personal property of members of the crew . se thnt certain of the crew were left with enlv the clothes thev were nt the time. There wns u genernl rnrnu-nl Cnnned fruits wrre sampled and then left in their opened cans in the pnengewnvs. The sugar supply was epenid up and strewn en the decks wantonly. The ship's wine was found nnd nlse opened up, but net poured en the decks." Italian Battleships Hovered Near Liner Avrutis explained the pie-ence of the two Italian battleships, one outside the brenkwnter where the Philadelphia lay, the ether inside It nppeais that some weeks before tlie nrrlvul of the Phila delphia, the New Yerk, her sister ship, also fermerl.v of the American Line, hnd come into Naples. Repairs had been mnde en beard the New Yerk und then it wns found the owners were nil able te pav their bills The New Yerk sneaked out one night under cover of darkness and left for Constantinople. When things began te leek dark for the Philadelphia, the Italian Govern ment took no chnnces, but sent the warships te prevent n similar occur rence The newspapers of Nnples and the entire populace of the cirv enlarged en the N'evv Yerk and Philadelphia inci dents II Jotirne and Ln Mattlna and ether Neapolitan d lilies gnve lavish space te th sene- of articles they pub lished en the Philadelphia's predica ment. The Inst troubles of the Philadelphia will doubtless wind up in tbe admiralty courts of Italy. It is doubted in New Yerk that the old ve-sel will ever be seen en this side of tlm Atlantic again. And the old-timers of the Maritime Ex change and tbe pilot-, that ln venrs gene bv took the famous craft in nnd out of New Yerk hatber shake their heads while thej sentini.-utnJl) recall her bet ter da.vs All god sailors bejiee ships hare "personalities." Twe ships may be of the same meld and build and equipment and general specifications and perform nbselutelv different lv This is the basis of the old superstition of personality, and It applied fullv in the case of the Philadelphia Her bisterj en the At lantic proves it The xeterau ocean greyhound's ca reer has been nnc et the most notable nnd marvelous m seafaring nnnals. In her tir-t eli veil vears of existence as the ( nv of Pari- -he 1 id crossed the At lantic 120 time-, and ns she was one of tbe finest liners alleat in these dayt her cabins w.re nhvnvs filled As thp Paris she was famous and called nn I 'unsmkable ' ship She also held the Qiief iistnvv n Sandv Heek reenrd of these times, live d.ns f mi teen hours nnd twentv -feui imnutis There arc few slips evdi teliv tl.it surpass her one ene flini tleetne-s Eluded Capture When Spanish War Started The Paris heenne ,m American ship In lsnij when little Mi-s Grlscetn haulpd Wie Stars and fetrlpes te her peak She hnlshed a memorable run across the Vtlantic en April 30, 1S93, tinner cemm.iiui ei i nprnin i reuerica Wat-en Wni with Spain having been Ii clared while -he wn- en the high seas, -Ik would have m ide i weiulnful prlrt If s uiie of the lien- xvhiili were lurk' inc about 1 sis in tot In i had been llecl i enough te cnte li her I Pin -wifr lin. i w is imnudintely taken ever n the I nltp.l States Navj 1 and lifted for ti i -pert mid cruising se; vice She .airnd several reglmentl te -.no .luan. Perte Pice including iGuicinl Vels in . Mile- mil his com cem mni.d nnd nl eir-iecl reups te Cuba. I riii' Nnw uiemtim . hnd reshnstened her the Yile I T h" Pan- came te grie' en May 21. I l'-O'd. en the Man 1. - i dangerous reei off the south ce.isr ,t Cornwall, Eng ind Hid the -hip nt been strenglj ei strip toil -1" nev r i mil 1 have sur irl ihe r ii kin.' an' v. touching sin iieflved fi mi the d i -he grounded lin M' .lulv 12 t tle time of the accl- I In it -l,n bad iwl ibin pa engers, nel one if whom was e t Ml the perseni I ah nrd wep successful! tinnsferred tt el. .-n. a Tin peiseeraive if i.irmnn wreck ' e's s'ned the erift after her owners, the ititeu nn mil N'avigitien Company, lis 1 suii.in'eiei hei te the inturanc fiimpnni'- When she fniallv emerged from what hid been deemed her ecear grave, nnd .100 ( (ill had been ex pended upon hei -lie wns . nee mere pill .n coiumi-'-ien tin- tune as the prac iicallv ii'w l'hiladel' ' 1 1 of the Anier lean I ine Hailed a- a w-oiidenfiil ndditien te thl ruiepcan tie. t. the Phl'iidelphla thcr embarked en bpr new career, a men pepulii -hip th in in. i I efere Hei hi-terv down te her In-t fateful vey ugi has bet n one of the most htllllnnl I nnd eventful In Aim rutin chipping, un i until the wnr shipbuilding program ei 1017-101 inui. .in slm ping en tip high seas hnd had none tee many shin. Ing examples In.luding her enreer ns the Paris tht old Philadelphia has crossed the At' tuntie u tetnl of 000 times, leggin ii, at !v 2(1(10 1100 miles nnd earrylnj i lese en half a n llllen souls. The -eclnl events a beard the old Phil udelpbli alone would innke a volume hnliilii dinni'is of distinguished foil nt se i (eh biatlens of patriotic days rnuiniioeH, minriiiges dinlliH births Iiim and generous- deeds Her com , ph'te leg would make a tale for a Mel ville, a Stevenson or u Londen, JI ' seaich ihniigli a New Yerk library fei details of events icvealed hundreds e't ' cuttings from newspapera yellowed b' i the iiasslng decades, k, ' "J K m I m Ml I4(J '1 )' 61 mi ! 2 P w ' , J iv25 K ?.j s
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