PAGE TWO THE CITIZEN, FRIDAY, MAY 17, 1912. CAUTIOUS SINGE TITANIC'S LOSS Nothing Is Overlooked by tlie Stearsship Linos. SOUTHERNMOST ROUTE TAKEN More Lifeboats on Vessels and Better Manned Wireless Most of the Com panies Are Exerting Themselves Far Beyond the Law's Demand. The world knows now thnt murine construction litis not yet designed and built nn unslnknblo ship nny more than nrcliltects hnvo discovered the abso lutely fireproof building. Something cun happen which can send to the bot tom of the ocean the strongest steel and the most perfect joining that man Jias yet done, but today It Is safe to ay thnt never before In the history of mercantile marine of nny nation have life savins nppllnnres aboard ship been brought to their maximum efficiency so quickly ns has been done by all nations since the Titanic dWas ter taught its tragic lesson. The ships that are now going out of the port of New York or from any oth er port, for that matter, are as safe as man can make them, and the oh.nx-ps of life are so near 100 per cent ns to call for Infinitesimal fractions to. ox press the difference. Change of Course, 1'assenger liners going from Now , York to ports of northern Kuropc and ' the entire llritish isle-! are tnklutr a t route many miles to the south of the 1 Iceberg zone, at least according to the best data of the hydrographers. They I nro going out equipped with more life boats than ever before, and these boats are ready for service. There has been 1 a sharper assigning of crews for all boats, with necessary drills in the har bor. Life belts have been overhauled, inspected and made ready; lookouts forward hnve been re-enforced, and, supplementing this, the efficiency of the wireless equipment has been raised, not so much by the improvement of the apparatus as by additions to the human force. . The trend Is toward the entire elimination of the "dead hours." when the "S O S" or "C Q D" might souud vainly in the unused receiver of a ship only a few miles from a great vessel In distress. The change of course from the dan gerous northern route to one south of Ihe Iceberg belt came almost simulta neously with the first definite report of the disaster. Ship owner nnd agent got Into communication with each oth et and with the United States hydro graphic office, ns a result of which It was agreed to instruct all captains to proceed west by a great circle to lati tude 39 degrees north and longitude 4.1 degrees west, then to 39 degrees north latitude and longitude 50 west. Going cast captains are to steer to 38 degrees nnd "0 minutes north and 50 degrees west longitude nnd thence along 3S de grees and 20 minutes north latitude to 45 degrees west longitude; thence by great circle to destination. Out of Iceberg Region. The original routes called for the crossing of westbound liners at the danger point of the banks at a much higher latitude and in a lougltude that Is now the very heart of the iceberg r gion that is, at latitude 42 degrees, longitude 47 degrees. The original castbouud course called for the cross ing of longitude 47 degrees at latitude 41 degrees. These routes have been fixtures for many years, and, although there have been several collisions and narrow esenpes on the part of some of the crack ships, there never has been a serious effort to shift the courses be low tho fog nnd ice limit. The final and what are regarded as tho absolutely safe lanes, eastbound and westbound, are far out of tho re gion where icebergs have been seen even In the record years for soft and comparatively harmless bergs and far from the region of frequent fog. The westbound point In tho danger zone under the new regulation is 100 miles to the south of the old course and about 140 miles to west of It. This means the adding of more than 200 mll's to the long southerly course In use in the season of ice and fog, from Jan. in to Aug. 23. Kvery boat builder along the Atlantic coaU within reach of the port of New Yoik has been working overtime since tho Titanic went down. Maritime Congress Likely. When It comes to tho wireless serv ice of the ships the larger liners which go out of New York were unable to add anything to the precautions heretofore taken. Every big bout going out of New York either across tho Atlantic or down Its coast carries a doublo shift of operators. One man Is supposed to have the telephone to his ears all the time, while his apparatus has not only a malu power furnished by the dyna mos, but storage batteries for enter jen:les as well. Hat one obstacle to uniform life sav ing appliances on all ships remains, and that is tho maritime laws. Every coun try has a different law, and by a con vention tho United States Is required to recognize and paBs without Inspec tion a vessel of a country which has laws approaching those of the United States. Doubtless out of this conflict will como a maritime, congress of tho powers or a convention at Tho Hague which will mnko regulations uniform nil nirwMva ' NEW CHINESE MINISTER WAS FAMED YALE COXSWAIN Chung Mun Yaw Wns Classmato Prosidont Taft's Orothor. of Chung Mun Yew, the old Yale cox swain, who has been nppolnted minis ter of the Chinese republic at Wash ington, i9 perhaps more widely known 11 tlie United States than any other Chinese who has lived here. From his student days nt Yale, where he steered the college boat to victory against Harvard in 1883. up to the present time ho lias been extremely popular in this country and kept In close touch with American affairs, which ho studied with close attention In tho years he spent at Washington as Interpreter at the Chinese legation. Leaving the Hartford public school, where he made his preliminary studies, Chung entered Yale In 1SS3. He was made coxswain of tho Yale crew nnd made a notable record. lie devoted much time to n scientific study of the Thames currents nnd wind conditions, to such good effect that Yale won that year's contest with Harvard. lie was elected to the Delta Knppa Epsilon fraternity, the only one of his race to be so honored. Chung wifs called back to China before com pleting his studies nt tlie university. He returned to this country some years later anil was Interpreter nt the embassy in. Washington when Dr. Wu Ting Tang was minister for the first time nnd served In a similar capacity under Wu's successors. From Wash Ington Chung went to the legation at Madrid and thence to Manila, where he was Chinese consul general in 100-1. lie wns also it member of the opium commission. Chung's next visit to the United States was in 1D0S. when he came here us a member of tin- suit of Tang Shao Yi. now the premier of tho Chinese re public and one of his warm friends. At that time there were minors that Wu Ting Fang, again minister nt Washington, wns to be recalled and that Chung had been chosen to suc ceed him. On his return to China Chung en gaged in railroad work and gave valu able aid to the government In its va rious dealings with foreign financiers regarding loans for the purpose of building railroad communications. Chung is a widower. He has one son, who has been educated In the "United States. Among Chung's classmates nt Yale was Horace D. Taft, brother of Presi dent Taft. FOUND COLD ENDURING PLANT Discovered Cherries and Apricots Thriving at 30 Below Zero. naving discovered during two and a half years' travel that a number of fruits, plants and grasses which will stand cold equal to that of tho Ameri can northwest, Frank N. Meyer, ex plorer for the department of agricul ture, hns returned to Washington. Most of his time was spent In Bussla, Siberia and central Asia. Mr. Meyer found a Siberian bush cherry which will live In n tempera ture nearly 40 degrees below zero. He came across an apricot which a tem perature of 30 degrees below zero will not kill. Seeds and cuttings of both fruit plants were sent to this country. They will prove of value, agricultural experts believe, to farmers In Minne sota, the Dakotas, Montana nnd other cold northern states. Alfalfa which will endure much cold and various kinds of grain also were found by the explorer. During his wanderings In Siberia, Afghanistan nnd other central Asian countries Mr. Meyer was arrested as a Bpy several times. Ho never was held long. BRYCE ON WORLD TOUR. Ambassador Probably Retiring From Diplomacy For a Literary Career. Tho British ambassador and Mrs. Bryce are making a round the world trip to Include a visit to Australia and New Zealand. Mr. Bryce will visit these countries with a view of com pleting his work on tho historical nnd political features of both. Although not officially stated In Lon don or at the state department at Washington, It is believed Mr. Bryce Is retiring from diplomacy to devote the remainder of his life to the literary ca reer Interrupted by his nppolntment to Washington five years ago. CAS DRIVER FOR CONGRESS. "Hungry" Hogan Landed Nomination In Illinois. "Huugry" Ilogan, a Chicago cab driver, got the nomination for con gressman at largo on tho Democratic ticket. He was put on us aJoku and beat William K. Williams of I'ittsticld 15,000 in Chicago. A humorous Democratic boss named Ollllgau put Hogan on the primary ticket. Ilogan obtained his popularity by his appetite. It Is marvelous. He spent 1)0 cents for campaign expenses. ?100,000 For Rat Trap. Benjamin Card, an amateur electri cian, who is still in tho high school nt Fox Loko, Wis., has been awarded $100,000 by tho 'United States govern ment for a rat trap that will solve tho problem of exterminating ruts on board warships. Norway's Wild Animals. Of the wild animals of Norway wolves, fores, minks, weasels, badg ers, martens, otters and seal are trap ped. The beaver is protected tho year round. Bear and doer are shot, not happed. ADMIRAL PEARY WRITES M ICE Says Searchlight Will Find Bergs on a Clear Night, BUT NOT WHEN THERE IS FOG "Growlers" the Chief Danger They Are Submerged, Hard as Rock and Tako the Color of the Water About Them Opinion of an Expert. One of tho best of authorities on the subject of nrctle Icebergs nnd the use of searchlights for their discovery is undoubtedly Kobcrt E. I'eary. In re sponse to a request Adinlrnl I'eary has written for the Army nnd Navy Jour nal a statement of his exicrt opinion on this subject. He says: "A powerful searchlight would be of great assistance In determining the presence of Icebergs In a ship's course In clear wenthcr. In dense fog it would be useless ev-epf nt such short range as to be of no value. There Is no rea son why a searchlight on a transatlan tic liner should not be equally ns ef fective In determining the presence of Icebergs or field Ice In any direction ns the searchlight on a battleship or cruiser In determining the presence of torpedo boats or other craft. And tho same conditions which would nffect the usefulness of the searchlight in the one case would also affect it In tho other. Large Bergs Least Dangerous. "Large bergs, with their mnrble-IIke sides and towering pinnacles, are the least dangerous of nil, as they are most easily located and avoided. Under cer- tain atmospheric conditions the pres ence of these bergs can be detected even while below tho horizon, some times by the reflection upon the sky above them, sometimes by the little cloud of condensed moisture hovering over them. "At closer range air temperatures, water temperatures, the whistle and megaphone, the sound of breaking seas nnd the searchlight may all be of as sistance In detecting the danger, and. on the other hand, under adverse con ditions all these may bo useless in giv ing warning In sufficient time to pre vent disaster. "The value of all these methods Is largely vitiated by the high speed at which modern steamships travel. The "Growlers." "The most dangerous ice menace to a steamer Is the last remaining frag ment of n berg, usually a mass of dense translucent Ice, hard ns rock, almost entirely submerged, absorbing the col or of the surrounding water and al most Invisible, even in broad daylight, until close aboard. These masses of Ice pres-ent no surface to. tlie air to af fect its temperature, to cause conden sation to catch the eye, to send back an echo or to form n sea. Nor Is the size of the mass sufficient to affect the temperature of the surrounding water to nny distance. I know of no way of detecting them except by the eye, nnd, ns noted, even that Is often difficult even under favorablo conditions. "These dangerous fragments of bergs wo know in tho arctic regions as growl ers. I recall one occasion in Melville bay when my second mate in broad daylight, with no other Iceberg or frag ment of ice in sight from the crow's nest, smashed the ship full speed on to ono of these submerged ice rocks with a force which carried nway the cabin table, broke some of the couplings of the engine room nnd nearly sent the topmasts overboard. "The stout little wooden ship, with her solid bow and elastic sides, car omed off it like a billiard ball without Injury. A steel ship would have had her bilge torn open from bow to quar ter. For our huge modern steel steam ships, traveling at high speed and in tensely vulnerable to puncture, there is no certain protection ngalnst Icebergs except to give the region whero they may occur tho widest berth. His Own Experience. "In my northern work with my sung, strong little wooden ship, the Boose velt, mindliiit Its helm quickly and go ing at moderate speed, Icebergs never gave use much concern. When in a largo fleet of them in fog and dark ness I usually slowed down. Only two dangers threatened us one the possi bility of running upon a slanting sub merged spur In such a way as to throw the ship on her bilges or beam ends and ullow her to fill, tho other of being smashed under by a hugo mass of ice breaking off from a berg alongside nnd falling on our deck. We had some nnrrow escapes from this last. "At times the icebergs were eagerly sought for shelter and protection. The wnko of n berg or group of bergs often enabled us to hold our position against tho drift of largo fields of Ice. And in Ilobcson and Kennedy channels grounded Icebergs frequently offered us a partially protected position be tween them and tho rocks of the shore against tho onset of heavy floes of field Ice." ' Finger Printing Babies. Thnt babies can bo finger printed as accurately us grown people, has just been proved In tho bnbles' ward at Bellovuo hospital, Now York. All tho features which characterize tbo adult finger print loops, whorls, arches, ridges, deltas, etc. are distinct tho very first ' days of a baby's life. What's more, they do not chance. DAMES AND DAUGHTERS. Mrs. Mary E. Ewlng of Chicago is said to be tho first woman in this coun try to qunllfy as n contracting and consulting engineer. Miss Emmn M. Perkins has been np polnted a member of the bonrd of edu cation in Clevelnnd, She Is professor of Latin In the College For Women of Western Itescrvo university. Professor Emmn M. Perkins, daugh ter of tho Into Sarah M. Perkins, one of tho pioneers of the woman suffrage movement in Ohio, has been appointed n member of the board of education of Cleveland, Miss Mnbcl Bice of Denver Is believ ed to bo tho only wouinn in tlie United Stntes who drives a water wagon as a regular occupation. She has secured a position driving a sprinkler on tho Denver streets, nnd her pay is $1.50 a day. She owns the pair of mules she drives. Mrs. J. B. Coryell of San Francisco is said to have one of tlie finest collec tions of orchids in the world, but that her collection may be even more excel lent her husband has engaged a man to penetrate the Sulii archipelago and the Isles of Borneo and Java to bring honie anything she may not have. Pert Personals. Good for King George! He says. "The queen and I." Boston Globe. General I.eontdas Plaza has been elected president of Ecuador. Cer tainly Plaza will be on the square. Galveston News. J. PIcrpout Morgan celebrated his seventy-fifth birthday recently, nnd yet he shows no signs of drifting back to the minor leagues. Milwaukee Sen tinel. Dr. Wu Ting Fang has just thought of a few more questions he would like to ask and Is coming back to the Unit ed States for his answers. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. The Royal Box. The kaiser has a passion for old uni forms and boots and shoes of antiq uity. The czarina is said to be of a frugal mind nnd even to be guilty of having costly hats sent home on approval, copying them and then sending them back as unsuitable. Queen Mary, If she had not been born In the purple, would have been an able typist. She can tap the keys of her typewriter as quickly as any profes sional. King George is also able to manipulate a typewriter, though he doesn't use It to any great extent now adays. Flippant Flings. It has been said sarcastically that Everglades building lots are selling at $1 a gallon, but Isn't that pretty rea sonable for Florida water? Washing ton Post Circus g''s In New York have join ed the woman's suffrage movement. So fnr ns the bearded lady is concern ed, we are in favor of giving her a vote anyway. Springfield Union. Congress has passed a law prohibit ing the making of certain kinds of matches to prevent "phossy jaw." If there Is one thing congress is deter mined to protect It is jaw. Washing ton Post. Foreign Affairs. Whether Japan wants to buy renl es tate on Magdalena bay or not, It's Just as well for her to know that sho can't have It Albany Knickerbocker Press. The Chinese populace Is awaking- to tho solemn fact that it takes more than n unanimous hair cut to estab lish a republic on a practical basis. Washington Star. Judging by the current exchange of amenities between Great Britain and Germany, they'll bo fighting directly over which ono loves tho other more. Washington Post Political Quips. By the way, who Is running for vice president? Mllwnukeo News. We presume tho national conventions will seloct a vice presidential candi date, though no ono would suspect It from tho present development of the campaign. Boston Traveler. Again the enemies of the gayety of nations are proposing to make the term of tho president six years and limit each incumbent of tho office to a sin gle term. Boston Transcript. Telephone Calls. Tho New York telephone cnll aver necs n minute nnd n half in length. Tho world's telephone scrvico com prises about 80,000,000 telephones. London has 200,000 telephones, nnd tho calls average 1,125,000 per day. Nearly every English town now has telephone service with Franco through the uew British channel cable. English Etchings. Five thousand pounds a year is the salary of tho speaker of tho house of commons. According to tho latest census returns, thcro nro in England 500,503 men of case nnd leisure who live upon their means. The number of British subjects in all parts of tho ctnplro roso from 303, 004,000 In 1881 to 410,318,000 in 1011. Tho volume of trade, foreign and in terlmperial, expanded from 085,078,000 in 1800 to il,770.8S8,000 in 1010. Polly Miss Yollowleaf says sho al ways tries to get her beauty sleep. Dolly Well, all I can say Is sho must surfer frightfully from Insomnia. Woman's Home Companion. Ho said sho wns his shining light. They wed nnd enmo to town. Now when sho asks for money, why. Ho always turns her down. Cincinnati tinuulrcr. Die So you lost that handsome little dog you had? She Yes, in n railroad accident. 1 was saved, but tho dog was killed. He What a pity! Boston Tran script Bcnhnm Wo need a reform In our banking system. Mrs. Bcnhaiu Yes. It's a shame that a wife can't overdraw her hus band's nccount Judge. Thcro wns n man In Michigan Who used to wish and wlchlgan That spring would como. So ho could bo mo And go away and flchlgan. Chicago Chronlclo. "no said I was a hero, eh?" T don't know whether ho meant you were a hero or a coward." "What did ho say?" "He said you were afraid of noth ing." Houston Post. A reputation for honesty Is tho best policy. Puck. I'vo noticed that I never feel Llko working whllo I'm smoking: Then Indolenco will o'er me steal. My mind In drowses cloaking. When first this fact got In my head I told my wife alack oh! "I'd often wondered why," sho said, "You men so love tobacco." Kansas City Star. REPORT OF CONDITION OF THE Farmers and Me chanics Bank, OF HONESDALE. WAYNE COl'NTY. PA. nt the close of business. May. 3. 1912. RESOURCES. Kescrvofund $ Cash, specie and note.s. $16,lyj 00 Due from uimroved re serve agents 13,518 47 29,711 47 rsicKeis, cents anu fractional currency Checks and other cash Items Due from banks and trust com panies not reserve bills discounted : Upon one name " " Upon two or... more names Time loans with collateral , 120 36 117 55 119.V72 'Si .Via Ki Loans on call with collateral W.lVi 13 Loans on call upon two or more names 13,955 00 Loans secured by bonds and mort gages 11.4.V 51 bonds. Stocks, etc.. Schedule I) 67, &i 75 Olllce building and Lot 18.NW 00 Furniture and fixtures....- L'.OW 00 Oven rafts 22 Miscellaneous assets 7.325 to $ 4U2.533 49 LIABILITIES. Capital Stock paid In t 75.000 03 Surplus Fund 20.000 00 Jnmvfilprl 1'rnMts. 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