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PREVENT! BELLIGERENTS FROM
TO PROVE MOOTED THEORY
WARSHIPS' GOOD WORK
ENGLISHMEN OBJECT TO CONSCRIPTION
FRENCH VICTORY OVER INVADING
SCHOOL OF PORPOISES.
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Customs Authorities of the Port of New York Never Before Had a
Situation to Deal With Like That Created by the European War
Efficient Bay Patrol Assisted by Swift Destroyers
Keep Constant Watch on Outgoing Vessels.
Now York. Now York Is a noutral
port
It is neutral dcsplto tho prcsonco
hero of vcbsoIs of all nations.
TIicbo vessels aro freo to como and
go as long as thoy observe tho neutral
ity laws of tho Unltod States.
Dudloy Field Mnlone, collector of
tho port, Is charged with tho respon
sibility lor tho enforcement of theso
laws. t
Mr. Malono has been without prece
dent to guide him. No other collector
of this port ever had to deal with a
situation llko that created by tho war
In Europe.
From tho outset he has been de
termined, so far as his district Is con
cerned, to prevent any act on tho
part of any of tho belligerents which
would compromise tho neutrality of
this country as defined in President
Wilson's proclamation, says tho Now
York Herald.
Tho noed for prompt and vigorous
action was emphasized by tho Kron
" prinz Wllhelm oplsodo. Tho records
of tho custom house show that this
vessel cleared in a proper manner.
Tho authorities had no legal right to
detain it.
Becomes Commerce Destroyer.
Yet tho facility with which the
Kronprlnz Wllhelm was transformed
from a peaceful merchant vessol to
a commerce destroyer as soon as It
vwas on tho high seas caused tho gov
ernment to turn Its attention to the
activities which became manifest on
. board other steamships that wore In
tho harbor.
Mr. Malono immediately organized
a neutrality bureau, consisting of
about a hundred customs officials
These men were assigned to various
piers and stations whero vigilance
seemed necessary.
Each man was held to a strict ac
countability, but Mr Malono set them
ar splendid example, for night aftor
night he was out in tho harbor, in
wind, rain or cold, either on a torpedo
boat destroyer or one of tho govern
ment's fast launches which havo boon
assigned to neutrality duty.
Tho formalities attending tho clear
ance of a vessel wero mado moro
strict, a closer inspection of tho load
ing of cargoes was Instituted, and to
Collector Dudley Field Malone.
guard against a vessel attempting to
leave tho harbor without clearance
papers it was arranged to havo some of
tho speediest torpedo-boat destroyers
in the navy stationed in tho Narrows
off Quarantine and in tho sound off
Wbitestone. Cables were laid and at
tached to a buoy, from which direct
connection could be mado with one
of tho destroyers on guard at either
station, so that it would bo posslblo
to telephone direct from tho custom
houso to tho commanding officer at
any mlnuto during tho day or night.
Private telephones were also placed
at each pier around the harbor, mak
ing it posslblo for tho men on guard
to get into instant communication
with the collector's office.
No Chance to Get By.
Under this arrangement as soon as
a vessel has cleared at tho custom
house notice is sent to tho torpedo
boat destroyer on guard, and no ves
sel is allowed to loave tho harbor un
til tho commander of tho destroyer
has received word from tho custom
houso that clearance has been granted.
Tho efficacy of this supervision was
tested when the steamship Pathfinder,
Ignoring tho signals to stop, steamed
rapidly past Quarantino and was
down in tho lower bay before tho de
stroyer got under headway. The de
parting boat was speedily overhauled,
but even then tho captain refused to
stop until a solid shot was fired across
his bows, Ho thereupon decided to
take no chances on what might hap
pen next and returned as ordered
to tho Quarantino station, whero he
was detained until a proper clearanco
was produced. Several other boats
havo been stopped in llko manner.
Tho vigilance of tho "neutrality
squad," as Mr. Malone's army of
husky watchers has como to bo known
among tho harbor folk, Is evidenced
by several incidents. Two ono-tlmo
United States torpedo boats, tho Por
tor and tho Winslow, which had a
speed of from twenty-four to twenty
six knots, had been condemned by
HORSE DIES ON ITS FEET
Brownstown, Ind. C. J. Reynolds of
Medora, a mall carrier, has lost a
faithful horse. It died standing on
its feet after moro than 12 years'
work in tho rural mall service. Dur
ing this tlmo it travolod 103,333 miles
end hauled 596,000 pieces of mall.
Tho horso, according to tho ownor,
was about flfty-threo years old. Rey
nold says at tho close of tho Gvil war
in 1860 tho animal was a throo-year-old
Jumper on a Texas racetrack.
tho navy department and sold. They
wero purchased by a machinist and
holler maker and stored in tho Erlo
basin, whero they remained several
years, neglected and uncarcd for.
Soon after tho war broko out they
suddonly became tho objects of great
activity. A number of workmen ap
peared on tho scene, tho decks wero
scraped and painted, tho engines ami
machinery overhauled and tho boats
soon took on tho racy, buslnessllko
nppcaranco which had distinguished
them when they were on tho active
naval list
Sale Falls Through.
No explanation of this suddon
change could bo obtained, so customs
guards wero placed in charge of tho
boats day and night, with Instructions
to forbid them leaving tho pier until
the collector had given permission for
them to do so. Tho owner then ap
peared and stated that ho was nego
tiating tho salo of the craft and that
they wero to bo taken up to tho great
lakes. It was shown to him that all
that would bo necessary to mako tho
vessels effective fighting machines
would bo to iriount a couple of tor
pedo tubes on tho decks, which still
contained tho ringbolts and tho bases
on which tho torpedo tubes had for
merly been mounted.
Also it was shown to tho owner that
as there wero two DrltiBh cruisers on
guard outsldo of New York harbor,
tho possibilities in case these torpedo-
boats should fall Into tho hands or
Irresponsible parties wore too serious
to bo lightly disregarded, and that If
the vessels wero sold thoy would not
be pormltted to leave tho custody of
tho customs authorities until tho Iden
tity of tho now ownor and his pur
poso of acquiring craft of this typo
wero fully investigated. Tho negotia
tions for the salo of tho boats appar
ently fell through, for at tho present
time they aro still in tho hands of
tho same owner and aro still under
the supervision of tho neutrality bu
reau, day and night.
The great fleet of German and Aus
trian passenger and merchant ves
sels (27 of tho former and four of
tho latter) now tied up at tho docks
In tho New York harbor has boon
under tho constant surveillance of tho
"neutrality squad." These vessels are
not Interned. They aro merely "self
detained," and, so far as tho United
States is concerned, aro quite as free
to como and go as tho ships of any
other nation, if thoy so elect. All that
tho customs authorities demand is
that any cargo taken aboard shall con
form strictly to our neutrality laws
and the vessels clear according to tho
proper formalities.
Vast Amount of Work.
A trip around tho harbor in tho
launch Neutrality, which is always
ready to respond at a moment's notlco
to an emergency call from Mr. Ma
lono or any of his subordinates, gives
eomo ldeaof the vast amount of work
and the tremendous responsibility in
volved in keeping tho port of Now
York neutral.
Exorbitant freight rates and the cor
tainty of obtaining cargoes havo
drawn Bhlps of all descriptions from
all sections of tho globo to theso wa
ters. Tho oldest sailors say thoy havo
novor before seen such a largo and
ill-assorted fleet of tramp ships as
thero is now in tho harbor. Any sort
of craft that will keop "afloat is wel
comed by shippers.
Millions and millions of dollars'
worth of war supplios purchased by
the allies aro awaiting shipment. The
volume of exports now going out of
Now Yprk from week to week far ex
ceeds any previous movement of the
kind from any port In tho world in
tho history of modern times. Tho
shipyards of Europo, America and
Asia havo been ransacked; craft that
had been assigned to the scrap heap
has been resurrected and put into
commission. Soma of these ships
havo mado moro money for their own
ers on a single voyago than their
actual worth in tho market. Tho
skippers aro not particular what sort
of cargo thoy carry. Dynamlto or gun
powder, automobiles or mules aro
all the same to them so long as thoy
can get tho benefit of tho high rates
which this war-tlmo traffic bears.
Passing under tho shadows of the
great German steamships tied up at
their docks in Hobokcn after tho man
ner in which an ice company is forced
to stable its horses in tho winter tlmo,
a tour of investigation soon leads to
scenes of unusual activity along tho
piers at Weehawken. The huge grain
olovators operated by tho West Shoro
railroad aro pouring wheat by tho
hundreds of thousands of bushels Into
tho steel hulks of vessels steaming
undor tho Norwegian and Danish
flags. A little further along the
French steauiBhlp Kangaroo is loading
with tons and tons of steel billets to
bo used in making firearms and am
munition. Freight Piled High.
Across tho way another big stool
freighter, scheduled to steam for
Vladivostok, RubsIb, Is taking on a
cargo that is of unique charactor.
It Is composed In part of steel rails,
the steel fraraos and trucks of freight
cars and tho dismembered parts of
POSTSCRIPTS
A rubbor cover to protect Btraw hats
from rain has been patented.
Argentina has tho greatest railroad
mlleago of any South American coun
try. Tho English city of Birmingham
uses nearly 90,000 ponny-ln-a-slot gas
motors.
An English golf enthusiast has pat
ented a club in tho head of which Is
a devlco to measure the forco of
strokes.
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Fuji, tho Jnpancso foster-daughter
of Mrs. William D. Neader Adamson
of Philadelphia, Is not only a boautl
ful, healthy and loving little Japanese
child, but Is also tho living exponent
by which tho theory of tho Influence
of environment over that of heredity
is to bo provod. Tho child is to bo
given a real American training and at
twontyone to bo permitted to docldo
whether she wants to llvo in Amorica
or Janan. Meanwhile all her inherent
I p.linrnntnrlHtlrn nrn tn lin mmln a mat
ter of record.
a couplo of powerful locomotives of
tho latest pattern, and In part of mis
cellaneous freight, consisting of, sup
plies for army use.
Lighters piled high with large
crates containing motors and automo
bile bodies of various makes are In
evldenco everywhere around tho har
bor. Tho spaces between tho piers
of tho Bush Tormlnal docks aro con
gested with freight of this charac
ter, and the scene Is ono of remarka
ble commercial enterprise
Tho Neutrality picks its way along
cautiously until In less crowded wa
ters, then makes a dash across tho
upper bay to tho torpedo-boat de
stroyers stationed at tho Narrows.
Tho investigating party no sooner
clambers up on the deck of ono of
thorn than a telephone bell rings aft.
Lieut. Georgo M. Lowry nnswers tho
call and returns with a messago for
a member of tho "neutrality Bquad"
from tho offlco of Mr. Malono. Tho
destroyers havo steam up and are
ready to mako a dash if tho occasion
should arise.
Doyond tho Narrows, in Gravoscnd
bay, in what has been designated by
the harbor authorities as tho loading
ground for explosives, soveral ships
are taking on dynamite, trl-nitro-
toluol or somo other form of high ox
ploslvo in quantities sufficient to
mako you shudder at tho moro thought
of what might happen If ono of tho
boxes carelessly swung from the 'light
er alongside should slip from tho
block and tacklo and fall to tho deck.
All barges carrying oxplosivcs arc
required by tho municipal ordinance
to lly two largo red flags, ono at the
bow and one ,at the storn, and at
night to display two red lanterns.
City In Danger From Explosives.
Most of them paid Uttlo heed to the
regulation. Thoy were traveling up
and down tho harbor, each with
enough picric acid or other high ex
plosive to raze tho city, with no red
flag flying or other Indication of the
dangerous cargo they wore transport
ing. Tho attention of tho "neutrality
squad" was called by Mr. Malono to
this carelessness.
Tho customs guards aro also forced
to keop rigid watch to sco that no
explosives aro loaded on passenger
ships. It is llkowiso part of their
duty, undor tho law, to prevent ship
pers from loading goods undor a falso
classification.
In enforcing neutrality Mr. Malone
has not lost sight of tho fact that
tho motive of patriotism which Impels
all aliens in tho United States to
want to bo of utmost sorvlco to their
respective countries Is perfectly un
derstandable but it has been his con
stant purpose to compel the repre
sentatives of all nations to realize
that they can only servo tho causo
of tholr governments by keeping
within tho limits nnd prohibitions of
our neutrality laws.
MAN BAGS 52-POUND WOLF
Young Minnesota Hunter Chases Ani
mal for Several Miles on a
Motor Cycle.
Balaton, Minn. Two boys, Evold
Bylandcr and John Bollman, bagged
a 52-pound wolf recently In rather a
novel way.
Thoy wero out hunting ono boy on
tho motor cyclo and tho other with a
gun in tho sldo car whon thoy spied
tho wolf and gavo chase. After a
wild rido of several miles, thoy mado
a successful long shot.
Man Kicks Against Dogs.
Tulsa, Okla. Suit was instituted in
district court by W. P. Blovins against
J. S. McCartney and othors to recover
500 because tho dogs at tho city pound
keep him awako at night by their
barking. McCartnoy is tho keeper oi
tho dog pound.
In tho suit it is charged that tha
snarling and growling of tho dogs is
pbjectlonablo to tho residents of the
section and that infection from the
konnclfi has spread to somo of tho ad
Joining houses, causing disease anions
tbo children.
Brltlch Vessel Also Met and Destroyed
Sen Monster That Had Caused
Fear Norwegian Fleet Found
Its Task Too Bifl.
Not all tho tasks" warships nro callod
on to undertako havo to do with war
and tho destruction of human life and
property. ,
A couplo of French warships worp
sent out Into the Mediterranean somfi
years ago to wago war ugatnnt h
school of porpoises which wore dolus
an immense amount of demago to tht
fishing Industry In those waters After
three days' hostilities, during which
quick-firing guns wore used with con
sldcrahlo effect, tho vessels returned
to port triumphant, huvlng practical.
annihilated the enemy.
A year or two ago a warship V
Great Britain's Australian fkiot a
given tho strungo Job of capturing or
destroying a mysturlous sea monster
which had been roported ofi tho Fall,
land Islands.
It Is pretty snfo to say that tho o!II
cers, If not tho crew, cntortnlneil
grnvo doubts of tho actual existence
of tho frightful creature which bad
been described; It was too terrifying
hideous, gigantic and ferocious.
Hut shortly after the ship arrived 1;
the waters whero tho monster wns sup
posed to He In wait for vcssols, the
officor of tho watch descried a
strnngc-Iooklng beast making toward
his ship, and It was Immediately
guessed that this must be tho sub
stance of all the alarming tales. And
a pretty good substanco It proved, ton
An attack was mado upon It, and
nftor somo hours' fighting with har
poons nnd quick-firers, tho mystorlous
monster, which proved to be a sea-elo
pliant between 13 and II yards long,
was slaughtered and taken aboard
Somo years ago tho Norwegian gov
eminent sent out a powerful little fleet
of warships, armed with mines, tor
pcuoes aim quick-iirtug guns, to ex
terminate a vast hordjp of seals whlcl
was denuding tho sea on tho north
west coast of all fish life.
But the government had reckoned
upon tens of thousands of seals, where
as there wore millions. So unending
was their number that tho fleet had
ovcntually to admit Itself defeated,
with tho loss of ono man and two
illghtly wounded, owing to an necl
Jont, and to "retiro In order," having
axhausted Its entire supply of nmmu
altion.
Pleasure Boats for South America.
In Uruguay, Argentine, Chile and
parts of Brazil thero aro great oppor
tunities for tho salo of small sailing
craft such as catboats or canoes nnd
light rowing boats with outriggers.
Many of tho larger cltlos of theso
:ountrles, situated near tho water,
havo boating clubs and hold annual
regattas. Theso sailing and rowing
contests nro international in their
character and attract visitors from
ach of tho countries sending contest
ng crews. Tho Tigro river, about ton
allies outsldo of Buenos Aires, is lined
with boat clubs nnd Is n favorite ro
jort for Argentinians during the sum
mer months.
Ono man could handlo tho cntlra
lino of commercial and pleasuro boats,
and I am suro could mako a profitable
Initial trip through theso commies.
would also suggest that ho carry a
cpmplcto sldo lino of accessories, such
as anchors, blocks, rope, varnish,
bunting, sail cloth and tho like.
Lesllo's.
Much Gold Overlooked.
Tho sequonce of events so often qb
served In tho history of gold-mining
camps has been repeated in tho Wll
low Creek district, Alaskn Tho
earliest prospectors, In 1897, wero pri
marily Interested In the search for
placer gold, and having found It, wero
too busily o gaged In mining to trace
tho stream gold to tho veins from
which It originally camo. It was near
ly ten years later that the first of tho
valuablo quartz veins that now yield
most of tho gold mined In tho district
was discovered. SInco 1906, however,
quartz mining has progressed steadily
und has , rested upon a substantial
basis.
Preaches in Gray Work Shirt.
Declaring "tho reason only two per
cent of Vorkingmon uttond religious
sorvlco is because 70 por cent of tho
ministry is out of sympathy with tho
causo of labor," Rev. C. H. Holcorab,
Barborton, O., preaches to his congre
gation In a gray work shirt, without
coat and with a red bandana handker
chief in his hip pocket.
"Somo pooplo think that everything
with a long-tailed coat Is a proacuot,"
ho said. "They forgot thut mou in
long tails open street doors In depart
ment stores and that tho cry of 'Cut),
sir, cab," comes most frequently from
a dusky person likewlso clad." Mil
waukee Journal.
For Exhibition of Pets.
"By all means let us have u chil
dren's pets exhibition," enthused Jack
London.
"Tho only way for man to under
stand himself Is by an understanding
of all lifo about him. Pets for chil
dren servo to begin tills Instilling nnd
to set them on tho path of under
standing, Indeed, an animal pet for
a child Is more effective in this mat
ter, than scores of books after tho
child has become it'll adult."
Serbia's Homesteads,
in Serbia tho land belongs to the
peoplo, and ovor" grown man bus u
claim to five acres, which ho cun
neither sell nor havo taken from him,
tils land and its produce are exempt
from all claims for debt. Thus the
poorest man in Serbia has always fivo
acres to his credit.
eauty Fills the Houte.
"Is Bha' pretty?" "Pretty? Why
'hut girl Is so pretty that plouty of fol
ows are glud to call on her 'athor aud
notlior,"
A scene at a meeting at tho Smlthllold market, London, whero a groat throng gathorod oovoml dayB ago and
vohomontly oxprcssod tholr sentiments ngalnst conscription nnd against tho proposal of tho government for tho
early closing of saloons. Tho photograph was taken when tho spcakor, who, making uso of a carriage as a plat
form, asked all those against tho proposals to put tholr hands up.
WINTER
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creased. Transportation becomes especially difficult. Tho photograph bIiowb part of a long lino of motor trucks
In Franco laboring toward tho front. '
AUSTRALIANS EAGER TO FIGHT FOR THE EMPIRE
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A very Intel ectlng story is told In this picture. Tho enthusiasm of tho Australians for the allied cause la un
Dounded, and this Incident furnishes proof thereof. Thirty men of tho town of Gllgnndrn, in tho interior of Australia,
organized themselves into a band of volunteers, and docldod to march to Sydhoy, a distanco of 1120 mllos, to offer
their services. Residents of Gllgandra contributed nearly $1,000 towards tho oxpanses of tho march. All along tho
routo tho men were cheered and lavishly treated by the patriotic Australians, whilo now recruits fell In line by tho
scoro. '
PRETTY WASHINGTON BUD
Miss Anita Kite, daughtor of Sur
geon 1. W. Kite, U. S. N., retired, and
Mrs Kite, has Just been piesontod to
Washington socloty. Sho is ono of tho
prottlost of tho season's buds, und as
popular as sho Is pretty.
Cautious Attitude.
"I liopo your constituents approci
ftto tho valuo of your patriotic serv
ices," said the prominont citizen,
"I don't know that I care to mako
It a question of actual value," replied
Senator Sorghum. "Tho market for
patriotic services is terribly fluctuat
ing." No Time to Listen.
Tho oxporlouco of many of us is
that when wo want to ring up and
talk to tho world, tho lino is busy,
I'uck.
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REIGNS ON FIGHTING
the ilchtliic million's of Europo and
AMERICAN DOCTORS
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Drs. A. M. nnd P. II. 55inklian of Washington are shown hero In Iho
uniforms of ltoutenuut colonols of tho Russian army, the rank conforrod on
them for lifo by tho car for tholr work In tho Russian war hospitals They
havo loft Washington to sail for Russia on the expiration of their furlough.
INTERESTING FACTS
Osmium Is ono of tho most valu
ablo metals, It Is worth $50 a
pound.
Only 39 p or cont of tho total gradu
ates from tho six principal women's
collcgos In tho United Statos havo
married .
It has been estlmatod that Holland
contains about 100,000,000 tons of peat
suitable for fuel, equal in heating
valuo to 7G, 000,000 tons of tho best
English steam coal
FRONT
tholr problems nro tremendously In
RETURNING TO RUSSIA
A now oloctrlc msulat'ug material
tho Invention of a Mew York man,
Is mado of an aluminum silicate fused
with boron at high temperature and
then shaped Into the doslred forms.
A Spanish adtcnturcr, returning
from highly lurratlvo vandorlngs In
tho early-day Americas, is said to
havo given away JGoO.ooo In alms ou
tho occasion of hh marriage at Bar
colonu. Anothor stood 'In n Madrid
window and threw hamlfuls of silver
coins into tho crowd until he had emp.
tlod two barrels,