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VOL. LIV. ^ , GRAHAM, IS, C., THURSDAY APRIL 19, 1928. NO. 11.
DOINGS OF THE WEEK I
NEWS REVIEW OF
CURRENTEVENTS
Small-Thompson Machine Is
Beaten in the Illinois
G. O. P. Primary.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD.
T"\ISGUSTED and indignant citizen*
^ of Illinois gave tbe Small-Thomp
aon-Crowe machine a terrific wallop
ing In the Republican primaries and
felt tbat they had In a measure re
deemed the state and especially the
city of Chicago. Governor Small was
defeated for renomlnation by Secre
tary of State Louis L. Emmerson by
a majority of more than 400.000. and
State's Attorney Crowe of Chicago
was beaten by John A. Swanson by
nearly 105,000 votes. Frank Smith,
whom tbe United States senate re
fused to seat after bis election last
year, went into the discard, the sen
atorial nomination being won by Otis
F. Glenn of Murphysb^ro. Big Bill
Thompson, mayor of Chicago, protag
onist of the "America First" cam
paign and relentless enemy of King
George of England, sought only one
ofiice, tbat of committeeman for his
ward, and tbe voters denied him even
that. The same fate befell President
of the Board of Education Coath who
carried out Thompson's orders to dis
miss Superintendent of Schools Mc
Andrew.
In congress and elsewhere great
satisfaction was expressed over the
renomlnation of tbe veteran Repre
sentative Martin B. Madden of Chi
cago, long one of the most useful and
industrious members of the lower
house. Bis constituency has become
almost wholly negro, but be decisive
ly defeated his colored rival. For
congressmen-at-large the Republicans
named Mrs. Ruth Hanna McCortnlck,
daughter of the late Mark Banna and
widow of Senator McCormlck, and B.
R. Rathbone, dropping Congressman
Dick Yates. The voters of the state
showed strong preference for Lowden
as presidential nominee and he will
hare at least forty-nine of tbe state's
delegates at Kansas City.
Illinois Democrats put through a
slate practically uncontested and by
their preference votes determined
that A! Smith will have fifty-two sure
Illinois votes in the Bouston conven
tion, and he may get the entire dele
gation of fifty-eight
One murder of a negro and several
kldnapings and assaults marked the
Chicago primaries, but the picture of
a saturnalia of slaughter and other
crimes presented in the press of Lon
don and Paris was scarcely Justified
by the activities of the gangs of thugs
that worked for both tbe Republican
factions.
REPUBLICANS of Nebraska di
vided their preference votes be
tween Senator Norrls and Lowden,
and they renominated Senator How
ell. The Democrats were solid for
Gilbert M. Hitchcock for President.
Vermont will send a solid delegation
to the Republican convention In
structed for President Coolldge. Host
of Nevada's delegates will be for
Hoover, and so will all of Michigan's.
Despite the progress made by the
Hoover campaign, there were signs
of Increasing opposition to the nomi
nation of the secretary of commerce.
After a tour of Indiana and the corn
belt. Representative Dickinson of
Iowa, Republican and one of the agri
cultural leaders 'of the bouse, pre
dicted that If Hoover were tbe Re
publican nominee Indiana would go
Democratic In the fall, and other
states of the Midwest normally Re
publican, might follow suit Some of
tbe party leaden In Washington are
beginning to suspect that Hoover may
not be the best vote getter among
those seeking tbe Presidential nomi
nation. Idaho's delegation to the Re
publican convention will be solid for
Senator Borah.
YX7ET members of the National Re
'' publican dob gained s victory
wben the national affairs committee
of the dub adopted a resolution urg
ing repeal of the eighteenth amend
meet The resolution was to be pre
sented to the fall membership Tues
day of this week for actloo, and a
hot light was anticipated for the drys
were patting up a forceful opposi
tion. The . club, whose headquarters
?re In New York city. Is national as
Its name Indicates. President Cool
ldge Is an honorary president and
among the members are Vice Presi
dent Dawes, Herbert Hoover and
Frank O. Lowden.
BY A vote of S3 to 23 the' senate
passed the McNary bill for agri
cultural relief. Various amendments
were first made, but the equaliza
tion fee and other features objec
tionable to the President remained
untouched, and consequently his veto
was expected. It was stated at the
White House that Mr. Ooolldge
would like to help the farmers,' but
cannot see that any good purpose
would be served by his signing the
McNary measure. He Is convinced
the equalization fee would be de
clared unconstitutional by the courts.
The President also made It known
that he was not likely to sign the
flood control bill unless It was ma
terially modified. Elimination of lo
cal contributions, according to his
Judgment, means that It becomes a
matter of bestowal of favors upon
certain localities. When one locality
Is taken care of he thinks It Is Inevi
table that other sections will demand
action on the same basis. One ob
jectionable feature from the Presi
dent's standpoint Is the provision un
der which the federal government
presents a locality with valuable
property and then proposes to pay the
locality for damages.
WITH the warm approval of the
President, Secretary of State
Kellogg Is moving forward on the
way toward a multi-lateral anti-war
treaty. With the co-operation of the
French government he has sent notes
to Great Britain, Germany, Italy and
Japan asking those powers to state
their reaction to the proposal for the
conclusion ' of a treaty renouncing
war as an Instrument of national
policy. If the responses are favorable
It Is hoped France will recede from
her demand for the Inclusion of nu
merous reservations.
AT THIS writing two German! and
one Irlahman are flying over the
Atlantic ocea^i In a German Junken
plane In the attempt to make the flrst
east-west nonstop air passage. They
are Baron von Huenefeld. Cnpt. Her
mann Koehl and Col. James Fitz
manrice, commandant of the Irl^h
Free State air force. Taking off
from Baldonnel airdrome, Ireland,
the plane passed over Galway and
In an hoar and a( half was well ont
over t the ocean, speeding through a
fog. The prospects were that the
flyers would encounter unfavorable
weather conditions off Newfoundland.
FEDERAL Judge W. H. 8. Thomp
son of Pittsburgh threw out of
court the suit of five former mem
bers of the Kn Kiux ktan to restrain
the order from operating In Pennsyl
vania. ruling that he was without
Jurisdiction and that II was a matter
for the state courts to handle. The
opinion climaxed three days of sen
sational testimony, daring which
klansmen were charged with burning
men alive In Texas; organising a
"night riders" terrorist branch In Ok
lahoma and Ohio; horse whipping
"offending citizens" and causing riots
' and other disorders.
TRIAL of Harry F. Sinclair for the
alleged Teapot Dome conspiracy
got under way swiftly in the District
of Colombia Supreme court because
Justice Bailey took the examining
of veniremen out of the hinds of the -|
lawyers and qualified twelve Jurors
In three and one-half hoars One of
tbe flrst witnesses was Mahloo T.
Ever hart, son-in-law of Albert B
Fall. He told the Jury the whole
story of Sinclair paying Fall more
than $300,000 within a few months
after the then secretary of tbe Inte
rior had turned the Teapot Dome oil
reserve over to a Sinclair company
Tbe money was paid ostensibly for a
one-third Interest In a ranch snd for
Improvements to the property Ever-,
hart said Sinclair neither asked nor
received receipts for the payments
Of the money paid <2113,000 ?u In
Liberty bonds.
IN' A decision written by Chief Jus
1 tic* Taft the 8upreme court ruled
that congress has the (lower to dele
gate Its legislative authority to the
President In the administration of the
flexible tariff law. Justice Taft In his
opinion compared the delegation of
power to that vested by congress In
the Interstate Commerce commission
which controls railroad rates. He held
that the tariff law was designed to
secure revenue and that the declara
tion for protection of domestic In
dustry did not Invalidate It.
Three opinions bearing directly
upon current prohibition enforcement
methods were handed down hy the
Supreme court One. which sustained
conviction of an alleged dope ped
dler, was accompanied hy dissenting
views In which Justice Brandels
scored the use of entrapment methods
In law enforcement Another opinion
upheld the validity of padlock In
junctions against property even after
an alleged violator of the dry law
has been ousted from the premises.
The third sustained the conviction of
John P. Donnelley, former prohibi
tion administrator In Nevada, for fail
ure to report an alleged violation of
the Volstead act for prosecution.
C^EDERAL troops In Caracas, cnpl
" tal of Venezuela, backed up by
university students, staged a revolt
last week and engaged In a battle
with loyal troops at the San Carlos
barracks. The mutineers were speed
ily defeated, several being killed and
many arrested. Since early In Feb
ruary there have been student riots
on various occasions In Caracas. In
putting down these demonstrations
the government placed many students
under arrest, and the casualties have
been reported heavy.
J VST why any Italians should de
sire to kill that nonentity King
Victor Emmanuel Is a puzzle, but
they did attempt It, last Thursday.
A big bomb was exploded In Place
Julius Ceasare, Milan, while the
streets were crowded with people
waiting for the king to arrive for the
opening of a trade fair. The mon
arch had not reached the scene but
fourteen persons were killed and
some forty Injured.
HENRY Ford Is visiting in Eng
land and was tbe guest of honor
at a dinne% given by the American
Society of London. It was announced
that the autombblle manufacturer
would make the first speech In his
life, and he did, but It was only twen
ty-nine words long. Said be:
"I just want to say Mrs. Ford and
myself are greatly honored tonight
to be present to meet so many distin
guished representatives of two great
nations. I tbank you."
Ireland expected Mr. Ford and pre
pared a big receptlpn. but he declared
be would not go there as long as the
Free State's adverse tariff continues.
SENATOR JOHNSON'S pet Boul
der Canyon j)am bill, reported fa
vorably by tbe Irrigation committee,
apparently la going to have hard sled
ding. Senator Ashurst of Arizona
filed a minority report assailing the
measure as 'a reckless and relentless
assault* on his state. Asserting that
the bill was drawn wholly In the In
terest of California, the Arizona sen
ator declared that It "proposer! to
sever Arizona's Jugular vein," by
denying It rights to Irrigation and
power from the Colorado river. When
the measure was reported by the com
mittee, Senator Ashurst gave notice
that be would condnct a filibuster,
adding that If the proponents of the
bill expected to pasa It at this session
thb senate would sit "until tbe Ides
of November."
THEATRICAL and automobile In
terests presented their best ar
gumenta to the senate finance com
mittee for repeal of the admission
and automobliie taxes. The theater
group, beaded by William A. Brady
and Frank Gllmore. said tbe legiti
mate theater bad been "handed the
worst of It" and that the spoken
drama had almost disappeared In
many states. The automobile men
promised cuts lo prices equal to the
tax If the latter Is removed
New Record Hung Up
for Continuous Swim
At Hamburg, Germany, Otto Kem
toerlcb finished the loogeat recorded
continuous awlm In human annala and'
alao outlaated a California aea lion.
Ketnraerfch awam several thousand
laps of a amall Hrrular basin only M
feet In diameter. He was In the wa
ter 46 hours, which la 14 hoars longer
than the record set recently at Miami
Beach. Fla. by Mrs. Lottie Moors
?rhawmrtl. of Mow York. Cam
I merleb bid Mt 90 boon u the limit
for bit swim, bat Mopped four boars
short of Ms goal.
"I woe sorry I bad to firm op, hot
I was only barely eoosdoas because of
lack of sleep aad eoold not asa where
I was falog." he explained. "Several
times I nearly fell asleep and for the
last few hours there were long Inter
rale when I did oot see when I was
going end really made the swimming
movements purely la s mechanical
fashion"
Wfeaa fsapalrt started wttb Ma
pet Ma llao. Lao. aa a companion. It
sraa predicted (bat the amphlhlatrwoold
outlast the boroan. Bat after ten
boora Leo dropped aaleep In tlie wa
tar Ha waa roused by a meal of
freab herrings and atarted up t(aln
All told, ha dlapoaed of SS pound* of
berrtng. hot became Increasingly laa
(Did and anally. al two a'clocb In tba
afternoon, attendants too* l-eo oat of
tba water Ha bad been In the pool
42 bourn. Kentmerlrb plodded alow
Caar boora mart. Butabtog Ma raoord
Mot it I p. A
l ROBERT WAS ?
| TWENTY-ONE |
(? Mr D. *. Walah.)
WHEN til* wealthy building
contractor, Alexander War*.
?n killed tn an automobile
accident, and tben, wben his
widow, one abort month after tbe fu
neral, married 811as Bartlett, tbe res
ident* of Shlpleyvtlle were astoonded.
A report gained currency that 8llas
bad been ber drat lore, that she bad
jilted blip In a moment of pique and
married Ware, and had always re
gretted It This explained but did not
excuse her sbameful precipitancy
Her neighbor* conceded, however, that
Ware's sixteen-year-old son had ac
quired a kind and gentle stepfather.
But If thg son. Robert bad been lest
of a stole be might bare disillusioned
them. Bartlett tbe stepfather, soft
spoken and suave In public, became
to Robert In tbe home a monster of
unceasing petty tyranny; and, curi
ously, tbe wife made no effort to pro
tect ber son from Bartlett'* calculated
persecutions One summer afternoon
Bartlett called Robert Into tbe li
brary.
Tv* beard yon talking about go
ing to college,*' Bartlett began, wltb
brutal abruptness. "Well, put It out
of your bead. Ton can't afford It. I've
tried you tn my office?and yoo're no
earthly good. Tour father was a car
penter; maybe you'll take to tools
I've got you a job In Allen Hlncbey's
garage. And get to bed early, for yon
Start In tbe morning. Tour work will
keep you out of mischief and away
from that pauper next door."
"What did llttla Irene ever do to
your* cried the crushed boy, goaded
at last to angry speech by tbe unmer
tted slur.
"No temper, young man," warned
Bartlett "Now I'll tell you this, and
you can Inform your friend and ber
mother. I'm going to give them no
tice to move; and I'm going to tear
down their aback and pot op a bunga
low. That's alL"
Robert tnrned away, bitter but
hopeless. Tbe Widow Sanderson, s
weak and delicate woman, who
worked In Mrs. Vogelsang's bakery,
and her nine-year-old daughter, Irene
occupied a small rented cottage on
the grounds. Irene Sanderson, a beau
tiful elfllke little creature, was the
only friend Robert had left; and now
sbe was to be sent away from him.
Two nights after Robert'! one-aided
Interview with his stepfather, Irene
Sanderson saw her mother ascending
the front stairs with especial dlflt
,cnltyfand ran to help her. When the
mother began to talk of colored lights
and golden angels, and then, when she
tried to congh, and flerkb of hlood ap
peered on her llpa. Irene became ter
rifled. She dashed ont of the honae
and acmes the street, to summon old
Doctor Godfree.
"Dying on her feet" the kind old
doctor later told some neighbors who
had gathered. "Last stages of pneu
monia. Shell hardly last the night."
And the doctor woe right; In the
morning Mrs. Sanderson was dead.
' Fate now grudgingly bestowed one
kindness on the two troubled young
sters. Robert and Irene. Irene was
taken Into the home of kind-hearted
Mrs. Vogelsang, and the Vogelsang
home and bakery was located on Main
street exaetly opposite Rlnchey's gar
age, where Robert was employed. Rob
ert and Irene were enabled to meet
and converse dally.
One day when business was slack.
Robert bad spent an bonr In the store
with Irene. Be came bark wearing a
long face, and his employer. Allen
Hlnchey, Joked him shoot bis love
making. Good-natared Robert, for
once, did not respond to Rlnchey's
humor; Instead, be suddenly became
desperately frank and unburdened his
mind of the whole story of Ma perse
cution. *
"So ho I" exclaimed the amased
Hlnchey. at the end. "I always thought
that angel of ? 8Ilas Bartlett was too
good to he true. And be was In here
last night asking me to raise your pay
?and every cent of It goes Into bis
pocket, ehT" Be passed, thoughtfully
"TouTs eighteen now. Robert, and I'm
paying you fifteen a weak. Candidly,
you're worth thirty, and youTI soon
be worth fifty. Bot seeing bow the
land Ilea. Ill not raise your pay. In
stead. rtl make a bargain."
Be pointed through the great open
rear door of the garage, to a cottage
facing on the next street
"I took that property for a debt'
be explained. "It's falling apart from
neglect If yon spend a few mlnntes
a day on It painting and patching,
yon can torn It Into a palace In three
year*. TooII be twenty-one then, and
HI make you a gift of the hoosa. And
I'm gettlog along In years. Robert
When you're twenty-ODe III need a
partner." Be held out his band. "Is
It a go r
Robert was toe overcome for speech.
Tears walled la Ms eyas. Be nonld
" . i
only reach tor tho hand and (rasp It
warmly.
"And now," said Blnchejr, "dont
tell a ioal except the little (tit And
warn her to keep It under her early
yellow wig."
Life took on a different coloring at
once for Bobert and Irene. At length
came the day when Bobert waa twen
ty-one.
And 81lae Bartlett and bla wife re
membered tbla fateful date. To ahow
their parental Intarest In the boy se
cretly they planned a "coming of age"
celebration?a sarprlae party.
Bobert went to work as usual that
morning, hot at 0:30 In the evening
he had not returned. At seven Silas
telephoned the garage and was In
formed that Bobert and Blnchey were
oat on a repair Job. At eight guests
were arriving; nine o'clock came, then
ten, and the hero of the affair waa
?till absent. Then young Ben Lothian,
excited and breathless, burst In upon
the merrymakers.
"A surprise party?I'll say there ta."
he exploded. "Bob's married. To
that little Jane in the bakery. Judge
Billow tied the knot They're having
supper now. In the new home?and
they wouldn't Invite me In."
The party was at an end. A raging
mother and stepfather hurried to tbelr
automobile. With Ben Lotblan to di
rect them and followed by all thelt ,
late guests In crowded cars they raced
toward the little love nest.
Bobert Ware, very handsome, and
his extremely pretty bride, along with
Judge Billow and Allen Hlncbey, were
Just finishing the meal that Mrs Vo
gelsang bad served. The door was _
Dung wide and a furious woman with '
ber husband behind ber, pushed Into
the room and faced ber son.
"Too IngrateP she shrieked, In hya
terical madness. "1 had my bouse (
filled with guests In your honor, but ,
you've made a mockery of my kind- '
nesst TouH never darken my door
again. And youll never get a penny .
of my money. Tour calculating pau
per wife will have to be satlsfleld '
with a pauper husband."
Silas Bartlett stepped forward, to ,
add hla denunciation, but Judge Bll- j
low waved a large silencing band, and
then rose to bis feet slowly and Its- |
preaslvely.
"Tou need not speak now, Silas," be
said. "And when I finish, you won't
want to. Ten years ago, Alexander
Ware came to me and I drew bis wtIL
The Information has only come to me
tonight that that will has never been
probated. But, no matter. A signed
copy Is In my office safe. That will
leaves the bulk of bis estate to bis
son. And I have learned that this boy,
heir to 1100,000, was put to menial
work and denied the college education
be craved."
"*lotner?mower," uoen rue wrnr
fled moo, In unbelief, "can this be
true?"
But the chagrined. ashen-faced
woman could not speak, and Silas
Bnrtlett. exposed In bla perfidy, did
not dare.
"Robert. 1 bare not finished." re
pro red Judge Billow mildly. "Ware's
first wife had died shortly after the
birth of ber son. That may arconnt
for many things, Robert." the Judge
concluded, gravely nodding bla bead,
"Mr*. Rartlett Is not ynar mother."
A tense silence prevailed as Judge
Billow resumed bla seat. Robert was
speechless and saddened. Wltb the
tbooght of consoling him Irene had
come to his aide. But ber own face
clonded.
"Oh, Robert," ah* asked blm In a
troubled little voire, "do yon think It
will make any difference? Too are
so rich."
Re put his arm lovingly about the
dainty girlish form of his bride, and.
bending down, klaaed ber, for all to
see.
"You bet Tm rich," be told ber. "I
was rich before I beard of tbe money.
I Because I had you. dear."
Pint to Woigh/Barth?<
Nevll Maskelyne. ad Englishman
who died In 1811, discovered how to
welgb the earth, which be i Hieved
by watching, throogh a telescope, a
plumbllne bung down tbe aids of a
precipitous Scottish mountain
And the weight Is. to within a pound
or two, ejxojooojoooMo.ono.oooxno
tons.
It was be who first set oo foot the
Maotfral Almanack, one of the great
est aids to mariner* sine* tbe Chinas*
emperor Hwang-tl. In 2834 B. (X, In
vented tb* compass
Othor End Bitot
A neighbor's eat came into tb* bona*
and mother told Gloria to catch It and
put It out. After a chase aroond tb*
boose tb* five-year-old daughter was
carrying the cat to tbe door by tb* tall.
"I would not carry the kitty that
way," admonished tb* kind-hearted
mother.
"But mother, tb* other and bit**,"
replied Gloria.
Ciooro ond Dooro
Tbe world la tlkafy to maaanre a
man by what ha gives ad mtaeb an hp I
what ha does.?Los Angela* TUaaa.
? ' v ? ? 0* ?- *
ON THE G?\ND
BANKSSSfe
irrtptrw wy mi nmonn uiDfmiwn
Society. Washington. O. C>
? 'HE wind and warn of tba New
I fuundland banks atlll tralo real
X. aallora In an age of ateel balla
and ateam ami motor propulalon
bat liaa almoat aeen tbe handlers of
all dotb disappear from tbe Atlantic.
These aurrlrlog sailors are tbe
news of tbe beautiful Sablng schoon
ers that sail out of the fishing porta
>f Newfoundland, tbe Maritime prov
nces of Cauada and the New England
itatea of America; and the ports
vblcb claim most of them are Luden
>urg. In Nora Scotia, and Gloucnter
ind Boston. In Massachuaetta
These deep-sea1 fishermen are a dis
tinctive type peculiar to tbe North
tmerlcan Atlantic coast Racially
tbey are from tbe sturdy pioneer
) reeds of Highland 8cotcb, Han
>rerlan German, West Country Eng
Ista, and Wnt Irish wblcb settled
m Newfoundland, eastern Canada.
Maine, and Maasacbusetts when
America was young.
I'byslrally, tbe American deep-sea
Bshermen are strong-muscled and able
lo endure hardship Tbey are not
slum or dty products, but are mainly
raised In sea-coast Tillages.
Asbore, tbe Bank fisherman Is not
ronsplcuous. He talks, acts, and
speaks pretty much as any oilier class
of American worker.
But It la at sea that tbe Bank fish
erman manifests bis distinctiveness
and the splendid Inherited qualities
of the type are seen to advantage?
daring initiative, rklll In seamanship,
and ability to endure long hours of
heavy labor and tbe rigors of seafar
ing In small vessels during the vary
ing conditions of weather on the North
Atlantic.
In the North American fisheries the
fast-sailing and seaworthy schooner
still remains as the prime means of
producing fish from the western At
lantic "banks." and tbe greater part
of tbe fishing Is done from small boats
known as dories, which are carried by
the schooner and launched upon tbe
fishing grounds.
It Is this dory fishing which makes
tbe American fisherman, and In that
terms la Included the Caoadian and
Newfoundlander, a distinct type from
his colleagues In other countries, and
adds to bis vocation a hazard and
labor which calls for certain sterling
qualities to surmount
Tbe modern Bank fishing schoooera
are undoubtedly the handsomest com
mercial sailing craft afloat.
Work en Shares.
Every Bank Soiling ocbooner I* a
tort of 0*0fa ring democracy. The
crew worko the ablp on a co-operative
basis, with the aklpper aa calling and
Sahln^Xteaa." In oome craft the gang
are'shlppM on the ahare system. their
reman*ration cooolotlng of aa equal
ahare of the proceed* of tb* catch
after the bill* for victualing. Ice. salt,
bait, cook'a wage*, and other Ind
dental* have been paid.
The ochooner take* a qsaner or a
Bfth of tb* groaa Mock, and tbl* re
pay* ber owner for tb* hire of the
vessel. Out of tbl* aba re com* tb*
coat of inanranc* aad upkeep, bat lb
good season*. prior to 1914. many
scbooogrs paid their coat of construe- [
tloo within twelve month* In the**
day*, however, a Banker could b*
bnllt for f 12100; nowaday* they c**t
several time* a* much.
There are voyage* where the men
draw 970 each for ? week'* work, and
other* where they make hot 945 In two
month*. The God dee* of Lack haa
something to do with tb* Oahenaaa'a
remuneration, bat tb* m*a who Bah
steadily throughout tb* year with
hard-working skipper* nooally autk* a
good Income, thongh It la never com
mas sora to with tb* rtaka they take.
Tb* paaaag* to th* Bank* may be
a ran from 30 to 100 miles and It la
asoally made la th* qnickaat poaalble
dm*.
When the eaaatf haa . ran bar die
thbee. tha "apof Ska aklpper ha* b**a
iiw-TCTCTMiiW'Sr rviri
maiioj ror u ioudq 07 iiic teaa. I DC
souDdlng lead Is a fishing skipper's
other ere aod he Is usually aa adapt
Id determlolog bis position tUT mesas
of It.
While there art manj fishing cap- *
Ulna elm caa navigate by solar aad
stellar observations, yet the majority
Hod their way about by dead-reckaa
Ing. using compass, chart, tog. aad
lead, and their accuracy Is start!lag.
The sample of the bottom bacagbt
op by the snep or tallow on tha lead
sod the depth of water give mast
skippers aa exact position after tare
casts.
If the gear has been baited aad tha ?
weather la favorable, the aklpper
slogs out. "Dories over!" The dory
mates, who hold the two top dories
on the port aad starboard "nests,"
prepare their boats for going msrelds
by shipping the thwarts aad jamming
the bottom-plugs In.
Oars, pen-hoards, bailer. water->tr,
balt-knlfe. gurdy-wlnch, bucket, gag,
sail aad mast, and all other boat and
Ashing Impediments are placed la
each little craft, sad It Is swung ap
out of the oest and overside by means
of tackles depending from the face
and main shrouds.
Two Asbermen secure their tpbe at
baited lioea and Jump Into the dorp
which la allowed to drift asters., The
painter Is made test to a pin In the
schooner's ta(frail and the dovp Is
towed along by the seboooer. Aa the
other dories are launched, taey are
dropped astern, made fast to each
other, and towed by the srtioooer.
totting the Lines.
When til the dories are overside,
ibe (kipper, at the wheal of the
schooner, determines to direction In
which be waota U> art his linen, and
the dories are let gu. ooa at a lima,
aa the reaael sails aloof A scbooonr
"runnier" ten dories will bam them
dlatriboted at equal distaocea along a
four or five-mile lloe aad So 1 dory
is often out of sight from the poeltlan
of No. 10. a
When the last dory has been
dropped the skipper will either "Jag"
down the Uoe again o remain bore-to
In the vicinity of the weather dory
while the men are fishing.
In the dories, when the schooner ban
let them go, one fisherman ships ths
osrs and pulls the bent In the direc
tion glrra him by the skipper, whils
the other prepares the gear for "net
ting."
The end line of the first "tab" of
belted long-llse Is mads fast to a tight
Iron anchor to which a stoat lino and
booy-ktg la attached This Is thrown
over into the water, and the Bihar
man, standing op la the stern of the
dory with the tab of kmy-ltae before
him proceeds to bee re the halted
gear Into the sen.
The picking up of them tiny bony*
and Bags, scattered over fire or six
mites nf ocean, la qalte a knack, aad
the fishing skippers seam to poaeam
an uncanny mom 01 location la find
ing them. Schooners barn bean foe cod
to leare their gear la the water aad
run to port for shelter la galen af
wind,
worst enemy. Dorim may he strung
out when It Is fine aad dear, and be
fore I bey can be picked ap again they
am blanketed from view in a wet.
sight-defying mist
The skippers era wonderfully clever
at locating the hidden dories, hot It
often happens that some cannot ho
found, and their names are listed with
the yearly death ton of the Banks.
Bat there are not may casualties,
considering the frequency of the toga,
aad on ooe occasion M dories were
reported astray from their simile and
all wan either picked up by other
schooners or elm rcved in from the
Banks to the land- Soma of the dis
taocea stray fishermen hare rawed hi
dories seam Incredible, hot a poO af
ISO to 175 mites la rough weather and .
without food In nst aa unusual aeeam
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