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Wednesday, April 1,. 1925 Harbor Flames w Fire boats J1 N the wall of the dlmly-llfumln-S, II ed assembly room of Fire Station .No. 67 a bell begins striking In quick, stacatto periods. One, one three—one, one three one, one three—. A gong rattles, send ing Its brassy clamor into every cor ner of the building. Upstairs, in the cot room, there Is the thump of men springing front their beds, a confus ion of voices, the stir of sudden; arousing. lights spring up and down the shining brass pole come sliding man after man in Quick succession, strug gling into outer garpients as they de scend. The door onto the wharf is flung open, letting in a blast of wintry air. Along-side, riding upon the dark water, is the'fire boat, long and clean of deck with a dim plume of steam floating away on the - night wind. Heavy masses of smoke already ate pouring from her funnel. like boarding buccaneers the men swarm over the rail. The moorings are cast off with a splash and the water under the stern Is churned to a white froth. Shaking under urge of her powerful engines, she swings away from the dock and noses out Ma the blackness of the Upper Bay. ‘ ' A Bad Prospect _ . Far away, down near the Narrows, § there is a mounting red glare upon thp water, its source hidden by a mass of shipping which stands outlined against it in hard silhouette. With Svery minute it spreads and grows lighter, touching the sky with its angry glow. The highlands of St. Ooorge are lit with It as though by a rosy dawn. Over the whole, blacker than the starless firmament itself, looms a bellying pall of amok§. The veteran Deputy Chief in com mand peers ibng through his night glasses from the eminence of the bridge. "OB," he says, kind shakes his head. Oil, hardest of Arcs to control! The ship cuts through the water at a full twelve knot clip, shearing through scattered pans of lco with a continual grinding crunch. Every where on board there is the activity of calm and systematic preparation. Hen are busied at the pipe stands, with the reels, looking to equipment, setting everything in order for the approaching attack. And everywhere goes the grizzled chief, turning his flashlight here, there, within and with out, marshalling his forces like a good general who leaves nothing to chance. Below decks. In a hold as full of machinery as a destroyer,. the en gineers are nursing the oil-burning boilers. The roar of the forced draught sounds a hoarse diapason beneath the wash Os water alongside and tbs hiss and throb of |he engines. On thf. steam gage, heart and pulse of th£vesset, the needle creeps steadily upward to two hundred pounds. There will :bk lack of pressure for the greedy pumps, 0 water j, Thn gtare glows brighter, they are ■now. Between them and the liSS only the towering fabric of a * " ' " * "V* **" ' ! -7* V * .X •■'. . ' r Program for April 2nd. , WSII Atlanta Journal (428.3) 8 pro gram;-10:45 organ. WEE I Boston (475.0)'6115 orches tra ; 7 WEAK musical; 8 musical; ft orchestra. WOW Buffalo (510) 6 umsic; 7-10 musical program, WEAF. WES Chicago (344.6) 6:25 organ; 6.50 Senate theater; 7 lullaby .time. WEBH Chicago Post (570.2) 7 con cert, tenor; 8 Kiviera theater: 1) dance, soprkno. saxaphene, quintet; 11 dance, tenor, .soprano. WMAQ Chicago News (447.5 ) 6 or gan; 8 garden talk; 8:15 Boy Scouts; 8:50i lecture; 0:15 program. KYW Chicago (556) 7 concert; 7 tS3 I speeches; 8 reading; 8:20 artists; ft:os .2 * tribe I® at home; 1 insomnia Club, V * Nlghthawks. ” » WON Chicago Tribune (570.2) « or gan: 6:30 concert, string quintet; 8 WGN quartet; 10 dance, jazz. WLW- Cincinnati (422.3) C memory contest; 6:45 talk; 10.03 concert, quar- » MW I 1 111 1' '■ ■ —U i 1 L. 1 IB AB WLJmt ■.wl i .- 1 9 I|||§:: ip| fe II ' '■ 5 *■ - * 'IBBr * i : to r * a The flreboat John Purroy Mitehel, pride of the New York lire Deport ment, throwing 10,000 gallons or water • minute. • ? full-rigged ship, riding high out of the water, yvlth the lurid glare flicker ing upon her lofty spars. Over the sharp line of her bulwarks there is ; a brief glimpse of distant flame dart- t ing tongues of fire high Into the air. - i Into the Dragon’s Month Under her towering counter they sweep, into the full light of the con flagration. It is a burning steamship, anchored and deserted, from whose fore hatch a veritably volcano of fire Is belehing upwards. Even -at two hundred yards distance the heat of it Is apparent. As they approach, a sheet of brighter flame spurts from ihe opening with a dull concession. A moment later another follows, Rounding to under the flank of the blazing vessel, they find a small launch bobbing, in which is seated a small, distracted Spaniard, the captain of the ship. What is the cargo? Oil? Car ramba, nol Gasoline, in cans. There Is no hope for his boat, and the Seuor Admiral had better keep away, As for him, the blessed saints would tes tify that he has always b<»'n the most unfortunate of mortals, l’hfero is no body on the ship: it is likely to blow up at any moment. Par Dios! Prepare to Board! Thns informed as to the general nature and disposition of the cargo, the Chief gives orders to lay along side. With a crashing hiss fourteen streams of water open upon the flames. Preparations are made to go aboard. If the ship is to be saved It will bo necessary to close the •WSTWr-tlgnt bulkheads and flood the baiting .hold. . . , A dangling Jacohs-ladder rattles and bangs against the ship’s side. t'P goes the chief, followed by three picked men, clad head io foot in ; tet, monologue, Melody boys, accordion. 1 WEAK Cleveland (380.4) 6 organ. WFAA Dallas New s (475.0) 6:30 re ivital; 8:30 program; 11 humor and mu sic. WOC Davenport (483.0) 0:30 Sand man ; 7 musics!. TfW.t ratf-oit NeWs (352.7) 7 WEAF concert 1 . WHO Do* Moines (526) 7:30 glee club: 11 dance. WBAP Fort Worth Star-Telegrmn (475.0) 7:30 concert; 0:30 popular, classical. KFKX Hustings (288.3) 9:20 mando lin. sextettes. KNX Hollywood (336.0) 8:15 dance: 8.30 talk; 10 features; 12 orchestra. WDAF Kansas City Star (365.6) 6 school of the air; 11:45 Merry Old Chief, frolic. ' WHAS Louisville Journal (399.8) 7:30 concert. KH.T Los Aeugelw (405.2) 8 concert; 8:30 children; 10 features; 12 orehes tta. I ifK 6®*- r M w \to '* t n |w - ' - 'i » dßtl H urllilr fvssjrxn SEBB8&BE& '' ? pHBHHM| fi/wriirn V - .Winr rubber. Everywhere there Is' unbtok eh darkness except on deck where the light Os the ere itself penetrates in shftdqvvy gleams. The cubing and ladder-wells aro black caverns cif acrid smoke, encumbered with aband oned gear, tort wins and confusing. Slowly they work their way below, groping along -walls and through.door ways, preceded byt the probing linger of light from the flashlight slung on the wrist of the Chief. Down and ever down, while the roar Os ihe Are comes to them muffled but menacing ■through the steel bowels of the ship, and the suffocating smoke -grows thicker and hotter in the Inky pas sages. A Black Inferno At increasingly frequent intervals the vessel Is shaken by detonations a3 can after can of gasoline explpdos, | The., heat is overpowering, searing their skin and pcux)Un£_theiF lungs.' All Is blackness, there IS ho afr: tile .Vmdal. Plateg on evefy eld©:are-blister ing to the fotiri:. Alt* aiSfaire the dread thought: which of these ex plosions will be the iaat, the liual one? 1 WCCO Minneapolis-St. Paul (416.4) , 7-10 New York program. WEAK New York (491.5) 6 services; | 6:4Q history ; 7 baritone ; 8 program; 9 "Faust," opera ensemble: 10 danee. WJZ New York (454.3 ) 6 orrehestr*; j 6:53 fen- of lore; 7:10 NYU air eoik-ge; 7 :50 prograiq, address, band; 9:30 dance. ; WJY New York (405.2) 0:50 con cert; 7.15 tenor: 8:50 baritone; 8:45 musical saw; 9 ofehe*ts*. WHX New York (361.2) 6 dance; 0:30 health talk; 7 entertainers; 9 " I dance; 11 Parody eltib; 11:30 music. KGO Oakland (SOI) 6 concert; 11:15 golf less on; 10 Smilin’ Thru; 12 dance. YVQAW Omaha (520) 6 story ,!6:20 , announced; 6:45 orchestra; 9 anniver sary program. „ Wll* Philadelphia (508.2) 6 .talk; 7 talk : 7:15 concert; 8 recitallo ortshes " WFI Philadelphia (394.5) 0 talk; 7 ’ concert; 8 concert; 9 orchestra, i KDKA Pittsburgh (300.1) 7 program; : (*» X 11 Why don’t you have that old suit j cleaned? ; !! It’s Too Good to throw away! \ : We Can Make it Snappy and I* Fresh as New SEND IT TO | Bob’s Dry Cleaning Co. PHONE.W' f * ' I OOOgOOOOOQ<>0»000<>90000000000<K)00»0000<>OQpOCB90000009< THE CONCORD DAILY TRIBUNE * ’ reJsg filtpr W 1 '.r : :: f W-M •' j 5 (H A i ■ l . Vi’' * MMI j f - '' * Along the floor of jLhc ship they work their way. with Death walking at their, hocK The, flashlight, ray falls on a bulkhead door. It is beginning to glow with heat, but they close •and lock it. Staggering and gasping, they stumble' on to the others, swing them to- and preqs hptr.e the bolts. Then back to the ladder to begin the painful;, exhausllr.g climb back to the light, and the air, and life. Up and up, clinging to the iron rungs, grdidng, calling to each .other through the darkness and the smoke —up and up, following the moving spot of light in the hands of the Chief through the maze flf abandoned saloons and Unfamiliar stairs, up to the main deck and the sweet breath of the' aalt. breeze, Itccnf crccmonts 1 Arrive j Rising now above the fierce tumult of the flames they hear another 3 , more pow.u-fltfl ' hotel' the sjbilapt roar of water flouring from a score of points Into tbis-w! itehdt pit of the fore hold, rnd ibd .dt-ep throb and murr.t r of the pumps as four fen noats tflrn their 1 strength to the nt- ark. 46,000 gul- — ! ——- 7 :30 Masque and Wig <4ub. i WCAE Pittsburgh (461.3) 6:30 Uncle iKaybeC; K Concert. ] KGWT I’ortland Oregonian (401.5) 10 I orchestra ; 12 dance, mimic. I IVKAQ l’orto liico (340.7 ) 6:30 eon • cert. KPO San Franri.-cco (429.5) 6.30 con cert; 9, dance; 10 organ; 11 Welsh night; 12 dance. WOAI San Antonio (394.3) 9:30 or chestra; WCY Schenectady (879.5) 6:30 book chat; 6:45 practice club; 7:30 army band; 8:30 Pan American program; 1(1:30 organ. KFNF Sheuaudoah (266) 0:30 eon -1 oert front Olariivda. . IVBZ Springfield (33.3) 6:1 stalk; . 6:30 lecture; 7 saxophonist: 7215 popu lar piifoiat; 7:30 organ; 8 ringing or chestra, concert, jihilharmonic trio; 10:- - 30 Huijio four; 10:45 orchestra. WKU Waslvington (169) 6 trio; 7 ; Cuban night; 9 dance; 11 orchestra. {B . PPv*7ibi v ■ *. \ rtfli It Jta.lv iHaPirriffffo'mH lEfcl\\ ™Hnß| H Flrebonts in / New York har- I bo* attacking • - J / dangerous blaze ■ t * V S // to a steamship • / / ho,d ’ otlXaeA ** ' f'lW / tb* ourning and : / explosion of thoas "4 ' f U ’ ''tW / antis of cans of gas t * J J ollne. (Below) Dep * /- / «rty Chief Edward ». ' / / Worth, bend of the y / Marine Division of the y y Npw York Fire , Depart / tnctsi, with some of Ills men. GDRG lons of water a minute are crashing into the heart of the blaze. Gradually the Ship begins to feel the weight of Water which is flooding iurboard at the rate of 17<5 tons a minute. As tile fore hold fills she begins to settle at the bijtv. sinking lowqr and lower. ; For hours the powerful streams arc focus.-d upon the hatch, which continues to pour out in scarcely dinilnsheil vclvirhe its geysers of flame.. Then, with a fare well burst of smoko and steam, and a great sftr&ling whirl of water, the bulwarks dip beneath the, stjflifuco - At the depth of five fathoms- t;ie keel takes (he ground, leaving the superstructure and the stern high in (ho a(r; The fire Is out, and the ship, though damaged, is Saved. Rube GoHimrg's Stuff. Alarm ctoks usually mean loss of sleep to most folks blit Robert T. Wade, edi- I i tor and publisher of the Morebead City, i N. 0„ Coaster,; lias arranged an ingenius i ■ esmtrinvance whereby an alarm dock and i a rat trap give him an extra hour's sleep 1 . each morning. i Mr! Wade says.that for years he had ti> get up every morning at 7 o'clock to : light the gasoline burner under the metal pot of his-linotype machine in order to . have the mettal ready at 8 o'clock. Re , cent'.y he installed a new machine whieh i uses electricity to heat thd metal instead of gasoline. Tired of being aroused every morning ‘ to turn on the electricity, he bought an alarm and fastened a short stick to the J ; winder. He tied one end of the string - to the stick and the other to the spring • -of a rat trap. When the aliirm goes - off at 7 o'clock in the morning the wind er turns around and tightens on the 7 string, causing the rat trap to be sprung. The trap is attached to the electric switch by means of a piece of wire and * as it snaps shut it throws the switch j■ and turns on the electricity. Editor ji Wade now comes down- at 8 o'clock in I the morning. He failed to say what would happen I if a rat got tang'cd up in the trap dur -1 ing the night. t "Off Days." k Writing on happiness in the April JH e st's Internationnl-CosmopoU i tan. Rruce Barton makes three sugges r lions to insure happiness, He also tells | wh*t he does when ha is physically and i menially Whlow par. | “There ,are a certain number of days I in every month when I am not worth i a hoorah." he says. “Once I fretted 'through these days and tridd to drive j myself to work, but no mofr. When I such a day dawns now, when I wake jup utterly lacking in pep, l accept the verdict blithely. 1 ‘“Sometimes 1 take books and cigar* [. and go back tot-bed. Some days I walk i aroupd in unfamiliar parts of town; 1 some .days I play golf or ride. And at | evening I am refreshed and I say, ‘One f more, day to. charge up to the reserve | for wasted days.’ And invariably the next day I feel fine.” Physique Value. H carat's International-Cosmopolitan. ' When Frank <A. Vanderiip wus presid ing over the largest financial institution America has ever known, the National City Bank of New York, he said: “In picking a man for a highly re { sponsible executive position, I alwaye |! take into account both his physical con dition and .hits ■physioue. Unless lie has built up a strong, healthy body I don't ■pan| hint. because during the terrible iSt)-rrl* add strain of tv great. crisis, when you need his nervines , most, be'is likely to cave In.” ■' , r The United States and Canada Wye been invited to-prtadljpate in an later national Congross ofi Mh*ti«|t and VeHti latiug Engineers to be hell} in Pariu thE 9 summer. \ ' \ r if x - * *» ' ■ ' ' . * «, ■ vr » J re Such is the dally portion of tie sea-golqg firemen of the | New York F)re Department, to| whose keeping has been given the safety Os the billions of dol lars worth of shipping and the 716 miles of wharfage, in the world’s greatest, sea-port. Some idea of the magnitude of the task confronting the Mar ine Division may be gained from a survey of; its domain. Merely to steam along the 578-mile shoreline which they guard requires a long day’s journey, lasting from dawn until after dark, in addition to the extensive waterfront of Man hattan island Itself, 43 miles in circumference, there- is the far, in voluted shore of Long- Island, from j Ambrose Channel lightship opposite; Sdndy -Hook, to Sand’s Point, on the j Sound, including the five-mile inlet of Newtown Creek, lined with oil works and chemical plants. There is the long expanse to the north reaching from the Sound along the other bank of 'the Harlein River to Yonkers on the Hudson, and to the south the tremendous circle of Staten Island. 51 miles around, and the many Islands in the upper and lower bay, together with all the thousands of craft of every description which throng its waters. A Busy Life Every alarm along this far-flung waterfront, which means every alarm originating within two blocks of the water, is answered by the Marine Division. Ten firoboats are always on duty with steam up and cleared for -action. And when serious fires occur on the, Jersey-shore they rally to the attack, or with the prevailing westerly winds blazing vessels have been known to burn through their moorings and drift over tq the New York side, play ing havoc- with the wharves, and., shipping. . An average of 200 ships a year ratch fire in New York Harbor, and about 80 wharves and piers. These last, though rarer occurences, are apt John D.—Loafer. When I asked Mr. Rockefeller to what I he chiefly attributed his success, he in- 1 stantly replied, *To others','’ writes It. (J. Forbes in Hearst’s International-Cos mopolitan. “Ever since my early man hood I have been a loafer,” said Mr. Rockefeller. '‘While the newspapers were picturing me as a slave to busi ness, working day and night, the truth is that I wasn't working hard'at all—- at least, not at business. 1 was working hard very often, but not at twenty-six Broadway or at any other fllae.y of busi ness, but at my home*, near Cleveland, Where my special hobby was the trans planting of trees, and where I did a lot o fgardening. I left others to. do ■the hard work. After middle age I rare |]y ever visited the office and it is many years since I did any work whatsoever there,” ' GOODHKALTH, GOOD LOOKH~ jjf ' '' MRS. J.S. HENDERSON "For about five years I was in very poor health brought on thru a ner vous breakdown,” said Jiffs, J. E. Henderson, who resides at 423 S. Columbia St., Gastonia, N. C. "I lost in weight, got very thin and almost too weak to get around. I could not Sleep or get any rest, had no appetite, was completely worn out and suf fered so* with niy head that 1 would nearly go mad. I. had backaches and pains in my side. I doctored and took medicine but it was Dr.. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription that finally restored me to health. It was worth hundreds of dollars to me, for it made me a well woman. I gained back my weight and have enjoyed the very best of health since.’’ You should obtain this famous Pre scription now at: your neateftydwig store in tablets Or liquid, or send *loo to Pierce’s Invalids’ Hotel hi Buffalo,. N. ¥., fdr trial pkg. Write for tree medical advice, , V ,»S; ■.«, v .-lit. -1 , ‘ '■ ' PAGE SEVEN MA I <; tWnjLAZtSMsS-' ■h Wif’milm VllHili HP ! i I 9,n W'PI-I WI | to be Berlona—particularly In wlnteaV] when the extreme cold and exposed) position freezes the shore feed pipes, t Then It Is that the tars of the Fire! Department must bear the brunt Os) the battle. ■.) ||fef Under cover of the streams play-, ing from the boat— the fireman knew, the creeping barrage long before tha| soldier dreamed of it— they go onto the dock, into the impenetrable dark ness Os the great shed, densely filled with smoke. As always, the Chief or officer leads, appraising the situation with the aid of his flashlight, add dir- <: ecting the men, who come dragging their “pipes” to the designated spot. Then the signal is passed back for water and the great streams go crash- i. ing into the roots of the advancing fire, while Over the men themselve* ; descends a saving veil of salt water from the supporting pipes, Very much V' like Mercy, which as everyone knows, “riilleth like the gentle rain from:, , heaven upon the place beneath.” hi* ; this case, in the face of a roaring topdf ■ nado of flame, it is not twice biased, , but In all probably, seven of" eight ; times according to the number of ia i dividuals wetted. . . , i [ The Touch Os Death > Sometimes, when the fire feeds up-, on certain chemicals, or —worst of aW,’ -tfr hemp fibre—the smoke W 50 laden with deadly poisons that HU would be death for a man to go Into! it. It is one of the first duties of the 1 officer in command to determine If 1 possible the nature of the burning, material, for to face a gas attack df| this sort would spell disaster to thoi brave men whose calling Is danger ous enough as it is. Most experienced' firemen, however, can determine the: nature of the fire with fair accuracy) from the color of the smoke and the' jj way it burns. -- • j ft Despite the fact that fires are on) . th.e..increase in this country, inclad-i ing ffew York City the efficiency of I the Department manages to keep pane "m with the demands upon it. 90% of ■’ all fires are confined to the point pfl origin. 1 STATEMENT Firemen’s Fraternal Insurance Fund of the North Carolina State Firemen’s Association. Condition December 81st, 1924, as shown by Statement filed: Balance from previous year $ $2,030.68 Income—from members, $15.- 114.60; miscellaneous $153.67 total 15,268.27 Disbursements—to members, $10,500.00; miscellaneous, $500.16,' total 10,500.16 Business written during year —Number of policies 471, amount 471,000.00 Business in force at end of year —number of policies 1476, amount 1,476,000.00 Assets Deposited in Trust Companies - and banks not on interest 17500 Deposited in Trust Compan- i and Banks on interest 3,628.79 Paid up Building and Loan 3,000.00 ’ Total $6,798.79 %, Liabilities NONE Business in North Carolina During 192 Pot lodes or Certificates in force Dee. 31st of previous year, Number 1190; amount $1,196,000.00 Policies or Certificates issued during the year, number 280. amount 280,000.00 I’olicies or Certificates in force Dee. 31, l'J2__, number 1470 anfoupt 1,476,000.00 >, Bosses and Claims incurred $ during, the year, Number 10, amount. 10,000.00 Imsses and Claims paid durihg the year, number 10, amount 10,000.00 Premiums and Assessments col lected during the year in North Carolina $15,114.60 President—Frank IV. Bennett. ■ Secretary—Jno. L. Miller. Treasurer—Chas. Schnibben. Home Office —Concord, North Carolina., 8 South Union St. Attorney for Service: Stacey W. Wade, Insurance Commissioner, Raleigh, N, C- State of North Carolina—lnsurance De partment, Raleigh. March 11, 1925. I, Stacey W. Wade, Insurance Com missioner, do hereby certify that the above is a true and correct abstract of the statement of the Firemen’s Insurance Fond, a Fraternal Order, of Concord, N. 0.. filed with this Department, showing the condition of said Order on Uie 31st • day of December, 1023. Witness my hand and official seal, On day nnd date above written. STACEY W. WADE, 31-2 t-e. Insurance Coimnuisiorec, . Mrs. Mattie lleacham Dead. / p Salisbury. March 30— Mr*/Mattie Bcachittii <tied Sumhiy mb-ruiug at to*r house on East Kerr Street, /Tin- fuiX ul took |daee Monday at 2 o'clock ft3m rthe Tlolinesx Chnjpb, naif interment ’ will > Mrs. Beacham’a | husband died suddenly 'three weeks ago - ...» VA- -S- v ' s . r. 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