THE ALAMAJfCE GLEANER, GRAHAM. W. C.
|| 'Birthday' Celebration in Baltimore
P Recalls an Important Chapter in the
El History ot American Transportation
Got. Herbert b. O'Cooor, governor of Msrylsnd, nmmM by a bevy of Baltimore besoties dressed in
the eostomies of a century ago, cots the lMth birthday cake of the OH Bay Liae.
By ELMO SCOTT WATSON \
(Rele*s?d by Westnrn Newspaper Union.) A
"I ALTIMORE, MD., was recently the scene of a birthday
r~S celebration which had more than local significance
J?' because it recalled the early days of an important
chapter in the history of American transportation. For it
marked the 100th anniversary of the founding of the oldest
steamboat line in the United States?the Baltimore Steam
Packet company, better known as the Old Bay Line because
at its century of activity in the I
Chesapeake bay.
It was just 100 years ago
| Oat the Georgia, the original I
flagship of the company, I
started on her maiden voy- I
? age from Baltimore to Nor- I
folk and the line has operated
almost continuously since
that time. So, on the anni
versary of the Georgia's first
f trip. Gov. Herbert R. O'Con- I
or of Maryland, accompanied
by Baltimore city officials
and the mayors and city I
managers of three neighbor
ing cities in Virginia?Nor
folk, Newport News and I
Portsmouth?were driven
down to the Baltimore water
front ,
There they were greeted by
men and women, dressed in the I
toeluiites of a hundred years ago.
Among them was an actor, wear
ing a high ailk bat and a black
frock coat and playing the part
of Cap'n Jim Coffee, (kipper of
THE SOUTH!
*esna.il ann..>iw
I
IMS, Awtaf haw the steam beats
the Georgia in 1840, who wel
comed the chief executive of
Maryland aboard the President
Warfleld, flagship of the Old Bay
Litre's steamers today. Then to
thus melodies the party "sailed
away down Chesapeake bay" on
_ | f..it I,, , ?- -
B DlTUMlty drUlflf.
This celebration was a dramat
| ? Ic reminder of the fact that
steam-driven vehicles, on both
I . in speeding the testisea race of
Americans on the way to their
destboatiapa. The Old Bay Una
was founded at a time when rail
roads bad passed the axperimsm
coming Sn Important factor In
friends or relatives in Virginia or
the Carolines could take a boat
from Baltimore to Portsmouth
and then continue their Journey
over the old Portsmouth and Wel
don railroad southward.
Steamboat's Early History
As a background for the signifi
cance of the anniversary which
was celebrated in Baltimore it is
necessary to go back to the begin
ning of the Nineteenth century in
America. Whether James Rum
sey, John Pitch, Samuel Morey,
Henry Miller Shreve or Robert
Fulton was the "inventor" of the
steamboat is still a matter of
dispute among the historians. But
the fact remains that Pulton's
successful voyage on the Cler
mont up the Hudson in August,
1807, gave the first real impetus
to this form of transportation.
The next year a regular line of
steamers between Albany and
New York was established; with
in the next year John Stevens had
made the first coast-wise steam
boat voyage In America when ha
took his Phoenix from New York
to Delaware Bay; within the next
five years a line was running on
the Delaware, a steamboat had
been built at Pittsburgh for serv
ice on the Ohio and another, bear
ing the picturesque name of
Walk-in-the-Water, had been built
near Buffalo to ply between that
city and Detroit
In Mil an American ahip, the
Savannah, became the first steam
craft to cross the Atlantic, but
this new form of water travel
was a long time in coming into
its own on the high seas. The
Americans still clung to their
fast-sailing packets and clipper
ships.
Steam Navigation w.fo-a.
However, when the Engliah
sent the Great Western and the
Sirtus across the Atlantic to
America in IBM, the Americans
began to waka up. The result was
the rapid expansion of steam nav
igation during the forties and fif
ties with . the Baltimore Steam
Packet company as one of the
pioneers along the Atlantic coast
In IMS the Old Bay Line was
operating three steamboats?the
Georgia, the Jewess and the Her
ald. It continued to add ships
during the next decade and to
enjoy greet prosperity. Then
came the outbreak of the War
Between the States in which this
lint played an interesting and un
usual role, Its boats operating,
as they did, between ports fa
hostile territory.
Thoee ports were chiefly Con
federate ones. Norfolk was, of
coons, pro-Southern, as was Bal
timore, fa sentiment, even though
Maryland remained in the Union.
The Old Bay Line was operating
the Louisiana and the Adelaide
on regular runs between these
two points when the war started
and the Union forces sailed the
latter boat at Portress Monroe,
forcing Cap'n Cannon to disem
bark his passengers and the maB.
Later the Adelaide was used as
a transport attached to the joint
Atlantic blockading ? squadron
and, as such, die took part in the
bombardment of Porte Hatteras
and Clark an August II and V,
1*H.
Some time before that the Fed
erals captured Norfolk and noti
fied the company that it could
not sail its vessels farther south
than Old Paint Comfort. However,
it maintained a daily service
with the Louisiana and the Geor
geonna, the line'* first iron-clad
vessel, between Baltimore and
Old Point throughout the war.
The Union navy yard at Porte
mouth, being cloee to territory
held by the Confederates, was in
constant danger of being cap
tured so the Federal government
decided to give it up. All of the
vessels in this important naval
depot were burned or scuttled.
One of them was destined to have
a thrilling history. She was the
If errimac which was sunk. Later
she wae raised by the Confed
erates, rebuilt as an ironclad, re
named the Virginia and-aent csit
to attack the Northern ships in
Hampton Roads.
Historic Naval Battle.
The result was the engagement
between the Monitor and the Vir
ginia (or Merrimac) on Much
9, 188}, which changed the course
the Old Bay Uh steamboats
from im t? taw. (Cwt?r ota
Bay Ltoa).
of naval history. Among the ship
ping which was at Old Point Com
fort co that day and which saw
that engagement was a new boat
which the Old Bay Line had re
cently purchased, the Thomas A.
Morgan, an iron sidewheeler, 181
feet long, which had been used
as an official mall boat between
Fortress Monroe and Yoiblown.
Later, when the Union farces
evacuated Norfolk end Porto
mouth. one of the Old Bay Line's
ships, the William Selden, was
captured and burned by the Oon
ilwrfau the war serioualy handi
capped the line's operations but it
managed to survive.
It resumed its regular runs and
ordered new boats, saeh as the
Thomas Kelso end the Bolus. In
cidents! ly, the first tlm* the name
"Old Bay Ltoa" was applied to
this company was lust after the
close of the mar. on July U. WW.
whan an advertisement la the
Baltimore Sun stated that "the
old established Bay Line is op
erating daily the steamers Lou
isiana. Oeorgeanna, Adelaide and
Thomas Kelso from Baltimore to
Norfolk with connection at Port
Monroe for James River land
tags and Richmond." By 1870 the
company was again prosperous
and had placed fa service its
first screw steamer, the Transit,
which was used only for freight
Since that time, the Old Bay,
like file steamboat lines to Other
parts of the country, has played
an Important part In building up
aparsety settled regions and foe
' taring the economic and social
development there. But to this
line belong* the distinction of loo
years of continued operation and
service, a notable acmmplhh
ment to any enterpriae to a na
tion which itself is only 1M years
G-Men on Trail
015th Column
General InteHifence Unit
la Operating Against
<* I . * T? -
jUDVcrii ve rorcci.
WASHINGTON.?Hie Federal Bu
reau of Investigation is operating
against subversive forces in the
United States under near-wartime
authority granted by President
Roosevelt.
The Chief Executive followed up
his proclamation of a national
emergency last fall with an order
designating the FBI as the clearing
house for Information concerning
espionage, sabotage, subversive ac
tivities, and violations of the neu
trality laws.
G-men ordinarily are constrained
in their investigations to actual vio
lations of federal.law, but the addi
tional authority permits them to
place under surveillance persons
suspected of subversive activity.
J. Edgar Hoover,'chief of the bu
reau, has established a general in
telligence division within the FBI
to direct its far-flung activities to
preserve the national defense
against foreign agents.
Special Inquiries Made.
He pointed out that the FBI has
conducted special investigations of
persons reported as being active in
any subversive activity or in move
ment* detrimental to the internal se
curity.
In that connection, he added, the
FBI has established a general index,
arranged alphabetically and geo
graphically, so that in the event of
"any greater emergency" in the
United States, federal agents win
be able to locate immediately per
sons who may need to be the subject
of further investigation.
Without the presidential authority, '
the FBI could not have extended Its
jurisdiction to maintain surveil
lance over persons suspected of sub
versive activities.
Hoover made this clear in a de
partmental memorandum in 1914,
after he had been asked by another
bureau to investigate alleged sub
versive activities of suspected per
sons. -
"In this connection," he wrote, "it
is, of course, to be remembered that
the activities of communists and
other ultra-radicals have not up to
the present time constituted a vio
lation of the federal statutes, and,
consequently, the department of
justice, theoretically, has no right
to investigate such activities, aa
there has been no violation of fed
eral laws."
List Has l,5N Names.
Although there hsve been charges
that Hoover is establishing. ? na
tional police, the file of subversive
forces contains only about 2,500
names.
During a tingle year, G-men
touched approximately 00,000 per
sons in their investigations. This
group comprises only .00004 of one
per cent of the population.
FBI investigations, during the
same year, resulted in 6,102 convic
tions?or one conviction for every
12 persons investigated. Consider
ing the fact that G-men must inves
tigate groundless suspicions end
malicious charges along with bona
fide complaints; Attorney General
Robert H. Jackson did not feel that
"the bureau has been throwing its
net very far from toe mark."
Opera Tenor Fails to
Win This Blond's Heart
PUEBLO, COLO?They say that
John Carter, dark, handsome and J
romantic Metropolitan opera tenor, J
sets women's hearts aflutter. But he 1
tailed with one Pueblo blonde.
"Oh oome," said Carter in his most J
persuavaive manner as ha tried to ?
let the blonde to ait on a *rand pi- .
a no and pone with him tor a picture. '
"Don't you want to talk to maT ,
Won't you take my handT Won't you
have your picture taken?"
"No, I won'tl" said the yotma In- '
fly. "Leave me. alone. Booioo- 1
hoo."
So Carter poeed with an unprotast
ins harp. *
And the three-Year-old blonde nao- 1
tied la her mother's arms.
Ola Man River Kaaps
Tentacles on Trumpeter !;
NEW ORLEANS.?Old Man River ?
has Tony Catalans hi his grip.
Tony, who has directed dance h
bands on the Mississippi rtrar an- ,
curaian boats every season since ?
IMS, has turned Ami otter after ?
offer to play his trumpet In "name" (
"There's Just anmethins about the g
river?", la hia only comment every ,
time Catalan? turns down a pro- A
posal that ha leave hia eauuielon t
boa t^ and flo with aotne travellns
? a
Every Year Mrs. Adam ?
Takes a 42-Mile Hike c
TUJUNQA, CALLP?Once ev- 0
ery year Mrs. Osorge Adam, ff ?
years old, walks from her home u
here to Loa Anselas Exposition *
perk to sm the flowers. The
round trip is about 42 mil? and
aha does it M one day. What
deliflhta Mrs. Adam la that SO
yaara aso doctors consider*! her ?
seriously crippled with arthritis c
and other ailments. "1 fooled
Lights of NewYork
by L. L. ITEVENKJN
America: Ope of thii depart
ment's most efficient and valued
scouts dropped into Henry Bocano's
sporting foods store at D anbury,
Conn., and in the course of a friend
ly conversation casually inquired if
he'd had any demand far rifles or
shotguns on the part of customers
who wished to be ready in case any
German parachute troops landed in
their vicinity. Rocano replied that
an aged and quite wealthy woman
who lives in tire neighborhood had
bought a rifle and a large supply of
ammunition because of the possibil
ity that Nazis might land in Connect
icut He didn't want to give her
name because it might embarrass
her but added that if any Nazis did
pick her property for a descent they
would meet with a warm reception.
Somehow the vision of a grayheaded
woman on guard gives one a warm
and comforting feeling about Amer
ica.
? ? ?
fiat: Nineteen-year-old Carol
Bruce, who until the debut of the
new musical comedy hit "Louisi
ana Purchase," was merely another
struggling young, singer, now finds
herself the center of attention of
velvet-voiced venders who besiege
her with wares and suggestions as
to how she should dress and make
up in a befitting manner for her
new importance. Here are some
samples of advice she has received
from those who would part her from
her money:
Don't be prosaic. Try a panther
lap robe for afternoon motoring, a
laprobe of silver foxes for evening.
This is the season for whopping
big Jewels. Six bracelets on a wrist,
a pin as big as a powder puff, an
emerald necklace with a clasp ths
size of a doorknob.
For afternoon wear, one pink, one
blue glove.
And so on and on and on.
? ? ?
Street Scene: An old man with
a long white beard peacefully slum
bering on a Central Park West
bench ... A ragged colored man
going along slowly and stopping to
swiftly retrieve a cigar butt of con
siderable length . . . Ragamuffins
scaling the park rocks like young
goats ... A pretty nursemaid push
ing a perambulator with her eyes
apparently demurely on the side
walk . . . Yet taking notice of a
big truck driver who is waiting for
the light to change . . : An enor
mously fat woman with one of those
tin-cup size hats perched Jauntily
jver her left ear . . . Boys and
(iris on bicycles zig-zagging through
he traffic ... A vender of ice
n-eam stopping to ring his bell . . .
ind the sleeper Jumping to his feet
sod scuttling away muttering.
* ? ?
Ethics: Now that golfers are out
n full force, a. New Yorker who
rpent several months in the Florida
winter belt recalled an incident at
me of the stylish clubs where the
:?ddies are all colored. While play
ng with hla daughter one afternoon,
te knocked the ball into the rough.
\m he approached it, he noticed
hat the caddy was teeing it up.
Somewhat sharply, he ordered him
lot to do that as it was against the
ules. The caddy looked at him
imazed and replied, "Well, mister,
've been a caddy for this club two
ir three years and soma of the
nembers like to have their ball set
ip and some don't but mostly they
lo." And that, the New Yorker
lolda, is a tip-off on honesty.
. ? . ?
Advice: Sometime ago, in thii
pace a cure tor tired feet wee men
toned. J. A. Baror of Harrirvilie,
fich , holds that I should have ad
ised that when drying the feet, they
houldn't be sawed with the towel
rat dried by standing on it else
here might be "needle corns"
vhich feel like a red-hot needle ba
ng driven into the sole of the toot,
is tor "needle corns," he says to
Iraw about three inches of cold wa
sr, not ies water, into the tub and
oak the feet for 90 minutes. Then
tend on the bath mat or towel. Be
loesn't know how long it takes for
i cure but declares that his method
tnally brings results.
? ? ?
PiahiBdltmg: Noted a panhandler
it work. His clothes indicated that
m bad slept in a pork all night and
is step was unsteady. But seem
ngly be was a shrewd Judge of bo
nan nature as almost every man
a tackled. Instead of shaking his
aad, dug into his pocket. After
lying hie trade vigorously for poe
ibiy a half hour, tha moochet
ralked away rapidly and, screened
rem the view ai his customers,
canted his take. Evidently aa Us
ed, he lighted a cigar butt and
troda away rapidly in the general
fraction of the nearest filling sta
te.
? e a
Bad Flees: The other afternoon
t a bridge club, a gentleman who
riahed to open a fresh pack of clg
rettes drew from his pocket a
mall pair of scissors and carefully
ut the cellophane wrapper instead
f vainly scratching. Ha always
arriad scissors, he explained, and
lust lad lfay to remark that after
II, be might be a merchant tailor.
Mbieae-WBSanlnJ
Glass Eya ffiplelee
SALEM, ORE.?Naomi Merrick's
lass eye exploded, inflicting severe
uta in the interior of the eye Basket.
The mcktot was attributed to ax
WE WANT color! We want col
or! That's the idea when it
comes to the spectacular prints tor
play clothes now making beaches,
tennis courts, golf grounds and all
places of outdoor sports a scene of
mad. riotous, eye-thrilling color this
summer. So when you buy play
clothes don't stint on color whatever
you do. Especially in the matter of
gay cotton prints go as gypsy-like as
you please in choosing bizarre ef
fects.
It is a foregone conclusion that
you will be wearing slacks during
the active hours of a summer day.
The latest thing is to top your well
tailored slacks with a blouse made
at cotton or linen print that fairly
dazzles the eye with the daring of
its coloring and patterning. Just
such is the blouse that dramatizes
the slacks costume to the left in the
illustration. It is of a vividly color
ful cotton print that typically ex
presses the mood that prints for play
clothes are in this summer.
A new vogue has sprung up this
season, one that ie taking the young
set by storm. It's the skirt that
is made of print just as gypsylike
in color and motif as you can find.
And be assured you will have no
difficulty in getting these prints bold
in color and daring in patterning.
The prints mostly talked about and
featured for sportswear and casual
dress take their cue from the gay
cottons of native South Sea Islanders,
and from the garish picturesque cot
tons that make a gypsy camp look
like one vast kaleidoscope.
However, do not tor a moment
think that these fascinating cotton
prints keep within the confines of
beaches and playgrounds, country
highways and byways. Fact is
for a party frock you will be doing
the faiahicn-wise thing if you dine
You will need ? bodkin this Ma
son for the reason that beading,
regular old-fashioned beading like
our grandmothers bought by the
yards and yards is in style again
and only a bodkin can lend first
aid in threading wee baby ribbon
in and out of lengths and lengths of
beading. But it's worth it, this
tedious task of running ribbons in
and out as shown tat the picture.
The dress pictured is of exquisitely
eyelet embroidered sheer.
Long Silk Coats
In Navy or Black
You will find one of the new fash
ior.sble long softly tailored silk costs
either nary or black a most happy
possession. They are ever so stylish
and dance in a gypsy print aldrt
full at the waistline and swirling
a many-yard-round floor-length hem
line. Wear with this the daintiest,
most appealingly feminine lace
trimmed, finely tucked sheer white
| batiste blouse you cgn find in die
shops and behold?your most be
loved party frock!
Note how the fashion-wise maid
en centered in the picture carries
out the idea of a gay print skirt
topped with a contrast blouse. If
you feel the urge for a two-piece that
enters into the spirit of a joyous
summer afternoon, here is the an
swer. In this instance a soft
throated blouse of dull-surfaced
black silk crepe tops off a flared
short skirt of pink and black print.
The natural waistline is finished with
a sash of the print which ties at
the front, while a touch of the
same fabric relieves the neckline.
Her gay chapeau of pink straw
braid has a rose and a veiling trim.
Informality in dress is the key
note sounded throughout vacation
plots, more so than ever this sum
mer. However, it is a formality
that is utterly sophisticated with a
view to achieving the picturesque.
Famous as a winter resort but
equally as popular with summer va
cationists Sun Valley is becoming a -
mecca for fun-loving fashionables.
Here one sees outing apparel that
is the "last word" in chic and
charm. A noteworthy example of
the style that flourishes out in this
rugged Idaho country is the perfect
ly charming costume to the right in
the group pictured. An exception
ally handsome rayon print in steel
head gray (takes its name from the
steel-head trout that abound in the
area) and challenger white fash
ions the graceful trousers. The
blouse is In chartreuse. It has an
attached hood lined with the gray
and white print which again empha
sises the eutatanding importance at
hoods throughout the entire program "
of fashion this summer.
(S?l?Mil by WMSsra If owspnpcr Union.)
Neat White Prints
With Single Color
You can tell they ere new the
moment you aee them. It'I this sea
son's prints that hare a white
(round with a colored, rather de
mure little figure, also vice versa
the prints that have backgrounds
in lovely colors with the conven
tional modest patterning either in
white or a contrasting color.
Prints with gray grounds are es
pecially good this season, most often
with white figures or polka dots but *
even more effective when motifs in
soft green or yellow are printed on
die gray. Mint green for a back- *
(round with neat designs in white
or light beige tells the new print
message and as hrowns with white
or ivory or henna tanas tfcore is no
limit to this color trend in prints.
It is the neat patterned prints of
this character that designers are
making up into red ingots and bolero
suits aa well as the Jacket suits that
have ideated skirts and long torso
lines.
Fishnet Ensemble
Popular on Beach
Fish-net, the good old-fashioned
kind, is a favorite fabric for many
of this season's beach and play
time accesnories. One smart net ?
shown by a Hollywood designer con
sists at a knotted turban at net and
an enormous net handbeg shaped
like a reticule and lined with oiled
silk. The bag la especially good
for the beach, for its oiled silk lining
makes It possible to cany even a
wet bathing suit, towel or cap be it
Bizarre, Gypsy-Like Prints
For Play Qotbes for Sum] mer
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By CHERIE NICHOLAS
Use Beading