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Page 4 THE DAILY MIRROR June 14, 1909
Oyer 400 Passengers Rescued fromWrecked Cunarder.
Once aga in wi r e l es s t e l egr aphy has pr oved ins t r
umenta l ill s av ing many hu ndr eds of l ives at sea.It now
appear s t ha t it was t h r o u g h the t imelyr ece ip t of M ar
con i mes s ages for help from theC unar d l i ner S l avon ia ,
which went as hore o3 Flor esI s l and , in the At lan t i c , t ha
t the 410 passeni^ers wererescued on T hur s d i iy and Fr iday l
as t .T h i s is the second occas ion this year on which awi le l
es s appea l for help from a wr ecked l i ner hasproved effective
in averting a t e r r i b l e ca t as t r ophe ,the feat of the her
o i c oper a to r . J ack B inns , wh ot apped off the des pai r i
ng appeal for help" C .Q.D." and ther eby s aved ever y s ou l on
boar d.the Kepubiic las t January, being fr^sh in the minds .of
aU.T he S l avon ia , commanded by C a p t a i n D u n n i n g
,left New Yor k on J u n e 3 for the M e d i t e r r a n e a n ,be
ing engaged in the Hungar i an- Amer i can s er v i ce .At abou t
midn igh t on W e d n e s d a y the N o r t hGer man l i ner P r
inces s I r ene and the H a m b u r g -Amer ika l i ner B atav i a
r ece ived wi r e l ess mes s ages ofdis tress from the Slavon ia ,
which had gone agr oundtwo mi l es f r om F lor es I s l and .B ot
l i ves s e l s immedia t e ly has t ened to thes t r anded s h ip
the P r inces s I r ene was 180 miles dist an t and by T hur s day
even ing wer e a longs ide .At daybr eak on Fr iday all the 110
cabin passengers l iad been transferred to the Pr inces s J r cnc
,an d the i n t e r media t e and s t eer age pas s enger s to,t he
B atav i a .T he wi r e l es s oper a to r who was ins trumen' tal
insaving the lives of the ilO pas s enger s is Mr. S.Coles (says
Renter) , an E ngl i s h employee of theM ar con i C ompany .
DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED.Fr om the wireless s tat ion at P o n t
a D e l g a d a(Azores) the C u n a r d C o m p a n y has received
the foll owing mes s age :^ -" Received following wireless report f
rom operatorof the Nor th Ger man l i ner P r inces s I r ene : _ "
' The Cunard l iner Slavonia called dis tresss igna l of M ar con i
s ys t em on W ednes day n igh t , attwelve o'clock." ' We hear d
it, and the B atav ia , too, af t e r war ds .She asked to come r
ight along and h e l p ." ' We cancelled our course and went to
theSlavonia. Our posit ion was 180 miles south. The
T h e S l a v o n i a .posit ion of the Slavon ia was s ou th of
Flor es , twomiles from the s hor e ," ' We arr ived at t ha t i s
l and T hur s day even ihg atten o'clock, and took over , during
the whole n igh t ,t he pas s enger s , and wer e r eady th i s mor
n ing , abou t( ive o'clock.
" ' W e l e ft anchor t hen and went to Gibr a l t a r .We cculd
not see the Slavon ia . She was too farfrom us, and the operator
told us t h i s mor n ing tha tthe ship is full of water to the
hatches ." ' The crew could not s tay longer , and t hey wentas hor
e at ten o ' c lock th i s mor a ing . The Slavon iais totally tost
and w r e c k e d ; she will never s l ip offt he r ocks . T hat is
all I can t e l l you , ' "GERMANY'S LARGEST LINER.
N e w O c e a n G i i n t A c c o t n i n o d a t i n g 3 , 3 0
3P e r s o n s L e a v e s on Her M a i d e n V o y a g e ." A nob
le s h ip bear ing a n o b l e n a m e " was theapt description
given yes terday to the Geor geW as h ing ton , the larges t s
teamer ever buil t in CJer-many , j us t bef o r e she l e f t Sou
thampton on hermaiden t r i p to New Yor k .T he ves s el has a di
s p l acement of 27,000 tons , and'belongs to the N o r t h G e r m
a n L l o y d C o m p a n y . Sheh a s , a Carrying capacity of no
fewer than 3,303persons565 f i is t-class passengers , 433
second-class j452 third-class , 1,220 s t eer age , and a crew of
627.A novel feature is the introduction of windows ont he upper p r
omenade deck . T hes e windows can beput down or up as r equ i r ed
, t hus a l l owing pas s enger s to use the deck in the worst
weather withou t any i nconven ience to t hems elves ,
HOSPITAL SUNDAY IM LONDON.L o r d M a y o r , S h e r i f f s
and J u d g e s A t t e n d
S p e c i a l S e r v i c e in St. P a u l ' s .Hos pi t a l
Sunday was obs er ved yes t e r day in L o n don , and the L o r d
M a y o r and Sheriffs , at tendedthe special af ternoon service at
St. Paul ' s in aid oft he Hos p i t a l Fund , at which Ar
chdeacon S inc l a irp r eached .T h e J u d g e s of the High C
our t wer e a l s o p r es en t ,the occas ion 'coinciding with the
f irs t Sunday inT r in i ty T er r a .
E X - L I E U T E N A N T W O O D S ' A P P E AL .It was i n t
imated in the C our t of A p p e a l onSatur day tha t the appeal
of exT . . i eu t enan t W oodsagains t the s tr iking out of his
acfion agains t theAr my C ounci l on the gr ound tha t it was fr
ivolousrtLd vexatious would be t aken to - mor r ow.
PAGEAHT OF THE EM PIRE'S SEA POW ER.Press Conference Delegate
Gives His Impressi ons of t he
Great Naval Review at Spithead.T he de l ega t es to the I mper
i a l P r e^s C onf er encea t t ended the. great f leet review
arranged in t he i rhonour at Por t s mouth On. S a t u r d a y ,
and one oft h e m , Mr. G. W. M c C r e a d y , has given The
DailyMirror his impress ions of the gr ea t s pec t ac l e ,which
will be f ound be low.M r . M c C r e a d y , who comes from St. J
o h n , NewB r uns wick , and . i s ed i to r of the Daily
Telegraph-t h e r e , was a war cor r es ponden t dur ing the Span
i s h-A m e r i c a n war, and t her ef o r e he has had s omeexper
i ence of the wor k of fleets.
STRIKING POWER OF THE EMPIRE.By E. W. IHeCREADY.
AH the world, and,, most of all, the British peoplesoversea,
will be quick to seize "the s ignif icance oft he p i c tu r e of
sea power s p r ead on the gr ey , r a in -s p l as hed canvas at
Por t s mouth on Satur day , whenthe I mper i a l P r es s de l ega
t es saw for t hems elves ,an d for the domin ions whos e eyes t
hey are, thes t r i k ing power of the E mpi r e , concen t r a t
ed ,s ombr e , r eady ,Ye t had Nelsoii taken his old place on the
V i c to r y ' s quar t e r - deck af t e r his g u n s had s a lu
t ed theAdmir a l ty f l ag , c l apped his glas s to his good
eyeand s wept the scene -before him, i t ' o c c u r s to oneover s
ea obs er ver t ha t die might have been s t r uckby the abs ence
of s ometh ing , and have gazedexpect an t ly s eawar d .Far t her
e was good anchor age s pace and to, sparebes ide and beyond . that
mighty f leet , even thoughi t r ep r es en t ed sea power wi thou
t par a l l e l ; a r i d one(HfSdently ventures the surmise that
Nelson wouldhave expect ed to di s cer n , s t eaming in t h r ough
thes eawar d ga t e , , the auxil iary f leets of C a n a d a ,
ofAus t r a l i a , of New Z ealand , of the C ape. Oncethe i r
anchor s had plunged down to bohlmg gr ound ,an d the sailor of s a
i l o r s had s een tha t one and allhad pa id his s ho t , s es r
aan- l i ke , in the cur r en t Imperial coin of the h o u r , one
t h inks t ha t the gr ea tf igure here conjured up would have s hu
t his telescope and s mi l ed , con ten t . His was the gr ea t
hear t .E N D r J H I N G P I C T U R E ,
W el l , one wides pr ead conv ic t i on g r owing out oft he-
even t s of the las t .ten days is t ha t the shot willbe pa id .
If so, p a g e a n t and powder - bur n ing , evenupon so magnif
icent a s ca l e , wer e happ i ly conceived.S a t u r d a y ' s
was a pic tu r e for V e r e s t c h a g i n, whowon immor t a l i
t y s eek ing the f inal canvas in thecr as h of bat t l e . It had
been the good f o r tune ofs ome of Sir J ohn F i s her ' s gues t
s to have seen otherfleets in s tirr ing days elsewhere, but one
and allof t hem.had bo ine in upon them the common andab id ing r
ea l i s a t i on how the gigan t i c and var iousa r m a d a of
Britain dwarfed the fleets of t.he wor ld ,a h k e in p o w e r and
in p u r p o s e .E ach , had had his own l ong r ange concep t ion
oft he Navy ; but the t h ing itself, gr ouped in its m i g h
tunder his eye, i ns t an t ly s wept away all pr ev iousimpr es s
ions and left a new, a hving and endur ingpicture whose effect ,
carr ied oversea and forming't he bas i s of i nnumer ab le a r t i
c l es in the P r e s s ofouter Britain, cannot fail of s ome I
mper i a l har ves t .The very perfection of the Admir a l ty ' s a
r r angem e n t s and one's recognit ion of the quick and
far-'reaching fruit ion of the i dea beh ind the Pr es s C onf er
ence made one r egr e t t ha t the millions of oversea Britons
could not, by s ome magic , have beenenab led to see, as their
delega.tes sawj the mas s edsea forces of t he i r E mpi r e , bes
peakmg amazingorganisation, untold ex.penditure of publ i c t r eas
ur e ,vas t and yet s ilent sacrif ice, unit ing to pr oduce th i
stmpar a l l e l ed p r epar a t i on to . keep the sea and t
husmake E mpi r e s t i l l pos s ib l e in this day of t i
tanicand ominous compet i t i on for place by the r acesof the
world.S ince it ivas impossible that all the far-f lungBrit ish
peoples could see for t hems elves the s t ageas it was set at
Portsnio.uth , one's new s -sensecompel l ed the f u r ther r egr e
t t ha t a . cheapened cab ledid not m a k e it a mat t er of ever
yday news paperwor k to have s en t , wi th in a few hour s of
the
even t , an ex tended s to r y of the day to. the mi l l i ons
'who honour the common f l ag , but who l ive remotefrom the sea,
unques t ioned command of which-atojie .makes- it possible for t
hem to wor k out t he i r .des t i n i es un t r oub led by the s
troke of war carrfedto their own t h r es ho lds .No t a few of the
Press vis i tors had heard oversea a i ^h i s per t ha t E ng land
was- f a l t e r ing , t ha tt he bea t of the hear t of the E m p
i r e had becomeweaker . T hey have s een what to t hem is a b u n
dan t ev idence t ha t the t r u th is t i ie reverse.They f ind
the M other l and bo th a l e r t and r es o lu t e ,g r ea t ly
bur dened , but mor e g r ea t ly r es o lved and.fitted to play
the gr im game out^ be its d e m a n d swhat t hey may.And.among th
i s ev idence of B r i t a in ' s . s ound h ear tand h igh pur pos
e we mus t coun t no con t r ibu t ionmor e conv inc ing than the s
igh t of the gr ey s h ipsa t Sp i thead , the most vis ible and s
peak ing p r oofof England's great spir i t s ince " Dr ake went
downto the H o r n . "In their own way, but wi thou t de l ay or
trafficking , the outlying dominions will come into l ine.Until
they do (and the f o r thcoming def ence conference will mark a c o
m m o n and effective agreement ) one of Por t s mouth ' s Sa tu r
day v i s i t o r s wi l lstill be awar e of a figure in blue on
the deck of theV i c t o r y , his expect an t g l as s t r a ined
upon the s eawar d ga t e ,
TORPEDOING THE DREADNOUGHT.No v i s i t i ng Sover e ign ' has
ever seen such amighty per s pec t ive of p o w e r as that
furnishedby the huge f leet of 154 war ves s e l s t h r ough which
,led by the Admir a l ty yach t E nchan t r es s , the delega t es
of the I mper i a l P r es s C onf er ence s t eamed onS a t u r d
a y .Sir Joihn Fisher , who accompanied them, wasab le to poin t
out to t hem the g r i m D r e a d n o u g h t s ,t he Lor d Nel s
ons only l ess f o r midab le and o therba t t l es h ips . T her e
w er e s ome twen ty- f ive in all,each of t hem ab le to cope wi
th any foreign ship .T h e r e , too, was the I ndomi t ab l e , wi
th her s is ters ,the Inflexible and the I nv inc ib l e , l ong ,
l ean g r eyhounds of the sea, yet t hems elves a match a lmos tfor
a D r e a d n o u g h t b a t t l e s h i p ; and a fores t of
fun-nels and mas t s .p r oc l a imed the pr es ence of l i ne
uponline of c a u s e r s , . g r e y all and fleet.T h e n the des
t r oyer s , t ha t s t r i ke and flee; andt hen , a r i pp l e on
the surface, the suhmarin-s , thats tr ikes in the dar k , dead ly
and s ilent .T hes e l a t t e r the vis itors see at t he i r dead
ly wor kfrom the D r e a d n o u g l i t , the objec t of t he i r
a t t ack .Destroyer af ter des troyer .swir ls pas t and di s char
gesits_ t o r pedoes s ome to be c a u g h t in the bat t l es h ip
' sne t s , one or two to penet r a t e or dive under thenet
defence and s tr ike the leviathan's bare Hank.-T h e n the s ubmar
ines and m o r e of t h i s dead ly p l ay ."Next tO ' W hale I s l
and , wh er e ano ther s ide of thesailor 's l ife and t r a in ing
is s e e n . .An invasion fromth e sea; a brisk frght, and the f
inal repulse of thei nvader s .T hen back to L o n d o n , to end
the dy wi th t h r eecheer s at Vic to r i a : for Sir J ohn F i s
her ,( Pho togr aphs on p a g e s 8 and 9.).' DELEGATES* COUNTRY
TOUR.T he de l ega t es commence to - day the i r t our of
theprovinces , which, with their Scott ish vis i t , will takea b o
u t a fortnight.L e a v i n g E u s t o n by s pec i a l t r a in
for C ovent r y , .t hey ins pec t the Daimler C ompany ' s wor ks
t her e , .and then motor , via St r a t f o r d - on- Avon an d B
anb u r y , to Oxford, Avhere they sp end the nigh t ,T o- mor r ow
they wi l l be the guests of L o r d 'C ur zon j the C hancel lo r
of the Univer s i t y , of, luncheon m All Souls ' l ibrary, af
terwards vis i t ing an u m b e r of other co l l eges . T h en tea
will be t akenat the U n i o n , and l a t e r t hey p r oceed by s
pec i a ltrain to Sheffield.A n u m b e r of the delega t es a t t
ended s er v i ce atW es tmins t er Abbey_ l as t n igh t , and the
pr eacher ,t he B i s hop of K e n s i n g t o n , m a d e a
reference in ihiss er mon to the wor k of the conf er ence .
MR. R, E. W A L K E R' S " D O U B L E " AT STAMFORD BRIDGE.
^Mr. R. E, WELlker, th e f a m o u s S o u t h A f i - i ca n S
p r i n t e r , u u on the 100 y a c t l s and th e in-v i t a t i
o n s c r a . t c h r a c e o v e i - th e s a m e d i s t a n c e
at the C i v il S e r v i c e A t h l e t i c s p o r t sa t S t a
m f o r d B r i dg ^ e on S a t u r d a i f . R e c e i v i n gc o
n g r a t u l a t i o n s f r o m L o r d A l v c r s t o n e , wh
o d i s t r i b u t e d t h e pr i s e s . ( " D al t yM i r r o r
" p h o t o g r a p h s . ) , . ,
Wife Writes Tfiat They A re Only WantedWhen Work Is Over." M e n
do not s iiend mnough t ime at home wi ththe i r wives . "T hi s
accus a t ion , made aga ins t mar r i ed men ingener a l by a l
ady in a l e t t e r which appear ed in las tFriday's Daily Mirror,
hasprovoked many lettersfrom Daily Mirror r eader s ." I h a ve a l
a r ge exper i ence of middle- c l as s London f ami l i es , " wr
i t es " M r s . K. G.," f r om I l amp-s t ead , " and almost
every wife I know is quite content if the hus band s pends an hour
or two at h o m e
in t l ie evenings . ," A h u s b a n d is only wanted in the
home whenwor k is ovet and the wife has noth ing to do but tos it
down and read or sew. T h e n , of . cour s e , he iswelcome, and t
ha t is the only t ime when he is r ea l l yneces s ar y to domes t
i c happ ines s . " " A, H." writes as fo.lows from Chis lehurs t ,
toexp la in the abs ence of some men from their homes :" T am a h u
s b a n d and have been mar r i ed teA y e a r s ," My wife is mor
e devo ted to her home than sheis to me, .She s eems mor e par t i
cu l ar abou t thedrawin g-room ca rpet {widi regard to dust) than
myown clothes , Gradu ally I am becoming a nonen t i t yin my own h
o u s e ." W h a t am I to do? T h e r e is only one thingto come
home as infrequently as pos s ib l e . T her eis l i t t le comfort
in s moking by oneself in odd co iner sof the hous e , so I go to
my c lub in the even ings . "
THE LATE ME. CHARLES MORRISON.
The only photograph in existence of the late Mi'.-Charles
Morrison, of Basildon Park:, Keading, wfioseestate lias been
valued, " as far as at present can besscerlained," at e,G(Jfi,6ee
13s, 4tA. A snapihoi. it 'sconsidered by the family, to he an
excellent likeness.(S. V. White,)
MOTOR-OMNIBUS ACCIDENTS.M a n y P e r s o n s I n j u r ed by C
o l l i s i o n s at
A l d e r s h o t and C l a p b a m J u n c t i o n .T wo acc
iden t s to motor - omnibus es , i nvo lv ing inj u r i es to a l a
r ge number of persons occurred yes terday one at Alder s ho t ,
and the other in L o n d o n .O ne of the omnibus es r nnn ing f r
om B at t e r s ea to
H i g h b u r y was pas s ing cown the s light incline inFalcon-
r oad , when the driver found that he waJiu n a b l e to a p p l y
his br akes . He pr ompt ly s igna l l edlo th e dr iver of an
oncoming t r amway- car to s top , .bu t a coll is ion
occurred.Several pe rsons were ser iously hurt . One of t h e m ,an
old g e n t l e m a n , who had his legs injured,, wasr emoved to B
ol ingbr oke Hos p i t a l .W hi l e go ing a long the avenue of
Atder s ho t C ampat a s peed of nine mi l es an hour , a motor -
omnibuson the Alder s ho t and I^arnborough service sudden ly , .
owing to the br eak ing of t he . s t eer ing- r od ,crashed with
terr if ic force into a t e l egr aph po le ,Of the thir ty-s ix
passengers on the veh ic l e mor ethan half were injured, four so
seriously that theyha d to be conveyed to the C ambr idge M i l i t
a r yHos p i t a l . ( Pho toar aph on p a g e 5.)NEW GAME WANTED
FOR GIRLS,
H o c k e y D e c l a r e d ' U n s a t i s f a c t o r y " B e
c a u s eI t E m p l o y s So Few P l a y e r s .
H o c k e y , in the opinion of Miss F. K. G r a y , M.A,(of St.
Paul 's Gir ls ' School) , is not an a l toge thers a t i s f ac to
r y game, "becaus e it e m p l o y s so few gir lsat a t i m e ,
and l eads so many o ther s to look on att h e g a m e . "Speak ing
on the " R igh t and W r o n g of G a m e s "at the annual conf er
ence of headmis t r es s es , whichwas con t inued on Satur day in
L ondon , M is s Gr ayw e n t on to beg s omebody to i nven t ano
ther gamewhich s hou ld occupy a l a r ge number of gir ls at at
ime, cou ld be ' p l ayed by few or m a n y , and' whichwould r eqn
j r e no special dress .
A R B I T R A T I O N A W A R D .M r . D u k e , K.C., the ar b
i t r a to r in the di s pu tebe tween the Gr eat W es ter n R ai
lway C ompany andi t s employees r egar d ing the i r hour s and r
a t es ofw a g e s , has jus t issued his a w a r d . The claim
fort ime and a quar t e r payment for over t ime is awar ded ,s ub
jec t to modifications ' in the case of s ome gr adesV I L L A G E
A N T I - S O C I A L I S T DIN.Bugles , clappers , , and other no
i s y i ns tn i i nen i swer e employed , in the village of Tilty
(Es^es) onSatur day n igh t by the aud ience as s embled at ar oads
ide meet ing to hear a speech in Irivour ofSocialism fr
,qijn^.Mr.,IIarry Quelch. , ,^
