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w THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 1930 » CEBER(: MENACE LESS THIS YEAR, PATROL REPORTS lce Patrol Ships Best Meth- od Yet Found of Pro- tecting Shipping Boston, Mass,--Reports reaching Washington from the Internationu) Tee Patrol show a marked decrease this season in the number of fice bergs lying In wait for unsuspecting "skippers," The Coast Guard cutters Modoc and Mojove, ned this wpring to protect the steamer lanes In the north Atlantic, have reported on number of "bergs' from latitude 47 and 46, but this area Is consid. erably to the north of the usually traveled steamship zone, The Modoc on her Inst (rip sight od two bergs which were observed, due to unusual refraction, at a dis- tance of 50 miles, The higher of the two rose less than 100 feel from the water and the skipper of the cutter was of the opinion that these were the same ones that he sighted off the Grand Banks on April 22. Their drifts had been closely followed by the Mojave when that boat relieved the Modoc and whent he latter ship agen took up the patrol, its commander determined to give these particular bargs close attention, On May 11 and 12 the Modoc spent much time in #earching for an lceberg (hat had been reported twice on May § from a point near 41 degrees north anfl 71 degrees west, No trace of this berg was found, Then the Mo- doo returned to track down her orl ginal prey." The more easterly one was moving faster than the other with the result that they ware separating at the rate of ten miles a day, A Unusually Small Number In its May cruise, the Modou re ceived 144 reports of ice from ship and shore stations, but only three differant bergs were sighted or re. worted south of the forty-fifth par. lel, Buch a small number is re. garded as most unusual as May In generaly the heaviest {ca month of the year on the Grand Banks: Two of the three southernmost bergs drifted across the west bound, "R" tracks, East of longitude 48 de grees, 30 minutes west, a few neat tered bergs were reported from north oft he forty-fifth parallel, but most of the iceburgs reported 10 the Modoc were located along the Newfoundland const and just north ot the Grand Bank, It is only from the extreme northeastern portion of the latter area that any lee can mova southward te threaten the steamer lanes which connect the United States and Europe, When the time of the year Ia taken into consideration, the num- her of hergs reported throughout the loa patial aren was very shall, Doubtless, there has been much duplication in the reports, One ves- might report the same fee to tne patrol several times, During the closing days of the cruise a good many ice reports were received from ulong the torty-sighth parallel, It Is posible that some of these hergs may roach the latitude of the steamer lanes, but this will depend entirely upon 'tha status of the cur» rents along the eastern edge of the Grand Banks, Previous to 1912, no steps had heen taken toward protecting the trans-Atlantic voyager from the dangers of {ceberge. The sinking of the Titanie on April 14, 1912, with n loss of over a thousand Hives skocked the whole world and created an demand for an adequate ice patrol, In 1918 an Internationa) conference on the safety of life at #on was held in London, and the question of patrolling the ice area was thoroughly discussed, The de- cision of the conference led to the ostablishment of the lee Patrol, The United States was chosen to carry on the patrol because she maintained Coast Guard service that could he easily adapted to this form of work and her geographical location provided the most logical operating hase. The other 18 pow ors interested In tians-Atlantic navigation share in the expense of sending out two bouts to patrol the fen regions Nations Interested Other nations have shown direct Interests In the observations, Den mark sent out a boat a couple of sonsons at the same time the United Btates went out the Marion, not on patrol, but for selentific investiga tons, Thus far, {t seems that the only means of protection against the fee Is the careful reporting of position, so that vessels may avoid the dangers, That this is not a per fect scheme is testified hy collisions that come about from time to time #o far without loss of fe: small steamers of fishing vessels without a radlo, However, such strides have been mude In overtaking this menace that it is fresly predicted that a disaster lke that of the Titanie 18 almost Impossible, The. possibility. of eliminating the bergy themselves 1s looked upon as hopeless hut {t is felt that so much data can he gathered on re lated wuhjects that danger can be reduced materially Divisions or repoaych Include the temperature of the water, the density, and the known drift of the currents, Theuaw are taken on the surface, and also al great depths A great many suggestions come up from time, some from cranks and Some frdm reputable scientists One that received serious attention was the firing of parachute fares a mile or more in advance of the ships as they entered the danger gone By direct Hghting or sil houetting, these would reveal the presgnce of menacing los The ocho of a whistle of gunfire has heen used with varying success Home have wanted automatio radio heacons planted on the larger bergs But so far the wisest seheme haw heen the one longest 1n'use, simply aan = EE charting the fea onch~'yoarand v---- TEAR, themselves to chasing lee pond report Fm PAGE ELEVEN " Irenweo, J ON al TE Madison ibugue A avanport Buriinga) Poor! L non Decpt ringfieid Jeter son City Tours Raging 0 Rorklord 2 Bl Danville | amie | Josh evens py ~, Roshuor ington} | IN D1 ur | i orretause 4 KY A ron fie ngleine AUTOMOBILE § ROADS ADA avo UN D STATES parm "w IRGINIA A, Chariesion , 8 KETCH MAP INDICATING MAIN : td "no Cc Sore) ---------------------------------- -------- keeping track of proaching the are them when necessary The annual collection of facts has made it possible for the Coast Guard to venture Into the field o prophecy It forecasts even the number of hergs that will break loose from the Northern fields nnd it can toll thelr approximate course But the patrols go out each yeny to make sure, They do not confine They nid vassels in distress either by towing rescus or glving information, The can glve medical ald {if desired dervelicts and remove them If possible, They rewive in formation from other vessels and gros-check It with thelr own data In one year 044 vewsals aided In this work (, The patrol usually ends about the end of June but until It hns bean definitely ascertained that the steamer lanes have heen complet ely clenred of fee, these little boats stick to thelr assignment, --- .. the and ships np warning In the next generation husbands will 'eat a plate of beans and way "Ah, those are just lke. mothar used to open.' «Lite EE --_-- RATTLER TRIES T0 SHARE BOY'S BED, BOY HAS RATTLES Lad Has Many Adventures During Four Days He Was Lost on Mougtaln (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Corona, Calif, June 20.-~Har old © Johnson, 13+yoar-old bey soout In vesting at home, prouds ly exhibiting the vattles of a snake, the many mennces to his thwarted hy his skill during the four days he was lost amons the snowy, forbidding crags of Mount San Jacinto While blanketed mountaineers, fellow wseouls and army aviators searched with little hope of finding the boy alive old calmly walked Inte the ona of lite Indians, veter. nn snow Creek Canyon fish hatchery uear Banning, Calif, yesterday and asked for feod, A few hours later the scout was re-united with his parents, Mr, and Mrs, R, J, Johnson ot Corona, und told in a matier of fact way of comquering the dangers of rugged Hen Jacinto, Lost from his scout companiony Friday as they worse descending from the mountelu peak, Harold sald he wandered uutil be realized ho was on the treacherous north vlope of Ban Jacinto, By nature ealm, the boy resort od to his scout love, rather thun hecoming excited, and . followwnd the course of a mountain stream, Sealing praciplees where a mis stop meant death, the frail scout pitted his skill mgmanst the track. leas crags which Juntaineers have never been known to ascend, and won, Harold, who was gry" when he reached the [fish hatehery, sald he wlopt under shelving rooks at night, Onee he encountered a rattle snake in his path and promptly 'led it, "pretty hun ht i a i [COUNTER SUIT FILED IN PINTHIS DISASTER New York, June 2-Suit' for $250,000 has been begun by the Mer chants and Miners Transportation Company, owners of the Steamship Fairfax, against the Lake Tunker Corp, owners of the stnken tanker Pinthis, The action was an outgrowth of un collision off the Massachusetts const in which 48 glives were lost The Pinthix nwners already have fyled a $350,000 suit against the Van fax owners; EE -------------- MONTREAL REVISES TAXATION SCHEDULE Montreal, Que, June 26-Redue thon in the assessment upon ehurehes for water taxes, the imposition of a few tax on bicycles and newsvend ers, and severn! amendments to the existing tax reinlations are contain od ina new codif ation of the tax, privilege and leense sehedules which has heen prepared hy the city coun. ALL EMPIRE UNITS o1ESPONSIRLF FOR MANDATED AREAS All of Burden Should Not Fall on Great Britain, Baldwin Declares (By THOMAS I. CHAMPION, Canadian Press Staff Correspondent) London, Eng, June 20,~The Rit Hon, Stanley Baldwin, former Pre mier of Great Britain, gave the del. egntes to the Imperial Press Confers ence a few thoughts here on the subject of "England after the war" He spoke of the country's vast prob lems, of the war and the post-war veriods and of the growth of the La. per party whieh, he held, had come to stay, Mr, Baldwin urged that it was more essentinl now than at any oth» er time that the empire should hold together 1 do want to see. our . people span throughout the empire," Mr, dldwin proceeded, "and | feel that the responsibility for the mandated territories of Africa, for instance, is a responsibility for all of us, and not only for this little island," Men from the dominions foud 'glve sISLHNCE In many ways, " kind of unity | wish 1g see, hy 13 former prime minister. "I wang to all of us proud of the particular corner of the empire we may come from but let us realize we have a common responsibility for keeping a+ live in the world the best of what we believe, in our best moments, that we atiund for: that is, & sepse of juss tice, un sense of right, 4 sense of de~ cency and a sense of responsibility," During the last war, Mr, Baldwin declared, civilization trembled on the edge of an abyss, Another war of similar magnitude would shatter ¢i- vilization, Therefore peace was the thing most essential to the world {o- day Sep FORTY DEPORTEES SENT FROM STATES (By Canadian Press Lossed Wire) Montreal, Que, June 26-=Two pars ties, numbering nearly forty persons in #ll, whe are being deported from the 'United States to various Euro pean rountri 8, passed through this city yesterday Some were convicts, being deported wt the end of thelr term of impris- onment, some entered the United States legally and some were either physically or mentally incapacitated, a e-- cil for its next meeting i 30: Ib. 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