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_ SAYS S. 0. S. OFTEN MISUSED BY SHIPS PAGE lenrt“atOfie-Dist_(hl Is Sent When Help Not Needed; Efforts to Charging that the S. O. S. interâ€" national call sign for shipping in disâ€" tress is nowadays being greatly misâ€" used, several prominent British shipâ€" of new regulations checking the "evil." EMREmie es l The matter has been brought to a\ head by the recent case of the Dutch freighter Velaeno, which when west of Newfoundland sent out an S. 0. S. call. After several large liners had altered their course to proceed to her assistance and one had actually reached her, she notified them that their presence was not needed. oandlh abatiier e i It is argued that it costs between $10,000 and $25,000 to send a large ocean liner off her course, for apart from the extra meals required by all on board and additional fuel conâ€" sumed tides are sometimes lost. Too Many Calls "Far too many B. U. 0. ERUS TDTJ] sent out, in my opinion," Captain | 1 Sir Arthur Rostron, commodore o(l the Cunard line, told lmernational‘w News Service. "Unfortunately I do | not think there is any method of&_ overcoming this and I do not think |â€" the â€" responsible â€" authorities m‘ouldl care to make any hard and fast rule.l "When a ship is in distress it iS“ hard to say she must not send out | an S. O. S. for only the man on the | spot is in a position to judge the | danger. Failure to act at once in | emergency may mean disaster. | "I think, however, it would be betâ€"| ter for vessels calling for assistance | to state the extent of their damage, so that the commanders of other vesâ€" \ sels could guage their plight. | "With regard to answering 8. O. S. calls sent out by airmen who are forced to descend into the Atlantic, that is quite a different matter. The airmen, more often than not, are atâ€" tempting to cross the ocean for theirâ€" glorification, and while I admire them â€" they â€" must understand . that ships cannot go scouring the Atlanâ€" tic in search of them if any fall. "Means will have to be found for RRIS asigh thees calls. such as the "Means will have to be found 1OT dealing with these calls, such as the aviators guaranteeing to pay comâ€" pensation to the ship or ships anâ€" 1 U en e swer;ng them and going Captain Brown, of the liner Carâ€" mania, is the most agrieved person. Twice during his latest voyage across the Atlantic he was called off his course to answer S. O. S. sigâ€" nals from vessels which eventually were able to proceed without assistâ€" The British Chamber of Shipping, while agrceing that the distress call is being greatly misused, . cannot agree with the idea of making new regulations. _ ly commer:ti;lg ufion the matter, opines that the centuries old custoin T S ind ced M ts ol among captains of immediately proâ€" ceeding to the assistance of stricken vessels will pass if the call is perâ€" sistently abused. _ The newspaper calls upon the great maritime powâ€" ers to carry out the resolutions passâ€" ed at the International Shipping conâ€" ference in 1926, which provide for the endorsement of the papers of any captain improperly using the distress London Daily Mail, editorialâ€" Answering Twor Calls IN CHANGE §. O. S. calls are the imposition SAV E toves on fuel cost this winter _ 20 0@# 00 lmmhmâ€"wifihnhâ€"-dwdâ€""‘ "w”""u"";'v' 'l_"’ â€" ll m You save when F‘!’"flf@:"hmh' because here you have a from whic! removed in its manufacture. Few ashes. We demonstrate to your eatisiaction thet it is w your advantage to heat your home with this fool, or it is removed at our adl to their STUDENT MINES GOLD ‘ ‘TO PAY COLLEGE BILLS D. S. Hammer at Northwestern Works Hard to Make His knows the difference between fool‘s gold and the real stuff. l!hdidn".\ hevonlfi'thvorkil‘tan-dvnnb ed degree this year. When Hammer was graduated from lowa State college in 1926, he wantâ€" ed gold in order to carry on further study. But gold doesn‘t grow jpâ€"Jewa. So hte andetaoin ‘Soheudlpllhitoutform"‘ some beans, and plenty of prospectâ€" ing equipment. For a year they sifted the sands of the valley and dipped their pans into beds of streams, and when they returned they brought enough gold for Hammer to enroll in the school of commerce at Northwestern and ;;r -l;lsâ€"_;;'{ner to be mrried.{ “1"l;rer§ |;lenty of gold yet in Ariâ€" zona for one who will work for it," Phones High! N :19 0 lt o it 1. 1A 3 0 t c d iJ says the studentâ€"prospector “Bnt[ Tales of salt water fish wRiCh you‘ve got to stand the sand storms | spend their winters in fresh water, and the smmkes and the intense heat. {resh ter fish which go into And:you‘ve got to get used to disapâ€" ang fresh wate £ t pointments. I thought I‘d struck salt water for a season, and of frogs it rich several times, but each time | of the Arctic which spend many the stuff just disappeared. Then 1‘d| months in frozen surroundings four C C nuing? move on _ Way in School All is not gold that glitters, but ind t ioamnt At present Hammer is carrying ful | work in the graduate school. . 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