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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1909
Page
6
A blind man pilots a tug near the Ambrose Channel using telephone disk ears and submarine bells. He relies on sound signals from the lightship 3 miles away, steering the vessel by ear with orders shouted through the crew, demonstrating audible guidance over sight.
In rough fog off Staten Island a Bell signaling device on the tug Moran and its sister vessel Hear operated to relay lightship bells through port and starboard receivers. Officers from Submarine Signal Co and guests witnessed the test as the Moran steamed to sea then returned toward the lightship, demonstrating bell transmission under adverse weather and the potential use for steering and rescue signaling at sea.
An opening exhibition of Edward S Curtis’s Indian photos and volumes debuts Tuesday morning at the Shoreham, with invitations sent to a select society audience. The display runs Wednesday and Thursday, featuring tribes from Mandan to Taos, and is under patronage of President Roosevelt and other dignitaries. Mr Curtis will attend with the foreword by the President.
Senate foreign relations members plan to press ratification of Panama and Colombia treaties this session while deferring the Canadian boundary waterways pact. A dispute over arbitration for Colon Panama delimitation arises as Panama objects to a mixed arbitration panel, prompting the committee to reserve the right to reject submission to a two South Americans to one North American board. Also reported, Martin Pies, a Roanoke post graduate from Virginia Polytechnic Institute, died after an appendicitis operation in Blacksburg, his body to Shenandoah for burial.
Trustees name officers for the Catholic Summer School of America with McMullen as president and Ogdensburg bishop Henry Gabriele as first vice president. The committee includes Luxelle Colton and Laughlin among others. A Champlain tercentenary celebration is planned at Ute Haven with Hiawatha drama and invitations extended to President Taft and Cardinal Gibbons.
The new bishop of Washington Bishop Harding confirmed a class at the Church of the Nativity yesterday morning and administered the holy communion. He preached at St Tukey Church last night and will speak at the Church of the Incarnation Wednesday with an informal reception after services.
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