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Danish German Dutch Belgian Italian Austro-Hung'n. Greek Russian
Japanese Spanish . . . . . . . 1907. 6.938,794 18.3J5.638 1,779.214
1.960.589 921,024 750,104 4,076,175 883.636 185.630 1,321.131
674.960 572,748 1908. 7,365.445 18,566,560 1,952.660 1,977.978
941,627 754,413 4,202.553 898.760 2.33,565 1,340,179 721,532
628,638 1909. 7.388,755 19,031,574 2.011,332 2,008,017 963.625
776,020 4,289,736 920,608 238,795 1,347,264 728.778 630.722
1.361.706 1,265,269 775,604 1910. 7,508,082 19,133,870 1,899,625
2,021,103 1,018,791 757,036 4,301,421 1,016,577 276,895
1,407,800 735,989 620,03." 1,388,377 1,290.458 757.576 1911.
7,638,822 19,344,487 1,9,58,645 2,038,462 1,012,137 763,9.36
4,397 ,.38 1,072,715 302.516 1,359.298 774,041 642,271 1.379,252
1,305.338 808,296 1912. 7.714,183 19.240,517 1,941.327
2,187„544 991,945 750,302 4,326,723 1,084,729 280,563 1,412,495
829,225 722,009 1,363,810 1,373,664 788,531 1913. 7,886.527
19.541.206 2,088.065 2,286,037 1,033,965 768.637 4,593,095
1.155,535 2.56,591 1,452.849 887,692 791,335 1,399,991
1,476,877 785.748 1914. 7,928,688 19,799,119 2,173.544 2,425,476
1.114,048 778,970 4,892,410 1,297,409 323.018 1,549,887 998,130
828,639 1,449,216 1,674,264 855.261 1915. 8.389,429 20,874,309
2.294,623 2,474,165 1,167,717 825,719 5,516,088 1,558,895
358.500 1,707,273 1,025,629 976.335 l„5o9.707 1,866,319 906,549'
1916. 8,469,649 21,015,958 2,295,726 2,474,041 1,151,045
846,348 4,463,842 1,549,525 282,216 1.730.335 943,420 1,050,180
.1.639.798 1 964.598 901,604 The above tables have been compiled
from the report ef the Commissioner of Navigation of the United
States • From Bureau Veritas; gross for steam vessels, net for
sailing, t All barges. PASSING OF THE SAILING SHIP. The London
Economist supplies the following table, showing the net tonnage of
steamships and sailing vessels on the register of Great Britain and
Ireland from 1S40 to 1912, and Lloyd's Register for subsequent
years: Year. Steam. Sail. Total. Year. St«am. Sail. Total. 1840 87.930
454.330 2,723,470 7,207,610 2.680,330 4,204,360 3,851,040
2,768,260 4,658.690 6.574.510 1909 10.284,810 10,442,719
10.717,511 10,992,073 1,301.060 1.112,944 980.997 902,718
11.585,870 11,555 663 1860 1910 1880 1911 1 1 .698 508 1900
2.096,490' 9,304,1001 1912 11.894.791 STE.\MER8. Saili VG Ships.
Yeab. Number. Net Tonnage. Number. Net Tonnage. 1913 8,514
8.587 8.675 11,109..560 11,545,746 11,760.277 700 653 610
422,293 1914 364,677 1915 305,663
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Ship Registry. 197 if. M. 10 41 13 41 n 9 17 8 17 , , 16 7 25

16 44 FASTEST ATLANTIC OCEAN PASSAGES. Route. Steamer. Line.
Date. D. Queeiistown to New York...Mauretaiiia Cuiiard Sept. 11-15,
1910 — 4 New York to Queenstowu....Maur6tania Cuiiard Sev^t. 15-
20, 1909.. .. 4 Cherbourg to New York Krouprinz. Cecilie.... No.
Genu. Lloyd. Aug. 19-26,1908 5 New York to Southampton.
.KaiseiWilh.d.Gr'se. .No. Germ. Lloj'd. Nov. 23-29, 1897.... 5 New
York to Havre France French Aug. 22-28, 1912.... 5 New York to
Cherbourg Kaiser Wilb.d.Gr'se. No. Germ. Lloyd. Jan. 4-10, 1900 5
New York to Plymouti. Ivronprinz. Cecilie No. Germ. Lloyd. Sept. 14-
20, 1909 5 New York to Naples Deutschland Hamburg- Am. .. Jan.
20-28, 1904 .. . 7 The fastest day's run was made by the Mauretania
of the Cunard Line, January, 1911—676 knots, or 27.04 knots per
hour. United States battleship speed record made by the Wyoming,
July 19, 1912. On the twentyfirst standardization run she made a
speed of 22.045 knots. The torpedo boat destroyer McDougal
btokeall mile speed records for her type in standardization trials oft'
Rockland, Me., in May, 1914. She ploughed the water at the rate of
32.07 knots an hour on her fastest mile. The average of her five lull
speed runs was 31. 516 knots. 1905 record. —Allon Line's turbine
Steamer Virginian passed Cape Race June 13, 11a. m., inward
bound, havingleft ISfoville on the afternoon of June 9, thus crossing
in less than four days On March 19, 1914, the freighter Santa Cruz
(oil burner) steamed into San Francisco from New York via the Strait-
s of Magellan. The distance is approximately 13,000 miles and the
lime consumed was 47 davs and 4 hours. Steamship development as
shown in the relative proportions, speed, etc., of the Great Eastern
and Vaierland: Great Eastern. Length 692 ft. Breadth 80 It.
Displacement 27, 000 ton,s. Paddle, Screw and Sail: Speed.. ..13 to
14 knots. ■Vaterland. Length 950 fu Breadth 100 ft. Displacement
65, 000 tons. Quatlruple Screws 24 knots. THE RECORD-BREAKERS
BETWEEN NEW Y'ORK AND QUEENSTOWN— EAST OR WEST. Date.
Steamer. D. H. M. 1856 Pei-sia 9 1 45 1866 Scotia 8 2 48 1869 City
of Brussels .. . 7 22 3 1873 Baltic 7 20 9 1875 City of Berlin 7 15 48
1876 Germanic 7 11 37 1877 Britannic 7 10 53 1880 Arizona 7 7 23
1882 Alaska 6 18 37 1884 Oregon 6 11 9 Date. Steamer. D. H. M.
1884 America 6 1887 Umbria 6 1888 Etruria 6 1891 Majestic 5 1891
Teutonic 5 1892 City of Paris 5 1893 Campania 5 1894 Lucania 5
1908 Liisitania 4 1910 Mauretania 4 10 41 10 0 4 42 1 55 18 8 16 31
14 24 12 7 7 23 15 0 APPROXIMATE DISTANCES IN KNOTS OR
NAUTICAL MILES AS ANNOUNCED BY THE VARIOUS STEAMSHIP
LINES. Place. From Ambrose Channel Lightship* to — Alexandria,
Egypt. . . Antwerp Azores (Ponta Delgada) Bombay Bremen Brow
Head Cape Race Cherbourg Chrlstlansand Chrlstlanla Distance. t
4,952 3,323 2,227 8,160 3.563 2.744 998 3,073 3,407 3,572 Place.
Copenhagen Dover Fastnet Fire Island Lightship. Flushing Genoa
Gibraltar Glasgow Halifax Hamburg Havre Llverp'l (Landing Stg)
Lizard Point Distanre.t 3,850 3,190 2,751 36 3.2 78 4,021 3,168
2,926 570 3,511 3.145 3.033 2.929 Place. London (Tilbury Dks)
Nantucket Lightship. Naples Needles New'land (Banks of) . Plymouth
Queenstown Roche's Point Rotterdam Scllly Island8(Blshop's Rock)
Sonthampton (Docks) St. John's, N. F DIstance.t 3,257 193 4.116
3,073 935 2.978 2,814 2.810 3,327 2.880 3,095 1,120 * New York
(Battery) to Quarantine Station 8 miles, Ambrose Channel Lightship
16 miles, t Distance by short track. For mall time and distances, see
Index. SEAMEIO'S ACT. An act to promote the welfare of American
seamen In the merchant marine of the United States; to abolish
arrest and Imprisonment as a penalty for desertion and to secure
the abrogation of treaty provisions In relation thereto; and to
promote safety at sea. (Approved March 4, 1915.) Copies of the act
and circulars concerning its several sections, with regulations, will be
issued from time to time by Department of Commerce In
Washington, D. C, and may be had on application. SHIP REGISTRY.
An act to provide for the admission of foreign-built ships to American
registry for the foreign trade, and for other purposes. Be it enacted
by tlie Senate and House of Representativen of the United States of
America m Congress auemhled, That the words "not more than five
years old at the time they apply for registry" in section 5 of the act
entitled "An act to provide for the opening, maintenance, protection,
and operation of the Panama Canal and the sanitation and
government of the Canal Zone," are hereby^ Sec. 1. That the
President of the United States is hereby authorized, whenever In his
discretion the needs of foreign commerce may require, to suspend
by order, so far and for such length of time as he may deem
desirable, the provisions of law prescribing that all the watch officers
ot vessels of the United States registered for foreign trade shall be
citiaens of the United State.s. ^ , . . Under like conditions, in like
manner, and to like extent the President of the United States is also
hereby authorized to suspend the provisions of the law requiring
survey, inspection, and measurement by officers of the United States
of foreign-built vessels admitted to American registry under this act.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect mimediately. Approved, August 18,
1914.
 198 Immigration Into the United States. IMMIGRATION
INTO THE UNITED STATES FOR FISCAL YEARS ENDED JUNE 30.
Year. Total Immigrants. Ye.\r. Toial Immigrants. Yeak. Total
Immigrants. Year. Tutal Immigrants. 1901 487,918 048,743 857,046
812,870 1905 1,026,499 1,100.735 1,285,349 782,870 1909 751,786
1,041,570 878,587 838.172 1913 1,197,892 1,218,480 326 700 1902
1906 1910 1914 1903 1907 1908 1911 1915 1904 1912 1916
298,826 Total from 1820 to 1916, inclusive, 32.652,950 (for yearly
totals from 1824 to 1899 see 1913 Almanac, page 185). From 1789
to 1822, estimated, 266,038. Of the whole number of immigrants in
the fiscal year ended June 30, 1916, 141,390 came through the
customs district of New York, 124 through Baltimore. 12.428 through
Boston. 229 through PliiUtdelphia, 7,955 through San Francisco,
101,452 through Canadian ports and Canadian border, 16,520
through Mexican border, and the balance through otlier ports. The
reported occupations of immigrants arriving during the fiscal year
1916 were as follows: Laborers, 55,816; servants, 29,258; farm
laborers, 26,250; tailors, 2,799; merchants and dealers, 7,017;
carpenters and joiners, 4,824; shoemakers, 1,280; clerics and
accountants. 8,369; mariners, 3,088; miners, 2,407. The number of
professional immigrants (including 632 actors, 1.808 engineers, 695
musicians, and 1,640 teachers) was 9,795; of skilled laborers,
45,528; other miscellaneous (including unskilled), 10,055; no
occupation (Including women and children), 104,766. IMMIGRATION
BY COUNTRIES IN FISCAL YEARS 1915 AND 1916. Countries.
Aastria-Hungary Belgium Bulgaria. Serbia, and Montenegro Denmark
France, Including Corsica German Empire Greece Italy, Inc. Sicily
and Sardinia.. . . Netherlands Norway Portugal, including Cape Verde
and Azore Islands Roumania Russian Empire and Finland. . . . Spain,
including Canary and Balearic Islands Sweden Switzerland Turkey iu
Europe TT„i.„.j f England United I i,eiand dom' ' Scotland I Wales .
1915. 18,511 2,399 1.403 3.312 4,811 7,799 12,592 49,688 3,144
7,986 4,907 481 26,187 2,762 6,585 1,742 1,008 21.562 14,185
4,668 1,007 1916 5,191 986 764 3,322 4,156 2,877 27,034 33,665
2,910 5,191 12,259 90 7,842 5,769 6,248 663 313 12,896 8,639
2,655 512 Countries. 1915. 1916. Othef Europe 1,180 1,717 Total
Europe 197,919 145,699 China 2,660 8,613 161 3.543 234 2,460
8,680 112 Japan India Turkey in Asia 1,670 282 Other Asia Total Asia
15,211 13,204 Africa Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand 934
1,282 117 82,215 1,252 12,340 3.801 11,598 31 894 1,484 90
101,551 1,135 18,425 4.286 12,027 31 Pacific Islands, not specified
British North America Central America Mexico. South America West
Indies Other countries . Grand tot^al 326,700 298,826 ALIENS
DEBARRED AND DEPORTED 1905-1916, Year Enoed JUNE 30. Total
Immigration. Debarred. Deported. Year Ended June 30. Total
Immigration. Debarred. Deported. 1905 1,026,499 1,100,735
1,285,349 782,870 751,786 1,041.570 11,879 12,432 13,064 10.902
10,411 24,270 845 676 995 2.069 2,124 2,695 1911 878.587
838,172 1,197,892 1,218,480 326,700 298,826 22,349 16,057
19,938 33,041 24,111 18,867 2,770 2,456 3,461 4,610 2,670 2,906
1906 1912 1907 1913 1908 1914 1909 1915 1910 1916 ■ „ , .
ACCORDING TO RACES THE FOLLOWING SHOWS AMOUNT OF
MONEY BROUGHT BY IMMIGRANTS, AND THE NUMBER DEBARRED
IN FISCAL YEAR 1916. Race. Amount of Money. Debarred. Race.
Amount of Money. Debarred. Race. Amount of Money. Debarred.
Chinese English French German S127.150 3,677,822 1,296,407
1.221,400 437 1,949 1,694 599 Hebrew Irish Italian Japanese
81,141.399 1,868,499 1,360,114 375,372 949 1,018 1,425 209
Polish Russian Scandinavian. Scotch 8203,158 493,360 1,528,757
1,409,148 441 610 365 746 EMIGRATION FROM UNITED STATES.
For fiscal year ended June 30. 1908. emigrant aliens. 395,073; non-
emigrant aliens, 319,755; total, 714,828. In 1909, emigrant aliens,
225,802; non-emigrant aliens. 174,590; total, 400,392. In 1910.
emigrant aliens, 202,436; non-emlgi-ant aliens, 177.982; total.
380,418. In 1911. emigrant aliens, 295,666; non-emigrant aliens,
222,549; total, 518,215. In 1912, emigrant aliens, 333,262; non-
emigrant alleas, 282,030; total, 615,292. In 1913, emigrant aliens,
308,190; non-emigrant allen«, 303,734; total, 611,924. In 1914,
emigrant aliens, 303,338; non-emigrant aliens, 330,467; total,
633,805. In 1915, emigrant aliens, 204,074; non-emigrant aliens,
180,100; total, 384,174, In 1916, emigrant aliens, 129,765; non-
eraisrant aliens, 111.042; total 240,807. Note — Arriving aliens
whose permanent residence has been outside the United States,
who intend to reside permanently in the United States, are classed
as immigrant aliens. Departing aliens whose permanent residence
has been in the United States, who Intend to reside permanently
outside, are classed as emigrant alleas. All alien residents of the
United States making a temporary trip abroad, and all aliens residing
abroad making a temporary trip to the United States, are classed as
non-Immigrant aliens on the inward journey and non-emigrant on
the outward.
 World's Develapvient of Population, Etc. 199 IMMIGRATION
INTO THE UNITED STATES— Continued. CHINESE SEEKING
ADMISSION TO THE UNITED STATES. Year Ended June 30. 1911.
1912. 1913. 1914. 1915. 1916. Classes. a ■a < ■a S ■•J a •o <: •a
a *^ o c a Q a ■o ♦J ic o Q •6 a < •o S U O o. o Q ■3 a •a < S 0 0.
Q i a ■a < •a 0 United States citizens 1,639 80 1,113 1,092 199 559
213 52 32 87 41 284 5 19 33 28 259 25 "39 1,756 88 1,103 1.093
170 558 413 SO 33 47 33 170 5 1 18 8 133 20 7 1 ) 36 2,171 126
1,036 986 105 738 370 19 33 38 40 121 9 5 13 16 92 11 .... 116
2,201 122 i,oon 881 180 807 338 29 17 110 88 139 2 7 20 7 130 5 3
■ "97 1.990 106 889 960 238 746 344 61 15 224 88 119 i 6 7 96 2 2
"36 1,932 108 690 859 242 741 301 86 28 105 101 128 Wives of
United States citizens 6 11 Returning merchants Other merchants 11
5 Members of merchants' families; Students 145 4 Travellers 1
Teachers Otilcials 3 123 Totals 5,107 692 5,374 400 5,662 384 5.773
410 5,661 268 .5.193 437 IMMIGRANT ALIENS ADMITTED DURING
YEAR ENDED JUNE 30. 1916, SHOWING THEIR VARIOUS
DESTINATIONS. State oh Territory. Immigran t Aliens. State or
TERaiTORY. Immigrant Aliens. State or Territory. Immigrant Aliens.
Alabama 23.'^, 5.^0 3,;ini 110 17,101 1,119 6,788 182 728 3,634
225 3,194 1,012 12,104 1,866 2,264 696 129 913 Maine 6,766 790
30,SM 26,591 7,619 103 1,746 4,123 921 402 3,737 8,369 418
79.968 175 2,413 8,796 281 Oregon 1,882 Aliiska Maryland
Pennsylvania 17,369 Arizona. . . Ma.ssachusetts Philippine Islands
Porto Rico 20 763 Rhode Island 4,589 South Carolina 73 donnpctiout
Mi.^souri South Dakota 786 Delaware ^lontana Tennessee 146
District of Columbia.. . . Florida . .... Nebi'aska I'exas 13,288 Utah
1,168 New Hampshire New Jersey Vermont Virginia 2,247 Hiwaii
1,003 Idaho New Mexico Wasliini.'ton West Virginia 9.978 Illinois
New York 2,168 North Carolina V/isconsin 2,592 Wyoming 371 Ohio
Grand total Oklahoma 298,820 Louisiana V/ORLD'S DEVELOPf^flENT
OF POPULATIOW, PRODUCTION, VESSEL TONMACK, ANO
COWIMERCE — 1800 TO 1914. Commerce. Nominal Tonto
Production of CotGold Pronage OF Vessels. a ton, Coal .t Pi<5 Iron.
duction, YEAR. Population. Total. Per Cap. Sail. Steam. Railways 1 (a
Cables. Cotton. Coal. Pig Iron. Decade Ending Year Named. Million
Thous. Thous. Th'd Th'd Thous. Million Million Mil. Million Millions.
dollars. Dols. tons. a tous.a mls.a miles miies. Ibs.n tons. tonsa
doUars.ft 1800 1820. . . . 1830 . . c640 d780 1,479 1,659 1,981 2.31
2.13 4,026 5 814 520 630 11.6 17.2 0.8 1.0 128.5 20 76.1 d847 2.34
7,100 111 0.2 820 25.1 1.8 94.5 1840 . . e950 2,789 2.93 9,012 368
5.4 1,310 44.8 2.7 134.8 1850 el, 075 4,049 3.76 11,470 864 24.0 5
1-40 1,435 81.4 4.7 363.9 1860 el, 205 7,246 6.01 14.890 1,710
67.4 100 i}6 2,551 142.3 7.2 1,334.0 1870 /1 ,310 10,663 8.14
12,900 3,040 139.9 281 15 2,775 213.4 ii.y 1,263.0 1880 ffl,439
14.761 10.26 14,400 5.880 224.9 440 49 3,601 340.0 18.0 1,150.8
1890 ;il,488 17,519 11.80 9,166 8,295 390.0 768 132 5,600 466.0
27.2 1,060.1 1900 i 1,-543 20.105 13.02 6,674 13.857 500.0 1.180
200 6,247 800.0 40.4 2,100.0 1910 <1,616 33,634 20.81 4.624
22,046 637.0 1,307 291 t9,013 n. 141.6 65.8 3,780.3 1912 U,643
39,570 24.08 4.083 24.978 683. 4 1.400 m320 A- 10,488 a,377.0
n71.4 4,708.4 1913 n,652 40,420 24.47 3,891 26.517 690.2 1.462
m330 fcll,099 /1,478.0 n7V.4 4,730.6 1914 n,661 37,760 22.73 3,686
27.988 703.5 1.489 TO335 It 12,382 /1,346.0 4,752.7 a Mulhall's
estimates except for 1830, 1890, 1900, 1906, and later years. 6
Soetbeer's estimates prior to 1860 e Malte-Brun's estimate for 1804.
d Based on Balbl's estimate for 1828. e Baaed on Mlchelet's estimate
for 1845. /Based on Behm-Wagner estimate for 1874. g Levasseur's
estimate for 1878. h Royal Geographic Society's estimate, i Figures
represent only such countries as have conunercial records, and do
not Include various unimportant subdivisions of the world, k Figures
of the Bureau of the Census. I Figures of the Geological Survey, m
Estimate of the Imperial Post-Offlce of Germany, n Partly estimated.
 200 National Women s Life-Saving League. UNITED STATES
COAST GUARD. HEADQUARTERS. TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
WASHINGTON, D. C. The United States Coast Guard was created by
the act of January 28, 1915, which provided that "There is hereby
established in lieu of the existing Revenue Cutter Service and the
Life-Saving Service, to be composed of those two existing
organizations, the Coast Guard, which shall constitute a part of the
military forces of the United States and which shall operate under
the Treasury Department in time of peace, and operate as a part of
the Navy, subject to the orders of the Secretary of the Navy, in time
of war or when the President shall so direct." The original Revenue
Cutter Service was organized by act of Congress approved August 4,
1790. The Life-Saving Service was originally operated under the
Revenue Cutter Service, but on June 20, 1874, Congress created it a
separate service to operate under the Treasury Department. The
officers of the Coast Guard are on the same footing in ranlc and pay
as offlcers of the Army and Navy. Appointments to cadetships are
made after competitive examinations conducted by boards of
commissioned offlcers of the Coast Guard. The cadets are educated
at the Coast Guard Academy at New London, Ct. The course covers
three years and embraces professional and academic subjects.
Candidates for cadetships must not be less than 18 nor more than
24 years old, citizens of the United States, and unmarried. A class of
cadets Is appointed each year. Appointments as Cadet Engineers are
made after competitive examinations conducted by boards of
engineer offlcers of the Coast Guard. Candidates for Cadet Engineers
must not be less than 20 H years of age and serve a probationary
term of not less than one year before being commissioned Third
Lieutenants of Engineers, No person can be commissioned Third
Lieutenant of Engineers who is less than 21 or more than 26 years
of age. This branch of the Government Is under the charge of
Captain Commandant E. P. Bertholf; Senior Captain D. P. Foley is the
Chief Ins()ector; Senior Captain Howard Emery is the
Superintendent of Construction and Repair; Charles A. McAllister is
Engfneer-in-Chlef; G. H. Slaybaugh, Chief of Division of Materiel, and
O. M. Maxam, Chief of Division of Operations. CRUISING CUTTERS.
Name. Tons. Headquarters. Guns. Name. Tons. Headquarters. Guns.
Algonquin . . . Androscoggin Apache 1,181 1,60.5 708 980 1,700
1,090 1,155 1,432 1,148 1,192 860 1,445 San Juan, P. R Boston,
Mass Baltimore, Md Relief Ship 4 3 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Tuscarora.. . .
Yamacraw. . . Tampa Unalga Acushuet. . . , Snohomish. . . Morrill
Pamlico Comanche . . . Tallapoosa. . . Ossipee 739 1,082 1,181
1,181 800 879 420 451 670 912 908 Milwaukee, Wis Savannah, Ga
Key West, Fla Seattle, Wash New Bedford, Mass.. . Neah Bay, Wash
Detroit, Mich Newbern, N. C Galveston, Tex Mobile, Ala 2 4 3 2 Bear
Gresham .... Manning .... McCulloch. . . Mohawk Onondaga.. . . San
Diego, Cal Boston, Mass Astoria, Oregon San Francisco, Cal New
York, N. Y Norfolk, Va 2 2 2 2 2 4 Seminole .... Seneca Wilmington,
N. C TompKinsvlUe, N. Y. . Portland, Me 4 The authorized personnel
is 270 commissioned offlcers and 3,931 warrant offlcers, petty
offlcers, and enlisted men. The Coast Guard stations are divided into
thirteen districts, embracing the Atlantic, Gulf, Great Lakes, and
Pacific Coasts, including Alaska. There are 281 Coast Guard stations
and houses of refuge. One station is at the Falls of the Ohio, near
I/OuisvlUe, Ky. OPERATIONS OF THE COAST GUARD FOR THE
FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1916. The beneficial work performed
by the Coast Guard in the Interests of the public covers a wide and
diversified scope. Its principal functions are the saving of lite and
property from destruction on the seas, but there are many other
lines of endeavor where its potentiality and activities are exerted
which benefit mankind and which cannot be expressed statistically.
The following tabulated statement of appraisable work performed
during the past year wlU, however, give an idea of the
accomplishments of this humanitarian branch of the Federal service:
Lives saved or persons rescued from peril 1,216 Persons on b.oard
vessels assisted 15,742 Persons In distress cared for 443 Vessels
boarded and documents examined 30,510 Regattas and marine
parades patrolled in accordance with law 36 Vessels to which
assistance was rendered 1,453 Instances of miscellaneous
assistance. 2,021 Value of vessels assisted (including cargoes)
$10,609,655 Derelicts and obstructions to navigation removed or
destroyed 29 Value of derelicts recovered and delivered to owners
$28,900 Total expenditure for maintenance ot Coast Guard
85,215,711 UNITED STATES VOLUNTEER LIFE-SAVINC CORPS.
Office, Municipal Building, New York City. NATIONAL WOMEN'S LIFE-
SAVING LEAGUE. Organized for work among women and children.
Its purposes are: To encourage swimming by women and children;
to co-operate with other organizations, whenever advisable. In the
dissemination of knowledge on life saving from drowning and "first
aid" to the Injured; to encourage interest and promote efflelency in
swimming and life saving by the holding of annual competitions for
medals, prizes and the like; to encourage and advocate simplicity
and rationalism in bathing and swimming costumes; to establish an
athletic branch for the supervision of athletics, for women by
women. In order to raise the dignity of such branch of outdoor
sports so that all women may participate in the healthful and
instructive exercises of swimming and lite saving; to advocate the
general adoption of swimming and life saving — rescue and
resuscitation — as a branch of elementary education. It conducts
free classes ot instruction in swimming, free competitions for the
entertainment and benefit ot its members, and public exhibition drills
for the purpose of public instruction. The dues of the league are 50
cents a year, to cover postage and incidentals, bringing membersliip
In the organization within the reach of all working women. President
— Katherlne F. Mehrtcns Thorman. Vice-President — E. Wemsper
Burns. Treasurer— Sarah L. Marrin. Secrctarv — Bessie Simms.
Headquarters, 25 Clinton Street, Brookl.vn, N. Y.
 Report of the Colorado Coal Commission. 201 THE UNITED
STATES LIGHTHOUSE SERVIi^E. BuBEATT of Lighthouses.
Commissioner, George R. Putnam; Deputy (lomniissioner, John S.
Conway; Chief Constructing Engineer, Horatio B Bowerman ;
Supermtend.^nt o( Naral CoustructiDn, Edward C. Gillette, Chief
Clerk, T S.Clark. The Lighthouse Service is charged with the
establishment and maintenance of lighthouses, light- vessels, buoys,
and other aids lo navigation on the coasts and rivers of the United
States, as authorized by Congress, iiud with the direction of the
offices, depots and, tenders required iu this work. The field work of
the service is divided into nineteen districts, each in charge of an
inspector. AMERICAN TRUTH SOCIETY. This society was organized
January 18, 1912, In New York City and Incorporated February 9,
1912, under the laws of the State of New York. The object of this
society is: "To propagate a spirit of pure Americanism; to preserve
the traditions of the United States Inviolate; to oppose and resist by
truth all attempts of corporations, societies and individuals to
dominate the public opinion of the United States for the purpose of
discriminating in the interests of any one race by means of
legislation, literature, education or organized propaganda; to
propagate the History of the United States and the States comprising
the United States amongst the people of the United States, and to
combat with truth all attempts to garble, falsify, misrepresent or
suppress the History of the United States or the States comprising
the United States, anywhere within the State of New York and the
United States." Headquarters, 210 Filth Avenue, New York City.
PresiaenJ- Jeremiah A. O'Leary. Secretary — George W. Mead.
REPORT OF THE COLORADO COAL COMMISSION AS PRINTED IN
THE MONTHLY REVIEW OF THE UNITED STATES BUREAU OF LABOR
STATISTICS. If at all In the southern field. Referring to the fear of
discrimination on the part of miners in the southern field, the report
says: "Your commission is under the impression that the fear said to
be entertained by the miners, so far as the companies are
concerned, is probably exaggerated and is an imaginary fear rather
than a real fear." The commission speaks very favorably of the
general living conditions of the miners: The housing conditions for
the miners are exceptionally well provided, and every camp that we
saw appeared to be doing much for the comfort and welfare of its
employes Bathing houses are provided in some Instances free and in
some instances operated for a charge of SI per month. If there is
any charge, the attendant looks after washing out the clothes and
hanging them up to dry and keeping the place in order. Many of the
camps have clubhouses with pool tables a reading-room, and various
games for the enjoyment of the n::embers. and all of the clubs are
free for the use of the employes. Schools are maintained for the
benefit of the children of the miners. In some Instances these
schools are provided by the company, at least to the extent of
furnishing the building for the same, though the instruction is paid
for by the county. In every instance, however, the school Is within
easy walking distance, if not in the centre of the town or camp. As
regards the Indictment and imprisonment of striking miners, the
report comments as follows: Your commission became aware of only
one disturbing element in the industrial situation. About 400
Indictments were found after the strike, and all of these were of
strikers. Some of the citizens of Colorado believe that many illegal
acts were committed on the part of the operators, and the justice
which finds all of the indictments on one side does not seem to them
even-handed. Your commission naturally expresses no opinion as to
the correctness of this belief. It simply calls attention to the
existence, of this feeling. Again, It is believed by some, even among
the operators, that in many of these cases the State has not
sufficient evidence to convict. In such cases — and your commission
believes that there are such — the men affected are suffering from
great Injustice, in that they are either confined in Jails, unable to get
bond, or if out on bond they are refused employment in Colorado on
account of the Indictment against them, and are prevented from
leaving Colorado or the jurisdiction of the court by their bondsmen.
As long as this condition of affairs exists the industrial health of
Colorado will be weakened by this festering sore. It Is not the
business of your commission to weigh the rights and wrongs of the
case, but we should fall short of our duty If we did not call attention
to this feature of the situation and emphasize the Importance to the
State of providing a prompt remedy. IN 1914 the President
appointed a commission to report upon the labor difficulties in the
coal fields of Colorado during the years 1914 and 1915. The
commission consisted of Seth Low, of New York City; Charles W.
Mills, of Philadelphia; and Patrick GUday, of Clearfield, Pa. This
commis.sion submitted its final report under date of February 23,
1916. The report is very brief, containing merely a summary of
findings, based for the most part upon a personal visit of the
commission to the Colorado coal fields. In scope it Ls concerned
primarily with conditions In the coal fields as they existed after the
strike disturbances. In its survey of conditions growing out of the
strike, the commission emphasizes two factors as of particular
importance: The creation of the Colorado Industrial Commission,
with extensive authority in industrial disputes, and the plan of the
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company for regulating the relations
between the corporation and its employes. The Colorado Industrial
Commission, under its creative act, is given the power of compulsory
investigation of labor disputes, and for a period of 30 days during
which the investigation is pending, strikes or lockouts are forbidden
under penalty. Particular attention was devoted by the commission
to the operation of the Industrial representation plan of the Colorado
Fuel and Iron c:ompany. Its conclusion is that the plan was adopted
by the company "In entire good faith and Is being operated with a
single-hearted desire to make it successful." The opposition of
organized labor to the plan is noted and commented upon as
follows: It must be said that there is no effort being made on the
part of the organization to ascertain whether the company is acting
in good faith or not. Their contention that the miners are not free
under the industrial plan to express their real opinions and that they
dare not avow their membership in the union could readily be tested
if one of their representatives would express his real opinion and any
action were taken by the company against such individual. Your
commission, upon hearing the complaints to the effect that a
member of their organization would be promptly discharged if he
made his membership known to the foreman or his associates,
endeavored to have some individual follow this course In order th.at
your commission might discover if there was any real discrimination
on account of membership in the organization, but we were
unsuccessful in getting any of the leaders with whom we conferred
to agree to such a course unless we would guarantee that any one
doing so would not lose his place. That, evidently, was not our
province, neither was It in our power to do. The charge of
discrimination against former strikers Is not regarded as well
founded by the commission. Its conclusion is that such
discrimination exists in some degree in the northern field, but little
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202 Svhmarine Cables of the World. SUBMARINE CABLES

OF THE WORLD. (Prom report issued bv tlie Bureau International de
I' Union Telegraphique. ) THKfollowino; table sets forth the entire
system of submarine cables of the world, including those along the
shores and in the bays, gulfs, and estuaries of rivers, but excepting
those in lakes and the interior watercourses of continents. The list
includes all cables operated by private companies, and in addition
thereto under the name of each nation is given the list of cables
operated by the government of that nation. COMVANIBS.
Commercial CSxble Co 'i'rausatlan tic System— Water vi lie (Ireland)
to Causo (Nova Scotia). Canso. N. S. , to New York. Causo, N. S. , to
RocUport, Mass. Coniwiei'cirti Pacific Cable. Co San Francisco to
Manila. Manila to Shanghai. Uel'ilede Peel (Bonius) a Guam.
Cotiiinercial Cable Co of Cuba New York to Havana, Cuba. Western
Union Teleprapli Co Transatlantic Systems as follows: Western Union
— Penzance, England, to Bay Robei'ts, N. F.,and Canso, N. "S.,
thence to Coney Island, New Voik. Anglo-American Telegraph Co.—
Valentia (Iieland) to Heart's Content, N. F. Direct United States Cable
Co. Ballinskellig's Bay (Ireland) to Halifax, N. S., thence to Rye
Beach, N. H. Gulf of Mexico System. Compapnle Francuise des
CablesTeteitrapliiqiies Brest (France) to ('ape Cod, Ma.ss. Brest
(France) to St, Piene-Mi(j. St. Pierre to Cape Cod, Mii.ss Cape Cod,
Mass., to New Yorlc. San Domingo to Mayagiiez, P. R. African Dived
7'elenraph Co Western Teleirrnph Co (^avcavellos, near Lisbon
(Portugal), to Madeira, to St. Vincent (Cape Verde Island), to
Pernambnco, Rio de Janeiro, Santos Montevideo, Fayal (Azores) to
St. Vincent (Cape Verde Island) Ascension Island to Bnenos Ay res.
Cenlral and SouUi American Telegraph Co Campania Telegraflco-
3'elejonica del Plata Cuba Subiaarine Telegraph Co Direct Spanish
l^legraph Co 15 27 24 16,595 lO.OlU 1,285 23,508 11,657 3,025
23,836 11,898: 28i 1,143 711 Companies. and Direct West India
Cable Co Bermuda - Turk's Island, Turk's Island- Jamaica. Easte/i'n
and SoiUJi African 2'eleiirupli Co Eastern Extension AiLStralasia (itul
China Telegraph Co Eastern Telegraph Co Systems a.s follows:
Anglo-Spanish- Portuguese ; ItaloGreek; Austro - Greek : Greek;
Turko-Greek; Turkish ; BlackSea; Egypto- European; Egyptian;
Egypto-Indian ; Cape Town to St. Helena; St. Helena to Ascension
Island; Ascension Island to St. Vincent; Natal-Australia. System West
of Malta. Europe and Azores Telegjaph Co Compagnie Alleinande des
Cables Transallaniiques Borkum Island to .Azores to Coney Island, N.
V. Borkum Island to Vigo, Spain. Chxaide Compagn ie des
Jelegrajihes da Nord .' Cables in Europe and Asia. Deutscli-
Nifderlnndisclie Tebgrapliengesellschal't Menado (Celebes)— Japan
(Caroline); Guam (Mariannes) Shanghai. Deutsch -
Sndamerikanisclie Telegraphengesellscliafl Osteuropuische
Ihleprap/ienges Kilios (C;onsuintinoi)le)— C o n ■ stantza
(Houmauie). Halifax and BernDUlus Cable Co Indo- European
2'elegiapli Co Mexican Telegraph Co.. River Plate Telegraph Co
Societe Anonyme beige de Cables Telegraphigiies Compagnie
 Telegraph Rates from New York City. 203 TELEGRAPH
RATES FROM NEW YORK CITY. WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH
COMPANY RATES. SEE ALSO POSTAL TELEGRAPHCABLE COMPANY
RATES ON FOLLOWING PAGE. DAY TELEGRAMS oJ 10 words or lass,
address and signature free, are tranamltted immediately upon
reception. NIGHT TELEGRAMS of 10 words or less, address and
signature free, are sent during the night at the convenience of the
company. Words over 10 in Day Telegrams and Night Telegrams are
2 cents each where rate is 25, 30, or 35 cents; 3 cents each where
rate is 40 or 50 cents: 4 cents where rate is 60 cents; 5 cents where
rate Is 75cents; 7cents where rate is SI. 00, and 8 cents where rate
Is SI. 25. NIGHT LETTERS of 50 words or less, address and
signature free, filed up to 2 o'clock A. M , are delivered the next
morning at the same rate as that shown for "Day Telegrams of 10
word.
 204 The American Telephone and Telegraph Company.
TELEGRAPH RATES— Co7itinued. On January 1st, 1912, a reduced
rate on cable messages in plain language, taken on a delay basis,
was Inaugurated, and Is now in effect between most countries.
Deferred cable messages must be written in plain language of the
country of origin or destination, must bear the declaration LCO
(language country of origin), LCD (language country of destination),
or LCF (language country French, as an international language), and
are subordinated to full-rate messages In the order of transmission
until an accumulated delay of 19 hours has occurred, when they
take their turn with fully paid traffic. The tariff Is generally one-half
the regular rate, but on deferred messages between the United
States or Canada and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland the tarrif ia 3 cents less than half rates. In December, 1911,
the Western Union Telegraph Company inaugurated two new forms
of cable service. These new services, known as cable letters and
week-end letters, are the cable equivalent of night letters in the
domestic telegraph service. In that they are predicated on the the
use of facilities that otherwise would be idle at night, and on delivery
the following day. Unlike all other forms of cable service, the tolls on
which invariably are charged on a word basis, cable and week-end
letters are charged on a message basis. The minimum charge on
cable letters is, for 13 words (including a necessary prefix), and in
week-end letters for 25 words (including a necessary prefix) . The
tariff varies according to distance, but between New York City and
London is 75 cents and SI. 15 for cable and week-end letters
respectively. THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY.
Newcomb Carlton, President: Executive Offices, 195 Broadway. New
York. Capital stock outstandins. 899.786,726.66. Funded debt.
531.994,000. Capital stock in subsidiary companies not owned by
Western Union. 83.794,145. Total capital liabilities, 3135,574,871.66.
Annual report for fiscal year ended December 31, 1915: Gross
income, 351,171,795.47; operating expenses and taxes. S40, 972.
54 1.42; net profits. SIO. 199.254.05; interest on bonds,
$1,335,588.19; dividend (5%), 84,986,364.25; balance to surplus,
$10,167,591.63: number of offices, 25,142; miles of wire. 1,610,709;
ocean cabl&s, 26,120. FOREIGN TELEGRAPH STATISTICS. (From
latest records, but approximate only owing to war conditions.)
TELEGRAMS SENT. Gross COUNTRf. TELEGRAMS SENT. COTTNTRT.
TottI Per Total Per Gross Yearly. Capita. Revenue. Yearly. Capita.
Revenue. Austria 22,968,225 9.038,647 .79 1.20 $3,376,660
1,324,661 Italy 21,087,829 2 8,694 .60 .88 $4,517,791 Belgium
Luxemburg 19,586 Bosnia 975.261 .50 184,502 Netherlands. . .
6,862,6.36 1.14 1,051,848 Bulgaria 2.165.683 .49 333,037 Norway
3,673.088 1.52 442,770 Canada 9,252,540 1.29 Portugal 6.400.340
1.19 970,400 Denmark 3,632,664 1.32 544.380 Roumanla 3.975.135
.56 706,694 France 65,518.497 1.65 9.302,249 Russia 40,769,920
.30 16.189.649 GermanEmpIre 60.903.810 •89.200.000 .93 1.97
9,487.440 15,864,433 Serbia 1,078,303 6,365.645 .37 .33 120,000
Great Britain. . 2.124,432 Greece 1,820,555 .68 419,571 Sweden
4.486.905 .80 660.015 Hungary 13,232.315 .63 1,874,694
Switzerland. . , 6.208.584 1.64 909,253 Excludes cable messages.
Note — Most European administrations combine the postal,
telegraph and telephone services imder one department, and the
accounts are not kept so as to snow the financial results of the
services separately. Most administrations, however, admit a deScU
from telegraph operation. POSTAL TELEGRAPH-CABLE COMPANY—
CLARENCE H. MACKAY, PRESIDENT. This company has no "day
letter" rate or "week-end" cable rate (except to Germany). Telegraph
rates given on preceding page also apply to the Postal Telegraph-
Cable Company, except the following: 10 Words. 50 Words. Night
Letter. PLACES. 10 Words. 50 Words Places. Day. Night. Day. Night.
Night Letter. Alaska Dist. of Col. Maine 2.40-10.45 .30-. 40 .35-. 65
2.20-6.40 .25-. 30 .25-55 Onapplicafn. .30-. 40 .35-. 65 Manitoba.. .
Ontario. . . . .75-1.00 .40-1.00 .60-75 .30-. 75 .75-1.00 .40-1.00
Rates per word to foreign countries as follows: Biazil, 70 cents to SI.
44; China, $1.22, except Macao, $1.27; Guatemala. 55 cents, except
San Jose. 50 cents; Java, SI. 09. The Postal Telegrapti-Oable
Company al.so transacts business in the United States, and by last
report operated 66,154 miles of poles and 408,735 miles oi wire, b.v
means of which it reached 38,042 places, THE AMERICAN
TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY AND ASSOCIATED
COMPANIES (BELL SYSTEM) IN THE UNITED STATES. Stations in
Bell System. Employes, Miles of Wire. Dally Year. DEC. 31. Bell
Stations. Bell connected Stations. t Total. Messages, Conversations.
1905 2.241.367 2.727.289 3.035,533 3,215,245 3,588.247 4.030.668
4.474,171 4.953.447 5.415,209 5,763,008 6,155,900 287,348
343,371 803,467 1,149,384 1,554,445 1,852,051 2,158,454
2,502,627 2,717,808 2,885,985 2,995,321 2.528.715 3.070.660
3,839.000 4.364.629 5.142.692 5.882.719 6,632.625 7.456.074
8.1,33.017 8.648,993 9,151,221 89,661 104,646 100,884 98,533
104,956 120,311 128,439 140,789 156,928 142,527 156,294
5,770,918 7,468,905 8,610,592 9,830,718 10,480.026 11.642.212
12.932.615 14.610.813 16.111,011 17,475,594 18.505.545
13.911.551 1906 1907 16.939.577 18.624.578 1908 1909 1910 1911
1912 1913 1914 1915 18.962.397 20.442.536 22.284.010
24.128.683 26.310.168 27,237,161 27.848.174 26,002,829 t
Includes private lines. Note — Figures for employes, miles of wire
and daily messages do not Include connecting companies. Bell
System. 1915: Gross earnings. S239.909.649; net earnings. S66.
181.757; interest and dividends, $50,992,708; undivided profits,
515,189,049; capital stock, funded and floating debts and accounts
payable outstanding in hands of public. $825,391,711; liquid assets,
$89,234,955; net obUgation to public, $736,156,756; property value,
5968,672,748.
 Telephone Development of Principal Cities of the World. 205
WORLD TELEPHONE STATISTICS. (Records of January 1, 1914—
latest avaitable owing to war.) COUNTRT. Number of Telephones. Per
Cent, of Total Telephones. Miles of Wire. Per Cent. of Total Wire.
Plant Investment (Estimated. t) Per Cent. of Total Investment
Investment Per Capita. United States 9,542.017 499,774 7,874
41,861 27,084* 172,344 1,200* 65,000* 3,608 129.277 40,000*
330,000* 1,420,100 780,512 3,200* 84.040 91.720 4.239 86,490
82,550* 8,850 20,000* 319,858 16,604 3,700* 34,000* 233,008
96,624 17,697 27.009* 219,551 166,331 65,096* 217,381* 29,951*
64.09 3.36 .05 .28 .18 1.16 .01 .44 .02 .87 .27 2.22 9.54 5.24 .02
.56 .62 .03 .58 .55 .06 .13 2.15 .11 .02 .23 1.56 .65 .12 .18 1.47
1.12 .44 1.46 .21 22,137.479 1,149.480 13.614 98.213 56.862*
357.693 1,500* 215,000* 8,320* 342,301 76,000* 1,200,000*
4,548,339 2,581,895 5,700* 281,299 195,000* 4,590 225,025
181.567* 27,500* 70.000* 640.000* 28,277* 7,100* 68,000*
510,573 249.343 81,300 95,000* 490,821 449.588 188.380*
682,174* 69,975* 59.29 3.08 .04 .26 .15 .96 31,149.900.000
74.466,000 913.000 5,264.000 5,323,000 39,382,000 420.000
14.495,000 658,000 17,060,000 4,279.000 81.840.000 278.340.000
143,655,000 500,000 16.388.000 12.092.000 694,000 12,992,000
10,768,000 1,502,000 3,500.000 45,583,000 2,325,000 925,000
5,100,000 25,595,000 18,524.000 2.655,000 4,4.56.000 23,597,000
33,517,000 13,346,000 35,119.000 4,301,000 55.03 3.56 .04 .25 .26
1.88 .02 .69 .03 .82 .21 3.92 13.32 6.87 .03 .78 .58 .03 .62 .52 .07
.17 2.13 .11 .04 .24 1.23 .89 .13 .21 1.13 1.60 .64 1.69 .21 $11.73
9.71 Central America .16 .35 West Indies .64 Austria 1.34 .21
Belgium .58 .02 .92 .21 3.21 12.18 6.91 .02 .75 .52 .01 .60 .49 .07
.19 1.71 .08 .02 .18 1.37 .67 .22 .25 1.31 1.20 .51 1.83 .19 1.88
Bulgaria .14 Denmark 5.99 Finland 1 31 Prance 2.06 German Empire
Great Britain 4.12 3.11 .13 .77 Italy .35 Luxemburg 2.60 Netherlands
2.09 4.42 .27 .46 Russia (European) Russia (Asiatic) Serbia .30 .n
.20 .26 4.54 Switzerland 4.79 British India .01 China .01 .45 South
America Africa .60 .10 .64 All other countries .02 Total 14,888,550
100.00 37,337,908 100.00 S2,089,534,000 100.00 1.25 Partly
estimated, t Estimated where necessary. The independent telephone
companies of the United States, which are owned and operated
entirely apart from the Bell organization, are represented In the
United States Independent Telephone Association, with headquarters
in Washington, D. C, and Chicago, m. According to the United States
Census of 1912, there were 1,740 independent telephone companies
with over S5,000 annual income, and 2,239,721 stations. Many of
these companies connect with the Bell system. The capital invested
is approximately $300,824.000 and the income is about $48,950,000
per annum. The Independent companies, which are for the most
part financed In the territories which they cover, are particularly
strong throughout the Middle and Far West. They are established in
nearly every large city in the United States except those on the
Atlantic Coast. TELEPHONE DEVELOPMENT OF PRINCIPAL CITIES
OF THE WORLD. (From latest records, but subject to modification
because of war.) City (or Exchange Area.) Number of Telephones.
Telephones, per 100 Population. City (or Exchange Area.) Number of
Telephones. Telephones, per 100 Population. 17.212 60,474 764
4,547 154,800 19,780 3,984 199,930 20,573 21,470 27,944 47,781
3,700 3,939 1,472 426,149 66.688 96,344 26.422 b 55,080 100,627
25,721 40.849 77.322 5,143 10,864 31,176 34.053 I 258.895 2.9 9.5
0.1 0.8 6.6 1.7 0.4 13.1 3.8 2.6 3.2 2.8 0.6 0.3 0.2 16.3 11.1 11.7
4.8 b 8.9 12.5 4.6 3.4 5.9 1.0 1.8 5.0 2.9 3.5 Lyons 7,039 764 4,365
31,443 7.735 27.490 12,709 50.881 49.848 34.323 4,774 11,561
612,712 7,712 21,787 95.033 3,234 54,815 190,148 93,418 11.379
11.719 104,204 5,427 11,3.54 34,566 1,899 43,681 64,438 31,952
1.3 "Rnltimore Madras 0.1 "Rnnekok : Madrid 0.7 Rarnelona
Manchester 2.5 Berlin Marseilles 1.4 Melbourne 4.2 Milan 2.1
Rn'^t/^n Montreal 7.0 Moscow 3.1 5.5 Naples 0.7 1.8 New York 10.5
Odessa 1.2 1.6 nhlrflffo Paris 3.2 ninplnnatl Peking 0.4 Petrograd 2.7
Philadelphia 10.2 Pittsburgh 10.3 Rio de Janeiro 1.0 2.2 St. Louis
10.4 Shanghai 0.8 Hamburg-Altona Kieff Sheffield 1.6 Sydney 4.3
Tientsin 0.2 Toklo 1.8 Vienna 3.2 London Warsaw 3.7 b Service not
opened until February 28, 1914.
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