Show crew tried to eat sharks but failed new york august 22 the steamer athos seventeen days late with eight passengers and a cargo ot rotted bananas and with the bones of half eaten sharks on board to indicate the perils of her voyage arrived off scotland lightship last night on july 30 the donald steamship companas Comp anys steamer athos left port antonio jamaica tor new york a six days voyage with provisions in plenty tor this short period three hours out ot port an eccentric rod on the engine broke and from that hour until last sunday proceeding sometimes an hour a day under her own steam the athos drifted at the mercy ot storms in constant danger of famine once without drinking water and receiving supplies from alme to time oft passing vessels until august 20 when the disabled steamer gave up and signaled tha steamer altai for a tow this steamer brought the athos to new york the trouble was in the engine all the time from july 30 to august 7 one to two breaks daily in the engine were recorded the log shows that the delay was only thirty minutes long on august 5 two days later the catching of sharks Is recorded on board attempted to eat the sharks but the meat made them and the fish were thrown into the sea during the next two days boats were lowered from the athos in search of food fish on august 8 the disabled sighted the adirondack and signaled all well on baard but on the the last tank of water was opened and was found to be tainted with the ace of rotting bananas some dolphins were caught two days later and on august 13 the incipient famine was further relieved by the montevideo which supplied provisions for nearly a week between august 10 and august 17 the engines shaft was useless and not only was the steamer forced to drift about while repairs under way but for two days of this period a great storm and high seas broke over the helpless steamship the log indicates that more dolphin were caught finally on august 18 the coupling flange broke and the athos abandoned an attempt to reach new york under her own steam after twenty days of continuous accidents it was decided to accept the first offer of a tow this did not come for two days during which a second food famine was averted by the steamer vera which came alongside the athos supplying and drinkables drin kables worse even than the dangers of the sea or famine and of thirst the passengers say was the odor of the decaying banana cargo at scotland lightship last night the tow line broke as a last chapter in her long series of accidents and the athos could not repair the broken lins in the dark but anchored tor the night while the altai brought her passengers to quarantine today tugs wore sent out to bring the athos into port the passengers ware john douglas donald son of the owner of the athos miss julle anna banshee Dan shee the boys aunt mr and mrs morris lunn of rosebank Rose bank staten island and keith and fred saunders of bay ridge N J boy friends of donald and henry the entire party were guests of john A donald president of the donald steamship company aiho sent them on the athos tor a summer vacation trip the altai towed tha athos miles passengers of the athos on landing today reported that the famine caused small mutinies among the ships crew of eighteen trouble first started among coolies over the dearth 0 tobacco and rico A helper was stabbed during oae of tho fights of the hungry crew but the officers and pas sense were t seriously menaced at ona twe atle y water to be had was ocean brine which had been boiled and condensed ona swallow a day to person was all this process furnished t andrew D whilce says the czar is ignorant of ehlis own country and is surrounded by those who misinform slim i i r 1 boston mass aug 22 the advertiser ver today prints an interview on the proposed parliament with andrew D white former ambassador to russia sir white is spending tho summer at gloucester he said in part while concessions made by the car are considerably short of hopes they appear to be the beginning ot what may prove a constitution suitable to the empire I 1 never believed in establishing a system of absolute absolu ta universal suffrage throughout the empire at the start to do that in a country where ignorance ia a rule with the peasantry would be fatal the natural result would be all sorts ot wild proceedings which would soon lead to a reaction and closing of any legislative body elected by such suffrage what would seem first to be needed in such an assembly Is a body ot men who can give information to the czar regarding his own country such information he lacks and cannot have under the system which has been in vogue since he came to the throne he knows almost nothing of russia having had no proper education for his duties and has therefore been utterly dependent upon the members of his family courtiers and favorite advisers who happened to get access to his ear there Is no denying that tha constitution ution foreshadower foreshadowed fore in the reports which have come to us thus tar la very imperfect first of all absolute autocracy remains until there Is no guarantee for carrying out what there is of good in the system save the azars czars word and that it must be confessed has not proved to be thus tar a thing on which those who have received it can rely very firmly if he would stand by his best men such for examples as mr witte in financial affairs and do martens in international affairs we might hope tor very great improvement unfortunately tuna tely there is no certainty that the same influences which have been so fatal to russia thus far in keeping these men in the background will not be equally powerful in the future the great dangers in the proposed plan are probably two first dissensions among liberal russians themselves arising from the fact that there has been no discussion allowed either through the press or through public meetings tb result of this Is that tha thinking russian developed dev elopes his own ideas with no opportunity to compare them with those of anybody elee or to submit them to any proper discussion and so virtually believes they are divinely inspire the other main danger is that the autocratic power aay at any time either alarmed by such discussions or under pretext of danger from them close the whole proceeding and the old order of things still we may hope that taxa concessions ces recently made my at any rate make it more difficult for the czar and grand dukes and the court party in general to restore the old order and may afford opportunities for bringing in a constitution which shall give really more chances for the thinking men throughout the empire to take toma part in public affairs |