| Show Recent Monroe Dis Disaster lster Will Hasten New Laws for Vessels Vess ls When Safety Congress Meets W WASHINGTON Feb 3 Although h ratification of ot the convention con of ot the Inter Inter- national congress on safety of ot 11 Ufo life fo at t 8 sea a has not yet ct been mado made a part tart of ot the administrative legislative program It is believed ed hero today that prompt a. a action will bo be tAken token by the senate when hen the convention l la Is laid It February 15 Tho recent nt dl disaster r off tho the Virginia coast Is expected to hasten action on the treat treaty which will serve to make mak the tho Ideas Iden of or the tho convention tho the Jaw law for Cor or ships which sail from roni American ports port Legislation will ben be bo n necessary to penalize violations of at tho time terms of tho the convention but It Is believed that con congress r will act quickly quick to prevent If IC J possible disasters c of oC this sort In tho the future Th Tim Tho convention goca gosa OC Into great i detail on the subject of ot safety aret of oC life at sea It first t J takes up the construction of or ships aJon along stauncher lines than at nt present It provides rules for or moro more careful navigation tion and demands better equipment for far steamships en engaged In passenger traffic Its exact language has hal not been made mado public but It became known today that among the time requirements will be more wat watt night compartments hl higher her bulkheads bulkheads bulk bulk- heads extending to these compartments compartment Lt higher decks sufficient lifeboat and arid life life- raft equipment nt to caro care for tor all passengers and continuous wireless on all steamships a 0 ous Otis watch by operators Wireless ap apparatus ap ap- shall have at least a a. mile radius and storage batteries must be pro- pro i to tak fA of tho In camy cRA of ot Injury or flooding of ot a tl steamers steamer's 8 en engine ne room mom On tho the subject of or lifeboats tho the convention convention con con- In most specific Every l passenger er ship mu must t carry three I life Un boatmen for forthe tho the smallest dze boat and when motorboats motorboats motorboats motor- motor boats aro used men trained to run rim them must be employed Tho The convention provides provides provides pro pro- vides lifeboats that will wili carry persons but It Is not believed that they will bo ho found t practical It was pointed out toda today that the principal argument against sue such lIuch large arJe boa boats was the fact that If It one ono la is is destroyed It would at once put an un extraordinary extraordinary extra extra- ordinary demand for space on tho the other boats Another feature of or the time convention Is the tho demand for or l safer navigation on the hl high h seas It provides for tor or slower ver sp speed ed edat at night and will force torce tho big transAtlantic transAtlantic transAtlantic trans- trans Atlantic companies to steer ste-cr away away from tho the Iceberg regions where tho the met her fate In times when such bergs aro are to bo be found round The convention Is IB to make an nn appeal to tho business instincts of or the tho steamship companies by providing that a n vessel which provides more safety than It d de demands do- do mands shall be given si some somo sort of mar mark markor of or honor on Its certificate It Is expected that most lines linen will take advantage M of oC this and use the honor mark for Cor advertising advertising adver adver- tiring purposes The convention declares claT that a ship hip Isa Isa Is Isa a passenger ship If Ie It carries Ics twelve perSons persons per per- sons In addition to Its Us crew If IC cloven cleven It is a a. freighter Ships which do not comply with Its terms will be pariahs In tn inthe tho the ports of ot tho the world orld and will not be permitted to tn sail MIL |
