Show NAGEL WILL NOT THE RULES WILL ENFORCE STRINGENT REGU LATIONS ADOPTED AS RESULT OF THE TITANIC refuses to permit steamers except in ill southern waters to travel after september 16 without dent clent lifeboats and rafts washington secretary nagel of the department of commerce and labor on wednesday practically killed tho the plan to modify the stringent steamboat regulations adopted by tho the depart ment ot of commerce and labor shortly alter after tho the titanic disaster lie he roused reused to permit const coastwise wise steamers and lake bay sound and river at steamers oani except in southern waters to travel after september 15 without life afo boats and rafts sufficient 0 to o protect all passengers and crew mr nagel granted permission for lake bay gulf and river steamers to ply in southern waters with lifeboats i and rafts enough to accommodate at ono one time GO 60 per cent of tin thi passengers gers and crew tho the line at which this modification If will apply was fixed at the thirty third degree of latitude about the location of charleston S C danser danger below that latitude mr nagel says saya Is not so groat as it would be farther north and he does not desire to work any great hardship upon ship owners where protection la Is sufficient fici ent |