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Show H "C. Q. P." HERO A "FRESHIE" j I Abandoning tho sea for tho law school, Capt. ' S. Inmnn Sealby, of tho White Star liner nopublic, ' Z "5 rfJwK wll,c" wcnt down ofr Natuoltot island last win- f "cfa -MccctLr 'fy) tor aftor PassenBers and crew had been rescued I through the "C. Q. D." messngos of "Jack" Blnns, 3 Ifpiwk wiroless operntor, has been oiirollcd as a fresh- ' V wl n,nn ,n tno law department of tho University of ( W ) M W Michigan nt Ann Arbor. ' i V H!mttfJ U Tho ,loro of tho ,liarlno dlsnstor that thrilled H ((iM I two continents began to reallzo tho dreams of I VivijL. n,B yutn wllon 1,0 aPPearod nt tho registrar's V nts mc'e aml niatrlculated. Years and years ago, 1 JIWm ,onB l)0foro 110 s,mfTod tho salt breeze from tho ! Wsz?' IWMw caPtu,n'B orldBO, tho master of tho Republic had ' y 41 IWfm nml)U,on8 t0 tako a courso in admiralty law. uvM. iJ , iff Ml Promotions camo, tho luro of tho ocean was i ntrong.-and CapU-Sealby would probnujy havo H i ! gone down to tho sea In ships all his days had not tho Italian steamship Florida poked Its nose out of tho fog on January 23 and rammed a holo In tho nopublic. Then camo tho drama of tho high seas that held the httontion of whole k nations for days. "C. Q. D." messages crackled through the air summoning f Btearashlps'to tho rescue. Six persons, two of them passcngors, wero killed, t '-y but the rest of the human cargo of both' crippled boats, 1.C50 lives In all, I' wero transferred to tho steamer Baltic without, mishap. Next day tho Itopub- " - Ho went down Capt, Scalby sticking at his bridge; until tho decks woro under water and.'then climbing up the mast as It sunk still lowor, refusing to abandon his boat until the last vestige was under tha wavaa. fcJ |