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Show co TWO EXCITING EXPERIENCES Washington, Nov. H. The new revenue rev-enue cutter Miami began her career as a guurdlan of the shipping of the Atlantic coast with two exciting experiences ex-periences on her maiden voyage from Newport News, Va.. to Key West, Fla., her station, where she has just arrived When ten miles out of the Charleston Charles-ton lightship, according to a report received today by Captain Bcrtholf, commandant of the service, from Captain Cap-tain Gamble of thc new culler, the Miami sighted the schooner Blanche H King of New York, flying a signal of distress. The schooner was boarded board-ed and her captain reported incipient mutiny among his crew The leader was placed In Irons. I Following this the Miami disco-cred disco-cred the three-masted schooner H. S M. Bentley of Nassau, waterlogged and with her cargo of lumber nearly all I adrift The master, his wife and three children were taken aboard the Miami, tho remainder of tho crew I provided for and the vessel towed to Key WesL-I WesL-I Tho Miami is thc sister ship or tho LJualga, which was intercepted at Port Said, on her maiden voyage around the world and ordered to assist In protecting American Ilfo and property In Turkey If necessary. |