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Recognition for Bravery Merited by Captain HE Lake Carriers’ association, Cleveland, has filed a claim with the Carnegie Hero Fund commission on behalf of Capt. Charles Mohr, mas- ter of the steamer WILLIAM NELSON of the Valley Camp Steamship Co.’s fleet, Cleveland. Application for the congressional medal has also been made to the government by George A. Marr, secretary of the association. Captain Mohr, who has figured in five rescues on the Great Lakes, sav- ing 27 lives, performed an act of un- usual heroism when the schooner OUR Son, the last of the old time sailing vessels on the Great Lakes, foundered on Lake Michigan on Sept. 26 last. A terrific storm was raging when he sighted the disabled schooner flying distress signals and although he feared for the safety of his own ship and had sent out a call for assistance, he made his way to the doomed schooner. Coast guards had vainly tried to reach the sinking vessel and Captain Mohr had to circle her three or four times, pouring oil on the sea, before he could come up alongside. The schooner sank a few minutes after her crew of seven men had been tak- en off. The carferry PERE MARQUETTE 22, which an- swered Cap- tain Mohr’s distress signal, arrived mean while and stood by but the crew of the Our Son was_ rescued before the car- ferry could render any actual help. Other rescues in which he partici- pated were as follows: seven per- sons were taken from a _ sinking launch on Georgian Bay on June 6, 1922; rescued three men from the yacht VALENCIA on Lake Erie on Noy. 12, 1926; rescued four men from the yacht Miuprep, of Erie, during a snow storm on Nov. 23,.1927, the yatch sink- ing shortly after; rescued six from an overturned motor boat on Lake Erie on July 25, 1929. Captain Mohr is 53 years old and lives at 1510 Coutant avenue, Lake- wood, O. He has been a Great Lakes captain for 22 years, commanding ships in the Valley Camp fleet for more than five years. Bremen Makes Record Trip A world’s record passage from Bre- men to New York was established on Jan. 20 when the North German Lloyd liner Bremen docked at her Brooklyn pier, having made the passage in six Capt. Chas. Mohr 48 days and three hours, thus beating by three hours the pest crossing of her sistership, the Europa, from her home port. The crossing from Cher- bourg breakwater, however, was four hours slower than the Europa’s best Bulk Cargo Movement Shows Big Decrease HE 1930 season registered the smallest total movement of bulk cargo on the Great Lakes since the year 1924, ac- cording to a report issued by the Lake Garriers association. Compared with the season of 1929, the decrease for this year amounted to over 25,000,000 net tons. It should be borne in mind, however, that the year 1929 established an all-time rec- ord for lake commerce. Gen- erally depressed conditions in industry, resulting in drastic curtailment of the demand for Lake Superior iron ore, ac- counted for the greatest loss. The movement of ore for the past year was 28.56 per cent be- low that for the season of 1929. The wheat movement for 1930 stands as the lowest since 1920. “Figures for the 1930 bulk cargo movement are given in the . table below. time of four days, 17 hours and six minutes. The ship left Bremen about six hours late at 5 p.m. on Jan. 14 and made the passage from that port to Cherbourg in the record time of 21% hours, as against a normal time for the Europa or BREMEN of approximate- ly 30 hours. The time of the world’s fastest passage from Bremen includes five hours of delay at Southampton, Cherbourg and at quarantine. W. 4H. lLandgrebe, chief hull draftsman of the American Ship Building Co., died suddenly of phle- bitis on Jan. 16. Mr. Landgrebe had been associated with the American Ship Building Co. for over 30 years and was well known. Made Supervising Engineer of M. A. Hanna Company ILLIAM T. TURNER has been appointed supervising engineer of the M. A. Hanna Co. to succeed Douglas Brews, who retired recently, Mr. Turner was formerly superintend- ent of the New York Oil Storage ¢ Transfer Co., Bayway, N. J., having joined the company in 1924. Born in Scotland, he served his ap. prenticeship with Scott’s Shipbuild- ing & Engineering Co., Greenock, from 1905 to 1910, serving an additional year as draftsman. His education in. cluded a four years’ course in naval architecture at the Royal Technical college, Glasgow. From 1911 to 1915 he was assistant marine superintend- ent of the Anglo-American Oil Co., Ltd., London, the work comprising design and specifications for new ton- nage, repairs, special surveys, under- writers’ claims, vessel inspection and technical evidence in law cases. He joined the army in 1915 as a sapper, Royal engineers, retiring with the rank of major in 1919, latterly hay- ing served as deputy assistant direc- tor in the controller’s department of the admiralty, being responsible for the construc- tion of and re- pairs to. sey- eral types of auxiliary ves- sels. In 1919 Mr. Turner came to New York as repre- sentative of Wilton’s Engi- neering & Slip- way Co. of Rotterdam and Burmeister & Wain, Copen- hagen, and act- ed as surveyor and superintendent to British and American shipowners. William T. Turner Tolls amounting to $2,192,583.85 were collected from 495 commercial vessels that passed through the Pana- ma canal in December, compared with - tolls of $2,309,030.88, December, ’29. Bulk Cargo Movement---1930 Shipments on the Great Lakes for Last Year Com- pared with Ten Preceding Years Iron ore Co Year Gross tons net ria LOBOS ee 46,582,982 38,07 O29 Sie 65,204,600 baci ors TO 28 oiocecpauas 53,980,874 84,828,002 1927 51,107,136 84,794,291 58,537,855 81,011,544 54,081,298 28,127,359 42,623,572 25,860,515 59,036,704 33,137,028 5 LV) IRIS pare re 42,618,726 19,868,925 2: eh eae 22,300,726 26,660,652 1920 ees 58,527,226 26,409,710 Grain, various kinds Stone Total net tons net tons net tons 9,841,497 12,432,628 112,519,125 10,021,099 16,269,612 138,574,441 16,372,116 15,677,551 127,331,248 14,692,536 14,088,876 120,760,195 12,087,816 12,628,244 121,289,502 13,320,846 11,351,948 113,370,707 15,222,787 9,225,624 98,047,827 11,850,446 9,920,422 121,029,004 14,267,020 7,592,137 89,455,455 12,470,405 3,925,705 68,038,575 6,736,348 7,821,980 106,518,531 | Re ee Seeysninseensnensnemsnscinnsinsnsninhssosorannsihssamnisaeos is tists MARINE REVIEw—February, 1931