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THE MORNING OREGON1AN. TinTltSfiAT, AUGUST 5, 1015. Tlie WORLD'S Most Remarkable EXHIBITION THE OLD BRITISH 7V7 GfMCf Sit Raised From the Bottom of Sydney Harbor Now in Portland at Yamhill Street Dock on a Final Tour of the World ... . ...... . , , i The Oldest Ship Afloat (Launched 1790 A. D.) and Only Remaining Prison Ship of England's Felon Fleet This Wonderful Vessel Has Been Visited by Over 15,080,000 (Fifteen Million) Peopl e Including Most of the Crowned Heads of Europe, and Has Received the Patronage of Many of the Leading State and City Officials and Clery of AH Denominations Since Her Arrival in America. -aaaan T a" rii.niiiT'-ITW'fr ' ''tu . . - . jf jp x i i b i .. ijtf i im . t jm . v tw .m '-,tfri-.'-rj-j. :sxyv ami firm id wva j mmjmmm This Wonderful Vessel Has Made History Through Three Centuries She Marked the Bslaala and tbe Ka4 af Easts ad' a Wouatrea Penal System. ke Maa Held l.arlrf llarrara aaJ Drrailfal lalaaltlra RrtMe t al-h Etc the Terrible Bterle f tfce Blark Hale f Vmtrwtta a Spaalak laqaUKIan I'ala lata laalca If iraare. J Mie l tar iildrat ala la tae w arid aad faa Ualr t.eavic-1 saipj I eil aiini uii i aai umiiu r wfi si Ort Hrlla Wak-b Kallrd the Vrn la 1?M A. U. be la Ikraaasrd Aflrr All Tkrw lnra, ebinc Brlas Oaltt bat Her lliaaarclfll ana xaelr jmirerla tbe t'rarKtea aaa Barharltlra I'raetlrea I 1km. AkMH Her Are .New Mian a. la Tbe4r Ortclaal Mtatr. All thf Arrleaa Daaarona and CaaaVmne (Telia, the Wlllir- ta Paata. tbe Mawln. the Hraalaa Irena. the nUhaient Ball, the Ladn-Tipe Cat-a'-lae Talla, Ike affla Batb aa4 the other r'leaaiab lavcntlaaa at Hal's Bratalltr ta bla Kellow-Maa. Kraaa Keel ta Tanataat -ke Crlea Aland the Ureateat Laaaa the VarM Hn Eev Kaatra la the Hlatorr at Hut Governor Mann of Vir ginia Wrote: COMMOIf WEALTH OK VIRGINIA GOVERNOR'S OFFICER RICHMdD, VA, Jannarr XI, 1814. CAPT. D. H. SMITH, Brltlik Prlaen hl) Saeeesa." ' Mr near Sfrl I write te exvrcxa the pleasure I enjoyed aad 'benefit reeeleerf front a Tl!t ta the "Sveeetw.'' It carried one back not only to a dif ferent time, bat to entirely different aenttmenta In reference to tboae -rrho are aljjaya talklns; about the stood aid time, la truth, the world la not only progreaafnar, but la Itettlnit setter, and many (tood people have waked tip ta the conclusion that one crime doea not make a criminal or bar him front beeomlna; a arood cltlaen and naeffnl mant I trnat that the "Saceesa' may be vlalted by many people and the contrast between the old and new methoda Of treating those who have violated the law reanlt In arood of society. I, and those ef my party, hla-hly appreciate the eonrrtealce ahowa na while an year ship. Very trnly yotrra. Wit. HODGES MANN. Governor of Virginia. Cl-rj; Governor Foss of Massa chusetts Writes: THB COMMONWEALTH OK MASSACHUSETTS, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. S BOSTON. October 2S, 1912. My Dear Capt. Smith I congratulate you oa the wide public Interest aroused by your ahlp fat Btoa. I remember with the deepest Intereat the visit of Inspection which I made recently. Ton ahlp and her equipment of eld fastrumeata of punishment brfna; to mind aa nothing elae coald the social conditions which we have entsrrown dnrlnc the past 100 years. I am very alad that the people af Masanehnaetts have had ft I opportunity to See the strides that have already been made toward better methoda of treat ment, for I think yonr exhibition will act aa an added Incentive toward the farther Improvement af enr Institutional methods. I think yon nre do le a meat pnblle service by the exhibition of theae horrible and obsolete prison methods. EUGENE N. KOSS. Governor of Mass. What the Presses of Two Continents Say of the Convict Ship "Success" No other exhibition ever received the publicity -accorded by the world's press to the "Success.' Leaders of public opinion everywhere realize that in her lies a great and striking object lesson of the softening and civilizing influences that are now ani mating human progress. A few extracts from many thousands: Governor Pothier of Rhode Island Writes: STATU OK RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATION. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, My Dear Capt. Smith i November 20,-1912. After my Intereatlna; visit to your ship today I am prompted to any: Pnblle opinion In our day would not tolerate snch lnbnmaa treatment of un fortunates and such cruelty as wad practiced In the dais of the convict ship "Success." Is haa be come the err eat power of the world and ITS VOICE MAKES THRONES TREMBLE AND GOVERN MENTS ATTENTIVE. I take thle op portunity of thanklns yon for your Invitation to Inspect tbta historical vessel. Very truly yours, A. J. POTHIER. Governor of R, I. America im a mt Me i.rkn, Dri.ii.n. ih. At mi le truUhod ariltnr of the Near Tork Jour nal, la a full-pare editorial, which was reproduced In ten othtr leading; daily paper. Ihranrhnnl lh. Ml,.. A9MA h f hrMli.nl nn in m nlcturo of the Convict SlllD "RUCCC aa a vivid and sirlklna lison in the nrosrresa of humanity and civilisation. Describing- the Convict Ship as a sad but valuable lesson to the people of America, he wrote: -Wnen you study tnese scenes of cruelty anil atrocious lonure. wncn jo inci have disappeared forever from this earth, except in Isolated savage corners of the world, whi-r. men r.vrt to animalism. ant when vnu realise that these scenes of Cruelty, brutal aa they are. were aa nothing; compared with what preceded them, you realixe that this world DOEd advance. - It shows what srovernment did to the poor, tne ifnorani. me neipiess maklnr them Infinitely worse than they were at flrit. even though they were the worst of criminals. We can than Ood that the Convict Ship, with the men tortured and branded, la today an exhibition, intended to educate a,nd no lonaer a dreadful reality, planned to punish and brutallse." NEW YORK HKR1LD, March M, 113 ."America haa captured one of England's most historic ships, one of the moat Interest Ine vessels bravinlt the breese at tht present day.' BOSTO TRANSCRIPT, October X, II3 "Let us rend this convict hulk, this eloquent rebuke to penal systems, around the world. She Is a floatlnx parable of the crimes of man aaainst man. And when she has Anlahed her mission, search out the deepest sound in as In the Tactile and there sink her and the thins she atgnlrirs in a thousand fathoms of dis honored oblivion." WAMTN TIMES, Jane S, 1I4 "Kntlfely aside from the Interest the Success' holds for the pnblle aa an example of the horrible forms of torture Inflicted on criminals a cen'ury ao, the vessel Is a matter of treat curiosity to naval officers and shipbuilders. Fecretary taniels. Admiral xeejr fcni tne orricera or tne aepartmeni oi conmrucuon ana repair of the Navy fepartment visited the Success for the purpose mainly of (rolng over the cons of Prisons Great Britain LONDON TIMES, April 4, IPOS "No exhibition of recent year haa evoked tne editorial attention as that Riven to the Convict Ship 'Success the sole survivor of our felon fleet now at the Thames Embankment. A visit to this ancient penal craft tilled with official and authentic government documents dealing with trans portation of convicts to our Colonies In the early part of the rst century, must convince the most skeptical that our penal system was at that time a disgrace to the Mother Country." , PALL MAI.L OAZETTE, May 2S. 1S13 "In all the world it would be difficult to find a craft with a more Interesting; history than the old teak-bnllt barquerf tlne 'Success.' " America NORTHERN ECHO. February 23, 1911 braving the breexe today." . "The most historic ship in the world of the Navy repartment visited the Success for the purpose mainly of (rolng over nstructlonal detail of the snip. Attorney-General Mcfteynold. with Superintendent ions La, Dow and other officials, evinced a great interest In the eld hulk." LLOYD'S SHIPPING GAZETTE. April 4, 112 "The departure of this remarkable vessel will remove from this country an unique relic. ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, April . 1912 "As a relic of the days when a man would be transported for stealing; a two-penny pie, and hanged for very little more, she Is of retnark ible Interest." STAR. April is, 112 "Associated with some of the most horrible episodes of penal life." DAILY CHRONICLE. May IS, 1013 "This wooden vessel, built in 1790. with her antiquated hull, bluff bow, square stern and high quarter deck, is typical In many respecta of the ancient caravel of Columbus." CORK EXAMINER. May s. mis "Her story ts the most extraordinary one that could be told of the real !ie of a ahlp; it exceeds in welrdness the legend of Vanderdecken's Flyina- Dutchman, and vies in horrors with the wondrous phantasy of Coleridge's The Ancient Jlariner.-" DR. PRANK CRANE, the brilliant editorial writer of the NEW TORK GLOBE, in a leading article in that paper, dated May 3. 1913. said: Here you see punishment raised to its highest power. The record of the cruelties here practiced by the English people is so frightful that no one can be blamed for not believing it; the truth is more Incredible than the wildest fiction. It la Impossible to believe the story, yet It is perfectly authentic. "Out of the past this rhost ship sails to us. Its solid oak we can touch. Its rusty Iron manacles are all too tangible. Its hideous cells our feet may explore. Its appallinc record books and documents we can see with our own eyes." NEW TORK EVENING SUN, April sit, 1013 "One of the strangest ships tn the world a strange ship because it is hard to realize that the inhumanity of which she is a float ing reminder could exist under the rule of any nation calling itself civilised." BOSTON TRAVELER. June 16. 1012 "The 'Success." today, is as the hulks they (John Boyle O'Reilly and James Jeffrey Roche) pictured; the same In her barred cells, the same in her gibbet-halter, the same in all ways except that the prisoners are not Inside her to clutch the gratinpts which close her hatchways and cry out to the square patch of sky above them." BOSTON GLOBE. July IS, 101!! "The 'Success' has created a record In Atlantic voy aging. No other ship of anything approaching her great age could even have attempted the task, and it certainly sneaks wonders for the builders of the wooden walls of olden days. It is undoubtedly the most noteworthy feat of seamanship since Christopher Columbus sailed his gallant little fleet to fame in 1492." On June lo. 11. an nrtlcle appeared In tke NEW YORK EVENING JOURNAL written bv DR. C. H. PARKIIl'RST. a follows "The story gathered from official sources of what was suffered on the passage and subsequent arrival at the penal colony is blood curdling and lies as a heavy blot on English history. Much as we may extol English character in general, the English government has shown itself capable of atrocities that will cling for centuries to the record of British administration. A visit to the 'Success' is not an amusement, but an education. The ship Itself has more his tory than can be crowded into any book. The Convict Ship Will Never Again Be Seen in Portland Your opportunity to visit her U NOW. If you do not seise it yours will be the regret tt not having seen the greatest and most extraordinary exhibition that erer visited your city. When you walk her decks grooved with the chains of her miserable victims, the past will speak to you its sad and mournful lesson, but yoo will leave feeling better, because yoo live in a better age. Wealthy Americans spend millions annually visiting in Europe old castles and their prison dungeons. Today a five-cent carfare brings you alongside the oldest and most notorious floating prison the world haa ever known. Do not miss this profound illustration of the most vital factors in the betterment of the age. During the short period of the ship's stay in Portland the price of admission will be ' ADMISSION 2Se OPEN TODAY, THURSDAY, at 1 0 'CLOCK Mayor Albee with other invited City Officials will come aboard at 10:30 A; M. for a private inspection. The Ship will Open to the Public from 1 o'clock onward and daily thereafter from 9 A. M. to 10 P. M. NOTE The Convict Ship is lighted throughout by electricity and can be inspected by night as well as by day and canJbe boarded direct from the dock by gangway, Foot of Yamhill Street ..The charge of admission includes services of lecturers and guides who conduct visitors over aU parts of the vessel. ' , ADMISSION