The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 2, 1915, Page 7

STAR—THURSDAY, SEPT. 2, 1915. PAGE 7 THE WORLD’S MOST REMARKABLE EXHIBITION | —_— THE OLD BRITISH — CONVICT SHIP “SUCCESS” | Raised From the Bottom of Sydney Harbor Now in Seattle, at Foot of Yesler Way, on a Final Tour of the World : 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 15,000,000 (Fifteen Million) People ; Including Most of the Crowned Heads of Europe, aa and Has Received the Patronage of Many of the Leading State and City Officials and Clergy of All Denominations Since Her Arrival in America. PT Aa wees Governor Mann of Virginia Wrote: COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, RICHMOND, VA., Januai 1914, CAPT, D. H. SMITH, rier nds - < } 4 A : ee s y J § British Prison Ship “Success.” y : 4 Sina be ‘ / My Dear Sir: | write to express the pleasure | enjoyed and 4 benefit received from a visit to the “Success.” It carried one back not only to a different time, but to entirely different santi- ments in reference to those who are always talking about the good old times. In truth, the world is not only progressing, but is getting better, and many good people have waked up to the conclusion that one crime does not make a criminal or bar him ‘4 it neve \ } from becoming a good citizen and useful man. mn ; VCR . ‘ AN ee | trust that the “Succe: may be visited by many people and at A re the contrast bet the old and new methods of treating those who have violated the law result in good of society. |, and those of my party, highly appreciate the courtesies shown us while on your ship. Very truly yours, “ : F ade ii . P ot 4) WM. HODGES MANN, Governor of Virginia. Governor Foss of Massachusetts Writes: THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT BOSTON, October 28, 1912. My Dear Captain Smith: | congratulate you on the wide public interest aroused by your j Ih ‘ : eR ‘3 4 / ship in Boston. | remember with the deepest Interest the visit ae rs 1 5 ; Ze) | of inspection which | made recently. Your ship and her equip- | ment of old instruments of punishment bring to mind nothing else could the social conditions which we have outgrown during the past 100 years. | am very glad that t! people of M chusetts have had this opportunity to see the strides that have already been made toward better methods of treatment, for | think your exhibition will act as an added Incentive toward the further improvement of our institutional methods. | think you are doing a great public service by the exhibition of the rible and obsolete prieon methods. EUGENE N, FOSS, Governor of Massachusetts. hor- 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 every- where realize that in her lies a great and striking object lesson of Five the softening and civilizing influences that are now animating World Has Ever Kaown Mistery of Human human progress. A few extracts from many thousands: Governor Pothier of Rhode Island Writes: STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATION, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. My Dear Captain Smith: November 20, 1912. After my interesting visit to your ship today | am prompted to say: Public opinion in our day would not tolerate such in- human treatment of unfortunates and such cruelty as was prac- ticed in the days of the convict ship “Success.” It has become the great power of the world and ITS VOICE MAKES THRONES TREMBLE AND GOVERNMENTS ATTENTIVE, * * * | take this opportunity of thanking you for your invitation to inspect this historical vessel. Very truly yours, A. J. POTHIER, Governor of Rhode Island. s Made History Through Three C em the Terrible Stortes of the Black Hole Drea 1 Fleet of ee GS! ators America M On Mi 1912, Mr. Arthur Brisbane, the distinguished editor of the New York fn a talt-page 10tF ai, which waa reproduced in ten other leading daily papers th the Ststes, devoted his brillian Success: king he progress o' manity and civilt ribing the 1 to the people of America, Athen Oe St cruelty and atrocipus torture, when you realize they om this earth, except in isolated savage corners of the world, nes of cruelty, brutal you realize that this have disappeared foreve: where men revert to animaliem, and when you realize that these sce! ae they are, were as nothing compared with what preceded them, id DOE ce. world, DOES atveicwes what government did to the poor, the ignorant, the helple ing infinitely @orse than they were at ‘irst, even though they wére the * We ean thank God that the Convict Ship, with the nen tortured and branded, {s today an exhibition, intended to educate, and no longer @ dreadful reality, planned to punish ar f NEW YORK HERALD, March 20, 1912—"America has captured one of England's t 7 Mietoric ships, one of the most interesting vessels braving the breeze at the pr BOSTON THANSCRIPT, October 26, 1912—"Let us send this t hulk Tebuke to penal systems, around the world, She is a floating par tt an. And when che has finished her mission, search out th i¢ and there sink her and the thing she signifies in a thousa ered oblivio rea A SHINGTON TIMES, June 5, 1914—"Entirely aside from the Interest the ‘Success’ holds for the public as an example of the horrible forms of torture inflicted on criminals & century ago. the vessel {s a matter of great curlosity to naval officers and shipbullders, Secretary Daniela, Admiral Dewey and tho officers of the department of construction and re- pair of the Navy Department visited the ‘Success’ for the purpose mainly of going over the constructional details of the ship. Attorney-General McReyn¢ with Superintendent of Prisons La Dow and other officials, evinced @ great interest in the old hulk,” t soundings in oms of dishon Great Britain LONDON TIMES, April 4, 1908—"No exhibition of recent years has evoked the editorial Attention as that given to the Convict Ship ‘Suc the sole survivor of our felon fleet =ynow at the Thames Embankment. A visit to this ancient penal craft, filled with offt- celal and authentic government documents dealing with transportation of convicts to our Colories in the early part of the past century, must convince the most skeptical that our penal system was at that time a disgrace to the Mother Country.” PALL MALL GAZE’ a craft with a more int NORTHERN ECHO, the breeze today.” LLOYD'S SHIPPING GAZETTE, April 4, 1912—"The departure of this remarkable ves- se} will remove from this country an unique rello” May 28, 1913—"In all the world It would be diffioult to find history than the old teak-bullt barquentine ‘Success.’ ” uary 23, 1912—‘The most historic ship in the world braving ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, April 6, 1912—"As a relic of the days when a man would be transported for stealing a two-penny ple, and hanged for very little more, she is of remarkable interest.” STAR, April 16, 1912—"Associated with some of the most horrible episodes of penal life.” DAILY CHRONICLE, May 13, 1912—""This wooden vessel, bullt 4n 1790, with her anti- uated hull, bluff bow, square stern and high quarter deck, 1s typical {n many respects of the ancient caravel of Columbus.” 8, 1912" tory Is the most extraordinary one that could ship; It excoeds in weirdness the legend of Vanderdecken's n horrors with the wondrous phantasy of Coleridge's ‘The CORK EXAMINER, be told of the real life o Flying Dutchman, and vi Ancient Marin America DR. FRANK CRANE, the brilliant editorial writer of THE NEW YORK GLOBE, tn a lead- ing article in that paper, dated May 3, 1913, said “* © © Here you see punishment raised to Its highest power. The record of the cruel- ‘les here practiced by the English people is so frightful that no one can be blamed for not delieving it; the truth is more incredible than the wildest fiction. It ts fmposstble to believe the story, yet it is perfectly mic. ¢ * * “Out of the past this ghost ship éalle to us, Its solld oak we can touch. Ite rusty iron mana are all too tangible. Its hideous cells our feet may explore. Its appalling record books and docum we can see with our own eyes,” W YORK EVENING SUN, April 28, 1912—"One of the strangest ships in the world—e strange ship because it is hard to realize that the inhumanity of which she {s a floating re- ninder could exist under the rule of any naticn calling Itself civilized.” BOSTON TRAV y, is as the hulks they (John Boyle O'Reilly and James Jeffrey R n 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 grotings which close her hatchways and cry out to the square patch of sky above them.” ODE, Jnly 19, 19: “The ‘Success’ has created a record in Atlantic voyaging. f anything approaching her great age could even have attempted the task. nly speaks wonders for the builders of the wooden walls of olden days. It is indoubtedly the most noteworthy feat of seamanship since Christopher Columbus sailed his wallant lttle fleet to fame in 1492." On June 10, 1913, an article appeared tn THE NEW YORK EVENIN by DR. C, H. PARK was suffered on the pa and les as a heavy blot on English history, Much a reneral, the English government has shown {teelf ca turles to the record of British administration, * amusement, but an education, into any book, * * JOURNAL written RST, as followa—"The tory gathered from official sources of what age and subsequent arrival at the penal colony ts blood-curdling we may extol English character in ble of atrocities that will cling for A visit to the ‘Success’ is not an * The ship itself has more history than can be crowded The Convict Ship Will Never Again Be Seen in Seattle Your opportunity to visit her is NOW. If you do not seize it yours will be the regret at not having seen the greatest and most extraordinary exhibition that every 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 you will leave feeling better, because you live in a better age, Wealthy Americans spend millions annually visiting in Europe old castles and their prison dungeons, Today a five-cent car fare brings you alongside the oldest and most notorious floating prison the world has 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 Seattle the price of admission will be twenty-five cents. ADMISSION |THE SHIP IS NOW OPEN TO THE PUBLIC DAILY | ADMISSION 25C all parts of the vessel. 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 can be boarded direct from the dock by gangway, foot of Yesler Way. The charge of admission includes services of lecturers and guides who conduct visitors over e 25C