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New-York tribune., 1907-09-14

tonnage of 80, 500 tons. Her displacement is
$4,000 tons. The height to the funnel tops or
which there are four, is 155 feet; height to
top of masts, 216 feet
If the St. Paul Building. with its 3GS feet OF
altitude were placed on top of the Park Row
Building with its $50 feet, and the Lusitanla
placed on end alongside. she would overtop their
com bined height by over 100 feet.
She has accommodations for $50 first. 500 sec
ond and 1900 third class passengers Her pas
senger complement yesterday consisted of 4o6
first 4s3 second and .121 third class passengers,
making a total of 1000.
The lower deck of the nine decks of the Lusi-
tania is made completely watertight. II is nee
essary that there should be means of colnmuni-
cation between one watertight compartment and
those contiguous, and on the Lusitana, as on
board the Caronia and the Carmania' these
communicating doors at or below the waterlne
are of a special type. and can be closed auto
maticauy from the navigating bridge in few
seconds In all. the Lusitania has 10 water
tight commandments. that II is claimed FOR her
that she is as unsuitable ship can be
To reach the great sustained speed of % knots
the Lusitania is propelled by turbine engines OF
10000 indicated horsepower, driving four shafts
each of which carries one three-bladed propeller
of manganese bronze. The outermost shafts are
each connected with high pressure turbine. the
inner Sna1IS DtiHS fpidttu ~ tI'o ~" f4~"''1-'N
turbines
The passenger accommodation throughout is
unsurpassed. First class passengers can choose
between dining a la carte in Il white and gold
Empire salon or table d'h6te in a dining room
faced with mahogany
LIKE HUGE HOTEL.
Everything has been designed TO look as little
like a shin as possible The hreplaces quite
open The windows are shaped and Curtatned
as in a private house. The elevators are con-
veniently located in the centre Of the ship
alongside the stairways. The combined music
room and lounge are extremely beautiful Fin
ished in satinwood. with attraCtively designed
tables chairs and settees. the women may now
toin their escorts for after dinner coffee.
The regal suites consist of two bedrooms. a
dining room. reception room and bathroom.
There are Sheraton dressing tables. brocaded
settees under the windows. brass hedsteads and
the walls are adorned with tapestries
The Iusitania drew 30 feet inches In the
stern as she came into port. which practically
kept her keel on the rising tide. at least in
the Ambrose Channel six feet above bottom.
There was an effort on the part of Captain
AItx OF La Provence to take the Ambrose Chan
mel on his way up from the Hook and he would
have done so had not John p Winters. the
nilot who took La Provence. declined to come up
otherwise than by the main ship channel Whieh
DELAYED La Provence The pilot said he had no
authority TO take the Ambrose Channel me
French Line was greatly incensed over his re-
fusai as he had a right 10 take La provence
I'D the Ambrose Channel If he chose to DO So
New-York tribune., 1907-09-14
HIGHWAY CONTRACTS AWARDED.

Albany, Sept. Estate Engineer Skene
nounced to-day the award OF contracts for good
roads improvements involving expenditure OF
about SSO00OOO OF ffty-four the Stewart
kerbaugh- Stanley Company. of New York.
ceived thirty-two. The State Engineer says the
awards cover practically all OF the roads for which
proposals were received September g. and s. but
that a few instances awards have not yet been
definitely made. pending Investigations the
ability of low bidders to perform the work. The
Stewart -Kerbaugh-Shanle Company received con-
tracts in the following counties: Erie. 6: Oswego.
3; Onondaga, Cortland, Tomplxns. Jefferson and
Montgomery. each .; Madison. Putnam. Fulton.
Ulster, Monroe, Saratoga, Rensselaer,, st. Law
/ EACH
New-York tribune., 1907-09-14
REJOICING IN LONDON.
Liners Toyage Called Defeat in
Some Quarters, HO1ceUer.

London Sept. H-There apparently two views
over here of the performance Of the Cunard Line
steamer Lusitania-that she broke the record for
the quickest passage from land to land and that
she made the most speedy maiden voyage across,
the Atlantic.
These views caused 4 great popular rejoicing.
which is voiced and emphasized by almost all the
morning papers.
That the Lusitania failed to achieve what. in
spte of all official denials she set out 10 accom-
plish seems cause cbagrin in some quarters
represented by the belief of at least one important
newspaper namely. that to call attention TO the
great passage of the Lusitania does not explain
away her defeat.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-14

Boston. Sept 1s--Jesse h PomeroS. tne NJ
~ ,,Il remain IN solitary confinement at the STATS
nrson at Charlestown. according TO decision an
nounced by Governor Guild tonight Ihe hev, +
II Gle secretary OF the American Society Tor FrO
noting Criminal Anthropology. recenLS So . : :,
It, 70 Governor Guild asking that that portion OK
Ponerovs life sentence prescribing solitary conne
r,ent should be commuted- In a letter 10 MI OAa
made public tonight. the Governor says
AZ should not myself even II the co@uneii @ sn9r1 ,
rocoumend H. agree loose this hOTntcldai cIlIA
ins among the inmates with a less weight OF gun
,,nor tbeir souls with the chance also thaI COLH-
l+iS-e freedom might result In his complete es
Pane cannot even refer the matter to the coun-
CIfor Is discussion
New-York tribune., 1907-09-14
WANT J. s. wHALEN FOR GOVERNOR
Boom for His Nomination To Be Started at
Workingmen's Convention.

It was stated last evening by some OF the dele
gates to the annual convention OF the Working
mems state Federation. which begins in Syracuse
I'm "A few days that there Will be an agitation az the
convention for the nomination OF Secretary Of state
John s Xhaen for Governor. This viii be done
SO that when the campaign begins next year a
boor, for him may be we'll under way. The men
vno arc going 20 start the movement are former
labor leaders now offioeholders-
Efforts will also be made at the convention to
have James Hatch. Of the Uphosterers Union' in
dorsed for State Labor Commissioner.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-14
RELIEVED OF BLAME FOR ACCIDENT.

The verdict Of a coroners jury. returned aiteE
,,,as+isa+iors OF the rear-end collision the
second avenue elevated railroad the night or
July Is. IN which Clarence lie Suer. Of Brooklyn
was killed and twenty persons were injured was
set aside Yesterday by Coroner AcritelH and Ed
,,-,-5 D,frv night trainrnaster. and Michael
CtTrian night station inspector OF the second ave.
nue. elevated road who had each been under S-'veO
Lov sjnca the accident, discharged ana re-
iiavad OF all criminal responsibility Tor the eOi-
New-York tribune., 1907-09-14
BATTLEsHIPs LEAVE RockPoRT, MASS.

Rockport Mass Sept. 13.-The second division
of the North Atlantic fleet. under command of
Rear Admiral Charles II. Thomas. which has been
anchored in this port during the last week, left
here early to-day for Provincetown, where 1t will
New-York tribune., 1907-09-14
WANT JUDGE REMOVED.
Governor Asked TO Call Senate Session in
Broome Case.
IRv Telerranh to No Trlhune. |

Binghamton n Y. Sept. 13-lt is announced
that application was made to Governor Hughes to-
day for an extra session of the State Senate to
hear charges against County Judge Robert Par
sons
The constitution provides that It shall require
vote Of the Senate TO a county judge
after recommendations from the Governor 1t is
asserted that Investigations by the experts from
the State Controllers department have revealed
condition of affairs which is serious Several days
ago in rendering his resignation, Mr. Smith, the
Superintendent of the Poor, declared he had lent
the county judge money from the poor fund. 1t
stated that the call for special session of the
Senate will be issued next week
Albany. Sept. 13.-Among Governor Hughes's
callers to-day Senator Hinman. of Broome
County. Neither Governor Hughes nor Senator
Hnman would discuss the active rumOr that tho
latter here to ask the Governor TO consider
the calling of extra session of the Senate at
which he would recommend the removal from office
of County Judge Parsons of Broome County.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-14
Pennsylvania RAILROAD
Bulletin.
Bulletin.
lss HOURS LONDON TO milwaukee.

When Puck said he would put grdle about the earth in
forty minutes merely olymg the fairies But the cable
has done it in less the fleet steamers and the eete
locomotives reducing the crcmmundane record OF Phneas
Fogg to the tortoise class
Think of breakfast London Friday and in Milwaukee
the Friday following
It was actually done last month Here's the story from the
Tr,eung Wisconsin, August 24th
London Friday the
A the catch the
Chebourg 900 p NJ The New York
eighteen hours where they had
enminute to
the Pennsylvania Special eighteen hours to
in ChieaeoS
the Chicago Paul which arrived in Milwaukee
from the London
T. c only bv the of such trains the Pennsylvania
o1 which is known the tme-Saver that remarkable
feat of comfortable and speedy travel can be accomplished
The Special leaves New York every day at 355 2. NJ.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-14

.u,,e,o IN small gun practice The battieships OF
Tho division are the Maine, the Kentucky the ONO
The Alabama. the Illinois. the Missouri ana lhe
Kearsarge.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-06

New York.-Are the courts OF the
country turning into schools for Kip
napers?
There is this newest case, for ex-
ample, of Mrs. Maude c. Clare, of No.
20 West Eighty-fourth street. Mother
hunger proved too much for her-she
kidnapped her little boy, though he was
In the custody of another, by order OF
the court.
When the learned Judge hands down
his decision in the case of Smith VS.
Smith, does it mean that at once the
divorced father or the divorced moth
er of the little children must turn Kid
naper? Nobody consults the children,
of course.
The wise verdict has been rendered.
Mrs. Smith is free to resume her maid
en- name of Miss Jones and gets the
custody of the two little Smiths, boy
and girl. There is alimony, a decree
permitting Miss Jones to marry again,
and formal permission for the father
to see his children once in so often.
And the very first time he does see
them he steals them away-he 10
hdnaper In the eye Of the law
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-06
he three boys back In this country

the three boys back In this country
now and she can take, them where she
pleases, says a writer in the Sunday
World. Mother-love proved too much
for the courts and for Mr.. Hanna,
whom she had divorced and who has
married twice since.
Both father-love and mother-love fig.
ured in the disappearance of little
Freddie Krieger, of Chicago. He was
kidnapped twice, once by his father and
once by his mother, after two courts
had made formal orders in the case.
The boy was the son of Flora and
Bert Krieger. His father got the first
divorce, and though his mother was
supposed to see her son at stated in
tervals the father took him away to
Germany, where he placed the lad,
who was then u, with friends in Ham
burg to be educated.
Mrs. Krieger married again and be-
came Mrs. Mcdonald. Then, with
plenty of money at her command, she
resolved to hunt for the boy to the end
of the earth, despite all the orders Of
the American courts giving him into
her former husbands custody. The
trail led to Hanover, and there detec-
tives in her employ kidnapped the boy
for second time.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-06

All over the country there are being
held meetings of all sorts Of CONNER
cial bodies and nObOdies 10 arrange
to present to Congress a petition
against the parcels post system, which
it is proposed to introduce in a modi-
fed form in this country. There is
too much excitement about this mat.
ter. The truth to tell is that il would
not make much difference on the
whole country to pass or not to pass
the bill. AS it is proposed now. the
bill would not be much more than
mere excuse for a parcels post, and ii
may be that this proposition Is only
to mollify and befuddle the public
with a botch to prevent the real
growth of the parcels post idea in
this country At present the idea is to
make it operative only on rural routes
and for the patrons of outgoing routes
only. In this way, it is argued, the
rural route patrons can have small
packages brought to them from the
towns where the routes originate at a
small cost, say five cents for the first
pound, and one cent pound for larg-
er parcels. How this would unfavOr-
ably affect the local merchants inter-
ested is hard to figure out, but it is
this bobtail parcels post system that
is raising all the sand among the diff
leTent retail organizations.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-06

There are two things necessary to
get stated price for an article you
have for sale. One of them is to ask
the price and take nothing less, and
the other is to find the buyer at the,
price you ask. In the matter Of cottom
selling, there is no trouble il the breth-
rem will only hold out to the original,
proposition of 10 cents. The crop is
short this year; you hold at the price,
and your buyers will have to come
across after he gets rid of the opinion
that you will take less.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-06

During the present financial furry
the people have blamed the banks and
the banks have blamed the people,
but after all the blame rests on ali
the people about the same. A lack OF
confidence in the secutity Of things
was at the bottom Of all the trouble
The foundation of the matter lay I'm
the fact that there was considerable
loose speculation but this was. taken
advantage of by the POLITICIANS to use
it las a-mountain. on which to mount
to Office, and by the sensational news
paper writer who wanted something
new enough to sell for a. good price.
All the time there was more money
in the United States than ever before
in the comtry's history.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-06

clared, as she was taken to cell, mo
matter what you do with me. He's
safe now-far away in the south. No
body shall have him but me"
And Mrs. Cadiex went free and she
kept her boy, too, thanks to the auto
mobile.
The three Ward children have been
kidnapped twice by their father and
two of them rekidnaped by their moth
er-quite a family record
John f. Ward and his wife have
been separated for nine years. The
three little girls, Marion, Vera and
Cecilia, lived with their mother at No.
673 East One Hundred and Seventy.
fourth street. One night Mr.. Ward
went there, demanded to see his child
rem, and Mrs. Ward let him. There
was a heated argument, and the up
shot Of it was that the father took the
three little daughters away from their
mother and placed them at once in the
convent of the Holy Cross.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-06
Stole Children from Convent.

After three days search Mrs. Ward
found the girls. Several times she
tried to get at them but failed. For
days she haunted the neighborhood
Of the convent until the long vigil
made her desperate.
She saw two of her little ones,
Vera and Cecilia, playing in the yard.
In she ran and the next moment the
two were in her arms. Marion wasn't
there and the distracted mother was
afraid to wait. SO off she ran with
the two, hatless and coatless.
At once the sisters notified Mr..
Ward, but he couldn't find them
they were not at their mothers home.
The husband got a warrant, but he
couldn't find the Children-and the
mother has them still.
The records tell of countless other
cases-of how Mrs. James Cook kid
mapped her boy in carriage from right
in front of his fathers hotel in ia.
maica; how Anton Head Richards,
grandson of Eugene L. Richards, pro-
fessor of mathematics at Yale, was
kidnapped in Chicago by three men
whom Mrs. Richards declared were
emissaries of his father; how Mrs.
Montague Rolls, of Detroit, paid $1O,'
600 to get her boy back after his ia
Their had kidnapped him-there are
many more cases.
Love causes more kidnapping than
money. And the lesson is learned in
the divorce court first.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-06
River Life at Manila.

Manilas distinctive feature among
the cities of the planet is the river life
to be encountered on the Pasig, the
sluggish stream which flows through
the metropolis of the American IN.
dies" In this respect Manila is only
eclipsed by Canton, China, where the
Pearl river floats a city of unknown
population running into the tens OF
thousands, says a writer in Leslie's
Weekly. Over $4,000 Filipinos live or
the Pasig, and very few of them ever
come ashore-whole generations live
and die on the sluggish waters Of the
river.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-06
OFF in the Automobile.

At the ring of the bell the little fell
lows fell in line to march to the re.
fectory for supper. When the moment
came Mrs. Cadiex jumped from the car
while the chauffeur kept his hand on
the wheel She seized the child and
before his astonished playmates could
raise an alarm she had him in her auto
and was off in cloud of dust.
She was followed to New York and
arrested at her home, No. 1913 West
Thirty-ninth street. But the boy was
not to be found.
I'm going to keep him." she de-
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-06
ONE OF THE VICTIMS.
Old Maids Interest in the Tale Did
Not Last Long.

BY and by the train came along to
where cyclone had passed two days
before, uprooting trees and leveling
fences and sweeping houses off the
face of the earth, and young man
who had passed through the tragedy
got aboard. OF course, we were all
anxious to hear all about it, but a
woman 40 years old, who was evident
ly an old maid was more anxious than
any of the rest She got the young
man down beside her and began:
Now, you must tell me just hewitt
occurred, and what you thought and
did. Where were you when the cyclone
came?'
In farmhouse, maam."
Asleep"
mo, ma'am. was sitting up, courtt
ing a girl"
Hum! Sitting up at midnight, eh?''
"Yes'm. Sally was sitting On my lap
and l had my arm around her waist
when we heard a great roaring and
Il don't care to hear any more, sir!'I
announced the old maid as she stiffly
drew herself up and hitched along!
Don't you want to hear how the.
house VENT"
mo, sir"
"AHd how Sally was blown right off
my knees, leaving me there with no
body to hold?"
mo, sir!"
There came an awful roaring and
one of her shoes was found mile
away observation-disclosures"
And then we dragged him of to the
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-06

Keep It In mind that the county
mass meetings are to take place on
December 14th, and that the National
meeting will take place on January
.7th. Go to both meetings If you can,
but at any rate be present at your
county meeting. You may not be
needed, but if you are it is a mighty
good plan to be in a handy place as
soon as you are wanted always.
Have you any new things up your
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-06
THE SYSTEM is WHOLLY WRONG

What mean the vacant lots in the
ridst of towns and cities. Why skip
them and build beyond? Land Specu.
Ia;ion is the answer. The owners do
not wish to build, neither will they
sell, as they expect prices to so high
or. Hence the builders, the really
uaefu: people, must settle farther out
from the center, and the city spreads
over an unnecessarily large area, in
crcasing the cost OF streets, water
mains. phone and light service, esc.
The same applies to Tie farming dis.
tricts as well Why is speculative
Iand-hold,ng tolerated at all in civi-
lzed communities?
The man without land and without
money to buy land has 30 legal right
to live on the earth except as those
who hold the land convey him that
right. And they generally see to il
that he pays in hard labor the market
price before they grant him the right.
That's why they acquire and hold
more land than they can use. 1t gives
them the power to sell to their fellow
beings the right to exist. The law al
lows it, but is it right? VIII men al
ways consent to pay price In sweat
and toll for earth room which is theirs
by right Of birth?-FarmerS Journal
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-06
Mrs. Hanna's Victory.

Then there was the famous case Of
the Hannas. Mrs. Dan R. Hanna, wife
If the son of the late Senator Mark
Hanna. was forbidden by the courts
If Ohio to take the children out of
their jurisdiction. For an answer she
promptly took the three boys straight
to New York, hid herself in the Hol-
land house, escaped from little host
of deputy sheriffs and process servers,
and calmly sailed for Europe, despite
all the DEGREES of the court.
She had learned her lesson. Mother
love rose above the mandates of the
law And she has won. too. She has
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-06

The successful farmer of today
keeps his books and can tell In a min,
ute where he stands in financial way
He has just as much need of it as the
business man. In fact, the only kind
of farming that pays is the kind that
is run strictly on business principles.
If the results of recent years in the
farming world have demonstrated any.
thing, it is the fact that farming is a
science and an exact one at that
Terrell Transcript.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-06

The trolley line, the telephone and
the rural delivery of mail leaves only
one thing due the farmer that he can't
get by himself, and that is good roads.
He can make himself good split log
drag, and can set an example that will
soon give him this last great blessing.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-06

Al Union men know that 1t is
easier to keep stock of all sorts we'll
than It is to get them well after they
have heen sick; also It is easier to
keep them in good order than it is
to get them in shape after they have
been run down by starvation and cold.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-06

The Union to do the work for which
1t was created must stick close to the
lines upon which it was originally or.
ganized and not go off after any silly
theories that attempt to run the whole
gamut of commerce and manufactures.
Let farmers farm; let merchants make
the ways Of commerce their road, and
let the manufacturers stick to their
lines of trade, and let the Unions keep
their eyes peeled and get square deal
from all of them. Co.,.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-06

What this age needs more than any
thing else is the impressive preaching
Of the gospel of content. Not that
sort of content, that comes from an
Dizziness, but the godiy content that
comes from the heart oil. the man who
has made reasonable endeavOr to help
himself and those whom he may be
able to help, and who has no desire.
to own the whole shOOtin' match
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-06

This is another fine week for fight.
ing the implement trust by putting
away all your tools and implements in
a dry place and greasing them up so
that they won't rust, and so that they
will be ready in your own shed next
spring instead of in the dealers ware
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-06

Texas has been struck amidshipS
with a peanut boom. Thousands or
acres are to be planted this spring II
reports of the daily press are to be
believed. Plant all of EN- you want to,
if you plant plenty of pigs and pouL-
try to consume EN- If the price hap
pens to take a tumble.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-12-06

Get together and talk over the neigh
borhoOd crops for the coming year
and try to have some sort Of CO.
operation in buying seed, raising, har-
veSting and marketing your crops.
That is what the Union stands for.