The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-13
DID COLUMBUS
VIOLATE CIVIL LAW
Opponents of Scheme to Canon
ize DiscOycrer of America
Say He Did.
THAT HE LIKEWISE
VIOLATED CHURCH LAWS
Devout French Catholics Are
Urging the Pope to Act
on Paper.
BY FAUL vILLIERS.


BY FAUL VlLLlGkS.
Special Cable TO The Tribune.
PARIS. Nov. l2.--Devout French Cath
olics vho revere the memory of Chris
topher Columbus arc urging the pope
to csnonze the great discovcrer OF the
American continent. The proposition
was broachcd many years ago But
those who supported this movement met
With almost insurmountablc difficulties
for the required conditions could not be
found in the life of Columbus The con-
ditions are that one must always have
led sanity life and performed at least
two miracles. Besides, the cause OF tue
person proposed for canonization must
be presented by a bishop living where
the proposed saint lived, or In the place
where no was buried. Now. there WAS
no American bishop when Columbus dis-
covered the country. Ii Is not propspil,n,
that the advocates pf csnonization VIII
succeed: both churchmen and inf'uen,
! tisl laymeu arc opposed. One OF Inc most
influential opponents Of the proposed idca
is professor in the seminary OF Rome
Abte Sanguineti. In the two psmphleta
he wrote, he says there was An event
In the life OF Columbus which was r.
violation OF the laws of the church and
| a violation Of civil laws.
Railway Strike CollapseB.
| Tho railway strike was an ngly event,
It's sudden aud ignominlons collapse
| The movement was spasmodic, ili-con-
sidered and illorganized. Apparently
| the strikers did not quite mean business
| this time They went ont in a hurry
with the idea of a fight to a finish. They
had not made sure Of the support oil inc
populace. Some men who have gone INTO
| tho causes of the trouble think the gov
ernment erred in calling come OF the
strikers to serve In the army during the
| strike. They say that policy OF the gov
| ,t,ti tg rrstf
an almost unanswerablo argument that
| the army is an instrument for their en-
slavcment. Hencefor,h socialists will de-
| vote themselves with rndouhled energy to
| teaching the soldier that the state has
no right to employ him against his own
comrades: that his military service is
given for the protection OF his country
against foreign enemies. not for the pro-
| mands OF native workmen. The anti
military spirit il strong enough i'll the
republic already without such Incentives
as have now been administered to II.
Airship Accidents.
Fatal airshnp accidents occur almost
| daily and yet for every one who is killed
there are ten ready to run the same
risks, The women are as enthusiastic as
the men. Nine, de L.arochc who took
| part in an aviation contest last July.
| leg crushed. She remained at Rheims
| to be taken care of. and after three
months Of great suffering has come back
| here but Will be unable to walk for sew
era weeks. and yet is determined 10
continue her flights Unlike Mmc. de
Laroche, Nine. Edmond Rostand: Tho
| wife of the noted author. does not intend
| TO have her husbands thigh and arm In
a sling. When Tabuteau flew he passed
| over Rostand's house at Cambo, in the
| Pyrenees. The exhibition so impressed
the creator OF "Cyrano de Bergerac" that
| he composed r sonnet in honor of the
| flight and also decided 10 buy an aero
plane Nine. Rostand stopped In. She
did not mind her good hubby writing
airship sonnets. but she drew the risht
line at any slsylar]k'ng on his part
| Eostand begged and entrcated. and even
| enlisted his sons services to change her
mind. Nine. Rostand, however. remained
like adamant. The author will not fly
New Army Laws.
The new army laws have Increased the
artillery Of each French army corps by
| raised the total number OF guns In each
corps to 120. The new organization was
| tried for the first time In Picardy and
proved very satisfactory, The army re-
tains the system of corps artillery. Each
| corps has three artillery briEades, eacr
! Of three batteries. placed under the di,
rect orders or each OF the two divisional
| generals. and four brigndes. each OF three
| batteries. placed under the direct orders
Of the army corps commander. These
guns are 75mm, quick frcrs. There are
|
the heavy batteries OF 120 and 1S6mm
arc army organs, not directly at the dis
possl OF corps commanders 1t is gen
| orally conceded by the best military
teral and training Frances artillery is
unrvaled. A longer experience OF the
quick firing gun. and the fact that 1t is
peculiarly suited 10 French temperament
account. Recently a battery at prac-
tice camp has been seen to open fire at
$500 meters against targets representing
| Infantry concealed below the slope of q
hill, to complete the practice in two and
one half minutes, and TO obtain 90 pei
cent OF hits.
Aeroplanes in War
Two military experts have written in
teresting articles concerning the employ
men, of aeroplanes in war The first
| of these deals with experiments made by
officers OF Chalais- -Meudon In destroying
dirigibIes, The method employed was to
drop arrows: each carrying a small eX-
plosIve charge. which burst on coming in
contact with the envelope of the balloon
| setting fire to the gas. A number OF
| small captive balloons were secured
around Eiffel tower and the arrows were
dropped on them by hand from The tlrs'
| stage In every case the arrows e%plod-
cd destroying the balloons The idea
IS that an aeroplanc. or diriglole with
emy's dirigible and drop the arrows upon
IL. The other article deals with tho en-
p,oyment OF aeropanes as lighting ma
chimes.
Machines as Fighters.
The writer begins by pointing ont that
aeroplanes have made lights OF sixty
miles carrying two passengers. II il is
possible 10 do this II would ne equally
possible for the aviator to carry n guam
tity Of bullets equal to the weight OF the
two passengers. These need not bc fired
from gun, because bullets, only require
10 be al a sufficient height 10 acquire
sufficient velocity on reaching the ground
10 kill men and horses. Even the aviator
flying above massed trooos could release
clouds OF missiles. and probably cause
casualties. He could fly q long way in
side the eneinys position. not among the
collected in thick masses ON the march,
or even soldiers in camp, In favorable
circumstances an aerop)ane could make