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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-08-19
day by former residents of Central

day by former residents of Central
America,
At the time Moissant was sojourning
in Honduras it was told, today by a
Nicaraguan, a tramp steamer loaded
with cargo valued at something like
100000, was cast ashore during a
storm and abandoned. That night in
the teeth of the gale Moissant made
his way alone to the steamer in
small dugout and took possession of
the vessel.
In the morning the storm abated and
the ships captain, accompanied by
members of the crew and an agent of
the line, rowed out to the ship, which
had withstood the pounding of sea and
wind, but which was held fast on a
sunken reef in the outer harbor There
was some parleying and the skipper
rowed back to shore to inform the
American, consul and the authorities
that, Moissant claimed the ship and
her cargo as salvage and had threat
ened to -'blow the head off the first
man who tries to come aboard"
There was a second expedition to the
ship, this time with the American con-
sui and some native soldiery, but
Moissant refused to be impressed, and
to show his sincerity of purpose shot
a hole through the sombrero of the
FINALLY sURRENDERs
The expedition to recapture the
stranded steamer returned to shore for
reinforcements of artillery, but during
the night another storm, more severe
than the first, swept the harbor and
completed the wreck of the tramp.
When daylight broke the vessel was
seen to have foundered. Moissant was
taken off latersby the American con-
sui, who found him dashed to the top
most rigging Of the steamer, which
emerged only few feet above the
water.
Previous to this exploit Moissant was
reported as handling rapid fire gun
for the Nicaraguans in an attack on
Salvador during one of the recent out
breaks there The Moissant brothers.
George, Alfred and John, and two sis
ters for many years had interests val
ued at several hundred thousand dol
lars in Salvador. In 1907 George and
Alfred Moissant were arrested and i'm
prisoned on charges of aiding and
abetting the revolutionists of Saliva
dor and with having secreted the rev.
dictionary general, Escalon. The third
brother, John, was actively implicated
in the movement against President
Figueroa. When the revolutionists
were repulsed by government troops at
Acajutla, John fled to Nicaragua. His
brothers later were released, but their
property was attached by the govern
ment as a bond to prevent their es-
cape from the country Two years
later John Moissant headed large
filibustering expedition against Saliva
dor from Nicaragua, but it was checked
b. the action of Commander William
S. Benson, u. S. N, commanding the
cruiser Albany, who threatened to sink
the vessel from which the filibust-
ers proposed to land on Salvadorean
territory.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-08-19
DUMB PARENTS REQUEST
TEACHING OF CHILDREN

DENVER, Aug. 1S.-That their three
children may have adequate oppor-
tunities to learn to speak, Mr.. and
Mrs. Douglas Nicholson, both deaf and
dumb, have made arrangements to
have the little ones placed in an
orphan asylum.
The children are normal, but their
parents are unable to instruct them
and for that reason the two boys and
a girl do not speak we'll.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-08-19
MILLS IN RHODE ISLAND
WILL RESUME ACTIVITY

PROVIDENCE, r. T., Aug. 1S.-The
thousands of operatives in Olneyville,
the largest wooden mill center in Rhode
Island, were notified today that the
mills OF the American Wooden company,
which have been on four and five
days a week schedule for several
months, will run on full time
The Riverside mills have reopened
after being closed for three weeks.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-08-19

new born state of Virginia voted a
statue to Washington" he said. de
string to honor the greatest of her sons
she knew when she Senshrined in the
place of highest honor in her capitol
that splendid figure of a man, that she
was handing down to generations then
and now unborn an inspiration that
would rebound always to the good of
the commonwealth.
Jefferson, author of our Declara-
ton of Independence and later presi-
dent of the republic, then in France,
selected for this great work that illus
trious French sculptor, Jean Antoine
Houdon, whom he declared to be WITH
out rivalship the first statuary of the
age. Houdon visited America and at
Mount Vernon, where he was enter
tained with that courteous hospitality
which distinguished the home life of
Washington, he studied thoroughly his
subject took accurate measurements
and even made mold of his face. Re-
turning to France, yonder In your
beautiful Paris, working patiently and
with consummate skill, Houdon fash
Toned in marble the perfect statue
which was described by Lafayette as
a fac smile of Washington's person
TT is accepted as the standard and
one perfect likeness of Washington,
truer than any portrait the best ar
fist could produce; as q work of art
it suprasses any statue in America; its
value to my people cannot be meas
ured in gold or in silver or In pre-
cious stones. 1t is q beautiful bronze
copy of this statue that we have
brought to you on behalf of the peo-
pie of Virginia"
JUSsERAND ACCEPTS STATUE
State Senators Don p Halsey and F.
w. King of Virginia also made ad-
dresses on behalf of the state of Vir-
ginia. Ambassador Jusserand, in the
absence of the French minister of for
eign affairs. M. Pichon, accepted the
statue on behalf of the French gov
eminent. He declared that the friend
ship of General Washington and of the
American people constituted one of the
glories of France. 1t was, therefore,
singularly appropriate that this statue,
the third erected on French soil by
our ancient allies, should be placed in
the palace consecrated to all our glo-
rfes."
He pointed out that hereN General
Washington would be surrounded by
his French companions in arms, the
Marquis re Lafayette, Count Roch-
ambeau and Admirals dEstaing, de
Graz and Suffern, in the very building
where the treaty of peace between
Great Britain and the United States
was signed in 1888.
In conclusion, he referred to the
French-American friendship, unbroken
during the existence of the American
republic and the work Of time which
had transformed into friends of both
France and America the foes of 1888.
At the request of the state of Vir-
ginia a list OF the American officers
aud co1diorc xuHn fOupbt in the rouOII1-
ton was sealed in the pedestal>of the
statue, the. Marquis de Segurn, whose
ancestors fought with the American
soldiers during the revolution, per-
forming the ceremony.
Ambassador and Mrs. Bacon gave a
dinner tonight in honor of Colonel
Mann and his colleagues and their
wives. President Fallieres will enter
tain them, at Rambouillet August %.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-08-19
PARIS To LONDON
FL|GHT IS HALTED
Aviator Moissant Meets with III
Luck After Trip Over
Channel
FORCED TWICE, TO DESCEND
Motor Breaks, and Air Voyage Is
Stopped Until Repairs
Can Be Made,

CHATHAM, England, Aug. 18.-TwO
accidents to his mOhOplane today brought
down to earth the American aviator,
John B. MOissant, who yesterday made
remarkable flight across the English
channel with a passenger in an attempt
to fly from Paris to London. Moissant's
faerOplane lies partly wrecked In a field
near Rainham in Kent, some thirty miles
from London. BY remarkable stroke Of
fortune sMOissant's mechanician, Albert
F1eux, escaped unhurt. But the machine
came heavily to the ground, allghting
in narrow space banked high with
earth and piles of broken brick. There it
Is likely to remain until it can be re-
moved piecemeal and refitted with parts
now on their way from Paris to replace
those that were broken, by the fall.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-08-19
SECRETARY OF NAVY
WILL NOT PUT BAN
ON WINE FOR JACK

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1s.-Gifts of
wine to warships of the American navy is
not to be tabooed. despite the protests Of
the Woman's Christian Temperance
union, which recently protested to the
navy against the presentation of one
hundred cases of California vino to the
cruiser California.
Acting Secretary winthrop today sent
a telegram to tho San Francisco branch
of the w. @. t. U. stating that he had
been unable to find a regulation forbid
ding the use Of wine on war ships.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-08-19
FIRE DESTROYS OKLAHOMA
OIL VALUED AT $4,000

TULSA, Okla, Aug. 1S.-Approx-
imately $15OOOO worth of oil and tanks
in the Oklahoma fields were destroyed
by fire in an electrical storm late yes
terday. Near Keifer a 55,000barrel
steel tank was struck by lightning
and burned.
Two 16O, 000- barrel tanks to the north
went UP in flames and still further
north another $4,000 barrel tank was
lost.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-08-19
BARRETT REELECTED
PRESIDENT OF NORTH
AMERICAN ESPERANTOS

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1s.--JOhn Bar
rett, director of the international bureau
of American republics, today was re-
elected president of the North American
Detroit. Mich, was elected vice .presl-
dent, and DIR. E. G. Reid Of Columbus,
Ohio, secretary and treasurer.
Councillors elected to represent the
western and Rocky mountain divisions
are; Western division, w. L. Crissy, Port
land, Ore; Rocky mountain division, f.
II. Loud. Colorado Springs, Colo.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-08-19
COLORADO WOMEN INSIST
THAT TICKET BEAR NAMES

DENVER, Aug. 1S.-Women voters
of this state, as represented by the
Jane Jefferson cub, demand that the
women be given a representation on
the state and county tickets in pro
portion to their voting strength. This
was expressed in a resolution adopted
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-08-19
MOISSANT'S LIFE SHOWS
LIKING FOR ADVENTURE
Career in Central America Sa-
vorS of Romance

NEW YORK, Aug. 1S..In Nicaragua
and the various republics of Central
America, where many Americans of
adventurous spirit have staked their
lives and reputation on their quick
ness with a gun, John Moissant bears
a reputation that savors of romance.
Stories of Moissant were told here to-
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-08-19

at the meeting of the club last night.
So far the women had but one mem
Der in the legislature and have had no
important public office except the
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-08-19

Mr.. Mann related how Frenchman
had been chosen to perpetuate the form
of the illustrious Washington in
"The war drums of the revolution
had hardly ceased to sound before the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-02
MEN AND MANNERS.
itor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: ChivdlTy has 10 preferred habitat
and belongs TO no specific period II IS GER
taInly as commonly manifested to-day in
the streets and public Conysyaucas of New
York city as it was In the elder years
known as the age OF cllivalry.
This reflection is the fruit OF careful OBJ
servation covering a considerable period. q
the conduct OF the strong toward the Wea K
I'm this city Much has been said and writ
ten in condemnation OF New York manners
in public: Yet I have never seen an elderly
woman or one burdared with packages al
lowed 10 remain standing while men were
seated IN a subway surface or III" car.
And the little coUTtesies or life seem to me
TO be remarkably well observed In daily
communications heye. even b. those Whc
appear to have had slight opportunity To
learn them.
OF course, may have been peculiarly
fortunate in my observations, but I am in
clined TO think that New Yorks public
manners have been sadly maligned.
New York. April 60 1910. s.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-02
NOT GRATEFUL.

Discussing the difficulties i'll the way
of a policy of rational economy. an ex-
perienced member Of the House Com
mittee on Appropriations said recently
that, in his opinion. there was no Genu-
inc popular demand for economy, and
that. SO far as he had observed, every
constituency expected its agent in Con.
oreSS TO do what he could Tor its benefit
regardless of the larger interests of the
nation According 10 that pesSimistiC
view, the most successful legislator ut
Washington is he Who lights, bleeds and
dies with the greatest pcroisteucy for
''the old flag and an appropriation.
The efforts of such q statesman 10 plans
100000 public buildings in $4,000
towns and to dTedge out supp0sititious
highways of commerce for the benefit Of
traffic which may or may not material
ize have been supposed to establish
him securely In the affections of a
grateful community. So hong as he did
his best 20 stimulate federal expenditure
within his district it was held to be a
sort of treason TO local interests TO look
in the mouth the gift horses which le
forwarded from Washington
II is gratifying to find in contradic-
ton of that discouraged view that there
are constituencies which do not unite
in welcoming federal appropriations as
such, whatever their justification or
lack of justification. 1.-The Providence
Journal" for instance, does itself credit
In condemning the appropriate OF S3O.-
GOO carried In the river and harbor
apprOpriat ton act for the further i'm
provement Of Great Salt Pond. in Block
Island. That is one Of the undertakings
the abandonment Of which was recently
urged By Senator Burton on the ground
that il could result in no general or last
ing benefit. Mr.. Burton, who speaks
with knowledge and authority, told the
Senate that the apprODriat iOn was made
In the face Of adverse reports both from
the army engineers and from a commits
sion representing the State of Rhode
Island. lie showed that in spite of the
unfaYOrable report of the Engineer De-
partment made in 1893 Congress, had
authorized since 1894 the expenditure
Of $4,000 on the Great Salt Pond
project and was continuing TO throw
away money on It without hope of an
sppreciable return. Mr. Burton further
said
Hardly a mile away there Is another
harbor. an which the government has ex-
pended the sum of $3.50 COO up 70 June
"a, 1909 I have read al some little length
the report Of the COMMITTEES CT the state
OF Rhode Island SO as TO SHOW that they
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-02
TO PROTECT MINERS.

To che Editor OF The Tribune
Sir; Nearly every day there comes to rs
the horrible news OF an explosion in a coal
mine and OF the loss OF life by irnmedia 70
death or BY the slow agOHies Of starvation
III prevention of the latter Il would SEEM
az II something might he done more than
has yet been attempted. In every mine
there should be laid p tube under every.
tramway running to every heading where
mining Is going on. so that it would he pro-
tected from injury IN the event OF An sv
plosion- The tube should be OF galvanized
iron. Of good thickness. Well cleaned inside
before being put In place. and having p
full-way valve at tho end where work 4
carried on Into the tube at tts upper end
at the mouth of che shaft Cnull ba p0uPRd
liquid nourishment, 80 I've thus conveyed
TO the imprisoned men. Another ture
might tucIOse an electric wire. the instr,-
ment at the lower end being housed in a
very strong box Of plank set under the
tramvay. Thus food might be conveyed
and communication held between the sur
face and the place of the explosion
l freely confess tha, this Is the writing
OF a tyro. as 7 have had no Practical OK
rerienee. But send ". as possibly NAV
have blundered upon somsthing fcr others
more likely 20 think about and nut in prac-
tical effect JOHN ~. OSBORNE
Auburn. N. Z, April 90 1910
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-02

Suez Canal does not form an integral
and indispensable link between the two
seacoasts of the Turkish Empire, as the
Panama Canal viii between ours, and
the use of it would be of no such value
to an enemy and of no such menace to
Turkey as would that Of the Panama
Canal Moreover. we cannot concede
that this country occupies an interna-
tional status of semi-dependency such as
that OF Turkey ut the time of the Suez
convention.
With the Suez analogy dismissed as
useless. the case rests upon the treaties
made and existent between this country
and other countries concerning isthmian
transit. and on this basis, AS Mr. Knapp
demonstrates with painstaking thor
oughness. the legal right of the United
States TO control the canal and 10 fortify
it is clear and impregnable. On the still
more fundamental ground Of natural
right be we'll SAYS that the idea is or
ought TO be unthinkable that we should
be compelled to let our enemies have free
use of the canal for military purposes
against us in war simply because we
have made certain agreements for the
free use of the canal under certain rules
for naturalization. 1T is the writer's
conviction he adds, that the United
States will fail in its manifest duty if
1T negiects TO fOrtify the canal In
that conviction we heartily join, as we
believe the great majority of the Ameri-
can nation does. Or perhaps we should
change the tense or mood of the verb,
for the United States is happily not
negleeting 10 fortify the canal in an eff
cient manner. This country will neu-
tralize the canal, making it open to the
commerce Of all the world in times Of
peace on equal terms and maintaining
an appropriate imparttality in time of
war between two other powers. But it
certainly will not turn that great work
over to any power which wishes to Use
it as g military vantage ground in war
against itself. and in the refusal TO COM
nit such a folly 1t will command the
approval of the world.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-02
ISTHMTAH CANAL "yEUTRALITT.r

LSTHKTAF CANAL "NEUTRALTTT. -
An article by Mr.. II S Knapp in the
latest issue of The American Journal
OF Intern -iona1 Law on The Real
Status of the Panama Canal as Re
CARDS Naturalization affords an agree
able example Of comprehensive research
and eosent reasoning upon an important
subject concerning which there have
been much vague thought and loose
speaking. Another writer in the same
publication some time ago argued at
length against the terrifying OF the
canal Without protesting so TO do, the
present essay replies to that contention
III what seems 10 us a convincing man.
ner, basing its conclusions not only upon
the unwritten laws of self-defence and
natural right, but also upon an exhaust
i've collation. Of authorities in treaties
and international law.
The remark is now and then made.
heedlessly though perhaps sincerely, that
this country ought not to fortify the
canal and that it ought to bind itself
not 10 interfere with free navigation of
the canal at any time or under any cir.
CuInetanCeS; and il Is pointed out, In
support or this unsupportabIe theory,
that by formal treaty the Suez Canal is
open in peace and war to neutrals and
10 belligerents. "eveu though the Otto
man Empire should be one of the bel
"ligerent powers" Surely. it is said. if
Turkey grants the free use Of the canal
to power at war with her, we ought 10
do the same at Panama Those who
thus argue ignore. however. some funda-
mental differences between the two
cases The geographical relation If the
Suez Canal 10 Turkey IS entirely and
essentially different from that Of the
Panama Canal 70 the United States. The
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-02
REGULATING SECURITY ISSUES.

REGULATING SECURITY ISSUES
The sections Of t e administration rail
road bill regarding capitalization and
mergers, which it is now reported Will be
eliminated. have been the subject Of q
lively debate in Congress, but il would
be regretta bic if the intention 10 regulate
these subjects should be abandoned The
1aSU Republican national platform called
specifically for laws 10 control the issue
Of stocks and bonds by corporations in
interstate trade. and the public is more
keenly alive to the necessity of that sort
of regulation than TO the necessity of al
most anything else in the pending bill.
The subject is not experimental Massa-
chuSetts has long controlled the stock
and bond issues Of public service oorpo-
rations within its borders and the pro
visions of its law have been substantially
followed in the Public Service Commits
SONS law Of this state. The experience
of Massachusetts with this sort of Tegu-
lation has been satisfactory, and New
York is well pleased with its short trial
of the system. The progress Of the states
in this direction has made the cOnSpicll-
GUS weakness Of federal regulation seem
TO be the failure TO extend it to the SUI
pervisIOn of capital issues. Therefore
there would be general feeling of dis
appointment if the pending railroad bill
did not correct this deficiency.
The sections of the bill applying to this
subject have undergone considerable al
teratiOn since they we're first presented
to the public but even now il is reported
that neither the friends nor critics of
the bill are satisfied with them, and it
is said TO have been found 70 be "impos-
sible 10 draft satisfactory amendments. ~
Why this should be so is hard to See. in
the light of the success of Massachusetts
and other states In Iegisiating in regard
to the same problem. To be sure some con-
stitutional questions might arise in the
ease OF federal regulation that do not oc-
cur In the case of state regulation, but
these questions appear not to be the diff
ficulty which threatens the elimination
Of the sections.
The parts of the bill which relate to
capitalization and 10 mergers differ wide
y, in their greater completely, from those
sections in the law of this state on the
same subjects The Washington bill at
tempts TO lay down prohibitions in de-
tail. The New York law is relatively
simple, leaving the terms upon which the
issue Of capital stock is permitted largely
within the discretion of the Public Ser
vice commissions. Perhaps the com
pleXity which is the consequence Of at
tempting 10 lay down a hard aud fast
system OF regulation in the statute. leav.
ing relatively little TO the discretion of
the Interstate Commerce Commission. IS
responsible for the feeling Of discourage
nent said TO exist in the Senate. But
that discoura cement should not be per-
niited to lead 70 the abandonment of at
ten1pts to legieiate regarding the issue of
securities. Public opinion viii not be
satisfied with a measure that does moth.
ing 70 curb oYercapitdiiLdtion.