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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-31

Jacob A. Reich, better known as JACK
Sullivan" was ready to make cohies-
sion. according TO rumor YESTERDAY anu
What no knew would implicate at least
two men high in the Police Department.
when Hartford T. Marshall. counsel Tor
Reich was asked about 1t, after coii-
ference with his client in the TomDs, ne
ea,d that Reich was ready TO tell the
trutb and that his story would be Of the
most startling nature.
But Mr.. Marshall made 1t plain that IL
was not the present intention Oh 'he
former King OF the Newsboys 10 tell
his story except in open court
Sullivan is prepared to tell the TRUTH
said Mr. Marshall. He will not make his
statement to a police inspector. or to
police commissioner. nor before the Dis
trict Attorney just now. But when he
axes the witness stand ne Will make an
astounding revelation that will make his
Gamer remarks seem insignificant.
"WU lis .ta,ement implicate any one
h.s in yfcial pOsition?" he was asked
That cannot say"
VIII IL add to the evidence against
uecker?'
That | must refuse to answer. reI
plied Mr.. Marshall. who added that ne
thought a.. question w1s not fair one.
Mr. Marshall hinted that sullivan could
tel a s.ory. and that IL would be part OF
his confession on the witness stand CIV
ing an inside view of graft collected by
the police.
Sullivan's story, he intimated, wonio
show that the graft went TO TWO men
high up I'm the Police Department
One official. who refused TO allow ms
name to be used before discussing the
case, said that sullivan's name had been
mentioned in some Of the letters received
by Raymond d. Fosdick. Commissioner Oh
Accounts, complaining Of the gamphhs
situation In town. and making charges
that the police were collecting graft
Mr.. Fosdick whose activity gaiheo
evidence against gamblers where the po-
ice failed. admitted that for many
months past his office had been IN daiiS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-31
SULLIVAN TO TELL OF
POLICE CRAFT IN COURT

receipt Of large number OF letters telling
OF police graft and gambling, and that
throughout the letters the name of Lieu
tenant Becker cropped up now and then.
In one of these letters he received
long list of gambling houses running full
blast, which he turned over to the Mayor.
When Max Blauner, a brother-in-law Of
Billiard Ball Jack" Rose was served
with a subpoena last week to appear be-
fore the grand jury he was Swallowed
by a detective from District Attorney
Whitman's office. Blauner was trailed to
the office Of the Commissioner Of Ac-
counts. where he spoke to a clerk.
Mr.. Fosdck said that he did not learn
OF this until yesterday afternoon, after
his entire clerical force had gone home,
but that he would try to learn who in
his office BIauner saw after getting the
subpoena.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-31
NEW TESTS FOR AVIAT0RS
Flights for Masters Licenses
To Be Held Here Oct. 1920.

Chicago, July 3o-First details of the
requirements TO be exacted of American
ayiators in qualifying for the new SUI
pei Tor brevet, or master flyers license,
being arranged for by the Aero Club Of
America, became known here to-day.
They are declared by aviation experts
here 10 be more cxactint than reYu.re-
ments of European asiators Ior similar
licenses.
First tests in America for the masters
licenses, II was announced by Major Sam
uel Reber. OF the national contest com.
mittee, will be held on the Cicero Field
here. September 10 TO 20.
Following are the requirements for the
new license. as tentatively decioed upon;
Applicant must be twcniy-one years ola
must make n cross-country flight OF n,ty
miles, around point twenty-five milc,'
away; must fly 70 a height OF at least
2.5OO feet, shut off his motor there am
gliGc to a point not more than 30 Zee,
from previously indicated spot. am,
must have taken physical examination
showing him sound
Other tests VIII be held in New YORK
october 10 TO 20.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-31
New Name in Bargain. .

lie received receipt for his $50 on
March 7, he says, and the receipt was
signed with the name Of Schaefer. He
was invited to meet Schaefer, who was
introduced as the man who would look
after the building of the house.
Cunningham and his wife were called
10 the office in East SD street little
while after to sign the contract and
other papers. John Nevins, who is
paralytic was the contract expert, he
was told. and John read the papers off
10 Cunningham and his wife. They
signed them, and Cunningham, without
troubling TO read them himself, he says,
put them In his pocket. At the same
time, he says, they got the receipt from
him.
Cunningham, wnen May came around,
called up John Nevins on the telephone,
he says, and was told with many apollo
gies, that the building Of the house had
been delayed owing to the monde
liyerance Of the lumber. He says he
was told that the excavating work had
begun and that they expected the lum-
Der would be ready in the course Of a
few days.
In the Greenwich street station the
brothers said their arrest was a mis-
take, and, so the police say, offered to
give Cunningham his money back. The
police say they have been doing bust
ness for the last year.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-31
SPEED SANK TITANIC,
SAYS BRITISH COURT
J. Bruce Ismay Held GuiItIess;
the Californian Might Have
Saved the Lives of All.
CAPT. SMITH NOT BLAMED
Public Desire for Quick Passage
Led to Catastrophe-Proper
Watch Not Kept-No Dis
elimination in Rescues.
tRv Cable 10 The Tribune.l

London. July 3O.-The effect Of Lor!
Mersey's report on the Titanic diTas-
ter, involving the finding Of the court
Of inquiry of the British Board OF
Trade. and made public to-day. is To
leave J. Bruce Ismay. managing direc-
tor Of the White Star Line, fully exon
Grated and the Board Of Trade and the
steamship Californian culpable. Elk
cessive speed Is given as the reason
for the disaster, and 1t Is asserted that
a proper watch was not kept. An eX-
haustive examination is made of err
rors of judgment and practice by Cap
tain Smith, Of the sunken vessel. The
report says
IL am advised that with the knowl-
edge of the proximity OF ice the master
had two courses open TO him-one 10
stand we'll southwark instead Of turn
ing up to the westerly course; the other
to reduce speed materially at night.
He did neither
After setting forth more details OF
the mistakes of Captain Smith, the re-
port continues:
I'm my opinion it is impossible to
fix the blame on Captain Smith. Other
skilled men would have done the same
thing in the same position"
Concerning Ismay. the report de-
scribes his leaving the vessel and says:
The attack on him resolved itself
into a suggestion that, occupying the
position Of managing director It was
his moral duty 10 wait on board until
the vessel foundered. l do not agree.
Had he not jumped into the boat ne
would merely have added his life to
the number lost"
Slap at Sir Cosmo Daft Gordon.
Sir Cosmo Duff-Gordon, one OF the
passengers, did not fare so well. The
report says that the gross charge that
he bribed men to row away from
drowning people was unfounded. but
adds:
AT the same time / think If he had
encouraged the men TO return they
probably would have made an effort TO
save some lives"
There were no saving words for the
Californian. Lord Mersey says the evil
dence convinced him that the Cali
fornian saw the Titanic's distress sig
nails when only five miles distant. Tie
Californian was surrounded by only
loose Ice extending two or three miles
in the direction of the Titanic. The
night was clear and the sea was
smooth The Californian could have
pushed through the ice without serious
risk and have saved many, If not all,
Of the lives that were lost.
The Board OF Trade Is blamed for not
revising the rules OF 1891, and mary
recommendation for changes I'm the
construction and equipment OF ships
are made. including tho apportioning Of
lifeboats according to the number Of
passengers instead OF the tonnage. An
international conference is suggested 10
consider Il common rule for the sub
division OF ships. provision for and the
working of lifesaving apparatus. wire
less biography, speed in the vicinity Of
ice and the use Of searchlights.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-31

sisted that the table was an eating table.
Magistrate Herman asked the detective
II he saw men playing cards on the roof
of house he would take the roof as
gambling paraphernalia.
Two of the detectives in the case were
members of the strong arm squad once
commanded by Lieutenant Becker.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-31

,r,ct Attorney. had asked that the pris-
a,ers be discharged, Thomas Sullivan,
.onnsel for one of the men. asked that
lille which had been seized In the sa-
'oon be returned TO his client. One Of the
Setectives protested that the table was
Gambling paraphernalia and that 1t was
- police Headquarters. Mr.. Sullivan In
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-31

been saved because the sailors attended
TO their duties until the last moment
The recommendations OF the court are
as follows:
The Board OF Trade should investigate
the practicability OF providing seagoing
ships. in addition to their watertight
transverse bulkheads, with double skin
carried above the waterline or with
longitudinal vertical watertight bulkhead
on each side Of the vessel, or with both.
The Board of Trade should also investi-
gate regarding the question of providing
a watertight deck or decks stretching
along the whole or part OF the length OF
the ship at a convenient distance above
the waterllne and should also investigate
whether the openings should be water
tight doors or some other device.
The Board of Trade should also report
generally on the increasing protection
given by the subdivision OF the vessel
with the object Of keeping the ship afioat
with the greatest proportion Of her length
I'm free communication with the sea
The court recommends that the British
Board of Trade be empowered to enforce
It's conclusions on the foregoing points and
10 require that the designs Of ships be
submitted to II during the early stages OF
their construction. and should have at
the same time power to direct changes to
be made.
Further recommendations are: Sight
tests for ships lookouts. police system
for control In cases Of emergency. con-
tinuous wireless service and regulations
for mcderating speed or altering the ves-
sells course In the ice region.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-31
MAY BE Or. GARDENERS BODY.

Superintendent William F. Sharpe, OF
the Post Graduate Hospital, said last
night he had been informed that the
Burns Detective Agency had received
telegram from Chester, Penn. stating
that a body picked up in the river there
Clifton Gardner, who disappeared from
that institution week ago. There was
nothing on the body, SO far as Mr.. Sharpe
knew, he said. to indicate IT was the
body OF DR. Gardner, but representative
of the hospital was sent to Chester TO
,,iay tho body.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-31
sl0,OOO,O0O BANK FOR CHINA
Sun Vat Sen Plans to Checkmate Pro-
posed Foreign Loan.

Shanghai, July 3O.-It is reported that
Dr. Sun Vat Sen and General Hueng Sing
who was Minister of War in the pro
yisional Cabinet, have concluded negOtia.
lions for the establishment in Shanghai
of a foreign and Chinese bank with cap
ital of SIC. 900.
Their object is to checkmate the pro-
nosed foreign loan.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-31
Public Speed Mania Blamed.

Regarding the wireless dispatch re-
ccived on board the Titanic giving the
warning that ice was In the vicinity Lord
Mersey said:
"It was irregular for the master OF
vessel 10 part with the document ann
improper for Mr.. Ismay to retain -
The Judge. however said he was con-
,inced that the incident had not infiu-
cnced the navigation OF the Titanic, and
that Captain Smiths course In maintain
ing speed in face Of ice warnings was In
accordance with the long existing CUSTOM
due to competition and 10 the desire OF
the public for quick passages. rather than
for the use of judgment by navigators.
/ Lord Mersey did not believe Captain
Smith was improperly influenced BY MI.
Ismay's presence on board the Titanic.
Lord Mcrsey praised the general con-
duct OF tie passengers and crew, but re-
cretted that some Of the boats. especially
No. l. had not attempted to save the
drowning. He highly commended Cap
tain A. H. Rostron. Of the Cunard liner
Carpatha. ,-,.
Lord Mersey expressed the opinion mat
the Titanic would have been SAFER Win
a v;atertlght deck. although there might
be cxpert reasons against this. He thousht
she could have foated IL divided into
longitudinal Instead OF transverse water
tight compartments.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-31
Boats InsufficientIy Manned.

The most important findings OF the
court we that the Titanic was sufficient
~ and efficiently officered and manned
and compiled with all the regulations OF
the British merchant shipping act re-
for manning and launching the lifcboats
In an emergency were insufficient. and
that no drill had been held. The instruc-
lions for the voyage given prior to sailing
were, in the opinion Of the court. adc-
quate, but having regard TO subsequent
events they would have been better Il
reference had been made to the course to
be adopted I'm the event OF the vessel
reaching the region OF Ice"
The outward and homeward southern
tracks according to the judgment, were
reasonably safe for the time of year al
which the disaster happened. provided
great precaution and vigilance were used
In crossing the ice region. Captain Il. s.
Smith of the Titanic was not, said the
court, fettered by orders to remain In
the track. but naturally would keep near
to the accepted route:
In view of the fact that on the night
Of the accident the moon was not shining,
there was no wind and very little swell
on the sea, and especially in view OF
the high speed at which the Titanic was
steamlng. an extra lookout should. In the
courts opinion, have been placed in the
stem Of the boat and a sharp watch kept
by the officers on both sides OF the bridge.
The speed OF twenty-five knots was re-
garded by the court as excessive.
The seriousness of the disaster was
realized by the officers within fifteen or
twenty minutes Of the crash. and proper
discipline had been maintained, according
TO the view of the court. The apparatus
for lowering the boats' was in good order.
and the lowering had been properly man
aged, but some OF the lifeboats were un-
dermanned and improperly equipped.
Eight of the boats were not filled when
they left the sinking vessel, because the
passengers did not realize their danger,
and the officers. who were uncertain OF
the strength and capacity Of the email
boats. had intended to complete their
loading after they were launched.
The disproportion Of the passengers OF
was due to the fact that many OF those
In the third class were foreigners and TO
the position Of their quarters There had,
in the courts opinion, been no discrimina-
ton.
Only small proportion Of the crew had
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-31
(By The Associated Press. J

London. July 30.-The judgment OF the
court Of inquiry OF the British Board OF
Trade into the disaster Of the White Star
liner Titanic. which sank In midocean
with 1.5l7 souls after a collision with an
iceberg on April Il, was pronounced to
day by Lord Mcrsey. the presiding judge,
before a large audience.
The judgment recommends more water
tight compartments In seagolng ships,
the provision OF lifeboats for all on board
and more efficient drills OF the crew, as
well az a better lookout.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-31
JAPAN QUIET AS
NEW ERA BEGINS
Continued from first page.

Councillors and the leading noples,
confer almost continuously at the I'M
perial palace, where they are making
arrangements for the funeral and Tor
the ceremonial Of the official mourning
and lying in state. -..
The new Emperor and Empress, 40
we'll as the Dowager Empress, remain
in virtual seclusion, the only persons
permitted to see them being the high
officers Of state.
In connection with the praise being
heaped upon the late Emperor by his
subjects, it is everywhere asserted that
he never made a serious mistake In
either foreign or domestic policy, and
that in the forty-four years of his
reign he had but one vacation. Atten-
ton is also directed to the admiration
which Mutsuhito felt for President
Taft. whom he had met personally.
and for ex-Presldent Roosevelt.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-31
Iron The Tribune Bureau.l

Washington, July 3o-President Taft,
accompanied by his aid, Major +. L.
Rhoades, called at the Japanese Embassy
to-day to express in person to the jap
anese Amba ssador Viscount Suteni
Chinda. his regrets at the death OF En-
peror Mutsuhito. After the President had
returned to the White House the Jap
anese Ambassador returned the call.
The following message was received to-
day from Yoshlhto. the new Emperor. In
response to the cable message sent by
President Taft on receipt OF the Official
news Of the death of Emperor Mutsu-
hto
Il am deeply touched b. Your sympa-
thetic message and offer you my sincere
thanks
Empress Dowager Harul<o sent the fol-
lowing message to the President:
II am deeply touched by your kind
message. Pray accept my sincere thanks
for the heartfelt sympathy so cordially
expressed by you and Mrs. Taft on this
sorrowful occasion"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-31

SUNDAYS NETWORK TRIBUNE
Mailed anywhere in the United
States for 81 SO . year.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-08-02

LESSON TEXT-Matthew IS, 44-5S
GOLDEN TEXT-"Seek We first his
kingdom, and his righteousness; and all
these things shall be added unto you"
Matthew 6:33.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-08-02
What Is Luxury?

Miss Esther Moreland, we'll
groomed, richly bred, well-nourished
young girl who, according to rath-
.er light newspaper report, Is attain
ing distinction at Newport, by never
wearing the same gown or hat twice.
will be widely supposed to live In
luxury. Her dresses and her hats
are symbols OF much money, there
fore somewhere of much labor. The
world works for her and she lives
on velvet" says the New York
Globe.
She Is a fine, strong creature, very
handsome, housekeeping, athletic,
1t is no insult TO her to say that she
Is finer thing than the\finest horse.
But, as she is not horse but a hu-
man being, let US try for moment
to weigh the luxury that is hers.
Tastes differ as to what luxury Is,
The nun thinks that the only true
luxury lies in religious meditation
and in constant companionship with
what she thinks is divine. To the
martyr luxury is self sacrifice to
social, political or religious idea. To
an artist, constant perception OF emo
tional form is the greatest of lux
uries. To lover luxury is the priv
ilege of enjoying and warmly real
izing the beauty of his beloved. To
a poet, the most luxurious thing Is
an impassiOned perception of the
meaning that obtains in all things.
To mother luxury cannot be sep
arated from the joy in children.
To us it seems that the luxury of
new dress and new hat every day
is slight when compared with the
luxury to be derived from literature,
art, religion, devotion, thought, high
politics, earnest morality, children
and nature. Unfortunately there is
a law touching on the conservation
of human energy. II one puts his
sense of luxury in the wrong place,
one has little energy left over for the
higher forms of luxury. The girl
who is always distinguished in her
hats and dresses will labor under a
disadvantage in the acquisition of a
deeper luxury. And she may also
acquire a disturbed feeling that her
luxury is the kind that tends to dim
inish rather than increase the real
luxury of the whole people. If she
does come to realize that, she will be
ON the threshold OF greater luxury
than she has as yet known.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-08-02

"Why Miss, that man Simpson was
sure holy terror when he got start
ed. There wasn't nuthin' on the
range had any business with him
when he once got his war paint on
and jumped into the middle Of a
jamboree. Whenever 1t was an
nounced there comes old Simpson
from the head waters of Bitter creek,
it was taken as signal to hide out.
Well, II seems that a lot OF tender
feet from Philadelphia had located
range next to Simpsons and their
cattle KEEP crowdin' over onto what
he was saVin' for winter range, and
it made him sore. He stood 1t as long
as he could, but one day when he was
hot all over he grabbed up the jaw
bone of the daddy of a mule and
waded into them tenderfeet from
Philadelphia and when he got
through there was a thousand of
em that was horse do come back or
words to that effect to use some Latin
words learned when was perusin
the paths of learnin'."
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-08-02

A Fort Scott clergyman tells this
story, which he says happened at
his church not long ago: 1t was
following the automobile show in
Kansas City and one Fort Scott fam.
lily had been represented there, bring
ing home many things. among which
was white button with an inscrip-
ton on it. The next Sunday the lad
wore this button to Sunday school
1t was rather dark and the minister
saw the outline of the button and
thought it was some motto, so he
asked the youngster what it said
The boy would not tell and finally
the minister demanded that he tell
and the boy stammered in a con-
fused manner as he read the inscrip-
ton, Amt 1t hen to be poor?"-
Charles Blakesley.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-08-02
Normal

Rev. Bond of the Christian church
came to the normal institute two
mornings this week and added much
to the opening exercises.
Monday morning he sang, but the
climax came Wednesday when he
rendered several selections which
aaptivated the audience.
The selection by James Whitcomb
Riley, when the Frost Is on the
Pumpkin and the Folders In the
Shock" was so wildly pictured that
1t made the audience feel hungry for
some of the good things raised on
farm.
His interpretations of a stylish
young lady just home from boarding
school was perfect.
The reading of the 23rd Psalm
was exceptionally good. He gave
the students many interpretation of
different qualities of tones in read
ing which will prove helpful. We
are surely grateful to Rev. Bond for
his kindly interest In our education
al endeavor.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-08-02
He Knew Better

my dear" observed the British
prime minister as he carefully picked
one suffragette's gracefully thrown ak
out of his face, while he cleverly
sidestepped the bomb another play
fully heaved at him, 81 have been
thinking"
What about, my lover" asked his
wife, as she intercepted a bag OF
-four as 1t sailed through the win
dow.
II think those Biblical students
at the Glen Echo meeting were mis-
taken in saying there isn't any such
place Baltimore American.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-08-02
Car of Pianos

The Schumann Piano Company of
Hutchinson, have opened a music
store in this city, and will receive a
car load of pianos in few days. They
will have them on exhibition at the
south room of the Stamper block
Parties contemplating the purchase
of good instrument will do we'll to
call and examine the stock, and get
prices Liberal terms.
S-2-41-p HENRY PHILLIPS,
Manager.