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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-05-15

Hamburg. May l5.-DresSed in an
ordinary business suit, Frederick VIII
king Of Denmark. dropped dead while
alone in the streets of Hamburg on
Tuesday night, and his body, unidenti-
fled, lay on Il slab with several other
bodies in Il harbor front hospital
mnrgue, until found at three o'clock
this morning by anxious searchers
for the king.
Considerable mystery surrounds
the death Of the king and the author
tiles appear to be endeavoring to con-
ccaI the fact that Frederick died on
the street.
The first reports given out We're
that the king had died suddenly in
his hotel. the Hamburg Hof, early to-
day. Nothing could be learned offici-
ally :: 70 the cause of the death, eX-
ccpt the brief and unsatisfactory
statement that the king had a chill.
Later it was added that he had eX-
pcricnccd Il slight fever and an IL
ritaton Of the lungs.
In much improved health the king
and his family reached here on their
way home. The king was accom-
panied by rI'inceSses Thyra and Dag
mar, and the Queen.
Despite the efforts Of the hotel Of
Icias and tic authorities to conceal
all information it is known that last
night the king was out alone for a
walk.
As the hour grew late and the king,
who had insisted upon going out un-
accompanied. failed to return. the
queen and the princcSscS became dis
tTrbcd. The hotel officials were very
quietly notified and at first employ
ecS al the hotel we're sent out IN
search Of thc missing monarch.
Several hOurs were spent by the
anxious authorities who called in
action all the means in their power
While the entire machinery Of the
police department was being put into
action. one member of the force cas-
ualIy reported that on turning into
side street near the water front he
had come upon the proSrratc form ot
an old man. Thinking his find uncon-
scinus, the policeman hurlcdly sum-
moncd IN ambulance an Il rushed hum
10 the Uarbor front hospital. There
the physicians pronounced the man
dead. and said that he had probably
been stricken with an attack oi
heart failure.
To them th body was merely that
If IN unknown old man. ard follow
in~ The procedure of the hospital. the
body was stripped Of its sack suit.
When the police heads learned that
I'm unknown man answering IN
General way to the description Of
the missing king had been picked
up and taken to the hospital, mem
,,c!.s oi the royal suite at once rushed
there. Through the halls they made
their way and thcn the mor%ue at
tcndantS saw that some thing Tar
more important than the casual ar
rival of another dead one had hap
pcncd.
The official in charge Of the hospital
drew back the sheet and the party
waited The representatives OF the
roval family took one look and then
howing their heads murmured:
The king is dead; long live the
king"
The king of Denmark had been
found and the cold stark body that
for three hours had been but the body
Of a man again became royal to the
world
Copcnha"cn. May l5.-Prlnce Chris
lian was this afternoon formally pro-
claimed king Christian OF Denmark.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-05-15

utes after Dr.. Briggs left Governor
Foss' Office, the governor telephoned
to Charles street Jail. Within tif-
teen minutes Richeson was in the
cell he now occupies less than 20
feet from the death chair.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-05-15

1t was incorrectly stated in the Ga
zette that Mrs. Nicholas Burke had
donated a certain amount of money to
the Alexandria Free kindergarten.
The donation was made by Mr.. Ed
mund Burke. :.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-05-15

Two are known to be dead, ten 9TH
er persons missing and 800 patients
Of the James Sanatorium at Raleigh
Springs, ten miles from Memphis
Were forced to jump from a second
story window when the institution
burned at o'clock yesterday morning
Ths patients were forced to flee in
their night clothing.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-05-15
EAGLES PURCHASE HOME.

The trustees of Alva Aerie, Frater-
nal Order of Eagles, have purchased
from Mrs. Virginia Stewart the
Fleischmann House Building on Royal
street, near King.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-05-15
NEGROES ASK PROTECTION.
Snecial to the Gazette.

Richmond, Virginia, May Is, 1912
Application has been made by a
colored lawyer, J. R. Pollard, to Major
Warner of the Police Department,
for a detail of officers for the negro
convention tomorrow, when a meet
ing will be held TO displace State
Chairman Slemp and to elect anti
Taft delegates to Chicago.
1t is feared. they say, that the lilly
whites" will rush the doors and
whites" will attempt to rush the
doors and take charge of the meet
ing.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-05-15

Black bass. salt water tailors and
trout, shad and herring will be for
sale tomorrow and during the remain
der of the week by George E. Price
& Co., in the market.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-05-15
LOCAL BREVITIES.

The Woman's Christian Temperance
Union will meet tomorrow evening at
1:30 at the Children's Home.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-05-15
THE NEW HEALTH LAW.

The health law, as published on
page six in the Gazette, of this after
noon, is a correct copy of the law as
reported by the Committee at the
meeting of Council last night, and is
not the law as originally drawn up by
the Committee and printed in other
papers.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-05-15

Ascension Day services will he held
in Grace Church tomorrow morning
at o'clock.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-05-15

Frank 7. Quinn has purchased a
second lot in Section of George
Washington park.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-05-15

The Board of Police Commissioners
will hold their regular monthly meet
ing tonight at 7:30 o'clock.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-05-15

The recent heavy rains have produc-
ed a current in the river.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-05-15

Hard and deviled crabs at Drew's
restaurant tonight.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-05-15
KING FREDERICK
DIES ON STREET.
! Body Carried to MOrgue Where il is
Kept for Hours as That of
an Unknown
IDENTIFIED BY SEARCHERS
Deceased Had Been Hiking Chris
tian Proclaimed King of Denmark

This Afternoon. >. 80. go. 80.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-21
NO EYCUSE FOR DELAY.

Chairman Moon Of the House Com
mittee on Post Office and Post Roads
exhibited a refreshing candor when he
apologized the other day to his col
leagues for thrusting upon them the I'M
welcome opportunity TO vote on a sec
ton in the postoffice appropriation bill
providing for lowering Of parcels post
rates and the establishment Of a special
experimental rural parcels post. The
lack of q modern parcels post system In
this country Is a material factor in keep
ing up the high cost Of living, since IL
prevents ready exchange of commodl-
ties between city and country. The es'
tablishment of a real parcels post would
be of great economic advantage to the
country as whole, yet many Congress
men. although admitting that fact are
reluctant TO vote for It because or the
probably mistaken opinion of the smaii
country merchant that It would be IN
furious to him.
Mr.. Moon has a tender regard TOT
those of his associates who fear that
they would ALLEVIATE votes by approving
the experiment suggested by the commit
fee. Yet his conscientiousness as leg
islator compels him to ask them to race
personally embarrassing issue. With
genial sympathy he assured his friends
and neighbors on the floor Of the House
that he knew how "bothersome" the
parcels post problem was to them. IF
pyou were allowed to vote your convic-
'tions without your constituents know
"ing it," he remarked. 81 dare say that
"the majority Of you would vote to post
"pone this matter until after the cleo
"tions'
Until after the elections" means In
the idiom Of Congress until after dooms.
day, for as soon as one election Is over
the members Of the lower branch who
have survived begin to square them
selves for the next one. Mr.. Moon be"
lieves in having the parcels post agony
over now. and the country will agree
with him that the question should be
taken up at once, even at the cost OF
few pangs to those Representatives who
want to avoid going on record either for
or against the committees proposals.
The present system is retained In the as
sumed interest Of small minority. Con-
gress should not protect that minority
at the expense Of rational economic
procress which would benefit the whole
nation.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-21
A FEDERAL HEALTH BUREAU.

The Owen bill for the creation OF a
National Bureau of Health, which was
favorably reported in the Senate last
week, is a compromise measure rep
resenting the utmost that Congress Is
likely to do toward strengthening and
co-ordinating the activities OF the fed
eral government in regard TO health. The
original desire Of its promoters was for
the creation Of q department OF health
bringing together in one central organ
ization number OF independent and
overlapping bodies dealing with different
phases OF this subject But that plan
was abandoned as impracticable, at least
for the present.
The opposition TO the measure Is Its
greatest asset. II has been denounced
by all the ouacks in the country ms the
formation of doctors trust" And 1t
has been bitterly fought by those who
opposed the pure food and drugs act,
apparently In the belief that any cxten'
sion Of the federal governments activi-
ties regarding public health would inter
fere with their interests. The admins
tration Of the pure food and drugs act
would be one of the functions of the
new bureau of health, which does not
seem to suit the purposes of those who
have anything to fear from government
regulation Of food and drugs. Apparent
ly they apprehend that the creation of
a bureau of health would mean in course
of time increased stringency In federal
health regulations. But that would be
a point in favor OF the proposal, so far
as the public is concerned. At any rate,
there is a good deal to be said on be
half Of the bill on the ground that 1t
would tend to bring system and co-ordi-
nation into what are at present scattered
federal activities.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-21

methods which have been attempted
with more or less success, especially as
not one Of them, however admirable lts
results in some respects, can be con-
sidered as even approximating perfec-
ton. The use of several color screens
may be effective, but It is cumbersome.
What is wanted in the cinematograph,
as we'll as in the ordinary photograph, Is
a method Of recording the precise tints
Of nature directly upon the orlginai
negative and of transferring them
thence to the positive print, whether
upon paper or film. Then the finished
picture will be an exact replica of the
exquisite projection which is seen upon
the focusing screen OF the camera
There are those who doubt the intrinsic
possibility of such an achievement; but
there are also many who hold that IL
would be relatively no more remark
able than the original invention OF pho
Biography and that 1t is no more TO De
regarded as impossible than that should
have been before the days Of Niepce and
Daguerre.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-21
SHIFTING THE LANES.

A shifting of the transatlantic lanes
is the first salutary effect of the Titanic
disaster. The most important steam
shin companies have accepted the sug-
gestion of the United States Hydro
graphic Office that the southern east ana
west routes ought to be laid much fur-
ther south through the region or the
Atlantic which is annually invaded by
icebergs. Indeed, they have even de-
clded 10 retreat little below what the
photographic Office fixed as the line OF
safety. The government authorities
hold that the warm winds and water
of the Gulf Stream will dissipate any
Arctic ice before it gets TO the 10th par
allel of latitude. But the companies
have agreed to follow a westbound
course along the 39th parallel between
the 45th and the 50th degrees of longl-
tude, thus keeping clear of the ice ana
fogs which infest the sea area to the
east and south Of Newfoundland. The
eastbound route will be 20 minutes
north of the 3Sth parallel. so that IT
will be even safer than the westbound
one.
The voyage west has always been more
dangerous than the voyage east. Being
able TO gain in time travelling east the
liners could afford to use the more
southerly route. Losing time coming
west, they have ventured into higher
latitudes in order to find a shorter pas
sage and there they encountered both
fog and ice. Tens Of thousands Of lives
have been risked every summer merely
to cut down the sailing time and to save
on coal and incidental expenses.
The increased distance on the new
routes will be about $50 miles, prolong-
ing the passage by eight to eleven hours.
But that is a small disadvantage COM
pared with the. greater protection Sc
cured to life and property. A few years
ago the more northerly routes put
steamers into closer touch with land
through the wireless stations at Sable
Island and Cape Race. But now that
the range Of the wireless has been great
ly extended, communication with land is
no longer dependent upon those stations,
messages being easily passed along from
one ship to another all the way across
the Atlantic. The Newfoundland Bank
is one OF the most dangerous Of all ocean
areas, for it is the habitat Of ice and
fog, and every seaman breads its neigh
borhood Most travellers across the At
lantic are not driven for time. They
want a safe and pleasant voyage rather
than a swift one, and will be vastly bet
ter satisfied to travel the longer south
ern route, on which weather conditions
are better and one of the greatest perils
to navigation is totally eliminated.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-21

meant death after disaster came. Upon
only one theory do they seem explcaDie
That is, that proprietors and officers alike
were obsessed with the infatuation that
the shin was unsinkable. 1t will be re-
called that such confidence was repeat
edly expressed at the offices of the COM
pany after the first news Of the accident
arrived. No matter if she had rammed
an iceberg. we were told, the ship simply
could not sink The same delusion seems
to have possessed many who were on the
ship. after the collision occurred. How
vain it was the tragic sequel showed. 1t
may be comprehensive that contempla-
tion of the immense size and power or
the ship did lead men TO imagine that
she was invincible against the mishaps
which would be fatal to lesser crafts.
But it is incomprehensible and unpar-
donable that prudent, expert and respon-
sible men should thus be led to neglect
ordinary precautions for assuring the
safety of the two thousand and more
lives which were in their keeping.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-21
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY,".
TFrom The Tribune Bureau.

IRON inc Tribune DureduI
Washington. April 2O.-social affairs will
be revived in the latter part Of next week,
and even on Monday night the Belasco
Theatre will be crowded when the Mask
and Wig Club, of the University of Penn
sylvania, will present Miss Helen, of
Troy" Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Thropp
will entertain the students at tea and
dance on Monday afternoon Their house
guest Miss Polly McLearn, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs John e. McLearn, Of New
York. and the schoolgirl element and
debutantes will assist in extending hospi-
tality Mrs. l.. z. Letter, Mr.. and Mrs
Joseph Letter, Mrs. William ]. Boardman'
Mrs. Winthrop Murray Crane. Mrs. Charles
c. Glover and other prominent people are
acting as patronesses for the students.
Mr.. and Mrs Arnold Hague have gone to
Newport to arrange for opening their cot
tage They will return before closing their
Washington house for the season
Medical Director w. r. DuBose. L. S. N,
and Mrs DuBose announce the engagement
oe their daughter, Miss Helen DuBose. to
DR.. Luther Sheldon, u. S. n. The marriage
probably will take place in the fall.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Goelet Gerry will be
the guests of Mrs. Richard II. Townsend
for the horse show In May.
Mr.. and Mrs Joseph Letter are preparing
to take possession OF their new country
house In Virginia, and will spend the
greater part OF tho coming season there
with their two sons.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-21
Paterson, n. j.. April 10.
CHILD AND WOMEN LABOR LAWS.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: The law Of tho sea, women and
children first should be the law of all
continents. Governor Dix has the opportu-
nifty TO mako 1t the law OF New York State.
There are hundreds Of us who are praying
that, as captain Of the Ship OF State, he
may exhibit the herolsm and executive
ability of brave Captain Smith, and. order
Ing every selfish interest 10 stand aside,
may sign the bill limiting the hours Of
labor OF women and children In New York
State to fifty-four hours a week
The measure has been for some time in
his hands, but as yet wo have received no
ntimaton that he Is to sign Il. Il is in
credible that Governor as deeply inter
ested as is Governor Dix In conservation
OF resources should not be heartily In favor
Of a measure conserving human resources
as this does Perhaps he intends TO let IL
become law without his signature. but
if, as stated in this morning papers. he Is
to sail for Europe tomorrow. I trust that
he will step aboard the Lapland after hav-
ing put the finishing touch TO legislation
whose rallying cry has been Women and
children hrst!' WALTER LAlDLAAW.
New York, April 10. 1912.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-21
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
fFrom The Tribune Bureau


Washington. April 20.-While the Presi-
dent and Mrs. Taft and the members Oh
their family have declined to enter into
social affairs in any way, they opened the
East Room this afternoon to about hve
hundred girls from the young women
seminarles of Washington. whom they IN
vited several weeks ago to a musicai.
The President and Mrs Taft received the
girls, who were in charge OF teachers
from the schools. Mrs. Burmeister, OF
Baltimore, gave musical programme, In
Guiding some negro folksongs, and stories
were told by Miss Louise A. Williams. The
state dining room was not opened. as on
formal occasions.
Mrs. Taft, accompanied by Miss Tart ana
Miss Isabel Vincent, Of Bryn Mawr, who
arrived to-day, will leave here tomorrow
for Charleston, S. c. They will return at
the end Of next week.
Robert Taft, who has spent the spring
holiday at the White House. will return
to his classes at Harvard tomorrow. HIS
guest, John Heron, will accompany him.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-21
ELEMENTS OF DISASTER.

Significant facts have promptly been
established by the inquiries Of the Sen
ate investigating committee in the case
of the Titanic. 1t is certain from the
testimony of the second officer, given on
Friday, that the captain and other OFF,
GERS received warning Of ice ahead by
wireless telegraph from another vessel
only few hours before the catastrophe
occurred and that the captain computed
the very hour at which they were likely
20 encounter the bergs and foes which
had been reported, fixing it close to the
time at which the ship did actually
strike.
II would seem to go without saying
that the captain should have been
warned before starting TO exercise all
possible vigilance and that after the
warning from the Amerika at noon OF
Sunday that vigilance should have been
redoubled. There is no indication that
these things were done. The ship was
run at high speed, steadily increasing as
the danger zone was approached. On
Friday she made 515 miles, on Saturday
5f9, ON Sunday she was making still
more, and it was intended to make q
top speed spurt on the closing day Of
the voyage. AT noon Of Sunday came the
warning OF ice ahead. which the captain
reckoned they would encounter at about
II o'clock at night.
Yet there were no preparations for the
emergency. There was no drill of the
crew There was no slackening Of speed.
The captain himself did not 80 upon the
bridge as the fatal hour approached
when be expected 10 meet the ice. There
was no special lookout set. As heedlessly
rs though such thing as an iceberg had
never been heard OF the ship went rush
ing TO her doom AT twenty.three knots
epeed
These things we're the elements Of disas-
ter Just as surely as the lack Of lifeboats
New-York tribune., 1912-04-21
CoLORED MOVING PICTURES.

The long and dillgent quest for prac-
ticable method of securing in photo
graphs the exact colors Of nature, which,
IL successful, would effect one Of the
greatest conceivable revolutions in pic
torial art, has recently taken a new and
highly interesting turn in the attempt to
apply appropriate tints to the moving
pictures Of the cinematograpb. Ordl-
nary stereoscopic views have long been
colored with great success by the sim
pie expedient OF applying by hand the
proper transparent pigments to the slide.
But thus to treat the thousands of
minute positives which compose sin
gle film, and to do so with sufficient
accuracy to assure satisfactory results,
would be task Of prohibitive difficulty
and cost. The ingenuity Of inventors
has, therefore, been taxed to devise
some method, either chemical or me-
chanical, of attaining the desired re-
suit which will be at once inexpensive
and effective.
The first essays, which have not yet
been altogether abandoned, were in the
direction Of colorlng the films them
selves by Mechanical means, chiefly with
the use OF stencils. This method In.
wolves the use Of three films pierced as
stencils, one for each of the three pri-
mary colors. and its chief fault Is that
In 1t the colors are too obviously over
laid upon the black or gray OF the pho
tograph. The next step was an adap-
taton OF three color" photography,
through projection OF the primary col
ors through color screens. And just as
the moving picture itself is produced by
the very rapid successive projection of
single scenes, so the proper blending Of
the thref primary colors into the tints
OF nature Is attained not by simultane-
GUS use OF the three screens, but by
rapid use OF them singly In succession.
All three colors must, however, be used
upon each Of the pictures on the film.
ana as these latter pass before the lens
at the rate of sixteen a second, It fol-
lows that the color screens must change
iorty-eight times second. This great
speed imposes much wear and tear up
on tne apparatus, but the results are
highly successful.
IL would be wearying to the non-scien.
tlnc mind to dwell upon the numerous
New-York tribune., 1912-04-21

ton Of business or interference with
individual rights" than are the existing
laws preventing employment of minors in
specified occupations under certain con-
ditions or the measure recently signed
by Governor Dix preventing employment
Of women for certain period after
childbirth.
The new law writes into the statutes
the unwritten law women and children
first" 1t is peculiarly fitting that New
York should have taken just at this time
a forward step for the safety of the pres
ent generation and the wellbeing of the
npvt
New-York tribune., 1912-04-21
MAIN STREET" BY TRIANGLE
Princeton S Dramatic Talent Seen In
Annual Musical Comedy.

The Princeton Triangle Club gave its an
nual New York dramatic entertainment In
the grand ballroom of the Hotel Astor yes
terday afternoon and evening. This years
show was entitled Main Street" Of which
the book and lyrics were written by @. w.
Bum. ir.. '12. and the music by Il. p.
Nevln, ~; r. II. Dyekman, IA, and others.
Mr. Nevin is the son Of Ethelbert Nevin.
large and evidently delighted audience
was present at. both performances.
Main Street" has n real plot about so
many things that no ordinary notice could
do justice to them. But in It there Is a
Broadway actor, amazingly portrayed by
T.. NJ. Barnhart. IL. and more or less
elderly couple. equally we'll enacted by
W. NJ. Ellis, IL, and z. V. Connett ~
The club orchestra played the music and
played It well, and the music was moro
than equal to that OF many Broadway
musical" offering.