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New-York tribune., 1913-07-20
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offers to it's devotees much TO compen-
! safe. There are the good as well as the
bad days. And what more delightful can
/ be imagined than calm, bright day or
/ sunshine at sea, or a soft. mysterious,
! starry night? The unconfned horizon
/ gives one glorious feeling OF freedom;
/ the tang Of the clean bracing salt air
/ sends the blood tingling with an eAhil-
/ aratng sense of new life and vigor
From the storeroOm of memory come
recolections of races on which mirrorlike
/ water, gentle zephyrs and clOudless skies
/ prevailed throughout, making the trip one
/ Of lazy contentment. There comes to
vision 300-mle run Oh a well appointed
7 motor cruiser, when the engine never
missed a revolution, the sea was a sheet
OF glass and the crew idly luxuriated on
deck all the way; another SO-mile reach
on a fast racing sloop, when the breeze
| held up so brisk and true that not a sheet
had to be touched for the entire period.
| such events make one forget that there
| ever was a storm
But, whatever the mood Of the ocean,
the sport of racing small boats on II
never lacks fascination.
New-York tribune., 1913-07-20
NIGHT AND FOG.

The most nerve racking sail ever TOOK
WAS aboard the Waialua In the cup event
of 1911. We we're beating up to Vineyard
Sound Lightship at night when we ran
into 4 heavy bank of fog IL was just
the time when the liners from east anu
west cross at this spot, and no sooner
had the vapory clouds shut down than a
habel of horns and whistles and sirens
broke loose all about us. This killed All
chance of our puny horn being heard py
others. and how We lodged the score or 80
of invisible slips whose engines we couid
feel throbblng close on. as they sped py'
goodness only knows. had my heart III
nv mouth for three interminable hours
and twice towering shadows passed 80
near that we could have touched them
with boat hook. 1t was shaken crew
New-York tribune., 1913-07-20
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that finally rounded the l.ghtship and not
footed II To- less popular neighborhood.
Such is the yachtsmans dread oil hre
al sea that the most minute care Is al
WAYS taken to prevent every chance oil IT,
Still. | have been IN two races IN whlch
il burst out The first was several years
ago. In the annual run TO Block Isldiu'
when sherman Hoyt came very hea'
losing his sloop. the Capsicum, as result
of II. Dinner was being cooked aile'
dark. when the oil stove blew up. No one
was hurt. but the accident started CON
aogratlon and the cabin was soon aDla%e.
Rising TO the emergency, Mr.. Hoyt sel"eu
the burning stove and rushing To inc
companionway hurled 1t unceremonlous.y
overheard. His shipmates at the same
time Jumped for blankets and smo'heFeu
the flames. so that the fire was CON
oucred before il could make much heau-
way. II was a close squeak, though, ana
but for the prompt and concerted acuoh 1t
would have gone hard with the yach's-
men. We were sailing in the Capsicum
wake. and II looked for space AS II We
would have to play rescuers.
New-York tribune., 1913-07-20
THE AMATEURS.

"hen 1t comes TO the handling of power
ooats over the ocean courses to Bermuda,
havana, Nova Scotia, etc. the amateurs
are found to hold practically a monopoly
u ie posts Of honor only at rare inter
'als does one hear Of a professional being
In charge
mat women should take delight in dis
'aace racing is rather strange, for the dis
oomi0rts and hardships attendant upon
iseinB storms and rough seas on little
Di OF a craft are warranted TO test the
nerve and stamina OF the strongest man.
iet there is evidence a-plenty that the
sport is TO their taste. They habitually
follow the club cruises in number and
one frequently reads Of their taking part
also In the more Furnishing open events.
mrs George Robinson can tell Of thrilling
experiences IN The Bermuda race, for she
accompanied her husband on the smallest
coat that ever took the trip. Mrs. Samuel
|ochrane has had more than one narrow
escape on the two famous little power
cruisers Eronell 1 and Eronel II, and Mrs.
H. Lindermann can boast OF being an eye
witness Of that memorable run 10 Hall
i1x IN 1911. when for some thirty-six
houFs. the fate Of Snapshot II, the boat
mat harbored her. hung in the balance.
And these are but few names that come
70 mind out Of many.
Most people have bat a vague idea Of
what IL means 10 cover hundreds OF miles
o. open sea Oh miniature vessels no big
Ger than cookie. Danger actually litters
New-York tribune., 1913-07-20
A COMPASS GONE AsTRAY.

I remember IN one race being nearly
wrecked BY an unGotlced deviation due
TO the falling Of small holding anchor
on the brass casing Of the compass. Luck
iIv II was daylight. and the rocks we were
heading for were visible, so that we
guessed the trouble. and thereafter used
another instrument. But one Is not al
ways so fortunate.
4 dress suit case with iron frame
lodged under the cockpit was responsible
for George Granbery's Sonora piling UP
on the Block Island beach. monkey
wrench I'm the pocket of the helmsman
threw the power boat Kittrois four miles
on her course i'm one of the Marblehead
races and all but landed her on an ugly
ledge. A galvanized lantern put the Cres-
cent on the Hen and chickens reef at the
end of a Cornheld Light contest; head
light sprung from it's lashings at the
mast and swinging forward caused Elmo
II 10 approach within Il few yards of a
snarling cluster of rocks before anything
wrong was noticed. And one might go on
Indefinitely citing similar episodes.
The perfecting Of marine engines Of late
has eliminated I'm good share the chance
of complete breakdown on n power
boat, but not entirely, and even partial
disablement is apt to prove very seri-
Gus matter on the high seas. To this
can testify. for one, p. Cranberry, owner
of Irene H. Foul weather was his lot
from start to finish In the Bermuda race
OF 1903, and the engine repeatedly went
on strike. Stops frequently had to be
made for repairs, and during the last
part OF the trip. when the little craft was
blown irresistiply off its course and had
to cross the treacherous coral reefs sur
rounding the island the motor would no
longer feed. and had TO be administered
gasolene drop by drop out of TIN cup
In this condition. limping painfully did
the crippled Irene crawl over nest OF
ledges where a breakdown meant destruc-
New-York tribune., 1913-07-20
OFF BLOCK ISLAND.

In the Gravesend Halifax run of 1911 1t
was H. 5. Duel's speed cruiser Tramp
that went out of commission off Block
Island and managed with difficulty to
make West Harbor. One shivers at the
thought of what would have happened II
the trouble had occurred later. when that
terrific storm struck the feet off the Nova
Scotia coast-dsaster 10 certainty
and it is extremely doubtful II even the
lives of the men aboard would have been
spared.
In spite OF It's dark hours OF danger
ana gruelling toll, however, ocean racing
New-York tribune., 1913-07-20
AoNoEAY q, o %AwoNG
/IALIe Oce>7>z racer o.
</te pzOc< oec9ae r,

I few minutes all that was left OF the hand
some little cruiser had sunk out of sight.
/ All night the men drfted at the mercy
/ of tbe tide The ;east chop or swell would
/ have done for them, marooned as they
were. miles and miles from land. But II
was decreed otherwise The water re-
mainod smooth and in the early morning
/ a trading schooner sighted the derellctS
and picked them up.
/ The eyer-present possibility OF the COM
pass getting out of order is constant
menace to the amateur sailor. for on
small boat there is not only likelihood OF
the unprotected instrument being dam
, aged by the frequent jostling or knocking
around it undergoes. but also of the nee
/ die being affected by the thoughtless stow
/ ing of metal close to it,
New-York tribune., 1913-07-20
A POWER CRUISER LOST.

More tragic was the other case. III the
,,arhlehead race Of l909 for 1t resulted IN
tho total loss Of Mr. Gheens pretty power
cruiser Kitcncq. The fire was due 10
Ieaky connections; the bilge became Hood
ed with gasolene, and then a spark lg-
rited il. over two hundred gallons Oh
tho llouid fuel were In the tanks, threat
ening 20 explode at any minute but the
nIucky crew needed not the immineht
danger and fearlessly fought to gain con-
troll. But II was too late II soon became
evident that nothing on earth could save
the doomed craft Then compass, water
and a few provisions were hastily slowed
In the dinghy and she was swung over
the side. She would hold only three,
though. and there were five in the crew.
Two were forced to take 10 the water
and hang on to the gunwales Thus they
cast of. In the very nick OF time.
The little party was hardly out OF
harms way when the big feed tank was
rent apart with dearening report. For
A brief period the hull blazed fiercely;
then water began to pour in, and in q
New-York tribune., 1913-07-20

a fierce fight for life. The storm devci-
oped into the worst one that local fisher
men remembered: ships went ashore all
over the coast before ii abated. At mid
night the thermometers on land registered
d wind velocity OF hfty-fye miles an hour
and 1t was probably greater out where We
were One could not stand on deck The
Eronel was kept going at full speed and
battled gamely. but there were times
when we despaired OF pulling through.
Mountainous waves crowded one another
over the stern. lifting US high and then
hurting us downhil at vertiginous speed.
Impossible TO steer IN these mao dashes.
and when the Erouel waved and the seeth-
ing crests struck her brOadside. II was like
body blow dealt by a monster sledsy
hammer. The doubt soon arose that shc
could long stand the terrible punishment.
and not man on board but looked death
New-York tribune., 1913-07-20
The Cornthian, Man or Woman, Who Flrts
with Fate in Contests for Cups Over
the Seas Turbulent Bosom Finds
Fascination in Peril.

the path. even when every precaution is
taken 10 avoid accident, and. Of course,
the chances Of trouble are multiplied
when the competitive element enters into
the consideration. and every effort is de-
voted to getting the last bit Of speed out
Of a craft. Then dlsablement is openly
Courted.
New-York tribune., 1913-07-20
YACHT RACES OF OTHER DAYS.

Time was-and not 50 many years ago
when yacht racing among amateurs was
confined almost entirely to sailing around
short, triangular courses in sheltered wa
ters. Then d handful Of ambitious own
ers began TO look for greater excitement
and brought about the holding of the first
long distance events. Now off-shore rae
ing has attained such popularity that
besides the important open contests which
have become a regular feature OF every
season. there are scheduled by d number
Of the leading clubs annual cruises in
which the feet enjoys competitive runs
from harbor to harbor, generally outside
Of headlands for at least part Of the way.
II is no longer the professionals who
shoulder the burden Of responsibility. as
lhey once cid, on racing yachts. In some
Instances. indeed. II is clearly specified by
We rules that no paid talent shall serve
Ia any capaclty-navigator, captain ana
crew must all be amateurs. Such condi-
Tons, as An Illustration, obtained In the
recent contest for the Brooklyn Yacht
Clubs Ocean Challenge Cup, won a few
days since by Commodore John A. Crow
eys little tnirty-one-fcot sloop EdiaDa.
But whether 50 ruled or not Corln-
thans always predominste on the small
ooats' and even on the larger like. the
Oig schoouers, they often assume com
msnd. When the double-sticker DerVish
won the Bermuda race it was with her
owner Commodore Norss, acting 40 nav
gator and one OF his friends as sailing
master. Many other classic trophies have
Deeh lfted time and again by the gentle
men sailors. Nor has there been any
saf'ng evidence that their skill failed TO
equal that Of their FELLOW professionals.
The Prescott daily news., 1913-08-04
AUTO EXPORTS $40,OOO,OOO
All Parts of World Draw on United States for Machines-Canada
 the Largest Buyer.

Washington, Aug 4.-Automobiles and automobile parts to the value of $40.000,000 were shipped From the United States in the last fiscal year, as against s1,O00,000 worth in 1903, a decade ago, according to figures of the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce.
 Of last years shipments $2S,500,OO0 worth were in finished automobiles. Canada was the largest buyer, hay ing taken 7,200 cars, valued at $9,- 100000. England bought almost 4,000, valued at $3.O00,0O0; then came Brit ish Oceania, South America, British South Africa, Germany, British East Indies. France and Russia in the or der named.
 Less than $2,0O0,000 worth of auto mobiles were imported at an average price of $2,300, while in 1907 more than $4,000,000 worth were brought in at an average price of $3,400.
The Prescott daily news., 1913-08-04

leo or raise the embargo against i'm portation of arms into that country said Senator Chamberlain of Oregon.
 Formerly favored letting the sev. eral factions get all the arms they wanted, but it has been well sug- gested that the possession of an over. supply of guns down there might yet come to plague us. Since the Mexi. can people will think better of us if we do not try to interfere in their troubles, I think we should let them fight it out, as they are. That is what I believe will be the decision of the majority party"
 The resolution appropriating $100,. 900 to be used by the secretary of state in bringing needy Americans out of Mexico is to be hurried through both houses with as little debate as possible. With that money available the secretary would be able to bring all American refugees from those sec. tions of Mexico now overrun by ban. dits and from zones where they are in actual danger.
 The confidential reports received by the state department from the agents it sent to Mexico show that many Americans are utterly destitute in the interior of the republic They have appealed to the consuls for aid to reach their homes in the states, but there has been no money avail. able for that nurpOSp
The Prescott daily news., 1913-08-04
M||LHALL ANSWERS
 14,000 QUESTIONS
cot oNEL HAS EXPLAINED TO LOBBY COMMITTEE THE PUR-
 PORT OF 4,9oo LETTERS.
Notable That No Attack Was Made on Genuineness of Manufacturers EpstIes, the Fight Being Gen.
 tered Upon His Motives.

Washington. Aug. 4-Martin Mich ael Mulhall. militia colonel by brevet, .dear friend" counsellor and facto- tum of the National Association of Manufacturers for 10 years, has con- pleted task unparalleled in the an nals of congressional investigations.
 When he left the witness stand be- fore the senate lobby committee he had been on the witness stand IS days. had identified and explained 4.90O letters, answered more than 14, 900 questions and had replied to every denial made of the testimony except in two instances, which had no direct relation to the authenticity of the correspondence furnished by him to the lobby committee.
 Confronted by two actively hostile members of the senate committee, Nelson and Cummins, and a strong legal battery retained by the N. A. M, the man who had served it as lob- byist political flxer and strike break CT came out of the ordeal without a single letter, telegram or order sub mitted by him being impeached.
 Withstands Cross Examination.
 His cross-examination ended in a manner that caused him to be warmly congratulated. Counsel for the N A. M. being permitted to question him directly, failed to disqualify or ex- plain satisfactorily the autograph let ters written to him by the officials of the association and directing his undertakings in lobby work, congress sional campaigns, petty grating and in strike breaking
 As matter of fact, none one of the 25O questions asked of the colonel within the last two days related to the contents of the correspondence upon which he was examined, but
The Prescott daily news., 1913-08-04
LOAN SHARK KING CONVICTED
New Jersey Court Assesses B1,ooo Fine and Three Years Probation
 Against D. H. ToIman.

Trenton, Aug. 4-Judge Gnitchel, in the Mercer county court, fined Daniel H. Holman, 61 years old, of Montclair, N. J., $1,000 and placed him on probation for three years on a charge of conducting a so-called loan shark business in violation of the New Jersey law.
 Holman went on trial, pleaded not guilty, but later changed his plea to guilty.
 In passing sentence the judge said that if he should conduct a similar business in any part of the United States or Canada. the court would consider the probation broken and would cause his arrest and sentence.
 Holman is a resident of Montclair, x. J. His activities have been the cause of investigation in numerous cities and have given him the sobri- 4uet of King of the Loan Sharks" He has made fortune out of his business.
The Prescott daily news., 1913-08-04
BOTH HOUSES ARE WARNED
Fall Resolution Probably Will Pass in Senate Monday-Bryans Request for $100,OOO to Aid Americans
 to Be Rushed Through.
AMBASSADOR WILSON IS
 ROBBED IN NEW YORK OF
 SIPS; STATE PAPERS SAFE

New York, Aug. 2.-Although he admitted that his pocket had been picked, Ambassador Henry Lane Wilson today denied that the man who escaped with his purse, con taining personal funds, obtained any state papers or other docu- ments of value.
 The ambassador was robbed while in the Pennsylvania station, where he had gone with two women friends who took a train for their homes in Long Island. Wilson went through the crowd about the gates with arms out stretched to protect the women from the crush.
 According to the officers of the Pennsylvania, the pickpockets ob- tained SIPS from Wilson.
 The ambassador declined to dis cuss the report that he was about to return to Mexico, other than to declare he did not know when he would sail
The Prescott daily news., 1913-08-04

Washington, Aug. 1.-The friction between the administration and the jingo-inclined congressional repre- sentation is becoming acute. Presi- dent Wilson believes that the dispo- sition exhibited by certain members to crowd the limelight" in the face of the present crisis is embarrassing the efforts to restore order in Mexico It was reported that if there is not a change in methods soon the president may be forced to make public state ment saying so and placing the re- sponsibility.
 The recurrence of the suggestion by certain senators and representatives that the embargo on arms be removed and the rival factions furnished all of the appliances necessary to engage in a war of supremacy and eXtermina- tion is complicating matters It is known that certain of the revolution ary leaders who leaned toward me diation have now changed their minds. The reason is the belief that
  and ammunition which are badly needed.
 No Further Agitation.
 Realizing this, the president has made it very plain to the representa- tives of the administration at the cap ital that there must be no further agitation. Senator Bacon, chairman of the senate committee on foreign relations, and Chairman Flood of the committee in the house have been told that they will be expected to con trol their committees. Senator Kern, as majority leader in the upper house, has agreed that there will be no place given to war talk until the president himself lifts the embargo.
 How far the senate may go in de- manding from the state department information on Mexico which the diplomatic end of the government does not wish to disclose, will be de- termined Monday, when, by agree ment of minority and majority lead CTS the Fall resolution concerning Mexican outrages against Americans will be taken up. A score of amend ments will be offered The original resolution calls for the names and To- cations of all American citizens who have been imprisoned, injured or robbed during the revolutionary pe- riod, together with an estimate of the financial loss suffered.
 Senator Lewis of Illinois, majority whip, declared that the second Fall resolution, reaffirming a plank from the Democratic national platform as to the protection of American citizens abroad, would be passed without fur ther dispute. He intimated that the proposed action Monday was due to a conference among the administration senators, in which it was agreed that the Mexican crisis has passed.
 No danger exists, in my opinion. that we shall either intervene in Mex
The Prescott daily news., 1913-08-04
EVELYN THAW IS BANKRUPT
Again a Show Girl, Declares Debts $8,054, Liabilities S25O.

New York, Aug 4.-Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, Harry K Thaws wife, filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy in the federal district court here. Her liabilities are scheduled as SS,054, her assets as $250, represented by household furniture.
 Her chief creditors, she stated, are a woman's tailoring establishment to whom she owes s3,S64 for gowns, and a firm of silversmiths who recently obtained a judgment of $2,569 against her.
The Prescott daily news., 1913-08-04
Campaign to Enlist Sympathy of Capital Residents.

Washington. Aug. 4. - Having stormed the senate the suffragists who are here from all parts of the country now have decided to lay siege to Washington The automo- piles in which the crusaders travelled here lie idle in their garages while the women are engaged in holding street meetings in the hope of con- their cause.
The Prescott daily news., 1913-08-04

rather to his reasons for presery;.g such an extraordinary mass of letters and to the uses which he had at. tempted to make of them. The per sonal character of the colonel was attacked in the questions asked of him, and his ventures in attempting to secure publication of the core. spondence exploited.
 Counsel attempted to make it ap- pear that the colonel was actuated bv the most sordid motives in seeking the exploitation of the letters written to him by Van Cleave, Kirby. Parry. Bird, Schwedtman, Boudinot. Wat kins, Littlefield, Jenkins. Haskins. Coudrey, Gardner, Ramon. Cole and Commander-in-C of the Lobby Emery.
 He was minutely quizzed regarding his offers of the correspondence to Labor Leader Gompers, to various publications which had declined to publish it for business and political reasons.
The Prescott daily news., 1913-08-04
Only One Change in Story.

On only one point did the colonel seemingly recant from any voluntary statement he had made. This was in relation to a portion of the statement dictated by him on the afternoon of June 20. This made an estimate of the amount of money of which the colonel has direct or indirect knowl- edge as used in the lobby and other secret undertakings of the National Association of Manufacturers.
 Upon being quizzed by Senator Nell son, the colonel, who was confused by an interesting scrap going on be- tween members of the committee and counsel for the N A. M., said that he had been misquoted in approxi- mating the amount at $200,000. AS the colonel himself dictated the orig inal statement, this was obviously an inaccuracy. Discussing it, he said.
 T did not mean to say on the stand that l had not dictated the statement estimating that l had knowledge of about s200,000 used in the fields where l was told to operate. I meant to tell the committee that until I had checked up the various amounts l could not make an actual estimate.
 Most of my accounts were kept by another person, who is now incom- petent to throw any light upon them believe that, if 1t were possible for me to secure the memorandum, could account for $200,OO0 used in the manner which I have described"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-09-11

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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-09-11

It is unfortunate that Nap Rucker
can't get with winning ball team
and receive the support his great box
work deserves. Nap fears he will be
worn out before Dahlen' whips to-
gether machine in Brooklyn. Ruck-
er never looked better than at pres
ent. He slumped earlier in the sea-
son, but has recovered his stride and
is going strong. In one inning yester-
day the Cubs got two men on base.
Rucker then famed the next three.
After yesterdays game with the
Mackmen, Eddie Cicotte, White Sox