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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-28

stands back Of the judge. The whole sys-
TEN Of law depends first upon the fact
that there is a Judge competent To pass
Judgment and second upon the fact That
there is some competent officer whose
duty II is to carry out this Judgment. by
force if necessary. In international law
there Is no nudge. unless the parties Ia
interest agree that one shall hc con u
tutcd. and there f. no policeman 10 carry
out the Judges orders. in consequence, a
vet each nation must depend upon Itself
for it's own protection. The frlghtul
calamitics that have bcfalicu China, solely
because she has had no power OF self
defence. ought 10 make II IueNcusdble Ia
any wise American citizen 10 pretend TO
patriotic purpose and vet TO iail to insls-
that the United States shall keep In a
condition Of ability II necessary To assert
ito rights with strong hand. II Is folly
of the criminal type for the nation not %
keep up it, navy. not 10 fOrtify its vital
strategic points, and not 10 provide an
ADEQUATE army for its needs. ON the
other hand, IL is wicked for the nation to
fail I'm either justice. courtesy or CON
sideratiou when dealing with any other
mower big or little. John Hay was Sec
rotary of State when became President
and continued 10 serve under me uhtll
bis death and his and my views as TO
IA. attitude that the nation should take
T., roreion affairs were Identical, both as
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-28
THE PEOPLE CAN BE TRUSTED.

Having given sucn substantial proof of
my own regard for the custom, | deem
ii duty to add this comment on IT.
believe that it is well to have a custom
of this kind 10 be generally observed, but
that it would be very unwise TO have it
definitely hardened into a constitutional
prohibition. 1t is not desirable ordinarily
that man should stay in office twelve
consecutive years as President; but most
certainly the American people are fit To
take care of themselves, and stand In no
need of an iIrevocable sef-denying ordi-
nance. They should not bind themselves
never TO take action which under some
quite conceivable circumstances il might
be to their great interest to take. 1t is
obviously OF the last Importance to the
safety Of democracy that In time of real
peril it should be able to command the
service of every one among its citizens
In the precise position where the service
rendered will be most valuable. IL would
be benighted policy i'm such event 10
discualify absolutely from the hghes; Of
flee a man who while holding IL had
actually shown the highest capacity TO
exercise its powers with the utmost effect
for the public defence. IT, for instance, "A
tremendous crisis occurred at the end Of
the second term of a man like Lincoln,
as such crisis occurred at the end of
his first term. IT would be vertabe
Gala nifty If the American peop'e were
forbidden TO continue TO use the services
OF the one man whom they knew. and did
not merely gus, cou carry them
/ through the crisis. The third term tradi-
| ton has 10 value whatever except as it
applies TO third consecutive term
While it Is well TO keep II as a custom,
! it would be a mark both OF weakness and
unwisdom Tor the American people 10
embody II into constitutional provision
which could not co them good and on
some given ooc-s.on nigh, work real
harm.
There was one cartoon made while
Continued on fourth page,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-28

relations OF permanent good will and
friendship with the other
Exactly what was done in the particu-
lar crisis to which / refer is shown In
the following letter. which, after our pol
icy had been successfully put into eXecu-
ton ! sent to the then Speaker of the
California lower house of the Legs
lature:
The citizen., 1913-05-30
THIRTY DIE IN
TERRIBLE CRASH
Fifty Seriously Injured. Scores
Hurt During Panic.
BRITISH EMPIRE DAY FETE.
The Landing or Double -decked Munici-
pal Pier CoIIapses Under Weight
OF 10000 Human
Beings.

Long Beach. Cal.-Too weak to up
hold the burden OF nearly 10000 hu-
man beings, assembled for the festivi-
ties OF British Empire Day, the landing
of the double-decked municipal pier in
front of the city auditorium collapsed.
Hundreds of persons on the top deck
were plunged down on the heads OF
other hundreds crowded on the second
deck. The lower deck then gave way
and all We're dropped down chute Of
shattered woodwork to the tide-wash-
ed sands % feet below
Thirty-three persons-mostly wom
en-were killed by the shivered tim
bers or crushed to death by the falling
bodies Of companions and friends
Fifty more we're seriously injured
while hysteria and fright caused the
disabling of scores Of others.
A section of the Auditorium which
went down in the crash and the debris
from it was added to the wreckage
that fell on top of the injured and the
dead
The victims were subjects or former
subjects of Great Britain, resident in
Southern California.
All of the seriously injured are resi-
dents of Los Angeles and vicinity
The accident occurred a few minutes
before 12 o'clock. The Empire Day
parade, the principal feature of the
celebration in honor of the late Queen
Vctorias birth anniversary, had just
ended and the participants, with thou
sands of other visitors. were crowding
up the steps of the pier and surging to-
ward the Auditorium when the pier
floor sagged. An instant later the sup
ports gave way and the crack and
groan of breaking timbers mingled
with the shrieks and cries of the vic
tins as all went down into a mass of
broken wood and writhing human
forms on the sand.
Virtually the entire landing of the
Dier was wrecked, and a portion of the
Auditorium front fell
The cause of the accident was the
oFerOuTuenlng OF the pier. IhiS, ac-
cording to an official statement, was
due to the delay in unlocking the
doors. Had the doors been unlocked
at the proper time, it was asserted, the
crowd would have got into the Audi
torium, instead of massing at the
doors, where the weight overwhelmed
the pier supports.
When the Auditorium front fell
those near the doors tried to get out of
the pier and went down on top of the
scores who already lay hurt or dying
on the sand.
The citizen., 1913-05-30
HYP0DERMlC RESTORES LIFE
Action CT the Heart Can Be Prolonged
After Death, Says French
Physician.

Paris, France-Death is by no
means the sudden change which our
minds, laden with metaphysical tradi-
ton, imagine. We talk of something
the soul-fying away from the
body. 1t is seemingly all over. But
it may not be, comedies the official
bulletin of the French Academy of
Medicine. A we'll known doctor has
shown that every function of life save
consciousness may be kept up. This
authority sees nothing extravagant in
the idea that medical science may
some day go step farther. 1t may
restore consciousness even after 1t
has been pronounced to be extinct
provided fundamental chemical trans
formations have not supervened For
period as long as a decade French
physicians have said it is possible to
restore the action of the heart after
death" by means fo hypodermic in
jections. Even in so-called sudden
death there is a period which in
French medical literature is called
psychic twilight"
The case most in point, bearing up
on the whole subject, is that of late
noted French duke He was a con-
splcuous figure in the old legitimist
club life of the French capital. He
died recently at 10 o'clock at night
His younger son would be of age at
midnight For the sake of the two
The citizen., 1913-05-30

hours-the younger son being still an
infant in the eyes of the law-it seem
ed as if the whole of the dukes estate
must be tied up in endless litigation.
But the family lawyers-they were at
the pinned their faith in the
new discoveries regarding death. They
made manifest to the physicians the
tremendous legal consequences OF the
dukes death before midnight
Hypodermic injections were resort.
ed to. The heart began to beat again,
the temperature of the body went up.
breathing was restored. In fact. the
body came back to life" and in this
state 1t was kept until a quarter of an
hour after midnight. A magistrate
had been called to the house to see to
the interests of the infant ward" He
witnessed the revival from seeming
death to life.
The citizen., 1913-05-30
j. s. SOLDIERS
KILLED At FORT
Nine Badly Hurt When Breech
Block Blows Out.
ACCIDENT AT M0ULTRIE.
Captain Hanna Said To Be Among
Those Hurt - 6reech Not
Properly Closed, Is
Report.

Charleston, S. C.-Three soldiers
were killed and nine or more seriously
injured at Fort Moultrie, when the
breech blew off a three-inch gun which
was being used for night target prac-
tice Privates Baxter, Christensen
and Dalton were killed, the former
two being cut in half and dying in
stantly.
Captain Hanna, who was standing
with several other officers of the coast
Artillery, was badly lacerated in the
side by a fragment from the breech
block, which was blown into frag-
ments
Captain Hanna was in charge of
Battery Lord, which would seem to set
tie the question of where the explosion
occurred, a matter that concerning
which conflicting reports we're in cir
culation.
Priyates Baxter, Christensen and
Dalton were cut in two by the flying
breech block and died at once.
The right shoulder of a corporal,
whose name could not be learned, was
blown away and he will probably die
1t was stated by a resident of Sulli-
vans Island that several officers were
reported wounded. He said it was diff
icult to learn just how many were
wounded when the fragments scat
tered among the soldiers close by.
Hospital Steward Lamar was injured
in the right arm and hand.
1t was reported that the breech had
not been properly closed after the in
sertion of a cartridge and that when
the cap was exploded the breech was
thrown back with terrific force.
The citizen., 1913-05-30
RIVAL To THE
PANAMA CANAL
Nicaraguan Project Again Com
ing Into Limelight.
URGED ON SECRETARY BRYAN.
The Retiring Niearasuan Minister En-.
courased BY His Talk With the
Premier, Who Declared His
Mind Was Open.

Washington. ~ Another great At
lantic-Pacific waterway, making a ship
route between the eastern and west
ern coasts OF the United States 1000
miles shorter than through the Pan
anna Canal, will be built soon by the
United States, in the opinion Of Dr.
Salvador Castrillo, retiring Nicaraguan
minister DR.. Castrillo, VINO leaves
this week for Europe on an important
mission for his government. declared
in a statement that he believed a canal
treaty would be negotiated between
the United States and Nicaragua and
that a canal would be constructed
across his country
The Nicaraguan diplomat has been
a frequent caller at the State Depart
ment since Secretary Bryan came into
office, and the latter, after an extensive
study of the problems involved in the
proposed treaty negotiations, has said
that his mind is open.
The canal treaty, which is an in
heritance from the Taft administra-
ton, was negotiated by Minister
Weitzel last winter and has received
the approval of the Nicaraguan gov
eminent. BY its terms Nicaragua, for
100000, would grant the United
States the exclusive right TO construct
a canal across Nicaragua, by way Of
he San Juan River and Lake Nicara-
qua. This government also would have
/ right to acquire coaling station in
he Bay of Fonseca, on the Pacific side
If the coast.
"Or course, the pending treaty may
Je modified" said Dr. Castrillo but
nm greatly encouraged by Mr. Bryan's
assurance that he has a broad view of
he subject after a careful examination
of the provisions Of the proposed con-
yention."
He believes the Nicaraguan Canal is
| commercial necessity, and with the
reaty negotiated he thinks steps
would be taken in the not distant
uture looking to actual construction.
After all" he said, the Panama Canal
of military and strategic importance.
lut when it is realized that the
Iicaraguan Canal would shorten the
cute to the Pacific coast by an addi-
ional 1000 miles. l am convinced that
I will be built When the first of the
'acific railroads was built across the
United States it was thought that it
yas sufficient for all commercial needs.
I only, however. served to emphasize
he demand for other lines, which were
peedily built"
The citizen., 1913-05-30
Fate OF Maine Fisherman Who
Fell Overheard From Dory.
Physician Had Narrow Escape While
Taking Plunge-Rieht to Exter-
inmate Enemy of Man and
Fishes of the Atlantic.

Rockland, Me.-"And he said My
God, Frank, shoot me quick, shoot me
quick, the dogs are eatin me alive
Il hauled up my gun an pulled back
tn hammers but / couldn't do it
though ! warn't more n ten feet from
him, and could have blown his whole
head off | don't b'lve the Lord would
hev called thet murder either.
Il gasped for air, n dropped my gun
on tn seat, n then looked at Charlie
again n it was all over. Jest dark
red in tn water n hundred ugly
shouts, n shinin' rows of teeth jest
gleamin' n snappin' thar in tn gray
of that October afternoon"
1t was Frank Oleson, a fisherman
of Rockland, Me-, who spoke. He
was telling a little group of oilskin
clad fishermen about tragedy OF 1885
when he and Charlie Freeman sailed
out of Tenants Harbor, Me-, one Oc-
tober morning. Oleson brought the lit
tie sloop Alpine back the next morn
ing alone. Freeman had fallen over
board in the midst of school OF dog
fish, which had eaten him alive be-
fore the eyes of his helpless compan-
panion.
They were bound for the fishing
grounds of Martinicus island Freeman
had taken along a shotgun. When
five miles from Criehaven a bunch
of coots, flying low, came skimming
along. Freeman fired into them, and
three or four dropped. The Alpine was
brought up into the wind. and with her
mainsail and jib tapping the gunner
jumped into the dory and started to
pick up his game.
There was a shout, a splash, and
Freeman was struggling in the water.
In reaching over the side of the dory
he had lost his balance and fallen into
the choppy sea. In moment the hun
cry, sharkish dogs were after him.
The opening paragraph tells all there
is to tell.
Many stories are related to show
the ferocity of the dogfish. 1t was not
more than dozen years ago that two
along in sloop yacht in Penobscot
bay one July afternoon. One of the
yachtsman, a physician named Bow
ker, decided to take a plunge. He
stripped and dived off the bow of the
sloop intending to pull himself into
the tender trailing behind as it passed
him. He had scarcely hit the water
before he let out yell. He just
managed to catch the gunwale of the
rowboat when his companion reach
ed him and hauled him in. Three ugly
wounds showed in his legs where the
voracious dogfish had bitten out
c--unks. He was taken into Rockland
where a physician treated him for
several weeks before he was out OF
danger.
That the determination or at least
the thinning out OF the dogfish is prac-
ticable has been demonstrated. Thirty
five years ago the old Gloucester
schooner Water Lily, according to
Fred Lewis of Portland, who was a
member of the crew, sailed from the
Massachusetts, port in command of
Capt George E. Robinson on an ex-
perimental trip.
The Water Lily proceeded to Kettle
Bottom, about Is miles off Orr's Island.
On the first day the high line dory
from a. m. to p. m. had caught
1900 dogfsh. From the total dogfish
catch on the first day 2S5 buckets of
The citizen., 1913-05-30
PLAN COSTLY EXHIBIT.
California To Have Counties Building
At Panama Canal Fair.

San Francisco.-A definite agree
ment to erect a costly California coun-
ties building at the Panama-Pacific Ex-
position in 1915, to house the exhibits
of California products and serve as
headquarters for the States hospital
ity to its visitors, was reached at a
meeting between officials of the ex-
position company and the county
supervisors of the State. Originally it
was expected the State would provide
the building, but when this plan failed
the exposition directors decided to pay
for the cost of the structure provided
the counties would agree to buy space.
The rate of $3.50 per square foot was
ratified by the supervisors.
The citizen., 1913-05-30
LOSES LIFE TO SAVE DOG
Alice Maud Meadows, English Novel.
ist, Drowned in an Effort to
Rescue Pet.

London.-Alice Maud Meadows,
novelist. was accidentally drowned re.
Gently at Red Hill, few miles from
London. while attempting to rescue
her dog, which had fallen into the
water. She began to write when IA
years of age. Her publications in
clude THE Infatuation of Marcella,"
"An Innocent Sinner" "The Moth and
the Flame" and many other novels.
The citizen., 1913-05-30
RAILWAY EMPLoYE SHOT.
Construction Chief Probably Fatally
Wounded BY Clerk.

Charlotte, N. C.-G. S. Smith, chief
of a Norfolk and Southern Railroad
construction force, was shot and prob
ably fatally wounded by w. B. Stevens,
railway commissary clerk. The
shooting is said to have followed a
quarrel over Stevens refusal to sell
cigarettes in violation of the Charlotte
Sunday law. Stevens surrendered and
was placed in Jail. He claims he shot
in self defense.
The citizen., 1913-05-30
BROWNS BABY IN clsrERN.
Mother Then Tries To Burn Herself
and Her Three Other Children.

Toledo, O.-Mrs. Jerome Harris
drowned her four months old son in a
cistern at hre residence. The woman
then saturated the bedding with gaso-
line, locked all the doors and set fire
to the house Mrs. Harris and her
three other children were within.
Neighbors broke in and extinguished
the fire. The woman, 20 years old,
was discharged month ago from
hospital for the insane.
The citizen., 1913-05-30
Fort Division Headquarters.

Washington.-Fort Moultrie. is the
headquarters of the Charleston divi-
sion of the South Atlantic Coast Artil-
lery district, with Major A G. jenkins,
who resides at Fort Moultrie, in com
mand. Four companies of Coast Artil-
lery - the Sixteenth, the Seventy
eighth, the One Hundred and Forty
fourth and the One Hundred and Forty
fifth are stationed there. The head
quarters officers, in addition to Major
Jenkins, are First Lieutenant f. K
Smith, adiutant; Captain ]. w. c. Alb
bott, quartermaster; Second Lieuten-
ant R. S. Dodson, artillery engineer
and ordnance officer The First Artil-
lery Band is also stationed at Fort
Moultrie.
The citizen., 1913-05-30

and various parts of Jersey we're gath
cred to see the mayor perform his
first wedding ceremony by uniting
Miss Mabelle Nafe of Brooklyn and
Alexander Moore of North Bergen.
The mayor in spite of the pleadingS
of his young wife and the solicitations
of the guests, refused to act as min
lister.
Excitement reigned as the bride i'm
plored the mayor to go on with the
ceremony. He was obstinate, and
after an hours waiting Judge J. L.
Medina of the recorders court Of
The citizen., 1913-05-30
HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS SCORED.
Mothers Congress Speaker Declares
They Dress lmmodestly.

Boston.-The closing session of the
Mothers Congress was notable, among
other things, for an address by Mrs.
Orville T. Bright, of Chicago, vice
president Of the congress, scoring the
tendency on the part of high school
girls toward immodest or questionable
styles Of dressing. She asked the
teachers to take strong stand against
this evil.
The citizen., 1913-05-30
ALLIES RENEW BATTLE.
kinq OF Greece Arrives At SaIoniki
and Attempts To Arrange
Neutral Znne.

London.-Severe .ighting has been
resumed between tie Greek and the
Bulgarian troops il the vicinity of
Saloniki. The infantry and artillery Of
both forces are holly engaged near
that city, according 70 dispatches re-
ceived here from Athens. The dis.
patches refer to the situation as hav.
ing become extremely grave"
The citizen., 1913-05-30
LABOR LEADERS LOSE.
Refused Writ Of Error To Take Ap.
peal To Supreme Court.

Washington.-The District Court of
Appeals refused a writ of error by
which attorneys for Samuel Gompers,
John Mitchell and Frank Morrison, the
labor leaders, wanted to carry an ap-
peal from their conviction for con-
tempt of court in the Bucks Stove and
Range case to the Supreme Court of
the United States. Attorneys for the
three men will now ask the highest
court to order the decision brought up
for review.
The citizen., 1913-05-30

Hit has joined the search for his
rivals gift.
The 400 is wagering 10 to 1 that II
Billy" finds the dog, the price of his
services will be to change its name
from Due to Sweet William.
One of the horses in which Miss e.
kins and Mr.. Hit are Jointly entered
is named Sweet William, and Billy
Hits stock has jumped in the Wash
ington matrimonial market since the
discovery
The citizen., 1913-05-30
EMPERoR's DAUGHTER WEBS.
'ictoria luise OF Prussia Bride Of
Prince Ernest.

Princess Victoria Luise of
russia, only daughter of the German
Emperor, was married to Prince
rnest August Of Cumberland, with the
ties Of the Lutheran Church. The
eremony which took place in the
oyal chapel Of the imperial castle,
eals the reconciliation between the
ethroned House of Hanover and the
iouse of Hohenzollern. The presence
+ three most powerful sovereigns of
'urope-the German Emperor, the
ussian Emperor and the British King
,mperor-on terms of intimate friend
hip, made the event a demonstration
( international peace.
The citizen., 1913-05-30
MAYOR HOLDS UP A WEDDING
New Jersey Mans Nerve Fails at
Crucial Moment In His First
Ceremony.

Union Hill, N. J.-Tll be hanged
if /, as mayor of North Bergen, will
marry my brother-in-law!" shouted
Mayor Adolph Asmus, as he flung
down his ritual ir front of the bridal
party at his home on the boulevard
at North Bergen.
About $50 guests from New York
The citizen., 1913-05-30
ANOTHER MINERS STRIKE.
One Thousand Me1 In the New River
Field Go Out.

Charleston, w. Na.-The threatened
strike of miners employed in the New
River coal field of West Virginia took
place Wednesday, One thousand min
ers, many with taeir families, have
quit their homes and are living in
tents furnished b. the United Mine
Workers of America.
The citizen., 1913-05-30
COLOR LINE IN PosToFFlcE.
5000 Railway Mail Clerks Petition
Segregation.

Washington.-The race question was
put squarely up to Postmaster General
Burleson in petition signed by more
than 5000 railway mail clerks, urging
the segregation of white and negro EN-.
ployes in the service. 1t was present.
ed by Robert A. Frather, of Little
Rock, Ark. The petitioners asked that
the Postmaster General issue an order
putting the segregation into effect at
The citizen., 1913-05-30
To Protect Farmers.

MANY of these large employers of
labor" he said, would be delighted
to have the federal government
through it's treaty-making power let
down the bars and let the alien come
in What would become of the Ameri-
can farmer IL the great corporations
of the countrr should buy all the best
lands and cultivate them with
Mongolians, Chinese, Hindu, japanese
and other cheap labor?
81 do not want this government to
be destroyed through the treaty-mak-
ing power" Nj. Sisson concluded. $50
gentlemen of the House, l have taken
this position nog because the japanese
are involved in This controversy, but
would take this position if England,
Germany, France Or any other nation
on earth were in grlved"
The citizen., 1913-05-30
AMPUTATEs HIS OWN FOOT.
;aac 6assett Shows Himself To Be
Man Of Nerve.

Penn Yam, N. Y.-Isaac Bassett, of
his county, is man of nerve. Fear
lg he would die from gangrene, which
riginated in his large toe, Bassett
mputated the diseased member last
eek with his pocket knife. This,
owever did not arrest the process of
re disease, so he cut off bis foot with
ne same surgical instrument. Bas.
stt is rs years old.
The citizen., 1913-05-30
6ARTHoLDTs SOLUTION.
fould Give Congress Alone Power To
Pass Alien Laws.

Washington.-C Constitutional amend
ient to vest in Congress exclusive
over to legislate on all questions af-
setting the right of citizens of foreign
)untries residing in the United States
as proposed in joint resolution by
representative Bartholdt, of Missouri.
he proposed amendment deals d.
sctly with the questions involved in
ne presnt Acknowledgements situa-
on.
The citizen., 1913-05-30
SAVED FROM ANGRY MOB.
Prisoner Laughs At Judge When Given
Life Sentence.

Paducah, Ky.-Rushed to Paducah
TO escape mob violence, Richard
Shelby, convicted at Clinkton, KY, of
the murder of John Ritchie, was taken
to the Eddyville Penitentiary to serve
a life sentence. Shelby laughed in the
face of the judge pronouncing sentence
and brother of the murdered man at
tempted to shoot down the prisoner
while he stood at the bar.