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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-06-02
FIRE IMPERILS RACETRACK.
Aqueduct Grand stand Saved From,
Flames of Durning Grass.

A grass fre famed by strong
southerly wind threatened the grand stand
and stables Of the Queens County Jockey
Cluns racetradk at AQueduct. Queens
borough. late yesterday afternoon. For
a time At appeared that the fire would
reach the buildings. but the Aqueduct
Volunteer Firemen extinguished the flames
but not until the fre was close TO the
grand stand.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-06-02
Too Nervous to XIII HerseIr.

Mrs. Mary Schmidt. So years Of age. Of
Hopkins avenue, Astoria. tried to end her
life yesterday with carboic acid but in
her nervousness spilled most OF It over
her face. hands and neck. The doctors
believe she will live
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-06-02
BOUQUETS

Culled from q letter written
BY Mr.. Woolworth, Owner Of
the Woolworth Building:
Prom the time that the
first spade Of earth was turned
to the last touch on the top.
most spire Of the tower every
one Of the hundreds Of men,
from chief executive to day
laborer, worked harmoniously
and In unison like . we'll
trained army Of veterans.
The spirit Of coop
grafton vas everywhere pre-
sent. and the Woolworth
Building stands as q monu.
ment to that splendid work.
inS.to9ether."
Respectfully submitted for
the benefit Of any Owner Who
needs this particular brand Of
service.
THOMPSON-STARRETT
COMPANY
Building Construction
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-06-02
only speils Salt By FAN Int River.

James Dalton. II years old ana dressed
up in his Sunday suit. fell into the North
River at Forty-eighth street yesterday
afternoon. Thomas F. Wright OF 502 Sec
ond avenue threw him a rope and James
was rescued
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-06-02
False Economy Costly.


''T'he old pavements had for the most
part been made OF inferior materials or
had been laid on poor foundation They
had been kept up. moreover, under
guarantees of the contractors, paid for
original saving OF hundreds had caused
when the original contracts we're made.
and most Of them were coming out of
guaranty at about the same time. An
the ultimate waste OF thousands. That
was false economy. to be more exact II
Was NOT economy az all. but downright
waste.
After ! became Borough President I
asked for and obtained from the Board
OF Estimate considerably Increased ap-
preparations Of corporate stock for the
restoration OF paVements in Manhattan.
tn" highest quality OF engineering tai
'nt VAS brought into the borough ser.
vice and the strictcst compliance with
specifications has been required OF con-
tractors. The results Of this work are
now visible
I'm the three years ended last De-
NASnhcr 100 miles OF new pavement were
iSfd in Manhattan-abOut a quarter OF
the entire street mileage Of the borough
At tho same time the repair work has
been kept up to the highest standard
and II there is any one who can rcmem-
ter when the streets OF the borough
were In better condition would like tc
meet him and examine his evidence.
Hhere remains OF courpe much still
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-25

Pennsylvania. so far as beam measure
ment is concerned. The Pennsylvania
will have a breadth of about 100 feet.
and the canal locks are only l10 feet
wide. we can still construct longer
vessels. ii is true, but practically none
broader. If we expect to get them
through the canal. The approved pro-
portion of breadth to length Will nave
to be abandoned.
But while we are approaching our
size limitations there is no reason why
japan should be hampered. IL she
should go on increasing In size until
the canal would not accommodate ner
shins. there is still the Pacific ocean,
with space enough for anything she
might project. Indeed. there would pc
a distinct advantage to her In gettn9
together feet of such individual mag
nitude and power that 1t would pe
superior TO any feet that we might
send through the canal. Our canai
would in that case be useless to US.
We would be forced to prepare lot
Japan with a fleet designed especially
for the Pacific-a feet that would nave
to remain there or go around cape
Horn for a change from PACING 10
an Atlantic base.
There are not wanting op@nlons-4nu
II "a said to be the belief of the German
enneror-that we have made great
mistake in not constructing larger
locks. Perhaps we have. the lock
chambers are 1000 by 10 feet. Mer-
chant steamships have ALREADY len9th-
ened themselves out to 900 feet, ana
ons Is building of $50. About commerce
however. there is this to be said: The
hulk Of the freight of the world Is car
Red in small vessels of 1000 to b,ooo
IONS. The tremendous flyers caryins
nassenrers across the Atlantic are IN
class by themselves. None OF them VIII
seek the canal except In the way OF
snecial excursions or tours. For many
q wear to come the canal Will accommo-
date every ton of freight that seeks ~
But II must be remembered that tne
canal was protected not alone for com
,nerciai purposes, but to afford g quick
c,,t from ocean to ocean for our battle-
.hips. the argument being that q one
ocean navy would be sufficient. since IL
co,,Ia he so readily transferred from
tbs Atlantic to the Pacific and back
again. But II battleship constructor
GOES on as 1t has been going or iaIe'
bow soon will II be before other na-
tions are building ships that can NOT go
throurh the canal? And In that case
Yuhere will we stand? Back again 10
,,hsra we were before the canal was
started. We should have to providc
two ocean navy. -.
THE moment that Japan orders PAT
t,eships too large for the canal we shaii
he face to face with new prooie"'
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-25
BATTLEsH|Ps FOR
JAPAN ORDERED
Three Fighters of 10000
Tons Displacement to
Strengthen Navy

Three immense battleships have
been ordered by Japan. The dimen-
sions are not given, but their displace-
ment tonnage will be 10000. The larg-
est battleships that we possess are
the Arkansas and Wyoming. of $4,000
tons. The Pennsylvania has been con-
tracted for with 31,5oo tons, says the
Philadelphia Inquirer,
We do not know that the determina-
tion of japan to build a navy of great
strength will have the slightest effect
upon the little navy" men OF congress,
but 1t ought to- We have vast inter
ests in the Pacific ocean. To say moth
ing of the Philippines, there are the
Hawaiian islands. Those islands in the
hands sof Japan or any other power,
would provide base from which to
strike at the Panama canal or the Pa
cific coast states. Today if she wished
to do so, Japan could capture the
Hawaiian group without the slightest
trouble. 1t would be a mere summers
holiday to do so. Unless our own con-
gress is willing to keep up with the
procession in battleship building we
must be prepared to yield to Japan
the mastery of the Pacific.
1t is impossible to say just where a
halt is to he called upon the size of
battleships. Speed and range of guns
tell the tale in modern warfare. Fight
ing vessels that are outclassed are Of
incidental Importance only, hence the
rivalry between nations for the biggest
and speediest. If we are to be gov
erned in this country by the dimen-
sfons of the Panama canal we will
about reach our limitations with the
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-25

all of them combined can not save a
soul from death. In the text God an
swers the great question of the church.
not by might, nor by power but by my
spirit
IF an educated ministry. able to
use eloGuence. logic, rhetoric, litera-
ture, science and philosophy could save
souls, then all men should have been
saved before now. as many of the most
cultured and best educated men Of
all ages have been preachers OF right
eousness and yet more than billion
OF the earth's population are not
Christians; but, of course, admit that
knowledge is power.
IF might Of arms could save souls.
then Constantine the Great In the
fourth century, when he ascended the
imperial throne. declared the Christian
religion to be his creed, and backed up
the preaching OF the, gospel by the
armies of Rome. should have at once
christianized all men. Pulpit elo-
quence often falls, like moonbeams on
ice. with no melting power. Let the
church with her ministers obey God 8
command. 'tarry,' linger at the mercy
seat until the endowment of power
comes from God. then the scenes OF, the
day of Pentecost shall be witnessed on
earth again
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-25
CTORY OF LEPERS
~ TOLD BY ST. LUKE

Where Are the Miner" from the gos-
pei of ST. Luke, was the topic of the
sermon preached by Rev. Philip An
dreen at the Evangelical Lutheran
church, Fifteenth and Dolores streets.
He spoke in part as follows:
THE Master had cured ten lepers,
and the number of unthankful ones
were as nine to one; only one returned
difference between the heart that hnds
cause of thankfulness for nearly every
thing in life. and the heart that never
is thrilled by the feeling of thankful
joy. but rather tends to look upon the
dark and dismal side of life. In the
deep reality there is very little differ
ence among men with reference to the
experience of true happiness or
unhappiness.
The preacher tells US often that the
rich and mighty is often burdened
down by sorrow. while the poor, pen
niless one may be as happy as lark
Health is the best gift that nature
gives-that is temporal gift. The most
common of all greetings IS How are
you? or How is your health? and the
best answer that one can give is Thank
you, / have my health and that is the
best thing
"Or take something very much less
of value than health. as for example.
the power life strength you use today.
When you go out from the church you
lift your foot. you jump on car. You
turn the keys as you enter your home
and all this is a gift from God When
God no longer works in you then you
no longer lift your arm, and that will
happen some time. ! mentioned your
home. AS you come from work you
tread upon the porch step. Just think
that I have home like this. Oh, but
God is good that gives me such an en-
joyment OF life. To feel in ones heart
that everything is from God, that IL
comes from God, creates in the human
heart the very greatest happiness.
II believe that all humanity loves
God, but too many love him at dis
tance OF ten that were cured only one
came back to thank Jesus. who had
performed the cure. Now that is just
what Christianity is; it is personal
relation to God, and there is only one
correct way in which to thank God. and
that is to give him your heart. No
Christian life is truly happy unless
Jesus receives your heart fully and re-
creates in you new heart"
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-25
g YMPATHY OF THE
- HEART OF JESUS

Rev. Joseph p McQuaide at Sacred
Heart church, took for his subject
The Sympathy of the Heart of Jesus
rather McQuaide said in part:
1T was in the spring of the thirty
first year of our Lord, probably in the
evening. that sad procession of
naeurners were moving out of the beau
riful town of Main. which picturesquely
nestles on the southern slope of the
little Hermon. Our Lord was coming
the way from Capernaum with NUM-
procession; and as he encountered
it. seeing the weeping mother, he
was touched with compassion. bade
the carriers stand still and performed
the miracle which has just been read in
the gospel of today.
1T was not the only time when the
Savior showed what we might call the
human side of his affection. The pres
ent case offers an apt opportunity for
study. IN brief, of the motives which
arouse the sympathy or the heart OF
the mother was weeping bitterly. Ira
dition has it that she was good
woman and greatly beloved because OF
her kindness to the poor OF her district
She was besides. widow, and he
whom they carried to his earthly grave
was her only son. Her loss was, there
@See how quickly the Savior acts and
in how thoroughly an effective manner
There is q singular pathos in the brief
statement of what took place at the
city gate of Main. Weep not is all
he says to the mother and then he
bids the youth arise and gives him back
10 her The two acts Of Christ are
simultaneous. His kindness allows of
no delay. of no suspense.
What we ought to do today is TO
contrast the motives which act upon
the heart of Jesus in the present case
with those which often prompt an ex-
hibition of human sympathy on our
part Virtue. misfortune and legiti-
mate affection OF a mother for a con
won our Lords heart at Main What
touches us most are self-interest, sue
cess and carnal love, And then COM
pare the manner in which our Lord
Shows his sympathy to the human
ways which we adopt. There were only
few words from the Savior's lips and
his help was efficient. With us 1T is
many words and nothing else. We
might by many a prayer and sacri-
fee for cur departed ones or our grief
stricken ones work something of q
q kindred nature to the miracle which
our Lord wrought in raising the dead
to life Thus acting, We are sure to
have with US the sympathy of the sa
cred heart and that means its power,
because God is ever disposed to second
our efforts in behalf of our suffering
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-25
CECRET OF SUCCESS
y REV. HORNS TOPIC

Rev ]. W. Horn spoke last night
at Fitzgerald Memorial Methodist
church. corner Eddy and Franklin
streets, on the subject The Secret
of Success. He said, in part:
THE great question with the church
is, how may the world be brought to
Christi
The secret of success in every busi-
ness. avocation and profession In life
is a laudable ambition TO be and do
something. To consummate this de-
sire there must be self-control, intense
application. burning concentration of
thought and exercise of will power. A
proper use of these elements of power
in church work will challenge the at
tention and respect of the world; but
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-25
1--WE FROG IN A RATHER
Timely Rescue Of Batrnchian ~ "-n
with Reaping Machine

HAzELTON, Pa. Aug. 24.--Scmewncre
i, the Laurytown valley big rros 10
croaking. thanks to n. II. Sioat OF
pocknort. who saved his life after ne
had been swallowed by large rattie-
snake in Sloats field. ;.
Sloat, while reaping. cut
h.If with the machine. From the Tor
urard half Of the snake wriggled the
frog after considerable effort. and As
he emerged from his involuntary arode
he leaped as in glee to escape sucn 2
fate. The frog had evidently oeen
swallowed but short time peiore the
snake met his doom.
The snake had 13 rattlcs.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-25

brother. From it all there will come
glory to God and joy and edification
toward our neighbor, which will re-
sound in heaven, where not only every
act is recorded. but where the echoes of
each kindly word spoken for Christs
sake resounds forever. Amen
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1913-04-30
NEED SHERLOCK HOLMES.
in Guard House Escape and
Desert With Their Guard.
ASSOCIATED PRESS DIsPATCH1

CHICAGO, April 29.-Reports of d
daring escape by two guard house
prisoners from Fort Sheridan, who
are thought to have murdered q guard
and thrown his body into Lake Mich
igan were dissipated tonight by the
finding of the three deserters crouch
ing among the bushes on the dunes
by the lake near Glencoe, Illinois, u
few miles south of the fort The en-
tire garrison turned out to search for
the supposed murderers. Charles
RABBIT and Marcus Wilson, provates in
the Twenty seventh infantry, were the
captured deserters who were under the
guard of Private William Clark.
Clark's rifle was found in a pool of
blood late this afternoon.
The fact that the liquid in which
the sentry's rifle dropped was not
blood, but red paint, was not sus
pected until after the trio was cap
tured Then it was discovered that
RABBIT and Wilson had prevailed on
Clark to desert with them.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1913-04-30
b|XbY ON HAND
AND Y0UNC'G|RL
IS NOW SOUGHT
Long Beach Millionaire APP
pears Before Los Angeles
County Grand Jury and
Finishes Testimony in
Exactly Twelve Minutes.
ASSOCIATED PRESS DIsPATCH1

Los ANGELES, April 29.-The
search for the fourteen year old girl,
Edna MeVes, wanted in connection
with the county grand jury's white
slavery investigation, will lead from
Los Angeles to Portland, Oregon, ac-
cordng to statements of the de-
! tectives.
Officers obtained today a bench
warrant demanding the presence of
the Meves girl before the grand jury,
but upon attempting to serve it. it
is said. they learned she had fled
from her home in a South Pasadena
! suburb, to Portland, in company with
her sister Emma, who is twenty
enc years old.
The younger Meves girl is said to
have been taken to Jonquil, the no.
tel conducted by Mrs. Josie Rosen-
berg. alleged procuress, at whose es-
tablishment congregated many young
girls who are named in affidavits of
George H. Bixby Long Beach mill
lionaire.
BiXby appeared before the grand
jury today for twelve minutes. w.
J. Ford. assistant district attorney,
said later that the Long Beach cap
italist would not be recalled, al
though it is apparent from the short
period he remained before the county
inquisitors he could not have i'm
parted much information.
Ford declined to say whether Blk
by invoked the prerogative granted
by Section 1924, of the California
penal code, by which aN witness can
not be made to testify against him
self unless immunity is assured
Other witnesses called today in
cluded DR.. r. S. Lanterman, former
county coroner, Mrs. Susan Ramey,
her grand daughter. Ruth Ramey,
seventeen years old, Charles Wilson,
| husband of Grace Wilson, the pro-
prietress of a beauty parlor where
! the wealthy Southern Californian. is
said to have received mail under
the name of King"
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1913-04-30
F0RFE|TS
BIG LAND TRACT
United States Court Rules
That Railroad Must Re
linquish Over Two Mil
lion Acres of Land in Cal
ifornia and Oregon.
ASSOCIATED PRESS DIsPATCH1

PORTLAND, April 29-'The court
orders that a decree be entered for
feiting those lands to the government
and that the United States recover
the costs and disbursements of this
case"
BY this simple statement, Judge
Wolverton in the United States court
took from the Southern Pacific lands
which according to the attorneys sti
pulation are worth thirty million and
which experts say are worth between
forty and sixty millions.
Invelyed are two million. three hun
dred thousand acres comprising
tracts in California and Oregon. The
railroad will appeal Immediately to
the circuit court at San Francisco
and thence to the supreme court no
matter what the outcome.
The case has been pending since
1908 In its ruling the court held the
Union Trust Company which owns a
seventeen million dollars mortgage on
the bonded land could not interpose
the plea of innocent purchaser.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1913-04-30
J0HNh|ES DRAW BUT
CR0WO IS FOR CHAMP
kiibane Seems to Have Better of
Twenty Rounds by Report But
Eyton Divides Honors Evenly.
ASSOCIATED PRESS DIsPATcHJ

LOS ANGELES, April 29.-Johnny
Dundee of New York, was given draw
at the end of the twenty round fight
tonight with Johnny Kilbane, the
featherweight champion at the Vernon
arena. Kilbane was apparently out
pointed by the challenger in ali but
two rounds which appeared to be eevn.
For nineteen rounds kilbane out
boxed Dundee and in many stages of
the fight made the New Yorker look
like novice. The latter's method of
jumping in the air and trying to land
on his adversary provoked only derisive
laughter from the champion and solid
blows to the body which met nearly
every effort of the challenger to land
in this fashion. At the end OF the bout
Kilbane bore only a slightly bruised
mouth while the Italians features were
badly battered. Kilbane was far too
clever for the New Yorker both at long
range boxing and infighting although
at times the Italian was more than
clever in eluding the swings of the
champion.
But the Italians desperate twenty
round finish in the opinion of Referee
Eyton earned him draw. The decision
was decidedly unpopular with the
crowd which voiced its disapproval OF
the official termination of the battle.
The champion worked his right up
per cut to Dundees body and head ef-
fectively, blocked cleverly and count
cred accurately. He often slugged his
opponent toe to toe and appeared tC
have the better of roughing it
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1913-04-30
WILSON PINS
HIS FAITH TO
Low SUGARDUTY
Announces That Reduction
Of 80 Cents Per Pound
On Sugar Will Reduce the
Present High Cost Of Liv-
ing III United States
ASSOCIATED PRESS DIsPATCH1

WASHINGTON, April 26.-(Corre-
spondence)-"T high cost of living
is a serious problem in every Amer
ican home. We charge that
excessive prices result in large
measure from the high tariff laws
enacted and maintained by the Re
publican party and from trusts and
commercial conspiracies fostered and
encouraged by such laws, and we
assert that no substantial relief can
be secured for the people without
import duties OF the necessaries of
life are materially reduced and these
criminal conspiracies broken up
That is the platform declaration Of
the democratic national convention
of 1912 upon the subject of the high
cost of living 1t is one of several
direct promises in the Baltimore
platform regarding democratic action
on the tariff Another is:
I'VE favor the immediate down
ward revision of the existing high
and in many cases prohibitive tariff
duties, insisting that material reduc-
tons be speedily made upon the ne
ceSSarieS of life
The democrats made this part Of
their platform their chief issue in
the last campaign and they held out
these promises as the chief hope of
reward due the Individual voters of
the country for support of the demo-
cratic ticket. Now they are en-
gagged in forcing through congress
which they control in both branches
j bill avoWedly drawn for the full
fillment of these promises. This bill
has been prepared however by exact
iy the same method as that employed
publican tariff bills; that is. the
information upon which the demo-
Gratis have determined the rates of
duty provided for in their bill has
come to them in secret conferences
with individuals just as much repre-
senting special interests as did the
individuals who in secret conferences
with the republican leaders supplied
them the inside information upon
which they fixed their rates There
is no difference in principle between
permitting woolen importer to
write the Woolen schedule and per-
mitting a woolen manufactures to
write it. 1t is merely a different
application of the same principle OF
consulting the advantage of some
special interest
| The fact that the democratic bill
| has been prepared by this method is
| notorious and is not denied. The
democrats hope that their bill, in
volving as it does substantial re-
/
Continued on Page Nine)
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1913-04-30
SENATORS PUT OFF.
PRESS prspArcH1

SACRAMENTO April 29.-Again the
senate failed to reach a decision on
the Brown bill prohibiting prizefights
in California Instead by a vote of p
to II it put over until II O'Clock to-
morrow the consideration of the
amendment which has been made by
Senator Juilliard so sweeping the SEN
ator himself characterized it as vir-
tually a substitute bill.
Juilliard's proposal is for a substi-
tute for the Brown bill and present
sections of the penal code covering
boxing matches, except where the code
reads "for limited number oi
rounds" Julliard would have it read
mot to exceed twenty rounds
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1913-04-30
INSURANCE STRIKE.
Missouri Companies not to do Business
After Tomorrow.

ST. LOUIS, April 29.-Although a
great majority of the fire insurance
companies which have been doing
busines in Missouri announced their
intention of ceasing to write policies
after tomorrow. The state will not be
deprived of insurance protection.
There are five home companies that
informed Insurance superintendent
Reyelle today at jefferson City that
they would continue to do business in
the state Immediately. Risks will not
be without protection as none of the
companies have announced their in
tention of cancelling the existing poll
cies. For the last two weeks nearly
every agency here has done a rushing
business in writing new policies. Many
business concerns took out new poll
cies to begin when the present policies
expire.