New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-19

evening, but the end II not yet 80 much
of a programme had been planned Tor the
Democratic women in the inaugural ceTe-
monies that unless harmony can again be
restored much that is interesting VIII be
lost.
FerrybOats in the harbOr were hard
put to it to make their slips, and wind
and tide, meeting head-on, whipped
the waters OF the bay into whitecaps.
The forecast for to-day is for clear
and colder weather, with nigh north-
west winds. According 10 the fore
caster, there is no hint of snow or
rain in the atmosphere. and the cold
wave will probably nnger In this vicin-
fly for some time.
With sudden shift of the wind TO
! the southwest late yesterday afternoon
a fog which had chung tenaciously 70
| the harbor throughout the forenoon
! lifted Storms on the Atlantic having
retarded the wcstbound liners, few
ships arrived Yesterday. Those that
/ did make port were able TO get IN to
! Quarantine at intervals when the mist
| thinncd out.
Ferry traffic In tho rivers was
! slightly impeded In the morning, bat
! I'm the afternoon the boats were able
! 10 run on fairly regular schedule. Tho
municipal ferries operating between the
Battery and st. George, staten Island.
were not badly handicapped by the fog
and seldom were more than ten min
utes late.
Liner Forced to Anchor in Bay.
nh. 1I,,,b,ro Ap,cricap liner Kais-
erin Augusta Victoria, I'm yesterday
from Hamburg. got through the chan
mel safely. but vas forced 10 anchor
twice on her way up from Quarantine
to her pier in Hobokcn.
Taking advantage Of lift in the
fog at 1920 "A. m. Captain DcmpWou
got under way. but was forced TO drop
anchor north Of Robin Reef Light.
After delay Of about twenty minutes
he started north again, but had to an
chor off the Statue Of Liberty.
The Kaiserin had bad weather fro
| the time she left ChcrbourS until size
| got 10 Sandy Hook. ON January 10 she
ran into hurricane, which Kicked up
"A tremendous sea, and great walls or
water slapped her hard upon tho port
quarter. A half dozen collapsibc life
| boats were smashed To bits and piled
up I'm a heap hundred feet aft OF the
bridge. one OF the boats that had been
mapped from it's lashings was carried
away by "A comber. Much anxiety was
| felt by the passengers. and on the fol-
| lowing day when the Kaiserin was run
ming through less tempestuous weather
the Kaiserin's passengers sent up 10
| the bridge a letter Of thanks 10 Captain
Dcmpwolf commencing him on his goa
manship.
The French steamship Mexico came
in last night after hard fight against
wind and wave, which began twenty
four days ago with her departure from
| Havre. on January I she encountered
weather which splintered her deck flt-
| tings and carried away everything on
deck that was not securely lashed
| When the storm. was at its height the
| chief officer was thrown off his feet OH
the bridge and badly bruised. When
| picked up By the quartermaster IL was
| found that his arm was broken. He
! had to spend a few days in tho ships
| hospital.
Herman Schmidt, out rowing yester-
day afternoon in Sheepshead Bay,
stood up to shift his position, lost his
| balance and fell overheard. His cries
for help were heard by two seventeen
year, boys, Fred Page, Of No. 200
East 23d street, and James Rodcll, OF
mo. 27O7 East I'D street. both of
Sheepshead Bay.
The boys braved the cold waters and
swan after Schmidt and brought him
| ashore unconscious. He was resusci-
tated by DR.. Kennedy, of the Coney
Island Hospital, who removed him to
his home at No. 800 East 18th street
Last night Herman was none the
worse for his ducking.
While crossing Broadway In front
Of No. III John Decker, forty years
old. a sailor, no home. was blown in
front of an automobile operated by
Richard Brackner. of No. 207 East
G4th street, and owned by Clarence
Winthrop Bowen, a publisher OF No :
East 63d street. An ambulance <as
summoned from the House of Relief
and Or. Livingston found that Decker
had sustained fracture Of four ribs.
After being treated at the hospital he
departed.
Mrs Sadie Sell and daughter Emma,
OF No. 300 East 18th street were cut
about the head and face when the cor
nice OF the building at No. 400 Third
avenue was blown down on top of
them Patrolman Neary, of the East
35th street station, called DR.. Ende Of
Bellevue Hospital, who treated them IN
nearby drug store. after which they
went home in q taxioab.