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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-20
HOW THE SIEGEL TRIAL NEWS WAS RUSHED

when the rush began, the skill of the man at the
key shone forth in all its splendor.
News is not sent until it is made, and the hap
penings of that nigh did not, TO great extent,
develop until about IL o'clock so that getting it
away from Geneseo in time appeared to the UNI
initiated to be an impossible performance. "The"
became st" in the sending; "of the" was sent a..
and so on until the code -sed by the sender cut
into the substance materially and made the work
of dispatch much simpler than in olten times, be-
fore the use of the Phillips code came into play
Thus the telegrapher who managed to send 1000
words an hour in the Olden days is now able TO do
25 per cent more Some-snd among them thos.
who were at Geneseo-are able to send $500 words
an hour.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-20

~EVENTY. FIVE THOUSAND w,rds were
Ns flashed to all parts of the country from the
Y little town of Geneseo n. Y, on the last day
~ of the Siegel trial. This was done in small
office suitable for operator and clerk, with
room outside the counter for two three crs-
toners at the most at time. The exact dimen-
s:ons are II by Is feet, and making allowance for
,esks and instruments, there was not much room
i'm which to move. Seventeen men crowded into
this space about midnight to tell the readers OF
the great and the small dailies that the little
banker had been found guilty of misdemeanor,
not felony as desired by the prosecution.
Genesco reposes peacefully on the top OF
steep hill good mile from the trolley station.
There ordinarily two wires to the telegraph
Office in Centre St, near the main thoroughfare.
One wag dubbed this structure the Singer Build
ing" 1t was formerly used a cobbler's shop.
During the Siegel trial four, six and eight wires
were in use. Twenty-three newspapers and agen-
cies were supplied with the news by the aid OF
the most expert telegraphers There ever was
trial perhaps, so replete with dates and figures
making the work of the man at the key most diff
cult
Two emergency wires were strung from Mount
Morris to Geneseo nearly all the way up hill. The
tier village is on an eminence about 1900 feet
above sea level Two private wires to Rochester
were leased These were connected with two trunk
line wires that skirt the railway tracks. These,
with the two regular wires in the Office, made
total of six telegraph circuits out of the pastoral
town of Senator-elect Wadsworth.
But how can eight operators work six wires
Edison and the other fellows have blazed the way
for all kinds of stunts with the ell ctric
Now it is easy.
Each telegraph Office has switchboard and the
size of this board depends upon the number OF
wires running to and from the Office. BY
OF shifting movable pegs, or plugs, which fit ex-
acty into tn proper openings in the board, wire
is split" And four operators can send and
ceived press matter without interfering with one
another
Thus six wires became eight when it was neees-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-20

Indies and the literature Of the seas is filled
with tales OF rch-laden Indiamen
There was an obvious need for such meet
ing place. and the big men in the financial dis
trict saw il some time ago. India House is an
association OF merchants, manufacturers and
brokers engaged in the import and export
trade 1t is the old Cotton Exchange redvivus,
the square building at Hanover Square and
Pearl St. which so long served as mart Tor
the great staple OF tn South and then became
the Offices of w. r. Grace & Co.. whose ships
were known on every sea
Private dining rooms OF various sizes, in
Guiding one for the exclusive use OF women,
are located here and there throughout the
three-story building, each charmingly subdued
in its color scheme, the very thought OF noise
being shut out by the sense of order and har-
mony within.
Everywhere you go. upstairs and down, in
the bar, the lobby, the library, the numerous
rest rooms OF one sort and another, you are
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-20

1t is. however. the A. w. Drake collection
of ship models, which an officer OF the club
has secured for India House, that will leave
the strongest impression in your mind.
The Port of New York, says r. M. Winans,
the we'll known shipping authority. has con-
crete story of the passing of the sail written
in her records of vessels entering and clearing.
And it is a convincing story; for this is the
greatest port in the world, through which dur
ing the fiscal year l9lo-'ll there was en.ered
and cleared a total of 100000 tons.
During 900 there were recorded at the Port
of New York $4,000 vessels of all classes for
cign and coastwse, of which $500 were sailing
vessels For 1901 the total number was TO-
900, Of which only 900 were sails, sheer fall
ing off in sails of one-half in ten years, during
which time vessels increased $780,
The sailing vessels engaged in foreign trade
registered at New York for 1900 were 24o0,
which fell to LOO for 1911. As late as 1908
the coastwise sailers entering and clearing at
this port numbered 1000. In 1911 they had
dwindled to no.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-20

with Strang as its dominant spirit. He edited
a paper called The Voree Herald which
purported to be the organ of true Mormon
ism. He professed to have hours OF rapt &c
stasy in which he received divine revelations,
the results of which re expressed in sty,-
similar to that Of JOSEPH Smith, though with
a somewhat more correct use OF the English
language.
Following the example of Smiths discovery
of the golden plates of the Book OF Nor
mon," he discovered near the banks OF the
White River three brazen plates, incased In
tile, bearing on both sides records OF one OF
the Lost Tribes of Israel" which occupied
this continent centuries ago. The last patri-
arch OF this tribe made the records, lamenting
the destruction of his people, but predicting
the appearance of i mighty prophet VINO
should some day unearth the records and -
store Israel -Four of Strang's followers de
clared that they were led by him to spot
where he commanded them to dig. They dug.
After digging through sod and underlying
clay. which evidently had not been disturbed
for ages, and after cutting through the roots
OF a great oak tree, they came upon the mar
NcllOuS plates. linen tlc rloPhSt Joii'So AN''
into trance and the Angel of the Lord
brought to him the Urim and Thummn and
thus enabled him to translate what otherwise
would have been unintelgible.
FINDING PLATES THAT KEPT STRANG
OUT IN THE OPEN AIR.
Later Strang proiessed to have found eigh-
teen more plates called the plates OF Laban
and written during the Babylonian captivity
These he translated. To their ALLEGED content
he added nine chapters of direct divine reve-
lation,' and thus compiled the Book OF the
Law" The revelations consisted largely OF
detailed instructions and commands as t. diet,
dress, personal habits, habtations, industries,
and, indeed, all the conditions and activities
of life.
Many converts accepted Strangs authority
and teaching, and the city OF Voree prospered.
In 1847, however, Strang feared The encroaoh-
ments and influence of neighboring comnunl-
ties, and accordingly removed the colony to
Beaver Island. where he hoped to be free from
interference of any kind. His followers out
numbered the other inhabitants OF the island,
and soon had almost monopoly OF the place.
In 1850 general conference OF that branch
of the Mormon Church was held, and the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-20

"HERE IS Of course, no relationship be-
tween the death of Joseph Smith and
l. the project of establishing Mormon
temple in this city, excepting that
both items broke into" the daily news at
about the same time. The organization which
is said 10 be planning an invasion of New
York is the great Church of Latter Day
Saints which has its seat at Salt Lake City
and which, for many years, has brought upon
America the reproach of tolerating that twin
relic OF barbarism,' polygamy. The aged
prophet" who died few days ago was the
eldest son Of the founder OF Mormonism, and
thus may be supposed to have inherited that
faith in its pristine purity. But he had nothing
to do with the polygamous monstrosity devel-
oped by Brigham Young, OF which, indeed, he
was lifelong opponent. He was the head OF
the so-called Reorganized Church of Latter
Day Saints. which he formed at Amboy. Ill., IN
1850, and which in later years was transferred
10 Independence, Mo. In this is reminder
that Mormonsm, though less than century
3D. has long been not united, but divided into
several sntsgonistic sects.
One of the most remarkable and certainly
most picturesque of these was that organized
and ruled by King James" in the little Amer
esn Kingdom of ST. James" on Beaver ISL
and, IN the Manitou group, in the northern part
Of Lake Michigan. For a number OF years
mat strange community existed, under a spr-
Nual and temporal despotism as absolute as
ever was that Of any Oriental rajah or sultan
Tough to-day the only remainder of it is in
he names of the two chief towns of Beaver
Island, St. James and Gallee. But they are
"0t sufficiently strange in American geo.
e'sphleal nomenclature to attract special at
"nuon certainly not to suggest the fanatical
'Hu tragic history with which they are in fact
vested. Much more suggestive is the inscrip-
uOn on the title page of little volume, few
,-reworn copies of which are still to be found
museums and libraries, as follows:
The BOOK OF THE LAW OF THE LORD,
consisting OF an Inspired Translation of Some
OF the Most Important Parts of the Law
0iVen to Moses, and Very Few
Additional Commandments,
with Brief Notes and
References
"iNIED BY COMMAND OF THE KING,
at the Royal Press,
ST. James, A. r. /.
ins King OF ST. James was one James
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-20
THE wONDROUS BIRTH.

Born among the poor and lowly,
Inexpressibly most Holy;
Prophesied by seers and sages
In the bygone silent ages;
Wondrous Babe of wondrous birth,
God incarnate come to earth.
Holy Babe OF Virgin Mother,
To mankind friend and brother.
Heralded by angels singing,
Through the air their voices ringing,
Heard cen now as it was then,
Peace on earth, good will TO men,"
For His infant head a manger,
Ne'er was condescension stranger;
Lord of heaven and mans creator,
None more humble, no one greater;
For our sins He suffered, died.
For us He was crucihed.
Thrilled, we read the "old. old story"
How in triumph and in glory
Rose He from deaths gloomy prison
II was finished" Christ had risen.
Now He stitch on His throne
As the worlds Redeemer known
AUGUSTUS TREAnWEL
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-20

island was formally declared kingdom with
Strang as king, his Offices being, in addition,
those OF apostle, prophet, seer, revelator and
translator The communal system was aban-
doned and lands were apportioned among the
members of the church. really high grade
of civilization was attained, with roads,
schools, etc, superior to those OF most places
in that part of the West. The Royal Press
issued number of books and daily paper
of marked literary ability.
1T WAS NOT COMPULSORY, BUT HE
TOOK FIVE WIVES.
The ecclesiastical rule OF the King was
strict All Intoxicating liquors, tobacco, tea
and coffee were prohibited. Both Saturday
and Sunday were observed as holy days and
attendance at church was compulsory on
both. Strang himself took five wives and sane
toned polygamy among his followers, but did
not enjoin it as compulsory, and IT was IN
fact. never practised by more than small
minority of the people.
For some time the Kingdom prospered
greatly. Then the envy OF some OF the Gen'
tile neghbors led them to make complaints 10
the federal authorities that Strang and his foi-
lowers were pirates who were defying the gov
eminent and breaking its laws. In consequence
revenue cutter was sent thither, bearing
United States marshas, who arrested Strsng
and took him to Detroit for trial. He submit
ted gracefully, but insisted that he was lnno-
cent of all charges His trial at Detroit at
tracted great attention and reached its climax
when. in speech of singular dramatic power,
he declared himself to be prophet OF the
Lord prosecuted for righteousness sake. The
result was verdict of acquittal.
He then returned to ST. James and ruled the
island more absolutely than before In time
however. the strictness OF his rule provoked
schism against him, and at last on June 10,
1856. he was assassinated by two men who had
been rebuked by him for gross immortality and
defiance of the laws Of the Church and the
kingdom. He did not die at once, but lived
long enough to be taken to Voree, where his
death occurred on July g, and he was buried
in a grave which to this day remains unmarked
in the Cemetery OF the Saints. Within few
we.ks thereafter the city of st. James was
abandoned by most OF his followers and the
remainder were forcibly driven out by invad-
inc Gentiles and the Mormon Kingdom be-
came nothing but memory OF the past
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-20

attracted by the models OF old sailing vessels
TRANSPORTING you from the age of steam to
those days when the winds blew ships from
port to port when ships were small, voyages
long and hardships and adventures as plenti-
full as weevils in the sailors biscuit"
There are also a number OF valuable paint
ings showing ships of the bygone days OF the
American overseas trade. One hundred years
ago 90 per cent OF our commerce was under
our flag. and at the present time more than 90
per cent is under flags other than ours.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-20

Jesse Strang, of Cayuga County, New York.
He was the son of prosperous farmer and
received good education. But a natural fond
ness for works of fiction and of fantastic inn
agination, strongly influenced by the religious
speculation, which was widely extant in those
days, led him to become dreamer of dreams.
After checkered career in New York State as
farmer, lawyer, temperance lecturer, school
teacher, postmaster and editor he was attract
ed Westward to Nauvoo, Illinois, where he
recognized a kindred spirit in Joseph Smith,
who was then organizing the Mormon Church.
He was soon proclaimed convert to that
faith, was ordained an elder in the church, and
was formally commissioned by Smith to plant
a Stake of Zion" in Wisconsin. He undertook
to fulfil that commission at Burlington, Wis,
and succeeded in gathering some converts
about him there
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-20
Remarkable Club at the
Centre of New YOrk's FL
nancial Circle, Where
Men of MilliOmsIn-
hale f ar Eastern
Atmosphere.

IN that aromatic age OF cpicurean efncieh0y'
To the right as you enter there is an Old
World library and if ever there was haven
OF rest this is one
Old-fashioned chairs. lounges and SOFAS
reminiscent of the days when the world was
at peace around the walls, in various places,
models of ships that caught the lazy breezes
of the Indies take your mind back to the
days of Spanish douboons, rare silks spices
of the East and the romantic days before the
modern triple screwed monsters beat the
ocean into something resembling the suds OF
Mondays washtub,
Being story rustlers, we could not tarry IN
this atmosphere OF intensive isolation.
JOURNALISTIC IMPRESS IONS OF
DEEP-SEA BLUE STEPS.
Our guide took us zip flight OF deep-sea
blue steps. and we DID wish that he had
not hurried us so fast. We would fan have
sunk to repose on any one of those steps, the
richly woven wool of the Mediterranean-hued
carpet inviting to joyous relaxation An
Oriental languor permeated our subconscious-
ness oozing right up through our Broadway
hammered soles.
Entering the dining room at the beginning
of the luncheon hour we gaze on tables
around which are seated men whose amassed
wealth we would not dare &c breathe.
This place, sheltering so much power, migat
be a dining room for the distribution OF
business mems 5O-cent table d'hote luncheon,
50 plain. quiet and modest the furnishings. The
silver buttoned attendants fitting around and
the model ships again decorating the walls
would lead you to believe that you are in the
dining room O! some sea hotel at anchor.
Over their consomme men OF millions casual
ly chat of commerce overseas and OF interests
worldwide Casually chst-for this is not
place OF business-this is club
AS the centre of the wheel is the most rest
full portion, this club, at the centre OF New
grinds on the hard road of world traffic. AS
the spokes meet in the centre, here gather me.
who during business hours would never meet
but for the hub-India House.
Of the spokes OF this wheel, to mention only
few, are: James A. Farrell, president; James
R. Morse Alba B. Johnson, Robert Dollar, Ed
ward NJ Hurley J. p. Grace, Willard Straight,
H. P Dawson, P. A. S. Franklin, F. A. Van
derlip. E. P. Thomas W. E. Bemis, w. L.
Clark and Colonel Samuel P Colt
The name of this club was adopted from
the spirit of the days when the Indies was
the generic term for the objective of venture
some marine enterprise. Columbus sought the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-20

OWN among the huge skyscrapers
symbolizing so many and such varied
~ industrial and moneyed interests, at
Il. hub Of this big financial wheel, we found
India House.
There IS noise and hustle all around. Stock
,rok.rs dealing in practically all the goods
!, ,b;s world, are shouting themselves hoarse
few steps away in terms of thousands
:, millions pressing buttons that shock the
inertia out OF populations having things to SELL
rom the palm covered islands of the Bahamas
= The frozen steppes of Siberia, from the
Yukon gold fields to the sheep farms of the
Andpodes
In the centre Of all this is small, unpreten-
rously handsome building-India House.
It's a long, long way from India to New
Work and for the benefit of our few stay-at-
homes we here insert Mark Twain's summing
10 Of that distant land;
eINDIA-THE LAND OF SPLENDOR
AND RAGS"
This is indeed India; the land of dreams
and romance, Of fabulous wealth and fabulous
oov.rtv. of splendor and rags. of palaces and
novels. OF famine and pestilence. of genii and
GIANTS and Aladdin lamps, of tigers and ele-
phants the cobra and the jungle, the country
Of hundred nations and hundred tongues.
Of thousand religions and two million gods,
cradle OF the human race, birthplace OF human
speech. mother of history. grandmother OF
,1-,-o ~
yesterdays bear date with the mouldering an
tiouities Of the rest Of the nations-the one
sole country under the sun that is endowed
with an imperishable interest for alien prince
and alien peasant for lettered and ignorant,
wise and fool rich and poor, bond and free,
the one land that ALL men desire to see, and
having seen once. by even glimpse, would
not give that glimpse for the shows Of all the
rest Of the world combined
Enter the portals Of India House, as we die
the other day You find yourself confronted
by smiling Buddha representing Peace and
Plenty.
THE FAR EASTERN ATMOSPHERE
WORKS A MIRACLE.
Peace and Plenty are in the air, on the
walls. ceilings and floors. This Buddha from
the Far Eastern World bids you welcome.
And by some strange, mystical power hidden
behind his wooden smile you feel yourself
AT REST
You walk on velvet, inhale opulence. sniff
fumes that would have more than gratified the
cravings of Lucullus, the ancient Roman,
whose renowned feats at table were a byword
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-20
DIVINITY WORKING LARGELY
THROUGH HUMAN INSTRUMENTS.

DIVINITY WORKING LARGELY
THROUGH HUMAN INSTRUMENTS.
Then came the outbreak of mob violence at
Nauvoo, and the killing of Smith. In this
Strang saw his opportunity He FASTENED to
the scene and declared himself the divinely
appointed successor of the slain prophet.
In support of this claim he exhibited what
purported to be an autograph letter of Smith
dated nine days before his death. This letter
gave the details of vision in which the
spirit of Elijah" came upon Smith, md the
voice of God" said:
My servant, Joseph, thou hast been -aith-
Jul over many things, and thy reward is glori-
Gus; the crown and sceptre thine, and they
wait thee But thou hast sinned in some
things, and thy punishment is Litter.
AnG now behold My servant, James J. Stran3,
hath come to thee from far for truth when he
knew it not, and hath not rejected it, and to
him shall the gathering OF the people be"
Thus Strang showed himself to be very
Johnny on the Spot" Unhappily for him,
however the leading Mormons refused to hear
him, but denounced the letter as forgery
and himself as an impostor and excom. ,uni-
Gated him. But not thus was he to be defeated.
He was indeed driven out OF Nauvoo. But he
went back to Wisconsin and founded the
City of Voree" at Spring Prairie-'Voree,
according to the revelation" meaning Gar
den Of Peace
That was purely communistie settlement,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-20

THERE IS. of course, no relationship be-
tween the death of Joseph Smith and
Il the project of establishing Mormon
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-08-29

The Empress Sadako. first lady of
the Nippon Empire, Is one of Japan's
most beautiful women, and as daugh-
ter of Prince Kujo, comes of ultra
blue bIooded Nippon lineage. She
presides over the imperial household
in Tokyo with a gracious dignity that
has made her the idol of her people,
and has the distinction of sharing her
royal husbands attentions with no
Iadies-in-waiting, as was heretofore
the custom with Japanese rulers. She
is the mother of three sons, and is 30
years old.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-08-29
THE IMPALED sAUsAoEs

London.-The youths of England
and France who parade the streets
of London in the evening are now
headed by boys bearing aloft German
sausages impaled on swords.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-08-29
AMERICAN BOY WRITES HOME
FROM PARIS ABOUT WAR

A letter from near Paris, written
Aug. 8, was received yesterday by
Mrs. ]. P. Steichen, 1915 N. Hermit
age avenue. Her son, Edouard Steich-
en-, is an art photographer and paint
er with studio at Voulangis, Cercy en-
Brie. He writes:
France is ready: 1t is wonderful
to see the preparation that has been
going on here since the mobilization
and one can only marvel at the per-
feet organization of it all into the
very smallest details.
1.-THE men are leaving for the from
tier calm, determined and without
any demonstration. One would think
they are simply going to the fields
to work. But, oh, the poor women
and children. They are just as brave.
But you can see the suffering in their
faces and the agony in their hearts.
THE assassination of Juares was
a terrible event and was, done by a
man who was simpleton or man
lac. The Socialists at once issued a
manifesto asking the Socialists not
to take this up as a political action,
but all to stand by the government as
one man. Up to the last moment I
am sure the French government hop
ed that Germany would see into the
situation and not place herself in the
wrong before the whole world by vio-
lating the neutrality of Luxembourg.
There is plenty of excitement here
every day. We get very little reliable
news. Only once in while some one
gets a newspaper. Railroads are all
being used exclusively for military
purposes. One of our horses joins
the army today. ~
eff it gets dangerous to be here,
Uncle Sam through the U. S. am
bassador in Paris will take care of us
and send US to America in a war
ship. This is not moment to think
H. L