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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-31

toro of him. But he was nursing
hah,, and knew it would mean ms
doo.h and he was finally allowed 10
60 with his mother. SO they all rouo
off in the blaclIness of the night we
never expected to meet again was
lief, alone-the only American lett
Il had the keys to the factories III
my rocket and while they were s'a'io
ing over me. right under their eyes
managed TO drop the keys into ira
Yelling bag on n table without being
seen. They found nothing ana inahS
rode away.
"Thcn. as the beat Of their horses
hoofs died away in the night and 'he
,orrihIa silence began to close down, |
heard the most horrible howls rising
from the direction OF the compah!
stores. looked out A mon OF hNc
hundred of the convict laborers were
lootlng 1t, and drinking.
T locked up the house and went 10
the field managers house. Wheh ne
saw me he cried, Mother OF God, are
you still here!
"All night long the wild orgy went
on. Toward morning came cries Oh
Lets burn the distillery,' and then roll
lowed one OF the most terrifying sights
they rushed the distillery. battered
down the doors and let the alcohol'
40 600 gallons OF it. run out in river
and then set it aflre-a great seeth-
ing river Of fire.
THE only men there whom / could
trust were the Mexican doctor, the Held
manager. the head fireman, a CUBAN
cowboy, and an Indian stable BOY
only those five against the mob OF fve
hundred lunatics.
"All night long they drank and raved'
battered down the buildings, and
forqht among themselves - hacking
each other with machetes and perpe-
trating outrages on the peon women.
"once I saw a group OF them enter a
house. and from IL came the screams OF
a woman. You can't take mel am
Moxican-a woman Of the people she
cried: but a great thick voice answered
that they could take any one. She was
dragged away. / don't know what DC
came Of her.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-31

roof Of the station arc being strength
ened with concrete in order 10 carry
the weight The ponderosity Of this
finishing touch may perhaps be bet
ter realized when it IS stated that if 1t
could be placed in one side Of bal
ance and number Of locomotives in
the pan on the other side, seven of the
heaviest type would not lift it from
terra firma.
The best way to get an idea Of its
immensity-and beauty, too-is TO visit
the plant where deft hands have carved
it from the giant blocks of Indiana
sandstone, of which it is composed
The uninitiated then discovers some Of
the problems of the sculptor. 1t is not
enough to create a thing with beau
tiful pose. The pose must conform to
certain OF natures immutable laws.
Among these is the law of gravitation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-31

II would be very trying not only to
passing pedestrians but to the claim
department Of the railroad if an arm
Weighing several tons should descend
from height Of 100 feet without warn
ing. So. I'm posing the figures the eN-
posed height which they viii occupy
was taken into consideration. Some
Of them will look to the person IN the
street as though they were detached
from the wall. None Of them are. In
fact. they are simply the carved faces
Of giant blocks. According to the spe-
cifcations the blocks were to De l.
feet 4 inches square and feet thick.
The centre of gravity is behind the hg-
ures.
The carving was done in a great
inclosed shed running down 10 the
edge of the channel of the East RIVER
on the east side of Blackwells lsianu.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-31

Electric cranes travel through its length
with twenty-five ton stones as If they
were children's blocks, depOsiting them
where the diamond or carborundum
tcothcd saws can set at them. In the
case OF the stones FOR the terminal
decoration they were piled up in
courses one upon another as a young
ster would set up his blocks. When
they were all set down the pile was
more than sixty-six feet long and
upward of fifty feet high. Then the
pneumatic carving tools were brought
out and, guided by the hands of a doz-
en- or more highly skilled artisans the
secret hidden behind the elemental and
Jagged front of the mass gradually
came To light.
Amid the buzzing of many saws and
air driven chisels the beautiful hgure
took on the form of the quarter-size
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-31

The secretary, Mexican, attempted to
intercede for the manager, but they
would not listen to him.
forward from the ranks like hounds
and seized the manager and bound
him, with his elbows behind his back
and moose around his neck. We saw
there was no use TO make resistance,
but while they were binding hun I
slipped away and ran through the
darkness to the store. where the CON
tracts or convict laborers were gath
cred TO get their weeks account and
the American assistant manager was
paying them.
Il told him to go home and let me
attend to paying the men off. He was
sitting inside the little window OF the
office.
" Not in a thousand years he said.
And then / saw the reason. There
were five soldiers standing behind him
In the office with rifles leveled at him
and another with a pistol at his neck.
They were seeing that we paid the men
off so that they should get every cent
out Of us.
when he had finished ] put a Mex
lean clerk in his place and then we
went back to the house. He was only
a single young American there in the
midst of armed and murderous men.
but his American courage asserted
itself continually. Several times they
laid hands on him TO drag him along
faster. but he shook them off or jerked
himself away and told them not to
touch him.
I'VE heard that the Americans from
ours and other plantations were to be
taken TO La Galera. fifteen miles away,
and all were TO be shot When the
managers wife-I don't want to men
ton their names for reasons | can't ex-
plain now-when she heard that her
husband was to be taken and shot she
determined that she would go with
him at any cost-that meant the fourth
mount for her and had TO stay.
Her baby began to cry. and Beltrar
rode up and said he could not be
bothered with a baby. and she handed
the child to me, imploring me to take
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-31
Group by Coutan, the French Artist,
on Facade of Grand Central
Terminal viii Soon Be
Unveiled to Eyes of
Hurrying ThrongS

Evidently the sculptor had his way.
This answer Of the French decorative
artist probably expresses the reason
New York City is stin watchfully wait
ing for the fountain which will grace
City Hall Park when Macmonnies fin
ishes his commission.
AS a matter OF fact, Mr.. Newman
could not have had it in four months
even if he had demanded il within that
length Of time. The physical labor Of
carving the piece required five months.
Begun about December | last. ii was
completed only on May l. 1t was done
in Long Island City at the stone plant
of William Bradley G. Son, and, ac-
cording to Whitney Warren, the archi-
tect of the terminal, it could hardly
have been executed anywhere else in
the country in period much short of
two years. Its massiveness is the rea-
son. II weighs 100 tons. is GG feet
long and Is feet high. Its central fig
ure. Mercury. is - feet 6 inches high
and possesses a good right arm weigh
ing tons that extends eleven feet from
the body. The big toe and the thumb
are each as long as ones forearm. The
clock face below the beautiful form
of the messenger of the gods is Is
feet in diameter. These figures give
some impression of the size Of the
group. There is no sculpture like 1t
in this country, it is safe to say, when
immensely and ponderosity are taken
as the basis of comparison. 1t is no
wonder that the steel girders in the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-31

and alcohol The Federals seized no.
900 quarts of alcohol when we were
captured and dragged away from the
plantation.
1.-THE first word we had Of the dan
gers In the present situation came from
our bankers in Mexico City. That was
on April 10 last. The message came
then that we had better pack and get
out as soon as possible. To do so was
to sacrifice a fortune. The crop was
only half finished-the pan was full of
sugar in the grain, the mixer was FULL
there were hundreds of tons Of cut
cane at the carrier and thousands Of
tons yet TO be cut
I'VE waited until the night of April
81, when there came a second message
saying. Get out at once We packed
our trunks all that night and in the
morning rode down to the river on
horses, our trunks following by mule
team. There were in the party besides
myself the manager and his wife and
their eleven months old baby and n
Jamaica negro driving the mules. We
had no guards.
AT the river we learned that the
Americans had taken Vera Cruz, that
the railroad was cut at Tejeria and
that the Federals held TERRA Blanca.
There was no use TO go ahead under
the circumstances, and we turned back
to the plantation, all doubling up in
one house. Had we been able TO get
out at that time we never would have
gone through the terrible experiences
that followed.
THE next night. Wednesday, one
hundred mounted men rode up before
the managers house and demanded the
manager. We did not know whether
they were soldiers or bandits, but soon
learned that they were Federals. with
Bcltran at their head-'Beltran the
Terrible he is called. He was for
mcrly one of the most cruel of the
bandits.
1--WE could not see thcm--it was as
dark as the pit and there were no lights
we could only feel them pressing
about us as We stood there before the
house with the manager in our midst.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-31
- ROM the day Madero began
X his revolution I never slept a
u ,go,bt .,.ttbo,,t a rnyoIvar nm

his revolution never slept
night without a revolver I'M
der my pillow and rifle standing at
the head Of the bed. Our verandas were
barlcaded with coal oil cans filed with
sand, and we had an extra guard Of
twenty men patrolling the house and
roads Of the plantation day and night.
They were 'contracts'-that is. convicts
whose services were sold out in six
month periods. They were the best
guards we could get in Mexico. They
were subject to a strict discipline by
which they were kept .rom getting
drunk"
This was merely a prelude TO the
dramatic narrative told by q woman
refugee from Mexico Of the far greater
perils she and other Americans passed
through following the capture Of Vera
Cruz 10y the American forces, resulting
IN the uprising against the "Gringoes'
"a narrative of dangers of troops of
grim night-ridcrs gathering out of the
darkness. of long nights Of terror, and
Of final escape from death at the hands
OF drunken Mexican mobs-"demons
having dclirium tremens." she called
them, as she went Gn to tell how she
was left alone among them.
The narrator was Miss Lucille Weth-
,rci. "a woman of education and re-
lrc@ont. who returned from Mexico
on the refugee ship Esperanza. after
Spenc ng seven years on the Vista Her
moSa plantation in the state of OAK
AGA. Before she went To Mexico she
was teacher in a private school in
California She was also a literary
worker. She went 10 Vista HermOsa
to take a hand in the management of
the plantation, in which her money
was invested. and which was threat
,~cd with loss through mismanage-
q NJ.
was staying at the house of the
fu.crican manager and his wife of tlc
Vista Hermosa plantation" said Miss
y Ctheren. 1T is in OaXaca. which Is
the most aggrCssively Indian state in
the republic. Tho plantation is 125-
WJ acres in extent, producing sugar
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-31

-rANGING cloths and the con-
II uasting stone Of new work on
y = the facade Of the Grand CEN
t-sl Terminal recently have caught the
ewes If many in the throng that GIBBS
and flows through 42d St II any
persons thought that at least that
rortion of the big station was COM
pletcd after the many years spent upon
ihc structure. they have by now been
Jjsilusionod. The facade viii be done,
however in the course Of a few weeks
,orhaps four. When th5 derrick has
been removed and the cloths are finally
dropped. the passerby will have
glimpse Of one Of the remarkable pieces
Of sculpture in the country
An incident in which ex-President
Newman Of the New York Central fig
urcs explains why the facade was left
until now in this incomplete state.
President Newman was in Paris and
went to see Jules Coutan, who had the
commission for the piece. Although this
was several years ago, the design close
iy resembled the group now executed.
How soon DO you think you will
have il fnished?" asked the railroad
official, rs he glanced over the drawing.
About two years.
Good heavens!" exclaimed Mr.. New
man. we've got to have this in four
months"
Il am not a Spectator" responded
the sculptor. "All the pleasure I shall
ever get out OF this will be in doing it
rirbf
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-31
Great Figure of Mercury Domi.
mates Modelled Work, Which Is
Said To Be One of the Most
Remarkable Ever Seen /
in This Country

tive and element should have its rea-
son for being. and in all compositions,
no matter how simple, the clements
must explain themselves and JUSTIFY
their presence" said Mr. Warren, IN
explaining the significance of the piece.
In ancient times the entrance to me
city was through an opening I'm the
walls or notifications. This portal was
usually decorated and elaborated inIo
an Arch OF Triumph. erected 20 some
naval or military victory, or TO tie
glory of some great parsonage. Tho
city of to-day has no wall surrounding
that may serve, by elaboration, as
pretext TO such glorihcation, but none
the less the gateway must exist and
in the case of New York and other
cities il is through a tunnel which d's~
charges the human flow in the very
centre Of the town.
such is the Grand Central Terms-
nal, and the motive Of its facade is an
attempt to offer a tribute 10 the glory
Of commerce as eXemplified i'm that m
stitution. The architectural compost
tion consists OF three great portals
crowned by a sculptural group, the
whole to stand as a monument to the
glory of commerce as typified by Mer-
curry. supported by moral and physical
energy-Minerva and Hercules. All 10
attest that this great enterprise has
grown and exists not merely from the
wealth expended. nor by the revenie
derived, but by the BRAIN and Drawn
constantly concentrated upon its de-
velopment for nearly a century"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-31

models standing close by. At first
these looked like impressionisuc hg-
ures from the hand Of a Rodin or
Barnard. or some rough-hewn Egyp-
tan god. Gradually the refined lines
II carefully modelled shapes appeared.
In their subtlety Of line, cleanness OF
limb and delicacy Of muscle delinea-
ton they reminded one Of a statue by
Michelangelo. The months flew by
and the beauty of face and figure at
last stood forth. The beauty of con-
tour of the original design had been
saved despite the immensely of the
scale on which the group was mod
elled.
The base line Of the piece is an arch
supporting a clock face in It's centre.
The figure Of Mercury. with right foot
resting on the perimeter of the clock
is the central figure. II rises nearly
twenty-eight feet. The right arm is
extended to point slightly forward of
the plane of the body, while the left
srasps the conventional caduceus'
Floating drapery forms a graceful
background for the figure, and gives
il the lightness of flight. An eagle with
outstretched wings stands behind peer
ing around the right leg. Resting on
the right arc Of the arch is a figure OF
Hercules, and on the opposite side OF
Mercury, on the swelling curve of the
base line, the gentle-faced figure OF
Minerva sits, intently scanning scroll.
Architecture being reasoned ART
for any specific purpose there should
be precedent and tradition. Every mo-
The Washington herald., 1914-02-18
Postal Service Deterioration.

That much of the efficiency for which
the postal service OF the United State:
was dcscrvcdly renowned only a yer,
few years ago has been sacrificed tc
so-called economy anG modern notions
of questionable utility is a conclusion
il IS difficult 10 escape. With increased
and speedier transportation facilities
between the home or business house
and the postofficc the mail arrives at its
destination less promptly and less GER
tainly.
This is said in no spirit of criticism
of the present administration of the de-
partment of posts. The damage was
dore before March 4, 1913, and there is
evidence that the preeenc efficient Post
master General recognizes the condi-
tions and rs endeavorinq 10 improve
them. In the administration OF Mr.. Taft
the country witnessed the spectacle of
head of the postal service loyal to a
former President and patron and out
of harmony with the man in the White
House and his policies. A brave array
of figures, indicating wonderful econo-
mics, adorned annual reports. achieved
in part by cutting and slsshing that
The Washington herald., 1914-02-18

damaged the service to an extent re-
quiring years to repair
Washington is FIVE hours by train
from New York and yet the service
between the two cities is notoriously
bad, one result being that the up-to-
date business man, to whom prompt
means of communication l: an I'M
pcrative necessity, is depending more
and more on the nigh. and day letter
concessions by the telegraph COM
panies Perhaps it is this slipping
away of the governments profitable
first-class mail carrying business that
in measure inspires the present move
ment toward government ownership OF
the wires.
Persons who are regularly depend
ent on the postal service will be quick
TO concede the justice of the COM
plants OF the people OF Takoma Park.
voiced the other night at their meeting.
Tncy are, however. by no means the
only sufferers. Delays in the service
affect people in tho hcarr OF Washing
ton as well as in the suburbs. Most OF
them, however. are aware OF the prob
lcrr which confronted Mr.. Burleson
when he took office and will wait pa
ticrtly. confident that he will in the
end overcome it. II ne spends more
money in restoring the service to its
former high standard there will be no
complaint.
The nation will not take time, while
waiting for its overdue mil, to applaud
i paper surplus.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-18
FALSE" DECLARES PRESIDENT.
Mr. Wilson Denies charge Vail Is
Withheld from Him

President Wilson has written d let
ter warmly defending Joseph +. TUm-
Ulty, his secretary. against reports thar
it is impossible To got CommuniCa tions
relating to The activities of the Roman
Catholic Church past Mr.. Tumulty to
the Presidents own desk. The Presi-
dent brands any such Impression -
absurd and absolutely false" and paws
Mr. Tumulty a higr compliment for
his efficiency and iupartia;ity in all
matters.
The Protestant Magazine. which is
published in this city. sent the Presi-
dent the following letter. signed by
its editor:
Sir: ! learn from personal interviews
and correspondence that ther" j. "a wide
spread feeling among Prutr>tantS that Il
is practically impossible for any COM
munication relating to the activities vr
the Roman Catholic Church tu reach yOu
personally. for the reason that all such
letters are withheld from yOU by YOUR
private secretary. Mr.. TUmuIty. II Is
unfortunate both for you and for the
country that such an impression Te-
walls. ard that il seems To have some
foundation.
Thanking you for any attention which
you may give to my request, am,
Yours very truly.
wv. W. PRESCOTT"
TIL" President Immediately sent this
reply To Mr.. Prescott:
"-Thc White House.
Washington. Jan. 10, 1914.
My Dear Sir: Allow me to ac-
l;EowlcdSC the receipt of Your letter Of
January IJ and to thank you for your
CandOr in writing me.
Il beg leave to assure you that the
Impression that any part of my COR
rcSpondcnc,. is withheld from me in any
circumstances by my secretary on ac-
count Of religious predictions on his
part j. absurdIy and utterly false. | VEN
mr., to say that no President ever had
more frank and satisfactory relations
with his secretary than 7 have with
min. Tho whole Of my correspondence
Is constantly open to me. Mr.. TumuIty
is, more prompt. perhaps. to call my at
trntion to matters in which his prejudice
is supposed to be engaged than to other
matters of relatiTe Indifference.
"Of course. | need hardly add / am not
speaking from an impression. but from
knowledge of just how my correspond
ence is handled. Sincerely yours.
WOODROW WILSON"
The Washington herald., 1914-02-18
Welcome, Knights of Pythias.

Washington's welcome to the Knights
OF Pythias and the Pythian Sisters,
gathering here for their golden jubilee,
is both hearty and singularly appro-
pirate. 1t was in this city that the
order which, with its women,S auxiliary,
now holds SO prominent a position
among the fratcrnal organizations OF
the United States ana the world, was
founded: it is here that arc TO be
found the two oldest Pythian lodges
of the world; ii is from mere that some
of the greatest and most Useful III
flucnccs of the Pythiar order have en-
anatcd
To the general puplic--tiIe people at
large as distinguished from the mem
bers of the society-the order of the
Knights of Pythias presents an admira
Bile front. Friendship, benevolence,
charity-thc three grea- virtues which
the knights particularly hol1 forward
as the cardinals of their enGeavors on
behalf of themselves and their fellow
men, include very nearly every posi-
bic act and thought of gentleuess, Stead
fastness, and honor. There is abund-
ant cause. too. to accredit the order
with a performance of the not unpre-
fentous promises which so brave a de-
vice contemplates. Every day discov-
ers new benefits which it coEfers both
upon the acknowledged benefciaries
within its allied fraternity and upon
the members of humanity whose rela-
The Washington herald., 1914-02-18

Early this morning the shovel and
cart brigade should be on the Job in
tn, streets of Washington. The Com
misSioners have full authority to pitch
right in and get rid of the snow. On
Sunday Vice President Marshall mar
veled that no attemp; had been made
% clean away the only snowfall that
las bothered the STRENGTHENING depart-
ment this winter The Commissioners
retorted that they had no funds what
ever to be used for removing snow.
And now Senator Martin, chairman of
the Senate Appropriations Committee,
ami others make the very logical inquiry
why the Commissioners Dr. not use
some of the $26oyoco stveet-cleaning
fluid for cleaning the streets. So we
may expect TO see the snow fly today,
giving work to many of the city's un-
employed.