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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-31
COLONEL TO WAR ON
BARNES AND MURPHY
'Sub-BOsses Must Go, Too
He Says in Statement Ere.
He Sails Abroad.
WILL OPEN STATE
FIGHT ON HIS RETURN
Condemns Wilson Administration
for Making Pinch of Pow
erty' Felt in Nation.

Before sailing for Europe yesterday
to attend the wedding Of his son Ker-
NIT Colonel Roosevelt dictated a state
ment in which he declared the Wilson
Administrations attitude on the tariff
and the trusts had placed business in
jeopardy and caused ''the pinch Of pow
erty to be felt in many a household"
He also attacked William Barnes and
Charles F. Murphy. and declared that
they, their under bosses and the system
on which they thrive must 60.
The people Of this state. he said, had
grown bitterly indignant at the see
saw rule of the Barnes and Murphy
machines in the state government. and
In no state were the evils Of bipartisan
boss rule more concretely illustrated
than in New York.
"Tims to Clean House."
Speaking OF the state as run by the
Barnes and Murphy machines, the
Colonel said the government was pri-
marily administered with view to the
political advantage and the personal
enrichment Of certain political leaders.
The Colonel declared it was time to
clean house in New York, and ended
his statement with what many regard
as a promise to indorse District Attor-
ney Whitman for Governor II he is
nominated by the Republicans, or any
other anti Barnes Republican.
1t is believed that Colonel Roosevelt
will come out formally for District At
torney Whitman shortly after his re-
turn from Europe He is due back June
"a. His statement in full follows:
Since my return from South Amer
lea | have received hundreds OF tele-
grams and letters from all over the
country requesting statements from
me on the political situation. 1t
has been utterly impossible to reply
to these commupt ations. first, be-
cause of lack Of time, and second.
because it must be remembered that
have been out Of the country Tor
nearly eight months and have been
home, only ten days and therefore
have not been able to acquire the
necessary information that will en-
able me to respond intelligently to
many OF the inquiries made OF me.
When I return from abroad ! shall
At once take up actively the political
situation. II goes without saying
that | intend, to the utmost OF my
ability, to do all that ! can for the
principles for which ] have contend
ed and fer the mon throughout tho
country who have stood SO va'iantly
in the fight that tho Progressive
party is wasins and has wassd for
these principles.
There is widespread apprehension
among our people. The pinch OF
poverty is felt in many A household.
We cannot ignore the conditions
which have brought about this state
Of things. The cost Of living has
not been reduced. Not the slightest
progress has been made in solving
the trust question. IT has been
shown that the reduction OF the
tariff in no shape or way helps
toward this solution.
The economic conditions are such
that business is in jeopardy and that
the small business man. the farmer
and the industrial wage worker are
Continued on page II. column
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-31
KENDALL BLAMES THE ST0RSTAD
FOR BACKING AFTER IMPACT,
THUS SHUTTING OFF ALL HOPE
Captain Of Canadian Liner Empress Of Ireland
Testi6es That lis Vessel Was Rammed
While Motionless.
DEATH LIST NOW 1884, SAVED, 4O3

All on Doomed Ship Were Under Perfect Control Reports
Say Officers and Men Doing Everything Possible, While
Passengers Accepted Situation Without Fear or Panic
Captain Kendall his ship and e64 lives the ST. Law
River Friday morning only 403 and almost
equally divided surviving blamed the disaster the collier with
which the Empress Ireland collision when he appeared yes
erday before the Coroner in Rinouski to tell his story
What the of the collson?' he was asked.
The running the Empress which motonless
he replied with emphasis.
Representatives collier silence
say that charges placing the responsibility their captain were prob
ably The collier slowly the river Quebec
where suy indifference maintained and then steamed on to
Montreal
BITTER ATTACK ON COLLIER
This attitude reported Quebec by The Tbuns staff
respondent from of the disaster The
Rmousk publisher of the only there sent The
Tribune interview with prominent Montreal lawyer severely
ccsg Captain Anderson and the Storstads tor what ne
termed their "odious insouciance"
While the Empress of Ireland gave way before the onslaught OF
against unprotected adsp and and
struggled the the of the collier remained indifferent and
passive lawyer maintained reported from another
Storstad withdrew point mile and half from the dis
headway while victim disappeared
picking up who succeeded reaching its side showing how
then disposition be out by the delay passing
along uprver.
Quebec awaited the Lady Grey with IT'S bodies
city by the catastrophe and its grief silent but
none the less present
SPECTRE OF "CRIPPENS CURSE"
In quaint Canadian city the that the captains
first thought his ship struck of the alleged words of
Dr. Crppen famous English murderer who taken from the
Montrose landed Father Point by Captain Kendall
then in the Montrose The DOCTOR had pre-
dicted captor would day lose his ship Whether the
story Captain Kendall did lose his ship and Father
Point.
difference of opinion expressed concerning the
cause of the conditions surrounding Some
the night be Others that fog the river when
the ships All agreed that the conduct Of officers and all
the EMPRESS was unexceled.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-31

ON RUNAWAY, CLIMBS TREE
Priest, on Galloping Horse,
Catches Branch and Is Safe.

Chatham, y. j., May 3O.-Fsther
Hampton. pastor Of st. Patrick's
Church. started out for a ride this
morning in the Long Hill section.
Frightened by a passing automobile,
the animal bolted, and. dashIng from
the roadside into a wooded section. was
struck by branch Of tree.
The priest. seizing the branch. lifted
himself from the saddle without being
in the least injured. The horse con-
tinued on its way TO the barn. While
people who saw the galloping animal
were specializing on the fate OF its
rider. Father Hampton appeared. safe
and sound, without so much as a
scratch.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-31

Rimouski, Quebec, May 3O.-The En-
press of Ireland left Quebec THURSDAY
afternoon at about 4:35 o'clock, having
on board 1,4I6 persons, comprising
1.O61 passengers, Of which ~ were OF
the first class, 25S of the second and
116 in the steerage. The officers ana
crew numbered 4lJ. The ship had peen
in charge of. Pilot Adelard Bernier as
far as Father Point, and it was barely
a quarter Of an hour after Pilot Bernler
had left his post that the catastrophe
occurred. IL seems to be the general
impression that the fog was the sole
cause OF the frightful collision, "hich
took place opposite st. Luce. about
mile from the shore, al place -where
the water is from twenty TO thirty
fathoms in depth. one OF the sur
vivors. Louis Gosselin, a well known
Montreal lawyer, gives a particularly
vivid account Of his experience.
81 had left on a business trip Tor
London and Paris in company with my
friend. Lionel Kent, also Of Montreal,
said Mr.. Gosselin. Our cabin was on
tho upper tier. with the door opening
directly upon the deck. had been
reading in my berth until about
o'clock in the morning. and was Just
dropning off to sleep when ! felt
violent shock which seemed positively
TO break the ship in two. | rushed
from my cabin TO the deck. and there l
saw the bow Of another ship deeply
imbedded in our side.
Turned Prov in Wound.
II returned quickly to my cabin ard
warned my companion OF the accident,
but not believing the danger as grave
as IL really was | dressed little slow
ly. Upon returning 10 the deck saW
that the two ships were drawing apart.
The Storstad had entered the Empress
r. little obliqucly, about third OF her
length from the bow, and in Withdraw
ing had widened the hole by turning
her prow within the wound. so that 1T
the moment the two boats finally sepa-
rated the stern OF the Storstad nearly
touched the stern Of the Empress. I'M
mediately afterward our vessel began
To list further and further over 10 the
side on which the breach had occurred,
until the water poured in in verita-
bic torrent. This all took about ten
minutes.
Five minutes after the water began
10 rush in | saw gigantic ball CT
water rise 10 the surface Of the river
and hurl itself fifty feet into the 2ir
without any other noise than smoth-
cred detonation. Apparently the boil
ers had exploded. a catastrophe which
must have killed a very large number
of sailors and passengers.
While the ship was preparing Tor
the final plunge | met my friend and
saw that he had put on a life belt.
went TO my cabin 10 get one for my
self. and upon my return Mr.. Kent had
disappeared. | saw five or six men
trying 10 launch lifeboat. but the
darkness was so great that We could
not make out the manner 10 work The
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-31
PROGRESS BLOCKED
AT NIAGARA FALLS
Mediators Perplexed by
Advances Made to Them
by Rebel Agent.
BRYAN'S DENIAL FUTILE
Administration Reported Per-
turbed by Publication OF
Alb c Agreement.
~ GEORGE eRIsWoLo HILL.

BY GEOh0G ehiS"
Niagara Falls, Ont, May 30.-Watcn-
ful waiting has been transferred from
Washington to Niagara Falls. NO
word has been received from either
washington or Mexico CITY. and IN the
absence Of information as to the ap-
proval or disapproval of the affected
Governments the 'mediators could make
no progress to-day.
Prolonged delay at Washington will
cause SUI Use, for the reason that the
administration there has been advised
Of every step taken in the peace con-
ference. and no assent has been given
bv the American delegates. even TO the
least important propositions, without
The consent Of their government. Be
cause Of the far more extensive powers
and the comparative difficulty Of teie-
graphic communication with Mexico
CITY the plan agreed upon here will
have TO be examined there almost alb
initio. so that . reply from that capt.
tai may naturally he somewhat de-
layed.
There is reason to believe that the
Wilson administration has been con-
siderably perturbed and its plans some
what deranged by what it terms the
premature" publication OF the agree
ment here-a publication which Secre-
taIy BRYAN denied until denial became
IN n
delegates here the most positive in
structions to keep the agreement secret,
presumably pending his consultations
with the Constitutionalists, as he did
rot wish the hopes and expectations OF
the American people raised until he
was certain that the Constitutional
isis were satisfied with the plan.
The mediators. with the assent OF
the American delegates, have devised
means Of saving Huerta's face, of max
ing q bridge by which he may easily
and gracefully cross from his present
Office to retirement.
Repuanance to Huerta.
II President Wilson rejects this
bridge because of his intense personal
repugnance 10 Huerta that also Will
cost the lives of thousands OF Ameri-
cans. For these reasons il is conh-
IDENTIFY believed here that Washington
will accept the plan Of agreement, al
though il may delay that course for
time.
Another occasion of embarrassment
to the administration is the recent
landing Of great stores Of arms and
ammunition for Huerta. Whether or
not this was done with the consent OF
the administration is not clear here.
although there is no doubt among the
experts that the United States was
bound by the armistice to refrain from
interfering with such landing. But If,
either for the purpose of further aid
inC the Carranzistas or Illuminating
Huerta, the peace plan is rejected, the
administration will be blamed. not
alone for precipitating war but for
having permitted the landing of arms
and ammunition which will be used
against Americans.
Undue delay on the part Of the ad-
ministration would Immediately give
Continued on page 3, column )
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-31
CHARGES STORSTAD.
LET PASSENGERS DIE
Prominent Montreal LAWYER Denounces "Odious nsou
Glance" of Crew and Captain of Collier-Ihinks
Explosion Killed Many Unfortunate Empress
BY M. COUTURE.

o correspondent
! details Of disaster.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-31

press settled came by him. and hi,
identity being concealed In tho dark
ness, he was hauled in by his shin.
mates.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-31
VERA CRUZ FLAG AT HALFMAST

Vera Cruz May 50-Memorial Day vas
observed by the American fleet with spc-
cal services in memory OF the men who
lost their lives when Vera CRUZ was occu-
p;ed All the foreign warships lying on
IN. city lowered their colors TO half
mast.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-31

Continued on page II. column 8
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-31
Recalls titanic Masters Fate.

ness ne was hauled in by his ship.
mates.
Recalls titanic Masters Fate.
His conduct under the circumstance
recalls that OF the broken hearted
smith. who pushed away from the
Ureckage that held him after his great
steel charge had been swallowed by the
sea
Captain Kendall saw what the ven-
cradle Smith saw. felt the same pangs
in the icy waters. and would have
plunged in after the Empress had he
not been restrained.
Standing up in the lifeboat with OUT
stretched hands, as If appealing TO
Providence for deiverance, the sturdy
British master begged his men to let go
their vicelike hold. Persuasion was
impossible. Brute force on the part of
the lifeboat's crew. and that alone.
kept Captain Kendall within bounds.
He urged that there were others in
the river that he wanted TO save. but
81 N'i"N ''iit dNAithilg ali the sur
vivOrs had been cared for.
Talk Of "Crippen's Curse"
Some four years ago. not far from
Father Point. the young master. then
in command OF the Montrose, delivered
to justice the fugitive Dr. Crippen, and
rumors were current here to-day that
the murderer on that occasion had NUT
tered curse upon his captor and pre-
dicted he would lose his ship.
Fixing responsibility for this, tho
great sea disaster, will be an involved
and long procedure, and already con-
troyersy between crews has started,
witnesses for both sides are being held
and many have been spirited away,
until their mental and physical condi-
iion warrants the taking OF deposl.
tons.
II is generally conceded that the ves-
sells came together in a fog Some OF
the survivors stated that they were
hauled out OF binding pail into the
lifeboats Others. who appeared TO
have recovered their composure. were
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-31
WEATHER

To-day, fair.
TEMPERATURE YEsTERDAH;
High. -: low. 81.
Full report On Page !.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-12
GROWTH Of THIS PAPER
ONLY EQUALED BY STRIDES
Of CITY IN PAST YEAR
Publication Leaps to the Front at Once as the
Leading Paper Of the South in All Depart
ments-and It Is Still Growing.

leans pre-eminenee is held in the I'M
deniable evidence Of circulation fig
ures, which reveal circulation of
more than 100000 for the husky pub
lication-not a bit of an infant, is It.?
for all that it claims but a single year
CT existence.
A Real Southern Newspaper.
Apart from it's able, comprehensive
presentation Of the larger world news,
the first feat of a great newspaper,
The Sunday American handles accu-
rately and infinitely the news of the
South, and particularly of the ten
States Of the immediate South into
which it goes to eager patrons. No
other Southern newspaper, and in
deed, few newspapers of any section,
can tell of so wide a circulation. The
Sunday American is distinetiyely
Southern newspaper
First. however, it is an Atlanta
newspaper, with more than third Of
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-12

Here is story Of achievement. In
some parts it savors Of romance; in
some, of magic; in all. it tells of de-
velopment and success so rapid and
yet so well founded as to be with
out precedent
1t is the history of Hearst's Sun
day American, Of Atlanta. So far as
the actual chronology of things is
concerned, it should be short his
tory, for The Sunday American was
Just one year old last week But
judged from the standpoint Of
achievement, there are worlds to be
written of what has happened in the
one year.
First of all, The Sunday American
in one year has become the South's
greatest newspaper, outstripping in
circulation, effective service and gem
eral popularity all its contemporaries
of ancient record and established
prestige. Proof Of The Sunday Amer
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-12
the

Bureau, and Of the Georgia Chamner
of Commerce, which was largely an
outgrowth of Atlanta's activities.
Each Of these three institutions
w2s deemed necessary TO maintain a
system and organization and effect
the proper exploitation Of the rapidly
growing commercial and industrial
assets Of Atlanta and Georgia.
The year has seen. at last, the
widening of Peachtree street, the
grading of Whitehall and other thor
oughfares for more expeditions traf-
fic, and other street and road i'm
provement Even now the extension
Of the business section out Peachtree
street is in progress forecast by the
destruction of the old Leyden House.
All these things The Sunday Amerl-
can has not only recorded, but grant
ed its sincere encouragement and ap-
probation.
In the first year of its life The
Sunday American has passed through
changes in the administration of boa
State and national affairs At TO
moment and concerning no issue has
the paper been fearful of expressing
its views with the bluntness Of sin
certify, so that while It has established
a fattering rer"tation of impartiality
it has established as well a name FOR
and honesty.
New Buildings Shoot Up.
And here are a few other details
of development in the city while The
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-12

ty. The paper has been first and most
active in championing every cause
that would work for the betterme Il
of Atlanta, whether it be the widen
ing of Peachtree street or the location
here Of the regional bank. Thus 1t
can be said that The Sunday Ameri-
can has aided toward enhancing the
prosperity Of Atlanta, that has been
its own prosperity. And thus some-
thing Of the value CT a progressive
newspaper to the community and sec
ton it serves can be gagged.
Circulation Soon Doubles.
The Sunday American was estab-
lished April 6, 1913, and at once be-
came an object of the South's widest
interest. There was no other paper in
the South like it-nor is there to-day.
There were the conventional news
items. and more-attractive and in
structive features, sports exploited as
never before, entertaining gossip OF
society, and unusual revelation, gem
orally. Of men. women and events.
The Sunday American from the first
was successful The tentative circu-
lation OF the first Sunday was doubled
within few weeks. The figures
grew until the 100000 mark was
reached and passed. and a record set
for Southern newspaper publications
that will be reached by no other jour
nal for long time to come-and then
only when The Sunday American has
gone to the quarter million mark.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-12

its tremendous circulation obtained
from Atlanta and its immediate vi
cinity Primarily it is consecrated to
Atlanta's development and Atlanta's
welfare, as its scores of ringing edito-
rails and hundreds of helpful, con-
structive articles can attest.
In fact. so closely is it alliedbwith
AtIanta's interests that it can at
tribute a great part of its own pros
perity and unusual development to a
corresponding prosperity and devel-
opment on the part Of the city. The
year of its existence has been a year
of Astounding prosperity in Atlanta. It
has been a year whose bank clearings
aggregated mole than $7OO,OOo,OOO,
whose postofice receipts were close
to s15OO,OOO, and whose real estate
transfers We're near s15,OOOOOO.
Successes of Year.
1t has been a year which saw the
completion of the towering Hurt and
Healey slSyscrapers. the Respondent
Ansley and Winecoff Hotels, the mas
sive structure at Ponce DeLeon and
Peachtree. the new courthouse-alto-
gether the skyline made over.
In the year Atlanta has proved its
of the Southern business
and financial field by winning OF
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Sunday American was vigorously
growing and working and living the
most wonderfully useful first year 0:
any life ever lived;
Sixty-two new business houses and
1893 miscellaneous structures for com
mercial purposes were built.
The number Of commercial enter
prises increased so that the gain in
license sales was nearly 100000 over
the preceding year
Increase in assessed value of prop
.erty amounted to more than 10000
600.
A quarter million dollars was
raised for Oglethorpe University
Population increased from the 1913
figures of $4,000 to the conservative
ly estimated figures Of 100000, r
probably more.
Very naturally. an institution OF so
firm and substantial a basis as The
Sunday American, established in AL
lanta in a year.of prosperity so great
could be nothing but successful, to q
certain degree But The Sunday
American has proved tremendously
surprising the intrinsic
success that would be derived from
the kindred prosperity Of the city
The Sunday American, then 1t is
plain, has not only taken advantage
Of its exceptional opportunities but
has fostered these opportunities and
developed them to a greater fecundl-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-12

Here is no prophecy; merely a logical
conclusion from the evidence in hand
that no other Southern newspaper
has come so near to supplying the
wants Of the Southern people, in spite
of the long years of their establish
ment. Circulation figures prove that.
The establishment Of The sunday
American in a field Of many competi-
tors was no mean venture. The ini-
tial cost of publication was tremen-
dous, for the presses and operating
plant OF the new paper-like which
there are no others in this section
were enormously expensive, as the
best must ever be. And even now
that the paper is a proved success
and an established and popular insti-
tuition. the enormity Of detail is inn
pressive. That there are 10000
pounds Of white paper in each issue~
of The Sunday American, exceeding
in weight a regiment of soldiers. is
but one, and a relatively unimportant
detail Far more important is the
actual regiment Of men, trained work.
ers and specialists most Of them,
whose work goes to make up each
number of The Sunday American.
There is work yet to be done to-
ward the city's development for
which The Sunday American already
has voiced it's indorsement-ths plaza
construction, a greater hospital, in
creased school facilities. increased
playground facilities, a public market,
the grant to women Of voice in pub
lie affairs. These things are inevi-
table They win make a greater At
lanta, and The Sunday American will
have had part in making them pos
sible.
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