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storstad's Omcer Blamed.

Capt. Kendall of the Empress OF lre
land is mildly criticised for not giving
the collier a wider berth. but the commas
sion adds that this was not a contribv
tory cause to the accident. In placing
the blame for the accident on Third Of
icer Tuftenes the commission says.
I'VE regret to have TO impute blame
to any one in connection with this lam
entable disaster and we should not Do
so If we felt that any reasonable alter
native was left to us. We can. however,
come to no other conclusion than that
Mr. Tuften,s was wrong and negligent
in altering his course in the fog. a : no
undoubtedly did, and that he was wrong
and negligent In keeping the navigation
of the vessel in his own hands and IN
falling to call the captain when he saw
the fog coming In.
1T is not to be supposed that this
disaster was in any way attributable 70
any special characteristics of the St
Lawrence waterway. 1t was disastcy
which might have occurred in the
Thames. in the Clyde, in the Mersey, o.
elsewhere in similar circumstances.
such is the conclusion at which We
have arrived on the question as to who
was to blame for the disaster. But the
ques ion of greater public interest and
importance remains 10 be considered, viz
why the ship sank SO quickly, and what
steps, II any, can be taken to prevent
the terrible consequences which 20 often
follow such disasters.
The main difference between the Two
stories (of the officers of the Empress
and che Storstad respectively is to be
found in the description of the way in
which the two vessels were approaching
each other at the time the Empress Of
Ireland changed her course after having
obtained an offing from Father Point
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Course was Changed In Fog.

course was changed In Fog.
After carefully weighing the evidence
we have come 10 the conclusion chat Mr.
Tuftenes was mistaken II he supposott
that there was any intention on the parN
OF the Empress OF Ireland 10 pass port
TO port, or that she. in fao., by her lights
manifested the intention OF doing SO:
but II appears 10 us to be mistake
which would have been OF no conse-
dNence II both ships had subsequently,
kept their courses
shorty after the ships came into me
position of green to green. as claimed ~
Capt Kendall. or red 10 red as claimed
by Mr.. Tuftenes, the fog shut them out
from each other, and II is while they were
both enveioped in this fog that the course
OF one or 'he other was changed and the
collision brought about From the evil.
dence adduced on behalf OF both YES
sells " is plain that before the fog and
when they last cav each other, there VAS
no risk OF collision II each kep, her
course Therefore the question as 20
who Ia 10 blame resolves rself into a
simple issue: namely. which Of the ships
changed her course during the fog
With reference to this issue It will
be convenient TO deal with the evidence
connected with the Empress ~ Ireland
hrst
NO witness sp AXIS Of having seen h~r
I
fog. and those who were on board engaged
in her navigation distinctly deny that airy
change whatever was made There IS n
our opinion no ground for saying that
the course OF the Empress OF ireland was
ever changed In the sense that the wheel
was wilfully moved, but as the hearing
proceeded another explanation was pro-
| pounded, nam ~. that the vessel changed
her course not by reason of any wi!ful Al.
| tfIAtlOnC h,,.
quence OF some uncomfortable movement
which was accounted for at one time On
the hypothesis that the steering gear vas
| out OF order, and at another by he
| theory that, having regard to the fulness
OF the stern OF the Empress ~ Ireland
the area of the rudder was insufficient
Evidence was called in the support NJ mis-
explanation
ION the whole question OF the steering
gear and rudder we are of the opinion that
the allegations as to their conditions are
not well founded.
| we think that Capt Kendall would
have been better advised II he had gwen
! the Storstad 2 wider berth and mad nsN-
| gated his ship so as 10 pass the S-n'-'ad
al a greater distance on MS beam nan
he originally intended We do. not tank
however that his stopping winch vas
| really done for greater caution. can he
said 10 have been an unseam1n'lts cot
nor do we consider his failure 20 give tHs
wider birth as a oontrbutory cause '0r
| the disaster
| The recommendations OF the oomn's-
q on include the closing OF all water rm
doors in foggy weather, and wherever
practical all watertight doors and por'-
holes below the water levels snou Ne
closed at sunset and kept closed I'll sun
rise Also that RATS be placed on de'h IN
such a position that they Wi, float an'''
| maticallY as the ship sinks.
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Another BallW .

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir. Pro-
gressvism, woman suffrage and Mexico.
X. Y. z.
PoRr RICHMOND, 8. l.. July 10.
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London once, Bingham House. 1 Arundel
street. strand
Paris once. 6 Rue de Ia Michodiere. on
Rue du Quatre Septembre.
washington once. Hibbs Building.
Brooklyn ONCE l06 Livingston street
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II Secretary BRYAN insists on talking
for pay on Saturday half holidays he
will have the unions down on him for
violating the overtime rules
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STORSTAD TO BLAME ri
FOR EMPRESS WRECK
Lord Mersey's Commission
Charges Golfers Third Off
Ger With Negligence.
SHIP CHANGED COURSE
This Action by Coal Boat Caused
Collision, the Inves-
tigatOrs Say.

QUEBEC. July 1.-THE wreck comns.
sion which has been investigator 10
sinking of the Canadian Pacific Com.
pany's steamer Empress Of Ireland with
the loss Of more than 1000 lives, M ne
collision with the collier Storstad in the
st. Lawrence River on May %, published
its findings to-day.
The commission was composed OF Lori
Mersey. formerly Presiding Justice of tns
British Admiralty Court, who invesu-
gated the sinking of the Titanic sir
Adolphe Routhier of Quebec and Chief
Justice Mcleod of New Brunswick.
The commission finds that the collier
was to blame for the collision. 1t holds
that the disaster was due to the Stor-
stad's change of course during 'of
prevailing at the time OF the accident
This change was ordered by the colheTs
third officer, Alfred Tuftenes, and the
commits sion declares that his action was
wrong and negligent" This officer y
also condemned for failing to call the
CAPTAIN of the Storstad when he saw tho
fog coming in and for changing the ves-
sells course without instructions from tho
frs, officer, who was in command of tns
collier at the time OF the accident.
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All checks money orders &c, to be made
payable to TIE Srs.
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S u p E r l o r
SIX.COU r s e
LUNCHEON, 75c
(MUSlC)

indefinite period. The Government will
probably close up La Opinion, which Is
the only surviving paper in Vera Cruz.
The Government says trains will be
running from San Luis Potosi to Saltillo
tomorrow and that repairs are progress
ing on the line to the northward OF San
Luis Potosi without molestapon from the
rebels.
The conductor and another of the ten
railway men whom the rebels carried OFF
at Ozumba have escaped. They report
that the Zapatistas. who numbered 1000.
broke up into small bands after the cap
ture Of the pay train at Oriental with
100000 pesos and are now dispersed over
that region. The band which held the
men who escaped numbered about fifty.
Of whom sixteen were wounded. The
captured men were stripped of their
clothes and shoes and treated brutally.
The Zapatistas. the men say. have tor
tilas as their only food. They get drunk
every night. and this enabled the men
to escape. They had been sentenced to
death. and they are afraid that their
eight comrades have been killed.
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FLExNER VICE REPORT OUT.
second Of Rockefeller Publications
Deals with Europe.

The results OF sincere and intelligent
investigation OF organized and CONNER
cialized vice are contained In the second
volume OF a series of publications on the
subject, which treats OF conditions in
Europe. The volume, which Is published
to-day by the Century Company, embodies
phase OF the investigation which Is be-
ing conducted by the Bureau OF Social
Hygiene, which was established by John
ID. Rockefeller, Jr. Abraham Flexner.
chosen as an unbiased student Ia the
author. Mr.. Rockefeller cont ributes an
introduction which sets forth the purposes
of the bureau and explains that the object
OF the new volume Is to present an alb
solutely reliable and up to date account
Of European policies and experience In
dealing with organized vice.
Mr.. Flexner. devoting two years to his
task, made observations In England. Scot
land, France. Belgium, Switzerland. Italy.
Holland, Denmark. Norway. Sweden Ger
many and ustria-Hungary. The subject
was studied from every standpoint Ha
found that organized vice Is more extern
sive than is commonly supposed, but he
found little or no white slavery in Europe
He believes that police licensing OF COM
mercialzed vice IL dying out abroad
Segregation Ia not attempted nowadays In
any European city.
Very interesting chapters are those de-
| voted TO the medical side Of the problem
Among his general conclusions he holds
that police repression cannot stamp out
vice. that the traffic cannot be affected for
| hetter or worse by laws and institutions
hut that indirect methods OF social anne.
| Iteration and reorganization must be relied
1 on
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./UAREZ AWAITS VILLA.
Rebel Leader Expects TO Move south
Next Week.

I'll. rAso. Tex, Jan. i6.--Gen. Pancho
villa. the rebel leaGer. will arrive in
Juarez Sunday morning from Chihuahua.
according to news received in Juarez to-
day Pressing business matters demand
his attention on the border, II is said in
JuareZ. and he will probably remain two
or three days. Conferences with num-
her OF mining company representatives
and cattlemen will take up most Of his
time.
IL present plans are not changed Villa
will be the guest of honor at benefit
bullfight Sunday afternoon In the Juarez
arena. The proceeds OF the fight will be
turned into a fund for the widows and
orphans Of the Constitutionalist soldiers
who have fallen In battle.
villa expects all his soldiers to have adj
vanced south toward Torreon in a few
days and he will go direct to the front
to take charge of the attack on that city.
villa has been in communication with
Carranza. who Is now near the border Of
the state of Sinaloa with 10000 men.
Carranza will continue south to Guada-
lajara and join forces with Pablo Con
zales Jesus Carranza and Eulalio Gu
tierrez. who have some 5000 men. In
the meantime villa will attack Torreon
with more than $1,000 men. with success
at Torreon Villa means to march imme.
diately to join tarranza and Gonzalez for
the attack on Mexico city.
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SALAZAR IS CAUGHT.
Federal General IL Arrested by u.
=. Deputy ShertGYs.

SANpERsoS. Ten, Jan, 16.--Gcn, Jose
Ynez Salayar of the Mexican Federal
army a refugee from Ojinaga. was taken
into custody here to-day on a Southern
Deputy Sheriffs Daniel y. Farley and
Gus Collins. Wher arrested he was
In drawing room of Pullman playing
cards with two other Mexicans. They
were not arrested.
Salaxar admitted his identity and said
that he crossed the Rio Grande last
Saturday night AT Preside. from Oiinaga,
where he had been fighting the Constl-
tutionalists. He said he made his
way through the line OF United States
soldiers. through the hills to Maria and
boarded the train " the latter place
early this morning. He added that he
was on his way to Eagle Pass to reenter
Mexico. When asked where Glen. Orozco
was he said
"Quen sabe"" I think he was killed
in the battle OF Ojinaga"
But his expression belied the truth Of
this statement, and the train from which
Salasar was taken is being watched for
Orozco
When asked whether he would rather
be In the hands OF the United States or
Of villa, knowing that the United States
has charges against him for violation OF
neutrality laws. he said
II would rather risk my fate with the
tUlttu SNdtts.
He was lodged in Jail by the local au-
thorities to await the arrival of United
States Federal officers, who will take him
In charge.
Several documents in Spanish were
found OH his person. positively identifyinS
the Federal general
Salaxar will be taken to Maria to face
an indictment charging conspiracy to
violate the United States neutrality laws
in the smuggling of arms into Mexico
at the time he was a rebel against Ma
dero. The indictment against Salazar
was returned by the Federal court in
New Mexico. lie was arrested in III
Paso and released on $1,000 bond and
forfeited the bond, A. Maria h,
will have another hearing and VI relea sed,
will be seized by the United States mill
tary authorities and interned with other
Federals at I'll Paso
Salazar was In the field against Ma p
dero at the time the latter was assas-
sinated, and he at once Joined the forces
OF Huerta and has been a Federal gen
eral since that time.
II Is reported here Tonight that Gen.
Antonio Rojas also was on the train with
Salazar and that he was taken OFF AZ
Del Rio Tex, and arrested
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NO AID FOR HOLDERS
OF MEXICAN BONDS
Washington Tells Bankers All
They Can DO Is File
Damages Claim.

WAsHiNGroN. Jan. ls--willard D.
straight representing J. r. Morgan 4 Co.
Kuhn. Loeb Co. and other financial
houses. came to Washington to-day and
conferred with the State Department, re-
garding the announcement in Mexico city
Of the default OF the semi-annual interest
payment on Mexcos foreign debt. This
group Is considerably interested In Mexi-
can securities
Mr.. Straight Informed officials OF the
Department that the American bankers
who hold Mexican securities to the
amount Of $4,000 had no dema nds
to make upon the Government regarding
the default Of the Huerta Government,
but merely wished to call to the atten-
ton of the Administration the fact that
such securities are held by them He
declared that the bankers were ready to
To take any course in the matter which
the state Department might care to sug-
eest.
He was Informed that there was MOTH
ing the state Department wanted the
bankers 10 do particularly. but was ad-
vised. In the interests OF those he rep
resented. To set forth the loss which
would be suffered as a result OF ghe de-
fault and file II with the State Depart
nent as claim. This probably will be
done as a matter Of protection of the
interests OF the bankers when the day
or reckoning and squaring accounts
finally comes in Mexico
II is believed that a similar procedure
VIII he adopted in their respective coun-
tries by the British. French and German
holders or Mexican securities. who hold a
much greater amount than she Ameri-
cans. According TO reports from those
l...t. 1. 10.
interest due on the Mexican bonds has
created CONSERVATION In many quarters
Appeals to the Governments have already
been made. but IL Is not believed that
any of the Governments concerned will
feel in a position to undertake any posi-
tive measures looking 10 enforcement OF
payment.
The failure of these Governments to
get any response from the United States
is not regarded as making the outlook for
the holders Of the securities any more
favorable. Inquiries made to-day among
those in touch with the attitude OF the
European Governments failed TO reveal
any indication of further action by those
Governments beyond that taken yesterday
when Secretary Bryan was asked whether
this Government had anything to an
nounce to the Governments as to Ameri-
can policy as a result of Mexicos de-
| fault Neither is there the slightest sign
that the Washington Administration will
| lift finger in behalf Of the bOndholders
1t is pointed out by those long familiar
with national finance in Latin America
that defauting on interest payments Is
too common an offence In these countries
To occasion any excitement now Guate-
| mala went for sixteen years without pay.
ing cent of interest on the bonded deb,
| held In Great Britain.
The State Department 1t was said to-
day, has received no official dispatches
regarding the report that Huerta has sent
two special commissioners to enter into
negotiations with John Lind at Vera
Cruz, looking to AN understanding be-
! tween President Wilson and the Huerta
Government
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BROTHERS ACCUSED OF FRAUD.
Held In Queer swindle 10 Cheat A q.
cident COmpanies,

young man who Is accused OF falling
from trolley cars and pretending to get
pleurisy as a result. for the purpose of
collecting money from accident insurance
companies. was held yesterday In Jersey
City for the Grand Jury. His brother.
who 10 accused OF personating him when
uhe question of damages arose. was also
held. He Is julius Cohen and his brother
10 Frank.
Investigation by the AEtna Insurance
Company and the Travellers Insurance
Company resulted In the arrest OF the
Cohens. DIR, Harry NJ. Archer OF the
/Etna company at 100 William street dis
covered that persons named Brader,
Mayer and Waller. who were always fall
ing from cars and acquiring pleurisy and
then suing the companies or asking dam
aGes OF the insurance people. were really
julius Cohen, whose brother Frank kept
q pawnshop at SOS Third avenue The two
looked NO much alike that the brother
with the brains had no trouble In passing
himsek on IS the brother with the illness.
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REVILES AMERICAN PRESS.
London Outlook" says Newspaper
"FOuIly Insulted" Garden.

Special cable Despatch to THw S,N
LONDON, Ian. 16--The outlook make :
an angry attack on the Foreign Office
FOR the reported transfer OF Sir Lionel
Garden the British Minister at Mexico
city. The journal regretfully admits that
Sir Lioners transfer wears a sinister
look OF probability" and calls 1t "a wan
ton surrender to an unprincipled foreign
intrigue"
The Outlook declares that the with
drawal OF Sir Lionel Garden before the
existing situation In Mexico Ia wholly
transformed would be absolutely calami-
toua 1t reiterates its customary anath-
emas OF President Wilson. and says that
I'm order that his will may he accom-
plished Mexico must he plunged into an
archy or bankruptcy" The paper fulmi-
mates against the foul insults and in
nuendoes which are being levelled at Sir
Lionel Garden by a discreditable class OF
American newspapers, which every decent
American dsowns reading, but which
nevertheless mould public opinion In the
United States"
The Saturday RerieU. whose long IA
miliar anti-American thunder has been
stolen by the outlook, has only the fol
lowing reference to Mexico this week:
Mexico has defaulted. and 1t can now
be a matter OF weeks, possibly months
before there Is effective Intervention
President Huertas decision to suspend
the service OF the debt for six months
OF course enormously strengthens the at
titude and arguments OF the United States
and 1t naturally sets the rest OF tht
world against him. In a word, Huerta
has failed"
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FAV0RITISM IN COAL
RATES Is OUTLINED
Reading and Lehigh Valley Dis.
eliminated. Say Several
Witnesses.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 16-Evidence Of
rate discrimination and favoritism tend
ing to throw additional light ON the
cause OF the high cost Of coal to the
consumer was presented to-day at ths
Interstate Commerce Commissions inves-
tigation of the coal carrying railroads.
1t was charged that interlocking direc-
torates through which railroad companies
control the production and marketing OF
coal have direct bearing on the prohibit
tive prices.
q. II. Smith. chief counsel for the COM
mission, presided at the hearing which
was held In the Bellevue Stratford. Un.
der his sharp questioning. railroad offi-
cials reluctantly admitted the truth OF
many charges that have been made
against the companies. In not few in.
stances the witnesses showed lack Oh
memory.
One Of the principal revelations was
the testimony OF Richard T. Davies. gen
eral coal agent Of the Lehigh Coal ana
Navigation Company. that the Philadel-
phia and Reading Railway had kept the
Coal and Western Navigation Company
out OF the Western market Tor years oy
refusal TO quote fair rates.
The Lehigh Coal and Navigation Com
pany il one OF the largest OF independent
coal companies. 1t has no connection
with the Lehigh Valley Railroad or the
Lehigh Valley Coal Company. although
the similarity OF names often causes ~
TO he confused with the railroad and Its
subsidiary.
THE Reading. said Mr. Davies. would
not quote us a fair rate and would not
handle our coal at any rate II II could
avoid doing 30. 1t was only recently that
we were able to reach the Western
markets by way Of the Lehigh Valley
Railroad"
@. r. Hustis. general auditor OF the
Delaware. Lackawanna and Western
Railroad, admitted that the railroad sold
coal to the Delaware and Lackawanna
Coal Company at less than the published
rate. The coal company was organized
in 1909, with the object of marketing all
coal taken from mines owned by the rail-
road. he said
While the Delaware and Lackawanna
| company could buy coal cheaper than
other companies. by reason OF the inter-
| locking directorates controlling 1t and the
railroad, It also had the advantage OF
| cheaper transportation rates.
A. l.. Leroy, general traffic manager
| of the Lackawanna. admitted that, until
| 1903, II had cost the Plymouth Coal Com.
pany more to move its coal from the
mines to a connection with the Delaw are
| and Hudson Railroad than the Lacka-
wanna's coal company was charged for
the same service. He also admitted that
the Lackawanna had charged q small
washery company %6 cents a gross ton to
haul its coal 900 feet TO the yard limits
| Of a small town.
Testimony was drawn from witnesses
| to show how the Lehigh Valley Railroad
| manages to control most OF the coal
| shipped over Its lines w. T. Grier gen.
| eral coal freight agent Of the railroad.
added that the Lehigh Valley Coal Sales
| Company has the exclusive use OF the
various storage yards on the companys
| system. Unless private shippers "stand
| in with the sales company they have
virtually no chance to get storage yard
PRIVILEGES,