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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-29
FREIGHTER, % ABOARD,
Is SIX DAYS OVERDUE
+. j. Luckenbach, Tampa to
Baltimore. May BE Disabled
and Drifting.

The steamship r ]. Luckenbach. owned
by the Luckenbach Steamship Company. is
six days overdue at Baltimore and her
owners in this city fear that she is die
abled and is drifting. The steamship car
ries no wireless ard her owners hope that
she may be making for Bermuda or some
other West Indian port under what little
canvas she could rig up.
The F. j. Luckenbach left Tampa on
May Is with a cargo OF phosphate rock.
She was due at Baltimore on May % The
ship is commanded by Capt A. X Webb
OF New York and carries crew OF twenty
eight men. Her chief engineer Is George
X. Arkebauer of Baltimore.
No word has been received by the com.
pany Of the whereabouts OF the ship since
she left Tampa and she has not been
spoken since then. There Ia no reason
to fear for her safety except that she Id
long overdue at Baltimore.
The steamship Shawmut. Jacksonville
to Philadelphia. reached the latter port
yesterday and reported seeing large
quantity of wreckage off Charleston. in
Guiding hatch covers and much lumber
which apparently had been deckload The
+. ]. Luckenbach carried no lumber and
her hatch covers and hatch combings are
painted red. Charles H. Potter OF tbs
Luckenbach Steamship Company said last
night that the wreckage reported coult
not possibly have anything to do with th'
overdue ship.
The +, ]. Luckenbach was formerly thu
British steamship Marie and before tina
| the Euskaro She IL a single screw iror
freighter of 1915 tons net and was bull
| In 1886 at Sunderland. England. She Il
| 200 feet long.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-29
Litigation Against Wrights
Nav Follow Mr.. Curtiss's Sue
cessful Voyage.

HAMMoNpsPoRr, n Y. May 2s.--'Lang-
ley's Folly" the famous old tandem aero
plane that has been hanging In the Smith
sonlan Institution In Washington for
decade was successfully flown to-day BY
Glenn II Curtiss over Lake Keuka. This
is the Identical machine that was hau.ed
out OF the Potomac River after Its second
and last failure to fy on December 8,
1903
Prof Samuel Langley gave the best
years of his life to this aeroplane and
died In sorrow and disappointment. His
friends said his heart was broken oy
the ridicule heaped upon him as modern
Darius Green.
Congress at the last, accepting the pub
he's attitude refused money for further
experiments. and Prof Langley apparently
lost his splendid courage as an inventor
II Is thought that this successful fight
! OF a machine that was completely built
before Orvllle and Wilbur Wright made
their first flights may bring about more
| litigation over the basic patents granted
to the Wright brothers. The Langley ma
chine was built for the Government ana
was not patented. II has been contended
I that the Wrghts obtained many OF their
ideas from DIR. Langley's experiments.
| As exclusively announced in THE SUN
on May IS. Glenn II. Curtiss brought the
machine to his factory here at the request
| OF Secretary Charles ID. Walcott OF the
! Smithsonian Institution and fitted 1t with
pontoons. The planes were recovered and
the engine was tuned. but otherwise the
machine was left in its original state.
10 ha moi
modern machines. and the erratic per-
Torrance of the old motor cut the trials
short after the first demonstration OF the
machines ability to raise itself from the
water. Other lights will be made. In the
| minds of those who saw to-day's flight
the demonstration was sufficient to estab-
llsh DR.. Langley as the man who actually
produced the first motor propelled flying
machine capable Of carrying a man.
DR.. Charles ID. walcott and DR.. Albert
IF. Zahm OF the Smithsonian Institution
witnessed the flight.
Glenn H. Curtiss was asked after the
flight whether II was made primarily 10
dssipate the claim of the Wright brothers
that they were the producers OF the nrs'
successful heavier than air flying machine
Mr.. Curtiss said
II acted under the direction of the
: Smithsonian Institution. which has for
some time desired to ascertain whether
the Langley machine embodied principles
making successful fight possible. The
machine demonstrated that the principles
embodied in its construction are correct
THE effect OF the flight upon any
claims as made by the Wright brothers
!. has no bearing. Although this nigh
proves that Dr. Langley antedated al
present aviators. the Wrights have
, sought and been awarded court decision
, which, so far as l see, stands. In making
, this flight l acted willingly. actuated b,
a generation for the memory or Dr
Langley and his achievements and de
sire to establish a vindlcation for hin
from the distrust 30 generally EXTENDED
, him during his life"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-29
THE FAMILY TUB MUST GO.
Harrison, n. j., Health board Puts
the Han on General Bathing.

HARRISON, N. j., May 2s.-Dr. Henry
Alters, Who is responsible for the springs
In New Jersey gocarts, achieved another
victory tonight when the local Board OF
Health, OF which he Is vice-presldent, ac-
cepted and approved his report condemn
ing the use of the bathtub in the home
Just what is going to be done about It
no one knows. for the Health Board can't
abolish bathtubs, 1t can only say that
they are unsanitary and unclean and ad-
wise everybody to use shower baths in
stead.
Or. Allers's report was made after con-
siderable investigation of the bathing pub
lie. lie found that most people scrubbed
the dirt off and then sat In It and thai
they don't pull the stopper soon enough.
leaving the dirty water in the tub and a
sediment therefrom for the next washer.
All this Is particularly true In flats and
houses where there are large families.
Citizens OF this town on learning OF
the boards action said they would fght
any effort to do away with that grand
old time honored institution. the Saturday
night family bath
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-29
MITCHELL WINS MINE APPEAL.
Dayton Reversed and Right to
Unionize Workers Upheld.

RICHMOND, Va. May 28.-In the case
OF John Mitchell, former president of the
United Nine Workers, and others. APP
pellants, against the Hitchman Coal and
Coke Company, operating In West Vlr-
gina, the United States Circuit Court OF
Appeals here to-day held that labor or
ganizaton has the right to unionize work.
ers in coal mine in West Virginia pro-
vided that only peaceful and lawful means
are used in effecting the union.
The opinion reverses Judge Dayton Of
the Northern District of West Virginia.
He held the organization TO be unlawful
at common law and upon the ground that
the defendants and those associated with
them prior to and at the time of the in
stitution OF the suit in 1906 had formed
themselves into "a conspiracy TO unionlze
the plaintiffs mines without its consent.
and for violation of the constitutional.
common and statutory law OF West Viz
gina.
Labor men regard the opinion as a
great victory for the unions.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-29
PEACE WITHIN A WEEK,
SAYS HUERTA OFFICIAL
Conflict With L. s. Near Settle
ment and Internal Unrest
to BE Ended.
Special cattle Despatch Q, THE Sun.


MEXICO CITY, May 2s.-The feeling Is
general that the difficulties between the
Uni.ed States and Mexico are virtually
settled and that internal peace will fol-
low. A high official OF the Foreign Of
flee said tonight that so far as the
United States and Mexico are con-
cerned everything will be adjusted be-
fore the end of the coming week.
President Huerta, accompanied only
by an aid, walked through the principal
streets tonight. He was followed by
crowd which cheered him repeatedly.
The following message was received
this evening at the Foreign Office from
the Mexican Minister to Argentina:
THE Vice-President in message
read to-day at the opening of Congress
succinctly related the history of the
mediation OF the South American coun-
tries In the Mexican-American conflict,
thanking those nations for acceptance.
He said 1t will be a notable day for
America If in consequence of this
mediation the amicable relations be-
tween the United States and Mexico are
restored"
The Minister of the Interior an
nounced that for eight days the town OF
Zacatlan was besieged by the rebels
under the command of the Marquese
brothers, The garrison made a gallant
resistance until reenforcements arrived
from Puebla. The siege was raised. and
in a battle which followed the rebels
were routed and dispersed, leaving zoe
killed and wounded on the field. The
Federals lost ten men killed.
Col. Pablo Pineda, commander Of the
Juchiteco battalion of the Federal forces
who was captured blythe rebels at AGO.
poneta, near Mazatlan, was executed a.
Hermosillo yesterday, according to re-
port received at the War Office to-day
He was offered his freedom II he woulC
Join the rebel forces, but declared HI
preferred death.
The Mexican Senate to-day removed
the duty on foreign wheat imported int
the State of Yucatan. The local whea
crop of the State has been ruined 70
| lack of rain and prices were soaring.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-29
HAZED COLLEGIAN DIES.
Warrants Issued for Five Freshmen
Of st. John,a College.

ANNAPOLIS, Md, May 2s.--william r.
Bowlus of Middletown, Md, the st. Johns
College Junior who was shot on Monday
night by an underclassman, died at 2
o'clock this afternoon at the Emergency
Hospital. Death was due to peritonitis
Bowlus's parents. Mr.. and Mrs. william
e. Bowius. and his cousin. f. s. Bowlus.
principal OF the Manchester High School.
were with him when the end came.
Warrants we're Immediately issued for
the rearrest OF the Ave freshmen who were
In tho room from which the bullet came
and who had been released on $1,000 bail
Three OF these-George H. Weaver OF Au-
burn. n. Y: Henry L. Valdez OF Havana.
Cuba, and Fendall Marbury OF Baltimore
were taken before Judge Brashear' and
their bail increased to $1,000.
Reginald Jones OF Cambridge, Md. and
John w. Noble of Preston. Md. who went
home. were ordered to return and face
charges.
All flags here are at half mast. Young
Bowlus. who was a member OF the Ma
tional Guard. will receive military
funeral 1t Is declared that had the OPP
Grafton been performed earlier the stu
dents life might have been saved.
a special meeting Of the board OF
visitors Of St. Johns College was held
tonight to take action for the eradication
OF hazing from St. Johns. Several men,
bers of the college faculty were brought
before the board. While the session was
secret, It was learned that the board
summoned Francis A. House OF Marsh,
Pa. president Of the junior class. 10
which young Bowlus belonged. Mr.
House said that every instance OF hazins
OF which he knew during the year had
been detected and punished.
a committee was appointed by The board
to make thorough investigation OF al
the circumstances which led to the death
| OF Bowlus and to recommend action fol
the eradication of hazing from st. Johns
The board upheld the action OF the faculty
/ in suspending twelve juniors <nown L
have taken part in the hazing. but Al
order to expel all the members of TIN
class was defeated.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-29
CARRANzA GIVES HINT
HE WANTS TO MEDIATE
Letter to A B c Group Taken as
Evidence Rebel Chief Has
Changed Plan.

WASHINGTON. May 2s.-Gen. Carrsnza
is ready to accept the principle of me-
diation and send representatives to the
Niagara Falls conferences. This is the
view held by President Wilson as a re-
suit OF Information which reached the
White House to-day.
The President learned that Gen. Car
rama has written a letter to the South
American mediators at Niagara Falls
outlining his attitude toward mediation.
The understanding by officials of this
Government is that the writing of this
letter by CarranZa Is diplomatic hint
that an invitation to participate in the
Niagara Falls conferences will be now
accepted by the Constitutionalist chief.
1t Is expected that Gen. Carranza's let
ter will be In the hands OF the A Il C
diplomats at Niagara Falls tomorrow
and that important developments will
follow.
AS a result of this new development
the confidence Of the President and his
advisers in the ultimate success Of me-
dlation was stronger tonight than It
has been at any other time. Persons
who are familiar with the Presidents
views would not be surprised II formal
protocol were formulated within a week
and signed and accepted not only by the
Mexican delegates but by the Consti-
tutionalists
The Constitutionalists are now prac-
tically the only element threatening the
success OF the Niagara Falls proceedings
All parties to the conference realize the
absolute necessity of acquiescence by the
rebels of the north i'm any agreement
/ reached at Niagara Falls II II Is to bring
permanent relief The United States Gov
eminent has therefore made every effort
! to induce Carranza to reconsider his de-
cision and enter the negotiations. There
have been almost daily conferences be-
tween Secretary Bryan and Carranza's
representatives in this city.
The effort to bring Carranza into the
mediation proceedings has been made
more difficult by the determination of, the
medlators not to take the initiative in ex-
tending a second invitation TO him. They
! felt that they had gone as Tar as they
could consistently go In sending the first
invitation. which Carranza rather CURLY
turned down.
on what basis Carranza would be will
ing to enter the conferences was not
known here tonight, but the extreme op-
timlsm of Administration officials indi-
Gated that his attitude would probably
be such as to warrant action by the medi-
ators.
Up to this time Carranza has insisted
that he would not enter into any armis-
tlce and his representatives in Washing
ton do not believe now that he will change
his stand on this point. 1t Is apparent,
however, that his consent to send repre-
sentatives to Niagara Falls to consider
/ the agreements reached by the other par
ties would In itself DE distinct advance
toward bringing about a satisfactory set
Element of the entire situation.
The Washington Administration is
greatly pleased with the progress that
has been made at Niagara Falls and holds
the belief that the formulation OF a pro-
tocol acceptable to the Huerta Govern
ment and to the United States 10 now In
sight
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-29
DR.. Langley Now Shown to
Have Been Pioneer Aero
pianist.

the fact that practically every machine
In existence traces Its ancestry quite d.
rectly to the genius Of Or. Langley" Mr..
Curtiss said In statement mailed TO
THE SUN from Hammondsport. "A mis-
taken idea prevails among those but
slightly acquainted with Dr. Langley's
work that he was familiar with none but
the tandem monoplane or Langley type.
This is far from being the fact for
DR.. Langley studied and experimental
with every type known to the world to-
day. He built rigid wing biplanes flexible
wing bip.anes, tandem biplanes. machines
with single propelers. machines with
twin propellers, machines with the pendu-
lum type of automatic stabilizer. These
were not man carrying machines. but for
the most part quarter size models.
zone thing seems positive, the demon
stration OF the practically of the old
Langley aerodrome will result in opening
up new lines of aviatlonr research and may
easily show that the last five years OF
commercial exploitation have followed the
lines of least resistance rather than those
of most lasting benefit"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-29
THREE DROWN WHEN
MOTOR BOAT SINKS
w. r. Munro, Two Women Rela-
tives and Friend Caught in
East River Swell.
FIRST THREE LOSE LIVES
Only Person Rescued by Tug
Was the One Who Could
Not Swim.

OF four persons who were thrown into
the East River when their motor boat
was overturned by scow yesterday tie
could not swim. a man. The others, two
women and man, were drowned.
Tho Dead.
MUNRO. WILLIAM r.. IS years old. a heat
ing contractor OF East Elmhurst: body
recovered.
MUNRO, MRS. EMMA. IS, his wife; body
recovered.
MUNRO. MRS. WALTER. 80. OF Boston.
Mass, sister-ln-law; body still missing.
The man saved is Eugene Schlckion
OF Rockaway Beach. owner Of the 23
foot motorboat, which he had just pur-
chased from William Munro.
The deal was put through early yes
terday In East Elmhurst, after which the
new proprietor invited Munro and his
wife and sister-in-llw to accompany him
on the trip to Rockaway Beach to have
dinner at his cottage there.
The first part OF the trip was uneventful
and the boat was running we'll until.
Just under the Brooklyn Bridge, the mo-
tor stopped suddenly. throwing the craft
into the swell OF n passing steamer. d.
rectly behind and not more than a hum
dred feet away was steaming the tug
Helen Moran OF the Moran Towing and
Transportation Company OF II Battery
place with two scows in tow.
Those in the motor boat shouted TO
| Capt. Adolph Win OF the tug. and he
turned the Helen Moran lnshore az
sharply as possible. The tug and the
first scow got by all right. but the last
one hit the motorboat full on and top
pied her over.
The men and women were carried far
under by the impact. Schickion. coming
up between the two scows. was pulled
out by the men on the end one after the
| had gone down twice. His was the only
body to relppear for several moments
Some time later men on the tug. John +
Cowan OF the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road. saw another body. Ii was that OF
Mrs. Emma Munro. and there appeared
a faint change. Yet for her life She and
schlickion were hurried to the pier a,
the foot of Dock street.
Ambulance Surgeon McKenna OF tn
Long Island Hospital soon pronounced
Schlickion out OF danger. but every eff
fort to revive Mrs. Munro failed. DIR
]. F. Southmay of the emergency corp
of the Brooklyn Union Gas Compan.
brought a pumotor and worked over he
for half an hour without success.
In the meantime a swarm of tugs nnt
small boats from both sides OF the rive
had reached the scene of the collision AM
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-29
FIND COMING PLANT IN CAVE.
search of BranfOrd Hermit's Home
Reveals Outht.

New HAVEN. Conn. May 2S.--A coun-
terfeiting outfit was found to-day near
hut formerly occupied by hermit
Charles Laeon. on the out. kris Of Bran
ford. ten miles from New Haven.
I.aeon Is in the State tuberculosis san
itarium at Meriden, dying OF tuberculosis.
He lived in the hut for fifteen years or
more His means OF livelihood was moi.
generally known. but on his visits to town
he seemed to have enough money for his
wants Recently the attention of the
town health off Ger was called to his con-
dition and he was sent 10 Meriden.
In the course OF an investigation to-
day an entrance was found to tunnel
eight feet long, where the counteifeiting
outfit was secreted. No counterfeit money
was found The Government officials
have been notified.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-29

"and the intentions of the inventors and
experimenters ni!scarried."
Speaking of the experiments Of orville
and Wilbur Wright, the court added:
Having attained success where others
failed, they may rightly be considered
pioneer inventors IN the oeroplane art"
The gasolene motor. one of the first to
be built. was made in the Smithsonian
shops under the direction OF Prof. Manly
II has five cylinders and develops SO
horsepower, weighing less than four
pounds per horse power.
"a review of the field to-day reveals
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-29
MAY LEAD TO LITIGATION.
hut General Opinion Is That DEM
onstratiOn Came TOO Late.

Although the successful flight OF the
Langley machine will have no bearing on
the sweeping patent decision granted to
the Wright Company by the United
States Circuit Court of Appeals In the
suit against Glenn IL. Curtiss. It is felt
in aviation circles that this flight may be
the basis for further litigation In other
Jurisdictions. 1t is also felt that had the
successful flight been made prior to the
final decision on January ID last, the
ruling Of the court might not have been
SO broad.
In the opinion OF Judge Hazel. which
was affirmed by the Court OF Appeals the
court passed hastily over the experiments
of DR.. Langley and others.
"All such efforts. for one reason or
another. were sbortivs," the court said'
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-29
RICHEST LITTLE GIRL" TO WE'D.
Catherine Barker Engaged to How
ard u. spsuIding, Jr., of Chicago.

CHICAGO, May 2S.-Chicago friends OF
Miss Catherine Barker, who since her
fourteenth year has been one OF the
richest little girls in the world" and
Of Howard II. Spauldlng, Jr., accepted as
true to-day a report that an engagement
exists between the couple. Miss Barker,
who is tine daughter OF the late John
II. Barker. car manufacturer OF Michigan
City Ind. Is Visiting at the home Of the
young mans mother on the North Shore.
Miss Barkers wealth is known to be
In excess of s3O,OOO.oOO She Is re-
ported to have promised her guardian,
James b. Forgan. that she will not become
bride until she is 2i years old. three
years hence.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-29
HERE'S A SUFFRAGE MARATHON.
Mrs. La Toilette 90 speak "a Nights,
Beating Husbands Record.

Secretary of State Bryan will have to
look TO his laurels this summer lest a
marathon debate on woman suffrage be-
tween Mrs Robert M, La Toilette and
Miss Lucy Price eclipse him.
The argument will begin in sandusky,
Ohio. on July and will last for sixty
five consecutive nights, following the trail
Of the Coil-Alber Chautauquas through
Ohio Pennsylvania. Indiana and Michi-
gan.