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La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1915-03-11

rente a Ia Independencia. -. SOS
Los Observation-Disclosures
Gel relate de Ia in~surrecci0n contra
Memorials de IN Guerrillero. His
toria de "a Guerra de Reforma S O.75
La Majestad Caida.-Novela hist0-
RIGA de Ia r~evoluci6n maderista S $50
Epopeyas de mi Patria: Benito
Juarez.-La Intervention Francesa.
Ell Imperio.-El triunfo de Ia Re-
Embellishments de Juan de Dos
Pea. Edicion de lujo lustrada con
retratOs yIstas. 500
Historic general de Mexico, por
Zarate.-Bien empastada. -. $3.50
Episodes Militares MeXcanos O.
bra de interes para los afectos a CO.
nocer nuestras grandiOSas luchas por
Ia nbertad. Trata de IA Guerra de In
d~ependencia y IA Invasion America
na , tOmOS. SZ.oV
Historic del Pueblo MeXicanO.-So
berbio resumen de historic patris,
con numerosos gra5ados de vistas,
mOuumentOs, reUratOs, etc.-dos to-
mos pasta tela. .....-.... Z:OO
Historic de Mexico, por Ferdla,
desde los primeros tiempOs haSta Ia
caida del segundO Imperio.-Un to-
mo Lela. SS.OO
Historic Patria, pOr don Justo Sic
IRA, uustrada con grabadOs. Csc
De Porfrio Diaz a Francisco Madero.
Obra polItica de actualidad, pOr el DR..
Lara PardO---
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Los carranci>taS SC rCcOnccntran
En- NucVO Laredo.

Las furrzaS carrancista> que al
manio de- los generates Marlovio
Herrera y Luis Gutierrez cyacua-
ron Ia plaza dr ricdraS Nr@raS, So
Iiriiru. ~rgGm 10 han mauifrStado
yarioS do los rrfu2iados que lIcga-
ron aver a rsta ciuiad. con destino
Il Ia riudad de Nurvo Laredo. Ia
mauIipaS. doude 81 uniran a las
rurrzas qu" ticnr baio 81 mando rI
general Alfredo Riraut. jrre de las
arInaS de- dirha plaza.
Parrrr que las fucrZas tie He
rrcra y Gutierrez, una vez que ha-
yam IIrgado a Nurvo Laredo, ayan-
lardn hacia ell Sur para cooperar
con las fucrzas del general Pablo
Gonzalez al alalu4 a la ciudad de
Monterrey. plaza que a todo tram
luicrcn caplurar los carraucistaS
Y Tue drriondr cnirgicamcntc cl
general Felipe Angeles.
Sin embargo. en- opinion de- varios
de- los rarrancistaS que vicnen hu-
yruIo de- Picdras Ncgras Y Otras
~poDlarionrs. Ia labor rutura de Ma
cIoyio Herrera y Luis Gutierrez Sc
RAJ Ia de hOSIiIizar frccUentementc
. l,. r,,.r,.. ,-5u.-I,- ., al E-g,I.
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CIENCiAS OCULTAS

La Gran Magia Suprema.... $3.50
Enchirid-Ones, GrImorios = Pentacu-
los. 5000
La Gran Varita Adivinadora y E.
Viejo Druida de las Piramides JOS
E. Dragon Rojo o FL Arte de Man
dar q los Esplritus. 5000. SOS
Manual de Nagia Blanca. SOS
Manual de Magia ROja. ..... JOS
Manual de Magia Negra. OPS
La Magia Egipcia. Inte~resante estu-
do SCORE OCultIsmO $1,000. sos
Clavicula del Rey Salom0n.. OPS
E. Poder del pensamiento. Su doml-
Mo ' cultura. Obra para estudiar Ia
fuerza del pensamiento go. S1.OO
Tesoro de milagros de Ia Cruz de
Carayaca. Verdadera joya del ocul-
usmo. $O.oO
Los a~dmirables ~secretos de Alber-
to ell Grande. ........... SOS
Filtros de Amor. ...... Sl.OO
La Venus Magica. 100
Libro Magno de San Cipriano. Ed
cion unica Y completa del Famoso
Grimorio, considerable como la sofa
autentica entire toGas $1,000. SOC
Secretos de la prestidigitaci6n J
Ia magia- Lecciones de esCamoteo =
prestidigitaCion $1,000. 5 loo
La clavicula del hechicerr } Lbro
de San CiprianO, 0 infinidad de
s~ecretoS. $o'SO
Ell Diccionario Internal. Contiene
10 r~eferente a las apaTiciOnes, magla
blanca, Toja Y negra, adivinaclones,
cOnJurOs etc.. ......... , w
Secretos del inferno, para hacer ha-
blair a los muertos, ganar a Ia lote-
ria descubrir tesorOs etc.. 5000
Dogma Y ritual de Ia alta magia.
-Esto obra ensena los misterios de
las ciencias ocultas. Contiene e.
triangulo de Solomon, Ia irTadiacion
magica, Ia Cabala, secretos del ext
to, nigromancia, etc. $500
Ell verdadero libro internal. Trata-
do complete de las ciencias ~ocultas.
Contiene el ibro de San Cipriano, Ia
clavicula de Solomon, magla supre-
me-, invocaciones, conjuros, el ORA
g6n Roja Y ia Cabra Internal, rece-
tas de la reina Cleopatra, etc. $0.75
FL verdadero Dragon RoJo. Con-
tiene pactos i~nfernales, e~ncantamlen-
tos, modo de hacerse invisible y De
eYocar al diablo, etc, etc.. 5 so
Verdadero horoscope para adlyl-
mar ell poryenir. o'sU
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Hacia dondc Sc dirijira Villa.

Con motive del nuevO giro toma-
do por la situaci6n m%eXicana, Sc
ignora 81 Francisco Villa, quien aver
Sc encontraba en- Leon, persistlra
cn d~irigirsc a AguascalicntcS y de
ALI a san Luis para emprender cl
atauue sobrc cI Puerto de Tampi-
co: O Sc diriGira al Sur para Ocu-
par la capital de la Republica al
ser GsCa evacuada por las fuerzas
de Obrcg0n.
Parece que Villa consiIera mas
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OBRAS DIVERSAS.

La Voz de Ia Naturaleza. Collection
de hermosas historias y novelas mo-
rales. SIPS
Manual de agriculture Y ganade,
ria. Indispensable para Ia genie de
campo. Con grabados. ...... $l.2s
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NovELAs A 40 CTS. CADA UNA.

FL becerro de ORC.
e. milo maldlto.
L. lucha pOr el amor.
e. mauuScritO de mi madre.
Maria, por Jorge Isaacs.
E. cura de s!dea
Dora.
AZuC5QB.
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PoESIAS.

Poesias de Antonio Plaza. $3.50
Pasi0narias Obras poetlcas de Ma
nuel VI. Flores. 500
Poesias de Manuel ACuna. Aumen-
ta6as con ell hermoso drama Ell pa
SaCC' $1,000. ......,... O.oO
Los T~royadores de Mexico. Hermosa
collection de poesias de ~nuestros
mejoras autores. 4 IL rustica. s $50
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OBRAs PoETICAs DE PEA.
RELIGION.

La imitaciju de C-istO ..... $3.50
CaCec.smo de RIpalda. D0.lO
LavaLle NeEicanO.......... $50
Ancora de salvation. O.6U
La Azucena. Devocionario para las
Hiias de Maria. ......... $3.50
Comulgadcr General.... "O.75
Pecueno Lavalle de Ia juventud, 0
dev0ci0nario del c~ristianO... 500
Curse de filosofia elemental, por
BaImes. Contiene logica, m~etaflsica,
Gcica etc. SI.z2
Devocionario guadalupano. O.25
.Catecismo de Perseverancia 100
Los Martires, o eI triunfo de Ia ReL-
zion CrisJiana. Libro cuya lectura
ros hace asisCir q Ia lucha de dos
EereraciOnes contrarias: Ia una arma
1a con los arreos de Ia f~erocidad, =
Ia otra con simbolo redentOr. - 200
FL Genio del Cristianismo. Esta
obra. como la anterior, Is de las ne
jores para los hogares. Ambas estan
editadas a TODD lujo........ So 90
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NoyELAs A IS. CTS. cADA UNA

Malditas sean las mujeres.
NaIdirOs sean los hOmbres.
MaIditas sean las suegraS
Arte lie buscar marldo.
Las Evas mOdernas.
81 novio prestado
La hija de las flores.
FL purgat0rio de las solteras.
Ell Paradise de las mujeres.
81 inferno de los hombreA
Viva mi rovia.
e hada de los mares.
Su Majescad e Amor.
MaldiJo sea el Amor.
La PrinCeca del DOllG7.
Amor Y Nartirio.
La hija de Venus.
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POrCu5 Sc Casan las mUjereA.
PorCue pecan las mujeres.
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POrGu5 reinciden las viud&s.
EI collar de ~eSmeraldas.
Las hijas de champagne.
e. nidO de r~uiSe6Ores.
Las obreras del amor.
Marina o Ia hija de las olAG.
PaSiouarias de amor.
El 81 de las ninas-
La viuda allegro.
La nina de los jazmines.
OBRAS DE VICTOR HUGO.
e hombre que rie......... $O.75
/ Cartas q la novia. "0.65
La leyenda de los siglos -. "O.65
Nuestra Sonora de Paris. "0.65
Han de Islandia 0 FL Hombre Fie-
$0.65
Fl A6O Terrible ..., LOTS
/ Los Miserables , tomos... "1.5O
Los Trabajadores del Mar. "O.65
El NOventa ' Tres. Episodes de Ia
Revolution Francesa 1900. $O.75
dos. lots
El Destierro "O.sC
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Como Sc triunfa en- Ia vida. Obrs
edncativs de utilidad practica, que
contiene 20 lecciones de la vida dia-
ria. Ensena 10 que debe hacerse pa
"a alcanzar exito en- los negoclos, en-
81 estudio, en- 10 que ell hombre Sc
proponga. Els L obra muy utlL..
Iuzb.l en- campaha (pastorela) $500. 4Oc
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Liberia de Ignacio E. Lozano De o7 7zSfA.
LA QUE vENDE VAS BARAEo.

zsA cREDEADA Il Es WeURA La QH THNE Ell HE"R sUEnDo zA QUE VNDE s BNO .z
PR CoRREo CoNLos GAsTOs PAGADOs Ell MsMO Ola QUE Sc RECIBE LA oRDEN
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rente q Ia Independence. -. $O.7
ENSENANZA.

Los PEDIDOS Sc ESPACHAN POR CORR
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HISTOR

Fl Sol de Mayo. Memorials de "a In
tervenci6n. Con grabados... Sl.oO
e. Cerro de las Campanas. Con
retratos de personajeS hlstoricos....
100
Sacerdote y Csudillo. Obra Tefe-
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1915-03-11

noveIa de costumbrea 20 70
E. Hut-fGno del Resimiento. O.
bra conmovedora Y bel.isima 50 Z,
Astucia o Los Charros ConCra5an-
distGs. Noyela de costumbres men-
canas. z tomos, tela........ SITS
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-18
GERMANY MAKING STRONG
BID FOR SPANISH SUPPORT

London, Aug. l7.-Leading German
newspapers are making strong bid
for the entry of Spain into the war on
the side of the Teutonic allies. The
Kreuz Zeitung, the organ of the mill
tary party published in Berlin, ex-
tends an outspoken invitation to
Spain. pointing ont that tremendous
moral and material results. whicl
would be gained by fighting on the
German side. The newspapers ac-
cuscs England of plotting revolutions
in Portugal with the double object
OF ruling that country and foment-
ing trouble on Spain's borders In or
der to drive Spain into Joining Eng
land and the allies.
New homes that have been created
lately" SAYS the Kreuz zeitung. flor
the Spanish monarch. Thanks to the
wise German diplomacy. the hopes
which the Spaniards are beginning to
see, are not impossible of realixasio
through German support.
"Crystallized in cold print. these
new hopes represent Gibraltar. Tam
giec and a union with Portugal. and
sovereignty over the Portuguese rivers
and the glorious port OF Lisbon These
form the prospect Of the new Spanish
policy which should be as welcome to
the people Of tie Iberian Peninsula
as to ourselves.
1T will. therefore, not be the fault
OF German diplomacy II The nesot;a-
tions which. despite The secrecy be-
ing forced on the British Govern
ment by Spain relative to Gibraltar.
we're to fulfill their sheet
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-18
COUNCILMAN JONES
GETS BUSY ON A JOB

In order 10 facilitate the business 81
the office. city Auditor Crenshaw
would have the ONCE Of delinquent
tax collector for South Richmond. re
moved to the City Hall. He directed
Collector Walford yesterday to pro-
coed with tie removal. He was held
up, however. by the activity OF Coun-
Gilman Jones. who appeared before
the Assistant City Attorney and the
Auditor, and pointed out that the an
nexation agreement permitted the Of
Ace 10 remain In the Southsidc.
The Office will accordingly, remain
in old Manchester, for the present at
least Assistant City Attorney An
derson will look fully into the matter
and give his opinion later.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-18

Twsnty-five rnurderers, condemned
~ every law Of God and man. for
4N4,un the severeSt indictment and
fho heaviest penalty that can be de-
vised ara hight, eave taken the place
IN Georgia held Monday by one con-
xlcted murderer. Leo Frank. The
Aarresty OF the murder OF Frank sur
passes anything In the criminal his
tory Of the country. II Is a blow aimed
ak the very heart of civilization. COM
parAbie only 10 such tragedies as the
S<rsrns of enc Lasitania and the ravish-
No Of Belgium.
@ Next TO the horror and outrage of
$50 ~mob" is the cowardice and supine-
@n19s OF the guards" That q mob"
aMf twenty-five men should be- able to
scvcrpower' the whole force OF a
31ass prison farm and without blow
Ss1nE struck. shot fired. or a word
poken. commit the most awful crime
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-18
FIVE MORE RELIEF
Ships FOR BELGIUM
Work OF Caring For Victims OF Ger
man Invasion Stiii Being
Pressed In America.
AMERICAN SHIPS CREW HELD
Russian Agent I'm Philadelphia to
Place Several Millions For Cannon
Tractors--Ill-Fated Eastland Re-
leased to Owners.

New York. Aug. 17.-The commits
sion for relief in Belgium announced
today that it has chartered FIVE adj
ditional steamships to carry supplies
from America for the Belgians. These,
together with those previously char
tered. make fleet of eight steam
ships in all flying the flag of the COM
mission.
The new ships chartered are the
Andreas. the Mohacsfield. the Ocstd!jk
and the Otto. Severdrup. All these
steamships are of the larger type OF
freighters, with cargo capacity of s, 900
TO 5000 tons each. They are now in
European waters or on their way to
America for cargoes.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-18
SOUTHERN WRECK
HOLDS UP TRAFFIC

Winchester, Aug. t7,--Hundreds of
excursionists and other passengers
along the line of the Southern Rail
way between Washington and Harri-
sonburg were forced to wait fer five
nours for the clearing OF the track
Of a freight wricS before being nhlc
to get home, Fifteen freight ears
We're derailed at The Plains, but no
one was injured, it was stated at the
office of the company.
There were 1850 excursionists at
the Luray Caverns from Washington,
Baltimore and points in the Shenan-
doah Valley. The freight wreck
blocked both WAYS
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-18
american ships Crew Held.

Seattle. Wash. Aug lotto
Schutt, chief officer, and six seamen,
all Germans. of the American bark
enttne E. II. Sterling, of Seattle, are
prisoners In the Australian detention
camp at Liverpool, near sydney, n. S.
W.. according to a letter received here
today from Captain f. II. Sterling by
his wife.
The men were removed from the
vessel by Australian naval officers at
Newcastle, n. $. W., when the bark
entine had just finished loading coal
for Callao. Peru she sailed from
Winslow, Wash. November Fl last
year. with lumber for sydney
Schutt signed as an American, Civ
ing Seattle as his home
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-18
PEOPLES FORUM.
The Seamen's Law.

The Seamen's law.
Editor Vireinian:
Sir,--In recent issue of your paper
there was displayed prominently OF
the front page n press report stating
that Senator La Follette's Seamen's
Act would drive American commerce
off the seas and deliver the shipping
of the Pacific ocean to Japan.
This report was displayed In such
form as to lead the casual reader TO
think that The virginian approved
the statements 1t contained. ! am sure
that such is not the case; and the use
of the article simply illustrates not
only how varied interests try to use the
American press TO their own advan-
tage, but how they not infrequently
put the thing across"
do not claim to know all the de-
tails of La Foilette's bill for the pro-
lection Of sailors, but I am pretty
certain that it contains the followin Z
provisions:
/. 1t breaks up the neonage Of the
sea and makes the American saiicr,
or the foreign seaman in I'm Ameri-
can port, as free man as the tobacco
or cotton laborer OF our Southern
States. Heretofore any seaman break
Ing his contract was to be imprisoned
by United States authorities and re-
turned TO the snip he LEFT. Under
Ia Follette's bill the sailor breaking
his contract loses his unpaid wages
and is liable in civil suit.
2. The Seamtn's act provides that
a certain per cent of the crew of n
ship 175 per cent, think) must be
able to understand the language Of
the officers IN charge of the vessel.
A number OF serious disasters slave
occurred on the sea because of the
Inability OF foreign crew 0chinese3
TO understand the orders given them.
La Follette's bill win remedy this.
The la Toilette. bill provides for
certain safety appliances at sea-
requisite number Of life-boats and iife-
preservers, and frequent and care
full inspection. With the act ia force,
1t r. said that such disaster as that
Of the Eastland In Chicago will be inn
posi- BILE.
may be mistaken in my conclu-
stons and the provisions or the Sea-
mems Act may be too severe on Amer
lean shipping but do not believe II.
J. H BINFORp.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-18

of this city, has been awarded con-
tract by the Roanoke Fair Association
to furnish the fireworks for tae Roa-
noke fair. 1.
The Planters Land Company, Of
Richmond. has purchased the Munt
farm, one Of the most valuable estates
In Prince George County, and will be-
gin at an early date to cut the prop
erty up into lots of 200x2o0 feet and
offer them for sale to the better class
of suburban settlers.
Petersburg Council, knight Ct
Columbus, has presented tte Peters
burg Benevolent Mechanics Associa-
ton. through Mr.. Robert f.. Brunei.
chairman of the book committee. "a
complete set of the Catholic Encyclo-
pedia for its library.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-18
THE LA TOILETTE sEAMEN's Law.

another column today appears
ommunicat.on from Mr.. j. H. Bin
rN n regard to the provisions of the
Toilette Seaman's law. which has
n me subject OF general attack in
American press In recent weeks
n4uSA OF the fact that II has al
H{xx driven out Of business the one
~r1can steamship company which
materially participated in oeea,
IT and promises to drive the rest
- the same route. The company
1gred to is, or rather was. the Pa
N Mall Steamship Company, which
nexiy operated a large fleet of
nners fn the trans Pacific trade.
bnrdens Of the Seaman's law have
6ed them TO sell rneir f1eet and
out OF business. leaving the field
orien,ai companies entirely.
Ats Is the result OF the searnan's
~ the most striking case at hanG
Milford mentions two provisions
~ law, and SO far as we are in
ned they are substantially cor
The first provision. which our
apondent says was designed TO
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-18
Here To Place Contract

/ Philadelphia, Aug. 1T.-Prince Ga
garin. representing the Russian gov
iSrnment, arrived in this city yester-
day personally TO place contracts for
Cannons' tractors. which. he said, will
lamount to several million dollars The
tractors, according to the prince, are
for use with monster field guns which
/ will compare fayorably with the larg-
est siege rifles used by the Germans.
! Prince Gagarin Is accompanied by
H. n. Petroffsky, his secretary, and S.
7 G. Talbot, an English engineer in the
temploy of the Russian government.
The party will remain in the country
iabout n month.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-18
MURDERERs AND ACCESSORIES.

Of recent American history. passes be-
lief. but both the murder and the
Supine conduct of the officials of the
prison are recorded facts, We have
very rarely. IL indeed at all. read Of
case where mob violence had the
courage and nerve to override a de-
termined guard which was insistent
and determined in the performance
OF its duty to guard Its prisoners.
Whatever Frank, did. or did not
do, is not the issue. The task is to
detect and punish as the cowardly as
sassins they are. the criminals who
engineered and performed the crime,
and to punish the alleged guards
who were consenting unto his DEATH
All the world. even blood-drenched
Europe. will look with concern upon
the situation in Georgia until the
majesty of the law Is avenged and
punishment visited on the heads of
those VINO merit It.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-18
SPARE THE TREES.

N The ysrginian notes with regret and
much concern rlat orders have been
f6nued for the removal Of s3s trees
within the city limits. Before starting
IN the work of removing them It Ia
8o1tr view that a very careful investiga-
sf1on should be made into each in
Rltviduai case and that only such trees
NJ are actually dangerous or dying
should be cut down. A tree is one of
fhose ornaments of nature which
NAnnot be replaced save after many
years. TO replace any one OF the num-
Il Der ordered sacrificed by this one
order would take as long as the aver
AEe lifetime.
Why has 1t suddenly become neces-
nary to cut down a3s trees? There
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-18

From all the evidence It seems tslat
William Barnes has set about proving
himself worthy of the title T. II. and
the courts affixed to him. Having
boossed the New York State consti-
tut!onal convention to perfection, he
will have the job of bosslng the cleo
ton on that document also.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-18

which employ Japanese. Chinese. and
other cheap iaborers. To stay in the
business this company has TO use the
same labor. Now the law Is, that
ell these must understand vhe Ian
guage of their officers, and as II is
obviously impossible TO get enough
coolies to man a large fleet of ships,
all of whom speak English land par
tlcularly hard to do so when ones
competitor does not require a knowl-
edge of English). il is apparent what
a burden was put on American-owned
ships. Mr.. Binford states the pro-
vision is that seventy-five per cent of
Che men must understand the lam
guage OF the officers. this being to
protect passengers In an emergency.
But even this protection to pas
sc ngers has been removed by ruling
of the Department of Commerce. This
ruling is to the effect that laborers
need not be able to understand all
orders, or even all emergency orders,
but only such as are necessary In thel.
special department of work. That
Is to say, in case of an emergency,
when emergency orders are given for
the protection of passengers, the crew
will not have to understand the or
ders. For further discussion of this
point we quote again from the New
York Times:
THE clause was designed to
promote the safety of passengers
ny requiring that crews should be
able to understand their officers
orders. Since the officers on
American vessels are speakers OF
English, II would result that the
crews should understand Eng
lish, or. in other words, should
not be sailors of Asiatic or t,u-
ropean countries other than eng
land, as in fact they mostly are.
The official construction of the
statute is that the law will be sat
isfied If the crew understand
orders in each department of duty.
That is. 1t Is not necessary for
deckhands to understand orders
to firemen, nor the other way.
THE consequence is that no class
Of seamen necessarily will under
H..
their line Of duty. That was the
very precaution for passengers
which was asserted to be reason
for passing the bill If pas
sengers' safety lis not increased,
If seamen's conditions are made
worse by the disappearance of
their floating homes from the sea.
what Justification for the bill re-
mains2"
We are not prepared to say that
the La Toilette law should be re-
pealed. There may be valuable fea-
lures OF It, and there doubtless are:
but we are prepared to say that 1t
cures the disease sought only by kill
ing the patient. Some other cure
should be found and the bill amended.
1t must be recognized. of course,
that the Seaman's law In itself does
not give sufficient ground for with
drawing a large fleet of ships. but
added to other unfavorable condi-
lions, II may have been the last straw
on an overloaded back. AS such. 1t
gets the blame.