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Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1919-09-29

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Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1919-09-29

Gdy PARMA Eliza Pelikan, buchalter-
ka firmy Lawndale Sausage Co, miesZ-
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1919-09-29

W przyszla niedziele w parafii sw.
Jana Kantego, odbedzie sic uroczyste
powitanie zo}nierzy przybyfych Z Fran
cyl lub oboz6w amreykahskich. Prey
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Kingi re wsp0ludzialem kantowskich
przemysiowc6w. Bli4sze s~zczeg6ly po-
danny p6zniej.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1919-09-29

Sieni, ME robi r6z
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when he owned and commanded fast
sailing ship. His reputation as a skill
full sailor and d bold fighting man gave
him his choice Of the hardy sailors
who thronged New York. He became
a scourge to the French, and his share
of prize money and other ventures
made him master of competent es-
tate" So declared Col. Robert Living
stone before and after Kidd sailed into
trouble. He was much liked In ship
ping and other circles as "knowl-
edgeable man."
In 1891 Capt. Kidd married a beau
tiful and accomplished woman. Sarah
Aort- She was the widow of a sea
captain who had been in Kids en-
ploy. The couple lived happily in Lib
erty street In a house that was part
of Kids competent estate" Before
he sailed on his i'll starred expedition
he was the father of two children, for
whom he had a sailors fondness. For
proof OF the high repute in which Capt.
Kidd was held in New York 1t is only
necessary to examine the Journal of
the New York Colonial Assembly of
1891. In 1t the Assembly compli-
ments him highly and adds that much
credit was due him FOR the many and
good services done for the Provinces
in attending with his vessels" AT
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It, Kidd More Hero Than Pirate Victim of Circumstance

The first port or call made by the
Adventure Galley was Madeira There
a stock Of wine was laid in. Provisions
were taken aboard at the Cape Verde
Islands. The long voyage around the
Cape Of Good Hope was made safely,
and in 1897 the Adventure Galley
dropped anchor in the pirates strong
hold at Madagascar The harbor was
bare OF ships. Kids crew was well In
hand, but sailors on short rations ana
without regular wages are kittle cattle.
No pirates meant no pay. The empty
stronghold was blow to Kidd and his
crew. The Galley was repaired and
such provisions as were at hand WERE
put aboard. Then she left port. Three
ships hove in sight. Kids crew wat
jubilant. They were Kings ships.
Some of Kids men, the minority
were attached to him, and assured him
that he could depend upon them in
every way. Through these he learned
that discomfort was rife. A year Of
fruitless sailing to and fro was not to
the crews liking. One day a French
ship, a wreck, was sighted. KIDD
boarded her from a boat. She hi
nothing worth while aboard exceptNa
few thousand dollars in gold. Kidd
took the gold, as he had a right to do.
Discomfort grew. Kids harshest
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harm. They knew that he was a
natural leader and that without him
they could do little. But they made 1t
very plain to him that the object of the
cruise was prizes. and prizes they
must have.
The Adventures first prize was an
East Indian ship owned by native mer-
chants. The next ship that Kidd fell
in with was the Loyal Captain. She
was Dutch ship and was the cause of
Kids death. The crew OF the Adven-
ture wanted to attack. Kidd said mo"
More than half the crew began to get
out the boats. Kidd called out: This
is a Dutch ship. The ruler OF Holland
is the King of England. Those who
leave the ship will not board her
again." At this a gunner. William
Moore, lost his temper. The sight of
Kidd alone holding at bay hundred
cutthroats made him frantic. He
rushed at Kidd and, shaking his fist in
his captains face. shouted: You are
keeping your crew in beggarly starva-
ton. But for you we would all be
rich and prosperous Such rank
mutiny reused Kidd to momentary
fury. He picked up a bucket that stood
near and struck Moore on the side OF
the head. Telling him. The Loyal Cap
tain went her way. few days later
Moore died. The ships surgeon said
that Moore did not die of the blow. The
blow saved the Loyal Captain. Though
he had every right TO strike IT, the
| blow served to hang Kidd
The richest prize taken by the Ad-
venture was the Queddah Merchant
She was OF 400 tons. Ship and cargo
were owned by native Indian mer-
chants. The captain, Wright, was an
| Englishman. He told Kidd that all
aboard were East Indians except two
| Dutchmen and a Frenchman. Kidd.
| speaking to the Frenchman, said that
the Queddah Merchant was sailing un
der French colors and dared him to
deny II. He did not deny Il. Kidd
removed his armament and stores from
| the Adventure to the prize. The crew
and passengers of the prize were sent
| to the Malabar coast in small boats
| The Adventure was set afire. In a
stout, we'll armed, we'll found ship
Capt. Kidd set sail for the pirates
to deal with any pirates he might find
there. In the harbor lay large East
Indiaman. She had been seized and
turned into pirate by Robert Guilt
ford, who aisAin command. Culliford
was afraid OF idd end looked for in
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whom he captured In this grant it
was set down in most definite ternfs
that the King should have a tenth of
Kids captures. Capt. Kidd's asso-
ciates and partners were:
King William III. of England and
Prince of Orange, the Earl OF Rom
ney. the Earl of oxford, the Earl of
Shrewsbury. Lord Sommers, Sill Ed
mund Harrison, a city magnate; Sam
uel Newton, William Rowley, George
Watson, Thomas Reynolds, merchant,
and Col. Robert Livingstone
King William threw in his good
will The four noble Lords (members
OF the GovernmenD Clipped in $1,000
each. Col. Livingstone and Capt. Kidd
contributed each the same amount.
The others gave $500 each. Then
work was rushed by all hands
and the Adventure Galley was
soon finished. Kidd supervised every
thing and picked his crew of $50.
Every map had a clean record and the
opinion Of the associates was that a
more dependable crew never manned
a ship" Capt. Kidd shook out his
sails in the spring of 1896 on his voy-
age to New York. He received a body
blow at the start. While in the
Thames the Adventure Galley was
boarded by a Press Gang. Kidd
showed the Kings commissions. The
leader of the Press Gang looked at them
and to show his respect for them took
only a hundred of Kids crew. The
loss of these men was enough OF itself
to Illustrate the enterprise. Its sue
cess depended wholly upon the char
acter OF the crew, putting Kids leader
ship aside. He was not a man to cry
over spilled milk. He continued his
voyage. took French ship on the way
and sailed into New York harbor with
flags flying.
Kids arrival and the news of his
enterprise made a great sensation. His
call for sailors brought enough to mar
small navy.
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the. project could be undertaken as a
private venture" Bellomont jumped
at the suggestion and quickly to the
King. That thrifty soul jumped Mt It..
Everybody to whom 1t was suggested
jumped at It; everybody except Capt.
Kidd. But was it not possible?" they
asked him.
Yes. 1t was possible, Kidd admitted.
When pressed for further opinion
he said: Give me a stanch, swift
sailing ship Of thirty guns and crew
of $50 men upon whom l can depend
and the Kings commission and / will
drive the pirates from the seas" This
assurance was enough. Bellomont
laid the whole project before the
King.
At the Kings suggestion two COM
missions were issued to Capt. Will
lam Kidd. One commission author
lied him to make war upon the
French. The other commission au-
thorized Kidd to make war upon all
pirates in all seas, but especially upon
four American pirates, to wit: Thorn
as Too. John ireland, Thomas Wake
and William Maze. At the King s
order the Lords of the Treasury issued
grant to Capt Kidd and his asso-
ciates Of all and everything which he
should take from or with the pirates
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critics were the worst of his crew.
Among them were several pirates. AS
the days passed this faction grew
larger. They had no complaint against
Kidd as a captain, but they maintained
that his enterprise was failure. He
would get nothing from pirates. With
pirates money was easy come, easy
60"
In four months, since meeting the
Kings ships. the Adventure had not
sighted a sail except the wrecked
Frenchman. And French gold had
been spent for provisions on the Mala-
bar coast Suddenly the lookout
shouted: Sail no." In a short while
several deeply laden ships were almost
within hail. 1t would have been an
easy matter for Kidd to take his pick
of the convoy. A majority Of the Ad-
ventures crew rlampred for this
course. Before the resolute mien of
the captain and his small band of
trusted adherents the clamor grew less.
1t ceased when Kidd explained that his
commission authorized him to destroy
pirates, not TO become one. There was
a truce. but hollow. Kidd felt that II
was only a question OF time when the
majority would gain the upper hand.
Kidd saw his danger He was be-
tween the devil and the deep sea. His
partners, except Livingstone, were
ravcnous fer money To return Ia
England or America with empty pock-
cts meant ruin. But 1t was not in his
power TO turn back. His crew had
worked for almost year and a half
without seeing a dollar, much of the
time on short rations. They had a
good ship under them and they were
determined to get money.
When the situation looked black
word reached Kidd that a fleet, well
laden. owned by an Indian Prince ano
bound for Indian ports, was in the Red
Sea. Kidd sent swift cutter TO the
mouth OF the Red Sea for information
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Several of the leaders had estates a
short distance from the coast The
buildings on these estates were forti-
fed. Madagascar in the seventeenth
century was not a place for a minis
ter's son, though some of the tribe
may have been there.
Finally II became plain to King
William that there were too many
pirates who had little or no respect
for the Dutch and English flags. He
sent for the Earl of Bellomont, who
had been Governor Of Barbados. He
had heard much complaint. he told
Lord Bellomont, of the lax govern
ment OF his American colonies. Piracy
was rife in American and other waters.
II all pirates were driven out of
American waters, they might be
rounded up elsewhere and wiped out.
Was he the man to do this? Bello-
mont answered that he was. The King
said; do It," Bellomont lost no time.
He talked to all his friends. He told
them of his mission as the Kings
Governor of New England and New
York Where was he to find a man
who could exterminate piracy No
body could help him until one day he
met Col. Robert Livingstone OF New
York, who was in London on official
business for the province of New York
He told his story once more and got a
surprise. Livingston said: IT know
the very man for your business If he
will accept / will talk with him and
let you know the result"
Enter Cant. Kidd.
Enter Capt. Kidd. What manner OF
man was he? How came it that a mar
of Col. Livingstone's type should know
and vouch for a man whose character
would not bear the most rigid investi.
cation? William Kidd was born ir
Scotland about 1880. His home wal
at Greenock on the left bank of the
Clyde and was a spot to delight the
heart of a boy.
Even then the Scotch were master
shipwights. Many OF the greatest
ships that ever fioated were built al
Greenock. They did not build huge
ships when Kidd was boy, but they
built stout ones. Greenock men sailed
10 all parts Of the world. The father
of William Kidd was a clergyman. lie
was a Covenanter and he lived in
parlous times.
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this time he was the owner full or in
part, of a small fleet.
1t is evident that Capt Kidd held
an enviable place in public esteem In
New York IN 1891. 1t must be plain
that he held the same place when he
sailed his own ship. we'll laden. out OF
New York for London in 1895. His
intent was to sell his cargo in London
take on a return cargo and sail for
New York at once. He reached Lon
don. sold his cargo and was making
things shipshape when Col. Living
stone came aboard.
The Agreement Made.
They shook hands. Then Living
stone said: 81 have just heard 81 a
great adventure and you are the man
to take command" He told Kidd the
mont. What do you say?" asked
Livingstone. win you take the zen
ture and exterminate piracy?"
Let them give me kings ship OF
thirty guns and a picked crew Of 15C
men and I'll clear the seas OF pirates,
was Kids answer.
Livingstone to Bellomont hotfoot
Bellomont TO the First Lord of the Ad-
miralty. The sea lord said: Eng
land is at war with France. The
Kings ships are on duty"
But the pirates" said Bellomont
land the Kings demands"
The sea lord cared nothing about
pirates. Bellomont to Livingstone and
both OF them to Kidd They talke,
and talked. Capt. Kidd cared nothing
one way or the other. He had an
swered Livingstone on the spur OF
the moment. His own business salts
fed him. But Bellomont was not sat
isfied. Unless he had a plan fol
wiplng out piracy the Government o.
New York was not for him. He bega
as much faith in Kidd as Livingston,
had. The project had taken a grip OIL
Livingstone. He asked Beliomont 1
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Kidd. the son. had no leaning toward
the ministry. He did not burn to
suffer for conscience sake" He was
strong. healthy. hearty boy. He
had a boys delight in listening to the
wonderful tales Of sailors who had
been on voyages to the Indies, to the
Spanish Main and to the Americas; or
lands where the heat was great and
gold was plentiful; Of lands where TIE
cold was deadly and where whales and
seals were countless. He learned to
read and write and beget a sInattering
of Latin. Later he picked up French
and Spanish. While still a boy he
went TO sea His dream was to COM
mand his own ship. He made many
voyages to the Far East and the Far
West He knew Calicut and Goa and
London and New York. and helped to
beat on many pirates before he was
of mans age.
The first ship commanded by Will
lam Kidd was consigned from London
to New York. Every sailor at the
time was a fighting man. The captain
was lord CT life and death aboard his
ship, but his mastery over his men de-
pended upon his physical prowess as
we'll as his ability to sail and fight his
ship Every sail evoked a glance of
suspicion and every ship was heavily
armed.
From the outset Capt Kidd made
money for owners and self. His
shrewd Scotch nature and knowledge
of the world were valuable assets. In
the American colonies class lines were
drawn tightly enough. though not so
closely as in the old country. To
break them a man must be far above
the average.
In many ways. for the greater part
of his life. Capt. Kidd was one Of for
tunes favorites. He made the most
OF his opportunities and lie was In the
prime OF life when he made his home
| in New York. He was less thar 10
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Adventurous as Was His Career, 1t
Shows He Was Far From Being
the Brute and Assassin Pic
tured in Popular Fancy
By THOMAS b. FIELDERS.

the Dutch had beaten the English In
Europe they retook New Amster-
dam, but held 1t for only fourteen
months, 1673-1674. Then Sir Edward
Andres became Governor. The Stuarts
always needed money and always did
harm with 1t; the more money the
more harm. Andres grew so extor-
tomato that the people Of New Eng
land threw him into prison. Out OF
this he got only to scurry home to
England. His royal master. James H..
had run away from his Dutch SON.
In law sand so the Dutch had not only
taken Holland but England also.
King William. like all kings OF his day,
was always in need Of money. He,
however, wanted 1t for state not per-
sonal purposes. William was honest
in a kingly way. The Stuarts paid
debts only under compulsion. William
borrowed under a promise to pay
per cent. interest and kept his word.
He was the inventor OF England's ma
tional debt. He had another way, and
a popular way, OF raising the wind"
the issuance of letters OF marque.
There Is a fascination about the
very words. They meant a great deal
in the seventeenth century. When
King William gave to his American
colonies the right to issue letters OF
marque the sea dogs all along the
coast, from Boston town to the Caro-
linas, shouted for Joy. The merchants
of the coast towns rubbed their hands
in glee. The shipwrights became the
busiest men on the American conti-
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A Gallant Man Claimed by the Gal
lows Only Because the Kings En-
terprise Failed and the Govern
ment Needed Scapegoat

She returned with news that fifteen
ships would soon be in sight. The Ad-
ventures crew roared its delight. Kidd
was in other mood. Word was conveyed
to him that IL he did not attack the on
coming fleet he would lose his COM
mand. Even II he escaped with life he
could not afford to leave his ship in
the hands of a mutinous crew. who
would work much harm. He must do
the best he could. Among the fifteen
ships were three warships, and when
the Adventure Galley opened fire on a
deeply laden bark the warships opened
on her In such lively fashion that she
was compelled to sheer off.
The ice had been broken. Capt
Kidd was in the hands Of his crew.
They did not want to do him bodily
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York put much money with privateers,
and soon swift sailing vessels well
manned and we'll armed secured the
North Atlantic. All Of them did not
confine themselves to this ocean. The
French had possessions in India as
we'll as in America, and colonial as
well as English privateers swept the
seas of the Far East also. Many Eng
lish and colonial ports became almost
clogged with French prizes. When
there were no more French prizes to
be had many privateersmen and those
who had put money into their ven
lures had grown rich. 4 steady shower
| OF gold poured into the merchants
pockets OF New York and other colo
NAL ports. Which the seas had been
swept clean OF French ships the
golden stream was almost dried up.
Piracy In the seventeenth century
was held in much disrepube mainly by
those who suffered from it, Many
| merchants of London and other Eng
lish ports and colonial American ports
were made richer through II. In pub
, lie they might have hard words for 1t
and suggest hard measures for pirates
and piracy. They might refuse even
to hear details Of happenings by which
they made huge profits.
| Piracy Headquarters.
The great headquarters of the pirates
were in Madagascar. None Of the
buccaneers of the Caribbean had any
thing to compare with II. Many houses
] were built along the shore. There
we're many slaves, natives. The har-
hor was large. At times 1t was bare
of ships; at others II was crowded.
Many of these ships were traders who
bought spoils from the pirates in ex-
change for provisions or cash, More
of such cargoes went to New York
and other colonial ports than to Eng
land: less risk from the law. For
their own protectioy some sort OF or
der was kept at the headquarters.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-15
j, DEMPSEY WON
IN THIRD ROUND
Fourth Round Had Not
Begun When Towel Was
Tossed Into the Ring.

New York, July 15.-Secretary Adam
Empie of the Army and Navy board
of boxing control set all doubts at rest
Monday night as 10 the round in
which the recent heavyweight cham
pionship fight ended when he stated
that Dempsey won by knockout in
the third. The decision hinged on the
fact that but II seconds of the minute
Of rest between the third and fourth
rounds had elapsed when the towel
was thrown into the ring. The de-
cision followed the receipt Of numer-
Gus inquiries from all over the coun-
try
Statement Is Final.
The statement. which was signed
by Adam Empire. secretary 10 the
board, is as follows.
"A report having widely circulated
that Mr.. ". Warren Barbour. time
keeper appointed by this board for
the willard Dempsey contest. had
written TO Mr.. Pecord, the referee.
stating that the interval Of one minute
between the third and fourth rounds
had expired before Wizards seconds
threw a towel into the ring. beg 10
state that Mr.. Barbour has written no
such letter and further that the state
alleged letter is contrary to the fact,
as only Al seconds had expired in the
interval referred 10, when the signal
OF defeat was given by WIZARDS sec
onds.
The board is in no way concerned
with Wagers that have been made on
the contest but as a number Of in