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TOTTEX SINKS FLEET
LAXD ATTACK A SUCCESS.
War Game Honors Seem Divided
Between Fort and Enemy.
nether, the attacking fleet, -which passed the
Race in safety, will Bel credit for capturing Fort
Tot ten in the war jcame remains for the umpire*
to deride this morning. - Anyhow, the fleet ap
pears to he funk and the enemy's landing: parties
remain with a foothold in the fort.
Word that the fleet had passed the Race and was
steaming down the Sound was received at 7 o'clock.
*2 th*£r>\ and the men were ordered to their posts.
Before that the force which was to reinforce the
landing parties which the approaching fleet would
send out had le.ft the reservation and taken up
'positions known to the defenders.
The 808 quickly manned the puns, the infantry
supports were thrown out in skirmish order and
the searchlights began to rake the darkening
waters out toward New Rochelle for some signs of
the approaching fleet. The wait was a long: one
and trying on the nerves of the men on duty, for
they had to pick out the attacking vessels from
the" regular craft, moving through the Sound, and
there were many false alarms, and several times it
was feared the attacking fleet had got inside the
zone where it must be destroyed If the fort was
to remain in the hands of the defenders.
At 930 one of the searchlights picked up the
Genera) Henry Hunt, the flagship of the attacking
naval force, and within a few seconds the big guns
began to flash The flagship, it is asserted, was
sunk three minutes alter she was sighted, and her
consorts, launches, etc.. were singled out rapidly,
and by M o'clock the defenders figured they had
blown the fleet out of the water.
While sure of victory on the waterfront, the de
fenders are* not so certain they were not caught
from behind. Two men. representing a landing
party, worked their way inside the defence. An
other pair of men. also representing a landing
party, captured a searchlight at the. south end of
Cbe forj. which gave the attacking party another
foothold inside the fort.
VVith the enemy covering somewhere in the
offing preparing to attack at any minute, the
troops at the forts down the harbor spent a busy
day yesterday. At Forts 11l liajlfcr and Totten, on
the Sound, they studied the batteries which were
to repulse the expected attack, meantime keeping
watchful eyes out for th« invading fleet, and final
ly jr. the afternoon the commander of the forces
at Fort Itottea sighted a part of the fleet appar
ently making a rernnnoisanre. This news was
flashed to Fort Schuyler across the Sound and a
Cfc.ll to im was sounded through both forts. But
the enemy, perhaps surmising that its fleet had
been discovered, drew off without coming into
range.
At Parti Hamilton and Wadsworth the day was
spent in actual target practice with the big guns.
The first shot, Bred from gun No. 1 in Battery
Harvey Brown at Fort Hamilton, scored a hit— ;
huge 12-inch shell struck right alongside the target, ■
which would have been a vulnerable spot in any
warship happening to be .there. It also shook loose
a huge section of plaster from the ceiling in the
kitchen wher«- cooks of Company F. 13th Regi
ment, were preparing food for the mess. It was a
flue combination of joints, vegetables and lime on
which their horrified eyes rested when they were
dug out of the wreckage.
The target practice •■■■ familiarize the national i
guardsmen with the hie guns was the feature of
the day. a pyramidal target, representing an equi- ,
lateral triangle ten feet high, was towed down the
bay six thousand yards from the centre of a line
between Forts Hamilton and Wadsworth. From
the forts it showed like a mere speck of red on I
the water. Colonel L/:d!ow. commanding Fort
Hamilton, had arranged to begin firing at 11 a. m. ;
sharp. Harped* boat destroyers had been sent out
to warn Mats to keep clear of the firing range, and
red flacs bad baas run up on both forts.
Eat Just as the first gun was about to be fired
came warr.inrs that the Adriatic was passing
through the Narrows. That meant delay until the >
hie liner was out of range, so it was 11:30 when
the hig 12-inch gun was fired. There was a deafen- |
ing concussion, even to those standing with fingers
plugged into -their ears and mouths open. Follow- i
ing it cam«= a wild, wailing shriek as the big shell
curved through th« air, then struck the water
close beside the target. It was a magnificent shot.
and probably would have disabled any warship oc
capylne the position of the target.
Besides the damage done to the kitchen, the j
firing of the big guns did much more than eve^n I
the expected UNOM of damage to glassware and .
bos« in Fort Hamilton. Windows were shattered,
ceilings and side walls crumbled. Immediately ;
after the first shot | •-■="• began pouring in to
the commanding officer, but. though politeness ,
personified, he was somewhat deaf on the subject
'of stopping the bombardment. There were ten
■MM fired from the 12-inch guns alone— each shot
Mattes Uncle Ban ••" : 4~' There was also firing
from the l<Mnch and B-taeh gun?.
Colonel Henry L. Ludlow. commander at' Fort
Hamilton, said he was well pleased at the showing
the ' net* made at the military manoeuvres yes
terday .'.' Fort Hamilton. The marksmen shot 10
and 12-inch Baas from the hanks of Gravesend
Bay. The range was UN yards.
Two hucp canvas sheets were, placed at that dis
tance, a red and a white one. The gunners were
directed to shoot between the canvases, which
were the length of an imaginary warship apart-
Several torpedo boats were <..-. i out before the
shooting to clear the bay of fishing boats and
other craft.
It was thougnt last night that the enemy, which
will • ■>• to sneak into the harbor and land, might
possibly try to pain an entrance at midnight.
Miss Elizabeth Ray. who lives near Fort Hamil
ton, was in the kitchen of her home while the
ehr.otir.g of the puns was going on yesterday,
•when the ceiling fell. She was taken to the Nor
wegian Hospital suffering from numerous bruises.
Many persons living near the fort- are complaining
of siight damages to their household effects from
the shooting, in all amounting, it is estimated, to
bfTw**-n Ss<«'i and $10,000. The authorities of the
Atlantic Yacht Club at Sea Gate have taken out
a:i the windows in the clubhouse for fear of their
beir.g broken. Other neighbors are following their
example. ■
To-nigtit the Beat . tnk by Fort Totten will have
been resurrected and will attack Fort Schuyler. on
the Bronx shore. On Friday night, Schuyler hav
ing fallen, in theory, the troops which will have
occupied it will make an attack upon rotten
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COAST DEFENCE GUN BEING FIRED BY MEMBERS OF THE 13TII ARTILLERY,
BROOKLYN.
WAR AT PIKE CAMP.
Blue and Broum Armies Exchange
Shots — Xo Decision.
[By Telegraph to The Tribune.]
Pin- Camp. K. V., June 17.— The militiamen and
regulars were plunged Into real service conditions
to-day at the manoeuvre ground. The troops were
divided into Blue and Brown armies, and they
started at early morning to get their tactical posi
tions.
The repular army men formed the Blues and the
militia the Browns. There was an exchange of
shots between the infantry and the cavalry scouts
which formed the screen, but the umpire did not
render a decision. The Infantry troops were in
structed In outpost duties and In the forming of
Cossack posts, etc.
To-morrow the First Infantry militia brigade will
be instructed in extended order movements from 7
a m until 10 a. m. The regular infantry brigade.
in eomn-mnd of Lieutenant Colonel W. H. C. Bowen,
will act as the Blue force, and the cavalry brigade,
commanded by Major Joseph T. Dickman. will be
the Brown force. Battery P. 3d Field Artillery.
will also take part in the problem of attack and
defence :n which the troops will engage.
The engineer battalion will have Instruction in
bridge building, and the Ist Battery. Field Artil
lery, and battery of the 3d will be instructed by
Colonel Rumbough in taking position and range
finding. They will also have target practice with
service ammunition in the foienoon.
The hospital corpp will hnve an elaborate course
of instruction In first .ild dressing and the use of
tDtmiqaetS. Men designated as patients will be
sent to the field hospital to be treated for supposed
ailments.
The motor cycle for the use of orderlies In car
rying dispatches from headquarters to various parts
of the camp has been pressed into service and Is
getting a thorough test in accordance with orders
from General Grant.
Although the soldiers hsve not visited Watertown
in euch numbers that order cannot be maintained
by the city police, Carthage, the nearest centre to
the camp, has been ewamped with them, and the
village police force has been unable to cope with
the situation. While no disorder has been reported,
the camp authorities have taken the matter in
hand, and to-day n provost guard, consisting of a
marshal and eleven men. was sent to the village
to assist the police in maintaining order.
COLER'S DOG IN COURT CASE.
Borough President Contends S. P. C. A.
Can't Seize Animal.
Borough President Coler and his dog, Brian Boru.
furnished a test case before Justice Kelly in the
Supreme Court. Brooklyn, yesterday, to decide
whether the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals has a right to collect dog taxes. The
fate of Mr. <"oler's Irish terrier has been In the
balance since the dog wns captured by the so
dety*a agents last May, and Mr. < 'oier wa« called
upon to choose between paying a fine of S3 and
a tax of |2 or see hi= pedigreed pet meet death In
the jrns tank.
The principal contention set up by Edward J.
Reiiiy. counsel for Coler, was that the state had
no right to vest police power In a private corpora
tion. Judge Kelly said that he had no desire to
cilUUac the a^t of the legislature, but that he
certainly would if he thought the statute deserved
It. Decision was reserved.
OLD SWI!TC)LER FOUNT) GUILTY.
"Abe" Rothschild and Partner Ran Trade
Journal to Fleece Their Subscribers.
"Abe" Rothschild, alias M O Rothschild, and
Arnold O Cahn. arrested last March by order of
Walter P Mayer, rhief post office inspector, charged
with fraudulent use of the mails in connection
■with a weekly magazine which they called "The
Successful Business Man." were found guilty yes
terday afternoon in the criminal branch of the
United States Circuit Court Judge Hough sent
the prisoners to the Tombs to await sentence on
Monday
The magazine" was raided at No 302 Broadway.
It purported to show "how the smartest business
men act " Tru- to the advertisements of the pro
mtcis of the magazine, when a subscriber pent
S4 to "Ameri'-as greatest weekly." a <-ash register
was promptly forwarder) to the remitter. The cash
register, however, was smaller than an ordinary
watch, and subscriber? became peevish.
As far ha<-k as 1K77. Rothschild shot and killed
a woman known as "Diamond Bessie" Moore, at
Jefferson. Tex. He attempted Filicide when ar
re<=Te<j. anf j ra? worn a glass eye ever since. He
was convicted of the murder and sentenced to
death, but obtained an acquittal at a second trial,
which cost his friends J7S.OWV He has operated
swindling schemes since in different parts of the
country ajid has served several terms of im
prisonment.
KILLS THREE ALLEGED BLACKMAILERS
New Orlegns Merchant Dangerously Wounds
a Fourth After Repeated Extortions.
New Orleans. June 17 —Three Italians were shot
to death and another dangerously wounded to-dny
as the re«ult of an alleged attempt to extort money
from Pietro Giacona. a wealthy Italian wine, mer
chant, of No. 1113 <hartres street. Giacona told
the police that men had frequently bought wine
from him by tbe barrel and had Invariably refused
to pay for it. According to his story the men
formes! him to i-hip a barrel of wine to a point in
Louisiana yesterday, and returned early to-day and
ordered G.acona and his son to prepare them a
meal.
The elder Giacona suspected that trouble would
ensue, und hid a relating rifle near the table.
When one of the visiting Italians drew a heavy
revolver and ordered them to produce money and
valuables the elder Gisconn answered with a shot
from the rifle. The man fell dead, and the other
thrf.> sttempted to ••.«<;);■ *" One was killed before
he had got ten feet from the table: another
reachnl a staircase, only to receive a bullet In his
iiiair. ar.l the other, dangerously wounded, was
found !n a shed near the Giacona home later.
Giacona !s regarded as one of the wealthiest
Italians in the South. H'.s home, where the shoot
ing occurred, was occupied by General Beauregard
when that section was the most faehlonahlo In the
ol<i French quarter.
DIES FROM MAD DOGS BITE.
Danville. ivnn.. June Joseph Oenit, seventy
five years old, is dead here from hydrophobia, Mr
Qetßl was bitten by a dog two mnnthn «*■<>, and tt;<
wound had apparently healed. The «I<-afh of Mr
Gerst follows a series of mad dog B<;ir<« in Dan
ville, which hive extended over a y«-ar. r-"'ivera) of
the mad d6gs have bitten many other dog*, a
number of bones and even persons.
WEALTHY MERCHANT A SUICIDE.
Johnstown. Perm.. June Joseph Ben«ele, fifty
y*ars old, director of teverai banks, president of
the (Tiffin Springs Brewery Company and a
wealthy merchant, phot and killed himself at
Gallitzin. near her*, to-day. He had been In 111
health for torn, Urns.
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NEW-YORK DAILY 'TRIBUNE. THTTBSDAY, JtTNEja^Oa
BATTLESHIP TO PANAMA ?
Rumor That Big Xexv Hampshire
Will Sail This Morning.
The New Hampshire, the newly completed battle
ship, will be sent "immediately to Panama, it was
rumored yesterday In the Brooklyn navy yard.
Tuesday the ship was removed from drydoek,
where she had been receiving finishing touches for
five weeks, and since then has been coaling and
taking aboard ammunition and supplies.
Shore leave was refused the men yesterday, and
there was so much bustle about that the Impres
sion was given that the vessel was to leave this
morning. The officials said that they could not
discuss the orders issued Captain Wlnslow by
Secretary Motcalf of the Navy Department. From
unofficial sources it was learned that the boat
would take along 350 marines besides her regular
crew of 750 men.
If tne political situation in Panama permits, the
New Hampshire will return In time to take Vice-
President Fairbanks to Canada at the end of the
month.
SAY. DISTRESS IS ACUTE.
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United Hebrew Chanties Urged to
Provide More Aid.
At a meeting in the United Hebrew Charities
Building:, at No. 356 Second avenue, yesterday, a
resolution was passed that those present make an
appeal to the United Hebrew Charities, calling at
tention to the fact that there is increased suffer
ing among the Hebrew poor of the city and urg
ing: that aid be promptly provided.
There were present representatives from He
brew charitable societies and others Interested in
work among the poor. It was agreed by all that
distress was now more acute than ever before.
None had statistics to prove this, but there were
bankers present who said that more accounts were
being closed than ever before and that the with
drawals were more numerous. The United He
brew Charities reported that in May the number
of applications for aid Increased a hundred and
fifty over May a year ago
It was Paid by Dr. L*e Frankel that the T'nited
Hebrew Charities would need about $8/« X» a month
more to control the situation thoroughly. The
socifties now expend between $23,000 and $24,000 a
month.
The school children on the East Side who are
in need of aid are being cared for by the local
school board and the Children's Aid of the East
Side, and three hundred children are receiving free
meals each noon. It was learned yesterday that
the Board of Kducation committee, which met the
principals on Tuesday afternoon, would meet the
local board on Monday. Mr. Higgins of the com
mittee said yesterday that the data collected would
be piven to the full board. He said that the in
vestigation was to discredit the reports of suffer
ing among the East Bide school children.
AFFIRMS KISSENA PARK JUDGMENTS.
Court Says City Must Pay Over $150,000 for
Property.
The appeals taken by the city from the judg
ments compelling it to take title to the Kissena
Park property were heard in the Appellate Divi
sion. Brooklyn, yesterday afternoon. The court
took up the question of the Rood faith of the
transactions, and. being satisfied that no Issue of
fraud was presented, unanimously affirmed the
judgments.
The Appellate Court also affirmed the ac'ion of
Justice Marean in awarding allowances. In addition
to costs, to Strauss <fc Anderson, attorneys for the
present owners of the premises. In whose favor
the Judgments were recorded. The city must pay
to the owners an aggregate sum of more than
$150,000.
HOW TO MAKE PICTURES COSTLY.
Overvalue Them at Custom House and Show
the Bill to Customer.
T"h« revelation? dealing with the alleged "faking"'
of high class pointings recently made in this city
have turned attention to another scheme, to which
the United States government, wholly without In
tent, is made a party, by which deception is prac
tised upon buyers. There is nothing In the.exlsting
customs regulations to prevent an unscrupulous im
porter from in\-oiclng a given work at one hundred
times its actual value, paying the y> per cent duty
on the canvas and exhibiting the official invoice to
prospective purchasers as conclusive evidence that
the value placed upon the work has received the
government's Indorsement.
Customs officers, while not Inclined to credit re
ports of larpe frauds on buyers by this method,
confessed yesterday their inability to break up com
pletely this form of Imposition. The tariff regula
tions when drawn up provided adequate nenajtles
for undervaluation, but It was explained yesterday
that the lawmakers had not contemplated overval
uation by importers.
Michael Nathan, deputy appraiser of the port. In
charge of the second, or "fine arts," division of the
appraiser's office, had this to pay yesterday regard
ing the entry of "'fake'" pictures:
"I believe that cases of overvaluation aye rnre
Of course sil that we can do is to call the atten
tion of the collector to th? overvaluation. The im
porter, however, pays duty on the value as In
voiced, regardless of our return. The customs offi
cials cannot stop an Importer from paying duty on
an excessive valuation If he wants to do so. That
is his lookout. At the same time we do not pass
them as masterpieces. Practically all pictures
valued at ♦1.000 or more have the artists' nnmes
attached, and In cases where, doubt exisis as to tho
authenticity of a canvas experts are cal\ed In to
assist the government officers."
OVERFLOW AT BELLE TERRE.
The popularity of the Belle Terre Club, Long Isl
and, for "week-ends" bids fair to make the present
clubhouse, with its accommodatlpns for about one
hundred members and guests, Inadequate. The
number of members and guests who spent last
Saturday and Sunday at the Belle Terre not only
filled the club, bat occupied all the rooms In one of
the neighboring cottages. Among those registered
were:
Mr. and Mis. William K. Vahderbilt, jr.; Mr. anil
Mr*. C. I>. Sinlthers. (Hen Cove; Mr. and Mrs. Bird
8. Coler, Brooklyn; Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Seaman,
Brooklyn; Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Vates, Oldneld;
C. 1' Kuntzc, New York; Mr. and Mrs. C. C Ver
nam. New York; Mr, Mrs. and Miss Heekscher,
Huntlnßton; Mr and Mrs. Eugene Van Schalck;
Mr. and Mr*. W. L. Searls, Now ICtti. U.-, Mr.
and Mrs. M. D. Rae. Plalnfleld; Edwin B. Platt,
Boston; Mr. anil Mrs. Charles I. Hudson, West
bury, Long Island; Miss I^-le, Bernards ville;
H»-ndr!< k Hudson W. Kurdstede; Mr. and Mrs. A.
E. Roseiter and Mrs. M. I*. Keith and Miss C.
Keith, ii*byl©n.
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS
Hospital Ship to Accompany Fleet
to New York.
[From Th ' Tribune Bureau.] Tun- 17.
Washington, June I<.
COMMAND OF THE RELIEF.-Naval officers.
especially those nf the naval medical corps .are dls
eusstotf with animaUon the future of Jj-J
capacity as a floating hospital. It has been fitted
out as a supply ship as well a. ja ho .»pUal sh P.
and will be equipped not only with the latest facH
ities for the treatment of the sick and to*-™*
! but will carry provisions which may not . Accom
modated on the regular supply vessels n order
to have the fleet self-sustaining during the 'ong
journey from the west coast to New * ork by way
° f wren A the tiC ßenrreache, New York with the
fleet it will be determined whether the ship stall
continue on duty with the command. By hattlme
also Congress will have had an «W«S-ff».
Pass on Senator Hales provision prohlbUlng ™*
alignment to duty in command of vessels of the
navy any save line officer,. This would have he
effect of removing the naval surgeon from the
command of the Relief and serve to reopen
the question which led to so much discussion ta
the service last January at the time Rear Admiral
Brownson resigned from the office of chief of the
bureau of navigation. It is expected that he Re
lief will be continued in service and on futy^ltn
the fleet, and unless there is something in legisla
tion enacted at the next session there Is .likeli
hood that the next Administration will make any
change In the command of the hospital ship.
ORDERS ISSUED.-The following orders have
been issued:
Major CARROLL A. DEVOU quartermaster, from
Washington to Culebra. canal zone. a» ™« chaw
depart of labor, quarters, subsistence ana
M*jo C r° m E m UGENk T. WILSON', coast artUWy corps
from Fort Totten to canal zone, assume charge
Major' WENDEIT L. SIMFSON. 19th Infantry, from
Klr.^XSttw^flM^fep^S. corps of en
gineers, detailed assistant engineer .th and «tn
CoJ^lH^rSZs * POMEKOT. ,n r t° t l r Fort
George Wright; to home, for annulment or con
Contract Ba**MNi CHARLES W. THORP, from Fort
Mclntofch; to home, for annulment or , '■£*■„_
Contract Surgeon MORRIS J HAXSEN. frt>m Philip
' pines, to San Francisco. _«_»v,
Captain FRANCIS E. LACEY. Jr.. granted one month
fourteen days leave from July 1.
NAVY.
Commands W. N. LITTLE, from th» Shelby: to inspect
machinery of vessels for navy. Bath. :-- -.
Lieutenant R. A. KERCH, detached the Lancaster, to
Enslß^ HOWARD, detached the Missouri; to the
hospital. Portsmouth; to naval hospital. Fen.«aco,a.
MOVEMENTS OF WARSHIPS.— The following
movements of vessels have been reported to the
Navy Department:
ARRTVEP.
June 15- Th* Eayle. at PurtSUMWOI. N. H.
June 16- The Maine and the Alabama, at Honohilu, the
California, at Hunters Point.
SAILED.
June 15-The Olympia, the Arkansas the f*«««««. * h «
liartford and the Nevada, from Polomon ■ Island for
T .H. Ha l R T aloTr.aa l oTr.a from Newport for Co.on; th.
JUn California, from Mare Islsrvi Light for Hunters Point;
the Teoumseh, from Washington for Jsorfolk.
Vaval Academy practice, squadi-on will' arrive at Ham P
ton Road* on June 19; the ™™!;, "*£?s£&%s
of commission, navy yard. Norfolk. {heMlaslsslppl.
from League Island. June 30. for final trip oft New
port. July 14.
LAD WOULDN'T JUMP OVERBOARD.
So Young Foraico Shoved Him Off the Pier
to His Death.
Frank Fornlro, fifteen years old, of No. "?3 East
112 th street, wbs arrested yesterday and taken to
the Children-s Society, charged with causing the
death by drowning of an Italian boy, known only
as "Joe. 11 who lived at No. 315 Bast 112 th street.
According to two persons who saw the accident,
the prisoner deliberately pushed the boy oft the
pier at 145 th street and the Hudson River, after
he had refused to go overboard. Fornico admits
that he pushed the boy over, but denied that he
kicked the struggling boy as he clung to him. as
asserted by the two witnesses.
CAPTAIN IS THE COMPANY
On Water, and Not Its Servant, as Steam
boat Company Asserted.
A ruling In the matter of liability of employers
for death or Injury due to the negligence of a fe.l
low servant was made In the United States circuit
Court yesterday by Judge Hough. In overruling a
demurrer interposed by the Cornell Steamboat
company In a suit brought by Mrs. Annie V. Fallon
for damages for the death of her husband, who
was killed in a collision between tugs owned by the
company.
The company alleged that the accident was due
ro negligent navigation by the captain of the tug
on which Fallon. an engineer, was working as a
flrcman. and that Fallons estate could claim no
damages under the fellow servant ruling. Judge
Hough held, however, that the captain Is a vice
principal, and In no sense a fellow servant, in view
of his complete representation of the owners and
his great authority on a vessel.
RECOUNT IN BROOKLYN TO-DAY.
Hearst Gained 376 Votes Out of 1.089 Boxes
Examined in Manhattan.
William R Hearst gained thlrty-ntne votes after
the recounting of the ballots contained In 153 boxes
yesterday in the Bupreme Court before Justice
Lambert. The entire recount of the Borough of
Manhattan will be completed when the remaining
twenty-four election districts In the 24th Assembly
District have been recounted
Mr. Hearst has made a net gain of 376 votes out
of I.<W ballot boxes. The 153 boxes counted yester
day included those of election districts 1 to 9fi in
clusive of the 36th Assembly District, and 1 to IS
inclusive of the Annexed District. From the 34th
Assembly District also came boxes of election dis
tricts 25 to 65 Inclusive. John T. Doollng, president
of the Board of Elections, expects to be able to
day to start counting the ballots from the first six
Assembly districts of Brooklyn.
TOO MANY PASSENGERS FOR STEAMER.
Steerage of Potsdam Is Crowded and Many
Are Left Behind.
Through its various agents outside of New York
the Holland-America Line booked more passen
gers than it could accommodate on the steamer
Potsdam, which sailed yesterday for Rotterdam,
and there was a spirited protest on the pier when
the gates were closed. Men and women, carrying
infants in their arms and dragging along two to
three other children, were greatly disappointed
when they found they could not get aboard the
steamer.
Many hnd travelled all ni^ht In trains and were
In anything except a pleasant mood when the gates
were closed upon them. Arrangements were made
for I.9<X) steerage passengers, but 2,710 appeared
and demanded admission to the Potsdam. One
hundred extra passengers were admitted, making
an even 2,000, and the remaining 700 became unruly
and ten policemen had all they could do to pre
serve order.
When It was announced that all would he cared
for and would be sent across on a steamer of an
o'her line this week the crowd became reconciled.
Mrs. Mary Flllgloltax, who carried a sick baby In
her arms, fainted, und had to be removed from
the pier to St. Mary's Hospital In Hoboken.
RYAN MUM TO NEWSPAPER MEN.
Thomas F. Ryan smiled for Southampton jester
liny on the White Star liner Adriatic. He arrived
at the pier about twenty minutes before the
steamer sailed, and fprnt a few minutes talking
to friends. When the reporters approached Mr.
Ryan ho wheeled around, saying. "I will not itay
a word to a newspaper reporter o" any subject.
Kindly excuse me from talking."
||)F $NTEREST TOYMEN
HEW CHILD CULTURE
Suggestion Used by Mother* in the
Training of Little Ones.
There is one mother's club in the city where they
don't talk about John iy's foibles and Mary *■ weak
nesses and where there is never any suggestion of
failing interest. It is In the Mount Morris Baptfst
Church, and they are studying the law of »"***»
tion in the training of children under the direction
of the pastor, the Rev. J. Herman Randall. Dr.
Randall thinks that there is no work the church
can do that is so important as that of child culture,
and as he cannot reach the fathers, except occa
sionally through a sermon in church, he is turning
his attention to the mothers.
"Their sense of responsibility In the matter is
keener.- he said to a Tribune reporter, "and they
seem to be hungry for instruction, particularly if
their children are young."
Dr. Randall has talked to many different kinds of
mothers, both here and In a previous pastorate, and
fine's that even the most ignorant of them can un
derstand suggestion If it is presented by means of
concrete instances and without technical terms. All
may not catch th- Idea, he Pays, but there are
always some who will, and he considers it the
fundamental principle of child training.
"Suggestion." he said, "is the foundation of Froo
bel system of education, but he was born a hun
dred years ahead of his time, and we are only
beginning to understand now what he meant. His
whole teaching was to emphasize the thing you
want and never to mention the thing you don't
want. He deprecated the negative attitude in deal
ing with children— the continual • Don't, don't,
don't." But the negative process is simpler and
gives more immediate results than the positive. A
great many parents try the method of suggestion,
and as they see no results they become discouraged
and give it up. They don't understand that moral
and intellectual growth is slow, like physical
growth, and that they are dealing not with imme
diate results, but with those that go back to ulti
mate success. This Isn't so simple as putting a child
in the corner or shutting it up in a closet, and that
is why it Is hard to get people to do it.
THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND.
"The whole problem is to lodge the right ideas
In the subconscious or subjective mind. This la
the real self, the power behind the throne. What
ever Is established there will ultimately express
itself in the outer life. Punishment and prohibi
tion defeat this end and accomplish Just the re
verse by fixing the child's mind on the things
from which its attention should be turned. Pun
ishment antagonizes a child and creates a mood
exactly contrary to that upon which suggestion
can work. The mind Is shut against any influence.
Punishment ought never to be necessary. For cor
poral punishment there can be no excuse. There
is nothing so brutal as for a grown person to use
physical force against a child.
"To use the suggestive method a parent must
see clearly what he wants to do. must study the
child and see when it is weak and needs help, and
then watch" for the times when he and the child
are en rapport to make the appropriate sugges
tions. These should be repeated as often as pos
sible and may be given In many Indirect ways. If
a chllfl has a tendency to untruthf'iln«»9s do not
pay anything about the ugliness of lying, but point
the beauty of truth. Illustrate it by stories and
pictures and assure the child that he Is at heart
truthful.
"If a child Is shy and timid tell him that there
is nothing to fear. If he Is afraid of people, tell
him that people are our best friends and like to
have us frank and free with them. If you are
expecting company tell the child something about
the person who is coming. The child will become
interested In the person, and when he arrives will
be on the qul vlve *o lea-n more about him. And
in proportion as he is interested In the guest will
he be unconscious of himself, and consequently
free from shyness
PREFIX THE ACTION.
"Children often yield to weakness b^c^use- they
are not prepared. The parents know that the tpst
Is coming and can by suggestion "prefix" the child's
action. A friend of mine w«.s dining out one ntght
where there was a flve-year-oifj chiid at the table.
The grown people had ice cream and <-ake. wh!le
the child cheerfully ate a bowl of bread and milk
The guests wanted to know how this miracle had
been effected, and the mother explained that it
was quite simple. Sweets didn't agree with the
child and kept him awake at night. So in the
morning, when his mind was fresh and calm, she
said to him: "We are going to have company to
night and there will be ice cream. You know if
you eat any you won't sleep, so I'm going to have
a nice bowl of bread and rich milk for you. You
vUI have a little pfrni«- all by yourself and then
you will sleep all night and get up feeling well in
the morning." Several times during the day the
subject was referred to. and by trie time the bre^d
and milk appeared the child's mind was quite
prepared to accept it cheerfully and not ask for
ice cream
"We had a somewhat similar experience with
our little boy. He hated to be left alone at night,
and as we couldn't always stay at home with him
we had some disagreeable experiences with his set
ting up a waH as we were ready to start. So one
day his mother folri him that we were going out
that evening, and she kn»w it wouldn't be very
pleasant for him. so she had planned q little picnic
for him. He was to have whatever h» wanted
most for dinner, and have it on his own kinder
garten table Several times during the day the
picnic was referred to. and when we <-ame to go
out In the evening everything wa3 serene.
"A child Is most open to suggestion at the bed
time hour. The subjective mind never sleeps, and
as the objective mind loses consciousness tne sub
jective mind becomes more accessible Even after
a child is asleep one can go on talking to it. and
the subjective mind will understand I know one
mother whose children answer her when she talks
to them after they are asleep. Of course, chil
dren differ in their degree of susceptibility to sug
gestion, hut experts say that every child is more
or less susceptible Parents also differ in their
power of suK«estlon. and some would need to
train themselves patiently before they could ac
complish anything. With patience and persistence
on<* cannot fall to get results.
"The possibilities of this power cannot yet be es
timated. 1 believe It is destined to be used more
and more In schools, asylums and prisons in the
treatment of incorrigible children. It has been
used In the Bowery Mission with remarkable re
sults. It is the under:ying principle of I'hrlstlan
Science, but Is not used scientifically.
"Profesor N. N. Riddell gives a remarkable case
of a boy he picked up on the street to distribute
posters f>>r him. He was a notoriously bad boy.
His mother had given him up in despair, and the
shopkeepers all knew him and were afraid of him.
Professor Riddell had a long talk with the hoy.
He satd: "Now we are going to work together. I
am going to trust you and you will trust me.'
The, boy admitted that he ha.l been a thief, but
Professor Riddell said. 'I'm sure ymi are an honest
lM>y at heart, and I am going to help you be your
trufc self.' Every morning the talk was repeated,
always with the suggestion that the boy was hon
est, and during the three weeks that the two
worked together the boy was absolutely truthful
and absolutely honest."
DELEGATES FROM CANAL ZONE.
An Interesting feature of the biennial session of
th.- General Federation of Women's flubs In Hus
ton next week will be the delegation from Panama,
representing th*- Canal Zone Federation of Women's
Clubs. The chairman of this delegation Is
Mrs. Thomas E. Brown, Jr.. whose husband is
one of the federal judges of the zone. Mrs. Brown
now lives In Crlstobql. which is the city ] nearest
the Atlantic side of the canal zone, but she for
merly resided In this city and was a vice-president
of the Jacob Rlts House and active In Settlement
work.
The "th<T ■N-legate is Mr*. Sumner CoolidKe. of
< 'ulebra. which Is the central and the administra
tion town of the canil xone. Mrs. i 'oolitic* * s from
Bsaasactosstts and was a club woman In her ana
state.
The first alternate la Mrs. F. C. yusmby, of
Ancon. which Is th« city closest to th» PaciSc «m
of the cnnaL Mrs. Quimby Is also a New Eastet
woman.
The second alternate is Miss J. 11. Tlsaln **
Coxozal, who is a well known R<sw*pap,~ w^^Z
and has lived much In foreign countries, ShTT
keenly interested In the club work la ti« • *
and In the federal work of "The Canal Za- %
Record." * ' *
The clubs which form the Canal Zon* FrnWa.
tlon of Women's Clubs were organized last «■_
by Miss Helen Varlck Boswell. of New Tors, jri
Boswell was sent to the zone by the Secr»tarj «f
War to see what could be dorm to create skM
life and Interest there. The National Civic F«fjrs>
tlon. with which Miss Bo»we!l was connected, hfcf
been making an Investigation of general conditfcss
In the zone.
PROSPERITY DAY.
Woman's League Undertakes iq
Revive Business by August :',
Prosperity Is billed to strike the country as) i.a.
gust 15. The Woman's League of the Stat» «J
New York ha« the programme all read's out. I»
proposes to institute a campaign for th« rtt mt
ployment of women who have been thrown onto*
work by the present Industrial situation, to cul
minate on August 15. which ■»-'.'.' r»« celebrated a*
prosperity day. By letter and persona! Interring
the women will urge Influential employers through.
out the state to Increase the number of their «*.
ployes on or before that dat».
As a permanent work the league appears to h*»s
committed Itself definitely to the state industrial
training of girls. Th» recent public conferee* heft
at the Waldorf- en May 1? voted for tiis
object, but the president, Mrs. Beile de Rlr»ra,
said afterward that this was merely an expr»ssta
of public opinion, and that th* real decision wauH
be made by a written vote of •-- members. --
vote resulted In a tie between, "The Problem of
the Unemployed Woman" and state industrial
training. The directors argued that taiiustriat
training would solve the problem si the unem
ployed woman, and therefore decided that this
should b* the work of the league— the first stej
will be to obtain from each county chairman sta
tistics of the industries carried on in her couaty.
the number of women employed in - each one and
how many have been laid off In consequence at
business depression.
SUFFRAGETTES ON STATEN ISLAND.
The suffragettes invaded Stater. Island y»sterdiy
afternoon. A party ' ' «■■■ >'-' New Tor* at
5 o'clock, and on arriving in Stapleton canvassed
from house to house Inviting people to coos ts
an open air meeting at 8 o'clock in the park.
GLEAXIXGS.
"Too many mothers act Just like hens," said th»
nurse of long experience. In a tone of dejection.
"They strut and cackle and spread their wing* m
to -peak, and half kill the baby with fuss. Wlsy
don't human mothers lmltat* cow mothers * Ilttls
more? Walt Whitman says something s"iu«s!ia*
about turning to the animals. aaaj they are ss
•placid and self-contained." A cow isn't an em
blem of Intellectuality exactly, but I never Me *
cow chewin? her cud in a pasture, with her caj
by her side, not making any fuss over her off
pprlng. but ready to defend it If it Is assailed, sal
ready to give it plenty of nature's food— l never
see such a sight that I d"n't wish so=s auttea
I know had some of the po'.s* of that <**■"
"Never have your dining-room Cluinfiisthw aaa»
from the celling or from any pot: abtm «j» he* is
of the diners." said th- woman decorator. -Xcih
irur is bo painful as to dine with fights staring 'a
your eyes from above. If your eyes happen to Da
weak its positive agony, and yet rvejinsstt
hostesses who had the wit to provide perfect Csol
and to get together just tie right pco s l*-r«
known such hostesses to ma '<- the E.3tai3 c.
lighting their dining-rooms from ■*•■• t
"Softly shaded candles m lamps ■"« the tßH **
for dining-rooms. A chand»!i»-r Is admissible. 1- «
b- hung low. but candles are more artistic. In. a
room for conversation and eating brilliant U«ta»
are not needed."
"I've been staying In Edsr-w«rtri. Pens.." "J« •
New York clubwoman, -and 1 was interested J,
the model cleaning day conducted -■•• ■■ VJlas*
Improvement Society there. It was a <say X* •
half, really. First, the pnMlc school «••*" »
c-Ived a half holiday that they might clean I? £
the yard?. The next day the boreogh teams WK
free of charge, all th* rubbish from the r»si^-vM
where it had been collected. 1 thoos&t that **?
thing. I wish New York City would * »a.-»*
by districts, you know." • ..
"I don't." said the other rlutworsan. i *■-•
want my children or any other woman's c-W»
turned into garbage collectors. It's ar. ' hl!^.
occupation for strong men. •v.r-.. tm f oo^; 53
sake, let's not put our chiMren at it. And «-»-^
ask. do we support a Street CTev.ir? v °*??£
for? What d-> we pay taxes tact '"".'„
ganizing Is clean our street-, let's or?a=S» v
make the department as Hi duty.
"Well," said th- first tfnSwomsn. "I 93V^Z
you're right, but at least children should M W»"
to keep their own yards clean, an*, when they n
no yard Bat the street, not si Utter th* street v
necessarily."
"There I a«ree with you." said th- other.
"I am studying, in the persons of my Italii=^
dener. his old father and his son. the *«*»;^JJ
of the American citizen from the trnm!?r32i
a man who has a place «■ l^ng Island Tig"
a fair worker and quite respectlu! and teT^.
but not overwhelmingly so. Lately he **?*»* J
his eld father from Naples. The old ****£?"
kowtows, he I. so obsequious. He works ?a«M^
enough, though he's unutterably stupid ar.a -"
be watched and directed all the time, but I "^
saw anything like his deference. " oozes ou.
over him. ' ~,~rrr.
"But Pietr©> son. aged ten. bom in this coan«
hasn't an ounce of deference to anything orj«^
body in his wiry little body. H? I* hosier. --
very smart-smarter in one minute than his gr^
father ever was in his whole life. I thm* ,
will become ■ politician: he wtH come to > *•
and be a ward politician. And that', the e>o.o«
of the American citizen."
In a recent address before the Visiting N^r*
Association in Fittsburg. Dr. Lucy A- BaanJj
of that city, declared that there $&££*£&
trained nurse on duty In every factory an<*f el j\
ment store where girls are employed Tn.s •
field for social welfare work whk-h has h**J
been touched a* yet. she says, but great re-u.
may be expected from it when »>£"«?3l
•There are at Ha* rive ways in which ■
be beneficial to have trained nurses In .'
where girls work." Dr. Bannister ad: « » '
the girls well; it ma them money: it Ms 8 ,t, t
Influence on their morals: through the s» r ;
reaches and helps their home?, sad I*9Uy-"J2*the1 * 9Uy-"J2*
the employer. He gains more by keeping the w
ers in good condition than he spends In tie sa-*
of the nurse."
It may be a consolation to those wno su--. .^^
the present übiquitous demsrd trt tips -
that the difficulty Is not ■ new <»r modern T^ i- |
pre-Revolutlor.ary .l.i>s In France a Miter c y w!lis _
up from country house visitors, and II rl vanto
pered that In certain great chateau* th »/ U j fc
received no w:ig«-.-. but depended ' ml ; ' ' -v #*
It Is a moot question whether a "' ■••• IV «*' try
be taken as cheaply at a hotel as in a
house.
The latest recipe for attractiveness * fr^
-splendidly null." Women who hay« "dventur^"
■aM to at extra fascinating •-•■ men of ■• .jna"**
spirit. They like to m^lt the icicle ana
where no one else dare enter the lists. ' ' furro^
splendidly null woman has m eroot.on* » ir uo»
her features or spoil her digestion, her oca _»
longer than that m her tender hearted •«♦