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SEBJfON BY PRESIDENT
IMMENSE AUDIENCE IX
MORMOX TEMPLE.
preaches from the Text, "A Soft
Answer," and Plead* for More
Politeness.
gait Lake City. Sept. 26.— 1n the pulpit of
the famous Mormon Tabernacle in this city,
where four years ago Theodore Roosevelt, then
president, preached a long sermon on right liv
ing and the iattat of pood citizenship. President
•raft faced an audiem-e which he said inspired
him to try to follow In the footsteps of his
predecessor. .Mr. Taf' did preach a sermon,
text and all.
The immense audience in the flag draped edi
fice, the apV adal mnsfaal programme of oper
atic and patriotic selections, the enthusiastic
cheering as President Taft appeared and th«
quick response of. the audience to the points
which he endeavored to impress upon his hear
en Inspired him. the President declared, "with
higher thoughts of country and patriotism."
The President's sermon was an appeal for
unity between the people, for attributing the
best rather than the worst motives to the actions
of others when possible to. do so, and not to
harbor hatred or animosity.
"A soft answer turneth away wrath, but
grievous words EtJr up anger." was the text Mr.
T«ft selected from the Book of Proverbs. The
termon was a homely utterance, largely trade
up of « relation of stories to give emphasis to
the point*.
From the tabernacle the President was driven
to review about twenty thousand school chil
dren. At one point along the line a thousand
or mere childrrn had been arranged in a living
tig, red, white and blue caps and capes serv
ing to outline the national emblem.
Thence tli« President proceeded to the Young
Men's Christian Association, where he made a
brief address to men. Last of all the President
attended services especially arranged for him
at the Unitarian Church. After this unusually
busy Sunday morning he loft Salt Lake City at
noon for Ocden. where lie enjoyed an eighteen
mile ride through Ogdcn Canyon and made his
third address of the day at Lester Park.
When Senator Smoot introduced the Presi
dent to the audience in the Salt Lake taber
nacle the cheering was co great that Mr. Taft
could not begin his address for several minutes.
The President said:
I thank you from the bottom of my heart for
this expression of welcome and good will. I
hive bees impressed since coming Into «hi*
aaagnir: • t structure with the thought that you
have gathered here in part to hear me and that
I bad nothing to address to you worthy of such
* nagr.i£ cent presence.
TRIBUTE TO MR. ROOSEVELT.
I am told that my distinguished predecessor.
under the inspiration of an audience like this,
delivered an address In tVe nature of a sermon
Tipward cf two hours in length. Now, he had
the capacity, he had the spirit and he had the
mission to make such a preachment of moral
force and inspiration. He knew how to appeal
to the best that is in a man and a woman and
«oaee them to lift themselves to higher stand
aid* arc higher ideals.
But it has not been given to me to exercise
that great influence which was his and which
theme Forth from him as he stood before men
upon a platform. And jet I have felt that on
thie Sunday morning it was necessary for me
to make e-jch effort as I could to follow him
hi something that may sound a bit like a ser
mon. And as sermons are begun with a quota
tion of a text having more or less relation to
what fellows, I «tn going to give you the words
fresi Proverbs, "A soft answer turneth away
«Tath, but grievous words stir up anger."
It is a text that has forced itself upon my
mind during the last ten years with especial
vigor because I have come Into contact with
Oriental peoples and with those descended from
the Latin races of Europe and I have had a
chanr- to compare their views of life and their
methods of speech and their social conventions
and amenities with thote of the Anglo-Saxon
racp.
We Anglo-Saxons are, ye admit, a great race.
TVe have accomplished wonders in hammering
out against odds that Eeerced insurmountable
the principles of civil liberty and popular gov
ernment and making them practical and show
ing to the world their benefits, liut in so doing
and in the course of our life, it seems to tut:. we
have ignorr-d tome things that our fellows of
Sodtbern climos have* studied and made much
of: and that is th<- forms of fprerh and th<
nrethod" ..f everyday treatment between thein
•elves and others. At Oral that Menu supe-r
wial to us, who prefer "no 1 and "yes" and
abrupt Methods and communications in the
enorteEt and curtest wntenc-s, but «re have
much 0 learn from people of that kind of
courtc-cy and politeness.
PLEA FOR LITTLE COURTESIES.
The truth is that a man's life in his family.
•*■ bis wife, with his children, with his
mother, with his neighbors, is not mad.- up of
grandstand plays" and all that sort of thing.
« is mad* vi. by a scries of little acts, and
*Ses« littie? acts and those litt!<- M-lf-r«-Htraluts
re ' whst go to raakv up the man's character
And so I Bay (hat our friends of the Southern
"*au: and our oriental friends have- touched a
K>«nt i a philosophy, the philosophy of life, thai
*c may wt&i learn from them, and introduce into
•ur lives more courtesy and more pollte:ne;s.s.
«<or*- real genuine desire to make everybody
happy by the little things of life which after
ill eonstltete nearly ail there- is in life.
Now. another corollary from the v-xi which
i would like to draw !s that we ought to ascribe
*° our neighbors and to those with whom h •
<*»« in contact as high motives as we can. W*
w«ht to avoid this acrimonious discussion that
''<*'*.' everybody who Is opposed to our view
■• Perdition and to having the most corrupt
•aotlv. .-; and ascribes to those who stand with
v* only the purest motives. Life is too valuable
"• waste in anger and the charging and de
|]uaciatif.r! of oar fellow men" when they don't
<><»<:rve it.
■ The truth in. this matter of hatred and resent
™*nt which accompanies the attributing of a
wJ motive to those who differ from you is a
J™«e of aervoas strength, or time, of worry,
*itaout accomplishing one single good thing. I
£«> know how it has been with you. but it has
•japeiiMi time and time again with me that
f^at man has done aomething that I did not
•**. that I thought had a persons! bearing, and
J«M I have said in my heart: "Times will
****** and I will |fet even with that gentle
mix."
_J don't profess to be free from those feelings
*•* *»• But it has frequently happened, I may
V centrally, that the time did coma when I
■Jai get even with that man. and when thai
**«* ram.- it seamed to me that I would demean
J^e't and that it would show me no man at all
9 I took advantage r
4.1*1 so, tny friends, what 1 am urging is lens
rj-nraony la public discussion, more charity with
**«Pect to each other as to what moves each
g*n to do what he does and not "to charge dis-
I ***/ and corruption until you have a real
-easos for doing ho.
*ani the last man to pardon or to mitigate
jf««» against the public or*asalnst individual •;.
oeiifcvt, and I regret to say it. that throughout
{*"• country the administration of the criminal
and the prosecution of criminals Is a di«
r»»to our civilization; but it is one thing to
'S5 TiP 11 * * criminal when you have evidence
iVi? «t Im another thing to ascribe motives to
4f" act *>* a man when you have not any »vi
ij™ and are just living In roar imagination
'/-Poet to what you cay.
* ■ i? Ott '' ' c; «mot in the presence of ho groat
«.7ift i lm"l m " as (hie, ;tii audience that Inspires
trWi *•'«&<*■ thought of country »nd pa
i-2« »m> fll 'l v> refer to tl e depth of reeling that
JJ2**en ay..ii.. n<d in me of gratitude for your
Muott"*' of an reflation of th« basis of that
jj.jT*" 11 - »lilc!i i* loyalty to your Hag and <«>uii
1 *"><Jerh»an<J that .., the great omesol Preai-
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irOX'T XOMIXATE GAYXOK
League Disgusted Over His Attitude
on Primary Frauds.
Justice Gaynor will not be nominated for
Mayor by the Independence League. The county
committee is so disgusted at his attitude on the
recent primary frauds that it is practically unan
imous In its opposition to any further considera
tion of him ;is a candidate.
"I don't sec how any one wHo has expressed
the views that be has ran overlook the Tam
many frauds on primary day and announce that
be is ready to accept a nomination from any
party that is willing to give it to him," said
Charles K. Gehring last night.
Members of the county committee of the Inde
pendence league are now trying- to Induce Will
iam R. Hearst to run for Mayor. They say that
li« is unwilling to be nominated. Mr. Gehring
said he would like to see his party adopt a live
word platform— Hearst, honest elections, mu
nicipal ownership.
The league's present aversion to the Brooklyn
Jurist may have been accelerated by the feeling
that he would be nominated at the Democratic
convention.
LABOR GAIXS EXPECTED.
J. K. Hardic Believes Liberals Will
Win at Polls.
Bristol. Sept. 2»V- James Keir Haidie. Mem
ber of Parliament for Merthyr-Tydvll, outlining
the policy of the Laborltes in the general elec
tion, said to-day he believed that the Liberals
would emerse from tho conflict with a working
majority. The Labor! tea, he said, were confi
dent off increased strength in the House of Com
mons, from flfty-four members to between sixty
five and seventy, although supporting ths
budget. They would follow their usual c<«ure"
»n th<» election, running a Laborite wherever
they thought he had a chancy of defeating either
or both of tho opposing political parties.
WASTE SARATOGA WATER.
Companies Continue Pumping, in
Spite of Injunction.
Saratoga Spring*, X. T.. Sept. 26.— Large quan
tities of mineral water and natural gas are flow
ing to waste from the springs and wells her«
to-night because of an Injunction which took
effect yesterday restraining companies from
pumping gas and water for the purpose of eal".
The companies, Interpreting the order as not
prohibiting pumping for other purposes than for
sale, have simply disconnected the wells with
their bottling plants, while the pumps are kept
at work, but the water and gas go to waste.
Attorneys for the companies explain this action
by saying that to discontinue pumping would
threaten the existence of the well?.
The Injunction order was granted early last
week after a snort trial of the case, which was
brought by the Attorney General to enforce, the
anti-gas pumping law. as passed by the Legis
lature to protect the springs. The formal ap
peal from the Injunction probably will be laid
before the Appellate Division to-morrow. Im
mediate appeal will then be taken to the Court
of Appeal*.
TAFT TO GET TROPHY.
Vale Football Men Will Present It
to the President.
(By Telocraph to The Tribune. 1
New Haven. Sept. 26. — President Taft is to be
awarded one of the little gold footballs Which
Yale men who play in championship games get
at the end of the season if they win the gridiron
championship. The President will be treated in
this respect as a member of the Yale eleven,
but he will be allowed to break training from
time to time. It is probable that he will attend
either the Yale-Princeton or Yale-Harvard
game.
The President takes a keen interest in the
plant* off the Yale management for the season.
Preseott White, president of the football asso
ciation, visited Mm at Beverly late this sum
mer. Together they vent over i' |:ir " *•" the
V;s!> gridiron campaign.
(OXriCTS GOIXG IXSAXE.
Warden of Penitentiary Says Epi
demic Is Due to Lack of Work.
[Cy T«J«itr»ph to Th« Tribune.]
Pittoburg, Sept 26.— An epidemic of Insanity
lias struck Riverside Penitentiary, where more.
than thirteen hundred prisoners are confined, and
eighteen distinct lunacy commissions are now
taking testimony at the prison.
It was announced to-day that on Saturday
morning two convicts, each at least partly
demented. fought with knives in the prison yard.
One convict named Myers had part of his Care,
including his nose, entirely cut away, while «rn>
other combatant named Long, was badly
■tabbed. They are both long term prisoner*,
and an now in the hospital, with only flight
chances of recovery.
Warden Kranci;- is of ti t <- opinion that tlie in
sanity has been hi ought about by the lack of
work for the prisoners, an under a recent state
law only tS per cent of the prisoners can b<
given work at one time. ThJs leaves each
prisoner about two-thirds Of his time locked
up in hi.s cell alon«. Three hundred of the thir
teen hundred prisoners are .suffering from tuber-
CMlosis. due, it is charged, to the unsanitary lo
cation of the prison, and many of the other
prisoners ;ire becoming insane through f» ;lr ..f
the dlsesse.
CORK RENDERS HATPIN HAPMLEBB.
Officer of French Squadron Saves His Eyes
While Dining at a Cafe.
tike an unsheathed Neapolitan stiletto, the hat
pin flashed from her gorgeous Parisian hat as alie
sines' at an uptown cafe last night. At the next
table sat a nervous Frenchman, whose military uni
form indicated that he was a commissioned officer
of the Halting French squadron. As she talked
animatedly the glittering point danced dangerously
around his eyes and he twitched anxiously trying
to protect his sight.
••Open another bottle of champagne, quick," he
said to the waiter In French, "and bring me tho
cork.'
Nona too rapidly was this order executed. As
the cork popped the pin made a murderous lunge
for Its prey, as it* owner, contemptuously tossing
back her head, remarked to her escort:
"Fulton did believe in votes for women.'
With a clever uarrv of his knife the Frenchman
turned aside the thrust and then .stuck the cork
upon the vicious weapon. Much relieved, he dropped
back Into his chair with an exhausted, though sat
isfied, air. Both the woman and her escort were
.-irtonlhli'-d by this extraordinary procedure, but
%wli«-n% wli«-n th.v finally realized what had happened they
Miiil. A and continued their meal. .
"War will he waged until hatpins disappear," re
mdiked the Frenchman to the ratter In lib native
' tongue*
NEW- YORK. MONDAY. SEPTEMBER '27. I!M>O.-. TWELVE PAGES,
THE CURTISS AEROPLANE AT^ GOVERNOR'S ISLAM).
THB CHIEF ENOTNF.ER ASSKMBLTXO THE BIPLAXK IN* FR^VP OP THE BBBD. THB
CANOE SIIAPKI) BOAT VM'EH Till: ENGINE IS TO HELP KEEP THE MACHINE
AFLOAT IN CASE IT DROPS INTO THE WATER
AUTOS KILL TWO BABES
OXE DASHES IXTO CROWD
OF ITALIAN CHILDREN.
Other Crushes Little One Playing
"Tag"— Chauffeur Ran on to Side
walk to Avoid Crowd in Street.
Two children were instantly killed by auto
mobllee In different parts of the city yeeterday.
One of the machines, owned by Jamea T. Lee.
vtce-preaideat nf the Chaster Mortgage, Com
pany, of No. »i»jO West End avenue, plunged into
a group of Italian children in front of No. 139
East 140 th street, in "little Italy," and
crushed tho lif» out «>f Maria Demarco, two
years oM, and injured three other children. The
chauffeur, who said he was Frank Carlo, twen
ty-three years old, of No. 3.' J."» East HSth street,
disappeared just after the accident, but later
surrendered, and was held on a •'barge «.f liomi
<ld*.
He said he htid been forced to send the bin
machine on to the sidewalk in order to avoid
running down a dozen children who were In the
street. He said he did not see the Demarco
child, who was crushed between the machine
and the fence of the yard of the house. Tilt
other children escaped with bruises.
"When the auto crashed Into t:..< children
Carlo leaped from the machine and ran away.
Knowing the temper of the Italian residents, lie
told the police, he: had not dared to remain after
tlv crowd collected about the auto.
Detectives Wey and Trieber were examining
witnesses of the accident when Carlo approached
them. The chauffeur asked the officers to step
around the truer, and after they had done so
he revealed his Identity. Jo said lie bad tele
phoned to Mr. i.e.- and had been advised >>•
him to surrender.
During the evening Mr Lee removed his auto
mobile from the scene of the accident. Th<>
police bad been forced ti guard the machine.
n> the Italians in the nelghborh 1 threatened
t.i teat »! to pieces.
Mr.v i.e.. v hen Informed "i ih.- accident lasl
evening, said thai she bad found it necessar;
to pass through the same quarter in the auto-*
mobile last week. The section was mi crowded
with children, mlv- pjjj«i. thai she resolved to
avoid it in the future Carlo told the detectives
who arrsatad him thai iwores of children were
in the street near where the Demarco child was
killed, and that they refused to Ret out of th.
way of the machine.
While returning from the Sunday school in
St. Malachy'* Chapel, w 4!»th street yesterday
atternoon, Joseph afcCarty. aavea years old, was
struck by a taxicab at l»;th street and Eighth
avenue and instantly kille.l The boy lived at
No. 241 West Wilt street. A younger sister of
the lad, Irene McCarty, six years old, was with
him at the time.
The machine, owned, according to the police,
ly the New York Taxicab Company, waa oper
ated by Charles Kopp, of No. ."iOl West 4<Stli
street. Kopp immediately after the accident
lifted the body of thu lad Into the taxicab and
hurried to the West 47th street station. Thero
he waa placed under arrest on the charge of
homicide.
Dr. Griffin, of Flower Hospital, who exuminud
the body of the McCarty boy In the station be
fore its removal to the McCarty home, said that
the lad's skull had been fractured. The police
say that the child ran directly in the pathway
of the taxicab while he and his sister were play
ing "tag."
RUN DOWN AND KILLED BY AUTO.
Syracuse. Sept. 36.— Albert Totman, a decorator,
fifty years old. wan struck and instantly killed by
an automobile here this afternoon. He stepped
from the sidewalk 'directly In the path of the ma
chine. Richard Lawler who drove the car, gave
himself up to thu police. He was paroled to await
the verdict of the coroner's jury. lie said that
Totman had stepped In front tf bun so quickly tbat
j a was impossible to avoid striking hla.
MOORS LOSIXG GROUXD.
Spanish Troops Advance Under
Hcavti Fire — Balloon Used.
La Restinga. Morocco. Sept. 26. — General
Omjt-o's division advanced yesterday in tho
direction of Selouan. using a captive balloon to
direct the movements The Moorish villages
were set on flre by the advancing troops. Heavy
resistance was encountered at several points,
but the 6pan!sh displayed great gallantry, and.
keeping th* Moors undor a rain of shells from
the batteries, drove Che enemy steadily back,
with considerable lops. General Marina, com
mander Of tl.e Spanish forces, personally fol
lowed the operations.
The King's regiment, supported by a battery
of artillery, vsas installed at Maorraina to pro
tect the line of comrnuncations. It is reported
that the Moors are re-forming behind a strong
r-'.-ky position to the west of Kador.
( LERMOXT CCTS CAPER.
Fulton Craft Drags .inchor and
GfLCs Tug a Chase.
The Clermont gave her crew an exciting time
of it before Funrl.se yesterday by dragging her
anchor and threatening a numbst of small craft
with fleet mellow When the crew saw that she
was drifting they departed from their sack cen
tury ways and called loudly for a tug. One was
near, and hustled t" help, but at flrst made mat
ters worse by getting taV too clf»s.» and cutting
the Clermont's anchor chain. The wind was
blowing a near-gale, and the copy of the first
Pulton steamboat started at great s<d«"-j down
stream.
There wa.s quick work on the tug then. She
followed fast, m r<>i»> Wiis hurled over the Cler-
tnont'a bow. and this was made fust by one of
the crow, she was then towed to the north of
the pier Jutting out from the reviewing stand
and tied up
The day before it was the Haif Moon that
went nff at a tangent, and it looked to the sail
iTM on the Clermont as if their craft wanted to
<l<> .i llttl" cutting up on l*er own account to
show that the. nioro ancient craft was not the
only skittish thins on the river.
PITTSBURG INSTITUTIONS CLOSED.
Two Trust Companies Ordered by State Bank
Examiner Not to Open To-day.
[By Telegraph to The Tribune. i
Pittsburg, Sept. -'«!. — John L. White. State Bank
Examiner, to-night paid a visit to the local news
paper otllces with a prepared statement stating
thai the. Land Trust Company and the Mercantile
Trust Company would not be allowed to open their
doors, in the morning, owing to a shortage in re
serves and unsatisfactory security.
He was accompanied by Vice-President William
Ziegler. of the Mercantile company, who acknowl
edged that speculation in the securities of the
Lustre Mining Company had reused the closing,
lit refused to go Into details beyond saying that
tioili Institutions had been examined two weeks
lino sad the officials hud been notified to make
K.ind certain deficits. The combined liabilities are
not thought to be more than $1,000,000.
THINKS EDEN WAS AT NORTH POLE
Clergyman Predicts That It Will Become j.
Health Resort.
I Hy Tel^nraph to Th* Tribune. ]
Philadelphia. Sept. 'M.— That the Garden of Kden
whs situated at the North Pole and that the newly
(Uncovered arctic regions will be a health resort of
the future were two assertions mude this evening
by the Hey. Dr. Charles L. Seasholes in a sermon
on "The Relation of the North Pole to Qod's'Power
of Redemption" in the Third BaptUt Church. Gcr
mantown.
-Sin." he said, "caused the human family to be
driven from this paradise, and the genius of man
lias n»w regained It. Considering thai the earth
at one time was a heated mass, the portion to cool
tlr.st would be that around the noles. and at them
I'act-H vegetation should have appeared, then ani
mal life, then man."
1 AIRSHIP RACE.
The airship race to Albany for TUB WORLD'S
$10,000 prize will (weather permitting) start at
10:30 this morning To avoid disappointment watch
the main flagpoles on\The World dome and the
Hotel Astor. Red and white flag means no start to
day; blue and white, start to-day probable; plain
blue, airships start within one hour; OR telephone
The World Bureau at the start. 6431 Ifornianide.
for latest bulletin. ! Start can be seen comfortably
anywnero on Hiveraid3froral2ot!i:trsaiHf>.-Aclvt,
AEROPLANES TO-DAY
WRIGHT AND CURTISS IX
READINESS.
If the Weather Is Favorable They
Will Launch Their Craft for
Practice Flights.
The tliriillng spectacles ou the Hudson-Ful
ton schedule to-day will reach a climax if Wil
bur Wright and Glenn H. Curtlss decide to test
their aeroplanes, which are now "tuned to per
fection" in the aviation sheds on Governor's Isl
and. Should the flags and bunting on the city's
building droop and the sailboats in the harbor
lack for wind Wright and Curtiss will launch
their air craft In the morning for a "Joy ride"
preliminary to the official Hudson-Fulton aero
nautical exhibition which is scheduled to begin
on Wednesday.
There will be- no official signals to announce
tho first aeroplane flight.--, but the committee
which has been arranging for the contest as
sured everybody who visited the sheds yester
day that both men would fly If the wind did not
register a velocity of more than seven miles.
With their broad wings stretched to the limit
and the fine wires which hold the frames tuned
like those of a violin, the big planes are in per
fect condition. Wilbur Wright, who had a start
of several days over his competitor, had every
detail of his air craft perfect before he closed
his shop on Saturday. He did not appear at the
island yesterday, but spent the day resting.
Curtiss, who will arrive here this morning from
his home In Hammondsport. N. V.. had three
mechanicians placing the finishing touches on
his machine.
Carefully packed and marked, the Curtiss
plane was received at 10 o'clock yesterday
morning, and six hours later Its parts had been
assembled and tasted by "Tod" Schroder, the
expert who has assisted the aeronaut In his va
rious preparations for flights. The torpedo
shaped water gliders were put In position after
the automobile engine had been tried and the
three pneumatic tired wheels had been set true
In their sockets.
A FEW VIEW CI'RTISSS PLANE.
A few privileged visitors and a number of
army officers had an opportunity to examine
the Curtiss plane when it was wheeled from Its
shed to be photographed. Smaller than the
Wright craft, it appeared like a slender bird. Its
brown wings and polished frames attesting to
the strength upon which its operator will depend
whan he soars abovo tho buildings of New York
t<» the goal at Grant's tomb and glides over the
international fleet in the Hudson River on th*
return to Governor's Island as his part In the
Hudson- Fulton aviation contract.
In the Wright Inclosure the aeroplane was
shut from view and was being Jealously guarded
with the same secrecy which Its inventor has
employed since his flrxt flight. Even the army
aaassrs who have had a glimpse of Wright's
mechanical bird were unable to explain tho
points of difference between the two machines.
Mr. Wright had a rope stretched around his
shed, which was guarded by th* army sentry
who patrols that part of the island.
The sheds of the aeroplane experts are less
than a hundred fe«t apart, but neither inventor
has made any comment on the plans of the
other, and no predictions are being made for
the final flights which are to decide to whom th*
Hudson-Fulton prize shall go. Wilbur Wright
is expected to give New Yorkers and their
guests a sensational t. p. but he has not made
any statement beyond that mentioned in the
contract. In which he Is expected to stay in the
air for an hour and fly ten miles.
That Wilbur Wright does not Intend to dis
appoint his admirers when he begins his pre
liminary flights is evident by the oaxe with.
which he has selected spots from which the
flights can be witnessed. The Battery. BedJow's
Island. South Brooklyn and the ferry boats run
ning from Whitehall street to Staten Island and
Brooklyn vere considered by Mr. Wright as
good places lor spectators when he first in
spected the aeroplane grounds at Governor's
Island.
cuktiw to uaa new machine.
There is also a good supply of gasolene on
hand, and it Is certain, that both men will use
up many gallons before they are ready for the
big contest, which will be the first of its kind
held In the North. The aeroplane which Curtiss
will navigate is new In every detail. The pol
ished wood propeller has been carefully shaped
so that it will whirl in a true circle, while th*
gliders have been set to take advantage of every
ounce of power to be supplied by the compact
engine set In the centre of the "wings."
While Wright and Curtiss have been complet
ing their preparations for the flights the offi
cers at Governor's Island have been giving
every assistance to make the affair a success.
The big area of filled in land which projects
down the bay has been put in perfect condition
for purposes of starting. Army prisoners have
been detailed to remove telegraph posts and fill
In ugly holes, while the long row of brush which
was designed, to prevent the sand from being
blown across the parade ground has been re
moved, and at the starting point the surface of
the land has been made as smooth as a tennis
court.
The guard mount has been doubled, to prevent
any fire, and other precautions have been taken
to insure the safety of the planes. The Curtiss
camp is doubly guarded by two "*»^*'^Tik > hi»s.
who will sleep in the shed alongside the craft.
Heavy bolts hold the doors of Wright's cabin,
which is near the "non-coms" quarters.
Captain Halstead Dorrey. of th* 4th Infantry.
has b«eu detailed to take charge of th% army's
PRICE THREE CENTS.
CROWD CAPTURES CITY
ALL MANHATTAN ITS BIG
SUNDAY PLAYGROUND
Sightseers Go Everywhere, Admire
the Warships and Cause a Crush
on Trains and Ferries.
To DAY 3 PROGRAMME.
Beginning of airship flight f'om Governor's
I stand— mor ni ng.
Historical parade on Staton l«.and — after
tan Duyvil Hill, The B^onx— ihsrnoon.
Dea ;a- - o- :-e : -.testate Pa sades Park.
Fort Lee, N. J.— afternoon.
Official reception at M*tropoi<tan Ooer«
H*u**-*v**i»g.
Music festivals in tha variout oorougna—
It was a trouble . and calamity prophet who
said not long ago that the great, maas of build
ings downtown in this city threatened to break
Manhattan Island in. half. : The - same person
might have said yesterday that, th* vast crowd i
along Riverside Drive would give th* same, soOd
old island a strong list to port. . . ,* C%
The state. New Jersey and New England
seemed to have poured their surplus popatalion
Into this city, and the bulk of tola, with natives*
visitors from all the states and foreigners, nat
urally went to the place In th* course of tile day
where they could see the Clermont and tha Half
Moon, the great line of warship* and th* clus
tering and cluttering river craft. - .
There was not a traffic manager who did not
say that more visitors cam* into th* city 'yes
terday than the day. before. There was not a
lieutenant of police In charge of a. division :oX
the forces guarding and guiding th* people wle
did not say that the crowds were larger. Train
schedules were adhered to, but tha trams, con
tained many more cars each. The ferries was*
Jammed all day long. Th* Hudson tunnam das
a record, business. It was estimated that two
hundred thousand visitors cam* to th* city yes
terday. .• •.£".£
The subway officials had to call for polios aid
to handle the traffic. Express trains that usual
ly hustle up and down with cloohUka regularity
tried to do so yesterday; but at every station
from the Brooklyn Bridge to 96th street they
were held up by the throngs of pa awns, ma This
soon caused congestion. As th* day advanced
! the crowds Increased, but scattered to some ax
tent. - .
Broadway, below Canal street, usually almost
empty on Sunday, had a week-day appeal am
: all the way to Bowling Green. The Battery wa*
black with the crowd all day long. A bareTa bus
view would have shown the streets as hawk
threads, east. west, north and south, wit*, great
black patches on th* West Sid* above 723 street
to the great viaduct at 130 th street and at th*
Battery. It would have shown the river dotted
with large and small craft from Liberty Island
i to the last of the American warships, with con
gestion around each sea fighter, no matter of m
which nation. V • " " .":../.;:' M
CROWD SIGHTSEEING BOATS. • - •
It would nave been hard to nick out the two
show boats in the clutter of craft around then.
The Half Moon dipped and toddled in th* waves'
kicked up by the stiff wind, and th* Clermont
rolled comfortably as every conceivable kind of
vessel passed. And these sightseeing boat*
from the greatest steamship to th* smallest
"kicker." contained more persons than ■ they dld
in the great Saturday pageant. From th* shore
boats were seen heerins around the warship*
with wheel houses half under water. No sash
crowds were permitted on th* &teanaer3 eat Sat
urday. n **
Along Fifth avenue there was preparation, for
to-morroWs parade. Stands were being bottt all
along the. line, but the sidewalks war* filled with,
promenaders. who often interfered with '-"the
workers. " At every well known lliiign*JU» cross
ing the police kept a firm grasp of the tramc.
On Riverside Drive, near Grant's Tomb. thia>
was especially necessary.
In vc minutes one hundred and four automo
biles .inn fifty-four carriage* paaasd tha east
sid* of the tomb, and In that tint* th* Una w*
held up four times to permit inifima) t* ssaa*
the roadway. There was no let up all aftscaaaa
there, which caused a statistician to compute
that from 1 to 6 o'clock more than six thousand
vehicles passed that point.
Bui figures could only be roughly apattsd. A»
New York City and its neighbors seemoU to U*
out of doors, either on th* river or in th*
streets. Wherever congestion wm greatest th*
police gently but firmly compelled naafja to ke«r»
to the right. A line was early faraaai at th*
entrance to Grant's Tomb, and this waj ksp<
moving at a snail's pace from early nKraaa*;
until late evening. Central Park and the ajhaj
parks also took toll of th* visiting crowds.
While the great modern warships cam* m far
attention second to that best, wed upon the Flair
Moon and the Clermont. tho training ship Ports
mouth was not neglected jsalsiilaj. So* Hen
between the Utrecht, of Holland, and tha asuts
crn end of the British ttn* of wanhips, ajai '■•
manned by the New Jersey naval mttthv. Her
decorations are not striking, nor at aha Uhaaw
nated at night, but as a representative of the
wooden men-of-war that mad* history she is
a striking comparative type, and sparm v l
aa such. Her lofty masts, mas* of rigging ajaj
looming hull were in striking contrast to th*
trim British ships.
INFLEXIBLE 3 GRACEFCI, UMHL
It was remarked again yesterday that th«
British Inflexible did not come in far tha major
part of the attention bestowed upon tha auger
ships. This moat powerful of tha line which
flew the British flag and was Uhoamatea am
Saturday night by a searchlight on board. <a*
only exhibition of the kind among* the warships,
does not Impress th* observer with her power.
her lines being so graceful and her upper decks
almost clear. It was only later In th* day yes
terday that the cluster of boats around bar
showed larger than elsewhere. /."V-^
In the afternoon four patrol boats war* as
signed to duty In the river by the police. They
kept incessant watch among the myriad craft.
Th« water was rough, and it seemed perilous
for the small boats with their large loads. A
gymnastic canolst was out near th* British Una
and was a perpetual source of disappointment to
the spectators afloat and ashore who expected
him to take an involuntary bath any minute.
He wore a bathing suit so that a dip might not
have harmed him. • •
It was gloomy moat of th* afternoon,,, fjM
about the color of moat of th* waiaw; 'but
soon after 4 o'clock tha sun shot a warming
shaft of light upon the city, and thence onward
until nearly » o'clock th* seen* on the river »nd
•long th* banks was aught. Wh<>n'the™ ; aiin
dipped ban!ad thft F-xllsade-i there ' •■»r* ir»at
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