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W VAN CLEAVE DEAD
leader of Fight Against Boycott
Expires from Heart Disease.
gfIOUGMT FAMOUS LAWSUIT
%is Activity Resulted in Jail Sen
tences for Messrs. Gompers.
Mitchell and Morrison.
SL Louis. May 15. — James W. Van Cleav*.
i^rnsc' president of the National Aswia
tifflTof Manufacturers, died from heart dis-
at his home here to-day.
Jaw;- Wallace Van Cieave. former prosl
gafi of the National Association of Manu
isctnrcrs. was the central figure In a Ion?
!e£*3 strusrgJe with labor unions. It was as
. teaßt of a boycott. against his company,
j>- ; e Buck's Stove and Range Company, of
5j l>iu!s. that Samuel Gompera, John Wt
chfll ?.nd Wiliiam Morrilon. president, vice-
P re=!dent and ■ Tetary of the American
j Federation of Labor. were sentenced to jail
:cr contempt of court for violating- an in
junction secured from the Supreme Court
fcv Mr. Van Cieave's company. '
rioni in Marion County. Ky., on July 15.
1>1?. youas Van Cleave joined the Confed
erate army when only thirteen year? of age.
lie went into the stove business in ISCT, and
id-amtd in it untfi he became president of
ir.t Buck's Stove and Range Company.
, Early 2r, his career as a manufacturer he
C3 -^c i>;:t strongly In favor of th. open shop.
He •x-came president of the Nation?.:
■s;ar*i:?a<"turers' Association in 1906.. and on
l.if «=l<^r!ion declared that th. association
frrmhi «T-« i nd'Jl,i»oo.ooo in the ensuing thrr-°
y^rs in a viperous and "scientific battle
tgajrs! strikes, boycotts, the closed chop,
th<? restTlcUcm of apprenticed, and what V
ra"€d "*-" c follies and vices of labor unions
ai-d Tyrannical and unpatriotic practices of
JjStiin captains of industry." To use his
! rra exr^s-^ion, he "fought with an axe"
s^air.Jt Tno'ii the labor unions and the
trssts, thocss he declared that both kinds
t: cTsauization could do much srood if they
idhsreri to their announced principle*.
His attitude received the commendation
of the association, and when he retired from
th* presidency of the Manufacturers* Asso
ciation last rear, his colleagues presented
tin with a check for $10,000 as a token
ef their appreciation and approval.
Tribute of Successor.
John Kirby. jr.. president of the National
Association of Manufacturers, which will
bepe its fifteenth annual convention at the :
wVidorf- Astoria to-day, gave out the fol- i
loTrir.£ statement last evening on the death
cf Jlr. Van Cleave:
The news of Mr. Van Cleave g death.
coniir^ as it does on the eve of the fifteenth
senna! convention of the association which
hf loved so well, and in whose interest he
worked so hard and at such a sacrifice, is a
<3i-*":t ?hock.
Mr. Van Cleave, in his greatness of char
«cter and in his charming personality was
« mtv. trtaose *oss will be felt not only by
las l«igion of friends in our association, but
ly the <=ntire business interests of the coun
try. It is net too much to say that he died
< martyr to his duty and practically sacri-
Srec! his life for the benefit of the American
enploye as well as the American «imployer.
2lr. Van Cleave was more than an Average
citizen of this Republic— he was a man of
2n« perception, of sterling honesty, of iisr
aess of soul and or intellect beyond the
treadth demanded In the average channels
of business.
When he first became the president' of
the National Association of Manufacturers
U X 906 he -was practically unknown in the
fifM of what was called business politics.
H<? had lone been a member of the associa
tion,. and his counsel was sought and wel
comed, but it wps not until hfi took up the
reins of office that we of the association
appreciated his really'great character.
■""hen Mr. Van Cleave assumed office the
>uMness interestr- of the country were just
btsinninc to realise that conditions, polit
.;;.■ and economic, demanded a ■ unltv of
-purpose and a unity of action. It "was
— tiir'f vhen a leader was needed, and
I Mr. Van Cleave became that leader. In
I hftn were fully developed the character
! isocs which made leaders of such men as
* XVashisgtcn. Lincoln and Grant.
Fight Against Boycott.
He «:arly appreciated the un-Americanlsm
cf tht boycott — a form of . tyranny which
has been condemned In every country and
fey cvyi> right-minded citizen. It" was
necessary in combating this tyranny to ae
l*"t ther industrial plant to bear with
flat or D. E. Loewe. of Danbury, the bur
3*n trt me fight; there was no hesitancy
ec Mr. Van Cieave's part, and when the
:, occasion arose and the Buck Stove and
j Tteng*- Company became the object of la
1 Mr 'a attack he immediately volunteered
• cmself and his business interests.
w Mr Van Cleave in no hater of persons
. H* was more than employer to his men:
IHt. ss a friend. His concentration of
1 a&adpJe was as •-?.=•<■> as his hatred of
f ''fk^'s'm policy and wabblin? expediency.
- /U'iai'ly he fourht for industrial freedom
•' £s<3 bravely he died for the cause of right
ecas&ess and justice. He was intolerant of
JtanK r*stless at injustice of all kinds, a
Sfnter for truth.
two "years ag-o. in September.
Sfi. to ar. article published in "-American
irccptrif-s." Mr. Van Cleave made this pro
wetio statement, showing his grasp of af
aJrs, political and rconomic:
; .."' n ' !he days -s-hen the older readers of
4 American Industries' were •.■->- or young
; tttt the frr*-at issues were largely "patri
i We ar.d s'-nti mental, and made an appeal
i '0 all citizens alike. They rHntrd first to
jir, VPr^"- tR *" to the preservation of the
j and later to tn«* frrantinsr or the r*>
i rasa] to tram th*> ballot to the ricero. All
; *''•'"■ l«ue« havp b«^n settled. To-day's
j * u **^ior.s of national scope are chiefly
• *"*>T;cTr!i<\ Tn t»u»rn the business men. as
jsr.c. : , harp v direct and special concern.
Issues Before Country.
"Ist u« rail thp roll of some of t! f issues
Ci.Th witS in the platform of the Chicago
wuventten: Revision of the tariff, the
*c«n;on of a currency system which will
- -^"WJ to all she country's needs and an
«wr.cnien! to the interstate commerce law
«. uSi which would pive the Interstate
-<Hr.m<T'> rnirimisFion increased i>o\vers of
_Ji£rri<.i;.n ever the methods of the rail
■iv 2 cxteßg J <M * of the employers' liability
'«*". • conserve tinn of tho country's' natural
and the creation of an adequate
■"■Mritii T»;arine.
•*7»- £ ls cotT) l""i*es more than three-fourths
t~tfl- toPWIMJt subiects for which lesis
• •?„ Jf *ni in:3ed by the two le;idin& par
t '^rs. llify ar»- economic questions. Direct
. liT "H.:rf-ctly. each of thtrm makes a dl
• g|f*PPea> v. th«? business man. For th*>ir
« viZ?,^° nad*rstandlng a _"• ai doal of con
• jj t _;^ o'-^0 '-^ study of the jjreat questions is
hj LT O ' U '^ 'Ike to «e«e every business man
■a-i-i COBaJ i 7 study all the preat questions
T .viJ. £n open mind and support a perty
te2Lv eeaa Io him to *>* billing Jind able
oj .iT^ *M*t easily with them, regardless
Xit^piy"* 1 '- which the party I^-ars. AH of
<>,, r '~X.;**«k!np or should -•■..••- truth.
a**?*** "a- «r ought to be. the greatest
•*V.' ;, *"* PT^atest number. In that pol
j-.yi.^.. the country's prosperity or prog
- rr*>« a * Mzs * HO years ago. An the time
--*ior t» «" * or rioiriiri^ our present ootlVWl-
• x *^ L j-i n<3 Mm Ivingr upon what proved
„-♦£» " Cls deathbed. In transmitting to me
= fJ^? 1"*1 "* °" h ?s ocmnaitt«?e. received only
tHm, r* ot:rs agro. he dictated a letter from
pu'" . '. Quote a wnfriop showing Mr. Van
• »tfawl s ch^!-act*r. ability, pra*p of public
• »-M^ Ts 81^ love of "Tfis fellow man. He
len vord"^' 2nd " tVere P raclically hls
"Principle Won."
tiJ, !2 vv t ■''wilarlv attended *very ■■rsven
! - f«£»,^l The National Association of Manu
" mmm^_* TT * EEirej <-c the memorable meeting in
3* GET THE BEST
|*Ocr title Insurance, including stocK
tipiSers' liability, has 19.000
Wp*** it and It costs no more than
W7 otter. - • ji'.
k£fc is to your advantage to nave your
3Ncy la a prosperous company teat
!~wics care of yon by adding yearly to
*** e^uersnte: fond a sum proportion
te to its new risks.
Safety is placed before dividends.
*Ye have never paid out • one- of
*"* net earnings in dividends.
TiTIE GUARANTEE
AND TRUST C?
Capital and Surplus, - $14,000,000
*56 b*way. H. Y. 1 75 Eernißcn St., BLlvn.
£50 Fsllon EL, Jr"r 8 r»-
JAMES W. VAX CLEAVE.
Who died In St. L«ouis yesterday
New Orleans on April U. 15 and 16, 1903.
You and l and all parties who were pres
ent then felt that a turning point had come
in the association's Jjistory. . There were
those at that meeting: who were fearful
lest our declaration of opposition to un-
American principles in our Industries would
wipe out the association and destroy the
business of many of its members.
"Those were days when strong faith and
absolute courage were required to do ripnt.
Those were times like those of "Washing
ton at Valley Forge, when none but Ameri
cans could be allowed on guard duty. Not
only our enemies, but some of our best
friends, were willing to betray us, because
they felt that we must be saved from our
o-.M! folly. They knew that we were right,
but they felt that principle must be pacri
fited for policy. Those were the days that
bound together, with bonds stronger than
steel. those of us who were willing to sac
rifice everything for principle, if must be.
"And what happened? Principle won—
policy lost. The doubters, the wabblers,
the trimmers", -within one year saw our as
sociation trebled in membership and its
influence ten-folded. Our friends and foes
had to admit that our great little man.
David M. Parry, was not only courageous
but also victorious: that his counsellors
were not only talkers but fighters.
Warns the Association.
"All that is history, and we have gone on
making history ever since. The growth of
the open shop movement, the doom of the
un-American boycott, the action of our
legislators, the decisions of our courts, all
show that America is still American, and
that the Constitution is still the Constitu
tion. True, some of us have grown a little
older and a little less vigorous physically
after years of battle; some of us must do
our cheering from the sickoed because the
body is unaole to bear the hardship and the
strain.
"Some of us feel badly because we must
withdraw, even temporarily, irom the firing
line, where we have served equally faith
fully as privates and as generals. But.
mv brother, remember that principles are
greater than men. Our movement is greater
than individuals. Our cause must go on
and on. and there is special need of vigor
ous action now. Men in high places are
again willing to substitute policy for prin
ciple, politics for rights. They feel em
barrassed at our 'friendship,' at our per
sistent effort to save them from them
selves.
"I see danger si?ns ahead, and it will
again require ■ strong leadership and brave
fighting to bring our good old ship safe and
Bound over the political reefs, socialistic
whirlpools and demagogic maelstroms. Our
legislative committee needs to be very
actKe. our council for industrial defence
needs to be very strong, and our whole or
ganization needs to be specially prepared
and trained for the coming campaign.
"Our past victories will be guiding stars
to us in the future. The time will come
when the present vrabblers and trimr-ers
will have to admit that policy can never
replace principle: that the United States
will never stand for the demagogue and the
socialist; that America is still American
and our Constitution and our judiciary are
still our bulwarks
"From my bed of suffering, with a sick
body, I say to you. with a sound heart and
an unbroken spirit: 'Go on. my faithful
ones; keep on fighting: the right flght." "
This message to me. written in the last
hours of his Illness, is a message to the
American ration. It is prophetic, and no
man can deny its honesty of purpose and
it? truth.
The economic and political conditions now
existing led me to believe months ago that
this convention would prove to be most
important. It is beginning to be realized
that within the last two years there has
arisen in this country a new force, called
into being by a growing change in the rela
tive position of politics and industry. Time
was not BO long ago. when, the business
man. the employer, the merchant and the
farmer were looked upon merely as indi
viduals. They had no association, no unity
of action. '
To-day we find all this changed. The
farmer, no longer isolated, but kept direct
ly in touch with the affairs of the nation
or state through rural delivery, trie tele
phone and the improved means of trans
portation, is now a power: the manufact
urer, threatened on all sides by political
demagogues and compelled to battle for the
life of his business, which means the pros-
Parity of - the country, is now organized
and is wing the power of organization for
the good of men.
A proper estimate of his life and work
would now be Impossible, but I can say
That in the death of James W. Van Cleave
our country has lost a great man.
BILLION DOLLAR CONFERENCE
Shippers from All Over the Country to
Oppose Higher Freight Rates,
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Chicago. May 15.— More important and
Iter capital than the "bill
•i.ar" conference of the gx^at manu
lue Interests of three years ago will
be the Ereteht rate conference of the allied
manufacturer.- and shippers at the Con
710t.': on Tuesday.
With a threatened increase of freight
rates which will total 5100.000,000 a year, the
call of the Illinois Manufacturers" Associa
tion for the conference has met with ac
ceptances which indicate that more than a
billion dollars in capital will be represented
The shippers of the Bast, Middle West and
Pacific Coast will Join In the protest against
any advance in freight rates
The Manufacturers' Association of New
York, the Pittsburg and Baltimore cham
bers of commerce and industrial and com
mercial organizations of Eastern and
Middle Western states also will send dele
gations.
"More tonnage*wfU be represented at the
conference than at any meeting of shippers
that has assembled for years," was the
declaration made in a statement issued by
the Illinois Manufacturers' Association.
WOMAN TAKEN AS SPEEDER
One of Five Antoists to Go Before a
Severe Judge To-day.
West Orange. >-'. J.. May IS (Special).—
Five automobile speeders, one of them a
woman, . were arrested here this afternoon
and will be arraigned to-morrow morning
before Recorder Condit, who already lias
established a record for heavy penalties.
The woman is Miss- May M. Brown, of
Morristown. She was paroled, as was
Francis E. Donohue, of Montclalr, the lat
ter because he had a sick friend with him,
to whom he was giving an airing.
AGED CLERGYMEN FOUND DEAD.
Tuscumbia. Ala., May 15.— After an unex
plained absence of several days the Hey.
Isaac Bradford, seventy-nine years old, was
found dead in I small stream whore he
sometimes went to fish. He is supposed to
have been stricken with apoplexy and to
have fallen into the water and drowned.
AMERICAN VICE-CONSUL DYING.
El Paso. Tex.. May 15.— United States
Vice-Consul John W. Gouriey, at Juarez,
Mexico, is believed to be dying of smallpox,
which he contracted from his brother, a
customs inspector, who contracted it from
a sin-J«gier.
XEW-YORK DAT— TRTjTTNE. MoIS'DAY. MAY I«, lyio
ROYAL FUNERAL PLANS
A Great Military Display Pre
pared in London,
A SERVICE IN THE PALACF.
Troops Will Not See Procession
-Guards Stand Like Statues
Over Body.
London. May 15. — The official pro
gramme for the removal of the body of
! King Edward from Buckingham Palace
to "Westminster Hall on next Tuesday
was issued to-night. ' It shows that the
(removal will be attended by a military
spectacle only less impressive and im
posing than that which will be seen at
the funeral.
Following the coffin, which will be
drawn on a gun carriage. King George,
the royal princes and all the kings and
princely guests will walk, together with
the members of the late King's house
hold, the lords and grooms in waiting,
court dignitaries, naval officers and the
Queen Mother's household. Then will
come a procession of nine carriages, with
the Queen Mother and all the imperial
and royal ladies.
On arrival at Westminster Hall the
I late King's company of the Grenadier
i Guards, which will have charge of the
i coffin throughout the ceremony, will place
j the body on the catafalque. After the
j regalia have been laid on the coffin the
I Archbishop of Canterbury- will conduct
| a solemn service in the presence of the
j royal mourners, after which the public
j lying in state will begin.
The details of Friday's ceremony are
still incomplete, but it has been decided
that bluejackets will draw the gun car
riage with the coffin at "Windsor, where
the last solemn service will be held.
King George. Queen Mary, the Queer
Mother and the royal family were pres
! ent to-night at a solemn service over the
■ body in the Throne Room at Bucking
i ham Palace. One of the most impressive
I displays was the hourly change of guards.
! who. in full uniform, with hands crossed
i on reversed rifles and with heads bowed.
| stand like statues at each comer of the
: catafalque, with an officer in the same
! attitude facing the bier. Not a muscle
!is seen to move. At the end of each hour
J a bugler silently leads the relieving
! guard to, and the change of guard is
; made noiselessly. One hour of this im
i mobility has been found co tryinr to the
men that after to-night they will be re
i lieved each half hour.
Solemn services were again held in all
i the churches throughout the kingdom to
j day. The troops which will line the
! funeral route on Friday have been as
! Eiduously practising the funeral drill.
j Curiously, not one of these thirty thou
• sand men will see the procession pass,
! for when it approaches, at the word of
i command, the troops will assume an at
titude with heads bowed over their hands
i on their rifles, and will so remain until it
i has passed.
ST. GEORGE SONS HONOR KING
Throng Attends Memorial Service in
St. Matthew's Episcopal Church.
Every pew 1n St Matthew's Protestant
Episcopal Church, in "West Wth street was
filled, and many chairs in the aisles and
the lobby vere occupied last evening at a
memorial service for King Edward VH to
which the members of the order of Sons
of St. George had been invited. British
and American flags draped the chancel and
pulpit, and past presidents had their badges
draped with crape. There are thirty thou
sand members of the order, four thousand
of whom live in this city.
The rector, the Rev. Dr. Arthur H. Judge,
spoke of the significance of the fact that
not only his British subjects but all the
world lamented the King's death. He de
clared that King Edward had accomplished
in his short reign what was regarded as
almost a miracle, for he had found the
empire 1n a state of isolation, and he had
left it a veritable network of alliances, in
closing her in bonds of friendship. Re
ferring to a well known Frenchman of let
ters, he quoted him as having said that
King Edward had thawed the frozen heart
of old England and forced her to descend
from the pinnacle on which she had placed
herself, and all this he did quietly and un
ostentatiously.
Dr. Judge said of Creorge V: "No one
questions Queen Alexandra when she com
mends her son to the people, and we all
have great hopes for the new King. For
a time, at least, th^re phould bo but one
political party, one that will rally around
the young King."
HIGH PRAISE FROM DR. HILL
Calls Edward VTJ Greatest Exponent
of International Good Will.
Speaking from a pulpit draped with inter
twined American and British flags, the Rev.
John Wesley Hill eulogized the late King
Edward yesterday morning at the Metro
politan Temple. 14th street and Seventh
avenue. King Edward, he saiO, had ac
complished more for international good will
than any other monarch in the history of
the known world.
•'We mourn to-day." said Dr. Hill, "the
death of a peerless leader and the greatest
Englishman in thf world. He was the nom
inal as well as the actual chief of his peo
ple. His was a most distinguished place
among the statesmen of the world, and nnc
that it is doubtful If any living man can
fill."
EDWARD PRAISED IN SERMON
Memorial Service Held in a Brooklyn
Congregational Church.
A memorial service tor the King of Eng
land was held yesterday morning in the
Central Congregational Church, Brooklyn.
"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they
shall be called the children of God." was
the text of the sermon preached by the
pastor, the Rev. Dr. S. Parkes Cadman,
who is an Englishman by birth.
He spoke of King Edward' VII as the
most accomplished monarch of the Han
overian dynasty.
■It seemed alrnoM hopeless for him to
add to the unusual lustre Queen Victoria
had conferred on the British crown." he
said, "but he achieved for himself a re
nown that will afford an example for all
time to come."
SERVICE IN PHILADELPHIA.
Philadelphia. May IS.— Special memorial
umluma for the late King K.Jward VII
were held here to-day In St. James's
Protestant Episcopal Church.
Bishop Whitaker granted permission for
the use of prayers for the occasion from
a prayer book that has been In the church
since the reisn of King George 111. Wini
fred Powell, the British Consul, and mem
bers of the Sons of St. George attended
in a body-
KING ALFONSO LEAVES" MADRID.
Madrid. May 15.— Kins Alfonso left here
to-day for London, to attend the funeral
of the Ut« Kins Edward,
VAST MEMORiAI AUDIENCE
Ten Thousand British -Americans
Gather for Service in Chicago.
[By Teiesraph to Tbs Tribnßi.]
Chicago, May 15.— Ten thousand Brittsh-
Americans strove to gain admittance to the
Auditorium Theatre this afternoon to par
ticipate in the memorial services in honor
of Kine Edward. Four thousand obtained
seats, and three thousand more pushed past
the police and ushers and stood, envied
even in that by as many more who filled
Congress street between Michigan and
Wabash avenues.
It took the Dolice twenty minutes to force
all except those seated out of the building.
Nine years ago. on a rainy day, the Audi
torium had been filled by British-Americans
who went there to mourn the death of
Queen Victoria, and three thousand more
had stood In the rain in the hope that they
mieht be admitted.
The spirit of the service to-day was
summed up by Dr. Frank W. Gunsaulus.
who had also delivered the memorial ser
mon at the Victorian exercises, when he
said In closing:
"Edward, king here and king there under
the reign oi the king of all. Jesus Christ,
friend of humanity, hail and farewell."
KING'S DEGREE FROM PENN.
University to Have a Leading Part in
Memorial Exercises.
Philadelphia, May 15.— The University of
Pennsylvania will take a leading part in
the memorial serv-i.es to be held on Friday
In honor of Edward VII. In connection
with the Allied British Societies the uni
versity, represented by Provost Harrison
and the faculty in official robes, will share
in the special services at St. Mark's Church
in the afternoon, and in the evening will
take part in the public ceremonies at the
American Academy of Music.
The conspicuous part allotted to the uni
versity Is a direct result of the late King's
perponal interest in the institution. On the
occasion of the commemoration by the uni
versity of the 200 th anniversary of the birth
of Benjamin Franklin in 1J«)6 the honorary
degree of LiL#.D. wa^ conferred on Edward
VIT. Sir Henry Mortimer Durand, the
British Ambassador. leceived the degree on
behalf ot" the King.
EIGHT LIVES LOST AT SEA.
Gnnboat and Spanish Steamer in Col
lision Off Mindoro.
Victoria. B. C. May UL— The steamer
Empress of China to-day brought news of
the sinking of the steamer Neustra Sefiora
Del Pillar on April 11 off the coast of
Mindoro, P. 1., after collision with the
Manyan. an old converted gunboat with a
ram. Eight passengers were- drowned. The
steamer sank v.hile efforts were being
made to beach her.
There were ninety-five persons on board,
and nearly all took to the boats. T^fO
women and three members o? the crew
v-ho remained to get their belongings went
down with the steamer, and two members
of the Philippine Constabulary were
drowned.
Captain Otera remained on the bridge
until the steamer foundered, and reached
the boats by swimming-
FEW JEWS TO STAY IN KIEFF
Resnlt of Commission's Work — Many
Lose Guild Rights.
Kieff, May 15.— The commission appointed
on April 23 to inquire into the question of
the expulsion of Jews residing illegally in
Ki^ff and elsewhere outside the pale, haa
finished it? labors. Eleven hundred and
fifty cases have been investigated, one hun
dred and seventy families will be allowed
to remain and possibly an additional thirty
when the list has been revised.
Many Jews were entitled to reside here
as merchants of the First Guild, but after
the publication of Premier Stolypin's circu
lar, which 'instructed the local authorities
not to evict the Jews who had illegally set
tled outside the pale prior to August. 1906,
pending the enactment of general Jewish
reforms, they stopped paying the guild fees
and engaged in other occupations not en
titling them to residence. The circular
issued with reference to expulsion left
them without rights.
ECUADOR ARMY'S POSITION
President Alfaro Returns from the
Frontier — Men in Good Spirits.
Guayaquil, May 15— The British steamer
Ecuador, with mails from Panama, which
was due here on May n, arrived yesterday.
She had on board government troops from
E?meraldas. bound for Machala.
President Alfaro, who has spent the last
two days in reviewing the troops near the
frontier, returned to-day. He says that he
found the forces in excellent spirits.
Colonel Monez Vernaza. commander of the
southern division of the army, has ad
vanced to Jiron. The army at Machala has
been divided into three divisions, command
ed, respectively, by General Flavio Alfaro,
General Franco and General Moncayo.
MAY PLAY MEXICAN HYMN
Restriction Removed During the Inde
pendence Celebration.
Mexico City, May 15.— 1n order that dig
nity and solemnity may ly» added to the
festivities of the celebration of Moxlco's
independence centennial, next September,
military bands of the republic will be per
mitted to play the national hyrrn at all
public ceremonies.
Under the law of Mexico the national
hymn may be played only on occasions
when the Chief Executive of the natlqn or
the Governor of a state is present. Resi
dents of cltie.4 and small towns where the
President or governors are rarely, if ever,
seen, will therefore have the only oppor
tunity given them in jreara to hear the
anthem played In public.
DECRIES ACCIDENT TOLL
Employes More Careless of Life Here
than in Europe, Pastor Declares.
The Rev. Dr. John D- I-ong preached a
sermon In the Parkslde Presbyterian
Church. Flatbush. yesterday, taking for his
text Luke, ix, 56: "For the eon of man
is not come to destroy men's lives, but to
save them." Dr. L*}ng referred to the
enormous mortality among the laboring
class of thi? country through accidents by
machinery, mince. etc., and stated that the
National Association of Manufacturers was
taking up the consideration of industrial
Insurance as a protection for the employes.
Dr. Long drew the attention of his hear
ers to the fact that last year In the mills,
the mines and the factories of this country
more then half a million men, women and
children were either killed or injured whtle
at work. He contrasted these figures with
the mortality records from the same causes
in France and Germany, and said that the
toll exacted in this country was more than
four times as great.
The movement to lessen this great num
ber of accidents was started this year by
Ferdinand C. Schwedtman. of St. Louis,
chairman of the committee on Industrial in
surance of the National Association of
Manufacturers. Lest winter he mailed more
than twenty-live thousand descriptive pam
phlets to as many employers in the United
States, asking their co-operation In the
movement. Replies were received from
more than ten thousand, and out of this
number only three were against it.
The speaker said that the reason the
death and accident rate was higher In this
country than abroad lay in the fact that
persons, in this country were more care
less of their personal safety thin in Ger
many and Franca* ■#-■>,
Tlie big ones are waiting for you in the cool waters of the,
lakes, rivers and brooks of the great North woods.
Pack your grips, lines and rods and prepare for a few days of
real sport. There are plenty of guides to show you the best
places in the
Adirondack Mountains and Thousand Islands
For folders, maps and information on the Adirondack
Mountains and Thousand Islands, address Advertis
ing Department. Room 806, Grand Central Ter
minal. New York.
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EXPLOSION KILLS THREE
Five Boilers Blow Up at a Penn
sylvania Coke Plant.
Pittsburg. May 15. — A battery of five
boilers exploded at the plant of the Dia
mond Coal and Coke Company, at Chew
town. Washington County, to-day, kill
ing 1 three men who were in the boiler
house at the time. Six others, including
employes and residents in the dozen or
more houses near by, were injured, but
none will die.
The dead are William Adamson. elec
trical engineer; Peter Walsh and Earl
Bovard. All three leave wives and one
or more children.
The cause of the explosion is unknown,
and since Bovard, the fireman who was
in charge, and the only other two occu
pants of the boiler house are the victims,
it is doubtful if the responsibility for the
accident car. be fixed. The force of the
explosion shook some of the houses from
their foundations, pieces of boiler plate
punctured others and three dwellings
were burned a= a result of the accident.
KILLS SLEEPING DAUGHTER
Wife of Upstate Chief of Police Then
Commits Snicide.
fßy Telegraph to The Tribune.]
Syracuse. May 15.— Mrs. Emma Chapman,
forty-sex-en years old. wife of Chief of
Police Charles F. Chapman, of Baldwins
ville, this morning shot and killed her fif
teen- year-old daughter. Hazel, with h»r
husband's revolver while the girl was
sleeping and then committed suicide. Two
weeks to-day Mrs. Chapman was taken
home from the Syracuse Hospital for Wom
en and Children, and her husband was ad
vised to have her sent to an Insane asylum.
Once before she tried to strangle the daugh
ter, and twice she tried to leap from a win
dow at the hospital. Her husband was
sleeping- at the time of the shooting, hav
ing just returned from his night's work.
THREE BLOWN OUT TO SEA
Hope Abandoned for Men Who Sailed
While a "Norther" Was Blowing.
[By T*»leKraph to The Tribune.}
Mobile, May IS.— No news as to the where
abouts of William Olson, engineer at Fort
Morgan and son of the- lighthouse keeper
at that place; William Peterson, a con
tracting foreman, and Albert Somers. a
timekeeper of the barracks' contractors,
could be obtained to-night, and all hope of
finding them alive has bren abandoned.
The men left Fort Gaintp, after attending
a dance last Thursday night, for Wort
Morgan In a big yawl, and it is believed
that they have br?en blown out to sea. as a
"norther" was blowing at the time of th^lr
departure. The men were last seen in the
boat by the operator of the government
searchlight early on Friday night.
GREET ROOSEVELT AT BATTERY
Reception Committee Arranges Plan
for Brief Exercises at Pier A.
When former President Roosevelt returns
to this country withia a ftw weeks he will
be brought up from the Bay on a revenue
cutter and will be landed at the Battery-
There he will be received. It Is expected, by
an overwhelming throng of persons anxious
to greet him.
At a meeting on Saturday night of the
Itoosovelt reception committee the arrange
ments for the exercises that will take place
at the Battery Park were completed. The
exercises will occupy but a few minutes.
Lewis Nixon, chairman of the committee,
submitted drawings of a ten foot square
platform for the speakers at Pier A. and
an inclosure has been arranged that will
hold five thousand of the more prominent
citizens. At the foot of the platform steps
Colonel Roosevelt will be met by Mayor
Gayr.or, who will escort him to the centre
of the platform. The Mayor will make a
welcoming address and Colonel Roosevelt
ti-Ul resoond. The parade will follow.
CLUBWOMEN PLAY POLITICS
Sunday Canvassing for Candi
dates for Federation Officers.
Cincinnati, May &.— Notwithstanding that
this was Sunday and only one meetinz was
held ay the General Federation of Women's
Clubs, there was an unstinted supply of
politics that was being thrashed out in
club cliclea
Prospective contests over the election of
officers, which will take place on Tuesday
and over the selection of the city fcr hold
ing the next biennial meeting, loomed imc
view within the last twemy-four hours.
There are plans on foot for administration
and anti-admlnistratlon tickets. In all
probability there wili be spirited contests
for a number of executive places within the
federation.
Mrs. Philip It Moore, of St. Louis, the
president general, so far has no announced
opponent, but it was given out to-night
that the names of Mrs. Sarah Platt Deck
er, of Colorado, and Mr<=. Lawrence Max
well, of Cincinnati, will be presented.
The New Jersey delegation to-day an
nounced its support of Baltimore for 0m
next convention city. Los Angeles Is ex
pn=:ted to be favored by the "Western dele
gates, while Indiananolis. Chicago, Roches
ter and New Orleans all have strong sup
port.
The Mississippi delegation announced to
day that "because of the servant problem"
none of the towns of that state would be
presented, and that the Mississippi vote
probably would V>e divided am^r.^ i
cities.
INJURED IN BASEBALL RIOT
Son of Captain William M. Levris in
a Dangerous Condition.
[By. Telegraph to The Tribune.]
Racine. Wls.. May 15.— Gordon Lewis, son
or Captain William Mitchell Lewis, auto
mobile manufacturer and politician. is in a
dangerous condition at St. Luke's Hospital
as a result of a baseball riot on Saturday.
While he was watching an_excited crowd
mob the umpire Lewis was injured, but it
was not supposed that he was badly hurt.
To-day, however, his condition took a turn
for the worse, and he was taken to the hos
pital, where it was found that instead of
sustaining ■ scalp wound his skull was
fractured. If he lives he will be blind.
The father, who is president of the
Mitchell-Lewis $10,000,000 automobile com
pany, is now in' Paris. He will probably
start for home at once.
FIFTY THOUSAND HOGS A YEAR
Pennsylvania Farmers Organize to
Raise Swine on an Extensive Scale.
[I»y Telegraph to The Tribune.}
Pottsville. Perm.. May 15.— A swine grow
ers* association was formed here last night
by a number of wealthy farmers, who have
decided to raise hogs on an extensive scale.
For this purpose several large farms are
to be Joined, so as to make more than two
thousand acres available. The farmers
hope to place StvMO hogs on the market an
nually.
Schuylkill County once rais*nl Urge num
l>ers of hogs, but for yt?ars th» number
produced here has been very smal'. The
acorn is to be a special food led Urn hogs.
FOUGHT OFF PHYSICIANS
Woman, Who Had Taken Poison, Re
sented Efforts to Save Her Life.
[By Telegraph to The Tribune 1
Baltimore. May 15.— While resisting stren
uous efforts of physicians to administer an
tidotes to save her life. Mrs. Jennie Low
ftibur?. who had swallowed a quantity of
parts green, died late last night at her
home here. She had been in poor health
for some time. When she became violently
ill last evening she r egged her husband
not to send for a physician.
•• Suspecting that she had taken poison.
doctors were called in. bat she refused to
take the antidotes. Assisted by member*
Coward
Shoe
HOLDS T r H p E ARCH
Weakness in the arch struc
ture, the tired muscles and
strained ligaments are re
lieTed by the help of the
Cowakd Abch Peop Shok.
The correct anatomical
construction of this sho*,
holds the arch muscles tip in
their natural position and
eases the pain. Worn in
time, prevents falling arch ,
and ■ flat-foot."
SOLD NOWHERE ELSE
JAMES S. COWARD
264-274 Greenwich St., W. T.
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Mail Order* Fined ! s«yt for C<t«logq«
of the household the doctors tried to fore*
the woman to swallow emetics, but she ex
pired before they could succeed in their
efforts. Her husband says that when they
were residin? in New York, some year*
.-.£(.. his wife attempted to -nd her life by
taking the same kind of poison.
"GO WEST, YOUNG WOMAN," SEEM.
Chicago. May 13. — "Go West, "ioun*
Woman." a play with scenes laid in rural
Oregon and the apple growing Industry of
that section as the background of the ro
mance, was acted for the first time to-night
in the Grand Opera House.
•'Go West Young- Woman." i.* the -work
of Miss Maud Hosford. a former actress,
and Algernon Tas.«in. now a member of the
faculty of Columbia University and former
ly well known as an actor. , -.
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