DbATlI D ATKI infheS II IADO Y e BLACKI AND
A Appalling alling List of Recent RecentCrimes RecentC1 RecetCrimes
Crimes C1 imes Shows Spread of ofthe ofthe ofthe
the Italian I Assassin Society Societyin Societyi
in i This Country CountryFijty CountryFijtyGangs Fifty FiftyGangs FiftyGangs
Gangs Whose Members MembersAre Aen MembersAre bers bersA1e
Are Pledged to Kill for forMoney forM forMoneyKnown
MoneyKnown Money M oney Known to Exist ExistHE ExistTr ExistT
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HE amazing r revelations elations brought hrought out by h by the trial at atWilkesbarre atWilkesbare atWilkesbarre
Tr TrHE Wilkesbarre Pa of othirteen thirteen men charged with withcrimes withcr witIcrimes
crimes cr crimes tl1es committed as members of o the Italian If lialf lian an Black uBlackHand BlackHand BlackHand
Hand Society may n well inspire laVfiabiding la a i ing American Am rican citi citizens citizens citizens ¬
zens to seriously ask the question u Ho How < w far is this thing thingto thingto thingto
to go What W hat can be done to check ttts malign spirit of ofcoltoardly ofco o f fcoardlY
coltoardly co ardl1 greed for or money that stops not at violence and andmurder andmurder andmurder
murder murderIt murderit murderIt
It was sllO shoTn n at the trial that there are not less than thanfifty thanfift9 thanfifty
fifty societies of o the uBlack 4 < Black Hand in this country 1 The Theorganization Theorganization he heorganization
organization flourishes where2er wher < ber > er there are a number numherof numherofItalians of ofItalians o odrata1ng
Italians drafting thousands of o dollars from the pockets of ofits ofits o oits
its victims and an leaving in its course a trail of of blood andterror and andterror andterror
terror
NLY eight years ago the thefirst thefirst thefirst
ONLY O first letter of the Black BlackHand BlackHand BlackHand
Hand made m e its appearance appearanceIn
In New York city This letter as ashave ashae ashave
have all the hundreds hundredsthatb thathave ve been beenwritten beenwritten beenwritten
written since contained the de demand demrmd demand ¬
mand for money or the threat of ofviolence ofiolence ofviolence
violence to the person addressed addressedMoney addressedroney addressedJoney
Money or we will murder you youMoney youMoney ou ou1Ioney
Money or we will kidnap your yourchildren yourchildren yourchtldren
children u Money IoneJ or we will iI1 blow blowyou blowou blowyou
you ou and your our home to bits bitsThese bitsThese bitsThese
These threats seldom fail for the thevictims thevictims thevictims
victims who are mainly Italians Italianswho Italianswho Italianswho
who have prospered and have the themoney themoney themoney
money to pay have gradually graduallyfound graduallyfound graduallyfound
found out that the members of the themurderous themurderous themurderous
murderous band mean what they theyaj the thea theytiaj
tiaj aj a and will surely carry carr out their theirh theirIareats theirhreats
h Iareats rents unless the tribute is ispromptly ispromptI ispromptly
promptly handed over When the thefirst theerst
first 11 5 t letters were received they theyere theycre theyere
ere not taken so seriously There ThereIT Therecranks
IT l cranks of all classes who write writereatening writetrentening writeIreatening
reatening letters and the Ital Itals
r s of wealth first to receive the thedreaded theI
1 dreaded Black Hand missives missivesMi
Mi h their rude skull und cross crossics crosse crossFez
< ics e drawings paid little heed to toin toIIi toin
in IIi But they didnt let the let lette lettes lettes
te tes s go unconcernedly for long longir longThreats
It ir y yThreats IL ILThreats
Threats Are Carried Out OutOne OutOne OutOne
One after the other nearly all of ofthe otthe ofthe
the threats were carried out Just as asthe nsthe asthe
the letters said they would ould be One OneNew OnelOew OneNew
New York man was murdered murderedin in In his hishome hishume htshume
hume another In his store and a athird athird athird
third was shot down In the street by bya bya bya
a hidden assassin assa stn Half Hal a dozen dozenchildren doznclJl1drcn dozene
e children itidren disappeared from their theirhomes theirhomeskldnapedand thdrhomeskidnapedand
homes homeskldnapedand kidnaped and some of these thesehave thesehave thesehave
have never been found murdered pro probably probably probably ¬
bably and their little bodies thrown thrownInto thrcnnInto throwninto
Into the river A bomb blew out thefront th thfront the thefrout
front of one victims house and tlw thehomes tlwhomes tlwhomes
homes and stcros of others were ere fired flredAll firedAU firodAll
All these crimes and scores of oth others otbers others ¬
ers like them th m have been committed committedIn
In N Ne New w York and Brooklyn In the thepast thepast thepast
past four years oanl Only a a few days daysago d daysago S Sago
ago Vlago Mardone a wealthy wealth Ital Italian ItalIan Italian ¬
ian was fatally woundod in hi his room roomIn roomIn roomIn
In Brooklyn He had disregarded a aBlack aBlack aBlack
Black Hand warning He felt him himself himself himself ¬
self secure In his 111 home with heavyfurniture heavy heavyfurniture hekvyfundture
furniture backed against the locked lockeddoors lockoddoors lockeddoors
doors and windows of his roam In Inthe Inthe Inthe
the morning he was found in his bed bedwith heelv1th bblwith
with a bullet in his bl lung lungaS lungaAssassins lungAssassins
1 S f 111 111Assassins
Assassins Growing Bolder BolderGradually BolderGradually BolderGradually
Gradually despite the utmost ef efforts 0 0forts offorts ¬
forts of the th police aided by b Italian Italiandetectives ItalIAndetectives Italiandetectives
detectives hr whom they have conn conndencf cosad cosaddenct conttdence
dencf the assassin are growing Iro lng bold bolder bolder bolder ¬
er When x crime is to be planned plannedIts pJanntKlIts plannedIts
Its proppsed prop sed perpetrators meet in the theplace thep18 theplace
place p18 least 1Ms likely to arouse suspicion suspicionIts suspicionIts suspicionIts
Its headquarters are anywhere and andeverywhere andeverywhere andeverywhere
everywhere that the criminal Mo Momenta dlomentAs diements ¬
menta of the immigrants congregate congregateand consrGgatand congregateand
and no one is safe sefoonce once the Black BlackHan BlllckHan BlackHand
Han Hand l singles him out outIt outIt outIt
It is 1 estimated by the New York pu police pulice pulice ¬
lice that the assassins a lutlRs have wrung wrungfrom wrungrom wrungfrom
from rom their victim half a million dul dullars dullars ul ulIan
lars and property pro pert worth 10u8 10uft > 6 nan nanbeen nR nRbeen nasbeen
been wrecked Tckttdor or burned In that city cityalone cll cllalonff cityalone
alone since Inee the outrages began Last LastJanuary LttstJanuary LastJanuary
January the t e society soclet got ot to work at atOyster atOlstr at01ster
Oyster Bay Ba the summer home ef efPresident sfPretndent e ePresident
President Koocevctt Receiving Ito Itomoney o omoney 0molM
molM money they the dynamited d iiamited th the store of ofthvlr otlhtclr pftheir
their victim almost IIlmo t at the front en entrance entrltnce entrance ¬
trance of the Sagamore Hill estate estateIn astuteIn estateIn
In Februaiy P brual y Justice 1 ustbo Cortese of Pat Pxterson Pl4tenol Paterson
erson X 1 J was kii kllltad d because bocau o ne newas new nowas
was w aw enemy en of the murderous secret se secret e ecret ¬
cret SOC so swiety swietyThe Mety MetyThe Utt UttTh
The Th hack UkickHiUMl kHand Hand to not Q4 t the only onlysHrtst onlyS onlysci
sci S sHrtst < rtl society t of tt f criminals erlmtn M new operat operating operating ¬
ing 1 m this vouMtry OURtr There an are also alsothe alsothe alsothe
the MBs Mutt I < < and an tb UHf Red RudL Th The Mail Mailhowever Mafia Mafiahowever lafi lafihowlIV
however e Net ck only onl their enemies enemieswhile ontlllllC8while enemieswhile
while the Reds are lookingfor lookIng for rulers rulersand nalersand rulersand
and capitalists only The Black Hand Handwars Handars Handwars
wars ars OH minor m no personages for money moneyand moneyaastl moneyand
and nothln nothing else lse Thousands belong belongto
to the th Black Hand to score scores In the theMafia thelafto theMafia
Mafia lafto and cozens in the Reds RedsHOTT RedLI RedLHow Redssee
I see seeIIoIT
How Victims Arc Ar Approached ApproachedThe AljproachedThe
The marked victim lcUm generally gets genefour getsfour g gtour
four letters The first is signed stgnedith stgnedithPage with withPage withPage
Page Four Fo For
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a single cross th the second with a adouble adoublo
double cross the third with a triple triplecross triplecros triplecross
cross cros and the last with a quadruple quadruplecrosn quad1uplecr06S quadruplecross
cross The me m 1 > f c follows unless unlesapayment unlesspayment unlesspament
payment is prom made after this
last letter is delivered deliveredThere delhttledThere dellvetedThere
There Is a lull between the first and
the second letters Then It Is the duty
of one of the Black Hand to go to the
home of the man that 1 la marked
bearing a letter of Introduction from fromone tromone fromone
one of the victims beet friends
friendsprob friendsprobably friendsprobably prob probably ¬
ably the friend who mentioned him to tothe tothe tothe
the Black Hand in the first fi t Instance
In proof of his title to membership mcmb rshlp
The real subject of the visit Islt Is left leftuntil leftuntil leftuntil
until near its close closeThen closeThon closeThen
Then the callor broaches It in a a del ¬
icate manner ln nner with many apologies and andexplanatione and6xplanatlont andexplanations
explanations He is profuse with ad advice advIct advice ¬
vice it la such a a terrible thing and andwouldnt andwouldnt
wouldnt it be be better to compromise
for much less No compromise Then Thenperhaps Thenperhaps Thenperhaps
perhaps wouldnt he try to get his hisname hisnalne hisname
name out of the white book No 07
Then he must be very careful because
the Black Hand people pJe are very ter terrible terrIble terrible ¬
rible and might do awful vtuJ things thingsOn thingsOn thingsOn
On the heels of this visit follow the theother theother theother
other letters Most of
these bear a arude arude arude
rude drawing of the Black Hand with witha
a a ring on the little finger symbolic of ofthe ofthe
the secret organization The ring is isnow Isnow Isnow
now worn orn by b the supreme supreme loader In
Italy Ital where lie has reigned undis undisputed undisputed undisputed ¬
puted and Immune from arrest for foryears forvlt foryears
years vlt rs There still he djrecU directs his sub subordinates au aurdlnates subordinates ¬
ordinates in all parts of ot the world worldFirst worldFJrst worldt
t i iFirst
First Leader a Bandit BanditAbout BanaiiAbout BanditAbout
About thlrtyflve years ago the so society soclet society ¬
ciety clet of the Black Hand was first or organized organized organized ¬
ganized In the city of Palermo capi capital capital capital ¬
tal of Sicily by Cappucla Saggucennl
a C notorious notorIous bandit from the fast fneinesses fastnesses fastnesses ¬
nesses of the Interior He went among amongthe amongthe amongthe
the poorer classes Inciting them to tobettor tobottor tobettor
bettor their position by by making de demands de demands domantis ¬
mands for sums of money from the thesuccessful thesuocessful thesuccessful
successful merchants of that city cityThe cityThe cityThe
The first members m8m ers of the Black Hand Handwere Handwere Handwere
were anarchists and the next branch branchto branchto branchto
to spring from it was the much muchdreaded muchdreaded muchdreaded
dreaded Mafia II a but in the year 1SSO 1SSOxthose 1E8Othose 1880those
xthose those two organizations quarreled over overmone overmone overmoney
mone money matters mattersIt mattersIt mattersIt
It was at this tfme that Saggucennl Saggucennlappeared Saggucennlnp Saggucenninpyeared
appeared np earec1 on the scene and was as quickly
heralded as a a leader At that time timeItaly timeItah timeItaly
Italy was povertystricken and the theentire theentire theentire
entire wealth of the country count was inthe In Inthe Inthe
the hands of a selected few Labor Laborers Laborers Laborera ¬
ers were paid at the rate of 10 to 12 12cents 12cents 12cents
cents per day and were compelled to totoll totoll totoil
toll from sunrise to sunset He got gotplenty gotplenty gotplenty
plenty of converts convertsWhen convertsWhen convertsWhen
When Baggucennl first organized his hisband hisband hisband
band of cutthroats in Palermo he sent sentagents 8entogeqt8 sentagents
agents to all the smaller cities and andtowns andtown andtowns
towns until he had completed his or organization 01ganlzaticn organlzatlcn ¬
ganization Each year Mr now it is es estimated estImated estimated ¬
timated that more than 1000000 francs francsare francsare francsare
are wrung from the wealthy classes of ofItaly ofIWy ofholy
Italy
t it itThe ik ikThe
The Societys First VIctim TIctlmThe VIctimThe VictimThe
The first victim of the Black Hand Handwas Handwa Handwas
was wa Francisco FranciSco Bissell a wealthy wealthyyoung wealthyyoung wealthyyoung
young medical student who was com commanded commanded cornmanded ¬
manded by threatening letters to kill killhis kllJhis killhis
his father and mother and sister sisterAfter Mst3rAtter MaterAfter
After committing the deed he was to tohand tohand tohand
hand over the sum ef 25000 francs francsThe tranesThe francsThe
The young oung fellow was as given twenty twentyfour twent twentfour twentyfour
four hours in which to commit themurders the themurders themurders
murders and at the end of that t at time timeit timeIt timeit
it became known that he had not notobeyed notobeed notobeyed
obeyed the commands of the letter letterThe lotterThe letterThe
The next day he mysteriously disappeared disap disappeared dlsappoared ¬
peared and his body was discovered 4aoeveredsome discoveredsome Iecoeredl50me
some months later at the bottom of a awell awen awell
well with a circular belonging belong ng to the theBlack theBlack theBlack
Black Hand tightly clutched In Ms Msright ldsright Msright
right hand More threatening letters letterswere lettersere letterswere
were ere then sent to the boys bo parents parentsand parenI5and parentsand
and at lost in despair they were com compelled compe cornpelted ¬
pelted pe led to leave the country countrySevere countrySenre countryi countrySerere
i
Severe Punishment In Italy ItalyIt ItarIt ItalyIt
It is not n hard to explain the pres presence pr08ence presence ¬
ence of many of the Black Hand in inthe 1ftthe lethe
the United State This is HI Dorado Doradoto Dera Derato Doradoto
to an Italian The peasant still be believe helIeve believe ¬
lieve that they tbe can come hors and andpick andpIck andpick
pick up gold In the streets They also alsoknow aiMknow aloeknow
know that there is no torture bore lore bygendarmes bygendarmes by 8ygendarmes
gendarmes in secret dungeons and no nosystem nosY5tem nosystem
system of passports paa por l and espionage In InItaly InItaly InItaly
Italy when a man is arrested end endeven nndeven andeven
even sentenced to one days imprison imprisonment Imprhwnment Imprisonment ¬
ment only he is compelled comp lled to report reportdallv reportdally reportdally
dally at police headquarters at the theend LAcend theend
end of each day Thereby he proves
SOME OF THE RECENT CRIMES CRIMESTRACED CRIMESTRACED CRIMESTRACED
TRACED TO THE BLACK HAND HAND
February 14 14Residence Residence of John Johndi Johndi Johndi
di Lessia at 152 Twentieth street streetBrooklyn streetBrooklyn streetBrooklyn
Brooklyn wrecked by bomb bombFebruary bombFebruar bombFebruary
February Februar 15 15Re Rev Charles Pa Paducab Paducah Paducab
ducab a Catholic priest at Free Freeland Freeland Freeland
land Pa murdered murderedFebruary murdercdFebruary murderedFebruary
February 22 22Mr Mr and Mrs Irs Car Carman Carman Carman ¬
man Riga of 10 East 220th street streetNew streetKew streethew
New York stabbed in their home homeMay homeMaJ homeMay
May 11 UCarmine Carmine Lemmio killed killedat kiUedat killedat
at 107 Navy street Brooklyn BrooklynMay Bro01dJnMay BrooklynMay
May 2S 2SPeter Peter Gillio butcher butchermurdered butchermurdered butchermurdered
murdered in Brooklyn BrooklynJuly BrooklynJuly
July 19 19Donato Donate Sarrillo shot shotand shotand shotand
and killed at New Rochelle N Y YSeptember YSeptember
September 3 3Com0IIo Convollo Pelli Pellicone Pe1licone Pellicone
cone killed at 2363 Huffman Huffmanstreet Hoffman Hoffmanstreet
street New York YorkSeptember YorkSeptember
September 7 7Joe Joe Grasso killed killedat killedat
at Third and Goerck streets New NewYork NewYork
York YorkSeptember YorkSeptember YorkSeptember
September 23 23Antonio Antonio Paul Paulmurdered Paulmurdered Paulmurdered
murdered at 417 East 106th 106thstreet 10Gthstreet 106thstreet
street New York YorkSeptember
September 27 21fenement Tenement at 215 215Johnson 215Johnson 215Johnson
Johnson street Brooklyn Brooklynwrecked Brookl Brooklynwrecked n nwrccktd
wrecked by a bomb bombSeptember bomb8eptember bombSeptember
September 28 28Home Home of Salva Salvatore Salvatore Salvatore
tore Campisi at 346 East EastSixty EastSixtythird Sixty Sixtythird Sixtythird
third street New York wrecked wreckedby wreckedb wreckedby
by b a bomb bombSeptember bombSeptember
September Septem er 29 2DJ 29Joseph Joseph o eph llestrifo llestrifohacked Uestrifo11ftcked Restrifohacked
hacked to death with ti hatchet hatchetat hatchetat
at New D ew Rochelle RochelleOctulmr UoebeUcI
I Octulmr Oafo t1 12 12J 12John John ohn Rocco and andGiovannfi andGiomm andGiovannr
Giovannfi Afeterelli stubbed at 163 163Hester IG IGHoster 165Hester
Hester street streetNovember sfreetNovember
November oemb r 4 4Ta 4Tailor Tailor or shop of ofFrancesco ofJruncusco ofFrnucettco
Francesco Messina at 280 Bush Bushwick Bushwick
wick avenue Brooklyn Bro kln wrecked wreckedby wrec1edI wreckedby
I by a bomb bombNovember bom bomI
November Xoemb r 17 17Ten 17Tenement Tenement ment at 33 33Stanton 33Stanton 33Stanton
I Stanton street New ew York Yorkwrecked Yorkwrecked
wrecked by b a bomb
November IS 18James James Rosa stab stabbed stabbed stabbed ¬
bed in his home in Trenton Trentonr N J JDecember 3December JDecember
December 4 4Sahntore Salvatore Guil Guillano luillane ui1 ui1lano
lano at 331 Stanton street New NewYork rewYork hewYork
York wrecked by b a bomb bombDecember bombDecember bombDecember
December 11 l1Salvatore Salvatore Ster Sterlozza SterI07za Sterlorza
lozza shot to death at 206 For Foray Forsyth or or8Jth ¬
8Jth ay th street New York YorkDecember YorkDecember YorkDecember
December 12 12Frank Frank Massa Massashot Massashot Massashot
shot to death eath in his home in inBath inBath inBath
Bath Beach while celebrating his hisbirthday hisbirthday hisbirthday
birthday birthdayDecember birthdayI birthdayDecember
I December 13 13Bomb Bomb thrown in intenement inI intenement
I tenement at 502 East Twenty Twentyninth Twent Twentninth Twentyninth
ninth street New York YorkDecember YorkDecember YorkDecember
December 13 13George George Brucato Brucatoof Rrucatoof
of 88 Stanton strcet New cw York Yorkkidnaped Yorkkidnaped Yorkkidnaped
kidnaped kidnapedDecember kidnapedDecember kidnapedDecember
December 16 16Bomb Bomb thrown ia iatenement ihI
I tenement tcne l1ent nt 12 Mott lott street streetW01
1007 1007January W01Tanuar 11107January
January Tanuar 2 2Pasquale Pasquale Mezetti Mezettiof Mezettiof ezetti ezettiof
of 130 Mulberry ilulberrv street lured to toJersey toJersey
Jersey 1 rse City Cit and n d stabbed stabbed sixty sixtytimes sixt sixttimes sixtytimes
times timesJanuary timesJanuary
January Januar 29 29Building Building occupied occupiedhy occupiedy occupiedby I
hy y an Italian grocer at Oyster OysterBay O ter I
Bay Ba wrecked wreckedby by a bomb bombJanuary bombJanuary I IJanuary
January 30 3DTenement Tenement at 343 343East B43East 343Eal
East Twentyfourth street New NewYork NewYork NewYork
York wrecked wreck d by a bomb bombFebruary bombFebruar bombFebruary
February Februar 8 8Judge Judge Robert Cor Cortese Cortese Cortese
tese of Paterson killed and his hissou hissoit hisson
sou son Robert badly badl injured by b an annfornal nnnfornaI aninfernal
infernal machine sent by express expresshis e expresshis pres presh
his h s office office wrecked wreckedFebruary wreckedFebruary
February Febr ar 19 19Bomb Bomb exploded in intenement intenement intenement I
tenement 326 East Sixtyfirst Sixtyfirststreet Sixt Sixtyfirststreet first firststreet
street New ew York throwing 125 125persojis 125persQns 325persons
persons into a panic and wreck wrecking wrecking wrecking ¬
ing the hallway hallwayApril haUwn haUwnI hallwayApril
I April t3 23 3 Viago Via ° iago go Mardone MardoneBrooklyn lIardoneI MardoneBrooklyn
I Brooklyn Br ok1 1l fatally fa taU shot
an alibi for the day So when bard hardpressed bardpressed bardpressed
pressed the Black Hand bandits flee fleehere fieehere fleehere
here hereThere hereThere hereThere
There is a special inquisition for
i HE romance rom nce of lost Atlantis Is Isoutdone isoutdone
T I f outdone by that of a far greater greatercontinent greatercrntlnont greatercontinent
continent than Atlantis which whichif whichIt whichIf
if certain calculations can be betrusted betrusted betrusted
trusted once covered the area areaat areaat areaat
at present occupied by b the Pacific PacificOcean PacificOcean PacificOcean
Ocean and is now rolling ro1Un serenely serenelythrough eorenelythrouSh sorenelythrough
through the sky in the form of our ourgood ourgtod ourgood
good friend of the night the moon moonThis moonThis moonThis
This Is not the first time that the thesuggestion thesugSlstIon thesuggestion
suggestion linn been made that the themoon themoon themoon
moon sprang into being from the site siteof siteor siteof
of the Pacific Paclfi Ooeon O eot but much weight weighthas wclshlhas weighthas
has recently been given to this startl startling ttartllng tartl tartling ¬
ing hypothesis Jy y facts and calcula calculalations calcullations calculalatione
lations put forth by Professor William WilliamC
C Pickering The whole thing thin might mightbe mightbe mightbe
be called cull cl a moon hoax but for the thedistinguished thedistinguished thedistinguished
distinguished abilities and high scien scientific scientific scientific ¬
tific rank of those tho who are responsible responsiblefdr responsblt responsiblefdr
fdr t r the hypothesis on which hieh it is based basedThe bas basThe basedThe
The story 5t01 begins with Ith the mathe mathematical mathematIcal mathematical ¬
matical calculations of Professor ProfessorGeorgro ProCessorGeoI1g professorGeor
Georgro Geor + gc Darwin Dan In in 1S79 lS 9 when he heproved heprood heproved
proved that the moon was 8S once a part partof partof partof
of the earth and was separated s paratod from fromit fromIt fromit
it in a remote period in the past pastwhen pastwhen pastwhen
when our planet was still in a semi semiplaslic semlplastic semiplastic
plastic condition and was rotating rotatingwith rotatingwith rotatingwith
with tremendous speed Through thecombined the thacombined th thcombined
combined effects of centrifugal force forceand torceand forceand
and the tidal action of the sun a aportion nportion aportion
portion of the earths mass mass was was sepa separated separated separated ¬
rated from rom the main body The soparated sopa separated sopar ¬
rated r ted portion in consequence of what whatDarwin whatDarwin whatDarwin
Darwin calls tidal friction then be began began begun ¬
gan gradually to retire from the earth earthIn earthIn earthin
In a spiral curve at the same time timeconcentrating timeconcentratlns timeconcentrating
concentrating under und r the effect ot ofgravity otgravity 01Srait
gravity Into a globular form The Theplobe Thelob Theglobe
globe lob thus thusrormed Tormed became the moon moonAs moonAs i iAs
As soon as Darwins hypothesis h pothels was as
black Hand suspects in Italy They Theyare TbeyAre Theyare
are first dipped into a sale water well wellsuspended wtlllsuspended wellsuspended
suspended by b the ankles This oper operation operation operation ¬
ation Is continued for an hour Then
found to be well based upon mechani mechanical mechanical mechanical ¬
cal laws the question arose whether whetherthe whetherthe whetherthe
the earth might not still exhibit some somemark s somemark me memark
mark of the great catastrophe Such Sucha
a mark It was thought might be befound befound befound
found In the shape of a terrestrial terrestrialglobe terrostrlalglobe terrestrialglobe
globe and the vast ast basin of the Pacific Pa Pacific Pacific ¬
cific Ocean seemed to answer very verywell ver verwell verywell
well to the appearances which hleh a plan planetary planetarJ planetary ¬
etary wound of that kind ought topresent t tprasen to tcpresent
present presentStarting prasen presentStarting t tStarting
Starting with the assumption that thatProfessor thatProfessor thatProfessor
Professor Darwins hypothesis is cor correct correcto correct ¬
rect recto Prof Pickering now shows showsby showsb showsby
by b the collection of many many known factsthat facts factsthat factsthat
that the th basin of the Pacific possesses possessesabout possessesRbout possessesabout
about the proper pro fr shape situation and andsize andsize andsize
size required to satisfy saU ry the conditions conditionsprovided conditionsInovlded conditionsprovided
provided that we > assume that that thatbasin thatbasin thatbasin
basin was originally the site of a a vast vastcontinental vastcontinental ast astcontinental
continental mass massSuch massSUh massSuch
Such a continent would have possess possessed possessed possessed ¬
ed enough enoug matter to form a globe of ofthe orthe ofthe
the size and density of the moon The Themooiuj ThemOOt1 Themoons
moons mOOt1 It Is to be remembered has only onlyabout onlyabout onlyabout
about oneeightieth of the mass and andabout andalOut andabout
about onefiftieth of the size of the earth earthaiortjover earth2lurtoOer earth11urssJver
aiortjover the he average density of the themoon themoon themoon
moon is about the same as that which whichthe whichthe whichthe
the rocks of a a continent c ntinent like the one de described described described ¬
scribed would have ha e possessed possessedAccording possessedAccording possessedAccording
According to Professor Pickerings Pickeringsview PickerlngsIe Ptckeringsview
view Ie the earth had a a practically solid solidcrust solidcrut solidcrust
crust at the time when the moon was wasthrown wasthrown wasthrown
thrown off while Its Interior was as either eitheractualy eitheractual eitheractualy
actualy actual liquid or simply slmpl maintained In Ina Ina ina
a quasi solid state by pressure and andready andready andready
ready to become become liquid as soon as the thepressure thepr thepressure
pressure pr ssure should be relieved At a criti critics crlllCR1 critialt ¬
cs CR1 alt moment the centrifugal force oper operatine operatint operating
atine upon the vast ast Pacific Paclfi continental
they the are placed upon a chair filled cd with withsharp withharp withsharp
sharp spikes If they stilt refuse to todivulge tedhulge todivulge
divulge the information asked for forthey forthey forthey
they are flogged with wtiA a whiplash until untilt VAtUthe unUlthe
t the e blood spurts Screws are then thenfitted thenftttCil thenfitted
fitted to the wrists and with the thehands thehands thebands
hands tightly closed cl sed the pressure is isnot Isnot Isnot
not relieved until the bones b ees In the thehands Utehands thehands
hands and wrists are almost crushed crushedSilence cnIshedSl1ence crashede
e Ic IcSilence
Silence Drore Him Mad MadIC MadIf 3IadIf
If they still continue to keep silent silentthey sUentthe silentthey
they the are cast into a a dungeon twenty twentyfive twentyfive twentyfive
five feet beneath the surface of f l the theground thesrounc1 theground
ground There they get black bread breadand breadand breadand
and water once a day da They are kept keptclosely keptcloseJy keptclosely
closely confined for three days when
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The Moon aLost a Lost Continent Gan tinent in the Sky SkyBy Sk SkI
I By GARRETT P SERVISS
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mass threw It off tearing and leaving leavingan leavingan eamgan
an enormous enormo s gap Sato which welled up upthe upthe upthe
the molten rock of the heated be ted cor corBut CO COBut core coreBut
But the lava cUd cU not completely or orpermanently orpernwuunU orpermanently
permanently fill the cavity CllvIt and in the thecourse thecour thecourse
course cour of 0 time ti a se the earth cooled it itwas Itas ItRas
was as occupied by b the t e waters of the Pa PacMe Paetdc Paelite
elite Ocean OceanIf OcnIt OceanIf
If there had been ell any germs of life lifeupon Ureupon lifeupon
upon the earth at the moment when whenthe WRenthe whenthe
the separation took place some of ofthem ofthem ofthem
them would have been carried off to todovolop todeelop todevelop
develop subsequently s on the moon moonGeology moonGeology moonGeology
Geology finds lads nds no indication of the theIstence ex existence F ¬
istence of life on the earth until a aperiod a aperiod aperiod
period far later than that when hen the themoon the11100IJ themoon
moon is supposed to have been thrown thrownoff thrownate thrownoff
off
Nevertheless the chemical elements elementscontained elementscontained elementscontained
contained in the mas that was s sepa separated seperate separated ¬
rated rate from the earth would have com comprised comtrlsed comprised ¬
prised all those which afterward be became became became ¬
came combined into organic existences existenceson
on the tJa mother planet and supposing supposingsimilar supposingsimilar supposingsimilar
similar conditions to have existed on onthe onthe onthe
the moon they might eventually have havegiven haeglon havegiven
given rise to living things thero also alsoSo alsoSo alsoSo
So our escaped continent in the sky skymay skyma skymay
may ma once have possessed even If it itno Itno Itno
no longer has them creatures akin akinin akinIn akinin
in physical nature to the inhabitants inhabitantsof
of the world which they abandoned abandonedlong abandonedIons abandonedlong
long before their birth into conscious consciousexistence CODsckUSexistence consciousexistence
existence existenceAn existenceAn existenceAn
An Item of this catastrophal cata tropbal his history I1lslorJ history ¬
tory which appeals strongly to the th
imagination is the fact that the Pa Pacific Pac Paiflc ¬
cific c iflc Ocean is rimmed with volcanoes volcanoesearly
Nearly early all an the great volcanoes and andvolcanic andoleanSe andvolcanic
volcanic regions of the earth are areclosely areclosely areclosely
closely associated aseoa tetl with the great circle circleof circleot circleof
of its shores shoresk
k f
tfeey areb arebcughfr are eug 9t outi 9J t and placed in instocks instooks
stocks 1 ia which w kh k Is I impossible hapo le to toawve tomove totaeve
move hand 1Ml or Jtoot Spttnters a or 0 bambee bam bamboo hambee ¬
bee are then en driven drl n late the flesh bereaak be ben benef
reaak nef n a h the nails with a a mallet This Thswork Thl ThlWOCk Thisweik
work Is done by the gendarmes Sta StaUades StatJMtcs Statlties
Uades show that but one man could conldoowttaue coulde cudblue
oowttaue blue e his silence and Dd he died tw tweks twter tweaka >
eaka eks later ter a raving maniac neaaiecSword maniacSword maaieeSword
Sword o of Damocles DamoclesHangs DamoclesHangs
Hangs 1 angs Over Europe EuroptBy
By DR MAX NORDAU KORDATJUROPE NORDAUE NORDAUE
UROPE will w I not be able very verymuch verymuch er ermuch
E much longer to escape a great greataod greataDd greatand
aDd violent rending asunder o oits of ofIts aiits
its nationalities nationalitiesThe D8tionalltlesThe nationalitiesThe
The different Isolated portions OrtIons i ipeoples i ipeoples
peoples will either once oncetheir on < < more j n ntheir l ltbelr
their most representative races or cai caito carIn caiIn
In their assistance and with their theirsupport th theirsupport r rSVitPGrt
support overcome the lesser peoples peopkste peoplsIa
te the t e midst of which they happen to tobe toDe tobe
De be and whose compulsion they now nowendure noweodure nowendure
endure endureThe eodureThe endureThe
The little peoples peopl who share a coun country country country ¬
try with others and are unable to tofall tofaJI tofall
fall back cpon any powerful relatives relativesare reiat1esae relativesare
are doomed to destruction They can cannot cant canlet
not t maintain their position in theirstruggle their theirstraggle theirstruggte
straggle for existence against their theirstronger theirstronger theirstranger
stronger countrymen COtln countrymenas menas as nations the themust they the1Only theymast
must perishOnly perish pertshOnly
Only the great nations will endure endureand endureaDd endureand
and such s ch of the smaller ones which whichwill whichwill WhichwJU
will be in a position to found an inde independent IndeHMMl8ftt lndepeadeat ¬
pendent HMMl8ftt national political constitu constitution eonsUtudon constitudon ¬
don tf necessary nec ssr expelling pelllDg or sup suppressing supprusIAg suppressing ¬
pressing the foreign popular elementathat elements elementsthat elementsthat
that are settled among them themThe themThe themThe
The twentieth century can hardly hardlycome hardlycome hardlycome
come to an end without without Ithout seeing the theconclusion theeeRCNslon theconclusion
conclusion of this drama in the worldsAUWry worldshistory worlds worldshistory
history historyBefore AUWryBelore historyBefore
Before then a considerable portion portionof
of Europe will see much distress and andbloodshed andbloodshed andbloodshed
bloodshed many m 11 acts of violence and andcrimes andcrimes andcrimes
crimes Peoples will be raged against againstand a8instand againstand
and races r races ces pitilessly plttle Bl crushed Side de by byside byskIa byside
side with Ith tragedies of human h maa baseness basenesswill basenesswill basenesswill
will b be played tragedies of lofty Joft hero heroism heroIsm heroism ¬
ism Hordes of cowards will allow allowthemselves allowthemselves allowthemselves
themselves to be emasculated emasculat without withoutresistance withoutresistance withoutreeletance
resistance and brave armies will per perish perIeb perfelt ¬
felt gloriously in fight fightThe fightThe fightThe
The survivors however will then thenenjoy thenenjoy thenenjoy
enjoy the full possession of their na national natIOnal natkinal ¬
tional rights and in word and nd action actionwiH actionwn actionwill
will always and everywhere be able to tobe tobe tobe
be themselves themselvesThe themselvesThe themselvesThe
The prospect is indeed a a gloomy g Dl1 one onebut onebut onebut
but It cannot terrify the raan who bo has hasbecome h83become hasbecome
become reconciled to the severity of ofthe otthe ofthe
the universal law of life lifeLife UteLite lifeLife
Life means struggling and the lower lowerto ower owerto Owerto
to live gives the right to live llvoThis liveThis tVf tVfThis
This law dominates domina tea the suns in space spaceequally spactlMlually spaceequally
equally with Ith the Infusoria in stagnant stagnantwater stagnant9ttr stagnantwater
water 9ttr It dominates peoples also so and andjives and3heiJ andgives
jives to their destinies on this earth eershthat esrhthat earththat
that direction from which they the cannCt canntb cannCtbti cannctbe
b bti diverted by any hypocritical Jests legislation Jestslatlon ¬ t tlation
lation or any tricky policy any By Interests inter interests ¬ I Iests
ests on the parts of some dynasty dftt or orany oraD orany
any aD sharpness s on the part of mercen mercenary mrcen8t mercenary ¬
ary 8t renegades renegadesSentimentality ren8g9desSentimentality renegadesSentimentality
Sentimentality may wipe Its eye at atthe atthe atthe
the destruction of a a people but the theintelligent theIntelligent theintelligent
intelligent man ma will know that it went wentdawn wentdewn wentdown
dawn because it dM not have ve the thepower theOr thepower
power Or to endure and ranks It among among
those extinct forms > of existence which whichprevailed whichpre811od whichprevailed
prevailed at a peat stage of the worlds worldsdevelopment worldsdevelopment orlds orldsdevel9pmGAt
development developmentMay devel9pmGAttlay developmentMay
May 12 1 2 1907 I 907