SK"m, V : ' 4V
The Italian Crimj "I*
Shipping as a Stowaway, f/ie Black Hander | g
i " Helped to Flee to this Country, Where / H*i
' | / He May Indulge His Atrocities, I
? ; Practically Unpunished. I Hami!
?y Lindsay Denison |
a?mvv mc uicauo. o^ ^ ^
The ex-convict has the New York address of one or more members of
his society In Italy. He makes his way to this address as quickly as he may. timely
He Is without work and In a strange country. It may be that happy chance ants i
will And honest work for him at once. But usually it is not so. He becomes. ace f
more likely, a willing and useful tool of the Black Hand, a dependent on the an esc
generosity of more thoroughly acclimated criminals. The stealthy delivery seeded
of blackmailing letters, the stabbings, the bomb plantings, and even the mur- iDg n
ders of the Black Hand type are done by men who are so Ignorant and so train
helpless that they face starvation if they do not carry out the orders of the placed
Black Hand thugs who house and feed them after their surreptitious entry ;ng
into the United States.?Everybody's. like t
rams
o o ^an 's
only
need <
desira
Q III ?f th<
) The Elements of Fun f &??
S ' { $25, OC
* Frqm the Showman's Standpoint Certain Well* |
fdejined Principles Must be Recognized. J Lon
f patch
I By Frederic Thompson ni^
0HE difference between tbe theatre and the big amusement [an(je(;
park is the difference between the Sunday school and the ^jani
Sunday school picnic. The people are the same; the spirit 5un(ja
and environment are wholly different. It is harder to make
the picnic successful than successfully to conduct a session ^eir
of the school; and it is harder to make a success of a big ^ to
amusement park than of a theatre. There Isn't any lrreverence
In this comparison with the Sunday school, for If the ^ ^
amusement park deo&n't attract people who are interested to
In the Sunday school, it isn't going to succeed. n?j>)
For I want to say at the beginning that ninety-five percent of the American provjr
public Is pure and good, and It is this public that It pays to serve. This isn't jq
Just a general statement. I always believed It. I have proved it by studying pr^pej
the twenty-five million people who have visited Luna Park in the past five an(j ?
years. I haven't any use for the bad five percent. As a showman I don't ttcjive
want them to come near my enterprises. report
In amusing the million there are other essential elements besides gaiety.
One is decency?the absolutely necessary quality In every line of the world's
business. There Is nothing that pays so well. When Coney Island used to jjon {
have a pretty bad reputation, there were good shows there, and clean shows, cre(j ,
but the Influence of evil dives was dominant. The police couldn't, or at least
didn't check them. The Hooligan was everywhere. It's different now. The
clean, decent shows have driven the dives out of business. They can't pay ?,oj(
fhp rpntn tho o-nnH ntooac nodlv ?
? ?" I States
Secret
board
Jamnc
Laughter ^ Prairi
L % r cruise
& Ey Tom L. Masson &
* * Red <
*? * AUGHTER is one of the principal things by which man is Was
?? X distinguished trom the bruies. It is used extensively by al Re<
L* J man to conceal his sorrows. fo aid
X The first laugh on record occurred in the Garden ot the m
J Eden, when Eve got the laugh on Adam. Her example has alread
x been used ever since as a precedent by Eve's descendants, f-ioishr
t Laughter may be used to express reelings, or to hide work.
them. The derisive laugh is used in family quarrels, mclo- Board
drama, and in Congress. The hearty laugh is used by good tee, a
fellows. It oftentimes balances the hear'ty cry indulged in by their wives. would
The down-trodden under-classes, those who are below the poverty line, be sei
and the idle rich, rarely laugh. In the one case they have never learned be ex]
how; in the other they have forgotten.
Babies cry long before they learn to laugh. They cry by Instinct, and
learn to laugh only when their intellects come into play. Chit
In many cases, laughter is caused by the sudden consciousness of one's sintrer
own superiority. Silence usually follows this?when one realizes his mis- j
take. extent
Passing Jests make us laugh; permanent Jests make us smile. ereat
A man with a true sense of humor laughs not only at the misfortunes of *
others, but at his own.?From Life. ^
four 3
a vately
his 8f
piu
t Will Women Vote? j h.T??
^ ^_____ f Annis
JL By JHlce Stone Blackwell ? twm
*eld
CORRESPONDENT of The Sun says: "Women would not men t
I W V use tne 13(11101 lf they had It." of Ot
I I The Colorado secretary of state. In a letter to Mn. of ag<
I Charles Park of Boston says that 80 per cent of Colorado jury I
women register, and about 72 percent vote. along
^ I The Wyoming secretary of state, In a letter to me. says torily
M that 90 percent of the women of Wyoming vote. who Y
In Idaho the chief justice and all the Justices of the
state supreme court have signed a published statement saytag:
"The large vote cast by the women establishes the fact that they take I
a lively interest." Wa
In Australia men outnumber women. At the last federal elections for inary
Which we have the returns 628,235 men voted and 431,038 women. the ct
In New Zealend when woman suffrage was granted In 1893 the estimated ^
number of women In the colony was 139,915. Of these 109,461 registered to ^ rpj
vote; and the number of women voting has increased at each triennial par- vlLllamentary
election. In 1893, 90,209 women voted; In 1896, 108,783; In 1899, '
miff: In 1902, 188,565; In 1905, 175,046. d in
Where women have only the school ballot their vote Is small, as the vote ' n?
jb of men Is always small at elections where schbol officers only are to be i J'
chosen. Wherever women have the full franchise they show no backward- _
sees in using it. i*100*
ifi -ft tfeTai "iii^a'? '' ?^gi - , *
. ,
* N every vessel sailing Irom Palermo or Naples are a dozen bas la
{ | % or more members of the Camorra or the Malta, employed as jnn C(
m ^ sailors, coal-heavers, and stewards. It is their fraternal
< ! ? W m duty to aid their brethren to evade the passport law. It
* [ T there are six or more members of a ship's company earnest- trial,
< tmillll ly desirous of concealing a stowaway, the thing can always in Coi
J | be done. There are recorded instances where a atowawav e(j
ttttlaaaaX bas been hunted for three hours by twenty men, after all v
the officers and crew have been sent ashore, and has remained
undiscovered?because he was sewed up in a mattress In a bunk. posed
When the steamship has tied up at her berth In an American port, the mote
fugitive puts on the uniform or overalls of one of his confederates and easily bold i
makoe his way off the pier. And thus, a seasoned and hardened criminal Upon
his blood-stained hands against ull the world as the world's hands are against w-.. .
him. Is turned loose In the land of the free and the home of the brave.
Every steamship man concerned In the Mediterranean trade knows something besouj
of the system; one of them has admitted these facts. It Is the theory of by de
me proiessional policeman of America that the Italian criminal comes to us Abd
through France and Canada. That is nonsense; he has neither the intelli- . *
ffpnro >*? Y-T, nn n n 11 Ve (1J
IUL HAMiD A PRISONER
??d Sultan of Turkey, With
i Tour Wives, Five Daughters, .
o Sons and Servants, Taken '
>m Yildiz Palace to a Large
ise With Wallod Grounds on a
ght Overlooking Saloniki.
istantinople, By Cable.?The |
r ruler of the empire, Abdul
il II, is to be kept a prisoner in
e house with walled grounds on
rht overlooking Saloniki, which
itely been occupied by the Italammander
of the international
rmerie. He is not to be put on jj
as has been widely reported n
nstantinople,? for he is consider- c
be above the law.
.-as thought j ise to keep the de- a
Sultan in European Turkey, re- j
from the capital. His house- j,
vill be administered for liim
a generous scale, and his life c
ie safeguarded, as he earnestly ^
?ht when notified of his death 8
throneraent. ^
lul Hamid, with four wives, g
lughters, and two of his young- 1
s, two eunuchs and a comparalarge
number of female serv- 1]
vas taken from the Yildiz pal- ^
uesday night and started under
ort to Saloniki. The party pro- .
I by steam launches to the land* .(
ear the railway and a special u
on which they were to be
1, left at 3 o'clock in the morn- ^
The constitutionalists would
o get back part of the great ?
of money that the former Sul- 11
supposed to have abroad, not c
because the government is in 8
if the money, but because it is
blc that he should be deprived r
5 resources for another coup 8
Speculation places Abdul 1<
i's wealth at anything between
0,000 and $200,000,000. F
g
Many Slain In Mersina.
don, By Cable.?A special dis- 0
from Mersina, dated Monday n
savs
vo Turkish regiments, which p
I here Saturady, proceeded to t]
i, where they resumed, late j]
y night, the wholesale murderArmenians
and the burning of y
property. Thousands were burndeath,
while those who ated
tot escape were shot down P
e troops. The destruction of (
wn of Adan-a is complete,
he losal of life in the whole w
ice of Adana is estimated at
The losses of Europeans in
rty are enormous. The British
oreign warships here are in- t<
Four Germans previously
ed as having been killed at p
evh, have arrived safely at lfi
la. All the Armenian popula- ti
it Bakdjevh have been massa- c<
9
g
Arrive at Colon. n
>n. by Cable.?The United
dispatch boat Mayflower, with
ary of War Dickinson on
arrived here Wednesday from
:in. Mr. Dickinson was prreeted ^
eutcnnnt Colonel Goethals nnd J*
canal officials. He will make
tmination of the canal construe- t(
vork. The auxiliary cruiser P
e has landed 800 men here who ?
?e transferred to the auxiliary 0
r Buffalo at Panama. , e
3rcss Aids Massacre Sufferers.
shington, Special.?The Nationi
Cross Society has undertaken a
those who have suffered from 1,
inssacres in Turkey. It has
y sent $1,000 to Ambassador ,
nan at Constantinople for relief (j.
Wednesday Miss Mabel
man. of the cxeeeutive commitinnounced
that the lied Cross D
gladly receive contributions to ai
it to Ambassador Lierhman to J
pendcd at his discretion. t<
Forger Implicates Two. . ^
;ago, Special.?Peter Van Vils- f
i, iiho last winter, confessed p
le had forged mortgages to the c
; of $1,000,000 caused a e
sensation in Chicago Tuesday 8
lie stated that his confession a
rionths ago, was ante-dated by b
rears by a confession made pri? d
to men, who held $400,000 of $
lurious paper. t
Hains Jury is Completed.
shing, N. Y., Special.?The ti
that is to try Captain Peter C. t
for the murder of William E.
, his one time friend, was finompleted
Tuesday. It took just ^
days to select the twelve men, .
n that time 450 talesmen were
and examined. All the juryire
married, with the exception .
to J. Nicholas, who is 27 years
p, and the youngest man in the
>ox. The defense has fought all r
for married men and peremp- P
challenged the few bachelors.
lave qualified.
Waivod a Preliminary. w
iTenton, Va., Special.?Prelim- I
hearing was waived Tuesday ra ^
?se of J. D. Harris, principal of v
ligh school here, who shot W. h
iomp9on, associate editor of The t
enton Virginian, Saturday last
e main street hero, Thompson i
1 in Washington the following <]
Harris was held for the regu- s
rand jury, which begins its ses- i
May 24 next. a
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ffl[ NEWS IN BRIEF r
Items of Interest Gathered By ter^
Wire and Cable e>* i
_ ord<
GLEANINGS FROM DAY TO DAY lL
livei
jive Items Covering Events of More side
or Less Interest at Homo and iff 1
Abroad. T
wou
"Ike Morse has betrayed me. He c'en
ias been going with me for the last ever
tine years. He could not throw me crov
Ivor n.1 It. ?? Q. ;j n . J- ?
?uu live ou &>mu acriruue Tafl
)ouglas after shooting down the man dent
it Nashville, Teen., last Tuesday. ]jste
Thirteen-year-old Adele Boas, of S<
few York, created a sensation by unti
saving home to see the world and mar
lake her own living. It was not a seve
nse of kidnaping as was thought and with
Ldele has come back home worsted espe
nd wiser. the
A tornado wrecked a number of the
uildings Wednesday eveipng and did be I
erious damage to crops and fruit at whel
'upela, Okla. Amc
One person was killed and 10 were *\mo
njured by a tornado which wreckd
a large portion of Douglas, Kan., *le '
Wednesday evening. e
A group of Chicago capitalists have jL"
?ased the Geo. W. Vanderbilt hunt- jQ,
tig and fishing preserve near Ashe- .
ille, N. C., for ten years at $5,000 e
JVB" turei
Mrs. Gonzales was killed and four addc
tlier prominent society ladies were cont
ijured at Pensacola on Monday by
ontact of their automobile with a Or
treet car. of y
A tug sank in- the Mississippi the I
iver, 40 miles south of New Orleans, on tl
of the 15 persons aboard being by n
38t last Sunday. indil
The danger from the ice at Niagara caus
'alls seems over as it is flowing along '.v
ently. i
Admiral N. E. Ijichi, commander
f the Japanese, training squadron ,
ow at San Pedro, Cal., had a long
ilk Monday with Rear Admiral A i
dobley D. Evans. They agreed that cha?
here is no danger of war between *m 1
be United States and Japan. re
Sixteen acres of the home where wj,et
efferson Davis was born, within 12 no^ t
riles of Hopkinsville, Ky., have been
urchased to be made into a park gher
> perpetuate his name. ..
Samuel Dempsler, of Pittsburg, has does
ron a suit against Col. Win. D. the 1
lann, of Town Topics, getting ver- tive
ict for $40,000 for libel.
James Boyle, the kidnapper is said Th
> be on the verge of a break down, the i
The Daughters of the American os
devolution Congress in Washington .
ist week, declared for the preserva- "1Eec
on of Fort McHenry as one of the Sulti
msecrated spots of the nation. ceipt
A number of women were hurt in
Williamsburg (Brooklyn) bargain
ish.
was
Four persons perished in a hotel j,ej^
re in Topeka, Kan last Sunday. previ
Benson Bidwell and his son, body
Charles, were convicted in Chicago reirrn
ist week of swindling. The father's yean
ealth gave way and the son agreed Ge
> abandon an appeal and go to the Yale
enitentiary on condition that his Unit
ather receive a nominal punishment Haw
f 10 days in jail. The scheme was Re
ffected. lumb
Simt
Washington Notes. exho
Tli
Senator Nelson set the Senate in
fernzv Thursday in a speech on the P!?P
imber schedule. co."?r
will
Senator Rayner in a speech Thurs- siblv
ay declared fre? trade to be iraprac- week
cable. Th
Representative Hollingsworth of *iave
hio wants congressional action 'hity
gainst the engraving of ex-President ant|
efferson Davis on the silver service w'hicl
3 be presented to the Mississippi. Ding
The remains of Major Pierre
harles L'Enfar.t have been taken up Th
rom its country resting place and the
laced in the Arlington National f0Ho
eraetery where it will be suitably p
ommemorated in his honor for de- ^rati
igning the plan of Washington city. jgOt]
The American Red Cross society ingtc
as undertaken to render aid to the of a
esolate in Armenia and has sent on ip}.
1,000. It will gladly receive dona- iati0
ions to the cause. thrm
i-resiuent Tart is very much conerned
about the successful compe- ju
ition of Germany over America in
he Chinese trade. Coui
cline
Foreign Affairs. ture
Holland is overjoyed that Queen insti
Vilhelmina gave birth to a daugh- f0CKj
er on Friday, the 30th. .
It is estimated that 2,000 people
rere killed in the battle at Constaninople
last Sunday.
The Russian expedition formed to port
estore order at Tabriz, Persia, is re- and
orted to have been checked. tarif
The new government at Constant!- ter,
ople has sent troops and has rescued mini
he remaining Armenian Christians. disci
Eleven men were killed and 11
?ere injured by an explosion of an S?
talian submarine boat on last Mon- gem
lay.
The story'is now going that Castro,
?ho is now in France, has a fortune serv
turied in Venezuela, and is anxious Nori
o get home on that account also. day,
A MhlMram Mnn/1o? *
? B-_? .. oajD ca-? iCS- on 1
dent Roosevelt and son are both in- the
lisposed from overdoing in the hnnt heai
ind arc resting at the raneh of 3ir pres
Vlfred Pease. Later newa says they of 1
ire again on the hunt. Son
WASHINGTON NOTES
denouncing the principle of n pr
ive tariff as unfair in taking inoi
from one man to give another i
ir to encourage him in the pursu
an otherwise profitable busines
ator Bailey, of Texas, Monday d<
red a set speech on the Democrat
in opposition to the pending ta
till.
lie announcement that Mr. Baile
Id address the Senate was sutl
t to bring to the chamber almo:
y Senator, and the galleries wei
rded to their full capacity. Mr
t occupied a seat in the Pres
;'s section and was an attracts
ner throughout the session.
rnator BaileV was not interrupte
1 he had proceeded with his ri
ks for an hour or more, whe
ral Senators engaged in colloquic
i him. Senator Aldrich calle
cial attention to r statement b
Texas Senator to the effect tha
duties of the pending bill migh
owered 33 1-3 per cent and aske
ther ho supposed the profits c
'rican industries equalled the
unt. Mr. Bailey replied that i
case of the United States Ste<
believed they had, and he cite
increased capitalization of tha
nization as an evidence of er
)us profit. He insisted that sue
ivering of the rate of duty woul
seriously affect importations be
e he believed American manufae
rs would be stimulated by th
(d foreign competition and woul
inue to supply the markets.
i Tuesday, when Senator Scotl
irTest Virginia, rose in his place i
Senate to deliver a set speech ut
he tariff, the hum of conversatio:
iany Senators and their apparen
Terence to listen to the speec
ed the Vice President to rap loud
>r order in the chamber, and gav
Senator occasion to administer
rebuke to his colleagues.
[ do not wish the Senate called t
r," said he, addressing tbe chaii
lo not expect this argument t
ge a vote and consequently
ndiffereut whether Senators re
:o the lobbies or indulge in con
ition, because I do not car
her thev listen to my remarks o
f
The chair does care," replied Mi
man.
i criticised the Senate bill ant
not believe it to be as good a
Dingley bill. He favors a protec
tariff.
e most important happenings ii
lation's capital Wednesday wer
allows: , ?
ehemed V, was formally recog
I by the State Department a
m of Turkey, following the re
of official advices of his acces
to the throne. ,
le memory of Major L'Enfanl
designed the national capitol
honored by impressive exercise
in the rotunda of the capitol
ious to the re-:r.terment cf th<
in Arlington Cemetery, afte
ininff fnr mnvo tKnn awa
? e VUUU UiiU UUUU1CI
j on a Marylnnd farm,
orge W. Woodruff, a forme
athlete, was nominated to b
ed States District judge fo
aii.
tention of the existing tariff 01
er was strongly urged by Mr
ons, of North Carolina, in ai
ustive speech in the Senate,
e present prospoot is thut thi
t)sed amendments by the Senati
nittee on finance to the tariff bil
be postponed for some days pos
until the beginning of nex
e committee 's understood t<
practically decided to place i
of $5 per ton on printing papei
of $1.38 per ton on wood milp
ti is a slight reduction from th<
ley rate in both cases.
ie most important happenings ii
nation's capital Friday were a
ws:
esident Taft attended the cele
on in Alexandria, Va., of th>
b anniversary of George WasM
>n's inauguration and dedicatioi
park to his memory,
te President cabled his congratu
ns on the birth of an heir to thi
tie of The Netherlands.
?
stice Stafford, in the Suprem
t of the District of Columbia, de
d to compel Secretary of Agricul
Wilson to vacate hi? dv?ei?irtn fj
tute prosecutions under the pur
law against flour manufacturers
use the bleaching process.
m m m
le Senate
ed its subs
minimum
f bill, prac
in that an;
mum rates
riminate against our produoti
snator Tillman declared in th
ite Friday, says the Washingtoi
espondent to the Charlotte Oh
er, that Senators Simmons, o
th Carolina, and Fletcher of Flori
had made Republican speeche
umber. Mr. Simmons was not ii
chamber at the time and did no
p the charge, but the general in
sion here is that he can take car
limself in a controversy with th
th Carolinian.
] ADANA MASSACRf!
Missionary to Turkey Writllj J|
in of the Horrors Perpetrated JJ
I HER SCHOOL MENACED BY MOT J
io Miss Elizabeth S. Webb, Missionary! j
r- From Illinois to Asiatic Turkey,)]
Writes Dramatically of the First!
y Days of the Slaughter. j J9
A special from Adana via Const
3' tinople says e
Webb, a nii?
s. Hfll. 111., has- H
j. Mie first days
-e Adana when t
she was attac v ||
j. | "Our friends came to school aJUVH
n usual on Wednesday (April 21). Al-^ |l
,g though wo heard there was much und
rest in the city, we went on with B|
y preparations for a school entertain- B
^ ment, to be held next day. Soon IB
d firing began and before noon we were IK
d afraid to send the day scholars home. Wl
f There was constant firing. We tried
to go on with our annual meeting, B
n but were interrupted by the scream;1
ing in the streets and the shooting. H
d "Mr. Chambers attempted to go to K
d the government building for a guard,
but found it impossible to get p
h through the mob. Our Turkish ehil- N
d dren were prcsrnt and we thought it J r
?_ would be possible to send word of
?. our danger by a Turk who had come f
e to take them home. Accordingly 1
d notes to their fathers and to the
Governor were written, but there was
no response. ?
lt "As night came on fires began to
n flare up in all directions and we were
>. fearful that the rioters would break
n into the school buildings. Finally,
t about 0 o'clock, there came a knock .
h at the gfite and in walked the English j
L consul. He left three of his euard ot* H
e I Turkish soldiers to take care of us.
a "All through the night we seemed I
to be in a state of siege. In the I
o meantime tires about the city, had inr.
creased and the sound of shooting
0 could be heard from even- point. At
1 last the consul passed. He was able
(- 10 spare only one man, but t mghfc
i- this one would be more useful than
e the other three, who had mn away,
r Soon after fires broke out in the adjacent
streets. Unless something was
. done speedily our school building
must be destroyed. We had hung
3 Turkish flags on all sides of the
s building, but this did not stop the
i- thousands engaged ih the riots from
firing their weapons, although apparently
they were not directed
a against us.
e "If our building burned, the Chambers
house must burn also. Our only
- safctj' seemed to be to check the
a flames. The women and girls carried
i- water, while the men cut down the
- shed and an old house in the corner
of our yard. A shed on the opposite
t, side of the street was also town down.
1, About this time we were horrified to
s learn that Mr. Rogers and Mr. Maurer
[, had been shot. It seemed that they
e h?d been fighting the nic and were
r not with the other men cutting down
1 the sheds. They were brought into
our dining room. Mr. Maurer already
r was dead and Mr. Rogers only lived
e a few minutes. The Rev. Stephen R.
r Trowbridge, who was near them at
the time, escaped,
i "A new misfortune overtook us.
? Our guard of one man. disappeared.
i 1 came, to my room, where the girls
were waiting. For ine to tell them
e what had happened would only causey
e a panic, so I said: 'We have done
1 all we can now; let us pray.'
"Before I had finished praying, the
t bugle of the consul's guard and the
Turkish officials with whom he was
) patroling sounded, lie could not
i spare a guard, but promised to send
r one immediately. It was a terrible
>, situation; women and girls practi9
callv alone in the building; a murderous,
bloodthirsty mob outside,
with knife and bullet for the
a Armenians, and the torch for their
homes. To add to the misery, there
B were the dead on the floor below, *
and the widow of one of them, Mrs.
i- Rogers, with her infant, 10 weeks
e old, to comfort. The afternoon and
r-. evening passed and no guard came,
a The following day we learned that
the British consul had been shot in
. the arm. That night young men >
a from the Gregorian and Protestant
committees patrolled the streets
around our building. The situation
e was grave. A great crowd, bent on
plundering, had gathered at the rear
of our house for an attack. Our
Armenians asked those below fo send
0 one man to confer with a r >
B tive of our side.
i, "This was agreed to, bu pia<*~
of one man, hundreds s < 1 .?
come. They demanded tha'
up our arms, but this mea
death. We decided to tak? -Jrl:;
to Mr. Chambers' house. 1 < -."ugees
cowered everywhere
houses and court apparently i< been
overflowing with refugees before our
' arrival.
i.
Four Lions Are Bagged.
? Nairobi, British East Africa, By
a Cable.?Four lions are trophies of ex*"
President Roosevelt's camp in the
' Man hills. The lions were bAgged Fri- v
l" day, and Colonel Roosevelt's mighty
* gun brought three of them to earth,
each on the first shot. The fourth
k- of the jungle kings fell before the
rifle of his son Kermit, who, however,
e took three shots to kill his quarry.
Both father and son are jubilant.
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