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| Andrew Dickson White. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Thursday, July 27, 1899.
WHITE INTERVIEWED.
Our Ambassador to Berlin Talks On Peace Conference.
A GREAT WORK ACCOMPLISHED.
He Believes That This Conference Is a Germ From Which a More Complete System Will Be Evolved In the Future—His Opinion of Monroeism Clearly Explained.
LONDON, July 27.—The Hague correspondent of The Times reports a long conversation with Andrew D. White, United States ambassador at Berlin and head of the American delegation. The ambassador after referring to the earnest desire of the American people for a comprehensive arbitration scheme as provided by the constant petitions and resolutions of large meetings held in all parts of America since the conference has been sitting, said:
"I believe a vast majority of our people will welcome our arbitration treaty and see in it a serviceable plan from the outset, and a germ from which a more complete system will be evolved by future conferences. As time progresses, without doubt references to the tribunal will become increasingly natural and normal, and thus we may hope to have every advantage claimed for obligatory arbitration, without its overwhelming disadvantages. But it could hardly be expected that we should be willing to accept the requirement to sweep away at once, here and now, the policy of Monroeism.
"If any modification is ever made of that policy, it must be made by the United States after it has had the fullest opportunity to study the subject in all its bearings. Such a chance cannot be made here by implications, in a treaty made distinctly for another purpose, and it is important that there should be no doubt on this point."
Mr. White then referred to the "deep, almost religious conviction in the hearts of the American people against any foreign entanglement."
He added, however, that the declaration of Monroism would leave the United States policy exactly what it had been heretofore, and would not in the slightest degree hamper the operation of the arbitration plan. On the contrary the United States would fully and faithfully co-operate in the judicial settlement of international difficulties by means of the agency and machinery provided in the convention. The past history of the United States abundantly shows, declared Mr. White, that they never manifested the slightest desire to interfere with or hamper arbitration proceedings.
The ambassador then mentioned numerous cases of arbitration arising under four classes, which might be regarded as involved in the Monroeism declaration:
"First—Between the United States and European powers.
"Second—Between the United States and another American power.
"Third—Between two American powers, neither being the United States.
"Fourth—Between an American power other than the United States and a foreign power.
"In every instance," said Mr. White, "the United States has regarded these arbitrations as promoting peace; and therefore there is nothing in our history to warrant the idea that our attitude would be hostile to any settlement possible under the convention."
NEW FIELD MORTARS.
Efficient Weapons Being Perfected For Use in Philippines.
WILL BE TESTED AT SANDY HOOK.
The Guns Weigh but One Hundred and Fifteen Pounds and Are Made to Be Carried on Muleback if Necessary—Several Dozen to Be Ready by the Early Fall.
A number of portable mortars, suitable for service in the field in the Philippines, will soon be forwarded from the Watervliet arsenal at Washington for proof tests at Sandy Hook. They are practically the first of the kind turned out in the United States.
These mortars are patterned closely after the type represented by the Krupp 2.95 inch mortar. In the opinion of many ordnance experts, however, the new American mortar will be found to be a much more efficient weapon than the German. These mortars weigh about 115 pounds each and the carriage about as much as the gun. A crew of four men is needed to work each weapon, says the New York Post.
The plan for their use will be to carry three or four mortars in a wagon, but should the country prove too rough for this style of transportation the weapons will be packed on muleback. The new guns have the advantage that they can be lifted about readily by hand. In appearance the new pieces are most diminutive, the length of each gun being about 18 inches. It is planned, it is said, to use the same shell in the mortars as will be employed in the new caliber light artillery fieldpiece. The powder charge for the mortar, of course, will be greatly reduced, the weight as designed being less than one-half pound of black powder. The smokeless powder charge will be even less.
The range tables show, it is stated, a wonderful efficiency for the new pygmy pieces which, it should be known, are designed for use in the most advanced trenches, their specific function being to clear the trenches occupied in the immediate front by the enemy. For this purpose shells loaded with shrapnel will be largely employed, though it is also arranged to use a special type of mine shell, carrying a charge of high explosive.
The firing tables afford a maximum range for the new pieces when laid at an angle of 45 degrees of about 3,700 yards, which distance assumes the use of a special shell lighter than the projectile employed by the standard field pieces. When using a full sized light battery shell, the range attainable is declared to be about 2,700 yards.
It will be recalled that in the Vicksburg campaign General Grant so appreciated the need of mortars for vertical fire that roughly constructed guns, banded with metal, were tried. In the Santiago campaign it was the opinion of many officers that the services of mortars could have been utilized time and again. The small sized weapons now nearing completion at Watervliet can be dragged along the ground on a wooden skid by a dozen men, no matter how muddy or soft the soil. It is hoped by the ordnance officials to supply General Otis with several dozen of the new field mortars by the early fall.
The shrapnel shell designed for the field mortars will contain about 150 balls. The shrapnel shell, when used against troops sheltered by a trench or who may be lying behind abatis, is burst in the air by means of a time fuse, graduated to fractional parts of a second. Knowing the distance of the enemy's position and the time required for a shell to reach that position, the fuse is cut accordingly. The object is to burst the shrapnel a little short of and over the enemy's position, and as the shrapnel balls have the original impetus imparted by the shell proper they are still carried forward, while at the same time they scatter. The general trend of shrapnel burst is that of a cone inverted. It is the most effective ammunition known for clearing trenches.
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES
Is Now Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Court.
BOSTON, July 27.—Governor Wolcott has nominated Judge Oliver Wendell Holmes to succeed the late Walbridge A. Field as chief justice of the supreme court of Massachusetts.
Judge Holmes, son of the late poet whose name he bears, is 58 years old and a graduate of Harvard college, class of '61. He is a veteran of the civil war, having served until 1863 when, on account of wounds, he was mustered out, having attained the rank of brevet colonel, United States volunteers.
After returning from the war Colonel Holmes took up the study of law and was admitted to the bar in 1866. He advanced rapidly in his profession and in 1882 became professor in the Harvard law school. In the same year he was appointed associate justice of the supreme judicial court.
Judge Holmes holds the degree of LL. D., from Yale, conferred in 1886. He is married, but has no children.
PAGE TWO—EDITORIALS.
Immigration to the United States is increasing, as it always does in prosperous years. During the fiscal year just closed the arrivals were 311,715, an increase of more than 70,000 over 1898 and of more than 80,000 over 1897. From official statistics we compile the following table showing immigration to the United States in recent years:
No less than 78,725 of the 311,715 immigrants came from Italy, as against 58,606 from that country in 1898 and 59,431 in 1897. The immigration from Ireland was 32,345 in 1899, of which 13,720 were males and 18,625 females. Ireland was the only country sending more females than males. The immigration included 37,415 Hebrews, 23,249 Scandinavians, and 26,631 Germans.
A HOME PICNIC
By Grover Relief Corps at the Residence of Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Beers.
Grover Corps, No. 96, Women's Relief Corps, were out in large numbers yesterday afternoon in attendance at the picnic held on the lawn adjoining the home of one of their number, Mrs. David C. Beers, 72 Fitz-ave., Cortland, N. Y. Tables were set under the sheltering branches of the trees and made an attractive and inviting appearance spread as they were with a generous supply of edibles, including fruit and bouquets of flowers.
The husbands of the ladies arrived soon after 6 o'clock and responded quickly to an invitation to surround, not the enemy, but the tables. The time was passed most delightfully. Opinions differed as to the most attractive feature of the hour. The excellent supper, the pleasant grounds, the charming sunset, the good cheer that prevailed, all came to the front for recognition. The hospitality extended by Comrade and Mrs. Beers was instrumental to a good degree in making the picnic a success.
Mrs. C. W. Wiles of Delaware, O., who still retains her membership in the corps, was present to enjoy the pleasures afforded by meeting her friends under such favorable auspices.
IT WAS A GOOD CIRCUS
And Two Large Audiences Thoroughly Enjoyed Attending It.
Sparks' circus which exhibited in Cortland yesterday afternoon and evening drew a great crowd at both entertainments. All the seats were occupied and many had to stand and sit on the ground. And it was a good circus too. There were not three rings as in some of the more pretentious shows, but as it was the spectators were able to give their undivided attention to what was going on in one place. The tumbling and trapeze work were first class, and some feats were successfully accomplished here that had never before been seen in Cortland. The trained dogs, horses, goats and elephant pleased all the little people. In the concert at the close of the main show there was an exhibition of trained lions in the steel cage in the open tent that was very interesting, though when the Asiatic lion proved ugly at the evening performance and refused to do as directed and showed fight till compelled to obey all the audience preferred to be outside the cage, rather than in where the trainer and keeper was.
The balloon ascensions and parachute drop attracted many to the vicinity of the show grounds who did not go inside the tent. Taken all together as a 10 and 25 cent show it was a great success and as long as it continues to make its annual stop in Cortland it will be likely to be well patronized.
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| American Baseball. |
BALL GAME SATURDAY.
Newspaper Men and Lawyers Will Fight It Out at Athletic Field.
The newspaper men of Cortland have challenged the lawyers of Cortland to a game of baseball to be played at Athletic field Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock, the proceeds to be devoted to the Cortland Baseball association. An admission fee of 10 cents will be charged, grandstand free. The rivalry between these teams is exceedingly warm, and an exciting contest with a good deal of fun can be expected. The probable makeup of the teams will be as follows:
Newspapermen—Charles Mead, catcher; Arthur Williams, pitcher; R. E. Kirby, first base; R. H . Davis, second base; F. B. Miner, third base; Charles Sanders, shortstop; Eugene Davis, right field; C. H. Buell, left field; C. H. White, center field.
Lawyers—James Dougherty, captain, third base; R. L. Davis, pitcher; T. H. Dowd, catcher; E. C. Alger, first base; L. H. Gallagher, shortstop; George C. Meade, second base; John Courtney, Jr., center field; D. W. Van Hoesen, left field; J. E. Eggleston, right field.
The reserve force of substitutes for each team will be a large one, physicians and ambulances will be at ready call, and it is expected that Sheriff Brainard can be prevailed upon to umpire.
CORTLAND WON AGAIN.
CLOONIN PITCHED WELL AND TALBOT WAS HIT HARD.
Albanians Claim Carlin's Umpiring Was Rank—Binghamton Was Outplayed at Schenectady—Rome Won from Auburn With Ease. And Utica Defeated Oswego.
Cortland showed the Senators a thing or two about the national game at Albany yesterday and came out with a victory. Kid Cloonin pitched a fine game, but let up in the eighth, when he was hit on hard, and McFall was brought in from right field. A dispatch from Albany says that the exhibition was witnessed by about 350 persons, who groaned during the first six innings, as Albany regularly registered a cipher to its credit, while Cortland scored three runs in the first and two more in the second. In the "lucky seventh," as it is called, after the crowd had stretched and wished for a little good luck, Albany made three runs and the cranks yelled themselves hoarse. It was in Cortland's half of the eighth that Albany really lost the game, although seemingly lifeless playing in the first part contributed greatly to the defeat.
PICKUPS HERE AND THERE.
The Troy Press says: "The Star baseball grounds on Ida Hill have been leased from the Tibbits estate by Mr. Faatz of Buffalo, late manager of the Albany baseball team, and under his directions are being improved, and this week a grandstand and large board fence will be erected. The franchise of the Auburn team of the New York State league has been purchased by W. H. Long of Albany from President Farrell and the team will be transferred to Troy. It is expected the first game will be played on the Ida Hill grounds Saturday afternoon. At first an effort was made to locate the Oswego team in that city, but the citizens of that place decided to keep the club there for the remainder of the season."
Manager Sayer of Oswego is after Mike Neville, whom Cortland released for McQuade. Neville played second. If he is secured he will play short and Cargo sent back to third base. Neville is a fair hitter and a good fielder.
The two games scheduled to be played by Rome in Cortland Aug. 2 and 3 will be played at Percy field, Ithaca, which has been secured for the occasion by the local association. The Central New York firemen's convention will be held in Ithaca Aug. 1, 2 and 3. The game on Wednesday will be played at 10 A M., and on Thursday at 4:15 P. M.
Aldinger, the outfielder released by Albany, has been signed by Oswego. McQuade did not get to Albany yesterday, so Bill Gannon covered second base.
BREVITIES.
—Lamar Smith, the last of the four men injured at the Coggshall barn raising in Groton a few weeks ago, is dead.
—A special meeting of the W. H. M. S. of the First M. E. church will be held in the church parlor to-morrow (Friday) afternoon at 3 o'clock. Every member is requested to be present.
—In yesterday's report of the ball game at the First Baptist picnic, the young men of the Bible class were given credit for winning, which was an error as the Baraca class won by the score of 14 to 11.
—The descendants of Philo Phelps and Orswin Shapley, deceased, will hold a family reunion and basket picnic at the Cortland park Aug. 12, to which they invite all that are in any way connected with these families.
—Oneonta is to have a new Y. M. C. A. building. It is to be 38 by 90 feet in size and three stories high. Its walls will be of solid brick with pressed brick front. It is to cost $12,000 and nearly that whole sum has been raised in advance,
—If a man should wear his pantaloons so long that whenever he appeared on the street he should be obliged to reach around behind and grab hold of the slack or basement and hold them up, wouldn't the ladies laugh?—Wayne County Journal.
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