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| May 24-27, 1903, Automobile Club Promotion Photo. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Tuesday, May 26, 1903.
SIX DEATHS IN RACE.
Casualties In First Stage of Paris-Madrid Contest.
TWELVE SERIOUSLY INJURED.
Three Chauffeurs Dead, Besides a Soldier, a Cyclist and a Woman Who Were Met on the Road—Manufacturers Say the Race Will Be Resumed In a Closed Course.
Paris, May 26.—It is now possible to assemble from the reports along the route of the first stage of the Paris-Madrid auto race a complete list of the casualties.
This shows six persons killed, two so dangerously injured that they may die, and 10 seriously injured.
During the day it was asserted here that 17 persons had been killed and that 17 were injured; but this was not warranted. A carefully revised list of the casualties follows:
The dead:
Pierre Roderiz, Mr. Barrow's machinist, collision with a tree near Libourne.
Nixon, Mr. Porter's machinist, burned under automobile.
Normond, M. Tourand's machinist, at Angouleme.
Dupuy, soldier, at Angouleme.
Caillon, cyclist, at Angouleme.
Unknown peasant woman at Ablis.
Injured: Mr. Barrow, pelvis and thigh broken, amputation of leg expected; M. Marcel Renault injured about body and head and reported improving; L. Porter, cut and bruised; Mr. Stead, overturned, badly injured; Mr. Stead's machinist, head cut open; Lesna, champion cyclist, broken knee cap; George Richard, chest crushed, ribs broken; Henry Jeannot, Richard's machinist, shoulder fractured; B. Chard, head cut open; Tourand, severely bruised; Gaston Raffet, boy, fractured skull, leg and arm broken; Marcel Renault's machinist, severely bruised.
M. Terry's machine was burned at Coignieres, but he and his machinist were uninjured.
M. Rodolphe Darzens and his machinist were thrown out near Bordeaux and were unhurt, though the car was destroyed.
Bordeaux reports that many of the competitors, including M. M. Charron, Thellier and Passy, desired to abandon the race but others insisted that their honor required them to resume it at the Spanish frontier if possible, but the Spanish government later forbade the race and thus compelled its complete abandonment.
The manufacturers have agreed that as a road race is impossible; the meeting will be resumed within a closed course.
A number of the leading American and French automobilists were interviewed and they all expressed horror at the series of accidents and added that in their opinion it would end speed races in France and at other points on the continent.
Foxhall Keene said: "The killing or maiming of so many persons is a terrible blow both to individuals and to automobiling. Marcel Renault and Barrow were both of the highest class of drivers and good sportsmen. The effect will be a serious if not an irreparable blow to fast automobiling."
There is not the slightest ground for the suggestion that Henri Fournier, W. K. Vanderbilt and Baron DeForest withdrew from the race on account of the dangers. Each had a damaged cylinder and could not proceed.
A late dispatch from Bordeaux adds another shocking accident to the long list of casualties. Mme. Chaysdeas, accompanied by her husband, both riding bicycles, were watching the passing autos, 12 miles from Bordeaux, when a horse frightened by the noise bolted and overturned the lady who fell under a racing auto. Both her legs were cut off and the hopes of saving her life are slight.
According to the latest reports Mr. Stead is so much improved that he will be able to leave the hospital this week. Mr. Barrow is also slightly better.
Marcel Renault's condition is less satisfactory.
AUSTRIAN EMIGRATION.
Indications That Present Heavy Movement Will Be Increased.
Vienna, May 26.—Marcus Braun, a United States emigrant inspector, who was specially detailed by President Roosevelt to investigate the emigrant situation in Europe, has just completed an exhaustive tour through the towns and country districts of Austria and Hungary.
Mr. Braun finds every indication that the present heavy emigration movement from the Austro-Hungarian monarchy to the United States and Canada will continue and even increase.
He says this situation arises from three main sources: The encouragement afforded by emigrants who have already gone to America; the poverty and unsatisfactory labor conditions here, and lastly, the efforts of the unscrupulous local emigration agents whose employment is carried on in defiance of the laws of both Austro-Hungary and the United States.
Mrs. Roosevelt at Groton.
Groton, Mass., May 26.—Mrs. Roosevelt will come to Groton to attend the annual prize day exercises at Groton school, in which her two sons are pupils, next Friday. It is expected that she will arrive Thursday evening or Friday morning and will remain only long enough to attend the exercises.
EVERY ITALIAN DISCHARGED.
Dunkirk Manufacturers Learn of a Mafia Plot to Kill Objectionable Bosses.
Dunkirk, N. Y., May 26.—Every Italian employed by the large manufacturing plant of this city, including the Brooks plant of the American Locomotive company and the United States Radiator company, was discharged yesterday because of his alleged connection with a Mafia conspiracy to do away with objectionable bosses. The removal was caused by advices received from a large concern at Easton, Pa., which said the murder of their superintendent had been planned and was prevented only by information given by a friendly Italian.
Investigation showed that a secret organization affiliated with the Mafia had been formed for the purpose of removing objectionable foremen in the large plants in different cities. The Easton officials secretly advised the managers of the different plants of the existence of this organization. This information led to the investigation of a murderous assault made on an employee of the Brooks works recently, and it is said the Mafia organization was found to exist here. The result was the discharge of the foreigners in every plant yesterday. The Italian leaders strenuously deny the allegation, and trouble is feared.
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PAGE FOUR—EDITORIAL.
Great Britain's Monroe Doctrine.
The claim set up by Lord Lansdowne, the British foreign secretary, to the control of the Persian gulf is not inaptly termed the British "Monroe doctrine." The terms employed by Lord Lansdowne in warning the powers to keep hands off the Persian gulf are not unlike those used by President Monroe in notifying the nations of the old world that they must keep hands off the new world. "We should regard," Lord Lansdowne says, "the establishment of a naval base or a fortified port in the Persian gulf by any other power as a very grave menace to British interests," which is simply a paraphrase of what Mr. Monroe said of European aggression in this hemisphere, but Lord Lansdowne supplements this by saying, "We should certainly resist it with all the means at our disposal." President Monroe made no threat, but his words were generally understood to indicate that a violation of the Monroe doctrine would be treated as a casus belli.
President Monroe's declaration was new in the instance and in the application, which he made of a well known principle. The underlying principle, which he applied to American affairs, is as old as government itself. That principle is the right of every government to protect its own interests, to defend itself from measures which point to ultimate aggression. The particular doctrine which Monroe defined officially, but which Thomas Jefferson and others had previously asserted, was that the interests of the United States are paramount on this hemisphere, and hence that we must regard as unfriendly any attempts on the part of Europe to strengthen its hold upon this territory.
The British declaration resembles that of the United States only in applying the doctrine of national self defense to particular conditions. But the conditions themselves are altogether different. Mr. Monroe asserted this right with reference to a hemisphere upon which our country was then and was destined to remain the dominant power. Lord Lansdowne in effect claims property in the Persian gulf, a body of water upon which there is not a foot of British territory. It is of importance to Great Britain because it is on the road to India, a British dependency. The presence of another power in the Persian gulf would greatly menace Great Britain's Indian possessions, and hence the promulgation of this "Monroe doctrine." Whether Great Britain can enforce this doctrine against the aggressions of other powers, particularly Germany and Russia, which have interests in that quarter, or to what lengths the British government will go in efforts to enforce it remains to be seen. It is significant, however, that the Britons should have applied an American principle to the situation in Asia.
W. C. T. U. CONVENTION
Of Cortland County to be Held at Universalist Church, June 2.
The quarterly convention of the Cortland county W. C. T. U. will be held in the Universalist church in this city on Tuesday, June 2, with the following program:
SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES.
A Nest of Fifty-One of Latest Pattern at the Second National Bank.
The Second National bank of [Cortland] has just placed in its vault a nest of safety deposit boxes comprising fifty-one steel compartments with heavy steel boxes inside of each which can be withdrawn for the examination of contents. Of these compartments there are two sizes, the smaller ones 4 by 5 inches and two feet deep and the larger ones 4 by 10 inches, same depth. Each box or compartment is provided with a bronze case doublefence [sic] lock with a master or pass key that controls all doors, so that the renter's key and master key are necessary to gain entrance. Each renter has two keys and there are no duplications. All the doors are numbered on the outside with raised nickel number plates and the entire front is finished in aluminum bronze and varnished. The case rests on a base 18 inches in height and stands on the east side of the vault facing the entrance. The entire construction is of hardened steel and weighs over fifteen hundred pounds. It was manufactured by the Remington & Sherman Co. of New York city, and is a most substantial and attractive piece of work. The boxes are offered at a very moderate rental, and will, no doubt, prove a valuable addition to the bank and a great convenience to its patrons.
Funeral of Mr. Mack.
The funeral of James Mack was held this morning at 8:30 o'clock from his late home 82 Madison-st., Cortland, and from St. Mary's church at 9 o'clock. Mr. Mack was a member of the C. M. B. A. and this society attended the funeral in a body. There were also present a large number of friends and relatives among them many from out of town. Mr. Mack was a most kind husband and father and the bereaved family has the sympathy of all in its great affliction.
Strike at Norwich, N. Y.
One hundred and forty employees of the David Maydole Hammer company of Norwich struck yesterday for a general advance of 10 per cent, and nine hours a day. There is no trouble as the men are quiet and orderly.
BENJAMIN SMITH
Revisits North Adams, Mass., After an Absence of Some Years.
The North Adams, (Mass.,) Transcript of May 22 has the following concerning a visit of Benjamin Smith of this city to his old home there:
Benjamin Smith of Cortland, N. Y., is spending a short time in the city as the guest of his former partner in business here, W. H. Bixby. Mr. Smith was for many years a resident of this city. He was born on Florida mountain in 1822, and his parents moved three years later to this city, where he grew to manhood. In 1847 he went into the dry goods business in the old Penniman row on Main-st. in company with Mr. Homer, the firm name being Smith & Homer. He later went West, where he remained for a number of years, and he then returned to North Adams and engaged in the dry goods business near the corner of Main and Eagle-sts., in company with W. H. Bixby, now of the Windsor print works, under the firm name of Smith & Bixby. This was in 1866. In 1873 he went to Cortland, N. Y., where he has since lived.
This is his first visit to North Adams for some years. He is surprised by the changes that have taken place. In the place of the small country town he left he finds a flourishing and bustling city and every indication of thrift, enterprise and prosperity. Comparatively few of the people he knew when here are now living, but he has the pleasure of meeting a number of the older residents whom he formerly knew, and is greatly enjoying his visit.
BREVITIES.
—The A. O. U. W. will meet in Vesta lodge rooms tonight at 8 o'clock.
—Cortland Chapter, No. 194, R. A. M., will hold a regular convocation Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock.
—The Fortnightly club will meet tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 o'clock with Mrs. J. G. Jarvis, 24 Clinton-ave.
—The funeral of Mrs. Winifred Roche will be held tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock at the house, 102 Clinton-ave., and at 9:30 o'clock at St. Mary's church. Burial in Truxton. A special train for Truxton will leave the Lehigh Valley station at 10:30 to carry the funeral party.
—The new display advertisements today are—A. S. Burgess, Clothing, page 8; A. Mahan, Sheet music, page 4; Warren, Tanner & Co., Silk coats, page 4; Haight & Freeze Co., Stocks, bonds, etc., page 6; M. A. Case, White shirt waists, page 6; Hollister Hardware Co. Garden hose, etc., page 6; W. W. Walters, Queen Quality shoes, page 4; First National Bank, "The Handy Check Book," page 5.
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