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| King Peter I. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Saturday, June 13, 1903.
ADVENTUROUS CAREER.
Prince Peter Served In Franco-Prussian and Russo-Turkish Wars.
Paris, June 13.—Since Prince Peter Karageorgevitch has been suddenly proclaimed king of Servia those who have known for a long time the members of his family here and who some years ago knew him as an interesting figure in Paris, are recalling various phases of his adventurous and checkered career.
His life has been filled with daredevil escapades and the ups and downs of a royal pretender and a soldier of fortune. He has been constantly engaged in intrigues, plots and counterplots for the realization of his royal aims.
When the press correspondent visited Prince Bodijar Karageorgevitch and other members and intimates of the family it was pointed out that much confusion existed concerning the various branches of the family. Prince Peter, the newly proclaimed king, is the head of the younger branch of the family which occupied the throne through his father, Alexander, 1842 to 1856.
Prince Alexis is the head of the elder branch of the family and, therefore also a claimant of the throne. (Today's Vienna dispatches announced that Alexis has withdrawn his candidature.) Prince Bodijar is a brother of Alexis. Prince Peter has a brother named Arsene, who is living here. It was Prince Alexis who visited America, which created an impression among Americans here that the new king was now in the United States.
Prince Peter inherited from his father, King Alexander, and his grandfather, Kara George, the intense family bitterness for the wrongs committed against the house of Karageorgevitch. He seems to have chosen a military career for the purpose of fitting himself to avenge his wrongs and restore himself and his family to their royal rights.
He received in Belgrade the early education of a prince, but when a boy of 12 he saw the rule of his family terminated and he and his relatives were driven into exile. He entered the Lyce of Sainte Barbe and there qualified himself for the military school of St. Cyr, from which he graduated a sub-lieutenant. Later he entered the military staff college and graduating there from just before the outbreak of the France-Prussian war he eagerly plunged into this conflict as an officer of the foreign legion.
He was in the hardest fighting of the war and took part in the battle of Orleans. He showed conspicuous bravery in the battle of Villersexel and was rewarded with the decoration of the Legion of Honor. On the conclusion of the war he turned his attention to Herzegovina's struggle for liberty and took a prominent part in the rising which was the starting point of the Russo-Turkish war. He spent the greater part of his fortune in helping the insurgents.
He even offered to serve under the late King Milan, if the Servian army would join the insurgents. King Milan refused and thus intensified the rivalry between the two houses.
After the Russo-Turkish war the czar's disgust with King Milan's course rendered the Russian sovereign friendly to the Karageorgevitch family. It was the czar who arranged Prince Peter's marriage with Princess Zorka of Montenegro. Prince Peter then withdrew from warfare to the city of Paris, where he enjoyed a period of repose. When his wife died in 1880, Prince Peter went to Geneva, where he has since resided.
At the time of Alavantic's attempt at revolt in 1902, charges of complicity were made against Prince Peter, who then addressed an indignant letter to the Paris papers, in which he said:
"I deny King Alexander's statement that I have an understanding with his former ministers, and I also deny any participation in the pamphlets now flooding Servia. I boldly affirm that I am not conspiring against Servia. Why should I have agents to incite revolt and to work in the interests of my dynasty, when King Alexander is performing this task better than any one else?"
Prince Peter has many royal connections, including a brother-in-law, who is a cousin of the czar, the crown prince of Montenegro, the queen of Italy and Princess Francis Joseph of Battenberg.
POLICY OF NEW KING.
If Called to Throne Will Take Inspiration from Swiss Institutions.
Geneva, June 13.—Prince Peter Karageorgevitch, the newly proclaimed king of Servia, gave an interview today in which he repeated his disclaimer of any complicity, direct or indirect, in the assassinations of Alexander and Queen Draga. He expressed his detestation of the crime, and gave a brief outline of his own political tendencies.
Replying to a series of direct questions, Prince Peter said: "It is true my partisans have a complete organization in Servia with which I am in frequent communication. I know from other sources that the discontent of the Servian people had reached its height, but I could not possibly have foreseen the events of the other night. I in no way contributed to their preparation and I took no part, direct or indirect, in them. On the contrary their perpetration surprised me.
"Several papers have a tendency to implicate me in acts which were not mine. An attempt has been made to embroil me in the Alavantics affair (Alavantics, an alleged relative of Prince Peter, tried to start a revolt in Servia March 6, 1902, but was killed In the attempt) when I had absolutely nothing to do with it.
"I was first informed of the royal tragedy enacted at Belgrade the following morning by a telegram from a cousin of mine in Vienna. Later, a Montenegrin friend informed me of the news, which until then I had regarded as quite unofficial.
"I have received various messages of congratulation, but that is all. I calmly await the trend of events. So long as no formal proposals reach me I have no reason to leave Geneva and I will remain here. No one has yet asked me to return to Servia. No one has yet offered me the crown; I am even without news of the members of my family who reside in Belgrade.
"My opinion of the executions of the king and queen of Servia is this: I deeply regret that it has been thought necessary to shed streams of blood. I formally disapprove of the violent measures and I especially deplore the fact that the army has had recourse to such measures, an army which has nobler tasks to accomplish than assassination. It would have sufficed to force King Alexander to sign his abdication.
"He could have been bound as has been done in other circumstances. It is a horrible thing to shed blood.
"You ask what will be my attitude when I am in possession of the crown. We will assume that I am called to the throne. I shall not fail to take inspiration from the admirable institutions of Switzerland, which I have learned to appreciate highly. I am in favor of the absolute liberty of the press. I hope to see Servia prosper under the constitution of 1889, which is very liberal.
"Regarding foreign relations, it has been alleged that I am systematically hostile to Austria. That is false. Maybe I am in special sympathy with Russia, to which country I sent my boy in the hope that he would take service there."
HOTEL MEN ON STR1KE.
Twenty-Five of the Chicago Houses Badly Crippled.
HIGHER WAGES AND LESS HOURS.
Proprietors Want Arbitration, But to This Unions Will Not Consent—Strikers Unsuccessful in Efforts to Divert Supplies—Teamsters and Engineers Not in Sympathy.
Chicago, June 13.—The strike m the hotels of Chicago impending for the last three weeks has materialized, and 25 of the leading hotels of Chicago are badly crippled in all departments. All the hotels are running, however, and the proprietors declare that the establishments will remain open for business at any cost.
The complete list of hotels in which the employes have left follows: Auditorium, Auditorium Annex, Sherman House, Grand Pacific, Stratford, Palmer House, Briggs House, Bismarck Kaiserhof, Thompson's, Victoria, Wellington, Lakota, Chicago Beach, Del Prado, Vendome, Hyde Park, Windermere, Metropole, Kenwood, Holland, Great Northern, Virginia, Brevoort, Union.
The Lexington hotel signed the scale presented by the union five minutes after the help had been called out.
The hotel proprietors declare that the demands made by the men are unreasonable and the unions claim to not be fairly treated by the proprietors in that the proprietors agreed to treat as individuals with the unions and have not done so.
The proprietors have agreed to submit nearly every point at issue to arbitration, but to this the union will not consent. They insist that their demands for higher wages and shorter hours must be granted before they will arbitrate anything and insist also upon the absolute recognition of the union.
The strikers made efforts to divert supplies from the hotels, but were unsuccessful. The employes have hopes of bringing to their aid the members of the Teamsters' and Engineers' unions, in order to keep food out of the hotels and to deprive the establishments of a supply of hot water, but President Young of the Teamsters' union declared that his organization would not declare a sympathetic strike because the waiters placed themselves in the wrong in refusing to accept the offer of arbitration made by the proprietors.
The officers of the Engineers' union made the same declaration and added that the engineers would remain on duty even if an effort be made to run the hotels with non-union help. Officers of the Chicago Federation of Labor expressed similar views.
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| Ferdinand E. Smith. |
TEACHERS' COUNCIL
Elects New Officers—The Program of the Day as Presented.
The fourth meeting of the council is in session today at the Normal School with President F. J. Cheney in the chair.
At the morning session the following were elected to serve as officers of the council for the ensuing year:
President—Superintendent F. E. Smith, Cortland.
Vice-Presidents—Miss Libbie Sweetland, Dryden, school commissioner in Tompkins county; Luke J. McEvoy, Cortland, school commissioner in Cortland county; Principal P. M. Helfer, Marathon.
Secretary—Prof. F. R. Parker, Cortland
Treasurer—Miss Lena R. Conable, Cortland.
Very interesting as well as suggestive and helpful papers upon "The Limitations of the Teacher" were read by Principal P. M. Helfer of Marathon and Miss Elizabeth Turner of Cortland, and the subject was discussed by Principal Lewis R. Mooney, McGraw.
Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction D. E. Ainsworth was expected to be present and speak this afternoon but was detained and notified the president to that effect last night. Dr. Cheney was fortunate in securing Rev. J. D. Phelps, D. D., who last night lectured at the Homer-ave. M. E. church and who remained over and spoke today upon "Cape Cod Folks."
ITHACA STREET RAILWAY
Is Sold—New Purchasers Probably to Extend to Cortland.
The Ithaca Journal says that E. G. Wyckoff of the Ithaca Street Railway Co. has sold to George F. Archer and others of Camden, N. J., 3,200 shares of stock in that railroad, leaving only fifty shares of stock yet to be purchased by the new owners. A sum to bind the bargain has already been paid, and the final transfer of stock and of title will be made on July 8.
The feature of this transfer which will interest Cortland people is that, according to The Journal, this new move means that the road will probably be extended to Cortland. This will be good news to people all along the line as well as to those at the termini.
During the last year the earnings of the Ithaca road have increased over 33 1-3 per cent and in 1902 the road carried 1,893,846 passengers.
MRS. HEAD RE-ENGAGED
At Yonkers and at a Fine Increase of Salary.
Cortland friends of Mrs. Charlotte Nash-Head will be interested to know that she has been engaged for another year as assistant supervisor of music in the public schools at Yonkers, and that her work bas proved more than satisfactory to the board of education and patrons of the school. A gratifying feature, too, of the re-engagement is a considerable increase of salary.
The Yonkers Statesman, noting the school appointments for the coming year, pays Mrs. Head a fine compliment in quoting some of the remarks of Mr. Ewing, a member of the board, who is also a fine musician. The Statesman says: At School No. 2, which is the largest school in Yonkers and which has an enrollment of over 1,500 pupils, Mr. Ewing expressed himself as much pleased with the musical exercises and paid Mrs. Charlotte Nash-Head, the teacher in charge, a compliment for her efficiency. Dr. H. R. Palmer of New York was also a recent visitor at this school, and he, too, had some very complimentary words to say of Mrs. Head's work."
Dr. Palmer is so well known in Cortland in the light of his long experience as the director of the Mahan music festivals that the value of his compliments will be appreciated.
During the past year Mrs. Head has been pursuing her musical studies in New York as well as teaching in Yonkers. Her teacher has been Francis Stuart, whose studio is in Carnegie Hall. She has also been accompanying for Mr. Stuart two hours each week. Mr. Stuart is also the teacher of W. E. Chamberlain of Cortland who is studying in New York.
REAL ESTATE CHANGES
In Syracuse—Former Cortland Residents Are Concerned.
The Syracuse Post-Standard contains the following notice of real estate transfers which will interest Cortland people, since the purchaser in both instances were formerly residents of Cortland:
One of the largest realty transactions of the week occurred yesterday when W. W. Slocum sold his family residence at 215 Slocum-ave. to Dr. J. M. Keese. The consideration was $6,000. The lot, 50 by 132 feet, is occupied by a modern house and stable and is pleasantly situated. Dr. Keese buys the property for a home and office and will take possession July 1.
Division Freight Agent William E. Wood of the Lackawanna has purchased of James S. Caldwell a new and attractive residence of Midland and Cortland-aves. The property is valued at $5,000. The house is handsomely finished in mahogany, curly birch and oak. The diningroom with panels of mahogany is a pretty feature. The house contains ten rooms including the servant's quarters on the third floor. Mr. Wood has taken possession of the property for a home.
"Railroad Jack."
The new "Railroad Jack," the great comedy success, will make its first appearance at the Opera House Friday, June 19, and no doubt be accorded a welcome second to none. The company is headed by that dainty singing and dancing soubrette Miss Madelon Caufman, and Jas. DeNoyer, character comedian, with an adequate support, and the superb scenic surroundings of the production could not help but make a deep impression. The play is mounted in a most elaborate manner, the stage settings being in keeping with the ideas. The most sensational scene ever presented by a traveling company, a lady thrown into a lions' den and rescued by the tramp in full view of the audience. Price, 10, 20, 30, and 50 cents. [Paid ad.]
BREVITIES.
--The first hurdy-gurdy of the season appeared upon the streets this morning before the rain came, and it attracted much attention.
LEHIGH VALLEY R. R.
Special Rate to Baltimore June 13 to 15 for $9.73.
On June 13, 14, and 15 the Lehigh Valley R. R. will sell round trip tickets to Baltimore, Md., for $9.73, on account of the twentieth triennial national Saengerfest of the North-Eastern Saengerbund. The ticket is limited for return to June 22. [Paid ad.]
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