NEWS WORTH REMEMBERING
News Worth Remembering AGAIN comes a terrible sea disaster in which 957 lives are lost. The Canadian Pacific steamer the Empress of Ireland was rammed by the, collier Storstad on the night of May...
...Thus if Ireland saves, the money is her ow'n...
...The' President had hot expected to participate but feeling that a false construction had been placed upon his declination, finally, decided to attend and speak...
...When the London treaty is brought up in the Senate, a fight will be made to have it amended so that provision will be made for the manning of life boats by at least two able seamen...
...ABC Mediation at a Critical Stage Reports from Niagara Falls, On» tario, of the A-B-C mediation conference indicate that progress is being made toward an agreement having in view the restoration of peace and conditional government in Mexico...
...Bill to take effect not earlier than eight months after passage or later than fifteen months as may be ordered by the king in council...
...That's where the trouble is...
...But the imputation that my father in any sense took the management of the railroad or any- part of its affairs out of the hands of the president is untrue...
...The opponents of this measure, notably Senator Burton ana Senator Lewis, hastened to give ou interviews contending that if the treaty framed at the London convention for safety at sea had been ratified, the Empress of Ireland disaster would perhaps have been mpossible...
...At the earnest request of the American delegates to the peace conference the three A-B-C mediators agreed to receive a communication from General Carranza, first chief of the Mexican constitutionalists, asking that his faction be permitted to participate in the conference...
...b) Formal recognition...
...The home rule bill was passed by the House of Commons May 25 for the third time and the measure now becomes a law despite the House of Lords...
...postoffice savings bank after ten years if Irish parliament wishes...
...4. The United States will agree to back up the new government by: (a) A promise of moral and active support...
...The Storstad was about two miles awa, at that time...
...Passed third and final reading May 25, 1914...
...3. The provisional government, in which the majority voice will prevail, will put electoral reforms into force and arrange promptly for the election of a permanent president...
...Captain Henry George Kendall of, the ill-fated liner, who...
...The Storstad was then about one point twelve degrees on my starboard bow...
...went down with his ship but was later picked up by a life boat testified at a coroner's inquiry that "after dropping the pilot near Father Point we then proceeded full speed...
...Mellen is wrong in judging the elder Morgan with having concealed from him facts which the president of the company should have knowm "Everyone," says Morgan, "who knew my father knows this to be untrue...
...I rang full speed astern on my engines and stopped my ship...
...All other parties 642 —Alabama will elect a successor to Henry B. Clayton as congressman from the Third district, June 29...
...He is right also in picturing my father's deep interest in New Haven affairs...
...The history the last forty years, of this century long struggle may be briefly summarized as follows: 1874—Irish home rule party formed under leadership of Isaac Butt...
...But on Saturday the mediators flatly refused to grant the United States government's insistent request for Carranza representation in the Mexican peace conference...
...The trend is unmistakable...
...They will hold office for terms of five years...
...He would then be about one ship's length away from me...
...Furuseth says the London convention will not increase the safety of the present vessels unless the labor problem is settled...
...He will exercise this veto on instructions from imperial cabinet...
...The Canadian Pacific steamer the Empress of Ireland was rammed by the, collier Storstad on the night of May 29, near the mouth of the St...
...They gave up their fight to have a specific declaration that nothing in the anti-trust laws should apply to labor unior.s...
...1885—Gladstone converted to home rule...
...There is nothing in the terms of the convention to justify any man to make the statement that it could have been prey-vented from clearing had it been in force...
...1913—Reintroduced in following sessions...
...But he asserts that Mr...
...Lawrence River...
...A majority of the commission will be men who have shown sympathy with the causes for which, the constitutionalists are fighting...
...if she is extravagant she will have to pay for it herself...
...On the liner were 165 members of the Salvation Army from the United States and Canada, bound for the world convention in London...
...Irish parliament to sit in Dublin, consisting of a senate and a house of commons...
...1884—Fenian outrages in England...
...Labor Compromises on Anti-Trust Issue Labor, fraternal agricultural or consumers organizations shall not be "held or construed to be illegal combinations in restraint of trade under the anti-trust law...
...The mediators took this under advisement although it was stated that this request is embarrassing to them after succeeding in agreeing upon a plan that had already been laid before President Wilson and President Huerta...
...In a speech at Springfield, Massachusetts, Charles Sumner Bird, twice Bull Moose candidate for governor, made it clear that he would enter the lists once more if ex-Congreccman Samuel W. McCall should bo the Republican candidate...
...When he struck me I had stoppeu my engines...
...The Empress of Ireland had as many boats as the London convention provides...
...The London treaty emphasizes the necessity for building safe ships, but it minimizes the necessity for able seamen aboard those ships...
...Colonel Theodore Roosevelt appeared at a meeting of the Nationa...
...it had all modern improvements and in the construction of bottom and water-tight bulkheads comes up to the provisions made by the London convention...
...Irish constabulary to be transferred to control of Irish parliament after six years...
...The Premier, however, insisted that no question of unfriendliness toward the exposition was involved...
...Dispatches last week carried the new* that "it can be definitely stated that the plan of settlement and pacification of Mexico includes the following points": 1. There will be a provisional government, consisting of a provisional president and four members of the cabinet, respectively, ministers of foreign affairs, gobernacion, finance and war...
...That means ten able seamen on each watch, two of whom are quartermasters doing duty at the wheel and on the bridge, two on the lookout, thus leaving only six able seamen for emergency deck duties, and the vessel has five passenger decks...
...At this writing it is believed at Washington that unless the mediators rescind their refusal the mediation conference will fail of success...
...The passage of the home rule bill brings the Ulster situation to at crisis...
...Irish senate of forty members at first nominated by Lord Lieutenant of Ireland...
...1880-5—Premier W. E. Gladstone passed land act and coercion act and imprisoned Irish members...
...rejected by Lords January 30, vote 326 to 69...
...England is holding its breath while it waits to see if Ulster really will go to the extent of a civil war in its opposition...
...And he added, "It is our duty in unmistakable terms to make it clear that the Republican party is to he as it was in Its best days--a thoroughly progressive party...
...Thus a Catholic may be appointed...
...Upon the arrival of the Storstad at Montreal on Sunday it was seized by admiralty court officials on behalf of the Canadian-Pacific Railroad on a writ claiming $2,000,000 damages...
...The federation of labor insists there should be two able seamen for every life boat...
...Congressman Alexander, chairman of the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, tells of the construction provisions made by the London convention and intimates that, through its recommendations, vessels are to be made safer than at present...
...Irish parliament to have limited power to tax, but not to impose customs duty save on articles already dutiable in the United Kingdom...
...Furuseth...
...The sound was then about four points upon my starboard bow...
...its formal answer to the mediators on the proposal agreed to by American and Huerta delegates for the establishment of a sort of commission government to take the place of General Huerta's government until a constitutional election can be held in Mexico...
...Next week the Interstate Commerce Commission, through Counsel Folk, will question other New York financiers, at Which testimony may be brought forth in addition to Mr...
...Republicans mustered 1,299...
...Mellen is right in describing my father as a forceful man...
...After expiration of first term they will be elected under proportional representation as follows Ulster 14, Leinster 11, Minister 9, and Connaught 6. Irish house of commons of 164 members, elected by existing constituencies, on a 27,000 population unit...
...Growth in receipts from revenue other than taxes imposed by Irish parliament will go to diminish the deficit ($10,000,000 at present...
...1911—Introduced for third time March 5; debate on second .reading began March 9, when Asquith offered six years' exclusion of individual counties, if so decided by popular vote...
...rejected by House of Commons on the second reading by majority of 30, thus splitting Liberal party...
...The ship began to fill and listed over rapidly...
...Before leaving for Madrid, Spain, to attend his son Kermit's wedding June 10, Colonel Roosevelt issued a statement criticizing President Wilson's administration...
...MEANWHILE the seamen's bill which was passed twice by the Senate still lies in the House of Representatives without action, its passage blocked by the powerful shipping interests...
...1882—Phoenix park murders, Dublin...
...I, shouted to him through the megaphone to go full speed astern, as I saw the danger of collision was inevitable...
...declared he would never be satisfied "until we have destroyed the last link which keeps Ireland bound to England...
...Evidently a false construction has been placed upon his action, and therein lies the reason for the change of programme...
...1880—Charles Stewart Parnell became leader of Irish party...
...SenatOT Lewis is quoted as saying that the Empress of Ireland would not have been permitted to leave port if the convention had been in force...
...After describing the efforts to launch the life boats which failed because of the quickness with which the injured vessel listed to one side, filled and sank—in all about fourteen minutes—Captain Kendall declarer that he shouted five times to the captain of the Storstad to stand fast with' his boat to keep the hole in the Empress of Ireland plugged...
...Ulster has continually fought against home rule, claiming that it would have no power in the Irish, parliament and that it would be forced to submit to the rule of that part of Ireland with which it is not in sympathy...
...Volunteer forces have been formed in Ulster, arms have been secured and Ulstermen have sworn to forcibly resist home rule...
...He stood up and talked to us like a college professor lecturing a lot of raw undergraduates," said J. M. Glenn of Chicago, former president of the Illinois Manufacturers' Association, "and he gave us a decidedly unsympathetic hearing to say the least...
...I looked out to where the sound came from...
...Lord lieutenant, appointed by crown, will have power to veto laws which go beyond constitutional powers of Irish parliament...
...A vacancy now exists in that office...
...The President, told them that the business depression, of which they had to complain was "purely psychological...
...May 7; passed second reading Commons June 9, vote 369 to 270...
...Ac-Cording to a statement issued from the White House, he urged upon his visitors the necessity of patriotic cooperation on the part of the business, men of the country in order to support rather than to oppose the moderate processes of reform, and to help guide them by their own intimate knowledge of business conditions and processes...
...1893—Second home rule bill introduced...
...The proof of it is on every hand...
...The imperial parliament remains supreme, but Ireland is given real autonomy in regard to purely Irish affairs subject to certain reservations and safeguards...
...1886—First home rule bill introduced...
...The reason for the President's change in his plans was explained by Secretary Tumulty in this statement: "When the, invitation was extended by the committee representing the Grand Army of the Republic of the District of Columbia the President in-formed the committee that he did not think the occasion would be opportune for the delivery of an appropriate address, and because of this he felt that he must decline the invitation, agreeing, however, to attend a memorial service at a later date...
...I then rang full speed ahead again, when I saw the danger was so great, with the object of running her on shore to save passengers, and ship...
...Forty-two Irish members (one per 100,000 of population) will sit in imperial parliament at Westminister, instead of 103 as at present...
...After conferences at the White House and at the Capitol this understanding was reached...
...Irish parliament prohibited from establishing or endowing any religion, from giving any preference or privilege or imposing any disability on account of religious belief...
...It is just as reasonable to ask stewards to operate lifeboats as it is to ask seamen to cook the meals...
...The head of the commission with the title of provisional or acting president will be a man in accordance with the principles of the constitutionalists, but not active as a revolutionist...
...Almost immediately the engines stopped, the ship filling and going over all the time, starboard...
...Out of 1,941 voters who registered in the city of Grand Forks, North Dakota, only forty-seven enrolled as Bull Moosers...
...This is the declaration on Senator Borah of Idaho at the state "welfare conference" held May 26 in Detroit...
...Andrew Furuseth, president of the International Seamen's Union, however, and Senator La Follette, who introduced the seamen's bill, hold that the convention is inadequate to obtain real safety at sea...
...rejected for second time by Lords July 15, vote 302 to 64...
...Lord lieutenant's appointments not subject to religious disabilities, as now...
...At that time I saw a slight fog bank coming gradually from the land, and knew it was going to pass between the Storstad and myself...
...It was also stated that Captain Anderson was not on duty at the time of the accident...
...Mellen with regard to the manner in which the young Mr...
...2. The provisional government will be placed in power in this fashion: General Huerta will appoint one of the five men selected as a result ot the mediation, three representing the constitutionalists and two the Huel> tistas, to be secretary of state in his cabinet...
...Ireland Wins Home Rnle Ireland has at last achieved self government...
...1912—Third home rule bill introduced by Premier Asquith April 12...
...This is the substance of a compromise amendment accepted by the American Federation of Labor and labor leaders in the House...
...water and I saw my ship was stopped...
...News Notes —The British government, according to an announcement by Premier Asquith, has decided finally not to participate in the Panama-Pacific Exposition at San Francisco...
...At the same time I blew three short blasts on the steamer's whistle, meaning 'I am going full speed astern.' The Storstad answered with the whistle, giving me one prolonged blast...
...And he said, "After passing Rock-point gas buoy I sighted the steamer Storstad, it then being clear...
...The official figures of the deck crew of the sister ship of the Empress of Ireland, the Empress of Britain, are available...
...d) Exchange of salutes at the time of the evacuation of Vera Cruz, which will show respect on the part of Mexico for the United States, thus atoning for the Tampico incident, and on the part of the United States for Mexico...
...We ought not to assume for a moment or concede for a moment that because the party bids fair to go back into power there is going to be any compromise with the forces which brought it near its ruin...
...Wilson...
...He adds however, "Mr...
...George V...
...Imperial exchequer will pay into Irish exchequer every year a fixed sum based on cost of Irish gevcrnment when act passes, together with Irish postal revenue, and $25,000,000, to be reduced gradually to $1,000,000...
...He corroborated the testimony of Mr...
...Opposition rejected this offer...
...A sailor cannot serve coup in a storm, but a steward can," said Mr...
...Morgan Defends Father's Acts J. Pierpont Morgan, Jr., issued a statement last week attempting to discredit the testimony of Charles b. Mellen, former head of the New Haven, Railroad before the Interstate Commerce Commission...
...I stopped my engines and blew two long blasts, meaning 'my ship was under way but stopped and has no way upon her.' He answered me again with one prolonged blast...
...Morgan virtually fired Mellen from the presidency...
...The London conference did not provide a larger crew nor did it provide a more efficient crew...
...Jacob A. Riis, author and social worker, died May 26 at his summer home in Bare, Massachusetts, after a long illness...
...1879—Land league founded by Michael Davitt...
...Since 1874 Ireland has been struggling for home rule...
...None of the acts specified in Section 18 of the omni-bus anti-trust bill forbidding injunctions against peaceable strikes and boycotts shall "be construed or held to be unlawful...
...Borah Sees Republican Gains "The Republican party is coming back' into "power...
...The contest between Senator E. D. Smith and Governor Cole L. Bleasc for the United States Senatorship in South Carolina will be settled in ihe Democratic primaries August 25...
...The President was not willing that his absence should be misconstraed...
...There are restrictions on legislation on income tax, state and stamp duties...
...I then looked over the side of my ship into the...
...It has not yet been announced whether General Huerta has assented to the scheme...
...third reading July 7, vote 352 to 243...
...1913—Passed by Commons January 16, vote 367 to 257...
...The vote was 351 for, and 274 against...
...The House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries is being urged to report out immediately the seamen's bill which passed the Senate last October and which was pigeonholed by a subcommittee...
...Geographical Society in Washington May 26 and described the river in South America 1,000 miles long which he says he "put on the map," and challenged all the cartographers in the world to disprove his statement...
...It was still foggy...
...c) Evacuation of Vera Cruz Immediately after the provisional government enters into power...
...The American Federation of Labo has passed a resolution opposing the approval of the London convention as it stands...
...throwing additional light upon the domination of the elder Picront Morgan over the "management of properties controlled by him...
...Wilson: Says Business Depression Is "Purely Psychological" A delegation of business men from Chicago and other Middle Western cities called upon President Wilson last week in criticism of the administration's anti-trust, program...
...passed second reading in original form April 6, vote 356 to 276...
...Taxes, to be collected by imperial government for the present, with certain exceptions...
...About, two minutes afterward I saw his red and green lights...
...I shouted to the Storstad to keep full speed ahead to fill the hole he had made...
...He received no answer although, he added, it was impossible for him not to have been heard...
...No authority to deal with questions of peace and war, army, navy or treason...
...Ulster is controlled by a wealthy manufacturing class whose men, women and children workerfs, according to investigators, are very much exploited...
...The Empress of Ireland was built in 1906...
...Validity of laws passed by Irish parliament subject to appeal to Irish court of appeal and afterward to the judicial committee of privy council...
...Addresses G. A. R. President Wilson and Speaker Clark delivered addresses at the Memorial Day services under the auspices of the G. A. R. in Arlington National Cemetery...
...The understanding here is that the conference under way in Washington between Secretary Bryan and constitutionalist agents have to do with obtaining the concurrence of the constitutionalists in the men suggested for membership on the commission...
...This will give Ulster 59, Leinster 41, Munster 37, Connaught 25 and Universities 2. Power of Irish parliament subject to "territorial limitation...
...at the same time I put my engine' full speed ahead with my helm hard aport, with the object of avoiding, if possible, the shock...
...Riis was a famous social worker and among his books that have become famous were "How the Other Half Lives," "The Children of the Poor," "The Battle with the Slum," and "Children of the Tenements...
...Senator Burton is quoted as saying that if the London .convention on safety to life at sea had been adopted, the- construction provision of that convention would have prevented the disaster...
...Out of a total of forty-eight in the deck crew, exclusive of the five officers, only twenty are able seamen...
...Huerta then will resign, and under the Mexican constitution the secretary of state automatically will succeed him...
...Among the victims of this disaster were Sir Laurence Irving, the actor, and his actress wife, Mabel Hackney, and Sir Henry Seton Karr, the well-known English lawyer and big game hunter...
...Officers of the Storstad declared that the engine of their boat was going full speed astern at the moment it hit the Empress of Ireland...
...Almost at the same time he came right in and cut me down in a line between the funnels...
...Perkins, Mcdill McCormick and Alexander p. Moore were the last to confer with Roosevelt before his boat left...
...He then backed away...
...Then the fog came and the Storstad's lights disappeared...
...The Empress of Ireland was valuer at $2,000,000 and with her cargo valued at $250,000, was fully insured...
...In the meantime the United States is delaying...
...If parties were divided as at present this would give representation at Westminster of thirty-four Nationalists and eight Unionists...
...it had as good a drew as the convention provides...
...Under this home rule bill Ireland will have its own governing body...
...passed by Commons, but rejected by Lords by 419 to 41...
...Furuseth issued a statement as follows: "How many more bodies must be floating around before the ship owners and their defenders shall be compelled to quit misleading the public and the legislative branches of the different governments with reference to safety at sea...
...Mel-len's...
Vol. 6 • June 1914 • No. 23
