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MANCHESTER IOWA
48 FOR ROOSEVELT
•ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN DELE
.' GATES, WITH EXCEPTION OF
TWO, GO TO COLONEL.
^PRESIDENT GIVEN REMAINDER
G. O. P. Conventions of the Twenty-
?}!r 'k. Five Congressional Districts of
I )i. State Meet and Abide by Pri-.
'. X* «$' mary Vote of Last Week.
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w/ il '"s Chicagp, April 19 -Forty-eight dele
gates instructed, to vote for Theodore
Roosevelt in the Republican conven
tion. were elected from Illinois dis
tricts Wednesday/ T*vo Taft dele
gates were elected from the Fifth dis
trict, this.-only one in the state "carried
by the president in/the preferential
'primaries last week.
:$.• Republican conventions were held
In each of the twenty-five congression
al districts in the state. Two dele
gates were elected from each district.
In air the conventions fiat lnstruc
•tlons were voted. There was no at
tempt made to ignore the result of.
the preferential primary by allowing
delegates to go uniristructed.
Taft men were in control of cpn
Vyentlons in many of the districts, but
they showed no hesitancy about in
structing for Roosevelt. The Taft
men, however, put through resolutions
commending President Taft's admin
istration. ..:
•hi.
Among the Taft men who were
^elected as Roosevelt delegates were
Postmaster Daniel A. Campbell and
Abel'Davis in the Seventh district,
|gi*' Fred W. Upham in: the Ninth, Clar
ence E. Snively of Canton in the Fif
$__ teenth, len Small of Kankakee In the
i*"'-1 ijv. Eighteenth and Edward E." Miller, of
J® East" St. Louis in the Twenty-second.^
fffc Taft men were anxious to ,secure
places on/'tlie' delegation in urder ^to
'•fptjsl have a. hand in the: naming of a ria
j.( V! tlonal committeeman.
I'M It In most of the districts where Taft
men were in -control^ the'resolutions
contained no ctiiismendation of Roose
velt beyond a ^r^oommendation that
delegates abid$t#i|he primary vote.
in Governor,IWja^en's home district,
the Third, ttiejresdlutlons praised the
Tafti administration-and then .wound
,iip with a /hearty indorsement of the
Roosevelt candidacy. Several other
districts adopted similar resolutions.
Where original Roosevelt men were
in "control President Taft was ignored
in the resolutions, while Roosevelt
Z0 was wshrilyvcommended. ".
S| Frank L. Smith, Illinois Taft. mana
&S ger, failed to' be elected(as a delegate
1|§ from the- Seventeenth- district. He
had said he would, be chosen and
'woiiid vote for. Roosevelt. Avowed
Mi Roosevelt- enthusiasts were named In
Sjj the Seventeenth district.
^."•": ^.^j5Hre«eit&tiye! William B. McKln
leyV the ialional Taft manager, lost
Ife? ecmtror'of the •congressional conven
ttbit in his ^iistript for the first: time
w| in^yeaw.'-'iAfter' a:.long 'struggle: the'
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S tfatloni Original Rooseyelt men •vyere
||. -:namedas delegates. /fc".
Chaiuiicey -Dewey, Illinois- Roosevelt
S, manager,rdid not get a place as dele-
Is-/,™ gate frbm £he'First' district, but was
indorsed for delegate-at-large.
STEAMER EARL GREY SINKS
Doomed Vessel Wires She Needs As
sistance and Then' Goes to
the' Bottom."
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|.|Halifax, N. S., April 19.—The Earl
Grey, with 200 passengers, Is ashore
at Cape Bohn. .The government boat
Minto is rushing her assistance.
The Earl Grey first called for assist
ance at noon Wednesday and the wire
less S. O. S. was flashed out at regu
lar" Intervals for seven hours.
•The Earl Grey plies between Char
Jottetown, Prince Edward Island, and
PiCtou, 'N. S It is reported by ves
sels -in the vicinity of her position
that the Earl Grey sank after flash
ing'the following message
"Need immediate assistance. Sink
ing." si A
AVIATOR SUICIDES IN AIR
Had Quarreled With His Fiancee and
Found Life Unbearable—Swore
to Kill Self.
Marseilles, FraSce, April 19.—Fol
lowing a quarrel with his fiancee,
John Verrept, well-known Belgian avi
ator, rose in his machine, to a height
of 600 feet, threw up his hands and
crashed to the ground. He was killed
instantly. After, the dispute with the
girl Verrept swore he would kill him
self.
His machine was In perfect working
order after the fall. Verrept was
•twenty-three years old. 1
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Rail Meeting Resumed.
Kansas City, Mo., April 19.—Discus
sion of plans for the federation of ten
railway crafts whose members are em
ployed oh fortytseven lines west of the
Mississippi river was resumed at a
session of the railway workers' con
ference here Wednesday.
Water Tower Tumbles.
Long Prkirie, Minn.—The water
tower, which stands on a high hill
near the town, collapsed here Wednes
day. The .streets of the town were
flooded. The loss will be heavy.
Dr. C. H. Parkhurst Is Seventy.
New York, April 19.—Rev. Dr.
Charles H. Parkhurst, pastor of the
Madison Square Presbyterian church
here, and for nearly fifty years a lead
er in civic and reform movements in
New York, was seventy years old
Wednesday.
Dodgers Fire Davidson.
Brooklyn, N. Y., April 19.—The
Brooklyn club of the National league
released Outfielder Davidson to the
Omaha club of the Western league
last Wednesday.
J. P. Morgan Is Seventy-Five.
New York, April 19.—J. Plerpont
Morgan celebrated his seventy-iifth
birthday anniversary in Aix les Bains,
France, Wednesday. According to
cablegrams received by members of
bis firm, he is in excellent health
Train Turns Turtle All Escape.
Kingfield, Me., April 19.—Four
coaches of a Maine Central passenger
train were turned bottomside up with
fifteen persons inside, without injury
to occupants or cars, here, Wednes
day.
Only 868 Saved from the
Wreck of the World's
Largest Vessel.
Worst Maritime Disaster of
Modern Tunes Due to
Treacherous Floe in the
Path of the Great White
Stair l^ner—Carpathia Has
Survivors on Board. #1^
New York, April 18.—The worst
fears aB to the magnitude of the dis
aster to, the White Star liner Titanic,
which stmck an iceberg off the New
foundland coast on her maiden voy
age from Southampton, were con
firmed on the arrival at this port of
the steamer" Carpathia with 868. of the
survivors on board.
Capt. E. J. Smith, commander of the
Titanic, went to his grave with his
vessel. He met death at his post as a
gallant sklppler should. He and his
Crew enforced rigidly the unwritten
law of the Bea:—women and children
first. No other evidence than that
given by the preponderance of wom
en among the survivors was needed:
The authorities asked the officers of
the Carpathia direct whether John.
Jacob Astor, -Benjamin Guggenheim,
Major Archibald Butt or Isador StfaUs
were on. board and received reply:
"No."
This evidently settles the fate of
these four men. Seemingly, no chance,
remains that they are alive. Similarly,
it. is not thought possible -now that
William T. Stead, the Journalist, has
survived. Henry B.. Harris, the, the
atrical manager, and George D. Wide
ner of Philadelphia, are .also supposed
now to be drowned. There seems no
hope they are alive or their friends,
would have had word from them.
.. Although 868 survivors of the wreck
were on the Carpathia, all of them are
not passengers, for It was necessary
for members of the Tltanic's' crew to
man the lifeboats which set out from
the sinking liner.
.When the collision occurred about
200 sailors sleeping in the bow of the
Titanic were drowned like rats After
the, impact the lights on the'Titanic
went out in-four minutes. The dyna-.
mos lasted about the same time, which
caused the wireless operator to aban
don his calls for help. As his storage'
batteries were only capable of carry
ii(g from 60'to 100 miles, the wireless
operator Nwas rendered helpless.
Buried Two Miles Under Sea.
The Titanic lies buried two miles
beneath the ocean's surface, midway
between Sable island and Cape Race.
Her position when she struck the ice­
1866, January 11—Steamer London
on its way to Melbourne, foundered
in the Bay 6f Biscay 220 lives lost.
1866, October 3—Steamer JBvenlng
Star from New York to New Or
leans, foundered: 250 lives lost.
1867, October 29—Royal Mail steam
ers Rhone and Wye, and about 50
other vessels driven ashore and
wrecked at St Thomas, West In
dies. by a hurricane: 1.000 lives lost.
1873, January 22—British steamer
Northfleet sunk in collision off Dun
gen ess 300 lives lost.
1873, November 23—White Star liner
Atlantic wrecked oft Nova Scotia
547 lives lost.
1873, November 23—French Line
steamer Ville du Havre, from New
York to Havre, in collision with
ship Locb-earn, sank In 16 minutes
110 lives lost.
1874, December 26—Immigrant ves
sel, Cospatrick, took lire and sank
oft Auckland 476 lives lost.
ACCORDING TO MARINE AUTHORITIES, THE DAMAGE SUS
TAINED HERE MARKED THE BEGINNING OF THE END.
Great Marine Disasters
berg was given as latitude 41.46 nortn,
longitude 60.14 west.
As had been feared, the people on
the Carpathia confirmed the fears that
Col. John Jacob Astor was carried to
the bottom when the Titanic sank.
Maj. Archibald Butt and Isidor Straus
are also among the lost.
Many of the Women Insane.
Many of the women taken from the
sinking Titanic were made temporari
ly insane and were placed under the
care of physicians on the Carpathia..
It appears that several passengers
were killed in their berths by the
force of "the impact, and at least 150
members of the Tltanic's crew were
killed in the collision.
President Knew His Aid.
President Taft, with tear-dimmed
eyes, said:' "When I heard that
'Archie' was on a ship that was lost
with 1,300 of its people, I didn't want
to see him again I knew he wouldn't
come back."
FIRST STORY OF THE TRAGEDY
Survivors of the Great Disaster Tell
of Scenes That Followed Death
Blow to the Titanic, vi"
New York, April. 18.—From sur
vivors on board the Carpathia, the
first story of the Tltanic's great tra
gedy istold.
So far It has been made certain that
the Titanic struck a flinty Iceberg,
which ripped open its keel almost
from, end to end. The boats were
lowered Immediately, and women and
children, with enough men to row,
were* placed in them.
The Titanic carried to their deaths
1,312 persons.
'The survivors include 219'men—pas
sengers and members of the crew who
manned the boats—and 649 women
and children. Of these, 53 men, six
children and 140 women were from
the first cabin sixteen men, ninety
two women apd ten children from the
second cabin, and approximately 400
mostly .wom^n and children, from the
steerage.
Panic Follows Crash.
A scene of panic was enacted on
the giant liner a few seconds after the
beug was struck.
Frantic men and women rushed
from their cabins and swarmed the
decks. Few. were more than scantily
clad, and many wor^__ nothing save
their night clothes. Among these was
Mrs. John Jacob Astor, ^ho bad on
only a nightgown and a waterproof
coat.
The full force of the disaster was
hardly realized at first, eyen by Cap
tain Smith and the crew. They at
tempted to reassure the passengers,
but the roar of water pouring into the
hull made it evident that the. ship was
doomed.
Then it was that the Inadequate life
boats were lowered and the crew
told oS to man them. Women and
children were first sent over the sides
and into the boats.
When about half the boats had been
dropped Into the water panic seized
a part of the men and they attempted
to. swarm Into them.
Captain Smith and officers of the
ship, armed with revolvers, held them
back, and the brave officers soon were
joined by the more courageous men of
the passengers.
Last Sight of Their Loved Ones,
No more dramatic sight could be
pictured than that which greeted the
.last of the/rescued as their boats
pushed away from the sides of the Ti
tanic.and prepared to get out of range
of the suction—deadly to small craft
—which would have pulled them under
had they been near when tne Titanic
went down.
FIRST PCSIII IIP TUP mil ICfMU,
Husbands, fathers, sweethearts,, ail
left behind no time for farewell a
lifetime of sorrow staring them in the
faces, from one side, death from the
1875, May 7—Hamburg mail steamer
Schiller wrecked in fog on Sciliy
isles 200 lives lost.
1875, November 4—American steam
er Pacific in collision thirty miles
southwest of Cape Flattery 236
lives lost.
1878, March 24—British training ship
Eurydice, a frigate, foundered near
the Isle of Wight 300 lives lost.
1878, September 3—British Iron ex
cursion boat Princess Alice sunk in
collision in the Thames 700 liver
lost.
1878, December 18—French steamer
Byzantin, sunk in collision in the
Dardanelles, with the British steam
er Rinaldo 21T? lives lost.
1880, January 31—British training
ship Atlanta left Bermuda with 29U
men and was never heard from.
1884, July 23—Spanish steamer Gijon
and British steamer Lux In collision
off Finisterre 150 JAyes lost
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From the steamship Bruce, bound
for Sydney, earlier in the day came a
report.
The Bruce obtained its story of the
disaster from wireless messages
picked up from several of the ships
which had been in closest touch with
the last hours of the mammoth. White
Star steamship and which afterward
were In the zone of communication
with the Bruce's apparatus.
When the Titanic struck thei moun
tain of Ice that sent It to the bottom
within four hours after the impact. It
was steaming at the rate of 18 knots
an hour. The shock almost, demol
ished the proud vessel, which its build
ers had believed nothing couldi mas
ter.
Hitting the Impenetrable, ice mass
fairly with its towering bows, the ship
was rent asunder at the first ,'blow.
Its decks' were pipped and torn Its
sides and bulkheads were split and
shattered as wuh the hammer of some
Titan from the bow to a point almost
amidships.
Some of Boats Wrecked.
Its upper' works and some 'of its
boats were splintered, while a shower
of debris from its spars fell upon the
decks like giant hail.- Though the
ship had struck the monster obstruc
tion head-on, as Its bow rose clear or
the water, smashed to an unrecogniza
ble mass of bent'and shivered steel,
the vessel listed heavily to. port and
•threatened to turn turtle before the
recoil slide of what was left of its
proud form back to an even keel
The Titanic had forced its giant
bulk away up on a submerged spur of
the Iceberg,'a phenomenon. .which is
not infrequent In the mo'st disastrous
collisions with these ghostlike senti
nels of the banks.
In mounting upon the jagged ice
spur and in sliding .back from its posi
tion the ship had torn out many of
its bottom plates from the midships
section forward to the bow.
Ship Goes Down by Head.
As a result its compartments frpm
amidships forward were speedily
flooded. They took in water at a rate
that defied the efforts of the pumps
and the ship began to settle by the
head, listing heavily to port and roll
ing In the trough of the sea as it be
came gradually disengaged from the
ice, many tons of which had fallen
upon ltB upper decks and contributed
to the demolition and confusion.
The force of the blow had been so
tremendous that l!he vast ship was
started in its every joint and every
thing movable throughout Its superb!
equipment, of luxurious cabins and
saloons was tossed into heaps Uxe dis
carded Junk.
jBut British seamanship and dis
cipline prevailed and It did what little
might tie done as well as dauntless
men could do it. Every officer and
man leaped to his post, while Captain
Smith, megaphone in hapd, bellowed
his orders over the rolling hulk that
an hour before had been the proudest
ship 1^" Christendom. Sufficient order
was maintained to launch safely most
of the boats,)the greater number of
which had remained seaworthy, de
spite the ordeal through which they
had passed.
Within less than an hour aftier the
doomed queen of the ocean fleets had
struck it had settled so fast that the
water had flooded Its engine rooms
and then its wireless apparatus wept
out of commission. At the same time
the falling of its dynamos extinguished
its electric lighting system, and the
mammoth craft was plunged Into
Stygian darkness except for such fee
ble gleams as were afforded by the use
of torches and lanterns.
Third Cabin Passengers Saved
New York, April 18.—The third class
passengers rescued from the wrecked
steamship Titanic by the Carpathia
are:
Adlerson,
Angusen, Helena.
AksaKs, Filly.
Abbott, Rosa.
Anderson. Edna.
Astlund. Selma.
Astlund Felix.
Astlund. Lillian.
Abelseph. Alclesep.
Aksaks, Leak.
SCENE OF OCEAN DISASTER
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NEW YORK
DELPHI*
ot&er. This is what the survivors had
to face.
'While cowardly men were fighting
to get into the boats to save, them
selves, a score of fearless women re
mained steadfastly at the sides of
their husbands and refusied to be
saved. These went down into the
trough of the sea, defying death for
love.
i?Vvi WEWrOUNOlAN®
WHERE THE TITANIC MET HER FATE.
McDermott, Dells.
Marlkarl,
McKaren, John.
'McKey. Ernest. if?
McKey. Alice.
McCormack, Thos.'
-Murphy. Nora.
Mullln, Katie.
McCarthy. Katie.
Messemockes. G. D.
Abrlhamson. August.Messemockes, Airnle.
Aloun. Bednoura. Yusef. Madera.
Assim. Mariania. Moubarck. Bunos.
Bin* Lee. Moubarck. Halln.
Barlaon. Elnare. Moubarck. Gttosa.
I
1889, March 16—U. S. warships Tren
ton. Vandalia and Nipsic and Ger
man ships Adler and Eber wrecked
on Samoan Islands 147 lives lost.
1890, September 19—Turkish Frigate
Ertogrul, foundered off Japan 640
lives lost
1891, March 17—Anchor Liner Utopia
in collision with British steamer
Anson off Gibraltar and sunk 574
lives lost
1893, June
22—British
battleship Vic
toria sunk in collision with the
Camperdown off Syria 357 lives
lost
1894, June 25—Steamer Norge
wrecked on Rockall Reef In North
Atlantic nearly 600 lives lost
1895, January 30—German steamer
Elbe, sunk in collision with British
steamer Crathie in North Sea 336
lives lost.
1895, March 11—Spanish cruiser
Reina Regenta foundered in Atlan
tic at entrance to Mediterranean
400 lives lost.
1898, July 2—Steamship Bourgogne
rammed British steel sailing vessel
Cromartyshire and sank rapidly
671 lives lost
Bridget, Rose,
Boklln, Marie.
Boklln, Eugene,
ill
Musulmon.-' Mlna.
Mtfno, Javina.
Muhan. Kirkoean.
Boklln, Hallne Murphy. Maggie J.
Boklln, Latpfe Mailman, Heuna..
Batman, Emily. Nlckareu. John.
Bockstrom, Maria Nelson, Bertha.
Bradley, Bridget,
Casern, Naglf.
Casern, Boyam.
Cohn, Ous.
Cribb. L. M.
Conto, Minnie.
Conto. Nevelle.
Connelly. Katie.
Carr, Ellen.
Charles, John.
Churchson. John.
Dlanodelma, Delia,
Doyt, Agnes.
Duckiey, Daniel.
Daly, P. D.
Daly, Charles.
Daly. Maroola.
Neket,.Mary
Nelson, Demina J.
Nyhem, Tree.
7," McGowan. Annie.
Mathjoax. Karl.
Maliledell, Bertha.
Merlgan, Maggie.,
Maran. Bertha.
Madsen. Krlstof.
Nanga, Margaret....
OumBon. Scurll. jf nt
Oanb, Nicola.
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Osplumd, Canderson
O'Leary, Nora.
Dlsen. Arthur..
Patros, Coterina.
Ptcard, Genert.
Patros, Nobesfc.
Person. Ernest.
Roth, Noras.
Retbon. Anna.
Sullcl. Nicola.
Dean, Mrs. Etta and itrlnder. Juho.
two children. Schurblnt, Jan.
Devaney, Margaret. Sap. Jules.
Demueder, Theodore. Sofla, Anna.
Eldegrek.: Leonch. Slnde. Eelerlce.
Ellaso. Nicola.
Hanwakan
Hip. Chin*. a-'::
Hedvig, Croft.
Joblom. S.
Kirora, Krlkorean.
KolBbottel,. Anna.
Kesortny, Florence,
Krlsresne, Joseph
Ludguts. Aing.
Sande Beatrice.
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Slbolrome. "Rose.
Slbelrome. Agnes,
S 1 a Amy
Stanley Johan.
Smythe. Falla,
3hlne. Axel.
Sublakat, Sanuca.
.Turkula. Hedvlg.
Turkgest, William.
Vartauron. Vartauon
Wicks. Ellen.
Yesburg. Sllene.
Yousef, Hanna.
Yousef.' George..
Yousef. Marian
Zenn. Philip.
:i
Moss, Albert.
McGovem, Mary.
MANY IN FIRST CABIN LOST
List of Those on the Titanic fo.r
Whom the 'Company Holds Out
Little Hope of Safety.
New York, April 17.—The following
persons on the first-class passenger
list' oi: the Titanic, almost certainly
went down with, the vessel:
Hiss E. Adams, A. J. Allison, wife,
daughter, son, maid and nurse Thom
as Andrews, Raymond Artaga-Veytia.
O. H. Barkworth, J. Bautnann.
Quigg Baxter, T. Beattie, K. H. Behr.
H. Bjornstrom, Stephen Wear Black
well, Miss Caroline Bennett, Lily Bon
nell, J. J. Borebank, Miss Bowen.
Elsie Bowerman, John B. Brady. E.
Brandeis, Dr. Arthur Jackson Brew,
Mrs. S. W. Bucknell and maid, Maj.
Archibald W. Butt
Frank Carlson, F. M. Carran, J. P.
Carran, Mrs. E. M. Chlbnall, Robert
Chisholm, Walter M. Clark and wife,
George 'Quincy Clifford, E. J. Colley.
Mrs. A. T. Compton and son. Miss S.
W. Compton Mrs. R. C. Cornell. John
Crafton, John Bradley Cummlngs
and! wife. •t
P. D. Daly, Robert W. Daniel, Will
iam O. Dulles.
Mrs. Boulton Earnshaw, Miss Caro
Ilne Endrees, Miss E. M. Eustis, Mrs.
A. F. h. Eganhelml
B. L. Foreman. T. P. Franklin.
Arthur Gee, George B. Golde
schmidt, Victor Giglio, Benjamin Gug
genheim.
W. H. Harrison, Christopher Head,
W. F. Hest, Herbert Henry HIHiard.
W. E. Hopkins, Mrs.. Ida S. Hlppjtch,
A. O. Holverson and wife.
Blrnbaum Jacob, C. C. .Jones, H. F.
Julian.
Edward A. Kent, 'F. R. Ken yon snd
wife, E. N. Kimball and wife, Herman
Klaber.
William S. Lambert, E. G. Lfwis,
Mrs. J. Lindtrom, Milton C./ Long.
H. Loring.
J. E.' Maguire, T. M'Caffry, Timothy
J. M'Carty, J. R. M'Gough, A. Melody,
Edgar J. Meyer and wife, Frank D.
Millet, H. Markland Molsom, Clarence
Moore and man servant, Mr. Morgan,
wife and maid.
Charles Natsch, A. S. Nicholson.
S. Ovles.
M. H. W. Parr, Austin Partner. V.
Payne, Thomas Pears and. wife, Vic
tor Penasco, wief and maid Walter
Chamberlain Porter.
Jonkheer Reuchlinjg, Geo.. Rheims,
Mrs. Edward S. Robert and maid. W.
A. Roebling 2d, Hugh Rood, J. Hugo
Ross. Alfred Rowe.
Herbert F. Sahhee and wife. Miss
E. W. Schultes, ,Mr. Silverthorne.
John M. Smart. Clinch J. Smith. R.
W. Smith Frederick O. Spedden, wife,
son and mair W. A. Spencer, wife
and maid Dr. Max Stabelin, W. T.
Stead, Mas Froelich Stebli and wife.
C. E. .H. E, Stengel and wife. Mrs. W.
B. Stephenson, A. A. -Stewart, Mrs.
George M. Stone and maid. Isador
Straus, 'wife and two servants, Fred
erick Sutton, Mrs. Frederick Joel
Swift
Emll Tausig and, wife, Ruth Taus
sig, E. iS. Taylor and wife, J. B.
Thayer, wife, son and maid J. Thorne
and wife. G. M. Tucker Jr.
Mr. Uruchurtu. v-.'-'
Wyckoff Vanderboff. •".'
W. Anderson Walker, J. Weir, Per
clval W. White, Richard F.- White,
wife and two servants George D.
Wick and wife Harry Widener,
Duane Williams, N. M. Williams Jr.,
George Wright
1904, June 15—General Slocum, excur
sion steamboat with 1,400 persons
aboard took fire while going
through Hell Gate, East Klver
more than 1,000 lives lost.
1905, September 12—Japanese steam
ship Mikasa wrecked by explosion
699 lives lost
1907, February 12—Steamship Larch
mont in collision witn Henry Knowl
ton in Long Island sound 183 lives
lost
1907, February 21—English mall
steamship Berlin wrecked off the
Hook of Holland 142 lives lost
1907, February 24—Austrian Lloyd
steamship Imperatrix, from Trieste
to Bombay, wrecked on Cape of
Crete and sunk 137 lives lost.
1907, March—French warship. Jena,
blown up at Toulon 120 lives lost
His First Ride.
Glbbs—So the automobile you
bought arrived yesterday. By the way,
wasn't that Dr. Evans 1 saw out In it
with you?
Dibbs—Yes I thought I'd be on the
safe side and have a doctor along in
case I needed oneJ
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HONOR NAVAL NERO
STATUE OF JOHN PAUL JONES
UNVEILED AT WASHING
TON CITY.
PRESIDENT TAFT IS PRESENT
Government's Handsome Memorial to
American Navy's First Admiral Is
Dedicated With Very Impressive
Ceremonies—Noted Men Attend.
Washington, April 18.—Midst most
impressive ceremonies, the govern-,
ment's handsome memorial,' to John
Paul Jones, the first .admiral of the
American navy, was dedicated Wed
nesday afternoon.'President Taft was
there, and so were, most of the mem
bers of congress and of the diplomatic
corps, together-with a great throng of
unofficial spectators. One grandstand
was filled with representatives of all
..the patriotic societies, and in/the par
ade were cavalry 'from Fort Myer,
Tegular Infantry, detachments of the
marine corps, midshipmen-'from: the
naval academy and the District of
Columbia National Guard.
Rev. Charles Wood of the Cliurch of
the Covenant delivered the Invocation
and Gun. Horace Porter, president of
the Nkyy league,, eulogized Jones,
after which Admiral Dewey, pulled the
cord uhich released, the flags' which
draped the statue, while'the marine
band tiaunded a fanfare. At the mo
ment of the unveiling, the
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S. S.
Dolphin, lying in the Potomac river
off Potomac park, where the statue
stands, thundered an admiral's salute.
Charles H. Nlehaus, the sculptor of
the statue, was then introduced by
Henry L. Stimson, secretary of war,
who is president of the commission, in
charge of the memorial. President
Taft then a'ddressed the people.- His
speech was' short. Right Rev. Wil
liam T. Russell, rector of St. Patrick's
church, asked a benediction.
The statue to John' Paul Jones was
erected at a cost of $50^)00. It stands
'at the foot of Seventeenth street In
Potomac park. The pedestal was de
signed by Thomas -Hastings, but ttie
tablet on one side of it depleting
Jones In the act of raising an Ameri
can flag for the .first time to the mast
head of a man-of-war, and the statue
Itself are the work of Mr. Nlehaus.
MISS CLARA BARTON DEAD
Founder of American Red Cress Suc
cumbs to Chronie Pneumonia .'
St Glen Echo, Md.
Washington, April 13.—Mlsa Clara
Barton, founder of the American Red
Cross society, died at her home in Glen'
Echo, Md., Friday. The cause of her
death was chronic pneumonic^ with
which 'she was stricken about a year
ago. Her brother, Stephen Barton 6f
Boston, was with her when she died.'
Clara Barton.
Miss Barton was born at Oxford,
Mass., in 1821.
Miss Barton had been confined to
her home, "Red Cross," at Glen Echo,
Md., since last fall. when she returned
from a^vlsit to-New.England. It was
thought her trip was beneficial, but
soon afterward she was taken seri
ously 111. She celebrated ber nine-'
tleth birthday anniversary" December
25..
TAFT GETS DELAWARE'S SIX
Republican State Convention Elect
Delegates Who Favor President
—Indorse Administration,
Dover, Del.,' April 18.—The Repub
lican state convention in session here
Tuesday elected the following six del
egates to the Republican national con
vention:. United States Senators Hen
ry A. DuPont and Harry A. Richard
son, Gov. Simeon S. Pennewlll, Ed
mund Mitchell, Dr. George W. Mar
shall and Ruby Vail. The delegation
was not pledged, but favors President
Taft whose administration was in
dorsed by the convention.
Cotton, Food and Oil Exports Grow,
Washington, April 18.—Exports of
cotton foodstuffs and oils from this
country in March of this year were
valued at |3,838,512, as compared with
$64,532,015 for the same months a
year ago, according to the commerce
and labor department.
Iowa Banker le Indicted.
Mason City. Ia., April 18.—F. W.
Hayes, former cashier of the Bank of
Rudd, was indicted Tuesday by tbe
grand jury charged with embezzle
ment of $12,000 of tbe bank's funds.
'Confess to Seven Murders.
Birmingham, Ala., April 16.—Arthur
and Walter Jones, brothers, finished
detailing their confession to tbe coun
ty authorities of how they assassinat
ed three white men and four negroes
in the mining section of Jefferson
county, Alabama!
Says Woman Confesses Stabbing.
Minneapolis. Minn.. April 16.—
Charges of assault with intent to kill
were made against Mrs. Albert' Lowe.
The police say she confessed stabbing
Fred Schukart because of jealousy.
Two Die In Auto Accident
Philadelphia, April 13.—John Lewis
Hoffman and Arthur L. Ryerson. Yale
students, were killed in an automobile
accident while speeding. The young
men were home for the Easter holi
days. Ryerson was tbe guest of Hoi
man.
Shot by Mistake May Die.
Los Angeles, Cal.. April 16.—When
running to assist his brother, who had
been a victim of hold-up men, T. E.
Yandis was mistaken 'for a robber
here and shot, perhaps fatally.
PLAN GRANT FUNERAL
DEAD GENERAL TO BE GIVEN
FULL MILITARY HONORS. ..
Ceremony it' New York Will Be Held
After Arrival of Daughter
From Russia.
New -rk, April 13.—Maj.
Frederick Dent Grant Tyho
here suddenly last Friday,
be buried at West Point and
Gen.
died
will
will
be given a full military funeral, both
in this city and at thei army academy.
This was announced after. Brig. Gen.
Tasker H. Bliss, now. in command of
the department of the east and Lieut
Marion Howze, formerly military aid
to General Grant had held a consulta
tion at the Hotel Buckingham with
rs. Grant and Capt Ulysses .B.
rant. III.
The funeral will be delayed, how
ever, for ten or twelve days, it wae
stated, until the arrival here of Gen
eral Grant's daughter,, Princess Mi
chael Cantacuzene-Speranskey, who la
now In Russia.
The body was removed to Gov
ernor's island, headquarters or the de
partment of the east, snd placed In
Gen. Frederick D. Grant
the Chapel of Corneliua the Centurion,
rwhere It will lie in state under a mili
tary, guard until the day of the fu
neral.
The general's widow was the recipi
ent of hundreds of telegrams and oth
er messages of sympathy from all
parts of the country. Two of the first
telegrams to be delivered to Mrs.
Grant were from President Taft., and
.Theodore Roosevelt
Cheyenne, Wyo.—Aprivate dispateh.
said to have been sent by an official
of the war department at Washington,
was received at Fort D. A. Russell
daring that Frederick Funs
ton, senior
brigadier general, would succeed Major
General Grant
TRAILS CONGRESS MEETS
Seek to Connect Historic Paths to
Make National Highway Across
the Continent.
Kansas City, Mo.,. April 18.—The
Trails congress, which opened here
Wednesday, Is giving an emphatic
boost to the project cif connecting the
historic trails to make a national high,
way across the continent Governor
Hadley, in bis opening address, com
mended'the plan highly, and among
the delegates are representatives of
various automobile organizations and
good roads associations, all of whom
believe the scheme Is desirable and
practicable.
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CYCLONE KILLS_3 HURTS 20
Tornado In St. Francois County. Mo*
Does Great Damage—Sweeps
Everything-Before It
Tirraingtoa,
Mo., April 16.—Three
persons were killed and more
than a score Injured, two perhaps
fatally, when a tornado struck the
towns of Delassus and Knobllck.
and the county seat, Farmlngton,
all In St Francbis county, Saturday.
Tbe Utile town' of Delassus was prac
tically destroyed, the town of Knob
llck, eight miles south was badly dam
aged, and Farmlngton suffered a heavy
loss by damaged buildings and killed
and Injured livestock. p'J 'iv
FRUIT STEAMER ON ROCKS
Seven Passengers of the Boundbrook
Taken Off at Rase's Chasm and
Carried to Gloucester.
Gloucester, Mass., April 18.—The
United Fruit company's steamer,
Boundbrook, rrom Jamaica for Boston,
struck the rocks at Race's Chasm, off
Gloucester harbor, Tuesday. The
seven passengers were taken off by
the Gloucester life saying crew and
brought safely here. At high tide the
steamer floated and anchored
New York Bar Assails Recall.
Albany, April 13.—At a meeting
of the State Bar association here res
olutions prepared by W^llam B. Horn
blower of New Yor' were adopted pro
testing against the recall of judges
and judicial decisions.
Suburb Has Sixty-Acre Fire.
Minneapolis, Minn., April 13.—Fire
caused by a spark from an engine
burned over sixty acres and destroyed
fifteen box cars In the Chicago, Mil
waukee and St Paul yards at St
Louis Pavk.
V/»r Records are Opened. *4
Washington. April 16.—Access to
the muster rolls and other military
organization records on file in the war
department will be granted in the fu
ture, uhder certain restrictions, to his
torians and othe/s. Secretary Stim
son bas just issued an order to this
effect
Chokes to Death on Cake.
Middietown, N. Y.. April 16.—
Charles Sherrock, a patient in a local
hospital, is dead here as tbe result of
choking on a piece of molasses cake.
Rock Island Mayor Wins.
Rock Island. 111., April 15.—Henry
McCaskrln, whose public address was
followed by the recent riots in which
two men were killed, and which re
sulted In the state troops being
brought' here, was nominated for
state's attorney.
Candian Coal for England.
Ottawa, Ont., April 15.—The steam
er Mulrfield has left Cape Breton for
England with 5,000 tons of coal, tbe
first cargo of Canadian coal ever sent'
from Cape Breton to England.
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STAYED RIGHT WITH HIS JOB
One.Thing, at Least Hopeful "Mother
Might Say With Truth of Her
.Scapegrace Son.
Aunt Julia, Mrs. B—-'s colored
washerwoman, is a thrifty, respect-.
able and self-respecting representa
tive of her raoe, but Is unfortunate
In having an utterly worthless scape
grace son, wjK) lately served a richly
deserved sentence in the penitentiary
at Plttsbiiifgh. Notwithstanding his
disgrace, Aunt Julia is exceedingly
proud of him and misses no occasion
of chanting his praises. Some time
ago, on her weekly mission to the
's, she observed:
"Ah s'pose you'all didn't know ah'm
gwine to hab my boy home for Christ- .-v.
mas?"
"Indeed?"
"Yes, ma'am he done' wrote ylster
day he comin' home Tuesday."
"You must be very glad, Aunt Julia.
How long has he been away?"
"Eighteen months. Ah tell you,
honey, he jest stuck right to it"—Har
per's Magazinei.
or anywhere before the public.
'•I. used pills and other remedies'but"Vl'i
they failed completely. I thoaght of
giving up when nothing would help,
but something told me to try the Cutl
cura Soap and Ointment. I sent for
a Cuticura Booklet which I read care
fully. Then I bought some Cuticura
Soap and Ointment and by following
the directions I was relieved in a few
days. I used Cuticura Soap for wash
I ltfg my face, and applied the Cuticura
Ointment morning and evening. This
treatment brought marvelous results
so I continued with It for a few weeks
and'was cured completely. :I can
truthfully say that the Cuticura Rem
edies are not only all, but more than
they claim to be." (Signed) G. Bau
mel, 1015 W. 20th Place, Chicago, IIL,
May 28, 1911. Although Cuticura
Soap and Ointment are sold by drug
glBts and dealers everywhere, a sam
ple of each, with 32-page book, will
be mailed free on application
"Cuticura," Dept L, Boston.
Unless a man is chicken hearted
he's seldom- henpecked.
"Pink Eje" la SEpldamlo In th« Spring.
Try Mario* Xr* Brabcdy far Reliable Bcliaf.
If a girl really wants a man's love
ehe returns it
GarflelU Te*, by purlfylnfr tbe blood, eradi
ates KbeumatUm, Dyipepaia and many
ebronic ailmenu.
The average man's ^ray of forgiving
an enemy is meaner than his refusal
to do so.
kKHT f»n. to ears anr caw of lteblng, BUaS,
lorPfotrudlDf Hl««lnt»U(Ui*. Wa.
Chance for Him.'
Gerald—People can get used to any
thing,
Geraldine—Then why not cheer. upT
Comparative- Values.
fyS'My -wife can-make a tart repljr.
"My wife can do'better than that
She c^n make a pie speak for itself.'*
His Work.
A Believer.
Gilford
COFFEE HURTS
One In Three.
It Is difficult to make people believe
that coffee is a poison to at least one
person out of every three, but people
are slowly finding It out, although
thousands of them suffer terribly be
fore* they discover the fact
ANew York hotel man says: "Eadh
time after drinking coffee I became
restless, nervous and excited, so that I
was unable to sit five minutes in one
place, was SIBO inclined to vomit and
aulfer from loss of sleepy which got
worse and worse.
"A lady said that perhaps coffee was
the cause of my trouble, and suggested
that I try Postum. I laughed at the
thought that coffee hurt me, but she
Insisted. so hard that I finally bad
some Postum made. I have been us
ing it in place of coffee ever since, for
1 noticed thtjt all my forme? nervous
ness and irritation disappeared. I be
gan to sleep perfectly, and the Postum
tasted as good or better than the old
coffee, so what was the use of stick
ing to a beverage that was injuring
me?
"One day on an excurslpn up the
country I remarked to a young lady
friend on her greatly improved appear
ance. She explained that some time
before she bad quit using coffee and
taken to Postum. She had gained &
number of pounds and her former pal
pitation of tbe heart humming in the
ears, trembling of the hands \nd legs
and other disagreeable feelings hadi
disappeared. She recommended me to
quit coffee and take Postum and was
very much surprised to find that I had
already made the change.
"She said her brother had also re
ceived great benefits from leaving off'
coffee and taking on Postum," "There's
a reasoh."
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PIMPLES ON FACE 3 YEARS
"I was troubled with acne for three'
long years. My face was the only part
affected, but it caused great disfigure-,
ment, also suffering and. loss of sleep.
At first there appeared red hard
pimples which later contained white
matter. I suffered a great deal caused
by the itching. I was In a state of
perplexity when walking the Streets
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Pinchot, at his brother's
bouse, in Park avenue, New York, lis
tened quistically to a political story
that was being submitted to him for
verification by a political reporter.
When the reporter finished his nai*
rative Mr. Pinchot laughed and said:
"Ill reply to that as the old-Italian
peasant replied to the statement that
his fellow-countryman loved birds too
well ever'to eat them:
'Well, I don't mind believing, that
myself/ the old mrfn safd, 'but there's
a good many that wouldn't'"
L. Life Sentence.
Tbe marquis of Queensberry, apro
pos of the long sentence of Foulke E.
Brandt, said at a dinner in New York:
"It reminds ine of an incident la
London. A certain peer drove In a
taxicab to Westminster and, when he
got out, gave the driver a very small
tip.
"The driver mistook him for a mem
ber of the htmse of commons and
snarled:
'I hope you get turned out next
election and don't never get in again!'
'"Don't worry jay friend,' said the
peer, as he set off for tbe house of
lords. 'Don't worry-r-I'm In for life.'"
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An electrician ought to be a^ social^
success:"
"Why'an electrician especially?"
"Because he is so well posted' oa
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