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Morning.
WHITE STAR MAKES DENIAL
Rumored That Unloading oi
Stuck W as I'ttrpusc "i
Concealment.
New Vork, April 10.?r?i? was u
day of nu.vlety, \it which repeated e;
foiiji Were made to get into wir? lens
communication with the Cunurd
runnier CMrp?thln, with survivor* of
tic Titanic. Tins inurnlnt: at :? o'clock
H Inessag?! was receivnl, \y:ilili hull
been relayed. Irom tliu Curpittlilii by
ilie white Star liiier Olympic, which
hut! (fecit ordered to t>lun<| by the
Carpathia In the liupu that those on
land might he kept lit wireless touch
with the Ctirpathin mid those rescued
from the Titanic. The message gave
the nanies oi some survivor*,
When evening cubic l'. A. Ja. l-'nink
llp, vice-proaldeni oi t!i? International
iMei'cailtllC Marine, sain that lie had
almost come to tht conclusion that the,
only survivors were on lite Carpttthln.
He did not want to think mat w'hj,
lie said, und lie hoped it would turn
? uut differently, but he <tiu not believe
that ihcru were any passengers of the
Titanic on tho Virginian or ? the j
Parisian, Which were reported as being;
near the Titanic when slie went down, j
IWhen some one told Mr. Franklin
thut there had been a dispatch from
Montreal that the Allan Line said the
Virginian was coming Into Halifax
and probably had survivors, -Vr.
Kranklin said with vehemence that ha
(believed that fake roporta were bel?g
'aent out of Montreal, and It was un?
likely that any such statement had
been made by the Allan Line.
Mr. Franklin seemed surprise^ that
?o message hud been received from J.
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Ititorutitiuuul Mercantile Marlin.'. it
Wfts evident that Mr. Pruuklin and
littlelula ui the line had been entiouvur
ing t-0 Bei Information frotn Mr. lsiiiay,
w ,.u is on tho Curpallilu, without sue
rj effort," Mr.
lroni the Car
L pUI'SUIIH (tiKon
n.i \ is im tiiea it 1
? \: >? uro making
Pl'Ulltilill SUlti, "lu
piiliiUi a compute I,
1 roiii tho Titanic.
?.?I knowing liutv many pasSvugurs unit
how many member* of 111? crew Of the
Titanic are on the Curpulhla. The ri ?
port that came to us was that I hare
wore ?ii? survivors on tho Curpulhla. j
A moasugc Hum Cu,ptain Kostrou, I
of the CarpulhUt, was received by the.
Cunard lane this morning that ho
was cumins hero with uhout 800 from 1
tlte Titanic Perhaps the difference
between tho ?75 and th& S00 Includes
members of the crow who manned the
H*-enly boa.Ls whloh wore put on! from
tho Tltanlo.
"Wo have tried In every way to j
get word to the Caqpathla through
the Olympic, which was told lo stand
by In order to relay messages," said
Franklin. "A message was sent
tho Marconi operator nt Cape Hare to'
find out why a tin usage could not he
delivered, Perhaps the Ccrpathiti Is ;
out of wireless r?tige. Wo under
stand her wireless range to be ho
iwccn I5U and 200 mills."
Two messages from Captain Kos-j
iron, of tiio Carpathhi, came to 1I10
uftlco of tho Cunard Ulnc this morn- |
Ing. Tho llr.?a message w?a received I
at 6:30 A. M., and said: "7:30 A. M.
N c w York time, l?t. 11:15 north.;
lung, 50:20 west. Am proceeding to j
New York unless otherwise ordered 1
with about 800. After having con- I
suited with Mr. Ismay and consider- I
j tig tin- circumstances with so much
Ice about, consider New York best, j
Large number bl icebergs and twenty
miles Held lev, with bergs amongst.'' j
The second message was received j
at tho dinar., ulllce at T:'.'i) this:
morning. As given out there was no 1
date to snow ivho.il It was sent by
Captain Kostrou. It said:
' Titanic struck Iceberg, sunk Men- j
day ;: A. M , 10:10 north, 50:11 west.'
Cannutliia picked tip iiisiij passengers j
in boats. Will wire further particu?
lars (Hier. Proceeding buck to New'
>i thai
?|d< nil>
th<
ml
iit< sauge receive
?ut ilrst l>y t ai
d been ??
lulu Rostrup. The Cunard folks a id
lli.it Mil tile,, knew was that 111. Ilics- j
MtHCi iinnv lu tlie 111 this morning in
indicated, although it was ve.ry phtiil
I hut I hey hud in en sent the day 1" - 1
lor>- by Captain Kostrbii, and must!
have been floating around all Monda> 1
with tho news that the Tltanle had!
sunk. ;
in conjunction with this, a steam?
ship mail said that it whs known in
tins city oar|y on Monday that the
Titanic had sunk, and that a wire
less message 10 that effect had been
authenticated. The man who had tho
message, according to this steamship
man, did not have the authority to
make it public, hot there were others
who knew of It who did.
The general trafllc manager of the ]
Marconi Company said thill no such!
message had heen received by the com?
pany, and Vlce-Presldeii! I-Vanklln, of
the International Mercantile Marine,
insisted thai the first word he got of!
the sinking of the Titanic was about
6:30 o'clock Monday evening, and as1
.? ?on as possible he informed the news?
paper reporters. Rumors to the effect
that ncwi- of the sinking of the Titanic
was held hack lor the purpose of tin- i
loading International Mercantile Ma?
rine. stock, and also to gat more in?
surance on the vessel, even nt a very
high pramlum, could not !>,? verified in
any way and officers of the While Star j
Line were emphatic In denying that j
news had bseh withheld hy the While1,
Star Line.
Th,- officers of ti e Cunard Lino kept J
sending messages to Captain Rosiron,
..f tiio Carpathla, telling him to let tin ]
company know as 'eon as possible
when the Carpiitliln might he expected!
'it tills porl, lind for tiny oth.^r news
seliger?, Not a peep t'aana from Cap-I
tain ltosti.,,1 all day. but the company j
k?pt sending elreless flashe'4 to other;
vessel.*, ami th? murine experts figured !
out tili? evening that the Carpathla |
. lould ?-? ?: here Thursday evening, and '?
ni'syhe Thursday afternoon. The Car- j
liathla averages alion: thirteen knots.;
si 1 may: cot in wireless enmmuntca-'
tlou with tie Maurctnnla, which is due'
up
' ;> ,1 .1 sh-' j
, -t.;r? win v.
.' is fn Ttc-inlt !
?Iln-f. Tin re Is I
?3Ue. which i-i
encers. a nd the |
like Its full
PK II >. in.t fit 1 \
I.OgT.
unted for. The;
Wldeuer end his
,s Mcn.T* W lliam
rioane W i II Iii 111.?
Mr. wldnerer is
A'ldener, th- Phi
Mrs. (leorge
i?. April !('.. Six of the
Phttudelphians known to
>n the Titanic are iinnc-l
ai 1 ?l., ileorge H.
n. ii.nry Kiklns
!, I miles nrtd C.
th
Whl'
?11 of p. a. n.
1 la capitalist.
1 was saved.
Mr. Willlnms Is a relative of th? rove
family, wealthy coal operators, and
i was returning from Switzerland. ju3
wife 1.? silll in Hint country,
1* A. ft. Wldener was greatly ^|g.
oss?d at hlfc Inability to- get nhws
lstio.it his son or grandson. After try
I Ing iiii avsnues of communication, he
[wont to New York in the hope of learn
I ing something.
Among these rescued were .1. n.
iThayer, perond vice-president of the
1'ennsylvanla Railroad, his wife and
i son.
TWO DARK HOURS ON TITANIC ?]
BEFORE GREAT HULK DISAPPEARED1
Admiral Wehster Graphically
Picture? Scene After Crash
With Submerged Ice Flue.
RAN HER BOTTOM ON ICEBERG
Only Way to Sink Ship Was by
Kipping Giant I lule Ueluw
bier Water Line.
Iteiir-Ailiulrul Harris Wobst er, ?. S.
N., i etil od. Kuyc u reporter for riiu
i imos-Dlspatoli last night n gruphlu
J!" "'1 a? to imw Hie disaster Iti the
iltniuu occurred, w\,y tu? collision
happened, ii nd tin- reason* for such
ticiucndoua Ion? of nit.
"Thii founderlnn ol Hie glum Will to
Mar Hiioi us tin, greatest disaster in
Hi. history of Diu murine," naltl Ad?
miral Webster, "To one who has
spout Ills tire ?n I he neu the terrible
story uppeuls most vividly, ?na 1 tun
plctui'u mo cloflhg scenes of the uccl
ueni almost us oerminlj as U l hud
been on board. ililngnio Hie suduon
crash, in, rending oi timber and the
shiver of ilut great hulk rr.om stem
lo .-tern?should of moll, shrieks ol
women, curses and prayers, running
of feet to ami fro, and the mud scram?
ble, for iii,; boaia and anything ihut
Would float a body.
Tuo Hiiui'x lu DurkticMS.
"It Steina Inconceivable to tin, lands?
man that during in. tour-hour in?
terval, from lh? time ol' tho collision
to tlie sinking of tho boat, Hie entire
list of pusgengers and crow was not
sluwed into the life bouts and saved
from destruotion. Krom the speed
with which tho Titanic sunk after the
accident, it la a SHfe presumption that
for the last two hours of the four the
great ship was In total darkness, thus
making the mustering ot tho 2,i)u0
persons into boats a tedious business.
"Tho Titanic sank as quickly as Ib
possible for a ship of her size, thus
showing that the hole torn in her bot?
tom must have been cavernous. Tho
water would, of course, rise first in
the lower part of the null, reaching
und putting out ot commission t lie
boilers and engine fires within one or
two hours. When the boilers tailed
and tlie steam gave oui then the light?
ing system would fall; lifter that the
wireless apparatus. We can bo sure
of tin: darkness during the last two
hours because of the gradual failing
of tho wireless. The first call of
i?. caino distinctly r.nd clear, the,
next message was not so strong, aildi
each one following became weaker and!
weaker, until anally nothing cciuld bo
distinguished. This meant nothing
less than the rising of the water In;
the hull, the extinction of the Arcs,
the failure of the boilers, and dark-,
I
Almost Hrnrt-Itrmkliig.
"In time of accident it '.s hard1
enoujih to preserve discipline on boatdi
ship under the liest circumstances, j
daylight and n calm sea; hut when
light falls, when the water is cold and!
the winds wild, when li tre are women!
and chlllrcn t,> throw bravo men Into
i <>iifusion and the ship finking fast,
horns and hours arc necessary lo safe-]
ly .slow away li.uoo souls Into life boats
and get the little crafts to a place
of safety, l''or when a great hulk like
the Titanic sinks thero Is an almost,
irresistible suction exerted on any]
object within a tttdlus of ;!('<? yards,I
so that il is possible that a number;
of in.- boats, tilled wttli escaping souls.!
Wore dragged down to the bottom In
the iusli of water that followed the
disappearance of the Titanic. Certain?
ly, some were lost in this way.
?Then in addition, the water in tht
Iceberg region is at a very low telil
pcrature. it would have been impos?
sible for any one 10 survive ten hours
in that nea. Those who jumped from
the Titanic, or were perhaps shoved
out of the. Ilfrboats. were frozen in
the water long before the Virginian
got within rescue range.
"One can imagine the s^cne?the
crash comes, the captain and hla of?
ficers take Arm control of tho situa?
tion. Hie cursory examination leads
io the belief that tlio steamer will
not sink, and ihe fears of the pas?
sengers are quieted while the, ringing
of the lifeboats is shaken out as n
precautionary measure. Then the
captain discovers that the water is
rising in the hole faster than II
can be pumped nut, the engines will
soon fail and the pumps stop work?
ing.
Mad Scramble for Moat*.
"The liassoitgers must be gotten
off the ship i! they are. to ho saved.
In perfect order, the first boats are
lowered, and the women iimi children
stowed safely in them. Th? great
ship begins to feel the water In bet I
hulls and lists by the head. Then th?|
remaining passengers begin to feel
shaky?suddenly the lights all over
the ship go out. and ihe panic breaks
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AituinAi. fiAhhiK wkiistkh.
loose. 'i'Jie officers und crow aro
swept Hsldo tri the mad scramble for
the boats; some fools jump und miss
the boats, to sink louver under the
water, others crowd into the lifeboat's
until they become overloaded and ni-c
swamped. Some aro seized with the)
desire for suicide, others fall on the
deck praying, and cannot bo moved,
while silll others rush foolishly to
their staterooms and lock themselves
In to pray in solitude.
"With the whole ship in darkness,
the captain Is pow, rless, the dis?
cipline of his crew :.' forgotten, ritc.ul
ll.v lit... water rls< s In the ship, ami
sooner, far sooner than was expected,
the stern of tHo gr< at steamer rises j
Into the air. hesitates an instant anil
plunges forever tu the graveyard of
the sen, carrying with ,t hundreds, of
fraiitie souls. The picture is horrible,
and .the disaster one that could never
have been nntli Ipated, but while the
steamer carried lifeboats and rafts
enough to ueco.-.inioilalc it.OOO persons, !
I say there was not enough time!
given for tin transfer of this, army1
front the Titanic to the boa's. Those
wh,, took u?rk llfe-proservcrs and
Jumped, virtnall committed suicide,
for they could not live lejng In the
freezing water.
Kvldehll.i Itiiuuinu l'nst.
"It is scarce)! conceivable that such
an accident could happen to a boat
equipped with the safety appliances
which had bei a lavished upon tho
Titanic, but Ihi truth of ? the matter
is, there, is lie safeguard, no human
know!.?ige that is able to forestall
collision with icebergs. In this case,
ii is evident that tho Titanic was
running very last at tho time of the
disaster, running to make n new
transatlantic record, for the captain
chose Die northern course, which al?
though tin- shortest, is the most
dangerous ai this lime of year on
account of Icebergs. Almost un?
precedented Ice in tho North made the
bergs more numerous tnan usual this
season, and It Is not at all Improbable
thai nt the ver> moment of collision,
the Titanic was In sight of live
six bergs. U la even possible that
tho steamer ran squarely Into the
midst of at. Ice field, aa there is noth?
ing at nigin i" give warning of the
proximity of an ice floe. In the? day?
fine, the color .,f ibo water tolls the
captain that he Is n oaring ice, and
tho engines can be slowed down. At
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"20 Bast Broad.
night, however, the skipper is at the
mercy of the floe.
Admiral \Velu>te;'si Theory.
"My theory of the collision Is one
that a groat many B?nnien hohl. In;
common with even .-mail pieces of ice.
only one-seventh of the Iceberg is
visible above the water, the fur great?
er portion of the Hoc oeing submerged;
The little mound of Ice?the Iceberg?
which the captain sees a half-mile off
the how may have a piow-llke pro?
jection which extends under water for
a distance of a mile or more. Tills
projection may bo a few feel under
water or t-everal hundred. It is tills!
class 'of berg which la called a Hoe,
and the class which is most dreaded
by the mariner.
"Running in the night, as she did, It
is reasonable to suppose thai the
Titanic ran full speed on this sub?
merged projection at a llhiti when ihe
captain thought lie wo* giving tho
berg a berth of half u mile. Seamen
arc led id this explanation of toe col?
lision been use of the speed with winch
the Titanic sank. To sink In - four
hours Ihoro inust Have been a rip In
the bottom of the ship extending al?
most from stein to stern, just such a
tearing of the plates as would result
from running on a 116a. -N'o matter
how big lb..- ship, the thickness of
bottom plates ia practically the same
on all steamers?about one Inch or a
little, more.
"If the Titanic had run head-on Into
a berg t'le bow would have been shat?
tered, perhaps a great portion ot it
torn away, bfll this steamer is pro?
vided with automatic collision hulk
heitds, In addition to the- airtight com?
partments, which would have kept ihe
vessel afloat for twelve hours if not
more.
linn Bottom on Submerged Floe,
??it Is barely possible that a head
on collision would havd sprung the
bulkheads, but It certainly would not
have t-prung them enough to penult of
Ihe ship's sinking in four hours. Fur?
thermore. If the collision wus head-on,
bulkheads would have Itopt the Water
froth reaching the boilers and Ores,'
which are situated a little aft of the
centre ol' the vessel. Every piece of
information which has come to band
points lo the ripping of tlie he, 1 by a
tloe. The experience and hkIII oi Cap?
tain Smith, the fidelity of his officers
apd the construction of the ship make
it Inconceivable.,that there could have
been a head-on collision. Tho owners
of the Titanic were ulmoal right in
saying Hint the giant steamer was un
BlhkablC?there was Just one way she
could tie sunk, and that was by run?
ning her bottom on a submerged ice
floe."
(Continued From First I'age.)
the world in doubt, seciueil to-nightloi
depend largely upon atmospheric con-i
ditlon,
The weather was thick on the roast1
lust night, not only interfering, it is;
believed, with wireless communication
from the liner to Sable Island, bull
probably wilii her rale of progress 16-j
ward Now York, whither she id head?
ing. Meanwhile oilier methods of
communicating with her than by tho
land stations are being tried.
From the Virginia capes tho aeoui
cruisers Salem and Chester, nrmid
with powerful wireless apparatus, are
speeding toward the Output hin, and bu
fore many hours have < lapsed, it Is'
hoped they will bu in close UAich with
her.
All hope that some of the Titanic's
Hurvivors might be on bbard either
the steamer Parisian or tho Virginian
had to be abandoned late yesterday
when It was definitely leurnod that
no,tiler steamer hud picked up any one
from the big liner.
Search lor bodies in the clvlnlty of
the disaster, is was learned to-night,
will be taken up by the White Star
blno from Halifax, whore the cable
stop.inor Mackay-Ben nett has been'
chartered lo proceed'' to the scene and1
remain until further orders, searching
for bodies that may come lo the stir-1
face. j
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Main and Eighth Streets.
hud conic from tllo CurpUthla since she
vius able by the aid of Hie Olyinpic'H
relay many hours before to sind wav
erhlg ashore a ll.-u of Die names of
ilrst and Bucond-cablh Titanic surviv?
ors which she had on board. It Is.
thought?feared would be the bot tori
word?thul tins list Is now practically!
complete. AS for the rest, direct ud
\. : ?> from Kable Island reported thai
WuathOr conditions were had for trans
mission and that only faint connnr.nl-1
cation was had with the ship, she be-1
11.? barely within range of cull. It]
was thought, too, thai the wireless'
oiierator on ihe Carpathla had hecoino
fatigued front his long siege at the
hoy of the liner's wireless, and thai
he was resting. preparing for tho
transmission of messages when the,
Bhlp comes into communication with
stations on the America, 1 coast.
LITTLE HOPE REMAINS
OV REASSURING NEWS
New York, April 16.?Only a faint
hope remains to-night that nny of tho
1,202 Passengers and crew who have
been missing nines the giant Titanic,
sank have been picked up by trant
Atlantlc liners. The &0R survivors
rescued fiom lifeboats by the Cunard
er Carpathla, now on her way to this
city, are the only known mivoI.
Tho brief and meagre wireless mes?
sages that came to hand to-day prac?
tically extinguished hope thai some
of the Ill-fated passengers might bu
The
doctors said
he'd haVe to
lose his
leg
That is what they told Mr.
Joseph lira aw Jr. of Raleigh,
N. C. They said that was the
only way to save his life.
"I suffered over lour years with a sore
lec Irorn my knee to rny ankle", he writes
in a letter to The, Blood Balm Co.
"t tried eitry remedy Icould find. My
Ire was so offensive that I hated to no
around arnona my friends. 1 was per?
suaded to try B.B.B. Alter the fir-' bot?
tle I felt heller. And now my lea has all
healed up. And 1 am in perfect health".
And Mr. Braaw's caso is
only one of thousands where
this purifying and wonder?
working remedy has complete?
ly healed those deep-seated
sores and ulcers which yield
to no other treatment.
Your money back if it fai!.:
lo liclb you.
It tne dniK?ist can't supply y<
write to The Blood Balm Cc
adelphia or St. Louis.
Don t be discouraged.
Phi
picked up at sea by the steamships
Virginian and Parisian, the Allan
Line. Both of these steamer* bent
word that they had none of the Ti?
ta nic'a survivors on board.
pt tho 868 person? rescued by tho
Carpathla, the names ol 32? passen?
gers hint been received by wireless up
t? itaij o'clock. Tin- Curputhia evi?
detltly was mit of Wireless range to
wur<l mein, fot after that efforts lu
reach her with wireless communica?
tions were futile, and a score of inora
of messages from the Cunard Company
and other sources were unanswet yd.
At o o'clock ihlH afternoon Vlcc
Presldcnt Franklin, of the White Star
Line, said that so far as he know the
Olympic was ?tili standing: by the
Carpathla to relay wlreleKs mesea'Ker-.
lie added that he bad received hu
word from the Olympic slnco 9 ?,'olock
this morning, and had been unablo
to get either tho Carpathla or tho
Olympic by wireless.
Itotite la Abandoned.
Mr. Franklin suld ulso that tha
steamship companies croealng the At?
lantic had entered Into an agreement
to abandon the short northern route In
favor of thi southern route fcs long
as Icebergs tveri reported in the poth
v.ay of the former course.
The dispatch ^ituiu Montreal saying
nop- "as still entertained there ih;.t
the Parisian might have aboard somu
of tho Titanic'* survivors, Mr. Frank?
lin characterized as "a ridiculous re
sort." He. added that "in my opinion
'either the Parisian nor tho Virginian
aas any sUrvlvori aboard."
The Titanic was injured for |5,000,
100, Mr. Franklin said. On the ship
ft* added, tho White cjtnr LJne would
lute about S3,1)00,000.
"This vein be the smallest part ot
?ur lo.?s," he added.
Captain Rostrpn; of the Carpathla,
? Ii his last wireless report to the Cur,
ird Company stated that hi? vessel
Aas proceeding slowly tnrough a field
lit Ice to this post.
President Tall late this afternoon di?
rected the Secretary ol the Navy to
order the scout cruisers r-a lent ami
Chester to the scene at once from
Hampton Roads to meet the Carpathiii
and sind in by wireless to the gov?
ernment a complete list of the Tltanic's
survivors. The Chester was caught
by wireless about forty miles off tin-*
Chtoapeske capes, and by 4 o'clock
Was steaming northward at twenty
knots an hour, aiming to get as quick?
ly as possible Into touch with steam?
ers h-iving news bearing upon the
disaster.
Two revenue cutters aleo were noti?
fied to stand In readiness to proceed to
the CarpathFa if necessary. In that event
that the Salem had 'not sufficient coal.
Instructions were given to dispatch
the cruiser North Carolina Instead.
I'lissthle t'hnnee for Ne\ra.
A possible chance of obtaining news
bearing upon tho dlaster developed
early this . veiling when the l<?yland
Line Callfornlsn came Into the zone
of wireless communication with Hable
Island. The Ce.llfornlan was report?
ed at the soenii of the dlsajttr short?
ly after the Titanic went down, and
It was thought probably that she
would have valuable information to
communicate.
Captain Rostron, of tho Carpathia,
has been instructed to send full de?
tails of the sinking of the Tltsnlc.
Call for Virginia Republican
Mass Convention.
To the Republicans of Virginia:
WHEREAS, Certain men claiming to he Republicans have met at
various places and limes in this State and illegally ?and fraudulently held
what were called City, County and District Conventions, and a State. Con?
vention, in violation of the principles' of the Republican party and contrary
to the letter and spirit of the tall of the Republican National Committee,
and did in such conventions improperly and illegally clod delegates to ihc
Republican National Convention, which meets in Chicago June 18, 1012,
and did elect a Chairman for the Republican party for the State of Virginia,
and did so many other illegal and fraudulent acts destructive of the best
interests of said party; and,
Whereas said conventions were not expressive of the choice of the ma?
jority of the Republican ELECTORS of the Slate, of Virginia, as evidenced
by popular mass conventions bold in various places throughout the State,
repudiating said conventions and their acts, and in due form selected, autho?
rized and directed their representatives to meet as a State Committee and
issue a call for a State Convention of the Republican ELECTORS of the
Stale of Virginia;
NOW THEREFORE, In obedience 16 the expressed will of the people
by their representatives in meeting assembled, duly organized and held in
the city of .Richmond, V'a., on the 10th day of April, 1912, and
Responsive to the call of the REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMIT?
TEE, the State Committee of the Republican Party of Virginia, as aforesaid,
hereby calls a MASS STATIC CONVENTION of the Republican ELEC?
TORS of Virginia, and invites the active participation of all ELECTORS,
without regard to color or past party affiliations, who believe in the prin?
ciples of the Republican party and endorse its policies, to meet in the city
of Richmond, Va., at 12:00 o'clock noon on the 16th day of May, 1912,
for the purpose of selecting
FOUR DKLEGATES-'AT LARGE
/ and
FOUR ALTERNATES-AT-LARGE
to the Republican National Convention which meets in the city of Chicago,
Illinois, on the 18th day of June, 1912, to nominate candidates for President
and Vice-President of the United States, and
TWO ELEGTORS-AT-LARGE,
to be voted for at the election to be held on November 5, 1912, and a
STATE CHAIRMAN,
and the transaction of such other business as may properly come before *aid
Convention.
STATE COMMITTEE OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
OF VIRGINIA,
R. G.-L. PAIGE, Jr., J. R. POLLARD,
Secretary. Chairman.