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LINER CORSICAN'S
NARROW ESCAPE
Picks Its Way Through Ice
Fields Which Destroyed
Titanic.
TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE
On All Sides oi Ship Were
?Great -Mountains o{
Ice.
eelsl to The Tlmes-Dlepatch.]
Chriugi., April '-.-How tin- Atlan?
ta l.ji. i < ?orsli-.n. ol lh. Allan 1,1 tie.
willed! doekeu .it St. .lohn N E., Mon?
day morning after crashing into an
l ? berv caenped disaster like that
wh'ch overwhelmed the Tltante was
'? l'ii" i a party of British
traveler" who passed throuKh Chicago
I ' foi Idaho. Tho Corslcan en?
countered ihe same Held of lee berga
on Thursday until two days from
porl The captain lniuiedlatcly gave
orders let the vessel to slow down,
'and for three -lays steaming leas than
five knot- at hour, the Cot Blown pick?
ed its way through the portions loe.
reaching port with all on board safe,
"It was a terrible experience.' said
Henry Prnti, of Liverpool, who was
wit'i the party.
'I ant . r old seaman myself, but
fever h U Vi I seen auch an awe-lo
S Irl- K .? at that which greeted
I; i the morning after wo struch the
b' ? - '>ji all shies were enormous
' (I f lee gleaming like Jewels
In 'ii' t.r'sht sunlight.
"It was on Thursday night we hit
i't ".i'l i hello/vc it was toward
i. '?. nlng Thi "hip was goii|g very
elou ? i Hi time, ?<?! wi ttnew lhat
< anger ans nmr. Immediately the
captain save .?. rSer, "Full speed
astern." ;nij the ship hurltd Itself
hack froli Hie massive formation that
lay aheil.
"An examination of the ship show
<ii that -je. diimag? hui resulted from
tv e.,|lr?l>iri with the berg.
"On son-lay night I l?ftlofc tMf
afterward, r^nin the fain? ?.ignals
t- Hing tin Titmic's peril. No one
i' Inded ?! much (or we hud n?> Idea
that the bhlp would rush full tilt
through the p. fields. 7V*PI..* tya
had t ? eu receiving moSsagoa light
along frohi other craft in the vlcin
MEMBERS ?fBAND
TELL THEIR STORY
Fellow Musicians Went to Death
Playinj to Prevent
Panic.
[Special in Th" Tlmci-Dis patch.]
New Vork, April .'. The eight
Musicians win went down in the Tl
tunlo and wls were playing "Nearer.
My God, \" "Bice" when all the boats
had gone, iv/re under the leadership
if Bandmaster Hartji.y, who was
transferred from the Maurctuula to
take up his duties mi the biggest
utcunier on Ihe White star Line, lin?
der hl? dlrrcllon was .lohn Hume,
violinist. 1 lerbort Taylor. piuniat;
I red C|arK, bus \ud. George Wood?
ward, cellist, and Messrs. Brallcy,
Kriiiis and Hrokoux, who played when
the others xvvi, ?n duty.
Oil tiic ? ?<.rfto which docked here yes
f( i lay. w ere ,'ohn S. Carr and I.oule
Cross, cellist f'nd buss viol, of the or?
chestra on Out steamer. When they
got ahore lejfve tiny told something
about the min du the Tita lib.
"Some wer? already in bed and some
ere probabjy smoking when the ship
lilt the IcebJTg.'' said .lohn S. Carr. J
"Tho TltanU has a special lounging
mid smokin,- room with the sleeping
l ;>oins openng oil It. It was so late
that Ihoy all most have been there
when the frst shock came Band mas?
ter Hartle/ was a man with the high
i jt sort if a sense of duty. 1 don't
nippotc I/: waited to be sent for. but
niter nnpng how dangerous the sit?
uation ras. he probably culled his
inen tojcther and began playing. I
know flat he often said lhat music
was a llgger weapon for stopping dis?
order than anything on earth. He.,
Knew '?(? value of ''u'*''~''t~\'v";?~'\''.' had,
and I think he proved his point.
MEMORIAL TO BUTT
I'reWileni Tafl win lie Principal
s (either in Kxerelsen in AllgllMla.
.Mgusta, ?a., April 31.?a general
in.jioria! serviee to Major Archibald
"W. Butt and other victims of the Ti
|o/lC disaster will be held In Augusta
Miy 2, when the principal tribute to
Mijor Butt will b? delivered by I'resl
rbnt Taft,
Mayor Barrett has called a meeting
jt II o'clock to-morrow to arrange
*iri.-Uls of the memorial.
An dyen more lasting tribute to
Major Butt's memory will be in tho
form o' a bromt.) or itsirblc monument
in be 'r?-eted In Augusta The move
merit llis already met with such sub?
stantial response as to Insure the
jnonumlnt.
CAUSES DEATrToF FIVE MEN
I.vplosbn ?if (Jas In Kentucky Con!
f'ompnny's .Mine.
Afadlsjnvllle, Ky.. April 21.? An ex?
plosion of gas In the ('oil foal Com?
pany's ?Ine at the edge of this city
lo-nlghtsat the mine on lire, and prob
iibly ealsod the death of five men.
.loseph .pllowcll, a mine foreman, and
four negtoes were the victims. Flames
rue shooting up from the entry. One
of the ..a; -.i wap blown out by the
explosion, an it Is doub^ll whether
nn effort to (rescue the men can be'
made to-nigh. t
The .nine I a new one, a.hont 200
f.et below t'i' surface, and only about
half a mil- mig. Only Ihe five men!
?.v re in the jllne. and no hope (a on
tcr'faiiKd thai they are alive.
WANTS F/CTS*MADE KNOWN j
Gardiner liinnnils Thai nno?rirl(
Publish ?frtiiln Corresponiienee.
Wash Ine t.ii. April 21.?Copies of n
?telegram fr>m Representative Gardi?
ner, nf Missnchiiaotts, to Colonel
Itonsevelt. <enl In reply to the Col-1
on el's deellhtlon of Mr. Gnrdlner's ln.j
vitdtlon toil Joint dehnte, were given
out. here tj-dny.
afr? Gardner calls upon both Presi?
dent Taft/and Colonel nooBcyelt lo
REPORT RECEIVED
FROM SHIP WHICH
IS COMBING OCEAN
(Continued Prom Flrat Page.)
president, respectively, of the White Star Line, left New York for
Washington at 2 .08 o'clock this afternoon, to appear to-morrow be?
fore the Senate investigating committee. They were accompanied
by twenty-eight members of the Titanic'? officers and crew.
Reigns of Heads of House of Astor
NAHE. Morn
John Jacob Antor I.. .............. in:;;
William Uaukbouse Aa'tor..........., nu
Johu Jacob Aator III. IS!!
William U. Aator II. J830
John Jacob Aator- IV.18114
William Vtneent Aator. 1891
Age at
Hied. Sueeeanlon. Itelan.
IH48 .. ..,.
1878 ."SO 117 yearn
18110 r>:i IS vcara
1802 <I0 - ycar?
101- 28 'JO yearn
.... lit .
msko public certain correspondence |
between the Colonl and the President
bearing upon the Lorlmer Investigation,
which, Mr. Oardlner asserts, will en-j
tlrely disprove the charge that Sena?
tor Lorlmer had any assistance or
support from Mr. Taft A portion of]
Mr. Uarrilncr's telegram Is as fol?
lows:
"Vou hove told the public that
President Taft has e!!c:uite.| your re- I
^pert by Ills subservience to great In- |
terests. 1 deny It President Taft has
Instituted proceedings against all ttiu ,
great offenders. He has made no ex-|
ceptlon on a-count of expediency.
Con you say as much'.' 1 charge you
with making exceptions for your fa- I
?. '?rites, sometimes under the allege-]
lion "f technicalities, sometimes for
reasons unknown.
"I challenge you to produce the sup
pn used report of your own coinmls- \
stoner of corporations, Heihort Kr.ox !
Smith, with rcRnrd t-> the Harvester
Trust I .iss.-rt that tills report ex?
plicitly shows that the Morgan Inter- !
eats always favored your a<?TnlnlMia- j
lion. In Ihe Interest of square deal
Ing, I demand that you produce copies'
of these suppressed papers. If no
copies are In your possession, I de- I
mand that the Department of .lustier |
proceed at once to discover tnem."
"SANDBAG" IS USED
BY THE MONEY TRUST
Waflhijigton &Pl}}.*?itZzQp!!iP?S**m*n
i ?T?as7 ?* "Virgin!?. Vn<r'?Ther
membsra of the House Committee on
Banking and Currency, which waa re?
cently authorized by special resolution
of the House to Investigate the ques?
tion of a money trust, and to kill it
Just as quickly as an effective remedy
could be found, have not been having
an easy tinr? of It.
The committee has been busily en?
gaged for about six weeks Irving to
lind the lair of the trust and *.u sin;to
it with a terrific congressional blow.
Bui unforeseen obstacles arose to
block iha commltleemen's efforts They
got along all right. It is sah'. ?o fur
as the management of the national'
banks Is concerned, and an Investiga?
tion of the big corporations seem d
easy. T real snag was struck when
the cut .rttee began to pry Into th
conduct of big privat? Interests, where
the trusts really lin k. As Inns as th ?
Investigations were confined to public
ir-StltUtlOiu little was to l>c f-arcil In
the way of opposition, bu! lite mnmoU
the probe began to Jab dents Into the
colossa] private Interests, rig't then
and there trouble was encountered,
"The committee was 'sandhiggo I' at
the outset." said a man here to-day
<not Mr. Class, however), who is fa
mlllur with all that has bosn goinn
on before the committee. -I mean b>
this that because of the stubborn lip?
position existing against iho passage
o' tfc<a resolution a.ithor'zlng the mill
lag of such an Investlgt I n there had
to he a compromise, and the result is
that so far the committee has spent j
practically all Its time trying to find'
out .lust how far it could proeecf." j
To-morrow the committee will mak.m
known the name of the two attorneys'
whom It expects t > employ to Assisi |
in its Investigations.
No Help for National Coord,
When Congressman .lame,-! Kay, of]
Virginia, was' selected by the Demo- j
cratlc caucus to head tha Commlitc?|
on Military Affairs at thi beginning of, i
the Sixty-second Congress, there was I
a 'feeling In the ?ld Dominion and]
elsewhere that the State troops were]
al last to secure th.dr long overdue
recognition, und that something sub- I
stanllal was going to be done for lheni|
In rho near futura. One session of
Congress?the extra session?has now |
p?Haed into history, and another soon j
will &pc it? end. It I? appannt thai i
1031 EVERYTHING
EXCEPT HIS WATCH
(Continued from First Page.'
boat before, the women and children
had a chance
Wore nlch und Shoes,
John Skelton Williams, who returned
from New York yesterday, said last
night that he had been requested by
Roben Williams Daniel to state that
there Is no foundation for the story
prliile.l that he had lost $3.00"."oo in
s'euTltles by the wreck of tne Titanic.
He los; all his personal belongings,
exeept his father's watch, which he
had tied around his neck. When Mr.
Iianlel escaped from th^ (1 no mod ship
ho was arrayed In a bath gown, but
this garment he lost, so that when
taken aboard of the Carpathla h was
entirely naked, except tint h ? wore a
pair of shoes and his father* watch
nothing Is so;ns 10 he dune, .it least 1
l'uiitll the "'short session.'' to help th?
National Guard, if. Indeed, assistance]
Is given then.
.Mr. Hay, because of ais familiarity j
I with the needs of the Natlotiai Ouard. I
land :.ls Interest In the subject general-]
ly, stands ready to lend his assistance,
but with a House which has mere than
] omv placed itself on record as favor-j
lag economy, come what will, his
I hands are tied, although hfl is chair?
man of one of the most important com- i
niltte.es in Congress. With a fixed pol?
icy of financial retrenchment this year,
and a determination to cut and prune
wherever th ? knife can find its way.
? the National Guard stands a poor show
lo receive anything but the scantiest
support from the hands ?'f Uncle Aim1
any time soot,. .Mr. Hay probably has
done bis best. 711; no one can do it .ill.
The Pepper and other bills will die a
slow di nth.
State Mutters Holding At tent his,
There arc three matters -here Just |
now that are of particular Interest to
members of the Virginia delegation
In Congress?the campaign of Harry
Si. Qeorge Tucker and llcurv C, Stuart
for Governor, the entry of former Gov- .
crnor Andrew .1* Montague for Con?
gress from the Third District, and the
outcome of th. Norfolk convention to
select delegates to Baltimore and
these are three subjects which the '
Virginians will not discuss for pub?
lication.
W'hlle lltUe private confabs are half!
around about the Capitol from day to
day by members o"f the House from
Virginia and iSurlr close sy inp.i t hi :ei.
In th> political field, regarding all of
these .subjects, they are all of a con.
ndontial nature, and Mich as the news
hunter gets Is sCCItrely (led with the
seal of privacy.
Hut every onb of those subjhels iv
a live if sue. Rofore-long it ?tll he
"Tucker'' ng.iln.-t "Smart ' hrre Ulli
there throughout the Old Ddinlhjonij
the hustings will be sounding with ?
campaign arguments; Montague and,
anti-Montague and Lanih and ant!-'
Lamb boosters will he among the vot?
ers In lb" Third District, and many a
man will he buttonholed when the Nor- ,
folk convention la over.
All things considered, the Old Do."
minion is goiyg 10 he anything but a
quiet place not a 11 \ Ihing Ii'?' an old
ladles' home bv anv means ,1 Hill.:
later on. P. II. McGOWAN,
MORAL LESSON III
TITANIC TRAGEDY
Richmond Sermons D Largely
With Week's Big
Disaster.
Tn? hundreds that went down with
tho Titanic did not die In vain. Heart?
rending as th? catastrophe may seem,
when viewed to-uay. with hardly more
than a weik elapsed sine? the happen?
ing. It will he softened by the lapse of
time and leave civilisation the r'elier
for lt? example of noble self-sacrllice,
chivalry and valor. Through tue death
of the unfortunates on the Tltaniv,
countless thousands will be spared In
tho days to eomu by precautions which
will be thrown about ocean travel, in
the future. Finally, the calamlt) has
laid bare man's frailty In the presence
of the great elements, and has demon?
strated again his utter dependence
upon the living God.
These wero the thought** that ran
through many a sermon In yesterday a
ehurch services. Congregations in
every section of tho city, trom the
humble parishes of the Industrial dis?
tricts to the stately cathedrals of the*
West Bnd, listened In a common bond
of human sympathy to priest anl pas?
tor us they rehearsed the Kr- ;.t tragedy
and drew trom It its lesion for tho
world. In every city, town and ham?
let in the United States where news
of the wr.-rk had penetrated, preacli
ers made it the subject of their prin?
cipal sermons, and Kichmond was no
i xccpiion.
optimistic .Note General.
Willie most of the preachers yiSter
day had something to say abou' the
carelessnesa which brought ah- jt the
catastrophe, few of them had recourse
to censure or blame. I or the most,
part they looked upon it as the penalty
of recklessness and greed, traceable to
mo lern conditions rathe: than 10 par?
ticular men In all the sermons thirr'
was present a note of optimism. Pro?
gress comes always through tribula?
tion and suflering. they said in effect.!
and individual!. HUSl die In order that I
t)ie race mayv-.vo.
Among thvS; who dealt with the]
linking of ?he Titanic in their sermons
were Key. l?. Clay Lilly, of the Gra,-e
streri Presbyterian Church; Rev.
George F. Gre?n. of the Highland I'ark
Methodist Church; Rev. w. B. Burrell.
of the I'airmount Baptist Church: Bev.
.lohn Ii. Kager, of the Grace streu
Baptist Church; Rev. O. Outhj, of St.
John's R van gel leal Lutheran Church,
and Rev. W. 1. Voung, of the Cente?
nary Methodist Church.
Not (o He limited to Provident**.
l'i lii'inc at the Cent, nary Metho?
dist, while deeiHrinc i; to b! his belief
lhat modern thinking ha.s not stolen
from the world Its faith m a personal
anl almighty Father, who controls all
tilings on land and on sei,, said that It
Is wrong to lay the blame for the Ti?
tanic disaster at the dO'>rs oi a "strange
Providence." Man has mast-red gn at
natural forces, subdued th'- sea. cou
quered the air and sumnione I to his
aid the wonderful Wlrclesa, said the
preacher, and when, troubles come la
prone to forget his own -hare in eav.n
i lug them.
I "We forget how many of our trou
! bles. how many of what we cull
!'strange Provld-nPCS,' are directly
traceabli to our forg Mf illness of these
?ominandments of God. or. still worse,
to .jur wilful violation.- of them," said
I>r. Young. 'The investigation into
this awful calamity tins proceeded far
enough for Iis to know that the acci?
dent was entirely avoidable.
Criminal Clamor for >per<l.
"We may not yet locate blame; in
Ideed. I do not desire to do so, hut ?a
may say that, whatever Individual may
I be primarily a; fault, we must all au
Imlt lhat he was in a sense a creature.
I of conditions which to-day are lead
I Ing us all to clamor for speed, and
which havs? bark of th.*m the mad ruall
to get rich. This same spirit is giving
often dangerous limited expre-s
i rams, adulterated foods, unhealthy
I surroundings. Improperly prepared men
tor the' professions, and evasions of
laws made for human safety and bet?
terment. Ail of ii might well be des
j Ignaicd 'flying in Ihe face of Provi
dence.'
"Many of tnese commandments of
God are discovered, -or. when discov?
ered, are fully appreciated through the
misfortunes or the folll-ts of oth;-r.?.
"Every light house speaks, eloquently
'of some shipwreck. This method of
dlseovry, this teaching by example,
j is itself a law of God. The hundreds
I whose bodies lie 2,000 fathoms below
' those Icebergs have not dleel In vain.
Moved by tiieir death, the great na?
tions will see to It that ships carry
sufficient lifeboatsr that they take a
route beyond a'.! possible contact with
Icebergs, and that the craving for
speed and for luxury shall no! inter?
fere with safety.
The World In lilcher.
I "Tho world Is Surely richer for the
nobility character shown In men
j of all classes on the Titanic?bellboy
' and stoker and captain, millionaire and
pauper, philanthropist and worldling.
! Did not man/ of them live more in
those few hours than in most of their
lives before'.' And Withal, We base Ii
, written In clearest outline that not
only on a sinking ship, but every?
where else, even under conditions Ihe
most favorable, the life of a multi?
tude together Is Impossible except as
men learn the great lessons of sacrifice
and self-denial and service. Again and
again some one has to die for the
people in order that the people moy
live.
"It seems to be an OI'dainod plan of
God lo utili-/ experiences of tnls sort
to turn men's minds to Him. to teach
them their helplessness and their de?
pendence on Mint. If we were made
fur God, if we are here to glorify Him
by e\ety form of service to Ills king?
dom and to His ehUdrcn, then, that we
may reach tie goal and meaning of
our existence, scarcely too much can
not be required for the attainment of
this end.
?We are told that the baud, which
hut. a short while before had been
playing th" gayest of music, as the
ship sink beneath the waves .sounded
out the hymns of faith?"Nearer. M>
Cod. I" Thee" mid "Cubic Me. u Thou
Great Jehovah." So ofieu docs it hap?
pen to o,; that, in the midst of our
thoughtlessness in our money - inn k in:;
ami plensurc-sceklng, the rolling
wave, of woe lead ?j lo cry out f"i
"If per eh once you have been think
Ing oi the sudden cutting down of
lives useful and dear 10 others, of the
breaking asunder of sacred tics, even
of men ami women .so rreently joined
in wedlock, I would remind you of the
Immortal, endless life where ties are
reunited. I would remind you how
prone w e are to forget that this life,
with all Ms care^ and nil Its Jov-j. 's
ppl) a very small fragment of life.
Eternity win furnish ovory. opportun?
ity io ; ot things right." j
ISMAY TELLS WHAT
PART HE PLAYED IN
TITANIC DISASTER
_ (Continued Trom First Page.)
The doctor dined with me in the
rcct to my stateroom and went to
when the collision occurred. I fc
way without dressing, tn;t a steward,
askert hl:n what was the matter, and
he said ho did not know. 1 returned
to my room. I felt the* ship slow?
down. I put on an ovorcost ovsr ir.y
pajamas a.ud went up on thu bridge
deck and on th!i bridge. I asked Cap?
tain Smith whul was the mailer, and
he Haid wo had struck ico I asked
whether he thought it serious, and ho
said he did. On returning to my room
1 met the chl.jf engineer and asked
him whether he thought the damage
serious, and he said he thuugnt .1 was.
? I then returned to my room end
put on a suit of clothes. 1 had been
In my ovarcoat atv! pajamas up to Ulla
time. I then went back to thu bridge
fleck and hoard (-aptain Smith give the
order to clear the 'boats. I helped in
this work for nearly two hours, la Tai
as 1 oan Judge. 1 work?d at tjifc star
iioaid boats, helping Women nd chil?
dren Into the boats and lowering them
over the side, i <i|.| nothi'.g with re?
gard to the boats on tin- port side Uy
that time ^very wooden lifeboat on
the starboard side had been lowered
away, and 1 found that they "were en?
gaged Jn getting out lh< forward cul
lapslble tro.it on th-- starboard side .1
assisted at t?l* work, ami all the wo?
men that were on this dick were
helped Into the boat.
Iloal Had Homo for More.
?They wcra all, 1 think, third-claa?
passengers. As the boat was going
over tlie side, .Mr. Carter, a passenger
and myself goi In. At that time then
was not a woman on th ? boat di ck noi
any passenger of any class, so far a>
we could see or hear. The boat had
between thirty-five and forty in It, 1
nhould think, most of (hem women.
There were perhaps four or live men
and it was afterwards discovered that
there were four Chinamen concealed
under the thwarts in the bottom of th-i
boat. The distance that the h^at had
to be lowered Into the water was about
twenty feet. Mr. Carter and I did not
git Into the boat until alter Ihey had
begun to lower it away. When the
boat tou-hod the water I helped row
It. pushing the oar from me as I sal.
Tills Is the explanation of Hie (act that
my back w-as to the sinking ship. Th
boat would have accommodated cer?
tainly six or more passengers tn addi?
tion If there had been any on Ihc boat
deck to go. These facts ..an bj sub?
stantiated by Mr. W. K. ?'artor. of
Philadelphia, who got In at the lime
that I did and was towing the boat
wlih me. I hope I need n 't say that
neither Mr. Cart?r nor myself woul?"
for one moment have thought of gel?
ling Into the boat If there had bees
any women there to go In it. nor shod Id
I have don> so If I had thought thai
i l.y remaining on the ship I could havi
i been of the slightest further assist
I a nee.
"It is impossible for mo to answcl
every false statement, rumor or in?
vention that has appeared in the
newspapers. I am prepared to SIISWCI
! any questions that ma> be asked b>
j the committee of the Senate, or any
I other r-sponsihle person. I shall
therefore make no further statement of
this kind. eXccpt to explain the mes?
sages that i sent from the Carpiilhln.
These messages have been completely
misunderstood. An Inference has been
? l awn from them thai 1 was anxious
I ie> avoid the Senate committee's in?
quiry, which It was Intended to hold
in New York. As a matter of fuel,
when dispatching these messages I
hart not the slightest idea that an
Inquiry was contemplated, anel I had
no information regarding it until Ihc
ariiv.il of the Cnrpnlhla at Hie Cunnrd
doe|< in New York on Thursday night,
when 1 was Informed by Senators
Smith and N-wlands or the appoint?
ment of i he spedHl committee to hold
lb.- inquiry. The only purpose I hail
In sending these messages was to ex?
press my desire to have the crew re?
turned to their homes in l-'.ngland for
their own benetil at ihr earliest pos?
sible moment, and 1 also was anxious
j to return to m> family, hut left the
I STARTLING FIGURES
OF FINANCIAL POWER
i
i Washington, April 21.? Directors of
j the United States Steel Corporation.
I through1 Block ownership and places on
the directorates of the great railway
I systems of the United Stales, have 111
Icontrplling voice In nearly 55 per cent,
of the railroads of the country, accord-j
lug to a statistical study prepared for
I the Stanley steel iru>i Investigating,
j committee of the House. I
! The aggregate value ol the railroads
: is US ell at approximately $18,000,000.-j
! 000, and Of that Steed Corporation llf-j
dilations are said to control more than
$1 0,000,000,000.
The twenty-three directors ..f the
Steel Corporation also sit on hoards ??!
directors of banks, insurance coin- I
ponies, express companies and Various
other industrial corporations '.villi an;
? aggregate capitalization of $7,388.09!),-1
IIC. i
l-'igures collected foi (lie committee
? record hj one of Its special tnvestlgii-j
tors, show that Steel Corporation of-.
: (leers and directors sit as officers oi
directors in banks, trust und Insurance|
companies, having aggregate capital. I
surplus deposits and undivided prolitsl
j of $ii.:>.i i,si 1,178.
In industtlial corpoi at:, us having ag
PASSENGERS ROBBED
j ON PULLMAN SLEEPER
Chicago, III. April 21.?Nine persons
I wire robbed ?f money or valuables o: I
I both by lb reo masked hold-up men, \vlto
went thrnigji ihe sleeper Nottingham,
I of the Itock Island westbound Cloldcn
Stale Limited a few minutes after j
midnight this morning at Shellleld, 111. !
forty miles e ist of M?lln.'.
After th - robbers had finished Hielt
?ork they shot lodes in Ihe air signal
iiibc Connected with the engine, thus,
bringing the train to .1 standstill, and 1
j i|iu> kly made their escape.
1 Under rover of t lire a rcvolvi-is, the1
; porter iya'a forced t" pout out to the!
; outlaws the h.rtlis lhat were oeoilplod. I
1 As soon as ihe robbers entered the!
Pullman they fore d I hit porler lo loek
, ihe doors. Only Ihe occupants of one'
j Pullman were dlsl urbed.
I'naarngern Koiihril.
Those who were robbed are:
\V. I> Lenianc, N -w York, Ii i and
railroad tickets.
Mary llerron, Chicago, |9H
. O, T. Uenton, Oberlln, Wan., gold I
restaurant at 7:30. and I went di
bed at about 10:30. I was asleep
It a jar, went out into the passag?
matter of my return entire') to out
representatives In New Vork.
Whole Thought on Korror,
I "J deeply regret that I am compelled 1
to make any personal statement, whe
I my whole thought in on the horror of ,
} the disaster. In building the Titanic
I It was the hope of iny assistants and
! myself that we had built a vessel
j which could not be destroyed by the
I perils of the :<ea or the dangers ol
1 navigation. The event has proved the
futility of thai hope. The present
I legal rcquir-.'inonta have proved Iriatle
I qunte. The} most b< changed; but 1
whether they are changed ot li"t. this
j awful experience has taught the '.
I steams,tip owners of, the world that
too much rol'ancc has been placed on
? wa/er-tlglil compartments and on
j wireless telegraphy, and that they .
j must equip every vessel with lifeboats
and rafts sufllcieul to provide !??<
I every soul on board and go trident men'
' to handle them.'- I
i FLOOD SITUATION
I CONTINUES GRAVE
Now Orleans, April 21.~News from '
j the flooded area of the Mississippi |
j Valley in Arkansas, Mississippi and J
, Louisiana continued to-day to be In- i
I creastugiy grave, i'liousuuuk ol musdj
j who were compelled to II? c tu nigncr I
places when-Hie yellow iiooj luvudcu I
Liic.r homes have been curcu tdr, uia I
. .vie a.".- sun man} more wno arc .0 j
imperative need ot aiu. .?.- llic waier?
uontiiiuc on tnutr uoatruuliic way 111 ore!
.1,.pcais lor ncip are u.nm received uy I
t.ios: in cnurgc uf the ruttel' work. 1
It ir estimated mere arc n-t> iwiii
and villages tout nave ?0 Cur lelt in?,
effects ?.'I iae Hood, .Son- places arc
under from two 10 lit icon feet uf
water, with little prospects of an curly
recession.
j Itcports to t'lt.; lotis ot life differ.
I Those know a to have perished total
ten. all but one negroes. It la believed,
however, the list will be much larger
when the Interior of the affected dis?
trict Is penetrated by rescue parlies.
Conditions in the countay over
flowed by the itculah, Miss., br-nk are
extremely serious High places ;n |
! Dolivar county never before Inundated |
are covered with three to tour 'feet I
I of water. .Ml women and Children 111]
! mat vicinity have been taken to j
'?Creeuvlllc and Vlcksburg. Much r,..
I lief work remains to be done In that]
' section, as appeals for help from both i
j white ami black Inhabitants "re con- ?
I ttnualiy ecing received at Vlcksburg,
I Where tue lioadouaf tora of the relief]
{bureau arc established. Over u dozen
j Iowas have already been Inundated
from the itoulah break
I At Nlbletts. Mis.-., four miles south
i of t'.i,. lleulah crevasse, where some
alarm wan f. It fur a portion of th.?
I levee, a iarg. force of men Is working
day and ..night, and it la believed a
j It. ale" will be averted. '
Great damage has 1.n done to rall
I roads running through the Hooded
I di-i rufs., ;..
i The dlstni. i- :->ir of supplies ;?> hun?
dreds or vli tima ninroonjd on plan-j
; tatlons alnl- in-' ki :tlerneni < in (he
j n. i'.-iYiio.rhood "' Tollulah, i.e. began
, to-day. There |s no material change'
I In tin- iRyejp; situation south of Vlcks-1
j burg.
' Hhfr Steamer Slnka; Thrr?. Dnin ned.
I Natchez, April 21.?The river steam- '
er Concordle, regularly employed in
frelglit and passenger service bctwocn '
Nat.-hez and Black Itlver points, sank;
at I o'clock this morning at .liickson I
Point, Iwctlty-flvo miles south of|
Natchez. in ||iC Mississippi lllver. I
Three n'Krn deckhands are- reported
to have been drowned.
grcgato capital and bonded Indebted?
ness of |2;803,.10?,3IS t including the
gtccl Corporation's f l,lfcl,93r>,46<)
In street railways, steamships, ex?
press, telegraph and terminal com?
panies having aggregate capital and
bonded Indebtedness of JI,27i,77S.S90.
in the individual oltleeis ?r directors,
Oeorgc r. Baker holds the greate?t
number ?i memberships in other
boards oi directors.
Mr. linker Is a director in industrial I
.'poriitlons wiib combined capital ? <<
nearly $2,000,00(1,.I, railroad and ? ?
press companies, with capital ..i more
than <l..i."on.nun. .I thinks with.
capitals ni more I linn SI.500,000..
Bnch nf the other directors is nlso in
Industrial corporations with combined]
capital n! nun e than $1.000,000,01111. .1.
rierponl Morgan. .1 Plorpont Morgan.|
Jr.i William K. Corey, II. C. Krlek. W.|
II, Moore, tleorge w. Perkins, Norman
It. Hen in.? I laniei <: Heid P, A. It Wlde-I
Her, I'erclval lloborls, Jr., ami K. ?'
Converse an- prominent m the iiainea
upon Hie tabulations prepared for the
committee, showing thei? ropresentu
tion In other corporations
watch and diamond, valued at IKi'1,-and
??-?.".'.' In cash.
II. A, Mncl'ullcr and wife, !.m
W'?yiie, Ind., $'.'?"> mid i?o watches vi? I -
ued at f SO.
.1. H, Oehnrd. Phoenix. Ariz., $S3,
Tin1 presence on th ? train of the'
three robbers has not bcrii accounted
fur. It is ihnuaht perhaps tho nlili
bos riled (.he Limited at 11 > ? i ross n?
of the Chicago. Burlington und Qulh?:>
Itnllroud, mar which a Burllnglou train
Was held up some time ago
After the ' desperadoes bid taken
(hoir loot tho) commanded the porter
t" pull lib' nil' lube as a signal I":'
the engineer tu stop the train. When
the porter: demurred, the men punc?
tured th- tub.' ?Ith bullets from their
pistols. The ilrIns "f tin' revolvers was
the onlj noise connected ivith the
hold-up.
It 'was stated at the general. Ofll^OS
of the Hock Island her- lo-dny thai
a good description of i he outlaws was
obtained, and it was furtjior said there
I wore hopes of running them dowjj.
You Cannot
Avoid Buying a
Victrola
It you are a If)vor of good music
and will stop to realize what the
presence of this great musical in?
vention in your home will mean in
supplying .t medium of entertain?
ment ,inr] pleasure. The cost is
trivial compared with the satisfac?
tion and enjoyment it brings.
Wc .ire better equipped than
ever to supply you
successors (able I'lnoo Co.
Mon. 728. 213 E. Broad.
OCEAN STEAMERS
ARE IN COLLISION
(Continued from. First Page.)
loomed up Immediately in fr?nt of
him ho ordered port nurd tho wheel.
Tills was too Into, and the vessels camo
together with a crush.
Itiilkhcnila Save Vrnel.
The l-.l Snd has about twenty-five feet,
of water In her forward hold, hut the
officers say her forward bulkheads
have held watertight. The bulkheads
saved the vessel. The collision occur?
red In nine fathoms of water, the Kl
Sud at that time drawin| eighteen foot
of water forward and twenty-three,
nft. As he camo to tho dock aho waa
drawing twenty seven f?et of water
forward and eighteen aft.
No estimate can bo made at this
time of the exact amount of damago
to the El Sud.
The work of unloading h?r ia going;
forward 10-night, and as soon as ahei
Is empty the damage can bo determin?
ed.
The refusal Saturday of tho Mai
lory Steamship Uno offices to di?
vulge the nature of wireless
messages exchanged between a
port station and the incoming
Mallory liner Denver, seven days out
from New York with twenty-one cabin
passengers, regarding*tho reported col?
lision between the Denver and the out?
going; Morgan liner Fl Sud, gave rlsa
to ? xelted apprehension throughout:
marine circles, which, with the com?
ing of the morning was partly dis?
pelled. Following so closely upon tho
great Titanic, disaster, and not \vlth?
ou grounds for fear, the report ex?
cited unusual concern, more so in dis?
tant points, where the facts were ex?
aggerated than at GnlVOStOfl,
ENGINEER ?S KILLED
Pnxseiiger Train lliin? Into Wenk
Trestle, nnd I* Wrecked.
Fitzgerald. Ca. April 21.?F.ngino.-r
A, T Buckalow was killed and a ne?
gro II reman Buffered a broken leg
wlbn an Atlanta. Birmingham and At?
lantic passenger train ran Into a weak
trestle near Hanson, seventeen mlK>i
from beic at 'I! o'clock tills morning.
Rnglneer Buckalow was one- of the
oldi -i employes of the road. No pns
TORNADO SWEEPS
OVER TWO STATES
Chicago, April 21.?Seventeen per
pous are believed to have been killed
In ii series of tornadoes which swept
across parts of Illinois and Indiana,
just bforc nightfall to-day.
Twelve deaths have been confirmed
nnd live are reported on Information
which appeals reliable. A hundred
Other persons were injured, at leUbt
eight of iheiii so aevorly they may die.
Oamngi done to property will amount
to thousands of dollars.
The storm swept through the north,
eru part of Murphysboro, fll., serious,
ly Injuring flvo persons. Ten houses)
were demolished at Murphysboro, ana
the Illinois C.-ntral Station at Finney,
was carried three hundred feet.
Wnnponace, n village near Coal
City, was reported deinoliahs*], but th?>
tonado destroyed telephonic communi?
cation, making ii Impossible 16 learn
the seriousness of the damage doni
there. Houses, sheds and farm build?
ings mar Coal ?'n> were deinoltshdi
windmills blhwn down and many head
of cattle :1|e reported dead.
At Allen, near Coal City, telephone
ami telegraph Wires were laid to tha
'ground foi a mile at .< stretch In so??
oral places
Neai Dwlghi Kchoolhouae and
many farm buildings ivere destroyed.
I'ii i? 11 > ClliigM iii Tree*.
Tin Chicago. Indiana and Southern
Hallway Station ai Itoddlck w.iit blown
across Hie tri. Ks. Kvorj farm Tr 111 Id -
tug on the property of a man named
I'atehett there was destroyed, and the
fauilly escaped ihjyry by clinging n>
trees In the yard.
Many other building were destroyed
at Itcddlck ana nearby, and several
persons were injured, none seriously.
Twenty houses were blown down in
and near Morocco, Ind.. ,lnd fully forty
habitations in Newton county were
destroyed.
..s near as can be nidged here th-e
tornado "tuned in IroqudlH comity,
Illinois, and sw.pt eiistwird, Stock
killed when form buildings lvent
down.
Morocco Is only tive miles north Of
Must lion. George Ado's r/OUIitry horn...
It has not been learned tvhefher his
property was damaged or not.
Kvery doctor In Morocco slid adjoin?
ing territory was called oilt, and im?
provised hosplfrils have been set up in
several localities
Communication between eTcntlanifll
and Ihe outside world is obtainable
only by a circuitous route to the east?
ward.
_i
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
I CASXO.RI?