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VOLUME CXI.— 137.
Liner Titanic Strikes Iceberg, Sinking Head Down
WARNING FOR MEXICO
Must Protect Americans
WANTON ACT
RESENTED
BYIJ.S.
Ultimatum Sent to Federal Gov-;
ernment and Chief of
Rebel Force
OROZCO IS ACCUSED OF
MURDERING A GUNNER
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Humane Treatment for Prison-.
ers and Safety for Life and
Property Required
WASHINGTON, April 14.—
Warning was issued today
by "the United States to the
Mexican government, as well
as to General Pascual Orozco, chief
of the I revolutionary forces, that "it
expects 1 and must demand that Ameri
can life and property within the re
public of Mexico be justly and ade
quately protected, and that this
government must hold Mexico and
the Mexican people responsible for
all wanton or illegal, acts sacrificing
or endangering .American life - or
damaging American property or in
terests." ..'""*"' ;";/„,
v The attitude of the United \ States
as expressed to both the rebel and
federal officials is that any interfer
ence with American citizens "will be
deeply resented by the American !
government and people, and must be |
fully, answered for to the American
people." *
Warning for Both Sides
Acting Secretary Wilson of the
state department, who today issued
special instructions' to Ambassador
Wilson at Mexico City, and Marion
Letcher, American consul at Chi
huahua, authorized the statement
that intervention was not contem
plated by the United States.
Ambassador Wilson was ordered to
communicate at once the views of
the United States to the Mexican
minister for foreign affairs, and a
copy of his instructions likewise was
sent to Marion Letcher, American
consul at Chihuahua, with special
representations addressed to General
Orozco. -
Orozco recently refused to recog
nize Letcher as the American con
sular representative, because the/
■ United States withheld recognition
of the rebel cause. The representations
to Orozco accuse him of "practical
murder" of Thomas Fountain, an Amer
ican gunner enlisted with the federals,
but summarily executed last week
when taken prisoner by the insurrec
tos. , - -• ,
Proper Treatment Demanded
Though declining to justify partici
pation of Americans on either side, the
United States expressly stipulates that
American combatants when taken pris
oners must be given humane treatment
in accordance with the international
rules of war.
The correspondence made public to
night is admittedly the strongest de
mand the United States is known to
have made upon Mexico for respectful
treatment of Americans as well as
other foreigners, and declares that a
continuation of illegal acts is- tending
to create difficulties ' and obligations
which it is to the interests of ail true
Mexican patriots, as it is the desire of
the United States,-to avoid.
Ambassador Instructed
The instruction to Ambassador Wil
son sent by telegraph today follows:
You will immediately, communl-;
cate the following to, the minister
for foreign affairs:
"The enormous destruction, con
stantly increasing, of ; " valuable
American properties in the course
of the present unfortunate disturb
ances; the taking of American life,
contrary to the principles, govern
ing such matters among all civil
ized nations; the increasing dangers
to which all American citizens in
Mexico are subjected, and the seem
ingly possible indefinite continuance *
of this unfortunate situation, com
pel the government bf the United
States to show«that it*expects and
.must demand that "American life ■
and property within the limits of .?
Mexico be justly > and adequately
protected, and v that"'this« govern
ment must hold Mexico and the
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THE San Francisco CALL
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J General Pascual Orozco, chief of
■ revolutionary forces in Mexico. J
RAGGED WANDERER
IS A CENTENARIAN
Born Christmas Morning, 813,
Thomas Dunbar Has No
Where to Lay His Head
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
• TRACY. April 14.T00 proud to beg.
Thomas Dunbar, one 'of California's
oldest pioneers, who says that he first
saw the, light of day Christmas morn
ing, 1813, arrived in Tracy Tate this
afternoon penniless and hungry, and
was found in this codition by Robin
Adair. A
•Dunbar requested permission to un
roll his blankets and sleep in a build
ing now undergoing construction on
which Adair Is at work. Adair, becom
ing interested in the old fellow, grant
ed the request and started to question
him. '. ' '
"I have lived many years in Mendo
cino county," the old man said, "and
now I am walking to* Fresno, where my
niece, Mrs. Mary Thompson; lives. She
owns a 35 acre ranch about five miles
from town, and it is to her place I want
to go and spend my remaining days on
earth. She sent me money to ride on
the train, but- I was .troubled with
rheumatism and spent the little mite I
had in doctor bills. "When"l was able
I set forth on foot. I sold .my clothes
and what trinkets I had on the way
down the valley to purchase food. v
"I came >to California in 1544 and
made a fortune. At one time I owned
135 acres of land within a stone's throw
of i where San Francisco's new civic
center will be. I lost everything in
gambling in Comstock stocks, including
land now worth millions. Since then I
have been buffeted about, and despite
the handicap of almost five i score of
years that I am now laboring under,T
feel, that ray day will not come soon;
at least I hope not." .•'-.-. \
Adair* invited Dunbar •to accompany
him to a restaurant,, to which Dunbar
said, "No, I have eaten." After much
coaxing the- Old gentleman accepted
and then said that he; had only .had a
couple of slices of bread. He was;then
given a bed in a Central avenue hotel.
MAN IN BALLOON
IS INEXPERIENCED
COSSONAY, Switzerland, April 14.—
The Swiss Aero club's gigantic balloon,
St. 1 Gothard, is somewhere \ far above
the -clouds; with a. man aboard who "is
totally ignorant: of handling the air
craft, i •'- ■ '; " \.- -■
The balloon was returning from a
flight.today with a pilot and three pas
sengers. During an attempt to: land,
the basket was blown against a rock
by a wind gust and the pilot and two"
of the passengers • were thrown out.
Thus lightened, the balloon shot up
to a height of 15,000 feet and whirled
away with tlie third; passenger, a man
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who had'just made his initial^flight.t^
SAN FRANCISCO, MOJNDAY, APRIL 15, 1912.
THOUSANDS IN
DIRE PERIL ON
THE ATLANTIC
Largest Vessel Afloat Reported
Sinking Head Down Wo- :
men Put Off in Boats
Wireless Call for Help Responded
to by Several Ships, In
cluding Olympic |f||
Many ■ Notables Among >
Passengers;of Titanic
'Following is a partial list , of..
some of the ' notable ,■; persons |
among r the passengers' on board ■'
the Titanic: \ . ». -:.*
Astor, Colonel and Mm. John
& Jacob. ■■ . : .,. £•-»£ I' ;*i" y'.'Si
, Butt, Major Archibald, military i;
aide to President Taft. " . '." i [
Daniel, Robert WY, Philadelphia !
banker. : ; ; •_ .■/;■ - [u'i>',
Guggenheim, Benjamin. . • :• _■
■ Harris, Mr. and > Mrs. Henry B.'^'
Hays, C. M., president Grand'-'V
Trunk railway. ■>,■-,•..;
I inlay, J. Bruce, chairman White
Star line. ,' U\ ■ >!'
Millet, F. D., artist and president
of the consolidated* American ;-'
• academy of Rome. ! . '
Rothes, Countess.' _ ' '
Stead, W. T. ". ' j
Strauss, Mr. and Mrs. Isidore. ]
Vanderhilt, A. •" G. ■'- 'V^'. v .'-'"J
White, J. Stewart. i'.lj
"Wldener, Mr. and Mm. G. D. ]
Wldener, Mr. and Mm. Harry. J
Whine*, .1. K. »)' "'■■J '■' "'.",'" '^v^/pj
Van«edbllt, Alfred Gwynne. I >'.\ '-* '" t \
Dodge, Mr„>*« Mm. Washing- <
* "ton of San 'Francisco. " * <
■yT^^'PE ;RACE, N. •Fj April 15;— At
CAPK RACE, X. last*' night the
10:25 o'clock last night the
V* :J f White v Star steamship Titanic
called "C. • Q." D." and reported
having struck ah iceberg. The steamer
said' that immediate assistance was re
quired. ' ._*„'"- ■■■'■ --'.':.'''-'
Half an hour afterward another mes
sage came, reporting that they were
sinking by the head and that women
were being put off in the lifeboats. £
The .weather was calm . and clear, . the
Titanic' wireless operator reported. He
gave the position of ; the vessel 40:46
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SWIRLING WATERS
COVER WHOLE TOWN
Many Dwellings in Tallulah, La.,
Are Floating About and
River Is Rising
TALLULAH, La., April 14.—A1l of the
to-vyi of Tallulah, on the Vieksburg,
Shreveport arid Pacific railroad, with
the exception of a few business houses,
is under, water tonight.
• Levees have been thrown up hur
riedly along the railroad and : every
; able bodied man is lending/his aid In
the fight to save the rest of the town
from the flood rushing through the
Dog-Tail crevasse in the Mississippi
river. .
Dwellings and small houses are float
ing about in the flooded area, some of
•which is under 10 feet of water. . Late
i tonight the water continued to rise at
the rate of two inches an hour at the
depot.
Negroes Are Heroic
VICKSBURG, Mass.. April 14.—The
levee for miles presents a weird scene.
Driftwood fires dot the great embank-*
ment, on which refugees are roasting
the carcasses of beeves! ' '
.Volunteers.- in launches* skiffs and
rafts have saved nearly 1,000 lives since
the Salem levee broke Friday, and other
thousands who made their own way to
safety are camping along the levee. ■
In two days' the ; inhabitants, have
been driven out from« a territory em
bracing 100 square miles. A 15 foot
wall of water, 50 feet wide, burst sud
denly through the levee at Salem last
Friday evening, inundating two miles
In 20 minutes. „
Ahead of the mad rush of waters
rode swiftly" a score -of negroes from
the Alsatia plantation.^ They, rode all
night through the darkness and driving
rain, warning the inhabitants to flee;
until overtaken * by the " water, i when
they-were forced to flee for their own
. lives.;"; ' - • ' ;".
A planter • took his ; favorite saddle
horses' upstairs with his family. .- Live
stock of all kinds was found on porches
bellowing .for; food. ; , - \
Each hour increases the desolation.'
No further breaks occurred today, and
the ? * government ; », engineers are, "opti
mistic,* - • .
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HISS JENNIE CROCKER BETROTHED
Widower of Former Chum Be Bridegroom
MISS JENNIE CROCKED AND MALCOLM WHITMAN
The smaller photographs of Miss Crocker show the Californian heiress as she has appeared at various} times in
,j: ' : ' ' , , society J(irmesses *or in golfing^ costume. \'y ; , - * V
2 KILLED, 1 HURT
IN PISTOL BATTLE
Policeman Dead, Brother Officer
Wounded in Duel Which
Costs Chinese Life
1
BISHOP, April 14.—1n a battle here
early, this morning between a Chinese
and town '. officers, Constable Walter
Reed and the celestial were killed' and
Marshal Douglas Robinson was
wounded. . ; . , ■ /- ,
Suspecting violation of a • town ordi
nance, the officers sought admission
to a Chinese restaurant, and when it
was refused forced the door. As it fell
inward the Chinese opened Are.
Reed fell with a bullet in his ab
domen. Twice wounded himself, Mar
shal Robinson,, with the Chinese still
shooting at him, snatched up Reed's
revolver and killed the Chinese.* Reed'
died 10 hours later. Robinson Is 1 not
dangerously- injured. ; .• |
NEW CHURCH FLOOR
FALLS; TWO KILLED
HARRINGTON PARK, N. J. April 14.
Two persons were killed and more than
a score injured, several seriously, when
the collapse of the floor of the Church
of Our Lady of Victory today * precipi
tated nearly 300 persons into the base
merit. , w' -
The : church was, only v partly . com
pleted and the assemblage 'today was
in connection with j the- ceremonies of
laying; the cornerstone. -..:' -'
The collapse of the floor came "while
an address .; was being delivered * by
Father; Delanty. .'i Suddenly the ¥ floor
was heard, to creak and then it went
down with' a crash.", ",;.= ;; y: ; : f '■*"•;
Men, women and * children j were
caught and i many were : crushed.' •' *
i- ; ' Nicholas : Ottingen, and Mrs. E?^Hoei
kern {died in a • short time, ' About a
dozen £ persons were » taken < out uncon
scious and several sustained fractures
of >egs or arms. . - ■ ■>* .^. . '
I. W. W. MOBS PLAN
INVASION OF WEST
Bands of 1,000 Malcontents
Each to Be Sent From East
to Coast Points i
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
NEW YORK, April 14.—John Walsh,
organizer of the . greater New York
district committee; of ■-.. the ; r Haywood
branch of. the Industrial 'Workers of I
the ;* World, t announced yesterday that \
trie organization was preparing to send !
committees, in many instances of: 1,000
men each, into cities throughout the
,United States, where vigilance commit- ,
tees had been active in driving I. W. W. j
organizers out of town. He said that
600 ; men ; already were on their way.*to :
Spokane, Wash.,; and that similar com- I
mittees would be sent to Fresno, Oak- j
land, -Los Angeles \ and • San Diego,; <al.-;
to 'Missoula; Mont.; Kansas City, Van
couver and Aberdeen, Wash. Jack
Mo'sby, a son of the famous confeder
ate leader, .will lead the/Los Angeles
committee, said Walsh. - v , ; : *
"Tie" announced.also that the I. W. ,W."
was: planning a-strike of 60,000 textile
workers in New England : and 30,000 in
Now Jersey 'as a protest against the
."suppression of free speech," as Walsh
characterized 'the refusal of ;;• the Gar
field, N.:J., authorities to strikers
to meet there. ■■. - "; - v.
An appeal will be made .to* Governor
Wilson first, and if he' fails ;to act the
strike will be started.
'SKELETON' CAUSED
LAWYER'S SUICIDE
Marriage, Five Years Ago, to
\ Negress He Thought White
T Made Public by Enemies
[Special Dispatch to The Call] .■,. ' \
/£ ALBANY, Ga., April 14.—Jesse W.
Walters,, solicitor of i- the city court;of
Albany, who shot himself through the
heart last week, did so because of the;
exposure of an .alleged episode in his \
life which he thought had long since '
been forgotten. The episode occurred j
during a visit of Walters to New York
city five years ago, when, it is alleged,'
he met, 'loved and married a beautiful I
octoroon girl, thinking her white. j
X The exposure of this alleged skeleton !
in the life of Walters was "made while !
he was a candidate .for, re-election to ]
the position of solicitor. ; . i
He '.was- opposed for. re-election and
the day' before he killed himself, every '|
voter, in Albany"received an anonymous
circular attacking Walters* record
AVIATRIX SURVIVES
RUIN OF AEROPLANE
[Special Dispatch to The Call] ■ |
'-.' WICHITA v s FALLS, Tex., April 14. j
Jfce farewell 5; flight ,of ; her' 5- aviation |
Jjreer, ■which; Miss Mathilde Moissant j
had announced she would ■-] make["s here i
this' afternoon, -came-near > causing her.
death. ). In landing after her flight f Miss j
Moissant's machine struck a "ridge of j
earth-Just- outside ' the ba%eball park,{
.where v the flights took place, ; and
bounced high in the air. It came down i
right side up j with .the young woman |
still safe in her seat, but the frame- i
work crumpled .';■ like , a leaf ■ fr%m the !
Impact.; In *an instant . the wreckage I
Was ablaze and -before - the aviatrix
icould <: escape her clothing was '••: on fire.
Help was near at hand and the young !
woman was dragged from her perilous ;
position by AndreHoupert, an aviator.
The blazing clothes, were. extinguished
before • she had sustained serious in-
Jury. - The machine was, practically a
total loss. . :. ..
§ fy WEATHER
:^EO^R^iY— x Highe* temperature, 66 ;
[" flow est Sa&rday night, 50."
» fidßßCAyr FOR TODAY—Fair; mod
effite^^fih winds. r ;\ I'-v'-Vr --.* ''.riy
!*. 'J- ■' -;Vf>r Details of the Weather See P»s» 13 .- =
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TRIP FOR HAT
CAUSED BY
CUPID
uUPILI
California Heiress*, Anxiety to
'': Reach New York Explained :
by Engagement •'
NEW YORK* LAWYER IS
THE FORTUNATE MAN
Malcolm D. Whitman, Thrice
Tennis Champion, Cuts
Out All Rivals
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A Jn^OUNGEMENT of fthdgSig
ANNOUNCEMENT the en
gagement of Miss Jennie Ade
']!'- <J^line 'Crocker, California's rich
r "s' est 'heiress, to Malcolm D.
Whitman of New York \ and Brook-.
line, . Mass"., former American.'; tennis
champion, was] made at : Hillsborough
yesterday ■ afternoon by Charles /Tern-:
pleton Crocker, brother of the bride
to be, while the■ telegraph wires 'from
the east 'were carrying .the' same news
from New York. •%•.//
; " Miss Crocker, is now in the metrop
olis with Whitman, \ who is fas lawyer
of independent means. -;,He married
Miss Janet McCook, a chum of -Miss
Crocker's, in -"''April;'l9o7,:. and f Miss
Crocker was bridesmaid at the wed
ding. Mrs. Whitman died _in I New
York, December, 1907, , a few days
after the birth of /a son. ... '-"■..''.'
Since Mrs. ■ Whitman's death five
years ago Whitman and Miss Crocker
have met many times, and with each
meeting their liking for each"; other
has increased. Yet news of the en
gagement _ caught Hillsborough ;; by
surprise yesterday, and there was a
gasp of astonishment as the news
went round.
Country Wide Interest
■ It was the gossip of the Burlingame
Country club during the evening, and
the talk of society all over the coun
try last night. The news traveled by
telephone message and telegram to
Del» Monte, Coronado and' wherever
men and I'women1 'women of fashion congre
gate. ;-:.'. ■ .;';.._; ' ;r : --;'..-;;
' Miss Crocker, who was, 25 years of
age. February ,24, possesses a fortune
estimated at* from $9,000,000 to
$12,000,000: In 1905, when she, and
her brother, Templeton, divided their
heritage, each received $5,000,000. • In
the seven years since that time the
growth in realty values and the de
velopment of the estate, through/, the
counesl of Henry T. Scott, trustee
of^the Crocker estate, has doubled it.
While in England during the corona
tion Miss Crocker was the most sought
after American"' girl among all those
who crossed the Atlantic at that time,
and her wealth family have placed
her among r those at the pinnacle of
American society. ' ,-
Former Tennis Champion
Whitman is a Harvard . graduate,
class of '98. He won the American ten
nis championship that year, and again
1899 arid 1900. Then, caring to de
vote so much of his time to the sport,
he relinquished the championship Varid
set himself to the practice of,law.'
It is understood that, the 'couple in-*
tend to divide their tir^e between the
east and California, and the Hillsbor
ough dwellers were told yesterday that,
Miss Crocker, who has for years been
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