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Evening star., 1909-01-25
STORY OF SEA WRITER
James B. Connolly, RepubIic''
Passenger, Tells of Wreck.
WOMAN FALLS OVERHEARD
Loses Bag Of Jewels, But Is Herself
Rescued.
MANY WORN; ALL IN HEALTH
Lucky That Accident Was in Calm
Sea and That Wireless Was
Available.
MANY WORN; ALL IN HEALTH
BY JAMES B. CONNOLLY.

o4 OAMC0 d. SON NOAA I.
Copyright. 1909 by the New York Herald Com
pany. All rights reserved.)
ON BOARD THE STEAMSHIP BAL
TIC via Sandy Hook. N. j.. January 25.-
1t was at about $40 O'Clock Saturday
morning in black fog. about 100 miles
out from New York and fifteen miles
south of Nantucket. that the Italian emi-
grant ship. the Florida of Naples, in
bound. and the Republic, outbound, came
together
The bow of the Florida struck the side
Of the Republic aft of the midship sec
ton and kept on grinding toward the
stern. When she at last cleared, five
staterooms on the saloon deck of the Re-
public and two on the deck below were
ripped out
The rooms the lower deck. which
were against the ships side, were torn
out by the nukes of the Florida's anchor
The anchor finally was wrenched off The
bow and found later in one of the wrecked
staterooms on the republic.
Death in Staterooms.
The rooms Of the saloon deck were well
inboard. protected by a ten-foot width Of
deck. Yet the bow of the Florida cut
clear through that deck and spIintered
everything-bunks. wash basins. trunks,
mirrors-left everything in them in a mess
and the rooms gaping to the outer world.
Mrs. Lynch. In stateroom No. a. and
Mr.. Mooney. in No %, were killed al
most instantly. cut into pieces by the
Evening star., 1909-01-25
tagged bow. Her husband had his leg

jagged bow. Her husband had his leg
broken.
In another Of the rooms Mrs. Murphy,
wife Of South Dakota banker, vas, was oHr,y Tr:
Mooney, in a bunk beneath her husoaho,
nor Mr. Murphy. in a bunk above MS
wife, was injured.
Lights Go Out.
The plates of the Republic were
started below the water line, and so the
engine room filled almost Immediately
In six minutes or so the electric lights
went out, which made matters bad for
while. threatening to bring on =
panic with men and women. lightly
clad. flying around dark passageWays
The ship brought no emergency IAN
terms into service. Only for frequent
match sputterings by passengers ana
few candle ends produced by the stew
ards, nobody could see anything until
daylight came.
The Florida, which had her bow
mashed in fiat to the forward bunkhoid
looked worse than the Republic. Ihrec
Italian sailors. sleeping in the lore
castle. were plastered like as much clay
against the steel wall, and two more
were injured.
After two hours boats were cleared
away and the passengers taken to the
Florida, which stood by. There Was
some trouble in disembarking. but all
were brought over safely. The sea was
smooth and the air not cold.
Passengers remained on board tine
Florida until IL o'clock at night, and
then were transferred to the Baltic
which had come on the scene at
O'Clock. Why the Baltic did not take
the passengers off sooner is not mads
clear.
Transfer Through Night.
1t took all night in the fog and rain
to get the Republics passengers and
the crew and the Florida's immigrants, of
which there were s50-l.5 500 in all-trans-
ported to the Baltic. Many women. pos
sibly fifty in all. collapsed or tainted on
reaching the Baltic's deck.
Several boats were allowed to knock
around in the sea for half or three
quarters of an hour before the Baltic was
made ready to receive them. One woman
went between the boat and the ships side,
losing her bag of jewels. but was herself
hauled aboard in safety.
Quite small sea was on during part
of the time of the transfer, with rain and
fog. Early in the evening, while the Bal
tic was lying by. the sea was smooth
and the sky clear.
There seemed to be some difficulty in
getting competent men to man the boats.
There was much delay and some risk
to passengers in the transfer. which was
not complete until daylight In the MORN
ing.
OF the Florida's eight hundred and fifty
Immigrants all behaved splendidly.
condition now. few are worn out with
anxiety. but nobody is to be feared for.
Capt. Ransom and Purser Palmer fiatly
refused to allow any press messages
Evening star., 1909-01-25
BIG DRUM MAJOR RETIRED.
six-Footer Jorgensen Had Led Many
Notable Parades.

Drum Mai. Ludwig Jorgensen of the
Engineer Corps Band at the Washington
barracks has been placed on the retired
list of the army. at his own request, after
more than thirty years service. JohEen-
sen was an ideal drum major, being six
feet two inches in height and straight as
hagstaff. He has led many noted pa
rades. including the Grant and Dewey
psrAdes in New York and several inavr
gural parades in this city.
Evening star., 1909-01-25
Republic in Bad Way.

at this time little progress was being
made and il was reported from the Re-
public that she WAS making water last.
especially by the stern. About dark an
other government boat arrived on the
scene whose identity could not be learned.
She proved useful in turning her search-
lights on the Republic.
'.lt O'Clock last night the entire crew
Of the Republic were ordered by Capt.
Sea!by to abandon the ship. and. getting
into their Hfcboa:. easily overlook the
Gresham
The men said that they could not per-
StIade Capt Sealby to leave his vessel.
The second officer of the Republic re-
fused 10 leave the side of his commanding
officer
"At O'Clock last night the bow of the
Republic Illuminated by the rays of the
Searchlight was seen rising fast. Five
minutes later two pistol shots were heard
and two blue lights We're burned.
AT $40 the Republics bow shot up
high in the air. She sank in thirty-eight
fathoms of water in position fifteen
miles weSt-snuthwest of Nantucket south
shoals lightship.
A lifeboat was dropped from the side
of the Gresham and crew under the
command of Gunner Carl Johanson start
ed off. The boat returned in three-quar-
ters of an hour with both the captain
and the second officer on board
They had been picked up clinging TO
some wreckaSe. Neither had on life pre-
servers
Evening star., 1909-01-25
Sealby Climbs to Masthead.

When the Republic began to sink Capt.
the masthead light as his boat went down.
The second officer jumped from the rail
to the sea and said he fell some distance
and sustained slight bruises in striking
the surface of the water. Capt. Sealby
unhurt.
The Republic was struck on the port
the way aft a large hole was torn in
her side which was clearly visible. but
as sometimes happens in such cases, she
had big list to starboard.
Capt. Sealby stated that on the deck
of the Republic when she went down
rested two caskets containing the bodies
of those passengers who had been killed
in the collision
According to officers of the Gresham,
Capt. Sealby and the men of the Repub
lie praised the conduct of the Repub-
lies passengers during the hours i'm
mediately following the accident. when
it was known that the vessel might go
down at any time.
While prepa arationS were being made
to abandon the Republic one woman
beguiled the time of waiting for the
boats by sitting down on the deck of
the Republic to play solitaire.
Another passenger, man. came up TO
the first officer and. apoogiZing for
speaking to him on such an occasion
when he knew he was very busy said
asked that she be taken in one of the
first boats. The man was also injured,
but made no mention of the fact
Capt Sealby said that room was made
for both these people in the first boat
that left the ship.
Evening star., 1909-01-25

public depended upon that one young
man. Everything hung upon the steadi-
ness of his fingers on the key.
When the jarring. rending crash was
over the Republic was plunged in total
darkness. 1t was a situation to strike
terror to the stoutest heart
All about were the impenetrable fog
banks. Not a sound, not a welcome light
travelled through the appalling blackness
Capt. Sealby controlled the passengers
Then "rat-tat-tat-rat-tat-ta the fingers
Of Binns OF the Republic sent forth this
brave word. I'm on the job. Ship sink
ting, but will stick to the end
Lorraine Hears Call.
Cropping along toward this port, on he,
way from Havre. was the big steamship
La Lorraine. 1t was Saturday morning
A wireless operator stepped up to Capt
Tournier and told him that a message
had been received from Siasconset 1t
was the distress call-the &c. Q. D."
meaning both hurry" and danger
Capt. Tournier was all action at once
He had the operator flash back Co.
which translated means, II am coming
The bell in the engine room of the liner
tinkled. The engineer received orders
which headed La Lorraine in the direction
ol nantucket NghtSh1p.
All morning La Lorraine sped through
the fog. In the afternoon Capt TURNER
heard, through the telephone connecting
with the submarine receiver. the faint
boom of the submarine bell on the Nam
tucket. The lightship couldn't be seen.
Doubtless she was long distance off.
But La Lorraine was in the near vicinity
of her wounded sister ship now. The eyes
of the watchers on the bridge peered
through the mist for first glimpse OF
her
Meanwhile flash answered fash When
the Frenchman started on her run against
time, the Cunarder Lucania was thirty
miles astern. La Lorraine spoke her, tell
ing her what was amiss. She was out Of
the zone Of the wireless waves from Sias-
cOnsett.
Talk Between Ships.
Then the most peculiar conversation
under the strangest of circumstances went
on through the hours between the Baltic,
the Republic. La Lorraine and Siasconsett.
After Siasconsett had given La Lorraine
the Republics position. the Frenchman
replied to the land station:
Your c. Q. D. message received 0. K.
Notified Capt. M. L. l.. wireless signal Of
La Lorraine
and gave her this:
Republic wrecked. Wants assistance.
Lat. 40 deg. 1T min. north; long, 20 deg.
west
At $50 o'clock in the morning the I-or-
raine. after Capt. Tournier had consulted
sent this word to Siasconset:
Please tell Republic we are within
40 miles Of her. Shall reach her at
pm
Evening star., 1909-01-25
FOUR HEROES OF WIRELESS.
How Courageous Men Stuck to Post
Hours Without Sleep.
Special Dispatch to The Star.


NEW YORK. January 25.-There are
four men who stick out prominently IN
tho story of how the White Star liner
Republic was saved by wireless, as It Is
told by the men of the La Lorraine, Which
made a notable run through the fog from
a point 100 miles off the scene of the COL
lsion to help her stricken sister.
Two were the French liners wireless
operators Ernst Monrouseau and j. b.
Rour. who held to their posts high up on
the boat deck of the La Lorraine: the
third Tattersall on the Baltic; the other,
r. Rinns. a young man twenty-six
wears of age. who kept his place on the
crippled Republic the wireless phone
strapped to his ears. for stretch OF more
than thirty hours.
Out there on the deep, where everything
was without form and VOID. where one
could see the stars and there was no hori-
zon these four game men kept messages
of hope and courage flashing back ana
forth through the upper gloom.
on board the Republic. limpins ahead
q G best she could, with the FLORIDA close
alongside. those constant taps d, tle hes
were like the taps from the picks or
rescuers which tell imprisoned miners
that help is not far off. Each message
from the Baltic or La Lorraine was like
a tonic.
Could Stand No More.
1t buoyed the spirits of the Republics
passengers and crew until they pinned all
their faith on those four men. who never
once lost track of each other and were
tireess in their devotion to duty and the
safety of others. How. hard they la
bored is best told in the last message OF
Tattersall
Il can stand no more, said he. Il
have been constantly at the key without
sleep for ffty-two hours.
The Marconi cabin in which Binns sat
was smashed in the collision. He es-
capped injury and his apparatus was not
damaged
The lives of the 16l souls on the Re-
Evening star., 1909-01-25
Sailors Go Overheard.

SIASCONSETT. Mass. January D.
Wireless dispatches tell in brief the story
Of the sinking of the Republic
The Inflated steamer went down about
IS pm, while the revenue cutter Gresham
and the derelict destroyer Seneca had
her in tow. The ships had reached a
point about ten miles south of Nantucket
when the Republic was seen to be rapidly
sinking,
Small boats were instantly lowered to
Evening star., 1909-01-25
Sinking of the Republic.

WOODS HOLE Mass. January o5-Ac
ford1ng 70 the log of the revenue cutter
'reSham. which arrived here this morn
ng. the Republic sank AT $40 pm. Sun
iay night. fifteen miles west-southwest
5f Nantucket south shoals lichtship. in
iirty-eight fathoms Of water
The following is the story OF the sink
ug of the Republic as told by Lieut..
scott. executive officer OF the revenue
utter Gresham:
The Gresham found the Republic az
am. Sunday. The passengers and all
>Ut two officers and the deck crew had
peen transferred to the Baltic
Capt. Sealby. the second officer of the
Republic and thirty-five men. who had
-olunteered 10 stay by their chief in
'oats. were lying alongside the Republic
which had big list TO starboard and
VAS down somewhat by the stern The
Republic at this time was about nine
niles southeast of Nantucket ltghtship.
"A British passenger steamer was
standing by. Their vas no other boat in
sight
Crew Returns to Republic.
shortly before noon Sunday cant
seaIbv and his second officer. followed
~ the crew of the Republic. climbed back
m board The Gresham sent a line boa rd
Evening star., 1909-01-25
WRECK SURVIVORS
LAND IN NEW YORK

dContinued from First Page
Evening star., 1909-01-25

sank with the steamer Republic off Nan
;u"ket.
D.. j. j Marsh. physician on board the
Republic. gave the most graphic story
of the aCCid, mt on the big liner.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1909-02-06

ever had. One day Uncle Dick, a.
every one afeetiOnately called him,
visited the state penitentiary at Joliet
% hear complaints Of prisoners, In
spect the premises, etc. The governor
stopped before a cell. containing an
unusually ugly man.
s9dy man. said Governor Oglesby
pleasantly, how did you get herer
"sFor abducting a girl growled the
man.
Governor Oglesby looked him over
critically and then said:
"WeIl, I'll pardon you as soon as 1
get back to Springfield. You could not
get a girl In any other wayr"
The bachelor senator laughed at
first, but q moment later, when the
application of the story dawned on
him, ne few into a rage and fastened
away. 1t was fully a week before be
would deign to speak to the junior
senator from Illinois.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1909-02-06


The public schools in the District Of
Columbia were established In 1904,
Thomas Jefferson, president Of the
United States, being the first president
Of the board. In those early days two
kinds Of pupils attended the schools,
those who paid for instruction and
those who did not. Nothing could
have been devised to promote class
distinction more effectively than such
a system. The civil war changed It
and made the public school a public
I school, where ali pupils stand on the
same equality-that Of worth.
The awards Of merit In those early
days suggest the poor boy and girl as
winners, for under action Of the board
IN 1875 a suit OF clothes was author
lied to be presented TO the most pro
hcient boy and frock to the girl.
The nrst real effort to establish pub
lie schools in the county was under
the law Of Aug. IL, 1856. which pro
vided for primary Instruction Of white
children outside Of Washington and
Georgetown. A dislike on the part Of
the property owners. to be taxed for
the education Of the poor and TO avoid
having their children associate with
their Interiors IN wealth caused the
plan to tau. CARL sCHOFIELD-
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1909-02-06
1.tr. Latest Fish story.

Justice Harlan, says Joe Mitchell
Chapple In the National Magazine, told
a story to Judge Taft Of how he went
out to play golf In a fog. he thought
he would drive the ball and sent It on
at a hazard" He came-to the caddie
and asked him to find the bah, looking
within a radius Of 800 yards. The
caddie's eyes stuck out
At done found dat ball, judge. 1t
am IN a hole sure 'nough.s It jest wig
gled In like"
It was certainly remarkable that q
drive through the fog should place a
ban where the most earnest efort OF
two to twenty strokes may fan In
broad daylight
Judge Taft responded with a fishing
story, also about a fog. He went out
one day in a wagon to fish, and the
fog came down thick. he drew up
where he thought the stream ought to
be, cast his line, felt pull and hauled
IN q fine trout-another bite and an
other, until the wagon was filed The
fog lifted, and the wagon was BOO
yards from the riverI There was q
silence which might be felt when
Judge Taft concluded, and Justice
Harlan tod no more fog stories.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1909-02-06
ThOuoht Him a MoIIycoddIs.

John D. Rockefeller rebuked Cleve-
land man one day for swearing.
Don't swear" he said. Say idurn'
or pshaw.' There is as much com
fort In those mild words as In the red
dest oaths.
II know" said Mr. Rockefeller. -that
such Is not the prevalent opinion. The
prevalent opinion-but II Is a wrong
one-was expressed the other morning
BY my caddy.
saIy caddy had just been around
with a minister. After I drove on ]
said to him:
~wbat kind Of a player is the min
lister, JosephT
Joseph snorted.
sHImY. he sneered. He'll never
make a golfer. Do you know what be
says when he misses the baIlP ,
sNo. What does be sayr asked
~He says. Tut, tut Joseph
sneered."
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1909-02-06
~ snoRT sToKIEs
symDathy Fer 4 aaohoIsr.


A bachelor member Of the sonata
who recently addressed a young Won
an and had his oefer rejected, went %
Senator Hopkins Of Illinois for sym
pathy and advice. Senator Hopkins Is
known to have a very sympathetic ma
ture and he listened patiently % tne
bachelor senator's tale Of woe. Wnen
the whole narrowing narrative was
finished Mr.. Hopkins looked at ms
Ioveesct friend critically. The latter
wouId not be cIassed as q handsome
man As a matter Of fact, he is prob
ably one Of the homeliest men In the
senate.
~Guess III ten you story" said the
Junior Illinois senator, with a smile
ssYou have heard Of Uncle Dick Ogies-
by, of coursel Well, he was very
famous man In his day and one Of
the biggest governors my state has
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1909-02-06
Emharrassins For coIonel.

General F. d. Grant says that on ae-
count OF the abolition Of the canteen
the health Of the United States army
Il the worst In the world
ssThe Temperance people said Cen
eraI Grant at a dinner In New York.
acan advance what claims they win
We silence them enectDaIly when We
poInt ont our wretched bin Of health
1T Is IKE the colonel and the cor
poraL
~sAny complaints. coporalr said
the colonel, making personal inspee-
ton one morning.
eyes. sir. Taste that sifg said the
corporal promptly.
The colonel put the liquid to his
Ups.
I ever tastedg
eyes SIR said the corporal, and
ne cook wants 70 can It codee.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1909-07-09
HEAT AFFECTS CONGRESS
But the President Offers No
Sympathy.
COMPLETING TARIFF BILL
Talk of Civil Pension List for the
Superannuatsd Employees.

Washington, D. c., July 3.-The
Senate las finally concluded its con.
sideratlon Of the tariff schedules ia
committee of the whole. The end
came more suddenly than could have
been anticipated few days ago and
was doubtless greatly facilitated by
the heat. A number Of senators who
have had occasion to call on the
President have complained bitterly of
the discomfort occasioned them by
the heat and humidity but Mr.. Taft
has not only refused to offer any
sympathy but has lain back in his
chair and shouted with glee, telling
them that he hoped the thermometer
would go at least ten degrees higher
as they had been wasting time shame.
fully and he was anxious to sign q
tariff bill and get away to his summer
home at Beverly on the north shore
of Massachusetts.
There is every indication that a
vote on the adoption Of the so called
Taft amendment" for a tax of two
per cent on the net earnings of cor
porations will be taken within ten
days, and the amendment as drawn
by Attorney General Wickersham,
President Taft, aud Senator Root,
will be adopted, unless there is a
marked change in sentiment before
the close Of that time.
The creation of a retirement fund
and the pensioning of superannuated
employees of the government is to be
recommended to Congress by Presi-
dent Taft in his first annual message,
according to the prediction of several
members of the cabinet who have
given the suoject considerable study
and who will urge that course iE
their annual reports. The treasury
affords a striking example of the con-
ditiun which prevails in the govern.
ment departments. One official Of
the department has estimated that
there are more than one hundred
employees who have left their nineJieth
birthday behind them. 1t is main
tained, therefore. that merely in the
interest of economy it will pay the
government to create a civil pension
list. The only alternative is TO dis
miss the superaDnuated employees.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1909-07-09
STATE STILL OWNS LAND
Companies That Bought Timber
Can't Give Leases.

The state of Idaho will institute
suits against several timber compan-
les In southern Idaho to recover sums
of money paid them as rental for
state lands, according to a statement
made by State Land Commissioner
George A. Day. These are lands on
which standing timber has been
purchased from the state under con-
tract, the timber companies assuming
that during the life of the contracts
the areas were entirely under their
management and control.
For several years, or since the state
commenced leasing state lands under
the admi ministration of Governor Good
ing, the timber companies have been
leasing, for grazing purposes, tracts
of land on which they had purchased
standing timber.
Commissioner Day stated yesterday
that this spring the state had leased
large areas of this land, disregarding
all leases made by timber companies,
and would protect the rights of all it's
renters as against the claims of
persons leasing from the companies
and further, that suit would be insti-
tuted to recover all sums of money
paid by sheep and cattle men to tim
Der companies for range.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1909-07-09
SPbUATORS ARE BARRED
Indian Lands Only r or Those
Who Need HON mes.
PERJURY WILL Be PUNISHED
People Who Register and Make En-
try Must Mean Business.

Soldiers OF fortune and sreculators
will get short shift II they register
for any the Indian lands 10 western
Montana, northern Idaho and eastern
washington, where 100000 acres
will be thrown open on August 8,
says q Spokane dispatch.
Those who register simply to try
their luck, when they have neither
the money with which to make the
hrst payment nor the incl nation to
cultivate the land, and Others who
seek land only to sell their telinouish-
ment or hold 1t as an Investment
without making permanent homes.
are barred. They can and may rex.
lister, but in doing SO they must per-
lure themselves. =
Ii any cases are brought 10 the at
tentiOn Of the government and proof
accompanies the charge OF perjury.
the offenders will face the courts.
Inc government desires tillers OF the
soil. who actually need homes and
will farm the lands.
James w. Witten, superi 10 tendent
In charge Of the opening, has sent an
appeal to the registry points IN Spo-
kane, CJeur d'Alene, Idaho, and Kali
ispell and Missoula, Mont, urging
residents to see that justice Is done
u those who are seeking the land for
actual settlement and that all Others
are weeded out.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1909-07-09

and that neither the President nor
his cabinet will consider for mo.
ment. The argument is presented
that all other great nations pension
their civil employees. No decision has
been reached by the administration
as to the system to be adopted. but II
Is believed that a small perceL tage of
the compensation Of all employees
could be set aside to create a retire
ment fund, which ultimately aud
possibly in twenty years, would be
to pay all pensions.