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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-05-01
HUNDRED AND FORTY DEAD
Ninety of the 156 Passengers
Aboard Reported Saved.
NUMBER Ar BADLY INJURED
Vessel Owned by Archipelago
American Steamship Co.
FAILED TO FOLLOW PILOT BOAT
from Course Marked Out for It
Through the Mine
Field.

SMYRNA, April So.-The steamer Texas.
belonging to the Archipelago American
Steamship company, struck a mine at
the entrance TO the Gulf Of Smyrna and
sank One hundred and 'orty persons
on board were drowned.
The Texas was flying the Turkish flag
and was engaged in carrying mail from
Constantinople to the Levant. Il
1t was first stated that the Texas was
an American vessel, the error rising from
the feet that It is part of the fleet OF
a local concern trading under the name
Of the ARCHIPELAGO American Steamship
company.
Ninety Passengers saved.
coNSTANTINoPLE. April 0-Ninety
passengers out of the l5s on board the
Texas were rescued. according to reports
received here. Several OF the rescued
passengers were injured. No mention Is
made Of the crew In the report
1t is alleged that the disaster was due
to the Texas deviating from the course
indicated by the pilot boat preceding her
through the mine field.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-05-01
AUDITOR C0NFESSES PART
IN WOLF BOUNTY STEAL

PIERRE. s. D.. April 3o.-tspecial TEL
egram.)-Deputy State Auditor Murphy
this morning wires from Hot Spring that
County Auditor Tiernan has confessed
to his work in padding wolf bounty
claims and has resigned. d. Billups and
]. B. Lapage. two Of the men who are
charged with having been working with
the auditor in his padding scheme have
been arrested charged with perjury. The
whole deal means frauds running into
thousands Of dollars.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-05-01
hoy kicked so Death by Horse.

sioux FALLS. s D.. April 3o.-(Spe-
ciai.-Louis Brandt. the l5-year-old son
of Mr.. and Mrs.. 4. D. Brandt. living on
farm in Deuel. county. was instantly
killed as the result Of being kicked BY =
horse The boy was driving two horses
in the barn when one Of them kicked
him in the pit of the stomach with such
force that death was ,instantRneous.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-05-01
The Weather
OFFICIAL Foreeasts-

Forecast till p m, Wednesday:
For Omaha, Council Bluffs and vicin-
ity-Unsettled weather with probably
showers tonight or Wednesday; slightly
warmer tonight.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-05-01
The National Capital
Tuesday, April 80, 1912.
The Senate.

In session pm
Titanic investigation continued. Man
aging Director Ismay of International
Mercantile Marine being examined.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-05-01

Locni weather Record.
1872. 1su. 1910. ls0s.
Lowest last night. a 20 50 Al
ffscipltatiOn .......---.. % 20 T T
Normal temperature for today, 81 de-
zrees.
Deficiency in precipitation since Mach
!. - 1I an inch
Deficiency corresponding period. 1911.
neticiency corresponding period. lsle.
4.M inches
Weather In the Grain Belt.
The disturbance that was central over
the middle Mississippi valley Monday
morning. is now central off the middle
Atlantic coast Rains were general In
the east and south during the last twen-
O-iour house and eoRhnue along the
Atlanuc seaboard this morning The
western disturbance is central over the
western Canadian provinces and is ex-
tending down over the eastern Rocky
mountain slope The weather ls m
settled throughout the vest and north
vest and rains are general IN the north
west and on the north Pacific slope ana
hSnt SHOWS are falling in Yellowstone
DArk and southern Idaho. Warmer
weather. prevails from the mountains
east ever the valleys 70 the lake,. 81.
cooler weather Is moving in over the
Pacific slope The outlook Is for eon
tinued unsettled weather and probably
showers in this vicinity tonight ana
"Wednesday. with slightly warmer to-
night. followed by cooler BY Wednesday
l.. A WELSH.
Local Forecaster.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-05-01

Resumed consideration Of postoffice
appropriation bin with Intention of yot.
Ing upon It before adjournment
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-05-01
Temperature

Local weather Record.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-05-01

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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-05
ROOSEVELT AND THE BLACK MAN

Mir Roosevets attitude toward the negro appears to be dictated purely by expedency It cannot be that all negro politicians in the South bad and that all negro politicians in the North good
 Mr. Roosevelts willingness to permit Northern groes have place and honor his party therefore not based upon moral political difference between groes in the North and negroes in the South
 Quite evidently Mir Roosevelt hopes to split the Dem ocratc South by creating there all white party in which the negro will be neither man, a brother.
 No such ground this as been before adopted to- ward the black since he enfranchised The Dem ocrac party has denied the right of the to political equality in theory, though in some localities the right has been denied in practice
 This latest contribution of the Roosevelt party to pro- gress will not add much to that equality before the law and in government that must undery the institutions of every free people, and be the basis of any enduring deec racy
 The third party attitude toward the black man is not democratic not progressive, and not commendable.
 It sacks of the belief that existed in slavery days, when the different color of fellow creatures skin made him forever and unalterably inferior.
 1t is marking back to the bad old ways of race hatred Men are brothers. They equal before the law They are equal in their right to participate in the affairs of the sovereignty. If any men, black, white, labor under such social economic inherited disadvant ages as make it difficult for them to enjoy their share of rights especially party of progress should make their task more difficult.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-05
DlSGORGING THE HEIRS


 Occasionally loot is taken away from the high financiers who got it fronn the public purse. The New Jer- sey court of Chancery has just order ed the heirs of the late Henry Havc- meyer to return s1o.O00,oO0 in common stock of the sugar trust. which he had without consideration, just as Morgan had ss2,000, 900 of steel trust stock with practically no considera- don.
 It is notable that the delivery is by the heirs, who, are probably quite harmless and innocent people, lacking the teeth, claws and predatory in, stincts that go with your true high hnancier. The ss2,ooO.Ooo may be taken away from Morgan's heirs, but while he lives it will certainly stay in the Morgan family.
 Taking sAO.OoO.ooo from Havemey- ers heirs and taking it from Henry, were he alive. are tasks of different order.
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Church in New York. He graduated from Princeton University and became a lawyer, at the same time launching his international movement for the restoration of the land to the people. Provided with ample means, he soon abandoned the legal profession to give his entire time to the propaganda which he has made his 1ifework. Ev- cry man, he preached, should be the owner of a little land, to the great benefit of his purse, his health and peace Of miWd. In advocating his scheme MT. Hall was no mere theor ist. He became a practical farmer, and utilized vacant lots and small tracts of land with such effect as to demonstrate their possibilities.
 In his various books, Mr. Hall has pointed out that in many European countries the small land for the la borer system is in practical execution He has turned the eyes of thousands aroused in them the enthusiasm that has led them to leave the feverish and noisy city and become independent land owners. In London as well as New York his influence has been felt and the land hunger has been awak" ened in the hearts of the people.
 By practical demonstration MT. Hall has shown that the cure for the high cost of living is in going back to the land. He has shown that with the savings of a few years workman may have, besides the wages of his toll, a home where fresh products of
 the garden will supply the table for a
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-05
THE MONTESSORI METHOD

That eak-minded children taught by the Montessori method are able to pass an examination in reading and writing with normal children; that the smallest youngsters learn to write in marvelously short time and go into a frenzy of delight when they find they have mastered the art; and that the teacher plays an entirely new role in the direction of the school. These are notable facts reported with regard to the educational system of pr. Maria Montessori, the Italian phy- sician and teacher, whose expert ments have aroused great interest in this country.
 Tn a bulletin just issued for free distribution, the United States Bureau of Education. seeks to make a con- servative, impartial study of the new system, pointing out the principles and methods which really distinguish it from all others. It is shown that the system has in effect developed out of the elaborate modern science of child psychology, based upon the work of Wundt, in Germany.
 In essence the "Montessori methodR is a system of se1f-educations for young children; of education through the principle of child liberty. "To- ward single individuals, one by one observed, education must direct it. self,'' says Dr. Montessori. Tn her system the teacher, instead of teach ing and correcting, merely observes and directs. Hence she is called the "directress." Needless to say the per- sonality of the "directress'' is of fundamental importance.
 The Montessori method was first used extensively in the so-called "Children's Houses''- Cease dei bam- bini) which form part of an attempt to solve the housing problem for the Eoor in Fame. Mothers who go out to work by the day leave their very young children behind in the model tenements. Dr. Montessori was in- vited to undertake the organization of infant schools in these tenements, and it was here that her methods had their first test with normal children. American educators who have in. vestigated the work in actual opera ton tell of many interesting features. The children appear to be left en-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-05
BOLTON HALL, 5s TO-DAY,
 IS A PRACTICAL REPORTER

Bolton Hall, the man who has made the vacant lot and the back yard blos- som as the rose-or as the cabbage, which is more fi1ling-and who origin ated the Rack to the landn move ment, was born in Ireland fifty-eight years ago. today, August 5, 1854 His father was the Rev. John Hall, the eminent Krish-American Presbyterian minister who was long pastor of the Fifth Avenue Church in New York, chancellor of the University of the City of New York, and trustee of Un- ion Theological Seminary, Princeton University and Wellesley College. Like his younger brother, Dr. Thomas Cum ing Hall, the distinguished theologian, Bolton Hall was, destined for the cler- ical profession, but instead chose the law
 The author of Three Acres and Lib erty", ''The Garden Yard, and other back to the land' books received his early education in Dublin. He was thirteen when his father was called to the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian
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patient. There has been no excuse for the condition of the street. That the street should have been made and remained. impossible for months is absolutely inexcusable.
 One point stands out clearly. It is intolerable that the existing condt- tions between the city and it's public services should continue. Bridgeport cannot have it's own streets, lay it's sewers, do any of it's municipal fdne7 tions without the permission of the railroad or trolley monopoly. The indicated remedyNis that there should cease to be aStrolley monopoly, except as public monopoly.
 If the city owned it's street railway system, it is not conceivable that it could not arrange it's affairs so as to carry them on harmoniously with the affairs of it's \ transportation depart ment
 r So long as the great public services are, in the hands of private persons there will be a struggle for the con trol of government between those per sons and the people. Government under these circumstances will be a grade better than chaos, efficiency in municipal and state affairs will be a mere shadow. and the great fact will be constant battle between the city and privilege and general inconveni- ence
 In~the meantime the paving of Fair field avenue should be immediately accomplished.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-05

fore the House he opposed it with all his powers of speech, which are con siderable. and indicted those respon- sible/ for the measure as consplrators in "a coldsblooded scheme to ruin America industries"
 Mr. Hill talks with all his body, whirls and gyrates, and pounds the desk with both his fists to give em- phasis to his points. It is recorded that he has smashed dozen desk tops during his long service in the House, and those who have seen the Connecticut cyclone in operation un- der a full head of steam will not doubt the statement.
 Congressman Hill was born on Aug. 4. 1S45, at! Redding, Conn.,, famed also as the later home of Mark Twain, and was the son of a clergy man. He spent two years at Yale, and in 1892 received the honorary de- gree of A. M. from that institution. His career in Congress began in 1895, and he has been returned regularly ever since.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-05
NEM YORK NEEDS
 %SN%S$ BIRMINGHAM

What has Bridgeport to learn from New York. regarding the conduct of police? Evidently the New York de- pertinent is honeycombed with graft. The higher officials of. the. tiepart- rnsHtSaaaSAssnSyo oi rdinates afgSISSSSilNsiSn M5Es sers, thugs, strong arm men, gun men, garroteFs, houses of evil name, and the like, in a great conspiracy of loot.
 Death is the penalty meted to mem bers of the conspiracy. who ,betray it to the world NThe fear of death, which exists in the minds of all the suspects now held for the Rosenthal murder. is exceedingly genuine and evident.
 The distinguished former New York policeman who is to look over the Bridgeport department either knew of this great graft plot, or he did not. If he did not, he is entirely too innocent to be a policeman, and if he did, he can simply say to Bridgeport, Our department cannot teach your department You can teach us. In your town there is no collision with criminals. In my town police and crime work together"
 The Common Council should pass a resolution offering the services of Superintendent Birmingham to Mayor Gaynor to reform the New York po- lice system. A
 What that system needs is an hon. est policeman at the head of it. Ex- pert honesty is what is needed there. Bridgeport has nothing to learn from New York in the way of police duty.
 Bridgeport does not need Capt. Russell. New York does need Super intendent Birmingham.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-05
EBENEZER HILL, 67.
 IS A VERBAL VOLCANO

The United States of America is, or are, Waliowing in the depths of de- pression and topping on the brink of disaster; or 1t is,- or they are, basking in the noonday glare of the sun of opportunity and riding the topmost wave of prosperity. I don't know which. but if you really want to be informed, drop a. postal card to Ebenezer J. Hill, of Norwalk, Conn. and he will tell you. Incidentally, you may include a word or two of fellcitation. since yesterday was the sixty seventh anniversary of MT. HilPs birth On the chance that you may be an ignorant person, unfamiliar With the great statesmen of the age. it may be added that Mr. Hill is rep1 resentatiye in Congress from the Fourth Connecticut district, a Der. manent job, as he. has held it for seventeen years and expects to stay right (on until he accOmplishes his ambition of graduating into the SenZ ate.
 Congressman Hill is the verbal vol cano of the House, and can talk two galleys of solid nopareil without hesi- tatSng for a word or stopping for breath. He is no orator. as Brutus Is, but only talks right on, and on. and on, and on, and so forth. And he is always Seein' things Through the Hill Spectacles the republic is all
 
 bow-wows when it is not enjoying a prosperity unprecedented in the, his tory of nations. Everything with which Representative Hill deals is superlative and epochal. Any act, statute or regulation that attracts his attention is either supremely good or hopelessly bad.
 Not long ago Representative Hill commented on the result of the Bal timore convention. The nomination of Gov. Woodrow Wilson," he de- clared, with heat, twas nothing short of murder. It was assassination. the killing of the party's obligation to- ward man who deserved the honor. Champ Clark was the best man and deserved the nomination. As MT. Hill is a Republican, he should be glad to see the Democrats commit hari-kari. Congressman Hill is a banker and a public utility magnate in Norwalk When the Wool revision bill was be-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-05

considerable part of the year, and pure air sanitary surroundings and conse- quent good health for himself and his family Thus he has offered a. par tial solution of the undoubted evf1s that result from congestion in all of the great industrial centers of the country. .
 An earnest and lifelong student of economies, MT. Hall inclines to the belief that Henry Georges theory of the single tax" offers the best solu- tion of the ills that confront humanity by enabling each man to own a tract of land He has won wide fame as "a lecturer. and audiences all over Amer ica, and Europe have heard his gospel of 'back to the 1and.'' His principal recrea ton is gardening, and in the hoe he found a source of health and vigcr better than any of the exercising ap- paratus of the gymnSsta
 Hay fever and asthma make Au- gust a month of intense suffering to many people. Foley's Honey and Tar Compound gives prompt ease and re- lief, and is soothing and healing to the infiamed membranes. Win. M. Merethew, N. Searsport, Me, says: "A few doses of Fo1ey's Honey and Tar Compound relieved me of a severe attack of asthma and less than a bot tie caused a complete cure" Refusa substitutes. F. L.-Curtis. ~15S
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employed are frequently discharged penniless in some distant port and without Knowledge Of the local 1an- guage.
 sailortown has it's shiftless men. They are variously designated but the commonest and most comprehensive terfn is "beachcomers. t1Beachcom- CTS" will go anywhere to get some thing for nothing, are clever and re- sourceful at inventing excuses, and shun the nightmare of steady work The beachcomer ''toils not, neither does he spin At some crisis, and a sailors life is full of crises, he was compelled to ask for charity. He got it easily and found it easy to ask again. The charity meant to relieve his distress meant his undoing.
 The sailor and his money are easily parted. He can hold on to yard-arm or life line as a limpet holds to a rock. but his limpet power seems to leave him when he touches money. He will give his cash without question or security to anyone who asks for it, provided it be asked fortin way that appeals to his heart, for he is swayed by feelings, not Judgment. have known a fireman to divide his money on pay day with an old shipmate whom he met ashore stranded
 Ordinarily it is not the custom, when a ship is in port for the men to get an advance on their wages until Sat urday night when they go ashore. Then like moths they fly to the brightest light. The churches have, if any at all,s a dim religious glow, but the saloons and dance halls. blaze ners waie to act as pilots, and steer the poor Fellows to their destruction. The aftermath of these visits are known to ships officers and the port surgeons have their tale to tell.
 Ill-health is the cause of onefourth of the distress in large1 cities.=ae.. The srs8tfo 4s e pssffoba6fy much higher among the toilerS of the sea- Below deck in the recesses of the ship, twenty feet beneath the sunlight, stokers stand on iron plates in front of open furnaces, bend their backs to fill the coal shovel, and then swing the coal into the hot furnace mouth. The roll of the ship and the swing of the body throw an uneven strain on the lower part of the torso which causes hernia.
 Novelists tell with great gusto of the sailors killed by pirates and buccan- eers, and sometimes by the 'Fbuckoo mate." All these amiable gentlemen of fortune never killed or maimed as many men As the forecastles of the ships that sail the seas. The medical officer of the Port of London submits table showing the minimum air space allowed for cattle in cowsheds. and for individuals in military bar racks, workroonas, lodging houses and seamen's quarters. Setting these side by side it is shown that cattle are best off in this respect and seamen worst The reports of the Surgeon General of the United States Marine Hospital service show continuously that seamen suffer in a startling man. ner from diseases, most of them springing from the inadequacy of pure air and healthful places in which to eat and, sleep.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-05

tirelys to themselves. yet order in the best sense prevails. To a large ex- tent each pupil is found engaged ac- cording to his natural interest," At certain times there are games in common. Tn the game of silence" how absolutely quiet they can be. The result is thus told in Dr. Montessori's own words:
 '.It. seems as if life gradually van ishes, and that the room becomes. little by little, empty, as if there were no longer any one in it. Then we begin to hear the tick-tock of the clock, and this sound seems to grow in intensity as the silence becomes absolute. From without, from the court which before seemed silent, there comes varied no1ses-a bird chirps, child passes. The children sit fascinated by that silence as if by some conquest of their own. Here says the directress, here there is no. longer any one; the children have all gone away"
 A typical Montessori program con sists of informal conversational per- iods; lessons with short rest intervals between; games, both free and di- rected; simple gymnastics; clay-mod- cling; collective singing: inspection as to personal cleanliness. etc. Music, poetry and dancing are used to de- velop the child's rhythmic sense. It was found that after the children had learned dancing they ceased instinc-. lively the ugly Jumping they had been in the habit of doing. Although .Dr. Montessori borrowed many of the ideas and exercises for her system from sF'roebeI, as she frankly admits, her method lacks the touch of my sticisn and the symbolic clements of the kindergarten. The material used, much of which was invented by her, is carefully devised to promote mus cular co-ordination and sense percep- tion, the two directions of functional growth in young. children. As Several American educators have been abroad studying the work in the Montessori schools, and some attempts have already been made to introduce the system into this country. It is likely that other attempts will be made in the near future.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-05
FAIRFIELD AVENUE

The Business Men, out of sheer ex- aaustion, have recommended to the Common Council that the city's ap- peal on ten foot centers be with drawn, for the purpose of getting Fairfield avenue paved, and so that lt will not have to be soon torn up again. Of course the business men have borne the brunt of the diff culty in this important thoroughfare. To some of them the condition of ths street has proved all. but ruinous. Trpae irs business Localities depends largely upon those who 'pass the door," and if anything happens to check the flow of traffic. the enter prise suffers.
 The business men have been patti ent. They have been, in fact. too
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