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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-22
STARTLING FIGURES
OF FINANCIAL POWER

Washington. April 2l.-Directors OF
the United States Steel Corporation.
through stock ownership and places on
the dircctorates OF the great railway
systems of the United States. have a
contrplling voice i'll nearly 90 per cent.
of the railroads OF the country. accord J.
ing to a statistical study prepared for
the Stanley steel trust Investigating
committee of the House.
The aggregate value of the railroads
is fixed at approximately SiS.0OO.000
600. and OF that Steel Corporation af-
hliations are said TO control more than
5000. 900. 900.
The twcnty-three directors of the
steel Corporation also sit on boards of
directors Of banks. insurance com
panies. express companies and various
other Industrial corporations with AN
aggregate capitalization OF ST.3SS.0a9.
ZIG.
Figures collected for the committee
record by one Of it's special invest ga :
tors show that Steel Corporation Of
fctrs and directors SIT as officers or
directors in banks. trust and insurance
companies. having aggregate capital.
surplus deposits and undivided profits
OF $3.Sli.Sli.I1S.
In industrial corporations having ag-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-22

SrcSate capital and bonded indebted
ness OF s2.So3,50a,SiS Including the
steel Corporations sl.loi.eS5,i60
In stree, railways. steamships. eX-
press telegraph and terminal COM
panics having aggregate capital and
bonded Indebtedness of Si.27I.77S.Sao.
OF the individual officers or directors.
George +. Baker holds thu greatest
number OF memberships in other
boards OF directors.
Mi Baker * a director in Industrial
corporations with combined capital nf
nearly S2.000 100000. railroad ANA ox-
press companies. with capital of NOR.
than Si.o0U.O01.o0o and banks with
capitals "f more than $1,000 600. uUO
Each "f the other directors is also ia
Industrial corporations with combine,
capital OF more than $1,000, o0o.oUu. i.
PicrDont Morgan. J Piorpont Morgan.
III. William T. Corey. H. &. Frick W.
RI. Moore George w. Perkins. Norman
Il. Heam. Daniel q. Reid. u. A. H. Wide
ner Percival Roberts. Jr.. and r. G
Converse are prominent III the names
upon the fluctuations prepared for IN.
committee, showing their representa-
ton in other corporations
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-22
CONTINUED From First Page.

make public certain orrespondenes
between the Colonl and the President
bearing upon tho Lorimer Investigation.
which, Mr. Gardiner asserts. viii en-
tircly disprovc tho charge that Sena-
tor Lorimer had any assistance or
support from Mr.. taft. A portion OF
Mr.. GARDENERS telegram is as fol-
lows:
You have told the public that
President Taft has s,ioaated your re-
spcct by his subserv!euce to great in
tercsts ] deny II President Taft has
instituted proceedings against ali the
great offenders. He has made no OK
ceptiou on account of cxpediency.
Can YOU say MS much? l charge you
with making exceptions for your ia
vor.tes. sometimes under the allies
tion of technicalitics. sometimes for
reasons unknown.
Il challenge YOU to produce the sup
pressed report OF your own commits
sioncr Of corporations Herbert Knox
smith. with regard 70 the Harvester
Trust. assert that this report cX-
piicitly shows that the Morgan inter
ests always favored your aGIninistra-
ton. In the interest OF square deal
ing, demand that you produce copies
OF these suppressed papers. II no
copies are in your possession. I de-
mahd that tho Department OF Justice
proceed at once to discover them"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-22
PASSENGERS ROBBED
ON PULLMAN SLEEPER

Chicago. III. April 2l,-N!nc persons
were robbed OF money or valuap!es o.
both by three masked hold-up men. vino
went through the sleeper Nottingham.
OF the Rock Island wcstbound Golden
State Limited q few minutes after
midnight this morning at Sheffield. III
forty miles east of Moline.
After tin rohhers mad finished tii"ir
work they shot holes in tho air signal
tube connected with the engine. thus
bringing the train to II standstilt. aud
quickly made their escape.
Under cover of three reviewers, the
porter was forced IL point out TO the
outlaws the u. r,hs that were occupied.
AS soon as the robbers entered the
Pullman they forced the porter tn lock
the doors. Only tho occupants OF one
Pullman were disturbed.
Passengers Kobhed.
Those who were robbed are:
w. ]. Leblanc, NV York. $40 and
railroad tickets.
Mary ITcrron. Chicago sa6
q. T. Benton. oberlin. Kan, gold
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-22
"SANDBAG" is USED
BY THE MONEY TRUST

carter Glass, 81 Virginia. and oTier
memb Ars of the House Committee on
Ranking and Currency, which was re-
Gently authorized by special resolution
OF the House to investigate the ques-
ton OF money trust, and TO kill it
just as quickly as an effective remedy
could be found, have not been having
an easy time of It.
The committee has been busily en-
gagged for about six weeks irving to
lind the lair of the trust and 20 sin.tc
1t with Il terrific congressional blow.
But unforeseen obstacles arose to
block the committeemcn's efforts They
got along all right, 1t is said. so far
as the management of the national
banks Is concerned and an Inves isa-
, ton OF the big corporations seemed
essy. real snag was struck when
the co, -rttee began TO pry into tn,
conduct of big private interests. where
the trusts really Turk. AS long as tn
Investigations We're confined 10 public
Institutions little was TO be feared in
the way OF opposition. but the moment
the probe began TO jab dents Into the
colossal private interests, right then
and there trouble was encountered
The committee was 'sandhagsnr a,
mot Mr.. Glass. however,, who is ia
miliar with all that has BEEN going
on before the committee. I mean by
this that because OF the stubborn up.
pos ton existing against me passage
o, tie resolution authorizing :hc Erk-
ing Of such an investiga. n there had
TO he compromise. md the result is
that so far the committee has spent
practically all its time trying to find
out Just how far it could procee1."
Tomorrow the committee will make
known the name of the two attorneys
whom it expects :, employ 10 asss.
in ITS Investigations
No Help for National Gunrd.
When Congressman JameH Hay. Of
Virginia, was selected by the Demo
cratic caucus to head the Committee
on Military Affairs at the beginning Of
the sixty second Congress. there was
feeling in the Old Dominion and
elsewhere that the State troops were
at last to secure their long overdue
recognition. and that something sub
stantial was going to be done for them
In the near future. One session OF
Congress-thc extra scssion-has now
passed into history and another soon
viii SEQ its end. 1t is apparent that
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-22
FLOOD SITUATION
CONTINUES GRAVE

New Orleans. April 2i.-News from
tho flooded area of the Mississippi
Valley in Arkansas. Mississippi and
crehsingly grave. thousands OF tnusv
VINO we're compelled TO lice to nishcr
places when the yellow Hood invaded
.Ac.r homes have been cdred iu!. Dut
.",re Az stUi many more WAC are "a
imperative need OF diu. - tn1 waters
eontinuc on their destructive way more
appeals tor neip are o.inS received ny
tnoss III charge uf the renef work.
1t is estimated tncrc are irty towns
ana villages mat nave 50 tar i.!t tnc
effects OF the Hood some places are
under from t"o to fifteen feet of
water, with little prospects OF an carly
recession.
Reports a. to the loss OF life differ.
Those known TO have persisted total
ten. all but one negroes. 1t is believed,
however. the list VIII lie much larger
when the interior of the affected dis
trict is penetrated by rescue parties.
Conditions in the country over
flowed 10y the Bcuah, Miss. prsnk arc
extremely serious. High places in
Bolivar county never before inundated
are covered With three TO four feet
tnat vicinity have been taken to
Grccuvilic and Nicksburg. Much re-
l!ct work remains to he done in that
section. as appeals for help from both
white and black inhabitants are con
tinually ocing received at NlcksburG
whcrc the headquarters OF the relief
bureau are established. over Il dozen
towns have already bc-n inundated
from the Bculah break
At Nibletts. Miss. four miles south
90 the beulah crcvassc. where some
alarm was felt for a norton or tn,
'cvce. a iarCt .orcc OF men is working
day and night. and it Is believed .
break Will b- avcrted.
Great danagc has been done TO rail
roads cunning through he flood I'd
distri2ts~ .,5 NJ
The distrtbutior OF supplies to huns
drcd- or Visiting. ma roonfd on plan
ta,ions ahd in settlements IN The
neiGhborhoo, or Tallulah. La. began
to-day There is no material change
In the levcc, situation south OF Nicks
burg.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-22
TORNADO SWEEPS
!. OVER TWO STATES
>,


chicago, April zl'--SeNentech pr
sous are believed TO nave oeeh N'i'ea
IN series OF tornaooes "hien swept
across parts OF lliihols ana ihuiahI
gust htofe nlSntiaii to-uaS'
Twelve deaths nave peen cohnrin ,.
and five are reported on information
which appears rciiaole' a huhared
other persons were ihJ"red' at iese.
cight OF mem so sever! they may ute.
Damage done 10 property VIII a'hounl
to thousanus OF doiiars.
lh' Storm SWept throusn y, 'he I9pun
erh part OF Murphysocro. ILL., serious
~ murine hNc persons. rem houses
Me'e ue'iioi'sneu II, wv, pug 800; ~
.'le 'i,'n"'S 49,, o..
w wa na" ,;m"nc near coal
7t,.t.. ~
,on,1n n,.s,rn,..I ,ai.',hnm,c rommunt.
cation maxim, II i,nuossiblo 10 learn
no s,,inusn.s. ~, ma dnm,,,n don,
;hrr. Ious,s sheds ana farn, buijd-
in.s mar ,,oaI ON. were iemolishd
windmills blown down ana many head
Of cattle are r.porl.d dead
AZ Allen. ueu'. COM civ telephone
ANA telegraph wires were laid To tho
ground for q mile at "a stretch in ssV.
cral places
Near Dwight a schoolhouse and
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-22
MEMBERS OF BAND
TELL THEIR STORY
Fellow Musicians Went to Death
Playing TO Prevent
Panic.
lSncrinl 10 Thc .rimos-Dlsnatch.

special TO Tho Times Dispatch.
New York. April ac.-Thc eight
musicians wh, wen; down in the Ii
tlaio and wto wore playing Nearer.
My God, to Thee when ali the boats
rad gone, wrc under the leadership
~ Bandmes.cr Hartley, who was
transferred rom the Maurctauia to
take up his duties on the biggest
steamer on Inc White Star Line. I'm
der his direction Was John Hume.
v.olinist Herbert Taylor. pianist
I'rcd Clark. ba.s VOL Gcors. Wood
ward. ccllis.. and Mcssrs. Bradley.
l<rims aud BrotouX who played when
The others VICE Oh duty.
on the coTlc which locked here yes
icl1ay were .ohn : Carr and Louie
Cross cellist and bass viol. OF the or
chestra on that steamer When they
got shore lc.ve they told something
nbou, the MN OH tho Titanic.
some wer, already II, bed and some
were probabB smoking when the ship
lit the Iceberg said John =. Carr.
THE Titanb has a special lounRing
and smoking room With the sleeping
rooms opening on it, 1t was so late
that they All must have been there
when the irst shock came. Bandmas-
Ter HartIc. was a man with the high
est sort i a sense OF duty. don't
suppose ip waited to be sent for. but
after nnting how dangerous the sit
men together and began playing.
know Tat he often said that music
Was Il bigger weapon for stopping dis
order than angling ON Garth. lie
knew ne value OF tiitt' WSfea'b01 lie had.
md Ithink he proved his point.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-22
OCEAN STEAMERS
ARE IN COLLISION
Continued from First Page.)

Continued from First Page)
doomed up Immediately In front of
him he ordered port hard the wheel.
This was too late, and the vessels came
together with a crash.
Buikhends Snvc Vessel.
The tl sud has about twenty FIVE feet
of water in her forward hold. but tho
officers say her forward bulkheads
have held watertight. The bulkheadu
saved tho vessel. The collision occur
rod in nine fathoms of water, the FL
sud at that time drawing eighteen feet
Of water forward and twenty-three
Mt. AS he came to the dock she was
drawing twcnty-seven feet of water
forward and eighteen aft.
No estimate can DO made at this
time OF the exact amount of damage
to tho FL Sud.
The work OF unloading her IL going
forward tonight. and as soon as she
is empty the damage can be determin-
cd.
The refusal Saturday of tho Mall
Tory Steamship Line Offices TO d.
vhlgc the nature OF wireless
messages exchanged between a
port station and the incoming
Mallory liner Denver. seven days out
from New York with twenty-onc cabin
passengers. regarding tho reported coll
nsion between the Denver and the out
going Morgan liner FL Sud- gave riss
TO excited apprehension throughout
marine circles, which, with the COM
ing OF tho morning was partly dis
PEELED Following so closely upon the
great Titanic disaster. and not with
on grounds for fear the report cN-
cited unusual concern, more so in dis
tant points. where tho facts were cX-
aggeratcd than at Galveston
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-22
CAUSES DEATH OF FIVE MEN
ExpIosiin of Gas In Kentucky ConI
Compnny's Mine.

Madls,nvillc Ky. April et.---An ex-
plosion of gas in the Coil Coal Com
rany's nine al the edge of this city
to-nightset the mine on fire. and prob
ably ca,scd the death of five men
Joseph Fpllowell. n mine foreman, and
four neP'oes were the victims. Flames
are shooting up from the entry. One
az the caIsca was blown out ny the
explosion, an, 1t is doub1Hl whether
on effort To rescue the men can be
made to-ntgh,
The mine a new one, about 900
feet hollow tn surface. and only about
half n mile bns. Only tho five men
,v,rc IN the hine, and no hone is. en-,
tortainfd thnlthey arc alive.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-22
MEMORIAL TO BUTT
PRESIDENT Tnft VIII he Principal |
SPEAKER in Exercises ut Augusta.

I'res,Icnt Tnu VIII he Principal
SPEAKER in Exercises ut Augusta.
augusta, Ga, April 2l.-A general
memorial service to Major Archibald
W. Butt and other victims OF the IL
,ailc disaster Will be held I'm Augusta
My ., when the principal tribute to
nhjor Butt will b. delivered by Presi-
dnt Taft
Mayor Barrett has called a meeting
II II o'clock tomorrow 10 arrange
tetails of the memorial
An oven more lasting tribute to
Major Butts memory VIII be in tho
form o. n bronze or marble monument
10 be erectcd in Augusta. The move
inent las already met with such sub
.taniial response as to insure the
nonumtnt
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-22
ENGINEER is KILLED

Passenger Train Runs Into Wcnk
rrcstlc. nnd Is Wrecked.
FITZGERALD. Ga. April eI.-EnEincer
\. T. Buckalow was killed and a ne
gro fireman suffered a broken leg
when an Atlanta. Birmingham and At
lant!c passenger train ran into a weak
trcstlc near Hanson. seventeen miles
from here at II o'clock this morning.
Engineer Buckalow was one OF the
oldest employees OF tho road No pas
se.xors were hurt.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-22
river steamer Sinks; rhrcc Drorncd.

River Steamer Sinks; Three Drowned.
Natchez April 2i.-Thc river steam
or Concordia, regularly employed in
freight and passenger service between
Natchez and Black River points. sank
at o'clock this morning at Jackson
Point. Twenty-Five miles south OF
Natchez, in tile Mississippi River.
Thrcc negro deckhands are reported
to have been drowned
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-22
WANTS FIcrs MADE KNOWN
Gardiner IimandS That Roosevelt
pnhIish &rtmin Correspandcncc

Publish krtnin Correspondence.
Washinrtql. April 21.--Copies OF n
telegram FINN Representative Gardi-
ncr. of Massachusetts,. to Colonel
Roosevelt. ent in reply to the Col
onels declihtion OF MT. Gardeners In
vitntion toh Joint debate. were given
out here t-dny.
SIR Gardner calls upon both Prcsl-
dent TaftIand Colonel Roosevelt to
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-22

boat bcfore the women and Children
had chance
Wore Watch md shoes.
John Shelton Williams. who returned
trom New York yesterday, said last
night that he had been requested b.
Robert Williams Daniel to state that
there is no foundation for the story
printed that he had lost $4,000. 900 in
securities BY the wreck of tho Titanic.
lie lost all his personal belongings.
except his fathers watch, which he
mad tied around his neck. When Mr..
Daniel escaped from tn, doomed shin
he was arrayed In bath gown, bur
this garment he lost, so that when
taken aboard of the Carpathia h was
entirely naked, excep; that he wore a
pair OF shoes and his father.s Match
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-22

matter of my return entirely to our
representatives in New York
Whole Thought on Eorror.
II deeply regret that am compelled
to make any personal statement. when
my whole thought is on the horror Of
the disaster. In building the Titanic
IL was the hope of my assistants and
myself that we had built vessel
which could no, be destroyed by the
pcrils of the sea or the dangers Of
navigation. Tine event has proved the
futility of that hope. The present
legal requirements have proved made
Guatc. They must be changed: but
whether they are changed OF not this
awful experience has taught the
steamship owners of the world that
too much reliance has been placed on
watcr-tlght compartments and on
wireless tclcgruphy and that they
must equip every vessel with litchoats
and RATS sufficient to provide tor
every soul OIL board and sufficient men
to handle them
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-22
You Cannot
Avoid Buying a
ViCtrOla

If you are lover of good music
and will stop to realize what the
presence of this great musical in
vcntion in your home will mean in
supplying medium of entertain
mcnt and pleasure. The cost is
trivial compared with the satisfac-
ton and enjoyment it brings.
We arc better equipped than
ever to supply you
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-22
ISMAY TELLS WHAT
PART HE PLAYED IN
TITANIC DISASTER
CONTINUED from First Page.)

Inc doctor dined
rect to stateroom and bed so asleep
when the collision occurred felt passag-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-22
LOST EVERYTHING
EXCEPT HIS WATCH
Continued from First Page,
Wore Watch md shoes.

boat before the women ana children
had
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-12-13
The World Has Progressed Some.

N. Y Journal.
No man who has looked into the
past, who has seen the rack wrecken
creatures tortured with all the ingen-
uity that superstition could devise,
has any right to talk pesslmistlcally
about. the present. As for the gov
ernment, it is true that we have not
by any means obtained perfection.
But we have at least escaped from
hereditary brutality in the country
and nearly everywhere else. We
no longer have vile kings breeding
degenerate monsters called princes,
inheriting the power to cut threats
by the hundreds Of thousands aud
set one country fighting another.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-12-13

And John said Master we saw one cast
ing outdevils in thy name; and we forbade
him BECAUSE he FOLLOWED NOT with
U.s. And Jesus said unto him Forbid
him not: for he that is not against US is
for us-LUKE 9:49-50
This is a secular newspaper, but
its been long since given up that
a country weekly is supposed to have
something to say about everything
under tie sun, that concerns its peo-
pie, and in using fine print from po-
etry, Holy Writ, or other great writ
ers to overtop an article, we have
abundant precedent from the style
of Addison ct al. who have followed
in his footsteps down unto the pres
ent day in both book and periodical
literature. Notice that FOLLOWED
NOT Vi" is in the statement OF John.
spokesman for the disciples, and
seems to be laid down as the motive
for forbiddlng this man whom they
found casting out devils in Jesus
name. Mark who also gives an ac-
count of this conversation adds this
to Jesus s answer:
Forbid him not; for there is no man
which shall do miracle in my name that
can lightly speak evil of me, for he that is
not against US is in our part.
This Scripture SO clearly explains
itself that about the only thing we
wish to deduce from it into modern
english expression. is that well-mean-
ing but misgulding people, can make
the same mistake that John did and
take up the Jeremiah spirit even unto
"the children of the kingdom about
whom Christ instructed his followers
later to-wit: feed my lambs. So
without regard to degree in reli-
gious experience or man-made de-
nominational x C II iyeness e t
us remember that this text swings
like the cherebum's flaming sword
at the gate of Eoen, which turneth
every way" and will hurl any of US
from its point. That is, it has an APP
plication reaching in every direction
and will touch where it needs to
touch. Later in life in writing his
epistles, his Christian experience hav-
ing ripened in love, the spare not j"
spirit in St. John gives way to the
tender admonitions to those whom
he was then pleased to address as
little children" and beloved"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-12-13
Showing Great Value of Even One Vote.

Scissored.
Referring to the value of one vote
as Illustrated in the case of man in
DeKalb county, Ind, who had decided
not to go to the polls, but was finally
induced to vote,sand as the result OF
that one vote, Democratic member
of the legislature was elected, whose
vote elected a United States senator,
who, as the pro tempore president of
the senate, cast the deciding vote for
the annexation of Texas, which
brought on the war with Mexico,
which was SO important an event in
the history of the country. Another
instance of the demonstrated value,
of vote IS mentioned by CORE
spondent of the Richmond Virginian,
woo tells how a Squeezing pig in
Rhode Island prevented Wing vot-
er from reaching the polls in time to
vote. The man stopped to release
the pig, which had been caught in a
fence, and in so doing he was delay
ed and could not vote AS a conse-
quence, the legislature was Demo
cratic by majority of one vote ard
a declaration of war against Great
Britain was made by one vote re-
sulting in the election of Jackson as
president.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-12-13
Bryan Would Dignity English Embas-
SadOTShip.
Hattiesburg News.

E16UblOSOudS ANOWos
Heretofore after every election
time serving politicians and subsi-
died press have duly and formally
though somewhat gleefully, Inferred
the remains" of William Jennings
Bryan. But this time even Marse
Henri, who has fought Mr.. Bryan
almost savagely from 1896 to the
present hour, admits that he is entl-
tied to the best there is, and nomi-
mates him to succeed .Whltelaw Reed
as Minister to the Court of St. James.
In that position Mr.. Bryan would
not only reflect great honor upon
this country, but would soon become
a world power himself. He would be
to Great Britain what Mr.. Bryce has
been to this country. Which is the
same as saying that while the rabble
may not know him quite so well as
they do the more noisy ones or the
Noisy One-there IS no man who
stands higher in the esteem OF states
men and diplomats Of the world.