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at first be found and Franklin who
was near the table, was asked to
resume his testimony where he les.
of in New York.
Calling the committee to order
Senator Smith said:
"This inquiry is for the purpose o.
bringing out the important facts n
connection with. the loss of the III
tanic. We are not at all concerned
about the convenience Of visitots al
the hearing. / desire every persol
to understand that they are here sole
ly by the courtesy of the committe,
and that expressions Of any kind from
the spectators will not>be permitted
Any violation of this Injunction vii
force the committee TO conduct the
hearing IN such a manner as to avoiC
a situation of that kind. In view OF
the Importance of the hearing / wani
TO ask that the witnesses receive tn,
courtesy and kindness that is theii
proper due. am not fully convinced
that the hearing can he conducted IN
this way. Because we desire that Tho
public may know the facts this codr-s
was adopted this morning as 4 was
IN New York"
Franklin Tells Story.
p. A s. Franklin, New York man
ager and Vice President of the White
Star Line. was the first witness. al
though the committee first asked for
j ID. Boxhall. fourth officer Of the III
tanic When Boxhall could not be To-
Gated. Franklin took the oath.
Frankllns preliminary examina-
tion was TO give the organization ol
The White Star Line. the International
Mercantile Marine Company, and its
affiliated organizations.
The names Of p A. y. Widener, Geo
w Perkins. J Pierpont Morgan, Jr
and } Bruce lsmay were mentioned
by Franklin as among the shipping
company's directors.
1--WE have no authority over thu
ship in the way OF giving the com
mander orders" Franklin explained
"that is left for the owners of the
ship and officials in England
Are you NAVIGATOR
"Not at all -
Ibid you know Captain SMITH
YES. since l9OS"
AT 627 Monday evening. I knew
the Titanic had sunk. at 2 20 tha
morning" Franklin declared
about twenty minutes to two Mon.
day morning ] was aroused by ih'
telephone ringing and a reporter told
me they had Just heard that the III
tanic sent out a call for assistance
They said IT, came from the Virgin
ian. through Montreal
Wanted to Hold News.
The press association repeated
what the reporter had told me
asked II they couldn't hold the news
until il had been confirmed They
said no--that IL had gone out
Il got out Mr.. Ridgway and sent @
Marconigram 20 the captain of tn,
Olympic as follows
Can't you get into communioa
tion with the Titanicg | then told al
our people to report to the office.
then received the report that the III
tanic had been struck by an icoberl
and was sinking by the head. II wa
press dispatch"
We worked 2rt thefposition of Thu
Titanic on theNhasa as 1850 mile
from Halifax.
We had no communication In tha
time from any ship or any authentic
direct information whatever
did any of these ships report thei
exact lOcation?'
"They did not Here is anothe
message I sent Make every effort 4
reach the Titanic and give her 70
sition and time This was address
Evening journal., 1912-04-22
DR.. BALL AGAIN
HEADS REPUBLICANS

The Republican County Committee
on Saturday afternoon organized by
re-electing DR.. l.. Heisler Ball, chair
man; Joseph G. Jolls, secretary, and
William G. Taylor, treasurer The
committee will meet on next Satdr-
day in the Young Mems Republican
Club. Plans for the campaign will
be outlined at that time.
Evening journal., 1912-04-22
YIsITORS FROM MEST.

Mrs and Mrs. A. f. Albertson are
guests of r. p. Moody and Grantley
p Postles for a few days Mr.. Albert
son is vice-president of the National
Bank Of Commerce and interested in
several commercial enterprises of TIA.
coma, Washington. He has recently
been elected president Of the Tacoma
Country and Golf Club. and also is a
member of the Board OF Trustees OF
the new Tacoma Automobile Club.
Evening journal., 1912-04-22
RIVER NOTES

The pilot boat Henry Edmunds sta
toned at the Breakwater arrived at
the Harlan and Hollingsworth Cor
poration yard yesterday for an over
hauling.
The Wilbur James, a menhaden fish
ing steamer which was constructed at
the Jackson and Sharp plant and fin
ished at the Harlan and Hollings-
worth Corporation yard, left yester-
day. for Taft. Va. where It will be
used by the fisheries company there.
Evening journal., 1912-04-22

about in the wreckage, one of them
dead Rosalie Bidois, Mrs. Astors
maid. was active in saving these men.
Astor, after seeing that his wife was
warmly clad. and placing her in the
lifeboat went back to his work of aid
ing other passengers. said his widow
Mrs. Astor and her companions were
in the small boat for seven hours and
by the time they reached the Carpa-
thia it was half full of icy water.
Evening journal., 1912-04-22
UNDERTAKES
James I. Chandler, ". w. Sints snS =. :.
Undertaken Tsl:DSSTr'' IsospssTs'

For coughs. grip, Group,
asthma and catarrh all
through the system Bra
lillian Balm is magic. 1t
kills the germs; 81 years
wonderful success.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-12-14

That a dog not confined to the
fenced I'm property OF the dogs own
ers should be muzzlcd. is every now
and then brought home to few in
dividuals. That the community
should profit by the lesson thus learn
ed Is the moral duty OF the commu-
nifty. whether there is a law upon the
subject or not
IL Is no hardship on a dog to wear
n properly fitting muzzle. The ex-
pense. the anxiety. the regret that
the owner may save himself by hav-
Ing n muzzle on any dog that Is allow
Cd to run at large or within reach of
persons in the public thoroughfare, Is
svoidable at very little cost to him.
Even IL one deems IL hardship on
she dog. his affection for his pet
should not outweigh his duty to him.
self and his neighbors-his duty to
protect himself from the regret his
pet may cause him. and his neigh
bors from the anxiety that MAJ at
any time come on them through him
and his dog.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-12-14

Our news columns today indicate
that a dog that died three days ago
of rabies may have bitten other dogs,
as well as the several persons known
To have bitten. We hope that every
dog owner In the city will watch
his dogs carefully for the first evil
dences Of any i'll disposition on their
part, muzzle them meantime if they
are at large. and shut them up Sc
curely If they show tendency to snap,
or even the least evidence OF any
change in their dispositions. Only so
can we be sure that the poison from
the pet dog we cite as dying of rabies
will not, through other dogs infect
still other human beings
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-12-14

Grosvenor Dave uttered a great
do not grow; they are built" and
Sumtonians by their cooperative ef-
fort To build an even greater Sumter
are constantly proving the high type
of their citizenship and deserving all
the favorable publicity that comes to
them through the now famous sum
ter Plan of city government, Of COM
mercial organization and Of agricul.
tural colonization.
Some writer's never dip deep en-
ough TO reach the truths that lie at
the bottom OF every ink well.
Writing editorials is very often a
scissorean operation.
Race track gambling will have
rough road to travel in Charleston -
II the local officials do their duty and
enforce the law That's the crux of
the situation.
Gov. Blease says if gambling is
carried on at Charleston, if the law
against gambling is not enforced by
Charleston officials. If said officials
admit that they are helpless and can
not enforce the law, If he is appeal
ed to, he will do his duty. There are
a whole lot Of "ifs" in a row as pre-
amble to the Governors statement
that he will do his duty. When the
ponies begin to run and the book
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-12-14

Resolved: That we hereby in
scribe page in our minute book
TO his memory and express to his
aged mother, his bereaVed widow and
his orphaned children our sincere
sympathy.
Resolved: That we pay for them
that the God of the fathcrless and ,he
widow, his God and our God, may be
to them very present help in this
their time of trouble and may heal
their broken hearts by his spirits
presence in their home and in their
lives.
Resolved: That copy Of these
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-12-14
makers to bet we shall see what we
shall see

makers to bet we shall see what we
shall see
Some years ago all the Republican
newspapers and magazines were
working overtime landing Secretary
If STAGE John Hay as the greatest
diplomat and the shrewdest treaty
maker America or the world had ever
produced, but now that the Hay
Pauncefort treaty comes to be put 10
practical application it is found to
have been IA bunglirg job. 1t is a
regular turkey and buzard propo-
sition and it says turkey for England
and bnzzard for Uncle Sam every
time Mr.. Hay was ashamed Of his
Little Breeches" and Jim Bludso'
poetry and inordinately proud of his
diplomatic achievements, but ne
present generation is inclined to the
belief that he was a better poet than
statesman AT any rate his poetry
does us no harm, while his treaty is
making lot of trouble.
We hear very little Of the cotton
boil weevil these days, but the able
bodied little pest is on the job and is
still moving toward South Carolina
at the rate Of fifty to seventy miles a
year. He is due to cross the Sa-
vannah river within three years
four at the farthest-and when he
arrives there will be trouble and
short crops for the cotton farmer
The all-cotton farmer will be the
greatest sufferer and those who de-
pend upon cotton entirely will face
destruction and ruin. The farmer
who learned how to make a living
with other crops has survived the boil
weevil invasion Of other cotton States.
while those who have gone into stock
raising, dairying, and diversified
farming have made more money than
they did planting cotton as their only
money crop.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-12-14
SUMTER COUNTY FARMERS
UNION.
RcSOlu ion of Sympathy.

Whereas, 1t has pleased our
Heavenly Father to remove from our
midst our brother and officer Of this
Union. j. II. Robinson, in the prime
of manhood and usefulness to his
family, his neighborhood and his
county and
Whereas, We will miss him in this
Union and know that his loved ones
in the home will miss him far more.
therefore be il
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-12-14
OBJ dolattbman ana soutbrsn.
Published "Wednesday and Saturday.
By
0STEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY
SUMTER. s. C.
Terms:
$50 per annum---in advance.
Advertisements:


one Square first Insertion. ....S1.0O
Every subsequent insertion. =. so
Contracts for three months. OF
longer will be made at reduced rates.
All communications which sub
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Obituaries and tributes Of respect
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ocw has the combined circulation and
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snd IA manifestly tie best advertising
medium In Sumter.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-12-14

resolutions be sent to his family and
be given TO the press r.
(Signed)
j. FRANK WILLIAMS.
president Sumter County Farmers
Union.
HUGH WITHERSPOON.
Secretary
The Washington times., 1912-05-28

Brass Beds just like the cut
to the right, that will not
tarnish or corrode. Have
heavy posts, square top rods,
strong filters. The lacquer can
not be harmed by alcohol, am
monia, or acids.
The Washington times., 1912-05-28
Committee to Inspect
Proposed Extension

The subcommittee of the Senate Dis
trict Committee, consisting Of Senators
Jones. Works, and Johnston, selected to
look after the proposed extension of
Spring. road, will inspect the property
Thursday.
The subcommittee on the extension OF
consistinr of senators DillinRham'
Works and Johnston, visited that part
OF the city today.
The Washington times., 1912-05-28
Urges One Day a Week
Of Rest for Workers

"old age at forty is not conservation /:
II is brutality" declared DR.. John b,
Andrews. OF New York, this noon, al
the opening OF the twenty-eighth am
nual convention OF the International As
ISOLATION OF Commissioners of Labor and
Factory Inspectors. DR.. Andrews, who
Is the secretary Of the American Asso-
citation for Labor Legislation, called
forcible attention to the seven-day-a-
week workers of the country, declaring
II the duty of every factory Inspector TO
The Washington times., 1912-05-28
Joy Riders in Wreck;
One Is Fatally Hurt

YOUNGSTOWN. Ohio May 2s.-
One youth was fatally injured and
fve others were seriously hurt early
today when an automobile in which
they were Joy riding plunged into a
ditch. w. II. Merton will die. The
other victims are II. L. Ferguson, e.
s. Mcintyre, William. Jones, Ray
niond Roy and Edward Engstrom.
All are about eighteen years old.
The Washington times., 1912-05-28

Grand Decoration Day Excursion to
Gettysburg, Antietam. and Pen Mar,
and return, Baltimore & Ohio, from
Union Station, at 1880 a. m, May 3Oth;;
S1b0 to Antietam; $500 to Pen Mar and
Roosevelt will deliver an oration at 2:3O
D. m. on the Gettysburg Battlefield
Advt.
The Washington times., 1912-05-28

work to the end that every worker in
the United States shall be able TO OBJ
tain one day week In which TO en-
joy home life. which we have been
taught to regard as the foundation OF
our gocial system.
The Washington times., 1912-05-28

Strong Folding White Maple
Lawn Settee like the cut to
the left. Has heavy stats or
back, strongly braced and
gloss finished seat. Length,
31a feet. Special net price to-
morrow and until p. m.
Thursday, csc.
The Washington times., 1912-05-28
Decoration Day Sales N. N. g, cs's so.A

SMALLER SIZE FLAGS with
gilt spear head sticks, varioui
sizes and prices, 4c to 2sc.
WOOL FLAGS AND BUNT-
INGS OF all kinds for Decoration
Day use at lowest prices.
Upholstery Store-3rd floor.
The Washington times., 1912-05-28

Many different effects Plain taffea or taf1eta-
line covers in the shades most desired, of hunters
green red pongee, rose, pink, navy, lavender, light
blue, some with Persian or Dresden ribbon borders,
others with striped borders White embroidered
linene, pongee parasols with ribbon borders Then,
too you will find plain black, or black-and-white
stripes.
The Washington times., 1912-05-28

All made up on S-rb frzmeS. tzssels = Esr~zz-
ing note of color Of the parzsol Int tuFFs1 -
with stylish sticks.
A dollar never bought 50 nurh Farzsol vzi1. -
it will tomorrow II viii he vel n te a EsRLN
SHOPPER.-Bargain Tzhles-Strsei FIo0E
The Washington times., 1912-05-28

Large Reed Baby Carri-
age like the cut to the left.
Has reed hood, reclining
back. good springs, steel
pushers, and large wheels
with heavy rubber tires.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-08
WILL DISPENSE NEVADA
posi- OFFICE PATRONAGE


The handling Of post Office patron
age IN Nevada. which vas turned
over to Representative T. z Roberts
over q years ago. vii soon revert 70
the two Democratic senators from
that state. Senator NeWlands and
his nex colleague, KeY PIttman. I'll
probably enter into some arrange
ment about endorsements Of these Of
frees during the next four years. says
q Washington dispatch.
The selection for fourth class
poafmasfeFs u Nevada are numerous
bat the presldnflal Offices. where con
armatlon - the senate is required.
are feN. The dates when the COM
missions 81 these postmasters expire
are quite advanced. There are tEo
OF three cases nov holding over Tor
settlement. one II them being The
postmastefsblp 81 Austin.
Herewith are the names d the Of
fees the incumbent postmaster. in
Nevada and the date when the com
Missions d the lneHmbents expire.
Battle Mountain. 4. S s@tarrstt,
January -. 1916.
callente. o. K Adcoek. December
IL. 1911
carson Cts. r. D. Goode. March
q 1915.
East Ely, r II Frank. April l.
1914
EIko. J. 6. Doughty. December Is
1915
EIg. q. s.. Hull. April II. 1915.
Eureka. {. l. Bray. December IS
1915.
Fallon. a J. Johnson. January q.
1915.
ooleonda. Mary E. Longworth.
May "a. 1915.
Las Vegas. W. r. Breaker. June
-, 1914.
Phoebe. A. A. carman. January Il.
1913.
Reno. D. A Dawson. February 8
1914
Rhgolite. ". j. Moore, December
Is, 1915.
Winnemncca. J. A. Rogers. Jann-
airy %, 1916.
Sparks. {. a. Beemer. February 4,
1915.
Tonopah. }. ". Stewart, Deem
Der 20, 1915.
Virginia City, r. ". O'connor.
July 10, 1916.
Yerington. F. J.. Littell, Deem
Der IA. 1912.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-08
INDIANS WILL UNITE.

A movement among the Indians OF
the United States which has resulted
II the organization Of the Brother
hood AZ North American Indians
has Just come 10 light through a call
issued bg President Richard G.
Adams. also called the Great sachem
chief. % the indians Of the various
districts 70 hold meetings on De-
eember Is for the purpose of elect
ing a chief for each section. Elko
viii be the meeting place for the
section bounded on the north b. the
Salmon river. on the vest by Smith
creek and the North Fork. on the
south b. Austin and on the east by
Stept0e valley. Al the Indians In
this section ain send delegates TO
this city on December Is for the
purpose Of selecting a chief In the
place Of Preacher Harry" of Wells,
who has been chief OF the Indians in
this locality for years.
According 10 information given by
William Gibson and James Pabwena.
two educated Indians who are leaders
here. the formation OF the Brother
hood Of North American Indians has
been coming on quietly for some
time. urged to completion BY edueat-
ed Indians throughout the United
States.
Its object Is mutual protection. the
redress OF wrongs and the perpetu-
alton Of the traditions Of the race.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-08
DEATH OF PIONEER.

After a short illness james Dunn.
a resident Of Nevada since 1873. d
stOckman known througout the inter
mountain states. and One OF RenO's
most prominent business men. died
at his home. Heart disease is given
as the cause Of his demise. his end
came as a shock 70 the entire com
munity. as few knew OF his Illness.
He had been active in the manage
ment Of his affairs until last Tuesday.
Mr.. Dunn vas n Of the early
and successful sheepmen Of the state
and during the curse Of a long and
busy life in the vest had Accumulate
ed a considerable fortune. He vas
one OF the founders OF the Nevada
Packing company, one OF the biggest
industrial concers In the state. and
and was at one time associated with
P. L. Flanagan in the ownership OF
the famous Smoke Greek ranch.
James Dunn Is credited b. Senator
p. L. Flanagan. his associate for
more than twenty-five years in Ne
yada, with having been perhaps the
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-08
NEWS OF ERE RON ALL PARTS OF THES7A1E

five men who were found guilty Of
selling liquor 70 Indians left Reno in
charge of federal officers for the
federal prison at McNeii's island in
Puget Sound. All the men except the
two white slayers are in jail in Reno
the others being al Carson.
+. J.. Cossey, the drug clerk OF
middle age who came to Reno with a
sixteen year old girl. put up the novel
plea through his attorney, when he
pleaded guilty. that he advised the
girl not to come &c Reno, but she
would do il anyway. Blaming the
girl. however. did not help him out
and he received a sentence Of IS
months In prison and $500 fine. A
similar sentence vas given Ralph
s%tetson. a New York real estate
agent. Who was arrested at Wine
macea IN company with a Brooklyn
telephone hello girl who was posing
as his daughter.
The victims of Cossey and stetson
viii be returned 10 New York.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-08
PIONEER DIES ~ RENO.

James Burke.a partner OF James
Marshall, disooverer Of gold in Cali
fornia in 1s47. died on his ranch at
Steamboat Springs near Reno, aged
70 years. Burke and his brother
William. arrived in California the
year following the discovery of gold
and Burke at once fell In with the
nan who, while erecting a sawmill
for Captain Suffer. found the yellow
metal hat set the world gold-crazy.
He and his partner. while mining.
bought supplies from the store Of
Leland Stanford.
Burke came TO Nevada in the late
sixties. Among important contracts
he had In the early days was the
building of a stretch OF the Union
Pacific railroad. He built the first
brick building in Reno.
Burke and his brother. William,
wrote a life of Marshall. the gold dis
coyerer. and William Burke ac-
complained Marshall 10 New Jersey
in the seventies.
Burke was to have gone to Suffer.
Cal, this winter TO locate the origin
al spot Of gold discovery for the pur-
pose OF erecting a monument.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-08
RENARkABLK AUTO ACCIDENT

4 narroE escape from = fatal acct
dent which resulted merely n The
severe shaking up Of two auto passen-
gers from Reno. occurred Sunday.
On the highway near yInton. Cal
when The automobile skidding OF q
smooth bridge floor. crashed through
the hand rail and turning turtle land
ed N tie bed OF a snail creek twenty
feet below.
Edgar Rowland. a Long valley
ranehers son Of Wee President r. II.
Rowland OF the Wash0e County
bank. and Edward Freeman. a well
known cattle nan aho makes his
headquarters at Reno. we're the for
tanate ones. They escaped wlth slight
injuries after being hurled from the
automobile l. the embankment The
automobile. a Pope machine. a. last
reports was lying bottom Up. on the
creek bed.
Word Of the accident came when
the stranded tourists telephoned 10
Reno for assistance in conveying the
wrecked machine into town.
The accident occurred shortly after
the men left Vinton on the Way home
after a trip TO the Sierra county town
After passing a school house at a
fair rate Of speed a narrow bridge
vas reached. which was somewhat
slippery. The rear wheels swung
around as the bridge was struck on
the turn and without a moments
warning the men we're hurled over
board.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-08

The eDb and fo0 Of population IN
the Nevada mining camps make and
unmake many post Offices Of the
presidential class. Nearly q dozen
postmastsrs IN that state. nominated
b. the president and confirmed By
senate. bare been relegafed 70 the
fourth class D. order Of the depart
ment within the last two or three
years and their salaries made de-
pendent upon the amour Of busl-
neas transacted.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-08
WHIP A NAGGER. HUSBAND
SOUGHT RELIEF IT RENO

l. E. shafter. . drug salesman o.
san Francisco has secured a divorce
from AlIene E. shafer. whose parents
reside in Oakland. charging her Nith
cruelty and lnhdelity-
Following their marriage IN South
Carolina in 1903. shafter alleged
his wife conceived a dislike for him
and acquired the habit Of nagging
him b. the hour. simply 10 make him
angry.
He said she refused 10 90 ont with
hin, saying that wives in the Hest
never walked out With their hus-
bands shafter charges his Hife aita
taking frequent joy rides in Oakland
sifh a woman 81 notorious character
and said fhat II spite Of his protests
she refused 70 give her Up.
st the earnest solicitation OF his
Hife Shelter went on The road selling
drugs and arranged 70 add Nevada e
bis territory 80 be could have Reno
for headquarters and establish e
residence He found while iu saera-
mento that mis- wIfe had registered
there n a hotel and b chance - in-
tereepted q letter addressed 10 bis
wife al Sacramento from a man max
IN an appointment to see her there.