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CLICK OF WIRELESS TELLS
OF TITANTIC SITUATION

vessel, Titanic, reported to be sink
ing in latitude 41.46 north, longitude
5o.14 west. The Olympic stated that
latest advices showed that the damage
to the Titanic was very great and
Captain Smith had reported that he
would trans-ship his passengers to the
first ship that would arrive, which
was expected to be the virginian of
the Allan line.
The Olympic refused to say what
the latest information regarding the
extent of the Titanic's damage was.
Partisan Hears Nothing
CAPE RACE, April 15.-A wireless
from the steamer Partisan from Glas-
gov, received at $3.50. says that al
though observations taken at s O'Clock
last night showed her $50 miles off
Sable Island, she had failed to receive
an appeal for help from the Titanic
which was in that neighborhood
In addition to the Virginian. there
we're in the vicinity OF the Titanic and
racing toward her today, the White
Star liner Olympic, the Baltic; the
Hamburg-American liner Cincinnati;
| the Cunarder Mauretania; the Prince
Adalbert; Amerika, Frederick VII
helm and half dozen freighters.
All Are Safe
i ST. JOHNS. N. F., April Is :
An unsigned wireless dispatch picked
up here reads: "All Titanic's passen
gers safe.
4 1t is not known just what thi
refers to, but it is believed it ma.
mean that the virginian has reached
the scene and taken OIL tne impei
. illed passengers.
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Noted Sculptor Dead.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.l
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, April 15.-
Messages of coincidence from artists
and sculptors throughout the United
States were received here today be
the family of the late Rudolph
Schwartz, the noted indianapolis
sculptor. The sculptor has been i'll
for the past two weeks from asthma
and died yesterday afternoon He was
46 years old.
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lowed to Shore.

UNITED Press Leased Wire service.l
MONTREAL, April ia message
to the Montreal Star from it's cor
respondent at st. John N. b., at lis
says that the Titanic is being towed
toward port by the Allan line Virgin
ian.
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No Direct News

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
BOSTON, April Is. The White
Star and Allan line officials here
have received no direct news from
the liner Titanic.
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EARLY BULLETINS
FROM THE SEA
Morning Dispatches and Wlrelss.
Flutters Regarding the
Wreck Of tho
Titanic.
REVENUE CUTTERS HELP
Uncle Sans Ships Could offer No
Aid as Mono Of Them Were
In tho Violin
lty.

rUnited Press Leased Wire Service.1
WASHINGTON, April 15.-Follow-
ing an interchange Of wireless mes
sages with revenue cutters Of the New
England coast, the service headquar
ters here today announced that 1t
would not send aid to the disabled
liner Titanic.
"The only revenue cutters now any
where near the Titanic are at least
three days run from the disabled
liner" an official said. "Manifestly
1t would be too late to do any good"
No News There.
BOSTON, April 15.--General Mana
ger j. H. Thomas of the White Star
offices here made the following
statement to the United Press today:
1--WE have no news from the Titanic.
I cannot understand why wireless
communication with the Titanic
should be stopped. She is not too far
/ distant to speak to Cape Race unless
4 her condition prevents. II everything
were normal she should have spoken
| to points along the north coast via
| the Olympic and other vessels long
ere this.
Afoat at 4:24.
/ NEW YORK, April 15-The White
/ Star officials report that the Olympic
| was in communication with the
Titanic at 4:24 this morning and at
I that time the Titanic was still afloat.
/ They refuse to tell what the commrn-
/ ication was that passed between the
two boats.
Headed for Halifax.
/ MONTREAL. April 10. - At 1910
the local agents of the White Star
line announced that they had received
relayed wireless which confirmed
the earliest reports that the Titanic
was not only afloat but that her
engines were working. She Is heading
toward Halifax, the agents say and
her passengers are safe.
The line agents did not know
!. whether The yirginian was then with
J the Titanic, but they believe she Is
| standing by and may have already
transferred the women and children.
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subscribers o. The Daily Gate City
are served the full Leased Wire ser
vlce Of the United Press Associations.
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Olympic to the Rescue.

slASCONSETT, Mass, April 15.-
.ihe wireless station here was in COM
munication early today with the
White Star liner Olympic, which was
rushing to the assistance of her sister
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The Bulletins Which Quivered
Through Space During
the Morning.

united Press Leased Wire Service, ]
BOSTON, April 15.-Indirect mes
sages received from points along the
North coast at $3.50 said the Titantic
Il struggling slowly but surely toward
Cape Race. At 9:55 the following
telegram was received by the United
Press from the Marconi station at st.
Johns. N. b.:
Titanic. according to message from
Cape Race, ST. Johns, N. F., and 9TH
er nearby points, nearing vicinity OF
Cape Race.
(Signed) '.MARCONI STATION.
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Two Hours Of Silence.

ST. JOHNS. N. f., April 15.-The
wireless station here has been unable
Tor more than two hours to get into
touch with any OF the ships rushing
70 the aid of the Titanic. 1t cannot
be determined whether this is due TO
atmospheric conditions or to the de-
size of the captains of the var,cHa
vessels to stand off messages from
the shore.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-11
FOUND HER SON.
Excelsior Springs Woman Sees Lost
Boy With a Circus.

Garden City, Kan, May 11.-Searching
for her son, who two years ago ran away
from home, an Excelsior Springs woman
found him with Campbell Brothers cir
Gus which showed here Tuesday.
The boy, who was an accomplished
musician at the time of leaving home,
was lured away by the irresistible some
kind and makes many give up good pros
poets for a future for the excitement and
change it possesses.
After his disappearance his mother
made every effort to trace him, writing
numberless letters which either never
reached him or were ignored and unan-
swered- Recently she learned he was
travelling with Campbell Brothers show
and that it was booked for Garden City
on May T.
She came here Tuesday with a woman
friend and her husband. The latter went
to the show grounds and found him and
under the pretext that he wanted the boy
local hotel where he confronted his moth
er. Just a moment of constraint, and the
scene became what one could naturally
expect.
He told a hard story of poor pay and
recently of none at all. He was disap-
thing had worn off. In Colorado, where
the show went from here, he thought he
had chance of pulling out what was due
him. Later in the day the mother re-
placed his shabby clothes with new ones
and gave him all the ready cash she
possessed. With the promise that he
would return home after the Colorado
tour was finished, he left her.
The sequel of the story remains for the
future to develop, but the potent fact is
the mothers devotion and the unforget-
able thought for her son.
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EAT THE SPARROWS.
That Is the Way to Get Rid of
Them.

washington, May 1.-THE way TO
get rid of the English sparrow is to
eat him.
That is the conclusion of N. E. D.
Dearborn, expert biologist of the de-
partment of agriculture, given full
naturalization by the department to-
day.
1t is announced by Mr.. Dearborn
and by the department, that the Eng
lish sparrow is a pest. Here is the
recommendation of how to abate it,:
EAT sparrows. When boned, broil-
ed buttered and served on toast, they
are as fine as quail"
English sparrows," says the report.
"are noisy and destructive. They
drive native birds from villages and
homesteads. Though they are occa-
sionally valuable as destroyers of
noxious insects, all things considered.
they do far more harm than good"
In specifying methods of prepare
ton for the kitchen, the bulletin gives
the following directions for dressing
the tiny culprits:
"Cut off the legs, the wings at the
outer joint and the neck close to the
body strip off the skin, beginning at
the neck; make a cut through the
body wall bone till the ribs are sew
cred, then around between the legs to
the tail and remove the viscera.
Sparrows may be cooked by any one
of the methods employed for reed
birds and quail"
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12O-yard hurdles-First, Chamberlain,
W.; second, Cooke. w. j. Time, 16 2-5.
440-yard dash-First, Ream, W.; second.
Lowe, w. Time, "a.
220-yard low hurdle-First, Hunt, w. j.;
second, Bearg, w. Time, 26 As.
SS0-yard run-First, Nye. W.; second, r.
Bell, w. ]. Time, 2:OS 2-5.
230-yard dash-First, Lowe, W.; second,
Miller. w. Time, o Us.
2-mile run-First. Garvey, w; second.
SoIandt, w. Time, 1850.
Pole vault-First. Bearg, W.: second,
Chamberlain, w. Height, 10 feet.
Shot put-First, Rogers, W.; second,
Martin. w. J. Distance. 81 feet 10 inches.
Broad jump-First, McCafferty, W.;
second, Martin, w. J. Distance, 20 feet 4
inches.
Discus throw-First, W. Bell. W. J.:
second, Rogers, w. Distance, 107 feet 1
inch.
ond, Janney, w. Height, feet inches.
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HAD HEMORRHO|DS
FOR Fifteen YEARS
Had Awful Time. Bleeding and
Sharp Pains. Cuticura Ointment
Gave Immediate Relief. After
2 Boxes Cured Permanently.

S35 Octavia ST., San Francisco. Calf. IT
suffered with piles Lhemorrhoids] for fifteen
years = bleeding piles. surely did have an
awful time was distressed continually also
nervous at night, with sharp pains at intervals,
and it worried me as the bleeding caused a
weak and faint feeling.
81 used - - which seemed to
irritate, used a dozen of their boxes, but it
did no good. also used and -
without results. Then I saw Cuticura ONT
ment advertised. I got some and it gave i'm
mediate relief. After using It two times, it
stopped the bleeding, and after two boxes
was cured permanently with no more bleed
ing always keep a box of Cuticura Oint-
ment on hand for family uses, such as chapped
hands, pimples, etc 1t is worth its weight in
gold" (Signed) John Tansman, Nov. %, IL.
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WASHBURN BOYS WIN
Take Track and Field Meet From VIII
liam Jewell 20 to 80.

The dual track and field meet be-
tween Washburn. college and William
Jewell, Friday afternoon resulted in
a victory for the local aggregation, by
a score of 70 to 80.
The real feature of the contest was
the one mile run which was won by
Washburn of the Washburn team,
and making a new record for the
WaShburn track. In this event
O'Brien started out taking the lead,
but at the three-quarters, Bell of
William Jewell put on a squirt of
speed, that is generally described in
story books, and took the lead. On
the last lap of the mile Washburn
showing some new life'' closed up
the distance between first place and
ran neck and neck, barely nosing out
at the finish
The track was soft as a result of re-
cent rains. However, remarkably fast
ditions. new state collegiate record
was made by Chamberlain, of Wash
burn, in the 120-yard high hurdles,
getting over the props in 1925 sec
onde.
r. Bell, the fast Indian of the Will
liam Jewell team, did some fast rum
ming, but was a trifle overworked, as
was shown in the two-mile event. In
this race Garvey, of Washburn, and
star sprinter, took the read which he
held to the finish. 1t was quite evil
dent that Bell could not keep up the
pace and dropped out at the half mile.
Following are the results:
1OO-yard daSh-FirSt, Lowe Washburn:
second, Emmons, w. Time, 10 2-5.
1-mile run-F'irst, Washburn, W.; sec
ond, r. Bell, W. J. Time, 4:54 AS.
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WIRELESS POWER.
Recommended for Automobiles and
Flying Machines.

Buffalo, May 11.-Frank Prentice,
a Toronto electrical engineer in an adj
dress last night before the Central Rail-
way club here, gave some details of ex-
periments which he declares demon
strate conclusively that electricity,
transmitted for power or commercial
purposes by wireless really increases
in velocity and power the farther it
goes from the point of origin. Discuss
ing the commercial use of wireless
mower Mr. Prentice suggested that for
automobiles and motor trucks, receiv-
ing harps be placed on the machine and
wave wires installed at intervals along
the roadway, energy being drawn
through the air to operate the ma
chimes
A flying machine with small high
frequency motor could, according 20
Mr. Prentice, fly at a height of 5000
feet and draw sufficient power from a
wave wire along the ground. BY a
similar device it will be found possible
he believes to operate trains at a great
saving from present cost.
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LEAkE IS RELEASED.
Lee shifted and DuIin, New Infelder,
Signed.

Word has been received in Topeka
today from Manager Gear of the To-
peka ball club, to the effect that the
Kaw infield has been juggled, one man
has been released, one farmed out, and
a new infielder has been purchased.
Manager Gear is now in Wichita
with his team. He announces that
Pitcher AL Leake has been given the
blue envelope. Catcher Smith, the
Indian, has been loaned to the Man
haitian team of the Central Kansas
League. Dulin of the Pacific coast
and the Observation-Disclosures League is
The shakeup follows the first real
test of the infield a. the Denver series.
Gear decided Immediately that he
needed Frantz to bolster up his pitch
shortstop will handle the keystone
sack which F'rantz has been playing
this season. Dulin, the new man, will
be played at short.
Dulin comes to Gear with a good
record in the Los Angeles club of the
Pacific Coast League and with Green
Bay in the Observation-Disclosures Associa-
ton. Dulin played third base for
Green Bay and batted 1892. With Los
Angeles he played second and hit 'em
out at .2S0 clip.
Topeka fans are not surprised to see
the tag swinging on Leake. He was
farmed out by Topeka last year to the
Texas League and made a fair show
ing in that company. He returned to
the Western League and was thought
to be in excellent condition. But at
no time this year has his control been
steady. In the last Wichita game he
gave three free passes to first and
allowed five hits in one inning. This
was more than Gea- could stand in one
lump and he settled up accounts.
For awhile it is probable that Frantz
will play third in place of Emory.
Emory is sick with tonsilitis and will
not be in condition for a series of
games.
"Chief" Smith, the Indian catcher,
discovered by Gear at the Albuquerque
meet last year, has been sent to Man
haitian of the Central Kansas League.
Smith is good catcher and it was a
puzzle to Gear to choose the. man who
should keep in practice away from
the club. Schmidt and Chapman will
take turns in the backstop position.
The infield lineup then, for the next
few games, probably will be: Chap
man and Schmidt, catchers; Gardner,
first base; Lee, second base; Dulin,
Shortstop; Frantz, third base
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HIGH SCHOOL NOTES.

A panorama picture of the students and
of the two high school buildings was ia
ken this week. The entire body of
students and the faculty were grouped in
the street between the two buildings,
which congested traffic for some time
along Eighth avenue.
The boys of the track team have been
practicing diligently for the past week,
and are going to make a strong fight to
win the meet. The team is entered in
the following events: 100 yard dash, 440
yard DASH $50 yard run, mile run, the re-
lay race and the broad jump
Miss Grace Frantz and Miss Mabel
Roudebush student in the normal train
ing department of the high school, and
who viii finish their course this spring,
have already secured schools for next
fail Miss Frantz will teach the primary
department of the West InC1iano1a school,
district No SO, and Miss Roudebush will
have charge of District No. g.
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Jane Adams i'm Southwest.
COUNTY TREASURES MEET.
Hold an Interesting Session at Great
Bend.

Great Bend, Kan. May ia two
days convention of the county treas
urers of Kansas ended here last even
ing. The sessions were held at the
Elks' home and a large number of the
treasurerS from over the state were in
attendance. Fridays program includ-
ed an address on Educational Feat
ures of the County Treasurer's Of
fice," by l.. L. Marshall, a talk on
How to Handle the. Finance of a
County," by A. V. Williams, and a
general discussion.
Among the treasurers present were:
F. P. Quinn, Salina; Elmer Charles
Kinsley; c. E. Piercey, Lawrence; W.
r. Yenamine, Manhattan; J. S. Rush,
Girard; w. R. Griffith, Emporia; c. r.
Mawdsley; E. Mensenheimer, King
man; w. r. Talmon, Russell Springs;
J. E. Shrinkle, Lakin; Homer Myers,
Hutchinson; E. Webb, Wichita; G.
NJ. Lynch, Tribune; Otto Pumford,
Jetmore; A. G. Wheeler, Garden City;
A. w. Anderson, Ulysses, and Bennett
Grove, Newton.
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WILD CAT FERNS is tanned.
Paul Koepler of Cleveland Gets Dcci.
sion After Furious Battle.

Kansas City, May 11.-Paul Keep
Ter of Cleveland was given a decision
over Clarence (Wildcat) Ferns of
Kansas City here last night after ten
rounds of furious fighting before the
Grand Avenue Athletic club. The de-
cision met the approval of the specta-
tors.
Ferns did not fight up to his usual
form. He was slow and unsteady and
seemed to have become stale" under
the rigorous training for twenty bouts
that he has fought this winter, none of
which he had lost.
In the first round Koepler closed
Ferns left eye with a wicked right
jab. The injury worried the local
boy and Koepler kept playing upon
the injured optic. In the fifth round
Ferns came out of a clinch with his
right eye shut. From then on Keep
Ter rained blows upon him almost at
will. In the seventh and eighth Ferns
appeared to be unable to see Keopler
at all. His blows were poorly-almost
feebly-directed and seemed to lack
the least force. He came back game
ly, however, in the ninth round and in
the tenth he had the advantage.
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Deadly Idghtning in west.

Larned, Kan, May 11.-Accordlng
to word received here by telephone
Will Doughner of ST. John was killed
by lightning while in attendance at a
public sale at the Ed Landas farm 8
miles west of Macksville Thursday af-
ternoon. Several men were knocked
down. among them being Dawes Smith
of this city, veteran of both the civil
and Spanish-American wars and an
early western pioneer and Indian
scout. Mr.. Smiths daughter, Mrs.
Geo. Worrell, phoned the report. Two
horses and a mule were also killed.
According to the report received here
a public sale which was in progress
at the Landas home at the time was
stopped by rain and electrical
storm and the barn which was struck
by the bolt was crowded with men
and women No other fatalities or
any injuries can be ascertained.
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KANSAS NOTES.
The Larned Commencement.

Larned, Kan, May 1.-THE TWEEN
ty-second annual commencement of the
Larned high school will be held next
Thursday evening, May 18th. The
class of 1912 is the largest ever grad
uated from the local high school, the
classes of 1899 and 1900 holding sec
ond place with 20 members each. The
roll this year includes 13 girls and ID
boys, as follows: Ben S. Baldwin,
Edna Barstow, F. H. Barstow, Lucy
Baughman, Louis M. Boyd, Opal
Blackwell, Ned NJ. Brown, Mildred
Cotton, John B. Curray, Donna Crane,
Ala E. Enrich, Ruth Crane, Berthe
L. Gleason, Grace Fox, Lester F. Kim
mel, Sadie Hunsley, Loren l.. Lupfer,
Genieve Kinney, H. o. Stockwell, Ger
trude Lobdell, Maynard Epson, Ethel
Sullivan, c. L. Weiman, Clara Unruh,
r. Kirk Zeigler and Nora Unruh.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE.
caeveland II: Philadelphia 3.

Cleveland II: philadelphia 3.
Philadelphia. May 1i.-Morgan's
land to defeat Philadelphia. The
American League pennant, which the
home team won last season, was raised
before the game.
Score: e.
Cleveland 1000 o2511-111 /
Philadelphia o o o @ 90 O. 2
Batteries-Gregg and Easterly; Nor
gan and Egan.
Home run-Murphy. First base on
balls-Of Gregg, 2; Morgan, 8. Struck
out-By Gregg, 4; Morgan, 3. Wild
pitches-Gregg, 2; Morgan, 2. UNI
pires-Connolly and Hart.
Detroit 6; Boston 5.
Boston, May 11.-Crawford's home
run with two men on bases, in the
ninth, decided close game in Detroit's
Boston Iasaf, score .e.o.e:..1oo1oo1o2-5 2 z
Detroit 10000 3-6 10 L
Batteries-O'Brien and Carrigan;
Willett and Stanage.
Summary: Two-base hits-Willett.
Gardner. Three-base hit-Bush. Home
run-Crawford. Stolen bases-Engle,
Witt ca, Cobb, Bradley, Speaker. First
base on balls-Off O'Brien, 5; Willett,
8. Struck out-By O'Brien, 8; Willett,
2. Unpires-Evans and Egan.
New York 3: st. Louis 2.
New York, May 11.-New York de-
feated st. Louis in the only game play
ed of a four game series. The locals
won in the ninth on Wolverton's dou-
bic, Zinn's triple and Pratt's tumble
on DoIan netted two runs.
Score: R.H.E.
New York.O o Oh 0 0 0 o 2-311 2
BatteriesEBaumgar and Ste
phens; Quinn and Street, Fisher.
Summary: Two-base hits-Sim-
MONS Wolverton. Three-base hits
Wallace CD, Hartzell, Zinn. Bases on
bal1s-On Quinn, q Struck out-By
Quinn, 8; Baurngartner, s. Umpires-
Westervelt and O'LOughIin.
Chicago S; Washington 2.
Washington. May 11.-Chicago
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Clean Up Day for Lakin.

Lakin, Kan, May 1I.-Lakin has
not vet been stung by the cleanup
bug but a movement is on foot now to
get a cleanup day set for the near
future so that the citizens can all get
out in a body and chase the rubbish
from the city limits. An unexpected
advantage in a late date for cleanup
day has arisen from the fact that a
campaign can be conducted at the
same time againstthe dreaded Russian
thistle. This could not have been
done had the day been set earlier in
the wear
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made it four straight over washington
yesterday Peters held the locals to
four scattered hits and was given al
most perfect support
Score: R.HE.
Chicago .000o3 2O0O-5 Z 1
Washington =. % O. 001 O0O-2
Batteries-Peters and Block; Groom
and Henry.
Summary: Two-base hit-Collins.
Three-base hit-Lord. Home run
Rath, Cashion. Bases on balls-Off
Peters, 8; Groom, 6. Struck out-By
Peters, s.; Groom, s. Umpires@Per-
rine and Dineen.