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The Nevada County picayune., 1912-04-26
Travelled at Rioh speed

The Titanic's rate of speed which was approximately 26 1-2 land miles. was brought cut from the lips Of L Bruce Ismay, president of the Inter national Mercantile Marine and man. aging director of the White Star Line who appeared as witness before the United states Senate committee which Is Investigating the disaster. Ner- yous but not in tears, as Capt. Ros. tron of the Carpathia, who followed him on the stand, NIT Ismay told in whispers of his escape from the sink ing liner from the time he pushed away boat with the women until he found himself clad in his pajamas aboard the Carpathia.
 He was not sure in just what boat he left the Titanic, nor was he sure how long he remained on the liner after she struck. He added, however, that before he entered a lifeboat, he had been told there were no more women on the deck. and he denied there had been any eensoring of mes. sages from the Carpathia. Other wit. nesses. including Capt. Rostron.
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feet sent my chair thuddlng back ward.
 "Why-er-good evening" man. aged to stammer. Just managed, you know, for, give you my word, l never was so bowled over in my lie never! And on the instant guessed what 1t meant The kid that Bill at all, but kid sister-girl. by love!
 Are you busy?" I saw the flash Of her perfect little teeth as her lips parted in a smile If not, may talk to you a while?"
 1 mumbled something designed to be pleasant-dash me If l know what and managed to summon sense enough to lift toward her a wicker armchair. Then l dashed into my bedroom to chuck the smoking jacket and get into a ccat. And all the while l was thinking harder than I ever had thought it possible.
 Just the thing to have expected Of an ass like Billings-a fellow with no sense of the propriCties. His kind of  mind had never got any further than the fact that I had guestreOm and quiet apartment. The further fact that it was in bachelor apartment house and I bachelor-and not yet out of my twenties, dash it-would never have presented itself to a chump like Billings as having any bearing on the matter
 sOf course. must get right over to the club and leave her in possession it's the only thing left to do This was my thought as 1 slipped into my coat and gave my hair touch-just a touch, don't you know The thing to do was to carry it off as naturally as possible for q few minutes. and then slip away Probably she hadn't counted upon my being in town at all had taken 1t for granted it was some sort of family apartment-with housekeeper. servant maids, all that sort of thing.
 Now, just few minutes of con yersation to put her at her ease" reflected, and then I'm off. I'll get
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ly. and 1 patted his knee Doesn't make jolly bit of difference to me, personally. Just told you because thought you ought to know You just go right along and continue your du- ties, so far as I am concerned"
 Jenkins hand slipped along his knee and ventured to touch mine timidly. He rose heavily.
 Mir Lightnut, sir" he said huskily. 'if you're not going to need me very much, could I be excused for while tonight?"
 By love, yes, Jenkins, Go out and enjoy the evening; it will do you good. Stay as long as you like, dash 1t. You know I dine tonight at the club. Go to a roof garden and get some fresh air"
 A toss of the head broke Jenkins calm. his fist struck his palm
 It ain't that. sir he exclaimed. T don't want no fresh air, but do want fresh resolution and a fresh start I'm going to find him"
 "Himi" was startled. Dash me. I half thought he meant the Chinaman
 Him. sir; that temperance Iectur- CT, I mean. I'm going to get out paper against that old enemy there," And he shook his fist at the whisky decanter
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cont ssled it's use until was made well. !" Mrs. HENRY LEIsEBERG, 743 Adams St.
 kearneysville, ". Va.-"I feel it my duty to write and say what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has done for me. l suffered from female weakness and at times felt so miserable l could hardly endure being on my feet
 After taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and following your special directions, my trouble is gone, Words fail to express my thankfulness. I recommend your medicine to all my friends. "- Mrs. G. B. WHITTINGToN.
 The above are only two of the thou sands of grateful letters which are con- stantly being received by the Pinkham Medicine Company of Lynn, Mass, which show clearly what great things Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound does for those who suffer from woman's ills.
 If you want special advice write to Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. (conil- dentiaD Lynn, Mass. Your letter will be opened, read and answered by a woman and held in strict confidence.
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s35 Passengers Saved.

New York-The following taDula- ton of the passengers and crew on board the Titanic, together WILL those saved and lost, has been com niled from the figures in the state ment issued by the Committee ol Passengers:
 Approximate number of pas3eh- gers aboard-First-eIass 80, second class 320, third-class 75O. Officers and crew, 94O. Total. 2,3i0. Number of passengers saved by First-class 2t0, second class 125. third-class 900. Total passengers saved. 537. Members of crew saved-0ffcers 4. seamen G9, stewards 96, firemen T.
 Total number of crew saved, 210. Total number perished, i,595.
 Six Jt those Toa,'scd died iatcr.
 First and seeond-class passen- gers, 650. First and second-class passengers saved, 335. Total cabin passengers lost, 315.
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tired and off to bed before you get home from your dinner"
 That's all right, old chap: Jenkins will look after the young one
 I heard Billings chuckle-I remem- bered that Chuckle afteTward.
 Not much of the young one there, Eighteen. you know. Never off to school, though. until last year-and by George. it was time, Between my mother and my sister the kid was be- ing absolutely ruined-petted, molyeod dled and was getting soft and silly oh something to make you sick Well. SO much obliged. Dicky You know what these hotels are. Good by"
 I explained to Jenkins, All right. sir" he said T won't go out until after nine. Itn be time enough"
 And so l went off returned early, about ten, and sat reading Jenkins was still away, and the door of my guest room was open
 Good evening"
 The voice behind me was soft. mu- sical, delicious.
 I whirled about, and there. within the door. leaning against the frame. was the most beautiful creature | ever saw in all my life.
 A girl, But oh. by love, such a girl! A lovely. rosy blonde. dash it! Golden haired angel-long, droopy kind of iashes, don't you know-eyes Nike dreamy sapphire seas-oh. that s6rt of thing--a peach!
 The leap that brought me to my
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the janitors wife to come up and stay near her"
 And dashed back, murmuriug some jolly rubbish of apology And then | just brought up speechless-almost fell over backward For as she stood there under the light. 1 saw that what l had taken for dress of black silk was not a dress at all, but a suit of pajamas-black, flmy pajamas, whose loose elegance concealed but could not wholly deny the goddess.Hke fig ure within.
 I'd haze known you anywhere. Mr Lightnut And then l found that e were shaking hands. my fingers crushed in grasp never could have thought possible from that tiny hand From hearing Jack talk, your name Is sort of household word in the Billings family
 mumblod something jolly idiotie- some acknowledgment But | was pink about the ears. and knew it while she was cool and serene as a lily of the hat-you-callit don't you know. l was trying not to see the paiamas. trying to pretend not to no tice them but dashed If I didn't only make 1t worse,
 For she looked down at herself with laugh-rather m embarrassed laugh. thought; and her little shrug and glance directed attention to her attire,
 'l see you're looking at the pa jamas." she said smiling.
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CHAPTER V.
The Girl From Radcliffe,


 Long distance call from Mir. Bill tngs, sir, said Jenkins, lifting the re- eeiyer.
 By love. he had just caught me as I was about to leave.
 Hello! That you, Lightnutr came his voice. Say, old chap, you remem- Der you said you wouldn't mind put ting up the kid overnight on the way home from college. Remember? Wants to rest over and come up the river on the day line"
 Yes. I remembered. and said so. "All right, then, it's tonight. Be there about nine from Boston Don't 20 to any trouble, now, nor alter any plans The kid will probably be dead
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Richard Iightnut, an American with an affected English accent. receives q pres s.f4t sg~.44 :. {. !ti.I ii eiaTs tste i,rsra at proves to be a pair of paJamas \ letter hints of surprise ta the wearsr. IiShthul dens the pa iama and late at night gets up for n smoke. Ills servant, Jenkin9, comes in and, failing to recognize Light nut. attempts To put him out Ihlnkihs the servant crazy. Ltghtnut changes ms clothes intending to summon help When he reappears Jenkins falls on his neck with Joy. confirming Iightnuts belief that he Is crazy
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SUFFERED
 EVERYTHING
For Fourteen Years. Restored To Health by Lydia E. Pink. hams Vegetable
 Compound.
Elgin, Ill.-"After fourteen years of suffering everything from female con-

plalnts, l am at last restored to health.
 "I employed the b e S t d tors and even went to the hospital for treat ment and was told there was no help for me. But while talk ing Lydia E. Pink ham s Veg e 3 ble Compound l began to improve and I
The Nevada County picayune., 1912-04-26

We want today men and women to think for themselves; working men have been too apt to accept the thoughts of ethers.-Exchange.
The Nevada County picayune., 1912-04-26

A woman is so used to pinuing things that she cant understand why a man should make so much fuss ahout a missing button.
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DECLARES |SNAY
 |S RESPONSIBLE
Senator Rayner Makes SCath, ina DenunCiation of Cor duct of Steamship
 Director.

Wsstern Newspaper Onion News Service.
 Nashington.-An indictment, rarely equaled in it's yigor of j. Bruce lsmay, managing director, and other officials of the White Star Line, holding them responsible for the Titanic disaster, was delivered in the senate by SeRa tor Bayner of Maryland, who picturtu Ismay as the officer primary respon- sible for the whole disaster who has reached his destination in safety and unharmed"
 Senator Rayner pointed out that while there were not civil nor criminal remedies available in the American courts. criminal and civil suits could have been brought In the British courts and that congressional com mittee would have absolute authority to subpoena everyone connected with the disaster
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No harmful drugs Tn Garfield Tea It is com posed wholly of simple health giving herbs
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Money sometimes talks when you want to keep 1t quiet
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Would Punish Directors.

'No explanation can bring back to earth a single life lost upon that fatal night. What We can do is 10 help fix the responsibility, if possible, and rely upon British justice to bring To bay the guilty directorate of this company
 Al civilized nations will applaud the criminal prosecution of the man agement of this line. If they can be made to suffer no sympathy will go oul for them.
 Two more bills framed on the Ios son drawn from the Titanic disaster were introduced in the .uusc One of them by Representative O'shauehnes- sy of Rhode Island would compel all ocean-going steamships to CT from the United States to carry constant and adequate wireless. Representative Parran of Maryland offered a measure to appro.r .riate $loo,0oo for naval tar get practice in destroying iceberes by the guns of the warships and by dropping explosives from airships.
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Makes Accusation Direct.

"Mr Ismay claims, according 10 re- ports that he took the last lfeboat," cried Senator Rayner. T do not be- lieve if, and if he did, it was coward ly to take any lifeboat, for the mana eing director of the line with his board, is crimnally responsible for this appalling tragedy.
 If this had happened on an Ameri- can vessel, there would be no question that an indictment would be found, and if the facts were sustained the officers of the company could be con. victed of manslaughter, if not of mur- der.
 "I have not the slightest doubt that the northern route was taken in obe- dience 10 Mir. Ismay's direct orders
 The martyrdom and the agonies of separation that took place on board the sinking ship are too fearful for the mind 10 contemplate but MT Is. may. the officer primarily responsible for the whole disaster, has reached his destination in safety and unharmed
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Need Orlqinal Thinkers.

(TO BE CONTINUEDD
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-04-13
BEACH DENIES THE CHARGE
Annoyed by Accusations That He Muir
derousIy Assaulted Wife.

Paris, April 13.-Frederick o, Beach
was prepared to fight the charge that
he murderously assaulted his wife with
his pocketknife at their winter home
at Aiken, S. c., slashing her throat.
Mr.. Beach was very much annoyed
over the report that a warrant for his
arrest had been issued by the Aiken
authorities and he intimated that he
would return to the United States to
face the absurd" charge.
Il cannot discuss this matter now,
said Mr.. Beach impatiently when ne
was asked to comment on the matter
"but when the proper time comes will
do plenty of talking. and I'll be very
willing. Just now there is no use try
ing to make me talk"
Mr.. Beach and his wife arrived here
and went to the home of w. K. Van
derbilt, who was the best man at the
Beach wedding. They will remain
with Mr.. Vanderbilt during their stay
In Paris, Mrs. Beach could not bt
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-04-13
TWO SETS OF
DELEGATES NAMED
Michigan Fight viii Be Carried
TO National Convention.

Bay City, Mich, April 13.-Taft and
Roosevelt men in Michigan politics,
refusing any basis of compromise after
twenty-four hours of conferences,
fought out their issues to the point
where state militia, police and ser
geant-at-arms were needed to maintain
a semblance of orderly procedure.
Roosevelt adherents during the con-
fusion in the hall took first action. In
the midst Of veritable pandemonium,
when no mans voice could be heard
ten feet away, they went through the
form of organizing the convention
with Speaker Baker of the Michigan
house of representatives as chairman,
elected their delegates and adopted
resolutions instructing them to vote
constantly and faithfully for the nom
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and almost overwhelming. 1t took a
large storehouse at Washington to
hold the supplies forwarded for her to
distribute.
Miss Barton continued this work of
mercy throughout the war, always in
Virginia. She kept herself independ-
ent of any of the state organizations
of relief and of the sanitary and
Christian commissions. In 1864 Gen.
eral Butler appointed her head nurse
of the hospitals in the Army of the
James.
After the war Miss Barton went
abroad. She was still in Europe at
the breaking out of the Franco-Prus-
sian war. She hurried to Strasburg
and was soon in the midst of work for
the relief of the wounded
She followed the Prussian army into
France and was engaged in Paris al
leviating the suffering she found there
during and after the fall of the com,
mune.
In 1877 she took up In America her
work for the establishment of the Red
Cross. Through President Garfield and
Secretary Blaine In 1881 she brought
about a meeting in Washington which
resulted in the formation of the Ameri
can Association of the Red Cross. She
| was made it's first president.
Among the great public calamitie:
which brought out her services fol
| organizing relief were the Johnstowr
| food In 1889, the Russian famine il
| 1892, the sea islands disaster in 189;
and the Armenian massacres in 1896
President Mckinley in 1898 request
| ed her to go to the relief Of the recon
| centradoes in Cuba and upon permis
| sion of the queen regent of Spain sh
entered upon that labor. She carries
On the fclG wor,- c. the Red Cros
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-04-13
CLARA BARTON
PASSES AWAY
Founder of Red Cross Dies
at Advanced Age.
HEROIC FIGURE in HISTORY

Saw Service in the War of the Rebel
lion in the United States and Minis
tered to Germans in the Franco
Prussian ConfIict-First to Organize
Relief in Great Public caIamities.
Washington, April 13.-Miss Clara
Barton, founder of the American Red
Cross society, is dead at her home in
Glen Echo, Md
The cause of her death was chronic
pneumonia with which she was strick-
en- about a year ago.
Miss Barton was ninety-one years of
age.
A figure no less heroic in annals of
humanity than Florence Nightingale's
is that of Clara Barton. Her passing
away will be mourned in three conti-
nents.
Clara Barton was born at Oxford,
Mass, on Christmas day, 1921. Her
life, until the Civil war spread its
horrors through the land, was much
like that of many an ambitious Yam
kee girl. She taught a country school
for a time, disliked that and went to
work in a cloth factory; then turned
back to teaching, saving funds to give
herself better education. This she got
at the Liberal institute in Clinton,
N. Y.
The outbreak of the Civil war found
her in that position. 1t was the cap
ture of her brother James by Union
troops on the James river that caused
her to take the step which decided her
future career. She desired to go to
General Buffers headquarters and ask
him for her brothers release. Con-
vinced that it would be best for her
purpose if she presented herself as a
volunteer nurse, she resigned her en-
ployment and went first to Worcester,
| Mass.
There she advertised that she would
receive stores and money for wounded
soldiers. The response was immediate
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ination of Theodore Roosevelt and for
"a progressive platform measuring up
to the requirements of the Twentieth
century civilization"
Militia and police took charge of the
convention hall when attempts were
made to attack speakers on the stage.
Several fist fights occurred on the
floor.
When Temporary Chairman Fellows,
of the Taft forces, took the gavel and
the Roosevelt men began Withdrawing
from the armory the confusion sub
sided to a degree and the Taft follow
ers organized and named six delegates
to the Chicago convention.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-04-13
WORRY MAY HAVE
FASTENED The END
General Grant Feared He Had
Fathers MaIady.

New York, April 13.-Universal sor-
row is expressed over the death Of
General Frederick d. Grant and the
feeling of grief was not confined to
military circles, as the dead soldier
was popular here. Pending the issu-
ance of an official statement clearing
up some of the mysterious incidents
surrounding the generals last illness
there was wide speculation whether
worry had not been the contributing
cause of death.
Fred Grant, as young man, was
the constant companion of his dis
tinguished father, General U. S. Grant,
and he often told friends that the
sight of his fathers suffering had COM
pletely unnerved him.
When he was seized with throat
trouble last year he was convinced
that the malady which ended the ca
reer of his distinguished sire, cancer
OF the throat and tongue, had laid its
heavy hand on him and all efforts to
Sldh6 OH LHdt leellHS ldlleu.
Illness Caused Depression.
Friends believed that this feeling of
depression must have interfered with
the operation recently performed, al
though the cause of death as certified
by the attendant physicians was heart
failure.
kilograms and cablegrams of sym
pathy were received from all over the
world at the Hotel Buckingham, where
the grief stricken family are staying.
The general had been at the Buck
ingham only since Wednesday night,
having been taken there from the hos
pital in the hope that his surround
ings would be more cheerful and add
to the rapidity of his recovery.
Early Thursday evening he was feel
ing better than at any time since he
was first taken ill, but about IL O'Clock
he became faint and soon afterward
the heart seizure followed. Before
doctors, who had been frantically
summoned by telephone, could arrive
the general was dead.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-04-13
ON EVE OF STATE PRIMARY
Colonel Roosevelt Plans Invasion of
Nebraska.

Lincoln, Neb., April l3.-Positiye an
nouncement was made at Roosevelt
headquarters here that the ex-presi-
dent would tour the state on the eve
OF the presidential primary, April 19.
The Roosevelt dates are not definitely
fixed, but the message from the Oyster
Bay candidate states that he expects
either Monday or Tuesday, speaking at
Lincoln, Omaha, York, Hastings and
other towns.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-04-13
is CAPTURED IN CHICAGO
Former Toronto Banker Alleged to
Have Stolen $500, 900.

Chicago, April 13.-Dr. Beattie Mes
bit, former president of the Farmers
National bank of Toronto, was arrest
ed here charged with having stolen
100000 of the banks funds a year
ago.
Nesbit is said to have been living In
the downtown district. Chicago police
were unaware of his presence until
notified by the Toronto officer
Nesbit came here two months ago
and obtained employment In chemi
cal laboratory. This caused the police
to believe he now is penniless.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-04-13
THREE TOWNS ARE ISOLATED
News AnxiousIy Awaited From Arkan-
sas Communities.

Memphis, Tenn, April 13.-Tele-
phone communication has been lost
with Luxora, Osceola and Marked
Tree, Ark, and the last news heard
from the first two named towns was
that the levee situation was grave.
This announcement was made by the
st. Francis levee board.
The last report from Marked Tree
said the water was rising steadily
there at about an inch an hour. Wom-
en- and children have been taken to the
highest points in Luxora, which for
the most part lies below the levee.
Every ablebodied man at Luxora is
engaged in working on the levee. A
signal has been agreed on to warn all
hands in the event of break.
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Mrs. La Toilette on Stump.

San Francisco, April 13.-Thomas
X. Kase, president of the state La
Toilette league, announced that Mrs.
La Toilette would conduct speech
making campaign in California in the
interest of her husbands candidacy for
the Republican nomination for presi-
dent. She will accompany the senator
to California after the Oregon prima-
ries and will make addresses to the
women voters of the principal cities
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TITANIC ON FIRST VOYAGE
Biggest Steamship Leaves southamp.
ton for New York.

Southampton, Eng, April 13.-The
new White Star liner Titanic, the lar
gest vessel afioat, started from this
port on her maiden voyage to New
York. She carried $50 first class pas
sengers. There was a large crowd
present to witness her departure and
enthusiastic cheers were raised as she
left.
The titanic is $50 feet inches long,
has beam Of so feet 9 inches, dis
places $4,000 tons and is of $4,000 tons
net register. She can carry 1900 pas.
sengers, 600 In the saloon, 500 In the
second cabin and 1900 In the steerage
while she has a crew of SEQ.