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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-06

Chicago. Jan. 6.-Senator LaFollette
closed his campaign in Illinois for
delegates to the national Republican
convention with a speech this morn
Ing at Danville. the home of former
Speaker Cannon. Later in the day
Senator LaFollette will 70 into Indi-
ana where he speaks at Indianapolis.
Terre Haute and Richmond.
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Beat Record.

Detroit. Mich. Jan. s.-With q
minimum temperature of four degrees
below zero. between and O'Clock
this morning. and maximum of only
four above during the day, yesterday
was the coolest day recorded by the
Detroit weather bureau since 1907.
The local forecaster predicts from
five to ten below for tonight.
Many cities upstate reported the
mercury down to sixteen below, with
heavy snow and severe winds seriously
impeding steam and electric railroad
traffic.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-06
REV, R|CHESON
CONFESSED TO
AWFUL CRIME
Guilty of Having Poisoned
His Former Sweetheart,
Miss Linnell
WAS GIVEN TO HIS COUNSEL
AND BY HIM MADE PUBLIC
Says He Is Deeply Penitent For His
Crime And Has Suffered the Torturcs
of the Damncd-Still Has Hope of
Salvation.
. - . - .
THE CnNEE,SSI0N

THE CONFESSION.
Deeply penitdnt for my sin and
earnestly desiring. SO far as in my
power lies. to make atonement, l
hereby confess I'm guilty of tho
offense.
I am moved to this course by no
inducement of self benefit or lem
ency. Heinous as Is my crime.
God has not wholly abandoned
me and my conscience and man
hood, however depraved and
blighted. will not admit my still
further wronging. by public
trial. her whose pure. young life l
destroyed. Under the lashings of
remorse / have suffered and am
. suffering the tortures of the damn
ed.
4. In this find a measure of COM
fort. In my mental anguish l
recognize there is still, by the mer-
cy Of the Master. remnant of the
Divine spark Of goodness still
lingering within me. could wish
to live only because within some
prisons walls / might in some
small measure, redeem my sinful
> past. help some other despairing
soul. and at last find favor with
my God.
. . . go sssss
Boston, Jan. e.-Rev. C. v. I
Richeson. former pastor of 1mmanue
Baptist church of Cambridge, toda
made a written confession to the ef
feet that he poisoned his forme
sweetheart. Miss Avis Linnell. TIL
statement was given into the hands q
his counsel who made the confessio
public at l o'clock this afternoon.
Just before neen today the Judge
OF the superior court and district at
torney went into conference at tn
court house and about an hour late
representatives of the press were call
ed to the office of William A. Morse
leading counsel of the accused cler
gyman and given the confession, whic
is dated three days ago. Counsel re
fused to comment on 1t.
1t ia said hero the only hope q
saving Richeson from death in tn
electric chair after his confession |
by having him adjudged insane or b
the Communication of his sentence b
the governor and the executive coun
Gil. The death penalty is the onl
sentence that can be inflicted by tn
state upon a verdict of guilty of mur
der in the first degree.
District Attorney Pelletier admitte
Richeson might possibly be brough
into court before the day set for tn
trial. but that such action depende
upon the attitude Of his counsel.
This is regarded as an indicatio,
that the district attorney and cour
might find legal way to accept
plea Of guilty of murder in the sec
ond degree and permit life sentence
AS Richeson stands before the Law
he is indicted for murder in the frs
degree in taking the life Of Miss Lin
nell by giving her cyanide postas
SUM.
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LIBERAL TERMS
OFFERED MAUCHUS
Granted the Forbidden City
and the Imperial Palace
at Peking

cSa oAA6 pOSltlOu. now CONSIDERS the tu.
t1re Of China entirely in its hands.
most unanimously in favor Of the re.
publican movement and the regular
trained army will come over to their
side almost to man.
The cabinet formed by DR.. Sun Vat
Sen today announced the terms IL will
oter tho Manchus on. submission
These are much more generous than
at first believed would be the case.
Ihey include the free grant of the
forbidden city and the summer palace
IN Pektng, which is worth 100000.
The good faith Of the republicans
Is shown by the fact that the Man
chus In the southern provinces are
now being supported, fed and clothed,
by the revolutionaries and any abuse
OF them is severely punished by the
republican government.
Heavy Loss.
Pekins, Jan. 5.-Seven hundred inn
perial troops are reported to have
been killed or wounded Thursday in q
battle with revolutionists near Han
kow, province Of Hu Peh.
The imperial forces were evacuat-
ing tho city when two Of their trains
were destroyed. From these trains
1.oo0 troops. Independent Of their
commanders. were. making a .neffort
to return to HAnkow. The revolution
lists. howev4E. attacked them vigor-
ously. infiicting heavy losses. There
was conference in Hankow today
between imperialists and revolution
lists. but no agreement was reached.
1t Is believed that the fighting will
be resumed tomorrow. Government
reinforcements are being rushed to-
ward Hankow. The imperial com.
mander reports a battle near Hwang
Pei, a short distance north OF Han
kow.
The 5000 imperial government
troops ordered from Paoting and Shi
Kai Lanchow, arrived there late yes.
terday. Considerable fighting occur
red In the city during the night. Tsle-
graph wires were cut and the mail
trains suspended until noon today.
The commandant at Lanchow tele-
graphed to the legations in Peking
today that only p rotion Of the twen-
tisth division Of the imperial army
neers have since been subdued and
punished and order has been com.
pletely restored.
Government troops are now con-
centrating at Lanchofw to maintain
order and make preparations to meet
Q possible landing OF revolutionists
from Canton.
Revolutionary committees have is-
sued warning to Cantonese officials
here that they must leave the govern
ment service or their homes will be
destroyed. Many Of them are resign
ing and departing from Peking.
Consular kilograms received here
from Chung King say that he great
est disorder prevails at Cheng Tu.
According to these kilograms, the
viceroy Of the province Of Chao Erh
Feng, who was reported yesterday to
have .recapturd Cheng Tu. took re-
10. but the revolutionaries. seized and
executed him as we'll as the general
of the imperial troops.
One hundred and forty foreigners
left Chung King for Peking yester-
day.
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, . ssss s.'sss -
THE WEATHER.
North Dakota: Fair and con.
tinued cold tonight and Sunday.
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Cold in Ohio.

Toledo. Ohio. Jan. 6.-Four degrees
below zero is what the government
thermometer registered at Z O'Clock
this morning. This is the lowest point
reached here in eight years. A still
lower mark is expected by tonight.
Owing to the lack of natural gas for
operating their machinery, numerous
factories were compelled to close
down today
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From Kansas to Massachus-
etts Low Temperatures
Have Been Recorded
SUPERIOR HAD THE LOWEST
RECORD IN UNITED STATES
Reached Thirty. Eight Below and Du.
luth Was Close Second
Point to Colder Weather With No
Prospect Of Immediate Letup.

Chicago. Jan. 6.-Another drop in
the temperature marked the sixth day
of the cold wave through the middle
west today. From many cities came
reports Of broken records. Superior,
Wis. having the unusual low mark Of
Ss degree below. the lowest point
touched in the United States. Duluth
was just a half point behind with q
temperature of 81 1-2.
A general snow fall throughout II.
iinois. Iowa. Michigan and Missouri
added to the general misery. The OH.
cial forecast of the government
bureau here was that snow would con-
tinue to fall tonight and Sunday, and
the temperature would drop several
degrees. No predictions are made as
to when the mercury will again start
on its upward Journey.
The general temperature range in
the Canadian northwest today is from
IA to 3S below. The range in the
northwestern part of the United States
is from 18 to 80 below.
Locally the records for two years
were broken today. Just two years
ago today the mercury dropped to 10
below zero. The telegraph companies
have experienced much trouble.
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CoIdest in Eieht Yesra.

Green Bay. Wis, Jan. 6.-The Unit.
ed States weather bureau thermometer
here today registered 26 below, the
coldest in eight years.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-04-19

Turkish baths were all closely to-
sether on lower deck, from which
elevators carried the passengers to
the various upper decks.
AS in her sister ship, the "Olym,
pic passengers on the Titanic
descended the grand staircase to the
main reception room. which, in turn,
led into the great dining salon. from
which it was separated by glass
Stretching the full width of the yes
sci and amidships. the main dining
salon was light and cheerful, and
at night, with its myriads of electric
lights, it presented veritable fairy
land
Three screws, propelled the tur-
bine and reciprocating engines, fur
nished the motive power OF the
great Titanic" Leaving Southamp-
ton and calling at Cherbourg and
Plymouth for continental passengers
on Wednesdays, she was expected
TO reach New York on the following
Tuesday evening.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-04-19
CAPTAIN HAD FINE RECORD
Tltanlc's Commander Thirty.eiehs
Years in Service.

New York, April 1.-THE honor be-
slowed on Captain Edward John
Smith. when he was selected n COM
mand the Titanic and taken on the
Olympic for that purpose was consid.
cred remarkable among steamship
commanders, for ii is deep sea ira.
di;ion that captains career is ended
when his vessel meets with serious
mishap.
The Olympic has twice met with
misfortune with Captain Smith as her
commander, but the White Star COM
pany knew that they were justified in
placing every reliance on the man who
has ruled over the finest steamships
in the world.
Captain Smith has been in the serv-
ice of the White Star company for
thlrty-eight years. He has commanded
the Republic-the old Republic, not
the one that the Florida sank off Nan
tucket lightship-the Britannia, the
Germanic and the Majestic.
He brought over the Baltic when
she was the biggest vessel on the seas;
then the Adriatic and last the Oiym-
pic. In the White Star service he is
known as The Old Man"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-04-19

The largest steamer in the world
went down at sea early Monday.
Larger even than the giantess
Olympic" the new White Star Line
leviathan Titanic" begun her
maiden trip under the most auspi-
cious circumstances only TO be lost
in the Atlantic in one of the great
est marine disasters of history.
Many wonderful innovations were
made part of this newest of trans
atlantic wonders. The "Titanic's'
$4,000 tons of displacement and 49,
1928 tons gross register were not her
sole claim 10 distinction as the most
elaborate handiwork of the ship.
wrights. The Titanic" was the first
steamer to be built with private
promenades in connection with some
of her splendid suites. Heretofore
the newest and greatest ocean lin.
ers have been, in fact, floating
apartment hotels. but it fell TO the
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-04-19
Titanic Valued at 100000
and She Had ON Board Dia-
TlOndS and Bonds.
SMALL AMOUNT OF FREIGHT
Cargo Worth About Halt Million
Dollars and 3,424 Bags
Of Mail Total Loss.

New York, April 1.-THE Titanic
was insured at Lloyds' for $4,000 900.
according TO advices from London, and
ii was said that the International AIer.
camille Marine company also carried
surplus fund for insurance purposes
which could be applied to the loss.
The cost of building the great liner
has been estimated at Sl0.000,000. al.
though Vice President Franklin of the
White Star line insisted that her value
was not over $8,000,000
The total monetary loss caused by
the sinking of the ship, however. is
certain TO run TO many millions more.
but the total amount cannot even be
coniectured. 1t is generally understood
that the vessel had aboard diamonds
OF great value, estimated as high as
s5,000.000, and also large amount of
bonds. The amount of freight carried
was comparatively small for the size
of the ship and, according TO White
Star official, its value would not reach
over 100000.
The Titanic carried 3.424 bags of
mail of unknown value which ii is
hardly likely was saved
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may best be had when it is noted
that the main promenade deck alone
had an unbroken sweep of 1870 yards
on either side OF The ship.
\ Partisan cafe and palm room
We're bur some of the features of
this remarkable vessel
Besides tho main dining salon,
which had Il seating capacity for
nearly 600 passengers, there was an
a Ia carte restaurant. French serv-
ice. which seated 300 passengers.
The size OF the staterooms was
also one OF the remarkable features
OF the giantess Titanic" Varying
from eight feet 10 nine feet six
inches in height. they were all
roomy Some OF the two.berth cab
ms were seventeen by ten feet sly
inches in size There were no four
berth rooms, but a great number of
single-berth rooms So by 1919 feet.
We're provided.
y great swimming pool. squash
racket court. gymnasium and the
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-04-19

Titanic" 10 provide the transatlan-
tic traveller with an actual private
residence. even 10 the exclusive
promenade deck. without cncroach-
ing upon the space OF the other
hundreds OF lirst.cabin voyagers.
The Titanic" like its sister ships.
the Olympic" possessed the great
length of $50 feet six inches. and
a beam OF ninety,two feet, six in
ches. over the boat deck, the I'll
tanic's" beam reached ninety-four
feet even, from rail TO rail.
Four great tunnels rose sic feet
above the uppermost deck with Il to-
tai distance OF l75 feet from the
top of the tunnels TO the keel
Fifteen watertight bnlkheads di-
vided the great vessel, and these
were declared TO make her unsink-
able even though half OF her com
partments should be filled with wa
ter. Eleven steel decks added 10 the
"Titanies" staunchness, while an
idea of the vast promenading space
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-04-19
APPEAL TO SAVE OUR SOULS
Message That Was Sent Over the
Wireless BY Phillips.

London, April 1.-THE man who
sent the Hateful IS. o. s." wirless
appeal for assistance, the Marconi
operator aboard the Titanic, was
John George Phillips, resident OF
Godalming. Surrey.
An official of the Marconi com.
pany stated that Phillips was one
of their most trusted and efficient
men.
He had been six years in our
employment" that official said, land
he was twenty-six years old He
had operated the wireless all over
the world and on many vessels. His
installation on the Titanic possessed
range Of about 500 miles under
all conditions. Usually, however,
it would convey messages 10 a much
greater distance.
phillips took day and night turns
with his assistants at the apparatus.
so that it was never for moment
left unmatched.
THE equipment OF rhc wireless
cabin on the Titanic included all
the latest improvements and was
the best Of its kind in existence"
The Official explained how the I'll.
tanic's cry OF distress would be
dealt with when the first IS. O. s."
signals came 10 thrill the night shift
man in the operating room on
Dreary Cape Race The old danger
signal was &C. Q. d." and the opera
tors used TO speak of it as Come
Quickly, Danger" Now they have
this phrase for the new IS O. s."
They speak of il as Save our
souls" and this is the words flashed
by Phillips. that brought the ships
10 the Titanic's side.
The &C. @. D." signal was aban-
doned because it was possible 10
confuse it with others. Thus, the
postmaster general decided TO sub
stitute IS. o. S." There is nothing
else like that in all the Morse code.
Phillips is without doubt one of
the victims of the disaster
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-04-19
MANY WEALTHY PASSENGERS
Colonel John Jacob Astor Richest Man
on Titanic.

New York, April l6 - Immense
wealth was represented among the
passengers OF the Titanic. there being
on board at least six men each OF
whose fortunes might be reckoned in
tens of millions OF dollars. A rough
estimate OF the total wealth represent.
ed in the first class passenger list
would reach over half billion dollars.
The wealthiest of the list is Colonel
John Jacob Astor. head of the famous
house whose name he bears. who is
reputed to be worth Sl50,000.000 Mr.
Astor was returning from a tour OF
Egypt with his bride. who was Miss
Madeline Force, TO whom he was
married in Providence Sept. 8.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-04-19
WERE NOT ON lLL-FATED BOAT
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederic Snyder For
tunately Delayed in Italy.
From TUESDAYS Daily.

Mr.. and Mrs. Frederic H. Snyder,
formerly of Mankato, now of st. Paul,
who are in Europe. narrowly miss
ed being passengers on the illfated
Titanic and but for fortunate de-
lay in Italy would have been in Eng
land in time to procure passage on
the ship.
Word was received in st. Paul
yesterday that the ST. Paul I'M
presario had to make arrangements
to leave London next week and had
booked passage on the next steamer
of the White Star line to leave an
English port. This happens to be
the Oceanic, which sails from
Queenstown next Wednesday,
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LIVELY SCENE AT LLOYOs
Shippers Rush TO Rsinsurs on Hear.
ing First News.

London, April 16.-Some OF the Lon.
don newspapers went to press under
the belief that all aboard the Titanic
were safe and that the vessel was pro-
ceeding for Halifax. These in edito-
rails congratulate all concerned that
mans inventive genius has reduced
the perils Of a sea voyage to a mini
mum.
Later dispatches recording the sink
ing Of the Titanic with loss of life APP
pear only In the very latest editions.
Exciting scenes were witnessed at
Lloyds underwriting rooms. Insurance
losses during the last six months In
liners OF the biggest class have been
unparalleled in the history OF Lloyds
Since the Olympic collision both the
Delhi and Oceania have been wrecked
and now comes the disaster of the
Titanic. When business opened there
was rush to reinsure. Fifty guineas
Per cent was charged and this rapidly
rose to 60. but later dropped to % on
news that the Titanic was being towed
10 Halifax.
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SAVED SUFFER HARDSHlPS
Dispatch Says They Were Picked Up
Eight Hours After Sinking.

New York, April 16.-Those who
We're saved after the disaster have
gone through hardships OF exposure
and peril which may have left many
OF them in a serious condition. A dis
patch given out at the White Star Of
fees said that those rescued by the
Carpathia were picked up from a
small fleet" of lifeboats at 1890
o'clock Monday morning, eight hours
after the Titanic is reported to have
gone TO the bottom.
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she had been assured that she would
be notified by telephone as soon as
any word came from the Carpathia or
the Olympic. Mrs Guggenheim was as.
sisted TO her automobile and returned
to her hotel.
There was constant procession of
automobiles and taxicabs and women
from Fifth avenue and the Bowery
mingled together in the foyer OF the
building while they scanned the bule-
tins giving the latest news of the sea
tragedy Many pleaded with the
clerks not TO Withhold information
from them.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-04-19
FEDERAL CONTROL OF
WIRELESS OPERATION
President and Cabinet Officers
Confer on Subject.

Washington, April 17.-Stirred by
the horror OF the Titanic disaster all
official Washington was preparing for
steps TO minimize the possibilities OF
another such tragedy.
Congress began framing legislation
TO govern lifesaving appliances and
wireless service and President Taft.
aonbly touched by the probable loss
of his friena and military aide Major
Archibald w. Butt. held conferences
with cabinet officers. 10 consider gov
ernment control over the operation Of
wireless.
In the house what may result In
federal investigation into the causes
OF The wreck and the enactment OF pro-
tective measures was begun with reso-
lntions offered by Representatives Mott
and Hardwick. The Mott resolution
provides for searching inquiry by The
merchant marine committee.
The Hardwick resolution would
touch upon regulations for lifesaving
apparatus. Under the Mott resolution
the IucfSHaut Ilidi me OOiiiLllltSC WOulu
sit as court and compel the attend
ance of witnesses.
President Taft was In conference at
the White House for nearly two hours
with some OF his cabinet officers whose
functions cover the operations OF this
new system of ielegraphy These
We're Secretaries Stimson, Meyer and
Nagel. Attorney General Wickersham
also was called in 10 give legal advice
as to the necessities In legislative
way OF additional laws
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-04-19
TO MEET LINER CARPATHIA
President viii Send Two Revenue Cut
ters to Act as Escort.

Washington, April 17..-President
Taft has tentatively decided to dis
patch two revenue cutters from New
York to Sandy Hook TO meet the Car
pathia and act as an escort into the
harbor.
The question Will be definitely deter.
mined at a conference between the
president and Secretary MacVergh OF
the treasury department II conveys
are sent out they viii b. the cutters
Seneca and Mohawk, now al New
York
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CONGRESS MAY TAKE ACTION
Legislation Probable Regarding More
Lifesaving Apparatus.

Washington, April 17.-Legislation
requiring ocean liners TO be fully
equipped with lifesaving apparatus Is
imperative and will receive the atten-
tion of congress, according TO Chair
man Alexander of the house commit
tee on merchant marine and fisheries,
who said that the Titanic horror TO-
cused the attention Of the lawmaking
body on the danger of sea travel un.
der existing conditions.
IF reports are true that the Titanic
had aboard lifeboats sufficient to care
for only one.third Of the passengers"
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SMITH DIES AT HIS POST
Several Other Officers of the Titanic
Among Survivors.

Cape Race. April IA wireless
message from Captain Haddock of the
steamship Olympic, relayed by the
Celtic, read as follows:
Please allay rumor that the Yir-
ginian has any of the THAMES pas
sengers on. Neither has the Tunisan.
believe that the only survivors are
on the Carpathia.
"The second, third, fourth and fifth
officers and the second marconi opera
tor are the only officers reported
saved"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-04-19
MEN FIGHT TO GET NEWS
Police Reserves Called to Control New
York Crowd

New York. April 16.-Police reserves
had to be called TO several sections
OF the city 10 control crowds gathered
around newspaper bulletin boards for
news of the Titanic The disaster
shocked the bay Broadway district
The newspaper district was crowded.
Bowling Breen. in front of the White
Star line offices, was the parking place
Of large number of automobiles or
prominent residents Of the city who
lad driven downtown for first hand in
formation. Wealth rubbed elbows
with poverty in the crowd that be-