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The daily sentinel., 1912-05-28

severe restraining statutes must be
repealed, and a new dignity given
this important field of labor"
Just before delivering his speech,
Senator Smith, chairman of the sub
committee which investigated the
wreck, submitted the committees re-
port and its conclusions.
The report is largely a review of
the evidence, and contains recon-
mendations for legislation.
No particular persons are named
as being responsible for the Titanic
wreck, although attention is called
to the fact that three distinct warn
ings OF ice were sent to Captain
Smith.
J. Bruce Ismay is barely mentioned
in the report.
The ice positions were definitely
reported to the Titanic" says the re-
port. Just preceding the accident
ice was located on both sides of the
line in which she was travelling. No
discussion took place among the Of
ticers; no conference was called to
consider these warnings, and no heed
was given them. The speed of the
vessel was not relaxed, and the look
out was not increased
The committee concludes that the
lights OF the Titanic We're visible to
the Californian before the former
struck the iceberg, and that the Cal
ifOrnian must have seen the distress
rockets that were fired from the Ii
taniC.
The report says:
The committee is forced to the in
eyitable conclusion that the Califor-
nian, controlled by the same COM
pany, was nearer the Titanic than
the 100 miles reported by her cap
tain, and that her officers and crew
saw the distress signals and failed to
respond to them in accordance with
the duties oil humanity, international
usage and the requirements of law.
The only reply TO the distress signals
was a counted signal from a large
white light which was flashed for
nearly two hours from the mast of
the Californian"
The committee believes that many
more lives could have been saved had
oentTated in the few lifeboats and
had the boats thus released returned
to the wreckage for others.
The committee says that the first
official information was a message
from Captain Haddock of the Olym-
pic, received at the White Star Line
offices at GLE on Monday, April 10.
Attention is called to the fact that,
in the face of this information,
message, reporting that the Titanic
was being towed towards Halifax,
was sent TO Representative j. A.
Hughes at Huntington, w. Va, at
1915 am. of that day. Whoever
sent this message" says the report,
under the circumstances, is guilty
of the most reprehensible conduct.
1t is recommended that all ships
carrying more than hundred pas
sengers should have two search
lights; that a revision should be
made of the steamship inspection
laws of foreign countries to stand
ard proposed in the United States;
that every ship should be required
to carry sufficient lifeboats for all
the passengers and crew; that the
use of the wireless should be so reg
ulated as to prevent the interference
of amateurs, and that all ships should
have a wireless operator on duty
constantly.
The daily sentinel., 1912-05-28
NEWSPAPER DOES NOT
HAVE TO REVEAL SOURCE

= Milwaukee, Wis. May 2S.-A =
: question involving newspaper !,
> men and the inyiolability of :,
= confidence bestowed in news I,
:, paper man was definitely settled Z,
= in Milwaukee, when a local cir :,
: cult judge announced that he =
= would refuse to require a re- :,
: porter to testify as to the source :,
= of his information in regard to :,
:, news article he wrote. =
: = = = = = $4,000
The case centered about the Sc
lection of property for county use
A local paper sent A. T. Abernathy
to investigate the situation. His re-
view caused Attorney Henry j. Kill
lilea, former owner of the Boston
American baseball club, to demand
that Alternately testify as to the
source of his information. The de-
mand was refused.
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Over with Friends.

MISS duncan and Miss COX of
Galesburg. ILL.,, stopped over for day
with Mrs. Rinearson and Mrs. l.. X.
Byers yesterday en- route home from
trip to the coast.
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May % last Saturday for &c whips
for 25c. Fred Mantey.
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Stetson Man Here.

c. L. Duke, representing the John
b. Stetson Hat company, is here
today on business.
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To Longnont.

To Longmont.
Mrs. A. Desch and son. Glen. left
this afternoon for a two or three
weeks visit to Longmont and Denver.
The daily sentinel., 1912-05-28

G. w. Peugh of the telephone COM
pany. left this afternoon for short
visit business visit to Glenwood.
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BIG DO|NGS At
THE ORPHEUM

In addition to regular program,
Senior Eugene Champiun light and
heavy balancing. Tuesday, We'd
nesday and Thursday, May 2S, ~
and 80. Same price, 10c.
Bring your feet and let us fit them
at half price. Boston Shoe store.
The City Van, Transfer. Livery
Storage company. All kinds of haul
ing and the best of livery equipment
Prompt attention to all branches OF
the business. Barton & Terrill. pro
pretors.
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Accents Position.

Accepts Position.
Coleman Perkins has accepted a
position on the John f. Moore ranch
at Bridgeport for the summer.
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WANT ADS (COntinued).

FOR SALE-Cows; 140 West White.
DRESSMAKING-Mrs. Risdon, Ala
Rockaway.
FOR RENT-New Broom furnished
apartment with bath. electric
lights and gas. Heflin Bros, G.
V. bank building.
FOR RENT-5-room modern house
North Seventh, nearly new. s15;
Groom. modern house North Sixth.
new. $25; 8 rooms, modern South
avenue, $17; 5 rooms. modern,
close in. on Rood, SIS; rooms
East White. s12 Heflin Bros,
G. V. bank building.
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FOR sALE-Cows; 14O West White.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-10
BONDS HALF SOLD
Money to Wipe Out Last Years
Indebtedness Secured.
With Sale of Remaining Half
Team VIII Be Financed.

About half of the bonds issued by
the Topeka Baseball Association have
been sold The officers have several
other sales pending and it is believed
the entire amount Will be disposed of
before the season Of 1913 begins.
The bond issue was for $4,000.
The bonds are due in ten years and
will draw 7 per cent. interest With
the sal OF this amount to the stock
holders. all Indebtedness Of last year
will have been pail and the club will
have enough money on hand to pay
the spring training expenses
The spring training will cost con-
sfderably less this year. 1t viii not be
necessary to spend as much money as
last year for the purchase of players
and it will not be necessary to spend
money in improving the park The
$4,000 spent on park improvements
last year hit the treasury hard
The management has reserved thirty
men for the coming season Arch"
Catlin. president of the organization.
does not think 1t will be necessary to
spend any money for outfeIders or
pitchers. A National League catcher
has been purchased and but little ex-
pense will accrue on the inffeId- Il is
believed that the surplus players can
be sold for enough money to pay for
the purchase of one or two fast men
needed to strengthen the team
Only fifteen men are needed during
the playing season This will mean
the release of an equal number.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-10
BROOKLYN JIMMIE ALIVE
Veteran sporting Men Denied Pleasure
Of Funeral

New York. Dec. 1o.-An imposing
array of taxicabs carried many of the
veteran sporting men of New York
city to Sheepshead Bay last night to
attend the funeral of Jimmie Car
roll, oldume prize fighter. Brooklyn
Jimmie was popular for years along
Broadway and when word of his
death from injuries in a train accident
reached Broadway all of his old ad-
mirers agreed to attend the funeral in
a body.
When they reached the Carroll
house they were a little surprised that
there was no crepe on the door. Are
we too late for the last sad rites 20
asked Jack McAulife, former worlds
lightweight champion.
The answer came promp pity from the
darkened hallway. It was in Jimmie
CarrolPs own voice, and the language
was emphatic
I'll prove to the man who started
this story of my death that I am far
from dead" cried Carroll, as the
astonished men filed into his parlor.
He explained that he had been injured
as reported, but was now well on the
road to recovery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-10
NO RAISE FOR TWO
Cobb and Crawford Must Play
for Old Wages.
Attendance Poor, So More Pay
Is Denied.

Detroit. Mich, Dec. 10.-'If Cobb
and Crawford desire to quit baseball
rather than play for me salaries We
paid them last year. let them quit, =
said President Navin of the Detroit
Tigers. We won't pay them what
they demand, because we can L Be
fore a club can pay out big salaries TO
players. it must take in the money at
the gate.
1T has been said that Cobb and
Crawford were all there was to the
Detroit team; that if they were out OF
the lineup the Tigers would be a
chronic second division team. They
were not taken out of the lineup last
season, and the Tigers were a chronic
second division outfit, finishing sixth
So that theory is exploded
1T also has been said that Ty Cobb
constituted about all the drawing
power of the Tigers. Well, on our
last home stand five hundred was a
fair crowd and a thousand was hum
uer, notwithstanding that we had the
Bostons, Washingtons and Athletics,
the three leaders, as attractions w nile
Cobb undoubtedly has large drawing
power, the theory that he alone brings
the money in at the gate also is ex-
p1oded.
The Bugs Want Victories.
When a ball player reaches about
the five thousand mark in baseball,
his value as q player has reached its
limit Whatever he draws above that
is for his value as a gate attraction
Last season proved that it is not Cobb
the bugs want to see, so much as they
desire to see the Tigers win So we
canA6 figure out that Cobb is worth
$4,000, or Crawford considerably
more than $4,000"
The Detroit baseball club is agree
able to the proposition which came
out of Washington to the effect that
Clark Griffith desires to acquire Geo.
Mullin- Nayin will be glad to trade if
Griffith has any reasonable exchange
to offer. MuIlin is regarded as through
mere, though he probably has as much
stuff in his salary wing as he ever
had. In Detroit conditions are not
favorable to his doing good work. For
several years a certain element of the
patrons has been Grabbing him.
Naturally it has affected his work He
has been on the outs with several of
the players and this also has had a
bad result MulIin wants to go to
some other team and the majority of
the Detroit public would be glad to see
him go.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-10

they had pitched against one another.
In the ninth inning, with the score
0 to 0 and hits very few, Woods came
to bat. The second ball thrown by
Woodwork was knocked through the
shortstop and rolled into a gopher
hole, about a third of. the distance out
toward the center fielder. The out
feIders worked hard to get the ball.
but before they could recover 1t,
Woods had made the circuit and won
the game. Woods has not pitched
league ball for several seasons, but
regularly every spring he has a bunch
Of youngsters on hand to recommend
to minor club mauaSers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-10
rs for advertising pur-

and pass-riders for advertising pur-
poses
We believe that if We could permit
one man or woman in every six passen-
gers to ride on a pass, we could place
the free list where it would do US an
immense amount of good The pass
rider is bound to be a friend, for if we
found he was not friendly, we could
cut him off our list Even in the days
of interstate passes We were glad to
have about one passenger in six to ride
on a pass, but Of course We tried to
place them jUrdiciOusIy.''
The abolition of the pass in Colorado
has made more work for the ticket
clerk, and trains are noticeably lighter
than they were month ago. The
politician, who was always noticeably
in evidence in the hotel corridors q
month before the time for converting
Of the legislature. is conspicuous, in
most cases, by his absence. He is
waiting until a few days before the fall
of the speakers gavel. for he cannot
afford to run back and forth between
home and the capital if he has to pay
his fare
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-10
FLYNN MEETS M'CARTY
Fireman and White Hope VIII Go
Twenty Rounds.

Los Angeles Cal, Dec. 1o.-Jim
Flynn and Luther McCarty, aspirants
to the white heavyweight champion
ship, who will meet at Vernon arena
tomorrow night in a twenty round
bout, ended training today. Each de-
cIared himself fit to enter the ring and
both appeared to be in excellent con-
dition-
Betting, which favored McCarty at
odds of 10 to a few days ago, is now
at even money
Both men have been handicapped
by lack of sparring partners, and their
bOH g has been more or less desuI-
tory McCarty viii enter the ring
weighing about eos and Flynn is ex-
pected TO weigh about 1S5.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-10
BLACK HAND LETTERS OUT.
Pittsburg Telephone Girls Among
Others Who Are Threatened.

Pittsburg Telephone Girls Among
Others Who Are Threatened.
Pittsburg, Kan, Dec. 10.-A black
hand letter has been received by Bev-
erly J. Fields. chief inspector for the
Missouri Pacific, threatening harm to
him If he does not discharge two en-
ployees, one of whom is John Fultz
who has also received q letter threat
enfng his life Another employee of
the Missouri Pacific has received one
of these letters, evidently written by
the person who penned the others
According to information which
has reached the police department
threats of harm werC made against
Miss Gertrude Fields, an employee in
the Bell telephone Office, in the let
ter received by her father.
Silence is maintained at the Fields
home when questioned about this
phase of the matter but it was ad-
mitted that a letter was received reIa-
tive to the demanded discharge of
two employees in which threats were
made
The letter received by Mr.. Fields
is the third which has been reported
N connection with the same case An
investigation has been made and Of
fcers have nothing on which to work.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-10
DON'T LIKE ANu-PAss LAW.
Railway Men say Free Transportation
Is Good Advertising.

Denver. Colo, Dec. lots a mooted
question among railroad men of Den
yer as to whether or not they like the
PASS situation Back to the time when
the memory of the passenger official
runs not. passes have been much in
vogue in the Centennial state.
we always liked to give passes de-
cIarei a prominent passenger man yes
ssr1ay I'VE always figured that when
--e were able TO hand out free trans
portation we were doing valuable ad-
vertisfng- That this is true is evidenced
bv the fact that we have figured out
a definite ratio between ticket-buyers
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-10
RAILROAD NEWS
Establish Railway Clearing
House in America.
Settle All Balances Between
Companies on Draft.
MEANS SAVING TO ROADS
Combination of Interests VIII
Be Profitable.
other Items of Interest In the
Traffic World.

In a recent meeting of the Society
Of Railway Financial Officers, in the
membership OF which 100 OF the lead
ing roads Of the United States and
Canada have representation. it was de-
cided to establish the Railway Clear
ing House of America Its purpose
is to clear or settle with the payment
of but little actual cash. all the bal
ances between railroad, steamship and
other companies now paid by draft
The plan is in the hands OF a spe-
Cial committee consisting of T. H. 3.
Mcknight, treasurer Of the PennsyI-
vania lines west, F. H. Hamilton,
treasurer Of the Frisco; H c. AnsIey,
treasurer of the Southern; Byron Cas-
sci, treasurer of the Monou; H P.
Connor. treasurer OF the Pennsylvania
com pany, and W. H. Davis, controller
OF the Delaware & Hudson
The committee has reached the con-
cIusion the proposition is feasible and
will assure economy in making settle
ments. including interlfne charges for
repairs to cars. expenses Of joint IA
ciIities, aIIotments of pro-rata share Of
fares and miscellaneous bills. This
VIII reduce the work OF the accounting
and treasury departments
Safeguards necessary to preclude the
possibility Of losses by the defalcation
of an employee or the failure OF any
road to pay its Indebtedness to the
clearing mouse easily can De pIONA4CA-
The management will be in the hands
of Is directors, six of them financial
officers of different systems, six &C
counting officers and the other the
president of the society.
The representative Of one road fig
ures an annual saving of from 5000
TO $4,000 besides the elimination OF
the drawing. recording and collecting
of more than 5000 drafts every month
Under present system one transporta-
ton company recently paid out s5S2--
COO in drafts in one month and re-
ceived checks and drafts aggregating
$3.50 600. The proposed clearing house
would have sent a draft for $1,000 TO
the railroads creditors As II is, banks
paid s1157. coo in the operation
In America there are nearly a thou
sand different transportation concerns
which may join the association The
clearing house is likely to be one OF
the largest financial institutions in the
world
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-10
ARE HAPPY
Admission to Missouri Valley
Conference Cause OF Joy.
Aggie Basketball Players Slow
in Start.

Manhattan, kan, Dec. 1O.-The news
that the Aggies had been admitted 10
the Missouri Valley Conference caused
jubilancy among the college people The
announcement was unusually well re-
ce1ved because the action of the con-
ference was a matter of doubt.
1t is a big step forward says Presi-
dent Waters Tt will give US better
games, make the students take more
pride in their teams and help US in
every way"
The entrance Of the Aggies into the
conference circle means that Coach
Lowman viii have an assistant to help
him coach the teams. No action has
been taken. but IL is certain that some
one viii be on hand next fall On the
heels OF the admission to the confer
ence comes the assurance that the
Aggies viii be well represented in bas-
ketbau this year The season was late
in starting because Coach Lownan had
his hands full with the football squad
The ''Aggie'' Five
Don McCaIIum, a Kansas City, Kan.
boy, will captain the five and play for
ward Souders, another K man and
forward, and Young, K man and guard.
are the men around whom the team
Will be built Shuu and Broberg, who
were on the squad last year, are out for
places Jones, Lawyer and Riney,
freshman forwards last year, are try
ing out Anderson IS another forward
Root, Marble and Shelley are after
guard places Prather. fuIIback on the
Aggie machine this fall, and Thomas
are the most promising candidates for
center The team Will be a speedy one,
but its goal shooting abilities are a
matter for speculation
Football prospects for next fall are
not as rosy as at the beginning of the
recent season Graduation will cut
down Lowman's list of stars. Captain
FelpS. Holmes, LOOMS, Schuster StahI
and PoIIom. all stars, will leave this
year But plenty of material will be
left with which to mold a well balanced
team LOwman has developed several
llnemen whose work did not occasion 50
much comment because of the bril-
iancy with which Holmes and F'eIps
played. WehrIe, BrkhoIder. ScanIon
Marble, COxen and Cusic will be on
hand, and with the freshman contrfbu-
ton, strong line is a certainty. Ag-
new, Sims, SidOrfsky, Ems, ByarIy
and Prather will be available for the
ends and baclfieId
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-10
NEW LINES IN TEXAS 1912.
Santa Fe Shows One of Largest In
creases in the State.

cFeaSeS in the state.
Austin. Texas. Dec. lot is shown
by the annual report of the state rail-
road commission for the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1912, just issued, that
there was constructed during that year
SIS miles of new main track, making
a total of 14,941 miles of railway in
Texas There was an increase during
the year of S3S miles of siding track,
bringing up the total of this charac-
ter of track to 3,T5S miles The Pecos
& Northern Texas, with 24s.s3 miles;
the Kansas City, Mexico & Orient,
with 1886 miles, and the Gulf, Colo
RADIO & santa Fe, with 1858 miles,
lead the increases Three new lines,
the Brownwood North & South, with
1916 miles; Jefferson & Northwestern,
with 1901 miles, and Port Bolivar &
Iron Ore railway, with 1856 miles,
were placed in operation, with SS-SS
miles OF track between them.
Other roads with increases are:
$50: Angelina & Neches River, 11.42;
Bartlett Western, 1850; Houston &
Brazos Valley, $40; San Antonio.
UvaIde & Gulf 27.5S; StephenviIIe,
land railway, 23.5s; Texas & Gulf,
ISL.
The total liabilities of the 100 rail-
roads in Texas, according to the COM
rissiOn's report, are S56S, 155,s45, as
follows: Capital stock S12S,365, 099;
bonds, S351,O04,S12: equipment trust
OBLIGATIONS, $1,000, 6S1; current and
other obligations, $50, 705,353. Net
decrease in liabilities for year, ST. 3S.
Capital stock, decreased 1858 and
bonds $I75
Total passenger earnings were $50
SSS,13S; freight earnings, S71.51s, $50;
miscellaneous earnings S423312:
gross earnings, S102, $50 Passen-
ger revenue decreased S15S.1O3 and
freight revenue increased $3-61O,332
gross earnings increasing s3.s4s when
al other classes are considered
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-10
BUILD RAILROADS IN CHINA.
DIR. Sun Vat Sen Wants 5000, 900. 900 to
Build System.

San Francisco, Dec 10.-Dr. Sun
at Sen is on his way to America His
OBJECT Is to raise one-third of a $780,
100000 fund for the construction of
an elaborate system of railroads One
tnird OF this sum will be furnished by
the Chinese government Another
third viii be subscribed in China Dr..
Sun, IN whose hands the foreign nego-
Cauons have been placed entirely will
try to raise the other 100000, 900 in
America and Europe. The amount
VIII be entirely independent OF the
$500, 00O,O 600 loan to China to be made
by the bankers OF the five leading
powers
The first use made of the money
viii be to extend the Hankow & Can
ton railroad The purpose of DR.. SUM-
trip was made known today by Tong
Ling Chow, a Chinese Journalist and
close friend of DR.. Sun I'VE have
received advices of the nature of Dr.
suns visit" he said. He is report
ed 10 De on the TranSpacific liner next
due in America He will arrive eth
er at san Francisco or Seattle
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-10
NOVEMBER A GOOD MONTH.
Gain of So Per Cent in Four Weeks
of Month.

Only few of the railroads making a
weekly statement of gross earnings
have yet made their reports for the
four weeks of November, but the re-
turns so far received by Dun's Review
indicate a continued trend towards
Improvement. the total Of all United
States roads to date amounting TO $31.-
800, ST. a gain of 50 per cent, as COM
pared with the earnings of the same
roads for the corresponding period a
year ago. This is the best weekly ex-
hibit for over L months, and compares
with an increase of so per cent for thu
four weeks in January. the largest
previous gain this year over 1911 While
this favorable showing in the main re-
fleets the notable business activity in
practically every part of the country,
II is also due in part to the fact that
climatic conditions have been unusually
favorable for railroad traffic. whereas
last year operations were retarded to
some extent in certain sections by ad-
verse weather. Several roads. especially
in the West, report very large in
creases, notably Missouri Pacific and
Minneapolis and St Louis, earnings on
which for the full month show gains of
s4s9. 81 and s237.743. respectively. com
pared with year ago In the following
Ia bic are given the gross earnings Of
all United States roads reporting to
date for the four weeks of Novemb Der
and the gain as compared with the
earnings of the same roads for the cor
responding period last year: also for
practically the same roads in the two
preceding months. together with the
percentages of gains over last year:
Nov. 4 weeks. SO. sos 81 81 80 094 -
oct weeks -..---- =. So. SO LASTS -
sept, 4 weeks. 26.s15.Ss4 1884 80