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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-04-05

Masonic lodge meets at NeweIlton
first Wednesday
Masonic lodge meets at st. Joseph
on second Tuesday.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-04-05
rENsAs PARISH DIRECTORY.

Sheriff-John Hughes.
Clerk Of Court-Joseph Curry
Assessor-A. Bondurant.
Treasurer--W. M. Davidson.
Parish Surveyor-John Johnson.
Game Warden-C Charles Johnston.
Coroner-Dr. ]. G. Lilly.
Health Officer-Dr. L. A. Murdock
Members House Representatives
John Murdoch and S. w Martien.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-04-05
Members Parish Democratic Exec
tive Committee.

Members Parish Democratic Execu
tive COMMITTEES.
First ward-R w. Newell. Newell
ton: F. l. Guthrie. Notnac P. o.
Second Ward--Louis Buckner. New
elton: r. Y. Newell, Newellton.
Third Ward--A e. Green, st 10
seph: Louis Buckner Jr.. st. Joseph.
Fourth ward---R. B. Lynch New
Light: P. C. Smith, Delta Bridge.
Fifth Ward--D. H. O'Kelley, Ash
wood: B. r. Mcvay. Ashwood.
Sixth Ward--G. C. Goldman, Cold
man P. o.; H. P. Seaman, Water
proof.
Seventh ward--D. F. Miller. Cold
man: e. d. Coleman. Highland.
At Large-Joseph Curry. 81. Jc
seph: w. M. Davidson. ST. Joseph
John Hughes, St Joseph: DIR. X. B
Mcmillan. Point Pleasant; John Mur'
doch, Newe1lton.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-04-05

their own homes and where the children cannot avold
learning it before they leave the cradle.
What is needed to rid the country of profane Ian
guage is to start in schools and colleges an edu
cation of clean speech and respect for reverence which
is fast being driven out by basphemous and filthy
tongues and to assist this the laws of the land that
exist throughout the country and which were made
to protect us against basphemy and other forms of
low language should be vigorously enforced.
The daily sentinel., 1912-04-19
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
WILL ISSUE SENTINEL.

On Tuesday April 80, The Daily Sentinel will be issued
with the of the class English of the Grand Iunc
ton high school number of the members of that class by
special arrangement with Superintendent Henry Allen, Prn-
cpa r. f. Tope and Miss nellie D. Scott instructor in Eng
sh will spend the entire day the staff of The Daily Sentinel
reporters Under the supervision of the regular Sentinel
staff these young and will be given full day of
routine work in newspaper Office.
They will search the city for Stories write them and
the authors will be published each article The
students will be given the fullest opportunity observe the
issuance of uptodate newspaper from the time the old
used metal thrown into the melting pot the forms are
cleared the morning until finally issued the press
the afternoon. 1t will be- short course in
Remember, the date will be Tuesday, April 20.
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HER0Isn OF SAILORS

The heroism of the English sailors
who went down with the Titanic was
the thing which most impressed Paul
Cheveret, the Canadian sculptor, who
left the ship on one of the first life
boats lowered.
Il was off the Titanic before there
was any real panic" said he. 1T
was a difficult matter to force some
OF those rescued into the lifeboats.
was literally thrown into the third
boat that was lowered.
H. Haven of indianapolis, Ind,
said: There was great rush for
the lifeboats as soon as the passen-
gers learned of the real danger. So
precipitate was this rush that many
OF the passengers missed the boats
and jumped into the sea.
1.-The lights continued to burn on
the steamer for some time after the
boat had left the ships side, and at
some distance from the sinking ship
We could see the figures of hundreds
of persons on the deck and at the
railings. There were several ex-
plosions as the ship settled"
Mrs. John Murray Brown of Ac-
ron, Mass, who, with her sisters,
Mrs. Robert c. Cornell and Mrs. E,
c. Appluen. was saved, was in the
last lifeboat to get safely away.
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STORY OF THE TITANIC HAS NO EQUAL
IN THE ANNALS OF WORLD CALAMITIES

ing with Hugh Wollner, an English
man, when the crash came" said S.
p Bjornson Steffanson, a lieutenant
in the Swiss army, who was first
cabin passenger.
"a man at the rail told us he had
seen an iceberg so feet higher than
the top deck Just go by. The lights
did not go out and there was no con-
fusion at the first.
The order came from the captain
to put on the life belts and to man
the boats. | went to the lower deck
looking for the part of the ship that
had been damaged by the iceberg,
when the sudden rush of water told
us that we were about to go under.
81 said TO Woolner. We had better
jump, and We both leaped over the
side. When we came up we found
ourselves beside one of the collapsi-
BILE lifeboats. We grabbed hold and
were towed along for few mo-
ments when the Titanic's men in the
boat said that they could take two
more aboard and hauled us both in.
"A second later fat man bobbed
up in front of the lifeboat and he,
too, was taken on board. The three
of us added to the original burden
brought the gunwales of the boat
close to the waters edge, but in the
perfect calm that was then prevail
ing she fioated.
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remains. His recollection of the po-
sltion OF the corpse was that II had
evidently not moved from the time
1t had fallen. This was based on the
fact that the head and shoulders
were lying in a cramped position. The
entire face was covered with blood
from a wound on the nose and fore
arm, while other severe bruises were
on his arm and above the heart. The
entire body, he said. was a mass of
bruises and abrasions.
Il could not think of any manner
or implement which could have caus-
ed the wounds" said Mr.. Callahan.
"A swivel chair was there with bro
ken arm" he went on. The desk
could not have fallen on 1t nor can
conceive how 1t might have been bro,
ken under ordinary conditions"
The door was not locked when Mr..
Callahan arrived on the scene
Blood stains on the night shirt
were shown to correspond directly
with wounds on DR. Hebert's body.
Ray A. Yunker, who accompanied
Mr.. Callahan, was the next witness.i
He added to Mr.. Callahan testimo-
ny the fact that the index finger on
DR.. Heberts body was missing. He
He thought that it had either been
struck or bitten off He believed.
that DR.. Hebert had been dead at
least a week.
S. Arthur Stockham was one of the
men who first saw the body of DR..
Hebert. He last saw him alive on
March 81.
He went up with Hugh Williams
Wednesday afternoon to the cabin to
take the doctor his mail. They reach
ed the cabin about 4 O'Clock. He
found the cabin door open and looked
in.
A scene of the utmost disorder pre-
sented itself in the interior OF the
cabin and in the midst of the papers.
with only bloodstained night robe
on was the corpse of DIR. Hebert.
He saw the blood-darkened face OF
the dead man on the floor. and with
Continued on Page ~
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A FORLORN PROCESSION

Sixteen boats were in the forlorn
procession which left the sides of the
snip to enter upon a dreadful sus-
pense of hours. The shock of learn
ing that their lives were in peril was
hardly greater than the relief of the
passengers at dawn when large
steamers smokestacks were seen on
the horizon and eager eyes made out
the vessel which was heading for the
castaways.
The rescue ship proved to be the
Carpathia, which had received the
Titanic's signals OF distress by wire
less.
The work of taking aboard the
chilled passengers from the lifeboats
was begun at once, and by o'clock
the rescued men, women and children
had been welcomed over the Carpa-
thia's side.
The passengers on the rescue ship
did everything possible for the
stricken, many giving up their cab
ins to provide shelter for the half
frozen people. The rescued were in
all conditions of dress and undress.
and the women of the Carpathia We'd
with one another in supplying the
sufferers with garments.
On the TOUR days cruise BACK TO
New York many. who realized that
their stories would be awaited by an
anxious world, put their experiences
upon paper while the shock Of the
disaster was still strong upon them.
One of the passengers who had
been picked from the sea in a
drowning condition caused grim
amusement and laughter in the
grief-stricken crowd by demanding
that he be given a bath just as soon
as the doctors had concluded their
attentions with him.
Storekeeper Prentice, who was the
last man off the Titanic to reach the
Carpathia, swan about in the icy
waters for hours. He said he had
leaped from the poop deck when he
discovered the vessel to be settling
and supported himself for some time
on broken spar
81 was in the smoking room, talk
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FEARFUL ACCUSATIONS

Considerable comment is heard re-
garding the conduct of j. Bruce Is
may. the head of the International
Merchant Marine Company, which
owned the Titanic. According to
Mrs. w. j. Cardesea, lsmay not only
was safely seated in a lifeboat before
it was filled but selected crew of
his own to row the boat.
Mrs. William Bucknell, who had
rowed until her hands were blistered,
said: After being taken on board
the Carpathia. lsmay went to cab
in and remained closeted there un-
til he was waited upon by a commit
tee of the survivors who demanded
to see him.
Mr.. Ismay denied these stories.
Stunned by the immensity of the
tragedy, he had little to say except
he had started the investigation be-
gun by the United States senate and
was fully willing to appear before
the committee today.
The only women who were not
saved were those who chose to die in
their husbands embrace.
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81 WILL WAIT"

Mrs. Astor was in the lifeboat
with my sister, Mrs. Cornell.
heard Colonel Astor tell her he would
wait with the men.
Peter d. Daily of New York jumped
from the deck of the Titanic after it
was announced that there were only
enough boats for the women an"
children AS he saw the ship set
tling, he gradually swan away with
all his might to prevent his being
carried down by the suction of the
sinking liner.
For six hours" he said, 81 beat
the water with my hands and feet to
keep warm. Then / was picked up
by one OF the Carpathia's boats.
was numb with the cold after my
fight with the sea, and can scarcely
bear to discuss it yet"
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Facts Brought to Light Today.

"Be British" Captain Smiths rallying cry the officers
and men, prevented loss of life from being heavier.
1ancs wireless operator remained his post sending
Leboats sufficient accommodate only one-hird of peo-
pile on board.
Icy waters striking boilers caused explosion which blew
ship in
Astor Butt, Futree Wdener, Harris, Strauss Guggen-
helm and hundreds OF other died like heroes.
The band marched from deck deck, PLAYING and the
heroic down with the Titanic, playing Nearer,
My God to Thee
Some declare could have been saved had
the passengers had such faith belief that Titanic could
sink
Every obeyed captains commands, held their posi-
tons and died like
Nearly every survivor declares there panic on
board
Every effort made prevent male passengers board
ing feboats until every and child had been
dated.
number of the and passengers died in the life
boats from injuries and exposure.
George d. Widener philadelphia mlionare) and Thur
L. Ryerson promnent New Yorker) placed their wives and
children the eboats and taking their stand the Titan
c deck throwing kisses loved the great ship
down.
The list of victims is placed $50 today.
The Carpathia had 745 survivors board.
The actions of !. Bruce Isnay head of the company
owning the Titanic, selhshy holding ifeboa are
severely denounced Startling charges concerning his actions
Senate inquiry into the of the disaster under way
today.
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SURVIVORS AGREE

The survivors agree that the side
of the steamship was ripped out by
the iceberg while she was going at
full speed trying to make a record
run for the trip.
When the ship filled, the contact of
the icy water with the boilers caused
an explosion which broke the vessel
in two and caused prompt sinking.
The passengers were not alarmed,
and not until the last of the lifeboats
had been launched did they realize
the consequences of the accident.
Some of the survivors escaped by
swimming and climbing onto the
Wreckage
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The members of the jury are:
E o. Ullery. George o. Turner,
Sam Kertz, j. c. Clayborn, j. r. Fal-
lis
The jury viewed the remains be-
fore coming to the court room. maxi
ing a thorough examination of the
body.
Miss Florence Hebert was first
called to the stand. She testified to
the fact that DR.. Hebert had ordinar-
lily kept his cabin in the neatest or
der. She also declared that he never
kept any money at the cabin. the
purpose being to show that the fact
that no money was found at the cab
in need not mean that robbery had
been committed She testified the
ring found in the cabin was the
property of her father.
An important thing told by her
was that 1t was DR.. Hebert's nightly
habit to write up his diary which was
filled with his daily doings. The last
entry in this diary was on April
s.
Undersheriff Jeff Watson testified
to the disorder of the cabin. He
swore that the clothing furniture
papers, etc, was strewn all over the
floor, while blood spatters We're evil
dent all about the place. The night
robe. lying on the floor, was very
bloody, he said.
The stove top was completely
torn off and the caps thrown out
doors. He swore to other disorders
about the place. He said. however.
that the disarrangemeHt was confin-
ed to the outer room. The ak and
Ratchet found in the rear room were
free from blood or evidences of a
fight.
The memorandum books found in
the cabin were introduced as exhibits
blood stained night robe, grew
some evidence of tragedy. was shown
as well as other books, papers and
letters.
7. F. Callahan. undertaken, told of
taking charge of the body of DR.. He
bert and described the position of the
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WERE TRUE HEROES

Among the hundreds who were on
deck to the last were Col. John Jacob
Astor, Major Archibald Butt, Benja-
min Guggenheim, Jacques Futrelle,
George Widener, Henry B. Harris. Is
ador Strauss and Mrs. Strauss, the
latter of whom refused to enter a
lifeboat without her husband, de-
spite his pleadings.
Major Butt is reported to have
been one of the heroes. With an iron
bar in his hand, he stood at the steer
age passage and defended the women
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THE LIGHTS co OUT

"We were about 200 feet from the
Titanic when we saw the lights go
out. Thirty seconds later there was
a terrific roar and we saw her settle
down slowly, then plunge head down
for the bottom. Then the persons
on board began to come to the sur
face and there was the most horrible
cry ever heard. Just as the Titanic
settled for the last plunge | saw one
of the officers shoot his revolver in
the<air twice"
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"BE BRITISH NY MEN"

But for the self-sacrifice and hero
ism of Captain Smith and the Off
GERS of the Titanic, the sea would
have claimed a greater toll from the
stricken ship.
From the bridge. Captain Smith
called through his megaphone, BE
British,' and this became the rally
ing cry of the officers and crew. Such
is the graphic description given by
John johnson, member OF the crew
who took an oar in one of the life
boats.
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and children from maddened men in
that part of the ship.
Col Astor is said to have met his
tate bravely after seeing his bride to
lifeboat. He drew aside to watch
other women step to safety and then
awaited his own fate.
1t was only because the lifeboats
were sufficient to accommodate but a
third of the ships occupants that
hundreds of the passengers had to
be left to despair and death.
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THE BAND PLAYS

"The band ON the boat played,
marching from deck to deck. said
Mrs. Brown. The musicians were
up to their knees in water when |
last saw them, but the men were
playing bravely on, unheeding of i'm
pending death. We offered assist
ince to Captain Smith when the wat
er covered the ship, but he refused to
leave his post or to get into the life
boat
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THE HEBERT INQUEST ]
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baffling of
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NEARLY 10000 WORDS.

No city of this America secured
the offer
readers this afternoon Besides the night files fur
nshed early today by the Associated Press
besides the long United Press story nearly
words of afternoon Associated Press rv;ce Dispatches
ceived until pm We comparison
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Susan and Emily B., and young son,
John B., We're put in the same boat
with Mrs. Ryerson.
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TODAY, OUT OF THE MASS OF CONFLICTING
REPORTS, COMES THE FIRST CLEAR STORY
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Although conflicting stories are
told, Captain Smith is generally Civ
en- credit for preventing panic, and /.
with his crew. of saving the lives OF
all the women and children who
would go. Although offered place
in the last lifeboat. he declined, and
declared he would go down with his
ship.
That many OF the men who were
saved owed their lives to their pres
ence OF mind was also brought out
today, for, of the scores brought IN
by the Carpathia. many had gone
down with the ship. but. after arising
to the surface, had clung to wreckage
or lifeboats until picked up by the
Carpathia.
1t also developed for the first time
that one of the lifeboats. with all
its passengers on board, had turned
turtle just as it was being launched.
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New York City, Apr. 19.-That
all possible means was taken to pre-
vent the male passengers on board
the Titanic from going away in the
lifeboats and leaving the women and
children to perish is the story told
by Miss Lily Dentham of Rochester,
y. Y, second-class passenger, VINO
said that she saw shots fired at men
who endeavored to get away
Mrs. w. J. Douton, a fellow pas
senger who also comes from Roches-
ter and who lost her husband, sald:
II had not been in bed half an
hour when the steward rushed down
to the cabin and told us to put on
our clothes and come on deck. we
were thrown into lifeboats. AS soon
as any of the men passengers tried
TO get to the boats they were shot
at | don't know who did the shoot
ing. There was a baby in our boat
with one of the women. The baby
hands had been cut OFF. l think II
was still alive. The mother did not
give it up During the night whlle
waiting for the Carpathia four oil
the crew died in the boat and were
thrown overheard. 1t was bitterly
cold and we had to wait until 8
o'clock in the morning before oeine
taken off the lifeboats by the Car
pathia."
George d. Widener, wealthy
Philadelphian, and Thur l.. Ryerson
OF New York went to their deaths
like men, according to the statement
of Mrs. Ryerson. She says that'
when the women had been put into
the lifeboats. she saw Mr.. Ryerson
and Mr. Widener standing behlnd
the rail of the Titanic, both waving
their arms. throwing kisses and call
ing farewell. Her two daughters,
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Associated Press.

Associated Press.
New York, Apr. 19.-Bringing T4o
survivors and the history of the dis
.aster which carried 1,5S9 persons to
their deaths on the greatest ship that
ever plowed the deep. the Cunarder
sCarpathia steamed into her dock at
about 9 O'Clock last night.
The chronology of the tragedy
reads as follows:
May 81, 1911-Titanic launched.
1912-Completed and finished at
"a cost of about s10,000,0OO.
April 1O-Starts on her maiden
voyage. from southampton to New
York via Cherbourg.
April 14-Sends wireless warning
ashore that there are iceberss on the
Grand banks of Newfoundland.
April IA. 11:40 p.m.-Strikes an
iceberg in latitude Az 16' north and
longitude 500 IA west.
April IA, midnight-The Carpathla
hears the Titanic's call for help.
April Is, 1927 a.m.-Titanic' S
wireless out of commission after Civ
ing flashes that the ship is sinking.
Women and children put off in life
boats.
April Is, 2:2O a.m.-Titanic sinks.
April 10. 5 a.m.-First survivors
are picked up in lifeboats by the Car
pathia.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-09-05
TROUBLE FOR A LAWYER.
Snycd when Woman Was Drowned
Alleged to Have Taken Money.

New York. Sept 4--The Austrian con-
sulate took steps to-day to remove Bur-
ton W Gibson. a lawyer, as executor of
thu will of Rose Menschik Szabo. an Aus
,r,an widow, who was drowned in Green
wood lake, Orange county, last July l6
under circumstances alleged to have been
mysterious.
Vtce-Consul Fritz Flschereauer petit
tioned the surrogate's court to order Glib
SON TO show cause why he should not be
deposed and accompanying the petition
were affldavits of detectives in the employ
of the consulate citing that the Austrian
was drowned while in company with Glib
son in a rowboat.
He YVES rescued, and according to the
dc,ectives he visited the woman's room
at the lake hotel Immediately after the
accident and took away her personal
belongings She left an estate or about
$40 40 and her will II is alleged was
drawn up by Gibson, leaving the prop
erty to her mother. According to the
consulate the woman had no mother
living at the time Of making the will,
II is further alleged that Gibson has
withdrawn several thousand dollars of
the bank deposits held by the woman,
surrogate Fowler took the petition I'M
der advisement.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-09-05
WINDSOR COUNTY.

Baltimore. Charles Bean. republican.
Barnard. O. A. Paige. republican.
Bethel J. W. Miller. democrat.
Bridgewater. Lewis Spaud!ng, demo-
crat.
Cavendish, u. ]. Semits. republican.
Chester. l.. A. Carpenter. republican,
Hartford. George Stephens, progressive
Hartland. J. ID. Rogers, progressive.
Ludlow Emery Plumley. progressive.
Norwich. J. S. Campbell. democrat
Pomfrct, +. W. Doten, republican.
Reading, II. w. Jenney, republican.
Rochester. f. A. Guernsey. republican.
Sharon. D. +. Moore. progressive.
Stockbridge, Hubert l.. Mills. democrat
Weathersileld Seth n Gage. republican.
Weston, Franklin Green republican.
West Windsor. Watson II. Blanchard.
Windsor, q. r. Guernsey. democrat.
Woodstock. f. s. Billings, republican.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-09-05
THINK THEY HAVE HIM.
Hitchcock Swindled RmtInnd Men with
FirePrOOf CaslSet Stock.

Rutland. Sept T. Detectives in the
employe of the Wood Morgan agency
have detained man at Atlantic City
n. j.. who is supposed to he Charles A.
Hitchcock, who It is alleged by the state
authorities swindled local men out of
more than 100000 by the sale of fraudu-
lent stock in n casket factory located IN
Massachusetts
Deputy Sheriff 4. 4. Leonard of Wall
ingford and James II. Wood of the de-
tective agency left this city tonight arm
ed with the necessary papers to bring
Hitchcock into this State. States Attor-
ney h. l.. Stafford Is prosecuting.
Hitchcock has been wanted BY the local
authorities for more than n year. He
came to Rutland and pretended TO repre-
sent Massachusetts firm manufacture
ing asbestos baskets. He sold some stock
to c. w. Spencer OF the firm of Spencer 4
Carly and to three other men In Rutland
1t afterwards turned out TO be worthless
and the local people were out Of pocket
more than $4,000,