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Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-06

ST. LOUIS. March 6.-wHEAT-Flrm;
track. No 2 red. sloe1s9i.osh; Nd
hard. uo2stai.ll.
coRN-Lowsr; track, No. o. esassc; No
) white, 6s9ssi1c.
oATs-f1ower; track. No. :. ssa53tsc
No. . white. s4aisfi4c.
Cloeng prices Of futures:
wHEAT-weak; May. si.oiE; July.
8s.c.
CORN-Lower; May, SsAc; July, 72ikc.
oATs-Lower; May. sc; July CSC.
RYE-Unchanged; Sc.
FIOUR-Steady. red winter patents.
u. toRtI5: extra fancy and straight. 50 "
df15: hard winter clears. 3.g5d3.0.
SEED-Timothy. tioeodl30o.
CORNMEAIS-Gs
BRAN--ouiet: sacked. east track. SIS
Gi 30.
HAYzFIEm: timothy. ,g."02SOo; prai-
PRovlsIoNs-Pork. unchanged: Job
bling, tikA Lard. unchanged: prime
steam. tsf7ifflS57h. Dry salt meats. un-
changed: boxed extra shorts. S.25; clear
Nbs, Hts: short clears. ts.ssi4. Bacon. un-
changed: boxed extra shorts, s9.G; clear
ribs. ss.a5; short clears ss.s3h.
POULTRY quiet; chickens. f2Ac;
spring itc. turkeys, lsc; ducks, i5c;
geese. Sc.
BUTTER-FIrm; 2sasc.
aAw,s
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-06
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET
Demand for Cattle steady-HoEs
sIow-sheep weak.

CHICAGO. March S.-CATTLE-Re-
ceipts, 45D head; market steady; beeves.
t5OvdS IS; Texas steers. A70ff6.oo: western
steers, sl0t77.l0: stockers and feeders. s4.ld
az %; COWS and heifers. ss5Gs.70: calves.
sso0dS50
HoGs-Receipts. 5000 sead: market.
slow; &c lower than yesterdays average.
light s6. 3c1s.5 57As: mixed. &.3ens.5s7 =
heavy. H 3oasS. 50: rougn. Sads.40, pigs
81 7ads ss; bulk Of sales. $.4Sds.ss.
SHEEP AND LAMBS-Receipts. &.oo0
head: market weak, native, S.551S!oo.
western, SL0pd5. Is: yearlings. s5.006S. -;
lambs. native. sI50G7.eo. western. ss.po6
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Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-06

OMAHA. March 5--Bank clearlngs for
today were ts,07l.0ls.s3 and for the corre-
spending day last year ss,sos5zs.s2.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-06

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-M0NEY-2%4a3h per cent
The rate OF discount in the open mar
ket for short bills Is 81 per cent; for
three months bills, 3asa3 1-l6 per cent.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-06

LONDON, March ss-American seeurs-
ties opened steady with prices srourd
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-06

Receipts and disposition Of live stock
at the Union stock yards for the twenty
four hours ending at p. m. yesterday:
RECEIPTS.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-06

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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-04-24
Will Pass Home Rule Bill.

LONDON, April 16.-The home rule
bill passed tits first reading In the
house of commons today by q vote of
800 to 266. The announcement of the
figures was received with deafening
ministerial cheers andJthe waving of
hats and handkerchiefs.
In the debate Andrew Bonar Law,
summing up for the opposition, sav.
agely assailed both the bill and the
government. The people of Ulster
were ready In what they believed to be
the cause of liberty and justice to lay
down their lives he declared. In con.
clusion he said:
'You will not carry this bill without
submitting it to the people. Ifyou try
to do so you will succeed only in
breaking the parliamentary machine.
This bill has been introduced because
the government ia dependent upon
Irish votes. The prime minister gave
q solemn pledge that he would reform
the house of lords, but that debt of
honor must wait until he has paid his
debt of shame."
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-04-24
Bandits Loot Sleeping Car.

CHICAGO, April 22.-Five persons
were robbed of money or valuables or
both by three masked men who went
through sleeping car of the Rock
Island westbound Golden State Limit
ed few. minutes after midnight Sun
day. After the robbers finished their
work they shot holes in the air tube
connecting with the engine, thus bring
ing the tr ain to standstill and quick
ly made their escape.
Under cover of three revolvers the
porter was forced to point out to the
outlaws the berths that were occupied.
As soon as the robbers entered the
Pullman they forced the porter to lock
the doors. Only the occupants OF one
car were disturbed. In money and
jewelry the robbers obtained approxi-
mately $3.50.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-04-24
Will Search For Bodies

HALIFAX, April 1.-THE cableship
Mackay Bennett which has been char
tered by the White Star line to go to
the scene of the Titanic disaster, was
being loaded today preparatory to
departure. In the hope that some bod.
les may be picked up, coffins are be-
ing included in the cargo and al
undertakers and embalmers will go
along. The cableship Nina, which
was near the disaster, has arrived here
with no survivors. 1t had been hoped
che might have picked up few strsg-
glers floating on RATS or among the
wrecksge.
In addition to 100 coffins, the Mac
kay-Bennett is taking l00ltons of ice.
The mission of this chip recalls the
disaster to the steamer La Bourgoine,
when similar vessel was fitted out to
search the sea forsdead. At that time
more than 80 bodies were1found float.
ing near the scene of the disaster al
though the vessel did not sail from
Halifax until week after he!tragedy.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-04-24
lsmay Defends Himself.

NEW YORK, April 21.-In state
ment given out tonight, J. Bruce
1smay replied to several published
statements regarding the Titanic dis
aster, particularly those in which his
name is prominently featured.
He denied that he had anything to
do with the navigation of the vessel
and declared that he did not confer
with the captain as to his conduct OF
the vessel at sea, as to its course, or
other handling of the ship.
He exercised no privileges that did
not belong to any other tirst.class
passenger, he declared; did not sit at
the captains table and was not dining
with him at the time of the accident,
and In fact, was in bed when the col.
lision occurred.
He had no idea of returning to
Europe particularly to avoid appear
ing at the senatorial investig alton, be
added, and only knew the investig a.
tion was pending when informed OF it
at the pier when the Carpathia arrived.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-04-24
Impact Was Terrific.

WASHINGTON. April ia graphic
comparison OF the force of the impact
of the Titanic against the iceberg that
destroyed her with the projectile force
of the guns on modern battleship
was made today by Capt. Charles A..
McAllister, engineer-in-chiet Of the
revenue cutter service.
"The impact of the Titanic against
the iceberg was probably equivalent
to the Simultaneous fire of 30 12-inch
projectiles or the concentrat fire OF
three such dreadnoughts as the Flor.
ids," said Captain McAIlister. "The
fire of ten 12-inch guns such as the
Florida carries is supposed to be suf.
ficient to put any battIeship aloat out
of business If the projectiles should
strike simultaneously. The force OF
the Titanic striking the iceberg must
have been approxim ately 100000
foot tons, equivalent to her being
struck simultaneously by 30 such pro.
jectiles.
ut is a wonder, in the light of the
comparison, that she foated so long.
1t Is uncomfortable that the ingenuity
of man can ever devise q floating
structure to withstand such terrific
collision"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-04-24
WILL QUESTION SURVIVORS
Senate Committee Desires lnforma-
| ton About Titanic Disaster.

Senate Committee Desires lnforma-
ton About Titanic Disaster.
WASHINGTON, April l8.-The task
of investig ating the wreck of the
Titanic was begun today by the senate
committee. The commerce committee
appointed subcommittee of seven,
headed by Senator William Alden
Smith Of Michigan, to take testimony.
Chairman Smith will depart at once
for New York sccomp panied by q SEN
ate sergeant at arms to procure wit
nesses to attend immediate hearings.
j. Bruce Ismay will be among the fret
asked to testify.
Senator Smith said he feared his
committee would be without jurisdic-
tion to compel Mr.. Ismay and other
British subjects connected with the
Intern ational Mercantile Marine to
attend its hearings and give testi~
mony.
1--WE may not have jurisdiction over
the individual" said Mr.. Smith, "but
the American congress has jurisdic~
ton over the harbors Of the United
States. 1t Is for these men who make
use of the harbors to meet the public
demand for information, as to this
terrible disaster and to do it now."
Senator Smith said!he and several
other members of his committee would
present his argument to Mr.. IsmaY
and others, in the hope they would be
willing to accept subpoenas from the
sergeant at arms OF the sen ate who will
accompany them.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-04-24
Affecting irrigated Homesteads.

WASHINGTON, April l7.-Secretary
Fisher, before the senate public lands
committee, favored two amendments
to the Borah bill directing issuance OF
patents to homesteaders on irriga-
ton projects upon compliance with
the terms of the homestead law. These
amendments provide that no patent
shall be issued until at least half OF
the irrigated area of entry has been
reclaimed and all charges then due the
government for building and all oper-
alton and maintenance, including
drainage have been paid, and provides
further that the amount 80 paid shall
aggregate not less than.4o per cent OF
the total building charge.
Borah Ia not in favor of these
amendments, but as the committee ad-
vocates them, he will accept rather
than endanger the bill. He thinks the
amendments will not prove q serious
obstacle to settlers.
The house public lands committee
today favorably reported the Baker
bill authorizing the secretary OF the
interior to exchange vacant public
lands for state school lands whicn lie
within any Indian, military, national
forest or other eservations upon sp-
plication of any state.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-04-24

Titanic, was given out today by the
bureau of inspection of steam vessels.
Figures for the Titantic are not avail
able, but ss the chips are almost iden-
tical In size it is not likely that their
equipment differs.
The Olympic has 16 lifeboats and 4
rats, calculated to accommodate ], III
persons. This means about one. third
of the total number Of passengers and
crew. together which is 3,437. can be
accommodated. 1t is said at the bu.
reau that no ship is required to have
sufficient boat room to accommod ate
all its complete passenger and crew
list
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-04-24
TO CONTINUE INVESTIGATION
Official Inquiry Into Titanic Disaster
Transferred to Washington.

New YORK, April 20. - With
dramatic suddenness the senate inves.
tigation OF the Titanic disaster came
to an end today, 80 far as the New
York hearing was concerned. It will
be resumed. however, in Washington
on Monday, when j. Bruce Ismsy and
P. A. S. Franklin, the chief officers of
the White Star line, and more than q
score OF the crew OF the sunken vessel
will appear before the committee.
Incident to the sudden close of the
hearing here was the story of Harold
S. Bride, the second and only surviv-
ing wireless operator of the Titanic.
His tale was one of suffering and
death. He told of the final plunge of
the vessel to its ocean burial. It's
captains end was also revealed. He
leaped from the bridge when the water
was closing over his ship.
In connection with the transfer of
the hearing to Washington it was
intim ated that the power of the senate
on federal territory would be undie-
puted In getting at the real facts and
no question of state rights could in
terfere.
Explanation of why Senator Will
liam Alden Smith OF Michigan, chair.
man of the senate committee named to
investigate the Titanic disaster, hur-
ried to New York Thursday night to
begin the inquiry was made tod
when it became known that wireless
message cent by j. Bruce Ismay,
president of the Intern ational Mer.
camille Marine company, to Vice
President Franklin of the White Star
line asking that the Cedric be stopped
to take Mr.. Ismay and the survivors
OF the Titanic crew on board, was in.
tercepted by government boat and
sent to W ashington.
Senator Smith is quoted today as
saying he had understood in Wash.
ington that such messages had been
exchanged and that this was one of
the reasons the investig alton had been
started without any loss of time.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-04-24
WILL INVESTIGATE DISASTER
Congress Proposes To Ascertain
Cause Of Titanic Wreck.

WASHINGTON, April 1.-THE senate
resolution introduced today calling
for comprehensive investig alton of
the Titanic disaster was ordered favor
ably reported by the senate committee
on commerce this afternoon and i'm.
mediately brought up in the senate.
The resolution was adopted without
discussion.
Survivors of the disaster will be
summoned to Washington to tell com.
mittees or congress- the facts concern
ing the inability OF the steamship Of
ficials to save all the lives of all the
passengers on the liner. Representa-
tor Alexander of Missouri, charm an
of the house committee on merchant
marine and fisheries, announced to.
day an investig alton in which the pas
sengers will give chief testimony.
As q complement to the congression-
al investigation, the scope Of which
has not yet been fully determined.
Secretary Nagel of the department of
commerce and labor will take up at
once with President Taft the entire
ub]ect of safeguarding ocean travel
by more stringent American shipping
regulations. The disaster has aroused
congress-, President Taft and the cabi-
net to the urgent need for immediate
measures of safety for ocean travel.
1t is believed that laws will be pre-
pared at once in congress based on
the advice of officials of the depart
ment of commerce and labor and
American shipping experts, which will
insure safety of passengers and crew
in cases like the Titanic where ample
time existed for their removal in life
boats.
Government officials charged with
the enforcement of the shipping laws
and regulations were engrossed today
with the subject of safety and protec-
tion for trans-Atl antic travel. 1t ia
expected that immediate reforms will
be demand ded officially by the govern
ment and will be enforced through
new laws re uiring all vessels entering
American ports to carry sufficient
emergency apparatus to remove al
passengers and crews in time OF emer
gency.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-04-24
Tried To Beat Steamship Record.

NEW YORK, April 22.-John Thomp-
son, q fireman of the Titanic, suffer.
ing from broken arm at St. Vincent's
hospital, may be an important witness
in the senatorial investigation.
Thompson, who comes from Liverpool,
asserts that the Titanic was out to
beat all records on maiden trips.
"From Queenstown out," Thompson
is quoted as saying. "all the firemen
had been talking of the orders we had
to fire her up as hard as we possibly
could. We had to make as quick q
passage as possible, the orders ran.
1--WE were carrying full pressure.
From the time we left Queenstown
until the moment of the shock we
never ceased to make from "A to u
revolutions. During that whole Sun.
day We had been keeping up II revolu'
tiOns ~
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-04-24
SWEPT BY FIERCE CYCL ONE
Reports From Devastated District In.
dicate Numerous Deaths.

Reports From Devastated District In
dicate Numerous Deaths.
CHICAGO, April 22.-The tornado
which swept over central and southern
Illinois and northwestern Indiana late
yesterday killed at least IS persons
and injured nearly 200 others, accord
ing to advices received here today.
Miles of telephone and telegraph
wires were blown down, farm houses
we're demolished and it is probable
that the death list will be increased
when commune alton is restored with
all places over which the tornado
passed. While there is no means of
esti'n ating the damage by the storm,
it ia certain to run into hundreds OF
thousands of dollars.
At Bush, village In Williamson
county. the greatest loss Of life occur
red, 18 persons having been killed and
more than 40 injured. Nearly every
dwelling in the village was either
destroyed or damaged.
Most of the dead are foreigners who
worked in coal mines near Bush. At
Morocco, Ind, nine persons lost their
lives by being crushed In the collapse
of their houses. At Grant Park, ILL.,,
six persons were injured and damage
amounting to more than 100000 was
caused by the torn ado.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-04-24
THOUSANDS ARE HOMELESS
Mississippi Floods Cause Loss Of
Life and Property.

New ORLEANS, April 20.-Reports
today from inundated sections Of
Arkans as, Mississippi and Louisian a
continue to tell OF the imperative need
OF food, clothing, medicine and other
supplies for the thousands of home
less.
Tallulah, La, twenty miles from the
Dog Tail crevass at Alsatia, is from
four to fifteen feet under water. Twen-
ty towns are affected by the crev asse at
Beulah, which is more than 1000 feet
wide.
Rescue parties relate narratives of
pitiable scenes of distress. Five thou
sand refugees are reported near
Natchez and Vicks burg, Miss, where
United States officials are distributing
supplies. There has been much loot.
ing. A thousand or more negroes and
white persons are reported in maroon
ed gin houses, barns, housetops and
in trees. About 100 white persons are
hemmed In at sawmill camp near
Napanee, Miss, and are in danger OF
drowning. Three thousand negro
refugees are at Benoit and Beulah
with meagre supplies.
JACKSON, Miss., April 20.-Reports
reached here today that 200 persons
have been drowned in Bolivar county,
Miss., by the food th at swept through
that section when the river dykes
broke near Beulah. Bolivar county
Ia covered with water and efforts to
verify the reports are meeting with
many obstacles.
The reports declare many white per.
cons were swept away by the deluge
Governor Brewer was advised there
are 5000 refugees in camp at Cleve.
land and that the food supply will
last less than "a hours.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-04-24
Saved 746 Lives.

NETWORK, April 19.-How the wire.
less operator on the Carpathia, by an
extra ten minutes on duty, was a
means of saving 745 lives, was told by
DR.. ]. F. Kemp, the Carpathia's ply.
sician.
sour wireless operator, said DR..
Kemp, twas about to retire Sund ay
night he when said:
~ guess l will wait just ten minutes
then turn in." It was in the next ten
minutes that the Titanic's g call for help
was received. DR.. Kemp described
the iceberg that sank the Titanic as at
least 400 feet long and 80 feet high.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-04-24
GREATEST SEA TRAGEDY.
Survivors Of Titanic Disaster Relate
Story Of Wreck.

NEW YORK, April 19.-Stories relat.
ed by 745 survivors today made it GER
tain that the Titanic dis aster was the
greatest that ocean travel has ever
known. These stories account for the
loss of 1889 persons drowned at sea
when the i'll fated vessel sank and six
who died after being rescued, bring
ing the total loss Of life to 1896.
The big facts that came to the sur
face in the flood of narratives were:
That 1896 persons met their death: ::
that there is hardly a shadow of a
hope tha. the grand total will be cur
tailed by a single additional survivor;
that several men of wealth and world
wide prominence are among those who
perished; that practically the women
who were not saved were those who
chose to die In their husbands arms;
that nearly all of the survivors cav
the Titanic sink and heard the band
play "Nearer, My God, to Thee, "
mingled with the shrieks of those whom
the sea claimed as the vessel sank in
1000 fathoms.
The Titanic struck an iceberg about
80 feet high, which ripped the liner's
sides open and made the watertight
compartments useless. While the
vessel was gradually sinking the
water reached her steaming boilers,
causing IN explosion which sent her
to the bottom. Among the hundreds
on her decks to the last were Col. John
Jacob Astor and Maj Archibald Butt.
President Taft's military aide; Ben
jamin Guggenheim, acques Fuerelle,
Geo. D. Widener, Henry B. Harris
and scores of other we'll known per.
sons. Isador Straus was among them
also with Mrs. Straus, who refused to
leave her husband behind when she
had the opportunity to go herself.
Major Butt is reported to have been
one of the heroes. With an iron bar
In his hand, he is said to have stood
at the steerage passage way and de-
Tended the women and children from
the fear-stricken men in that part o1
the chip.
Colonel Astor also is said to have
met his fate braveIy, after seeing his
bride to lifeboat, drawing aside to
watch the women step to safety and
awaiting his own fate.
It was only because the maximum
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-04-24

capacity Of the steamers lifeboats
was barely third the complement OF
the ship th at the crew and hundreds OF
despairing passengers had to be left
to their fate.
But for the unparalleled sacrifice
and heroism of Captain Smith and the
Titanic's officers the sea would have
claimed an even greater toll when the
ship went down. From the bridge
Captain Smith called through bis meg
aphone: "Be British,' and that be.
came the rallying cry of the officers
and men. They remained at their
posts and died like men.
Such was the graphic description OF
the conduct of the men responsible for
the saving of human souls on the ii.
tanic as told today by John johnson,
member of the crew who took an oar
in life boat.
John Bruce Ismay, president of the
In,ernatioal Marine company, stepped
into the last boat, johnson said.
There were no women left on deck. He
was forced into the boat by the officers
OF the ship then, Johnson said, just as
the boat was being lowered.
The survivors of the Titanic, still
suffering from exhaustion, arrived In
New York last night, releasing q
series of narratives so long and mum.
erous that many are yet untold. The
surviving passengers are unanimous
that the unbelievable" happened.
The voyage had been pleas ant and un-
eventful, except for the fact that 1t
was being made on the largest vessel
that ever sailed and for the keen in.
terest which the passengers took in the
daily bulletins of the speed. The I'll
tanic had been making good time and
all accounts agree that on the night
OF the disaster she was apparently 60
ing at her usual rate, OF from 81 to rs
knots an hour.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-04-24

q report that reached this city tonight.
1t is said number of bodies which
were recovered were sunk again as
they were without Identification marks.
The names OF those identified could
not be obtained through the Cape
Race wireless station.
The 81 bodies recovered are regard.
ed as identifable according to the re.
port. Those that were sunk presuma-
bly, were In a condition making their
preserva alton impossible.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-04-24
Conrad Independent: D

Conrad independents: Dan Ledger.
wood was in yesterday from his big
ranch east of Fowler, and like all the
other farmers, was wearing q smile
that refused to come off. Mr.. Ledger.
wood has in large acreage of whea at,
which he says came through the win.
ter in excellent condition, and Is
getting fine start with the early
rains. He expects to put in about 500
acres OF fax aud other spring grain.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-04-24
Tunnel Will Cost Millions

SEATTLE, April 2l.-Work will be
begun May l by the Chicago, Mil.
waukee & Puget Sound railroad on
the construction of three-mile tunnel
through the Cascade mountains, 1t was
announced last night. Workmen are
building bunkhouses at Rockdale and
as soon as these are completed three
gangs of 250 men each will be put to
work on the project, which will cost
nearly S5.000,000. The tunnel will
shorten the line seven miles and will
elimin ate the heavy grade at the sum-
nit.