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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-30
FIRST TITANIC SUIT
Widow of Astor's Valet Seeks
Testimony for Further Use.
DUE TO LOSS or HUSBAND
]. Bruce Ismay and Officers of ILL.,
Fated Ship Summoned.

Under proceeding In admiralty court
here today, J. Bruce Ismay, managing
director of the International Mercantile
Marine. was summoned to appear this
afternoon before a commissioner to give
testimony to be used In suit of Mrs
Louise Robins Of New York against the
White Star line. Mrs. Robins husband
George Robins, valet to Col. Johr
Jacob Astor. was lost in the Titanic
disaster. Subpoenas also were issued by
the admiralty court for the surviving Of.
ficers Of the Titanic.
Besides Mr.. Ismay. Joseph G. Boxhall,
Charles II. Lightoller. Frederick Fleet
and Harold 8. Bride, officers and en-
ployes Of the ship, were served with sub
poenas by order Of Justice Gould Of the
rected to appear before Ralph D. Quin-
ter. q commissioner, at o'clock this
afternoon to answer such questions as
may be propounded to them by counsel
for Mrs. Robins.
Order Based on Petition.
The order Of Justice Gould was based
on q petition filed by Mrs. Robins
through Attorneys Herbert & Micou, in
the admiralty court about midnight. The
petition sets forth that the testimony OF
these persons Is necessary that full JUS
tice be done in the claim which Mrs
Robins has for the death Of her, .hifshand
The court is informed that the witnesses
desired are about to be excused Aby, the
Senate investigating COMMITTEES and Will
return to Great Britain, and. unless their
testimony is now secured, q failure or de.
lay Of Justice will result =. s~.s....s, -
The proceeding Is an unusual one and il
known as bill to .perpetuate testimony,
which may be needed In a suit not yet
filed.
In the petition Mrs. Robins alleges that
through the wrongful act and negligence
Of tho Oceanic Steam Navigation Com
pany her husband Z resident of the
state Of New York, was drowned upon
the high seas April Is. 1912. and claims
q cause Of action for damages 2cognizable
in the United States district courts sit
ting in admiralty.
The marshal reported service. on all, the
persons subpoenaed,' except Bride, who III
In New York and who will be reached
there.
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BAY STATE PRIMARIES
HELD THIS S AFTERNOON
Potts IN Most Places witt Not
Close Until 9-May Not
Know Result Until late.s

BOSTON, April 3O.-Scarcely had the
echoes Of one Of the most strenuous
campaigns in Massachusetts, ceased vi
brating between Cape Cod and the Berk-
shires when the voters were starting
for the polling places today to vote in
the first presidential primary in the Bay
state
In Boston, Newburyport, Lynn, Salem
but in the majority OF the 363 cities and
towns the polls did not open until after
noon. and as the polls are not to be
closed until pm. in these places definite
results of the great contest were not
expected until late tonight or perhaps
Wednesday morning.
The primaries were held under lower
ing clouds, with chilly, moist breeze
from the sea- In this city every effort
was made to bring out a full vote
the first town to report today's vote in
the presidential primary. gave Taft. Z:
Roosevelt, g.; La Toilette, 1.
Orleans, Cape Cod town. voted: Roose.
velt,. So; Taft. 20; La Toilette, 1: Clark.
Z: Wilson. L..
Taft Forces in Control.
CONCORD. N. H. April 3o-When the
New Hampshire republican state conven-
tion for the selection Of four delegates al
large to- the national convention at Chi
cago assembled here today, the Taft
forces were in control.
The Roosevelt element offered no op-
position to the organization OF the con-
lvention as planned by the other side. but
1t was understood that q stubborn fight
would be made on the question OF In
structing the delegates-at-large to vote
for Taft.
Uninstructed delegations have been the
rule In New Hampshire republican his
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Thomas G. Dawson Sinking.

Thomas c. Dawson, resident diplomatic
o1icer Of the State Department. II report
ed to be IN . very critical cpdition and
b not expected to survive th9 Day.
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SIOUX CITY, lows. April 00-The main
building Of Morningside College was de-
partly insured. TIP college win b closed
indefinitely.
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In organizing the international Har-
vester Company, the defendants were ac-
tuated. the petition declares, by . deter
mination to obtain control OF tnterstate
commerce in harvesting machinery and
twine. and also to expand into other
(Continue0 on Hlghth Pae0.l
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Bodies Found in Groups.

Relics OF the great Titanic dotted the
sea over an area thirty miles square,
Capt. LArnder said. Doors, windows
and chairs by the score were found
floating, but to none Of them were
bodies dashed. In several instances
there were groups OF floating bodies
numbering nifty or more, but none were
lAshed together. Col Astor was found
standing almost erect in his life belt.
Small boats were lowered by the
Nackay- Bennett whenever Q group Of
bodies was sighted. and into these the
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WEATHER

Unsettled and continued cool
tonight. Wednesday fair, with
slowly rising temperature.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-02

stand, were seen carrying dead babies in their arms, the snow stained with blood that oozed from their poor. crippled feet. For miles around the trees were denuded of bark, and the ground was dug up in every direction for roots-the only food many of the sufferers had tasted for days.
 The latest floods were the worst exper- fenced in years Almost the entire pro- vince of Anhui has been submerged for some time and more than 95 per cent of the crops were destroyed. The loss in Anhui province alone was terrific. In single district over 10000 acres of rice fields were destroyed in one day, and in aaneighboring district few days later 210o0 more acres were swept clean. Other districts met a similar face and thousands of thrifty farmers have become home- less beggars.
 What little was left by the flood was taken by the soldiers of the revolution, and the Yang-tse valley swarms with starving refugees, fleeing from the homes of their ancestors in search of work and food Neither is available, as conditions throughout the Yang-tse valley cannot possibly improve for the next four months. Unless substantial and speedy aid is rendered, hundreds of thousands will surely die of starvation and disease
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-02
BUYING OFF CHINESE PRINCES

From Current Literature (March).
 Negotiations now proceeding imply gen. erous treatment for the Empress Dow ager financially. She shows herself a shrewd bargainer, if the London Times be any authority. She is to receive a million in gold annually for herself, but whether that sum Is to be paid in Haik- wantaels or in American dollars or in British sovereigns remains theme of much dispute. The Emperor gets another huge stipend, the precise sum being left blank for the present. The various princes. who number 37, will through the allotment of pensions, he made fairly con- tented for the balance of their lives. The financial arrangement is to be embodied in the constitution which thesrepublcans of Shanghai are revizing at this moment. The terms are to be formally notified to all the powers. Any dispute will be re- ferred to The Hague. Generous treat ment will also be accorded all Manchu bannermen whose pensions, it is pro- posed, will be continued in full during the lifetime of the present holders. The mem bers of the imperial family will retain their private property and ancestral temples" Such is the nature of the ne- gotiations which prolong the debate as to whether China is to be a republic or revert to the suzerainty of the Son of Heaven. In the end Sun Vat Sen made way as president for Yuan Shi Kai.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-02
The Iron Market

'If one is hunting for announcement the volume of shipments say Matthew Addy & Co.,, of Cincinnati, in their mar ket report just issued. Pig iron Is mov- ing forward steadily and in much larger quantity than was the case some months ago. iRequests to delay shipments. are rare and much more than counterbal- anced by the more frequent requests to ship more rapidly than contracts specify. In finished lines business is active.
 Mills and foundries generally are rum ming anywhere from 15. to 50 per cent fuller than six months ago. As an offset to this is tho fact that prices are still comparatively low. They are not as low as they were In November, when bot tom was touched, but they are still altogether too low for really profitable operation Yet in the iron trade volume has always been essential. It has in past years been necessary to get things going, to start the wheels of industry, so to speak and prices after while took care of themselves naturally. Undoubt- edy, the situation would be better were 1t not complicated by tariff tinkering and the fear of burdensome legislation. These things have a restraining influence. Yet
 in spite of them there has been a fair amount of new business and good in- uuirV"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-02
CongrstuIating the Women

''I wish to congratulate the city of Bir- mingham upon the action taken by the Womens Civic league in the interest of moral and physical cleanliness said a professional man. ''They have gone straight to the mark in their attack upon the theatrical productions which have lately been presented, and with continu- ation of which we are threatened.
 ''It has been stated repeatedly that these plays and pictures against which protest is being made were produced to meet the demands of women, they being the best patrons of these shows, and it was about time the women took some ac- tion to refute the calumny. Very properly have the Germans, the Irish and the Jews protested against the gross caricatures presented on the stage, but for the last few years far more infamous practice has been carried on with regard to wom- en. especially married women, and not a voice was raised against 1t; on the con trary, 1t seemed to be the very best at- traction.
 But there are other sources from which this slimy dirt springs. There are stories in magazines, written by women, that tend to corrupt and deprave the readers, and the readers are mostly young women. The whole tendency of today is 10 sweep away every vestge of innocence and mod esty from the young women, and when that is done, the stage and the cheap magazine and the woman who wrote the story will be recognized as the maip cause"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-02
LAND FOR MEN ONLY

Clarence Poe in Where Half the World
 1s Waking Up.'
 Take the social relations of the Japanese people as another example of contrariety. Here the honorable sex is not the fem- nine but the masculine. There is even a proVerb. l believe, Honor men. despise women." Perhaps the translation "de- spise' is too strong, but certainly it would be regarded as nothing but contemptible weakness for young men to show any such regard for young women, or husbands for their wives, as is common in Amer ica. The wives exist solely for their hus- bands, nor must the wife object if the husband maintains other favorites or even bring these favorites into the home with her. And although man Is with his wife much greater part of his time than is the case in America. he may have little or no voice in selecting her; in fact, he may see her only once before marrying.
 After having seen probably half a mil lion or more Japanese, Sundays and week days. I have not noticed a single young Japanese couple walking together, and in one case where I saw a husband and a wife walking thus side by side l discov- cred on investigation that the man was blind'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-02

Where is the citadel of empire? asks a writer in the March Strand Where is the l sanctnm sanctorum of Britannia herself7 | Not one citizen in a hundred, perhaps, would guess it. After you have left the pomp and glitter of the palace, the state and consequence of parliament, the head | quarters of the navy and the army, the significant dwelling place of the British | prime minister, if you would seek the in-
 ner shrine of empire you must climb q pair of stairs in a narrow street off Whitehall, cross q threshold, push aside a l pair of red baize curtains, and find your self in-not a scene of imposing splendor, l far from it-but, nevertheless, in the greatest court in the world
 There is no human tribunal to approac ach this one in greatness. All other human courts are small in comparison. The su- preme court of America claims that it is the final court of appeal for nearly 1O0,000,-
 0o people. This court that you have en- 1 tered possesses jurisdiction over 45o.G 600.
 Yet never did greatness so ape humility. The bare, paneled room the arresting, al-
 most disconcerning silence; the unrobed figures at the two tables behind the bar rier-who would dream that 1t was here that Britannia was seated on her throne, balancing the scales of justice among
 white and black, Hindu, Mohammedan and Buddhist-from the Channel islands to Hong Kong. and from Johannesburg to Hudson's bay? It was F'itziames stephen who spoke of MT. 'Mother Country" going about riding on the knife board of a West minister omnibus. The dread figure of Britannia is here represented by two el- derly Scotsmen, an Irishman, an English | man and Cape Boer--the master jusists of the empire. Before them a Canadian barrister, assisted by an Australian junior ana instructed by London solicitor, may
 be arguing a Shanghai appeal case. In
 the court, as spectators are two Hindus, | three or four Chinamen, Sierra Leone negro, and a sprinlling of Englishmen Scotsmen, Irishmen, Welshmen-al lieges of his majesty, the King Emperor, of
 whose privy council this "dowdy court in l Downing street." as it was once unjustly | called, forms a principal part.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-02
THE PIPER

Dom Byrne in Harper's Magazine. I will take my pipes and go now, for the bees upon the sill 4Se Are singing of the summer that is com ing from the stars. will take my pipes and go now, for the little mountain Till Is pleading with the bagpipes in ten- der, croonng bars. e I will go OCT hills and valleys, and through fields of ripening rye. And the linnet and the thrcstle and the bittern in the sedge
 piper passes by. On the great long road of silver that ends atrthe worlds edge. I will take my pipes and go now. for the sand flower on the dunes Is a-weary of the sobbing of the great white sea, And is asking for the piper. with his bas- ketful of tunes, To play the merry Hitting that sets all
 hearts free. will take my pipes and go now, and God go with you all, W And keep all sorrow from you and the dark hearts load. I will take my pipes and go now, for hear the summer call, And you'll hear the pipes a-snsing as pass along the road.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-02
Grade Crossings Again

Opposition to a viaduct in Twen- tieth street at the Louisville and Nashville station will be strong and tenacious. There will be demand that the tracks at that crossing be raised instead of lowered. A raise" of seven feet instead of a depression of like extent would make room for subway which would be neither dis figuring nor clumsy.
 The question is one that calls for expert testimony and advice. The city's busiest grade crossing should be handled wisely after a careful study of it, and this no doubt will be the outcome.
 In the meanwhile there is no req son why the crossing in First avenue /near Twenty-eighth street should be = neglected. There is no reason why Aste one should wait on the other. The ltple of the city would rest content
 while if they could see a remedy
 both of these dangerous crossings
 hing. They should, in other words,
 considered together. Of the two,
 crossing in First avenue is the
 e pressing, because no bridge is 'sr at hand over which all can safe | r go. At Twentieth street there is !. pridge a block away reserved to pedestrians and vehicles only
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-02
WHAT MARTHA MISSED

From the New York World
 The Women's Dining club of Kansas City has decided by a vote of 9S to 2 that women today have a much better time than Martha Washington ever had. Why should there be even two ad- verse votes on question so obviously admitting of but one answer
 Judged by present feminine ideals Martha Washington must have found life pretty stupid. For one thing, she never belonged to a dining club or a mothers congress and never made a public address on "votes for women." She never gave a bridge party or went to a matinee or played golf or wore a hobbe skirt There were no socie- ties of daughters" or "damesa for her to join and she never heard of the waltz, to say nothing of the turkey trot."
 There were, to be sure, certain oic- fashioned occupations, once deemed con- genial for women, in which she en- gagged, but being now obsolete they need not be rehearsed. It was Martha Washington's fate to live before the day of feminine emancipation, and she paid the penalty with humdrum ex- istence which now excites the proper sympathy of her sex. To think that the most celebrated American woman of her day never even set foot in a motor car or took part in suffrage parade or gave her views to the press on divorce or decollete Men are prone to laud the superior advantages of the good old times" but that is a mistake women never make.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-02
Rspjd Growth

"Birminghams growth has been rapid and l have noticed what appears to have been a great stride within the past two years" said J. F. Ficklin of Chicago
 When 1 was here in 1906 for the first time ! made the prediction that Blr- mingham would be in the s0,000 population class before Atlanta reached those figures. l am still Of the opinion that Birmingham will outstrip Atanta in population, and say this is no disparagement Of the Georgia city, for I am certain it will con- tinue to grow. Atlanta is a marvel in its public spirit and progress, and I was not surprised to see that the census credited it with 154,000; but Birmingham is still more remarkable city. and it will make 3 showing in the next census with some. thing like 25o,00O-probably 275,000. Att lanta's population in 1920 will be about 225, OOo"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-02

porter is able to get a word out of him on that subject. If, however, he thinks he can go through campaign in a country oppressed by unjust tar if taxation without expressing his tariff views, he is mistaken. He has audacity in colossal proportions, but he has not enough to go through the present campaign without expressing his tariff views.
 The democrats, led by Oscar Under wood, stand for revenue tariff-a tariff that affords needful revenue on the one hand and needful relief to the people who feel the cost of living on the other. Every schedule presented in the House explains the democratic position, and the democrats can well afford to go to the country on that position, especially when Taft and Roosevelt are both, each in his own way, doing the evasive act. It is real ly difficult to say which of the two is the more evasive. Roosevelt refuses to talk, while Taft refuses to act until his tariff board has filed reports. Both in other words are doing their utmost to keep the Payne tariff in force and effect regardless of it's effects upon prices and the cost of living.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-02
Southern Trade Good

Business in the south is very satis- factory from my point of view" said William Perkins, who represents a large cigar manufacturing concern of Phila- delphia. Birmingham seems to be pros porous. I visit this city every few months and always remark improvements in evil dence.'
 MT Perkins takes a decided interest in politics. He is democrat and has been of the opinion that Governor Harmon would be the nominee of the party; but he said yesterday that since Underwood had come prominently to the front, fl was hard for him to figure out what the Baltimore convention would do. He expressed the belief that Roosevelt would be the republican standard bearer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-02
Dam and Lock in the Warrior

The contract for the construction of dam and lock No. IF in the Warrior river has been let, the contract price exceeding S2,OOO,OOO. The dam is to be completed within two and half years, or, say, in July, 1914.
 This dam is to be located in Squaw shoals, and it is to be 63 feet high, and 75 feet broad at the base. It will create lake 50 miles long, extending in one direction to a point north of Cordova. This lake will have bay that will extend we'll toward Besse- mer.
 The letting of this contract means a great deal to this district. It means an open river the year round from the heart of this district to tidewater. It means a world of possible electrical energy which will no doubt be brought to factories in this district. It means that plans which have long been prog ressing are at last to be consummated.
 The task of building this great dam is to be begun at once, and the hope is that the contracting company may be. able to complete the work in less time than two and one-half years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-02
ELECTRIC COCKTAILS

From the Chicago Inter Ocean,
 London-"When you meet a friend in the city don't offer him alcoholic stimu- lants; treat him to an electric cock tail"
 This was the gist of the advice given by Sir Thomas Barlow. Bart, president of the Royal College of Physicians, re- gently.
 Nikola Tesla, the great American scientist is credited with inventing the electric cocktail, and Sir Thomas praised it.
 You do not get, after electrict stimu- ation, the injurious reaction that all ways follows dose of alcohol" he said. "A battery can be carried easily and comfortably, I believe, and there is no reason why they should not come into general use" According to a scientific expert, the best electric cocketail" is a battery fitted at one end with a sponge, to be passed across the face when the cur rent is set going. It is the only cer- tain cure for nervious headache.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-02
STILL ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT

From the London Globe
 Nowadays it. is not the custom for the nobility and the putocracy to include mu- sicians among their retinues; so, for the ideal performance of the trio quartet, or quintet, we are usually forced to rely on the amateur-which seems, says the By stander," rather like jumping out of the irving pan into the fire For the ordinary English amateur is hardly joy forever. Not very long ago the ladies and gentle man who ventured to sing or play in an English drawing room were the terrors of the civilized world, and If matters have changed somewhat in the last few years there is still plenty of room for improve ment.