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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-16

or sea, as well as for those exposed
to fire and food.
RESOLUTION BY CONGRESS.
Washington. April 16.-The house to-
day unanimously adopted a resolution
extending sympathy to the relatives OF
those who met death in the Titanic
disaster.
GRIEF IN PARIS.
Paris, April 16.-The American col
ony in Paris was plunged into profound
grief today by news of the stupendous
loss of life in the wreck of the Titanic.
Hundred of permanent residents and
American tourists staying at hotels
had relatives aboard. The White Star
Office was besieged by weeping women,
several of whom had sons on board.
| 1t is definitely established that Lady
DuffGordon, who is known in Paris
as Lucille name under which she con-
ducts a dressmaking business, sailed
aboard the Titanic with her husband,
Sir Cosmo Edmund Duff-Gordon. They
appear on the official passenger list
as Mr.. Morgan and wife. United
States Ambassador Bacon, wife and
daughter had planned to sail on the
Titanic, but delayed arrival of Myron
Herrick, his successor, caused Bacon
to postpone departure till Saturday
next.
IN HOMES OF CREW MEMBERS.
| Southampton, April ia distress
in
White Star offices here, which were
thronged with relatives of the crew of
the Titanic. Every member of the crew
/ had his home here and a large por-
tion of them were natives of the town.
There is no family in the city or its
vicinity that has not lost a relative
or friend.
LONDON OFFICES STORMED.
London, April 16.-Crowds around
the White Star Offices are increasing
every moment Lines of automobiles
and carriages containing inquirers are
so extended, late corners were unable
TO get within several blocks of the
offices. On many public buildings flags
are half masted.
A number of prominent Canadians
were aboard the Titanic at the time of
the disaster Among them are Mark
Fortune, capitalist of Winnipeg; Hugo
Ross, son of the late A. w Ross, Win
nipeg politician; T. o. c. Caffry. west
ern superintendent of the Union Bank
of Vancouver. All those are known
definitely to have sailed.
! FLAGS AT HALF MAST.
Cherborg, April 16.-Flags on all
public buildings are half masted on
account of the Titanic disaster.
REICHsTiG EXPRESSES SYMPATHY.
Berlin, April 16.-Speaker of the
Reichtag Kaompf, at the reopen:ng of
the sessions today, made a speech ex-
pressing the sympathy and grief Of
Germany over the loss of the Titanic
with a large number of lives.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-16

ience in the service on the north At
lantic he never had seen so much ice.
The drift of ice this spring has been
farther south than for years. Vessels
arriving here from abroad reported ice
fields extending far down into southern
tracks. Shippers told of being shut in
by ice as far as they could see on every
side of the horizon.
OLYMPIC SENDS NEWS.
New York, April 16.-The White
Star line announced officially at IL
o'clock this morning they received posi-
tive news that the number of surviv-
ors aboard the Carpathia is SOS. This
dispatch was sent TO the White Star
from the Olympic, which. it is under
stood, is in wireless communication
with the Carpathia, now proceeding to
New York
NONE ON EITHER SHIP.
Two messages received after 10 this
morning by the Marconi Wireless Tele-
graph company's stations at Cape Race
and Sable Island make it appear there
are none of the Titanic's passengers
on either the steamship Partisan or the
Virginian. One of the messages reads
The Marconi station at Sable Island
has been in communication with the
Partisan, the ship has no pas
sengers from the Titanic" The
other message reads: 'Marconi sta
tion at Cape Race reports it has had
no communication with the Virginian
and does not believe any of the Titanic
passengers are on that vessel
@SVoMEN FIRST RULE GENERAL.
| While the names of survivors obtain
ed ara largely those OF saloon passen
gers, the rule. women first" should
apply equally to the second cabin and
steerage, a regulation which may have
cost the life Of many prominent mer
above decks. The speed at which the
Titanic was travelling when ii shattered
itself against the iceberg perhaps vii
not he known until the first survivors
reach port
No DESIGN COULD RESIST.
! Under ordinary circumstances water
tight compartments will preserve th'
ship from sinking" said Vice Presiden
Hopkins of the Newport News Ship
building & Dry Dock company in New
York. "but smashing into an iceberl
could produce shattering effects tha
would render the ship helpless beyond
the protection OF any design yet known
In fore and aft collisions, where tht
compartments are punctured, the low
ering of either end Of the ship pro
CONTINUED on Page Six.J
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-16
ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS.

From noon today to noon tomorrow)
Sun sets 6:41, rises Sis. Evening
stars: Mars. Saturn Morning stars:
Venus. Jupiter. Mercury. Eclipse of
the sun tomorrow morning. visible east
of line drawn from Pensacola, Fla.
through Memphis. Sioux City, Penn
Sins, n. D., to Winnipeg.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-16
The Weather
Forecast Till p. vi. Tomorrow, for
Rock Island. Davenport, Moline,

ForecaSt III z p. NJ. EomorroW, Tor
Rock Island. Davenport, Moline,
and Vicinity.
Fair tonight and Wednesday, con-
tinued cool with frost tonight. Rising
temperature Wednesday.
Temperature at a. m. 43. High
est yesterday 5S, lowest last night
AZ.
Velocity of wind at a. m. . miles
per hour.
Precipitation none.
Relative humidity at Z p. m. 6s
at a. N. Sc.
Stage of water 8, rise of L foot
J. n. SHERIER, Local Forecaster.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-16
AIR WOMAN over
ENGLISH CHANNEL

Boulogne, Surmer, France, April 16.
Miss Harriet Quimby. the American
air-woman, crossed the English chan
mel from Dover this morning. She
is the first woman to accomplish the
feat of flying across the channel alone.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-16
ICE FIELD WIDE.

New York. April l6. - Incoming
steamships from Europe. which have
been held up down the bay by a fog
the last % hours. all report passing a
aumber Of large icebergs and ice fields
IN the vicinity where the Titanic was
,osL The steamer Lapland, from Ant
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-16
FLAGS AT HALF MAST.
Iowa Banker Indicted.

Mason City, Iowa. April 16.-F. W.
Mayes, former cashier of the Bank of
Rudd, was indicted by the grand jury
today, charged with embezzlement Of
S12, coo OF the banks funds. He was
released on bond.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-16
FEARFUL CROWDS BESIEGE
OFFICES OF STEAMER LINE.
Distressing Scenes in New York, London
and Paris, Among Relatives.

New York April 16-London, Paris and New York are
grief and overwhelmed by of the disaster Tear
full crowds of relatives and friends of thronged
steamship offices of all cities waiting
often than not when does bereavement and
Of aboard the Carpaha the larger
ber and children.
Through the night today the offices
line and newspapers beseged with persons
learn the fate of relatives friends the While
flood of inquiring received all the
country wireless worked steadily
pick up calls from the scene of the disaster.
Gradually the of the rescued began through
by wireless by of Cape Race from the Carpaa
posted in the Offices There who
ned the lists and turned with faces showing reaz
ed but many who disappointed and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-16
Negotiations Satisfactory.

New York, April ia continuation
of the conference of the subcommittee
of the anthracite operators and miners
was held late this afternoon. Presi-
dent White of the mine workers said
the negotiations are progressing salts
factorily.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-16
CARPATHIA ON WAY TO new
YORK WITH 800 SURVIVORS
Men on Sinking Ship Die as Women
and Children are Saved.

The appalling magnitude of the wreck the Titanic has been
but little mgated by the fragmentay information received
today The rescung Capatha has 868 survivors
aboard This the list by about two hundred from
the first night But except this favorable de-
tails insignificant compared with the fact that
Titanic Atlantic with about
1850 victims of the disaster Hope clung desperately this
morning virgnian Partisan
may have picked survivors in addition to those aboard the
Carpathian.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-16
Knox Party Returning.

Norfolk, Va, April 16.-The cruiser
Washington, bearing Secretary of
State Knox and party home, passed
Cape Henry this morning.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-16

werp, reports II passed a number OF
icebergs in the vicinity Of longitude
1850, latitude -, and the ice field ex-
tended as far north and south Of the
course as the eye could reach
WORST IN EXPERIENCE
The captain Of the steamer Niagara
from Havre, said that in all his exper.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-16
Boat Disasters
OF Recent Years

Lives
Year. Steamship. Lost.
1905 tie m er Shanghai,
burned 500
1S91-Steamer Utorsia, COL
HStOn DOS
1992-Steamer Nanchow,
foundered .......... 509
1s93-Narship Victoria, COL
llStOn sou
1s94-Steamer Horn Head,
sunk by iceberg. 81
19e5-Steamer Chlcora, Van-
ished in Lake MichI-
gan 20
1se5-Warship Relna Re-
gina, collision. 400
1a95-Stea eamer coIima,
wrecked ............ III
1896-Steamer Copernicus,
SUNK 1oZ
1s97-Steamer kapunda,
foundered .......... 800
1S98-Steamer la Bour-
gogne, coIlision...... $40
1e04-Steamer General SIo-
cum, burned ........ e58
feo4-Ste inner Norge,
wrecked on reef. 80. $50
19o5-Steamer HiIda, sunk 1923
1905 I e m er Valencia,
foundered ........ 119
1eo6-ste m Up sirlo,
foundered .......... 225
19o6-B r z | Ii an Cruiser
Aquidaban, sunk. go. 212
1eo7-Steamer Larchmont,
lost 1S5
1so7-Steamer Hong Kong,
strikes rock. .... 1870
1905 tie amer Berlin,
wrecked .......... 125
19o7-Steamship lakota,
struck reef. -. Unknown
1eo7-Steamship Columbia 70
1912-Tltanic 500
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-16
ILL-LUCK OF SMITH.

Although able commanders since
the advent of the modern steamship Captain
been inuck was in command of the
tanics sister ship the Olympic when that
hsion with the British cruiser Hawke of blame
he placed charge of the Titanic only Craze
when his charge fouled the steamship York after
leaving Southampton its maiden voyage so
disastrosy He has been the lines employ 80 years Al
though S66 souls reported to have been the Carpaha
it apparent all passengers for necessary
members of the the life boats.
New York April ia wireless from the steamship Car
paha this morning gives the information the Carpata
500 Titanic survivors is proceeding slowly York
through the fields of ice
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-16
SEE HOPE IN REPORTS.

OF the foregoing summarized the awful
tragedy, fraught with hope day dawned. The
first that the ship Carpatha carried nearly
against 675 reported
terday The second was message saying the Virgnan
might others board whose safety would
dead
Captain Smith commander of the Titanic probably
the with the fated vessel The presumption he
death his post gallant skipper should That
enforced rgdy the unwriten law of the
and children rswas plainly indicated by the preponder
among the partial list of
wireless has given
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-16
ALL ON CARPATHIA.

But this partially dspeed at II this morning when the
Sable island wireless station reported the Partisan had
vvors aboard when officers of the Allen line Montreal
issued statement that the Vgnian had arrived
the of the disaster too late to be of service Both
the Vgnan Partisan therefore appear hold
hope Of further reducing the of the calamity The
paha having aboard only the survivors accounted for
ing slowly New York All hope of details of the tragedy
centered in this ship The Carpatha reaches New York
Thursday night.
There further word this afternoon from the Car
pathia, which has of the Titanic aboard.
Washington, April 16-The president late today ordered
Carpatha which bearing
the Titanic's survivors to New York
At the direction president the cruiser Salem
been ordered to Immediately and meet the
pathia The Salem equipped with wireless apparatus
cable for sending distance of thousand miles, will
a complete list of the Titanic's survivors.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-16

These concerning worlds greatest steamship
astethe sinking of the Titanic off the banks of Newfound
prominently today sfted from wireless
ports:
loss life 1924 S1OOoOoOo
steamship cargo and jewels valued $4,000 600
more, a total loss.
mention among survivors of Colonel John Jacob Astor.
bride Madeline York,
Major Butt President Tas aide is still for,
many persons international Importance
Ismay president International Mercantile Marine
the White Star line the survivors, his wife
Wireless reports the Carpatha has aboard s66
ors for The Capathia
Friday. Rescued
boats many hours before saved.
Wireless message St. Johns Newfoundland reports
Vnian possibly with additional survivors,
That Virgnian yet confirmed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-16

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Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1912-10-25
THE LABOR WORLD

: Hoouseamaids in Cleveland. O.. have
organized a union.
Twenty-four states have enacted
laws safeguarding machinery.
About eight million men are en-
ployed in regular occupations in Great
Britain
Canada has nearly one hundred and
thirty-three thousand two hundred
unionists.
All of the workmen employed in the
Fail River Mass.) ship yards will go
on an eight-hour basis November 4.
Seventy schools in horseshoeing,
with courses ranging from one to six
months. are maintained at public eX-
pense in Germany.
The American Federation Of Musi-
clans has at present a cash balance
of $4,000 in its treasury, and 5SS To-
Gals on its roster all in good standing
All unions attached to the Ohio
State Federation of Labor have receiy-
ed notification that the annual conyen-
ton meets in Canton this week.
The Sheep Herders' Union, Of Butte,
Mont, is sending out an appeal for
moral and financial assistance in the
work of organizing the sheep herders
Of the country.
The call has been issued for the
thirty-second annual convention OF the
American Federation of Labor, to be
held at Rochester, n. Y, beginning
Monday morning, November II, 1912
Decatur Glll colored women, wives
OF union men, have organized an in
dependent women's union label league
So far as is known this is the first
auxiliary of colored women in the
country.
During the six months ending June
80. 1912, the Brotherhood Of Painters
and Decorators organized forty-eight
new local unions, the organization now
having ga local unions in good stand
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1912-10-25
GOOD REPORT FROM
TUSCARORA SCHOOL
Pupils of Miss Kate Nlhion's School
Are Remarkable for Their Regu- ..
iarity Of Attendance.

Tuscarora school, west of town,
taught by Miss Kathryn Nihion. clos
ed its first month with an enrolment
Of thirty-six pupils and an average
daily attendance of thirty-two.
Twenty-one pupils were neither alb
sent nor tardy-uot a tardy mark APP
peared on the roll this month.
A friendly rivalry exists between
the boys and girls as to which list
will contain the greater number each
month on the honor roll
The girls are leading this month
with twelve names, the boys only
nine
A festival was held in the school
yard early in September, the proceeds
to be used in school improvement A
neat sum was realized and some need
ed articles have been purchased al
ready. Books have been added to the
library and other selections are to be
made
The patrons and friends manifested
an interest by liberal donations and
service.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1912-10-25
BIC RECLAMATION
PROJECT STARTED
Secretary Fisher Turns First Shovel
of Earth for the Giant
Tunnel.

GRAND JUNCTION., Colo, Oct IS.
Secretary of the Interior Fisher
turned the first shovel of earth today
for the construction of the giant tun.
mel in connection with the Grand Val
ley reclamation project. When the
work is completed, about three years
hence, some $4,000 arid acres in Mosa
county will be supplied with an abun-
dance of water and made to blossom
as the rose. The Government is back
of the Grand Valley project, which
will cost between 100000 and $4,-
100000, a mammoth 45O-foot diver.
sion dam is TO be constructed across
the Grand River eight miles above
Palisado which will raise the water
of the river nearly twenty feet and
divert it into a canal by means of
which il will be carried two miles in
the open and 1900 feet through a tun-
mel drilled out of solid rock through a
portion of the Mt Garfield stone cliffs.
1t is estimated that 10000 acres of the
10000 acres TO be reclaimed will be
set out to orchards. The remainder
will be used for the growing Of sugar
beets, hay and grain 1t is believed
that the completion and opening OF
the project will bring not less than
10000 settlers to Mosa county.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1912-10-25

refuse to be Informed as to what will
be best for all concerned"
The governor was welcomed to the
city by Chairman f. D. Lewis of the
county committee, congressman
John J. Davis, Congressman John w.
Davis, Hon. Edward G. Smith, candi-
date for judge Of the state supreme
court. Editor Ralph r. Green of the
Exponent, Hon. Willard f. Snider,
Hon. James w Robinson, candidate
Joined the party He will accompany
for criminal judge, and other citizens
Hon. William r. Thompson, Demo
cratic candidate for governor. cancell-
ed all his engagements for today and
the governor until he concludes his
visit this afternoon at Wheeling.
Business was suspended in the Up
per Monongahela Valley this forenoon
so that everybody could attend the
meeting. The Consolidation Coal Co,
the Independent coal companies, the
manufacturing establishments, etc.
gave their employees an opportunity to
oVN tlAS HbAL IIeslutHl anu near nm
discuss the issues of the campaign.
special train from Parkersburg
with Chairman s, w. Walker and 9th
es from State Headuarters on board
arrived shortly after 9 o'clock. carry
ing, 1t is estimated 1000 people An
other special came over the Short
Line road from Smithfeld with 1000,
and the early morning train from Pick
ems, Buckhannon Weston and other
points was loaded to its capacity.
The Monongahela Valley Traction
Company never did a bigger business.
To handle the crowd extra cars were
called into commission.
At 11:30 o'clock Governor Wilson, ae-
companied by Chairman Stuart w.
Walker, Senator Clarence f. Watson,
National Committeeman John T. Nc
Graw, Hon. William r. Thompson and
Ex-senator Davis left over the Short
Line for New Martinsyille, where the
governor spoke twenty minutes, and
from there he went to Wheeling for
big speech. Leaving Wheeling he goes
to Pittsburgh. where he will conclude
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1912-10-25
TAXES HAVE DOUBLED.

The Republican campaign so far in
West Virginia has been conducted by
the most fragrant and mendacious
Misrepresentation. Its press and lea
ders have stopped at no lie, however
ridiculous or however easily disproved
if it promised to fool the people to get
their votes again for the pack of
choice rascals who have been in con
troll of the state for several years and
who have been an incubus on its de-
yelopment and prosperity On no sub
iect have they lied more persistently
than on the tax subject. They started
in on their reform tax propaganda
with lie in their mouths; they have
not been able to tell the truth about
it since. They said the object Of the
new tax reform laws was to reduce
taxation. Everybody knew, and one
Republican Ex-Governor White, had
the honesty and courage to say that
they were devised to get more money
from the tax payers. Governor White
was right. That is precisely what
happened and any man or newspaper
that says taxes have been reduced to
the people. simply lies, and the rec
ords taken from the auditors office
prove the untruth.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1912-10-25
PLEASED WIFI Mp. BURNS.

School teachers in West Virginia are
pleased with the prospect of having
for state superintendent OF free
schools real school teacher who has
had experience and knows what
teacher has to undergo While the
present state superintendent, who is
seeking reelection has had a practi-
cal experience limited entirely to one
term as teacher in North Dakota and
one term in the Buckhannon Confer
ence Seminary, now called the West
Virginia Wesleyan University, his OPP
ponent on the Democratic ticket Prof.
l.. w. Burns. has been country
teacher, a city teacher, county sup
erintendent, a city superintendent and
school for the State university.
For seven years he was a county
superintendent and although young
man he has had far more practical ex-
perience in educational work than any
man who has held the Office of State
superintendent for many years. 1t
would be a pleasure to work under a
man whose practical experience has
given him such efficiency that the
teachers may look up to him as man
properly fitted and fully equipped for
the head of the school system in West
Virginia.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1912-10-25
WILL FIGHT ELECTION FRAUDS.
Democrats Aim to Remove Stigma
From Minqo County.

WILLIAMSON, w. Va, Oct. 10
The Democrats of Mingo county, w.
Va, propose to put up a strong fight
relative to the handling of the regis
tration lists. With a half dozen at
torneys employed, they propose to
put a quietus on election frauds that
have placed the county in almost ma
tional dsrepute.
In the event that the effort to have
the county court purge the registra-
ton lists fails, the protests of the
Democrats will be submitted to the
higher state courts. Ii is conserva-
lively estimated that over 600 negroes
have been Illegally registered in
Mingo county. and it is openly charg-
ed that certain Democratic registers
have sold out and thus permitted this
false registration.
Col. John T. McGraw addressed an
enormous meeting at the opening OF
the county campaign at Williamson.
He spoke both in the court house and
at an open-air meeting. He made an
impressioned appeal to the voters of
Mingo county to remove the stigma
that hangs over the county as a re-
suit of repeated election frauds by
turning the local Republican ring out
of power.