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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-21
SCORE HURT IN PANIC.
False Alarm of Fire in Theater
Canses a Stampede.

PHOENIXvILLE, Pa, April 20.-A
false alarm of fire shouted in the gal
lery of the Colonial Theater during a
moving picture show here tonight
threw into a panic the audience OF a
Thousand people that crowded the am
phitheater, and was followed by mad
stampede where more than a secore of
persons were injured. Women and
children were trampled in the mad
rush of frenzied men and women for
the exits and hotels and stores in the
neighborhood were converted into
emergency hospitals. to which the in
jured were carried.
The sudden failure of the electric
lights in the building and throughout
the theater and business section caused
an attache to strike match to light
a gas jet A spectator in the gallery
shouted "Fire!' and the
audience struggled to. it's feet and
fought in the darkness toward the
doors.
When the theater was again flooded
with light, hundreds Of persons had
fought their way out the main exits and
with the coming of the light the stam-
pede ceased.
Most of the victims of the excitement
were suffering from mental anguish
caused by their separation from MEM
bers of their families and nervousness
caused by the shock.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-21
FEARED TO TELL PASSENGERS
Officers Of Victorian Kept News of
Titanic Wreck Secret.

HALIFAX. N. s.. April 20.-Not one Of
the 1.424 passengers on board the Allan
line steamer Victorian knew Of the Tt
tanic catastrophe until they reached here
today. The Victorian sailed from Liver
pool April IL, and her passengers were
greatly shocked when informed Of the
fate Of the White Star liner. The reason
given by officers OF the Victorian for
keeping back the Information was that OF
fear Of causing uneasiness on board
The news Of the disaster was received
by the Victorian eight hours after 1t oc-
Cured. coming from tho Carpathia via
the Baltic.
The arrival Of the Victorian was await
ed with eager expectancy, a. hopes were
entertained that she might have picked up
wreckage or bodies Capt. Outram said
no bodies or wreckage were sighted. IL
though . lockout was kept
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-21
LEGISLATION
TO SAVE HUMAN LIFE
Speaker Clark Says Steamers
Will Be Required to Have
More LifebOatS.

Speaker Champ Clark. alluding to the
great sacrifice of human lives in the re-
cent Titanic disaster. predicted that Con-
gress. by unanimous vote, will pass a
bill that will protect the life of every
person sailing on the high seas under
the American nag, in the course Of an
address last night at the twenty first an
nual banquet Of Columbia Lodge No 174,
international Association of Machinists,
at the New Ebbitt.
when the congressional investigation
committee makes its report Speaker
Clark declared, 1.-THE House of Repre-
sentatives at least will vote unanimously
for law that will SO regulate steamship
traffic that every ship leaving an Amer
lean port will carry enough lifeboats to
hold every passenger"
|; Out Of respect to the memory of the
'dead. and especially on account Of the
National Capitals own share in the sor-
row caused by it's quota of chose miss
ing" the audience refratned from ap-
plauding, but the silence that followed
the Speakers declaration was more strik-
ing than any other support they could
give.
Speaker Clark declared it had been the
record Of legislation in Congress and
State legislatures throughout the United
States to wait until some appalling ac-
cident or loss of life put the question of
remedy squarely before the people.
Only then, he declared, were laws framed
that O1ered some sort or protection
against similar calamities.
Mania for Speed Blamed.
Rev Hugh T. Stevenson declared that
the mania for speed and progress evil
denced by the American people was
largely responsible for the loss of life
on the Titanic.
T. e. Carroll. president Of the lodge,
presided at the banquet, at which
there were about $50 men and women.
Speaker Clark. who was introduced as
probably our next President" was given
an ovation.
Mr.. Carroll lauded the history of the
lodge and the position the working
man is maintaining for himself in this
country.
Addresses were also made by Repre-
sentative William b. Wilson of Penn
sylvana. Representative Victor L
Berger of Wisconsin, Representative
I. S. Pepper Of Iowa and p. J. Conlon,
vice president of the International AS
ISOLATION of Machinists.
The officers of the lodge are: T. E. Car
rol, president: c.. B. Hebbard. vice presi-
dent: Harry N. James, financial secretary;
William w. Keller. recording secretary;
Samuel D. Cole, treasurer: w. E. White,
conductor. and C.. L. Engle, sentinel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-21

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in place Of the light evening dress she
when she was dressed Lucien led
her to the gymnasium and they sat
down in a corner of the room. There
he told her the ship had struck the ice,
there was little. II any, danger. How
ever, he told her that 1T might be
necessary for the Passengers to take to
the boats.
Promises Obedience.
Eloise,' he said. when we were mar
ried you promised to love. honor and obey
me. l never expected to insist on your
living up to the last part of that promise.
but now | want you to obey me, like the
dear little woman you are
"Eloise promised, and when Lucien
placed her in the lifeboat she made no
objections. really thinking that he would
come. II not in the same boat, surely in
the next.
The boat in which she left the vessel
contained only twenty-four persons, in
GLIDING one drunken sailor. although 1t
was marked as having q capacity Of
sixty. Not single boat taken up by the
Carpathia had on board more than thirty
six persons. l am told, and l am also
ing at least sixty, and some could have
carried eighty persons.
Young Mrs. Meyer, daughter Of An
drew Saks, was in the boat with Eloise.
pair Of bedroom slippers. Eloise held
the poor girls feet in her LAP, to keep
them from freezing.
AT the same time Eloise held her
hand on the cork that plugged the
hole in the bottom of the lifeboat
during rainfall, when the boats are
in their davits or on the deck Of the
steamer. During that whole long, bit
ter cold night my poor little girl sat
there cheering the other women in the
boat, and holding with her own hand
the cork plug in the bottom of the
boat.
Horrible Truth Develops.
mot until she had been on board the
Carpathia for a day or more did Eloise
know that her husband was not on
board. and that in all probility he
went down with the Titanic.
"Her statement in regard to Ismay's
lutely true. 1t has been confirmed by
other women among the survivors. and
there will be little use for Ismay to at
tempt %,s to deny tSa, It d.n wsn. ~ hoo. -.
Carpathia his first demand was for food
and for accommodations for himself.
with never a single thought for the
nAlI-IBOzen, SUFFERING women VINO mao
been in the boats. Using his position az
managing director Of the White Star
line. he had the captain of the Car
pathia turn out the occupants Of q
stateroom and took the room for HIM
self. ordering a steward to put sign
on the door requesting or ordering that
he be not disturbed.
"Ismay occupied the room until the
Carpathia reached New York. having the
personal attention OF a doctor and two
stewards. while suffering women were
sighted.
while Ismay occupied q comfortable
room, my daughter and other women
slept on the floor, In the passageways. on
billiard tables and wherever they could
find room to stretch their tired bodies.''
Mr.. Hughes said his daughter will re-
turn to Washington -. soon as possible
to appear before the Senate investigating
committee. He has not yet been advised
az to when she will be asked to tell her
story of the wreck. but was Of the opin-
ion that 1t win not be for several days, at
the earliest.
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Of WARNING
TOSH|P'S OFFICER
Continued From First Page.)

big oak wardrobe with two men cling
ing to 1t. I hung to this till daybreak and
the two men dropped or. When the sun
came up saw the collapsible raft in the
distance, just black with men. They
were all standing up. I swan to it, al
most a mile it seemed to me, and they
would not let me aboard. Mr.. Lighteller.
the second officer. was one of them.
"Tt's thirty-one lives against yours
he said: you can't come aboard. There's
not room
II pleaded with him in vain and then
I confess I prayed that somebody might
die, so l could take his place. It was
Ionly human. And then some one did
die and they let me aboard.
by and by we saw seven lifeboats
dashed together and we were taken on
in Them
whitley explained that the reason he
thought the crows nest lookout started
back to England was he had read that
besides the senior officers. only quarter
masters had been retained as witnesses
by the Senate committee investigating the
disaster, and that the lookouts could not
be in hospitals as they had not been in
jured.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-21
SING HYMN OF TITANIC.
Five Thousand in Open-Air Meeting
Paw Tribute to Dead

NEW YORK, April 20.-With heads
uncovered nearly 5000 persons as
sembled in Union Square sang through
all the verses of Nearer My God to
Thee" today after leaders of the OPEN
air meeting had spoken of the hymn as
that with which the victims of the
Titanic disaster went to their death.
The gathering was one Of the days
features of the Christian conservation
Congress under auspices of the men and
religion forward movement William j.
Bryan, John Mitchell. the labor leader:
john D. Rockefeller jr. Bishop Kendrick
OF Kansas City and others stood on the
platform together facing a large assem-
bly,. Mr.. Bryan was the principal speak
err, his subject being '"The Claims Of
the Christian Religion on, the Men Of
North America"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-21
STATEMENT.
1911.
AFFIDAVIT.

solemny swear that the above statement represents
only the number of copies of THE EVENING AND SUNDAY
Star circulated during the seven days ended April r.
furnished or mailed for valuable to bona
counted are not retunable to or do not remain in the office
agents only, a of unsold papers
- FLEMING NEWBOI.D
Evening Star Newspaper Company.
District of Columbia,
Subscribed sworn before this twentieth day
= W. SPENCER ARMSTRONG,
19eal.) Notary Public.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-21
WINS WEST VIRGINIA, TOO.
Roosevelt Carries State in Primaries
by Vote Of Two to One.

WHEELING. w. Va, April 20.-With
but a few counties yet to be heard from
Theodore Roosevelt carried West Virginia
in today's primaries by vote of two to
one Roosevelt has 34S delegates to the
state convention to Tafts 100
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-21
SQUABbLE IS ENDED
Last Chapter Written in Con-
troIIer Bay Case.

JUNEAU, Alaska, April, 20.-The
Juneau land office has notified Frank F..
LAWS Of Lake Mills. Wis: Arnold L.
Scheurer Of 800 Central Park West.
New York city, and James j. Ryan Of
Catala, Alaska, that their filings of
soldiers scrip on shore lands on Con-
troller bay, Alaska, have been re-
jected because Of Noncompliance with
the laws in the filings.
The land was filed upon February 13.
1911. April 20, 1911 Senator La Toilette
Of Wisconsin introduced a resolution In
the United States Senate calling on the
Secretary of the Interior to furnish all
facts connected with coal entries made
upon lands withdrawn from the Chugach
national forest reserve in Alaska, and
later restored to the public domain under
order Of President Taft.
Accusations at Time.
1t was alleged in newspaper articles
about this time that Richard S. Ryan.
said to be a representative of the Gug-
genheim- Morgan syndicate, had been
permitted, through the instrumentality
of President Taft. and then Secretary
of the Interior Ballinger, to obtain
control of the whole waterfront of Con-
troller bay, the natural harbor for the
Sulpmcnt VI CO0l 1IOul Tie DcIluS IINcI
fields.
In July was published what purported
to be q letter from Richard S. Ryan to
Richard A. Ballinger concerning these
lands. The letter began Dear Dick
and was signed Dick" Both Ryan and
Ballinger denied all knowledge of the
letter. The letter mentioned Charley
Taft as having used his influence in
favor of Ryan, and a committee of the
House began an investigation of the
Ryan claims
Action Ends Matter.
President Taft October 10. 1911, sent
a message to Congress reviewing the
history of the setting apart OF the
Controller bay shore lands. and made
denial that his brother was in any way
interested.
Charles p Taft also made denial. and
the GuggenheimMorgan syndicate as
serted that Controller bay was worth
less.
The congressional committee dropped
the investigation. and the local land
office action is expected to be the last
chapter of the story of the alleged at
tempt to monopolize Controller bay.
The filings which have rejected are mud
fats, and are said to be of no value Tor
any purpose. Richard S. Ryan Is
brother of James ]. Ryan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-21
Four-Year-Old Girl Breaks Lee.

While sliding on a board at the play
grounds OF the Cleveland School. 9Th and
T streets northwest. yesterday. Gertrude
Green, four years old. Of 1928 7th street,
fell and broke her right leg. She was
taken to the Garfield Hospital by her
father.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-21
FRANCE ADDS PRAISE
Newspapers Laud Heroism of
the Titanic's Victims.
NATION IMPRESSED

PARIS, April 2O-The acts Of heroism
on the Titanic are taken as the theme
of editorials in the leading French
newspapers. which declare that they
will go down in hi-.ory as one Of the
sublimest chapters of mankind. The
stories of the survivors have profound
ly impressed the French people, and
the overwhelming nature of the disas-
ter. with the suffering and bravery de-
picted, overshadow all other interests
here.
The I mps tonight devotes a long
article of homage to the Titanic's
heroes. 1t says:
THE whole world has been stirred
to tho soul by the grandeur Of the acts
of resignation of the passengers. We
see Col. Aston succoring his young wife,
whom he adored. We see Mrs. Straus
refusing to leave her husband, and
dying with him in an ecstasy of memo
ries of long and happy union. The
thousand untold dramas which that
night were known only to the sea. the
secrets and anguish of hearts which
the sea will guard forever, none can
imagine.
Tribute to Their Manhood.
But what this unspeakable catas-
trophe reveals above all is the sublime
disinterestedness of a race which has
shown to what point its conception Of
manhood helps 1t to resist the tempta-
tions Of self-preservatiop. to which man
naturally is addicted.
1.-The Titanic may have represented the
embodiment of civilization. but it was
feeble and precarious beside the heroism
before destiny
The Journal Des Debats concludes a
similar eulogy Of the men Of the Titanic
by declaring that the lesson of the dis
aster Is to discontinue transatlantic rae
ing, which is incompatible with safe nav
igation, and recommends, as do other
an increase In the number
of RATS on all the ocean liners and more
frequent practice drills by the crews.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-21
WORCESTERSHIRE

CONTINUED From First Page
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-21
Saw Capt. Smith Jump.

Il did not sec alr. Ismay at all, Capt,
Smith stuck To the bridge and. turning, 1
saw him jump just as the vessel slided
into the depths. lie had not donned
life belt. so far as could see. and went
down with the ship"
The witness showed so plainly the men,
tai and physical strain under which he
Was laboring that both Senators New
lands and Reed urged Senator Smith to
excuse him After a few more interroga-
tons Senator Smith did so. 800
Il regret extremely having had to SUBJ
ject you TO such an ordeal he said adj
dressing Bride. because OF your condi-
ton. I would have avoided H. ii posi-
BILE. but the committee thanks you most
heartily for the forbearance you have
shown and the frankness Of your testi-
nony.'
Neither Senator Smith nor Senator
Newlands would comment on the line or
cross-examination followed. II was evil
dent. however. that the testimony sought
was Intended to form the basis for q
sweeping and thorough reform in the
laws governing the use Of wireless on
steamships. " nether this would be ac-
complfshed through restrictions placed on
vessels Of foreign register entering Amer
lean ports or be the subject OF dtplo-
matte negotiations and an understanding
with other nations. neither would say.
They decline to discuss the question In
any way.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-09-30

You buy 'em cheap and you buy
'em dear,
Silk or cotton, ornate or plain,
With handles simple or handles
queer,
With colors fast or hues that
stain;
And then, in carriage and bus
and train,
Hotel, restaurant, picture show,
You leave 'em behind, and
breathe this strain:
"Where do the lost umbrellas
go?"
In all your travels you never hear
Of anyone FINDING the
things again,
Yet every minute of all the year
Umbrella sellers are on the
gain;
Whenever the drops bedew the
pane
A new umbrella we buy, for 10!
Our search for the old one is in
vain
Where do the lost umbrellas go?
It's true some lucky folk appear
With strange umbrellas that
they have ta'en,
But they are too few to make it
clear
Where the great majority
have lain,
For the poor cry out and the
rich complain
In damp discomfort and clammy
~ woe.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-09-30

Friend-Why did you dis
charge your errand boy? Butch
err Customers complained he
was too slow. Said he took so
long that when they ordered veal
it arrived as beef.
-O-O
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-09-30

A machine has been invented
that can make rag hearthrugs at
the rate of one a minute.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-09-30
ENVOY

Prince, I'm tied with a ball and
chain
In a padded cell that my keep
ers know,
And l babble forever this wild re-
frain:
"Where do the lost umbrellas
go?"
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1912-08-30
PENR0SE REPEATS STORY
Tells Senate Committee Of Standard
Oil Contributions.

Tells Senate Committee Of Standard
Oil Contributions.
Washington, Aug Ex-senator Pen
rose was a witness before the Clapp
committee. He introduced into the
record the statement regarding the
$4,000 contribution to the Pennsylva-
MIA campaign fund Of 1904 by John D.
Archbold and the contribution OF
100000 to the national campaign fund,
which he made Wednesday in tho SEN
ate. He said he had practically moth
ing to add to that, but would answer
any questions.
Senator Pomerene took up tho o.
animation of Senator Penrose and in
quired. as to various interviews with
Archbold and other men connected
with the Standard OIL company.
"Mr. Archbold told me-" said Mr..
Penrose, that his board of directors
would decline to aid in tho national
campaign If there was any secrecy
about the matter-tf their activity was
not known to President Roosevelt and
Mr.. Cortelyou."
Senator Penrose declared he 70
ceived no contributions other than the
single one OF $4,000 from the Stand.
ard Oh company in 1904 and that he
received none in the 1908 campaign.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1912-08-30
RINGDAL's PLATFORM

Duluth Labor World: MI. Ringdal 8
platform is, without a doubt, the
strongest political document ever pre-
sented to the people of this state It
shows that he has clear knowledge of
the wrongs which, are holding the
people in general in state of political
and economic bondage. His platform is a
constructive document and when he is
alected governor, if the legislature
will but enact it into laws big step will
BE taken towards correcting many of
the social and political wrongs that
abound.
Every nottingham in Minnesota
should read and study Mr.. Ringdal g
platform. It rings true to the core.
It breaths in homely but eloquent
language the hopes and aspirations of
the common people.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1912-08-30
ARCHbOLD SAYS "
STORY IS TRUE.
Standard OIL Gave 100000 In
Campaign Of 1904.
Vas TOLD ROOSEVELT knew
laformed That Contribution Was 40.
esPtabIe to 1hsn Occupant OF
tho White House.
Vas TOLD ROOSEVELT knew

Washington. Aug. 24.-John D. Arch
bold told the senate committee inves-
ifatipS Campaign funds ta1t tho
Daand4d oil companys $12b, 900 con-
t1button TO the Republican war chest
Of 1904 was made upon assurances
from Treasurer. Cornelius N. Bliss that
the contribution was acceptable to
President Roosevelt and that further
contributions would be acceptable"
II told Mr.. Bliss we did not want to
make the contribution unless it was
to be gratefully received" he said.
mr.. Bliss told us of Mr.. Roosevelt's
attitude toward business and said he
believed Mr.. Roosevelt would be fair
and conservative man when it came to
the test.
"Mr. Bliss urged that the policies Of
the Republican party were the safest
for business. We decided that our in
terests as a business organization lay
on the Republican side and we decid-
ed to make this contribution
Mr.. Archbold explained that $780,
900 went to the Republican national
committee and that $4,000 was given
to Senator Penrose for the Republican
state committee. The $25, 900 given to
Mr.. Penrose, he said, twas a political
contribution and not a payment for
services in public or private life"
Asked for $4,000 Additional.
. Later, when the late Mr.. Bliss came
and asked the Standard Oil company
for more money-about $150,O00-Mr.
Archbold said the board of directors
refused to contribute further. He
quoted Mr.. Bliss as saying:
II speak to you personally; I think
you had better make this contribution.
II you don't somebody else WILL"
Later, Mr.. Archbold said, when the
bureau Of corporations began making
adverse reports on the Standard Oil
company, Mr.. Bliss admitted that the
government attacks were unjust, but
said he had no influence with Presi-
dent Roosevelt.
president Roosevelt unfailingly ap-
proved these attacks" declared Mr..
Archbold, without investigation or
the slightest knowledge of the facts.
These reports of Garfield and Smith
were the work Of mere puppets, who
Jumped when Roosevelt pulled tho
strings"
When the Standard Oil magnate was
asked if he thought the company's re-
fusal to contribute further was tho
cause Of the unjust" government at
lacks, he bit his lips and said:
well, don't know"
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1912-08-30

The splendid response of the demo
cratic press Of the state to the candi
dacy of P. M. Ringdal, and the good
words spoken Of him by so many re-
publican papers are tributes well merit
ed. The candidacy Of Mr.. Ringdal is
one that bears examination from every
standpoint. Of him it may we'll be
said:
How happy was he born and taught
That serveth not another's will!
Whose armor is his honest thought.
And simple truth his utmost skill"
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1912-08-30
FRAMEUP, SAYS Roosevelt
Gays He 10 the Man Interests Most
Fear In Public Life.

Gays He 10 the Man Interests Most
Fear In Public Life.
Oyster Bay, Aug. 24.-1n a state
ment given out in reply to the testi-
mony of John D. Archbold before the
senate investigating committee Colo
mel Roosevelt reiterated his declara-
ton that he knew nothing of a contri-
button by Mr.. Archbold or the Stand
ard Oil company to the Republican
campaign of 1904 and charged that
the course of Mr.. Penrose in this mat
ter and the bringing in of Mr.. Arch
bold to testify bear close analogies
to what in the New York police stu
alton at this time would be called a
frameup.'"
This is shown, said the colonel, by
the questions which Mr.. Archbold is
asked and by those he is not asked. .
In his last word Colonel Roosevelt
thanked both Messrs. Archbold~ and
Penrose for making it clear beyond
possibility of doubt that am the man
the Penroses and Archbolds of the
country most dread In public life"