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The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-10-24
ANDREWS COUNTY

Andrews News.
J. l.. Means has spent this
week working cattle preparatory
to shipping. He will start a
herd to the railroad early to-
morrow morning and will load
out for TT. Worth Monday after
noon. This shipment will con-
sist of cows. calves and bulls.
In all there will be about seven
car loads. Heretofore Mr..
Means has been toppinSthe mar
ket, but this load. he says. are
poor stuff which he is unwilling
to winter, and consequently ex-
poets no fancy prices.
S. A. Neal passed here with a
car load of fat cows which he
will put on the Fort Worth mar
ket early next week. \
Last Friday Louis A. Robinson
bought OF j. S. Slower $50 head
of sheep. Consideration not
known.
Albert Taylor will ship Satur-
day to the Kansas City markets
two cars of fat calves and one
car of heifers.
Geo. M. Slaughter. who is
proprietor of the S ranch some
slxty-fve miles west of this
place and who has been in the
city for several days waiting to
carry Inspector H. Z. Armstrong
out with him. left yesterday
morning accompanied by Mr.. and
Mrs. Armstrong for his ranch.
He will dip about fifteen thous-
and head Of cattle in his new
concrete dipping vat, which is
said to be the finest in West
Texas. He has two thousand
head of steers sold to Bush
Bros. {; Of St. Louis, and will de-
liver about eight hundred of
these today at Hale Center.
Hear EfriA@ Taylor. the cow
boy sinaerfat the Blondin Show
Oct. S.\-,s< l6 ltpd
w. c. Brown of Grovesville
was a pleasant caller at the Ava
lanche Office yesterday and run
his subscription up q year with .
bran new dollar.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-10-24

Miss Sue Nelson left Wedns
day for Petersburg where 81
opened up . stock Of Milliner
We commend Miss Sue to d
people of that neighborhood.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-10-24

w. c. Brown of Grovesville
was a pleasant caller at the Ava
lanche Office yesterday and run
his subscription up q year with .
bran new dollar.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-10-24

The many friends of Mrs. Slo-
YER will be pleased to learn that
she is rapidly improving in
health and has recovered suffici-
emily to be removed to their
home.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-10-24

Hear EE1a@ Taylor. the COW
boy sinqer|at tbe Blondin Sho'
Oct. 2.\--..e~ l6 ltp
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-04-19
ICEBERG A MOMENT
BEFORE TITANIC STRUCK II,

E. w. Beane, a second cabin passen-
ger, was picked up after swimming in
the icy water for twenty minutes. He,
too. Jumped into the sea after the
boats were lowered.
q heard a shot fred" said Beane,
"just before l jumped. Afterwards /
was told a steerage passenger had been
shot while trying to leap into a life
boat filed with women n children.
H. B.. S%teffanson, of New York, an
other survivor who leaped into the sea
and was picked up, declared that he
saw the iceberg before the collision.
1t seemed to me that the berg, a
mile away, / should say. was about
eighty feet out Of the water. The ice
that showed clear of the water was not
what we struck, After the collision 1
saw ice all over the sea. When we hit
the berg we seemed to slide up on it.
pounding and 1 realized thai we were
on the ice, but l thought we would
weather 1t. I only saw the captain
once after the collision. He was telling
the men to get the women and children
into the boats. 1 thought then that it
vas only for the ~precaution, and 1t was
long after the boats had left that I felt
the steamer sinking. l waited on the
upper deck until about 2 o'clock. I took
q look below and saw that the Titanic
was doomed. Then 1 jumped into the
ocean and within Ave minutes I was
picked up"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-04-19
DIED
LIKE REAL HERO

NEW YORK, April ~19.-Jacquez Flu
treble, the author, was one of the first
cabin passengers who parted with his
wife and steadfastly refused to accept
a chance TO enter a lifeboat when he
knew that the Titanic was sinking
under him. How her husband went to
his death was told by Mrs. Futrelle last
night.
When the Titanic hit the iceberg
there was the most appalling excite
ment, said Mrs. Futrelle, and who.
after they have passed through such
an experience. could blame these poor
people for the panic that overwhelmed
some of them?
"I do not doubt that my husband Is
dead. but even that knowledge cannot
make ms suffer more. There could be
nothing wors than the mental anguish
through which 1 have passed since we
were rescued.
Jacques is dead, but he died like
a hero; hat I know. Three or four
times after the crash I rushed up to
him and clasped him in my arms and
+ raged him to get into one of the life
boats.
For Gods sake. go, he fairly
screamed at me, as he tried to push me
away, and I could see how he suffered.
It's your fast chance, 60 Then one
Of the ships officers forced me into
a lifeboat and 1 gave up all hope that
he could be saved"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-04-19
SHIP OFFICER SAVED LIVES
OF MANY in LIFEBOATS.

NEW YORK. April ia young
English woman who requested that
her name be omitted, told a thrilling
story of her experience In one of the
collapsible boats which had been
manned by eight of the crew from the
Titantic. The boat was in command
of the fifth officer. H. Lowe. whose ac-
tons she described as saving the lives
of many people.
Before the lifeboat was launched he
passed along the port deck OF the
steamer, commanding the people not to
jump in the boats and otherwise re-
straining them from swapping the
craft. Then the collapsible boat was
launched. Officer Lowe succeeded in
putting up a mast and a small sail.
He collected the other boats together.
In ONE cases the boats were short of
adequate crew and he directed an ex-
change by which each was adequately
manned. He threw lines connecting
the boats together. two by two. and
all thus moved together.
Later on he went back to the wreck
with the crew of one of the boats and
succeeded in picking up some of those
who had jumped overheard n were
swimming about. On his way back to
the Carpathla he passed n of the col
lapsible boats which was On the point
of sinking with thirty passengers
aboard, most of them in scant night
clothing. They were rescued just in
the nick of time. Some died on the
way to the ship.
TheImen for some reason which, as
she recalled 1t last night, she could not
and does not now understand, did not
seem to be at all anxious to leave the
ship. Almost everyone seemed dazed.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-04-19
STAND BACK FOR THE WOMEN"

"Stand backr' they cried. Only women and children go into the boats
Some of the men leaned against the rail and looked down over the tower
ing sides of the ship. Others slowly paced the deck as if they were waiting.
The ship sank lower and lower. Three revolver shots were heard. Three
passengers in the steerage had attempted to force their way past the sailors
and had been ruthlessly shot down.
The ship had now listed t a terrible angle. Men, in the throes of panic,
attempted to reach the boats and were pushed back.
And in that moment the heroism of hundreds asserted itself. 1t was the
passengers who pushed back these panicstrcken few and not the sailors. Of
the individual deeds of heroism only a few as yet have been told.
Finally all the boats were lowered. Then the sailors. seeing women stand
ing and running about cried: "An women to the lower deckp
There began a rush % the lower deck and here it as tina. the nearest
sembance to a panic began. Some of the women were seized by sailors and
deliberately thrown over the rail into the boats.
The weaker men, by scores, began to jump overheard. The ifeboats began
to draw away from the ship
As they drew away those who were floating among the cakes of ice in the
sea cried aloud pheously for help. Those who could seized the sides of the life
boats. In many cases they were pulled aboard.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-04-19
Father Titanic
Victim; Son Mad

JERSEY CITY. April 1s~.-Frederick
Myles, 80 years old, of 256 Grove street,
whose father, Thomas r. My1es, of
Cambridge, Mass, was a passenger on
the Titanic. is today locked up at the
Seventh street police station for safe
keeping because he was driven out of
his mind by grief at the loss Of bis
father.
Young My1es was picked up by Pa
trolman May, Of the City Hall station.
May thought the man was drunk.
Later it was discovered that Myies
had merely broken down under the
strain of waiting to know II his father
was dead or alive.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-04-19
WHAT WILL BE N

FRANKFORT, Germany, April 1.-THE
Frankfort Gazette today prints a table
of ten of the principal transatlantic
dations with the number of the passen-
gers and crews and showing the number
of persons for whom no boat accommo-
dalton is provided. The list demonstrates
that the number of persons unprovtded
for ranges from Lac to 600.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-04-19

when four or FIVE miles away. In spite of all the warnings from
the other ships we were going not less than twenty-five knots an
hour. There you have the whole thing in a nutshell
When asked for his name he said with q bitter smile; III l
gave you my name could not get a berth anywhere in the world,
and | am too old to learn another trade
Eyewtnesses told of a brave death in the sea that had been MS life Of Cap
tain Smith. Mrs! John Jacob Astor came halingy down the gangplank and
was rushed away to the home of her parents by her faheness son-in-law, Vim
cent Aanr. Later she was reported to have died. which was absolutely false.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-04-19
Diamond Solitaire Rings
FOR LADIES AND MISSES. c1O.OO
A small lot, special at. ......... ~|V
LOOK IN OUR WINDOW

We are giving a novel display of diamond de-
velopment-where they come from, how they are
found, and demonstrating the various processes
through which the rough diamond passes in its
transition into the beautiful finished brilliant.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-04-19
PARTINGS AS TIT UFEBOATS ARE ROWED AWAY

baby girl The child woreo only a light calico dress, was barefooted and bare
legged. This woman had lost her husband and three brothers.
One of the most sensational stories that came from the Carpathia was one
that Captain Smith, the first officer and the chief engineer had shot themselves
when they realized that the ship was doomed These reports could not be con-
frmed; in fact, they were denied by most of the passengers, although one or
two said they had heard there wa some shooting.
The Titanics four rescued officers were placed aboard the Red Star liner
for the night. They refused to talk saying they were under instructions to give
no information except to the Senate committee.
The great crowd that blocked the streets waiting for the Carpathia to ar
rive at her dock paid no heed to the drizzling rain.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-04-19

The 200 and more seerage passengers did not leave the ship until IL
O'Clock They were in a sad condition. The women were without wraps and
the few men there were wore little clothing. A Syrian woman, who said she
was Mrs. Habush, bound for Youngstown, o., carried in her farms a 6yeardd
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-04-19
WATCH SINKING FROM THE LIFEBOATS

As the boats rowed away from the Titanic everything on the liner could
be clearly discerned by those in the Ifeboats. Drifting around at a safe dis
lance from the Titanic they awaited developments.
At 22O there was a series of mufHed explosions, the huge tunnels crum-
pied up, the Titanic suddenly rse in the middle and bow and stern plunged
downward into the sea The survivors describe the final plunge of the Titanic
as unbelevabIy free from suction. II seemed, they say, as if the giant liner had
been sliced with a knife and, with Its back broken. the fore and aft parts
gided gently into the sea.
There W as sixteen Gfeboas, n smashed as SOC rs lowered. Scores
jumped overheard and some were pulled into the HfebOats.
Bruce Ismay went with the Hfeboats in the first place, although the crew
of the liner were unwilling to leave the Titanic, believing that the liner was in
little danger.
The last seen of John Jacob Astor a when he was talking to his wife be-
fore she took to the boats.
The last information concerning Major Archibald w. Butt vas tina. the gal
liant officer was with a group of the ships officers and passengers n the upper
deck As the giant of the seas sank.
Physicians and, nurses went aboard the Carpathia before anyone was al.
lowed to go down the gangway but soon afterward the first cabin passengers,
women predominatng, began descending the incline. Some walked unaided,
some were assisted by friends, relatives and nurses, and some were Oh stretch
es. Mrs. John Jacob Astor, now a widow, was met by her stepson, Vincent
and her sister, Miss Force They embraced with tears, hurried to a automobile
and drove to the Astor town house.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-04-19
NO DEAD ABOARD; FIVE BURIED AT SEA

There were n o dead m shipboard. Five bodies had been buried at sea.
All accounts of the disaster agreed in the main. There was a crash about
IL I. m. Sunday; a concerted rush to the deck to learn the trouble; a return to
the berhs, only to be summoned back al hour later; fearful parings at the
rail as men toet their wives from them and thrust them into the life
boats. The escape % the ocean a followed by the sinking OF the great Titanic
a short time afterward and the terrible hours of drifting before being picked up
by the Carpathia.
And first in everya account of the disaster a the story of how the
TitaniCs band sank beneath the waves with the strains OF Nearer, My God,
TO Thee" coming from their instruments.
Travelling at twentythree knots an hour the Titanic struck the berg, which
a seyenty-fve feet out of water. The blow IA gancing and ripped the
boat from the bow clear to the engineroom, tearing the keel from the bottom.
The extent of the calamity was not realized. The blow ws 81 slight that
not until the boat began to settle did the officers appreciate that the ship was
in danger.
The officers and crew busted themselves ar0using the passengers, and it
was decided to place the women and children in the lfeboats
AT 1915 the boats were put over the side. Those who remained on board
were not awake to the fact that they were in peril and presumed that the meas
ire was precautionary.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-04-19
STORY TOLD BY PASSENGERS

From the statements of moreth than threescoe of the rescued passengers
and sailors from the Titanic a complete, consecutive story of the disaster was
evolved. 1t follows:
The ocean was calm as a mIpond when thu Ttanc crashes into the ice-
berg. Most of the passengers were in their cabins.
Then came the shock of collision, not SO violent a crash as had been depicted
but enough to disquiet all who felt it. There wa a general and orderly exodus
to the decks
Sailors were scurrJng hhher and thther crying: Nothing to be afraid of
There's n o danger!"
Some of the passengers even returned to their rooms and prepared to re-
tire. But gradually the cessation of the engines vibration caused uneasiness
and the group o. the decks grew greater and greater. Still the sailors AM
nounced there IA nothing to be feared.
Then, with percephble suddenness, the ship began to list.
All passengers IN deck with lfebehs " was shouted. Then for the first
time the gravity of the situation began to dawn o the passengers.
The sailors, working silently and without excitement, yet, fast as their
hands could move began to remove the tarpaulns from ifeboats and tersely
without excitement, INT the order, repeated o. every side: Women and
children in the meboatsr'
The sailors helped the nearest women and children into the boats, and
it vas the beginning of exciement-other sailors began to lower the boats.
Thus far the men, standing idly by, failing entirely to grasp the signif-
canoe of the moment, had helped the sailors. Many of the passengers reported
that the men we're laughing.
We'll be safer here o the ship than in that coche"sheI" man cried
to his wife as she was helped lover the rail-
But the Titanic began to settle in the oceana and it as difficult for the
men to remain on their feet. 1t as then that the appalling nature of it all
dawned IN these men. And then it was, also, that the officers of the ship drew
revoNes.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-04-19
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of exceptional b~rilliancy
and full of life and fire.
ONE OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES

ONE OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES
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This enables us to offer superior quality dia-
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PRICES WHICH MUST APPEAL TO EVERYBODY
The assortment is complete
from % carat to as large as 2 carat,
and at a pronounced saving on all
sizes.
You are so safe when you buy diamonds at
the Wiss Store that should you at any time within
the year of purchase want your money back We
wll refund in cash the purchase price, less ten
per cent.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-08-24

federal help for the levees, but
wished the people most concerned to
90 half-and-half, in order to insure
their assistance in watching and
guarding the levees in time of flood.
Mr.. Ransdell said that they had done
their part to the extent of many nil
lions in the past.
The most effective parts of he
speech however were where Mr..
Ransdell could say Il know" my
property has suffered, Il have seen
the waves splash over the levee into
my buggy as I drove in my home
town, and it should occur to us ALL.
that soon Mr. Ransdell will leave
the House for the Senate. Are men
being provided in his place for this
great fight now coming on, men, who
can say, II know for | have suffer
ed?"
In this district for example there
is only one candidate who can as.
sumo this strongly fortified position
aTgumentatively, who can battle
with personal might for help sorely
needed for others as we'll as himself.
That man is F. C. Claiborne. The
others must think themselves into
the riparian land dwellers' feelings.
Claiborne feels them without any
suggestion.
A strong reason is thus afforded
for sending man, who thus feels,
to fight in Congress for help for
the loWlands.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-08-24
CASES NOT SIMILAR.

Clearly, Judge Breaux is not de.
voting to his political speeches, that
logical thought which he spends up
on his judicial decisions. Speaking
at st. FranciSYille the other night
he said that he had been asked to
run for governor by Good Govern
ment League leaders, and if he We're
not too old to be governor he was
not too old for the Supreme Bench.
DSregarding the fact that it is sim
ply appalling that rapidly growing
list of men chosen previous to Hall.
il is obvious to any one that the two
cases are not identical. In the one,
Judge BreauX would have been eX-
pected to serve four years beginning
IN April 1912; in the other, twelve
years from 1914; considerable di!.
ference in point of time for any man,
but trebly significant and important
to a man of Judge Breaux's age, be-
ing considered by law eligible for re-
tirement before the new term be-
gins. No one hOnOrs and admires no
bic old age more than The True Dem.
Ocrat does, but in doing so, it has an
Ideal that when man has won the
highest honors in his line of labor
that his fellow citizens can give him,
he should rest content, and not ask
Ter more, when it means the deDri-
walton of others from recognition or
reward.
Such is Chief Justice Breaux's DO |
sltion. He would act most nobly if he |
retired on his present laurels, which
are green and fresh past what any
future hOnOrs could bestow upon
them
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-08-24
'UNWISE SUGGESTION.

Supt. Hewes, of East Baton Rouge,
is making himself OfficiOU'sly active
il sending out circulars to teachers
and parish superintendent, advising
each of them to write to GOV. Hall,
10 protest against the removals made
by the State Board Of Education. IT.
/; spectiyr Of the merits of the mat
ter, Mr. HeweS is not showing him
SET good friend of the teachers
ny this course For the State Board
is acting along lines pledged the
HHters during the campaign, to break
up The school ring that has shown
p@EnciOuS activity in state politics
for the past six or seven years. Tho
Board is unable to bowl over that
king pin, who remains in by a des-
picable political trick-but it can put
out the others, who were little more
than his creatures or followers.
Hence those teachers, who rush m
20 controversy over those neces-
Sary removals, are pOwerless to a.
ter the state of affairs, and simply
reveal where they stand, fact thar
may initiate against them in future.
The wise teacher will refrain from
following Mr.. Hewes' lead.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-08-24
*:'*s:s** OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES -.
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS s


The True Democrat is authorized
to announce Hon. F. G. Claiborne as
candidate for the Democratic nom
ination for Representative from the
Sixth Congressional District.
To the Democratic Voters of he
Sixth Congressional District of
the State of louisiana
Believing that | am competent to
fill the position and that the assur-
ances Of support l have received
throughout the District make my
chances of election good, | announce
my candidacy for member of Con-
sress for the Sixth Congressional Dis
trict Of the State of Louisiana Tor
the unexpired term caused by the
death of Hon. Robert c. Wickliffe,
and for the term beginning March
4th, 1913, subject to the action of
the Democratic Party.
Respectfully,
FERD G. CLAIBORNE.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-08-24
TO SPEAK FROM THE HEART.

Congressman Ransdell has sent lis
a copy of his fine speech before the
House, July 10, on Federal control
of the Mississippi River. the subject
being presented in a mastery and
exhaustive manner. He showed bv
a map how large a part of the coun-
try is drained by the great river
and its branches. not merely what
one thinks Of in speaking of tire
mississippi Valley. but portions Of
New York and Pennsylvania, Virgin
ia, North Caroline and Georgia Can.
ada through vast stretches of coun-
try about the head waters of che
Missouri; all Of which tended to
show how large a part of the coun-
try contributed the immense volumes
OF water for the flooding of the Val.
ley proper. From this. he argued 4
common responsibility. He made out
his case.
The only objection urged was nv
Representative Cannon, who claimed
that he was thoroughly in favor of