The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-04-25

Miss Julia Lathrop of Chicago has
,een appointed chief of the recently
treated childrens bureau of the ma
ional government, by President Taft.
Miss Lathrop is the first woman ever
,elected to direct bureau of the fed
.ral government.
Domestic
The first Christian Conservation
Congress, the climax of the men and
'eligion forward movement, opened in
carnegie hall, New York, with long
list of notables as speakers and dele
gates.
The Cunarder Carpathia, laden with
sorrow for world, crept to her pier
In the North river at New York and
discharged to the hysterical embraces
Of hundreds of half-crazed friends and
relatives the 745 survivors of the
"s1O,O0O,O00 unsuitable Titanic" which
went to the bottom of the Atlantic
with 1858 souls on April IA.
Senator Smith of Michigan, New
lands of Nevada and Bourne, members
mittee which will take the first steps
in the congressional investigation of
the Titanic disaster, are in New York
and will subpoena every one on the
steamship Carpathia who might throw
any light upon the causes of the
catastrophe.
way managers at New York absolutely
turned down the demand of the Broth
erhood of Locomotive Engineers for
increased pay for members of the Or
der. The reply of the railway man.
ayers terminated negotiations. In q
strike vote early this month 1913 per
cent of the engineers voted to strike.
Forty-eight delegates instructed to
vote for Theodore Roosevelt in the Re-
publican national convention We're
elected from Illinois districts. Two
Taft delegates We're elected from the
Fifth district, the only one in the state
carried by the president in the prefer
entail primaries.
Alabama's "a delegates to the Dem
ocratic national convention were in
structed to vote for Oscar W. Under
wood until nomination for presi-
dent shall have been made" by the
state convention at Montgomery
Four delegates at large to the Re-
publican national convention were
chosen by the Connecticut Republican
convention at New Haven, and in
structed to vote for the denomination
IF President Taft. Ten district dele
gates were chosen. All but four
we're instructed for Taft.
Laxity in the methods of operation
of the Chicago Milwaukee & st.
Paul railroad is held by the interstate
commerce commission to have caused
the collision of the two sections of the
Columbian fier at Odessa, Mimi, De-
:ember 10, when ten persons were
killed and % injured
Among the episodes of the Titanic
wreck which engaged public interest
vas the escape of j. Bruce 1smay, the
managing director OF the line. No in
formation has reached New York as
% how or why Mr.. lsmay found
place In one of the Tltianic's boats.
The family of Gen. Frederick Dent
Grant has not yet made public any of
the arrangements for the generals
funeral. 1t is stated at Governors
island that until Mrs. Grant and her
son are ready to make known their
wishes the government will not COM
plete the details for the military sery-
ices.
A report reached Cairo, ILL.,, that
large number OF people near Dirk,
Mo-, were surrounded by water and
upon the verge of starvation. Rations
for 80 people were sent there and the
.,eople were found in a deplorable con.
dition.
Postmaster Edward M. Morgan of
New York city states that the White
Star liner Titanic had on board 3,423
sacks of ma. AS the standard ocean
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