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The Washington times., 1912-03-28
MANY WILL ATTEND
TRANSFER HEARING
ATCAPFOL TONIGHT
Both Senate and Citizens
Bills Are to Be Con-
sidered.

Delegates ana others from the citi-
zens' associations, Columbia Typo
graphical Union, Central Labor Union,
the Retail Merchants Association. the
Chamber OF Commerce, Plate Printers
Dnioii and other organizations repre-
sented in the membership of the Citi-
zens' Conference on Univet sal Trans
fers: members of tho Board Of Trade s
committee on publin TRANSPORTATION,
and representatives. of the two large
street railway companies. and Of the
Baltimore and Washington Transit
Company, are expected to attend the
hearing on universal transfers sched-
uled for tonigh: at s o'clock at the
House District Committee room.
Both transfer hills-.that which has
passed the Senate. and the bill submit
ted by Charles w. Darr, chairman OF
the Citizens Conference, and introduc-
I'd Monday by Chairman Ber johnson,
will be before the COMMITTEES for con-
slderation.
congressman Dyer and Loheck have
hcen urging the other members of the
committee 20 attend the hearing to-
hight. and 1t is expected that a quorum
will he on hand to hear the final ar
Ruments Of the citizens and the railway
companies.
Convinced that the commi;te is going
to rerort out a real universal transfcr
hill. the heads Of the street railway
companies are contenting themselves
with making suggestions about 1t form
and trying to have the bill as harnlesa
as possible from their standpoint. The
representatives of the citizens, on the
other hand are Just as anxious to get
a bill that will actually get transfers
for the people of Washington. 1t was
for that purpose that the second bill
was introduced in order to correct some
features of the Senate measure.
The Washington times., 1912-03-28
Synopsis Of Chapters Already Published


Cosmo Versal has made the discovery
deluge. He placards New York with
posters. calling all to prepare for the
coming flood. For his own safety he be-
and barely has It completed when reports
are flashed about the world that the
waters are actually beginning to rise.
submerged but the huge City Hall, which
Is nearly all under water when the last
Of the Government battleships breaks
away from the Brooklyn Navy Yard and
y carried over against the City Hall,
Euashing through the top of the building
and sinking to the bottom From this
boat comes Amos Blank, the richest man
in the world, alongside the ark. Blank
has lost his mind, but he offers billion
dollars in securities, and waves the packet
aboard. He is taken in and then the
ark is headed toward the East, where, It
has been figured, is the worlds highest
land, and which will be the first land
ing place when the waters recede.
Meanwhile Professor Pludder has been
conveying the President with a party in
an aeroplane while the water is falling,
and when the rain stops this wonderful
nying machine rests on a mountain peak.
The ark likewise came to rest on high
point Of land, and 40 remained until a
submarine vessel made its appearance
near by. 1t was a French ship, and the
captain announced he had the King Of
The King OF England tells Of the drown
ing Of Great Britain, and then De BeEux-
champs, a famous French naval expert,
ts seen approaching in his wonderful sub.
marine. He tells of his thrilling expert
ences with heretofore unknown monsters
OF the abysmal deep. In the meantime
Professor Pludder has safely carried the
President of the United States and his
party westward in his wonderful aero
plane, and they alight above the danger
ous waters on one of the highest Colorado
tpeN AaNt
surviving parties suddenly face a stu
pendous crisis
The Washington times., 1912-03-28
OFFICERS HOSTS TO
RETIRING ADJUTANT
Major Samuel E. Smiley Honor
Guest Tonight at
Banquet.

The officers OF the First and Second
Infantries, and of the Signal Corps,
District National Guard, tonight will
have as their guest of honor at a din
ner, Major Samuel f. Smiley. retiring
adiutant general of the guard. who has
oeen. ordered to join the Twenty-tirst
United States Infantry within a few
weeks. Major Smiley sewers his con-
rection with the militia next Monday.
The dinner tonight will! be in the nature
of a testimonial By the officers of the
guard.
The dinner will be at the Hotel Con-
tinental Major Parmerter, the new ad-
jutant general. also will be present dur
ing the evening. The officers of the
First Battery, Field Artillery, also had
Major Smiley as their guest at a din
ner given yesterday afternoon.
The Washington times., 1912-03-28
HOW TO GAIN HEALTHY FLESH.
Jas. O'DonneII Advises Thin Folks to
Use SamOse.

Use SamOse.
While thinness may not be a disease,
yet 1t Is in reality a condition that
needs attention. Under the nourishing
power of Samose, healthy, natural
flesh will soon be attained.
This remarkable fiesh-forming food
strengthens the system generally and
builds up the fieshy tissues so that a
good, natural plumpness results.
An ounce of flesh is better than a
pound of theory. James ODonnell be-
lieves that the best possible demonstra-
ton of the flesh-forming powers of Sa-
NOSE is TO have 1t tried by his custom
ers, and to induce them to use 1t he
offers to pay for the Samose in case it
does not give satisfaction. No stronger
proof than this can be given of his
faith in II. He has seen hundreds who
were weak, thin and scrawny become
plump, robust and strong, solely
through the use of Samose. Ten days
treatment, SOC.
Sent postpaid on receipt Of price. SOC.
The Washington times., 1912-03-28
Miss Barton Active.

Clara Barton. famous founder OF the
Red Cross, now I'm her nlnety-first year,
and recently reported dangerously I'll
at her homo at Red Cross near Glen
Echo, is taking interest In spring ac-
uyities. She sent to the city yester-
day for pink eiderdown and ribbons
to match and tho expectation at Glen
Echo is, that Miss Barton is soon to
be out In n new creation.
The Washington times., 1912-03-28

wv HEN the company in the Ark
w had recovered from the as
" tonishnent produced by the
The Washington times., 1912-03-28
Motor Car Hits Woman.

Struck by an automobile operated by
DR.. John Piggott, Mrs. Mary Grimm,
forty-two years old. of go Third street
northeast. Is suffering today front
bruises about the face and head. She
was not seriously injured. The accis
dent happened last night as Mrs Grimm
stepped from a car at Third and r
streets northeast.
The Washington times., 1912-03-28
on Charges
Filed by Children

Henry Ashton, who has been under
5000 bond in the United States branch
of the Police Court, was acquitted yes
terday of three charges brought by little
girls.
Putnam patriot., 1912-04-26
Mrs. EstelIa Gillispie
ONE CASE OUT OF MANY TO PROVE OUR CLAIMS.

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Putnam patriot., 1912-04-26

pened when she sanR, WAS u0ss many different ways as there were people to tell it. But they agreed on one thing-thst Capt Smith and his officers showed the greatest bravery throughout the terrible ordeal, and that, except in isolated cases the men aboard. from the saloon to the steer age. showed a heroism worthy of the sea.
 When the Ship Went Down.
 Men were playing cards in the smoking room when the great ship struck tas iceberg whose prOpinquity was well -nowu to all aboard. for bulletin of it had been posted in the saloon, and when the ship went down, most accounts agree, the band was playing Nearer, My God. to Thee, while the lifeboats were pulling away.
 But it was difficult to get connect ed story from any survivor.
 Mrs. John Jacob Astor. outwardly none the worse for her awful expert ence, was among the first to be whisk- cd away to her home. Her stepson, Vincent Astor, and Craig Riddle had come to meet her and the greeting be- tween them was affecting. She went direct to the home of her father, Will liam H. Force, but stayed there only a few moments
 MT Riddle, speaking afterward of Mrs. Astor's experiences, said that her mental suffering had been terri ble, though physically she was not much harmed. Physicians gave or ders that neither she nor her maid should be permitted to talk about the Titanic, and this rule was strictly ob- served. Nevertheless, before the or der had been given, she had told Vim, cent Astor some of her memories. She thought she recalled seeing Col Astor by her side just before she got into one of the boats. She imagined he was safe too, and it was only when she was on the Carpathia that she realized that he was not among the rescued
 Like most of the other survivors, Mrs Astor was too stunned at fipst to recall any of the incidents of the sinking ship. She had hoped some other vessel would pick Col. Astor up, and when she realized at last that all hope of this was gone she wss much distressed
 Other passengers said that Mrs. As tor displayed remarkable courage dur. ing the days on the Garpathia, walk ing about the decks and trying to cheer up other survivors whose sor- row seemed beyond relief,
Putnam patriot., 1912-04-26
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Putnam patriot., 1912-04-26
Lights Burning. Band Playing.
Col. Astor Died Brave Man.


 Dramatic stories of the death of Colonel Astor were told on the pier by survivors.
 Mrs Astor was sent away in the tenth boat said John Kuhle. of Ne braska. Just as she was about to be placed within the boat, Colonel Astor embraced her.
 Helped to Force Wife Into Boat. "Astor then freed himself from his wife's embrace and. after helping to force her into the boat turned away and stood upon the deck"
 Colonel Archibald Oracle, |. s. A, declared Colonel Astor,s conduct was deserving of the highest praise Col onel Astor, said Oracle. devoted all his energies to saving his young bride, who was in delicate health.
 Colonel Astor helped us in our ef. forts to get her in the boat" said Colonel Oracle. T lifted her into the boat Colonel Astor then inquired the number of the boat which was being lowered and turned to the work of
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Putnam patriot., 1912-04-26
forernnnerg of thonsands.

forerunners of thousands.
 Soon most of the boats had been lowered and stlll full realizing sense of the extent Of the disaster had moi dawned upon all that mass of men.
 But. finally, all the boats had been lowered Then, the sailors. seeing wo- men standing and running about, cried
 "All women 10 the lower deck"
 There began a rush to the lower deck. and there it was that the nearest semblance to a panic began. Some of the women were seized by sailors and deliberately thrown over the rail into tue boats
 The weaker men, by scores. began to jump overheard. The lifeboats' be- gan 10 draw away from the ship.
 As they drew away those who were floating among the cakes of ice in the sea cried aloud piteously for help. Those who could seized the sides of the lifeboats In many cases they were pulled aboard.
 One Lifeboat capsizes.
 In many cases the sailors who man ned the boats rowed deliberately on, needless Of all applications, for their boats were full One boat was observ- ed to oVerturn What capsized it is not yet known-pTobably a number of men in the sea struggling to board her
 Several more pistol shots were heard on board the ship And then. suddenly, above the murmur of the sea and the erunching of the Ice Hoes there rose a steadily increasing cry from the doomed ship-a cry in which hundreds upon hundreds of voices mingled.
 And the women in the lifeboats were screaming each to her husband or her brother:
 Jump! We'll pick you up!" was heard on every side
 The lights of the Titanic were still shining, but she was sinking steadily by the bow The screams of men and women began 10 increase in volume From the lifeboats the huge Titanic loomed huge mass of blackness dot ted with countless tiny lights. None of these illumnations were sufficient to reveal either face or incident But these lights were steadily sinking be meath the surface of the water.
 Among the innumerable deeds of hercism of that hour there was one attested by many witnesses The sail ors attempted 10 pull Mrs lsador Straus from her husbands side. but she eIHng to his arm, smiling She had decided to remain with him She sank with him.
 Women Row Lifeboat.
 In the hurry of embarking one of the lifeboats had been lowered without 4 single sailor ~ it. Three men had been picked up by this boat, but the women were rowing And the women between the thwarts were screaming to their loved ones in agony.
 Then. suddenly, above all the wall ing of that desolate scene there arose the strains of the ships orchestra playing Nearer, My God. to Thee!
 And for the first time those In the lifeboats realized that those who were left behind knew that they were doom ed A few voices rose is accompani- ment to the melody. The chorus swell ed louder and louder The lights sunk lower and lower.
 The lifeboats were pulling from the scene as fast as they could But while they were still within sight of the ship the lights began to go out with start ling swiftness.
 The screams and shouts of those on board still resounded through the air.
 The last light went out aud the music ceased
 The peerless Titanic had sunk be- heath the waves
Putnam patriot., 1912-04-26

AT Court or Probate held at Putnam "A within and for the dsiric; of Putnam on the llth day of April A. D., 1912
 Present Edward c. Wright, Judge Estate of Thomas A. Lake, late of Putnam in said district ..deceased.
 George w. Hill of Rockville, Conn. Exeoutor. Ordered tha. six months frum the date hereof be, and the same are limited and allowed for the creditors to bring in their claims against said estate, and the Executor is directed to give public notice to the creditors of said estate to bring n their claims within said time allowed, by posting copy of this order on the public sign post nearest tht place Were the deceased last dwelt, within the same town, and by publishing the same times in some newspaper having a circulation in said probate district. and return make to this court of the notice given. ?
 Attest,
 EDWARD G. WRIGHT. Judge
Putnam patriot., 1912-04-26
THRILLING ACCOUNTS OF HEROISM AND SACRIFICE
 BY TITANIC SURVIVORS.

Tales of horror were told by the survivors of the Titanic wreck when they landed from the steamship Car pathia.
 Men and women related in detail the iceberg, but how the jar was so slight that no one was excited until the ships officers and crew began low ering the lifeboats and rafts and or dering passengers into them.
 The Titanic's boilers exploded when water rushed in upon them, and it was the opinion of some of the survivors that many who had been left on the sinking Titanic were killed by the ex plosions and pot drowned.
 Most graphic was the story told by Mrs. Paul Schubert, of Derby, Conn. After telling of how MT. and Mrs. Isa- dor Straus pepshed together, because Mrs. Straus would not leave her hus- band, Mrs. Schubert said:
 Tt was a terrible experience but worth going through. 1 was awaken ed by the shock of the collision, and went on deck. There was no great ex- citement, and persons were coming out of their rooms and asking what had happened,
 Wouldn't Leave Brother.
 Suddenly from the bridge or from some of the officers came the cry, Ladies first This was the first ink ling that we had that the ship was in danger. We went back to the state rooms and dressed, Then came the horrifying order that women must leave their husbands and brothers and that no man was to go in the lifeboats.
 T refused to leave my brother. and remained on deck until the next to the last boat was leaving They looked around and saw that was the only woman told them that I would not go without my brother and then they took him also Thus ] saved my bro ther
 We left the ship about twenty-five minutes before it sank She sank at about 1;50 o'clock Monday morning At o'clock the same morning the Carpathia put in an appearance and we were picked up We were proba bly, one mile away from the ship when sine went down. and the steward that had given me the first warning that the ship might sink went down with all the others.
 Lights Burning, Band Playing.
 AS We left the ship 1t was the most remarkable and brilliant sight I had ever witnessed on the water All the lights were burning and the band was playing as if at a concert" Mrs. Schubert was asked in regard to a rumor that Major Butt, military aide to President Taft, had shot eight men to keep them from upsetting life boats by crowding into them. Mrs. Schubert answered that she was unable to either confirm or deny this. She said she had seen no such thing, but that the confusion was such she might not have seen it, even if it had happened.
Putnam patriot., 1912-04-26
Distriet Of Thompson .s . Probate Court, IL Apri 9th, 1912.

Distriet Of Thompson ss Probate Court, IL Apri 9th, t9l2
 EstsIe of MaHda A. Barnes. late of Th0mp- s0n in said district dCceased
 Upon the application of Lillian A. Prince amt Herman J. Barnes, pras ing that letiers of administi alton on said estate represented lntes tate, may be gfauted 10 Amasa :. Barnes Of Boston, Mass, per application ou file more fulfv apt ears. II is
 ORDERED that said application be heard and do pimibed at inc Probate Office in Thompson in sad distriet, on the 20th Gay of April X. D.. 1912 at 2utcto k iu the afternoon. aud that notice thereof be given Of the pendeucy of said application and tHr imeand place Of hearing thereon, be pueiShiua cosy 0t this order once in sumr newspaper hayius a circulation iu said district. and uY puStlHg Il copy ereOi un the public sign. post gin tht Town of Thomson in sad distrnt, at least days tbefore said day of hearing
 i6 II GEORGE :. CROSBY, Judge
Putnam patriot., 1912-04-26

Ata Court ef Probate Reid aJ Putnam "A within and fo te district of Putnam, on the 9th day of April, 1912
 Present, EDWARD C. WRIGHT, Judge Estatr of George Pray, late of Putnam in said District. deceased
 Mary L Pray, EXeeutrix.
 ORDERED - That months from the date hereof be, and the same are limited and allowed for the creditors to bring in their claims against said estate, and the Exeeutrix is directed to give public notice to the creditors or said estsu 10 bring in their claims within said time altowtd, by post ing a copy of this order on the public sign post nearest the place where the deceased last dwelt, within he same town, and by publishing the same thrre tim in some news paper having a circulation in said Probate Dis strict, and return make to to this Court of the notice given.
 Attest
 EDWARD c. WRIGHT, Judge
Putnam patriot., 1912-04-26
Three ssesraee Men Shot.

The ship had now listed to a terrible angle Men, in the throes of panic. attempted to reash the boats and were pushed back. And in that moment the heroism of hundreds asserted it. self. It was the passengers who push ed back these panic-stricksn few and not the sailors or the individual deeds of heroism only few have as yet been told But those few are the
Putnam patriot., 1912-04-26

AT ACoURr OF PROBATE HOLDEN Al "A Putnam within and for the district of Putnam on the 10th day of April, A. D. 1911
 Present, Edward G. Wright, Judge Estate of Julla F. Ellis. late Fasssiboro, Me with estate in said district. deceased.
 Annabe F. Ellis. Administratrix.
 Ordered that six months from the date hereof be, and the same are limited and allowed for the creditors to bring in their claims against said estate and the Administratrix is directed tO give public notice to the creditors of said estate to bring in their claims within said time alio wed by posting copy Of this order on the public sign post nearest the place where the deceased last dwelt, within the same Town, and by publishing 2 the same thiee timesin some newspaper having . ing circulation in said probate district ,and return make to this court of the notice given.
 Attest,
 15l7 EDWARD c. WRIGHT, Acting Judge
Putnam patriot., 1912-04-26
HYSTERlCAL SCENES WHEN
 FRIENDS MEET SURVIVORS
Men Fall to Kiss the kneeo of Wom- en Folk-Women shriek and Rush from Group to Group and Then Collapse.

Slowly the Carpathia, ambulance ship of the ocean, made her way up the bay in the gloom of the evening. through lanes ut silent vessels, and warped into her dock at Pier 54, North River.
 From her descended the saved of the Titanic. all that remained of 2. 362 souls. semi hysterical band numbering 745.
 All the figures that had drifted in through the air were wrong, and when the truth came it was merely to increase the terrible roll to 1895.
 The scenes that were enacted on the Cunard Pier. and outside as tho survivors were being hurried away to homes and hotels, will live lifetime in the memory of those who wit messed them,
 Men in Mysteries. women fsinting, and children almost crushed in the arms of those welcoming them. were the rule, not the exception. Men fell down to kiss the knees of their re- turning womenfolk. Women shriek- ed. wept dashed in madness from one group of friends to another. and final ly collapsed in the arms of those who had come to meet them.
 The seenes Repeated.
 Outside. as they were led or carried 10 waiting automobiles, the same scenes were repeated. The sight of a street seemed to fill some of the re- turned ones with awe, to others il was a cause for emotional joy that could only find relief in eXtrayagant ecstasy.
 The precautions taken for the pro tection of the survivors proved en- urely adequate. and. fortunately, all the amhnlances and relief corps that had been gathered at the pier were not necessary
 The number of badly injured on Inc CaIpathia was not nearly as large as had been imagined. and cases re- aurins hospital relief were mereitul- ly few.
 Bat the strain on these who landed, strain that has existed now since midnight last Sunday, was plainly Co ha seen in their faces, n their ae- tons. in their attitudes and words. Some could barely speak above a whisper, others could not keep from shouting Some could scarcely find strength to walk down the gangplanks --others rushed on to the pier as | though possessed of the energy of ! maniaes.
 II was joyous occasion for many a terrible day for some To the last there had been hope in many breasts that their loved ones would os aboard at the last those hopes were blasted with the fey breath of the news the living brought
 How the Titanic sank. whst hap
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