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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-04-19
Remembered the Dog

Los ANGELES, April 19.--After
making preparations for the care OF
his dog. Carlo. J. A. Grover, a well.
TODD resident, remarked:
This is my medicine" and
blew out hts brains with a revolver,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-04-19
Parrot Saves Jewels

LOS ANGELES. April 10
Alarmed by the cries OF her parrot,
Mrs. A. Evans. OF this city. entered
her rooms ia time to see a burglar
disappearing with nearly $1,000
worth Of money aud jewels.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-04-19
DIDN'T NEED The MONEY

Understandings operation has
been postponed indefinitely.
Barker-Why' that?
Baker--His surgeons wife has In.
herited large fortune.-Life.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-04-19
SAVES The EYES

Hatpins are TO be much shorter
this spring. which probably means
that there will be fewer one-eyed
men In the country this summer
Carthage, Mo-, Press.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-04-19
SAVES TROUBLE

An ideal Joint bank account, from
a woman's viewpoint, Is when the
husband makes the deposits and the
wife draws the money out.--Spar-
tansburg, Ky, Journal.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-04-19

New correspondent--What 10 this
thing they call senatorial courtesy ?
haven't got onto IL.
Veteran Correspondent--Well. as
far ma can figure II out. Il means
letting Senator Hepburn talk when
ever be wants to.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-16
SAYS TITANIC HIT 'GRoWLER'
Term Applied by Mariners to Ice
berg All but Submerged.

Speaking from his experience in fee
fields both in the North and South At
lantic oceans. a former officer OF an ocean
liner said last night: Il fully believe that
the Titanic struck what is known as a
'growler. This is a berg. the top Of which.
in its long drift to the southwark, has
been melted so that only small portion
of it-a pinnacle. perhaps-remains in
sight, while below. Just under the surface.
spreading out like a huge turtles back,
lies the berg itself weighing possibly thou
sands of tons-a fearful menace 10 a ships
bottom.
"A 'growler is hard enough to dis
tingush from the masthead or crows nest
in the daytime and in clear weather.
but in the night in fog or hazy weather
II could not be seen. and II would tear the
bottom out OF any ship coming at even less
than half speed. All the Titanic's bulk
heads would not help her in such an
emergency, for 1t would be like striking a
solid rock and, from what have read Of
this great calamity, believe the ships
vitals-her engine and boiler compartments
were penetrated at the first blow.
The wireless plant being so quickly put
out OF commission showed that there was
trouble down there. This would also ac-
count for the pumps being unable to keep
the ship anoat"
New-York tribune., 1912-04-16

satisfied that the size Of the ocean liners
was limited only by the harbor accommo-
dations they could find and the price tne
public was willing 10 pay. Big vessels, no
declared. answered the helm even more eas-
lily than smaller ones.
A list of her specifications follows:
Registered tonnage $1,000.
Displacement 5000
Length over all $50 feet inches.
Breath over all. 92 feet inches.
Breadth over boat deck, "a feet .
Height from keel 10 top deck. lOo fees
inches.
Height OF tunnels above casing, - feet.
Height OF tunnels above boat deck 81 feet
inches
Distance from top OF funnel 10 keel. lI5 feet
Number OF steel decks. IL.
Number OF water-tght bulkheads, 30
Engines-Combination turbine and reciprocal
ing.
Anchors. each 1874 tons.
Anchor cable links. each 1I5 pounds.
Rudder. 100 tons
Weight of rivets used 1900. oO0) 1900 tons
Wing propellers. each 80 tons.
Centre propeller. % tons.
Siielights In each ship 200.
crew carried. go.
Passenger capacity, $500.
The Hamburg-American Line Is now
building ship. the Imperator. that will be
500 tons larger than the Titanic, and the
North German Lloyd is planning for a still
larger vessel, measuring $4,000 tons. The
Cunard Line is also in the race for bigger
ships, which grows keener each year. Tho
las: named now has the Aquitania on the
stocks, whose dimensions have not been
made public.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-16
SIMILAR CRASH IN AUGUST
Columbia Badly Battered by Ice
berg, but Saved.

The last serious accident of a nature
jEnnilar 10 that which befell the Titanic
occurred on August 2 last, when the steam
er Columbia Of the Anchor Line. bound for
New York, crashed into an iceberg about
one hundred miles north Of Cape Race. Six
persons were injured by the impact The
bow OF the vessel was smashed in above
the waterline and the plates below were
badly twisted. Ninety tons OF water were
In the hold when the vessel limped into
port three days later.
AT the time the crash occurred the Co
lunbia had her engines reversed. although
Few minutes before danger was scented
she. had been making about thirteen knots.
There were j68 passengers on the Colum-
o!a The vessel had entered a chill fog.
/. such as usually surrounds an iceberg early
IN The. afternoon, and Captain Mitchell had
reduced his speed TO fifteen knots. The
Ships siren was being sounded at fire.
Quent intervals. At $50 o'clock Captain
Mitchell heard what ne thought to be an
answering signal from another vessel A
moment later It was realized that the sound
was the echo OF the Columbia's whistle
thrown back from an iceberg. TIC Co~ines
were Immediately reversed, but tns .....'1, J5
OF few knots and sent IL crashing into
a mountain OF ice.
The vessels Prov was buried twelve feet
INTO the berg, knocking tons Of Ice to the
oecx. Although the steamer was moving
al greatly reduced rate of speed, and her
tonnage was far below that OF vessels OF
'he Titanic type, the force of the collision
was great enough TO twist the stem post
OF the vessel above the waterlne and tear
the plates below. driving them in for a
distance OF seven feet. The first collision
Duikhead was broken in and filled with
water. The second bulkhead held fast.
II was found that the vessel was able 10
proceed under her own power. although II
was necessary to keep the pumps in opera
uon all the way to New York. IL was said
.hat the circumstance that saved the Co
"fnoia from greater damage was that che
S"uck the iceberg at point where a shelf
1ose from beneath the surface of the water
Sholng up on that before the bow Of the
vessel struck the solid wall of ice probably
saved her from going to the bottom
New-York tribune., 1912-04-16
LINERS EQUIPPED FOR SAFETY
Water-Tight Compartments, Submarine
Bells and Wireless of Great Value.

Safety devices are included in all OF the
great liners of to-day. And principal among
these safeguards are automatic self-clos-
ing bulkheaG doors, which shut off the
water-tight compartments IN time of dam
ger. Ordinarily these bulkhead doors are
controlled from a central station, usually
the bridge. 1t is necessary only for the
commander to press an electric button and
the doors slide shut. transforming the ves-
sci into a series of buoyant air chambers.
Submarine tells. more powerful in action
than any searchlight, siren or fog horn,
are attached to the side Of the vessel. just
aft of the stem, and these are OF ines
tlmabe value 10 the skipper. The wireless
a comparatively new invention. has saved
many ships already, which otherwise would
have gone down unheard Of.
Marconi. who is responsible for the wire
less. has also invented a wireless compass
by which he intends TO inform operators of
the direction from which each message
comes. 1t is understood that the Maure-
tania will be equipped with this device at
once.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-16
ROCHESTER PASSENGERS AeoARpe

Rochester April l5.-It is believed that
three residents OF this city were passengers
on the Titanic. They are Howard B. Case.
OF Ascot, England. who went from this city
ten years ago as London manag ger for the
Vacuum Oil Company; Stanley Fox. travel
ling man for a Rochester machine com.
pany who sent a letter to the frm several
days ago. saying he would sail on the II.
tanic, and Miss Lily Duncan. who was Wis.
iting abroad.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-16
FOUR PROVIDENCE PASSENGERS.

Providence. April l5.-Four Providence
persons are known to have been passengers
on the Titanic. They include +. c. Ostoy
and his daughter Helen. who were return
ing from tour of Egypt; James Lamb
theatrical man. who had been on three
months tour abroad, and Harry Sullivan.
who was coming to make his home with
his father in this city. Relatives have re-
c.iyed no word from any OF them.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-16
TROY FIRM GETS MESSAGE
Receives Telegram Purporting To Be
Wireless from Titanic.

Troy. April l5.-Among the passengers on
the Titanic We're A. o. Helverson. of this
city. foreign representative of Cluett. Pea
body & Co. collar manufacturers of Troy.
Mrs. Helverson accompanied him, and they
were on their way TO this country Tor a
visit.
Cluett. Peabody & Co. received tele-
gram this morning. about 10 o'clock, pur-
porting TO be a wireless from Mr. Helver-
son. stating that the Titanic had been dis
abled, but was being towed to Cape Race.
The wireless was sent to the New York
office Of the firm and was relayed TO this
Iit
New-York tribune., 1912-04-16
PRAYERS FOR TlTANIc's SAFETY.

Prayers for the safety Of the passengers
aboard the Titanic were said yesterday at
the afternoon conference of the Men and
Religion Forward Movement William I.
Stead, the journalist. and the Rev. ]. Sew.
ard Holden. Of London, who were among
the Titanic's passengers, were on their way
here to make addresses before the confer.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-16
COTTON MAN AND SON ON BOARD

brunswick, Me, April ,5-Percival w.
White, a Massachusetts cotton manufact-
urer. who was passenger on the Titanic
makes his home in this town. Friends here
saw that he is accompanied by his son,
Richard +. White, senior at Bowdoin
College, and not by Percival w. White. jr.,
os was at first reported. No word has been
heard from Mr. White since the accident to
Itra
New-York tribune., 1912-04-16
MRS. WILLIAM L. CARTER.
OF Philadelphia.

lost That same year occurred one Of the
unsolved mysteries OF the sea, when the
Atlanta sailed with 5S passengers and was
never heard Of again. The Schiller went
down in ls75 with SO passengers. The Cfm-
bra, In 1889. sank in the North Sea with Sss
passengers In 1892 there were three great
wrecks that Of the Utopia. costing ,6l
lives: the Victoria. 26). and the Elbe. 26l.
When the North German Lloyd steam
ships burned, in June 1900. on the North
River, nearly two hundred lives were lost.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-16
A. G.. VANDERBILT IN LONDON
Sends Gable Message That he Did Not
Sail on Titanic.

Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt received a
cable message late yesterday from Alfred
G. Vanderbilt, her son. saying he had not
sailed on the Titanic and was safe in Lon
don. This encouragement was made at the
Vanderbilt house last night.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-16
Sinks After Collision.

Tho Cromartyshire was feeling her way
,brouqh the fog under shortened sail, when
whistle was heard and the next instant
To Rourgogne loomed UP on her port bow
rhera was no time TO change the course OF
a,,ber vessel The sailing vessel struck the
.,oar,er amidship, tearing her side. wide
-, The latter careened and went down
oiv,ost before the sleeping passengers real
,,ed what had happened.
passengers and crew rushed to the decks
{, manic A few lifeboats were launched
aonoebow. and the mad throng leaped in
orc boat pushed off without oars. was
h,,r,ed help;ess against the ships iron sides
,,d crushed with all in her. Hundreds
s,,,,red overheard. Many OF these clung
- raft til the suction of the sinking
sbin drew them down. Those who had
gmrceeded in getting life preservers were
,u,ou,ise drawn into the vortex.
contain Deloncle. in command OF the
ordered the lfeboats manned and
N.aS l on the bridge with his chief officer
s.o' vessel sank But his orders 10 his
'.,oo.ricken crew were in vain.
n,hn French sailors forgot all sense OF
,o oowardly scramble to save them
80 IN the scramble, women, children
s o,d men were sacrificed One sailor
anu ~ With an oar passenger who was
oe"s IT,, 70 draw himself on 10 raft.
s.i a,,,rled women under foot. One Ital-
New-York tribune., 1912-04-16
poRrL AND MILLIoNAIREs ABOARD

Portland, ore, April l5.-F. II. Warren
ord wife. named in the Titanic's passenger
,,st live here Mr.. Warren is the million
o,ro nresident Of packing company. Her.
man Klaber another passenger is mill
,oroire hop grower OF Portland.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-16
ENCOUNTERED BIG ICE FIELD.

Liverpool. April Is. - The Canadian Pa
enc Steamship Company's liner Empress
VI Britain, which left 81. John. n. b., on
Apri ). arrived here to-day and reports
haying encountered an ice field Of one hun
ofed miles in extent when three days out
from Halifax.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-16
AUTHORITY ON BOARD

San Francisco. April B.-Dr. Washington
Dodge. of this city. whose name appears
on the passenger list OF the Titanic, -.
gether with those Of his wife and child, =
widely known as an authority on taxaueG
New-York tribune., 1912-04-16
BRIDE AND BRIDEGROOM ON LINER

Morgantown. w. Va, April b.-Mr. and
Mrs. Lucian Smith. Of this city. were pas
sengers on the Titanic. They were COM
pleting q honeymoon trip around the world.
Mrs Smith is a daughter Of Representative
Hughes. of West Virginia.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-16
Learns Of La Boursosne's Fate.

Learns OF La Bourgogne's Fate.
Meantime. the Cromartyshire, saved by
her buIkhcads. had drifted away I'm the fog
and II was not TIL half an hour later when
the fog lifted, that Captain Henderson
knew Of La Bourgognc's fate. He lay 10
for several hours. picking up Survivors, ana
then was taken in tow by the Grecian.
Many well known persons went down IN
this disaster Among them was Mrs. John
Forest Dillon wife Of n New York lawyer
and their daughter, Mrs. Dillon Oliver;
Mrs J. b. Coleman, known on the stage
as Bernice Wheeler: Pedro Jose Losa. a
well known civil engineer; Captain Walter
Y Clark. Of Hackensack; paul Molin.
Spanish-American war correspondent and
Turkeys champion wrestler. Youssouf the
Terrible Turk
Sinking Of the Victoria.
The Victoria, of the British navy, flag
shin I'm the Mediterranean, under Vice-Ad-
miral Sir George Tryon, was sunk by col
lision with the Camperdown. under Rear
Admiral Markham. while mannuvring off
T'ripoli on June %. 1893. There were S5o
lives lost Admiral Tryon, who had been
guilty OF an error of Judgment. took all
Of the blame for the accident and re-
mained on his vessels bridge TIL she sank.
one Of the most pathetic tragedies In us
details of suffering was the wreck of the
Berlin on February q. 1857, off the Hook
NJ Holland. The ship lodged in sand
hank and was broken 10 pieces by the seas
one hundred lives were lost. Many tugs
and lifeboats strove TO send help, but were
tossed back by the surf. Once tug got
so close TO the wreck that her crew could
bear the cries Of those clinging to the
breakinp hulk. Men and women were
dashed up and down the deck by the
,yaves and beaten to death. Some were
terribly mangled.
To add to the horrors OF the sea- II was
bitterly cold. binding snowstorm ragged.
Three women stayed on the wreck forty
seven hours before they were rescued.
Their clothing was nearly torn from their
bodies and they were frightfully bruised.
Their faces were frostbitten.
Most of the work OF rescue was directed
bv Prince Henry. husband OF Queen VIII
helmina.
Loss Of the President
Then tbere was the mysterious fate OF
the famous old President. that lett New
York for Liverpool in March, lAl. with 10
passengers. and was never seen again
Nearly three months later. after the fres'-
dent had been written off the DOORS at
Lloyds. a bottle was picked UP at sea- con-
tanning little fragment Of paper on which
was recorded the simple fact that 'he
President was sinking The signature al
the bottom was that Of the celebrated actor
Tyrone Power, who was one OF the ios'
passengers.
In the mean time there had been weeks
Of painful waiting and watching by friends
ashore. and hope was kept alive by series
OF false rumors. once she was reported IN
Bermuda, laid up for repairs. AT another
New-York tribune., 1912-04-16
TITANIC HEADS DISASTERS
Her Fate Most Appalling of
Classic Sea Tragedies.
OTHER GREAT CATASTR0PHES
Wrecking of the Royal George
the Maine, La Bourgogne
and General Slocum.

The loss Of the Titanic places her name
at the head OF that classic list. which in
cludes such ships as the Royal George, the
Camperdown, the Victoria. the Maine. La
Bourgogne, the Elbe. the Berlin the Gen
eral Slocum and the Republic.
The tragedy Of La Bourgogne, on July T.
1898. the day Of the Battle of Santiago,
stands first among sea disasters in the
memory Of the present generation. La
Bourgogne, though one Of the crack boats
OF her day, was only single screw snip
about half the size Of the Titanic. She was
sos feet over all and had a gross tonnage
of 1896. She was running through fog
off Sable Island, when she ran into the
British ship Cromartyshre. In ten minutes
she had gone 10 the bottom. taking with
her 5S4 persons including her captain, most
Of the officers and crew and all OF her first
cabin passengers. except one. More than a
hundred were women. Only 166 persons
were rescued, including just one woman,
-.iss A. La Corse, of Plainfield, n. J.
Nc.hing was known Of the disaster TIL
the Cromartyshire. with her bow stove in
and badly dlsmantled was towed into Hall
fax.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-16
Rescued Passengers and Crew.

Just after the captain had seen the last
passenger safely transferred and was him-
self on the pilot boat the Oregon sank A
short time afterward the Fulda, or the
North German Lloyd Line, passed and took
on board the Oregons SAG passengers ana
crew.
Late that afternoon bare word came up
70 the city from Sandy Hook that the ore
gon had sunk. and all night long anxious
friends waited, harassed by rumors, for
details of the disaster. The next forenoon
the Fulda came TO her dock with all the
Oregon's passengers safe.
One OF the earliest of great sea tragedies
was the loss OF the Arctic In collision, IN
1854, when 322 persons were lost. Four hun
dred and seventy perished with the burning
of the Austria, in 1858. In the Vile de
Hayre collision, In 1873. there were 22S lives
New-York tribune., 1912-04-16
MRS. GEORGE WIDENER.
OF Philadelphia.

ian thrust at another with knife. lmme-
diately this action was initiated on every
New-York tribune., 1912-04-16
JOHN JACOB ASTOR.


time crowds rushed To the shore TO gree
the arrival Of ship rcrorted a the miss
ing one. only 10 find they had been hoaxtd
Thirteen years later the city OF Glasgo"
left the Mersey for philadelphia. with AZ
persons aboard She. too was never heard
from again 1t was believed that she. like
the Titanic. had been overwhelmed by an
iceberg. but there was no wireless then &
tell the tale.
In the same way the Collins, in 1886. and
the city of Boston. IN 1870. were added tc
the list OF those mysteriously missing.
Burning Of the Slocum.
OF the burning OF the General slocum on
June l5. 1901, which cost over one thousand
lives. the details have been too recently
and too often reviewed 20 need repetition
here. The vessel. crowded with picnickers
from n Lutheran Sunday school. was going
through Hell Gate when fire broke out for
ward Captain Van Schaick drove his YES
sci for the sunken meadows to beach her
In the panic that ensued hundreds jumped
overheard and were drowned, while hun
dreds OF others per!shed In the flames HOW
the captain was tried, convicted and re-
Gently pardoned is fresh In every one
memory.
A striking example OF the slowness with
which marine news travelled in the days
before the wireless telegraph was afforded
by the sinking OF the Guion liner oregon
off Fire Island many years ago. The hrs'
word of the disaster did not reach this
CITY I'll over twelve hours after the disas-
ter. and about thirty hours elapsed before
anxious watchers ashore learned whether
their friends aboard had been saved.
In other respects, though. the oregon ois,
aster was like that of the Republic ahu
like IT, too. cost no lives. despite the snip
lack of present day equipments. The vesse
was inward bound along the shore OF Lohe
Island about o'clock in the morning Day
was lust breaking when big schooner
loomed out OF the mist. crashed INTO me
port side OF the liner. sheered on ana dis'
appeared. The passengers were thrown
into confusion, but an admirable display
Of coolness on the part of the ofhcers pre-
vented a panic. A pilot boat was Just apou
TO put a man aboard and another schooner
was passing. They both bore down aho
began transferring passengers from th'
sinking oregon.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-04-06
SEE THE PICTURES
At Hollands Opera House Mat.
inee and Night.

Don't forget "The Mystery of the
Maine" which will be presented at
Hollands Opera House this after
noon and at night in moving pic.
lures.
1t is hardly necessary to say that
there is not man, woman or child
in the United States but who knows
of this terrible event in American
history, and now for the first tine
will be revealed the mystery and Sc
crets of this great calamity that
have remained hidden beneath the
waters of Havana Harbor for over
Is years. and at the same time the
public will have the opportunity of
seeing one of the most daring en-
cheering achievements ever at
tempted. These pictures show the
interesting stages and incidents of
this stupendous undertaking from
its commencement.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-04-06
MINISTRIES
MAKE HIT
Girl Students as Burnt Cork
Artists Score a Big Sue
cess.
Requests are Being Made That
The Show Be Repeated audit
May Be Done.

The minstrel performance at Beth
ell Female College on Thursday night
was a greet success. The lecture
room was crowded to the limit with
an audience composed of people of
every age and from all over the
county. The appearance for the
opening chorus brought forth such
roar of laughter and applause that
the words were lost. The perform
ers in the order in which they were
lined up were Miss Brunette Humph-
rey as Mr.. Hooks, end man; Miss
Bessie Haynes as Pinky Prim, pr;ma
donna; Miss Crit Mcknight, white
faced clown; Miss Laura Coleman.
one Of the Gold Dust Twins; Mr..
Chas. Meacham, Jr., interlocutor;
Miss r. E. Coleman, the other Gold
Dust Twin; Miss Myrtle Nichols,
another clown; Miss Lizzie King, as
Fluffy Ruffles, prima donna; and
Miss Judith Boxley as Mr.. Bones,
the other end man. All of the per.
formers were BACKED up excepting
The clowns, and their costumes typi-
fed their names.
In the first act the performers
were arranged in the standard semi
circle and the songs were interspers-
ed with jokes. many of which were
leveled at individuals In the audi.
ence.
In the second act the dialogs and
songs were given by performers ap.
pearing in pairs.
The third act was cut shorter thar
had been anticipated because the
star performers back had been in
jured the night before at the dress
rehearsal.
The whole performance was very
enjoyable and'refected great credit
luponthe performers and the train
ers.
Many requests are being received
for REPETITION Of the show som,
evening in the near future as there
were so many conflicting attractions
in the city Thursday night that many
were prevented from attending, whC
desired to do so.