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Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-04-19

W EATHER-Fair to-
day and Saturday.
Rising temperature
Saturday.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-04-19
Special BY United Press Wire.

New York, April 19:Afer summoning j. Bruce Ismay,
witness today before the investigating commit
tee at the Waldorf Asroia, Chairman William Alden Smith
said:
''We will not fail to give the American public all of the
facts We not clubs these Witnesses but
going to get the truth From what have gathered far
not an American shufed in all the confusion
board the Titanc.''
just before the senatorial committee called order
Managing Director j. Bruce Ismay saved with the
and Children and Vice President Franklin appeared at the
Waldorf with full force Of private detectives and steno
graphers Two of the private police Of the White Star line
companied them and smay protected by husky body
viewers Owing to the great crowds necessary for the
ALL
Imay testified the accident took place Sunday night He
DID, officer in the White Star line He said he not ofc
tally designed by the directors with the Titanic her
maiden voyage.
Ismy testified the accident took place Sunday nhgt He
said he told she sank 2:20 O'Clock Monday He denied
she going full speed saying if the weather of Monday
and Tuesday had been good it their intention to let her
go at full speed.
II in bed when she sruck,' he said II dressed
and the bridge where Captain Smith told he
feared the ship had been seriously damaged returned to
the bridge and heard the order to get out the life boats
sisted in getting them out went to the sarboad and stayed
there until the fourth boat had been lowered which under
stand the last boat which left the Titanic do not know
whether the captain stayed the bridge"
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j. BRUCE ISMAYS STORY OF WRECK As TOLD
BEFORE SENATE INVES ST|CAT TING COMMIT TEE
Head Steamship Company Explains How He Was Svedhe Hundreds
Of the Passengers Perished When the Vessel Sunk

Imay testified that he passengers on the Titanic Just
before she sank did recognize any of them Senator
Smith asked him what the circumstances under which
he left the Titanic.
Il was Immediately opposite the last boat which the sail
ors were irving to lower" declared smay There
filed in the boat and the captain asked me- Are there
any more women There in that part Of the ship
so | stepped in"
He said no passengers were in sight when he entered the
life boat All the male passengers had life peserVers, he de
clared 81 saw no confusion aboard the Titanic, he added
81 did any jump from the boat into the sea Ihefe
were RATS aboard the Titanic years the White
Star line discontinued their considering them unsulted
The Titanic carried twenty life boats sixteen wooden ones
and four coapsble. When reached the Carpatma we
walked ND Jacob ladder to the decks While III the
life boats there were no other boats in the vicinty.'
The managing director Of the line testified that he did not
look to see after he left the Titanic whether she had broken
i'm two He declared he did not look if there panic
either He declared he knew nothing of any explosion.
.tFad the Titanic struck the berg head on believe she
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Flags were lowered TO half-mast
on the public schools, firehouses, city
hall and other public buildings to-
day and will continue so for three
days out of respect for those who
lost their lives as the result OF the
steamship Titanic disaster. The
Board of Education gave orders to
have flags placed at half-mast at all
public schools throughout the city
and the acting mayor Issued similar
orders to custodians of other public
buildings. He said they would bo
continued so for three days as a
means of showing the city's respect
for the many who did not survive
the fatal wreck.
The New York State Mayors Con-
ference sent communications to Act
ing Mayor Garretson and other chief
executives of cities throughout the
state today, asking them to urge
LEGISLATORS to support measure to
provide proper live-saying apparatus
on large passenger-carrying vessels.
Mayor Garretson viii probably take
CONTINUED on page ~
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ST DRIES OF
SURVIVORS
OF. {. T T I ANI(;
No Fear at First
But Scramble
Followed.
NO SHOCK FELT

New York April 19.-Graphic storlee~
OF the disaster We're told by survivors
when the rescue ship Carpathia landed.
]. Bruce Ismay, head of the transat-
lantic shipping trust, which controls
the White Star line, said;
81 was asleep in my cabin when the
crash came. 1t woke me instantly I
experienced a sensation as If the big
liner were sliding up on something.
1--WE struck glancing blow, not head
on Ns some persons have supposed
The iceberg, so great was the force OF
the blow tore the ships plates halfway
back. l think, although l cannot say
definitely. There was absolutely no
disorder
81 left In the last boat. | did not see
the Titanic sink. cannot remember
how far away the llfeboat in which /
was had been rowed from the ship
when she struck"
"How soon did she sink after she
struck Mr.. Ismay was asked.
Let me see; it was two hours and
twenty minutes, l think"
"In other words, there would have
been ample time to have taken every
body off if there had been enough life
| boats?" he was asked.
Il do not want to talk about that
/ now" was the reply. sS
What was the eaptsir II
you last saw himp'
"He was standing on the bridge
ut Is not true that lie committed sui
cider
mo, | heard nothing of IT,"
Mr.. Ismay was asked TO explain the
delny in the sending of news OF the
wreck from the Carpathia. He said:
81 can't say anything about that now
except that sent the frst telegram an
( nouncing what had happened to Mr..
Franklin about II o'clock on the morn
ing that we were picked up. am told
that that telegram did not reach Its
destination here until Wednesday,"
Colonel Astor was walking the deck
Continued on page u
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The lifeboats that were launched
were not filed to their capacity. The
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-04-19

The Titanic slid on to the narrow
ledge of an iceberg, hung there for a
bret moment and fell back into the wa
Ter. Her three boilers then exploded,
and she began to sink.
Tie band on board the Titanic went
down playing Nearer, My God, to
Thee"
Mrs. lsidor Straus was partly dragged
into lifeboat. She refused to leave
her husband to die, alone, crawed back
to him and died in his arms, tragic
heroine of the sea.
Henry 3. Harris was placed in life
boat, saw woman and child who must
have died, left his place and lifted them
into tho boat and then went down to
his death.
: ColoneI John Jacob Astor refused to
.ecept life bolt, helped a dozen women
and children into lifeboats, refused to
get into one himself and was seen to
die.
Two Iifebcats were lowered almost on
end and capsized as soon as they struck
the water, survivors assert. All Of the
women and children who had been
placed in then, slid into The water and
were drowned.
Officers of the Titanic held drawn
guns to keep back panic stricken mon
while the women and children were
being placed IN the Ifeboats.
The first thing that j. Bruce Ismay,
managing director of tho steamship
company that owned the Titanic, said
when he was taken on board tho Car
pathia from Iifeboat was:
"For Gods sake give me something
to eat"
MIR. Ismay declared that he was the
last man who entered the last boat that
was taken away from the sinking Tita-
mic. He also asserted positively that
there was no use of firearms.
Officers with drawn revoIvers kept
fair order. Thoy shot three steerase
passengers to sIay panic. Occasion
ally men were driven away from boats
at pistol point.
Four perished in loading boats.
Many Ieaped into the water and per-
ished, including John Jacob Astor.
Two men trying to get into lfebost
ahead of women wero shot by ships
officer, who Immediately killed himself.
New York, April 19.-It was the sub
merged ledge of an Iceberg of ordinary
proportions that sent the White Star
liner Titanic more than two miles to
the bottom of the Atlantic, off the
Grand banks of Newfoundland. She
was steaming almost full tilt through
a gently swelling sea and under a
starlit sky, in charge of First Officer
Murdoch, who a moment after the col
lision surrendered the command to
Captain Smith, who went down with
her. The captain was washed from the
bridge and was seen to make his way
back again. He had been urged to get
into lifeboat, but refused.
Perfect Discipline to Last.
The lifeboats that were launched
were not filed to their capacity. The
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-04-19
in ADMIRATION
OF THE HEROES
Acting Mayor and School
Board Lower Flags.
FLAGS AT HALF MAST.

As an expression OF our respect
and admiration for the heroic
men and women who lost their
lives in that great sea tragedy,
the sinking of the Titanic, flags
will be half-masted, for a period
of three days. on the City Hall,
firehouses and school buildings.
Citizens are requested to make a
similar display.
FERD. GARRETSON,
Acting Mayor.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-04-19

Dancing every Saturday evening
under the auspices Of the Jolly Four
at Rogan's Pavilion, Rogan's Corner.
Music by Professor Steinhauser.
G401-4-1S2t"
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new STORAGE WAREHOUSE

Store your furniture and pianos
at ]. Christ Co.'s modern building,
locked rooms; all clean, airy ana
dry. Storage from S1.OO up. j.
Christ Co., corner Madison avenue
and Smith street.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-04-19
Tor Rent

Dance hall, offices and iocge rooms
in the Madison building, corner
Smith street and Madison avenue.
Steam heat, electric light and janl-
tor service. For particulars inquire
]. Christ Company furniture store
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-04-19

Automobiles for rent. FhOns ISI.
c. A. Sexton, 70 Smith street.
4776-2. 24-6m.S
WATED--a girl for general house
work Apply. 223 State street.
6455-4-1 9-lt+
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-07-08
CLAIM 500 CHAMPIONSHIP
Clearbrook Team Bases Contention
on Defeats of Gonvick, Trail,
Weme and Gully.
WON A CLOSE GAME SUNDAY

Clearbrook, July S.-That the
Clearbrook baseball team is the I'M
disputed champion on the $500" can
no longer BE denied after the last
two games with Gonvick on tie 1T,
of July, and Trail yesterday, both
won with big honors.
The game at Trail, won by a score
of to 2, was the best game put up
this season by the Clearbrook boys,
as Trail has game team. In five
innings it was a shut out on either
side, but in the first half of the sixth
the fireworks began, and Clearbrook
scored four times, and three times
in the eighth. Trail scored twice in
the eighth on an error, otherwise it
would have been clean shut out.
John Koxvold and John Melquist
threw gilt edge ball for Clearbrook,
while Edwin Koxvold stopped the hot
ones with ease. Peter Larson was on
the firing line for Trail with Quar-
ness behind the bat, Larson did fine
work but the boys from Clearbrook
were his masters with the stick.
This gives Clearbrook two out of
three games with Trail, and two of
two games with Gonvick, besides
shutting out Gully, and defeating
Weme.
For new town and considering
its size Clearbrook has the fastest
set of players in Northern Minnesota.
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"DRYS" TO NOMINATE
Prohibition Party's National Conven-
ton Scheduled for Atlantic City
This Week.
MINNESOTA MAN A LEADER

Atlantic City, N. j., July S.-Pro-
hibitionists are beginning to arrive
for their national convention, which
is to meet on the Steel Pier during
the last three days of this week for
the nomination of candidates for
president and vice-president and the
adoption of a party platform. To-
day the national committee met at
the Hotel Chalfonte to complete the
final details of the convention ar
rangements.
The convention will be called to
order at 10 o'clock Wednesday morn
ing by Charles R. Jones. chairman of
the national committee The conven-
ton will be attended by 1884 dele
gates and an equal number of alter
mates. Owing to the popularity of
Atlantic City as a summer resort, the
attendance of visitors and onlookers
is expected to be larger than at any
of the previous national conventions
of the Prohibition party.
With the arrival of the delegates
in town the discussion has opened in
regards to the probable choice for the
head of the national ticket. Those
whose names are most frequently
heard in connection with the presi-
Dental nomination are Francis E.
Baldwin of New York, Col. Andrew
j. Houston of Texas, Madison F. Lar
Kin of Pennsylvania and DR.. Aaron
S. Watkins of Ohio. Eugene w.
Chain, who was the standard bearer
four years ago, is also mentioned
Mr.. Chain lived in Illinois at the
time of his nomina ton in 1908, but
has since removed to Arizona.
The selection of vice-presiden-
tial nominee will depend largely up
on what section of the country the
presidential choice comes from. w.
G. Calderwood of Minnesota is said TO
be slated for the Craftsmanship of the
national committee to succeed
Charles R. Jones of Illinois, who is
retiring from the post after a service
of ten years. Mr.. Calterwood is be-
lieved to be entitled to the honor in
view of the fact that the Prohibition
votes in Minnesota has increased ten
fold since he became head of the
state committee eight years ago.
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KILLED BY LIGHTNING.

Michael Dwyer was struck by
lightning and instantly killed at
Redby during the storm late yester-
day afternoon. Mr.. Dwyer was ly-
ing down at the side of his barn to
escape the rain and was struck and
killed at p. m. He was living
alone as his wife and boy loft for
Idaho week ago. Mr.. Dwyer was d
conductor on the Red Lake line about
two years ago and was, we'll known
to patrons of that line. The body
was brought to Bemidji this morning
by Coroner Ibertson.
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Thunder, PERHAPS.

A childless couple, having concluded
the house was too quiet, bethought
them of adopting a child. So they
proceeded to nice respectable orphan
asylum to see what there was In
stock. I'VE want a boy to raise" the
husband said to the superintendent
when that gentleman appeared. ITO
raise what?" he inquired, with a Pc
culiar CLEAN in his eyes, as a terrific
racket resounded through the upper
halls. The husband and wife looked
at each other for a moment. II guess
We don't want boy today" remarked
the lady, and they said goodbye" has
uly.
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But Analysis Shows That the Aver
age Loss is Less Than Either
1911 or in 1910.
MINNESOTA RECORD IS GOOD
Table Indicates Liabilities for Per.
iod Cut in Half Amount of
Last Year.

An examination of the statistics Of
commercial failures reported to r. G..
Dun & Co., during the first six
months of the year ending June 3d.,
reveals an increase in both the num-
Der Of defaults and in amount of liza
bilities over the corresponding period
in 1911. The record shows S,317
defaults in 1912, with total liabilities
of $10S,012,223 against 1000 de-
faults in the first six months of 1911,
with liabilities Of $1O3,695,034.
1t is noticeable, however, that the
increase in number of defaults is
greater relatively than the increase
in amount of liabilities, the former
gaining nearly eighteen per cent, and
the latter only trif1e over three per
cent. 1t follows, therefore, that the
average liabilities per failure was
considerably less in the past six
months than in the corresponding
period of 1911, so that the character
istic feature of the period under re-
view was that of an increase in num-
Der of small defaults.
Manufacturing failures numbered
1928 against 1873 year ago; trad
ing failures 500, against 5,O37, and
agents and brokers 319 compared
with 231. AS to total liabilities
there was a small decrease in the
manufacturing class, S45,114,12
against $45, 1861, Alp; a small increase
in the trading class, the liabilities be-
ing $49,3O5,601 against $48,195,6O8,
while among agents and brokers the
liabilities were $13,362,501 against
$9,938,O14.
Failure statistics for the half year
are compared below for a series of
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-07-08
Bermuda Industry Threatened.

It is not unlikely that the Bermudan
industry of growing Easter lilies for
the countries of the world will be Sc
riously affected by the Introduction
of the Philippine lily, which has q
number of advantages over the Ber-
mudan plant. The plants develop in
one-third less time aud grow more
blooms on plant and are much har-
der in many respects. They will also
bloom repeatedly for several seasons.
They can be grown with some success
on the Pacific coast and have not yet
shown symptoms Of the diseases which
the Bermuda lily is subject to.
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While there was an increase in the
total of liabilities during the past
six months, it is significant that the
record for the month of June shows
the smallest total of liabilities of any
month of the year, and there has been
a progressive improvement in the
failure exhibit during the past five
months. An analysis of the above
figures also showed that the average
loss per failure in 1912 was about
$1,000. In 1911, the average was
about $4,000. In 1910, the average
was approximately $4,000. Thus sal
though the present year has seen
more failures, the total loss was
about half that of the same period in
1911:
Another feature of the six months
failure exhibit is the fact that the
increase in the number of failures
was mainly in the East, the Sonth
and in the Pacific Coast states: the
Central and Western sections report
decrease. AS to liabilities there
was reduced total in five of the
eight territorial divisions of the
country, and it was only in the New
England, the Middle and the Middle
Southern states that increases occur
red.
AS matter of fact, while there
was a gain of over twenty-four per
cent in the liabilities in the New
England and Middle states, this be-
ing the eastern section in which in
vestment interests predominant,
there was a notable decrease of over
fourteen per cent in the amount of
liabilities in the rest of the country,
particularly in the Central states. 1t
is noticeable also that the increase
in the six months total of liabilities
was mostly in the brokerage class.
Minnesota Record Good.
The Central Western states also
made favorable record, the number
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-07-08
SHOT WITH SMALL RIFLE.

Henry Austin, of =Northome, was
shot with az bullet and severely
injured near Northome Friday. The
rifle was in the hands of small boy.
Austin was brought to Bemidji and
taken to the st. Anthony hospital
where an operation revealed that the
intestines had been perforated in
four places. Austin is said to be in
a serious condition and his chances
for recovery are considered doubt
full.
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SENT TO FERGUS FALLS.

Carl Hanson was taken to the in
sane hospital at Fergus Falls yester-
day. He became violent while con-
fined in the county jail and in the
course of his rawlings, butted his head
against the steel bars Of his cell. The
blow cut long cash in the scalp and
some ten or fifteen stitches were TAX
en- to draw the edges of the cut to-
gether. -
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Notify Wilson August z,

seagirst, N. j., July Sat 2 p. m.
on Wednesday, August z, Governor
Woodrow Wilson will be formally no.
titled of his nomination by the Demo
cratic party for the presidency of the
United States. The notification will
take place on the lawn of the gov
|ernor's home The governors replv
will sound the keynote of the cam
pa1gn. Governor Wilson is 10000
letters and kilograms behind in his
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-07-08

of defaults being 1914, with liabilities
of $7,379,645, comparing with TAI
defaults in 1911 with liabilities of
$9,957,728. The decreased liabilities
however. were chiefly in the state
of Minnesota, whose showing was
$1,512,O35. as against $3,S15,276.
Missouri also recorded a decrease,
and likewise Kansas, but there were
small increases in Iowa, North and
South Nebraska and Nebraska. The
manufacturing liabilities in the
Central Western states amounted to
$1,947,6O3; the trading to $780,
3S7, and the other liabilities to $780,
655.
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Too Manv in the Partv.

A certain knight of Spain, as high
In birth as king. as Catholic as the
pope, and equal to Job in poverty,
arriving one night at an inn in
France. knocked long time at the
gate till he had alarmed the land.
lord. who is there?" said the host
looking out of the window. don
Juan Pedro" replied the Spaniard:
Hernandez, Rodriguez de Villanova,
Count of Malaria, knight Santiago
and Alcantara." Il am very sorry"
replied the landlord, shutting the
window, 'but I have not rooms
enough in my house for all the gen.
tlemen you have mentioned.-Life.
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Michigan Woods Burning.

Sault Ste. Marie, July 8.-The for
est fires in the vicinity of Shell
Drake, which were thought under
control have broken out afresh and
vast area of timber land is burning.
At the last report, the flames were
within a mile and a half of this vii
lage.
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Total ..$7,s79,645 $685.
How He Treated Her,

f'0" TIC 1edCS0 T5eTs
A certain osteopath was treating q
young woman who had very weak
ankles and wrists. AS she lived In a
town quite a distance from his own
city, he was forced to leave the city
Saturday Of each week and go to the
town in which the young woman
lived, give her the treatment Sunday,
and return to the Office Monday. A
friend once asked the osteopath how
he had arranged to give the young
woman the treatment for her ankles
and wrists when she lived at such a
distance. and the osteopath replied:
"Oh, go out and treat her week
ends."-Lippincott's Magazine.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-07-08
The Unsouqht THOUGHT.

The thoughts that come often un.
sought, and, as it were. drop into the
mind, are commonly the most valuable
Of any we have. and therefore should
be secured, because thsy seldom 70
turn aGaiA-Locka.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-07-08
McCumber Defends Lorimer

Washington, July s. SENATOR Nc
cumber, of North Dakota, in speech
in the senate Saturday defended SEN
ator Lorimer. of Illinois. from what
ne termed case surrounded by pref
|udice. -
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Killed Under Manure Snreader

Grand Forks, July S.-Herbert
Maise, residing near Lyleton. was
killed under manure spreader Sat-
urday when his horses took fright
during a storm. Death was instan-
taneous.
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st. Paul Musician Dies.

St. Paul, July 8.-John Rentz. for
the past twenty years organist at the
Assumption church, died, at his home
here Sunday night of Bright's dis
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-07-08

Weighing the Rainfall.
The weight of one inch of rainfall
on an acre Of land exceeds one hun.
dred tona.
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Not SO Much.

Gerald-"A goat gives about a quart
Of milk day." "Geraldine-"Then
you don't get very much when you, az
you say, get q mans goat"
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Judge M. D. Purdy, of Minneapo-
lis, signed the call for Minnesota.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-08-09
PAID ADVERTISEMENT

Amount To be paid, 5 cents per line each week
by John E. Hanson. Eagle River, Wis.
To the Voters of Villas County:
/ announce myself candidate
for the republican nomination
for sheriff at the September Pri-
maries. IF nominated and elect
ed to this Office promise to dis
charge the duties of the Office to
the best Of my ability.
JOHN E. HANSON.