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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-04-16
MALE PASSENGERS
LOST WITH THE SHIP

istcicvcd MAJORITY OF Men Went
Down witsA III Eated ship.
lAssociated Press special
ST. Johns, N. F., April 16.-Mes
!. Isages from the Cape Race wireless
8 Istation seem to indicate that lare
! majority of the men who were o
| 1.-THE Titanic went down with tn
fsh1p. Messages from the Carpath ID
picked up at Cape Race say that ali
of the boats launched by the Titan
/ lie have been accounted for, that
these boats were filled mostly by
1.-THE women, only with a sufficient
number of the ships crew to man
them.
The steamer Parsian reports that |
she plowed through much heavy ice |
searching for survivors and although |
she sighted much floating wreckage |
covering a large area she did not
sight one living person nor even
dead body,
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-04-16

Polytechnic College of Fort
Worth and Trinity University will
contest honors on the University
diamond here Monday and Tuesday.
The game will be called each after
room at AIS.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-04-16
To Begin Meeting.

series of meetings will begin
at the Church of Christ on College
street Friday evening, April Is, at
7:45. Evangelist r. d. Smith of
Corsicana will do the preaching.
The public is invited to all these
meetings.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-04-16
MEXICAN SITUATION IS
CAUSING GRAVE FEARS
President Taft's Cabinet and Major
General Leonard Wood Have
Conference.
Associated Press Special.

Washington, April ia confer
ence of President Tafts cabinet
and Major General Leonard Wood
of the United States army today in
over the Mexican situation.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-04-16
Search Is Abandoned.
Associated Press Special.

New York, April 16.--All search
for survivors of the III fated steam
ship, Titanic, has been abandoned.
1t is rumored that a wireless OPP
orator joker is responsible for the
reported safety of the Titanic's pas
sengers.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-04-16
Rebels Capture Town.

Associated Press Special.
Washington. April 16.--The state
the capitol of Sinaloa, has been cap
tured by the rebels.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-04-16
Short Of Boats.

Associated Press Special.
London, England, April Let
ia reported here that the Titanic did
not have enough boats to save all
of her passengers.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-04-16

Call upon the Daily Light want
ads to provide way to overcome
obstacles.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-04-16
London Is Staggered.

Associated Press Special.
London, England, April 16.-This
city is staggered by the Titanic dis
aster.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-04-16
AN AMERICAN AyIATRIX
FLIES ACROSS CHANNEL.
Miss Harriet Quimby Is the First
Woman to Make the Flight.

Associated Press Special.
Boulonge Surmer, France, April
16;-Miss Harriet Quimby, Ameri-
can, flew across the English channel
today. She is the first woman to ac-
complish this feat.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-15
PUSH indian union BILL.
Senator Owen to Urge Pass
age of Measure Incorporate
ing Brotherhood.

Backed by the favorable report from
the Senate committee on Indian affairs.
Senator Owen of Oklahoma will push to
passage by the Senate his bill for the in
corporation Of the Brotherhood Of North
American Indians The bill was today
put on the calendar Of the Senate.
The object of the organization. as
outlined in the BILL is Ito teach obtain
and maintain rights. liberties and justice
for all Indians equal to that Of any peo-
pie and inferior to none; to preserve and
perpetuate the ancient traditions, arts
and customs of North American Indians;
to unity their efforts and interests; to
council together: to promote and encOur-
age industry and thrift among Indian
people: to collect, secure the preserva-
ton of and to publish the records, papers,
documents and traditions Of historical
value and importance to North American
Indians; to mark, by appropriate monu-
ments, places historic and sacred to the
American Indian; to impress upon pres
ent and future generations of American
Indians the Importance of united action
ing Of friendship, brotherhood and good
citizenship among it's members, and to
provide for the aged and inf1rm of the
Indian race
The principal Office Of the corporation
is to be in the District, but 1t can hold
meetings elsewhere, where local brother
hoods have been established. 1t also Is
provided that the property OF the broth
erhood in the District used for the pur-
poses named in the act is to be exempt
from taxation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-15

calls of ships.
1t is possible to have only one COM
panion-a Danish officer-at breakfast In
the great barracks of the most ambitious
hotel But Charlotte Analie is a cheap
place of abode in some respects; the sup
ply of labor is far greater than the de-
mand and personal service is always at
hand The interior repays exploration,
say in March. when the weather is like
an American June. Standing on the great
ridge above the harbor, one can see
scrub covered wilderness inland, where
few deer still nnger and few people live.
The marine view is superb, taking In
Santa Cruz, famous for it's potable rum;
ST. John. the Virgin Islands and on
day without haze, Porto Rico. In ram
bling about the town and it's environs
antquaries can find much to interest
them in the remains of old Notifications
and in reviving historic memories of Brit
ish invasions and the romance of bucca-
neering exploits, not forgetting the visits
of Confederate warships and blockade
runners in the civil war. Those who have
stepped ashore on st. Thomas confess
that the slow, lazy life there and its cos
mopolitan atmosphere have a charm that
haunts. Charlotte Amalie may be a
shabby old town, but it is undeniably
picturesque.
If the Danish financiers are able to
carry out their scheme of expansion st.
Thomas still has future
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-15
ST. THOMAS AND THE CANAL.
Decline of Prosperity in the Beauti.
full Old Island.
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
Progress and st. Thomas have not been
associated for a long time, although
Charlotte Amalie possesses one of the
finest harbors in the West Indies, land
locked basin from twenty-seven to thirty
six feet deep, reached by channel 300
yards wide. From Copenhagen comes a
report that "a Danish financial group"
proposes to the government to lease the
harbor, deepen it in places and build new
wharves and docks in anticipation of the
shipping boom which the Panama ca
nal will insure.
With the advent of steamships and ca
bles st. Thomas lost its Importance as
distributing center in the West Indies.
Its industries, particularly the cultivation
of sugar, declined. Most of the whites
departed and left the island to the ex-
slaves and their progeny and to the Dam
ish officials. The final misfortune was
the abandonment of ST. Thomas in 1885
by the Royal Mail Steamship Company.
which decided to make Barbados its
headquarters. Before that, and after
ward, negotiations to transfer st. Thomas
to the United States were opened and
failed. In 1902 the United States offered
S., GOO. 600 for the Danish West Indies, and
actually signed treaty, but the rigsdag.
moved by an awakened patriotic senti-
ment, declined to sanction the agreement.
Almost everybody who has visited the
West Indies knows Charlotte Amalie,
climbing it's hills, for it has remained a
handy coaling station. All the blacks
seem to come out to the ships in boats
loaded with pineapples, bananas and less
familiar tropical fruits, and was there
ever a stranger sight than the negro
women filing the bunkers from baskets
of coal poised on their heads? A real
thrill is supplied by the black boys diving
for coins in waters where the sharks fin
is sometimes seen. And who has for
gotten the cheapness of wines. spirits.
silks. ducks, woolens and a multitude of
other things in the free port? AS for
the bay rum, there Is no better in the
West Indies and visitors are expected to
| lay in a store of 1t. Few of them GO
far from the ship, and 1t is undoubtedly
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-15
JOHNSON IS AGAINST
CHANGING DIVORCE LAW
Chairman of House District
Committee Opposes Broad
ening Statute.

Representative Johnson chairman of
the House District committee, is unalter-
ably opposed to any change in the di-
vorce laws of the District of Columbia
looking to a broadening of the statute
that would make divorce more easy of at
tainment. A bill is being prepared. 1t is
understood, to make such a change in the
law here. When it is submitted to the
House it will be referred to the District
committee.
There is only one cause for which tli-
vorce is granted in the District said Mr.
Johnson today. land to permit any fur
Their broadening of the law would be a
great mistake"
1t is not believed that the bill will ever
be reported to the House, unless it is re-
ported adversely, or that the House would
pass measure making divorce more easy
of attainment in the National Capital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-15
WOMAN'S TRAVELS IN AFRICA
Question of Precedence at Black
Courts of Manliness.
rom the London Mail.

From the London Mail
Miss Olive Macleod, who travelled
through Nigeria, the German Cameroons
and the French Kongo to set up a stone
on the grave Of Lieut. Boyd Alexander,
to whom she had been engaged, told how
she had Travelled close on 1900 miles in
Africa, chiefly on foot and horseback,
penetrating to many spots which no
white feet had ever trod before
What struck one in her gossiping ac-
count of her travels was that humanity
is very much the same beneath the sur
face all over the world. A native sui
tan's court, she said. reminded her very
much Of European monarch's. The
court officials had much the same ap-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-15
NEW IMMIGRATION BILL.
Congressman to Frame Measure After
Abandoning Others.

abandoned consideration of the various
measures before it for the regulation of
immigration into the United States and
has appointed a subcommittee to frame
a measure that will prove acceptable to
the House.
The chief stumbling block in the pro-
posed legislation has been over the regu-
lations to be imposed to test the lteracy
Of the incoming alien. This will be the
chief problem to be considered by the
subcommittee, which is composed of
Chairman Burnett of labama, and Rep
resentatives SABBATH of Illinois, Moore OF
Texas, Gardner of Massachusetts and
Hayes of California
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-15
portionment of duties and quarreled

about precedence in the same way.
Black bellies wear false tails OF ha1r
and pads to make their own appear more
luxuriant. Even their little children play
marbles in the English style. And when
reforners among us advocate certlhcates
of fitness for marriage they are only
pleading for system which obtains
among many West African tribes.
The young men of these tribes are
tested as to their manliness and .endur..
ance by being beaten with strips OF
leather or by being obliged to climb up
the. face of an almost perpendicular
rock Unless they satisfy the test they
cannot marry. No woman would accept
them as husbands.
one very Interesting point was that the
natives pick up English quickly and re,
gard it as 1.-The white mans language.
If Frenchmen and Germans cannot speak
it they are not looked upon as proper
white men, So general is this view tnat
the German officers and sergeants are
Obliged to drill their black troops with
English words of command.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-15
An Ancient BARRIERS Greeting.
From the London Chronicle.

Old-time BARRIERS had to display more
variety than their successors. A work
published in 1892 describes a BARRIERS
greeting to a customer: ''Sir. will you
have your hair cut after the Italian
manner, short and round. and then
frounst with the curling irons to make
it look like half moon in mist, or
like a Spaniard. long at the ears and
curled like the two ends Of an old peri
wig; or will you be Frenchified with
lovelock down to your shoulders? The
English cut is base. and gentlemen
scorn 1t; novelty is dainty. Speak the
word, sir, my scissors are ready to exc
cute your worships will
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-15
DISTRICT HEADS URGENT
Ask Congress to Provide for
Deficiency in Police and
Firemens Pensions.

In recommending favorable action on
the bill of Representative Carlin. with
minor amendments, for the retirement of
members of the police and fire depart
ments. the Commissioners of the District.
in a report today TO Chairman Johnson of
the House District committee, again urge
the passage of the bill for meeting def
ciencies in the pension fund of the police
and fire departments out of the receipts
from all licenses other than liquor Ii
censes.
Change in Verbiage.
The principal amendment offered by the
Commissioners is that the words shall
have served be substituted for the
words may have performed" in the pro-
vision requiring members of the police
or fire departments to have served TWEEN
ty-five years before being eligible to re-
tirement on pay.
The Commissioners also discuss the bill
for meeting deficiencies in the police and
firemen's pension fund.
They say:
Enactment Requested.
In this connection your attention is in
vited to the first section of IL r. 1851 of
the present Congress, which provides for
meeting deficiencies in the pension fund
OF the police and fire departments out of
all receipts from licenses other than re-
ceipts from liquor licenses. the enactment
Of which the Commissioners earnestly rec
commend as the most practical and equit-
able method of rendering this pension
fund adequate to the demands made upon
H."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-15

ericksburg, Va, has honored DIR. j. F.
Thompson. charter member and in the
Odd Fellows for f1fty-three years, by
having portrait of him made It was
presented to the lodge Wednesday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-15
INDIAN WIVES POPULAR.
Agent Webster Besieged at Spokane
by Would-Be Husbands.

From the Spokane Spokesman Review.
Since 1t was noised around that there
were scores of dusky Indian heiresses
that awaited white husbands on nearby
reservations, the local agency has been
besieged by love-smitten SWANS, ana
Capt John McA. Webster has informed
all that he is not running matrimonial
bureau and turned a bashful German
laddie away almost harshly last week
who sought a buxom red lassie.
.'Of course, 1 am always ready to i'd
my ability but 1 certainly do not wish TO
usurp the duties of Cupid, said Capt.
Webster. There are many Of our Indian
girls happily married to whites. out u Q
stead he need not expect us to aid him In
The young German blushed e. he ~
preached Capt. Websters desk few
.;Have any of these Indians got good
lands?" ventured the nonplussed sutton.
He was told that there was good land
in the hands of the Indians, and that
some of it might be purchased or leased
from families where several children had
received allotmentS.
II just thought II there were any In
dian girls that would marry nice fell
low I would not mind. IL we had ht-
tie something to get start he contin-
ued IF there is any way to get one OF
the girls 1 think that 1t would be all
right and I would try to make her hap
py.'
Would one Of those Indian girls think
Of marrying a white man who IL gen
tleman in every respectf pleaded .
swain from California in a recent letter
to Capt Webster 81 prefer 3 halfbreed,
but If she is good looking think that
would be willing to take chance at
marrying a full-blood."
More than dozen letters have been
L. hA &AsaA
states since the report was circulated
that the Indian girls were wealthy and
would welcome white suitors. Several
have appeared in person.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-15
So Much Safer.

From the Louisville Courer-Journal.
"Son, 1 wish you wouldn't play foot ball
this season. It worries your mother"
ST must have some excitement, dad"
well, be a good boy and I'll let you
enlist in this European war"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-15

There will be at least one aviation STU
dent from Washington to study the art
in Chicago this spring. He is Ralph Gill
more Robey of 1924 w street northwest,
who will leave Washington Monday to
enroll in one of the Chicago schools.
Young Robey is seventeen years old and
a graduate of the Washington public
schools. He has spent much time lately
studying the mechanics of flight from
books, and last summer he often was a
spectator at College Park.
He built an aeroplane of his own, but
after it was finished decided that in
stead of installing engine he would
take the money and enter a regular avia-
ton school at Chicago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-15
Havden'S Stock of W0men'S Suits.

son!
Lot One-Hayden's S225o and Tailored Suits consist
ing imported mems SERGE serge and invisible
striped serge navy blue black channels and color Cor
rect length jackets with guaranteed peau cygne New
style high grde and envelope effect skirts All Sizes including
extra up g for Our price,
Lot Two--Hayden's $3.50 and $1,000 Tailored Suits
n whipcords novelty suitings diagona fancy mixtures
serge and imported French Newest models for
lined with de cygne soft change
able taea popular spring shades we'll navy blue
and black All sizes. Our price,
Lot Three-aydens $780, $4,000 and Tailored Suits
consisting whpcords plain and twotone effects
imported French serges dagonals mems imported
novelty weaves, mannsh mixtures and imported English
nes blue black and all the favored shades Every
and represented Sizes H. IS and IS years for
regular sizes and IS sizes for stout
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-15

1t Is reported that syndicate yin
build an electric plant along AntietAm
rent Tor lighting snd power to Sharps-
burg and Keedyevile-
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-16
PRIMARY ELECTION xor,,r

lnder provisions of Chapter 200 Of
sne SESSION ,hs $ Laws Of 1911: the following
nominating petitions OF which have
been filed in the office of tho Secretary
or state and certified TO this office and
Election official ballots to be vot-
ed for at the primary election TO be
neld at the various polling places in
Of North Dakota on March 10th, a. %.
l'l2; between the hours Of s O'Clock
A. NJ. and 5 o'clock p. NJ. of said day.
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES.
President of the United states
Robert NJ. LaFollette. Madison, wis.
consin. ~
Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay. New
York. LAY AVE-"
William II. Taft. Washington. D.. c.
No petitions filed.
National Committeeman
Thomas F. Miarshaili,' cakes .s.N II. Oak.
Presidential Electors
q. II. Aaker. Fargo. n. Oak.
E E B A1l1e; r ark f il,;s1 :. PAX.
N. Breen, Wolford. N. Oak.
z. s; Buck, Jamestown. n. Oak.
:. ". cathro; Bottineau: n. Oak.
:. VI. Ferris. Dickinson. n. Oak.
Gilbert Johnson. Mohall, n. Oak.
Oak. N'
L. II. T%ostevin. Mandan. N. Oak.
DELEGATES to National Convention
a. N. C~hristianson. Towner. n. Oak.
J. il; Cooper, Willtston, y. Oak.
4. +. Erickson. Minot, n. OAK. .
Nicholas Hayes. Winston. n. 1D1aak'
4. J.. Hyde. valley City. \. Oak.
August i. johnson. Washburn. n.
II !. Iinde. stanley. n. Dak.
r. ". Masllek. L~idgerwood. N. Oak.
Na1cnp ~
John W. scott. Gilb p.'s &. Oak Na pax
Emil scow. Bowman. y, Oak.
Torger Sinness. Minnewaukan, n.
Smith stimmel, Fargo. n. Oak.
!, @ Q Thorson. Grand Forks, y. Oak.
T: T T; r2TSrue ara BnisbH' \ \ B 3sk
Alfred White, Dickinson. n. Oak.
DEMOcRATIC CANDIDATES.
President Of the United states
John Burke. Bismarck. y, Oak.
Vice President of the United Stnte.
No petitions filed.
National Committeeman
Jon BrnegEer, Winston. n. Oak.
i. II: Perry iMst'' Eilen nh1so' \ T. b pak'
Frank a: Wilson. BathEate. g. Oak.
zen '' =hi,sh"ad; Milliston, ~. Oak.
2. ]; Armstrong. Willow City, y. Oak.
F.; $. Cameron. Wahpeton. y. Oak.
ihomaS q. Kelly. Fargo. y. Oak.
a. 3. kerlin. Devils Lake. y. Dak.
NJ. p. Williams. jamestown. II. Oak,
DeieEates to National Convention
), W; Roeine. Mimic. n. Oak.
W: F.. Byerly. Nelva. y. Oak.
Edward W. Conmy. Pembina. ~. Oak.
s: y, Doyle. Darlington. n. Oak.
Waiter \. Fulkerson. Crary. n. Oak.
EDWARD ]. Hughes. Dickinson. y. Oak.
Willis A. Joy. Grand Forks. u. Oak
J; Nelson Kelly. Grand Forks. y. Oak.
Frank Lish. Dickinson, n. Oak.
Q: G: Major. Hope. n. Oak.
Charles a. Mansfield. Williston. N.
Oak. ="
Carl Nelson. Towner. n. Oak.
N: H. O'Hara. Kenmare. y. Oak.
William P. Porterfield. Fargo, II, rak
". f; Purcell. Wahpeton. 4. Oak.
Frank Reed. Bismarck. y. Oak.
W. l.. Walton. Rantry. y. Oak.
Dated at Grand Forks. n. Oak. th,,
9Th day of March A. n. 1912.
Hans Anderson,
March 8 to 10. eouh'S AUDITOR
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-16
LEGAL NOTICE
T I OF
Notice 10 the ElectOrs OF the City o
Grand Earka. NArlh Naknla

Graud Forks, North Dakota.
Notice Is hereby given that on tho
trdm T1hn Nv. day Of March, =, 2; 1912.
morning until 8 o'clock in the after
noon of said day. to-wtt: the 10th day
Of March. a. u. 1912. there shall he held
a city election for the purpose Of
GERS of the city of Grand Forks. North
Dakota, as provided by law
IT the said election the following
officers shall be chosen:
One City Treasurer.
One Police Magistrate.
One City Justice of the Peace.
Ono Park Commissioner.
One Alderman from each Of the seven
years each.
Registration of voters will take place
IN the various wards of the city on
March 9th and 18TH, respectively.
ignated by the city council as the va
rious polling places for said election:
First Ward-City Pump House.
Second ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Hotel.
Fourth Ward-OId City Hall.
Fifth Ward-Ffrst Precinct, Interna-
tional Avenue Fire Hall.
Fifth Ward-Second Precinct. 1915
Cheyenne Avenue.
Sixth Ward - First Precinct. Alb
Griggs Avenue.
Sixth Ward-second Precinct. 522
North Eighth street.
Seventh Ward-624 Cottonwood st.
The polls at UGH polling places shall
in the forenoon until S o'clock in the
afternoon and no longer.
,bi pa1 'sfb at IL. Gr az Forks: North Dakota.
M. F. Murphy.
Mayor.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-16
Are You Going
to Florida
This Sprine?

If you intend to see Florida this
Spring don't fail to see billiard ano
the billiard district. the richest anC
most productive suburb of Jackson.
vile.
Our free so-page illustrated book
tells all about this celebrated pecan,
fruit and truck farm district where,
by writing for reservation at nee You
can hold a choice ten or twenty acre
farm till you can inspect it.
billiard is on the double track rail-
way route OF every tourist and home
seeker train that comes to Florida
from the west and northwest. Think
Of 1t. twelve passenger trains daily.
Your round trip ticket gives you stop
over at Hlliard.
We refund Your round trip railroad
fare from any point east of Missouri
river If you buy just twenty acres of
our land.
Title to u land guaranteed by Chi
cago Title & Trust Co. Capital ST.
600, O00.)
Our land is known to the state agri.
cultural department officials as some
of the best n most productive in
Florida.
Living conditions ideal, close to
Florida's largest city. Jacksonville.
Five opportunities for money making
In the Hilliard district to one in the
unsettled portions of Florida.
Choicest bungalow, pecan, fruit.
poultry and townsite tracts near the
railroad. $50 per acre, 800 per acre
monthly.
We want you to join our special car
party on March 18th. you need feel
no obligation to buy If you go in our
car. the rates are the same as you
would pay regularly to the railroad.
A postal card brings our so page
booklet and we rebate your railroad
rare. Write today. We will reserve
10 or 20 acres. ~
CORNWALL FARM LAND co.
1886. First National Bank. Bid'E.
, Eh1cAGA