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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-22
FIGHT
The Week Promises to Be Lively
One in Politics.

Boston, April 22.-The political situation
in Massachusetts, is becoming more ami
mated and interest in the presidential pri-
maries on April 80 is growing daily. Two
Republican presidential aspirants are
coming to the state this week and repre-
sentatives of two of the Democratic can
didates are at work.
The entire Massachusetts congressional
delegation. Republican and Democrat ex
cept Senator Lodge, have come on to take
a hand in the contest President Tart
will make three speeches on Thursday
and Col. Roosevelt Will be here Saturday
LaFollette supporters are active.
Congressman Henry of Texas, chair
man of the committee on rules, with Sen
atcrs Williams of Mississippi, and Gore of
Oklahoma, will speak here for Woodrow
Wilson, while Congressman Curley, in
charge of Speaker Clarks campaign, ex-
pects to have several national orators in
the state before the end of the week No
Harmon nor Underwood headquarters
have been opened but Congressman
Peters has identified himself with the
latter movement.
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that our tons and tons of water hadn't
been able to get rid of.
THE stokers were beginning to get
dtoi A1eu over IT, Out the Oincels Iolu
US to keep our mouths shut. They
didn't want to alarm the passengers.
Another fireman said that because
of the fire the ship sank more rapidly
than otherwise would have been the
case.
1T had been necessary to take the
coal out of sections two and three on
the starboard side forward he said,
land when the water came rushing
in after the collision the bulkheads
would not hold because they did not
have the supporting weight of the
coal.
Somebody reported to Chief Engi-
neer Bell that the forward bulkhead
had given way and he replied: My
God, we are lost -
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SHORTAGE OF PASTORS
Presbyterians Have Fifty Kansas
Churches without Preachers.

There is a shortage of preachers in
the Presbyterian churches in Kansas
and in fact all over the country, &C
cording to the statements made by the
Rev. A. b. Marshall, president of the
Omaha Theological seminary in speak
ing at the First Presbyterian church
Sunday morning.
There are SO Presbyterian churches
in Kansas without a minister" he said.
1.-The home board wants 1000 more
ministers to do its work We see not
where they are to be found for the
great work in the home land. There
is great need of more men to teach
the people of our land the truths of
the Christian religion. There are less
than one-half of the people in our
country that we think of as Christian
nation who are not Christians
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TITANIC WAS ON FIRE.
From Day She Sailed Until She Went
Down

New York, April 22.-The White star
liner Titanic was on fire from the day
it sailed from Southampton. It's ofn-
GERS and crew knew it, for they had
fought the fire for days. This may ex-
plain in part the speed at which the
doomed liner was rushing across the
Atlantic.
This story, told for the first time by
the survivors Of the crew, who were
seen back to England on board the
Red Star liner Lapland. was only one
of the many thrilling tales of the first
and last-voyage of the Titanic.
THE Titanic sailed from Southampton
]. Dilley, fireman on the Titanic, who
lives at q Milton road, Newington
London, North, and who sailed with 15C
other members of the THAMES crew Oh
the Lapland.
Il was assigned to the Titanic from
the Oceanic, where I had served as
fireman. From the day we sailed the
Titanic was on fire. and my sole duty,
together with eleven other men, had
been to fight that fire. We had made
no Roadway against it.
"Of course, sir" he went on, 1.-The
passengers knew nothing of the fire.
Do you think, sir, we'd let them know
about it? No. sir.
THE fire started in bunker No. 6.
There were hundreds of tons of coal
stored Ln0TS- Inc coal Oh top OF the
bunker was wet as all of the coal
should have been, but down at the
bottom of the bunker the coal was
dry. The coal at the bottom of the
bunker took fire, sir, and smo1dered
for days. The wet coal on top kept
the flames from coming through, but
down in the bottom of the bunker,
sir, the flames were raging.
Two men from each watch of stok-
ers was tolled off, sir, to fight that
fire. The stokers, you know. sir,
work four hours at a time, SO twelve
of us was fighting the flames from
the day we put out of Southampton
till we hit the iceberg.
no, sir. we didn't get that fire
out. And among the stokers there
was talk, sir, that we'd have to emp
ty the coal bunkers after we'd put out
passengers off in New York and then
call the fireboats there to help us
put out the fire.
But we didn't need such help. It
was right under bunker No. that
the iceberg tore the biggest hole in
the Titanic, and the flood that came
through the Titanic put out the fire
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RALLY IN wheat
Follows a Decline Due to Large
World Shipments.
BuIIish News Comes in From
Four States.

Chicago, April 22.-WHEAT-Wheatr raj
lied today after a decline due to large
world shipments and better crop reports
from India. The rovery had its origin in
dispatches telling of bullish outlook, as
to field conditions in Nebraska. Aba1
doned acreage was declared to be as bad
as in Ohio and Indiana. Enough damage
was said to be apparent in northwestern
Kansas to put that state in the doubtful
class.
Opening prices were unchanged to $50
nc lower. July started al S1.09ss to $1.O99s
dropped to s1.091s and then rose to $1.101..
After a little further advance the mar
ket eased back account of beenfit said
to ahve resulted from timely rains. The
close was irregular with July at $1.1O,
gain of 1s@Hc.
CORN-Unexpectely large supplies from
the Danube at Liverpool had beaTlsn
effect on corn. So did talk of larger
acreage July opened &c to &c down at
7614c, to 7616c, touched 1880 and again
sagged to 764c.
Increased country offering carried prices
yet lower but the market later took an
upturn in sympathy with wheat; the close,
however, was easy, &c lower at 1880 for
July. Cash corn-No. 2 yellow, sic; No. 8,
7s@791kc; No. white, sO1kaS2c; No. yell
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HAD CLOSE CALL
B. MI. Wells of Williamsburg
Fell From Car.
Speed Had Not Been Slackened
for Stop.

A miraculous escape from death was
the experience of B. NJ. Wells, of Will
liamsburg, when he accidentally fell
from the platform of a street car Sat-
urday night. The accident occurred
near the corner OF. Harrison and Tenth
streets. The intention of the conductor
being to stop the car at Harrison street.
When Mr.. Wells fell to the street the
speed of the car had not yet been
slackened for the corner. Evidently
the man stumbled, when coming out
of the car upon the platform, and fell
to the pavement, striking head fore
most, and infiicting a more or less seri-
Gus scalp wound, but fortunately the
skull was not fractured.
Mr.. Wells caught a westbound street
car, thinking it tot be a West Twelfth
car, however, after learning of his mis-
take decided to walk the distance from
Tenth to Twelfth and Harrison streets
where Mr.. Stone, who is a son-in-law
of the injured man, resides. 1t was
but a few minutes after the accident
occurred, that an ambulance arrived on
the scene, taking the man to st. Fran
els hospital, where he received prompt
medical attention.
There seemed TO be goodly sup
ply of medicine men, on the scene at
the time of the accident: Dr.s j. G.
Stewart, A. NJ. Dawson and L. v. Sans,
all were standing on the back platform
of the same car, from which Mr.. Wells
had fallen. Hence, as would be sup
posed, the above named physicians inn
mediately got busy.
Mr.. Wells, who is about so years of
age, and Weighing 215 pounds, was an
unusually strong man, which fact will
have much to do with his rapid recov-
cry. He was dismissed from the hos
pital this morning, and returned to
his home in Williamsburg.
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WHY NEWS WAS HELD UP.
1t Was Done on Orders From the
Marconi Office.

Marconi Office.
New York, April 22-It is admitted
at the offices of the Marconi Wireless
company that T. W. Sammis. chief
engineer of the Marconi company of
America. sent a wireless to the Car
telling the Marconi operators to hold
the story of the Titanic disaster for
dollars in four figures.'
This message read: stop Say
nothing. Hold your story for dollars
in four figures. Mr.. Marconi agree
ing. Will meet you at dock
The message was addressed to
'Marconi officer, the Carpathia and
Titanic" and was signed by Mr.. Sam
mis-, who added his official title.
John V. Bottomley, president of the
Marconi company defended the mes
sage by saying it was perfectly le-
gitimate transaction. He said it was
not sent until Thursday night. He
said he did not know anything about
two or more messages said to have
been sent to the wireless operators
on the Carpathia, telling them t.
hold the story" The first message,
Keep mouth shut. Hold story. Big
money for you"
The second message, likewise IN
signed, read:
eff you are wise. hold story The
Marconi company will take care of
YOU
Mr.. Bottomley said that the New
York office tried hard to obtain news
of the disaster.
ION Monday night" he said, 1--WE
wired the Carpathia to send five hum
dred words of reliable news for the
public. but it was never sent, because
of the censorship of the Carpathia's
captain
Mr.. Bottomley said the only news
received was the bare list of names,
which was given out as fast as it came
in.
He was chagrined to think that the
''Yamsi'' messages hal been inter
cepted. He seemed to think it was a
breach of etiquette.
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low, 79@S01sc; No. A, 77Q7Sc; No. 4 white,
7Shq7913c; No. yellow, 7SQ7S%c.
OATS-Wet weather, which means turn
ing more oats fields to corn, caused buy
ing of the first named cereal According
ly, the market was started unchanged to
1sc higher for July at 541sc to SAC, adj
vanced soon to 541zc.
PROVISIONS-Provisio were depress-
ed as result of lower prices for hogs.
Initial sales ranged from 21zc to zoe or,
with September delivery $3.50 to SIS. 5Zl5
for pork, S1O.521z for lard and $1O.221k to
S10.25 for ribs.
RYE-No. 2. 9612c.
ARLEY-S5cQS1-4
TIMOTHY SEED-S60od12.O0.
CLOVER-$15. O0d20.00
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New York stool. Market.

Wall ST., New York, April 22-STOCKS-
Securities on the stock market went to
a geenra1 level of lower prices in the
forenoon today. The Titanic disaster and
the more critical stage of the dispute be-
tween the railway managers and the en-
gineeerS governed sentiment. Trading fell
to unmportant proportions in the noon
hour.
Bonds were irregular.
Narrow fluctuations and increasing dull
ness were the dominant features Of the
market in the noon hour. The undertone
remained heavy especially in the Cop
pers, and interest conferred almost alto
gether in the result of the conference of
teh railway managers and their engineers.
Pittsburg Coal preferred went up 3A and
American Snuff points.
The threatened strike of the eastern To-
connective engineers was reflected in the
irregular tendency of the stock market at
the opening. Most of the active issues
opened with declines, those being Offset,
speciaIties. One point gains were made
in Pittsburg Coal preferred, Scar Roebuck
and Interborough-Metrop preferred,
United States Steel, Union Pacific and the
leading Copper stocks sold fractionally
under Saturdays level Dealings were
moderate.
Reading made a vigorous upward squirt
late in the day, touching 1854, or points
above its early lowest Lehigh Valley also
rallied to above last weeks closing figures,
but there was little doing in the rest of
the list. Buying of the coal stocks SEEM
ed to be based on an assumption that soon
there will be a favorable outcome of the
negotia tons with the miners.
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HE FINDS AN UNCLE.
Titanic Victim Wires "Come at Once
to Relative.

New York. April 22-Through the
publication of an interview with him
in a Providence, r. l., paper. Thomas
Whiteley, one of the survivors of the
Titanic's crew, who is now in st. Vim
cents hospital suffering from frozen
and lacerated feet, has been placed in
touch with a relative whom he counts
upon to aid him in his present deSti-
tute condition.
Whiteley received a telegram from
Providence last night asking him if he
was the Thomas Whitley of London
who had an uncle in this country by
the same name. 1t was signed
Thomas Whitley" The patient then
recalled that he had an uncle by that
name who came to America some
years ago and Immediately replied:
Yes, come at once"
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The survivors who were taken to hos
pitfalls or heir arrival here on the Car
pathia are now practically all recovered
and many of them have left for their
homes. Relief societies have gathered
funds aggregating more than quarter
of q million dollars and the relief COM
mittees have been swamped with cloth
ing Not only THAI but countless let
tiers were received. all Offering assist
ance of every sort.
Iifeboats Only Half Filled.
That many of the lifeboats of the Ii
tanic were sent away only half filled
and that if Captain Smiths orders had
been obeyed many more lives would
have been saved. has been disclosed by
Peter D. DAILY, of Lima, Peru, a first
cabin survivor Daily states he saw the
captain rush to the railing after the
boats had been put out of the sinking
they are only half full" How many
boats obeyed the captains order to re-
turn. Mr.. Daily was unable to tell
John Thompson. fireman of the Ii
tanic. suffering with a broken arm at
St Vincent's hospital. may be an i'm
portant witness at the senatorial in
vestigation into the wreck. Thompson
comes from Liverpool and he asserts
that the Titanic was out ito beat all
records on maiden trips
rom N2u66nSICWn out. thompson
is quoted as saying. "alI the firemen
had been talking of the orders we had
to fire her up as hard as we possi bly,
could. We were to make as quick pas
sage as possible the orders ran. heard
that these orders came from the engin-
eering department
We were carrying full pressure
From the time we left Queenstown un-
til the moment of the shock we never
ceased to make from rs to n revolu-
lions. During that whole Sunday we
had been keeping up the ~
More Icebergs Seen.
New York, April 22.-The Anchor
line steamer Cameronia, which ar
rived early today from Glasgow, en-
countered large icebergs in latitude
41.27 longitude 4S.O6 on April IS.
Nothing was seen of the wreckage of
the Titanic.
Message From Cable Ship.
New York, April 22.-The White
Star line announced this afternoon
that 1t had received the following wire
less message from the cable ship
Mackay- Bennett, which is on the scene
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Kansas City, Aril 22-WHEAT--Cash /:
Market unchanged. No hard, $1O91eQ
PILE: Nc. g, $1.O714@1. 131s; No. red, $l.1lQ
LIZ; No. 8, $1.0SQ1O9.
CORN-Market 1sc lower. No. mixed.
soc; No. 8, 7797S1zc; No. white, 791sqSOc
No. 3, 7SQ79c.
OATS-Market unchanged. No. white,
$500; No. mixed, 5Sq5S1zc-
RYE-92Q93c.
HAY-Market unchanged to 81 higher.
Cohice timothy, $2700G2S.OO; choice prairie,
$21. 5OQ22. 90.
WHEAT-Receipts, so cars.
BUTTER-C Creamery, 31c; firsts. 2sc;
seconds, &c; packing stock, 22c.
EGGS-Extras, 2019c; firsts, 1870.
CLOSE: WHEAT-May, $l-0S1s; July,
s.. OPS LOB; September, $1.00.
CORN-May, 7S%c; July, 761sc; Septem-
Der, 711k071Zc.
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Chicago, April Observation-Disclosures
1900. Market slow. Beeves. IS. 60ds. rs;
Texas steers. $4.75661O; western steers
S5-6Od7.lO; stockers and feeders, 81. 3Od6. 65 /;
$50.
HOGS-Receipts GO, OOO Market 1Oc to 15o
lower. Light, S7.40G17.75; mixed, S7.45d7. IS;
"a. 75@7. 90: bulk Of sales, s7.7O17. 80.
SHEEP-Receipts 28, 600 Market steady.
Native, $4.O0G6.50; western. $425q7.O0:
yearlings, $5.90q7.25; lambs, native, $50
79O; western, $5.5OdS3O.
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SHEEP-Receipts 5000; market steady.
lambs, S7.OOdS.OO
Kansas CITY Live stock Nfarket

ceipts 5000. including 700 southerns Mar
ket steady. Native steers, IS 5Ods. 90:
southern steers, $6.O0Q7.90; southern cows
and heifers, 81 O0d6.O0; native COWS and
heifers, $4.50a750: stockers and feeders.
s.. 00Q7.25; bullsl, s4.5c'Q6.50; calves. 5000
SEQ; western steers, S6.O0dS. 25; western
COWS. $4O0d6.25.
HOGS-Receipts 5000. Market 10c lower.
Bulk of sales, $7.40dl7.70; heavy. S765d7. rs;
packers and butchers, $7.5Olp7. 20; lights
$7.25Q160; pigs, $5.50d6.5 so.
SHEEP-Receipts 5000. Market steady
Muttons, $4.0Oq6.50 lambs, $6.5OaS.OO; fed
wethers and yearlings. s4.25d7.OO; fed
ewes, s.. $4,000.
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SIX ARE DEAD NOW.
Investigation Ordered After Death of
Youngest Child.

Charlottetown, P. E. L, April a.
Six members of the Magee family are
dead, from poisoning at their home
near Montague. It was at first be-
lieved that the family had been poison
ed by herring but some mystery is
added to the case because the youngest
child. who has just died, was not at
home the day the others partook of
the fish. Two members of the family
died last January. The attorney gen
eral has offered a thorough investiga-
ton.
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Kansas City Live Stock Sales.

morning at the Stock Yards. Kansas
1.-THE following sales were made this
City, and reported over long distance
telephone direct to the State Journal by
Clay, Robinson & Co. live stock COM
mission merchants, with Offices at all
markets.
Kansas City, April 22-CATTLE-Re-
ceipts 5000 head. Market slow and steady.
HOGS-Receipts 5000 head. Market 10c
lower. Bulk of sales, S7.5047.75; top, $50.
SHEEP-Receipts 10000 head. Market
slow and steady.
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of the Titanic disaster, searching for
bodies: -
fered with operations. Fifty bodies
recovered. All not embalmed will be
buried at sea at p. m. with divine
services. Can bring only emblamed
bodies to port"
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Killed Himself in a Morgue.

Los Angeles. April 22.-Chester
Smith. who for several years was an
attorney in Buffalo, N. Y, walked into
the morgue of an undertaking par
lor here and shot himself through the
heart. He died instantly. A note
found in his pocket said i'll health
caused his act.
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Chicago Produce Market.

Chicago, April 22--BUTTER-Mark
steady. Creameries, 2SqS1c; Diaries, "a
d2Sc.
EGGS-Market steady. Receipts, 3O,913
cases; at mark, cases included. 17@171Rc;
ordinary firsts, 171zc; firsts, 1S15c.
CHEESE-Market steady. Daisies, 1Ti4
@f15c; Twins, 1614Q161zc; Young Ameri-
cans, 16$49s17c; Long Horns, 16s4q17c.
POTATOES-Market firm. Receipts 60
cars; Wisconsin, 81. 200125.
POULTRY-Live weak; turkeys, lac;
chickens, 121ac; springs, 1515c.
VEAL-Market steady. 7Q111zc.
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Meningitis at Mcpherson.

Mcpherson, Kan, April 22.-Mrs. In
rub, the wife of one of the millers at
the Wall Rogalsky mill, is dead OF
spinal meningitis.
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New York, April Neutrality-suspicious.
strong. Creamery specials, Bic; process
specials, 2715c.
CHEESE-Market unsettled.
EGGS-Market firmer. Fresh gathered
extras, 22c; western gathered white, 21022c
POULTRY-Dressed dull; western
fowls, 14d151ac; turkeys, 13a22c.
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WEATHER RECORD.

The following are observations OF the
United States weather. bureau for the -
hours ending at O'Clock this morning.
giving the high mark yesterday and the
lowest point recorded last night:
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St Joseph. April 22-CATTLE-Re-
ceipts 1900 Market steady to 1Oc lower.
Steers, Sc. T5dS.5O; cows and heifers. $500
7.75; calves. 81. 25Q725-
HOGS-Receipts 5000. Market 10c low
er. Top, S7.75; bulk Of sales, T.5oQ7.7O
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COTTON Market.


Galveston, Tex, April 22.-COTTON-
Market higher, 12c.
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New crop Kentucky blue grass Just
in. Prices right. Zimmerman Seed Co.
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Topeka Markets.

FURNISHED by the Chas. wolr Packing
Co yards close at noon Saturday. We
cannot use pigs. thin sows or hogs
Weighing less than 40 lbs. Do not mar
ket hogs unless same are well finished
as we cannot use half fat stun. We give
below prices effective at once. until fur
Their notice.l
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OUT FOR A RECORD.

CONTINUED from Page onea
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Message From Cable Ship.

New York, April 22.-The White
star line announced this afternoon
that 1t had received the following wire
less message from the cable ship
Mackay-Bennett. which is on the scene
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-23
RECOVERY OF BODIES.
Congress Appropriated 100000 to
Raise Sunken Warship.

The United States battleship Maine was
sunk in Havana harbor on the night of
February 10, 1895, by an explosion, $50 of
her crew being killed outright, while
eight others died later. More than twelve
years passed before steps were taken to
raise the vessel or to rescue the sixty
five bodies which were unaccounted for
when the wreck was abandoned after the
catastrophe.
August 10. 1910, Congress passed a bill
providing for the raising of the ship,
carrying an appropriation of 100000. al
though the estimates which had been SUBJ
mitted by wrecking companies and army
and navy engineers ranged from $500, 900
to $1,OOOOOO. Congress later increased
the appropriation to 100000 and directed
that army engineers. supervise the work.
Plans were submitted by Gen. William
III. BiXby. chief of engineers of the army,
and they were approved by President Taft
October Is. 1910. These plans called for
the completion of the work of raising the
vessel by February u, 1911. But shortly
after the construction of the cofferdam
was begun it became evident that the
program could not be completed on time.
The cofferdam was finished April 9. 1911,
and the pumping was Immediately begun.
The wreck was finally floated February
>, 1912. and was towed out to sea one
week ago today and sunk III the waters
of the Gulf of Mexico. The Maine was
launched in the Brooklyn navy yard No
vember IS. 1890, and cost $2,JO0,O00. 1t
was ordered to Havana, January "A, 1898.