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q. & o IMPROVEMENT.

The opening ~ tho K.ngwood tur.
mel practically completes an extensive
program ~ Improvement undertaken
b. the D. a. % B r.. on o.. lines from
Grafton cast The improvements
make tIa 3D. O. %. a three track limo
between Graho1 and Baltimore. and
thus enable b. 200 handle am enormous
Increase .r 'oru1e" from Central
West virginia During tho raat Ten
years shippers from He coal regions
IN West Virginia have made frequent
complaints ~ fho delay f1 ban.
ding traffic Tho .rrorar. improve.
mems n"a practically completed viii
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-06-01
WIRELESS SPECTATORS LOSE

"'H1GGoo SFGNOLRI ORS LOSE.
British spectators in American
Marconi wireless stock are supposed
TO have lost about $lOOO0.OOO. It is
one OF the remarkable weaknesses OF
human nature that the unknown and
mysterious command more respect
and attention than the near and the
obvious. MarcOni wireless companies
have feeced the investing public in
the United States and Great Britain
out Of many millions OF dollars. In
vestors in Wheeling have been among
the sufferers. Nevertheless. the Mar
conf wireless invention is one Of the
great inventions OF the age. T. Is
being put 10 uses enormously valu-
able and practicable. II is a pity that
an invention so marvellous should have
been made the foundation for so many
promotion schemes Eventually the
business OF wireless telegraphy will
be put upon a sound basis and the
stock will become staple. but a great
many changes and new DEVELOPMENTS
must be made before this is realized
/ At the present time the business OF
wireless telegraphy is not much FUR.
. Their advanced than aviation.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-06-01

county has gained a great deal Of
strength during the past few weeks
Mr Murray labors under the disad.
vantag" OF not being widely known 10
tho Republican voters Of West VIr
gIn.a. but what s knovu ~ him fs
favorable Educators who are familiar
with Mr Murray's work unqual.Gedly
endorse him as worthy. and among
tho moro active school men OF the
state he has O. large number Of sup
r1r'ers. Mr. Murray har RI pleasing
personality and splendid record as "a
school man. and with 10 an mo energy
hustle and capacity Co got there" in.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-06-01
HARRY A. SIMPSON

The ONCE Of sheriff Of Ohio
Keeping a business b,
eI''e mat
r a
that would once TO which
1
-Four primaries but
dead Immediately a. thc
200 u} power tn" b. q % H
iu their
successful boo caro- and,
Office You WiI ready TO- serve yo1
Asking consideration primaries ON June th am
Yours respectfully
A SIMPSON
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-06-01

freight delayed with
Well Commodore doing freigh,
the roads,
the Commodore.
handle
Tiinghast blu
tell because ofthe
Well what is plan. James, odore asked
Lay down additional BuHaIo
What
Ooouote you VIII ourtrack the
Buffalo an
1890 NFN' $3.50
moments Commodore Vanderbilt
proposition IN mis- mind Then quietly
niue siding to be built ahead
York Central Never will that
suggested Commodore
winch cost millions
tracks fully justified
hsthe pennsylvania the Havenolowed
example Central
J rights
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-06-01

tr.buted by the i12S corporations Of
the present fiscal year
In proportion 20 the amount Of cor.
porauon tax contributed to the ma.
tionai treasury by states. West Viz
Eiuia ranks twenty-eighth. while in
number OF corporations the Mountain
State ranks twcnty-hrst
Mrs. James A. Hughes. wife Of Con.
gresham Hughes. accompanied by
her daughter. Mrs I.ucian smith.
we're boz the city for a few days This
week. leaving yesterday for Hunting.
ton. They had spent several days AZ
Atlantic city
Representative william c. Brown.
who ha. been 900 a. his home in King.
wood FOR several weeks. Is again 40.
tending the sessions OF the house
Mrs Brown. who has been ul all win
Ter is st'll in a prccarious condition.
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dicarve Of winning candidate In
bis brief visit to Northern West Vir.
rn.a Mr. Murray made "a most "a.
torabie Impression on a great many
voters and be- Viii have liberal sup
pore tu This section
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Intention at the Time. That four-trac king
OF the New York Central system from Albany to Buao
1T was not Commodore Vanderbilt, however but
James Tillinghas- who responsible for the four
tracking OF the New Central
Commodore Vanderbilt found Tillinghast in charge
superintendent OF portion OF old New York Cen
trial. the western division which terminated at Buffalo
In an hours conversation with Tiinghas the Commo-
dore who was wonderful reader OF mems minds and
ability. offered TO him in charge OF the entire system
from Albany 10 Buffalo That about 1868
-Four or five later the Commodore sent for TIL
linghast day and said him. James we are getting
more TONNAGE than handle economically Our
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-06-01

Tb" money trust Investigators are
goiTS 10 probe campaign coutribu.
lions. u they aren't careful they um
scare away some good liberal buyers
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-06-01
MR. MuRRAY,s CANDIDACY

The candidacy for the Republican
nomination for state superintendent Of
schools o. g. r. Murray ~ Mlngo
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-06-01

a proper presidential costume for
next inauguration day would not be
'hc customary elk hat. frock coat.
etc., hH' % puE.Hsta Fighting clip and
tights.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-06-01

Tho .mprcca'ory psalms sound
feeble compared with tho political
rUIrCIf..
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-06-01
NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY
By E. ]. Edwsrds)

The Conversion That First Fourrak Railroad
sST SUPPOSE
Ranro
millions millions.
Commodore
of
Commodore - N -
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ANY man looking frr ught SOB
should aDply az the eas Worka
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WOMEN RAISE OVER $4,000
FER STEERAGE Survivors
Clothing Enough to Fill a House Has Also Been
Collected by Relief Committee. Which Will
Assure Future Of Every Sufferer.

That the FUND Of the womsn's Relief
mounted to over $4,000 vas announced
to-day BY Mrs.. Nelson Henry. the Chair
man and treasurer. This v q n increase
o. $4,000 since last night Mrs. Henry
alone received more han $500 In her
mornings mail.
To-day the Housing Committee. which
10 headed by Mrs. Edward r. Hewitt 70
paying . round Of visits TO all the sur
vivors Of the. wreck in the various tenn
porary homes to which they were taken
last night.
These include the Junior League
House, the Swiss Benevolent Homo. the
Margaret Louisa Home. the Municipal
Lodging House. the 81. Vincent de Paul
Home, the Immigrant Girls Home OF
ti.c Methodist Episcopal Church. the
Margaret and Sara Switzer Institute
House. the Clara de Hirsch Home. the
Welcome House. the House Of the Holy
Rosary and several Salvation Army
houses.
AIM TO CARRY OUT PERSONAL
PLANS AND WISHES.
The Housing Committee made at the
Ter last night an exact list OF the num-
Der and the names Of the refugees AIKEN
eacn asylum. To-day the members
. TIE committee. through nterp reters,
are ~endeavoring to ind out the personal
.sa.s or pans OF each Immigrant. A
card catalogue Is being made. contain
.ng full statements Of each individual
.ase, and 20 far As II possible the COM
mittee will help the sufferers In the
way the latter wish to DO helped.
Those who are without any notion Of
what they want to do will he assisted
according to the discretion Of the wom-
ep But no removals or Ad-
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Steward Tells HOW Liner
Made the Final Plume

One Of the most graphic. thorough and authoritative accounts Of the
disaster was given by Albert Smithson. a nst cabin steward Of the Titanic.
ana corrobo, aIed In detail by two Of his shipmatss among the survivors
smithson escaped the vigilance Of the White Star omcials and slipper
Ashore from the Carpathia to send . cablesram to his mother In South.
smpton. The white Star line ordered all the Titanic men aboard q small.
.toar when the Carpathia cooked and carried them around to the Red
It.r Line docks where they were Immediately shipped ON the steamer Lap
land.
y. story told by SmNhson n his ahpmates establishes beyond doubt
,h., Mr.. Murdoch first Officer Of the Titanic. wal In charge OF TIT ship anu
on te bridge at hi time OF te collision. AM this hi committed suicide D
.hoolns himself In the head after It became apparent hat tn great vsns
ws doomed n the passengers had been orderedt to IN hfeboats 1t also cor
beyond question nat the Titanic was hurting its huge oWk throus.
tho.> iceendangered waters At . speed Of about twenty thres knots . n hu
when se rn into tn fog surrounding the hug bers. her speed wa oni
slightly diminished when she struck the ice q half m!nut later.
III was about iAa' sal Smthson, land W lad turned In for tn night
I wal nj Of my clothes nd Jus climbing inom my when he Jar car
II wasn't 4 sever Jar, nj ne new she had hit something. pulled o. a.
rou,ersa and rushed to my station o. the batd deck. "a listed y a mem
nor nj TIT crew II boat No. II. and that's where vent The discipline a n
order we're perfect Every la vas at lis post
"rb.n ts o6cers m and ordered Us back to our hunks. They sat the
IN. no AMER. We went below. and a % passed tho passenger deck-the m
Yellow the boat deck-I saw the omcers rid othsr stewards and saNors cheer
ma IN te passengers and assuring them that the ship "a In no DANCE
Of sinking. .
,,.- came a mufued sound far below and . slight lar III overt he ship Their
!. n. moment of confusion, and then tn rider va quickly given; ,EverySoo
no their III belts n to the boats
"ys s.uowa Of mo boat crews went back to our stations lowered IN
,o.ts to the deck below. tn passenger deck. I could ss the nrst officer OF
te bridge My boat a Milling with women men sanang u p / saw thu
ars torcer shoot himself In the head n All
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UNMARRIED WOMEN
FIRST. WAS THE ORDER
GIVEN BY OFFICERS.

Miss Lena Rogers. a nurse from Loa-
don. who was a passenger on the II.
tanic and one of the rescued. told .
graphic story to-day OF her experiences.
For a time no one was pa. tfcularly
worried. Then we wo,nen were told to
get wraps and be prepared to 30 iato
the l%ifeboats. 1t was then suggested BY
the Titanic officers that the women who
were unmarried had better be h frUt
to leave. 1t struck US all at the time
"a being very significant.
Il got into one Of the first boats. N
the boat with me were a number Of
women passengers OF the nrst cabin.
They wore evening gowns and suffered
Intensely from the bitter cold. They
were all hysterlcal.
"For hours we sat huddled in the 1ife-
boat, waiting for the Ca-pathia. We
could see the lights Of the Titanic all
the time, and could hear HI cries and
means from the people on board. sud
A. -.- -
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GIRL WAS FORCED
TO LEAVE FATHER

Lora Crib. q pretty seventeen-year'
old English girl. who was q steerage
passenger on the Titanic. was orphaned
by the drowning of her father. J. Hat
Neld Cribb, who was bringing her to
Newark. N. j.. to make her home witt
relatives.
When the girl was bundled into tn
boat by sailors her father called t
ier tnat he would try to save himself
. he could ind a iife-preserver. but she
did no. see or hear of him again. Fol
.everai hours h searched the Car.
MA. and would not be comfortet
n told her father had not beer
.aong the rescued, She was sent tC
Jhe Elizabeth Homo, No. N1 Eas
Twelfth street, to await the arrival o.
relativss. Her mother died two year
ago.
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justments will take place for at least
t~wenty-fouf hours. al the committee
thinks the victims need that period for
rest and quiet. Also Mrs. Henry V 81.
tremely averss to taking any step hast
lily and without due consideration.
The Clothing Committee. Of which
Miss c. u. Stewart 10 the chairman. 10
looking for rooms or even an entire
building whore . clothes bureau may
be established. Mrs. Paul Dana, n Of
the colls ctors Of clothing. reports that
from basement to attic. despite the
generous quantities given away at the
wharf last night.
Mrs. Henry herself 10 completely ex.
hausted ~ the result Of some ffty-six
hours Of almost continuous labor. She
and many Of the other women workers
stayed at the docks until . o'clock this
morning. She told an Evening World
reporter to-day:
SPLENDID RESPONSE MADE ~
WOMEN or NEW YORK.
II am simply . whelmed with the
splendid response made b. the women
OF New York In this emergency. Every
member Of the women's Relief Com.
mittee 10 deserving Of the highest
praise. They could not do more than
they have done. and they could not dc
II better. There has been 10 hang'ns
back, no conflict, no confusion. All
have worked together like one manor
rather. n woman And there will bs
no let.up until the future Of the las,
one Of those poo sufferers Is assured.
I'VE are going to make our work q
monument Of intelligent. sympathetic
efficient American philanthropy. And
we are going TO show The whole world
how the modern woman can meet and
grappie SUCCESSFULLY with the most seri.
Gus OF e~msrgencisA"
The next meeslny OF the woman'i
Relief Committee viii be held tomorrow
morning At II o'clock in the home o,
Mrs. Abram 9. Hewitt. No. . Lexington
avenue.
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Other Men Stood Aside to Let
Brother Go With His Sister

women we're only partially dressed am
they suffered terribly from the cold
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MUSIC DIDN'T STOP TILL LINER
WENT UNDER.

AS we noated away from the side OF
tho ship. We could sec all her lights
burning brightly. and could see tho
men on her decks. From the dining
saloon We could hear the strains OF
music. The ships orchestra was play
Ing. 1t seemed to ME they never
stopped playing until the vessel actu-
ally sank under the waves. But can
not remember what they played. The
music rings In my ears-I probably
never VIII be able to forget IL. but
know ! eever will be sble to tell VIII
certainty what the tune was. Some o.
the other passengers say the band wa.
playing Nearer My Gsd. to Thee
do not know. though I heard every
note.
by my watch II was exactly IS
A. N. Monday morning when the light,
on the Titanic went out and In q very
few minutes she wen down. In tn,
a In which We were saved all tn,
women were fully dressed. for we wsr,
the last 10 leave the ship, SO We surfe err
ed little or no Inconvenience. But II
the tirst boats that were lowered. IN
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BOY OF FOURTEEN
HOPES HE DIDN'T KEEP
WOMAN OUT OF BOAT.

among the steerage passengers VIII
survived was Cervine Swensen, q bright
'ad or fourteen years. who 10 travelling
alone from his homo In Sweden n jo.n
his father In South Dakota. This little
h made his way to tie upper decks
soon after the crash came and cIimbei
into n Of the lifeboatA
Il don't remember much about H.. he
said to-day. except that there was a
greAt deal OF confusion among the ste.,.
age passengers. ] had no one to look u
for me. 90 l thought I'd better look out
for myself. My mother told me when I
kissed her goodby In Sweden that II any
thing happened to run to the lfeboats.
and that's what I did"
The little fellow paused a moment and
added tearfully:
II hope I didn't prevent some nice lady
from being saved. l didn't mean to do
that. I would rather have died han to
have been In the way"
The Rev. Axel b. Lila. OF the swed-
ish Lutheran Emigrant Home. who took
young Swensen In charge. put his arms
about the boys shoulders and led him
away. Mr.. Lila said he would see that
the little fellow Is sent to his father.
Timothy Kennedy. another OF the
Storage passengers. told Of being In
the Icy water for more than two hours
IND then of being picked up by one OF
the ilfeboats.
at seemed as II everybody aboard
the ship jumped when ] d.d." SAL
Kennedy. "The ocean was very calm.
and as long as l could see the big ship
/ didn't feel specially alarmed. But
when the Titanic sank my heart sank.
realized for the first time that ] was
helpless. just as hundreds of others
we're around me.
w were all swimming; yes, swim
ming against hope-and II seemed ID
terrible to think hat we could not keop
up much longer, severa times I was al
most persuaded to give up. but the de-
sire to live. II only n few minutes more,
was foremost In my mind Perhaps
something would happen. although
must coUAess the cnance seemeu TO be
about one In ten million. But l kept or
Just the same. With each stroke OF my
arm ! felt them getting heavier. unit!
1t seemed as though they would break
"Finally I felt something Juggling a
my head, and turning I saw one of the
Ifeboats There were women In the boal
all crying. ! was 30 Exhausted l coul(
not speak, hut with one desperate efiOi
| pushed forward and with the aid o
one OF the men who manned an oar
1 managed to climb board. How I wa.
able to do this much ] canno tell y ,
/ now, for no sooner had ! gotten Int
, the llfeboat than ! felt a cold chill BON,
n over me and sank baok In q daze.
T, knew nothing more until they brough'
. me to board the C%arpathia."
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down with the Titanic. Here were two
little French boys Who had suddenly
been made orphans. Here was a bride OF
two months who had been forced from
her husbands side to the i!feboats. and
there was an aged woman who had been
torn from the side Of her companion OF
years. Words can't express the horror.
the tragedy OF II all. I wan TO forget II:
! wish that the last week could be
blotted from my memory, but II hauntr
me sleeping or waking like . terrible
nightmare.
The evening world., 1912-04-19

The women bore themselves bravely.
even though realisins that their loved
ones had gone to their death. But still
there was always q hope. and many
landed In New York stlil hoping that
other ships would rescue those from
whom they parted aboard the Titanic.
II was a ship Of traaedy that put back
10 New York and those of the Carpathla
who had witnessed II all will never forget
10 their dying day the scenes Of grief
Here was a babe that had been rescued
and whose father and mother had gone
The evening world., 1912-04-19
women LAUGHED AS they
!, HEARD ORDER TOT ON
! THE L|FE-PRESERVERS.
Passengers on the Titanic Thought
It a Joke When Warned the Ship
Was Sinking, and Some Had
to be Kicked Into Boats.
BY MRS. KATRBRNE c. HURD.

WWo q The W,rtds csrrespondsnt Who Gave the First ostans Of the
Disaster to The Evening World LaN Night.
Neaday morning. about Z o'clock. awoks suddenly to find that the
cbVaaAA had stopped. Suddenly my husband. who had gone OF deck. came
b - ts aatsroom door.
~Hs Titanic has gone down and We 10 takhns on her passenger" he
0palQsd. and was gone again.
ia M 70 my sauroom port hole and looked out upon an leo field that
se6noo 70 extend for miles in the distance Here and there In this nam
"a. san gutherns nld Of Ice huge beru ose Ia enormous heights. The
m1ooa glare almost blinded me for . moment
nM ! Cassd down below N Q and saw two overturned Mfeboats. That
NJ ~ 1rst realization Of the great tragedy.
I dressed huriedly and rushed out Of my stateroom to 90 on deck. As
I ~ along one Of the ssngways . passenger came out Of his sutsroom
~ asksd: whats happensdf"
they sy the Titanic has some down." answered.
just then . man In . blue uniform with a white star on his cap, who
~ standing at my elbow. stepped forward and said: ITS true. Madame.
~ q the Titanic"
I stood still and sassd at him for several moments. hardly comprehend
h Then the walls Of the survivors who we're being taken aboard our ship
ssoeAd my es. Al proceeded toward the dining room to make my way
. Ne deck Q steward stopped me. saying:
Don't 90 IN there. Madame. please It's . poor italian woman who has
~ het her baby"
Tlss nom the door Of the dining room came the distracted mother.
~ saethsd and with her hair hanging about her fas. shhsking hyNh.
The evening world., 1912-04-19
$37,657MFUND
RA|SEDby MAYOR
FOR THE DESTITUTE
Contributions Amounting to
5000 Received in First
Mail To-day.

Contributions amounting to $4,000 re-
ceived In this mornings mail swelied
the Mayors Titanic Relief Fund to
%, 657.<7. To-day's SUBSCRIPTIONS were As
The evening world., 1912-04-19

Philip MOCK Of Derby. Conn. owes his
ifs to his sister. Mrs. Paul Schaoert'
who refused 10 leave the sinking nip
without him.
II vas asleep in my cabin" said Mrs.
Schubert. There was only q slight
shock and I couldn't make out for the
life Of me what II was. I wasn't fright
ened for a moment for then II did not
occur TO M that the Titanic had struck
an Iceberg. II was only . few minutes,
however. before some one knocked on
my cabin door and warned me that I
had better dress A. hurriedly As possible
and 70 on deck. ! did 40. thoug l
didn't know why W were be!ns ordered
to come out into the cold at that time
Of the night
II was soon Joined by my brother.
who. like myself. was fully dressed. for
neither Of 10 had appreciated that We
were In any danger. ny that time near
iy all the ~iifeboats had been filled with
women and children and w could see
that they already were In the water
and drifting away from the Titanic.
MY brother pushed me across the
deck to one Of the lifeboats. was be-
ginning to grow deathly afraid. for the
air Of tenseness showed me tina, there
wa. real danger nj hand. I chung tight.
Idv N nv brother's arm. and when the
l,n.n VIM rowdc-, the boat deck saw
Il was a woman they stepped aside with
,yreAt Difference and permitted us to
pass through to the side Of the boat.
uo,,, nN,r an Ann LEAVE
.,o-ur, ,ru,uo
o"~'"~" S~' 49,
" snlPs o"'ee' 'e'No" "e " WV
arm Ahd p"s"e" me 'o""'" .ne ieoo''
'wh'c" u 'e" e'''''s "eFe "'re"'' Pe.
paT'hs ~ "we'' n"''S w "" SO
unto H. the o"'cer er'ed mo my ear
mao never re'easeu my oro'"ors a""
|'Wheh rea'iSeu nat ! "ou'u De sep,
"fa'e" from MN Oh the ooa'' ! refused
IdO NO. was EolnH 70 say Win Ulfn
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-02-23
How Old Is Your
Hair and Complexion?
(tEsther iu Household Helps. }

"Your hair need not be gray to look
old. 1t adds years to your appearance
if it is dull, lifeless and 1usterless.
Washing the head gives that effect II
is better TO use dry shampoo, like an
original package Of therox mixed with
a cupful of cornmea] Therox makes
hair grow when everything else fails
Sprinkle teaspoonfu of the mixture
on your head once week and brush
out well. 1t makes the hair light, fluf.
fy and clehn-ful of life and luster.
What woman would not look young
II she had clear, soft complexiop'
Throw away powders and cosmetics if
You would look young and fair. Make
a simple lotion by dissolving an oriei-
nal package Of mayatone in half pint
of witch hazel, and rub gently over the
face, neck and arms every morning
Your complexion soon will be smooth,
clear and satin like, with the dainty
natural color of girl in her teens.
- think Mother s Salve better than
any liniment or oil to reduce swelling
allay inflammation, or relieve pain in any
part OF the body. Rub it in we'll
and these beauty killers disappear
Mother Salve is also a wonderful
healer OF sores, cuts, burns and scalds. -