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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-09-23
NEW YORK LETTER

ANSW OAh1 ~ (Is 49, Cllal lOS
Schmidt is in dickens of a fix.
He doesn't know whether to try
to get his little daughter, Char
lotte away from her rich aunt
and bring her back to his tene-
ment home, or to leave her where
she will grow up in Injury.
1t is a strange, strange case.
Schmidt lives on the fourth
floor at 20 St. Marks place. His
wife died a week after Charlotte
was born. The little girl is seven.
She has been cared for ever since
her birth by her maternal grand
mother, Mrs. Leon Rosengweig.
The aunt is Mrs. Gustave Pach,
of Vienna. Six years ago she Wis
tied this country and fell in love
with baby Charlotte. She has no
children of her own, and she COW
eted this little niece. She and her
husband are enormously wealthy.
Early in August little Char
lotte went to Freeport, L. l.; to
visit her uncle, Adolph Schmidt.
A few days later, when the
George Washington sailed for
Bremen, Adolph and Charlotte
were aboard. When the steamer
locked at Bremen, Mr.. and Mrs.
Paoh were there to meet it, with
a special train which took the
party to Vienna.
In the Austrian capital Char
lotte has suite at the Cafe Cen
trail, one of the most magnificent
hotels in the city, and one of sew
eral which are owned by Gustave
Pach. She has a retinue of ser
wants. pets, TOYS, a carriage to
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in St. Marks place. Mrs. Rosenz-
weig is heartbroken. "Oh, how
l miss herp' she cries.
Schmidt joking refers to the de
parture of Charlotte as a kid
naping."
"You can't call it a read kid
ing he says, because she hasn't
gone out of the family. l am
sure | can get her back any time
l want to, without taking legal
steps
But Mrs. Rosehzweig is not so
sure about that. And as Schmidt
comes home, day after day, from
his work in the cloak factory, to
the little home where he hears
the weeping of the grandmother,
instead of the laughter of Char
lotte, he is more, and more per
picked as to what he ought to do. |
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.lOO DEAD IN
 STORM $ WAKE
DISASTROUS CYCLONE SWEEPS OVER NORTHERN ILLINOIS
 ON SUNDAY EVENING.
Georgia and Alabama Also Visited by Storms Which Leave a Number of Dead in the Pathway
 Swept by Cyclone.

Chicago, April 22.-Latest figures on the storm which swept over H. inois and Indiana Sunday evening show 72 dead. 200 injured and nearly 100 families in 8 destitute condition More than 100 homes were demolish- ed and property loss totaled several hundred thousand dollars.
 Greatest damage was done at Bush. Willsyille. Murphyboro, Campus, Freeman and Kankakee, lll, and Mo- rocco. Ind. Governor Deneen and Ad- jutant General Dsckson today ar ranged to extend state relief to the stricken districts in Illinois.
 The dead and injured are as fol. lows
 Bush, Ill, IS dead, 100 injured.
 District east of Bush, H., dead. 80 injured
 Marion, Ill, F dead. uncon- firmef
 Willsville. H.. 3 dead, 20 injured.
 Murphysboro. Ill, dead, injured.
 Campus, IL. dead. injured.
 Kankakee, H., dead, 22 injured.
 Morocco, Ind, 9 dead, injured.
 Freeman, H., dead.
 District near Morocco, Ind. dead.
 Of 15 persons killed at Bush. H.. II have been identified. They are Mrs. Alex Williams, Valentine Far mer, J. W. Campbell, wife and six children, and Joseph Wood.
 J. W. Campbell, the section fore man at Bush, with aas s@11ffs . -ss< children, was sitting iriA the section house when the storm demolished 1t. killing the occupants instantly.
 Bush suffered most damage. Two storms met there, one coming from the northwest and the other from the southeast. In a few minutes Bush was in ruins. The buildings of the Western Coal and Mining company were destroyer as was the post office, general department store, hotels restaurants and 40 dwellings. Thirty-hye other dwellings were partly wrecked
 Seyenty-fve families are homeless and destitute in Southwestern H. inois. Until help comes from the state officials the St. Louis. Iron Mountain and Southern railroad is looking after the survivors.
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REFERENDUM FOR
 A RAGING LAW
MORE THAN 500 SIGNATURES FOR PETITION ON THE FIRST DAY
 OF RESERVATION.
Bill Provides For Racing commls- sion and the Use of Paris Mutuels Only on the
 Race Track.

Petitions through the initiative and referendum for a change in the law which will permit horse racing in Garland county under very restric- tive conditions were first circulated in Hot Springs yesterday, and more than 300 signatures of representative business men and taxpayers were se- cured to the petitions.
 The provisions of the bill are so restrictive in their terms that every argument against racing is elimi. minated, and the racing that would follow under the proposed legislation would be free from all the objection able features that has marked the downfall generally of the sport in this country.
 Bookmaking is eliminated, at least in so far as bookmaking itself is con cerned. The Paris mutuels only are permitted, and under this system the track is operated wholly under a per centage basis, and owes nothing of obligation to any booking operators because there are none
 The whole of racing is to be gov erned, under the provisions of the bill, by racing commission of five members to be appointed in this county by the county judge This commission will he the last authority on all racing matters, and will have absolute control of the making of dates, and will also be the higher au- thority in the matter of governing the tracks.
 The bill permits racing, under dates allotted by the commission, on any authorized mile course in Gar land county. The commission may grant or refuse dates, and may specify what time of the year racing shall take place and when it shall not
 1t is the purpose, under the pro. posed measure, to have racing open with the state fair, and continue foI awhile in November. when some at traction is needed to bring the peo pie here before the holiday season and then dates are anticipated again late in the season when it is neces sary to have some added attraction tC hold the crowds after they are here
 Business men generally are behint the whole of the movement, and tho measure has received the approval o all who have seen it, since it yal drI for the good of the communit! anl not for any interests.
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Six Dead in oeoraia.

Newborn, Ga, April 22--Six per sons were killed and score of others injured by a cyclone which swept this section of the state early today Demolished houses and dead live stock were left in the wake of the storm which swept a track three quarters of a mile wide through Jas per, Newton and Morgan counties. The dead:
 w. w. BURDEN.
 JOSEPH MAXEY.
 ED MAXEY, II years, his son.
 DOC MAXEY, another son.
 TWO UNIDENTIFIED NEGROES.
 Mrs. w. W. Burden and four grand children who were in the Burden home when it was blown down, are not expected to live
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FLOOD SITUATION.
Tributary Rivers Add Volume of
 Water to Flood District.

Monroe, La, April 22.-A rise of ten feet within A hours was re- corded today in the upper Barthlo- new river according to telegrams re- ceived at the division office of tn
 Iron Mountain railroad here. The un. precedently heavy rise is attributed to the flood waters from the levee break at Rosemary, near the mouth of the Arkansas river. The water from the Panther Forest. Arkansas, break in the Mississippi river levees is now sweeping through Boueff river and the La Fourche swamp and is ak
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THE WEATHER.

Washington, D. C., April 22.- X Forecast for Arkansas. Fair X Tuesday and "Wednesday. X
 X xxx<xXx x x X X X X X x X
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ready within five miles of Monro Today the Boueff river rose an inch an hour at Girard, II miles east of Monroe, and is rapidly spreading over the country south and east Of this city.
 The ouachita river showed only a slight rise here today
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Washington, April 22-With succor only five miles away, the Titanic slid into it's watery grave, carrying with it more than 1,600 of it's passengers and crew, while an unidentified steam CT that might have saved all, failed or refused to see the frantic signals flashed to it for aid
 This phase of the tragic disaster was brought out today before ,he senate investigating committee, when J. B. Boxhall. fourth officer of the Titanic told of his unsuccessful at. tempts to attract the steamers at tention.
 This ship, according to Boxhall, could not have been more than five miles away, and was steaming toward the Titanic. So close was it that from the bridge, Boxhall plainly saw it's masthead lights and then it's red side light. Both with rockets and with the Morse electric signal did the young officer hail the stranger, -eaFta4a Smith and several others in the vicinity of the bridge declared at the time their belief that the vessel had seen them and was signaling in reply. Boxhall failed to see the re- ply signals however, and in any case the steamer kept on it's course ob- liquely past the Titanic without ex- tending aid.
 This, and the declaration of P. A.. & Franklin, president of the White Star Line. that there was not sufficient life boats aboard the Titanic to care for the ships com pany at one time. were easily the features of the hearing.
 The official was quizzed throughout the morning session on the messages exchanged between the Carpathia and himself, after the ship had started for New York with the Titanic's sur vivors aboard Among the survivors was J. Bruce Ismay, managing direc- tor of the line,
 Among the wireless telegrams read into the record was one from Mir Ismay urging that the steamer Cederic be held until the Carpathia arrived with it's sorry burden. He declared he believed it most de- sirabe" that the survivors of the Titanic's crew be rushed out of the country as quickly as possible. He also the message said, would sail on the Cederic and asked that clothing be ready at the pier for him when the Carpathia docked. The senate's subpoenaes blocked the plan.
 The committee will resume its hearing ct 10 o'clock tomorrow morn ing.
 The fourth officer Boxhall, is ex- pected to continue on the stand to tell more fully of the events preceding the collision.
 Boxhall testified as to the sobriety of his superior and brother officers. He said he had the watch from $ D. m. until midnight the night of the disaster and during that time the
 T regular complement of officers and men were at their posts. He said he did not know they were nearing ice bergs, but that the temperature Of the water had been taken, the fig ures reported to sixth officer Moody and put on the log.
 Did you see the captain frequently Sunday night?o asked Senator Smith
 "Yes sir sometimes on the upper deck, sometimes in the chart room sometimes on the bridge and some times in the wheel house
 Was the captain on the bridge ol at any of the other places wher you went on watch at 8 o'clock?"
 No, l first saw the captain abou o'clock"
 Did you see Ismay with the cap
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,SUCCOR WITHIN FIVE MILES AT
 TIME OF T|TANIC'S DISTRESS

did not see it..
 By some people, who do you mean?"
 Not passengers. but stewards, and the captain all declared they saw them"
 Suppose you had powerful searchlight on the Titanic, could you not have thrown a beam on the ves- sel and have compelled her atten- tion?"
 "We might"
 Boxhall said he had rowed in the life boat three quarters of mile when the Titanic went down. Ills boat he, testified, was the first picked up by the Carpathia. That was about 4:10 in the morning.
 Did you have any conversation with Mir. Ismay that night?'
 Yes sir, before left the ship, on the bridge just before the captain or dered me below to take an emergency boat"
 When you boarded the Carpathia did you see any lamps on any other life boats?"
 q saw several with lanterns"
 When did you see lsmay after you left the ship?"
 q saw him in a collapsible boat in the water, afterward"
 Who else was in it?"
 "Mr Garter"
 "Any other mem"
 Yes. I saw some men that looked like Filipinos"
 Any women in it?"
 "Yes, many women, most of them foreigners
 The Carpatha, he said, was steer ing by the green lights on his life boat.
 Our green lights were special lights, that I told one of the sailors to put in lighted them after we were lowered The lights were very brilliant and attracted the Carpathia." !"
 Did you see any bodies?'
 "Yes, saw one body. the body of a man, lying on his side. He had life belt on"
 Did you hear of any persons re- fusing to enter the life boats?"
 T heard persons on the Titanic say some people refused"
 Did you see any one refuse to enter the life boats?"
 No sir"
 Did you see any man, woman or child prevented from entering a life boat?"
 No sir"
 Did you see any ejeeted2"
 No sir"
 Did you see any who got in from the water, or see any in the water?"
 ''No sir"
 Senator Newlands returned to the subject of the icebergs.
 You say you could not see these great isebergs when you were in the sea boat, but you could hear the water tapping against them?"
 Yes sir. It was an oily calm and we could see nothing in the small boats"
 If the sea is smooth, then it 's difficult to discern these isebergs?'
 Yes sir. believe if there had been a little ripple on the water the Titanic would have seen it in time to avoid it."
 With Boxhall on the stand the hear ing adjourned at 6:2O o'clock to 1 o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
 The audience at today's hearing was so great that the committee took testimony with difficulty, To morrow the hearing will be held In Q smaller room which will accommo- date only newspaper men, witnesses, attorneys and investigators.
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Fourth Officer Boxhall Says He Saw Vessei Pass Close to Sinking Craft and Tried in Vain to Get an Answer to His Frantic Signals of Distress.
New and Startling Testimony in the Investigation of Steamer Disaster Also Shown That Ismay Wanted to Get Crew and Himself out of U. s.

tain on the bridge, or in the wheel house?"
 No sir not until after the acci- dent"
 Did you know when he dined that night, where he dined, or with whom?"
 No sir"
 Boxhall said he did not believe the captain had been away from the vicinity of the bridge at any time during his watch.
 Where were you at the time of the collision?"
 Just approaching the bridge"
 Did you see what occurred?"
 NO. I couldn't see"
 Did you hear?"
 Yes, the senior officer said We struck an iceberg.
 Did you see the iceberg?"
 No sir"
 Did it strike the bow, or shave it?"
 Tt seemed to me 10 have struck the bluff of the starboard bow The impact was so slight that I didn't think it was serious"
 Boxhall then went to the bridge, where he found the first officer, Mur- dock, the sixth officer Mir. Moody, and Captain Smith
 Boxhall said the captain asked what was the trouble and the first officer replied they had struck an iceberg and added that he had borne to starboard and reversed his engines full speed after ordering the closing of water tight doors.
 "Did you see the iceberg then?"
 Yes sir. I could see it dimly It lay low in the water, about 30 feet out of the water"
 Boxhall said he went down to the steerage, inspected all the decks in the vicinity of where the ship struck, found no traces of any damage and went directly to the bridge and so reported
 The captain ordered me to send a carpenter to sound the ship. but I found a carpenter coming mp with the announcement that the ship was taking water. In the mailroom, 1 found mail sacks floating about while the clerks were at work. l went to the bridge and reported and the captain ordered the life boats to be made ready"
 Boxhall testified that on Captain Smiths orders he took word of the ships position to the wireless op' orators.
 After Boxhall went back to the life boats, where there were men and women, he said they had life belts
 After that was on the bridge most of the time sending out distress signals, trying to attract the atten- ton of boats ahead" he said.
 q sent up distress rockets until l left the ship, to try to attract the at tention of ship directly ahead. l had seen her lights. She seemed to be meeting us and was not far away.
 She got close enough, so she seemed to me, to read our electric ! Morse signals told the captain. He stood with me much of the time, trying to signal her He told me to tell her in Morse rocket signals l Come at once-we are sinking | Did any answer come?' asked the senator.
 q did not see them, but two men say they saw signals from that ship "How far away do you think that ship was?' | Approximately five miles
 Boxhall said he did not know what ship it was
 Have you learned anything about that ship sheer
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ARkANsAs REArs LLLINols.

Champagne. ILL, April 22.-For the first time in three years the Uni yersity of Illinois baseball team was defeated on it's own grounds today when the University of Arkar team won by score of II to 6
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FataIItIes In AIabama.

Birmingham, Ala, April 22-One negro was killed and numerous small houses blown down by a heavy wind storm, which passed over Brookside. Pinckney City and other mining towns in the west end of Jefferson county this morning. At Pinekney City negro baby was carried for mile by the wind and was uninjured when found
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the demands, if granted would add to their payroll S7.553,0O0 a year, or an increase of 17,63 per cent. Ten days later the railroads formally re iected the demands, declaring that granting the increase would be tan tamount to placing lien of $1SS,S44,- 900 on the properties, which would have preference over the first mortgage bonds and lessen the abl- ity of the roads to make additional improvements and install additional safeguards.
 1t also was stated that the rail roads were not making sufficient net earnings to warrant the increase and that the increase, if granted, would be followed by demands of other em- ployes, which would result in actual ! bankruptcy to some of the railroads.
 Mir. Stone ana his lieutenants, March 26, voted to order members of the engineers to ballot on the sit uation, the question being definitely whether they would authorize d strike if further negotiations with the rail- roads should fail The result of the vote, as announced April 12, was de- clared to be overwhelmingly in favor of strike, or by percentage of 93.3 of the 25,7OO men.
 A second joint conference took place here April IF. but came to deadlock. The engineers agreed to wait until the night of April IS for further word from the railroads.
 When that time came Mir Stuart requested an armistice for AS hours so members of the committee could be rounded up and this was granted
 It expired last night but Mir Stone agreed to continue it until this aft ernoon and announced he would | await word from the committee at the conclusion Of it's deliberations be- fore dispatahing the assistant chair men of the brotherhood to their va rious headquarters to call strike.
 After day spent in discussion of the situation the committee of rail way managers this afternoon sent letter to Chief Stone saying they see no way of modifying the conclusion previously announced.
 Nearly an hour before the formal receipt of this letter, Mir Stone ap- parently with knowledge that the railroads were in the act of making another refusal, declared strike would be called in 36 hours.
 He said:
 "The engineers committee has de- cided that it's 52 men would start for their respective points tonight and that strike will be called in S6 hours. This will allow 24 hours for the members to get orders into effect and two hours in which to notify the different railroads of the intention to strike
 Mir. Stone had barely made this an- nouncement when he received the following letter from Martin A. Knapp. presiding judge of the United States commerce court, and Charles P Neill, United States commissioner of labor, who were in this city watch ing the railway crisis
 Dear Sir: We understand that negotiations between the Brother hood of Locomotive Engineers and the managers committee of the eastern roads have been definitely broken off and tha tthe engineers are likely to withdraw forthwith from the service.
 If this is unfortunately the fact 1t is evident that a grave situation has arisen which threatens disastrous consequences to the public. In this emergency We are impelled by the sense of duty to tender our friendly offices to the eonteuding parties in
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the hope that some means may be found to adjust the matters in dis pute without the calamity of gen. eral strike. We are sending an lden- tical letter to Mir. ]. c Stuart. chair man of the committee of railroad managers.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-09-11
TWELVE THOUSAND G. A. R. VETS
WITH HEADS ERECT ARE IN PARADE

Los ANGELES. Sept l1.-With
heads high, shoulders squared and
many supported on crutches and
canes. 10000 veterans marched in the
annual O. A. r. parade this morn
ing.
In three hours the procession NOV
cd through the business streets. over
100000 spectators viewed the pa
rade this afternoon when the last
of the tired company dlsbanded.
The national conventions of the
Daughters of Veterans. Woman's Re
lief Corps and ladies OF the G. A.
r. will be called to order today. Ey'
cry park and many churches were
requisitioned for the state and ma
tional gatherings. Tonight the
women's Relief Corps receives in
the big Alexandria hotel ball room
for Commander in Chief Trimble and
his staff. The national officers elec
ton will be held Friday.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-09-11
RENO PIONEER
DECLARES PEOPLE
WILL CHOOSE TAFT
ROBERT L. FULTON DECLARES
VOTERS DO NOT WANT OBJ.
sTREPERoUs CANDIDATE

"The people of the United States
have shown they do not want an
obstreperous president There is
going 10 be a great reaction between
now and election day Taft will be
elected in November"
This is the way Robert l.. Fulton.
one of the old-timers of Reno. looks
at the political situation, says the
Reno Gazette. Mr.. Fulton has lived
in Reno long enough to remember
when Nevada was Churchill coun-
ty. Utah" and long enough to know
old-timers who have been here since
slide Mountain slid"
Il will admit he said today that
majority of those who have the
temerity TO forecast the result of
the election, think that Wilson will
be elected. that Roosevelt will come
second and Taft third.
"The history of this country, how
ever. shows that we do not want
presidents of the obstreperous vari
ETY.. In this connection back in "A
Polk won from Henry Clay, and
again, 40 years later, Cleveland. an
unknown man. won from Blaine. The
people want a man of calm judgment
not the other sort, to lead the ma
ton. There will be reaction be
tween now and election day beyon'
a doubt, and ! look for Tafts elec
tion."
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-09-11
TELLS DETAILS OF THE PLANTING
OF DYNAMITE LAWRENCE, MASS.

BOSTON. Sept. 11.-Dennis j. Col
Inns, indicted with William w. Wood,
will be the star witness for the
state at the trial of his associates
on the charge of planting dynamite
at Lawrence during the strike.
Collins has told District Attorney
Pelitier he met John Breen and
Earnest Pittman in Boston Pittman
delivered a package TO Breen, who
divided II in a number of bundles,
which he gave Collins. Collins took
the bundles to Lawrence and placed
each package where Breen had in
structed. and where later they were
discovered" by the police.
Breen has since been fined $500
for planting dynamite and Pittman
has suicided Pelletier said he would
submit the evidence to the grand
jury showing that many Lawrence
officials knew the dynamite had
been planted
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-09-11
COLLISION KILLS TWO

NEW YORK, Sept. 1.-Two men
riding on single motorcycle we're
killed in a collision early today be-
tween their machine and truck at
a downtown corner of Avenue A.
The dead men cannot be identified.
Each received fractured skull. The
police assert the truck driver was
in no way to blame for the accident,
as the cyclists were speeding reck'
lessly.