davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-23

Wilkinson & Co have been supplied
with the new remedy for stomach dis
orders called DIGESTIT.
This new medicine has been found
to be sure relief for the distressing
symptoms of Indigestion and Dyspep-
STA 1t will digest food In remark.
ably short time.
Special arrangements have been
made with the makers of this new
remedy whereby they propose to prove
its wonderful inertia limited mum
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-23

try this remarkable relief. Two !.
three tablets Immediately after eatins
Or when suffering will relieve almos,
Instantly
DlGESTIT is harmless medicine an
solutely free from any dangerous Or
habit-forming drugs. 1t digests fooa
IN natural way and tones the dige..
tive organs to healthful condition
II aids assimilation, thereby giving mn.
triton to the famished body.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-23
Get Ready for Baltimore .

United Press Leased Wire service.l
BUFFALO, April 23 Chairman
Norman p. Mack, of the democratic
national committee has called a meet
ing OF the committee on arrangements
for the Baltimore convention to be
held at the Hotel Belyidere, Baltimore,
on Saturday, April 81. Important mat.
ters pertaining to the democratic ma
tional convention will be considered
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-23

berg seven miles long, five miles wide
and FIVE hundred high In the south
Atlantic
AT night 1t looked black, like a
huge island said Pittman.
He declared the presence of seals
and birds at sea we're not conclusive
signs of ice
The temperature OF the water was
not reduced by the presence OF this
iceberg, Pittman said. He knew that
two hour tests were made OF the
temperature OF the ocean water IN an
effort to ascertain II icebergs were
near. but he personally had never
placed any reliance in the tests.
The witness iolted out his words in
q crisp, curt stacatto. He used no un-
necessary words, manifesting some
disdain for the land lubber, ques-
TONS asked By the committee.
Photographers stood on tables to
snap pictures of the hearing. Moving
pictures also will be taken OF the
hearing.
Senator Cullom stood up behind a
tank Of large millinery in the com
nirtee room. Even Reed, a commit
tee member was wedged in behind the
mass Of spectators for several min
ties before he could squeeze into his
his seat
Pittmsn asserted emphatically that
/ the Titanic was on her proper course
He explained al some length the diff.
ference between nortberly and south
erly ocean routes. The Titanic, he
said, followed the course commonly
taken by ocean liners at this time o,
the year.
DO you make that statement be-
cause of the Tftanics position at the
time of the collision?" he was asked.
Exactly; she was right on the
line he declared
Then when the cross indicating
ice was put on the chart, was it in
your ships course
Oh, no; the ice was way up to the
north. / saw no ice until Monday
morning when I was in the lifeboats
and on the Garpathia. There were
probably half a dozen bergs around
there then, but | was not sufficient.
interested to count them Most OF
them were about 80 feet high Pitt
man added.
Immediately preceding the collision
on Sunday night, Pittman said he was
in his bunk He did not see the cap
tain after Z o'clock, as he was in ahe
chart room working out observations
until shortly before 10 O'Clock when
he retired
! Pittman said First Officer Murdoch,
on the Titanic's bridge, when the
crash came. was keeping special
! lockout for ice"
How do you know that . he was
asked
Because he was warned Pittmsn
replied.
Il would rather you would leave
i that out
4 know You would said Senator
Smith, but we must know about this. .
That was ell the effort I made to
rescue people from the water" Pitt
man replied almost CHOKING.
For how long after you left the
Titanic was No. lifeboat attached to
No. 81 he was asked.
Prom about / to 2:3o. We sep.
arated before the Carpathia came in
sight"
Pittman said at the time he trans
ferred four passengers from his boa,
TO No. :, the Titanic had not sunk
and there were no cries for aid com.
innr from, +ba ,r,to-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-23
PERSONALS.

T. $. Hubbard of Burlington is in
the city
g. Sears of ST Louis is circulating
among his friends in Keokuk today.
He is here in company with his father
in-law, G. II. Albers also of ST. Louis.
J. NJ. Storar of Burlington is in the
city,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-23
RESOLUTION NO, II.

April Is, 1912, 10 a. m.
BE 1T RESOLVED. BY the city
Council OF the City of Keokuk. Iowa:
That 1t is necessary and advisable
to make the following improvements,
to-wit.
The Washington times., 1912-04-11
GOOD NEWS FROM CHINA.

Peking tells US that Mr.. WI is coming back to
Washington, and for that intelligence Washington is
much obliged to Peking We have trained our
tongues to call him Minister but IL ii so be that
the traditions OF the Forbidden City are forgot and
that the Chinese government now can send and re.
ceive personal representatives Of its sovereignty
then Washington will be glad to call him "Ambas.
sador."
For, after all, Mr.. WI belongs to us. He was
born in Canton and he was schooled in London. He
has advised an Empress in Peking and he has coun
seled Revolution in Shanghai. But just the same
he is more at home somewhere in the neighborhood
Of Dupont circle than anywhere ese and there ISM
the least doubt that he longs right for glimpse
of the spring beauty Of Lafayette square. For his
own sake, and for the sake of Washington, il is good
news that he is coming back.
But there is more important thing to be consid
cred. China has become republic, and like all new
republics it has many, many difficult problems tc
solve. For help it looks to the United States fhe
greatest Of the republics and the most sincere frene
that China has in the family Of nations. The new
government at Peking needs strong man and al
understanding man at Washington. 1t will have hin
when Mr. WI comes back home.
The Washington times., 1912-04-11

any and all Of the elements Of human progress will
accomplish much,
The work already done by the Rockefeller In
sttute for Medical Research in New York, and by
the Rockefeller Sanitary Commission in the South
ern States, is an earnest Of what we may rightfuy
expect when the Foundation is fully equipped and
working.
In the matter of the eradication Of hookworm dis
ease alone the Rockefeller Sanitary Commission has
done TO advance the cause of hygiene in rural
communities than ever before was done in the his
tory Of mankind.
The opportunities that lie before the devoted
men who will manage this great trust fund and d.
rect the expenditure Of Its income are many and
wide. Never before was there so much moEey dedi.
Gated to such work.
There remains yet much knowledge to be ac-
qured and disseminated, much suffering to be pre-
vented and relieved The commission is as broad as
humanity and the task to be undertaken as enduring
as the race. Let there be no question Of how this
huge sum was amassed when we are considering to
what purposes It is to be devoted The one question
is Of the past. The other is for the future
Generations yet undreamed Of will profit by the
work Of this Foundation and no man is possessed OF
vision clear to even glimpse the possibilities Of
its service.
The Washington times., 1912-04-11
THE TRUTH IN THE NEWS.

For several months past newspaper readers
have been persistently mised, so far as intelligent
people could be- by dishonest, partisan and utterly
unfair reports of the Presidential campaign ndulged
by vast section of the Eastern press. ,..,-.'
The emanations from the Taft press bureau
have been presented as gospel, matter how
egregously they misrepresented the facts. The ex.
treme Taft claims of delegate strength have been
velt people have been ignored contests by the Taft
people have been accepted as establishing that the
Taft contestants are already assured credentials.
No Misrepresentation has been too extreme for
these tory newspapers to exploit as the solemn truth
about the situation.
Throughout this carnival Of falsehood and de-
ceit, The Washington Times has daily presented its
own analysis Of the facts about the campaign. II
has pointed out that in the end the voice of those
States which have primary elections would dominate
The party would not dare nominate a candidate
against whom the voice Of the people was raised
wherever it had a chance to be heard.
Today the people know that The Times has
been telling them the truth. They know that its pro-
! Administration competitors have been misleading
hem.
1t is not always easy to keep an even keel and
stick fairly and squarely to the facts when there is
so much distortion and dishonesty. The Times ha:
tried as best it could to do this.
Today, in the light Of all mems recognition tha
the Taft campaign has completely collapsed, The
! Times cannot but feel gratied that its policy o.
honesty of fairness, and of nsstent loyalty to the
people and their interest has received such vindi
cation. ..,... t...
The Washington times., 1912-04-11
THINKS MAIL BAG
PROMOTES PATRIOTISM

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
In answer to Mi. Jack Wilson's letter
In the Mail Bag of Sunday the 7th inst,
on his view of respect shown the Maine
victims, l myself think In the same
manner as he does, that every Ameri-
can should have raised his rat as the
caissons passed by bearing the re-
mains of the Maine heroes. I myself.
also thought that every church bell
should have tolled as the caskets were
lowered to their last resting place, but
suppose there were very few people
that thought as ] did. While VISITING
In Philadelphia, Pa, that whenever the
orchestra played the national song,
star-Spangled Banner, that everyone
rose. even the little children, in respect
TO the song, and every gentleman raised
his hat and stood while the song was
being played. thought II so strange.
that the people in Washington did not
do this, ard yet Washington being the
Capital of the United States, But re-
Gently went into one of the local play-
houses on the avenue. There was n
large musical act on the bill that week.
They played lots Of classical music and
their last number being our national
song, Star-Spangled Banner. was
really surprised to see every one rise
in respect to the Tag, as / had been In
the same vaudeville house and heard
the same air and never saw one person
rise. think the Mail Bag letter has
caused the people to wake up and sho1
a little patriotism.
PATRIOTIC LADY.
The Washington times., 1912-04-11
WASHINGTON TIMES BUREAU.
ANACOsTIA, d, c.. APRIL II

The reclamation of the Anacostia
fats west OF the Anacostia bridge and
Immediately fronting this suburb, which
has been assured since contract was
let through Col. w. c. Langfitt, en-
gineer officer in charge OF river Inn
provements, for the sea wall and other
portions of the work. is regarded Nc
so near ut hand by the Anacostia Citl-
zens' Association that the District Com
missioners will be asked to put a stop
to the depositing OF material on the
fats Just west of the bridge, where
the District established a dumping sta
tioon several years ago, In CONSEQUENCE
of which large aren of ground haf
been reclaimed.
To do more there will be futile. sc.
eording to the views OF Maurice Otter
back and other members of the asso-
citation. They desire to have the dump.
ing removed to the east side OF the
bridge, where stagnant pools and low
marshes exist, as these can be easii,
filed In by the same process Ms wa,
carried on to the west. A resolution
embodying these ideas was passed Al
the meeting of the association las
Eight. It will be transmitted to the Dis
trlct commissioners.
The association debated with a goot
deal OF earnestness proposition tt
withdraw from the Federated Citizens
Association. and II was only after Z
series Of motions had been made on thii
subject that II was decided to pay duei
for another year ana defer action a.
to withdrawal until the end OF the pres
ent year. Some feeling was aroused
over the fact that q bill against th'
Anacostia Association for $40 dues hat
appeared. and It was stated by Presi
dent Burr that on account, OF the non
settlement Of the same the association
had been suspended automatically. Thi
precipttated a lively debate, some beinl
for withdrawal forthwith.
Condemning the open cars placed Il
operation lately on the Anacostia branc
OF the Washington Railway and Elec
The Washington times., 1912-04-11
WILLING TO PAY, BUT
WANTS MONEYS WORTH

To the Editor of THE TIMES:
As ono of the regular fans of the
District I wish to add one more protest
10 the many have lately read and
heard in regard to raising the prices of
grandstand seats for the opening game
on the home grounds.
Mr.. Griffith. in the short time he
has been in charge of our baseball at
fairs, has done many things that have
called forth loud and joyful approval
from the faithful, but this latest order
Of his is nothing more than an in1posi-
tion on the good nature and the pocket
books city which has for untold
ages paid top-notch prices for the up
keep of a cellar aggregation.
Come down out of the clouds. Mr..
Griffith. ana II, in the future. you can
really slow us a winning team, YOU
will ind the fans of the District a
generous crowd of boosters willing To
do their share and more. +, p. q,
The Washington times., 1912-04-11
WANTS LESS FAVOR
AND MORE THOUGHT

To the Editor OF THE TIMES:
A gentleman in a recent public ad-
dress asserted, that the use OF alcohol
was responsible for 75 per cent OF the
crime, vagrancy insanity. and moral
and physical degeneracy which so
palpably afflicts our boasted Christian
civilization. l fear that such an in
depreciation OF the situation will hard
ly prove acceptable TO those who pos
sess the virtue and courage of free
thought, and who are so we'll acquaint-
ed with the subtle art of misrepresenta-
uon. which capitalism and its agents
30 frequently employ to conceal or ex-
plain unfortunate conditions. The truth
is Mr. Editor that economic injustice,
born OF capitalistic greed, constitutes
the fundamental cause OF most OF our
social and Industrial distress, Eco
nonic justice is the only true founda-
tion OF Christian civilization, and when
organized Christianity falls to exert its
The Washington times., 1912-04-11
THE ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION.

That the Rockefeller Foundation will be ncor-
porated is indicated by the unanimous report of the
House Judiciary Committee. 1t appears that every
objection urged against the bill as introduced by
Senator Gallinger several years ago has been elm
mated by the new provisions to which Mr.. Rookie
feller has consented, and that there is now nothing
but good in the measure. The membership of the
corporation is to be responsible in to the
Federal Government, and the chances for the appli-
cation of the enormous trust fund to improper pur-
poses have been reduced to minimum
A hundred million dollars is great deal OF
money, and the income from II devoted to the object
Of the foundation ito promote the we-being and to
advance the civilization Of the people Of the United
States and its tertor and Of foreign lands in the
acquisition and dissemination Of knowledge, in the
prevention and relief Of suffering, and In the pro-
motion Of eleemOsynary and PhlanthrOpc means Of
49,. g n. ~ .,sNSss-z.-.sAr-
The Washington times., 1912-04-11
CHURCH LOST BY NOT BEING CORDIAL

The church people Of Kittaning, Pa, are mourn.
ing the loss OF $0o bill at the offertory period Of
their services last Sunday The deficit was brought
about by their lack Of cordiay toward stranger in
their midst. A jewelry manufacturer OF Buffalo,
N Y promised his bishop that whenever he attended
church in strange city and good-fellowship was ex-
tended to him, 500 of his money would Rnd its way
into the collection basket The visitor was given
cold reception at the church he attended Not sim
gle person extended the hand Of welcome to him. and
he was so far forgotten that service book was
not rendered for his use.
He kept his $loo bill safely slowed away in his
pocket The members OF that church did not know
that they we're entertaining angel unawares. But
the experience may serve to increase church cordi-
aliy in other places as well as In Kitaning.
The Washington times., 1912-04-11
ANACOSTIA FAVORS
CHANGE OF DUMPS
Citizens Association Would Have No More Material De-
posted on West Side of Bridge-Discuss With
drawal From Federation of Bodies.

trio Company, John T.. Earnshaw, the
chairman of the street railway COM
mittee, called upon the association to
press for adequate cars and better SER
vice in general. He described the over
crowding seen daily on the open cars,
fett, Of the street car line had been
read, in which q conferences with Presi-
dent King was suggested, MIR. Earn
shaw was directed to meet the railroad
president and report to him the dis
agreeable conditions.
There Is a likelihood that Anacostia
will have two open-air band concerts
each month during the summer as a
result OF Mr.. Earnshaw's intercession
with Colonel Cosby. the engineer officer
grounds. Mr.. otterback called atten-
ton TO the neglected state of Logan
Park. and President Burr said he had
been promised several years ago. when
ment, that It would receive the same
treatment as the city parks. both as
regards care and decorations. This mas
not been done, he said, and resolution
was passed calling upon Colonel Cosby
TO have the park properly cared for.
Correspondence was read between the
ssociation and the Baltimore and Ohio
| railroad about the littering Of the
streets In AnacoDtia with dirt and coal
dust, blown from the freight yards OF
| the company named, and Maurice OF
terback, who referred the matter to the
| company, with the statement that Other
yards are kept in neat trim, was told
that the officials of the company have
| the subject under consideration now.
Thomas Il. Reardon entered q vigor'
Gus protest against the increase IN thS
salaries of the Commissioners until the
street laborers or the low paid daily
iaborers are given an increase.
Secretary. Albert =. Beck spoke on tn,
| neceseity for making fire stops ~
Nichols avenue and v street and Gooc
Hope road and Nichols avenue, the lat
i ter point being recognized as a fire stoS
by the street car company, but wtthou
being authorised by the Commissioners
Mr.. Beck inquired why the .surfact
| department OF the District uses vacan
lots in Anacostia on which to store oil
wagons, dump carts, stone wagons, ant
| water wagons. He held them to be un
slightly and not calculated to add I,
attractive surroundings, so the matte
was referred to Police Captain w. I
Anderson for adjustment.
The Washington times., 1912-04-11
SUGGESTS ARCHITECTURE
FOR LINCOLN MEMORIAL

TO the Editor of THE TIMES,
Appropriation has been made by Con-
gress for a costly memorial to the MEM
ory Of Lincoln to be erected in Potomac
Park. l would suggest that the me-
mortal to Lincoln, in order to harmonize
with the Washington Monument, an
obellsk, be designed in the Egyptian
style.
an architectural composition should be
of the same general style. This rule
will be violated if the present plan is
carried out-that of placing the Lin
coin memorial, a purely classic strlc-
ture, within sight of and in axial rela-
tions with the Washington Monument,
an Egyptian obelisk. N.
The Washington times., 1912-04-11

WOMEN OF THE BIBLE. BY twelve
eminent divines. published by Har-
per & Brothers, New York and Lon
don.)
Some theology, much history, but
much more poetry and romance are to
be found within the covers of the Har-
per publication entitled Women of the
Bible" For many people, whatever
their faith or be they of no faith at all,
these attractive character studies ac-
complish what is unfailingly a pleasure
to the cultured and sympathetic mind
the humanization of figures which
have hitherto dwelt in a haze of words
and remoteness. Inspired with life,
they give to the Bible a dramatic s force
historian, and Literature.
The reader will have preferences
among these various sketches, accord
ing 10 their heroines, no doubt. Not
the least interesting feature of the col.
lection, however, Is the association of
subject and author of the sketch and
the point of view disclosed by each or
the twelve eminent clergymen from
whose writings these selections have
been drawn. Most striking of all in
some respects is the first, the story OF
Eve, with its poetic and legendary at
tributes and parallels. as given by Rev.
theII thI draws a vivid, and, to the un-
learned in Biblical lore, a somewhat
unexpected picture Of Sarah. Rebekah's $
many faults are not condoned in Dr.
| LYMAN Abbott's criticism, which. how
ever exalts her as the faithful wife.
Miriam is most interestingly. character
| lied by Prof. Henry Van Dyke, and be-
comes one of the most real persons in
| the series. The vigorous, heroic. story
| OF Deborah, the Bible Joan OF Arc,
| comes from Rev W. II. p. Faunce, the
sentimental tale OF Ruth the cleaner.
somewhat out OF harmony, with modern
@, Moulton. and then comes the
pathetic grief and exaltation OF Han
! nah, appealingly described by Bishop
John r. Hurst. The Old Testament
series closes with the bloody deeds and
| punishment of Jezebel, written by Rev,
| Edward Il. Coo, and the rich Oriental
drama OF Esther narrated by the Right
Rev, William Croswell Doane, Mary
| MaEdalsn, eternal and various as her
| bioeraphers have been numerous, If
| here described by DIR. Newell. Dwight
HilllA, and Cardinal Gibbons contributes
o beautitul Ideal portrait OF the Biessed
NhgLn Mary
The Washington times., 1912-04-11
CAREFUL DRIVERS NEEDED
FOR SAFETY OF ANIMALS

To the Editor Of THE TINES.
In this age of automobile and rapid
transit great caution should be, used
with regard to the drivers of We
hicles. No greater menace to life and
limb than an igornant unframed driv-
or. They should be examined as to
experience. capability and attitude
toward the animals they have charge
Of. The poor horse guided entirely by
the rein is a martyr to ignorance
and cruelty. Especially Is II noticeable
In the early hours-the milk wagon,
the ice wagon before day has dawncd,
they must be frantic.
BY A LOVER OF HORSES,
The Washington times., 1912-04-11
THURSDAY. APRIL II. 1919.
TODAY.
The season /

The season begins today They play in Philadel-
phia. Tomorrow there will be box score and a
narcentage table Life will be worth living again.
II isa great game and clean game 1t is worthy
ef the high place that holds in the estimation Of
America and II helps America to be what it is.
Today the politicians rage and the statesmen
imagine vain thing, for the only question that any
body really cares about is What's the score P"
The Washington times., 1912-04-11

power TO establish and enforce this
greatest of all principles, then II be-
comes sickening failure and miser-
able sham. What this country needs
favor for those who would sacrifice
conscience on the cruel altar of ex-
pediency, The only way TO Danish an
evil is to destroy It's basic cause. Let
US cease to strain at gnats and swal-
low camels," and let US seek the truth,
the whole truth and nothing but the
trust for truth, and that alone. will
make US free. l.. @, L,
The Washington times., 1912-04-11
In the Mail Bag II


the
EDITOR TIMES.
The Washington times., 1912-04-11
ARMY.

Major CHARLES CRAWFORD, trans
ferred from the Twenty-ninth 10 the
Twentieth Infantry.
Capt. GEORGE II. McMASTER, trans
ferred from the Eighth TO the Thir-
tieth Infantry,
Capt, ANDREW j, UGHERTH,
transferred from the Thirtieth to the
Eighth Infantry,
Major AMOS b. SHATTUCK, assigned
TO the Twenty-ninth Infantry.