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New-York tribune., 1912-04-17
| TITANIC vs.. BAHLESH|P
Navy Yard Men Discuss Dread
nought'S Chance in Crash.
"UNSINKABLE SHIP" A MYTH
War Graft, to Guard Against
Torpedo Attack, Have More
Watertight Compartments.

II a battleship struck an iceberg. as the
the question that was put 10 officers in
the construction department of the Brook
lyn navy yard yesterday. 1t was generally
agreed that the battleship type OF construc-
ton would make for greater safety in such
an emergency, although a number Of inter-
estIng apparent paradoxes in the compsrI
son of the two methods of building ships
were pointed out
There has never been an accident TO a
modern battleship that can be compared to
the Titanic catastrophe" said an officer high
In the department. so that comparison IS
n matter of theory. In the first place, no
ship made OF material that .s heavier than
water. as steel Is. can be made unsuitable.
II their equilibrium or buoyancy is sufti-
ciently impaired all ships will sink. But
sinking is not part of the plan of bat
tleships as we'll as liners. This is empha
sized by the fact that II d battleship should
sink there are not enough Doats and other
lifesavng devices aboard, to save all OF
her crew
"A big warship has about eight hundred
men aboard. II she sinks large portion
of them are inevitably doomed. There is
not room on a war boat for life boats.
believe the law demands that merchantmen
carry at least enough lifeboats to save the
crew."
Another point that stood out in comparing
the huls of battleships with liner was
the fact that below the armor line bat
tleshp hull Is built more lightly. and the
same rule applies to bulkhcad construc-
New-York tribune., 1912-04-17
NIAGARA BARELY ESCAPED
French Liner Hit iceberg, but
Slow Speed Saved Her.
CAPTAIN FEARED DISASTER
Had IS o S" Flashed Right
After Crash, Then Declined
Carmania's Help Offer.

In the same region OF the ocean where
the greatest liner of them all tried her
steel on the seas perpetual menace and
went down with the loss OF over thousand
lives the French liner Niagara escaped
similar fate by hardly more than the turi
Of her screws three days before. The Gu"
harder Carmania, here Sunday, brought
news of the Frenchman's peril with as
surances that she would be able 10 make
port under her own steam, but 1t was not
until Yesterday morning that the crippled
liner crept into her berth at the Chelsea
piers. her twisted bow plates bearing mute
witness TO the fate that passed her by.
With the Niagara there came up the river
half a d.Zen other greyhounds OF the sea-
detained like her for many hours at the
Hook by Mondays fog. each bringing a
tale of icebergs and dark danger Most Of
them had managed to thread their way
through the fields OF ice without coming in
direct contact with any Of the bergs. but
the Lapland. OF the Red Star Line, which
anchored off the Hook late on Sunday
night. reported that she. too. had scraped
her bottom on several of the Arctic crags
Captain Juham Of the Niagara, In telling
OF the experience or his own vessel In the
blunt, bare way OF a sailor. gave vivid
impression of what the Titancs ill-fated
passengers must have endured. Fog and
ice encompassed the ship on al sides
last Thursday night. he said. bringing
with them that tense and oppressive feel
ing that comes with the scent OF danger.
The passengers were at dinner when the
vessel ran into the ice field, but the reduced
sneed of the boat and the rasping sound OF
the smaller pieces of Ice as they scraped
AGAINST the sides took most OF the gayety
from their hearts.
Crash Clears OF Tables.
Of q sudden, the captain said, came n
shock that swept the tables clean of dishes
Cd evervthing else not fastened down and
lied many of the passengers from their
ravo,ving chairs. For moment there was
suepce. except for hurried steps and muf-
re6 commands from above. Then confusion
broke loose, and the passengers, most Of
.,or, with the excitable blood OF the Latns
g. their veins, rushed on deck. The crack
,,o NJ the wireless as HerVe Magny, the
nJ,aoara's operator, flung his IS o s. into
space added to the tuihuIt'
cantain Juham conducted hasty inspec-
|. a., ~ the bows Of the vessel ana discov-
- ,hat though the ship was taking water
through riffs between several of her plates
| -. nos I'm no immediate danger or settling.
,,,' sme n,atertight bulkheads. closed at the in
| nv -, ,he collision, held well. and II soon
.,.o sun. anparent that the vessel would be
| ne1" 80 nroceed without assistance. The
aoie n,a which In the mean time had an
Cal,',% lnnd the distress signal with assurances
,,, swe.eu was Informed that her presence
was unnecessary
.;ous Wait for Wireless Reply.
Magnys English is not ,nnu',s OF the fines,
have deserted him ~, YESTERDAY e saya as is, he
tried 10 ., distress into the night and wal,
New-York tribune., 1912-04-17
More BuIkhcads in Battleship.

IA battleship has many more compart-
ments and bulkheads than are accredited
70 the Titanic-it is ridiculous TO say that
she had only fifteen bulkheads, as | saw
rcported Yesterday" a naval expert said
she must have had more. There are at
least two hundred watertight compartments
in a first class battleship II Is practcaiIy
rhe only device there is to prevent SINKING
II enough OF them are punctured the snip
will 20 down But she is devised to WITH
stand being torpedoed and blown open with
mines. and a multiplicity of small compart-
ucnts Is the means resortcd to-
The Titanic must have been going at full
spccd II was said. in order to rip open
enough OF her compartments to cause her
~ sink The greater thickness Of her
platcs over the plates in the bottom of a
battlcships hull should make her able 1t
vas said 70 withstand a greater shock
from below.
"Eut this advantage is sacrificed In most
merchant ships by the fact that they are
practically never ovcrhauled.' 1t was said
"a ra,tIeship IS continually being tested
and overhauled, but merchant SHIPS are
/ kept earning money until they are pounded
/ practically to pieces and are ready 10 e
IN the scrap heap. or course. this does no'
anplv 10 the Titanic, as she was new ou'
:, docs applv to lots OF liners in service
Tbis rough usage has led the underwriters
! % ,roscribe an excessive thickness OF hul
plates
/ Af,er these various points of theory anc
.ore,rrction we're discussed, a return was
made 10 the first question as 10 "hat "o"'o
happen to a battleship II she hit an 'ceoers
under similar conditions as the Titanic
"TIer greater number OF bulkheads "ou'o
nrohably save her. together with her mas
eive frame construction. which would pre-
vent unpunctured bulkhesds from oucKhne
and springing." was the answer. But II
enough we're ripped open she would slnE
New-York tribune., 1912-04-17

Aurora, H., April 16-Mrs. oscar w
Johnson, Of St Charles, ILL.,, with two little
girls returning form a winter spent ir
Sweden, were passengers on the Titanic
according TO n letter received by Mr.. John
son to-day
New-York tribune., 1912-04-17
TITANIC NEWS KILLS HIM.

Poisseyain. Manitoba, April lS.-J. P.
Alexander. ex-member OF the provincial
Parliament. dropped dead to-day when told
Of the Titanic disaster He was troubled
with heart disease
New-York tribune., 1912-04-17

year I'm Europe and Egypt with relatives.
She Is the widow Of former president OF
the local Bell Telephone Company. Gin
siuuau steamship agents say no other GIN
c.auat! resident was on the Titar.c.
Newark. Ohio April l6-Mrs. J. e, HaCe-
boom. whose name appoars among the IT,
taric survivors. is a resident OF this city.
Iicr mother. Mrs. carl WeiCand, said Mrs.
UaEehoom sailed with cousin. Miss
Gretchen Long'ey. her aunt and Miss Is.
Andrew whose names are found among
tho survivors
New-York tribune., 1912-04-17

NEW YORKS INTEREST IN THE TITANIC DISASTER
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FORMULATION of the appointment OF tn
Commissioners and Clerks OF Election
for the various polling precincts at thl
Parish Of St. Mary, Louisiana for tn
General Election, to be held Tuesday
November 9th, 1912 for Presidential
Electors and for State, District and Par
L ochial officers and ratification of con
stitutional amendments.
In accordance with Act No. 1872 of thu
General Assembly of the State of Louis
lana for the year 1898 and all subsequent
amendments thereto, we, the Board O.
Supervisors OF Election Of the Parish O.
st. Mary, Louisiana, constituted tO-wit:
William n. Vetter, President. Dr.. D. N
Foster, and Wilbur H. Kramer, Clerk sx
ofiicio Registrar. Secretary, did this day
meet and proceed to appoint the following
named Commissioners and Clerks of Elec-
tiOn tor the various polling precincts OF
the Parish Of St. Mary, Louisiana. as es.
tabllshed and provided for by the Police
Jury Of this Parish, to-wit:
FIRST WARD.
Precinct 1. GhareptOn-Paul Pecot, John
veeder, Dem. AleK Pse0t. Rep. Commits.
sioners: Evans Delhays. Qsrk.
Precinct 2, BOudreaux's StosesrE. A.
Boudreaux, Agricole Fuselier. Dem.. A.
SECOND WARD.
Precinct L, Glencoe Rudolph Hanf,
james Schmulen, Dem, A. A. Bonvillain,
Rep. Commissioners: E. Barras, Clerk.
Rrecipes2. Louisa-Wtlson Burns, Hill.
are Lancon, Dem, Robert Brown, Rep.
Coz pissioners: z; O. gonvllain, Clerk.
- W THlRD'WARD.
W r1ie latham ps% kSrsars aux
Commissioners: r. E. Keenss, Clerk.
Precinct 2, Bsldwin-L. A.. Girolr, AIcide
Simoneaux. Dem. Charles j. Breaux, Rep.
Commissioners: J. Allen Barnett, Clerk,
FOURTH WARD.
Precinct l, CentreviIle-Gus. Vitter, W.
A. Chauvin, DEM, Rex Mccullough, Rep.
Commissioners: F. n. West, Clerk.
FIFTH WARD.
Precinct ], Patterson-A. 8. Kleinpeter,
J. E. Lassus. Dem, b. p. Williams. Rep.
Commissioners; Sam Barthe. Clerk.
SIXTH WARD.
Precinct l, Morgan City-Van E.. Glenn
ents, Maurice Blum, Dem, j. r. Jolley,
ST.. Rep. Commissioners: Charles Shinn.
Precincts 2. Amesia--g. Apcoin, Firman
Beadle, DEM, J. K. DeiluckS, Rep. Com.
missionnrs: W. G. Aucoih, Clerk.
SEVENTH WARD.
Precinct l. jullien's Store-A. E. Gain.
Maurice Bodin, DEM. Henry Julien, Rep.
Commissioners: Alfred Fortier. Clerk.
EIGHTH WARD.
Precinct l, Berwick-Gus Thorgeson,
Alvin Gashia, DEM, Albert Labe, Rep.
Commissioners: Cecil Gilmore, Clerk.
II evidence whereof. we have hereunto
0mciatlg signed our names this Ord day of
October, 4. D., 1912.
WV. II. VETTER, President.
DR. D. q: E9sTER,
WILBUR H. KRAAER, Secretary.
Board OF Supervisors OF ELECTION St. Mary
Parish, Louisiana.
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STATE OF LOUISIANA.
Second Ward Justice Court
Parish of St. Mary.
E. A. Boudreaux vs.. Cypremort
Single Company, ct ale.

BY virtue of writ of fieri facas is
sued out of the End Ward Justice
Court in and for the Parish of
st. Mary, State of Louisiana, and to
me directed iir The above numbered and
entitled suit, ! have jsi2ed snd will of.
fer for sale, for cash. to the last and
highest bidder on the premises on
SATURDAY, THE 2ND DAY OF
NOVEMBER, A. D., 1912,
between the hours of II o'clock q. m.
and 4 O'Clock p. M, the following de-
scribed property, tO-wit.
The property of Dr.. W. R. Fickes.
sen, consisting OF lot of drugs, such
as are usually carried in a country
drug store; Inventory can be seen on
application.
WILSON BURNS,
''' Constable.
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Proposals Wanted

The contractors for the
Federal building to be. erect.
ID in FRANKLIN would like to
49uYe with contractors who
DO pile driving and concrete
work.
Address all cOmmunica-
lions to INTERSTATE Con.
osRucr1oH Co. LTD, Saginaw,
II. b., Mich.
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= ". STRAIN, &. P. A.,
+ HOUSTON.
To the Public.

Tins is 70 notify all plant
- and farmers in the Parish
q St MAly any cultivation
~ land or planting of crops
VIII have to be within the
limits q their own property.
NE Psfish will not, allow
~ further encroachment up.
- lie public roads in this
DAnner. It will also be re-
daired that when using the
tide Of the public road for a
drain, said drainwill have to
30 kept thoroughly cleaned
tut Al practical drainage
Purposes. All violators will
REPRESENTED to the full ex.
t1ns q the law.
CASTOR RoBAToN,
Road Ovsrseer.
@seeber Is, 1912.
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hoek over our CfOckery and
~sehitsvare bargains. They con-
nin values unrivaled anywhere
NJ 6Ade. NEIL MCNEIL s and
- uou4o.
1lnlel the new flavoring,
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1912-09-15
GENERAL MINING NEWS
Warren District Mines

and with a reduction in output COM
ing from lack of concentrates both
from Douglas and from Cananea and
with the possibility of a complete ees.
sstion OF shipments of metal from
Cananea for the time being at least.
a much greater shortage in supply
is apparent and a still lrger reduc-
ton in visible stock on hand should
be shown by the October metal pro
ducers report. Eighteen cent copper
therefore appears inevitable In the
very near future and the danger OF a
runaway mraket becomes more inn
portant TO producers, TO consumers
and even 70 the observer. Thus local
conditions in northern Sonora bid
fair to effect a far reaching, a world
wide influence on the metal market
and through this on various branches
OF industry the world over
New Ore is Found.
Again last week the c. and A. com
pany reported the finding OF two ore
strikes at the Junction shaft, just as
two others were reported the week
previous. The strikes Of last week
were on the 1900 and l400 levels and
look good. both workings being in
high grade ore.
Plans are under way for the build.
ing of spur by this compony to the
Briggs shaft so that when ever il Is
desired the large ore bodies now be,
ing developed in that working OF the
company may be handled from the
collar OF that shaft direct instead of
through the Hoatson as is now being
done. At the Briggs shaft the com.
pany is raising and blocking out
large ore bodies that have heretofore
been described in these columns pre-,
liminary 10 stopping and shipping in
quantities TO the smelter al Douglas
AS stated the c. and A. company is
in no wise affected in output by the
Mexican revolutionary. conditions.
Pay Twice Monthly.
In this city and Douglas would be
pany there is posted a notice that
beginning on the twentieth of this
month all employees will be paid
semi-monthly on the fifth and TWEEN
tieth. Employees are asked TO call
regularly for their pay on those
dates as the company desires not "a
carry any balances over on its books
Thus despite the referendum peti
tons that have delayed the operation
Of the semi-monthly pay day bill this
company proceeds as il IL were in
operation and before Il shall have
been voted upon by the people of the
state.
Contractors on Hand.
I. In this city and ! Douglas would be
contractors are seen almost daily
They come to examine the plans ant
specifications for the proposed Shat
tuck smelter at Douglas and within
short time all bids will be in. So1F
after this IL may be expected that this
announcement of the awarding of con
tracts viii be made.
No announcement of any important
developments or of new plans ha'
been made by the Copper Queer
( company during the past week.
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1912-09-15
ARIZONA Republican,

(Arizons Republican,
With the Swansea smelter running
at full blast and smelling about 400
tons daily, the Verde Valley railroad
due to be completed in about another
month, work being rushed on the 2O00
ton smelter OF the United Verde and
with the rich strike Of ore at Cop
per Basin. eleven miles west Of
Prescott. General Manager w A
Drake. the Santa Fe, Prescott &
Phoenix railroad. believes an almost
unprecedented mining boom is about
10 be experienced In central and
western Arizona. Mr. Drake came
TO Arizona yesterday with President
Frank NJ Murphy and spent the day
transacting business With local rail-
road officials. Mr.. Murphy left last
evening in his private car te look
after some OF his mining interests in
the Imperial mining country.
Probably the richest ore now be-
ing mined in Arizona is being taken
out Of the new mines at Copper Bas-
in" said Mr. Drake yesterday. Some
OF il runs as high as fifty per cent.
II is of course still in a state Of de-
veIopment but about fifty tons a day
are being brought down by wagons
through the skull valley and shipped
10 the Douglas smelter. Should the
development of this property be un-
dertaken upon a large scale, as IL
seems to re il likely viii. it may de
veIop into one OF the richest mining
properties in Arizona.
Mr.. Drake was not in the least
doubtful but that ii would be but a
short time when this new property
might be one of the leaders in the
new state. The developers are down
but little more than 100 feet and are
in the richest kind OF ore II is be
Heved that the supply is practically
unlimited and that the real develop
ment is yet to come. In that event
il will be found practicable to conneci
the new mine with a railroad AFFORD
ing a means of shipping the ore ans
cutting out the eleven mile haul by
wagon.
The Swansea smelter has beer
running now since the middle OF Aug
ust.' said Mr.. Drake. We are haul
ing in about 200 tons daily OF fux
ing ores, this ore coming from to-
Humboldt mines. just how many mel
are working there now, ] do not know
but Il Is considerably IN excess o
100. Conditions are booming il
swansea and Bouse as they have no
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1912-09-15

doomed in years before, There is
every indication that under the man
agement OF the Swansea Consolidated
Gold & Copper company which took
over the Clara Consolidated holdings
when that company went into the
hands of receiver, a long run is in
store. This is all that was needed
to make that section boom again and
the people Of Bouse and Swansea be
lieve that IL presages continued pros.
perity.
4our new road, the Verde Valley
railroad, from Cedarglade to a point
just opposite Jerome. is rapidly near
ing completion. We are Just now
constructing q large, steel viadnet
about four miles from the terminus OF
the road and expect TO have rails laid
and the entire road. over forty miles
in length, In operation about Noyen-
Der first. A new town will be built
at the end OF the road TO be known
as Clarkyille, named after ex-Sena-
tor W. A Clark who is constructing
the big smelter at the base Of the
United Verde operations. A big tram
way running from the 1000 level
above the tracks Of the new road has
been built TO bring down the ore
from the United Verde. The new
smelter will also be used in custom
work when completed.
General conditions all over the
Santa Fe are particularly good just
now and we look for a continuance
| Of this era OF prosperity"
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1912-09-15

If rs cents or higher price shall
prevail for copper. and this now
seems 10 be close at hand II is proc
able that the Cananea and Douglas
smelters will be largely responsible
for that condition and this without
any diminution OF the quantity OF
ore taken from either the mines Ct
this district or from those OF Can
anea. though Il is quite possible that
there may be such a illumination in
the latter instance The disturbed
Mexican situation is likely to cause
considerable reduction in the metal
output from the smelters of both the
Arizona and the Mexican cities that
is 10 say from the Copper Queen
smelter al Douglas. for the c. and A.
company is in no wise affected by
the Mexican conditions in its output.
With bridge burned and traffic sus-
pended between Naco and Cananea
and Nacozari and Douglas conditions
have arisen which bid fair TO curtail
during this month at least the metal
production OF the Copper Queen and
the -Four c. companies This is GER
tain to occur unless the bridges that
have been destroyed can be speedily
rebuilt, northern Sonora freed of the
bands that are doing this damage and
communication by rail be re-opened.
To the Four C's company concen-
trates are shipped daily from the
north and such shipments have al
ready been seriously interfered
with. Until the railroad is repaired
there can be received no such sup
plies al Cananea and the amount of
production from the smelter will
therefore be appreciably reduced
Should il happen that communication
be long interrupted at Cananea fuel
will give out which would mean a
shutting down of the smelter and per
haps Of mines and smelter. and the
production of this company for the
time being could not be depended up
on by copper consumers.
In Douglas the condition relative
to concentrates is similar The con.
centrates that are shipped from NacO-
zari to Douglas and the ore from
Churinubabi amount TO an important
percentage of the ore handled by the
smelter of this company. With COM
munication by rail cut OF. as is now
the case, that source of supply can
not be reckoned with. II was said
last week that there were on hand
in Douglas only a sufficient quantity
OF concentrates to keep the reverb3.
tories running to the end of last week
OF early this week and the likelihood
of shutting down the reverbatories
was discussed.
Supply Below Demand.
Already IL rs cents has been paid
for copper The last statement OF
the metal producers association
showed that the production in Aug.
ust in the country was less than the
demand and the already depleted su..
plus or stock on hand was still
further reduced by more than three
million pounds. II the demand con,
tinues in the metal market. as il ap,
pears TO be doing thus far this month
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1912-09-15
EASTERN MARKETS
YE s r E r D AY
IL. J. Overlook

BOSTON. Sept. 1.-THE local mar
ket today showed decided liquidation
In certain stocks. The stocks most
affected were those which have been
carried by weak spectators on small
margin The severe break in Vol
VERNE the past week has resulted in
many calling OF loans on that stock
and this has necessarily caused sell
ing ali through the list. Wolverine
has been highly regarded as collateT-
,al for many years and must have been
used as margin to purchase such
stocks as Hancock. Indiana. North
Lake. Algomah and Superior and Bos
ton, and the weakness Of these stocks
today can be best explained by fore
ed selling We think that Wolverine
has more than discounted its liquida-
tion value and we see evidence OF
good support around present figures.
Local eurbs continue exceptionally
duh with sagging tendency. Balti-
more Oil Is in good demand at 81
cents. all offerings at that figure be-
ing absorbed, Calumet Oil offered at
Al cents.
Total sales New York $500.
PAINE WEBER and co.