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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-04-30
CAPT. CROSBY SANK
WITH THE TITANIC
Wife and Daughter of MiIwau-
kee Man Among Survivors.
DR.. MiNAHAN IS ALSO LOST
Wisconsin People Spent Four Hours
in Life Boat Before Being Picked
Up by Carpathia- Suffered Much
from Exposure.

Milwaukee Capt. E. G.. Crosby,
Milwaukee, president of the Crosby
Transportation company, is among
those lost with the Titanic. This,
feared since the first reports of the
disaster, became definitely known
upon the arrival in New York of the
Carpathia, with Mrs. Crosby and her
daughter, both of whom are saved.
A message from Frank Walsh, gen
eral agent of the Crosby line, who
had gone to New York, to Capt. Cros-
by's son cad his wife, announces the
safe arrival on the rescue steamer
of Mrs. E. G. Crosby and her daugh-
ter, but it said that Capt. Crosby
was still on the Titanic when it sank.
The message also said that Mrs.
Crosby and Miss Crosby would be
obliged to remain in New York
few days to recover from the terrible
shock and to secure clothing, as they
had been obliged to take the life
boat with little or none. They had
suffered severely while exposed to
the extreme cold for four hours in
the life boat
DR.. W. E. Minahan of Fond du
Lac, with his wife and sister, Miss
Daisy Minahan of Green Bay, were
passengers on the Titanic returning
from a four months visit abroad
The two latter escaped from th4
doomed vessel in one of the last life
boats to leave it's side and were la
ter taken aboard the Carpathia. DIR
Mipahan went down with the Titanic
Other Wisconsin people known to
have persisted are: w. D. Solvay, SUI
perior; Peter G. Hansen, Racine; Os-
car Jensen, Neenah, assistant purser
on the Titanic, and Mr.. and Mrs. H.
j. Allison of Montreal, formerly of
Milwaukee. The infant child of Mr..
and Mrs. Allison was saved. Mrs.
w. d. Solvay, Superior, is also re-
ported as among the survivors.
Among the passengers believed to
have been on the Titanic was Daniel
Coxon of Merrill. Mr. Coxton had
written friends that he expected to
sail on April 10 on the Titanic and
the list of persons on board gives his
name. He operated a peanut and
popcorn stand and was a cripple. He
was we'll known in northern Wis
consin as Popcorn Dan"
Grave fears are felt for the safety
of Mrs. Margaret Smith Dorsey,
Kenosha resident, who it is thought
was a passenger on the steamer I'll
tanic. Letters were received by
friends at Kenosha, dated April 6,
stating that she would sail on April
10, and that she planned to come on
the new boat from Southampton The
name of Mrs. Dorsey does not APP
pear on the passenger list of the I'll
tanic.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-04-30
STRiUS AND WIFE
DROWN TOGETHER
AS VESSEL SINKS
Wife Refuses to Leave Husband
and Couple Die in Each
Others Arms.
As-oR IS ONE OF HEROES
New York Millionaire Puts Bride in
Boat, Then Aids Other Women
Goes Down in Ship With 9th
err Men Without Murrnur or
Complaint Of Treat

New York, April ia picture of
Mr.. and Mrs. Isidor Straus clinging to
each other after the last boat was
gone was revealed by Mrs Schubert
of Derby, Conn, who, with her broth
ct, was rescued Mrs. Schubert had
stateroom 2s Oh the starboard side
smidships.
1t was crash, but not great one,
1t seemed to me. that awakened me, .
she said. When / went on deck
said to a steward: Are We going
DOWN He answered, calmly, Madam,
guess We are
AN officer on the bridge or near it
was shouting out, as the lifeboats
We're being got ready: Women and
children first,
Saves Her Brother's ,-.fe.
''They tried to get me a.. y from
my brother and put me in boat l
refused to go without him Finally
my brother and | stood alone in our
part of the ship A boat was just
leaving that had room for two more
passengers. The officers in charge
said to me:
"'Well, if you won't leave your
brother, he may come, too
1--WE got into the boat and, by hest
tating, saved my brothers life.
Mrs. Straus had had chance to be
saved, but she refused to leave her
husband. AS our boat moved away
from the Shin-it was the last boat of
alive could plainly see Mr. ard Mrs.
Straus near the rail- with their arms
around each other.
''The lights of the Titanic were all
burning and the band was playing.
To me the most affecting episode of
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ginian, of the Baltic, the Olympic, the
Partisan and a dozen other vessels
within wireless radius of his instru
ment.
When all the Iifeboats had been
picked up and their occupants safely
np. aboard his ship, before taking any
rest, Main again bridled the aerial
waves with messages TO onrushing
steamers. telling them that all posi-
Bile had been done. and they could not
reach the scene in time to be OF any
assistance.
The Carpathia headed about. and IN
der steam toward New York, Main
found himself flooded with messages
of inquiry, for news OF the appalling
wreck had by this t.me reached to
the ends of the earth This task was
endless. He could NOT hope to answer
az messages.
Though be had not slept for SO
hours. Main was able by almost super
human powers of endurance to trans
nit tie names Of the survived, reply
70 tho more urgent calls of families
and friends, and in the meanwhile, to
keep the world informed of his ships
exact location and her progress to
ward New York
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-04-30
SCORES ABUSE or WIRELESS
America Is Blamed for Letting ANA
teurs Interfere in Transmission
Of Messages.

London. April le.-Maj. Floyd Page.
referring to the Titanic disaster at the
annual meeting of the London cham
Der of commerce. was bitter on the
subject OF the wireless chaos III con
nection with the catastrophe,
AS the first representative who
ever sat upon the council in connec,
tion with wireless telegraphy," he said,
81 would like TO say that We are all
dissatisfied with what has taken place
on the other side OF the Atlantic in
reference 10 communications concern
ing that great disaster. Such thing
could not happen in England
The United States is the only
country In the world where the tele-
graphs do not belong to the govern
ment. and unfortunately it has be-
come the fashion in that country to
permit amateur wireless operators.
When sc read that marconigrams can
be tapped we must remember that the
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-04-30
WIRELESS MAN A HERO
OPERATOR tdAIM TAKES HIS
PLACE ALONGSIDE OF BINNs,
Remains at Key on Board carpathia
Sixty Hours After Getting Signal
From Titanic.

New York. April ia hero OF
the high seas no less deserving OF the
plaudits Of humanity than Jack Binns
OF Republic fame. or Operator Phillips
OF the Titanic, who forced his assist
ant to man one of the lifeboatg and
make his escape, arrived on the Car
pathia
He is F. L. Main, the Marconi wire
less man, who detected the Titanic's
s. o. s. signal, piled the air with
blue flame until he found the sinking
vessels location, and then flashed 20
the world the news Of the terrible
disaster. While the Carpathia was
speeding to the rescue Meim set at his
instrument cracking out the nlirSnt
and position Of the Titanic. 10 be re-
corded OIL the detectors of the Viz
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-04-30
G. 0. P. ELECTORS CHOSEN
State Hold en Election at
Madison.

Madison.-Republica presidential
electors for Wisconsin were named at
convention of the state delegates in
Gov. McGovern's Office. They are:
At large: Col. John Hicks, Oshkosh;
Aaron NJ. Brayton, La Crosse. First
district: c. c. Cuttings, Racine; Sec
ond, Ray C. Twining, Waterloo;
Third, Dwight T. Parker, Fennimore;
Fourth, Adolph j. Weidner, Milwau-
kee; Fifth, Glenn P. Host, Milwau-
kee; Sixth, Otto lander, Brillion;
Seventh, Charles A. Leicht, New Lis
bon; Eighth, Albert L. Fontaine,
Grand Rapids; Ninth, Bernard G.
Welter, Appleton; Tenth, Algot G.
Anderson, Menomonie; Eleventh,
Theodore NJ Thomas, Ladysmith.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-04-30
CAPTAINS WIDOW STRICKEN
5ereaved Woman Sends Message Of
Sympathy to Fellow Sufferers From
the Titanic Disaster.

Southampton, April 1e-The widow
OF Captain Smith. who went down
with the Titanic, is delirious. She
continually mutters, THE Olympic's
all right, and seems quite obIivious OF
the Titanic.
Yesterday she wrote a pathetic mes
sage, which was posted today outside
OF the White star Offices 1t reads as
follows:
ITO My Poor Fellow Sufferers: My
heart oyerfiows with grief for you all
and is laden with sorrow that you are
weighed down with this terrible bur.
deu that has been thrust upon US. May
God be with us and comfort US all.
Yours in deep sympathy.
ELEANOR SMITH
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-04-30
Value Racine Water Plant.

.2acine-A tentative value of
$775,0O0 has been placed by the
state rate commission on the RAJ
cine Water company's plant, which
the city desires to purchase. When
the city first opened negotiations In
1907, the company fixed the value
of the plant at $1.114,000. Since
that time, $225,0OO has been spent
on improvements.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-04-30
FIND II DEAD ON LIFE RAFT
Rescuers Take or SuFVivors-Float.
ing Bodies Seen in Large
Numbers.

New York. April 1e.-Simon SENEGAL
a Montreal merchant. who was a pas
sc7ger on the Csrpathia. said that
after his vessel had rescued boat loads
of women life raft on which were
about % persons was seen.
'one-half OF these were dead" said
Mr.. SENEGAL One of the Carpathia's
boats went TO the raft and took Of the
living. leaving the dead The water
was thick with bodies. The crew OF
the Carpathia in their work OF rescue
came across numerous bodies floating
in the water.
4 know OF seven instances of per-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-04-30
Aged Editor Drops Dead.

Cleveland. April l9.-Col Isaac F.
Mack of Sandusky, o., for 40 years
editor, of TIE Sandusky Register, one
of the earliest members and direc-
tors of the Associated Press and for
merly commander of the Ohio G. A r..
died suddenly of apoplexy here while
in a downtown store with his wife. lie
was sixty-eight years old.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-04-30

United States is the only country in
which that can be done"
Major Page thought that if common
prudence had been shown with the
warnings available. the Titanic could
Aave gone south and escaped all dan
ger of ice
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-04-30
Sly Badgers to Be ensigns.

Baltimore, Md.-Lawrence p Bis
choff, Hans Ertz, John H. Falge, Carl
G.. Gilliland, Earl r. Morrisey and
Albert B. Sanborn of Wisconsin are
members of the 1912 class of the
United States naval academy, who
will graduate with the full rank of
ensign.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-04-30
Mould Amend Pension Law

Madison-A movement has begun
to amend the Wisconsin law regard
ing teachers pensions to include
teachers in the training and normal
schools. 1t is claimed that these in
stitutions are properly part of tb,
public school system.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-04-30
NEAL BROWN l. A. PRADT c. s. CILBERH
ABSTRACTS

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county. We have a thoroughly qualified
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abstracts made by US and guarantee thsa
they show the condition Of The title proper
ly as il appears on record.
) An abstract Of title is useful 4 you de-.
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Is very valuable in sscertainins detects in
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property. call and see US.
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soo ooo Fire Near Racine.

Racine.-Fire at Kansasyille, eigh-
teen miles west of this city, destroyed
the general merchandise store of
John Cox and James LAWN. The loss
is estimated at 100000.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-04-30

the whole disaster was that final
glimpse of this elderly couple await
ing the end together"
Three sailors of the Titanic, who
were standing near Mrs. Schubert,
spoke up at this moment to say:
you know the Titanic just crawled
up on that iceberg and broke in two"
Astor Is One of Heroes.
"The conduct of Col John Jacob
Astor was deserving of the highest
praise" said Colonel Oracle of the
regular army. who narrowly escaped
drowning. "'The millionaire New
Yorker" he said, devoted all his en-
ergies to saving his young bride, who
was in delicate health
Colonel Astor helped us in our eff
forts to get her in the boat" said Col
onel Oracle. 81 lifted her into the
boat, and as she took her place Col
onel Astor requested permission of the
second officer to go with her for her
own protection.
No, SIR replied the officer; not a
man shall go on boat until the wom-
en- are all off
Goes to Aid of Other Women.
Colonel Astor then inquired the
number of the boat which was being
lowered away and turned to the work
of clearing the other boats and in
reassuring the frightened and nervous
women
"By this time the ship began to list
frightfully to port. This became so
dangerous that the second officer or
dered every one to rush to starboard
This we did and found the crew try
ing to get a boat off in that quarter
Here | saw the last of John B. Thayer
and George B. Widener of Philadel
phia"
Mrs. Astor Not in Danger.
While utterly exhausted from her
experiences, Mrs. John Jacob Astor
was declared tonight by Nicholas Bid
die. a trustee of the Astor estate. to
be in no danger whatever Her physi-
clans. however. had given orders that
neither Mrs. Astor nor her maid. who
was saved with her. be permitted 10
talk about the disaster
On landing from the Carpathia, the
young bride. widowed by the Titanics
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nem Bank for Adams Countv.

Observation-Disclosures OF Bank
ing Kuolt has approved articles OF
incorporation of the Adams county
state bank of the town of Adams
The incorporators are c. E. Babcoek,
G H. Parham, H. w. Barney.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-04-30
Insurance Man Is Dead.

Milwaukee. April 19.-Viee Presi-
dent ]. w Skinner of the Northwest
ern Mutual Life Insurance company of
Milwaukee, seventy-four years old,
died here from a stroke of apoplexy
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-04-30

arinette.-Stephen Benoit, aged
IT, fired one shot at his head, missed,
then ran home, frightened, and told
what he had done Later he was
committed to the asylum
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-04-30
LirhtnIng destroys Church.

La Crosse.-The Norwegian Luth-
eran church at Holman was struck
by lightning and destroyed during
the electrical storm.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-04-30

sons who had been rescued dying on
board the Carpathia and being buried
at sea-"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-04-30
Hudson Hotel Burned.

Hudson-Fire destroyed the Ire
mont house here, entailing a loss Of
$4,000.
The Monte Vista journal., 1912-03-16
Familiarity With Contents Of tho SEN
ate Document Room Enabled Him
to Talk the Wilson Sugar
Tariff to Death.

Matthew Stanley Quay, chairman OF
the Republican national committee
which carried on the successful persi-
Dental campaign Of 1888, and United
States senator from Pennsylvania
from 1887 to 1905, gained the reputa'
ton of being the most expert political
manager of his time. The public, how
ever. did not know that Senator Quay
found his chief recreation in his IL
brary and was almost as good an au-
thority upon literature, classic and
modern. as he was upon politics.
While he was in the senate Mr..
Quay devoted much of his leisure to
the reading Of the documents con-
tanned in the senate document room,
and he was almost as familiar with
those which bore upon tariff discus
sions as was the famous Amzi Smith.
who carried in his head complete
record Of all the documents, thousands
In number, in the senate document
room, of which he was superintendent.
This acquaintance with general litera-
ture, and especially with the docu-
ments in the senate document room
bearing upon tariff questions, was the
weapon upon which Senator Quay re-
lied for defeating one clause in the
Wilson tariff bill of 1894.
Soon after the bill was reported to
the senate and while 1t was still in the
senate committee, 1t was observed
that Senator Quay made frequent
visits to the document room and was
In earnest conversation with Amzi
Smith. When a colleague met him one
day as he came away from the docu-
ment room with a bundle of docu-
ments under his arm, Quay was asked
what he purposed doing with all those
documents.
"Oh. l may have to make a speech
on the tariff BILL" was the reply.
After the bill was reported to the
senate Quay announced that he did not
approve Of the sugar clause of the bill,
and that he purposed to speak in op-
position to it. He gave notice of the
appointed time he arose in his place
and began his speech. His manner
was very quiet He used none of the
arts of rhetoric: but at the same time
he impressed upon the senators the
fact that he purposed fighting the
sugar clause to the end. He occupied
all Of the time set apart for daily dis
cussion and then, as he took his seat
Quay remarked: "Mr President, in
tend to go on with my speech tomor-
row."
When the morrow came Senator
The Monte Vista journal., 1912-03-16
Colonel Waits Story Of Or. T. Sterry
Hunt and His Invention Of Green
Ink With Which tho Notes
Were Printed.

II suppose that you have often
heard 1t said that Gov. Salmon P.
Chase when secretary OF the treasury
in Lincoln's administration. was first
called the father OF the greenback,'"
said the late John T. Wait, who for
many years represented a Connecticut
district in the lower house OF con-
gress
replied to Colonel Wait that sup
posed 1t had passed into history that
Secretary Chase was the father OF the
Greenback
We'll. he was not, in the sense in
which ! use the word" Judge Wait re-
plieo. Mr.. Chase. when secretary OF
the treasury, did secure from congress
authority to issue legal tender note.
which was nothing more than prom
ise on the part OF the United States
government to pay at some time to the
bearer OF the note its face value. Sec
retary Chase. however. did not invent
the greenback: / mean by that, that
he was not the father OF the particu-
lar form OF legal tender note which be-
came known throughout the country
as the greenback.
'The real father OF the greenback," !"
continued Colonel Wait. was born in
the town OF Norwich. Conn.,, which IL
my home. His birthplace was only
about stones throw from the birth
place OF Benedict Arnold. His name
was Thomas Sterry Hunt. He is bet
ter known today as T. Sterry Hunt.
the famous professor OF geology and
chemistry OF McGill college, Mon
treal. one Of the foremost men Of SCI
snce.
Hunt. as lad. showed great
capacity for science. and he began the
study Of medicine with an old friend
The Monte Vista journal., 1912-03-16
Real Father of Greenback

Of mine. While studying medicine.
however, he saw what the opportuni-
ties for scientific investigation were,
SO that he went to New Haven, and
studied under the famous Silliman,
professor OF chemistry at Yale.
1T was while he was studying chem.
istry that he became almost by chance
possessed Of information which he af-
terwards SO utilized as to give us the
greenback. He put the discovery
aside for while, but something
which he never could explain led him
to take it up again. and at the begin
ming of our Civil war he announced
that he had invented green ink
which would stand any climatic raw
ages and retain it's color for all time.
so much for that. Now, after Sec
retary Chase had received authority
to Issue legal tenders. he was anxious
to give the notes a distinctive appear
ance. He wanted to have them as un-
like ordinary banknotes as possible.
One day, he was speaking incidentally
about this to Judge Lafayette s. Fos-
ter, who at that time was a senator
from Connecticut and was often con.
suited by Lincoln. saying that he earn
estly desired to get the legal tender
note so printed that 1t would be In.
stantly identified by the eye. Judge
Foster suggested that he have the
bach printed in green ink, saying
that former townsman OF his, DIR. T.
sterry Hunt. had invented n green ink
which would never fade. but that 1t
had never been put upon the market.
That will be just the thing. said
the secretary OF the treasury. He got
samples OF green ink printing pre-
pared, obtained proof that the ink
would not fade. and then gave the
order that tho new legal tender notes
should. upon their reverse side. be
printed with this green ink. And in
that sense" said Colonel Wait. "Dr,
L. sterry Hunt is the father OF the
greenback."
copyright. 1911. by e. J. Edwards. All
Rights Rsservsd.)
The Monte Vista journal., 1912-03-16
WHY SHE DIDN'T WIN.

They were at Monte Carlo. and.
like other visitors to that insidious
paradise. they considered the Casino
place which ought to be visited.
They stood hesitating before one Of
the tables. and at last the temptation
to join the players proved too
strong for the lady.
Il must risk Just one ten-dollar
note." she said to her husband. -Give
me one. darling. and l will put 1t on
the number Of my age. That is sure
to be lucky"
Hubby was inclined to be skeptical.
but OF course he might have spared
himself the trouble of grumbling. and
the ten-dollar note was duly deposited
on No. "a.
Alas! No. SO proved to be the win
ming numeral, and the lady gave a
little gasp of despair.
Serves you right" said her great
brute of husband. IF you'd told
the truth you'd have won!"-Tid-Bits.
The Monte Vista journal., 1912-03-16

the reply. II have tariff documents
here by the yard; have volumes bear.
ing upon tariff questions that would
fill a library. purpose entertaining
the senate with these volumes and ex.
tracts from these documents, for these
are to be considered a part of nv
speech"
1t was soon realized that Senator
Quay had the senate at his mercy un-
der the rule Of the senate which pro.
vided that, whenever a senator an.
nounced that upon a certain day and
in the hours set apart for addressing
the senate he should speak, he had the
right to occupy the full time set apart
each day for discussion until his
speech was finished. Quay was pre-
pared to talk the tariff bill to death.
His speech had become perfect mo-
sale of his own remarks and interpo.
lated paragraphs and extracts from
numerous tariff documents and vol
umes of literature and was without
precedent in the history of the senate.
At last senator said to him:
Aren't you firing yourself out, Quay?"
"The senate is more likely to be
tired Of me than am Of myself" was
the reply.
And in that statement Senator Quay
was correct. The senate tired Of him,
acknowledged that he had the body
by the throat, so to speak, and was
only too glad to concede all that Quay
had been fighting for for more than
two weeks.
Copyright, 1911. by E. J. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved.)
The Monte Vista journal., 1912-03-16
Zachariah OF Michigan by His Per
sonal Force and William e. Of
New Hampshire by Adroitness
Made Hayes President.

One evening in the midsummer OF
1881, after day in which the wounded
President Garfield had been SO free
from suffering that his physicians were
strongly of the hope that the crisis
had been reached and passed and that
the president was on the road to re-
covery, the secretary Of state, James
G. Blaine. chatted with two or three
of his fellow members Of the cabinet
as they stood upon the porch of the
White House refreshing themselves
in the cool of the evening.
Il have always thought" began Mr..
Blaine, without first explaining what
had awakened his train Of thought
another Blaine characteristic-T have
always thought that no other two men
Of the United States that have known
of personally or through history could
have organized so swiftly and so tri-
umphantly for their party a great cleo
tton contest as did the two Chambers