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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-24


seven bells Q1.3O p. M 1 reported a
black mass ahead"
How long before the collision did
you report ice ahead?' I've no idea
About how long?" Il couldn't
say
What did you do when you saw
the iceberg" II sounded three bells
and then telephoned to the bridge
that there was an iceberg ahead"
Fleet said he got a prompt response
10 his ring and the report was not
delayed Shortly after the accident he
and Leigh were relieved.
WAS it five minutes or an hour be-
fore the collision that you saw the
iceberg" demanded Senator Smith in
exasperation II don't know, sir" said
the witness, obdurately.
II wish you would tell the commit
tee whether you apprehended danger
when you sounded these signals" "All
we, have to do in the nest is to ring
the bell and If we think there is dam
ger we telephone" said Fleet.
Then you did think there was dam
ger VIXEN you rang the BELL? Il
thought the berg was pretty close,
but it didn't seem so large when /
first saw it,
..How large them About the size
Of two big gables But it got larger
as We went along and when we struck
il il was about 80 or SO feet high
above the water"
after YOU gave that telephone sig
nal was the ship stopped" No, she
didn't stop until after we struck the
iceberg. but she started to go to port
after j telephoned.'
How do you know" My mate no.
ticed it,"
Where did the iceberg strike the
ship" "On the starboard bow about
20 feet from the stem"
Fleet said that when the collision
came there was little impact. Just a
sharp grinding noise"
did it alarm you?'
t"No. / thought it was narrow es-
cape"
IBID you have glasses?" asked Sem
ator Smith. "No. sir
Isn't it customary for the outlooks
to use glasses in their work p Yes,
sir but they didn't give us any on
the Titanic. We asked for them at
southampton, but they said there were
none for US"
who did you ask for glasses" Mr..
Iightoller. the second officer"
you expected glasses" I'VE had a
pair from Belfast to Southampton, but
none from southampton to the place
of the accident
What became of the glasses you mad
from Belfast to southampton I'VE
do not know"
IF YOU had had glasses could You
have seen the iceberg sooner asked
Senator Smith. I'VE could have seen
1t bit sooner"
"Enouqh to Get Out Of Way"
How much sooner?'' Enough 10
get out Of the way
Were you and Leigh disappointed
that you had no glasses" Yes"
Did the officers on the bridge have
glasses?'' Yes
Fleet then told of the launching OF
lifeboat No. 6. which he and Quarter
master Hichens took charge of until
picked up by the Carpathia. Three
male passengers and about IS women
were in the boat.
I'VE had orders to pull for a light
of the Titanics port bow said
Fleet, but we couldn't get to her. AT
one time she was abreast of us. but
she slipped by
Were there any other lights ahead
when you were in the crows nest be-
fore the collision or after it," No
sir. We didn't see the light off the port
how until after we were in the life
boat The outlooks that relieved Leigh
and lie are said to have reported the
light of a vessel
What was the color of the Tight You
were pulling for?" white"
The committee took a recess.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-24
UNCLE SAM NOT WORRYING.
VIII Have American Prisoners
Mexico Released, If Warranted

Washington. April 23.--American
Consul Lcteher al Chihuahua has in
formed the state department of the
results OF the demands upon Orozeo
fer the release of the two American
citizens held by the rebels since March
l6. The department does not fear any
difficulty over having the. men re-
leased, if upon further Investigation
by Mr., Letcher it is found that they
arc unlawfully Imprisoned.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-24
STRIKE AT uxBRlooE, MASS.
Weavers at Stanley Woolen Mill Wan,
10 Per Cent. Advance.

Cxbridge. Mass, April 90. Forty
weayers at the Stanley wooden mill
here are on strike for an advance of
10 per cent. in wages. The manage
ment offered an Increase of per cent
before the strike.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-24
instructed for Taft.

Detroit, Mich, April %. First dis
trict delegates to Republican Nation
al convention; Judge William L. Car
penter and John $. Haggerty. In
strueted for Taft.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-24
Instructed for Roosevelt.

Auburn, Ind. April 23.-Twelfth dis
trict delegation 10 Republican Nation
al convention: X. H. kericx and Har-
ny Brown Instructed fer Roosevelt.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-24

An electrically operated coin In the
slot machine has been invented in
Switzerland for cleaning the soles and
sides of a persons shoes when enter
ing building
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Pitman was excused with orders to
hold himself subject to recall.
Sailor Frederick Fleet.


hold himself subject to recall
Sailor Frederick Fleet.
Frederick Fleet, % years old a
sailor and lookout man on the Titanic.
followed 'Pitman on the stand. Fleet
said he had five or six years expe-
fienee AT sea and was lookout on the
Oceanic prior to going on the Titanic.
He was in the crows nest at the time
of the collision.
Who was on the bridge. Sunday
night after you took your place in the
crows nest?" Mr. Murdoch and Mr..
Pitman'
Was the captain on the bridge?''
Il didn't see aim."
Fleet said he took his watch at 10
o'"fk Sailor Leigh was with him
IN the crows nest. Fleet said the men
he relieved told him to keep a sharp
lookout for small ice.
did YOU keep a sharp lookout?"
Yes. sir"
DID you see any ice?s Eyes, sir, at
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1912-05-17
Is The Titanic Az The Bottom?

A number of inquiries have come
to Current Events" asking il the
Titanic would sink to the bottom of
the sea. Some of the inquirers argue
that the enormous pressure in the
ocean depths would prevent the ill
fated steamship from reaching the
remain suspended some hundreds of
feet below the surface.
Those who think the Titanic would
not go to the bottom confuse pres
sure with density. Water is practi-
cally incompressible, so that it's den
sity at the bottom of the sea is only
very slightly greater than at the sur
face. Anything that will begin to sink
at the surface will sink to the bottom
unless it has almost exactly the same
specific gravity as water There can
be no question, therefore, that the I'll
tanic rests on some submarine plain
or hill or valley. The water would
not support it.
Where the lost steamer lies the
depth is, believed to be 5000 fathoms.
At that depth the pressure would be
more than 5000 pounds to each
square inch, or practically 100000
pounds to each square foot. III the
boilers were closed SO that they held
confined air or steam they would be
crushed like eggshells, but that would
not make the ship any less certain to
sink to the bottom. The ship itself
would not be crushed, because tina
water pressure would be the same
inside as outside.-Current Events.
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lNFANTTLE PARALYSIS.

While the number of cases OF in
fanHiIe paralysis in 1911 was not
nearly as large as, that in 1910, yet
the collected statistics show that the
disease was widely distributed
throughout the United States. The
number Of reported cases in 1910
was 1851, with $50 deaths; in 1911,
1881 cases with 44O deaths These
figures are taken from the reports of
states in which the disease was re-
portable and from the printed bull
letins of some other states. The
report compiled by the bureau of the
census from the registration area
shows that the number OF deaths
for 1910 was 1,459. The data, how
ever, are incomplete, and therefore
the number of cases was undoubted-
ly considerably larger than these
figures indicate. The deaths are
probably more completely reported
than the total number of cases. These
figures, however, bear out previous
knowledge that the disease has alter
nate active and more or less quiescent
periods owing to lack of susceptible
individuals or to the attenuation of
the infection.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1912-05-17
SOME HARMON HOT SHOT FOB
COMMONER.

Governor Harmon, of Ohio, in start
ing his campaign in his native State
this week, for the Presidential nomi-
nation replied to the attacks made on
him by w. J. Bryan. Some of the
Governors pointed remarks were as
follows:
The watchword adopted for the
campaign was Harmon has made
good. But there were some who
thought / had made too good. The
pickings and stealings, grating and
lobbying which had disgraced Ohio
and led to my election had become
too risky to be profitable.
ITO stavs Off political bankruptcy
from this bipartisan combination #
had to BE- beaten. The Commoner's
mailing list was secured and three
separate circulars sent out filled with
falsehood and denunciation. They
bore Mr.. Bryan's picture and urged
his friends to vote against me because
my reelection would make me the
candidate for President
"I am much more concerned about
this than about any personal ambition
OF my own. But IL the unanimous ac-
ton Of the Dayton convention is to be
reversed at the primary it will be
heralded as q reputation of my ad-
minigtration. Men now thoroughly
discredited would accept IT as 81 invi-
tation to resume their use OF the par
ty for selfish and ignoble purposes,
and the fruitage OF its two great vic
tories would be lost to it.
eff Mr.. Bryan knows Of the many
reforms accomplished in Ohio, he Is
grossly unfair to me and my comrades
in the administration. TT he does not
know OF them, then it j. sheer wanton-
ness for him to come into the State of
my birth and home and try to discredit
me with the people without speciflca-
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1912-05-17
OLD-FASHIONED HAPPINESS.

We have seen Affinity" Earle 20 by
the board; we have seen Mrs Suydam
and her soul-mate lying dead with the
gas turned on; the other day Upton
Sinclair's divorced wife was deserted
by her poet lover, Kemp, and another
romance was shattered. Were it not
% pitiful, it would b. comedy.
After 1T, old-fashioned happiness il
the thing. "A man and a woman Of
moderate temperaments can be per-
fectly content in a humdrum sort Of
way without automobiles, laces, dia-
monds, champagne and the glitter and
glare of white lights The modest
home-owner and home-maker repre-
sent the very best there il in life.
They have no great yearnings for the
baubles, and they can 60 their way
hand in hand, looking straight for
ward, save when they stop to pluck
posies by the way, resting now and
then by the side of some cooling
spring, sitting in the shade of great,
kind trees and thanking God after the
manner of their simple, lovely faith.
Here are two pictures. In the gilt
ter, watching the swing of tinsel and
listening to the clinking of false bells,
the man is smoking and seeing things
through the wreaths above his head;
the woman is slipping wine and WOO
ing the serpent in its bubbles. The
remains of a lobster on the table, the
crumbs Of bread scattered by the
plates, the ripple of idle converse and
eyes that are the windows
of sickened soul; the yawn of ennui,
a taxicab, loveless home and dreams
that sometimes break into restless
ejaculation, and at the end of all
discomfort.
The other, typical old-fashioned
home; the children at their play, the
elder ones at their studies-perhaps
a visitor or two in the family circle.
The man reading his newspaper and
on the other side of the table the wom-
a. sewing happily at small clothes or
working out some embroidery design
to which she will later lend the grace
Of her wearing it. Finally, the children
kneeling by their little beds, and then
mother tucking them 1n-and in the
stiffness of night the sort of sleep
for all that comes with honest Weari-
ness.
IT, there any comparison?
Evening Sun.
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don O. proof, though even go accused
criminal ig entitled It'd both.

ion o. proof, though even go accused
criminal ig entitled It'd both.
Mr. Bryan twits re with alleged
HdiRappointments in the selection OF
delegates in various States. Well, /
would rather take a disappointment
from my party in it's nominations than
infict disappointments on it in the
elections Though 4 have i've times
been it, candidate, have never disap-
pointed ii yet
Has it come to pass in the Demo
cratic party that winning repeated
Victories in its name counts as moth
ing for man, while repeated defeats
give another the right to dictate it's
course or limits its choice to a list Of
eligibles prepared by himself?
The best asset w. have this year ig
the work OF our Democratic House.
3fuch OF this we owe to its most cap
able and worthy leader, Mr.. Under
wood. Yet Mr.. Bryan has time and
again by interference and abuse i'm
periled the harmony and good feeling
which are % necessary in that body
and to party success.
Tie MIR. Bryan really for the New
Jersey Governor? 7 do not recall
q word he has said in his behalf Is
it because the Governor never sup
ported him, but wanted him knocked
into a cooked hat'?"
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1912-05-17

Congress ID Just now bothering its
head as to how it j. going to ed
journ and when 80 "a o. the work
fri the House or Representatives il
concerned, 1t would be ready to ad-
journ by June Is, but the slow work
in the Senate precludes the POSSIBLE
ity of adjournment at that time and
the chances are that Congress will
not adjourn AT al before the middle
Of August Oh else may take recess
Tor thirty days after the 18th OF June
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1912-05-17
KEEP ON KILLING THE FLIES.

After being under way for some
time, the fly crusade, which il being
conducted by the Westminster Asso-
citation for the Promotion Of Public
Welfare, has aroused a great deal of
interest among all classes of our
population. The children are partic-
ularly interested in the swatting con-
test and many children have been
seen on the streets carrying sWatters
and killing flies whenever possible,
and II is expected that this habit will
grow among the children until in a
few days all of them will be bearing
arms against the enemy.
As an example of what can be done
in this direction, one boy brought in
1925 flies which ~ had killed in few
days, and several have over 1000 to
their credit The interest Is not
confined to the children, however, but
: is extending to the adult population
who are beginning to understand the
reasons back of the ny killing, name
ly that 1t ID but the first step in a
movement to make our city sani-
tary and healthful one to live in. a.
IL well known by sanitarians the
cause of about half the deaths from
acute diseases is dirt and filth and
that the only thing necessary to avoid
them is a thorough and permanent es-
tablishment of clean conditions
which will also diminish the amount
or sickness very materially. The
people are beginning to realize that
flies are the greatest distributors OF
disease in our midst as they only have
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1912-05-17

The local committee In It's efforts TO
secure the Chautauqua for Westmfn-
ster, should have the support Of the
people. The Chautauqua meetings
have always proven entertaining, in
structive and broadening In 1T sec
lions where they have been held Why
not subscribe for the remaining 100
tickets at once?
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access To everything that is contamin-
Ated with diesase and to our homes
ID well.
This has been wen shown by the
moving picture called the Fly Pest
which has been shown in this city
and seen by many people. Many per-
sons, however, who are in sympathy
with the work are asking why 20
much il being said about flies now
when there are I'd few flies, and To
these ii must be answered that one
fly now ID million in August. Hence
we must get after them before they
get a start
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1912-05-17

In the spring the young mans
fancy lightly turns to thoughts of
love, and it is likewise good time
for father to turn his attention to-
ward plans OF getting rid Of that dis
heveled brick sidewalk, and replace
lit with some form OF cement walk
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1912-05-17

threw, till the moon was low in the
western sky, and his voice was split
in two. And there wasn't a thing at
which to howl over which a pup
should weep, and the course of the
dog was wrong and foul, for people
were wild to sleep. There are plen-
ty of men like that blamed fool hound,
who yell when there il nothing
wrong, disturbing the country with
senseless sound-the pessimist's dole
full song.-Fairplay Flame.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1912-05-17

The "Prodigal Son" was the subject
If the Sunday-school lesson, and the
teacher was dwelling on the character
If the elder brother.
But amidst all the rejoicing" said
the teacher. there was one to whom
The prepal u in Of the feast brought
40 joy, to whom the prodigal's return
rave no happiness, only bitterness;
me who did not approve of the feast
ind had no wish to attend it. Now,
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1912-05-17

The Odd Fellows seemed to have a
good time in our city last week and
we were pleased to have them with
IL. Since there il 80 much mutual
enjoyment the Odd Fellows ought to
make it permanent and bring the
Grand Lodge here every year.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1912-05-17

One of the ministers in this city
suggests that apropos of Mothers
Day and wearing the carnation, we
should have Fathers Day and wear
peoples, and Old Maids Day and
wear bachelors buttons.
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PANK STOCK FOR SALE.

The undersigned will offer for sale to
the highest bidder 50 Shares Of the
Capital Stock Of the Union National
Bank of Westminster, Thursday after
noon, May %, 1912, at 8 O'Clock, at the
Courthouse door, in Westminster.
Any one desiring to purchase the
aforesaid Stock in whole or in part at
private sale. may do % from the under
signed.
map Tilt ARTHUR r. SMITH.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1912-05-17

These are times when the presi-
Dental candidate who merely says
you are not absolutely accurate" to
his opponent will never kick many
hats out of the ring.
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= dog sat out in the midnight chill
and howled at the beaming moon, his
knowledge of music was strictly mil
and his voice was out of tune And
he howled and howled as the hours
went by, while lodging the bricks we
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1912-05-17
WANTED.

WANTED-A Young Reliable Man
a. Assistant Funeral Director. Apply
to, James M. Stoner, Westminster, Nd
CANVASSERS WANTED To handle
the New Fibre Broom, the best House
Broom ever put on d carpet. Write
for particulars. Bartlett Brush Works,
Elmira, N. Y. 3t*
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ELECTION NOTICE.

Office of the Lumber, Coal and Supply
Company of Carroll County, Md.
Westminster, Md, May Is, 1912:
The Stockholders Of the Lumber,
Coal and Supply Company Of Carroll
County, Md, are hereby notified that
the regular annual meeting for the
election of Seven Directors, to manage
the affairs of the company for the en-
suing year, will be held at the office of
the Westminster Deposit and Trust
Company, on
SATURDAY, JUNE /, 1912,
between the hours Of 10 and IT o clock,
a. 10. LAURENCE GILLELLAN,
may l7 Ut Secretary
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1912-05-17

Who can tell me who this was?"
Silence for several moments; then
hand raised and a small, sympa-
Lhetic voice: Please, ma'am, it was
the fatted calf
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1912-05-17
DNGGY EOR SALE
may II

Michael Powers a member Of the
Major Dandy Post, No. 843 Perth Am
boy, NJ. III, would like old comrades
to know OF the help Foley Kidney Pills
were to him. Tie had terrible pains
in his back and other painful and an
noying symptoms of kidney trouble
and says: Foley Kidney Pills have
cured me in a remarkably short time"
Write for particulars. For sale by
all druggists.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1912-05-17

Mr.. Robert Grain predicts that 100,-
600 people will come to Baltimore in
June to attend the National Democrat
ic Convention. Fatten up the Spring
chicksI
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BUSINESS LOCALS.

Fine Cabbage, Tomato and Celery
Plants in season. Westminster Nursery,
Westminster, Md.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1912-05-17

Medford Grange will
- hold an Ice Cream and Strawberry
festival on the 18th Of June in Medford
Hall. May liz 5t
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Roosevelt is said to have remark
ed that Maryland, My Maryland"
good to him.
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SYKESVILLE Markets

BY The Sykesville Lumber. Coal & Grain Co..
Wade FL. ID. Warield, President
Nav
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STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL.

The Ladies Aid Society Of Mt. Zion
M. P. Church at Finksburg, will hold
a strawberry festival On the lawn of
the Church, SATURDAY EVENING,
MAY the 18th. All are invited. 5172t
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'Tis better to have loved and lost
than to put your son through college
And it costs less.
The border vidette., 1912-11-16

". G. BOWMAN,
 Jefe de EstaciOn-
The border vidette., 1912-11-16
SUMMONS No. 94.

In the Superior Court of Santa Cruz county, State of Arizona.
 Stare of Arizona; At the Relation and to the Use Of Raymond K. Ifarhart Treasurer and Ex Officio Tax Collector of Sauta s'ruz county, Action broug Int in the Superior Court of santa Cruz county. State of Arizona. and the com plaiut filed in said county of santa Cruz in the office of the clerk of said Superior Court the Name of the State of Arizona. Sam tiago K. Sastelum, Defendant. Greeting: You Hereby Summoned and required to appear in a action brought against you by the above named plaintiff in the superior Court of Santa Cruz County, State of Arizona. and ans the Complaint therein filed with the clerk of this said court, at Nogales, in said county, within twenty days after the service upon you of this Summons. if served in this said county, in all other cases within thirty days there after the times above mentioned being exclusive of the day of service. O Judgment by default will be taken against you.
 GIved under my hand and the seal of the Stu
 perior t'ouTt of Santa Cruz County. EAL. State of Arizona, this z5th day of
 September, Iot2.
 EDW l.. MIX. Io-2o-4 Clerk of said Superior Court
The border vidette., 1912-11-16

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