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Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1912-10-18
Sterling Moe arthy Of Webster was
caller in the city Wednesday,

Sterling Moo arthy Of Webster was
Q caller IN the city Wednesday,
rs Miss Mollie Line OF Webster was a
shopper in the Lake Wednesday. q:
If Mrs. M. Peterson Of Warwick was
a visitor in the city Wednesday.
]. 9. Zubell Of Bisbee was transact
i ing business in town Wednesday.
Mrs. Cecil Fqagel Of Webster spent
Wednesday shopping in the city J.
Z. G! Cowle Of tIamar was a busi1
I ness visitor in the city Wednesday.
Ed. Burke Of Cleveland township
was business caller in town Tues
II day.
e-ss and Mrs. ]. McC une Of Can
do are visiting in the city for few
days.
o. p. Walker came in from his farm
pn the reservation Monday on bust b is,
mess.
II Mrs. j. II. Meyers of Edmore arriv-
III ed in the city Tuesday for a few days
Il visit. 553sa
p. Brennan Of Antler was in the;
city looking after business u affairs Yrs
Tuesday. .x i.
.s55 an. Anderson Of Warwick was
transacting business in the Lake
Tuesday.
w. d. Nice lintock, the Rugby bank
er, was business caller in the u city
Tuesday. SS4l NJ 3.$.
'S James Dolan of Hampden was in
the city this week, ooking after bust
ness affairs &
q. r.. WinsloW Of Nash Bros. Grand ind.
Forks, transacted business il Dey1il ls
Lake Tuesday.
Mrs. w. ii. Goozee and daughter,
Barnice, of Webster, we're shoppers
/, ID the city Wedne day.
RS. ]. Halliday left Tuesday for 4
LaWton, where she will be the guest
of friends for 2 few days.
ocking has returned
froli weeks vacation at y CIV Rock!
ford and the Twin Cities.
A. strand and brother, John, left.
for Penn Wednesday morning, where
s they win transact business.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1912-10-18
As Spl endid r sition'

The Union Commercial Gollege5
/ Of lrand Forks, p !. has Just,
placed Miss Lucille Gagstad with
the o. j Barnes Co. Grand Forks.
The students Of the u G. G. are In a.
great demand. They have more
calls for help than they can supply.
If you will write them they will
send You their free catalog and
full .partic ulars.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1912-10-18

Of
in city Wednesday
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1912-10-18

king has returned
syfroL a weeks vacation at New Rock!
ford and the Twin Cities. .5f
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1912-10-18

. John w. Maher will make farm
loans at lowest rates with privilege
Of paying all or part Of principal at
any interest payment date. No delay.
Money always on hand.
Milford chronicle., 1912-04-26

peration to get into the lifebOats that
the officers shot them and their bodies
fell into the ocean. They said also that
they saw John Jacob AstOr and Major
Butt standing together on the Titanic's
deck and that they must have gone to
death together Mrs lsidOr Straus re-
fused to leave her husband they said.
Many passengers agreed in the state
ment that 66S were rescued and that
four died in the lifeboats and two died
on board the Carpathia. One of the
steerage passengers was buried at sea.
Stories Of all agreed that the Titanic
struck the iceberg at 11:4j O'Clock, that
she sank at 2:2j and that they were
picked up by the Carpathia at 4:3O.
Four Lfeboats Drawn Down.
William Jones. a Titanic stOker. who
manned one of the lifebOats. said he
was 700 yards away when the vessel
sank and that he saw four lifebOats
filed with women drawn down. Two
women in his boat died of exposure.
Margaret Hayes of New York city
said: when I was put into a life
boat l found a twO-year-old baby girl
in my arms. do not know who placed
it there, nor who its mother is. l have
been taking care of it ever since"
Daniel T. Bailey, who lives at the
Marlborough hotel in New York city. /
said: Il was adrift alone on raft for .
six hours. l saw a woman in night |
clothing near by. swan to her side
and dragged her to the raft. She was
and slipped OF into the
water and was drowned"
Mrs. Regina Steinert of New York
city, who was Il passenger on the Car
pathia. said that when the Carpathia
reached the scene of the disaster six
cen lifeboats filled with survivors were
found floating in the sea of ice. All
were taken on board and passengers
yied with the crew in rendering aid.
The survivors We're lying In the bot
ON of the boats. all alive. but the MI
ority Of them unconscious she said.
Many We're suffering terribly from
he exposure. and many were already
rOzen. That afternoon about twenty
# the survivors died. and four were
,iven burial at Sea imuedlltely."
Statement by lsmay.
J. Bruce Ismay. president Of the In
Mercantile Marine COM
Milford chronicle., 1912-04-26

'o.e Iifeboata ior two hours and half
Nhen / was Picked up"
Mrs. Paul Shabo@t Of Derby. Conn.
said that when the collision occurred
4ne came out ON de x ana asked one
Il the stewards if there was any dan
ser, and he said he was afraid there
was. Shortly afterward one of the o.
ficers shouted, Ladies first to the
boats!"
Mrs Henry Stengel Of Newark, n. J.,
said that she Witnessed terrible scenes.
Chinese stokers hid in the bottom of
the lifeboats before they were launch
ed. Men jumped into boatloads of
women, injuring them. There were no
lights and no provisions. The col
lision was terrific, but nobody appeared
to realize how serious matters were.
There appeared to bf Overconfidence,
as it was thought thf the Titanic was
unsuitable. Il aF ire that more
might have been + lad it not been
Milford chronicle., 1912-04-26

sorrows OF survivors and of the rela
tives and friends Of those who per
ished. The Titanic was the last word
in shipbuilding. Every regulation pre-
scribed by the British board of trade
had been strictly complied with. The
master, officers and crew were the
most experienced and skillful in the
British service. | am informed that a
committee of the United States senate
was appointed 10 investigate the cir
cumstances of the accident. | heartily
welcome the most complete and eX-
haustive inquiry, and any aid that or
my associates. our builders or navi-
gators, can render is at the service of
the public and the governments Of the
United States and Great Britain. And
under these circumstances l must re-
spectfully defer making any state
ment at this hour"
Major Butt a Hero.
One survivor asserts he saw Major
Butt, aid to President Taft, play a
herOs part before he died.
IAN hour after the boat sank hung
on to collapsible lifeb0at for two
hours and a half. Then | was picked
up" said this man.
THE last thing l saw was Il man
they say was Major Butt standing on
the forward deck that was already un-
der water.
sIr was holding back men who were
to get into boats that were
putting of with women
First Woman Off Titanic.
Mrs. Dickinson Bishop of Detroit,
Mich. said: Il was the first woman in
the first boat was in the boat four
hours before being picked up by the
l was in bed at the time
the crash came and got up and dress |
ed. went back to bed upon being
assured that there was no danger. On /
the deck. when reached it. there
was little or no panic"
Told Ship Could Not Sink.
n. c. Chambers said that the Titanic /
struck the iceberg head-On. The pas
;enEers ran out. but being assured by |
he officers that the ship could not
sink went back to their stateroOmS
After about two hours the alarm wIs
ent ont and the passengers started
o enter the liceboI.S. Mir. Chambers
aid that there WIS nothing like }
Milford chronicle., 1912-04-26

pany, when he left tie Carpathil went
to the Office of the general agent on the
pier. There he received the newspaper
representatives and. after few pre-
liminary remarks. gave out type
written statement in which he said
that he was in the last starboard col
lapsi5le lifeboat when he left the ship
He stated that he did not know what
speed the Titanic was going at when
she struck the iceberg. but the collision
was one of "a glancing blow. and On
Monday morning. between 10 and II
o'clock, he claims to have sent wire
less message. In his statement Mr. IS
may said:
IN the presence and under the shad-
ow Of a catastrophe so overwhelming.
my feelings are too deep for express
sion n words. can only say that the
White Star line. its officers and en-
ploycos. will Go everything humanity
possible to alleviate the suaerings and
Milford chronicle., 1912-04-26

panic at FIRST. rs all believed that there
were plenty Of l.feboats TO go around
Mrs. Astor Could Not Talk.
Pale. trembling. and apparently ill.,
Mrs. John Jacob AstCr was one OF the
first survivors of the wreck to pass
down the Carpathias gangplank. She
stepped from the Carpathia wearing
long black astrakhan coat. IL small
toque covered by n blue chiffon veil.
and at her throat reposed large dia-
mond and pearl sunburst.
Mrs. Astor was completely broken
down by the narrowing experience she
had passed through, and the loss of
her husband, and when asked to say
something cried in heartbrOken tones:
Il can't! ] can't am unspeak-
ably mr.
Mrs. Astor's mental suffering was
terrible. though physically she was net
much harmed. Physicians gave or
Milford chronicle., 1912-04-26

ders that neither she or her maid
/ should be permitted to talk about the
| Titanic, and this rule was strictly OBJ
served. Nevertheless. before the order
had been given, she had told Vincent
/ Astor some of her memories. She
thought she recalled seeing Colonel
Astor by her side. just before she got
into one of the boats. She imagined
he was safe, too, and it was only
when she was on the Carpathia that
she realized he was not among the
rescued.
Like most of the survivors, Mrs. As
tor was too stunned at first to recall
any of the incidents Of the sinking
ship. Other passengers said that Mrs.
AstOr displayed remarkable courage
during the days on the Carpathia,
walking about the decks and trying to
cheer up other survivors whose sorrow
seemed beyond relief
Astor Made Light Of Danger.
Colonel Astor was walking the decl,
at the time the Titnuia struck the ice
berg" said William David assistant
saloon steward on board the Carpl-
thia, in reciting incidents which had
been told to him by survivors.
He was approached by frantic
waiter. I was told, and urged to put
on a life belt. The waiter had several
life belts in his hand. Colonel Astor
waved him away.
Pooh, he said, this is nothins
There is no need Of life belts And
that was the last seen of Colonel As
tor"
Band Played "Noarer. My God, to Thee"
Mrs. A. A. Dick, who was saved
with her husband, told the following
story:
The boats lay in the vicinity Of the
laundering vessel for about an hour.
No one believed she could 80 down.
We had been assured to this effect by
the captain. But as she began to set
tie it was soon seen that she was
about to go to the bottom. and if we
stayed near we would be drawn down
with her in the vortex
THE marine band on board did its
best to cheer up the waning hopes Of
the passengers. One or two airs were
struck up. 1t was a spectacle that no
one will ever forget.
Suddenly the band stopped. The
leader moved his baton. In slow. SOL
amn tones the air. Nearer. My God. to
Thee was waited across the water to
our ears.
The band played the hymn con
-inuously until their Instruments were
,hOked off by the swrling water that
closed about their heads as they went
TO hcro's grave"
Steerage Passengers Experience.
a Swede named Oscar Johansen was
/ steerage passenger on the Titanic.
He said he was awakened in his steer
Ige bunk by a sort of grinding. tear
ng thump at the moment the Titanic
truck the iceberg. He ran for the deck,
Dut when he reached the saloon Ii
Ound the band playing some popular
ir. The officers of the ship were as
uring the people that there was no
anger.' said .JOhansen. They told
ne to go back to the Storage and tell
he people who knew my tongue that
he accident vas nothing. | went back.
or the band krHt on playing and the
eOple i'm tha saloon were leaving also
or their bees. An hour after the boat
lnk. l hung ONO one of the collaps-
Milford chronicle., 1912-04-26

g 1912, by American Press Association.
TITANIC SURVIVORS LEAVING THE CAR
PArHIA.
without knowing that she had struck
and who did not realize anything was
wrong until the water rushed into their
staterooms.
THE men behaved splendidly. We
were undressed in the bitter cold. The
men in the lifeboat gave us their gar
ments to protect US"
"My Husband Was a Brave Man,
Mrs. Henry B. Harris was hystericaI
when she came on shore. She was met
by a party Of friends. She fell into the
arms Of her brother-in-law, crying, MY
God! Poor Harry! He wanted to get
into the lifeboats, but he stepped back.
He was brave man"
Milford chronicle., 1912-04-26

9 1872. by American Press Association.
CAPTAIN ROsTRoM OF THE CARPATHIA.
sengers and crew and paid a high tri-
butte to the heroism of the women pas
sengers.
II jumped with the sea-" said he.
Just as l often have jumped with the
breakers at the seashOre. BY great
good fortune | managed to grasp the
brass railing on the deck above, and
hung on by might and main. When
the ship plunged down l was forced
to let go and | was swirled around
and around for what seemed to be an
interminable time. Eventually l came
to the surface TO find the sea a mass
Of tangled wrechage.
Luckily | was unhurt, and casting
about managed to seize a wooden graf
ing floating near by. When l had re-
covered my breath l discovered a
larger canv@s ana cork life raft which
had fiCated MP. \ man whose name
[ did not learn was struggling toward
IL lAUll NBiAit hFltAtsdEC " W Iltl lt
haI clung. cast Off and helped him
70 get on to the raft and we thea be
gan the work of rescuing those who
had jumped into the sea and were
tlOunderinS in the water.
Had to Deny sucoor to Others.
when dawn broke there were thirty
Of 0
in the icy water and afraid to move
lest the cranky craft be overturned |
Several unfortlnates. benumbed and |
half dead. besough; Us - save them.
and one or two made an effort to reach .
us, but we had to warn them away
Had we made any effort to save them
we all might have perished
The hours that elapsed before we
were picked up by the Carpathia were
the longest ana most terrible that
ever spent.
Colonel Oracle denied with emphasis
that any men were fred upon and de-
clared that only once was revolver
discharged
This WIS for the purpose of intimi
lating some of the steerage passen-
gers" " he said, "wh0 had tumbed into
1 boat before it was prepared for
This shot was fired in the
mir. and when the foreigners were
old that the next would be directed
1T them they promptly returned to
he deck. There was no confusion and
10 panic"
Contrary to the general expectation.
here was no jarrinS impact when the
-essel struck, according to the army
'fHcer He was in his berth when the
'essel smashed into the submerged
PORTION of the berg and was aroused
" the jar.
Before retired" said Colonel
iracie, Il had long chat with Charles
/. Hays, president of the Grand
'runk railroad. One of the last things
Ir. Hays said was this The White
tar, the Cunard and the Hamburg
american lines are devoting their at
entiOn and Ingenuity In .vieing one
nth the other to attain the supremacy
luxurious ships and in making speed
ecords. The time will soon come
7hen this will be checked by some ap-
alling disaster Poor fellow, a few
ours later he was dead.
THE conduct Of Colonel John Jacob
stOr was deserving Of the highest
raise" Colonel Oracle declared. Colo ,
Ell AstOr," he said, devoted all his a
nergies to saving his young bride. Z
e helped US In our efforts to get her i;
Ito the boat l lifted her Into the !
Milford chronicle., 1912-04-26

for this overconfdence. The boats
were undermined. My husband help
cd TO row a nfeboat. Captain Smith
stuck to the bridge like a hero The
behavior of the entire crew was per-
feet. 1t was a most beautiful night.
The vessel was surrounded by ice
bergs. Some of the passengers were
on the deck Of the great liner ENJOY
inc tie strange and beautiful scene
when't the crash came
Went Down, but Was Saved.
Colonel Archibald Oracle, L. $. a, the
last man saved went down with the
vessel. but was picked up. Colonel Ora
Gle told a remarkable story of personal
hardship and denied emphatically the
reports that there had been any panic
on board. He praised in the highest
terms the behavior of both the pas
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-06-22
AFTER MOTORBOATS.

Another case Of the violation of
the pilot rules on the Potomac by the
owner of q small motor boat has been
reported to the officials of the George
town custom house by the revenue
cutter service.
The violation of the law lays in the
fact that the boat was not supplied
with the two required copies of the
pilot rules.
This makes the fifth violation which
has been discovered among the small
craft of the Potomac since the vigor-
Gus inspection crusade was started
several weeks ago.
The fines have ranged from $1OO
to $3.50 in individual cases. In the
cases of several boat owners, double
fines were imposed when violation of
more than one of the rules was dis
covered. The maximum penalty for
each violation is a fine of not more
than s1OO.
The cases have been referred to the
Department of Commerce and Labor.
Protests will soon be filed by all the
alleged offenders, and the department
will then hear the cases and decide
whether the fines are just or exces-
sive.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-06-22
At CHURCHES TOMORROW.
Memorial Pulpit in St. PauI's Church
to be Used for the First Time
Tomorrow.

A memorial pulpit was put this
week in st. Paul's Church in memory
Of Lawrence Hooff, first senior war
den Of that church, Ann Gretter, his
wife and their two sons, John Hooff
and Lewis Hooff, who were also war
dcns OF that church. The brass SER
mon rest is in memory Of their daugh-
ter Julia Nj. Hooff, wife Of Benjamin
l.. Wallace of New York, who was
born in Alexandria and died in AL
bany, N. Y. The pulpit was presented
by their descendants, and will be used
for the first time on Sunday.
The descendants expected to be
present are:
Mr.. J. Wallace Hooff, this city;
Hon. William c. Redfeld, New York;
John Lester Hootf, Baltimore; Mrs
E. S. Fawcett and family; Mr. Lewis
Hoof' and family; Miss Caroline
Hooff of Seminary Hill, and Rev. Mr.
Douglas Hooff, of Frederick, Nd, who
will preach the sermon.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-06-22
BANK ROBBERS KILLED.

Sheriff NJ. C. Caruthers, warned
that an attempt to rob the Citizens
Bank of Mammoth Springs Thursday
would be made, secreted himself in the
rear of the bank and surprised three
masked robbers after they had forced
the woman cashier into 4 vault and
while they raked the cash into gun
ny sack. Of the robbers all Of whom
lived at the outskirts Of the city, Ben
Jones was shot and instantly killed
by Sheriff Caruthers when the robbers
showed fight. The other two, Otto
Burrow and Lifus Davis, promptly
surrendered.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-06-22
DIES ABOARD STEAMER

Jasper w. Clark, assistant engineer
of the steamer st. Johns, died aboard
,She boat yesterday morning about
five o'clock. Thursday night after re-
turning from the trip down the river
he visited the harbor police station
and conyersed with the men on duty,
complaining that he felt choking
sensation.
Clark was advised by the police to
60 to a hospital. He went to a drug
store instead, and when he returned
he stated that the druggist could do
nothing for him. Shortly before five
o'clock yesterday morning he was
found dying.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-06-22

approximating his vote in the Ca j.
fornia case.
Up to the last Roosevelt found it
hard to persuade his more ardent fol-
lowers that his name must not be
mentioned before the Coliseun m con-
vention.
Following this fight for something
more than nomination, Col. Roose-
welt said to Alexander Revell, one Of
the orginial Roosevelt boomers, who
still builded hopes on the Coliseum
convention, ~ have charged that the
Coliseum convention is controlled by
d packed roll. have said that no
man with a vestige of honor could
accept nomination at the ha ands of
convention so controlled. ] shall
stand absolutely on that statement
and would refuse a nominate ion in
which members of the fraudulent roll
had any parLlclpaIlOn.
The Roosevelt followers had to
day recognized business E in which
they were thrown yesterday by re-
ports that the Taft people were seri
ously considering the dropping Of
Taft and the nomination of Hadley
or some progressive satisfactory to
the Taft forces.
Until that danger has passed."
said James R. Garfield today, "the
president heard what was ,loing and
cracked the whip over tn heads of
his postmasters and they got back
into the road. The anti. Roosevelt
strength was delivered solidly today
for Taft"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-06-22
CHARGES AGAINST BULLDOG

A young man living in the north
western section of the city brought
an English bulldog to the station
house and lodged formal complaint Of
disorderly conduct against the canine.
He alleged that it was engaged in eX-
terminating all the feline race in the
locality and attacked every member
of its genus, which CHANGED to stray
from it's own 'neighborheod The dog
was locked up in cell to await the
appearance of it's owner. Should no
one come to its rescue and give assur-
ance of its good behavioure in future
the animal will be deported or other
wise disposed of.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-06-22
COL. SMITH RETURNS

Col. Francis L. Smith returned to
the city today from Lexington, Va,
where he went to attend a melting of
the board of visitors of the Virginia
Military Institute, of which he is a
member.
II is interesting to recall that Col.
Smith was a student of the institution
at the time of the battle of New Mar
ket and was u member Of the gallant
cadet corps that took such prominent
part in the engagement, during which
he was severely wounded.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-06-22
TO KEEP MINISTER FROM PEN.

Danville, Va, June 22.--The Rev.
D. P. Tate, the former Methodist min
lister, who has been convicted on a
grand larceny charge and sentenced
to fourteen months in the penitenti-
ary. was yesterday granted respite
of ninety days, pending the asking
of ali appeal to the Supreme Court.
Tate was placed under $4,000 bond
for his Temperance on Sept. 20. The
motion for a new trial was promptly
overruled by Judge Harvey
1t is quite possible that in the event
of Tate deciding to accept his sen
tence the other four charges which
are held against him will be dropped
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-06-22
II. S. DISTRICT COURT.

The U. S. District Court, Judge Ed
mund Waddill, will convene in this
city on Monday week. Among the
cases which will be brought before
the court vii lbe that of Linden Wheat
lev, who is charged with opening a
letter and taking money therefrom.
It is said that a motion will be made
to continue the case until the Janu-
ary term, 1913.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-06-22

Advices have been received from
the Alexandria delegation consisting
of Messrs. P. z. Knight, Julian Y.
Williams and Samuel W. Pitts, rep
resenting the T. P. A. post of this
city at the convention of the Travel
ers' Protective Association held in
Peoria, H., this week that Richmond
had been selected as the place for
holding of the next convention. The
representatives are ex-
pccted to return home Tuesday.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-06-22
THE MARKET

There was bountiful supply Of
country produce in market this morn
ing, but prices were as frm as ever.
There was an abundance of green
stuff and cherries and sea6onable ber-
ries were in profusion. Butter, eggs,
chickens and other staples showed no
weakness in price.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-06-22
QUICK DISCHARGE

The steamer Wilhelmina, which ar
rived Wednesday night with Pbos :
prats rock for the Alexandra Ferti-
li1er asd Chemical Company, finished
unlsadias today and left for Balh-
more, where she will load iron and
steel for Florida port.