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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-04-19
CAMPBELL DEAD JONES DYING Little Rock Officers in Fatal Pistol Duef;and Ed Cheek
 Loses Right Hand.
HAD BEEN TAT OUTS"
Constable and Sergeant of Police Were We'll Known and
 Popular Officials.
j. + + T. + + + 3 & j. + 1. 1. 1. + { + FATAL ENDING + TO STREET DUEL

+ Little Rock, Ark. April 1S.- ! + Police Sergeant William Camp ! + bell, who was shot in a pistol ! + duel with Cons table Dutch ! + Jones, early today, died at St. ! .t Vincents Hospital at 5:32 o'clock ! j. this afternoon. "Dutch" Jones. ! % who received four bullets from !
 + Campbell's revolver, is uncon- ! + scious at the City Hospital and . + cannot live through the night, t + say physicians. He has been <
 | sinking all day Special Officer | ,t Ed Cheek, of Pine Bluff, who re- ! + ceived bullet in his hand while ! +' trying to separate the combat ! ' ants, will lose his right hand ' * A part of the hand has already ! | been amputated. He is resting ! .t we'll at the City Hospital tonight ! j. and will recover. + % & + + + | Y @ | 4 F 'p + ' !
 Little Rock. April 1S.-shortly af-
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given orders to all on board to do no talking. She said she had seen the Titanic go down. The big boat went down head first
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-04-19
FINAL CHAPTER OF GREAT DISASTER Carpathia Brings 710 Sur vivors of III FaJad Titanic
 Into Port. JOY AND SORROW
Hand in Hand at PiersWhen Relatives Heard of Death of Loved Ones and
 Others, Thought Dead, Survive.

New York, April 1S.-The Carpathia laden with sorrow for q world crept to her pier iE the Nroth River at S:45 tonight and discharged to .tne hys- terical embraces of hundreds of half crazed friends and relatives ard 710 survivors of the $1O,0UO,OO0 Titanic, which went to the bottom of the At lantic Ocean on Monday morning
 The expression of human emotion from g. 900 people on shore and from those souls who lined the ships rail reached far beyond the limits of written or spoken description. The closing chapter of the greatest of all sea tragedies was enacted amidst the most stupendous and overwhelming kin or dear friends were alloyed by grief for the fate of one equally close who perished.
 The searchlight of twenty boats piled the scene in searchlight. Wo- men, who had been first cabin pas sengers on the Titanic, stumbled down the waiting gang plank and were rushed to waiting taxicabs and hur- ried to mansions or hotels, women and men of the steerage were receiv- ed by custom officers and entrusted to the care of physicians and nurses and members of the Stock Exchange. who carried in their hands $25,000 for the immediate relief of the needy
 Eye witnesses told of a brave death in the sea that had been his life of Captain Smith. Mrs. John Jacob As- tor came down the gang plank and was rushed away to the home of her parents and her fatherless son-in- law, Vincent Astor. Later she was reported to have died, which was ab- solutely false. There were no dead on the shipboard.
 Five bodies had been buried at sen. All accounts of the disaster agreed in the main There was a crash at midnight on Sunday. rush to the deck to learn the trouble, return to their berths, only to be summoned back an hour later, fearful partings at the vessels rail as the men tore 1 their wives from them and thrust them into the life boats. The escape to the ocean was terrible, the sinking of the great Titanic a short time af- forwards. the terrible hours of drift ing before being picked up by the Carpathia.
 And first in every account of the disaster was the story of how the IT. tanic's sank sank beneath the wave with the strains of Nearer My God to Thee" coming from their instru- mentS
 Travelling at 8 knots an hour tho Titanic struck the berg, which wat seventyfive feet out of water.
 The blow was glancing and ripped the boat from the bow clear to the engine room The extent of the cala- mity was not realized. The blow was so slight that night until the boat began to settle did the officials ap- preciate that the ship was in danger.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-04-19

lJ women and children, who were giv-
 en the preference of the men passen- gers in boarding the lifeboats that were launched just before the vessel sank to the bottom with its enormous
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Continued on Page 5)
NOTICE i!

I desire to notify my friends and the public at large that I am now with the Reap-Crawford Furniture Co.,, and we are carry 'ng a full line of Draperies and Floor Coverings. I will be pleased to see you at any time. Also we manufacture awnings and have large range of patterns to select from.
 4-14-6t F. CASON
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-04-19
Heartrending Scenes Enact ed When Survivors of Ti-
 tanic Horror Arrive.
THRILLING DETAILS
Titanic Broke in the Middle-WOmen Tell of Seeing Her Go Down
 Men Heroes.

Cunard Pier, N. Y., April 1S-The Carpathia docked at S:35 o'clock to- night. Az the gang plank was being lowered the throngs on the dock, no lcnger able to res'rain themselves, made rush to be near the ships entrance, only to be forced back by the pol ce Moaning was audible in every quarter.
 AS the vessel approached the pier it seemed for an age agonizing moments as though the boldly sweep ing throng would break through the police lines and storm the pier. Hats and umbrellas were thrown into the air and the cries of the writhing thousands rose high above the shrieks of the Carpathia and her esccrt.ng tub-boats The immediate approach 10 the gang plank was held by squad of policemen with drawn clubs. To the right of the gang blanks stood the custom officers, nurses and doctors. To the left stood the committee from the Stock Exchange, their hands titled with bills for those survivors in immediate need of money.
 At the end of the, per stood the wagons of the undertaking companies. Moving about inside the police lines We're the black garbed assistants, talking 70 no one, waiting for the be- ginhing of the work of removing tke dead
 Relatives On Pier
 Among the first on the pier and nearest to the vessel, in fact in a small group at the end of the gang plank, was Vincent Aetor, Kathleen Force, William Harris, Jr., son of Henry B. Harris, whose mother was on board the Carpathia but whose fatEer perished, and Samuel Wal lack, brother-in-law to MT. Harris
 The Carpathia reached her dock earlier than expected. The nurses and doctors waited impatiently to beg, n their work
 Lining the rail of the Carpathia were scores of survivors, many of them crying out and wringing their hands.
 Trailing the Carpathia was a tug boat with three of the Titanc's life boats in tow. As the boats drew closer the crowd slowly moved to- wards the end of the pier, keeping abreast of the group of those on board the Carpathia. Then those on board began to recognize their friends on she pier. Again there was a scene of distress, this time with the Survivors taking part.
 Weeping women were led away as fathers and brothers attempted to fosce their way through the sol d mass of humanity that separated them from the open space at the edge of the pier.
 Carpathia Lands
 The Carpathia's gang plank rat tied on the flood of the pier at ex- actly 9:3S and two minutes later the first passong'r, Miss Elizabeth Al len of St. Louir, wa.xed down the plank. She said the captain had
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-04-19


 no talking. She said she had seen the Titanic go down. The big boat went down head first.
 Lights were Turning
 Miss Allen is a niece of Dent Rob- erts, prominent resident of San Francisco. The work of transfe1ring the passengers had just begun when Mrs. Eva Booth, directing head of the Salvation Army and corps of her officers were conducted to the front ranks of tie relief squad.
 One of the passengers, the wife of Jacob F'ruetelle, the renowned author sa d tha< the Titanic went down with all of her lights burning, and with the band playing, Nearer My God To Thee"
 Sl.e said that the members of the crew had to use force to separate wives from their husbands and throw them into life boats. When the ship struck all the passengers rushed on dock, but were told to go back to their berths as there was no danger. An hour later they were all ordered to assemble on deck. Five were buried at sea from the Carpathia.
 Story of Eye Witnesses.
 Carol ne and Lillie Bonnell, of Youngstown, said eve were asleep in our berths when the Titanic crashed into the iceberg. We immediately rushed on deck, only stopping to throw a coat over our nightgowns. The night was bright and starlit. We could see the crowds of passen- gers falling down the stairs while the officers sought to reassure them of their safety. Major Butt and Colonel Astor stood by the life boats bravely and helped the women. They did not think the boat was going to sink
 "The Titanic kept settling lower and lower however, when word came that the engine room was flooded. There was some shooting They could not allow those half crazy men to get into the boats.
 Saw The Ship Go Down
 "I was in one of the life boats After we were lowered away the men in our boats started to row. lacked back at the Titanic and could seen the big ship settling. She seemed already to be only half hei former length. Some 0 fthe oarsenm fell exhausted. Then we women took turns at the oars. We must have been about mile away from the Titanic when she went down. | "There was a big wave. The sea was calm otherwise and l asked a sailor what it was. He sa d the Ti- tanic had sunk It was bitterly cold We half dressed women suffered in tensely until we were picked up" According to one of the passen- gers ashore the Titanic struck the iceberg al 11:41 p. m. Sunday and
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-04-19

Little Rock, April 1S.-shortly af-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-04-19

Steamship Titanic, the greatest ves- sel ever constructed, which on it's collided with an iceberg off the coast Of New Foundiand, resulting in the
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-04-19

most terrible sea disaster of modern times. Of the 2.2O0 passengers that we!e known to be on board the grea vessel only 67O are known to have been saved. These survivors are most
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-04-19
Another's Story.


 J. B. Thayer, of Philadelphia, said, "The Titanic struck about midnight as near as I can get. IL ran upon the ice, hesitated for few seconds, and then slipped off with tremen- dous crash and broke in the middle. The mann 'ng of the life boats inn mediately began. Bruce Ismay man. ned one of the boats as sailor, but he had no sooner taken his seat at one of the oars when he jumped up again and gave his place to a woman. Then qsmay with an oar in his hand got into a second life boat. About twenty minutes afterwards our life boat pulled away. Then the Titanic sunk"
 Mrs. AstOr Not Herself.
 Mrs. John Jacob Astor came down the gang plank with hating steps
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-04-19

went down at 2:20 Monday morning, The Earpathia reached the scene at 4:40. She picked up nineteen l'fe boats. '
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-04-02

THE LAY OF THE HEN.
The spring has come, it's time e
hatch
Ideas and egglets, too;
All winter long, in rain or shine,
I've laid right on for you.
Now please go way and let me 'ionA
Yours truly please forget.
I'm tired of laying all the while;
Iwant to stop and set
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-04-02
A Considerable Man.

IT was at Chicago table d'hote,
Of course. A very well-dressed
man entered, and the head waiter
was steering him to one Of the most
prominent tables, when the patron
baked and explained:
"Too much in view-altogether too
much"
"Then this tablet"
"Back-further back"
'Not to the last one?"
ITO the very last, sir. All, this Is
capital"
''Then you don't wish to be SEEM"
mo, I don't. Not because I'm an
offender, sir, but because my dear
wife may enter the place any moment
with another man."
"Ah, and you want to watch her?
see.'
mo, sir, you don't see. She Is q
sensitive little dear, and if she saw
me it would take her appetite away
at once. I'll remain in the back
ground, sir, and you see that she is
well supplied and makes hearty
meal"
JOE KERR.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-04-02
They Have 1t.

r SUPPOSE they have April Fool
in the Far west?" he queried of
the man from Montana.
''Oh. yes: just the same" .
1--WE heard they were very rough
about It," H..
well, / don't know. I should call
enthusiastic instead. They are
good hearted lot and mean no HARM"
you've been victim, perhaps"
II can't cali it victim, but last
year at this time they had little fun
with me. Some of the boys knew that
] was going to take q certain trail,
and they prepared dynamite blast
20 set Off at a certain moment"
"And you don't tell me they did it,"
"why not? They wanted little
fun"
"And you were hurried
give hundred feet"
"And not killed."
"As you see."
..But you must have had broken
bones7'
"Not a one. You see, the boys CAL
culated to foot where I would come
down, and they had hair mattress
there for me to come down on. Oh,
YES. we have April Fool out our way,
and I for one like to see the boys en-
Joy themselves"
JOE KERR.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-04-02
Not That Kind.

TIES the crowd was leaving the base.
ball grounds a man sought out
- the captain of the beaten team.
He was a good man. He carried an
open package in his hand and his
face betrayed faith, hope and charity.
"Well?" queried the captain.
II see you were beaten?"
Eyes,"
you want something to strengthen
your team?"
"And I want it like blank!"
Permit me to offer you this"
"What-a tract" exclaimed the
captain as he received and glanced
at it,
IF you please. It may"
"But 1t won't. Man alive, but we
don't need that kind of bracing. What
we want is the other kind-nine men
who can run like deers, bat like pile
drivers, catch like fish-hooks and
swear like pirates! Thanks and good
day.,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-04-02
PROGRESSIVE.

First Suburbanite-The preacher at
our church has a new scheme that
he is going to use during the summer.
Second Observation-Disclosures that
First Suburbanite-He's going to
talk his sermons into graphophone
and then send the records around to
his parishioners. BY this means we
can sit on our cool porches and yet
really 60 to church
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-04-02

First Actor-How did your show
20 on the road?
Second Actor-Bad. We were fear
fully handicapped by the plays we
selected.
First Actor-Eh! Why, I thought
the dramas in your repertory were
the finest you could secure.
Second Actor-Yes, but we couldn',
play 'em.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-04-02

~ HEY were having an argument
in the street car over the sew
~ eral prospective presidential can
didates, when one of them said:
II can't make out why you regard
Taft as a great statesman"
"Oh, I don't" was the reply. .
"Is he up on the TARIFF"
II don't think So" .s.~. W..
lis he great diplomat?" III.
II can't think It," z =.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-04-02
welded TO TAFT.

Are his policies aggressive?"
II wouldn't say that"
Then why do you favor him?
Because he's q true sport, guess"
But he's no sport at ALL"
"Oh, yes he is. A year before his
nomination he was in Washington at
the same time was. On April Fools
Day I was walking on the street be-
hind him when he came to spot
where he saw a half-dollar lying on
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-04-02
%- a P4GE 7FZZYr 11--- --==

the walk. He jumped for It. It
had string and boy attached to
it and was jerked away"
"WeN?" was asked. Is
"Well, Mr.. Taft didn't start and run
down a side street as hard as he
could hike, but fetched a grin and
gave the boy dime and patted him
on the back. Real old sport and
good enough for me-"
49, ~ JOE KERR.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-04-02
That Old Joke.

~ E went to town on April first
To buy himself hoe;
His name it doesn't matter much,
But call it Reuben Snow
His nature was rambunctious, and
He took no ones advice; -..~
A mule could not more stubborn be,
Which wasn't very nice.
When into town he did arrive,
In front of him he saw
An old plug hat so innocent,
And quick he set his jaw.
The hat went flying in the air
They said it was mile;
And where they looked for yells OF
They saw a placid smile.
The stone it few across the street.
And seven windows broke;
And then it smashed eleven men,
BY way Of merry joke.
Then SHE'D among the hogs:
It left a dozen men to mourn
The killing Of their dogs.
"And now there's April Fool for you'll"
Said smiling Reuben Snow;
II guess no more you'll want OF mel
And homewards he did go.
JOE KERR.
THE NEXT TIME 1T WILL BE A
TREE.
Bobbs-You know that I told you
how I dropped our rubber plant and
wrecked it?
Wobbs-YeS.
Bobbs-I'm sorry did it.
Wobbs-Why? '..-.
Bobbs-My wife has just bought
new one twice as heavy.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-03-29
MAN TASTED FIFTY-SIX DAYS
HanIey Of Marlboro Apparently Has
Fully Recovered from Terrible
Suffering He Endured.

Marlboro.-William B. Hanley. who
disappeared from Marlboro April 90
and who was found fifty-siX days aft
erward In a swamp near WestbOro in
a weakened condition. has apparently
fully recovered from the terrible suf-
ferings that he endured.
When he was found he was barely
able to breathe. and his life was al
most despaired Of. He was taken In
charge by physicians and sent away
TO Forge village where, under the
open.air treatment. he was restored
to health. He returned to Marlboro
the other night. and he Is apparently
as we'll as ever. He Is as heavy as he
ever was. and eats we'll and his mind
IS as clear as a bell He speaks but
little concerning his awful experience.
but there Is no question that during
the entire ffty-six days he went
without food.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-03-29
INTERESTING GOSSIP
OF LOCAL SPORTS

The Alexandria Baseball Club will
play their first game of the season
Saturday when they line up against
the fast Episcopal High School team
on the latter's grounds at AIS o'clock
The local bunch \ls been practlclng
hard for the past ten days and from
the form they have been showing they
will make the high school boys 60
some to cop the long end Of the score
Inc is is the first game to be play
cd at the High School by an AleXan-
dria team in years, and Manager Pat
terson expects to see Il large bunch
Of rooters on hand. The team will
ieavc the corner Of King and Washing
ton streets at 3:15. The line up will
probably be as follows: Miller, 3b;
S.yivner,ss; T. Lynch, CT; Walker, IF;
Snowden, If; Trenary 2b; Astryke 10;
Patterson, c; Pitts, Risdon and Bur
rel pitchers, and Kemper sub.
There will he d game at TT. Hunt
sunday and the local aggregation will
leave the corner of Prince and Royal
streets on the 1925 car. Hantzmon
new conner will get his first chance
with which TO show that he can de-
liver the goods.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-03-29
COAL MINERS. STRIKE

There is said to be little prospect
OF settling the bitulninous coal min
ers' wage dispute to prevent strike
next Monday and the shutting down OF
practically all mines operated by un-
ION men. The lack of any steps tow
ara an immediate settlement and the
fact that only two more days inter
vene before both an anthracite and
bituminous wage scale shall have eX-
pred are said to make it almost GER
tain that a widespread stoppage OF
coal production will begin next week
for an uncertain period and strike
involving about 100000 men may ell
sue.
The contracts of the miners iii the
bituminous region also expires Sun
DAY midnight, and they probably Will
suspend because they have no new
agreement upon which to continue.
Officials of the union assert ii a
strike in both classes Of mines is call
ed it will entail a loss Of pay TO the
men of approximately $1,OOO,0oO day.
= A conference held in. the hope that
a strike or even suspension in the
bituminous mines might still be avert
ed has been without results.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-03-29
HAT SET AEIRE IN CHURCH
Nun Smothers Blaze, Started by Ia.
per, With Wrap In Lackawanna-
Women Uninjured.

Lackawanna.--The sight of wo-
mans hat ablaze in the=Ghurch. OF
Our Lady of Victory during the serv-
ices threw priests and worshipers In
to excitement for moment. The
church was crowded to the doors.
Just before the elevation of the host
each of the worshlpers. men. women
and children, held lighted tapers in
their hands. In some unaccountable
Mariner the plumage on the hat worn
by an unknown woman became ignited
and in an instant the foliage and feath-
ers which adorned her hat were burn
Ing briskly
Some of the children in neighboring
pews screamed. One Of the sisters
connected with the Protectory on Vic
tory Hill seized wrap and wound It
about the burning headgear smother
ing the blaze. The hat was total
wreck.
The woman kept her presence Of
mind and was not injured in any way
whatever.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-03-29

Who we're the youngest players
ever listed in the big leagues? That
subject might rouse some interest
ing discussions and bring out some
odd data concerning the actual ages
of sundry diamond stars. am per-
sonaly of the opinion that Willie Nc
Gill, the left handed pitcher, and
Frank Martin, the second baseman.
were the youngest to. ever wear the
big league uniforms. McGill was only
II when he pitched for the Cleveland
brotherhood team, and Martin was
only Is when he had a couple of big
league trials. They say that Paul
Radford was still III the short pants
class when he was first tried out in
the fast company, and that Jimmie
Sheckard broke when about IS. Of
all the players in the list, tho history
of Willie McGll is perhaps the strane
est. At an age when other boys arc
just entering high school McGIll WAS
pitching semi-professional ball; at the
age when most kids arc thinking bout
learning the game, he was a big leag-
uer, and he was all through in the
big leagues, his career ended before
most players even get into the minor
league possession. With McGill, the
big league came first, and he finished
there while still boy, with long years
of minor league and haphazard ball
ahead of him. RadfUrd, on the con-
trary, lasted many years-and Sheck'
ard is still bright star of the game.
Sporting News.
To this list may be added The name
of John McGraw. The scrappy man
aper of The Giants was born in 1878
and l8 years later was playing third
base for the Baltimore team of the
National league. Three years later
he was at his best as member OF that
wonderful infield composed Of Doyle.
Reitg. Jennings and McGraw. Elber'
field was another boy wonder, Tor ne
played with Philadelphia and Clncl-
natti when in his teens.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-03-29
PROPGS AIS.

Proposals will be received at the
Office of the City Engineer until II
o'clock noon Saturday. April 9th
1912. for furnishing the City Council
Of Alexandria with sand, cindcrs,
Portland cement. granite curbstonc
and vitrificd block. and coal Tar filler,
and for grading, concretng, setting
curb. and laying vitritied brick
roadway and laying cement sidewalks
on Fairfax street from Prince
Street to Duke Street.
Specifications and particulars can
be had at the City Engineers Office.
The right is reserved to reject any
and all proposals, and To accept such
proposals, or parts thereof, as may
he to the best interests Of the City
Council Of Alexandria.
f.. S. LEADBEATER,
Chairman Com. on Streets.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-03-29
CITIZENS BUILD NEW ROAD
Thousand Men, Including Bankers ana
Merchants. Spend Holiday at
Hard Labor.

Lawton, Okla.-More than thou
sand men, including city and county
officials. business and professional
men and bankers. took off their coats
and built three miles of model road
connecting Fort Sill with Lawton.
The county commissioners started tho
movement and the merchants here c.
operated by setting Tuesday as hol-
iday and agreeing to close every buzj'
ness place in the city.