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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-12
COMMERCE COURT IS
VOTED OUT BY HOUSE
Judges, However, VIII Be Re-
tanned in Office Until They
Die or Resign.

WASHINGTON, Oct 1.-THE
United States commerce court, created
in 1910 TO have exclusive jurisdictions
over appeals from decisions of the IN
terstate commerce commission. Will 90
out of existence on December 81, if
President Wilson signs the deficiency
appropriation bill rs it repassed the
house today. The positions of its Judges,
however, were finally saved when the
house accepted the senate's amendment
continuing the present judges as addi-
tional circuit judges of the United
States.
The fight against the commerce court.
which has ragged for two years, ended
with the agreement Of the house to con.
tinue the extra judges in office until
they resign or retire. Previously the
house had voted the judges out of office
rs well as having abolished the court
itself. The senate's amendment bill
was accepted today because Of the be-
lief that the deficiency bill would be
indefinitely held up by the senate if the
house insisted on legislating the pres.
ent commerce court Judges out of office,
Speaker Champ Clark in the debate
on the measure ruled himself out of a
$1,000 automobile without n tremor,
Representative James r. Mann the
Republican leader, proposed to tack the
automobile appropriation as an amend
ment to similar amendment the senate
had made for Vice President Marshall
The speaker would not recognize the
supremacy of the amendment, however
The Democrats are united on the
proposition TO give the speaker new
automobile, but Mr., Mann got the floor
first with his motion to increase the
appropriation from $1,000 to $4,000 and
include the speaker in one Of the auto.
mobiles.
~ make a point Of order against that
article said Representative Fitzger-
aid
"The chair supports the point of or.
der" said Speaker Clark, without hes.
itatino. and the house voted out the
vice presidential acquisition.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-12
Figures on Missing and
Rescued; Names of Rescue
Ships and Landing Dates

Total number of persons on board burned VESSEL:
First passengers a. seerage passengers $40
93 total, 657.
Rescued by ten liners, 521 missing 1876
The Uessels carrying surUiDors are due approx
nlately as follolUs:
Kroonland at New York, October 16
Rappahannock at ST. john October 16.
Carmania at Liverpool October II.
La Touraine at Havre, October H.
Minneapolis at London, October 13.
Gear at Rotterdam October IA.
Narragansett freighter at London October IT,
Devonan at Liverpool, October a.
Grosser Kurfurst at Bremen, October 15
Seydltz freighter, destination uncertain.
The first call of the volturno I'VE are fire and
will abandon ship Can hold for while S. o. S."
o. call heard by the Carmania seventyeight
away and by other ships within the and answered
It was sent about o'clock Thursday morning The
Carania twenty miles hour through the and
there at
The Grosser Kurfurst and the Seydtz, German tramp
reached her at o'clock
Seven other shps-La Tourane Minneapolis Rappahan-
mock Czar Narraganset Devonan and Kroonlandreached
her by night time
The passengers taken off and than 800 lives
saved Friday possible only through the wireless
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-12

hammock, Czar, Narragansett, Deva.
nian, Kroonland, Grosser Kurfuerst
and Seydlitz at various hours through
out the day. But, try as they might,
the rescuing vessels could get neither
line nor Gfeboat TO the Volturno, the
forward part of which was almost hid
den by dense cloud Of smoke, when
the Carmania arrived The burning
steamer lay in the trough Of the seas,
pounding helplessly. with her pronel.
lers fouled by the boats tackle. The
terrified passengers were huddled to-
gether rs far as it was possible to get
from the flames, while throughout the
day the officers and crew fought des.
perately with whatever appliances
were at hand to hold the fire in check.
But night came on and the seas abated
only slightly. The circle of steamers
kept their searchlights playing and
waited patiently within the danger
zone for the first moment when they
might again launch the lifeboats.
Explosion at Night.
The hopelessneBs Of the situation was
manifested at o clock in the evening,
when an explosion tore away a part
Of the upper works, and flames burst
from the engine room. It then became
matter of how long the Volturno
woud stay above the waters.
Meanwhile several Of the terrified
passengers, wrapped in life buoys,
dropped over into the sen. One Of them
was taken aboard the Carmania. It
may be that others found haven with
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-12
THRILLING STORY
OF GREAT DISASTER

LONDON, Oct. 11.--Not since the I'll.
tanic sank has Europe been thrilled
as today through the burning of the
steamship Volturno in mid-Atlantic,
with loss, so far as at present known,
Of 135 lives and the rescue of 52l. The
survivors are now aboard a fleet of
steamers summoned by the Noturno s
call for help, some Of which are bound
Volturno sailed from Rotterdam on Oc
tober 9 for New York. According to
the official statement. she carried
twenty-five first cabin passengers, 53S
steerage and crew numbering ninety
six. The rescue ships reached the scene
Of the disaster in plenty of time to
save all, but for hours stood by the
blazing vessel. impotent because of the
storm, to reach the agonlzed men, wom-
en- and children crowding the after
part of the ship and within stone IS
throw.
All night Thursday the lifeboats
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-12
DESTROYS LINER VOLTURNO IN MDSEA 52 SAVED 1856 DIE

other vessels of the fleet, but some un-
joubtedly were swept away.
When day broke the Volturno was
still afloat. The gale had moderated
and the seas almost Gained down.
From every one of the encircling
steamers lfeboats were sent out and
20 these women and children were low
cred first. Several trips were neccs-
sary before the survivors were re-
moved to "a place of safety.
1t is pointed out as remarkable
coincidence that the Volturno, about
four years ago, made notable rescue
in a great storm in midAtlantic Of
the crew OF French vessel. Captain
Harrison, who then commanded the
Volturno. was decorated by the French
government for his daring act.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-12

boat was close by and the men were
picked up. 80.
The wireless accounts received here
tonight differ as TO how the 1876 lost
their lives. Many accounts state that
many persons were either killed In the
explosion or blown from the deck Of the
Nolturno and were drowned One cap
tain asserted that he could see many
bodies flying through the air following
the explosion The belief that many had
been blown from the ship was so strong
at this time that scores OF llfebuoys with
lights attached We're set adrift In the
hope that some of those who had been
blown from the ship would be able to
reach them In the dark. At the same
time the searchlight from the Carmania
swept the surrounding waters for trace
of any bodies. Several times objects be-
lieyed to be bodies were seen, but none
OF these was recovered.
About thirty persons climbed into life
boat Iashed to tho davts near the stern,
and at various times during the night
men and women were seen to either fall
or jump from this boat Captain Barr
believes that many OF tho 1856 were
drowned after being thrown from this
boat by the rolling and pitching of the
Volturno. AS one OF the vessels reached
a point opposite the Eolturno. a life raft
was launched in the hope that II would
drift close TO the stern Of the vessel and
thus enable any OF those who might be
in the water to get another chance Of
haforr rocc,,ed
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-12
RUSSIANS DISCOVER
ARCTIC CONTINENT
Theory of Rear Admiral
Peary and Other Explorers
Becomes a Fact.

ST. MICHAEL, Alaska, Oct, 1.-The
Russian government steamers, Tain and
Waygatch, under Commander Whisky
which have been engaged In northern
exploration for three years, arrived here
today for coal. Captain Whisky re-
ports the discovery Of body of land
as large as Greenland, extending beyond
latitude 81 north and l02 east.
Admiral Peary and other explorers
have believed that large body of land,
regions. The Canadian government had
SO much faith in the theories Of Peary,
Stefanson and other explorers, that last
summer it sent Vilhjmnr Stefsnson with
tho best equipped polnr expedition that
ever entered the ice. Three Of Stefan
SON. boats are frozen in tho Ice pack
near Point Barrow, Alaska. Two of
these boats carried supplies which were
to be landed at depots east of the
mouth of the Mackenzie The third
was TO explore the mainland and islands
already known east Of the Mackenzie
deltas.
StefanBon himself, with the whaler
KurIuk got away safely from Point
Barrow, and steered for the north, seek"
ing the unknown continent. which the
Russian expedition that arrived at st,
Micheal reports having discovered.
American trading and exploring
schooners that cruised along the ST.
berian coast last summer were surprised
to meet Russian steamers, including an
ice breaker, that had made the voyage
from Europe along tho arctic shores, al.
most to Beriug strait. It is supposed
the Russian government is making ex-
tensive surveys of it's Siberian shores
and the seas that wash them,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-12
Heart-rending Scenes.

Hope and despair alternated in the
breasts of the passengers gathered on the
deck Of the Volturno as the night wore
on When one OF the c!rcling ships would
ship. probably borne that way by the
gale the terrorzed passengers would set
up yell OF delight. but this would be
followed by wall OF despair as the ves-
away from the Volturno In the early
hours OF the. night many prayers were
said on board the Yolturno. but as the
hours passed the majority OF those on the
Volturno seemed to lose their reason and
become transnXed. For long spaces Of
time groups could be seen standing close
to the rail with scores Of others pressed
close behind them. All would apparently
be gazing at one or the other OF the cir
cling vessels; then. for some unknown
reason. there would come from the burn
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-12
Appalling Scene at Dawn.

Shortly before dawn the watchers on
the vessels which formed the circle were
appalled, TO see an immense flame shoot
up from about the middle OF the Vol
turno. An instant later this was fol-
lowed by. a report which could be heard
on all OF the vessels. When the mass
of fame and burning material had set
lied down, It was seen that a great rent
had been torn in the burning vessel.
This was later learned to have been
caused by an explosion OF the boilers.
Up to this time the crew, assisted by
many Of the male passengers, had put
up steady fight agains the flames. For
a long time the steam pumps had been
used TO flood the holds and when the
heat In the fire room became unbearable
the hand pumps were put into action.
Many OF the passengers took their turns
at these pumps and It was by the use
OF these that the flames were prevented
from reaching the afterholds, over which
the women and children We're huddled.
To those watching the tragic spectacle
Il seemed that tho storm began to die
down Immediately after the explosion.
A few minutes later the first rays OF the
dawn shot across tho water and 1t could
then be seen that the fire had gone down
consid era bly,, owing 10 its having prac-
tIcally burnt Itself out
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-12
|ry to u hite-
Wash PimpIes
'ecple Who Attempt to Hide Un-
lightly Pimples Behind Paint and
Powder Clog Their Pores and
Coarsen Their Skin,

tlmples arc the source OF the greatest
-4Sgrin and humiliation to the sensitive
~ anxious for the adm!ra ton that
.<<auty receives, And II is only natural
<pat she tries to hide them behind paint
md powder.
one little realizes, however. what al
.apht .I irreparable Injury she inflicts on her
IN ~ a through the clogging and enlarging
~ ~ xte sne Pores of the skin. The impurities
Y. tne blood that cause pimples have
2ut moi only on the lace. but on the
i;poutders, back and arms. Instead OF
,e'p.oving her looks, she has spoiled
"naiever beauty was left her.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-12
A Marvellous Escape.

MY little boy had a marvellous es.
cape writes P, T. Bastiams of Prince
Albert, Cape of Good Hope "It oe.
CURED in the middle of the night. He
got very severe attack Of Group As
tie Of Chamberlain g Cough Remedy ir
the house, After following the direc.
tions for an hour and twenty minutes
hn wns through all danger Sold by
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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-12
STEAMER VOLTURNO
HAD NOTED CAREER

HALIFAX. Oct. 11.-Local agents had
no word OF the disaster this afternoon,
The Volturno had been running here for
seven years for different owners. On
recent trip. about six weeks ago. her
sister ship, the Uranium. put into Hall
fax with her forepeak aflre.
The Voiturno has had a somewhat
noted career. On her first trip to this
port she brought In the crew OF a French
bark, In Champagne. whom she res
cued IN id-Atlantic during storm as
Violent as that in which the Volturno
was destroyed. The Volturno. then COM
rnanded by Captain Harrison. stayed by
the sinking vessel for four days until the
seas moderated sufficiently to launch
lifebOat
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-12

ean 81 she only knew how easily pimples
fers w cured with Stuart's Calcium Wa
aeoin she would never use cosmetics
bsor just as soon as her blood has
f6isi cleanaed by the purifying agents OF
difionaNo sovereign remedy. all the foul con-
brsshss oi her skn-pimDles. bla cllheads.
dissres ana liver spots-would quickly
zlorp,ppeeur And the rosy cheeks and rich.
1Ysr,ns,s roiors OF healthy. natural COM
ffscts1ml VIII be q hundrcdfold more at
out w than any she could possibly get
Htva l paint COX or a powder rag.
hocJ calcium Waters taken Into the
rsfha- convert the impurities that have
{hss rec reg ~ the pores into a gaseous form
All readily escapes through the pores.
6ov,s he same time thcy stimulate the
fer -. INTO throwing off the foul mat
Tba tnat mas accumulated about them.
Ara result Is that the blood and skin
LUCKY freed OF all Impurities and
VIE va tc healthy. vigorous condition:
MI" pure pure blood, a healthy, beautiful
iowans VIII S,n, follow as certainly as day fol-
afi,. you have pimply, broken out
RisSt you should clear Il up at once
NM. Stuarts Calcium Waters. Don't
oniv, wash wash Your face. II fools nobody and
oss makes matters worse. There is only
fect,, emedy thnt In at once safe and ef-
nsrse-Stuart's Calcium W8fers-rccom-
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for 10y ny one sure and quick way 10 beauty
nez.ysoou' That is straight line TO the
4b,ss, drug store for q soc box ol
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fAdver,lsemnnt)
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-12
COMMENT ON BLOWING
UP OF GAMBOA DIXIE

ROME, Oct. 1l.-Commenting upon
tho successful operation of the de.
struction OF the Gamboa dixie, the news
paper Vita says today:
"The Panama canal is ono Of the
grandest conquests of humanity. which
feverishly looks toward tho future with
an growing faith in new successes
and triumphs, The canal is ono Of the
most famous achievements of the nine
teenth and twentieth centuries, both
for the audacity OF the idea and the
technical difficulties surmounted -
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-12
Heard Call for Help.

JEe lul. text OF lnc report or TIE cap
ain of the Grosser Kurfuerst was a
follows:
We received the appeals for help
from the Yolturno on Thursday at 4
o'clock In the afternoon, while we
were in latitude 1880 north. longi-
tude 36 o6 west. When VIC arrived
near the Volturno We found her COM
had arisen from violent explosion
In the forward part OF the vessel and
this explosion had killed number
OF passengers and sailors.
Eleven steamers gathered in the
ne!ghborhood of the disaster. which
took place during violent storm
blowing from the northwest, with the
sea breaking high
Two of the boats OF the Grosser
Kurfuerst were lowered and kept n:
work during the whole night from 9
O'Clock In the evening Ill 315 In the
morning. 1t was almost impossible
Tor them 10 approach the wreck and
the rescue OF those on board the Vol
turno was possible only when they
Jumped overheard.
4 boat was lowered from the Vol
turno with five men who were saved.
but the boat sank Immediately after
ward
The total OF those rescued from the
ship was 523. and OF these. eighty
six passengers. two ships officers.
one engineer and sixteen sailors.
making total OF 10J. were taken on
board the Grosser Kurfuerst.
Two full boatloads from the Vol
turno arc being still sought for. but
II Is improbable that they will be
found.
One hundred and thlrty-slX persons
from the Volturno arc missing. The
Carmania and La Touraine are
searching In the vicinity of the scene
of the disaster. where the wreck is
dangerous to navigation.
The shlpwrecked passengers and
crew on board the Grosser Kurfuerst
are being wel cared for and have
been provided with proper accom-
modatlons. we arc proceeding.
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ing deck cry OF agony and despair that
chilled the blood of the onlookers.
Then the passengers, In their frantic
despair, would hold out their hands TO
the slowly passing vessels. apparently
begging 10 be taken OF and unable TO
realize why. with help SO near. they
should be made to stand on the blistering
decks or leap into the water without any
semblance OF chance OF being saved.
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Relatives Anxious.

HALIFAX, Oct. 1.-The announce
ment made here today that the Volturno
had been burned at sea. with q possible
heavy loss of life. created CONSERVATION
and deep distress among relatives and
Yolturno was due to stop at Halifax on
her way to New York.
One woman. who has two sons on the
vessel coming from Holland. insisted
Historically that the local agents OF the
line tell her whether her boys were safe
She had TO be quieted by assurances that
the young men We're ell right. The off,
clals were afraid TO tell her there was
any doubt OF their safety, for fear that
She might lose her reason.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-12
Barr's Report.

The report received here tonight ahn ~ oy by
ma MIA states that the Solturno was aban-
doned at sea. October 8, at l:so a; 20 M n
When the vessel was in latitude 4s 20,
10 Captain Barr gave the number OF lives
carnania, II: La Touraine, 40: Minns-
apoiis. 80 RapgaahInnoSE 10; sS: SHaS KrooD aUs.
inna &c. Grosser Kurfuret. 1o6; seydlitz.
SO.
CAPTAIN Barr reported by wireless TO-
r,ght that several attempts had been
made by different vessels In the rescue
fieet to launch lfcnontS during pst the long ai
temnts had been unsuccessful On one
occasion boat from the csrnan,a Snr h,,. Ths ths
%. uors became exhausted In their effort
to reach the side Of the 6u5"ing bur IS. vesse, ats
n,ho was in command OF the boat put
back to the Carmania On an1tmer 1,hsr yessss oeeS
sion 81 boat from one OF tho other VcSseIs
w.s canslzed a short distance from wnere
Il was launched. Fortunately another me-
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-12
Oil Poured on Water.

II was then that the fight to remove
the passengers began. 1t was also then
that the great value Of the Narragan-
sett dawned upon the captains, A few
seconds later the pumps on the oil steam
er were working and streams oil Oil wore
being poured out over tho water. with
the "bnttIo line" still preserved. the Mar
rn eansett circled the Volturno and as the
oil spread over the surface OF tho sea
II seemed to materially calm the waters
When tho effects Of the oil were no
ticeable and II was apparent that the
eoIe had spent itself, tho lifeboats from
the rescue fleets were launched and tho
york of removing tho teTor-strlcken pas
senrers began in earnest
CAPTAIN Inch had Iashed himself TO the
rnast of the Volturno and directed the
ordor of leaving the vessel, The general
rule of the sea, Women and children
frst was obcyed IN the strictest sense;
There were a large number OF women ana
children among the passengers. most OF
whom had embarked In the steerage-
when these had been landed safely on
one or tho other vessels the men ana
nembers of the crew began 10 leave.
Csntoin Inch was the last man 20 leaVe
tho VoIturno AS the young captain SID
down tho rope TO the waiting boat ne
took ono last look over his vessel. as II
IN the hope Of seeing some chance 10
.a m ,,e ber But to those who had been
fhe last to leave 1t was apparent that II
was only a matter Of hours before the
Volturno would sink.
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made o desperate effort to get along
side the Volturno, but the waves beat
them back again and again, and not
until the storm abated at daylight Fri
day did the rescuers succeed in receiv-
ing the survivors from the doomed ship:
Even now only the fringe of one of
the most thrilling tales of the sea is
available, Exactly how the rescue was
effected is not known. The Volturno
was we'll equipped with boats, suffi;,
cient, the agents say, for thousand
people, but the boisterous sea or lack OF
boat drill, or panic among the passen-
gers. prevented the successful employ
ment of them, The rescue ships were
able to lower lfeboats, but apparently
most of the boats launched from the
Volturno were smashed or upset and
the occupants drowned. Two of the
boats, crowded with passengers, are re-
ported TO have got away from the ship,
but search for them has proved fruit
less, and they have practically been
given up as lost.
The occupants Of these boats are In
cluded in the death roll.
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