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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-10-14
Kroonland Expected

New YORK, october 13.-Carrying IA of
the passengers and IA of the crew of the
ill-starred volturnor the steamship
Kroonland of the Red Star line is bat
Ting her way toward this port against
northwesterly gales and heavy seas some
500 miles east of Sandy Hook. Reports
received here today at the offices of the
International Mercantile Marine COM
pany, owners of the line, timed the ex-
pected arrival of the Kroonland here as
Wednesday night or Thursday morning.
Captain Kriehbohm of the Kroonland
sent wireless message by way of Cape
Race to the offices of his line here today
describing in skeleton form the part his
ship played in the mid-ocean drama in
which the Volturno met with disaster.
Thursday morning at 9 o'clock, reported
Captain Kriehbohm, the Kroonland's OPP
orators picked up the wireless call sent
by the Carmania and the Kroonland was
steered Immediately for the indicated
spot. The message said
"Carmania, Grosser Kurfurst and Seyd-
litz standing by. Immensely high seas,
strong gale. Went as near Volturno as
safety permitted. Saw two-thirds of the
ship burning like furnace. Survivors
were crowded on after part of steamer.
Any delay fatal
Called out for volunteers and sent boat
commanded by Fifth Officer Kummel.
sible to try the Lyle guns
Later sent two boats under Second
Officer Mansfield and Fifth Officer Kun
mel. They returned later, respectively,
with three and ten rescued men.
Nobody on Board
"As the fire on the Volturno kept away
from the after deck, kept maneuvering
near and sent three boats away which
made many trips. AT 8 o'clock. at night
the last boat alongside carried captain.
Nobody was left on board. We had sue
ceeded in taking off IS persons and the
captains dog. Our boats then were re-
placed in davits and we proceeded full
speed ahead.
THE captain of the Volturno tells me
that one boat with cabin passengers left
the ship early in the morning, but they
were spilled. Fate of crew uncertain.
Another boat containing steerage passen-
gers was smashed and all perlshed The
third boat possibly got away safely.
Carmania and Campania searching for
it."
thousand cases of gin were slowed
under the after deck and when Captain
Inch of the Voturno left his vessel the
fire had just reached them, Captain
Kriehbohm reported
The Volturnos officers rescued by the
Kroonland's boat crews were Capt f. N
Inch, Chief Engineer r. Dewar, Second
Engineer Malcomson, Fourth Engineer j.
Bellfeld and Fifth Engineer M. Steg-
mieri, W. Seldom and c. II. Pennington,
first and second wireless operators and
II. Ferieham, second steward. Among
the passengers. apparently all from the
steerage, were three children with par
ents missing.
Praises Heroism
Another wireless dispatch dated today
.,-l he ,t.x, 4 Il
.'Kroonland cabin unites in praise of
the heroism of the captain and officers
and all of the crew of the Volturno.
The Red Star line officials replied to-
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to render aid on account of the great
waves.
Soon after midnight the Grosser hur-
feurst succeeded in lowering a boat which
had almost as painful an experience as
the CArmania's. After getting within
speaking distance of the Volturno the Of
ficer in charge of the boat shouted to the
passengers to jump. But either they did
not hear or were afraid to respond. The
people aboard the fireship were in a state
of semi-coliapse; they were overcome by
the sight of the fire.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-10-14
Gypsy EVANGELIST
STYLES AMERICANS
RELIGIOUS TRAMPS
No People So Willing to
Run After New Fads,
He Says
IMMENSE AUDIENCE
HEARS HIS SERMON
Many Are Brought to Profess Faith.
Meeting interrupted by People
Who Leave Before the
Service Ends
ToDAY,s PROGRAMME

Noon:
11:2O-Doors open.
12-Services begin.
Gypsy Smith will be assisted by a
local pastor, who will begin the
meeting.
Evening:
7:30-Doors open.
7:45-Song service begins.
S:15-Gipsy Smith takes charge of
meeting.
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which reach Fishguard today. He says
he received a wireless distress call
from the Vclturno, which was rs miles
off and then almost in mid Atlantic
reporting that the steamship was afiie
The Carmania put on full steam ahead
and reached the Volturno.
The Volturno was rolling in rag
ing gale. Her forward end was burn
Ing fiercely. Her boat lowering tackle
had fouled and four of her lifeboats,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-10-14
Heroic Efforts

London. October 13.=The stories told
by the passengers of the steamship
Carmania and other liners which went
to the rescue of the burning Volturno
describe heroic efforts in the face of
almost insuperable difficulties to save
the passengers and crew of the doomed
ship.
As yet information is lacking as to.
how the fire originated, but ii Is shown
that the fact that not more lives We're
lost was due in the first place to the
wireless and in the second to Captain
Bars happy idea of calling the Mar
ragansett for oil.
There is some discrepancy in the
stories with regard to the behavior of
the crew, but 1t Is significant that of
the crew numbering 80. rs are reported
lost, while most of the officers re-
NAMED aboard and We're eventually
rescued.
What issues clearly from all the
narratives is that practically all the
lives were sacrificed In attempts to
launch the boats before the arrival of
the other steamers and that had Cap
tain Inch known so much help would
be forthcoming practically all might
have been saved.
The Carmania arrived at Fishguard
today, but her commander declined to
give out an official statement until hc
submitted his report to the company
officials at Liverpool. where the Car
mania is due tomorrow.
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The terrible story of the disaster in
mid-Atlantic when the steamship Vol
turno, belonging to the Canadian
Northern Steamship company and
chartered by the Uranium line, burned,
with 1s6 persons out of 657 on board
missing was cabled to America from
London.
The story comes from Captain Barr
of the Carmania of the Cunard line,
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loaded to capacity. had been smashed
against her sides. All of the boats oe-
cupants werel drowned.
Captain Barr tried to rescue the i'm
peril1ed passengers left on board the
Volturno. but the Carmania's boats
found it impossible to get alongside
the burning steamship owing to the
raging storm.
Meanwhile the Carmania had kept
her wireless working, attracting the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-10-14
Passengers of iii Fated
Z, VolturnO Tell Graphic
Story of Great Disaster


of the Volturno. They waved handker-
chiefs and shouted cheering words through
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scores in the audience grew grave. Their
faces were thoughtful and earnest Even
the children who had been SO Thoughts
lessly playing but a short hour before
grew grave as the simple language of
the simple gypsy boy began to penetrate
even their limited understanding.
Mr.. Smith told his audience to bow
the head and pray and as 1T did so he
asked that all who wanted to be prayed
for to please rise that he might see them.
Among the first to rise were three of the
little girls seated on the topmost step
leading to the platform. Young girls
predominated. High school girls, fol-
lowing the examples of their younger
sisters began rising in all parts of the
great tabernacle. And many were the
young men who arose in their seats and
asked that the gypsy evangelist pray for
them. Old men and women were ris-
ing too, and grandfathers became per-
sonal workers in telling their grandsons
of the wonder and glory of following
Jesus
Early in the evening party of per-
haps 80 nurses came into the auditorium
and the audience gave them a rousing
cheer at the instance of Gypsy SMITH
"the Florence Nightingales,'' he said.
Two of this party came forward at the
evangelist's plea for sinners to come to
Jesus. One old gentleman came forward
supported between two strong young men.
He shook the hands of the gypsy and
passed on to the inquiry room. And
down on the front row a mother was
talking earnestly and tearfully to her
young daughter. The little one MAIN
tanned rigid silence for a while, but
soon she was sobbing in her mother S
arms and they came forward together
The little one shook hands with the evan
gelst, at the same time keeping one
81 a her rnfbpr'S waiGt rhaNY
passed into the inquiry room and re-
turned in a few minutes with faces il
lumined with the smile of perfect under
standing
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Little Girl Makes Convert

At one of the benches on the right
side of the pulpit a little girl of kinder
garten age was kneelng reverendly, her
pretty, dimpled elbows resting upon the
bench, her little hands forming an in
verted V, and her lips moving as If in
prayer. Just a little, curly-haired girl
but on her innocent upturned face there
was a smile of divine gladness, as though
an angel had lowered a-near. To the
young man sitting beside her she must
have been an angel, for he swallowed
hard once or twice at the gathering
lump in his throat and then summoning
his courage TO his aid, he faced that
audience as he went forward to shake
hands with the evangelist and then to-
the inquiry room to pray to the evange-
lists God and the God that was soon
to be his
Two mothers with smiles of infinite
gladness came forward with their arms
about sons who had reached the age of.
young manhood and the eyes of both
were filled with tears-the sons tears
were those of penitence and the mothers
tears of gladness.
A father came forward with his baby
girl in his arms and the evangelist bent
forward and imprinted a gentle kiss upon
the forehead of the innocent babe The
fathers eyes were moist as he passed on
to the inquiry room.
The evangelist asked that every per-
son in the audience who felt that he or
she had touched Jesus to please rise.
Practically everyone stood. He then
said that IL they were followers of Je-
sus and had touched Him they would
speak to the person sitting beside them
who had not touched Him. Scores did
and the response was immediate. Young
girls came forward in large numbers.
Nearly all of them came with tear-hlled
eyes and swelling throats.
One beautiful young girl came from the
west side of the great auditorium and
with her came two more who had acted
the part of personal workers in bringing
her. Her face was red with weeping, but
out of her eyes shone that look of ten
der gladness that is SO often seen in the
faces of those who are touched at the
meetings on First avenue.
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Another wireless dispatch dated today
on board the Kroonand said:
'Kroonland cabin unites in praise of
the heroism of the captain and officers
and all of the crew of the Volturno.
The Red Star line officials replied to-
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to which they received an
swering signals from the Immigrants on
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-05-22
FEDERAL GRAND JURY
IS PROBING AFFAIR
Attempt TO SmuggIe War Aero
plane Into Mexico.

Los Angeles, May 20.-Investigation
OF the federal jury into the alleged
attempt to smuggle a war aeroplane
across the Arizona border into Sono-
ra for the s of the in~surrecto forces
has been resumed here. According to
Assistant United States Attorney Dud.
ley s. Robinson at least FIVE indict-
ments for conspiracy to violate the
presidential proclamation concerning
the transportation of munitions of
war into Mexico will be returned.
Mr.. Robinson has returned from
San Diego. where he procured new
evidence. He said he expected indict-
ments to be returned against Dedier
Mason. the French aviator, and his
assistant, Thomas Dean; Colonel Man.
uel Blanche Alcaldo, former publisher
of the Nueva Era, a Maderist newspa.
per of Mexico City; his brother, Cap
tain Boaquin b. Alcalde, former fenc.
ing master in the Madero household,
and General Santiago Camberas of
Nogales, Sonora.
The federal prosecutor also init
mates that others might be involved.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-05-22
TWENTY RETURN TO WORK
Paterson Strikers March Through
Lines OF Police.

Paterson, N. j., May 2O.-Througt
lines of police two blocks long twenty
former employees of the silk mill Of
the Arthur Price company returned e
work after a strike of more than two
months. Hundreds of pickets OF the
Industrial Workers OF the World
sought to prevent their return, but the
police guard was too effective. There
was a lively scrimmage for a time and
sixty pickets were arrested.
The Price mill is a comparatively
small one. employing nominally thirty
hands. The return of its strikers, with
demands unsatisied. is heralded by
the manufacturers as meaning the
near end Of the strike. Leaders OF the
Industrial Workers of the World. on
the other hand, maintain that the
fight will go on undated and that few
others will yield.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-05-22
WILL WORK FOR A NEW LAW
Exclusion League Not Satisfied With
California Statute.

Sacramento. Cal, May 21.-The off.
GERS OF the Asiatic Exclusion league.
backed by directors of the Panama
Pacific exposition, have begun the
work OF preparing petitions to initiate
a new an.i-alien land owning bill as a
substitute for the Webb bin signed
by Governor Johnson.
The original intention of the league
to get a referendum on the Webb bill
Is believed to have been abandoned as
the result OF the general feeling that
some sort Of an exclusion bill is de.
sirable. Should a referendum petition
be filed 1t would render the Webb bill
imperative until after the people had
passed upon 1t. If an initiative petit.
ton is filed the people will not vote
on the proposed law until November,
1914. In the meantime, however, the
Webb bill would remain In effect.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-05-22
SUFFRAGETTES ARE FEARED
Famous Golf Links in Scotland Guard
ed Night and Day.

st. Andrews, Scotland, May 21.-
This little town is almost in a state
of siege as the result Of threats ut
tered by the militant s~uffragettes that
they will destroy the putting grounds
and thus render play impossible in
the worlds amateur golf champion
ship which is to be competed for here
next week.
The most intense excitement pre-.
walls among the townspeople, who
depend largely for their prosperity
upon the golf links, while the mem
bers of the Royal and Ancient Coli
club also are extremely anxious.
They and the citizens have organized
a vigilance committee whose mem
bers. together with 5000 volunteers.
will guard the green's night and day.
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TO CONFER ON SITUATION
Republican Executive Committee Will
Meet Saturday.

Washington, May 21.-James B.
Reynolds, secretary of the Republican
national committee, arrived in town
to prepare for the meeting of the ex-
ecutive committee on Saturday. AT
that time the political situation, espe-
cially with reference to the congress
sional campaign, will be canvassed
carefully. The Republican congress
sional committee, ii is announced,
will be organized early next month
and 1t Is expected that both commit.
tees will work in harmony.
One OF the first men whom Mr.. Rey-
nolds met was Tom Pence, in charge
Of the Democratic national organiza-
ton headquarters. The two are old
friends, although political opponents.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-05-22
CINCINNATI DROPS
STREET CAR SUIT
Strike Settled and Action for
Receiver Dismissed.

Cincinnati, May 21.-The suit Of
the city of Cincinnati for the appoint
ment OF a receiver for the Cincinnati
Traction company was dismissed in
the common pleas court after City
Solicitor Bettman had informed the
court that the street car strike had
been settled and that the purpose of
the suit was accomplished.
Street car service has been resumed
on all lines.
The two arbitrators named to take
up the questions to be arbitrated met
to select a third member. The agree.
ment provides that in case they failed
to agree upon a mar the selection
should be left to the state board OF
arbitration and Cancellation.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-05-22
WILSON MAY FOLLOW TAFT
Indicates He Is Not Pleased With
Sundry Civil Bill.

Washington, May 21.-President
Wilson, at a conference with Chair.
men Fitzgerald and Martin of the
house and senate appropriations com
mittees, respectively. is said to have
indicated that he might prefer to
have eliminated from the sundry civil
appropriation bill the much discussed
section which forbids that a certain
item be used in prosecuting farm.
ers' and workingmen's organizations
for violations of the Sherman law.
President Taft vetoed the bill be-
cause of it and President Wilson at
first indicated that inasmuch as he
thought 1t did not establish a general
principle he would not object to it.
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HUSBAND
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TRADE "TIPs" FROM coNsuLs
Thousands In Additional Export BusI
ness Has Resulted.

Washington, May 20.-Attention 10
business men and manufacturers was
called by the department of commerce
to the daily publication OF The Trades
Notes" or Trade Opportunities" col
lected by American consuls and con
sular agents. In a special circular the
department sets forth the value OF
these commercial tips"
in some instances" the department
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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-05-22
new PRESIDENT
IS INAUCURATED
General MenOcal Head of
Cuban Republic.
GRADUATED AT CORNELL
Lived In the United States for Many
Years and Received His Education
Here-vice President varona an
Author and Newspaper Man.

Havana, May 21.-With the irau.
guratlon OF General Mario G.. Men.
ocal as president in succession 10
President Jose Miguel Gomez and OF
Dr.. Enrique Jose Varona as vice
president the Cuban republic enters
on a new phase OF its existence in a
spirit of high hopes for the preserv-
ing of peace and the establishing OF
the prosperity of the island.
General Menocal was born In 1866
at Jaguep Grande, Matanzas province.
His family soon removed to the
United States and he was educated
In the military college of Washing
ton and then at Cornell university.
He graduated from Cornell as a civil
engineer.
Upon leaving Ithaca he went with
his uncle, Aniceto G.. Menocal, chief
OF the engineering staff which made
the survey of the Nicaragua canal. and
worked with him. He returned to
Cuba as an engineer for q French
company. At Santa Cruz he Joined
the revolutionary forces as a private
and rose rapidly until he became a
general OF division. He rendered
great service to the Americans at the
time OF the Spanish evacuation. He
managed the Chaparra sugar estate
up to a few weeks before his inaugu.
ration.
Vice President varona was born in
Camaguey April 13, 1S49; was gradu.
ated from the University OF Havana.
and Is proftsor of philosophy and
ethics In that institution. He was
deputy to the Spanish cortes from
Camaguey province shortly after the
t~en-years' war (1S6S-7S). Under Gen.
eral Woods administration he was
secretary OF public instruction. He
Is an author and newspaper man and
president of the Conservative party. |
which won the recon elections.
President Menocal declares that he
Will devote all his energies to giving |
the country a clean, business admin !
istration, welcome foreign capital and
immigration and maintain friendly /
with all nations, especially
the United States.
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ESSAD PASHA is MURDERED
Turkish Commander at ScutarI Re.
ported Slain.

Vienna, May 21.-Essad Pasha, who
commanded the Turks at Scutari
throughout the siege, has been MUIR
dered at Tirana, according to reports
which have reached the Albanians at
Trieste. avs a dispatch to the Reichs.
post from that city.
Tirana is where Essad Pasha
marched with many thousands of
Turkish troops after the evacuation
OF Scutari and formed a provisional
Albanian government.
1t is thought the murder may be
the result OF a blood vendetta carried
out by relatives OF General Hassan
Pasha, who preceded Essad as com.
mander at Scutari and whose death
there was laid to Essad Pasha.