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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-29

QUEBEC, May 29.-According to the best obtain
able estimates, 678 persons persisted this morning
when the Canadian Pacific liner, Empress of Ireland,
foundered off Father Point Gulf of st. Lawrence,
after it ramned in the dense fog by the collier
Storstadt. The Empress of Ireland was day out
of port and was commanded by Lieut.. Kendall, r. N.
r. Many notable persons, including large party OF
the Salvation Army their way to London, were
aboard.
The steamers Eureka and Evelyn which fastened
TO the scene of disaster, rescued 399 PERSONS and
later brought them here. The collier Storstadt res
cued 800 persons, and it is believed that the remain
der of the 1877 persons aboard the Empress
drowned or killed.
The search for survivors has not been abandoned,
but is not believed that any others will be saved
The death list is now placed at 678.
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WHAT IS HOME
WITHOUT BABY?

1--WE had baby that died of
pneumonia two years ago." writes
one woman who has applied to
the Times for the privilege of be-
coming little David's mother.
OF all the tragedies of life,
that one sentence tells tragedy
than which there is none more
poignant.
This woman who wants David,
90 months old, whom the Times
promised to find real home with
fond parents and loving hearts
pleads earnestly and feelingly for
the chance to adopt him.
But the Times must go slow.
So we're going TO hold on TO
David for few days more, and
in the meantime IL you want
David, write to the editor, tell
what sort of home you can give
him, and every application will
be thoroughly considered.
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JUST ".sHIp GONE"

QUEBEC, May 20. - "Ship
gone" was the laconic final mes
sage flashed by Captain Kendall
from the Empress of Ireland's
wireless just as the big liner was
going down in the Gulf OF st.
Lewrence early today.
Following his IS. o. s." call,
Captain Kendall briefly explained
the situation by wireless. The
speed with which the vessel went
down, however, was indicated by
the abruptness of his closing sem
tence.
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ONLY Y WOMEN

MONTREAL, May 29.-Only IL
women were saved among those
on board the Empress of Ireland,
according to dispatch received
here this afternoon. IL Is added
that most of the survivors were
members of the crew. There was
a report that many Of the pas
sengers were killed In their berths
when the Storstadt's bow crashed
through the Empress side. An
other report was that 20 of the
survivors had died from expos
ure. The number OF rescued at
latest advices was 337.
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CAPTURED cRIPpEN

QUEBEC, May 29.--Capt. Ken-
dali, commander of the wrecked
steamer, attained considerable
celebrity a few years ago when ne
captained the liner Montrose AMI
discovered DR.. Crippen among tho
passengers. He notified the au-
thorities by wireless and turnel
the wife-murderer over to the
police.
Responding to a wireless APP
peal, the tug Strathcona has
been dispatched to assist the
Storstadt, which coliided with the
Empress of Ireland.
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MANY FROM B. c.

VANCOUVER. b. c., May 20.
Many homes in Vancouver to-
day were grief-stricken when
news of the sinking of the
steamship Empress of Ireland
was received here. No less than
20 Vancouver people lost their
lives. including a big contingent
of local Salvation Army officers
on their way to England. Most
prominent among the Vancouver
passengers was Mrs. G. T. HALEY,
mother of Captain A. j. HALEY,
commander of the steamship En-
press of India, sister ship of
the stricken Empress of Ireland
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the bull by the horns first instead
of last, and | established rations.
! allowed each man one pint of
water a day and one biscuit for
each meal.
I'VE caught a little rain in a
storm on Thursday in tarpaulins,
but it wasn't much, and on Satur-
day-the sixth day-the men,
having seen so little water during
the week. grew very thirsty, and
very hungry they had grown, too.
Then they began begging for
food and water, but especially wa
ter. But had to be firm. 1t was
at this time that little Prieve,
who had been our cabin boy,
spoke up.
That water and those bis
cults have got to last another
whole week, fellows he said, so
you'd better be careful of 'em
and not tease for en-
"Then Prieve TOLD THE
DREAM HE HAD before he left
Antwerp.
81 dreamed he said, that
was in an open boat Il days be-
fore we were rescued, and so j
know we'll be rescued on the
fourteenth day.
THE first Sunday we spent in
the boat, the seventh day out, was
the beginning of a reign of terror
for me-the beginning Of the
time when the self-control start
ed to slip off from some of those
big, strong, primitive men in that
boat and to reduce them to cave
men. They became mad for wa
ter; they felt that alone could
keep death from them.
Hull, an oiler, was the first to
break. But his true nature was
more or less gentle and he be-
gan only to DANCE AND SING
IN HIS MADNESS, and then to
scoop up and drink great dippers
of the salty sea water.
az don't care il it does kill
me- he cried. Anyway, | want
to die if l can't go ashore The
salt water meant only one thing.
HE DIED IN AWFUL AGONY.
~ said what ] could remember
of the service for those buried at
sea and we dropped his body over
the side.
"Then the TERRIBLE THIRST
began to affect them all, and they
began cycling me.
BEGAN TO STEAL WATER
AND FOOD
'Well, they even tried to steal
water and biccuits-and they did
get some of the biscuits.
"They seemed to have lost all
honor. But could you blame
them?? When our engineer died
and some of the others, too, we
FOUND THEIR POCKETS
WERE GRAINED WITH BIS
CUTS. But those biscuits, stolen
i'm the dead of night, killed them.
Their stomachs, nearly empty for
SO long, could not stand the
sudden heavy intake Of food under
the frightful strain their bodies
suffered.
After that I HID THE TWO
AXES in the boat. I knew / was
no longer dealing with normal
men of the Goth century, but with
men who had practically become
savages with only one instinct
Get food and drink
And the looks that got-was
always getting! And how ! felt
myself! ! was no hero, either.
Il was as though the DEVIL
KEPT COMING TO ME and say
Ing: You are guardian of these
provisions; you can sneak q little
when no one is looking and save
YOURSELF
But ] put 1t away. 1t was an
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Rusl, to Rescue

HUSH 10 RESCUE
The Storstadt got its boats
over the side promptly. The En-
press also succeeded in getting off
several of her small craft and
lifeboats. All these were heav-
lily loaded, 1t is said. Lieut.. Ken
dali is reported to have been
saved from his bridge as the ship
went down under him. It Is sup
posed that most of the survivors
were picked up by the Storstadt's
boats. The government boats
Eureka and Lady Evelyn speeded
to the scene of the disaster and
gathered up the survivors from
the boats and life RATS and car
ried them to Rimouski.
Sinks I'm 10 Minutes.
The Storstadt, with its bow
badly smashed, passed Father
Point about dawn, on its way up
the river. 1t reported by wire
less that it was carrying surviv-
ors and corpses to port. Its COM
mander also stated that the EN-
press sank 10 minutes after the
collision.
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BY H. P. BURTON

Copyright, 1914, by the Newspaper Enterprise
Association.)
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, May 29.-"You can see
the sears on my body" said Robert Tere,- but you
can't see the SCARS ON MY SOUL!'
He was lying there, peacefully enough now,
against very flat white pillows in sunny room in
the Victoria General hospital this 22yearod slip Of
a boy who, for 1872 days. commanded like some Iron
Duke, on the wide, lost waters of the Atlantic, a
boatload of hungry sinister men-MEN DYING OF
STARVATION AND Mad WITH SALT WATER
M ADNESS
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let her husband from her f"

duct her husband from her."
Young Levi, the complaint re.
cites, is the owner of considerable
stock In the II. Levi company, and
the deserted bride declares that
the defendants threatened to de.
stroy the value of Millions hold
ings In the banking concern If he
did not leave her. 1t Is further
alleged that Fanny and Herman
Levi told the young husband that
unless he had nothing more to do
with his wife, he would be dis
inherited by the family.
At the time of filing this ac-
ton, Pearl Levi filed another
suit against her husand, Milton,
for maintenance pending the out
come of the trial of the aliena-
ton suit. In the latter, she asks
for $500 a month.
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tell me If 1t was tue he had
promised to furnish flat for her
In Chicago and told her he would
marry her as soon as his wife.
who is a frail woman, was dead
My voice was pitched a little
high. and | was shaking my fling
er at him. Then he suddenly
arose, looked me in the eye and
said, Well. what do you want
me to do? DO you want me to
confess intimacy with her? II I
did | probably would not be the
first man anyway"
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CROWDS MOURN

LONDON, March 29.-Crowds
besieged the Canadian Pacific's
offices here today, clamoring for
news of the lost steamship EN-
press of Ireland. Most of the
vessels officers and seamen were
English and their relatives were
half crazed with anxiety concern
Ing them. There was also an
avalanche of inquiries concern
ing passengers. The Canadian
Pacific's officials had little infor-
nation.
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] was the first person to be al
lowed actually to hear the tragic
story of this third boatload of the
burned Columbian's survivors,
from Robert There's own lips
since he told it, in disconnected
bits, to Captain Johnstown, of the
Seneca, while that rescue ship
was racing to Halifax harbor aft
err picking up that final four, who
had watched II companions per-
ish at their feet within single
week.
PHANTOM OF MURDER
RODE IN THAT BOAT
1.-The real story of our adven-
ture," said Robert There to me,
was the things that didn't hap
pen, but they were the MOST
TERRIBLE THINGS OF ALL.
starvation and madness and
utter despair and death all rode
1t that little boat with us, but do
YOU know that all the time some
thing far more terrible rode with
us-and, though all of us knew
it, none of us even admitted it?
well, that thing was the
phantom of murder
Robert There lay back on his
pillow and drew his hand across
his eyes to shut out the sight of
what still burns in his brain
a bOatload of men ut bay, falling
dead all about him Tor lack of
food and drink, while he SAT
GUARD ON THE WATER CASK
AND FOOD BARREL, doing out
each day only enough to make
each of his enemies-"for ene-
mics hunger and thirst drove
them to be-" said Robert There
crazy for more.
"You see at first we were posi-
lively gay. 1t was just past Sun
day midnight-Monday, May 4th,
at 1890 a. m. to be exact-when
we left the burning Columbian in
our little lifeboat, the Is of us,
and we expected to be rescued the
next day sure by some passing
boat. We had given the S. o. s.
before the Columbian's wireless
was smothered, and we figured
that would bring many steamer
our way. So we established a
watch and turned in.
SAW SALVATION AND
THEN 1T FADED
Early that morning, through
the light fog that dripped over us,
the watch saw great blaze OF
light coming, not three-quarters
of a mile away. He reused us all
and we cheered, so happy we were
over an early rescue. We rowed
towards the oncoming steamer,
shouting as we rowed and way-
ing our flag, A TARPAULIN
FASTENED TO THE BLADE OF
AN OAR. But the Olympic didn't
seem to notice us, 30 we decided
to light a signal. We got out
our matches; THEY WERE WET
AND WOULDN'T LIGHT; we
waved our flag; we shouted our
selves hoarse; but the great
Olympic, in her blaze of happy
lights, swept by.
by this time the storm, which
had been continuously sweeping
us into the wallow of waves and
stopping our boat with brine, be-
gan to quiet, so we rugged up a
sea-anchor with our oars and can
vas and kept the boat riding the
crest of the waters. Fixed this
way we passed another night.
ONE PINT OF WATER AND
ONE BISCUIT FOR A MEAL
1.-THE next day / noticed shad-
ows, just faint ones, Pickering on
some of IA faces that looked at
me; and | myself, indeed, for that
matter, began to wonder how seri-
GUS this thing was going to turn
out to be. So decided to take
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-29
war IS over

WASHINGTON, d. c., May %.
Secretary Bryan today stated
for the first time. officially that
the mediation conference at Nj
agara cannot fail tc settle the
Mexican trouble He made the
statement at the cabinet meeting.
The danger of recourse to arms
lis passed, he declared.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-29
BECKERTO DIE

NEW YORK. May 2s.--Justice
Seabury today condemned Charles
Becker, former lieutenant OF pn-
lice, to die in the electric chair at
Sing Sing some time during tho
week Of July @. Becker was twice
convicted of the murder Of Her.
man Rosenthal.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-29
LINEUP FOR
TODAY'S CAME

The lineups of the Tacoma and
Victoria teams today. according
to Managers Delmas and McGin-
nifty, will be as follows, although
the Tiger lineup is apt to be shift
ed entirely about after practice:
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BRISTOL. Eng, May 2s.-The
steamer Royal Edward arrived
here day overdue. She hit an
iceberg in the same locality where
the Titanic sank. She carried
500.
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Liner RAmmED:
SINKS TIT 70
MINUTES
TACOMA GIRL AMONG WRECKED

Miss Eva Searle, formerly employed In Peoples
ana VINO lived at 3 South ST. the
the Empress of Ireland, 1t
the Canadian Pacific railway She purchased
booked In Tacoma She
home at Brighton England to visit her mother. She Is IS
years old and a native of England.
Miss Searle was member of the choir of the Trinity
Episcopal church She is the Seare
employed in the office of the superintendent
Pacific railway.
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NEWS SUPPLEMENT.
ISSUED as often a. IL comes
out. Free with everS copy OF the
Times. All the LATE news.
Everything absolutely incorrect)
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GETTING NEAR.
Try A. l.cmOn.l

LOlOo, bTdLli, MAY 6o.-oHi
little party is alone In the jungle.
Our natives have all left us, and
we four white men face the ter
rors of the tropics. Our provi-
sions have given out, but we are
living we'll. Roast jaguar. and
monkey stew are our fayorite
dishes. With the milk-tree handy,
coffee berries within reach and
sugar cane sticking On the earth,
we have something to drink. But
not a real drink, OF course.
Bull Conner says We are quite
near the mouth of the Duvida
river and within the next two
or nineteen days will be upon 1t.
PERSONALS.
]. w. Seldom had the axe out
last night, but not to cut off any
ones head.
Homer Bone is going to get a
trip to Chehalis, but he doesn t
get a chance to speak, so what's
the use?
Mark Davis certainly has one
or two of the most sparkling
suits We have had the pleasure of
seeing.
Frank Leslie thinks he is an
awful tough guy. but he's not.
Police Clerk McAfferty is pro-
testing because we have been ne
gleeting to mention him again.
IN MEMORIAM.
by Tearsanna SObbs.
His typewriter sits idly on it's
desk. Dust is settling over hts
chair. No more is his gentle
voice heard, nor Goes he write
vitrolic rdasts about some of our
worthy citizens.
Edward A. Peters, our esteem
ed collaboration on the Times,
has passed over to the big ma
jority.
No, no, he is not dead.
Pete has just got married.
WEATHER TODAY.
The blue triangular flag has
not yet been observed wavins
over the Central school.
POLITICAL STUFF.
The progressives may be will
ing to join the republicans, but
they are probably not half so
willing as the republicans are to
join them.
GRASSVILLE CUFF.
Marthy Mogglebooth is the
most popular girl in town. She
amt handsome, but she can make
swell pie.
Local talent gave theatrical
performance last night. They
presented either East Lynne" or
"Uncle Toms Cabin" 1t was i'm
possible to tell which.
ST SPOTS is going to Tacoma
to make his fortune. Tacoma peo-
pie are warned.
Bill Cults, the village barber,
worked overtime last night. Old
Judge Longlocks got his second
haircut since the war.
OUR DAILY ESSAY.
Ice Cream.
Ice cream is very good and
healthy. To deal with cold
facts, ice cream is one of tho
plainest and richest of foods. 1t
is made up of ice and cream,
which mixed together in a freez-
er makes 1t cold and gives it a
flavor. The best way to serve 1t
Is with cake.-Louie F.
SYMPATHY'S LETTERS.
Q.-How do You make love?-
Sweet Sixteen.
A.-Come down to the office
and get this answered personally.
Q.-What is a mole with ex-
ternal eyes.
A.-Something they have in
Puyallup.
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The first book printed on the American
continent WIS done In Mexico City In 1880.
In Seville, Spain, Jules Cromberger had a
printing establishment, and he decided it
would be n profitable venture to move to the
new world, SO he sent over press in charge
of Juan Pablos.
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sYMPATHY's LETTERS.

Q.--How do you make love?-
Sweet Sixteen.
A.-Come down to the office
and get this answered personally.
Q.-What is a mole with ex-
ternal eyes.
A.-Something they have in
Puyallup.
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GRAsSVILLE CUFF.
OUR DAILY ESSAY.

Ice cream is very good and
healthy. To deal with cold
facts, ice cream is one of tho
plainest and richest of foods. 1t
is made up of ice and cream,
which mixed together in a frecz.
er makes 1t cold and gives it a
flavor. The best way to serve II
Is with cake.-Louie F.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-29

The profession of onion pecling IL noe one !,
that obtains much notice. yet there are at |
least five hundred women In the east end or /
London earning their living by removing the |
skins OF opions. With practice they can |
make shilllngs or 3 shiliings q day.
The Washington herald., 1914-10-29
BOXING GOSSIP.

Tern Keller. Of California, who is one Of the
Eznest hsaEy-weights that have ever showed in the
East. is matched to battle ten rounds with Battling
YORK, Saturday night.
Johnny Coulon, e1-hautzni-Weigit champion, viii
hsht no more, having retired from the ring Be
dates his career as = business man from July !.
when he opened q real estate Office in Chicago. He
has saved up a hne collection Of dollars and likes
the realty game 50 naturally turns TO II to keep
him b1sy as a substitute for the strenuous life Of q
champion.
D. ]. Tortorich. the 6stic promoter.. Of New
Orleans, has practically arranged a bout between
Freddie Welsh and Joe MandOt the crack New
sgnr5, and is only waiting to hear from Mandot's
manager, who. he seems certain, will accept his
terms. II the match is clinched they viii battle
twenty rUunds Sunday, November IS.
lack Dillon the Indianapolis middle-WeiEht, viii
not get chance 10 box in ST. Louis again. The
mztchmRkeEs Of the different clubs out there held
a meeting few nights ago and decided not to
make any more offsTE to Dillon for bouts. Dillon
recently fought GeorEe t''Knockout'0 Brown, q
Chicago. at the Coliseum Athletic Club. which was
stcIpCd BY the referee and declared no contest
Psckey Mcfarland has finally returned with his
bride to Chicago. and when asked if he INTENDED to
iICn the ring for good and that he would devote
s his time hereafter 10 his interests in a brewery
at JUlict III. Mcfarland only remained in Chicago
few hours and then LEFT for Joliet. where he says
he vii! spend the Wiutef-
The Washington herald., 1914-10-29
Phil kings NEPHEW
PLAYING At PRINCETON
Famous Old Quarter Back of Tigers
Says Team Will Be Ready
for Big Games.

In Princeton last Saturday before the
Dartmouth game. Phil King, the Tigers
famous quarter back OF the early sos.
was easily spotted by the old grads who
were back for the game.
Football Expert Page. of the New York
Evening Post, prints the following para
graph:
Phil King plsyed football for the Tigsrs more
than twenty years ago. yet his hgure is Just
flexible. his face a. youthful. when he was
undergraduate. He was talking TO his nephew, .
member Of the freshman team. SATURDAY. when Q
party pasod the couple On the campuS
That's Phil King and his BephcW." Slid
one
rs that so-Phn King. ehiV said visitor to
the university. Well. say. which is Phil and
which Is the ncpheNt''
Mr.. King. who is q native Washing
tOnian. always takes a Keen interest IN
football at Princeton. His nephew, Syl-
van King. one Of the best schoolboy
players ever graduated from the Capital.
who captalned the Central High eleven
in lgll-l2, is playing full back in the
Princeton freshies this fall and Is slated
for the varsity next year.
Speaking Of Princeton's chances against
Harvard and Yale this season. Phil King
said that the Tigers. by the time the big
games rolled around. would be able to
cope with their strong opponents.
Individually Princeton Is stronger than
last year." added Mr.. King. They are
team play slowly, and I be-
lieye that when Harvard and Yale are
tackled the eleven will be right on its
toes with even chances to win both
games"
The Washington herald., 1914-10-29

FIRST RACE-seIlinE: tEoyear-oIds; maiden
colts and EeldingS: hTe and one-haH furlonES
'lrtsh General iG; Tinsmsn. 100: Mex 100; Jester
ll2: Prince AIheIt. li2; ST ChzrlOue Il2: Bnny
Deep f9; F. A. Weigle los; OSnonds 100: Santo,
ll2: Moscow. IL: Long Reach ll2
SECOND RACE-SellinE: hllies and mares: three
year-olds and upward; six furiongs. Miss Kruter.
n2: Big Lunar los: FuTin. lo6= 'Daisy Platt 10:
Lady London. III : Isloo III; Luria, liz: Cod Let
ter le; MARTY Lou. lG5; Civil Lass lO7; BirkI 10:
Triher. Ill: Coy. Ill.
THIRD RACE-Seiling: tVo-year-olds: ST fur
longs. 'Cannonade. loe; Tower. lo4: Water Witch.
lof; Milan. lG; Business Agent, 100; Brick and
Mortar. 100: Chesterton IF; 'IneE lo4: Noble Man
loi; White Crown, 10: Lady Jane. 100: SprudcI lOs
Ischsahibbe. III
FOURTH RACE-SeIling: fouT-year-oIds and up
ward; one and onesiKteVnth miles HoEdy Hosdy
lr: 'Lamode. lo6; Dick Deadwood lO5: Jimmie
Gill. lo7: Ask Ma. lc9; Gold Color loI 'Hcrmuda
lo5; Guide Post. los; George stol lo7: FLYING Feet
Ilo
FIFTH RACE-Seiling: three year-olds mile
and seventy yards 'Indolence. l05: Roy. los Bank
Bill. Ill; Little Bean. los; Besse Latimer. los;
Fist Degree, H.
SIXTH RACE-Selling; four-year-olds and up
ward; one and one-sNteenth miles. Ton King g;
MOckler. lo4; Love Day lo4: Louise Paul lOs; Joe
Diebold. 1G: 'BOnInzaS Ill; WaTering. 100: Phil
Mohr. loi; 'Veruna. loS; BOune Chance. ps; Olga
Star, 10.
'AppTrntice allowance claimed.