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1 mL'Qi ::i 7&(i(-:?:":fi Y m- ' -rr EJ A. IW I ' I . . I . I v IT . I 1 11 M V IV I 1 I I TIIZACZCCIATrD V .. PRESS DISPATCHES I 3 W I'm! LAST EDITION 4:00 P. ML Weather Torecast. FAIR AXD COLDER. VOL. XVlf. NO. 59. ASHEVILLE, N. C. THURSDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 18, 1912. 3c PER COPY S w KtaWe Passeers Aboard Tiicmh Drawmg Showing N 5? isr,'.vr vf"- n drawim?. oc- tljis titaui c-rL .. i . "iSHOW'THE CHARACTER OFTHB i I 1 VV . I DISASTER -.. I -.- : ' ' i ' ; ' . - 1 MX'i! - - , 7:.,--,.. ccfi, .: v : aI : j . I ll ' "AP SHOV1N3 UOCATION OF THE TITANIC AT THE ' WKE ' .J , U ( f jjlf ' ' II TIME OPTHE, ACC'DENTm ; AyN CAPTAIN ARXT-HIBALO - 6TRAU6 vv DUTT i r ..... .-, . y - LINER ENTERS WIRELESS ZONE Many Private Messages Are ' Received from Carpathia, But No Details of Titanic Disaster. RESCUE SHIP IS DUE AT NEW YORK TONIGHT Reports Persist That Only 705 of the Shipwrecked Are Aboard 13 Lifeboats , Available. RENEWS HIS ALLEGATION OF FRAUD BY TAFT New York. April IS. The Cunard liner CHrpathla. bcurinir survivors of the sunken sleumBhlp .Tltahlc, was making her way slowly toward New Vork this afternoon. KruplnR IhrouKh fot. her wtmlpsa as tllfnt as the Blrlcken vesel a small part ot whose human curno sho rarrles. AcoordlnK to the reckoniiiK. she will reach her dock hrre not before 1 o'clock, to morrow moriilnK. WlreleBM nifssanes bomharded the Carpathia all last nlKht and this mornlnif with little re nulla, and Inclicalloiia are no dctnllM "f the 1-iiHtiT will he known until the Carpathia roaches port. Judging from the nature of the few meaK,.g received from survlvora hoard tho Cariiathla, the Inference Is mnit of them are imawiire of the "wful traitedy that took place o hoard the Tltnnlc after site was abandoned. . Thu, many wives are ignorant that their huHband perished and uro hop lK they were picked pp by some pausing ner which fubicucntly ren dered service similar to that of thr Curpathia. In New York all preparations have been made to receive survivors when they bind. Kood. clothinK. ambulances and other necessities and luxuries have been provided. Police protec tion will lie ample and every measure wiH be taken to protect the unfnrtu-i"t.-r who hne been under such a tevrttie tuii;i. For women of tle HeeruKe. a i ..ouiiittee of prom'f v4ut ew V.,ik w. in. ii has been formed i h.niM. hi.,1 i,,ke c:ire of them until re:, i ; h.- iu,r. I run be notdled of ' V i.lie' New . I 1H. The t'arim p i-eck.-d survivors ...ie 'Ihm at her morning. . WircleaB roports that only 705 surivors are aboard the Carpathia .-.mi i.nrHirit but no word, so far as can be learned, has come from the Carpathia within the last z nours irivinir the exact numnor or snip- wrecked persons aboard. From fig ures available at tne wnue mar Une offices, It is probable the num ber of those who perished totals 1312 souls. Th f.iri.nthla is now In a gooa- working wireless zone and numbers of private messages from survivors .i jiu.iiriiM to the. line were con stantly being received during the morning, but no word came to re peated requests for details of the accident. Th rrolonrs Chester ana Haiem. ..,.rt,m,.ni wireleNS stations assert. stopped sending that the Carpathia might have an uninierrupieu unu i ...nrii n. sk. The Carpathia has sent ashore the names of 125 third class psasengera and requested me White Ktar line to send ships officer and 14 sailors on two I-; J to take charge of the 13 Titanic itrenonis in Quarantine. . This would inaicaie oniy 13 lifeboats were found available Tor rescue work Instead of 20 lifeboats, as had been approximated. All hope has been abandoned that John Jacob Aftor, Iuadore Strauss, Renjamln Guggenheim. C.eorge' D. Wldener, Major Archibald Butt, Taft s military aide; Henry H. Harris, tho theatrical manager; Charles M. Hays, president of the C.rand Trunk rall rond, twere saved. The Carpathia .,ii. imerutnr sent wcrd this morning that Astor wns not on the ti.i ..mi ne oiu o.o Rie whether Benjamin Guggenheim and Archibald Putt were aboard or not. o-u. o..,..,t er.ilser Salem requefited Information regarding Hutt The (rpthia gave no answer. The Sa lem sent ashore the following pas .,,, l can read Carpathia, but he . .!, rv liuslneKS from me. The V. B. 8. 8alem sent the follow In wirelexs to the -navy department -...t,iniir "Your telegram rel ative to. Major Hutt and others was relayed to Cheater promptly vid actt nowl. dged and I later sent a eond inuulrv Just to learn hi ie,i ,.. .. ...... .!, i.eiiriiiHt message was nt i. ihn rhester. Am now receiru ..j . . . . ih. 1'iii-mithla direct to In- oillre. Conditions very unfaverablo, with many stations Interfering with .aeh other. Salem proceeds to Brad ford Thursday for coal, thence bos- '"(ieorge D. Wldener. the Philadel i.l.lu capitalist,-Is not almard the Car 'mtbla. That InformRtlon was receiv ed by White Slur l.ne this morning. N mention i made of his ton llar- ManV irele-is messages P"lit l.v , !, v On v hoi. I hopes thai , . 1 o.-i i i t-"- Roosevelt Says But , for the Eosses President's Strength Wouli Bo Negligible. ' FtOEBsLI MEN mm ninapTrn r iu -uiana i tn Omaha, Neb., April 18. "It Is not a nice thing to use evil Instruments in order to do dirty woi k," said Coil oner Roosevelt In an attack last night in a speech at the auditorium upon supporters of the Taft administration. It la pn even less nice thing to throw the evil Instruments nside when thsy nre broken and loudly make believe that they are not Intentionally used. Colonel HooBCVClt charged that the president's managers, "with the help less neojulcsence of Mr. Taft," were relying Solely upon the support of the bosses" who stand for what Is worst In our political life." "There Is not one state out of ten In which Mr.. Tuft would nave any chance, If the vote -were left to the people themselves," he asserted. Lat er on he snld: "Outside of the dele gates that ' represent either the tin jcrupuious use of patronage or else sheer fraud, Mr. Taft's strength would ho trlval, but, Indeed,, negligible In the present contest. "To profit by wrons doing, ne added, "Is mighty little better than actually to do wrong, and the admin istration is seeking to prottt by this wrong doing." In . his address Colonel Roosevelt Hiild that Senator Lorimer and Sena tor Penrose recognize In Mr. Taft "the kind of a progressive whom they are willing to rap to their hearts." -Won't Dchal. With (Jardncr. Silver Creek, Neb., .April IS. Col onel Roosevelt yesterday declined to etigige In Joint debate with Congress man Gardner of Massachusetts, who sold an effort was being made to "link the name. of President Taft with that or Senator I-orimer Hnd other unpopular persons whom (ho presi dent always has opposed." . CobmM Roosevelt declared the "linking" was done by Ixirlmer, and that Mr. Taft made no effort to break the link until It w proven unprofit able .to .him. Colonel Roosevelt spoke t a num ber of places on the day's-un, find ing good crowds In spite of the threat ening weather. Senate Sub-Committee Named to Go to New York and Take Survivors' Testimony. WENT AT FULL SPEED THROUGH ICE FIELDS Titanic Notified of Presence of , Danger, and Her Handling Is Regarded as , . Amazing. JoliiiHou and n.vnii to Fight July 4. Chicago, April 18. Jack 'Johnson and Jim Flynn will fight 45 rounds for the world's heavyweight cham pionship nt Ijis YeK'as, New Mexico, nn (lie afternoon of Jcly 4. This an-noiin,''-ni.'iit lvn" inmle Inst nii lit !v .1... k Cnrlcv, vromotrr of tthx cn- Washington, April 18. The task of Investigating the Titanic disaster will be begun at once. The senate com merce committee today appointed sub-committee of seven, headed by Senator Smith of Michigan, to take testimony. Smith will proceed to New York, accompanied by the senate ser geant-at-arms, to procure witnesses to attend Immediate hearings. J. Bruce Ismay of the White Star line will he among the first asked to testify. Jurisdiction Questioned. 04her membera of the tunate sub committee are Senators Perkins, Bourne, Burton, Simmons, Newlands and Fletcher. .Senator Smith said he feared the committee would be without Jurisdic tion to compel Ismay and other Brit ish subjects connected with the Inter national Mercantile Marine to attend tho hearings and give testimony. "We may not have Jurisdiction over tho Individual," said Smith, "but the American congress is not without ju risdietlon over the harbors of the United States. It Is for these men who make use of the harbors to meet the public demand for Information In regard to this terrible disaster and do it now." Willing to Co-0M?rate. Senator Smith expressed willing ness to co-operate with any commit tee from the house In the Investlga tlun, but manifested no disposition to delay in order to secure co-operation. He said the survivors' testimony would be much more valuable to the govern ment if procured Immediately upon tneir arrival. The important feature of InveMiuntion may be a message I in n h m it t through the Titanic, April It, do' ilav of the oalah-T'v, fn.m the '-... r . riba to I i apliic ITALIAN WASSHIP IS TED SUNK Fleet Attacks Turkish Forts at Entrance to the Dardanelles. Constantinople, April 18. The Ital- tan fleet, it is reported, appeared at the Dardanelles straits entrance to day. One Italian warship, it Is said, Was sunk. London, April 18. Cannon fighting was heard at the entrance to the Dardanelles at noon, according , tn Lloyd's signal station advices. It is believed the Italian fleet began an at tack on the forts of the straits. Athens, Greece, April 18. Two di visions of ilaliwa warships, compris ing a dosen ships, passed Skyre Island In the Aegean sea yesterday, sailing north. nPTrnTiurr vn T Ot tb MILD t IHII ALLENSJRE IN HILLS Aggressive Search Still Being Made for Them in Hills--' ville Vicinity. FLOOD LOOSED BY NEW BREAKS TO MAOEBD'S FIRM BEPLI Right of United States to Ad monish Mexico Denied in Note. Bristol, Va.. April 18. Judge N. P. Oglesby, attorney for the mem bers of th Allen gang now In Jail at Roanoke, returned late last night from Hillsville, where he has been for several days making investiga tions preparatory to the trials of the outlaws. He says that tho detectives are still In the mountains about Hills ville prosecuting an aggressive search for Sldna Allen and Wesley Edwards. Judge Oglesby says that the pris oners will be taken to Hillsvlllo April 22 and formally arraigned for trial the following day before Judge Waller C, Staples of Roanoke. The first question to be decided will be as to the charge of venue. A question as to securing a Jury from another county may also be before the court. Judge Oglesby says that as attorney for the Aliens he Is unable to say whether they will be ready for trial until they knew where they are to be tried. . The search for the two members of tho gang still at large is being prosecuted with vigor in the hope of capturing them before the trials. The il.-tei Uvea nre firm in the bePef that the outlaws ore Milli I.i the mono 1 i as I., a r 1 1 illss illo Washington, April . 18. Prualdent Madero's reply to Acting Secretary of State Huntington Wilson's admonition regarding the treatment of Americans in Mexico was received at the Btate department overnight, and probably will be submitted to the cabinet by Secretary Knox and considered care fully before an answer is returned. Administration officials believe the Mexican note has not advanced any fresh reasons for intervention at this date. , Mexico's Reply. Mexico City, April 18. Mexico re plied to the warning note of Acting Secretary Huntington Wilson last night declining to assume responsi bility for Oroxco's acts, denying the right of the Washington government to deliver the admonition contained therein, taking exception to the com munication directed to Orosco through Consul Letcher, and deplor ed the making public of this commu nication in the same note to which the government was required to make answer. The reply was made public by Min ister of Foreign Relations Calero. It iltnies the right of the Washington Movernment to admonish Mexico for the reason that It Is not based on any Justifiable Incident. It denies respon sibility by the constituted government for acts committed In territory In re bellion, while accepting full responsi bility for every loss or damage sus tained hy foreigners legally charge able to the government. Orozco Is held to ho answerable for his offense only to the Mexican courts and, therefore, the reply asserts, he should not have been made the recip ient of a diplomatic communication. Delta Area Almost as Large as New England Inundat ed When Levees Go Out. NUMBER OF HOMELESS INCREASED 25,000 Fertile Cotton and Cane Lands in Arkansas, Louisiana and Missippi Are Now UnderWater. 2208 PassrjiKPrn Aboard Titanic. London, April 18. The actunl number of passengers and crew aboard the Titanic at the time of the disaster was 2208, according to Sid ney linxton, president of the board of trade, replying to a question in the house of commons this after Tobacco Manufacturer Dead. Uiulsvllle, April IS. Henry Strat er, a prominent tobacco niami f m 'hi -.t and presiilent of the t-'rat.-r 'I -a. a 'ompaoy, (lint t',!av n ! I ac.i ni. Memphis, April 18. A break In the main line levee on - the Mississippi river yesterday below Rosedale, Miss., and another on the Arkansas river added 25,000 persons tn the flood suf ferers' list in southern Arkansas, northeastern Louisiana and north western Mississippi. The flood Inun dated an area of rich cotton country almost as large as the New England states. Hundreds are marooned In Isolated places. Cane Top Destroyed, Baton Rouge, April 18. The levee at Angela broke today and 2000 acres planted In cane was destroyed. Greenville, April 18. Flood waters rushing through a widening breach In the MissirMppI river dike Bear 3eu lah. Miss., are spreading over fertile delta lands today. The entire south ern half of Boliva county Is inundat ed and water probably will flood many other counties, comprising some of the richest cotton land tn the world. I'earlnc Pptllen Asks Aid. Washington, April 18. An appeal on behalf of the Red Cross for funds to aid the flood sufferers in the Mis sissippi valley, was made to the pub lic yesterday by President Taft, who is president of the society. . The pres ident stutes that conditions are so acute as to require Immediately "re sources far in exeens of those now at command." "The national director of the Red Cross," said the president, "after n careful survey of conditions alontc the river has reported that the facts as they exist are even more ch-xperute than have been des. rllnal In the pi.-n dlppittches. Reports from the army officers statin nod tn the flu. trlets contirm the r.-mrt t the tional director In every pnrfi' n! . "It th.relore knniiM rov ilna presl.b lit of the Amrliian I .-, ( to lav t!i. -so a vi ia- is I ,.ja e.'r r - - j a 1 1 1 i v i ' per,!-- !' - - - i -1 1 , . , r 1 i h aid ll.H- T
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