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VOL. XVII. NO. 69.
ASHEVILLE, N. C. TUESDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 30, 1912.
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FTEAMERTEXAS
ZBLOWN
X
American Vessel Strikes Mine
at Entrance to the Gulf
V , of Smyrna and
13 Wrecked.
140 LIVES ARE LOST
WHEN CRAFT FOUNDERS
Passing Through Mined Field,
She Deviated From the
Course Indicated by
v Pilot Boat.
Smyrna, April 30. Th steamer
Texan, belonging to tho Archipelago
American Stenrmihlp company, struck
a mine at' the entrance of the gulf
cf Smyrna last night and sank. One
hundred and forty pursons aboard
wore drowned.
Constantinople, April 30. Ninety
passengers out of 158 aboard the
Texas when she was blown up at the
entrance of tho Gulf of Smyrna last
night were rescued, according to a
report reaching here. It is believed
the disaster was due to the Texas de
; vlating from tho course Indicated by a
pilot boat proceeding her through the
mine Held.
Mi MB ATTEUPt -
io ran nine
, Witness Indignant When Ques
tioned on This Point by ...
..f-': ' ...... .
'Senator Smith.
Washington, April 30. The senate
investigatlo Into the Tetanic disaster
filtered Its final stages today." J. liruce
Ismay, managing director of the "Jn
. teriiatlonal Mercantile marine, owners
of the Titanic, was recalled by Chair
man Smith. Ismay indignantly de
nied he or any representative of his
company attempted to reinsure
Titanic between the time she w
down and tho hour the real news of
tho disaster becajjie public. Ho as
serted that a wireless message which
" ho directed to Vico President Franklin
from the Carpathia Monday morning.
April IS, did not reach that oltlcial
until Wednesday, April 17.
Ismay said the Titanic was not a
"speed boat," but had been construct- 1
ed under orders given by him to make
her tho biggest and best-equipped ves
sel alloat. .'o cost limit was get.
Mrs. A. M. Try of Bryson City
Seemed Familiar With
Legal Technicalities..
The first woman lawyer ever ap-
pcarlng In a case In this city, so far
ua tho members of the local bar can
tnl'i morning and appeared uerore
Heforee In liankruptcy F. W. Thomas
to represent certain creditors of the
Nantahala Transportation company St
a meeting of the creditors of the bank
ruptcy company.
Although her duties were not very
arduous In the case today, yet she
showed herself to be "mistress" of the
situation and won the admiration of
the members of the Asheville bar who
were present at the hearing. Kho ap
pears to be perfectly at home and J
familiar with the Intricacies of legal
' proceedings,
' Mrs. Fry rend law for some time Jvr
the oflice of her husiiano in Hryson
City and then took a course ot the
University of North Carolina, where
her ability was quickly recognized.
She took the examination to be admit
ted r to the bar before the Supreme
court last fall and was among the
number V receive a license. Since
then she has been engnged In the
practice or her profession in tho
courts ot western North Carolina,
llaydcim Con. Mod in Polk.
Columbus. April 30. Polk court
convened lust Monday, Judge 11. A
Finishes presiding. The oiinlm.l
docket consumed the week. One mur
der cane wan tried. Hint of Harrison
lliiyilen nn.l Charles Iluyden for klll
!rs Fred Wills. tfnllcilnr A. Hall
Johnston and lion. K. Gallert prose
cuted fur the slate. Joseph K. Simln-Iimii-
and 10. II. Cloud appeared for
ihe ilei'i -.-it". The jury returned a ver-
i i.f r.i l.r In Ibe h ntl riV-.'ri
: - tn i I .it, ; ii ii'nl e ii illy ef no us
nil v. h ... ..sty i upon a'i I"
I'll ATTORNEY WAS
III BANKRUPTCY COURT
remember lit Mrs A M. Fry of Pry- ""' " - " ' ' ; Kpcc itl to Tne uazetto-iscws.
rememixr, is flirs. a. t. i ry i i Tho ordln ary man will slm pi y not bei ,.r.,,,nflv11(, ,0 J H "sin
u,.n riiv member of the firm of Fry .... ... ... -. .. i,i.,l VVU5 ncsv lite, apiii au. J. it. tun
r -hi, K.V h,,.h,n,l is the om "ne uy. UTWB'T" : gleton. a Haywood farmer who was
, ".. .. 'iiiks up ai me nisi possioie nour in . . f.,.miii. a,iri v,t i,... Venr
co-uartn.r. Mrs. l'"ry was in the city ... lh. .,ii... nf .,,iiin! "wn retenll, said liat last ear
UP
5
EY OP STATE
E
J. Oliver Elects! Wake
Democratic Chairman
Raleigh Waterless.
Gazette-News Bureau,
' The Hotel Raleigh,
Raleigh, April 30.
Percy J. Olive, a prominent young
lawyer of Apex and Raleigh, was yes
terday uftcrnoon elected chairman of
tho Wake county democratic execu
tive committee. The primary will be
held Saturday, June 1, and tho con
vention Tuesday, Juno 4.
Raleigh's water supply wns entire
ly cu' off yesterday afternoon as the
result of the blowing out of a joint
in thn 14-1,1, .h innin l..ii,lfnn- IVn... tV...
n ,
pumping siaiion to tne siamipipc. A !
large spin tieeve was piaceu over uie '
Jolnt, but workmen were Interrupted j
b.v a heavy downpour of rain. It was
nearly night before the water was
turned on again.
The students of the A. and M. col
lege celebrated last night the live vic
tories won by tho team on its north
ern trip. A torchlight parade and a
.serenade of all the girl schools were
features of the jubilee. .,"
Dr. J. V. Joyner. state superin
tendent of public instruction, has re
turned from western North Carolina,
where Friday and Saturday he at
tended the closing exercises of the
Appalachian Training school. The
attendance was large and the interest
great. Plans were made at the meet
ing of the board of trustees to pro
mote the work for another year. Sat
urday night Dr. Joyner made a local
lax address at Hudson, Caldwell conn
fy, where an election wlIT bo held Frl-
..... mi....... 1.. l...llH..n I'..
the tn will lie voted bv a bin ma--l
jority. - - .
The ? Insurance department has
been advised that the department's
agent, .iCn.pl,. V. SU .Jordan., secured
indictments by the grand Jury of 14
persons in lolk county for burning
two school houses. t A community
wrangle over tho location of the
buildings was the cause of the law
FROM TH
CAPITAL
SilHE-MW VEBT'UXIDOS
Tn pttti r nni i Tivrn
III Trlllr rill I II AM
IU ULl ILL I ULL I JlAlU ,
Estimated That 1200 Have
Paid in Four Days, and -
Still They Come.
County Tax Collector R. C. Crowcll
estimates that within the past four
days at least l:!00 people have paid
their poll ' taxes. He thinks that an
average of S00 a day is very conserva
tive, and today this record bida fall
to be broken, for the men are lined
up at . tho collection window like n
bunch of boys buying bargain tickets
to a moving picture show.
Tho explanation, of course. Is that
tomorrow la the bnt day w hen a man
can pay his poll tax and l. nnowea 10
vote in the eleutlons this fall. All of
which goes to prove that the Ameri
can people like- to vote. It Is not a
n. . i...,, nr.mnil the
' - , ,iav and see
I" , . ,
1 . , . . . . . 7 ,
his ballot along with tho rest
The county chairman of tho execu
tive committees of the two parties
have not been Idle during the last few
days and It may be owing partly to
their erforta that so many have paid
In that time. They want to have their
party men In a position to vote whin
the time conies and so they have been
urging them to lose no time In getting
the poll tax receipts. Party workers
besides the chairmen have also ueen
hard at work too. .
Mr. Crowell says that some are ap
parently rising up out of the ground
to pay their poll taxes as u great many
have come Into pay that have not bo
fore been listed.
SUES TITANIC OWNERS
.Mrs. Irfiulx Hohhlin, Widow of Wrcnk
Victim, Flics Action In
Admiralty Court.
Washington, April 30. Under a
nroeeedinii in an admiralty court, J
liruce Ismay, managing director of the
International Mercantile marlno, was
summoned to appear this afternoon
before a rommlBslonor to give testi
mony for use In the suit of Mrs. Louise
liobblns of New York against the
While War line. Her husband. Georne
Itobbins, was one of the Tltanlc's vic
tims. , , . - .' ,
Kuhpoenaos aW '"ere ' Issued fur
surviving oltlcers of the Titanic.
Vciiciiclan Cabinet Itcslgiis.
Venezuela, April 30. Thr
e.ililli.l resigned today.
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i is nut 1 1 1 1 U a led.
EI
PUT ON TRIAL
Jury Is Being Selected Which
Will Determine Fate of
Carroll Courthouse
Assassin.
OVER 100 WITNESSES
NOW AT WYTHEVILLE
Wife of Accuse i Man One of
the Spectators Prisoners
Are Under Heavy
: Guard.
Wythevillo, Vn., April 30. Floyd
Allen was before the bar In circuit
court here this morning to be tried
for his life for the part he played in
m .,u . . . in. . , m I
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;
the slate'B methods in prosecuting the
other live nccused clansmen under
guard In Jail here. . A largo venire of
citizens was summoned and it was
expected considerable trouble would
be experienced in getting a Jury,
The day was spent in summoning
veniremen arid witnesses. The latter
will number 200, Indications are de-
j lay will be experienced In g
: news from Carrol county.
brought from the jail to the. court
i house, -Floyd Allen had his first ride
I in an automobile. Ills right leg was
: still In a cast, the result of wounds
j received In his pistol duel with Clerk
j Dexter Goad. A great crowd gather
! oil at tliu spacious court house to at-
Ttcnd the trial.
A caravan of mountaineers travel
ilfc orcr rain-soaked roads from Hills-
V ... '
surroundlng country ar
rived last night to participate In the
trial
i More Mhan 10 witnesses have
reacts iV'nsrc. Home oamo" pjtrt way
. l y ' rnit, others by .-horseback,- while
many drove ail day in country wagons
end camped outside of town. 1
' Mj'B.'Floyd Allen, wife of the man
who was being tried In the tflllsvllle
court When tho shooting begin, rode
1 :') miles from the mountains al dav-
break in u canvas-covered wagon to
(he nenrst railroad station. Whe Is a
thin, frail woman, wrinkled with age,
upon whom rests heavily the burden j
, of seeing her husband and two sons, 1
c!iuu" ami victor, tried
Mrs. Victor Allen, three s
nnd Jasper Allen, a brotl
for murder. I
small children
brother of Floyd.
accompanied her. I
Fxliaordlnary , efforts are being
made to guard the prisoners. The
same terror that prevailed In Carroll
county at tho mention of the Allen
name has struck this place, and sov
or:il deputies employed to guard the
jail declined to servo. Two of the de
tectives of the agency detailed by Gov
ernor Mann to watch the prisoners are
In the cells night and Jay.
TAFT IS SNOWED UNDER
j RoOSeVelt Almost Make3 Clean
Sweep in Primaries News
'of Waynesville.
In
he
seven
res of land, using only four loads
of stable manure. In November he
husked 50 ears which weighed 46J
pounds.
dipt. J. II. Payne, who Is super
visor of track laid on the Pigeon
River and Sunburst railroad, spent
Sunday with his family here.
J. 8. Caldwell of Catalooche waa In
town Sunday.
O. N. llenson lina boon given a po
sition with the feouthern railway at
Washington anrt will leave for that
place May 1.
M. J. Owenby has leased the Bonny
Castle for this year.
V, M. Curlee of the Washington
Post staff Is spending a few days here.
Harrison Clark and Oliver Davis of
Deiiverdam township have been lodged
In Jail for whiskey selling.
The republicans held their town
ship convention here Saturday eve
ning. ' Postmaster Thomas I Green
the chairman, called the convention
to order. Ir. G. D. Green was made
permanent chairman. Uy a rising
vote the convention Instructed for
liooseveit, only four voting for Taft.
In tho county primaries. Itobsevelt
got 43 und Taft three delegates to the
county convention
Wilson on Socialism.
Pallimore, Mil., April 30. Gover
nor Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey
In an nddess yesterday after""" at
Townon, the xounty seat of Baltimore
county, said that the country whs
turning slowly to socialism because
Ihe voters hsve despaired of gettim
what they v..mt from cither repuMl
cms or democrats.
flOQStVELT CLOSES
V:
He and Taft Spend Busy Day
, Working for the Pri
mary Vote.
Pittsfield, Mass.,' April 30. "If you
vote for Mr. Taft you voto for these
men," Bald Colonel Roosevelt here last
night after referring to Senators Lor
Imer, Penrose, Galllnger and Guggen
heim. He declared that the president
had practically nothing In hlstam
paign back of him, outside of two or
three states, except the support he re
ceived from those men and their like
and from the great sinister special In
terests which stund behind these
"bosses
At intervnlB the colonel received re
ports of the president's speeches and
in the latter port of the day he en
tered upon a long distance debate by
retorting to Mr. Taft's statements.
Colonel Roosevelt said the president
had asserted that the colonel was stir
ring up class hatred. This Colonel
liooseveit uenieu.
"The talk that I am stirring up I
ciuss mureu ib urrani nonsense, ne i
declared.
In this same connection he
K:ii": ' Mr. Tart s policy of flabby ,
tnueoision ana or Helpless acqules-
jcence In the wrongdoing of the crook-
IS
ClAO
ed boss and the crooked financier is ,n ea-uy "amea -ven corporations
permitted to continue, there will re- j nnd 18 Individuals as being the re
ally .grow up a class hatred In this sponsible heads of the 1140,000,000
country, mere will grow up a very
uncomfortable, nnd very ugly feeling
of discontent with political, social and
industrial Conditions."
Col. Roosevelt made It clear that
he did not believe the result of his
campaign hinged upon the outcome of
tting wit- Mho state's primaries.
In being' With his address in Pittfleld Col.
i nonstveu wound up nis campaign in
Massachusetts.
Contradicts President Taft.
Petween speeches he found time to
prepare a rejoinder to President Taft'a
statement In regard to the harvester
l trust caso. He contradicted the pres
ident by asserting that the case was
discussed in his cabinet, with Mr. Taft
present. .
In speaking here Colonel Roosevelt
said: . '
"Mr. Taft In his speech today an
nounced that I an trying to stir up
class hatred und iriwlte discontent, 1
j lmve. It W true, isW'actied abhorrence
of Mr, lrimer and all that for which
Mr. Lorlmer stands and of the kind
of crooked politics and crooked finance
which, in combination are responsible
for the reproduction of Mr. Ijorimer.
Put as regards most of the bosses
whom I oppose, 1 have not preached
hatred of them; I do not hate them;
1 merely wish them to retire to private
life and ipilt mis-governing us.
"Does Mr. Taft regard me as stir
ring up class hatred because I ask for
I a law In New York to prevent women
I from being worked for excessive hours
In factories? Does ho regard me as
stirring up class hatred because I
it a nil for a workmen's compensation
act? Does ho regard me as stirring
up class hatred because I demand that
the state and the nation co-operate to
make the conditions of life and labor
better for the wage workers?
"On the contrary, I am advocating
action which will be tho most effective
kind of antidote to class hatred;
whereas If Mr. Taft'i policy of flabby
indecision and helpless acquiescence
In the wrongdoing of the crooked boss
and the crooked financier, is permitted
to continue, there will really grow up
class hatred In this country.
Source of Taft's Strength.
"If It Is any comfort to Mr. Taft
to cnll Messrs. Lorimer, Cox, Penrose,
Guggenheim, Calhoun, Galllnger and
tho rest patriotic leaders Instead of
bosses let him do so but I earnestly
hope that the plain people will vote
against that particular type of patri
otic leader; and mind you. If these
particular patriotic leaders were not
behind Mr. Taft, Mr. Taft would have
no chance of carrying one state in 20
throughout this union.
"He has practically nothing In his
campaign back of him outside of two
or three states, except the support he
gets from Lorlmer, Penrose, Cox. Gug
genheim, Galllnger and their like, and
from the great sinister special Inter
ests which stand behind these bosses.
"Apparently what the president has
most minded Is my assault on Mr.
Lorlmer. Friends, a year and a qunr
tor ago Mr. Taft meant to be against
Mr. Lorlmer. The trouble with Mr.
Taft is this, us In so many other mat
ters, is that though he meant well, he
only meant well feebly; and he was
easily swerved from his purpose by
those who had control over him and
who are neither well meaning nor fee
ble. Bo far from opposing Mr. Lorl
mer, he ended by being absolutely
quiet about' him; and almost every
Taft mnn In the senate has become
'u supporter of Mr, Lorlmer."
Taft Again Attacks Roosevelt.
Boston, April 30. President Taft
ended a 12 hours' campaign through
eastern Massachusetts 'lust night.
From tho time he began his speech
making at Attleboro with a talk on
the tariff until he made his last ad
dress at Melrose, and asked for "a
miunre deal," tho president spurred
his husky voice into strenuous action.
It was one of the hardest campaign
days Mr. Taft has spent since he en
tered the White House, but members
of his party were confident that his
recond Invasion of the Bay state
would bring votes for him.
Mr. Taft's last long addresa was
made nt Lowell to an audience that
packed the opera house. . So eager
was the crowd to gain admittance
that several members of the presi
dent's own party could not get In un
til long after ho started to speak.
When he came to talk about the
I.O.-SCS nnd Mr. lloonevelt's charges,
1 . IC'Hitinuod Mil l) igi 2)
MAY BBEAK UP
In Its Suit Today Government
Asks That a Receiver
for the Trust
Be Named.
18 MEN ARE NAMED
RESPONSIBLE HEADS
Department of Justice Will
Rush Case Against Great
Corporation to the
Highest Court.
St.
Paul, Minn.. April 30. Suit
against the
International Harvester
company charging It with being a
monopoly in restraint of trade and
tasking that It be dissolved was died
bv the government in the federal dis
trlct court here today. The petition
Harvester corporation and sets forth
charges that the defendants control
the majority of trade in harvesting
machinery In the United States "to the
grave injury to the farmer and the
general public."
It asks that a receiver be appointed.
Washington, April 30. The depart
ment of justice today announced that
the antl-trivst suit against the Harves
ter company will be expedited as much
as possible. Attorney General Wlck
ersham will file a certificate of expedi
tion, wiiich will have the effect of re
moving the case to the United States
Circuit court of appeals for the eighth
circuit thereby hastening the Issue on
to the United States Supreme court,
where it is generally conceded the case
will be finally determined. -
I S, DISTRICT NIT
I ME
For Trial of Civil and Crimi
nal Case3 May Continue
for Two Weeks.
The United StatcB District court
convenes In Asheville next Murwjay
with Judge James K. Boyd presiding
for the trial of civil and criminal
cases. There are 74 cases on the crim
inal and sci. fa. dockets, but It is
probable that only shout half of these
will be tried ot this session of the
court, as a number of the defendants
have not been arrested.
It is not yet known whether any
of the civil cases will lie reached at
this term, but Judge Boyd has slg
nllled his willingness to remain here
for two weeks or more, nnd if any
of the attorneys are ready for the
trial of civil cases they will be given
an opportunity to have their cases
heard.
It is almost certain that the case
of the Kanawha Hardwood company,
which has leen transferred by Clerk
W. 8. Hyams to the trial docket, will
be heard nt this term, owing to the
fact that large sums of money are In
volved and It Is reported that the
business of the company has been
suspended as a result of the litiga
tion.
SLAYS WIFE AND SELF
Killing Woman in Jealous Rage, Mu
sician Attempts to Hide I tody
Then Commits Suicide.
New York, April 30. Albert De
Brahms, a restaurant orchestra leader,
after killing his wife in Jealous anger
more than two days ago, and appar
ently making every preparation to dis
member the body and ship it away In
a trunk, committed suicide today In
his apartments on West Thirty-fifth
street. "I don't want to die In the
electric chair, so I take my own life,"
he wrote in one of three farewell
notes, confessing his crime. 1
Tho body of his wife, a handsome
woman of 30, was found In a bath
tub In the apartments, packed In saw
dust and plaster ot parts, a bullet hole
through the temple and knife wounds
In the throat and other parts of the
body. De Brahms' body was found,
still warm, hanging in a closet with a
cord around the neck and a bullet In
the head.
NEWS OF DESTITUTION
FROM FLOODED AREA
HuudrvtlH of Families ami Plants
lions Submerged In the
Torres District, ,
' Torrns, La., April 30. Narratives
of 1ctltutlon reached here today
from the flooded country north. Tel
egrnph stations In the Inundated ter
ritory reuort hundreds of families
homeless and farms and plantation
In the upper Torras district under
water. Thirty families are reported
destitute and murooned below Mel
villa.
HEARSE SHIP
REACHES PORT
LOSS IS 150010
ii 1IST0N BLAZE
Tobacco Warehouse of the R.
J. Reynolds Company and
Contents Burned.
Gasiette-Newa Bureau,
Dally News Kulldlng,
. Greensboro, April 30.
Three and a half million pounds of
leaf tobacco were burned last night
in Winston, when a large tobacco
warehouse of the R. J. Reynolds com
pany was destroyed. The value of
the tobacco was between $375,000 and
(400,000 and with the damage to ad
joining buildings, the total loss will
run close to $500,000.
The building burned waB the prop
erty of Taylor Brothers who were
shortly Intending to utilize It as a
manufacturing plant. The building
had only been purchased a short time
ago from the American Tobacco com
pany and dispossess notice had been
served on the Reynolds company. A
new building, larger in every respect
and more substantial will replace the
one burned.
T
TO BEHELD ON H
Republicans Will Not at That
Time Nominate for Con
gress, However. '
There have been several Inquiries
today concerning the date of the re
publican congressional convention for
this district and .as to whether the
date had really been fixed. The con
vention for the congressional district
is to be held May 13, but in reality
this Is not a congressional convention;
that is, the candidate for congress will
not be nominated at that time. The
convention on the thirteenth Is held
only for the purpose of selecting two
delegates to the Chicago convention
and two alternates. The nominating
convention will be held later In the
summer, it Is stated, and the date has
nut been fixed.
The delegates to the convention to
be held May 13 will be chosen at the
county convention here Saturday,
when the delegates to the state con
vention will also be chosen; The state
convention is to be held May 15 and
the 13 was fixed for the district con
vention so that the delegates can go
from here to Raleigh for the Btate con
vention. There Is some speculation a to the
men who will be named as delegates
to the national convention, but there
seems to be Utile reliable Information
concerning this point The matter
seems to have been discussed vety
little.
RIOT IN ZION CITY
Many Injuml When DhtclpJea of
Dou-le Are Attacked Willi
CIuIm and blackjacks.
ZION CITY. III., April 30. Riot
ing, which may result seriously,
started here late last evening, when
employes of Independent manufactur
ing concerns attacked a group ot 200
Zion men and women at a prayer
meeting. Both men and women were
beaten with cluba and blackjacks and
number were seriously injured.
The light came as the climax of a
week of trouble between employes of
the independent concerns swhlch re
cently have begun operation! here
and the church people, formerly fol
lowers of John Alexander Dowle.
Candidate Waiting Outcome,
Washington, April 30. President
Taft returned today from his Mass
achusetts campaigning trip. Ills
stay - here will be brief, as he Is
scheduled to leave this afternoon for
Savannah. The president will visit
Augusta and attend the memorial ser
vices there for his late aide, Major
Archibald Butt.
New York, April 30. Colonel
Roosevelt returned today ''from his
campaign , " through Massachusetts
This afternoon he went to his Oyster
Bay home to await returns from the
Massachusetts primaries today.
Strike Riot at Baltimore.
Bajtlmore, Md April 30. Urged on
by women sympathizers, a crowd ot
striking stevedores and their sympa
thizers charged a crowd of strike
breakers as the latter were leaving
the steamer Maggie yesterday, and in
the melee, in which pistols and clubs
were used, a number of men were se
verely hurt. Several Jumped or fell
overboard.
Later the steamer, which Is the
floating home of the strlke-breskers,
was discovered to be on Are. but the
lila?.e was quickly extinguished by a
city tlreboat.
While Bells Toll and Flags Are
Half -Masted, Mackay
Bennett Steams to
Halifax.
BIG THRONG ON DOCK
TO IDENTIFY BODIES
Preparations Made for Remov
ing Remains of Victims of
Titanic Disaster From
the Cableship.
Halifax, April 30. While the clty y
church bells 'tolled and British flags
fluttered at half mast, the cableship
Mackay-Bennett steamed slowly Into
Halifax harbor this morning, bear
ing the dead picked up from the scene
where the White Star liner Titanic ,
sank. She reached her dock in the -yard
shortly after 9:30 o'clock, ' .
As soon as the ship was sighted
down the harbor, canvas curtains
shielding coffins and embalmers' tents
on the pier were lowered and twenty
sailors from the Canadian cruiser
Nlobe lined up as a guard, A patrol
boat was stationed In front of the pier ,
to prevent any craft docking In the
vicinity. ' Scores were on the dock
awaiting an opportunity to view the .
bodies of the unidentified, hoping they
might find a relative or friend.
Following the Mackay-Bennett's ar
rival it was announced that the total
number of bodies aboard was 190. It
was necessary to bury 116 at' sea.
Among those brought to port were
the bodies of two women.
Her own flag at half-mast the death
ship docked slowly. The after deck
was stacked with coffins and men
with stretchers came aboard and the
work ' of. : removal . began quickly. ,
There 1b no doubt about the Identifi
cation of Colonel Astor'g body.' In
his pockets, $2500 was found and ha
wore a belt with a gold buckle. The ,
body of George B. Wldener was so
mutilated that It was burled at sea.
At 11 o'clock the work of removing
bodies from the forward deck was
completed. None of the coffins thus
far had been touched. ' The work of
unloading the bodies was expected to
consume the entire day.
Searched SO Square Miles.
Among the bodies brought by the
Mackay-Bennett Is that of Isidore
Strauss. The cableship searched 30
square miles near where the Titanio
sank. Astor's body was brought off
the ship shortly before noon and
taken with the others to the morgue.
Captain Lardner received Interviewers
and described the work of the Mackay-Bennett
at sea. The total of bod
ies found Is 306. One hundred and
sixteen, mostly members of the Tl
tanlc's crew and unidentified, were.
consigned to the sea and the remaining
190 brought to Halifax. Only 18 bod
ies of women were found afloat.
Relics of the Titanic dotted the sea
over an area of 30 miles square. Cap
tain Lardner said. Doors, windows,
chairs by the scores were found float
ing but to none of them were bodies
lashed. In several Instances there
were groups of floating bodies num
bering 60 or more, but none were
lashed together. Astor was found
standing almost erect In his life belt.
We burled so many at sea," said
Captain Lardner, "simply because we
could not accommodate them. We
had limited embalming supplies and It
was absolutely necessary to consign
many to the deep. The majority ot
those sunk were unidentified."
Washington's Titanic Baby.
Washington, April 30. "Archibald
Astor" is the name of Washington's
Titanic baby. The child Is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil A. Ferguson of
1254 C street. Northeast, and was
born on the day the Titanic went
down.
"We both agreed that he should be
named after two of the heroes of the
disaster, and we christened htm Arch
ibald Astor. after Major Butt and Col.
Astor, and It Is our hope that he may
emulate the heroism of these men,"
said the mother. . -
Durham ?gro Arreatrd as Assailant,
Durham, April 30. Ben Norwood,
a negro, has teen arrested charge!
with attacking Miss Moore out beyond
West Durham last Thursday night.
The officers are positive that he Is the
right man. One negro tias been ar
rested on this charge, but turned out
to be the wrong man.
Schooner Gkiefl Ashore.
Lewes, Del., April 30. The schoon
er James Duffleld, with a cargo of
stone from Portlnnd for Philadelphia,
went ashore In a fog off Cape Hen
lopen. Her crew of five men were
taken off by life savers. The schooner
Is breaking up.
Florida Democrats Voting.
Jacksonville, Fla., April 30. Flnr
Ida's democratic voters todity are ex
pressing their chtuce lietween v'u-. t .
row Wilson Hiul ()inr I'p.i i .v 1 1 .
ttie prcHiilenl In I in n. . , i. i
I lie SlHte' Ill-it I.'
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