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TlnrxKv, April IS, 1912. THE CAUCASIA!!, I 11 - - - f ! ! ,! W jVEARLY TWO THOUSAND BROWNED WHEN LARGE STEAMED WAS WRECKED White Star Liner "Titanic" Struck Iceburg and Went to Bottom of the Sea, Carrying Most of its Passengers to a Watery GraveLess Than One-Third of the Passengers Escaped Many Prominent Persons Drowned. Sf-v York, April 15. More than 1 :,' pr?ons, it Is feared, sank to arly Monday, when within -r hours after she crashed into an ' . vrv. the mammoth White Star ;t'-amer Titanic, bound from rpool to New York on her maiden . wnt to the bottom off the ,v Foundland Hanks. Of the ap x :.i.ttfly 2,200 persons on board ,. :;;;int lin-r, some of thern of ,ri'!-'. h:j prominence, only C7o are a r. tf haw been saved. The White tr offices in New York, while : up hope to the last were free , if that there had been "horri- 1 m.-s of life." Af pfinK the early estimates of fatality list as accurate, the dis ;.. i- the greatest in the marine .-,r:, of the world. Nearest ap-jr- i' hijm it in magnitude were the - :- rs to the Steamer Atlantic in !7-':. hn 574 lives were lost and I.a Hourgcogne in 1898, with a fatality list of C71. Shoul'l it prove that other liners, notably Allan Liners Parisian and Virginian, known to have been in the iini'y of the Titanic early yester day, had picked up other of her pas-g-riu-rs, the extent of the calamity wo ihi be greatly reduced. The hope gtill remains. News of the sinking of the liner an i the terrible loss of life in conse (i!. iK e came early last evening with ail the great shock because hope had l,-en buoyed up all day by reports that the steamship, although badly damaged, was not in a sinking condi tion and that all her passengers had b.- n safely taken off. The messages were mostly unofficial and none came direct from the liner, so that a lurk ing fear remained of possible bad news to come. Shortly after 7 o'clock last night there came flashing over the wires from Cape Race, within 400 miles of which the liner had struck the ice berg, word that at 2:20 o'clock Mon day morning, three hours and fifty five minutes after receiving her death blow the Titanic had sunk. The news came from the steamer Carpathia, relayed by the White Star Line liner Olympic, and revealed that ty the time the Carpathia, outward bound from New York and racing, to Titanic on a wireless call reached the scene, the doomed vessel had sunk. Left on the surface, however, were life-boats and in them, from what the most appeared from meagre reports received up to a late hour, were some 675 survivors of the disaster. These, according to the advices, the Carpa thia picked up and is now on her way ith them for New York. For the rest, the scene as the Car pathia came up was one of desola tion. All that remained of the $10, 000,000 floating palace, on which nearly 1,400 passengers had been voyaging luxuriously to this side of tbe Atlantic, were some bits of wreckage. The biggest ship in the orld had gone down, snuffing out in tor downward plunge, it appeared, hundreds of human lives. A signifi cant line in the Cape Race dispatch was the announcement that of those saved by the Carpathia nearly all were women and children. Should it Prove so that no ther vessel picked up any passengers of the sinking liner this might mean that few of the men on board had been saved, as the pro Portion of women and children among the passengers was large. The same facts would likewise spell the doom of Practically the entire crew of 800. In the cabins were 230 women and children, but it is not known how many there were among the 740 third-class passengers. In the first cabin there were 128 women and 15 children, and in the second cabin 79 omen and eight children. Notable persons, travelers on the Titanic whose fate was in rtnnhf in the lack of definite advices as to the entity of the survivors, were Mr. an Mrs. John Jacob Astor, Major Archibald Butt, aide to President Taft; Charles M. Hays, president of rand Trunk Pacific of Canada, his ife and daughter; W. T. Stead, Ben laimin Guggenheim, F. D. Millet, the rtist, and J. G. Widener, of Phila delphia; Mr. and Mrs. Isidor Straus, B. Thayer, vice-president of the nnsylvania Railroad; J. Bruce Is Ja5 Henry B. Harris, the theatrical manager, and Mrs. Harris, and Col. p ashlnSton Roebling, builder of the Broklyn Bridge. The prisian Did Xot Pick Up Any of the Survivors. Halifax, N. S., April 16. In reply a dispatch sent by the Halifax laager of the Allan Line, Captain tb 7 f; f the steamer Parisian sent lc following by wireless: on h 6 n survivors of the Titanic as t i? and no official information t0 reach" M' EXPCt iag,fan Halifax to-morrow morn- 00 Survivors on "Virginian esLPlRfCe'tApril 16 A wireless Sage to-night from Capt. Had dock, of the steamship Olympic, re layed by the Celtic, read as follows: "Please allay rumor that the Vir ginian has any of the Titantic's pas sengers. Neither has the Tunsian. I believe that the only survivors are on the Carpathia. The second, fourth and fifth officers and the second Mar coni operator are the only officers re ported saved." The mammoth ahin was nor than four city block la leasts or S2 t-2 feet. Her tone was 1,22$ tost. If stood on end the steamship moald hate been IS 1.7 feet hffber thin the Metropolitan Life tser and 270 feet higher than the Singer banding la New York. Twenty-two years sjfo when the armored cruiser Saratoga, then the New York, west Into commission, she wss considered, and waa. one of the crack fighting ships of the world. The titantic was bigger by more than !0O tons than would be a cruiser ve times as big as Sampson's Sag ship, the new York, at the balie of Santiago. She was more than 6,000 tons bigger than a batleship. twice as large as the great dreadnought Del aware. The following table shows the ton nage of the Titantic in comparison with the eleven largest liners now engaged In trans-Atlantic trade: Boissevain, Man., April 16. J. P. Alexander, a former member of the Provincial Parliament, dropped dead to-day when told of the Titanic dis aster. He was troubled with heart disease. .4 .4 5.324 2,000 2,000 7.000 Whether Charles M. Hays, presi dent of the Grand Trunk Railway, was saved, was not known to-night. His name was not among those re ported rescued by the Carpathia. A Canadian dispatch early In the day stated that Mr. Hays was saved. His wife and daughter were rescued. i - .",000 4,541 4.170 2.500 Statement From Washington. Washington, D. C, April 16. The Treasury Department, through the Customs officials, has given orders to expedite the landing of the survivors of the Titanic and to aid them in ev ery way possible upon the arrival of the Carpathia. Custom regulations have been suspended and the Cus toms officers will aid the survivors in finding relatives and friends. Vice President Franklin said late this af ternoon that his list of survivors showed that 202 out of the 325 first cabin passengers and 114 out of 285 second cabin passengers of the wreck ed liner had been accounted for. New York, April 16. "We are waiting for a complete list of the names of the survivors and until this is received, we can give no definite information. This was the only answer that could be given to-day at the White Star Line offices here to the thou sands of anxious persons who gather ed there seeking information regard ing relatives and friends who are among the victims of the Titanic dis aster. From early morning until late to-night pathetic scenes were witnessed in lower Broadway and in Bowling Green Park, opposite the steamship offices. Hundreds of anx ious inquiries were received also by long distance telephone. Multitudes remained in the vicin ity of Bowling Green throughout the day hoping against hope that their loved ones were included among the it is too early to get reports from survivors on board the Carpathia, which is now speeding to New York with the passengers who were res cued from the life-boats after the Ti tantic sank. Clerks in the White Star offices were kept busy informing those seek ing news that no information had been received from the Carpathia or the Olympic. The incomplete list of survivors was posted at the entrance of the White Star offices. Those who failed to find the names of their kin or friends in this list could only hope thai whe nthe complete roster of the rescued was received it would bring welcome news. When word reached the scores of men and women crowded into the narrow corridors of the offices that Vice-President Franklin of the In ternational Marine Company had an nounced that - he was confident that the Virginian and the Parisian of the Allan Line had none of the Titanic's passengers on board an atmosphere of deep depression prevailed. Newspaper men were besieged by the anxious inquiries who could not believe that the Wrhite Star officials were giving out all news of the dis aster. Vice-President Franklin was lock ed in his private office throughout the day and few persons were permitted to see him. Mrs. Benjamin Guggenheim, wife of the smelter millionaire, was one of the first visitors in the forenoon. When informed that no word had been received of he rhusband, she be came hysterical. "Isn't there some thing" that can be done?" she plead ed. "Can't you send steamships out to search for life-boats which may yet be afloat?" She was told that every steamship within the zone of wireless had been requested to give assistance. After she had been assured that she would be notified by telephone as soon as any word came from the Carpathia or the Olympic M,rs. Guggenheim was assisted to? - Automobile and re turned to her hotel. Titantic (White Starl ... Olypic (White Star) Mauretania (Cunard) 3 Ixjuisitania (Cunard) 3 George Washington (N. Ger man Lloyd) France (French Line) . . . Kaiserin Auguste Victoria (Hamburg-Aberican) Adriatic (White Star) 2 Rotterdam (Holland-American) 2 Amerika (Hamburg-American 2 Kronprinzessin Cecile (North German Lloyd) 20,000 The titantic was a four-funneled boat, the great stacks rising a frac tion over SI feet above the upper deck, while the distance from the top of the funnels to the lower deck was 175 feet. The passenger accommo dations were among the most gor geous of any ship ever built. There were many innovations for travelers. Those who could afford it might have a private promenade deck for them selves. These latter were in connec tion with some of the finest suites, and the Titanic was the first vessel to offer this additional luxury. The Parisian cafe and the palm room were other features. In the main dining-room 600 passengers, the population of a good-sized village, could dine in comfort at the same time. In addition there was a French restaurant where 200 more might dine a la carte. Then there were Turkish baths, a swimming pool, a finely fitted gymnasium and a squash racquet court. TO MEET THE RESCUED. President May Dispatch Newspaper Reporters to the Carpathia. Washington, April 16. President Taft has tentatively decided to dis patch two revenue cutters from New York to Sandy Hook to met the Car pathia and act as an escort into the harbor. The question will be definitely de termined at a conference tomorrow j between the President and Secretary MacVeagh, of the Treasury Depart ! mpnt Tf pnnvnvs are sent out. thev will be the cutters Seneca and Mo hawk, now at New York. In order that a waiting world might receive the earliest possible in- ! formation regarding the tragedy, Secretary MacVeagh indicated his willingness to consider the question of sending the revenue cutter Gres ham, with newspaper correspondents aboard, from Boston to meet the Car pathia, provided the Cunard Line was willing to allow them aboard. This question was held in abeyance, how ever, by advice from Deputy Collec tor of Customs Stewart, at New York, stating that the 'steamship line would not grant the privilege. A MONSTER SHIP Largest Vessel in the World and Costing Ten Million Dollars. The Titantic was due to arrive in New York yesterday afternoon and, had not the tragedy occurred, would doubtless have arrived on schedule, for she was making excellent time. REAL ANCIENT HISTORY. (Continued from page 1.) did a little later. But America would hev whipped England sometime un aided; in fact, she did the job about thirty years later in the war known az that ov 1812. Ov course I am merely boilin' down a few well-known historical facts at this moment well-known to few people, however, for I contend that at least 90 per sons out ov every hundred do not know anything about history, even if they hev a fair education. Like Bib lical history, in some respects, ordi nary earthly history grows more in teresting every time you read it, even though only a year or two may hev elapsed since you read the same thing before, an you may hev read the identical history a dozen times in your life. Truth iz, much stranger than fiction. For that reason I al ways recommend that hit would be a gude thing for people to quit readin a certain style ov so-called newspa pers in North Carolina an read pa pers like The Caucasian-Enterprise. After awhile some more ov the peo ple will begin to take my advice. A few doses ov 6-cent cotton an 50 cent wheat will "set the hair on 'em. If I thought hit would do any gude to give the folks another Cleve land object lesson I'd vote for Billy J. Bryan, or some ov them fellers just one time, an' then I'd watch em squirm. If Bryan or that New Jer sey college professor hapens to be elected this year, I look for cotton to go down to 2 cents per pound in the lint, an eggs will not bring over 2 cents a dozen. For a time farm hands will be forced to work at 20 cents or less per day an' carpenters an machinists, many,, ov - whom air disciples ov Bryan in the South will be proud to get 40 or 50 cents per d y; in fact, carpenters did not aver se thai ascfc -4 aria tin. Utter frt ov the Cleiesad administration far noil or 'tis mtvtt Idle ma dtd&'t tars asy wage for sccse Ua, so tsy pie tare ot Mr. Bryan's dreaxa ov a4 tslalitratlon tx cot ovrnSrawo; a year or BryaeUa woe! 4 4oaMJes est down the price ov far prod cct to half what they now are Ua for aa land value would la that tis fall off frora a third to a half what they now are. I only her a paaala inter t In such matter. Bet 1 hev bin through hit one and ! don't care to wltneaa uch a period aaia. hence I will vote for what I want latead ov what I don't want, aa many South erner air In the habit of doia be cause their father or rrandfather owned a nig&er or two before the Civil War. or, poftihly. twapped ihot guns with Mme man who did own 12. 15 or 20 cent cotton. $1.00 per bushel corn, an' the rite to own a gude dog without payia tax on bit, an 111 guarantee prosperity to any highly-favored country tike the Unit ed States. You'll say, I'm gettin somewhat political ia thU. Well, awl or us bad better try to stave off any an awl political calamities; an the only practical, sensible way U party hez the greatest record az a calamity producer an then vote the other way. I know which party now holds the record. Gentle reader, you ought to awlso find out about this an act accordingly, an act this year, for delays are mity dangerous. Az ever, ZEKE BILK INS. Simmons Greatest Encniy. Maxton Scottish Chief. The Congressional Record Is doubt less the greatest enemy Senator Sim mons has among the newspapers and periodicals published. It has ruth lessly recorded his anti-Democratic votes and remarks which the North Carolina press, or a large number of them, seem to reject as only abuse of the Senator. Tle Dead Pauper Law a Shame. Union Republican. The dead pauper law stands upon the statute books as a shame and dis grace to North Carolina. Remem ber this when you cast your ballots for legislative candidates in Novem ber. As a Democratic Legislature passed that law, the party must stand responsible for it. PLAN OF ORGANIZATION. Rules and Regulations for the Or ganization of the Reupblican Par ty of North Carolina. (Amended and adopted at the State Convention, held in Greensboro, August 10, 1910.) (1) County Organizations. The election precinct shall be the unit of county organizations. Each pre cinct shall have an executive com mittee consisting of three active Re publicans. They shall be biennially chosen by the Republican voters of the precinct who shall also designate one of their number chairman. They shall convene at such time and place as the majority may elect. There shall be elected biennially by the County Convention called by the ounty Executive Committee to nomi nate candidates for the General As sembly an dcounty officers, a County Executive Committee to consist of five members unless the Convention shall designate a greater number; and said County Convention shall auso elect at the same time a chair man of the County Executive Coa mittee. Vacancies in precinct com mittees shall be filled by the voters of the precinct, and in the county committees by the county conven tion; provided, that in case a va cancy occurs within thirty days pri or to an election, such vacancy may be filled by the votes of the remain ing members and in the event of the removal of the chairman by death or resignation or any other cause a chairman shall be elected by the committee. (2) Congressional, Judicial and Senatorial District Committees shall be composed of no less than one member from each county, nor less than seven members, biennially elect ed by the several district conven tions, which shall also designate the chairman; provided, that a Senato rial Committee shall only be elect ed in districts embracing more than one county. Vacancies occurring within thirty days of an election may be filled by the vote of the com mittee. (3) There shall be a State Ex ecutive Committee composed of one member from each Congressional District in the State to he designated by the district delegation at a State Convention assembled, ten members at large, to be selected by the State Chairman and shall also include the chairman of the convention at which election is held, and said committee are required to call a State Conven tion of the Republican party at least sixty days prior to every election for members of the General Assembly, and oftener if necessary in the in terest of the party. Members of the State Executive Committee shall be bienially elected at the State Con vention, and shall elect a Secretary, who is not a member, and the chair man of said committee shall be elected by the State Convention. (4) The chairman of the respec tive County. District and State Ex ecutive Committee shall call their conventions to order and act as tem porary chairman until a permanent organization is effected, with power s&ly to appct& sj mlt ihm r fn f a cossm cr4-rs?iaXn til No ttUt Cas!m U hate power t& elect et appeist 4ei- to ay ceattatias, w ttr Covaty, Dltrkt, State or N.tJaX No sseabet ef aa? Kse-sJv Co&taUte or !el cr alternate daly choa stall aate powt ia delegate hit trust or aaiaortty to another. ) Keprautiea ta cosaty e& eatioa t&mll eoaaist of ese cat for ery twt?sty-S Repahli can votes, or fractional part thereof, caat ta said pretart at the previous ieetioa fo rtae RepahUcaa candi date for Governor. Pro 1 14 4. that each towaahlp shall b eatitled to one vote, at least, la the county tea teatloa. (S) The basis of rpr-eatatioa ia aad State Coaveatio&s shall be ap portioned so aj to consist of oa delegate and one alternate for ettry one hundred votes or fractional part thereof cast for the candidate of the Republican party for Governor at the last general election la the counties In the State. Provided, that each county shall be entitled to at least two delegates to the Ilepublicaa State. Congressional. Judicial aad Senatorial Conventions. (S) Delegates and alternates to the County Conventions shall be elected only by a vote of the Repub licans of each precinct meeting: as sembled, and elccates and alternates to the District. State and National Conventions shall be elected by a convention of delegates duly elected and sent by the people for that pur pose, after notice and publican of not less than fifteen days of time, place and purpose of such conven tion, and not otherwise, and the del egates so elected shal be citizens of the county from which they are elect ed and that in all primaries elect ing delegates, a poll of the voters present shall be taken In order to ascertain the strength of all officers to be voted for and said votes shall be pro-rated aad cast In County, District or State Conventions on the first ballot acorsing to the strength fc? etli er vttfuwf prison aa4 tUgim njr swsutc tae telaritf 4aH ajui 7 tie ciiaortty. tl T crti! ? ti ciAtt feaa ixi 9tt-Ufj e? tie Ktl. ettlajE fsrU U rtr&Urtty ? ia prtrtary Cieetia c r vattea aa Ut tlectUa f Utl aai alter &r t&trt. l s$4. war aa-caat!, as ftw4 a4 eit3t cre4eatial far tm ta!r aa4 aittr&Atesk 111) The Caalraa f tfc tut Riectrtlt Ccsstatt! saalL f saf fkieat cast, aavw pot ta ran any eesat? taatrsaaa at alt 4a art, aad id appetal s!taUe 8ecr; ?rcH4. however, tin the (hainaaa the rvssov4 stall have tie rtst of appeal fr tae action of the State Cairmaa ta ta State Calt!e. vac daty it saalt b to pas vp-on the aeettoa aa to whether or not them was at cause for oa renotal. US) It shall be the,d?? of the State Committee to prepare a tem porary roll of the dt'egaU elrte4 to the State Coaveaiioa. aad ssch temporary roil shall be qmnS for the purpose of e5e;icc a temporary or gaaixattoa. (13) There shall U a Campaixa Committee appelated by the ttat Caalrtsan tc consist of s members and said committee shall assume macaj-ejjce&t a&d control of the cam paign la such sections of the State as cay be desigsated by the chair man: said committee shall at all tlmr be subject to the direction of the State Executive Committee. (14) This plaa of oiraaiiatloa and procedure shall continue la fore until changed or abrogated by a sab sequent Republican State Contention. F. 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