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RALEIGH, N. C., TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 1912.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
" LAST EDITION.
Double the Number of Paid Subscribers in Raleigh of any Other Newspaper
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THE 10SS OF LIFE NOW
ESTIMATED AT 1,341
The Carpathia Has 888 Survivors Aboard
But It Is Still Hoped That Other Ships
Also Succeeded In Making Rescues
MANY NOTABLE
MEN PERISHED
List of tlic Nil itics of the Survivors
Coming In- Great Preponderance
of Those Saved Women anil Chil
dren,' Showing That Rule of Sen
Was Reing Rigidly Unforced
Major Butt, the President's Aide,
Possibly One of the Lost.
The appalling magnitude of the
wreck of the giant liner Titanic has
been but little mitigated by frag
mentary information which filtered
in today.
The rescuing steamer Carpathia,
lias 88 survivers aboard, according
to tho latest news received at the
White Star Lino office he;-e. This
increases the list of saved by about
two hundred from the -number first
reported. Kxcept for this tho favor
able details are insignificant com
pared with the supreme fact that the
Titanic is at. the bottom or tho At
lantic and that the shattered wreck
took with her about, thirteen hun
dred and fifty victims to their death.
The first reports, giving the total
survivors at six hundred and seventy-five
wore varied by more favor
able news early today, flVst from
Captain Postron, of the Carpathia,
who gave the number at about
eight, hundred, and later, by positive
anouncement of the White Star Line
that eight hundred and sixty-eight
Titanic survivots are aboard the Car
pahtia. But with these revised fig
ures the.'e remain thirteen hundred
and forty-one persons, passengers
Hnd crew uncounted for and appar
ently lost. Hope clung desperately
to the belief that the steamer Vir
ginian and Parisian may have pick
ed up survivors in addition to those
aboard the Carpathia, but this was
practically dispelled at 11 o'clock,
when Sable Island wireless station
reported the Parisian had no sur
vivors aboard, and when tho of
fices of the Allan Line In Montreal
issued a statement that the captain
of the Virginian sent them a wire
less message saying he "arrived at
Hie scone" of the disaster too late to
be of any service."
Both the Virginian and Pa-islan
hold out no hope of further reduc
ing the extent of the calamity. The
Virginian proceeded for Europe. The
Carpathia having aboard the only
survivors accounted for, Is coming
slowly to New York. All hope for
t details of tho tragedy and its effects
are centered on this ship. She will
be In wireless communication with
Sable Island tonighC with Nan-
ROOSEVELT HAY
SPEAK IN RALIEGH
' Col. Theodore Roosevelt, who 13
billed to speak In Greensboro next
Monday, will likely speak In Ilu!e!ph
and Charlotte later In the week. .Mr.
Zeb Vance Walser of Lexington, who
Is In Raleigh, sent the colonel a con
gratulatory telegram and expressed
the hope that he would speak here.
Colonel Roosevelt replied that he
expected to be In the state next Mon
day an Mr. Water. ., will arrc.ngo
three 6 .es for. him. The date at
Greens!: ro la already assured, and
Mr. V .Iser expects to have tho
colonef speak at Raleigh and Char
lotte. Friends of the colonel In Ral
eigh were Jubilant . today over the
prospect of hearing htm.
Should Colonel Roosevelt visit
Raleigh he will in the guest of Col.
and" Mra. J. C. L. Harris dn Fayette
vllle street .'.
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American Woman Flies Across the
Channel,'
Boulogne', France, April ll-Mlss
Harriet Qullby, an . American air
woman, crowed the English channel
from Dovsr. She Is the first woman
accomplishing the feat. Tho flight
occupied two hour. - t, '- . ."
'.: i-.nrtif)f 1 i t. '.'
Htrwontrow mls(Jed mo$ people
are who argue w(b 'us :
tucket on Thursday and reach New
York sometime Thursday night.
London, Paris and New York are
grief stricken and overwhelmed by
the disaster. Tearful crowds of
relatives and friends of the, passen
gers aboard the Titanic thronged the
steamship offices, waiting hour after
hour, for news that more often than
not when it does come means be
reavement .and sorrow. People in
Parte and London went to bed last
night In the belief that all the pas
sengers aboard the Titanic were
saved. This morning brought them
the appalling truth.
Of the survivors aboard the Car
pahtia,' by far the larger number
are women and children.
Many men of great prominence on
two continents are among the miss
ing. No word has been received of
t'ol. John Jacob Astor; his wife wa
saved. Alfred d. Vanderbilt was
not on the- Titanic as first reported;
lie is in London. Isador Stratus,
New Y'ork millionaire merchant and
philanthropist,- who was aboard, lias
not boon reported among survivors.
Kmiy Morning Story.
New York, April 16. The follow
ing facts concerning , the World's
greatest steamship disaster, the sink
ing of the White Star Liner, Titanic
off the banks of Newfoundland,
stood out prominently early as sifted
from the wireless reports. Revised
estimate of loss of life 1,234 souls.
The ten million dollar Bteamship,
with a cargo and jewels worth ten
million more, totally lost.
There is no mention among the
survivors of Col. John. Jacob Astor,
his bride, nee Miss Force, of New
York Was saved. Major Archibald
Hutt, the president's aide, is still un
accounted for, as are many persons
of International importance. J.
Uruce Ismay, president of the Inter
national Mercantile Marine, owners
of the White Star Line, is among
the survivors, as is his wife.
Wireless reports say the Cunarder
Carpathia has aboard 866 survivors,
the total thus far accounted for. She
is steaming for New Y'ork and should
arrive Friday. The rescued passen
gers drifted In the life boats maiv
hours before- succor came. A wlre
lessi message to St. John, N. F., re
ports the Allen Line steamer Vir
ginian eit route there, possibly with
additional survivors aboard. That
she carries 'survivors had not been
confirmed at daybreak this morning.
Whether her sister ship, Parisian,
aided in the rescue werk lacks con
firmation. It was said the Virginian
migjit have otherB aboard whose
safety would cut the death list.
Captain K. J. Smith, the Titanic's
commander probably went to his
grave with the Ill-fated vessel with
out being able to communicate with
his superior officers of the line.
Aside from the C. D. Q. sent by his
wlreleBS operator not one word from
him was received up to the time the
Titanic sank, bow foremoBt Into the
ocean. The presumption Is he met
death at his post.
Speed-of the Titanic.
The Titanic's speed when she
struck tho Iceberg will not be known
until her survivors reach port. Ship
builders here and abroad agree that
while the modern steamship may
defy wind and weather, Ice and fog
remain an ever present element of
danger. Under ordinary circum
stances watertight compartments
will preserve a Bhip from sinking,
the shipbuilders declare, but that
smashing into an Iceberg could pro
duce effects rendering a ship holp
less beyond the protection . of any
design yet known. Vice President
Franklin of the White Star Line,
tried this morning to get Into com
munication with Montreal and sea
board cities for wireless Information
about the whereabouts of the Vir
ginian. Franklin believes she could
hardly be returning to this side un
less, she had some of the Titanic's
passengers. Throughout the night
newspaper offices were beselgod by
persons anxious to learn the fate of
relatives or friends aboard the
Titanic. Wireless communication in
the early morning hours was handi
capped by thunderstorm.
Names of Burlivors
The names of tho rescued passen
gers began to come through by wire
less via Cape Race from the Car
(Continued, 9A Page Seven,).
The Titanic, the Largest Ship in the World, Which Was Sunk -in Collision With an
Iceberg, 350 Miles off the Ccast of New Foundlancl Sunday Night;
1,341 Persons Being Lost in the Wreck.
IS
ARE SELECTED
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"Cur Republic," New Text-
Book, Only Change Made
By Commission
White's "lio'jinncr'.s History of
the Cnitcd States.',' published. -by .the
American Book. Company, was re
adopted by-the state 'text-book com
mission; today, and "Our Republic,"
a new history by-' Riley, Chandler '&
Hamilton, replaced Chamber's His
tory of the Ilniled States,'-which has
been used for a score of years. The
text-book commission' -nnd sub-commission
met today pursuant lo agree
ment and adopted these histories
without much effort, most of the
work on the hooks having' been done
while the two .commissions' were
here last summer.
While's History has been in use in
the; public schools for the past five
years. "Our Republic" iH a new his
tory mill is published by the Thomp
osn Publishing Com puny, of Raleigh.
Its authors hail from Mississippi,
Virginia-and North Carolina, Dr.
Hamilton being .-professor or history
in the I'niverHity or North' Carolina.
BOOK IX ( OMiltKSS lti: OI!l
House Orders Work on .Miinticello,
by Mrs. Littleton, I'rlnteil.
Washington, April 1G. "One
Wish," a book by Mrs. Martin W.
Littleton, in which she recites -the
history of Commodore Levy's vain
attempt to deed Monticello to the
American people, was ordered print
ed in the congressional record to
day, The motion waB made by Rep
resentative Austin, of Tennessee, and
the order was entered by unanimous
consent.
A point that Mrs. Littleton makes
Is that the deed of gift was upset by
the term "American people," to
whom the deed was drawn, instead
of to some particular department of
the government. She points out that
the bequest originating the Smith
sonian . Institution was marie simply
t,o see "American people.";
A Joint resolution accepting the
gift of the home of Thomas Jeffer
son was pending In congress when
the will was broken.
WELCOME BY PRESIDENT TAFT.
Men of Importance in RuMnes
World Will Attend Washington
,- Meeting. j
WashingtonApril 1G. President
Taft will welcome the several hun
dred delegates to the conference, of
commercial associations, which will
be held In Washington, In the New
Willlard, hotel beginning April 22
next, at 10:30 a. m., and Secretary
Nagal,of ther department of com
merce and labor, will deliver an ad
dress on the subject of the proposed
national organization before assign
1 - iVu Li ji ui w
ing lire, direction of ill" nif'ting to
the temporary cliuirmaji.
Men o f i in port ii ; iiv-lhe .bi'siliejis
world from ever:. ; ni i .!' (In- I'liitei)
Slftesj riml its in.-,iiia poss'Ksionn
will attend this ronfi ivik -e us r.-urc-r.i'iitat
Ives . of tli!1 laii'i' com mere!:!
organizations.--. A number, of s.'ii
utors and congrcKsnirn have Iioimi dc.--Kurnt
il as . delegates'-, liy ihe.ir ' hoi'r."
c!'.;i in hers of coinnir rc c.
Xo state in the union ami no com-,
inri'cial intereKt. will be unrepresented.'-
H.-nVHli, t!i- PhjMppiBfis; AlMsla.
and I'tirlo Rico have "named (!elo
sates, and, so. also have most 'of tiie
great national - organizations,- e;e-!i
representative of a particular i vimi
nu reial Interest,' such as the national
associations of tanners, commercial
travelers, canners, etc.
The conference' will lie-wholly ol
a business character, anil will be
devoted to the discussion and es
tablishment of i he form of the na
tional organization and tin1 selection
of officers. The department of com
merce and labor will make no "'effort
to direct , the 'deliberations, but is
aiding iii every way to secure as rep
resentative a. gathering as pnstdhlc.
so thai, all commercial interests may,
if they. ileslnyMiaro in the I'onndinr.
ol' this new iintional assoei.tl ion.
(iiiilty ol Altcmpted AssaiiR.
.Ilaniploii, a., April HI. .lolin
West ley.. 'a neuo pleaded guilt.', to
attenipted criminal assault on Hat-tie
Power, a sixteen-year-old white iil.
The negro was sentenced to elghli-eii
years in"' I he penitentiary-.'
Komicr ficoigia Cniigrcssiniin lienii.
Macon. April 1 11. Judge Thotiia::
('. I.awson t'oniHT congressmaii from
tile eighth Ceorgia district died at
ills home at Hatcuton, ..' (la., . of
paralysis.
POSTAL SAVINGS
am II THIS STATE
(Special to The Times. )
Washington, April 16. On Janu
ary .1 1,1 !i 1 2. there were 100 postal
saving, depositories in operation in
North Carolina,-- with deposits
amounting to over $18,000. This
amount was deposited by about 4nu
depositors on an average of $47 per
depositor. Since the opening o.' (he
postal savings depositories In North
Carolina there has been approxi
mately 6U0 .accounts''.-, openi'd aiui
more than 1 , deposits made or
an axerage of almost 3 deposits to
each depositor and about 400 with
drawals or an average of less than
one to each depositor. Compared
with the number' of depositors rikI
the amount on deposit with other
states North Carolina ranks 41 In
number of accounts remaining open
January Slst and 46, in the total
amount remaining on deposit, show
ing that as compared with other
states the Hvcrage amount to the
credit of each depositor is smaller
In North Carolina than is the average
amount for the Cnitcd States.
Aid for .Mississippi Flood Work,
Washington, April 18. Tho sen
ate passed tho house hill appropriat
ing $.150,000 for the ' Mississippi
river flood work, -' -
GOV. WATSON
ON POLITICS
Forsyih Man Leans Toward
Judge Clark Since
Aj cock's Death
Hon. t'.-rus I! Wat son. (if Win
:.t(ili-Siiem. one of the most level
headed democrats in the country,
veteran of the war between the
sections, : great lawyer, and a lov
aide gentleman, was one (if the. many
N'or:h Cttroliiiiaiis who lost some in
t crest in the senatorial contest when
former (lovcrnor Ayeoek died. Gov
ernor, ' Wat.i-oii was asi;od today how-
lie stood in the senatorial -fight. a"d
said:'
"I was for Avcoc!;, heart and soul
and it 1 1 K 1 to have lulled me when he
died. : I now have a leaning for
Judge Clark, '.notwithstanding the
fact that there are .parts of his plat
form I do 'not' approve of, lie is a
man of so much' h-aming, of such
treat industry, is so faithful to duty
and lias done so much along the line
of preserving the history of tin
state -that ii causes tne front a sensi
of dntv nn i in ,i 1 1 to lean toward
him. although I cinuiot now say
what Course I ma .t-ikv in Hie future
"lie has been ill uTiee for a long
time. Intl. all (lie lime lie has held an
oflii e that required ininiense lalior
with little pay. This I know. In
case he is cleet"d to the senate he
will lie faithful to the people of the
state iui-1 to the party."
Governor Watson is one of those
men who never grow-old.- lie has
been' noted for his oratory and dc
lnocraev for manv ears. but most of
all has he been noted for his youth
He sometimes forgets the hundreds
of youngsters who grow to manhood
about him, but he always-' set's" him
self straight and keeps young with
the youngsters in his home town
Eclipse of Hie Sun.
Washington, April I 'i. . On Wed
ncsday .there will lie an eclipse of
I he sun, visible only in "t lie caster
part, of the I'nited States. The New
England States, except a part of
('outlet iJeut and a portion of New
York, will be the only part of the
I'nited States in which the ellipse
will he visible; that is to say,
which the beginning, middle and end
will all tnke place after sunrise.
Washington Apprehensive Over Mex
lean Troubles.
Washington, April 16. -Apprehen
slon in official circles over the Mex
lean situation was indicated by
white bouse conference in which the
president and cabinet, Huntington
Wilson, acting secretary of state and
Major General Wood participated
Case Against Mrs. (Iftice.
Atlanta. Ga., April 1G.: The case
against Mrs. Daisy Opie Grace was
was continued until next Tuesday
when she appeared in court, charged
with shouting her husband, Eugene
Grace, .. t
I. HUBBARD
IS PR0W0TE0
s Elected State Bank Examinv v
Corporation Commission to
Cnonanil Mr Drnuin
Succeed Mr. Brown
rlR. COVINGTON CHOSEN
Killi'iuli M.in i:iM I ccl Assistant liiink
l')iiiiiiiici' mill Will Itcgin Oiitics
M.iy I Is Now Auditor for Mer
chants' Niitioiiiil Hank anil is .Most
( oTiipi 1 "lit 1'inilicr Mr. Hul)
linitl's Promotion Was Result of
Splcmliil Work us 'Assistant.-''
Mr. -Samuel A.. Hubbard, of Reids-
ille, who. was appointed assistant
ink examiner last summer when
Mr. ('has. V. Brown was promoted,
was today eleeteil by the corporation
commission to t lie office of bank ex
aminer, and .Mr. 1.. K. Covington, of
Raleigh was elected assistant. These
lianges will 'take, place May 1, when
Mr. Hrown becomes cashier of the
Hunk "of l.iiniherton.
Mr. Hubbard; as has been stated,
was connected with a hunk at Reids-
ille when lie was made assistant
iikI lias .made a capable inspector.
He and Mr. Drown worked well to-
ether ami he was the logical man
lor the place on the resignation of
t he examiner. .
Mr. ''ovit'gtoti is a native'1, of
l-auriuhorg. Scotland county... He has
bad bunking experience in Charlotte
nid .Wilmington and , for the past
two years has been connected with
the .Merchants National Uank of
Raleigh in the capacity of auditor.
He -is. married ud lias a family.
Mr, W. 11. Drake, .lr.. cashier of
the ban!;, said toilad that' Mr. Cov
ington was the bes'l all-round man
he had ever bad umfer bis direction.
It is wit Ii reluctance that the officers
of the '.Raleigh: institution, though
lad of the recognition conferred on
Sir. Covington, will give him up. '
There ' were .more, than a dozen
ipplicanls for .the position.
I'l.AX HOI.V WAR IX CHINA
Mohammedans Will Organize Army
Of .-.(Hl.OOO to Resist Republic.
London. April Hi. The Moham
medans at l.aiiehowfit, province of
Katiliu, .have decided to organize a
force of 500, nun
men to resist the
efforts of the republic; '.which they
believe contemplates', their exter
mination. I'ekiii, .April i'i. : A -'manifesto is
sued Jiy the 'president or the. republic
urges the live races to amalgamate
through intermarriage-. :
Gcc-.al
Sheng ' Vim, ex-governor
of the province of Shensi, who
early last inon'b began to march o:i
I'ekin with a large niftnber of
troops, i . irreconcilable,, but is un
able to continue tiie struggle, his
Mohammedan allies having accepted
Yuan Slii Kai's terms. It is .report
ed that these include monetary com
pensations.- ..'.-.
A dispatch from Sianl'u says that
refugees from Kansu "have arrived
safely, and are proceeding to the
coast. Among Hie refugees are lour
Americans. The other foreigners
are -remaining .in Kansu.
Pending the -pacification of the
troops in the south, General Huang
Sing, commander-in-chief at. Nankin,
will .continue to exe.viso, under the
direction of the president, control
over 'affairs in his districts, 'includ
ing civil, .military' and diplomatic
matters In the city.
PTOMXIVK KII,I,S 5 CHIMJRKX.
Victims, With Their Parents, Taken
III After Killing' Dried Heiiing.
Ciiaiiottetown, Prince ICdward is
land, 'April 1fi. -I'lve of the six chil
dren of Patrick Mageo and his wife,
who live near Montagu, have died
within the last two days. Their
death is supposed to lie due to pto
maine poisoning brought on by eat
ing dried herring, of which Mr. and
Mrs. Miigen anil the live children
partook at. dinner .on Friday. The
sixth child was 'not .at home.
After dinner the children and
their parents became ill, ai'.d their
condition being serious a phvskian
was summoned. One child (Hod an
hour after hiB arrival. Two others
died about in o'clock Saturday morn
lng within fifteen minutes of each
other, and thlB morning the fot'r'h
and firth paused nway
The father and mother have re
covered,
TO MAKE TRIP
TO PITS
Commissioners to See Some Good
Xtyidclay Roads at Mr. Tufts'
Commie Uintor Dptnrt
I0UIUUO llllllUI HUOUIl
WILL GO THURSDAY
President litchforl of Chamber of
Commerce Itcceives Invitation for
Himself, Auditor Holding and
Others and They Will Spend Day
Inspecting Model Highways In
terest in Good Road from Pine
hurst to Raleigh.
President Henry E. Litchford of
the chamber of commerce has re
ceived a telegraphic letter from Mr.
Leonard Tufts of Pinehurst inviting
him and the board of county commis
sioners, road supervisor and other
county officials to be the guests of
Mr. Leonard Tufts at Pinehurst any
day this week, in order to see the
roads in that vicinity. Road Super
visor Wiggs of Wake, was there re
cently and found the roads, which
are built of sand and clay, to be
an invaluable object-lesson. Today
the commissioners and supervisor
made arrangements so that they will
leave for Pinehurst at six o'clock
Thursday afternoon and will return
Friday. Mr. Litchford will go and
so will county auditor Holding, who
is so much interested in good roads.
Mr. Tufts will have automobiles
for the fentire party and they will
he shown roads already built and
some in course of construction. Mr.
Tufts is going to aid personally in
the construction of roads to the
Wake line. His desire and that of
the guests at Pinehurst, is to have
splendid roads between Raleigh aad
that great resort, so that its guests
can come and go in automobiles.
It means a great deal" for Ral
eigh to have these people come here
and of course the construction of
good roads means everything to
Wake, for it is the one weak point
in this county, just as poor streets
are the weak point in Raleigh. The
visit of the commissioners will have
a very happy effect, beyond doubt,
as the practical lesson in road-butld-
iug around Pinehurst has a high
value. :
For Road Expert.
The chamber of commerce has ar
ranged, through Senator Simmons,
lo nave a very capauiu rouu expert.
sent here by the I'nited States de
partment which has this important
feature in charge. This expert will
look thoroughly into the road situ
ation, as to location, grading, type
or construction, etc. Every man in
Wake county and in Raleigh is in-
-forested. A road properly built will
not only serve the automoblllst but
will also servo over ninety percent of
other users, since barely five per cent
of use is by automobiles.
Mr. Tufts will make every moment
of the stay of the party pleasant and
profitable ami will entertain all of
his guests at the HoMy Inn.
NOT IN THE RACE
lion. W. C. Newland, of Lenoir,
this afternoon authorized the follow
ing; "A number of friends have ask
ed me to become a candidate for
the office of secretary of state, but
inasmuch as I had been in the race
for governor up to a few weeks ago
and withdrew in the Interest of
party harmony , it would, in my opin
ion, be inconsistent to be a candidate
for the office of secretary of state."
Colonel Newland had earlier In the
day created a great deal of amuse
ment by entertaining the secretary
of state's office, making a close in
spection and announcing to his
friends that he waB seeing what
changes he would make after his
election. Nobody enjoyed the Joke
more than he. The report that
Colonel Newland was to be a candi
date originated from Salisbury,'
Two Thousand Negroes Jteecued.
Tallulah, La., April 18. Two
thousand negro flood sufferers were
rescued In boats from a perilous po
sition on the levees, the result of
the Mississippi's invasion of this ter
ritory. Some people He because they ar
too pollt to tell th'ti$h,-'
Ml C