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1 - "V fie JMei r-v :: Associated Press Service. Associated Press Service. ' - 1 1 B-M Vol. LXXI. No. 84. Weather-SHOWERS. RALEIGH, N. C, SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1912. LAST EDITION. j PRICE FIVE CENTS. Double the Number of Paid Subscribers in Raleigh of any Other Newspaper SM MAKES f Doesn't Like Treatment He Is Receiving At Hands of Senate Committee FULL STORY NOT TOLD Nearly it- AVeek Has 1'iissctl Since The Titanic Went Down, Hut Much of the Story. of ihe Disaster Has Not Vet Keen Told .1. Bruce Ismay Thinks He Has Been Hadly Treated Xo Statement From the White Star Lino Officials Rest Information So Far Obtained Comes From the Senate Investi gating Committee Had Been Fire In Coal Bunkers. New York, Ap.il .20. Nearly a week has passed since the Titanic sank in mid-ocean. .Much of her story is untold. The number of dead probably never .will, be exactly de termined. The complete passenger list went down with the 've-sel. The number of survivors is fixed at .70. The White Star Line officials be lieve the death list totalled i,6:!;. The narratives gathered piecemeal from th,e Titanic's survivors pay un precedented tribute to the men who sacrificd their lives that the women might be saved. By common consent the world s churches will give tomorrow's ser vices to reverent consideration of the disaster and mourning for the lost. For the needs of the living ample provision has been made. Relief, funds in New York and London to-! tal many hundreds of thousands oft dollars. Most of -the steerage pas- I 1 .!! . senders reacmnis ner uuirauj,ni and penniless, were clad, fed and housed and will be given a start with ample funds. The most complete story of the Titanic's fate yet obtained is being gathered here by the senate Investi gating committee. The testimony already presented emphasized tin: Titanic's officers' faith In the ships unsinkable character. The Titanic's fate resulted In prompt action by the trans-Atlantic lines to Insure hereafter taking a course far south of the zone of Icebergs. There Is little disposition to criticise Captain Smith for following the ocean lane. In which she met disaster. He bIiow-. ed caution, naval hydrographers say, by steering a course well south of the regular southern lane. There was some criticism among the survivors because of the Ti-I tanic's crew's Inability to handle the lifeboats. Albert Major, the Tl-j tanic's steward, admitted there had(' been no boat drills and that Hie Hie-J boats were poorly handled. Major j said: , "The crew realized that wo were unorganized. Although every man did his best, we were handi capped in getting the best rcEtilts be cause wo . could not pull together. The only time wc were brought to gether was when wo mustered, for roll putt ihn ninrnfnn- u-e auilerl. From .. - Wednesday until Sunday there was no boat drill." Another story told by members of the crew, which may have a bearing on the Investigation . of the ship's rapid sinking, is of the firn which. It Ih Ruin, started In one of the coal bunkers shortly after tha ft .... .. i 1 .. c . u li. ....... .,. , I Ailtiuic lull ouuiu limn juuu, vtiiicu was not extinguished until Saturday afternoon. One fireman told this story: "It had been necessary to take the coal out of sections 2 and 3 on the star board aide, forward, and when the water came robing through after the collision with the Iceberg, the bulkheads would not hold because they did not have tho supporting weight of the coal. 8omobody re ported to Chief Engineer Bell that the forward bulkhead had given away. Tho engineer replied: .'My Cod, we're lost.' The engineers Btayed by the pumps and went down with the ship. The firemen and stokers were sent on deck five min utes before the Titanic sank. The lights burned to the lust, as the dynamos were run by oil engines." The story of what Injuries were sustained by the Titanic striking the iceberg, causing her to sink, may forever be a mystery. The White 8tar Line's promised official statement was not forth coming. There was no Indications when it will be. The officers and crew have been kept under the seal of silence. With the Railing of the majority of' tie crew this morn! up pD't, be Lapland, Jh source o njucU COMPLAIN interesting Information was closed. Senator Smith believes that cer tain members of the crew who will be held lor examination, may reveal just what happened to the Titanic below deck as when she struck the iceberg. Second Officer Lightholder says the Titanic didn't break in two, but made a dive diagonally into the scat, that when half way under the waves two explosions occurred to the boilers. Contributions to the survivors' re lief fund continued pouring in. J. Bruce Ismay, president of the International Mercantile -.Marine, whom the senate committee forbade leaving the United States' Jurisidic tion, characterized the investigation as "brutally unfair." About his es cape from the boat, Ismay said: "1 took the chance of escape when it came to me. I did not seek it. Every woman and child had been cared for before I left the boat. I took no other man's place." Captain Smith Tried to Save Child. New Yo;k, April 20. Taking re fuge on the Titanic's bridge, two little children remained by Captain Smith's side until that portion of the ship was submerged. Survivors of (Continued on Page Seven.) THKKK I'ROMlXliXT XF.w YORKERS WHO LOST TIIKIIt I.IVKH IX THK TITANIC. IHSASTKK. From h'tt, to right: Kenjmiiin Guggenheim, the inillionaire smelter king: Henry 1. Harris, cue ol the biggest theatrical producers in .New Vork. and Isidor Straus, Hie inillionaire merchant philumhii mst DISPENSARY IN RALEIGH Dr. Pr idgen Beginn Treatment Here For Hookworm Disease Or. and Mrs. J'ridgen, who are in charge of the free dispensaries for the treatment of the hookworm disease, have opened up a dispen sary in the court room of the court house. They are merely preparing today for future work. At Apex, Wendell, Fuquay Springs where the dispensaries have been opened, there Is already -much In terest and It-is hoped that all per sons who have been liable to infec tion will be examined. Dr. l'tidgeu Is not only effecting cures, but is instructing audiences in preventive measures. The county commission ers voted $250 to aid In the Work. Dispensary Dates, The places and dates of the di spensaries are as follows: Apex, Tuesday, April 16, 23, 30, May 7, 14, 21. Wendell, Wednesday, April 17, 24, May 1, 8, 15. 22. Wake Forest, Thursday, April IS, 25. May, 2, 9, 16, 23. Fuquay Springs, Friday, April 10, 26, May :i, 10. 17, 24. Raleigh, Saturday, April 20, 27, May 4, 11, 18, 25. 'Dili VEX. TO 1XSAXITV Duvid ISiiriiH (i'opn Crazy us Ilesult of Heading of IH.Hiinter of Titanic, Hempstead, N. Y.. April 20. Da vid Hums, an employe of Castle Gould, the estate of Howard Dould at Port Washington, went violently insane as a result of reading and talking of the disaster of the Ti tanic. Bums declared repeatedly that the wreck was the work of tho Lord to punish tho peoplo for their sins, and finally bocatuo so violent that he was arrested. Ho will be sent to Kings Park State Hospital for the Insane. For HooHCVcIt ami Clark. Omaha, April 20. Incomplete re tuns from yesterday's primaries, show Roosevelt is the favorite of the republicans, and Champ Clark the choice of the democrats for- the presidential nominations. Indica tions are that William Jennings nry an wan named as one; of the dele-gates-at-large to the national convention. ST FISESUCCESS Guilford and Trinity Carry GtT First and Second Honors Mr. ftryan-i Smith, a representa tive of Guilford College, took lirsl honors,' and the prize of $7"), ami Mr. V. (I. Shepherd, a representative of Trinity College, won second hon ors and the prize of $". in one of the finest oratorical contests ever participated in by college students in this country. There were seven contestants and cve:y one of them was a credit, to his institution. Ti e contest was held in the Raleigh auditorium last night, and was wit nessed by a good-sized audience. The seven young orators acquitted ON MS Elm fi' Ih " f Iwf - - TWO Sl'ltVIVOUS AXD A VICTIM Ol 'I UK TIT.WIC ISOl.Ot Al'S'f. l.cfl to right, Mrs. (icorge id'-ner, .1. IS. 'I haver, Mrs. .1. IS. Thaver. I,,,i!, il.s. idener and Mr.-.. Tbav er ivere saved, being among those picked up in (he open lifeboats liy (he s. S. aipathin, but both women ( ro Hidoivrd. J. It. Thayer and (Jeorge Wideucr being among (he heroic passengers vI:o stood inaiiliillv by uliile their lined wives and children were given tin- prelerencc in being: launched to vtlctv in the 'I i (anlc's lifeboats, the number of ivli'ch were only adiimtt' enough In nuv it surill liaclicti of Hie great MiipV passengers. themselves- in a .manner that would be a credit to the most successful public soaker. Clear thinking, order ly arrangements of subject matter and almost perfect enunciation char acterized' the orations on "('niversal Peace." Approaching the subject from seven different- angels, the young men, who spoke by number and were unknown to the judges, handled It. as only men' with brains could handle it. Liberal applause greeted the speakers. The band of the blind institution furnished stir ring music The names of the young men, whose names were announced when the judges retired, arc given with their subjects: No. 1 was Mr. Lloyd Holllngs worth Smith, of Davidson, and his subject was "The United States of the World." ; Mr. S. J. Kirk, of Catawba, spoke on "America's Watchword Peace." Mr. H. T. Hunter, of Wake Forest, choso the subject, "The Cancer In Our Internatlonalisut." No, 4 was Mr. W'. (!. Shcppard, of Trinity, and his tlicmo was "The Coming of Peace." No. 5 was Mr. J. 11. Rice, of At lantic Christian College, Wilson, "International Conciliation." No. 6 , was Mr. J. (1. Truitt, of Elon, a freshman, who did well In "The Glory of Nations." No. 7 wus the winner, Mr. Bryant Smith, of C.uilford College, the hot bed of peace. His subject was' "in ternational Peace and the PNnce of Peace." The Judges were Mr. Clarence Poe, editor of The Progressive Farm er; Rev. Geo. W. Lay, rector of St. Mary's, and Dr. T. P. Harrison, pro fessor in tho A, and M. College. Dr. W. L. Poteat, president of Wake Forest, was called to the stand and spoke a few words in regard to world peace. Dr. Stephen F. Wes ton, dean of A nt inch College, de clared that Jie had heard many peace prations Iq the Ja.s seven years, but he had heard, nolle that excelled those last night. I'rof. F. S. Blair, of Guill'o.d (yih-ge, pre sided. The winner of the first prize, Mr. Bryant Smith, will represent the state in a district contest to he held in Philadelphia in May. and will be one of many others. 1 strive for a prize .or $ln. MISS liVTHIHH- First Woman to he Appointed .it Head of Any (iovci iiiui'iit Iliii-.-ni. Washington, April 2d. Miss Julia V I .at hi on of Chicago has been ap pointed chief of the nev- children'-; bureau provided in a biil 'just ins.i ed by congress. Miss 'Uithrop is i's sociateti with Jane Adams in the work of Hull House 'and is a gradu ate of Vassar. Her salary v. ill be $5, not) a year, that, being the largest salary paid any woman in govern ment employment. Miss l.athrop will have an. -assistant chief, -a pri vate secretary and a statistical ex pert, two special agents - and seven cierks. Miss .'l.athrop is the first, woman ever appointed chief of. a government bureau by a president of- the I nked States. OPFNING OF NEW SO! On Sunday. April 2Sth, the formal opening of the handsome new sun day school building ot l-.dentoa street " Methodist .church will lake place, it bad bwn 'planned to oc cupy the building the last ol .March, but. owing to the bad weather this had to be positioned a month. Plans are about complete now for Hie open a week from Sunday and everything will be done to make this the big gest day ill the history of the school, an occasion of great interest to all the Kdenton street people. There will be three services dur ing the day, with two out-of-town speakers. Kxereises ' by the school will be at nliie-Hiiity o'clock, fol lowed by an address at eleven-thirty. Three-thirty in t he afternoon will be a special hour for - the Sunday school superintendents of the city, and at night there will he a sermon or an address. Special music will e a feature of all the services. The building which replaces the old wooden one, which stood for about thirty 'years on the same spot, Ih one of the handsonicBt and most complele Sunday school buildings in tho south. It. Is an ornameut to the city. Its cost will be about thirty thousand dollars. It is earnestly hoped that a largo part of the re mainder duo on the building will he raised on Ihe day of entering the now house. With tbe, increased facilities of the new Sunday school there will bo room to accommodate a large num ber of new students. The teachers and pupils of the classes have been making a vigorous campaign dur ing the past few weeks to bring back all old scUolarf antj to enls( PRIMARY FOR 5 Wake County Voters Electing Delegates to County Convention "I'll o primary -at Milburnie, St. ..Mai I hews township, was held ai noon today, and resulted in tile selection of a solid An- drews delegation. The delegates are W.;lc:- Kerrall, N. House, ' and Ce'orgo' Savage. Mr. Fer- rail was elected precinct chair- man. . The other precincts in tier coii.'iiy began voting at 2 o'clock. . . . . , . i ' . ... Wake county republicans a;-e lin ing up today for one of the most significant contests in the history of the partv in this county. The chair mansniii ol .Mr. Lester F. liutler. is the issue, ii hcing the contention ol his opponents that the parly lost niiinv hundred voies while he had the reigns, lie and' his friends con tend on tne other hand that Ihe othor crowd tailed to deliver the goods in tin! hoptvol discrediting the organi zation. 'I ne ivsuil of the voting lodav will he or great lPK-rest also to lion. I'.. ( . !i'iieati. Stale t hairinali More i:cad and ex-Seiiiior Hnller. Il Mr. V.. .1. A-ic'i'cws -suould win. it will lie a .cuiiipleti". Vn-torv lor (lie oi piiai ills or the BuHer-Moehead or ganization. Voting in the countv began at 2 n clock this Hlrernoon, hut voting in l''e i--iv will not begin until S o clock tonight. those no! identified with oilier Sun day sciiools in t he it v: As tomorrow is Hie las' Sunday licfor-.' entering the in'-V : i-li or.l it is Imped'' thai every mcciliei' will he prerciii as some iniprii'laii' arrange iiieitts will bo - made and 1 1 1 ' new class rooms assumed. ma v oiTosr. wi'.i'.n Humor . C. Onuil Will Ijilcr I 1 1 '1 I till' ( ollgl't'SS. ( Special to 1 he 1 lilies. I Charlotte- X. ('., April 2". Poli ticians hereabouts are wouilcrmi; whether or not .Mr. . ('. liowd will come out in opposition to .Mr. 10. Yates Webb for the 'democratic nomination, lor congress from this. the ninth, congressional district. It has been said that Mr. Dowd has had the matter under consideration for some time and may make a public announcement of his willingness to accept the nomination some time within the next few weeks. A meet ing of tbe democratic' executive com mittee of the ii i hi Ii congressional (lis trict has been called for next Sat urday at l.lncoliilon to name a dale for the district convention which will name the "'democratic candidate It is not known who the republicans will put in the field. A arch Di;i.G(K;ri:. i:iieitor MeKinley. llo( I'ndcr Col- lar, Says Ornishy Mi ll ug Is in South Persuading .Men ( Act His- honorably. -. Washington. April 20. Director McKinlpy, of the Tafi. bureau, took a, shot at Senator Dixon, of the Roosevelt committee, for trying to "persnude men to do dishonorable acts." This wus In connection with tin claim that delegates instructed for Tnft In South Carolina had an nounced that they would disregard their Instruction anil vote for Roosevelt. If Ormsby McHaig,, who Afl is now in the south for no other puijiose tiuin to persuade men to do dishonorable acts, can find any of. that caliber in that section of the country, the. sooner the country knows it the better," said Mr. Mc Kinley. Concluding a lengthy state ment on the South . Carolina situa tion, Mr. MeKinley said: "There can le no question in any man's mind that the methods pursued by Mr. Itoosevelt and his managers in this campaign will, before it is concluded, taint liie highest" elective office of Ihe nation with scandal. Corruption attempted', if not actual .bribery, in sults to the president of the Cnited Sla'es, the alliance of crooked busi ness with ' crooked politicians, as saults on the institutions of the gov ernment which- threaten not merely the republican party but the repub lic itself, all conducted by Theodore Roosevelt- under - the gui.se of let ting the people rule, and under the sacred mantle of Abraham Lincoln, self-assumed by Mr. Roosevelt, not only stamp him as an arch dema gogue but an arch traitor to the in still!' ions of his country and te truth.;'- MKKT IX .CIIAKI.OTTK Soiitliein (ins Assoiialion Decides (o Come lo (Jueen City. .laclwsonville, Fla., April '20-. The fourth annual convention of the Southern flas Association, which is rompo.ed of men connected with t lie gas industry in ten southern states, adjourned here yesterday af- te.- a three days' session, to meet next "year,'--April. 18, at Charlotte. N. C. K. White, of ' Montgomery, was elected president; S. K. Defreso, of Chattanooga, Teiin., and Jamei- Kerrier, of Rome, (la., vice-presi dent, and K. D. Brewer, of Atlanta. Ca., r'-elected secretiirv-t :-eastirer. lApiess Oliice Robbed. l:and Junct'Ion, Colo., April 20 Pwo masked robbers took ?14,00(i :'iirreney from the Globe Express of fice and irninei! 2 hours wlurt nn y posse, armed with shotguns. LOSIJPOI Reported That More Thar 200 Were Drowned When Levee Broke Crcenville Miss.. April I'M.- Kil een persons were orowned near licnoit;. when tne levee broke be tween Benoi.lt rind Heulah. Then ire iiiiveniic'l reports ol other ex tensive loss of life. lackson. .Miss.. .April 20, Two hundred, mosilv negroes, wen? re- poried drowned in Bolivar count? b Hoods. ei ihcal ion is dilhciilt. The victims failed to 'reach high ..r iiiml -mil ol '-..the Hood's path,'.'. Siv ihoiis.ind refugees arc camped ii ( 'leveia lid. I loud in I .oner Mississippi. Tallaiilah. I.i.. Ap.il L'fl. VValer truni Dog I ail crevasse in the .Mis- dssii i river, continues rising. The iiirrouiidilig sections are under 2 it id feet ol water. Many refugees-- from the Hooded plantations arc here. st i;s lot; W2.1.00O. Had Arm lorn on in Machinery. Ilotli Arms Broken. Special to The Times.) Ashevillo, April L'0. A damage suit of considerable interest, is' being tried in superior court, .-which is in session hen-. It is that m which Crady Siirralt, by his next, friend. .lesse Surra), Is suing Hie Chnmpion Klbro .Company for 2."i.noo for per sonal injury received while In the employ of Ihe defendant company. Surrat. is 20 years of age and the accident occurred about two years ago. He was caught in a line shaft and one of his arms twisted around the shaft i nut II it was broken In about four places and had to be am putnted near Ihe shoulder. The other a nil was also broken but was saved. The plaintiff went on the stand and told bow Ihe accident happened lie said lie - had to go to his work by melius of a ladder and that ladder was just under the shaft, that ha might have Rtutnbled, as the first thing he knew his arm wus twisted about tbe shaft and his body was thrown out lioroontally to the shaft He did not know how he had been released. Avarice .'is the only kind of Ice that will not mlt. MANY US OFFICERS HAD A GREAT RAID Destrot Illicit Distillerie. and rantni"- Negroes In Forage i Week HARNETT AND CHATHAM One if Stills Wns of 125 Gallons Capacity and Had 2,000 Gallons Of ISeer Heady to Go Into Making Of l,iiior Joe McRae and Rufus (iilclnict Arrested Was One of Best Weeks Officers Have Had in Several Months, Six large illicit distilleries, locat ed in Chatham and Harnett counties, were visited this week by revenue officers and as a result several blockaders are shy some corn liquor, several hundred gallons of beer were, wasted and two negroes, Joe McRae and Rufus Gilchrist, are in jail. '.-''..- : ' Deputy Collectors Merritt and Adams, Deputy Marshal Knight and Posseman Maynard started the work Monday morning six' miles south of Merry Oaks, when they V ok part of an illicit distillery, four gallons of corn liquor and aome beer.' Wednesday Deputy Collector Hol land joined the party and a raid waB made near Chalybeate Springs with 'he result that two large stills were partially destroyed and 600 gallons of beer poured out. Part of the ap- , laratus had been moved. Join?d Thursday by Deputy Col lector W. J. Sloan, the officers did some good work six miles west of spout : Spring, Harnett county, at his place destroying a 60-gallon .till.' .' 400 gallons of beer and five arge fermenters. N Four miles west of Spout Spring;, Thursday, these officers cut up a 125-gailon still and destroyed 2,000 'allon's of beer and arrested Joe McRae and Rufus Gilchrist, two legroes. : This; was one of the best weeks, n point of results, the officers have nad in several months. 1XTKRKST IX REVIVAL Sermons and Songs at Centrul Church Stir Congregations. Sunday .will -be a full day at Cen tal Methodist church, where a re Ival is in progress. Much interest has been shown during the week. md the public is invited to be pres- nt at the services tomorrow. There vill be no prayer service this after toon, hut. the regular -service will be ield tonight. The pastor, Rev. A. D. Wilcox, preached last night from the text: 'Nevertheless the foundation of Clod inndeth sure, having this seal, the .ord knoweth them that are His. nd lot ..every one that namctb the name of Christ depart from Ini quity." The sermon was preceded by the usual song siwlcc, entered Into heartily by the whole congregation. Mr. Fitzgerald sang as a solo "The Shepherd True," while the duet Nailed to the Cross," was sung by Mr. Fitzgerald and Mrs. Grimshaw. Three young men responded to the invitation at the close of tho service. MRS. AMJKHT.'XKW THOl'GHT OF KAIMXG OX TITAXIC. Mrs. New, -the. wife of Rev, Albert New. rector of tho Wcldon Episcopal church, came near being one of the passengers on the ill-fated Titanic. Mrs. New Intended sailing from Liverpool on the Oceanic April 17, but that vessel was withdrawn on Recount of the English coal strike. and she then thought of sailing oh the Titanic, which loft April 10. For tunately for Mrs. New uho decidod to postpone her trip home until April 24, when she will take pas sage on the Olympic. THK WEATHKR. Raleigh, N. C. April 20, 1912. Forecast For Raleigh and vicinity: Showers tonight and Sunday. For North Carolina: Showers tonight and Sunday; moderate east winds. Weatlitr Conditions Ralii pre vails in the gulf states and reports show one to1 two inches of rainfall In southern Alabama, southernMhV slssippl and at a few places in cen tral and northeastern Texas; the rain area is spreading northeast ward. The weather is fair in the, northern and extreme western states and it Is becoming colder in the; Rocky Mountain region, ; i