North Carolina Newspapers

... J Associated Associated resa Service;. Press Service. Vol. LXXI. No. 88. The Weather FAIB. RALEIGH, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1912. LAST EDITION. ' PRICE FIVE CENTS. Doible the Number of Paid Sjhs,cribjprs in R.aleigK of any Other Newspaper . : .1 .. . .... . : TT. : r ' ! . RALEIGH TOT HAVE THE HOME OFFICE - i i This ( ity Ihc Logical Place For Headquarters of Merged Jefferson Stands rd and Greens boro life Insurance Companies COMMIT TEE WILL WORK OUT DETAILS Twenty-four Men. Twelve From Kuril 'oiiipany, to Arrange lor Location of Home Oflice, the Xaine of the im :t liy anil the Officers Who Will Ite in Charge All Raleigh Pco.l' Piillinv.' for Capital City anil Her Many Advaiilnges Will lie I'reseiiteil in One Form or An other Both Corporations Have Iteen Successful ami I'nion Would Mean Much for Them. Interest in the proponed merger of the Jefferson Standard Lite In surance Company wit li the (Ireens lioro Life Insurance Company center ed today in the location of the home ollice. All other matters were lost sight of by (lie Raleigh public. As staled in The Times 'yesterday nfternoon the stockholders of th" Jefferson Standard appointed a com mittee of twelve to take up the de tails of the consolidation with a sim ilar committee from the ' Greens boro Life. The joint committee will hold a meeting at an early date, probably this week, when such de tails as the name of the combine! company, the location of the home ohTce, the officers of 'the company. The" stockholders of the Greens boro company several weeks ago voted to merge the two concerns and it only remained for favorable lion by the stockholders of the Ral eigh concern to insure the merger. This action was taken yesterday af ternoon. The meeting was largely attended and the stockholders unanimously- received, the proposition. Iloth Strong Companies. The Jefferson Standard was or ganized five years ago with Jo's. it lirown, president; P. D. Gold, Jr., vice-president and general manager; (. W. Gold, secretary and superin tendent of agencies; Dr. Albert Anderson, medical examiner: Ch-irle.' Camewell, actuary, and V. H. Pate, attorney. The capital and surplus amount to $500,000. The officers of the Creeivsboro I.ttelnsuranee Company, whlcn w is organized more than 10 years ago, ;.re J. W. Fry, president; Julian Price, secretary and manager; King . Kimball, general counsel; T. T. .1. Itattle, medical director, and C V. Jackson, actuary. Raleigh Wants Home Ollice. -'Although Raleigh people gcnrnlly will have nothing to do with select ing tho home office of the merged companies, they are as One in ask ing that headquarters be maintain ed here. Every business man, in cluding men engaged In the Insur unco business, agrees that the merger will prove of benefit to tne stockholders and policyholder' o." the two companies, and everybody PRESIDENT CALLS ROOSEVELT'S GAME Sprlnglleld, Mass., . April 2r,.. President Taft, - made answer to criticisms Colonel Theodore Roose velt (jhas made of him an ! his ad ministration. In a speech bristling with Indignation In which he named Roosevelt over and over again, Taft told the crowd that filled te p'ibllc square how he believed Roosevelt had not given him a "square deal" -mid how he "misstated" and "dis torted" facte concerning Taft's con duct and actions In the white house. Killed Wife and Himself. Atlanta, April 25. Judge Edward A. Robertson of Alpharetta, Ga., who shot and killed his wife yesterday, died In a hospital here from two self-inflicted bullet wounds. Jealousy U Is said, caused the tragedy. expresses the desire that th. o'!i r.iittee decide in favor ol the capilol eily. - Should lie Here. There is not the slightest doi;lil that the representatives .ol the .lel lersoii Standard will insist that the home ollice he placed in Kal".i. and they will bring all t;ie .it-oil;; lioinlii possible to- bear on the com mittee representing the (, remd oro I. ill1. lint somi'hodv will 1 1 : i to ciilieede. 'it. in tin' hope, however, thai the wisdom ol selecting 1 : 1 1 i it. h w ill seem so real tiini Iheri' v. .n lie little dilheiiltv in reaching an ;-!! i : lit. Race 'I I'oiilile in Louisiana. Monroe, l.u., April i.'i, .--1 'ompanv I). Louisiana national guani. 1 1 r t tor Delhi, . thirl v miles east of here, where serious I rouble between whiles and negroes developed List night. One 'negro, was lviirhed. Further disorder is ant iciputed. TELEPHONE GIRL SAVES MY FROM DEATH Syracuse, X. Y.. April 25.- Warned by a telephone girl that Mineville dam had broken, live hun dred persons, residing in Mflbrook Valley, fled to the hills, then watch ed the t'orrent wash their homes away. The flood swept away two other dams. The girl's quick work saved hundreds from death. J I' I HI K Alt( Hilt l.l CHAIUiKS. liKHiiiy Kept Sei'ret Deal With Penn sylvania Coal Property. Washington, April . 25. -The re sult of a rigid investigation by the department, of justice into certain charges against Judge "'Robert W. Archibald, of the commerce court, is being kept secret. Attorney General Wiekersham flatly -'refused to 'Comment. It is known that the department's investigation is complete. Should Mr. Wickersham conclude that the charges have been sustained, the whole case' probably will be referred to President Taft. The Investigations were conducted in the neighborhood of Scranton. Pa., and are said to have to do with cer tain coal property. RKATKX AS SHK SI.KPT Leaving Woman I'lU'onscioiis, Itoli. her liiHited Premises. Ailentown,. Pa., April 25. I)e- tecllves are searching for a mail who attacked Mr. Calvin Freas, of near l.ealhe;' Comer Post, while asleep, Mrs, Freas was at home alone. She nwoko to find her head covered with blood, and a physician expressed the opinion that the woman had been beaten with a club. The bouse was ransacked and about $100 . in cash and valuables taken, as well as a quantity of hay and grain from the barn. Mrs. Freas, who is 110 years old. Is in a serious condition. INSISTS ON' -MILITARY; KTHICS General Moony Refuses to lie In spected by Officer in Civiliiui (Jarb. Trenton, April 25. Brigadier General Kdward P. Meany, of the State National Guard, yesterday re-j fused to be : Inspected or to allow j his staff to be Inspected by an army officer, MaJ. Evan M. Johnson, un less the latter, who was in civilian's garb, donned a uniform. When this was done, the inspection was made and lasted two minutes. -4 INVENTS KNITTINU DEVICKS Patents Granted Ailentown Man Will Help American Industries. Allpntnwn. Pa - Anrll 25. Emll A. Hlrner, an Ailentown Inventor, state highway in Lynn about two has been granted three patents for j weeka ago. The authorities loam improvements in knlttig machinery, j ed that a than, said to be Dorr, had One Ib for a plaiting device to knit been seen in (he vicinity of the vflk over cotton, or one color silk j Marsh residence prior to the trag over another color silk, something ody. Search for the man disclosed no other knitting machine has been 'that he had disappeared on the night ablo to produce Another patent Is of the murder. WYZtetefi . . ."wn , i&t t 'x Pi:i' IPAI.S OF STORY THAT II As AKOISFD (JKRMANY llcrlin, April '2r. I'lie cabled re port to tlie ell'ect that Colonel Goe I hals, chief engineer of tile Piiuam:i ciuiiil, insists that linperor Willi'Un said to iiim. "the canal should be strongiy foitilied" in spite of idtnil denials printed in si-ini-ollicial pa pers in (ierinuny has aroused a storm of anti-.iiicric:ui feeling in Ger many . Tlie clamor i'.'iaiiist Colonel (ioethal's iissi'itions are coniined Invgely to a cevtain class of paper's, however, mid (here is little possi bility of any diplomatic controversy arising from tlie report. Williclm on top and Col. George W .Goethals below. for knitting seamless plailed heel and toe. This third patent is for a knitting machine' to make tlie rib bed top of a stocking with a smooth double welt, instead of the single welt with the .'ragffcd edge. Tlie in ventions will be very valuable to the Aineiiuiu hosiery indu-ilry. putting Its equipment ' ahead' of that of Ger many, which of late ha3 been plac ing some; excellent goods in the United States, and making a strong bid for Hie world's trade. W, .1. It. WANTS TO lii X II'. T. IS. IS NOMIXATICD. Thrice Defeated Candidate Would Like to 'Cackle Colonel. Washington,' April 2.V The visit of William .1. Bryan to Washington yesterday and his conferences' with the various party leaders here, par ticularly in the senate,, was followed by widespread discussion of the pos Jsibiliiy that the ''distinguished Ne- biaskiin might again he the de.nio- i cratic candidate, fur president. ' Mr. Ih-yan frankly stated to inter- ' viewers that he was not a candidate for (lie nomination in any sense of the word and that it was difficult for ' him to conceive of a.iy Circumstances under whi h lie might be a candi- jdate. He said .there were plenty of other progressives in the party from whom a seleclion oiild he made. I lU'bpite these ' public utterances, some democratic I'enaiors in discuss ing their informal talks with , Mr. IRryan, were inclined to the belief that tinder certain conditions, Mr. Bryan would not decline the nomi- I nation. In short, the impression left was that if Colonel Roosevelt should be the republican -nominee, -Mr,- Bryan would like once more to take the field against him. IXUICTHD FOR MARSH Ml'RDER W. K. Dorr Accuseil of Killing Wealthy Soap Miiniifactuier. Newburyport, Mass., April 25. William E. Dorr, of Stockton, Cal.. was indicted for the alleged murder of George E. Marsh, a wealthy soap manufacturer of Lynn, yesterday. Dorr is under arrest In California. Marsh's bodycontaining five bul let wounds, was found beside the FIE PROGRAM 1 for mm i Three Slices In Sunday School Building cl Edenton Sheet Church TUf vis' mi GOOD bPFKEPS 'li I 1 1 Peiicocli. ii i'i. ii i'oiii;. in Mi'lit Addi iNS a ;n! . 1. cmI "iv.-.rl. 1 ! Mor.in. t !ii-iii-li (ii-ee!;i'.L's m 1 1 cruo n S' I'ricc f rom Oiner i !nn lies itnil s iiiihl.e S' llOi.i.- ;:i !,.:li v-li ! M t i j;i iijii ol fin '..! ill v ii I'i. Ii 'i i ' i- ;' I'.'iii'lili'ii cImiicIi. t!i" liiili-iiiii l!ll . !o t lie ll.lii'.i: I': M'liiUlj llllilllil.)'. ,.':i. many, oiiencd Sim'.l i I In1 fiiiiil deiaili! i if i ! he ihi ' bi-in." p i t i .siii.iliiy wiil b.' hip d-ns in tin' liiiiiilvi y-. lol-v of t lie cli ui'eir. 'i in- will b"- held duriur." : program has been -perutcltid tlial the 'Continued on I-:i:ro SevpnA Raleigh Lawyer Enters Race For Kouse Will Not lie ji isniii ! ne ut Any Set o' Men or l iiciiin:. miu Represent ative ol Ml 111' I'eopli Inn Other iiiKlnlalcs nr House and One Ke: i oeiiliil ne lor .senate. Mr. .1. .Wilbur llunti. ;i prominent young attorney -of- Italeigh. ihisi af ternoon annoiin il his candidacy for the house ol renresentatives.- lie w ill hot he :( ( iiiiilidate of. any set ol men or laciinii -and his elloris. it elected, will ! devoted to serving the whole peoide of Raleigh and Wake county.- Mr. Ilnnn graduated from Wake huivsi College ill I '.'"7. in the same M iir.s ruring his license to practice lin. iitid has been very successful. His popularity- extends over tlie entire enmity. - The "'other: eic.ilidates for the house are Mr. M. A. flrillin of-.. Wen dell' and: Mr. !:::ies: T. Mills', m White Oak. .Mr. .1. C. Lull- ol Raleigh is tlie er,ly candidate . for tlie senate. MON'l'MFN I' I'OI! MAJOR HI I I ttbinlii People ( 'iKiibule (enciiiiis ly Railway (Mluiiils iMierlaini'd. Atlanta, Ali.il 25. Atlantiatis will .' contribute., generously to ihe memorial iiioiiumi hi or tablet win, it is to be erected. in memory of-'Maj. Arcliibald l.latl '!':' wiil be proud lo aid, and are atiiius to do '() lie pause, the gallatil soldier, who gave liis life" for (he women ami cliiiilii-n on tlio Tii'aii!i'.- ban many close and personal fr!ei:di anil some rein t tves here. it whs: H-ailr.' -I in .-..-.At Unit a-., tit's morning from iiiti luudtat ive uiiliiary sources, that !.;ul not Major Hint New York. pri :. 2". Commis sioner Neill iiim .ludge Knap, who are endeiivoiiii". lo settle the 'Wage controversy heiwecn tlie locomotive egineers and Itltv eastern railroads, conferred tins morning with the railroad managers'- BUli-coiumit ee. Grand Chief htmie. ol the engineers, said llie eiiiiineers were ''not quib bling over winds; we want results." He said, "ijmck results, fair pluv and square dead are wanted." 1 Olympic Still Held I p. Southampton, . Eng..,- April ,2V The White Star Liner Olympic-.-is still held nt Spitliead because of the desertion ol l lie firemen of the crew. The -trouble was lurther complicated this morniiii; by the sudden demand of the British sea fares union that the company dismiss 18 union fire men who remained aboard the i Olympic." Tbo company absolutely refused, day-, ii'i'l i -.e t r;i u !-! v, and . . - : - is,s' - I! I.'! :,--M-i. r i.v l.t!,;!tTA liii.i.. in Miss Aliierta !iill, ii i :ii -cr i.l ! ;i. woman s ! is uioss li!;e ei t ie iintis to s:iv i ! ut I .sllll 1 il" IS' s ( .fit 'aver Mlild'llllllliV mill i ii in 1 1 1"-. vii.s Hill t!io .i ii'iv iitl vacl 1 1 c-I;:t Kill-; voiine woniaii. siivs li.at ill" oipiiiieiif s to siiilrim Isin -are (" lilauie lor Cie ::i nel:il c;iiiihiii .lei'Mi; I'liini; men tlial sI(. Irairisls are ::ian-!iiiters," "lmmelv eld I'.i'iids" ami "mannish.' been eal-i.'il to .an--.untimely ciil. 'ie yvor.ld oon hav.if li-'en 'promoted - to the rank of -.brigadier general:.--". !!' was alrea l .'la',' .'. lor tie- new of !iee, . -.'-.;-;' tlitvi r:i..r Rrdv n.-'tjie Mtit'-'-lioii'te i'f('e(:il!i.- V.'yi'r i it i-t l:i t.id -X Winn, "til" c! iy ro-.iiii-:!. pevsp-ipiT' - tlien. ii I ii list iiui'iisl.ed cii!:'.eiis of Alliin-l-a - ii! Hie' Cii.y Cldli yestercliiy i.re.Mi!,". v. lien a deiega toiii ill' ni'i'ii 'i-s :r.n:i the Amerii ;iu Ivh'ri j-ie Kiiilv.ii.v Ass-.ieiat inn, .were tlie L-iies! , iii" honor. The . il'iirgia Railway., & P-ivvr Cotepaiij 's o.l'lici rs and ' direct oi v. e!-e t iie ':;i.ii ill !he dceiisiuli. '!'!;e piiriy' arrived' ye-Veyd.iy lc.ortiing. in M-.e (on -se !' 'an II.""" inile Km.: ai-iiiiin'l the-.l'pited States, diit'in v'liii'ii I I'.i.v lire visit Hi'--, the priucipiil : i-iii' -'s. wi;li a view i.u i i-,: iititiii clo.-cr. direct relai-ion's . Iie t wee ii 1 he leililii- Mild : t lie piddle: ser vice . I-'M'! !'' 'ilt.io'is. . l;i the jiar'j t'roin ilie .r tn io;i:i! iissoeiii! ion v.ere . President 'i'hnni.is X. Ale', 'arier, ol' New York : Oof'. deortte II. -. I.lar.'ii". oi l.-misviMe; I'iiiirh-s X. linvk. of San . Frum-ise ; Charles ; Pit rce, tit' Huston.; H. '.'. D.-ii(i-li"r.' uf New Y.ni li. sv-, reii.i'rv '.-of I lie iissoi-iai inn : V,'. I . t 'in: v i I N os 1 ; I i , 1 1 of si-- n il of N'eiv ,. of I'l.iiadel- dt ol Ander- i in ih-e : Ai" bur .''' , ork ; i ;ii' T. t'f-o: pliia: A. -thin- V. It .son. lad.: .iat.e- !' V'orh.' Aililnwis en pi' nlaHaii to lac ,di.;e were i, Pvered I,;, a .!! l!t ll'tlle'L. - X'.'A 1 Mihjec i heir vis e,- of I tie lle.t s;, !i'-.lir-ii:i),ii t ,ei ins ot '!,' t fiiei i!i v ;' ii.e aa a) .irei i e-it :-'-r vi'-i- -.is tht-y iiiol o'a ervi'd il. and complimented .iao. -.iy ol! 'jts splen d'd' 'fiieiii.iies.' '.w'liich ai - now to I" under 't-i'u' diiei-tiiin of i Ii (ioor .-.::.! Uirl Uay 1'ov.er '.--j;iaay, f.illii-i i !! C I he lii!T llll lite.-. I.F'a.ITT NOMINATED I ll s) Dtsti icl loan. Iilu nil (oiueniioii N-inics ( i'lKlnhtie, ICliiiabe'li City, April CT-..' T'i.e r -pirlilican eoayri'-'vional . convention fo.' the (Vrsl diitricl met here,.-". Col. t. M. Meeklns .'.and Wheeler Mart in were elected delef-iitet, to ihe iiatiou al cotiveiiiion. M. . D. I.eggcll. ot Heauiorl. ves noiuinaieil lor con-gress.--. MaJ.- William II. Keaton, ot rastntotank. was named lor presi denlitil elector lor ibis district. A resolution in-tructlng lor lioosevelt was voted down. Sentiment, how ever, was overwhelming' lor the colonel. A nrmber ol prominent republicans were here,' among them being F.. C. Duncan, national com mittee. ... Ii esldeut Leaves lor New England. New ork, April 2a. Tan left at fl:15 this morning for Doslon, where he speaks tonight.' Entente the president speaks at Hpringlleld and Worcester. pi h:;iii! i:. ;.: !:! if n-;; I !!! :i t -ir ;!::. e '. ,ir M PICNICS FOR RALEIGH Chamber of Coraniu h End ing Out Informalion About the (ity '! he i -1 1 1 1 1 ie r of Com ni' l'ee ili ili !."ili;t' i's mi II i ! il I . booklet, leililie. ilenlit tliHidil's ill ! raet ions which goes to ' v i -y -Sunday t-idion! .within ii - riiiii'is uf sonf'thing like a liuu-lir'-d luiie.i ol tiiis city. This pub lication lias proved .in past -years to he f itiii .rest ' a nd Value. !iaiei.;h is tin'- e'tiiei' letciirsion iioint in the ln-ti-iii.r" if i.lii. sta!e, and ti.is season will liave evi w ne it - attra-tious thttii iisa.-i!, iMi,' 'foreett ing the new jMi-k Ii' ! v. I'i'ii .tlie ' 'o,;ii! -y i lull and I'i ill, I l i eri i;lc. 1'ein iiecl l. i lie. ear li'i". :i';::,i ii , !i are t:,,-.v ,,.n, . .-, a! liii.-. in", i, .ill:, ami ihe dried trees and :iie a,ler;-I'ov. t h. h.ui- hi e-i r !iin., ed, muds are under, rtuist r.uc IHhi .i'ihI tm i hi i lies, ol' ai ions kind.! iii-e i idiii' np. for :i niuseiileii i , ami fid-, movie. A vi-r.v large" pavillioii -t ill erown t he eres.i of the hill, from which ilien is a Wonderfully nttrar fie view. Some . i: III iisi-iiieii I s will lie .''tin tul there'" which me .not any where iii Willi! Carolina. , II IHE IH-FlllB Nov.'York. ,. I il -2-'.--The Xor- w'egiiin sti'iimr.hip lloiiisdel's oflicers in ilrv iloi U today, alter a perilous trip- .through .'the': Held' of ice, hi lit v.- liiey -Aiuie.ssed the sinking of a freight siiip of about eight thot s.aiid "tons in .hit it nde A ,V."il. long tilde ', T.i", t'o-ir hundred' hiile nortii 'of. tiie Tiliinie's grave. March 21! The sunken ship's identity is j iiiiKiiown. Tin i;omsdel. in atteiupt- inf; to . rei'd'Olid to the -freight steam er's ri" ket calls . lor help, was wedged in' Ihe ice. She has several holes in her linll. as a result her fight, tli rough the ice. DEATH OF MISS MOSEI.KY One of iTiarlotK's Most Attractive nd Popular I, mix's. l harlotle, A,inl :. -The whole, etiy was grieved yesterday alter- er, I. A. II. Widener's, son of Phila- uoun to lo-.: of the death of Miss dcipiiia, in a wireless dispatch. .Maiijer Alosi ley, the- eldest da ugh- The wireless said that the major-- ter ol Mr. and Airs, i , A. Moseley. uy ol (lie bodies will never come to 1 Heath was due to a complication the surface. Captain Lauren sent id diseases, and.it was expected lor word through the Cape ltace wlre- sotne nme. Last month Miss .Mow- less station that the Mackay-Bennett 1. y ;i. tiiKi 'i to ihe I'l-csliyteriiiii has been drifting in the fog since .Hospital for an operation for appeu- noon yesterdays -dieitis and be) ore the operation she Tlie captain does not. indicate t- j developi il a case oi IMdioiil lever ami w:i.- ri'i-overiug Inim that when i'ti' umotiia developed. ins- .M seiey was in her 2 1 st .'''"' "'"I w;ij one ol ( harlot ten - I !no.--t jlliplil-l,' in the soeia! oniit; lioltes. a leiidi'i j opinion is that death was instan 't and a lavoi ite ol i tancous in all cases, owing to the II 'no fcnev. her. . She had rela- it: Kalei':n, here she visited j ui.eS' . ! r. T. I'.. Moseley audi I ,; 'i rs. I li.rrti 1'in As ei no i have he- I lit- oilier Minn ;li:i i lie M'linte invesiligalion. i::iiie tirrnngemeit!!' Washington, April 25 When Scn !,! tic funeral- :"'"' smith reached the committee die sort ice.-, will lie tomorrow iniei ii.iiiii, . .probably ti-oui tin I'iasl l': i -i leriiiiv church; ,e d I ir ii. member for .e era I tea rs. . i;;i or ii mi i;di:i:i:i: NcCilril Alonev. So Shot Mini Who Was t oiiig Down the Komi. 1' lit Hiiole; April L'.V -Wilfred .1. f'restou, 1 t years old, yeslerday con fessed to (lie police , that, he killed ! redertck I'ae.-. a week ago in a suburb oi this city. Itnbbery was the motive. Young '.Preston said: "I llreil the lirst three shots at a target. Ainrward I saw this man goiii); Mown Ihe riiid. lleing a good shot and needing some moiiev, 1 aimed at Ins leg. intending to crip- 'de htm. but tne shot went high. i Alter that I robbed linn." t MCMcans Mistreat American Kn uiiK'er, l.iii'tdo, Tex., April 25. How .iclcan bandits held up his train, attacked the passengers, robbed and heat the men and women Itidlscrliii inalely, was told by Peter McFarl.tu, A llWO-ii'il !l InrnmitllVii Dii'iinnar I innoiig tlie refugees arrivlna; here. Tlie train was held up April 11, between- S i I it ii n nil Ciiiaiiiilniito fun. I duct or Cane was killed. HIT. TEMPLE WAS CLOSE BY Pdssenger Says Ha Saw the Muts of the Titanic From Dsck of the Mt. Temple 200 BODIES RECOVERED I-.. . Zurich, Passenger on the Mount Temple Ship, Caught the Call or Distress Shortly After J2 O'clock, Monday Morning Cap tain Headed fur Titanic, Rut When He Arrived in Sight of Ice Hoe Made Xo Further . Kffort. to Iteacli Sinking- S!iii Says lights (it 'litiimc Were Visible, i',ir:i!licona. Alberta, April 25.. E. . .in nil, who crossed from Ant werp lo St. John on the Canadian I'aeifie Railway .".-.sieamer. Mount "I ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' ' . made a statement concern ini', what was observed from the Mount 'lemple at sea, the Sunday night the Titanic went down. Zurich says the - passenger aboard the Mount Temple beard of the Titanic's distress at 12:15, Monday morning, when wireless call for help came. ( apuun Moore changed the vessel's course immediately, heading for the Titanic, lileboats being swung from tlie davits and other preparations made for lending aid. Tlie northern course was not held long, Zurich says, because a great ice held loomed ahead. It was re ported among the crew and passen gers that the captain made no fur ther eltorts to penetrate the floes, asserting he could not afford to en danger the two thousand souls aboard his ship. Zurich believes the vessel could have reached the Titanic before It sank. Zurich corroborates Dr. IJmxraw s stutement that the passen gers and crew saw the Titanic's lights. Zurich is positive he saw the Titanic s masts. . i iJO.T Itodies Kescueil. New York, April 25. Two hun dred and five bodies of the Titanic victims were picked up at sea by the cable steamer Mackay-Bennett, and !H'C helm )llnitrllt In f-Tnllfnv KT..n - j 0 ,. " - "f I ' ... . . , . , I lie cableship s captain confirms the identilication of Geo. D. Widen- when he expects to reach Halifax. j The bodies are floating upon the sea many nitlea east and west In latitude ; 4 7,;!."i north and longitude 48.U7 , west, sjivs a wireless. ; Medical pressure when the bodies were drawn down in the Vortex. . room, messages, i rom l orouto avvall- en nun nun ine ueposuions of tne (Continued on Page Two.) M OPERATORS AGREE Philadelphia, April 25 George P. Ilaer, chairnian of the operators committee, confirmed the report that tlie anthracite miners and operating had reached an agreement In tlie wage and hours dispute. The terms will be made public after the gen eral committee meeting May second. Ilonapiiite Tells HIn Hide of It. llalilmore, April 25. Respecting President Roosevelt's letter to At-torney-Oeneral Bonaparte, directing the latter to withhold the anti-trust suit against the Harvester trust, contained In the correspondence, sent to the senate yesterday by the department of Justice, Bonaparte said action was withheld nendtnit (the result of an Investigation of the I Harvester Company by the bureau of corporations, which Investigation 1 was made at the Venule's direction, ii; V