Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 56, Number 33, Jasper, Dubois County, 5 June 1914 — Page 2

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BEN ED. DO AN E, Publisher. JASPER INDIANA TTproot andrer and ralae a crop of Rood nature. ar Mich spectacles when they put on Klar A iclrl mn get a man goat )y making sheep's eyes at him. The filings we worried aboe yesterday don't look so bad today. Reformers ought to be well Informed, but often they are not The get-rich-qulck game I not played as openly as It used to be. Many a man who thinks he ha an Iron will simply has a wooden head. We never heard of any one getting rich as a result of having his fortune told. The Charlotte Chronicle says woman no longer stoops to conquer. She can't Much patience la required to listen to a grievance that has an Alcohol breath. As a rule the embargo on arms Is raised at the opening of the hammock aeason. Haa it never occurred to the socalled social lion that in reality he Is the goat? Judging by the fashion books, Interesting revelations may be expected In summer styles. We always feel sorry for the girl, an! a contempt for men. when we see a girl kissing a dog. It gets our goat when we try to figure out how some college graduates got their sheepskins. No man eve' thinks himself edu eated after his four-year-old boy begins asking him questions. A successful landlady can convince the boarders that warmed-over beans are better than when they are fresh. There is as much sentiment Jn planting a tree as in writing a poem, and it is easier for many of us to plant the tree. Our notion of nothing to become hysterical over is the statement that Knglish legs are longer than French legs. What men talk of as the good old days was that period of their lives when their appetites were ready for any emergency. A newspaper reader wants to know if Connie Mack ever takes off his hat. We feel sure that Mrs. Connie doesn't let him sleep in It One scientist says red hair keeps a woman's temper hot Now and then science and reason seem to move along hand in h?.nd. "Can a man be proud of a lie?" asks a Louisville minister. Probably that depends upon whether his wife pretends she believes It A Chicago university professor 13 going to try to weigh the moon. One would imagine that It varies in weight, being heaviest when full. Give the small boy any kind of old gun and his heart's desire Is to hit some animated object. Are we born with a cruel streak In us? An eastern doctor says the huraa'i nose Is not as dependable as !t ough to be. Perhaps not, but we still contend that it Is al rig lit in its placeFrance supplies a vast batch of fashions, some good but most of then ridiculous, but we overlook the offense and praise her for having 1C, 600,00c sheep. The surgeons have finally decided that radium is a failure as a cure for canc r, but lots of people still believe that carrying a buckeye in the right hand trousers' pocket will cure rheumatism. According to the department of riculture, false curls for wnmen'u coiffures are made of goat's hair. The fond lover sighing over a stray lock from his inamorata's head should make sure it is genuine. Another cure for tuberculosis has been discovered. Doubtless it will go the way of the other Infallible enres. whuh. after excitir.g hope in the nopeless, have died the natural death of every succeeding health fad. Marconi is to be made a senator. Eveiyone will hae to admit that no wires won used in the process. No, Julit. tagoers do not pose a? from the highest circles of our best society. But they tango for the edification of those hailing from thn The bichloride of riercury tablet continues to assist ur happy mortals In shuffling off this mortal coil. if anybody were sufficiently interests!, the sale of this poison might b restricted.

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BIG OCEAN LINER; 433 ARE SAVED Empress of Ireland Sunk in Collision in St. Lawrence River. ONLY 20 WOMEN ARE SAVED Craft Goes Through Center of Vessel and Rips It Open From Midships to Stern Men, Women and Children Struggle for Life. COST OF A BLUNDER. Passengers dead 753 Crew dead 211 Total dead 964 Passengers rescued 201 Crew reacued 202 Quebec, Juno 1 A train with 385 survivors of the lost Canadian Pacific steamship Empress of Ireland arrived here from Riniouski. Thirty-seven wounded were left at Rimouski. These are all that live of 1,376 who sailed from here bound for Liverpool on the queen vessel of a famous fleet. The ship sailed out of a sunlit harbor into the fog off Father Point, where the ripping prow of the collier Storstad struck the death blow in the dark. The lost number 964. Of the living 211 are members of the crew. Of the living only 20 are women; two are children. Thus the story of the most terrible disaster in the history of Canadian navigation is written more grimly, more vividly in hard figures than it could ever be in words. Relief vessels and trains equipped with doctors ar.d nurses and every medical and surgical supply were rushed to Rimouski to care for the survivors. Train Is Wrecked. The government steamer LAdy Gray well equipped with medical supplies and provisions as well as many surgeons and doctors left Quebec for Rimouski and arrived at midnight The government also has marked the place where the liner sunk with buoys as a protection to other vessels. One of the relief trains that left Levis for Rimouski jumped the track as it was rounding a curve a few i-iiles from Levis, but no one was hurt. Another relief train was made up at Levis and it picked up the relict crew of doctors and nurses from the wrecked train, transferred the supplies and when the track was cleared continued on its way to Rimouski. Forty of those rescued and landed at Rimouski were so severely wounded they could not be moved. Skilled doctors from Quebec are caring for them. About two hundred and seventy-five of the survivors were able to leave Rimouski. The Norwegian collier Storstad, with her bows crumpled back to the first bulkhead and covered with canvas, steamed for Quebec, according to a Marconigram from her wireless operator. The survivors picked up by the Storstad, after the collision, were transferred to the steamer Lady Evelyn. (gathered piecemeal from survivors he horror of this wreck grows with ,he telling. Waters Quickly Engulf Ship. The doomed ones had little time even to pray. They were engulfed by :he onrushing waters that swallowed the big ship inside of 19 minutes from the time she was struck. i he wireless operators on the Empress, sticking to their posts to the iast, had time only to send a lew "S. U. S." calls for help when the rising waters silenced their instruments. That silence tola the rescuers miles away more potently than a bugle that doom had ov rtaken the ship. Only six hours before this fateful collision the passengers sang as a t;ood-night hymn "God He With You Till We Meet Again," played by the Salvation arrry band on board. The members of that band and most of the 165 Salvationists were among the lost. It was fogey according to survivors when the Kmpress of Ireland, a steelhulled, steel-bulkheaded ship of more than 8,000 tons, left Montreal at 4:o') In the afternoon in command of H. G. Kendall of the Royal Naval reserve, one of the most skilled of transatlantic navigators. Out of the darkness, on the port side, soon after 2:30 in the morning there loomed the little Norwegian collier, not half the size of the Empress, but fated to be her destroyer. Not until the collier was almost abeam of the big liner was the danger known on either ship. The fog had blotted out the lights as well as the port and starboard lights of both ships. Quick orders trumpeted on both vessels were heard. Hut they caine all too late. Strikes Ship Amidship. The steel-pointed prow of the Storstad struck the liner amidships and then forged aft, rfpping and tearing its way through the Km press of Ireland. Clear to the stern of the Kmpress of Ireland was this great steel shaving cut from her side, from the top of the

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DR. ANDREW D. WHITE Dr. Andrew D. White, who was the chief American delegate to the first peace conference at The Hague, was the principal speaker at this year's Lake Mohonk conference on International Arbitration. hull far below the water line. Into that rent the water poured with force of a Niagara. The bow of the Storstad smashed its way through bertha on that side of the ship, killing passengers sleeping in their berths and grinding bodies to pieces. Reaching the' stern of the big liner, the Storstad ßtagpered ofT in the darkness, her bow crumpled by the impact. Her commander "was ready a few minutes later, when he found his ship would float, to aid the crippled and sinking Kmpress, but he was too late to save the majority of those on board. The Kmpress of Ireland recoiled almost on her starboard beam enda from the blow of the collier and passengers were flung from their, berths against the walls of their staterooms. Many were stunned and before they had time to recover were carried to the bottom with the ship. Reeling from the blow the ship began to settle almost immediately as the water rushed into the big rent. From the forward cabin, however, men and women in night attire stumbled along the corridors and up the companion way to the promenade deck the deck below, the one on which the boats rested. Swarm to Deck. T'p they swarmed on deck in their night clothing to find the ship heeling away to port and the deck slanting at ! a degree that made it almost impossible to stand even clinging to railings. There was no time to observe the rule "Women first" in this disaster, for those nearest the boats scrambled to plaees in them. But even as they were being launched, while the wireless still was calling "S. O S." there came a terrific explosion that almost rent the ship in twain. It was the explosion of the boilers struck by the cold water. A geyser of water shot upward frorg the midship section, mingled with fragments of wrackage, that showered down upon the passengers still clinging to the rails forward and upon those struggling in the water. The explosion destroyed the last hope of the ship's floating until succor could arrive, for the shock had smashed the forward steel bulkhead walls that had up to then shut out the torrents invading the after part. The water rushed forward and the impress of Ireland went swiftly to her doom, carrying down with her hundreds of passengers who stood on her slanting deck, their arme stretched upward and their last cries choked in the engulfing waters. Intense darkness covered the waters when the Empress of Ireland made that final plunge, but the fog lifted a few minutes later and then came the first faint streaks of dawn. It lighted waters strewed with wreckage and struggling paßsengers. who strove to keep afloat. The crippled Storstad, which had wrought this tragedy of the waters, ! had lifeboats out picking up as many survivors as possible. Women clinging with one hand to little one, while with the other they tried to keep clutc h on pieces of wreckape, were picked up by the lifeboats and carried on board the rescuing vessels. Captain Kendall, dazed and unable to give any coherent account of the loss of his ship, was found clinging to a broken spar. Storstad Seized for Debt. Montreal, Que., June 1. Three developments of unusual interest marked the arrival of the Storstad in Montreal. The first was the statement of officers high up in the ship s command that the collier was poing full speed astern at the time of the disaster; the second was the seizure by admiralty court officers on behalf of the Canadian Pacific railroad, the owners of the Kmpress. for an alleged debt of $: mi".ooo; and the third was the statement by Captain Anderson of the collier that nothing official would be given out until the many lawyers who had congregated had prepared it. Will Head Knights Templar. Erie, Pa.. May L8. Sir Frederick Kurd Black of Franklin was nominat ed for warden of the grand command- , ery. Knights Templar of Pennsylvania, j

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TELL OF IN WRECK Passengers Saved From Ship Relate Experiences. 0EATH CAUSED BY BLAST Band of Salvation Army Leaders Almost Wiped Out by Disaster Man Gave Woman His Life Beit. Quebec, June 1. Thrilling tales of heroism, stories of futile fights for life, narratives that tell of the horrors of that fateful few moments after the Empress of Ireland was rammed by the Storstad poured from the lips of the rescued when the special train bearing them reached this city. Special praise was given to the work of Dr. James F. Grant of Victoria. B. C, ship surgeon on the Empress. To his cooiness was credited the saving of a large number of persons taken out of the water who probably would have perished had they not received prompt medical attention. Surgeon's Own Narrow Escape. A graphic description of the scene on the Empress of Ireland after the collision was given by Doctor Grant. "I was in my cabin." said the ship's surgeon, "and knew nothing of the accident until the boat listed so that I tumbled out of my berth and then rolled, under it. I tried to turn on the light, but there was no power. I reached the bolted door, but the list was so strong that It took me considerable time to open it. When finally I got out and reached the passageway it was so steep, due to the way the ship was canted, that my efforts to climb were rendered Impossible by the carpet which I was clinging to breaking away. "A passengor finally managed to pull me through the porthole. "About a hundred passengers were gathered on the side of the ship at the time, but a moment after I joined them the vessel took another list and plunged to the bottom. "I next found myself in the water, and swam toward the lights of the steamer Storstad, and when nearly exhausted from the struggle and the exposure. I was picked up by a lifeboat." Only two children are known to have been saved from the wreck. Major Attwell of Toronto and his w ife were among the saved. Salvation Army Man's Story. A. Mclntyre was in the second cabin with most of the other Salvation army passengers. He told a vivid story of his Own experiences and of what he saw as he swam to safety. Virtually every leading officer of the Salvation Army in Canada is gone," he said. 'Commissioner Rees and his wife and the children sank, and only three of this family survive. Out of our Salvation party of 150 on board, probably less than twenty were rescued. "I was aroused from my sleep by the impact and awoke the others in my cabin. I could then hear plainly the rush of water, and I felt sure that something serious had happened. I also heard the machinery of the boat running. It did not stop immediately after the crash, but continued until the explosion occurred. "I grabbed a life preserver and went out to the deck. On deck there were no life belts and quite a number of people were standing about apparently unable to determine what to do. I gave my belt to Mrs. Foord. one of our party. I tied the belt on her myself. "When I was taken on board I saw many men rescued, practically unclothed." "As I swam through the icy waters I heard the dull explosion caused by the water reaching the engines of the sinking ship. It was followed by a burst of steam that spread to all parts of the vessel. Then came a quick listing of the liner and she turned over. It looked to me as if she turned turtle. Actor Irving Died a Hero. Laurence Irving, son of the late Sir Henry Irving and well known on the English and American stages, lost his life in the sinking of the Empress of Ireland while he was trying to save his wife. F E. Abbott of Toronto was the last man to see Irving alive. "I met him first in the passageway and he asked calmly, Is the boat going down?' "I said that it looked like it. " 'Dearie,' Irving then said to his wife, hurry, there is no time to lose. "Mrs. Irving then began to cry, and as the actor reached for a life belt the boat suddenly lurched forward and he was thrown against the door of his cabin. His face was bloody and Mrs. Irving became frantic. " Keep cool,' he warned hr, but she persisted in holding her arms around him. "He forced the life belt over her and pushed her out of the door. He then practically carried her upstairs. I said. 'Can I help you?' and Irving said. No. yourself first old man, but Clod blees you all the same.' "I left the two man and wife struggling. I got on deck and dived overboard. I caught hold of a piece of timber and. holding on tight, looked around Irving was by this time on deck. He was kissing his wife, and as the ship went down they were clasped in each other a arms."

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Jose Vasconceles, a Mexican lawyer, is in Montreal on a mission for Car ranza and it keeping watch over the doings of the mediation conference on behalf of the constitutionalists. LIST OF THE RESCUED These passengers and members of the Empress of Ireland's crew are reported rescued by the Canadian Pacific railroad, by the Salvation Army, by the wireless operator on the Empress or in press dispatches from Rtnouski: Joseph Eackford, Starr Baker, J. P. Bandy, T. Bantala. Florence Bawden, Hiiisboro, III.; Bessie Bawden, Miss Blyth, Miss Edith Boen. Rochester, Minn.; Reinhardt Boen, Rochester, Minn.; Robert Boyle, R. Brennan. William Brown, John Byrne, C. R. Burt, W. T. Burrows. W. Canepa, George Capplin, H. Clarkson, J. M. Cone, Miss E. Court, Liverpool, Eng. P. Darcy, John Davies, Peter Davies. G. Donovan, John Dorts. A. Elgevish, Walter Erzinger, Ar thur Evanson. Mrs. Faveustend, A. C. Ferguson, Arthur Fineday, Walter Fenton, Mrs. John Fisher, Chicago; John Fitzpatrick, Roy Floir, William Fugent. John Gard, Chicago; A. W. Gaade. chief engineer; John Gibson, Arthur Gray, Alex. Griveri. Miss Mabel Hackney, wife of Lawrence Irving; Haes. assistant purser; W. Hampter, Renne Harbann, H. L. Heath, Chicago; "Jack" Heath, four-year-old son of above; W. Herrer, G. W. S. Henderson, S. F. Hohn, P. R. Holt, William Honralain, Hugh Hughes, W. H. Hughes. George Johnstone, Santa Barbara, Cat.; Sims Jubainer. Evan Kavalske, Duluth; Miss Grace Kohl, Michael Koronic. Herbert Lawler, R. Leddell, Miss Alice Lee, Nassau, Bahamas; Malte Lommi. Thomas McCready, C. P. McDonald, D. McDougal, R. McWilliams. G. J. Metcalfe, Mrs. William Mounsey, Chicago. F. Nisito. W. S. Owen. P. Probsi. William Quinn. Fedor Rigatetento, Moreland A. Reginald, W. Roberts, John Romanus, William Rower, W. Rowan, steward; Phona Ryan, John Ryan. W. Sahnski, C. Samuelson. Scott, Edward Shannon, John Sims, C. H. Smith, H. H. Smith, J. Smith, C. Spencer, bellboy; Adam Suzzera. Alex. Talbacha. Thorne Walinski, B. Weinruch, Montreal; Alex. Weiss, J. B. White, O. Williams. H. Zuh. SALVATION ARMY. Maj. and Mrs. Atwell, Toronto; Miss Alice Bales, address unknown; Thomas Brooks, Toronto; Delamont (two brothers), Moose Jaw; Ernst Foord, Toronto: Ernest Green, Toronto; Herbert Greenaway, Toronto; Mr. and Mrs. Greenaway, Toronto; Grace Hannagan, eight-year-old daughter of Band master Hannagan, Toronto; James j Johnston, Toronto; Alfred Kieth, lieucaptain, Toronto; Maj. Frank Morris, Lindsay. Ont.; Kenneth Mclntyre, Toronto; Captain R. Spooner, Toronto; Maj. Richard Furtin, Torort.o; Capt. George Wilson, Toronto. OTHERS RESCUED. G. Combes, pantryman; B. Bamford, Marconi operator: Alex. Bunthrome, Santa Barbara, Ca!.; Mr. and Mrs. Byrne, Brisbane, Australia; Mrs. G. Byrne, A. Elliott, baker; J. M. Finlay, Liverpool, E. Foster, baker: Grey, seaman; Perkinson R. Holt, bedroom steward: Moscal Doelik, T. Gratwick, Alex. Hadley, boatswain's mate. O. S. Murphy. A. Reginald, C. S. Samson, chief steward; Mrs. R. Simons, T. Sorahue. J. K. Swan, tenth engineer; Morland White, Joseph Williams, assistant steward: O. H. Duckworth, electrician ; Pededon Novek, Donovan, Clandon, Charles Clark. Sapoke. Savein. Joseph Sebalak. Ordburg; Miss Eva Searle. Seattle; Mrs. A. Vincent, Faircross. England. Bernhardt Is Reported III. Paris, France, May 28 Reports received from Liege, Helgium, indicate that Sarah Bernhardt, who is there a ith hT compauy on a tour of Europe. Is seriously ill

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