Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 37, Number 143, 20 April 1912 — Page 8

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM -AND ST7X-TELEGRA3I. SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1912.

SENATE COMMITTEE HAS THIS MESSAGE TO PROVE REPORTS tireless Operator Cottam on Carpathia Swears, However, He Never Sent or Received It.

.(Continued from Page One.) i told a woman passenger on the Titanic that the ship had been sent forward at greater speed when appraised of the Siearness of ice floes and bergs In orkler to pass them sooner. "I issued no such orders on the Titanic," he said. "That statement is absolutely false."

TO GET ASTOR'S BODY. NEW YORK, April 20 A plan tofblow up the wreckage of the Titanic "With a powerful explosive in order to recover the body of John Jacob Astor Vag taken up today by Vincent Astor, json of the late Colonel, with one of Ithe large wrecking companies. He has ;been assured that the plan is feasible and is prepared to go to any expense to secure his father's body.

NOT WORST DISASTER.

feultana Wreck Claimed More Victims Than Titanic Tragedy. Though the Titanic tragedy will be i'set down as the most appalling in the history of the seas, yet the civil war period in this country furnished a par-, allel in the case of the Sultana, a Misissippi river federal transport, which , forty-seven years ago today was Wrecked by the explosion of its boilers. Fourteen hundred of the 2,141 persons aboard were either killed or drowned and of the survivors more than 200 died in the hospital at Memphis, while a number of others died in hospitals or at their homes in other places. Nearly 1700 was the total death toll of the Sultana, excee'ding the Titanic roll by nearly 100. Judge Daniel W. Comstock, of Richmond, called the attention of the Palladium to' the anniversary of the Sultana's doom today. Judge Com;5tock's regiment, the Ninth Cavalry, numbering many Wayne county soldieis, had a number of men from every company on the Sultana, and fifteen of these were among the dead. In the history of the Ninth cavalry written some years ago by Judge Comstock, the full story of the loss of the Sultana Is given. The boat left Vicksburg on April 23, 1863. Mose of the soldiers aboard were federals who had just been released from various confederate prisons, including AnderBonville. Many of them were, ill as a result of the long confinement. The Sultana had a capacity of 376 persons besides the crew, yet it was carrying more than seven times the number. The boat's last stop was at Memphis where it took on coal. On April 27, at 3 o'clock in the morning, when opposite Fogleman's Landing, eight miles above Memphis, the boilers exploded, the vessel took fire and burned to the water. There had not been even a second's warning of the awful fate that awaited most of the passengers and -crew and the scenes that followed were of the most horrifying nature. In the cold and murky waters of the Mississippi and in the glare from the burning steamer hundreds of men struggled for their lives and most of them ' succeeded. Numbers of women, who i were passengers picked up at various points, were among those who lost their lives.

MRS. FUTRELLE'S STORY. NEW YORK, April 20. Mrs. ffacques Futrelle, who was rescued, hut whose husband, the noted novelist, went down with the Titanic, declared today that the men who were faved, except those required to man he boats, sneaked into the lifeboats. "I state this," she declared emphatically, "and I mean it." Mrs. Futrelle joined with all the ther survivors in praising the heroIsm of those men who died that the women and children might live. 'Their conduct was magnificent; as fine as anything in the annals of fact br fiction," she said. This is Mrs. Futrelle's story of the terrible night and morning: "I was just going to bed when the trash came. Jack was up in the Bmoking room. The shock threw me down and I was struggling to my feet when Jack rushed in and cried, 'Get dressed at once; the boat is going down." "We found everything in confusion on the deck. Women were screaming and rushing frantically about calling for their husbands and children; the officers were roaring orders and above all boomed the tremendous bass of the Titanic's foghorn. "The behavior of the men, or most of them, when they were told to etand aside and give the women and children first places in the lifeboats was magnificent. A few cowards tried to rush ahead but they were quickly thrown back. "I was placed in one of the last of the boats to leave. Jack, poor boy, was very brave when the time came to say goodby. With a kiss he half lifted me into the boat, saying, 'Hurry up. May, you're keeping the others waiting.' "Only three in my boat were firstcabin passengers. The others were women from the steerage. We had been in the boat but a few minutes when the Titanic made her final plunge. I thought I saw Jack waving to me as she went down."

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Mr. Isador Straus, the millionaire-merchant-philanthropist, who with his devoted wife, was lost in the Titanic disaster. A .touching tale of the supreme test of love is told in the death of the aged couple, who were beloved in New York because of their generous work in aiding the poor of the East Side. The devotion of Mr. and Mrs. Straus was a subject of unending discussion among the friends of the aged couple, and it is generally believed that rather than leave her husband to die alone, Mrs. Strauss refused to take her turn in the rule of "women and children first" to be launched to safety in a "lifeboat, but chose rather to remain by the side of her husband, and thereby attain what was the ambition of the closing years of their lives, to die together.

FOLLOWED THE DIAGRAM.

The Motorcar Tourists Rewarded the Man Who Drew It. An amusing practical Joke which was played by a Canadian farmer on a party of motorcar tourists is described in Suburban Life. The farmer had drawn a diagram to show the automobilists how to proceed through the little known country. m "For five miles," writes the author of the article, "we followed the countryman's diagram and then came to a piece of road which was atrocious. We climbed over stumps and in and out of ruts and gulleys. Grass grew in the middle of this 'road,' showing how little it was used. At last we saw ahead a little house just at the edge of the woods. We felt sure we were off the right road and decided to make inquiries at the house. Great was our surprise upon drawing up In front of the house to find our countryman, his wife and several children out in the middle of the road to meet us. , They all looked at the car with wondering eyes, and the smallest ciuUd hung to her mother's skirts and howled with fright. The other children fled to the house and peeked out of the window. "Our friend the countryman said: 'Well, I most rem my horse to death to get here before you did. I wanted the kids to be sure and see this critter. They never saw one before. I'm much obliged to you, and now if you want the right road you'll have to pull back two miles to the road where you turned in and go straight ahead!'"

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Sunday Services At the Churches

St. Andrew's Catholic Fifth and South C streets. Mass at 7:30; rtigh Mass at 9:45; Vespers, sermonette and benediction at 3 o'clock. Rev. Frak A. Roell, rector. St. Mary's Catholic Masses every Sunday at 7:00, 8:00, 9:00 and 10:30. Vespers and Benediction every Sunday at 3:00 p. m. Rev. J. F. Mattingly, rector. St. faul's Episcopal Church Holy communion 7:30 a. m. Morning prayer and ermon 10:30. Sunday schiol 9:15. evening prayer and addrests, 5:00. Holy communion, Thursday, anl all Holy days 3:30 a. m. Grace Methodist Episcopal Cor. Tenth and North A streets, Arthur Cates, pastor Sunday school 9:15. Preaching servicea 10:30 and 7:30. morning theme, "The Church, the Body of Christ." In the evening the pastor will preach on some religious lessons from the disaster on the seas. Class meeting 11:45. Epworth League 6:35. A cordial welcome to all. East Main Street Friends Meeting Truman C. Kenworthy, pastor. Bible school at 9:10, C. E. Newman Supt. Meeting for worship at 1030. Christian Endeavor at 6:30. Gospel services at 7:30. Mid-week meeting for worship Thursday morning at 10 o'clock. Conference and prayer service Thursday evening at 7:30. A cordial invitation is extended. Second English Lutheran Church Cor. of Pearl and Third streets, E. Minter, pastor Divine worship at 10.30 p. m. Sunday school at 9:15 a. m. An election for Rev. C. R. Isley for pastor, successor to Rev. E. Minter, will be held at the morning services. All the members are earnestly requested to attend the services and cast their vote. North Fourteenth Street Union Mis sion, Frank E. Kinsey, pastor Sunday school 9:15. Morning meeting 10:30. Christian Endeavor 6:30. Evening gvangelistic service at 7:30. Prayer meeting Tuesday night. Whitewater Friends Church North Tenth and G streets. Morning worship and sermon 10:30. Evening gospel song service and preaching 7:30 Sabbath school at 9. C. E. 6:20. Mid-week praper meeting Thursday evening. The public is cordially invited to all the services. A Trueblood, pastor. North A Street Friends Church Between Eleventh and Twelfth streets. First day school at 9:15 a. m. Meeting for worship 10:30 a. m. Fourth day meeting for worship 10 a. m. All are cordially invited. First English Lutheran Church Corner Eleventh and South A streets, E. G. Howard, pastor. Morning worship at 10:30 a. m. with sermon. Vesper service at 4:30. Subject, "The Tragedy of the Titanic." Sunday school at 9 a. m. Dr. A. L. Bramkamp Supt. The special music for the day will be led by the "String Quartette" A special offering will be received Sunday morning for the China Famine Relief Work. A cordial invitation is extended to all to worship' and work with us. First Christian Church Corner of Tenth and South A streets, Samuel W. Traum, pastor. Bible school 9:05 a. m. Christian Endeavor 6:30 p. m. Preaching by the pastor at 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. The subject of the morning sermon is, "When The Sea Gives Up Its Dead." Second Presbyterian Church Thos. C. McNary, pastor. Topic 10:30. How do you Keep the Sabbath. S. S. 9:15, C. A. Reigel. Supt. C. E. 6:45, D. Thomas Pres. Topic, Perseverance. Leader Paul Overman. Earlham Heights S. S. 2:15, W. S. Taylor Supt. Gospel meeting 7:30. Public welcome. United Brethren Eleventh and N. B streets, H. S. James, pastor. Bible school at 9:30 a. m., A. D. Craig, superintendent. The pastor will preach at 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Text of

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the morning sermon, "There was no more Sea." A cordial welcome to all. Reid Memorial Church Sabbath school 9:15 a. m., B. B.'Myrick, Supt. The sacrament of Baptism and the Lord's Supper will be administered at the morning service. Evening worship 7:30. Christian Union 6:45 p. m. First Presbyterian Church Rev. Thomas Jj Graham, pastor. Sabbath school 9:15 a. m.. Miss Ella Winchester, Supt. Morning church service 10:30. Afternoon service 4:45. Preaching by the pastor. Prayer meeting Thursday 7:30 p. m. Welcome to all. Fifth Street M. E. Church H. E. McFarlan, pastor. Sunday school 9:15 a. m. Public worship 10:30 a. m. Sermon theme "Hearing and no't Heeding." Epworth League 6:30 p. m. Public worship 7:30 p. m. Folger P. Wilson will preach. Third N E. Church H. E. McFarlane, pastor. Sunday school 9:15 a. m. Epworth League 6:30 p. m. Public worship 7:30 p. m. German theme "Excuses." South Eighth Street Friends Bible school 9:10. Meeting for worship 10:30 Prof. David D. Dennis will be present. Christian Endeavor meeting 6:30. Midweek praper meeting Thursday evening 7:30. First Church of Christ ScientistNorth A. between 14th and 15th street. Subject : "Doctrine of Atonement." Sunday school at 9:45 a. m. Services at 11 a. m. Wednesday evening testimonial meetings at 7:45. Public cordially invited. Reading room located in south end of church building, No. 1417 North A street, open daily, except Sundays and legal holidays, from 1 to 5 p. m. Universalist Church Services as usual Sunday evening at 7:30 in the Masonic Temple (second floor). Rev. Haywood will preach on "Fraternity; the Master Movement of the Times." This sermon is designed to be of especial interest to members of lodges, societies and fraternal organizations, but the general public is invited as is the case every Sunday evening. You will find the entrance on North Ninth street opposite the post-office. St. Paul's Episcopal The Rev. J. E. Curzon, of Chicago, department secretary of the Fifth department, is visiting the Rev. John S. Lightbourn and will preach in St. Paul's church Sunday morning. Mr. Lightbourn hopes to see a large congregation present as Mr. Curzon has a most important message to bring to all our people.

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(National News Association) WASHINGTON. D. C, April 20 During the coming week a commercial conference of national importance, which, it is hoped, will be far reaching in its results, will be held in this city and hundreds of delegates, representing various commercial and industrial organizations in all parts of the country have already arrived here. This conference, which is intended as the first step toward the formation of a national organization broadly representative of the commercial interests of the whole country, was called, upon "the suggestion and orders of President Taft, by the Secretary of Commerce and Labor, Mr. Nagle, and will hold its meetings at the New Willard Hotel. In a message on foreign relations communicated to congress in Decern ber of last year. President Taft expressed the belief that it would be of great value to have "some central organization in touch with the associations and chambers of commerce throughout the country, and able to keep purely American interests closely in touch with commercial affairs." This expression met with such general approval that the president decided to start a movement in the direction indicated. He instructed the secretary of Commerce and Labor to take the necessary steps to initiate as soon as practicable at Washington a conference of delegates from organizations which are engaged in the promotion and development of commerce and industry in their respective districts, such conference to consider the establishment of a representative national organization for commercial development, and to outline the principles by which it should be governed. In conformance with the instructions received Secretary Nagle, through the Bureau of Manufactures, sent out invitations to more than one thousand chambers of commerce, boards of trade and other commercial bodies throughout the country and even in the insular possessions of the United States. It is

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