Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 39, Number 69, 30 January 1914 — Page 1

fOKB FAIXABIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM VOL. XXXIX. NO. 69 RICHMOND, IND FRIDAY EVENING, JAN. 30, 1914 SINGLE COPY 2 CENTS

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THAT LIU P. ISSUE BE RESCINDED Robbins and Bond to Confer With Commission Next Week. ESTABLISHES BASIS FOR RATE MAKING Duncan Says He Had No Time to Investigate Plant Valuation. " Mayor Robbins and City Attorney Bond will go to Indianapolis next week to consult with the state public service commission in regard to the $850,000 bond issue of the Richmond Light, Heat and Power company. If their belief is substantiated in the course of the conference that authorization of the bond issue places a fictitious valuation on the plant of the locar corporation, useful to it in future efforts to secure rate increases, the commission will be asked to rescind its order. A series of questions relating to the bond issue were asked Judge Duncan of the commission yesterday by a Palladium representative, and his answers, though conflicting, support the contention that the commission by its action on the bond issue has recognized that $850,000 is the minimum valuation of the plant, this without taking the trouble to have an inventory of the local L. H. & P. plant taken for the purpose of establishing its real valuation. Duncan Contradicts Himself. To the question: "Does the bond issue form a basis of computation for rate making?" Judge Duncan replied: "No it does 'not," but in the next breath ho said, "We granted the request of the Richmond company because we did not have time to investigate for what purposes the money derived from the old bond issue and ihe half a million notes, which the new bond issue is to retire, was used for." City officials will argue with the commission that by authorizing the $850,000 bond issue it has established a basis for rate making because rates are based on plant valuations, and th? commission has placed a minimum valuation of $830,000 on the local plant because it is not legal for the commission to authorize a bond issue in excess of the valuation of any utility plant. That this is a fact is established by the admission made by Judge Duncan when he replied to the question "Why does a public service corporation have to secure permission of the commission before it can issue any stocks or bonds?" Duncan's Answer. To this Judge Duncan answered, "This is required to keep public service corporations from issuing more stocks and bonds than their plants are actually worth, and to prevent excessive loans." immediately after makins this state ment Judge Duncan said the commission had never authorized a bond is sue in excess of plant valuation, so, it is reasoned by city officials, the commission must recognize that the L. II. & P. valuation is at least $S30,000. Judge Duncan also said that the commission did not state when it authorized the bond issue that these bonds would have no bearing on the valuation of the property, but, he added, the commission would not take into consideration stocks and bonds when the plant's valuation was determined by the commission experts. Officials Perplexed. Just honi the commission can avoid considering the new bond issue as an item of valuation is a mystery to lo cal city officials, who in presenting j their side of the case, again fall back on the argument that the $K.r0.000 bond issue must represent the commission's eptimate of the I,. H. & P. valuation because if such was not the case the commission would be without authority in ordering the floating of such an Issue. The bond issue question is one of the most complicated city officials have been called imon to deal with, but they are firmly convinced that their position is the only sound one and they are confident that if the commission does not rescind its bond issue order It will make a serious mistake and establish dangerous precedent, i CHILDREN TO PARADE Will March to Tabernacle Saturday Afternoon. Between 5,000 and 6.000 Sunday School children are expected to march Jn the parade to the tabernacle tomorrow afternoon to attend the children's service. The children will assemble on North A street at the Grace Methodist, the First Presbyterian, the Reid Memorial and the United Brethren Churches. Headed by the band, the youngsters will march west on North A to Fifth street, then south to Main and East on Main to the tabernacle. AUXILIARY PLANS MEETING PROGRAM An educational meeting to set the purposes and needs of the Guest House before the people of the city, is being planned for next "Wednesday night at the Commercial club rooms by the Ladies Auxiliary of the Guest House association. A number of persons who are active in the work of the associa tion will be asked to speak on the various phases.

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BLAZE DESTROYS BEN SHARP HOME Farmer Sustains Second Big Fire Loss Within Six Months.

Fire of an unknown origin completely destroyed the house of Ben Sharp on his farm three miles, north of the city at 7 o'clock this morning. The loss is estimated at $1,500, which is partly covered by insurance. Nearly all the household goods were carried from the first floor to safety, while most of the furnishings of the second floor were destroyed. This Is the second mysterious fire which has visited Mr. Sharp in the last six months. During the summer his barn was destroyed with contents of grain and farming implements. The fire started In the attic on the side opposite to the flues. For this reason Mr. Sharp believes mice and matches were responsible for the blaze. When discovered the fire had a good start and could not be checked by the bucket brigade formed by neighbors. The Richmond department was called but did not respond as the department does not have a pumping engine. MERE SLIP OF GIRL WOULD JED HESTER Cornelia Armstrong, 16, Says She Will Marry Cook's Assailant. BOY GETS SENTENCE Man Who Killed Cook Must Serve 2 to 14 Year Term. With a sentence of from two to fourteen years in prison hanging over him, Donald Nester, convicted yesterday in circuit court for manslaughter, will not be disappointed in love, but Cornelia Armstrong, 89 Foxt, Wayne Avenue, became his wife late this afternoon, if plans announced earlier in the day materialized. His wife will live with her mother while Nester serves his sentence in the Jeffersonville reformatory. The girl is only sixteen years old, but her mother will sign the affidavit of parental consent when the license has been procured. The wedding is to be private and only members of the family of the bride will attend. j The girl said she was willing to wait for the return of her husband. Hopes For Reformation. "He will be a good boy, I know, and I shall write to him and encourage him to 0- right so that he will be paroled," the irir said when she was interviewed at her home shortlv before prepar- - ' inc tn mpot Vemtor at iTna pnurf Vii-inoe The length of Nester's term depends largely on his conduct at the reformatory and if he is a model prisoner he may be paroled at the end of two years. Nester will not ask for a new trial. Nester, who has been in Richmond about two years, met Miss Armstrong a. year ago. They became sweethearts at once, the girl said. As Mrs. Armstrong keeps roomers, Nester secured a place to stay at the Armstrong home and has been living there for the past eitht months. The second week in October, Nester asked the girl to become his wife and she consei-.ted. This was one week after the fight with Cook, which has re suited in the young man's conviction for manslaughter. It was because of the girl that Nester did not leave Richmond when Chief of Police Gormon summoned him to appear at police headquarters. Nester knew of Cook's serious condition and as he was not placed under arrest, he could have left the city. Sticks to Promise. Since Nester's confession that he struck Cook with the scissors which were removed from the latter's head. Miss Armstrong has visited him at the jail on the regular visiting days. There, she told him that she would keep her promise and marry him. The bride is confident, that Nester c.:d not realize that he had struck a fatal blow when he hit Cook but that he was defending himself from an expected attack. She has attended the trial each day and Wednesday night, at the close of j court, she and Nester had a long talk. His attorneys told him that he could expect the verdict of the jury Thursday night. He and Miss Armstrong then fixed Friday night as the time of their marriage. The girl told her mother of her intention and while Mrs. Armstrong refused to consider marriage at first, she finally yielded. Advises Good Behavior. The judge advised the young man to be a model prisoner. "When the time comes that your friends apply to the state board of pardons for your release, I will help you all I can if your behavior is good," the judge said. Nester will be taken to the reformatory Saturday night or Sunday, the sheriff said. "This was the second announcement of marriage of a prisoner within six weeks. Shortly before Christmas, it was announced that Hattie Harris of Indianapolis, would marry Edward Burts, the negro who robbed the Carr Home on East Main street and who received a sentence of two to fourteen years. However, Clerk Matthews refused the license because the two were non-residents. The Harris woman said she would "live in the shadow

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GIVES PEDAGOGUES OF SCHOOLS HERE STINGINGREBUKES Evangelist Says Some Teachers Do not Realize Value of Christianity.

MANY GO FORWARD IN ANSWER TO PLEA Several Hundred Men Take Part in Parade to the Tabernacle. "I am sorry that in Richmond men and women have been engaged to instruct your boys and girls who have not yet realized that Christianity appeals to the mind. Never have we been in a town where we have received so little support from educators. Your teachers are not big enough to recognize that Christianity awakens in us the highest class of thought." This stinging rebuke administered to those in charge of Richmond schools was the feature of Evangelist Honeywell's sermon last night. A number in the audience applauded the speaker when he made this statement. The number who professed conversion last night was 116. During the preliminary services he took occasion to express the appreciation to himself and party of the support of the factory men. "I don't know of any place where factory men and railway men have been more sympathetic or more generous." Enthusiastic Over Parade. The men who engaged in the parade also came in for a full share of congratulation. "We have never seen in Mr. Sunday's work or my work or any other evangelist's work a better parade. It speaks mighty well for you men. I want to thank the chief of police and city officials for the way the police force led the procession. I also want to express my hearty thanks for this splendid band. You Richmond people ought to make it a permanent institution. Help buy their uniforms and instruments if need be and make constant use of them." The band under the direction of Lee Nusbaum headed the big men's parade which marched from the Y. M. C. A. west on A to Fifth, south to Main and east to the tabernacle. Two sergeants and twelve patrolmen led in the procession being immediately followed by Messrs. McCombe and Nusbaum who marched at the head of the band of twenty-five pieces. These were followed by fifty high school boys and one hundred grade school boys, many of whom carried torches. The parade was one of the largest held ; in Richmond for some time. After arriving at the tabernacle the band 1 marched to the front where it assem bled before the platform and assisted in the music. They were received with enthusiastic applause. Foundry Quartet Sings. The Reliance Quartet made up of members of the Reliance Foundry force made the "hit" of the evening. After singing "Holy Spirit: Power Divine" they responded with an encore of "Roll Roll Away Jordan" which met (Continued on Page Three.) GOMPERS ACCDSED OF HEAVY DRINKING McDonald Tells Miners Labor Leader Imbibed Freely At Seattle. INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 29. Duncan McDonald, Illinois, was greeted with cheers this afternoon when he took the floor of the United Mine Workers' convention to reply to President Gompers' statement of yesterday afternoon. After stating that he was glad that Gompers was present, McDonald declared he would have said more the other day if Gompers had been in the hall. "I am going to prove that there are 'booze fighters' at the head of the American Federation of Labor. I had my wife with me at the Seattle convention and roomed next to the place where the resolutions committee met. "On the first Saturday night we could not sleep owing to the drunks in the next room. Finally I went to the room and saw our president, Sam Gompers at the head of a table gloriously drunk." Fight Imminent. A personal encounter seemed imminent when Gompers pounding the table shouted "liar and slanderer" at McDonald when the accusation of being drunk at Seattle was made. McDonald hurled back the lie and the men glared at each other while the delegates howled and yelled. In reply to Gompers' admission yesterday that he took a glass of beer occasionally, McDonald declared the glass of beer he saw at Seattle consisted of a bath tub full of bottled beer in cracked ice, and half gallon decanters of whiskey. Gompers declared that McDonald had made statements without the shadow of a proof. He cited the fact that he occupied a pulpit on Sunday after the Seattle occasion deferred to by McDonald as proof that he could not have been drunk. Gompers entered a long defense to all of McDonald's charges. WEATHER FORECAST FOR INDIANA Fair in north. Urn settled south portion tonight. Saturday fair slightly warmer. TEMPERATURE

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HONEYWELL ANSWERS SCIENCjJRGOMENT Holds Church Denies Divinity of Christ and Loses , Ground.

During his sermon at the tabernacle last evening Evangelist Honeywell answered the reply , of the Christian Science church. His reply was based on a communication from Mr. Easterday, of Indianapolis. "In replying to an attck," said the Rev. Mr. Honeywell, "the Christian Scientists can take more space and say less than anybody else I know. Why does Mr. Easterday discuss the number of churches built in the past year, when all you need to do in order to discover what progress Christian Science is making is to get the statistics from Washington. The Christian Science church did not gain one member during the entire year of 1912. Denies Christ's Divinity. "I am not a prophet nor the son of a prophet, but I declare to you that fifty years from now Christian Science will be known only to those who read History. You never hear me attack the Roman Catholic, nor the Episcopalian, nor the Lutheran churches, because these honor Jesus. No matter what my Indianapolis friend may say to the contrary. Christian Science denies the divinity of Jesus Christ and His atonement. "Christian Science is no new thing. It has been advocated again and again through the ages. Hindooism is practically the same thing. All that is needed for Christian Science to pass away is a little time. It has reached its apex now, and is passing down the other side. "And, I may say, that if my friend in Indianapolis doesn't want to kill the little Christian Science church here, he had better lay his pen down." MISS BENNER FINDS DESTITUTE FAMILY Family of Nine, Huddled Together in Two Rooms, Ask Aid. Seven little children, a mother and father barely able to keep the wolf from v. the door and with no present prospects for relief, sickness wedging its way into the family and the earmarks of poverty in their scantily furnished two rooms, is the first desperate rase nf nnvprtv which has been . , , " . ,. ,, iuuuu iu vivCiui1C WJ .00 Benner, visiting nurse, Miss Benner was notified of the sickness in the family and immediately visited the home. Upon entering the home she was confronted by a man and his wife, and five of the children ranging between 3 and 12 years in age. Tell Pitiful Story. The husband told her the pitiful story of how he had been discharged from a lumber yard and of his inability to get work. Two of the girls, one aged 13 and the other 16, were taken from school and placed to work. The older of the two was sent to the glove factory and from her scant earnings she helps obtain food and clothing for the entire family. The younger girl is helping a family and contributes her entire meagre income to the support of her parents and brothers and sisters. Huddled together, teeth chattering, Miss Benner found the five youngsters near a small stove in which a low fire was burning, attempting to dispel the chill of the room. Half starved, poorly clad and ill the little boys and girls unmindful of their real poverty, tried to smile and talk cheerfully to the nurse. Mother Is III. "The mother's condition even at this time is deplorable," said Miss Benner, 'and the fact that she is soon to beconyaitt m.QtliAr..t8fc another child makes i conditions twice as bad. Miss Benner will attempt to find a place for the mother in the charityward at the Reid Memorial Hospital. The nurse is also endeavoring to find work for the destitute man thereby aiding in the upkeep of the unfortunate family. "This is only a starter of the cases which may be found in the city of Richmond," said Miss Benner. "The nurse in her trips among every class, especially the laboring people, comes in direct contact with similar conditions every few days. Then it is that the work of the visiting nurse is in its true spirit." Since her work started less than two weeks ago. Miss Benner has visited 33 different homes. WANTS WOO BALM Leslie M. Moore Sues For Alienation of Wife. The first suit to recover damages for alienation of affections filed in the Wayne circuit court in years, was put on record yesterday. It was that of Leslie M. Moore, who demands $10,000 balm from Claud Raborn, who, he alleges, deprived him of his wife's company and love. This Is the first suit of its kind entered for many years, but- attorneys have effected settlements in many alienation suits. Raborn refused to settle and as a consequence, the case will be placed in the hands of Judge Fox. Moore alleges that Raborn alienated the affections of Sudie Moore, the plaintiff's wife, causing the plaintiff great shame and dishonor,

IN LIGHT RATES IS ANNOUNCED BY BOARDJF WORKS Schedules to Be Made Public At Meeting Next Monday. FURTHER REDUCTION REGARDED PROBABLE New Rate May Cut Under Schedule of Competing Concern. A definite plan for a substantial re-1 duction in the municipal plant's rates for both electric lighting and power was adopted at a meeting held last evening by Mayor Robbins, City Attorney Bond, Manager Kleinknecht, of the plant, and board members) Bavis, McMinn and Marlatt. What the average reduction will amount to and the new scale of rates were not made public today, but will be at the board meeting Monday, when Mr. Bond presents the schedules he is now at work compiling from the data provided last night. A revised list of rules and regulations eoverninsr the mi.nirat nlant's service also will be compiled, and when these rules and the new rate schedules are formally approved by the board, the city attorney will appear before the public service commission and request its authority for placing them in operation. Expect Permission. No difficulty is anticipated in obtaining such permission from the com mission, and Mr. Bond says the new rates will become effective not later

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than March 1. prived or tne dope. "It will not be necessarv for the 1 The P'Pe found bv Patrolman Vogelcommission to have an inventory of . s?nS. pne sa!d- had been m her Pssesthe plant before granting our peti-i"on or ten vearstion for rate reduction," said Mr.

Bond. "When a utility makes the unusual request to have its rates reduced it is taken for granted that its financial condition justifies such action and that an appraisement of its property is unnecessary." It is believed that the new municipal plant rate schedules will cut under the low rates of the Light, Heat and Power company, though city officials would neither confirm nor deny this. That the rate paring would be most liberal, and the plant still assured all the revenue necessary for its maintenance, its sinking fund and its newly created depreciation fund, was the only statement the city officials would give out today. Further Reductions. City Attorney Bond also added that it would be the policy of the adminisjtration to reduce the municipal plant rates at any time the business of the plant justified such action, and that he hoped this policy would be appreciated by liberal patronage of local peo ple. Whether the Richmond, Light, Heat ! and Power company will attempt to meet this new competition by a fur there cut in its electrical lighting and power rates is not known, but if, such action is taken a lively war is certain to result, the battle ground being the offices of the state public utilities commission. The city, it was hinted today, will seek to prove, in such an event, that the electrical business of the Light, Heat and Power company is not now making the required six per cent profit, consequently a further rate reduction would only be another alleged violation of this provision of the state public utilities law. HORSE DRAGS BOGGY OVER E Mr. and Mrs. Levy Bennett. Abington, Injured in Accident. CENTERVILLE, Jan. 30. The fi ing of shots by an unknown person frightened a horse driven by Levy Bennett, causing the animal to drag the buggy and its occupants over a steep embankment injuring Mrs. Ben - nett about the face and head. The ac - cident occurred near the home of HIram Paddock, a few miles from Abington, about midnight last night. The aged couple were returning from the Honeywell revival meeting at Richmond when the accident occurred. When the horse started to run, Mr. Bennett grabbed the reins and it is thought she jerked the horse so that it dragged the closed buggy off the road. The horse and buggy landed in a heap at the foot of the embankment. Mr. Bennett was not hurt but his wife received a broken nose, and was injured about the head. .Mrs. Bennett was carried to the home of Hiram Paddock where her injuries were dressed. She was removed to her home, three and one half miles southeast of here, today. ENDORSEERNSBERGER Clay Township Democrats Perfect Organization. Democrats of Clay township endorsed John W. Ernsberger for town ship trustee at the recent township convention. Ed Allen was elected township chairman, with John Ellis, secretary. Other officers chosen were: William Ellis, First Precinct committeeman; William McLaughlin, jsecond precinct committeeman.

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SEA TRAGEDY COSTS 50 LIVES WHEN LINERS CRASH IN FOG 35 MILES OFF CAPE CHARLES

SEEK OPIUM- DEPOT CLOSE TO It Police Believe Dope Users Buy Drug From Indiana Distributor. Startling exposures are expected in the case cf the opium fiends, serving long sentences In the county institu tions. The police department is working on the theory that Charles Miller, Nancy Green and Julia Keetlng were able to buy opium in Indiana. Where, the members of the department will not sav. At first Police Chief Goodwin and those investigating the case believed that all the drug had been purchased in Dayton, which was a distribution center for the underground traffic in the dope. Seek Indiana Depot. Authorities in Dayton were notified and are working on suspects, they have been watching for some time. 1 n pouve ren.se 10 aiseuss uie developments which have pointed to some place in this state as another distributing point. The pill users are still in a seriou3 condition although they were able to

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had been addicted to the drug habit longer than the other members of the party. For twelve years she has dreamed the dreams of an opium user, net!er oerore curing mat naving oeen aeMYSTERY ATTACHED TO H0USER0BBERY Thieves Enter Home of Scott Lewis Early in the Evening. JEWELRY IS REMOVED Police Department's Investi gation Fails to Uncover Any Clues. One of the most mysterious robberies in the city for some months was committed last night when a thief entered the house of Scott Lewis, 1"9 South Fifteenth street and got away with nine articles of jewelry, includ - ing two watches, rings, bracelets and chains, without leavinc a clue. Notices have been sent to all towns in a radius of sixty miles by Police Chief Goodwin, asking police depart - x 1 - ments to assist in the search for the i thief and the stolen goods. The fol lowing articles were taken: a purse containing $1.50, a gold bracelet watch, leather bracelet watch, silver necklace, gentleman's signet ring with initials "B. E." lady's watch fob with initials "O. M. L," lady's gold neck chain, gold bracelet half inch wide, silver coat chain one and a half yards long. Family Not at Home. The articles were taken from the daughter's room on the second floor, without disturbine anvthine else in the house. About 6:30 o'clock last evening the Lewis family left the home. All doors and windows were locked with the exception of a small alcove window several feet from the ground. When the family returned they found . the doors locked just as they had left , mem. ana noming was missea untu the daughter went to her room. After investigating the case Police ! Chief Goodwin is of the opinion that 1 the thief entered one of the doors bv 1 usine a skeleton key. The outer walls of the house and the window casing show no indications that the entrance was through the alcove window. The police are absolutely iu the ! dark, having no clues to follow at all. DEMOCRATS ELECT HARPER CHAIRMAN Julius Grosvenor of Richmond to Serve As County Secretary. An early convention for nominating the rniltitv tiplrot fivnreH lv th nomnrnts ivh nr-.!, thi after. noon at the Court house with John Harper, of Cambridge Citv. as chair - man. Other officers elected were Julius Grosvenor. city, secretary; and Henry Sherman, city, treasurer. Late this afternoon the office of vice-chairman had not been filled. The convention was called with a full representation from all precincts : ot the county There was much dia-r-tiQ.iinn reT prim lha ttmA frr tinlritnc timent favored having the convention early instead of waiting until late in the summer as has been the custom. No resolutions of any kind came before the convention.

RAMMED STEAMER SINKS 20 MINUTES AFTER JARD IMPACT Eighty-Six Passengers and Members of MonroeV Crew Saved

HEAVY FOG HINDERS WORK OF RESCUERS "S. 0. S." Calls Bring Aid to Nantucket Herself Damaged. -.1 NORFOLK, Va., Jan. 30. Rammed amidships and cut nearly in two in a dense fog off the Virginia coast early today, Dominion Line sank within twenty minutes with a loss of forty-seven lives. Twenty-three passengers and twenty-four members of the crew were carried down' with the liner or drowned after they had plunged into the sea in the hope of being picked up. Thirty-one passengers and fifty-five members of the crew, eighty-six in all, were rescued by the steamer Nantucket of the Merchants & Miners Transportation Company which rammed the Monroe. Here are the official figures of it the latest sea disaster: Passengers on board . . 54 Crew 79 Total 133 Passengers saved 31 Sailors saved 55 Total 86 Passengers lost 23 Sailors 24 Total 47 Later in the day three.of the rescued passengers died, bringing the death list or passengers to twenty-six. That the loss of life, heavy as it as, did not reach greater proportions ! ws due to the fact that the sea was ca'r?- ! 1 he Nantucket had a ten-foot hole torn in her bow, extending beneath the water line. 1 f-"Yh , X1 ?'! piC,ted from the water. Many of them wer suffering badly from exposure when ; taken aboard the Nantucket and hart i to be treated hv the htn Sea Covers Ship. Captain Johnson was found in the water clutching to a piece of wreckage. He was nearly exhausted when picked up by a lifeboat. When the Monroe sank she disappeared completely, with no vestige of her rigging remaining above water. Only scattered debris marked the grave. Both ships carried cargoes of fruit. ' AD,onS la rescued is James o Con nell, vice president of the American Federation of Labor. Hog Island is sixty-six miles from Norfolk and thirty-five miles northeast of Cape Charles. The disaster was caused by a dense fog which hid the lights of both ves sels. She went down within twentr j minutes, carrying with her passengers and members of the crew who bad been sleeping when the crash occurred. Rescue Passengers. That the death list was not much greater was due to the prompt action on the part of the crew of the Nantucket, which was herself badly dam aged in the collision. They lowered lifeboats with a rush and picked up many survivors. While others of the crew were rescuing all they could find in the water, the wireless operator flashed 'S. O. S." calls Into darkness. The disaster accurred at 1:30 o'clock while the pasengers were asleep. The Monroe, bound from Norfolk for New York, was feeling her way cautiously in the fog when the Nantucket suddenly loomed up. The sharp prow oi the Nantucket ripped into the Old Dominion liner, opening an enormous gash and rolling the vessel over on her beam ends. Panic followed upon the Monroe. Terrined men and women, aroused from sleep, began scrambling to the decks. So thick was the fog that the pow- , ful Jight cast only a murky glow. ' cd ,lh tor h? couJd ! fcre,y distinguish floating objects in the water. Begin Rescue Work. Within a few minutes half a dosen lifeboats from the Nantucket surmounted the Monroe while the seamen of the latter ship were filling and lowering lifeboats as fast as the panicky conditions on board would permit. After the Monroe had disappeared the Nantucket cruised about in the neighborhood searching for other survivors, but her own condition was so dangerous that she was headed for (Continued on Page Thret) ; -