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Date 1912-04-15

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aT 00, will handle and sting address on Wom- n the home was given msou at the Mothers dnesday afternoon at ch. These meetings are , and all ladifs are cor- to attend them, the se y of each month. of the Woman's Liter l be held at the home 418 Ottawa street, on 16th. Presbyterian church : Joseph. and Nicode- Disciples. Subject at vice Leasons from the Sa Bote te tote tem So-aho-sfe-dSe-sfeegegecta Se lt; Re : 3 Poet ? of April. . * ee you and your /ARE CO. lock. aline 1500 copies daily, 900 clrealuted In city 2000 copies Thursday. Advertisers in Dally ge the benett of the Weekly country cireulal us extra charge. Books open to advertisers, MEDICINE - VOL. 2, NO 235 lt;Q us, Titanic, 5,000 Aboard, on Maiden Voyage Struck Iceberg in the Atlantic ery Liner on Ship Was Definitely (FLASH) NEW YORK, APRIL 15. THE WHITE STAR LINER TITANIC IS SINKING. First Report Said That Floating Palace Had Gone: 2 Atlantic Rushed to,Her Assistance in Answer to Wireless Calls Passengers Now Being Taken Off Ocean Calm Many Anxious Hours Before Fate of Known. Halifax, N.S., April 15. (Bulletin) The Titanic is slowly sinking. Efforts a: being made to beach her near Cape Race, according to a wireless dispatch received (Special to the News) here this afternoon from the Steamer Minia to the Government Marine Bureau here. Halifax, April 15. A wireless received early this morning from the Steamer Vir- ginia was. to the effect that the White Star Liner Titanic, ? while on her maiden voy- age from Liverpool to New York, had struck an iceberg off the Newfoundland coast and had gona down with some 4000-passengers and crew of over 1000: Later'dispatches however, report that the big floating palace is safe, that the pas- sengers have been taken off by the other big liners which rushed to: her assistance and that she is now being towed, in. EEEEEEEEE EEE ET + + AN ANXIOUS WAIT + 1 + Medicine Hat wakened this morning to hear that the big i shocked by fragmentary despatches. Since, however, have only added to the anxiety of those who had friends on board. Bare reports that the. vessel was sinking: at midnight, that women were being newspaper they + + + liner Lusitania, with 4,000 on - )taken off in lifeboats then, and that sf board, had sunk off the coast, - +)half an hour later the wireless com- of Newfoundland and the word - + munication was. broken, were all fof the affair had come from a + viewed with utmost anxiety: - O.P.R. bulletin aboard the fast ++) There was excellent reason, how- +f easterm bound express. Klever, for the belief that even though Many were the inquiries at - +/the Titanic was in sore straits, there f the News office and at the was a fair chance that no lives would f principle hotels by citieems f be lost. A Cape Race despatch report- * whose friends were due on +f/ed the weather as calm and clear aud lt;f the celebrated boat this week. - +/in a reasonably quiet sea.there is lit- +f It was difficult, however, to /tle danger in the transfer of the pas- + confirm the flash, and until sengers to the tifeboats in which they 4 noon no definite news had ar- ++ might await with reasonable -tran- rived to forestall the anxious + quility the arrival of the Virginian. It . efe--fears.of-the-many-interested. was difficult for even mariners tq in- The afternoon, however, - terpret the situation from the Mar- + brought the welcome news * cqgt despatches. They could not un- that it was the Titanic on her +f der why ld be nec maiden vo and that no +f+/ to take off A paisscserd if the lin + one was lost: gt; as ler were sinking slightly at the bow, * k/unless her captain felt that the wat- hob bb eb ete ob be ob bb lertight compartments would give way. (CW. AP. Dispatch) New York, April 15 The transfer of the passeng rs from the disabled Titantic is now under way and two boat loads have already been taken aboard by the steimship Carpathage. News of the transfer was contained in a wireless dispatch received by P. A. I. Franklin, vice persident of the White Star Line, from Capt. Haddock nearing the Titanic. The states that the steamships Parisian and Carpathia are in attendance upon the Titanic, The dispatch further states that the Olympic is nearing the Titantic. 5 : (W. A. P. Dispatch.) ((Bulletir) Montreal, Que., April 15. The local offices of Norton Dav- idsons, one of the Titanic ticket of- fices, has received the following wire- less message: All Virginian. (W. A. P, Dispatch) Montreal, April 15. An her way slowly toward Halifax. (Ww. A. P. Dispatch Montreal, April 15 The officials of the Allan Line said at noon that they were without information and did not expect to hear from the Virginian un- til-she got near-Halifax. They added that now her wireless apparatus was dispatch Passengers are afe and Titanic taken in tow by. unofficial dispatch from Halifax states that word had beer received there that the Ti- tanic was still afloat and was making P, A. I. Franklin, vice-president of the White Star Line, sent the follow- ing wireless message to Captain E. 8. W. Smith, Titanic commander, this morning: i Anxiously waiting information. Full particulars probable disposition of passengers. At nine o'clock this morning Mr. Franklin gave out the following statement: the Titanic. We believe the boat is absolutely unsinkable aia although she may have sunk at the bow, she woitld remain afloat. (W, A. P. Dispatch.) Montreal, Que, April 15. At 8.30 an unofficial despatch redched tae Star from Halifax, stating that the Was afloat and Was .making her way slawly towards Halifax. CW. A. P. Dispatch.* Halitax, April 15, Ag nts of the Virginian at Halifax have no news from the Titanic; . A wirel s was received from the steamer Parisian from Glasgow, stating she was 330 miles from Sable Island at 8 o'clock last night, but makes no mention of the Virginian; CW. A. P. Dispatch.) New York, April 15. Officials of the White Star line had received no word here at 8 o'clock this morning other than press dispatches of the re- ported accident to the Titanic. They Were unable to understand why they had not received some direct dispat- York and 600 miles from Halifax. He stated that no direct communication had been received from the liner. Mr. Franklin gafd he received a Jess dispatch from Olymp Titanic at 4.25 o'clock thi Capt., E. er; Chief Stewart, A. Lattmore. she: had talked by wireless with the The message shows conclusively that the Titanic was still afloat six hours after the reported accident. The officers of the Titanic are: Smith, commander; geon; J, E.-Simpson; Purser, McElroy; Second Purser, R. L. Brock- AT NEWS DAILY E W, a. P, AND C. BRYAN IN HABMON S STATE pea Special to the Nows) Columbus, 0. April 15. William J. Bryan arrived im Columbus today from N w York 9 begin a series of political speeche Which the oppon ents of Harmon belleve will do any- thing but advames the Obio govern- or s candidacy forthe Democratic presidential nomination. Mr. Bryan, whose bitter opposition to Governor Harm n s presidential aspirations are well known, Will be heard in Col- umbus and in several other Ohio cit ies during the week. The Harmon campaign manager, speaking in re- ference to the Bryap programme, de- clared today they had no fear what- Injure the governok in the least. SALE OF BEGAS S WORKS Berlin, April 15. Art dealers and collectors from all. Burope flocked to the new establishment of the Hell- bron Brothers im Zimmerstrass today for the oi of the auction sale of the entire eOllection of works left by the late Prof the famous German sculptor and friend of the Kaiser, The collectton that will go under the hammer in- cludes twenty-five: completed works by Begas in marble and bronze and 100 sketches and plaster models. The completed works embrace several of Begas s best female figures, includ- ing his Venus as Well as his cele- brated Adam and Eve and Cain and Abel groups. brief wire- ic, - saying is morning. LINCOLN DIED 47, YEARS AGO (Special to News) Washington, DG, April 15, A large American flag was flying to- day from the window of the house fn which Abraham Lincoln died to remind passers-by that this was the Sur- H. W. MEDICINE HAT, ALBERTA, CANADA. MONDAY. APRIL 15, 1912 LIVELY SESSION EXPECTED (Special to the News) Washington, D.C., April. 15. Mere man was an insignificant creature in Memorial Continental Hall this after- noon, when the twenty-first Conti- nental Congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution was form- ally opened with an attendance of nearly 1,000 women, represcenting fall sections of the country. This is election year with the- Daughters, The old struggle between the admin- tration party, headed by Mrs. Matt- hew T. Scott, president-general, and the insurgents, headed by Mrs. Will- fams Cummings Story, of New York, will again break into life, it is said, fover-that-anything the Nobraskatea jand an exelting convention x- after making bis first:regaiar-wrip-a der could say tis speectes would pected, e-araeinan Wilken Charles lt; The proceedings of the convention will occupy the entire week. Several notable features of entertainment have been arranged to ntersperse the business sessions. The President and Mrs. Taft will receive the dele- gates at the White House Thursday afternoon. HOE LIBRARY SALE RESUMED Reinbot Begae, - (Special to News) New York, April 15. Once more book experts from all parts of the world have gathered in New York city to attend the sale of rare vol- umes from the library of the late Ro- bert Hoe. This afternoon the auct- foneers began the sale of the third section of the immense collection, which was divided into four parts for the purposes of the sale. The dis- persal of the'first pait of the library yielded the enormous sum of 997,- 368. The sale of the second section brought 471,619 in January of this year. The third part is numerically equal to each of the other parts, but fs of somewhat smaller value. Tt includes, however, many. ornately il- luminated books, several missals of unusual beauty and thirty-eight man- S e-place absotute conthtence tr) wite, Mrs - Deusies, Mre James An hour later Mr,-Franklin author- ized the following statement: No alarm for the Titanic passengers. Mr-Franklin safd that-white no direct message from the Titanic had been received at the office, officials were perfectly satisfied tHat there was no cause for alarm, They do not regard the cessation of ships wireless mess- ages as denoting any;thing serious as this might have been caused by atmos- forty-seventh. anniversary martyred President's house in now maintained as an his- torical museum. Oldroyd collection of Lincoln relics, notable among them the death mask of Lincol i It uscripts, mostly dating from the fif- teenth century. of the The death. 50 foot lot one block from bridge in Altawana only 900.00. This is contains the 100 Pettet Ci att closer in than lots that are selling for) bed Today to Injuries Om his way home to Medicine Ha Balmoral street was run over by his engine at a jate hour last night and died chis morning it the City Hospi- tal from his injuries. When they got switch it is thought tha) he went to wheels had passed over him and ground his right log below :the imee to a pulp. He was om the wrong side of the pildt forEngineer Wilson to see him and the crew were not aware - of the accident till they were, attracted WRECK AND Hs Brakeman Charles Hurt at Southesk, Died in Hospital Medicing Hat Man During His First Trip Fell Under the Wheels Leg Badly Mangled and He Succum- be Millions Will Be Lost When Water Rece and Shock. ; 3 was attending to him started on its way to Medicine At Tilly the train wos left . record rum made to get the injured F man into the hospital. The leg waa At the hospital it was found that Charles hip was elso dislocated and though tho seemed to beat up will it was clearly evidenced that the shock was q terrible one to his system. He continued to rallye little but thio morning grew (worse amd at 9 o'clock he was com- IN SISSIPPY S TRAIL Wa eds. rushing Torrents ex The Titanic was well able to with- stand almost any-exterfor damage and could keep-afloat almost indefinitely, after being struck. The Titanic Is now in latitude 41.46 north and longi- tude: 50.14, (Special Cable) London, April 15. Among Canad- jans on the Titanic were Major Arthur Peuchon, Hugp Ross, Mark Fortune, wife, son and three daughters, Thomp- son Beattie and J.-J. Borebank, all of Winnipeg, Thornton Davidson and Baxter, K. M. Molson, Mr. and Mrs. H, J. Allison and their daughter and son, allof Montreal; Mrs. J. C. Hoge- boom of Toronto and Wm. Hanbeck, Canadian Cinementograph operator, on board taking films of incidents. of the Initial voyage. GW, APP. Dispateh) Halifax, N. S., April 15 It is-re- potted here that the Sarpathian of the Cunard line had picked up twenty Doatloads of passengers. The White frangements to have steamers Mac- kay Bennett, Lady Laurler, Rosalind and Seal in readiness to proceed to sea in, case their services were required. Montreal, April 15 At o'clock this morning, no. further word has been recefyed concerning the White Star Hner Titanic. The last word received Was conveyed through the Vitintian at-1227 am. This stated that the distressed steamship was still.ealling for rellef. The Inst mes- sage was badly blurred and was cut off with great suddenness. Marine men express no undue alarm over this 3 KS j L Sete Cw. ADP. Tallulas, La., April 15 As far as the eye can reach north, east and west, from the highest point in this town, nothing but water can be seen. The Mississippi and the flood tide es- caped from the break in the levee near Alsatia and-is sweeping through the town with the speed of a horse. Many buildings are afloat, and scores of persons driven from the roofs of their dwellings in Taltustas are now homeless, The water is up to the cross-arms on the telegraph poles. Be- there were bots of some kind in near- ly eyery front porch, now the streets are full of boats and rafts-carrying household goods to place of safety or getting people out of their over-flood- ed houses, gt; ears Y A-great section of northeast Louis- i Nil Lin 4 ana is already overflowed and is cer- bes t ol e tain to be inudated. They say it is Sosa ng e 1 az, or fo) tain le, lpia ates a 3, impossible at this time to estimate the Keith of the Border. If you are not already a subscriber for the News, this is the time to have your name placed upon the list. The tale would cost you 1.50 in book form and is a most fascin- ating story of the early days in the West. Randall Parrish, who has written many stirring tales of the plains, the wilderness and the sea, has woven into his new book, Keith of the Border, a thrilling 3 3, fe os yu On 3 and -you ists. here cook- ll the nat- sting beef - iste ry Bag, or day. Price a out of touch with land: New York, April ceived here from Halifax this morn- ing reports that all passengers of the Titanic left the ship shortly After 3.30 o'clock this mornin: New York, April Newspaper of- thes trom the Titanic. The following statement was made by one Of the officers of the company: Twelve hours ave passed since the collision was reported to have taken place and we have heart nothing pf the accident. It is most strange that the Tit- anic s sister. ship Olympic, which fact, a8 anyone of a dozen causes causes might arise, to cut off com- munication. The Allan line headquar- ters of this city are without addition- al news and from Halifax comes the report that they ,Have nothing new th re: Ip may be noon, today, even later, before the actual fate pf. the Vessel is definitely ascertained. fices were besieged early today by In- has wireless apparatus of sutfic- - Sg quiry from hundreds of ersons tent strength to send a message Toronto, Ont, April 15: George f.1 : across the Atlantic has sent us /Graham, buyer for the-T. Eaton stora * eee PEEP EEE EEE . nothing. The Olympic left here at Winnipeg, is one of the passengere last Saturday and this-motning is jon the Titantic. a APRIL 15, 1912 ee 360-miles away from the Titan. a) 4 + - ic. The Olympic should be a New York, April 15. Wireless dis 3 . + Coupon-No. 2 l) longside the Titanic at two o'- patches up to noon today showed that This coupon, with one from clock this afternoon, Steamship the passengers of the monster White +f each of the other issues of The + men here today cliasacterize the Star Liner, Titantic, which struck Daily News of the week end-' disaster as the most startling fceberg off Newfoundland last night Se ing kp Q nd 10 cents news which has come in trom the we ng tran Twenty bo df entitles the holder to a photo- gex-since the advent of wireless loads of the Fitanic s passengers had * gravure reproduction of Ed- f+) telegraphy. been transferred aboard the Car- +f ouard Bisgon's picture entit- The first heard of the accident was patharia and loading 40 to 60 per +f Jed La Cigale, Coupons and +f about one o'clock this morning, when cent as the capacity of each life boat + money should be presented at f+ g bulletin from Montreal stated that some 800 or 1200 persons had been hk The Datly News office any + the Allan Line officer had received .a transferred from the damaged liner. sb time after Friday. This pic- wireless from Captain Gambell, of The latest report Indicates that the sf ture cannot be sent by mail. of+ their Steamer Virginian, transfer of passengers is being carried * 2 + Mr. Franklin also sald that they tig- on surely and safely. Feb + oh bbb be ob fe lured the boat 198 -mites from New The soa is smooth and ealm. representation of frontier life as it was in the great middle West before the continent was span- ned by railways. The plot is so cleverly conceived that the reader is mystified until all is unravelled. Thrilling situations abound, and no reader with red blood in his veins can fail to be stirred by the final meeting of Keith and Hawley in the dessert, the chivalrous scout having determined to settle the long score between them by an appeal to their six shooters, rather than have the gambler expiate nis crimes upon the gallows. .Keith was wounded but: was nursed back to life by Hope Waite, the beautiful girl he rescued from Hawley and fate finds a lover for Christie Maclaire, the bain. in the rotund, eccentric but very human 4 : 3 3, heiress, a Subscribe for th News this week and do not miss the opening chapters. In the weekly edition the story will begin on Thursday, April 25th. Le On Saturday next, April 20th, the News will be- gin the publication of Randall Parrish s new story ees s 3 . ; . . , . 4 . : e oe monetary loss. Thousands of head of cattle, sheep and hogs will perish be- fore the floods cease. Thousands of jaores of and, muet-of tr ptantet, are ruined. GRANITE CUTTERS PROGRESS (Special to News) Quincy, Mass., April 15. A conven- tion of the Granite Cutters Interna- tional Association began in this city today with representatives of the craft in attendance from yarious parts of the United States and Canada. It is the first general convention held by the granite cutters in more than thirty years. During that time the hours of jabor have been reduced Sipe caat a sal Saturday half-holidays. From an average of 2.25 a day, a country- wide minimum of 3.25 also has been established. LOUISVILLE NEW HOTEL. Special to News. Louisville, Ky., ASpril 15. Today witnessed the completion and. opening of a notable addition to the list of Louisville hostelries, the New Henry Watterson Hotel. The new hotel: is Dispatch.) morrow and will remain In session two days. The Taft supporters claim that the President will have a walk- over in the convention. The Roose yelt men sre making no definite claims. But it is known that, with National Committeeman Charles P. Brooker and several other prominent leaders manifesting only a lukewarm support of the President, the Roose 7 velt followers entertain a hope that something may develop in the con- vention that will at least bring about Lrore-the-water-came-Sungay-meraingian uninstructed delegate. / 1 Le WOODROW WILSON IN GEORGIA (Special to the News) Atlanta, Ga,, April 15 The Geor- gia admirers of Woodrow Wilson ate preparing an enthusiastic reception for the New Jersey governor when he visits this State this week. Goy- ernor Wilson will begin his speech- making tour in this eity tomorrow night and during the remainder of the week he will be heard jn Albany, s T SaCKEORVITTE FTE; and Seve eral other places. Governor Wilson: lived in Georgia for some years and his wife is a Georgia woman. His campaign manag rs here claim he is ertain. to have the support of the Georgia delegation at the) Baltimore convention. GEN. HORACE PORTER. 2 OLD /Special to the News) New York, April 15 Gen.. Horace Porter, soldier, orator and diplomat, received the congratulations of a host ed friends throughout thec ountry. to- firth birthday. anniversary. Gen. Porter is reported to be in the best of- health. On Wednesday of this week he is to deliver the oration at the unyelling.of the John. Paul Jones statue in Washington. I was Gen eral Porter ,who while United States ambassador to France, found the re- mains of the Revolutionary naval hero in an abandoned: cemetary. in Paris.and had them brought to their present resting place In a vault of the chapel at the Annapolis Naval located on Walnut street, between Academy. Fourth and Fifth streets, i nthe heart of-the business district..It contains Fh oh ok ok tok fob oh bee a 246 guest rooms, and was built at a *h gh ae q cost of 750,000, a. BENNETT TO ENGLAND i 9 g + Ottawa, April 15, The ob E . Morning Cltixen . makes th (Specint to 186 News) f efinite announcement that New Haven, Conn., April 15, The RB. Bennett, member for + advance guard of delegates arrived + Calgary, will leave snortty for . tn Now Haven today to attend the Re- + England, where he will seek + publican State convention which will *f a seat in the British Parlia ject the delegates-at-large to the na- Ps ment. + Tonal convention a - Chicago: The ieee convention will meet here to- deo eobe shee vir ir eteok be of

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