Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 14, 1913, Page 1

“THE TITANIC SANK A YEAR AGO TODAY Largest Vessel in the World Was Lost With 1,517 People While On Her Maiden Trip. / STORY OF SINKING THRILLING Among Ill Fated Passengers Were Some of the Best Known Men In America. LAST DAY TO FILE CLAIMS Those Not In By Tuesday Will Not Be Considered—Over $8,000,- 000 Already Asked For. By United Pross. ‘New York, April 14.—Just a year ago—more than 2.000 persons were joyful that they had a share in the maiden voyage of the greatest boat the world ever knew, playing tennis on deck, floating in the tempered waters of a swimming pool, dining in luxurious salons, chatting in draw- ing rooms more regal than a king’s palace and listening to the world’s finest musie. Then came a crash, darkness, death, heroism, cowardice, the manning of lifeboats, the escape of those who could get away from the sinking hulk-—featured the last moments of the Titanic as she sank April 14, 1912, and the most fright- ful sea tragedy of all time was en- acted. It was late in the evening when the craft ground into the iceberg off the Newfoundland Grand Banks, four days after she started on her first trip. The night was clear, the sea smooth. It was 11:46 ship’s time or 10:13 New York ' time. The orchestra was- playing on the decks, the women of the first cabin’ werg lin- gering in the light and- warmth and gaiety of the dining rooms where there was music and bubbling life. The men were smoking their good night cigars. In the second and third cabins, there was like joy, with the prospect of “home” or a “new land” but a few hours away. “Nearer My God To Thee.” And then came the towering berg, the belated heeding of repeated warnings that ice was in the vicinity, the grinding crash and the icy sea. The whole tale has been often told— how brides were torn from husbands; how children were put into boats by frenzied parents who hoped their lit- tle ones might be, saved even though they perished themselves; how the men, save a few shameful exceptions, stood back and waited for death while the women were given first place in the life-boats; how the mus- icians struck up “Nearer, My God to Three,” and played it until water smothered their melody; how the Carpathia, rushing to the rescue, stood by and gathered up survivors; how relatives in New York, in agony of anxiety, beseiged the offices of the ‘White Star line for the news that was three days in reaching land. That disaster stands out grim and awful today, though the world has again been shocked by tales of cyclone and flood that have exacted great toll of life. The Titanic, launched May 31, 1911, represented the best that ma- rine architects could build. She was built for capacity, comfort and speed. She was 882.6 feet long, 92.6 feet beam; was of 46,326 tons register and cost $7,600,000. She carried 2,223 persons, including the crew. Of these, 1,517 were lost and 706 were saved. Of the 329 first-class passengers, 199 were saved, or sixty per cent; of the 285 second-class passengers, 119 were saved, or forty- two per cent; of the 710 third-class passengers, 164 or twenty-five per cent, were saved; of the crew, twenty- four per cent were saved. Drastic Changes in Laws. Whether or not this ocean horror might have been avoided had owners and officers heeded the repeated . ice warnings of other ships-soon ceased to be important. The question: after the official investigation by the Unit- ed States senate, which ended May 28, 1912, was whether such - satas- trophes.could be avoided hereafter. After days of investigation, the com- mission headed by Senator William Alden Smith of Michigan, redom- mended drastic changes in the laws regulating to ship construction and a system of vigilance that would ex- in time of peril. Among the ili-fated pasgengers on Ho, Little Man, behold! President Woodrow Wilson Deliver- ing His Address to The Specially Convened 63rd Congress March 8th, 1913. This is The First Time Since the Days of John Adams, the Second President of the United States, That the Chief Executive of the Country Has Delivered a Mes- sage Direct to Congress. THE TITANIC (By Brand Whitlock) (Mayor of Toledo. “AND THIS,” the dark Ironic Spirit mocked As it beheld the proud new lofty ship Upon its westering way -across the sea, “This is thy latest, greatest miracle, The triumph of thy science, art and all That skill thou’st learnt since forth the Norsemen fared Across these waters in their cockle shells, In dodging back ‘and forth storm and sea, Until at last, in this thy master work, Thou ’dst go in safety and in pride, and boast Meanwhile of thine achievement, Thy victory o’er my wanter will and whim! "twixt unparalleled I'd- not waste e’en A tempest on thy paragon, but thus, Upon its first glad, confident adven- ture, With but a cast-off fragment of my store Ot power—thus to the bottom of the seas For evermore, marvel And with thee! Ho! Ho!"” The awful laugh Rang through the dreadful reaches of with this thy latest the Void. But lo! The calm and all-sufficient answer Of our intrepid Northern race! With lips Drawn tight, they look with clear, dry eyes on doom, And so confront the end, there in_the night That was to have for them no pitying dawn. (Their kind alone of all intelligence Feels pity.) “The women and the children first, We stay.” No cry, no whimpering; and there, Up there, upon the dark mysterious bridge, The grizzled captain, chief of all those victims Of Its sublime, stupendous, bitter Jjoke, But the exemplar of that race which knows How to aspire, achieve, and dare Its wrath, And in the hour of failure, how to die. =—(Courtesy of-Collier’s) the ship- that went down were some of the prominent figures of contem- porary life. There were Col. John Jacob Astor, Major Archibald W. Butt, Francis D. Millet, the artist; William T. Stead, ~journalist - and philosopher; Jacques Futrelle, novel- ist; Benjamin Guggenheim, mer- chant; Charles Melville Hays, rail= road president; Isidor Straus, mer- chant and. philanthropist; John - B. Tooninvien on last_vaxe) First 1913 Churning Saturday He&sd 234 Pounds—Stiles Expects:Bouble = !‘ixuru This Week 7 E. C. Stiles, buttermaker at the | creamery, churned 234 pounds of but- ter Saturday in the first churning of the season. Butter 18 now wiolesal- ing at $.336 a pound and heis pay- ing ‘thirty-three and one-halt cénts per pound to the farmers for butter fat. The market price for butter fa most of last year was twenty-five :|cents’a pound so the farmers who are bringing in their cream this month are making - a-quarter - more money than they did last summer. Mr. Stiles will leave for Kelliher tonight ahd will spend Tuesday with the farmers tion will be established at Kelliher. MAYOR HAYNES ~DEAD Former Chief Executive of Minneapo- lis Fails to Find Health and Dies at Sixty-five. By United Press. Minneapolis, April 14.—Former Mayor James-C. Haynes died here this morning. He was sixty-five years of age and had just returned from a long trip in a vain search of health. He held the record of having been mayor of Minneapolis longer than any other man. 5 NEW ROOF FOR mmoxt Contractors at Work Placing Sheet Iron Cover Over Entire Building Contractors have begun work on the construction of a new sheet iron roof on‘the Dalton building, Béltrami averue and Third~street: —Tie rool|y is.being made fire preof and will-en- | tail an expense of about $500. LAKE GRADUALLY OPENING Lake Bemidji is gradually opening and if the present warm weather con- tinues for a week, the ice will- be hard to find. The water was open this -.morning from the river,to a point between Second and Third street. . On this-shore, the ice has gone out for about thirty feet. BACKUS TO BUILD GARAGE G. D. Backus has started construc- ting a garage large enough for two cars. It is located at the rear of his home on Eighth street. It will be completed in about two weeks. KRR KKK KK KK KKK * NORTH END HISTORY. * KRR K KKK KKK KKK ‘Wabanica was named for an old Indian " chief who lived where the Rainy River entered into the Lake of the Woods. ‘Wilhelm Zipple, a pioneer settler on the Lake of the Woods. Mr. Zipple is still hale and hearty and and with his sons conducts a large business in fish. Zipple was named for The Winterroad river obtained: its name from the fact that it was used as a winter road by the Indians trav- eling from the Lake of the Woods country to Réd Lake and Leech Lake. It was the north trail from th ehead waters of Red Lake. Pitt was named from the fact .that the village is located near a great pit from which the Canadian Northern took many car loads of gravel when it built through Northern Mninesota. Clementson was- named for . Ole Clementson. At present he' is post- master and county commissioner from that district. in the Saum country. A cream sta-| ] MANY OF ment n! he Dr. E. H. ‘on a griddle ing room. Warfleld, S, Battles. Judge M. head waiter Strickland, follows: Dill Pickles Fresh Rolls Coftee the streets. gether- some, ‘caugh (Covyright.) MEN WILL COBK and trouble 8 !lll.l.llll.lllllllllllllllllll Presbyterians to Have Annual Flap- Jack “Feed” in Church Base- ment Tuesday Night. PR 5 NOTE 'IN' KITGHEN “One on' the ham fifl » wheat stack and goo-goo”, draw one”, and |show that they had faith in _ their other criés will be hgi in the base- ‘Preshxmhm hxu'ch?&b— morrow. nlght when the men - ‘cook and serve their annual supper. will mean that on the menu are ham and eggs, Wheat cakes and maple. syrup and coffee. It Marcum and E. E. Ken- |field will cook the cakes and in order that those who eat may eee that the cakes are clean, they will be cooked in one corner of the din- In the kitchen, the men will prepare ham™ and. eggs, coffee, pickles, parsnips . and potatoes for short orders. en will be G. E. Cargon, W.- B."Mac- Lachlan, Gill Crone, A. Lord, C: A. The men in the kitch- A. Warfield and C. E. A. Spooner wlll act as and will ‘be assisted by the following men: R. H. Schumaker, H. C. Baer, A. E. Fier, G. M. Torrance, G. W. Campbell, Jim Given, O. C. Rood, Geo. Rhea, A. B. Palmer, G. W. Harry' Koors, Frank Koors, J. J. Opsahl, W. B. Stewart and Ralph Lycan. C. A, Huffman will act as cashier. The menu will be as MENU Grape Fruit Swift Premium Ham . Fresh Country Eggs- 0 Beet Pickles Fried Fresh Parsnip Baked Potatoes " Fresh Tomatoes on Lettuce . Creamery Butter Superior. Pancakes mplg Syrup % 1 Cream "|MULES LOOSE ON THE STREETS Two mules broke 1oose Yesterday afternoon and caused - some excite- ment down town when they ran on The animals’ stayed to- be{oyé : il L SUPPER covered’ considerable ground. before they .were captured. ‘Wes Wright’s teant of broncos also got loose yesterday .and gave him ’they ‘were. IHIIHII“"HIIIIIIIIHIIIHIIII 1 L WILL GROW POTATOES 014 Bandette " Council Has Taken Over Baseball Park on Which Citizens Had Protested. RIVERS ARE OPEN FOR DRIVING Baudette, April 14.—In order to | purchase, five of th ‘members of the old couneil hnve uken the ball park off the city’s hands and-will put it into potatoes this year. A suit was filed against them some time ago be- cause of the purchase but was dropp- ed last: week when the men: decided they would purchase the land for themselves... The plot.contains-a lit- tle_over two acres. Driving créws are .pusy on the Rapid and the Baudette rivers get- ting out the logs for the big mills of Baudette and Spooner. - The water is a couple of feet deep over ice on the Rapid, and on the Baudette it is possible to run the logs within a few miles of the town. All the little creeks are overflowing, and there is every indication of plenty of water with which to get all the logs out. “ The sawmill of Waters & King at| Swift was destroyed by five last week. About 20,000 feet of lumber also went up in smoke. - Twenty men ! were employed in the mill,"and it is doubtful if it will be rebuilt. Lumber is being placed on the ground for the erection of a new Congregational manse in Baudette. ERRKKKKR KKK KKK KKK * N. M. D. A, VISITORS - * KEEK KKK KK KKK K KKK The following Northern-Minnesota residents called at™ the Minneapolis rooms of the Northern Minnesota De- velopment™association last week: George Mayer, Osage; Frank Koors, Bemidji; 'E. R. Hanson, Staples; C. M. King, Deer River; H. M. Clark, Bemidji; E. J. Swedback, Bemidjt; Asher Murray, Wadena. CLEANING OFF THE SURPLUS Street Commissioner Carter had a crew of shovel men busy this morn- ing cléaning up the stfeets where the scraper had failed to tnke up nll the RIDERS Those Who Are Invited For Auto Trips By Friends. ize a “Rl@erfi club” in Bemidji. itreasurer. The club will better roads in this country. this new organization, Mr. any autamobile of the “Riders club” the bank. that purpose only. All favors will celved.” Bemidji this year will be gratefully have should leave his name with Mr. at-once. less meet with general approval. STEEL HAS ARRIVED. to ‘carry the weight. BUILDS NEW AUTO GARAGE jdirt.. few days. CLUB READY A. P. White Wants $1.00 Each From FUND TO IMPROVE THE ROADS A movement {# under way toorgan- A. Pl pointed president nce, segretary- and The club is being organized for the purpose of securing a fund - to con- struct a road around Lake Bemidji. work in conjunction with the Auto club and lend effort in ever way possible for the building of ‘When asked who_may 'belong to ‘White said, “Every. man, woman and child who oceasionally gets a free ride in ay become a member by depositing $1.00 with Mr. Torrance or ‘myselt at “I wish to-add also that these dues will be placed-into a “Round the Lake Road ‘Building Fund” and used - for If there are any people who wish to donate a small sum for this work, they may do so. re- an auto for every. sixty of population, and if there is anyone in Bemidji who i8 not able to secure a dollars worth of free rides during the summer, he ‘White and the neglect will be looked-into Many of Bemidji's citizens have ex- pressed themselyes: as anxious to do something for the purpose of building a road around the lake and the idea advanced by Mr. White will doubt- The steel beams for the Moberg garage afflveq this morning over the Soo line. Each weighs about four and a half tons and it took two flat cars ‘Work on the construction of an ad- dition to B. E. McDonald’s garage on Dewe avenue has been completed and it will be-ready for occupancy in a POPE IN DANGER 0F DEATfl TONl(ilfl' Bulletin Says Crisis Comes Today and 1t Sucoensfully Passed, He May Reoover. : HIS DOCTORS ARE OPTIMISTIC State He Passed Tranquil Night, Has | No Fever and General Condition is Favorable. RELAPSE SATURDAY A SURPRISE , Came as Result of Audiences With Four Bishops After He Had Been - Ordered to Stay in Bed. BULLETIN. - * Rome, April 14.—The Vatican phy- sicians at noon today issued the fol- lowing bulletin: “The pope passed the night tran- quilly. - He has no fever today. His general condition is favorable.” (Signed) MARCHIAFAVA, AMEICIA, " It was announced that the crisis of the pope’s ailment will come within twenty-four hours. If he survives the day, the end may be postponed indefi- nitely, Notwithstanding the lack of fever, his condition is exceedingly * grave and death may be expected at any moment, ‘Rome, April 14.—Although the- general public: ~was: shocked” “when: Pope Pius suffered a new relapse Sat- urday afternoon, it cannot be sald this turn for the worse caused ‘much surprise; as his holiness was allowed too soon to-do things which would fave tried the constitution of a much younger man. Contrary to his physicim 's advice, the pope was permitted to rise from his bed and even to leave his bed- room, thus exposing himself to. a change of temperature. Besides he received four bishops in the morning. Suddenly his holiness was seized with chills. He was immediately put to bed while the attendants made ever effort to counteract his shiver- ing. Dr. Marchiafava was called im- mediately. He examined the pope and.found symptoms of congestion and inflammation of the bronchial and trachial tubes. Marchiafava then repeated, in a more energetic manner, the absolute necessity of the pope being kept com- pletely quiet, even without speaking. - When Marchiafava left he had a long conversation with Cardinal Merri Del Val, plainly saying he would not take upon himself the responsibility for the treatment of the pope unless he is certain his orders will be carried out. GROCERY FIRM BUYS “MA Will Be Used for Delivering Orders in the City. Roe and Markusen have purchased the Ford automobile, better known as “Maud,” owned and operated for the past four years by Matt Phibbs. The car will be refinished - and equipped. - for delivery purposes. It is now at the Northern Auto company where it ie undergoing the necessary repairs. JUNIOR CLASS NETTED $27 The High school junior class met-. ted $27 as its share of the Majestic Droceeds Saturday afternoon and eve- ° SCOOP ferorter pediate the handling ot pnnenxers /Dn!ntive Paae * Too Much Reahsm ToVSm - Scoop ning. A large crowd was present at both performances and the program was one of the best put on at that- theater for some time. ‘ There are now over $45 in" the: some other entertainment will . be given. They plan a candy sale in the- near future as a good sum was net- ted " recemtly- from a slle o! home treasury but as this will not cover - the expenses for the senior banquet - -