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n -THE. MOUSING-! QEEGQXIA -THFItSDAT, APRIL 3 1913. F 0 1 FEED NG MAY BE OBVIATED Commons Advances Bill Em powering Government to Grant Tickets of Leave.' LABOR LEADER OPPOSES Inlonirt Member Sugg?ts Deporta tion, but Does Not Explain How Ho Would Prerent Hunger Strike on Voyage. I' LONDON. April X. In dli.cu-.lni a -.bill to circumvent "huns-er strikes' by ruff rasjettes. Reginald McKtnna. the British home secretary, urged the House of Commoni today not to at -' uch too much importance to the "ter 'rihJo tales of suffering cauitd by forct ble fredlnc." "Publicity." he said, "ii the keynote of the militant auffratte propaganda, it Alternately the sultrairi'ttes shoe the public by tne violence of their outrajre ;;rd attempt to enlist sympathy by publlxhlnK tales of their sufferings In J; prison. Thee prisoners have diciared iiwar against society and the goTtrn I' ncnt la responsible for law and ordiT." ' - Ttrkrt at Lave Prapeae. Mr. UcKenna aald that the proposed law. which provides for the temporary !' conditional discharge of prisoners -whose detention Is undesirable on ao count of ill-health, w iuld srtve him a power which would make forcible feed. ?lJnr unnecessary. '., The home secretary explained that 'Under the existing law only three 'l courses were open to those responsible - - for prisoners who bea-an a hunger "strike. Klther they must be released or forcibly fed or food should be placed 'Mn their cells and the prisoners auoweu ..to llc If they did not take it. - "At the present time." said the home .secretary, "we have no power to release nrlsoners without remitting their sentence altogether. If the new bill la passed we ran release on ticket of leave prisoners whose health Is suftVrlnr from want of food." Charles A. frCurdy. a Liberal mem ber, ounosed the bill, and said legisla tion would be wholly nnnfwarr If the government would ex:.nd fair treatment to the question of woman suffraa-e. Loral Cecil Kstsrs Departallon. James llardie. the labor leader. - moved the rejection of the bill, declar ing the government's pledges to the women was Itself responsible for the militant campaign Lord Robert Cecil. Vnionist. op posed the bill, on the ground that It ' wouM not abolish forcible feeding. I Asked what his remedy would be. Lord ! Kobert replied deportation." but . when asked how he would prevent the ; women from stolno; on hunger strikes on the voyage, he gave no explanation. ilr Gilbert Parker supported the bill because he wished the home secretary to hava sufficient power to enforce sentences against law breaking suf fragist?. Mr. Hardie's motion to reject the hill was defeated by a vole of .135 to 31. and the second reading of the measure then was carried. IS to 42. THE HEART OF AMERICA When French Conreiir Held .Mi.--I-Mppl Valley. the Scrlbner's. frnce evoked from the" unknown the Mississippi Valley a valley which is well called the heart of America. Her J t oureurs de bols opened its paths, made by the buffalo and the red men. to the 1 shod feat of Europe. Her explorers i planted the watersheds with sleuder. ' silent portage traces that hava mul ! tipliod Into thousands of noisy streets and tied Indlssolubly the lakes of the North to the rivers or the South, rrom ! which they were long ago severed by nature. Her one white sail above ! Niagara marked the way of a mighty commerce. Her soldiers sowed the ' molten seeds of tumultuous cities on I the sites of their forts, and her priests and friars consecrated with their faith ' and prayers forest trail, portage path. shin's sail and leaden plate. But that is not all a valley of new ', cities like the old, of new paths for greater rommwe. of more altars to ; some God. The chief significance and Import of the addition of this valley ' to the maps of tha world all. Indeed. that niakea It significant Is that here ' was given (though not of deliberate I intent! a rich. wide, untouched Arid. distant, accessible only to the hardiest, without a shadowing tradition or a '. restraining fence. In which men of all ' races were to make attempt to live to : gether under rules of their own devis- Ing and enforcing. And as here the ; government of the people by the peo- pie was to hava even more literal In- terpretatlon than In that Atlantic strip '. which had traditions of property suf- frage and church privilege and class t .listlnctions. I have called it "The Val- ley of tha w Democracy." When the French explorers entered it it was a valley of aboriginal, anarchic ,' individualism, with little movable spots '. of barbaric communistic tlmocrary, as I'lato would doubtless have classified ! those migratory, predatory kingdoms of lKnnaconna and the hundreds of his contemporary red kings communities soverucd by tha warlike, restless ! plnt. WHEN TITANIC- CALLED The Cupula of Carpathian Account of Marine Dlsaetcr. U'aptam Arthur IL Rostron' In Sorlb ner's. The Carpathla left New York April 11. IMS. In fine, clear weather, bound for Gibraltar and other Mediterranean ports. c-aturday and Sunday Il3tu and 14th) it as very fine billfold weather and we had remarked that there must be a lot of ice to tha northward, as uc had then a light northerly breexe. 1 turned in about midnight on Sun day, and was Just dropping off to sleep wuen 1 heard the chart-room door open thl door leads -directly Into my cabin, near the head of my bunk), and I thought to myself: -Who the dickens Is this cheeky beggar coming Into my cabin without knocking?" However. I very ewin knew the reason. I tooked up and saw the first officer and the Marconi operator: the first officer at once Informed me: "We hava jHst re ceived an urgent distreaa menage from tha Titanic that she has struck Ice. and requires Immediate assistance." Tan can Imagine I was very soon wide awake, and. to say the least, somewhat astonished. I gave orders to turn the ship round, and Jumped up. getting hold of the Marconi operator hv the sleeve, and asked:. "Are you nre it Is the Titanic, and requires Im mediate assistance?" He replied: "Yes. sir." Again I atked: "Are you abso lutely xertainT" He again replied: --Vs." "All righl," I said: "trll him we- are conrine along as fast as we can. I then went into the charroom and asked .if he had given Titanlc's posi tion, and then the operator gave me the position on a slip of paper: 'Lati tude 11 degrees 4S minutes north, long ltude 50 degrees l minutes west." When In cbartrooni working out the position and course. I saw the bo a n mate pass with the watch as they were going to wash down the decks. 1 railed him ' and told him to knock off all work and get all our boats ready for lowering and not to make any noise; also that the men need not get excited, as we were going to another vessel In distress. "From now on we were parsing bergs on either side, and had to alter course several timea to keep clear of them. You may depend on it.-we were keyed up -pretty tight, and keeping a bright lookout. T was also fully aware of our danger, knowing what had already oc curred to the Titanic. Tliree-thlrty-five or so I put the en gine on -the "stand ay." so that 1 should know the engineers would' be at tile engines for Instant- action if required. : ' About 4 A, M. f stopped tha engines, knowing we must be somewhere near the position. A few minutes after I saw an iceberg right ahead, and immediately the sec ond officer reported the same. Wa had Henry M. Flagler. Railroad Magaate, Hanker and Former PartaeT of Rockefeller. Mow ear Dull. seen the green flare light low down not long before and so knew it must be a boat. I had intended taking the boat on the port side, which was the lea side if anything, but with the ice berg to consider, I swung the ship round and made to pick up the boat on the starboard side. Another few minutes and the boat was alongside: a hail came: "We have only one seaman in the boat and can not work very well." "All right." I replied. "I'll bring the ship alongside the boat." Wa got her alongside and found her to contain about 2.j people and In charge of an officer. Now comes the heartrending part when we knew tor a certainty the Ti tanic had gone down: I sent word to tlie gangway to ask the officer to come lip to me on the bridge wnen ne came aboard. On comlnfr up to tne Driage i shook hands and asked: "The Titanic has. gone down. I suppose?" "Yes," he replied but what a sad-hearted "yes It was "she went down about 2:30." Paylisht was Just setting in, and soon, in aai-lv l;iwn. could he seen duxens and dozens of Icebergs, large and small. all around us; here and there dotted about the calm sea we could distinguish the other boats, the boats being within a radius of about four to five miles I should think. H. M. FLAGLER, SUING OIL MAX rXCOXSCIOUS AT PALM BEACH HOME. illiir Follovtiu-r; Fall Several Weeks A?o. With Injury to Hip, Takes Serious Turn. WKSI PALM BKACH. Fla., April 2. Henry M. Flagler. who has been seriously ill following sn injury to his hip received In a fall- several weeks ago. Is in. a serous condition tonight He was reported at o'clock to be unconscious and sinking. Officers or the Florida East Coast Hail road and other Flagler Interests summoned by telegram yesterday ar rived today from Jacksonville, St Aucustine mid Miami. . Mr. Flagler rose from clerk In' 8 country store at Canandatgua, Jf. Y to one of the principal managers of the" Standard Oil Company. He waa born at Canandatgua in 1830. Mr. Flagler became a member of the firm 'of Rockefeller. Andrews & Flagler, which waa later changed to the Standard Oil Company, with which he was actively connected until 1011. He has served as director of several railroads and steamship lines and of the Western I'nion Telegraph Com pany. 0.-W. R. & Nj FAST TRAIN VMll Arrive Honr and Half Earlier. Iteginnlg Friday. April 4th the Oregon-Washington Limited Train No. 17. the 0.-W. H. N.'a crack train from Chicago, will -arrive at Portland :30 R M. instead of :0 l M. A corres ponding earlier arrival will take place at all points between Chicago and Port land. No change In time will be made In any of the other trains at present Cottage tirove Hen Has Vagaries. COTTAGK GKOVE. Or.. April 2. (Special.) Curtis Veatrrt has a Black Minorca hen that has a pronounced proclivity for depositing its daily egg offering In unusual places It first se lected a suitcase upstairs in the houi of lis owner. Being chased out of there the clothes basket was substituted, and tha ' exchange , seemed quite satisfac tory ra biddy , until Mrs. Veatch ex pressed Jier mind upon the Impropriety of the proceedings. Since then other equally unusual places always have been patronised. Reeoaaateadet! far a Heems, O H. Grant. 230 Waverly St. Peoria. 111 . says: - Ba. kache and congested kldnevs made me suffer intense pains. Was alwavs tired and fluhting specks bothered me. Tcok'oley Kidney Ptlls and saw big irjrvement after third dav. 1 kept on until emlreiv freed of a! trouble and suffering. Tnat's why 1 recommend Foley Kidney puis. TMey cured me." For sale by HunUvy Ilros.. Fourth and Washington sib. " g. - .: r v S- ": ; : - i ' U ) , J L r( K . -, ?-'"1-.v USEFUL E Mrs. McCulloch Says Men Can Do Most Effective Work in Seeing Legislators. PITFALLS POINTED OUT Young Lobbyists-Cautioned 'ot to .-Flirt nd Girl Marchers Advised to Have Ctiaperones) Men " Should Be Humored. ST. LOCfS. April I. Mrs. Catherine Waugji McCulloch.- of- Evanston. Ill told the Mississippi Valley Suffrage Conference, which began a three days' session here today, that women who march In suffrtsfce parades should not trust too Implicitly in the chivalry of American men. It was well, she said, for girl marcher to have chaperones. Mrs. McCulloch told how to wai-e a suf frage) campaign, suggesting the follow ing steps: Secure 'rom' the - Secretary of State tne names or an canmuaies ior me xk Islature and then write to them asking theic views on woman suffrage. Ask the husbands of auffragists per sonally to Interview the legislative can dldates on the suffrage question, as a man can do more effective work In tms direction than a woman. Lawyer Xot Beat Bnpaortera. Have a suffrage bill Introduced In the Legislature by a member who will champion it as his own measure and not announce that ha is Introducing "by request." Carefully select legislators to con duct the suffrage campaign of the floor. Incidentally, she advised the suf frage advocates not to look to lawyers in the Legislature for their best sup port, as the lawyer In the Legislature usually waa a failure as an attorney. Always ba courteous to the wives oi the Governors and legislators and In vite them to a reception. flirting Harts Cane. Mrs. McCulloch told of a young girl who went to Springfield, 111- to lobby for the cause. She sat on the sofa with member of the Legislature and -other members of the House observed that he flirted with her. That injured the cause. said Mrs. McCulloch. and it was neces sary to caution the young lobbyist. against sitting on the sofa with leg islators. Miss Mary McKnery, of Chicago, a representative of the Women's Trades Union, advised that suffragists worK through existing organizations of school teachers, nearly all of whom, she said, were suffragists. 'Many working girls, she added, do not care for the ballot, because they have no time to think about it." Mrs. Draper Smith, of Omaha, ad vised that women humor men by giving them positions on boards and commit tees of organizations controlled by women. LOST MEN'S LAST WORD FAMOUS EXPLORERS' DIARIES TEEM WITH TRAGIC TOUCHES Journals of Captain Scott, Dc Long, Livingstone and Others Mute Testimonials or Heroic Sac rifices for Science. A peculiar and patlietic interest at tnrhes to the last records of lost ex plorers. dying alone and unaided amid lev wildernesses or In the steaming denths of tropical jungles. . The diary kept by tho gallant Captain Scott teems with tragic touches, but it also has its beautiful and Its heroic side. No more splendid instance of magnificent self sacrifice has been re corded than the action of the disabled Captain Oates In seeking voluntary death in the bllzsard. so as not to be a burden on Ms surviving companions, save London Answers. The world is richer in tae possession of facts such as these, which is why the last diaries of men dying in similar circumstances have always been ar dently sought and carefully treas ured. It was. for example. In order to try and recover the papers belonging to the lost Arctic explorer. Myllus tried sen. that Captain Mlkkelsen recently spent two awful years among the icy solitudes of Northeast Greenland. He failed in his quest and he and his solitary companion came near to loa- lna their own lives. These Journals of poor Erlchscn. If they are ever found, will doubtless tell a similarly stirring story to that left behind by Scott Until then there is only one record that closely parallels It. and that is the diary left by the American De Long. who. with other survlvdrs from the Arctic exploring ship Jeanette, perished amid the frozen wastes of Northeastern Siberia In the Winter of 18S1. Da Long's diary, which was recov ered and has been published, might al most be a duplicate, in parts, or that kept by poor Scott Only In De I-ong's case the tragedy was even more appalling than iral Scott's, for his party consisted of no fewer than II men, and these all died from starvation and exposure. The last entry reada as follows: "140th day Boyd and Gorts died during the nlfiht; Mr. Collins dying." Tho gallant De Long was then left with but one companion. Doctor Ambler, the medical officer to the expedition, for the deaths of the other men had been previously recorded, and doubtless the two last of the survivors died that ilav- or the next. At all Ask Your Doctor Stir up your liver a little, just enough to start the bile nicely. One of Ayer's Pills at bedtime is all you need. These pills act directly on the liver. Made for the treatment of constipation, biliousness, dyspepsia, sick headache. Ask your doctor if he knows a better pill for a sluggish liver. J. C. Arar Ca.. HUSBAND SUFFRAG CAUSE Gl g aft tic PORTLAND'S mat events, the Journal ended abruptly at this point. By far the most dreadful traftcU.y ot Arctic exploration was the loss ot the Franklin expedition, when the whole of the officers and men of the two exploring ships, Erebus ana 'terror, j i.. .ii nerUhed. Curiously enough, though many relics of the Ill-fated ramm.ndi-r sir John Franklin, were recovered by search parties and are now preserved in the museum attached to the Greenwich Hospital, none of Ms diaries or personal' papers were ever found. nno sincle written record of the lost expedition remains to us. It Is in the form ot a. sheet torn from a small pocket diary and these are .the words it contains: "April 25. 1S4S. Terror and Erebus were abandoned. Sir John Franklin died on June 11, 1S47. and the total loss by deaths up to this date, nine officers and llfteen men." This precious scrap of paper was discovered in a cairn on Kins 'Wil liam's Island In the year 18S8. There was no signature, but the handwriting was afterwards identified as that o captain Fltsjames, one of Sir John's officers. In the tragic history of exploration no briefer record than this exists of a disaster so appalling In Its magni tude; although Burke and Wills, who first crossed Australia, left behind them only a few tattered leaves from an old pocketbook to tell the story of how they and their companions bad lain down in the desert to die. Of all the many valuable and inter esting documents left behind by lost explorers, however, none can vie In Importance with the last journals of David Livingstone, who died, worn out bv hunger and privation, at Ilala, In Central Africa, May 1, 1873. These were brought down to the coast, to gether with his body, by his faithful black "boys." and were published In December. 1874. They told of vast and far-reaching discoveries and explorations, under taken, under almost Inconceivable con ditions of hardship and privation. 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