The Oregon daily journal., April 21, 1912, Page 46, Image 46

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1 Hulk of the battleship Main aa it appeared after having been raised.
14 years following the disaster which destroyed the ressel and cost
217 lire. I Steamship Titanic sunk off the Newfoundland Grand
Banks after collision with Iceberg last Sunday night with a loss of
approximately 1E0O ..lives. 3 French battleship Liberie as she ap
peared before the explosion that destroyed her September 25, 1911.
kUling 23 S officers and men. 4 Steamship Rio de Janeiro sunk
at entrance to San Francisco bay. February 22. 1901, with 111 per
sons on board. 6 Wreck of the excursion steamer General Slo
cum. burned In Long Island sound, June 25, 1904, causing a losn
of 1200 lives, e Twisted frame of the French battleship Llberte
in Toulon harbor. ' 7 French liner La Burgoyoe rammed and sunk
i by the British sailing ship Cromartyshire July -4, 1898, costing
565 lives.
Sinc ths battlashlD Main was blown
up In Havana harbor February 16, 1818,
there have occurred 16 sea disasters. In
each of which more than 100 lives havs
been lost. The death toll of the entire
16 approximates 000 men, women and
children. Over half of this number was
killed In the Titanic. General Slocum
and La Bouraoane disasters. In the
number of lives lost and the wealth
and prominence of the. victims and the
financial loss Involved In the wreck of
the vessel and Us contents the Tltanto
wreck of course exceeds the others.
The next most appalling marine 'dls
aster of recent years was the burning
of the excursion steamer General Slo
cum on June 16, 1904, when approxi
mately 1200 persons, mostly women and
children, met death by drowning and
burning. Tho boat had been chartered
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ivi luej sail is uai B"sua.j svsw vvui wv
wef the St. Mark's German Lutheran
cVwrch of New York. The destination
was Looust Grove, Long Island, When
opposite Hell Gate, fire, was discovered
on the boat Instead of. running for
shore the captain continued up . the
sound. The wind fanned the flames,
which an Incompetent and ill organised
crew made no efforts to check. The
hundreds of excursionists became panic
stricken. Frensied mothers threw their
Children over the rail and jumped after
them.. 'Others remained aboard and
were burned to death when one of the
decks eollapsed as the boat was beached.
The boat's supply of life preservers was
useless. Boats and tugs that came to
the assistance of the burning vessel
succeeded In rescuing 155 passengers.
This was the worst harbor disaster in
the-history Of American catastrophes.
Five hundred and sixty-five persons
Sen. Ppmerene to Ask $100
: Pension fop Interesting Old
Woman Who Is Truly the
..' "Mother of the Civil War."
Washington April 20. Aa a be
lated reward ' for the service rendered
her country during the Mexican and
Civil ware By1 her husband and eons, a
bill providing for a pension of 8190 is
month Is being prepared for presentment
Into congress by Senator Atiee Pomer
ane of Ohio, for Mrs. Farah. Brano
Huree.noy of Belmont county, who ts 14
years old end the mother of 22 chil
dren, 16 of wfcrm g-rvl lhrr country
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lost their lives when the French liner
La Bourgogne was run into by the Brit
Ish selling ship Cromartyrshire about (0
mffes avutff 'df at1e Island and sunk.
This was July 4, 1898. The collision
occurred in a fog.. The Cromartyrshire
struck the L Bourgogne amidships and
then withdrew not knowing that the La
Bourgogne had wet with injury. The
latter sank within 10 minutes after
having been struck. Of the 760 souls on
board less than 200 were saved, and
only one of these was a woman. The
survivors asserted at the time that the
crew behaved In a brutal and cowardly
manner, leaving the launching of the
life boats to the passengers and then
trampling women. under foot In a fran
tlo effort to find places In them ahead
of the passengers. The Cromartyrshire
rescued those on rafts and in boats.
None of the first class passengers were
saved, and thess numbered several per
sons of social prominence at least.
The recent burial of the remains of
the (7 sailors whose bones Were re
covered only when the hulk of the bat
tleship Main was raised served to fresh
en the public mind concerning that dis
aster which shocked the world on Feb -
ruary 16, 1898, and precipitated the wrMie,efj4gBhtp, September 18, 1908, ex-
wltH Oniln Tn all 99? mn Ina il S i.tA ,rtA j.aj. am..4kh w41 -
with Spain. In all 227 men lost their
lives In the Maine explosion.
The loss of ths French battleship Ll
berte, "Which was sunk by explosion
September 28. 1911. cost 183 lives. - '
Other notable sea disasters since 1898,
each or which have reaped a large toll
of human life, include the Clara Ne
vada, a Klondyke gold vessel that was
sunk la Lynn canal, Alaska, lit
dead; City of Bio da Janeiro, Pacific
Mall steamship,' sunk at the entrance to
San Francisco bay February 22, 1901.
in the Civil War, and one' In the . Mex
ican War. : ; '
Mrs. Branon-Sweeney la without a
doubt one ef the moat Interesting' wom
en In the state of Ohio, because ef her
age and 1 home record. Unable to read
or write, but well versed In things la
general, she lives with her son, Ivan,
aged. 83. on a farm across the Ohio
river from Wheeling, W. Va. ' '
With her son and' his -wife, who Is
70 yearsvof age, the old woman lives
the- peaceful and contented life of a
middle, west' farmer. The eon fought
In the Civil War and attained great
accuracy aa a marksman. He makes
use of his talent, and la considered one J
v Hi, wavw mm . .1 iiw. ... xs.a.w A U IWrl,
he makes' a living for his wife and- agod
mother by the use ef hie rifle.;.
Little does the old mother think ef
walking three miles to town te pur
chase necessities for the household, and
then the three miles back home. Whan
the weather is good, she says she en
Joys the walk. -,,-.: - -
"If It hadn't bean . for; tobacco, Td
have been dtad long sgo." says eld Mrs.
Bweener. - Since "a young woman," or
when she was only 89 years eld. she has
dally smoked a clay pipe. But ths pipe
doesn't appeal to her so much any more,
and for the last few years she hss
been smoking on!y one pipfu!-nf 1 to
bacco a day. Vihsther It Is tobacco,' or
somtttlrg else. It Is s fact that the eld
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f:ISi;:4i jfcslrl jfetos J - ?;, hA 'f
1 ill dead: Mlsaka. Admiral Togo's Japa-
plosion, 600 dead; . Aq.uld.aban, Braxil
lan battleship, sunk by explosion, Jan
uary 21, 1906, 212 dead; steamship Va
lencia, off Vancouver island, January
82, 1908, 117 dead; Italian emigrant
ship Birio, struck rock off ' Cape Palos,
August 4, 1906, 260 dead; French bat
tleship Jena, explosion at Toulon, March
12. 1907, 117 dead; Japanese steamship
Mutsu Maru, sunk In collision near
Hakodate, March 23, 1908, 200 dead;
Matru Shima, sunk off the Pescadores
following an ' explosion April 89, 1908,
woman has not suffered a day's sick
ness in the last 6 yoesr.
Mrs. Sweeney was first married when
only IS years old. . Her first child was
born when she was still a girl of 14
Her husband and her eldest boy served
as privates In the United States army
during the Mexican wan Later when
the Civil War broke out, 16 boys of
the family were old enough to "go to
the front," Because aha has furnished
so many fighters to her. country, the
eld woman 1 known as "Tho Mother af
the Civil War" te officials of the war
department at Washington, where
large picture of her hangs In aa honor
poaJtlon.
Three new breaks In the Mississippi
levee during the. week allowed the flood
waters to sweep pver large sections of
southern Arkansas sad northern Louisi
ana. At least 60.000 persona were mads
homelees. it la estimated that the re
cent floods In the Mississippi and its
trlbutaites have destroyed 100,000 homes
and oaused greater loss and dlstltutlon
than any prsvloua flood. v
The flooe collapsing as they knelt Iij
prayer. 60s. people were precipitated In
a, shrlekiug and mangled mesa Into the
basement of ths riew church ! ef Our
Lady.. Victory at Karrtna-toa. Park.
N. J. Two wer kiilel ml 0 suffered
brokea lege and arma,.
RECENT YEARS HAVE COST THOUSANDS OF LIVES
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200 dead; and ;the British steamship
Waratsh, last heard from leaving port
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Berlin, April 20. Shakespeare's words,
"I'nessr lies the head that wears a
crown." are no Ion- r aulte up to data
The kings and emprrors of todsy, hav
Ing been reduced to about the same Im
portance as the king In the game of
chess, are having s comparatively easy
time of it, unless they are of a philo
sophic turn of mind and ponder over
their own absolute useleasness. Today
It Is the chancellors and prime minis.
ters whose heads He uneasy, while their
Irresponsible masters have nothing to
do but to enjoy life In Idleness. The
kaiser Is st Corfu, enjoying himself very
much, occupying his mind with nothing
more serious than planning his annual
Norwegian cruise for this summer, but
poor Bethmann-Holweg has been left
here to fsce the music and the tunes he
has to listen to are neither harmonious
nor pleasing to the ear.
His position was anything but easy
when Winston Churchill. Just before the
kaiser's departure, made his famous
navy speech in the English house, which
created a panic tn Germany, and nearly
put an abrupt ending to the chancel
lor's political existence.
The kaiser Is away enjoying himself.
His presence is not necessary here, as
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FRENCH DEPUTIES TO
ENCOURAGE ATHLETES
(Br fbe Iflteraatlooal News Btntee.)
Paris Paris, April 20. More sport la
needed in France. This Is what a num
ber of deputies think, who have formed
themselves Into- a committee at the
chamber for the' purpose of legislating
for an encouraging sport. They ' ss-
iuiri that in franco noining can om
done unless there is a law to that ef
fect. As soon as the law is passed
French deputies will at onoe feel them
selves obliged to cultivate a sport.
The parliamentary committee intends
first of all to patronise athletics. Foot
racing, football and all kinds et pen
air sports are to be legally encouraged.
80 one of their spokesmen says, but he
does not go into details as to how it is
to be done. - v
There is one rood point about me .
new parliamentary group, and it ia that
none is entitled to be a member unless
he can box, run. Jump, or prove that he
is athletic and fond of open air sport.
Eighty lives were lost In the wrsok
of the passenger steamer Cachapoal,
off the west coast of Peru, on the night
of March 21, acoordlng to advices just ,.
received. It Is believed the : vessel's 1
hollers blew uo as not a trace of the
ship hss been found and not a soul was
saved. -. .?
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