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.SCENES AND INCIDENTS OF THE WRECK OF THE TITANIC
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IIS CITY EDITOR
E. H. Rothrock, of The Spo
kane Chronicle, Falls Dying
as Buiict Enters Breast; No
Motive Given by Slayer.
Kill.ro of American Citizens
Must Stop, Ultimatum of
U. S. Government to Pres
ident Madero.
TITANIC WRECK SEEMS
TO HAVE CRAZED HIM
Gun Is Dropped and Calm Sur
render Made as Rothrock
Tumbles.
(telle trmm UnH '. I
Spokane, Weh Afrll It Olr C41
tr K. IL Hot brock of th Spokane
Chrealrie we iinhImIxI In lh 4il
rui room shortly after I o'clock th
morning by man sMr.g hit pun lo
the police a UKl.fd Aleck.
Plainly ahoattng th Influence of li
quor, Aleck nivrr4 the office and tul
lenlr demanded lo see lh. editor. II
Mrs asked by reporter who ml him
Lr'Va ha entered If reporter could mi 4a.
After closely rruiintattif lh npotm
he Mid. "No, I would ralh.r lb
editor .-
With that he. moved alowlr toward
th. door and Jut oulM In th hall
hen, Itothrock approached
The ertltorT" Aleck Inquired.
Holhro.k nod, led Wnh Hit Alack
drew bla hand from hla right aid roat
l-ocket and fired 1th a blu aleel 12
rallber revolver. Tha ta 1 1 struck Itoth
rock In lha right breast, and with a
groan ha fell to lha door lirandlsl.iiig
lh ,yn In lha air Ale snarled an vulb,
and whipping I tin ivt.pi'n down-ward,
fired again. h . t ! r. k t!e city editor
through tha left arm.
Titanic Wrack on Xla sllad.
1t.e rtlltorlal room were filled with
reportrra at Mm Hire. These men
ilafhed over chairs and desk lo
rescue, of their chief, hut Aleck enn
triiii'tuoucly.liiii hla nun to t!ia floor
and auhmlltnl . alrnly In rapture, ) -In
In effort. 'I'ont trlk in I n t
be afraid I lr ilonr my work, and I
am unarmed " ll inutteicd aninttlilri;
Incolierrnt retrnidlnc the Tltahlo dlan
ter. and refuard to apeak further.
Ilothrofk crlad out but one after
Hrlktrif the floor. "Ql the dotor." ha
an Id. then (raw rigid a,ud waa dead
jwllhln flveTn1notrav-fmit"Vfore med-li-al
aaalatanre could reach him.
Aleck atubbornly maintained a reti
re nt attitude at the atatlnn r-onrernlni;
tiio ahootlng. He admitted, tlmt he did
nut know Che editor, and aald he., would
tell the reaaona for the murder l.i court.
On Obroaiole Staff 13 Tear.
Rothrock had been In the editorial de
. Imrtnient of the Chronicle alnce 1899,
having become city editor a few mootha
axo.
He was St years old, born near Law
rence, Kan., whh a graduate or Stanford
unlvernlty. and had been prealdent of
the Stanford club of Spokane for a
number of yeara. A widow and mother
survive him.
Rothrock waa prominent In athletic
circles of ripokane, and waa well known
And popular with nearly all the older
residents and business men of the city.
Insane Over Great Disaster.
Aside from being Intoxicated, Aleck
Is believed by police officers to be In
sane bver the Titanic disaster, and to
have been laboring under the hallucina
tion (bat Tiewspapera had injured him.
He is apparently a Swede, about 0
years old, nolldly built.
- frhe coroner's inquest Is to be held
over the body late this afternoon, when
a charge or murncr win pruuauiy uo
Disced against Aleck.
Rothrock's wife luxe been In 111 health
for some time and great caution was
uned In breaking the news to her. The
mother of the victim was a pioneer of
the district surrounding Jjawrenco, Kan.,
nd in still atilto hearty. Rothrock's
fnthr was formerly a prominent cattle
man of the middle west. He has been
ad several years.
REFUGEES GATHER AT
GALVESTON, TEXAS
Steamer Carries Women and.
Children to Safety at
San Francisco.
tall t-n. Mlm.)
WeahiagtoA, Arm It War txtwr.a
lh t olM mates and M.kico la being
agitate btit fullnamg uIm of lie
wholesale mutj.r of Ameri ca ellUm.
lit JU'llcu. luld ty refugee hd hare
Juel arrived el rielreeton. Teiaa. 1 he
elluailun le r.farded eo eeriouely thai
the slate dr ' t ir.enl lix'.y war- t arc-
ond ultimatum lo I'reeldenl rtanclaro
Vaderu. warning hirn that the killing
of Amerliaft ciliirn. mu.t stop at once.
!d that an explanation le eiieotej lm
mcdlalelt .
Aiii.ougn gernnient errirlal aq
(uiiiMl oter the KiiueCon and are u
lermltied lo WAfrcvjard Amerlran Uvea.
hey are unwilling lo etarl hoelllltiee
agalnat the Uuo republic al Idle
line, hoping Utal Madero will taae
meaeurea l. adjust the eltuetlon to thwr
aa lief action.
n rwneie, April 34 - I jtden wllh
eft.ijrre, inurllr women and tlilldrrii,
rum Ihe went io.nl M of leico,
llir Mturair lt) of r.mmi arrived
Im i. loila Tin' rpfui;-( o:d man)
taira of mistreatment at the hand of
lianUeiti. a me that snll-Anirrli an arn-
II in flit la very atrting In the sections
from whiv'h ihe fled Mot of the men
remalmd hehliul lo irotett their prop
el Iv Intertill
The eteMmri-yhrought a story of how
the rll ut Hun Ulna, nn the weet xoael
juat Iwlnw ItaznllMii, u'ua lienerted al-
inoftt to a man Minn Mexican .guerlllae
dtmaiKlid tin. t the iikltleiila raloe a ran
som of 1 10. no under penalty of having
the town put to the torch and the resi
dents slaughtered.
The guerilla made good their threat
and attacked the city. It Is reported
that lt7 persons were kllld. Including
many of the atliicktng force. I'asSen
gera on the City of I'nnama watched the
flames of the hurrilng town and listened
to the volleys of-musketry all night
long. The steamer carried (0 refugees
from San Bias to AJszstlan.
The Mexican federal gunboat Tamplco
is lying at the harbor at Acapulco, and
the Southern Pacific steamer l.uella st
Musatlan, In readiness to take aboard
refugees and, company employes, should j
a sudden outbreak or antt-Amerlran
sentiment occur. Hundreds are watting
to get away from Mazatlan, the'Tef ugees
said.
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GETS CURT MAT
Managing Director Says His
Wife Is III in London and
Promises to Come Back
Whenever Summoned.
INTERFERENCE WITH
INQUIRY NOT TOLERATED
Senator Smith Makes Caustic
Statement Evidently Aimed
at Ismay.
iam la Myeeetaa.
tlt '- Ie4 Wleel
lbaut Ajrli a r-aaelng
from prrlol. ct utter rollspae)
to heteriral .ffoile 14 rail her
hueUand lo h,r aide, Mrs J.
lira. lemey. wife of the nin.
aging dire, lor of tha Wblla
Utar line, who waa saved front
the wreck of the liner TltanK
io occupy the spotlight of crl...
clam of the entire I'nlted la tea.
Is a tirrvous wreck here today.
Mrs lainay feels keenly lha
rrltl.ism directed against bar
husband, and declares lhat he
will a ,ow thai he has bee
Judged unfairly and harshly.
Th distracted wife ha a seat
rabl after cable lo America.
begging her husband to come to
her, and asking friends In lhj , e,
I'nlted "tates not to Judge bin
too hastily. Mrs limay Is th
daughter if a promlaant Ner
iui lamny
I failed rreee ImH Wire.) '
Waahlngton. April Zt How a While
tr employe lold J. Bruce Ismay le
"gel ! hll out of UiaC" When tha as."
cited managing director of the line ap,
prowched the lifeboats on lh starboard
me or me alnklng liner Tttanla mi.
told today before the sensts Investigate '
Ing committee by Harold Lowe, lh
flfth officer of the Tltanlc'a er.w ah.
ordered Ismay off.
Iwe declared that Iamay waa much
xclted and "appeared very anxious .lw
get off th TJianle." . h '-r.J'
-i oiun 'ninow- who n was. so used
strong language In tne heat of the mo
ment, gir." added Lowe.
WILSON SO FAR HAS
142Z VOTES TO GOOD;
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FIVE COON
ES NOT N
ALFALFA FED STEERS
BRING
HIGH
FIGURES
WESTERN
MARTS
Fifteen Carloads of. Crook
County Stock Said to Be
Extra High Grade, - .
Oregon alfalfa fed steers today sold
In the North Portland stockyards at
J7.26 per . hundred pounds, the highest
price ever obtained in the .open market
west of the Rocky mountains, t
In all 16 carloads 386 head of ex
tra fancy steers were sold at .this price.
They were fed by H. L. Friday, the
well known feeder of the Shanlko coun
try. The animals averaged 124S pounds
and. acording to R B. Caswell, of Kld-
jvell & caswen, prominent feeders, as
j-vell as commission men,-were the best
" I. ii n , ff UtOAP. 1 1 1 O t All. An , rt f i U .
North Portland yards. They were fed
on alfalfa since last, fall and no graVfn
was used In the finishing, it is said.
. Liner Sights Many Bodies.
New York, April J4. Declaration that
he had seen at least 100 bodies of vic
tims of the Titanic disaster, as well as
much" wreckage and th Iceberg which
caused th horror, was made here by
ha can tain of the liner Bremen, which
arrived today. He stated that as tha
-cable ship ifackey-Benntt waa cruising
about' the scene of tha wreck, and that
as be knew this vessel was engaged to
cars for th. corpses, his ship proceeded i
to WW Tork without stopping-. ; : - 1
Several Thousand Votes Yet to
Be Turned in; Roosevelt's
Lead Is 5972,
Above Two little French children found clanped In ench others arms In one of the lifeboats picked up by the Carpnthls, Their Identity has
not yet been established. Captain Smith, commander of Titanic, and hi officers, walking the deck of the Olympic, the sister ship of the
Titanlr, which he commanded before he took the Titanic. Below Captain Itoston of the Carpathian Iceberg photographed from the steson
erireident Lincoln, in almost the same position where the Titanic struck.
MORRIS
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OPINION
FEW WOULD OBJECT
EKE
PAROLED
NORTH
APPROACH
BRIDGE
COLUMBIA
Woodrow "Wilson is 1422 votes in the
lead for th Democratic choice for pres
ident today over Champ Clark on the
basis of official returns from 14 coun
ties, complete returns from several
others, and nearly complete from nearly
all the remainder. The counties unre
ported are Clatsop, Curry, Gilliam, Mor
row and Wheeler.
Wilson's vote stands at 7740, Champ
Clark lias 6318 and Judson Harmon 62S.
This gives-a total of 14,088 votos. Sev
eral thousand votes are yet to b re
ported and It is believed, on the basis
of the 'vote now in, Wilson will have
from 1200 to 1600 plurality on the final
vota
Of the counties where the vote is
official, Wilson has carried Clackamas,
Columbia,- Hood River, Jackson, Jose
phine, Linn, Folk. Tillamook, Wasco
and Yamhill. Clark has carried Kla
math. Sherman, Union and Wallowa.
Official returns from seventeen coun
ties of the state, including nearly all of
the large ones except Marion, and In
complete returns from all other coun
ties, show' Theodore Roosevelt (972
ahead of R. M. La Follet'te on the vote
for the Republican nomination for pre
The votes now in total 69,000. and
onlya few thousand are not accounted for.
At first It was thought the total Re
publican vote would not exeqed 70,000,
but it is now evident that several thou
sand more than this number voted on
president !-'sv
The figures give Roosevelt 27.9J1. La
Follette 21,929 and Taft 19,908. , These
figures Include th offiolat returns from
Clackamas, ClatBOp, Columbia, ' Hood
River; Jacrson, Josephine, Klamath,
Linn, Poljc Sherman, Tillamook, Uma
tilla, Wallowa, Wasco, Washington and
Yamhill and complete figures., unoffi
cial, f rora Union and Douglas Counties.
Of the, counties officially - reported,
Roosevelt .has carried Clackamas, Clat
sop, Columbia,' Hood River, Josephine,
Klamath, LJnn. Tillamook, Union, Uma
tilla, Wallows, Wasi.-o and Washington.
La Follette annexed Jackson and Mult
nomah. whH Taft carried Polk - and
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"I'd Like to Get Out of Here,"
Tells Parole Board, Which,
However 4sDeaf to Ap
peals for Him.
LOCATED BY MODJESK
Says It Should Start on Sec
ond Street, Vancouver, and
Run to Oregon Ferry.
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NEW
NAMES
NOAPHNS
(Salem Bureau of Tbe Journ.l.)
" Salem, Or., April' 24. No leniency Is
to be shown W. Cooper Morris, the Port
land banker serving an indeterminate
sentence of from one to seven years In
th state penitentiary, by . the parole
board at this, time. The erstwhile
banker appeared before the board yes
terday afternoon seeking either a pa
role or a pardon, and after considering'
his casoi the members of the board de
cided to continue the case for six
months and refer it back to "Governor
West without recommendation. The
members of the board were unanimous
In the opinion that Morris should re
ceive no .clemency at this time so far as
they were concerned.
The board decided to recommend add!
tlonal bardons for Ben Hinton, Earl, and
Emmett Shields and Albert Green, the
four young men who were convicted of
th murder of Ollie Snyder In Grant
county. . This case has attracted a great
(Continued on Page Seven.)
WOULD-BE
COWBOYS
BRAND GIRL PLAYMATE
'(United Pre Leased wire.)
San Francisco, Cal., April 24. Brand
ed oa the back with a hot Iron In the
hands of -three small boys, Cesira
Bolery, alt year old girl, is binder a
physician's care here today. The bfand
ing was dona . last Friday, but the
plucky girl bore her sufferings for five
days before her , parents , learned th
truth. -' .' ; ,V ;
The boys had been watching, at a
wild west ahow, a band of desperadoes
brand stolen cattle, and decided to try
It themselves making little Miss, Bolery
their . victim. - The thre . boys- were
arrested and bound over to the JavaoU
V Ht , j "
(Special to Tbe Journal.)
Vancouver. Wash., April 24. Ralph
Modjeskl and party arrived in the city
this morning. It was decided the ap
proach for the bridge over the Columbia
should be on Washington street. H. M.
Harper, assistant to Mr. Modjeskl, was
instructed to prepare the plans.
It will be necessary to buy a corner
property on the waterfront occupied
by the hotel if the bridge Is built as
decided on. The approach will be of a 6
per cent grade to the first abuttment.
The main approach will start on Second
Street and run diagonally across th
river to th present ferry landing on the
Oregon side. The first proposed site
on the Columbia is not feasible, said
the engineer,.
Mr. Harper will start work On the
plans at once, expecting to have them
finished in two months. Two sets will
be, prepared. .It will b necessary for
the bridge at the finish of the approach
to be 33 feet above high water mark.
Modjeskl returned to Portland at
noon, :
IN LESS THAN DAY
Voluntary Circulators Aid the
Highway people; Clubs May
Help; Realty Board, Auto
Club Willing Workers.
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PHANTOM
mm
ESCAPES AFTER FATAL
IT
Fir
m
OFFICERS
With a sudden spurt the signatures
secured for the harmony highway pe
titions wag increased from 6000 to 10,
000 between yesterday and today. Th
4000 additional signatures were se
cured largely by voluntary circulators.
President Prall of the Good Roads as
sociation saying this morning that the
realty board and Auto club committees
had been most active, and that similar
activity on the part of the Ad, Rotary
and Progressive Business Men's club
committees would be greatly appreci
ated. It was again stated that the six
bills to be placed on the ballots, peti
tions for which are now circulating, are
dirrerent bills than those circulated
during good , roads week and take tho
place of the eight bills first presented.
Marching Upon Teplc.
(United Press Leased Wire.)
Tucson, Arts., April 24. Two thou
sand lnsurrectos, heavily "armed, are
within a few miles of Teplc, capital of
the state of that nam, and a battle
with the federal garrison of 400 men la
expected within 12 hours, according to
messages received here today from Max
Ico. ' .
PRICES OF BUTTER
FALL 5c A SQUARE;
FURTHER DECLINE
4 ' - Butter prices ar down Se per'
' square today and there are pros-' A
- pects that still further declines .
win oe mown wunin a tew days '
In th retail shops. itt cream-
" ry butter is. not ' worth Trior
than lOo a pound at retail to--
day and all the leading brands
ar quoting this figure. Some.
4 that are not so well known but
are about as good quality - ar
J selling at 65 cents ner square." i at
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MILLION!
CLUBMAN
E
WILL FACE CHARGES
(Drflted Press Leased Wire, t
New York. April 24. Frederick O.
Beach, the millionaire club and society
man of New York and South Carolina,
who is accused of having slashed his
wife's; throat at their winter home at
Aiken, 8. C. last February, arrived here
today, accompanied by Mrs. Beach. Th
millionaire -and his wife are returning
from a visit of several weeks in Eng
land and on the continent. Beach. an
nounced his intention of fighting th
warrant which was Issued) against him
la Aiken. ' y ,
Mrs. Beach, it was alleged, was as
ulted with a. knife and a fence rail
In till yard of br home. A negro
prowler was blamed at the time, but it
Is said that statements made by- serv
ants subsequently .caused suspicion to
turn toward th husband.
One Detective Is Killed and
Another Fatally Wounded
in Revolver Fight.
((Jolted Press Leased Wire.)
Paris, April 24. In a desperate at
tempt to arrest Bonnot, the chief of the
"phantom" bandits, who have been ter
rorising Paris and vicinity for months.
Assistant Chief of Detectives Jouln was
killed today and Officer Coll man mort
ally wounded. Bonnot escaped after a
running revolver fight with the officers.
The police surrounded Bonnot, who
opened fire with two automatic revol
vers. When Jouln and Collman fell, the
bandit chief escaped In the ensuing con
fusion. Bonnot has been, sought for
weeks. Carouy and Callemin, members
of his "phantom" gang, were captured
recently. Twenty murders, besides num
erous robberies, sre credited to the
band.
After the shooting Bonnot leaped
from a second story window and, brand
ishing an automatic revolver, forced
his way through a crowd. In a letter
recently to Assistant Chief of Detec
tives Jouln, Bonnot said:
I sat beside you in a tramcar yes
terday. You looked sick. Do not die
from illness, as I Intend to kill you
soon."
Washington. April 14. Oenlv ehara
ing that an attsinpt had been mad to
a hap the course of the inquiry of ths
United States senatf, aub-commltte Into
the wreck of the liner Titanic and d
daring that such "Interference" would
be no longer tolerated. Chairman Smith '
asued a caustlo statement today, bev
leved to be aimed at J. Bruce Iaraav
managing director of the Whit Star .
Iner, when the Investigation Into th
disaster was resumed here. ; i-
Senator Smith exonerated the officers
and crvw of the Titanic from being Inve)
plicated In the alleged attempt to block
a full expoa of the circumstances sur.
rounding th shipwreck and veiled I y -hinted
that he had reference to Ismay.
Ismay had appeared early at the com
mlttee room. He requested that his
testimony b taken immediately; ex.
plaining that his wife Is ill In London,'
and he wished to return horn Immedi '
ately. Ismay promised to return to th
United States whenever summoned. 1 .
After making his statement Smith de
clined to call lamay to the stand, calling
Instead Fifth Officer Low of th
Titanic. ' i
ji Mob of Women Xavadss. , a .
A long line of fashionably dressed
women stood waiting two hours today -
for the committee room where the I n-
vestigatlon Into the Titanic disaster Is
being held. When the door
was finally opened the doorkeeper and
his assistants were completely over
whelmed, the women taking possession
of every ' seat In the room, Including .
those reserved for the members of the 1
committee. It required the services of
10 policemen to eject them, and finally
a detail of police was station in th room
to preserve order.
Before Senator Smith's arrival. Sena
tor Burton of Ohio declined to await
the coming tf the chairman arbf began
to cross-examine. Frederick Fleet, the
lookout bf-the Titanic,' whose testimony '
that the company refused his request -
for a pair of marine glasses before the o .-
Titanic sailed from Southampton was
the sensation of yesterday's proceed-
ngs. Fleet described eye tests he had '
undergone years ago. He declared that ,
he aid not see the "ghost ship" which
several other witnesses reported seeing.'
Deaf to Otles of Agony, ..
Fleet told the committee that Qusr-' ..
termaster Hlcheng was in. charge otllia ry
lifeboat in which he escaped. The) worn--
en In the boat, he said, urged Hlchens '
to return to the THanlo , and rescue
some of the shrieking, passengers left
on the vessel to drown, but that th
quartermaster refused. Th women, he
said, took their turn at the oars.
At this stage In his testimony Fleet; '
(Continued on Pag TWO.)
Great Presidential Campaigns
Timely Feature to Appear in Sunday Journal
"" -Magazine
In View of tho present campaign for the presidency which already
has developed some extremely novel features, it Is InterestJug to re
view some of the unique campaigns of tho past. - - - ;
1 Consequently The SUNDAY JOURNAL MAGAZIXI3 will present a
series of articles on "Great Presidential Campaigns." beginning: wit It
Jackson's memorable contests and Including later ones -of expetlai in
terest. ?"." y : - -' -V'' "'-,vv!f.'''' i'
Every reasonable effort has been exercised to avoid partisan, bias
In tbe presentation of these articles which ate offered for their hJMor
leal interest alone.' ' - - ":,
NEXT SUNDAY OLD HICKORV, THE IDOL OF THE 11 Jf I :
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