Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919, April 20, 1912, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Texta 01 il (ftrif mi T flPi Jl I -tT7 'TXyVs, r r -,. S 2' v: . .7 1 ww 'Fid: v ii it Ji f ( v. u i . ? i t TITflOIC'S WIRELESS OPERATOR TELL THEIR STORY OF 10 MESSAGE EVER SEfJT OUT THAT OTHER VESSELS HAD TAKEN OFF HER PASSENGERS This Message and One That Virginia Had Taken Titanic in Tow Were Received Immediately Following the Disaster, and Were Published in All PapersOperator Says No Such Message Was Ever Sent Presumption Seems to Be That Steamship Officials Faked It to Allay Alarm of Friends and Relatives. New York, April 20. The commlt t'e this morning Investigated the do lay in getting the news of the disaster ashore and the false reports alleged to have been Issued by the White Star line. Thomas Cottam, the wireless operator an the Carpathla testified as follows: "I sent several message to the steamer Baltic, hut kept no record of Jliein, 1 was too busy sending. At li:30 o'clock Monday morning I sent all the details to the Baltic. It was the whole story. The Baltic was com ing toward the wreck at the time. "1 was not In touch with the land stations then. I tld the Baltic of the Tltanlc's sinking, and of the rescue of those we had picked up. I told them we were going to New York. "I did not send at any time a re port that the passengers and crew had been saved, and that the Titanic was beinK towed Into port. Nothing like that was sent, or suggested to me by an-; officer, passenger or any one else aboard the Carpathla." Chairman Smith then asked: Tracing the Kepor. "If the White Stur line sent out the following message on April 15th to Congressman Hughes, 'in Philadel phia: 'Hhe Titanic Is proceeding to Halifax and the passengers probably will reach New York on Wednesday; all safe.' If such a message had been sent out at any time, would It have heen there."' "It would not," declared Cottam. The operator said he ntver attempt ed to withhold the exact facts of the disaster and insisted that no message reached the Carpathla on Monday In dicating that It was rumored that all were safe, and that the Titanic was helng towed Into port. Cottam declared that he slept only from eight to ten hours from Sunday to Thursday night, working contin uously up to Wednesday when Harold Hrlde. the assistant wireless opera tor nf the Titanic relieved him for a hilef Interval. The committee determined to re turii to Washington tonight and re sume Its hearings there next week. Lieutenant Governor Timothy Wood ruff, who was quoted as saying that he White Star line know that the iltanlc had sunk hours before It was announced, was subpoenaed U. Salem and Vicinity Fair tonight and Sunday North westerly winds. X .. "s.Jl,'f(i-.. -WL 3 fliui W I v 1 V 'Iwrv.Hon. tnken it 8 .. m.. 7Mb mcrWInn time. Air preure reduced to .Ji Je"! Iwhsri 'J"?"! filial lr pressure. lsolUrm l.lutu-d llnesl lsi lhrouU polnu uf qul tempcreture. drawn only r lero, rraeimt. .nd IW, O ler: O partly cloudy; cloudy; ralu: mow; report mlwlns. Arrow, rly with ttao wind. Flmdture.. loweiit tern-l-ruiure p.,i 2 hour.; conrprclplutlon of .01 Inch or more for p.t M houn; third. ih.xIilubi wind loclly. Forerist Till i p. nt. Sunday. 'egon and Washington: Fair tonight and Sunday, northwesterly winds. ooippers' Forecast. Protect shipments as far north as Seattle against minimum temperatures of about 34 degree: northeast to Spokane. 26 degrees; southeast to Boise 22 degrees; south to Slsklyon, 26 degrees. Minimum temperature at Portland tonight, about 35 degrees. Hirer torecstt. The Willamette river at Portland will remain nearly stationary for the next two j or three days. EDWARD A. DEALS, District ForeoMter. Cottam declared that the first mes sage from Operator Phillips of the Titanic read: "Come at once. Its C. D. Q., old man." Phillips sent the Titanlcis position. The last Titanic message received, said Cottam said: "Come as quickly as possible. She's taking water; Its up to the boilers." "I never heard from the Titanic after that," said Cottam, "although I called several times, and sent Captain Rostron's reply reading: 'We're making your position aB speedily as possible. We have double watch in the engine rooms. We are making fifteen and sixteen knots an hour. Get your lifeboats ready. We have ours ready.' That message never reached the Titanic." Wireless Operator Testifies. Bride, the assistant operator of the Titanic,- a pale, black haired youth but 22 years old, was carried Into the room with his face drawn with pain and his eyes Bwollen. He gritted his teeth as he was placed on a couch. Bride froze both feet while awaiting rescue In the Icy waters. The young man testified that his home Is in London, and that he was assistant wireless operator on the Titanic, at a salary of four pounds monthly. He and Phillips alternated on the six hour watches aboard the liner. He admitted that the Call fornlan tried to report the presence of icebergs to him, but said that he was too busy at the time to take the report. Knew of the lee. " 'M. W. L,,' which is the Call fnrnian, called the Titanic, saying that he had a report to make regarding the Ice," said Bride, "but I was busy, and did not answer them. Half an hour later, I heard the same oper- (Continued on Page 10.) S. Department of Agriculture. WEATHER BUREAU. WILLIS L MOORE, Chief. - i.-- Pl.ANATOKY NOTK. TRE WRECII Says South for Tddy. Sacramento, Cal., April 20. In a telegram to Governor John- son Senator Joseph M. " Dixon. campaign manager of Colonel Roosevelt, says the south may be counted upon to break away from President Taft and join the Roosevelt band wagon In Chi- cago. He quotes messages from the Roosevelt contesting delega- tlons In South Carolina to this effect. "The Taft card hnnsn to fr.1l- A Ing down," are the words of Senator Dixon. DANDITS CAPTURED FINE WAD UNITED MUSS L1ASHD WIHB. Grand Junction, Colo., April 20. Officers and a posse of men armed with rlfleB are today pursuing two ban dlts who secured $14,000 In currency from the depot office of the Globe Ex press company here, and escaped. The robbers have two hours start over their pursuers. The bandits, wearing masks, forced Ben Gilbert, the express messenger, to unlock the safe, savagely answering his , protestations- that there was no money In It with the statement that they had traced the money from the Salt Lake office of the company. The money was en route to the Somerset Mining company, at Somer set, Colo., to be used In meeting Its monthly pay roll. After securing the coin the robbers bound and gagged Gilbert, knocked him senseless and fled. 200 Lost In Flood. UNITED PHK88 LEASED WI1IH.1 VIcksburg, Mass., April 20. That 200 lives were lost In a flood which swept Bolivar county, Miss., as a re sult of the bursting of the dykes near Beulnh, Miss., is reported here today. The report Is unconfirmed. o Game wag n Tie. (UNITKII I'HKNH 1.HAHKD WIN!. London, April 20. Tin all England football game here today was a tie the score at the end of the game standing, Barnsley, O., and Wase Bromwich Albion, O. . 30-1 V iQIfiij, ax: J. "WO BALBM. OCEGON. SATURDAY, APRIL 80, 1912. HQ 90. ; : ; .. r 1,63 Perished. New York, April 20. No ad- dltlons to the list of dead or sur- vlvors of the Titanic wreck were made at the office ot he White Star line here today. A revised list as given out by company of- flclals, places the- number of survivors at 705, Including 206 members of the crew, 20 of the latter being women. A otal of latter being women. A total of lng 654 members of the Titanic crew. : Clark is Boosted by the Demo crats and is as Popular With Them as RooseVelt is With "Republicans. ! VOTE FOR T R PHENOMENAL In One-Fourth of the 1'reriuctH, All That Is Counted Roosevelt lias II,. 896, La Follctte 8068, Taft 2972, or More Than Double' the Combined Yote of Ills Opponents Clark Snows Wilson Under Same Way. lUNtTBD rUSS IjBAHKU W1HI. Lincoln. 'Neb.. Anrll 20 That flnln nel Roosevelt polled d Jre than twice the combined vote of Ltt Follette and Taft Is shown in returns from one fourth of the total number of precincts In the state. The count so far tabu lated gives: Roosevelt 11,896 La Follette 3068, Taft 2972. The race between Senator Drown and Congressman Norrls for the sen atorial nomination Is close, while for mer Governor Shallengarger Is lead ing In the Democratic senatorial con test. The Republicans have renominated Governor Chester Aldrlch. R. L. Met- calf probably will be the Democratic gubernatorial nominee. Champ Clark's plurality over Wil son and Harmon almost equals that of Roosevelt over La Follette and Tuft. OVER WRECK, SUICIDES ONiTiD rn itiHKD wins.l Venice. Cal. .Anrll 20. rHvn m. norarlly Insane bv hrniwllnr nv.r tii Titanic disaster. Mm. M II. Htm.l.ior aged 55, a wealthy widow of St. Iouls, ma. wno nas een resld nr nt VI Florence avenue. Venice, for rhn nt innw monins, committea suicide here today. Her body was found In the urf by the police at 7:30 o'clock. it was discovered only by a Ions: black overcoat. For dava Mrs. RtllnMnr hna kun buying all the newspapers, eagerly de vouring every word she could possibly obtain of the wreck and thought and talked of nothing 'else. At 4 o'clock this morning relatives heard her mov ing In her bedroom, and It ! ihnnrhr that she drowned herself about ihla time Mrs. Stuehler had nn r1 ntlvpa aboard the doomed vessel. SEYIWE OF COWBOY I'OSTl'OMF.Ir TO TCESOAY DNITUD mRHn I.14M1D wim.1 San Francisco. Anrll 'in Imu.uii. tlon of sentence upon former police cautaln Michael J. Conlwiv of manslaughter for killing lleniard iagnn, was continue today until next Tuesday by Superior Judge Sargent at the request of defense At torneys, who announce their Intention of Interposing a motion for a new trial. Conltoy was to have lieen .on. tenced today. o The Monkey Did II. oxitsd rams iJin wib l San Francisco. Anrll 20. Kipnnln from the pocket of a visitor- at the City prison, a trained mnnkev Wit scalded a score of prisoners. It was "bath day at the Jail, and the show er bath Indicators, worked from the outside. The simian did the rest. mm GOES I TO 1 FBI) IEDDY BROODING fill! nRflvntH.IT nnnnnn v n IUII SlUUUZaU EflSa I 1 liUZJliDLB V A Carnegie Hero. '''.. New York. Aorll 20. Innnlrlea Into the gallantry of the men pas- sengers and crew of the wrecked Titanic will be made by the Carnegie Hero ' Commission, it was announced here today, with special attention directed to- ward Major Archibald Butt, Pres- Ident Taft's military aide, tales of whose courage are multiply- ing. Survivors everywhere tndnv declared that Major Butt, more than anyone else was resoonslbla for getting the women and chll- dren Into the lifeboats. DIG FLOOD DEVASTATES MISSISSIPPI Grecnvll'e, Miss., April 20. Fifteen persons met death in flood water near Benolt last night that came from' levee breaks between there and Beulah, Miss., according to reports received here today. It is expected that , the loss of life In the flooded sections of Louisiana and Mississippi will reach 200. ' Tallulah, La., April 20. With Tal-, lulah-already Inundated under from 2 to 10 feet of water, the waters from the Dog Tall crevasse In the Mississ ippi river levee continued to ralBe here today. An appeal has been made to the relief committee at New Orleans for assistance. Hosedale, Miss., April 20. With the crevasHe In the levee at Beulah now more than 2000 feet wide and with the ends still caving, the work of rescuing residents marooned there continued today. The water rapldl Is approach ing Rosedale. ITA LI A X FLEET FIIIEO A XI) FELL HACK UMITBD rilKSB T.BAHHD WII1K. Washington, April 20. The Italian fleet, after Its demonstration against the Turkish forts at the entrance to the Dardanelles, abandoned Its effort to penetrate the straits and roturned to Italy, according to a dispatch re ceived at the Italian embassy here today. An attache ot the embassy said the fleet patrolled the entrance to the straits In the hope of forcing the Turk Ish fleet to give battle. HE DREW A LOL'G TERf.! Ill PRISOO Vnitid rniMB Laisac wins.) Seattle, April 20. John M. Wendth, chief ot stuff of the Nazzareue Society of America, with headquarters at Port land, Oregon, was sentenced to six months to five years In the peniten tiary by Judge Ronald this morning on a charge of bigamy. Wendt's arrest followed his deser tion of bis second wife, also a reli gious worker, whom he married In Se attle on August 2, 1911. According to her Btorv Wendt left her because she would not agree to deed her property to htm. Her search for him resulted. In the discovery that ltev, Wendth, as he was called, had a wife and two children living In Illi nois. OLDEST OFFICER IX r.XITEI) STATES DEAD San Dieto. Cal.. Aorll 20 I.li.ut.in. ant Frank llrldgeman, oldest army officer In the I'nlted States, died to day at Corouado, He was 92 years old. Colonel Hrldgeman had lived for soms time- with- his daughter, Mrs. Uriel Bnbree, snd her husband, the admiral. D ROLLS UP A FIDE D0URI1E AflD SELLING CLOSE FIELD RETIRES GRACEFULLY HOT RACE FOR LEGISLATURE Bourne Carried Multnomah County, But Outside Counties Went Against Him At Press Hour the Matter Was Still in Doubt, Though on Returns Up to That Time it Looked Like Selling Outside Counties May Change it Fields Wires Olcott His Congratulations. Portland, Or., April 20. With the count . coming la slowly returns at noon today Indicated Colonel Roose velt had won the republican presiden tial nomination In the Oregon prim aries by a substantial plurality. As only scattering returns from the country districts have been secured, his lead has not been definitely ascer tained, but Is probably 6,000 or 6,000. Senator LaFollette leads In the race In Multnomah county. Com plete returns from 122 precincts out of 197 In Multnomah county give La Follette 6302; Roosevelt, 5536; Taft 3888. Rooseve't Is running strong In districts outside Multnomah county, and will undoubtedly prove a win ner. Governor Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey appears to have won the democratic presidential, nomination with Speaker Clark running second. Incomplete returns from Multnomah county give. .Wilson! 510. Clark 282. aovernor Harmon, of Ohio; a poor third with 97. Clark Is running stronger in the tip state districts. Outside the race for the republican presidential nomination the greatest Interest centred In the contest be tween Senator Bourne and Ben Soil ing for the republican senatorial nomination. First reports were that Bourne was hopelessly snowed un der but later It became apparent that he was making a hard fight, Selling, however, Is probably nominated. Congressman Lafferty apparently Is renominated for representative In congress from the first district. He has a lead of 625 votes over Judge Gnntenbeln, his nearest rival. La Follelle (iulns. Portland, Ore., April 20. Later re turns today showed that Senutor La follette was running stronger than was at first bnltoved. Incomnleto re turns, Including Multnomah county, at 2 o'clock this afternoon, gave Roose velt 16,555, La Follette 15,699, Taft 12,441. If this ratio la maintained Roose velt's plurality will be considerably smaller than 6000, the figures at first thought to be correct. Olcoll Nominated, At 9:18 a. m. Secrotary of State OI. cott was wired congratulations by his competitor, County Clerk Fields, of Portland. Olcott will be about 5000 ahead. Olcott carried the big counties like Clatsop, Umatilla, Jackson. Multnomah snd Marlon with good majorities. Multnomah, Olcott leads, 1800. Polk NOTICE On and after Saturday, I April 20th, the price of the I Capital Journal on the street will be 2c per copy. This I move has been made neccs- t sary by the reduction in price t by carrier to 10c per week. i I The Capital Journal fiMITY county, Olcott leads, 80. Clackamas, Olcott will carry by 300. Crook, 2 to 1 for Olcott. Jackson county, 29 out of 42 precincts, Fields 725, Olcott 1396 Clatsop, 3 to 1 for Olcott. Umatilla. Complete returns 21 precincts, Fields 741, Olcott 692. Fields congratulates at 9:18 a. m. Winners In Marlon. Esch, for sheriff, wins easily. Also Bushey tor Judge and Beck with for commissioner. County assessor lies between West and Qllle. For county superintendent of schools Smith Is leading, but race may be close. The clerkship lies between Qehlhar and Culver, with the former In the lead. Johnson, Smith, Weeks Stockton, Hughes are leading, with Heltzel and Brewer possibilities. Howell. La Follette 41, Roosevelt 38, Taft 9, Bourne 34, Lowell 6, Morton 11, Sell lng 39, Fields 40, Olcott 49, Cottell 19, Edwards 8, Lea 29, Mlckle 25, Hill 45, Wlnslow 40, Brewer 21, Grtnde 65, HelUel 27, Hughes 43, Johnson 49, Jones 9, Judson 26, Roberts 22, Smith 24, Stockton 22, Thorns 39, Weeks 39, Wrlghtman 25, Adams 64, Bushey 36, Beckwlth 38, Robertson 29, Schauble 5, Esch 26, Hamilton 4, Track 2, Zlegler 59, Blackerby 45, Culver 15, Oehlhar 19, Llvesley 12. Moore 63, Townsond 20, Phillips 42, Smith 44, Davis 13, Cllle 17, Lembcke 8, Llbby 11, West 38. Anmsvllle. La Follctte 22, Roos'evelt 31, Tuft (Continued on page four.) LEGISLATORS LEADING If FIERCE RACE Totuls from thirty precincts give following totals on leading candidates for representative: ,. Geo. W. Johnson 1785 Geo. Weeks ,,, 1362 W. C. Smith 1367 C. II. Brewer 1380 ' D. C, Thorns ., ;,','J297 J. L. Stockton , 134 S. 0. Hughes 1281 J. G. HelUel 1335