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Official Organ
Statement of Number
Who Died in Empress
Ireland Officially
CANADIAN PACIFIC GIVES NUMBER OF THOSE RESCUED FROM
CREW AND PASSENGERS—DEAD PLACED IN TIERS, FOR
IDENTIFICATION, AND QUEBEC FREIGHT HOUSE IS BEING
CONVERTED INTO MORGUE—MILLION DOLLARS IN SILVER
WENT DOWN WITH THE BIG SHIP.
(By Associated Press.)
Montreal, May 80.—In the latest figures Issued by the Canad
ian-Pacific Railroad, the total number of lives lost In the Empress
of Ireland disaster, Is reduced to nine hundred and sixty-four.
1 Of these, 703 were pessengers and all members of the crew.
Of the 403 saved, the passengers number 201 and the crew 202.
AND WAITING FOR SOME DE
CISIVE STEP—CAIIHAN/.A SLIT
TER UP IN THE AIR.
NORMAL, ACCORDING TO IN NORTHERN MEXICO, BUT GEN- THOMASVILLE
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STATEMENT ISSUED TODAY —
RETORT OF GREAT INTEREST
TO COTTON 51EN.
ERAL BLISS NIPPED IT IN BUD
—FINES IMPOSED ON SEVERAL;
STEAMERS.
Washington, June 1.—The newly
PLACE AND COLUMBUS FIRST,
AT MACON—MRS. MILTON IS
VICE-PRESIDENT OF REBEK-
AH8.
L 8 ,i 0d “, y i r !.H C “^ n l e . d :'Planted cotton crop of ‘ the United
with the question of whether to per*
mlt the Constitutionalist’s represen
The degree team of PJney Woods
States showed a condition on May
mil me oonsiiiuuona.isis represen- f - 4 3 cent . of norm al.
tatlves to enter the conference here. th ^ llnlted S t ates Department of
ONE MILLION DOLLARS IN SILVER BARS ALSO LOST.
(By Associated Press.)
Quebec, May 30.—Of the one thousand or more persons who
went to their death with the sinking at the big ocean liner, “Em
press of Ireland,” the bodies of more than three hundred have been
recovered. The survivors, estimated at 3J5B are now en route to
their homes, clothed in garments given them by residents of Rim-
ouskl. Early today, most of the recovered dead were placed aboard
the Government tender. “Lady Grey,” which will soil for Quebec
this afternoon, arriving lieie early Sunday morning.
Captain Kendall, who Is suffering form Injuries received when
he was washed overboard, remained' at Rimouskj today.
It was learned today that one million dollars in silver bars
went down with the Empress. It was shipped from Cobalt for
England.
LYING IN TEMPORARY' BLACK-
DRAPED MORGUE IN QUEBEC-
RIGID INVESTIGATION TO BE
BEGUN AT ONCE BY GOVERN
MENT OF CANADA.
, , . , , .. -lt , me uuiicu siuiea Lfeyartmcin.
. The *ji Ue ’» 8 beei J r ^ 8eii ^ s ! Agriculture’s crop reporting board
the sending of a note from General annolinced at n00n today. In Its first
Carranza, by special messenger, Juan i condlt i on repor t of the season, which
F. Urquldl. In that note. General !„ awalted w Rh great inter-
Carranza expressed surprise wat| e9t b cotton g rowers . textile mans-
the mediators proceeded with the r |facturerg an<) cotton deaIera -
negotiations without replying to his This con d1tion. compiled from the
telegra,m, asking what points would | reporU of the correspondents and
he discussed. I arents of the Department’s Bureau
Huertas delegates know of Uroui-j o( statistics, compares with a condl-
dl s presence unofficially only They ; „ on , 79 .j c ent. on May 25. last
are expected to be fully advised to-! 78 , 9 per cent G n the corres-
day regarding the nature of the |pond , dal £ , n 1912 . 87 8 er cent
communication ha brought. They 1911. and 80.4 per cent, the
have decided they will abide by any average condition for the past ten
decision of the med ators, regard-) on , Ma y 2Btb.
tatlvls® C0n8tnut,0nall8t8 repre86n -| An estimate of area planted to
pi... cotton this year will be issued July
No Change In Plan.. 1. by the Department of Agrlcul
The mediators announced, after tllre
Urquidt's visit, that the proceedings, , ' Condition by suites.
Comparisons of conditions on May
Quebec, June 1.—Badly bruised
and battered, the 'bodies which were
recovered from the wreck of the
Empress of Ireland, lie In a tern-:would not he disturbed through the, cnmimrisnna nr cone
da r imants° r8Ue ^ t0day ’ awaIt,n * nefw representations. There Is rea-! 2 5, by’States, follow:
laimants. - 'son to believe that the United States'
J'f wor i° f , "‘enUficatlon j, pro- delegates might pursue the matter L..,
gressing more rjpldly than was first ! furtheri hov ,. BVar aB they are bo . Sa ‘f
hoped, and nearly one hundred of |Ileved to have ob ' talned an audience 1 Virginia
the one hundred and eighty-eight I for i Trou | d i ve8 terdav |N. Carolina
hnrllca n-Mc), l.cn.icht k.cl “ IJrqUlOl jeSlOrOay. Carnllnn
The Huerta and United States J
bodies, which were brought here
[yesterday by the funeral ship, Lady
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. .76
10-Year
'll Avo.
86
76 87 S3 S3
83 80 79
V , Survivors Sent to Quebec. five boats were launched.
(By Associated Press.) Captain Kendall was on the bridge
Quebec, 'May 30.—'More than one and was washed away when the sMp
thousand lives were lost when the
sank. He was later rescued. All
, ,, he has said, regarding the accident,
steamer Empressjff Ireland,’’ sank was that he dld hla tull duty . Hf
early Friday morning, after being
rammed by the Danisu collier Stor-
stad. The Canadian Pacific Railroad
figures this morning showed that
only 355 persons were saved out of
the total passenger list of 1,387.
All the survivors are safe here,
and are being given all possible at
tention. At Rlmouskl, all efforts
are being made today to recover the
bodies of the victims, and already
more than three hundred bodies
have been landed there.
No News From Collier.
(By Associated Press.)
Montreal, May 30.—The Dominion
Coal Company, which had chartered
the Danish collier Storstad, has not
received any word from Captain An
derson about the accident.
Captain Anderson has wired the
'The U 'dead llea<1 nfflce ' ot s >’ dne 5’, that ills boat
sire piled "in T'ers7 thus making lden-i™“ fl
ttflcatlon possible. There have been ”
added that he would, preferred
go down with the ship.
few recognitions so far, however.
There are apparently many • for
eigners among the dead. Judging
from the passports found. Thero ]
are many women and Children among
those recovered so for, and few of
the bodies were more than partially
dressed.
was proceeding to Montreal. The
message did not mention the cause
of the acldent or that he had res
cued any of the Empress' passen
gers.
In addition to the eighteen claimed
at Rlmonski.
Among those Identified are Sir
Henry ,3eton-Kerr, a big-game hun
ter. Dr. E. A. Barlow, a Canadian
Geologist, and a score of Salvation
Army members.
City of Queliec In Mourning.
The entire city reflects the result
of the ship horror, and there are
signs of imourning everywhere. The
entire pier shed, where the bodies
have been placed. Is draped In
black. Sheets have 'been draped over
the wlnddws, to shield the bodies
from the view of the curious.
When the ’’ship' of sorrow’’ docked,
the wharf was crowded with news-
thelr respective governments .uu | „ .
It la believed that the finally ap- *
proved tentative plan has already I
been submitted. The chief point of a
this plan Is to establish a provisional ' J
government to succeed Huerta's. The
plan provides for a provisional U |..„„,|
president and four cabinet members,
and they would hold office until
1916, when a regular election would
be held. This would give them
.85
.87
.82
.65
.79
75 74 9! 80
81 72 86 79
81 69 91 78
84 86 88 81
85 73 87 80
.80 87 74 S3 82
Missouri.
Oklahoma
California
.86 90 74 86 83
.68 87 78
.100 96 96
For the purpose of comparison.
full year to pacify the country, pre- the condition of the cotton crop In
pare for the election, and begin the
land and education reforms.
Secretary Crquldl called on the
member of the United 3tates dele
gation here this afternoon, and dis
cussed the attitude of the ConBtltu-
paper men, photographers and mov- tlonallsta toward mediation. It Is
Ing picture men. A mournful crowd I Inferred ''that the United States will
awaited the placing of the bodies (champion the cause of the Rebels,
for Identification, and there were | until It Is determined whether Gen.
many survivors among the crowd. j'Carrunza will have representation
Additional bodies are being re- The United States delegntes are
covered slowly, says reports received : waiting an answer to tho long mes-
here from Rlmouskl. Men and boats:sage sent to Secretary of State Bry.
are patrolling the St. Lawrence for]an, about the Carranza represents-
several miles, In the quest of bodies., tlon
Thorough Investigation Promised.
A thorough Inquiry Is promised by,
the Royal Commission, composed of I
members of the British Board of'
Trade, named by the Government,
the United States monthly and the
estimated yield per acre in pounds
of lint for the past ten years are
given helorw;
Washington, Juno 1.—An at
tempted counter revolution was nip
ped yesterday, BrlgrJIer General Lodge I. O. O. F., of Thomaavllle,
Bliss reported to the War Depart- won second prize at the Convention
ment today. He arrested Quevado held In .Macon this week. Work waa
and his follotwera at El Paso. Que- done in the initiatory degree by five
vado planned to start a revolt In teams and ThomasviUe got second
Chihuahua. He will be taken to : prize being three points behind the
Fort Wingate, New Mexico, with I winners, Rose Hill Lodge, of Colum-
the other .Mexican refugees. | bus. The prize Is $100, and will be
The Huerta government, at the given to the Lodge, which bore the
Instance of the Brazilian Minister, is expense of the trip for the team.
Investigating the reported execution The friends of the lodge are de-
of William Simms, an American, 1 lighted at the showing made, ea-
on May 16h, at Sallna Cruz. He Is pcclally as several ol the team were
also making an effort to communl- : forced to abandon the trip at the
cate with the American named Smith, last minute.
who Is awaiting trial charged with 1 Fitzgerald gets the next meeting
the killing of three Mexicans. : of the Grand Lodge. In the Re-
The Puerto, Mexico, officials fi»ed bekah meeting, Mrs. Hester Milton,
the Hamburg-Amerlcan liner Ba- of this city, was honored with the
varlo 8.685 pesos and the Yplranga I position of Vice-President of the
894.950 peros. These steamers are state order. This In an honor which
supposed to have discharged a war her Thomasvilli friends .will be de
cargo for Huerta. The lines were, lighted to know she has secured,
assessed on the grounds that the |
cargo was consigned to one port, j T~
but was delivered at another. The
port officials had no option, under:
the Mexican law, and must assess
these lines. This was the substance
of an official report from General I
Funston, and made public by 5ecre-1
tary of War Garrison.
shall GURU
E
Rebel* Capture Schooner. j
Mnzatlan, June 1.—The Constltu- i
tion/i! 1st tug Hercules entered this;
harfbor today and captured the rwum sppms to bv thp oitfs.
schooner Onrlbnldl. whloh had aboard T “M. V S ^ S
cargo of sugar for the United
States 3ugar. Company, of Los Mo-
chia.
Y’ears
WILSON TALKS
TO REPORTERS
Newspapers Demand Investigation.
(By A.'hociated Press.)
London. May 30—The newspapers
Tho steamer Lady Grey” has been th|g mornlng dema „ (led an |„,. est |-
deslgnated as the funeral ship, and (, a i| 0n o7 t |ie Empress of Ireland dls-
she will bring all the'recovered hod- a8ter They wou ] d ascertain wheth-j and two Judges of the Canadian Ad-!
les to Quebec this afternoon. An er the bulkheads were closed, und mlralty court, appointed bv the Ct i
army of undertakers and carpenters ; , f so how the n)0st modern system J nart ™" 5 government
ot water-tight compartments failed Captain Lindsay, Wreck Commls-
to keep the big ship afloat. sinner nr Canada, Is conducting a
The claim for tho Empress will | preliminary investigation. Many
he the heaviest sustained by Lloyd’s j surviving passengers, and the boat’s I
since the Titanic disaster. {officers and crow will be examined.!
It Is believed In shipping circles j ■—
here that the latest disaster may jCAPTAIN OF RTORHT.1D
suddenly check the scheme for ea-1 GIVKS HIH SIDE OF MATTETt
tabllshlng the Canadian Lloyd’s.
- — ■ —— | Quebec, June 1.—A statement wal
Issued here last night, in behalf oi
_V° TKRS J Captain Anderson, disclaiming any
May June July Sept. Acre
25 25 25 25 Yield
.79.1 81.8 79.6 64.1 182.0
.78.9 80.4 76.5 69.6 190.9
.87.8 S8.2 89.1 71.1 207.7
.82.0 80/7 75.5 65.9 170.7
.81.1 74.6 71.9 58.5 154.3
.79.7 81.2 83.0 69.7 194.9
.70.5 72.0 75.0 67.7 178.3
.84.6 83.3 82.9 71.6 202.5 j Washington, June 1.— lhe tarlfT
.77.2 77.0 74.9 71.2 186.1 j has nothing to do with business de-
.83.0 88.0 91.6 75.8 204.9 j pression; prosperity would come
TION .NOW, AND UNTIL THAT IB
SETTLER, PEACE PLANS WILL
IIE PC>STI*ONED.
Niagara Falls, Ontario, June 1.—
The question of admitting the Con*
stitcitlonaiists representatives to the
I*eaco Negotiations, is still undecided.
However, the Mediators nave Im
pressed the llnlted States delegates
with a desire for Rebel representa
tions. and may consider the matter
further.
It is also said the Mediators arc
ready to admit the proposed delega
tion. if the Constitutionalists will
agree to an armistice with Huerta.
Justice Lamar announced, after a
tjwo hour’s conference with the Med-
EX PRESSES VIEWS ON SEVERAL
INTERESTING OPTIONSI - ra7orsTh‘.s mo^ngTIhit he‘u h“o^
mm. fd | o{ an ear | y a g r eement.
TARIFF DOESN’T BRING
NESS DEPRESSION.
Canadian Pacific freight shed, which
Is located on the water front, into
a morgue.
Storstad Arrives In Port.
The Storstad. badly damaged, ar
rived here this morning, but the offi
cers would not allow any newspaper
men to go aboard. It is known,
however, that she saved many of
the Empress’ passengers. The
Storstad loft for Montreal Later.
The survivors told vivid and
pitiful stories of the disaster. Com-
INTO THE RING
GOVERNOR OF TENNESSEE IS
SUES WARM STATEMENT IN
REFERENC E TO POLITICS, LIQ
UOR, ET. AL.
1913.
1912.
1911.
1910.
1909.
1908.
190? .
1906.
1905.
1901.
Average . 80.4 80.7 80.0 68.5 187.2 j with a single Jump, if the manufao- The
Dates of Other Report.;, turors believed It was coming; the nun
The tentative dates for the Issii- unsatisfactory conditions in husi- live
ance by the Department of Agrlcul-1 are not general, and are
lure of reports on the condition, • in the United States than ia any
acreage and production of cotton . ot * ler P a rt of the world,
this year are: President Wilson thus expressed
Wednesday, July 1. condition as of , himself today to a party of Wash- The rne^ j
June 25. and acreago planted. ington correspondents, in the first Med to the '’or.stltutionalists repre-
Frlday, July 31, condition as of audience he has granted them since sentatfon in the Conference.
July 25. ’the Mexican situation became acute. Tee Americans will await the de-
Monday. August 31, condition as I The President barred all questions r islon of the Mediators on the Car-
of August 25. relating to the present Mexican sit- ranxa demand for representation.
Friday, October 2, condition as of juation. before presenting the answer of the
September 25. [ He referred to the statement of United States tc fhe Peace plans as
H<*||| Unde Sum and Huerta Send
Messages to Representatives.
Niagara Falls, Ontario, June 1.—
Peace Delegates received a com-
nuideation today from their respec
tive government. Huerta's message
to the Mexican representatives Is
understood to have contained his
view - on peace proposals, which have
nlrmdy been made.
to tlie Americans re-
Thursday. December 1, estimates j Chairman Oary, of the United States outlined by the Mediators,
f crop yield. j Steel Corporation, that the general ft Is also understood that Huerta
Vishville Tpim Juno 1 uov 1 These roports will he announced at 'outlook In steel business was goo,I. made some new suggestions, and
iTsi.Tr.i-a eivnin.ti'u nwDiv ' —- •“■•“o i ,, , ... „ ... , noon on the dates mentioned, except The President slid his Impression these maybe In the form of counter
VARIOl 8 CANDIDATES TODAY . responsibility fo, the sinking of the j taper ssued a statement to- thp „ „ , production, De-1 was that any unsatisfactory condition proposals.
pitiful stories of the disaster. Com- Des Moines, Iowa, June 1.—State- the^rsThTh^s 0 mad evince the Tol-i c rat’ll Convention, which nominated m’ WhICh W,U be ,88Ued j I'l*^nT' , wrR° d snc , 7allv r ^efle! : ted °in 1 i”TTT !
paring it with the Titanic accident, j wide primaries are being held today n a * on . He sttys the morstad had ; Thomas C. Rye, was controlled by 2 00 P ’ M ’ l flce3 ’ nml especially reflected In leges denied ot.tc- organizations
they said It was different, as theyjln Iowa. The Republican, Berno-1 th0 r | fi ht of^ way, when he Tost sight I tlle influence of Federal politics,
had no time to prepare for the end. Icratfc, Progressive and Socialist par- Q f the Empress In the fog, the course! He ridiculed the Democratic plat-
, - , w, mo wH,pi«no i„ in*? .vg, i.igj '.uuidc | r— J. Randolph Anderson, of
The Empress listed heavily lmmed-(tles plan to nominate their candl- Q f the vessels being set to pass each 1 form, saying, among other things, ’ Savannah, candidate for Governor,
lately after the collision, and only dates for United States Senator, Gov-’other safely. The next seen, the'that the liqor plank contains a will make his opening campaign
- - j ^ alleges, was the Empress j loop-hole ”big enough for a yearling' speech at Marietta. Cobh County, on
close at hand, apparently making i hull to Jump through.” Saturday. June 6th, and will then
[ considerable headway. He* declared j The Governor terms the Demo-'define bis position on all state ques-
ithe Storstad’s engines were lmtned- i eratie Convention as merely the' ttons . Mr. Anderson has a farm In
lately reversed, and the momentum opening skirmish of the Senator Cobb County upon whieh he speu^i
was nearly checked when the col
lision occurred. He denied that the
Storstad hacked out of the hole torn
in the Empress. He says he at
tempted to hold his boat against the
liner’s side, but the Empress’ head
way twisted on the collier's bow.
Captains Kendall and Anderson
were among the first to appear be
fore the Inquiry hoard.
I steel and other allied industries. «'*m th«« bln f fmn|v rre^nt to d«flne
i The President does not understand their rights more clearly, and re-
that the Clayton anti-trust bill move the doubt which was created
grants labor organizations any privi- by court decisions.
ON
SATURDAY MAY 30,
WE WILL GIVE
1,000 Votes
Investigation Starts June 8.
Ottawa, June 1.—An investiga
tion of the sinking of the Empress
of Ireland, starts June 8. George
campaign two years hence. He says ! a large portion of his time, and
the campaign against him will he wis in response to an urgent invita-
the bitterest yet waged, but he de- tlon from friends there that he de
clares he will take the flght to the elded to go to Marietta for his open
door of his opponents, by opening Ing speech. The business men ol
his campaign in Memphis at the Savannah, at a recent meeting, gavi
proper time. i Mr. Anderson their unanimous en
j dorsenient, asserting that he Is a
•Mr. Jake Bennett, of Douglas, man fitted In every |way to give
spent Sunday with Ills parents In Georgia a strong, business-like ad
ThomasviUe. 1 ministration. The Democratic Exe
cutive Committee, of Chatham coun-
New Taffeta Silks
Vaux has been named to represent ty, also unanimously endorsed him
the British Government on the spe- commending especially his “ability,
clal commission. experience and high Intcrrlty.”
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Money Refunded.
Price 25c.
Red
Drug Co.
We have just placed in stock
several shades of high grade Chif
fon Taffeta, soft, lustrous and
strong.
$1.50 the yard
Other grades at $1.00
$1.25. Black and Colors.
and
Let us shew you our line cf
PAINS
The assortment is large and complete and not
“picked over.” Silk, Paper, Celluloid and Nov
elty Fans in a wonderful variety of pretty designs.
5c tO $3n50a
Some especially pretty gift fans for children.
Louis Steyerman.
ThomasviUe, Ga.
The Shop of Quality On the Corner.