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Me -6 is; If I rS-4 -i THE (NEW1 YORK! rTIlIE3. 1 SATTJBDAY. glPRIL 1012- WARPERS lli do arrg "si i I A Gap tain JJfnafraid By Horace Smith It rearis ilike a novel breatKless and tense; with life. It is Ithe romance of filibustering told by the only man now living who cduld tell it Captain O'Brien, "Dy namite Johnny, who for years parried arms to the struisrlinz Cubans and then helped to fire them the, man wno ran tne ispaaisn blockade, the who commanded DdurtUaa and The Three Friends and also a Cuban gunboat during our war with the man who was offered half a million dollar? byfa secret syndicate to rescue urvyi us irvn ia'vii mwiu. i 5 'ft in Lonely Land By KateLangley Bpshert TITAHIC'S SEAIJEH AT PRAYER SERVICE All Deeply Moved, Many 'Weep-.

inr, After Giving Thanks for Their Rescue. i 't- n-tV TO BE SHIPPED HOME TO-DAY Afternoon, Ignored Until Yesterday but Garment and i Money Were 1 Liberally Provided Tb little UMmMf hall of the Insti tute of the American Seamen's friend Society, at OOIWeat Street, was crowded. yesterday afternoon with a company or wore than a- hundred stokers. award. Be, and all.

bowed their beads -low when' Dr. Georra Mo-Plieraon Hunter, the Secretary, lifted his hand In prayer the One who bad brought them out of th para of the great In a deep trait moaoton that sounded Ilka the roar of dJataOt watera, they followed him through the lines ef "Our of thoae men a 1 las reverently from the aldae of the room aw that there were fears oa the cheek and the upe or soma ware For that i company Of 100 'were of the TlUnlc'a creW, and they had 'come from their i cequastraUon kK 1 the Lapland to attend theaa to receive aid and comfort' from 1 the never-fallJn friends of theirs, who" make up the staXZ of tbe Institute. fwrtltT Hunter beard much of the open-handed sreetlna to the people of the aioeraae ana int aeoona caoin. dui no one seemed; to.be saying: much about his clear coral ni ordered cOmDleto outfits them all. and had them over fternoon to oleic out their 1 anrf hfthinrt him fnnvpr anrt iMth to uit iup tnein siron voices in nut into the sunshine of Mkrv I ome hot coffee.

The men themselves. ii i I il bi'i. 1 9 I BU.lt. JL UtU. TI 1UBI Hill" 11 J- Caryianrl.

i i odds with the world.so Uttle attention- nsa tney receivea since tney reacnea this port. I They did rot know then that even as they srathored Land sanar their songs at the Institute, Nelson Henry. Mrs. I Dlmock. Mrs i Alfred i Booth, and Mrs.

i lEmll Boas of i the "Women's Relief Com- Here; is; a story rich. In jits i1 humor, picturesque in ltS Slang Lapl and, where they left complete outfits of a very real youth at a prepara- 4 'rt 'KStf Tory scnooi. is a dook ior pne n'onJ 01 lE? rT' vr I ArdJ i lest Secretary Hunter should be jauier vniw- wezib ujere tuu iiur i worryin too much where ne was to Bei "the son who is now: IJantam" is the son of a general niriit tiat the women's committee 1- U.IU..k'd!yAhoulder entire burden. 111 wic 1 ocrui iiuiiuc ujf 1 Tne 202 memners or the Titanic crew hussfather to his own old schoo I tZ' the Sf st Father and when Amen came, and the bowed beada were lifted, those watchj at hil point, where the pressure of tha To all prisoners in Lonely Latidl Here's thej way out the way! to For you. then, is iJiis story of one- prisoner who foind his liberty.

How7 Suddeiliy, like a fragrant southern breezed he felt the presence of Another. Her iovousness 'filled the air with sohsr. Fvpn i he i children reflected her I em friends, and wltnout any rAen ine cniiurtu reiieuieu ier Jd(ja of fust whera the money was sunsnme iuine, 100, caugni ine rrom, ne infection. IThus led, he left Lonely The Bantam s- 1 By Brewer Corcoran Eloquence 1 I 'I V. 5 if.

if I liner Laoland vesterdav. ready to sail back to Knrland when that ship leaved this port this mornlnjr at JO clock, iney a-o back as D. B. 8." destitute British rt i 4- Hviun, (mi is wno cannot oa TnOUgntS and Counsel On of tholr rla-ht. to be taken home after the Art OI rUDllC OPeaklhST care a rreati deal about, stops short aa r.

1 with elnklftg; of their hlR the? "'t' fc i I when thev were drawn in twos and threes i TVTr" Srrviij' n'mwu at a snogl-er I yesterday to the cordial welcome of the has made I it possible for him I to One h'undrea end twenty-five finally i iUL n.r, drifted In and stayed for the. little ser- heJp Others the average man, Vios and reunion which tha people there Who may be Called On Occasionally had After sandwiches had eone tO make a Speech Or respond to alhad been passed, the rumbfimr clatter of toast; alsolof practical assistaiice Tfv to those who desire tO fit them-1 ihajd Prt" In the waters about the Tttan- Seh'eS for a Career Of pUbllC Speak- place on the platform, and led them when intr iiLira up ineir ininnnsirini ana deep to tha galley, where the boat Hat was pobiished. 1 I r.nt.mh.r,ii tht lint, and I ment down." said a steward- i It was risky thin to doi and the water waa In tha a-alley when I cot there, but I saw my nuinoer. a iixru ii numbers of eni of ray mates in; case should sea i And tbey all told llfchts that they saw. mtie iixnts luir oi nope ior when the crowd were ptishin on deck and they knew th lifeboats were beln lowered.

Off on the about i five mllea It aeeroed, they saw the lights as coma flshlcsr smack. And they atijnaled frantiral.v. but erot no re-foonJH-. Or.e sailor said that Cap. Bmlth hade him row iir ihm.

ttrht wltH the lifeboat he helped to roan, and then turn aooui brlnr nelp witn him. wut aiter a mill th faint distant liahla dlsaDneared. mnA )hv nnflM lck to row across the very spot where their ship bad gone the waves. one grievance tsat rmea xo jinur with torn of the crew was the pleasant thine that happened to the aailora who manned tha miilionalre'a lsoat." a name, by tha way. which; different members of tha crew beatow on different lifeooata.

Tha rub was tha handaonv gratuity bestowed upon -tb men -at tbe oars by-the people who wera aavadL'i "And said ne flremanw -inaia- nantly. "we. who saved Immigrant women and their children, we get nothlng-i; It ain't fair, it ain't. 'It's unfair, that wfiat I eall.lt." At hb-h unllmmt. thara waa a rufnbM of assent from several quarters, and carK looka were cast upon those who had had the good fortune to pull to safety certain rich men and, women, i One of the stokers told a new story, when ho spoke of a fire aboard tha Ti tar.lc a fire discovered In one of i the forward bunkers when the biggest: ship afloat was but an hour out of Southamp-.

ton. The fire was put out on Saturday, but to do It they were obliged to dig out a great bulk of coal, and he was of the opinion that tbe first bolkhead to grre was water waa not met by the pressure of the coat, And In my boat there waa no light. another sailor said. "In all that little fleet- oft lifeboats, there was only one blue light to Signal our distress. In mine several of the men and women who were dressed had matches and paper, and with those tney sent up signals, put mey soon filed out ana were useless.

So the stories went One told of hearing as many as i twenty shots fired, amid all the groans and cries that rose as the Ti tanic went down, shots which ha thought were suicide shots. One told of a frantlo swim for the raft that was soon so crowded ther had to beat men off. One who climbed aboard had ten a soldier's uniform. He; lay down ir4he raft and died, and they pushed him off to make room for the, living. On man who waa' at an oar tn one of the llfeboata.

above all the cries from the "Titanic as she sank, heard ringing out the voice of ms cnum. j- Hind he pleaded for permission to turn oacK ana pick: up his Mena. But only one woman In the lifeboat would near of such a thing, and they did not turn back. Priest a Ceaaoled tbe Doomed. HOYfTITAinC 1IEWS i.

REACHED Information: Asked office: war kjpt busy-Teeetrtn' nrorerand more Information. iJ In the office of matter wera being sorted and i i. iu iArt. From tne typewriters to the-'opy -e-aanl thence to tne iu moved In an endless, steady stream tha need of-which Increased a midnight approached and slackened forth first time all- nlht when l2aWj o'clock came na th workers reanxea tnat ror or wne would add another ai-. i I line te th atory In-the first edition uunous rteauer vnicn ni; i There iV Others.

i 'ltt'S, MANY- MEN ENGAGED ON IT lti--. -i-wv W. v-- 1. i They Produced Nearly All of Thlr- vV mars edltiona come, bow- nd.work on matter for these a as ntlnued without cessation except i tw soon, after 1 ciock. wntn men nau niwa story- saw tt paper, ran hastily for errors or changes made fflee1 ttji ton to Dress.

and then -tumed -back to make the other editions vbetter- than the preceding ones. teen Page of Matter In Loss Than Four mg. while they ptayed "that the" Eeternal Arms be closed In comfort about those who are mourning-." It waa when the tear-streaked faces had Jeen lifted and a few stokers had coughed apologetically for their emotion that those watohlng saw a sudden change sweep over, the assembly, followed by a burst of eager Cheering and applause, for they had seen Josephine the I 4 I -s 1 ii I I I China in Trans- formation Archibald f. Jo latlho tin I matron and missionary of the Institute, u(V(4c i her seat at tha niano. 1 he author The Dresent I LPhara has known for years many i i 1 i di tne men woo were piucaea irom trie WOrk, WhlCh 1S really new, Will I wreck of the i Titanic Many of their rnaot Idanool fV.

I visits to this port have been brightened mi a OU11U1C. TCIi UUb 1 h. ttmr m.l at tha In.) n. anH ha. enhernenil.descriDtionand"pstirnnr fore It was built she did missionary work i lT for fourteen years among the seamen who jl tutu pcvjjJie I Put into before to be counted, amonsr send a Mighty chorea.

the great WOrld-POWerS. This WOrk The opening strains of Nearer, My God are 1 I. a nas exercisea SOme IlUie lnilUenCe 10 ine maae ciear mat ine norror or on the Chinese reform movement. th! baf, not uken f.the n. i out of these strong men'a hearts nor all i-i? of the power out of their lungs.

They Writer thatihe Was Seldom Without sent wp a mighty, roaring chorus that amnv'havinty in Viw tmnffarinrto seemed to redouble when one A. B. called COD, naying, in niS Wanderings, out for Rock of Ages." and Mlsa Upham purchased as many as fifteen for Itruck first chords. Another song fc: eJ I- foUcrwed. and It almost seemed that they ucu uu iiia I sane more rtcniy and more fervently than i I everf their old refrain.

fern on tne seas. George M. McOough, an able seaman on the Titanic, who manned one of the llfeboata, told yesterday at the Cathollo Seamen's Mission, 422 West Street. Of two Cathollo priests on the Titanto who spent their last two; hours the people of the steerage and finally went down with the shlpj, i The two priests Joined the! ship at Queeristown. 'They came out on a tender and were not Included In any of the lists of passengersJ They spent most of the time in the steerage, giving attention chleflv to the Irish Immigrant They held services on tha third-class recreation deck on McOough complains that the crew of the Titanic were treated as prisoners by the WMte Star, company on their arrival In New Late Thursday night, he said, they were mustered on the deck of the Carpathla and ordered tS' go under an escort of officers to the Red 8tar liner Lapland.

McOough says that many asked to be allowed to go ashore, and were refused permission and ordered to get into line and march along the dock tothe Lapland. i PRAISE ASTOR AND BUTT. For Those In hMLPdAl ii MaSaammmamj-a-SZ--aS-J emerg APVKRTISEMEJfT. 'hile they were singing It was noticed a paper was passing from hand to and finally, before nightfall, it merged at the other end of the room, a neat document, signed by 125 of the lost Titanie'a crew. In which thev set.

forth Itnai tney desired: "To extend our heart IM WITH TWE fH thanks and best wishes toNhe AmeT lean Seamen's Friend Society InsUtute rrviMTirki'C u. L.lna xo ose ladies and gentlemen COISDI fltJlSb Of the DequeSt I connected with the same institution for Hiirti wiuwi wtritruiiiB kills iiiq i lr VI- A nd sandwiches and disposed: of with obvious notice is gi vn that the Leaven- vbrthhblarshipljat-Yale Co U'ti ''1-L1 rolled forward to the.JtaWe In the front raeri 9f -the name Leaven where a young man was taking then ...111 xt, measurements for guidance In the aort- 1, Will Vacant at the Close mg of thi heaps of suits and shirts anc si. lege, -operrj for competition to all one'br'onend'Ku young wuiiii, win Vdtiill ill inc Close mg of thi heaps of suits and-shirts and nf ih Tr-An tji Am I other- garments on the stage piled to wer- or ine prcsem acaacmic year. AD-hnaiv under the kindiv i portrait of Mr Hii-alinn t'. Kd mid in Ii i nussell Sage, whose money did much to pHCauons l.s, ce maae tO W.

H. jmake the dream of the Institute a real- of Appoint- lAnd while this was progress the ments. Yale University. New Haven Conn I I men witn omsioera, out to this class ill Tnev 7, airiMlant. ma tham.

Ing frankly: that they had had their or ders. that they knew what waa best for them, and that thev didn't nmnni. to lose the chance of a lob on ton of CASH FOR BOOKS it 1' J'- ii I A Cold Swlsa I'ader lit Mm. It was as you' beard them talk that you understood the tears. Here waa a trira- tographs, prfntiorlother literary prop- mer, eilent.

moody, so one of ins menaa saia, or ine orotner mat had gone down when be was saved and of I tha three other brothers who had gone down In other years In the service of the i same This waa Frank Avery, who knowa now what It is to awtm for an hour and a hair, in an Ice-strewn sea beneath ine star, i- i "And bow aid it reel 7 some one asked i -r Cold." said the trimmer, aucctnctiv. The brief atorlee of the crew. aa they will find it lb their to corri municate with us before disposing of large or smaii collections of books, ait tograpns, prints, or tother literary pro rty. Prompt removal. Cash down.

HENRY MALKAN, New York's Largest. Bookstore Breed way aad Si New Street, Teleokene Breed 39CO-39L. WRITERS I sen niMt a Mibtlax tar tin that 1 cteaa at miMImIIm M. cuy raai trrtMd m. typej and otharaaa told them between the aonga agreed in PTore.lT prepare fa, tt eHtoW hr mt cxparta a.

uiwiw run in Koi'mimi, I i MOOl.TC HAafcta JdtDlH ei w. iMtb icw Tuk- crrr. 1 eta. fat Wrhcta- Lcfkt af llaMracUoa. I several narticulara.

They all said that the deep conviction mat tne Titanie would never -sink prevented a panic to each an extent that the people were not euffi- trlently alarmed. They not move for their own eaiety soon enougn. Tim eaid a a Id you heard the atory of a steward or a Tlreman color back to his bunk after the crash had come, and the first The Pure Product f4 0 a -3 i tne crasn naa come, ana ine nrsi in OpriTlgS. YOU Will Ka-tion gave them no cause for fear. I Ii Ifever Ha Ufeltaat Drill.

I M.n.11. I. Ik.l. cences af th wreck, four', of the crew made tha accusing statement that th iTllanic's crew had never had a dress re hearsal with thoae llfeboata. that they never had known a boat-muster since she sailed away from Southampton.

It was the custom, they said. for. toe crew to have such a muster onoe a week, una it was exptneo oy tne men on tne Titanic on Sunday; Bat the orders. never camei and. when.

In the. middle of tha nix-ht. there rose the need for all tha men to make ror tnetr piacea In lowering an)t manning the lifeboats, tbey had to I rely on their memories of the number u. NATURAL LAXATIVS tg Clzss on Arising for cx.tisxieATiori sr: Women Compare Their Conduct to That of "Miserable Specimens." SpecUa fi 7'1 Nr York Timts. EAST ORANGE.

N. April 19. High praise was given to-day to John Jatiob Astor. MaJ. Butt.

Vice Prealdent Thiyer of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Howard Case of the Vacuum Oil Company, Clarv ence Moore, iOeorge D. WIdener, and other men who stood aside for the women In the wreck of Che Titanic, by Mra John C. her sister. Miss Komella T.

Andrews, and their niece. Miss Oretchen F. Longley of Hudson. N. T.

Tbey are recuperating from their, experi ences at the heme of another sister, Mrs. Arthur H. Flack, at 458 Cerftral Avenue, East Orange. Miss Andrews (told to-day how they waited for the fourth because there was not room for the three together in the first three boats. Whey they got out on the water they found that their men companions, who had said they could row, had done so only for the purpose of savins themselves.

Miss Longley had to take an oar with the one able-bodied sea man In the boat. In a boat alongside of them a sailor lighted a cigarette. He flung the match careles8lv among the women, who screamed their protests. Ah, we re all going to the devil, anyway," replied the sailor. and we might as well be cremated now as then." "The discipline on the Titanic.

In a No one hurried and no one crowded. We waited for the fourth boat and were slowly lowered: seventy-five feet to the The men made no effort to get Into the boat. Aa we pulled away we saw tnem an standing tn an unbroken line on tne deck. ALL FLAQS AT HALF MAST. -v.

City; Honors Titanic1 Dead by. Lower- Ing'Colors Everywhere. New -York mourned for the Tltanic's dead yesterdayl and nearly every flag was at, half malt. Shipping paid their tribute of honor, and even the tuga scoot ing about thA harbor bad their flags half masted. Over the British Consulate In State Street the Union Jack flew high aloft and at half mait It was the same thing on the other The scene front the upper bay 'waa Im pressive, and tbe many fluttering- flags told arriving travelers that the city honoring; the brave, who, went down when the greatest liner In tlfe world sank off the Bank.

An exception which caused some comment Waa the Federal 'Building where the flag Was flying at the top of nroaa cureei a. isne or nimiinc Looking un Broad Street it innpimri that the single ezceDtion waa tha nfflra rt P. Morgan, and thin waa a subject of com-1 nirai ma iiag at jvir. Morgan office I waa living and at nair iimjl. but thra i I a round turn of the building at the Wall Street corner.

Within the view of nn. standing tn Broad Street the end of the! nag state can ne seen ana with the flag I uwvrru i. iuu nw un Ma oi tne pole I riui.ru inuu.u vuere wee no lag I Some one telephoned to Thu Tim en office yesterday aftemoo and! asked a W1U you please tell tne the Mune of the man who wrote your Tltanie atory It waa the greatest newspaper story evey Tbe! narrative filled thirteen pages of Th Times, and It was explained to the Inquirer that many meft contributed to it. His surprise to learn that one msn had not written the many columns which dealt with the Titanic disaster; euggesteJ that many readers of Th Tr-rxa must-have wondered how tha-news which ther read yesterday morning was handled- -Practi cally all of tt waa gathered, written, set in type and printed 'In leas' than' four houra, But much of the work which made this great speed possible -had been In advance An organisation conceived and perfected ta tha days between the first news of th TItanlc'e sinking and the arrival of th Carpathla with th giant liner' rescued passenger was all that mad possible the publication of such a story as was printed In-jTHS Tines on Friday morning. 1 The.

day the Carpathla two days before she was expected at that time, a room was -engaged in the Htrand Hotel, 602 West Fourteenth Street and In It ware Installed four telephones connected oy direct, wires with tbe editorial rooms In Times fiauira I Thla was Jo kbeadquartera ef the aj, the wlraiess operators In the navy, men engaged In JPJ fflfhf aSd they are successfully working with ai, time. DEFENDS NAVY'S WIRELESS. Admiral Conie Says Chester'a Operator Is iThoronshly Competrnt. sircitJ Tk Kiw'York rtetsaVfr.C- f-ttfASHINQTON. AorU Admiral Hutch rj.

Cone. Chief of. th Burets or Engineering, defended the navye wireless operators to-day In a statement Issued In reply te the attack upon the. operator on board the scout Chester In In Tbs. Ntw xORK Tiacs by Harold Briae, who waa second operator on the Titanic, With reference to the reflectlona made by the radio-operator or tne t(.

rarniwi.nra of tha naval ODeratora on f.aa.aa U.m tf ma thiS IS simply another attempt to discredit naval men so as. to smit tne piams shoulder's and thus distract publio ettenr tion from! the Very nnsatisfactory service aanAaaast V.V ha i'nmiUIUV. 'It must be remembered that the 8eo retary of the Nayy. upon tne representation of the Marooar Company, gave or ders- suppressing the actlviues or 'tne naval radio station In order that the Mar coni Company might get correct lniorrna-tion concerning the disaster to i I- i .1 "After ithe: field wss for the Marconi Company no news was obtained, and mlght. with 'good reason, reflect on the competence of th Marconi operators, for it would lb, very, simple for me to secure 'testimony' of our operators to th effect that" those -of th Marconi Company were Incompetent, i V'fn other worda it -resolves Itself Into taking the word of one operator as to the competence of another, i- v- "I-have bad examined th reports of fitness of wireless operators on the Chester, and find that the operators on that vessel have given entire satisfaction, and their reports of fitness show: them to be nnilhU pi.n.

I ta til. 11 a A A I and In the streets, and the tales told by survivors and by passengers aboard the Carpathla who had witnessed the rescue. Pour passes were issued to each newspaper entitling the bolder to admission to the pier at which tne carpacma aocaea. and these were given to four -reporters. Eight or ten other reporters were sct to the Held headquarters 10 tne Mrana Hotel, and ther one man was put in charge.

In Tan Times office a man sat beside each of the direct telephones connected with the room downtown. Each waa as' signed to write a section of the narrative, to one being allotted the story of the Car pathian arrival, to another the recounting of the wreck of the Titanic, to the third the task of telling of the carpathla rescue work, andto the rourth the hand llnr of the stories told bv survivors. The man In charge in Fourteenth Street knew, the telephone beside which each of the four men uptown sat. and as often as a reporter hurried Into the room from pier or street he was directed to the proper Instrument. Thus the men who were writing at their, typewriters besid the telephones in Ths Times office were never disturbed, except to listen to -additional Information on the phase of the story- for which they "were responsible.

Two automobiles were sent to West Street and parked a block away from the notei. i ney were to oe used in emergency to reach the main office. They were In their places an hour or more before the Carpathla arrived, and at that time each of the four telephones had been tested, the four men with Dassea were on the pier, snd eight more were circulating through tne great crowds that rilled the nearby streets. It was 9:35 clock when tbe Cannathla warned Into her i tiler, and only a min ute or two after tha firnt word of her arrival was telephoned to the man handling- that Beetle of the story. From then until long after mid night the telephones were in constant use.

In the branch office near the pier the man In charge soon found that there waa danger of different men telephoning the same Interview to the man at the other end of that telephone. Minutes were precious then, and to conserve the time for writing the story, a list waa made and posted prominently over the telephone connecting witn tne writer or eurvtvors stories. To this list each man was required to add tbe name of the person whose Interview he If he saw on the. list the name Of a person w(th whom he had just cosversed.be Knew that some one else had already seen that person and the atery was in the office. Meantime many of tha eight men not jquipped with passes, had found a way upon tne pier ami tne men, writing id tne I The statement of the Titanie'a opera tor undoubtedly shows that he was suf fering from the harrowing strain that he had been under for three and a hall days.

and his criticisms, while natural under ine circumstances, are not warranted. There seems to be a set purpose upon the part of the Marconi Interests te dis credit the efficiency of all radio experts employed dv etner interests than tnem- selves. This waa particularly evidenced in 1W7 by the action or the British Mar coni Company "In attacking the efficiency I of the radio! operators of the British I uioyas. wnicni attack was conclusively shown before a special committee of the British -Parliament to be absolutely unwarranted." i It is denied at the Navy tepartment that the assertion that the earpathla's hooks were cleared of such a heavy maaa of messages is true. The whole matter I will be made the subject of a a Dart-1 mental reporti The Secretary of the I ravy nas issued orders to commander i Decker and Commander Chandler, to for-1 ward to tne Department all messages taken and, to make a complete report on tne matter.

i i The navy officials having charge of the wireless work of the navy said to-day that the conditions by which- wireless operators were obtained were very severe. The candidates required to be listed as electricians, and then they were trained at the New York Yard" In a lone and very nainstakina- course. Thev are enlisted men who go tn i for four years, i i The first operator on xne-eaiem. wnicn naa tnei most powenui wireless plant in the navy, has been aendlng for seven years, and Is regarded generally as one or the nest men in-tne ousinessj tie was for two years one the operators at the- Nantucket Shoals Light wireless station, and i that atation Is one that has a very 'large experience with the business of communicating with ocean liner a The navy wireless men not only i are good operators, but they undergo special training in a knowledge of the machinery connected with wireless plants and are reaulred to be able to keep it in order and; repair It If neeessary. Died Ere News of Wife's Death Came FRANKLIN.

April 19. Frank Karnes, an oil well driller In Burmab. whose' wife went down with the Titanic. never knew his wife's fate. A cable gram received to-day.

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Stk Ay Bet. 27 th St. WOMEN'S DRESSES; 4 TAILOR-MADE De iUtman CLIn. are offering 1 i I. I-' MOST DESIRABLE STYLES IN AFTERNOON.

1 SUITS THE RECEPTION AN- EVENING DRESSES, AIO PLAIN AND! TRIMMED ItAILOR-MADEi SUITS ATjVERy REASONABLE PR1 CES; UNZN. 'CRASH AND CLOTH RIDING FOR MISSES AND CHILDREN! RIDINO HATS, CLOVTJ MISSES AND ILDRENi AND OTHER ACCESSORIES. 1 1 6,000 YARDS 1 OF CHOICE ti DRESS I SILKS AT EXTRAORDINARILY. LOW PRICES '-ii j- 1 i SPECIAL SALE SATURDAY WILL BE- ON BLACK. WHITE AND COLORS.

SOLD IN DRESSi LENGTHS ONLY) IN i NOVELTIES IN COLLARS AND LACE PEPLUMS IN EXCEPTIONALLY ATTRACTIVE DESIGNS. AT THE: FOLLOWING LOW PRICESi ROBESPIERRE COLLARS OF RATINE WITH i i i at 1 i a AT ODC. i it onn WHITE LACE PEPLUMS AT Vl.JJ, A JABOTS OF SHAPOW LACE 1 tl I 1 I WOMEN'S SILK AND CHIFFON 7A1STS 1 I WILL ALSO. BE OFFERED AT MUCH LESS THAN USUAL PRICES. FOLLOWSi 7 at $3.50 CHIFFON WAISTS O.UU cC IU.UU STRIPED SILK SHIRT WAISTS i 11 I i A SALE OF WOMEN'S PETTICOATS i 1 1- ATI SPECIAL PRICES IMPORTED WASHABLE PETTICOATS $2.50 6c 2.75 i I i COLORED MESSALINE PETTICOATS $4.50 BOYS' CLOTHING IN STOCK AT THE MODERATE PRICES GIVEN BEL0 Wi BOYS NORFOLK SUITS OF BROWN OR GREY MIXTURES.

TWO' PAIRS Of! KNICKERBOCKERS $6.00. 7,50, 10.50 .2.50 BOYS' NORFOLK SUITS OF NAVY BLUE SERGE Sb.UU. 5.00 1 0.50 1 3.50 BOYS' REEFERS OF NAVY BLUE SERGE WITH DETACHABLE WASHABLE COLLARS I 4 BOYS' NORFOLK BLAS-ERS IN VARIOUS COLORS I THESE ARE REGULAR STOCK PRICES. i 1 1 $8.50 $6.50 1 IMPORTED EMBROIDERED SUITS Of PIQUE, LINEN'; AND MODERATE PRICES. AS IN RUSSIAN I AND SAILOR PONGEE ARE ALSO SHOWN AT ,1 AS OTHER WASHABLE SUITS i I STYLEStj STRAW HATS.

CAPS. SWEATERS, BATH ROB El AND GENERAL FURNISHINGS. 1 LEATHER FOR AUTOMOBILE OR GENERAL TRAVELING USB GOODS FITTED HAMPERS. BAGS AND SUIT CASES: CARRY-ALLS POUCHES i AND" PILLOWS: TOILET ARTICLES IN; ROLLED LEATHER CASES, ALSO SILK DUST COATS AND SLIPPERS IN CASES; FLASKS AND THERMOS BOTTLES. TOURIST NOTE BOOKS AND MANY OTHER NOVELTIES IN LEATHER GOODS ah nuuvniAou.

rniUa). 1 '1 RUGS; FURS, RECEIVED RECEIVED BY TELEPHONE. OR MAIL. PORTIERES AND CURTAINS, FOR; STORAGE. 7 ORDERS it ti i if t.

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