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See Page 19 For Particulars of The World's Dot Contest Today LATE EDITION THE BEST IN THE WEST SATURDAY'S GUARANTEED CIRCULATION 31,203 Two full IwM wir NifUW of Ua Associate Vrut Ouoarh Canadian Tim, ltd, aad Unltad rrM Ch World Uiflooi also Independent Cebis of Australia THF PAPER THAT PRINTS THE FACTS PAGES I TO 30 VANCOUVER, B.C., MONDAY, APRIL 15, 1912. THIRTY PAGES TITANIC SINKING NO LIVES LOST II mm Alt III NEW YORK, April 15. The White Star liner Titanic is sinking according to latest reports. WHITE STAR LINER TITANIC WHICH WAS IN COLLISION WITH HUGE ICEBERG SMASH DOORS OF CONVENTON PAW TRANSFERRED TO CUM LINER CARPATHIA ALL ARE NOW SAFE Wiresless Despatches Show Tha Mammoth Liner After Striking Iceberg Sunk Down by ows, But Water Tight Compartments Kept Her From Foun dering. nrirni in itr fr minim mm pi REPORT AT HALIFAX THAT LINER SINKS HALIFAX April 15.

The Canadian government marine agency here received a wireless despatch at 4:05 p.m. that the Titanic is sinking. The message came via the cable ship Minia, East of Cape Race. It is said the steamers towing the Titanic were endeavoring to get her into shoal water near Cape Race to beach her. THREATENS TO THINK CALIFORNIA MAN MURDERER WITH AXES! Democratic Gathering at Chicago Today Not Festival of Peace That Was Expected.

i EIGHT HUNDRED POLICE WERE THERfc County Judge's Demands Refused, He Orders Police to Break in Doors. Aaeorhrted PreM, World's Leased Afire I CHICAGO, April In. Exciting scenes were predicted for the opening of the county convention, whlcit I was echeduled for 10 o'clock today at the Seventh Regiment Armory. Within the armory about 100 members of the Illinois National Guard re I malned through the night. Outside a cordon dnvn.

Both the militiamen afid the police, were backed by court, orders. Tim i guardsmen are upheld by a restraining I M' MoKlnley I TurJc hVasraJnst the rulln County! Joh," Owens, who appointed Elect or, Commissioner Cxarneckle. a Ponv. til for cont" 01 convention was scheduled to be waged I on orje side by Rodger Sullivan and onj It was announced that the poJle wouid be supplemented by deputy sheriffs. If necessary to assist In carrying hfll1rders Judge Owens.

Copies of the injunction by Jtl(J Kinley appeared on the door of th; convention hall and anir. nearby. The Republican convention Mm. 7 t0 "'aft 81 the time In the Urst Regiment Armory. 'A cordon was formed about tlUlldintr.

triu fcr TITANIC IS NOW ON ER WAY TO HALIFAX MONTREAL despatches up to today showed that the passengers of the White Star Line steamer Titanic, which struck an iceberg off the Newfoundland coast last night, were being transferred aboard the steamer Carpalhia, a Cunarder. Already twenty boat loads have leen transferred, and, allowing forty to sixty persons as the capacity 'of each lifeboat, some 800 or 1,200 persons have been transferred. Latest reports indicate that the transference is being carried on safely. The sea is smooth and the weather calm. It is probable all passengers of the Titanic are safe.

While badly damaged, the Titanic still is afloat and is reported to be making her way toward Halifax under her own steam, but with assistance from the Allan liner Parisian. The Titanic is the largest steamer ever built. She is 882 feet long, and has 46,328 tons displacement. She was launched last May and this was her maiden trip. Among the passengers are Colonel and Mrs.

John Jacob Astorv Alfred G. Vanderbilt, Major Archibald Butt, military aide to President Taft; F. D. Millet, the artist; Mr. and Mrs.

Isador Straus, Judge Widener, of Philadelphia; President Hayes, of the Grand Trunk railway; J. B. Bruce Jsmay, manager and director of the White Star line; W. T. Stead, and others.

The liner carried 1,400 passengers and a crew of 800. Another liner, the Parisian, of the Allan company, which sailed from Glasgow for Halifax on April 6, is already at hand and is assisting In the work of rescue. The Baltic and Virginian also are nearby, and the. Olympic apparently is nraring the scene, according to wireless communications from Captain Haddock, of the Olympic. The accident occurred at 10:25 last night, about 400 miles south of Cape Race.

and about 1.100 miles east of New York. Titanic Now Iteins Towed to Halifax. HALIFAX, N. April 15. With its 1,300 passengers safely trans ferred another vessel, the White Star liner Titanic, the largest vessel a flit a Vi i i nf rnnim ix Hnnroachinc the Dort.

following a disastrous W. HI Plans for Invasion of Spokane, Aberdeen, Vancouver, Los Angeles and San Diego Announced. NEW YORK ORGANIZER GIVES OUT SCHEME In Every City Where There is Anti Labor Legislation Demonstrations Planned. NEW YORK, April 15. Plans for a protracted invasion of the Northwest were announced here today by John Walth, organizer of the Greater New Vork district committee of the Haywood branch the Industrial Workers of the World, who declares that the arganiisa tion will send committees.

In some cases numbering men, to every eity. in th went where thoracis aiitl la bor legislation, or where there are vigilance committees driving I. W. out of town. Walsh said six nundred men are already on their way to Spokane, and that similar committees would be sent to Aberdeen, Vancouver, B.

Missoula, Los Angeles and San Diego, and Kansas City. It is also announced that the I. W. are planning a strike of 60.000 textile workers in New England and 30,000 In New Jersey. SEND HORDE 0 Wealthy Soap Maker, Slain at Lynn, Massachusetts, Was Executor for Large Estate at Stockton Police Are Investigating.

(United Press, World's Leased Wire.) LYNN, April 15. Confident that a Htorkton, man is responsible for the murder of George E. Marsh, wealthy soap manufacturer, whose body, with four steel jacketed bullets In it, was found near here Friday, Inspector Kane, of the Lynn police, today Is en route to the Pacific coast. Marsh was executor of the $100,000 estate of the late James Marsh, of Stockton, and the California man whom the police suspect Is to be Indirect, interested in Its distribution. Inspector Kane has been ordered by Police Chief Burke to see Miss Orpha Marsh, adopted daughter of the late James Marsh, who had complained to Oeorge E.

Marsh about the small amounts of money he had advanced from her adopted father' estate. Inspector Kane also has been ordered to closely question William A. Dorr, of HtockWin. a reputed close friend of Mias Marsh, and. who the poiice say Is en route to HiocKton after a visit to Lynn.

HIIXKO TRACK. SEATTLE, April IB Edward Thorn dike, aged 71 years, former chief of police, was killed last night by a Northern Pacific train near Marino station. ICE 8TIIX HOLDS. MONTREAL. April Keports of eondl llon of ice In the river from the signal nation! show there la no chance in the hantwir aa yet.

ur at IOngue Point, but that a amall apace of open water ia in sight of Surei. He Has Captured All But Twelve of the Delegates Who Are Sent to State Con vention. HARD BLOW TO REPUBLICAN MACHINE First Time in Generation That It Will Not Have Been in Absolute Control. rnltd Pnwe, World's Iaiaed PITTSBURG, April 15. Latest incomplete retorns from Saturday's primary election make It certain that Colonel Roosevelt Iibh captured 67 of the state's 75 delegates.

Including the to be aent to the. state convention which Is to. meet. May J. Tuft elected but "nine delegates, two from Lancaster and the remaining seven from Philadelphia.

The Roosevelt victory was a hard blow to the state Republican machine forces, led by lT. S. Senator Penrose. This is the first time in the history of the present generation that the machine forces will not be In absolute control of the state convention. Returns received up to noon today Indicated that Clyde Kelly has defeated Congressman John Dalzell for ine iiomimtimn ror congress rrom the 13th district.

DING FO IF THAT SUN DON'T LOOK GOOD ATTER. ALl THE CLOUDY WEATHER.) ROOSEVELT IS VICTORIOUS PENNSYLVANIA collision last night with a monster iceberg, about 900 miles east of New York. Earlier in the' day' all pafsrengers "Were takir" abrmrd' "White Star liner Olympic, but shortly before noon they were transferred to the steamer Baltic, and the latter vessel Is now steaming for New York, where it is due Thursday. The fact that the Titanic is the world's biggest vessel is probably the only thing that prevented great loss of life. It is not believed that any other craft afloat could have withstood the shock.

Reports received here concerning the collision are meagre. It is not known just how the accident occurred or whether the collision was followed by a panic. The first news of the collision was received at Cape Race at 10:25 o'clock last night, when the Titanic's wireless operator called "C.Q.D." The Allan linei Virginian picked up the call and is believed to have been the first vessel to reach the disabled steamer's side. The Titanic's prow was shattered by the impact, but the watertight compartments automatically closed, and with the pumps working well the crew managed to keep the vessel afloat. With the arrival of other ocean liners, the work of transferring passengers started, and when this was are being held In reserve at South HIdei stations.

In additfon a large force of deputy was sent to (he ctn vention hall to assist In preserving order. Sheriff Aticbael Zimmer was at bis office In the county building shortly after 7 o'clock and personally instructed the deputies. "t'pon advice of my uttorney. I have decided to Ignore Judge McKlnley'a order, "Sheriff Zlmmer said. "I will act as If the order had never been Issued and will follow the Instructions of Judge Owens.

I have sent all my available deputlex to the convention hull, but will not swear in any special deputies for the reason I do not think they will be needed." At 12 o'clock today County Judga Owens appeared at the Armory and demanded that triors be opened. On. being refused he ordered the police to break in the doors. Assistant Chief of Police Schuttler then began battering down the doors with an axe. MIS.

J. C. GIBSON NOT BOUND OVER THAT'LL HELP SOME NOTHING OFFICIAL. NEW YORK, April 15. Vice President Franklin of the White Star Line said at 4 o'clock that he had definite information that all passengers had been transferred from the Titanic He had received nothing, however, indicating the extent of the damage to the liner or that she was in a sinking condition.

TITANI Mr. Thomas McCaffry, Vancouver Manager, Returned on 111 Fated Steamer After Four Months' Absence in Europe and Egypt. Amunjj the. pa taaiigers of, HI' fater steamer Titanic is Mr. 'Thomas manager of the Union Bank of Canada In Vancouver.

Mr. McCaffry, following an Illness of several months, left Vancouver early In January for a prolonged trip through Europe and Egypt. He visited the capitals of the Old World and regained his health rapidly under the balmy skies along the Nile, and was expected to reach this city about May 1. No direct Information regarding him has been received as yet at the bank's local office. Mr.

McCaffry, who has been the Union bank's Vancouver manager for the past ten years, came to this city from Winnipeg. C. P. R. BY JULY 1 Railway Company Has Notified Chief Forester That Liquid Fuel Will be Used Exclusively on Field Kamloops Division Less Chance of Forest Fires.

OTTAWA, OnL, April 15. The C. P. R. has notified Dominion Forester Campbell that after July all trains on tho Field Kamloops division will be drawn by oil burning locomotives.

This I will mean fewer forest fires along this section of the line. whr fires have I been frequent In the past. RIFLES TO ARM AMERICANS IN MEXICO (Assorlaled Press, World's Leased Mire.) WASHINGTON, April 15 In response to an appeal from the American consul at Guadalajara, Mexico, President. Taft has authorised the exportation of 150 rifles and fifty thousand rounds of ammunition for arming the citizens of the I'nited States in that district. ANGLICAN RECTOR TAKES HIS OWN LIFE WTOMLNG.

OnC April lu. Rev. John Gunne, rector of the Knglish church at Wyoming, committed suicide this morning by shootln himself with a rifle. There are no known reasons for his act, unless that It be insanity, lie preached, as usual, three tinwis yester day, and was in his usual health when he retired last night. QUEBEC ELECTIONS.

April 15. At a meeting of the cabinet council today the provincial elections were decided upon and the legislature will be dissolved this afternoon. Election will take place on May 18 und nominations on May 8. WHEAT MABKET WAS CYCLONE OF WHTPSAW TSAOtNO. CHICAGO.

April 15. Buyers and sellers alike were whipsawed today in wlveat. The market whirled up, then down, and up again over a range of nearly four cents. Trading reached a magni tude seldom equalled except war times. In LOCAL MANAGER PASSENGER OIL ENGINES ON I I i No Truth in Story That South Vancouver I.ady Gave Sureties to Keep Peace.

A statement made In The World a few days ago to the effect that Mrs J. C. Gibson, of Balmoral House, Sooth Vancouver, had been bound over elx months to keep the peace, she having threatened a netghhor with a was quite untrue. No case of the i I was ever heard In court and Mrs Gin son was not bound over as stated. Th" item, however, was published In good faith, but on information which The World hits since learned was misleading.

The World greatly regrets the annoyance caused to Mrs. Gibson and her family by the publication of the paragraph, its absolute contradiction of which It reiterates. KATHKtT Si NOI'SIS. The pressure h(u Increased over Pacific slope thn and pro small the prairie inces, a trough of low ver pressure still over lying th Ko.ky Mountain regions and further east a storm area of some, em rgy being central over tbe arrest ihkcs; rain has t'Hllen at Prince Rupert and light snow In Manitoba. Llvrht frosts occurred in have the I tff lor aii Hours K.ndlng 5 p.

m. Tnesdny. Iiwer Mainland Light to moderate winds, fair tonight, with light 1 frost on Tuesday. Victoria ami vlcln il Ful tonight, with probably light local frosts, fn on Tmxd.i und Manner dtir.ng oay. Wenthcr Reports.

uz. Vat to rnouLT, ano rr I PJaooot Twice a I LOMC, TO OLT ready I I TV t0 OUT Amvu.a I "Zimmie Virginian lor unis port. sictic or IjAtkst HKiCiKVr VKSSK.I. A l'URII. TO SHIPPING.

SOUTHAMPTON, April 15. When the new White Star liner Titanic started on Its maiden voyage for New York, as in the Olympic accident, the terrific suction of the huge ship displaced the water so violently that shipping was Imperiled. The American Line steamer New York, which was lying alongside the Oceanic, was dragged from her moorings by the suction of the Titanic's triple screws as It passed, Seven ropes parted and the stern of the New York swung into midstream. SAID TO BE IN TOW OF ALLAN LINER VIRGINIA Aaaoriatcd Press. World's loosed Wire.) MONTREAL, April 1G.

The local office of Horton Davidson, one of the Titanic's passengers has received the following tireless message: "All passengers are safe and Titanic taken in tow by the Virginian." CANADIANS ON BOARD LINER AT TIME OF COLLISION LONDON, April 15. Among tht, Canadians on the Tltanie were Major Arthur Peuchon; Hugo Ross, Mark Fortune, his wife, son and three daughters, Thompson Beattie and J. J. Borebank, all of Winnipeg: Thornton Davidson and Wife, Mrs. F.

C. Douglas, Mrs. James Baxter, H. M. Molson, Mr.

and Mrs. H. J. Allison and their daughUr and son, all of Montreal. George E.

Graham, buyer for the T. "Raton store at Winnipeg is one of the passengers on the Titanic. A Canadian clnemetograph operator, on board taking films of incidents of the initial voyage. (Continued on Page "JOE" MARTIN GETS NEGATIVE ANSWER LONDON. April 15.

Mr. "Joe" Martin received negative answer In the House of Commons today when he asked the attorney general If he Intended to prosecute Ruryard Kipling for sedition for th verses entitled "Ulster" published last week. W. Redmond raised a laugh, asking if such doggerel was entitled to be called verse. BRITISH FOOTBALL.

LONDON, April 15. In the first vision of the league today Blacktiurn Rovers beat Oldham Athletic by 1 goal to 0. finished, the Titanic was towed by tne EXPLAINS SILENCE OF WIRELESS FROM ILL FATED LINER United Press, World's Leased Wire.) NCW YORK, April 16. Assurance that all passengers would be saved, and that the Titanic undoubtedly would be towed Into port In safety, was given to the I'nited Press tolay by Vice President P. A.

Franklin of i ho White Star line. He declared I hat 800 passengers been transferred to the Olympic, when Captain Paddock's message was sent. Franklin pointed ou that the Titanic's lifeboats are large, each aecomodat'liK about 35 passengers. A second despatch received hare said the Parisian had passed a line to the Titanic and was preparing to tow her to Halifax. That there are no more wireless messages coming: from the ship, la not a sign of danger, but may be flue atmospheric conditions or something of i Wiat nature.

"The ship is reported to have gone down several feet by the head. This may be due to the water filling the forward compartment. A ship may go down many feet by her head and still remain afloat Indefinitely. "I cannot state too strongly that I belief the ship to be unslnkable, and that all her passengers are perfectly safe." I "IN NO DANGER; SATISFIED LINER IS UNSINKABLE" (T'nlted Press, World's Leased Wire.) NEW YORK, April 15. That the Titanic is In no Immediate danger Is the belief of P.

A. Franklin, vice president of the White Star line, who issued the following statement ti'liy. "While we are not in direct communication with 4he Titanic, we are perfectly satisfied that the, ship cannot be sunk. The Titanic Is progressing slowly toward Cape Race, according to a wireless message to the I'nited Press here from the Marconi operator at St. John, N.

B. The message said: "The Titanic, according to messages received from Cape Race and St. Johns. and other nearby points, Hearing the vicinity of Cape Race." is BUILDERS OF THE TITANIC DECLARE SHE CANNOT SINK BELFAST, lrela'ndj April 15. A report of Harland Wolff, the constructors of the Titanic, when Interviewed today said If the Titanic was sinking the collision must have been great force.

The plating of the vessel, he said, was of the heaviest calibre and even If It were pierced, any two of her compartment could be flooded without Imperilling the ship. i Min. Stations. Hani. Temp.

Veathr Vancouver SO I 40 Clear Victoria 3V.18 Clear Kamloops HO.lo; Fait Harkervflle 24 Fair I Tatoosh :IU.I6 42 tiioudv I Portland IS 38 Kalr I Seattle 40 Fair San Francisco 311 06 50 Clear Prlii. Rupert rJ ,14 Fair Edmonton an.nii so Fair Winnipeg .30 Cloudy THE TIPKS. H'Sh. Lew. 4:47 1:1 a m.

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