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The Omaha Daily Bee THE WEATHER. Cloudy Everybody Reads the day's happenings: every day. If folks don't read yonr store news erery dayt It's yonr fault. I OMA1IA, TIIVBSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 16, 1913 FOFllTEEN PAGES. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. VOLi XT.TTT NO. 103. DIPLOMATIC CORPS IN MEXICO CALLED TO DISCOSSJTOATION Spanish Minuter Takes Initiative in Movement that is Regarded as Significant at Washington. DRIFTING TOWARD A CRISIS Senate foreign Relations Committee Members Talk to Wilson. AWAtV WP.VT MflVT. OT? "HiTElLTA " . United States Will Keep War Ves sels at Mexican Forts. PRESIDENT'S NOTE DELIVERED Jlneyta Informed that JBxeentlre la Shocked br tarrtMl Method" And that Election Will Hot Be Rco-nld. WASHINGTON. Oct. lS.Tho Mejdoan situation today was regarded by officials hsre as drifting- toward a crisis, with the TJnited States awaiting Huerta's next nove, Tho commanding feature wns the action Of th Spanish minister In Mexico City, calUng a meeting of the diplomatic corps Ho discuss Huerta's assumption of a practical dictatorship. Administration of ficials and diplomats attached deep sig nificant to that, , . This development attracted (treat at tention because of the Spanish minister's , friendship to Henry Lane Wilson, the Xormer ambassador of tho united Stntcs to Mexico, and because the Spanish min ister never has supported the policy of Ik, the United States. Won with Secretary Bryan ana several senators and later tho foreign relations committee of tho senate hold a meeting behind closed doors. It was a regular meeting day, however, and tlfb session of tho senators was not called by de velopments. Chairman Bacon of the committee, In his talk with the president, expressed the view that even had the United States lecognlsed Huerta, his assumption of the rolo of dictator "would, In his opinion. hcivo been sufficient cause for a with' drawal of recognition. There are no pre cedents for withdrawing recognition, once extended, but diplomatists pointed out that such dn effect' might be substah tlally accomplished by withdrawing; an ambassador. Will Keep Warships Handy. Plans for keeping an American naval force In Mexican waters-.commanded ut most equal, attention, espselaUy In view of? tha 'strains sltuatteri fallowing ta closely. -Xuerta'si anneuBosnnt- that-Ms government's ermlton for the presenqo of American warships would Mt b re newed th'ls month and the annduhdsf mttit of this government's Intention, Jq aOcbnipllsh Its end without conflicting with the laws of Mexico by chancing the details of the fleet It was made plain that the Washing ton government was determined to have a liaval' representation ready for any eventuality and .some observers thought the nex step toward a culmination of tho situation might be -forced over that point. Publication of President Wilson's latest note to Huerta attracted wide attention for Its brevity and forccfulness. The Mexican government's reply was awaited with keenest Interest. Meanwhile all the agencies of the government concerned In the situation were In constant and close communication. Text of President's Jfote. The note delivered by Charge O'Shaush nessy to the authorities at Mexico City defining the attitude of the United States toward Huerta's assumption of dictator ship follows: "The president Is shocked at the law lessness of the methods employed by General Huerta, and as a sincere friend of Mexico Is deeply distressed by the situation which has arisen. He finds It Impossible to regard otherwise than an act of bad faith toward the United States, Huerta's course In dissolving the congress and arresting the deputies. "It is not only a violation of constltu tlonal guarantees, but destroys all possi bility of a free and fair election. The president believes that an election held at this time under the conditions as now (Continued on Page Four.) The Weather Forecast till 7 n. m. Thursday t For Omaha, Council Bluffs and Vicinity Fair Thursday; not mucn cnange 'in temperature. Temperature at Omaha yesterday. Knurs. De? & a. m. 47 e a. m.....v,.... 7 a. in 5 a. m 9 a. m 10 a. m 11 a. tn 13 in 1 p. in 2 p. m 3 p. rn 4 p. m 6 p. m ... 6 p. m 7 d. m S P. m 4 Comparative Local Record. 1313. Mli 1911. U!C. Highest yesterday M ' 74 U Lowest yesterday 44 45 U a Mean temperature 1 6S Ti Precipitation -W .00 Temperature and precipitation tfepai- tures from the normal; Normal temperature i5 1 Ua Am, "N A it onnai prcvii'iiauuu w Tviiflc.ioncy for the day 03 Inch Precipitation slnco March 1... .20.CS Inches (Deficiency since March 1 6.07 Incites (Deficiency cor. period 1812 2.18 Inches IDeflclency cor. period 1911.... ,14.00 Inches Reports from Station nt T I, 31. Station snd State Temp. High- Rain- of weatner. i p. ra. est. rail, Cheyenne, part cloudy.... IS Davenport, cloudy 09 Denver, clear 44 3)es Moines, cloudy CO lender, clear 41 44 3 U G2 to it U u 44 S3 64 oO fi Korth Platte, cloudy 44 Omaha, cloudy 4J 1'ueDlo, ciouuy , w lt-ild City, cloudy IS alt Lake City, clear 4S Banta Fe, cloudy 64 Uheridan, clear 43 Bloux City, rain M Valnntlne. cloudy 44 GO 'T Indicate irace oi prccipiiauon. L. A. WELSH, Loca-i Xi'orvcastu- &usmH DAKOTA WOMEN'S RUSH FOR LAND KEEPS UP Seventy-Five Hundred Take Chance at Broken Bow. PRINCE OF MONACO WITNESS Watches Crowd Scramble for Seals on Car aa lie Travels Through from Ills limit In Northrreet. BROKEN DOW, Neb.. Oct. 15.-(Spe- clal Telegram.)-The twenty-four hours ending at i o'clock this afternoon h been the heaviest day for registration since the first rush, J.1S3 peoplo register ing during- that time. This makes a iotul registration of 7,612. During four hours ot Ue forenoon 1,200 pooplo passed through the registration booth. . t .L- I. Trains on tho Burlington during the night and this momlng brought In ap proximately 1,400 people and automobiles from different parts o fthe state and county brought In several hundred more. One hundred and fifty cars arrived from out of town during the forenoon, 102 ar riving within two hours. These were all loaded down with applicants for registra tion. The new court house has been thrown open to tho public and Is used to toko care of the overflow, while those who do not care to patronize restaurants and hotels for meals find accommodations In the large basement of one of tho city churches, which has been fitted up as dining room. The train crews are all registering and .some of the officials of tho road. While on a tour of Inspection General Superintendent Young, Superin tendent WeUlcnhamer and Train Master Nebon left their special long enough to go across town nnd drop In their en velopes. His highness, the prince of Monaco, ac companied by General Passenger Aucnt Wakcley, arrived tonight .and mode a short' stop here. Tho prince scorned to take qulto an Interest In the crowd of land seekers who were piling Into tho special coaches, but declined to prolong his stay long enough to visit the registra tion booth. Keeps Up nt North Nntte. NOTITH PLATTE, Neb.. Oct. 16.-epo- clal Telegram.) During" the last twanty four hours ending at 4 p. m. today, 2.1M persons registered here for homestead lands In Nort Platto forest reserve and iFort Niobrara reservation, making a total In this city of 9,128. This' registra tion makes North Platte the leading city In the number registered of the thre places where registrations may be mado for these lands. Every train from tho east carries extra cars crowded with ap plicants for these homesteads and after every train several hundred aro registered at booths. Westbound trains also bring many homeseckers from western Ne- The "Lincoln highway Is certainly he lm dedicated by automobile traffic foi a continuous stream of autps loaded Vl'h botneseekem la pourlr hits this bityat all hours. . Many soldiers . have agents register .for them, as this does riot .require, them to apply in pefkon,, aHhoutrh the ajrertt has to do"1 bo; Frequently Tfegrp, porters race to registration booths from .trains sad register while engines ire being changed at this terminal. Registration for these lands will con Unite until midnight of October 25. Amerioan Balloon Crosses Into England BRIDLINGTON, England. Oct. lSThe American balloon, Goodyear; one of the contestants in the International race, for the James Gordon Bennett cup, in wnicn representatives of eight nations started from Paris on Sunday, had an adventur ous journey. The balloon, wltti the pilots, Ralph A. D. Preston and. Ralph H. Upson, on board, landed near Flamborough Ilead, on the North sea, within 900 yards of the edge of the dangerous' Bompton cliffs, which fall sheer into the sea. When the Goodyear left Paris on Sun day the "weather was haxy and there was scarcely any wind. The balloon drifted across central Franco In the di rection of the English channel. The coast was reached In the neighborhood of Cherbourg at midnight on Monday. The wind then freshened and the aeron autlcs sighted Southampton at 3 o'clock on Tuesday. Then began a northward drift, but the wind later Increased to halt a gale, and Mr. Upson decided that It was unwise to continue further. SELECT MEMBERS OF PHILIPPINE COMMISSION WASHINGTON. Oct. 15. President Wilson and Secretary Garrison today se lected the following Filipinos to be mem bers of the Philippine commission: Ylctorlno Maps, Jaime C. De Veyra, Vlncente Ilustre, Vincents Stngson. Mapa will be secretary of finance and Justice. The fifth Filipino commissioner will be Rafael Palms, who since 1906 has been the only native on the commission. His resignation was not accepted. The designation of five natives gives majority control In the committee of nine and marks the first step In the SO J policy of the Wilson administration aim fi ! lng at self-government and ultimate In dependence for the Philippines. Governor General Harrison recommended the na tive commissioners, stating that they were among the most prominent and best educated of the Islanders. The names of the new commissioners will go to the sen ate tomorrow. CLUBS MEET AT YANKTON YANKTON, B. D Oct. 15. (Bpeclat)- The .State Federation of Women's Clubs of South Dakota, is, in session here for three days, with a large attendance of club women from all over the state Mrs. Anna Pennybacker, Austin, Tex. national president; Mrs. Frances D Keefe. WalthlU, Neb., secretary, and Mrs. Frank White, Valley City, N. D.. are three national officers present Mayor BL T- White extended the welcome for the city and Mrs. T. A. Harmon the welcome for the Nineteenth Century club ot Yankton, Dinners, receptions, ad dresses and business sessions are In progress. KIEV RITUAL MURDER TRIAL IS CONDEMNED House of Deputies of Episcopal Con vention Adopts Resolution to Suoh Effect, AFFEAIS TO RUSSIAN CHURCH' Similar Charges Made in Early Days Against Chri?tianity. STEPS TO AMEND PRAYER BOOS Jews Classed in it with "Infidels, Turks and Heretios." SOCIAL SERVICE BOARD MEETS Reslsrnntton of Three Members Ao- cepted by Bishops Tvro Retire Uecanse of Aire, Third to Ac cept Unlrerslty Post. NEW YORK, Oct. IS. Tho ritual mur der trial at KleV, Russia, was con demned In a resolution adopted today by the houso of deputies, the Joint clerical and lay body of the Protestant Episcopal church nt the triennial general conven- tloa The Episcopalians also took steps to amend their prayer book by ellmlnat ing the passage In the good Friday colleot where Jews are classed with "innaeis, Turks and heretics." In presenting the resolution regarding lho Kiev trial Rov. Dr. Manning, rector of Trinity church, N, Y., said: Jews in this city are deeply moved by this matter. Jewish brethren nave asseu me to bring before this convention a pro test voicing the sentiments contained in a petition signed In England by the archbishop of Canterbury and by many hiahnm. elehrr aJid laymen ot tne church.". Tho resolution sold: Tho Resolution. "Wo call upon tho archbishops, bishops and other members of the holy orthodox eastern church of Russia to make formal pronouncement that charges of so-canea 'ritual murders aro without lounoauon or Justification in the teachings and prao tlce of the religion of Israel." "We remind them that In the early days of Christianity similar charges were made by Ignoronco and superstition against our own most holy religion. The committee on prayer cook oi tne Iiouh of demitlea reported favorably on a proposition to .amend the third colleot ha the good Friday service by omitting the words "all Jews, Infidels, Turks and ,'heretlcs" from the general prayer for humanity. Consideration of the commit too' s reporb was -postponed,- however, to permit- dlstusMon regarding a 'further amendment which proposed that this payfcf'.be offered for Vth ancient Jews and aU ttfeW'CV ' . ' r " -Keporf Accepted. The, report, ot tho commllon of,ati arid' order was aooeflteav ftftu n j.'wes voted that the commission be Incbrpor ated so that It might be free to receive VtijUMts of money. The social service commission roei 10- day with Bishop Lawrence of Mas sachusetts In the chair ana aiscussea, "co-operation with secular ' agencies" and "education for social service." Th commission held a mass meeting tills evening In the Cathedral of St. John the Divine when, addresses were delivered on "The Church and tie Social Movement." Three of the Western bishops went into the financial districts this afternoon and preached nt the comer of Wall and Broad streots where Dr. Wilkinson, known as the "bishop of Wall street," has been holdlnK services for the last nine years. The bishops who spoke at Dr. Wilkinson's invitation wero: James R. Winchester of Arkansas. James B, Funet'on of Idaho and George Bescher of western Nebraska. IlealKnatloua Accepted. The house ot bishops accepted the res- limation. of tlireo of Its members. The Right Rev. Lemuel Wells, missionary blshoD of Spokane, and the Right Rev. William Crane Gray, missionary bishop of southern Florida, retired on account of age. The Right Rev. Albion Williamson Knight, missionary bishop of Cuba, gave up active service in the church to be come capital vice chancellor of the Unl- erlty of the South at Sewanee, Tcnn. Profits and Pensions for Traction Men ATLANTIC CITT,, N. J., Oct. 15. Wei fare of employes and profit sharing among the men who run the cars were discussed today, In the annual convention of the American Eleetrlo Railway asso elation. The committee on welfare of em ployes recommended sick and death ben' fits, Insurance, pensions, accident, bene fits, profit sharing, savings funds,, loan funds, merit system of rewards and the maintenance of social clubs and said: 'In our opinion, we must acknowledge that If a man gives the best years of his life to an Industry he has some right to expect that Industry to provide for his sustenance when his days as a producer have passed." The recommendations made, the com mittee said, are based not on philan thropy or charity, but on the econotcal advantages to be .gained by the .company Itself. Every effort must be made to se cure continuity of service among em ployes If economical results are to be at tained, the report added. Government Files Brief in Lumber Case WABHINOTON, Oct. 15.-The govern ment filed Us brief in the Lumber trust case today in the supreme court. It was prepared by G. Carroll Todd, assistant to th attorney general, and marks another stage In the action under the Sherman antl-trust law against a number of as soclations of retail lumber dealers. The associations are appealing from the southern district court of New York, which held the retailers to be violators of the anti-trust law and enjoined tho further distribution of blacklists against wholesalers who sell directly to consumers. No B (if u. '. , aiv Drawn for The Bee by Powell. TWENTY-NINE MINERS ALIYE Rescue Parties at Cardiff in Touch with Entombed Men. ARE SHUT IN THE GALLERY Thsr Blsrnal that Party of Fifteen Man "Was. Cans; lit 'Farther In, bat All Probably Are Dead. CAjRDTW, "WsIs.i 'Oct. 15.-ReSculrig raH-cxrchlrvr-f art hr-$ miners still taUmilied In 'the UnivefiAl'bolllery got tettMo irfioHiy 'lifter noon today with a party of rwenty-ntn mm shut In one of the galleries by a'fall-of coal. They signaled that anblhsr group of fifteen of their comrades'tiadi been closed In further alOng the gallery, but that they probably wero dead, .Altogether about i COO of the 031 men were rescued ,yeterday, and today.'s dis covery of further parties of living men give rise to hopes sthnt -.the fatalities would -hot be so numerous as at first supposed. Expert Predicts High Price of Meats Will Kise Still Higher WASHINGTON, Oct. 15.-Bmall cheer for tho housekeepers' already depleted purses Is held out by the experts of the Department of Agriculture, who today announced' that food crops and meats were scarce. As a result the "high cost of living" may be more altltudlnous than ever. Combined estimates of the crops that go to make up the food supplies of the American table are discouraging, while the price of meat animal on Bep. tember 1 was far In excess of the figures for the lsst two years. "The high cost of meat Is a serious reality," said J. M. Pickens of the bureau of animal Industry, "and It Is now ob vious that the rise In prices in recent years Is the natural result of an actual shortage In production. It is, evident slso that the country 1s feeling an era of short production of meat and that constructive means must be adopted If the American appetite for this class of food is to be supplied," Little hope for lower prices In meat through the competition of meats from Argentina, Australia and other beef pro ducing countries Is seen by the experts, who declare that, with the free markets of England and other countries open to It "meat can hardly be more plentiful and cheap In this country." equally pessimistic views are enter tained with regard to the cotton crop, wnicn is tne poorest of any In th last ten years, with one exception. Thus, It is said mournfully, less clothing may accompany the necessity of more meager menus 1n the immediate future. Two Men JJrowned on Cape Cod Coast ThVZtI;HHUJfl:h d The storm that has lashed the Cape Cod coasi since .nonaay nigni increased In fury today. The wind held northeast and blew fifty miles an hour. Further dam age to shipping was reported snd two lives were lost here this morning when a barge broke away from Its tug. Nine tugs which left here with twenty-seven barges coal laden Monday came back Into the bay. A four-masted schooner was reported In distress nrsr Pollock Rip. CRANBERRY CROP IS HIT HARD BY SNOW STORM MIDDLKBORO, Mass., Oct 15. Th Plymouth county cranberry crop Is hard hit by the snow storm yesterday. Grow ers estimated today that 0,000 barrels of unpicked berries In the bogs In this vicin ity, were spoiled. More Cadet Sponsors The National Capital Wednesday, October 7.B, 181S .' The. ftsnafe. Not In session: meets tomorrow. Ranking committee continued hearings on currency bill. Foreign relations committee discussed the Mexican situation. The lions. Met st noon! After unsuccessful fight for a. quorum, Democtstlc Lesder Under- vtnnA attkrtit far an a rtwtmstit fsr ad liurnmsnts three, days at a tm, but was blacked by Republican Ludsr Msiw. f SHIPPM& REBAtE Wfli SlM y . Underwopd Sees President About ' Clause 'in Tariff Bill. NO ATTEMPT TO REPEAL IT Other Nations Favor Their Otto Shipping and Itlarltt to Do Will Rn Threshed Ont la Diplomatic Channels. WASHINGTON. Oct.' 15. Representa tive Underwood, an early White House caller today, defended the 5 per cent clause ot the tariff law giving a dls. count to Imports tn American ships by declaring It was merely a return to the original democratic doctrine of Madison and Jefferson and would rehabilitate the American merchant marine, "I am' not hunting a trade war," said Mr. Underwood, "but the president has the right to cancel any trade agreements we have that may conflict with the pro vision. The 6 per cent clause Is not nearly so delicate as the maximum and minimum provision of the Payne-Aldrich law, I don't believe In subsidies. The shipper of merchandise under this sr. rnngement would get the 5 per cent re duction and the ship owner would benefit by the Inoreaae of buslnsss, both of which objects are desirable." Mr. Underwood declared that before the bill became a law he had acquainted President Wilson with those views, and that since the signing of the measure the president had not Inquired of him about the subject. Mr. Underwood said he was not speaking for the president, Mr. Underwood expressed the opinion that there would be no trade war Inas much as many foreign countries had dis criminated In favor of their own shipping, Later It became known President 'Wll- son held practically the same view of to his bed last Sunday. He was presl the situation as did Mr. Underwood and den of Creighton university from 1891 that the whole matter would be threshed out In diplomatic channels Instead ot by any effort to repeal or modify the law. Outside Aid is Needed at Nome NOMI5 Alaska. Oct. 1-Captaln Bal- Inger of the Un ted State, cutter -JOw Informed the cltlsen.' relief committee yesterday ;he would advise h . depart. ment at Wa.hlnUon that additional re- lief was urgently needed hero for suf- forers from the recent storm and flood. At the meeting It was shown that COO or P-P; including many women an7, ! , d ' wero de,tltute Wuh no shelter children, wero for the winter. Bo far only 110,000 for the relief fund has been received from the outside. All of this has been disbursed. The com mittee Is at the end of Its resourced and Is unable to provide further relief with out outside, aid. Prospectors are arriving dolly from th interior to find their homes have been destroyed by the storm. MORGAN'S BRITISH ESTATE PAYS MILLION TAXES LONDON, Oct. 15. The will of the 1st J. Plerpont Morgan was probated here today. His estate in the British Isles amounted to S3,ft9.ti5. The government will receive about 3960,000 In death dutlts. ' MAY NOT QUESTION RATES Webster Argues Water Board Has Absolute Authority, FIGHTING THE R0SEWATER SUIT Contests Qf forts of t Rdltor ot Th Bee to Kayo tha Water Rates LemrreA for the Omaha CenSnmera, That the Water W'rd has abtolut power' 16 Ytk bW;"!' "cohtoumer" na; no more riglil Vt nfva hi i;en slries-bf Its fhsrres passed upon by the courts than a serf to' question the authority' of the czar of Rdssla was tho theme of the argument made tb Judge English of the district court whan hear Ihg was begun on a demurrer filed by (he board. The Water .board finally has been brought Into court to, contest tho sujt brought by Victor Roaowater to force Water rates down to' X cents per i.OO) 'cuhlo feet, after considerable delay and' spurring for time on the. part of Ule defendant board. Attorney John L. Webster for tho Water board consumed the morning ses sion in an argument to the' effect that tho court has no Jurisdiction In the case, and asserted that the legislature had given to the board the tight to charge what It might please, regardless of tho opinions of all other persons. He ad mitted that It Mr. Rosewater had charged fraud or Improper motives on the part of the members of the board the court Vrould have the right to grant a hearing, but said that because Mr. Hosewater'had refrained from Itijccllng such charges Into suit, h had deprived himself of re dress In the courts. 1 Attorney Stanley Rosewster, who re plied yesterday sftemoon, contended that the editor of Th Use, -a a taxpayer and patron of the water works, Is en titled to havs the reasonableness of the rales .passed upon by. the courts. It Is (Continued on Page Two.) Former Creighton Head Dies at Chicago Rev. James ,F. X. Hoeffer, 8, J., a former president of Creighton university, died Jn Chicago Tuesday evening. Death was the outcome of a stroke of cerebro- . apoplexy which brought Father Hoeffer to 1894, and during his tenue of office Creighton Medical school and the Creigh ton Memorial hospital were established. Since his departure from Omaha, Father Hwefer has been president of Bt Louis university, St. Louis, Mo., and of St Ignatius college, Chicago, 111. At the time of his death he was pastor of the Baared Htart church, Chicago. Father reb m2( ftnd recelvfU n , caHon Bt. yl cole(B of that c and at Woodtook mn Woodstock, M administrative ability, Wft , oratorlca, Dow.ri ; orfttor'cal Pwer- REPORT SHOWS METHODIST MINISTERS NOT HIGHLY PAID WASHINGTON, Oct 15-More than 3.000 Methodist ministers tn the United States preach and work the year around for less than $KO each This was the re port of the bureau of austentatlon today when the board of managers of the Methodist Women's Homo Mlsslonory so ciety began Its thirty-second annual meet ing here. The bureau lamented that such a state of affairs could exist 'In this most highly favored land at this time of high cost of living." In her annual address Mrs. George O. Robinson of Detroit, president of the hoard, denounced the law recently passed in Florida prohibiting whites from teach ing negroes and negroes from 3 teaching whites. SCORES TRAPPED IN A COMPARTMENT OF BORNE STEAMER DIE Between Eighty and Ninety Passen gers on Volturno Caught in lioitt as Result of Blast. ALL OF THEM LOSE THEIR LIVES Either Perish at Once or Are Burned Alive. THIRD OFFICER TELLS STORY Brought to Now York on Steamer Grosser JS.unuersi. FLAMES FANNED BY THE GALE Blase Cnnsrd- by Explosion of a I) mm Contnlnlnsr Chemicals or Oil In Forward Tart of the Ship. vmv vnnK. OoL 15. Between eighty and ninety passengers on the Volturno' were trapped In compartment xio. i uT the first explosion on the fateful mom lng and either perished nt once or were burned alive This news was brought to port today with the docking of tho Grosser Kurfuerst, bearing 1 survivors of tho dlsastor. It came from tho lips of Waldron Dlsselman. third officer of the Volturno, one ot the rescued. The Grosser Kurfuerst docicea in Hoboken this afternoon. Committees os the Red Cross and Jewish organisations and friends and relatives or tno ueau. and living awaited Its coming. Ten auto mobiles and an ambulance, wero on hand to bring the unfortunates to places ox temporary refuge In Manhattan. Ksploston Caose of Fire. In broken English Dlsselman. a quiet- mannered man of about 36 yars. told of his experience during the eighteen hours he was aboard ths fire-swept vessel. The cause of tho fire he established as an explosion of a drum containing chem icals or oil In the forward part or tno vessel. "I was JUBt going to tha bridge," h said, Vwhsn the first explosion occurred. The Volturno trembled as If It had been struck by a heavy shell. Almost Imme diately other drums began to explode. There was a rapid fire of explosions that sounded like cannonading. "Captain Inoh was on 'the bridge. Z heard him shout out to man the life boats. The passengers eame running In panlo to the decks. The sailors sprang to the davits. A gal was howling and the seas wsrd sweeptnr In great rollers' around us. The passengers crowded Athe M4i.fc th,thf VH&m, cttlA iswerlmr the Vests. . Mesnttms kHa! I drums and M4s ef efesMieale were pledtng ly the a4sn every1 minute. Ko one thoUfrlit the sMp MUM last flvs minutes. t4 Fans Kins. Flames swept up from No. 1 comparU ment forward' and leaped to the fore castle. Within a few minutes it ws biasing. Tha gals fanned the blase. "A boat was lowered and made away. It seemed as If It would capslxe every minute.' We lost It time after time In the trough of the sea. Another was smashed against the davits before It could be lowered. The carpenters' boat, filled with men, women and children put cff. Each boat required a complement of sailors to man It, and as each got away It left us with fewer men to lower the remaining boats. "I helped lower tha third officer's boat When It struck the water, a heavy sea hit It and swept several ot the women overboard. The chief officer was swept overboard, too, but he held on and climbed back. I saw him take out an oar to steer the boat away from the ship ss It was In danger of breaking to pieces against the Volturno at any moment. He used the oar to advantage and tba boat drifted away. "Ths fourth officers boat was lowered next. About twenty-five passengers wera In It We. let It down clear ot the ship and I saw it far away about ten min utes afterward. That was the last ttmo that boat was ever seen, so far as I know. "I rsn to the starboard and sav an other boat full of people. We did not lower that, however, as the captain snld that the sea was too high and that n boat could not live In it. I turned around and saw the carpenterfs boat floatlrur 100 yards or so away. It was bottom up. ' Rxplnslons Dylno; Down. "Then, I went to boat No. C, as ths csptaln said we might try to lower that. Meantime the explosions were dying (Continued on Page Two.) "Just as Good Won't Do, Mr. Retailer! To tho man who knows what he wants, you can't offer a sub stitute and persuade him to take it. rour substitute maybe and probably is all right, but the customer doesn't know it, ano you can't blame him for insist ing on having the kind ho knows about and believes in. This is tbe day of advertise mejnt readers. Men and women take their newspapers home with them and keep posted on the things they buy. You need have no fear of pushing the articles of general distribution that are advertised lni the columns of Tbe Bee. Meet half way the public de mand created by tbe manufac turer who uses newspaper ad vertising'. It will briac you more business and greater profits. JJ