THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, SATURDAY, MAY . : 25, 1912, in oF THE ICE FIELDS OFF NEW. ; . FOUNDLAND : m-- Was the Steamship Titanic--Some \of the Historic Disasters of the Last Seventy-five Years, The Titanic stands thirtieth in the lint of death ships of the summer ice field of Newloundiand. The 1,635 names on the roster of her misiing brought the toll of victims up to ar The material value of herseli brought 4 the property loss es a ns over the banks to $150, 50,800,000 story hat is So. ap in ay has been writing for just y-five years. There had been no live in six years before the ic went down, and in the three years immediately preceding there had but two vessels lost, excluding ug schooners and fishing smacks must always take chances. tic exploration has bared many secrets of the yearly south- movement of ice from Green and Gerard Land, The hy- ie i Unit perfected bulle that keep both nations in daily tous with conditions over the he athe Wireless telegraphy © hea extended the system to the sea itsell," 'and only deliberate adventure should bring disaster in the future, British Heghnent Lost, The first great disaster caused by doh 1% ooturred in 1837. The irapsport Albeurs, bearing a it ftom the garrison al Que D "had me hee wy down the 51 resumption of svigation AE 0 soe nit when e struck a berg that had come ¥ etween Labrador and NN The Albeura sank be- boats could be launched and pons 1 he Du 8 ator the steamer n- - Ee Wpeing got farther into afd farther to the south, Hl Bk i; Fier get Of the 292 left on dog Ih he suLyivors of star Yutffn Prost they' fied, the pth suc Bed 1866, the Collins Yeti oa rom Liverpool for York wilh he rom on hoard Ko 'diredt word was ever receive of 4 why hind cleared port, + but was reason to believe that she viothin fo the ice over the "of 'the Grand bsuks, Intitud. hn north, itude _ 50 west, Her , at least, been in the list vietitn ever sin. i "later, on Tune "Tat, 1861 6 at, first of foe 1s line's Alanis ships, loft: Quebec for Three days afterwards, reached a point "0% Ea rk of elle 2s Isle strait, J struck "a sunken <field of - a ar pines" jo 1 a 1 th hy a bumaing ie Be | Indian, hit a wgrawler," as bergs aie called when they have melted pearly down to the water line. The Indian remsined afloat for more than an hour, and in thattime all but twenty-two of her 300 passen- gers and crew got away to safety. In 1863 the City.of Glasgow was sunk by a berg over the "tail" of the banks at a fost of 480 lives, and in 1871 the City of Boston went down with 191 within a few miles of the same spot. For three years after that time there was no great disaster, but in 1874 the freighter Ronald struck & berg and sank before the thirty-five members of her crew could make even an attempt to escape. On May 25, 1875, the Vicksburg, of the Mississipi line left Montreal with cattle and freight for Liver pool. At Quebec twenty-eight pas- songers were taken oh board, and the voyage continued without inci- dent for five days. On May 30th, the Vicksburg fell in with icebergs, and in an attempt to clear them steamed due south until midnight. Then she struck, and it was found that the blades of her propeller were gone while on the port side the ice hammered away her plates until she begun to fill. Eight hours later the Vicks- burg sank when 120 miles south- east of 8t. John's. Of her company saventy-one lost their lives, and of the twelve survivors nine were members of the crew. The spring of 1882, with the ex- ception of that of 1903, was the worst for icebergs since records of the north Atlantic have been kept, it is said. The bergs were of exceptional size, and the floating ice which surrounded them was of great 'thickness. The gulf of St Lawrence was blocked by the move- ment, and perhaps twenty schoon- ers were caught in the jam. Their danger was grave at all times, but none were lost. p-- Many Steamships Crippled. March saw the situation over the banks become very critical. The steamship Rialto, from Hull to New York, was caught in the flow of ice over the forty-seventh parallel of longitude on Feb. 27th, and had to sail' 200 miles to the south with both bows stove in and ber forward compartments filled before she could continue to New York, where ghe arrived on Ma=ch 8th. During that month the steamers Herman, Sheldon and Limosa limped into New York badly damaged. In Ap- rl the steamship Rampur was tow- ed in by the Mary Toniza, and the Hermod followed on April 17th; After having sailed 1,100 miles with her old full of water. --s That year took heavy tolls of lives, besides the damage done to shipping. The City qf Limerick went down with 175 souls on board find the City of London was Jost with 160. The Titania carried 180 to their death. Irv 1884 the Sirius was wrecked by an. iceberg at a cost of forty-two lives and the Ontario with eighteen. In 1886 the Princess was lost with eight and in 1891 the Snowbird with twenty-one and the Zebra with seventeen. In 1898 the Nar- onic was lost, her name being set down on the list with' the Georgia, lost in 1897; the Huronian, lost in 1902; the Lucerne lost in 1904, and the Athos, lost in 1906, the five carrying down with them more than 1,000 people, although it has never been possible to arrive at any accurate estimate. In the year of the Georgia's loss the Valliant went down with sev- irk double cooker, add one salt Then Slowly % stir in one cup of the new food- half Jtea-spoonful enty-one on board. Two hundred members of the party belonging to the sealer Greenland were lost vn & tice that was broken away by a berg from the ice surrounding their ship, and when rescue came forty- wiglt ¢f them nad perished. On Nov. 30th, 1899, the Fern- dale was carried down by a berg. and seventeen of her crew of thir ty-one were lost. In 1898 the Gib raltar was lost, and in 1901 the Pioneer, the two disasters costing over a hundred lives. In 1903 the Helen Stone went down with a loss of twenty-five. ------ * Some Thrilling Escapes. Some of the escapes of these years were thrilling. In February, 1890, the liner Amsterdam had to go south for 180 miles to escape an ice pack, and the Bexetér City 174 miles. Bergs were sighted in the north Atlantic in each of the twelve months of that year. In 1896, 300 bergs were reported at New York during March, 500 during April, and 2,524 during May and June. In 1879 the Zaandam was held fast for five days in an ice pack over the banks. In the second week of March, 1903, the Pandosia snd Siberian brought word to New York of having made their 'way along a procession of bergs 150 miles in ex- building are are being tent, THe first week in April eighty steamers reported bergs at this | port--239 of them altogether, i Two of the escapes that seamen best remember were those of the Ari- | zona and Normannia. The Arizona in 1879 hit a berg while going at a speed of eighteen knots. She suc- | ceeded in geting back to St. John's | with 200 tons of ice on her decks. The Normannia then of the Ham- burg-American line, but later I.'Aquitaine of the French line, on May 31, 1890 came up a berg in water that had been clear for many miles. The berg was sighted so abrupt- ly that a collision was averted only by reversing one screw while the other raced ahead. In this way it was possible to turn the Normannia in half her length. A woman reached over the rail and touched the berg as the ship swung round. Curiously enough, the Normanria was on her maiden trip when she had this extraordinary experience. CONCERNING THE SCHOOLMARM The Woman Who is Doing a Pat- riotie Service. Junday School Times. "Whospever . . teach ... . shall be called great," (v. 19). Yes, Miss Bunday-school- teacher, that méans you. yes, pio- fessor, you dear old fellow, that means you. Get hold of this, John XV., 16. The best book for many a day is the "Life of Alice Freeman Palmer," by her husband, Professor Palmer of Harvard. <The greatest business in this queer old world is that of helping folks into the right way through it. When you not the splendid manhood of Americans (a woman can safely go anywhere) take off your 'hat to the American "schoolmarm." When you see the chilren of the Hunkiés, Polaks, Dagos, etc, budding into fine young Americans, take off your hat to .ue "schoolmarm." Some day at'eha a "Teachers' Institute" and size up the bright women you will find there. 1 think you will get a revel- ation. Almost every 'one of those teachers is a godly woman stand- ing for all that is highest and best in our land. Thousands of them algo teach in the Sunday-school. Patriotism can never pay the debt due to the American school teacher. The old fellow who died in Phila- delphia the other day, leaving his millions to take care of wornout school teachers, knew what he was about. School teachers, read the réference ain. That means you. What do youl want? Ask for it. ------------------ Shall the Presidency be Bought? New ork World The Primary . laws as they pow stand are an open invitation to the buying and selling of the presidency. The republican presidential primaries in Pennsyfvania cost $2,000,000. In Allegheny countv alone the Taft managers spent 367,283 and the Roose- velt people $31,344, a total of $98. 627. This sum represents nearly a dolls and a half apiece for every blican vote in the county. New York county the Roosevelt people spent nearly for every vote they 'polled. Nobody knows what they spent in Maryland, but the Taft managers have charged that the negro volte in Baltimore was pur- chased for Roosevelt. What will be spent by the Taft and Roosevelt forces in Ohio there is no means of estimating, and the total corruption fund will never be known. Resent Italians' Expulsion. Rome, May 25.--The Italian news- r's are v bitter in connection what they term the deplorable Bein of the Tuckish government to | Italians. «shall , . . contrary to all international law. The Yita says that Turkey is mistaken il she' thinks she will be able to stop Italy by "a violent and odious cree. We have 'he Mesnag calls it the ven le Nomis aul it he isd NEED FOR DRY DOCKS BEING CONSIDERED BY HON. F. D. MONK. Immense Structures are an Absolute Necessity at Every Big Canadian Port Within a Few Years Ottawd, May 25.---The developmen: of Canada's natural harbor, and the necessity of providing adequate laeili- ties to meet the requirements of the larger vessels now mn commision or the iwo subjegts which most earnes considered by the minister of public' works, Hon. F. D. Monk. With a view to grappling with question in an effective manner HON. F. D. MONK. the the ing dry-docks is between 700 ou Sta) fect, but the development in the size of ships renders these docks unfit for use. Docks of 1,150 jeet will be re- nuired at 8 very near date, the largest being constructed with a view to docking one or more vessels at the same tune. TWO YEARS SUFFERING. Brought on by a Severe Strain How a Cire Was Found. Joesph Stephens, Rosemount, Ont. is one of the great host who continu- ally sound the praises of Dr. Williams' Fink Pills, ana he has much reason to do so as they brought him trom saficring to healih, after he had spent much money and two years of time SSpesimenting with other treatments. Sk tells his experience as on : "In the month of January, 1908, while working in a logging camp at Creston, B.C., 1 got my bdck badly injured. I suffered & great deal of tia and was almost helpless. 1 tried choy thinking they would help me, but they were of no use. I took sev eral medicines, equally without bene- fit. Then 1 was advised to try elec trical treatment and did so for a time, but without getting any perma wut relief, and it began to look as though I was going to be permanently onp- pled. Then I was advised to undergo treatment with a specialist at Spo- kane, Wash. After examining me he said I was in a very bad shape and that the trouble was likely to result in Bright's disease. However, he told me that he felt sure he could eure mo. At a heavy expense I was under his treatment for three monthe, but did '| pot get the least benefit. 1 was al- most in despair; work was plentiful and wages good; but I could ' pot work, as 1 was quite unable to bend. I was in this condition for about twe years, when my brother, who was with me all the time, came across one of Dr. Williams' pamphlets and read of the great work Dr. Williams' Pink minister has collected It is computed that on the St. rence there are at present twenty five vessels visiting Quebec and Mon: treal, that could not be dry-docked at any of these ports in case of dent: This state of afinirs assumes a deeper gravity in view of the large ships under construction or for the St. the principal Canadian At present the Allan line two new ships, the Alsatian and Alby nian, each with 17,000, greate r than any Gther vessels Quebec and Montreal. The information hands shows that Canadian ocear ports on the. Atlantic, as compare with' New York and Boston in regard to ship repairing facilities, are far behind. Considering the rapid develop- ment of Canadian trade and the in now ing at Uaonadian quaey of ports New: York, including Hoboken . yards, docks, three the United States government; floating docks of 200 tons, tony, hiting capacity, railways of 150 to ity. Prooklyn, anc two of which are owned by the ernment,' and five marine tons. Montreal has two docks; small dry struction. At Quebec, and two gridirons. of the St. Lawrence river a large dry dock & under contempiation.: has one govéermment dry-dock, . anc capacity. St Bul even in great facilities tic steamers calling that 'could not be dry-docked docked in the port of New York. The Saving for a "Rainy Day" There are few things in life as ceviain as that hat the "vainy day" will come. The "rainy day" usual- ly comés when least ex- pected. In such a case of what dise is an investment for a "rainy day" means putting your spare money into something that will be a reliable support when everything else has fajled, Putting money away in secret hiding is meither safe nor profitable, for one information which supplies some startling details. Law- aeei: projected Lawrence river route, and ocean ports. is building a gross tonnage of by almost 3,000 tons visiting in the minister's creising number of large vessels call: the inade- dry-dock and repair equip- ment is emphasized to a large extent, has five large dry- of which are owned by forty to 1,500 and nine marine 1,000 tons eapac- "At Boston there are five dry-doecks, * gov- railways, varying in capacity from 300 to 2,000 to. which is to be added soon a large floating dock now under con- there is to be found one government dry-dock, three small floating docks, one patent slip, On the Levis side Halifax four patent slips of 150 to 3,000 tons . John has three gridirons and a large dry-dock is also proposed. New York with her under existing condi tions there are seventeen trans-Atlan- at New York any: where in the United States and thirty: five steamers that could not be dry: prevailing length of the large exist- = Pills were doing. He urged me to ry them, but 1 thought it would he use- other treatments had failed. He in- sisted, however, and got a dozen boxes of the Pills and 1 began to take them. lefore 1 had used a half dozen boxes 1 felt relief, and 1 continued taking the Pills until every pain was gone, and I could raise my hands above my head and then bend until 1 could touch my toes with my fingers, something I had not been able to do for over two years. My rades, and you may them what brought it about. I am in the ¢ountry and 1 owe it all"to Pr. _ Wiliams' Pink Pills." {| mail 'at Sle. 'a Box or £2.50 from The Dr. William#® Medicine Co., Brookville, Ont. LORD MERSEY LONG JUDGE. Served Thirteen Years Bench Prior to 1910. i SIR JOHN CHARLES MERSEY, Sir John Charles Bigham, Lord Mer- sev, who is to head the court of in- quiry on the Titanic disaster, was created Baron Mersey in 1910. He was born August' '3rd, 13840, the son of John Bigham, a merchant of Liver- pool. He was educated at the Liver pool institute, later studying in Ber- lin and Paris. Admitted to the bar in 1870, he be- came a bencher of the middle temple in 1886. From 1595 to 1897 he served in parliament as a unionist from Liv- erpool. He was a member of the South African committee of the House of Commons just previous to his be ing made a judge. He was first a judge of the king's bench division of the high court of justice, serving twelye . years, until 1909. Then he became president of the probate divorce and admiralty divi- sion of the high court, serving one year. He was knighted when the judgeship was conferred upon him. WANT AN AMERICAN FORCE To Enjoy a Time in Cornwall in June. Col. 4° P. McMillan, Cornwall, is applying to the head officers of New York militia, stationed at Ma- N.Y., for a contingent of . their forces to come tn Cornwall aboiit the end of June when is to be celebrated (the battle of Ridegway, fought forty- #ix years ago, to join veterans on the occasion, The contin t ® could readily come to Sornwall by means of the Otiawa and New York railway and there is no idoubt their visit would be appreciated Jot oe Canadian Se. t citizens generally, w ould endeavi 3 HE 1 sf less to spend. more money after all the vestige of the cure was a great surprise to my com- be sure I told now as well and strong as any man 11 Sold hy all medigige dealers or by % hoxes.. for on King's BIGHAM, LORD CONTRACT RENEWED wird GOVERNMENT OF SAXONY. By the Crown Reserve--Through Treatment of Cobalt Ore, Saxony Smelters EKept From Closing Down. Cobalt, May 25.--There will be six cars of high-grade ore leave the Co alt camp thas vear for Germany. The Crown Heserve has renewed its con- tract with the government of Sasony to supply a car of pre every second month, the cars to average 102,000 ounces, of silver each, or 720,000 ounces for the year. This is the second year that this agreement between the nine and the Saxony government has obtained. The ore is supplied "to the royal smelters, which are maintained for benefit of the mines there. The Saxony mines are all low-grade pro positions now, and the pre is graded up with Crown Reserve product. Through the treatment of Cobalt ore ORE GOES TO GERMANY { " Famous for its Delicate Flavor" the Saxony smeiters have been vented from closing down. The price received for Crown Re serve silver 'in Saxony is a little higher than the'current New York bar silver quotations, approximately three fifths of a cent an ounce being added to cover the charges 6f shipping that distance. About one-fifth of the Crown Reserve's output for the year will 'go to Germany. During 1911 the mine produced 3,430,902 ousices, OYSTER MEN pre MEET. Efforts to Prévent Contamination ot the Product. New Haven, Conn., May 25.--The oyster growers and dealers, who 'are attending the conyention of the Oys- ter Dealers' © Asspeiation of North America, went out on a trip of in- spection on Long Island Sound this morning. Henry C. Rowe, who was elected president by the directors last night, said that he believed the asso- ciation would take a definite stand during the _gonvention to meet the at tacks upon the industry, made re cently. He believed that the sentiment of the members was to wage vigorous ly a campaign which will inform the wople that the vyster groweps are do- ng everything possible to prevent contamination of the product by de filed waters. GREAT GOLD RUSH, Prospector Has Mad Made Discoveries North of Massey. North Bay, May 25.-- Another gold rush {8 in full swing, following discoveries of gold and copper in the region north of Massey Station on the "Soo" branch of the C.P.R., by a prospector named Teasdale. Prospectors are floekifig® = in large numbers to 'the scene of the latest excitement, which entalls a 40. mile drive north of Massey to Whiskey Lake, then a canoe trip some miles further into the wilder: ness. Toonami A ROMANCE OF THEASEA, Midland Doctor Makes Conquest of Heroic Nurse. Montreal May 23.--With the in port a romance of the seas was revealed. Dr. Raikes, of Midland, Ont,, re- turning from a trip abroad, and Miss Hilda Hansen, who bad been a nurse in the South African war under General Badefi Powell, and was on her way to British Columbia met on board. The wedding has been set for August. Graves Plundered for Finery. London, Fngland," May 25.---The length to which a section of the Pot teries girls will. go to obtain finery was illustrated in° & case at Fenton police court, when two young girls were charged with stealing ribbons from wreaths on a new grave in the cemetery. The girls, who were caught in the act of taking the ribbon from the wreaths, were Bichon with a caution. Inquiries show that ribbon is stolen regularly from" the Potteries cemetery by girls, who use it to tie up their hair or decorate their dresses. Women's Nightdresses, §0c. Dut- ton's. Moonlight Bay was writtea by e Madden k Wearich the famous pro- ducers of sag hits. A ballad with sadppy melody and lyrics that every- Ask for "Mosalight Bay." ! sme PUBLISHED BY ee JEROME H. REMICK A conmany NEW YORK wie SaTROIY WEEK END SALE Special for Holidays " Regular 80c. Chocolates for 3% a Regular #0c. Chocolates for Zic. 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