THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 1912.
PAGE THREE
TITANIC DEATHS
SUSPICIOUS LEVITY.
CHINA'S FAMINE
, COST $181,11
AT ACUTE STAGE
2,000,000 Suffering and In
Danger of Starvation.
THE NEED OF FUNDS URGENT.
Do You want Electric Lights
in your home, boarding house or hotel? Iff so we
will put them in. Let me know how many and I
will tell you what it will cost. Electricity beats
Figures as Given Out by til
, Insurance Companies.
NE VICTIM GARRIEDS146f750
StOD
Look
Read
He Wa Herbert F. Chaffee of North
Dakota John B. Thayep Had $50,000
( In Life and $120,000 In Accident
( Policies Other Cases.
Iteports from tlio life lnsnrnnco com-
pnnlos ns to thdr losses by the Titanic
disaster nro published In tho Insurance
I'ress.
The total loss on the part of tho?
compauleH which hnvo mmlo up theii
figures COUH'S to S1.8S1.111 TllP North
western llutuul Life heads the 11m)
with $300,000. Ni xt come the Mnlim
Life with ?240.(Mi. the tiqultuhle Lifi
with $175,000. the I'enn Miitunl Slllil
000, tho Traveler $100,000, llie I'aeinV
Mutual S1OO.O00. the Mutual Hem-fit
$94,500. the Metropolitan Life SS1MKKI.
the Connecticut Mutual $00,000. the
iMnssachtiKctts Mutual Life S50.000. tin
Prudential ?M),OCO. the New York Life
?4 1,351, tho Gernianhi Life $.10,000. the
'State Mutual of Worcester SJIO.OOO. f u
Trovldcnt Life and Trust $27,000. the
Aetna IJfe $25,000. and tvt on down to
the Dominion Life of Waterloo, which.
like moot of the Canadian companies.
dost but a few thousands.
The larceet lnsnrnnco cirrli-rl !r n
single pas.enfier o board the Titanic
was on the life of Ilertwrt F. Chaffee
of North Dakota. His life was insured
for $140,750. The next largest was that
or John u. Thayer for $50,000. Mr.
Thayer also carried $120,000 worth of
accident Insurance.
Some Large Life Policies.
Some of the larfii-r life policies nnd
tho nnmes of those enrryins them fol
low:
Edcar J. Meyer. New York. $50,000.
George D. Wick, Youngstown, O.,
547,500.
Benjamin Guggenheim. New York,
525,000.
Charles M. Hays, $25,000.
William B. Silver. Duluth. $22,500.
Walter M. Clark, Los Angeles, Cal.,
520,000.
Isidor Straus, $20,000.
Walter C. Porter, Worcester, Mass.,
515,000.
Albert A. Stewart, $15,000.
John B. Comings, New York, $10,'
000.
Walter D. Douglas, Cedar Rapids,
la., $10,000.
.Arthur W. Newell, $10,000.
William T. Stead, London, $10,000.
Emll Taussig, New York, $10,000.
Henry B. Harris, New York, $5,448.
Major Butt, $2,000.
Accident Policies.
Reports from the accident insurance
companies show that these companies
lost a total of $1,583,000 on the Ti
tanic. The Travelers reports a loss of $1,-
000,000, the Aetna Life (accident) $200,
000 and the Standard Accident $100,
000. Tho biggest accident Insurance pol
icy was carried by Bmil Brandels of
Omaha, Neb., $175,000.
Some of tho others are Charles M.
Days, $80,000; Frank M. Warren, SGO,
000; Stephen W. Blackwell, Trenton,
N. J., $33,000, and Alexander T. Comp
ter, Jr., Lnkewood, N. J., $20,000.
Two policies of $5,000 each In the
Preferred Accident company became
$15,000 each under the triple indem
nity provision, whilo another policy In
the uamo company for $10,000 was
raised to $23000 by double Indemnity
and accumulations.
MR. TAR'S SUMMER PLANS.
Will Reopen Executive Offices In Bev
erly some Time In June.
The board of trade rooms in thn in.
eon building, Beverly, Mass., are to be
used again by President Taft for tho
execuOTo offloc force again this sum
mer. Secretary Hi lies wrote the board
officials recently asking if the rooms
could be had again this year, and ho
was told that the business men would
be pleased to extend the courtesy.
Two yoars ago Charles D. Norton,
then secretary to tho president, at
tempted to get away from the town na
rrating the Pickoring cottage In Lo
t irop street, but the plan proved such
an expensive one to tho members of
tho offlco force that It was abandoned
last summer, and tho board of trade
offices were taken again. Tho offices
will bo opened In June.
The Poabodv cotto L'o. PnrrnmnHn. In
Corning Btreet, the miinmer homo of
tho president and his family, Is to be
put In readiness for occupancy In June.
New gardens uro to bo laid about the
estate, and so too changes will bo made
about tho grounds.
HARVARD ELMS ALL TO GO.
Ancient Trees Will Be Replaced by
Hardy Red Oaks.
All tho famous elms In tho Harvard
Quadrangle aro to bo cut down this
Hummer and red oaks planted in their
places.
Tho elms, which have stood for many
years, aro practically worthless. 15x.
pcrta eay that they ore dying, and as
soon as tho students leave In June the
elms will, get the ax. Only a fow of
thoso ancient trees hare shown signs
of llfo this sorlncr.
The Escape
OUT OF THE JAWS OF DEATH
By FRANK A. HUBHELL, Lato Pivato 1st Pcnn. Vol. and Cnpt.
Co. D 07th Pcnn. Portage, Wash.
CHAPTER XI.
(Copyrighted 1912 by Frank A. Hub
ble, Yakima, Wash.)
Our leader, some CO yards proced
Ing our party, led tho way through a
broken, tangled mass of Jutting
rocks and narrow passes. Night
came ere wo had accomplished the
distance to where ho intended wo
should establish our bivouac. Tho
uncertainty of our pathway, so
.many places where ono falso step
would carry us over a precipice, de
termined our guide to stop for the
night. Naught but an owl disturbed
our rest and sleep, and tho bright
day found our little band moving on.
Tho middle of tho afternoon found
us near tho trail over Bald Mountain,
and at dusk wo onterod a cabin.
Thero was a bright flro In tho fire
place and two persons, a man and
his wifo, sitting by tho Are, arose as
we knocked. Tho lady prepared
mush whilo her husband departed
for a larger supply of meal a mile
down tho mountain at a union neigh
bors. When seated around the tablo
of rough boards, commencing to eat,
mo lauy anu our guide passed .Into
tho kitchen, when to our surprise,
four llttlo thin-clad, bluo-mouthod,
hollow-eyed children camo from their
cot in tho farther dim corner of tho
room and peeked over our arms in
wistful pose. Wo dropped our wood
en spoons, lay by tho warm flro and
watched thoso dear llttlo souls de
molish that kottlo of mush, thankful
in our hearts wo had not deprived
mem oi it, when thoy scampered
back to their bed ero their mother
entered.
A big meal of corn bread was giv
en us in tho morning, with three
pones to carry with us. At about
noon wo reached tho limit of Ham
let's beat. From now on wo wore
loft to the mercy of good fortune or
bad luck. 'Worst of all. wo were
gain deprived of our weanons of
dofence, notwithstanding our earnest
entreaty that wo bo permitted to
carry them to tho end. Wo nlodcod
ourselves to reimburse Hamlet at
our earliest convenlenco after reach
ing Washington, where wo expected
to receive pay of twonty-two months.
wnno no was willing to heln us In
every posslblo way, it was impora
tlvo that ho should tako back tho
guns, as their opportunity of procur
ing anyming or that description was
impossible. Their families' protec
tion all depended on tho man and
tho gun. Without thoso llttlo In
struments of war disaster would bo
sure to follow. Thereforo wo reluc
tantly returned them to him with
our expressions of gratitudo for his
uiunnco and caro around tho most
difficult path known In tho fast
nesses of tho Tennesseo mountains.
It was a Borrowful parting on our
part. Knowledgo of tho wav was a
great help. It was a safeguard from
unnecessary wanderings, and wo folt
in his presence a certain donendenco
from which wo wero loath to separ
ate ourselves. But of courso it was
gratuitous on his part. Ho know his
business best. And evon traveling
that day and a half on his return
alono was quite a sacrifice, as It
could bo posslblo ho would never
reach his party. Thus wo bado him
gratoful farewell.
Thero seemed to bo a depression
f spirit In our Tanks that. n wnrn
left without a guldo in that broken
and dangerous way. Wo could only
so our best Judgment, hut tho pos
sibility of subBlstcnco liroyod upon
our minds more than tho surround
ings only thrco corn cakes for bov-
on inon in an apparently uninhabited
district. Wo would trust to God, as
o always oiaa nis win bo done.
Rounding a sharp point In tho path
behind a hugo etono, our man ahead
discovered moving objects half a
dozen men woro coming our way.
Off of tho path wo must go, and no
sooner eald than done. Getting bo-
hind a hugo boulder wo woro so J
Ti
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Darling in New York Globe.
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hidden wo could seo who and what
they were. Possibly thoy might be
Union men, yet that would be diffi
cult to know from their dress, very
few wearing uniforms In the moun
tains.
Here they come, seven men, our
number. With eagerness wo listen
ed for some remark In their talk,
that wo could distinguish them; not
a word, but from appearance moun
taineers. Friend or foe, wo did not
know. After their 'footsteps wore
no longer heard wo again took up
our walk and Anally came to a
gradual ascent to a higher part of
tho mountains, coming out between
two largo mounds on to tho extreme
point or elevation. Hero wo could
see way off. to the North Carolina
lowlands to the left, and Tennesseo
on our right. It was an Inspiring
sight.
On our lert, troublo and death; on
odr right, freedom and liberty. In
our contemplations and many sugges
tions wo were lost to any Idea of us
ing caution against tho party who
had so recently passed and gone on
their way. Happening to cast our
eyes down along tho range of tho
mountain wo saw thoso men not a
nair mile distant. Wo quickly with
drew from tho open, but too late.
From their actions wo could seo they
had seen us and woro now returning,
either to defend or defeat our pro
gress.
(To bo Continued.)
SIRES AND SONS.
Emllo Ollivler, the famous minister
of Napoleon III., Is still alive.
Determination to succeed is what
makes success, according to John J,
Debolt, associate Justice of tho su
promo court of nnwali. As a young
man ho worked In a sawmill In tho
south.
Professor Armlnlus Vambery, pro
fessor of languages at Pesth univer
sity, at Budapest, has Just entered his
eightieth year, with no diminution of
the vigor which has characterized his
long life.
Blacksmiths, schoolteachers nnd
farmers are common enough In con
gress, but Daniel A. Drlscoll of Buffa
lo Is tho only undertaker serving his
country In tho classic halls. He Is a
natlvo of Buffalo, having been born In
1875.
Dr. Lewis Hart Marks of New York,
who has Just established an lustltute
for scientific research at Frankfort,
Germany, has been congratulated by
tho kaiser on this latest development
In tho "German-American Intellectual
alliance."
It is tho proud boast of Senator Mar
tlno of Now Jersey that In all the
years ho has been farming he has nev
er sold a horse. When n horso gets
too old to work ho retires It on full
rations and lets It Just loaf around tho
pasture until It dies.
The Writers.
As a young man Frederick Taber
Cooper, tho author, taught Latin nnd
Sanskrit at Columbia college.
A movement Is under way in Spain
to securo tho next Nobel literary prize
for Perez Galdos, novelist and drama
tist, who is best known for Ills series
of romances dealing with Spanish his
tory from Trafalgar to tho Carllst
wars.
Tho oldest author now living Is prob
ably W. A. Gordon nake, a cousin of
General Gordon. Ho Is also tho oldest
English barrister at law. ilr. nake,
who has Just celebrated hla ono hun
dred and first birthday, published his
first book in 1840. This was enUtled
"Society Organlzed-An Allegory."
Many Thousands Must Die Unless
Their Condition Is Relieved Until
Harvest Need $200,000 to Carry on
Work Charles W. Harvey's Report.
Reports from China received at the
national headquarters of tho Red Cross
nt Washington recently sny that tho
famine Is now nt Its most acute stage.
During tho next few weeks, while tho
new crops nre ripening, tho need for
relief will be most Intense. At present
tho relief commlttco is employing l0,.
000 men on public work, nnd the earn
ings of these men are saving probably
500,000 persons from starvation. Mean
while certainly 2.000.000 are suffering,
nnd many thousands must die unless
tho relief measures are greatly ex
tended. Charles W. Harvey of the Y. M. C.
A. of Tientsin made n recent journey
through tho famine districts nnd n't
the request of United States Minister
vxuuoun at rcicing prepared a report
of his observations. The character of
this report, which has been forwarded
to tho stato department nnd Is now
in tho hands of tho Red Cross, may he
Indicated by quoting briellv from its
contents as follows:
What Mr. Harvey Saw.
No children were seen at play. No
Brain, meat, vegetables or foodstuffs of
any kind except tho bark of trees, dried
Brass, wild garlic and roots were Been.
We found no sign of clothing anywhere
except the rags on the backs of the peo
ple, no bedding, few farming Imple
ments, nothing that could possibly be
turned Into money except an occasional
pleco of furniture nnd the doors of tho
houses or rafters in the thatched roofs.
In many places wo noted tho
doors In tho homes nnd saw tho mud walls
of houses stripped of roofs, which we soon
round had been used for fuel or exchanged
ior food.
On tho first morning out of Chlngkl
angpu we met a man pushing a wheel
barrow containing a low flat basket, In
which were huddled the starving forms of
his wlfo and child and beside them a few
charred ploces of wood which ho hoped to
exchange In tho city for food I shall
nover forget one llttlo mud hut without
door, window or furniture, on tho mud
floor of which sat a young woman of
twenty-two with a child of two years
lying on Its faco moaning. When I nsked
her why ha moaned she replied without
comment: "I cannot get him to eat any
more grass. Ha Is starving to death."
Starving to Death.
In all our visits to the homes of these
starving peasants there was no begging,
no appeals to our pity, no tales of their
suffering; no fears, no emotion, but sim
ply tho ono sentence over and over again,
"Wo men Essu llac" ("Wo aro starving
to death"). Unlike tho beggars so com
mon In the cities, these people a fow years
ago were successful farmers and laborers
unaccustomed to begging. They have not
learned to beg. Wo found several homes
in which only children were left, and In
one homo a single llttlo child of eight
years huddled In a corner with a bowl of
cooked bark and weeds, which she was
eating with chop sticks. Sho was the last
or nor family. The workers In famine re
lief said It was usual for tho father to dlo
first, then tho mother, then tho older chil
dren, and the younger children last of all,
showing that affection and self sacrlflco
persisted evon under these conditions.
Tho American Red Cross has for
warded to tho relief committee in Chi
na over $150,000 since Jan. 1, but tho
committee In China pleads for at least
$200,000 more to enable it to carry on
its great task until the new harvest
ripens.
U. OF P. MUSEUM EXPEDITION.
Alnot Lange to Lead Party In South
American Wilderness.
The plans of the University of Penn
sylvania museum for its South Ameri
can expedition have been definitely ar
ranged. Aigot Lange, whoso experi
ences several years ago with a wild
tribe of Indians on tho Amazon cre
ated great Interest in this country and
in Europe, will lend It.
nis party, which will consist of flvo
men, will remain In South America for
three years. Tho expedition will ho
furnished with a steamer, which will
carry tho party from Now York to the
mouth of the Amazon nnd up tho Ama
zon to the tributaries, which will be
tho scene of operations. In that re
mote wilderness the only fuel to ho
obtained for tho boilers will be wood,
nnd tho steamer will be employed to
carry tho party as far as possible Into
the territories of the Indian trills to
be studied and to transfer tho colloc-
tions down to Manaos, from where
they will bo shipped to New York nnd
Philadelphia.
CAT TIES UP $25,000 ESTATE.
Bachelor's Property Cannot Be Dis
tributed While It Lives.
A pet cat which was owned by Ben
Dllley, n bachelor and wealthy hotel
keeper of Wllkesbarre, Pa., prevents
tho distribution of an estnto of S'5..
10-1.01. According to terms of Dllley's
will nis estate was not to bo distribut
ed whilo his two pot cats were living.
clnco his death u few Yearn nro ono
of tho cats has died, but the other
biiowb signs of reaching an old age.
former Juago Wheaton and W. S.
Blddle, executors of tho estiite, havo
an accounting ready to file, and In it
they say thero la n balanco of $23,-10-1.01.
This fund must remain in
trust pntll tho cat dies, after which
thero aro several persons to sHaro In
tho estate.
them all.
It's the
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