Shiner Gazette. (Shiner, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 16, 1912 Page: 2 of 12
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THE TERRIBLE IITIIIIIC TRAGEDY
When the Titantic, the greatest
ocean liner ever launched, went
down to the bottom on her maiden
trip, she carried sixteen hundred
human beings down with her. The
Titantic illustrated in herself and
in her destruction within three days
after she put to sea, the greed, rap-
acity and contempt for human life
which under capitalism inspired and
presided over her creation.
There are a thousand reasons why
this horror upon the sea should
never have occured; why it was ab-
solutely inexcusable and indefen-
sible; why it was courted and in-
evitable, and why, in fact, it will
prove in the lapse of time to have
been a blessing to humanity.
Had there not been an inexper-
ienced » boy twenty yers of age in
charge of the wireless mechanism
the passengers would all have been
saved; better still, if there had been
a lookout glass in the hands of the
man on the bridge, which the nig-
gardly policy of the comapny re-
garded as a useless expense, the fat-
al berg would have been located in
time and the horrible disaster avert-
ed.
The White Star Line had mil-
lions for the wanton and wicked lux-
ury of the pampered millionaires,
but not a dollar for a lookout glass.
Had there been the requisite num-
ber of life boats aboard, not a pas-
senger need to have been lost.
These and scores of other reasons
might be given for our declaring
that the sixteen hundred deaths on
the Titantic were sixteen hundred
deliberate, cold-blooded murders,
chargeable to the owners and man-
agers of the White Star Line.
The Titanic was to make a rec-
ord that was to bring a harvest of
gold — a record for profit, for
greasy lucre—and it made a record,
but a different one than its owners
calculated on.
The Titantic rushed headlong to
her terrible fate—in pursuit of pro-
fit.
So much space had to be given to
the private promenades, golf links,
swimming pools for the plutocrats
aboard that there was no space left
for life-boats when the crash came.
Could misdirected ingenuity, per-
verted taste and mental and moral
insanity go farther?
Had the Titantic been a mudscow
with the same number of useful
workingmen on board and it had
gone down while engaged in some
useful social work the whole coun-
try would not have gasped with hor-
ror, nor would all the capitalist pa-
pers have given pages for weeks to
reciting the terrible details.
We have been tolrU a thousand
tSmer and with as many variations
of the bravery of the rich.and prom-
inent men aboard, but very little has
been heard about the bravery of the
men and women in the steerage.
We have not time for detail. But
supposev we give just a moment’s
thought to the fifty bell boys, pro-
letarian lads, who went down after
having been shut in under command
of a captain so they would not inter-
fere with the escape of the rich
first-class passengers.
The valet of Mrs. John Jacob Ast-
or delivered to her in the life boat
her costly furs and then humbly
bowed himself back to the boat and
went down to the bottom.
With two exceptions the heroes in
the hold, the stokers and the men
who do the work that moves every
boat on every sea, and without
whom not another boat would ever
move an inch, went down without
the ghost of a chance to escape and
no one has heard of a single one
of them shrinking from his tragic
fate.
The steerage passengers, penned
in like cattle, were long held back
in the passageway with loaded re-
volvers pointed at them, and it was
only when the rich passengers had
been given all the favored oppor-
tunities to make sure of their es-
cape that the women and children
of the steerage were shown any
consideration.
The one fine thing for which we
give full credit to the men on the
Titantic, both rich and poor, was
that they observed the sea rule,
“Woman and Children First.” For
that we thank and honor them all
without respect to station.
But would it not be a good thing
to make this the rule of life instead
of its extremely rare exception when
a calamity enforces it?
Why not organize society on the
basis of women and children first?
There are a thousand lessons to
this monstrous marine disaster. We
have time and space but for one or
two. First, as long as profit is su-
preme its shocking penalties will be
enforced upon men. Second, life is
life, and when we come down to it
the rich man’s life is not worth a
particle more than the life of a
pauper.
John Jacob Astor went down' with
the stokers in the hold. In the
flash of an instant they were on a
level. Death equalized them, estab-
lished their kinship, made them
brothers. In life capitalism separ-
ated them as widely as the poles
but at the supreme moment and in
the presence of the infinite they
were united and stood on one com-
mon basis of equality in the dem-
ocracy of death.
Why is it that when a disaster
occurs such as the sinking of the
Titantic the whole world feels the
shock and is thrown into hysterics,
while infinitely greater tragedies
are being enacted all about us in
the world of industry in all of the
circling hours of the day and
night?
As if to enforce its supreme les-
sons by providential command Is-
may was saved with the women
and children.
Ismay, the managing director,
worth one hundred million dollars
and drawing an annual salary from
the White Star Line of one hun-
dred and seventy-five thousand dol-
lars per year.
Ismay is the epitome of capital-
ism as revealed in the Titantic dis-
aster. Old ocean would not receive
him and he is spurned of men.
And so it will soon be with the sys-
tem which produced him and of
which he has furnished us its
most striking incarnation.
ANOTHER TRUST TO BUST
SUIT IS BEGUN AGAINST HUGE
COMBINE IN NEW YORK.
Men of Note Are Involved in the
Proceedings, Which May Last an
Entire Year — Government Will
Endeavor to Force Greatest Com-
bine in the Country to Dissolve.
DR. JABY G. BALDWIN
Rectal, Genito-Upinary
and Skin Specialist
Gunter Office Hours
Building:. 9 to 12 a. m., 2 to 5 p. m.
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.
NEW YORK, May 14.—Hearings
in the trial of the Government’s
suit to dissolve the United States
Steel Corporation under the Sher-
man anti-trust law were begun here
at the United States custom house
Monday before Henry P. Brown of
Philadelphia; who was appointed
special commissioner to conduct the
hearings.
Suit May Take a Year.
In view of the number of and
wide area covered by the allega-
tions specified in the Government’s
bill of complaint, it is considered
probable that at least a year will _
elapse before the taking of testi- j
mony is completed.
The Government’s complaint al-
leges that not only is the United
States Steel Corporation a combina-
tion in restraint of trade but many
of its constituent companies also
are unlawful combinations.
Charge Steel Monopoly.
According to the Government’s
complaint, “for the purpose of pre-
venting further competition between
said companies,” the United States
Steel Corporation was organized un-
der the financial supervision of J.
P. Morgan & Co. in 1901 as a hold-
ing company for them.
Further acquisitions, including
that of the Tennessee Coal and
Iron Company during the i?anic of
/X907, pools and agreements to
which subsidiaries of the steel cor-
poration are alleged to have been
parties and “interlockingdirector-
ates,” with other corporations, are
cited as having contributed to the
affect the alleged monopolistic con-
trol of the steel industry by the
corporation since its organization.
UT BEITS l MONTHS
DETER BEING REMOVED
Preserved in Glass Jar in Suitable
Media, it Performed its Functions
In Normal Way.
Dr. ALBERT R. BEAL
SPECIALIST
LUNGS, NOSE AND THROAT
308 Gunter Bldg., San Antonio, Texas
Office Hours: 9 to 12 m., 2 to 5 p. m.
Dr. J. GOLDBLUM
Specialist Eye, Ear, Nos"
and Throat
Suite 436 Moore Building
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
BROKEN DRANK GASES
AND CRACKED CYLINDERS
well taken care of here. We
weld broken castings in all
kinds of metal—brass or alumi-
num
Our Specialty
ENGINE AND AUTO REPAIRS
We guarantee our work to be
satisfactory in every respect;
prices reasonable.
Experts sent wherever there’s
work enough.
SAN ANTONIO WELDING 00.
310 E. Commerce St. San Antonio, Texas
Old Phone 7240-J.
CLEW TO EXTINCT BICE FAMILY GETS FIRST GIBE
Wisconsin Scientists Study Skele-
tons Unearthed in Mound.
MADISON, Wis., May 14.—Discovery
of several peculiar human skeletons
while excavating a mound at Lake
Delavan may furnish evidence that
a race hitherto unknown once in-
habited southern Wisconsin.
Information of the characteristics
of this race was brought to Madison
by Attorney Maurice Morrissey of
Delaven. Charles E. Brown, curator
of the State Historical Museum, will
investigate.
On opening a large mound at
Lake Lawn farm Phylips Brothers
discovered eighteen or more skele-
tons. The excavators noticed pecu-
liar facial characteristics.. The heads
are much larger than those of any
race in America now. From direct-
ly above the eye sockets the head,
which resembles a monkey’s, slopes
straight hack. The nasal bones
protrude far above the cheek bones.
The jaws are long and pointed.
The skeletons were embedded in
charcoal and covered with layers of
baked clay.
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For working about automobiles
there has been invented an electric
torch mounted on an electro-mag-
netic base that will cling to any
metal surface.
All Other Turner Children for Four
Generations Boys.
NEW YORK, May 14.—Dr. Alexis
Carrel of the (Rockefeller Institute
for medical resArch announces that
he has been to keep pieces of
the heart tis'sW pulsating rhythm-
atically outside the organism from
which they were taken for two
months. The fragments were pre-
served in glass jars in suitable media,
he found also that a fragment of tis-
sue preserved in the same manner
retained its normal function for a
long time.
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Tomlinson’s Letter.
Simmons’ Liver Purifier is the
most valuable remedy I ever tried
for constipation and disordered liver.
It does its work thoroughly, but does
not gripe like most remedies of its
character. I certainly recommend it
whenever the opportunity occurs.
M. M. TOMLINSON, Oswego, Kan.
DR. L. HIRSGHFELD
Practice Limited to
Diseases, and Surgery of the
RECTUM, KIDNEY, BLADDER
AND PRIVATE DISEASES
513 GIBBS BLDG.
SAN ANTONIO - - TEXAS
Dr. W. C. Hirzel
STOMACH SPECIALIST
318 Gunter Office Hours:
Building 9 to 12 a. m., 2 to 5 p. m.
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
Dr. B. F. KINGSLEY
Surgery, Abdominal and
Women’s Diseases
222-3 Hicks Bldg. San Antonio, Tex.
Dr. S. T. LOWRY
STOMACH SPECIALIST
HOURS—10 a.in. to 12 m. 3-5 p. m.
Phones 1476 Gibbs Bldg.
SAN ANTONIO : : TEXAS
DR. B. E. WITTE
STOMACH SPECIALIST
HICKS Office Hours:
BUILDING 9to 12; 4 to 5
San Antonio. Texas.
I MOUNT Deer and Wild Animal Heads,
And dress skins for rug purposes. F.
HARDMAN, 215 South Alamo Street, San
Antonio. Texas.
“We Never Miss A Train”
San Antonio Transfer & Taxicab Company
(THE YELLOW LINE)
TAXICABS
BAGGAGE TRANSFER
San Antonio, Texas
PHONES
234
S. X. CALLAHAN
Electric and Automobile
Repairing and Supplies
429 Main Ave. San Antonio, Texas
WESTINGHOUSE electric motors, genera-
tors, fans. TUNGSTON and Carbon Lamps,
Storage Batteries charged and repaired.
ESTIMATES furnished for complete Light
Plants. Agent for Remy Magnetos.
Star Floral Co.
CHRIS HAUSER, Jr.
We solicit mail orders for
Flowers, Plants & Bulbs
of every description.
Cor. Crockett
& Bowie Sts
San Antonio, Texas
PRIVATE DETECTIVE
Alfred B. McGaffey, Private Detective,
will work iu all parts of the State. I
employ only reliable operators, those
with experience. I guarantee to get re-
sults. Strictly confidential. Consultation-
free. Long Distance connections. 215 &
•U7 Frost Building, San Antonio, Texas.
ROBT. E. BLUMBERG
THE NEW
BUGGY AND IMPLEMENT STORE
500-508 S. Flares St. San Antonio, Texas
Agent “Standard Implements”
OFFICE HOURS
9-12 AND 1-5
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., May 14.
—When the wife of Roscoe Turner,
boat builder presented him with a
new addition to the family the
nurse tip-toed out and said to the
crowd of Turners that had assemb-
led: “It’s a girl.”.
Immediately there was a scene of
great rejoicing, all the Turners
shaking one another by the hand
and the little boys dancing with de-
light. The arrival of this new Tur-
ner breaks a record established
through four generations, every
other baby being born in the fam-
ily during that period of ninety
years having been a boy.
Payne Turner, founder of this
branch of the family, came from
Massachusetts. He had four sons.
Three of these sons had children,
al lboys. All of the Roscoe Turner’s
cousins and brothers who have
married so far have had only boys.
The Turners had about given up
hope when Ruth Eleanora Turner
set up her first weak little cry.
WANTED
All Kinds of Poultry, Butter and Fresh Eggs
Long Distance Phone
WAGENFEHR POULTRY DEPOT
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
IRVIN M. SMITH, Prop
VISITORS TO SANTONE, TRY THE
AYWOODg
AFE
The Place Where >
You Get What You H
Want at Popular
Prices.
San Antonio |
120 W. Houston S1.
EAT EAT EAT
DR. J. R. CUNNINGHAM
OSTEOPATHY
(Graduate under Dr. A. T. Still)
Office: 449 Moore Bldg. San Antonio, Texas
CANE SEED
and Hand-Picked
SEED CORN
Any Quantity
M. MARUCHEAU GRAIN CO.
San Antonio, Texas
USE
East India Bipod Purifi-
er and Liniment. For sale
by Wholesale and Retail
Druggists. Address EAST'
INDIA MEDICINE CO.,
708-10 Porter Street, Fort
Worth, Texas.
“El Merito” Coffee is packed by
Dechman Coffee & Spice Mills, San
Antonio. That’s why its good. Ask
your dealer.
T. N. S.—5—16—12
A bicycle lamp supplied with elec-
tricity generated by the operation
of the bicycle has been perfected in
Amsterdam
E. R. KRAUSE ' HERBERT SCHNEIDER
AUTOMOBILES AND GASOLINE ENGINES SOLD,
INSTALLED AND REPAIRED
KRAUSE-SCHNEIDER CO.
Prompt Work MACHINE SHOP Reasonable Prices
Out of Town Work a Specialty
529 Water Street Old Phone 3092
Best of Reference
San Ant»nio, Texas
MANTELS AND TILES
W. J. DENIGER
DISPLAY ROOMS
GIBBS BUILDING
AN ANTONIO, TEXAS
Grates, Andirons,
Fire Sets, Etc.
Dealers and
contractors
EXimiYE SUCKS
Distributers of Rookwood
Faience
BRONCO BLEND
MAKES
GOOD COFFEE
Money back if it don’t please you.
MORRISON COFFEE CO.
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.
Quick Work Means
Quick Profits
£4!
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Machinery and Supplies
of Every Description
Engines, Boilers, Windmills, Pump
Jacks and Casing
Our Products Are the Best Our Prices are the Lowest
Wholesale and Retail
Write, Phone or Call onus_•_
S. A. MACHINE SUPPLY CO.
San Antonio, Texas
B Get the American Steel Potato Digger. Works per-
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ates-
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The lightest draft digger ever made—no friction on any
part. Only djgger with separating agitators which
pulverize soil before it reaches rear of machine.
American Potato Machinery Co., 221 Madison St.,Hammond, Ind.
American Potato
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NONE EQUALS IT IN PURITY AHD FLAVOR
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Habermacher, J. C. Shiner Gazette. (Shiner, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 16, 1912, newspaper, May 16, 1912; Shiner, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1142200/m1/2/: accessed July 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Shiner Public Library.