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TITANIC DISASTER PROBE IS
TRANSFERREDTOJEDERAL SOIL
"I Don’t Know,” Answers the Lost Ship’s Third
Officer on the Witness Stand, and Immediately
Investigation at New York Is Closed.
NEAREST SHIP WAS
NOT URGED TO AID
STAGGERING SEA MONSTER
Young Wireless Operator Tells
His Tragic Story.
New York, April 20.—With dramatic
suddenness the Senate investigation
of the Titanic disaster came to an end
to-day so far as the New York hear
ing is concerned. It will be resumed,
however, in Washington on Monday,
when J. Bruce Ismay and P. A. S.
Franklin, the chief officer of the White
Star Line, and more than a score of
officers and crew of the sunken vessel
will appear before the committee.
Incident to the sudden close of the
hearing here was the story of Harold
S. Bride, the second and only surviv
ing wireless operator of the Titanic.
His tale was one of suffering and of
death. He told of the final plunge of
the vessel to its ocean burial. Its
captain's end was also revealed. He
leaped from the bridge when the wa
ters were closing over his ship.
In connection with the transfer of
the hearing to Washington it was in
timated that the power of the Senate
on federal territory would be undisput
ed in getting at the real facts and
no question of state rights could arise
to Interfere.
Bride’s Story Dramatic.
Throughout the hearing, also, offi
cials of the White Star Line had por
trayed the dangers of sailors’ board
ing houses in New York as a reason
why those detained by the committee
should be allowed to sail on the Lap
land, which left to-day.
Throughout the hearing this morn
ing Wireless Operator Bride, crippled
as a-result of his experiences and seat
in an invalid's chair, told his story
of the last moments of the Titanic.
His narrative, drawn from him piece
meal by Senator Smith of Michigan,
chairman of the committee, held en
thralled the cojriniittee and the audi-
I enec. Whep’mis ordeal ended he was
I almost on the verge of collapse.
f the hearing was resumed in
■ the afternoon, announcement of the
I change of base was made. Herbert
' J. Pittman, the third officer of the Ti
tanic, had been called to the witness
chair. Senator Smith directed one
question to him, relating to the where
abouts of the ship's log.
Here * List of Witnesses.
The witness said he did not know.
Promptly Mr Smith announced the
comm.ttee s decision to resume the in
quiry 'n Washington on Monday.
Later he Issued a statement, giving in
detail his reasons for the sudden
change in plans
"After a conference with my col
leagues on the committee,” said Sen
ator Smith, "we have concluded to
subpoena J. Bruce Ismay, P. A. S.
Franklin, Harold Bride, the operator
of the Titanic; H. T. Cottam, operator
of the Carpathia; C. H. Lightoiler, sec
ond officer of the Titanic; H. J, Pitt
man, third officer; J. G. Boxhall, fourth
officer, and H. G. Lowe, fifth officer of
the Titanic.
"We have also subpoenaed Mr. Per
kins, E. Archer, W. H. Taylor, W.
Bryce, E. Bully, S. Henning, F. O.
Evans, T. Jones. Frederick Ray, G.
Crow, C. Andrews, J. Wiggerv, H.
Etcherm, G. W. Rowe, John Collins, A.
J. Bright. G. Simmons, Frank Osman,
G. Moore, A. Cunningham. A. Oliver,
F. Fleet, G. A. Heag, A. Crawford, W.
Burke, E. W. Helton, F. Clench, J.
Hardy and Albert Haines, of the Ti
tanic’s crew.”
Bride Merely a Boy.
J. Bruce Ismay declined to accede
to a request to allow his men to re
late to the press their stories of the
last dramatic moments before the Ti
tanic sank, on the ground that they
had not yet given their evidence.
The committee devoted its entire day
to an investigation of the connection
of the wireless with the disaster. H.
T. Cottam, the operator on the Car
pathia, was the first witness. Senator
Smith sought to establish certain
testimony he had given on the stand
yesterday, and this soon was ended.
Then earner the "star” witness of the
day.
Seated in an invalid's chair, Bride
was wheeled to the end of the table.
He was hollow cheeked and wan and
had just come from a physician
care. His hands were never quiet
and he locked and interlocked his fin
gers incessantly.
Like Cottam. who is 23 years old.
Bride is merely a boy. Neither had
any telegraphic experience previous to
taking up wireless telegraphy and
both told tales of long hours at low
wages and days and nights spent
without sleep.
Told Him He War a Fool.
This inexperience and the mental
condition of the young operators were
the two points on which Senator Smith
bora persistently. He had put Cot
tam through a gruelling examination
In which the youth testified he had
not slept more than eight or ten hours
between Sunday night when the Ti
tanic called for help and Thursday
night when the vessel docked here.
Bride’s story was one that bore out
virtually all that Cottam’s had es
tablished. except that his was one of
nervous, strained worry and high
keyed suspense.
Bride was >closNy questioned as to
the first call for «id sent out by the
Titanic. He said the first vessel to
answer was the Frankfurt of the
North German-Lloyd line. The oper
ator on the Frankfurt, according to
the witness, apparently considered the
call more or less trivial, for half an
hour after receiving the imperative
appeal of the sen, he called the Ti
tanic to inquire specifically just what
was wrong.
"Mr. Phillips said he was a fool,”
Bride testified, referring to the chief
operator on the Titanic who lost his
life, "and told him to keep out.”
Frankfurt Much Nearer.
No effort was made to re-establish
communication with the Frankfurt, al
though Phillips felt certain that the
vessel was much nearer than the Car
pathia, with which communication hail
been established. This, Bride said,
Phillips judged by reason of the great
er power of the Hertsian waves.
Senator Smith expressed astonish
ment at the statement. He repeatedly
pressed the witness to answer why the
aid of a vessel many miles nearer 1 a
sinking ship was not invoked. Bride
evaded a direct answer by saying he
did not know, that probably the Frank
furt operator could not understand and
that Phillips, his superior, had used his
own judgment.
Another phase of the laxity of the
wireless, so far as man is concerned,
was developed by the chairman. He
drew from the witness an acknowl
edgement that on Sunday evening
Bride was sitting with the telephonic
apparatus strapped to his ears, adjust
ing his accounts, while the steamship
Californian, seeking to warn the Ti
tanic that icebergs were invading the
lanes of ocean travel, called incessant
ly. Bride said he heard the call but
did not answer because he was "busy.”
It was not until a half hour later that
the Californian, striving to reach the
steamship Baltic, reached also the Ti
tanic, whereupon the warning that
three huge icebergs had been sighted
was noted by Bride and verbally com
municated to the liner’s captain.
Bride’s Story of Disaster.
Senator Smith established by Gug
lielmo Marconi, inventor of the wire
less system bearing his name, that
both the Titanic and the Frankfurt
operator had virtually .the same typo
of Instruments. In the opinion of the
inventor there existed no reason why
communication between the two ves
sels should not have been perfect, pro
vided weather conditions were favor
able. The night, it previously had
been established, was clear and there
was no fog or other atmospheric dis
turbance.
Under insistent questioning Bride
began to show signs of collapse, so
Senator Smith ended the wireless in
quisition and questioned him about the
final scenes aboard jhe Titanic.
Bride and his superior, Phillips,
were among the last to leave and were
witnesses of the closing scenes on the
boat deck, the topmost parade deck of
the lost ship. Bride's story \vas frag
mentary because it was drawn from a
memory that had not ceased to see the
actual living horrof of it. Without
Senator Smith's interrogations, it ran
about as follows:
"We did not feel the shock when the
ship struck. In fact, I was asleep at
the time and was not even awakened
by the impact. When the engines
stopped, Mr. Phillips called me and I
put on the telephone apparatus while
he went out to see what was the trou
ble. A little later he came back. He
said things looked ’queer.’ By 'queer'
I suppose he meant that everything
was not as it should be.
First Call for Help.
“At this time, however, neither of
us worried about it. When he heard
the confusion on deck, I went out to
investigate and when I returned I
found Mr. Phillips sending out a ’C.
Q. D.’ call, giving our position. We
raised the Frankfurt first and then
the Carpathia and the Baltic, and as
I have said we did not try for the
Frankfurt for any length of time, but
concentrated our messages on the Car
pathia, which had answered that she
was rushing to our aid.
"The captain came into the cabin
from the deck when the Carpathia
advised us of her position and figured
out the time when that vessel would
probably arrive. He left when that
was disposed of and proceeded to the
bridge. We then began unofficially to
keep in communication with the Car
pathia.
"From time to time either Mr. Phil
lips or I would go on deck to observe
the situation. The last time I went
on deck I found the passengers running
around in confusion and there was al
most a panic. They were seeking life
belts. All the large life boats were
gone, but there was one life-raft re
maining. It had been lashed on the
top of the quarters on the boat deck.
A number of men were striving to
launch it.
Every Man for Himself.
"I went back to the wireless cabin
then. Mr. Phillips was trying to send
out a final ‘C. Q. D.’ call. The power
was so low that we eould not tell ex
actly whether it was being carried or
not, as we were in a closed cabin and
we could not hear the crackle of the
wireless at the mast. Phillips kept on
sending, however, while I buckled on
his life belt and put on my own. Then
we both cared for a woman who had
fainted and who had been brought
into our cabin. Then, about ten min
utes before the ship sank, Capt. Smith
gave word for every ons to look to
his own safety. I sprang to aid the
men struggling to launch the life raft
and we had succeeded in getting it to
the edge of the boat when a giant
wave carried it away. I Lent with It
and found myself underneath. Strug
gling through an eternity, I finally
emerged and was swimming 150 feet
from the Titanic when she went down.
I felt no suction as the vessel plunged.
"I did not see Mr. Ismay at all.
Capt. Smith stuck to the bridge and,
turning. I saw him jump just as the
vessel glided into the depths. ” He had
not donned a life belt, so far as I
could see, and went down with the
ship.”
The witness showed so plainly the
mental and physical strain under
which he was laboring that both Sen
ators Newlands and Reed urged Sena
tor Smith to excuse him. After a
few more interrogations Senator Smith
did so.
Neither Senator Smith nor Senator
Newlands would comment on the line
of cross-examination followed. It was
evident, however, that the testimony
sought was intended to form the basis
for a sweeping and thorough reform
in the laws governing the use of wire
less on steamships. Whether this
would be accomplished through restric
tions placed on vessels of foreign re
nter entering American ports or be
the subject of diplomatic negotiations
and an understanding with other na
tions neither would say. They de
clined to discuss the question in any
way.
The story of the American survivors
THE WEEKLY NEWS (TWO-TIMES-A-WEEK) MONDAY, APRIL 22, 1912.
NO WONDER TITANIC
OFFICER IS SUICIDE
SAID CROW’S NEST MEN
Declared They Reported “Ice
bergs Ahead” in Vain.
New York, April 20.—Three warnings
that an iceberg Was ahead were trans
mitted from the crow’s nest of the Ti
tanic to the officer on the doomed
steamship bridge fifteen minutes before
she struck, according to Thomas
Whitely, a first saloon steward, who
now lies in St. Vincent’s Hospital with
frozen and lacerated feet. ,
Whitely, who was whipped overboard
from the ship by a rope, while helping
to lower a life boat, finally reached the
Carpathia aboard one of the boats that
contained, he said, both the crow's nest
lookouts. He heard a conversation be
tween them, he asserted, in which they
discussed the warnings given to the
Titanic's bridge officer of the presence
of the iceberg.
Whitely did not know either of the
lookout men’s names and believes they
have returned to England with the ma
jority of the surviving members of the
crew.
"I heard one of them say that at
11:15 o’clock, fifteen minutes before the
Titanic struck, he had reported to First
Officer Murdock on the bridge that
he fancied he saw an iceberg,” said
Whitely.
“Twice after that the lookout said
he warned Mr. Murdock that a berg
was ahead. I can’t remember their ex
act words, but they were very indig
nant that no attention was paid to
their warnings. One of them said:
“ ‘No wonder that Mr. Murdock shot
himself.’ ”
CHARLESTON SWEPT
BY VIOLENT GALE
YACHT GEISHA DESTROYED
Other Shipping Damaged by
66-Mile Wind.
Charleston, S. C., April 20.—A sixty
six mile southeast gale which struck
Charleston this afternoon played havoc
with the fleet of the Carolina Yacht
Club, completely destroying the 65-
foot gasoline yacht Geisha and badly
damaging five other pleasure craft.
The three-masted schooner Scotia
was driven aground in the harbor,
but is not thought to be damaged. The
three-master Ruth Cobb broke from
her moorings and drifted a consider
able distance. One boatman who was
washed overboard from the yacht club
pier was resuscitated with great dif
ficulty.
Damage in the city is small.
Damage at Fernandina.
Fernandina, Fla., April 20.—With a
wind blowing at 90 miles an hour at
2 o’clock this afternoon, which came
up very suddenly from the southwest,
shipping In the Amelia river was bad
ly tangled up and a great amount of
damage was done. The British bark
entine Malwa was careened until her
side dipped In the water. The schoon
er William H. Clifford, in tow, collid
ed broadside with the Norwegian
steamer Molina and again collided with
the schooner Jacob S. Winslow, driv
ing herself under the pier. Several
small boats were capsized and many
piers were badly damaged.
SING d’eATH-HYMN
OF TITANIC’S BAND
Five Thousand Voices Heard in
Open Air Meeting.
New York, April 20.—With heads un
covered nearly 5,000 persons assembled
in Union Square sang through all the
verses of "Nearer, My God, to Thee,”
to-day after leaders of the open air
meeting had spoken of the hymn as
that with which the victims of the Ti
tanic disaster went to their death.
The gathering was one of the day’s
features of the Christian Conservation
Congress under the auspices of the
Men and Religion Forward Movement.
William J. Bryan, John Mitchell, the
labor leader; John D. Rockefeller, Jr.,
Bishop Hendrick of Kansas City ami
others stood on the platform together
facing a large assembly. Mr. Bryan
was the principal speaker, his subject
being "The Claims of the Christian
Religion on the Men of North Ameri
ca."
Mr. Bryan touched on the theory of
evolution and brought out an out
burst of applause when he said he
wanted no man to bring him on his
death bed Darwin's "Descent of Man,”
but desired to have the Twenty-third
Psalm read to him.
KENTUCKY TO CHOOSE
DELEGATES MAY 29
Louisville, Ky„ April 20.—Kentucky’s
twenty-six delegates to the national
Democratic convention at Baltimore
will be chosen in Louisville on May
29, according to the call issued to-day
by the state Democratic Executive
Committee.
Cyclone Kills Woman.
Eufaula. Ala., April 17.—A cyclone
which visited Barbour county, Alabama
and Quitman county. Georgia, result
ed in one death and injuries to sev
eral to-day. A negress living near
Eufaula was killed in the wreck of
her home. Three other houses on the
same farm were destroyed. The same
cyclone did considerable damage in the
northern part of Henry county. Re
ports so far tell of nine houses be
ing destroyed and one person, a ne
gress. being injured. Every house on
the McDaniel farm was destroyed.
Clark Man Hot Against Wilson
Omaha, April 17.—George Fred Wil
liams of Massachusetts, speaking In
behalf of Champ Clark's presidential
candidacy, declared at Lincoln to
day that he was absolutely opposed to
Gov. Wilson of New Jersey and said
that if Wilson were nominated and
William J. Bryan supported Wilson that
he, Williams, would part company
with Bryan, though he had supported
the Nebraskan for fifteen years
of the Titanic will be told at the
Washington hearings of tjie commit
tee.
The delay in the opening of the
morning session of the hearing, it de
veloped later in the day, was due to
a diplomatic contest between Senator
Smith's committee and the White Star
Line. The steamship company was
anxious to have its men return to
England on, the Lapland, sailing to
day. However, in line with Senator
Smith’s determination to let none who
had a story to tell depart without
testifying, about twenty seamen were
kept under guard by committee de
tectives. .
ASTOR’S SON GIVES
- SIO,OOO TO NEEDY
OF TITANIC SURVIVORS
The Total Relief Fund Has
Reached $87,400.
New York, April 20.—Vincent Astor,
son of Col. John Jacob Astor, who lost
his life in the Titanic disaster, sent
to Mayor Gaynor to-day a contribu
tion of 310,000 for the destitute surviv
ors of the ill-fated ship. The check
was accompanied by this note:
"Dear Mayor. Will you kindljj. ac
cept the enclosed check as a contri
bution from me to the fund for the
needy survivors of the Titanic disas
ter. Yours very truly.
‘‘Vincent Astor.”
Contributions received from various
sources to-day brought the grand total
to be administered by the emergency
relief committee of the American Red
Cross to $67,409. In addition to this
the women's relief compilttee an
nounced to-day that it had received
contributions aggregating $20,000 and
that no further funds are required by
them.
John D. Rockefeller has sent his
check for $2,J00.
DOZEN AMERICANS LOST
REPRESENT $162,000,000
Mrs. Widener Has Pearls In
sured for $750,000.
New York. April 18.—Twelve of the
men missing from the Titanic repre
sented wealth estimated at $162,000,000.
John Jacob Astor heads list
with an estimated fortune
of $125,000,000
Benjamin Guggenheim, fifth
of Guggenheim smelter
kings .... 10,000,000
Isidor Straus, merchant and
philanthropist 5,000,000
George D. Widener, Phila-
delphia traction promoter.. 5,000,000
Arthur Ryerson, Philadel-
phia . 5,000,000
Charles M. Hays, president
Grand Trunk Railroad 3,000,000
William C. Dulles, Philadel-
phia 2,500,000
Harry Elkins Widener, son
of George D 2,000,000
C. Duane Williams, Philadel-
phia 2,000,000
George D. Wick, Youngs-
town, Ohio 1,000,000
Henry B. Harris, theater
owner and manager 1,000,000
Frederick Sutton, Philadel-
phia 500,000
Mrs. George D. Widener, who was
saved, carried with her three ropes of
pearls, insured for $750,000. Part of
her insurance contract was that she
should wear them throughout the
voyage and not entrust them to her
baggage.
DESIGNING DECK TO BE
SLIPPED FROM BIG LINERS
London, April 19.—Naval architects
are already busying themselves with
the problem of designing a deck which
can be slipped from a sinking liner.
“The problem is chiefly that of the
expense of the apparatus, which would
be used only once In fifty years," says
John Biles, Vice president of the In
stitution of Naval Architects. “An un
sinkable ship’ is a Action of the trans
atlantic tlcltdt sellers.’’
Revivalist’s Lively Work in
Thomasville.
Thomasville, Ga., April 17.—The re
vival meetings in the big tent on the
Mitchell House park lot continue to
attract large crowds and will be kept
up through the week or longer. The
Rev. Mr. Dunaway has been touching
up almost everything that he thought
needed It. Bridge playing, dancing.
"42,” liquor drinking, blind tigers, cig
arette smoking, locker clubs, the Elks
and various other organizations come
under his ban. Many have professed
conversion and some have professed
receiving the "Second Blessing." Mr.
Dunaway belonging to that branch of
the Methodist Church.
Breed* Rat* to Show Coutin* Should
Not Wed.
From the Philadelphia Record.
Nine medical men of wide depute,
representing seven of the principal uni
versities and colleges of this country
and Canada, gathered in the Bellevue-
Stratford last night to attend the first
session of the annual meeting of the
advisory board of the Wister Institute
of Anatomy of the University of Penn
sylvania. The meeting will be de
voted to a discussion of the experi
mentation of the institute during the
last year and the outlining of plans for
the ensuing year
Dr. Minot presided at the session last
night which was devoted to a consid
eration of the general scientific colicy
of the Institute and the hearing of the
report of Director Greenman covering
the operations of the institute during
the last year. Several of the members
announced that they will read papers
bearing on the researches of the insti
tute at the sessions to-day.
The report of Dr. Greenman covers
experiments in metabolism conducted
for many months with 5.000 West Phil
adelphia rats. Dr. Greenman discov
ered that inbreeding causes degeneracy
of the brain and nervous system of
animals. In the ninth generation of
rats thus treated it was found that the
brain decreased 20 per cent., while
there was a corresponding increase in
body weight. Dr. Greenman declared
that if the same results are obtained
in experimentations with humans it
will prove a startling revelation to
mankind, demonstrating the bad policy
of the intermarrying of cousins.
King Edward’* Politene**.
From Tit-Bits.
The Irreproachable politeness of the
late King Edward was not only indi
vidual and relative to persons, it was
human and general as well. Once at
Marienbad his majesty and a few
friends were having tea in a restaur
ant in the pine woods near the town.
At a table close by sat another party
the host of which was a well known
German prince.
The work of attending to Hie guests
at both tables devolved upon a young
German waitress and the King did not
fall to notice the rude, blustering man
ner of the royal German, who threat
ened to report the terrified girl every
time she had occasion to answer his
summons. Annoyed by this most un
justifiable behavior, the King said to
Sir Stanley Clarke:
“You are to convey my thanks to the
proprietor here for the prompt and
admirable manner in which my party
has been served at this restaurant."
The command was instantly obeyed
much to the disgust of the adjoining
table—a disgust which was intensified
when the King gave the timid young
waitress a gold piece.
—"What a brave little woman she is ”
“That so?”
“Yes. she’ll even go to the front
door alone when the bell rings after 3
o'clock at night.”—Detroit Free Press
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EFFECT OF WILSON
FIGHT FOR GEORGIA
UNDERWOOD IS LEADING
New Jersey Governor Ousted
from Front Pages.
Atlanta, April 20.—The presidential
primary has been temporarily effaced
from the front pages of the newspapers
by the appalling disaster to the Ti
tanic; consequently Gov. Woodrow
Wilson has necessarily lost a good deal
of the effect his trip through Georgia
might have had in so far as is concern
ed the reaching of those who did not
have opportunity to hear him speak.
It is not apparent, however, aside
and apart from front page publica
tions, that Gov. Wilson stirred up any
extensive amount of enthusiasm, and
reports from a number of points are
quite to the contrary. Among these
are Americus and Albany, at both of
which places he made speeches, it is
stated, without any material effect.
It Is an easy bet that Oscar Under
wood of Alabama will carry both Sum
ter and Dougherty counties and it Is
almost equally certain that he will get
several other counties in which Gov.
Wilson spoke, and there is little If any
doubt about Fulton. Spalding, Pike.
Bibb, Houston, Monroe and others
where the Governor stopped for short
addresses from the rear platform of
his train.
It is an interesting fact that Gov.
Wilson's managers selected some of the
most hidebound Underwood counties
for him to speak in rather than send
ing him to the doubtful ones. Most of
the counties chosen are such that Gov.
Wilson or anyone else could not change
them with a dozen speeches. It is
true there were one or two doubtful
counties on his itinerary, but the
strong Underwood counties predomi
nated. *
Reports at Underwood headquarters
here indicate that no inroads whatever
have been made upon the Underwood
strength in those counties in which
Gov. Wilson spoke. On the contrary
indications point to a growing Under
wood sentiment and the letters com
ing to headquarters are full of the
most buoyant and confident expres
sions.
Gov. Wilson had a good meeting in
Atlanta; any good speaker can get a
good crowd here. But it is noteworthy
that a large number of the audience
left the hall following Senator Hoke
Smith’s address and the general ver
dict was that the New Jersey Gov
ernor failed to make a strong impres
sion. The work done in Fulton has
been done chiefly through organisa
tion. Practically everv voter In the
county has been canvassed and both
sides are claiming the county. It will
be a pretty hot contest here with the
odds somewhat in favor of Underwood.
One of the chief criticisms made here
of Gov. Wilson’s address was his rath
er slighting allusion to the tariff as
an issue. His "Why discuss the tar
iff?” has been more discussed among
voters than any other feature of his
address, because of the general feeling
among Democrats that the party must
go Into the fight upon the tariff issue
and chiefly as Oscar Underwood has
made it.
The Underwood campaign manage
ment has made quite a hit here by se
curing a stereopticon with which car
tons, pictures and catchy expressions
are thrown on a screen in the center
of the city every evening. Large
crowds gather around It and watch it
for hours.
Senator John H. Bankhead of Ala
bama, who Is general in charge of Mr.
Underwood’s campaign, spent a day
here this week and brought encourag
ing news from Florida, which he pre
dicts is certain to give Its vote to the
Alabama candidate. He says there
was never any question about the atti
tude of the Alabama delegation, that it
has no second choice and that it will
be for Underwood on every ballot un
til there is a nomination.
MRS. ASTOR'BAILED
WATER FROM LIFEBOAT
Tells of Leaving Husband on
Titanic’s Deck.
New York, April 20.—Mrs. John Jacob
Astor was still in a« highly nervous
condition to-day, suffering from the
shock of her experience on the Titanic.
Her physician, Dr. Reul Kimball, said
that in spite of her nervousness it had
been deemed best to let her talk freely
with he» relatives and attendants re
garding the disaster. It was believed
that this would serve to relieve her
feelings.
Mrs. Astor's story of her experience,
as repeated practically verbatim by
the physician, is as follows;
"We had already retired when the
jar of the collision came. We thought
little of it. but Mr. Astor was inter
ested and said he would go on deck and
see v. hat was the matter. I called my
maid and put on a light dress, plan
ning to follow him in a moment or two.
Pretty soon Mr. Astor came back and
said that he did not think it was any
thing serious. The ship had grazed
some drift ice, he said. We did not
know theh it was a giant berg. He
was very calm and so I was not
alarmed. We put on ordinary light
clothes and 'went on deck togethsr.
“Everything was extremely quiet.
No one was excited, least of all Mr.
Astor and myself.' He walked around
and people began to pour upon deck.
The excitement began to grow, but the
ship seemed all right. Then the or
der was passed around to get into
the boats, but nobody wanted to get
into them and the first ones lowered
were only partly filled.
"The situation did not begin to get
grave until most of the boats were gone
and there were only two left.
"Mr. Astor put me and my maid and
a nurse into one of the boats and stood
back as the boat was being sent away.
tha b<>a.t was lowered he sent
for some heavy wraps and furs for
us. The boat pulled away from the
Titanic and began almost Immediately
to ship water until it was up to my
knees. I occupied my time bailing.
"Before the arrival of the Carpathia
we picked up six men. two of whom
died immediately after being pulled
aboard.”
ARE PORK ANDBEANS
VEGETABLE OR MEAT?
Railroad Charge as for Meat;
Shippers Are Kicking.
Atlanta, April 20.—Manufacturers of
pork and beans in cans have appealed
to the Railroad Commission for a rul
ing to the effect that this product is
a vegetable and not a meat. The
railroads classify it as meat and
charge a higher rate than would be
charged for a vegetable.
The manufacturers contend that ft
is simply a canned vegetable and the
commission is asked to order that
classification. The matter is under
consideration.
TITANIC USED* OLD CODE
IN WIRELESS AID FLASH
“C. Q. D.,” Which Brought
Succor to Fated Vessel.
New York. April 20.—Recognised
alike as signals of distress, wireless
calls radiating over the ocean, wheth
er they be the International "S. O. S.”
or the Marconi “C. Q. D.." will turn
toward the imperiled vessel the bow
of every ship whose apparatus records
the appeal.
‘‘C—come—Q- -quick—D—danger.”
Although riot the International code,
that appeal will bring help as rapidly
as the shorter message:
"S—some—O—one—S—succor.”
Perhaps many a conjecture as to the
origin of the wireless appeals has en
tered the minds of those who have
read of the faint far-away call for help
from the accumulator set of the gal
lant Phillips on the doomed Titanic.
His wireless instruments failing when
the dynamo room of the liner was
flooded, he was forced to turn to the
weaker apparatus. Scarcely carrying
a hundred miles, the Carpathia, never
theless. out of the air caught the fatal
message. First to the ear in the con
tinental code came the message:
"Dash-dot-dash-dot, c. Dash-dash
dot-dash. Q. Dash-dot-dot, D."
The Titanic used the old Marconi
code, supposed to have been extinct for
over two years, ever since the Berlin
convention adopted "S. O. S.” as the
international signal for aid.
—Miss Mabel Rice of Denver, is be
lieved to be the only woman in the
United States who drives a water
wagon as a regular occupation. She
has Just secured a position driving a
sprinkler on the Denver streets and
her pay is $4.50 a day. She owns the
pair of mules ahe drUea,