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WEEPING THRONG GREETS SILENT
RESCUE SHIP AT NEW YORK PIER
Liner Carpathia Brings to Loved Ones the Sorrowing
Remnant of Titanic’s Living Burden.
New York, April 18.—In a drizzling
rain 250 policemen gathered early to
night at the Cunard Line piers at
West Fourteenth street and North
river, preparatory to handling the
crowds. Inspector McClusky was In
charge of the squad and ropes dotted
with green lights were stretched for
seventy-five yards in front of the. piers
to hold back the throngs. No one
without a special permit was allowed
beyond these ropes. As early as 8
o'clock automobiles in which veiled
women and silent men were seated be
gan arriving and by 8:30 a small
crowd already had entered the great
steel and concrete structure which
covers the piers.
A small hotel across the way had
been converted into headquarters for
the newspapers and press associations
and a meeting place for those wha had
been bereaved or had relatives aboard
the Carpathia. Although there was no
rule for silence every one talked In
■whispers. In this assemblage there
were those who hoped against hope
that some dear one was alive, although
the list of survivors had failed to
show their names.
The police regulations were made
more rigid as the evening wore on.
Waiting for Rescuing Ship.
All traffic on West street, directly
in front of the piers, was diverted at
Fourteenth street on the north and at
Thirteenth on the south. Another line
was drawn on the east at Eleventh
avenue. Thus the block Immediately
in front of the piers was held sacred
to those immediately concerned In the
tragedy. Shortly before 8 o'clock news
came that the Carpathia was passing
the Statue of Liberty. At that hour
more than fifty automobiles were
parking in front of the piers.
The early arrival of the Carpathia
at quarantine surprised even the cus
toms officers, 150 of whom were on the
pier under the direction of Gen. Nel
son P. Henry, surveyor of the port,
who came to facilitate the landing of
the survivors.
Five hundred friends and relatives
had gathered inside the pier sheds at
8:30 o’clock, taking up their positions
under the customs alphabetical ar
rangement, each one under the initial
of the name of the survivor. The Car
pathia at this time was a quarter of a
mile down the Hudson and drawing
near the docks. A stream of people
was filing into the pier entrance and
automobiles continued to take their
places into the street.
$20,000 for the Needy.
A committee from the New York
%sock Exchange, headed by E. H.
Thomas, president, came to the pier
shortly before the Carpathia arrived,
bringing 820,000 in ash to be distrib
uted among those most in need of as
Tftiv money was raised on the ex
\v_ popular subscription and
brought to the pier in an oblong box.
Burvevor Henry assigned to the use
of the committee the little customs
house on the pier.
Several Red Cross nurses and a dozen
physicians arrived upon the pier and
two ambulances from St. Vincent Hos
pital stood outside.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
had a special train waiting at their
station at Thirty-fourth street and a
number of taxicabs to convey surviv
ors desiring to go to Philadelphia to
their friends.
An apartment for Mr. Ismay has
been secured at the Ritz-Carlton Ho
tel.
J. P. Morgan, Jr., put in an appear
ance as the boat was about to dock.
Representatives of the Widener and
Thayer family of Philadelphia also
were early arrivals, having chartered
a special train over the Pennsylvania
Railroad.
There were a thousand persons in
the shed at 8:45 o'clock' many of whom
were weeping. Outside, the automo
biles kept piling up.
The Carpathia was off the end of
the pier ready to dock at 8:55. The
pilot of a tugboat, engaged to assist
in warping her In. announced that she
could not dock until the lifeboats were
taken off.
A large number of Sisters of Charity
from the various hospitals arrived in
a number of ambulances.
A commissioner of Immigration was
present to expedite the landing of a
number of steerage passengers.
At ten minutes past 9 there was an
agonized wailing while the boat was
be'mg slowly warped into her berth.
i?ne scene at this time in and about
the great pier was one of great ani
mation and eager expectancy. The
crowds had steadily augmented, but
there was perfect order and an awe
like air of waiting. Automobiles con
tinued to arrive in numbers and the
crowd about the entrance to the pier
maintained a respectful silence. With
in the vast enclosure the company of
people was. notwithstanding the pre
cautions and the limit which had been
placed upon the number of passes is
sued, dense but serious and orderly.
No Hilarity Greet* Her.
As the Carpathia was passing into
her slip she was surrounded by news
paper boats and there were frequent
flashes from cameras which were tak
ing flashlights of the rescue ship,
punctuating the silence like a series of
bombs.
The great ship came up slowly and
had a hard time docking. Her decks
•were black with passengers.
There was notable absence of the
usual hilarity and excitement usually
attendant upon an ocean liner's ar
rival.
An air of solemnity was added to
the scene by the presence of scores of
white-clad hospital attendants with
stretchers, while, prepared for the
worst, there mingled in the throng
attaches from the coroner’s staff. Many
invalid chairs also were rolled up to
the pier entrance and placed in wait
ing for those unable to walk.
When the ship docked at 9:30 the
gangplank was quickly lowered and
the doctors and nurses went aboard.
The first survivors began to leave
the ship at 9:35. As they came into
the street a dead silence fell over the
crowd and even the flashlight battery
for a moment ceased its bombard
ment
Quitman School in Contest.
Quitman, Ga.. April 19.—This year
the Quitman High School will be rep
resented for the first time in the Elev
enth district school contests at Val
dosta May 3. In the contests among
the pupils in this school Miss Florrie
Wilkes won in the ready writing con
test. Miss Freddie Wade in spelling;
Miss Marie Davidson in elocution, and
Mitchell Underwood in declamation.
These will go to Valdosta to compete
■with the winners in these branches
from the other schools In the district,
those who win. in the district contest
going to Athens this summer to com
note for sts.te honors.
•
MRS. JOHN J. ASTOR
SORROWS IN PALACE
IS MET BY HER STEPSON
She Visits Father, Then Hur
ries Home.
New York, April 18.—At the home of
William H. Force, father of Mrs. John
Jacob Astor, a member of the family
said to-night that Mrs. Astor had vis
ited her father for a few moments
after landing from the Carpathia and
then departed for her home, the Astor
residence, on upper Fifth avenue.
Mrs. Aster was said to be as well
as could be hoped for in view of her
ordeal, but in absolutely no condition
to discuss details of the disaster.
Mrs. Astor came down the elevator
very soon after the ship docked. She
was accompanied by a physician, a
nurse, Vincent Astor and a younger
sister, and went away in an automo
bile.
While utterly exhausted from her ex
periences. Mrs. Astor was declared to
night by Nicholas Biddle, a trustee of
the Astor estate, to be in no danger
whatever. Her physicians, however,
had given orders that neither Mrs.
Astor nor her maid, who was saved
with her, should be permitted to talk
about the disaster.
On landing from the Carpathia the
young bride, widowed by the Titanic's
sinking, told members of her family
what she could recall of the circum
stances of the disaster. Os how Col
Astor met his death she had had no
definite conception. As Mr. Biddle re
counted her narrative, she had no
very clear recollection of the happen
ings until the beats were well clear
of the sinking steamer. Her impres
sion was that the beat she left in
had room for at least fifteen more pas
sengers The chief steerage steward
of the Titanic, who came in on the
Carpathia, says he saw Mr. Astor
standing by the life ladder as the
passengers were being embarked. His
wife was beside him. the steward
said. The colonel left her to go to
the purser's office for a moment and
that was the last seen of him.
BRAVE MEN RELATE
GRAPHIC STORIES
OF TERRIBLE NIGHT OF
DEATH AND HEROISM
(Continued from Page Five.)
Clinch Smith and I, however, soon
found the vessel was listing heavily.
A few minutes later, the officers or
dered men and women to don life
preservers.”
Her Death Foretold.
One of the last women seen by
Cot Grade, he said, was Miss Evans
of New York, who virtually refused
to be rescued because, according to the
army officer, she had been told by a
fortune teller in London that she
would meet death on the water.”
A young English woman, who re
quested that her name be omitted, told
a thrilling story of her experience in
one ot the collapsible boats which had
been manned by eight of the crew
from the Titanic. The boat was in
command ot the fifth officer. H. Lowe,
whose actions she described as saving
many lives. Before the lifeboat was
launched he passed along the port
deck of the steamer commanding the
people not to jump into the boats and
otherwise restraining them from
swamping the craft. When the collaps
ible was launched Officer Lowe suc
ceeded in putting up a mast and a
small sail. He collected the other boats
together. In some cases the boats
were short of adequate crews and he
directed an exchange by which each
was adequately manned. He threw
lines connecting the boats two by two
and all thus moved together. Later
on he went back to the wreck with
the crew of one of the boats and suc
ceeded in picking up some of those
who had Jumped overboard and were
swimming about. On his way back
to the Carpathia he passed one of the
collapsible boats which was on the
point of sinking with thirty passen
gers aboard, most of them in scant
night clothing. They were rescued
just in the nick of time.”
CARNEGIE 'GIVES $5,000
Why Was Titanic Among Ice
bergs, He Says.
New York. April 18.—In connection
with a gift of $5,000 which Andrew
Carnegie made to-day to the relief
fund for the Titanic sufferers, the fol
lowing correspondence between the re
tired iron master and Mayor Gaynor
was made public:
"New York. April 18, 1912.—Dear
Mayor: What was the Titanic doing
up among the ice when she had the
whole Atlantic ocean south open and
free? This is the root of the matter.
Passenger steamships should be com
pelled to keep far south below the
range of icebergs at all seasons. Life
boats are secondary to this vital re
quirement. Yours.
"Andrew Carnegie."
"April 18, 1912.—Dear Mr. Carnegie:
As usual, you hit the nail exactly on
the head. They had no business up
there among the icebergs, and being
there they should have stopped. The
question of lifeboats is a secondary
one. I thank you exceedingly for your
generous check of $5,000 for the suffer
ers. Sincerely yours.
“W. J. Gaynor, Mayor.”
A Fighting
Cock
“ I feel like a fighting cock ”
ia the expression of the man
with an active liver —he
tackles his work with vim
he is successful—nine times
out of ten you will find he
takes
Tutt’s Pills
which have been used by a
million people with satisfac
tory result. At your drug
gist’s—sugar coated or plain.
THE WEEKLY NEWS (TWO-TIMES-A-WEEK) MONDAY, APRIL 22, 1912.
Children Cry for Fletcher’s
ICASTORIAI
The Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has been
in use for over 30 years, has borne the signature of—
and has been mado under his per
sonal supervision since its infancy.
” ** Allow no one to deceive you in this.
All Counterfeits, Imitations and “Just-as-good” are but
Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of
Infants and Children—Experience against Experiment.
What is CASTORIA
Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare
goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It
contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotie
substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms
and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind
Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation
and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the
Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep.
The Children’s Panacea—The Mother’s Friend.
GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS
The Kind You Have Always Bought
In Use For Over 30 Years
THE CENTAUR COMPANY, 77 MUBftAY STREET, NEW YORK CITY.
VINCENT ASTOR NOW
HEAD OF HIS FAMILY
NOT YET 21 YEARS OLD
May Share $100,000,000 Es
tate With Stepmother.
New York, April 18.—William Vin
cent Astor, who is now head of the
American branch of the Astor family
following the death of his father, Col.
J. J. Astor, is not yet 21 years old.
He was born on Nov. 15, 1891, in the
old William Astor mansion at Fifth
avenue and Thirty-fourth street where
the Waldorf-Astoria now stands, and
from which his parents moved shortly
after his birth to the then new Astor
residence at Fifth avenue and Sixty
sixth street.
He was a delicate child and until he
entered Harvard last autumn he spent
about six months of each year at his
father's country house,at Ferncliff, on
the Hudson, three months at Newport
and three months at the town house.
He was always somewhat tall, with
dark, straight hair and dark blue eyes,
resembling his father, especially as to
the lower part of the face.
He has always been fond of yacht
ing and automoblling. Just before he
went to Newport last autumn lie got
into the habit of speeding his auto
mobile so rapidly through the streets
of Newport that he, with Hermann
Oelrichs and George Henry Warren,
Jr., was called before a police magis
trate and lectured.
He accompanied his father on the
trip to the West Indies two years ago
in which the Astor yacht Nourmahal
was not heard from for several weeks.
John Jacob Astor and his son Vincent
were believed to have been drowned
and their vessel wrecked at that time.
Vincent Astor has been thrown par
ticularly in his father's company since
his mother. Mrs. Ara Willing Astor,
obtained her divorce from John Jacob
Astor in November. 1909. Under the
divorce decree, which was granted by
Supreme Court Justice Mills in Rock
land county, the papers being sealed.
John Jacob Astor was to have custody
of Vincent and Mrs. Astor of the only
other child of the marriage, Muriel,
now 10 years old. At the time of the
divorce the amount of John Jacob As
tor's settlement on his wife was not
made public, but it was said to be
$10,000,000 in cash, on the provision that
this sum would later revert to Muriel.
Vincent Astor's rumored engagement
to various young society girls, notably
Miss Margaret Andrews, the daughter
of Paul Andrews of Newport, has been
made the subject of gossip for the last
year or two. The young man, just be
fore going to Harvard last autumn,
however, said he wasn't engaged to
any one. and that his only interest
was in his studies Mr. Andrews last
autumn also denied his daughter’s en
gagement.
The John Jacob Astor fortune, which
Vincent Astor will share with his step
mother and perhaps with his sister,
Muriel, has been estimated at SIOO,-
000,000. John Jacob Astor's real prop
erty holdings in this city alone were
stated authoritatively last autumn to be
worth more than $41,000,000. The Thir
ty-fourth street half of the Waldorf-
Astoria Hotel, part of his estate, is
assessed at more than $8,300,000.
At the time that Mrs. Ava Willing
Astor obtained her divorce no infor
mation was given out concerning thg
financial settlement, but it has since
been rumored that Muriel Astor, hav
ing been placed by the court in her
mother's custody, will not be among
her father's heirs. The $100,009,000 es
tate will. It is said, be divided between
Vincent Astor and Mrs. John Jacob
Astor.
Legislative Fight in Brooks.
Quitman. Ga., April 19.—Now that
the county Democratic primary has de
cided the county officials for the next
two years, the most important local
political issue Is the campaign for state
senator and two representatives, the
primary for which is in August. Un
usual Interest was manifest in the
race for the Senate, but now S. M.
Turner is the only avowed candidate.
J. G. Stanley, a prominent farmer, who
announced for the place last week, i*
out in a card saying he has withdrawn
from the race, for private reasons not
connected with politics.
This is the first time Brooks has had
two representatives in the Legislature
and so far three candidates have of
fered for the places. M. E. Pope, a for
mer representative; F. M. Austin of
Dixie, and Grover Edmondson of Quit
man. It is considered probable there
will be other candidates.
TAFT’S TRIBUTE
TO_MAJOR BUTT
“He Was a Soldier,” So He
Went Down.
Washington, D. C., April 18.—Presi
dent Taft told visitors late to-day that
he had never expected to hear ot the
rescue of Maj. Butt, his military aide,
after the first shocking new* ot the
Titanic disaster reached land.
"I never had any Idea that Archie
was saved at all,' said the President.
"As soon as I head that 1,200 people
went down, I knew that he went down
too. He was a soldier and was on
deck where he belonged.”
President Taft waited up until after
midnight, hoping that some of the Ti
tanic's survivors might tell something
of Maj. Butt, who undoubtedly was
lost in the catastrophe.
Col. Grade's story, which made no
mention of Maj. Butt, blasted the last
hope and the President completely sur
rendered to his worst fear. Secretary
Hilles remained at the White House
and took the bulletins th the Presi
dent as they came ftesh off the wires.
When the last hope seemed to be
gone the President repeated what he
had said earlier in the day:
"1 know Archie died like a soldier."
tain same (stokers, stewards, etc..
POPE PIUS GRIEVED
BY LOSS OF MAJ. BUTT
Cabled President Taft His
Sympathy.
Rome, April 18. —The Osservatore
Romano publishes the following state
ment
"The Pope has learned with deep re
gret that among the victims of the
ruthless Titanic, which has so pro
foundly grieved him, was Maj. Butt,
returning from a visit to Rome. Maj.
Butt had been the bearer ot an auto
graph letter from the President of the
United States to the pontiff, and now,
in returning home, had an autograph
letter from the pontiff to the President
together with an answer from Car
dinal Merry del Vai. the papal secre
tary, to a letter addressed to him by
the President.
“The pontiff, while expressing to
President Taft his profound sympathy
and sorrow’ for all, hastened to ask
for news respecting the fate of Maj.
Butt. President Taft immediately an
swered, expressing to the Pope his
profound gratitude for the Interest and
sympathy shown by the Pope towards
the sufferers, and adding that unfor
tunately there was no hope that Maj.
Butt had been saved."
SIXTH DISTRICT G. 0. P.
IS IN BIG SQUABBLE
Holland Denies He Called New
Convention.
Macon, Ga., April 19. —Harry S. Ed
wards, postmaster at Macon, received
a telegram to-day from Henry S. Jack
son, chairman ot the Georgia Taft
Club and leader of' the Taft forces
in this state, in which he says that
R. A. Holland, secretary of the Sixth
congressional district, states positive
ly that no one was authorized to sign
his name to the notice appearing in
a Macon paper for the call of a Re
publican district convention, changing
the date from May 1 to May 18.
Some time ago Secretary Holland Is
sued a call for a district convention
to be held in Macon to select dele
gates to the national Republican con
vention. All other districts have se
lected their delegates and all are for
Taft, with the exception ot the Ninth.
Four delegates at large, also were
instructed for Taft by the state con
vention.
The present mix-up is caused by the
Roosevelt Republicans, who claim that
these conventions were held illegally
and should’ not have been held until
thirty days after the registration books
closed. A. Graves, secretary of the
Central Committee, as the Executive
Committee is called in Republican
usage, who was superceded by a new
| man in the recent convention, is still
I the secretary if the Roosevelt people
I are correct in the point they have rais
ed and they induced him to call a
new convention. Efforts have been
made to call new conventions in all the
districts, but with what success has
not yet developed.
Mr. Edwards stated that delegates
selected in the Sixth district already,
will meet here. May 1. and choose dele
gates to the national convention and
if the chairman and secretary are not
present any delegate is authorized to
organize thie meeting and proceed with
the business. Th? outcome is awaited
with
MEN CALMLY FACED
TERRORS OF DEATH
No Panic or Sobbing or Rush
for the Boats.
SAYS TITANIC SURVIVOR
Mr. Beasley, Describes the
Fateful Night.
New York, April 18.—Following is
the account of the loss of the Titanic
as told by Mr. Beasley of London:
“The voyage from Queenstown had
been quite uneventful: very fine ■wea
ther was experienced and the sea was
quite calm. The wind had been very
cold. I had been in mv berth for
about ten minutes, when at about
11:15 p. m., I felt a slight Jar and
then, soon after, a second one. The
engines stopped immediately after
wards. I went up on the top (boat)
deck and found only a few people
there who had come up similarly to
inquire why we had stopped. We saw
through the smoking room window a
game of cards going on. The card
players apparently felt more of the
jar and looking through the window
they had seen a huge iceberg go by
close to . the side ot the boat. They
thought we had just grazed it and the
engines had been stopped to see if any
damage had been done. No one, of
course, had any conception that she
had been pierced below’ by part of the
submerged Iceberg. The game went
on without any thought of disaster
and I retired to my cabin. I never saw
any of the players or the onlookers
again.
Order for the Life Belt*.
"A little later, hearing people going
up stairs. I went out again and found
every’ one wanting to know why the
engines had stopped. No doubt many
were awakened from sleep by the sud
den stopping of a vibration to which
they had become accustomed during
the four days we had been on board.
"On going on deck again, I saw that
there was an undoubted list down
wards from stern to bows, but, know
ing nothing of what had happened,
concluded some of the front compart
ment had filled and weighed her down.
I went down again to put on warmer
clothing and as I dressed heard an or
der shouted:
" 'All passengers on deck with life
belts on!"
"We walked slowly up with them
tied on over our clothing, but even
then did not realize the danger. There
was a total absence of any panic .or
any expressions of alarm, and I sop
pose this can be accounted for by the
exceedingly’ calm night and the ab
sence ot any signs of the accident.
The ship was absolutely still and ex
cept for a gentle tilt downward at
that time, no signs of the approaching
disaster were visible. But in a few
moments we-saw the covers lifted from
the boats and the crews allotted to
them standing by and curling up the
ropes which were to lower them by
the pulley blocks into the water.
"Women First.”
"We then began to realize It was
more serious than had been supposed.
Presently we heard the order:
‘■'Ail men stand back away from
the boats- and all ladies retire to next
deck below!'—the smokingroom deck
or B deck. The men all stood away
and remained in absolute silence, lean
ing against the railings of the deck
or pacing slowly up and down. The
boats were swung out and lowered
from A deck. When they were to the
level of B deck, where all the ladles
were collected, the ladies got in quiet
ly. with the exception of some who re
fused to leave their husbands. In some
cases’ they were torn from them and
pushed into the boats, but in many
instances they were allowed to remain
because there was no one to Insist that
they should go.
“Looking over the side one saw boats
from aft already In the water, slipping
quietly away into darkness, and pres
ently the boats near to me were low
ered and with much creaking as the
new ropes slipped through the pulley
blocks down the seventy-five feet
which separated them from the water.
An officer In uniform came up as one
boat went down and shouted:
Everybody Was Calm.
" ‘When you are afloat, row round to
the companion ladder and stand by
with tile other boats for orders.'
“ ‘Aye. aye.’ came hp the reply, but
I don't think any boat was able to
obev the order. When they were
afloat the sailors saw they could do
nothing but row from the sinking
ship.
"All this time there was no trace of
any disorder, panic or rush to the
boats, and no scenes of women sob
bing hysterically. Every one seemed
to realize slowly that there was im
minent danger. When it was realized
that we might ail he presently in the
sea with nothing but our life belts
to support us until we were picked up
bv passing steamers it was extraor
dinary how calm every one was and
how completely self-controlled.
"One by one the boats were filled
with women and children, lowered
and rowed away into the night.
“Presently word went around among
the men 'The men are to be put in
boats on the'starboard side.’
"I remained on the port side and
presently heard the call:
" ‘Any ladies on your deck, sir?”
“ ‘No,’ I replied and. looking down,
saw boat No. 13.
" 'Then you had better jump.’
Have Narrow Escape.
“I dropped in and fell into the bot
tom as they cried ‘Lower away!’ As
the boat began to descend, two ladies
were pushed hurriedly through the
crowd on B deck and heaved over into
the boat and a baby of ten months
passed down after them. Down we
went, until we were some ten feet from
the water. Here occurred the only
anxious moment of our experience.
"Immediately below our boat was the
exhaust of the condensers, a huge
stream of water pouring all the time
from the ship’s side above the water
line. It was plain we ought to be
smart away from this not to be swamp
ed by it when we touched water. We
had no officer aboard, nor petty offi.
cer or member of the crew to take
charge. So one of the stokers shout
ed:
“ ‘Some one find the pin which re
leases the boat from the ropes and pull
It up.’ No one knew where it was.
"Down we went and presently float
ed with our ropes still holding up di
rectly under boat No. 14. which had
filled rapidly with men and was com
ing down on us in away that threat
ened to submerge our boat.
"Stop lowering 14. " the crew shouted
and the crew of No. 14. now only twen
ty feet above, shouted the same. But
down she came. 15 feet, 10 feet, 5 feet
and a stoker and I reached up and
touched her, swinging above our heads.
Just before she dropped another stok
er sprang to the ropes with his knife.
"His knife cut through the pulley
roots and the next moment the ex-
haust streams carried us clear while
boat 14 dropped into the water, into
the space we had the moment before
occupied.
La»t of the Titanic.
“We drifted away easily and head
ed directly away from the ship. The
crew seemed to me to be mostly’ cooks
in white jackets, two to an oar, with a
stoker at the tiller. The stoker who
was steering was chosen captain. He
set to work at once tc. get into touch
with the other boats, calling to them
and getting as close as seemed wise
so that when the searching boats came
in the morning to look for us, there
would be more chance for all to be
rescued.
“It was now about 1 a. m.. a beau
tiful starlight night with no moon, and
so not very’ light. The sea was as
calm as a pond.
“As we rowed away from the Titan
ic, we looked back from time to time
to watch her. In the distance she look
ed an enormous length, her great bulk
outlined in black against the starry
sky, every port hole and saloon blaz
ing with lieht. It was impossible to
think anything could be wrong with
such a leviathan were it not for that
omnious tilt downwards in the bows,
where the water was by now up to
the lowest row of port holes. Present
ly. about 2 a. ni.. as near as I can re
member, we observed her settling very
rapidly. She slowly tilted straight on
end. with the stern vertically upwards
and as she did. the lights in the cab
ins and saloons, which had not flick
ered for a moment since we left, died
out. came on again for a single flash
and finally went out altogether. At
the same time the machinery roared
down through the vessel with a rattle
and a groaning that could bo heard
for miles. But this was not yet quite
the end.
Death of the Leviathan.
"To our amazement, she remained in
that upright position some minutes and
we watched at least 150 fe?t of the Ti
tanic towering up above the level of
the sea and looming black against the
sky, Then with a quiet, slanting dive,
she disappeared beneath the water and
our eyes had looked for the last time
on the gigantic vessel. And there was
left to ua the gently heaving sea, the
boat filled to standing room with men
and women tn every conceivable con
dition of dress and undress.
"And then there fell on the ear the
most appalling noise that human being
ever listened to, the cries of hundreds
of our fellow beings struggling In the
Icy cold water, crying for help with a
cry that we knew could not be an
swered.
"We tried to sing to keep the women
from hearing the cries and rowed hard
to get away from the scene ot the
wreck, but I think those sounds will
be one of things the rescued will find
It difficult to efface from memory.
"Wo kept a lookout for lights and
about 3 a. m. saw faint lights showing
In the sky which turned out to be
only’ the Northern lights.
“Presently low down on the horizon
wo saw a double light. Th<w proved
to bo the masthead light and a deck
light below' of a rescuing steamer. We
swung around and headed for her.
The steersman shouted, "Now, boys,
sing!’ and for the first time the boat
broke Into song with ‘Row for the Shore.
Boys,’ nnd for. the first time tears
came to the eyes of us all as we real
ized that safety was at hand. The
song was sung, but it was a very poor
imitation of the real thing, for quiv
ering voices make i>oor songs. A cheer
was given next and that was better."
millionairTand peasant
GAVE THEIR LIVES FREELY
(Continued from Page Five.)
that there was a large Iceberg right
ahead. As Officer Murdock's hand was
on the lever to stop the engines the
crash came. He stopped the engines,
then Immediately, by another lever,
closed the water-tight doors.
Carpenter Fir»t to Die.
" 'The skipper (Capt. Smith) came
from the chart room onto the bridge.
His first words were “Close the emer
gency doors.”
" ‘ "They're already closed sir,”
Murdock replied.
“ ‘ "Send to the carpenter and tell
him to sound the ship,” was the skip
per’s next order. The message was
sent to the carpenter. The carpenter
never came up to report. He probably
was the first man on that ship to lose
bis life.
Did Captain Kill Himself?
Physicians and nurses went on board
the Carpathia before any one was al
lowed to go down the gangway but.
soon after .the first cabin passengers,
women predominating, began descend
ing the incline. Some W’alked unaided,
some were assisted by friends, rela
tives and nurses and some were on
stretchers. Mrs. John Jacob Astor,
now a widow, was met by her stepson
Vincent, and her sister. Miss Force.
The tw<r hundred and more steerage
passengers did not leave the ship un
til 11 p. m. They were In a sad con
dition.
The Titanic's four rescued officers
were placed aboard the Red Star liner
Lapland for the night. TltFy refused
to talk, saying they were under in
structions to give no Information, ex
cept to the Senate Committee.
" 'The commutator showed the boat
carried five degrees list to starboard.
She then was rapidly settling for
ward. All the steam sirens were blow
ing. Bv the skipper’s orders the en
gines were put to work at pumping
out the ship, distress signals were sent
by Marconi and rockets were sent up.
All hands were ordered on deck and
life belts were sewed on every passen
ger
“ ‘The stewards and other hands
helped the sailors in gettinv the boats
out. The order “women, and children
first" was given and enforced. There
was no panic.’ ”
southern^gaFmen
NAME OFFICERS
Jacksonville. Fla.. April 19.—Officers
of the Southern Gas Association elect
ed this morning at the conclusion of
the fourth annual convention were C.
E. White of Montgomery, Ala , presi
dent: James Ferrier of Rome. Ga..
first vice president: S. E. Defrese of
Chattanooga, Tenn., second vice presi
dent; A. D. Brewer of Atlanta, secre
tary and treasurer.
Charlotte. N. C.. was selected as the
place for the fifth annual convention
next year.
Memorial Day Plans.
Vidalia, Ga., April 19.—The pro
gramme for Memorial Day exercises
has been announced. Prof. W. D.
Green will be master of ceremonies.
After an opening song by the chapter
and prayer by the Rev. Mr. Dumas,
the speaker. Col. Enoch J- Giles, will
be introduced by the Rev. J. H. House.
The programme will include a song
by the school children and reading by
Miss Green, after which the march to
the graves and decoration will take
place. A number of crosses of honor
will be conferred by the president of
the Thomas Becharn Calhoun Chapter.
United Daughters of the Confederacy.
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Dublin, Ga., April 19.—Mrs. Ella DoS
ton died this morning, the second vic
tim of Steve Tompkins, who shot ui
the Doston and Dean family twe
weeks ago. J. F. Dean, son of Mrs
Doston, died instantly and Edgar Dean
another son. was badly wounded. Ed
gar Dean probably will recover.
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a paralyzed condition since the shoot
Ing. No hopes for her recovery hac
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eral weeks. She had been paralyzed
from the lower part of the shoulder
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ago at the seventh joint of the ver
tebra and pressing against the spina
column, which was the cause of paraly
sis, but her condition would not per
mit of an operation and none had been
performed.
The grand jury has been called Ir
extra session next week to investigate
the killing of Mrs. Doston and her
son. J. F. Dean, and Tompkins will be
put on trial at this term of the court.
The public is demanding an early
trial and it is probable that the case
will be called Tuesday next.
BOTH CLAIM* SOUTH
CAROLINA DELEGATES
Taft and Roosevelt Squabble
Over Them.
Washington. D. C„ April 19.—Sena
tor Joseph M. Dixon, chairman of the
national Roosevelt Committee and
W illiam B. McKinley, director of the
national Taft bureau, each gave out
statements to-day concerning the alle
giance of certain delegates from South
Carolina to the Republican national
convention.
Senator Dixon's statement savs that
for several days his office has received
advices from Southern states "showing
that many of the delegates selected at
the early snap conventions held before
Col. Roosevelt's candidacy was an
nounced. are determined to disregard
the instructions then received on the
ground that at the time the instruc
tions were given they were assured
that Col. Roosevelt would not be a
candidate.”
The statement includes copies of two
telegrams. The first, signed by W. T.
Andrews of Sumter. S. C., and Mr
Levy of Florence, S. C„ declares that
the signers, who were elected dele
gates-at-)arge and instructed for Tass,
will vote tor Roosevelt at the conven
tion. The second, signed by C. M
English, district chairman of the First
congressional district of South Caro
lina; M. M. Morrison. First district;
Frank G. Young. Fourth district, and
J. H. Goodwin. Seventh district, states
that the signers were elected delegates
but were uninstructed and will vote
for Col. Roosevelt.
Director McKinley's statement, re
ferring to Senator Dixon, says in
part:
"At least two of the men named bv
Senator Dixon as changing their al
legiance are not listed on any known
table of delegates or accredited to anv
known convention yet held," and then
goes on to observe that if instruc
tions be not binding in South Caro
lina. "why are they more binding in
Oklahoma, Illinois. Pennsylvania or
Maine."
The statement also declares that
Chairman English was discredited at
the convention at Charleston. S. C.,
that Director McKinley does not be
lieve Senator Dixon's claim, and says:
"If Ormsby McHarg, now i n the
II South. If for no other purpose than to
persuade men to dishonorable acts,
can find any of that calibre in that
section of the country, the sooner the
country knows it the better."