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FRIDAY. APRIL 10, 101a
STORIES II
TAILS 0
ARE AT
ARE he:
TAYLOR SAVED
BY JUMPING IN
FREEZING SEA
A Philadelphian Tells of
H'iafexperiences
COL. ARCHIBALD GRACE WENT
DOWN WITH THE TITANIC,
BUT WAS LATER PICKED UI'
AND RESCUED.
• New York, April 19.—E. Z. Tay
lor, ot Philadelphia, one of the
survivors, Jumped Into the sea.Just
three minutes before the boat%ank.
H e told a graphic story as he came
Iron: the Carpathla.
“I was eating when the boat
struck the Iceberg," he said. "Thera
was an awful shock that made the
boat tremble from stem -to stern.
I did not realise for some time
what had happened. No one seem-'
id to know the extent of the acci
dent. We were told that an lsebfefe
bhd been struck by the sbto,'I'fe1t
the boat rise, and It ■keehwfa to nip
that she, wat rldlnfe .‘over'Ahe Ice.
it was a veritable, pea of lee, and
* the boat was racking, over It.. J
• should Say, that parts it. tho lceberg
were ei^jity feet high, bht It had been
Into 'sections, probably by
p. ' 'v • .. u ' >
keg up From Icy Water.. '
broken
our ehlp.
rjggSsn;
“I lntnnn/i l«*rs the AnAdn ftn if WHs
ACTS OF HEROISM AND COWARDICE
WHEN THE TITANIC MET DISASTER
PROBING
TITANIC
DISASTER
The Senate Investigating
Committee is Already
Investigating the
Horror
New York, April 19.—Investlga-
tlon of tbe Titanic dlaaater by tbe
United States senate committee was
begun today at the Waldorf-Astoria
and It will bertha moat thorough.
Charges were made that the Ti
tanic had orders to make a record
trip and that it disregarded t>
warnings against Icebergs and wa
WehUg- twenty-one, kaot\ gn hour
.when, thp crash^Sm'o, . 1
A'rigid.’Inquiry Will also be made
Into the life saving equipment , ot
the,ship.
, * Bruce 'fanjay, an ^oficir , ot, ,the
While Star Line, who waaoii th
ship, wap; a^ witness. Under oath
before! the committee' ho denied that
TIfailc Vas ordered tpr make* a
r.ecord trip,.but; he 'admittedyhat
knots
lint
Archibald Oracle, U .8. A.,
last man slaved, went down with
t(te vessel, but was picked up.
waa met tonight by hla daughter,
who had arrived from Washington,
and hla son-in-law, Paul H. Fabri-
clue. Col. Oracle told a remarkable
story of personal hardship and de
nied emphatically the reports that
there had been any panic on board.
He praised In the highest terms the
behavolr of both the passengers and
crew snd paid a high tribute to
th e heroism of the women paseen-
gers.
Wouldn't Desert Husband.
"Mrs. Isidore Straus,? he ^ald
"went to her death because she
would not desert her husband. Al
though he pleaded with her to take
her place in the boat, she steadfastly
refused, and when the ship settled
at the head and two were engulfed
by the wave that swept her.”
i Col. Oracle told of how he was
(driven to th c topmost deck when the
/ship settled, and was the soul sur-
/ vlvor after the wave that swept her
Just before her final plunge had
paaaed.
Col. Oracle’s Story.
"I Jumped with the wave.” ho
said, "Just as I often have Jumped
with the breakers at the seashore.
Py great good fortune 1 managed to
grasp the brass railing on the deck
shore end.I hung an by might ana
When the ehlp plunged
,jjg« forced to let go, and I
tried around and around tor
seemed to he an Interminable
time. Eventually I came to the
• surface to And the •«» » nlass of
tangled wreckage.
"Luckily I w»s nnhnrt end cas*-
-- Ing shout managed to seise s wood
en grating floating nearby. When
I bad recovered my breath I dis
covered a larger canvas and cork
.Alftsraft which had floated up. A
- -man, whose name I did not learn,
1 was struggling toward It from some
f wreckage to which ha bad clung. I
!' cast off and helped him to get on to
the raft, and we then began the.
. work of rescuing those who had
Jumped Into the sea and were floun-
dering |n the water.
>. •Thirty or the Raft.
• ‘ "%hen ' dawn broke there were
. thirty pf us on the raft, standing
knee deep l n th e Ire-water and
- afraid to itove lest the cranky craft
hp * overturned. ’ Bveral unfortunate
Wtfre saved and h4‘ stated
there were forty-flve people In
boat he occupied.
GRAPHIC STOR
GREAT SHIP W
F HOW
DOWN
VORS—BAND PLAYED
OCEAN OPENED ITS
VKSS El,—TOWARDS
DETAILS ARE BROUGHT IX BY THE
"NEARER MY GOD TO TREE” AS
WIDE MOUTH AND SWALLOWED
WERE SHOT DOWN TO PREVENT TttKM FROM RUNNING OVER
WOMEN AND CHILDREN—TWO CHINAMEN FOUND ON LIFE
BOATS WERE KILLED AND THROWN OVERBOARD.
New York, April 19.—With traglo
details, the complete atory ot the Ti
tanic disaster, with Its grotesque
horror was told by survivors who
arrived lest night aboard tbe Car
pathla.
After striking the Iceberg that
towed 160 feet above the water, the
Titanic eank slowly. As the Icy! Othh
waters rushed Into the engine room,| H
100 HAVE
PERISHEEi
IN FLOOD
Some women refused to leave and
were taken by rorce Into the boats
Mrs. Jwidor Strauss clung to her
husband absolutely refusing t 0 leave
him. They died togother.
Men In the steerage rushed to thajpeoplo hav
bc/nts without regard to the Biif’ty stricken dl
of the women. Some were shot and
• ^ero forced hack.
A'chle Butt, William Stead,
the boilers exploded with tei+tfiejH* f Journalist, Col. Aator
results, breaking the ship’s back, *nd t her* rendered valiant serv-
nnd the largest ship that was everJlco. The work of roscuo waa ln
built, sank in water two miles deep, lidding the male passengers and
Reports at Memphis To*
day Tell of Suffering
and Starvation on
Mississippi
Memphli
forcing the women to the front.
WireleK* Operator Went Down,
.wireless Operator Phillips re
mained at his keys, sending out ap
peals for aid until the water rushed
Into the cabin and rendered the ap
paratus useless. He died a hero.
1$. FUTRELL
TELLS OF COWARDS
She Says Many of the Men
Were Heroes, but Cow
ards Saved Selves
New York, April 19.—Mra. Jaqttes
Futrell, a survivor of the Titanic,
whoa© husband, the noted novelist,
wan drowned, stated emphatically
that the men who wer© saved, ex
cept those who manned the life
boats, sneaked Into the boats.
She praised the heroism of the
men who died that the women and
children might live as magnificent
beyond description. The FutrellH
were natives of Atlanta. Mrs. Fu-
trell said Janucs rushed Into the
cabin Immediately after the collls-
Ion, saying “get dressed at one?, the
boat Is going down.**
They found everything on deck
confusion. The women were
screaming and rushing frantically
about calling for their husbands*and
children, while the officers were
roaring orders.
The behavior of the men waa
magnificent, except a few cowards,
who tried to rush on the boats.
Most of them were thrown back,
thought she saw Jaqueg wave
to her as the boat went down.
As tho water closed over the T1
tanicUtJ?© hand o n the upper dock
played’'“Nearer My God to.The*. “
Cnp't. Smith stood on the bridge,
ralthful .unto death, sinking with
the ehlp. ;• •* '* * H
Tho Final Dip of Death. ^
• Listing more and more bj^hend j ’ Hmce Tsmay, a maimulng diree-
and nose, the great leviathan','iiluRg- tor of the International Maritime
into‘the sea; her-stern rising Marine Company, owning tho White
h*gh from the. water, a'swlri ' of star Line, the survivors Bay, clira-
water rushed Into a maolStroPi and ored .nto the third boat that put
the* Titanic disappeared! Seven h^r- nv . ay from tho Titanic after rwmr.
dred and five had escaped? mostly tng inquirers that thc shin could rot
*• \J * „ i
IX £ ’•
the lost were loading menVf T En*- ; bH*htfW the .kies. In'tbe bottom
land and America. 'of oflB i l0 ,t two Cblnamen were
|Ae the boat* rode away from the f ound w)th faces d own , The oflloor
sinking Titanic, eome cries wore' ln charge of tSe ^ , hot both OI
heard of those etniggllng In the thc . m and helTed them OTerboa rd to
water, but these soon died awair and j mal[B room tor thB womOTi I
nothing more was heard.
Stories of heroism unparaPoled
succor,
with
Whlto
6ank ofT
foundland ...
Th 0 great
her linnd
to death
cargo of
•six Otbei
To this awful
sons wer© added. O
omen and children, men, cahlo and boat ,,
other llv© stock have been without
food for forty-eight hours,
t Tho government is sending aid
from Memphis. Many small towns
and villages are ten feet under
water.
April 19.—Or
> perished In
trlct in the li
four hours, according to the gov
ernment engineers’ reports.
Som© were drowned, som© died of
exhaustion and starvation. "Whole
families were wiped out.
The levees standing at Hoa-daH
and points below broke. Crowds of
SHIP OF
Titanic
ork
DR.
MANY
MSA
AND
KOMI I
New
‘*+**+++*++++4 died in the darkness at a sal
♦ I tnnee from the stricken ship
* I IGV’HF.S SHOW HOW * saw her go down, >.
Captain Commends Wireless Men.
About 2 o’clock In the morning,
cud deed, performed by American , doom ,„ unqlie „
business men and member, of the! t , onably had ^ rescued
that were poaatble and the boat, nil
gone, £apt. Smith tild the wlreleaa
men brokenly, “Men, you have done
your toll duty, yon can do no more.
Abandon your cabin. R la now ev
ery man tor hlmaelt."
Phllltpa clung to the key, and
perieted. The othera Jumped from
■mi
•» following Uhulallon ot the *
paaaflngern and crew on board 4
4> the Titanic, together with thoee 4
4 laved and loat haa been com- 4
4 piled trom the flgurea In a 4
4 atatement laauad by a commit- 4
4 tee ot paeiengen. 4
4 Approximate number ot paa- 4
4 aengera aboard: Flrat claaa. 4
4 330; aecond claaa, 320; third 4
4 claaa, 760. 4
4 Officer, and craw, 940. 4
4 Total. 2,340. 4
4 Number ot paaaengen aaved 4
4 by Carpathla: Flrat claaa, 4
4 210; aecond elaaa, 126; third 4
4 claaa, 200. 4
4 Total panengerd aaved. ,593. 4
4 Member, ot crewi aaved: 4
4 Officers, 4. aeamen, 39; atew- 4
4 ard, 90; flremen, 71. 4
4 Total member* ot crow aaved 4
4 210. 4
liner's sld 0 nn d live sulwoq
succumlbcd on tho re
path la. The list of
missing elundH as pn|v
ported and the total death list,
brought to port last night by
Cnrpathta, Is 1,601.
Survivors In tho life bosle hud-
* L ‘ ■ wft j 0 d | H-
and
saw her go down. f.
Slort.-H at Varlanec.
to t y Scene nil 1
,.i Alti'C
crow were bronghi by tbe survivors.
Men of millions worked cooly sav
ing tbe women and children with
out a thought of self.
Ship Wa* Throbbing With Joy.
The Titanic waa athrob with Joy
end life Sunday night whan with
out warning It Jammed against the
Iceberg. It was a glancing blow and _ . _ „ ,
non. realised tho full damage. The, 1110 and-were Anally reacnod.
ship waa making twenty-one knots Bn,t ' A,tor •"« Dled ' ’
an hour , | At the last moment John Jacob
The officer, who had been reaeanr-' Aytor ’ *t a i°r Archie Butt, C. M.
Ing the passengers assumed a atern W ' .¥• cl ‘ r , K ,nA others + Totn , gayed , pagien g en i and 4
mien and rigid discipline as the life "Pfang from the ship's aide, swim-. ^ crew , .p
nnd death work began. * u,n * strongly for awhile, but the | + Totat num ber perished, 1,- 4
Tho Carpathla had answered the ‘<T waters soon numbed them nnd . 59B #
’1 for help and started for tho tbSY ’"nk to rlse.no more. ♦ Six of thoso rescued diet 4
scene of tho disaster. Other ships 1 Water Filled With Mon. ! 4 later. 4
had answered tho call, but wore loo f The wator was tilled with hun- j + Kirat and second cabin paa- 4
far away to render assistance. The j deeds of stiffened men, awlmmlng, 4 gengern, 669. 4
Carpathla waa the only vessel *rrlv|clammorlng upon the wreckage ami; ^ a nd .second cabin pas- 4
Ipp In time to rescue any of tho un- trying to climb up on tho Ice enkes. ganger, aaved, 336. 4
fortunate,. |Tlic terrible cold soon overcame'
Astor'a Promise to Hla Wife. them and they found watery graves.:* 31S
John Jacob Aator and hla wire | Amidst the acres and acre, ot dc-
vere walking on the deck when hia'brls hundreds of bodies .floated,
wire wa, notified to leave the ship, many man being still dreaaed In
ly. Soldo ; maintain that a cefln-
paratlve calm prevailed; others sny
that wild disorder broka out, and
that there whs a maniacal struggle
for tho life boats. That the liner
struck an Iceberg, at reported by
wlreleaa, waa^bnflrmed by all.
Sensational Shooting Stories.
Renaatlonal rttmora told by hyster
ical passengers who would not give
their names aald that Captalji Smith
had killed himself on the bridge;
that chief engineer had taken bin
life, and that three Italians wen
shot In the struggle tor th« bouts.
These rttmora could not beconflrm-
od l n the early confusion attendant
on tho landing of th, survivor,.
Opened Aa If By Can-Opener.
Ripped from-stem to engine room
by the great mean of Ice aha stock,
tho Titanic's side was laid open as
If by a gigantic can-opener. 8h#
quickly listed to starboard, and a
shower of lee fell Into the forecam
tale deck. Shortly before she sank
jaho broke l„ two abalf tho engine,
and ns sho disappeared beneath tha
water the expulsion of air caused
two explosion*, which were plainly
hoard by the survivor* adrift. A
moment more and the Titanic bad
gone to her doom with the fated bun-
Total cabin pnseenger. lost, 4| dredl aroupe< , m the afterdeck. To
* I the survivor, they were visible to
* | the Uat, and, their crleo and mdans
were pitiable.
She demurred, but her husband In
sisted and told her that he would
Join her after the women and a’hli-
dren were rescued. Their parting
vas final..
Central Missouri Teachers.
Warrensburg, Mo., April t9. •-
Warrensburg Is entertaining for two
days the annual convention of th©
Central Missouri Teachers’ Abs-icIh-
tlon. A large attendance and an at
tractive program combine to give
promise of one of the most profits
hi© meetings ever held by the as*o-
ciatlon.
benumbd and half dead besought
uh to save them, and one or two
made an effort to reach us, but we
had to warn them away. Had we
made any effort to save them, w«
all might have perished.
“The hours that elapsed before
thef- evening clothes.
When the Carpathla came up at
dawn, the boats had scattered, but
the survivors were soon tgfcen on
board that ship.
MR8. ASTOU COLLAPSES.
Young Widow, who Survived the
Titanic, Is In SerlouM Condition
New York, April 19.—Mrs. John
Jacob Afltor, one of the survivor*
of tho Titanic, Buffered a collapse
this afternoon and her condition U
rojiorted seriovt.
ITALIAN WARSHIP SUNK.
Story of the Sinking of the Rout In
Confirmed Today.
Constantinople, April 19.—Confir
mation was received today of the
sinking of the Italian warship dur-
we were picked up by the Carpathla j »'ng the, bomnardment of the forts at
were the longest and most terrible Koumalke, at the entrance of the
that I ever cpeM. ‘ | Dardanelles yesterday.
TO BUY EXPRESS COS.
A Tllll to Take Them Over liy Gov
ernment In Reported.
Washington, April 19.—A bill tor
the purchase by the government of (
ell “Express Companies was favor*
ably reported today by tho com
mlttee of. the Interestate and for
eign commerce.
It provides that l^o prices shal
h© fixed by arbitration.
who
McNAVGHTON IS DENIED.
Taft to Talk to Lawyers.
Washington, April 19.—President]
Taft ha* made arrangement* to go
Vo New York tomorrow to apeak at
the annual dinner of' the Wretches- *d apostolic delegate to the
ter Bar Association. The dinner Is Slates In succession to Cardinal Fal-
to be given at Delraonico’s tomorrow onto, departed from Naples today
night. ! for New York.
Now Trial Before Judge Rawlings
l B Swalashora.
' Swalnshoro, April 19.—Judge
Rawlings hha denied a new trial to
Dr. W. J.’ McNaughlon .under sen
tence of death for killing Fred
Flanders .of Swalnshoro, by poison
ing him. A n extraordinary motion
for a new trial war filed by Me-
Naughton’a attorney, last week and
argued at length. McKaugton la
In Jail In Savannah. Ha Is not ap
parently east dow n by tha decision
of Judge Rawlings, according to
new* from’ Savannah.
He and hla attorneys aar th, real
fight for hla life la to coma In tha
Georgia supreme court
McNaughlon- la under sentence to
be hanged on May 10, bnt the ap
peal to the higher court will necco-
Ijeltate a respite.
Turpentine Market Today.
Savannah, G*.. April 19.—Tnr.
pentlna unchanged. Rosin |(.40 to
mo.