firaq,mil&taau f,A " M " ! iBtiuimmB&tiiti&m. m ' ? r ! I- .J E4 ' i.V 1 f,' V !- h fof .v i AS THE TITANIC Graphic Description Given By a Reporter. 1,726 Lives Lost in This Most Appalling of All Sea Tragedies Boat Strikes Berg and Then Boilers Explode Brave Men and Women Meet Death With Undaunted Courage. BY CARTER P. HURD. , Stall Reporter, N. Y. World, who ar rive am the Cnrpnthla. (Copyright, 1013, hy lutlter PnblUh- tss Compaart nil rlshtn reserved. Any violation of thla copyright will be vlgaroualr prosecuted by the N. T. World. New York, April 19. Seventeen hundred liven the figures will hnrdly trary In olthor direction by moro than a few dozen were lost In the sinking of the Titanic which struck an ice berg at 11:45 p. m. Sunday and was t the ocean's bottom 2 hours and 35 minutes after. The printed rolls or first and sec md cabins, compared with the list of the survivors on tho Carpnthla, show that of 341 first-cabin passengers, 212 firere saved, 154 of thorn womon and children; and that of 2G2 second cabin passengers, 116 were saved, 102 of them women and children, of tho thlfd-class passengers, 800 In num ber, 136 survive of whom 83 aro women and children. Of 085 officers and crow, 100, In eluding 22 women, reached tho Car jpathla. A few In each class doubtless Mcaped enumeration on tho Carpa thla. 1,688 Are Unaccounted For. Accepting tho estimate of tho Car bathla's officers that 700 survivors reached tho ship, comparison with tho total, 2,388, shows that 1.CS8 aro un accounted for. Thero Is but tho faintest hnpo that Way of these reached any other ship. Reports that tho California, n cnttlo hip, may have rescued n fow persons, tare given merciful resplto from ut ter despair to some of tho women. Causo, responsibility nnd similar questions regarding the stupendous disaster will be taken up In tlmo by the British mnrlno authorities. No jdlapoBltlon hns been Bhnwn by any survivor to question tho courage of khe crew, hundreds of whom saved others nnd gave their own lives with la heroism which equaled, but could jnot exceed that of John .Incob Astnr, (Henry n. Harris, Jacques Futrello and others In tho long list of tho first cabin missing. Officers Knew Icebergs Were Near. ' FactB which I hnvo established by Inquiries on the Cnrpnthla, ns posi tively as thoy could be established In hrlow of tho alienee of tho fow Btirvlv ting officers, nro: That the Tltanlc's officers know, ovornl hours before tho crash, of tho possible nearness of Icebergs. That tho Tltanlc's speed, nearly 23 knots an hour, was not Blackened, i That the number of lifeboats on tho e'Htnnlc was Insufficient to nccommo ate much moro than one-third of tho passengers, to say nothing of tho Wow. Most members of tho crew ay there were 16 lifeboats and two oollapslbles; none say there wero more than 20 boats In a.11. The 700 who escaped filled most of tho 16 life boats and tho one collapslblo which Rot away to the limit of their capac ity. "Women First" Rule Enforced. That the "women first" rule, In some cases, was applied to the extent f turning back men who were with khelr families, oven though not enough sromen to fill tho boats wero at hand bn that particular part of tho deck. Borne few boats wero thus lowered without being completely filled, but taost of these wore Boon flllod with allors and stewards, picked up out of the water, who helped mnn them. That the bulkhead system, though probably working In tho manner in tended, availed only to delay the hip's sinking, the position nnd length bf the ship's wound (on tho stnrboard quarter) admitted Icy water which caused the boilers to explode, and these explosions practically broke tho hip In two. Bulkhead Rendered Ineffective, Had the ship struck tho Iceberg bead-on, at whatever speed, and with Whatever resultant shock, the bulk head system of water-tight compart ments would probably have snved tho vessel. As one man expressed It, It Was the "Impossible" that happened when, with a shock unbelievably mild, khe ship's side was torn for a length, Which made the bulkhead system In effective. The Titanic was 1,799 miles from Queenstown and 1,191 miles from New York, speeding for a maiden voy age record. The night was starlight the sea glassy. Lights were nut In Most of the staterooms, and only two r three congenial groups remained ta the public rooms. Va the crow's nest, or lookout, and Ira the bridge, officers and member af the crew were at their places, awaiting relief at midnight from their two hours' watch. Danger Warning Sounded. At 11:45 came the sudden sound of INT TO two gongs, a warning of Immediate danger. Tho crash against tho iceberg which had been Righted at only a quarter of a mllo, camo almost simultaneously with tho click of the levers operated by thoso on tho bridge, which stopped the engines and closed the water tight doors. Captain Smith was on the bridge a moment lator giving orders for the Humtnonlng of all on board, and for the putting on of llfo-presorvers nnd tho lowering of llfoboats. Many Men In First Boats, Tho first boats lowered contained more men than tho latter ones, as the men wero on deck first and not enough women to fill them. When, a moment later, tho rush of frightened women nnd crying chil dren to tho deck began, enforcement of the "women first" rule became rigid. Officers loading Homo of tho boats drew revolvers, but in most enses tho men, both passengers and crow, be haved In n way that called for no such restraint. Report Captain 8hot 8elf. Itevolver shots, heard by many persons shortly boforo tho end of tho Titanic, caused many rumors. Ono was that Captain Smith shot hlmsolf, another was that FIrBt Officer Mur dock ended his life. Smith, Murdock and Sixth Officer Moody are known to hnvo been lost. The surviving of ficers, Llghtoller, Pltmnn, Bnthall and Lowe have made no statement. Members of the crew discredit nil reports of suicide, nnd say Captain Smith remained on the bridge until Just before the ship sank, leaping only after thoso on tho dcckB had been washod away. It Is also related that, when a cook Inter Bought to pull him aboard a lifeboat he exclaimed: "Let me go!" and, Jorklng away, went down. " LIfe-Preiervera Effective. What became of the mon with life preservers Is a question asked since tho disaster by many persons. The MOST DREADED PART preservers did their work of support ing tholr wearers In the water until the ship went down. Many of thoso drawn Into the ortex, despite the preservers, did not come up again. Dead bodies floated on tho surfaco as the last boats moved away. Band Plays as Ship Sinks. To relnte that tho ship's string band gathered In tho saloon, near the end, and played "Nearer, My God, to Thoo," sounds like an attempt to glvo an added solemn color to a sceno which was In itself tho climax of sol emnity. Out various passengers and survivors of tho crew agree tn tho declaration that they heard the music. To Bomo of tho hearers, with hus bands among the dying men in tho water and at the ship's rail, tho strain brought In thought tho words: "So, by my woes I'll bo Nearer, my God, to thco, Nearer to thee." "Women nnd children llrst," was the order In tho tilling or tho Tltanlc's llfoboats. How well that ordor was fulfilled tho list ot missing first and second cabin passengers bears elo quent witness. "Mr." Is before almost every namo. Chose Death With Husbands. Mrs, lsldor Straus, who choso death rather than to leavo her biiBbund's Fide; Mrs. Allison, who remained be low with her husband and daughter, and others who, in various ways wore kept from entering tho lino of those to be saved, aro striking examples of thoso who faced tho disaster calmly, To most of tho passrngerB tho mid night crash did not seem of terrific orco IMdgo phvorr In tho Bmolilng room kept on with t!'rt gntno, "en o i1pc' i unjltatert to rnter Iho rwinglng ilc'onts, Tho gl'VHV tea. itin tt r"' I y, the ah- enre. in tho (IrM ic- tos. ot In- tnr3" rxci'nniont g tho loot- Itir tl'nt thorn wit r slum ' 'f-M tho t ivr the .aaaW aWattf V " JWjWtfgP . B? Ibbbb PMSaSfrBMT at" afCTaaBBBBBaV LaaBBBBBaftBaBBaflnVaB fcWT--553ssaP- - irfr 'lMLaaaaa f mmJSS" GaVakaaAaUt. Jl EST 3 IT'S GRAVE Remarkable Heroism Dis played by All. Enforcement of the Rule "Women First" Sunders Family Ties Forever Famous Americans Show Elements of Strong Man hoodPassengers in Lifeboats Watch Great Steamer Sink. boats would have a chilly half bour below, and might later bo laughed at. It waB such a feeling an this, from all accounts, which caused John Ja cob Astor nnd his wile to refuse the places offered them In the first boat and to retire to tho gymnasium. In the namo way II. J. Allison, Montreal banker, laughed at tho warning, and his wife, reassured by him, took her time about dressing. They and their daughter did not reach tho Carpathta. Their son, less than two years old, was carried Into a lifeboat by bis nurse and wns taken In charge by; MaJ. Arthur Peuchen. The admiration felt by passengers and cfow for tho matchlessly appoint ed vessel was translated, In thoso first few moments, Into a confidence which, for some, proved deadly. Lifeboats Are Lacking. In tho loading of tho first boat, re strictions of sex wero not made, and It seemed to the men who piled In be plde tho women that thcrq would be boats enough for all. Hut the ship's officers knew bettor than this, and as the spreading fear caused an earnest advance toward tho suspended craft the order, "Womon first!" was heard, and tho men wero pushed aside. To tho scenes of tho next two hours OF ATLANTIC OCEAN. on those decks and In the waters be low, such adjectives as "dramatic" and "tragic" do but poor Justice. With the knowledge of deadly peril gaining greater power each moment over those men and women, the nobility of the greater part, both among cabin passengers, officers, crew and steer age, asserted ItBelf. Straus Held Back by Guard. lsldor Straus, supporting his wire on her way to a llfoboat, was held back by an Inexorable guard. Another officer strovo to help her to a seat of satoty, but she brushed away his arm and clung to her husband, crying, "1 will not go without you." Another womnn took her place, and her form, clinging to her husband'B, became part ot a picture now drawn Indelibly In many minds. Neither wfe nor husband, so far as anyono knows, reached a placo of Bafety. Astor and Wife Part. Colonel Astor, holding his wife's arm, stood decorously aside as the officers spoko to him, and Mrs. Astor and ber maid were ushered to Beats. Mrs. Henry, H. Harris parted in like manner from her husband, saw him last at the rail, beside Colonol Astor. Walter M. Clark of Los Angeles, nephew of the Montnna senator, Joined the line of men as his young wlfo, sobbing, was placed In one of tho craft. "Lot him come! Thero Is rooml" cried Mrs. Emll Taussig as tho men of the White Star line motioned to hor husband to leave her. It was with difficulty that he released her hold to permit her to be led to her placo. Gcorgo D. Wldcner, who had been In Captain Smith's company a few moments nftor tho crash, was an other whoso wlfo was parted from 1 1 in and lowered, n moment lator, to the Fiirfaco of tho calm sea. S'uU, Hays and Stead Lost. Of unjrr Archlo Hutt, a favorite "1th hi- fellow tourists; of Charles M. Hays, president of the Qrand Trunk; of DenJatuln Guggenheim, and of WIN Ham T. Stead, no one seems to know whether they tarried too long In their staterooms or whether they foreboro to approach tho fast filling boata Nono of them waB In tho throng which, weary hours afterward, reached the Carpathta. Pistols Check 8teerage Men. Simultaneously on tho upper decks of tho ship the ropes creaked with tho lowering of boats, and as they reached the water those in the boats saw what those on the docks could not Bee that the Titanic was listing rap Idly to starboard, and that her stern was rising at a portentlous angle. A rush ot steerage men toward the boatB was checked by officers with revolvers In hand. Some of the boats, crowded too full to glvo rowers a chance, drifted for a tlmo. None had provisions or water, there waB a lack of covering from the icy air, and the only lights were the still undlmmed arcs and Incandesconta of tho settling ship, savo for one ot the first boats. There a steward, who explained to tho passengers that ho had been shipwrecked twlco before, appeared carrying threo oranges and a green light. Green Lantern as Savior. That green light, many of the sur vivors say, was to tho shipwrecked hundreds ns tho pillar of fire by night. Long after tho ship had disappeared, nnd while confusing false lights danced about the boats, tho green lan tern kept them together on the course which led them to the Carpathla. As the end of tho Titanic became manifestly but a matter of moments, the oarsmen pulled their boats away, and the chilling waters began to echo splash after splash as passengers and sailors In life preservers leaped over and started swimming away to es cape the expected suction. Icy Water Brings Death, Only the hardiest of constitutions could endure for more thau a few mo ments such a numbing bath. Tho first vigorous strokes gave way to heartbreaking cries of "Help! Help!" and stiffened forms wore soon, the faces relaxed in death. Revolver shots wero heard In the ship's last moments. The first report spread among tho boats was that Cap tain Smith had ended his life with a bullet. Then it was said that a mate had shot a steward who tried to push his way upon a boat against orders. Nono of theso tales have been veri fied, and many of the crew Bay tho captain, without a preserver, leaped In at the last and went down, refusing a cook's offered aid. Last Lifeboat Is Capsized. The last of the boats, a collapsible, waB launched too late to get away, and was overturned by the ship's sinking. Some of those In It all, say some witnesses found safety on a raft, or were picked up by lifeboats. In the Marconi tower, almost to the last, the loud click of the sending In strument waa heard over tho waters. Who was receiving tho message, those In tho boats did not know, and they would least of all have supposed that a Mediterranean ship In 'the distant South Atlantic track would bo their rescuer. Music Was a Sacrament. As tho screams In the wator multi plied another sound was heard, strong at first, then fainter In tho distance. It was the melody of the hymn, "Nearer, My God, to Thee," played by tho string orchestra In the dining saloon. Somo of those on the water started to sing the words, but grew silent as they realized that for the mon who played, the music was a sac rament soon to be consummated by death. The serene strains of tho hymn and the frantic crlos ot the dy ing blended In a symphony ot sorrow Tetanic Goes to Bottom. Led by the green light, under the light of the stars, the boata drew away, and 'the bow, then the quarter, then the stacks, and at last the stern ot the marvel-ship of a few days be fore passed beneath the waters. The great force of the ship's sinking was unaided by any violence of the ele ments, and the suction, not so great as had been feared, rocked but mildly the group of boats now a quarter of a mile distant from it. Sixteen boats were In the forlorn procession which entered on the terri ble hours of rowing, drifting and sus pense. Women wept for lost hus bands and sons. Sailors Bobbed for the ship which had been their pride. Men choked back tears and sought to comfort the widowed. Perhaps, they said, other boats might have put off in another direction toward the last. Thoy strove, though none too sure themselves, to convince the women of the certainty that a rescue ship would appear. Carpathla Brings Joy. Early dawn brought no ship, but not long after G a. m, the Carpathla, far out ot her path nnd making 18 knots an bour Instead of her wonted 16, showed her single red and black smokestack upon the horizon. In the Joy ot that moment, the heaviest griefs were forgotten. Soon afterward, Captain Kostron and Chief Steward Hughes were wel coming the chilled and bedraggled arrivals over the Carpathla's side. The list of Burvivors given out atte the Carpathla reached port did not contain the name ot Arthur Ryerson, ! formerly of Chicago, although the f other members of his family were i saved. Miss Elizabeth laham ot Chi- cago Is not In the list of rescued. K. O. Lewy, Chicago Jewoler, was not on the Carpathla. A survivor says the crew acted with great courage but not with more heroism than was shown by John Ja cob Astor, Jacques Futrelle and others of the noted passengers who per lshed. A PECULIAR DEATH GEORGE BEESON PULLS THUMB OUT BY THE ROOT8. NEWS FROM OVER THE STATE What Is Going on Hera and There That Is of Interest to the Read- ere Throughout Nebraska and Vicinity. Grand Island. Carl Bock, a young man employed In tho filtering tank works of tho Union Pacific Bhops here, strangled to death In a peculiar manner. His coat sleeve becamo caught In the machinery and his clothes wero wound about his neck in such a manner aa to bring death al most Instantaneously. Tho clothing stopped tho muchlnery, and fellow workmen discovered Dock's body. Echo of Blunt Tragedy. Papllllou. Sheriff Hyers of Lancas ter county, Chief ot Polico Brlgga und John C. Troutou ot South Omaha wero arraigned in the Sarpy county court at Papllllon, charged with man slaughter us the result of tho killing of Hoy Dlunt last mouth. All pleaded not guilty and wero held iu $2,500 bond for preliminary. Loses Thumb In Disc Machine. Geneva. Georgo Becson, a black smith living hero, got tho thumb ot his right hand caught in adisc ma chine at which he was working and had it pulled off, tho tendons being torn asunder, somo close to tho thumb and others well up in tho arm. Open New Auditorium. West Point. Tho formal opening of .he new auditorium at West Point took place Thursday evening in the presence of tho largest crowd ever as sembled at ono place in the history of the city. Norfolk. A tornado at O'Xell, Nob., lifted hlB ten-year-old daughter from tho arms of L. B. Caroy, while he wus rushing to a storm cellar and carried her ten miles. She landed In a grove practically unharmed. Sho waB not found until morning and had suffered from the cold. Her clothing waB torn by tho trees into which the tornado had dropped hor. NEW8 FROM THE 8TATE HOUSE, Stato Treasuror George collected $532,000 in cash during the first threo montliB of this year, and collected $457,000 tho first threo months ot last year. 'Governor Aldrlch as head of tho Ne braska branch of tho American Red Cross society has sent out an appeal for aid for the sufferers living in the lower Mississippi valley. Chief Deputy Oil Inspector William Husenetter was at his offlco Thurs day for tho first tlmo In ten days, ho having been spending all of that tlmo In a local hospital. Muscular Rheuma tism contracted while fighting the re cent high water in the valleys of But ler county was tho reason for tho Btnto oillclal's detention ut the hos pital. Stato Engineer Prlco is not bo sure that the owners of Irrigated lands in the western part of tho stato aro go ing to receive as much boncflt from government water as at first ap peared. Secretary Fisher appeared eminently fair in his discussion of tho matter with Governor Aldrlch and Mr. Price, but put nothing in writing which would outline deilnltely his position. An appropriation of $600,000 is to bo asked of the legislature next winter for the completion of the State His torical society's building, of which the basement and foundation of tho south wing was constructed two years ago on tho Blto at Sixteenth and H streets. When done the building will occupy the entire block across from the capi tol extending from H to J streets and will extend half along tho block to the east A number of commencement ad dresses and for Memorial day have al ready boen scheduled for Governor Aldrlch. He will speak on Memorial day, May 30, at Talmage. His com mencement talks are to be nt tho fol lowing places: Shubert, May 15; Dun bar, May 16; Table Rock, May 17; St. Paul, May 21; Ansloy, May 22; Al liance, May 23; Grafton, May 24; Wayne normal, May 28. Owing to the recent flro In tho uni versity museum, the stato geological survey will not be as comprehensive this summer and tho party which usually leavos the fore part of June will probably not begin work until some time in July. An enormous amount ot work remains to be done In the museum as a result of the flro and all ot the first month of vaca tion will probably be spent by Curator Barbour and his assistants In replac ing the exhibits lost in the flames. A new American flag has been re ceived at the office of the superintend ent of grounds and buildings at the state university, and It is now adorn ing the new iagpolo on top of Uni versity hall. Tho ensign will be in evidence hereafter on every day In which school Is In session. Capt. Halsey E. Yates, Seventeenth United States Infantry, who has been commandant of the state university cadets for tho last three years, has received orders assigning him to duty with the Thirtieth Infantry, now sta ined at the Presidio. San Francisco, BRIEF NEWS OF NEBRASKA Scottsbluff has organized a golf and country club, Mr. and Mrs, Claus Eggera of Yutan celebrated their golden wed ding Sunday. A building boom has started at Shu bert. At least six houses will bo erected this spring. John Kavanlcka had his loft leg broken and was badly bruised in runaway at David City. A Are did considerable damago in tho feed yards bolonglng to John N. Heldt at Yutan, Saturday. Smallpox has broken out at Howe but a prompt quarantine confines the dlscaso to ono or two families. ( Miss Emma Morton, Bister of the late J. Sterling Morton, died at her home in Nebraska City, Saturday. A preliminary organization of boy scouts has been formed In Beatrice, In charge of Scoutmaster V. R. John' son. The Elmwood Commercial club will co-operate with the farmerB In main taining good roadB leading to that place. Martin Schccklcr, ono of tho pioneers of Nebraska City, died nt his homo Tuesday morning after a brief Illness. Rusmus Larson, aged sixty-two, wan instantly killed by being run over by a Burlington switch engine at Grand Island. Christ Bonness, a ranchman near Alliance, was caught In the bo vera storm Saturday aryl died from ex posure. MIbb Anna East, a Fremont girl, will go to the Philippine Islands ta teach economics at tho government station. State bank deposits In Nebraska on March 16 aggregated over $80,000,000, which 1b the highest figure over reached. The stakes wore driven at Syracuse Tuesday afternoon for tho Eagles' home, that will cost botwecn $8,000 and $10.00. John Braddock waB shot by a com panion while out hunting near Hum boldt, tho Injury resulting in complete paralysis. Rov. E. R. Anderson, pastor of tUa Danish Lutheran Evangelical church at Fremont, has accepted a call to Kcnmoro, N. D and will- leavo In June. Tho Lincoln German day committco has decided to celebrate two days this fall, October 8 and 9, tho last day be ing devoted to a legendary-historic parade. W. Q. Dickinson of Seward has of fered a choice building location to tho city, provided vtho now Carnegie library and tho V. M. C. A. building will both be located thereon. Tho highest prlco paid for wheat on tho floor of tho Omaha grain ex change this year waB recorded Thurs day morning, when a car of No. 3 mixed wheat was Bold at $1.0S', a bushel. Tho farmers In the vicinity of Howo are very busy getting the ground In shape for oats. Most of tho seeding has been done. Wheat la badly killed and many fields will have to bo plant ed to corn. In attempting to cross tho railroad track at North Platte during a high wind Btorm, Ell Harris waB run down by a Union Pacific switch cngino and so badly mangled that ho died within a fow hours. In the Methodist campaign for $400,000 incrcaso for tho ondowmcnl of Nebraska Wesleyan university, Chester has reported tho largest single subscription ot any placo up to tho present time. Harrison Merrill, an aged man llv lng near Ansloy, came near losing his lifo when ho was caught in a quick sand whilo Ashing. Ho struggled in the treacherous mire for tour hours before he was rescued. Charles Strader of Lincoln, chairman of the Wesleyan endowment fund campaign, has received word from Rev. John Yates, a pastor at Chester, that Mrs. Martin Dewey of that place had tendered a $10,000 subscription to the fund. The Missouri river swallowed up fifty-nine acres of fine farm land owned by Mr. Hunter, who lives Just acrosB tho river from Plattsmouth. ThlB Is the finest land In that vicinity and has been farmed with great profit heretofore. At a recent meeting of tho Minis terial association of Lincoln it was unanimously voted to form two base ball teams which will meet in mortal combat at the next mooting, Juno 3. Tho Rov. F. S. Stein was appointed manager of tho affair. Tho endowment fund for tho Ne braska Wesleyan university waB put before tho Methodists of Clay Center, Thursday evening, by Dr. L. R. Do Wolf of Fairmont, I O. JoneB of Lin coln and Bishop John L. Neulsen Tho annual meeting of tho Nebras ka County Judges' association at Grand Island elected Judge Campbell of Polk county as president and Judge Kelso ot Franklin county as secretary treasurer. The attendance waB disap pointing, only about twenty-five ot the county Judges of tho stato attending. A Mrs. Roy, near Humboldt, was badly poisoned by eating a salad ot which English walnuts were part of the Ingredients. A meeting in the Interest ot the Wesleyan endowment was held at To cum8oh, Sunday. L. O. JoneB of Lin coln was the spoakpr. Ground has been broken for the now $20,000 Central Christian church ot Kearney. Tho church will be erected in the heart of tho city. While attempting to play with a litter of puppleB, carl Scott of Lin coin, five years of age, was severely bitten in tho face by tho mother dog. r ' 1 I bWWfiiWmifiXfiiujtiw !TT"T "" " - , i-irhWmrnariHIarMaTallltlalilM imim Ilium in I . tf. exwiJjiinmMm't&iiM .,