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The Omaha Daily Bee NEWS SECTION PAGES ONE TO TEN WEATHER FORECAST Unsettled VOL. XU-XO. OMAHA. SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL JO. 1D12-TWKNTY PAUES. SIXdLK COPY TWO CENTS. -- .jrV, , , , : Survivors from the Titanic GtScails of the Terrible Catastrophe BAND PLAYS A HYMN AS TITANIC SINKS INTO DEEP In the Hollow of His Hand ISMAY SAYS ALL WOMENLEFTSHIP BEFORE HE DID fifteen Hundred Ninety-Five Live Ate Lost When Great Ship Goes to Bottom. WAS RUNNING AT FULL SPEED Every Ounce of Steam On at Direct Orders from Company. TRYING TO BREAK THE RECORD Passengers Take Great Interest in Progress of the Vessel. SIX DIE AFTER BEING RESCUED Shock of Striking Iceberg Does Not Greatly Jar Vessel. VARYING STORIES AS TO PANIC Moat of Sarvttora Agree thai Calsa era of 1'iuriirn aad Crew la Early Hoars Me aaarkable Fratare. NEW YORK, April U.-Seven hundred nd forty-five persons, mostly women sick In heart and body, wrote Into Hie I annals of maritime history today the loss of the biggest steamship ever built , by man. They vera the survivors of the White Star liner Titanic, which sank ' bow foremost with 1,585 souls aboard. Its apuin at the bridge, Its colors flying and Its band playing "Nearer, My Ood. to Thee." in 1000 fathoms of water orf the Banks of Newfoundland under star- j jii SKies at e;se a. in. adruii. With one voice they told of the splendid , heroism of those who remained behind to find a watery grave that they might : live. ' Captain Smith died, they said, . as gallant sailor should, after having first placed all the women who would so aboard the lifeboats. There were many who stayed behind to die in their hus band's urms. Faeta la Bole Relief. Kroni their narratives stand Out In bold relief the following faeta -.'. The Tttaai wsa uaklag twat-o kaotg aa hour waea It rtrnok th loe bsrg. - Wo m at first thought that it weal It renalae afloat aura teas tw hoars. Ta Iceberg ripped epea Its bowels Ultw the water tu. brtaal paal wsa averted by Captatt a's terse appeal to als orewi "e British, my as." A, small somber of steerage paa gers trial to rusk for th lifeboats aa wars heM baoK by th ersw as other as teasers. Th Tltanle tnraee It aoee for th bottom wkea th last lifeboat was las teas koaare yard Swsy, reared lu tan high Im th air aa trembled for a asomeat before seeking th bottom. Thar were two sipUetoa whom th Unablag water reached Its boUsra. Whaa It saak than was aL'aacsi a xaosuat late th arte sag aappUoa tloas of 1.000 tying nsa rose la ehora tadeewrlbabi ever th spot where it west Im, For hours the survivors rowed In life boats over a calm sea In bitter cold until tli Carpathla picked them up. In th a'termath of th disaster today the principal development vera the tes timony of 1. Bl ue Istnay, managing J director of th White Star Line, before j th senate Investigating committee, and j the removal of surviving members of the Titanic' rew aboard tha Lapland. UOlBB rail sVreel. Not only wee the 1 Manic tearing through Hie April sight tu lis doom with every owns of els 10 Crowded en. but It was under order (rem lit g) ral offlsea of tit tint to wall all th ai-eed of whlsti It wae eaittbl. This was th statement tonight by f. H. Moody, a quartermaster of the ves sel and helmsmen en the Mfl.t of the disaster. He sold th ship Was making twenty -on knot aa hour and th offi cers were striving to live up to the or ders to smarh the lesaid, "It waa otvee tu asUalant," said Mvsdy, "and I wae en the bridge with the ee ona officer, who wa In eemmand. ud denly he shouted; rsrt ywur helm!' 1 did so, but It waa too late, W sirutk Uis submerged porrhin w( the berg," ids nisms vea. The Tltanle struck an lttl,-;k about nety feet high, whlih iltvd the liner' side opwi and n.sde tils waler-Uilit umpartroents useless, and h(U t vr. eel waa gradually sinking th; ty watsr reached Its steaming battels, csi'?!itg an eipluelon, which rent ': to the Ui.;-.i!. Among th hundred on Its de. lis to the last wars Colonel Julia Jseob Aster emd Major Arcblba'd Butt, President TafVe military aide; Sen.'s-Tilu 3mr -.-helm. Jacques :-'i:t.cllfc. Usury D, wide, ner. Henry B. Hej-!s -d u:m f a well known pe:svn?. l-lior tKra a ws among these ae wtl el-, XI: s sr.-.,:... who hind nxummd t icav nme L-lnJ Lt- miito h ti&d tits v,y;-lun:ijy U fl save herself. Major . Butt Is reported to kavo been one of the beroe. With a:. Irvn bar In b:s hand he la aald to have HtjX at the steerage pasaaga and defend! the wo men and children from ;hj msddeonl men In that part of the sbtp. l'-wl Aator Dlea Braely. . Colonel Aator ta aaid to have uet bit J fate bravely after aeeinc ha briie ta j life boat, drawtac aside lo watel: cl ; women step to safety aad awa.il. bis; -when he hai careful !y wpp-d n.e wu fate. j Hp h rteppa-d on the icimwale of IV It a oni- because the irwimvim t ta i Ntst and lifting his hat. ?mtfd down city of the teamer's l;f bot atlmr : - . e I . i . , t IB crew ani pass?nge' t, of despaurins paasc&gu that ban arc-is iai io t left : to their fate. J. Bruce Ismay, maaaginff director of iContlnued m Third p" 5 ; ' ' ' ' ' ' .' ... .. i-1 t: " "..'Li' i Emil Brandeis Last Seen oh From survivors mragrr detail came lu r.nui iirandels when tlie man, .bravely faring the end. He Hani of New York, aa old acquaintance, and Ills wife. .Mrs, Harris waa saved, but Mr; Harris la alao among the- niiw.ln. Mrs. A. 1. Ilrandols, who had been watching lu New York fur (lie romiiiR of the (anwthla wltil the load of rearued paaseaKera, has Harris aa soon as that lady haa reruvered sufficiently to be permitted to sec anyone. In reapunoe to a telegram from sent this message late In the afternoon Friday: "KW lORk, AprU IS. To t yon no other details than have sent terrleweil today. Had there been more lifeboat our splendid men would be living today. Two survivors saw pulled away. Emll Brandrls was playing cards with Mr. and Mrs. Henry It. Harris when the Titanic struck the irrbcrg that sent It down, according to a tele gram rerdsed early Friday morning Jerome Wilson, private secretary sent the telegram, which stated that be Interviewed, but requested that to her for particulars. , Emll H ran (lets had traveled Willi well acquainted with them. - MAJOR BUTT SAYS FAREWELL Helped Young Woman He Knew Into the Last Boat. SEES IT LEAVE WITH SMILE Wrapt Blaaket Akoat t.lrl Who He Kaesv la Waehlwatoa. Raises His flat eaa Steps Baek ens Shin.' WASHINGTON'. April 1S.-A graphie story of the berolfm of Major Archibald W. Dutt on the Titanic was told today in an Interview given to the Washington Star's staff correspondent in New Yori. by Miss Marie Toung, a former resident of this city. Miss Toung, believed to have been tht ; lest woman to leave the Titanic, and 1 Major Butt had long been frienjs. Mis.' j Toung having . bcn a feual music In stiuetor to tho ehildmi of farmer Pre-i df nt Rooze.'elt. Miss Young sa:d: The 4a-1 perio.i to ehom 1 .-poke on board the Titanic ss Anhic Butt, and his goed. breve face, smiiin at me frm n,. drk r thr yt.t,ini was the lt could di!tinruL-h u the boat I wia in pulld aay from the steroar's Bid?. "Arcbte hinwetf put me Into the bom, wrapped blankets around me and tut-kM me In as carf fully tu if we were starting en a motor ride, lie himself entered Oc boat with me, perform inc th tittle eour- itenes aa caimiy ana witn us rmiims a face a if dath aa far awar. lnjt'1 of b ins but a Urn moments mnovnd from him. wtiaw. f.d.H.a. .lrl. bravely ami smiUrily. l.iick is witi yoa. Will you kindly remember me o all the folks at borne? "Then he stepped to the deck of the fO.m r'JM Pat? Voir.) DiesBravely;v Titanic's Deck harp been gleaned uf tlie way death Titanic sank. These) show him a true waa playing; cards with Mr. Henry B. Ix - rn promlierd aa Interriew' with Mrs. tlie editor of The lire, Mrs. Hrandei utor llimewater, Omaha: tan give Arthur. Mrs. Harris In too III to be in Kmll on tlie ship when the llfeboata ZKKM.VA RIMMtKlrt." by Arthur and Hugo Itrandels. to William Morris, the theatrical maa, Mrs. Harris was not In a condition to one of Kmil Hrandels' relatives come Mr. and Mrs. Harris before and was . MEMORIAL FOR BRANDEIS Ikrvice to Be Held in Brtndeis Theater Sunday Horning. COMMITTZES ABE APPOIKTED rial f lab, l thmk mu4 Lradlaft I Itlsras Jola ta Tar Hoavr Dead Merrhaat Frtaee. MeimirlHl erirea for frUntl nratidrls will he held at W o'clock Hundaty morn ing In tfrandt-ln theater. At a mating uf the board of govern! of the Kniicbts of Ak-Sar-Ben yrterday arraiteementrt were ina3e and committees appontrl (j mike up a program for tha ceremoniea. Thaw h attended the mer tin in (he Commerriiil club rooms were Charles . Pk'kena. Juwph Btkr. W. I.. Yetter. C. IK lt W. HiWofU. Wtnr ICotewater. Charls OonrtneV, i. K. l;lak. II. J. PcnloM. O. W. Parties. John 1. K ninnly. . i. Ilavrrtkk and Jhji . Whtiin. iiarifs II. VI keti. prudent of the Knights of Ak-MirOn. f. 8. Ilaverstick. pren(dtit of the Commercial club, and A. 1 Gale, president of the Omaha Ad club, were named as a comm .e? to arrango a prugram for the memorial services. A committee on titenrntionp. theater and music was named aa follows: G. W. W at tits, Joeeph Barker and C. E. Black and tha committee on g eral a rra. mo ment ta Victor Roswatrr, John I. Whar ton. H. J. Onfwld and 'ua ks t'ourtney. MURDERS HIS WIFE AND FORCES BOY TO SHOOT HIM .KAIVII,1E. Pa.. April 1. -Stephen Wellmvn. acrd , a priprroiis farmer uf t !Jnvolniile. Pa., tod? I'Ji and killed hA wife and, acordtntt to tlv stor?' of! Griccotii Union, a-nl . In compelled tl-te boy to blow tne back of his had awar with the same shotjnin used to kill tire woman. Linng and the. Dead First clans. ... . .. cond diss Third clan Officers and crew. 330 760 40' Total 2,340 Number pavext by Carpathla First class , 210 Second claw. 125 Third class '. 200 Total passengers tgrrd ..... &3 5 Members of crew saved: Officers 4 Seamen 39 Btewards 96 F'remen 71 Total members of crew saved . . 310 Total saved passengers and crew T4o Total number perished 1,595 First snd second cabin pas sengers 650 First and second nassenters. . 23d Total cabin passengers lost. . . 315 LIVES ARE GIYEN FREELY! Crew and Cabin Fatieng-ers Exhibit Uninrpaned Heroiim. BAHD FLATS FAMOUS OLD S0N0 t a fori a as -a iim Death aa "hip's trlag llaad m4m Oat Mralsa mt Nearer My fad ta Tbee.M BT - CARI.Ofl P. HITRD. POST rmsPATTH STAFF IlKPORTKB. WHO ARRfVCD ON TUB CARPATII1A. t:opYRi;i!T. mz. bt hutzkr PIBMSHING COWPAXY. TIIK T. UOIM8 pnsT-DI.PATt'H. ALL RIGHTS NEW TOUK. April If. -Seventeen hun dred and twenty- i liven were !nt on the Titanic, aiitt-lt strork an K-ebera; at 11:1 p. m. 9undar and wa at th ocean a hot lorn two hours iTid thirty-five mlnnteaafter. Of the Titans s 341' first cabin paa entrers. lfwrr raved. UA of them worn- and children, and of the " ond cabin pawns-era lt$ were aaved. W. of them iomT. sod children. . " tf th third clan pause nger. w n number. 1 wre saved, eighlj -three of whom were women and children. Of iV offk-ers and crew, !. irx luding twenty- two women, were rescued. Ko survivor ran qiet Ion the courage of the crew, hundreds of whom gavr tietr laves with a lierotem which equaled, bat could not exceed, that of John 1a-ob Astor. Heary B. Harris. Jauea Fut relit and others in the tone Ii't of first cabin pawenarr. Balkbeada lerlay auktas. The h'Ji1l fV"":: (-aVy wrtrktnf p'-ei a.i't! only to l-y trc bhil s s-nltlrs. The p"- im f the Vf wouTi od ih sta-toiir.. artTtlitf'I ; ater. whke tauvi ;h- yiirr -p'oda . atrd ti.rse exp!wiinf brokf 1h f-hip 11 two. Th Taii aftainst the icelierj. wfii-.-n had been atahted at only aa quarter of a mile, came almoat hwa'tajiemialy with i nttnnd on F'rth fr S 'T I ' I i ,ii 1 1 . ' . a n ir i 1 1 i l ii ii i, se Chronological ? Ship and Disaster , Kr(im the facta completed by the' arrival of the Titanlc's story, which began in the fall of 190N, when the White Star line announced Its .proposal lo eclipse all previous records' In shipbuilding with a ves sel uf staKKcrlng dimensions may be outlined chronologically a follows: 1909 Keel of the glgsntic vessel laid at Harland aid Wolf yards at Belfast. 191 1, May 31 The vessel Is launched and christened the Titanic. 191 2 Completed and fully furnished at an outlay of about. 1 10,000.000. April 10, .Noon Sturts on the tntlden trip from Southampton to New York vlu Cherbourg. April 14 Sends a routine wireless warning ashore o( the pres ence of Icebergs off the Grand Banks of New Foundland. . April 14, 11:40 p. m Titanic strikes an Iceberg In latitude 11:16 north, longitude 50:14 west. April 14, .Midnight Carpathla and other vessels hear TUanlcs call for help. April 15, 12:27 a. m. Titanlc's wireless Is put out of commission and flashes given that the boat la sinking by the hesd and women an children are being put off In llfeboata. April l.i. About I a. m. Tha first news reached the. United Htatcs by way of th Allan lino off he at Montreal. The Virginian reported that the Titanic struck in Iceberg. April 15, 2:20 a. m. Titanic sinks. April l.'i, 3 a. m. Wireless from the Cape Kate station directed to the Associated Press gives the first information of a serious disaster. April 15, 5 a. m. First survivors picked up from lifeboats by EtcariK-r t arpalhla. April 15, 3 a. m. to 10 a. m No advices. April 15, Noon Reports current Titanic still is aflogt and that ull are saved. April I r.. 7:30 p. m White Star line offices admit a probabla great loss of life. April 16 Carpathla sends by wireless list of survivors, failing lo account for about 1,300 petsons. im Hiding scores ot weailny anf prominent people. April 17 Hope given up that oilier vessels have saved any. April 18 Two days elapsed without slightest description of Jitastcr. April 18, :.') p. ni - Rescue ship docks at New York with 745 passengers snd crew, confirming the loss of all others and bringing the first detsils of the Titanic disaster. NEBRASKAN TELLS OF RESCUE John Kuhl Wat Stealing Away with Bride Whea Titanic Sunk. IS PASSENGER OK CAKPATHIA r paraker af Xebnuka Haaae ICarwaf la Karr wllfc mifr, kfl Waa Vrmrtj Mi mm j NEW YORK. April It -The eufftriaf 1 of th TitmiU d paftriKerB when taken I .iff itV litVboati by the Carptithsa, wa sral'ht a !y told b John Kuhl of iCvn d !!. X" , a pergtr on Carpathla. Mar, . : il.se om'ii. h" aaMl. welt aKiUitliy rUd and sail aere auffrriitic lrou ih- -ti)u. Four dkii on I be Caipathta a . frrult of the exitcaure. , "In pite of the sufferms and the tiroadd ?rtidHioB of the koau." aa:d Mr. Kuhl. 1h utmost kerotam waa diaw lpiivtNf v s' rf fh Mffs-fsinar-f . Wb-n History of J i liter were lifted to the deck of the Cax : vatlila. Biaur of ths women broke down ? completely and there wer many tuurh ; Ing scenes. Many of the women wer In coherent sod several were a'moat Insane," Speaker mt tkc llaaae. 1 John Kulil a aiptuktY of the hou j at the Mart w-sion of the teicialature, aui . hit expertanca reveali the fact that j htf as od hia way to Europe with a : bride, lie and MIsa Etaufh. a teacher, ' In the Ilandolpli aclioala, ere manie4 quietly and their frienda were not take a J Into their confidence. Senate Passes Homestead Bill Tt A8MI.CTO.. April 1?.-The senate ! has passed - bill suthorlllng the Is suanre of patents on hemeeteads covered .by Irrigation projects. I'nder the terms ' the bill, the government Is te be paid b a lien for the unpaid portion of the ipari-haae art?. Tee Measure now goes If. t's -'. Managing Director of White Star Line Telli Story of Titanic lis aster to Senate Committee. WAS NOT GIVEN PREFERENCE Stepped Into Partly Filled Boat as it Was Being Lowered. OTHER OFFICERS AT HEARING President Ismay is Aeompanied by Vice President Franklin. STORY OF MRS. HICIES SMITH Widowed Daughter of Representa tive Hughes Sees Him Leave. ATTENDED BY SOME OF CREW Heaa ( Cesapaay Is CWea Every Aaalelaaew aaa Is Carries' A boar Carpathla Maa A Howe to See Hlaa. 'NriW 'YORK, April. Ifc-Th story of how the Titanic met It fat wa told todar to th I'nl ted State eeaat Inves- tlgating committee Into th Titanic, dis aster by J. flrure Ismay, managing di rector of Ih Whit Btar line. When asked Ih circumstance under , which he left th boat Mr. Ismay replied almost In a whisper: "On of th boats waa being filled. Officers .called out to know If there wer any more women to go. Then wer -none. No passengers were on th deck. A the boat was being lowered I got ' Into It."' " ' Th details of th story wera drawn out by Senator Alden Smith, chairmen of the special subcommittee charged with th elimination uf witnesses, and rVua tor Newlands, th other senator who came to New York to conduct th In quiry. . - Mr. Ismay waa accompanied by V. A. I. Franklin, vie president, and Kmerson E. Parvln. secretary of th International' , Mercantile Marine. Besides tha commit- tee. Representative Hughes of West Vir ginia, whose daughter, Mr, l.uclen t. Smith, waa aaved. and whose eon-ln-law wsa lost, was present. Another spectator-' was Truman II, Newberry former s slatant secretary of the navy, i . ; , Heard Little. .A heme lee. "During your voyage did you know you wer In th yk-lnlty ol Iref" Senator Smith asked: ' "I knew some had been reported," re plied lha w itness. . Ha aald Ih ship wus not In proximity to Icebergs Maturday or Sunday, al though lie knew the ship would be near Ice on Sunday night. Th wanes suld he knew nothing of the Amerlka and tho Titanic talking by wireless about ke berg. 8enatnr Smith asked If lie sought to end any wireless messages from th Ti tanic after shs struck. II did not. Turning to the subject of lifeboats, Mr. Ismay said he heard Iho captain give the order to tower the boats. "I' then left the bridge," sdded the offlclsl. Three boats, he said he saw lowered and filled. In his own boat were four members of the crew and forty five passengers. See e Joatllag. t ' Was there any Jostling or attempt by men lo get Into the boats?" asked Sena tor Smith. "I saw none." "How wer the women selected?" "We picked the women and children u they stood nearest the raJI.", Representative ilughee handed Senator Smith a note, and then the elialrnian told Mr. Isinav that It was reported that the second llfo boat left without It full complement of oarsmen and from 11.3 until 7:90 o'clock women were forced tu row th boat. "I know nothing about 11.' Representative llughea daughter was In this boat and was assigned to watch the cork in th boat snd. If It came out. to use her finger as a stopper, Mr. Ismay was asked how long' he re mained on the Injured ship. "Thst would be hard to estimate." he responded, MAlmost until It sank- Phob ably an hour and a quarter." Adjusting his cuff?, Mr. Ismay was vis ibly nervous when tie took the stand. (Continued on fet-ond Page.) In the spring the young man's fancy lightly turns to the thoughts of automo biles. These perfect motoring days will set any man longing for the ojxn road and a far of his very own. It really Is well within your reach to get that car. You'll realise It after you've .read the ads in The Bee's classification " second nana Auto." They offer you tu every issue a truly impres sive choice of used and re built cars at prices tbat don't even hint at the real value. Why not get the good of your Bee automobile bargains? Turn to those small ads choose your car and the price you want to pay for it. Jf