THE BEE: OMAHA. SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1912.
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BAUD PU1SJS SHIP SDKS
Fifteen Hundred Hinety-FiTe Livei
Loit When Vessel Goes Sown.
SIX DR mamNS EISCTCD
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the White Star line, waa one of the few
prominent men -who eaeaped with their
' Uvea, it ia said by soma of Uie pawn
. Sf to hare been one of the firat to
" get Into - the. Ufa boata, but thia ia le
nled by air. limay himaelf. Stunned by
' tha Immensity of toe tragedy he had Utile
. to say except that he bad heard of the
Investigation which the Unltel stales
J senate had begun nd to express Bit
willingness to aasict the aenate commit :ee
in It Inquiry. He s;re.d to appear before
the committee in this ctiy today.
The survivors of tha Tttantc disaster,
atlll suffering from exhaustion and sev
eral hours' exposure In unprortsioned
'. lifeboats on water Icy cold before they
were picked up by tha Cunard line
' steamer Carpathia, arrived in New York
jlest night, releasing at the moment U
docked a srrlea of narratives so long
- that some of them are not yet told. The
. world clamored for several days by wire
less before more than the falntlst out
line of what had really happened.
' Gedaa- at Pall 'speed.
The -surviving passengers are unani
mous that "the un believable happened.
The voyage had been pleasant and une
ventful except for tha fact that It was
being made on the largest vessel that
, ever soiled . and for the keen Interest
which tha passengers took. la tha daily
. billeting ef the speed. The Titanic had
been making good time and all accounts
agree that on the night of tha disaster
she was apparently going at her usual
rate-of from twenty -one to twecty-rtve
knots an hour.
Quartermaster Moody, who was at .
helm, said that the ship was making
twenty-one knots and that tha. officers
were under orders -t the time to. keep
up speed In the hope of making a record
. passage. These orders were being car
ried out In the face of knowledge thsl
the steamer was In the vicinity of great
Icebergs sweeping down from the north.
That Very afternoon, according to the
record of tha hydrographlc office, the
Titanio, had relayed ashore a wireless
'warning from the steamer Ametjka that
an unusual field of pack Ice and bergs
menaced navigation off the banks.
M.we Excited' by Craefe. -
"But It was a clear and starlit night,"
as all-the survivors described the weather
and ,' the : great ship sped through the
quiet .seas with' officers confident that
even though an' Iceberg should be seen
the vessel could be controlled m ample
time and tha passengers rested In full
confidence that their temporary quarters
.In the largest and most magnificent ves
sel ever constructed, were as safe as their
.own firesides. This confidence was empha-
sited In the stories of nearly all the sur
'vlvors thst when the crash ' came there
was practically no excitement. Many who
- felt anxious enough to go on deck to
.Inquire what had happened were but 111
'tie perturbed when they learned that the
' ship had "only struck an Iceberg," It ap-
peered to be a (lancing blow and at first
there was no Indication of a serious
"accident A group of men at cards In the
smoking room sent one of their number
to look oat of. the windows and when he
came back with the announcement that
the boat had graxed an iceberg the party
'went on with the game, but It was never
flntsbed. ( . ... , ,
The stoppage of. the engines, was no
ticed more than the collision, ths effect
being, as one survivor, put It, like the
stopping of a loud ticking clock. ,
Cajtala Smith Dies at Poet.
The overconfident .passengers were not
brought to the 'slightest realisation thst
the collision might' mean serious danger
until the call ran through the' ship "All
passengers on deck with life belts on."
Captain Smith, H Is said, was not on
ths bridge when, the collision occurred,
but when hurriedly summoned by nil
first officer, he took charge of what
seemed a' hopeless situation In a manner
which the psssengers praise as calm, res
olute and efficient to the test.
' One of tha most stirring narratives of
scenes which followed, the collision was
told by L. Beasley. a Cambridge onl
' versify man,' who was one of the sur
viving second cabin patenters.
"The steamer lay just, as If It were
awaiting tha order to go on again, when
some trifling matter had been adjusted."
heaald.... ... ' . . f , - ,.
- Haa-jr. W.sms Hesitate. '
' "But la a. few minutes we saw the
covert lifted 'from the boats and the
crews, allotted to them standing by ready
to lower . them. Xa the . water. .. Presently
ws heard tha order: 'All men stand back
and all women retire to the next deck
below' the smoking room deck or B
deck. The men stood In absolute silence,
against the end railing, or kept pacing
Jowly , up and down. The boats were
swung ost and lowered from A deck.
When they were at the level of B deck.
where all the women were collected, the
women got In quietly with the exception
of some who refused to leave their bus-1
bands. In some eases they were turned
from them and pushed Into the boats.
"All this time there was no trace of
any disorder; ao. panic or rush for the
boats and 'no scenes of women sobbing
hysterically. Everyone seemed to realise
so slowly that here was imminent dsnger.
"When It wss realised that we would
be presently in the sea with nothing but
our lifebelts to support us until we were
picked up by passing steamers, it was
extraordinary' how calm everyone was
and now complete the self-control:
"One by one the boats were filled with
women and children, lowered and rowed
away Into the night. Vresently the word
went around among the men. The men
are to be put in boats on the starboard
side.' I was on the port side and most of
tha men walked serosa the deck to see
if this was so. Presently t heard the call:
'Any more women? Looking over tha side
of the ship 1 saw boat No. U swinging
level with B deck, half full of women. I
raw no more come and one of the crew
said then: "You'd better jump' I dropped
In and fell In the bottom as they cried,
"Lower sway'."
Beasley said that the lifeboat was
nearly two miles away from the Titanic
leas than two hours Ister when they mads
out' that the great Hner was sinking.
" Other survivors who were nearer to the
sinking liner told of besrlng the strains
of "'?!.' ti r.r M, tfnri to ThM " nlsvmt u
fihe User sank, and some of those In the
lifeboats blended their voices In the mel
ody. Suddenly there was a mighty roar
and the ship, already halt submerged,
wss seen to buckle and apparently break
In two by the force caused by an explo
sion when the water reached the hot
boilers. The bow sank first and for fully
flvs minutes the stern was poised almost
vertically In the air, when suddenly It
plunged out of sight.
With the last hope gone of seeing their
loved . ones alive, many women In tlte
lifeboats seemed to be Indifferent whether
they were saved or not. They were nearly
LOW miles from land and no knowledge
that a ship of succor wss speeding to
them. Without provisions or wster there
seemed little hope of surviving long In
the bitter cold.
There were sixteen boats In the forlorn
procession, which entered upon the ter
rible hours of suspense.
The confidence that the ship on which
they had started across the sees wst
sura to bring them safely here wss now
turned to utter helplessness. But the
shock of learning that their lives wen
In peril was hardly greater than the re
lief when at dawn a large steamer's
smokestack wss seen on the hortxon and
eager eyes soon made out that the ves
sel was making for ths scene.
' Write Itorlea aa Skip.
The rescue ship proved to be the Car
pathia, which had received the Tltanlc's
distress signals by wireless. By 7 o'clock
In the morning all the Tltanlc's sixteen
boats had been picked up and their chilled
and hungry occupants welcomed over the
Carpathian side. The Carpathia i pas
sengers, who-were bound for a Medlter.
ranean cruise, showed .'" considera
tion' for the stricken, and many gave up
their cabins In order that they might be
msds comfortable. The rescued were In
all conditions of dress and undress, and
the women on the Carpathia vied with
one another In supplying missing garments.
On the four days' cruise, back to New
York many realising thst their exper
iences would be awaited by an anxloos
world, put their stories to.. paper while
their herves were still at .tension from
the excitement of the disaster they had
escaped.
Ismay to Testify, -
J. Bruce lsmsy, president of the Inter
natlonal Mercantile marine, owners of
(he White Star line, who was among tlie
seventy odd men saved; P. A. 8. Franklin.
vies president of the White. Star line,
and United States Senator William Alden
Smith,. chairman of the senate Investigat
ing committee, held a conference aboard
the Carpathia soon after the passengers
hsd come ashore tonight
After nearly an hour Senator Smith
came out of the cabia and aald he had
ao authority to subpoena witnesses at
this time, but would begin sn Investiga
tion Into ths cause of the loss of ths
Titanic at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel to
morrow. He announced that Mr. Ismsy
had consented to appear at the bearing
and that Mr. Franklin and ths four sur
viving officers of ths Titanic would ap
pear for examination by the senate com
mittee. He said ths course ths Investiga
tion would follow would be determined
after too preliminary bearing. '
Senator Smith waa questioned as to the
speed at which ths Tltanto was proceed
ing when it crashed Into the Iceberg. He
said ha hsd asked Mr. Ismsy, but de
clined to say what Mr. Ismay's reply
was. , ', . , . ' .
- Stateaaewt of laaaay.
Bruce Ismay. chairman at th ti..
national Mercantile marine, gave out ths
lonowing prepared statement pa the pier:
."In the presence and under the ahsdows
of a catastrophe so overwhelm-
feelings are too deep for expression in
woras, ana i can only say that ths White
Star line officers and employe will do
everything humanly possible to alleviate
t II 1 1 1 p 4 1 II I HI 1 1 1 m nfn 1 1 1 ! ! n ! t s.M
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Manicuring, Shampooing and Massaging.
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the suffering and sorrow of the relatives
snd friends ot those who perished. The
Tltanto was ths last word In shipbuild
ing. Every regulation prescribed by the
British Board of Trade hsd been strictly
compiled with. The msster, officers and
crew the most experienced snd skillful In
the British service. I sm Informed that
a committee of the United Btates senate
has been appointed to tnvestlirate Ihe
circumstances of the accident. I heartily
welcome the most complete and exhaus
tive Inquiry and any aid that I or my
sssociatea or our builders or navigators
can render is st the service of the public
and the government of both the United
HtMtes and Ureal Ilrltsln. Under these
circumstances I must defer making any
further statement at thla hour."
Mr, Ismay. said Informally before giv
ing out his statement that ha left ths
ship In Ilia last boat, one ot ths collap
sible boats sn the starboard side.
"I do not know the speed at which
the Titanic was going,' said Mr. Ismay
in reply to a question. "11 hit ths Ice
berg a glancing blow."
Mr. Ismay then went to his apartment
at the Rits-Carlton.
Vast Maltllade Oat.
Ths arrival of tha Carpathia brought
a vast multitude ot people to the Cun
ard docks. They filled the vest Pier
sheds and overflowing for blocks,
crowded the nearby streets In a dense
throng. Through It sll the rain fell
steadily, adding a funeral aspect to the
scene.
The landing of the survivors was at
tended with Utile excitement, the crowd
standing In awe like silence as Ihe groups
from the ships paased along. The dock
ins actually began shortly after t o'clock
and tha debarking ot passengers wss
quickly disposed by the wslving of the
usual formality so that practically every,
thing had been concluded by lOJS. The
crowds remained about the pier, long
after this, to get a glimpse of the rescu
ing steamer and hear the harowing
stories, which had been brought back
by the ship.
Physicians snd nurses went aboard the
Carpathia before any one wss allowed to
go down the gangway, but soon after th)
first cabin passengers, women predom
inating, began descending tha incline.
Some walked unaided. Some were assists I
by friends, relatives and nuises and wiu
wer on stretchers. Mrs. . John Jacob
Astor, now a widow, waa met by her step
son, Vincent, and her sister. Miss Force.
They embraced with teara. hurried to an
automobile and drove to the Astor town
house.
Lew:. bree Relatives.
The 30) and mors steerage passengers
did not leave the ship until It o'clock..
They were In a sad condition. The women
were without wraps snd the few men
there were wore very little clothing. A
poor Syrian women who said she was
Mrs. Habush. bound for Toungstown. O.,
carried ia her arms a t-year-old baby
girt. The child wore only a light calico
dress, was barefooted and barelegged.
This woman had lust her husband and
three brothers.
"I lost four of my men folks," she cried.
On of the most sensauonal stories that
cam from the Carpathia waa that Cap
tain Smith and the first officer and the
chief engineer had shot themselves when
they realised tbat the ship was doomed.
These reports could not be confirmed.
In fact, they wer denied ty most of
the passenger although on or two bad
said there bad been some shooting.
Ths Tltanlc's four rescued officers were
placed aboard the Red Star liner Lapland
tor th nlKbt. They refused to talk,
saying tbey were under instructions to
glv no information except to th senate
committee.
CREW KEPTJUT OF SIGHT
Men ot Titanio Hot Allowed to Talk
With Anyone.
KEN SEGREGATED AT ONCE
Mr. leaser t rsre Vice Preside!
r-raaklla to Sea Taes Oat
f the t'atry as Seoa
as Possible.
NEW TOKK, April 19 -Incensed by
the few etrsv bits of Information given
out last bight by the members of ths
crew of th Titanic, officials of the While
Star Un today kept th men so thor
oughly under cover that no trace of their
whereabouts could b discovered until
late In the morning, when It was found
(that's portions of them hsd been trans.
frrred aboard the lied star liner, Lap
land, where they were held Incom
munltsdo.. .
The tour surviving officers ef the Tt
isnio when they arrived on the Carpathia
were quickly transferred to the Red Star
liner, where they remained until they
were summoned to sppear before the
senate Investigating commute. These
officers hsd been Instructed to refuse to
snswer questions except those propounded
by the committee of Inquiry.
"Where are th members of the crew?"
one of them was asked.
"Why?" said the officer sharply.
"Every jne Is anxious to hear their side
of the story. Their version of the trs"
edy might throw some additional light on
the tragedy."
"It's nobody's business," snspped the
officer. He declined to talk further and
his matea were equally uncommunicative.
It developed today that J. Bruce Ismay,
managing director of the International
Mercantile Marine, had Instructed Vice
President Franklin of the same organ
isation to sesregste the Tltanlc's men as
soon aa he arrived on the Carpathia.
Mr. lamay uiged Mr. Franklin to make
every effort to smugs I the men Into
seclusion ss soon as they landed on the
pier and to make speedy preparations to
get them out of the, country.
Key to ths Situation Bee Advertising.
Band Marches from ,
, Deck to Deck Playing
NF.W YORK, April 1.-Mra. John Mur
ray Brown,' of Acton, Mass,, who with
her sisters, Mrs Robert C. Cornell and
Mrs. B. I. Appleton. Was saved, waa In
th last rife boat to get ssfely away from
ths Titanic.
The band played, marching from deck
to deck.' and as ths ship went down 1
could still hear ths music," Mrs Brown
said.
'The musicians wer up to their knees
In water when I last saw them. My
sisters and I were In different boats. We
offered assistance to Captain Smith of
the Titanic when the water covered the
ship, but he refused to get Into the boat
"Mrs. Astor wss In th life boat with
my sister, Mrs. Cornell. I, heard Colonel
Aetortell her he would wait with ths men.
I esw him en th ship aa our boat pulled
out. Our boat was almost dragged down
by th suction."
MRS. ASTOR IN MO DANGER
Young- Wife. Exhausted, Remembers
Little of Her Beicne.
RECALLS HUSBAND AT HER SIDE
lst See f rlael W as When He
, Left Oe t Parser's Office,
Aeewrwtasj t Bteerac
Steward.
NF.W YORK. AprlU U.-Mrs. John
Jacob Astor. whose, husband n th
wrack of tha Titanic, la being cared for
by th family physldsn at the Astor
horav A bulletin. Issued early, today,
says she Is not ta a critical or dangerous
condition at this time. .
Mrs. Astor held up. bravely until all
reaohed her home,, when she is said to
have broken down, but quickly rallied..
On landing from the Carpathia. ths
young bride, widowed by the Tltanio's
sinking, told members of her family w .at
shs could recall of the circumstance of
ths dlssster. Of how Colonel Astor met
his death she hsd so definite concep
tion. She recalled, aha thought,, that
In the confusion, as aha was about to
be pat Into one of th boats, th colonel
was standing by hsr strt. ACer that
aa Mr. Blddl recounted her narrative,
shs had no very clear recollection ot th
alnklng steamer.
Left la Lat It oats.
Mrs. Astor, It appears, left In on of
th last boats, which got awsy from
th ship. It was her belief that all th
wra "ho wished to go had been taken
off. Her impression was thst th boat
ah left In bad room tor at least fifteen
more persons, Th men tor seme rea
son, which, aa shs recall! It tonight.
shs could not and does not now under
stand, did not seem to be at all aax
tons to leave th ship. Almost (very on
seemed dased.
"I hops he Is alive somewhere. Tea.
I cannot think anything wise," tho young
women said of her husband to her father
ss shs left ths latter ta go to th Astor
home, according to soma, who overheard
her parting remarks.
Ths chief steerage steward ot th
Titanic, who came In on th Carpathia,
says hs saw John Jacob Astor standing
ky ths life ladder as th passengers wer
being embarked. Ills wife waa beside
him, th stswsrd said. The Colonel le.t
her. to go to' th purser's office for a
moment and that was the last seen s(
him. . . ' ! .
Astor and Stead Slip '
. from the Life Raft
NEW YORK, April l.-One version of
the deaths ot John Jacob Astor and Wil
liam T. Stead was told by Phillip Mock,
who, with hie sister, Mrs.. Paul Schabert,
wer among th survivors.-
"Many men wer hanging on to rafts
In tha sea." ssld Mr. Mock. "William T.
Htead. tha author, and Colonel John Jacob
Astor clung to a raft. Their feet became
frosen and I hey wer compelled to release
their hold. Both were drowned."
According to a surgeon of the New Tork
hospltsl, who went aboard the Carpathia
after It docked, four bodies wer burled
at sea from that steamer.
5JsrV!eiw'lX!ef
31 8 -320 South 16th. St.
Six Persons Drown
When Levee Breaks
Near Beulah, Miss.
GREENVILLE, MIm., April tt.-Six
live are known to have been osst by
tlw break! n of the Mississippi Hrer
leTee at Beulah, Miss., Wednesday night
All of the victims were negroes, who lived
near the crevasse.
It Is believed here that many more per
sons have perished. Twenty tKtoaee in the
direct path of the loosened waters were
swept away and more than 10 persons
rescued from bouse tops ami trees.
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