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The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-01-25

James Cockroft, president Of the Ed
ward Crompton Law Book Publishing
cornany. said that he was thrown from
mis- berth. He was not especially alarmed
until the lights went out. He had IN
hi, berth two electric storage POCKET
lamps. He was looking around the
statsroom with one Of these when water
began to run In under the door Then
he reused his wife and Joined the other
Messengers on deck. Mrs Cockroft said
TO an Evening World reporter:
There was one thing that they In
sisted on. All the women and children,
M matter whether they were cabin pas
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-01-25
Tells H0w Her Berth
Was Wrecked BY Crash

scathed.
I'VE saved only our dressing gowns
and fur wraps All my jewelry and
other clothing Is at the bottom OF the
sea, but for that | care nOtlling. That
we escaped with our lives was a miracle,
TOO much praise cannot be given to
that splendid captain and his crew. The
captain was col and his men obeyed
him like wonderfully trained soldiers |
could see this out OF the bewlltering
panorama OF scenes that swept before
my dazed eyes before we were trans
ferred to the Florida. In the darkness
and fog we all seemed Ike ghosts blum
derng about In some future world and
there were some moments when !
doubted II had survived"
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-01-25

pajamas and barefooted. with thick
blankets about him, women with dis.
hevelled hair, but every one was calm
Only one woman was In trouble on the
upper deck. She was a powdered ladv.
covered with Jewels and holding a little
dog.
Then came the order to got what
clothing We needed and get ready for tho
boats. Some OF us got our hats and
others got some valuahles. Then came
the order for the women and children To
take 10 the beats There was no pan,r
or hurry In getting away. TWENTY-FIVE
were lowered n each boat 1t gave mo
strange snock 10 III; the water at this
d'ne. Two Of the stokcrs were dlscov-
cred IN tho hrst hoat and ordered OF
without mercy.
Two sailors rowed the boat. often
times the passengers helping. We slow
Is made our way TO the Florida uud NC
realized tho force Of the collision when
y" saw her entire bow ripped OF right
mp to the anchor pit. The son was psr-
',rtIy calm. what /, would have beer
In rough sea Goi only knows. We
nlGc fast 10 tie Floridn and clam.
trrcd up the complnoaway We were
welcomed ny n kindly but slovenly look
ms crow There vas tiny little saloon
iiilrd With cmlgra.,g. all weeping ana
calling ~ o." Oa.r.r. 4 Few drops M,
rtrr a.i hrl'nct w-re served GU.
10 NEa ai, 20 Lad - eat.
The Florida overerowded.
The Florida soon became 81 crowded
that 1t was awfuiiy Uncomfortable All
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-01-25
SURVIVORS TELL GRAPHIC STORIES
Women Sh0W Marvellous
Bravery in Face of Peril.

Henry Savage Landor, the African
explorer, passenger on the Baltic, and
who has an appointment with President
Roosevelt at Washington, wus emphatic
In his praise Of tho pluck and bravery
OF tho American women aboard the Re
public
Never In my life" said the explorer,
have | seen such splendid nerve OK
hihited by human beings ne that dis
played by the American women after
the terrible ordeal through which the
pa ssengers Of the Republic were forced
to go,
"Transferred from one sinking ship to
another and finally to the decks OF the
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-01-25
Woman Writer Is Saved
After FQllinQ in Water

depths and then l felt that hand seize
me by the hair. II pulled my hair tor.
rlbly-I think l lost a lot Of t-but l
prayed that It wouldn't let go, and when
It pulled me to the edge Of the boat
that brown face OF the Italian sailor
the Rrst thing I saw-was the most wei.
como sight In the world, He was q
brave and a strong man, and he pulled
me into the dory una.ded."
in lifting Mrs. Earle out Of the wa.
ter the sailor used hook attached to
ropes end, and In his eagerness to
penetrate her dress ne pierced the skin
Of her back. She 10 suffering from a
painful confusion,
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-01-25

1T was a mighty fne sensation when
I felt that strong italian hand seize me
by the hair when came up the second
time" said Mrs. Alice Morse Earle, the
author, who fell from the dory rs she
was being transferred from the Florida
to the Baltic.
"I had about given UP hope, and In
the brief time that | fancied was al.
lowed me before I became unconscious
was trying to resign myself to my
fate. cannot swim, and | knew I
could never save myself, but felt my
self rising through those horrible green
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-01-25

Baltic, they show ed marvellous fortitude
and nerve. 1t was enough to bring the
tears to ones eyes. Imagine those
women IN wet night attire, with hair
hanging disheyelled and wet from the
ocean spray--nOt one complaining or
protesting. They had lost their belong.
trgs, and their lives had been thrice en-
langered hut they were actually
CHEEKY. II was a spirit that cheered us
all.
"One Of tho noblest spirits OF that
noble band OF shipwrecked humans was
the Countess Pasolini, and American
girl, tho wife OF an Italian nobleman,
When she came aboard the ship, wet
and hedraxglcd she went al once TO the
steeragc and began to minister to the
unfortunate women OF the steerage. She
forgot her own miscries to lessen those
of others. II was a magnificent sight"
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-01-25

Mrs. F.. McCready and her daughter.
Miss Grace McCready. OF Chicago, were
in stateroom No IS. one OF the 70 to
receive the brunt OF the collision They
escaped without a scratch by what Mrs,
McCready referred reverently to as an
act Of divine Providence.
TT was only the will OF God that
soved our lives" she declared to an
Evening World reporter, FOR we were
thrown from our berths and piled with
wreckage. A great piece Of iron be-
came wedsed over us but did not touch
us, and we managed to crawl out UNI
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-01-25

In England he bought several gross OF
bright scarlet cravats He wore one
himself, no compelled every member OF
his suite to wear one. and he had a
trunk full to distribute among tn. noble,
OF his principally.
When the hali-clothed passengers
from the Republic came aboard the
Baltic and the passengers OF that vessel
were contributing clothing, His High.
ness OF Cooch- Behar retired to his cabin
and returned In II moment accompanied
by his valet, whose arms were loaded
down with the red necktles. which ne
distributed with a lordly air.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-01-25
This Was Her Third
Disaster on the Sea

Miss Agnes shackelford, OF NO 81
West End avenue, this city, said OF her
experience on the Republic;
II have been in three sea disasters
once when a ship was on fire and an
other where a ship ran aground; then
this one. The first two were trifling,
but there was less disorder and better
discipline In the wreck OF the Republic
than in either Of the others.
There was nothing overlooked, moth
INK done In hysteria o. panic why
when we were sta0iins out on decks
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-01-25

many OF us q most nude, with nothing
but our wet nishtsowns cllngins about
us. those stewards came around and
served hot coffee to everybody. Just
think of that,
They were all as cheerful as though
no danger threatened. and Capt. seaby
made a point or passing among us in
between all his other duties every few
minutes, heartening everybody up and
telling us Of the boats that wee com
Ing to help us Rnd that there wasn't
the slightest chance Of our not being
saved, He was almost jovlal about it,,
l think that he alone saved a lot Of
people from going crazy"
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-01-25
Prince of Cooch-BehQr Had
Red NeCkties for All Men

It seemed remarkable that many OF
the men passengers from the Republic
few o, whom had hats, some trouserless
and nearly all lacking some important
article Of polite costuming. wore fam
ing uecktles a. they marched down the
gnngplank OF the Baltic. The eSplana-
ton OF this furnished one OF the few
amusing incidents Of the catastrophe
on board the Baltic, coming to visit
this country. was Prince Victor, dusky
nabob who regns over Cooch. Benar,
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-01-25
All The Women Calm
IL, q Time of Peril

Mrs Thompson, passenger Of the
steamship Republic. wrote full ac-
count OF her experiences Immediately
after she was put Oh board tie Florida.
This story, which was given to The
Evening World, reads as follows:
while we wait on this forlorn Immi-
grant ship will tell you OF experiences
which hope will never happen again.
j could not sleep during the fatal night.
The fog was thick and 1, was so cold
and dark. The FOG horn blew all night
and / could not sleep.
II was beginning 20 rise when heard
a prolonged roar from the fog horn
Then came long grinding crash We
Jumped up, put on cur wrappers and
cloaks and went outside. People were
standing about huggIns one another and
asking what had hnppe1et II was bl5
IA. N. We got on the second deck and
there a steward said W" rad better all
dress inscase anything Happened
We went down to our rooms feeling
bur way, some OF the pa Nscngers llsht.
ang matches. BEFORE We gui 10 ont
staterooms dozen mon threw down the
life preservcrs and ,gid us TO take all.
bf them.
All Calm In Time Of Peril
I'VE went UP to the top deck and
thee found people running urumd m
hightgowns ari We. l..,. % man Zoe
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-01-25
NO PANIC AMONG WOMEN
MRS. THOMPSON SAYS.
Didn't Show Any Signs of Fear When the
Crash Came, and Unfalteringly Took
to the Small Boats When
Order Came

Thrilling stories of the collision the fog the perls through
which they passed. and OF their from danger are told by women
survivors the crash that caused the sinking the steamship Republc
CN OF the most graphic Of these stories told the log written by
Miss Mo Snyder OF No. As Holland avenue Midleovn Y who
passenger the Republic having started on trip which she had
long been PLANNING.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-01-25

',''' NesSeiS were searching for us. At
ABOUT o'clock that night We heard
rant whistle, but could see nothing
twenty minutes later the giant form
OF the great Baltic, our savior, doomed
up out of the darkness. We were ali
happy Tor we knew help was near
'Nlcers of the Baltic and the Repuhlc
conferred until midnight. when thew de.
cIded TO transfer us all to the Baltic
LOT 'He Florida was lowering into the
water and was deemed unsafe.
Children Taken of First
I've "le-noats were dropped again
ana the children were put off frs, Tba
VINO mad kicked up rough sea, II was
very dangerous to climb down the lad.
aer INTO the lIfe-boats The work Of
transferring began at midnight and did
not end until the next morning.
Many narrowing experiences were re-.
latei by the Passengers in being taxa,
tron one boat 10 the other. Tho NO.
ooa's We're so packed that the passen.
gers themselves had to help row. More
thah twenty Of us were dropped part.
way into ths water.
IN trying to climb up the ladder on
'he Baltic one woman-Alice NJ. Earl. a
writer sank twice before being rescued
Nnen the emigran;s from the Florida
were being taken on the Baltic manv
OF them screamed and tried to jump into
the sea, Tho most excited ones were
survivors Of the earthquake. They were
with difficulty controlled.
left the 2epublic in Tears
When we passed out of sight OF the
RcpuNl.t, tears Strcamcd down the faces
Of great number OF chem. We were
having such a happy time when the
terrible crash turned our pleasure into
mourning We have every feeling OF
gratitude FOR our splendid treatment on
the Baltic and for the generosity and
efforts of her officers to make us COM
Portable. our trunks. our jewelry, our
clothing and all we had, EXCEPT the
scanty apparel and the cloaks and coats
TIE Baltic officers gave us have all gone
down with the Republic.
~! personally have planned this trip
to the Mediterranean for Years. hut T
don't think will go now. The persons
killed on the Republic we're sound
asleep when the boats colllded II was
fortunate the crew OF the Republic after
the first excitement spared no effort IN
We're injured" WIZ
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-01-25
Goodness of Women Gave
Courage to Men Aboard

Robert F'rederI,kson, an exporter VINO
lives at No. s34 Union avenue, the Bronx,
was bound for Egypt on the Republic
81 was awakened by the terrible
crash" he said, "and stumbled out OF
my bunk In the pitch darkness, scared
almost to death. For a moment I
thought was In an earthquake, but l
Eel; the ship rolling and lurching and l
heard screams and howls around me-
and realized that | was not on land,
but out at sea, goodness knows whore
II stepped OIL; into a pool Of water
AM began wallowing around and feeling
Tor ny clothes. | had on only suit Of
pajamas and It was freezing cold I
knew where had put my wa!stcoat and
] got match from my pocket and by
It's light was able 10 get my trousers,
shirt. shoes and 4 small handbag. Then
felt my way out OF my cabin INTO the
saloon. There everything was confusion
and pushed my way through men and
women all, like myself, bent on getting
on deck to find out what was the mat
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-01-25

long been planning.
Miss Snyders Log OF the Collision, ~
which she threw from the deck of the
Baltic to a reporter Of The Evening
Word as The Evening Worlds tug was
alongside the liner of sandy Hook.
reads as follows:
I'VE sailed Friday under the most
perfect and the sea was calm until We
ran into a fog the day before the acct
dent. A little before O'Clock We all
we're aroused by terrible crash. Cries
Of help. sounds OF Kissing steam, the
wild, dsordered commands OF officers
and shouts OF terrified seamen precipi-
tated a scene OF indescribabe terror.
All the Lights Out
Everything was confusion No one
knew what had struck her After the
terror, the lights all went out and then
we knew that the water had reached
the engines and tie dynamo. People
rushed into the Railways and gang
ways, trembling and pale, clad only
in their night clothes and blankets.
We heard on deck that there had been
q collision and then We aw the great
black hulk OF the Italian em.grant,
Florida, backing away after It's terrific
lunge. 1t was not for hours afterward
that we learned that some one had been
killed.
After the irs. shock the women main
tained their calmness with remarka bic
for,itude. The most Of the passengers
on the Republic were women. Five min
Iutes after the crash they were as CALM
as II they were about to sit down TO a
meal
Waiting for Further AID.
zone hour after the collision we We're
transferred to the boat that had rammcd
us. The four hours we spent on the
Florida were under conditions far from
comfortable. We We're crowded and
'hudiled into corners. All this time the
fog was so thick we could not see a
hundred feet away. The bells and
horns were SOUNDING We had no wire.
less on the Florida and did not know
where help was coming from.
"All day long We stood hutdled ms
closely as sarI.ucs I'm box on tho
upper deck our eyes poeriug into the
gloom for some answer from the outside
world. Late In the day we had word
from the Republic that the Baltic and
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-01-25
No Hysteria There.

The decks were crowded in a few
minutes after the collision. and what
especially impressed me was the cool.
ness Of the women, particularly the
American women. There was no
screaming after the first shock Of the
collision, no hysterla, and this gave
Ills men confidence We wouldn't have
had II the women had been running
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-01-25

around Ike mad, as they generally do
IN such cases. Instead OF this, how
ever the poor things. in their night
cIothes-very few OF them had even
brought a wrap from their cablns-stood
around on the decks in the freezing
wind, some Of them praying and some
cllnglng TO the arms Of their men folks.
1t was an act OF Gods mercy that the
sea was SO suddenly quieted after the
collision and while We were being trans
ferred to the Florida. That change
from a bowling, mounting, angry sea
to the celmness OF mill pond was little
short Of miraculous. and to II we owe
our lives, as We never could have made
our way in the small boats to the Flor
Ida with a gale on.
Discipline Never Better.
When the passengers were trans.
ferred to the Florida the English sailors
from the Republic manned the boats.
hut when we made the second transfer
10 the Baltic, the Italians from the
Florida and the men from the Baltic
helped with the Job. I will say TINT
never saw better discipline and a more
impressive display OF coolress and
bravery than all these crews showed
"A few unreasonable passengers-vor
will always meet this sort whore a lot
NJ people from all parts Of the country
are collected togsthcr-trled to pick
.,J, iA A.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-01-25
A MOTHERS PLEA.
Trained Nurse Offer, Cure for
Costiveness.

What In the world can, I do for
my ,h-rc children. who, II seem,
have Inherited costlvrnes and all IL,
evils. such Al vomiting stomach ache,
h-h Ayh-s iua,ss. .anguor. fever
md 'hinnc. NJ flesh I have tried
dieting and breakfast foods. fruits and
patent medicines. but the trouble
grove worrn and ain nearly dis.
trrCied
This mother voices the experience
OF Thousands
trained nurse and well known ma
iron ~ one Of our largest Eastern
hospitals offers the following as III.
best ard most reliable harmless rem.
edy that Il known:
Just 20 TO any well stocked drus
store and get one ounce aromatic
fluid CGScarn, one ounce compound
essencr carilol. and two ounce,
aromatic syrup rhubarb MiS all In
a bottle shake, and adults take from
y TO > tea,gooniuls after each meal
white children gleetully take from rvs
drops tu Il lrssroou'uI according 10
rgr l-r NH, freely whenever occa
rlcu tsmgrir
II enable ~ Obtain these ingredient,
ron your regular irnggia you IAN
resdlls obtain ,ham ~ any OF Hegs,
man q Co.. or Rlksr's drug storcs,
Nss York City.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-01-25

TO CLnE \ CGiD IL on. DAY
Take LAXATIVE yNOAU QulElns Tabets
ns1gsilp -tsfund money u Il fails TO cyr..
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The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-01-25
All Calm In Time Of Peril

I'VE went Up to the top deck and
thee found people running around m
hightgowns nri N...i..t. 70 mm 'u
Evening star., 1909-05-02
Famous Fighting Scientist Retres From Scholastic Battlefield

convinced against his will, yielded the
point and bought a ready made suit at
a shop that supplied the poorer classes
When visiting his favorite aunt, Frauletn
Bertha Sethe, a dignified old maiden lady.
the renowned sayant contented himselr
with bed i'm the poky little lumber room
to which servants were consigned In Bef-
lin up to the recent police regulation pro-
viding that they should have certain
hygienic minimum of cubic space.
His deep family affection was manifest
ed in his grief for the loss OF his inst
wife, after eighteen months OF happy mar
riage To escape from his sense of loss he
absorbed himself in the terrific task OF
writing his two-volume work on General
Morphology." perhaps his greatest scien-
tific achievement. within a single year.
during which time he allowed hlmself
only three to four hours sleep per udN
\ second marriage followed several years
later at the desire OF Haeckais mother,
This has. given the professor a peaceful
home and three children. with the JOY
and consolation of family life.
Some recent rumors about the poor
state of Prof HaeckePS health-owing TO
mis- heart trouble--are happily much ex-
aggerated He would have been glad TO
accept an invitation to the Cambridge
he received it. None came, however al
though a large number OF sucn invita-
tions have been sent to scientists VINO
to say the least are no more distinguish
cd than himself. and to hundreds OF Scien-
tific societies. Ii is strongly suspected
that clerical prejudice has had large
share in this extraordinary omission. IL
seemed to many quite uajusiifiable for,
whatever MAY be thought of Prof. Haeck-
els philisophic speculatiops, not even MS
enemies venture TO deny his great serv.
ices in the development OF DarWinlsm
Evening star., 1909-05-02

The significance and educative value OF
this museum are rendered evident by a
work which Haeckel published on the
opening Of the institution, Our Ances-
tors: Critical Studies in Phyletic Anthro-
pology," in which he gives the genealogy
of man from the primeval monerae to
the anthropoid ape. The completion Of the
museum, which will doubtless serve as
civilized world, will-with his history OF
biology-crown his labors of nearly half
a century as one OF the most ardent and
effective apostles of DarWinism.
These two great tasks will form the
main occupations of his leisure. but his
friends know that, Notwithstanding his
seventy-five years. Prof. Haecke. the
artist and nature-lover, who would GER
tainly have become great landscape
painter were it not for his absorbing de-
votion TO science and the study of life
I'm all it's forms, will continue at inter
vals to seek refuge and repose in the
fields and the SeaShOre. 1t must be
remembered that this indefatigable toiler,
nine-tenths of whose readers are only ac-
auainted with one-half of his products
his scientific colleagues with his technf-
cal works. and the cultured public with
his philosophical disquisitions- and his
brilliant pOpularizations OF sciences an
enthusiastic and eloquent apostle OF the
abounding beauty of nature, the study of
which has been to him one Of the great
est joys of existence from boyhood on
ward. The open air, the fields, the woods
the seashore and the depths OF the sea
are living poetry which he prefers
even to that Of his adored Goethe In
deed. he gives precedence to Goethe, the
scientist of powerful and piercing con
structive imagination who has had great
influence his own development. over
the poet and dramatist. Another charac-
teristic of his inborn devotion to fac,
and truth is the preference which he
gives to the newspaper over bellies lettres
a preference which, however, only finds
practical expression when he needs a
change from the heavy daily task OF
keeping abreast of the Overwhelming Hood
of technical literature with which he Is
inundated.
When worn out by reading and study
by the preparation of one of his
works. which are done in a white heat
to the neglect Of sleep and rest. Prof
HaecKel has been accustomed TO go off
on long and lonely excursions in the
Canary Islands, Madeira Sicily, India
and Malaysia. of which he has given en-
and long walks in the fields, botanizing
and ''natUraliZiag. are his sole hobby
his recreation consisting exclusively in d
change cf occupation.
Ii would be an utter mistake. however.
To regard this Child of the ninete eentil
century, as Prof. Haeckel has described
himself. as bloodless Dryasdust mere
intellectual machine He is. on the con-
trary. one of the most human-"all too
human"-of philosophers a hard fighter,