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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-04-19
Ismay's Story of Escape from
Death and What PASSENGERS Say

the Carpathia he went Il a room
without saying a word and remained
there until We locked in New York;
John II. joyce. banker, of Carload.
n. NJ, a passenger ON h C~nrpathia.
when MIR. Ismay left the pier.
with n retinue of detectives at his
heels, he went to the steamer Lap
land, where he was n guest mt q
banquet ON that ship. just why the
banquet was given could not be
learned, but the general feeling was
thnt IL was rather n grnesome thing
for Ismay to do. but ID did not seem
TO bother Ismay in the least,
A number of people waiting mt
the pier for possible news of reia-
lives lost on the Titanic remarked
when II wa said that Ismay had
gone TO a banquet; Ills II given iu
his honor, because he was brave
enough to take his place in one of
the Hfeboafs and crowd nut women
and chiIdren"
Ismay plans to return to England
on the Carpathia, according to state
ments made last night If by that
time he has finished with the Scnnt
committee on inquiry The Car-
pnthia, according to the report, Is
to sail at 4 O'Clock morn
ing so that in that event all ex-
minatio of Ismay by the commit
tee will have to take place today.
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but that Isnay will be asked some
pointed questions when he appears be-
fore the committee today.
From London ONE the report that
Ismay viii be the chief witness at the
London Board of Trade inquiry, which
will be taken up as soon as he re-
turns to Europe. When Ismay left the
| Carpathia last night shortly after II
| O'Clock lie went TO an office at the
rear of the dock. He was closely
guarded by detectives, and only a linn
tied number of newspapermen we're adj
mitted TO the room.
Ismay had been reported as being Ill.
but he did not look at all sick; neither
did he seem to have a particularly
worried expression. He wore a new
suit Of clothes and on his head was
one of the new style big Scotch caps.
He handed out a carefully pre-
pared typewriter statement reading as
follows:
In the presence and under the shadow
OF a catastrophe so overwhelming my
feelings are too deep for expression IN
words, [ can only say the White star
line. its officers and employees will do
everything humanity possible to alleviate
the sifferings n sorrow of survivors
and of the relatives and friends OF those
who persisted.
The Titanic was the last word IN ship
building. Every regulation prescribed by
the British Board of Trade had been
strictly complied with. The master. Off;
GERS and crew were the most experienced
and skilful in the British service.
I am informed that a committee Of the
United States Senate was appointed to
investigate the circumstances of the acct
dent.
heartily welcome the most complete
and exhaustive inquiry and any aid that
J or my associates, our builders or navi-
gators can render is at the service of the
public and the governments of the United
States and Great Britain, and under these
circumstances 7 must respectfully defer
making any statement at this hour.
Then he left the pier. still with a
retinue of detectives at his heels and
went to the steamer Lapland, where he
was a guest at a banquet on that ship.
Just why the banquet was given could
not be learned, but the general feeling
was hat it was rather a gruesome
thing for Ismay to do, but 1t did not
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seem to bother Ismay in the least.
A number of people waiting at the
pier for possible news of relatives lost
on the Titanic remarked when 1t was
said that Ismay had gone. to a ban
quet: us it given in his honor, because
he was brave enough to take his place
in one of the lifeboats and crowd out
women and children"
Ismay plans to return to England OIL
the Cnrpathia, according to statements
made last night If by that time he has
finished with the Senate committee on
inquiry. The ~Carpathia, according to
the report, Is to sail at A o'clock to-
morrow morning so that in that event
all examination of Ismay by the COM
mittee Will have TO take place today.
1t is a certainty that if the commit
tee finishes with Ismay today he will
get out of America almost as soon as
he can, but it is believed to be doubt
full If the committee will allow him to
do so. Once out will Ismay ever be
seen on this side of the ocean again?
This is a question asked on every
side today.
While not openly saying so, officials
of the White Star line on both sides
of the ocean regard the saving of
Ismay as one great blot on what was
otherwise apparently a noble display
of masculine heroism unless the report
that Captain Smith first deserted the
ship and then returned to it only to
be shot by his chief officer proves to
be true.
That every car and attention was
given Mr.. Ismay from the time of the
fatal crash hat sent the Titanic two
miles deep to her death, carrying 1901
persons with her until his arrival in
New York on the Carpathia is evil
denced by the stories told by the sur
vivors.
When asked last night, son what
boat did you leave the Titanic?" his
reply was, What do you mean? L
don't know what you mean?"
Again he was asked on what boat
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HOBOKEN DOCTORS SUIT
AGAINST GAYNOR REMOVED

TRENTON, April 10. - Justice
Swayze has signed an order remov-
ing from the Supreme Court of this
State to the United States Court the
suit against Mayor William j. Gaynor,
of New York city, instituted by DR..
William j. Arlitz, of Hoboken.
DR.. Arlitz is suing for $4,000, alleged
to be due for services rendered the
Mayor after his life was attempted by
Gallagher on the docks in Hoboken.
The case was removed from the Jersey
court because the Mayor is a resident
of New York State. while DR.. Arlitz
lives in this State and the New Jersey
courts therefore have no jurisdiction.
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DEEPER RIVER
is ASSURED

For the deepening of the channel in
Newark bay and the Passaic river to
twenty feet, and the widening OF
it to 300 feet, which will permit of YES
sells of larger tonnage than at present
to dock here, the Board of Trade COM
mittee on river and navigation inter-
ests, of which Peter Campbell is chair
man. has succeeded, through ator
Briggs, in securing an appropria Ion of
81, O64, 500.
The deepening of the channel will be
extended as far as the Marin Linoleum
Company docks, and the engineer in
charge Of the work will be authorized
to modify the width so as not to en-
croach at any point upon the existing
docks.
The bill also provides for an annual
maintenance amounting to 500, 900, and
that not less than $3.50. 900 shall be APP
propriated each year for the carrying
out Of the project.
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RULES ON ARMY DISCHARGES.

ELIZABETH, April 1e.-An honorable
discharge from the United States army
does not give q soldier citizenship
rights, according to a decision of the
secretary of the Department of Com
merce and Labor made in the case of
Sergeant George Magin, OF this city,
who has Just retired from the army
after thirty years of service. The de-
cision states that Magin can secure
naturalization paperS without the
necessity of previously declaring his
intention, however. His papers Of
honorable discharge will take the place
of the declaration.
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WOMAN BADLY HURT BY
JUMP FROM A ROOF

NEW YORK, April ia young
woman who, according to the police.
either fell or leaped from the roof
of an apartment house at 118 West
Sixty-third street was found uncon-
scious in an alleyway beside the build
ing.
Patrolman John Green of the West
Sixty-eighth street police station was
called and an ambulance surgeon from
Flower Hospital discovered that the
woman had received a broken leg.
bruises and severe internal injuries
She was removed to the hospital.
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~ left from the s~tarboard for
ward coIIapsSbIe, the last boat to
Ieave."-Rruce Ismay, managing d.
rector of the line, who was saved.
o the day of the disaster 1
asked Mr.. Ismay If II would not be
safer 10 slow down. In view OF the
fact that fcebergs were near. 'On
the contrary was his reply, 4 have
inst ordered three more boilers fired.
we are going to make a record this
trip "-Statement of unnamed pas
senger.
sMr. Ismay wa attended by sew
eral of the crew aud every assist
ance nas given him TO get into the
boat. On the C~arpathia he
was given a spacious room and a
sign placed on the door, PLEASE
DON'T KNoCK"-Mrs. Lucine J..
smith. Huntington, w. Va.
"Mr. Ismay was not only safely
seated in a IlfebOat before IL WINS
filled, but he also selected the crew
that rowed the boat."--Mrs. w. }.
Cardezn. Philadelphia.
How did Ismay get out alive:
Well. he got into n iifeboat before
the Titanic sank. When he got 40
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MILL HANDS GIVEN RAISE.

MAYS LANDING, April 1s.-Super-
intendent Hears, of the Water Power
Cotton Mill here. surprised the $50 en-
ployees by announcing a 10 per cent.
advance In wages. In spite of ad-
vanced prices in raw material, the mill
has been turning cotton cloth at a
profit.
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IsMAY WILL TELL
STORY OF WRECK
Continued from First pase.D

all the time until we We're picked up.
l turned back only once after we left
the vessel. I saw her green ight ana
never turned back again. | did not
want to see the end"
WAS there confusion apparent on
The Titanic when you looked back
Il didn't see any" Mr.. Ismay de-
olared. '.All l saw was the green light
the last time l looked"
Captain Rostron. of the Garpathia.
was next sworn.
The most dramatic point in Captain
Rostron's testimony was when he
described the picking up of the Titanic
message of distress. He said that at
that moment the operator was not on
regular duty, but was in his cabin pre-
pairing for bed and had his receiver
over his head. In ten minutes mora,
the captain declared. the operator
would have been in bed and the Car
pathia would not have received the
message and, In all probability, no one
would have been saved from the tt
tanic.
Il gave the order TO turn the ship
around as soon as the Titanic had
given her position. said Captain Ros-
iron. 4 set a course to pick up the
Titanic which was hfty-eight miles
west of my position
Arriving on the scene of the accident,
Captain Rostron testified, he saw an
Iceberg straight ahead of him, nj
stopping at 4 a. m, ten minutes later,
he picked up the first lifeboat.
by the time / got the boat aboard
day was breaking said the captain.
In a radius of four miles | saw all
the other l~ifeboats. On all sides of
use were icebergs, some twenty were
$50 to 200 feet high, and numerous small
ieebergs or GROWERS Wreekage was
strewn about us. At $50 all the Tt
tanic's survivors We're aboard
With tears filing his eyes, Captain
Rostron said he called the purser. Il
told him. said Captain Rostron, II
wanted to hold a service of prayer
thanksgiving for the living and a fu-
neral service for the dead. l went TO
Mr.. Ismay. He told me to take full
charge. An Episcopal clergyman was
found among the passengers and he
conducted the services
Bruce Ismay, managing director of
lilG Niiltt oldG mt ndH oaNGh AiOitt
his own ship, the Titanic, when she
sank. one thousand six hundred and
INC other souls, many of them as pow
erful in their sphere of life as Ismay,
went to death with the ship.
Why was Ismay saved? Why did
he not go down with his ship? That
is the question that is stirring both
England and America, and America
will have first chance to hear Mr.. Is
mays explanation.
1smay. as he left the Carpathia last
night. promised to meet Senator Will
Jam Alden Smith, of Michigan, and
Senator Newlands, of Nevada, the spe-
cial committee appointed by the SEN
ate to investigate the Titanic disaster,
this morning at the Waldorf-Astoria,
New York, and make a report to them.
Senator Smith. who is somewhat of
a fighter when he is aroused, is thor
oughly wrought up over the Titanic
disaster. and the fact that apparently
no attention was paid TO the offers of
the United States government to
assist in the rescue. in that all
efforts of the scout cruisers Chester
and Salem to assist the Carpathia
were refused, and there is 10 question
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EIGHT LIQUOR DEALERS ARRAIGNED.

MAYS LANDING. April 19.-Eight
more Atlantic City liquor dealers and
a number of dive proprietors were
arraigned yesterday before Judge E. A.
Higbee in Criminal Court, entering
pleas of not guilty and giving $1,000
bail each for their appearance when
wanted.
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he left the ship and he said, 81 left or
a boat leaving from the centre" He
was asked what the number Of the
boat was and grew very angry and
snapped out. II left from the star
board forward collapsible, the last boat
to leave"
But the stories of the survivors differ
from that told by Mr.. Ismay. Mrs.
w. j. Cardeza, of Philadelphia, said:
"Mr. Ismay was not only safely seat
ed in a lifeboat before it was filed,
but he also selected the crew that
rowed the boat"
Mrs. Lucine P. Smith, of Huntington,
w. Va, a daughter of State Senator
James Hughes. of that State. escaped
in a BOA carrying only tw~enty-six
! people, when its capacity is fifty, and
was manned by one drunken seaman
according to Mrs. Smith.
She said she saw Mr.. Ismay get into
a lifeboat and that every assistance
was given him to get into the boat. On
the Carpathia he was given a spacious
room and a sign was placed on the
door, "Please don't knock"
Mrs. Smith also testified hat her hus-
band was standing alongside the life
boat in which she was saved as it was
lOWGTeQ, IaI-illSUs D0l was ilOl d1lOhCQ
to enter, though his Services were
needed, as with the drunken sailor the
only man aboard the women themselves
had to dc the best they could to navi-
gate the boat. Mrs. John Jacob Aston
was also in this boat.
John r. Joyce, a banker, Of Carts
bad n. NJ, a passenger on the Car
pathia, said:
HUYba1 4ba Carno4,{a raaat,al tha
scene of the wreck we saw eighteen
boats and one raft on the water. The
Carpathia picked them all up. Four
persons on the raft We're dead. They
were buried at sea on our way back
to New York. A survivor told me that
some of the Titanic's passengers jumped
for the l%ifeboats, missed them n
were drowned. / heard nothing of
Mayor Butt"
How did Mr.. Ismay get out?' Mr..
Joyce was asked.
well" said Mr.. Joyce. "he got into
a lifeboat. On the Carpathia he went
to a stateroon without saying a word.
There was some criticism regarding
him on board the boat, but he was not
severely censured. Survivors said that
everybody could have been saved if
there had been enough lifeboats.'
WASHINGTON, April Ex-senator
Rayner in the Senate late today bit
terly attacked J. Bruce Ismay, man.
aging director of the White Star line.
He said the captain of the Titanic I'M
doubtedly acted under orders of Mr..
Ismay, who, he declared, "risked the
life of the entire ship to make a speedy
passage across the sea-" Senator RAY
ner asserted that Mr.. Ismay could be
held responsible for the disaster, and
declared that the civilized nations
you'd applaud criminal prosecution Of
the management of the line.
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tional Bank. is confined to his bed at
his home, in Clifford avenue He Is be-
ing attended by Doctors w. s. Faison
and o. r. Blanchard. They do not
regard his condition as serious.
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DIR. M,GILL HAS pNEIJMoNIA.

JERSEY CITY, April 19.-Suffering
from pneumonia DR.. John D. McGin.
president of the Hudson County Ma
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-09
Takes Charge Lightly.

the poison
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-09
LiberiuS Was Forced to Yield
to Mob CIamor for Life of
innocent Man.

sensions and by long periods of civil
war, was no longer a sufficiently strong
assemblage to be able to withstand this
wild fury of public opinion. Discour-
aged. Piso had that evening decided to
abandon the struggle. But his sons
gathered about him and put new heart
into him. He returned to the senate
again the next day, continued his de-
Tense, sustained and repealed new at
tacks-always looking toward Tiberius,
the man who above all others was con-
WINGED Of his innocence, and whose
word might be so useful to him. But
when it became apparent that even
Ihberius was unwilling and unable to
help him, Piso abandoned the fight.
That night he returned to his house.
and, anticipating certain conviction
committed suicide
The public had had its victim. which
should have appeased it's grief for the
untimely loss of Germanicus! But the
enemies of Piso were not satisfied they
proposed that the name Of Piso shouid
be erased from the annals of the re-
public; that half of his estate should
be contiscated; that his son Marcus
should be banished for ten years. Their
only concession was the acquittal of
Piancina. to which they agreed out of
consideration for Liyia But Tiberius
decided that the blood of Piso was a
sufficient expiatlOn of crime which no
one had committed; and since the pub
lie had had its bloody satisfaction. he
interviewed openly and exercised his au-
thority to prevent the erasure of Piso's
name from the annals as we'll as the
eonfiscation Of his property and the
Punishment OF his SON
Among the judicial dramas of Ro-
man history the trial of Piso was one OF
the most atrocious.
1t degraded the penal law. which
should be the sacred instrument Of ius-
tice. into the plaything of popular pas
sion
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Wise and Well Balanced.

But since he was wise and well bal
anced, he sent il to the senate. which, OF
the two tribunals might readily be
supposed to be the more enlightened
and serene. The other-quocstio OF
what we would call the jury-was toe
closely in touch with public opinion
and would have been unable to judge
serenely in trial over which public
opinion was so greatly excited and
prejudiced against the alleged princi-
pal. However even In the senate the
friends of Germancus and the enemies
of Tiberius were numerous; and not
only that, but fierce antipathy divided
the ancient and the new nobility
During the 80 years since the end OF
the civil wars many families Of the new
nobility had entered the senate. Now
Piso belonged to one Of these ancient
families, and to one of the most dis
tinguished; and in referring the case
to the senate. Tiberius was leaving its
decision to the new nobility who har-
bored muffled rancor against the an
client families,
However, there was no third tribunal
and of the two evils Tiberius could do
no more than choose the less. At the
same time he so keenly appreciated the
pelils TO which Justice was being ex-
posed in the midst of insensate passions
and in this trial that had been plotted
by rancorous hatred. that when as
president Of the senate II became his
duty to open the hearings. he made a
speech OF which Tacitus has preserved
an epitome
No one who reads It can fail to rec
ognize the spirit Of profound wisdom
and equity that animates It. Tiberius
submitted to the senate that the charge
of poisoning II true. would be ax-
tremely grave; he reminded them. how
ever. that Piso was a distinguished
man; that he had rendered eminent
services 10 the republic, and thar he
belonged TO one of the most noble and
ancient families Of Rome
Wherefore, he hoped they would
judge with the most soyeue impartial
ity. forgetting who the accused was n
they found him guilty. forgetting who
the victim had been il they found the
accused innocent
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Words Fail to Convince.

1t was wise and humane speech.
But of what avail are the words even
OF an emperor when passions are
a1ame? The senate granted two DAYS
for the indictment. three for the de-
Tense. with an interval Of six days be-
tween them.
For two days the accusers talked, re-
viewing the whole life Of Piso, as Cice-
70 had done in the case of Verres. de-
claring that he had miggoverned the
provinces over which he had previously
ruled. recounting in the minutest de-
tail the story OF his administration of
syria and the fantastic story of the
poisoning
Even Tacitus recognizes the weak
ness of the chargeS-especially that of
the poisoning, which was the only Sc
rious one.
The public was by preconception "a =
Vorable TO the accusers: in the senate
there was a strong group adverse to
Piso.
Everybody realized that the issue de-
pended upon Tiberius. who held the
balance of power between the party
that wanted an acquittal and the group
that stood for conviction. Every one.
therefore, looked to him either with
hope or with anxiety. But Tiberius lis
tened TO the charges without winking
an eye. impressive as a statue, not so
much as letting his thought be divided
from its shadow
Piso was man OF force, and, trust
ing in the excellence of his cause. he
reappeared in the senate when. after
six days the sessions were resumed
and defended himself In a speech which
was slillful vigorous. resolute II ap-
pears that the thing that was particu-
larry effective in annihilating the charge
of poisoning was his demand that his
slaves and those of Germanicus who
had been present at the banquet at
which he was alleged to have given the
poison should be put to torture.
The speech made a most lively inn
preston. and ii might have proved the
means OF Pisos salvation If. while he
was speaking in the senate. serious dis
orders had not broken out in Rome. An
immense demonstration had surged
about the senate as he spoke shouting
death against him, declaring that II the
senate acquitted him they themselves
would see to the vindlcation of Ger
manieus.
The senate weakened by internal dis
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A Trial BY Public Opinion in Ancient Rome
Ferrero Writes of Roman Politics and Justice

out Of hand and to take over the gov
eminent of the province also ended, and
the province and the command of the
army reverted to Piso,
The friends of Germanicus had
neither right nor authority to name his
successor
The corpse of Germanicus had not yet
been given to the flames. when Agrip-
pima (wife of Germanicus) and the en-
tire encourage Of intimates were per-
suaded and openly declared that Ger
manicus had been poisoned-and pois-
oned in vengeance by Piso They i'm
prisoned and later sent to Rome an old
woman named Martina sorceress by
trade-who said that she was a very
great friend of Plancina (wife OF Piso)
whom they accused Of having supplied
the poison