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Weekly journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1908-1929, 1912-04-24
Many Thousands
See Ship Come In

by the survivors In a momeu,
more the Titanic had gone to her
doom. with the fatcd hundreds group
ed on the after deck. 20 the sur.
vivors visible to the last and their
cries and means pitiable.
Mrs. Aston Saved.
NEW YORK, April IL - Mrs.
Aston. reported dead. came down
the elevator soon after docking. ac-
eompanicd by physician and nurse
and joined Vincent Aston and sister
and went home in an auto.
No Dead On Carpathia.
NEW YORK. April Is.-Secre-
tary OF the board Of coroners mott
fed the ccroner's Office after an in
vestigation the coroner reports no
passengers Of the Titanic dead ON
the Carpathia when the vcsse,
locked
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Crowds Watch Carpathia.

NEW YORK, April ~ - News
that the Carpathia is outside the
harbor and rapidly approaching. sent
thousands TO vantage points along
the eity's water front Al the Bat
terry the first point an Manhattan
Island which the rescue shin will
pass crowd Of 10000 assembled
oiher vantage points further M
were crowded with spectators. II is
dr'Izling rain and $50 policcment
gathered at the Cunard pier west Of
Fourteenth street on North River
preparatory To handling the crowds
Inspector McCluskey is in charge
None without pass will he per-
united beyond the ropes Is yards in
front OF the piers, As early as 4
O'Clock, automobiles and yelled wo-
men began arriving \ small hotel
across the way has been converted
into headquarters for newspaper and
press associations meeting place and
those who had relatives aboard Al
though there was no rule of silence
everyone talked in whispers
The coming Of the vessel was re-
ported successfully from various
sources. and reached quarantine a,
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by ISOLATED Press.

NEW YORK, April ls.-Colonel
Oracle told of how he was driven
to the topmast OF the wreck. When
the ship settled he was the sole
survivor after the wave swept her
just before the final plunge had
passed
II jumped with the wave" he said.
II have often jumped with the break
ers ON the scashore. By some great.
good fortune managed to grasp
the brass railing on the deck above
and hung on with might and main
When the ship plunged down ] was
afraid to let go and was swirled
around and around what seemed an
interminable length Of time. Even
tually | came To the surface To find
the sea mass OF tangled wreckage.
Luckily ] was unhurt and seized
wooden grating floating nearby.
When ! recovered by breath ! dis
covered large canvas cork life
raft which hoated up. A man whose
name ! did not learn was struggling
toward it from some wreckage to
which he chung ! cast OFF and help
ed him get onto the raft. We then
began To- work to- rescue those who
had jumped into the sea and were
noundering in the water.
when dawn broke. there were
thirty Of us on the raft. standing
knee deep in icy water and afraid To
move lest the cramped raft should
be overturned Several unfortun-
ates, benumbed and half dead be
sought us to save them and one or
two made an effort To reach Ms but
we had To ward them away Had
we made an effort to save them all
might have persisted,
THE hours that elapsed before we
we've picked up by the Carpa,hia
were the longest and most terrible
| ever spent, We were practically
without any sensation Of feeling be
cause OF the icy water and were al
most dropping with fatigue We
were afraid tn turn around 10 look
To- see whether we were seen by any
passing Graf, and when some one
who was facing astern passed the
word that something that looked
like a steamer was coming up some
Of the men became hysterical under
the strain. The rest OF us too,
were near the breaking point"
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COL. oracle TELLS A SAD STORY

Oracle denied cmphatically that
any men were fired upon. and declar
ed that only once was revolver
discharged and this for the purpose
Of intimidating some stecrage pas
sengcrs who were afraid. The shot
was fired IN the air and the for
eigners promptly returned to the
deck, There was no confusion and
no panic.
Regarding the fate Of the Straus-
res, he said: Mrs. Isador Strauss
went To her death because she would
not desert her husband, although ne
pleaded with her To take her place
IN the boat, she steadfastly refused
and when the ship settled AT the
head the two were engulfed by the
wave that swept her
The officer was in his berth when
she struck. His watch stopped at
2;22 when the ship. sank.
Before I retired" he said. Il had
a long talk with Charles NJ. Hayes,
president Of the Grand Trunk rail
road. One Of the last things Hayes
said was this: The White Star,
Cunard and Hamburg American
lines are devo'ing their attention
aud ingenuity and yicing with each
other To attain supremacy in luxuri-
Gus ships and making speed records.
The time will come when this will
be capped by some appalling disast-
err the poor fellow few hours later
was dead
THE conduct OF Col, John Jacob
Astor was deserving Of the highest
praise Oracle declared. "Mr Aston
directed all his energy to the saving
OF his young bride who was in deli
cate health. Col Astor helped and
we used our efforts to get her into
the boat ! lifted her into the beat
and as she took her place, Col Aston
requested permission Of the second
officer To go with her for her own
protection.
" No sir, replied the officer, not
man shall go in boat until the
women are all off Col Aston then
inquired the number Of the boat
which was being lowered away and
turned 10 the work Of clearing the
other boats and reassuring the fright
ened, nervous women. BY this time
the ship began to list frightfully on
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Continued on Page Thrss.)
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by Associated Pl CO.'S.

ny Associated Pi .ss
NEW YORK. April I8-The Car
pathia, the ship of gloomy succor
came into New York tonight with
the first news direct OF the great
liner Titanic which sank off Grand
Banks. Newfoundland. early Mon
day. The great liner went dowi,
with the band playing, taking with
her 10 death all but Jas Of her hu-
man cargo of 234O souls. To this
awful death list six are added. one
died in a lifeboat and five subsc-
quently succumbcd
The Carpathia's list 81 prominent
men missing stands as previously
reported, the total death list as
brought to port tonight by the Car
pathia is 1901 The survivors in the
lifeboats huddIed in the darkness at
a safe distance and saw the strick
en- ship go down. As to the scene
aboard when she struck the iceberg,
accounts disagree widely. Some
maintain that comparative calm pre-
vailed, others say wild disorder
broke out and there was a maniacal
struggle to reach the boats Sensa-
tional rumors told Of hys,erical pas
sengers who could not give their
names, said that Captain Smith kill
ed himself ON the bridge; that the
chief engineer had taken his life. that
three Italians were shot in strug
gle for the boats. These rumors
could not be confirmed in the early
confusion attendant upon landing
the survivors.
The boat was ripped from stem to
the engine room when the great
mass OF ice struck her amidships.
The THAMES side was laid open as
II by gigantic gougc. Quickly she
listed To the starboard and shower
OF ice fell on the forecastle deck.
Shortly before she sank she broke
in Two abaft the cngincroom and as
she disappeared beneath the water,
the expulsion Of the air caused two
explosions which were heard plainly
Weekly journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1908-1929, 1912-04-24
EARLY REPORTS PROVE
PRACTICALLY CORRECT
Nearly All Women and Children Saved
From Death in the Titanic's Fatal
Plunge to the Oceans Bottom
ny Associated Pvcsu.

Pvesu
NEW YORK, April l8--Iow the White
ship afoat Newfoundland
1901 persons tonight
awful details the New York OF
Cunard liner Carpah the
most saien
The death list has been increased rather than decreased Six died
after being rescued
Practically and child those who
leave their husbands saved Among Mrs ador
The the
the last they heard the band playing and the
her deck and heard their and when
of of
cxtol the hcroism of
According the
Of all
going al speed when she iceberg
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PREPARE
STATEMENT FOR THE
NEWSPAPERS
PASSENGERS STATEMENT

. n EMENl
ried were first clsss 500. second
class $40, third class 80; total 400.
OHhcers and crew 200. The fol-
lowing were rescued by the Car
psthia: First class 2i0. second IFS.
third 200: officers 4; seamen 80;
stewards %; fmemen n. The net
total saved 7$s, OF about 80 per cent
Of the maximum capacity Of the life
boats"
The statement condemns the in
sufficient number of boats. and sea-
men. necessitating the manning Of
the boats by stewards and fremen,
although declaring she carried the
number OF boats required by the
British law. II gave high praise 10
the crew and passengers Of the Car
pathia who gave clothing and accom-
modations. The statement was
signed by Samuel Goldenberg. chair
man OF a committee of rs passenger.
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The following statement vas is
sued by the survivors TO the press
on arrival I'VE. the undersigned.
surviving passengers Of the Titanic.
in order TO forestall sensational and
exaggerated statements deem it our
duty to give to the press a state
ment OF the facts that have come to
our knowledge and which we believe
to be true" The statement con-
tinues. Sunday, al 1l:+0, a cold
starlight night the Titanic struck m
iceberg which had been reported by
the lookouts. but no in time to avoid
the collision. Steps were taken to
ascertain the damage and save the
passengers on the ship. Orders were
given to lower the boats and put on
life preservers. The boat SINK At
2:2o Monday morning."
THE number of passengers car
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crew discredit these rumors. Captain
Smith was last seen on the bride.
just before she sank. leaping, only
after the decks had been washed
away.
What became Of the men with life
preservers, is a question asked MANY
times since the disaster. Many Of
those with the preservers were seen
to 60 down despite the preservers
and their dead bodies to float on the
surface as the last boats moved
away. II is said positively the ships
string band gathered in the saloon
near the end. and played Nearer
My God to Thee"
Mrs. Isador Strauss refused to
leave her husbands side and both
persisted together.
Harold Cotton. the Marconi oper.
ator on the Carpathia did not 20 to
bed as the usual hour Sunday and
as result caught the first message
OF the Titanic's plight. He had
been relaying messages to the tt
tanic that night shortly after eleven
and babe the Titanic operator good
night. Just a. he was about to take
the receiver OF his head the COD"
call was sounded. This was followed
by We've hit something come at
once"
Cotton at once communicated with
the Carpathia's officers and her
course was Immediately changed in
the direction Of the Titanic at full
speed Of eighteen knots. the full
distance Of sixty miles intervening
Before Gotten could make a reply
to the &C Q D." the Titanic said;
I'm afraid we are gone" Cotton
sent word to the captain Of the Car.
pathia. No further communication
was had with the doomed ship. The
Titanic's speed of 70 knots per hour
was never slackened and was going
1t that speed when she struck.
s. v. Silverthorn, of St. Louis,
was one Of three Of four salon pas
sengers Of the Titanic who saw the
deadly iceberg just after the coils
ion. He said: II was in the smok'
ing room reading. near me was
bridge whist game at one Of the
tables when the crash came. ! said
We've hit something and went out
On the starboard side to look. None
81 us were alarmed. II occurred to
ne we might have bumped into some
small craft. went back TO the
room with the others. One
If the players had not left the room
md was waiting impstiently for the
others to come back and resume the
Iame. They returned and took up
heir hands, we were all about 10
ettledown when an officer ordered
Is on deck and told US to get INTO
he boats. There not being enough
women on deck to fill the first ones
We didn't like the idea OF leaving
he ship then. but did as we were
old. Had we been in the rooms we
'ould have had to stand aside as
he other men did then"
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The bulkhead system though prob
ably working prevailed only to de-
lay the ships sinking. The position
of the ships wound in the star
board quarter admitted the icy water
which caused the boilers TO explode.
these broke the ship in two.
The crash against the iceberg which
had been sighted only a suarter of
a mile ahead came almost stimuli
taneously with the click of the levers
operated on the bridge which stop
ped the engines and closed the air.
tight doors. Captain Smith was on
the bridge a moment later. He sum-
moned all on board to put on life
preservers and ordered the boats
lowered. The FIRST had more male
passengers as they were the FIRST who
reached the decks. When the rush
Of frightened men and women and
crying children on the decks began.
THE women first" rule was enforced.
The officers drew their revolvers but
in most cases there was no use of
them. Revolver shots heard shortly
before the Titanic went down caused
many rumors, one was that the cap
tain shot himself, another that the
first officer was murdered and ended
his life. but, the members of the
+ II !. i. j. i. !. i. i. j. j. - +
7'35 and officials did not hold the
ship minute. Doctors hurried
alongside IN launches while the YES.
sci slowed down. but Health Officer
oIonnell was put aboard. She
proceeded toward the dock. escor,
tugs passing Battery point at 7;sOI
and Forest Shipping at $40
At intervals the dark river was
lighted as the photographers on the
decks OF tugs exploded great flash |
nights The dimly lighted, slowly
moving Carpathia looked like a fun |
erai boat Scores OF hospital attend. |
ants mingled in the throng Invalid
chairs were at the pier entrance for
those unable TO walk. When sh. |
locked at 9:3O the gang plank was
quickly lowered and the doctors aud
nurses went aboard
Senatorial Inquiry.
WASHINGTON, April I8.--Witb
'ubpoenaes for certain perso,s
aboard the Carpathia whose names
were not disclosed, Senators Smith
OF Michigan, and Newlands Of No.
vada, members Of the Senate com
lni''ee which will take the first stems
~ the investigation OF the Titanic
disaster went to New York to NEE,
the Carpaihia. Senator Bourne the
''n'r member will join them 70.
morrow.
Doubt as To the power OF the Sen
ate TO command the tes,imonv 30
bruce lsamay managing director of
ne White Star line and other off.
'ers OF the company because thew
"e foreign subjects, was dispelled
~ the opinion Of Secretary Napel
Nagel and Supervising rnspector.
General Upler, of the Steamboa, Ia
pee'ion service. and Sergea,,
rms Ransdell' his assistant. accom-
panied the senator's. II the s,s,n,
mp officials refuse to resnond -
ne committees inquiry il was sue
'cs'ed mat steps be taken TO men.
me vessels entering the barhors
without the compliance with AM; {,
AN requirements.
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SAFETY WAS SACRIFICED TO SPEED AND LUXURY CRAZE
Genuine Hero;sn, Is Sho,u1 BY Passengers And Crev

10" "e "noc
al a oceans
in
thecr JAG
tor B Harris and her o long o.
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HORROR GRAPHICALLY
PICTURED BY WRITER
OF CARPATHIA

lTurd's Copyrighted Story Continued Below:
1he sxsAer though crew discredif thea
The Arvada enterprise., 1912-10-31

dades Palace OF Lisbon for a comparatively mod.
est dwelling at Richmond she and the duchess
met. Between the two women each well ac.
quainted with the others msfortunes a mutual
liking sprang up.
During their confab the duchess told her royal
listener that trying to shoulder other peoples
troubles had enabled her to Danish her own from
her mind. Queen Amelia rather struck with
this Idea and was not long in putting It into prac-
uce. Apparently, the duchess scheme has made
good, At any rate, the queen has given It a good
trial. for hardly week has passed that she has
not visited hospital, opened a bazar or some.
thing of the sort. Quite recently she went to the
Crystal Palace and on behalf OF the X. s p. C. A.
presented the prizes won by children for essays
written on kindness to animals She is a regular
visitor at the Richmond hospital and the Roman
Catholic hospital OF Saint Elizabeth and Saint
John In Saint Johns Wood. During one of her
visits she was taken to the baby OF the hos
pital. pretty little girl six years old and great
pet with everybody. The queen kissed the child,
and after talking to her for n little while dis.
covered that something worrying her So
she asked the reason and found that a bunch OF
lilies that had been ordered from the florist for
the baby to present to her had not arrived.
Poor little mite" said the queen, that's too
bad Never mind II you will send them to me
at Richmond | will promise to wear them at din.
ner tonight"
LOUIS HYDE
The Arvada enterprise., 1912-10-31
To Decorate a Bald Head.

MY husband" writes Mrs. PezozZle
to the chaperon. was quite bald when
married him, although otherwise per-
with a cleansing solution and stiff
brush; then | sandpapered it. starting
with the rough paper and using each
grade down to the finest. After that
| rubbed 1t at intervals with my bare
hand for several days and now 1t is
lovely. 1t has all the dull rich finish
SO much admired and the natural
grain shows beautifully."-Ka
City Star.
The Arvada enterprise., 1912-10-31
LEFT THE HUSBAND SHOCKED
Wife's Departure From Ordinary Line
Of Conduct Both Puzzled and
Annoyed Him.

Jimson was a little, shaEp-eyed shoe
maker with stopped shoulders and a
chin whisker. He lived in a Mis-
souri, river town, and whenever he
drank too much he used to wind up
by going home and thrashing his
wife. She never failed to go over to
a neighbor's after a session with the
old man and complain bitterly of his
treatment.
After a while the neighbors grew
weary OF the oft-repeated tale and re
marked: We'll, you seem TO like it.
You always take it willingly. Why
don't you pick up something and hit
him with it the next time he whips
you?"
The wife considered the matter, and
the next time her lord began to beat
her she grasped a chair and smashed
1t over his head The old man fell
back in stark amazement, dropped
his hands. and stared at her.
why, Mary! Why. Mary" he
whimpered. What on earth is the
matter with you? You never done
this way before"
The Arvada enterprise., 1912-10-31
ON THE WAY TO LHASA
LOUIS HYDE

Just ten years ago a woman clothed in rags
dirty. tanned, almost black by exposure and at
deaths door with Acknowledgment to the court.
yard OF the China Inland Mission house at Ia
chienlu. writes Ruth Neey in the Living Church.
When strength enough for speech returned she
told her story. II was DR. Susie Carsuns Rim.
hart the first woman missionary who ever pene-
trated the wilds OF Tibet and returned to tell the
story.
All the world knows the wonderful history OF
the woman's homeward journey OF 500 miles
unprotected and alone from the interior. near
the outskirts Of Lhasa whore she buried her
baby beneath stone the mountain side and
whore her husband was later captured by hostile
natives and murdered
Since that time only one group Of foreigners
has penetrated interior Tibet This was the
band OF EnglIshmen who reached and invaded
the sacred city under the command OF Colonel
Nouughusband Since the unsuccessful ending
OF that expedition Lhasa and interior Tibet have
again been closed TO the outside world won.
dortul region whose mysteries have been guarded
The Arvada enterprise., 1912-10-31

receptacle for the tea basin whence it is handly
drawn forth at the constantly recurring hospital
ity of tea drinking
Women and men wear heavy top boots They
may be distinguished by the head dress Both
sexes braid the hair into innumerable plaits,
sometimes 100. In some sections the plaits
are fastened together with bright colored cloth
or with heavy felt band covered with silver
ornaments, shells and beads. turban with
white fur brim and a red tassel hanging from
the pointed crown is often
Women in the district of Lhasa for hair
ornaments a silver halo set with turquoise-a
most becoming head dress other things being
equal The Tibetan damse uses her braids in
coquettish fashion, much does debutante
her fan. II she is wishes to appear confused
she shakes the curtain of buttered locks over
her face, forming screen through which she
peers with artful artlessness. In regions
near remote lamaseries the women said to
daub their faces with greasy black cosmetic
lest the lamas might be tempted by their beauty,
a precaution which hardly fail to Impress the
traveller rather unnecessary.
Except the great caravan route. which is so
thickly beset with spies that to travel 1t without
meeting military company sent out to turn
the travellers back is impossible, the roads" to
Lhasa are narrow mountain passes, In some
places only to be traversed by climbing single
file or mounted on sure-footed yaks. II is through
such narrow, preclpitous passes that Dr. Shelton,
his wife and little ones have far made their
way. II as they near Lhasa they should take the
path travelled by DR.. Rinhart and her husband
and child they will pass a big boulder beneath
which lie the remains OF a year-old baby, the
first white child ever in Tibet.
Doris and Dorothy shelton who have so far
endured the journey very well, are the most re-
markable pilgrims In the world They are the
youngest, and II their parents accomplish the
purpose to which they have consecrated their
lives. Doris and Dorothy will one day romp and
rollick In the somber shadows OF Lhasa, the
holiest city OF all Asia where the Dalai lama
lives In his wonderful palace building whose
immensely and ornamentation battle description
where many Of the houses are literally rooted
with gold. and where the dead are dismembered
then left exposed on stone slabs to be devoured
by vultures or by the hogs that rummage in the
sacred streets.
The Arvada enterprise., 1912-10-31
Sikeston, Mo-
fered everything.

nave an operation. would not listen 10
that, and when friend of my husband
told him about Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound and what it had done
for his wife, l was willing to take it.
Now look the picture of health and feel
like it, too. I can do my own housework,
hoe my garden, and milk COW. can
entertain company and enjoy them. I
can visit when choose, and walk as far
as any ordinary woman, any day in tho
month. l wish 1 could talk to every
suffering woman and girl. Mrs. DEMA
BETHUNE, Sikeston, Mo.
Murrayville, Ill.-"I have taken Ly-
dia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
for a very bad case of female trouble
and it made me a well woman. My
health was all broken down, the doctors
said must have an operation, and was
ready to go to the hospital, but dreadedit
so that began taking your Compound.
l got along so well that gave up tho
doctors and was saved from the opera
ton. Mrs. CHARLES MOORE, R. R.
No. 3, Murrayville, Ill
The Arvada enterprise., 1912-10-31
Diffident Youth,

Good morning, Mrs. Ales," said a
grocery boy awaiting an order from a
lady in a suburban town.
please call me Allees,' answered
the lady. That's my name"
But l don't know you well enough
to call you Alice" rejoined the youth,
confusedly.
The Arvada enterprise., 1912-10-31
WOMEN SHOULD
Be PROTECTED
Against So Many Surgical OPP
erations. How Mrs. Bethune
and Mrs. Moore Escaped.

1 " % III DSu lOi iObk
or five days at a time
every month, and so
weak | could hardly
walk. l cramped and
had backache an d
headache, and was
so nervous and weak
that l dreaded to see
anyone or have any
onemovein the Groom.
The doctors gave me
medicine to ease me
said that l ought to
The Arvada enterprise., 1912-10-31
important TO ~ othera
laqqinq Behind.

Did you see that double play In the
last inning?"
NO; | had a girl with me and was
still busy explaining the first inning"
The Arvada enterprise., 1912-10-31

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing syrup for Children
teethiug, softens the gums, reduces inaamma-
ton, allays pain, cures wind colo, 25c . bottle
Adv