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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-04-25
TITANIC DEATH
LIST IS 1901
One Died in Lifeboat and Five on
Carpathia.
LINERS SIDE LAID WIDE Open
Brave Captain, Twice Washed From
Bridge, Stood at His Post as
Vessel Went TO the
Bottom.

New York, April 19.-The total
death list of the Titanic disaster is
1901.
The great liner went down with her
band playing, taking with her to death
all except 745 of her human cargo of
2,S4O souls. To that death list six
persons were added.
One died in a lifeboat which was
put off from the liners side, and five
subsequently succumbed on the res
u ship Carpathia.
The list of porminent men missing
stands as previously reported.
Survivors in the lifeboats huddled
in the darkness at a safe distance
from the stricken ship and saw her
go down.
Ripped from stem to engine room
by the great mass of ice she struck
smidships, the Titanic's side was laid
open as if by a gigantic can opener.
She quickly listed to starboard and a
shower of Ice fell onto the f~orecastle
deck. Shortly before she sank she
broke in two abaft the engine room,
and as she disappeared beneath the
water the expulsion of air CAUSED two
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He gave up his seat in this boat to
a woman with a baby. Ismay then
Jumped in the next boat to be
launched, saying he was going to man
and have charge of that boat.
A passenger on the Carpathia made
the following statement.
81 was awakened at about 1890 at
night by a commotion on the decks
which seemed unusual, but there was
no excitement.
81 went to the deck. The Carpathia
had changed her course. Lifeboats
were sighted and began to arrive-and
soon, one by one, they drew up to our
side.
There were 16 in all and the trans
ferring Of the passengers was most
-pitiable. The adults were assisted in
climbing the rope ladders by ropes
adjusted to their waists.
The little children and babies were
hoisted to the deck in bags. Some of
the boats were crowded, a few were
not half full. This l could not under
stand. Some people were in full even
ing dress. Others were in their night
clothes and were wrapped in blankets.
Those with immigrants in all sorts
Of shapes were hurried into the saloon
for a hot breakfast. They had been in
the open boats for four and five hours
in the most biting air | ever exper-
fenced.
There were husbands without
wives, wives without husbands, par
ents without children and children
without parents. But there was no
demonstration. No sobs-scarcely a
word spoken. They seemed to be
stunned.
officer Killed Himself
Quartermaster Moody of the Titanic
said that First Officer Wilde of the
Titanic, who was on the bridge when
the vessel struck the berg, killed him
self.
He said that Wilde drew his revol-
yer and shot himself as soon as he
realized that the ship had struck.
"We were running fully % knots an
hour" said Moody, "whea we hit, We
encountered a sudden haze, probably
coming from the great iceberg, and
we could hardly have been more than
one or two lengths into it when we
hit. We struck the GROWER first,
and the Titanic simply went we it
and broke her back. There was no
chance for the compartment doors to
close"
Charles W. Daniels of Philadelphia
said:
1.-THE men behaved bravely. Maj.
Butt took charge of one section of the
ship in placing the women in the life
boats.
Howard Case was another hero.
He installed a system to get the
women off. And he saw that the sys-
tenn was followed. l think he was the
big hero of the disaster"
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SACRIFICED SAFETY TO SPEED
WARNINGS OF DANGER WE'RE
UNHEEDED.
Col. Archibald Oracle, Last Man
Saved, Says Titanic Was Trying
for Speed Record.

New York, April 19.-Co1. Archibald
Oracle, U. s. A., the last man saved,
went down with the vessel but was
picked up. He was met here by his
daughter and his son-in-law, Paul E.
Fabricius. Col. Oracle told a remark
able story of personal hardship and
denied emphatically the reports that
there had been any panic on board.
He praised in the highest terms the
behavior of both the passengers and
crew and paid a high tribute to the
heroism of the women passengers.
Mrs. Isidor Straus," he said, went
to her death because she would not
desert her husband. Although he
pleaded with her to take her place in
the boat, she s~teadfastly refused and
when the ship settled at the head the
two were engulfed by the wave that
swept her."
Col. Oracle told of how he was
driven to the topmost deck when the
ship settled and was the sole sur
vivor after the wave that swept her
just before her final plunge had
passed.
He was in his berth when the ves-
sci smashed into the submerged por-
ton of the berg and was aroused by
the jar. He looked at his watch, he
said, and found it was just midnight.
The ship sank with him at 2:22 a. m,
for his watch stopped at that hour.
Before I RETIRED said Col. Oracle,
II had a long chat with Charles H.
Hays, president of the Grand Trunk
railroad. One Of the last things Mr..
Hays said was this:
""The White Star, the Cunard and
the Hamburg-American lines are de-
voting their attention and ingenuity
in vieing with each other to attain
the supremacy in luxurious ships and
in making speed records. The time
will soon come when this will be
checked by some appalling disaster
A few hours later he was dead"
Col. Oracle said that despite the
warning of icebergs no slowing down
of speed was ordered by the COM
mander of the Titanic. There were
other warnings, too, he said.
"In the "a hours run, ending the
14th," he said, 1.-THE ships run was
546 miles and we were told that the
next "a hours would see even a better
record posted. No diminution Of speed
was indicated in the run and the en-
gines kept up their steady running.
when Monday evening came we
all noticed the increased cold, which
gave plain warning that the ship wal
close to icebergs or ice fields. The
officers, l am credibly informed, had
been advised by wireless from other
ships of the presence of icebergs and
dangerous foes in that vicinity"
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Bad Teeth Go With Good Brains.


An English scientist has pointed out
that there are signs of a steady de-
generacy in two sets of organs vital to
the well being Of the human race, and
the fall is most marked among the
western nations. The evidence is that.
coincident with the mental advance Of
man, there has been a diminution in
tile provision OF teeth. In the ape.
the negro, and the white man. brain
and teeth are inversely proportional
to efficiency. Increase of cunning has
reduced the work of the teeth, and the
demand Of the brain for blood has
starved the former; disorders Of di-
gestion show that the balance Is I'M
satisfactory.
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Useful AGENT for Show,

Al G. Field, the minstrel man, has
another story which he Is telling.
He says that not long ago an attache
Of his show was sent out in an Iowa
town to give some handbills, or her.
aids, to boys for distribution. The
man found only one boy willing to
work. He didn't deem it necessary
to explain to the boy that the bills
were to be distributed about town.
He took it for granted that the boy
knew. The youngster took the print
ed slips of paper and the man gave
him a quarter and left Half an hour
later the Snowman CHANGED to pass
along the street and saw the boy
standing on the sidewalk.
What's the matter?" asked the
man.
The boy gave a couple of final sobs
and, wiping his eyes on his sleeve,
said.
"A man list come along an took
one of my bills"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-04-25
THANKSGIVING PSALM
A RhythmicaI and Grateful Chant.

A teacher in a Terre Haute public
school Joins In the chorus:
Teaching is a business which re-
quires a great deal of brain and nerve
force. Unless this force Is renewed as
fast as expended the teacher is ex-
hausted before the close of the year..
Many resort to stimulating tonics for
relief.
For 3 years / struggled against al
most complete exhaustion, getting
what relief / could from doctors tom
les. Then In the spring of 1903 I
had an attack Of la grippe and ma
LARA which left me too weak to con-
tinue my work. Medicine failed to
give me any relief, a change of eli
mate failed. / thought / should never
DO able to go back in school again.
Il ate enough food (the ordinary
meats-white bread, vegetables, etc.).
but was hungry after meals.
81 happened at this time to read an
article giving the experience Of an
other teacher who had been helped by
Grape-Nuts food. I decided to try
Grape-Nuts and cream, as an expert
ment. 1t was a delightful experience,
and continues 80 after a year and
a hall. of constant use.
First, l noticed that l was not
hungry after meals.
In a few days that tired feeling left
me, and l felt fresh and bright, in
stead Of dull and sleepy.
I'm three months, more than my usual
strength returned, and / had gained is
pounds in weight.
4 finished the years work without
any kind Of tonics--was not absent
from duty even half a day.
Am still in best Of health, with
all who know me wondering at the i'm
provement.
4 tell them ell Try Grape.Nutsi's
Name given by Postum Co, Battle
Creek, Mich. There's a reason"
Ever READ che above letter. A new
ens appears from tfma to time. Thex
are Eenuine, true, and full Of hurnnn
Interest.
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THE STORY IN BULLETINS.

Captain Smith stood oil the bridge to the last.
Jack Philips, chief wireless operator of Titanic, died at his post
Titanic running twenty-five knots al hour when she struck.
Mrs. lsador Stratus refused to leave husband; they died together.
Ships band played "Nearer My God to Thee" al Titanic went down.
John Jacob Aston casped bride in his arms, kissed her good-by, and
at 5aMte as ifeboat drew away. saa4.
RI wild unors that Major Butt shot several men IN the Titanic were fakes.
Major Butt assisted women to Ifeboats to the last and raised his hat to
them. He and Aston stood on the bridge together as the ship went down.
Reports o Mrs. Astors death on the carpathia untrue.
mere vas a terrible struggle at the lKeboats. Sailors bodily hurled
women and children into the waiting boats tearing them from their husbands
and fathers. #b
TWO men and a woman, violently insane we're carried off the carpathia.
Survivors had wild night in open boats amid iceberss and colo.
Col. Archibald Oracle and thirty men spend terrible night o. raft.
Seven unknown babies thrown into Ihboat by parents.
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on the Titanic to go to their death
in the icy sea
With the little survivor at the Man
haitian was a nurse, who. in Mysteries.
gave no other name than Jane. and
two maids. who had travelled with the
Allisohs.
When the women and children were
put into boats, Allison sent the SER
wants with the baby boy In first. Mrs.
Allison insisted on staying with her
husband, the little daughter would
not leave her mother. The boats
went OF without them.
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S. v. Silverthorn, st. Louis, said
that when they first struck he had no
idea of the magnitude OF the disaster.
Even after the crash, he said, he be-
lieved hat the steamer would float
at least until help came.
II could hear women screaming"
he said, "and they were soon rushing
out on the deck and then | knew the
situation was serious. The men
worked like machines getting the
women and children into the boats.
My idea was to get on an iceberg If
/ could. The boat went down slowly
and finally | jumped overheard,
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When the news came that the Car.
pathia had passed the Battery, there
was an air of expectancy, but no one
moved from the places assigned them.
Great bundles of blankets and
stretchers were carried to the gang.
way entrances while the doctors and
ambulance attendants grouped them,
selves ready to go aboard as soon as
the lines were made fast.
Survivor Charges Carelessness.
G. H. Stengle, one of the first pas
sengers off the vessel, said that the
collision of the Titanic with the ice
berg was the result of criminal care.
lessness."
"The ship was going % knots an
hour when she struck" he exclaimed.
Stengle said that the impact was so
terrific that great blocks of ice were
thrown on the deck and a number of
persons were killed when these blocks
slid across the decks.
The stern rose in the air. People
ran shrleklng from below. Women
and children Immediately rushed to
the deck.
AS fast as possible they were low
cred away to the sea. Sailors took
the women and hurled them bodily in.
to the boats, tearing them away from
their husbands to whom they were
clinging.
Statement of Committee.
This statement by a committee OF
survivors was given to the press on
the arrival of the Carpathia:
I'VE, the undersigned surviving
passengers from the steamship III
tanic, in order to f~orestall any sensa-
tional or exaggerated statements,
deem II orr dutv IN rive IN tho nrooc
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was plenty of excitement, there was
no panic. The passengers and officers
behaved admirably. I was In a life
boat fcr several hours"
George A. Braden ION the passenger
list, George Brayton) told of how Cap
tain Smith met his death.
II saw Captain Smith while I was
in the water. He was standing on
the deck all alone. Once he was
swept down by a wave, but managed
to get to his feet. Then, as the boat
sank he again was knocked down by
a wave and this time disappeared from
view"
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Thinks Cargo Car be Raised.

Baltimore, Md.-That the Titanic,
with all its cargo. can be raised by
the expenditure Of from / to 8 millions
for equipment Of a 9 type was the
declaration Of r. Emerson. q New
York transportation engineer, who Is
visiting relatives in Baltimore. IF
the cargo is worth the effort and enor-
nous expense, | am confident that APP
oaratus can be constructed by mean
of which 1t could be recovered. 1t
would be obviously impossible to raise
the vessel BY ordinary means"
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Funeral Services at Sea.

New York.-Dr. J. F. Kemp of the
Carpathia told of a funeral service
aboard the Carpathia for the dead of
the Titanic which was attended by
thirty women, twenty of whom were
under the ages Of 23 and who had been
made widows by the disaster. Most Of
the women were brides, he declared.
Kemp said, although their husbands
were missing, few Of them realized
that the services were being held for
their dead husbands as the women
thought they would be rescued.
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a statement of facts which have come
to our knowledge and which we be-
lieve to be true.
ION Sunday, April IA, 1912, at about
11:40 p. NJ, on a cold starlight night,
in a smooth sea and with no moon,
the ship struck an iceberg which had
been reported to the bridge by look
outs, but not early enough to avoid
collision. p
Steps were taken to ascertain the
damage and ave passengers and ship.
Orders were given To put on life belts
and the boats were lowered.
"The ship sank at about 2.20 a. m.
Monday, and the usual distress signals
were sent out by wireless and rockets
at intervals from the ship"
Fortunately the wireless message was
received by the Cunard's Carpathia at
about u o'clock midnight and she ar
rived on the scene of the disaster at
about 4 a. m. Monday.
The officers and crew of the steam
ship Carpathia had been preparing all
night for the rescue and comfort of
the survivors,
I'VE feel it our duty to call the at
tention of the public to what we con-
slider the inadequate supply of life
saving appliances provided for on
modern passenger steamships. The
following facts were observed and
should be considered in this connec-
ton:
THE insufficiency of lifeboats, RATS,
etc; lack Of trained seamen to man
same %(stokers, stewards, etc, are not
efficient boat handlers); not enough
officers to carry out emergency orders
on the bridge or to superintend the
launching and control of lifeboats;
absence of searchlights."
The statement was signed by Sam
uel Goldenberg, chairman and twenty
five passengers.
Sea Was Calm
Mrs. Andrews of Hudson, N. Y,
said the crash came at 1875 and they
got off in the boats at 12:15. The Tt
tanic sank about 2 a. m. She got or
board the Carpathia at $3.50 a. m.
The sea was very calm, but became
rough after that hour.
"We did not see the Carpathia until
daylight and we did not know whether
we we're to be rescued or not. Many
of the women are insane"
Mrs. Andrews wore only her night
dress and she said that the agony Of
six hours at sea in the boat, not know
ing whether they would be saved, was
beyond her power of description.
Miss Bonnell Of Youngstown, o.,
said that the steamer was booming
along at the usual rate of speed when
the wreck occurred. She dictated the
following statement to the United
Press:
Shortly before midnight Sunday
night the Titanic was blowing through
the ice fields at about its usual rate of
speed. A large proportion of its pas
SengerS were asleep.
"As near as I can tell, about 1880,
the bottom Of its bow drove into a
large iceberg. Many of the lower
plates of the hull were torn asunder.
The men certainly showed splen-
did heroism. There was no panic
among the steerage or second class
passengers, but the men among the
first cabin passengers flew into a rage.
81 heard several shots fred and |
was informed that the manager of the
boat had fred them at men who
crowded women out of the lifeboats."
lsnay Jumped Into Boat
z. z. Taylor of Philadelphia, m of
the Titanic survivors, said through
the United Press that D.. Bruce Ismay,
chairman of the White Star line board,
jumped into the third lifeboat that
was to be launched.
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UNKNOWN BABY SAVED BY GIRL
Two-Year-oId Boy snatched Up on
Titanic Deck and Carried to
Carpathia.

New York.-G. M. Tucker and Mar
garet Hays, the latter of 304 West
Eighty-third street, New York, saw o
t~wo-year-old child wandering about
the deck of the Titanic as they were
rushing to a lifeboat.
They grabbed this child, took him
with them into the lifeboat and saved
him. Miss Hays carried him in her
arms off the Carpathia. She does mo-
know who he is.
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SAVED SEVEN UNKNOWN BABIES
Parents n Their Panic Threw Little
Ones In Lifeboats--ln New
York AsyIums.

New York.-Seven babies, who may
never be identified, ard whose par
ents persisted with the Titanic, were
cared for in New York founding asy-
,lums- The babies were thrown into
the lifeboats by their parents. No one
knows their names and their clothing
ves no olews to their identity.
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with their arms entwined about each
others shoulders. This was the last
glimpse l had of them from the life.
boats.
Throughout the whole panic and
during the loading of the boats Aston
and Butt assisted the ships officers.
Like soldiers, they seemed. AS l re-
membered 1t, the two were together
throughout the whole Of the panic, l
saw their figures outlined against the
sky from the boat.
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All Flags at Half Mast.

Washington, April 19.-The tribute
of a sorrowing nation will be paid to
those who went to their death on the
Titanic. President Taft has Just Is
sued a proclamation ordering flags al
half mast throughout the United
States, its insular possessions and on
all vessels flying the national emblem
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REFUSED TO LEAVE HUSBAND

New York.-Arm in arm on the first
cabin deck of the Titanic, the aged
husband tenderly and quietly reas.
surfing the partner Of his years Of
toll In amassing a fortune, Isador
Straus, the New York millionaire, and
his aged helpmeet went to their
deaths together on the Titanic. AS
the lifeboats raced from the scene the
two old persons stood calmly waiting.
Death was inevitable. They knew it.,
but they we're not dismayed.
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Hit a Berg In the Baltic.

Flensburg, Prussia.-The steamer
Occident collided with an iceberg In
the Baltic sea off Riga, but the cap
tain ran 1t into shoal water before il
began to sink, and it's passengers and
crew were taken of.
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G. D. Wick Lost: Wife safe.

New York, April 19.-Caroline Bon
nell of Youngstown, o., announces that
Mrs. George D. Wick, who lost her
husband, a millionaire steel manufac-
turer, and Miss Mary Wick and Miss
Elizabeth Bonnell, of South Port, Eng
land, all were saved.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-04-25

New York, April 19.-The early ar
rival of the Carpathia at quarantine
with the Titanic survivors on board
surprised eve the customs officials.
Five hundred friends and relatives
had gathered inside the pier sheds at
$50 O'Clock.
The relatives arranged themselves
in the alphabetical sections so there
would be no confusion. The customs
men we're instructed to direct the sur-
vivors to proceed to the sections. The
arrangements were perfect to avoid
confusion.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-04-25

Washington, April 19.-Among the
1900 pieces of mail carried on the
lost Titanic, there were thousands Of
dollars worth of money orders.
Descriptive lists Of the money order
mail will be furnished.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-04-25

Doctor Kemp said that the crew OF
the Carpathia picked UP the bodies OF
three men and n baby. Three Of the
persons rescued from the Titanic died
later from exposure and were buries
at sen.
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TWO BRAVE MEN DIE TOGETHER
Colonel Astor and Major Butt Stood
Arm in Arm When Titanic
Went Down.

New York.-Col. John Jacob Aston
and Mai. Archibald Butt died together
on the bridge of the sinking Titanic.
DR.. Washington Dodge of San Fran
cisco described their heroic death az
follows:
"The last I saw of Major Butt and
Colonel Aston were the two figures
standing on the bridge apparently
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BABY FAMlLY'S SOLE SURVIVOR
Mrs. Allison and Daughter Refused to
Leave Titanic Without Husband
and Father.

New York.-A year-old baby boy,
Tfaver Allison, crying himself to
sleep at the Manhattan hotel was
the sole survivor Of the family of four
Of H. J.. Allison, a Montreal banker.
Allison, his wife, Jessie, and his three
xear-old daughter Lorraine, were left
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A WILD NIGHT AMID THE BERGs
Titanic Survivors Tell Of Escape
Women In Night Robes Bear
Terrible Exposure.

New York.-Miss Elizabeth Allen of
st. Louis, accompanied by Mrs. Ed
ward Roberts and Miss e. "A. Mar
dali, also Of that city, was one of the
rescued women passengers Of the
Titanic.
"The first crash,' said Miss Allen,
t'came at 11:4O p. m. Although there
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connauaht Givea $500.

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, April 49,
The Duke Of %Connaught, governor
general of Canada has subscribed $500
to the fund being raised in Montreal
for the survivors of the Titanic dis.
aster.
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G. H. Stengel of Newark told this
story. He was saved after he had
jumped into the boiling sea only to
come up close enough to the gunwales
Of a lifeboat to be dragged to safety