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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1912-10-17

Rev. Carl skinner left for Nankton,
Monday, where he will attend the NJ.
+. conference. He concluded his work
as pastor on this field last Sunday. MIR.
Skinner is a fine young a an earn
est energetic worker, and does not
hide his Lords talent in a napkin
We wish him success wherever he
may see fit To go.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1912-10-17

+. f. Arnott expects his sister here
the latter part Of the week. Miss Ar
mott has been doing missionary work
in south central Africa for several
years past and has recently arrived
from that country.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1912-10-17

lights as follows: City hall corner.
United Norwegian Lutheran church
new lights will make Nolga the best
lighted little city in this section.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1912-10-17
ELkTON
the Record

Leon and Peter Massett started for
their old home in France, yesterday.
Two good lads and two good farmers.
Success to them.
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Officer Lowe. Grove substantiated state.
ments that passengers objected to Lowe
going back to reScus those In the water.
ut was matter Of discipline that We
went back" the witness said after de-
scribing how many of the passengers
were transferred to another boat.
Returning to the wreckage. we heard
various cries and endeavored to get among
them. and were successful in doing 20
We picked up one heavy man, but he
died shortly afterward. Going further
into the wreckage. we came across a stew
ard or one Of the crew and we got him into
the boat. lie was very. cold and his hands
were still but we got him in"
Did he survivey"
"Yes. sir. Also a Japanese or Chinese
young fellow we picked up on top Of the
same wreckage 1T might have been a
sideboard or table that was floating
We stopped until daybreak and we saw
in the distance a raft or boat submerged.
We took of twenty-five men and one
woman. but left three or four bodies.
Returning again under sail. We took in
tow collapsible boat containing fully
sixty women. children and men,"
Grove said there was some shooting,
but the shots we're discharged into the air
by officers merely TO friRhten crowd
Of what he though. were immigrants.
He said there generally was daily fire
drills. A fire drill had been scheduled
on the Titanic for Sunday morning but
Grove said it was not held.
The witness declared that Lowe insisted
on going back to aid any survivors in the
wate- and said that one of the passengers,
Williams. the champion racquet player Of
England. volunteered TO go back with him
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chorus OF the Oratorio Society and N,
philharmonic Orchestra under the A..
rection OF Alfred Hertz and Frank uam.
rosch will take part in the rrogr ,,lIns
w. Bourke Cochran will deliver an ad,ir.s.
and q tablet modelied by Prince Pierre
Troubetskoy will b presented To A.,
telegraph. '''
Among those who have taken ho,s,
for the performance are: 'N"'
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Payne Wb,,,.,
MIR. and Mrs. Clarence Mackay Wr.'' =
Cornelius Vanderbilt. Herbert SatterI.as
Paul d. Cravath. Otto H. Kahn pb;,,,,
Lydig. Richard Stevens. Henry tlowlp
Robert Collier. ". X. Vanderbilt IL,
Amos Pinchot. Jacob H. Schiff, ". Bour.,
Cochran, Judge Gerard. Paul NJ. Var.
burg, Frank Garvan, Mrs Ralph Thoma.
Prof. Mikail Pupin. Mrs. Jordan l.. Moi,
August Belmont. Mrs. A. \. Hewitt,
Thomas +. Ryan. Countess Leary and
Mrs. f.. n Breitung.
The executive committee which I'm.
the entertainment in charge consists nf
Mrs. Benjamin &. Guinness, Mrs. Otto n
Kahn, Mrs. William Chanler, Mr. and
Mrs. Amos Pinchot. Mrs Henry Clews
Mrs. John Leslie. Mrs. W. BouDke COCHRAN
Arthur Huntington, Rawlins l.. Cottrna,
Miss Elsie DE Wolf and Frank Damroscb
The Philharmonic Society will nor
play at the benefit. as announced through
an error. 1t was explained yesterday
by Felix Leifels. manager Of the orchestra
that its members had disbanded Tor ,hs
summer and that 30 few Of them were now
in this city as to make IL impossible for
the orchestra TO appear.
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Mysterious NIessaR re.

Alfred oliver. standby and quarter
master on the bridge at the time of the
crash. told the committee Of taking a
mysterious message from Capt. Smith
to tho chief engineer. II was written
M - ,ge that he did not read. The
engineer told him TO take it back to the
captain.
"What kind Of a message was it?'
asked Senator Burton.
Il cannot say. II was on q piece OF
paper and the paper was closed
-Where did you find the chief cngi-
neer?"
Down in the engine room"
-Were the engines running?"
"They were stopped"
oliver left the ship in lifeboat No. 5
which had a narrow escape.
did you hear Pittman gave an order
to go back to the ship?"
Yes. sir. The women passengers i'm
plored him not to go. because they reck'
Oned II was not safe"
Did Pittman then countermand the
order?"
YES sir"
Able seaman f.. o. Osman. deecribina
what occurred after he had put of with
his hfeboat said he suggested that they
get alongside to see II they could squeeze
any more hands in. The officer sait
-All right" but the women disagreed
why did you not 60 back after thu
boat had gone down."
The women we're all nervois.'
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WIRELESS OPERATOR HEARD.

Capt Lord was followed by Cyril Evans.
20 years old, wireless operator on the
Californian Evans told Senator Smith
lie had been wireless operator six months
following ten months training in the
Martoni wireless school. which h. at
tended AT the same tim. as did Bride
wireless operator on III" Titanic
lie told how ne was on watch in the
wireless room from early Sunday morn
ing until about il.20. when. after sending
the ice warning to IN" Titanic. he went
10 bed. He was asked if had had any ot her
CNmmuniCat ion with the Titanic
Yes he said, "on Sunday afternoon.
after | sent an ice report to the Antillean
the Titanic called up and We exchanged
signals ! said. Here's message, an
ice report The Titanic answered, All
right; old man. heard you send it to the
Antillcan. VI ~
fThe vi on the end Of this reply.
Evans explained. meant that the man
sending it did not want 10 hear any more
from him.
He was asked 70 recount the circum
stances under which he sent the last ice
warning to the Titanic AT 1880 Sunday
night.
Told to "Shut Cp."
Jus, before that. he said. Il stepped
our on the deck and met the captain and
told him was in communication with the
Titanic. little while before we had
passed on report OF ice that we had
sighte q and We're then, the captain informe d
me, stopped III the midst OF an ice pack
Tho captain suggested that. as long as
was in communication with the Titanic
had better tell them how we were stu
ated in regard to tho ice. So ! went bacl,
and sent the Titanic this message:
Say. old man. we're stopped, sur
rounded by ice
He replied:
's,nur, up, shut up. I'm working Cape
Race and I'm jammed
Evans g Explained that the Titanic onera
I; tor meant by the word Jammed" that tn,
K message from the Californian was inter.
ferinE with his communication with Cap.
Race
THAT was the last time had commu
nlcai ION with the Titanic, At til;25 O'Clock
he was working Cape Race, sending pr
..yatc messages. Then ! went to bed
Just before O'Clock | was awakened
by the chief officer. No said there was a
ship that had been firing rockets, an,
asked me to plea Try and find out il
anything was the matter go, M
parity dressed ana started the key
callingt. q, meaning all stations.
Hears Of Di.n.;.r.
was answered tiy he Frankfurt. II,
"po you know the Titanic has sunl
during IA" night, after colllding with AZ
icclcrgt" | rrpiicr;
$50, plea" CIV" mo her position
Just a hr gave il To me, ~" Virginia,
came ~, asking tn" sam" quest ion and
replied tiai hai just hoard abou, III,
sinking of the Titanic and asked h,m I,
give me officially the Titanic's position
ne gave 1t to ne. and it Was the same a,
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YOUNG DOCTORS DEATH A BLOW
Arthur Brewc. Lost an Titanic. Loft
. wife and Child CnprOs ided For.

Arthur Brewc. Lost an Titanic. L-n
. wife and Child CnprOsided For.
Dr. Arthur Brewe. a 20 ung physic',,
Of Philadelphia who went down on ~,
Titanic. was returning to this country
from Italy. where he had suddenly been
called to attend II. Stotesbury Of Philt-
delphia. a cousin OF Edward Stot ..hur;
Of that city, who was taken critically
III and would have no other one than H.,
family physician to attend him. pr.
Brewe had remained only Ave days o.
the other side and was ha 81 ening barI
so he wrote to Mr.. Stotesbury's paren, :.
in order not to lose his position as Oh,
Of the physicians OF the Philadelpnli
Traction Company.
DR.. Brewe leaves a wife and child and
since he. had been practising only a shor.
time his salary from the traction com
pay was his main support. He lef,
nothing and his widow and child are
totally unprovided for except for a SSol
insurance policy so Henry W. Jessup
q lawyer at IS Liberty street in this city,
who was close fri end of Dr. Brewe
| said YESTERDAY.
Letters written by Mrs. Bucknell Of
Philadelphia. who sat next to the young
doctor at table on board the Titanic. to
spent the time before the ship sank
helping women and children into the
boats and putting life belts onto such
as could not find room in the boats. Mr.,
Bucknell spoke OF DIR. Brewe as CHEEKY
companion and said that he often men
toned his wife and child in their table
cOnversat ions
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who followed Vice-President Franklin on

who followed Vice-president Franklin on
the stand.
II was on dock at 1854 p. NJ. Sunday
while the Calf ornian with engines stoppeii !
was drifting through q field Of foe ice.
said Gill. II saw the lights Of a big vessel
going at full speed on the tarboard about
ten miles away. ] went below and told
my bunk mate A half hour later saw
white rocket on our starboard and then
a second said it must he vessel in
distress. II was not my business to notify
he bridge but the officers could not
have helped but see"
Gill said he then turned in and was
ordered out at $40 to render assistance:
finding the Californian going at top speed
toward the distant vessel He said he
heard the ships engineer and crew after
ward tell of seeing rockets and Morse
dist ress signals.
Il heard one man say Why didn't
thev wake tho. wireless man up?' G'i'
declared. "The entire crew was talking
about the conduct Of the captain in not
going to the vessels assistance until 80
late
Il am quite aure we were less than
twenty miles away when saw the rockets.
could see her very plainly"
Gill told the committee he felt sure now
the distant vessel was the Titanic. He
said he was losing job by testifying
Gills statement was made before a notary
public and read by Sncator Smith.
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CHIEF STEWARDS STORY.

John Hardy. chief steward on the
Titanic said he left the iitanic in the last
collapsible lifeboat., He had helped 10
launch several of tho other boats. lie
said h. and Second Officer lightoller
loaded this last collapsiblc boat.
when the boat was full said Hardy,
"Mr. lightoller was in the bow with me.
and the chief officer came along and asked
if tho boat was full and he said Yes.
He said he would step out himself and
make room for somebody else. and he
stepped back on board the ship and asked
went away IN that boat.
I'VE lowered away and got clear OF the
ship Finally We got together. aboni
So, on boats Of VIA. and ! remember quite
distinctly Mr.. Lowe telling us to tie up
to each other, as We could keep better
full complement Of passengers in his
boat. distributed among us wha: no had,
our boat taking ten. We had twenty-five
already and that number made thirty
five
Did you hear any passengers calling
out on deck at the time you were lowered
or hefore. irving 20 get into the boat"
asked Senator Fletcher, who examined
Mr.. Hardy.
W. picked up the husband Of woman
We hau taken Of in the load in the boat.
The gentleman took TO the water before
We had lowered the lifebost and climbed
into tho boat after we had lowered it.
Jumped ca Join Wife.
q. Jumped in the water? 4. Nes. and
climbed into the boat when We were nfloat
u. 10 you know who he was? A. know
the gentleman. but do not know his name
he -, there wringing wet alongside OF me
helping inc row.
q. Did YOU see him afterward on the Car
pathia? 4. YES, sir.
q what became Of him do you know
\ No. sir
QA Was he an American? A. Yes. sir
an American gentleman.
y Was there anything like 4 renic or
hoard tho ship? \ Not AZ all. because every.
body had full con adence that the ship woult
float up 20 the time my boat left.
q People even thought she would float
4. or course. ! have great respect and
great regard for Chief Ofilcer Murdock
and I was walking along the deck forward
with him and he ~ i'd. Il believe she is gone
Hardy. and that is the only time thought
she might sink. when re said that.
q. How long was that before your boat
was lowered? 4. II was good half houI
| should say.
Hardy said he Duld hear the water
pouring into the Titanic before he lef,
her.
1T was coming in fast and you could
hear it falling" he said. We could soc
il coming up the stairs.
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p. A. S. FRANKLIN ON STAND.

VicePrcsident Franklin OF the White
Star Line was recalled to the stand when
the committee met
Senator Smith read telegram he had
received last night from the United States
Marshal at Boston. stating that Capt.
operator. of the Californian. who had
been subIpned here. were being held
10y the White Star Line subject to the
commuters orders. The telegram read
capt. Lord and Evans expressed them
selves as willing to go. but are now to-day
prevented from going to Washington by the
White star Line officials
Senator Smith asked Franklin regard.
ing his knowledge OF the incident.
"l"s'.tday evening" said franklin, 81
was called by telephone by John II
Thomas. ollr Boston representative. who
said the Californian captain and operat OF
had been subprnaed and asked il their
dispositions could not be taken, instead OF
bringing them all the way Ia Washington
a. tn" Californian was due u sail to-day.
Il asked Senator Smith ana he insiste I'd
the men must come To Washington and
testify. Immediately tclcgraphed III
send the Californian men here. ! said
We would try 10 arrange to get their testi-
mony at once and let them return at mid
night"
senator Smith then inquired into the
exchange of wireless messages after the
disaster. Franklin said he never had
received any direct messages from the
Titanic.
Denies Censorship.
WAS there any attempt made through
land and SEA wireless stations to en- loiI
silence or secrecy on the part of any officer
passenger or member of the crew on IN,
tarpathia after the accident" a. ked
Senator Smith.
edge and belief" Franklin replied force
fully.
There is no doubt that this investi ga
tion Will evoke some scheme. added Mr.
Franklin few minutes later. "tO pre-
scribe the best course, to fix the hours and
conduct of wireless operators betweel,
the steamship companies and the Maroon
Company. The United States should
pass some law requiring operators to be
on duty night and day"
Smith asked Franklin il he had been
treated courteously throughout the III,
/ curry
We certainly have said Franklin
only We all are anxious to have oul
/ officers and men released and sent home
which you have refused to do"
That has not been arbitrary or cap
tious, Smith replied. We have had tc
( follow our own course"
I Senator Smith desired TO have thi.
statement Incorporated in the record
he said, because he had received cable
/ gram from the proprietor of a British
paper, telling him that charges wer.
being made abroad that the British wit
nesses were not being reated prOpprly
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testified before Senator Newlands that
J. Bruce 1smay stood up BY all Of the
boats that saw get away" He corrobo.
rated the testimony that Lowe. fifth
officer. told Ismay "To get the hell out
of here when they were working on on
mysterious light toward which many Of
the lifeboats pulled in vain.
Wheelton said his boat did not rescue
any one from the water and made no
attempt TO go back.
"Out of a total Of $50 people saved.
said Senator Newlands. "21O were ~ the
crew. How do you az count for SO large
proportion Of the crew."
II would think" said the witness, "the
men took chance and jumped overheard
and were picked up by boats. We had
powerful swimmers aboard the ship.
W. II. Taylor. able seaman. testified that
his hfeboat, No. IS. made no attempt to
go bacls and rescue the passengers who
were struggling in the water because most
Of those i'm the boat urged him to pull
on for fear Of being taken in by the IT,
tanics suction. a..
Taylor declared most Of the crew did
not realize the Titanic would sink.
"Thev were all skylarlsing and Joking
about It. he said. for some time after the
accident.
He corroborated the statements made
in regard to the mysterious light toward
which the lifeboats pulled.
No Chance In Icy water.
George Moore. able seaman. testified
that he did not think anybody could have
lived more than ten minutes in the ice cold
water and he did not attempt to row back
because five or six persons pulling at the
boats gunwales would have capsized II.
Moore also saw the mysterious bright
light on the starboard bow. He declared
it would have been impossible for a ship
TO have made it's way through the ice field
with its enormous berGs. Moore declared
the men in hi lifpboat pulled toward this
bright light all night long.
James Jones. able seaman. testified
that when hc embarked in the lifeboats
he thought they were just sending them
away for an hour or 80 until they got
squared up again or pumped out.
George Thomas Rowe. Quartermaster.
who was examined by Senator Burton.
commanded the lifeboat in which J. Bruce
lsmay escaped. Rowe was order ed TO
take charge Of the boat. which was the
ninth to leave by Capt. Smith. He
said no one asked 1smay to get in.
when Chief Officer Wall asked II there
we're any more women or children there
was no reply said Rowe. so Mr..
1snay came aboard"
Rowe declared he vas ordered to
rull for light He thought it was q
ahip
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sEAMEN's NARRATIVES.


WAsHIGGroN. Aryi :8.-rhc COM
rlete testimony taken by members of
the Senate committee acting separately
from members of the ritanics crew was
made public to-day. The narratives
added an interesting chapter 20 the his
tory Of the disaster.
The facts brought out sustain in every
particular the impression already created
that the officers. crew and men passengers
conducted themselves with bravery. TOE
man. tho members Of tho crew testified
that all women and children who could
be found were placed in the lifcboats
before any Of the mon passengers or crew
attempted to obtain seats.
It was brought ont that there had been
absolutely no boat drill on the Titanic
but that an alarm was spread systemati-
cally among IN" passengers.
Many members Of tho crew agree that
the vessel broke in two. They slso agreed
that they did not expect tho Titanic to
sink
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.How far away was shei"

-How far away was shei" ]
miles"
.Why, could ahe not see your sky
"She could no. help but see them. She
was close enough to see our lights and
to see the ship itself and also the rockets.
did you soc that ship before you were
in the water?"
"Yes. sir. That is what We told the
passengers. We said. There is a steamer
coming to our assistance That is what
kept them quiet. think
Sailed Right Past.
did she come toward you bow on?"
"Yes. sir and then she stopped and the
lights seemed TO 20 right by us. She
was stationary there for about three
hours. think. OF our port there and when
we were in the boat we all made for her
and she went by ,rS. The northern. lights
are just like n searchlght. but she dis
appeared. That was astern Of where the
ship went down"
"She gave no signal?'
"No signal whatever
"She must have known the Titanic was
in distress?"
Yes. they could have seen the rockets
when did you first see that boat how
long was II before you launched?"
when we started turning the boats
out; that was about ten minutes after she
struck
Did that bca: seem TO be getting further
away from your"
No. il seemed to be coming nearer"
"Iou are, possessed Of pretty good
eyes?"
II can seq q distance Of twenty -one
miles"
You are quite positive there was no
illusion about that boat ahe1d?"
1T must have been n boat. sir. II was
too low down in the sea for a star. Then
wa were quite convinced sftorward be-
cause we saw il go right by us when we
were in the lifebcats. We thought she
was coming toward Ms to pick vs. up"
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ALL ORDERLY. SAYS WARD.

william Ward. the second steward on
the Titanic. testified before Senator
Fletcher that everything WAS most orderly
on shipboard after the collision.
Everybody was moving around" he
said. and there didn't seem to be any
excitement in fact there were a lot Of
women and men that were just treating
it as kind of n joke
Ward helped to load lifeboat O.
One old lady made a great fuss he
said. and absolutely refused to get into
the boat. She went back to the com :
panionway and forced her way in and
would not get into the boat"
. Was she with her husband A. No.
sir. | didn't see her husband There were
several men in the boat then TO assist in
getting the women in. One woman had
already fallen and hurt herself little
The purscr told two more men to get in
and assist the women down into the boat
From the rai of the boat IL il quite a step
down to the bottom of the boat. and in the
dark they could not see where they were
stepping. Then the purser told me to get
into the boat and take an oar | did so and
we still waited there and asked il there were
any more women. There were no more
women to be seen. Then We took about
three or four men into the boat and lowered
down to the water.
waited 900 Yards Away.
Ward testified that this lfeboat pulled
away about 200 yards from the Titanic
and then lay to. He estimated they had
been resting on the oars about one hour
when the big vessel went down.
o, Did she go down gradually? A. She
went gradually for while. We could Just
see the ports as she dipped. We could
see the lights in the ports. and the water
seemed to come very slowly up to them
She did not appear to be going fast and
was of the opinion then that she would not
go. | thought We we're only out there as n
matter of precaution and would certainly
go back to the ship.
q. Then did she suddenly turn down!
A. She gave kind OF sudden lurch forward
and heard Il couple of reports. more like
volley of musketry than anything else
II did not seem to me like an explosor
at all
q. Could YOU see any passengers on her
after YOU got away? A. II was too dark.
O. Could YOU hear them calling out any,
thing? \ After she went down we heard
them calling.
q. Did you make toward them or not
\. No. sir. Our boat was too full. II would
have been madness to have gone back.
Did you zee any drinking among the
crew or passengers that night?" asked
Senator Fletcher,
NO. sir; none whatever. Had there
been extra dinners or banquets or the like
of that | certainly should have known il
working in the saloon. There was moth.
ing in the way Of banquets since we left
Southampton. barring the ordinary din.
ners. that | heard Of"