Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-04-23
WAS A SOLDIER EVERY INCH.

| Washington, April 20.-A graphic
story of the heoism of Maj. Archi.
bald w. Butt on the Titanic was
4 told yesterday in an interview given
to the Washington Stars staff cor
respondent in New York by Miss
Marie Young, former resident Of
this city.
j Miss Young, believed to have been
the last woman to leave the Titanic,
and Major Butt had long been
friends, Miss Young having been a
special music instructor to the chill
dren of former President Roosevelt.
Miss Young said:
''The last person to whom I spoke
on board the Titanic was Archie
Butt, and his good, brave face, smil-
ing at me from the deck of the
steamer, was the last could dis
tinguish as the boat I was in pulled
away from the steamers side.
archie himself put me into the
| boat, wrapped blankets around me
and tucked me in as carefully as if
we were starting on motor ride.
He himself entered the boat with
me, performing the little courtesies
as calmly and with as smiling a
face as If death was far away, in
stead of being but few moments
removed from him.
when he had carefully wrapped
me up, he stepped on the gunwale
OF the boat and, lifting his hat,
smiled down at me.
Good bye, Miss Young he said
bravely and smilingly. Luck is
with you. Will you kindly remem-
Der me to all the folks back
homer
Then he stepped to the deck Of
the steamer and the boat I was in
was lowered to, the water. It was
the last boat to leave the ship, of
this am perfectly certain. And /
know that am the last Of those
who were saved to whom Archie
Butt spoke. 3
GAS our boat was lowered and left
the side OF the steamer, Archie was
still standing at the rail, looking
down at me. His hat was raised
and the same old, genial, brave
smile was on his face. The picture
he made as he stood there. hat in
hand, brave and smiling, is one that
will always linger in my memory"
PRAISES BUTTS MEMORY.
Washington, D. c., April 30
With all hope for the rescue of Ma
jor Butt abandoned, President Taft
yesterday issued statement show
| ing the high regard in which he
held him and his belief that he died
as a man should die in the face OF
such a disaster as that to the tt
tanic. The president said:
| maj. Archie Butt was my mill
tary aide. He was like member
of my family and feel his loss as
If he had been a younger brother.
The chief trait of his character was
loyalty to his ideals, his cloth and
his friends.
| His character was a simple one
in the sense that he was incapable
of intrigue or insincerity. He was
gentle and considerable to every one
high and low. He never lost, under
| any conditions, his sense of proper
regard to what he considered con-
stituted authority.
"He was an earnest member of
the Episcopal church and a lover OF
that communion. He was a soldier,
every inch of him; a most compe-
tent and successful quartermaster
and devotee of his profession.
After I heard that part of the
ships company had gone down |
gave up hope for the rescue of Ma
jof Butt, unless by accident. I knew
that he would certainly remain on
the ships deck until every duty had
been performed and every sacrifice
made that properly fell on one
charged, as he would feel himself
charged. with responsibility for the
rescue of others.
He leaves the widest circle of
friends whose memory of him is
sweet in every particular"
Tributes to Major Butt continued
to pour into the White house yester-
day. Senator Tillman OF South Caro-
lima said, che was one cf God AL
mighty's gentlemen"
The Base Ball Magazine at the
news stand only TARIFF