Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-19
Remarkable Nerve is Dis
played in Their Dash
for Safety.
TEARS ARE HELD BACK
First Burst of Grief Comes After
All Had Been Picked Up
Taft MournS for Butt.

New York, April 19.-Mrs. c. F.
Crane of Fort Sheridan, ILL.,. a passen-
ger on the Carpathia, today gave this
account of the Carpathia's thrilling
race with death. She said: "The first
life boat to come into view was mann
ed by women. Passengers and seamen
on the Carpathia were stunned. She
has sunk, said an officer of the ship
near me. And then l realized many
lives had been lost.
CALMNESS REMARKABLE.
"As the Carpathia slowed up, the wo-
men at the oars of the first boat did
not seem to be the least bit excited.
They were taken on board, and their
calmness was remarkable. Not one Of
the women was crying, and not one of
them showed any nervousness. Others
came into view, it seemed, from behind
the icebergs 1t was not until all the
boats in sight had been picked up that
the first burst of grief was heard
A bulletin issued today says Mrs.
John Jacob Astor is not critically or
dangerously i'll at this time.
Among the Titanic,s surviSoIsa2 stss;
Luke's hospital are Mrs. AffS1e DC issa-
son and two children and Mrs Thelma
Nelson, all of ST Charles. Ill.
PANIC AMONG PASSENGERS.
Lady Cosmo-Duff Gordon, who left
| in one of the last of the Titanic's
| boats, said that panic had begun to
seize some of the remaining passen-
[ hu ha
away. Just as my boat was leav-
ing the ship" she said, "a few men
attempted to crowd in, but Captain
Smiths revolver stopped them. One
man passed the dead line and was
shot dead, his body falling into a
lifeboat."
! Charles Dahl, an Australian, saw
men fighting women to get into boats
and several shots we're fired during
the panic. BE British" was Captain
Smiths appeal to the crew who tenn
porarily were panic stricken.
DIE LIKE MEN.
This became the rallying cry, and
the crew stood to their posts and died
like men. Their seIf-sacrifice and
heroism saved scores OF women and
children.
John Johnson, an oar-man in life
boat, told graphic story of how Of
ficers and male passengers stood, un-
afraid, on the deck awaiting the in
evitable hour; how lifeboats were
lowered and how husbands and wives
said their last farewells.
RIPPED CLEAR APART.
when the crash came" he said,
the Titanic was going % knots an
hour She ripped herself clear apart.
When the boats were lowered there
were many who refused to 20. One
of the most pathetic scenes was the
refusal of Mrs. lsadOr Straus to
leave her husband. She remained
: with him to the last" When J.
Bruce lsmay, president OF the Inter-
rational Marine company. stepped
into the last boat, Johnson said,
there were no women left on the
deck. He was forced into the boat
by officers of the ship, and this was
done, Johnson says, just as the boat
was being lowered.
New York, April 19.--Tncensed by
few stray bits of information given
out last night by members Of the crew
of the Titanic, officials of the White
Star line today kept the men so thor
oughly under cover that no t-1ce OF
then could be had until late tbts -1orn-
2 ing, when II was found a portion OF
them had been transferred aboard the
Red Star liner Lapland. They found
that the surviving officers OF the I'll
tanic, when they arrived OF the Car
pathia, were quickly transferred to the
Red Star liner. where they remained
until they were summoned to appear
before the senate investigation COM
mittee. It developed today that ].
| Bruce Ismay, managing director OF the
international Mercantile Marine com-
pany, had instructed Vice President
i Franklin, of the same organization 10
!. hide the Titanic's men as sooD as they
arrived on the Carpathia.
BUTT GIVEN UP AS LOST.
= Washington, April 19.-With all hope
!, Of the rescue of Major Butt abandoned
President Taft today issued a state