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that she was uninjured. The first report
was to the effect that Mrs. Candee was
safely placed in a lfeboat, and that a

was to the effect that Mrs. Candee was
safely placed in lifeboat, and that a
woman. leaping into the boat from the
deck of the Titanic. fell upon her and
broke her legs A dispatch from w. b.
Hibbs, however says that Mr.. Hibbs saw
Mrs. Candee and walked from the boat
with her, and that she was not seriously
hurt
Mrs. Candee. in talking last night with
MT nibbs who went to New 70 hork IN. IN
Of his business partner and. intimate
friend. Clarence Moore. described the
conduct of Maj. Butt as quietly heroic
Mrs. Candee saw the major standing
the side. He was helping Capt. Smith
and other officers Of the Titanic to MAIN
tain order and to aid in saving the wom-
en- and children who make up far the
larger number Of the Titanic's survi-
vors. He was cool and collected. she
said.
High Tribute to Maj. Butt.
ARCHIE Butt was a soldier, and every
one who knew him knew that he would
act like one in the crisis he faced on the
THAMES deck" said a friend last night
when 1t became known positively that
the major was among the lost. II never
had any idea that he was saved. As
down, I knew he went down with them.
He was q soldier. and was on deck where
he belonged, helping the helpless"
Archibald Butt came from his native
state, Georgia, several years before the
Span.sh-American war. as correspondent
for number of southern newspapers.
When war was declared he was appointed
by President Mckinley in the quarter
masters department.. and was assigned
to duty in the Philippines. His service
l-f, M
attract the attention OF President TAFT,
who was then governor general or the
Philippines. and through his influence the
young volunteer was given q commission
in the regular army.
A few years after the close of the
Spanish war an article In popular
magazine, entitled Both Sides Of the
Shield" attracted the attention Of Presi-
dent Roosevelt. and when the President
learned that the author was an omcer
named Butt, In the regular army. he
promptly had him transferred to Wash
ington and made personal aid at the
White House. Capt. Butt, as he was
then, served In this capacity for two
years Of President Roosevelts last ad,
ministration. and continued as personal
and military aid to President Taft. His
promotion came only short time ago.
Moore Prominent Socially.
Clarence Moore, another Washington
victim Of the wreck, had for the past
fifteen years been q prominent figure in
the city's social circles and ranked
equally high in the big financial enter
prises Of Washington. He was asso-
ciated with the banking firm Of w. B.
Hibbs & Co., and was also a success
full operator in the coal and oil fields
OF West Virginia. He was born at Clarks-
burg. Harrison county. w. Va. March l..
1865, his father and mother being Mr..
and Mrs. Jasper Yates Moore. He was
Of colonial ancestry on both sides Of
the family. Married twice. his first wife
was the daughter OF Frank Mclaughlin.
for many years owner Of the Philadel-
phia Times. The widow who survives
him was Miss Mabelle F. Swift Of Chi
cago. Three children survive-a daugh-
ter and son Of his first wife and a son Of
his second. Relatives living in West Vir-
ginia also survive; a brother, Frank
disaster to the Titanic first became
known, and is with Mrs. Moore.
Millet's Reputation International.
Francis Davis Millet. third in Washing
tons list of dead. had gained an in
ternational reputation as an artist and
as correspondent, his work in the latter
field gaining him decorations at the
hands Of several foreign governments. He
was born November 3. 1916. at Malta
poisett, Mass, the son of Asa an Hulda
Millet; saw service in the civil war. first
as drummer and later as a surgeon
in the medical department of the Army
Of the Potomac At the close of the war
he resumed his interrupted studies. and
was later graduated from Harvard. after
ward attending the Royal Academy OF
Fine Arts In Antwerp. He acted as war
correspondent for a number Of English
and American newspapers during the
Russo Turkish war in 1918. receiving
war medals from Russia and Roumania,
the military cross Of st. Anne and st.
Stanislaus Of Russia. and the Roumanian
Iron Cross. During the Spanish-Ameri-
can war he served as special correspond
Weekly at Manila.
He was director of decorations OF the
worlds fair at Chicago, and during the