Arizona republican., 1912-04-19

Philadelphia" Oracle said. despite the warnings of the presence of ice 0ergs, no order was issued for slow ing down the ships speed. One of the last women Oracle saw, he said was Miss Evans, of New York. She resolutely refused to leave the ship because, she said, she had been told by q fortune teller in London she was to meet her death on the water. Of the great facts that stand out 1 in chaotic accounts of the tragedy thees are the most salient:
 The death list has increased, rather than diminished; the list of promi- nent persons lost stands as previous | ly reported; practically every woman and child except those who refused to leave their husbands, were saved. 1 Among those lost is Mrs Isador l Straus. Survivors on the lifeboats i saw lights glimmering on the doom ed ship and heard the band playing ! to the last, saw doomed hundreds on the deck and heard the groans and and cries as the vessel sank. Ac 1 counts vary as to the extent of the disorder aboard Not only was the | Titantic tearing through the April | night to her doom with every ounce of steam on, but she was under orders from the general officers of 1 the line to make all speed of which she was capable. This was the state ment tonight of J. H. l.. Moody, who was the helmsman on the night of | the disaster He said the ship was making q knots when the crash came and that the officers were striving to live up to their orders 1 to smash all records.
 It was close to midnight lie said T was on the bridge with the sec ond- officer. who was in command
 Suddenly he shouted: Port youl
 helm. I did so, but it was too late
 We struck the submerged portion ol
 the berg"
 Most of the passengers agree that
 the shock, when the Titanic strucl the berg. did not greatly jar the giant
 ship. because the blow was a glancing
 one Accounts also agree that wheI
 the passengers were being loaded witt
 the lifeboats. there was no panic, anC
 that many decided to stay aboard tin Titanic. believing her to be unsinll able. The most narrowing oi all thu stories of the disaster came iron
 those in the Hfeboats who were com pelIcd in order to save the lives 0
 the women and children they had il
 their care to refuse succor to man poor unfortunatcS who were founder
 ing around in the cold, icy water asking and begging for help.
 Mrs Edgar J. Meyer, of New York
 said:
 When the ship struck we were il , our stateroom. My husband and my self went out on deck to see what tn
 trouble was. Someone said We Ina, , struck an iceberg, but were in n
 danger. Then an officer came aroun
 and ordered All women into the life
 boats l begged my husband not t
 compel me to leave him. He said fo
 the sake of our baby, l must go int the boat. We then decided to part
 We went into our cabin and l pu on warmer clothing. When I got int
 the boat I saw that there ware n
 men in there. I called back that ther :, were no men in the boat, and on
 sailor was lowered on rope. Al
 English girl and myself roWed fO D 1 four hours ana dt U Cloeh "C "Oi
 picked up. We were well away iron the steamer when she went down, bu We courI easily hear the awfu
 screams of those who went down
 There are about 70 widows on tn Carpathia. and all are wonderful, brave. The Carpatnia's captain an , crew did all they could for us. Mrs
 Harris said my husband, MT. HarrI I and MT. Douglas lowered the las
 hoatload of women. Officers of tn Titanic were wonderfully brave. Tn
 steward of one cabin was asked Wh,
 he did not get a life preserver am he replied calmly, T don't think ther are enough to go around.