The Nome daily nugget., 1912-04-19
LATE NEWS OF TITANIC

{ I wish te comment upon the con duc' yf ,soiun.I John Jacob Astor. his
 ayts during the time after the ve7seE
 struck un,ii it went To the bottom srs : deserving of only rh. highest praise II. aided rh. women folks tn got into
 'he hoa'- hunted Hr thrtr children. ! bid them gopI luck. and Ntta a 6rav- .ry then vil command ms respect tI ,b, snd nf my existence he work
 .a tnd Iah"r-i to n.tp say. rh. wo
 m.u aud children
 And that woman Nfs Strauss .eh,, % loving wife. ehat devoted csuFauieu. was within a low feet of Strlas- and his ~If-. | heard hIn beg plead and almost demand her ts# lcay. him ond save her life while th,rr was chance and room iu th@ lliv boats. but she would moi bulge. sh. remained at his -idr and should their bodies be found ! vli venture ,o stat- they wI be rlaspcd m ' death embrace,
 Officers Knew Of le. Fioes.
 NEW YuRh. April is Col. Arch ihald Graei" el tho United States army who was saved from the water after the Titanic went down. has mad. tn. assertion that the otiicer~ of the ill iatrd steamer knew that thrr" were lee. fields m the Atlantic that they wer. ir danger of oucouutcriug anv
 moment but they needed not the
 warning tho, yer" putting the steam ,r through is pace taking desperatv
 chances of missing the ice. although ,harI, lookout was maintained day and night H,a the night been cIaa'.
 or to-ey Vs would have sIs'ed down no doubt but II was oue of Usose bright nights. th" *, clear -ca calm and ideal frl aaking speed Tn" yc,,cI wa ra-uinp through rug water like mad. the engines working smooth lv rnfIc artcr nfIe was being reeIed of ENcr f,n seconds tt- l"' H' coroari au tno loul1u, would 1uswt' back. AM clear ah.ad' Then 4 sudden came thu waluin4 lee tho, siarboard hon .ow drau in th water stguaI- t. rn. ,nen. roo. vel, sounded. The h,iu, put hard % ana The bus, I.tl,turu Nd- -e"r commence to -wua round m answer ,o th, rudd,r lut ,h, tr. Hoe H3~ upon a- b,lorr u. could escape H
 The speed Of th, steamer anal thr o' h,iue loss down in 'n- water. not s. lowing II to br outlined any great 'i's- tancr ahead af the steamer pfo>ai tH" undoius of the snlp.
 IT. uv own knowledge l know ihe "t- accrs were advised by wireless tha' ice no-~ and iceberg were in the track rt tto hip and to 'o"<an' fol they wer, dangerous. but dvsptt- th'
 warning h.y refused tp slow down as dusk settled "yer 'h. ~hP .Ht night came "u Al. mgn. !"ue ne wei. clippius on nI. after mil,. '-''h fishing Y. new record for the -t hour run. which would b. th. s'eoos' last
 546 Miles m 24 Hours
 NEW YORK April l9 Pas-en+'' stated that tho officers posted on tar bulletin board the number "' nii~- mad. by. the Titanic for the twenty
 four hours mad, ending April II amt fl, noon the vessel had rrcled of ti' mil,- snd the officers reported that
 record would b. broken durine th" ueN, 44 hour. with tha sm"ntl -ae and favorable conditions.
 sroeen Tells of Captain Smith. NEW YORK April i'.-Georg, Brodcn of Los Angcles Cal on" o' tho passengers saved from the Titaniy relates Of the heroic work of Captain Smith of the vessel now at the bot ! tom of the Atlantic
 Captain smith. r,ae, b- r. hls brave soul" remarked M. Brud"n. did everything h. could to save the people
 on his vessel. He knew form the yer,
 nrst his days were numbered. When ! t was srrn the vessel was doomed he
 devoted all his -negry in helping to i save the passengers. Women and ! children first were his orders. I'll
 shoot the first man entering the boat. out side the men who mann them. wa- i the order given through a huge meg | aphOne.
 From the bridg, h. directed tn" movements like a general in battle | and the steamer was listing to star i. hoard very badly. one" the captain
 leaned over so far directing the low
 ering of boat filled with women and children he lost his balance and over ] (Continued on Page Four)