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Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-04-26
SHIP IGNORED TITANIC SIGNALS
FOURTH OFFICER SAYS HE
CLEARLY SAW LIGHTS.
Shown ismay Planned Early Flight
for Himself and Crew from
the Country.

Washington, April 23.--With succor
only five miles away, the Titanic slid
into it's watery grave, carrying with
it more than 1000 of its passengers
and crew, while an unidentified steam
er that might have saved all failed
or refused to see the frantic signals
Dashed to it for aid. This phase Of
the tragic disaster was brought out
before the senate investigating com
mittee when ]. B. Boxhall, fourth off,
Ger of the Titanic, told Of his unsuc-
cessful attempts to attract the strang-
er's attention.
This ship, according to BoXhall,
could not have been more than five
miles away and was steaming toward
the Titanic. So close was it that from
the bridge Boxhall plainly saw its
masthead lights and side lights. Both
with rockets and with the Morse cleo
trio signal did the young officer hail
the stranger. Capt. Smith and several
others in the vicinity of the bridge
the vessel had seen them and was sig
declared at the time their belief that
Mailing in reply. BoXhall failed to see
the replies, however, and in any case
the steamer kept on it's course obi
quely past the Titanic without ex.
tending aid.
This, and the declaration by p. r.
S. Franklin, vice president Of the
White Star line, that there We're not
sufficient lifeboats aboard the Titanic
to care for the ships company at one
time were the features of the hearing.
The official was quizzed throughout
the morning session on the messages
exchanged between the Carpathia and
himself after the ship had started for
New York with the Titanic's surviv-
ors aboard. Among the survivors was
]. Bruce Ismay, managing director Of
the line.
Among the wireless kilograms read
into the record was one from Mr.. Is
may urging that the steamship Cedric
be held until the Carpathia arrived
with it's sorry burden. He declared
he believed it most desirable that
the survivors of the Titanic's crew be
rushed out CT the country as quickly
as possible. He also, the message
said, would sail on the Cedric and
asked that clothing be ready at the
pier for him when the Carpathia DOCK
ed. The senate's subpoenas blocked
the plan.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-04-26

Harold Cotton, the marine operator
of the Carpathia, did not go to bed
at his usual time Sunday night, and
as result caught the first message of
the Titanic's plight. He had been re-
laying messages to tho Titanic on Sun
day night, and shortly after II o'clock
babe the Titanic good night.
Just as he was about to take the
receiver off his head the C. @. D. call
sounded This was followed by the
words We've hit something; come at
once
the Carpathias officers and her course
was at once changed in the direction Of
the Titanic at full speed of eighteen
knots for the full distance Of sixty
miles intervening between the two
ships.
"PM AFRAID WE ARE CONE"
Before Cotton could make reply to
the c. @. D. the Titanic's I'm afraid
we are gone" Cotton sent word Of the
coming of the Carpathia No further
communication was had with the
doomed ship.
The Titanic's speed of twenty three
knots an hour was never slackened
and she was going at that speed when
she struck.
S. V. Silverthorne of ST. Louis was
one Of the three Or four saloon pas
sengers on the Titanic who saw the
deadly iceberg just after he collision.
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STORY OF TITANIC DISASTER
As TOLD BY 4 SURVIVOR.

greater power each moment over those
men and women. the courage of the
greater part of the men, both among
cabin passengers, officers, crew and
steerage, asserted itself.
MRS. sTRAUS REFUSED TO LEAVE
HUSBAND.
Isidor Straus. supporting his wife on
her way to a life boat, was held back
bv an inexorable guard. Another Of
ficer strove to help her to a seat of
safety, but she brushed away his arm
and chung to her husband, crying, II
will not go without you"
Another woman took her place and
Mrs. Straus, clinging to her husband,
became part Of a picture now drawn
indellibly in many minds.
AsTOR AND HARRIS SIDE BY
SIDE.
Colonel Astor, holding his young
wife's arm, stood decorously aside as
the officers spoke to him and Mrs. AS
tor and her maid were ushered to
seats. Mrs. Henry B. Harris parted
in like manner from her husband, saw
him last at the rail, beside Colonel AS
tor.
Walter M Clark of Los Angeles,
nephew of the Montana senator, joined
| the line of men as his young wife.
sobbng, was placed in one of the
| craft.
Let him come. There is ROOM"
| cried Mrs. Emil Taussig, as the men
| of the White Star motioned to her
| husband to leave her. 1t was with
great difficulty that he released her
| hold to permit her to be led to her
place.
+ George D. Widener, who had been In
Captain Smiths company a few mo-
ments after the crash, was another
| whose wife was parted from him and
| lowered q moment later to the surface
| of the calm sea.
SAW NOTHING OF BUTT OR
STEAD.
OF Major Archie Butt, q favorite
with his fellow tourists; Of Charles NJ.
Hays, president of the Grand Trunk;
of Benjamin Guggenheim or of Will
lam II. Stead no one seems to know
whether they tarried too long in their
state rooms or whether they forebore
to approach the fast filing boats; none
of them was in the throng which,
weary hours afterward, reached the
Carpathia.
CHECK RUSH OF sTEERAGE MEN.
AS thew reached the water, those in
the boats saw what those on the decks
could not see--that the Titanic was
listing rapidly to starboard and that
her stern was rising at portentous
angle. rush of men steerage pas
sengers toward the boats was checked
by offHa,ers with revolvers in hand
NO PROVISIONS IN BOAT.
Some of the boats, crowded too full,
drifted for a time. None had provi
sions or water, there was lack of
clothing, and the only lights were the
still undimmed arcs and incandescents
of the settling ship.
STEWARDS GREEN LIGHT KEPT
THEM TOGETHER.
On one of the boats a steward who
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-04-26
Ships Collide at Sea In Foo.

Norfolk, Va, April 23.-The steam
er Cretan of the Merchants and Min
ers' line, bound from Jacksonville and
Savannah to Baltimore, is making its
way slowly up the coast. The steam
er is damaged above the water line as
a result of a collision during thick
weather, off Hattaras, with the Clyde
Line steamer Iroquois, from New York
to Charleston and Jacksonville. Both
steamers carried passengers. Wire
less advices are TO the effect that
neither the Cretan nor the Iroquois
Is seriously damaged.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-04-26
MUSIC OF ORCHESTRA GROWS
FAINTER

AS the screams in the water multi
piled. another sound was heard, strong
and clear at first, then fainter in the
distance 1t was the melody of the
hymn, Nearer, My God, to Ihee,
played by the string orchestra In the
dining saloon. Some of those on the
water started to sing the words put
grew silent as they realized that Tor,
the men who played the music was a.
sacrament soon to be consummated by
death. The strains of the hymn anc
the frantic cries Of the dying Blended
in symphony of sorrow.
TITANIC DISAPPEARS.
Led by the green light, the boats
drew away, and the bow, then the
quarter, then the stacks and last the
stern of the marvel ship of few days
before passed beneath the waters. The
great force of the ship sinking was
unaided by any violence of the ele-
ments, and the suction, not so great
as had been feared, rocked but mildly
the group of boats now q quarter Of
a mile distant from it.
WOMEN WEEP; MEN CHOKE
BACK TEARS.
Sixteen boats were in the procession
which entered on the terrible hours Of
rowing, drifting and suspense. Women
went for lost husbands and sons and
the men choked back tears and sought
to comfort the widowed. They strove,
though none too sure themselves, to
convince the women Of the certainty
that a rescue ship would appear.
CARPATHtA'S SMOKEsTACk APP,
PEARS.
Early dawn brought no ship. but not
long after o'clock the Carpathia.. far
out of her path and making eighteen
knots instead of her usual fifteen,
showed her single red and black smoke
stack upon the horizon. In the joy
of that sight griefs were forgotten for
the moment.
Chic Steward Hughes We're welcoming
chilled and bedraggled arrivals over
the Carpathia's side.
The silence of the Carpathia's en-
gines, the piercing cold, the clamor OF
many voices in the companion ways
had caused me to dress hurriedly and
awaken my wife at $40 A. M. Mon
day. Our. steward, meeting me out
SIDE, pointed to a wailing host in the
-ear dining room and said, From the
Titanic She's at the bottom of the
pecan"
WOMEN FALTER AS THEY ARE
HELPED ABOARD.
At the ships side a moment later
saw the last of the line of boats dis
charge their loads and saw women,
some with cheap shawls about their
heads, some with the costliest OF fur
coats, ascending the ships side. And
such JOY as the first sight of our ship
may have given them had disappeared
from their faces and there We're tears
and signs of faltering as the wi>>en
were helped up the ladders or holsted
aboard in swings. For lack of room
to STOW them, several Of the Titanic's
boats were set adclft.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-04-26
WILL HOLD PRIMARY.
Ramsey County Republicans To Elk.
press Themselves.

st. Paul.--Ramsey county Republic
cans will have an opportunity to vote
for their favorite candidate for the
nomination for the presidency. The
city and county committee has adopt
ed a resolution authorizing the plac-
ing Of the names of the presidential
candidates on separate ballots at the
county caucuses to be held MAY II.
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explained to the Passengers that he
had been shipwrecked twice before,
appeared carrying three oranges and a
green light THAT green light, many Of
the survivors say, was to the ship
wrecked hundreds as the pillar of fire
by night. Long after the ship had dis
appeared, and while confusing false
lights danced about the boats, the
green lantern kept them together on
the course which led them to the Car
paIhia,
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-04-26
25 BODIES ARE
IDENTIFIED
LIST is SENT INTO THE OFFICES
OF WHITE STAR LINE
NEW YORK.
NOTABLE NAMES MISSING
One CARRIED Name Believed to Be
That Of George D. Widener-An-
other Ship Goes Out to
Search.

SSai Sis
New York, April 23.-The first list
of names Of bodies recovered from the
Titanic disaster by the cable steamer
Mackay-Bennett was received here
through wireless messages to the
White Star line offices.
The list of 25 names contain none
Of several Of the most prominent men
who persisted unless it be that Geo.
W. Widen" as sent by wireless refer
as is believed probable to George D.
Widener of Philadelphia.
The original passenger lists of the
Titanic do not mention Widen"
which apparently established the
identity of the body as that of Mr..
Widener, son of P A. B. Widener, one
line who, together with his son, Harry,
was lost.
The list as received at the White
Star line offices is as follows:
Bodies Identified.
L. A. Hoffman.
Mrs. Alexander Robbins.
VIM. H. Harbeck.
Malcolm Johnson.
A. J. Halverson.
H. w. Ashe.
ro,1;o xx1;1,ion.
Leslie Galinski.
A. H. Hayter.
Jerry Monroe
Frederick Sutton.
J. S. Gill.
Ernest E. Tomlin.
George Rosenshire.
N. Marriott.
John H. Chapman.
w. Colbine.
H. Greenberg.
Simon Sother
N. Colas Rasher.
- Shea.
George w. Widen.
Ramon Artagaveytia.
Mill Schedig.
r. B. Att.
Steward No. 76.
Yosite Drazenoui.
A number of the 25 names in the
list do not check up with the Titanic's
passenger list, which leads to the be-
lief that number of the bodies re-
covered are members of the Titanic's
crew.
Names Much CARRIED.
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.,,
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- ~ 'o nnso,' y. :le s spo. "n 80
80 W w lo-oD.1 10 go
.nn. w. "auy 80. 80 0"Lse
- r.io -"o' ''i'1' ~ lis' .l''o D9en ei.' ou'
-. - o'rno VIZ INC s.oane. 10 IN" ~
.n o s. n"l,N ~ e N".. S 49, M CIV
e.ran,s o,,o ~ ooo,,a;ntoa u,;t,, hott
9"pn 49, .t;ssats, 49, WV 800
s CO ~, 49,. 49," 20 49,
anoL;,o1, 80 80 ~, -. raaah
A1tl D :.1tss =, 49, 49, :..s oa
-, 49,
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His Greed a Selfish One,

HIS Greed a Selfish One.
The philosophy of the man in the
street is to get through life with q
minimum of self-sacrif1ce and a maxi.
mum Of self-indulgence.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-04-26
PASSENGERS AND SAILORS LEAP
OVERHEARD.

AS the end of the Titanic became
manifestly but a matter of moments,
the oarsmen pulled their boats away
and the chilling waters began to echo
splash after splash as passengers ana
sailors in life preservers leaped over
board and started swimming away to
escape the expected suction.
Only the hardest constitution could
endure for more than few moments
such a numbing bath The first vigor-
Gus strokes gave way to heartpreaklng
cries of Help. help" and stlHened
forms were seen floating, relaxed IN
death.
Revolver shots were heard In the
ships last moments. The report spread
among the boats was that captain
Smith had ended his life with bullet.
SAY CAPTAIN JUMPED AT LAST
MOMENT.
Then 1t was said that a mate had
shot a steward who had tried to push
his way into a boat against orders.
None Of these tales has been verified,
and many of the crew say the captain
without a preserver leaped in at the
last and went down, refusing COOK s.
offered aid.
The last of the boats, a collapslble,
was launched too late to get away ana
| was overturned by the ship sinking.
Some Of those in it-all, say some wit
nesses-found safety on a raft or were
picked up by lifeboat. In the Mar
cont lower, almost to the last, the cllcl,
of the sending instrument was heard
over the waters.
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had ended his life. Smith, MurdocN
and Sixth officer Moody are known u
have been lost The surviving ofncers,
Lightoller, Pittman, Bothall and Love-
have made no statement.
CAPTAIN JERkED AWAY FROM
WoULD-RE REsCUERs.
members Of the crew discredit all
reports of suicide and say Captain
smith remained on the bridge until
lust before the ship sank, leaplng only
after those on the deck had oeen
washed away. It is also related that
when a cook later sought to pull MN
aboard a lifeboat he exclaimed: Lei
me 60 and, jerking away, went down.
DEAD BODIES ON SURFACE.
What became of the men with life
preservers is a question asked since
the disaster by many persons. DEAD
bodies f1oated on the surface as the
last boats moved away.
TO relate that the ships string band
gathered into the saloon, near the END,
and played Nearer My God to Thee
sounds like an attempt to give an
added solemn color to a scene Whlchi
was in itself the climax Of solemnity
But various passengers and survivors
of the crew agree in the declaration
that they heard the music:
$50 by my woes I'll be
Nearer my God to thee,
Nearer to thee.
"WOMEN FIRST" WAS ORDER.
"In the loading Of the first boat re-
Etrictions of sex were not made, and
it seemed to the men who filed in be-
side the women that there would be
boats enough for all. But the ship
officers knew better than this, and as
the spreading fear caused an advance
towards the suspended craft the order
Women first was heard and the men
were pushed aside.
COURAGE OF MEN ASSERTED.
To the scene of the next two hours
on those decks and in the waters be-
low. such adjectives as dramatic"
and tragic" do but poor justice. With
the knowledge Of deadly peril gaining
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-04-26
CAPTAIN ORDERS LIFE BOATS
LOWERED.

CAPTAIN ORDERS LIFE BOATS
LOWERED.
Captain Smith was on the bridge
moment later. He summoned all on
board to put on life preservers and or
dered the lifeboats lowered. The first
boat had more male passengers as they
We're the first to reach the deck.
ENFORCE "WOMEN FIRST" RULE
WITH DRAWN REVOLvERs.
When the rush of frightened men
and women and crying children to the
decks began the women first rule
was rigiG.y enforced. Officers drew re-
yolvers, but in most cases there was
no use for them.
Revolver shots were heard shortly
before the Titanic went down, caused
many rumors, one that Captain Smith
had shot himself, another that First
Officer Murdoch had ended his life.
but members of the crew discredit
these reports.
CAPTAIN SMITH ON THE BRIDGE
AS BOAT GOES DOWN.
Captain Smith was last seen on the
bridge just before the ship sank, leap
ing only after the decks had washed
away.
What became of the men with life
preservers was the question asked by
many since the disaster Many Of
those with life preservers We're seen to
go down. despite the preservers, and
dead bodies floated on the surface as
the last boats moved away.
1t is stated positively the ships
string band gathered in the saloon near
the end and played Nearer My God to
Thee
Mrs. 1sador Straus refused to leave
her husbands side and both perished
toge her.
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"WoMEN FIRST" WAS ORDER.
COURAGE OF MEN ASSERTED.

To the scene Of the next two hours
on those decks and in the waters be-
low. such adjectives as dramatic"
and tragic" do but poor justice. With
the knowledge Of deadly peril gaining
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-02-20
Tomorrow's Sports
tournament at Majestic

Wrestling tournament at Majestic
Theater, S:l5 p. III.
Wrestling tournament at Arcade,
$3.50 p. m.
Ingram VS.. Georgetown Props, at
Ryan Gymnasium.
Schedule meeting of the Intcrna-
tional League, at Providence, r. l.
Schedule meeting OF the Central
League, at Fort Wayne, Ind.
Contests for the racquet cham
piOnships of the United States begin
in Boston.
Annual midwinter championship
tennis tournament opens at Pine
hurst, n. {.
Annual indoor games of the Pas
time Athletic Club, New York city.
Opening of automobile shows in
Louisville and Toronto.
Annual tournament OF Oklahoma
State Checker Association opens at
Vinita.
Hugo Kelly VS.. "knOckOut" Brown
5,ten rounds, at kenOsha, Wis.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-02-20
Gallaudet to Have
Three Men in Meet

Contrary TO tho usual custom. Gallau-
Diet College will have the fcwcst en-
tries for many years at the coming Nc
mortal Athletic club wrestling prelinh-
narics on Wednesday. February 81, a.
Manager Struck has registered only
three Buff and Blue grapPlcrs. Captain
GlcdhilI, l45 pounds; Kendall, 1875 pounds,
and Androwjcski, 125 pounds. for tina
meet. Tho Kendall Greencrs in previo
years sent team of from five to eight
knights OF mat to each meet in this
city and Baltimore, but, unfortunately
the Memorial Athletic Club date for the
meet comes when the rest of the Gal
laudot wrestlers. other than those mem
toned above, have engagements.
Captain Glcdhin Ia the only entrant
who has had previous mat experience
in this city. while the Kendall Green
ers believe the new men will show their
worth sooner or later. For tho first
time in five years GallaudCt will be con-
spiCous for the absence of her sure
winner. the late cowboy" Mosey, the
lightweight amateur champion wrestler
Of the South Atlantic Amateur Ath-
lctic Union. who met an untimely death
in the Potomac last June while on a
pleasure outing.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-02-20
BIG CROWD
At ARCADE TO SEE
WRESTLING STARS
DR.. Roller Arrives in Pink
of Condition for
Meet.

Every indication points to n record
breaking throng at the Arcade tomOr-
row evening for the carnival of heavy
weight wrestling and jiu jitsu. The sale
of seats has been going on in an en-
cOuragiDg manner and the management
today expected one of the largest crowds
that has ever seen grapplers in action
IN this city.
DR.. Roller arrived here this morning
and he intends to do no more work be-
fore his match with Shad Link. Roller
has had several matches recently and
thinks he is ready to go on without fur
Their preparation. Link has been work
ing out with Americas and will come
over tomorrow morning with the Mary
land champion. Americas match with
Yankee Rogers Is about the biggest
of the year for the Baltimore man, and
he is particularly anxious to win.
The iiu jltsu match between MNkia,
the Japanese champion, and Bill Bing-
ham, who holds the middle-weight title
Of England, will probably prove one of
the most interesting features of the
evening, particularly for the women
for whom a special section of the gal
lCrY has been reserved
Because of the large crowd that is eX-
ment of the Arcade has decided to keep
open the ballroom and motion picture
hall for an hour later than tho usual
time for the aCCOmm OdatiOn of those
who attend the wrestling.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-02-20
ROSedale Defeated.

The Y. NJ. c. A basketball team had
no difficulty in winning from ROsedala
last night by A to 2S. The association
players got an carly lead and were new
or headed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-02-20
Griffith and Becker
Down as TimekeeperS

Clark Griffith, manager Of the Ma
tiOnals, and Buck Becker, the local
sOuthpaw twirlcr of the same team.
will hold watches tomorrow night while
Joe Turner and Sam Anderson are
wrestling for the middleweight cham
piOnship of the world at the Majestic
Theater. Already the Florida avenue
hooters Club is preparing to take in
the show. The winner of this bout will
meet the victor of the Yokel-Gehring
bout in Cleveland this week.
Tom Duchcsne is in good condition
for his battle with Martin Leonard and
this bout should be lively from start
to finish. Frank Huscman, retired fea-
therweiGht champion, opens the evening
with English Jack Connors.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-02-20
DISTRICT MOTORISTS
TO AID FIGHT ON
WHEEL TAX ED|CT
Leroy Mark Leads Move
ment to Have Supreme
Court Hearing.
BY HARRY WARD.

Motorists learned with interest today
that lie Roy Mark intends to carry to
the Supreme Court of the United States
test case of the so-Called wheel-tax
law. Mr.. Mark has been assured the
support and cooperation of a large
number of automobile owners in the
enort to have the highest court in the
land pass upon the law, which recently
was held to be constitutional by the
District Court of Appeals.
Inc motorists. of whom there are
more than 5000 in the District of CO.
lumbia, feel the tax is an Injustice, in
view of the number ana amounts or
other taxes they have to pay. 1t is
understood an appeal will be made to
the motorists for financial aid in en-
ploying prominent attorneys to prose-
cute the case. The revenue from the
wheel-taX law, 1t Is said. will amount
TO more than $4,000 year, the tax be-
ing So on cars seating two persons and
s. for each additional seat.
The wheel tax was inserted in the Dis
trict appropriation bill two years ago
and has been fought in the Police Court
and the District Court of Appeals. AS
SCISSOR w. y. Richards is now planning
vigorous campaign to obtain the col
lection of the tax.
At a directors meeting of Wyckoff.
Church & Partridge, incorporated, of
New York, II. M. SHETLAND, formerly
connected with several automobile pub
locations, was elected chairman of the
board of directors. Mr. SHETLAND brings
with him the ripe experience OF his close
connection with the automobile industry
from its inception. The corporation
with which Mr.. SHETLAND has Just as
ISOLATED himself is one of the largest
automobile concerns in the country.
Two Cadillac touring cars were de-
| liVered yesterday to the Washington
Railway and Electric Company by the
Cook & Stoddard Company.