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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-02-01
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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-02-01
Taking Eastern Trim.

5NktI1k ENhHtcFh TIP.
Mr.. and Mrs. George T1ongfellow of
Euxton who frequently visit in this
city left last evening on an. extended
'aStrrn trip and expect to spend four
lonth between Chicago. Boston and
ether eastern points. They visited Mr.,
md Mrs. +. w. Allen in Fargo en-
"outr.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-02-01

The Crookston Woman's club held
a reception Wednesday afternoon in
their club room at the library in honor
of Miss Maria Sanford. The guests
of the club were the members Of the
Current Events club. the Matrons club,
teachers of the public schools and
university alumni. Miss Sanford Is
from Minneapolis and is the guest Of
Mrs. Thomas Armstrong and Miss
Armstrong at their home on North
Ash street. Miss Sanford lectures at
Fergus Falls tomorrow evening.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-19
HEARD SHOTS
AND SA w MEN
FALL TO DECK

NEW YORK, April Is.-The sufferings
Of the Titanic's passengers when taken
on the lfeboats by the Carnathia was
graphically told by John Kuhl Of Omaha
Neos who vas a passenger on the latter
vessel.
Many of the women, he said. were
schntily clad and all were suffering from
the cold. Four died on the Carpat thia
as result of the exposure
In spite OF the suffering and the
crowded conditions OF the boats" said
Mr, kuhl, the utmost heroism was DIS
played by all the unfortunates When
tney were lifted TO the deck of the Car
pathia many OF the women broke down
completely and there were many touch
Ing scenes. Many Of the women We're
| sane" ''e III
| VI all the heroes VINO went TO ,beir
| death ~heD the Titanic dved to It's ooean
grave, none, In the opinion OF Miss Hilda
| slater. passenger In the last boaY "a
| be put on. deserved greater credit than n
| the members OF tho vessors orchesfra
| According &c Miss Slater the orchsstra
| played until the last. When the veascl
took its final plunge the strains of a live
!y air mingled grcwsomely- with the cries
OF those who realized that they were ia CO
10 face with death.
1T was terrible" said Miss Slater, who
had come from home In England 20 visiI
brother, an architect. In this city
from the moment the vessel struck q,
as soon as the members OF the orchestrs
could be collected. there was a stead,
round OF lively airs. II did much TO keei
up the spirits OF everyone and probably
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pastime In assisting Phillips. who was
the wireless operator on the Titanic. the
man who sent out the IS. o. S." In his
statement he says
The Titanic shortly before the acci-
dent was running at twenty-five knots
an hour, This speed was altogether too
high under the circumstances An hour
and n half before the accident the off,
GERS on the bridge had been notified that
there were icebergs on the direct route
through which the Titanic would pass.
This warning was given by wireless mes
sages from steamships which had passed
through the Ice or had skirted IT,
when the collision occurred there was
not very great change, There was no
warning by anyone on duty at that time
that the Iceberg was there, The shock
surprised everybody but did not startle
them. There was no panic at that time.
The officers and seamen went through
the ship. calmly notifying the passengers
that there had been slight accident.
but said that there was not the slightest
danger. Captain Smith was on the
bridge with his first officer and calmly
sent out orders through his subordinate es
to what should be done to maintain
discipline on the steamer.
The vessel began TO sink slowly at
the bow. An investigation made By the
ships carpenter showed that the Titanic
had been ripped on the starboard side
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and said we had hit an iceberg-but that
It did not amount TO much. said ]
was nervous, We went on deck for a
walk More people said the accident was
OF no Importance II would only delay our
arrival
II was afraid and made my husband
promise II there was trouble he w0uld
not make me leave him. We walked
around the deck while, An officer
came up and cried:
AN women into the lifehoats.' My
husband and I discussed 1T: and the OH I,1
went down Into the cabin and we de-
clded on account OF our baby 10 part
He helped me put on the warm tninGS'
ors aboard. We called to the ship that
there were no men in the boat They
sent a sailor down. An English girl and
| rowed for four hours and a hall. Inen
we were picked up at O'Clock IN the
morning We were well away from the
steamer when it went down. but we
heard the screams OF the people left on
the boat.
There were about seventy widows On
the Carpathia and all were wond erfully
brave. The captain OF the Carpath'a and
the passengers did all they could for us.
Mrs Harris said my husband and Mr.
Harris and Mr.. Douglas lowered the last
boatload OF women. All three were per
fectly calm. All the officers OF the IL
tanio acted wonderfully The steward
asked. Why don't you set life pre-.
server?' He replied, L don't think there
will be enough to go around
Miss Elizabeth Allen OF ST. Louis. ac-
companied by Mrs. Edward Roberts and
Miss z. A. Mardall. also Of that city
was one of the rescued women passen-
gers of the Titanic.
"The first crash" said Miss Allen
came at IL 80 D. m. ] am sure OF the
time At the time. although there was
plenty of excitement, there was no panic
The passengers and officers behaved ad.
mirably. / was in a lifeooat for several
hours and IL was with great regret that
I saw the Titanic go down"
George A, Braden (on tho passenger
list George Brayton), told how Captain
Smith met his death.
"T saw Captain Smith While | was IN
the water He was standing on the deck
all alone. Once he was swept down by
a wave. but managed to get to his feet.
Then, as the boat sank. he was Knocked
down by wave and this time disap-
peared from View.
Mrs. Churchill Candeo OF Washington,
D, c. was taken from the Carpathia
with both legs broken. She was kur-
ried to a hospital, Mrs. Canoee said
she received her injuries while gettlns
into a ifeboat Most OF the men saved.
she declared. were picked up from the
water. having plunged overheard after
the lfeboats had been launched.
"Major Archibald Butt and Colonel
John Jacob Astor died like heroes she
said, but before she could tell more she
was hurried away
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practically from stem to stern and that
the water was pouring Into every COM
partment. Then II was apparent to Cap
tain Smith. the officers and to the pas
sengers that the vessel was doomed.
after the collision. when we were as
sured that there was no danger what
ever of the vessel sinking. ! went to my
room on the top deck and lay down to
go to sleep. ! had retired before the
company went into my room and said
had better put on a life belt I said.
What fo-?' and he replied. You had
better put it on for safety. Although we
believe the vessel is safe, 1t is best for
for. any emergency I went out on the
deck In my bathrobc. wearing the life
belt and looked over the situation and
I saw that the boat was sinking. Slowly
In various parts OF the ship The arc
lights were the last TO go out and then
the ship was in total darkness the only
lights they had being from lanterns.
1T was common understanding.
without any special orders being given,
passengers as could be accommodate
should leave the ship. that women and
helpless passengers and children should
be allowed to take the boats.
There were. as ] recall II. sixteen
boats and two colapsiblc boats. which
turned out to be collapslble affairs, for
as as they touched the water they
collapsed and the occupants OF these
boats were lowered on all sides OF the
ship and 1 did not see any effort by any
man to get on board the boats or to
take the place OF any of the women pas
went on in all parts OF the ship, but / do
know that in the first cabin no men
made any attempt to take the place OF
any women passengers
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served as much as the efforts OF the OFF,
GERS 10 prevent panic"
When the ship struck the iceberg, Miss
Slater went on deck. but was ordered TO
go back 10 bed. which she did when be-
Ing assured there was no danger a
half hour later she heard confusion on
deck and heard some one cry: Order
everyone to don a life belt"
Running on deck after dressing again,
aloft.
When / got there" she said. 81 found
an indescribable scene. 4 number of the
steerage men passengers had attempted
TO seize one OF the boats and there was
brisk revolver fire; many men fell un-
der II. The prompt and drastic action of
the officers restored order.
There were many touching scenes as
the boats pulled of saw Colonel John
Jacob Astor hand his young wife into a
boat tenderly and then ask an officer
whether he might also go When per-
mission was refused he stepped back and
cooliy took out his cigarette case
" Goodbye. dearie, he called gaily as
he lighted a cigarette and leaned over
the rail. ri join YOU later.
Another man, q Frcnchman. | think,
approached one of the boats about to be
! lowered. He had with him two beauti-
ful little boys. An officer waved him
back sternly. Bless YOU he said, 4 do
the boys, Their mother is waiting for
them In New York
The boys were taken aboard"
Miss Slater dwelt at length on the large
percentage OF the crew saved. On the
boat that carried her away from the
| sinking ship were nine other women and
| more than forty mon stokers.
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~ on board the ilI-fated Titanic,
after proving their heroism,
was Henry B, Harris, who was one of
the best known, and probably the most
successful, theatrical producers IN the
United States, Mrs. Harris. who was
returning from England with her hus-
band, is one of the survivors on board
the Carpathia,
In the weekly bulletin issued in the
interest of the Henry p. Harris the
atrical attractions. sent out from New
York on April II, appears the follow
ing item:
"Henry B. Harris. the we'll known
theatrical manager, sailed from South
ampton on April 10 on the White Star
Titanic. the largest vessel in the world
and will arrive in New York on April
II. This is the maiden trip Of the tt
tanic. and Mr.. Harris. in order to be
among those who will make the voyage
on this wonderful craft, was compelled
to pay 2 90 per cent premium on his
passage money
Henry B. Harris was born in st.
Louis. Mo-. December l, 1866. At An
early age he entered the employ of his
father who was associated with the"
atrical firm. In 1901 he became an in
dependent theatrical manager. present.
ing Robert Edeson as a star, Since
then he had made and lost several for
tunes. but OF recent years he had pro-
duced few failures in proportion to his
successful productions,
At the present there are three sue
cessful plays running under the Harris
management in New York, while Rose
Stahl Helen Ware and Frank McTu-
tyre are PLAYING in other cities under
the Harris banner.
"The Country Bow and "The Com
muters' - were the last Harris produc-
tions that PLAYED in Salt Lake.
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IN ~ eHHhuSleO from neC expert
VI ences, Mrs. John Jacob Astor was
declared tonight by Nicholas Bid
die. trustee of the Aetor estate,
to be In no danger whatever. Her
physicians. however. had given orders
that neither Mrs Astor nor hcr maid.
who was saved with her, he permitted to
talk about the disaster
On landing from the CnrpathIa. the
young bride. widowed by the TitanIc's
sinking. told members of her family what
she could recall of the circumstances of
the disaster OF how Colonel Astor met
his death she had no definite conception
She recalled. she thought. that In the
confusion as she was about TO be put
into one OF the boats, Colonel Astor was
standing by her side. After that. as Mr..
Biddle recounted her narrative, she had
no very clear recollection Of the happen
ings until the boats were we'll clear OF
the sinking steamer.
Mrs Astor, It appears. left in one OF
the last boats which got away from, the
ship. II was her belief that all the women
who wished TO go had been taken of.
Her Impression was that the boat she
had left In had room for at least hf
| teen more persons The men, for some
reason which, as she recalled Il tonight
she could not and does not now under
stand. did not seem TO be at ell anxious
TO leave the ship. Almost everyone
| seemed dazed
1 hope he is alive somewhere Yes
cannot think anything else" the youns
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woman said Of her husband TO her father
as she left the latter to go TO the Astor
home. according TO some who overheard
her parting remarks.
The chief steerage steward of the IT,
tanic, who came In on the Carpathla. saws
ne saw John Jacob Astor standing by the
life ladder as the passengers We're being
embarked. His wife was beside him.
the steward said. The colonel left her
10 go TO the pursers office for a moment
and that was the last seen OF him.
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YES HAND TO
HIS WIFE AS THE
STEAMER SINKS

NEW YORK, April 1s.-H. B. Stephen
son. one Of the survivors and who. II was
said. is attached to the Swedish legation
at Washington. made the following state
ment:
"At the time Of the collision Mr..
Woolner and myself were seated In tho
cafe. There only a slight jar and
we thought nothing OF 1t until we heard
the excitement on the deck. An order
was issued for all women TO come on
deck. Woolner and myself went two
decks down and saw water rushing In
there. a lifeboat was lowered with sew
eral women and children from the steer
jumped In, I grabbed an oar and assist
ed the two men In the boat TO row away
from the steamer. We were about 200
yards away when the Titanic went down.
picked UP about Ave hours later. suffer
ing from tho cold
Mrs, George D. Wick and daughter
Natalie OF Youngstown, O., and the
Misses Bonnell went to an uptown hotel.
The four women wore raincoats and were
heavily veiled. The husband of Mrs.
Wick was lost.
William F. Bonnell, a cousin of the
party. made the following statement as
coming from Mrs, Wick:
Bid Family Goodby.
when the collision occurred Mrs.
Wick and her husband were in their
exploded. When they reached the deck
all was confusion. Miss Natalie and the
Misses BonnelI were on deck. The four
women entered the second lfeboat let
launched for an hour after the collision
Mr.. Wick stood at the rail- as his wife
and daughter were helped into the boat
TAt,4i
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the examination would be determined
after the preliminary hearing.
Mr.. Smith also was questioned ss
to the speed at which the Titanic was
proceeding when she crashed into the
berg. He said he had asked Mr.. Ismay,
but declined to say what Mr.. Ismay's
reply was.
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THANKS GOD THAT
HE RESCUED MAJ
Four Members Of the Titan
Crew Frozen to DeaH
Lifeboats and Buried f,
Seat From Carpathia.
(BY R. N. ROsTROM, 'cApfar,
THE CUNARD STEAMSHIP !,
PATHIA.)

RTEW YORK, April ISL n
N vet make connectsJ
Y ment. ! have gone thrasI
much since received afo,d
ship the first distress call OF 4.
tanic that 4 complete narrative !,
possible 7 was between f:fty ard \
miles away from the Titanic r,.,
wireless sang into the ears Of Nv
ator the first call for help. Tn
ator said that VIC received orr
call.
The silence after the first frsna
peal for relief was omjnous 70 N,
Marconi sent out rays that scrsys
sky In vain, but there was no "a,
whatever to any Of ,our inoIdA|
swung the Carpathia around stain|
the position the poor Titaniti
aerogram SAID she occupied 0v |
gines were put at top speed
The silence of the air SO lar IA
Titanic was concerned made ns
der as we sped on our way to W
cue. realized what it mcasl
and on we sped. Our stoken
worked harder. When the firE !
daylight came and knew H
still miles from the spot Of Ii. !
edy. T felt as if we would arriul
late TO be of any service.
Lifeboats Sighted. A
When, however. after full isI}
we sighted the first lifeboa; iills11
women and children and eight 81
strong armed and brave, hearted Il
the Titanic crew, | realized vi
could at least save a few humu 4
was too busy for the next hout q
to recall now Just what occurred
mind was wholly set upon saTg'
lives Of the people who crowds.
boats.
The sea was calm. There was u
II a ripple upon its face. Grsrl
floes were crunching down fln
north. In the distance several ~
shimmered like mirrors. Wby ta1
boats were not crushed by the y,
moving ice floes ! could mol =
stand. The sixteen boats ssssK
first nearly all women.
I remember that il occurred 7
that the good God had stret,A
His mighty hand and had chetts
ther murder by HIS elements;
We got aboard the CaIpaiai \
human being in the lifebosls !
Titanic. Every officer and nssx
our crew stood by like the 61n,
loyal lads they are, and did ~
duty.
Ny mind is in 40 condition Z,
tell you much more Of what ! !
and felt during the two houf
of the rescuers. "a
We took aboard 705 women ~
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HUSBAND AND
WIFE PART FOR
SAKE OF BABY

NEW YORK, April 1s.-Mrs Edgar J.
Never OF New York said:
ut was clear and starlit night When
the ship struck were In our cabin.
My husband went out on deck TO see
what was the trouble. He camo dow,
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Boilers Exploded.

The hulkhead system, though probably
working prevailed only TO delay the
ships sinking. The position Of the ship $
wound on the starboard quarter admitted
Icy water which caused the boilers to
explode, and these explosions broke the
ship In two.
The crash against the iceberg, which
had been sighted at only a quarter Of a
mile, came almost. some say, with the
click OF the levers operated from the
bridge which stopped the engines and
closed the airtight doors.
Captain smith was on the bridge p
moment later. He summoned all on
board to put on life preservers and or
dered the liSehoats to be lowered The
first boat had more male passengers. as
they were the first to reach the deck.
When The rush OF frightened men and
women and crying children to the decks
began the women first rule was en-
forced. Officers drew rsvolvers, but in
most cases there was no use for them
Revolver shots heard shortly before the
Titanic went down caused many rumors
one that Captain Smith had shot him
self another that First Officer Murdock
had ended his life. but members of the
crew discTedlt these rumora
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CAPTAIN SMITH
WARNED. DEFIES
THE ICEBERGS
BY international News scrvico

BY international News Service
NEW YORK, April Is.-Robcrt VII.
hams Daniel, n banker OF Philad adelphia.
who was or the top deck. deck a. and
VINO understands wireless telegraphy
worked coming over the ship as a
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p TEW YORK, April ls.--Seyenteen
N hundred and twenty-siX lives
N were lost on the Titanic, which
! struck an iceberg AT Has p. m.
Sunday, and were AT the oceans
bottom two hours and thirty-five minutes
after or the Titanic's al first cabin
passengers. 21e were saved, l54 of them
were women and children, and Of the 282
second cabin passengers 1lo were saved
1o2 Of them women and children.
OF the third class passengers. 500 in
number, 1916 were saved. S3 OF whom were
women and children. or as6 officers and
crew. ioe. including 90 women. were res
cucd.
No survivors can question the courage
~ the crew hundreds Of whom gave
their lives with heroism which eaualed,
bur could not exceed. that of John Jacob
Astor Henry p. Harris jacques Futrelle
and others in the long list of cabin pas
sengers.
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Went Down With Ship.

Captain Smith was last seen on the
bridge Just before the ship sunk. leaping
only after the decks had been 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 were seen to
go down despite the preservers, and dead
bodies floated on the surface as the last
boats moved away.
1t is said positively the ships strong
band gathered In the salon, near the end.
and played Nearer. My God. to Thee"
Mrs Isador Straus refused to leave her
husbands side and both perlshed to-
gethcr.
Harold Cotton. the Marconi operator of
the Carpathia, did not go TO bed at his
usual time Sunday night and as a result
caught the first message of the Titanic 9
plight. He had been relaying messages
TO the Titanic on Sunday night and
shortly after II o'clock bade the Titanic
operator good night. Just as he was
about TO take the receiver off his head
the &C. Q. D" call sounded, This was
followed by the words. We've hit some
thing, come at once"
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GIVES 1726 As
RIGHT NUMBER
Of THE VICTIMS
Newspaper Man Arriving on
CarpatIlia Relates Details of
Titanic Horror and Large
ly Increases Death List.

(Ey Carlos T. llnrd, Post Dispatch stan
Reporter Who Arrived on the
Carpath!a TonightD
(Copyrieht 1912. by Pulitzer Publishing
Comparv. the ST Louis Post Dispatch.
All RlEhlS EEEnrNcd.l D
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Wireless Call.

Cotton at once communicated with the
Carpathia's 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 inter
vening between the two ships.
Before Cotton could make reply to
the c. Q. D. the Titanic said
II am 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 never was sackened and
she was going at that speed when she
struck.
S. V. s!lverthorne of ST. Louis was
one OF three or four salon passengers
on the Titanic who saw the deadly Ice
berg Just after the collision
~ was In the smoking room reading.
near n bridge whist game at one of the
tables" he said. when the crash came
said; We've hit somethinR.' and went
out on the starboard side to look. None
Of us was alarmed. 1t occurred to me
that we might have bumped some small
craft.
II went back In the smoking room with
the others. Ono of the bridge players
had not left the smoking room at all
and was waiting impaticntly for the
others to come back and resume the
game. They returned and took up their
hands and we were all about to settle
down when an officer ordered us on deck
and told us to get into the boats
There not being enough women on
deck to hl the first ones we did not
like the idea Of leaving the ship then.
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Bid Family Goodby.

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Considered Most Successful
Theatrical Producer of Re-
cent Years in America.

MONG men of nationwide prom.
inence who went to their death
on board the ill-fated Titanic,