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greater power each moment over those
men and women the courage OF the
greater part Of the men. both amons
cabin passengers, officers, crew and
storage. asserted itself.
MRS. sTRAue REFUSED TO LEAVE
HUssAND.
Isidor strauss supporting his wife on
her way totasltfe boat. was held back
by an tnexorable guard. Another Of
fcer strovet TO help her to a seat OF
safety. but she brushed away his arm
and chung to her husband. crying. II
will not 60 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 eY
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 E. Harris, parted
in like manne from her husband, saw
him last at the rail. beside Colonel As
tor.
Walter NJ. Clark of Los Angeles.
nephew of the Montana senator, Joined
the line of men q his young wife.
sobbing. was placed in one Of the
craft.
LET him come. There is room."
cried Mrs; Emil Taussie, as the men
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 I'M
Captain Smiths company a few mo-
ments after the crash, was, another
WhnSn yyifn xvoc re rfa al fr0~o hi~o c,>I
lowered. a later to the surface
Of the calm sea.
SAW NOTHING OF 6uTT OR
STEAD.
OF Major Archie Butt. a favori.c
with his fellow tourists: OF Charles M.
Hays. president Of the Grand Trunk:
Of Benjamin ~Guggenheim or Of Will
lam T. Stead no n seems to know
whether they tarried too long In their
state rooms or whether they forebore
to approach the fast filling boats: none
of them was in the throng which.
weary hours afterward. reached the
Carpathia.
CHECK RUSH OF sTEERAGE MEN.
AS they reached the water, those in
the boats saw what those on the decks
could not see-that the Titanic was
listing rapidly to s%tarboard and that
her stern was rising at a p~ortentous
angle. A rush of men steerage pas
sengers toward the boats was checked
by officers with revolvers In hand.
NO PROVISIONS IN BOAT.
Some of the boats. crowded too full,
drifted for a time. None had prov!-
sions or water. there was lack OF
clothing, and the only lights We're the
still undimmed arcs and incandescents
of the settling ship.
STEWARDS GREEN LIGHT KEPT
THEM TOGETHER.
On one Of the boats "a steward, who
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Captain Smith Was Seen Standing on the
Bridge as the Titanic Wa
Going Down.
HEROIC CREW GIVE UP THEIR LIVES
Colonel Astor, Henry B. Harris, Jacques
Futrelle and Other Notables Go to Their
Death With Equal Heroism.

New FORK. April lS.-Seventeen hCp-
dred and t~wenty-six lives were lost on
the Titanic which struck an iceberg
at HAS P. NJ. Sunday and were at
the oceans bottom two hours and thir-
ty-tive minutes after. or the Titanic's
BAL first cabin passengers PIP were
saved: lo4 Of them We're women and
children, and Of the 262 second cabin
passengers lis were saved. 102 Of them
were women n children.
OF the third-class, 800 in number, 1876
were saved, So of whom We're women
and children. OF 9S5 officers and crew,
ae9- including 90 women, were rescued.
No survivors "a question the cour-
age OF the crew, hundreds OF whom
gave their lives with a heroism which
equaled. but could not exceed, that Of
John Jacob -Astor, Henry Il. Harris,
JACQUES Futrel!e and others in the long
list of first cabin passengers.
The bulk head system, though prob
ably working. prevailed only to delay
the ships sinking.
EXPLOSIONS BREAK SHIP IN TWO
The position Of the ships wound on
the starboard quarter admitted icy
water which caused the boilers to ex-
plode and those explosions broke the
snip in two.
The crash against the iceberg, which
bad been sighted at only a quarter OF
q mile. came Amos simultaneously
with the click OF the levers operated
from the bridge which stopped the en-
E!nes and closed the alright doors.
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NONE WAS ALARMED AT FIRST.

Il was in the smoking room reading
near a bridge whist game at one Of
the tables. When the crash came I
said, We've hit something" and went
on the starboard side to look. None
OF us was alarmed. 1t occurred to me
that we might have bumped some
small craft.
Il went back in the smoking room
with the others. n of the bridge
players had not left the smoking room
at all and was waiting impatiently 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.'
NOT ENOUGH WOMEN TO FILL
THE FIRST BOAT.
There not being enough women On
deck to fill the first ones, We did not
like the idea Of leaving the ship then,
but did as we We're told. Had we been
n our rooms we would have had to
stand aside as other men did them
MR. HURD's STORY.
New York. April lS.-The Morning
World tomorrow will publish Mr..
hurd's story in detail. In addi-
ton to the foregoing Mr.. Hurd says in
part:
Facts which I have established BY
inquiries on the Carpathia, as posi-
lively as they could be esta blished,
IN view Of the silence Of the few sur
viving officers, are:
OFFICERS KNEW IcEBERG6
WERE NEAR.
That the Titanic's officers knew,
several hours before the crash, OF the
possible nea:ness Of the icebergs.
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His Creed q Selfish Ono.
The philosophy of the man in the
street Is to get through life with a
minimum Of self-sacriice and q maxi.
mum Of self-indulgence.
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PASSENGERS AND SAILORS LEAP
OVERHEARD.

AS the end of the Titanic became
manlfestly but a matter of moments.
the Oarsmen pulled their boats away
and the chilling waters began to echo
splash after splash as passengers and
sailors IN life preservers leaped over
board n started swimming away to
escape the expected suction.
only the hardest constitution could
endure for more than a few moments
such a numbing bath. The first vigor-
GUS strokes gave way to heartbreaking
cries Of Help. help" and sttffened
forms We're 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 a 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,
many OF the crew say the captain
without a preserver leaped In at the
last n Went down, refusing a cooks
offered aid.
The last Of the boats, a collapsible.
was launched too late to get away and
was overturned by the ship sinking.
Some Of those in tall. say ON wit
nesses-found safety on a raft or We're
picked up by q lifeboat. In the Mar
conf tower, almost to the last, the clio.
OF the sending instrument was hear.
over the waters
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THE TITANIC, LARGEST VESSEL EVER BUILT, WAS SUNK ON HER MAIDEN TRIP

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, n while confusing false
lights danced about the boats, the
green lantern kept them together on
the course which led them to the Car
pathia.
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ORCHESTRA CiR
M USIC OF
FAINTER,

AS the creams in the water multi
piled, another sound was heard, strong
and clear at first. then fainter in the
distance. 1t was the melody Of III
hymn. Nearer. My God, to Thee"
played by the string orchestra in tho
dining saloon. Some OF those on the
water started to sing he words but
grew silent as they realized that for
the men who played the music was q
sacrament soon to be contaminated by
death. The strains Of the hymn n
the frantic cries Of the dying blended
In a symphony Of sorrow.
TITANIC DISAPPEARS.
Led by the green light. the boata
drew away. and the bow, then the
quarter. then the stacks and last the
stern of the marvel ship Of q 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 a 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 n suspense. Women
wept for lost husbands and sons and
the men choked back tears and sought
to comfort the widowed. They strove,
though one too sure themselves, to
convince the women Of the certainty
that a rescue ship would appear.
cARPATHIA's sMokEsTAck AP.
PEARS.
Early dawn brought no ship, but not
long after 5 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 low
or that sight griefs we're forgotten for
the moment
Soon afterward, Captain Rostron and
Chief Steward Hughes were welcoming
chilled and bedraggled arrivals over
the Carpathia's side.
The silence Of the Carpathia's en-
Eines. the piercing cold, the clamor of
many voices in the companion ways
mad caused me to dress hurriedly and
awaken my wife at $40 A. M. Mon
day. Our steward. meeting me out
soe, pointed to a wailing host in the
.ear dining room and said, From the
Titanic. She's at the bottom OF the
ocean,"
WOMEN FALTER AS THEY ARE
HELPED ABOARD.
At the ships side a ONE later I
saw the last Of the line of boats dis
charge their loads and saw women,
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
have given them had disappeared
from their faces and there We're tears
and signs Of falterinG as the W.>>en
were helped w the ladders or koisted
aboard in swings. For lack Of room
to stow them. several of the Titanic's
boats We're set adrift.
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CAPTAIN ORDERS LIFE BOATS
LOWERED.

CAPTAIN ORDERS LIFE BOATS
LOWERED.
Captain Smith was on the bridge a
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
were 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 r!gidly enforced. Officers drew re-
volvers, but in most cases there was
10 use for them.
Revolver shots We're 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
preserNers was the question asked by
many since the disaster. Many Of
those with life pIeservers We're seen to
60 down, despite the preservers, and
dead bodies tloated 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. Isador Straus refused to leave
her husbands side and both persisted
together.
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had ended his life. Smith, Murdoch
and Sixth officer Moody are known to
have been lost. The surviving officers.
L%ightoller, Pittman, Bothall and Lowe.
have made no statement.
CAPTAIN JERkED AWAY FROM
WoULD-eE REsCUERs.
members OF the crew discredit all
reports Of suicide and say Captain
Smith remained on the bridge until
Just before the ship sank, leaping only
after those on he deck had been
washed away. 1t Is also related that
when a cook later sought to pull him
aboard a ifeboat he exclaimed: Let
me CO. 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 flCated 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 ali.
added solemn color to a scene which:
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-
strictions Of sex were not made, and
it seemed to the men who filled In be-
side the women that there would be
boats enough for all. But The ships
officers knew better than this, and as
the spreading fear caused an advance
towards the suspended craft the order
Women first vas heard and the men
were pushed aside.
COURAGE OF MEN ASSERTED.
To the scene Of the ext 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
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"WoMEN FIRST" WAS ORDER.
COURAGE OF MEN ASSERTED.

To the scene Of the next " hours
on those decks and In the waters be-
low. such adjectives as dramatic"
and tragic do but poo justice. With
the knowledge Of deadly peril gaining
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-08-09

who is advising him in this dispute"
1t was one of the oldest and highest
captains in the lnterlsland fleet who
spoke thus OF Vice President J. L.
Mclean this morning.
The whole business could have
been settled in two minutes" said
this captain. why should they have
to hear from Kennedy? Aren't the
directors doing business all the time?
Do the officers have to wait for word
from Kennedy before they send a
steamer out for a cargo OF sugar?
1T is a small piece OF business con-
sidering all that we do for the COM
pany and the chances we take. with
all the lives and property that We are
always responsible for. AS far as the
little extra pay we ask is concerned.
do not care so much for myself. but
am going to stand with the boys
and see the thing out. We are ready
to take the steamers out just as soon
as the company puts itself right and
no sooner. The longer it delays. the
more trouble will be cropping up"
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-08-09

Shun Kim SUIT, the Chinaman ac-
cused of numbering his infant child.
win not be released Immediately on
bail bond. After hearing the oral
argument of Attorney Lorrfn An
drews, counsel for the defendant, Cir
cult Judge Whitney yesterday de-
cided that written affidayits must be
submitted before he could release
the prisoner, who Is accused Of muir
der In the first degree.
1t is possible, on proper showing.
that the mother, also held on q charge
of murder in the first degree, may
be released on bail, but for the pres
ent both have been ordered commit
ted without bail. :
Chun Kim SUIT and Cnun Wong Chez
were arraigned this morning, their
pleas being reserved until Thursday
August is. John r. Bates
and Howard C. Duke. the soldiers
indicted by the grand jury on
charge OF burglary In the first de-
gree, also were arraigned. with pleas
deserved until next Thursday.
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on Sunday, and in event that the
strike is not settled, her skipper and
officers are expected to leave the ship
and join their brethren.
The coasting steamer J. A. Cum
minis, now under charter by the Inter
Island company, returned from Kauai
this morning after having left a large
consignment OF late mail. This YES
sci carried neither freight nor pas.
Sengers. The Cummins is to be dis
patched on another trip to the Garden
Island by the last Of this week.
designations Accepted.
The designations OF Captains Tullett
and Piltz are declared to have been
accepted by the management of the
Inter-lsland Steam Navigation Com
pany. pending the receipt of a cable
from President and General Manager
J. A. Kennedy. Tullett is said to
have amassed a considerable fortune
during his twenty years in the coast
ing steamship business. He is the
owner of some fine ranch land in Cal
ifornia, and the friends of the skipper
declare that he need have no further
concern for the future, so far as hold
ing down a job in the steamship SER
vice is concerned.
Tullett is quoted as saying that his
resignation had been accepted by the
company and that as far as he was
aware his was the only resignation
which has so far been accepted.
Captain Tullett has been in the en-
ploy of the company for twenty-one
years. He is a member of the execu.
tive committee of Harbor 81, which is
the present trouble on behalf
of the masters and mates, the other
members Of which are Captains Greg
DRY, Piltz and Naopala.
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WILL MAN TWO SHIPS
TO CARRY MAILS ALONE

Judge Humphreys made the follow
ing statement to the Star-Bulletin at
1870 this forenoon:
II was asked this morning by a
representative of the company If the
Harbor would be willing to assist the
company in equipping two boats so
as to enable it to transport the Unit
ed States mail, and to this l replied
that the company might designate any
two of its vessels and any of the mas
tiers and mates to man the same, ana
that the masters and mates so select
ed by the company would cheerfully
perform service to enable it to facili-
tate the conveyance of the mails; it
being understood that the masters and
mates would not accept compensation
for such service; it being also under
stood that the company would trans
port the mails only, carrying neither
passengers nor freight.
Officials of the company are now III
conference with the executive commit
tee of the Harbor at the Commercial
Club"
Judge Humphreys, in answer to a
question, stated that the, communica-
tons with Washington were between
the local Harbor. and the National
Harbor of the American Association
of Masters, Mates and Pilots.
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SHIPPERS LIKE MCLEAN
BUT QUESTION ADVISERS

Il would do anything for Jimmy
McLean-there is not one of us but
would go to the bottomless pit for
Jimmy Mclean. There is not finer
man in Honolulu, but | don't know
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ARMY CAPTAIN
IS DEPRIVED OF
HIS Command

When the transport Sherman ar
rives in Honolulu, August II, Captain
John P. Spur, U. S. A. quartermaster
of the transport will not be on board,
according to an article appearing in
the San Francisco Call Of August 2.
The article states that Captain Spur
was relieved from duty by wire and
Captain Frank D. Ely detailed TO take
his place.
1t is further stated that the sum-
mary orders relating to Captain Spur
are owing to certain indiscretions said
to have been INDUCED in while in
Honolulu recently, and the article
states that, it is said that the order
was prompted by an officer higher up
to whose daughter while a passenger
on his ship, Captain Spur showed I'M
due attention.
The article in the Call is as fol-
lows:
Owing to certain ihdiscretions said
to have been INDUCED in at Honolulu
recently, Captain John P. Spur. U. s.
A., quartermaster of the army trans
port Sherman, will not sail when that
vessel clears for the island ports next
Friday. Summary orders were receiv.
ed y wire from the war department
yesterday relieving him and detailing
Captain Frank D. Ely to take his
place.
Subject Of Comment.
1.-THE sudden substitution was the
subject of considerable comment in
army circles. While it is not unpre-
cedented to make changes of this kind
at the eleventh hour, it is said the Or
der was prompted by an officer higher
up to whose daughter, while a passen-
ger on his ship, Captain Spur showed
undue attention.
Captain Spur, who is of the coast
artillery corps, has been serving in
the quartermaster's department for
some time. He is bachelor and has
a host of friends. His recall is sur
prise. Only those aware of certain
cornwall festivities at the ships fast
port of call are able to hazard an OPP
inion.
No Further Action.
1T is not expected any further &C,
ton will be taken. All the officers
connected with the service here main
tanned strict silence, protesting the
order was quite customary. Neverthe-
less it is significant the department
should have considered it of sufficient
to telegraph instructions
rather than to resort to the mails, and
Captain Ely would not have been sent
again to sea except through urgent ne
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BOAT CHARTERED TO TAKE
SUPPLIES TO MOLOKAI

The Molokai settlement, which de-
ponds to large extent upon it's week.
ly supplies from Honolulu, received
a shipment of foodstuffs that was
scheduled to arrive there at daylight
this morning on the gasoline launch
Huki Huki, the Young Bros largest
launch, which DR.. Pratt, of the board
of health, succeeded in chartering
yesterday. Thus the people in the
settlement will be fairly we'll provided
for the next week, despite the tie-up
of the Inter-Island vessels.
The Huki Huki carried three and
one-half tons of paiai and large car
go of miscellaneous merchandise OF
butter, eggs and OIL The launch left
here shortly before dark last evening,
and after discharging its cargo was
expected to start back Immediately,
reaching Honolulu about o'clock this
afternoon.
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CARR ARRANGES FOR
INTER-iSlAND MAIL s

Mail from every postoffice in the
Territory will arrive at Honolulu next
Sunday morning. according to George
w. Carr. head Ct the railway mail
service. who has tPen devoting most
of his time since the strike towards
solving the problem of keeping the
mail schedules undisturbed.
The assistant superintendent OF
mails held a conference with B. F..
Dillingham;. president of the Hilo Rail-
way Co, this morning and completed
arrangements for running special
trains to distribute the mails upon
the arrival of the Wilhelmina at Hilo
this morning and again to collect the
mails and deliver them at the dock on
Saturday afternoon in time to con-
meet with the Matson liner before she
returns to Honolulu On the return
trip, the Wilhelmina will stop at Ka-
hului for the Maui mail and will arrive
here with the Maui and Hawaii mails
early Sunday morning.
Meanwhile. Superintendent Carr has
sent a wireless message to Nawiliwili
ordering that the Niihau be held there
until Saturday night, when the Inter
Island steamer will leave for Homo
lulu with the Kauai mail.
The Cummins and the Makee have
been specially chartered by the Inter
Island company for the purpose Of
carrying the mails during the present
strike and they will run between Maui.
Hawaii and Honolulu with the mails
until the strike has been settled.
The Cummins will leave today with
the Mahukona and Kawaihae mails on
board, and the Makee will leave for
on Maui, stopping at Molo-
kai en- route.