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UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT BEGINS
INVESTIGATION Of TITANIC WRECK

second boat had no oarsmen and were
forced to row from ! 1880 at night until
dawn" Smith said.
"Of that I have no knowledge
Ismay declared.
did you see any passengers on the
Titanic just before she sank?" asked
Smith.
"I saw them but l did not recognize
any of them"
know of the presence of any other
prominent American or Canadian on
the boat prior to the sinking
Il knew Hays was on board hut I
did not see him"
Ismay said he did not know where
the Titanic was struck by the iceberg.
but that he had been told 1t was be-
tween the breakwater and the bridge.
Saw No Confusion.
"All the men passengers" continued
Ismay, that saw were provided with
life preservers. When entered the
lifehoat from the starboard side there
were no other passengers In sight.
saw no struggle, no confusion I saw
no one jump into the sea from the Til
tanic. When the life boat struck the
water we saw light some distance
off and we tried to make It, We were
In the open sea in the life boat about
four hours. There Were other life
boats in the vicinity We hailed one
but got no answer. There were no
RATS on board the Titanic. Some
years ago the White Star line discon-
tinued their use. There We're twenty
lifeboats on the Titanic-sixteen wood
en- and four collapsible When we
reached the Carpath1a we walked up
the Jacobs ladder to the deck. do not
/ know what happened to the lifeboats
/ did not look to see after we left the
Titanic whether she had broken in
! two. did not look to see If there
was a panic. After left the bridge
+, did not see the captain
Fully Equipped.
Ismay was asked if the Titanic hat
been' equipped with her ftill compile
ment of lifeboats.
"She must have been" he replied
"or else she could not have sailet
: from British port
E There has been suggestion" salt
Smith, "that there had been an explo
; sion before the ship went down.
9 81 know nothing of It," replied Is
Z. may. Il would have known I believe
a had such thing taken place
He said that had the Titanic strucl
u the iceberg head-on In all human prob
ability she would be afloat today
"The ship was especially construc
g ed SO as to float with any two of he
It compartments full of water. behev
9 very few ships today would float III
der this condition. When we built tn
1t Titanic we had this in mind"
Arthur H. Rostron. R. N. R., shi
r master and able seaman, told the con
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S...h.erlbers Of Tho Daily Gate city
~ q se-ved the full Leased Wire ser-
~. ~ q tho United Press Associations.
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1895 PERSONS
ARE MISSING
Were Either Drowned, Killed in the
Wreckage or Died From Ex-
posure in the Icy
Waters.
ONLY 745 WERE SAVED
Captain Smith EnjoyIr sanquet a.
Guest Of the " s.,aIres
When !, Sip
81
ONLY 745 WERE SAVED

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NEW YORK, April 19-The Titanic
lies at the bottom of the sea and 1,59b
persons perished because an attempt
was being made to establish record
on the leviathian's first trip. This was
the almost unanimous opinion ex-
pressed by survivors today. Probably
she was proceeding through the ice
field at nearly top speed-above 20
knots an hour.
Out of the ocean horror, 745 persons
We're saved; 1886 were either drown
ed, killed in the wreckage or died
/ from exposure in the icy waters. The
missing" included: 12o first cabin
passengers; 1875 second class: 300
/ steerage; and 730 officers and crew
| The saved comprise 210 first class;
125 second class; 200 steerage and
4 210 officers and crew.
Details are as yet lacking as to the
exact manner in which scores of even
/ the most prominent passengers on the
Titanic met their fate.
4 Benjamin Guggenheim, of the mil
lionaire mining firm is missing but
none of the survivors can tell hew he
died. d.
Criminal Carelesness.
!, NEW YORK, April 19.-That Cap
tain Smith of the Titanic was at 6
j dinner party last Sunday night In tn the
, big restaurant on the liner. despite
| the fact that he had received numer
our warnings by wireless OF ice aheao
was the direct charge made today by
Major Arthur Peuchen of Toronto
Peuchen is an officer in the Queens
Own Rifles of Canada and presiden
of big chemical company He direct
; ly charges that the loss of the Titani'
was due to criminal carelessness il
: running at full speed through the lc
> with a new crew and insisted that !
y the captain had been on the bridg
the Titanic would not have hit tn
i berg.
+ "Why even if the lookout had bee
on the Job in the crows nest he shoul
/ have seen that berg" said Peuchen
5 1T was monster and the night wa
p beautifully clear and the stars wer
e shining brightly.
i "The captain was at dinner wit
g Bruce lsmay and number Of mi
i lionaires for more than three hour
!, that night instead of being on tn
e bridge where he belonged, KNOWN
l. that we were going into the ice fields
d Not single extra lookout was poste
y and the speed was never reduced
o particle. We were running very fa
n when we struck.
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deck-the boat deck. BY that time
nearly everyone was up. Mrs. John
Jacob Astor was there, sitting in a.
steamer chair. Her husband, Colo
mel Astor, was beside her and her
maid was helping her to finish her
dressing.
T.
No Confusion.
There was no confusion here even
yet. although we noticed that the boa
was beginning to list to the starboard
considerably. The men who had been
in the smoking room at the time the
ship struck said that they had seen
the berg as it passed and that most
of it was under water. Whatever
damage was done the vessel was done
beneath her water line, we knew, for
above she was in perfect condition.
She had hit the berg alongside, we
found out and not in front.
After we had been on the top deck
for a while, considerably more than
an hour, should say, the women were
told to stand in a group by themselves
and to be ready to get into the life
boats. The men drew back and the
women stood at the railing.
This was the condition which pre-
vailed on our side of the boat, on the
other side the men and women were
not told to separate and that accounts
for the men who were saved Mr.. Is
may, director of the line, was on that
side OF the boat and so of course got
in one of the life boats with the othei
men There was very little discipline.
4 In fact, there was practically none
] People had to be begged to get into
l the life boats. No one thought the
4 Titanic was going to sink and passen
gers did not feel like trusting them
4 selves to tiny open rowboats whel
\ they were aboard the biggest liner IL
4 the world. At least they so argued
with the officers. AS soon as the mel
withdrew, the women were told to ge
into the life boats. Most of them tina
did so were urged to do it by thei
). men relatives. the officers taking littl
part in it. We never once saw tn
captain.
The boat we were in was the secon
TO be let down over the side but tn
, first to strike the water. In 1t, thoug
it would have held more, We're bu
, twenty women, two sailors and
, steward. The latter were to do tn
+ rowing AS We took to the oars tn
officer shouted to us to row over
, a distant light and to land there sem
: ing the boat back for others.
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lFF|CERS HAD To BEG Passengers
TO GET into THE TINY LIFE BOATS

greatly with the cold. One woman
had white satin slippers and an eve
ming dress on. don't know whether
she had that attire on when We struck
or whether In her excitement she put
it on by mistake.
We were provided with the most
miserable little oil lamp have ever
seen. guess it didn't have any kero-
sene in 1t, for It kept going out as fast
as we could light 1t with the matches
which the steward happened to bring
along. We couldn't have seen at all
had It not been for the fact that one
woman had cane with little electric
light In the end Of it.
In the Open Boat.
AS far as | know there was no food
nor water In the craft, but l will not
complain of that, for We were the
Iuckiest, guess, Of all the survivors.
The other boats all leaked, and the
women told US afterwards that the
water was up to their knees. And that
WdtGT Was DclOW IioCHiuS poihe q
| degrees to be exact.
! For nearly eight hours these sixtee1
boat loads of hysterical, cold, wet
hungry women and men We're at thu
| mercy of the elements. During thu
! darkness 1t was bad enough but thu
dawn brought fresh danger. 1t dis
closed the fact that we We're beset b.
vast fields of ice and icebergs. Thos
looming mountains of CLASSY ice wer
everywhere. We were almost afrai
to move and to add to our distress
stiff breeze was springing up. churr
; ing the sea into a nasty choppiness
Still We kept on rowing toward tn
} light. The men We're exhausted, s
We women took a hand. But thos
oars-they were the heaviest ones
ever saw. am good oarswoma
but with the aid of another woman.
( could scarcely swing one of them
i There were three sets Of them an
el they all had to be used to make an
s rIogress.
3 Toward six o'clock We gave up hoI
e CT ever reaching that light. 1t had g
a trif1e larger. it seemed. but s.Yw;
absolutely no nearer and we had /
. food, very little clothing, no heat al
! nearly every life boat was shippiI
: water to an alarming extent.
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One Great Explosion.

We watched the other boats BENG
lowered as we got under way. And
then In few minutes, we noticed that
the Titanic began to list more heavily.
After a while, when we were a con-
siderable distance away, a whole row
of lights was suddenly snuffed out.
At the same time. the mastlights
dropped little farther down and the
steamer pointed skyward. Deck by
deck. We watched the lights go out
as the boat dropped lower and lower
into the sea. At last but four rows
of lights We're left. Then the water
reached the portfolios, and as it rush
! od in here, there was one great ex-
plosion and another and then the ship
4 left the horizon unbroken.
! And those that We're in the life boats
j which were close to the vessel say
that the band played till the very
last and that the men went down into
i the sea singing Nearer Ny God te
Thee AS soon as the ship sank, we
started to row In good and earnest
All night long we made those three
men keen to the oars. They wanted
I to stop but we told them we hat
better get to that light and that VIZ
were going to do so. but the llgh
! never seemed to come nearer A
the dawn crept out over the silent
4 cold sea, the light seemed only Yer.
| little larger than it had when w
I started for 1T.
4 III the life boats 1t was terrible
, Some IF the women had scarcely an
1 Z nt,,ea on at all and they sufferet
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Wonderful Women.

ever to see their husbands and their
sons in this world or not 1t was ter
rible and to say that they were most
wonderful women to keep their minds
in the balance is putting it too mildly |
by far.
And then somebody looked back and
there-there was big searchlight
burning on the prov of a great liner.
That light was the most beautiful
sight / ever shall see. Distress was
turned to cheers as we rowed hard for
an hour toward the vessel At the
end of that time we were alongside OF
the Carpathia. 1t wasn't long before
they let down little wooden seat
about two feet long and foot wide.
Men on the deck held the end of the
cables to which this seat was attach
ed. The lifeboat was bobbing up and
/ down ON the waves and it was pretty
hard to stand up in it long enough to
climb out into the seat but we can
wager we all did it.
/ AS soon as we got on deck We were
rolled in blankets and given brandy
anu WdleE. Auu uoluihS haNO ONOi
tasted was quite SO good as that bran
Y dy and water.
/ BY ten o'clock the Carpathia had
& picked up all the 16 life boats contain
ing the survivors. In addition to the
people who had gotten into the life
boats in the first place there were sew
eral others in them. These men had
been picked up as they were swim
ming. They were weakened from the
exposure and four of them died on the
, Carpathia These men We're w IA.
White and Abraham Hornner, passen-
gers. and S. C. Sievert. steward and
IT. Lyons, sailor. They were wrapped
in the stars and stripes and buried off
the Carpathia Monday, returning to
the sea from which they had been SO
vainly rescued.
No More Lifeboats.
After we had picked up all the life
s boats we steamed again about the
y scene of disaster In among the CLASSY
towering peaks of ice We threated oul
o way, seeing bit of wreckage here
Q and baby's bonnet or a mans glove
e there. But no more boats, and at moor
(. we turned toward Ambrose lightship-
g and home.
d Aboard the Carpathia everything
q was confusion. Women We're torn will
e grief, the worst kind of grief, the kint
It of grief that kills,
- "Oh, if / only knew whether m.
t. husband has been saved or not wa
y the all night cry of more than one sor
e Irow-stricken wife. Oftentimes they fel
upon their knees and prayed for tn
!. safe recovery of their loved ones. AM
y - . : 7--
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Not Trying for Speed.

did you consult with the captain
regarding the ships moyements%
asked Smith.
NO" replied Ismay emphatically
81 want to say this right here. We
were not attempting to- make any
speed records. We did not plan to ar
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-11-25
WELL known MAN
FOUND IN ShEYENNE

VALLEY CITY, Nov. 25.-The body
found in the Sheyenne River two miles
south of Valley City, proved to be that
OF Casper Sundberg, a Swede who has
been in this vicinity tor some time. RE
has Deen engaged in well digging and
has boarded for the PAST year with the
Hans Anderson family who live on LIST
avenue. He would have been 81 years
Of age the 9th Of this month aud was
a hard working mar but a heavy drink
or. 1t is supposed that he had been
drinking and while walking near the
river bank fell into the water. The
water at that point was barely deep
enough to cover the body which was
found lying on tho face. "
It is not known yet whether or not
there will be al inquest. No funeral
arrangements have been made. 1t is
understood that the victim carried con-
siderable life insurance. He "a of a
cheerful disposition. was making good
money and there is no reason to think
that 1t was q case of suicide.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-11-25
GLEND|YE NOW
HAS 200 MOOSE

| GLENDIVE, Mont, Nov. 25.-Glen.
dive Lodge No. I'LL, Loyal Order OF
Moose attained the two hundred mem
bership mark Tuesday night when a
| class of thirty-five was initiated into
! the mysteries of MoOsedom at Krug
hall.
The local order has a degree team
which, with a little more experience,
will rank high with the lodge degree
teams OF the state.
1t was decided at this meeting to al
low the charter to remain open anoth-
er thirty days and 4 membership cam
paign will be waged in Glendive and
vicinity with the idea of securing a
membership of three hundred for the
local lodge.
Moose enthusiasm was found to be
such that it was decided to have meet
ings once a week, Tuesday evenings
being selected as meeting nights. .
A committee was appointed to look
into the matter of securing a perma-
nent hall for the lodge to hold it's
meetings in.
Applications for membership are in
the hands Of Organizer E. H. Creel-
man, which with those OF a number
who have expressed themselves as de-
sirous of Joining, will insure three
hundred members for the local lodge
ere the thirty days extension has ex
pired.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-11-25

HUNTERS, BEWARE!
Anyone caught hunting On my land
will be prosecuted to the full extent
Of the law. Peter F. Wilcox.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-11-25
District court
At WASAbURN
Nav Take a Mouth to Clean
Up Big Calendar Many
Jurors Excused

WASHEURN, Nov. %. - District
court convened with Judge Nuchols
of Mandan on the bench and 7. G. Mad
den as court s~tenographer. Judge Win
chester was unable to be here on ac-
count of sickness but expects to be on
the bench this week. This is the first
tire Judge .Nuchols has ever held
court in Washburn. He is working
hard and says he wants to see the
calendar cleaned w this trip.
There are fifteen criminal and 80
civil cases to be tried. There are three
cases of violation of the prohibition
law on the calendar and two petitions
for drug permits.
The first case tried was State VS..
Charlotte Klose. Mrs. klose was ac-
cused Of selling intoxicating liquor at
Wilton. The case was tried Tuesday
and early Wednesday morning the
jury returned g verdict Of not guilty.
Wednesday the case of State VS.. Mark
Colvin was tried. Defendant was &C.
cused of assault upon Harry Tere-
shanko at Dogden Sept. 80, 1912. The
jury was out on the case twenty hours
and finally brought in a verdict OF
guilty of simple assault. The defend
ant will be given his sentence Satur-
day morning.
Thursday ;h.. case OF State VS.. Edgar
Olson was tried. The complaining
witness, Miss Anna Hedges, and de-
PENDANT both live at Dogden. This is
an action brought to establish the pa.
ternity of a child.
1t is probable that the remainder Of
this week and a part of next week
will be taken up in the trial of Grimm
al cases. Criminal cases yet to be
tried are State VS.. Thos. F%jeldahl, for
selling liquor; State VS.. Sam Orbesky
for embezzlement; State VS.. A. Free.
man for refusing to support his child
rem; State VS.. Mary Zarolney, stat
utory charge; State VS.. Jacob Straus,
statutory charge, and State VS.. Henry
Hewer, violation of liquor law.
Among the attorneys who have been
in attendance at court are: E. r.
Sinkler, Minot; +. e. Wright, Max;
Fl. +. O'Hare, Garrison; B. L. Tuition,
Wilton; J. T. Hoge, Underwood; r. l..
fraser, Garrison; w. p Costello and
r r. Mockler, Bismarck.
Saturday afternoon court adjourned
until Tuesday morning. Mark Covlin
was given 80 days and costs. Edgar
Olson was found not guilty.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-11-25
HIS BOY
SERVING time

CARRINGTON, N. D., Nov. 25.-Mr.
nybin, father of James Rybin, the boy
who vas sentenced to the penitentiary
for twenty years for completely in the
murder Of Earl Howard, came to Car
rington. Mr.. Rybin's home is in South
Omaha, Neb., where he is a respected
citizen. He did not know that his boy
had been taken to Bismarck. but
thought that he was being held in the
Jail at this place. He had not heard
the details Of the crime, and was
greatly relieved to know that it was
not his boy who fired the fatal shot.
He was satisfied that the boy deserved
nT1'hment, but was of the opinion
that 20 years was pretty steep. From
here he went on to Bismarck to see
his hayward son.
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HI

Bismarck, N. D, Nov. Is, 1912.
Mr.. Richard Thistlethwaite,
City Auditor,
Bismarck.
Dear Sir:
On September the 10th, 1912, the
City Commission of the City of Bis.
marck passed an ordinance granting
privileges to the Northwestern Dis
tillation and Power Company, a cor
poration, for the construction and op.
GRAFTON Of a plant for the manufac.
ture of coke and to supply the inhab-
itants Of the City f Bismarck with
gas. BY the terms of the franchise,
the aforesaid corporation was to file
a bond in the penal sum OF $500 with
you, conditioned for the performance
OF it's part of the contract, in case
said corporation accepted the condi-
tons of the franchise.
beg leave to notify you that the
franchise as ked for by the said Com
pany was not secured for barter or
sale, and was urged in good faith. The
conditions of said franchise were &C
ceptable, to those interested in the
financial part of the undertaking, and
it was deemed fair and just, both to
the city and to the corporation seek
ing same. AS a representative and
officer of the Northwestern Distilla-
ton & Power Co., | herewith advise
you that said franchise will not be
accepted by said company, for the
reason that to install a plant such as
was anticipated would require an ex-
penditure of at least $3350,000, and at
ter an examination of the laws of the
state, governing corporations, it was
deemed unwise on the part of those
who contemplated investing their
money in the bonds of this company
to do so, for the reason that Chapter
II, the Laws of N. D. for 1911, pro.
vides that the rates and charges fix.
ed in said franchise may be altered
by the municipality every five years,
after giving notice of such intention
to the corporation holding said fran
chise, and after a reasonable oppor-
tunity to appear and be heard in re-
lation TO such matter in such manner
as the City Council or Commission
may by resolution determine.
Those who were financially inter
ested in this enterprise consider this
as but a five-year franchise, and are
loath to make such an investment for
such a short period of time. Matters
might be amicably adjusted at each
five-year period, but this law opens
up an avenue for long and expensive
litigation, and might give politicians
an opportunity to array the public
against the best interests of a corpor.
alton holding such a franchise, and
cause endless strife, to the detriment
of the financial interests of the cor
p0ration.
! regret very much u inability to
accept the franchise and wish to
thank the members of the City Com
mission for their favorable consider
alton of the franchise given us.
Respectfully,
Northwestern Distillation Power Co..
Ely T. H. Poole.
Sec. and Treas.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-11-25
hoy met With A
| PAINFUL ACCIDENT

BlNFORD, Nov. pa son OF Mr..
and Mrs. 0. A. Roningen met with a
very painful accident Will employed
around his fathers threshins rig. One
of his thumbs was broken SO that the
bones were protruding from the skin.
He got his mitten caught on a key at
the end OF a shaft on the separator
and SO quick did the accident happen
that he had no chance to get his hand
out Of the mitten before the thumb
was broken.
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RETURNED FROM SWEDEN.

Driscoll News: Mrs. J. Lindblad re.
turned recently from a visit to her
former home i'll Sweden. After enjoy.
ing the trip all around she was taker
sick Immediately upon her return, ane
had to be taken to Bismarck for treat.
ment. She IS now much improved.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-11-25
4 LOST HER HAIR.

But she found it again. That is tho
good part Of the story. 1t cost her a lot
Of pride to lose it, and just a dollar to
find it. You see, the dollar is the price
81 ! bottle Of Halls Hair Remover. No
5coloring Of tho hair. First Of all, she
talked it over with her doctor. This
gave her confidence to 60 ahead.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-11-25

Have you ability as a salesman?
We have an excellent opportunity for
a live, energetic lady or gentleman to
make from $3.50 to $500 per month
in selling the finest line of Art Calen'
dars and AID Specialties in the United
States. Address at once The Angus
tine Company, Grand Island, Neb. Ref
erences with application.-Advt.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-11-25

The Mckenzie hotel just received a
large shipment of Live HOLSTERS and
Fresh Scallops direct from the Coast
of Maine; every Lobster Guaranteed
to be alive when order is given.-
(Adv)
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-11-25
PAROLE BREAKER
Arrested AT HOPE

HOPE, NOV. 25.-Chief of Police
Johnson arrested a man who was want
ed by the Minnesota penitentiary au.
thorities as a parole breaker. His re.
arrest was brot about by Henry Dill.
lage. with whom the man had been
working the past summer and in whom
he had confided while under the in.
fiuence of liquor. On the arrival of
the deputy from Saltwater, Djllage
went to him and demanded the "blood
money" but as he had not made the
arrest the reward was turned over to
the police.
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