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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-20
.L|F FEBOATS WERE
 R0WED BY WOMEN
Captain of Carpathia Sights Heroines at Dawn Splash
 ing Among Icebergs

New York, April 19.-Women sur vivors of tho steamship Titanic were calm and apparently unaffected when the Carpathia reached the wreck scene. Some of the lifeboats were being rowed by women when Captain Rostron, who had kept an all night vigil on the bridge. first sighted them .splashing about among the feebergs.
 Mrs C. NJ Crane of Port Sheridan, H., a passenger on the Carpathia, to- day gave q graphic account of the Carpathia's thrilling race with death. She said reports of the disaster had become known to the Cunarders pas sengers, and that scores of men and women were lined along the deck watching for the first sight of the cr.p- pied Titanic.
 with the aid of glasses" Mrs, Crane continued, I've soon sighted the lifeboats. The first to come into view was manned by women. Passengers and seamen aboard the Carpathia were stunned. She has sunk said an officer of the ship. who stood near me. And then I realized overwhelmingly that many lives had been lost
 "As the Carpathla slowed up the women at the oars of the first boat did not seem to be the least bit eX- cited It was a remarkable thing, the ealmnes of those women. Some were thinly clad, while others were dressed lin evening gowns. Other boats came Into view. It seemed as though they were coming from behind icebergs. And | the women in the boats were too dazed
 to realize their situation. Some of the boats were only half filled and the men | who had been rowing were completely
 exhausted.
 "When all the boats had beer picked
 ur and there were no others in sight the first outburst of grief was heard.
 . Mrs. Lena Rogers of boston was saved l from the Titanic in a boat which carried
 S5 women passengers. Crowded to more than it's capacity the boat was in danger
 of being swamped when Fourth Officer Iuve, who had it in charge, succeeded in
 transferring some of the passengers to one of the other boats AS we left the ship" said Mrs. Rog- CTS" several men were on the point of
 humping into our loat already over
 ci odwded They were stopped by Mr 1 Iuve craving a revolver. After takins
 US out of range of the suction he trans
 feIrea us to other boats that had moi
 been fully filled and went back aftal
 more from the sinking ship Too muei praise cannot be sven the officer Tor hiS l labor"
 Mrs J J. Brown of Denver. Colo. 1 tcld of helpng her own boat by taking ! a hand at the oars There was no ont
 else in the boat who could help the thrc, inexperienced sailor boys in the boat WIFI her to get the small boat away. l The most trying moment she said | was at the instant the boats were bens
 sent away. After they were once awa' Ievervthing seemed too dazed to realized
 what was happening.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-20
-7-r 's.------------- |SHRINERS HELD A
 MEETINGFLAST NIGHT

A large class of unresepe perated sons of the desert were escorted across the burn ing sands to the river wliere flows con. tinually the limpid waters of zem Zem, at the ceremonial session of Za,nors temple, Nobles Of the Mystic Shrine, held last nlsht at the Jefferson theatre.
 In addition the localx nobles who at tended in great numbers. mobiles from afar were present and assisted by their presence in making the occasion one of much. pleasure and enioymentAT The cere. monies were entirely satisfaetorY to ths attending nobles. and the candidates got what was coming to them in large and elegant packages.
 The Arab patrol and their famous band were on hand and assisted In drowning the shreiks of those who fell by his vayside, by a number of selections on their specially devised instrMrents of tor ture.
 After the ceremonial session was over the shriners adjourned to Jan ad joining f.sll where a tradltlonal Banquet was served fs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-20
FIRST CRASH MADE
 LITTLE IMPRESSION
Liners Passengers Little, Dreamed That Titanic Was in Any I'm
 mediate Danger

New York, April 19.--Mrs. Asa Clark, an English woman. whose husband went down in the big ship Titanlc, thought so little of the first crash against the iceberg that she did nor even rise from her berth for half an hour "The shock was so slight that It did not disturb" said Mrs. Clark, and my husband, who was. just pre- pairing to retire, told me to go back to sleep again. Then a stewardess came along and awoke me. Everybody on deck she said without an alarm in her voice There was no confusion in filling the small boats. My husband put me in. kissed me goodby, and command ed me to go. Even then we did not think that the advent of the situation was serious. After I got, into the boar two men tried to step aboard. An off cer said the boat was only for wom- en, and they stepped back without pro- test.
 ''1 was in my night gown. The cold reached my brain. and everybody in the boat was so benumbed that we could not realize what a terrible thing had happened When somebody said, It's aone' we sat there without showing any emotion beyond film in front of our eyes,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-20
OPERATOR STUCK
 TO KEY TO LAST
First Marconi Man Jumps Aboard Life Raft But Expired Before
 Aid Arrived

New York. April i9.-Phillips, the first Marconi operator aboard the Titanic stuck to his key until the last. He jumped from the sinking ship and was taken aboard a life raft but he died before res cuers reached the raft, according to the story told here today by Thomas Whitley, who was a waiter in the saloon Of the boat He was on the overturned lifeboat Phillips said He was dead when taken aboard the Carpathla," Philips said, they tried to revive 9himf There were four burials at sea, one sailor two fire men and Philips nearest relative"
 Whitley's statement was contirmatofy
 It was believed al the outset the oper- ator was cabin passenger. T helped to fill the boat swith women Whitley said. "The boat on the left of us jamned
 The second officer was hacking at the ].
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-20
HIGHBALL STRUCK
 FROM THE TABLE

New York. April 19.-C. H. Romacue of Georgetown, Ky. one of the first cabin passengers. had just stepped from the deck to the smoking room and stood at a table with highball in front of him when the crash came.
 we had been crunchlng through ice all day. said MT. Romacue, ana had been standing on the deck. l had become chilly and went inside for a warming drink before going to he'd. Suddenly there came the shock and my first thought was that we had struck a larger cake of ice than usual. The boat suddenly tilted so sharply that my hishball slid from the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-20
CITY TEACHERS
 WILL MEET TODAY Studies of Alfred TennysOn Will Be Continued This
 Morning

The teachers of the city schools will meet in the auditorium of the Central High school this morning at o'clock. The prcgramlnes .H1rich is a continuation of their studies of Alfred Tennyson, will be as follows:
 Selections from Tennyson, py class in expression of Central High school.
 Ten minute papers on: 'frhe Relation of Tennyson's Art to His Life" c. c. Ger tain; 'Tennyson's Relation to Christian ity." Miss clarie Lynch; ',Tennysons Re- lation to Society,"" J. D. Williams; The Permaneney of Tennyson's Influence,' T. c. Young.
 s Address by pr. J. H. Phillips, subject ''fhe origin and Significance of the Celtic Element in the Arth9ian Legend
 Miss Julia Tutwiler. so greatly esteemed and loved by thousands of people in Ala bama. has also been invited to talk to the teachers. The public is always welcome at these meetings,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-20
Manhattan Shirts $1.50
WOMEN PROTECTED.
 SAYS MISS BENTHAM

New York, April 19.-That all possible
 oeans were taken to prevent the male passengers on board the Titanic going away in lifeboats and allowing the women and children to perish, is the story told
 by Miss Lily Bentham of Rochester. N.
 r., a second class passenger. Sine said she saw shots fired at men who endeav- cred to get away. Miss Bentham was in a hysterical condition when the Car rathia landed and was unable to give a full. account of what happened, but Mrs. w. J. Douton, a fellow passenger, who also comes from Rochester and who lost
 Ter husband, told about what took place T lad not been in bed half an hour" said Mrs. Douton, when the steward rushed down to our cabin and told us to
 put on our clothes and come upon deck.
 We were thrown into lifeboats and pack
 ed like sardines
 "As the men passengers tried to get
 to the boats they were shot at. I don't know who did the shooting. We rowed frantically away from the ship and were tied to four other boats I arose and saw the ship sinking.
 "There was a baby in the boat with one of the women. The babyls hands has been cut off. I think it was still alive. The mother did not give. it. up.
 During the night while waiting for the Cal pathia four of the crew died in tue
 boat and were thrown overboard It was bitter cold and Ne had to wait until s o'clock in the morning before being taken off by the lifeboats of the Car pathia."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-20
PACKARD LECTURE WAS A
 REMARKABLE ENTERTAINMENT

Those who missed the Alton Packard lecture at the high school building Ia St night missed the best illustrated lec- ture ever given in Birmingham. All of the good that has ever been said about Mr Packard's lecture Is true and more than that. His entertainment was de- lightful. His sketches were so true 10 life that 1t seemed as if the figures would start and walk away from the board.
 Mir. Packard stated that his "career of crime as cartoonist" started some years ago. He has travelled all over the United States and has drawn an ex- eellent idea of Uncle Sam's Folks. D He has the power of putting his ideas on paper in remarkable lifelike manner.
 Versatile to the extreme. Mir. Pack ard would change from caustic wit and humor to pathos and seriousness in a seconds time.
 For his lecture last night he had sheets of paper, over seven feet square, on an easel on the platform. While keeping up a running fire of witty talk he would draw remarkable pictures on the Sneet f1e ls h very HutHL oPedhei witty. humorous. fanciful, gay or grave and in connection is a really great artist.
 The subject of his lecture last night was Have a Worthy Aim in Life and he illustrated his point with. pictures that were a great help in bringing out his idea
 MT. Packard drew pictures of the diff ferent types of Uncle Sans peopl g from the southern darky to the pork fed Kansas farmer. His power to change picture entirely with one ol two strokes of the crayon was won derful. With picture of a bulldog on the sheet, he would make stroke or two and there would be Fourth ward politician. l..
 Not only an artist but musician IS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-20
TAFT WILL NOT SEND
 SPECIAL MESSAGE

Washington, April 19-President Taft
 will not send special message to Congress urging legislation to strength
 on the present laws regulating super
 vission of steamship clearing for the
 American ports. He is satisfied that
 existing laws of the United States are adequate if executed as the commerce and labor department would be to able to enforce them with the restrictions of present international agreements re- moved.
 The disaster undoubtedly will bring about a new agreement between the United States and Great Britain. ant
 with other nations in the same class. in the opinion of officials here. An act of Congress .nuHifying the ex- isting agreement would make it inl-
 possible for officials of the department lof commerce and labor to accept a certificate from any board of trade or similar orga nization unless the require- nents of this country were met as we'll Such action by Congress was regarded
 as probable here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-20
SECRETARY NAGEL
 BACK IN CAPITAL
Will Strongly Recommend Calling International
 Congress

Washington. April 19.-Seeretary Nagel today returned from New York deter mined to recommend strongly to Presi- dent Taft the calling of an international congress to impose stringent regulations for the protection of life on the ocean.
 Secretary Nagel met the Carpathia at her dock and authorized the admission to the United States of every alien res ,ued All who desire may remain.
 The secretary said he was surprised by an almost complete absence of hysteria among the aliens.
 Their calm and quiet attitude he declared, made their landing all the more impressive in the light of the ter rible calamity. left the ship with un- speakable, indescribable respect for every man and woman among them"
 One woman, who without display of emotion or appeal for sympathy, ap- preached him thus:
 May I stop on board the ship tonight I have lost my husband and my two children have not been well today.'
 An Irish girl relieved the depression by a sally with the immigration officials When asked if she had a card she quickly retorted:
 "Divil a bit of card have I. am glad to have my life"
 That was not repartee, said the Sec retary, but expressed the philosophy of every immigrant aboard.
 In support of an international congress to study oceanic transportation the sec retary said this seemed the proper way to deal with the question, as the United States could not undertake to impose laws on the rest of the world which \ likewise is endeavoring to solve the mat ter
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-20
PEROxIDE'S MANY USES
It Is Valuable Antiseptic and Can Be
 Employed in Other Ways
From the New York Sun,

One of the most powerful bleaching agents employed in various trades is per- oxide of hydrogen, also known as hydro gen dioxde and oxygenated water. The natural color In ostrich plumes is re- moved by it and it will also bleach a great number of other things, such as bones. ivory, silver. wood, silk, cotton and hair. It can be used to restore the color to old oil paintings which have be- come darkened by age Peroxide is a valuable antiseptic and will also destroy objectionable micro-organisms in water. It can ever be used to cure indigestion, but for this purpose, as well as for other medicinal uses, 1t must be diluted A drop of pure peroxide is strong enough to raise a white blister on the skin.
 Minute quantities of peroxide of hy- drogen are found in the air, in rainwater and in snow, and 1t Is sometimes found In the juices of certain plants. The liquid Is produced on large scale by the ac- tion of acids on peroxide of sodium. The solution may he concentrated by allowing tn. water to freeze out, by passing dry air through it or by evaporation In vacuum over sulphurc sacid.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-20

, one of the accomplishments of this most versatile man. He played and sang several songs that were heartily
 neored by the crowd.
 In conclusion MT. Packard drew a perfect circle on the sheet, all free hand drawing. He, then drew the most popular American girl" or a picture of the goddess on the silver dollar. He blackened the picture and drew the caricature of young man, "a rich young man that had money and happt- ness and all that money would buy. He told of the efforts and zeal Of the young man to secure more and more money. Finally his hair became gray and his shoulders drooped-and as he 0as an old miser with all of the bet ter things of life dead loss to him. The circle was again blackened, and MT, Packard drew in colors sunset. In the foreground was an old farm house. To the side was the orchard and in the back ground, in the richest ana most perfect colors, the sun was set | ting in a blaze of glory. It was wonderful picture that the artist had placed on the sect. Down the path way came an old, bent man, with ms aged companion by the hand. MT Pack ard quoted the poem, starting, But the old farmhouse is mine and mother yet"
 | T think this goes to show that there 1 is something more in life besides the accumulation of dollars said the sneaker. And every person in the room left with the same idea.
 It is the remarkable ease and per fectness with which Mir Packard draws his pictures that appeals to the on- locker.
 The next lyceum lecture will be held cn April 20, when Edward hoWaio Griggs will lecture on ''rhe Humanity of Shakespeare"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-20
THE COOK COUNTY
 FIGHT CONTINUES

Peoria, H., April 19.-Mayor Carter H.. Harrison of Chicago and National Com mitteeman Roger C. Sullivan. refusing each suggested basis of compromise, to- of the Illinois democracy by holding two democratic state conventions and naming two sets of delegates from Cook county and the state at large to the democratic national convention. There was selected but one set of down state delegates how ever, and the credentials committee at Baltimore will be askel to rule on the Cook county and state at large delega- tions only.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-20

Mexico City.-Former Minister Of For eien Relations Manuel Calero, who has beeni succeeded in office by Pedro Las curian, left for the United states to- night en route to Washington to assume the post of ambassador, to which he was recently appointed. He will travel by steamer.
 New York.-William J. Bryan was the principal speaker tonight at the meet ing of the Christian Conservation con gress of the Men and Religion Forward Movement. which opened here this morn Ing for six days session.
 Pittsburg. g.-Announcement is made to- night by John Beatty, director of hne arts of the Carnegie institute, that Sis paintings composed the forthcoming in- ternational exhibition to be held here on April 25.
 Austin, Tex.-Governor Colquitt Issued a proclamation today offering a reward of s250 for the arrest and conviction of the author of threatening letters in con nection with tho "ax man" scare now on among the negroes of south Texas and Louisiana.
 Biloxi, Miss.-Col. Thomas Gale, 90 years old, a prominent business man Of Mem phis, died here today. His death was due to an injury sustained by Tall three weeks ago. The body will be shipped to Memphis tonight.
 constantinople.-1t Is confirmed that Italian Warships sunk a Turkish gunboat
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-20
Soft Shirts; Instead of
 S1.50, are $1.19

table. Then came a cry, We're sinkingp and the lights grew dinner and dimmer and finally went out.
 Even then there was no panic of any Kind, although there was a rush to the boats when they were first lowered. The officers in charge commanded Women and children first, and the men stood back. Few of us even then thought there was any real danger"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-20
GOVERNMENT TO ASK
 FOR LEGISLATION

< Washington, April 19.-The government s inability to get early information regard ing the loss of the Titanic throughout the wireless outfits of the scout cruisers Salem and Chester, or the naval shore stations, has confirmed the navy depart ment in it's decision to press for legsla- tion which will enable the government to assert control over all agencies whether private or corporate which may seek to restrain or interfere with the government officials in such cases as this.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-20
TO HOLD MEMORIAL
 IN LOUISVILLE, KY.

Louisville, April 1o.-Memorial serv- ices In honor of the heroes who went down on the Titanic will be observed by the people of this city Sunday night. Mayor w. O. Head has requested all churches to suspend services that night and the musicians union and choral sc- cieties have offered their services as a played as the ship was sinking. Gov ernor McCreary will preside at the memorial.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-20
Troons Control Fez

Paris, April 19-Latest advices from Fez to the foreign office indicate that the French troops are gradually passing the city under control. They have lost ten men killed in the street fighting. Further reinforcem ents are on the way to Fex, where serious revclt occurred several days ago. 4,.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-20
Straight From the Shoulder

From the Popular MagazIne.
 The Colonel was talking to the privat soldier. You are remarkably clean man. sir" said the Colonel. 'RvS Thank you, Colonel said tie private. But sir, you have bad faults.
 ..r am sorry for that, Colonel'
 You drink sir
 ..I am sorry for that.
 .sOh, know you are sorry, but why don't you drink like mel" ''Colonel, I couldn't do it; it would kill me-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-20
Crude oil Advances

Pittsburg. April 1s.7-rheeseep purchas- ing agency, the buying section of the South Pennsylvania oil company, for mer Standard oil subsidiary, today an- nounced that the price of Pennsylvania crude oil had been advanced cents a barrel to s.55 The last previous ad- vance was made January 20 last.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-20
Negro Dies

State Mine Inspector Nesbit received a letter yesterday statlrts that William Johnson, a negro, who was injured on April II in the Hargrove mine in Blbb county by an explosion of gas, had died on April la The Hargrove mine belongs to the cahaba Southern Mining com- pany.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-20

foot rope with knife. I was being dragged around the deck when I looked up and saw the boat with all aboard turn turtle. clung to an old time dresser l was not far from the ship when she went down. Her big stern rose in the air and she went down bow first. I saw all of the machinery slide away. During the half hour in the water I could hear the cry of hundreds of persons for aid. l drifted boat turned over About 90 men were clinging to her and they refused to let me get aboard Some tried to hit me with an oar but I scrambled aboard.
 There was a panic when it first hap pened. The officers had to use their re- volvers. The chief officer shot one man. I did not see this but three others did. He then shot himself. Everybody behaved splenddly. especially the firemen. It was a black berg we struck, and although the night was perfectly clear it was impos- sble to see it. We saw another like it when we were drifting on the overturned boat"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-20
A Distinction

From the Boston Transcript.
 Does your cousin sing well?" i've never heard her. What. Never heard her sing?" "Oh. no-sing we'll.