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PART BRIDAL COUPLES
Only One of Ten Was Not Separated
Before Titanic Went
Down.
Special to the Pioneer Press.

Special to the Pioneer Press.
New York, April 1S.-There were ten
bridal couples aboard the Titanic, and
only one OF them was not separated.
This fortunate young couple. In an in
terview given on the pier, said they
we're the only ones who did not be-
come separated, all of which, they
maintained, was due to the fact that
there was no panic at first. The bride
groom, therefore, was allowed to enter
the boat with his bride. The lucky
couple got away from the pier shortly
after their experiences had been told
to the reporter by a man on the pier.
He said he believed they were Mr.. and
Mrs. George Harder. g,
THE groom" said the reporters In
formant. related an incident to mo Of
a man less fortunate than himself.
This man. the room told me. Just be-
fore the panic set In was standing at
the where the women were
being loaded into a boat and made a
move as though to enter the boat. An
officer approached INK ordered the man
away. Not moving quickly enough to
satisfy the officer, the latter walked to
the man and knocked him down.. The
man, instead Of falling to the deck, fell
head first into the boat. and. though
stunned by the fall. he soon revived
and found himself still in the boat.
which by that time was being lowered.
The man was saved as a result.
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Captain Smith Was Seen Standing. on the
Bridge as the Titanic Was
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 York, April ~ls.-Seventeen hun-
dred and twenty-six lives were lost on
the Titanic which struck an iceberg
the oceans bottom two hours and thir-
ty-five minutes after. OF the Titanic's
s4r first cabin passengers 212 were
saved; 154 of them We're women and
children, and of the 262 second cabin
passengers lis were saved, 102 Of them
were women and children.
OF the third-class, 800 in number, 13e
were saved, SO of whom We're women
n children. OF 1856 officers and crew.
299. including % women, were rescued.
No survivors can question the cour-
& of the crew, hundreds of whom
gave their lives with a heroism which
equaled. but could not exceed. that Of
John Jacob Astor. Henry B. Harris.
Jacques Futrelle 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 INC those explosions broke the
ship in two.
The crash against the iceberg, which
had been sighted at only a quarter of
a mile, came. almost simultaneously
with the click of the levers operated
from h bridge which stopped h en-
gines n closed the alright doors.
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NONE WAS ALARMED AT FIRST.

II was in the smoking room reading
the tables. When the crash came I
said, We've hit something" and went
on the STANDARD side to look. Nom
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. m of the bridge
players had not left the smoking room
at all and was waiting impatiently for
the others 10 come back and resume
the game. They returned and took up
their hands and we were all about to
eettle down when an officer ordered US
OF 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.
n our rooms we would have had to
stand aside as other men did then"
MR.. HURD's STORY.
New York. April 1s.-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 established,
in view Of the silence Of the few sur
viving officers. are:
OFFICERS KNEW LcEBERGs
WERE NEAR.
That the Titanic's omcers knew.
several hours before the crash. Of the
possible nearpess Of the iceberHA
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CRAZY WITH ECZEMA

II, the undersigned. cannot give
enough praise to the Cuticura Rem
edies. I had been doctoring for at
least a year for eczema on my foot. I
had tried doctor after doctor all to
no avail. When a young girl I sprained
my ankle three different times, paying
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years ago a small spot showed upon
my left ankle. I was worried and sent
for a doctor. He said it was eczema.
He drew a small bone from the ankle
about the size Of a match and about
an inch long. The small hole grew
to about the size Of an apple, and the
eczema spread to the knee. The doc
tors never could heal the hole in the
ankle. The whole foot ran. water all
the time.
MY husband and my sons were up
night and day wheeling me from one
room to another in the hope of giving
me some relief. 1 would sit for hours
at a time in front of the fireplace
hoping for daybreak. The pain was
so intense l was almost crazy, in fact.
l would lose my reason for hours at
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claimed: Mrs. Finnegan, why in the
world don't you try the Cuticura Rem
edies!' Being Disguised with the doc
tors and their medicines, and not be-
ing able to sleep at all, I decided to
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I awoke in the morning with but very
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with 32-page book, will be mailed
free on application to "Cuticura,"
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Harold Cotton, the marine operator
of the Carpathia, did not 20 to bed
at his usual time Sunday night, and
as a result caught the first message Of
the Titanic's plight. He had been re-
laying messages to the Titanic on Sun
day night. n shortly: after II o'clock
bade the Titanic good night.
Just as he vas about to take the
receiver off his head the c. O. d. call
sounded. This was followed by tho
words We've hit something; come at
once"
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 intervening between the two
ships.
"PM AFRAID WE ARE CONE"
Before Cotton could make reply to
the c. Q. D. the Ttanic's I'm afraid
we are gone" Cotton sent word of the
coming Of the Carpathia. No further
communication was had with the
doomed ship.
The THAMES speed of twenty-three
n an hour was meyer slackened,
and she was going at that speed when
she struck.
S. V. Silverthorne Of st. Louis was
one Of the three or four saloon pas
sengers on the Titanic who saw the
deadly iceberg just after the collision.
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CAPTAIN ORDERS LIFE BOATS
LOWERED.

LOWERED.
Captain Smith was on the bridge q
moment later. He summoned all on
board to put on life preservers and or
dered the ufeboats lowered. The first
were thu first to reach the deck.
ENFORCE "WoMEN FIRST" RULE
WITH DRAWN REVoLVERs.
When the rush of frightened men
and wome and crying children to the
decks began the women first rule
was rigidly enforced. Officers drew re-
volvers, but in most cases there was
no use for them.
Revolver shots We're heard shortly
before the Titanic went down, caused
many ru1nors, one that Captain Smith
had shot himself. another that First
Officer Murdoch had ended his life.
but members Of the crew discreddt
these reports.
CAPTAIN SMITH ON THE BRIDGE
AS BOAT GOES DOWN.
Captain Smith was last seen on the
bridge just before the ship sank. leap
ing only after the decks had washed
away.
What became of the men with life
preservers was the question asked by
many since the disaster. Many Of
those with life preservers were seen to
20 down. despite the preservers. and
dead bodies floated on the surface as
the last boats moved away.
1t Is stated positively the ships
string band gathered In the saloon near
the end and played Nearer My God to
Thee"
Mrs. Isador Stratus refused to leave
her husbands side and both persisted
together.
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MUSIC OF ORCHESTRA GROWS
FAINTER,

As the screams in the water multi
piled, another sound was heard, strong
and clear at first. then fainter in the
distance. It was the melody Of the
hymn. Nearer, My God, to Thee"
played by the string orchestra In the
water started to sing the words but
grew silent as they realized that for
the men who played the music vas q
sacrament 0 to be contaminated by
death. The strains Of the hymn and
the frantic cries Of the dying blended
In a symphony of sorrow.
TITANIC DISAPPEARS.
Led by the green light. the boats
drew away, and the bow, then the
quarter. then the stacks and last the
stern Of the marvel ship Of q few days
before passed beneath the waters. The
great force Of the ship sinking was
ments. and the suction. not so great
as had been feared, rocked but mildly
h group Of boats now q quarter of
a mile distant from it.
WOMEN WEEP; MEN CHOKE
BACK TEARS.
Sixteen boats were in the procession
which entered on the terrible hours OF
rowing, drifting and suspense. Women
"OpI AOl O6l 41uSUd1lAS AllU SOuS ana
the men choked back tears and sought
to comfort the widowed. They strove,
though none too sure themselves, to
convince the women of the certainty
that a rescue ship would appear.
cARPATHlA's sMokEsTAck AP-
PEARS.
Early dawn brought no ship, but not
long after s o'clock the Carpathia, far
out OF her path and making. eighteen
knots instead of her usual fifteen.
showed her single red and black smoke
stack upon the horizon. In the Joy
Of that sight grlefs were forgotten for
h moment.
Soon afterward, Captain Rostron and
Chief Steward Hughes were welcoming
chilled and bedraggled arrivals owe
the Carpathia's side.
The silence OF the Carpathia's en-
Eines, the piercing cold. the clamor of
many voices In the companion ways
had caused mo to dress hurriedly and
awaken my wife at $40 A.. NJ. Mon
day. Our steward, meeting me out
SIDE, pointed to a wauing host in the
rear 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 moment later Z
saw the last of the line Of boats dis
charge their loads and saw women
some with cheap shawls about their
heads, some with the costliest of fur
coats, ascending the ships side. And
such joy as the first sight Of our ship
may have given them had disappeared
from their faces and there were tears
and signs of faltering as the w,.Sen
were helped up the ladders or hoisted
aboard in swings. For lack of room
to stow them, several Of the Titanic's
boats were set adrift.
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had ended his life. Smith, MURDOCH
and Sixth Officer Moody are known to
have been lost. The surviving officers
Lightoller, Pittman, Bothall and Lowe,
have made no statement.
CAPTAIN JERkED AWAY FROM
WoULp-BE REscUERs.
Members Of the crew discreddt all
reports Of suicide and say Captain
Just before the ship sank, leaptng only
after those on the deck had been
washed away. It Is also related that
when a cook later sought to pull him
aboard q lifeboat he exclaimed: Let
me co. and, jerking away, went down.
DEAD BODIES ON SURFACE.
what became Of the men with life
p~reservers Is a question asked since
the disaster by many persons. Dead
bodies aoated on the surface as tho
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 All
was in itself the climax Of solemnity.
But various passengers and survivors
OF the crew agree in the declaration
hat they heard the music:
$50 by my woes I'll be
Nearer my God to thee.
Nearer to thee .
"WoMEN FIRST" WAS ORDER.
I'm the loading Of the first boat re-
str1ctions 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 tho suspended craft the order
Women flrst' was heard and the nee
were pushed aside.
COURAGE OF MEN ASSERTED.
TO the scene Of the next two hours
on those decks and IN the waters be.
low, such adjectives a. dramatic
and tragic do but poor Justice. WITH
the kuoWhdge Of deadly naru Gainina
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STORY OF TITANIC DISASTER
AS TOLD BY A SURVIVOR,

greater power each moment over those
men and women, the courage Of the
greater part of the men. both among
cabin passengers, officers, crew and
steerage, asserted itself.
MRS. sTRAus REFUSED TO LEAVE
HUSBAND.
her way to q life boat, vas held back
by an memorable guard. Another Of
hcer strove to help her to q "a Of
safety, but she brushed away his arm
and chung to her husband, crying, II
will not 60 without YOU"
Another oma took her place and
Mrs. Straus, clinging to her husband,
became part Of a picture now drawn
tndelhbly in many minds.
AsToR AND HARRIS SIDE BY
SIDE.
Colonel Astor, holding his young
wife's arm. stood d~ecorously aside as
the officers spoke to him and Mrs. AS
tor and her maid were ushered to
seats. Mrs. Henry B. Harris. parted
in like name from her husband, saw
him last at the rail, beside Colonel As
tor.
Walter M. Clark of Los Angeles,
nephew Of the Montana senator, Joined
the line Of men as his young wife.
sobbing, was placed In one Of the
craft.
Let him come. There is ROOM"
cried Mrs. Emil Taussig. as the men
husband to leave her. It was with
great difficulty that he released her
hold to permit her to be led to her
place.
George D. Widener, who had been In
Captain Smiths company a few mo-
ments after the crash. was another
whose wife vas parted from him and
lowered. q ONE later to the surface
of the calm sea.
SAW NOTHING OF BUTT OR
STEAD.
OF Major Archie Butt, a favorite
with his fellow tourists; of Charles M.
Hays. president of the Grand Trunk;
of Benjamin Guggenheim or Of Will
lam T. Stead no one 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 vas
listing rapidly to starboard 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 provi-
| sions or water, there was lack OF
clothing, and the only lights were the
still undim,ned arcs n incandescents
Of the settling ship.
STEWARDS GREEN LIGHT KEPT
THEM TOGETHER.
On one Of the boats a steward, who
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THAT the Titanic's speed. nearly %
knots an hour. was not slackened.
THAT the number Of the life boats
on h Titanic was insufficient to &C.
comodate more than a third of the
passengers to say nothing Of the crew.
Most members Of the crew say there
were sixteen life boats and two col
%lapsibles: none say there were more
than twenty boats in all.
h 100 who escaped filed most of
the sixteen lifeboats and the one coll
lapsible, which got away, to he limit
Of their capacity.
headon at whatever speed and with
whatever resulting shock. the bulk
head system Of watertight compart-
ments would probably have saved the
vessel. AS one man expressed 1t, 1t
was the impossible that happened
when. with a shock unbelievably light.
the ships side was torn for q length
which made the bulkhead system inef-
fective.
WAS SPEEDING FOR RECORD.
"The Titanic was 1899 miles from
Queenstown n 1,191 miles from New
YORK, speeding for a maiden voyage
record. The night was starlight, the
sea CLASSY. Light were out in most Of
the state rooms. and only two or three
congenial groups remained in the pub
lie rooms.
In h crows nest. or lookout, and
on the bridge. officers and members of
Ing relief at midnight from their two
hours watch.
Eat 11:45 o'clock came the sudden.
sound Of two guns. a warning of i'm
mediate danger. ,
THE crash against the iceberg.
which had been sighted at only q
quarter of q mile came almost stimuli
taneously with the chick of the levers
operated by those on the bridge, which,
stopped the engines and closed the,
water tight doors.
Captain Smith was on the bridge a.
moment later. giving orders for the
summoning Of all on board and for the
putting on Of life preservers and the
lowering Of the Nfe boats.
THE first boats lowered contained
more than passengers thar the later
Ones, as the men were. On deck first,
and not enough women were there to
I'LL them.
GREW DIDN'T HAVE TO USE RE-
VOLvERS.
when a moment later. the rush Of
frightened women and crying children
to the deck began. enforcement OF the
women first rule became rigid. Officers
loading the boats drew revolvers but
In most Of the cases the men,. both
passengers and crew. behaved In a
way that called for no such restraint.
RUMoRED THAT CAPTAIN SHOT
HIMSELF.
"Revolver shots, heard by many per-
sons shortly before the end Of the III
tanic, caused many rumors One was
that Captain Smith shot himself. an
other was that First Officer Murdoch
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explained to the passengers that he
had been shipwrecked twice before,
appeared carrying three oranges and a
green light. That green light, many of
the survivors say was to the ship
wrecked hundreds as the pillar of fire
by night. Long after the ship had dis
appeared, and while confusing false
lights danced about the boats, he
green lantern kept them together on
the course which led them to the Car
pathia.
PASSENGERS AND SAILORS LEAP
OVERHEARD.
AS the end of the Titanic became
manifestly but a matter of moments,
the oarsmen pulled their boats away
and the chilling waters began to echo
splash after splash as passengers and
sailors in life p~reservers leaped over
board IN 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 stroke gave way to heartbreakipg
cries of Help. help" and stiffened
forms We're see floating, relaxed In
death.
Revolver shots were heard In the
ships last moments. The report spread
among the DOaCS was tnAI Captain
Smith had ended his life with q bullet.
SAY CAPTAIN JUMPED At LAST
MOMENT.
Then it was said that a mate had
shot q steward who had tried to push
his way into a boat against orders.
None Of these tales has been verified
and many Of the rev say tho captain
without a preserver leaped In at the
last and went down. refusing a cooks
offered aid.
The last Of the boats. a c%ollapsible,
was launched too late to get away and
was overturned by the ship sinking
n~esses-found safety on q raft or were
picked up by a lifsboat In the Mar
conf tower. almost to the last. the click
Of the sending instrument was heard
aYec the waters.
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Women. College for BuddhIsts.

Women's College for 1uddhIsts.
A university is to be founded by the
Buddhtsts for the high education of
women. A meeting is reported to have
taken place at the Nishi-Honganji
temple, Kyoto, in which it was unani-
mously decided to carry on the under
taking as a work of the Women's As
ISOLATION of this Buddhist sect. The
cost for the institute is estimated at
100000 yen.
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His Greed 4 Selfish One.
The philosophy Of the man In the
street is to get through life with a
minimum Of ~self-sacrihce and a maxi.
mum Of self-indul9euce
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the way she eats pickles.
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For torpid, Inactive or disordered liver,
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Dream Of marriage signifies mad
uess.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-09-11
CHILD DIES OF BURNS
George, Two-year-old Son of
MIR. and Mrs. Frank Ram
pert of Conover, Fell Into
Pan of Scalding Water.

George Rampert, the two-year-
old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Rampert of Conover was fright
fully scalded Friday afternoon
when he accidentally fell into a
pan OF hot water. The little fell
low suffered untold pam until
death came early Saturday morn
ing.
The remains were brought
down to Eagle River Monday
morning and short funeral ser
vices held at St. Peters Catholic
church followed by interment in
the family lot at the villageceme-
terry.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rampert were
formerly of this place but live at
Conover where Mr.. Rampert
is section foreman. Friends of
the parents extend sympathy at
this sad time.
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FIR. Samwell to the South.

This morning Rev. and Mrs. A.
N. Samwell departed for Chatta-
nooga. Tenn. FIR. Samwell will
take up the work as curate at
Christ church III that city. For
the past two years he has been
vicar Of St. Ignatius' Episcopal
church and his departure for the
southern field is viewed with re-
greet by his people in Eagle River.
In his farewell sermon Sunday
morning, FIR. Samwell delivered
a strong address for the work OF
the church in Eagle River and
thu nked the people for their help
fullness to him during his service
here. St. Ignatius' will be sup
piled through Rhinelander until
a resident priest is secured.