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sorrows of survivors and of the rela
tives and friends Of those who per
ished. The Titanic was the last wore
in shipbuilding. Every regulation pre-.
scribed by the British board Of trade
had been strictly complied with. The
master, officers and crew We're the
most experienced and skillful in the
British service. l am Informed that d
committee of the United States senate
was appointed to investigate the cir
cumstances Of the accident. | heartily
welcome the most complete and cx-
haustive inquiry. and any aid that | CT
my associates. our builders or navi
gators, can render is at the service OF
the public and the governments of tn
United States and Great Britain. And
specially defer making any state
ment at this hour
Major Butt a Hero.
One survivor asserts h. saw Major
Butt. aid to President Taft. play a
hero's part before he died.
An hour after the BOAT SANK l huns
on to a collapsible lifeboat for two
hours. and a half. Then l was picked
up" said this man.
1.-THE last thing l saw was a man
they say was Major Butt standing on
the forward deck that was already un-
der water.
HE was holding back men who were
fighting to get into boats that were
putting off with women"
First Woman Of Titanic.
Mrs. Dickinson Bishop of Detroit.
Mich, said: II was the first woman in
the first boat. l was in the boat four
hours before being picked up by the
Carpathia. l was in bed ut the time
the crash came and got up and dress
ed. l went back to bed upon being
assured that there was no danger. On
the deck. when l reached it. there
was little or no panic"
Told Ship Could Not Sink.
n. C. Chambers said that the Titanic
struck the iceberg head-on. The pas
sengers ran out. but being assured by
the officers that the ship could not
sink went back to their staterooms.
After about two hours the alarm was
sent out and the passengers started
to enter the lifeboats. Mr.. Chambers
said that there was nothing like a
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ible lifeboats for two hours and a half,
Then I was picked up"
Mrs. Paul Shabert of Derby, Conn,
said that when the collision occurred
she came out on deck and asked one
Of the stewards If there was any dan
ger, and he said he was afraid there
was. Shortly afterward one Of the Of
f1cers shouted. Ladies first to the
boats!"
Mrs. Henry Stengel Of Newark. n. j..
said that she witnessed terrible scenes.
Chinese stokers hid in the bottom of
the lifeboats before they were launch
ed. Men jumped into boatloads of
women, injuring them. There were no
lights and no provisions. The col
lision was terrific, but nobody appeared
to realize how serious matters were.
There appeared to be overconfidence.
as 1t was thought that the Titanic was
unsuitable. II am sure that more
might have been saved had it not been
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peration to get into the lifeboats that
the officers shot them and their bodies
fell into the ocean,. They said also that
they saw John Jacob Astor and Major
Butt standing together on the Titanic's
deck and that they must have gone to
death together. Mrs. Isidor Straus re-
fused to leave her husband. they said
Many passengers agreed in the state
ment that GGS were rescued and that
four died in the lifeboats and two died
on board the Carpathia. One of the
steerage passengers was buried at sea,
Stories Of all agreed that the Titanic
struck the iceberg ut 11:45 O'Clock. that
she sank at 2:25 and that they We're
picked up by the Carpathia at 4:3O.
Four Lifeboats Drawn Down.
William Jones. a Titanic stoker. who
manned II of the lifeboats. said lie
was 700 yards away when the vessel
sank and that he saw four lifeboats
filled with women drawn down. Two
women in his boat died Of exposure.
Margaret Hayes of New York city
c0Au. Acll 1 was Put IulO Il ilic-
boat l found a ~two-year-old baby girl
in my arms. l do not know who placed
it there, nor who its mother is. l have
been taking care of it ever since.'
Daniel T. Bailey. who lives at the
Marlborough hotel in New York city.
said: II was adrift alone on a raft for
six hours. l saw a woman in night
clothing near by, swan to her side
and dragged her to the raft. She was
unconscious and slipped off into the
water and vas drowned"
Mrs. Regina Steinert of New York
city. who was a passenger on the Car
pathia. said that when the Carpathia
reached the scene of the disaster six
teen lifeboats filed with survivors We're
found floating in the sea of ice. All
were taken on board and passengers
We'd with the crew in rendering aid.
"The survivors were lying in the bot
tom of the boats, all alive, but the ma.
jority Of them unconscious" she said.
"Many We're suffering terribly from
the exposure. aud many We're already
frozen. That afternoon about twenty
of the survivors died. and four We're
given burial at sea immediately"
Statement by lsmay.
j. Bruce Ismay, president of the In
ternational Mercantile Marine CON-
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CAPTAIN RosrRoM OF THE CARPATH1A.
sengers and crew and paid a high tri-
butte to the heroism of the women pas
sengers.
II jumped with the sea-" said he,
"just as 1 often have jumped with the
breakers at the seashore. BY great
good fortune I managed to grasp the
brass railing on the deck above, and l
hung on by might and main. When
the ship plunged down l was forced
to let go and l vas swirled around
and around for what seemed to be an
interminable time. Eventually l came
to the surface to find the sea a mass
Of tangled wreckage.
Luckily l was unhurt, and casting
about managed to seize a wooden graf
ing floating near by. When l had re-
covered my breath l discovered a
larger canvas and cork life raft which
had 1cated up. A man whose name
I did not learn was struggling toward
1t from some wreckage to which he
had chung. l cast off and helped him
to get on to the raft and we then be-
gan the work of rescuing those who
had jumped into the sea and were
1oundering in the water.
Had to Deny succor to Others.
"When dawn broke there were thirty
Of us on the raft, standing knee deep
In the Icy water and afraid to move
lost tho 1ronHu 0r0ff hn ovorf,,VrnI
Several unfortunates, benumbed and
half dead, besought us to save them,
and one or two made an effort to reach
us, but we had to warn them away.
Had we made any effort to save them
we all might have persisted.
"The hours that elapsed before we
were picked up by the Carpathia were
ever spent"
Colonel Oracle denied with emphasis
that any men We're fired upon and de-
clared that only once was a revolver
discharged.
"This WA for the purpose of intimi-
dating some Of the steerage passen-
gers" he said, "who had tumbled into
a boat before it was prepared for
launching. This shot was fired in the
air, and when the foreigners were
told that the next would be directed
at them they promptly returned to
the deck. There was no confusion and
no panic"
Contrary to the general expectation.
there was no Earring impact when the
vessel struck, according to the army
officer. He was in his berth when the
vessel smashed into the submerged
portion of the berg and was aroused
by the jar.
Before l RETIRED" said Colonel
Oracle, II had a long chat with Charles
NJ. Hays, president of the Grand
Trunk railroad. One of. the last things
Mr.. Hays said was this: The White
Star, the Cunard and the Hamburg
American lines are devoting their at
tention and ingenuity in vieing one
with the other to attain the supremacy
In luxurious ships and in making speed
records. The time will soon come
when this will be checked by some ap-
palling disaster Poor fellow, a few
hours later he was dead.
"The conduct Of Colonel John Jacob
Aston was deserving Of the highest
praise" Colonel Oracle declared. colo.
mel Astor," he said. devoted all his
energies to saving his young bride.
He helped us in our efforts to get. her
into the boat. lifted her into the
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GcrS that neither she or her maid
should be permitted to talk about the
Titanic. and this rule was strictly OBJ
served. Nevertheless. before the order
had been given. she had told Vincent
Aston some of her memories. She
thought she recalled seeing Colonel
Astor by her side. just before she got
into one of the boats. She imagined
be was safe. too. and it was only
when she was on the Carpathia that
she realized he was not among the
rescued.
Like most of the survivors, Mrs. AS
tor was too stunned at first to recall
any Of the incidents Of the sinking
ship. Other passengers said that Mrs.
Astor displayed remarkable courage
during the days on the Carpathia,
walking about the decks and trying to
cheer up otLer survivors whose sorrow
seemed beyond relief.
Aston Made Light Of Danger.
Colonel Aston was walking the deck
at the time the Titania struck the ice
berg" said William David, assistant
saloon steward on board the Carpa-
thia, in reciting incidents which had
been told to him by survivors.
HE was approached by a frantic
waiter, l was told. and urged to put
IN a life belt. The waiter had several
life belts in his hand. Colonel Astor
waved him away.
"'Pooh,' he said, this is nothing!
There Is no need Of life BELTS And
that "a the last seer Of Colone; AS
tor"
Band Played "Nsarer, Ny God, to Thee"
Mrs. A. A. Dick, who was saved
with her husband. told the following
story:
The boats lay in the vicinity of the
laundering vessel for about an hour.
No ~ believed she could go down.
We had been assured to this. effect by
the captain. But as she began to set,
tie 1t was soon seen that she was
about to go to the bottom. and if we
stayed nea we would be drawn down
with her in the vortex.
1.-THE marine band on hoard did it's
best to cheer up the waning hopes of
the passengers. One or two airs were
struck up. 1t was a spectacle that no
one will .ever forget.
suddenly the band stopped. The
leader moved his baton. In slow, sol
emn tones the air, Nearer. My God, to
Thee was waited across the water to
our ears.
"The band played the hymn con
tinuously until their instruments were
choked off by the swirling water that
closed about their heads as they went
to a hero's grave"
Storage Passengers Experience.
A Swede named Oscar Johansen was
a steerage passenger on the Titanic.
He said he was awakened in his steer
age bunk by a sort Of grinding, tear
ing thump at the moment the Titanic
struck the iceberg. He ran for the deck,
but when be reached the saloon he
found the band playing some popular
air. "The officers of the ship We're as
surfing the people that there was no
danger" said ,Johansen. ''They told
me to 60 back to the Storage and tell
the people who knew my tongue that
the accident was nothing. went back,
for the band kept on playing and the
people in the saloon were leaving also
for their beds. An hour after the boat
sank. l hung onto one of the collaps-
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TITANIC SURVIVORS LEAVING THE CAR
PArHIA.
without knowing that she had struck
and who did not realize anything was
wrong until the water rushed into their
staterooms.
"The men behaved s%plend:dly. We
were undressed in the bitter cold. The
men in the lifeboat gave IS their gar
ments to protect u.s."
my Husband Was a Brave Man."
Mrs. Henry B. Harris vas hysterical
when she came Oh shore. She was met
by a party of friends. She fell into the
arms Of her brOther-in-law, crying. MY
God! Poor Harry! He wanted to get
into the lifeboats, but he stepped back.
He was a brave man." =.
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-06-29
CARE OF CHllDREN'S CLOTHES
Little Things Most Mothers Know and
That All Should Have Full
knowledge OF.

Mothers should learn how to distin-
guish materials which fade, shrink,
spot or go to pieces.
Get samples and test the goods be-
fore buying.
Try the threads with the match
test; wool may be recognized by the
bad odor, there being none from cot
ton.
Boil the sample in a five per cent.
solution of caustic potash for 10 min
utes.
The caustic potash destroys the
wool and leaves the cotton.
All wool goods disappear entirely
under this test.
Samples put in sunlight show the
value of the different colors.
Brown in wooden material will
fade, but will hold its color better In
cotton.
Green, unless in fine goods. is risky.
Beware of lavender or light blue.
Black in cotton shows the starch
and often fades.
Dark blue changes little In woolen
materials or glnghams.
Red Is good in wool.
Deep pink is the best color, as 1t
fades evenly.
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-06-29
Boota for Irampinq.

Such boots as are to be dedicated
20 tramping should be scrubbed well
with English harness soap and then
treated to two coats OF a good water
proofing oil. This will keep them soft,
no matter how often they are soaked.
These little attentions bestowed on
well-built shoes will do much toward
keeping their wearers we'll shod and
will save many dollars.
When II comes to buying 1t must be
remembered that summer means loose
shoes or else discomfort A ready
made shoe should be bought either a
trifie wider than the size usually worn
OF else a half size longer. This Will
be found q great saving on the stock
'ngs, toa
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-06-29
ECONOMICAL SOUL WAS THIS
Hebrews Attempt to Save Fare Prob
ably Went Astray but the Idea
Was Brilliant One.

Arthur w. Marks OF Washington
tells this story to illustrate the talent
of the Hebrew race for economy.
A little Hebrew got on a train in
New York to go to Philadelphia but
had no ticket. In the car with him
were the members OF several the
atrical companies and he noticed that.
when the conductor asked them for
their tickets they would reply:
Company"
What company" the conductor
would ask; and the actors would re-
ply by announcing the title of the
theatrical company under whose
name all their transportation had
been paid for.
Give me your ticket" the con-
ductor finally reached the Hebrew.
Comply" said the little fellow.
looking carelessly out of the window
What company" asked the con-
ductor.
Said the Hebrew: "The Pittsburgh
Cloding company."-Popular Maga-
zine.
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-06-29

to be promoted commander-in.chief In
year or two. He allowed that gilt
tering possibility to remain. used It
as a basis for argument.
Then. dearest, you must help me
to do my duty"
She clasped his upper arm as II It
were an altar and she an lphigenia
about to be sacrificed to save the
army. And she murmured with utter
heroism:
Il will! DO what you like with
mel"
He squeezed her hand between his
biceps and his ribs and accepted the
Offering In a look drenched with graf
itude. Then he said. matter-of-factiy:
We'll see how much time we have
when we get to-whatever the name
of that street is"
The car jolted and walled on It's
way like an old drifting rocking
chair. The motorman was I'm no hur-
ry. The passengers seemed to have
no occasion for haste. Somebody got
on or got off at almost every corner.
and paused for conversation while
the car waited patiently.
Mallory looked at his watch. and
Marjorie's hopes dropped like a
wrecked aeroplane. ror he grimly
asked how long 1t would take them to
reach the railroad station.
Good Lord, the train starts In
twenty minutes!"
During this tense Journey the girl
perfected her soul with graceful
martyrdom.
I'll go to the train with you. Har-
ry. and then you can send me home
In a taxicab."
gTo BE coNTINUEp)
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-06-29
OUTFIT FOR READING IN BED
Russian Blouse Gown and Cap Go
With This Somewhat Repre-
hensible Habit.

To read while in bed is most repre-
hensible. but II you persist in the
practice be sure TO have the proper
outfit-a Russian blouse reading
gown and a curl paper covering cap.
The gown, which reaches almost to
the knees, Is a front closing blouse
with elbow length cut-in-one sleeves
and roundabout neck which Is fin
ished with a broad .collarette of side
plated white maline. You may make
the blouse Of pale-toned wool, satin or
messaline, and embroider or applique
It with birds and butterflies or OF 8
lowered thin silk lined with light.
weight flannel. Just above the nor
NAL waist line draw in the fulness
with a rope OF silk cordage. The car
of silk matching the grounding OF the
gown Is merely circular piece fulled
on to a narrow ribbon. over which
Is placed wide frill OF plafted malino,
and at one side. usually above the left
ear tip. may be placed a big bow OF
black velvet ribbon.
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-06-29
EMBELLISH THE FIRST MEAL
Exceedingly Dainty Are the Break
fast Sets Offered in the Stores
Just Now.

Exceedingly dainty breakfast sets
include a cloth and small napkins Of
linen damask bordered with an Eng
lish chintz flower design in green and
red, green and pink or green and yel-
low and are hemstitched bordered
Another is of linen crash embroidered
In crossstitch and third Of pineap-
pie patterned linen is edged with
hand-crochetting. New designs for
table cloths include Belgian double
damask with borders for square and
round tables which begin at the CEN
ter and widen to the edge; Irish
linen with pin dots with scroll
borders, clover leaves, shamrocks and
lilies, and hemstitched plain linens
with filet lace monograms In one cor
ner.
Show towels are of pure heavy Irish
linen deeply embroidered in floral pat
tern along one end of damask with
deep borders in filet medallions and OF
huckaback with hemstitched damask
ends and side borders. Guest towels
OF 10 by "a inch dimensions match
the materials and decorations of the
show towels and are always laid out
in company with them.
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-06-29
CHAPTER III.
In Darkest Chicago.


The castaways from the wrecked
taxicab hurried along the doleful
street. Both OF them knew their Chi
cago, but this part Of it was not their
Chicago.
They hailed pedestrian, to ask
where the nearest street car line
might be, and whittier it might run
He answered indistinctly from a dis.
Greet distance, as he fastened away
Perhaps he thought their question
merely a footpad's introduction to a
sandbagging episode. In Chicago at
night one never knows.
LAS near as | can make out what he
said. Marjorie" the lieutenant pom.
dered aloud, I'VE walk straight ahead
till we come to Umptyump street,
and there We find a Rarara car that
will take us to Bloptyblop avenue.
never heard OF any such streets. did
you?"
Never" she painted, as she jog
trotted alongside his military pace.
Lets take the first car We meet. and
perhaps the conductor can put us on
at the street where the minister
lives
"Perhaps" There was not much
confidence In that perhaps"
When they reached the street-carred
street. they found two tracks. but
nothing occupying them. as far az
they could peer either way. A small
shopkeeper In a tiny shop proved to
be q delicatessen merchant so busily
selling foreign horrors to aliens, that
they learned nothing from him.
At length, In the far-away, they
made out headlight, and heard the
grind and squeal OF a car. Lieutenant
Mallory waited for IT, watch In hand
He boosted Marjorie-s elbow aboard
and bombarded the conductor with
questions. But the conductor had no
more heard OF their street than they
had OF his. Their agitation did not
disturb his stole calm. but he invited
them TO come along to the next cross.
ing. where they could find another car
and more learned conductors: or,
what promised better, perhaps a cab.
He threw Marjorie into a panic by
ordering her to jettison Snoozleums,
but the lieutenant bought his soul for
a small price. and overlooked the fact
that he did not ring up their fares.
The young couple squeezed into
seat and talked anxiously In sharp
whispers.
Wouldn't II be terrible. Harry, n.
Just as we got to the minister's, we
should find papa there ahead OF us.
waiting to forbid the bands, or what
ever It is? Wouldn't 1t be just ter.
rible?"
Yes. It would. honey, but II
doesn't seem probable. There are
thousands OF ministers In Chicago.
lie could never find ours. Fact is, 4
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-06-29

OF these points. He showed a demo
cratic Indifference to them. His one
vital Inquiry was:
How much will he tip?"
His inspection or his first two
charges promised small returns. lie
buttoned up his cordiality. and de
termined to waste upon them the ir
reducible minimum OF attention.
IL would take at least bridal
couple TO retsore the balance. But
bridal couples IN their first bloom
rarely fell to the lot OF that porter. fol
what bridal couple wants to lock 1t
self in with a crowd OF passengers fol
the fisst seventy-two hours OF welded
bliss?
The porter banished the hope as a
vanity. Little he knew how eagerly
the young castaways from that
wrecked taxicab desired to be bridal
couple, and to catch this train.
But the Englishman was restive
again:
"Pawtah! l say, pawtah!"
"Yassah!"
What time are we due in San Fran
cisco?"
San Francisco? San Francisco?
We are doc thah the evenin' of the
fo'th day This bein' Monday. that
ought to bring us in abote Thuzzday
evenin'"
The Yankee felt called upon TO
check the foreign usurper.
"Porrterr,"
"Yassah!"
Don't let that fellow monopolize
you. He probably won't tip you at
ALL"
The porter grew confidential:
"Oh, | know his kind, sab. They
don't clip you for what you do do. but
superintendent for what you don't
do"
'Pawtah! I say, pnwtah!"
Here. porter"
The porter tried to initiate the
Irish bird, and be in two places at
once. The American had coin in
his hand. The porter caught the CLEAN
OF 1t, and fitted thither. The Yankee
growled:
Don't forget that I'm on the train,
and when We get to Frisco there may
be something more"
The porter had the coin in hfs hand.
It's heft was light. He sighed: Il
hope So"
The Englishman was craning his
head around owlishly TO ask:
II say, pawtah, does this train ever
get wrecked"
We'll, it hasn't yet" and he muir
INJURED to the Yankee. but | has
hopes"
The Englishman's voice was queru-
Gus again.
II say. pawtah, open a window, will
you? The air is CHASTITY, abso-ripping-
lutely CHASTITY"
The Yankee growled:
mo wonder we had the Revolution
ary war;"
Then he took from his pocket an
envelope addressed to Ira Lathrop q
Co., and from the envelope he took a
contract, and studied 1t grimly. The
envelope bore a Chinese stamp.
The porter, as ne struggled with an
obstinate window, wondered what
sort of passenger fate would send him
next.