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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-28
Change of Thought Today.

Today all this is changed. From the
speeches Of leaders 1t is amply clear
that their idea Of admiralty collieries
is merely q means for forcing the peace
at the expense of the state. and incl
dentally also at the expense of the
fleet. realization of this has made
more disciples for motor warships in
two days than two years argument
could possibly have done Every be-
lever in efficiency is now convinced
that the safe course lies in navy Of
the future with ships Independent of
coal altogether. In other words, the
Welsh collieries have made themselves
"a dying industry. and played into the
hands Of the oil engine enthusiasts.
Up till now the policy of going slow"
with motor warships has been strictly
observed by the British admiralty. For
some years Russia has had motor gum
boats. Holland has put in hand numer-
Gus small coast defense battleships
which are motor driven, and Italy is
building five more destroyers.
England has had projects galore, but
they have not yet been translated into
anything further than one or two ex-
perimental motor destroyers. At least
ed as a feature of the next naval es-
Inmates. and not impossibly a plunge
will be made with a motor dreadnought.
The British navy is the last force In
the world to allow its efficiency to be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-28
Marine Corps Orders.

Capt. William Bracket, from recruit
ing duty. Detroit. Mich. 10 Guam
Second Lieut.. A L. Simon, from Marine
barracks Guam. TO the Philippines
Cdpts. Z. NJ Cults. r. K. Wallace. ir
Nacker Babb. W. w. Low q. NJ Kin
cade and K. y. Greasy. and First Lieuts.
G. 3. NOgel and J. y. Rossel. TO duty as
observers at battle practice Atlantic
feet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-28
MAY USE OIL FUEL
England Likely to Dispense
With Coal in NAVY.
DUE TO STRIKE OF MINERS
Now Being Considered for Battle.
ships, It Is Declared.
IS SLOW TO MAKE CHANGES
Naval Department Has Heretofore
SHOWN Conservative Spirit Re-
garding Improvements.
IS SLOW TO MAKE CHANGES
Foreign Correspondence Of The Star

rofeieh correspondence OF The Star
LONDON, March 16 1912.
In the opinion of naval officers qualified
10 Judge, one effect of the coal strike ha
been to bring the motor battleship within
the range Of practical politics in a way
which nothing else could have done For
this some of the strike leaders are nar-
tally responsible. Until the strike actu-
ally occurred there was a general feel
Ing In the navy that the purchase of one
or two Welsh collieries by the admiralty
would render the fleet independent Of in
dustrial upheavals such as the present
The speeches of one or two labor lead
ers, who have openly boosted that one
of the first effects Of the strike would be
a naturalization Of coal mines, in order
to keep the navy going, have produced a.
result other than that anticipated by
them Nothing now will ever make the
navy trust a Welsh colliery. There is no
more conservative institution in the world
than the navy, and motor battleships have
in the past been looked upon with gen.
eral disfavor, on much the same principle
that steam was objected to many years
ago. The British navy does not like in
novations, and objection to change has
hitherto stood in the way Of progressive
ideas, just as it stood against the water
tube boiler and the turbine
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-28
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End
of the
Great
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Sal@o

The sale creating I'M
bounded emil STA m
among critical women and
hypercritical college girls
has to be exceptional. Is
it not exceptional-the dis
tribution of the samples of
New York's leading max
ers of Man-tailored Suits?
When the discovery was
made that many were i'm
ported garments the news
spread-and thus quaint
ties and variety that would
ordinarily suffice for a
months distribution will
be all gone in a week-or
less. Beginning tomorrow
Friday morning - the
Suits remaining are to be
punched into four lots.
While no charge is to
be made for any necessary
alterations it is imperative
that the garments be Sc
lected tomorrow if re-
quired in time to wear
Easter Sunday.
Another hint-less busy
during the morning hours.
Remember that the fitting
of a suit requires time
without hurry or worry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-28

Truth to the Stagestruch," by Mar
guerse Clark in our next Sunday Maya
zinc,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-28
Naval Orders.

Capt. Gustav Kaemmerling from in
spector of engineering material. Chester,
Pa. to bureau OF steam engineering
Lieut.. Frank ROrschach when discharg-
ed treatment Naval Hospital, Mare
Island Cal, to Asiatic station
Ensign II. l.. Spencer and Midshipman
j W. Anderson, designations accepted.
Midshipman l.. c. Carey, from the Con-
nectiCut to the Hartford.
Passed Assistant Surgeon j r. Phelps,
from the Solace, wait orders
Assistant Surgeon Luther Sheldon. jr
from Naval Medical School to the Solace.
Chief MacLinist j. T.. Cleary. from the
Celtic wait orders
Chief Machinist {. Ii. Gilhuley, TO the
Celtic
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-28
ARMY NAVY
Army Orders.

First Lieut.. Charles s. Fowler, retired.
recruiting officer, Is relieved from duty
at Richmond. Va, and will proceed to
Portland, Me. relieving Capt. Frank l..
Graham. retired. recruiting officer. who
will proceed to Richmond, Va, for duty.
Leave of absence for one month is
granted Capt. Hartman L. Butler Coast
Artillery Corps.
Capt. William Mex. Lambdin. 4th Field
Artillery, is detailed for service in the
Guartermaster's department
Capt. William p Ennis. quartermaster,
IS assigned to the 4th Field Artillery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-28
Headquarters for Newest Silks

Chiffon Taffeta. SO inches WIDE
s15O a yard quality. in all S1 .0S
the new shades. At only. '0O
Ends of pieces. but many good
lengths of All-silk Taffeta. So
inches wide: s1.00 yard SOc
quality ...............
The Princeton union., 1912-04-25
by American nPresAs
HER DOCK LOWERING T1TAN1cs 11FEBoA1s

pany, when he left the Carpathia went
to the office of the general agent on the
pier. There he received the newspaper
representatives and, after a few pre-
dminary remarks, gave out a type
written statement in which he said
that he was in the last starboard col
lapsible lifeboat when he left the ship.
He stated that he did not know what
speed the Titanic was going at when
she struck the iceberg, but the collision
was one of glancing blow, and on
Monday morning. between. 10 and II
o'clock, he claims to have sent a wire
less message. In his statement Mr. Is
may said:
In the presence and under the shad-
ow Of a catastrophe so overwhelming.
my feelings are too deep for express
sion in words. l can only say that the
White Star line, it's officers and en-
ployees, will do everything humanly
possible to alleviate the sufferings and
The Princeton union., 1912-04-25

for this erconfidence. The boats
We're undermined. Ny husband help
ed to row a lifeboat. Captain Smith
stuck to the bridge like hero. The
behavior Of the entire crew was per-
feet. 1t was a most beautiful night.
The vessel was surrounded by ice
bergs. Some of the passengers were
on the deck Of the great liner. enjoy
ing the strange and beautiful scene,
when the crash came" ..-..
= Went Down, but Was Saved.
Colonel Archibald Oracle, U. S. A., the
last man saved, went down with the
vessel, but was picked up. Colonel Ora
Gle told remarkable story of personal
hardship and denied emphatically the
reports that there had been any panic
on board. He praised in the highest
terms. the behavior of both the pas
The Princeton union., 1912-04-25

lble ifeboats 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
icers shouted. Ladies first to the
boats!'' .. ..-.a.
Mrs. Henry Stengel Of Newark, M
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 it was thought that the Titanic was
unsuitable. '.I am sure that more
might have been saved had it not been
The Princeton union., 1912-04-25

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 66S 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 at II :45 o'clock, that
she sank at 2:25 and that they were
picked up by the Carpathia at 4:3O
Four Lifeboats Drawn Down.
William Jones, Titanic stoker, who
manned one Of the lifeboats, said he
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
said: when I was put into life
boat 1 found two-year-old baby girl
in my arms. do not know who placed
it there, nor who it's mother is. I 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. I 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 was 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 were
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 uncooscious," she said
"Many were suffering terribly from
the exposure, and many were already
frozen. That afternoon about twenty
of the survivors died, and four We're
given burial at sea Immediately"
Statement by Ismay.
J. Bruce Ismay, president of the In
ternational Mercantile Marine COM
The Princeton union., 1912-04-25

sorrows of survivors and of the rela-
tives and friends Of those who per-
ished. The Titanic was the last word
in shipbuilding. Every regulation pre-
scribed by the British board of trade
had been strictly complied with. The
master, officers and crew were the
most experienced and skillful in the
committee of the United States senate
was appointed to investigate the cir
cumstances Of the accident. I heartily
welcome the most complete and ex-
haustive inquiry, and any aid that or
my associates, our builders or nayi-
the public and the governments of the
United States and Great Britain. And
under these circumstances I must re-
spectfully defer making any state
ment at this hour
Major Butt Hero.
One survivor asserts he saw Major
Butt, aid to President Taft, play a
hero's part before he died.
can hour after the boat sank hung
on to a collapsible lifeboat for two
hours and half. Then I was picked
up," said this man.
"The last thing I 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 Off Titanic.
Mrs. Dickinson Bishop of Detroit,
Mich, said: Il was the first woman in
the first boat. I was in the boat four
hours before being picked up by the
Carpathia. L was in bed at the time
the crash came and got up and dress
ed. I 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
The Princeton union., 1912-04-25

panic at first, as all believed that there
were plenty of lifeboats to go around.
Mrs. Astor Could Not Talk.
Pale, trembling, and apparently i'll.
Mrs. John Jacob Astor was one of the
first survivors of the wreck to pass
down the Carpathia's gangplank. She
stepped from the Carpathia wearing a
long black astrakhan coat, small
toque covered by a blue chiffon veil.
and at her throat reposed large dia-
mond and pearl sunburst
Mrs. Astor was completely broken
down by the narrowing experience she
had passed through, and the loss of
her husband, and when asked to say
something cried in heartbroken tones:
81 can't! I can't! am unspeak-
ably illv'
Mrs. Astor's mental suffering was
terrible, though physically she was not
much harmed. Physicians gave or
The Princeton union., 1912-04-25

Q 1912, by American Press Association.
TITANIC SURVIVORS LEAVING THE CAR
PATHIA.
without knowing that she had struck
and who did not realize anything was
wrong until the water rushed into their
staterooms.
1.-The men behaved splendidly. We
were undressed in the bitter cold. The
men in the lifeboat gave US their gar
ments to protect u.s.
"My Husband Was Brave Man."
Mrs. Henry B. Harris was hysterical
when she came on shore. She was met
by party of friends. She fell into the
arms of her brother-in-law, crying. ''My
God! Poor Harry! He wanted to get
into the Ifeboats, but he stepped back.
He was brave man.
The Princeton union., 1912-04-25

ders 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
Astor 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
he 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 other survivors whose sorrow
seemed beyond relief.
Astor Made Light of Danger.
Colonel Astor was walking the deck
at the time the Titania struck the ice
berg" said William David, assistant
saloon steward on board the Carpa-
th1a, in reciting incidents which had
been told to him by survivors.
"He was approached by a frantic
waiter, I was told, and urged to put
on 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 was the last seen Of Colonel AS
tor"
Band Played "Nearer, My 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
foundering vessel for about an hour
No one believed she could go down.
We had been assured to this effect by
the captain. But as she began to set
tie it was soon. seen that she was
about to go to the bottom, and if we
stayed near we would be drawn down
with her in the vortex
1.-The marine band on board 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-
dnuously until their instruments were
choked off by the swirling water that
closed about their heads as they went
to hero's grave
Steerage 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 sort Of grinding, tear
ing thump at the moment the Titanic
struck the iceberg. He ran for the deck.
but when he reached the saloon he
found the band playing some popular
air. "The officers of the ship were as
suring the people that there was no
danger" said Johansen. "They told
me to go back to the steerage and tell
the people who knew my tongue that
the accident was nothing I 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-
The Princeton union., 1912-04-25

@ 1872 by American Press Association.
CAPTAIN ROsTROM OF THE CARPATHIA
sengers and crew and paid high tri-
butte to the heroism of the women pas
sengers.
II jumped with the sea- said he,
"just as often have jumped with the
breakers at the seashore By great
good fortune 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 I was swirled around
and around for what seemed to be an
interminable time. Eventually came
to the surface to find the sea a mass
of tangled wreckage
LUCKILY I 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
mad Heated up. A man whose name
l did not learn was struggling toward
it from some wreckage to which he
had clung. 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
foundering 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
lest the cranky craft be overturned.
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 perished.
'The hours that elapsed before we
were picked up by the Carpathia were
the longest and most terrible that |
ever spent
Colonel Oracle denied with emphasis
that any men were fired upon and de-
clared that only once was a revolver
discharged.
This was for the purpose Of intim-
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 jarring 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 I retired said Colonel
Oracle, II had 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 I'd.
The conduct of Colonel John Jacob
Astor 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 l.er
into the boat. lifted her into the
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1912-03-16
CITY COUNCIL ASKED To
GIVE TROLLY FRANCHISE

pan . Ut is to be more farreaching In
extent and development: that Mar
tinsburg, according to present plans.
ls to be the hub from which shall
radiate other trolley lines of the same
system. To illustrate this point Mr.
Martin said this same franchise win
be presented to the Common Council
,of Winchester for adoption.
Mr.. Williams thought the trolley
people ought to be required to rmt un
a cash deposit of $4,000 before coun-
Icil grants the franchise as a gnaran-
tee that the road would be built after
the work had been commenced and.
after the streets would be torn up to
ia greater or less extent, the work
abandoned for some cause or another.
Mr.. Martin retorted that he thought
that would be pretty big entrance
fee to get into Martinsburg, and add
ed that several OF the objections rails
ed to franchise are amply met by tho
/, city charter OF Martinsburg and the
statutes of West Virginia which are
intended to protect the sghts OF the
lpeople and safeguard their interesta
In respect to public utilities.
Max Won Schlegel spoke In favor
of granting the franchise and thought
council should not impose conditions
that would tend to Illustrate plans
flor trolley road in Berkeley county
that now seem capable OF fruition.
City yax an Utilities.
Before the trolley franchise matter
came up in council Treasurer @. w.
IMoKown, on motion, was directed to
receipt for $2,246.o5, being the amount
sof city taxes collected from railroads.
Telephones. etc, for the year, as per
request OF State Auditor ]. S. Darst.
The taxes. in detail. are as follows:
Chesapeake and Potomac Tel
elhone Co.......,.....,...$ 254.d0
'Wnited American Telephone
Co. 45.1f
riaryland Telegraph and Tele-
! phone Co. 1920
Western Union Telegraph Co. 1913
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 1,639.50
Cumberland Valley Railroad. 190.57
Frog Hollow Branch Railroad. 1871
MARYLAND Steel Co. LAG
lArmour Coal Lines. ......., 800
lJamison Coal and Coke Co.,. 4.S2
lAdams Express Co. ...... 1894
United States Express Co. 1850
Pullman Car Co.....,,....., In
------
| Total ...............$2,246.O5
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1912-03-16
RECEIVING
CORPORATION TAX
Large Amounts are Returned by the
Auditor Of the Stste--Now Be-
Ing Distributed.

Charleston, March 12.--The largest
amount OF money the state OF West
Virginia has turned over to the sew
eral counties Of the state is now be-
ing distributed by State Auditor
Darst. This money is from railroad
and other public service corporation
taxes, and amounts to s2,126,000 OF
this amount $1.935.96S.25 goes direct
to the sheriffs while the remainder
is returned to the municipalities.
Every one of the fifty-five counties
receive something. the largest amount
sl12,911.G5, going to Marion county.
Kanawha county receives but frac-
ton less. getting s112. oi9.S1, while
Wetzel Harrison, Fayette and Wayne
follow In order. The smallest amount
goes to Pendletol, that county receiv-
ing but $49.63 from public service cor
porations. and Hardy gets but ST.
1875.
The amount sent to each county in
this section Is as follows: