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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-19
Women First" Was Order.

Il would rather have STAYED. too. than
know that women went down with the
Titanic. but ! swear we thought every
woman on the ship had been placed safe
ly In the boats. II was women first
with all of the men and at last 1t seemed
as II the decks had been cleared Of them,
already. lowered Then the officers or
dered the men to leave the sinking YES
sci and we left for the boats. not know
IN lpg; IA any uoI one OF us. think. how many
hind as prey 10 DEATH
Another OF the survivors who would
nave embraced death more happily than
safety was Mrs. a. Q. Horveson whose
husband. who was connected with the
Peabody company. went down with the
Titanic.
been in Buenos Ayres on a three months
pleasure and business trip, and return
Ing by, way OF England. had thought
IT would De great fun to help the Titanic
make her maiden trip.
we We're so happy she cried. with
tears streaming down her face. I'VE had
thought II such a lark to come back
nome on the Titanic.
But now: OH, there is nothing, noth-
ing left In this world I can't stand itr'
and broken completely down. she hid her
race In her hands and could say no more.
said
II was awakened in the steerage Of
the Titanic by a grinding. tearing thump.
ran to the deck and reached the saloon
and there found the band playing some
popular air, The officers were assuring
the people that there was no danger,
They told me to go back to the
steeragc and tell the people who knew
my tongue that the accident was moth
ing i went back. An hour afterward
the Titanic sank. I jumped of and came
TO the surface OF the water beside coll
lapslble lifeboat There was no one In It.
] hung 70 the boat for two hours and a
halt and then I was picked, up. The
last thing I saw was a man who mad
oeen pointed ont to me as Major Butt
standing on the forward deck that was
already under water"
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-19
COFFEE HURTS
One in Three.

1t is difficult to make people believe
that tea and coffee are poison to at
least one person out of every three,
but people are slowly finding it out, al,
though thousands of them suffer terri.
bly, before they discover the fact,
New York hotel man says: Each
time after drinking coffee became
restless. nervous and excited. SO that |
was unable TO sit five minutes In one
place. was also inclined to vomit and
suffered from loss of sleep, which got
worse and worse.
"a lady said that perhaps coffee was
the cause of my trouble. and suggest.
ed that / try Postum, L laughed at the
thought that coffee hurt me, but she
insisted so hard that I finally had
some Postum made. have been using
noticed that all my former nervousness
and irritation disappeared. ] began to
sleep perfectly. and the Postum tasted
as good or better than the old coffee. so
what was the use of sticking to a bev-
erage that was iniuring mc7
One day on an excursion up the
country | remarked to a young lady
friend on her greatly improved ap-
Dearance: She explained that some
time before she had quit using coffee
and taken Postum. She had gained a
number Of pounds and her former pal.
Ditation Of the heart, humming in the
ears. trembling OF the hands and legs
and other disaereeable feelings had
disappeared. She recommended me 10
quit coffee and take Postum and was
very much surprised to find that 7 had
already made the change.
She said her brother had also re-
celved great benefits from leavin OFF
cotfee and taking on Postum. ;,
There 8 reason. -
Ever read the above letter. A new
one appears from time to time, They
are genuine. true. and full Of human
interest "h
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Thought Women Were in Boats.

And I can say with assurance. he
declared. that all Of the lifeboats from
the ahip We're accounted for and /. do
saved from the wreck" -.
DR.. Henry w. Frauenthal. 1873 Lexing-
ton avenue. New York, also declared
all OF the women on board the Titanic
were thought TO have been safely low
cred to the boats before the order for
the men TO take to them came.
When the ship first struck" he said.
none OF us dreamed Of the danger we
faced All who had been asleep after
tho first rush to the decks returned to
their cabins to dress
But when the word came that we
were sinking and that llfeboats We're or
dered over the side, the panic was fear
full. From all sides came shrieks and
groans and cries and II seemed as II all
the devils Of hell had been let loose
Just now I am so thankful TO be alive
that my appreciation OF the horror is
dulled. am only afraid that when !
recover from the first shock 1t will all
come back to me again. and would
rather have gone down with the boat.
I think. than have to live over again.
even In my Imagination. tho last few
minutes of that fearful night
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CAPTAIN WEN
DOWN WITH HIS
WRECKED SHIP
One of the Rescued Passen.
gers Tells How the Master
of the Titanic Refused to
Try to Save Himself.
CONTINUED From Page one,)

one night, at least. was in deepest
mourning
Among the first on ire pier and
nearest the vessel. in fact, in small
group at the end of the gangplank,
were Vincent Astor, Katherine Force,
William Harris, Jr., son of Henry B..
Harris, whose mother was on board
the Carpathia, but whose father per
ished, and Samuel Wallack, brother
in-law of Mr.. Harris.
The Carpathia reached her pier at
s!45. The nurses and doctors waited
impatiently to begin their work of
succor. The customs booth was turned
into a relief station, and into it went
three members of the stock exchange
committee, while others remained ont
side to distribute the immense pile of
money among the survivors. Only the
white uniforms of the internes and
nurses relieved the black perspective,
Lights Were Burning.
Mrs. Eva Booth, directing head Of
the Salvation Army, and cor"s of her
officers, were conducted to the front
passengers, the wife Of jacques Fu-
trelle, the renowned author, said that
the Titanic went down with all her
lights burning and with the band play.
ing, "Nearer, Ny God. to Thee She
said that the members of the crew had
to use force to separate wives from
their husbands and throw them into
lifeboats.
When the ship struck, all the passen-
gers rushed on deck, but were told to
go back to their berths, as there was no
danger. An hour later they were called
to reassemble on deck.
At the end of the pier shed stood
the wagons of the undertaking COM
panles. Moving about inside the po-
lice lines were the black garbed as
talking to no one, waiting
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Will Issue Statement.

NEW YORK, April 1S.-P. A. g. 49,,
lin, vice preside ent OF the In,s,,sssf s.ssf
Mercantile Marine company anna
this evening that he was entireIu w
dark as TO the condition Of tnr Ti,,S ~
survivors. iHit
"Wi!l Mr.. Isnay appear yolunta-,- |.
fore the senate investigating ro,, =
tee2' he was asked
$50 far aa / know. he will" NJ
In said; II cannot speak for hin Z
nected with the White Star Linz s,r
the committee In every way po,,,M. Z
Mr.. Franklin added thar tha M5s
Star line probably will issue p 60
statement tomorrow, following ~ ~
vestigation to be conducted by y ~
Ing what had been learned OF fhs - ~
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Says Shock Was Slight.

Jane Smith. one of the English nurses
employed by j. w. Allison OF Ontario.
Titanic disaster came down the gang
plank with the nine-months- -old baby
wrapped in her arms. He was all that
was left OF family OF father, mother
and two children. The other child wa s
a girl years old Miss Smith said
1t was shortly before midnight that
went into the room where the baby
was sleeping, to see II he was all right
II had lust gotten into the room when
felt slight. rasping shock The ma
chinery suddenly stopped
ran to Mr. Allison's staicroom near
by and awakened him and Mrs Allison
The three OF us went on deck At first
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-19
we saw nothing unusual Ar. :.
made light Of his wlfes fears All
Engines Start Again.

'In little while the .n.,. \,
started again. We thought thases NJ,
thing was all right. We went lnat Sa Ever
In. few minutes an officer ceNw os.ow d,
told lis that the ship was .Sd.tae ~
grabbed up the baby and wcn, ming.
There found bedlam, The r. on dta
grabbing women and ch!ldren men -es,
ing them Into the lifeboats, Thd ma On
bsnSa to ,sar 'he wss wqmsn s11aasniy awSy from
thrown into a boat. We wayc 10 -aN
ately lowered and Two mon - imnsdi
away from the ship. io~sd n
1T, IT must nus, have h, been long atte, !.
Titnnic's lights. A long time sea see
we heard a great sound as of atAr III
OF heavy body into water ana NJ Ppm
that the Titanic had sunk. "u we Gs
when dag broke we could on,.
small 5sek SPssss ssss riding d!n the wave, wave
boats. we learned later hef Ms
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No More Survivors.
BY international News Service.

BY International News Service,
BOSTON, April 1S.-rhe folot-
message was received at the White q
line office here tonight via wireless n
Wellfieet, Mass. rel7yed from The sa7
er Californian: ~
Arrived scene OF Titanic diseslg
$50 a. IN. on 10th. All survivors -
aboard Carpathia, Have not any ans'
LORD
Lord is probably captain OF the y
fornian
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Worst Is Realized.

SlOns
Worst Is Realized.
F'On the port side a glance over the
side failed to show any evidence Of
damage and tho vessel seemed to be on
and J. however, soon found the vessel
was listing heavily, A few minutes
later the officers ordered MEN and wom-
EN- TO don life preservers.
One of the last women seen by
Colonel Oracle, he said was Miss
Evans of New York, who virtually re
fused to be rescued because, according
to the army officer, "she had been told
by fortune teller in London that she
would meet her death on the water
A Young English woman who re,
duested that her name be omitted, told
thrilling story of her experience in
one of the collapsihle boats, which had
been manned by eight of the crew from
Titanic, The boat was in command OF
the fifth officer. H. Lowe, whose ac-
tions she described as saving the lives
of many people.
Before the lifeboat was launched, he
passed along the port deck of the
steamer, commanding the people not to
Jump In the boats and otherwise re-
straiuing them from swamping the
VI dit- W btll inc tOlldpSlDlt WAS
launched Officer Lowe succeeded in put.
ting up mast and a small sail He
collected the other boats together. In
some cases the boats were short Of
adequate crews and he directed An ex-
change by which each was manned
adequately.
He threw lines connecting the boats,
two by two, and all thus moved to-
gether Later on he went back to the
wreck with the crew Of one of the
bonts and succeeded in picking up some
of those who had iumped overheard
and were swimming about, On his wav
back to the Carpathia he passed one of
the collapsible boats which was on the
point of sinking with thirty passengers
aboard, most of them in scant night
the nick Of time.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-19
Booth Sends Sympathy.

NEW YORK, April ls.-Tbs so,,,-..
cablegram has just come from G.n5
William Booth, head OF the ssIyaiSss
Army:
London, England. April i,
My heart is moved by the fs,Tf
calamity which has befalIen ~
world in the loss Of the Tii,n,%
moved with SORROW for thu d,sJ
among whom are some OF my lp.S
tried friends-moved with sympaIZ
for the living, whose loss can p,yr
be repaired-end moved in It's d..
est sources of feeling concerp,s
that sudden and awful summons, I'M
the presence OF God. pray thai
may speak to the multitude OF d.
reality and nearness ot The world d
come and OF the urgency and oys.
whelmlng necessity for preparing X |
IT. God bless and comfort you all II
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-19
Travel Not Affected.

NEW YORK. April is.-The Tit-
disaster seemed to have little effect v,-
those who booked upon the liner Cen
Washington; which sailed today, a 4
was officially announced that only n
changes were made I'm the names Of n
1900 passengers the vessel had on tsr
when she steamed down the bay.
The North German Lloyd company r|
nounced today that II had lnstrucs
commanders OF all steamships. both VI
and at Bremen, TO take a course Two q
grees south OF the regular southerly al
Ing lane until further orders.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-19
Three Lucky Ones.

NEW YORK, April 1sLrs ~ 4
Morgan's star OF good luck am, 1919.
the ascendant in the. seventy. y.yI,,ss sas \
of his life. for the banker Saa au.n Y. ~
earlier in the year to return io t,0ou{s
on the Titanic. Henry CLAW EAmasaq
February had engaged q suite or mes
tanic. but Mrs. Frick spralned n h.. hs y
when the Adriatic stopped at NJ MI lrl
and ID went o to hospital 'spi in Naples, '''a
booking. Then MT Morgan d.,,t ttneI
lengthen his stay abroad, ana .ed-
the reservation over to J. Hora. g,qel
ing. a banker. Mr.. Harding wa .tt ntat
to take an earlier boat. and sa,,sS upi
Saturday, ea y
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-19
men WHO JUMP
into THE OCEAN
| ARE PICKED UP
Colonel Archibald Oracle Re-
Z lates How He Succeeds in
Escaping After Titanic
. Goes Down. 4
GIVES COL. ASTOR
HIGHEST PRAISE
millionaire Asks to Go in Boat
With His Wife, But Is Re-
signed to His Fate When
Request Is Denied.
GIVES COL. ASTOR
HIGHEST PRAISE

a TEW YORK, April lS.-E. H. Lay
mi lor of Philadelphia, one of th
III " survivors, jumped into the Sc;
lust three minutes before th'
boat sank. He told graphic stor,
as he came from the Cnrpathia.
= "I was eating when the boat sIruci
the iceberg" he said. 'There was al
awful shock that made the boat trcm
Bile from stem to stern, / did not real
ize for some time what had happened
NO ono seemed to know the extent OF
the accident We were told that an ice.
sbcrg had been struck by the ship.
= "I felt the boat rise and it seemed
10 me she was riding over the ice. ]
ran out on the deck and then ] could
see ice. 1t was a veritable sea of ice
and the boat was rocking over it,
Should say that parts of the iceberg
were eighty feet high and had been
broken into sections probably by our
ship.
81 jumped into the ocean and was
picked up by one of the boats. / never
Expected to see land again. ] stood
son board the boat until the lights went
snut It seemed to me that the disci-
pline on board was wonderful
Col, Gracie's Story. =
3 Colonel Archibald Oracle, the last
man saved, went down with the vessel,
Sbnt was picked up. He was met to-
night by his daughter, who had ar
rived from Washington, and his SON
in.law, Paul Fl, F'abricius.
Colonel Gracie 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 be-
havior of both passengers and crew
and paid high tribute to the hero
ism of the women passengers,
Mrs. Isador Straus,' he said,
"went to her death because she would
not desert her husband Although he
pleaded with her to take her place
in the boat she steadfastly refused and
when the ship settled at the head the
two were engulfed by the wave. that
swept her.
Goloucl Oracle told OF. how he was
driven to the topmost deck when the
ship settled and was the sole survivor
after tho wave that swept her Just be.
fore her final plunge had passed.
Jumped With the Wave.
- iumped with the wave" said he,
lust 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 |
hung on by might and main. When
the ship plunged down, j was forced
to LEI go and / was swung around and
nronnd for what seemed TO he an i'm.
determinable time. Eventually I came
TO the surface TO find the sea a mass OF
tangled wreckage.
Luckily | was unhurt and seized
wooden grating floating nearby
When ] had recovered my breath, dis
covered large canvass and cork life
raft which had foated up. A mau
whose name | did not learn was strur
Cling toward it from some wreckace tt
which he had chung. 7 cast Off ana
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-19
Peril Not Realized at First.

II snw the Iceberg we struck and II was
fully eighty feet high above the water
IT Seemed TO me that when we struck we
passed over part OF It
'.Ey erybody rushed to the decks fol-
lowing the impact. or go II seemed. but
II did not at first appear as II We were
facing a horrible danger and those not
fully dressed retired to attire themselves
10 face the cold which was terrible.
Tho sea was as smooth as glass and
there was little trouble as, far as ! could
see. In launching the boats when the
word was given out that we were sink
Ing,
.The rule in loading tho boats was
Women flrst,' and can positively. say
that we thought all the women on board
were In the boats first. At last when
not q woman was TO be seen on the decks
the officers ordered the men to the boats.
dropped into one containing Mrs AS
tor and several other women whose
names do not know
We were four and one-half hours In
the boat before. the Carpath picked us
up, suffering. intensely from the horror
of what we had Just gone through. the
thoughts Of those who had gone down
and from the cold that bit Into our flesh
1ita kntfo
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COUnDsible Lite Fail and Drown Their Human Gar

rocked the boat, but was not sufficiently
hard TO throw him from his berth,
had struck something. but was not
frightened, We had plenty Of; time to
dress. for when the ship struck II was
1910. and she didn't sink until 2:oo by
MI time
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-19
Suction Perils Lifeboat.
Band Plays as Death Nears.

The marine band did nobly. An air
was struck up soon after the crash came
cheered by the strains of music. After
We had reached the water and until we
were 200 yards away. we could hear the
music on board. Even when the giant
vessel had lowered to the point where
IL was seen that she must go down. this
music kept up. The last I remember OF
the Titanic was hearing the strains Of
Nearer, My God. TO Thee. There was
a great sound Of rushing water and the
vessel sank beneath the waves ! know
that those musicians stopped playing
that hymn only when their instruments
were choked off by the swirlins water
that closed about their heads when they
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-19
Women Killed in Cabins.

Let me smoke a cigarette" he said
Many OF the survivors assert positively
that not woman was to be seen on
any of the decks at the time the officers
OF the Titanic gave the word for the
men to enter the lifeboat9. It is there
iore believed that many OF those who
lost their lives must have been killed r.,
their cabins. as the survivors also saw
that EVERYONE had ample time TO dress.
e Il. Taylor OF Philadelphia SAYS he
was awakened at 1910 o'clock by hts
watch by a DULL grinding crash that
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Carpathia Captain Frantic.

A representative of the Interna tional
News Service managed to get aboard the
Carpathia and made his way to the
bridge, where he had interview with
Captain Rostrom as TO why the news of
the wreck and the condition OF the sur
viyors had been withheld. The following
was the interview:
But you have not given out the news
and we have waited q week VIII you
let me get 1t noW?'
You stay on this bridge with me or
Will put you In irons"
Did YOU hold memorial serviccs?"
We did. l stopped and held services
Monday morning"
Did you save the bodies that the Car
pathia either did not pick up or might
have picked up?"
What do you mean"
mean that OF thirty-fve put In one
lifeboat at 220 In the morning only six
teen were found alive when she was
picked up. AT that time there were three
dead bodies In the boat"
II won't talk to you and I want YOU
to stay where I can watch Won"
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Captain Refuses to Talk.

Captain Rostrom. do sou realize that
this Is the most gigantic story In the
history Of the sea and the world will
not accept your whins In giving 1t the
Information II awaits7"
II realize. sir. that YOU came aboard
this boat In spite of orders from a thou
sand sources and l won't be catechised
or criticised by You.''
Captain. I want to see Mr. Bruce
lsmay. The American people would like
to hear from him"
You be quiet. You can't see anybody
tell YOU"
Are John Jacob Astor, Major Archibald
Butt William T. Stead. Artist Millet
ISidor Straus or Mrs. Isidor Straus or
BENJAMIN Guggenheim aboard this ship"
II think not"
DO sou still refuse to let me see
Mr., Ismay?'
II Will let YOU see no one"
After this he paced the bridge like a
man suffering from great load Of anx-
iety.
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Fire in Restaurant.

Fire was discovered in tine Palsc.
taurant at 81 South West Temple ef,.
at o'clock this morning and peles .
could be extinguished by the com1zz
ton fire engine il did damage y
extent of S75
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Connaught Subscribes.

OTTAWA. Ont. April lS.-The d
OF Connaught governor general OF ctr
d. has subscribed $500 20 the fund N
raised in Montreal for the Titanic p
NiYors 49, IL y. : :
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Warnings Disregarded.

Colonel Oracle said that despite the
warning of icebergs no slowing down
OF speed was ordered by the commander
OF the Titanic There were other
warnings too, he said.
In the twenty-four hours run end
ing the 18th. he said, "The ships nm
WAS 3l6 miles and then we were told
Ihat the next twenty-four hours would
sec even Il better record posted. No
d1minution of speed was Indicated in
tne run and the engines kept ND their
eteady running. When Sunday even.
,ng came we all noticed the Increased
eoid, which gave plain warning that
she snip Was IN close proximity to ice.
oerGs or ice fields
The officers, 7 am credib1y IN
formed. had been advised bv yyirolass
rom other ships of the presence OF
icebergs and dangerous foes in that
Nieinlty. The sea was as smooth as
glass and the weather clear. 80 thai il
! seems that there was no occasion for
fear. ''i
- When the vessel struck he con.
tlnued- the passengers were so little
alarmed that thev ioked over the mat
ter: The few that appeared on deck
! had taken their time 10 dress properIv
and there was not the slightest jndir "a:
tlon or panic. Some of the fragments
OF ice had fallen on the deck and these
were picked up and passed around by
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All Rush for Boats,

"All rushed with one object to get to
the boats. Captain Smith remained on
the bridge trying TO make himself heard
He was still shouting when I last saw
him. AS the passengers got Into the llfe-
boats. women were thrown In II they
did not move fast enough and an officer
swung from their davits and let down
into the water, Hundreds. IL seems did
not wait for the boats. They could see
there was no chance and then they
jumped overheard
What happened TO you, Daniels?" was
asked.
"L can't tell YOU what happened. I
hardly know myself" he replied II WAS
naked. almost, 7 grabbed something and
uttered one PRAYER, then I went over the
side of the boat
AT this point Daniels was so overcome
that he had To be led to o rail- where he
rested hlmself for a few moments