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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-04-19

corner of his mouth cheerily with
two women who sought news OF
his condition.
After an hour and a half the
stream of survivors ceased.
Mrs. Astor Well.
Mrs. John Jacob Astor, despite
the rumors that she was in a
critical condition, gave the MEM
bers of her family joyful sur
prise when she walked down the
gangplank. She wore a heavy
white sweater and kissed her
father. She said:
81 hope he is alive somewhere.
I cannot think of anything else,
but / am sure that. he will be
saved"
She said that the colonel's last
words to her were: 81 will meet
you in New York, dear"
Some Cursed Ismay.
]. Bruce Ismay, head of the
company which owned the IT.
tanic, Ismay who came safe 20
land, was most talked of person
of all, unless 1t was Colonel As
tor. Some cursed Ismay, among
the survivors. Others told that
the boat in which he escaped was
not full, because the women on
board refused to come, as they
did not think the ship would
sink.
The story of brave Mrs. Isidor
Straus, who spurned proffered
safety to stay with her husband
when she knew death was near,
a great group Of men ana
to burst into tears. 1t was
simply told by the women who
was speaking, Mrs. G. j. Brown.
"And she stayed" said Mrs.
Brown, "clinging there to her
and she died."
At last the crowd was gone
The deck was deserted. The Car
pathia was asleep, A rain beat
upon the pavements outside and
in the rain, the seven hundred
survivors of the Titanic scattered
to grieve for those who lie dead
In the ocean, off. Newfoundland.
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tBy united t,resS Leased W1fe.)
NEW YORK, April 10. -
Archie" Butt died a hero facing
death, knee deep in the ice wash
that swept over the bridge of the
Titanic. The last view the sur
Iyfvors caught was his soldierly
figure beside a fellow soldier
john Jacob Astor.
Major Butt. Colonel Astor and
Howard Case were the conspicu-
Gus GUS herosshs the world'sanleat-
| 1t Vas Major Butt who lined
up the panie-strieken women. met
the frenzy of despair with the
cool, calm judgment of the sof-
der and was swept into the Val
ley Of the Shadow OF Death. un-
afraid.
Bade Friend Goodbye.
His last goodbye was smiling
ly said to Miss Marie Young.
formerly music teacher to some
of the Roosevelt children. They
had frequently met at the White
House. She was on the last boat.
"Major Butt escorted me to =
seat i'm the boat" she said today.
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ed to accompany her.
"The officer cursed him in re-
ply. and the colonel bowed. smil-
ed. Kissed his wife goodbye and
withdrew. The lifebost then
started with anumber of seats va
cant.
'Isidor Straus and his aged
wife entered the lifeboat. Straus
was also ordered out and HIS wife
left with him eclaring that she
would remain with him even II
she had to die.
As the lifeboat left the Titan
les side the officer In charge
boasted, Well teach these rich
Yankees we're running things.
"Thc officer forced me to row
until my arms almost dropped
OFF,. All this time he sat sneer-
Ing. and demanding TINT we row
harder. Then he ordered Mrs.
Astor to tug at the oars.
The survivors have nothing
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-04-19
|. v. Y. AFTER
TAC0MAM|LLS

Following proclamation for
a general strike, the /. w. w. is
endeavoring to close up all the
mills of Tacoma today.
A big downtown demonstra-
tion will be called tonight.
The Old Town mill fired a
bunch of /. w. w. men yesterday
and they immediately established
a picket line. A demonstration
was also made at the Puget
Sound Lumber Co. mill.
The l. w. w. men today claim
800 are out at Old Town mill and
many at the Puget Sound mill.
Both companies have issued de-
malls of any serious trouble.
AtI. w. w. headquarters they
say that within a week the log
ging camps and mills will all be
tied up.
They are demanding $3.50 a
day, abolition of employment
agencies, uniform wages in all
plants. eight-hour day. beds sup
piled at logging camps.
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A little group of people-per-
haps 800, possibly 400, was drawn
up around the canopied gang
plank. Up and down the huge
Cunard pier, were others of men
and women, standing silent, or
conversing on Indifferent things.
A little florid man, chewing a
cigar neryously, stood behind the
line formed to give room for the
survivors to pass in crowd.
II have five on board" he was
saying. 81 don't know IL they
are all alive. l can't tell. They
have taken their names off the
lists and put them on again."
The chugging of a tugboat
sounded from out in the North
river. The little florid man went
white.
my God" he said. 1t was the
only exclamation from that strain
ing group. The churning of the
tug now was clearly audible. Only
the foot or two of space on each
side of the canopy gave room to
see outside the covered pier.
The white bow of the Cunarder
glided past.
A man was smoking cigar
aboard.
They're smoking" half shriek-
ed a woman who had stood walt
ing motionless for three long
hours.
Couldn't See Faces.
Solid rows of faces could be
seen moving past the opening as
the Carpathia was warped into
her berth. No one distinctly VS.
ible. Other lighted cigars glowed
in the mass Of humanity onthe
boat.
II guess there are lot of
them still able to smoke" began
a man and then stopped.
MY sister was drowned" he
AIDED after u moment as though in
apology.
At last the gang plank was
swung aboard.
Doctor Neatly Dressed.
DR.. Henry w. Frauenthal, dis
tinguished New York surgeon.
was the first survivor of the Tt
tanic to step ashore. His red
beard was neatly combed, his
shoes, his coat, his hat all be-
spoke careful attention. He nod
ded smiling to right and left ana
strolled with his young bride be-,
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STRONG MEN BROKEN
AS SURVIVORS. LAND
(By U,Ited Press Leased Wire.

(By UVted Press Leased Wre) "
NEW YORK, April 19Grm misty silence
Carpaha ambulance Of
O
Where last night with their
guh hdeous hrieks
the Capatha for her Mediterranean which
will start again this afternoon.
Where last night the sobbing of
the darkness they tendery
vivors today and
Of
by
of caring the terror-de and women
we'll this OF
Titanic left
All board ship
they had stripped themselves cohe
WAS TREMENDOUS TRAGEDY
of worlds
followed
drama hrokau hearts
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-04-19
CITY cREpII IS coon

City credit iE fine and for the
sS4a,0oo bridge and gravity wat
err bonds offered for sale by the
sinking fund yesterday the city
got 9 premium of $12.663 over
par for 4 1-2 per cent securities.
This means the bonds sold at
about 101.b0.
Boiger. Mosser and Williams of
Chicago were the purchasers.
Stacy Mosssr was here some time
ago and personally looked over
the city's projects. His bid wac
several thousand dollars above all
other bidders. 1850
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(By United Press Leased Wire.}
NEW YORK. April 1s. =
Charging the officers of the life
boats with the grossest brutality
while making the boast, "We.ll
teach those rich Yankees that
we're running things" Mrs. J.
J. Brown of Denver, one of the
survivors of the Titanic, told a
startling story today.
Hundreds of lives were need
lessly sacrificed" declared Mrs.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-04-19
Twas Accident;
Miss Carver Saws
(By United Press Leased Wire.)

LOS ANGELES, April 19.-
1--WE talked and when / decided
the moment had come to end my
life pulled the pistol from my
muff. He seize my wrist and in
endeavoring to raise my hand I
pulled the trigger l did not hear
the report and did not realize
what / had done. He dropped on
the floor and knew he had been
shot. ! do not remember clear
ly what happened after that" so
testified Viola Carver In her trial
for killing T. Edwin Edge, yes
terday.
Miss Violet McCool, a fellow
employe in the store, testified
Miss Carver had told her she was
going to commit suicide and leave
Edge for another girl of whom
she was Jealous.
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the vessel" declared Major Pou-
chon, ''he would have seen the
berg. II was monster, and the
night was clear, with stars every
where. Captain Smith was din
ing with Ismay and other million
aires for more than three hours.
instead of being on the bridge
where he belonged. knowing thar
the Titanic was entering the ice
fields.
There was not a single extra
lookout and the speed was never
reduced. The liner was running
at high speed when she struck" :"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-04-19
TANIC GOING FULL
'.1--- st spEED, C.A.a-sEI ESSNESS7

(By United sased wire.)
NEW YORK, April 19.--Flat
contradiction OF ]. Bruce Ismay's
statement that the Titanic was
not running at full speed when
the iceberg was encountered was
made today by Major Arthur Pou-
chon of the Queens Own Rifles,
Toronto, one OF the survivors, He
declared the disaster was the di-
rect result Of criminal careless
ness In running full speed
lthtouxh the Ice dotted ocean.
III even the lookout had been
q his Job In the crows nest OF
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-04-19

(By United Press Leased Wire. J
NEW YORK, April 1.-THE
subcommittee appointed by the
commerce committee of the Unit
ed States senate to investigate
the Titanic disaster opened It's
inquiry at the Astoria
hotel here today with ]. Bruce
Ismay, managing director of the
White Star line as the fret wit
ness.
Ismay said:
Il was asleep In my stateroom
when the collision occurred. I
understood that the ship went to
the bottom at 2:20 o'clock in the
morning.
1T has been stated by the sur
vivors that the vessel struck the
iceberg while running at full
speed. deny this allegation.
I'VE were not attempting to
break any speed records. i did
not plan to arrive In New York
until 5 o'clock Wednesday. /
know that Captain Smith had
been warned of icebergs. had
absolutely no conversation with
Captain Smith or any other or
ficers regarding the ice floes.''
"The first three boats were
well filled. We picked up the
first women we found. 1t made
no difference whether they were
cabin or steerage passengers.
Every lifeboat that ] saw was
properly manned"
Describing how he left the IT.
tanic he said:
II was standing opposite the
last boat the sailors were lower
ing. 1t was not even half filed.
i turned to Captain Smith and
asked: Are there any more
women?' He made no answer.
There We're no male passengers
around. ! stepped in"
''There were no RATS aboard
the Titanic as the White Star line
discontinued their use some time
ago. The lifeboats aboard were
wooden and of the colIapsibIe
type.
Captain Rostron of the Carpa-
thia, the vessel which brought the
Titanic survivors to New York,
testified:
I'VE steamed to the scene at
top speed. ! may be criticized for
running my vessel SO fast through
an ice laden sea to reach the IT.
tanic but l believe this course
was justified"
Captain Rostron declared one
of the Titanic's lifeboats was row.
ed by three women and another,
he said, contained but one officer
and a sailor. He declared the IT,
tanic was following the safest
course.
In concluding the examination
of ]. Bruce Ismay, Senator
Smith Of Michigan asked the flat
question: Were all women and
saved?"
II am afraid mott was the re-
ply.
"what proportion. then. were
saved ?" asked Senator Smith.
Ia Nof tnnws fsnnav an
swered. Z.
Ismay heatedly denied reports
that he had dined with Captain
Smith on the night OF the tragedy
and also violently. denied reports
that he had censored wireless re-
ports sent out by the Carpathia.
the rescue ship. s~ \
HOW DUFF-GORDONS DIED.
(By United Press Leased Wire.)
NEW YORK, April 1g.---An up
set lifeboat tipped over as It was
lowered from the davits OF the
Titanic, cost the lives OF Lord
Conos Duff Gordon and his wife,
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Brown. 81 am willing to tell the
senate committee all l know.
When Mrs. Astor came aboard
our boat her husband came with
her.
Get out of here. This boat
Is for ladies only cried the Of
ficer in charge.
Colonel Astor explained that
his wife was In delicate condi-
ton, and that he therefore wish
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-04-19
BUTT WAVED GOODBYE
WHEN HE MET DEATH

He helped me find a space, ar
ranged my clothing about me,
stood erect, DOTTED his hat, smiled
and said, Goodbye" and then he
stepped back to the deck already
awash. As we rowed away look
ed back, and the last saw of him
he was smiling and waving his
hand to me-"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-04-19
AT WINE
ASSHIP STRUCK
(By United Press Leased Wire. ,

(Hy United Press Leased Wire)
NEW April 10Called
mitee investigating Ismay,
Of the White Star ne who
by climbing into boat and holding his oday denied
had
warned Of eber and in general inferred that he be
solved blame
anxious shift
whose shoulders but defended his action taking aeboat
were ef : 81
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-04-19
Death Hit Stee a e Twice
as Hard as the First Cabin

More than half the first cabin passengers
were rescued from the Titanic, less than one
fourth of the crew. and but trif1e more than a
quarter of the steerage passengers.
The figures: ssr-e'
First cabin---330 aboard, 21O saved or 63
per cent.
Second cabin---320 aboard, 125 saved, or
80 per cent.
steerage750 aboard, 200 saved, or 26 per
cent
Crew---940 aboard, 210 saved. or 22 per cent
Total on board, 2,340. Total lost, 1901 (six
died aboard the Carpathia). Per cent saved 80.
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VIOLA CARVER IS RELEASED

their The sailors
their the making the
at- ea4ss
passengers Carpahia Smith, were
gardng
'.The Carpatha a horror ship" concluded
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Lady Duff Gordon, according to O.
e. Stengel.
II saw them get into q life
boat" said Stengel. "Just ms they
were lowered into, the water the
boat. tipped over and they fell
in-o the water. The handling OF
the situation was rotten"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-04-19
1. w. w. SUES ABERDEEN

Earl ]. Yaeger, Aberdeen, I. w.
W.. who was Jailed and tied up
to his cell until he tainted, came
to Tacoma today and employed
Govnor Teats to start suit against
Chief Quinn, Judge Cochran and
City Attorney Callahan for $10,-
600 damages.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-04-19

WASHINGTON. d. G., April Is.
The tribute Of q soTrowing nn-
tim will be aid to those who went
TO their death on the Titanic to-
morrow. President Taft tonight
issued a proclamation ordering
flags half mast Throughout the
cotntry. Its insuIar possessions
and ON all vessels flying the ne-
tional emblem timorriw.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-04-19
TACOMA GIRL IS
EXONERATED OF
LOVERS MURDER.
(By United Press Leased wire.)

(Fsy United Press Leased Wire)
Los ANGELES, 9-The Of Tacoma,
charged with
Judge Chambers the defendant given liberty
Miss Carver March "a shot killed young
his office q
that she attempted herself
tried to the revolver rOm hers grasp.
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side him toward the exit.
He might have been alighting
from a ferryboat after a day in
Jersey City.
After him came a young wOm-
an. Her hair was lOOsened, her
face was flushed, and her eyes
were swollen with weeping. She
wore odds and ends of clothing
picked up from among the Carr
pathia's passengers. She walked
straight into the midst of the
crowd. Then she stopped. Her
hands went out before her, the
fingers clutched at the air, the
cords in the thin wrists standing
out like strings on a violin.
Without sob, without cry,
she staggered headlong into the
arms of an elderly woman VINO
stood waiting and wilted into a
quiet heap on the floor. BY now
the passengers were coming off
In streams. Few of them wore
their proper clothing.
Rescued One COllapses.
One after another they fell into
the arms of relatives, sweet
hearts, husbands and wives In the
same wordless expression of
Thanksgiving for safety and grief
for those who were gone.
The pier had been carefully ar
ranged in alphabetically designat-
ed sections where friends might
await the pitiful procession.
Small regard was paid to these.
Customs officers tenderly thrust
before them couples and groups
OF reunited dear ones who stood
In the path, arms locked about
necks, sobbing dry sobs of joy.
Yet others were waiting TO
come to those they loved and the
way must be kept clear.
Meanwhile significant line of
white coated hospital internes,
white capped nurses and order
lies bearing great packages of sur
gical bandages and cases of evil
looking little knives and saws had
filed on board the boat.
Doctor Not Needed.
1t was nearly ten minutes later
that the first physician rearm8xf-
ed.
Thank heaven" he said, mop
ping hts brow. There was moth
ing for me to do"
That WAS the first word that
was spoken aloud there on the
gangplank from the time the Car
pat slia. .Eva1.Ation. In some
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-04-19
SUIT
A MONTH.

The Sunset Telephone company
wants a new 25-year franchise In
Tacoma.
1t does not like the talk hero
about municipal ownership and
wants to stop 1t with a new fran
chise.
Attorneys Bates. Peterson and
Fl. d. Pillsbury and General Man
ager B. @. Bush Of Frisco waited
on the council yesterday after
noon and told that they want to
stop the contemplated lawsuit OF
the city and take out new fran
chise.
They put up the same old story
that they want to invest nearly
81 100000 but do not know
whether to do 1t or not In tho
present uncertainty.
Mayor Seymour thought things
should go along year or two un-
til the legislature meets to SEQ
whether Tacoma cannot get au-
thority to run her own telephone
system.
Want 8 Per Cent.
Attorney Pillsbury said tho
company was willing to make very
good terms and pay a portion Of
the gross receipts to the city.
Manager Bush said all the COM
pany wanted was 8 per cent on
the investment.
But Commissioner Freeland
knew a thing or two about the
phone business.
He wanted to know how about
royalties.
Bush said they paid royalties
to another company on receivers
and transmitters.
Those royalties are what takes
the money and prevents a show
ing on the net earnings" said
Freeland. who gets the royal
ties?"
hell Company Owns IL.
Pilsbury admitted that another
company which owns 81 per cent
of the stock of the Sunset gets
the royalties.
So the Sunset pays out the
profits to itself IN royalties and
thereby makes . showing that the
Sunset company is mot paying.
1t was finally agreed to hold
off the city's suit for 80 days 10
let the company present any
proposition It may desire.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-04-19
How Mighty Iceberg Crumpled the Titanic
Market Quieted

NEW YORK, April 19.-With
the financial community still un-
der the spell of the great IT,
tanic disaster today's opening
stock market developed state of
stagnation the like of which the
market has not witnessed in many
weeks.
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Y
the lifeboat just after midnight
Monday, shrieked wildly and went
into Mysteries. A little chubby
boy carried off the boat by q
nurse walled loudly. Tears came
to those who had been fearless
and saved them, perhaps from
madness. The burrows In their
faces showed that they could not
much longer have endured the
tension.
Four little children were car
ried off the boat on stretchexs.
A man was carried out in a
basket made with two meas
hands and arms. He was smel-
ing a pipe and talking from We
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-04-19

They tell me Your son IL writ-
ing for irving now"
'Yes, but he doesn't get II. /
return all Of his manuscript.'
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WOMEN TREATED
BRUTALY SAYS
ONE SURVIVOR
(By United Press Leased Wire.)

(By United Press Leased WFe)
NEW YORK April 1s-Chages that Bruce carried
Smith, escaped. a widowed BRIDE.
Smith plenty of
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Can zanetta catch turnip from !.
top Of Realty building? See page 8
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HOW Duff -GORDONS DIED.
/. (By United Press Leased Wire
NEW YORK, April 1g.---An up
set lifeboat tipped over as It was
lowered from the davits OF the
Titanic, cost the lives of Lord
Comos Duff Gordon and his wife,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-23
SEVEN SENTENCE SERMONS.

The old days never come again, be-
cause they would be getting in the way
of the new, better days whose turn II
is--Geerge Macdonald.
If we lived nearer heaven we should
have earlier notice of Gods purposes
Moody.
From all that fate has brought to me
1 strive to learn humility.
Lydia Maria Child.
Reading is to the mind what exercise
is to the body--Addison-
If you have faith, preach IT. If Won
have doubts. bury them; If you have
joy, share it; If you have sorrow. bear
lt--Anon
Ny crown is in my heart, not on my
head;
Not decked with diamonds and Indian
stones;
Not to be seen; my crown is called
content.
A crown it is that seldom kings enjov.
-Shakespeare
If you intend to go TO work. there ia
ne place better than where you are.
II you do net intend to go to work
you cannot get along anywhere-
Lincoln
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-23

was certainty and known of God and of
Divine approval The voice from God
would also encourage their faith
As the Apostles, with Jesus, were com
ing down the mountain side, wondering
about the meaning of the vision they had
seen, Jesus said to them. See that We
tell no man the vision until after the Son
of Man is risen from the dead" (Matthew
xvii, 81 The fact that Moses and Elijah
appeared as real =, TO r the do Aposties, as
tradict the words of Jesus that what
they saw was vision Remember the
many visions given later on to one of
these Apostles, St John, recorded in the
book of Revelation In those visions ST.
John saw angels and men, heard voices,
etc, just as in this vision
The Meaning of the Vision.
We have St Peters words that what
they saw on the mountain represented the
Royal Majesty of Messiah-the Kingdom
of Messiah. Moses represented the faith
full of Natural Israel, the House of
servants''-'sMoses as a servant. was
faithful over all his House" Elijah rep
resented The Christ In the flesh, the
House of Sons All OF the consecrateo,
spirit-begotten people Of God during this
Age are represented by Elijah who. God
promised. should come before Messiah
would set up His kngdom. In other er
Jesus and all of His footstep followers
throughout this Gospel Age-in their
earthly or feshly CONDITION, Splrit-oesot-
ten, but not yet spirit born
There IS doubt whatever respecting
the Kingdom promised-that IT viii come;
that vision on the mount confirmed n
The kingdom merely awaits the sa9ertngs
of those who viii be the members of the
Body of Christ At the Second Coming OF
JesIis these will be blessed and gloriHed;
and the class represented by Moses viii
also be blessed and used as instruments
of the Kingdom Thus IN the vision the
entire Kingdom was represented; first Of
an by Jesus Himself: secondly by Eli
iah who represented the Church class:
and thirdly by Moses, who represented
the faithful on the earthly plane