The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-01

lluo w inc pTOJoCtln8 Out 0O0k0n
blade of an enormous iceberg.
In mythology the Titans were look
ed upon as the incarnation Of natural
forces. And as though to prove their
continued freedom from mans at
tempts at thralldom, those natura,
forces. In the simplest. quietest, least
suspected way. disembowelled the
swift. p%onderous thing that ma had
dared to christen Titanic" The name
has been abandoned by shin christen-
crs.
Aboard her was an mustrious
tnrong OF men and women whose
purses n pride had commended for
n honor OF crossing the ocean in the
worlds biggest ship on her first voy.
age. For 1888 of the 2.s40 souls
aboard her 1t was the last crossing.
and 1t brought them to the Great ri.
vide.
Stricken at 1920 o'clock Sunday
night. the 14th. the great ship did not
sink till a quarter after 2 o'clock the
next morning. Her lifeboat accommo-
dation, IN every way up to the stand
ard of ocean liners. proved miserably
inadequate. Had she been equipped,
as now by law all vessels must be
equipped. with a full complement of
boats and RATS sufficient to save ev-
cry being aboard, all could have es-
capped. though 1t may be doubted IL
they would have. But in the score or
so OF boats she did carry but 745
women and men made their escape.
Noted Men Her Passengers.
Many others could have got into
these boats. but they did not, for they
ciung to the ship. believing, despite
the OF their own senses. that
She Would not, could not, go down.
When. at the last, her nose plunged
she began the swift descent to the
bottom. 5000 fathoms. a good two
miles. there came to the ears of the
shiveriny. frightened ones tossing
ABOUT In the quivering sea such a wail
OF despair. such q heart-rending, un-
earthly cry, that to many of the sur
vivors this piercing noise was all they
could recall of their terrible experi-
ence
p struggle to reach the boats. the
cold. the long hours Of waiting TN
GAVIN peeped forth and the welcome
uuI! OF the Carpathia was seen on the
norizon-all these We're forgotten, and
there fingered on the memory univ
tnat shrek of anguish, the last etern-
al III or husbands to their wives.
fathers to their daughters. brothers r.
their sisters. For the men went down
Tor the most part, and most Of the
women were saved.
scores Of names illustrious in go
clety, IN the arts. in professions and
IN trade We're scratched from the LIST
down. s "e"e
John Jacob Astor, head Of that fom
lily in the United States. was among
the lost. though he saw tenderIv to
safety Of his youthful bride. The
VIE OF lsidor Straus Of the family Of
New York merchants would NOT leave
the ship and him. and the aged won.
ciinging to her husband as she had
zone through their long married
covTtsnip' a and died with him.
Taft's aide-de-camp; William 4. Stead
the English editor and author: G. M.
Hays. president Of the Grand TrunE
railroad; G. d. Widener of PhijadaIS
phia; H. B.. Harris, the theatrical
manager: J.. B. Thayer. vice president
Of the Pennsylvania railroad: r. ID.
Millet. the artist; Benjamin Guggen-
neim. the copper magnate: Col. Wash
ington Roebling, the engineer and
few of the names that first jump to
the memory in thinking I'D the LIST of
the Titanic's dead.
Capt. Smith Of course. went down
with his ship. but j. Bruce Ismay.
director Of the International
Marine. and of the White
Line. to which the ship belonged.
was saved. His action in locking him.
self up in a stateroom of the Car
pathia while the rescued women lay
pitifully about the rescue ships decks
was the source Of much u~nfavorable
criticism.
Ismay in Bad Light.
The impression that gained ground,
and subsequently was substantially
that the White Star Line
officials were directed by Ismay, who
kept in wireless touch with them. to
keep back much OF the facts Of the
situation until the Carpathia should
reach port. did not tend to make
easier for Ismay. and he was
glad to get away to England as soon
the senate committee which took
up the Titanic inquiry had indicated
that it had examined him as far as It
desired to 60.
Persons crossing the ocean today
can observe at once the effects Of the
legislation that cropped out
OF the senate committees investiga-
tion. Every boat deck is crowded with
additional RATS and lifeboats now, suf-