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Show s BIP5 BOTTOM OFF Tiaanlc Is Literally Disemboweled Jjy Submerged Floe While Speeding. TUCID SEA HIDES DEATH SJttla Shock It Fait Whett Vaaaal Irik Putingtri for Htlf Hour Boll Damage la Slight Pathetic Storlaa of Survivors. How York, April IS. It wat tho spur of so Iceberg of ordl twarj proportions that sent tbs Wbllo 'Star liner Tllanlc more than two mllos to the bottom of tbs Atlantic off tho Jkaaks of Newfoundland. Tba veaaol -oral steaming alrnoat full tilt through gently swelling aes and under a s'ar-Ssky. In cbsrgs of First Officer Murdock. who s moment after the colli-- ' tom surrendered tbo command to Cap-tolSmith, who want down with his s BowL Tbs lifeboat that were launched were not Ailed to their capacity Tbo jpraeral reeling aboard tbs ahlp was, ones after tho boats had left Its (Idea, Out the veasel would survive lla wound, and tbs passengers wbo were left aboard beUvd almost up to the fast moment that they had a chance lor their Uvea. - The captain and officer behaved writs tho utmost gallantry and there was t i feet order and discipline In Abe launching of the boats and after aH hepo had been abandoned for the a-- . a t ion of tba ship for those wbo were on board. Just before It went down the T1 tonic broke Its back. Placid 8ta Hides Death. The great liner was plunging Ahtmnh a comparatively placid sea tom the surface of whhh there was tamrli in u t. h y ice and here and there a lapsible. The hosts that wer lowered oa the port aide of tha ship touched the water without capsizing. Soma of tho others lowered to starboard. Including one collapsible, ware capalaed. All hands oa tha collapsible boats that practically went to pieces were raw cued by die other boats 8ixteen boats In all got away safely It waa even then tbe general Imp res slon that the ahlp waa alright and there ia no doubt that that waa tbe belief of even some of the officers. At tbe lowering of th btats the off! cers superintending It were armed with revolvers, but there was no for using them aa there wat nothing la the nature of a panic and no man made an effort get Into a boat while the women and children wer being put aboard. Begin to Jump Into Sea. Aa tbe ship began to settle to starboard, heeling at an angle of nearly forty-fiv- e degrees, those who had be Ueved It waa all right to atlck by tbe ship began to have doubt and afew Jumped Into the aea. These wer fol lowed Immediately by other and In n few minutes there were scores swimming around. Nearly all of them wore life preservers. One man who bad a Pomeranian dog leaped overboard with it and striking a piece of wreckage was badly stunned. He recovered after s few minutes and swm toward one of the lifeboats and waa taken aboard. Most of tbe men who were aboard the barring tbe members of the trew who had manned the boats, bad Jumped Into the sea as tbe Titanic waa settling. Ship Break In Two. Under Instruction from officers and men In charge, the lifeboat jwere rowed n considerable distance from tbe ahlp Itself In order to get away from th possible suction that would follow th foundering. The marvelou thing about the dlaappearanc wae eo little suction ae to be haidly appreciable from the point where the boats were floating There was ample time to launch all boats before the Titanic went down, ae It waa two hour and twenty min ute afloat. Ho confident were all hands that It had not sustained a mortal wound that It waa not until 12 15 a. m., or thirty five minute after the berg was encountered, that the boats were lowHundreds of the crew and a ered largo majority of the officers, inolud Ing Captain Smith, stuck to the ship to the last. It was evident after there were eev eral explosions, which doubtless were the boilers blowing up, that It had but a few minutes more of life. The ship broke In half amldshtp and almost simultaneously the after half and the forward half sank, the forward half vanishing bow first and the other half stern first. Car-ifij-hl- aumb i of comparatively harmleaa looking flora The night waa dear and stars visible. Chief Officer Murdock waa In charge of the bridge. The It rat Intimation of the pieaence mt the Iceberg that be received waa dram the lookout In the crow's neat. They were so cloaa upon the berg at AMs moment that It waa practically Impossible to avoid a collision with it . "Ihe ftrwt officer did what other un- sinirwith'uttTPTr77; .jaUsrtVed and alert commanders would The sinking ship made much less ifcava done under similar circumcommotion than the horrified watchstances that la, he made an effort ers In the lifeboats had expected. By going full speed ahead on bla starwere close enough to the broken board propeller and reversing bla port They to aea veasel clearly the most grew-som- e Bropeller. simultaneously throwing hi of details the foundering. All Betm over, to make a rapid turn and shatthe spectators agree that th cksr lh4 berg. tered sections of the ship went down Rip Bottom Opto. so quietly as to excite wonder. Them maneuvers were not aucesa Rome of the rescued were scantily rut. lie succeeded in preventing his clad and auffered exceedingly from ftow from crashing into the Ice cliff, the cold, but the majority of them But nearly the entire length of the were prepared for the emergency. In great ship on ths starboard aide waa the darkness aboard the ship that came shortly after the collision It waa wipped. The speed of the Titanic, estimated Impossible for those In the boats to to be at least twenty-onknots, waa distinguish the Identity of any of the o terrific that tba knlfeliks edge of persona who leaped Into th sea. It la toe Icebergs spur protruding under believed that nearly all cabin passentbe sea cut through ber like a can ger who had not gone overboard Imwere after the boat opener. mediately The shock was almost Impereept- - launched vanished with the officers tble. ' The first officer did not appar- and crew. ently real 1 that the great ship had Had Tim to Dress. . received Ua death wound and none of Some of the stewards who formed the passengers It Is believed had the part of the lifeboat crew say that aftollghtesl suspicion that anvthlng more er the ship hit the berg the majority haa a usual minor accident had hap of the cabin passengers went back to Hundred who had gone to their etateroome and that It was necgened. their bertha and were asleep were not essary to rout them out and In aome awakened by the vibration. Instances force life preserver upon Return to Card Came. them. All agree that the engines of To Illustrate the placidity with the ahlp were stopped immediately which practically all the men after she had made the Ineffectual th accident It It related that turn to clear the berg Tbe lifeboats' crew were made up of dour who were In the smoking room gtlaylng bridge calmly got up fronf the stewards, stokers, coal trimmers and 4able. and, after walking on deck and ordinary seamen. It ta aald that tbe looking over the rail, returned to their davits were equipped with a new congame. , One of them had left his cigar trivance for the swift launching of tbe ra the card table, and while the three boats, but that the machinery waa so eMbers were gazing out on the sea be complicated and the men so unfamilremarked that he couldn't afford to iar with It that they had troubl In lose his amoke, returned for his cigar, managing It and came out again. Describes Death of Butt. - The four remaloed only for a few Among tbe first of tbe passengers momenta on deck. They resumed to leave tba pier were Washington their game under the Impreseion that Dodge, bla wife, and bla Abe ahlp bad stopped for reaaons best son, whose large eyes shone with known to the commander and not In- - excitement from beneath th rolls of reiving any danger to her.- - Th ten- white mufflera that bound him from dency of the whole abip's company head to foot. the men In the engine depart-snen- t, A camera man set off a flashlight who were made aware of the directly In front of the party, but It danger by the lnrusblng water, waa to only seemed te pleaee tbe little boy. make light of It and In aome Instances He shouted with Joy. Mr. Dodge' aald vea to rldlcul the thought of daoger be estimated that tbe time the ahlp to so substantial a fabric. sank was 12:1$ a. m. He satd the last man be saw waa 8low ta Rtallz Peril. Within a few minutes stewards nnd Archibald Butt, who waa standing stiff 'ether members of th crew were sent and erect on the deck. Mr. Dodge waa asked If he beard sound to arouse the people Some ut any shota. He replied "Yea.' terly refused to get up. Th steward Bad almost to force the doora of the Suicide!" aeked a reporter. I am afraid so," aald Mr. Dodge. staterooms to make the somnolent " their peril. First Woman In Liftboats. Mr. and Mrs. Astor were In their Mr. Dickinson Bishop of Detroit worn and saw the tee vlalon flash by, said: 1 was the first woman In the first They bad not appreciably felt th gen die shock and supposed than nothing boat I was In tbe boat four hours bewet Of the ordinary had happened. fore being picked up by the Carpatbla. They were both dressed and came on 1 was In bed at tbe time tbe crash Back leisurely. came, got up and dressed nnd went It was sot until tbe ship began to back to bed. being assured there was take a heavy list to starboard that a no danger. There wer very few pasdzsmor of fear pervaded It. sengers oa tba deck when 1 reached - Launch Beats Safely. i i thee. There was little or no panic, "Tba crew had been called to clear and tba dlsclplln of the Titanic rway th lifeboats, of which there crew wad perfect Thank God my husMere twenty, four of which wer col band wat saved also." e 1 , -- seven-year-ol- d P. D. Daly of England said be to above deck A and that b was ths Ut man to scramble into tho coIlapslB boat He aald that for all hours M wawaa wet jo bis walat with tba Icy fers that filled Jh boat nearly to tb gunwales. Man Praised by Woman. On of tbe few women able to gtv an account of the disaster wae Mh Cornelia Andrews of Hudaon, N. ?. Mias Andrews aald ah waa In th last boat to ba picked up. Th behavior of the men, ah said, "waa wonderful tbe moat marvelous I have ever beheld." "Did you see any shooting T A was asked. ah replied, --"byC one officer did say be would shoot some of tk b- steerage who were trying to crowd th from o tha boats Many Jumped decks. I saw a boat sink Mias Andrews wae probably refer-rinto tbe collapsible boat which overturned. She said that the slnkls of the ahlp was attended by a noise uch as might b made bv the boilers exploding She wss watching the ehlP. she said, and It looked as If It blew up; anyhow. It broke In two. ARCHIE BUTT MEETS DEATH UTE A HERO Oaftant 'Young' Officer Hand! 'Yeung Led Into Boat, Sand Message te Friends and Awaits th End. Washington.- A graphic atory of tbe heroism of Major Archibald Butt Friday In aa Interview given to the Washington Star's correspondent in New York by Mias Mary E. Young, a former resident here. Miss Young, believed to havs been Jhe last woman to leave the Titanic. and Major Butt had long been friends, Mina Young having been a special music instructor to the children of former President Roosevelt. Miss Young aald: The last person to whom I spoke on board the Tltanlo was Archie Butt, and hia good, brave face, smiling at me from 'the deck of the steamer, was the last I could distinguish as the boat I waa in pulled away from the steamer's side. Archie himself put me Into the boat, wrapped blankets around me and tucked me In as carefully as If we were starting on a motor ride. He entered the boat with me., performing the little courtesies as calmly and with as smiling a face as if death was far away, instead of being but a few moments removed from him. When be had carefully wrapped me up be stepped on the gunwale of the boat and, lifting his hat, smBed down at me. he said Goodbye, Miss Young, bravely and smiling. Luck is with you. Will you kindly remember me to all the folka back home? Then he stepped to the deck of the steamer and the boat I was In was lowered to the water. It was the last boat to leave the ship; of this I am perfectly certain. And I know that I am tbe last of those who were saved to whom Archie Butt spoke Aa our boat lowered and left tha aide of the steamer, Archie was still standing at tbe rail, looking down at me, Hls hat was raised, and the same tld g Story by 8wedlh Officer. Lieut. Hakan BJornstlon Steffanson of the Swedish army, who was Journeying to this country on the Titanic to ae about th exportation of pulp to Sweden, narrowly escaped being carried down In th sinking ship when hi leaped out from a lower deck to a lifeboat that waa being lowered past him. Henry Woolner of London also made th leap In safety. Lieutenant Steffanson thinks he made the last boat to leave the ship and was only about a hundred yards away when It went down with a sudden lurch. H had about bis experience as ba lay In bed at the Hotel Gotham, utterly worn out by the" strain he bad been under despite his six feel of muscl. It was also the first time h had discarded the dress suit he had worn since the shock of collision startled him from hls Chair In th cafe where lie and Mr Woolner wet talking. It wae not a severe shock, eald the lieutenant. "It did not throw anyone from hls seat, rather It was a twisting motion that shook the boot terribly. MoBt of the women were In bed. We ran up to the smoking roon where most of the men were rushing about trying to find out what waa the matter, but there was a singular at sence of apprehension, probably because we believed so thoroughly In the massive hulk In which we were traveling. V Sought to Calm Women. We helped to calm aome of tbe women and advised them to dress and then set about getting them In hosts. There seemed to be really no reaion for It, but It was done because It tM to the safer fbiog The men went about their task quietly. Why should they have dot otherwise the shock waa so alight to cause much ruin. Mr. Woolner and I then went to a lower outside deck. It waa deserted, but aa we wished to find out what bad happened we went down a deck lower. Then for the first time did we realize the seriousness of that twisting which had rent the ship nearly asunder. We aaw the water pour lng Into the hull and where we finally stood water rose to our knees. Woolner and I decided to get out as quickly as we could and as we turned to rush upward we saw sliding down the port side of the drownMost ing ship a collapsible lifeboat of those It contained were from the steerage, but two of the women were from the first cabin. It was In charge of two sailors. Jump Into 8waying Boat. 'Let' not take any chances,' I shouted to Woolner, and as It came nearly opposite us, swinging in and out slowly, we Jumped and fortunately landed In It. The boat teetered a bit nnd then swiftly shot down to the water. Woolner and 1 took oars and started to pull with all our might to get from the ship In fore she sank, for now there was little doubt of what would happen. We could see some gathered In the steerage, huddled together, as wa pulled away, and then cries of tear came to us. We had hardly reached a point A hundred yards away and 1 belleva the boat I was In was thelast to get horrible away when the safely creams came through tbe night and the ship plunged swiftly down. It was so" terribly sadden, and then there waa a vast quiet, during which we shivered over the oara and tba women cried hysterically. Some of them tried to Jump overboard and wa bad to struggle In the shaky boat to hold them until they quieted down. Victims Float to Surface. i There waa little widespread auction from the sinking ship, strange to ay, and shortly after It went down people came to the surface, some of them struggling and fighting to remain afloat, and some were very stllL But they all sank before we could reach them. It waa bitterly cold and most of na were partly wet It seemed houra before the Carpathl came up and took us aboard. Why, It waa ao cold that on board the Titanic we had been drinking hot drinks as If It were winter. 'The weather was absolutely clear, there waa not the slightest fog or mist1" MAJOR ARCHIBALD BUTT. Aged Editor Drops Dead. Cleveland. April 18 Col. Isaac F. Mack or Sandusky. 0, for 40 years editor of The Sandusky Register, one of the esrUest members and dire tors of the Associated Press and for merly commander of the Ohio G. A R. dled auddenly of apoplexy hre w l! In A downtown store with h'a wif- sixty-eigh- t years old." s Rumored That Mine Owner Hava Sant Fiva Hundred Armed Men Into Mexico. Los Angeles The Evening Express printed a story Monday, based on what it claimed was unimpeachable authority, that Frederick W. Burnham, tha former South African scout and confidant of millionaire mining promoters of the United States, now waa encamped with 500 fully armed and equipped men on the banka of tha Yaqul river In Sonora, Mexico, ready for any emergency. Major Burnhams purpose, the Express story stated, was primarily that of guarding the mining and other property In Mexico owned by John Hays Hammond, J. P. Morgan, the Guggenheim and others, in whose interests he had made many trips Into Mexico. Tbe article adds Burnham and hls force are ready for any emergency that may arise. Hie men are fully equipped and have several long range machine guns. Nearly all of Burnham's command are former member of the Rough Riders or marine corps, and the subcommanders are said to jhave a knowledge of the Mexican country second only to that of the natives themselves. j 1 Massacre In Moroccan Capita1. Paris The revolution In Fez, the Moroccan capital, In which the populace and many mutinous Moorish soldiers participated, developed nto a massacre," accompanied by many atroclt'es, according to a wireless dispatch leceived at the foreign office. It is now known that nineteen French officers and 110 soldiers were killed, while thirteen civilians, all ot them French citizens, were massacred in their homes or In the streets. Besides these 100 Jews wer slain and many wounded and mutilated. Youths Narrowly Escape Drowning. Provo, Utah Clinging to an overturned sailboat In the Icy waters of Utah lake, Roy Curtis of Waseda and La Don McCormick and William French of Denver struggled against death for nearly two hours Sunday night When their strength was about gone and all hope of rescue given up they were saved by Parley their plight Hasen, who observed from the shore and hurried to the tcene In a launch. Will Direct Money Inquiry. Washington. Samuel Untermeyer t5TKew'T6rk and Edward II. Farrar of Chicago, former president of the American Bar association, have been employed by the house committee on banking and Currency to conduct the money Investigation into the trust. They will direct an Inquiry Into the private affairs ot leading financial Institutions before the comof mittee begins witnesses at public hearings. te-do- i WOMEN AND HEALTH. HIKERS TO PROTECT PROPERTY n Steel Directors Govern Railroads. Washington Directors of the United States Steel corporation, through stock ownership and places on the directories of the great railway systems of the United States, have a controlling voice in nearly 55 per of the railroads of the country, cent old, genial, brave smile was on his statistical study preface. The picture he made aa he according to the Steel trust inthe for Stanley pared In hand, brave and stood there, hat of the house. committee vestigating smiling, is one that will always Unger tn my memory. Mrs. Washington Dodd of San. Fran ISAD0R STRAUS cisco says: Yes, I saw Major-Arc1 know him, because he bald Butt wae the handsomest man on the ship. I saw him standing by Captain Smith, alongside of Colonel John Jacob Astor, and it seemed to me that those three men were In command of everything. I looked into Colonel Astor's f?ce and Into that of Major Dutt and I could see no fear. The last recollection I have of getting away In a boat was that 'Major Butt and Colonel Astor were standing by the side of the gangway assisting the secontHcabin passengers, into the remaining boats. CAPTAIN REFUSED AID. Am Going to Follow the 8hip, Said Captain of Titanic. York. At the American SeaNew men Friend Society Institute, where 160 members of the rescued crew of the Titanic are being fed," clothed and boused, G. A. Hogg, able seaman, told Friday night of the fate of Captain Smith. Hogg says that as the Titanic sank a big wave washed the captain over the side and he landed on a raft persons. carrying thirty-fiv- e "The next moment. he said. "I saw Captain 3mlth In the water alongside1 the raft. ,'Theres the skipper. yelled, give him a hand, and then I Among th men who perished whan did. But be shook himself free and tha Titanic sank waa laador Straus, boys. I am tha millionaire merchant and philanshouted to us 'Good-bye- , eolng to follow the ship. That waa thropist of New York. the last we saw of the skipper. Medals for Rescuers. and Saved Lives. Worked Over-tim- a A bill to provide Wash'ngton New York. How the wireless opera- medals of honor for Captain A H. tor on the Carpatbla, by putting tn an Posfron and the officers and crew of was a on minutes ten duty, extra the Cunard liner Carpathia was intromeans of saving 745 live was told by duced in the house on Monday by Dr. J. F, Kemp, the Carpath'a'a physi- Representative Francis of Ohio. cian. "Our wireless operator," said Three Trainmen Killed. Dr. Kemp, "was abojit to retire SunElko, NeT. Three trainmen were day night when he said 'Jokingly. I guess Ill wait just ten minutes, then Instantly killed Monday when the It was In the next ten min boiler of a locomotive on the West-er- a turn in. cte that the Titanic call for help Pacific railroad blew up oa the came. Had the wireless man not wait- top of Antelore hill, forty-doumiles ed there would have been no west of Whmemuccal , f r Women are beginning to realize more fully that good health U not to be found In the use of cosmetics and face powders. The appearance of health may follow facial treatment, but health Itself lies much deeper than . the surface Most Important to tbe health of ey try woman is regularity of the bowels and digestive organs The weary eyea, bad breath, frequent headaches, pimples and general air of lassitude, is in most every case due to constipation or indigestion, or both Thera are various remedies prescribed for this condition, but the easiest, most p'easant and certainly effective, U a combination ofslmple laxative herbs with pepsin known to druggists as Dr Caldwell's Syrup Iepaln. This simple remedy Is far preferable to hafsh salts and cathartics and violent purgative waters that disturb tbe whole system without affording more than temporary relief. Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin Is a tonic laxative, mild in Its action, pleasant to the taste and positive in Its effect, strengthening the muscles of stomach and bowels so that after a short time these organs regain tba power to perform their natural funo tlons without assistance Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin Is sold by diuggists everywhere in 60c and If you have never tried $1 00 bottles. It, write for a sample to Dr. W. B. Caldwell, 201 Washington- - St., Monti-cell111 ; he will gladly send a trial bottle without any expense to you o. hatever. EVEN BY FEATHERWEIGHTS. He Some preachers say dancing Is hurtful. Do yop believe dancing hurts any one? She Yes; If jou get your feet walked on. ALMOST CRAZY WITH ECZEMA I, the undersigned, cannot glv Enough praise to the Cuticura Rem-edl.JLJxaA batL.xloctorlng, Jor a year for eczema on my foot I had tried doctor after doctor all to no avail. 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