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Show Skin Peeling 'Nature's Aid to New Complexion (From Woman's Tribune,) Morcollzed wax is a natural beau-tlfier. beau-tlfier. By flaking off tho devitalized ourfnee skin, it merely hastens Nature's Na-ture's work. The second skin layer, brought gradually to view, exhibits the healthy, youthful color produced by capillary circulation. This bo-causo bo-causo tho capillaries are thus brought nearer the surface; also because tho new skin Is unaolled by dusf. and dirt This wax, to bo had at any drug store (an ounce will do) Is put on nightly like cold cream, washed off mornings with warm water, its work usually is completed in from seven to ten days, long enough not to show too marked results from day to day, or ca.uso pain or detention Indoors. A face bath to remove wrinkles, made by dissolving an ounce of sax-olltc sax-olltc in' a half pint witch hazel. Is another natural beautlfler, since Its astringent and tonic effects smooth out the wrinkles In accordance with 1 Nature's own process. 1 -bridge at five minutes ol nine, wnat was said?" , n Said to Keep Ship on Course. -We talked together generally for twentv or twenty-five minutes about-when about-when "wo might expect to get to the ice fields. He left the bridge, I think about 25 minutes after nlno o'clock, and Muring our talk, ho told me to keep the ship on her course, but that If I was the slightest degree doubtful about conditions developing to let nlra know at once." "Did you keep the Titanic on his course thbm?" Senator Smith asked. "Yes." x ,Mt , "When .did you next see Captain Smith'7" L , t. "When I came out or the officors' quarters after the Impact," Light-holder Light-holder replied. "Then Captain Smith did not return re-turn to 'the bridge before your watch expired?" "J did not see him. "What time did you leave?" "I turned over the watch to First Officer Murdock at 10 o'clock." "Do you recall now just what tho TItanlc's position was when, you turned ovor the watch to Murdock?" Expected to Reach the Floes Later. "I don't know now, sir, but I knew at the time. Wo talked about the Ice that wo had heard was afloat, and I remember we agreed wo should reach tho reported longitude of tho ice floes about 11 o'clock, an hour later. At that time tho weather was calm and clear- I remember -we talked about the distance wo could 6eo. We cbuld see stars In the horizon. It -was very clear." "Did you sec Murdock after that?" "Ycb, when I came out of the officers' offi-cers' quarters after the Impact. Murdock Mur-dock was on the bridge, he on one sldo and Captain Smith on tho other. I never spoke to Murdock after I turned over the watch to him. I saw him later working over tho last lifeboat as tho ship wcn,t down." "Where did you last see Captain Smith7" the senator asked. "I was busy at my own work, about 50 feet away, and have a recollection recollec-tion of seeing tho captain walking across the bridge. I did not then hear him givo any orders. I was too far away " "When the Titanic sank, wero her decks intact?" "Absolutely Intact," said Light-holder. Light-holder. Senator Smith asked what was the last order ho heard Captain Smith give. Captain Smith's Laot Order. "When I asked if I should put tho women and children In the boats," replied Lightholder, "he responded, 'Yes, and lower away.' " "What did you do?" "Obeyed 'orders." Tho last boat to put off, a flat collapslblo, was the one on top of the officers' quarters, Lightholder said, The men dumped It on the deck and waited for the water to float It off. Once at sea, It upset. The forward for-ward funnel fell Into the water, Just missing the raft and overturning It. Tho funnel probably killed persons in tho water. "This was the boat I eventually got on, 'declared Lightholder. "No one was on It when I reached it. Later about 30 men clambered out of the water onto It. All had on Jlfe preservers ' "Did any passengers get on?" asked Senator Smith. Two Got- on Raft. "J. B. Thayor, 'the second Marconi operator nnd Colonel Grade, I recall." re-call." said the witness. "All the rest were firemen taken out of the water. Two of these died that night and slipped off into the wator I think the senior Marconi operator did thaL" "Died from cold?" "Yes, sir." "Was there any effort by others to get on board," continued Senator Smith. "Wo took all wo could." "There must havo been others in the water?" "Uut not near us." "How far away7" "Seemed half a mile." "Who took command?" "I did, as far as necessary." "When ou left, did you see any women or" children on board?" "No, sir." "Any passengers on tho so-called boat deck" "A number." One Boat Stuck In Tackle. An error In his testimony was corrected cor-rected by the witness saying there wore twenty lifeboats aboard, four of which wero collapsible. One boat stuck in its tackle and nover got off. "How were the passengers selected to fill the boats?" "By sex." "Who determined who should go?" "I did.' "How?" "Whenever T saw a woman I put her In, excopt stewardesses. I turned turn-ed these back." "Did you a.co any attempt to got women to go who would not?" "YC3." "Why would they not go?" "I hadn't timo to learn." "Did any ask for their families to go?" "Yes, one or two." "Did any families go?" "No." Twcnty-flye InFirst Boat. In the first bbat to be put off, Light-holder Light-holder said, ho put twenty to twonty-fiye. twonty-fiye. Two scnni'en were placed In it. Tho officer said ho could spare no more and that tho fact that women rowed did not show the boat was not fully equipped. At that time ho did not bel!oc Iho danger was great. Two seamen placed plac-ed in the hoatf he said, were seloctcd by him, but he did not recall who they wore. "How did jou happen to name them?' "Because they wore standing near " "Did they want to go?" "I didn't ask them; thoy went by my orders." "How many passengers did the second sec-ond boat lake?" "About thlrtj," Lightholder said, "Two seamen, as far as I lcmombcr, sir." "Did you see that boat again?" "Not to my knowledge" "The- third boat?" "By tho time I came to' the third boat all ' IhojTc on the port sldo I began to reallrd that the situation was serious and Tbogan to take chances." "How long, did all tho work of loading load-ing anU lowering a lifeboat take?" "It was difficult to say, but 1 think about lor 20 minutes." "How many passengers did the third boat contain?" About 35 In the Third Boat. "I filled her up as full as I daied. sir, then lowered hei' about 35, I think. The women and children could not havo stood quieter If they'd been In church." In loading tho fourth lifeboat, .wgntholdor said ho was running short of seamen. "I put two seamen In .and one Jumped out. That was ttielfirst boat I had to put a man passenger In. -He was standing nearby and said 'ho would go if I needodlhlm. ' "I said, "Are 3-011 aVallor?' and ho replied that he wan tfynchtsman. Then I told him that If he was sailor enough to get over the bulwarks to the lifeboats life-boats to go ahead. Ho did and proved prov-ed himBoIf afterward to bo a very brave man." Who was he? Did you know him7" 'I didn't know him then, but after wards I looked him up. Ho was Major Ma-jor Pouchen of Toronto," said Light-holder. Light-holder. "Had you ever seen him before?" "Never." Of the fifth boat Lightholder had no particular recollection. Men Got Out as Women Appeared "The labt boat I put out, my sixth boat," he said, "we had difficult-finding difficult-finding women, I called for women and none wore on deck. Tho men began be-gan to get In and then women appeared. appear-ed. As rapidly as thoy did the men passengers got out of the boat again " "The boat deck was only ten feet from the water when I lowered the sixth boat. When wo lowered the first, the distance to tho water was 70 fceL'- All told, Lightholder testified, 210 members of the crow were saved. "If the samo course was pursued on tho starboard sldo as upon tho port In filling boats, how do you account for so many members of the crew being be-ing saved?" asked Chairman Smith. "1 havo inquired especially, and havo found that for every six persons picked up, five- were elthor firemen or stewards." Some lifeboats tho witness said, went back after the Titanic sank and picked up men from the sea. Light-holder Light-holder declared he stood on top of tho officers quarters, and as tho ship dived, ho faced forward and dived also. "I was sucked against a blower and held there." testified the officer. "Head above wator ' Boilers Explode "No sir. A terrific gust carao up tho blower the boilers must have exploded ex-ploded ana I was blown clear." "How far wero you blown7" "Barely clear. I was sucked down again; this time on tho 'fldley' grat-Ing.' grat-Ing.' "Did anyone else have a similar experience?" ex-perience?" "Yes, Colonel Grade." "How did you get loose?" "I don't know; maybo another explosion. ex-plosion. All I know is wo came up by n boat." "Wero there any watertight compartments com-partments on that ship?" the senator asked "Certainly, forty or fifty." "Wero they known to passongcrs and crew7"' Passengers Had Plans of Ship "Must have done b- the plans distributed dis-tributed about tho ship " "Did you know whether any of the crew or passengers took to tho watertight water-tight compartments as a last resort?" "It is quite impossible for mo to say." "Is It at all likely?"" "I think very unlikely" "As for yourself, you prefer to take to tho open sea?" "Undoubtedly." "Are tho watei tight compartments intended as a refuge for passengers?" "Oh, dear, no, sir not at any time." "Suppose this ship had sunk in less depth of wator, would the watertight compartments havo been any refuge?" re-fuge?" "No sir never intended for that purpose they wero designed to prevent pre-vent tho ship from sinking." "What other officers besides yourself your-self survived?" "The third, fourth and fifth officers, sir." "Their names?" "H. J. Pittman. third officer. J. G. Boxhall, fourth officer; G. Lowe, fifth officer." At this point the hearing w?s halted to ho resumed at 8 10 tonight. Hearing Resumed Thomas Cottam. aged 21. tho Marconi Mar-coni operator on the Titanic, was tho first witness at the evening session. Ho denied hlmselr some glorv by saying ho had no stated hours for lnbor on the Carpathia Previous witnesses wit-nesses had testified ho was not "on duty'' when ho received tho TItanlc's signal for help He was decidedly uncortaln whether ho was required to work at night finally saying it depended de-pended on whether he had commercial or shlp'6 business to cot off. "WhaJ. were you doing last Sunday Sun-day evening, about 10 o'clock?" asked ask-ed Senator" Smith. ''Receiving news from Cape Cod," said Cottam. Ho said he also had been sending "a lot of messages for tho Titanic." "Had you closed your station for tho nighl?" ' " "No." "What do vou do when you close vour station." "Switch tho storage battery out,"f said Cottam. "Does that prevent receiving or sondlng messages?" the senator continued. con-tinued. "No." "Does It lessen the likelihood 'of you getting a signal of any kind?" "No, not in tho least," Cottam ro-plied. ro-plied. Not Fitted For Long Distance. "You say the Carpathia wireless Instruments would send a messago about 230 miles with accuracy?" "Yes, sir" "Was there any thunder or lightning light-ning Sunday night?" "No, It wns clear." "Well, how did you happen to catch tho Titanic s message of distress?" dis-tress?" "I was looking out for a confirmation confirma-tion by tho steamer Parisian of a previous message from the Parisian a message that came somo time In the afternoon " "Did you hear the. captain of the Carpathia testify here today?" "No." "Ha said you wore about to rc-ti4-c and caught this Titanic distress mattor rather providentially?" "Yes, sir." "How far had you got along in your arrangements to rctiro? Had you taken off your clothes?" ''Yes, my cout." "Did you havo nny Instruments then?" "Yea. tho telephones wero on my head I was waiting for tho Parisian's Paris-ian's auswer, I had just called her." "How long would you havo waited?" wait-ed?" "Several minutes." "Would 3'ou have retired pretty soon, do you think?" "Yes." '. "Woll, what did you hear?" Did Not Hear Anything. "I didn't hear anything from the Parisian just then, hut llrst picked up Cape Cod again, sending Marconi Mar-coni news," Cottam said. "The Capo ul -u-- - oio plan Cod relay service kept up for several ' minutes. Thero were messages for tho Tetanic which I hoped to transfer tho next morning." "How far was tho TItanlc's position posi-tion from yours then?" "I don't know, sir." "Well, when you got tho distress messago from tho Titanic Sunday night, how dfd you get it?" "I called tho Titanic myself, sir," "Who told you to call the Titanic?" "No one, sir. I did It of my own free will. 1 asked the Titanic operator oper-ator If he wns aware that Capo C5d had been aendiug messages for the Titanic." "What was the answer?" "'Come at once,' wasitho message, sir," said Cottam. ' "Was that all of It?" "No, sir; tho operator said, . I think, 'Come at once' this Is a distress dis-tress message C. Q. D.'Cottnm testified. tes-tified. ""What did you do then?" "I confirmed the distress message by asking the Titanic if I should report re-port the distress message to the captain cap-tain of the Caipathla." "What prompted you to confirm' the message beforo delivering it to the captain of the Carpathia?" "Because It Is always wlso to confirm con-firm a .message of that description." "Are you Instructed to do that, or is it a matter of discretion?" "Mattor of discretion." Never Misled. ' "Havo you ever -been misled, by messages that were without founda- tlon?" "No, sir." "What would you have dono if the Titanic had not confirmed her message?" mes-sage?" "I would havo reported tho message mes-sage to the commander " said Cottam. Cot-tam. "How much time elapsed after you received the TItanlc's distress mcs sage before you reported it to Captain Cap-tain Rostron?" "About a couple of minutes," Cottam Cot-tam answered. When word of tho TItanlc's distress dis-tress was received, Operator Cottam Cot-tam sold, he Immediately sent them the position of tho Carpathia and added that they would hurry to-the rescue. "Get any reply to that?" asked Senator Smith. "Yes, sir; immediately. They acknowledged ac-knowledged receipt of It," The witness said the next communication commu-nication with the Titanic was four minutes lator when he confirmed tho positions of both vessels. At this Juncture, the Frankfort, of the North Gorman Lloyd line, broke In on tho communication, having heard the Titaulc's call for help. Later tho steamship Olympic also replied. "What did jou do then?" asked Senator Smith Titanic Could Not Hear. "I called the attention of tho Titanic Titan-ic to the Olympic's efforts to raise it," answered the witness. "The Titanic replied It could not hear because of the rush of air and the noise made bv the escaping steam " "immediately after telling the Titanic Titan-ic of the Olympic's attempt to get in communication with her, the former, witness said, sought the Obmpic's aid, reporting that it was "head down" and giving its position. The Baltic broke in at this time, but its efforts to reach tho Titanic were without avail. . "I was In communication with tho Titanic at regular Intervals until the final message,' said Cottam. "This was, 'Come quick; our englnerooin is filling up to tho hollers'" Senator Smith subjected the witness to a close questioning as to how he reported these messages. He asked whether Cottam answered them at his own discretion. 'No, sir," said tho witness. "I always al-ways reported them personally to the captain " "Whore?" "On the bridge." "Then you left your post each time a message was received??" asked tho senator in surprise. "Yes " Probably Never Reached Titanic. Tho witness said tho last message he sent to tho doomed Titanic, telling tell-ing of the Carpathia's rush to the rco-cup. rco-cup. probably never reached the ship. Ho was asked why he believed so. "I don't know," he replied "I received re-ceived no acknowledgment and that to my mind was significant." Cottam said that after the TItanlc's survivors wero picked up ho worked practlcallv continually until Tuesday, when he fell tslcep at his post. He could not tell when he dropped from exhaustion, nor when he awoke. "What was your condition?" asked Senator Smith. "I was desperately tired; I was worlied out," answered Cottam, who then was excused. How Mrs. Isidor Straus refused to leave her husband and live was told by tho committee by Alfred Craw-Cord Craw-Cord of Southampton, bedroom steward stew-ard on the Titanic. He said Mrs Straus told her maid to i;et Into a llfofcbnt which Crawford was assiencd to help man. Mrs. Straus Turned Back. "Mrs. Straus put one foot into the boat and then changed her mind. Mr. Straus was standing away hawk from her. She fraiil to him: 'Wo have been living togotlier a number of years we aie not going to scparnto now."' He added that the maid was saved The witness said the captain told him to take the ladles to a liuht m the distance, land them and return. "We pulled and pulled for tho light, but It seemed to get further away, and wo never returned." sold Crawford. Craw-ford. "Myself and Cook, another steward, got in the lifeboat by Captain Cap-tain Smith's orders." Crawford de- clnrcil. , "How many women were In it "About thirty-five" Crawford said that In his lifeboat the men pulled on the oars fiom 1 o'clock until '. in 'the morning, occasional! occa-sional! v assisted by women passengers. passen-gers. The names of tho women he did not remember. "Were all the women in your lifeboat life-boat savod?" Senator Smith asked. "Yes, thee were all rescued." Ismay W.s Helping to Lower Boat. Crawfo'f said he saw J Bruce Ismay Is-may on Uc boat dock with Fiist Officer Of-ficer Murdock. lowering a lifeboat. "I think it was tho third boat on the starboaul sldo of the ship that thoy wcio lowering" Crawford said. "I baw Mr. Ismay helping ladles Into In-to that boat nnd then saw him and First Officer Murdock loworing tho boat into the sea." "Did you sec Director Ismay got Into In-to any of the llfcboaL-,7" Senator Smith" asked. "1 did not, sir," Crawford answered. - "Was thero an explosion on the Tl-lanip Tl-lanip after you got away In tho lifeboat?" life-boat?" , , , "Yes, sir. there was. Crawford declared.' de-clared.' "It was a sharp report. It seemed as though everything was be-in" be-in" blown up under the wator. I saw tho Titanic sink, but it was from quito -'- ". - ' i ist with Symphony orcr" "" fer t rrr a distnr.ee. Shc nned to so down SJtSH how fust. That wnr ai-iwront be- jKjrSM cause the forward lights disappeared Bf-mM and we could foe tho uft lights In the Jufsfl air. Then nil gradually disappeared." ikJiSI |