Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 25, 1912, Page 4

{ STORIES BY TITANIC'S SURVIVORS (Continued from Yesterday). Mrs, Astor's mental sufferiug was terrible, though physically she was not wmuch harmed. Physicians gave or- ders that neitber she or ber maid should be permitted to talk about the Titanic, and this rule was strictly ob- served. Nevertheless, before the order had been given, she had told Vincent Astor some of her ‘memories. She thought she recalled seeing Colonel Astor by her side, just before she got into one of the boats. She imagined he was safe, too, and it ‘was only when she was .on the Carpathia that she realized he was not among the rescued. Like most of the survivars, Mrs. As- tor was too stunned at first to recall any of the incidents of the sinking ship. Other passengers said that Mrs. Astor displayed remarkable courage during the days on the Carpathia, walking about the decks and trying to cheer up other survivors whose sorrow seemed beyond relief. Astor Made Light of Danger. “Colonel Astor was walking the deck at the time the Titania struck the ice- berg.”” said Willam David, assistant saloon steward on board the Carpa- thia, in reciting incidents which had been told to him by survivors. “He was approached by a frantic waiter, I was told, and urged to put on a life belt. The waliter had several life belts in his hand. Colonel Astor waved him away. “‘Pooh, he sald, ‘this is nothing! There is no need of life belts’ And that was the last seen of Colonel As- tor.” Band Played “Nearer, My God, to Thee.” Mrs. A. A. Dick, who was saved with her husband, told the following story: “The boats lay in the vicinity of the foundering vessel for about an hour. No one believed she could go down. ‘We had been assured to this effect by the captain. But as she began to set- tle it was soon seen that she was about to go to the bettom, and if-we stayed near we would be drawn down with her in the vortex. “The marine band on board did its best to cheer up the waning hopes of the passengers. One or two alrs were struck up. It was a spectacle that no one will ever forget. “Suddenly the band stopped. The leader moved his baton. In slow, sol- emn tones the air, ‘Nearer, My God, to Thee,” was wa.fted across the water to our ears. “The band played the hymn con- tinuously until their instruments were choked off by the swirling water that closed about thelr heads as they went to a hero’s grave.” B Steorage Passenger’s Experience. A Swede named Oscar Johansen was & steerage passenger on the Titanic. He said he was awakened in his steer- age bunk by a sort of grinding, tear- ing thump at the moment the Titanic struck the iceberg. He ran for the deck, but when he reached the saloon he found the band playing some popular air. “The officers of the ship were as- suring the people that there was no danger,” sald Johansen. “They told me to go back to the steerage and tell the people.who knew my tongue that - the accident was nothing. I went back, for the band kept on playing and the people in the saloon were leaving also for their beds. An hour after the boat sank. I hung onto one of the collaps- ible lifeboats for two hours and a half. Then I was picked up.” Mrs. Paul Shabert of “Derpy, Conn., said that when the collision occurred she came out on deck and asked one of the stewards if there was any dan- ger, and he sald he was afraid there was. Shortly afterward one of the of- ficers shouted, “Ladies first to the boats!” Mrs. Henry Stengel of Newark, N.J., said that she witnessed terrible scenes. Chinese stokers hid in’the bottom of the lifeboats before they were launch- ed. Men jumped into boatloads of ‘women, injuring them. There were no lights and no provisions. The col- lision was terrific, but nobody appeared to realize how serious matters were. There appeared to be overconfidence, as it was thought that the Titanic was unsinkable. “I am sure that more might have been saved had it not been for this overconfidence. The boats ‘were undermanned. My husband help- ed to row a lifeboat. Captain Smith stuck to the bridge like a hero. The behavior of the entire crew was per- fect. It was a most beautiful night. The vessel was suirounded by ice- bergs. Some of the passengers were on the deck -of the great liner, enjoy- ing the strange and beautiful scene, ‘Wwhen the crash came.” | Went Down, but Was Saved, Colonel Archibald Gracie, U. 8. A., the last man saved, went down with the ‘vessel, but was picked up. Colonel Gra- cle told a 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 behavior of both the pas- sengers and crew and paid a high trl- bute to the herolsm of the women pas- sengers. S “I jumped with the sea,” said he, “Just as I often have jumped with the breakers at the seashore. By great good fortune I managed to grasp the brass railing on the deck above, and 1 hung on by might and main. When the ship plunged down I was forced to let go and I was swirled around and around for what seemed to be an interminable time. Hventually I came to the surface to find the sea a mass of tangled wreckage. “Luckily I was unhurt, and casting about managed to selze a wooden grat- ing floating near by. When I bad re- covered my breath I discovered a larger canvas and cork life raft which had ficated up. A man whose name I did not learn was struggling toward it from some wreckage to which he had clung. I cast off and helped him to get on to:the raft and we then be- gan the work of rescuing those who bad jumped into the sea and were floundering In the water. Had to Deny Sucoor to Others. “When dawn broke there were thirty of us on the raft, standing knee deep in the icy water and afrald to move © 1912, by American Press Assoclation. OAPTAIN ROSTROM OF THE OARPATHIA. half dead, besought us to save them, and one or two made an effort to reach us, but we had to warn them away. Had we made any effort to save them we all might have perished. “The hours that elapsed before we ‘were picked up by the Carpathia were the longest and most terrible that I ever spent.” Colonel Gracie denied with emphasis that any men were fired upon and de- clared that only once was a revolver discharged. “This was for the purpose of intimi- dating some of the steerage passen- gers,” he said, “who had tumbled into & boat before it was prepared for launching. This shot was fired in the air, and when the foreigners were told that the next would be directed at them they promptly returned to the deck. There was no confusion and no panic.” From all accounts the Buffalo club has copped a classy infielder in Ar- thur Bues, recently released by the New York Giants. Louisville, April last number, “Nearer, My God to Thee,” played by the ship’s orchestra Just as the-Titanic sank, was the mu- sicians’ prayer, in the opinion of B. J. Elliott, president of the local mu- sicians union. ' He said there is a standing rule.in the national organi- zation requiring bands attending fun- erals of dead .members to conclude the rites with that air. Washington, ‘April 25.—Word that the sinking of ‘the Titanic ‘was ob- served from the steamer Mount Tem- ple, which landed at St. John’s last Friday, was received by Chairman Smith of “the . senate investigating. committee today from Dr. Quitzman; who says he saw the catastrophe. He indicatde his willingness to appear before the committee. This announcement was made dur- ing the recess today of the invéstigat- ing cemmitee. | The premier of Can- ada is in communication with the committee with & view to clearing up this phase of the disaster. New York, April 24.—Mrs. B. C. Carter, an English woman who was| lost on the Titanjig, has been identi- fled as the daughter of Thomas Hughes, author of “Tom Brown’s School Days.” Ottawa, Can., April 25.—Mrs. Ma- riana Aasaf, the only survivor of a party ‘of ten Syrians that sailed on the Titanic, reached her home in Ottawa early today. Mrs. Aasaf told ‘friends here that she saw several steerage passengers attempt to rush the lifeboats and that Captain Smith shot down several of them. “Not all the women who desired to get into the boats were .rescued,” continued Mrs. Aasaf. “Three cousins of mine pleaded for a seat, but were re- fused.” Copenhagen, Denmark, April 25.— The Scandinavian-American line to- day issued a statement that the Hel- lig Olay, one of their steamers which was mentioned during ' yesterday’s senatorial inquiry into the Titanic disaster as having been near the scene of the collision, was at least 350 nautical miles west of the Titan- ic at the time of the catastrophe. s U85 The Pullman revolving bed daven- port is instantly converted -into a comfortable bed by a turn of the seat; a convenient and useful article for the living room. These daven- ports, upholstered in genuine Span- ish leather and in the imitation leather, are carried in stock at Lahr’s Furniture Store. engine, the one chassis. ticular car. Ford manufactures 75,000 cars for 1912; the one tion comes in. They specialize on that one par- Look our lines over. grit by the valve stem into the cylinders to cut the wall away and put your engine on the junk heap in a month or two. pany or paying interest on indebtedness. ‘THEN BACKBONE OF PROSPERITY (Continued from first page.) this' country;start in that direction. || | I feel sure you won't, but your land, what little of it is under eultivation and it is only a scratch, but what little of it 18" under cultivation ll little used. . ~ German Farmers Good. “In Germany, and the German peo- ple are the 'farming -people among the: world, Germany {8 cultivating her ‘industries and her forest faster than any: country of Europe, except Denmark, In Germany the farmer is recognized as a good farmer by the size of ©is manure pile. . The man that has the biggest manure pile in Germany is the recognized best farm- er. Out where Senator Stephens lives in the Red River Valley, where I came from; the farmers burned their straw to get rid of it, and they tilled the land and expected the Al- mighty to do the rest, but He dis- appointed them once in a while, (Continued Friday). Investigate Indian Health. ‘Washington, April 25.~—Orders were issued by the treasury depart- ment today detailing Surgeon Talia- ferro Clark of the public health ser- vice to investigate health conditions among the Indians of Minnesota. Dr. Clark is now at Evansville, Ind., and is expected to proceed to Minnesota at once, probably beginning his work early next week. The detail was made at the request of the state board of health, through Dr. H, M. Bracken, its secretary. Dr. Clark will first make. investigation of the citizen Indians, and will then 8o to the reservations and work with the agency physician. Dr. Clark will submit a report in which he will sug- gest the way to improve health con- ditions among the Indians, to eradi- cate trachoma and to prevent that disease from being communicated to the white residents of the state. Card of Thanks. We wish to thank all who have helped us during the sickness and death of our loved one, Maude E. Slater. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Slater, Leslie Slater. Bert Keeley, former pitcher with the Washington team, has been en- gaged as playing manager by thef. Chicago club of the United States league. Depar Unent The Pioneer Want Ads 15 cents. 0 your want ad gets to them all. GLASSIFIED CHICKEN AND EGG DEPARTMENT, FOR SALE—Rhode Island Reds. First prize winners at county fair. Mated with stock from first prize stock at three large pouitry ex- hibits. I can spare a few more settings. Will book others ahead. $1 for 13 eggs; $6 per hundred. ‘Geo. T. Baker, 907 Minnesota Ave. |FOR SALE — Thoroughbred Ply- mouth Rock, Rhode Island Red and Buff Leghorn eggs. 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