The evening world. Newspaper, April 20, 1912, Page 4

~~ type ts distinctly Oriental. THE RVENING WORLD, SATURDAY, APRIT, 20, 1912. uy DEFENDS HIMSELF; DECLARES SENATE INQUIRY and Children Were Off,” and “Took No Man’s Place.” Protesting that his conscience {s absolutely clear ani that he would never have another happy moment of life if he believed himself to have dome the least injustice to # passenger of the Titanic, J. Bruce Iemay, Man- ‘aging Director of Ge White Star Line, says he will sail for Hngland the moment the Senatorial Investigating Committee has finished with bim. Mr. Ismay bitterly resents tho accusations that are being brought against him. » “What do you think Iam? Do you believe that I’m the sort that would have left that ship as long as thero were any women or children aboard her? That's the thing that hurts, and it hurts all the more because It’s so faleo and bareless.” of ‘This ts the way he began to talk when asked the question that has heen tossed about since his namo first appeared upon the list of survivors, which grew sharper and more insistent when tho report was spread he had @H% away from the Titanic among the first of the lifeboat fleet. _ “IV's so utterly false,” he exclaimed, his naturally low voice rasping and cracked under dis nervous strain. That he is not far away from a complete breakdown is palpable. He seeks to hide the tension under a sang Treld that conceals nothing. _ Tho ready half smile that comes at his bidding {s plainly forced. | Hvery nervo is twitching, and it 's only by strong self-control he holds them in check. . How long he can contro! bimself is a question. He was seen after testifying before the Senate Committee. THINKS INQUIRY UNFAIR. “This! whole thing seémis unfair—horribly unfair. protect mysel{ by having my counsel ask questions intended to simplify in. volved meanings, A glaring example of this happened at the hearing when Twas asked about rowing the boat and I said I had been at one of the oars, but had not seen the ship go down. “At once I was asked how I could have failed to see her since, if row- Ing, T thust have been facing her. It would have been easy for my counsel to }, lemay fe stz feet tall and weighs about 180 pounds. He te straight and! rect carriage gives hima distinctive air. He is fitty and looks younger. tile complexion is warthy, his hair black and curly, his nose Roman. His * His eyes are black and they glisten always. The mouth is well formed, ‘the lps seem thin and rather hard. The head ‘s small. Mach AND HIS CRITICS UNFAR Left: Titanic “Only When Women ssa WARNED OF ICE, ISMAY SAID: WILL GO FASTER Two Babies Who Were Tossed by Fathe i From Sinking Titanic to Safety / Lifeboat lOSSED! BABY BOYS his features is small. His whole makeup denotes a life of ease rather of strength, as if he were accustomed to having his own way fe given him, rather than because be wins it. From the disjointed manier in which he speaks it ts evident that he has not yet recovered from the shock of shipwreck, He says--and his him out—that he has no clear recollection of many of the cocur- the Sunday night and Monday morning of the tragedy. “I have thought long over each single incident I could recall of the wreck, Iam sure that nothing wrong was done—that I did nothing that I should not have fone. My conscience is clear, and I have not been @ Jentent Judge of my acts. WAS ENTITLED TO HIS CHANCE. 1 tell you that if I thought that in the slightest way I had done any-| Magistrate Tells of the Cool tBtag wrong | would never have another happy moment. I took the chance ‘when it came to me—I did not seek it. I repeat every woman and child had been cared for before I left the boat. “dnd more, all the men within reach had been taken care of before I eth ces And why shouldn't I take my turn? There are only two On & ship—the crew and the passengers, I was a passenger, Pa Bed pal Avapaethed the company, Gifferent from the rest’ of the passengers. With m: & case of the women and children first, and then the oir sg posal I took no other man's place. tered my boat—the last to leave—I' was practically the last may have been others waiting for other boats to be lowered | no reason to suppose they would not get away all right, I @% sure absolutely of one thing—that every woman, except those who quit their husbands, or perhaps a few who never came up from, sir cabins, had left the Titanic before 1 set a foot in a boat. pen iis ‘was anxious to get back to England as soon as “I should lke to leave on the Lapland, but doubt I can. My wife and ‘are naturally ‘much disturbed. 1 have received cables imploring me > return forthwith, “While I was on the Carpathia I had the thought of transhipping to Cedric when we met her, but I abandoned this plan without even dis- ing it with any one. It was quite false to say that I had intended to do! eras was printed here before I arrived. Also, there is another point I it to make plain; I had no hand whatever in any suppression of news. pothing to do with the way in which the wireless was handled on tes Carpathia.” lelneiadia teas: ate teeee kt 4. B. HARRIS'S TWO THEA TRES CLOSED. Out of respect to Henry B. Harris, who ave up his life that the women and children might be saved when the Titante went down, the Hudson and Harris Theatres remained closed | The Hudson ‘Theatre was Mr, producing playhouse, and in {i were his offices, while the Harris ‘The- was ted by him to hie + Willem Harrie, when it passed to his management lasi year, Mre. Harris, who was rescued, ts stil! tn @ highly nervous state, physical condition is satisf cept for the fractured shoulder "ads she auffered a few daye before the Maton, it is thought that with rest and quiet she will fully recover, William Harris, tor whom hie friends were o cerned because of his age, has stood up well under the shook, For the prosent at will be conducted by with Mr Taree Many years, His death has brought sor. rew to men and women in all branches ot heatrical profession, had ¢ Watch for Them There will be printed to-morrow about the business who had hundreds of other miscellaneous Sienicoments of timely interest to ai tn - To-Morrow’s Sunday World *wuMmp’” THEIR BSCePe FROM THE TITANIC, MISS EVANS DIED (MRS. ASTOR KEPT CARDINAL FARLEY TOSAVE HER AUNT, | TO HER ROOM, BUT) DIRECTED FIRST AID MOTHER OF FAMILY! MUCH IMPROVED) 10 THE SURVIVORS; Hervism of Mrs. Cor- nell’s Niece. Police Megistrate Robert C. Cornell but where would you draw! eid to-day that his wife and her you stop bondholder from taking his place in the life- | two sisters, Mrs. Edward Appleton and has a financial Interest in the corporation? I didn’t con-|™F% John Murray Brown of Denvor, AND Lous Certainly Dead, but Vin- cent Yet Hop2s. AND Has Been Told Husband Is Mrs. Jonn Jacob Astor was reported somewhat !mproved to-day at her Fifth | avenue home, but her condition ts still no who were among those rescued from the Titanic, were resting, altho: a of them had undergone a teaches creatsh Pr basi Vn ee atrain, | “Mrs. Cornell," said the Magistrate, “te of the same opinion as many others Of the survivors, that many of the life- doate left the side of the Titanic before they had nearly their capacity. “Mrs. Cornell, with Mrs, Appleton, ines assigned lace in the second boat. ‘This boat wi it was lowered con- ‘tained twee i ya there was room teen more without overcrowding, In fact, all of the boats, my wife says, 4 have carried many more paseen- with safety, ‘There were three oars in the boat in | Which my wife and Mrs, Appleton were put, and no food or water or covering {ef any sort to keep out the cold. The | Crew of this boat consisted of one sailor |and one petty officer, “When the boat was lowered an Itallan was ecen struggling in the wi 38 Force. but Mr. and see what was the matter. my mald and put on a lght dress. Pret- ty soon Mr, Astor camo back and sald land; It y that he didn’t think tt was anything | stro nad by some vessel. serious, and she is allowed to see one except her mother, Force and her alater, Her physi fering only from nervous exhaustion. Vincent Astor has not given up hope entirely that his father was picked up He declares his father was © good swimmer and could have remained in the water for hours, with the help of @ lifo belt, despite the cold. It te understood Mrs. Astor has been told that there 1s no use hoping, be- it Is best for her in her nervous jon not to worry and hope ni lessly and indefinitely. quoted as telling this story of the Ti- tante accident “We had gone to bed when the Jar was felt. Mra, Miss Katherine Mra. Ww. it. is suf- As We thought it was nothing Astor sald he would go on deck I called | Judge, then, of the surprise of there TO SAFETY AS HE ,and ‘Lump Orphans in a Strange Land. | ! | | [Fathers Last Act Leaves Louis | | | | Who are tho fwo little French boys that were cropped, almost naked, from the deck of the sinking Titante into the jars of survivors In a lifeboat? irom {which place In France afd they come Jana to which place in the new world! were they bound? There is not one tota of information to be had as to the identity of the walfs of tho deep—the orphans sof the Tiantc. The Evening World wants to know who they are and wants to find their relatives. ‘The two baby boys, two and four years old, respectively, are in charge of Miss Margaret Hays of No. 304 West Eighty-third street. Miss Hays fluent speaker of French and she ‘has tried vainly to get fron the lsping lips of the two tots some information that would lead to the finding of their rela- tives, ‘Their father's last earthly act to see to the saving of his babies. He tossed them naked into one of the last departing feboats, and t with the knowledge tha: his little lads were safe, he went to jeath. MI@8 HAYS ATTACHED TO THE LITTLE BOYS. Miss Hays, also a survivor of the Titanic, took charge of the naked watfs on the Carpathia and still has them in her care, Miss Hays has become warm- ly attached to the two boys, who un- concernedly play about, not u restand- ing the great tragedy that come into their lives. But Miss Hays wants to find relatives of the boys. She does not wish to see them taken to an orphanage or adopted into a strange home. The two little curly-heads do not understand it all. Has not the!r pretty Bineteen-year-old foster mother provided them with pretty sults and little white shoes and playthings a-plenty? Then, too, Mise Hays has a Pom dog that sie brought with her from Paris and which ehe carried in her arms from the Ti- tanic and held to her bosom through the long night in the lifeboat, and to which the children are warmly attached, | All three are allens on an alien shore. Mise Hays has been unable to learn jthe names of the litte fellows. She has —— lanes ie, Louis and the younger imp" is all that his name ciples for a welghs almost as much as his brother. They are darkeeyed and brown curly-haired children who know how to smile as only French children can. On the fateful night of the Titanic Gisaster and just as the last boats were pulling away with thelr human freight @ man rushed to the rail holding the al- most naked babes under his arms. Ho cried to the passengers in one of the boata and held the children aloft. Three or four sailors and passengers held up thelr arms. The father dropped the older boy. He was safely caught. Then he dropped the little fellow and saw him folded in the arms of a sailor. Then The last DIAGRAM OF Five Orders of Sisters and Heads of Missions Lightened Burdens of Poor. wave hi: in @ fina! parting, plunged to the ocean’ babes, he was waving his hand Then the Titanic bed. MANNERS = INDICATE GOOD BREEDING. The two curly-heads are children of excellent breeding. ‘Their manne! not thone of babes, but of finished gen- tlemen. Their first demand upon arising in the Hays home in the molrning |s for their bath. At the table they insist on being provided with napkins. They courtesy When spoken to and do ail that children of good breeding are taught. But these tote of the Titanic can give absolutely no hint as to thelr parentage. It {s presumed that they boarded the Titanic at Cherbow \d that thelr father, probably « widower, was bring- ing his bables to friends or relatives. in ‘America. But it is all presumption, 10 one knows and the two curly-heads can't tell. THEIR When the Carpathia swung into ber \ dock on Thursday night the sweetest note that resounded along the plers of | the North River was that of eympathy, Charity some might have called it, but all New York doesn’t speak of charity, because dd @ word which might hurt. ‘The passengers in the first and sec- ond cabins, from a worldly point of view, had nothing to fear, The women of the steerage hag tost their beloved ones and their all besides, The ina- jority were landing in an unknown country. Many had been widow! ed. Young girls had saved nothing but the they wore, They landed here with fear and trembling; they did not know which way to turn. not what to do, who had no tdea of how to take care of themselves, Consulting nobody the prelate had people to learn that their wants had gone ahead in his own way. His mine been antiéipated. The widows and or- | fone Shewl fe oe eae all une phans were taken care of, the yOUnK| heralded, but all prepared to take care . It may have) of every possible situation, Sorhigho knew no tripnds’ I May ‘The Rev. Father Henry of the Holy been that they had dropped into f@Iry-| pogary Mission was there with his ald to look after the welfare of thi girl immigrants, Father McGra nave been that their foo. Iriah ps had been directed to God's own SANK WITHLINER| could. Mre, eal of the practices common tn auch as cutting the pay | to rary of we actors s aurinn the week vefere he was picked up. The throe each took an oar and did the best they “Mre. Cornell and her aster, who have doate which left after tho one in wh: Cornell and Mre, A, placed, When this boat about that tt cont F than it could carry, ‘Miss Evans, a handsome girl of to Mrs, Brown that 1d should be Evane left the and | serious, struck fee, but tt was an toe went out on deck KNEW DANGER. “Everything was extremely quiet one seemed much excited of all Mr, Astor and myself. the boat to be onl; artiy filled, ated | Omg, iY “The altuation 4ldn't besin to and there were only two Joft.” Mra, as the doit wi and called to her: Hefore the bo Astor sent about Mre, Astor, In the wat foam : Hi ehip water until tt wi Bhe oveupled hi bail! t the boat. 8 mp He said that the ship had ve didn't know then We atdn’t put No sure loast We walked Around and people began to powr up on deck, The oxcitement began to grow, but the ship seemed to be ail right. Then the order wae passed around to get out| stranger on these shores. but nobody wanted to get tnto| them, and the frat ones lowered were | tim gaod works performed. No ques- Rot grave until most of tie boats were gone Astor and her matd and nurse wot Into on of the last boats, and at her request Col, Astor got In with her, but got out at once, Hoe stood oalmiy being loweret away “Goodby, deario; I'll Join you shortly." | * wefe lowered Col. j@ man to et some heavy | Wraps and fire and these were placed! the boat pulled away ‘Ttanlo and began almost im- time time waw the jana. ‘There was a mysterigus force mov- [ing through the throng, # force which | y needy one, whether she! tn need of financial or spiritual aia, ork was done by the the Catholic Seaman's Mission, was on hand with food and coffee for anybody and everybody who might feel the need of them, of Charity, the %s- How these women came to be on the dock nobody seems to know, but the wood they did and the wonders they performod brought tears of joy to the ‘There was nothing oatentatious about tons were axked gave: “Are you in) need?’ Tt was not a auestion of | money, nor @ question of creed, TRAINED NURSES ACCOM. | PANIED THE SISTERS, Trained nurses were among the Sie- ters who mingled with the survivors, |} Good women were there who spoke every langnage of the rteer ‘They |Mwhtened the burdens of the survivors It developed that Mur. MoMahen, Bu- pervisor of Cathollo Charities, was fore- | moat in the movem: ‘Then it leaked | out that behind the work wae Cardinal Farley, He had at tet out the altue- A arrived Ome Catarrh erat ry £ temocsntal of Vigk Ol intos iret i ari ao Ee aur cheee COWARDLY MAN DISGUISED. AS WOMAN GOT INTO BOAT \Mrs. Fortune Tells How Other Men, i Maddened by Icy Seas, Tried to, Capsize Frail Craft After Being: | Dragged From Water. | How one man escaped from thé Titanic dressed in’ women's clothes'¢ven ‘to hat and veil, when tha ship's officera were not permitting men, withthe _ exception of those who manned the lifeboats, to leave the sinking ship, was told by Mrs. Mark Fortune yesterday through her son-in-law, H. C. Hutton, |of Winnfpeg, Manitoba. Mrs. Fortune, with her daughters, Misses Lucile, Mabel and Atice, are at the Hotel Belmont, The husband and father and the son and brother’ of the family perihed. ! Mrs. Fortune was aroused by her son Charles knocking at the door of \the cabin. He told her the ship had struck an iceberg and was in danger About the same time a steward rushed through the passage and yelled: “Thero is no danger. This ship cannot sink!” The women were not inclined to take things as calmly as the steward wanted them to and hurriedly dressed. On their way to the deck they were Joined by Mr. Fortune and Charles. At the stairway they were met by officers, who informed the father son that they would not be permitted to go any further. The women wi instructed to get into a Hfeboat, but still they did not realize the ship was in danger. One of the Fortune girls called back to ber brother: “Charlie, you look after father!” t That was the only message that passed between them. The mother and daughters were placed in Hfeboat 10, It was terribly overcrowded, Mrs. Fortune told her brother-in-law, and with the exception of a Chinaman, a stoker and four men who were to man the boat all in it were supposed to be women. It became necessary to transfer these four men to another boat, which was without a crew. This left only the Chinaman to row. About this time the discovery was mace that a veiled person in women’s clothes was a man. He made no explanation as to why be was so dressed and none was asked of him, but that he had donned the clothes to eacape with women when men were being held back to die there was no question. Nor did any one ask his name or learn it later. ‘The only request made of him was that he take an oar. This he did reluctantly. The Chinaman and stoker knew almost nothing about rowiag and the man in women's clothes knew less. One of the Fortune girls and another girl got out an oar each and helped to pull away from the wreck. The family agreed that they were in the boat one hour after the liner struck. At 2.15 the next morning, as far as they can remember, they saw the stern of the Titanic hoist itself In the air, A crowd could be seen struggling. Shrieks and yells came across the water to the crew of the tenth boat. The bandsmen continued playing to the last, some with life preservers on their arms as they worked their instruments and others with the belts around their waists. Not one made an attempt to save himeelf. ® Mrs, Fortune was of the opinion that no discrimination was made be. tween passengers of the first, second or third classes in making the allot ments for seats in the boats. The rule applied only to the women, how- ever. When the ship struck, several men in the steerage tried to rush the officers in charge of the lifeboats. At first the officers were able to kee}: them off by slugging them as they surged around them, but the passengers grew more terrified. Then the officers made use of their revolvers, first, t: fire in the air and then to aim at the men. Mrs. Fortune and her daughters were spared the sight of a wholesale slaughter of the steerage passengers, but she saw at least one man £0 down, He was shot in the arm, and his fate intimidated the others. The men rushed off to another quarter of the ship to resume their attempts upon the boats. BOMB THROWER CAUGHT IN ACT OF APPLYING MATCH Detectives. Carrao, Miceli, Castano, Dondero, Giatano and Guaner! to-day eaught a man they believe to be the side's worst bomb thrower. His capture was the result of a grimly earn- ‘at campaign by Deputy Commissioner |!0Wed Imperate to the front of Lucarel- Dougherty to stop the blackmaljing of |!0's store. | Others, were concealed in Italian shopkeepers for the fund to get| ing a cigarette: ‘They aw him light new trial for Carlo Carles, recently | match with the cigarette. Up to that vent to prison by Judge Rosaisky for| moment they had not cared to grab him welve yeurs and eleven months as the| because they knew the courts would not ead of a band of marvelously skilful /hold thelr prisoner unless they had forgera who paint false signatures with caught him in the act a fine brush better than most forgers| Under the lining of his coat t who use @ pen. found a bomb of the roughly wrapped Calesi himself was ignorant, but he| Blackhand type about four inches In é4- was a born leader of men and a mas-| ameter, with a long fuse. He had. elit ter of cunning. He commanded those| the bottom of his pocket in the effort te of the gang who escaped pr drop it, but had forgotten the lning, SD y i 1 @e Ine Ny A wall il nl 4 him out for a new trial. They lacked money. Many Italians were forced to buy @ tawdry locket inacribed “Justice for C 3 Many were told to give much larger sums on pain of being blown up. A fishmonger, Lucarello France, ef No, 34 East Eleventh street, reported to the police three weeks ago that Gae- tano Imperato of No, 338 East Eleventh street, ‘his neighbor in the block notori- ous for bomb explosions, had demanded 3% from him for the Carlest ¢und and on this refusal had threatened a bom) explosion. ‘Two weeks ago the explosion occurred. Carrao and the other detectives were told that until they cought the bomb- thrower, they needn't do anythin; To their chagrin a week ago th of Gloyanni Branchettl, who hai refused to contribute, was blown up. Before dawn to-day some of them fol- Odol-izing The Only Way to Havea Clean Mouth toe houre afterward, Al? Draggiete,.Vrice S00. NEW. YORK. GEO. BORGFELDT, & CO,