The evening world. Newspaper, October 15, 1913, Page 4

4 THE EVEWING WORLD, WEVWHSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1913. pas —— J iiewat rom the Grier Kurtuer i. , msec. semiiemeicl “ —o"? ca cain i ict aN AS : : : a Nerks nina, BAAN ' IP ogveroonrd anil wae cherie from a dose : ‘ , ao of towed or t atit the tae: of the [knew of the cntaaton of our #hip | their boats working. iia Ant the jis ae We kept dt closer and coy | “Tm glad it fe over, Int I'll never for- wo tes navel SAILORS BATTLE STORM FOR ‘ weve Lamluare, by 1 Wathen to the Voluirno, that we could get the sights, no matter how gay the ene t taken oft t ' rew SIX HOURS lite vow Sly wot Higcwnt the passeny aving to us, Wo light® on Broadway or how many nice second of \ OH Gusmao. Kurtin ati eho ath | Phe secon of the KK ‘ tos? | Asaensine cith a domen other repres| contd: hear faln 1 « |dohnnieg sit in the front row." ; nr the wat i wt WMT CIBK ie ott wae mineatn 6 tel Tixentatives eo Heltew ship. Ob, it was a horrid’ SS etarned agin a wn The other 4 no Te WAY ‘ wive t elit to WNO8e Leatfionr Ladenerinat t Po and paniaatt one to ald nin, we jevery Httle whtle he Volturne would re 4 = Sa e Bho lo jot deweeve tthe German tner #1, Wit they would Pahip white thy uy Taeem to sink out of sight behind the big & 2 JOSEFFY'S DAUGHTER HOPED IT tie tire er tie] were le ve emsultedt wit | waves and all we saw Was a cloud of Marie Mattfeld Tells WAS NIGHTMARE. Hours, fahting —w : e | #44 ty the Immediate needs !amoke on top of the waters. Tt looked Oculiets’ Optictane Jowefts, daagiter of the waves. ‘The boa nen nto the xeas MO WH) tut PHYA pee: ot CAST TSS a Wee ship bad | alfa Centary in Duainess iw Raphael dowetty, w the KK irfuerst's uid they eote jumped | turvivers . Jeone to the | , . 0 x ‘eat t ‘ atten til a terribie (the ship's divchargiog and when the! night, The burning ship had a terrible ry N w are atroathinit ae ap chrebiily R:wnntlertad MAut We “ween: guniing pen, |e AY ontteth nt Whe a the inert 1 the atorn j fire 1 pasionaers were till atreams [fascination for me, and f stood shiver- Precious to Ne, lect . . at the Metropol: | There wan the + . e it No. a . Sie down the gongphwk a sintden dra ting at the rail until morning. The or Abuse Mine. Marte M 1 bu A athe Las Sakti Tinatio ineent drop town to put ont | flames shot skyward, it eeemed almost tan Opera Comp ywae a paKens | ometh « YW of un.” mae ante { foieher edge the strained nerves of those laa high as the Woolworth Bullding, It ne apis cohe ies tout us Sats of the wir, while in the (was jar! not to believe thacone would a Habit Shiva the na wate Teak AANbIp WORTEETUL AG thal Pad -—Safeguard it with glosseee— ory of the Kurfuorst's PORUe Do te any funan a pH shit fice ee eee ta Wait Ge anal OY owe aring Th fticer Du ao of the Vole[ohip surrounded by almost a doxen| don’t wait until your eye. : ait! nthe main | yade the H Way und took a step ¢ at dottin wa ke i Bk gel ello fa Et In Repairing Wireless): "ic: 2.0% eco viens we sue wot | Mawes Bw u i b ae One tie acta of bravery. jel pad deen wave vet te had to no waved thelr a Joon. emarking tout the excellent speed the | hee | ballet i ory of every pass [Gragged from hie pos the hold of | fr toward th r young “4 “Then, about 1 o'clock, there Was an by Registered Eye Physicians, ehip was makiug. We were making more |) I atacd fiat mast of the credit When it wae all over and we had Ne ‘oard the Volturno, [the ship aly tinea eeploeion” on € Volturno amt we} Perfect Fitting Glasses, $2.50 to $12. fia! apeed and huge waver were {f° tie ork done haw been given 9] che pour ereatures at 1 hat oF ‘amcor Lloyd, who] BOAT CAME NEAR BEING Lost! anid Mise Pauli thought the end had come, The sea 106 Orestway at done Bt, ht, tomsing the decks and causing the | Wie Carmania, but let me aay that Capt. | a ta make t table. | inbed the namt of the burn- AFTER A RESCUE ' hips officer who had {was Tichted up for miles by the shoot- | 999 gath Avy 168 SL) 101 Masson, Aau St. snip to pitch and roll. Pregentiy Prof. y oS Ur Oe rves the greatest | pvt the very first Wan done | ie anip and re-connected the wiretet®| Third Officer H. Lieberman von or mm death, Mise Dussel-jing flames, and this was followed by a| "ggg Sisth Ave, 22081 | 17 West 420—B. ¥, Adolphus Schmidt, « parwenger, entered | Pitise £0 he manner in which hes way te collect a fund of LAM) marks for aratiw after is had been broken by |nenburg of tie Groswer Kurfuerst who | 2! seemed on t © of hysteria display of fireworks, the fames having 408 Faiten St., Cor, Bond St., Greokiys, the saloon and told up that there waa] Oriered the rescue work dene by isi ene crew Wich Went] he explosions Wak 1h Ue TOU oF the Meee Reave| when her broth down the} reached the sisnal rockets @ huge body of flame #h up from | men, and he worked like mad, and waa) gut from | Thie happened wetore any ship bad] fuerst's poate « seer Kure] eanyplank and took both sistere in his] “That night the Kurfurst'’s two tife-|* — Some object just ahead of us on the! W*C Me Anxious about the eafety of thove | “A much larger sum waa foll rail oe At ot ce dvoried velie’ | panem eee whieh a od Volturne |i boats brought In three loade of sure sae mad that occasionally the obe{#v0aRd the Volturno as though he wan] ene passengers trom the Volturno later Wien an explosion in the hold blew | the reat Gifticuitiva encountered by rea: | 12, Was nearly rafter the ship] vivors, one of the beats having made) Sunday World “Wants” jet was eranrence’ In Bind the commander of the humming ship. land we all of uw went through Our| dure of the apparatis away’ CAEAE DaGEA WHH’ he Auelaked that Enee Coes survivors began {two tripe to the Velturno, The next “We all went on deck at The Carmanta did absolutely nothing} things and gave up such clothing aM Wel” Wothout the ie. there! gases. emiapntion. from’ they Woluena cone or the AbtD pitlable lot |day the Kurfurst’s boata got three 1 * smost wonderful wight, 1 shall {8nd made no visible attempt to Mave @} eould, We organized a relief committer) way no hope Inch aaked | "eme wore so ctrone an to weaken nia| ter, were—halt clad, unahaven, gaunt ; loads of survivors, but the Work Monday Wonders. | Ket it, There right ahead of us, about single soul. The only aurvivor whoo that everything would be given Where) ei, would volunteer to go up and ret men. s King Russians, Poles and Lithuan- | calmer then and the other stes five saiiee away, was 4 ship burning, | ae Ween hoard the Carmania war ait war most Needed: Jaajust tt. Instantly Lloyd threw down] “Wien we got as wear as T thought (rhode tate ibe Racal SE : while not far away we saw a second Meee una started’ th Chi the ORIN | we. Geuld poe In: watity.”. he iy lin whore eyes tay the s cial ON ‘i eat Weta went Br Sail Dr mast, while the flames were seorching ordered the men to balance tie I He on cde ie vO icehe: pe “than we knew what we had ve rr hin clothes, The flames singed the| chen #houted to te crowdin A i Mtb : f wpeeding ahead for during the last few ‘a ors ag ER eee eee Gr Bl fants ana lta tues tate Gia toe oo er cocle gti | ct tare: (ballen showing: as they Announcement 0! neurs. We approached to whhin 2m yards of the burning ship and our cap ‘min stopped the engines, We saw peo- ple lined up against the rail of the afterpart of the Volturna atretching ‘tele arms out toward us and showing piteounly “The captain told me later it almont| a broke his heart to stand there and real- ize that he could not hel» there people, for the wind was so strong and there wan such @ high ece rolling at the timo that we did not dare to put out a boat. Jivery woman on the Grosser Kurfuerst knelt on her knees and prayed, right there on the deck, that Providence would save these souls. We were all excited and there was hardly @ dry eye among us. “It was early morning before we were able to do anything, and In the mean time we all watched and waited as the cries of those passengers on the Vol- tueno rent the air. Suddenly there wa: ‘a terrible explosion and great tongues of flame rose over 00 feet into the air and presented one of the most terrible scenes one could ever wish to see in a ‘ifetime. EVERY MAN RESPONDS TO CALL POR VOLUNTEERS. ‘Then the captain of the Voltume sent up several rockets, and finally F) t, and with the ahip pitching and rolling In the heavy seas, adjusted the wireless, ‘The ofMficera and passengers of the Volturna who were waved say It was the greatest exhibition of bravery of the entire drama, and that a» @ result Lioyd was compelled to remain in the hospital of the Grosser Kurfuerst for two or three days. Loyd wan very modest ii his deacnip- tion of this feat, ‘Third Engineer Pinsch of the Vol- turno ts another modest hero who did not want to talk of what he had done. During the entire time the ship was burning Pinach remained on duty in the engine room, and, though the heat was intense, and threatened every moment to consume him, yet he refused to leave hin post until most of the others Victims from Sea Nothing can be more calmly, unes- several efforte, we went over the lee sumingly Berolc thun the story of the] lt a ae Kurfnerst and managed to 5 get off. ‘he Volturno was two miles Teeoue of tho firet Voiturno refugees) | may end It wae getting dark. After tokl today by the men of thely tong, rough row, that taxed the men Gromer Kurfuerst, who set out in frail] to the utmost, we came near the burn. hoate on the storm-maddened nea and] ing ship, Just ax we approached there brought 16 men from the waves back} Was a rrific explosion on the Vol- to Ife and safety. turno and we could see marks of panic Only three men had been rescued| {8 the huddied group on the decks of from the burning bulk when tho first] ‘¢ Hating and vurning liner, of the Kurfuerst's rescue boats bobbed] | “T drew my boat In closer—as near up from the night like an ege shell as I dared in face of the terrific sean —and shouted to th “1 fe aL ah aa a, eon fo the men on the rail © ni ehiateaasll eda a “We made ready with boat hooks to ie a poy Aa the craay{f8" the men from tho #ea, but none of Pet peed aah ene aes Oba them would make the leap. Many were aoe coeur all through the houre ut] CeAeing from ropes, but they would the dreadful, garish, storm-driven night be Het go and taka a chance in the bot: sen. Finally T act my boat around eS peace weve te me ehrierrer Mie tho lista decks of the Voiturne ‘Second Officer torst von Carieburg preshigeeonapetlid Capea apesetd tubes Typed promenade of the Kurtuerat was in command of the lacy” which wen thon only’ tenn iret bout to put off from the German |iogyy as into my bowt, Just ae we were . 3 aa we were liner to aid the atrioken VYolturno. Hel ising them aboard one of tells a theitting story of the silent, eight near turno’s Hfeboats, which hud caught fire, grim ‘Teutonic courage with which M8) iinet through her davite and di men went about their task—went about) oo vite aie | or otees sofa bpp ete lbretlengee flab bree | ih e pea at our stem, There wan Jemand tat an eMart be made to save] PABSCNGERG KEPT WC IGNOR-[pireuise anolier panic avoerd the them. ~-~t. Spangenberg stepped up tu . ‘ Te cap ce aears orm mamen mk | spy oserce set waeck STRUGGLING MEN FISHED FROM tered about the deck and mouted for}. i at 4 u'clonk om tho afte THE WATER. votumeers. Instantly very oMeer ant) o¢ the ucoident,” ata Carlawurg, “Wel “I backed off a bit and shouted up to sraman aboard our #hip stepped f0F- lia gor tho witelems cail for ald the}them to mend the women first, but not a 4 and volunteered to go to the rea: | tt a at made all aperd to auc-| Woman came. They xeemed to he afraid ue of those aboard the Velturno. | 1c tne alaking stip. Our passengera| to jump. The men were fighting amonk We must risk our own lives! shout: | 70. nothing of our change in course. |themselver up above and there men rd the captain, ‘to save those souls! It was thought unwise to excite them] were pushed or thrown into the water Firet Officer Hashhagen stepped = by telling thet we were rushing to the|In the course of their atruggies, We und selected the strongest seamen, and] 0° UN tne oe in fished them all out. { myself saw ono with Sscond OmMter Bremer a boat wan} TS Ot nen aight of the burn-|of the men atruggling in the water de-| vided with a pass from passing the lowered. ; lng Volturno tremendoos seas were rin- | liberately push another man under. They | gates into the custome section, About Tt was a fine {ilustration of the Draws | ning and « wild storm wan breaidng over |had been fighting on the decks of the|%) people showed pasece and massed ery of our crew, Kvery man anked If/' 0° 001.” ono iaunch beats in auch eeas|Volturno and had fallen {nto the sea,| themselves againat the ropes before the he could not go along, but only ten were] Oe ne een, crusied against | clutched and wrestling. We waved both, | opened doors as the black hull of the nested, 4 the side of the liner that tried to out! “Finally our load was getting so larga | re ship was slowly warped into “They started for the Volturno and] pen off. and my men were already #0 strained | place and the gangways were made for more than two hours thore sailors) «we omcers conferred and tried to} from the work that we pushed off and | ready. strugeied ta’peit teithe,sile of the DUEN-l eink of a way of getting the doate| rowed back two miles to the Grosser | Back on the stairways and in the al- \ng ship but were forced back continu-| gown or taking off the passengers, We|Kurfuerm. .Te took us more than an|leyways leading to the court the crowd ally by the big seas, which at times} ia, close in, but found the Carpathia| hour to get back with our heavy load in| was close packed. When the big ship \reatened to capsize the craft. And Seldiitae there apd retreated to| the mad water, Wo picked her out of | slowly turned In the stream and tut “While these brave men were fight: 1) iq coltisions. Ae the evening wore|the vast, furtous night, however, began to inch her into her berth the te reach the Volturno'a side the] oy, vegan to feel mare and more the} Kot our refugees safo and chee: shadow of her masts foil acrous the win- ets nae SN ee wean desperate predicament of the Volturno, | deck.” dows on the stairway One She suet fed irleegn Sa oul | it ald seemed out of the question But,| Second Officer Cariatrom shed an in-|ones who could not eee pushed restlene: aan tas, ei ree ante eet toward $ o'clock, Capt. i teroating aklelight on the stolid herolam |ly to reach the coveted space by tho ral hours, during which time we aup- | ied for volunteers to go ov oe, a eee Sete one orem Sc — haw! over jie ered hous, Gurus whlsh time we #up> cee oe the Kurfuerast. For every minute the| An old woman with a shawl over ier turned with twenty-one survivors, Then | “It was @ tense time, but there were liner lay by helpless the Germans got | head grew hhyatertcal when the guards tur Serene a Then | | Mnore volunteers than were nemled | more impatient. Finally Capt. Spang. | wt the gate refused to let her into the effort was made tu bring back some} With me in the first boat were Quarter- oe ees Bie SRSIS Ae eee cn Se tun wa heres nore. In about two hours it returned boa [rae gp Microcell Titre] H@ Paced up and down the decks | Yiddish she explained tha: her only wor. with eleven more. And #0 thin boat ” th Moriti Stoker] TY Moments and watched the tre- pared iby the good God,” was on the kept on all through the nicht, making | Wagner, ‘Tinemil js and Stoker] endoun seas. Then he wheeled abrupt-| ship and could anyone deny a mother tripe to the doomed vease! and bringing ly on his men, tho right to eee her boy, saved by death? hwck those Ht had been able to reacu “Well, what do you say?" 4 t An we watched we saw Officers THROUGH VICIOUS STORM. manded, you way?" he de- alread appl leg Ee eee Mashagen and Bremer pleading with} «q¢ just 4 o'clock, when after “We are willing to rty! came the ! ner two daughters, not refugees from OVERCOATS $22 & $25 iw To-day " | 7 Two wours before the arrival of the Grosser Kurfuerst at her dock the ble court yard in front of the North Ger- man Lioyd docks was crowded with people and every ferry and tunnel train from New York brought more, For the most part those who awaited the in- coming ship with strained lines of fear on their faces were people from the east wide of New York, who had rela- tives on board the !ll-fated Volturno. ‘The customa men on the second level of the pler were very strict in enforcing the rule prohibiting any one not pro- an effort had been made to put a boat wut and this boat, containing several Mf the petty officers and stewards, who fought the passengers in order to reach boat themaeclves, was crashed MEDIUM WEIGHT of them drowned. This frightened the others ‘Those who were brought a ship were stunned with fear. wore a look of misery, Men grabbed the spirita that were offered them and dvank with shaking bands. Officer Bremer told me Inter that he had to ko up and throw down several of the passengers in order to save them. TI stood on the deck of the burning v with blank exprevsions and speechlons In fact, he maid?they didn't arem to| are whether they Were saved or not Hunger, fear, minery and exposure had | stunned their brains, | CHILDREN PLAYING ON OECK WHEN GRABBED BY RESCUERS. ‘Officer Hashagen said that he, und children playimg on the deck of ‘he burning enim and had to grab thein | p and pass them te wome of the aca ten. «They wéFe™ totally ignorant ot | seir position and were full of wine, | “D tried to seep, after we lad heen | jasuret that everybody had been saved, 4t the reflection of the flames throu the port hole Lighted un iy room like day. 1 went on deck and again looked at the Volturno, which by thts tme | was a perfect roaring, flery furnacs, with flames leaping out of the contee of her, followed by loud exploxions every few minutes, We belivved that sie hid lreworks in her hold, for these explo- mons were followed by what appeared shooting rockets and other fireworks. A Big Assortment of fancy Grays, _ Tans and Browns—-also staple blacks and oxfords, Lined with serge---satin sleeve lining. Tailored in Our Own Face tories and wecan guaranteethem in every possible way. scorched his face, but he clung to the} chem up. ‘The women an afraid to jump, the leap, pulled them abo: Then, absohitely to return, as {t seem: no more, “After a reached the there found the s aboard. could not get driven away from too exhausted to row against the It seemed that we were doomed to lost_ouraelves ' “Finally we managed to get up the Mut it aged mea bit, Afver small mast and aa: was provided and beat our way to the six hours in the nally got on board. not walk, that I could Dock Crowds Frantic When Ship Arrive the Volturno, but Grosser Kurfuerst. who had seen the terror of the sea to descend. They waiting friends, sobbing hysterically. The Volturno The Largest Fifth Avenue Automobile Everything that has ever been devised for thecomfort of chauffeur and motorist is included in the stock. A sale involving $73,000 worth of merchandise; and in this immense stock are included many are suited for the use of people who do not moter. No man er woman whe fur, fur-lined or just warm cloth, can buy to better edvantage than at this sale. ww we had saved eryhody % Was porsible to save W@gropiized whut and I osser Kurfuerst. Wy _, =a imoved. > the cullen weome| SIGHT MORE DRAMATIC with another man,| THAN BELASCO SETTING, DECLARES ACTRES: ard with boat-hooks, | GLOVES To introduce the new location of our Glove - Saxwalll covery: ot Minnelae pean now in the most convenient shopping centre : ye) 8 rhe} . ways Introductory Prices nvthing 1xe| Women's 16 Button Fine Imported Kidskin, ing ship,” said Miss ax wel bf a oi ea es Maen {in white and black. Value 3.25, at Women’s 12 & 16 Button Doeskin, exhausted, we decided that we could do and wi rosser Kurfuerst to got the thrill of her vounr “Belasco never stared that b “It w ned on yn F the ship, 2.50} { forgotten, that i with Which our beat. ship afire and the hero! mpta to| hack jrexcue the passengers and seeing \of finest . 0 & 00 had bees! symp into the sea, 1 aoa't foc! much quality, 2.5 3. small boat when we T has wo tired Hke capering before the fi “It was about 11.90 o'clock on Thura-| Gay morning that we feet got sicht of the Volturno. The passengers on the Grosser Kurfuerst hadn't o#en told of the trouble. But when we aaw the sull- {ors beginning to uncover lifeboats we knew that something terrible was hap- pe iirhte. Women’s 2-Clasp Imported Kidskin, in black, white and colors. Special quality, at Women’s I-Clasp Doeskin, value 1.35, at 1.00 Men's Capeskin, excellent quality, in this : season’s latest shades of tan. $1.50 value, 1.15 The firet thing we saw us we came pi eae ees ining worse as da Every other desirable style of finest imported and drama, were the firat| the horiaoy. We didn't know what it | loméstic made gloves at correspondingly low prices. fell Into the arma of) was at first, then we saw that It} MAIL ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED. Sale of the Entire Stock of the Retired 5th Avenue Firm Fox, Stiefel & Co. Motor Apraret SHop Firth AVENUE AND 34™ STREET New Yorn IY THEIR MARKED PRICES; NOW IN FULL SWINE, $73,000 Worth to Be Sold for $36,500 — 1.00" passengers on the urvivors. were not ai: Motoring Apparel Outfitlers to Critical Clothing House. Men and Women. The quality of merchandise scarcely requires comment. It was all made to the order of Fox, Stiefel & Co., They were known as the finest motoring apparel store on Fifth Avenue, Macy’s Motoring Goods Section is now three times its usual size to accommodate this immense stock. The sales-force has been quadrupled, se that you will have every convenience for prompt and easy selection. articles that wants a warm, stylish coat, either N. B.—An immense collection of Fur and Fur-lined Coats for both The Coats are made of every conceiv- y as fine an assortment of Fine Filth Fleer, 34th St. men and women is included. able Fur in every conceivable style. Probabl Fur Coats as can be found at any store in the City—all half price.