Warned T oo Tate |
to Avoid Crash.
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Titanic’s Helsman Testifies Before Com-
mittee, and Curses Ismay.
Robert Hichens, at the wheel of the
Titanic when the liner crashed into
an iceberg off the Newfoundland banks
on the night of April 14, told the sen-
ate investigating committee in Wash-
ington that the first warning he had
was the word from the bridge, “berg
ahead.”
Orders immediately were given bY
the first officer, “hard a-starboard,”
and by the second officer ‘helm hard
over,” according to the witness.
Scarcely had the orders been given,
Hichens testified, when the Titanic
struck the iceberg and he could hear
the grinding of the ice. Then the
emergency doors were ordered closed
by Captain Smith and the lifeboats
lowered. Hichens also told of the list
of the Titanic, saying that the liner
careened five degrees to the starboard ;
within five minutes.
Harold CG.
his part in the struggle of the sur-
vivors for life iollowing the smash.
His testimony developed that, with
a volunteer crew, he rescued four
men from the water, saved a sinking
collapsible lifeboat by towing it astern
of his, and took off twenty ren and
one woman from the bottom of an
overturned boat. Every one of those
under his charge he landed safely on
the Carpathia.
Lowe also told of ordering J. Bruce
Ismay, the chief official of the White
Star line, away from one of the life-
boats while it was being lowered, be-
cause in his excitement he was inter
fering with the ship's officers.
Language too objectionable to be re-
peated aloud in the senate inquiry in-
to the Titanic disaster was used by
Lowe.
Lowe dramatically recited to the
senate investigating committee how
he, not knowing that he was talking
to the head of the company which
employed him, had told Ismay to “get
to h— out of here so that I can work,”
while Lowe and other officers were
trying to lower the first lifeboat—No.
f—on the starboard side of the Ti
tanic.
lowe declared that Ismay was not
trying to get into the boat, but that
he was very much excited and was
interfering with the proper lowering
of the boat.
Left Victims Drown.
Herbert J. Pitman, third officer of
the Titanic, gave to the committee 8
harrowing account of the groans and
cries that went up from the sea after
the Titanic had made her final plunge.
Senator Smith, chairman of the
committee, pressed Pitman regarding
the scencs after the sinking of the
ship.
“I heard no cries of distress until
after the ship went down,” he sald.
“ How far away were the cries from
your lifeboat?” Several hundred
yards. I told my men to get the oars
out and pull toward the wreck that
we might be able to save a few more.
The people in my boat demurred. They
said it would be a mad idea.”
“Did any one in your boat urge or
appeal to you to go back toward the
wreck?’ “No; not one.”
“Did any woman urge You to go
back?” “No.”
“Who demurred, the men with the
oars?” “Oh, no; they oveyed my or-
ders, and all the passengers said it
was a mad idea to go back, that we
should add another forty to the list of
drowned. Then we took in the oars
and lay quiet.”
When Pitman yielded to the impor
tunities of the passengers be did not
turn back to see, but merely pulled in
his oars and drifted.
“Describe the screams.” “Don't sir,
please! I'd rather not talk about it.”
“I'm sorry to press it, but what was
it like? Were the screams intermit-
tent or spasmodic?” “It was one long
continuous moan.”
The witness said the moans and
cries continued an hour and that he
made no effort to go to the rescue.
“You drifted in the vicinity of the
drowning people and made no effort
to give them aid?” asked Senator
Smith in surprise.
“Please, sir, don't!” pleaded Pitman.
“I can't bear to recall it! I wish we
might not discuss the scene.”
“I have no desire to lacerate your
feelings,” said Senator Smith, “but we
must know whether you drifted there
without offering aid. Answer that and
1 shall press you no more.”
“1 did, sir,” answered the witness.
Witness admitted that the lifeboat
ne commanded could have held twen-
ty-five or thirty more persons than
the forty-five who had been ordered
into it. Women wept as this testi-
mony was given, and the witness him-
self bowed his head and lowered his
voice as he answered the questions
put to him by Senator Smith.
Lookout Saw Icebehg.
Frederick T. Fleet, seaman and the
lookout man on the Titanic, followed
Third Officer Pitman on the stand.
Fleet, with another seaman named
Lee, was stationed in the crow’s nest
or lookout from 10 o'clock Sunday
night until the time of the accident.
He reported, he said on the stand, the
iceberg ahead as soon 25 he saw it.
He sald he was unable, however, to
give any idea how long before the col-
lision he reported ice ahead or how
far ahead the iceberg was. He struck
three bells first when he sighted it
and then went to the telephone in the
crow's nest and rang the officers on
the bridge up. The person who an-
swered asked him what he saw, and
witness told him an iceberg was
ahead. The three bells was to notify
the people on the bridge that some-
thing was ahead. Witness remained in
the crow's nest until after the accl
Lowe, fifth officer, told!
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| the collision he and Lee were relieved |
by two other lookous. He could not
definitely fix the time that elapsed be-
tween the time he first gave this in-
formation by telephone and by bell to |
the bridge officer and the time the!
boat struck. When the witness first!
sighted the berg it did not appear very |
large, but it kept getting steadily |
larger as they approached.
‘When they struck the berg it was &
bit higher than the forecastle head,
about fifty feet above the water line.
Witness said the vessel did not stop
after he gave the telephone signal.
She did not stop until she passed the
jceberg. The engines were not re.
versed, but the steamship started to
go to port. Witness said the men in
the crow’s nest had no glasses. They |
had asked for glasses in Southampton
and were told none was intended for
them. They had a pair from Belfast
ampton to New York. They didn't
know where the glasses they had from
Belfast went to.
Bandite Rob Sleeping Car.
Nine persons were robbed of money |
or valuables, or both, by three masked |
bold-up men, w o went through the
sleeper “Not:in* “mm. of the Rock
Island westbound CGolien Gate limited
&t Sheffield, Ill, forty miles east 01
Moline, I11.
After the robbers had finished their
work they shot holes in the air signal
tubes connected with the engine, thus
brought the train to a standstill and
quickly made their escape.
| Under cover of three revolcers, the
| porter was forced to point out to the
| Stans the berths that were occu-
pled. As soon as the robbers entered
the Pullman they forced the porter to
lock the doors. Only the occupants of
one Pullman were disturbed.
Those who weer robbed are: W. B.
Leblanc, New York, $45 and railroad
ticket: Mary Herron, Chicago, $96;
0. L. Benton, Oberlin, Kan, gold
watch and diamond, valued at $150,
and $250 cash; D. A. Mac Fuller and
wife, Fort Wayne, Ind, $95 and two
| watches, valued at $60; J. B. Gomand, |
Phoenix, Ariz., $80.
|
Rhode !siand For Taft, |
| Ten delegates pledged to vote for
| William H. Taft until released were
| elected to the Chicago national comn-
| vention by the Republicans of Rhode
{sland in convention assembled In |
Providence. Colonel Roosevelt was |
| vigorously scored by Congressman Ut- |
'ter, chairman of the convention.
Real Estate Transfers.
Aaron Stover to Calvin D. Haines,
i1 acre in Haines Twp.; $41.
+ Michael Eby to Calvin D. Haines,
1 acre in Haines Twp.; $20.
Philipsburg Electric Light, Gas,
| Power & Heating Co. to Warren Par-
| tridge tract of land in Philipsburg; $1.
{ Emma Sulivan et bar to W. D.
| O'Brien, premises in Snow Shee;
| $800,
! The New Steam Company to Penn
| Public Service Co, tract of land in
Philipsburg; $1.
| Osceola Heat & Power Co. to Penn
| Public Service Co. tract of land in
{ Osceola; $1.
| Philipsburg Electric Light, Gas,
| Power & Heating Co. to Warren Par-
{ise tract of land in Philipsburg:
| W. L. Foster et al to Wm. McBath,
! tract of land in State College; $300.
Sarah J. Reed et al to Jacob W,.
Sunday, premises in Pine Grove
Mills; $1300.
Julia Shuey to I. J. Dreese, lot in
College Twp.: $228.52.
Jerome A. Confer et ux to Harry S,
Haagen, 169 acres in Boggs Twp.:
$4300.
Margaret Bathgate's heirs to Fred
Mauer, Oct. 19th, 1911, lot in South
Philipsburg; $475.
County Commissioners to N. B.
Spangler, Aug 8, 1910, 433 acres in
Taylor Twp.; $9.
Bellefonte Cemetery Association to
Mary N. Chumbers, April 1, 1912, lot
in Bellefonte; $25.
. E. Ishler et ux to Annie IL.
Klinefelter, March 27, 1912, house
and lot in Potter Twp.; $1400,
E. E. Herlacher et ux to James
Beck, April 12, 1912, 150 acres in
Gregg Twp.; $897.
Howard M. Walker et ux to W. R.
Wilburn, April 3, 1912, house and lot
in Philipsburg $2560.
Geo. W. McGaffey et ux to Centre
& Clearfield Street Rwy. Co, March
3 1912, tract of land in Philipsburg:
Arney & Mingle to Geo. Nearhoof,
Dec. 20, 1911, % acre in Centre Hall;
$100.
Mary A. Bennett et bar to John
Edw. Walker, April 16, 1012, 148 acres
in Union Twp.; $600.
Harry Gill to Frederick Resides,
March 18, 1912, house and Jot in State
College; $2000.
Anna L. Bridge et al to Jacob O.
Thiel, March 22, 1912 tract of land in
Marion Twp.; $3920.
W. H. Noll et al to Elwood Brooks,
tract of land in Spring Twp.; $50.
Jno. L. Holmes et al to Rebecca
Snyder, tract of land in Ferguson
Twp.: $300.
Thos. Swyers to Rhoda I. Croll,
house and lot in Boggs Twp.: $600.
Wm. G. Runkle to Harvey L.
Truckenmiller, April 17, 1812, tract of
land in Spring Twp.; $475.
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Fo SURRS NOTICE Ch, he ce oJ
W. HARRISON or Hatite, Executors
A Pa..R.F.D. Ne. 1,
57-17-6t
Cattle Pasture.
VALLEY COAL COMPANY
LJ Lc SALLE GO, CONTA
be salted after fom May to October
inclusive $1.50 per er payable in advance,
ress
to Southampton, but none from South. | O
| tate, situate in the
ed and i
For high class Job Work come to
the WATCHMAN Office.
commission. Agents fi
day, Don’t delay. Be first
will reap the reward. Write today.
Address Box 27, Spring Mills, Centre Co.
Both "Phones. Bell 20.2 Commercial 2.3E.
57-172m
Tress SALE.
The undersi Trustee appointed by the
rphans Court of Centre county to sell the real
estate of Philip Teats, late of Bellefonte Borough,
deceased, will offer at public sale at the Court
House at Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, on '
SATURDAY, MAY 18th, 1912, i
at 10 o'clock a. m.. the following piece of real
Borough of Bellefonte, bound-
described as follows, to wit; Being
western half of lot No. seventy-four in the
plan of said Borough. On ithe north by
street; on the east by lot of Edward Gillen; on
the south by Logan street: on the west by lot of
Jaceb Gross, containing in front on Bishop street
thirty feet, and extending in depth two hundred |
feet to Logan street. |
DWELLING HOUSE AND OTHER OUT-
BUILDINGS.
House is almost in the centre of the Borough:
house can be built on street, a de-
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erty will be cheap, rs want their money.
Ifyou do not attend the sale and bid you will mia |
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TERMS OF SALE.—One half of purchase price
to be paid onthe day of the sale, the oer one- |
half on the confirmation of the sale. i
J. M. KEICHLINE, :
Trustee appointed by the Orphans’ Court, |
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R SALE OR RENT.—House on Curtin |
street. Eleven rooms. All modern con-
es. Inquire of
A. lL .
Care of Mrs. S. W. Beach, ORBIEON
Princeton, New Jersey. 7.94f.
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57.17:3t
HANCE FOR PLUMBERS.—Stock and tools
of a Plumbing, Steam & Gas fitting busi- |
ness, establi . for sale. Easy
terms. P. O. Box 672 Lock Haven, Pa.
57-15-6t* S. Z. MARTIN.
Sherifi"s Sales.
HERIFF'S SALE.—By virtue of a wri il
Facias issued out " ‘the Court of Lo! Rien
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Court House in the Borough of Bellefonte. Pa., on
MONDAY, THE 20th DAY OF MAY, 1612,
at 1:30 p. m. All those two certain tracts of land
situate in Boggs township, Cent ty. Penna..
a a ohare "uaty. enna,
0. 1.—Beginning at a stone in the centre of | |
the Bellefonte and pike: thence
east
a fe an uuge Sorth * pe:
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John Witherite porth 71 2 rods to
maples; Long sout!
grees west 49 rods to a hemloc!
$i same north 64 rees west 16 rods to a hem-
No, 2.— i t a stone i
aw Beginning a a in the middle of
said turnpike south west
rods to a Ie ous] WE of SN
deceased
. south 38
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| on east Curtin street, in Bellefonte, Centre coun:
east 20 rods to a post: thence along same north
141% degrees east 6 rods to a post: thence along
same north 351; degrees west 9.5 rods to a white
oak stump; thence north 10 rodstoa ; thence
along same north 29 degrees east 24 rods to a |
stone; thence along land of John Witherite south
72 degrees west 31 rods to a i thence along
lands of Sarah J. Eckley south 1 west
rods to ahemlock: thence along north 64 de-
grees west 16 rods to a hentiocks ¢ fe along
same north 60 degrees west rods to t
of beginning. Containing 17 acres he 13%
Seized, levied upon, taken in and
Te a Jo guiion, nd to
TERMS OF SALE.—No deed will p
ed until the purchase money is villhe Aig owledy
ARTHUR B. EE,
Sheriff's Office, Bellef: ,
ES Otis, Bellefonte, Pa. 57.173t
Legal Notice.
EGAL NOTICE.—Notice is given that
the
4 account 2 Clayton en Som, of
NCI A TL
the the will be rmed.
{pri le, 1912 D. R. FOREMAN,
Prothonotary.
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William Burnside
Miner and Shipper of
SAND
For all Purposes
Building Sand,
Plaster Sand,
To the hei legatees, creditors and other per-
| sons interested in said estate.
Concrete Sand
Scotia Sand Co., |
BENORE, Centre Co., Pa.
57-16-8t
Commercial 'Phone
Farm Implements, Etc.
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Everything for
Owing to the very inclement weather on the day of my sale
and a couple of car-loads not getting in on time for sale, I
will sell a number of Cultivators, Disk Harrows, Corn
Planters, Gasoline Engines, Wagons, Binders, Mowers,
Rakes, Hay Tedders, Cream Separators and a lot of other
articles on same terms as sale—ten months without interest,
or 5 per cent. off for cash.
RI.
LEHIGH VALLEY COAL CO.
on AL hn.
L. H. Musser,
57.17
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XECUTOR'S NOTICE.—Estate Mrs.
Roush, fate of Miles township,
having been granted by the fegistes of wills to 7
A. rich, all persons add to the estate,
please make payment © above named party
and those who have claim present thers for pay-
J. A. DEITRICH,
Executor.
vertisements.
59-15-6t*
DMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. ~Letters of
Administration of Charles de-
payment and those having claims against the
Same to present them duly authenticated for set-
CHARLES K. McCAFFERTY,
Bradford,
57-14-61 Pa.
N° ICE TO SATISFY MORTGAGE.
IN RE Petition of Hen-
ry J. Tibbens for the sat- |
isfaction of a mortgage .
dated April 1st, 1852, re- | In the Court of Com-
mon Pleas of Centre
in Mort Book “D county
212 etc., and
Riort dated No. 71, May Term
Ist, , recorded m| 1912.
138,513
were by Wil
F. to
George Hoy.
To George Hoy, Mort , mentioned in the
above stated mortgage, toany and all other
holder or holders thereof; notice is h
that an a has been made to the rt of
Common of Centre county, under the act of
Assembly ing such caseto
satisfy rai rt dated
you not a certain mortgage
April 1st, 1852, recorded in Centre county, in
orgies Book 1 page 212, etc., given by Wil
liam F. Thompson to iov. And also
mortgage dated April 1st, 1 recorded in Cen-
tre county, in Mortgage Book “D" page 26 etc.,
Jon two Ly land situated in Marion
ownship, re county, Pa., cc re-
spectively, 61 acres, and 1
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acre. Andlo appear at Bellefonte, Pa. on
the 6th day of May, 1912, to answer the petition
of Henry J, Tibbens, and to show cause y said
mortgages should not be satisfied of record.
ARTHUR B. LEE, Sheriff.
Sheriff's Office, Bellefonte, Pa
March 28th, 1912. 57-14-4¢ |
ALUABLE REAL ESTATE AT ORPHAN'S
URT SALE.—By virtue of an order
issued out of the Orphan's Court of Cen-
tre , the administrators of
Cmts Meyer, late of Bellefonte borough
oh will sell at public out-cry on the premises
ty, Penna., on
SATURDAY, MAY {TH 1012,
at two o'clock p. m., the following described real
estate:
All that certain lot, or piece of ground situate,
3{ing and Defy , in the borough of Bellefonte in
t y of re, and State of Pennsylvania,
bounded and described as follows, viz., beginning
at a point on the side of
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WiLLIAM GROH RUNKLE, Att'y,
Bellefonte, Pa.
pre SALE OF REAL ESTATE.
In the matter of the
estate of WilliamB.Ging-| In the Orphan’
ery, late of Worth ne: an of Centre Ca
Centre Co., Penn. ty. . No. 8565.
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Every Farmer
Bellefonte, Pa
Pennsylvania Railroad
A TRIP TO
WASHINGTON
Five-day tour, visiting all points of interest at the
National Capital.
From PITTSBURGH and WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA
May 16 to 20, 1912.
$20.50
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Covering round trip transportation, 3 3-4 days’
hotel accommodations in Washington, transfers
from station to hotel in Washington,
meals en route, sightseeing automobile trip in
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Tickets covering transportation only to and from
Washi going on trains leaving Pittsburgh
7.55 A. M., 832 P. M., 850 P. M., and 11.18 P. M,,
May 16, and good returning on all regular trains
except Limited Express trains until May 25, will
be sold at rate of 5.
Consult Ticket Agents or JAS. P. ANDERSON, District Passanger Agent,
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It adds to the credit of any man to be
able to write his check in settlement of
an account, payment of a debt or for the
purchase of anything, no matter how
small, and insures a receipt and record of
the transaction that may save trouble later
on.
The First National Bank,
Bellefonte, Pa.
‘We Paint Houses
We Paint Signs
We Paint Floors
We Paint Furniture
We Paint Because We Know How to Paint.
Dealers in Wall Paper, Wall Paper Clean-
er, Liquid Veneer, Varnish, Stains, Etc.
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PETRIKIN HALL 57-11:3m Bellefonte, Pa,
The Centre County Banking Company.
Strength and Conservatism
are the banking qualities demanded by careful
depositors. With forty years of banking ex-
perience we invite you to become a depositor,
assuring you of every courtesy and attention.
We pay 3 per cent interest on savings and
cheerfully give you any information at our
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desire to make.
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Bellefonte, Pa. ot
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