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Your patronage solicited. FRED, GRETTEN BERGER THE TIONKSTA Can Biipply your want in such staple lines as Hand" Painted China, Japan ese China, Decorated Glassware, and riaiu Bin) Fancy Dishes, Candy, as well as other lines too numerous to mention. Time to Think of Paint & Paper. Before you plan your spring work in paiuting ami paper. ng let us give you our estimates on the complete job. Satisfaction guaranteed. G. F. RODDA, Next Door to the Fruit Store, Elm Street, lionesta, 'a. Forest VOL. XLV. NO. 9. IBTO SIDE AND HER Sank as Band PlayeP' Nearer, My God, to Thee," Carrying the Bottom ol the Atlantic 1,535 Souls. CARPATHIA -ARRIVED WITH The sinking Titanic carried with hjer to death 1.595 persons. Those who Jere rescued number Just 745. m( than this number were picked up from the Titanic's bflats and from pieces of wreckage to which they ctung, but four died of exposure after having been transferred to the Car pathia and were buried at sea. Of the 745 who reached New York 210 were members of the crew, most of them stewards and firemen. Only four officers were saved. It was the submerged ledge of an Iceberg of ordinary proportions that lent the White Star liner more than two miles-to the bottom of the Atlan tic off the Banks of Newfoundland. She was steaming almost full tilt through a gently swelllng'sea and un der a starlit sky when at 11.40 p. m. she hit the berg. ' First Officer Mur dock a moment after the collision sur rendered " the command to Capt. Smith, who went down with. her. New York. After 4' days of agoni zing suspense the Carpalhia arrived at this port bearing all that remains nior t n 1 of the thousands of Bonis who sail ed upon the Titanic. Siill dazed and half stunned from the shock of that appalling night, amid all their grief the survivors in sen I en- it - f 'it : r . ""a6.i 4 COL. JOHN JACOB ASTOR AND MRS. ASTOR. ccs interrupted by sobs and ejacula tions told of brief moments of their experience that had to be pieced to gether to make a coherent narrative. It was a narrative to thrill the soul with horror. Darkneiu, a sea of Ice, 'the huge hulk pf the Titanic dotted, wiiti myriadH of lights sowly sinking beneath the waves, the cries of men shrieking for help, of women scream ing In panic growing loader and loud er with every moment, hundreds of tnen struggling in the water amid the cakes of ice, striving plteouely to climb upen the overladen lifeboats, bogging to he saved, women crying to their husbands to Jump from the decks, ship's officers threatening to shoot the first man who attempted to enter a life boat no picture Inferno ever presented such phantasmagoria. Titanic Was Running at Full Speed. The ocean was calm ns a mill-pond when the Titanic crushed into the ice berg. It was a quarter of an hour be fore midnight. Moht of the passengers were In their cabins. Then came the shock of collision not so violent a crash as had been de picted, for there were many who were not even awakened by It -but enough fo disquiet all who felt It. There was a general and orderly exodus to the decks. Sailorp were scurrying hither and thither crying: "NOTHING TO BE AFRAID OFJ THERE'S NO DANGER!" Some of the passengers even return ed to their rooms and prepared to re tire. Hut gradually the cessation of the engines' vlbrrtlon caused uneasi ness and the groups on the decks grew greater and greater. Still the sailors announced that there was nothing to be feared. Then, with perceptible suddenness, tlic r''p began to list. "All passengers on deck with life belts," was shouted. Tikm l.ir the first time the gravity of the situation dawn ed upon the passengers. The sailors, working silently and without excitement, yet fust us their hands could move, removed the tar paulins from the lifeboats and terse ly, wrthout excitement came the or der, repeated upon every side: "Women mid children in the life bo;'.ts!" The sailors helped the nearest wo men and children into the boats. And il was the beginning of excitement other sailors began to lower the bo"t8. THE TiTANIC'S BOILERS BLEW DP to 745 SURYIYORS ON BOARD Men Laughed as Boats Filled. Thus far the men, standing idly by, falling entirely to grasp the Bignifl cuuse of the moment, had helped the Bailors. , Many of the pussengerB re port that the men were laughing. "We'll be safer here on the ship than In that cockle-Bhell!" one man cried to his wife as she was helped over the rail. Hut the Titanic settled deeper In the ocean and It was difficult for the men to remain on their feet. Then It was that the appulling nature of It dawned upon thpse men. And then, also It was, that the ollicers of the ship drew their revolvers. "Stand back!" they cfted. "Only women and children go into the' boats." Some of the men leaned against the rail and looked down Over the tower ing sides of the ship. Others slowly paced the deck as' if they were wait Ing. Three Steerage Men Shot. The shif sunk "lower and low.er, Thfee revolver shot 8 were heard. Three passengers .In the Bteerage had attempted to force their way piiBt the sailors and had been ruthlessly shot down. Ry this time the passengers on the deck who remained In possession of their faculties observed the huge masses of Jce which the Titanic had S ' V 4 if-' v-.i' rent from the berg with which it had collided. Of the scene in the bow. where over a hundred and fifty feet of the ship'p length had been crushed in, there were no witnesses until an hour afterward, when the lifeboats were all in the water. Heroism Asserts Itself. The ship had now listed to a terrible angle. Men, in the throes of panic, attempted to reach the boats and were pushed back. And In that moment the heroism of hundreds asserted it self. It was the passengers who push ed back these panic-stricken few and not the sailors. Of the Individual deeds of heroism only a few have as yet been told. But those few are the fore runners of thousands. Soon most of the boats had been lowered and still a full realizing senso of the extent of the disaster had not dawned upon all that mass of men. But, Anally, all the boats had been lowered. Then, the sailors, seeiilg wo men standing and running about, cried: "All women to the lower deck!" There began a rush to the lower deck, and there it was that the nearest semblance to a panic began. Some of the women were seized by sailors nnd deliberately thrown over the rail Into the boats. The weaker pien, by scores, began to jump overboard. The lifeboats be gan to draw away from the ship. As they drew away thoBe who were floating among the cukes of Ice in the sea cried aloud piteously for help. Those who could seized the sides of tho lifeboats. In many cases they were pulled aboard. One Lifeboat Capsizes. In many cases the Bailors who man ned the boats rowed deliberately on, heedless of all supplications, 'or their boutB were full. One boat was observ ed to overturn. What capsized It is not yet known probably a number of men In the sea struggling to board her. Several more pistol shots 'ei'o heard on board the ship." And then, suddenly, above the murmur of tho sea and the crunching of the ice floes there rose a steadily increasing cry from the doomed ship a cry In which hundreds upon hundreds of voices mingled. And the women in the lifeboats were screaming, each to her husband or her brother: "Jump! We'll pick you up!" wag heard on every side. "C - V'. Republ TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 1912. The lights of the Titanic were still shining, but she was sinking steadily by the bow. The screams of men and women began to increase In volume. From the lifeboats the huge Titanic loomed a huge mass of blackness, dot ted with countless tiny lights. None of these Illuminations were sufficient to reveal either face or Incident. But these lights were steadily sinking be neath the surface of the water. Among the innumerable deeds of heroism of that hour there was one attested by many witnesses. The sail ors attempted to pull Mrs. Isador Straus from her husband's side, but she clung to his arm, smiling. Sh had decided to remain with him She sank with him. Women Row Lifeboat. In the hurry of embarking, one of the lifeboats had been lowered without a single sailor in it. Three men had been picked up by this boat, but the women were rowing. And the women between the thwarts were screaming to their loved ones in agony. Then, suddenly, above all the wail Ing of that desolate scene there arose the strains of the ship's orchestra playing "Nearer, My God, to Thee! And for the. first time those in the lifeboats realized that those who were left behind knew that they were doom ed. A few voices rose in accompani ment to the melody. The chorus swell ed louder and louder. The lights sunk lower and lower. The lifeboats were pulling from the fcene as fast as they could. But while they were still within sight of the ship the lights began to go out with start ling swiftness. The screams and shouts of those on board still resounded through the air. The last light went out and the music ceased. The peerless Titanic had sunk be neath the waves. HYSTERICAL SCENES WHEN FRIENDS MEET SURVIVORS Men Fall to Kiss the Knee:: of Worn en Folk Women Shriek and Rush from Group to Group and Then Collapse. Slowly the Carpathia, ambulance ship of the ocean, made her way up the bay in the gloom of the evening, through lanes of silent vessels, and warped Into her dock at Pier 64, North River. From her descended the saved of the Titanic, all that remained of 2, 3b2 souls, a seml-hysterlcal band numbering 745. All the figures that bad drifted in through the air were wrong, and when the truth came it was merely to increase the terrible roll to 1595. The scenes that were enacted on the Cunard Pier, and outside as the survivors were being hurried away to homes and hotels, will live a lifetime in the memory of those who wit nessed them. Men in hysterics, women fainting, and children almost crushed In the arms of those welcoming them, were the rule, not the exception. Men fell down to kiss the knees of their re turning womenfolk. Women shriek ed, wept, dashed in madness from one group of friends to another, and final ly collapsed In the arms of those who had come to meet them. The Scenes Repeated. Outside, as they were led or carried tq waiting automobiles, the same scenes were repeated. The sight ol street seemed to fill Bome of the re turned oneB with awe, to others it wis k cause for emotional Joy that could only find relief in extravagant ecstasy. The precautions taken for the pro tection of the survivors proved en tirely adequate, and, fortunately, all the ambulances and relief corps that had been gathered at the pier were not necessary. The number of badly injured on the Carpathia was not nearly as large as had been imagined, and cases re quiring hospital relief were merciful ly few. But the strain on those who landed, Btrain that has existed now since midnight last Sunday, was plainly to be seen In their faces, in their ac tions, in their attitudes and words. Some could barely speak above a whisper, others could not keep from shouting Some could scarcely find strength to walk down the gangplanks. others rushed on to the pier as though possessed of the energy of ipapiacs, It w8 a joyous occasion for many a terrible day for some. To the last there had been hope In many breasts that their loved ones would be aboard and at the last those hopes were blasted with the Icy breath of the news the living brought. How the Titanic sank, what hap pened when she sank, was told in as many different ways as there were people to tell It. But they agreed on one thing that Capt. Smith and his officers showed the greatest bravery throughout the terrible ordeal, and that, except in isolated cases the men aboard, from the saloon to the steer age, showed a heroism worthy of the sea. When the Ship Went Down. Men were playing cards In the smoking room when the great ship struck the Iceberg whose propinquity was well known to all aboard, for a bulletin of it had been posted in tho saloon, and when the ship went down, most accounts agree, the band was playing "Nearer, My God, to Thee," while the lifeboats were pulling away, But it was difficult to get a connect ed story from any survivor. Mrs. John Jacob Astor, outwardly none the worse for her awful experi ence, was among the first to be whisk. ed away to hef home. Her stepson. Vinen t Astor, and Craig Biddle had 1 come to meet her and the greeting be tween them was affecting. She went direct to the home of her father, Wil liam H. Force, but stayed there only a few moments Mr. Biddle, speaking afterward of Mrs. Astor's experiences, said that her mental suffering had been terri ble, though physically she was not much harmed. Physicians gave or ders that neither she nor her maid should be permitted to talk about the Titanic, and this rule was strictly ob served. Nevertheless, before the or der had been given, she had told Vin cent Astor some of her memories. She thought she recalled seeing Col. Astor by her Bide 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 that he was not among the rescued. Like most of the other survivors, Mrs. Astor waB too stunned at first to recall any of the incidents of the sinking ship. She had hoped some other vessel would pick Col. Astor up, and when she realized at last that all hope of this was gone she was much distressed. Other passengers said that Mrs. As tor displayed remarkable courage dur ing the days on the Carpathia, walk ing about the decks and trying to cheer up other survivors whose sor row Beemed beyond relief. THRILLING ACCOUNTS OF HEROISM AND SACRIFICE BY TITANIC SURVIVORS. Tales of horror were told by the survivors of the Titanic wreck when they landed from the steamship Car pathia. Men and women related in detail how the big ship had crushed against the iceberg, but how the jar was so slight that no one was excited until the ship's officers and crew began low ering the lifeboats and rafts and or derlng passengers Into them. The Titanic's boilers exploded when water rushed in upon them, and It was the opinion of some of the survivors that many who had been left on the sinking Titanic were killed by the ex plosions and not drowned. Most graphic was the story told by Mrs. Paul Schabert, of Derby, Conn After telling of how Mr. and Mrs. Isa dor Straus perished together, because Mrs. Straus would not leave her hus band, Mrs. Schabert said "It was a terrible experience, but worth going through. I was awaken ed by the shock of the collision, and went on deck. There was no great ex citement, and persons were coming out of their rooms and asking what had happened. Wouldn't Leave Brother. "Suddenly from the bridge or from some of the officers came the cry. 'Ladies first.' This was the first lnK ling that we had that the ship was in danger. We went back to the state' rooms and dressed. Then came the horrifying order that women must leave their husbands and brothers and that no man was to go in the lifeboats. "I refused to leave my brother, and remained on deck until the next to the last boat was leaving. They looked around and saw that I was the only woman. I told them that I would not go without my brother and then they took him also. Thus I saved my brO' ther. We left the ship about twenty-five minutes before it Bank. She sank at about 1:50 o'clock Monday morning. At C n'3lock the same morning the Carprthir. put In an appearance and wj we-e picked up. We were proba bly one mile away from the ship when she went down, and the steward that had given me the firBt warning that the ship might sink went down with all the others. Lights Burning, Band Playing. "As we left the ship It was the most remarkable and brilliant sight I had ever witnessed on the water. All the lights were burning and the band was playing as If at a concert." Mrs. Schabert was asked In regard to a rumor that Major Butt, military aide to President Taft, hud shot eight men to keep them from upsetting life boats by crowding into them. Mrs. Schabert answered that she was unable to either confirm or deny this. She said she had seen no such thing, but that the confusion was such she might not have seen It, even If it had happened. Col. Astor Died a Brave Man. Dramitlc stories of the death of Colonel Astor were told on the pier by survivors. "Mrs. Astor was sent away in the tenth boat," said John Kuhle, of Ne braska. "Just as she was about to be placed within the boat. Colonel Astor embraced her. Helped to Force Wife Into Boat. "Astor then freed himself from his wife's embrace and, after helping to force her into the boat, tunica away and stood upon the deck." Colonel Archibald Graple, U. S. A., declared Colonel Astor's conduct was deserving of the highest praise Col onel Astor, said Gritcie, devoted all his energies to saving his young bride, who was in delicate health. "Colonel Astor helped us In our ef forts to get her In the boat," said Colonel Oracle. "I lifted her into the boat. Colonel Astor then Inquired the number of the boat which was being lowered and turned to the work of clearing the other boats and in reas suring the frightened and nervous women." Col. Astor Joined Mr. and Mrt, Straus. "John Jacob Astor escorted his wife to one of the lifeboats, kissed her quietly and then went up to deck U and joined Mr uud Mrs. Isador Straus, saiu uoueri w. uantet, oi Philadelphia "1 was almost alongside ICAN. Xl.nO PF.T? ATVWTTM of them, but not close enough to (lis- tinguiah anything they said to each other. When the water reached deck II, I Jumped Into the sea. Neither Colonel Astor nor Mr. and Mrs. St-.'uus made any effort to save themselves. They seemed to realize that H was hopeless. I am convinced thi't Col onel Astor could have saved himself had he jumped Into the water. "None of us were worried after tho crash. Many of the passengers, my self included, went to bed. I did not rise from my bed until I h.arl the sound of pistol shots. Then I pulled on a bathrobe and went out on deck. Some of the officers nearest me were shooting Into the air for the purpose, I suppose, of awakening all the pas sengers who had retired. I did not once catch sight of the teeters which had ripped our portside from stern to stern." "Astor was courageous," said Mi. and Mrs Dodge, of Philadelphia, be fore leaving for home. "He assisted Captain Smith and Major Archibald Butt in allaying the panic and in as sis'iing the women and children into the boats. Major Butt was calm and collected throughout everything." In Bed When the Crash Came. Mrs. Dickinson Bishop of Detroit, Mich., in an Interview Bald: "I was the first woman in the first boat. I was in the boat four hours be fore being picked up by the Carpathia. I was in bed at the time the crash came, got up and dressed and went back to bed, being assured that there was no danger. There were very few passengers on deck when I reached there, after I decided that it would be better to investigate the matter of the crash more fully. "There was little or no panic. The behavior of the crew of the Titanic was perfect. My husband was also saved, thank God!" Mrt. Astor in Lifeboat Four Hours. Mrs. John Jacob Astor was in a life boat for four and a half hours before Bhe was picked up by the Carpathia, according to E. I. Talyor, who was sav ed in the Bame boat. He would not, however, tell of how she stood "the awful ordeal. Like all the others, he spoke of the lack of comprehension among the pas sengers, after the accident, that there was the least danger. The iceberg which wrecked the Titanic he estimat ed at eighty feet high, and he describ ed the impact as a sort of grinding, glancing blow, which tore away the ship's bottom. Ismay Got Into First Lifeboat, Wom an and Stoker Insist. William Jones, a stoker on the Ti tanic, who was one of the crew of three that manned lifeboat No. 6, gave a story or tne wreck from the mo- ment that the Titanic struck the ice berg. He Insisted Ismuy went into the first lifeboat. "I am certain I Baw Ismay leave by the first boat that went over the side," Jones said. "We all knew at the time that she was a goner. The first boat off was in charge of the second officer and Ismay went with him. Of the 300 members of the crew that were in the FIRST RESULT quarters forward but forty-seven that I know of managed to get awuy. They were crushed when she struck. The same death came to tho first cabin passengers that were quartered for ward." Mrs. Julian Smith of West Vir ginia, who lost her husband, was bit ter in her denunciation of Ismuy. "I saw Ismay leave in the first boat," she said, "and I thought then it was done probably because he was 111. Hut I learned afterward that he was in perfect health and had been banqueting with the (aptaln when the crash came. When we were tak en off on the Carpathia he was put in the best stateroom, in infinitely more comfort than the twenty-six widows X A iv i j3Ll . I T capt ' li RATES OF ADVERTISING) One Square, one inch, one week... J 1 00 One Square, one inch, one month.. 3 00 One Square, one inch, 3 months.... One Square, one Inch, one year.,.. 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The deck was already well crowded and the j passengers were rushing to the deck. "I saw that the crew was lowering a boat, and understand that it was the second boat that was lowered. The crew rushed in the boat a lot of wom en who were nearby. My brother got In the boat to protect the women. My wife threatened to jump out of the boat if I did not Join her there, so then I got in the boat, too. "We rowed away In tho lifeboat, I should think, for about a mile. It was black night. There was no light on th? Titanic, as the light there had gone out, I am told, five minutes before Bhe sank. "I could not, of course, see the ship go down at the distance' we were, but I heard the cries and screams of those who were on the ship, and, perhaps, too, of those who were in the water trying to save themselves by clinging to lifepreservers. We heard these cries for fully two hours, while we were riding the waves a mile away. Then the cries died down and finally all was still, except the noise of the ours in our boat and the swish of the waters. "So far as I know, nono of the pas sengers saved anything." Felt as If They Were Invading a Graveyard. "The wireless operator aboard the Carpathia received tho first news of the Titanic's collision before midnight last Sunday," said John Scanned, a passenger on tho Carpathia. "We were ninety miles from the White Star vessel nnd we headed for her at once. I did not take note of the num ber of hours we occupied in reaching the scene of the wreck, but, of course, by the time we got there the Titanic and most of her passengers and crew were many fathoms deep iu the Atlan tic. When the Carpathia's passengers learned they were close to the spot wnere tne great snip Had sunk we felt as If we were Invading a grave- i yard. "We did not come across all the Ti tanic's surviving lifeboats in a single flotilla." the Westerner continued. "Our first glimpse of the survivors was of those who occupied a group of : seven boats. The seven craft wern j strung far enough apart for safety, yet it was plain they had clung together j throughout the hours of waiting, and it was said the fact was due to the ex- OF THE COLLISION colleiit work of a petty otllcer in charge of one of the boats, who prac tically took command of all seven. "Next we sighted five bouts In a group. It was terrible to see the agony In the faces of the women. .Most of them were newly made widows. They had seen the Titanic plunge to tho bottom with their husbands aboard and they knew there wus the smallest chance of their loved ones' escape. We picked up the remaining survivors iu small groups, then cruis ed about until our skipper was con vinced no more remained afloat. Then we left the California to make a furth er search for the few who might be alive in the waste of waters, and put about for New York."
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