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BRAVE TO THE LAST SURVIVORS DESCRIBE HEROISM OF MAJOR BUTT 0 COOL IN A GREAT CRISIS ? "God Never Made a Finer Nobleman,." In Tribute' of Woman, Saved from Titanic Wreck, and Another Tells of Parting as Last Lifeboat Left Doomed Ship. A graphic story of the heroism of (Maj. Archibald Butt on tho Titanic was told in an interview given to the Washington Star's staff correspondent in New York by Miss Mario Young, a former resident of Wash lngton. Miss Young is believed to bavo been the last woman to leave the Titanic and the last of the surTlvors to have talked with the president's military aide. She and Maj. Butt has long been friends, Miss Young having been a special music instructor to the children of Former President Roosevelt. Miss Young said: "The last person to whom I spoke ou board the Titanic was Archie Butt, and his good, brave face, smiling at me from the deck, was the last I could distinguish as the boat was pulled away from the steamer's side. "Archio hiinsblf put mo into the boat, wrapped blankets around me and tucked mo in as carefully as if wo were starting on a motor ride. IJo himself entered the boat with rue, performing the little courtesies ar calmly and with as smiling a face as if death were far away instead of being but a few moments removed from him. "When he had carefully wrapped me up, he stepped upon the gunwale of the boat and, lifting his hat, smiled down at mo. " 'Good-bye, Miss Young,' he said, bravely and smilingly. 'Luck is with you. Will you kindly remember me tc all the folks back home?' "Then he stepped to the deck of the steamer and the boat I was in was lowered to the water. It was V the last boat to leave the ship; of ' this I am perfectly certain. And I know that I am the last of those who wore saved to whom Archie Butt Bpoke. "As bur boat was lowered and left the aide of tho steamer, Archie was s ill standing at the rail, looking down at mo. ills nat was raisea ana the same old, genial, brave smile was on his face." Mrs. Ilenry B. Harris, of Washington, in an interview in the Washington Star, described the heroism of IMnJor Butt. She said: "Archie Butt was a major to the last. God never made a finer noblen: n than he. The sight of that man, calm, gentle and yet as firm as a rock, will never leave mo. The A Mercian army is honored by him and the way he showed some of tho other men how to behave when women and children wore suffering that awful mental fear that came when wo had to be huddled in those boats. y. n jor Butt was near me, and I know very nearly everything he did. "When the ordor came to take to the boats ho became as one in supreme command. You would have thought he was at a White House reception, so cool and calm was he. When tho time came.he was a man to bo feared. In one of tho earlier boats fifty women, it seemed, were ' about to bo lowered when a man, suddenly panic-stricken, ran to the stem of it. Major Butt shot one arm out, caught him by the nech and jerked him backward like a pillow. IIi3 heard cracked againsl tho rail and he was stunned. " 'Sorry,' said Major Butt, 'womer will ho attended to first or I'll breah every damned bone in your body.' "Tho boats were lowered away ot.o by one, as I stood by my busbmd, he said to me: 'Thank God foi Archie Butt.' Perhaps Major But! heard It, for he turned his face to t>- rd us for a second. Just at thai time a young man was arguing ? get into a lifeboat and Major But bad hold of tho lad by the arm lik< a big brother and appeared to b< t< Bing him to keep his head. "How inspiring he was. I staye< until almost tho last and know wha bp a man Archio Butt was. They pu me in a collapsible boat. I was on< of throo women from tho first cabii In ft. Tho rest were steerago peo plo. Major Butt helped those poo frightened steerago people so won derfully, tenderly and yet with sue) cool and manly firmness. Ho was i soldier to tho last. He gave up hi lifo to save others." i ? ? Sister Had Brothers Arrested. Frank Kinsey and William Kinse of the Sniders section of Colloto: County, are in Jail at Walterborc having been committed by Magistrat R. O. W. Bryan. Frank Kinsey i ehargod with having committed a assault on his sister, Miss Carolln V. Kinsey, with Intent to kill. Wll , liam Kinsey Is charged with h&vln m taken a horse from the same MU Kiaeey, his Sister alee, HT V7- ' * RESCUE FROM OCEAN PITIFUL .SCENES AS CARPARTHIA PICK UP BOATS. People From Sunken Titanic Refreshed, Bodily and Spirit ually, When They Reached Rescue Ship. A passenger on the Carparthia when she rescued the survivors from the Titanic described the picking up of the lifeboats as follows: "I .was wakened at about 12:30 at night by a commotion 011 the decks, which seemed unusual, but there was 110 excitement. As the boat was moving, I paid little attention to it, and went to sleep again. About three o'clock I noticed that the boat had stopped. I went to the deck. The Carpathia had changed her course. Lifeboats were sighted and began to arrive?and soon, one by one, they drew up to our side. There were sixteen in all, and the tansferrlng of the passengers was most pitablo. The adults were assisted In climbing the rope ladders by ropes adjusted to their waists. Tho little children and babies wero hoisted to the deck in bags. "Some of tho boats wero crowded, a few were not half full. That I could not understand. Some people wero in full evening dress, others were in their night clothes and were wrapped in blankets. These, with immigrants in all sorts of dresses, were hurried into the saloon, indiscriminately, for a hot breakfast. They had been in the open boats four or iivo hours in the most biting air I ever experienced. There wero husbands without wives, wives without husbands, parents without children and ehldren without parents. I3ut there was no demonstration. No sobs?scarcely a word spoken. They seemed to bo stunned. "Immediately after breakfast, divine service was held In the saloon. One woman died in 'the lifeboat, three others died on reaching our deck. Their bodies were buried in the sea at five o'clock that afternoon. None of the rescued had any clothing except what they had on, and a relief committee was formed and our passengers contributed enough for their immediate needs. "On our way back to New York we steamed along the edge of a field of ice which seemed limitless. As far as the eye could see to the north, there was no blue water. At one time I counted thirteen icebergs." JOHN JACOB ASTOB A ILEltO. ? Millionaire Gave Up Seat in IJfcboat to a Woman. Miss Margaret Hays, of New York, a survivor of tho Titanic, gavo still another version of tho manner in which Col. Astor met his death. "Col. Astor, with his wife, came out on deck as I was being assisted into a lifeboat," said Miss Hays, "and both got into another boat. Col. Aster had his arms about his wife and assisted her into the boat. "At the time there were no women waiting to get into tho boats and the ship's officer at that point invited Col. Astor to get into tho boat with his wife. The Colonel, after looking around and seeing no women, got into the boat and his wife threw her arms about him. "The boat in which Col. Astor and bis wife were sitting was about to be lowered when a woman came running out of the companionway. Rals! iner his hand, Col. Astor stopped the , preparations of lowering his boat, and stepped out, assisted the woman j Into the seat ho had occupied. i "Mrs. Astor cried out and wanted to get out of the boat with her husL band, but the Colonel patted her on . tho back and said something in a low tone. { "As the boat was being lowered I heard him say: 'The ladies will havo to go first.' ' 1 CONFESS MANY MURDERS. ? t Two Brothers Admit Many Mysterit ous Killings. } At Birmingham, Ala., Arthur an<? ^ Walter Jones, brothers, in the county jail, charged with murder in the mining section of Jefferson county, j completed Wednesday morning before Solicitor Heflin, Spec. Attor. Burr, Circuit Solicitor Tate and other witnesses a confession, telling of the assassinations of William IT. Rhea, 1 January 1 2, 1900, near Lewisburg; tho assassination of John Shoemaker p in 1905; the assassination of L. B. Evans, October 3, 1911, at I,ewis1 burg, all white; tho killing of Sama uel Thomas, negro, in 1911; William b Spencer, negro, last summor and Phonnv npirrr*. in 1910. The assassination of Folix Ellard, at Lewisburg, on March 18, 1912, is now y under investigation. n , Disaster Drives Man Insane. e David Rums, an employee of Cas8 tlo Gould, the estate of Howard n Gould, at Port Wasnington, N. Y. a went violontly inaano as a result ol I- reading and talking of the disaster g Burns declared repeatedly that th< n wreck was the work of the Lord t< punish the people for tpelr sins. BLAMES HIM FOR WRECK -? SENATOR IiAYNOR BITTERLY < ARRAIGNS ISMAY. The Senator Charges llim With Cow ardico in Leaving the Titanic in a Life Boat. An Indictment, rarely equalled in its vigor, of J. Bruce Ismay, managing director, and other ofllcials of the Whit Star line, holding them responsible for the Titanic disaster was delivered in the senato Friday by Senator Rayner of Maryland, who pictured Ismay as "the oflicer primarily responsible for the whole disaster who lias reached his destination in safety and unharmed." "Mr. Ismay claims, according to reports, that he took the last lifeboat," cried Senator Rayner. "I do not believe it, and if he did it was cowardly to take any lifeboat, for the managing director with his boasted authority is criminally responsible for this appalling tragedy. "If tills had happened on an American vessel there would be no ques t Ion til at an indictment wouiu uu found and if the facts were sustained the officers of the company could be c<fhvicted of manslaughter, if not of murder, because the evidence is clear that the vessel was not properly equipped with efilcent life saving apparatus. "I have not the slightest doubt that the northern route was taken in obedience to Mr. Ismay's direct orders and that with full warning he risked the life of his entire ship to make a speedy passage. "I care not what the rules of the British admiralty are. Hero we have the spectacle of the head of the lino failing to see that his ship was properly equipped with life saving apparatus, heedless of the warnings that he was sailing in a dangerous sea, forsaking his vessel and permitting 1,5 00 of her passengers and crew to be swallowed by the sea. "The martyrdom and agonies that took place on board the sinking ship are too fearful for the mind to dwell upon and contemplate. But Mr.Ismay, the officer primarily responsible for the whole disaster, has reached his destination in safety and unharmed. "No legislation can bring back to earth a single life lost upon the fatal night. What wo can do is to help tc fix the responsibility if possible, and rely upon British justice to bring to bay the guilty directorate of this company. "All civilized nations will applaud the criminal prosecution of the management on this line. If they can be made to suffer, no sympathy will go out to them, and if it does, it will bo sugmerged in tlio overwhelming lamentation that today reechoes throughout tho civilized world for the victims of their culpable carelessness, a recklessness that sent hundreds of their fellow beings into eternity, desolating homes and firesides, and turned this land into a house of mourning. "In this hour of our calamity we appeal to the majesty of the law to deal out retrlbutory justice to t.hi? guilty company to the last degree." CHURCH FLOOR COLLAPSE. ? Two Persons Were Killed and Many Were Injured. At Harrington, N. J., two persons were killed and more than a score injured, several seriously, when the collapse of the floor of the Church of Our Lady of Victory precipitated nearly 3 00 persons into tho basement late Sunday. The church was only partly completed, and tho assemblage there Sunday was In connection with tho formal ceremonies of laying tho cornerstone. Collapse of tho floor came while an address was being delivered by Father Dele-; ganty, pastor of tho church. Suddenly tho floor was heard to creak and then it went down with a crash. Men, women and children wore caught in tho avalanche and many were badly crushed. ? KILLED BY AN ENGINE. Old Confederate Veteran Meets a Tragic Death. * - * - a A dlspatcn 10 me niaie inmi rvurshaw says Mr. Morrow Cauthen was instantly killed Thursday noon by a shifting freight train as ho was crossing tho railroad tracks at the depot. Mr. Cauthon was struck by tho front of the engino and knocked down as the engine was coming out 1 of tho sidetrack and was badly mani gled, death resulting almost instan taneously. Mr. Cauthen was a Con' fcderato soldier, about 80 yoars old. Tho funeral services were hold at Beaver Creek church. Price of Oil liaised. I The Standard Oil Company of New , York Wednesday advanced all grades f of refined petroleum 25 points, mak. ing refined in cases 10.35 cents per ) gallon, Standard white in barrels > 8:45 cents and refined 11 tanks 4:85 cents. ? .*. c . i A - - .... TRIED TO HOWL DOWN JUDGE JONES AT ANDEKSON BUT TIIE PIX>T FAILED. Some of Gov. Blease's Friends Condemned the Howlers, Whose Action Made Friends for Jones. In tlio midst of a beautiful ai)Ostrophe to justice Judge Ira B. Jones, candidate for governor, of South Carolina, was subjected Saturday afternoon *to an attempt to howl him down" at Anderson. lie stood the test manfully and was given the sympathy of a largo audience which lilled tho court house. Judge Jones was introduced by Judge Breazeale, one of Gov. Blease's "eligible list" for appointment of judge, who is now managing Judge Jones' campaign in Anderson county. During the disturbance at one time Judge Breazeale got up and called for lair play, but tlio noise kept up just the same. Judgo Jones was making a criticism of Blease's administration when ibo noise first started. At first it was an occasional yell for Blease, but the fuss grew louder and louder, finally drowning out the speaker who was not in the best of voice as he had caught a slight Gold. Ho sat calmly on the railing around the bar until the noise had subsided a little and came back at the howlers in a manner which caught the rest of the crowd. After a spirited attack upon the record of the governor a rousing yell went up for Blease. The judge paused a moment and smiled and said, "Now, let's holler for Jones a little bit." Cheer after cheer lasting several minutes went for Jones. This did not abash some of the noisy ones yelling for the governor and three were ejected from the court room by members of the police force. Some of the leaders of the Blease forces were in the audience and many of them expressed themselves as regretting the occurrence. Judge Jones' speech was along the same line as at Union and Spartanburg but ne aaaea anouier ieuiuru uy puymg beautiful tributes to Senators Sullivan and Carlisle and Representative Cary, who with the recent legislature were spoken of roughly by the governor in his Anderson speech a week ago. Judge Jones pointed to Senator Sullivan and Representative Cary, who were in the audience and said that ho would trust everything in the world ho has in the keeping of theso men and Senator Carlisle. The speaker declared that the troublo is not of the making of the general assembly, but of the governor who had endeavored to usurp the rights of the court and of the legislature. "But," declared Judgo Jones, "the legislature refused to commit its right into #tlie hands of the governor and that is the troublo." He declared with feeling: "We had resisted the tyrannical rule of Great Britain, we had thrown off tho tyrannical rule of the radicals in '76 and thank God wo will thrown off the tyrant's rule again in this good year of 1912?" Some one in tho audience yelled that Blease is the governor of the white people. Tho Judge replied, amiably, "Yes, this is a white man's country, and the white man will ever rule, but that is no reason why ho should be tyrannical to a poor, helploss and defenseless race of people." RAVED BY PREMONITION. I Man in Greenville Tolls Why Tie Dhln't Sail on Titanic. A dispatch to The News and Conrlcr says thero was one thankful soul in Greetivillo Wednesday in the person of Mr. C. S. Hat tie, a wealthy lumberman, of Vancouver, British Columbia. lie arrived in New York last Wednesday, aboard the Olympic. Mr. Battlo stated that several of his friends in London insisted upon his staying over a few days and making the trip home on the Titanic, as she made her maiden voyage. He also stated that there was no reason why ho could not have stayed for the sailing of the Titanic, and that his sailing on the Olympic was purposely through some premonition that all might not go well if ho took the other. ? ? ? SHOWN UP IN HAD LIGHT. . I*ady Survivor Says Isinay Was Helped in Lifeboat. Mrs. Lucie P. Smith, of Huntington, W. Va., daughter of Congressman Hughes, of West Virginia, a bride of about eight weeks, whose husband was lost in the wreck gave her experiences through tho medium of her uncle, Dr. J. P. Vincent, of Huntington, W. Va. "My nieco saw Mr. Tsmay leaving tho ship," said Mr. Vincent. "He was attended by eevoral of the crew and every assistanco was given him to get into tho boat. And when the Carpathia rescued tho passengers some of tho crew of tho Carpathia, together with men of tho Titanic, actually carried Mr. Ismay to Bpacious rooms that had been set aside for him. As soon ae Mr. Ismay had been placed in thii stateroom & sign was placed on the door: "Please do not knock." ~MT Mm r - mtrnm^r* ' >11 k * r r ^ & <P^ MADE HIM SHED TEARS ? CAPTAIN ROSTRON TEELS OF HIS RESCl'E WORK. How the Capathia Went at Full Speeil to the Aid of the Titanic and Her People. Captain Rostron, of tho steamer Carpathia, in testifying before a Congressional Committee at New York on Friday gave the following testimony about his going to tho rescue of tho Titanic and her people: "We backed out of the dock at noon Thursday," began Rostron. "Up to Sunday night wo had fine clear weather. At 12:35 Monday morning 1 was informed of the urgent distress signal from the Titanic. "I gavo tho order to turn tho ship around a^ soon as tho Titanic had given her position. I set a course to pick up the Titanic, which was 5 8 miles west of my position. I sent for the chief engineer, told him to put on another set of stokers and make all speed. I told the first oillcer to get out tho lifeboats and be ready for any emergency. The chief steward and doctors of tho Carpathia likewise I instructed." Arriving at the scene of the wreck, Capt. Rostron testified ho saw an iceberg straight ahead of him and, stopping at 4 a. m., 10 minutes later ho picked up the first lifeboat. "By tho time 1 got the boat aboard day was breaking," said the captain. "In a radius of four miles 1 saw all tho. other lifeboats. tin nil sides of us were icebergs; some 20 were 150 to 200 feet high. Wreckage was strewn about us. At S:30 all the Titanic's survivors were aboard." Tears filling his eyes, Capt. Rostron said he called the purser. "I tclcl him I wanted to hold a service of prayer?thinksgiving for tho living and a funeral service for tho dead. An Episcopal clergyman was found among tho passengers. lie conducted the services." As the prayers were being said, Capt. Rostron testified, ho was on the bridge searching for survivors. As ho searched tho sea, one body lloated by. Tho man was dead, probably a member of tho crow, tho captain said. Tho body was not picked up. Rostron explained, "because tho survivors of tho Titanic were in no condition then to see a corpse brought aboard." Three members of the Titanic's crew were taken from tho lifeboats dead from exposure. They were buried at sea. Capt. Rostron said he found one lifeboat among tho wreckage in the sea. The Titanic's lifeboats, ho said, were all new and in accordance with the Uritish regulations. The Carpathia cruised the disaster scene more than half an hour, having arrived an hour and a half after tho Titanic sank. "Tho last message from the Titanic," said tho captain, "was 'engine room nearly full of water.' I answered that I was rushing to her aid. 'Expect to reach your position about J O A /N*nl /\olr ' T <1 O o li H C% f* 1.T 1 , o v u liuv,n, x uuduc va mtvvik? "The Titanic was on her regular course bound for New York," said the captain. "Sho was in what we call tho southerly routo to avoid Icebergs." "Do you think that the route is a practical one?" j "Quite so; but. this is a notable exception." "Would you regard tho courso taken by tho Titanic on her trial trip as appropriate, safe and wiso at the timo of tho year?" asked Senator Smith. "Quito so." "What would bo safe, reasonable speed for a ship of that size and in that course?" "I did not know tho ship," tho captain said, "and therefore can not tell. I had seen 110 ice before tho Titanic signaled us, but I know from her message that there was ice to bo encountered. But tho Carpathia went full speed ahead. I had extra officers on watch, and somo others volunteered to watch ahead throughout tho trip." ? ? ? GRIEVE FOR HIS IiOSS. Tnft, Racon and Tillman Praise Butt's Bravery. A Washington dispatch says President Taft shows plainly his grief over tho death of his military aide, MaJ. Archibald Butt. "Tho chief train of his character," declared the president, "was loyalty to his ideals, his cloth and his friends." "Few men in tho country had as many devoted friends as Archie," said Senator Bacon of Georgia. "Ho was a raro character. Wo shall not see his like again." "Ho was one of God Almighty's gentlemen," declared Senator Tillman of South Carolina. President Taft Friday accepted an Invitation to attend memorial exercises to be held by Temple lodgo. Free and Accepted Order of Masons, of which MaJ. Putt was a member, in Washington, May 5. The president probably will mafco an address i and thoBo In charge of the mooting, ? which will bo a memorial for Maj. Butt, hope to have Henry Wattersoo ae another speaker. i \ - I. * mfrr 'h, -flS 1' . > "f* $ THAT AIKEN BDCUS MRS. BEACH'S MAID NOW SAYS WHITE MAN HIT HER BUT DOES NOT KNOW HIM Pcnrl Hampton, the Colored Girl Who Was Knocked Senseless the Same Night Mrs. Peach Had He* Throat Cut, Makes Sensational Statement About Peach Mystery. The New York World of Sunday declares that Pearl Hampton, a negro maid, who was knocked down by an unknown man just a few minutes before Mrs. P. O. Beach's throat was cut at Aiken, has admitted that the man who struck her was a white man, not a negro. Immediately after Mrs. Beach was attacked it became known that the negress had been hit over the head with a stick by an unknown man, supposed to bo the samo "negro" who attacked the wife of the New York millionaire. Throughout the case, the authorities have believed that the negress knows the real story of the Beach case, but every effort to induce her tc confide in them has been balked. After her first examination by M. S. Baughn, who worked the case, she has been hidden from the prosecution, and the New York dispatch is the first intimation that the authorities have again located her, "Pearl Hampton has never made a confession, but she holds the key to the Beach case. If she has admitted tliat the man who struck her oil the night Mrs. F. O. Beach's throat was cut, was white then wo have another important piece of testimony for the prosecution of the case against the millionaire," declares M. S. Baughn, of Atlanta, who "worked" the famous Aiken cutting case for the South Carolina authorities. "Pearl Hampton would never make a direct admission to me regarding the color of tlio man. First, I asked her if it were a negro or a white man who struck her, and she said she didn't know. 'Ho was light/ was tlio most definite statement I could get. "Then, I said, 'Pearl, you know the difference between the voices and expressions of a southern man, a northern man and a negro.' I asked her if the man's voice was that of a southerner, and she said no. Asked if it was a negro, she returned the same answer. To the third question, 'Was it a northern man?' she answered, 'Ho spoke brokenly.' Regarding the negro man's story, the Now York World sayB: "After several - days' difficult search, the World's correspondent, helped by Chief Howard, discovered Pearl Hampton. At first the girl was evasive. Finally detailed questioning brought out this admission: "The man who knockod me unconscious was white." Heretofore the girl has insisted that the assailant was a negro, tallying with Mrs. Beach's description. Pearl Hampton also said: "That man said to me: "I am not going to hurt you if you tell me the truth.' I said to him: 'I do not know where Mrs. Beach is.' Then he knocked mo down. Ho hit me back of the head. "So help me, this is the truth of that night's affair," the girl contin uoa. I stepped out of the Lyons plaeo and walked over to the Beach place. Near the hedge I saw a man i standing. He said: 'Wench, where J is your mistross?' It was dark, and ? T could not see him. I do not know j who he was. Ho said: 'I am not / going to hurt you.' Then ho pulled back and hit me with a stick or something. "lie knocked mo down. When I came to I ran over to the Lyons' home, and I was yelling pretty hard. The butler, or else some gentleman over there said: 'Shut up. This is a dinner party. We must have no scandal here.' I kept quiet after that." "Who was the man who knocked you with that paling?" "I don't know. The man was standing with his hands folded together. He wasn't mad at me at first. But he got right angry a little later. Then ho struck me." I ' *" j "What did he say to you?" \ i "Ho ain't said nothing." \ | 1 "What was his name?" \ "Before God, mister, I don't I know." "Who was the man in the gray v suit?" was the next qestion. 1 <.n.. . . .^1 ? t 1 1. .. i ruin i, juu wiiiiriBuiuu 111*1 juu will bo locked up again if you do not tell tbo truth," she was told. "I hopo I may drop dead if I ain't telling it to you now," she replied. "All I know is that I was running down that lane about 9 o'clock that night, and I seed this whito man and ho told mo ho was not going to do mo any harm. Then as I passed htm ho hit mo on tho back of the neck and knocked me down." That an't Mr. Harriman, I don't know who he was, but It wan't him. 1 heard that there might be tome i trouble that night, and it wan't none , of my business. I kept ent of It all \ I could. The Lyons family was i mighty anxious for me to keep quiet* and 1 didn't say anything." rfii'd