The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, April 24, 1912, Image 2
AFTERMATH OF TRAGEDY
Alt'l RATH LIST OF VICTIMS OK
TITWK WRF.CK NOT POH
SIRLF.
S|?^<| of ship. 21 Knots hii Hour,
OftMall) FMahll*lM><l??ommUtec*
taring for Institute SurvRorN?
Ovw Remain* silent.
Hgl York. April 1?.?The living,
cared foi. tho dead beyond reeall. sur
vivi.r? of the Titanic disaster today
were able for the first time to see
tn a calmer retrospect Monday's
traged> of the North Atlantic and to
give their story of how tho great
White Stir liner, her band playing to
the last sank off Orand Hanks with
more thai: 1.500 on board.
From the Countess of Rothes, now
quartered luxuriously in a New York 1
*>otel. to the six Chinese coolies who
escaped by hiding under the life boat
reats, all of the 745 saved have been |
provided with food and clothing and
others, some Immigrants and some
millionaires, are on their way home,
to England, the continent, or distant I
parts of the United States. Many how?
ever?and of these the hospitals I
I
shelter scores?still rcnaln In New
York where the Cunahrd liner Car
psthla brought them last night. Even
after all that has been told of the
disaster the death list remains ap?
proximate. Last night's total esti?
mate was 1.5?5; today the White Star
line Issued a statement placing the
total at l.tSI. Exactly how many
died will never be known.
It has been established officially,
however, that the Titanic was travel?
ing 21 knots sn hour when she struck
the Iceberg. Notwithstanding this,
however, non* of the survivors, from
steerage to salon, has ss yet con?
demned Cspt. Smith, who went down
with his ship.
y The Titanic s rate of speed, which
was approximately 2s 1-2 land
miles, was brought out today from ths
Hps of J. Bruce Ismay. president of
the International Mercantile Marine
company, and managing director of I
the White 8tar line, who appeared
as s witness before the United States ,
senste committee which Is InvestIga- ,
ting the disaster. Nervous, but not In i
tears, was Capt. Rostron. of the Car- '
pathta. who followed him on the 1
stand. Mr. Ismay told In whispers rf
his escape from the sinking liner. Ms
denied that he had censor,-.: .-,.\ wire
loss message from the O rpathin.
, /Other witnesses. Including Capt.
Roetron, bore him out In thlj with
o?e ??pMuua.uj* UmM I opcr
i
ator on the rescue ship s*amp ?d with
personal m^sages, w??^ enable to send
matter for the press.
Interest second onl; to that of the
tales of survivor*; centered upon Mr.
Ismay's recital. In Washington Sen?
ator Rayner of Maryland bitterly ar?
raigned him before the senate, and
expressed the hope hat this country
might rely upon British Justice "to
bring to bay the guilty directorate of '
the company."
From Washlngion also came the
opinion of expert naval hydrographers
that no tdame should attach to Capt.
Smith, because, as they contended,
analysis of ocean charts has shown
that the skipper, warned of the pres?
ence of lceb# rgs, had steered the Ti?
tanic fully tlO miles south from the
rsgulsr course. In spite of .his cau?
tion, the mass of lee was st flash and
ss a preventive of similar disasters
the h\dropraphle office issued tonight
an order shifting the lanes of trans?
atlantic liners 180 miles southward
from the path which the Titanic fol?
lowed.
After giving hi* testimony before
th? *. tOSagtMISe Capt, Rostron
of ||gg Osrp.ithla t??ok charge of hi-*
ship which departed late today for
the Mediterranean. The vessel had
been hurrhdly renovated and cleared
? f th. disorder caused by the presence
rf the Titanic survivors, and she left
with ? ibtas full, Capt. Rostron wept
when be told buliy how the t'arpathla
h i i * ked up Ihe unfi ptsjg ||gg gft
?drift from the Titanic gfl I 1.. fore h"
left op hU ship ad- lirlng passengers
presented him with a loving cup.
Although severs I consistent nc
eonnt-* of what happ?gS) I 1 - ml the
Tltani-1 have bSSg .t 'airod from sur?
vivors, it Was manifestly Impossible
folly to take - OUni "f ill that oc?
curred on board her. four elty blocks
In length. Thus there are those who
maintain that there wer?- one or more
?Steides among His ofnesrs, Capt.
Smith . It would appear from the con
S*nsu.- of narratls*-, went down with
bis ship, hut several persons >my that
First officer Murdoek shot higsself
through the head before she sank.
The 200 rescued members of the
Tltanh 'ti crew still were In New York
tonight, sheltered on the Red St ir
liner l-ipland. With f? w ? \ ? ?,. pth?ns
they ire client as t?? what happened
aboard the sinking liner. They will
be return*'.! to Kurland, but n?>t until
they have been held long enough lo
permit sonn- <?f them t., testify before
the senate c?m m 111 ??.
The greatest prohlem I oiifrontlng
the committees appointed to provide
for the survivors has gSJSJL with IhS
WRECK ON SOUTHERN.
CAROLINA SPECIAL STRICK
I Kl K.Il l TRAIN.
PasMCiigers Thrown Vguinst Scats ami
Cut h> I 'ailing GgSSS.?Accident Near
s>pantanhurg.
Spartanburg, April Is. ? Fifteen
passengers of the westbound "Caro?
lina Special" iron Injured hut nut
seriously In a head-on collision with
a freight train at 7: HO o'clock tonight
at a point a half mile below Cedar
Springs station and six miles from
?pnrtnnburg. The injured were cut
by shattered glass or bruised by be?
ing thrown against seats or the sides
of cars by the Impact.
The '?Carolina Special'' was run?
ning more than three hours late, hav?
ing been delayed by a rear-end col?
lision at Alston, in which live box
cars were overtured.
A long freight train on the main
line directly in the path of the special
had halted. The passenger train was
running about 12 miles an hour.
When the engineer of the special
saw th?? freight train looming up in
the darkness and perceived that a
collision wa? inevitable he gave a
blast of the Wfeftsila, ".hrew on the
emergency brakes ar.d lumped. The
fireman was in the a?t of shoveling
coal, fie did not have time to Jump.
Neither trainman was hurt.
Both li>comlt?ves were badly dam?
aged and the passeng?, r locomotive
left the track. Like the passenger
trainmen the crew on the freight train
escaped injury.
The "Carolina Special" was made
up of a steel baggage car. two Pull?
mans, a diner and a day coach. There
were about 75 passengers of whom
.ibout one-third were In the day
coach. Those in the Pullmans were
hurt worse than those in the coach.
Windows were broken and In the
diner silver, china, food and drink
were scattered In every direction,
j A woman with a baby who was go?
ing from the dining car into a Pull
I man was on the platform when the
I collision occurred. 8he was thrown
j heavily against the Pullman and the
I baby was bruised,
i Albert E. Hill, an attorney of this
J city, was on the rear platform of the
I train with his back to n window. The
shock threw him through the window
injuring his shoulder. Senator How?
ard p. Cnrngfi whs or tlig train but
escaped in lory. A pbystelan on board
gate Ural aid la lbs Injured and
when word of the urn k reaehed
iBpartanbursj Dr. l i. Blake, ralla
surgeon, hurried to k:he scene on a
locomotive.
Rocky Bluff Notes.
Hooky Hluff, April 18.?The rain
continues to come, so farmers are
getting along slowly with their plant?
ing. Some are about through plant
tng cotton, while others have not
started.
Oardens are late this year, and It
don't seem as if many chickens will
be raised, nobody has any large ones,
and the gnats are worse this year
than the writer has ever seen tn?m
before.
Mr. J. L. Walker spent last Satur?
day In Columbia.
Quite a number went from here to
attend Field Day In Sumter.
Mr. W. F. Haker and family spent
Sunday at Mr. J. J. Hatfleld's.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. IfoLsod spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. W. Hrown,
ever near New Bunter?
Mrs. O. 1*. Josey, Messrs. Eugene
and Charlie Josey. Berate. Watts and
Tom I'.ird. and Mi.<s Lottie Watts
have all had measles In the last two
weeks.
Will There Ho Complaints'.'
Columbia Kecord.
The bills designed to sad gambling
futures on cotton and grain wer? fa
vonbly n ported to I he house vaster*
day, Will the farmers think as well
ol them in practice as In theory? In
the past, when the speculaton In fu?
turea forced prices abnormally hiKh.
it would have taken i more sensitive
dictaphone than any ever dsvlssd by
man to havs recorded a complaint,
steerage passsngsra Speaking n<
English In many ? ases, ignorant of
? b< ir destinations, frightened and
without friends Or relatives. their
p] ghl wsi gents until Interpreten
from the international Institute for
Young Women, g branch of the V W.
C, \ , circulated among them today
and apportioned them a* befitted their
i itlonalltles among lbs vast foreign
quarter, More than |t S0#l has nl
ready been ?uhscrlbed f'"- the suffer?
ers and more money will be raised.
Me I of the wealthy and more promi?
nent survivor? havs loft the city.
CoJ, John Jacob Astor'i young
w does remained secluded In the Astor
residence, too III. ;\r, or ding to her
physicians, to make an\ statement.
.\o direct word from her hat come to
the outside world sine.' Col. A tor
kissed her good-bye and placed her
on the ilfelxmt.
SURVIVORS MAKE REPORT.
s\Y Ki PERSONS WEHE
ABOARD AM) 7i:> SAVED,
Also Criticise Inadequacy or Life*
boll Accommodation* ami Various
Other Alleged Short? omings.
.\. w York, April IS.?On the WAV
to port B committee of the survivors
prepared a statement giving the num?
ber of persons on hoard, the number
savsd and the number probably lost.
and mak ng strictures on the In?
adequacy of lifeboat accommodations
ai weil as other apparent insufficien?
cies.
The statement which was given out
when ths Carpathia docked, is as fol?
lows:
"We, the undersigned, surviving
paiSQBgari from the steamship Ti- J
taniOi in order to forestall any sen- I
sational or exaggerated statements. ]
deem it our duty to give to the press j
a statement of facts which have come
to our knowledge and which we ba?
1 eve to be true.
"On Sunday, April 14. 1912. at
about 11.40 P. II., on a cold, starlight
night, in a smooth sea and with no
moon, the ship r .ruck an iceberg
which had been reported to the
bridge by lookouts, but not early
enough to avoid collision. Steps were
taken to ascertain the damage and
save passengers and ship. Orders |
were given to put on life belts and j
the boats were lowered. I
"The ship sank at about 2.20 A. II,
Monday and the usual distress signals
Wars sent out by wireless and rockets!
tired at Intervals from the ship. For- !
tunately the wireless message was re?
ceived by the Cunard steamship Car- |
pathia at about 12 o'clock midnight,
and she arrived on the scene of the1
disaster at about 4 A. M. Monday.
"The officers and crew of the
steamship Carpathia had been pre?
paring all night for the rescue and
comfort of the survivors, and the
last mentioned were received on board
with the most touching care and kind?
ness, every attention being given to
all irrespective of class. The passen?
gers, officers and crew gave up gladly
their staterooms, clothing and com?
forts for our henetit, all honor to
them.
"Tho English Hoard of Trade pas?
sengers' certificate on board the Ti?
tanic allowed for a total of approxi?
mately 3.500. The same certlftcah
called f n lifeboat accommodation foi
approximately B6? In the to naming
boats: Fourteen large lifeboats, two
smaller boats and tour collapsible
hoats. Lift preservers were accessible
and apparently in sufficient number
for all on board.
The approximate number of pas?
sengers carried at the time of colli-1
slon was:
First class, 330.
Second class, 320.
Third ( lass, 750.
Total 1400.
Officers and crew, 940.
Total, 2.340.
"Of the foregoing about the fol?
lowing were rescued by the steam?
ship Carpathia:
First class, 210.
laOOnd class, 125.
Third class. 200.
Officers, 4.
Seamen, 19,
Stewards, 96,
Firemen, 71.
Total, 210 of the crew. I
"The total of about 775 saved was
about 80 per cent of the maximum ca?
pacity of the lifeboats.
We feel It our duty to call the at- !
tsntlon of the public to what we con
Sldsr thn inadequate supply of life- i
saving appliances provided for on
modorn passenger steamships and rec?
ommend that immediate steps be
taken to Compel passenger steamers to
carry sufficient boats to accommodate
ths maximum number Of people car?
ried on hoard.
"The following facts were observed
ami should he considered In thU con- j
nectfon i
"The insufficiency of lifeboats, rafts, 1
etc., lack of trained seam* n to man
same (stokers, steward-, etc.. are not
efficient boat handlors), not enough
officers t<> carry oul emergency ordern
on tiie bridge and superintend the
launching and Control of lifeboats and
absence of searchlllghts.
The Board Of Trad,' rules allow
for entirely loo many people In each
boat to permit the same to he pro
pet |y handled. I ?n the Titanic the
ia?.it deck was about 78 feel above
water and conaequetntly the passen?
gers were required to embark before
lowering boats, thus endangering the
operation and preventing the taking
on of the maximum numbei the boats
would hold, le.ats at all tim?> to be
properly equipped with provisions,
water, lamp.-, compasses, lights, etc,
Life-saving hoal drills should bs
more frequent and thoroughly car?
ried out, ami officers should be armed
at boat drills.
' ('.??eater reduction ii< speed In fog
and i?e. as damage, If collision ac?
tually occurs. Is Halde t?? be less,
"In conclusion, we suggest thai an
International conference be called t<>
recommend the passage of identical
laws providing for the safety of all
at sea. and we urge the United States
government to take the initative as
soon as possible.'*
The statement was signed by Sam?
uel Gold in berg, chairman and a com?
mittee of some 25 passengers.
HOSE COMPANY IS NO MOKE.
Monaghan Hose Cjompony Shared
Dividends and Disbanded Friday
B veiling.
The Monaghan Hose Company,
ones an active organization in this
city for the lighting and prevention of
fire, is now* a tning of the past?the
last rites and ceremonies being per?
formed over the defunct institution at
a meeting held Friday evening in Mr.
R. S. Hood's office.
There was a full attendance of
members at the meeting and of many
wh v membership has ceased to be
active for a number of years, but they
all came together to pay their re?
spects, for the last time, to the once
honored organization. The funds on
hand were used in paying up the few
small debts which were placed against
the organization and the rest was
shared out, (it was a small part that
each member got.) among the mem?
bers.
From now on the fire department in
Sumter will be a city organization and
will be managed by the "ity, steps to
this effect having been practically
taken several months ago when Capt.
P. P. Finn was placed in charge of
the fire house and apparatus, and
consummated a little later when the
city bought out the fire apparatus be?
longing to the Monaghan Hose Com?
pany. The name, while it has not
been officially decided upon yet, will
probably be the Sumter Fire Depart?
ment, the Game Cock City Fire De?
partment, or some such designation as
this.
JFRVFY HOVSF CHANGES HAND.
TiOt and House Houglit by Real Estate
Holding Company From R. D. Lee.
A real estate deal of some signfi
cance wat that consummated last
week when the Real Estate Holding
Company bought of R. D. Lee the lot
on the northeast corner Liberty and
Harvin street for $16,000.
fh house is known as the "Jervey
M' iss 'I a use of the fact that it was
run as boarding house for many
y< m b\ Mr Jim Jervey, So ?.banges
will be made right away by the pur?
chasers, but they have in contempla?
tion the erection of stores on the lot
in the future. The lot is more than
two hundred feet deep and has a
frontage on Liberty street of 105
feet.
Hull-Cooper.
A lovely home wedding of Wednes?
day evening was that of Miss Harvie
Hull, daughter of Mrs. Herbert O.
Smith, and Mr. Robert Muldrow Coop?
er, Jr., of Sumter, S. C, which took
place at the residence of Mrs. Rich?
ard W Johnston.
Rev. George L. Petrle, pastor of
the Presbyterian church of Charlottes
vllle, Va.i an uncle of the groom, per?
formed the ceremony, and Mrs. Ed?
ward Drown played Mendelssohn's
wedding march as the bride ap?
proached the improvised altar. Mr.
George Baldwin, of Savannah, a
cousin of the bride, gave her away.
The best man was Mr. W. A. Coop?
er, of Greenville, S. C. The maid of
honor was Miss Dorothea Raldwin, of
Savannah, a cousin of the bride.
A delicious buffet supper was serv?
ed after the ceremony.
The home was decorated with
banks of dogwood, and the color
scheme was in green and white. The
maid of honor wore a dress of Ameri?
can beauty-colored chiffon over cream
satin, and carried white Killarney
roses.
Tim i ride was lovely in a Char?
meuse gown draped with Chantilly
lace, She carried a shower boquet
of lilies of the valley and orchids.
The wedding united two old fami?
lies of Georgia and South Carolina.
Mrs. Cooper Is known to a wld< cir?
cle of friends for her beauty of face
and disposition and for her many ac?
complishments, and has prominent
connections in Athens. Augusta and
Savannah, which ha- been her home
until the past winter, which she spent
in Atlanta.
Mr. Cooper Is the son of Mr. R. M.
Cooper, of Sumter. and is likewise
popular with many friends in several
Slates.
Th.uple left at midnight for
Jacksonville and will later sail for
Cuba. On their return they will be
at home in Wlsaeky, s. C.
Among the out-of-town guests were
Rev, and Mrs. George Petrle, of
<'hariotte-v llle, Vs ! Mr .and Mrs.
George llaldwln, of Savannah; Mrs,
\v. II. Raker, of Savannah, grand
mothei of the bride; Mrs. Mnry Bur
dell, of Savannah; Mr. and Mrs,
Cooper. Mis. Thomas.?-Atlanta Jour?
nal.
Don't Suffer!
" I had been troubled, a little, for nearly 7 year?," writes
Mrs. L Flncher, in a letter from Peavy, Ala., "but I was
not taken down, until March, when I went to bed and h*d
to have a doctor. He did all he could for me, but I got no
better. I hurt all over, and I could not rest At last; I tried
Cardui, and soon I began to improve. Now I am in very
good health, and able to do ail my housework."
Cardu i WomarfsTonic
You may wonder why Cardui is so successful, after
other remedies have failed. The answer is that Cardui is
successful, because it is composed of scientific ingredients,
that act curatively on the womanly system. It is a medicine
for women, and for women only. It builds, strengthens, and
restores weak and ailing women, to health and happiness.
If you suffer like Mrs. Fincher did, take Cardui. It
will surely do for you, what it did for her. At all druggists.
Write to; Ladles' AdvUory Dept. Ckettaoooa* AUdlds* Co*,
for Special iMMtrmtit/m, uxi 64-p??e book, "Honte Treatment lor Women/' teat trae. J ?
GEORGE H. HURST,
UNDERTAKER |AND
EMBALMER
202 N MAIN STREET
Day Phone 539
Night Phone 2?l
DR. N. G. OSTEEN, JR.,
DENTIST.
1
18 W. Liberty St. -:- Phone No. 30 \
-OPfTOi BOCBf
8 TO I. 2 To B.
$5.30
Confederate Reunion
Macon, Ga., May 7th, 8th.
-VIA
Atlantic Coa^t Line Railroad
The Standard Railroad of the South
HELLING DATSS
May 5th. ?th, 7th and 8ch,1912.
FIN AL LIMIT.
To reaeh original starting point not later than midnight of May
15th, 1912, unless ticket deposited for extension, by original pur
chaser, with Jos. Richardson, Special Agent, No. 414 Fourth street,
Ml aeon, Ga., not later than May ISth, and upon payment fee of
60 cents, limit may be extended to June 5th, 1912.
For information wtih reference schedules, reservation, etc.,
call on local ticket agent, or addreea
T. C. WHITE,
General Passenger Agent, Wilmington, N. C.
Mr. Buyer.
Bee our New Molina Improved Qearteaa and Chainleea Cotton
and Corn Planter, equipped with Runner sweeps. Covering Bladet
and Rear Prou Wheel. The Runner open.- the furrow; the Sweep
levels the surface, the Bladet cover the seed and the Pree* Wl
complete* the operation.
This wheel i? controlled by ? lever, which loweri and ralaea the
frame and thus governa the depth of planting.
Also a full line of Moltne 1-horse and two sizes of 2-horse BteCl
turn plowa, Middle Buretera, I, 2, 3 and 4 hers.- Wagona, Buggies,
Burrlee and Harness. Also aome nice Horses and alulae.
For Automobiles, Bee us. Some good second-hand Automobiles
ii Bargain Prlcea.
D. C. Shaw Co.
1?, 12 and 14 SUMTER ST.
, Phone 553. :: :: Sumter, S. . f