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CARPATHIA DODGED 20 BERGS IN WILD DASH TO AID TITANIC WEATHBH-KM, o.mlit mn4 BettfMffj I EDITION. I u Q-trculMtion Book$ Open to Alt." I "Circulation Books Open to All. n EXTRA PRICE ONE GENT. CMfttoM. inn. to Th rm immmim ( itu new im nonm. NEW YORK, FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1912. 28 PAGES PRICE ONE CENT. TITANIC'S 1 ,476 DEAD AWFUL SACRIFICE TO OCEAN SPEED MANIA sagas FIRST OFFICER OF TITANIC THRILLING STORY OF RESCUE SHOT HIMSELF ON BRIDGE Ml fl RY CARPATHIAN MIPPFR W etaaa Bnnf w v w vim i mm Hurled Against Iceberg at 23 Knots an Hour to Establish Reputa tion for New and Biggest Liner. Murdock, Who Conned Liner to Her Destruction, Killed Himself After All Boats Got Off and Ves sel Settled for Two Mile Plunge to Bottom. It was First Officer Murdock of the Titanic and not Cap tain Smith who stood upon the bridge as the ice strewn waters j lapped ever higher over the ship's sides and gathered in their ! hundreds of mpotent, struggling souls, and sent :i leaden bullet i crashing through his brain. Quartermaster Moody, commanded to man one t the lifeboats while he stood beside Murdock on the tall bridging superstructure, ?aw Murdoch's figure outlined distinctly against the starry wall of the horizon as he whipped a gleaming bit of metal from his pocket, deliberately placed it to his temple and pulled the trigger. The young quartermaster, manning the tiller of his boat and ut Little French Children Thrown By Father From Liner to Safety The loss ut the Titanic on her maiden voyage was caused by die peed mania that has gradually come to possess the management of ocean liners. Tlie Titanic, rushing at 25 knots an hour through a dah- gerous iceberg territory in order to establish a reputation for the ship and i terjng commands to thc men a,' tne oars ,ookcd tack ,he smking shjp mi w nite star line, was skiewiped dv a partially wonwrgw icerjerg. i just in time t0 witnes6 (nc suicidei Hc Mw it was tne ciean.ShaVen( A great hole was torn in the iilanic's hull below the water-line, just j youngish-looking Murdock, and not the bearded skipper, who stood high- lorward of amidships, on her starboard side, her must 'vulnerable point, j est above the enveloped deck of the gigantic steamship and chose instan- vhere there was no bulkhead protection. She struck the kjsbergat 1 1.45 , tanewus h rather than the slower embrace oJ the freezing sea. ..'do Sunday nigh, and sank Into the Atlantic at 2.20 o'clock Monday j , , atfM"rd1ock'S fe gft J jft'W-W" ' declares the first officer of the doomed vessel never left the bridge. Capt. morning. j smith had been everywhere about the decks eivint orders, and had left An explosion of steam in the boiler room Of the Titanic, about half u hour after she came in contact with the Iceberg, is believed to have teen responsible for the loss of the ship. Survivors among the crew say that but for this explosion the Titanic mtgtlt have floated until the arrival m' the Csrpathis at daybreak. The explosion was caused by an Inrush of icy sail water upon the Murdock on the bridge. If it had been the venerable skipper's plan to get upon the bridge and go down with his command in pursuance of the immemorial custom of the sea, he was defeated in his purpose, and died in the waters while refusing aid. BAND PLAYED ITS OWN DIRGE. The band had broken out the strains of "Nearei, My (joJ, to Thee some minutes before Murdock lifted the revolver to his head fired and superheated boilers. This created a mass ol steam Which, confined In the toppled over on his face. Moody saw all (his in a vision that filled his 'tolltT rooms as In a cylinder, forced an opening for itself and blew a big brain, while his ears drank in the tragic strain of the beautiful hymn hojl in the hull. The vessel was practlcaly broken In two and the from -.jMrtion sagged down and dragged the rest ol the ship beneath the surface. During the two hours and thirty-live minutes the gigantic liner re mained afloat she was a theatre upon which was enacted one of the most thrilling dramas in history. Starting quietly and without particular appre hension on the pan of the actors the movement quickened as the danger increased and the climax came when, with all the lifeboats away carrying less than one-third of the total ship's company, 1,470 human beings found ihemselves face to face with death. HEROES MANY. BUT COWARDS THERE, TOO. A greet majority of these died like brave men and women, raring the enid with prayers 00 their lips and fortitude In their hearts. Almost to Hie last the ship's onhestra, made up of stewards off duty, played on the promenade Seek, nnd the last nlr played was ' Nearer. My ('..id. to Thee." But not all died bravely. From the bowels of the vessel swarmed hordes or men from th south of Europe, bewildered, mad with fear. Seek ing boat :ind finding none, they fell to fighting blindly with each other. Overboard they went In swarms, striking out blindly for the lifeboats, .. . - ,.. ,t Ittam un. but mialioil off the r-st. gnd these later ....... , ui. haitiB .iniL'eed down Into the sea In the rUOtlOD mused. ptniniy ii"""""'" .-o ), the (mmterlM of the Tltnntr. v Aiti nil the victims Ala on the deokl or nut In the noi vi gn that the band played as their own dirge, even to the moment when the waters sucked them down. Wherever Murdock's eye swept the water in that instant, before he drew bis revolver, it looked upon veritable fields of ..rowning men and women. From below decks there must have come to him the shrieks an.i groans of the caged and drowning. He evidently never gave a thought to the possibility of saving himself, his mind freezing with the horrors he beheld and having room for just one central idet swifl extinction. Quartermaster Moody was on the bridge with Murdock when one of the lookouts in the crow's nest first gave thc signal of danger ahead and then telephoned that there was a mammoth iceberg looming scarcely a quarter mile ahead. Capt. Smith was in the chart room just aft of the wheel house and Moody darted in to tell him of the warning. Swift as the quartermaster was, the hidden Ice beneath the sea was swifter, and there came that dull shock, faint and tleeting like the thrust of a poniard, (hat spelled dis aster to (he greatest ship the waters of the world have ever borne. STUCK TO POST TO THE LAST. Ca4 ii Ciu llttAatAaflkil e.-.n. Irinn .1 i .lum-fli 1) tn.it I nniti in t r rm ! . i i ill I LmY mwmwm mmL i flk Mm W Capt. Rostrom Describes Before Sen ate Investigators Daring Dash in Spite of Peril in Response to Titanic! Call for Help. ISMAY MAKES DENIAL OF ALL RESPONSIBILITY. FATHER TOSSED HIS BABIES FROM TITANIC TO LIFEBOAT of th Tltitnt'; wtien tht nn rushed to (".aril Ftw un CirMthifl and the rail and shouted MHnethtiw. He held tip uie i-ini'iT. tun in. Miss Margaret Hays Has Them at Her Home. ! edge of ice. Murdock and Capt. Smith read the jury of that almost IVM. At the .;i,.M) mUnAh m in !rn:lnnt anil ilmnU uhiln MfmHi u"i crivinir th, m-itti- - I I ' I . IW I ... .' .1111.1, I'll! .1,111', " 1 IIIV I..' y .1. ' S ' Cj ...V .. :hi commander of the ship hurried down to 'he decks and directed the lowering of the lifeboats and the disposition ol tbj passengers. That smooth-shaven lirt ortker never lor a moment left tils post on the superstructure, never abandoned his futile task of directing the fur when the ardent hwrwiied. the part, or tne dosi wmw were (pl. Smith rushed out and asked Murdock if he had given the . ,h. .... H,.j nrl of the third cabin MMMIWl wal'e crowded , ' , ., , j .t l li u. over to the crov. .nu pn 11 ,, . warninE to close the emergency doors and shut otl the Mlffiltei. ulth lCIlnK leoplc. ine hrock hi iu nmwH M ,uit likely th.it many Of thew iltpn were awakened. Within h few BeOOBdl after tfcl Titanic Itntok the Iceberg, ttie colluion bulkheads ere automatically closed. This put bulwarks ol stoel Letween e. ores of person i In the 'hlrd cabin and forecastle and iiafety. Whether r not the toon wi re forced open later by water pressure In not known. If they remained do ed, 'he humans behind Hie barriers went down with i lie nhip In Irttgll roWPlinnit1 and - inothered to death at the bottom ih. ea But the iiiuiiiu'f of their end will never be knuwn unlehs some freak of nature should inrU the hulk of th for ihe Is two miles ilown and no diver could reach her -..... u.nitii. Mduluuilr obeervln ehiD althuUK.i 1" Wl Implored lv many to mih hlm.'lf .look, who was IB brataa n ,!" Vbere a no v ew. eShe Went fu lo rest. . the brld 1 ,rnun" i Contl&IWd Ofl Second Page. I Two little watfn of thr deefi whi were thrown from the iek of tb ik ini r;t inie ti a llfeboni and ol 11 uranifl hji I a, . jn Ut- fouitd. ulaved '.Wiltchlne waiiiiiiK i" w c mi. fiiici uwn ww wiui uH lira Mifuiew. ,..,,,.,. rtol .. f ,,. Front the bridge Murdock handled innumerable levers that uttered Uomi Ne im Wmn BightyHhinl ' vain lumall to the drowned and drowning In the engine rooms. He Hovering abou t)itn anu u hatting i , 1..- .,i.i I ti :-. .i i .rli 1 1 ilv ml i 1 it , ti , ' . . atan mi t U 'i I I! I ,.! ...kit. I thum :i J.UUUU UJ1UMI1 - .1.1,1 Ll-uj.i; ,u. ; iij L .1 I IUI UIU ll'.'l UWUI , il..l pgeaeiigere ta Ihe iioat imajeretood thai he wlahee te cn. 1 the beblea to them. "gerereJ men atood up In Ihe Lifeboat ami IihIiI iut their iirin The man dropped the large) iiy tirt nnd saw ui 11 aafely night )y a enllor. Then hi' dropped tho little one. As tin' life hoe I pulled away the pnOoongori eouM .. . 1 ;,. fethai hanciiiK 0 1 er Ihe mil Mr. Rayncr Bitterly Arraigns Man aging Director in a Speech Before the Senate in Washington. WASHINGTON, April 1 9.-Senator Rayner of Maryland in the Senate late to-day bitterly attacked J. Bruce It- I may, Managing Oireetor ol the White Star Line. He aaid the captain of the Titanic undoubtedly acted under orders from Mr. Ismay, who. he declared, "risked the life of the entire ship to make a speedy passage across the sea." Senator Rayner asserted that Mr. Ismay should tie held responsible for the disaster and declared that the civilized nations would applaud criminal prosecution of the management of the line. targerei Haye, Kr... i their f..el r mother. Mine Mayalthey t jeaiom ut her pathetic little chart tin I tiir weife a f glteeWPUl bW Bhd elioa It wit. i lie i .inny kl - .mil ' m bnbeee, ah ti.at i uii.'ii or the two un!' Tit Titanic to ihe hurtiiee again, mechanism ot a sinking Hulk, aiui when he saw at last that he was bore. "n wboui i ami ine otnei . III.,.. O, lh l..n ,t.,.., ., fk. t,,..t... .. .u, .... utio.ll two a u:i r i.-r oih, l ina i inciciy KuuiHin "' iii"iik.i y un... in uuiiuiii ui iiw sta, mm. ., Drob itif IrMlllone or tne ea. went .inwii wi'n llral i .... Unr. - i. J . 1- . . . . . . i . i. . . . ,i.. herge at tne ronnio wnen ine raji mi n ici. mew oui ma ivwvi.v. m.--. ....,. - bridge end Wl eorpee noMOg away M me Titanic annk. tremendoua vortea crentea irnen "i inamc aiaeppeareo ironi final for-, ahnlv, i.iaiiy. like u levuttbaa lyina down Mttrdock'a lat orders were to Qiiarterraaiiiei Muouy Uttd lew oilier r I'li-i-n ' I a ; ! l . ' I 1 perishing before hi eyes or had perished below, he K.bly awrmiaii.:','l .it his nam evtamelna. their Inther. i Hun'lvora from Hi,' CAPTAIN WASHED OVERBOARD. ..,,1 further lo itarboard alter the explosion. Capt. Smith hurried n in. ihn ..-,it ihe s!i WOUld Uoat, u:ill! a li idfler tliut vllirated at fr ime told 'hat ii eomparttnenl wail had Then vM.m p. IU ke. Oflke eeel 'rom amTRIS.V r. Ul I' " Ininri.l Ha'-l ViiWeftttw 8f.t i"d aiiJStr-t.;trl.lKin. flXm S. i r '!" 1 ' to .01 !.".' la eSanCe. Ofu1 IJ ' "f"J? e.rld HulMlns lurklak Betbs. iMnin Haiti rlia orWatt rooms. w eroni w ants wuhk woNDKnu. $ 1 2 Men's Blue Serge Suits, $5.95 THIS "BUB" (.'lothlne Corner, Hrosd way, cor. Berolsy Hi . opp. Poat-ORKa, will aell t.,-.)ay and Saturday J.&00 Men's Suits, sers-as, worateda, flannels, ihevlnta. In brown, grays, blacks and mixture, fast nil .m. satin lined; all aUi'b, 34 to 44; worth 112 In any other aiors. Their special pries to-day and Haturday. g6.Se. Open Saturday night till 10. s petty offleeiK who had tuken their places in the rixlil dlb. liillue of the ship and were lowering thc hoatK. ''an' Smith taiiic u to blin on Hi- bridge several timeb and then rushed aown again. in monoeyllables. The bearded admiral of While BUr An- fleet, with every Hfe-saTlng device launched from the decks, was returning; ' the deck to perform the I Hunt, told Ml- Hays ihe "i" l " the -a Ins ol Ihe c dren. Hiu- WSJ In the 'Irat liuat to leat tho gigging ship an i did net - lit beMei tin ail were en h OtrpMMe. "Tiie Titan paeeengore nevei aae Hi w oma a " asid llllillSli wit. I They spoke to one another only "They were aiee in i.,. or a I man. eo it la thought they egfe inother- Pas mHea loee rnthei wan prouabh tiriiiK them retallves In tlgperlca ta thu vailmiB .aiats were Laving i l nt sncred office ul going down with his ship when a wave sprang over the aide IM Tltenl this man nee seen -n . . . ,. Z iu. , wtth tii. two eMIdren ' his anna Th Bill! 1 11 1 U 1IIUI 1 UUI till. IBII1KI. The Titanic was siuking rapidly by the head, with the twisting sidelong motion j hut was soon to aim her on her ouurse two miles down. Murdock snw th iklpper iwgpt out, but aid not move. Oapt. Smith wei bnl one of a (Oon tinned on Second Page.) nldial !. wag al n.xt nuked and .u.aiu- chap a ui in "I "nde uhiWiea FATHER DROPPED THE CHIL DREN INTO LIFEBOAT. "It must have been one of the last ol die llfubosU ihst woe leaving Uk snls A thrilling Mory of a dash through lanes of Icebergs to the rescue 01 the survivors of Ihe Titanic disaster was laid to-day to the members o Ihe United Slates Senate, who are at the Waldorf-Astoria invetigatint thJ came of the wreck. It was told by Cap;. Arthur Henry Rostrom, captain of the rescue ship iarpathia, who drove his vessel wiuioul heed of danger in response to the call for aid. With icy mountains towering nn each kte, he pee.led his ship at set' enteen miles an hour a tremendous speed for this ship. This story was told after J. BruCI Ismay, managing director of thti White, Star Line, made many denials on the witness stand of any responsi bility for the wreck. To the committee, silting in the li.ist Room of the Waldorf-Astoria. Mr. Ismay declared he did nol get into a lifeboat until he saw that there were no women about him. He denied he had issued any order on the voyage to Capt. Smith. He said the Titanic was nol being rushed at full speed when she crashed into the Iceberg that sent her 2,000 fathoms to the bottom of ihe North Atlantic. She was not miking her full revolu tions and there was no great need to hurry. He did admit that she had made twenty-one knots an hour during the trip. Mr. Ismay told the Senators how he had aided others in getting into the boat-. He did no) know tli.it -"ine ol the boats were poorly manned; that the women in them had to row about the ocean tor more than six hours. He had given no orders in the confusion that followed the collision and he declared he w;is a passengci unlj because he wanted to see how the new boat worked. Altogether Mr. Isma) did nol seem to think it strange that he was one i.t the survivors ol the great disaster. He was cool and complacent be tore the committee and he began K saying thai his company wished the fullest Inquiry, H( assured the committee lie remained on the ship more than an Ivjui alter the collision, and aim l until ihe sank. TBMIUJNQ STOliY TOLD ' HOST ROM. tter Ismay lett the stand 1 lapt. Rostr un I k) i graphic story of how he learned oi the distress ol t lie ritanic and ol driving .n lull peed toward her position with icebergs .ill around him. modest man is this small laced and ruddy cheeked English skipper, His stor) told in a matte .A i 11 uMii i,i. skalltlntf ill il . M lit- I . . 111... ! i .lH. .... . when hey a roes the) deftg . baby ""v "" """""a nun u .vvuil.i j. nuiit, i reneh m be bathed At the thli the ot courid of dutv. but .ill hi hearers wcrr moved hen he told oY the reading of the burial service over 1 hat he believed to be the .vean grave ot the Titanic. Capt. Rostrom denied thai the Car ithia had refused to take a wire !c message from the President ol the United Mate-. He had heard a Question as to Wajoi Hutt answered with the reply that he was not on bi i.i i d. The investigation Is being conducted b; three members ot the Senate, Committee on Commerce Smith ot Michigan, chairman, Bourns and Niwiands. "ThJ will be as full and comple'e an investigation as lies In the committee's power," said Senator William Alden Smith of Michigan. Chairman of the committee, before it went into session. "We have sum moned J. Bruce Ismay, Managing Director of the International Mercasitile 1 .'IS III . i th. M.tri- vwri- bri .. iiai i he Carpathla, tiir w no on in ears fv thnni. Alinmi nil l ie BUI trtvorl iia.l lost friends n; relsUrei i were i t i .ll.li .K led ! thilr i .i r.. :i rouia 4q reitlilni I sag ipesl r'rsncil and .ilonteere.1 t taki em In liiirse I . iinii.l tin what the na n. a ..' 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