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Icebergs Around Rescue Ship Seem Like Schooners
CARPATHIA'S IS
SADDEST CARGO
EVER SHIP BORE
\i Funeral Pace, With Ensign at
Half Mast, Vessel Steams
Into Port
Surgeons on Craft Defy Nature
to Give Sufferers on Board
Proper Care
By PATRICK GALLAGHER,
Voted Writer of Sea Storie*.
JSpecic/ Dispatch to The Call]
NEW YORK, April IS.—Clothed in a
vhite mist of fog, drenched by a drizz
lng rain, the Carpathia, gTlef ship and
Seating hospital, stole like a black
make into port tonight to land its suf
lering.-hundreds — all that is left of
Ihose who sailed • first voyage of
fhe lost Titanic.
The hull lay lotv down in the water
freighted by the saddest freight that
rver ship carried; Its speed was the
funeral note of seven knots. Just half
»f its steaming capacity; its ensign
trailed at half pole, wet with the tears
»f elementary nature for nature's gTim
ionquest of marine man.
ttTRGEOXS OVERTAXED
Almost every stateroom was a sick
»ay. The call of the sick and suffering
tad broken down even the heroic
fcerves of the ship's surgeons. They
rere diiiy and faint from doing, striv
kig with all their might to keep alive
Die living which the death doomed
rftanl'c's lifeboats committed to their
Mure.
Manfully they defied nature, fighting
>ff the weariness of brain and hiuid
tod foot. They stayed by their poets,
foing from stateroom to stateroom,
trom cabin to cabin, from bertk to
>erth, administering to rich and poor
Hike, without thought of preference or j
recompense.
As far as they could, the men and
romen who sailed from New York on
the Carpathia offered willing and cheer
h>l help, turning themselves into nureee
it a moment's notice, giving up suite
uifl berth without a thought of their
»wn comfort.
DEMANDS TOO GREAT
Great and vital has been their aid;
fet. for all that, sorrow and sickness
save exceeded the desire and the power
:o Eoothe.
Majjy of the more delicate women
were piercing the deck with their
icreams when not kept under the ln
. luence of thought stilling opiates, and
the doctors were dealing out their
rtores of medicines during the sorrow
• !«1 voyage In fear that more urgent
»ecd for their use might disclose Itself
>efore the last sufferer was plaoed
within the ambulances lined up at the
~ujriard pier. The scene on every deck
was aTve inspiring, fearful.
lIIfFERING OF GIRLS
Some of the younger -women are the
moot difficult to compose. And this is
particularly true of those who were
taken off in the first boats which were
•owered from the Titanic's davits—deli
rate girls who hitherto had known sor
rew but from hearsay; who were
rrared in the lap of luxury, waited on
and petted; their least thought a man
date—a : poor preparation for their har
rowing experience in the boats, many
<**, them fresh from their beds and in
their night clothes, with but a thin
wncpper or raincoat between shivering
body and biting wind.
Clothing was cheerfully offered them
when they were raised over the rails
of the Carpathia, but In most cases the
offers unnecessary. They were
unfit to leave the cabins generously
bestowed upon them by the Cunarder's
srst class passengers. Wrapped around
with blankets, tended to by the doctors
md the volunteer nurses, they have
passed from one delirium into another.
And, sad to tell, some of them do not
yet know the worst.
FACTS OP DISASTER WITHHELD
To many, both conscious and uncon
scious aboard the Carpathia, even the
• limited tacts which were sent to land
by wireless were unknown. Until the
arrival of the rescue ship here some
, did not know that the Titanic is lying
at the bottom of the Atlantic a hope
iMa wreck, and that those who re
mained aboard have been losi. And
the "I"' u> r ~ and ship's officers dared
tint tell them.
Ifanj of them will remain in Ignor
ar; r losses, the deaths of their
nearest and dearest to them, until they
have been nursed hack to health aJid
■trtngth, and can bear the blow they
must suffer —perhaps weeks or months
from now.
The life and the ultimate sanity of
more than one is in grave jeopardy.
'Those who have held their nerve
through the fearful experience suffered
a terrible Shock when they learned
what was known ashore. And this
shock was re-echoed by the shattered
hopes of the hundreds who had counted
the hours and minutes here in New
York, hoping , against hope that their
eister, wife, daughter or cousin, or
dear friend, was among , the number of
thOM rescued and yet unnamed.
TiriUUßl.rc SUFFERING
The suffering of those thus far saved
Iβ in many eases physical as well -as
mental. The houre of exposure to the
Ice chilled elements while in the boats
have been succeeded by pangs of fever
and the pain of pneumonia. It Iβ
doubted whether it will not be fatal
SUCTION SANK BOATS
WOMEN DRAWN TO DOOM
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
NEW YORK, April 18.—A/amj thrilling tale* of the meek are
told by the survivors. All were suffering from shock and unable to give
coherent descriptions. Followng are a fere first hand versions of the
catastrophe.
Miss G. F. Longley. one of the
first cabin passengers, said:
"The disaster? I can not tell
you," cried she. "I can only say
how deeply all of us understand the*
conduct of the grand captain of the
Carpathia—Rostrom. He has been
our life and our salvation, not only
throug-h the peril of the wreck, but
throughout the voyage into port,
which was nearly as terrible. We
all signed a statement commending
Captain Rostrom for his prominent
and noble action In the work of
rescue and for his caution and his
general sympathy In caring for us
after Wednesday."
"The crash came at 11:40," said
one woman. "The lights of the Ti
tanic went out at 2:20 o'clock. T
saw no evidence of cowardice."
"Women and children, frightened
by the prospect of being set adrift
upon the dark and Ice strewn ocean,
refused to enter the lifeboats," said
one of the passengers. "Some of the
boats were launched with only 15
or 20 on board them, although they
could have held 60."
Daniel T. Bailey, who lives at the
Marlborough hotel, said: "1 was
adrift alone on a raft for six hours.
I saw a woman in night clothing
near by. I swam to her side and
dragged her to the raft. She was
unconscious and slipped off into the
water and was drowned."
William Jones, a Titanic stoker
who manned one of the lifeboats,
to remove iome among , these patients
from their warm beds in the improvised
hospital amidships.
Frost bitten, bruised and marked by
wounds sustained while hurrying from
their berths in the wreckage strewn
corridors and companionways of the
Titanic, both men rfnd women will, If
they live, bear for many days to come
legacies of their hours of panic and
dread. Several are reported maimed
for life.
A distressing note of peculiar pathos
comes from among the hapless women
saved from the Titanie's steerage. Aβ
Is usually the case on every liner sail
ing from Europe to New York, there
were whole Jewish families fleeing with
all their possessions from the rule of
blood in the ghettos of Russia to the
realm of peace in th« new "land of
promise."
i WIDOWS AND ORPHANS
The husbands of several of the
women in this little band of persecuted
i wanderers went down with the lost
liner. Until they arrived in New York
they did not know that they were
I widowed and then they received that
black news—sentence of widowhood for
life. According to the strict rules of
their ancient faith they never caji
j marry unless the bodies of their
drowned husbands are recovered.
And, turning from these adults to
the children, what a soul piercing pic
ture these little ones present.
Most of them are tearful and wan
faced, repulsing food and friendly
cheer. But several of them are dry of
eye, yet more grief stricken than the
others. It is awful to look upon their
little pinched faces, eet in a pitiful stare j
of unconsolable sorrow. The shock
they have passed through has dazed
them—deadened every emotion save
that of hopeless woe.
STTXSED BY CALAMITY
On the threshold of life and the land
toward which their young hearts had
been turned so Joyously while hearing
the hopes pictured by their parents,
they have been struck down by a
calamity which has aged them in a
single night. Theirs is the most thrill
ing note in the Carpathia's mournful
dirge of many griefs for the lost
Titanic.
The Carpathia put out from New
York with a numerous passenger list
of pleasure seekers going to the plaoid
waters of southern Europe to pass the
pleasant months of spring and early
summer. Many of the women in the
first and second cabins had trunkfuls of
light, lacy gowns and lingerie.
GAVE IP CLOTHING
When the lifeboats came alongside
with the women and children snatched
from the Jaws of death, they rushed to
their staterooms, plucked their finery
from the lockers, had their trunks
opened and turned over their most
cherished garments to the distressed j
people, in many cases ripping up the
finest clothes to sew and fit little gar
ments for half naked children.
All through the voyage from the
vicinity of the wreck to the Hudson
they were busy doing something to
manifest their sisterhood with the sor
rowing. And grateful were 4hose
among the latter whoee minds were
not wandering on the wings of woe.
OPERATORS COLLAPSED
Laboring until human endurance
could stand no more, the two wireless
operators, one after the other, collapsed
at their keys.
So came the Carpathia from Cape
Race to New York, the saddest ship
that ever sailed the seas. Aβ it crept
slowly up to its berth through the pale
pall of the fleeting fog, the waves sob
bing along its Bides from forefoot to
sternpost, a resonant requiem, hope
still flying at the main, though despair
and death lay cabined below, one
could not but contrast this funereal
actual ending with the Joyous welcome
to port which had been prepared for
the then towering Titanic when it
sailed from Southampton but little
more than a brief week ago.
"Man proposes; God disposes. The
Lord giveth, the Lord hath taken
away."
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1912.
said he was 700 yards away when
the vessel sank, and that he saw
four lifeboats filled with women
drawn down. Two women In hie
boat died of exposure.
Margaret Hays of this city, said:
"When I was put into a lifeboat I
found a 2 year old baby girl In my
arms. I don't know who placed it
there, nor who Its mother Iβ. I
have been taking care of it ever
since."
"The shock was comparatively
light, but the bottom was torn off
the steamship," said one of the crew.
"I don't know why so few were res
cued. I heard the shooting, but I
don't know who did It. The night
was clear, and I don't know why the
iceberg was not seen."
Dr. Henry Frauenthal and his
wife were the first persons oft the
Carpathia. He lives In New York.
Hβ did not speak to any one, but
was drlyen off quickly in an auto
mobile.
Doctor and Mrs. Frauenthal were
followed off the ship by a man who
said ho was James McOough of
Philadelphia. He said that It was
exactly 2:20 a. m. on the 15th when
the boat sank. He says he was
thrown bodily Into a small boat and
it was 5 o'clock the following morn-
Ing when they were picked up by the
Carpathia. Hβ was' met by two
brothers and a sister, and after he
had given this short Interview was
taken away.
BOATMEN FROZE
IN SEATS WITH
OARS IN HANDS
Catain Rostrom of the Car
pathia Recounts Horrors of
the Titanic Disaster
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
NEW YORK. April 18.—How
the survivors of the Titanic trag
edy were snatched from a grave in
the water off Cape Race was told here
tonight by Captain R. H. Rostrom of
the Carpathia, now discharging the
dead and daced at the Cunard pier.
Captain Rostrom says his ship was
50 or 60 miles away from the scene of
the disaster when the aerial signal of
distress was caught by the Marconi
operator on duty.
Only one call for help was caught
on the wireless fork, but at once the
Cunarder was headed in the direction
Indicated. Flash after flash was sent
out from the Carpathia's aerial In an
effort to communicate with the Titanic
No response was received.
The engines of the rescue ship were
put at top speed and well after day
j broke the first lifeboat was sighted.
It seemed to be almost filled to the
gunwales with women and children.
OARSMEN FROZEN TO DEATH
The sea was quite calm, but all
around great masses of ice were float
j ing and the captain marvels that the
poorly manned boats were not crushed
and sent to the bottom. The few men
at the oars worked heroically to keep
them afloat, and one by one they were
picked up and the terrified an* almost
dying occupants assisted to the Cu
narder's decks.
Every human being , in the Iβ boats
was got safely aboard, 705 of them,
women and children, alive- but mostly
unconscious. Four members of the
Tltanic's crew who had been detailed
to the boats were frozen to death at
the oars.
PANIC STORIES SCOUTED
Captain Roetrom scouts the stories of
panic aboard the Titanio while the
boats were being put off and of harsh
conduct on the part of the ship's of
ficers. He says that no ruch tales were
told by the survivors while they were
being brought to port. '
The captain also denies that any
I telegram was received from the Salem
asking in the name of the president for
news as to Major Butt. Colonel Astor
and others. No such message had been
recorded by the Carpathia's wireless
operator, said Captain Rostrom. Had
he received such a request in the name
of the president or any other person
he would have Immediately responded
to It, side tracking all other wireless
messages. He says it ia possible that
the Carpathia wireless operator may
have acknowledged a message fuch as
was reported to have been sent and
received and refused to answer it on
his own responsibility in view of the
fact that he had been at his post for
70 hours without a moment's relief,
j and was in a state of collapse.
MEDICOS TO MEET AT
SANTA CRUZ NEXT YEAR
SANTA CRUZ, April 18.—The State
Medical association has decided to meet
next year in Santa Cruz. The claims
of the city were presented by F. W.
Swanton. Riverside, San Diego, Santa
Barbara and San Francisco also were
in the field for the next meeting. At
the recent convention held at
Monterey there were over 300 delegates
present from all counties of the state.
SENATE TO MAKE
SHIP'S MEN TELL
ABOUT TRAGEDY
Managing Director of Company
and Officers to Give
Testimony
Congress Considers Proposals
for New Laws to Guard
Ocean Travelers
WASHINGTON, April 18.—With sub
penas for certain persons aboard the
Carpathia, whose names were not dis
closed, Senator Smith of Michigan and
Senator Newlands of Nevada, members
of the senate committee which will
take the first steps in the investigation
of the Titanic disaster, went to New
York today to meet the rescue ship.
Senator Bourne, also a member of the
committee, will join them tomorrow.
Other members of the senate sub
committee are Senators Perkins, Bur
ton, Simmons and Pleteher.
The subcommittee intends to sub- |
pena every one on the Carpathia who
might throw any light on the causes
of the castrophe.
SENATE'S POWER DEFINED
Doubt as to the powers of the senate
to command testimony of J. Bruce Iβ
may, managing director of the White
Star line, or other officers of the com
pany because they are foreign subjects,
was dispelled today. Secretary Nagel
said that there was no question of the
jurisdiction of the senate to summon
any witnesses who are in American
territory.
Secretary Nagel, Supervising Inepec- ''
tor General Uhler of the steamboat in
spection service, Sergeant at Arms
Ransdell of the senate and his assistant,
accompanied the senators, with a party
of others who went to meet friends or
relatives aboard the Carpathia.
PENALTIES SUGGESTED
If the steamship officials refuse to
respond to the committee's inquiries
It was suggested that steps be taken
to penalise vessels entering harbors
without compliance with American re
quirements and that other action
might be considered.
Senator Cullom announced that he
would call a meeting of the foreign
relations committee Saturday to re
port out the Martine resolution re
questing the president to open nego
tiations for an international agreement
regarding the safety of passengers at
sea.
Among those who wiil be summoned
to appear besides President J. Bruce
Ismay will be the second, third, fourth
and fifth officers of the Titanic, who
are reported to have been saved, and
any other officers who may have sur
vived.
NAVAL OFFICERS AMAZED
An Important feature may be the
message transmitted through the Tl-
tanio April 14. the da>y of the calamity,
from the steamer Amerlka to the hydro
graphic office of the United States navy
giving notice of Icebergs in the Tl
tanlc's vicinity.
Naval officials are of the opinion that
one of the iceberg* reported by the
Amerlka through the Tltanio wai the
cause of the Tltanic'e wreck. These
officers were amazed by the reports
that the Titanic was going- ahead at
full Bpeed In view of the known pres
ence of danger.
A joint investigation of the Titanic
disaster by a committee representing
both houses of congress is favored by
Chairman Alexander of the house com
mittee on merchant marine. The ac
tion of the senate in authorizing an
investigation by its committee on com
merce will be followed by a suggestion
from Chairman Alexander to the
I house committee on rules that a joint
inquiry be proposed.
CONFERENCE PROPOSED
Alexander presented a joint resolu
tion proposing an international mari
time conference to "consider uniform
laws and regulations for the greater
security of life, especially on vessels at
■ea." Included in the subjects for the
conference specified in the Alexander
resolution are regulations for efficiency
of crews, construction of vessels, equip
ment of lifeboats, wireless apparatus,
searchlights, submarine bells, life sav
ing and fire extinguishing apparatus.
The Titanic never had cleared from
an American port, but the investiga
tion is designed to show the extent to
which liners adhere to American safety
regulations. Many members of the
house are openly opposed to immediate
action looking toward an investiga
tion of the disaster, because they be
lieved the senate and officials of the
navigation bureau could make the
proper inquiry without further action
by the house.
RESTRICTION FOR WIRELESS
The restriction of wireless telegraph
activity and regulations that will pre
vent interference by amateurs in times
of emergency were taken up by the
house committee on merchant marine.
A report from a subcommittee, which
has been framing a bill, was laid be
fore the full committee at the execu
tive session.
The Alexander wireless telegraphy
bill would restrict the operation of
amateurs and others to wave lengths
not exceeding 200 meters. Experi
menters or others engaged in important
work might receive special permits
from the secretary of commerce and
labor to operate under greater wave
length.
The bill was favorably acted on by
the merchant marine committee and re
ported back to the house, and the Alex
ander resolution, for the establishment
of recognized trans-Atlantic travel
routes by international agreement*,
also wa« favorably reported by the
committee.
FIGHTING IN STEERAGE
WOMEN OVERPOWER MEN
NEW YORK. April 18.— Pitiful
tales were related by some of the
steerage passengers of the Titanic
as they came off the Carpathia. Few
of the passengers were met by rela
tives or friends, and a majority were
taken in charge by charitable per
sons.
A thrilling story was told by Ellen
Bhlne, a 20 year old girl from County
Cork, Ireland, who earns here to
visit a brother.
"Those who were able to get out
of bed," said Misa Shine, "rushed to
the upper deck, where they were
met by members of the crew, who
endeavored to keep them in the
steerage quarters. The women, how
ever, rushed by these men, knocking
them down, and finally reached the
upper decks. When Informed that
the boat was sinking most of them
fell on their knees and began to
pray.
"I saw on* of the lifeboats and
made for it In it were four men
from the steerage. They were or
dered out by an officer and refused
to leave. Then one of the officers
Jumped into the boat and, drawing
a revolver, shot the four men dead.
Their bodies were picked out from
the bottom of the boat and thrown
Into the ocean."
CAPTAIN'S LAST
ACT WAS SAVING
DROWNING BABE
Men Plunged Into Water as Big
Ship Gave Final Lurch Be
fore Sinking
NEW YORK, April 18.—George Bro- j
den of Los Angeles, an athlete and head
of a cement manufacturing concern,
who was rescued by the Carpathia,
said:
"I was in my cabin and wae preparing
to retire when the craeh came. It did j
not seem serious then. I put on an |
overcoat and went to an upper deck. |
Fifteen minutes later —there had
been little excitement up to this time
—a lifeboat wae lowered. Shortly
after this every one rushed to the
deck. Lifeboats were lowered on all
sides. i
"I was beside Henry B. Harris, the
theatrical manager, when he bade his
wife goodby. Both started toward the
side of the boat where a lifeboat was
being lowered. Harris was told it was
the rule for the women to leave by the
first boat.
■ Tee, I know, T will stay," Harris
said.
CAPTAIN SAVES BABY
Shortly after the lifeboats left a.
man jumped overboard. Other men
followed. It wae like sheep following
a leader."
"Captain Smith was washed from the
bridge Into the ocean. Hβ swam to
where a baby wae drowning and car
ried It In hie arms while he ewam to a
lifeboat which wae manned by officers
of the Titanic Hβ surrendered the
baby to them and swam back to the
steamer.
"About the time Captain Smith got
back there was an explosion. The en
tire ship trembled. I secured a life
preserver and jumped overboard.
HUNDREDS IN WATER
'I struck a piece of ice. but was not
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David Buckley, 20 years old. of
Cork, said he was saved by hiding
in a lifeboat. His three roommates
In the steerage—Patrick Q'Connell,
Patrick O'Connor and Michael Lena
han, were drowned. Buckley de
clares that when the Titanic went
down there was a roar like thunder.
"Then the lights kept burning,"
said Buckley, "until the ship sank.
Men fought with women in the
steerage, and time and again officers
would drag men from boats in order
to let women have their places."
A pathetic incident of the steerage
was the placing of seven children—
four girla and three boys—into one
of the lifeboats. Their parents were
lost. Two of the little ones, whose
names could not be learned, were
taken to hospitals. One has scarlet
fever and the other meningitis.
August Wennerstrom spied a col
lapsible boat behind one of the
smokestacks as the vessel was sink
ing. With three other men he man
aged to tear it from ita lashings
and the four jumped overboard with
it. The boat overturned four times,
but each time they managed to right
it, and finally all of them were saved
by the Carpathia. While drifting
about, Wennerstrom said he saw at
least 200 men in the water, who were
drowned.
Injured. I swam about 60 yards from
the steamer, when there was a series of
exploeiona. 1 looked back and saw the
Titanic go down bow first. Hundreds
of persons were in the water at the
time. When the great steamer went
down they shrieked hysterically.
"When I jumped from the steamer
Into the water the band was still play
ing. The lights on the Titanic were lit
until it sank.
"I wae in the water two hours, cling
ing to a piece of wreckage, when I
was picked up by a lifeboat. Every
stroke of the oare hit a body. About
6 o'clock in the morning the Carpathia
appeared.
STEWARD SHOOTS CUR
"I saw one of the stewards of the
ship shoot a foreigner who tried to
press past a number of women and
enter a lifeboat."
Jacques Futrelle, the author, was one
of the first cabin passengers who part
ed with hia wife and steadfastly re
fused to accept a chance to enter a life
boat when lie knew the Titanic was
sinking. How her husband went to his
j death was told by Mrs. Futrelle to
! night.
•'EXCITEMENT APPALLING , '
"When the Titanic hit the iceberg
there was the most appalling excite
ment," said Mrs. Futrelle, "and who,
after they have passed through an ex
perience, could blame those poor people
for the panic that overwhelmed some
of them?
"I do not doubt that my husband is
dead, but even that knowledge can not
make mo suffer more. There could be
nothing worse than the mental anguish
through which I have passed since we
were rescued.
PUSHED WIFE AWAY
"Jacques Iβ dead, but he died like a
hero, that I know. Three or four times
after the crash I rushed up to him and
clasped him in my arms and begged
him to get into one of the lifeboats.
"'For God's sake go! , he fairly
shrieked at me as he pushed me away,
and I could ccc how he suffered. 'It's
your last chance, gol' Then one of the
ship's officers forced me Into a life
boat and I gave up all hope that he
could be saved."
CASE IS DISMISSED—The suit of R. de Kon
lana. ae ndminletrator ot the estate of I.evudin
George ManaJts, against the Westeru Pacific
Railway company, was yesterday in
the rniterl States district conrt. Tbe "sulf
wim /or $25,000 damages on Recount of the
death of Manalaa. wh» was killed in Plutnas
county while operating a snoveplow fnr th«
railway compan?. The suit wu settled out
of court.
OCEAN TRAGEDY
HALTS FESTIVE
AFFAIRS IN N. Y.
3
Scores of Meetings and Ban
quets Are Postponed Because
of the Titanic Disaster
Congress of Men and Religion
Forward Movement to Re
arrange Plans
[Specie/ Dispatch to The Call]
NEW YORK, April 18.—The eommtt
tee in charge of the congress of the
Men and Religion Forward national
movement tomorrow will rearrange the
plans of the great opening tomorrow
owing to the Titanic disaster. The
speakers will use the catastrophe to
emphasize the unmistakable evidence
of futility of human endeavor without
: belief In the necessity for God.
With the whole city plunged Into
gloom, scores of meetings, dinners and
other public affaire have been post
poned. No one, it seems, has the do
eire to enjoy any form of festivity
while the shadow of the terrible die
aster hovers so close.
One of the first affairs postponed was
I the regular meeting of the Aero club,
which w£.s scheduled to take place
yesterday. Colonel John Jacob Astor,
who went down with the Titanic, was
a life member of the club and a guest
at its last banquet. His name was on
the program for an address at the ban
quet, which had been scheduled for lut
j night.
The banquet of the produce exchange
in connection with ita semicentennial
tomorrow also was postponed. Another
banquet, that of St. George's society
of New York, which was to take place
April 28, has been indefinitely post
poned.
The sixtieth anniversary of the
Church of the Incarnation, which was
to have been celebrated next week, will
not begin until April JS.
The Rocky Mountain club alao hae'
voted to postpone the dinner which was
to have been given by the club Sat
urday night.
Spring Opening
Enlarged
Shirt
Department
We have greatly enlarged
our Shirt Department, locat
ing it on the main floor,
which enables us to make a
most pleasing display of our
complete stock.
In opening the enlarged
Shirt Department we are
showir.g an unusual assort
ment of novelties and staples
for spring and summer wear.
We carry all the standard
makes — Manhattan, E. &
W., Cluett, etc.—and also a
most attractive "Hastings
Special."
Fancy Shirts, $1.50 to $3.50
White Shirts, $1.00 to $3.00
Golf Shirts, $1.50/o $6.00
HASTI NQS
CLOTHING CO.
Post and Grant Aye.
Most Sanitary
Baths in
The World
\lurline
BATHS
Bush and Lark in Sts.
and 2151 Geary St.
Porcelain tubs nuth HOT
and COLD FRESH and
SALT WATER. These
baths are most beneficial
for nervousness, rheumatism
and insomnia.
OPEN EVENINGS
i Spectators Free
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Bomb 708. HEARST ULILDINo
Phon* Kearny 23S
Residence Phone Weit 9419