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the lifeboats they believe until a^>oiit f.:30 a. m. Some were scantily clad and suffered exceedingly from the cold, but the majority of tht-ni were preparod for the eme-genoy. In the darkness aboard the ship tbat irl. i to settle to star- came shortly after the collision it was ana If of nearly 45 impossible for those in the boats to a1 believed it was distinguish the identity of.any or the r f >!.!) began to persons who leaped into the sea. It b* A J'l-n;ifd into the is believed that nearly all cabin pas.,.*>! immediately sengers who had not gone overboard, fe*- minutes there , immediately after the boau were :_ ar-nund. Near- launched vanished with the officers ..> preservers. and crew, it is likely that Toion'd 1 a Poruerian dog John Jacob Aator was one of this numta : and, striking ber. r was badly stunHe was last soon walking arm in a"'T a few miu- arm with his wife on the promenade < , \> one of the deck, sweetly oblivious of his danger. Most When word canu ior the women and A it.- t a r-t-ii aboard. r aboard the Ti- children to be put info the boats, Colo> i::einbers of tho nel Astov went to the lifeboat with . bolts had jump- her. Some of the stewards who formed Titanic was setpart of Uie lifeboat rrew sn\s that after the ship hit tho berg th- majority ci the cabin passengers went back to DID GOOD W O R K th-nr staterooms and that if was necessary to rout them out and in some in:f Launching the Lrfestances force life preservers upon E~:ouraged Women thoiii. All a*-rree that the engine** of J C !-ren. trie phip were stopped immediately aft > nf the few er she made, the ineffectual turn to v at from thg clear the berg. M r Is may, acThe lifeboats' crews were made up s f. lov voyag- f stewards, stokers, coal trimmers onal gallant- and orritnarY seamen It is said that tne launching the davits were equipped with a new f 1 \\ "nt around contrivance i'or the swift launching of m. 1 liildren sooth- the boat, but that the machinery wr:9 :' , K - - and, accord- so complicated and the men so unfa- -d on the Car- miliar with it that tbey had trouble in . ' f'-rvals, "Don't managing i t . .:.'.o tho boats all - kruiw how Mr. Is:.'o a boat, and it w '.ched to make " e ! ase of the Till e was among realized that the

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Struggled For Places In the Lifeboats Against Woman. The world's annals have provided few more intense and dramatic moments than when all that was left of :: f d ' eats, under in- the great company that sailel so gay' ''"rs and men in ly aboard the Titanic, appeared la^t ;. < nsiderable dis- night on the Cunard pier. No hint of > '-rs-'if in order to tho story of their miseries and of their '' - possible sue- sufferings after the Titanic foundered 1 T foundering. had come from the sea. It was not - a' out her disap- known for certain whether some who ) re was so little had been given up for Jetfd might aphardl v appreciable pear miraculausly on th. gang plank. There were scores of people, among !- the boats were them men and women whose names are familiar the country over, who 'i'f to launch all waited in the moat intensely susrense ic went down as while the Cunarder with he- sa 1 cargo : i twtnty minmade her way slowly up the Hudson, n t d iu were all 1 passed the great ships in dock, whose ii"t sustained a flaes showed dimly at half-staff in the was not until mutes after the . 'bar the boats '"is of the crew MRS. J. W. M. CARDEZA 1 t the officers, - m th, stuck to the 'here were sev. 'irmbtless wero > that she had . '" of life. She s and almost tprhalf and her : forward half the other half
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h a r d s h i p to sifflc.flwr wtfess failed at tt:ll . m., after oal# a hint of what was taking place, : | At the Carpathian bast steed, it was net until 4 a m . that sne made out the fleet of small boats lying over t h e scene of t h e wTeck. The r.ight had been clear, s o clear Indeed that passengers of t h e Carpatihta had stayed up unusually late to enjoy i t s beauty. So there Was no difficulty in sighting without glasses t h e little boats that were waiting In snch suspense.

25,000 were cast in addition to more than 1,000 coupon votes. Miss Jacobs increased her lead in the First District, Contests Will Commence at Imperial Miss Aldrich took the lead ia the Alleys on Monday EveningWorld's Second District with Miss Hiam Champion Bowlers Will Give an crowding hard for the top seat and bars of river light in the Third district Miss Demler reExhibition Tonight. There were tome of these who had tained the flag in the face of heavy not dJared to give up all hope, who voting by numerous competitors. The two-man tournament at t h e lingered, still a prey to tlie moat dread, That's good work at this time, for Imperial bowling alleys on Young the present aim of most of the candi- street will open Monday evening a t fill uncertainty, who retnsed to believe d a t e s is not position nor a place in 3 o'clock with a match between L. the cruel list of those that were saved I the "Roll of Honor," but the aim uni- Gray and Blake on one side and Hamp and thought that there nlffht after all | versays is a reserve votethat prime nd Wendel a s the opposing players. appear for them some loved face. THIS W E E K essential with which to meet and over n t h e following evening the conIt was with difficulty that tho come the cloudburst of ballots that testants will be Camann and Potts tongue* of many were loosened to will fall on the final day of the con- vs. Heerdt and Miller. Summers and speak of the scenes of agony and fear Allen will bowl Grant and T. Graf Vote Schedule will be Materially Re- test. that fell over t h e Titantc's peaceful However the tendency and incentive, on t h e succeeding afternoon. On t h e duced Next Week and Will Never company, when it becamo swiftly there are noticeably a number of radi- evening of t h e same day Fries and Be a s High as It is Now Only cal changes in position day after day i Wattengel will oppose Camann and known that the Bhio must go down. Some told haltingly, with dread still Saturday Remains. Thursday afternoon will a number of new leadersand the H. Mailer. frozen in. their eyes, of t h e men who same glowing symptoms of snap and bring together Dick and Gardei on strove and struggled against women @ ginger that have characterized the me team and Dittmar and Stegmeier for t h e lifeboats and of officers shoot friendly clashing of ballots from the on t h e other. Zuclcmaier and Elch ing them down. start. In that respect there is to be ire scheduled to bowl on t h e same ROLL OF HONOR. no let-up. Indeed, it's to. he a battle evening. A. Graf and O. Fritz are slatOne woman saw an officer shoot two ed to bowl Friday afternoon. In t h e royal finishthat much Is certain. First District. men. he said, and other passengers 3venlng, Ernst and Ernst will bowl T. Miss Emily F. Jacobs.. .17.585 Friends Help. recalled how officers had stood with J r a y and A. Hewitt. There will be And all of the candidates who have no matches on Saturday. drawn pistols while the women and Second District. manifested a disposition to help themchildren were being guided into the Tonight Jimmy Smith of Buffalo, Miss Estella Aldrlch... .24,920 salves have friends who are anxious the world's champion bowler, will be boats. No one 9eemed to know of t h e to assist them and several persons at t h e Imperial alleys for an exhibiexact fate of t h e Titauic's captain, E. Third District. have come to The News office during tion with a number of star bowlers J. Smith. Miss Mamie Dernier. . . . .16,920 the past few days and paid subscrip- from the Tonawandas and Buffalo. There was a story that he had comtions in favor of different candidates Much interest is being manifested in mitted suicide, but the Carpathia's pasin the several districts. This seems to Smith's appearance at the local sengers did not know that was true. indicate what faithful effort can ac- alleys a n d a block of reserved seats Many of them had heard shots fired. complish and proves that every candi- have been provided, to meet the deBuilding a Reserve. They believed some of the firing was With all the incentive to the candi- date has friends who will be pleased mands of t h e enthusiasts who will done to warn back steerage passen dates in The Evening News' foreign to aid her as soon as she shows that ^e on hand. gers. For the Titanlc's officers and tour and prize contest to make t h e she is anxious to enjoy that European crew the rescued seemed to have uoth- present period a harvest t i m e for sub- trip at the expense of The News. Jng but praise. scription-getting and to build up a There are a number of near-headliners in all the districts, while as many canThese men acted calmly and coolly large reserve voting strength while the didates are gradually soaring toward vote schedule was a t its highest, there in t h e face of certain foundering, was the top. or banking their reserve votes the report brought here last night by to draw on them at the time of the Dick Chase, the Tonawanda lightboats. Tbey realizedat least some crucial test. the rescued. # weight wrestler, m e t a tartar in Edof the men didthat the Titanic must It was Josh Billings, or some other shortly founder and that nearly all cf long-haired philisopher, who first dis- ward Brunner, whom he attempted to STORY OF THE RESCUE these left on ber would have to die. covered that "time passes"that it throw in 15 minutes at the Eagle Theatre last night. Brunner stayed So the delivered ones watched with had gotten Into the habit, as it were, the limit under great punishment and Carpathia's Lights Greeted With Restraining eyes for the least, faint gleam and each tick of the clock sounded tne got t h e $5 which Chase is offering to joicing by Freezing Survivors. on the horizon that would tell of t h e death knell of a lost opportunity. any person staying that long without Here and there among the passenDon't believe Billings mentioned the being thrown. oncoming of a steamship. Brunner had a big gers of the Carpathia and from the flight of time in connection with the advantage in weight, tipping the survivors of the Titanic the story was BAND PLAYED AS SHIP SANK clock, especially not referring to the scales a t 185 pounds. In t h e first gleaned of the rescue. Nothing in tour-of-Europe contest that is now at- bout, last night, Chase beat Frank life will ever approach the joy felt by tracting attention in this vicinity. Ott in 13 minutes. "Nearer, My God, to Thee," Was SoftPiling Up Votes. the hundreds, who were waiting in litYoung Zeckser of the Y. M. C. A. ly Wafted to Survivors as Giant Just the same, "time passes." Bill- will go on with Chase *his evening tle boats on the spot where the TiLiner Plunged to Death. ings was right. And it's passing now and a hard match is anicipated. Totanic foundered when the lights of the No tale has ever been told more In the same old waypiling up votes morrow night, the Tonawanda chamCarpathia were first made out. That pitiful, more choked with horror than nnd prospective success for the several pion will meet Bobby Yates, the Niwas at 4 a. nv, on Monday morning local the plight of the women and children young ladies who are striving for a agara Falls champion, at the The Carpathia, steaming on her way who waited there oblivious to the bit- delightful summer -jvacaQion "across theatre and one of the best matches to the Mediterranean, was halted a of t h e week is certain to result. ter cold, to see whether the wireless the pond." little after midnight by the desperate would bring relief In time to their lovThey Won't Believe. calls of Phillips, the Titanic's wireless When you pay a dollar more than ed ones that showed clearly on the At least, this is one of the difficulman The Cunarder slowed up, turned you need to pay for something, simpTitanic dark mass. For they could see t es now being encountered by candi- ly because you do not read ads, and healed at full speed for the locaon this clear night what was going on dates. Tkeir friends wont' believe that you're not showing very much busition given by Phillips. Captain Ros on the ship. That was perhaps the this big vote period is the period of ness abilitydo you think? tron was told that the Titanic had worst of it all. There was no friendly greatest opportunity which it posistruck an iceberg at 11:40 p. m. on dark to veil the Titanic and her hope- tively isas frequently related and r e Sunday night. He heard by fltiul >S iterated, by the contest man. less company. The night was so bright. dots aud dashes that the ship was in ffi And this greatest of great opportu- as some of the survivors said, that it F A I N T H E A R T NE'ER W O N great peril. Rostron swung the Carnities will come to an end at 8 o'clock seemed as if the faces of individuals A LADY FAIR NOR A T R I P pathia westward and ordered his enSaturday evening. could be made out and the illusion of ACROSS T H E BLUE A T L A N T I C . gineers to give her every pound of Is it any wonder candidates are anxthe waters made it appear that the Shrewd shoppers study ious, becoyming desirous that, their steam they could raise. foundering ship was closer than she friends come to their support at this @ @ Then ne spoke to his officers, outads because it pays really was. time? lining what probably would be reAnd for two hours and a half a third There will be other opportunities quired. The chief steward busied himprayed or clung with faltering hearts nut none that will be nearly so helpself preparing blankets, supplies of all kinds, getting the surgeries ready, set- to the hope that the signals had been ful that will make so sure success that will pile up insurmountable barting the tables and having, food cook- heard in time. There were cries sounding ovei t h e waters, men calling from riers against the time when every vote ed. Arrangements were made as the will be a 'friend in need." Carpathia steamed onward to take the Titanic. bome of them do believe it, for One of t h e things that linger gratecare of 2,000 people. many candidates have sien friends At that hour, soon after midnight, fully in the minds of the survivors was and managed to impress upon them the there was no telling what bad hap- the music that floated to them over chance that will never come again. pened in the mysterious waters from the waters a s the Titanic slowly filled Again, in some instances, friends have The band was playing appreciated this, and called at The whence had come the Titanic's last and settled. solemn tunes. To t h e straining ears News office and taken out subscripmessage. The wireless had failed and died awav. It left Rostron a t d his of- of the people in the boats came first tions, thus adding to the reserve votes ficer* bfafclflof-<letaiJg,j^,They did n e t "When W e Rest Beyond," and later of their favorites They haven't waitedto be buttonimagine, e v r c i t i tka*ttm^ that t h e when the great ship sagged stHl deeper in t h e water, t h e band played soft- holed, as it goes in politicsbut have dia^ftter-v^ltf'te a* f k a t m it turned made vote getting a matter of husiout t o be, . j r W H a 4 & l m & M s t people, ly "Nearer, My God, to Thee." \nd this kindness, you may be Titanic survivors who paused long nos. believed tfiatHfte **Tttslooi>ld be a enough last night on t h e pier to sure, has been appreciated.

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Occupants of t h e Little Boats Saw Their Relatives Go DownCaptain Rostron stopped h i s shlP while still a good distance from the boats. He lowered rope ladders a s well as the ordinary wooden gangways and, waiting for t h e boats to come u p to him. T h e sailors of t h e Titanic, who manned these boats, rowed hard and it was only a fe.w minutes when the first of them c a m e alongside. T h e boats had waited two hours and a half, their cocuDants half crazy from grief and uncertainty. Herded separately in the all too few boats and put over t h e side, it w a s t h e fate of t h e little m o r e than 700 to s i t helpless and watch t h e death of their relatives and friends As t h e survivors h a y e described it, t h e picture is d e a r l y outlined. With what calmness t h e crisis allowed, the off cers of the ship, assistad by brave men, who had presently to die, placed most of t h e women and children In t h e boats and with them seamen and volunteera to labor a t the oars. Then, with all t h e boats overboard and nothing that eoald be used for rafts, two-thirds of the ship's company had to wait to s e e what brief time would hoM for them. It was apparent t h a t the Titanic was staggering towards h e r end, T h e only hope was that her last feeble calls for help h a d been heard by a liner t h a t could sweep u p in time. H was a brief time where inextiaaftrishahle

it's Well Known. . sketch briefly what they could of t h e horrors of that night, said that they The contestants know that those never would forget the playing of t h e who fail to get a full share of the votes this week will surely regret it at band. The coming of help seemed to open the close. They rtlso know that there will never the gate of t e a r s for many of t h e be another better opportunity to sewomen who had sat dulled and stunned from the enormity of their misfortune. cure an adequate reserve force than in the present period. For this reason , Some became hysterical and cried candidates are getting very busy now f shrilly. * Others were restrained by and are coming in for a large share the sailors and other men folk from of the votes at this time and the votleaping to their feet. The cold w a s ing goes merrily on. cruel, because so many of t h e women There is only one more day of were thinly dressed. T h e men did the one odd chance to build easily a their best t o relieve them by offering reserve force to meet and overcome tq supply fcheir coats. Several men the final cloudburst of ballots. One candidate reports that pome took off their shirts, gave them to Aromen and sat balf naked in the cold. people believe that there will be some It w a s getting lighter by then and sort of a bonus offer made later in the the face of the ocean was begining to contest which will give more votes show objects of dread and pity. for subscriptions and on that account they are withholding their support. Corpses 3oated near, so many of the There never will be another time passengers said, and it was sometimes when the assistance of friends will difficult to row without striking t h e be so valuabler when it will bring to bodies. _ * the support of favorites so many votes

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