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SUNDAT) MORfTINO. 'APRITj Bli 1913. THE riTTSBURG PRESS FOUR Survivors of the Great Titanic Marine Disaster Hi Desire to Announce Will offer for sale Fisk Hats AT For To-morrow, Monday, Safe off Special "ImportaEiic In Their SUIT DEPARTMENT 1 2.85- -i A i i i If The hats offered at this sale are samples from D. B. Fisk and Suits of worsteds, serge and whipcords, coats peau de cygne lined and shields, at Tailored Suits of whipcord and 12.75 17.50 19.75 worsteds at Co of known as manufacturers of highest grade merchandise.

They consist of excellent quality hemps, fine weave milans in the roll brim and other effects, 'leghorns, tagals, etc. About thirty different styles in all the new, popular A -number of these styles have been sold by, Meyer Jonasson Co. throughout the season at from to" $7.95 and are extraordinary values at $2 85 Tailored Suits of French serge and whipcord, in black and navy, at. Tailored Suits in exclusive models heretofore $35 00 to $65.00, at At 13 Off Former Prices Balance of our entire stock of Dress Hats trimmed with Genuine Heron Aigrettes, French and Willow Plumes, Paradise and Imported Novelties, heretofore to at Suits of French serge, with embroidered collars; heretofore $29.75 to $35-00, at. 26.25 Suits of imported worsteds, coats braid trimmed heretofore $37-00 and $3900, al 29.75 25.00 Department for Ladies' and Misses' Dresses Ladies' and Misses' Gingham Dresses PITTSBURG ARCHITECT WRITES OF RESCUE OF THE .1...

..3.95 special at SURVIVORS Ladies' and Misses Dresses of French Serge; 12.7S special at. A variety of styles in Ladies and Misses' JDressas of imported St. Gaul Swisses and Cotton Voiles, from 1 5.75 to 22.50 Continued from Page 1. one pushed him overbbard as he was assisting a woman into a When the lifeboats became fewer and the passengers realized their dranger, panic reigned and the captain shot himself. Many of those rescued were still in evening dress, not having yet retired." As the lifeboats were in the distance, their occupants watching the ship settle in thef water, the cry of help from those on board the ill fated ship could be heard.

Those in the boats had to sit and watch others dear to them going down with the ship. The lifeboats were not the ones intended for the Titanic, but were only temporary until. the regular ones could be completed. They contained neither food nor water and not one was supplied with a lantern, while all were poorly manned. Some.

boats were launched with but two or three men to do the rowing, and in many instances there were women at the oars. In one boat the plug was lost out of the bottom and a "woman stopped the hole with her hand. BOATS KEPT TOGETHER. That the boats might follow each other and keep; together, bits of paper, letters and handkerchiefs torn into strips were burned. There seems to have been less than a third enough lifeboats on the Titanic Ladies' arid Misses' Dresses of Spot-proof Foulard, Charmeuse, Crepe Meteor, Silk Lined Voile; heretofore $42-50 to $55, at il 'i ft w.

$35.00 Dresses of Crepe Meteor, Chiffon Taffeta and Spot-proof Foulards; heretofore $32.50 to $351)6, 21.75 to tafce care of the passengers in case of accident. Our ship, when she. received the wireless, at once turned north, to the location given by the wireless, and we covered some 60 miles before we met the first lifeboats of the Titanic. The giant boat, the most wonderful afloat, was nowhere to be seen on the surface of the wide sea. By this time we were entirely surrounded by an enormous field of ice and icebergs, and at one time I counted 25 of them.

It was wonderful how our Authentic phonographs taken by iliss Re-mice rainier, who was on board the Carpathian showing rescued passengers standing in groups aiscuss.ng ineir terrible experiences. The women of the party were supplied with wraps by the women passengers on board the rescue ship. The pictures were taken an hour after the rescued passengers were taken aboard ship. rector urged Franklin to arrange for tanic, which were constantly manned. sendintr him arid the crew back to bug- While Bride was testifying severa nhotoerraohers exDloded flash land on the Cedric, outbound, betorei newspaper pi the 'arrival rf tho Carnathia.

These lights. The report startled everyone in SMUGGLED JEWELRY IS TO BE SOLD I start. Three months ago her mother died at her home in Devonshire, ng" land. The father and daughter decided to come to the United States. They sailed! from Southampton on the Titanic.

I Miss Phillips had retired Sunday night before the ship struck. Her father knocked at the door and told her to dress. When she went on deck she saw people rushing about and over the side of the boat aim A. H. Rostron, steered the ship in and out amongst them.

The ice field has been estimated by many on board the Carpathia, at being 25 miles in extent, with icebergs standing up In them as high as 100 feet. Then there were countless floating icebergs, which practically surrounded the ship. I have some eight or ten pictures I took of these icebergs. After the wireless had been received as to the danger of the Titanic, everything on board the Carpathia was made ready to receive the boats with the passengers Of the lost ship. The Jfirst lifeboat from the Titanic was and its passengers were taken on board at 4 o'clock Monday morning, April 15.

The last boatload was taken on board by 7 a. m. DEAD SAILORS IN BOATS. Operating their own. factory in New York, and not selling their products to any othsrdealerin Greater Pittsburgh, they are in a position to offer exclusive models AT MANUFACTURERS' PRICES the room, and Bride's shattered nerves almost gave way.

Senator Smith reprimanded the photographers. ACKNOWLEDGES WARNINGS. A frank admission that the steamship Califomian had tried to report icebergs to him was made by the operator. He said that he had been too busy at the messages sent the committee hurrying to York lest the important witnesses escape. Thomas Cottam, the wireless operator Of the Carpathia, was on the stand first today.

Definite news of the entire" disaster was sent from the Carpathia at W.M o'clock on Monday morning, according to Cottam, who savs he himself Mashed the details to the liner Baltic. The Carpathia was then out of touch with iand Continued from I'agt 1. P.osati of South Sharon, Pa and Luigi 1 and children crying. women i near her were scrambling into life-. Zappa of Carroll et.

boats. Her father led hei to one and The last two boats each contained one dead sailor, dead from cold her in like" time to take the report. He was making and exposure. Two others died later in the day. All were-buried, at sea, after services held at 3:30 o'clock by Father Anderson, of Baltimore, an Episcopal monk.

The iron doors at the side of our boat were opened and emment agents, connected with the cus-j-rowd street car e' gaid somethlng toms department! cn complaint of Cosimo to her but sne pald no attention; her RanallU a United States customs agent, i mnd was on tnfl exciting situation. She early in January of this year. Th does not remember to have-said good-charge is that they knowingly and wil- by, for there was no thought of fare-faily imported certain articles of jewelry well in her mind. She does not remem-without having declarefl them and. with- ber that her father said goodby.

-violation of the re-i As the cold air sent chills to-ner paying dutv in violation of the re-i as tne coia air sent emus a platform let down. The bodies, after being sewed up in sail cloth and Xone of these details. Tit)-word that aj thousand or more had gone down with the Titanic, reached the shore until Mon- I day evening. "I sent several messages to the Baltic." said Cottam, answering questions by Senator Smith. "But I kept record of these.

There were many of them, and West Virginia, and ator Hughes of weighted at the feet to make them strike the water feet first, were laid on slabs or boards, and covered with a British flag. After a prayer the flag was lifted and the bodies pushed off the slabs feet first, and makine has lost her husband. She told me she knew of 16 women who have lost their me she vised i statutes of the' United States, on or bones and her. nostrils seemed tojreezs it ir.rii in inn sie wondered what the people were do it -piii lj. iiu, i jng i the dang-eroua sea; it seemed all It seems as tnougn tne as little splash aa possible: One, however, struck flat, and I shall never ahou t.was.

too busy sending. At 10:0 Monday forget the sound of the splash. ROS ATI'S STORY. so toolish, so unreasonaoie. sue nua-dled close to a nervous woman.

The Our crew worked heroically, taking the rescued onto our boat, and pect to be in New York bv tonitrht and this will be mailed to you at once We are safe and enjfoved the trin lm mensely. until we rescued the-e' do or ship wrecked people. Ever since the ship is more like a cemeterv than a boat. I have written an account of th disaster, of some 10 pagi. whirh I evpect to send to THE PITTSBURG PRESS.

So you mav see the account in that paper. Goodbv. Best wishes to "all. CHARLES M. HUTCHISON.

woman's teeth rattled from cold and Tlosatl declared afterwards to govern- there wasn't the leastsign of confusion. -The iron doors at the side of our ship were opened and rope, ladders let down. The women were drawn women were taken off first and, when they were all off, there were no lifeboats for the men, so most of the lost were men. Among the men were John Jacob As-tor. Mr.

Chase of the Standard Oil and Maj. Butt, aid to the President, Mrs. Astor. who was Madeline Force, Is rescued and is on our ship. We ex up on a swing, the men who were able climbed the rope ladder and the children and babies were hauled up after being placed in a canvas sack.

About 12, of the lifeboats of the Titanic were raised to the deck of 'WORMVS LARGEST PIANO TTOUST1. our ship. The balance, with the liferafts, were set adrift. Our ship, after cruising around in the hope of picking'trp more lifeboats, returned to the location where the Titanic had gone down, and at the request of our can- A2 A -3 V- "Simplicity, ease and -nent ofliciaT, that while yet on board the HiPs hoped her" fatt ouid boat whtch brought them from Italy he'r fme-tarm clothing, hadr been given a small flat package by -vvhUe she was thinking of this, Zappa, containing jewelry. re-1 women in her boat and others around quested him to conceal it about his per- ier began to wail and cry, "Oh my sort until they left the dock in New York.

God! My UodT' She looked toward thQ He did so, by fastening the jewelry about Titanic. It seemed to be bowing its his waist. Xfter they had entered a cab head under the water. Her breath he hunded the valuables over to Zappa, slopped and her blood seemed to freeze, not knowing they had been smuggled, he grasped the side of the lifeboat in frenzv with an impulse to stay the wreck she watched. But the Titanic A imiTa story was told by Di Pado a.

bowe(, deeper and disappeared. A shriek who declared to the officials that the day went from her boal and others, and before they landed from the Celtic, com- ornen dropped unconscious. It was ing from Italy, -Zappa handed Mm a bag over. jewels, which lie fastened about his 1 waist, and then returned them to Zappa Dractir Artinn TulPn after thev had reached the hotel whore Ul dOlIU MUWUII I dtCM. thev mit ui for the night.

He also de- I Oil City. April 'M Col. C. C. Rich- out reports and heard M.

w. L. which was the Califomian calling him, saying she had an ice report. "I was busy and I did not answer at the time. Half an hour later I heard the same operator transmitting an ice report to the Baltic and I copied It.

I thought it was the same message that I refused previously, but as it was not official, I did not copy it in the book, although a copy was sent to the bridge. Whether Capt. Smith received it or not, do not know. It told of three great bergs in a certain latitude and longitude which I do not now remember." Bride said that about 7 o'clock or 7:30, the night of the disaster he went to bed in hia room next to the wireless station. He waa not awaStened by the collision, but at midnight he-arose to relieve Phillips.

"Phillips had just finished a big- bunch Of messages he was sending to Cape said Bride. "He told me that the ship had been badly injured and that he thought she would have to go back to the builders. Just about. that time Capt. Smith came to the door of the wireless room and 8aid: You had better get Phillips usked -him.

if he wanted a distress call sent out. 'Yes, at once," the captain replied. Phillips put on his headpiece and sent Q. I)." several times, signing the Tltanfc's call, M. G.

Y. "What does C. Q. D. mean?" asked Senator Smith.

Guglielmo Marconi, who was in the room, explained that Q. means "All stations listen." and that means danger of "The international wireless conference has decided to substitute 'S. O. tor the distress call," Marconi. "What represents silence in the wireless code?" asked Senator Smith.

E. answered Marconi. completeness the ANGELUS" morning 1 sent all or the uetans to me Baltic It was the -whole story. The Baltic was then coming toward the wreck. I was not in touch with land stations at that time.

I told of the total loss of the Titanic, and of the rescue of those we had picked up. I told them we were going to New York." Senator Smith then made an attempt to get a line on -Ue reassuring news of Monday afternoon that the Titanic was being towed into Halifax. Did you send anything in any of your messages About Halifax?" he asked. "I think that one of my early messages said we might take survivors into Halifax. That was talked of at one time.

But later I said we were going into New York." "I did not send from the Carpathia at any time after the disaster, a report that the passengers and crew had been saved and that the Titanic was coming slowly into port in tow. Nothing of that nature was either sent by me or suggested to me by any officer of passenger, or anyone else on the Carpathia," continued Cottam, "I sent nothing that could be construed to mean that and it would have been utterly false if I had eent out any such word." "Did you in any way attempt to withhold the exact facts about the disaster?" demanded Smith. iniiti ii a im a mm. clared he never knew the articles had i ards. of the Sixteenth regiment.

JNational Guard of Pennsylvania, has decided to tain, aiuer aiiuci suu reau liih yrayer oi interment, tne benediction of interment, the prayer consolation and the prayer of thanksgiving for those who were saved. RETURN TO NEW YORK. Our captain then decided to return to New York. All the rescued were made as comfortable as possible, and everything, done for them in the way of clothing. We gave up our cabin to Mrs.

Smith, daughter of Congressman Hughes, of West Virginia, who lost her husband he being one of the men left on board the Titanic. We doubled up in' the cabin of Mr. and Mrs. Iddiols, of St. Louis, Mo.

At noon Monday our ship turned and put back for New York which we hope to reach some time Thursday night or Friday morning The fog has been heavy and we are delayed. After we had picked up all the lifeboats from the Titanic we -sighted the Califomian, a freight steamer. She was signaled to remain in cae there might possibly be more lifeboats adrift. Later we sighted the Burma another freight steamer. The iceberg, which the Titanic struck was enormous in size and reached to the upper deck of the ship, which was 70 feet above the water-line.

reorganize Co. here. He proposes to increase its efficiency and improve its personnel. The first step came today when Capt. McGregor discharged J6 soldier boys.

This cut down the roll to rv4 men and an effort will be made to interest other young men. been smuggled from Italy. Zappa told Dl Padovu lie feared" according to the later, who learned that Zappa had brought the- jewels to litttiurg where he sold them. Upon being questioned by local government agents, Zappa iw said to have admitted that he had, concealed the jewels and that no duty had been paid by him. Following their arrest here, the three" men Were ordered to ne taken to New York, where they have "ben listed for trial.

United States Attorney John H. Jordan askd the court to make the order for their removal, and all three were taken from Pittsburg later. Garland made a previous attempt to sell 'the jewelry last Tuesday, but his "I certainly did not," replied the operator. SLEPT VERY LITTLE. following letter was sent by! cuef 'ht pS' UF ShiP The "GERMAN SHIP DID NOT HELP.

ENGLISHMEN DOUBT JURISDICTION OF SENATE COMMITTEE Mr. Hutchison to his parents It is estimatorl thi From Bride testimony it appeared Cottam declared that from Sunday night until the Carpathia reached New York Thursday night he got only about eight, or 10 hours sleep. Cottam declared that his first message That the liner Frankfort, a German vessel, refused to hasten to the scene of the wreck. Bride said that the Frank from Jack Phillips, the Titanic operator, fort was the first vessel to answer the efforts were not successful. No one seemed to be aware that' a sale wns go-j ing on, and it was decided to postpone it until the date mentioned.

Q. D. sent by Jack Phillips. "Twenty minutes after she acknowledged the Titanic's first distress call," said Bride, his face drawn with pain, Sea, Royal Mail Steamship Carpathia, April 18. 1912.

Dear Mother and Dad: I started a letter to you soon after we left New York, but now I will have to write another, as everything has been upset. WThen we were four days out from New York our boat -received a wireless from a ship in distress. It proved to be the new giant Wrhite Star liner. Titanic, which had struck an iceberg. You have, no doubt, seen by the papers, how our ship rescued 710 of the passengers of the magnificent boat which went to the bottom.

It was a wonderful sight and one whtch we close to 2.000 went down with the Ti-Vti-l1, has one of tn worst ln OUT -time- Just think this great ship, making her first trip, with Th.nn?table.pe?p,e on board, going to the bottom of the ocean. It makes me feel as though the risk of an ocean trip wasn worth what we will gain knowledge. However, we feel now as though we shall go on. You know we are now on our way back to New Jork with the 710 people we rescued from the ill-fated ship. We have made the acquaintance of a Mr.

and Mrs. Iddiols from St. Louis. We have doubled up with them, and have given un our cabm to a Mrs. Smith, of West irginia.

She is the daughter of Sen- the operator on tne ransiort sent a Sweetheart Soap Free. Cut out coupon on page 2, present it to your grocer or druggist and you will receive two cakes for the price of one. message asking: 'Whats the Continued from Page 1 the night when it became apparent that the Titanic was desperately injured in' her encounter with the One vessel, the Frankfort, a German boat, who received the frantic did uot hurry to the aid of- the Titanic, Phillips was indignant and seizing the kev he snapped out, "You damned fool." The Frankfort then sent "Stand by. Phillips gave the position of the Titanic and asked for tne "rankfort position but she refused to give it. He tried sev aPrding to Bride.

Her wireless oper-' afor wanted to know "What was the i matter' and was told that he was a "(l fool" by Phillips, who" was then I urging the Carpathia to speed her Mwr eral timea to get her position, but she would not answer. Each time she an Angelus Player-Piano WOMEN CRIED OUT AS SHIPWENT DOWN thing in a nutehell." i all members of the crew. They founght swered "Stand by." Are your regulations sucn mat in a i to get aooara out mey were not allowed "We heard nothing more from her," he to climb up. trip of rescue. Throughout the examination of the wireless men, the committee endeavored in vain to find the origin of the cruelly reassurinsr messages that were made public bS" the White Star line all concluded.

"Phillips and I expressed our of the Frankfort operator," re read "Come at once. It is a C. old Then Phillips sent the position of- the Titanic. His last message received by Cottam at 11.55 read: f'Come as quickly A possible. She's taking water; and it's up to "I never' heard from her after that," said Cottam.

"although several timea I called the Titanic and sent Capt. Ros-tron's reply to Phillips' last message, which read: 'We are making your posi-Tion as speedily as possible. Have double watch in the engine rooms. "We are making 15 or 1H knots an hour. Get your boata ready.

We have ours "I never got that message to the Titanic." The horrors of the disaster grew verv real before the committee when Harold S. Bride, the extra wireless operator of the Titanic, took the stand. Bride, a pale-faced, black-haired boy of 22, was carried into the room. Both of his feet, frozen in the terrible hours between the he left the sinking Titanic and the time he reached the Carpathia, were swathed in heavy bandages. His face was drawn with pain, and his big, black eyes were red and sunken.

As his borers tenderly placed him on a couch and stretched his bandaged feet on a pillow on a chair before him. Bride gritted his teeth, and his face twitched convulsively with pain. Answering Chairman Smith. Bride said that he was assistant operator nn tv, Ti 1 day Monday, iiours after the Titanic Miss Phillips Tells New Brigh if The ANGELUS is so perfect an interpreter not A particle of previous training is required to get the most beautiful rAuslcaJ effects with It. This is.

only brought about, however, by its exclusive features the Phrasing Lever the Diaphragm Pneu-maticD Melody Buttons Melodant, and yet with these -wonderful devices, it is all so simple, a child can operate it witlj the same results. A tmiy wonderful tTcrtrnment but come in and decide for yourself. Sold oa eay payments. situation ot this grave character you have discretion without further directions from your superior?" asked smith. "Yes," replied Bride.

"He (the Frankfort's operator) made us angry ln not responding' whesn-we gave him enough information. The Carpathia was the best chance when we told the Frankfort to keep out. We did not know the Frankfort's position and we did not know where the Carpathia was." Bride during his testimony described his escape frora the sinking vessel and gave the. first information of the confusion thatexisted on the Titanic as she tont below the waves. ton Friends of Distressing Scenes on Titanic "The last I saw of Captain Smith was when he went overboard from the bridge He Jumped just before I got to the boat He bad no life belt on.

That was about five minutes before th last of the Titanic disappeared. Practically speaking Captain Smith went down with his vessel. The whole of tht ehip was under water almost up to the funnels, then the stern rose out of the water and she slid down, fore and aft. There was not much suctioiu I was swimming in the water about 150 feet away when she went down-andl I felt practically none" As Bride concluded. Senator Smith thanked him for appearing jn view of the pain it evidently caused him.

When the committee convent for the afternoon session. Third Officer Hrbrt J. Pittman took the stand. waa asked if he had saaved the log book of the sinking vessel, and declared that he had not. --He did not know whether any other officer had saved the document the safety of which is 'one of tUt u---considerationa in ever- wreck.

marked Bnae grimly. "It was most uncomplimentary." "Was it -based, on the suspicion that the operator on the Frankfort was derelict in his duty?" asked Smith. REALIZED DANGER. "Yes, sir," was the positive reply, for we then realized our danger." Bride said that when the Frankfort refused to give her position, and Phillips eviflen'v from her, the Titanic operator sent a message to the Frankfort. "You're a fool, stand by; keep out," meaning thereby for tlfe Frankfort not to interrupt the Titanic's communication with the Carpathia.

"Why didn't you tell the Frankfort that your ship waa sinking and that the lives of the passengers were In danger'" "Because tlws C. Q. D. was sufficient, said Bride. "It is the recognized danger signal.

-Another Tnessag" would hau carriea the duik or her splendid company to the bottom. Cottam vehemently denied that any message sent from the Carpathia could even be tortured into any such information as was made r.ublic. SE.N'T NO SUCH MESSAGE. "Neither myself or Operator Bride sent any such message at any time from the Carpathia." he declared. The vommittee feared that J.

Bruce Ism ay, managing director of the Vhite 8at line, might not be available when his further examination was desired and a subpena was issued for him and Vice President Frdnklln and "0 member1 of the Titanic's crew who were to have started for Kngland today. All were placed in the custody of Sergeant at Arms Ransdell. Chairman Smith declared that the government wireless had intercepted three wireJess mes "The last boat prepared was not ready! W. Fe Frederick Piano Co. 635-637 Smith-field Street RTtrlujtiv Reprntativei for KNABB and KARDMA.V th- Celebrated AKGEU'S PLAYER -PI A NO and HA-RDkLAK AUTO-TON'E.

-We close at on Saturdays. New Brighton. April CO. Miss JUlc Phillips, rescued from the Ti- tanic. arrived at the home of her uncle here today.

Her father, Robert sank with the wrecked ship. The young, woman, upon her arrival, 'was Buffering from nervous breakdown and would not be interviewed. Her ur.cle said Cle had sent- him a -wire-lea hortly after he was takn aboard Lhe Carpathia, but he did net receive it. She told relatives here, ct ex-jrlenc on the Titanic. Ml- rlUls.MiB&--d from th for launching when tne boat deck settled below the said Bride, "and It was washed overboard.

I jumped for It and when. I came up to the surface I found that the boat waa overturned. About 35 or 40 men were clinging to it. I was the last one to get aboard. Dozens of others were swimming about nearly tjeggins to be let on the boat.

They-U had lift toelu on. I they, were tanic: that his home was in IiOndon, and nun ictrKtu iuur pounds, about $0 a month. He said that nna r'tl Fhmips. his chief, alternated six-hour ji sages signea lamsi. jsmays code 6lKiU.re.

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