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I Thursday, April 23, 1912. ran caucloah. s I SURVIVORS OF THE GIANT TITANIC ARRIVE IN NEW YORK ON CARPATHIA The First Authentic Statement Made by the Survivors of the Titantic, Which was Wrecked at Sea April 8th -Several that Were Rescued from the Ship Died from Exposure Pitiful Mories Told by the Survivors a Number of Physicians and Nurses at the Dock When the Carpathia Landed New York Fxchange Contributed $20,000 for the Relief of the Survivors. v, ,v York, April 18. How the star Hnr Titanic, the largest ,j"oat, nank off the Grand Hanks ,-. Fouttdland on Monday morn .. rarryiriK to their death 1,- I of th- -.34 0 persons aboard, was : to th world in all its awful de for the first time to-night with ',' arrival in New York of the Cun ,j uu-r Carpathia, bearing the ex ,...,.,1 survivors of the catastrophe. . . r n n Vi 1 1 c o n A nut .,;;, tne ( liaoiic aauuui ui n ib ,.,. th-se are the raose salient: -j h,. df-ath list has been increased r,lt5,.-r than decreased. Six persons after being rescued. Th- list of prominent persons lost j.r;hls Jis previously reported. Practically every woman and child, A'.'h 1 h exception of those women who refused to leave their husbands, w, r.- saved. Among those lost was Isadore Straus. TIk' survivors on the life-boats saw th- lights on the stricken vessel glim mer to the last, heard her band play in: and saw the doomed hundreds on h r deck and heard their groans and ri s when the vessel sank. Scenes at the Pier. NVw York, April 18. In a driz zling rain, two hundred and fifty po licemen gathered early to-night at the mnard line piers at West Fourteenth Street and North River, preparatory to handling the crowds. Inspector MrClusky was in charge of the ;uad, and ropes, dotted with green lights, were stretched for seventy-five jards in front of the piers to hold hack the throngs. No one without a special permit was allowed beyond these ropes. As early as 8 o'clock automobiles, in which veiled women and silent men were seated, began ar riving and by 8:30 a small crowd had already entered the great steel and concrete structure which covers the piers. A small hotel across the way had been converted into headquarters for the newspapers and press associa tions and a meeting place for those who had been bereaved or had rela tives aboard the Carpathia. Although there was no rule for silence, every one talked in whispers. In this as semblage there were those who hoped against hope that some dear one was alive, although the list of survivors had failed to show their names. A committee from the New York Stock Exchange, headed by E. H. Thomas, president, came to the pier shortly before the Carpathia arrived, bringing $20,000 in cash to be dis tributed among those most in need of assistance. This money was raised on the Ex change by popular subscription and brought to the pier in an oblong box. Surveyor Henry assigned to the use of the committee the little Customs House on the pier. Several Red Cross nurses and a dozen physicians arrived upon the pier and two ambulances from St. Vincent's Hospital stood outside. The Pennsylvania Railroad Com pany had a special train waiting at their station at Thirty-fourth Street and a number of taxicabs to convey survivors desiring to go to Philadel phia to their friends. At ten minutes past nine there was an agonized wailing while the boat was being slowly warped into her berth. When the ship docked at 9:30 the pang-plank was quickly lowered and the doctors and nurses went aboard. aiinultaneously with the click of the levers operated from the bridge which stopped the engines atd closed the water-tight doors. Captain Smith was on the bridge a moment later. summoned ail on board to out on life preservers and ordered the life boats lowered. "The first boats had more male passengers as the men were the first to reach the deck. When the rush of frightened men and women and crying children to the decks began, the 'women first' rule was rigidly enforced. "Officers drew revolvers, but in moat cases there was no use for them. Revolver shots heard shrotly before the Titanic went down caused many ropes adjusted to their waists. The little children and babies were hoist ed to the deck in bags. Some of the boats were crowded, a few were not half full. This I could not under stand. Some people were in full even ing dress, others were in their night clothes and were wrapped in blank etc. Those, with immigrants in all sorts of shapes, were hurried Into the saloon on the Carpathia, indiscrimi nately, for breakfast. They had been in the open boats four and five hours in the most biting air I ever experi enced. There were husbands with out wives, wives without husbands, parents without childhen and chil- "Tbe following facts ebred ana sbonld b considertd is this ro; nation: The InsaCcfeacy of life boat, raft. etc,, lack of trained sea men to man same (stokers, steward, etc.. are cot e&cleat boat basd!rs): not c-noucb o Starrs to carry oat etarr Kency order a the- bridge and sapr fstsd the launching and control of lifeboat; absence of narr hlfhts. The Board of Trad? rule alio for entirely too many popW in each boat to permit the ntse to b prop erty handled. On th Titanic the tbat M hyssa sannded' dtiTcrtftt ia ?;i&t &d mii tie r l)icc pomm& Hits. Thy &nrsx?rt o? cossaltte rdftlUls that it was tte to r if any one of sM N Etirti Cos a Hi salS bop for a cfeane to get oS lb ealew j power to lct r appeiat dtle "How aty man u ftolsc to aatei to aay contention. it&er claelf cot esse of that bsacb knew. I Conniy. District, Stat or National. It took oaly a few tsoatsu ca 4ek fi) No tebr of any IUti to realise ttat cr all too ia! fr CaaUtt or or aittrcat tbr Uffboau. Tbe Utosr f i4tily a ztt to ise lorfJ " l Tt fcla irut of aal&otitj to Itradly m4 that h ran bta ! ar.d isaaae4 to n into a boat I U) Klr6UUas ta eosaty j ksussi an rot;t cr o frai for ftrry trr.tj-: fl?lti- a it i teioc lowered. The Wat was ttoi a bit cro4ed. be tald. bat It boat deck was about 7S Wt abotf j aot more than ose hesdred yard water and cocwquently the pac- j from the Titanic btu the ttratacr gtr were rpqulred to embark beforiwest down, lowering boat, thus endangering th i caa tote, or frartiacal art ihcraf. cajt Is fcal4 recSRct at Ibe preio election fo rtbe Rp-QtHraa ras4i JaJe for Cotertsor. Irotde4. ttat operation and preventing the taking Trn Tl.outid !'tlr Treat rd In the oar to al icAJ? fi ' ces. on of the maximum number the boats Siair for Ilfiukwortn IHee la ' tratloa. would hold. Boat at all time ar- to Tlwrt- Month. U) Tbe baala of repreeatatloa la be properly equipped with ProvUlon. ; j4o4 state Contention, .ball be a water, lamps, compass, light, etc. trr,htv : portioned ao aa to eoa.lft of oae boats. Live preservers were access!-: . . . .. . - . delegate i ble and apparently In sufficient num ber for all on board. weather, ten thousand aufferera la tbe ! sIfte and one alternate for etcry dlteaae bateie r4 totea or fractional part State from bookworm been treated. Ten thousand North : : . 4 . t.u.wt 4 if ? nuoiicaa party lor uottrsor at sengers carried at tbe time of colli- r"' "7 : .1 7 ' 7. 7 ,.t t irearra I I cwrui rai uwu tuiiui r iu uri iaf "First class, 330; 320; third class, 7 umppra and rro 2.340. I the county dlspenaariea. Thy repre- j Senatorial ConteatlODf. election la tbe II M t I I. . W f . V. .A . I mad I mnro rnm fnrf iKU hsnnUr m rti4 i - second class. r . 77. i catI county aball be entitled to at a d 50; total. 1.400. filled to bffffie pro4ucer- A,U 1 t two delegate to the Republic rew. 940. Total.!0 em received free treatment to I siate. Congreaaioaal. Judicial an "Of the foregoing, about the fol- i lowing were rescued by steamship Carpathia: First class, 210; second class, 125; third class, 200; officers. 4; seamen, 39; stewards, 96; firemen, 71 total, 210 of the crew. The total about 775 saved was about 80 per cent of the maximum capacity of the lifeboats. "We feel it our duty to call the at tention of the public to what we con sider the inadequate supply of life saving appliances .provided for on Life-saving boats drills should be more frequent and thoroughly car ried out; and officers should be arm ed at boat drills. Greater reduction in speed in fog and ice as damage if collision actualy occur is liable to be less. In conclusion, we suggest that I a a f 1 m . dren with parents. No sobs scarcely ! " "ernauonai conierence De cauea a word spoken. They seemed to be to recommend the passage of identi stunned. jcal Iaws Providing for the safety of ,.t lt , ftr . , e 4 . an at sea and we urge the United Imediately after breakfast divine ; Government to take the in- service was neia in tne saioon. une woman died in the life-boat, three others died soon after reaching our deck their bodies were buried in the sea at 5 o'clock that afternoon. None of the rescued had any clothing, ex cept what they had on, and a relief committee was formed and our pas sengers contributed enough for their immediate needs. I was told by sur vors that when the Titantic's life boats pushed away from the steamer, she was brilliantly lifted, the band itiative as soon as possible." Statement is signed by Samuel Goldenberg and a committee of 25. HEROIC -ACT OF DOG. SaveI Boat Containing Survivors of Titanic From Being Run Down. New York, April 21. Not the least among the heroes of the Titanic dis aster was Rigel, a big black New foundland dog, belonging to the first men, women. children, of the following counties: Johnston, Craven, Carteret, New Han over, Beaufort, Hertie, Edgecombe, Chowan. Gates, and Martin. The County Dispensaries for Free Examination and Treatment of Hook worm Disease are now in progress in the counties of Wake. Greene, Edge combe, and Martin Counties. The counties have been so enthusi astic about the hookworm dispensa ries that the Hookworm Commission, Raleigh, N. C, usually haa a num ber of countiea on tbe waiting list. Among thoae which have already made tbe provision to have the dis pensaries ara Duplin, Vance, Person, Nash, Wilkes, and Richmond. Dr. George F. Leonard will enter the hookworaa caaaaifa Ta Nartb Carolina May 1st. He is a graaaate of the State University, a Medical graduate of George Washington Uni versity, and has beeh in the service of the Public Health and Marine Hos pital Service for five years. Last week, in Halifax County, a man named Melville Allen, shot and killed his brother. Mack Allen. The murderer is in jail. It is said the brothers had a disagreement and Mel ville pulled his pistol. (9) Delegates and alternates to tbe County Conventions shall be elected only by a vote of tbe Repub licans of each precinct meeting as sembled, and elegates and alternated to the District. State and National Contentions shall be elected by a convention of delegates duly elected and sent by tbe people for that pur pose, after notice and publican of not. less than fifteen days of time, place and purpose of such conten tion, and not otherwise, and tbe deN egatea so elected sbal be citizens of tke ceuaty frsaa wkicb they are elect ad aad that la all primaries elect las dalagaua. a poll of tbe voters areaaat shall he taken In order to aaaartala the strength of all officers to he votad for aad said vote shall bo pro-rated aad cast la County, Dtetrlst or State CoavenUons on the first ballot acordlag to tbe strength ol atb o-ff ttt4 fsf tt aS pftsbhfl a&4 t& dts r4 &n&t iw t&i&nif s4a.ii ! by tb siniy. Il Tie eetTlt! e ts tbtr esaa a&4 sr?ary f t tius forth ib rwsaUrtsy, of tl frissary tas?Sa$ f taatt as. 4 tbe eJ-wtla of 5rJt tj&4 aljtr a.a?t tS.fu talt $ a-ffj-SeL b feftcstiNsi4. a a r-l a4 saciat re a tut ff tb 41 ratra &4 altettate. fill Tie baltsiaa ef tbe StaJ IIteutie C!s.w!tt tbaU. foe taf trie at cat, baie for to rrta aay cocttr chairtaaa at hla $t?a ere. aad to atiotat socte taiubW isitrwor; jrot44, boetrr. ibat it cbairoas t& reC5ai4 a?. alt bav tfc ntbl of arpat ttvsx tbe a-ciios of tte State Cbalrtaaa to tb State Coca c; it:, w&oee dcty It abalt be to paa spa tbe o.tieUoa a to wtetaer or cot tbere aa nff!.leat cauae for tt??h rrcs.oal. (U) St thai! be t&e dtsty of tbe State Comcsittee to predate a teta porary roll of tbe drlerat e!rte4 to tbe State Coateatloa. aad ttsb temporary rcH aball be ce4 for tba purpoee of sretl&c a temporary or ganUatlon. (13) Tbcre shall be a Catspatra Comtattte appointed by tbe Stat Coalman to eonaUt of ne tatiabera and said cotacaltte sbatl aaaaao taa&acetat&t aad coatrol of tbe rata palm la sucb tio&s of tbe State as may be designated by the chair man; said committee shall at all times be subject to the dtreetioa of the State Eaecuti?e Cotstalttee. ( 1 4 ) Tbia plan of orranltattoa aad procedure shall continue ta force until chanred or abrogated by a tub sequent Republican State Contention. F. EUGENE HESTER LAWYER WENDELL, N. C. Practice lo all the Courts ' offippr. who wpnt rfnwn with Ma gYt was playing and the captain was Rnt for Rip, thA standing on the bridge giving direc- up might nave been run dQwn finn Q rP n a rrx' woo nrrkll c n rvTVt r crri f , 7 ""7 ; , Carpathia. For three hours he swam in the icy water where the Titanic PLAN OF ORGANIZATION. How the Big Ship Sank. New York, April 18. How the Ti tantic sank is told by Charles F. Hurd, a staff correspondent of The Evening World, who was a passen ger on the Carpathia, and who to night furnished that newspaper with his account. He gives the number of lives lost as 1,700. He praises highly the courage of the crew, hundreds of whom gave their lives with a heroism which equalled, but could not exceed, the account says, that of John Jacob Astor, Henry B. Harris, Jacques Fu trelle, Major Butt, and others in the long list of first cabin passengers. It was the explosion of the boilers, according to Mr. Hurd's account, which finally finished the Titanic's career. The bulkhead system, though Probably working, prevailed only to delay the ship's sinking. The posi tion of the ship's wound, on the star hoard quarter, admitted icy water, according to Hurd's storv. whh the boilers to exDlode and tions. and the keel rose high above the wa ter. Suddenly the boat seemed to A u 4i , , , wcui uuwu, eviueuuy luoKing ior nis break in two. The next moment, master and was instrumental in everything disappeared. The surviv- guiding the boat-ioad of survivors to ors were so close to the sinking tne gangway of the carpathia. steamer that they feared the life- Jonas Brlggg a 8eaman aboard the boats would be drawn into the vor- Carpathia now has Rigel and told !e!,. Wefe Prepfrations Kfor the story of the dog's heroism. The brilliant party to be given on board CarpatnIa was moving slowly about the next evening looking for boats. Exhausted with "On our way back to New York , their effort8 weafc frQm ack Qf foQd we steamed along the edge of a field and exposure to tne cutt wInd and Ul ICC WtllCll DCCLUCU tiUllllCBB. 4.0 tL i far as the eye could see to the north there was no blue water. At one time I counted thirteen icebergs." in the fourth boat had drifted under the Carpathian starboard bow. They were dangerously close to the steam ship, but too weak to shout a warn ing loud enough to reach the bridge. The boat might not have been seen had it not been for the sharp barking nf TMfol wlirt xraa onrlmmln or n'hanA ing statement issued b ya committee 11 '' ,7 " T ,7 ' - .!f the craft, and valiantly announc ing his position. The barks attract ed the attention of Captain Rostron and he went to the starboard end of Authetntic Statement Made by Sur vivors of the Titantic. New York, April 18. The follow- of surviving passengers was given the press on the arrival o fthe Carpathia: "We, the undersigned surviving passengers from the steamship Ti-L. , , , . , , - f . . . ... 'the bridge to see where they came lam;, m uiuci iu luicoian auj Dcuoa- from and saw the b at HI di tional or exaggerated statements, Qrdered ; 8top?and deem it our duty to give to the press the feoat came a1onggide e gtar. a statement of facts, which have come DQard gangway to our knowledge, and which we. be- Care wag tQ t&ke Rigel a a' a i ia 1010 J aboard, but he appeared little affect- k nnSU.nn 7' P m ? ,5 ied his lonS triP throu the ice- about 11:40 p. m on a cold starlight cold water He gtood tfae and night, in a smooth sea and with no barked untn CaptaiQ RogtroQ I , kP V ' Bris and had him take the dog be- which had been reported to the J j bridge by lookouts, but no early ' enough to avoid collision. Steps were , T, taken to ascertain the damage, and Why Tbey Kept a Card Game Going. save passengers and ship. Orders New York, April 23. How a group were given to put on lifebelts, and of men passengers on the Titanic kept the boats were lowered. The ship a card game going for three-quarters sank at about 2:20 a. m., Monday, of an hour after the steamer struck and the usual distress signal were j the iceberg, to allay the fears of oth ers, was told to-day by George Brad- caused these two. sent out by wireless and rockets fired at intervals from the ship. Fortu nately, 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 the disaster at about 4 a. m., Monday. "The officers and crew of the steam ship Carpathia had been preparing all night for the rescue and comfort of the survivors, and the last mentioned were received on board with the most touching care and windness, every at tention being given to all, irrespec tive of class. The passengers, officers and crew gave up gladly their state rooms, clothing and comforts for our benefit; all honor to them. "The English Board of Trade pas sengers certificate, on board the Ti- Mayed "Nearer, My God," to Thee. tanic, allowed for a total of approx- explosions browe the ship' in imately 3,500. The same certificate called for lifeboat accommodations for approximately 950 in the folio w- The ship's string hnni ro..!i i , 1 1 tn,,l nniinc.tia e sa oon near the end, th enarrative i modern passenger steamships, and ThZH S a earer, My God, to recommend that immediate steps be Ane account pnntiT,oa. i iirp- j iue orash in-n; x . uau ueen sisrhted carter mile distance, came almost 1 on board.' taken to compel passenger steamers to carry sufficient boats to accommo- onlyi a date the maximum number of people ley, one of the first cabin passengers. Bradley with several friends was playing bride whist in a room far aft on the ship and felt only a slight shocking collision. Henry B. Harris was in another party in the same room, Bradley said, and left his game to go on deck with Bradley to inves tigate. Mr. Harris, Bradley said, found his wife, saw her to one of the boats and then came back to the room to which Bradley already had return ed. "He told me there was danger," said Bradley, "but for the sake of the women and children make no sign. The orchestra struck up 'Alexander's Rag Time Band, and we went on playing cards. There was not a man In the game who did not realize the stake which we were playing for; there was not a man who did not know what those hysterical musicians were playing for. They played on, played anything they had and finally struck 'Near, My God, to Thee,' Then we knew that the time had come and might as well not bluff any longer. People crowded around us and watch ed us play the game out, feeling that there could be no danger. When Rules and Regulations for the Or ganization of the Reupblican Par ty of North Carolina. (Amended and adopted at the State Convention, held in Greensboro, .August 10, 1910.) ( 1 ) County Organizations. The election precinct shall be the unit of county organizations. Each pre cinct shall have an executive com mittee consisting of three active Re publicans. They shall be biennially chosen by the Republican voters of the precinct who shall also designate one of their number chairman. They shall convene at such time and place as the majority may elect. There shall be elected biennially by the County Convention called by the ounty Executive Committee to nomi nate candidates for the General As sembly an dcounty officers, a County Executive Committee to consist of five members unless the Convention shall designate a greater" number; and said County Convention shall auso elect at the same time a chair man of the County Executive Com mittee. Vacancies in precinct com mittees shall be filled by the voters of the precinct, and in the county committees by the county conven tion; provided, that in case a va cancy occurs within thirty days pri or to an election, such vacancy may be filled by the votes of the remain ing members and in the event of the removal of the chairman by death or resignation or any other cause a chairman shall be elected by the committee. (2) Congressional, Judicial and Senatorial District Committees shall be composed of no less than one member from each county, nor less than seven members, biennially elect ed by the several district conven tions, which shall also designate the chairman; provided, that a Senato rial Committee shall only be elect ed in districts embracing more than one county. Vacancies occurring within thirty days of an election may be filled by the vote of the com mittee. (3) There shall be a State Ex ecutive Committee composed of one member froxi each Congressional District in tbe State to b faaignated by the district aelagatioa at a State Convention assemble, tea members at large, to be selci4 by the State Chairman and shall aloo include the chairman of the conveatien at which election is held, and said committee are required to call a State Conven tion of the Republican party at least sixty days prior to every election for members of the General Assembly; and oftener if necessary in the in terest of the party. Members of the State Executive Committee shall be blenially elected at the State Con vention, and shall elect a Secretary, who is not a member, and the chair man of said committee shall be elected by the State Convention. 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