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TELEGRAMS.

The following telegrams ap- peared in an extra published after we went to press yesterday.

NAVAL MANŒuvres.

UNUSUAL APPOINTMENTS.

Router's

[Service to the "Telegraph."

London, May 15/4,40 mm. -

Rocciyod, 4.5 p.m. Vice Admiral Sir W. H. Muy has been appointed Umpiro-in-Chief for the naval annouvres, Prince

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1912,

TITANIC DISASTER.

Stories of Men who Died Heroically.

THRILLING TALEs of courage and self-sacrifice.

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To read the story of the Titanic was on the bridge at the time or disaster is to thrill with pride immediately after the slight shock that in face of awful danger caused by the collision with Britons and Americans behaved the iceberg. Flo took all stops with high courage and fine humanly possible to minimise the heroism.

ensequences. His first act was A Eulogy of Malor Butt.. 10 send for the unrpenters to Of Major Butt, President Taft's sound the ship and report the eulogy, perhaps, best covers the extont of the damage. While they situation. When the details of were doing so he told the wireless operator to prepare to send out his aide-de-comp's end conveyed to him, Mr. Taft said: to call for help. Ten minutes Louis of Battenberg has been up over really hail any hope of later he know the ship was sink- pointed to command " A Fleet, seeing him again. Arelle was a ling and ordered the call to be white Roar Admiral Boatty will soldier, and was always where ho sent.

At the same moment to cap- command the Cruiser Squadron. was wanted. When I heard that

1,200 people had gone down in lain's order was being shouted The "Times"

says that the the Titanie 1 knew Archie would through the ship for all passon- appointments of a Sea Lord be among them. He would be on gors to put on lifebolts and come tho Naval Secretary of the First desk doing. his duty, the end." on deck. The boats wore loworod Lord to commands at the manoen-To another President Taft said, nader the captain's orders and "Of course. he isn't saved. He the women and children saved, vros are unprocedented,

When all the boats had gone, was a soldier,'

Captain Smith still stood on the bridge. On this point all the| narratives are clear.

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SEAMEN'S WAGES,

'LIVERPOOL INCREASES.

London, May 15, 4.10`a.m. Roceived, 45 p.m. As a conference of Liverpool shipowners, seamen and fireinen it was agreed to raise wages to `shillings a mouth, oxcept in mail

stoomers.

COAL FOR NAVY.

London, May 15, 4.40 n.1. Received, 4.5 p.m.

The Admiralty has given heavy ront orders at Cardiff, much in execs of the customary monthly allowance.

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The Brave Old Man, Mr.

Stead" Mr. W. T. Slond behaved with conspicuous gallantry and cool- ness. Mr. A. II. Birkworth, of Truly House, Yorkshire, de Felures that he saw Mr. Stead on

the dock after the collision, and

that, tho brave old man

was assisting in placing the women. and childdron in the boats.

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Millionaires and Men.

"Be British " "Captain Smith's unparalleled self-sacrifice and heroism," states, a New York mossago, "even after

the bridge and disappeared, has been commanded by high and low, Before he was literally pushed from his post of duty ho called through his megaphone to the

mass below Be British!'

HANDCUFF INCIDENT. BATTLESHIP 185ft. WIDE.

An Interesting Cross- examination.

Kaiser Tells Russia's Plans to Panama Canal Chief Engineer.

Culous! Goethals, chief on- gineer of the Panama Canal, bad a surprise for the Senate Com- mittee on Inter-Oceanic Canale when he told them something of his recent interview with the Kaiser,

The colonel, said the conversa-

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This is what happened: as soon Emperor expressed the opinion osho traod, the left and jerked that the locks, which are 110ft. 02] free, the cuff lying open. The wide, might prove too small for handcuffs are there, Mr. Law is possible future naval develop there; let him do it now. I will mente. Ho stated that ho under- put a cheque on tho table for the stood that the Russians have beon working on plans for a battleship. amount..

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A senator remarked, “I undur- Do you say that Mr. Law in not stand from the newspapers that By kind permission of Captain Morton the Band of telling the truth?

Great Britain contemplates a con- S.S. Mongolia will play at the above Hotel on Friday I do not. I do not wish to siderable amplification of the forti- night, the 27th inst., commercing at 9.30 p.m., sharp. insult. Mr. Law, but you soon ficutions nt Kingston, Jamaica." anxious that I should insult him I have not heard much about if possible.

that," said Colonel Goethals. "General Sir Ian Flamilton went there for inspection purposes, and believe he favoured the defence of Kingston, but since his visit I have heard nothing."

I want your suggestion straight but if possible.

Mr. Guldring: During the seventeen years you have been engaged in this work has anyone. sucrcoded ?

No one over succooded,

Mr. Harris: On this occasion he wanted to give Mr. Law a chance (Laughter).

"The Court then' adjourned- for illin.

difference.

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Notices

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Mr. Thomas Andrew, junior; one of the directors of Haria ond Wolf, also worked nobly for

"Later he was seon in the act the safety of others, and survivors of helping those struggling in the declared that he was one of the water, refusing an opportunity to first to realise the danger and to save himself. Other oflicers fol- M. Ricketts who was called after superintend the work of tran-lowed his noble example." tillin said he had endeavoured lo shipping

Women.. and

The cuplain went down with free himself from the handoufle, children.

his ship, though the actual man-He had got the key just above the nor of his drowning can only be lock but he had never got the key One of the most touching stories judged from the confuse I account home. He thought that the factador of the disaster, showing how the i

of the survivors. One of those says of a mau having long fingers and heroic monk can be found in all that as the Titanic bagan lo a supple wrist would make little conditions of men and women, İn

EXCELLENT CUISINE AND given in the full story of the plunge, the captain leapt from the

·GOOD SERVICE, RATES Ilis Lordship remarked that bridge, and was seen no more; deaths of the aged inillinire.another that a wave swept him plaintiff, when he had the hand-

GYEN AND UT. Isidor Straus and his wife.

from the bridge into tho icy cuffs on that morning, did get the Unilormo hote. poiter meats mil Mr. 1. Straus, when urged to!

waters; and a third that an effort key into the lock and was able to treina and Alcamon Luggage ar wave himself, exclaimed: Not

was made to drag him into a life-touch the koy with his fingers. ranged for without any trouble to as long as a single woman bout, but he cried, " Let me go," Ross Birchott, who said he gots.

mains lourd." Sailors tried London, May 15, 4.10 ans.

and jõrked himself free and went had boon assisting Raymond in to forco Mrs. Straus info a bont

down. Receive, 4.5 p..but she clung to her husband and

a general way, said that when the handcuffs were placed on the The death is announced of the said: "I will remain where you

plaintiff's wrists the defendant KING EDWARD contonacian, Mr. Osbaldrston We have lived forty years

i. Mitford, the traveller and author together and will not part now indy oyes seemed to cling to him said to the orcheatin "Let's have

The dock from which I had leap-some escape music" (laughter). Į who accompautod. Leyard on his old age." Sho died in his arine first Eastorn Expedition, and as the giant ship plunged to the cd was immerso.. Tho water. When Mr. Law was given the thien made a famous journgy depth, and the stricken husband was now up to the flor of the key he went over to a friend and overland to Ceylon, where he could be seen leaning over his bridge. Then it was about Cap-handed him the koy, but whether tain Smith's waist, and I saw him or no the friend put the boy in no more. Hod od a horo."

the lock he could not say,

NOTED TRAVELLER'S DEATH.

entored, the Civil Service.

He was the father of the well- known novelist, Mr. Bertram Mitford.

TRACKING MOTOR BANDITS.

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wife and appare tly comforting, her in the lust hour.

The multi-millionaire, Colonel J. J. Astor, nasistod his young brile of five months to one of the

"Iяw," is one eye-witness, Captain Smith on his bridge:

his duty to the last and died with All accounts agree that he did

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I should judge about 10 minules.

I don't know really.

Plaintiff then turned his back to the audience and, within a second, one land was frop.

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Boats. She was in a delicate con- dition of health, and asked that

Jack Phillips-Hero, he should accompany her for her

Mr. Harold Bride, the assistant protection. He took a seat in the wireless operator on the Titanic, the time taken to get one hand Later on witness explained that bont, but immediately relinquish tell a remarkable story of the dis-free" was no time at all." London, May 15:

el it as he saw a woman hurrying

The chief operator, Mr. Mr. Harold West an assistant Garnier and Vallot, wo au "The ladies must go first," Jack Phillips, was lost in the at Mcasra. Moutries gave his ac complices of Bonnot, the motor the millionaira observed. Then wreck, but Mr. Bride came through count of what transpire. bandit who was shot by the French lit a cigarotte leaned over the

safoly. police, havo boen tracked down rail, an shouted to his wife He states that at about 11.30 on Raymond's assistants said that Miss Ethel Danby, one of and are now being besieged at and-bye, doarie. I shall join

the fatal Sunday night, when he when the plaintif offered his PLUNKET'S GAP house in Nogent-sur-Muine, where

" you later. they are firing on the police and The last that ivas seen of him entered the wireless room to re- friend the key she saw one of

fiove Mr. Phillips, Captain Smith the cuffs move. the crowd.

was when, in company with Mr. A polico sorgeunt has been al-W. T. Stead, he was clinging to We have struck an iceberg. (iet watching at the side of tho entered inmediately after and said, Mr. Goldring: Why were you ready wounded and takon to a bit of wreckage in the son ready to send out the call for help, stage -Because it is my daty For Terms, apply to the hospital.

From this, when their limbs were but hold on until I give the word."

to do so. I called out "The cuffe 27]- frozen, thay slipped to death.

"la ton or 15 minutes the cap are not locked." The Brave Engineers. One of the features of the disan-tain shouted in at the door, "Cali 'What shall I for assistance.' ter which has escaped general at- tention is the fact that not a single soud?' asked Phillips. "The re: engineer is among the saved. Or gulation international call,' said no other class on board can this the caplain.

"Phillips began sending out be said, and as the lights burned brightly on the alip till just both C.Q.D., the old signal, and There appear to be a large before the final catstrophe, ample SOS, the new one. As he did number of forged five-dollar notes proof is afforded that they stuck so we joked about it, because we in circulation in Singapore just to their arduous, and minute, had felt very little impact from

His Lordship:-I think I had| now and the public might be Not one of this little critical work the berg, and we did not think warned to scrutinise such notes till the last possible band of men at that time that there was any better hear all the evidence you GRAVING DOOK.

danger.

have.

7871t, by 88ft. by 84ft 6la. as may come to them carefully found his way into the boats, or

First Answer to Call.

Daniol. P. Grillin, an assistant Pampa empty Dock in. According to the "Straits Times" apparently was able to provide

"Prosently, however, the dan of the defendant, spoke of Ray-218-4 hours. big batcli was imposed on a High himself with so much as a lifebolt.

wager of THREE PATENT SLIPWAYS. Street jeweller named Low Hoon Of no class on the ship can it he ger became apparent, and instead mend as offering a on May 6. He had a deal with a more truly said as it can of the of rolessing his key so me, Phillips £100 if anyone doald free himself taking vessels up to 3,000 tɔns Malay who bought $660 worth of engineers, that "The roll of insisted upon sticking to his post. from the handoulle, properly displacement, providing conditions for jewellery and paid for it in five-honour in the roll of the missing." He now began to send out the looked, without assistance and in painting ships with most effolent result -... dollar notes. When they were Captain Smith's Great Call. signal rapidly and frantically, fall view of the audiene. When 100-Tor ELECTRIC URANE of Quay- taken to the bank it was found The reports circulated in New and while he did so I strapped plaintiff got one hand free, Mr ELECTRIC OVERHEAD CRANES Tanovoncur

В life belt around him. that they were forgeries, cloverly York immediately after the Car The installation was working they are not properly locked: Estimates given for Docking, Bopal's to Hull and Maobine

Raymond said "wait a moment. Tan SHoPi Ramona or 20 ino Tons, ta executed. The most important pathia's arrival that Captain E:J. difference between them and the Smith, the Titanic's commander, perfectly, and presently we pick They were both laughing at Constructional Work,

ed up the Frankfurt. We gave the time and he thought MANAGH AND ACKETI, i Boere forged slightly smaller were baseless slanders on a brave have struck an iceberg and need ses how the key became brakan Notes similarly forged, have been men dead. ⠀

Singapore's Trouble.

genping article was that the num-committed suicide on the bridge

In reply to Mr. Harris, witness said that the raft moved before the key was inserted in the lock.

Mr. Goldring informed His Lordship that he, had more wit nesses bat he did not wish to duplicate evidence.

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we are informed by The full reports now available

combine to show that the caplain (ɗautinued on page 10)

One land was free when one of the girls shouted to Mr. Raymond

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