.MOUSING OREGOXIA.V. MONDAY; APRIL 33, 1912.
GLIMPSFS Or PALATIAL INTERIOR OF LINER TITANIC.
1SMAY SMARTING
VOICE OF GOD IN
OCEAN TRAGEDY
UNDER CRITICISM
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Merchandise of fterjl Only-.
Portland Worshipers Send Up
Prayers for Lost and Saved
in Titanic Disaster.
PASTORS MAKE IT THEME
Snprrmc Isson Is. "Are You Pre
pared?" PwlurM Hi Tier. Wal
ler Illnson rncrrlnlnly of
Lifts Written In Awful Doom.
In memory of tlve- unfortunate who
went to a watery rv with the
Titanic off the. roam of New foundland
last week, memorial services lK-re held
yesterdar In practically all of Tort
land' churches. Thoiifamls of wor
shipers stood with bowed head In
client prayer for thou who were saved,
a well a thoe who ttallantly stayed
on tho ship and went down with her
on tho final pluntre to tho bottom of
tSe ocean. Hundred of tribute were
paid to tho bravery and hrols.m which
resulted In some of the wealthiest men
of the Nation remaining ba k and al
lowing the women to take places In the
lifeboat.
In many of the rhuri-tie special
memorial muslo wa rendered and the
pulpit were draped In mourning. Fpe-
lal sermons were delivered hy the ma
jority of the minister, various lessons
heinc drawn from the diater and its
cause and effects.
At the White Temple l!r. Walter
Penwrll Illnson rpok on "The Wreck
of tK Tltanl." at the evrntntr service,
and the ronjrrrratlon Joined In silent
prayer for tiie mllrc. -The wreck of
the Titanic rti the upreme trapcdy
of the ocean." said riev. .Mr. llinson.
"At dinner on the disastrous nljrht tho
toast were clven to 'The Mighty
Titanic." and a little while after the
hue ship collided with an Icehera-. Hut
even after the clash a felt little
uneasiness was experienced, portions of
t;e lo helnc picked off tlio le K and
laushlnrlv mentioned as souvenirs.
"Put peeHlr over the wireless were
flashed the letters i y. I. Tome
onlck: Isner:- And In four hour
after the accident the Titanic plunped
to her watery Krave.
I acertalafr '-fe Written.
"Awful bevond l-nas-lnatltin inu.-t tho
scenes have been when the idilp began
to sink, and the consciousness pre
vailed that of the 20O aboard very few
cottl.i be ?vpil, except the women and
rftilrtren. Itrokcn. - kearted separation
were effected then that Imve not to
lat until the end of life, when wive
and children bade farewell to husband
and father tiie women and children
to endure prolonged and awful suffer
In?, irid t h men to pass bravely Into
tiie ley embrace of the Atlantic sea.
"Tt; uncertainty of life Is written
Inr-re on this awful traced'. Verily we
know not what a day nor an hour may
bring farthr A tiie late laureate, of
Knsland said, comparing death to a
siiadow: 'Somewhere lite shadow sits
and aalts for me.-
Mystery mt life la Taacat.
"'The mystery of life. too. is taught by
this fearful disaster. Wide was the
ca. but not so wide but that the on
rushlns ship and a alow-moving; moun
tain of ice had to come together.
"I am overwhelmed by the thousht
nd the fact of the uncontrolled ele
ment In human life. Provision wa
made by that Titanic for storm and
hurricane; it was declared that thi
great ship was "the last word' In naval
construction: that she wa actually un
linkable; but It was the unexpected and
the uncontrolled that ultimately occa
sioned her destruction. And the sol
emnitv of life. too. is writ large on
this fearful accident. And the air
crow denser and the solemnity deep
en as we are reminded how in the
midst of life we are in death.
"And somehow God stands out clear
and plain In thi wreck that shocked
the civilised world. "God." cried those
women as they bade farewell to their
friends: and from their slow-moving
eoats watched- the great liner slowly
sinking in the wave. And God.' cried
the men who on that oulverlng deck
waved their band in affectionate and
eternal farewell to those they loved
better than life. And tho name Uod'
waa on the lip of the thousands who on
Monday morning last were made ' ae
ouainted through the press that the
tragedy of all tragedies of the sea had
been enacted. And. my friend. It is
to God we make our appeal tonight,
that he may graciously comfort the
bereaved, that he may tenderly sustain
-stves whose husbands are not. and
mothers whosa son will visit them no
more, and sisters whose brothers sleep
under the rolling waves of the sea.
Wfcele tVorlal Affected.
"And we do well to let our sympa
thies be touched by this appalling dis
aster. Kor "one touch of nature makrs
the whole world kin. And sympatheti
cally we In this church tonight sorrow
with tae bereaved sufferers in Amer
ica and Kngland. And It is to be hoped
that so tr a financial aid Is able to
mitigate this awful sorrow, that money
will be forthcoming swiftly from all
classes of people, that provision may
be made for those who have lost the
breadwinners. And eminently fitting
and Christian Is It that we who believe
In God should unceasingly pray that
the divine blessing may be graciously
vouchsafed to our sorrowing brothers
and sisters, who today are sitting In
the shadow of a sudden and awful be
reavement. And clear above all other
lessons cornea to each one of us the
solemn warning that we Indlvlriuallv
should prepare to meet our Ood."
-Ill all Voire Speaks.
At the Illchland t'ongregatlonal
Church l:ev. K. t. Ftollinger spoke on
"A Still. Small Voice."
"We are not here this morning to
dwell upon that terrible scene whieit
transpired off the coast of Newfound
land." he said. "The allocking and de
pressing reports as they were flashed
over the entire civilised world caused
storm and earthquake in the hearts of
men. We are sitting in our sanctuary
and the still, small voice will speak to
us if we will but listen.
"I can ask many questions. While no
direct answer comes, yet In the quiet
of my soul as the awful scene presses
itself upon me. In corsclous and semi
conscious hours, over It all Is. "Fa still
and know that 1 am God.
"Here was the highest product of
man's wisdom. The Titanic was Pot
alone the largest in slse. but she was
the greatest yet contrived by man
Ingenuity. After the wisdom from
above had been operating through hu
man Intelligence for are, at last man
made a place that he believed could not
be destroyed by the power of the
deep. Bl'hd nature In which the Divine
had planted forces came In contact
with man acme of incenulty. So sure
nil certain wa man of his final vic
tory over the eiements of the deep that
the usual number of lifeboats were
considered an unnecessary burden. So
sure were the men who knew most
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about ships and seas that there could
be no danger that many of them retired
after the crash.
"Great uucstions of humanity have
been decided on battlefields of war.
Here the battle was between man and
the forces of God In nature and man
lost. God whisper and we are ready
to listen. Hear him say then. "O man.
thou art still the frail creature of the
dust! All thy wisdom and ingenuity
doe not avail thee! Thou art still a
needv. helpless child of a (.roat rain-,
er. "
-NalWa W ickedljr Arregaat."
At the First United Presbyterian
Church Kev. Frank D. Flndley spoke on
The Lesson of the Titanic." He said:
"It Is human nature to grow careless
and insensible to all danger. No risk
Is too great, no haxard too enormous,
no peril too stupendous to deter us from
our purposes. The Titanic was In peri
lous waters, the veritable 'graveyard of
the seas." Captain Smith, the brave old
seaman, knew the sea and had been
warned of the Icebergs, and yet they
ran the noble ship Into the Jaws of
death at a rate of 23 knots an hour. In
view of the appalling dltastcr. in view
of the Immense responsibility for life
and property. It is not too much to say
that we arc growing wickedly presump
tuous and toss human life around as If
It were old rubbish. The cheapest com
modity in the market today is human
life."
The Titanic and Its cargo is a sacri
fice offered upon the braxen altar or
public demand. In our hurried uge we
are trvlng to be on both shore of the
Atlantic at the same time, and the cruel
demand of business and pleasure drive
our public lu-rvtce corporations Into a
eomtetltlon Incompatible with safety.
We demand the shortest route and the
quickest time, even though It takes us
to our death. The fate of the Titanic
should help break the hvpnotlc spell In
which our day I gripped, to checkmate
It madness, to show up tin - moral
hysteria Into which modern mothods or
business and pleasure are driving us.
F.mhlazonrd high upon the cross or
Christ I 'the word that t.od I our
everlasting father, full of love and sav
ing grace. If any man on shore should
fel like surrendering hi Christian
faith because of the disaster he show
less heroism and nobllitv than the
captain, or the crew, or the band who
went down hravelv amidst the song
and triumph and immortal hopes or
that all-clorioii cross.
If we must surrender at thi. so must
everv man surrender at hi own cup of
orrow when lie bears hi cross and
buries hi dead. So must humanity
when it witnesses the world brought to
an end. when every ship, and railroad
and building, and city, and product or
human skill and power on earth ial
awav: when th heavens are rolled to
gether: when the Lord shall descend
and the grave of land and sea be
opened, and thing corruptible shall
put on incorruption. We will not givo
up our faith then, but we will under
stand It better and approve It more
jtibilantlv than ever before. Me will
not give It up now. though the Tltanlo
sleeps with her 1"0 in the sea. In
that it has moistened the faces of five
continents and brought t'.iem to the
altar of prayer and into the tender and
svmpathctic love of universal brother
hood In this we find added proof tluit
infinite lov stil holds the throne of
the world.
Maltitade Oae la Suffering.
At the Central Christian Church Pr.
J. F. Ghormley spoke on the text. "The
Lord on high is mightier than the noise
of many water, yea. than the mlurhty
waves of the sea." I'r. Ghormley said
in part:
The world I appalled at the un
paralleled disaster at sea. From tlw
humblest chapel to most stately
cathedral throughout the land today
the heart made sud and the homes
made desolate will be remembered at
the altars of praver. Itpquiems will b
sung for the dead. Our own city weep
berause some of her choh-est cltlsena
Lwent down with the Titanic, but no
uouoi i ne nereavemeni inns Heaviest on
New York City. These are moments for
prayer and " reverent thought. "The
flood have lifted up. O Lord, the flood
have lifted up their voice, the floods
lift up their waves. The Lord on high
Is mightier than the might) waves of
the sea."
From the published account w e learn
that the night was clear and the
water like a sea of glass. The people
In that floating palac; consl.stcd of all
classes th rich, the poor, the aged
and the young. Some were sleeping,
others were planning. There were
those Indulging In pleasures. In a
moment every tiling Is changed. Words
are inadequate to describe I lie scene.
In that awful moment all barriers were
broken down, and the multitude be
came one In the fellowship of suffering.
It Is not ours to sit in judgment at
this time on the owners of the Tltanlo
for anv lack In the proer equipment
of lli'e preservers or of lifeboats, nor
for Die Inordinate desire to break the
speed record across the Atlantic, nor
for anv failure on the part of those In
authority- to heed the message of
warning, but our thought for the mo
ment is concerning that heroic com
pany dvlng that others might live.
we mav inina at times mm un
christian principle which we believe
and teach have loi-t their power In the
world, but when some overwhelming
calatnltv comes upon us w'e find his
everlasting arm about us. Out of the
wVeckaye of the Titanic w III come more
statelv ships, better equipped and
manned. Out of this suffering will
arise a broader and deeper sympathy
for all mankind.
The Rev. Albert K. Tatch. of the
Grace Baptist Church, spoke on "The
Sinking of the Titanic." He said:
Geo Follows Great Disaster.
The great disaster In an object-lesson
for tha world. The Tltanlo wa the
largest passenger boat on the sea and
wa conbidered the safest, so safe In
deed, that lifeboats were unnecessary.
A lifeboat It was indeed, but not. t"he
kind of lifeboat the world wants. It
seems that It Is necessory from time to
time to wake the world up with terrible
consequence. The Iroquois Theater
fire came along a few years ago and
staggered the world with an object
lesson, which brought great good. Then
came the San Francisco earthquake and
now the horrible disaster to the Titanic.
May the world have charity- for the
blameworthy. Undoubtedly the wreck
could have been avoided. There were
many ways the chances could have been
taken awav but contempt had been bred
by familiarity- with danger and the con
sequences were sorrowful. There Is no
place of safetr on earth. God's forces
are unconquerable. Icebergs destroy
the largest ships and the strongest
buildings crumble before the earth
quake. Nothing can withstand God'a
lightning
At the Tsylor-Ptreet Methodist
Chilrch P.lshop W. F. Oldham, of Sing
apore, delivered a sermon yesterday
morning. He spoke briefly on the dis
aster and led the congregation In three
minutes' silent prayer.
At nearly all of the other churches
special memorial services were held and
sermons were preached on the wreck
and the lessons to be derived.
"Krault of !-eed rase.
In many of the Fast Side churches
memorial sermons were delivered on
"The Wreck of the Titanic and Its
lessons." Kev. E. Nelson Allen, of the
Hawthorne Park Presbyterian Church,
drew a lesson from the great loss, set
ting forth that it was the result of the
National speed craze and unrest.
Rev. Earl S. DuBola. In the Church
of the Strangers, spoke on the topic,
"God and the Sea Tragedy," and Kev.
Kobert Gray, at Tabernacle Baptist
Church, on "There Shall Be No More
Sea-"
At the First Fnivereallst Church.
East Twenty-fourth and Broadway
street. special memorial service was
ronducted In the morning. Rev. James
I. Corbv. the pastor, delivered an ap
propriate addreses. "A Shipwreck" was
the topic of Rev. J. E. Snyder, at the
Piedmont Presbyterian Church.
All the ministers laid particular em
phasis on the heroism displayed by
which the women and children were
saved, while the men. rich and poor,
high and low. stood by and went to
their death. It was set forth that every
man who went down to death on the
ship In" this way deserved to be called
a hero and stand as an exemplification
of the teaching of Christian civilization.
SPRING LANE USED
Navy Corrects Impression as
to Titanic's Course.
New Hoad Work rrogreasei.
MARSH FIELD. Or.. April SI. (Special.)
The people of Gardiner and vicinity are
doing some Important road building.
Surveyor have been at work on a new
road which extend north and which
will make another Inland thoroughfare
to the Siuslaw country. The route now
taken by the stages Is Along the beach,
but the new road will give a highway
of easy grade from the I'mpqua to the
Siuslaw country. Another new road Is
being built from the I'mpqua south to
ward the Ten-Mile iJike country. Some
years ago Gardiner had no wagon
roads leading out of the place, the only
mean of travel being by river boat
and alone tha beach.-
AGREEMENT FULLY KEPT
IIjdro;rajihic Office Advises That
Routes for This Season Be Al
tered lo Farther South,
Lengthening Voyage.
WASHINGTON, April 21. "The popu
lar impression that the Titanic was not
following: the southern route when she
met disaster on April 14. is incorrect,
says a statement made public today
at the hydrographic office of the Navy.
Tho statejrient further says:
"Reference to the pilot chart for
April shows that the lane for the
Spring months was the one along which
she was moving. This was exactly
upon the westbound track. The Im
pression that she was on the northern
route may have arisen from the fact
that the westbound track which she
was traveling lies Immediately north
of the eaatbound track. But this
as it should be and agrees exactly with
the understanding entered Into by the
various steamship companies In 1908.
"Whether she should have diverged
to the southward, upon being informed
that Ice had been sighted along the
accepted routes Is another question.
The statement says that the ocean
routes for the Spring should be moved
farther south. Changing the routes to
the south, according to the estimate
of the hydrographic office, would In
crease the eastbound route between
Ambrose Channel Lightship and Bish
op Rock from 299 to 3129 nautical
miles and the westbound route between
the same points from SA53 to 3091.
VESSELS CRASH IN FOG
GAI.VKSTOX HAUBOR SCEXF, OP
DISASTKll CASUALTIES XOXE.
Liner Denver Strikes Steamer EI
Sud Latter Forced to Run to
Beach for Safety.
GALVESTON. Tex.. April 21. The
Mallory liner Denver and the Morgan
line steamer El Sud were in collision
just outside of Galveston harbor last
night at 8 o'clock In a heavy fog. Both
vessels were damaged, the El Sud to
an extent that caused her to be run
on the beach for safety until the exact
nature . of the damage could be ascer
tained.
The Denver. Inbound from New York,
carrying 20 passengers and a quantlty
of freight, came Into her berth here
with a badly disfigured bow and eight
Dlates loose. The k.1 Sud carried no
passengers, but a cargo of freight for
New York.
Glimpses of the El Sud , through
glasses when the fog lifted at times
today-showed her to be on the beach
so low at the bow that her propeller
was visible. Tugs were trying to work
her off. a fact which indicated that she
was considered seaworthy.
The Denver brought In 17 of the El
Sud's crew. The men went on board
at the time of the collision last night.
White Star Line Director De
nies He Urged Breaking
of Speed Record.
CAPTAIN NEVER HAMPERED
No Thought or Escnpc Entertained,
Says Statement. Until Boat AVas
Being Lowered and "o Pas
sengers AVcrc Near.
(Continued From First Pnge
though I was willing to tell everything
I did on the night of the collision.
Km Special Rights Exercised.
"A I have been subpenaed to at
tend before the committee in Washing-ton
tomorrow I should prefer to
make no public statement out of re
spect for the committee," but I don't
think that courtesy requires me to be
(rflent In the face of the untrue state
ments made in some of the newspapers.
."When-1 went on board the Titanic
at Southampton on April 10 it was my
Intention to return by her. I had no
Intention of remaining in ine iuik
States at that time. I came merely
to observe the new vessel, as I have
done In the case of other vessels of our
line. '
n,.(r, the vnvaze I was a passenger
and exercised no greater rights or priv
ileges than any other passenger. I
was not consulted by tno commanuc.
about the ship, her course, speed, navi
gation, or her conduct at sea. All the
matters were under the exclusive con
trol of the captain.
Captain Seeo Only casually.
"I saw Captain Smith only casually.
as other passengers did. I was never
In his room: I was never on the bridge
after the accident; I did not sit at his
table in the saloon. I had not visnea
u. ,i...mnm nor crone through the
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ship, and did not go, or attempt to go
to any part of the ship to wnicn any
other first cabin passengers did not
have access.
"It Is absolutely aad unqualifiedly
false that I ever said I wished the
Titanic would make a speed record, or
ur.aca her rlailv. runs. I deny
absolutely having said to any person
that we would Increase our speea in
order to get out of tho ice zone or any
words to that effect.
"As I have already testified, at no
time did the Titanic during the voyage
attain her full tpecd. It was not ex
pected she would reach New York be
fore Wednesday morning. If she should
be pressed she probably could have ar
rived Tuesday evening.
iipeed Bounty Not Paid.
"The statement that the White Star
line would receive an additional sum
by way of bounty or otherwise for at
taining a certain speed is absolutely
untrue. The White Star line obtains
from the British government a fixed
compensation of 70,000 per annum for
carrvlng the mall. without regard' to
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peed of any of its vessels, and no ad
ditional sum is paid on account of any
Increase in speed. . .
"I never was consulted by Captain
Smith, nor by any other person, nor d J
I ever make a suggestion whatsoever to
ajiy human being about the course of
the ship. The Titanic, as I ai n in
formed, was on the soutliermost west
bound track of trans-Atlantic steam
ships. The tracks, or lanes, were
designated many years ago by agree
ment of all the Important -team! p
lines, and all captains of the fl hlto
Star line are required to navigate theii
vessels as closely as possible on these
tracks, subject to the following stand
ing instructions: -Commanders must
distinctly understand that the issuance
of these regulations does not in an
wav relieve them from responsibility
for" the safe and efficient navigation
of their respective vessels, and the
. j i in remember that
aiso are ciijv'i -.: . , , . . i
-i ,. risk which might by.
any possibility result in accident to
their ships.
Caution Especially Knjoined.
'It is to be hoped that they will ever
bear in mind that the safety of the
lives and property entrusted to their
care I the ruling principle that governs-
them in the navigation of their
vessels, and that no supposed gain in
expedition or saving in time on the
voyage is to be purchased at the. risk
of accident. The company desires to
maintain for its vessels a reputation
for safety, and only looks for such
speed on the various voyages as Is con
sistent with safe and prudent naviga
tion. 'Commanders arc reminded that the
steamers are to a great extent unin
sured, and that their own livelihood, at
well as. the company's success, depends
upon Immunity from accident,; no pre
caution which insures safe navigation
is to be considered excessive." "
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