HUNDREDS WEEP AT MEMORIAL SERVICES HELD FOR “ARCHIE” BUTT.

Fifteen hundred sincere mourners for Major Archibald W. Butt, lost on the Titanic, wept unashamed at his home in Augusta, Georgia, on May 2, when President Taft called his former aid affectionately by his first name and choked with tears as he paid a personal tribute to the army officer.

It was at a monster memorial service for the soldier, where all Augusta paid homage to his memory. President Taft was the main speaker. He was deeply affected by the solemn ritual.

“If Archie could have selected a time to die he would have chosen the one God gave him,” the President said, his voice broken with emotion.

“His life was spent in self-sacrifice, serving others. His forgetfulness of self had become a part of his nature.

“Everybody who knew him called him Archie.

“I couldn’t prepare anything in advance to say here,” the President continued. “I tried, but couldn’t. He was too near me. He was loyal to my predecessor, Mr. Roosevelt, who selected him to be military aid, and to me he had become as a son or a brother.”

Taft pictured a new side to Major Butt’s character—his love for his mother.

“I think he never married because of that love for her who was taken from him two years ago,” the President declared.

TRIPLE SCREW STEAMER “TITANIC” WAS THE LARGEST AND FINEST VESSEL IN THE WORLD: 882½ FEET LONG, 45,000 TONS REGISTER, 92½ FEET WIDE

Life boats of the “Titanic” which would only hold one third of the passengers. All could have been saved had there been a sufficient number of boats. These few boats rescued all that were saved from this appalling disaster.

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STEAMSHIP “TITANIC” SHOWING LENGTH AS COMPARED WITH THE HIGHEST BUILDINGS.

1 Bunker Hill Monument, Boston221 Feet High

2 Public Buildings, Philadelphia534 Feet High

3 Washington Monument, Washington555 Feet High

4 Metropolitan Tower, New York700 Feet High

5 New Woolworth Building, New York750 Feet High

6 White Star Line’s Triple Screw Steamer “TITANIC”882½ Feet Long

7 Cologne Cathedral, Cologne, Germany516 Feet High

8 Grand Pyramid, Gizeh, Africa451 Feet High

9 St. Peter’s Church, Rome, Italy448 Feet High

ENTRANCE HALL AND GRAND STAIRCASE OF THE “TITANIC”

A striking introduction to the wonders and beauty of the “Titanic” is the entrance hall and grand staircase in the forward section where one begins to realize for the first time the magnificence of this surpassing steamer. It is the largest and finest steamship in the world. It is indeed a floating palace.

CAPTAIN ROSTRON, OF THE “CARPATHIA,” WHO RUSHED HIS SHIP TO THE RESCUE OF THE “TITANIC’S” PASSENGERS AND BROUGHT THEM TO NEW YORK. THIS BOOK CONTAINS MANY THRILLING STORIES THAT WERE TOLD BY PASSENGERS WHILE ABOARD THIS RESCUE SHIP

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WILLIAM T. STEAD OF LONDON, ENGLAND

EDITOR REVIEW OF REVIEWS, WHO STOOD BY CAPTAIN SMITH WHEN THE SHIP WAS SINKING AND WITHOUT TREPIDATION WENT TO A WATERY GRAVE

HUGE ICEBERG AS PHOTOGRAPHED ABOUT 100 MILES NORTH OF THE SCENE OF THE “TITANIC” DISASTER.

ISADORE STRAUS

THE NEW YORK MILLIONAIRE MERCHANT AND PHILANTHROPIST WHO LOST HIS LIFE ON THE GIANT TITANIC.

A TYPE OF MAGNIFICENT OCEAN GREY HOUND. THE STEAMSHIP “KAISERIN AUGUSTE VICTORIA” OF HAMBURG-AMERICAN LINE.

This steamer is 700 feet long, 77 feet wide and 54 feet deep. She has accommodations for 550 first-class passengers, 350 second-class, 300 third-class and 2300 steerage passengers, making altogether a floating city of 3500 population.

MAIN DINING ROOM, STEAMSHIP “KAISERIN AUGUSTE VICTORIA,” OF THE HAMBURG-AMERICAN LINE.

It has promenade decks, large cabins with lower berths only, grand combination suites of rooms, and in addition to the grand dining saloon a perfectly equipped restaurant. Small tables have been provided in place of the long tables that have for many years been in use on steamships.

SEEKING INFORMATION ABOUT LOST RELATIVES AND FRIENDS AT THE OFFICE OF THE STEAMSHIP COMPANY.

EFFECT OF THE MIRAGE AS SEEN AMONG THE ICE FLOES.

THE SINKING “TITANIC” CARRYING HUNDREDS OF SOULS TO WATERY GRAVES BEFORE THE EYES OF TERRIFIED SURVIVORS IN LIFEBOATS. THIS AWFUL TRAGEDY SENT A MAGNIFICENT SHIP THAT WAS CALLED “UNSINKABLE” TO THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN AFTER RUNNING INTO AN ICEBERG

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THESE BRIGHT LITTLE FRENCH CHILDREN WERE RESCUED FROM THE “TITANIC;” MISS HAYS, HERSELF A SURVIVOR, IS TAKING CARE OF THEM. THEY WERE COMING TO AMERICA WITH THEIR FATHER, WHO WENT DOWN WITH THE SHIP

SINKING OF THE “TITANIC.” THERE WAS A MIGHTY ROAR WHEN THE SHIP WENT DOWN. THE BOW SANK FIRST, WITH STERN POISED IN THE AIR, WHEN SUDDENLY IT PLUNGED OUT OF SIGHT, CARRYING HUNDREDS OF SOULS TO ETERNITY