Evening Star Newspaper, April 16, 1912, Page 1

WEATHER. pr uastetg ae Cloudy and cooler tonight and variable winds. Wednesday; light. to moderate | The Star is the only afternoon “paper in Washington that prints the news of the Associated Press. ¢ CONTAINING ON PAGE 17 CLOSING YORK STOCK QUOTATIONS. * No. 18,829. WASHINGTON, D. C.,, TUESDAY, APRIL. 16, 1912-TWENTY-FOUR. PAGES. . CABINET CONSIDERS {CITIZENS BROOMS ISU ~ MEXICAN SITUATION Apprehension in Official Cir- cles Indicated by White House Conference. MAJ. GEN. LEONARD WOOD IS ONE OF PARTICIPANTS Acting Secretary of State Wilson ~ Called From State Department. BIG BATTLE IS EXPECTED Federal and Rebel Armies Likely to Clash Near Escalon by To- morrow—Smugglers Are Arrested. Apprehension in official circles over the Mexican situation was indicated today by conferences at the White House, in which President Taft and the cabinet, Hunting- ton Wilson, acting Secretary of State, and Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood, chief of staff of the army, participated. Gen. Wood reached the White House soon after the cabinet assembled and held an’ earnest conversation with Secre- tary Stimson in an adjoining room. Mr. ‘Wilson then was summoned from the State Department and the three officers went into the cabinet room. Capital of Sinaloa Captured. Culiacan, the capital of Sinaloa, has been captured by the Mexican rebels, ‘according to State Department advices todi Guerrero was today added to the list of states where the insurrecto move- ment is assuming greater proportions. It is now denied from Salina Cruz, the western terminus of the Tehuantepec railroad, that this line is being molested. Battle Said to Be Imminent. CHIHUAHUA, April 16.—Present posi- tions of the federal and the rebel armies indicate that the biggest battle of the Fevolution will be fought probably not later than Wednesday. It ig believed, that the engagement will begin at or near Escalon. ‘The federal base of operations is at Bormejillo, and it is estimated that the government foree now moving north numbers close to 3,000. Gen. Orozco claims to have 3,009 men to throw against the enemy. Breaks Up Smuggling Gang. EL PASO, Tex., April 16—Col. E. Z. Steever, commanding’ the border guard, probably has broken up- the most menac- ing, engaged tw satuggiing arms and ammunition to the Mexican rebels. AI those arrested two soldi - of Company” A, 358 Intantry—Ered Free peptner and W. E. Mason—and Au: Galle, wet, Seeman chief of police of Juarez. le was arrested in El Paso. The soldiers will be‘ tried by court- martial. KNOX IS NOW SAILING UP CHESAPEAKE BAY Secretary and Party to Transfer to Special Yacht for Trip to Washington. NORFOLK, Va. April 16—The ar- mored cruiser Washington, bearing Sec- retary of State Knox and party, home- ward bound from their southern trip, ar- rived off the Virginia capes at 9:40 a. m. today. Customs inspecting officers from Nor- folk who had gone out at midnight on @ special government tug met the Wash- ington at Cape Henry and after her in- spection and passage by these officers the Washington proceeded at 11:20 a, m. up Chesapeake bay to meet the special yacht to which the Knox party will transfer for the last leg of their home- ward trip up the Potomac to Washington, — POWERS SENDING NOTES TO ITALY AND TURKEY Suggest Mediation in Present Con- * flict—Constantinople Asks Time for Reply. CONSTANTINOPLE, April 14—The Tepresentatives of the foreign powers to- @ay took the first step to endeayer to bring about mediation between Turkey and Italy, when an identical note was presented to the Turkish foreign min- ister, Assim Bey, at his private residence. ‘The substance of the communication is that, having ascertained the Italian conditions of peace, the powers desire to know Turkey's terms. Assim Bey asked for time to formulate his reply, which is practically certain to De that Turkey declines to enter into negotiations on the basis of the Italian pretensions. FRUIT STEAMER ON ROCKS. Passengers of Boundbrook Rescued. Ship Is Later Floated. GLOUCESTER, Mass, April 16—The United Fruit Company's steamer Bound- brook, from Jamaica for Boston, struck the rocks at Rase’s chasm, off Gloucester herbor, today. ‘The seven passengers were taken off by the Gloucester life saving crew andj } brought safely here. At high tide the steamer floated and anchored. ALARM IN NICARAGUA. Discovery of Rifles and Ammunition Causes Number of Arrests. SAN JUAN DEL 8UR, Nicaragua, April 144—A large number of arrests were mate today In consequence of the Giscovery ef a few worn-out rifles and cartridges at Managua. . ‘A grave split has occurred in the gov- ernmental party, which has caused alarm mong the supporters of the government. MAKING DIRT FLY Increase of 25 Per Cent in Refuse Collected First Day of Campaign. OFFICIALS OF CRUSADE ENTHUSED AT SUCCESS Individuals Providing Own Teams to Cart Away Litter. TONS OF RUBBISH REMOVED TG id District to Be Divided Into Sections to Facilitate Carrying Off of Trash in Wagons Donated by Firms. Yesterday, the first day of city cleaning week, recorded an in-| crease of twenty-five per cent in]~ the amount of refuse collected by the wagons of Michael R. Ready, District refuse contractor. A sim- ilar increase was noted in the amount of waste material de- Posited at the dump maintained by Mr. Ready by teamsters en- gaged to remove rubbish from private premises. This information, communicat- ed today to the central and execu- tive committees in charge of the clean-up crusade, indicates that Washingtonians have taken hold of the work with zeal, and has caused the-~ committees to re- double their efforts to make the undertaking even more of a suc- cess than was believed to be pos- sible. The most encouraging fea- : of the report is the extent to which individuals are having re- moved, at their own ‘expense, waste material collected on their premises. According to Mr. Ready, the amount of rubbish collected by his wagons has recorded an in- crease of eo per cent since April 1, while the amount brought in by private teamsters also has in- creased fully 50 per cent. As this applies to only one dump, and there are a number of both public and private dumps in the city be- ing made use of during the cam- paign, it is estimated that the quantity of dirt being removed has mounted into the tons. Will Be Cleanest City. Arthur C, Moses, chairman of the cen- tral committee, and Dr. William C. Wood- ward, chairman of the executive commit- tee, are enthusiastic over the results thus far obtained. Both committee chairmen this morning expressed tge opinion that the campaign is destined to make Wash- ington cleaner than it has ever been, if Rot the cleanest city in the country. Comparatively few requests have been made to the campaign headquarters, at the health office, in the District butld- ing, for teams with which to remove rub- bish, a fact that is regarded as an alto- gether encouraging omen. It indicates, say the campaign leaders, that many Washingtonians cleaned up their private premises before the crusade ‘started, while others are co-operating in the un- dertaking to the extent of paying for the removal of rubbish from their premises wherever it is possible for them to do so. The fact that the refuse contractor's wagons have recorded an increase of 25 per cent in’ the amount of waste ma- terial collected since April 1 bears out the first part of the contention, they say, while the increase in the amount of ma- terial hauled by private: teamsters sus- tains the latter part. Citizens Are Co-Operating. ‘That citizens generally are endeavoring to comply with the clean-up instructions issued by the central committee is evi- denced by Mr. Ready’s report, which states that much of the excess waste ma- terial collected has been carefully as- sorted. One of the requests made by the committee was that rubbish should be assorted, which would facilitate the work of the refuse contractor and lessen the burden on him caused by the depositing jof such @ vast amount of rubbish for col- lection witbin one week: Mr. Ready today said that if citizens will continue to assort the rubbish and will be patient in waiting for it to be collected the campaign will be con- ducted in a much more satisfactory manner than have been similar cru- sades undertaken in other cities. In issuing the campaign instructions the committee attached to it a list of teamsters that citizens can employ to remove rubbish from private premises. Reports received. by the committee to- day indicate that a majority of these teamsters have received orders that will keep them busy for several days. it _r:y mever be possible to ascertain the amount of dirt removed by the wagons of the private teamsters, but the campaign leaders are convinced that much of the waste material col- lected during the week will be dis- posed of by this method. Business Firms Donate Teams. It was announced today that thirteen business firms have donated the use of RVIVORS OF TITANIC. ONE CENT. JUMBER 868; VIRGINIAN FAILS IN RESCUE WORK RESCUED INCLUDE ~ MULLET AND GRACIE Assurance Also Given of the Safety of Mrs. Henry B. Harris. PRESIDENT GETS WORD ARTIST WAS NOT LOST Maj. Archibald Butt snd Clarence Moore Not Yet Accounted For. MANY SAVED NOT REPORTED Entire City Overwhelmed With Hor- ror at the Magnitude of the Disaster to the Titanic, —_, WASHINGTONIANS SAVED. Mrs. Henry B. Harris, Francis D. Millet, Col. Arehibald Gracie. “WASHINGTONIANS MISSING, Maj. Archibald Butt, Clarence Moore. Three of the Washingtonians who were Passengers on the ‘wrecked Titanic are known to be safe—jé¥s. Henry. B: Har- ris, Francis D. Millet and Col. Archibald Gracie. Maj. Archibald Butt and Clarence} Moore are yet unaccounted for. The safety of Mr. Millet was established ‘by a confidential. message received by President Taft at the White House short- ly before noon today. Even earlier it had! been announced that Mr. Millet probably Was among the survivors, since the four. letters of a name, “Mile,” as carried by the wireless from the Carpathia, had been interpreted to mean Millet. The earlier wireless advices carried the assurance that “Mrs. Henry D. Harri was in one of the lifeboat loads of women and children which were lowered from the Titanic as soon as the loss of the great vessel seemed inevitable. Since there was no other woman aboard whose name so closely ‘resembled that of Mrs. Henry Q Harris, it was taken for granted that she was rescued. Of Mr. Harris, the well known theatrical manager, no word has been received, and it is believed he was lost. Before her marriage Mrs. Harris was Miss Irene Wallach, and with her parents and one HOW TITANIC IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE HIT ICEBERG. OFFICERS OF THE ILL-FATED | SHIP. Left to right: First Officer Murdock, Second Officer Evans, Third Officer Alexander and Capt. Smith. lifeboats that was saved. The White Star_people sent President Taft a number of telegrams, reporting that. the lists of, survivors continued to be received, ‘and intimating that, although the name of Archie Butt did not appear among them, ff might be reported at any ime. tm one if the telegrams the officials stated that. Mr. Millet, the artist, was. among those on_board the Carpathia. ‘The President sent a copy of each tele- gram received by him to the family of Maj. Butt in Augusta, -and-added hopeful words of his own. : y Maj. Butt 1s a member of Temple Lodge (of Masons -of this: city. Mr. Millet is ‘also a Mason. ° - Not until this morning was it known a degree “of” certainty that Col. Archibald Gracle was. among those. r cued, and that-he ‘was aboard the pathia, as was also Mrs. Henry B. Hai tis, both of these names appearing.in the list’ of those ‘rescued and on board the Cerpathia. No word of any kind had been received up to noon in regard to Clarence Moore, sister she resided at 2d street and ‘In- diana avenue northwest. News Taken to the Gracie Home. The firet tidings received at the home of Col. Gracie, giving the information that he was among the survivors on board the Carpathia, was conveyed by The Star. Up to the time The: Star in- formed members of ‘Col. Gracie’s house- hold that he was safe no word had been received, it was said, directly or indi- rectly, from him. Unremitting efforts are being made by the White House officials, acting under the personal direction of President Taft, to obtain news of Ma,. Archibald Butt, military aid to the President, but no in- formation has been gainéd either from the White Star.omces or from any other source which would indicate that Maj. Butt had been rescued. President Taft, who had left the White House shortly after 8 o'clock last even- ing, was at a theater when the news of the disaster was borne to him. He at once left the theater and returned to the although the hope is entertained that Mr. Moore wag not among the passerigers on board the ill-fated liner, or that his name is among those not yet sent. ~ Mr. Moore went abroad primarily to see the Grand National ‘steeplechase race at Liverpool, being deeply interested in an entry in the big turf event. The race was run yes- terday, and the horse in which Mrt Moore was interested won. The hope is express- ed in Washington that instead of sailing on the Titanic Mr. Moore remained to see the race, in which event, of course, the failure of his name to appear among those saved is explained. Beunion in Midocean. One of the strange stories of the sea, which came to Charles Henry Butler, re- porter of the United States Supreme Court, related the reunion in mid-ocean of three members of his family, Mrs. Ed- ward D. Appleton, and Mr. and Mrs. Marshall, all of New Shares re Xppleton was one of the pas. sengers saved from the Titanic, and when the lifeboat reached the Carpathia the first td greet her as she was assisted over White House, where he wired the offices of the White Star line, in New York, for inf jon in regard to Maj. Archibald Butt, his military aid. Vice ent their teams for certain days during the campaign week and that it is possible that @ number of other teams will be ob- tained in this way. A considerable por- tlon of the money subscribed for defray- ing the campaign expenses will be em- ployed in the hiring of teams, so that it (Continued on Fourteenth Page) = t Presid Franklin of the steamship line telegraph- ed in reply: “‘ Ty to say I have no definite information. “As spon as receiv- ed will notify you.” ‘Hope Not Given Up: President Taft and the White House| senator's rail were Mr. and Mrs. Marshall, ae Were passengers on that vessel. Mr- Marshall is an uncle of Mrs. Appleton and of Mr. Butler. No News of Mr. Guggenheim. At the office of Senator Guggenheim and at the Guggenheim homé no tidings of any kind had been received from the brother, Benjamin Guggen. did not give up hope today that Maj.|heim, reported to be among the Titanic’ Butt had been forced aboard one of the th passengers, whose name does not appear in the list of those taken’ aboard the Car- pathia. Repeated messages tothe New York: offices of the steamship line failed to elicit any information. 4 Benjamin Guggenheim, reputed one of| the wedithiest men: in ‘tHe: world, went abroad on. business and,.so far,'as_his brother knows, his* wife did’ not “accom- pany -him. “The company does nat know the real situation’ yet,’") said Senator. Guagen- helm.. “They ‘are, uncertain. They gave ‘me one encouraging. statement—that the Titante carried all the lifeboats required under the laws of the United States; and Great. Britain, . Of course; .the. number already..reported rescued, includes a con- siderable number of seamen ‘necessary to man the ‘boats. It is possible that some of, the lifeboats got away. from the scene and that they may be picked up by other vessels-not yet heard from.” Mary Saved Not Reported. ‘The news'received-in Washington ‘short- ly.‘before noon today that none of’ the passengers , other ‘than’ those. on board the.Carpathia had.been saved, and that the Virginian and Parisian. failed.to find anything. but bits. of floating: wreckage at or near the spot where the- Titanic sank beneath .-the- waves,.was a great low. to ‘the hope that otaers than those (Continued on Eighth Page.) 3 F: D. MILLET . Of the Fine Arts Commission, who ts among the Pitanic’s survivors, has filtered in today. REVISED FIGURES INDICATE |. TIVES OF 1,041 PERSONS WERE LOST IN DISASTER Carpathia, With Those Who Were Saved, ‘Expected to Reach New York Thursday. MANY PROMINENT PEOPLE ; ARE AMONG THE MISSING ‘ London, Paris and New York Are Grief- Stricken—Crowds of Anxious Rela- tives and Friends Throng Steamship Offices. The appalling magnitude of the wreck of the giant liner Titanic has been but little mitigated by the fragmentary information which The rescuing steamer Carpathia.has 868 survivors on board, ac- cording to the latest news received at the offices of the White Star line in this city. This increases the list of saved by about 200 from the number first reported, but, except for this, the favorable details are insignificant compared with the supreme fact that the Titanic is at the bottom of the Atlantic, and that the shattered wreck took with her nearly 1,350 victims'to th¢ir death. more fa’ at.G75 were varied news early today, first from Capt. Rostron-of the ye the number st-aboutGeo; and later by the posi- tive arinouncement of the White Star line that there are 868 survivors gers and crew of the Titanic, who parently lost: ve reported that the Parisian had no Waiting for Details. The Carpethia, havins on board the only survivors accounted for, is coming in slowly to New York. All hope for details of the tragedy and its effects is centered on this ship. She will be in wireless communication with Sable Island tonight, with Nantucket Thursday, and will reach New York some time Thure- day night. London, Paris and New York are grief- stricken and overwhelmed by the news of the disaster. Tearful crowds of rela- tives and friends of passengers on board the Titanic, thronged the steamship of- fices in all three cities, waiting hour after hour for news that more often than not when it does come means bereavement and sorrow. People in Paris and London went to bed. last night in the belief that all the passengers on board the Titanic had been saved. This morning brought them the appalling truth. Of the survivors on board the Carpathia by far the larger number are women and children. Among the Missing. Many men of great prominence on two continents are among the missing. No word has been received of Col. John Jacob Astor; his wife, however, has been saved. Alfred G. Vanderbilt was not on board the Titanic, as first re- ported; he is in London. Isidor Straus, the New York millionaire merchant and Philanthropist,-who was on board, has not been reported among the survivors. A wireless message sent by Capt. Ros:ron of the Carpathia to the Cunard line at New York, from latitude 41.45 north and longitude 50.20 west, reads as follows: “ Proceeding New York unless otherwise ordered with about 800. After having consulted with Mr. Ismay and considering the circumstances, with so much ice about, considered New York dest. number icebergs and twenty miles field ice with bergs amongst.” Another message from Capt. the Cunard line said: “Titanic struck iceberg, sunk Monday 3 am., 41.46 north latitude, 50.14 west longitude, " Carpathia pieked up many passengers in boats. ill wire further Particulars later. “Proceeding back 1 ew Yor! Survivors Mostly Women. Of the 201 first-cabin passengers thus tar accounted for 132 are women, 63 men and six children. Of the 114 sec- ond-cabin passengers reported surviv- ing 88 are women, 16 men and 10 children. Postmaster Edward M. Morgan at New York stated today that the White to of the Titanic.on board the Carpathia. UNACCOUNTED FOR, 1,341. With these revised figures there remain 1,341 persons, passen- are today unaccounted for and ap- Hope clung desperately this morning to the belief that the steam- ers Virginian and Parisian of the Allan line may have picked up sur- vivors in addition to those on board the Carpathia, but this was prac- tically dispelled at 11 o’clock, when the Sable Island wireless station survivors on board, and when the offices of the Allan line in Montreal issued a statement that the cap- tain of the Virginian had sent them a wireless message saying he had “arrived at the scene of disaster too late to-be of service.” Both the Virginian and the Parisian, therefore, appear to hold out no hope of further reducing the extent of the calamity, The Vir- ginian has proceeded on her way for Europe. Star liner Titanic had on board 3,500 sacks of mails. It not likely, he said, that the mails were saved. 's the standard ocean mai! bag holds about 2,000 letters, it 1s estimated that in all about 7,000,000 pieces of mail matter have been lost. None Now Believed Saved, Except Those on Carpathia ST. JOHNS, N. F., April 16—All hope that any of the Passengers or members of the crew /of the Titanic, other than those on tHe Carpathia, are alive was abandoned this afternoon. All of the — steamers which have been cruising in the vicinity of the disaster have continued on their voyages. A message received from Cape Race at 10 o'clock this forenoon accounted for about 800 people, and all of these were on board the steamer Carpathia. Messages from the Carpathia, picked up by the Cape Race wireless station, state that all of the boats launched by the crew of the Titanic have been accounted for. The boats were filled’largely with wom- en and children, but had sufficient mem- bers of the Titanic’s crew to guide them. ‘The steamer Virginian, which halted her voyage from Halifax to Liverpool, when near the scene of the disaster, will not come to St. Johns, as reported. She saw no signs of survivors. The cable steamer Minia, which left St. Pierre, Miq., yesterday afternoon, is supposed to be in the vicinity of the dis- aster, but little hope is entertained that she will find any of the Titanic’s people, No Rescues Are Made by Parisian or Virginian NEW YORK, April’ 16—Two messages received shortly after 10 o'clock this morning by the Marcon! Wireless Tele- graph Company from the compan!'s sta- tions at Cape Race and Sable Island make it appear that none of the Titanic’s pas- sengers are on either the