The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 17, 1912, Page 1

ath Levels ‘All Barriers--Might of Man Seems jin decoming increasingly apparent that, if the Titanic had been with enough lifeboats to carry all her wengers and crew, early all, would have been saved. The greatest maritime dis. AMT pistory, in time of peace, would have been a trifling accident ie wea, mearcely ve th recording—-if there had only been enough ed today that only 700 were saved by the In the confusion that still exists nm other than round numbers. The word i — the ¥ ator on the Carpathia Pitanic had sailed under American register, she would have wee to carry every passenger, at | Ame » required to carry 48 boa a matter eak New York ts bit amainat the White Star tne. maging director, who was off in the Ifeboate. ‘Read About the Fellow Who Makes Himself Short or Long, as He Pleases. On Page 4 Today. } VOL. 14. NO. ONLY 705 | NEW YORK, April 17.—‘‘We have 700 survivors of the Titanic wreck aboard. More than 2,000 ing to a statement given out here today at : YORK, April 17.—“All the Titanic’s women passeng fe. ew n, Ohio, from her brother, Harry Wick, who is a Salinas am th WASHINGTON, April 17.—That the great loss of Uhler, supervisor of the federal steamboat inspection service. it was easy to save all who could be crowded into the life boats, FASSENGER ON THE ‘OLYMPIC TELLS STORY OF HORROR AT SEA Man on Titanic’s Sister Ship Tells How News Was Received on Great Liner—Bodies of Some Victims on | Board Liner Californian. direct news from the vicinity of the wreck of th a ay any newspaper man came today to the United Pre: patch from Roy W. Howard, chairman of the board United Press Associations, who was on board the bound for London, when that vessel received the news ate Titanic er tee the Olympic Mr. Howard saw the officers who had served under Titanic’s disaster | captain blanch at the news of the greatest sea story, and, when it could be done, told by wireless of how the sister Be of the giant liner heard the tidings of her fate By Roy W. Howard ight, 1912, by the United Press eon ABOARD THE OLYMPIC, EASTBOUND, ELESS TO CAPE RACE, N. F., AND LAND} BS TO NEW YORK, April 17.—The bodies of at least, of the victims of the Titanic will be to the United States, probably to Boston, on Leyland liner Californian. Wi ry) of disaster |lived a fairy story. | reached the doll age, her dolis were But what of thone There we boat steamed serew pr There who died? Mlonaires and maitimillionaires on board when the Hy out of Southampton, ite powerful triple ere churning the water into fury » when the ve atruck just 2,100 plain men and women Save and souls to redeem Col, John Jacob Astor stood no higher in that dread minute, his 150 millions of unearned increment were worth no more than the ex pense account allowed the millinery buyer of a Rochester department who sailed in third class. Big, jolly Archie Butt, friend of three presidents, had to take hie turn with the little school teacher from lowa, who had put the of ten years Into this one great trip to Euro) “The ship ie sinking,” the fearful ery resounded, and th of millions had to take her chance with the buttoned inking of his bride and the baby he had not yet seen in the little we anel with lives to he Seat ONLY INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER 40, SEATTLE, WASH., WEDNESDAY, APRI the offices of the Marconi wireless company. Ihave no word from George.” life aboard There’s Neither Grief Nor Sin in Fairy Land, For Ursula URSULA $T. GEORGE. All her life Ursula St. George has/she became herself a fairy. And When she/fairies never worry their heade salaries, or box office re ‘he first commander of the Olympic, i ‘Me when her giant sister went om. : — wee Bi talking among the passengers, but in shed whis-| they and he sailors enn the tragedy brought squarely home to everyone here. | HOPE SHATTERED ee Since the first word was received that the Titanic struck an iceberg, the apprehension was great. When Captain Haddock received the first wireless iword of the disaster, he turned oe Sones s on leward the scene, and, hoping to arrive in time, sen! full speed ahead. That hope was shattered when oh within wireless reach of the ee and the news of the tragedy was received. Every soul on the Olympic was shocked, appalled. The vessel’s orchestra was hushed and the instruments the musicians put into their cases, not again to be on this voyage. Helplessness was all-apparent. This was best shown by heavy contributions made to ifund for the dependents of the lost sailors, which was mmediately raised. After remaining stationary most of Tuesday, re- ing with melancholy exactitude the list of survivors tthe Carpathia, Captain Haddock was ordered to Woceed on his voyage eastward. Not until that time) ™u the use of the wireless permitted for any other) Purpose than the relaying of names of the Titanic’s NO RELIEF FROM AWFUL ANXIETY OF PEOPLE 4 Galt Correspondent of the! It is known here that half a| United Press dozen fishing boats were withir HALIFAX, N. §., April 17— 200 miles of the Titanic at th the liner Parisian expected time of the wreck, and possibly tonight bringing possible de-|may have visited the scone. i Of the sinking of the Titanic, The Commercial Cable company’s Millet from the suspense felt ship Mackay-Bennett, chartered by the fate of the passengers, the White Star company to explore | are supposed to have gone the scene of the wreck and search Gen with the White Star giant |for podies, sails this afternoon | Me ie as yet in sight with a crew of 80 men and a cargo tepair ship Minia of coffins. A local undertaker and Mite Star compa arrived his staff will accompany the ship. Me. The Minin aid it the It i expected that the Mackay-| of the disaster and knew | Bennett will be gone ten days | Mhing of the of the Ti-| Vincent Astor, who was expected | ies beyond what pleked up here today to make arsangements | Wirelegs mens ‘The first |with a wrecking concern for a| Has’ ctuebt by the Minia to the | search for the body of his father, | thet the T had gunk, |Gol. John Jacob Astor, did not ar-| Tecelved at 9 o'clock Monday |rive. It is thought probable that) fhe 0s The captain declared he remained in New York to meet he had panned fields. | his stepmother. of the t lee ¢ never crafty, nor T never re dis their roles. They never even think about contracts, and hotel bills, and railroad time tables. In Fairyland these things manage themselv: All of her lit ce falries— Peter Blue Bird” and Tom's Cabin and so was Unele big, black, good fairy So, when the time came, Ursula fairies. Her father, g grave, kindly | man of letters, told her wonderful stories of fairies who were beauti ful, and as good as they were beau tiful, and of ogres and giants and dragons who were bad. She would go with her father be hind the scenes, wher aw Fairyland at close ran tnt even then she was not disiliusioned. Men and women, older vut less wise than she, might say the fairies had painted faces, and that not all of them were happy. and not all of them were good. Men and women less wise than Ursula might say that all life is @ stage where the actors practice deceit, pretending to be what they are not. But Ursula knew better, Finally, only @ little while ago Ursula passed out of the awkward age and stood on the threshold of womanhood. is really a fairy: she ts just a little ¢ had up to then been a passive Yankee girl. What you must under of fairy life, wide-eyed and) stand is that to Ursula this who! interested in their activities. Now) good-bad world ix a Fairyland BIRDMAN GOES UP 2,000 FEET, RELEASES MACHINE, COMMITS SUICIDE. VERSAILLES, France, April 17.—The suicide on record occurred here today when Jelgian operator, ascended to an altitude of back in his seat, raised his hands above his hes J deliberate. ly allowed the monoplane to pursue Without a guiding hand the machine quickly capsized, tumbling to earth Verrell was killed instantly had studied Pan” and she seen her at is week. are old, and, be cause she has lived a fairy story always, she finds it easy to be a fairy You mustn't gather from this that the Rebecea of the play Ureula is 16 now first aeroplane John Verrell, a 2,000 feet, leaned its course GIRL HELD CAPTIVE BY WHITE SLAVERS What appears to be a-well devel-)two days at this place, after which white slave organization in|she was sent to a private place on city has been unearthed by| Eighth av,, between Pike and Pine. ile officers during the past two | Suspicioning that offivers were fo tion. that thts noved to # hotel on tertain band is in Seattle was re-|Seneca st. where she stayed for ceived when the family of Louise|three days, when the couple were Jordan, 13, reported to the police|discovered, Information was giveu eral days ago that the child had/to the Y. W. C. A. officials, who res been missing from home, and en-|ported the matter to juvenile head listed the aid of the police. quarters. Juvenile officers, believing that] The two men concerned are the girl had been spirited aWay, be-| tained at the police station gan an investigation, Officer Boggs,| The Jordan girl's parents reside Miss Brown, Miss Mason and Dr.| at 1002% H, Madison st Martin and Officer McClellan were | detailed on the case Daisy Nelson, aged 18, is in the city Jail charged with contributing to the delinquency of Louise. The|* Showers juvenile authorities declare that|® fair; light Miss Jordan was taken to a hotel|* Temperature on Pike ts, elght days ago. ln The girl was held in bondage for POCO lowing, she wa to tO TORI T tOt Kt tk tt WEATHER FORECAST. tonight, Thursday westerly winds at noon, 50. Peleera “If the Titanic had been sailing under Ai }home in the Bronx. Mr. and Mre. Jack Jacques Fut in writing many thrilling stories of adventure, were on board faced a scene greater than they had ever conceived reported, will write this final cha the ship. Henry 1. Harris’ luck had ture & Drowdway theatre, had gone fre show that he got hold of ard man & fortune. He had broken the bank clad, rust-proof Heat it had turned thelr chance with the rest, Mra. I Col were no more than Mr, and Mrw Ware merchants | Widener gould rule the politics | bute SEATTLE L.}17, 1912, . and compel the people to pay him tribute ONE CENT &}. reile, writers, who have collaborated They Mrs. Futreile, it is pter, the husband going down with ned. Harris, starting as an usher in om A shoestring to millions, Every aged to get a hearing for made him at Monte Carlo, His nek was tron and Harris and bis wife had to take farria was saved, it is repor' Astor and his beautiful bride of 19, the talk of two John Smith of Keokuk, retired h of Philadelphia, and a dozen smaller Roebling could build tle Star ox, HOME ANDS be ta bridge that spanned the highest that bid fair to touch the sky. G Jewish brothers break a Wentern state " tinent Inidore philanthropies bring Ife to New York Hut none of these men, could keep the ocean from rising liven Morgan himself would b he been a passenger. He rent and It was Nature power of man. And Nature laughed, a cruel, » hour to laugh wizards of finance 10,000 would bi Puny Thing Before Might of God a steel structure a family of seven could make a railroad acrows nd widest river, or segenheim, fifth of and capitalization, or Thayer could throw could bw a great industry, and by bie half-starved in congested all but all-powerful in the world on land and choking them into nothingners. ave been helpless in that bour had had to take his chanée with the at the petty creations and the petty derisive laugh that brought sobs to thousands of homes and left regiments of friends and relatives heart | broken Story EDITION of Amazing Career of Clarence D. Hillman Is Printed on Page 6 of The Star Today DEATH LIST 2,000 re lost.” This message, sent by the Carpathia’s wireless operator, was caught by the Cunard liner Fran- officials, however, are inclined to believe that the Franconia operator misread the figures. wireless message, which had been relayed several times, was received here today by Mrs. J. W. Bonnell American reg but the remainder were left to sink with the vessel. STORY OF HOW TWTANIC” SUNK London Dispatch Claims to ' ‘Have Description of Actual | Binking — Captain Went Down With His Ship—Boil- ers Explode. (By United Press Leseed Wire) LONOON, April 17.—A story, pur porting to give an account of the “last moments of the Titanic,” is published here today. The source @ information is not divulged. According to this story, the Ti- |tamie sank by her head, reaching 4 the final plunge. As the head sank, [the passengers retreated to the atern, many donning life belts. In jast rush many lost their foot- ing and fell overboard, while others Jemped, hoping to swim awa ‘The Titanic, says the “Last Mo nk bow foremost, the nd propellers fying high in ‘aptain Smith and a nui ber of his officers were seen clin: tag to the bridge as the big line went down t Boilers Explode. HAs the vessel sank, continues the rative, a great spout of water owes that the boilers had explod ef. There must have been at least 80 explosions in the furnace room As the icy waters reached the fires 'The Admiralty here computes the ‘Titanic’s position at the bottom to be eight miles from the spot where tBe liner sank. It says that {t prob- took the vessel 12 minutes to reach the bottom, two miles below the surface. ORDINANCE ON CHICKENS KILLED ) By 4 vote of three to one of the lpublic safety committee of the counch, the now famous chicken Ofdinahce, proposed by Councilman Blaine, was given the ax when a motion to indefinitely postpone the bill was made by President Hes- keth and seconded by Councilman Marble at 1 o'clock this afternoon. If the temper of the crowd of some 300 chicken raisers, who stayed witn the discussion of the |i for three hours today, is any | criterion, man Blaine will jhave to begin raising chickens him |self it is to have any chicken for dinner. The scene in the council room whs one of the most turbulent in ita history The rooster was dis cussed = from ry concelvable angle, and every participated in the discussion e were a few persons who tried to show the iniquity of the rooster’s crow, but they were in an absolutely hopeless minority Cou SURVIVORS SUFFERED TERRIBLY (By United Press Leased Wire) HALIFAX, April 17.—Although the Hner Parisian cruised for v lerat hours about the scene of th |wreck of the itanic, It sighte ino life rafta or bodie according to wireless messages r this afternoon frem its Parisian, according to th ig due in Halifax tomorrow ptaim said the Weather was se- nly cold, adding that it was cer twin that If any passengers escaped on ple of wreckage they perish: ed from exposure before aid arrived This confirms the b f that the survivors aboard the Carpathia auf fered terribly before they were picked up. KLAMATH FALLS, Or., April 17, —With a laugh on his lips, Chris ©. Munduncey, a lumberman who had both his legs cut off by a saw in a mill near here, died in a Klamath Falls hospital, He joked with his fiancee while being taken to the hospital, *| Abraham, ‘ e Olympic. Harry Wick received a wireless message from his niece, Caroline Bonnell, who ¢ liner Titanic was due to inadequate life boat protection and could not have happened under United States navigation laws, was declared today by ter,” said Uhler, “she would have been required to carry 48 life boats. “C. Q. D.! | } | | an angie of 49 degrees before taking | C. Q. Du!” =e WHITE STAR 1 | (By United Prees Leased Wire) | | NEW YORK, April 17.—Bitter de- | |nunciation of J. Bruse Ismay, man- | jaging director of the White Star line, and of his company, was |volced here today by hundreds of the rela and friends of those who were lost on the Titanic, j | “Why did not Ismay stay with! |the ship and go down like a man?” was the frequent criticism of the victims’ friends nounced Ismay ithe White SF who angrily de-| ve tactics id the failure of the Carpathia to \send news of the wreck. This de- |nunciation was increased to red hot | [pitch today when the White Star, after issuing a supplementary list | of the rescued and announcing that | it had been by wi later denied that it was so received. Iamay’s presence on the Carpa thia is belleved to be the sole rea- son that this vessel, which carries the survivors of the great disaster, | has so far failed to send | fluminative word of the fearful) scenes which must have been en } acted when the Titanic sank, His taking to the boats with the women | and children is being scored on all | sides. Asking for news, which is con-| |sistently denied, crowds of wee | (GIRL DUPED IS FOUND (By United Preas Leased Wire) OAKLAND, Cal., April 17.—Anna Milbrath, the Oakland girl who wa lduped into a marriage with “Sir’ Harry Westwood Cooper, the pa- roled convict, who fled with her to London when the police sought him for attempting to pass a fictitious check for $15,000 on an Oakland bank, has been located. Ina gram received by her father today from Ben Milbrath, a brother, it is stated that the unfortunate girl is in Gary, Ind. with her aunt. She refuses to believe that Dr. Milton | under which = name Cooper married her, is the notorious ex-convict. ‘OPEN TOWN WON ~ OUT IN TACOMA Ny United Press & Wire) ACOMA, April ‘Tacoma | voters are on record today by sub-| stantial majorities for open-town| prosperity. With the issue clear cut, Commissioner of Public Works | Owen Woods was re-elected, A, U Mills made commissioner of public safety and Nicholas Lawson, eom missioner of light and water LINE BITTERLY DENOUNCED 2.0030 serves coe foreigners crowded the third-class offices of the White Star line today The scenes, as they begged for news of their loved ones, were heartrending, men, women and chil dren giving way to the wildest emo tion At the first-class scenes, though more were equally touching migrant and millionaire alike, the White Star gave out the one reply ~"No news.” fused to Leave Husband Friends ot Isador Straus have given up all hope that the New York merchant prince and his wife are alive. Mrs, Straus refused to leave her husband and take to the small boats. To ascertain if Maj, A’ offices phibald Taft, is alive, Henry W. Taft called today at the White Star offices, saying he had been especially com: missioned by the president, led on the Titanic with her uncle, Geo. Wick. ONLY 705 SURVIVORS ON CARPATHIA Rescue Ship Reports That | Death List Is Nearly 2,000— Scout Ship Chester Talks With Her—All Notable Peo- ple on Titanic Probably Dead. BULLETIN CAPE RACE, April 17.— Wireless dispatch says the steamer Earl Gray sank off the |New. Foundland banks this af- | ternoon. | ping (By United Press Leasea Wire) | NEW YORK, April 17.—’ | There are only 705 survivors of the Titanic disaster aboard the Cunarder Carpathia, according \to a wireless message received jhere at 1:10 o'clock this after- noon from Winfield Thompson, a Boston newspaper man, who | is a passenger on the Franconia, | The White Star officials ‘earlier in the day had announc- ed that the Carpathia carried 868 of the Titanic’s survivors. | Thompson's message announc- -|td that the Carpathia was due |in New York at 8 p. m. Thurs- day. It said: “The Franconia established y, New York time). At that hour the Carpathia was 489 miles from the Ambrose hannel light, and making 13 knots an hour. 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