The evening world. Newspaper, April 17, 1912, Page 3

OTED HONEA rf SOCIETY. QUICK STEPS TO AD = NEEDY TITANIC SURVIVORS peg *Phirty Meet at Home of Mrs. Abram! “~ § Hewitt in Response to Call am Of Wife of Gen. Nelson ' H. Henry. MORE THAN $2,000 RAISED | t i'| WITHIN THE FIRST HOUR “Evening World Subscribes $1,000 to Fund---Mrs. Hewitt Chosen Hono- rary President of Committee. om) Thirty women, who occupy high positions in New York’s social ptife; met to-day at the home of Mrs. Abram S, Hewitt, No, 9 Lexington avenue, and organized the New York City Women’s Relief Committee, ; [sheet Will aid the destitute steerage survivors of the Titanic, The idea this women’s relief committee was born in the mind of Mrs. Nelson , Henry of No. 59 West Ninth street, wife of Gen. Henry, Surveyor Ye the Port of New York. ~ «7° An hour after conceiving her scheme }erine W. Tweed. Mrs, Richard Irvin Mfrs. Henry had received promises of |and Mrs. Joseph Burden will have as + bo-operation from fiften other women, | thelr special duties the care of the and these were increased two-fold hen the meeting was called to order | ge children, Clothing Committee will be headed fn the drawing-room’ of Mrs, Hewitt’s|ny Miss C. M. Stewart, who will have home, Mrs. Henry presided, and with- | ag her assistants Mra, Arthur M. Dodge, fm fifteen minutes $2,110 has been sub-| Mr. Paul Dana, Mrs, Henry F. Dimock @erided to the relief fund. The sub-| Miss Graco Bigelow and Mrs. J. V. ‘Bortbers to the fund are: Olcott. Donations of clothing, par- | tlularly underwear, shoes and stocking: will be received by Mrs, Paul Dana at No, 1 Fifth avenue, Mra, Henry F. Dimock at No. 2% East Sixtieth treet, an] Mics Grace Bigelow at No, Gramercy Park, A letter was received from Mr: Harriman announcing her snabiitty © attend the meeting and volunteering her assistance in arranging funds, Mrs. Harriman will be-asked to ald the fem- |inine committee, ry iN ERFECTING RGANIZATION. ‘Within @ short'time the tomen of the Fellef committee had perfected their or- | ization, had named committees and partially planned their campaign. Aj, LOSE NO ‘Wheatrical rnenformance for the ery of the steerage survivors was a) m wae sent to President Taft as| Henry js chatrman of this com- A ; 496 by Mrs, Munsen Morris, ‘he New York City Women's Re- J. Borden man and Anne Morgan, | GREATLY ENCOURAGED BY Con. | | TRIBUTION OF EVENING WORLD Nef Committee, to ald the steerage survivors of the Titanic, extends to the President of the United States thelr ald to supplement the work of the Government and of the immigr Is . aaa ce taal rs Henry. ha % Aino extend to the President thelr sin- a € Wie thas eS neouragement 4 allitary fe sa tstajor Butt” te jay. You may be sure that the $1,000 Mrs, Abram 8, Hewitt was elected | Wil 710, 4 Tot tow a One Ae in our honorary president of Mrs, Nelson H. and treasurer of the Finance Committee. She will be assisted by Mra. Charles B. | Alexander, Mrs. Henry F. Dimock, Mrs. } Bames Herman Aldrich, Mrs, Sidne fon Ripley and Mrs. E. H. Harriman, Mes. Aldrich will receive money contri- | futions at her home, No. 150 West Fifty: | ninth street. MITTEE .TO ARRANGE FOR Y ING QUARTERS FOR WOMEN. Work as’ they have sheen in’ Gis Mra. Haward R. Howitt will be chalr] instance, Mrs, Henry had fifteen volun- man of the Housing Committee, which | teers within an hour after sending the the committer. age s Henry will be chairman who wi of the friend sd Prompt assistanci and second cabins ing World response to such worthy cave,” sakl Mra, Edw wood He “thts contribution will [greatly assist the women of the com- mittee carrying out their relief before have the women of New en x0 prompt in organizing for wilDarrange for living quarters to which |call for assistance over the telephone the destitute steerage women and chil-|last night, and at to-day'x meeting Gren may be taken upon thelr arrival) thirty were present and telephone calis fa New York. She will be assisted on|fro™M at least a score of other women this committee by Miss Virginia Potter, | Wile) elved, volunteering thelr as- Mra. Richard Irvin, Mrs, Joseph Burden, |” Anotier meeting of the committee will ‘Mire. J. D. Prince, Mrs. Soffard Morgan,|pe held to-morraw morning at 10.30 ih Dear. Henry, Ollesheimer and Miss Kath: o'clock at the home of Mre, Hewitt, ofMol New York. Half a dozen sinall boats equipped with grappling frons and nets were tak- en and the sea will be thoroughly searched, ‘The belief that many bodies may de found ts based upon t cess of @ similar expedition after the wreck of the French Mner ‘La Bourgoyne, which | {was sunk in collision. of this port, fr. Scores of bodies were picked up at sea the two weeks following that dis- a Vincent stor is depending upon the Mackay-Bennett for the recovery of the body of lis father, Hundreds of messages are js in piled up vite a Fable Ship Leaves Halifax Un- at the wireless stations le and at J Cape Race for transmission to Car- a \ der Charter of the White pathla, ‘The operators have no hope of Star Line. clearing them to-day or to-morrow Peace Committee Ext | LONDON, April 17.—A meeting of the LIFAX, » April 17.—With two | exe es of the Briush Committee for bers i € ration of the Centenary of hundred coffins stacked on her forward | te Meck, the cable ship Mackay-Bennett| Lorre, Batted this afternoon to explore @rene of the foundering of the Titante @né pick up bodies, She Is under char- fer of the White Star line. When this death ship passed out of the harbor thousands of citizens lined the docks, making a silent demonstra- ton of) $ sympathetl interest, he Britten flag at the Citadel was dropped held under the presidency of ay passed the following formed to celebrate roken peace and e British Empire | ‘the centena: friendship betw: jand the United States of America, de: sires to convey the expression of Ita) profound and heartfelt sympathy to the | families of those who have been lost with the Titante, In particular it de- sires to express lis solicitude for the safety of William T. Stead, a member of this committee, Who Was travelling Mier | | MRS.ER HEWITT, CONGRESS TO CALL ) SURVIVORS 10 TELL OF THE DISASTER *}Senate Resolution Proposes }investigations announced by Chairmen International Regulation of Size of Liners. WASHINGTON, April ing resolution of inquiry into the Ti tanic disaster was presented to the Senate to-day by Senator Smith of Michigan, who asked immediate recog- nition, ‘The resolution follows: “Resolved; that the Committee on Commerce, or a sub-committee thereof, {a horeby authorized and directed to in- vestigate the causes leading to th wreck of the White Star ner Titanic, with its attendant loss of life, so shock- ing to the civilised world, “Resolved, further, that sald commit- tee or sub-committee Is hereby empow- ered to summon witnesses, send for per- fons and papers and to take such tes- timony as may be necessary to deter- mine the responsibility therefor, with @ view to such legisiation as may be necessary to prevent, as far as possible, repetition of any such ai r. REGULATION OF SIZE OF SHIPS PROPOSED, ‘Resolved, further, that the co tee shall inquire particularly into the number of lifeboats, life rafts and tife Preservers and other equipment for the protection of the pase:ngers and crew the number of persons aboard the ‘Ti- tanic, whether passongers or crew and whether adequate Inspections had bey made of such vessel, view of large number of American passengers travelling over a route commoniy garded as dangerous feeber and whether it ts 1 to take steps looking to an international agreement to secure the protection of sea traffic, including regulation of the size of ships and designation of roi “Resolved, further, That in the port of sald committee it shall rece: mend such legislation us it shall deem expedient.” It was referred to the Commerce | LOU! Committee, A resolution by Senator |or. the Martine of New Jersey looking to an | munteat! international agreement for a change in the transatlantic route the Foreign Relations Committee. Survivors of the Mtanic ¢ ster will be summoned to Washington to tell mamittees of Congress the facts con- cerning the inability of the steamship officials to wave the lives o sengers on the glant Mner tive Alexander the House Committee on Me: all the pas- hant Mer- } fo tialt mast. by the vessel on a mission of peace,” wd In addition to her crew of eighty men, | ; sl {ne‘and Fisheries, announced to-day an @he Mackay-Bennett carried an under-; The Utah Here for Repatrs. {nvestigation in Which the passengers ) paker and a, staff of embalmers. The battleship Utah put in at. the | Sill sive chief testimony, If any bodies are found they whl ® | prookiyn. N a venterday for ree |NAGEL TO CONSIDER MORE here, p Bhi 7 | Drought here. Itt |pairs, Two of plates on the port| STRINGENT SHIPPING RULES. iil not return be nw were slightly dented by the col-| In addition to the Congreswional in- searries a wireless ouifit, and 4 teton with eamey Condor | Vestigation Secretary Nagel of the De- the finding of bodies that can 'Monday in take two partment of Commerce and Labor will Sifed will be flashed to the White ‘star days to repair he hip. take up with President Taft the ontire %% WSR a WSS hs sa AT ili tela eaRe iil sus eae ‘A sweep: | nmit- | was sent to Members of the Committee of Society Women Who Will Aid Titanic’s Destitute Survivors SATTERLEE subject of safeguarding ocean travel by more stringent American shipping regu: lations. ‘The disaster has aroused Congress, President Taft and the Cadinet to the urgent need for Immediate measures of safety for ocean travel. Tt is belleved lows will be prepared at once in Con- ress, based on the advice of officicis of the Department of Commerce, and Labor and American shipping experts, to insure wafety of passengers and crew in cases like the present, where ample time existed for removal in life-boats. No concrete programme of action yet been outlined, The Congressiona Alexander and Nelson of the House and Senate committees will probably re- sult in the summoning also of offictais of the White Star Line to state what Precautions for safety are taken on the! pen White Star liners, Revenue cutter officials here b the disaster will result in insuran panies insisting upon steamships @ more southerly course @ cross ocean. An the pp ne NO TRUTH IN TALE OF WRECK SENT OUT FROM ST. JOHNS ST, JOHNS, N, F, April 17.—No de- tails of the sinking of the White Star line steamer Titanic have been received | in St. Johns. ‘The Newfoundland Gov- ernment officials, wireless operators @nd newspaper men have maintained a! constant watch for any vossel likely to have particulars of the great trag- edy. Some hone has existed that fishing ear the scene of the disaster ‘e information, but up to 10 y .o Asherman had arrived from the vicinity of the accident, As the Titanic went down point 3701 miles south of St. John’s ¢ has not A.M. ton th been sufficient thme for of these fishing craft to reach (he harbor here, The steamer Bruce, which arrived at harbor at noon on Monday aul 2 o'clock heard nothing of port afternoon, | the tragedy t what her wireless | oper: re ator at] jthe ¢ tion, The | “1 brief bulletins Bruce operator recely from the © stallion telling of j the collis tocberg and of the rescue ndred or more of the v The B [might, be | tante b Bruce At’ | duty erator on e stopped: and W, A. Spencer itved in Part: eve! said Mra, | husband was to-day anxiously awaiting |news of Alfred Rush, her sixteen-year fold brother-in-law, Young Rush was a soon after the accident and the he had no power work his apparatus | _—> W. A. SPENCER WAS HEIR TO SPENCER MILLIONS, William A. Spencer of Parte, whose {name does not appear on the let of | he rescued, was a brother of the date! | eritiara Bpencer and of the Elenora | Cenei,# Princess of Vicuvaro. | neers are a family of great, a other brother, the late| [Charles G. Spencer | Mr. Spencer was on} this jas country to look after th ‘Lorillard Spencer's os APRIL CORNELIUS 17, 1912, (Copyrighted, a. BY roy W. ON BOARD THE STEAMSHI | less to Cape Race, and land lines to New York, April 17.—The bodies of | some, at least, of the victims of the Ic | to Boston, on the Leyland liner Cali us from the scene of the disaster say ered. They will be tenderly cared tor will be taken to port as soon as the voyage, just when we do not know. The Olymple Is proceeding. She could do nothing. The realization of the trage edy, followed by the knowledge that the of the Olymple went to younger sister the bottom while thie great veasel wae rushing to her ad at top apeed and hop- Ing a hope that she would get there on time, has stunned all on board, OLYMPIC IN GLOOM CONTINUES ON TRIP. MRS Cr Bexanoen a long fight in the French courts be- tween the surviving brothers and the Princess Vidovare over the will Charies Griswold Spencer. The brothers in; the end made her share the estate with them, Lorillard Spencer died March 14. He was a member of Union and Metropol- itan Clubs and spent most of his time at Newport. His will did not mention Williqat A. Spencer in its prominent be- quests, The fortune was for the most part @iven to his widow for life, when It was to revert to Lorill and to his son, Lorillard § —_—~——. WOMAN DESCRIBES PANIC FOLLOWING CRASH WITH BERG DETROIT, Mioh., April 17.—“The ex- perlence of hitting an tceberg in mid- “an while you are sound asleep in your berth ls not a very pleasant one,” Charles Rush, who with her Passenger on the ‘Mitante, “1 was crossing on the Empress of Tfeland in 1908 when we hit an iceberg during the night while a few days out of Montreal,” continued Mrs. Rush. “We all rushed on deck in our night clothes. All was confusion. The women started praying and everyone was near- ly frantic with fear. ‘The officers finul- ly calmed us he men were net to oy {work at the pumps while the women were locked below decks, 0 operator Kot in touch with ot wireless venweln | other | ita kept company with us, can only hope that Alfred was re- warded as a child when the lifeboats were filled,” said Charles Rush, “It will murely kill mother if he is lost. He |! was the only one left to her. 1 sent for him to come ‘here us times were ov hard in England, and {thought he would have @ better chance in thin country.” seed a MORGAN DID NOT GET EARLY NEWS OF TITANIC DISASTER. PY. Morgan jr nking of ‘Titanic early Monday morning and that he hae person. demanded and for the suppre he news until after the alock marke 4 Wax made by Vice President 1 of the White Sta Line at noon (to-day Morgan is 4 director of the Franklin clatine at ‘The toon, captain's seat in the dining sa: his cabin, everything about the Olympic {© a reminder of Capt. Smith, first comm of the Olympte, who | lost his Ife on the bridge of the sister ship. There is little talking among a passengers, In hushed whispers pas- sengers and sailors all discuss the trag- edy which is brought squarely home to every one here. Bince the word wax rec Titante had wi i ved tek a sion has been very gre Capt. Maddock received less word of the disaster he turned the Olymple's prow toward the reene and leent her ahead at full speed, There was hope that we might arrive in time. That hope wax shattered When we got into wireless reach of the Chrpathta and the full news of the tragedy was re- ceived ‘The word of the tragedy shocked and appalled every one. ‘Tho Olymplc's or- 1, The instruments put Into thelr cases and will not heard again on this voyage at least. ‘Tq helplessness of all was apparent ‘This was best shown by the heavy con- tribution made to the fund for the ails ore and thelr dependents which waa im- modintely ruired. After remaining al- most stationary most of Tuesday relay- ing with melancholy exactitude the lat of survivors from the Carpathia, Capt, Haddock was ordered to proceed on hi voyage, Not until tien wan the tse of the wireless permitted for any other purpose, ‘The above mensage received from Rey W. Howard, general news man- ager of the United Preas at the New York office, this morning cleared up some of the missing details of the great ocean tragedy of the wrecked Titanic. It shows plainly that Capt, Haddock must have been certain from the mo- ment he receive? the first appeal for aid that the emergency was great, It will also lesen the feara of many of the near relatives of the victima of the tragedy that the bodies of the loved ones would be lost forever If the re- covery of the bodies had been left un- tll the vensels that left Hullfax to-day BILLS TO END GAMBLING IN FUTURES | ARE FAVORED. Despite Opposition "From Boards of Trade, Congress Committee Will Report Measures. ! Ww. ASHINGTON, April 17.—Desptte op- arious hoards of trade, the ittee on Agriculture to-day 1 to make favorable reports on, billy yned to end gambling in futures on one by Representative Beall of Te Demo crat, dealing with catton, and the other Ktepresentative Lever of South Caro relating to corn, Wheat by lina, Democrat, hand ote, Pope Expresses Sympathy, LINER PICKED UP BODIES, SAYS OLVMPIG WIRELESS ———_—_<42——- |Californian Probably on Way to Boston After Making Recovery in Floating Wreckage of Titanic—Capt. Haddock’s Vain Race. 1912, by The United Press Associations.) General News Manager, United Press Associations, ANOTHER CNR STRIKES ICEBERG, ALARMED Occident, With Bow Bow Smashed by Collision in Baltic Sea, Reaches Shoal Water. FLENSBURG, Prussia, April 17.—The mer Oveldent crashot into an see jborg in the Baliic Sea off Riga, Her Cntire bow was shattered but her cmp. tain managed to run her Into shoed water before she began to sink and her ost Titanic will be brought, Probably | pastenwers and crow were safely takem HOWARD, | P OLYMPIC, east bound, by wire- ifornian. 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