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REMNANT OF TITANIC’S LIVING
BURDEN SADLY NEARING PORT
No Cheering News Comes from Ships at Sea and the
Waiting World Yet Is Without Details of the
Giant Steamship’s Terrible Fate.
868 SURVIVORS MAY
BE LANDED TO-NIGHT
NAMES OF ALL KNOWN
* Lfave No Hope that Others
Have Been Saved.
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New York, April 18.—Word
h|s been received from the
Carpathia that John Jacob As
tor is pot on board her.
New York, April 17.—The roll of the
saved, from the Titanic disaster to
night seems complete.
Practically every attending circum
stance in the transmission of news
from the Carpathia goes to show that
only 328 out of the 610 cabin passengers
of the Titanic are safe on the rescue
ship.
.The 282 cabin passengers whose
names have not appeared in the lists
-sent ashore yesterday, by wireless
probably must be conceded as among
the 1,312. lives which the collision of
. J th “ ..mammoth new steamer with an
Iceberg off . the New Foundland banks
Sunday night is believed to have tak-
• en.
All Name* Are Known.
Thousands of hopeful hearts were
rjft turned to despairing ones when the
1 United States scout cruiser Chester
wirelessed ashore late to-day that she
■ had been in communication with the
*/ Carpathia and had asked repeatedly
'fe* ,'ul! Met et the first end, second
'jfcn » urvivors' hid that the reelue
reVu-ted •hat all the, names had
z already been sent ashore.'
The remainder of the 540 persons
saved were passengers in the steerage
or members of the crew.
After the strain of three days’ wait
ing -without news of their missing
ones, there were few of the hopeful
that still held out to-night against the
seemingly final word as to the fate of
friends and relatives.
Still Hope, Though Fear.
The small remaining hope of the few
who persistently refused to believe the
* worst rested to-night on the faint
possibility that the list of survivors
sent by wireless from the Carpathia
might after all not be quite complete.
The fact that one new name came
through late to-day In a private mess
age from the Carpathia was the basis
of what was a desire more than a
hope that there were slips enough in
her wireless lists to account for a few
>, at least of those still unaccounted for.
At the best, however, it appeared that
It could be only an occasional one
whose safety had not been reported
through some error of compilation on
the liner or of wireless transmission.
From the Carpathia, which is ap
proximately 600 miles from New York
and which it is expected, if she keeps
up her rate of progress of 13 knots
an hour, to reach the entrance of the
harbor by 8 o’clock to-morrow night,
came a new report during the day as
to the number of survivors on board.
Third Cabin Survivor*.
Through the Cunarder Franconia,
which established wireless communica
tion with the rescue ship, came a
message which included this state
ment:
"She has a total of 705 survivors
aboard.”
The previous statement from the
Carpathia had been that she carried
868 survivors. It may be that the re
port received through the Franconia
included a count of rescued passengers
only, disregarding the idb or more
members of the crew who must have
been in the boats which the Car
pathia picked up.
Communication was being had with
the Carpathia to-night through both
the scout cruiser Chester and the
shore wireless station at Siasconsett.
Through the Chester there began com
ing slowly the names of saved pass
engers from the third cabin of the
Titanic.
Famous Men Are Dead.
The very sending of these could but
help confirm the fateful belief that
there were no more names of first and
second cabin passengers to send. And
thus there was left hardly a probabil
ity that the names of well-known men
such as John Jacob Astor. William T.
Stead, Isidor Straus, Maj. Butt and
the others of the now familiar list of
notables, could have been omitted in
the transmission of names. That these
men had gone down with the ship
there remained hardly a doubt. Au
thorities on conditions of the banks
agreed that rescue of passengers not
taken from the liner by the boats would
have had to be made speedily, as ex
posure and exhaustion would quickly
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WEEKLY i-TIMES-A-WEEKJI A TKAB
I CENTS A COPY.
DAILY, tS A YEAR.
ON LOW-LYmG’BERG
TITANIC I|AS HURLED
Her Bottom Ripped Open by
Pitiless lek
AS FAR AS ENGINE ROOM
Parisian Says 'Twas Clear,
Starlight Night.
Halifax, N. S„ April 17.—The steam
er Parisian, the Allan liner which last
Monday was near the scene of the Ti
tanic disaster, the fact arousing hopes
until a denial was received from her,
of her having survivors of the Titanic
on board, entered Halifax harbor at 7
o’clock this evening.
Capt. Haines reported that at 10:30
(Parisian time) on Sunday night she
was in Communication with the Ti
tanic, being 150 miles distant. The
Titanic was then safe. The operator
on the Parisian retired soon after and
nothing Was known of the disaster
until Monday morning.
The weather on Sunday night was
clear and starlight. It is the belief
that the Titanic struck a low-lying
iceberg not more than ten feet out
of water, With the ship going at
high speed such a berg would rip the
bottom open probably as far as the
engine room and this probably ac
counts for her going down so quickly
after she struck. Had it been a high
berg it would have been visible far
off.
SAFE
Atlanta Man Didn’t Go Down
With Titanic.
Atkitrfe.-April 17.-—Many friends, here
rs Jacques Futrelle, well known author
hnd . formerly an Atlanta newspaper
man, took new hope to-day when press
reports from London mentioned his
name as among the survivors of the
Titanic.
J. L. Peele, Mrs. Futrelle’s brother,
has gone on to New York to meet her
on the arrival of the Carpathia. Mrs.
Futrelle’s daughter, at school in Balti
more, will Join him and go to meet, her
mother. The Futrelles, It is learned,
made all their arrangements as to dis
position of their property and care of
their children, before sailing for Eu
rope, In the event anything should hap
pen to them.
SAW IMMENSE - BERGS
St. John, N. 8., April 17.—Three
trans-Atlantic, liners which arrived
here today reported the ice fields off
the New Foundland banks as the
worst ever encountered.
The arriving vessels were the Allan
liner Corsican from Liverpool; the
Hamburg-American line steamer Pisa
from Bremen and the Canadian Pa
cific liner Montrose from London and
Antwerp.
The Corsican reported she and four
other big steamers were all forced to
stop in an imrfiense field of ice Thurs
day night, so thick was the pack and
so close were several of the monster
icebergs.
The steamer Pisa passed several
bergs which were more than 200 feet
high, while even larger bags were
seen to the South -and it is believed It
was one of these the Titanic struck.
Refuses to Answer Messages.
New York. April 18.—A wireless
message picked up at 2:35 o clock this
morning by the Brooklyn Navy yard,
sent by the scout cruiser Salem to
Siasconsett, said:
‘‘l can read the Carpathia. but he
won’t take any business from me.”
The Brooklyn operator said he also
heard the Salem tell Siasconsett that
he had sent President Taft s mes
sage concerning Maj. Butt To the Car
pathia but that the wireless operator
on board the Cunarder would not give
him an “O. K." for It.
Can Reach Shore Stations.
New York. April 17.—The White Star
offices announced at 5 o’clock that the
following message had been received
from the government wireless station
at Newport:
’’Chester reports it is in communica
tion with the Carpathia. Repeatedly
asks for list of third-class passengers.
Request not complied with. Will try
again. Carpathia is in communication
with shore stations.
(Signed) "Torpedo Station.”
To Care for Fellow Travelers.
Newark, N. J., April 17.—A private
dispatch sent from the steamer Car
pathia by Henry Stengel of Newark
was received at his home this after
noon. The dispatch reads:
"We are on Carpathia. Have two
automobiles meet us. We have sur
vivors with us.”
Mr. and Mrs. Stengel, it is believed,
have arranged to care for some fellow
travelers.
Was Bride-to-Be Lost?
San Antonio. Tex., April 17.—E. H.
Reynolds, a theatrical man here, re
port* that his only sister. Miss Edith
Dorrir. Reynolds, was among the Ti
tanic’s passengers. She was engaged
to marry H C Jones, secretary to the
British ambassador to China. Her
name does not appear in the list of
survivors.
SAVANNAH, GA., THURSDAY, . APRIL 18, 1912.
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PLAN TO PROW -
- TITANIC SURVIVORS
WHEN THEY REACH LAND
To-night or To-morrow They
Will Be in New York.
New York April 17.—Every effort to
facilitate the landing of the Titanic’s
survivors when the Carpathia docks at
her pier on the North river to-morrow
night or early Friday morning, will be
made by the immigration and customs
authorities, officials of the Cunard Line
and the New York police.
The plans were made known in va
rious announcements to-night and pro
vide for the fullest protection ofc the
survivors and their relatives from in
terference front curiosity seekers and
newspaper representatives until they
have left the Cunard pier.
Customs regulations, it was an
nounced, would be suspended and all
aliens among the survivors will be im
mediately discharged by the immigra
tion authorities to their friends and
relatives as soon as they leave the
ship, although such as may desire wi|l
be taken to Ellis Island and cared for.
The Cunard officials announced that
they would permit on the pier only
friends and relatives of the survivors,
who will be admitted by a pass after
having established their right to obtain
one at the company's offices. No pho
tographers of iiie press, they stated,
will be admitted and the police will
rcpe off a large space outside the pier
to keep back curious crowds.
Although government officials have
signified their willingness to allow
newspaper representatives and rel
atives of the survivors to board the
ship from revenue cutters before she
reaches the dock, the Cunard officials
indicated to-night that tills privilege
would not be granted. In that event
the full story of the great disaster, ex
cept such details as may be received
by wireless, meanwhile, probably will
not be learned until tong after the Car
pathia has docked.
The White Star officials announced
that arrangements have been made by
their company. Commissioner Wil
liams of Immigration and Mayor Gay
nor. for caring tor the third-class sur
vivors in the city’s municipal lodging
houses. Those who are in financial
distress or without aid from friends or
relatives will be sheltered' by the city,
it was stated, until they could .obtain
employment or other relief.
The question of admitting a limited
number of newspaper men to the Car
pathian pier was under consideration
by the Cunard officials to-night. They
announced that they would make
known their decision In the matter
early to-morrow. «
TAFT STILL HOPES
MAJ. BUTT IS ALIVE
Washington, D. C., April 17.—Presi
dent Taft to-night told friends that
he was still clinging to the hope that
Maj. Archibald Butt, his military aide,
might be saved from the wreck of the
Titanic.
The continued lack of news of the
major to-day carried the hopes of the
President still lower, but to-night Mr.
Taft was expecting that with the ar
rival of the Carpathia to-morrow
something definite might be learned.
The President telegraphed to Maj.
Butt's relatives to-day that he was
still hoping for favorable news
■to
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Teamed Disustyii BI
Sailed to Europe.
Washington. D. C.. April IT.~A ore
monition that "something terrible was
going to happen" depressed Major Ar
chie Butt, the gallant military officer,
who is believed i!o have been lost with
the Titanic, before he left Washing
ton for Europe. The day before he
departed Major Butt executed his will
and called in three of his close friends
at the White House to witness the pa
per. To them he declared that he had
never had such a feeling, and coukl
not explain It. He said It was ever
present. His friends reassured him and
attributed the feeling to his unstrung
nervous condition.
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FAMOUS JOURNALIST
WAS WILLIAM T. STEAD
Noted for Love of Peace and
Psychic Studies.
New York. April 17.—William T.
Stead, who, seems surely to have been
Continued on Fate Seven.
MYSTERY IN SILENCE
OF THE CARPATHIA
Not One Word Tells of Scenes
on the Titanic.
IS THERE CENSORSHIP?
Why Is Detailed Story of Dis
aster Held Back?
New York, April 18.—Beyond even
the mystery of how the mammoth Ti
tanic met' her fate, another mystery,
evolved by the events of the last three
days, forced itself to the front last
night
Although the rescue ship Carpathia
was within the zone of wireless com
munication for hours during the night
and both shor? stations and relaying
vessels were able to obtain from her
long lists of survivors among the
steerage passengers and to send and
receive numerous messages to and
from private individuals,' not a word
of matter descriptive of the manner
in which the steamer received her'
deathblow’ or how those on board the
doomed liner comported themselves In
the face of impending doom, reached
the shbre.
Given the name's of the first and
second cabin passengers and the as
surance which the Carpathia furnished
that she had no more of these to of
fer, the word of world-wide interest
demanded of the Cunarder was that
which would reveal the long withheld
secret of what took place on the Ti
tanic's decks when it became known
that the fact of the giant liner was
sealed.
' What 1* the Reason?
But that word was not spoken.
Neither xt’as there explanations forth
coming from the surviving officers of
the Titanic as to how their ship came
to strike the obstacle. From the Mar
coni offices word came that repeated
ly when the wireless working condi
tions were practically perfect the Car
pathia was asked to convey to the
waiting world some idea of what were
the momentous happenings on the Ti
tanic in the terrible three hours and
fifty-five minutes between the time
when she struck the iceberg off the
Qis bottoWi . - • q
One expl»n>.:iioa was that the wire
sfes'S opersi r of the <Xn>athia was ex
hausted a eS.IUo. dayy"
work at the Rist among
of rescued on board the Carpathia Is
the second wireless operator of the Tt
tantic. who might have been counted
upon to relieve the wearied sender ut
the Cunarder.
A censorship appeared to exist on
the Carpathia which prevented any re
sponse to inquiries of what had taken
place after the Titanic struck the ice
berg.
The wireless operator on the Car
pathia is an officer of the Cunard line
and therefore subject to the ship's
commander.
ISADOR STRAUS A
FORMER GEORGIAN
Active Head for Years of R. H.
Macy & Co., New York.
New York. April 17.—Isidor Straus,
who, with Mrs. Straus, was aboard
Continued on Pace Seven.
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MEXICO SAYS UNCLE SAM HAD
NO RIGHT TO SEHD WARNING
Madero Government Takes Exception to Delivery of
the United States’ Note to Orozco and Does
Not Want to Be Told to Behave.
BIG FLOOD ATTACKS
MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES
•
Levee Breaks and Wall of
Water Rushes Through.
IS SERIOUS AT TALLULAH
New Break Threatens Arkansas
City.
Greenville, Miss., April 17.—The Mis
sissippi river levee four miles south
of Beulah, Miss., and about forty miles
north of Greenville, broke late to
night and water is coming through
with a rush.
Before it finds an outlet through the
Sunflower river the flood will sweep
over’ practically all of Bolivar and
portions of Sunflower, Washington, Is
saquena and Sharkey counties.
Water from the Panther Forest cre
vasse began to flood Lake Providence,
La., to-day. This must Join the sea
of water rushing through the Dogtail
break which has already flooded a
large section of Northern Louisiana
and eventually will inundate a large
per cent, of a territory 175 miles in
length and from ten to sixty miles in
breadth.
The situation at Tallulah, La.. Is
( rapidly grow ing more serious. That
little town will receive the combined
I force of the two floods. With water
already covering nearly the entire
I town, those still remaining there, es
' i»ecially the negroes who have been
■ driven from their plantation homes, will
suffer added hardships. Drinking wat
er is running low and provisions jfor
*hnse .able jf. -Ruir-. nave th»m\ grv at*
but exhaustro. ' ’ > '•
Fifty thousand rations and a Car
load of tents, < otg and blankets ar
rived in VhksbiHg yesterday. They
I wih be <ftrrribu> ni among the peoiy :n
jHooded any, ninj of wh-’iu ar?
I «wl*eto«Y to ha; * been pra> ticaHy with
out fowl Mie • the*'AS**-<s t*si
week. Emergent y camp* w ii. fw > ....
taMished at a xtumber of platvs nfit
affected by the flood, where those res
cued will be cared for.
The levees at Lake Providence, lied
ford and Ben Lomond, where weak
spots were reported to have developed,
are being given constant attention and
it is believed they will hold.
Fertile Land Under Water.
The territory which will be inun
dated is ]x>pulous and regarded as the
most ferule lands of the Mississippi
delta. Greenville, while in the path
of the probable sweep of the overflow,
is on ground of the common level and
will not be affected unless a protection
levee which skirts the city should col
lapse. Beulah is a town of 500 in
habitants and Frf-noit a’so in the im
mediate vicinity has a like poptt’ation.
Back water will probably reach Rose
dale, fifteen miles to the north, but no
uneasiness is felt in that town. Cleve
land. Shaw. Leland. Wi’cinskl, Roll
ingfork and Lamont are the larger
Continued on Page Seven
LYNCH WHITE MAN
TO AVENGE LITTLE GIRL
Lee Chitwood Is Killed in Crisp
County.
Cordele, Ga.. April 17.—News was
brought to this place early this after
noon by a farmer living in the south
ern section of the county, thag Lee
Chitwood, a white man ( who was liv
ing in the southeastern section of the
county, was found dead in a stretch of
woodland near the public road and
that he probably had been lyched by
a party of white men. It was further
rumored that Chitwood had committed
an attack upon his 13-year-old step
daughter. about three w eeks'ago. but
had threatened the life of the child
it she should disclose the crime.
Through fear, according to the rumor,
the girl maintained silence for a week
or longer, but finally revealed the al
leged crime to her mother, who imme
diately obtained a warrant for the
arrest of Chitwood.
After the report of the alleged crime,
seven white men took charge of Chit
wood under the pretense of guarding
him until officers could arrive, but
marched him away and after an ab
sence of several hours returned and
asked the prosecutor to dismiss the
warrant, as Chitwood had left the
country never to Teturn. The names
of none of the seven men could be
learned.
j Chitwood was a foreigner, who had
I resided in this county five years. He
had no relatives in this section of
the country. It is reportd that he had
been married twice prior to his mar
riage in this county.
The body was reported found by B.
I Harden, a prominent farmer residing
in the vicinity of the alleged crime,
who noticed the circling of buzzards
and upon investigation found the body
of Chitwood partially devoured.
Chitwood was forty years of age. It
is not known if the body has been
buried.
MONOAYS
—AN O
r M?iP*;r>vr t
ai - ’ .< ■ •• - sr»-
NOT RESPONSIBLE
’ FOR REBELS’ACTS
READY TO PAY FOR LOSS
Sustained by Foreigners in
Mexican War.
Mexico City. April 17. —Mexico re
plied to the note of Acting Secretary
Huntington Wilson to-night, declin
ing to assume responsibility for Oroz
co's acts, denying the right of tha
Washington government to deliver tha
admonition contained therein, taking
exception to the communication direct
ed to Orozco through Consul Letcher
and deploring the making public of this
communication in the same note ta
which the government was required to
make answer. .
The reply was given to the press by
Minister of Foreign Relations Calero.
It denies the right of the Washing
ton government to admonish Mexico
for the reason that, it is not based
on any Justifiable incident.
It denies responsibility on the part
of the constituted government for acts
committed in territory removed from •
law. while accepting full responsibi.-
ity for every loss or damage sustained
by foreigners, legally chargeable to tha
government.
Answerable to Court*.
A caution has been issued to leaders
of the federal forces to insure prupet
treatment of foreigners who may be
taken as prisoners of war. but at the
same time it is asserted that no basis
exists for supposing that any other
course would be pursued.
Orozco is held to be answerable for
his offenses only to the Mexican courts
and therefore should not have been
| the recipient of diplomatic communtiai
lljon- r*
I After scjtln» r»rtt» "<it length 4b»
[clauses of the Washington note, the
minister con uu< I in part;
No Business of Uncle Sam.
“In reply and bi express irstnrcUons
lof the Bt-csidvn: 1 o. th. republic. I
. have tha honor to say to >oui exeel-
I’ -kISMoUeWiguX.,; ’
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| lions Os hs u:in r: s fifcw • -
i reason to d<»nrt the -inceri
I deterr.iination tv '<.«■ - t bof ;
the generally act ’e<! Yf in-
I teniauonai law and the • ut«4 hrbictr
I govern the vonclue-l ot livfliwetj na
tions. Your government h*» reoi.gni.t
cd thi# in the note which I have ti:e
honor to answer and by means of cth
! er repeated''demousiraricns of fYiend
| ship toward ttie government and the
I people of M-xic<.. which demonstrations
I so highly and so cordially have been
I esteemed in this country.
"For these reasons the Mexican gov-
I err.ment nnds itseit m the painful nec-
I essdty of n >t recognixing tne right of
I your government to make the admoni
tion which the note contains, tor the
reason that it >s r. t based on any in
cident that should be caargcab.c to
the Mexican gvvernr.ient and which
could signify that it might ha»e de
parted trvm an observance of tr.o
principles and pracik-es of interna
tional law.
Ready to Take Blame.
"The government of the United Stater
I may be assured that it is the firm de
termination of the Mexican govern
, ment to observe and cause to lie ob
served the principles of international
law and the laws of the country, which
latter are in full conformity with the
former, with respect to American citi
zens or other foreigners who may be
I made prisoners among the rebel forces,
i "Orders have been sent to the mili
-1 tary chiefs that if it should happen
that foreign subjects should be taken
prisoners, these should be treated in
conformity with the laws of the re
public and of international practice.
"Far from evading responsibilities
which may be contracted by illegal acts
against the lives and property of for
eigners. the government accepts be
forehand sach responsibilities when
these by their nature should be a
charge upon the government; btK it
refuses and will always refuse to ac
| cept responsibilities of other charges
which any other government may at
tempt to impose upon it outside ot
[these principles.
That Note to Orozco.
“My government has taken notice of
the communication directed to the reb
el Orozco by order ot your excellency’s
government, through Consul Letcher ’n
Chihuahua, not lamenting the faet
that it has been obliged by circum
stances to not allow this course, as
expressed in the communication, since
this person is guilty of flagrant viola
tion of the laws of the country, hav
ing risen in arms against the legiti
mate government and is only respon
sible before Mexican courts.
“The Mexican government and peo
ple cannot be responsible, therefore,
for the acts of this rebel chief, along
the lines laid down in the communica
tion which was sent to him by order
of your excellency’s government.
“My government also deplores that
the tenor of the instruction® to Consul
[.etcher at Chihuahua were given to
the public in the same official note
which I have the honor to answer.
"I take this opportunity to reiterate
to your excellency the assurances of
my most high consideration.”
Nagel to Take Personal Charge
Washington. D. C-. April 17.—Presi
dent Taft and Secretary Nagel held a
conference to-night at which It Was
decided that Secretary Nagel will gd
to New York to-morrow to take per
sonal chargeeof the administration of
immigration inspection relating to tha
Titanic survivors aboard the Car»'
nathia. *