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|S>TIMES ■> A— |fw*'£EK VOL 62. 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. ___ ' 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 Continued on Page Seven, toe chin —1 2i = ; 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. THIS CAPTAIN WENT DOWN WITH HIS SHIP | pL;. - *• ’■» > . « ♦ 4 IRS ; X I 'Si - ’ ’' ‘ I%* - X i■, - V V :• r A-' ■ *1 a a- < -i jli**** •**" f ’*-* z ’’ ’ ’ ZidfiSp' r- ,a» - ’fes- ■ ..a leAPTAia’SMITH AfiDTHETriAwgl, 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 r JIA J r BUT 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. ! TRIO OF TITANIC’S DEAD; ASTOR’S BRIDE-WIDOW j II 4 i -f i | MRS.JOHN 1 BSlh ASTOR ■ 1 ) ASfOR . -'JfIH ■ ' [isiboiesTßwsl 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. ( CENTS A COPY. Established ISO. - - Incorporated m 2412 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.,; ’ er’T’ftX' ( ml | 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. *