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THE ASSOCIATED ,OBESS dw;es TV (Iff LAST EDITION 4:00 P.M. Weather Forecast. OCCASIONAL SHOWERS. rate SifE mmf WW VOL. XVII. NO. 57. ASHEVILLE, N. C. TUESDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 16, 1912, 3c PER COPY II I1C 31 III I UK 1284 LIVES LUST. H UIF II Cy T W . ;...,.-. , . -. . 7 w w . . w w w 1 U AW the Known Rescued Picked up by Liner Carpathian Bound for New York. MANY FAMOUS MEN UNACCOUNTED FOR A PAR TIAL LIST UPTO PHESEM T John Jacob Astor; Among the Missing but His Bride is Saved Isadore Strauss, Benjamin Guggenheim, Hen ry B. Harris and Major Butt Not in Carpathia. Virginian, Speeding for St. Johns, May ',.'"' : - ; Have Som c Aboard. . ' : concerning A JEW YORK, April 16. The following facts l l tlie world's greatest steamship' disaster, the sinkingof the. White Star Liner Titanic off the banks of New Found land,, atootf out prominently 'early today as sifted from wire less reports: . 1 1 Tta revtspd estimate of loss of life is 1350 souls; the ten million dollar steamship, with cargo and jewels worth ten million more, is totally lost. There is no mention among the survivors of (hi John Jacob Astor ah 1 his brileC'Mis Malt.Hno;l,orce rNeV "Yorkfvah' saved? Majo7rihibSId JJutt, President Taft 'a aide, is si ill unaccounted fo', as are many, persons of international importance. J. Bruce Isiuan is among the survivors, as is his wife. . Wireless report) say the Cunarder Carpathia has aboard 8(i6 survivors, the total thus far accounted for. She is steaming for New York and should " arrive Friday. The rescued passengers drifted in lifeboats many hours before succor came. , . 1 I Wireless messages to St. John's, N. F., report the Allan Line fiteamti' -Virginian en route there, possibly with ad ditional survivors aboard. That she carries survivors had not been confirmed at daybreak this morning.- Whether her sister ship, the Parisian, aided in the rescue -work, lacks confirmation. It was said the Virginian might have others aboard whose safety would cut the deatji list. The names of rescued passengers began to" come through by .wireless 'via' Cape Race, from the Carpathia and were posted in the White Star Line offices. .Some who scanned the lists turned away with faces showing hopes- realized, many were grief stricken. Repeated Calls were made for in formation relative to Major Archibald Butt. , President Taft telegraphed tjje company and was promised immediate word if anything definite came regarding . Butt. Isadore Strauss and Benjamin Guggenheim are among the promi nent passengers unaccounted for. Henrv B. Harris, the survivors lists recciv- ist showed Mrs. Harris was saved. , Vice President Franklin does not expect further wireless messages from the Olyinpie-on this side of the Atlantic, de claring Captain Haddock woul 1 soon' be in position" to send his wireless ..reports to the London office. .'.'. ' . dipt. K, O. Strong of the Carpathia sent a wireless to General Agent Summer of the Cunard Line that the Carpa thia,'1 with eight hundred survivors, were proceeding slow ly through the ice field toward New York. The' official announcement i-; made by the White Star Line of positive news that there are 8(18 'survivors of the Titanic aboard the steamship Carpathia and the fadt that the names of only ."Jlo of those sav ed were sent in by wireless, t hows there are 55: ers6tisrescued - from the Titanic whose names have not been received yet, During the niorning great throngs crowded' 'lower Broadway before tlie White Star Line offices. Police re serves controlled tlie crowds. ' ' . . . -Incoming steamships from Europe all. report passing numbers of large Icebergs nearwhere the.TJtariicank. , ' DISASTER IS THE GREATEST IN MARINE HISTORY; SCENE THE CARPATHIA FOUND fear remained of possible bad if: s is mm HSR ECORD ( KOK COM Is! J.7T K MST SKE TKA Kln l).) " EX- 'New Yorki April 16. 3 p. rii. Appalling. tnugnKude of the wrec k of the giant, liner Titanic has been but little mitigated by : tho .fragmentary information which filtered In today me rescuing steamer Carpathia has 868 surlvors .aboard, according to the latest news received at the White Star line office , here. This increases the list of saved, by. about 200 from the number .first reported. Ecepl tor mix, the favorable details are In Biismncnni com pared . with the . su preme fact that the Titanic Is at the bottom of the Atlantic and the shut lered wreck" fok with her about 1350 victoms to their death. following is a list of those who are said to have hern rosined, anil who are now on tlu-ir way lo this city: Col. Archibald (irncic. Mrs. tJ. F. bongevey, Mrs. A. V. I sudor. Miss llcrtlin jjarnry. Mrs. Ines( T.Ih.h. miss Mary C, Unos. Sirs. .SiuiTlit i intistrom. (.usiavo J. Ijcwncur. SHhs iorRftta AiiiikIIII. Madame Mcllcarri. .'irs. linker aim maid; Mrs. ,T. 15. 'Iliayer. J. n. Thayer, jr.. Henry Wooliiier. Mlw Anna Ward, Richard M. Williams, Mrs. M. Warner, Miss Helen A. Wilson, Miss Wlllanl. Miss jlry Uks. Mrs. IJeiirse DWIdeorr, sir Ktiiurt White, Miss Marie. Mrv. J. Siiihh White. Misn Marie YonnR, Mlsy larle Yoim, Mrs. Thomas Pot. ler. t., .Mrs. 1 dim S. Roberts, Conn less of RiKhe. I). Hulmanc, MlSi Knsnn I. RoKersoii, Miss Kmily B. ftoeer son. Mrs. Arthur Rogrrsoii, Master Allison and nurse. Miss. K. T. An drews. Miss Mnellc Panliart, Miss E. . Alleti, Mr.- ami :Mrs. I. Rlsluip II. Blank. Miss A. Basslna. Mrs. James Baxter, Mrs. George A. Bayton, Miss t. Bnnncll, Mrs.' J. M. Brown. Miss . C, lioweiv, Mr. and Mrsx R. L. BiK'kwItli, Carl B. Barrett. Miss Bessette., Mrs. William Biuknell, Miss Rathwortli. Mrs H. B. StcfTanson. Miss K. Bmverman, Mrs. .1. 3. Brown, theatrical manager, was not on the ed up to eight thirty o'clock. The Mrs. 1, W. Martin, (or Marvin). Phil lip Hemmm'k. James CJooRht. Miss Huberts Malniy, Mr. Phlre, Mr. Mar- sliaU, Mrs. Mnaham, Miss Mnaliam. Mrs. Madeline Newell, Mrs. Marjorie Newell. Miss Helen W. Newson, Klen- nain Orniond. Mrs. Helen Ostby, E. C. Osby. .Miss Mldie Ollva. Mrs. Mamani J, Rennee, Miss App, Miss E. C. C'reb by. Miss H. Rosebie. Miss Jean Hlp piieh. , Mrs. iL, B. Y. Harris. London. April 'A6. The amount of property loss in "the Titanic disaster Is undetermined. The Titanlc's car go, underwriters estimate, probably aggregated twelve and one-half mil lion dollars. ' The vessel was valued at ten million i dollars. Th' ip. k the largest on record. The Titanic's disastrous drowning of over 1000 of her passengers over- Whelms London, Londoners believed all was well until, authentic tidings came this morning; of the sinking of the ship.' Consternation followed. Throughout the. morning crowds' bp seiged newspaper and White Star line offices. 1 Pitiful scenes were witnessed as men, women and children, unable to get Information of relatives or friends, left the crowds weeping. -Announcement that the steamship Californian was remaining in the vi cinity of the wreck gave hope that more survivors would he found. v - Carpathia Due on Thursday. Washington, April 16. The Car pathia arrives at New York Thursday afternoon,, according to a wireless re ceived by Collector Icb. Assistant Secretary of the .Treasury Curtis has directed that, customs' regulations be waived and the' landing of everybody be' facilitated,. ' . ' . New York, 'April 16. The Titanic had aboard 3K00 sacks of mail and 11 is estimated 7,000,000 pieces of mall mutter were lost. ' ' ' WOMEN SA VED AS NO OTHER VESSEL FOUD SUflVK KCitlttktttltKKKKKKltltlt COL.IV.A.RDEBLING II WAS TUNIC IU1IIU ROOSEVELT TO MAKE ' TOUR OF NEBRASKA Smiles anil Says Nothing- When Ae fused of Attempting to - , Disrupt Party. Chicago, April 16. Theodore Roos evelt arrived here today and left later for a Nebraska tour. Roosevelt smil ed a big smile and said nothing when shown a dispatch charging him with attempting to disrupt the republican party. . . i Accepting the estimates of tho f.ilallly lint as accurate, the disaster l tho greatest in the marine history of the world. Nearest approaching It In niaKolttiflo were tlie disasters to Ibf pteamer Atlantic In - 1873 when fi live w, te lent, and to La ftciur K!!tic In lX'J. wltli a fatality list of r, 7 1 . News or I he I'ImI tlie terrlh f;M!ieiM-e c.tne I.. ,1! sWiku.tr of" the liner !rs of life In cm with all the greater ne had been bueveil i nliiy bv reports thai !'tnnti:h Mdly il;nn ii .Vint-, :ti emi'lll inn, . . l.:el been news to come.' v , ' ' Vessel (ione When Help Arrived. There came, flashing ovr the wires from Cape Rac, within 400 miles of which the liner had Btruck the Ice berg, word that at 2:20 o'clock Mon day mornlh, three hours and 65 mlnules after receiving her death blow, the Titanic had sunk. The news earn from tho steamer Carpa Ihla, rplnyed if the White Star liner Olympic, and revealed that hy the time the Oirputiiia, outward bound from New Ynrk and racing for the THnnie on a wireless call, reached the hi i . the doomed vessel bad sunk. I'1 - I I ' m 1 s ir, .li e. however, Weie 1 i ! be 'I'11 ,i toe ml ill ! ! e ll . 'T. 18 YEARS FOR NEGRO Virginia Black Pleads Guilty to At tempted Assault oil a : ', White Girl. Hampton, . Va., April 16. John Wesley, a negro, -today pleaded guilty to an attempted criminal assault on Hattlo Power, a 16 years old white girl. , The negro was sentenced to IS years in the penitentiary. i 2000 FLOOD SUFFERERS ' ARE RESCUED IN BOATS Tallulah, La:t April 16. Two thou sand negro .flood .sufferers were res cued In boats today from perilous po sitions on the levees as the result of the Mississippi river's Invasion of this territory. ' Apprehension Over Mexico. Washington, April 16. Apprehen sion in official circles qver Mexican Kltnation was Indicated by a,-White Mouse conference In which the presi dent rtnd cabinet, Huntington Wilson, acting secretary Of state, and Major General Wood participated. The horror resulting' from the loss of life by the sinking of the Titanic will be acutely felt tarough-all parts or the' United States, and will even touch- many people In Ashevllle by tho fact that Col .Washington Augus tus Koehling of Trenton, N. J who was one of the passengers of the ill lated vessel has not yet been account ed for among the number of surviv ors, and the supposition Is that he went down with the ship with many other men whose efforts were doubt less directed toward saving the wo men and children. Col. Roebllng had a number of friends In Astjevllle where he used to vlBi.t his son, John A.' Roebllng, who had home here. He was a man of kindly disposition and of philan thropic inclinations, as was his son. Just this morning a young man was telling that he went through college on money loaned to him by the Koeblings. Col. Roebllng achieved worldwide fame In building the Brooklyn bridge. although, to be sure, It was only one of the many that he engineered. The work was undertaken by his father, John A .Roebllng, head of the firm of John A. Rbebling & Sons of Tren ton,' N. J., who died soon, after, and the work was left for his son Wash ington to do. He was horn In Pennsylvania in 1837. and after graduation at a tech nical school, achieved distinction In the union army In tho war of the states. ' ' i Judge Thomas A. JoneB, a personal friend of the. Roebllngs, telegraphed to; John A. Roebllng for possible In formation this morning. I Mr. English on Olympic. J. L. English of the English Lum ber company of this city, is aboard the Olympic, which picked up distress messages from the Titanic. Mr. Eng lish left here on the sixth for New York and sailed aboard the Olympic on the thirteenth for London and points in Scotland, where he goes on a business trip, returning here on June 1. Nows has been received here by his family to the effect that he sailed on the thirteenth, but no word has been received from him since the wreck, although the family Is expecting to hear at any time. New York. April 16. Two messages received shortly after 10 o'clock this niorning by the Marconi Wireless Telegraph company stations at Cape Race and Sable Island make It ap pear there are none of the Ti tanic's passengers on either the steamship Parisian or the Vir ginian. Montreal, April IB. The Al lan line issued the following statement: "We are In receipt of a Marconi message via Cape Race from Captain tiambcll of the Virginian stating he arrived on the scene of the (Ustnster too laic to be of any service ami Is proceeding on his voy age "to Uvcrpool." Montreal, April 16. A win) her signal station on the fJulf of St. Ijawrence today re ported that lH-avy fogs lay off Nova , Scotia and a violent storm broke in that ncighbor IhhhI last night, traveling east ward. It was said such condi tions left little hopes for the rescue of any or the Titanlc's survivors Unit miglit be adrirt in rafts and boats. New York, April 16. Of the first cabin itasseneem tlins far accounted for. f.ii are women, 6.1 men and six children. Of the second cabin passengers, the survivors are 88 women. WJ4 men, Ami 10 children, rx.. .. Unwritten Law of Sea Observed-" Women and Children Go First". CAPT. SMITH GOES DOWN WITH VESSEL : . 'i . ; Able and Experienced, Misfo rtune Has Attended His Career Recently Total of Rescue d Includes Boat Crews. Extent of Disaster Unexpected and Causes Dis may in Cities Wire less Communication is' Handicapped by Thunderstorms ' TO BE BANK EXAMINER Succeeds Charles V. Brown. Resigned L. E. Covington Appointed Assistant. Oazette-News Bureau, The Hotel Raleigh,' Raleigh, April 16.- Samuel A. Hubbard of Reldsvllle today was promoted from assistant to the state bank examiner to succeed Charles V. Brown, resigned, as bank examiner and L. E. Covington of Ral elghh was eleted assistant. Mr. Covington was originally from Scotland county but now is Identified with a Raleigh hank. The changes are effective the last of this month. LEANS TO CLARK B. Watson's Senatorial Cholci Newlaml Jokes When Asked About Candidacy Itcort. sirs gold n il THOSE TRESEl SPARED Parisian Searches Field of Ice for Possible Survivors, but Hopelessly. . Gazote-Newx Bureau, The Hotel Raleigh, Raleigh, April 18. Hon. C. B. Watson of Winston Salem, who was here today, said that since death had removed tlov. Aycock he rather leaned toward Judge Clark for United Btates senator, although he could not approve of all of Clark's platform. W. C. Newland, here to attend the book commission meeting, visited the office of the secretary of state and laughingly remarked he was seeing what change he would make. New land would only joke when asked about the report that he was to be a candidate for the office. KNOX NEARS STATES Secretary Alsmrd the Cruiser Wash ington Off Virginia Capes To . Washington, by Yacht, ' Former (Jeorgla .Congressman Ioil Marn, April H Ju.lne 'I. J.nwvon, former conKreMstnan tin" e'trlilh (ienrxiii district, rl i ll'il' el bis home, F'itnlitotl, C Halifax, April If. The steamer Parisian, through much heavy field-Ire Is looking for passengers from the Ti tanic. No life rafts or bodies have been sighted among the floating' wreckage which covered a large area. The Parisian reports that the weath- J cr is colli and that even If persons had Thomkts been In the wreckage thev would nroh. from ably perish from exposure before thev Norfolk, April 16. The cruiser Washington, bearing Recretsry of State Knox," homeward bound from his South American tour, arrived on" the Virginia rapes today. The Knox party will proceed to Washington In a yacht. AN AMERICAN WOMAN f FLIES OVER CHANNE Boulogne, France, April 16. tf yuimtiy, an American woman, rrosseu tha English channel from Dover by aeroplane today. Hhe Is the first wo man awomplishlng the feat. Her flight occupied two hours. ' Grace Case Continued. il t. jriii'M he tS. keil P1 . "1 hero to- AManta, !a April 16. The case HKRlns.t Mrs. Daisy Ople Grace was todAy continued until next Tuesday. hi she will appear In court, f.irneil with shiiiillnK her hnsSand. Kiis:''fn t;rre. NEW YORK, April 16. That Captain Smith and his crew enforced rigidly the unwritten law of the sea women and children first is plainly indicated by the , preponder ance of Women among the partial list of survivors. Although rated one of the most able commanders since the advent of the modern steamship, Capt. Smith's career has been recently - marred with bad luck. He .commanded the Titanlc's sister ship, the 'Olympic, ; when that vessel col lided with the British. Cruiser I lawke.-, Exonerated of blame for this, he was placed in charge f the Titanic only to graze disaster when his new charge fouled ' the steamship ' New York in the Solent after leaving Southampton on her maiden voyage which ended so disastrously. He has been in the line's employ thirty years. Although 886 souls are reported on the Carpathia it is apparent all of them are not passengers, for it was neces sary tor members of the Titanic's crew to man the lifeboats, which set out from the sinking liner. While the names of the survivors obtained are largely those of saloon passengers, the rule "Women first" should have cost the lives of many prominent men above the decks. . - False news and false hopes and an international belief that the palatial Titanic was practically unsinkable follow ed accounts of her loss in a manner without precedent. In dozens of cities in the United States bulletin boards were besieged when it became known the liner had sunk with ter rible loss of life. Capt. E. J. Smith, the Titanic's commander, probably went to his grave with the ill fated vessel without being able to communicate with his superior officers of the line. Aside from the "C. Q. D." sent by his wireless- operator, not one word from him was received up to time the Titanic sank bow foremost into the ocean. The presumption is he met death at his post. i The Titanic's speed when she stmck the iceberg will not be known until her survivors reach port. Ship builders here and abroad agree that while the modern steamship may defy wind and weather, ice and fog remain an ever present ele ment of danger. In ordinary circumstances, watertight com partments will preserve the ship from sinking, shipbuilders declare, but they say that smashing into an iceberg could produce effects rendering a ship helpless beyond the protec tion of any design yet known. Vice President Franklin of the White Star line tried this morning to get into communication with the Montreal and seaboard cities for wireless' information about tlie whereabouts of the Virginian. Franklin believes she would hardly be returning to this side unless she had some of Titanic's passengers. - - Throughout the night newspaper offices were besieged by jiersons anxious to learn the fate of relatives or friends aboard the Titanic. Wireless communication in tlie early morning hours was handicapped by thunder storms. MANY FINANCIAL MAGNA TES INCLUDED IN THE TITANIC'S LIST OF PASSENGERS I ota hie persons, travelers on the Titanic: Mr. and Mrs. John Jacob Astor. Major Archibald Butt, aide to President Taft; Charles M. Hays, president of the Grand Trunk Pacific of Canada, his wife and daughter; W. T., Stead. Benjamin Uueaenhelm V. D. Millet, the artist, and J. O. Wldener of Philadelphia; Mr. and Mrs. 1 sad or Straus, J. B. Thayer, vice president of the Pennsylvania rail road; J. Bruce Ismay, Henry B. Har ris, the theatrical manager, and Mrs. llarrlsnd ' Colonel Washington Roeblln llder of the Brooklyn bridge. Untold Wealth wua represented among the passengors. there being on board at least six men, each of whose fortunes mliiht he reckoned In tens 01 millions of dollars. A roiu;h estimate of the tetal wealth ri pre ent - I In t; fl-n clo s p!emier ! hoi i- i i over a half billion dollars. The wealthiest of the list la Col. John Jacob Astor, head of the fam ous house whose name he'hears. who Is reputed to be worth $160,000,000. Mr. Astor was returning from a tour of Egypt with his bride, who was Miss Madeline Force to whom he was marrlel tn Providence on Septem ber .' ; .'; Benjamin Guggenheim, probably next In flnan.1ul importance. Is the hfth of the soven'sons of Meyer (Jug Kenholm, who founded the American 8m Plug and Refining company, the great mtnlng corporation, anil Is a di rector of many corporations. In. lull ing tho Internstlntiiil Pimm -..,, T which he Is alxn fortune Is est ir.dtil I lis w ile. hl- i i" ;ir en t h i , pr,
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