New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-02-01
MERICANS PROBABLY LOS1.
FACTS ABOUT A NUMBER OF THE STEAM
SHIPS PASSENGERS

np ntrrp,cu .,oF IEIPsrC" THOUGHT TO RE
DIR. prrTR1cH OF GREENroINT-THREE MEM
prps OF FAMILY MAY HAVE BEEN on
BOARD. INSTEAD OF ONLY ONE AS
rEPoRTEp-ERNEsT HEEREN
PASSENGER AFTER ALI.
II seems 10 the friends Of DIR. Julius Charles
Dittrich OF Greenpon to be certainty that
he is the Dr. Dittrich. 'of Leipsic.' who Is re-
ported as being one OF the passengers on the
Elbe DR. Dttrichs home is at No l2S Calyer-
ST. Greenpont. He was a single man, ana Tor
five years had boarded at the address men,
toned He sailed for Europe in the North
German Iloyd steamer Lain. which sailed from
New-York December !. DR.. Dttrich was going
N his vacation OF two months. and so bought
a return ticket on the same line OF steamers
Tho cablod passenger list says that the Or.
Dittrich who was a passenger In the Elbe had
a return ticket. which only strengthens the
belief that he and DIR. Dttrich of Greenpoint
are one and the same. Furthermore, DR.. Dit
trich Of Greenpoint. had left word with his
landlady. Mrs Gilmore that he expected to be
hack I'm New-York early in February. The
Elhe would have arrived here about February
6 DR. Dittrich was In the habit OF making
these trips to Germany. He usually visited
Leipsic where he studied medicine before COM
ing to the United States The DittTich VINO was
a passenger in the Elbc also was registered
from I.eipsic Taking all the facts together
there seems to be no room for DOUBT that DR.
Drtrtch Of C;reenpoint and the Dittrich OF the
Elbe are the same. DIR. Dittrich was thirty
three years old. lie was born IN Eermahy
whore he received his education being gradu-
ated in a medical college In Leipsic cight years
ago He came to the United States five years
many. for the purpose Of carrying out some OF
his in yentions I'm chemistry. The offices or the
company are at No l22 East Twenty -hfth-st
Ahout a wear ago Or. Dittrich sold out his In
,orosts In the company, but retained his posi-
ton as head chemist. His mother lives In
Ie,psic and he was visiting her. He also
visited Berlin and Breslau
WERE THE THREE CONNERsEs ON BOARD?
Inouiries were made at the Offices Of the North
German Lloyd yesterday morning by James
Carter Of No. 4O2 East Twcnty-thrd-st.. CON
corning MIR. and Mrs. Milton G. Corners and
thcir son Mrs Corners was his sister. Mrs
Conners's name appeared uron the passenger
list OF the Elbe but neither that OF Mr.. Corners
ror his son appears. Mr.. Carter thought mat
there must have been a mistake. AS he sald
Mrs. Corners would not have sailed without
her husband and son. Mr. C"nners is tx mayor
some time. and December II sailed on the
Trave intending 10 try the baths AT Carlsbad
and consult eminent Specialist MT carter sd'u
that he had received letter from Mr.. 'onnerS
about two weeks ago. saying ne had entirely
recovered and the family were coming home
Although neither name appears on the passeh-
ger list Mr. Carter thinks Mr.. Conners ana
his were passengers and wcr" lost win Mrs
Corners. Mrs Corners attended 10 all IN" busi-
ness details ~ the tfip. ana hs shc hough' the
tickets and made all arrangements. it was pos
sible that for som" reason the names OF h"r
husband and son were omitted. We mop" thai
Mr. Corners WAS too III To- attempt IN" voyage.
down together
AT the place u business ~ Charles VIA a CO.
at No 81 pey-si.. Yesterday. Christian Pad"i-
netti the son-n-law 4 Mr.. WIZ. told Tribune
reporter that there was no doubt that his father
in-aw passenger on IN" flDr. d- iilcildS
in Germany had canled that he had sailed "u
that vessel Mr. Padrlinctti was Indignant ~
some Of ;he published reports concerning Mf
WIZ He denied that WIZ had been sent
abroad to reclaim him from disspAted habits.
and declared that he went T. drink IN" waters
and consult specialists as ne was suffering from
a nervous malady. Instead " being seventy-nNe
years old Mr. Wx was only hfty-thr"c. The
sou-in-law also denied that Mr.. WiN had made
a fortune during the war in Government con
tracts and said n was soldier AZ tho ir'nt
and at the time ~ his death was a member ~
Kolies Post q. A. X Mr Wix was independent
Is wealthy. and was the head ~ IN" hrin 81
Charles Wix 4 CO. deaiers IN colors ana Hyr-
stuffs until two years ago when b" retired IL
WAS born In Lubcrke Hanover. Germany. ana
came to TINS country when "A young man. He
leaves a wife. son. Henry. ana daughter.
Mrs Padehneiti. Mr. WiN went abroad year
ago and the last time his relatives heard from
him was about two weeks ago. when ne wrote
from Hamburg that h" intended t. 20 10 Han
over to consult specialist on nervous Diseases
ERNEST HEEREN WAS Oh BOARD. AFTER
The friends and family OF Ernest Hecren. who
was on the passenger list. at first entertained
hopes that he had been suddenly detained by
business and did not sail as ne Intended. put
these hopes were dissipated yesterday upon the
recelu, Of n cal bic dispatch py Victor q Achelis.
the we'll knoWn drygOOds firm OF No. 80 Leonard
ST .or which IIeeren was salesman anu pu3'''
from their agents in Bremen. saying tha' ne
had sailed on the Elbe. Heercn was soh-!h-la"
~ Quiz Eruckman OF the firm. and lived at
No AGA Fourieenth-st.. Brooklyn. with Ms VIII"
and three children He had gone - Europe on
business for his firm and had been there since
Last November At the offices OF Victor a Achel.s
II was said yesterday mat they had no doupi
ina, Hecren was aboard the lost steamship
Notwithstanding these fdcts hIS fieti'H mas "v'
entirely given up hope
Iohn Vevera. one Of the rescued passengers, is
County Commissioner at Cleveland. ONO. "
had been on a pleasure trip To Germany.
John + t,ertchcr. one of the missing. has
been engineer in the sawmill Of Laird Norton
& Co of WinOna. Mimi. for years. lie was
ahout sixtv years old and a member OF the odd
Fellows and Masonic orders in high standing
His wife died last year son Is foreman In the
Winona and St. Peter railroad SHOPS AZ w asc-
ca one son, now supposed 10 De III bcrnahy
went abroad with his father.
Boston. Jan. 3l-Mrs Klipfcl. Of Brandon
burg. one Of the nrst-cabin passengers on board
the Elbe. was a sister Of the wife Of Arthur L.
Devcns. treasurer o: the Republican Club Of
| Massachusetts, and was on her way across the
sea To visit Mrs. Dcvensr wife In Boston. Mrs.
| Kllpfc was originally resident Of Rochester.
| ~ y but had married and lived much abroad.
Before her marriage to Ludwig Paul Carl Kip
| fell Of Hanover first lieutenant OF the Field
Artillery Regiment she was Miss Bessie ElwoOd.
sister Of Frank W. El~oOd. a Rochester cap
talist.
Washington. Jan. 3l.-A riimor was published
| here to-day that Anton Fischer. Of Washing
ton md at the last moment. decided to take