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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-18

limited Press Leased Wire service.
NEW YORK, April 1S.--With the
entrance to New York harbor en-
shrouded In fog that threatened to
become more dense as the day wore
on. there was fear this afternoon that /
tho sorrow ship Carpathia, which is
due there at s o'clock tonight, might |
he held off the "hook" through the
night and not be able to land the tt
tanic's survivors until morning. /
Meanwhile the fill story Of the
horrifying tragedy was still withheld
from the public.
The strange censorship that had
been maintained ever since Sunday
night when the giant liner carried
her hundreds to their grave In the
ocean, continued today. Wireless
appeals for information were ignored
Although the scout cruiser Chester
told Captain Rostron Of the Car
pathia that the president of the
United States personally was asking
for information, no reply was forth
coming
Code messages passed between
Bruce Ismay, managing Director of the
White Star and Vice President Frank
lin in this city. They were not ex-
planned. Franklin denied that they
threw any light on tho tragedy. He
said that they were personal mes
sages.
He admitted that everyone on the
Carpathia was so stunned with grief
that they could tell little about their
experiences The fear that many OF
the survivors may literally have been
driven insane by their terrifying
ordeal was insistent. Some reports
had many of the wome-
utter collapse. That there was some
a truth at least in this report was
shown when the White Star line
hired wards in many of the hospitals
One great section in st. Lukes which
will accommodate sixty persons, was
taken over and nearly every ambu
lance in the city was detailed to meet
the vessel.
Arrangements for the gruesome
task of caring for any that may bf
dead on board the Carpathia were
made this afternoon. Acting in con
junction with the board OF health
the coroner's office planned to facili
tate the removal of any bodies will
as little official red tape as possible
Coroners Feinberg and Holtzhausel
with Physician Weston will be he'll
in readiness to go down the bay Il
the police patrol if that becomes nee
nssary. Coroner Hallenstein an
Physician Lehane will be posted a
the pier where the Carpathia WI
dock with all of the morgue machiner
ready to be put into instant motion
There were many pitiful scenes a
the White Star, Cunard and Custom
service offices today. Frenzied reli
tives Of those whose names al
among the missing. demanded tn
right to board the Carpathia to sc
for themselves that their loved one
"eIe Hol lHeTe' ~ was a. uiii'Su
task to restrain many Of them, WI
refused to be convinced that the'
would be little to be gained by pc
sonally questioning the griefstricke
survivors.
Passes were issued only to tho
who We're able to prove that thu
We're close blood relations of II
survivors on the Carpathia. a
were required to prove their identi
and as far as possible passes we
limited so that over crowding of t
pier would be prevented.
The police fear trouble controlli'
the crowd tonight After conferen
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-18
HAYS Was Drowned.

limited Press Leased Wire Service. ]
MONTREAL, April 1s.-A wireless
dispatch from Mrs. G. NJ. HAYS. wife
of the president OF the Grand Trunk
railroad says positively that her hus-
band is not on board the Carpathia
This confirmed the original belief that
he was drowned when the Titanic went
down
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unoonfirmed Report.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service ]
WASHINGTON, April 1S.-An un-
confirmed report reached the white
house today that the Baltic had res
cued 200 of the Titanic's passengers.
While it was regarded as highly i'm
probable, the president directed the
telegraph operators at the white house
to trace the report.
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with his inspectors, Commissioner
Waldo issued an order to enforce
Mayor Gaynor's direction that the
streets should be roped off and all
persons kept away from the dock I
who did not have actual need to be
there.
Direct Report.
UNITED Press Leased Wire Service ] |
NEW YORK, April 1s.-Wall street !
news bureaus have posted copy of
a message which they say was re-
ceived from Captain Rostron of the
Carpathia by the Highland Light wire
less.
It purports to say that none was
saved from the Titanic excepting those
he has on board that he has not Col
onel John Jacob Astor's body on
board and that Mrs. Astor is danger
.ously i'll; that 100 survivors are in the
hospital and that two hundreds sail
ors of the Titanic crew, asleep /
were crushed to death. The vessel
was in darkness within four minutes
after the crash, the message says.
A somewhat similar story was re-
ported from Norfolk early last night
but was not confirmed.
1 The ship Of Sorrow.
| NEW YORK, April 1S.-The Car
pathia is ship of sorrow with COM
pany almost mad with grief, according
tc Vice President Franklin of the
4 White Star line, who protested at
noon that definite information as to
the Titanic disaster was still unavail-
i able.
Il have received absolutely no de-
4 tails UP to the present time," he pro-
tested eve know nothing about whar
happened. Everyone on hoard the
Carpathia is so overcome with grief
that they cannot tell connected stories
OF the disaster.
II have had code message from
Managing Director Ismay but 1t throws
q reason to believe that he plans to take
the Cedric, and that boat will not be
, held. MIR Ismay will come to the
: dock here on the Carpathia. There II
> no intention Of taking anyone from
!. the Carpathia until she reaches the
/. dock here No yachts or private boats
will meet her. She will come right W
|, the harbor at top speed and be warped
Immediately into her berth.
II have arranged for wards In man.
:, Of the city hospitals and will hav'
: ambulances meet the steamer at th'
= dock. We do not know that they viii
be needed, but we fear they will. Ant
= for that reason We have taken thi
u precaution. have also accepte,
II Mayor Gaynors offer Of the municipa
y lodging house, and we wills send tn
(. immigrants there to be cared TO
It temporarily.
IS I'VE now believe that the Carpathi
a. will dock between nine and eleve
e O'Clock tonight She is coming as fas
,e as she can We will make public il
,e formation as We receive 1t regardin
20 survivors, but think the facts alread
II known regarding the identity of tn
survivors are accurate"
Tonight viii be Terrible.
~ NEW YORK, April 1s,-A throng
anxious relatives and friends of su
vivors of the Titanic disaster and
- passengers on the rescue ship Ca
~ pathia beseiged the offices of Surveye
ie Of the Port Henry today, clamorir
~ fer passes to the pier, where the SO
" row.freighted steamer will land HI
re her melancholy passengers tonight.
ne The demand was SO great that Hem
found it necessary to request that a
ng
- lnnntinned ON mage u
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-18
Horrible Story Expected.
Refuses to Give Information.

The condition Of the survivors is un-
known All messages sent to rela-
uves were uniform in their wording,
indicating that they had been penned
by the same hand and simply contain
ed the fact that the senders were safe.
There We're various rumors which
could not be run down that some at
least of the women who had lost their
loved ones we're on the verge OF In
sanity as the result of the shock 1t
became evident as the Carpathia ap-
preached nearer and nearer to port
that the story of horror to be told
would eclipse anything ever known in
history
The White Star line at o'clock this
morning posted bulletin announcing
that the Carpathia will dock at nine
tonight Every arrangement has beer
made to expedite the landing of the
survivors. General Nelson n. Henry
surveyor of the post and Commission
er of immigration Williams, with {
. large part Of their office force will b.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-18
A Private Message

NEW YORK. April 1s-It was def
nitely settled today that neither Isidor
Straus nor his wife, was saved from
the sinking Titanic. The following
message received by Percy Straus
here was given out by the White Star
line:
Every boat watched Father and
mother not on Carpathia"
The message was signed "Bade-
noch,'' a buyer for the L. II. Macy Co.
OF which Isidor Straus was the head,
who sailed on the Carpathia.
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Women In SAD Shape.
No Photographs Allowed.

AS the day wore on the apprehension
increased Vague stories of the con-
dition of some of the saved on the
Carpathia passed from person to per-
son. None could be confirmed, but
persons familiar with the situation
admitted that there was reason to be-
lieve they were well founded. These
tender women and children, most OF
them insufi1ciently dressed, had been
exposed to freezing temperature in
open boats for several hours Then
there was the shock of the awful
realization that those they had loved
best were gone from them forever and
they would hardly have been human
had they not collapsed.
1t is known that Colonel John Jacob
| Astor and his bride were returning to
/ this country SO that an expected heir
might be born on American soil. The
great Astor town house on Fifth
avenue had been put in readiness for
/ the event To it the widow will be
taken and there vas vague rumor
here that she was in the hospital on
the Carpathia, very ILL., Her father
and mother said they had no knowl-
edge that this was so and that they
were hoping for the best.
i Among those who went down with
the ship, one report today said, was
doc" Owens, the most noted of ocean
gamblers. owens and five companions
were reported to have booked on the
Titanic in the hope of big clean
up and are supposed to have gone to
the bottom with the ship.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-18
Rescue Ship Carpathia is Due at 500 O'clock
Tonight and Then the Whole Truth
Will Be Known
REFUSED TO ANSWER TAFI's REQUEST
Mavor Gaynor Gives Orders That Photogra-
piers and Moving Picture Machines Must
Not Be at the Dock.

in personal charge on the dock. The
company has received ao-
at several hotels for
those survivors who want to go to
them. They have also arranged that
relatives shall be admitted to the
dock and grouped in the alphabetical
sections in hope that there will be no
confusion to mar reunions.
No Photographs Allowed.
Only representatives OF the press
associations are to be admitted to the
dock and by order OF Mayor Gaynor
the streets in the vicinity are to be
roped off by the police and all photog-
raphers rigidly excluded
Mayor Gaynor's letter to the COM
missioner Is as follows:
Sir: On the arrival of the Carpa-
thia with the survivors OF the Titanic
the United States authorities will ex-
clude all photographers from the dock
space devoted to the customs service.
You will exclude all photographers or
picture takers from the rest of the
dock. Also rope off large space on
the outside for the protection Of these
unfortunate people from all approach
or interference OF photographers or
anyone else. We owe this to them
and let It be carried out strictly
(Signed) WIN. ]. Gaynor, Mayor"
New York was in mourning today.
Flags on every building and on the
steamers in the harbor were flying at
half staff. Relief funds for the sur
vivors and for the dependents Of the
crew who lost their lives have been
started and within few hours totall-
ed more than $4,000. The municipal
4 lodging house has been set aside by
order of Mayor Gaynor for the use of
the steerage refugees. should 1t be
desired.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-18

T United Press Leased Wire Service. |
NEW YORK, April 1S.-The Carpa-
thia, with the 705 survivors Of the II |
tanic disaster, is expected to dock at
New York by nine o'clock tonight ac-
cording to a bulletin posted by the
White Star line early today, for infor-
nation of those who gathered at their
Broadway offices for news of friends
and relatives.
Refuses to Give Information.
NEW YORK, April 1S.-Despairing
of forcing news from the liner Car
pathia, the scout cruiser Salem was
prepared to give up her chase of the
rescue ship this morning. according 10
a wireless message sent to the Brook
I lyn navy yard from the Salem to be
irelayed to the secretary of the navy.
The message read.
Can get no information from the
Carpathia Of any kind although she ls
within easy radio-communication. She
sometimes acknowledges a call, but
will not admit the receipt of messages
or make any reply. | cannot believe
that she has failed to understand the
messages sent her. She Is within easy
range Of torpedo station, SO the Sal
EN- will go to Bradford this after
i noon"
The message was signed Chandler
/ the commander of the Salem.
Bitter Criticism.
NEW YORK, April 1S.-Because
Bruce Ismay. managing director OF the
4 White Star line, refuses permission
the story of the Titanic disaster is
withheld from the world. Ismay, who
was saved with the women and chill
dren has plainly established censor
ship over the Carpatia's wireless. To
day the commander of the scout cruis
4 er Chester reported officially to Wash
Il ington that when he asked the Carpa
thia for the story of the disaster he
was curtly refused. This, too, in tht
face of the fact that he explained
that the president of the United States
, whose personal friend and military
aide, Major Archibald Butt, went t
the bottom with the Titanic, wanted
, to know.
This has resulted in bitter criticism
of Ismay and fear that when th'
real story does finally become know
I it will show that the accident nigh
have been avoided had the Titani
slowed down in the ice. Navigator
are anxious to know what orders Cal
:. tain Smith received from the owner
regarding the time he was expected 3
dock his charge on this side. The T
J tanic had been advertised as an "e1
press train" boat, which would leav
and arrive on schedule and wit
whose operation nothing could inte
fere''
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-18
Not a Flash.

NEW YORK, April 1s-Every
resource of wealth and power was ex-
pended in vain today to secure some
word from the Carpathia Of Mr.. and
Mrs e. N. Kimball Kimball is the
head of the Hallett-Davis Piano Com
pany. of Boston. and the entire or
ganizatlon devoted every effort to se-
curing some word from the rescue
ship.
But not single wireless flash could
be forced from the Carpathia as to the
fate of the Kimballs. A Mr.. and Mrs.
Kimball appeared in the list of sur
vivors sent yesterday and it is believ-
ed they may be the ones sought.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-18

l United Press Leased Wire Service. ]
NEW YORK. April 1s.--With every
wireless station along the coast trying
from the rescue ship Carpathia, radio
communication conditions We're at
their worst and messages were sent
and received with utmost difficulty.
In addition to the enormous pressure
of business, weather conditions were
bad and heavy static currents in the
air interfered with the operation Of in
struments
After hours Of unavailing efforts by
the scout cruisers Salem and Chester
to secure information from the Car
pathia. they were prepared to give up
in despair. At 1880 an arrangement
was made to eliminate the many land
stations that were interfering with
communication. The government or
dered all land stations not to attempt
to talk to the Carpathia or the Salem
/ but to relay messages from the Ches-
1 ter. At the same time the Marconi
and United Wireless ompanies order
| ed all distant stations TO keep out OF
the field of communication. The sta
tions at Wellsfleet, Saug Sias
consett and Sea Gate were given or
ders to pick UP the Carpathia as she
4 came within easy communication radi
US. All other stations were ordered
to keep out.
4 The first direct communication be
4 tween the Carpathia and New York
was shortly after II o'clock when the
| Marconi office picked UP messages ex
changed between the George Washing
ton and the Carpathia. Up to tina
. time wireless operators had been call
ing the rescue ship repeatedly with
out securing an answer. The Washing
ton ascertained that the captain of th
Carpathia expected to have her a
dock some time tonight"
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Tonight viii be Terrible.

CONTINUED on page 4,
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THE WEATHER

Fair. Warmer. Local temp
p. ~. 33; Z a. m. "a.
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are served the full Leased Wire ser
.,ce ~ the United Press Associations.
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Carpathia With Company Almost Mad From
Grief is Creeping Toward the
New York Dock
MESSAGE FROM CAPTAIN ROSTRON
Scenes Of Horror Will Mark the Landing Of the
Few Survivors When Ship
Arrives Tonight.

with his inspectors. Commissioner
Waldo issued an order to enforce
Mayor Gaynor's direction that the
streets should be roped off and all
persons kept away from the dock
who did not have actual need to be
there. ea,-
The Southern herald., 1912-07-26

hib," he said gently, shall see that
his servant spoke truth. Let this
weigh with the sahib for mercy. Be-
kold."
The brown fingers Enclosed and in
the hollow of his palm trembled that
which seemed a ball Of crystallzed
rose fire, the stone that man has
named the Pool of Flame. O'Rourke
uttered low cry Of satisfaction, step
ping forward to snatch up the Jewell
simultaneously he was aware Of a
quick gasp from the direction of the
woman, followed, ere he could account
for them, by two pistol shots.
The adventurer groaned. pitching
forward blindly, one side Of his head
from the ear to the temple, a-quivel
with an agony as II white-hot iror
had scared him there. He stretched
forth an arm aimlessly and gripped al
iron stanchion, stopping his fall AM
hung there for what. seemed an con
sea and skies swimming blood-red be
fore his eyes. In his ears a thunder
ous rushing as Of mighty waters.
BY a supreme effort Of will he kep
himself half-erect, clinging to the raj
and opened his eyes, So briefly ha
The Southern herald., 1912-07-26
CHAPTER XIV.

Mrs. Prynne, reused out Of her semi
stupor by o'Rourke's cry, with some
return OF her habltual clearness OF
thought, stepped to the companionway
and called for her maid.
o'Rourke passed a hand over his
eyes, and brought 1t away black with
blood. but was no more than half
aware of this. Dazed and heartbrok-
en-, he stared blankly round the sham
bles that was the deck, then, recover
ing slightly, saw Cecile join her mis-.
tress. and realized that, whatever his
personal grief, pain and despair, he
must play the part Of the O'Rourke.
So he turned and staggered down into
the saloon,
Danny was in his berth, sleeping the
childlik. and loglike sleep that was
ever his. Dravos, below, his ears deaf
ened by the mighty chant Of his en-
gines, had been no more conscious o.
the drama on deck than had Danny
o'Rourke caught the boy with hand
that gripped his shoulders cruelty, ant
shook him awake, then methodicall'
booted him up the steps to the decA
Once here, Danny came to his prcI
, er senses and fell with a will to tn
, tasks O'Rourke set for him. With @
, c,le he lifted the unconscious capital
and bore him down to his berth, the
,ast him to the ministrations Of mi
tress and maid and returned to thro
: overheard the last corpse, that OF II
: lascar whom the serang had set
sIav the adventurer from behind.
q o'Rourke himself proceeded to u
!, bridge. where ne found the helmsms
= still at the wheel, soberly keeping Il
= vessel on her course. The clrcui
= stance at the time surprised him; b
4 afterwards was developed by di
a Of cross-examination of the remand
! Of the crew that the serang had 81
!. ! cially exempted Quick and Drav
= from the general massacre, they bel
held necessary to the navigation
!, the ship. He had likewise put str
Il injuctions on the helmsman not 70
n sert the wheel. whatever the tide
The Southern herald., 1912-07-26

linn he advanced without pause un'
M about six feet from the lrishman;
at which distance o'Rourke, collect
ing his wits, found voice enough TO O'u
the fellow, "Stop!"
The serang halted, impassive' un-
moved. ia q,
"The sahib has called" he saio IN
an even voice. II am come. Wha' is
tho sahibs will with met" :.
His words, together with his nan
,ndolent, half-defiant, wholly contemp
tuous hearing, supplied the one thing
| needful to restore to the adventurei
his self-control. o'Rourke drew MIN
self up. master of self once more ano
looked the lascar in the eye. nd
You stand" he said slowly, choos
inc his words, "on the edge Of I'M
lTs crave. Do you comprehend tna'
dog?"
AYE, sahib!" ,..ou,
81 have called ye, then, to deman'
hack that which is mine, the leatne
hoo which ye stole when ye slew you
brother, bro pretending falsely It was .
Who had slain the captain. ! couns'
va speak truth and render Dack :
M ~ that which ye have stolen"
The Southern herald., 1912-07-26

ss azsr H azt e
l.FssAlsa. Tas Aating e %
seemed 10 haze besn aecidsr-ai. Q
necessary under Circumstances nnlere-
seen
asa matter q fact Tie remainder
Of the lasears were thoroughly eo~ed
and proved sahsllevahly doeile for ne
balance Of the trip.
Thus it was that the Foysge q the
Rance from Adea to Bombay sas
pushed through without further fatal
its. To the Irishman. however, must
20 more than hall the credit; for for
ty-elght hours he never left the bridge
nor onee closed his eyes in slumeer.
Il vas not indeed until the Rance.
on the stroke Of the hour. the evening
Of the fifteenth day Of June. walked
smartly into Bombay haFbor, the IN
ternational code signal M" natter'
ing from her peak. rounded Colaora
and dropped anchor on the point; moi
until Danny and Dravos. free At length
from their toll In the oroiling engine
room, came on deck to relieve him
that oROurke eollapsed-stumbleS
down the bridge ladder and lureheS
drunkenly down the saloon eompan
ionway. His head humming will
/ sleep. his brain bemused with fatigue
and pain, his eyes heavy. he brushes
by Mrs. Prynne without seeing her Q
even hearing her low cry Of pity an
] solieitude; and so entering the ms
stateroom that he came to, threw hin
self, already asleep. into the berth
As he did so a loaded rsvoaVe
} dropped from his numb fingers.
The Southern herald., 1912-07-26

The serang stiffened, his eyes giist-
ening In the moonlight "Sahib!" ne
cried as If in supplication.
NO words. dog" cried oRourke
sternly. DO as bid ye, or abide the
result of disobediencel"
The sahib," said the serang SLOW
ly, lis full of eyes and wisdom. He
sees what no man would believe be
could see. l am content" He bowed
his head with curious submissiveness-
stretching forth his palms as If in
token o. surrender.
O'Rourke caught at his breath. he
had scarcely hoped for this; he had
merely called the serang aft ss the
leader Of the lascars. hoping to fright
en- him into revealing whichever oil
bis comrades had stolen the great
ruby-if he knew,
"Ye have, then, the leather bagI he
demanded, exultation in his voice.
AYE, sahib; or. If not that, ! have
that which was therein"
The stone?"
AYE. sahib."
Then give 1t me-"
II am the sahib's slave" The SO
rang flashed a strange smile at th'
revolver in o'Rourke's hand. His at
titude puzzled O'Rourke; he woul'
hardly have believed this Of the man
rather he could have conceived OF hin
as denying the theft to the last AM
fighting like an unclaimed fend to re
, tain his booty. His present pose wa
out of character, or the Irishman mil
, judged him.
} Out of character or no, 1t was con
Portable. The serang, with head ben
I was fumbling in the folds OF his sash
i. oRourke thought him over long abor
IT. yet was inclined to give him tim
a ir view of his abject surrender.
g At length. still smiling oddly, tn
q nan lifted his eyes and stretche
9 forth a hand tight closed. THE 81