Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-28
Officers Of the TtanicFom
OIaughEn Wilde, Chief Officer; Chief
McEIray=Seated, Capt. E. J. Smith.

Of the accident. In the Tttanic's
passenger list were such names as Col.
and Mrs. John Jacob Aston. Major
Archibald Butt, military aid to Presi-
dent Taft: James Clinch Smith. Dr..
Washington Dodge. Assessor Of Port,
San Francisco: Mrs. Dodge and child,
Sir Cosmo and Lady Duff-Gordon.
Charles M. Hays, President of the
Grand Trunk Pacific Of Canada, his
wife and daughter: w. T. Stead, Ben
jamin Guggenheim, F. D. Millet. the
artist; g. D. Widener of Philadel-
phia, Countess Rothes, Mr.. and Mrs.
Isidor Stratus, ]. B. Thayer, Vice Presi-
dent Of the Pennsylvania Railroad, his
wife and son; T. D. M. Cardeza, Clar-
ence Moore Of Washington. Robert w.
Daniels Of Philadelphia. J.. Bruce
Ismay. President Of the International
Mercantile Marine Company, owner of
the line: Henry b. Harris. the theatre
cal manager, and Mrs. Harris: Thomas
Andrews. designer. and Archie Frost,
Chief Engineer for Harland & Wolff,
the Titanic's builders.
Many Of these and Of the others
aboard the Titanic had postponed or
advanced their dates Of sailing from
Europe. in some instances paying large
bonuses. for tho privilege of making
the Titanic's maiden voyage. For
many Of these passengers there was In
terest felt ashore. and inquiries were
made not only by members Of their
families and by friends. but by persons
connected with them In business or
whose fortunes would be influenced by
their life or death.
For such anxious lnqulrers there were
many hours Of suspense before even a
partial and inaccurate list Of the sur
vtvors was wirelessed ashore from the
Cunarder Carpathia which rescued all
OF the Titanic's passengers who were
saved. From this, lists OF those who
had gone down with the steamship were
devised. and later, when bodies were
found floating on the scene Of the
wreck, lists Of those who had been
identified were made.
Meantime the Carpathia, most anx-
fously awaited Of all ships which were
nearing the Port of New York,
brought in her cargo of survtv-
ors. and with them the first au-
thentic story of the wreck, Of how
tho great ship had struck. Of what oc-
CURED aboard her after her bottom
plates had been ripped off by contact
with the iceberg and her fifteen water
tight compartments had begun to I'LL,
Of how the order was given to take to
the boats and Of how 1t was fulfilled,
Of the conduct Of officers and crew and
OF passengers. especially that of those
whose names were famous throughout
the world; Of how the lifeboats were
and Of the long hours Of wait
ing In these cockleshells while the Car
pathia was steaming at extraordinary
speed from many miles away. News of
all this the Carpathia brought. but
mostly 1t was told by rescued <passen-
gers. still too excited to give more than
impressionistic accounts Of what had
befallen the giant ship and them.
The stories varied widely and in their
varfances revealed how different may
be the impressions received in different
minds by the one occurrence. In the
main features the recollections of a
majority agreed. In detail they diff
fered, one from the other. as the imag-
fnation Of one who recounted them diff
fered In quality from that Of another.
It was not until the United States
Senate undertook an inquiry into the
cause OF the disaster that testimony
was obtained from which the actual
facts Of the Titanic's sinking could be
gathered. That inquiry is still under
way. AS yet no blame has been fixed
for the worst marine catastrophe in re-
corded history. but facts have been
brought out In the testimony Of Off
GERS OF the ship. In the tales sof sur
vivors. and In the records of wireless
messages, sent and received. from
which an accurate account Of the loss