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The Washington times., 1912-04-18
". {. CARTER SAVED
ACCORDING TO NEWS
RECEIVED IN CAPITAL
Mrs. Stilson Hutchins Re-
ceives Report From Cousin
on the Carpathia.

News of the survival of w. L. Car
ter, Of Baltimore, and his wife, a
cousin of Mrs. Stilson Hutchins, of
was received by Mrs. Hutchins today.
Previous information had indicated that
Mr.. Carter had not been saved.
"All are safe. LUCILLE"
This Is the text of a wireless message
received by Mrs. w. S. Polk, of Balti-
more, yesterday afternoon from her
daughter aboard the Carpathia.
1T is strange Mr.. Carter's mother re-
ceived no word" said Mrs. Hutchins
today. THE message to Mrs. Polk is
unequivocal and would certainly indi-
cate Mr.. Carter had been saved. have
not permitted myself to believe the
message, they are trying to keep every
thing so quiet and there is such a
tangle of messages that l am afraid to
accept the message, although 1t appears
to be conclusive"
Mr.. Carter and his family had been
in England for nearly a year before
starting home on the Titanic. He owns
hunting place in England and owns
a number of fine horses there. Mr..
Carter was close friend of Clarence
Moore, of Washington, and is supposed
to have been with him in England be-
fore the Titanic sailed.
The message received by Mrs. Polk
in Baltimore purported to come by re-
lay from the Carpathia. Mrs. Hutchins
did not know at which land station II
had been picked up. In an endeavor
Cousins family Mrs. Hutchins spent
much of the morning in long distance
telephone conversation with relatives
in Baltimore and Philadelphia.
The Washington times., 1912-04-18
.|SMAY CRITICISED
BY NAVY OFFICIALS
FOR HIS ATTITUDE
Failure of Chester and Salem
to Get News Blamed on
Managing Director.

Navy Department officials, from SEQ.
retary Meyer down, are incensed at TIN
action and the attitude of the officers
of the steamer Carpathia in refusing
to communicate and to furnish informa-
tion to the scout cruisers Chester and
Salem, ordered by the President to
convoy the Carpathia, to forward Of
ficial and authentic news.
Secretary Meyer would not make q
statement, or be quoted with respect to
the disappointment of the Government
officials. When questioned he replied:
Il think 1t strange, that they should
not communicate with Government ves-
sells officially authorized to convoy the
vessel for that purpose
The Secretary said that lack of COM
munication was due in some measure
to interference from other wireless sta
tions, and that this condition will no
doubt cause the Government to take ac-
ton looking to the control CT the use
of wireless telegraphy. There are many
difficulties in the way, but believe they
can be overcome. Preliminary steps
were taken in this direction Tuesday
when the President and the Cabinet
ment" The Secretary expressed the be-
lief that the control OF the air for wire
! less use could be effected.
Strong criticism of j. Bruce lsmay,
managing director of the White Star
line was heard on every hand at the
Navy Department. II was the general
belief that the failure Of the Carpathia
was due to Ismay's efforts at suppress
sion
The Washington times., 1912-04-18
Officials of Line
Make Arrangements
To Receive Ship

NEW YORK, April lS.-The Carpathia
is ship of sorrow with a company al
most mad with grief, according to Vice
President Franklin, Of the White Star
line, who protested at noon the definite
information as to the Titanic disaster
was still unavailable.
1T have received absolutely no details
up to the present time" he protested
I'VE know nothing about what hap
pened. Everyone one board the Car
pathia is so overcome with grief that
they cannot tell connected stories of
the disaster.
81 have had a code message from
Manager Director Ismsy. 1t threw
no light on the tragedy. I have no
reason to believe he plans to take the
Cedric and that boat will not be held.
Mr.. Ismay will come to the dock here
on the Carpathia. There is no in
tention Of taking anyone from the
Carpathia until she reaches the dock
here, No yachts or private boats will
meet her. She will come right up
the harbor at top speed and be warp
cd Immediately into her dock,
II have arranged for wards in many
of the city hospitals. and will have am
balances to meet the steamer at the
dock. We do not know they will be
needed, but we fear that they will.
And for that reason we have taken this
precaution. have also accepted Mayor
Gaynor's offer OF the municipal lodging
house, and We will send the immigrants
there TO be cared for temporarily until
We md out what they want to do.
I'VE now believe the Carpathia will
The Washington times., 1912-04-18
M Story Of Great Sea Disaster With GeCnzed Survivors Tonight
OPERATOR SAYSHE
WARNED TITANIC
Wireless Expert on the Partisan Declares He Sent Re-
peated Danger Signals to Colleague on
Il-Fated Ship.

had gone out, gazed at his instruments
with unseeing eyes, and exclaimed earn
estly: ..
, oh, the Titanic must have known
WELL" he sighed. about 2 p. m, We
began running into the ice about which
the Mesaba had warned u.s.
Bergs 400 Feet High.
ITO make Halifax, which Is our port
of call between Boston and Glasgow,
We take a very northern tract, and nat
prally In the spring we ruin into ice.
! have been on this course many times
but never before have I seen SO much
Ice and so early in the year. There were
bergs that lifted their tops from twenty
five feet in the air to others that rose
200 feet, huge, white. glistening masses
or Ice that were swinging slowly across
our bows to the southwark. They were
glorious but almost, appalling sights that
made you shudder in spite of yourself.
They reminded me of great glistenins
illuminated ice palaces.
That afternoon ] got a query from
captain Haddock, OF the Olympic. ask
ing me about ice. l told him of the
dangerous conditions.
1t came on heavenly night AS the
stars appeared each one seemed to pick
out place on the ice and glisten there
like a jewel sunk in a setting of ereen-
ish silver. The air was as brittle as
glass, and In this crisp atmosphere the
stars seemed to roll among a scattered
Meet OF light racing clouds that soon
SWEPT s"e aaway IVA to the southward and were
gone. The men and women passengers
VINO mad been dancing and singing on
the after-deck left their merrymaking
10 line the rail and gaze with delight
at the fascinating spectacle of the
masses Of bejeweied ice all about us.
the North.
You Could See Fifteen Miles.
1T was so clear that several times
our lookout mistook stars on the hori-
zon for ships lights and hailed the
bridge.
You could see fifteen miles.
AT 10 o'clock that night we were an
proximately 15O miles southwest of the
Titanic. Under the captains orders [
turned in about 10 o'clock, as I was to
get up at a. m. to lay for the Deutsch-
land. Really / hated to go to bed, the
night was so glorious
by the time l got up we had left the
Ice pack and had headed westward. OF
course in a little while l got out of
touch with the Mesaba. I knew the
Californian had folio ned us and / pre-
sumed the big Titanic had followed the
same course and had passed us both. l
regretted not seeing the big one.
MY thoughts had reverted to that
unusually big fleet of icebergs and I
was wondering how It was the other
fellowS when / got from the Carpa thie
the shocking news about the Titanic. 1t
staggered me. I could hardly believe II.
Even vet II seems unreal. but soon got
confirmation OF. the dreadfulfnews from
theeBAltic and the Olympic II was all
our turning back or even going over the
ground in the hope OF picking UP any
survivors. All we would have seen was
wreckage, a sad reminder of what had
been.
AFTER a conference with Captain Hams
1t was decided that our passengers
should be kept In ignorance of the dis
aster until 6 o'clock this morning.
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IN CONGRESS TODAY
SENATE.

SENATE.
Senate met at noon.
Subcommittee on Titanic investigation
named and will ge to New York this
afternoon.
Adverse report ordered on chemical bill
Senate District Committee will meet to-
morrow and may take up excise bill
Senator Dillingham; says he is working
hard on Lorimer report.
lnteroceanic Canals Committee contin-
ues hearings on canal tolls question.
HOUSE.
The House met at noon.
special rule was adopted making in
order legislative features of the post
office appropriation bill, including the
parcels post clause.
Debate was resumed on the postoffice
bill.
The District Committee began it's in
vestigation of the taxation system OF
the District r.
The Committee on Merchant Marine
and Fisheries reported the Alexander
bill, to regulate the uSe of wireless
telegraphy.
The same committee reported a bill
seeking to establish by International
agreement a travel lane for trans
Atlantic steamers.
The Naval Committee agreed upon the
naval increase.
The Washington times., 1912-04-18
Members of Crew
Reported Among the
Titanic Survivors

HEARST RELIEF TUG. SCULLY
(Via Siasconet, Mass, Wireless Station).
April 1s-Wireless communication be-
tween the Hearst tug and the Carpathia
today again confirmed the death of
Colonel Astor. There are many mem
bers of the crew among the survivors.
The members of the crew are to be
shipped to Europe on the Cedric at
once, White Star official say in wire
less dispatches. They add that 1t will
be unwise to keep them in New York
too long.
The rescued passengers are sick and
dazed by the fearful experience through
which they passed. Many of them will
be unable to tell coherent stories when
they reach New York, because of their
physical and mental suffering.
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When the Carpathia clears this invisible
writhing spider web OF communication,
1t Is said, she will be able to give some
South Atlantic station a clear state
ment of everything. Additionally the
Dominion government weather expert
reports that there have been violent
electric storms just outside the ice belt,
the tendency of which is recognizably
to have hurled wireless messages into
complete confusion.
The Mackay- Bennett cable ship Of the
Commercial Gable Company, chartered
by the White Star Steamship Company,
left this afternoon at o'clock To seek
the Titanic dead. She carried a doc
tor in the remote possibility of finding
living survivors, but she also carried
an undertaken and ITO coffins and tons
of Ice for preservative purposes, in the
certainty that she would pick up the
dead
Tomorrow another cable ship, the
Nina of the Direct United States
Gable Company, which only today ar
rived from st. Pierre, Miquelon, will
put out to follow the Mackay- Bennett
in this solemn, gruesome venture, She
also will carry coffins, an undertaken
and tons of ice. And both ships will
carry scrap. iron. And both will carry
parsons. The meaning OF these two
last facts must be only too poignantly
clear. For those picked up too terri
bly, battered by sea and ice for recog-
milton awaits the peculiarly awesome
and beautiful ceremony Of the burial
at sea.
Sutherland's Story.
AS soon as the Partisan dropped her
In IoH ~ NJ
night she was boarded, and Donald
Sutherland, the wireless operator was
interviewed.
I'VE ran into nasty weather the day
after we left Glasgow" said Suther-
land, but we got out of it the second
day, when fair weather set in. Sun
day, the 14th, was a beautiful day. We
were nearing the dangerous ice circle
then and l remained in my station from
10 A. M. The passengers were dancing
to the music Of guitars and accordions
on the aft deck when closed the door
Of my room and began to wait for
messages.
II knew the Mesaba was about fifty
miles ahead of us, with the Californian
about the same distance astern. OF
course was interested In the Titanic
ei' iihu lNoi htu tiiot BIG Wep oDOut La
miles astern OF us. / was wondering II
she would overhaul us before nightfall.
and If she did she would be near enough
to us to get a good look at her.
hoped she would. We all had been
speculating on the picture she would
make undor full steam. - 4T"-ES,tlpat :
About noon Sunday got a flash
from the Mesaba warning me of ice
= .
then went back to my post and trans
mitted the warning to the Carpathia,
which assume relayed ii to the Titanic.
Those messages kept coming from the
Mesaba, all afternoon and l passed
them along"
Here Sutherland stopped a minute,
took long draw on his pipe, which
The Washington times., 1912-04-18
Senator Smith Says
Committee Will Obtain
All Facts About Wreck

THE United States is determined to
obtain the fullest information about the
sinking of the Titanic" said Senator
Smith, chairman Of the Commerce Com
mittee of the Senate, after a long con-
ference with the President shortly af-
ter noon today at the Executive Man
sion.
I'VE will 30 just as far as We pos
sibly can TO see that no detail of the
awful tragedy is kept from the public.
We will see to II that these steamship
officials are courteous and accede to the
demands of the United States.
I'VE are taking the sergeant at
arms OF the Senate, Daniel Ransd.n.
with US. We will use such authority
as may be necessary after we get on
the scene.
I'VE are taking this action beca 0se
we have heard that II was the inten-
ton of some of the White Star OFF,
Gals and officers. among them
"Wo have heard that a sister ship OF
the Titanic is being held In readiness
to take these men back the moment
"As / said before. we do not know
how far we can go, because these per-
sons are British subjects. But we are
to go tbd FAR as possible 81
committee who are going We are also
taking along George Uhler, the super
vising engineer of the Steamboat In
spection Service.
"As many of us as can get away
will leave here at 4 o'clock and go
to New York. The President has di-
rected the Treasury to put a boat at
our disposal so as to enable us to
go aboard the Carpathia. We expect
to get voluntary statements from Mr..
Ismay and any OF the officers and
crew of the Titanic that may be on
board.
I'VE expect to proceed about it
courteously and do not believe in
formation will he withheld. II 1t is
we shall take such drastic steps as
we have the power to take. We can
,penalize the boats OF the company II
necessary and I do not apprehend
there will be a refusal to give testi-
mony.
Can you punish witnesses who are
British subjects for contempt"
THAT Is a close question" said
Senator Smith. I'VE do not expect
any difficulty, hut Jou can rest as
sured we shall not be lax about our
proceedings"
The Washington times., 1912-04-18
MRS. HENRY B. HARRIS
SAVED FROM WRECK
Little Hope Is Entertained For
Recovery of Theatrical
Promoter.

Two kilograms were received In
Washington late last night confirminS
previous reports that Mrs. Henry B.
Harris, who was Miss Rene Wallack,
was saved from the wreck of the
Titanic.
Robert Goodman, manager for Mr..
Harris of Frank McIntyre's tour, re-
ceiVed word from the Harris Offices In
New York that Mrs. Harris was saved.
The message contained no word regard
ing Mr.. Harris, and 1t is presumed that
he Is lost.
The other telegram, a relayed wireless
message received by NJ. Z. Jacobson, a
cousin of Mrs. Harris, announces nel
safety, but indicates positively that Mr..
Harris is not on the Carpathia. 1t
reads:
Am safe. Praying that Harry will
be picked UP by another steamer. Ar
riving Carpathia
RENE"
1t Is supposed that the message TO
Robert Goodman from New York was
based on Information sent Mr.. Harris
Offices by his wife.
The Washington times., 1912-04-18
Ismay to Try and
Dodge InterViewers

NEW YORK. April lS.--It was ru-
mored at the offices II thes White
Star line today that Bruce Ismay,
managing dire tor of the White Star
line. had sent wireless to the cop
sails n noon today, 10 wait in the lower
lFtv until the CarpaCnia arrived, so
that he can be transferred and return
to England. officials of the line said
they could not confirm the report. The
move bv Isnay was said to have been
planned to escape being interviewed on
This side Of the water. and the excuse
offered bY those who said they believed
tho stury was that business required
his presence on the other side.
The Washington times., 1912-04-18
Senate Committee
To Be Present When
Carpathia Docks

Following the action of the Senate
last evening in adopting the resolution
of Senator Smith of Michigan. provid-
ing for an investigation into the Titanic
disaster. the Committee on Commerce
met today and proceeded to set things
in motion for the inquiry.
The following Senators were named as
the members OF the subcommittee OF
investiga tion:
Smith of Michigan, Perkins OF Califor-
MIA, Bourne of Oregon. Burton OF Ohio,
Simmons OF North Carolina, NewIands
OF Nevada. ard Fletcher of Florida.
Senator Smith Of Michigan, author of
the resolution. is the chairman of the
subcommittee. He declared that the in
Vestigation would be thorough
Senator Smith said j. Bruce Ismay.
managing director OF the White Star
line, officials OF the company. and mem
bers OF the Titanic crew who survived
would be witnesses.
Passengers to Testify.
The passengers who survived the dis
aster will also be asked or subpoenaed
to testify
Senator Smith conferred with Presi-
dent Taft and will see Secretary Nagel
about the lines OF investigation to be
followed and on the question Of the
scope of the authority of the Governs
ment OF the United States. He has con-
ferred with Supervising Inspector Gen.
eral Uhler of the Steamboat Inspection
Service on these matters.
Senator Smith and part of the other
members of the subcommittee will 20
to New York this afternoon at o'clock.
They will be on the docks when the
Carpathia lands and will see the sur
vivors. Efforts will be made to get a
voluntary statement from J. Bruce Is
may
Not only Senator Smith. but others of
the subcommittee are emphatic in say
ing there should be stringent investl-
CATION and legislation to enhance the
safety of vessels
Senator Smith said the subcommittee
in going TO New York this afternoon
eral Chler, of the Steamboat Inspection
Service. An official OF the office of the
Senate sergeant-at-arms will also be
taken along.
tug will be placed at the disposal of the
subcommittee to go out and meet the
Carpathia
Word has been received here that the
Cedric is being kept in port to await the
arrival of the Carpathia. 1t is thought
by Senator Smith that the purpose is to
put the crew and any surviving offi-
oers of the Titanic on board and ship
them back to England. For this reason
Senator Smith Is taking prompt action.
SubpoenaeS will be served on the vari-
GUS passengers, or some of them, by
the deputy sergeant-at-arms.
Senator Cullom, chairman of the for
eign relations committee, will have a
meeting of his committee Saturday for
the purpose of considering the MARITIME
resolution looking to an international
conference on the question of making
ocean travel safer.
The Washington times., 1912-04-18
COL. Oracle TO Be
NET IN NEW YORK
BY HIS DAUGHTER
Rescued Man Was Returning
From Trip to Europe Taken
In Search of Health.

Col. Archibald Oracle, whose rescue
from the Titanic is indicated by all the
lists of passengers saved, made the trip
abroad on account of poor health, II is
stated. He went to New York about six
weeks ago and consulted a specialist
who advised a trip to Europe. Colonel
Gracle spent a part OF MS time abroad
by way. of London.
No word had been received at his resi-
dence this morning from his daughter
who left yesterday for New York to
meet her father, nor from Mrs. Oracle,
who has been absent from the city and
i'll for several days.
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of the board In charge of life-saving
provisions had recently recommended in
creased life boats. RATS, and life pre-
servers on all big ships, but that the
requirements had been found unsatis-
factory and had not been put in force.
lie frankly admitted the necessity for
increased equipment.
The board, he said, was utterly unable
to compel the transatlantic vessels to
lower their speed in the contest for
express train" ships. He also said that
the board could not force ships to talse
the southerly passage in the spring to
avoid the ice.
The regulations under which the tt
tanic carried lifeboat accommodations
for but only one-third of her passengers
and crew had not been revised by the
committee since 1894. At that time the
regulations were MAD for ships oi
10000 tons or more The Titanic's g
tonnage was 5000.
In reply to a question as to the false
information sent out on Monday Post
master General Samuel asserted his de-
partment had begun vigorous investi-
CATION to determine Nho was respon-
sible for the false reports.
The Washington times., 1912-04-18
SENATE WILL HOLD !.
|SMAy TO SECURE
TRUTH ON TITANIC
Committee Goes to New
York to Make Arrests,
If Necessary.
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hold these officers and Mr.. Ismay, and
II Is for this reason that they are
taking along the subpoenas. ...
The President and the Senators on
the committee have had several evil
dences OF the fact that the White Star
officials did not intend to give the
United States any more immediate In
formation on the sinking of the Titanic
than they can help.
No Attention to Appeal.
Absolutely no intention was paid to
the urgent appeals sent out repeatedly
from the White House that the Carpa-
thia give the country some news as to
the fate of Major Archibald Butt, the
Presidents military aide, and as to the
fate OF other Americans in whom the
country ct large and the Administra-
ton had right to have some interest,
dents request by the scout cruiser
silence.
In fact II finally reached the point
that the Carpathia, after the mes
sages of the Chester became more in
slstent, asked that the cruiser quit
bothering the incoming steamship, the
plea being made that naval messages
were hard to send and that all the In
formation the officers Of the rescuing
ship as to the number and personnel
e of the passengers saved had been
This Indicated that the Carpathia
had no information to give beyond
that which had already been pub
lished. Not single word could be
obtained as to the manner in which
the steamship had sunk.
This extraordinary policy of reticence
on the part of the White Star officials
was regarded as all the more disturbing
since Unofficial messages We're pouring
In to the effect that there had been a
greater loss of life than at first an
nounced, and that there were certain
features and phases of the terrible
marine disaster which the White Star
people were trying to keep quiet.
The Washington times., 1912-04-18
Hope Abandoned
That John B. Thayer
Has Escaped Death

PHILADELPHIA. April 1o.-Hope
that John B. Thayer, second vice presi-
dent of the Pennsylvania Railroad, es-
capped death in the disaster of the IT.
tanic. upon which he, his wife and their
son. John B. Thayer, jr., were pas
sengers, have been abandoned.
1t is reported that a wireless dis
patch was received here today from
Mrs. Thayer on the Carpathia, stating
that her husband went down VITA the
ship. but that she and her son were
rescued. Mr.. Thayer's mother is in a
state of collapse, and all news of the
disaster is being kept from her.
The Washington times., 1912-04-18
Major Butts Memory
Honored By Masons

The memory of Major Archibald Butt.
believed to be among those who went
down with the Titanic. was honored la st
Council, knights OF Kadosh, No. i, of
Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite
Free Masonry.
Capt. Horace F. Mcintosh, of thirty
the ceremonies of comforting degrees on
large class of candidates to speak of
the Presidents military aide.
I'm all his services rendered to his
President. and as a man and a Mason,
Archibald Butt emulated those princi-
Piles for which Scottish Rite Free
masonry stands" said Captain McIn-
tosh.
A large number OF distinguished Ma
sons were present, some from Balti-
more and Philadelphia.
The Washington times., 1912-04-18
Woman Faints When
Told Major Butt
Is Among Missing

NEW YORK, April ia woman
claiming to be a second cousin of Major
Archibald Butt, military aide to Presi-
dent Taft, from Plymouth Mass, called
at the White Star line office this morn
ing to inquire whether anything had
been heard of her missing relative.
When she was told that there was 10
word from him she tainted. She was
revived quickly and went away without
giving her name.