The Washington times., 1912-04-19
NATIONAL CAPITAL
!. PLUNGED IN GRIEF
BY THE DISASTER
EveryoneN Affected and So
ciety Standing Still, Stunned
BY Loss of Friends.


who were mourned for dead are dead.
The arrival of the Carpathia did not
involve the dramatic return to life of
men over whom requiems were begun.
The, latest word has, however, con-
firmed the uncertain safety of some
members of the passenger list and
Into some homes has crept ray of
gladness, curiously in contrast with the
pail that hangs over the city. The
rescue of w. e. Carter and his entire
family. relatives of Mrs. Stilson Hutch
ins, was confirmed this morning. Mrs.
Carter and her two children we're in a
lifeboat. Mrs. Carter helping at the
oars. 1t was ten hours later that she
saw her husband on the Carpathia. hav-
ing given him up as lost. The arrival
Of the vessel confirmed, in the flesh the
safety of Col. Archibald Oracle of Mrs
Helen C. Candee, of Mrs. William B. Sill
vey. and of Mrs. Henry b. Harris.
The death of Clarence Moore. Major
Archibald Butt, and r. D. Millet was
accepted as a certainty Wednesday.
Those who knew these men knew that
they were in the front rank of the fight
against the sea, and this meant death
on the Titanic.
Body Pulled Into Boat.
II is related by some of the survivors
that when pulling away from the
smooth-surfaced vortex that marked
where the ocean giant had disappeared,
man. was pulled into their boat. He
was bleeding at the nose and ears, ana
died. He was a man of powerful frame,
and they thought he was Major Butt.
Shortly a struggling figure showed black
against the water and was pulled IN.
the body Of the dead man in the boat
being cast out to make room for tho
living. 1t may be that Major Butt not
only gave his life to aid others, but
that his friends and relatives were de-
MED even the tragic satisfaction Of re-
covering his body because the room was
needed for the quick.
Major Blanton Winship, who lived
with Major Butt at 1000 G street north
west, went to New York yesterday
noon. If trace there was of Major
Butts body. II he left by the slightest
chance message to his friends, Major
Winship intended to get 1t. Neither
Major Winship nor others of Major
Butts close friends really expected ever
to see him again after the discouraginy
news Wednesday.
At Major Butts apartments there was
the utmost depression this morning,
even the porter rejecting the hopeless
ness that lays In the fact that Major
Butt did not come to port.
w. B. Hibbs, of Hibbs &, Co, was in
New York last night and communicated
with Washington. He found no trace of
Clarence Moore. The death of the f1nan-
,,iar nd O.,
No Trace of Millet.
Francis Millet was known to all the
Washington men who went to New
York primarily to find trace of others,
but none of them have reported a trace
Of the globe trotter, journalist, and art
ist who on his last voyage was bearing
sketches for an important new public
work in Boston.
.. S. Woody, mail clerk on the IT.
tantc, is still among the missing. His
wife is at the home of Harry Warren,
~ u street, where she has anxiously
awaited news since the first warning
Of the Titanic disaster appeared Mon
day morning.
Mrs. William B. Silvey, sister of Mrs.
Frances s. Deshler, of Washington, was
saved, but her husband is supposed to
be lost. Mrs. Silveys daughter, Mel
vile, and her aunt, Mrs. Piez, of Os-
Wego, n. Y, are in New York to meet
her.
Mrs. Edgar Meyer. formerly Miss Lila
Saks, of Washington is saved, but her
husband is supposed to be lost. They
were making the return trip after being
notified of the death two weeks ago
of Mrs. Meyers father, Andrew Saks.
Until the name of the last passenger
of the Carpathia has been scanned
there will still be hope for the survival
of some of the less prominent members
of the Titanic's brilliant gathering. And
until the circumstances of the tragedy
are fully treated, friends of Major Butt,
Clarence Moore. and f. ID. Millet will
seek for some message that they may
have given friends more fortunate than
they in escaping the frigid embrace OF
a bottomless sea.
Unloose Store of Grief.
The half-mast order from the White
House yesterday was only a signal to
unloose pent-up store of grief. In all
Washington the story of the Titanic
was the obsession of all minds today.
There were few men VINO did not dur
ing the day reduce the scene to a con-
trete, personal view and find tears of
sympathy yelling from their eyes. De-
lays in business, apathetic attitudes
toward tasks and unwonted loquacity
were forgiven on the score of interest
III the grisly story of the White Star
liner. After nearly a week of extra
papers, of long hours filled with the
strident calls of bowling newsboys men
still patiently bought extras today
reading them carefully with sympathetic
faces. The public interest In the event
has not taken the morbid turn The
heroic figures that rise above the event
have caught the sympathetic popular
interest.
Washington's social circles OF exclu.
sive and official nature are standing
still. The Chevy Chase Club has lost
two of it's most popular and valuable
members, There is hardly a woman In
the smart set who did not have a rela,
tive on board the Titanic or the other
vessels that have appeared in the
tragic story. There are many who
have members of their families miss.
ing, The tragedy in mid-ocean stopped
the gayety of society like bullet stops
a soaring bird All Chevy Chase func.
lions have been called off as well as
q dozen or more pretentious dinners.