New-York tribune., 1912-04-21
'OLyMP|C'S CAPTAIN
SENT NO FALSE REPORT
Flashed News of Disaster Mon
day Afternoon as Soon as
Learned from CarpathIa.
MRS. AVA W. AST0R COMING
Plans To Be with Son at Earliest
Possible Moment - British
Relief Funds Exceed
100000.

London, April 2O.-Captdln Hduuoeh'
of the White Star Line steamship Olym-
pic. on arriving at Plymouth this morn
ing from New York, denied that the
OLYMPIC sent out wireless report that
the Allan liner Virginian was towing
the Titanic and that all of the latter
passengers were safe.
$50 soon as | heard of the disaster
from the Carpathia," said Captain Had
dock. II dispatched the news by Wire
less 10 New York, informing the White
Star officials of the number of persons
saved and Of the laundering OF the IL
tanic. That was on Monday afternooi'
rhu Olvmpic steamed nearly four nun
aroa miles before discovering that she
u.or,d he too late to render any a'o'
"The Olympic" the captain con'ihueu,
"arst heard the Titanic's call LOT a'u
about twenty minutes after the nl'sn'p
,,od occurred. IT came through the
steamer Celtic, and we never hea'u VI
ract from Captain Smith. Five h""u'e'
miles separated the Olympic anu w.
Titanic and. utilizing every Poui'u 'l
s,oam the Olympic pressed forward a'
= mace never before steamed py Hei
between twenty-four and twenty i've
knots an hour"
Gloom Settles Over Olympic
Hours later the Olympic knew that he'
race 70 the aid Of the Titanic hao pee''
in vain. The Carpathia announced tna'
she had the survivors aboard ana ''"'
tho Titanic had disappeared. Gloom Se'-
tled over the Olympic and All smuse-
ments were abandoned.
The wireless operators and PASSENGER >
on hoard the olympic were bomparooo
with REQUESTS for stories OF the oiSas'e' :
h,,, sort OF censorship was establish"n
o,.or tho wireless service, so as TO smut
off the possibility of groundIess rumoiS
being circulated.
committee formed under the 'hs'r
n,ansb;p of Albert Wiggin 'oHec'e'
G. onO for the relief Of the sufferers
Mrs. Ava Willing Astor, the mother OF
1.incent Astor, has decided TO go 10 ne"
York 20 be with her son. She VIII san
at the earliest possible moment
rho ,ar,ous relief funds for tho as
sistance Of sufferers by the Titanlc o ols-
aster now amount TO upward oi Tt"o'V",,
The fund at the Mansion House snon auSl'c 900
noon to-day amounted o S.p'I, NJ
.r,nne to.day'g subscriptions TO TINS
80 fund are $1,000 from W. W.
60 and 81 600 from Lord Strathcona'
Services on All Warships'
The british Admiralty has ordered
+,ot divine services on sll the warships
IN homo ports tomorrow shall take 'ne
form Of a memorial service Tor 'h" W.
fins Of the steamer Titanic.
Tho services In all the churches WIZ
ho of memorial character, with the
singing Of Nearer, My God to Thee as
the special feature.
Mr. Kemster, managing director OF INC
sh,pbuilding Arm which constructed VI.
Titanic. while speaking at neetlhe az
Rolfast to-day, held 10 start reiet Jun"
for tho survivors, said that just before
tho Titanic left Belfast on her maiden
VOYAGE he asked Captain smith IL tne
o,dtime seamen's courage and fearless
ness in the face of death still existed
Cantain Smith replied with emphasis:
IN q disaster like that to the b'rken-
head happened they would go down as
those men went down.
The British troopship Blrkenhead.
while taking detachments ot Lanrers
and Rifles from Queenstown TO tape
Town. struck rock or simon ba!'
South Africa, February ~. iN.'-. vi tne
coo nersons on board 4J4 OF the crew
and soldiers perished
Within an hour after the opening OF
the relief fund 10000 had been sub
scribed. including $4,000 by Lord Pirr!e
and $4,000 by Harland e. Wolff. The
Queens Island shipbuilding Works were
closed to-day out of respect for the VIC