Arizona republican., 1912-04-17
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 CAPE RACE, April 16 (BuHetin)-- A wireless message from Captain Paddock, of the Olympic, relayed by the Celtic, reads:
 Please alay rumor that Virginian has any of Titanic's passengers. Neither has the Tunisian. I believe the only survivors are on the Car pathia. The second. third, fourth ana fifth officers. and the second Marconi operator are the only officers saved.''
 NEW YORK. April 16.-Only a faint hope remains tonight that any Of the 1902 passengers and crew, who have been missing since the giant Titanic sunk, have been picked up by Atlantic liners. The 86S sur vivors resCued from the life boats by the Carpathia are now the only known saved
 Brief and meager messages that came to hard today practically ex- tinguished the hope that some ill., fated passengers may have been pick tu QD at SCd DN lAlt' II S IIlldll Hillu Parisian, of the Allan line. Both sent word there were no survivors aboard.
 Of those rescued by the Carpathia, the names of 326 passengers had been received by wireless mp to 4:30 this afternoon. The Carpathia was evi- dentE out of wireless range toward noon. for after that efforts to reach her were futile. and a score or more messages from the Cunard company and other sources were unanswered.
 At , this afternoon. president Franklin, of the White Star line, said so far as he knew the Olympic was still standing by the Carpathia to relay wireless messages. He all dei he had received no word from the Olympic since 9 this morning. and had been unable to get either the Carpathia or the Olympic by wireless.
 Franklin also said the companies crossing the Atlantic had entered into an agreement to abandon the short northern route so long as ice borgs are reported in the pathway of the former course.
 A dispatch from Montreal saying that hope is still entertained that the T 'i4 i94siEl iIiE Eil islNt tiiI''il VI S'iiIN 9hi vivors. Franklin characterized as ri diculous"
 The Titanic was insured five mil lions said Franklin. On the ship the line viii lose three millions.
 This will be the smallest part of our loss" he said.
 Captain ROstron, of the Carpathia in his last wireless report to the Gun ard company. said the vessel was proceeding slowly through the fell of ice
 President Taft late this afternoon directed the secretary of the navy to order the scout cruisers Salem ana Chester from Hampton Roads to meet the Carpathia and send by wireless to the government a complete list of the Titanic's survives The Chester was caught by wireless about forty miles off the Chesapeake capcs and by four o'clock was steaminG northward twenty knots an hour, aiming to get as quickly as possible in touch with the steamers having news bearing on the disaster
 A possible chance of obtaining news developed early this evening when the Leyland liner Californian came within the wireless zone of Sable Island. an1 sent a message that she probably may have important infor- nation later
 Whether Charles NJ Hays, presi- dent of the Grand Trunk was saved was unknown tonight. His name is not among those rescued by the Car patha. A Canadian dispatch earlier in the day stated Hays was saved. His wife and daughter were rescued.
 The treasury department gave ord CTS to expedite the landing of sur vivOrs and to aid in every way pos sible upon the arrival of the Car pathia. Customs regulations have been suspended and customs officers will aid survivors in finding relatives and friends.
 Vice president Franklin said fate today the list of survivors showed that POP out of 325 first cabin pass engers, IA out of 2S5 second passen- gers had been accounted for.
 C. F. Sumner general agent for the Cunard lines, said tonight he be-