The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-18
ANXIOUSLY AWAIT
FURTHER T|D|hGS
Many Hurry to New York for
Coming of Rescue Ship
Carpathia.
EAGERLY READ BULLETINS
Passengers Lost on Titanic Had
Engaged Hotel Rooms
by Cable.
Especial to The Times plspa,ch. !

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New York. April lin nearly
every MOTEL In the city to-day are men
and women awaiting news OF friends
and relatives who were passens.r.
aboard the Titanic. Many were all
ready here waiting the arrival of IN,
steamship whom news of the disaster
was flashed from Cape Rao. while
others hurried her. from their hom.s
in Eastern cities.
Many reservations haze been made
ny telegraph from men and women i'm
olher cities more distant. yho VII,
reach ACHE tomorrow in time to moo,
me oarphthiit and see IL their c:.ends
ana relatives were saved Many of
the Titanic's passengers had ca,ird ~
'His city 10 have rooms and suites re-
served Tor them. but nearly ali VINO
LOOK this procaution are among thnsc
VINO Were lost with tho steamship In
phc Corridors OF all the leading hotels
are crowds OF men and women waiting
Tor the latest bulletins and eagerly
heading everyV corrected list o. sur
rNors. hoping that those FOR wnom
they wait have been saved
inIiously Awni, Tidinss.
At tho Ritz-Carlton the Earl of
Rcthes Is eagerly awaiting further
news OF the rescue Of his wife, The
Countess Rothcs, who is reported TO
DE on board the Carparh!a. a. the
same hosiery Is a. W. Howser. OF
Portland. Ore, who came 10 thls city
to meet his wife after receiving a
cahiegram from her that she was re
turning 10 America on board tho
Titanic. Mr.. uowser knew nothing OF
the disaster until he was leaving the
Grand Central Station. and was
stunned by the glaring headlines OF
tho afternoon papers telling OF tho
steamships fate. Mrs. Howser's nume
does not appear among tho list of sur
vivors.
AIR. and Mrs Frederick wick. Of,
awaiting news of NIr. wick's brother.
George Wick who was a passenger
aboard the steamship with their
daughter. Miss Margaret Wick Miss
wick 10 reported saved but her uncle
is believed to have been drowned
Miss Wick was accompanied by Miss
Caroline Bonncll. who is also on
hoard the Carpathia. Mrs. j. VI. Bon
nell is at the Waldorf Astoria await
ins the arrival OF her daughter.
Another brother of Mr.. Wick. Henry
Wick, arrived here on board the lap
land lie said no talked with his
brother in London and tried to per-
subQc him to come 10 this country
With him. but he refused saying that
ne wanted to be n passenger on board
the Titanic on her maiden voyage.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. l. Bcckwith and
Miss Helen Newson, Mrs Beckwith'A
daughter, OF Columbus. Ohio. who live
rart OF the year at the Wolcott. are
among those reported saved.
Al tho ST. Regis, y. l.. Ryerson is
nnMlously awaiting news OF his
brother. Arthur l. Ryerson. and his
family. Mrs, Ryerson, her two daugh-
tiers and her son are reported among
the survivors. but no report has been
made OF Mr.. Ryerson escaping the
fate OF the majority of the passengers
% the Titanic.
The Ryerson family was returning
10 attond the funeral OF Arthur Rysr-
son, Jr., Harvard student, who was
killed in an automobile accident near
his home in Philadelphia a few days
ago.
bride Saved, Husband Lost.
Among the young couples returning
on board the Titanic from>bridai tours
wcra Mr.. and Mrs. Lucian +. Smith. OF
Morgantown. w. Va. They had res
served rooms al tho Rtz-Carlton by
cable, and many letters are awaiting
them there. Mrs. Smith was saved.
but her husbands name Is not men
toned in tn, list of survivors.
Another couple returning from their
wedding tour are Mr.. and Mrs. d. II.
Bishop, who had written from Egypt
asking MIR. Bishops father to meet
them at the Waldorf Astoria. They
are on board the Carpathia.
The members Of the Roosevelt family
now stopping at tho Hotel Gotham are
anxiously awaiting news OF Major
Archibald Butt, President Tafts mil
itary aid. Mrs. Nicholas Longworth,
who Is with the rest Of the family,
made many inquiries for the latest
news and anxiously scanned the lists OF
survivors, hoping to find his mama