The Alaska citizen., 1912-04-22

| man. departed today for New York 10 await the arrival of the Carpa- thia, when they will investigate the cause of the wreck and the cnduct l Of the officials. President lsmay of the White Star Line. who is one of the rescued passengers. will be summoned to appear before the com mittee and testify.
 NEW YORK. April 1S.-The Car pathia will dock here tonight at II o'clock, bringing the survivors of
 the wreck of the Titanic.
 HALIFAX. April 1S.-The Mackay-
 Bennett cable ship is searching fir
 the dead of the Titanic.
 WASHINGTON, D. C.. April IS
 President Taft has received cables
 from the crowned heads of Europe.
 expressing their sorrow over the
 wreck of the Titanic and the dis
 astrous results which attended it.
 NEW YORK, April 19.-At 9 O 1 clock last evening. ahead of her scheduled time, the steamship Car i pathia docked in this port. having on board the 739 survivors of the | VI N't h'illiSllltf llldlllt. ne docks were a mass of people, most of whom had relatives or friends aboard the Titanic. and it was nee essary to call out the police reserves 70 handle the situation created by i tie lrenzied men and women. The Carpathia brought the first story of the wreck, replete with thrilling and pathetic instances and heroic action. II appears that the Titanic was travelling full steam ahead. and that she struck the sub merged berg amidships on the star board side. ripping the ship open 10 tae stern. The engine room in anlly became a mass of ice. while a shower of ice fell upon the fore castle. Several explosions followed
 the collision. and shortly before the ship sank il broke in two abaft lh engines. Hundreds of the 1901 passengers and crew who went down with the ship huddled on the after deck, and the survivors from the Ilfcboats and rafts saw them go down 10 their graves with the ship. and i heard their cries and moans as they perished in the icy sea.
 Of the 745 rescued from the ri
 tanic, six died from the effects of ! the shock. one of them while in the lIteboat and the other five after l they had been taken aboard the Car paihia. The lisr of prominent dead previously mentioned still stands. and IS added by Mrs Isdore Straus
 Wife f the communal worker. who absolutely refused 10 leave her hus-
 band, and who died brayelv with
 him. George D. Widener. the Phil elphIa millionaire, also perished
 with the doomed passengers. and his
 widow who arrived on the Carpathia is heartbroken. Save those women
 who refused 10 leave their husbands all the women and children aboard The Titanic were saved. but the life boats and ratts were inadequate to carry all the passengers. and the men and the wives who refused to leave their husbands were drowned.
 Nearer, My God, to Thee. played lhe band on the afterdeck of the Titanic, requiem to the perishing souls who sank to theirt eternal rest beneath the surface of the Atlantic in the ocean horror of the century.
 NEW YORK, April 19.-With all he flags in the city at half mast
 in honor of the dead of the Titanic, the survivors are besieged by the Interested people for stories of the occurrences aboard the wrecked ship. The greatest ocean horror in modern history has absorbed the attention of the people of the world, and the minutest detail is of interest to the people.
 President Taft has ordered the flags of the United States at half mast today, in honor of the dead and this city is in mourning. Many ol the passengers of the Titanic were well known residents of this city, and husbands and wifes sur round the steamship company's offices and will not be driven away. anXiously awaiting news of their wives or husbands who were pass engers on the ill-fated ship.
 The story that the captain and chief engineer shielded on the deck of the ship when they saw that they were doomed is not confirmed.
 NEW YORK, April 19-"We wei come the most exhaustive inquiry into the wreck of the Titanic" said President Ismay today when ap- preached by representative of the Associated Press. He refused to
 ak further for publication.
 NEW YORK, April 19-Mrs. W. I fEr1nun nF the Titanic wreck, says that Presi- dent Ismay of the White Star line was not only the first one to be seated in the lifeboats. but he it was who personally selected the crew of his boat
 WASHINGTON. D. C., April 19.- Senator Raynor in the senate today Vigoursly attacked the action of President Ismay of the White Star line in "Risking the life of the ship in order to make a quick trip across the Atlantic for Ismay's benefit"
 LONDON, April 19.-J. Pierpont Morgan was to have been pas senger on the ill-fated Titanic. but at the last moment he turned his reservations over to J. Horace Hard ing. of the Morgan banks.
 WASHINGTON, D. C., April 19.-I Archie died like soldier" said President Taft today, referring to the death of Major Archibald Butt, who went down with the Titanic.
 NEW YORK, April 19.-It is evi- | dent that the officials of the White Star Steamship company are en- deavoring to escape all possible