The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1912-04-18

up life within sight of the little, rock
ing boats that held their women. 1t
cannot be doubted now that among
them were Colonel John Jacob Astor
Major Archibald w Butt, aide to Pres
ident Taft, George ID. Widener of Phil
adelphia, Karl H. Behr, the tennis
champion; Jacques Futrelle, the
writer; William T. Stead, the London
editor; Francis D. Millet, the Amer
lean artist, and many, many more
who were known on both Sides The
toll will be felt the world over
The names of the survivors wire
lessed here by the Olympic included a
small number of men who were able
to find a place with the women and
children in the all too few boats. Such
good news as there is placed among
the living Henry S. Harper of the pub
fishing firm of Harper & Co., and Mrs.
Harper; DR.. and Mrs. Henry Frauen-
thai and Mr.. and Mrs. I. G.. Frauen-
thai. Mrs. John Jacob Astor with her
maid is on the Carpathia, which is
hurrying the survivors to this port
and which should arrive here Thurs
day night. Among the others rescued
are j. Bruce Ismay, the managing di-
rector of the White Star line: Mrs.
George D. Widener of Philadelphia.
Gordon and Lady Cosmo Duff, Mrs.
Jacques Fultrelle, RMS Charles NJ.
Hayes, Mrs. Henry B. Harris and Mrs
iashington Dodge of San Francisco.
The list of survivors includes women
and children from the first cabin; Sec
ond cabin and steerage No distinc-
tions were made when the rule of the
sea sent women and children to the
boats and left the men to their fate.
The first message from the Olympic
that filtered through the stormy air
said that there were S6S survivors on
the Carpathia, but modified later to
about S00," but whether one message
allowed for the boat crews and the
other did not was not made clear.
There is no certainty here as to how
many souls were aboard the Titanic
when she hurled herself against a
giant berg. The first estimate of the
number here was 2,1S0, the London
Offices estimate 1885 and later esti-
mate here was 2,21O, made up of 325
of the first cabin, 2S5 second cabin,
| $50 steerage and $50 crew. With
the lowest total and the highest list
of saved there would be 1900 lost and,
at the highest Of both, 1900.
Her vett AN captain, E. j. Smith,
knew the peril that lay ahead of him
along the westerly track OF steam.
snps. Orncr nuvIsurOrs unu rUunu
and avoided those pallid shapes in a
smother of fog that remain the un-
conquerable enemies of ships. Only
few hours before the Titanic shat
terered her tremendous bulk, the Ham
burg-American liner Amerika wire
lessed to the Titanic that there were
two large ice bergs east and south of
the place where the White Star colos-
sus was finally in collision. That was
on Sunday md shortly after receiving
the news Titanic herself relayed
| it to a land station from which the
photographic Office heard of it Ana
then, there seems little reason to
doubt, the Titanic plunged onward and
hurled herself against these very
| bergs.
The Carpathia, with about 500 of the
survivors on board. has supplied no
account of the wreck, nothing hut the
list of the survivors, which she relay
| ed TO the Olympic and which the
| Olympic in turn sent to the White
| Star line here. 1t may be that the
| story of the worlds greatest marine
disaster will not be cleared up until
the Carpathia reaches here Thursday.
The Carpathia should make the voy-
age by Thursday night under favor
able weather and land the survivors
on Friday p.orning. According to the
Cunard officials she is not overcrowed