Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-04-18
CARPATH|A WILL
ARRIVE TONIGHT
Twelve Missing Men of Titamic Re-
present Wealth of $751;
100000.
s75O.OOO ROPE OF PEARLS
Can't. Smith, 1t Is Alleged, Was
Driving Ship at % Knots an Hour,
MOI twithstanding Ice.

New York. April lS--The Carpa-
, lhia with 1ui survivors Of The Titan
ic disaster, is expected to dock At
| New York al o'clock tonight. ac-
cording to a bulletin posted by the
White Star Line early today for in
formation Of those WHO gathered ut
their broadway Offices for news OF
friends and relatives.
New York. April lS-Twelre OF
The men missing from the Titanic,
renrescnted wealth estimated III
SIG. .)O0.0 900. John Jacob AStor. of
course. heads the lisi with an rsti-
mated fortune of 25.0O0.D0n.
Then in order come The following:
benjamin Guggcnheim. fifth Of the
C,uyccnheim Smcltcr kings. $!n.00h.-
900.
lsadur Slraus. merchant anu phll-
anLhropisr. $3.0O0.00O.
George ID. Widrncr. Philadelphia
Traction Promoter. $4,000. 300.
Arthur Ryersnn. Philadelphia. So
900 900.
Charles NJ. Hays, president Grand
Trunk Railway. $3.u0O.000.
William G.. Dulles. Philadelphia.
5000. .0O0.
Harry Elkins Widcnrr. son of
George D.. 2.0u0.uuu.
G.. Duane Williams. Philadelphia.
$4,000. 900.
George D. Wick. Youngstown.
81 100000.
Henry Is. Harris. theatcr owner
and manager. Sl.bn0.unU.
Frederick Sutton, Philadelphia,
Sa00. .00a.
Mrs. George d. Widncr. who was
saved. carried with her three ropes
of pearls. insured for s. ,Oo0. Part
of her insurance contract was tlIat
she wear them through the voyage,
and not entrust them TO her baggage.
Halifax. y. S.. April lS-Some
important details of the horrible ma
| rine catastrophe of the New Found
land banks filtered through to lhIs
mort today. positively establishing
The facr that. although Captain smith
of the Titanic knew that the sea was
| full Of dangerous icebergs. his snip
was travelling al more than - KNOTS
an hour when she struck the mass OF
ice that sent her to the bottom.
Despite the attempts by the Whl'e
Star Company and the Marconl wire
less operators 10 suppress the tac'S
il is known here that the atmosphere
was clear last Sunday night and the
! sea as smooth as a mill pond.
Southampton. April 1S-The wo-
men and children of the members OF
tho crew of the i'll faled Titanic today
srormed The White Star Office here.
pleading for the list OF survivors of
the crew. Grief and dispair reached
q climax today after a vigil that had
! lasted since the first news OF the
wreck was received Monday. and
many women. broken in mind ano
body bv the long watch. were carried
away to their homes.
The ariStocracy OF Southampton
sea-going folk was aboard the rata
ship. More than 500 were picked
men. selected for the qualities that
have made the British seamen
standard. When The Titanic wa!
pul in commission. and her ere"
chosen. The men who went IRON
Southampton were proud OF the dis
tinction, and there was a general re-
joicing al the choice.
Today the relatives besieged the
| White Star Line ONCE W iehi IL ''i'
names OF the pitiful few who were
saved to man the life boats for the
surviving passengers. Out OF the
more than 500 but paltry | 90 were
aboard the Carpathia and no list o
these survivors has been sent from
the rescue ship.
As the fourth day OF the grim
vigil began at the White Star office
many women among those clamorinf
for news tainted from grief and ey
haustian. One woman, shriekins
that her husband. her son. two broth
ers and four cousins were among th'
crew of the ill-fated ship, dropped
unconscious, exhausted by four days
OF vain watching and waiting Shs
was carried away to the hospital.