The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-23


Premler's Expression.
After reading to the members the
messages from the White Star com
pany, the premier continued:
Perhaps the House will allow me
to add this: That l am afraid we
must brace ourselves to confront one
OF those terrible events in the order
OF providence which battle foresight,
which appall the imagination and
make us realize the inadequacy OF
words to do justice to what we feel.
1--WE can not say more at this mo.
ment than to give necessarily i'm.
perfect impression of our sense OF
admiration that the best traditions of
the sea seem to have been observed
and that willing sacrifices were of.
fered to give the first chance for safe.
ty to those who we're least able to
help themselves, and Of the heartfelt
sympathy of the whole nation to those
who find themselves suddenly be.
reaved of their nearest and dearest"
Insurance Near Panic.
The sinking Of the Titanic, follow.
ing so closely the wreck of the Delhi,
Oceania and other big vessels, has
caused CONSERVATION among marine
underwriters. 1t will be long before
the full effect in insurance of various
kinds at Lloyds is known and many
underwriters and syndicates may be
hard hit,
Several insurance men declined to
admit there would be a movement In
the direction of higher rates of insur.
ance. Asked whether this would
prove a setback to the building of
huge vessels, one member of Lloyds
answered that it depended on the de-
tails of the disaster given by the sur
vivors.
Condition of Rescued Pitful.
NEW YORK, April 16.-The condi.
ton of the rescued, by all accounts,
is pitiable, Mrs. John Jacob Astor, &C.
cording to a private message receiv-
ed today, wore nothing but her night
gown and rain coat when she was
hurried from the deck of the Titanic
into a lifeboat. OF all the jewels and
gowns she had with her not one re-
mains to remind her of the days of
her honeymoon.
Confirmation came today of the re-
port that the sea where the Titanic
sank was a field of ice for miles and
miles. The Carpathia's captain sent
word early in the day that he was
proceeding slowly owing to ice foes.
This condition makes 1t improbable,
even impossible, that Sny other sur
vivors will be found.
In the hope that some sign of life
might remain, not only is the Ley
land liner California searching far and
wide through the wreckage and ice
that strews the vicinity of the trag-
edy, but the cable steamer Mackay
Bennett, which is equipped with all
sorts of salvage apparatus, has been
ordered from Halifax to theaj spot
where the Titanic sank 1t has in
structions to search for bodies until
further notice.
The Sierra Got News.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 17.-While
the liner Sierra, which arrived from
Honolulu yesterday, was 400 miles off
port on Monday morning, the news
of the Titanic disaster was received
by wireless. E. M. Miller, wireless
operator of the Sierra, received the
first aerogram at O'clock
These were turned over to the ships
printer. When the 10 cabin passen,
gers sat down to breakfast they had
before them the tale which was being
read by millions on land.
When the revenue cutter Golden
Gate made fast to the steamship after
it had passed at quarantine the pas
sengers crowded around the customs
men and others who went aboard to
learn the latest news of the catastro
phe.
A number of the passengers are
from the Eastern Coast and were an,
xious to get list of the passengers
of the Titanic, fearing that some OF
their friends might be among those
whose lives were snuffed out.
Equipment Criticised by Captain.
CHICAGO, April 16.-Captain Ed
ward J. Smith of the Titanic believed
that the steamer was not properly
equipped with lifeboats and other life
saving apparatus and protested, with
out success, against the lack OF pre-
caution, according to Glenn Marston
friend of the captain.
Marston said tonight that while re
turning from Europe on the Olympic
in company with Captain Smith he re
marked on the small number of life
boats carried by such a large passen
ger steamer. It was then, according