The Chitina leader., 1912-04-20
Late Telegraph News


 Early yesterday morning, returning on her maiden trip from Liverpool the big steamship struck iceberg off Cape Race New Foundand The crash with terrific force and badly stove in the vessel that she very began sink Pandemonum regned while the signal of distress quickly sent out by wireless Boats at lowered but n the excitement of the occasion number drowned in the wild scramble to get the boats In the meantime the steamer Cpaha caught the wireless and steamed to the When she arrived the Titanic had almost disappeared but she ceeded in picking up most of the who had gotten off in the small boats
 The passengers and crew aboard the Titanic numbered 20O and the indicated that all the rescued only numbered 675 Over twohirds of these women and children They first placed in the small boats ntermin gled with few relatives Practically all the females saved But before many of the could find opportunity to leave the steamship and before the rescung vessel arrived the Titanic slowly sank out of sight, waery 1,500 souls
 There many prominent passengers whose usefulness in this world end Among the number who report ed lost Charles M Hays president of the Grand Trunk Rail way Company of Canada; Major Archibald Butt military aide to President Taft Idor Sraus the big merchant and bank of New York and member of Congress 1s9395 Alfred c. Vanderbilt of the late Cornelius Vanderbilt For time it thought that Col John Jacob Astor and wife had pershed but they were later found among the saved.
 The Titanic was commanded by Capt E. J. Smith, and when she foundered at 22O her position latitude 416 north longitude 5014 west This afternoon Vice Pre dent Franklin of the White Star line stated that there had been horrible loss of life and that in all probability only 675 had been saved He admitted that the latest advces indicated that 53O lives had been lost and he had but slight hope that there would be apprecabe difference in those terrible fig As of the residents of this city, the
 offices of the steamship company presented hearrend ing the hundreds of relatives and friends continual E surged and out during the past hours in the hope of learning more encouraging news
 The Titanic of the latest and most magnificent passenger steamers aoat She operated by the White Star Line and built by Harand Wolff at Belfast Her furnishings and were most sumtuous and she almost entirely patronized by the very wealthy She ed from New York her maiden trip couple of weeks ago She sister ship to the Olympic and her dimensions follows Length s86 fet breadth 92 fee depth 96 feet Her tonnage 45OO; and indicated horse power 50O00
 NEW YORK, April 17-Later information concerning the disastrous wreck of the big steamship Titanic off Race New Foundand early Monday morning. has brought ray of hope of the beeaved relatives The number who shed officially announced by the White Star Line 1850 They that the survivors number S68 prnc pally and children Vice President Franklin states that POP 325 first cabin passengers been for The small boats and rafs aboard the Titanic had modations for 11 but there not time them all before the steamer sank The Carpaha the only that close enough to the pick them Other vessels responded the calls of distress but unable to be of benefit in the work wireless from the Capa ha indicates that at the time of the wreck heavy storm raging and the Titanic running through twenty miles of ice field with huge cebergs all sides The Carpatha due in New York with the rescued passengers Thursday d ternoon Word to hs effect has been received Collector Customs Loeb
 It now develops that Alfred G. Vanderbilt who was at
 first thought to have been ot changed his plans the last moment and did not sa Col Asor reported to have been rescued but Braeet announced that his body had been recovered William T. Seed of London is reported among the missing Among the rescued is Mrs Charles Hays the wife of the president of the Grand Trunk Railroad who be eved to have been drowned Mrs George Wdener of Phil adepha and Lady Duff Gordon of London also among the living President Imay the White Star Line among those aboard who rescued Benjamin Guggenhem the brothers reported missing He spent most of his time abroad and president of the International Pump Company The steamer Titanic insured for five million dollars The deahbed of the paata greyhound is two miles down the coast from Halifax.
 WASHINGTON, April 18-Major Archibald Butt, mill tary aide to President Taft who the missing gers important mssion he bore letters to bo Turkey and Italy with view to ending the at Trpo
 WASHINGTON April 1S.-The Senate committee of of which Senator Smith of Michigan is chairman has de parted to investigate the of the wreck of the Titanic President Ismay of the White Star Steamship ne has been summoned to appear and testify.
 WASHINGTON, April 1s.-Presiden Taft has cabed