The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-04-18

Flensberg.-The steamer Oc- "
s. cident today collided with a big t.
" iceberg, but the captain ran her =
& ashore and saved the passengers "
Il and the crew.
+ " # 81 - = s. s. 81 81 =
Washington, ID. C.-Commandcr
Becker of the scout cluiscr Chester
notified the navy department at 1:I1
o'clock that he was i'll communication
with the Carpathia.
Decker said in his message that the
Carputhia had sent ashore the list OF
the first and second class passengers
saved and would sen the list of third
cabin passengers later.
Copyright 1872 by the United Press
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On Board Olympic, East Bound,
by wireless TO Cape Race. NewfounG-
land, and land lines to New York.
The bodies of some of the victims of
the Titanic will be brought home,
probably via Boston, on the steamer
California, now at the scene of the
disaster.
The Olympic is proceeding on her
way to England. She could do moth
ing as nothing remained but wreck
age when she reached the spot where
her sister ship went down. The news
of the tragedy stunned all on board.
AS soon as Capt. Haddock received
word by wireless asking for aid for
the Titanic. he rushed his steamer TO
=. the scene, full speed, but arrived too
late. Heavy contributions were made
by the passengers for aid of the fam
lilies of the lost crew of the Titanic
Carpathia Due Friday.
New York City.-A wireless dis
patch from the Carpathia which has
the Titanic survivors Oh board, says
She is SOC miles from the Ambrose
tilIIIIlCI anu VIII lNuNli - "
day night and enter the harbor Fiji
day morning. All are we'll.
A prominent Wall street man told
the Cunard line officials today tina
he had information on Monday after
noon that the Titanic had sunk. Mes
sagcs from Montreal show that tl'
White Star line officials knew OF tn
sinking of the ship Monday, whel
they were giving out rc%assuring bul
letins.
{ Henry w. Taft, a brother OF Pres
I" dent TAFT, called at the Offices TO-DAY
asking for news Of Major Butt, tn
presideut's aide who was on the i
tanic, but received no information.
Eispntc Number of Dead.
>. While the White Star line says thu
S6S persons were saved from the L
III tanic and about 1882 lost, the Ma
conf wireless officials assert that the
have a message saying the save
number 700 and the lost 1900.
Renewed apprehension that u
number saved was not as large
the White Star officials have lnsisV'
came today when the Marconi col
~ pany made what it termed an ollci
statement.
This company says it reached t
,,.. Carpathia through the F~ranconla a
found that only 700 Survivors OF I
Titanic were on that vessel, ana I'd
fully 1000 were lost.
IT seems certain that until Y
scout steamers now on inc w
/. reach the Carpathia and report,
real figures of the lost n SAY
will not be available.
The first report, credited 10
captain of the Carpathla, fNed
Welt number Of saved at 60. Later
at White Star people here SAID I
there had been SGS saved. u 1ai
49,, to reveal their source OF informal
News Suppressed for Market
AS the day wore on 1t pecaihe
most a certainty that some ohc
nois been maintaining a censorship =
lbcr the wireless. Capt. Rostrom Oh
owa Carpathia sent q wireless dlsp'
;ant, to his owners here as soon as
iton coached the scene and found the
S he tanic had sunk. That message
win held up for nearly "a hours al
, did Cunard Line offices. Today 1t
8 of suggested that this message MAJ
he relayed through the Olympic
Iowa land station, but the officials rel
lying to saw whether they believed TN
t his had been held up on the Iita
lg to sister ship.
Suggestions that powerful J