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Operator Gotham, Recalled,
Tells of Titanic's Appeal

Harold T. Cottam, the wireless operator
Of the Carpathia, who testified in New
Yorls was recalled to the stand and
questioned relative to the distress mes
sages received from the Titanic. He re-
iterated the statement he made in New
York, adding somewhat to the details.
The first message Of distress from the
Titanic was Come at once. Have struck
a berg. This is C. @. D."
Gotham said he then gave the Carpa-
thia's position and confirmed the posi-
ton Of the Titanic
Then he ''stood by,Y, he said. and as
sisted the Titanic in communicating with
other ships, because the Titanic operator
said escaping steam aboard interfered
with his instruments. He told Of getting
in touch with the Olympic, the Cali
fornian and the Baltic.
ibid you get In touch with the Mount
Templef' asked Senator Smith.
eyes. sir. about 1890 that night. She
gave me good night but I did not ret
her position"
The witness said he was In touch with
six or seven ships that night. among them
| the Hellig Olav.
Senator Smith sought to learn whether
the wave force furnished q clue. to thu
proximity or distance Of the vessel from
which the message came. Gotham said
1t did not unless the receiving operator
knew intimately tho strength Of the
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THINKS INQUIRY SHOULD END
London Times Says Its Prolongatio1
Can Do No Good.

LONDON, April 25.-The London Times
makes the following comment on the in
quiry into the Titanic disaster being con-
Quoted by a committee of the United
States Senate:
'It may be conceded that the proceed
ings of the Senate committee have done
good deal to hasten inquiry even In
this country. That good effect has. how
prolongation Of the American inquiry can
do any further good in that direction.
I'VE accordingly are free to consider
the further question Of whether the in,
quiry now going on is Of a kind best
to be the main object. namely, such
knowledge of the proximate and imme-
date causes of the disaster as will en-
able all nations to apply thoroughgoing
remedies. 1t must be frankly said that
the sober opinion in this country answers
this question in the negative.
"For the questions put have betrayed
really remarkable ignorance of every
thing pertaining to nautical affairs. That
ignorance of elementary facts in this
case does not lead one to anticipate any
very remarkable comprehension Of the
difficult questions connected with the gen.
efal policy Of navigation which this dis
aster has brought into prominence.
mo one would deny that the interest
Of Americans in Atlantic travelling is
equal to our own. and that their anxiety
to get the earliest information about
the general facts is perfectly legitimate.
But that field is about exhausted, as
far. at any rate, as the present mode of
inquiry is concerned, and the house of
commons shows q quite natural objec-
ton when the inquiry tends to go beyond
general facts and enter upon sphere in
which the British legislature ought to be
supreme"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-25
WANT TO RETURN HOME.
THAMES Officers Urge Committee to
Let Them Depart.

Officers of the Titanic who have ap-
peared before the Senate Investigating
committee were urging early today that
they be permitted to go, back to their
homes in England at the earliest possible
moment. All OF the surviving officers
have testified. but the committee is loath
to let any Of them return until the testi-
mony OF all the ships. crew has been
taken. Counsel for the White Star Com
pany urged that the officers be permitted
to return under the promise that they
could be recalled, and would respond II
necessary. 1t was contemplated that a
decision in the matter would be reached
some time today.
Chairman Smith is anxious to expedite
the inquiry In order to let Mr.. Ismay,
MANAGING director Of the White Star line
ret away AZ soon a. possible. He had
thought that ne could call him earlier
but AZ the developments have come it has
been necessary to hold him.
That some Of the firemen Of the II
tanic viii be called today Is expected.
the government officer In charge having
been instructed to have them within call
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PRESENTS BIG DRAFT.
Wealthy Patient Escapes From SAM.
tarium, But Is Captured.

CHICAGO, April 25.-George S. Moore.
thirty-two years old. whose father is said
to be a wealthy resident of New York
was taken into. custody by the police to-
day on complaint of officers Of a Chicago
sanitarium, who declare Moore escaped
from the institution last Tuesday. where
he was undergoing treatment for a ner-
vous breakdown.
According to the police. Moore visited
a downtown store yesterday and selected
six hundred dollars worth Of clothing.
which he had sent to a hotel. promising
to pay for Ii there. He was not at the
hotel and the goods were returned. He
also Is said to have presented a draft for
100000 at Chicago bank. An employe
of the bank asked him to return and noti-
fled the police. He did not return.
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FATHER KILLED BY TRAIN.
Miss Young Receives News From
Cumberland of Parents Death.

Miss Frances Young, residing at 1890
Pleasant street. Anacostia, and employed
as clerk in a department store. received
a telegram from Cumberland. Md. yes
terday telling OF the tragic death of her
father, William NJ. Young. He was killed
by Baltimore and Ohio passenger train
while on his way to the business section
of the city from the Y. M. c. A. in South
Cumberland. where he boarded.
Mrs. Young, his wife, and FIVE children
reside in Scotland, the father having
come here from that country several
months ago.. Rev. Robert Young. a son
of the victim of the accident. Is pastor
of the United Brethren Church at Mays
vile, w. Va. He formerly was secretary
of the South Cumberland Y. NJ. c. 4.
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BUILDING PERMITS.

The following building permits were
issued today:
To Washington Tobacco Company, to
build three-story fireproof store at OFT
e street northwest; architect. A. p. Clark,
jr.; builder. j. L. Marshall; estimated
cost, $2650O
To John D. Patten. to build three-story
brick dwelling at 1924 23d street north
west; architects Hornblower & Marshall:
builders; w. p. Lpscomb & Co.; estimated
cost, $4,000.
To August A. Bruehl. to build work
shop at 170s 7th street northwest; arr
chitect. w. r. Berrett: builder, Rich
Ard Colston: estimated cost. $500.
To John r. Ferris. to build four two
and three story brick dwellings, at
101-107 A street southeast: architect.
w. Triplett Davis: builder, w. ID.
Mooney: estimated cost. $4,000.
To Potomac Electric Power Company,
to repair substatton at northwest cor
ner OF Sherman avenue and Harvard
street northwest; estimated cost, $500.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-25
ATTACKING MONEY TRUST"
Lively Debate in the House on the
pui0 Resolution.

The House Of Representatives chased
the money devil'' all over the place in a
debate this afternoon occasioned by the
Introduction Of resolution by Repre-
sentative Pujo, chairman OF the commit
tee on banking and currency. He asked
that his committee be given full power to
search out the evils of the so-called
money trust.
Representative Fitzgerald of New York
said that no better illustration Of the
need for an Investigation could possibly
be found than the statement In the press
today. that Theodore Roosevelt was in
strumental In stopping suit against the
harvester trust.
Representative Lenroot characterized
the whole proceeding as IAN attempt to
perpetrate a fraud on the people of the
United States"
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CHICAGO CATTLE MARKET.

CHICAGO, April observation-disclosures
8, 500 head: market steady to Zoe higher:
beeves. 8. 70aS.75: Texas steers, 5.O0a7 so:
western steers, 5.5Oa7 .65: stockers and
feeders, 4.3Oa6 20; cows and heifers, 2.70a
7.5O; calves. 5.O0a7.5O.
Hogs-Receipts. $4,000 head; market
steady to a shade higher; light, 7.J0a
7.77Ih; mixed, 7.4Oa7 .S7ia; heavy, 7.40a
79O; rough, 7.40a7.60; pigs. 4.75a7.0O; bulk
of sales, 7.85a7.8O.
Sheep-Receipts, 10000 head; market
1Oc to 15c higher; native. 4.5Oa6.0O. west
ern, 475a7. 40: yearlings. 6.0Oa1.7 10: lambs.
native. 5.65a8.35; western, 600a9.1O.
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Notes on the Snake Season.

H1Ou1 inc tuIoOSIpulA
Spring has surely arrived We do not
say SO because Of the croak Of the frog,
or the MARBLE of the early bird and poet
these have been badly fooled this season
but because of the wisdom Of the SER
pent. The snake story has made its an
nual appearance: from Darby comes the
tale of a four-foot water snake which
failed to swallow q six-inch catfish .ow-
ing to the protuberant fins; and Prof.
Coleman Of the Royersford High School
10 on the trail Of another serpent which
milks a cow twice day. with the skill
about 1t now; the snake which has lain
alternating for months, coiled up in the
hollow roots of trees or In cavities pro-
tected by bushes. has issued at last from
its state Of torpor-winter is past Pres
coast, and we shall know Of q surety that
midsummer Is here.
Spring is most welcome, but its cold
blooded, writing harbinger is not. The
half-instinctive dislike, or even horror,
which is commonly felt for all snakes
not only the few venomous serpents. but
for the whole harmless order Of reptiles
forms one OF many arguments In favor of
the belief that man had his origin in one
Of the warmer regions of the earth, where
alone animals Of this COnoxious kind
abound. The happiest chapter in the his
tory Of ireland is the brief one which DIR.
Johnson boosted he could repeat by heart:
There are no snakes to be met with
throughout the whole island" What a
different tale IL to be told Of India, where
In one year Sir Joseph Fayrer recorded
11.416 deaths from snake bite talthough
he excluded the central province Of Hin
dustan from his calculation). and where
1t is now estimated that no less than 90 =
GOO human lives are annually destroyed
by venomous reptiles.
Yet It should be borne in mind that OF
the 1,SO0 odd species OF serpents known
to naturalists the vast majority are not
poisonous In temperate climates very
few species are venomous. Great Britain
has but one-the adder. or viper In this
country we have the various kinds-prob-
ably ffteen-of rattlesnakes. and those
dreaded ''pit-vipers," the copperheads and
water moccasins. But the days of the
common or s'banded" RATHER are num-
bered: he has persisted before the pillow
from Maine to Texas. The common
snake. which bears the scientific name Of
Tropidonotus. IL Of many species and en-
tireiy harmless. Aae II to be found all
from northern Asia to North Australia.
In several hues and from q thousand win
ter haunts he IL now coming forth to
greet the spring. He Is to be seen on the
sandy roads summing himself; and near
by, in New Jersey, the fearless school
children eagerly pursue him. For. II OF q
good size, he 10 worth 30 cents at the
grocery store. The dealer sells pine
snake. which strongly resembles q RATHER
without the rattles, to the daring snake
charmer." who toys with the harmless
thing to the shuddering admiration Of a
timid. befooled and serpent-loathing pub
lie.
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Romsdel Prisoner in the Ice.
MAI. BUTT FELT SAFE.
Said to Baron Aliotti That Titanic
Was Unsinkable.

NEW YORK, April 24.-Baron Carlo
Ahotti. Italian minister to Mexico. who
arrived yesterday by the North German
Lloyd liner Kaiser Wilhelm II, which
went more than 900 miles out Of her
course to avoid Ice and was thus de-
layed more than half q day. said he knew
Maj Butt. who perished in the Titanic
wreck. Intimately They had dined sew
eral times together In Rome just before
the major started fof Southampton.
The baron recalls that the major re-
marked that he had to get back to Amer
lea quickly and that the Titanic. the
finest ship ahoat. was also the swiftest
one he could catch
When step aboard the Titanic" the
major said to the baron. 81 shall feel
absolutely safe. You know she 10 UNI
sinkable.'s 1880 -s-t~
The bar1n declared that the major was
q brave man and wen liked In Rome
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Mount Temple Tried to Reach
Titanic, 1t Is Said.
Statement OF PASSENGER
Course Of Vessel Changed and Life
boats Swung From Davits.
BIG FLoEs STOOD IN THE WAY
Story Of DR.. Quitzrau That Doomed
Vessel Could Be Seen
Borne Out.

STRATHCONA, Alberta, Canada, April
25.-E. w. Zurich. who crossed from Ant
werp to st. John, N. B, on the Canadian
Pacific Railway steamer Mount Temple,
has made a statement here concerning
what was observed from the Mount Tenn
pie at sea the night the Titanic went
down. According to Mr.. Zurich. pas
sengers on board the Mount Temple heard
Of the Titanics distress at 12:15 o'clock
Monday morning. when a wireless call for
help was caught.
Capt. Moore changed his vessels course
at once and headed for the Titanic, life
boats being swung from davits meanwhile
and other preparations made for lending
assistance.
The northern course was not held long,
however, gays Mr.. Zurich, because a
great field Of ice doomed up ahead. II
was reported among crew and passengers,
according to Mr.. Zurich. that Capt
Moore made no further efforts to pene-
not afford to endanger the 1000 souls
aboard his ship.
Thinks Masts Were Seen.
The statement Of DR.. Quitzrau to the ef-
ACCt ludt passengers anu CTcW ueIeNeO
they could see the lights Of the unfortu.
nate Titanic is borne out by Mr.. Zurich.
With two companion passengers he dis
obeyed the captains orders. which for
bade passengers entrance to the upper
deck at any time.
He is fairly positive that they saw the
masts of the Titanic, and he says he Ii
not ready to accept the assertion that
their ship was at least forty miles from
the wrecked liner at the time.
At any rate, he thinks the Mount Tenn
pie might have reached the spot before
the Titaric sank. and this supposition. he
says. seems to have been entertained by
others on board.
Their vessel sighted the Carpathia next
morning, Mr.. Zurich says. and, keeping
in touch with wireless communications tc
land. they were conversant with the story
Of the wreck.
Mr.. Zurich says the Mount Temple
sighted immense fields Of ice during Sun.
day and Monday.
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Son Of Builder Of Russian Railway
Ill for Months,

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE. Nd. April 2a-Ross
Revillon winans. son Of the late Thomas
Winans. who helped build the Nicolai
railroad from st. Petersburg to Moscow,
died this morning at hts home. 1917 st.
Paul street. He was fifty-nine years old
and had been i'll for months.
Mr.. Winans had lived the life OF re-
cluse at his beautiful st. Paul street
home for more than two years. He re-
turned, to Baltimore from Paris in 1907
bringing with him the body of his wife.
who was before her marriage the beau
tiful Neva Whistler and his first cousin,
He never ceased to mourn her loss.
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ATLANTIC RESERVE FLEET.
Rear Admiral Knight Made Com
mander-in.Chief. =

Orders have been issued establishing
the Atlantic reserve fleet with Rear iAd-
miral Austin NJ. Knight as commander
in-chief. at the navy yard. Philadelphia.
This fleet will consist OF the Tennessee
tdagship). Maine. Iowa, Indiana. Wiscon-
sin, Chester, Birmingham and Tacoma.
Other ships will be added to this fleet
from time to time. as they become avail
able. R 4.. =
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FAVOR ARCHIBALD RESOLUTION.
Will Be Reported to House This
Afternoon.

The House resolution calling for all
the papers in the J., complaint against
Justice Robert w. Archibald OF the
Court Of Commerce will be favorably
reported to the House this afternoon
by the committee on judiciary.
Representative Norris of Nebraska
introduced the resolution seeking in
formation on the investigation by the
Department Of Justice into alleged
business relations OF Justice Archibald
and the Erie Railroad Company.
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COMMITTEE, HEARS
TIE MOUNT TEMPLE
WAS NEAR TITANIC

Important among the developments in
connection with the probe which the
Senate committee ia making into the
Titanic disaster yesterday afternoon was
the receipt Of telegram from DR.. r. C.
Quitzman Of Toronto, Ont, saying that
the Canadian Pacific steamship Mount
Temple, upon which he was . passenger,
was so near the scene Of the THAMES
plunge that he could see her lights go
out.
Backing up his statement IL that Of
John Mlynazk and his daughter. Nellie,
saying that the Mount Temple was so
near the Titanic that the commotion on
the decks Of the Titanic, the cries Of the
passengers and the creaking of the
chains as the lifeboats were let out could
be heard. They say that lifeboats Of the
sailor Of the Titanic was picked up and
taken aboard the ship.
Following the receipt Of this informa-
ton, Chairman William Alden Smith OF
the committee and Acting Premier George
E. Foster of Canada EXCHANGED tele-
grams looking to the obtaining OF depo-
sitions from the captain and other off,
GERS Of the Mount Temple, now at ST.
Johns, New Brunswick. The cantain has
given to the newspapers q statement that
his ship was fifty miles away from the
Titanic when the G. @. d. was heard, and
reached the Titanic's position at about
4:3O o'clock in the morning. There the
Mount Temple cruised about, looking FOR
Carpathia that further search was not
nocaaaarv
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J. M Goidsby, veteran OF the civil war
and member. OF the local Confederate
Camp Of Veterans. died at an early hour
Wednesday morning in George Wash
ington University Hospital after a short
illness. MT. Goidsby served throughout
the war In q Virginia regiment. Funeral
services will be held at Lees chapel. S22
Pennsylvania avenue northwest, at 10
am, tomorrow, and will be attended by
members OF his camp and other friends.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-25
Cruiser Atlanta to Be Sold.

The old protected cruiser Atlanta, sister
ship 10 tho Boston. built by John Roach
OF Chester. and one OF the first vessels
OF the new steel navy. has been stricken
from the naval list and will be sold to
the highest bidder. She has been serving
as q barracks ship at the Charleston,
8. c., yard.
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Gives Its Closing Concert.

Assisted by Miss Viola Schippert, So
prano; Mrs. Margaret Holland. contralto:
William Atherholt. tenor: J.. E. s. Kim
sella, basso. and Miss Cornelia Long and
w. Arthur Storm. accompanies. the Re-
bew Orchestra gave its closing concert of
the season at Odd Fellows Hail last
evening. In addition to the soloists. Ray
mond L. Gilbert, w. Carroll Gilbert,
]. A. B. Turner, oward Wood, Wall
ter Crouch and others OF the orciles
ira were heard in special numbers. The
concert was followed by dancing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-25

family? And II. Massachusetts, grants the
suffrage to women is there not a chance
OF the bachelors i'm retaliation making
war on spinsters who aspire to hold OF
nee! All these proposals to coerce the
elusive bachelors of New England into
matrtmony are framed in forgetfulness
OF the proverbial discovery about leading
q horse to the water
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-25
LONDON MARKET.

LONDON, April 25.-American securities
opened steady today. First prices were
about unchanged, but later the market
advanced under the lead of Canadian Pa
cific. At noon prices ranged from un-
changed to ~ higher than yesterdays
New York closing.
Amalgamated Copper was in demand in
the afternoon and the rest of the list
hardened an additional fraction. The
closing was steady,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-25

j. A. Hyslop Of the United States Agri-
cultural Department, bureau Of entomol-
ogy. will establish an experiment station
In the northern suburbs OF Hagerstown.
Nd. and conduct tests OF the soil Tor
growing alfalfa, peas, corn, beans and
other crops. -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-25

While Jacob C.. Armentrout. a farmer.
with Edgar Boyd. both of the Stuart
Draft section of Virginia. were driving
to Staunton, Va. Monday in Mr. Armen-
trout's buggy. the horse ran away. Dash
ing into a wagon, both men were thrown
out Mr.. Armentrouts jaw was broken
and he was otherwise injured. Boyd wat
badly bruised, 80
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-25
Dayton Police Visit Capital.

J. N. Allaback. chief Of police Of Day.
ton, Ohio. and Sergts. 8. A. Perry and M.
r. Wagner Of his command were callers
at police headquarters yesterday after
noon. They are touring eastern cities
studying police methods.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-25
VA|NLY SOUGHT AID;
!. SHIP NOT SEEN AGAIN
Story of Matiae Disaster in
4 Ice Fields Brought by the
Steamer Romsdel.

NEW YORK, April 25.-With twelve
large holes In her hull and the ends OF
her propeller blades shipped of, the
steamship Romsdel. from AjuSeund. Nor.
way. has arrived in this port. The officers
and crew bring tales Of experiences in q
feld of ice March % while trying to aid
steamship which Was fast in the foe
and signaling for help. Before they could
get close enough to give aid the uniden.
titled vessel disappeared. and 1t Is believed
she sank with her crew.
The Romsdel. which is a small freight
er of 1,4s6 gross tonnage, left Bergen
Norway, March IA, with salt and a mis-.
cellaneous cargo. She was bound for New
York and the West Indies. The vessel
reached latitude 4a.5. longitude 81. 10, on
the afternoon Of March 26. which Is abou,
400 miles north Of where the Titanic wen,
down. The lookouts sighted an immense
field OF Ice and at the same time q shir
fast In the foe. They were unable tc
make out the name Of the vessel. but de-
clared she appeared to be Of about 5000
tons.
Ship Not Seem Again.
Soon after nightfall the unidentified
vessel began sending up rockets. Showing
Y. Dc n.
Hole Of the Romsdel ordered that his
vessel be headed for the one In distress.
The Romsdel was run into the ice field
with as much speed rs possible, but had
not gone far before she had six or seven
holes in her hull which allowed much
water to enter the hold. All hands were
ordered to the pumps and the nineteen
men Of the crew were able to keep the
water from gaining until temporary re-
pairs were made.
Meanwhile the rockets continued to
ascend from the ship In distress, but the
Romsdel was helpless, for she, too, was
fast in the ice. About midnight the
rockets from the other vessel stopped.
and soon afterward her lights were seen
to disappear. When daylight broke those
on board the Romsdel were unable to
find any trace Of the other vessel.
Romsdel Prisoner in the Ice.
For three days the Romsdel was a
prisoner In the ice. but on the afternoon
Of the third day the vessel forced q pas
sage through to the clear water, but
not until six more holes had been knock
ed in the hull and the propeller blades
broken.
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Grown Familiar.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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impresS your
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