Evening journal., 1912-04-17


This family waited hour after hour,r
later developments, and when they d
not come went home in silent grief.
All sorts of subterfuges were resord
to by desperate relatives to secure /.
tails. One bright looking young mn
who was searching for information CO
cerning. his millionaire uncle, M
chant, heard the word given out tit
Vice President Franklin would see Il
reporters in his Office Holding vi
notebook conspicuously in his hand
passed into the Office with the thirty
I forty reporters, passed himself off as on
of them, and questioned Mr.. Franklii
| iotting the answers down in his red bool
He learned no more than he could hav
learned at the desk downstairs, howevel
A plainly dressed woman and he
daughter came timidly into the offices
A man who counts his assets by tho
millions stood aside to let her pass, and
picked up her handbag when she dropped
81 want to inquire about by brother,
Walter Bishop" she said in faint
voice.
WAS he first or second class ?" asked
the polite clerk
'He was a steward on the boat It was
his first trip. He has a wife and three
children in old England" she answered
The clerk ran his finger down the list
in the possibility that his name might
have got in with the passengers, and (
shook his head
But then" he said, kindly, "he may
have helped man one of the lfeboats
and in that case his name might not have
been sent because he was one of the (
I The
sob
Il wanted to write to his wife, she
said.
E. S. Nadal, of New York, came in
with telegram in his hand.
Mrs. Moore of Washington tele-
grsphed to Mrs. Swift of Forty.ninth
street to make inquiries about Mr. Clar-
ence Moore" he said Mr. Moore's name
could not be found on the list. Clarence
Moore Of Washington married Miss Ma
bel Swift, daughter of Z. c. Swift, the
lChicoga beef packer. Mr. Moore was
passenger with his man servant
Anderson Rolk of Lowe Bros. & Co.,
Dayton, o., a member of the Engineers
lClub of New York, came hurriedly in and
edged his way to the counter. He wanted
to ask about his relatives, Mr.. and Mrs.
William L. Carter of Newport and Phil
adelphia and their children, Miss Lucille
and Master William. The clerk ran his
finger down the list till he came to Miss
Lucille Carter and Master William. read
ing them aloud. That was apparently
all, and Mr.. Polk swayed,a little, turningl
very white as the finger passed over
other names, but finally at the bottom
of the list of Cs were the names of Mr..
and Mrs. Carter Mr.. Polk nearly col
lapsed with relief and hurried out to
send a telegram.
William Barclay Parsons. the engineer
OF the first subway construction, came
in and sent his card to Mr.. Franklin with
a note of coincidence. 81 cannot under
stand how the accident could have re-
suited IN the sinking of the ship if il /
was a straight head-on collision" he said
to the reporter. "The boat should have
been built to stand any such blow as
that and probably was. There must
have been some injury to its side to
break open the water-tight compart- /
ments"
An old man with a full beard made his
way into the offices and after being re-
fused permission to see the president of
the company, announced he wanted TO /
look at a passenger list. One was shown
him, and he went over it carefully with
a trembling old finger running down the /
columns.
NO." he said, he isn't there. I've got
/ a son, Tommy, in Scotland, and il would
be just our luck that he would take it
into his rattletrap brain to come over on
that boat. He's always doing things like
that. / told the wife that he wouldn't
be on the boat, but she made me come
down. / walked all the way from Wake
/ field
Girl Rescued; Parents May Be Dead
, Lorillard Spencer, Jr., an officer of the
Boy Scouts of America, anxiously in
, quired about his uncle and aunt, Mr.
and Mrs. w. A. Spencer, who had been
accompanied by Mrs. Spencer's maid.
Their names appeared near the end Of
the list Of S.
A woman in a blue dress came again
and again, asking if anything had been
heard of the fate of William T. Stead,
the journalist, but refused her name
! Mr.. Lord Martin Rothschild, a wealthy
Z New York business man, and his wife
were passengers. Inquiries brought out
{ the fact that Mrs. Rothschld, who is
sister Of G. S. Barrett, treasurer of the
, Great Bear Spring Company was among
those saved, but her husbands name had
not been added to the list up TO o'clock
7 He was about 55 years old.
Mrs. Cohen and her two daughters of
! No. III West End avenue came to in
quire about Mr. and Mrs. Emil Taussie
! and Miss Reba Taussig. who were first
class passengers, Mrs Taussig and Mrs
Cohen were sisters. Only the name of
! Ruth Taussig appeared on the list of
: saved during the day.
Relatives of Washington Roebling. ID,
came over from Trenton and spent an
anxious day in the. White Star offices.
His name did not appear among the res
cued up to 6 o'clock, Mr.. Roebling was
the son of Charles G. Robeling and
grandson of John A. Roebling founder
Of the Roebling bridge building industry.
Mrs. Mary Mack of Southampton was
a second class passenger on her way over
to make her home with her daughter
Mrs. Agnes Haran of No. 446 West
Fifty-fft street Mrs. Haran was at
the Offices all day yesterday but could
get no word of her mothers safety
During the afternoon Mrs. William H.
Force came down TO No. IL Broadway
and inquired if anything had beer
learned about the fate of her son-in-law,,
Colonel John Jacob Astor but went
: away disappointed. Her daughter, Mira.
Astor, was. among the names posted as
saved
One Of the happiest men at the White
Star offices during the way was Edward
! Frauenthal of No. 7sS Lexington avenue
a retired business man. whose two broth
ers, Dr. II. w. Frauenthal, chief surgeon
of the New York Hospital for Deformi-