The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-28
Major Butt Was Tempt
ed to Delay His Home
ward Voyage.
PERSUADED TO
COME ON TITANIC
His Only Fear Was Of Lingering
Illness, and He Had Expressed
Wish That When His Time
Came He Would Be
Snuffed Out Like
Candle.

Especial Cable OF The Times pispntch.>
Rome. Aprl 21.--Dr. Antonio Stella
has explained TO King Victor I'm
manuel his plan 10 comba: tuhercu-
losis among cmisrauts To the United
States. rho King was very much in
terestcd. ana assured Or. Stella that
no would receive the supper. OF the
Italian government. hut the emiarn-
tion problem Is so complicated that It
will DO necessary to have it regulated
In oXtcuso.
King Victor Emmanuel. in the course
of Ions conversation with tho Amer
!can delegation to tho International
Tuberculosis Congress. expressed re-
Eret that he had not soon Nathan
Straus. VINO was i'll "a; tho ,imc and
gent to Wicshadcn. His Maiosty said
hs had looked forward with pleasure
to meatinj; the great philnnthroplst in
whose humanitarian work lie was
greatly Interested.
The results OF tho recent tuborci,-
losis congress were negative. owiu., tn
tho fact that many of the foreign dol
eeates wcro not given a chance to
read papers. Among those who were
disappointed in this way wa Or
ehroeder, of the American Department
OF Agriculture.
Had prcmonition.
Nirs Post Wheeler, wife OF the sec
retarv of tho American ombas.v hcr.
was an old friend OF Major Archibald
Sutt' the aide OF President Taft. who
was lost on the Titanic. She saw
sted' zeal OF the major during his
recent visit to Homo and says that
strangely enough lie had a premonition
or his coming death
me mayor, she saws. was rro,+,,
3nenehtcd in health ny his yisi, -
a a,siF o,o ne told Mrs, Wheeler on sev,
friends had madc him feel like a rnH.
mail and thar the ncrvons brcnE d"vrn
"hieh ms doctors hid predicted sccn,
tic ~ ma ior 5 inlmS Of the past. What
ness lic hoped that when thc ti,mo
caine Tor him to die lie would hc
.inufed out like candle ana SHARED
,he Iingerln6 torture that IS ccnernllS'
Major Butt, Mrs Wheeler sovs was
on mo point OF prolongins his STAY in
r reilnsa lpr q week. and would have can.
stsi!ed ms passage on the Titanic but
thls would have disappointed his
ihriehI, Frank Millct. the artist, who
"a! Trnhd J., booked ;a,' on the ill-fatcd vessel.
~ know the President would not
nina i remained week longer
o.t ! came over with M-. Millet ana
With him meeh sd my promise to go baei,
pest stateroom on the Titanic, and a.
YOU'D be discourteous TO refuse to
Even ut that. Major But, hcs,t.,oa
ana considered tho matter for two
sVutS' ana he finally decided to take
ms ticket Something seemed 10 hold
MIN back from leaving Rome.
;rshs Information tbout Charlton.
lhc Ministry OF Grace and Justico
Has on several occasions solicited in
formation from tho United states gov
eminent as 10 Porter Charlton. who
murdered his Wife and packed the
bonY ~ trunk, which nc threw into
Lake Como tw" years ago. The last
reply was that Charlton would no
nand"d over To tho italian authorities
Tor TRIAL within AT least another Year
He was being kept under medical OH.
servalon by the American nuthori-
Ties.
This reply is untavorably comment
20 upon here. The Italians say Amer
cans should not criticize the DELAYS
IN italian courts and then show suGh
., nI at, ttorinSss. II Is believed here that
promptly'fe'~ have been set fren
much sooner than this, even by being
acdr!tted by a jury OF let go after
having served "A short znn,nroa