The Washington times., 1912-04-18
NEW YORK HOTELS,
BUSY TRYING TO AID
FRIENDS OF VICTIMS
Clerks Keep Telephones
. Buy In Effort to Get
Information.

NEW YORK, April Is Eve: since
word was received i'll this CITY Of the
disaster that befell he Titanic the Of
fees of the big aosels have been be-
sieged by the friends and relatives OF
those who had booxri passage on the
liner. TIL" 4: erks hav" beei kept busy
calling up the newspaper offices and
the offices Of the White Star line to
ask about this or that passenger at the
behest of anxious guests.
Most of the hotels have telegraph Of
fees, and the operators have been kept
busy telling inquirers that they had no
word from the Carpathia. The only
private message to be relayed from the
Carpathia reached William Graham,
president of the American Can Com
pany. who lives at the Plaza. The mes
sage read:
Safe on board Carpathia."
This Is believed to refer to his wire
and daughter Margaret, who had booked
on the Titanic.
Another private message was relayed
from the Olympic to the Waldorf-As-
toria. 1t was received by Mrs. j.. W.
Ronnell, of Youngstown, Ohio, and read:
"All the women are safe. Have no
word of George
Women Saved.
TntS message was 1TOn f1enTy NlCh'
a brother of Mrs. Bonnell, who is aboard
the Olympic. The phrase "All the wo-
men safe" Is believed to refer only to
the women of the Wick party, which in
cluded Miss Caroline Bonnell, her aunt,
Miss Elizabeth Bonnell; George D.
Wick, Mrs. Wick and their daughter,
Miss Natalia Wick.
Friends Of DR.. and Mrs. Henry w
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were gratified to learn that they were
among the rescued Mrs. Frauenthal
who was Mrs. Charles Rogers, of TINS
city and Far Rockaway, before her sec
ond marriage was IN maTrIeD TTaSr,ary TO LII
The last word heard from them was
from Milan, Italy, when they sent WORD
TO reserve an apartment for them at the
when the Titanic was expected to dock
DR. Frauenthal is head of the Ortho'
pedic Hospital, at 123d street and Madi'
son avenue.
wich, Conn, who are numbered among
the saved, had also reserved apartments
at the Hotel Netherlands.
w. B. Silvey Lost.
Many friends of William B. silvey, Of
Duluth who had ordered rooms re-
served for Mrs. Silvey and himself be-
fore they sailed on the Titanic, were
hoping that later dispatches would mum
Der him among the saved. But they
had little hope. for all the lists OF
saved, while including Mrs. Silvey. mad,
no mention of her husband.
Another couple whom the disaster
probably parted, who had reserved
rooms al the Gotham. were Mr. ant
Mrs. William A. Spencer. of this city
The list of rescued speaks ~ Mrs
Spencer and her maid, but there is M
word of her husband.
Another on the vessel who probably
went down with her, who had reserva
tion made at the Gotham, was the Rev
DR.. Stuart H. Holden, of Glasgow. II
B. Staffanson, reported among th'
saved, Is probably II. P. Stephanson, o
Stockholm, who had engaged an apart
ment at the Gotham.
At the st. Regis Mrs. James Brow
Potter was hoping that the name o
her brother-in-law. Thomas Porter. j..
would he included beside that of hi
wife, whose name appeared in the frs
list of those rescued.
Manv who probably went down will
the Titanic had reserved rooms TO
themselves at the Ritz-Carlton. Among
them were Mrs. T. D. NJ Cadusa, who's,
relative. Mrs. ]. w. NJ. Cadusa, is list
ed among the rescued as Mrs. J. w
Cadeza. They are Philadephians.
Lucien p. Smith, whose wife's nam
appears among the rescued, was als'
probably lost No word has been heart
at the Ritz-Carlton OF Mr.. and Mrs. T.
Hopkins, of London, who sailed on th
Titanic
son. of Montreal. is mourning the los
OF his cousin. H. S. Allison, and tin
lattar's wife. In the list of rescued
appear only the names of his cousin
son, Master Allison. and his nurse.