The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-17

| tanned within reasonably short time.
The injection of the scout cruisers
into the situation indeed seemed to
afford the only hope of opening up
communication with the Carpathia
until she reached the wireless zone of
Nantucket as she was apparently too
far off shore and her wireless appar-
atus too weak to reach the Sable Is
land station in a way to admit of the
ready transmission of messages.
Over /, 300 Went Down.
That more than 1900 persons, pas
sengers and crew, had gone down with
the giant liner was the belief that
grew into almost positive conviction
as hour after hour passed.
Other sources of possible rescue
than the Carpathia were eliminated
and practically the only hope that re-
mained to friends or relatives of the
Titanic's engerswas that those they
sought might after all. be found upon
the Carpathia. 1t is estimated ap-
proximately 40 members of the crew
were saved, their presence to man the
life boats being required to insure the
safety of the passengers. An esti-
mate of 400 Steerage passengers saw
ed completes the total of S68 which
the Carpathia has made known she
has on board.
AS the lists indicate, the great ma
iority of these are women. The names
of only 70 men rescued have been
given in the lists telegraphed from
249 women appear in the tabulations
Of the 400 steerage passengers
thought to be saved it is believed
nearly all were women. The men
among the passengers seemed largely
to have remained to die that the Wo-
men and children might be saved.
MiIIionaires Still Missing.
Little hope was entertained that the
fishing schooner Dorothy Baird which
was passed by in the vicinity IF the I'll
tanic disaster by the freighter Etonian
of the Phoenix line, had rescued any of
the liners passengers. Officers of the
Etonian thought it, probable that the
schooner had returned to St. Johns
without knowledge of the disaster. Of
ficials of the White Star line remained
at their offices during the night vainly
attempting to obtain additional news
as to the lists of survivors but efforts
to reach the Carpathia by wireless
came to nothing. No new ne mes have
been added to the list of Sc yed since
yesterday when wireless communica-
ton with the Carpathia ceased because
the Cunarder steamed out of her zone
of land communication.
The names of John Jacob Astor, Isa-
dor Straus, the millionaire merchant,
George B. Wfdener. of Philadelphia.
Major Archibald Butt, aide to President
Taft, Francis D. Mil1et, the American
artist, w. T. Stead, the London jour
nallst. benjamin Guggenheim and Col.
and Mrs Washington Roebling are
among the more prominent names
missing from the list of the saved.
Inquiries concerning their fate were
being constantly made by callers at the
White Star offices and scores of tele-
phonic and telegrap1lic communications
were received from all parts of the
country. Mr.. Taft instructed the COM
pany to notify him Immediately when
ever they heard anything regarding
Major Butt
This morning the Marconi wireless
company reported they had received no
communication from the Carpathia and
that If the atmospheric conditions were
favora bic they expected to get in com
municatfon with the steamer through
Siasconset station probably late this
afternoon.
VIII Send Out Coffins.
Halifax, April 1.-THE cable ship