The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-17
TITANIC DISASTER.
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1.-THE sides of a vessel are the most
difficult to protect" said Frear. They
are the most vulnerable spots in j
steamships anatomy and it is ms
opinion that the Titanic struck the ice
berg from an angle. A headon coils
ion could scarcely have done the dam
age necessary to sink the vessel
All Flags at Half Mast.
New York. April 1.-THE flags of all
shipping in New York harbOr were at
half mast today in honor of the Ii
tanics dead. This action was taken
at the official behest of the Maritime
Exchange, which posted the following
resolution under a brief headline:
The Greatest Marine Disaster of
Modern Times
The members of the Maritime AS
ISOLATION OF the port of New York eN-
press their great regret at the Iamen-
table disaster which has befallen the
steamer Titanic. their great sorrow at
the deplorable loss OF life and property
which has evidently accompanied this
disaster, and extend to all involved in
the great calamity their deep ana
heartfelt sympathy.
Resolved. That all vessels in the
harbor place their flags at helf mast
out of respect to the unfortunate dead. "
If She Had Been Chinese.
Cleveland. o., April 17.-Had the Ii
tanic been a Chinese vessel, manned
by Chinese sailors. not woman or
child would have been saved, accord
ing to Henry Moy Fot, special agent
for the Chinese Merchants Association
of America who was in Cleveland to-
day.
1T is the duty of sailors when a
Chinese vessel goes down to save men
first, children next. and women last
said the agent.
This is the theory that men are
most valuable to the state, that adop
tive parents can be found for children
and that women without husbands are
destitute.''
Bothered by Amateurs.
Boston, April 17.-Operators at the
more important wireless stations in
New England and especially in Boston,
are complaining bitterly of interference
by amateurs. For the past 4 8 hours
the amateurs have kept up a constant
succession of sparks and they succeed
ed in preventing the CharleStOwn navy
yard station from obtaining even a
scrap of the much desired Information
from the ships near the Titanic.
A list recently compiled enumerates
more than three hundred amateur
operators within twenty miles of the
state house who have announced their
code signals 1t is said that an asso-
citation is being perfected whereby
m essages will be taken for transmits
ern Massachusetts by these amateurs.
While this is all interesting and edu-
cational, the operators of the larger
machines all declare that it practical
~ puts them out of the business at
times when their work is most needed.
Estimate of the Loss.
New York. April 17-=ReVised
figures given out by the officials of the
White Star Steamship company place
the number of dead in the sinking of
the liner Titanic at 1912 and monetary
loss at $25.0O0,0O0. 1t is stated that
the total number of people aboard the
Tzzsnic was 2,35S, comprising 1,46S
passengers and a crew of $50. and that
S4s are aboard the Carpathia-
SteGd's Information of Death Wrong.
London. April lit was recalled
today that William r. Stead. the jour
nalist. who is among the missing and
whose occultism is notorious, claimed
some time ago a clairvoyant had re-
vealed to him the manner in which he
would meet his death.
He said at that time. in speaking of
the revelations:
Z shall be imprisoned twice more
before l die. l shall finally be kicked
to death in the streets of London. This
makes my mind quite easy when I
travel, and I never insure myself
against risks of any kind"