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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-21

ruling can be registered this side or
ne Hague tribunal.
Both England and the United States
are OF one accord in this work. but
the steamship companies are bound 10
appeal from the decisions, and indi-
cations are that more than two ma
tons Will DC called in before a single
dollar is paid over by lsgai procedure.
where tho defendants wish to set aside.
national rulings
The iirSi exodus OF the pItiable sur
vivors belonging 10 foreign countries,
most OF them members OF the Ill-fated
Ships crew, was Witnessed to-day
some of them declared that they are
through with the sea forever, and
others IT, they are onl? anxious 10
yet BACK to England. 50 they can look
Tor another job as able scameu. They
sailed on the Lapland of the Red Star
Line, which embarked this morning
II was only the younger men from
the Titanic VINO nave lost their cour-
age and declare that they VIII start
in learning some other trade The
older sailors took the calamity In a
philosophical manner. and declared
thcy would put ont again on the FIRST
scagoing craft that offered fair
wage ror their services
Much attention is now being given
TO the recovery of bodies of prominent
persons that went down with the rLip
Members Of the AStor family to-day
consulted with the Merritt & Chap
man Wrecking Company on the advis-
ability of using dynamite 10 recover
the body of Colonel Aston. who was
lost in the wreck
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-21
RESULTS OF WORK
NOT YET KNOWN

HaiIfax. y. S. April 20.--The cable
steamship Mackay Bennett, vhicl
sailed on Thursday from iiulifax Tor
the scene Of the THAMES fuundering.
Was due ~ arrive there this forenoon
but no word mas been rtccivcd OF the
results OF her work. Yesterday a
wireless message from the Mackay
Bennett said that tn weather was
very cold. This was before her ar
rival in the waters for which she get
out The cable ship Is particularly
equipped for tho work she has in
hand. She took with her $50 collins
and quantity of lee. 4 clergyman,
Rev. i, c. Hind. OF Halifax. went
WIN the steamship In case his SER
vices should be required. The master
OF IN Mackay- Bennett is Captain
l-afneder, who previously was In
charge of cable ship on the Pacific
The steamers Laurentic and Vic
torlan arrived to-day and the Lauren
tine passed near tie scene OF the dis
aster, bu; saw nothing to report, THc
passengers on both these steamers
were kept in complete ignoranc OF the
loss OF the Titanic, none on board
showing II except the captain and
wireless operators
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-21
: Were Not Drowned; They Were Fouly Murdered
MAD CRAZE FOR SPEED
HAS BEEN DISSIPATED
NJ More Will Great Liners Race Across Ocean in
Effort to Set Up New Zee Jrds---One Result
of Titanic Lesson

lHe fuil Investigation OF the congress.
SiVna! inres tlGating committee has
n,eh concluded. According TO the am
, nom,,Trhasht inade late to-day. this
man and chi!r' among the survivors
hplr 10 give an intcliisible account
81 thsIr experienced TO the commits
\nu;hor startling fact brought on.
what thnt the Titanic was OH lire from
tie day she LETT Southampton. This IRE
NM !" pGhkyr No. 6, and constantly
'YnSht IT mai already begun to
alarm the stokers hours before the
crash into the iceberg.
developed that Il large number
iaith and memorial services for them
We're mel" to-day In three synagogucs
The members OF tho lsidor Straus fam
ny were most prominent among those
Attending.
Old sailors story.
ono of the interesting phases of the
disaster was recitcd tonight by Il life
long sailor, man who had been
wrecked ana rescued many times be-
tore the Titanic settled down under
uis feet ana lvft him 10 jump and swim
ii%f th% nearest lifeboat. lie declared
mat the eddy caused by the sinking
Of the Iitanic was not so powerful as
some he had seen ana some said il
was. tie took the attitude that lie
snip left him. and nothing remained
for him To do but save himself ii pos
SiblC.
Who wouldn't do that?" he said
with II voice trembling with sorrow. Il
Saw no unrescucd women in sight when
! made u long leap from tile stern OF
ih" "hip ana swan TO Il collapsiblc
boat almost helplesSly drifting and I'm
chiIr"c al som. thirty women few
hundred feet away. When | boarded
tnl.'k was welcome guest.
HIS name WAS George McGaugh OF
southampton. and according TO ship
pinl records he has seen the sea life
Tor oyer thirty years.
In all my years on the waters, in
al the dangers through which have
passed" he continued, IL never saw
Drawer sat OF men This talk Of
coward!cc is tommyrot fiction, ! believe
You reporters would call it. never
saw q more brave set OF women in all
my Lie. and I never helped Il bunch of
more cpuTagcous women than the pas
SINGERS uf The Titanic, God bless them
an Hero the old sea horse showed
such emotion that the reporter passed
ON TO Othcls for information.
rs Your correspondent wired in his
srccai dispatches Thursday and Fri
day nights. captain Smith died a hero
the report ut his suicide was cruel
criminal hctivn.
AIRS. J. }. Brown, of Denver. wife
Of 4 Colorado mining maguatc, again
declared to-day that Captain smith
not only stuck TO his ship, BUT tina;
Wien he had passed n -year-old
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ISMAy REGAIDING
HIS COMP 0SIIRE
CONTINUED from First Page. }

llOHi ElTSl .laBE.D
parcntly had been liked. Evidently
ne believed the question an aliusiom
10 the manner OF his escape.
A little later he resumed this cor
rersatlon.
Il cannot understand this Senate
INQUIRY he said."I wish to return to
London. and have received urgent
cable messages asking me to do 50
Doubtless shall appear before the
Board OF Trade In an inquiry similar
TO this But. as said, so long as This
matter ponds 1 shall remain"
isniay spoke as a man who makes
the best OF an unpleasant situation.
He left the mantelshelf and leaned
against picture frame. 1t Is one OF
his habits to lean his weight against
the nearest convenient object. and
since his arrival IN New York he has
leaned rather heavily upon Vice.
President franklin, OF the White stat
Line.
Franklin. acquainted with American
ways. has not favored Ismay's proiect
OF leaving at the earliest possible mo
incnt for England regardless OF Amer
'tan opinion, and taking the remnant
or the Titanic's crew along Franklin
mas been aware OF the disagreed
consequences Of cvading a United
states e, subpoena. Including ha!tng be.
80 .i'c ptii % ti4s senate ana, incl
dentally. unfayorable advertisement
ior mo transatlantic business under
lsmay's direction.
ls!nay himself has been profoundly
pu|Iied by tho lack OF ceremony
with which he hiss been treated out
side the White Star offices He has
showed u on every occaaion when it
has been his Fat" TO converse with any
one not his official Inferior. ami has
resented II more THAI once with thai
n ,d stare--thc stare wien which the
King. for example might regard
costermonger WHO trod upon his foot.
10 used tho stare this afternoon
when he was asked what advice his
counsel mad Eivru him ns to the re-
suits which might follow an attemnt
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E&TaSSzIA
SOME ~ ne SUPPLIES Rkfn ALONG
o leave the country now.

10 leave the country now.
lsmay has kept lawyers pretty con
stantiy at his side since THE senat..
committee began business here. He
mas not liked II that Senator Smith
has declined to allow the lawyers 10
iinnterpose themselves az shield Tor
thcir employer,
SATISFIES Curiosits.
cheerfulIy enough, however, he
hiiGe known his itinerary for the
hiSh'. where he would dine and slrop,
&C; as "a legitimate satisfactpn Of
curiosity concerning the movements Of
great man
Little Impression has been mndc upon
isiha! by the American upbrInSing OF
MS wife, who WAS julio Florence
Schicfieiin. of New York.
Physically. 1smay is of tyne that
Is little seen In New York. lsmav Il.
tall and slender. Ills height is sin
iect two inches. His hair Is black and
snort and curly. would be his mus
itche were II not carefully waXcd and
Dlack; over the original olive hue Of
ms skin Is laid flush that extends
over MS forehead. Ills jaw is short.
Bcnehting by the same training that
Is accorded the Fifth Avenue little
boys. lsmay speaks always with a
modifying II with that backward INT
81 his head. His voice. ordinarily, Is
deep and resonant. suggestive OF care
Iui vocal education. There is Il chance
that ]Snny Is Il singer. When he be-
comes excited his Voice rises until il
nears iaIsetto, hespeaking delicateiy
strung nerves.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-21
REQuIRED TO GIVE BOND
TO RHIS GOOD BEHAVIOR

Fredericksburg. W.. April so.-cumberiand
C. Mills. of this city. wa. fined $50 and costs
and required to give bead in the sum OF
$500 for good behavior tor twelve months
by Justice Henry Dennehi here for the iiiioit
sale OF liquor. a quantity of whIskey In
bottles found In Mills's home, and near
y a CARLOAD OF empty jugs and bottles were
taken.
The East Hanover Prssbytery will moet In
tho Presbyterian Church In this city Monday
night, April 81 ut o'clock. and continue
i'll session for several days The opening
sermon will be preached by Rev. !. Y. Fair,
d. d. OF Richmond.
At the annual meeting of the Presbyterian
Church. held this week, reports were made
90 he presented TO the East Hanover Pres
bytery. which meets In this city Monday
night. The reports showed the, church to be
IN excellent condition. Larger sums were
ra iscd than formerly by all OF tho various
associa lions. and the church membership
Isl the largest In It's history. Five hundred
dollars was promised for foreign mission
aries during the first FIRST year, and $500 was
raised The, church property ia valued Mt
ss5.dn and mas n permanent endowment OF
N b . =
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-21
Eel44SSRAY- BENNETT BACKING Cro0T DOCK
, Az lsNG OK SEARCH for he DEAD,
oSSS

child to the last lifcboat, he cut with
n huge knife the litebclt about his
waist and cast 1t iato the water with
utter disregard OF ;bc consequences
clutched the lagpole at the Titanics
stern and followed her in her two
mile plunge 10 the ocean's bottom
The late night editions Of several
OF the leading evening papers here
issue extras in which crosS-pagc head
lines tell Of ]. Bruce 1smays plan,
which was frustrated by the govern
nent. to have himself and the English
survivors transferred from the Car
pathia at sea TO the Cedr;S aud re-
turned 10 England. While the reports
may be accurate II can DO positively
stated that your correspondent up to
midnight had been unable TO learn that
MIR. lsinay had any Interior motives in
mind.
Problem 10 lie Solved.
The most important problem re-
manning now to be solved is the rn-
SUIT OF the congressional Investigation.
and then the investigation to be made
INTO the fake wireless reports alleged
TO have been sent out that the Vir-
Slnian had the Titanic in tow for Hall
lax This fake report. 1t will be ro-
membercd, was circulated world-wide
twelve or fifteen hours after the III
tanlc had found It's resting place In
1he sea, tho deepest spot IL the AT
lantic Ocean.
Regardless of the vigor of these
INVESTIGATIONS. 1t is the opinion Of
prominent lawyers that no conclusive
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-21
PRIMARY MEETINGS WILL
Bf. HELD IN HANOVER COUNTY.

Ashland. Va. April 2o-yrhe Demo-
cratic Committee OF Hanover county
met mere to-day ana arranged 10 hold
county for the election of dclegates
TO the State Convention. This is the
plan that has been in force for years
on such occasions
precincts, follows:
On Thursday, May .. at II. NJ. ar
Rural Point, Cold HarbOr and Clay
on saturday, May H. at 4 =. NJ. Ash
lnnd, Rockville E!lunts. HigGinson's.
Hairs Shop.
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hoDI FOUND on SMALL ISLAND.
Miss Bettic Dawson, Member of Prom
Incnf Family. Meet. Deutb.
ESPECIAL TO The Times Dispatch. J

Especial TO The Times -D!spatch.1
Winchester, va. April .O.--M!ss Ret
tie Dawson, member of promlnen:
Frederick county family. and sister OF
Dr. William Dawson, OF Middletown.
was drowned in Passage Creek, near
Buckton, Warren county. iHG: night
suitcase was found on Jacob era
bells premises. and wAen am .nvesti-
cation was made her body was found
on 4 small island, where it had been
washed by the currcns Miss DAWSON,
VINO was about sixty Years old had
been nursing recently In washington
and Richmond. and is supposed TO
have been coming to her old home on
a visit. Her body was taken TO Stras-
burg FOR burial
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-01
HONORS FOR "SAM' WHITE
Princeton Athlete Voted Most
Popular Senior.
IBy Telegraph to The Tribune.

Princeton. n. j.. April 30.-Sanford B..
White. president or the senior class at
Princeton University. a member Of the
football team and captain Of champion
ship baseball nine last spring, as we'll as
being president Of the senior council and
several other undergraduate organiza-
tions, has had more honors heaped upon
him by his class as the senior statistics,
made public to-day. show.
Sam White was voted the best all
round man in the class, the man who has
done most for the class. the most popular
man in the class and the best all-round
athlete. For one man to receive the largest
number OF votes for these four things is an
unusual honor.
Another unusual feature brought out in
the statistics considering the popular idea
that athletes are not good students was the
awarding to Cyrus Mccormick, Of Chicago,
the honor OF being the man most developed
Intellectually. Mccormick has played on the
Tiger" football team for the last three
years b. y. Dell. OF Morristown. y. j..
president OF the college Young Mems Chris
tian Association. was voted the most re-
spected man in the clt Us.
Eddie" Hart, captain OF the football
team was voted the best football player.
tho man developed most physically and the
hungrIest man. /. ID. Blair, OF Pittsburgh,
received the largest number OF votes as tho
handsomest man. For the man most likely
10 succeed. John H. Carroll, Of 81. Louis,
the winner
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-01
NEW ATTACK ON VAN NESS
son-in- Law Aids in Fight for
Part of Million.

Albert r. Parsons. % Garden city. was
the witness yesterday IN the Surrogates'
Court in the trial OF the contest over the
most of his estate. valued at nearly
81 10000. 10 his third WIFE Mrs. Alice Wood
Van Ness The contest IN being brought
by Mrs. Alice Van Ness Parsons. daugh-
ter of the tcstator and the wife ., yceter-
days witness Parsons IS q must ian aud
a composer. His testimony was given TO
show the alleged irrationalIty Of Van Ness
In some matters, especially in bus!n ess,
said Parsons, his rather-in-law was ration
al but in matters OF sentiment he was quite
Irrational The witness made the acquain Mt
ance of Mr.. Van Ness in 1864, and in 1867
he acted as guide to Miss Van Ness now
Mrs. Parsons, and her mother the first
wife OF MIR. Van Ness, on trip 10 Europe.
In consideration OF this service Mr.. Van
Ness paid for his musical tuition and for
his board.
Parsons said Mr.. Ven Ness gave Mrs.
Parsons $50 600 in money and securities be-
tween the death OF his second wife and his
third marriage, and that he spent s22 900
for a plot Of ground and a mausoleum for
the Parsons family In Greenwood Cemetery.
AT the silver wedding Of the Parsons cou-
nile which was celebrated at the Van Ness
home. at Cornwall, y. l., Mr. Van Ness
gave n present OF 5000 MIR. Parsons cited
a few instances that he believed showed
Mr. Van Ness was not rational.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-01
WILL REVISE SPEED LAWS
Waldo Tells Aldermen Autos In
lure $500, Kill 200, a Year.

Following the presentation OF evidence by
Police Commissioner Waldo yesterday the
special aldermanic committee that has been
considering the revision OF the ordinances
pertaining 10 the speed at which vehicles
may be driven In the streets OF the city
announced that a public hearing would be
held Friday afternoon. The committee. OF
which Alderman Folks is chairman. will
welcome Briefs in favor Of any regulations
that any ON" may care to submit.
Commissioner Waldo gave some appalling
statistics 10 show the result Of reckless
driving of automobiles. "ln a single year,
l3li." no said. there were 800 automobile
accidents resulting IN personal injuries OF
deaths Responsibility IL not easy to place.
There were two hundred persons killed last
year. although the police used every pre-
caution to check reckless driving
There should be "A Jail sentence. or at
least the revocation of the drivers licsnse,
In all cases where the law IL nagranty
violated" said the Commissioner. 1t
would be better to have a liberal law and
strict enforcement than a severe law and
a liberal enforcement"
AZ result OF their Investigations the
committee is considering the repeal OF the
present speed ordinance and the establish
mcnt Of maximum rate of from dfteen
to twenty miles an hour. with the pro-
vision that under no circumstances must a
machine be driven at a rate inconsistent
with public safety; also maximum rate
of speed at crossings and rounding corners
Of from eight to ten miles an hour. and the
further provision that automobiles must be
brought To a full stop behind a car that Is
dlscharging or receiving passengers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-01
LESSON OF TITANIC LEARNED
Steamship Companies Busy in These
Days Getting Lifeboats.

The agents Of the Austro-American
Steamship Company in this city issued yes
terday a statement showing that the IT,
tanic disaster was making for greater pre-
caution in sea travel In all parts OF the
world. It was in the form OF cable mes
sage from the home office In Trieste as
follows:
AL steamers will be provided with SUI
1cient life boats and RATS 10 accommodate
all passengers on board, as well as all Of
ficers and crew.
The Cunard liners will be equipped with
Berthon cOllapsible lifeboats, according TO
an official of the company. These boats
consist Of n wooden bottom and sides OF
canvas. which are stretched upon collaps
ille frames when tho boat is made ready
for use. There were several OF them on
the Titanic. and Il WAS said that they stood
the test we'll. one OF their great advan-
tages Is that they require only small
amount OF deck space. four fitting into the
ace that ono lfeboat Of the ordinary type
needs.
Boston. April so-The Cunard Line has
ordered twelve new Matson safety life RATS
70 be built at once at the Fore River yard
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-01
BESSIE GREEN ACQUITTED
Jury Convinced She Didn't Try
to Blackmail Mr.. Arnold.

The nameless person who has been
writing letters signed M. Friend to
Bessie Green while she was on trial be-
fore Judge Swami. in General Sessions,
for Matchmaking Francis r. Arnold, to
Judge Swami and to Alexander Karin
the young negro woman's counsel, sue
ceeded In his purpose. Bessie was ac-
quilted yesterday.
The jurors said that the acquittal was
largely due to the continuation or the
correspondence after the defendant was
put under special guard in the Tombs'
The Jurors were satisfied that Bessie
was not writing letters to herself.
The letter written in answer to the adj
vertisement inserted while Bessie was
isolated was read yesterday. The writer
says that he had written several times
10 Mr.. Arnold about my case" and that
finally John S. Keith. Mr.. Arnolds at
torney, told him II he persisted he would
be arrested and that the girl he men
toned was not Dorothy Arnold.
Somehow he reasoned 1t out that in
order to humiliate Mr.. Keith 1t was nee
essary to have Bessie arrested as an &C
complete. Then only would his revenge
he complete. Now" he writes, tell
Mr.. Keith that I hope he Realize what
a Redicolas fool have made Of him and
Mr.. Arnold may go abroad as plan
No evidence was put In by the de-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-01

dated Monday midnight ana reads as fol-
lows.
n bodies afoat believe late north gales
swept them into gulf stream and carried
many miles east Have searched 10 longi-
tude Is ~ between ATTITUDES APO and 40
ind have recovered one body to-day. Total
fourteen. Two unknown buried at sea, and
believed those on board mostly Of crew.
Last two. {. Howell. steward and l.. A.
Cartwright mnderclothlng marked II. c.
l40. apparently steward
II was through a dispatch received At the
White Star Lines New York offices yes
terday from Mr. Mitchell, the company
agent IN Halifax, that it was learned that
the body Of George -. Widener. OF Phila-
delphia. which was supposed 10 have been
picked up by IN" steamer Mackay Bennett
and Identified. was not his body, but that
OF Heating. his valet.
This information came in telegram yes
ierday afternoon. which also stated that
theer was no record OF Mi Widener's body
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-01
HARVARD'S ELMS MUST GO
Giant Trees Dying, and Will Give
Way to Hardy Oaks.
by Telegraph 20 The Tribune

Boston. April 30.-All the famous giant
elm trees in the main quadrangle at
Harvard are to be cut down this sum-
mer and red oaks planted in their
places. These elms. which have stood
FOR many years in the yard at Harvard,
are now considered practically worthless
by experts. who say that they are rap
idly dying This years commencement
exercises will be the last to be held
under the elms
AS soon as the students leave Cam
bridge in June the elms will get the axe.
Only a few OF these ancient trees have
shown signs OF lie this spring. The
Young oaks which are to be planted are
O, hardy variety and will make the
yard more beautiful. according TO the
experts.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-01
CLARK'S SISTER A DELEGATE
Instructed to Vote for Speakers
Nomination in Democratic Convention.

Colorado Springs. Col, April 30.-Mrs
Anna b. Pitzer. OF FL Paso County. was
elected a delegate to the Democratic Ma
tional Convention at Baltimore by the I'd
District Convention yesterday. and was in
structed with the other delegate elected in
the same district to vote for the nomination
OF Speaker Champ Clark for President.
Instructions were unnecessary in Mrs.
Pitzer's case, as she is a sister of Champ
Clark and one OF the hardest and most
efficient workers in his cause In this state.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-01
WATER NOT TEST FOR BERGS
Same Temperature Found at Distances
Of One Mile and Twelve Miles.

Tests which went to show that the tenn
perature of the water could not he de
pended on TO determine the proximity OF
icebergs were made April rs by Captain
Barman. of the Red Star liner Finland, In
yesterday from Antwerp and Dover.
Nine bergs were sighted on that day
while the vessel was passing about fifty
miles 10 the south Of the THAMES grave.
There was no difference in the temperature
Of the water twelve miles and one mile
distant from the first berg sighted. the
temperature reading - degrees in each
case.
The next day. when no Ice was in sight.
the water showed temperature OF "a de-
grees.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-01
FILES FIRST TITANIC WILL
Seeing Ships Last Plunge and Hus-
band S Absence Proof of Death.

The will Of Martin Rothschild. filed In the
Surrogates Office yesterday. was the first
will offered FOR probate Of the victims Of
the Titanic disaster. Mr. Rothschild was
a merchant. living at No. 1853 West End
avenue He and his wife. Elizabeth. were
first cabin passengers. the latter being
saved. The petition filed with the will said
that Mr. Rothschild died April 10 at sea -
He left his entire estate, valued at more
than $1,000, 10 his wife.
Mrs. Rothschild said in proof OF her hus-
bands death that she last saw him when
he helped her into a lfeboat. and that he
then remained on board the Titanic and
that your petitioner saw the Titanic sink
beneath the waters and not return to the
surface, and afterward saw those rescued,
and that the deceased was not among
those saved"