The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-04-17
Believed That He and Smith
s. Went to Death Like
Heroes.
VESSELS ARE NEAR
Rescue Ship Expected to
Reach New York Fri
day Morning.

WASHINGTON. April 1.-THE lat
est advices bring no hope for Clarence
Moore, formerly of clarksburg, or
Lucten P. Smith, of Morgantown,
who married Congressman Hughes's
daughter in1February who were on
the Titanic.
Both are believed to have stood
aside on the sinking vessel while the
women and children were taken off
in life boats and to have gone to
their death like heroes.
Mrs. Smith is reported safe on the
carpathia, which will dock at New
York Friday morning.
The following telegram has been
received by the navy department
from Commander Decker of the
cruiser, Chester, via Portland, Me-:
"Carpathia states that a list of
first and second class passengers and
crew has been sent to shore. The
Chester will relay the list of third
class passengers when convenient to
tho Carpathia"
This message is taken to mean
that the list transmitted from the
Carpathia by wireless to Cape Race
station through the Olympic con-
tains the names of all first and sec
ond class passengers rescued.
Survivors of the Titanic disaster
will be summoned to Washington to
tell a committee of Congress facts
concerning the inability OF the
steamship officials to save the lives
of all the passengers, the announce
ment, being made by Representative
Alexander, of Missouri, chairman OF
the House committee on fisheries
and merchant marine.
A resolution will be introduced
in the Senate also, probably today
to direct the commerce committee
to make thorough probe OF the
Titanic tragedy and to empower the
committee to summon witnesses.
OF the 71O third class passengers
probably 80 lost their lives. The
names of 32S first and second cabin
passengers have been sent ashore
leaving $40 names to come. Of
these probably 400 are third class
and the remaining 14O members of
the crew who manned the life boats.
NEW YORK, April 17-Wireless
communication with the steamship,
Carpathia, speeding to this port with
S6S survivors of the Titanic disas-
ter, was broken during the night,
and no new names had been added
early today to the 1928 received yes
terday.
The Titanic carried down 1912
pt sons.
BOSTON, April 17-At Z o'clock
today the wireless station distinctly
heard the sinature of the message
from the Carpathia, but the mes
sage was not caught.
Several wireless men, including
the operator on the scout cruiser,
Chester, attempted to pick up the
Carpathia and sable Island asked all
others to hold of until 1t could COM
municate with the Carpathia.
BOSTON, April TIA wireless re-
ceived here today showed that sew
eral vessels were in range of the
Carpathla either directly or by one
relay, the outward bound Franconia
being in communication with her at
o'clock this morning.
Tho cruiser, Chester, said that
she expected to sight the Carpathia
by noon, and the cruiser, Salem, an
nounced that she would stop of the
Nantucket lightship and relay wire
less messages from the Chester to
land stations.
A number of outbound liners
were in the vicinity of the Carpathia
during the forenoon.
GANGPo1Is. O., April 17-Al-
bert A. Stewart, of Gallipolis. is
among the passengers on the Titanic
whose name does not appear among
the saved. He was returning from
France, leaving his family on the
continent.
Mayor Frank R. Moore will so to
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