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New-York tribune., 1912-04-18
LINER CRASH DWARFS NAVY
Titanic's Impact Equal to Fire ot
Three Dreadnoughts.

Washington. April IA graphic com
parison Of the probable impact Of the
Titanic against the iceberg that de-
stroyed her with the projectile force OF
The guns of a modern battleship was
made to-day by Captain Charles A. Nc
AIlister, engineer in chief Of the revenue
cutter service.
The impact Of the Titanic against the
iceberg was probably equivalent to the
simultaneous fire OF thirty 12-inch pro
iectiles or the concentrated fire Of three
such Dresdnoughts as the Florida said
Captain McAllister
The FIRE Of ten 12-inch guns such as
the Florida carries is supposed 10 bs
sufficient 10 put any battleship atost
out Of business. If the projectiles should
strike simultaneously The force Of the
Titanic striking the iceberg must have
been approximately one million tons,
equivalent 10 her being struck simulta-
neously by thirty such proiectiles. II
Is a wonder, in the light of such A com
parison. that she floated 50 long. II Is
jnconceiva bic that tho ingenuity Of man
can ever devise a floating structure u
Withstand such terrific collision.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-18
AMATEURS HALT MESSAGES
Interfere with Wireless Com
munication with Carpathia.

Boston. April 11.-Hurrying 10 New hork
with the only known survivors Of the II
tanic. the steamship Carpathia to-day came
within the wireless zone Of nearly score
Of stations along tho New England coast
Operators at all these points have beer
listening eagerly for two days to learn
something of the story which the survivors
on the Cunarier arc bringing Of their ex-
periences.
Atmospheric conditions during tho day
were good. but as the Carpathia more close
Is approached the coast and endeavored to
reach shore stations directly. instead Of by
RELAYS. amateur wireless operators COM
bined with tho elements 10 prevent effec'
tive work Siasconset station, on Nantucket
Island, with which the Carpathia came into
direct communication late In the day. re-
ported tonight that the activity OF the
amateurs was seriously interfering with
an exchange Of messages with the Car
pathia. and further that The large amount
of static electricity in the air was also a
hindrance 4 northeast storm was in prog
ross in the immediate vicinity Of tho Car
pathia
The wireless operators and the operators
at commercial and private stations whose
activities were interfering with th" con
versation between the Csrpathis and the
sIasconset station were asked to stand
by." meaning 10 stop sending, in order that
tho Cnrpathla might nc able 10 send mes
sages so urgently sought on many sides,
Although the amateurs were told by tho
Carpathia operator that unless the mes
sages we're disposed of soon the Carpathia
would be out Of range ot the SiasconSet
station. tho interference continued.
Washington. April l.. \ cessation OF all
wireless activity. except from few desig-
Tated stations which are unaffected by
amateur operations. has heen agreed upon
between the Marconi compeny and the
Navy Department according TO statement
made by former Attorney General John w.
Griggs now attorney for the Marconl cont
pany.
Tho latter fled with the Navy Depart
mont telegram asking that all govern
II. ont wireless stations north Of Norfolk he
instructed 10 cease sending messages.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-18
FUTRELLE FORESAW DEATH
Author Prepared for End Before
Sailing on the Titanic.
tRv Telegraph TO The Tribune. ]

Atlanta. April 17.-Jacques Futrelle
the we'll known short story writer. was
prepared 70: death when the Titanic
rammed the great iceberg on Sunday
night.
4 fear that something might happen
on the trip across the ocean caused him
TO send letter to John Peel, OF Atlanta
his brother in-law. in which he inclosed
power of attorney and gave a list OF
his realty in Atlanta, told where all his
papers had been placed and mentioned
the different banks in which he had de-
posits. Mrs. Futrelle also sent Mr.. Pee!
A power of attorney for her property.
Mr.. and Mrs. Futrelle were anxious
for the future of their son and daugh-
ter. and gave detailed instructions as 10
the way they should be cared for In the
event of accident.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-18
PREDICTED TREND OF ICE

Washington, April ii.-For more than
quarter of century the hydrographic of'
ncc of the Bureuu of Navigation, Navy De-
partment, has been publishing from month
TO month series OF charts OF the North
ATLANTIC Ocean, depicting physical condi-
tions as well as the places OF danger TO
navigation reported by incoming ships
The April pilot chart. issued March -
soved that IN March ice had come as far
south as latitude a north. The daily meme
rsndum prior to March 10 showed that the
trend of Ice was TO the southward' lee
bergs. being sighted below the isd parallel
on Ayrn !, s. and a. on April ? and II i,
had reached the sd parallel and on April
II some of il was seen south OF latitude T..
The Tltanica pcsition was reported to
have been latitude iits longitude so1I at
the time OF her disaster
New-York tribune., 1912-04-18
LINERS GRAzED ICEBERGS
La Bretagne and HelIIg 0Iav
Come Safely Through Pack.
IS 0 S" HEARD $50 MILES
Cincinnati Rushing to Rescue
When Message Comes, Not
Needed; Olympic Coming"

| Two transatlantic steamships arrived
| here yesterday which had encountered Tee
| hergs near the spot where the Titanic sank
! II took La Bretagne, the French liner four
| hours on Sunday TO pass through an ice.
| field, dotted with numerous icebergs, in
latitude 1879, between longitude 4s:a and
! SOIL The Titanic sank on Monday morning
| about 2:2O O'Clock In latitude il:ls, Longitude
5O1L
| 4 third steamship, the Cincinnati. Of the
! Hamburg American Line. which made her
| dock here early this morning reported
| ricking up a wireless call for help from
the Titanic at midnight sunday. The Gin.
clnnati. though $50 miles from the scene Of
the disaster at the time. flashed back
! Coming as her answer and turned her
head I'm the direction ofthe sinking Titanic.
At 1890 o'clock, however. she picked up
second message from the Titanic, which
read:
Olympic coming; not needed
Silence followed and the Cincinnati r..
s1lrned her course. ID,
The Cincinnati met with no ice whatever.
since she was pursuing a southerly course
from the Mediterranean. But Ia Bretagne
from Havre, and the Hellig Olav, Of ths
candinavian-American Line. from Copen-
hagen, both narrowly ESCAPED the fate
which overlook the Titanic. II was on
April II, in latitude l:43. longitude issl.
that the Hellig Olav passed three large
| icebergs little earlier in the dsy. IN
latitude II 80, longitude 4o:os, she came upon
n large field OF ice. with moderate sized
| berg rearing itself in the centre.
Captain Mace, Of Ia Bretsgne, speaking
of his vessels experience, said:
"The ice was everywhere. The fls OF
huge bergs as far as the eye could carry
to the north and west looked like the Ne"
York skyline"
Cap,sin Mace counted more than forty
icebergs, one Of them % feet nlsn. ~
ing the entire time La Bretsgne was pass
ing through the zone OF ice, Vn,cn Wss a.
I'm the forenoon, and that there WASH SUI
ficient fog TO obscure any or the oenseto%uS %
monsters One Of the explanations OF tee
Titanlcs collision was the presumption tna'
the iceberg she hit was obsoured By fog.
THE ice covered the sea t,i, ss faT as stafe tss
'It was the greatest foe ! have ever seen
At first we moved through small noes a..
most awssh, But before We had sklTteo Lne
field the bergs in great number carhe mo
view" -..-.s -. sS .,s
According TO La Bretssne's log me ies
field was drifting from about 90 west long.
tude and ii north latitude 10 81 lopgltuee
and 42 latitude; This would have ave ppsugss *
Titanic. which followed the French boat
twelve hours later. oe, -.
The Cincinnati, which carried l,se? pas
sengers had sixteen liteooats an1 @ hins me- -" ~
her human freight in case Of accident La
Bretagne carried twelve lifeboats ana g. I! lou
iiferafts, bur she had on board only 20 Hsy Pas,
-,,a
see5,ad the hest equipped OF all three, WIN
SIXTEEN lifeboats and thirty-four collapsiso,ss io,s
boats. She carried s14 passengers ana sl'
crew
New-York tribune., 1912-04-18
THINKS ALL BODIES LOST
Professor Wood Says None viii
Rise from the Titanic.

Baltimore, April 1.-THE bodies OF
the victims Of the Titanic disaster are
at the bottom of the deep. never to leave
it." declared Professor Robert w. Wood,
Of the chair of experimental physics Of
Johns Hopkins University, to-day. "It
is altogether improbable that any will
ever return 10 the surface of the water,
Us is the case with bodies drowned in
shallow water.
AT the depth Of two miles the press
ure Of the water is, something like siA
thousand pounds to the square inch,
which is far too great to be overcome
by buoyancy ordinarily given drowned
bodies by the gases that are generated
in time.
THAT the bodies sank 10 the bottom
of the sea there is no question Profess
sor Wood continued The THAMES y
victims who were not carried down with
the boat followed until the very bottom
of the sea was reached. There was no
such thing as their stopping in their
downward course al half mile, a mile
or at any other point.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-18
CALLS DISASTER CRIMINAL
Marine Authority Says Titanic Was
Sacrificed to Degenerate Luxury.
IBy relesraph to The Tribune. ]


Columbus, Ohio, April lT--stanIey Bowdle,
Of Hamilton County a delegate TO the con
sttutional convention and an authority on
marine engineering characterizes the loss
Of life on the Titanic &c sacrifice TO de
generate luxury. Bowde advocates intcr-
national legislation to compel all OCEAN
ships 10 slow down to half speed when
in the ice belt during fog or on dark
nights. In a signed statement, issued to.
day, he says:
The speed Of this vessel on its firs, trip.
With but Partially trieq machinery, was
criminal. lia criminality Is relieved only
b. the fact that the passenges using such
degenerate vessels demand and enjoy such
speed
II Is claimed that sufficient number OF
lifebosts TO carry an average passenger list
Is not necessary. and could not be carried
This is absurd, in view Of the fact that the
great deck room allows tennis, racquet and
golf links
Such steamers are degenerate In size.
foolish IN enjoyment, svberitc In degener,
ate luxury and criminal in speed | hope
this Is the last of such vessels.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-18
LOW BERG SUNK TITANIC
Partisan Grew Thinks Sub,
merged Mass Ripped Bottom.

Halifax, ~ s., April 1.-THE steamer
Partisan. the Allan liner whose presence
last Monday near the place of the Titanic
disaster atoused hope, until O denial was
received from her that she had survivors
Of the Titanic on board, entered Halifax
Harbor az o'clock this evening.
Captain Haiues reported that at 1870
(Parisians timel on Sunday night she was
in communication with the Titanic, being
10 miles distant The Titanic was then
safe The operator on the Partisan retired
soon afterward. and nothing was known of
the disaster until Monday morning
The weather on Sunday night was clear
and starlight II is-the belief aboard the
Partisan that the Titanic struck a low
lying iceberg, not more than ten feet out
of water, and seventy feet submerged. With
the ship going at high speed, such berg
would rip the bottom open, probably. as for
as the engine room. and this probably nc
counts FOR her going down so quickly Had
II been high berg IL would have been yis-
ible far of
New-York tribune., 1912-04-18
WIRELESS STOCK SCARS
Titanic Disaster Sends Marconi
Shares to Dizzy Heights.

The boom In wireless telegraph stock
which began last week with the announce
mcnt Of the consolidation of the wireless
companips has been stimulated almost
to the fever point by the demonstrate tior
~ the efficiency Of the wireless telegraph
I'm the Titanic disaster. Within the last
day or two the stock Of the Marconi
Wireless Telegraph Company has reached
monumental heights but has shown er'
ratio fluctuations in the trading on the
curb. due to its manipulation by certain
brokers.
Yesterday II opened at ~ = and closed
at f75. The high mark during the DAY
was $50 Not many months ago II was
selling as low as 81 share. Even
United Wireless stock. which seemed to
bc worth practically nothing after the
conviction and sentence of some Of the
directors of the company, sold yesterday
Al 60 cents q share
In answer to United Wireless stockhold'
ers who believed that they would receive
Marconi stock or valuable rights to sub
scribe 10 Marconi shares. Secretary Bot
tomley of the Marconi company emphat-
lcally stated yesterday that the United
stockholders have absolutely no right IA
subscribe TO Marconl stock and that they
would not receive Marconi stock In eX-
change for their United shares.
The remarkable advance I'm Marconi
stock had proved a yeritabe bonanza ia
hundreds Of ITALIANS. II Is said, who, be
cause Of their faith in their countryman,
Marconi. invested their small earnings In
tho shares when they sold at very low
figure Many Of these buyers arc selling
AT handsome profit now and contemplate
returning 10 their native country with
what appears 10 them to he fortune
The story was told yesterday of an old
woman who. having heard In an indefinite
way OF the great boom In Marconi shares
visited we'll known Curb broker with
five shares which she owned and offered
them for sale Upon inqujring at what
price tho stock was selling the broker
told her around S0' and offered her ss'
A share. which she eagerly accepted
When she went 10 the bank to cash the
brokers' check she was told that the real
price was nearer $3.50. and she confirmed
the information at The Marconi company
Offices Now she Is wondering how she
can get her shares back 60 as TO sen then
# "A hpftcr ppofit
New-York tribune., 1912-04-18
DAvITs FOR ENOUGH BOATS
Expert Says They Could Havs
Been Installed in a Day.

London. April 1.-THE manasins
director of the Welin Davit' and Ensi-
neering Company has issued statement
that the Titanic carried fourteen life
boats and two cutters with an asgre'
cate capacity of 9702 cubic feet but
was equipped with davits capable OF
handling double or treble the number Of
boats carri>d. ''
The owners adopted this plan. he says
because II was rumored that changes
were to be made in the near future IN
the official regulations, which would
have compelled the carrying of mors
boats. lie concludes:
additional boats for the aceommoda'
tion of every soul OH board might have
been installed practically in a Single
day" 1Ei,3
Alexander Carlisle. the designer Of the
Titanic and the Olympic. in the courss
of an interview yesterday pointed out
that the Titanic was fitted with dayits
sufficient TO carry four times the num-
Der OF boat. actually placed on board.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-18
INADFOIJATF PROVISION OF BOATS AND
RATS ON A. OUT OF 46 BIC STEAMERS

Tb. Cameron,a and the Minneapolis OF the A
provided with sucin m
~ and rats 20 carry people both and passengers rory
other large steamers according Custom House statistics nave eqpe
,or. all who might be on board as SHOWN
tho oIo,vup
New-York tribune., 1912-04-18
BELIEVE BERG WAS A GIANT

Warrington, April 1.-THE iceberg which
caused the Titanic disaster was a giant,
one-auarter TO one,balf a mile In length,
rising four hundred feet out Of the water,
according TO the confident cslef Of govern
ment marine officers, based upon reports
received here.
The master of the steamer Carmania has
advised the Photographic Once that one
week aao to-day he passed about thirty
the Grand Banks Of Newfoundland. many
Of the rergs being In the vicinity OF the
Titanic wreck
Reports from other vessels confirmed the
terrible conditions OF the Ice The British
steamer Lord cromer advised the govern
ment officials that mammoth icebsrgs we're
seen IN these northern latitudes or March
81 and kpril l.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-18
lane Tou.e. for ships traversins

agree upon lane~foUtes for ships traversins
the Atlantic.
Mr.. Calder. Of New York, introduced a
resolution requesting the President 20 ask
for an international conference, composed
of representatives Of all nations, TO draft
uniform steamship inspection lsws mr
Levy. OF New York also asked FOR An in
ternationsI conference.
Heavy Penalties Provided.
Representatives sulzer, Cary and Cline
introduced drastic bills shutting all United
states ports 60 vessels not equipped with
lifeboats suficient for every person carried
The Sulzer bill the most stringent Of the
/ lot would provide a sentence of not more
than ten years At hard labor for any cap
tain or other Officer OF a ship which tries
| to enter or clear port Of the United
Estates without ample lfesaving apparstoS
| for passengers and crew. The Sulzer ana
| Cary bills also provide peYlties for those
who manufacture or sell defective lfc pre-
! servers
Mr.. Cary. in a separate bill specifies that
| II treaties prevent the rigid inspectoh OF
I foreign boats, a now suggested. the pas
sengers and crew shall be notified that the
| ship is not subject to inspection under the
! laws Of the United states.
! Mr.. Kindred, of New York. is the author
/ Of a bill TO strike from Section i,ioo OF
! the Revised Statutes the provision wnicn
| exempts from the operation Of United states
| laws foreign vessels the countries Of which
have inspection laws HE bill would pro
vide, without exemption inspection by the
! United states Of oil passenger carrying
vessels entering its ports
Mr.. Alexander said to-day that the for
sizn custom of providing lifeboats accord
ing 10 tonnage instead Of the number OF
! passengers carried, was indefensible
For Control Of Wireless.
Prompt action is 10 be taken by Congress
to report g bill providing strict control II
wireless. q subject which was under con-
! sideTation Yesterday in conference he
tween President Taft and members OF 'he
! Cabinet Measures have been pending FOR
some time in the House Committee on
I Merchant Marine interference by anna
teurs ana irresponsible operators with the
anxiously awaited messages from the Car
pathia and other ships will result in an az
tempt TO secure immediate legislation resu-
! iatng wireless operation.
| Members of Congress familiar with mari
| time practices commented to-day on the
possible Developments Of Congress IN
vestigation The British regulations when
DO not require ifeboat capacity equal 10
the passenger carrying capacity Of the
ships. are declared 70 be completely out OF
date since the wireless telegraph has made
certain the infng If lifehoats within
! rea asonable time.
Under the old conditions. said Repre-
sentative Gardner Of New jersey formerly
4 coastwise sailor. 'lifeboats insIff1cienty
manned or equipped were OF little more use
than life preservers 10 the passengers OF
wrecked ocean vessel The present reach
Of the wireless telegraph. however. has
made almost certain the speedy relief OF
Hfeboets. and the saving Of the people
slowed away In them
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-06-28

fought OF In the hospital ana he began
to convalesce. there were several places
on his back and legs on which new skin
would not grow. Skin-grafting became
necessary. Sender Shenkar. the father
and the family bread winner. could not
AFFORD the loss OF employment certain II
he went under the knife. Mrs. shenkar
was not In proper physical condition.
The hospital superintendent, Abraham
". SpeetOr. decided ~ advertise this
morning. but a happy inspiration seized
him when yesterday morning. a. he was
passing the operating room. he saw
Tacchefsky stretched upon the table.
DR.. Leo Buerger was operating. assisted
by Drs. Julius Frankel and A. Ornstein.
Hold the leg" cried spector, meaning
that II should not be severed entirely.
Then he rushed for a saline solution, in
which the limb was placed to prevent
the skin becoming dead Immediately
upon severance. Tacchefsky was borne
back to his bed. and I'VE minutes later,
after local anaesthesia had been ap-
piled. upon the same tble, the skin was
being placed upon Leon.
ut was just the right idea" said Mr..
Spector. II don't see why 1t didn't
occur to any Of us before"
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-06-28
THREE WOMEN INJURED
IN CRASH OF TR0LlEYS.
Cars Come Together at Foot of
Amsterdam Avenue Hill
Many Others Bruised.

In . rear-end collision between two
northbound trolley cars on the Third
and Amsterdam avenue line during
the rush hour last night three women
passengers were injured. while many
others suffered from bruises and shock
The smashup occurred in Amsterdam
avenue at the foot OF the hill near
one Hundred and Thirtieth street. Both
cars were thrown from the track and
their vestibules We're smashed.
The three injured women. who were
attended by Dr. O'Brien OF J. Hood
Wright Hospital. are Mrs. Lillian Leder-
man. thirty-one. OF No. 5iO West one
Hundred and Thirty-fourth street, who
received a dislocated right rib and con-
tusIons OF the side. Miss Cecilia c.
koeidle. thirty-two. a school teacher. OF
No. :67 West One Hundred and Twenty.
seventh street, who suffered from cuts
Oh the arms and hands and decorations
Of both legs, and Mrs John Mclean.
t~enty-four. OF No. COS West one Hun.
dred and Thirty-sixth street, who suf-
fersd . sprsined ankle and decorations
Of he-g1ght -
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-06-28
ZEPPELIN BALLOON
BLOWS Up; BURNS;
SOME Of CREWHURT
Schwaben l., Dirigible That
Carried Royalty, Destroyed
on Runaway Flight.

DUSSELDORF. Germany. June IS
Tue Zeppelin dirigible balloon schwaben
I. stationed here was totally destroyed
early to-day. The balloon was lying At
anchor in front OF the balloon shed
when q strong gust Of wind caught II
and broke II from IL noorines. causing
Il TO collapse In the middle. A number
Of mechanics seized the ropes. but the
balloon was wrepched out Of their
hando Into the air. where a moment
later It exploded. caught nre and was
totally burned up. Several Of the work.
men sustained injuries.
The Sch wzben l. was completed nj
In June. last year. since
which time It has made several nota BILE
trips OF long duration. In September
Let year II made the voyage from
Baden-Baden by way OF 0otha 20
Berlin and during n hight In the Ger
man capital took four OF the Emperor's
eons. Prince August William, Prince
Mtd Frederick. Prince Oscar and
Prince Joachim. together with some
other royal princes. for trip from
Johannisthai TO PotsIam. where It en-
drcled the imperial palace and then
returned TO Berlin.
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HOW ANY FOOL MAN CAN DE
TECT THE DIFFERENCE.

At the risk OF giving the sex away.
the young man Is hereby warned that II
his sNeoihe.rts lips are terribly red"
ana have slight flavor OF coal oil. her
lure Is made N France and costs fifteen
cents stick Roug' gives a pinkish.
lavender t!nge seldom duplicated In tho
human complexion.
Here Is letter from a young man
who attributes the oxtrsvagant dressing
OF New York's young women to a desire
for husbands. lie writes:
Dear Madam:-If girls did not fix
themselves up a little the fellows would
not realize that they were In the nus.
band hunt. Now. am young man,
and II there is anything do admire Il
Is neatly dressed girl. clad In simple
clothes that NJ her. When l say NJ her.
don't mean falling on Of her. Also !
approve % a little powder on her face
to take the shine on. don't mean
paint. And = nice becoming hat. ! don't
msaa . styaw ~ - a esansA ksrm,