El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-17

directly afterward that their wireless
signals sputtered and then stopped
ped
MnHonaires Are Heroes.
The picture that inevitably presents
itself, in view of what is known, is
OF men like John Jacob Aston master
Of scores OF Millions Benjamin Gug-
genheim, OF the famous family Of
prince, William T. Stead, veteran jour
ualist; MAJ. Archibald W Butt soldier
Washington ROebling, noted engineer
Of any or all OF these men stepping
aside and bravely, gallantly remain
Ing 10 die that the place he otherwise
might have filled, could perhaps be
taken by some sabot-shOt, shawl
enshrOuded, illiterate and penniless
peasant woman Of Europe.
Thus the stream of women, with tod
ding infants or babes in arms, perhaps
most of them soon to be widowed, filed
up from the cabins and over the side
and away 10 life
The men-by far the greater part Of
them-remained 10 die millionaire and
peasant and men of middle class alike,
DraVely, 1t must have been sharing
each others fate and going down TO a
common grave.
OF the survivors. what? Their story
Of peril and suffering with the revela-
ton they viii furnish Of just what hap
pened on board the stricken ocean
slant-remains to be told.
What is believed 10 be one Of the last
messages sent from the Titanic before
she struck the iceberg was received at
the photographic office in Washington
night on which the collision occurred,
according TO advices received here last
night. The messages as given read;
April Il, German steamer Amerika
reported by radiotelegraph passing two
large icebergs in latitude 4l:2b longi-
LuQe 5U-NN Titanic %
This message indicates that the Ii
tanic had knowledge of ice in her vi
entity as her position, when she struck,
was latitude 41:46, longitude SOFA.
CarpathiR Has Only Survivors.
All hope that some of the THAMES
survivors might be on board the Paris
ian or the Nirginian had 70 be aDau-
doned when it was learned that neither
steamer had picked up anyone frot me
big liner. Search for bOCles IN the VI
cinity OF the disaster. il was learned
last night, will be taken up DE the
White star line from HaLIaN' Where
the cable steamer Mackay Bennett mas
been chartered to proceed TO the scene
and remain until further orders, search-
ing for bodies that may come 10 the
surface.
Few Officers saved.
A wireless message from capt rad
dock. Of the steamship Olympic. re-
layed by the Celtic reads as toIloWs:
Please allay rumOr that the virgin
ian has any Of the Titanic.s passengers
Neither has the Tunisian. believe that
the only survivors are on the Carpa ina
The second, third. fourth ana IlILn OF
ncers and the second Marconi operator
are the only officers reported say
In reply to a dispatch sent Dy Ihe
Halifax manager Of the Allan line,
Capt Haines. of the steamer taIlslan'
sent the following by wireless;
Il have no survivors Of the Iltanic
on board. and no official Information
as to the fate of the ship
Pathetic Scene In New hoEH.
From early morning. Uaul 5 h IL io5 pa
thetic scenes are witnessed IN loWSI
Broadway and I'm bowling Green parN'
opposite the steamship ofIlces- nun
dreds OF inquiries are received HouI-y
by Ions distance vl.phCne.
Multitudes remained in the vicinity OF
Bowling Green park UnI oughont the
day, hoping against hope that some
wireless dispatch would be received an I
nOuncing that their loved ones were IN I
Guided among the survivors on board /
the Carpathia which is now speeding to /
New York with the passengers whu
were rescued from the ifebOats after
the Titanic sank.
Clerks in the White star office were