The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-04-18
BROADWAY JAMMED
WITH THE. BEREFT
Scenes Of Grief Re-snacted at
Shipping Offices Last
Night.
KEPT VIGIL OVERNIGHT

New York, April 1.-THE scenes Of al
most Undesirable grief which were wit
messed here throughout the entire day
are being re-enacted tonight by the
hundreds who jam lower Broadway In
the pouring rain and overflow into Bowl
ing Green Park, in front OF the White
Star Line o'aces, seeking information re-
garding thel relatives or friends on board
the Titanic L the time she went down.
As the re Used lists OF those known to
have been rnscued, and now on board the
Cunard lins.' Carpathia. bound for this
port, are ! ,sted men and women fight
one anothe. for points Of vantage.
Women. wfpc attempted 10 smile in the
hope of forestalling the fear that had
held them for many hours collapsed en-
tirely as they read the revised list OF
the rescued only to learn that the one
or ones they sought had not been ac-
counted for One OF the first to arrive
at the White Star ofiices to-day was
Henry w Taft, prominent lawyer and
brother OF President Taft. Mr.. Taft de-
clared at first that he had called TO
make inquiries concerning a personal
friend.
Inquiry for Butt.
II was learned. however. that he was
acting for the President, and was seek
ing news regarding the fate Of Maj.
Archibald Butt, u. S. A, the Presi-
dents military aid, whose name has
not appeared on any OF the lists Of the
survivors.
Ever since the first report OF the IT,
tanic's collision and later loss reached
this country the President has been
making constant inquiry OF the White
Star officials as to the fate Of his aid.
Mai. Butts name has not appeared on
any Of the list of survivors, nor on any
OF the revised lists which have reached
the steamship oficials. II is generally
believed that the ofiicer went down with
the Titanic.
Many OF those who gathered in front
Of the steamship ofices have been keep
ing a vigil for more than thirty hours
sleeping little. II any. Even when the
rain came down in torrents tonight they
refused to move.
Among those who had remained at the
steamship ofiices all during the night and
most Of the day was twenty-year-old F.
L. Allison, of this city.
He had been waiting fer some news
from his father. H ]. Allison. and his
mother, who are believed to have per-
ished with the Titanic.
Neither the name OF his father nor
that of his mother has appeared in any
OF the lists of survivors.
A wireless announced that Allison's
young brother. with his nurse, were
among the rescued
MANY of those who jammed the ofices
became optimistic when they learned that
the government had dispatched the Salem
and the Chester to meet the Carpathta
and secure complete list OF the sur
vfvors They hoped against hope that
the wireless had made some mistake in
the transmission of the survivors, and
that the names of those they sought
might be included in the authentic re-
ports from the commanders Of the two
naval scouts.
Reports of Reseues.
A report that filed the hearts of the
hundreds with great enthusiasm was one
to the effect that q number Of the
Titanic's passengers had been rescued by
the crews of various fishing smacEs, and
who. II was reported, were carrying
them to Halifax. The officials of the line,
following the receipt Of messages from
their agents at Halifax and Montreal,
emphatically denied that any OF the pas
sengers had been picked up by fishing
smacks.
When a notice to this effect was post
ed on the bulletin board a number OF
men ard women who had based great
hopes in the report broke down and
wept. Several women, on the verge Of
Mysteries, were led away by their es-
cortR.
Another visitor at the Offices of the
company was Mrs. Daniel Guggenheim,
seeking information of her brother-in-
law, BENJAMIN Guggenheim, one OF the
country's copper kings" whose name
has not appeared among the survivors
on board the Carpathia. She was accom-
panied by her brother, Dwight Seligman.
Their mission was without success.
Largest Morning Circulation.