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New-York tribune., 1912-04-16
SMITH FORTY YEARS ON SEA
Titanic's Captain Had Been with
Line Since 1881.
rRy Telegraph to The Tribune !

Baltimore April l5.-Edward J. Harring-
ton. an Englishmsn. in tho employ of q
Sparrow's Point engineering Arm, IL a
nephew of Captain Edward John Smith, OF
the Titanic.
Ever since thc Titanic started from Iiv-
erpool on her maiden voyage across the
Atlantic ] have been LOOKING forward to
seeing my uncle. Captain Smith, whom ]
had arranged to meet at the steamer :
New York pier on Wednesday, said Mr.
Harrington tonight
My uncle Is siyty-threc years Old he
continued. and has followed the deep for
over forty years. lie entered the service
Of the White Star Line in 1881 in the ca
pacity of fourth officer. For the last six
years he has been commodore re-captain and
has commanded the White Star leviathans
on their initial trips across the Atlantic.
My uncle has brought the Adrlatic. the
Baltic. the olympic, the Celtic and several
other famous ocean greyhounds to the port
of New York In the last five years"
New-York tribune., 1912-04-16
In the Route Of Liners.

The route OF the transatlantic lines is
only one hundred miles to sea at this point.
The slow going tramps save a days steam
ing by running in closer, often within flag
signalling distance OF the cape light. Then
there are the Canadian liners, which use
the Cape Race route during the ice season
in the Strait of Belle Isle. These latter
ships get constant wireless reports OF the
location of icebergs while they are passing
the cape. Tramp steamers, however, are
not always thus equipped. The lights of
Belle Isle and Cape Race powerful though
they are. make little impression on the fog.
They arc aided by fos whistles at both
places.
Skeletons OF many ships lie of this coast.
The Lady Sherbrooke took $50 persons to
death with her three years ago. The trans
port ship Harpooner was wrecked at st.
Shotts. with a loss OF 250 lives. The loss of
the Ango-Saxon cost l5o lives more. All
hands went down with the New York-St.
Johns liners Cromwell and Washington In
New-York tribune., 1912-04-16
GREAT. INSURANCE LOSS
Titanic Worth $4,000, 900.
Cargo Tops a Million.
LOCAL COMPANIES SUFFER
Report Says Lloyds Hold One
S5,O00,000 Policy-Under-
writer's Here Stand Rest.

The insurance on the Titanic's merchan-
disc. with an estimated value OF 100000
or more, was said TO be widely distributed
among the local companies, some OF the
larger companies carrying a substantial
amount of II.
The vessel itself is said to have been in
sured for about s7.5Oo00o. She cost $1,000
Ooo 10 build. 4 London dispatch to the
effect that the vessel was insured at
LIoyds for 10000 was discredited by the
local underwriters. They were Of the opin-
ion that. while the English company car
rled a large amount OF the Titanic's hsur-
ance II would come considerably under
that figure.
The International Mercantile Marine. in
addition TO policies outside, also insures Its
own vessels. The company's Insurance.
fund was considerably depleted at the time
OF the loss OF the Republic. and II was said
that the risk assumed on the Titanic by
her owners was probably not over sJoO,0o
The Titanic never having been in this port
statistics I'm the hands OF the marine insur-
ance companies relating to her cargo car
ryng capacity, etc, are lacking. While the
cargo capacity Of vessels Of her class is
small in comparison with the total tonnage,
the merchandise aboard was undoubtedly
of the most valuable character and the
damage or loss in that respect is heavy
accordingly.
An officer Of the Atlantic Mutual Insur-
ancc Company pointed out that the tonnage
OF the Olympic. d sister vessel was 5000,
while her cargo tonnage was only 900.
The cargo capacity of the Titanic would
exceed that figure somewhat. but its In
trinsic value might be very great, owing 10
the high class OF merchandise she carried.
IL would not be an unusual circumstance
for her to carry a consignment OF dia-
monds, for instance, worth several million
dollars as reported
There is no doubt that the Titanic car
red very valuable cargo" said this Off
cial. IT might be valued at tl,coo,oco or
more. and because of total loss the burden
falls principally upon the local companies.
While the insurance Is widely distributed, |
understand that a Aarge part OF IT on the
vessel, and the cargo as well, was under
written by the American companies. Owing
10 the custom. principally to save expense
of not cabling a vessels manifest in ad-
vance OF her arrival. there is nothing avail
able here by which to estimate the value Of
her cargo accurately
4 member Of prominent firm of marine
underwriters estimated the value OF the
vessels cargo at probably more than $1,000.
eo. Other insurance men believed that all
loss above 100000, at the most. on the
ship herself would be borne by the under
writer's. In that case the marine lnsur-
ance companies stand TO lose 100000 or
ss 900. 900 by the sinking of the Titanic. The
underwriters will lose heavily on the cargo
policies Frequently the marine under
writer's policies provide for payment of
salvage claims, as we'll as the usual risks
Of travel. The salvage in case the Titanic
had been saved would have reached an
enormous amount.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-16
CALLS FOR SEARCHLlGHTS
Lord Montagu Would Have All
Ocean Liners Use Them.
TBy Cable to The Tribune.


London. April 16 Tuesday). - inc
r,,,oric disaster has caused tremen-
dous sensation here, though few persons
,.a, aware that the liner has sunk
and that many lives have been lost
All the morning papers devote their
leading articles to the disaster nut they
were written in the belief that the Ves-
sci was still slowly steamlng Tor Han
fax.
Lord Montagu, in a letter to The
Times" says that the collision seems TO
have been due to the invisibility of the
iceberg al night. He suggests the use
Of powerful searchlights on all liners
bows.
THE Times" thinks the question is
worth discussing by those competent TO
speak from experience on the high seas.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-16
MARC0NI HAS NEW DEVICE
Inventor Says It Will Prevent
Collisions at Sea.

Guzlielnlo Marconi. whose invention made
possible the sending Of the IS 0 S. call
Tor help. discussed the beneficent use of
the wireless at the Holland House last
night just before word was received here
contrsdicting the first messages which said
no lives had been lost
The first word / had Of the acciden.
was from the morning papers" said Mr.,
Marconi. "Of course, ] read with intense
satisfaction and qualification that the wire
less did what IL was expected TO do-to call
help when II was needed
we have had similar accidents, fortu-
nately only a few. in which the wireless
brought help notably in tho case Of the
Republic"
Mr.. Msrconi said he was developing. an
apparatus which will prevent ships from
coming into collision In fogo or at any other
time
This apparatus will point out the exact
bearing Of any ship coming within GER
tain distance of the ship carrying II.
Mr.. Marconi had booked passage on the
Titanic. which was 10 sail from this port
next Saturday. He will sail on the Maure-
tania a week from tomorrow.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-16
Many Unaccounted For.

MANY unaccounted for dsappearances at
sea are attributed to icebergs. TO TINS
cause Is laid the mysterious vanishing III
,s7o of the city of Boston, with all on
hoard. the famous old President. many
wears before: the City of Glasgow IN io"'
and the Collins. a few years later.
4 tale of remarkable escape is that OF the
little old single screw iron steamer Aiasha'
which rammed an iceberg in mid-Atianuc
n generation ago. There were no "He'es'
70 summon help and no waterush' .oi"
partments. yet she managed to keep a'ioa'
and find her way TO port
One Of the most remarkable accidents OH
record was that to the steamship for.ia'
in Notre Dame Bay. An iceberg was sight
ed one clear day and the passengers begged
the captain to draw nearer. that pno.o-
graphs might be taken OF the spectac'e'
He Yielded and the Portla was steered ciose
to the towering ice cliffs. Suddenly >huge
section of the berg split off with sound
like an explosive volcanic eruption. Ihe
main section, left topheavy, toppled over
and It's base lying far under water caught
the vessel and lifted IT high and dry on an
icy shelf. a dozen feet above the water.
There for a moment IL tottered. Then sud-
denly one of the huge swells caused by the
falling of the ice mass caught up the snip
and launched her again uninjured
More iceberg accidents have occurred of
Cape Race and the adjacent coasts than
at any other one point in the ocean. 1t is
on the main line of ocean travel In that
region. too. the warm currents from the
equator meet the cold Arctic erift. ice
laden, and there the bergs tend TO cluster
TO add TO the menace, this mingling OF
water Of two temperatures engendering al
most constant fog. Add to this northeast
erly gales, sheer shores. submerged rocks
and treacherous currents and small won
der that Cape Race waters are known as
the graveyard of the sea and that the in
habitsnts of that region live largely off
wreGkage
Cape Race is bluff. jagged bit OF coast
scarcely provided with a strand. In the
spring and early summer-and often as
late as the fall of the year-icebergs come
down with the shifting currents and lie
sluggishly off the coast hidden in the fog.
So continuous is this veil of mist that the
cape foghorn is frequently blown for hun
dreds OF hours at a time.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-16
BRIDAL PAIR MAY BE LOST
Millionaire Iowa Manufacturer Was
Also on Titanic.

Minneapolis. April 15-Walter H. Douglas
of Minneapolis. who with his wife wa.
aboard the Titanic. is millionaire and
with his brother Is owner OF what Is said
TO he one OF the largest starch manufac.
tories in the world at Cedar Rapids Iowa.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Pilsburv Snyder
prominent in Minneapolis who left here In
January on their honeymoon trip to Europe
also were returning on the Titanic
New-York tribune., 1912-04-16

the same month and year. and almost in
the same spot All hands We're lost with
the oiI-tanker Heligoland. And there are
many more.
The record OF the last year and hall
has been bad at sea. There was in 1911
a loss OF l,sl7 lives. and claims OF ss5,ooooco
were made on the underwriters AZ Lloyds
OF the New England and Newfoundland
coasts last winter eighty-1ve vessels met
disaster
New-York tribune., 1912-04-16

water IS passed. a sudden and very severe
drop is Immediately felt
Professor Barnes is convinced that, had
the Titanic been equipped with an instru-
ment of this sort, the officers would have
known Of the presence OF the iceberg which
caused the wreck when it was at least two
miles away.
Professor Barnes will sail for London on
the Royal George. of tho Canadian North
ern Line, at the beginning of May, and OFF,
Gals of the company are making pTepara-
tions for one Of his instruments to be in
stalled fer that voyage and for the pro-
fessor to make further experiments.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-16
CROWDS THR0NG BULLETINS
Reserves Called to Clear Broad
wav. Stunned by the News

When the news Of the Titanic's disaster
WAS posted on the bulletin boards Oh news
naper offices along Broadway huge croWo'
gathered, and the police reserYes "el'
called TO many spots TO regulate the thou-
sands who stretched themselves across tn'
thorourhfare and blocked traffic.
AS other bulletins were posted the cro~us
,rcreased. and after the theatre perform
,nces hundreds Of richly gowned women
md their escorts ioned the waiting thrones
and eagerly read the news
The terrible news seemed 10 stun proeu'
way, which, notwithstanding the "sAs"
dous crowds, was unns0ally aule,-- --------
New-York tribune., 1912-04-16
DETROIT MAN ON The TITANIC.

Detroit. April l5.-George Floyd Eitemil-
Ter. of this city, was returning on the IT,
tanic after three months trip in Europe
as the representative OF Cincinnati auto
mobile company. lie is a son Of George
E;temiller. Who for many years was wire
chief at Pittsburgh for the Western Union
Telegraph Company.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-16
RICH CHICAGO MEN ABOARD.

Chicago, April l5.-In addition to Clarence
Moore, Chicago was represented on the IT,
tanic's passenger list BY L. q. Levy mem
Der Of tho firm of Levy Brothers. jewellers.
Mr.. Moore had been visiting Europe
with Ira Nelson Morris and family The
Morrises returned here last week
New-York tribune., 1912-04-16
YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO, ANXIOUS.

Youngstown. Ohio. April l5-Mr. and
Mrs. George d. Wick and their daughter
Miss Natalie: Miss Caroline Bonnell ana
Miss Lily Bonnell. of Birkdale, england
her cousin were among the Tit3nics pas
seneeTs The Wicks and Bonnells arc
among the wealthy people of Youngstown.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-16
BUFFALO ARCHITECT ON TITANIC

Buffalo April l5.--Edward A. heH'' ""oSV
name appears on the passenger list or the
Titanic. was one of the leading arcntects
Snuaro and lived at the Buffalo Club t-
New-York tribune., 1912-04-16
BESIDES 261 IN SECOND CABIN,
TITANIC HAD 74O THIRD CLASS

roo, Art The list of as fol-
New-York tribune., 1912-04-16


THE
New-York tribune., 1912-04-16

There were third class passen on .board
New-York tribune., 1912-04-16
TITANIC CARRIED 316 IN FIRST
CABIN. MANY NOTABLES INCLUDED
to,oon Aprn The includes

passenger lis, of tn, steamship Titanic includes
New-York tribune., 1912-04-16

london. April 15.-The first class passer
.,s par,es as follows.
The Washington times., 1912-04-26
THINKS ALL WOMEN
SHOULD HAVE BEEN SAVED

To the Editor Of THE TINES:
A man who will save his precious
body by cowardly methods in one In
stance will resort to the same tactics for
the same purpose in another instance
The adroit bluff-supplemented by the
stunt of injured innocence-that a GER
tain man from the Titanic disaster, un-
der investigation. is playing should de-
ceiVe no one. OF course there were
mo women in sight" when he saved his
neck! But why? Did he and the other
officers saved search until the last boat
was filled, as was their duty, aside from
all sense of chivalry. for the hundreds
of women and men they had Iulled into
a sense Of absolute security by their as
surance of the unsinkability of that
ship? Did they use their last possible
effort before the last boat was filled to
search that "four-blocks-long" ship, for
the women had unwittingly deceived
and help them to come an sight" on
the boat deck? Did they attempt to dis
pei to the last moment that sense OF
security in all of those women and men
under their protection before saving
themselves?
Until they can answer those questions
in the only way a man and officer
should they will be stamped forever
in the minds of all honorable people as
the blacklist towards.
Why was Ismay so anxious to return
at once to England-before being de-
tanned and after the accident, but not
prior to 1t? HONOR.
The Washington times., 1912-04-26
THE GOVERNMENT CLERK
AND WHAT HE is

Much has been written pro and con
touching the Government clerk-too
much. perhaps-yet there remains a
word or two which may be said in
order that the man or woman who is
not clerk may fully comprehend the
real position Of such a being.
Collectively they 10 all the work that
keeps this Government together. Be-
fore them are placed all the great prob
lens of Governmental affairs. the prep
aration Of all papers. the collection of
all evidence bearing upon every sub
3ect, and the presentation Of such mat
ter In a comprehensive form for the
signature OF the chief over him. whose
prove.
The clerk. therefore. must be of a
high order ot intellect. OF Judgment. and
person without prejudice, With a
clear brain, conscientious and upright,
as well as industrious and fully equip
ped TO perform the duties imposed upon
him. He is the intellectual cog, the gray
matter. by which the great wheels of
this great Government are made to
mesh without friction.
The whole system of government de-
pends alone on the clerk, without him
chaos.
Clerks. in and out of Government
service. but their duties are on diff
rounding differ. There can necessarily
be no comparison between the different
conditions; each have their troubles.
and have to meet them from a different
discovered there are but few places
where any affairs of moment are con-
Quoted without clerks. and those that
are thought Of, are of shady reputa.
tion,for example, the devil needs nc
clerk. he is the whole machine:
The Washington times., 1912-04-26
WHERE is ONE SAFE?

Where is one to find comparative safety for life
and limb? The accident insurance advertisers pic
ture man descending via hook and pulley from
the top Of sky-scraper skeleton and soemniy as
sure us that this daredevil is safer than the average
pedestrian on city street.
1t is useless to turn to the country There, so
the actuares aver, the risk Of injury and death from
the treacherous mule, the runaway horse, the pitch
fork and the moving machine is great that farm
ers are set down as following an extra hazardous
occupation.
Until few days ago it said that the safest
place in the world was the deck Of an ocean liner.
No one would say that now. No one ever would
have mentioned railway train. The automobile is
slayer not only of luckless pedestrians but also
Of its own devotees.
1t is easier to answer the question where is one
unsafe. The answer is ION the sidewalks of New
York" During the twelve months of last year, &C
cording to police records, there were 2469 automo
bile accidents in New York city, in which 2,43l per-
sons were injured and SO were killed
Despite the existence of restrictive and puni-
tive laws there only 166 arrests in respect of
all these accidents. One person was imprisoned
Thirty-six were fined. One hundred and six went
scot-free. The other cases we're pending when the
report was compiled And the streets of New York
are now, according to the coroner, more dangerous
than a battlefield, taking the percentage of killed
and wounded into consideration.
The Washington times., 1912-04-26
LOCAL SIGNS STIR
HIM TO COMMENT
the Editor of THE TIMES: ::

To the Editor of THE TIMES:
A fund ought to be created, a commit
tee appointed, or something done in
some manner. to protect Washington
from the smile of ridicuIe occasioned
(on the part of educated visitors), by
the words buffet" and cafe" as used
or more properly abused--in this city
Here these two words, done in paint,
gold leaf, metal. etc, are, I venture to
rectly written. Washington intelligence
has been heralded far and wide Brightly
or noD as being above the average to
be found in American cities. Yet vlsi-
tors using their eyes would naturally
conclude that our Vaunted superior edu-
cation was without foundation in fact
mere boast, advertised for purposes
of bluff. Yes, and the smile of ridicule
would linger, become a habit, to be car
ried home for reproduction-to the det-
riment of Washington's reputation.
Only a short time ago one of the
finest most up-to-date hotels in the city
was completed. 1t represents the ex-
penditure OF large amount of money.
AS an edifice 1t does credit to this city
of magnificent buildings. But just stroll
Tor cloudy day when you want to give
your lip a chance to curl, and observe
how ignorance has not only spoiled
effect, for you. of the beautiful struC-
ture, but also caricatured one of the
weak points of the American educa-
tional system. There will greet you
the word buffet" written with an acute
accent over the ''e," thus: Buffet
Shades of all the professors of French,
Allow me to note, efore closing. for
posed to learn, that buffet" is cor
rectly written without any accent what
soeVer, and that "cafe" takes an acute
accent over the "e." IGNORAMUS.
The Washington times., 1912-04-26
NEWSPAPER MEN TO
HAVE NOTED GUESTS
French Statesmen and Publicists
And Texas Editor To Be
Entertained.

Fifteen famous French statemen and
publicists, who make up the delegation
visiting this country to present to the
United States the famous bust La
France" by Rodin, will be the guests
OF Washington newspaperdom at the
National Press Club Sunday afternoon.
Gabriel Hanotauz, Rene BazIn, and
CASTOR Deschamps, the latter Of the
Temps, one of the leading French news
papers. are among those who make up
the delegation.
Tomorrow evening the club will have
as its guest, H. d. Slater. editor and
publisher of the El Paso, Tex, Herald
Mr. Slater who has been editor and
publisher OF the Herald since 1897. will
deliver a lecture to the members Of
the club as to the real incidents of
the Madero and Orozco revolutionists in
Mexico and the conditions that exist
in that country at present Mr.. Slater
is thoroughly conversant with the rev.
olutionary period on in Mexico, and is
probably as we'll qualified to talk on the
subject as any person who has not been
a continuous participant in the revolu-
tions.
The Washington times., 1912-04-26
THE MAN WHO DIDN'T THINK.

The United States cruiser Maryland narrowly
escaped serious damage during target practice off
the coast of California because some one fred real
torpedo at her by mistake, thinking it torpedo
With coapsible head such used in practice.
The one making the mistake of thinking" wrongly
regarding the torpedo not only eopardzed the cruiser
but the lives of those upon the cruiser.
The world is still aghast because some one blum
dered the Titanic. After the holocaust it is gen.
orally discovered that some didn't think" and
locked the doors or blocked the way to the fire.
escapes; after the wreck it is generally ascertained
that didn't think" and left switch open or
forgot orders.
We may multiply laws and penalties, and estab-
lsh all varieties Of mechanical safeguards, but until
the end Of time the man who didn't think" is going
to nullify science and add to the list of dead and
manned. He is more dangerous than the ignorant
because he is not watched; cruel than the vi
cious, because he is trusted
The Washington times., 1912-04-26
THE REAL ISSUE.

President Taft in his Boston broadside makes
plain his conviction that Theodore Roosevelt is a
dangerous man who, IL II we're within his power
would insist controlling the Presidency the rest
Of his life.
Mr.. Taft ought to have thought of that four
years ago and refused to be the beneficiary Of this
dangerous subversive power
Mr.. Taft charges that Roosevelt did not prose-
cute the Harvester trust
No more did Mr.. Taft.
Mr.. Taft alleges that the ambitious plans of
Mr.. Roosevelt for establishment of equality Of con-
dtons and opportunity could not be carried out in
one term of four years. therefore it's electing
Mr., Roosevelt to try
The people, however, prefer a man willing to
TRY.
Mr.. Taft makes perfectly clear that he has been
wofully disappointed in Mr.. Roosevelt, and Mr.
Roosevelt makes just clear that he has not been
satisfied with the performance of Mr.. Taft.
Both these gentlemen, of course are in posi-
ton where consistency, far their per-
sonal relations, is tossed to the winds Each has,
heretofore, recommended and commended the other.
Each is now insisting that the other does not deserve
confidence.
Mr.. Roosevelt looked perfectly safe and useful
to Mr.. Taft, so long as Mr.. Roosevelt was using
his dangerous and subversve powers to provide posi-
The truth is-and everybody knows it-that Mr..
Roosevelt has never for single day looked good
to Mr.. Taft since.
Mr.. Taft says Roosevelt advised him to get
along with Cannon, and notes that Roosevelt himself
always got along with Cannon.
Yes; but Cannon and Aldrich did not run
Roosevelt. They HAVE run" Taft. There's wide
difference between Roosevelt fighting and using Can
non, and Taft yielding and being used by Cannon.
After all, the question is mighty simple. The
people need not worry about the consistencies and
Inconsistencies of these gentlemen.
Mr.. Roosevelt President almost eight years.
Mr. Taft has nearly finished four-year term. The
people have seen their performances.
WHICH OF THE TWO DO THE PEOPLE
WANT FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS, ON THE
STRENGTH OF THEIR PAST PERFORMANCES
The Presidential primaries, wherever they have
been held, have given the only correct answer from
the only tribunal that is entitled to give answer to
that question.