The Washington times., 1912-04-17

les and had sent q steamer out for that
purpose. He said he had heard Wall
been saved. but that he had nothing to
Jiencwcd apprehension that the NUM-
Der saved was not as large as the
sued what is termed an official state
ment that II had reached the Carpathia
through the Franconia, and that there
while ''over 1000 we're lost" 1t seemed
certain that until the scout cruisers
row ON the wav reach the Carpathia
saved will not be available
Reports Vary. ...
The first report. credited to tire cap
tain OF the Carpathia fixed the number
saved at SIS. Later the white Star
reople here said that there had been
s6s saved. but failed to reveal their
source Of information. As the day
fore on It became almost a certainty
that some one had been maintaining a
censorship over the wireless:
CnDtain Rostron. Of the Carpathia.
cent wireless dispatch to his owners
here as soon as he reached the scene
and found :he Titanic had sunk. That
message mes was 3 held up for nearly nearly tWsssts Ussts.
it was suggested that this message had
to ba rclayed through the Olympic to
the land station, but the officials re,
that 1t was held up on the Titanic's
''sses sassestlons eR; that powerful influence,
prevented the news Of the disaster
mnrket was open on Monday were
being made In several places today. and
II was even intimated that misleading
Tesss wss sent iat out the in mahc Gsfc tna
safe would be upheld during the houra
the European and American markets
were open.
suszcstions Of a Government inquiry
these stories were being made today
but when the Cunard Line officials were
askAd IL they intended to investigate
fsoslr"n RsH%sr wars s~F Withheld they said proS'
ably not"
According to a message relayed from
| Cape Race. the second wireless ope-
rator on the Titanic was saved, as well
as four of the ships officers This be-
| ing the case, It would give the Car
| pathia the services OF an additional ope-
rator &c handle the tremendous wireless
1t was said that of the GOO first cabin
passengers and the 300 second cabin
passengers scheduled for the Titanic,
| only about ten have Cancelled their res
ervations. Some Of the others will be
White Star: Lapland; Of the Red Star;
the Mauritania. Of the Cunard. or the
Celtic. sailing on April 25.
| Mrs. Benjamin Guggenheim, whose
| husband is still among those unac-
counted for. again called at the white
/ Star offices today with anxious in.
quiries. She was accompanied by her
father, De Witt Seligman. Mrs. Gug
genheim showed traces of sleeplessness
In her face.
Rain started to fall. but those gath.
cred in front OF the offices waiting theii
turn to inquire after the fate of dear
ones needed II not. With strained faces
and eager eyes they clung with feverist
hope to every word uttered by officials
of the line, and fought to get near the
posted. The poSice on duty handled the
| Vice President Franklin, of the line
| when asked IL the White Star Lint
would Increase safeguard equipmen
upon It's other ships. replied:
| THE White Star Company Will d.
everything humanity possible to preven
recurrence OF such a calamity as tn;
| Titanic disaster. The company haI
made provisions to care for survivors
who might be in want, and our agents
will be at the pier to meet the Car
pathia to meets the needs of thos'
| who are destitute"
| AS the reporters were leaving Mr.
Franklins office, Mrs. Guggenheim wa
admitted. She implored the official /,
give her any comforting word which
might have been received. but he tolt
he that he could not conscientiously hole
out any hope for her husbands safety