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tlBlllS UN!Ori POUTLAyD, PRECOX, WEDNESDAY. APRIL 17,1013. 1RICEJCENTS. -r.. T.TT NO. IG.O.o. r fRADER RECOUNTS SCENES OF FRENZY Cry "Sinking" Brings Mad Rush for Boats. ORDER IS KEPT FOR TIME Version of Last Moments on Titanic Apparently Reliable. 1000 PERSONS DISEMBARK lfbTR WhlHi Srnd Gl.nt of f9 to lloMom, Sunmrw! tVcc of Impact Kend Vessel ITom Stem to Stern Is Iteport. fpacial PUptcb to the Nw Torn Sun. ST. JOHNS. N. F.. April 8pe- tmL) A report Is current here which ix Mid to have come from the tradin vs.irl Bruce, whtch U on the way to S.Jnry. i'- R. lvtr.g version of the Titanic disaster, which the trader ob tained from various ships. This is to the effect that when the Titanic struck the berg she wa rolng at the rate ot II knots an hoar and lir imact almost rent the biff vessel aumK-r. Ilrr drcks. Wrs and bulkheads were smarhd from bow to midships. The bows and upper works were smashed to places. The ship struck the berg virtually bow -on. careening to the port side tod almost turning turtle. ree of Impart Terrible. The bottom Is supposed to have been torn out of the Titanic by submerged t.-rberics which she was passing over as every compartment from midships forward was quickly flooded and the ship rapidly settled by the head with a list to port, rolling heavily In the trouch of the sea. The force of the impact was so terrific that It practical ly rent the ahip from stem to stern. Kor a short while sufficient order was maintained to allow of the launching In safety of most of the lifeboats and embark abuu. ! persona. Then a cry went up that the Titanic was alnklnic. and the frenxled crowd ru-hed madly for the boats. Boats masked as 4 Swamped. As the ship settled In the sea many of the boats were smashed to pieces In the davits and some were awamped while they were being; launched. The others went down with the ship. By this time the ship was seen to be settling- fast and the water had reached the engine-room. The wireless failed through the loss of the motor ind all lights went out all over the hlp. This added to the gloom and the difficulty of handling the boats. The source of this version, which has the appearance of reliability. gives the number of passengers saved as more than lOcio. CORONER CALLS WOMEN Poclor Exonerated Prom Illume for Automobile. Accident. SAX FRANCISCO. April II. For the first time in the history of San Fran cisco, women sat upon a Coroner's Jury today. They were called, with several business men. to place the responsi bility for the death of Miss Emma M. Stchltn. who was run down by an auto mobile driven by Dr. E. IL Howell. The jury exonerated Dr. Howell, de--idlng that death was due to an un tvoldable accident. rtp t I Mir fw T-x hi: I H . a . J ! r i I n f : su-& if Li Jiw- : i 3423 MAIL SACKS SINK WITH TITANIC SEVEN MILLION LETTERS WILL, NEVER BE DELIVERED. About 200 rourhen on Liner Kcff-l.-tered Flte PotaI Clerk Were Aboard Crft. NEW TORK. April li Postmaster Morgan said today that the Titanic had on board 2413 sacks of malt As the standard ocean mall bag holds about 2000 letter It Is estimated that 7.000.n00 pieces of mall matter hav. be-n lost. Of tlie 3i:j bags of mall In the hold of the Titanic about 100 bags con tained registered matter. Postmaster Morgan said these sacka contained, on an average, about 8000 letters each. He estimated that approximately 1.S00, oo registered letters and packages had gone to the bottom. ' Three of the five postal clerks aboard the Titanic, Tost master Morgan said, were In the employ of the United States Postal Service. They were: K. S. March, of Newark. N. J-: O. S. Woodle. of Washington. D. C and W. L. Gwln. of Brooklyn. NEW EXCUSES INVENTED City Workers From Mayor Down Injured." Invited" or "Sick." "An unparalleled series of misfor tunes seems to have befallen the city employes thla morning." said Secretary McCord. who presided over the Mayor's office alone yesterday afternoon, while Mr. Rushlight wua at the ball park, whither he had been Invited to pitch the first ball of the season. "And soma of the catastrophes ars positively In genious. "The reports began to come In by phone early In the morning, and from time to time aome one would drop In In person to explain the cause for his In ability to work this afternoon. Ons had to attend a funeral of his wife's cousin's nephew, I believe: there were several sick wives on the list; one had hurt his thigh, but thought that by laying off for the afternoon he might be able to be back on the Job on the following day: a pile of dirt oppor tunely fell upon the foot of another, and so on throughout the forenoon re ports of dlsaater kept coming In." SLOW SPEED IS ORDERED Tacoma-Seattle Electric Line Said to Bo In Poor Condition. OLYMPIA. Wash, April II. (Spe cial.) Because of the failure of the Puget Sound Electric Company to re pair Its tracks between Tacoma and Seattle when the State Track Inspector reported It to bo unsafe and declared that the ties were so rotten In places that the ends could be kicked off, and that he pulled spikes with his fingers, the Public Service Commission today entered an order preventing the trains from running faster than 13 and 20 miles an hour over certain sections of the track. The company claims that the low rstcs put In by the Commission on Its liues prevents It from maintaining its right of way. and therefore the Com mission has issued a slow order for the protection of tho traveling public and the train crews. SEATTLE MAN ON TITANIC Hugh K. Rood, Puget Sound Mer chant, Left Wlf In Europe SEATTLE. April IS. Hugh R. Rood, vli-c-presldent and general manager of the Pacific Coast Creosotlng Company, was a passenger on the Titanic and probably was lost. Mrs. Rood, who re mained In Europe, cabled today that her husband sailed on the ill-fated steam ship. Mr. and Mrs. Rood were married In Vancouver. Wash., three years ago. Mrs. Rood Is better known in Denver than In Seattle. She owns a palatial residence In Denver. Mr. Rood was the only Seattle person on the Titanic. -E 'jr -- t ' '. ; -' 1 " . r . : " V-v , Jr' : J ' - : ! ' . - ' ' r ' . ' . I PREVENTIVE LAWS Taftand Congress Dis cussing Calamity. FEDERAL INQUIRY PROPOSED Bill to F.egulate Wireless Also Will Result. ii.o.C8i xjejqn o jo n i M"AfiCONl"MAN CONSULTED President Keel Deep Sense of Per sonal IxjfS In Probable Death of Major Butt Official ' Washington Stirred. WASHINGTON. April II. Stirred by the horror of the Titanic disaster, all official Washington was preparing to day for steps to minimise the possibil ities of another such tragedy. Congress began framing legislation to govern lifesavlng appliances and wireless, and President Taft, doubly touched by the probable loss of his military aide. Major Archibald Butt, held conferences with Cabinet officers to consider Government control over the operation of wireless. Federal laveatlgatloa Probable. In the House what may result In a Federal Investigation into the cause of the wreck and the enactment of pro tective measures was begun with reso lutions offered by Representatives Mott and Hardwick. The Mott resolu tion provides for a searching Inquiry by the merchant marine committee. The Hardwick resolution provides for lifesavlng apparatus. I'nder the Mott resolution the merchant marine com mittee would sit as a court and com pel the attendance of witnesses. Chairman 'Alexander, of the commit tee, said today that the catastrophe would stop the building of such enor mous vessels. He favors a law to limit the else of vessels which visit Amer ican ports. The committee also ex pects to report bill to regulate wire less. - N Wireless Problem Dlscnsaed. President Taft was In conference nearly two hours with his Cabinet of ficers, whose functions cover the oper ations of this new system of tele graphy. These were Secretaries fitim son. Meyer and Nagel. Attorney-General Wlckersham was called in to give legal advice as to the necessity in a legislative way of additional laws. In recognition of the extensive in terests of private corporations which have spent much In the equipment of ships and shore stations with wireless outfits, ex-Attorney-General Griggs and Mr. Sheffield, representing tho Marconi Company, also were consulted, while the technical side of the ques tion was discussed by Admiral Cone, engineer-ln-chlef of the Navy, whose bureau directs naval wireless systems. The discussion was general and touched particularly on the details of the bill, which probably will bo pro posed In the Navy Department, to give effect to the terms of the general wire less convention to which America re cently adhered. raadolracrs Are Kaehanared. Lord Burnham cabled today to Presi dent Taft, expressing Sympathy for the "terrible loss of so many prominent and distinguished citizens and the ap palling catastrophe which has befall'. n the Titanic." By direction of the President,' Acting Secretary Huntington Wilson, of the l Concluded on Pas 2. STEAMER TITANIC WOULD 'ill III.' il ' A u MS -' " ALREADY SOUGHT X ' r-V ' v y i ; i. . .v '. . j ivr"! v '. t :"" ? i f 1 " - I fid 'i (iiv4: Y S3 - e tr .. tj.- FOREBODING OF ILL PROVES A REALITY PASSENGER BEFORE SAILING PREDICTS DOOM. runcral Directions Given by Woman in 1-etlcr to Friend Name Not on Lift of Rescued. RACINK. Wis.. April IS. "I dread taking this trip to Denmark, for I have a feeling that I shall never return alive. I Jurt know that the boat will sink or something awful happen to me, and If you ever find my body ' With these words to her brother, Thomas Howard. Mrs. Peter C. Han en. numbered among the passengers on the Titanic, went on to tell the kind of funeral she wanted, what she wanted to be buried in and what kind of flowers she wanted on her casket. Then she departed for New Tork, whence, accompanied' by her husband, the sailed last February for Denmark. They were on their return voyage on the Titanic. Their names do not appear among the list of those rescued. CITY IS IN SUSPENSE Portland Relatives of Those on Board Ask Information. Anxiety as to the 'fate of Portland residents aboard the steamer Titanic was intense in this city last night, and relatives and friends of those who were passengers called The Oregonian by telephone and came in person to make Inquiry. Affecting scenes were witnessed when It became certain from dispatches re ceived by The Oregonian that many persons had perished. Several Jnen and women broke down completely under the strain. One man hysterically tele phoned, saying that his stepsister. Marine Voulnt, had sailed on the Ti tanic. Her name was not in the list of passengers. BABE SCALDED TO DEATH Sherwood Child of Two Falls Into Tub or Hot Water. SHERWOOD. Or., April 16. (Spe cial.) The only child of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Saltus, a girl aged 2 years old yesterday climbed upon a chair and fell backwards Into a tub of scalding water and died three hours later from the effect. Doctors were called but could do nothing to relieve the llttlo sufferer. She was the only granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Solomon Weckard and great-granddaughter of .Mrs.- Ford, a pioneer. iow 11 viri. li. Po.-MavO. The little girl had taken several prlxrs at county and grange fairs for her bciuty. PROFESSION SAVES LIFE Dr. Washington Dodge Put In Boat Because of Being Physlclun. SAN FRANCISCO. April II. The family of Dr. Washington Dodge, city tax assessor and a widely quoted au thority on taxation, who was a pas senger on the lost steamship Titanic received word tonight from the New York office of the White Star line that the Doctor had been saved. The message said that because he was a physician he had been placed in one of the lifeboats with the rescued women and children. ESCORT IS CONTEMPLATED Revenue Cotters May eB Sent to Meet Incoming Carpathia. WASHINGTON. April II. President Taft has decided tentatively to dispatch two revenue cutters from Now York to Sandy Hook to meet tho Carpathia and act as an escort Into the? harbor. Tho question will be determined at a conference between the President and Secretary MacVeagh. of the Treasury Department. STRETCH ACROSS HEART OF PORTLAND'S BUSINESS DISTRICT. it : : . , i .r -i.-ti 1,,,. 1 "'Z it-i. r m ... CAPITAL'S GQIli GOUNTRY'S MENACE LaFollete Tells Danger as He Sees It. . PLEA IS MADE TO OREGON Audience of 10,000 Hear Wis consin Senator's Speech. MANY ARE SHUT FROM HALL For Two and One-Half Hours Candi date for Presidency Gives His Views and Tells of Reme dies He Would Urge. Pronouncing large enmbinations of capital the most serious menace con fronting this country and appealing to the progressives of Oregon to aid by their votes to eradicate that danger and to restore a truly representative form of government to the people. United States Senator La Follette, Republican candidate for president, last night ad dressed an audience of 10,000 people at the Gipsy Smith Auditorium. Many were unable to gain admittance to the hall, the entrance to which were closed 1 minutes before Senator La Follette began his two and one-halt hour address. Senator La Follette declared at the outset that the vast aggregations of capital in this country was the greatest peril that had faced this Nation since the War of the Rebellion. As an enemy, he said tneso organizatons were more to be feared than an armed force from without or a revolutionary organisa tion within. Growth of Trnats Told. He told of the growth of trusts particularly under the Administration of Roosevelt and charged that the ex President had failed to cope with' the situation, although he had two weapons with which to meet tba situation the Sherman anti-trust law and a reason able revision of the tariff downward. Roosevelt failed to employ the anti trust law for exterminating unlawful combinations in restraint of trade., said Senator La Follette, and stamped himself as a stand-patter" when he failed to demand the necessary revision of the tariff downward, which was the only other possible remedy. "The Sherman anti-trust law was en acted in 1890," said Senator La Fol lette. "and it was the greatest docu ment written since the emancipation proclamation, so far as the protection of the American people was concerned. At that time there were not to exceed four or five trusts as they are now known. By the providence of God Theodore Roosevelt became President of the United States and when he crossed the threshhold' of his first Ad ministration, 113 unlawful trusts and combinations met him in the doorway of his first Administration. They had everyone of them been organized in violation of the Sherman anti-trust law. "Their purpose was to control the free and open competitive markets of the American people, and to substitute for the natural laws of trade and com merce they had made prices between the producers and the consumers ever since men began to trade with each other in thejrery dawn of the history of the race. "Organisations Are Criminal. These 149 organizations were crim inal and were in violation of the Sher (Concluded on Page li) v:: s. ,71: :M m- lr"ir wm PT--rT"i - - - -tfa-vywaur y"gyT" : . .-. riK-. " .. - - 1 nw((U8.- m 53 S3 S3 S3 W r,n 03 iim an b 2. HIS -C3 E2JZL.tr, BREADWINNER IN EVERY HOUSE LOST STIJEET IN SOUTHAMPTON IS DEEPLY STRICKEN. Major Opens Relief Fund for De pendents and Appeals to London for Aid. SOUTHAMPTON, England. April 16. In one street in Southampton every house had a breadwinner aboard the Titanic. Tho Mayor of Southampton has opened a relief fund for those left dependent, and has appealed to the Lord Mayor of London to co-operate. The sinking of the Titanic followed so closely the wreck of tho Delhi, Oceania and other big vessels, has caused consternation among marine underwriters. It will be long before the full effect in insurance of various kinds at Lloyds is known, and many underwriters and syndicates may be hard hit. Instructions were issued today that all Cunard steamships follow the south ern routes in order to avoid the Ice bergs. KNOWLEDGE OF ICE SHOWN Last Known Message From Titanic Tells of Bergs. NEW YORK, April 16. What iB be lieved to be one of the last messages sent from the Titanic before she struck the Iceberg was received at the hydro graphic office in Washington on April 14, the day preceding the night on which the collision occurred, according to advices received here tonight. The message as given read: "April 14, German steamer Amerlka reported by radio telegraph passing two large icebergs in latitude 41.27, longitude 50.08. Titanic." This message indicates that the Ti tanic had knowledge of ice in her vi cinity, as her position when she struck was latitude 41.46, longitude S0.14. LIGHT PATRONAGE DIVIDED Vancouver Orders Equal Amount of Gas and Electricity. VANCOUVER. Wash.. April 16. (Special.) Half of Vancouver Is to be lighted with gas and half by 2000 candlepower electric arcs, by virtue of a decision of the City Council, which body, it seems, desired to give half of its patronage to tho Washington Oregon Corporation and half to the Portland Railway, Light & Power Company. , East of Main stdeet will be ahe sec tion in which gas Is to glimmer, and west of Main street electricity will shine forth. However, if any one sec tion demands gas or electricity, the property-owners" wishes will be com plied with. TITANIC CAPTAIN WARNED French Liner Touraino Tells or Big Field of Icebergs. HAVRE, April 16. The Presse Nou velle quotes the captain of the French liner La Touraine as saying that he sent a wireless dispatch reporting the presence of icebergs to the captain of the Titanic, who acknowledged the message with thanks. La Touraine, which arrived here last night, encountered the huge field of ice, with the tops of the bergs slightly above the water. La Touraine slowed down and emergod from the ice field after an hour's steaming. Next morn ing she passed other icebergs. Relative Makes Call, Too. Guy La Follette. editor of the Es tacada Progress, came to town last night to see "Uncle Bab" and "Aunt Kate." as he calls the distinguished Senator from Wisconsin and hs wife. Editor La Follette took opportunity also to visit with some of hi3 news paper, friends in Portland. H!s father, a brother of Senator La Follette. is editor of La Follette's magazine. 7 : 23 ,T3. )'. In nil m u,;-. i l ffTt I "i. L.l ............. I f t I i WIRELESS BRINGS NO LIGHT IU GLOOM Carpathia Has All oi Known Survivors. EXPOSURES EFFECT DEADLY Cold and Fog Would Soon Complete Work of Death. "ABOUT 800" ARE SAVED Estimates of Total Number on Board Vary Widely in London and New York Orilccs Vessel Car ried Crew of 890. (FROM THE NEW TORK SUN.) NEW YORK. April 16. (Special.) Nothing that came through the air frorr. the sea today mitigated in any degree" the pity and horror of the Titanic trag edy, except as individual distress was abated by gradual addition names tc the list of known survivors. There ar no known survivors that are not on th Carpatrla. The Virginian was too late and found none and no other ship has reported finding any. In icy, fog-smothered seas, where the Titanic sank, exposure must soon have cestroyed those who were left to lifc belts ohr wreckage when all the boats wer6 gone, and no help had come, ami the great ship foundered. The receding Olympic, whose powerful wireless be gan on Tuesday morning to recite the names of the living, continued tho work today of relaying the Carpathia's dis patches, and successive bulletins posted at the White Star office kept many a despairing man or woman waiting all day and sent others away thanking God. Men Nearly All Lost. It . is practically certain now that nearly all the men of the Titanic's com pany went down with the ship when she plunged two miles toward the ocean's floor, or that they perished miserably . while clinging to wreckage or life pre servers In the icy waste that betrayed them. They gavo up life within sight of the little rocking boats that held their women and children. It cannot be doubted now that among these were Colonel John Jacob Astor, Isador Straus, Major Archibald W. Butt, aide to President Taft; Georsr . D. Widener, of Philadelphia; Karl II. Behr, tennis champion; Jacques Fu trelle, writer; William T. Stead, Lon don editor; Francis 15. Millet. Amer ican artist, and many more who were known both sides of the Atlantic. Toll of the Titanic's disaster will be felt all over the world. The names of the survivors wire lessed here by the Olympic include a f-rrall number of men who were able to And a place with the women and children in a few boats. Such good new as there is places among the liv ing Henry Sleeper Harper, of the pub lishing firm, and Mrs. Harper;, Dr. and Mrs. Henry Fruenthal and Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Fruenthal. Mrs. John Jacob Astor, with her maid, are on the Carpathia, which is hurrying the survivors to this port and which should arrive her Thursday night- No Distinction Is Drawn. Among others rescued are J. Bruce Ismay, managing director of the White Star line; Mrs. George D. Widener. of Philadelphia; Sir Gordon and Lady Cosmo Duff, Mrs. Jacques Futreilo. Mrs. Charles M. Hays, whose husband was president of the Grand Trunk Rail way; Mrs. Henry B. Harris and Mrs. Washington Dodge, of San Francisco. (Concluded on Page 6.) 'te''rS 4