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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
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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.
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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.
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PREVENTIVE LAWS
Taftand Congress Dis
cussing Calamity.
FEDERAL INQUIRY PROPOSED
Bill to F.egulate Wireless Also
Will Result.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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