VOL. lii-no. ic.o:js. PORTLAND, OREGOX, J DAY, APRIL 19, 1912. PRICE FIVE CENTS. DEATH ROLL OF IK 1 GUI; 745ARESAVED Some Survivors Report Calm at End, Others Maniaical Rush, FIVE DIE OR THE CARPATHIA Captain Smith Said by Some to Be Suicide Three Men Reported as Shot. FIRST ALARM IS NOT HEEDED Crash Against Berg Is Gentle Shock to Passengers. MEN ON DECK ARE SILENT Women Ordered Into Lifeboats Cling to lln.-hanri and Have to lie Torn Away Some Prefer Death to Parting. TiTtnr'n duth ix-r isoi. re.-sn on Tltaalc: Ir-I fl... "WV s-revnd .;. ........ S. 1 hir.J c!a '' TlmJ - Off.a and crew....... T.i .1 aboard M...... Rmto.1 ty tarpthle: ra.errer Kl-.I class -H-ond r .a.e .......... , Third ciasa ........... Total . O'" ' and crew 4fn-.ra Hf,mn Mmsnla . ........... . .1400 . 40 21 1?.'. 4 S OH 71 Total ........... 510 TntaJ reamed 7 15 fria:iial ri'ath list.... turd on '.rpt hia. . . . ltd In lifeboat Total death hat..... 10l5 A 1 XFTW TORK. April IS The Cunard liner Carpathla. a ship of gloom and succor, came Into New York tonight with first news direct from the arreat White Star liner Titanic, which sunk jff the grand banks f Newfoundland rarly Jlonl.-iy morn Inn last. The irreat liner went down with her hand playing, taking with her to death :i but 74S of her human cargo of "to souls. To this awful death list, six persons were added. One died In the lifeboat whith was put off from the liner's ide and five subsequently succumbed on the rescue ship Carpathla. The list of prominent men missing tarxls as previously reported and the total Wth list as brought to port to .ti;ht by the Carpathla Is 1601. eennta at Variant-. Survivors In the lifeboats huddled In .he darkness at a aafe distance from the strl-ka ship and saw her go down. As to the scene on board when the liner struck, accounts disagree widely. .jme maintain that a comparative aim prevailed: others say thst wild .orl-r broke out and that there was manlscal errusrgle for the lifeboats. T?ial the liner struck an Iceberg, as r.,rtctl by wireless. Is confirmed by ill. s,national rumors toM by rfysterl- ai passengers, wno would not si their names, ssul thst Captain Smith had killed himself on the brklge: that the chief engineer had taken hia life, and that three Italians were shot In lfc struggle for the boats. . MOe Laid Wide Onem. i nese rumors couki not be con firmed In the early confusion attendant Uiua the landing of the survivors. Sue struck amidships and. ripped from stem to engine-room by the great mass of Ice, the Tltanlc's side was laid wide open. She quickly listed to starboard and shower of Ice fell on the forecastle deck. Shortly before she sank she broke In two abaft the engine-room snd as she disappeared beneath the water the expulsion of air caused two explosions which were heard plainly by the survivors adrift. A moment more and the Titanic had gone to her doom with the fated hun dreds grouped on the after-deck. To the survivors they were visible to the last and their cries and moans were pitiable. following Is the account of Mr. Beas- ry. cf London. The voyage from Queensiown had been Quite uneventful, as fine weather tCouciud-id wa Tag a-j AMERICA THANKED FORHEROICRESCUE BKVC'K K. PKKSSKS GRATITUDE OF BRITONS. ' Heartfelt S in path) f People Simm ered Cpon I'nlted Mates In let ter to President Tatf. WASHINGTON. April IS. President Taft received today a. letter from James Bryce. the British. Ambassador, convey ing the heartfelt sympathy of the gov ernment and people of Newfoundland nvrr tha vrtck of the Titanic Mr. Bryce's letter reads as follows: ' Dear Mr. President I have received a telegraphic message from the Gov ernor of Newfoundland. In which he .nrui tlia heartfelt and earnest sympathy of the Colony of Newfound land to be conveyed to all who hava lost those dear to them by the disaster to the Titanic. "I have the honor to request that vou will accept, on behalf of tho Gov ernor and people of Newfoundland this expression of their profound sympathy with the people of the United States In the great and terrible sorrow that has come UDOU them in this awful shipwreck. In reply. President Taft wrote Mr. Bryce a letter, which read In part as follows: -I thank you for this expression of the Governor and people of Newfound land In the irreat and terrible sorrow which the people of the United States have Buffered In this shipwreck. STEEPLEJACK SUPS; FALLS In Descent From Church Tower Schmidt Plunges 40 Feet. While making hia way from the top of the steeple of the First Presbyterian Church, at Twelfth and Alder streets. jeeterday afternoon. Charles Schmidt, a steeplejack who has been painting the top part of the steeple, slipped and fell about 40 feet to the pavement be low. Excepting a few bruises and rut about the face and head, he was unln- Juted when picked up in a dazed con J It Ion. lie was taken to the basement of the church, where he soon recovered and was ablo' to finish his work of taking dow n the ropes which fie wound around the steeple yesterday morning. The scrldent was due to his mistaking- loose guy rope for the main rope, down which he was sliding. BISHOP ORDERS PRAYERS Episcopal Clergy lo Hold Services for Titanic Widows. The RL Rev. Charles Scaddlng. Epis copal Bishop of Oregon, who Is conduct ing services at Medford, has sent out the following- pastoral letter to all the clergy In the diocese: "To the Clergy of the Diocese of Ore gon: Tou are earnestly requested to make' special Intercessions at the holy communion on Sunday next on account of the appalling disaster at sea. Pray for divine comfort for those who mourn, for support, spiritual and tem poral, of the widows and orphans, and that those called so suddenly Into eter nity may rest In peace through the merits of their merciful Savior." PRISON OPENS TO HILLMAN Seattle Millionaire to Start for Mc Neil's Island on Saturday. SKATTLK. Wash- April 11. (Spe cial.) Clarence D. liillman. millionaire real estate operator, whose conviction more than a year ago of fraudulently using the mails was recently affirmed by the United States Circuit Court, to morrow morning at 10 o'clock will be surrendered to the custody of Deputy United States Msrshal Fred Lathes and placed In the city Jail. The next morning he will be taken to McNeil's Island -to enter upon his sentence of two and one-halt years. eavlng Seattle at S o'clock over the Soattle-Tacoma Inter urban. WOMAN'S DELAY IS SAVIOR Miss Ella M. Brady Misses Sailing on Steamer Titanic. K. II. Brady, the brother of J. B. Brady, a passenger on the Titanic, of whose safety there Is but a glimmer of hope, received late last night a tele gram from his sister. Miss Ella M. Brat'y, in London, saying that she was leaving Liverpool on the Coror.a Satur day. April :0. for New Tork. Miss Brady had Intended to return with her brother on the Titanic, but was delayed in Berlin. Their brother-in-law. R. L. Rush, arrived here at a late hour last night from Pomeroy, Wash. EEREAVED WILL BE AIDED Ilrltlsh In Portland Raise Fond for Titank-'s Sailors' Relatives. A fund has been started among British residents now living In this city and vicinity for the widows and orph ans of the sailors lost on the Titanic, and James Laldlaw. British Consul, has agreed to take charge of all Subscrip tions, which lie will forward to the proper quarter. This Portland fund was started in the) office of fie I four. Guthrie aV Co. Mr. Usldlaw'a offlee Is at the north west corner of Third and Oak streets. , W HUSHED AS SURVIVORS LANDAI PIER Unhappy Company Has Solemn Reception in HSIAO '.Vsl .fjoj m o jo THOUGHTS OF LOST PREVAIL Some Are Gladdened, but Hun dreds Receive Only Mes sages of Despair. CROWDS ARE KEPT IN ORDER Stories of Experiences Are Told With Dread. CREW'S HEROISM PRAISED Women and Children. Tenderly Cared for on Carpathla, Arrive In Better Physical Condition Than Had Been Hoped. From the New Tork Pun. NEW TORK. April Is. The worlds annals have provided few more Intense and dramatic moments than when all that was left of the great company that sailed so gaily on the Titanic ap peared tonight on the Cunard pier. Na Ije,, ' story oi their mis eries ami of their sufferings after the Titanic foundered hod come from the sea. It was not known for certain whether some who had been given up for dead might appear miraculously on the gangplank. There were scores of people, among them men and wom en whose names are familiar the coun try over, who waited In the most In tense suspense . while the Cunarder with her sad cargo made her way slowly up the Hudson, passed the great ships in dock whose flags showed dimly at half-staff In the bars of river light. lies Tnrned to Despair. There were some of these who had not dared, to give up all hope, who lingered still a prey to the most dread ful uncertainty, who refused to be lieve the cruel list of those that were saved and thought that there might. sfter all, appear for them some loved faced. But nearly all of these were disappointed and turned away with looks that no man who saw the arrival of the Carpathla will ever forget. The tragedy of the Titanic was written on the faces of nearly all of her survivors. Some, it Is true, who were saved with their families, could not repress the Joy and thankfulness that filled their hearts, but they were few compared to the number of the rescued. Those others bore the im press of their ordeal. Their fsces were swollen with weeping; they had (Concluded on Tna w 8. ) RESCUE SHIP THAT REACHED rVXii'.i.MT"i - p - , - - , . l ' - - - . y . I Cl.iARD lAKTATUM. I Fl FfTiniM RFTTINR TAKES BRISK TURN SELLING FAVORITE IV " TOniAJL CONTEST. SENA Many Wager?) Made on Nomination for Sheriff, District Attorney and County Clerk. Several thousand dollars have been wagered In Portland on the outcome of today's nominations. Most of the money hns been placed on the result of tho .senatorial contest, with Ben Selling the favorite, although many wsgers hsve been made on the nomi nation of Sheriff, District Attorney and County Clerk. Several wagers were made on the result of the Presidential preference vote, Taft being picked as the winner. The betting on President, however, was not heavy, being over shadowed both In the aggregate of money deposited as well as the num ber of wagers by tho contests for Sena tor and county offices. Plenty of Selling money was avail able last night at odds of 10 to 7, with no takers. One supporter of Mr. Sell ing carried 15000 with him all day. looking for a chance to place It 5 to 4 against Bourne, but he was obliged to lock his money up In his safe last night. Several times yesterday friends of Sir. Selling were notified by tele phone where all kinds of Bourne money could be had, but when the Selling man arrived on the scene both the gambler snd his money had disappeared. If the Bourne backer was found, he demanded big odds, refusing to risk his coin on a 10-to-7 shot. Several small bets of 150 to $100 were made at even monev and a number of two-to-one wagers were placed that Selling would carry Multnomah County. In the betting on Sheriff, only smal wagsrs were made. In which a win ner was picked. Most of these bets were as between two of the nine can dldates. One man Wagered ICDO that Kltscerald would have more votes than McAllister. This was taken eagerly Other bets were placed that Holllngs- n-orth would have move votes thst Fitzgerald. A supporter of District Attorney Cameron flashed $S00 In a Washington street resort, announcing that he want ed to bet It on Cameron s nomination He was accommodated. A in the case of Sheriff, many smsll bets were msdo on this office, with plenty of Kvans money in sight. The betting on County Clerk Is between Coffey and Smith as the winner. HIGH SPEED IS DEPLORED French Shipping Circles Suggest In ternational Agreement. PARIS. April Is. French shipping circles think the lesson learned from KOR Tins ' NATION AI. CONVEN - - TIOMf. Ths Multnomah candidates for del agate to the Republlesn National Convention who are lavorsble to the renomlnstlon of Tsft are as follows: Homer C. CsmpbelL . Charles H. Carey. 8. B. Huston. Phil Metachan. J. W. Minto. The law permits the voter te vote for one only. If you desire to vote for a Portland man and a Tsft man. vote for OXS of the above. the disaster to the Titanic should be the- necessity for an international agreement to put a stop to the absurd competition for speed between Europe and New York, which leads the com manders of trans-Atlantic steamers to take chances. In tho meantime the French: trans Atlantlo line has given orders to the captains of Us steamers to take a more southerly course. - Taooina Minister Called Here. At a last meeting last- night of the congregation of the Third Presbyterian Church, Kast Thirteenth and Pine streets, a call was extendeS to Dr. Hutchinson, of Tacoma, to become the pastor of the church. He will arrive here about May 1 and will take the place of Rev. William Parsons. D. D., the present pastor, who Is going to Eu gene. NEW YORK LAST NIGHT WITH i ! BODIES STREW WATER WHEN' TITANIC SINKS Men on Rafts Forced to Shove Others Off to Save Themselves. WIVES REFUSE LIFEBOATS Colonel Gracie, U. S. A., Down Once, Clings to Rigging, Is Saved and Tells Tale. N9 PANIC; SEA IS LIKE GLASS Mrs.' Straus" Declines to Go Without Husband. RESCUE IN SIGHT; HYSTERIA John Jacob Astor Would Go With Iall Spouse, but Is Ordered Back Fatalists Sink Without Effort. NEW TORK. April 18. Colonel Archibald Gracie, U. S. A., the last man saved, went down with the vessel, but was picked up. He was met tonTght by his daughter, who had arrived from Washington and his son-in-law, Paul 1L Frabriclus.-. . Colonel Gracie told a remarkable story of personal hardship and denied emphatically the reports that there had been any panic on board. He praised in the highest terms the behavior of both the passengers snd the crew and paid high tribute to the heroism of the women passengers. Mrs. Straus Refnaea Lifeboat. "Mrs. Isidor Straus," ha said, "went to her death because she would not desert ber husband. Although he pleaded with her to take her place in the boat, she steadfastly refused and when the ship settled at the head the two were engulfed by the wave that swept her." Colonel Gracie told how he was driven to the topmost deck when the ship settled and was the sole survivor after the wave that swept her Just be fore her final plunge had passed. 'I Jumped with the wave." he said, Just as I often have Jumped with the breakers at the seashore. By good fortune I managed to grasp the brass railing on the deck above and I hung on by might and main. When the ship plunged down I was forced to let go and I was swirled around and around for what seemed to be an interminable time. Eventually I came to the sur face to find the sea a mass of tangled wreckage. Rigging Serve as Raft. "Luckily, I was unhurt, an seized a wooden grating floating near by. When (Concluded on Page 5.) SURVIVORS FROM TITANIC. - V ... IV' ' i V 7 . . . I I MASS IS SUNG FOR TITANIC'S VICTIMS CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL FILLED WITH MOCrtXKRS. Prominent C4tizens Including Sever al Oty Officials, Attend Services. Father McDcvit Speaks. Requiem high mass was sung yes terday morning at tho Catholic Cathe dral for the. hundreds of passengers who lost their lives on the White Star liner Titanic Monday. The mass was conducted by Monstgnor Rauw, V. G., In charge of the diocese in the absence of Archbishop Christie, who is now In Washington, D. C. Every seat in the big edifice was occupied. Father McDevitt delivered tho ser mon, using as his text, "The Lord hath given and the Lord hath taken away. Blessed be the name of the Lord." Father McDevitt referred to the wreck and the attendant loss of life as "one of the greatest sorrows of modern times." The music of the mass" was sung to the Vatican plain chant by the Cathe dral choir, augmented by the students of St. Mary's Academy and College, and members of the choirs of the Holy Re deemer, St Mary's, Albina, St. Law rence and the Madeline, numbering 70 voices. The offertory was a composi tion for male voices composed by Don Lorenzo Perosi, master of the papal choir. Father O'Hara, as deacon, and Father de Lorlmer. as sub-deacon, as sisted Monsignor Rauw In the services. The ceremonies were exceedingly Im pressive. Many prominent, citizens, including city officials, attended the mass. 13 MORE SURVIVORS NAMED Cunard Line Issues Supplement to Former Lists. XEW YORK. April 18. The follow ing list of additional survivors lias just been announced by the Cunard line. In some cases the names do not con form with the passenger list: First class: Thorne, Mrs. Gus. Compton. Mrs. and Miss previously reported Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Compton Meyer, Mrs. Edgar T. (previously re ported). -Daly, Peter D. Second class: Dcystrom, Caroline (not on passenger list. Jerwsnl, Mary (not on passenge list). Harlin, Anna and child (probably Hanmtinlne, Anna and infant son). Kanton, Marian (probably Mrs. Kan tarp). Illett Bertha. Bright, Daisy (probably Miss Dag mar Gelght). Brown, Mildred. WOMAN PASTOR TIES KNOT California Couple United by Member of Fair Sex. VANCOUVER, Wash., April IS. (Special.) To be married by a woman minister of the gospel and to be the first couple to be joined in wedlock since she was ordained was the expert, ence of W. P. Goodenough, of Oakland Cal., and Miss Lillte Jones, of San Jose, Cal. The ceremony was performed by Rev, Minnie Ross, wife of the pastor of the First Christian Church, of this city Mrs. Ross was only ordained as a min lster last week. So far as is known, this is the first wedding ceremony to be performed by a woman In this county. Mrs. Ross is not suffragette. She Is pastor of the Sara Christian Church. J. P. MORGAN'S LUCK HOLDS Financier and H. C. Frick Share Good' Fortune of Escape. NEW YORK, April 18. J. Pierpont Morgan's star of good luck still was in the ascendant In the 76th year of his life, for the banker had thought earlier In the year to return to Amer ica on the Titanic ' Henry Clay Frick In February had engaged a suite in the Titanic, but Mrs. Frick sprained her ankle when the Adriatic stopped at Madeira and went to a hospital in Naples. Mr. Mor gan took over Mr. Frlck's booking. Then Mr. Morgan decided to extend his stay abroad and passed the reser vation over to J. Horace Harding, a banker. MRS. WARREN SAFE, WELL Portland Woman Telegraphs Cpon Landing; Husband Lost. At 8 o'clock last night Mrs. F. M. Warren, Jr., received a telegram from Mrs. Warren, Sr., in New York, In which she said she was perfectly well and bearing up under the strain. The telegram stated that there was absolutely no further news of her hus band. . CALIFORNIAN SAVES NONE Captain of Vessel Saya Carpathla Carried All Rescued. BOSTON. April 18. A message to the Associated Press from Captain I Lord of the steamer Californlan on the Leyland line says: "Arrived scene Titanic disaster 8:30 A. M-. 15th. All survivors then aboard Carpathla. Have not and did not see any bodies. LOPJD, Captain.". HEROES KNOW NO RANK WHEN CRISIS CALIS Members of Crew and Men in First Cabin Vie in Bravery, 'WOMEN FIRST' IS ENFORCED Passengers Wearing Life Pre servers Seen to Go Down as Boats Pull Away . EXPLOSIONS SHATTER SHIP Bulkhead System Serves Only to Postpone Finality. VESSEL TRAVELING FAST Survivors Say Speed of 23 Knots an Hour Was Maintained in Dan ger Zone Ship's Band Plays Hymn at End. Br CARLOS V. HUBER. Post-Dispatch Staff Reporter, who arrived on the Carpatliia. (Copyrisht. ll12. by Pulitzer Publishing Company. St. Louis lJost-JMspatch. Ail rights reserved.) NEW YORK, April IS. No survivors can question the courage of the crew of the Titanic, hundreds of whom gave their lives in heroism that equalled, but could not exceed, that of John Jacob Astor, Henry B. Harris, Jacques Futrelle and others In the long list of first-cabin passengers. The bulkhead system, though prob ably working, prevailed only to delay the ship's sinking. The position of the ship's wound on the starboard quarter admitted icy water, which caused the boilers to explode, and these explosions broke the ship in two. Engines Stopped From Bridge. The crash against the iceberg, which had been sighted at only a quarter of a mile, came almost simultaneously with the click of the levers operated from the bridge, which stopped the engines and closed the airtight doors. Captain Smith was on the bridge a moment later. He summoned all on board to put on life preservers and ordered the lifeboats lowered. Tho first boat had more male passengers. they were the first to reach the deck. When the rush of frightened men and women and crying children began the "women first rule" was en forced. Officers Draw Revolvers. v Officers drew revolvers, but in most cases there was no use for them. Revolver shots heard shortly before The Titanic went down, caused many rumors, one that captain smitn naa shot himself, another that First Of ficer Murdock had ended his life, but members of the crew discredited these rumors. ' Captain Smith was last seen on the bridge Just before the ship sank. What became of the men with the life pre servers was the question asked by many since the disaster. Many of those with life preservers were seen to go down.despite the pro servers, and dead bodies floated on the surface as the last boats pulled away. Band Plays -Near F.nd. The ship's string band gathered In the saloon near the end and played "Nearer. My God, to Thee." Mrs. Isador Straus refused to leave er husband's side and both perished together. Harold Cotton, the Marconi operator of the Carpathla, did not go to bed at his usual time Sunday night and as a result caught the first message of the Tltanlc's plight. He, had been relaying messages to the Titanic on Sunday night and shortly after 11 o'clock bade the Titanic operator good night. Just As he was about to take the receiver oft hia head the "C. Q. D." call sound ed. This was followed by the words: "We've hit something; come at once." Carpathla Hastens to Rescue. Cotton at once communicated with the Carpatliia's officers and her course was at once changed In the direction of the Titanic at full speed of 18 knots for the full distance of 60 miles inter vening between the two ships. Before Cotton could make a reply to the "C. Q. D." the Titanic said: "I am afraid we are gone." Cotton sent word of the coming of the Carpathla. No further communica tion was had with the doomed ship. The Tltanlc's speed of 23 knots an hour never was slackened and she was going at that speed when she struck.