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:
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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
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71
Total ........... 510
TntaJ reamed 7 15
fria:iial ri'ath list....
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ltd In lifeboat
Total death hat.....
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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
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RESCUE SHIP THAT REACHED
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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
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!
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
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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.