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VOLUME CXI.—NO. 139.
HOPE OF SAVING 1,300 TITANIC VANISHES
Rich and Famous Men Not in list of the Survivors
TAFT PLANS
WIRELESS
CONTROL
President and Congress Urge
Laws Lessening Danger of
Steamer Travel
DISASTER TO TITANIC
WILL BE INVESTIGATED
Bills Providing for Life Saving
Equipment on Ships Of
fered in House
CABINET DISCUSSES
THE NEW TELEGRAPHY
f V Titanic disaster, all officia'
Washington today was pre
paring for steps to minimize the pos
nihilities of another such tragedy.
Congress began framing legislator
govern life saving appliances and
wireless, and President Taft, doublj
touched by the probable loss of his
military aide Major Archibald Butt
held conferences with cabinet officers
ro consider government control over
the operation of wireless.
r. In the house what may re=ult in -j
* federal investigation into the cause oi
the wreck and the enactment of pro
tertive measures begun with res
olutions offered by Representative;
Mott and Hardwick.
Asks for Inquiry
•' The Mott resolution pro\idc- for-a
parching inquiry by the Mercham
Marine committee. The Hardwick
resolution provides for life saving ap
paratus. Under the Mott resolution
tht "'.-njcrrhant marine committee would
f';t as a court and compel the at
tTfdatv-e of witnesses.
-irman Alexander of the committee
t=aid today that the catastrophe would
■top the building of such enormous
vessels. He favors limiting by law
.'■p si»e of vessels which visit America*!
ports. The committee also -Ipattl to
report a bill to regulate wireless.
President Taft was in conferen<e
tw_ hour? with the cabinet officers
n-hflff functions cover the operations
of this new system of telegraphy. These
- or » Secretaries Stimson, Meyer and
Nasr p l. Attorney General Wiokersham
war called in to R.vf legal advice as
to the neceasxie- in a legislative way
of additional laws.
Jn r<"( ion of the in
terests of private corporations which
have .-pent mui'h in the equipment of
(ships an.l shore stations with wire
less outfits, former Attorney General
Grig*?s and Manager Sheffield, of the
"Marconi <-ompany also were consulted,
while the technical side of the ques
tion was developed by Admiral Cone,
engineer in chief of the navy, whose
bureau is ehar)t*ed with the navigation
£f naval wireless systems.
L-oid Burnham ca'.iled to President
Taft today expressing sympathy with
° c th4 proprietors of the London Daily
Telegraph for tlie "terrible loss of so
many prominent and distinguished
citizens and the appalling catastrophe
which has 'befallen the Titanic."
By direction-of the president. Acting
Secretary Huntington Wilson of the
state' department f*ent I ineaefcfc in
reply "extending mutual sympathy.
5 House Expresses Regret
• The "house adopted a resolution s_
prnssiiig condolence to the relatives of
■ those who lost their lives on the Ti
tanic This resolution was offered by
Representative Austin of Tennessee.
The senate today passed the house
bill/to appropriate $:>OO,OOO in addition
■ to the : $350,000 already provided to
maintain and protect the levees uti the
Mississippi''-rjver against the impend
ing fiood!- ; The bill now goes to the
president, who urged this action in a
spec i a? message.
Practically every formal social affair
on the diplomatic calendar in Washing,
ton. hai l>e..n canceled because of the
Titanic disaster.
J. J?'Jusserand, ambassador from
Prance, was to have entertained Vis
_4 count Chirida, the ambassador from
||iJapan. a 4 dinner tonight and canceled
tlie engagement.
The Danish minister, count Moltke,
a.so was to, have given, a dinner, which
he postponed. Many other affairs have
M jpeen put off.
THE San Francisco CALL
THE LAST OF THE GIANT STEAMSHIP TITANIC THAT SANK WITH A TOLL OF THIRTEEN HUNDRED LIVES
— Sketched by L. J. Rogers.
"SIR" HARRY
RUN TO EARTH;
DESERTS BRIDE
Oakland Wife of Forger-*Biga=*
mist Returns to America '{,
"„ From England : yi
- OAKLAND. - April 16.—"Sir Harry
! "VYcstwood Cooper, alias Ernest Moore
jchadwick, Dr. Milton . Abraham, forger i
I and bigamist of international notoriety,
.has , been • located « after two months'
search in • London. Eng.. c near which i
place he deserted Miss Anna Milbrath, i
the pretty nurse of this city whom
he married here February 9 and fled
with across Canada and thence. to Eng
land?';??. " ?•■' .•'?"■■ v;'/.° c *?■ y ? '■■ '•'■ °?'?V
? __._ young woman, whom he deserted
at Lexington, a suburb of London, has
returned to America, and. according to
a telegram received by her father, Her
man Milbrath of 1002 Sixty-third ; street,
'is With lor brother, Ben Milbrath, at
' r*_rv -Tn,' ° ;
;Gar-. In-. #
Scotland Yard Notified
As soon as acting Chief of Polios Pe
tersen received,wi»rt of the fugitive's
j whereabouts Governor Johnson was no
' tified and a request was made upon the
! state department at Washington to
J cable the London police to arrest him
! forthwith.
"Sir" Harry Cooper, who attempted
to cash a forpej draft for 91MM at the
Central National hartk and, falling in
this, obtained $YOG by false pretenses
from Mrs. Herman Milbrath, mother of
his l.itest bride, has been hunted ever
since he left Oakland, and at different
times has come within an inch of being
captured. His wife sent a letter to her
•brother. Bon, but he succeeded in mak
ine his escape ' before he could be
taken.
Two Warrants Are Out
Two warrants are out for his arrest,
one charging him -with obtaining money
under false pretenses, Mrs. Herman
Milbrath swearing to the qomplaint,
and the other alleging bigamy, v ■
Two-other one of forgery
and the other oPbreaking his parole—
"Hir" Harry havinjr been given his pa- o
-role from S;in yuentin penitentiary o
about six months before—wlPl also be
used if the first two charges fail. When
Continued on Fag-e 8, Column- 8
SAN FRANCISCO. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1912.
TITANIC'S LAST WORD TOLD OF ICE
NEW YORK, April 16.—What is believed! to be one of the last messages sent from the Titanic before
it struck the iceberg was received at the hydrographic office in Washington, 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 slenmer America reported by radio telegraph passing two large icebergs
in latitude 41.27, longitude 50.08. Titanic." •
This message indicates that t))e.Titani&,had knowledge of ice in its vicinity as its position when it struck
was latitude 41.46, longitude 50.14. ' >.
BURGLAR HUNT
IS SUCCESSFUL
; ; I
Doctor Invites His Friends to
Join in Chase and Quarry
Is Bagged
BERKKLEY. April 16.—Dr. C. J.
Fredericks, 3036 College avenue, led a,
posse ol his neighbors this evening in
the capture of a burglar, the marauder
being wounded four times by bullets*
from revolvers in the hands of the
citizens as he (led from the physician's
residence. The prisoner was removed
to the Roosevelt hospital, where the.
doctors announced that he would prob
ably survive. . :
The capture of the burglar was made"
possible by the prompt action of-Doc-«j
tor Fredericks in summoning assist
ance when he found that his home was
heing ransacked. The doctor returned
home about 8 o'clock, and before enter
ing saw a light burning in an uriper
chamber. Surmising that- a burglar
was at work. Doctor Frederick's has*
tened to several of hws, neighbors and
gave the alarm. Arthur llargrave, C.
N". Shoecraft, Girard. H.* OuJton and J.
H. Holmes, who reside in College ave
nue, answered the summons- and se
cured revolver*? to aid in the capture
of the burglar. Policeman I*. B. r Math
son bad also arrived when the neigh
bors reached the house.
"vVith the posse stationed at the front
of the house. Mathson entered the back
door as the burglar was fleeing
through it. The thief turned back
when he saw the officer and, closing
ihe : doors behind him, ran .through the
house and emerged from» the front. He
was confj-opted° by the posse and, dis
regarding their command to stop, was
fired upon.
A.dozen qi- snore, shots, were fired at
the burfrlar, four taking, effect.
KING AND QUEEN
WIRE REGRETS
; LONDON, April 16.— King ;
j George has sent the following _
\ message to the White Star com- _
! pany. ;
••The <<iiern and I are horrl
•ed at the appalling disaster ,
which has happened to the TI- '
, tanlc and at the terrible loss of !
' life. W« deeply sympathise with >
> the bereaved relatives and feel .
' for them in their great sorrow '
> with all our hearts.
" tiKORGE R. AXD I."
I The queen mother Alexandra ,
* has sent a message sympathy ',
', to the company, in which she ',
, says : ',
* **It is wtlh feeling of deepest j
> sorrow that I hear of tbe terrible •
' -disaster to the THanle and oC tbe '
> awful loss of life. My heart Is ■
full of grief and sympathy for [
i the bereaved famines of those •
who have perished.**
WOMAN CROSSES
CHANNEL IN PLANE
American Aviator Is First of Her
Sex to Make Dangerous
Passage
BOI'LOONE-SUR-MEn, France, April
16.—Miss Harriet Qmmby, an American
air woman, crossed the English chan
nel pom Dover this morning, landing
at Hardelot, near here. Miss Quimby is
tbe first woman to fly across the chan
nel alone. Her flight occupied two
hours. .__.._ '
RIGHT ABOUT FACE
FOR GEN. OROZCO
Rebel Chief Only Too Glad to
Recognize U. S. Consul and
Grant Demands
CHIHUAHUA, Mex., April 16.—Gen
eral Pascual Orozco today performed a
complete right about face in the matter
of deciding to recognize United States
Consul Marion Letcher.
The consul spent an hour and a half
with the rebel leader and presented
the state department's pronunciamento
that American lives and property must
be safeguarded and that Letcher must
be allowed to exercise his consular
functions in dealing with the rebels.
Orozco said that his previous attitude
toward the consul was due to misin
formation brought to him by under
lings, and he greatly regretted that
consular mall had been interfered with.
He agreed to the following five
propositions put to him. by Le&her: ;
First —The consul must not be -
further embarrassed by personal
and official espionage.
Second—Telegrams to officials or
on official business, whether in
cipher or otherwise, mast not be
subjected to Unnecessary delay.
Third-*—The consul has the right
of personal conference with the .
rebel commander at any hour.
Fourth —Mail must not be tam
pered with or delayed.
Fifth —Americans are guaranteed 3
the right of immediate appeal to
their consul, no matter what the
chatge against tbem, and the con
sul may visit them in person.
Gloom at Capital
MEXICO CITY, Ap°ril 16.—N0 reply,
to flic American state department note
calling on Mexicans to respect the lives
of Americans it*, Mexico lias been made
'» ~ '
Loatiaued oa Pace 8, Colons 4 '
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* > T THEWEAIWER
YESTERnxAr th Hghesmtemperature, 58;
lowest Sunday nighU W.JI ,
FOR, mDAY—Fair; mod
erate xvest'vrinds^^r
tot _*W_Bf"_fth» Weather See F_*e 15
V
DOUBT STILL
SHROUDS FATE
OF DR. DODGE
Report That San Francisco As*
sessor Is Among the Res=
cued Not Confirmed
Telegraphic inquiries by relatives
and friends of Dr. and Mrs. Washing-
a definite statement that the assessor
was safe, although It is certain that
Mrs. Dod_e and child were rescued from
the wrecked Titanic.
The doctor's ton, Harry Dodge,
busied himself during the day with at
tempting to get Information from New
York, and a ni-mber of employes in the
assessor's office also sent telegrams.
The most definite information Is that
received by Deputy Assessor Harris. He
received a telegram stating that, a bul
letin had been posted in front of one
bound from- the scene of the wreck to
New York. .
No confirmation of this infoj-matioa.
however, could be •obtained last night
.from New York.
Since the persons in the life boats
were mostly _. women and children,
friends of Doctor Dodge have been
speculating on the. possibility of his
having been saved and'on the reason
for his being in one of the boats." ••
The opinion has heen expressed that
he was instructed to go with the life
boats because be was a, physician l and
therefore more <able to care for tlie
others in the J»oat than most of tbe
men passengers. »
I. "This theory, 3 however, is not con
firmed in >£ew York and the? latest
news from there last night waf° s thaj
Doctor Dodge's fate was still hi doubt.
The Times, however, included bis aarne
in, the list of those rescued along with |
the name* of his wife aud son. ° -
PRTOE FIVE CENTS.
LINER WITH
868 SAVED
EN ROUTE
TO N. Y.
Carpathia Was Only Ship That
Rescued Any Passengers
on the lllfated Float
ing Palace
RELIEF VESSEL MAKES
ITS WAY THROUGH ICC
Astor, Strauss, Guggenheim,
Major Butt and Other Noted
Persons Still Reported
Among Missing
Approximate Statement
Of Titanic Disaster
First cal)in passengers, 325.
/ Second, cabin passengers. 285.
Third cabin passengers, 710.
of** pas-engers.
1.320. ° .
Members of °th« crew, SOO.
Total passengers and ores**,
2, ISO. '•'
Number of known survivors,
868.
Number who probably perished,
1.312.
Total number of named sur
vivors. 325. "• ,•
Approximately twenty lifeboats
manned by seven members of the
prew each, 140.
Estimated number of steerage
passengers saved, 400.
Total number of persons saved,
868. ' •
Xamed survivors: First cabin
passengers——Women, 141; men,
63s children. 6? Total, 2fo!
Second cabin passengers—Men,
16* women, »_; children, 10. Total,
IIS.
Total number cabin survivors,
328.
NEW YORK, April 16.-
Only a faint hope remains
tonight that any of the
1,302 passengers and crew who
have been missing since the giant
Titanic liner struck an iceberg
400 mites off Cape Race and sank,
have been picked up by trans-
Atlantic liners. The 808 survivors
rescued from lifeboats by the
Cunardcr Carpathia, now on its
way to New York, are the only
known, saved.
_ ThCobrief and meager messages
that came to hand today practical
ly extinguished hope that some of
the illTated passengers may have
been picked up at sea by the Vir
ginian and Parisian of the Allan
lineV Both these steamers have
sent word by wireless that they
had none of the Titanic's surviv
ors on board.
'Of the 868 persons rescued by
the*.Carpathia, tbe names of 326
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