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CALIFORNIAN TEN MILES FROM TITANIC, BUT IGNORED SIGNALS, SAYS NEW WITNESS WBATHEN-atiitrrri l.,-nll.t end I EDITION. I PRICE ONE CENT TAFT HONORS GEN. GRANT; BROADWAY HALTS ACTIVITY IE .Thousands Uncover Heads as I Body Go on Vr.y for f Burial at West Point. WITH MILITARY POMP. Services for Noted Son of More Noted Father in Gov ! emor's Island Chapel. Toe body of Major-Oen. Frederick ttant Orant passed through the streets of the city to-day with all the splcntld pomp of military mourning on lta way to the Anal reeling place In the ofllcera' cemetery at Weit Point. Broadway atopped In the high tldo of ttg aollvlty to llaten to the pulalng dirgea of the military panda, to uncover lta head whan a flag draped gun caisson carried- the body of tie fatuous soldier 4 eon of a etui mora fanioua lather ) at measured pace through the black canons of the ekyaorapera. The solem nity esT furled flags, crape draped, and Ms colorful ohaiiglng picture of vailed tut forms and of block! of mr march, log in time sent a thrill through ail the downtown dlstrlot. It was a spec'.aote purh aa has not been seen in New York for many years, ine epeu ut awe Of reverence wrought by the pulsing music and the tramp of feet giippcdj hard all the clustered thousands on the curbs. GENERAL'S HORSE LED BEHIND THE BODY. The one eupremely Intimate touch j Beaded to brine tho silent crowds Into' (nilrk sympathy with thu sorrow o." those woo rode in closed carriages botiind the I ran caisson waa that supplied by Oen. J Orant's horae. After the formal custom f tha military in times of public mourn tng auch as this, the faithful friend of I the late Commander of the Eaitorn Dl- j vision waa led by a soldier behind the I gun carriage all the ay from the ferry Bit tha Battery to ths Koriy-sccjnd "reel i tarry of the WcM ehori Railroad. The( horse was heavily caparisoned In a black Batting 'which almost dragged on ths cobbles by his feet. He was saddled and litldled and from ths saddle Dj hung tho boots of his maitcv, reversed. The President and tlio VIoe-J'resklent f the United States attended the , funeral services which were held In the , chapel of Cornelia the Centurion on Governor's Island. I'lowers sent by them were placed agulnst the great bank of blossoms allro indlng he Mack catafalque 'before the aluir of 10 aha pal whereon Oen. Omnt'fl lio ly has loin in ertate during the last ten day-.. Other gnon prominent In the life of thin !ty and of other grcui . "litres tliroughoui the country elt.nr ferved as iall bear ars or f und pla .-. In the chapel u give their last trfpUtg of affection to the dead soldier. Praaldant Tf: boardad Ihe Navy (revenue cutter Ski"c:i at the Pennsyl vania station, Jersey City, u'ld passed down through tin Cast UlVW to th wharf at tha Island retrVBtk4 Wtfl Mga wire hla brother, Henry W. Tuft; C.'iarles P. ill 1..', In - IvtJ t tary, and Ma.'.'.- Tnomai '.. Rhonda, wtio has lately suvidc.l to the place of chief aldo im the rreilueni. which mm.m left vacant bv l.l d a h tf Major Archibald Butt In tho Titanic disaster. PRESIDENT LANDS ON GOVER NOR'S ISLAND. When the Sditca drew up at the quar tannaster's wharf on the northern end Of Governor's Island the l'res dent 'a Hag of blue with the golden eagle spread upon It was dr-ipped from the halt mast position It had held during the trip down tha river. The guard of soldiers of the Twenty-ninth Iutantry. the Island's gar rtaon, brought their arms to imb present with a snap, and Hen. Tusker H, Hllss. temporality in loninand of the Eastern Division, and all f hli staff offlctd brought their gloved hands la tha tips of their plumed ohapeaus. Ail of the officers ere in tall dress of ceremony; their swords POM a Utile knot of idaek crepe at the hilt. Oen. Ilhss todi tlc President's arm and togeth", with tha gill taring staff following, they pad up the load to tha chapel ut the southern end of the parade round, Along the wade dis tance regulars of tho 'I wi nty-nlnth ware dia.'.u up a few yards ap.ut Ad tha Co:n:iia:ider-ln-Ciilef uf 111" Arm) m (Continue I on Eighth t'aie.) MR BASEBALL SE PAGE 23. . . prnbeblr ftalerdar. Ceerrteht. 1012. kr Ce. Tbe Haw U. S. WARSHIP OFF TO NieUCO TO SAVEAMERICANS Transport Buford Will Stop at Towns on West Coast and Pick Up Victims of Bandits WASHINGTON, April . Tha army transport Buford will leave San Fran cisco Sunday for the waat ooaat of Mexico to pick' up any American refu gees who may wish to leava tha coun try The Buford will visit Toptlobampo, Altata. Mazatlan. all In tha State of Hlnaloa: San Hla.-. Topic, MansanUto la Collma, and Acapuico In auarraro. The veaael la sent at the request of the State Department after urgent requeete from many Americans stranded In the Slates bordering the I'acllic.1?. - Mrice the rebels began to make head way In their operatlona along tha Pa cific i'ia-i commuaicatioh has been cut with many of tha Interior towna where Americans are known to reside. This ha: lvlt the State Department and others without any information as to tho safety of thosj people and '.Ms in face of numerous reports of the wanton acta of both bandits and organised rebels. t jiistant appeals came to the Slate Department to use tome method of asct lining tho welfare uf these people but ths .'flluiala tried other means In an effort to ward oft the necessity of send-' lug a United States vessel to the west coast. To-day s reports to the State Depart ment declare the situation throughout Mexico Is generally becoming worse. Bands of marauders am causing much uncailners by tneir activity. Tho transport Crook first was selected for the relief expedition, but War De portment officials later decided that ves sel had Insufficient accommodations for the nu. nber of American who ti.lKht with to have Mexico. The Buford. also' at Han Francisco, therefore, was desig nated. The Crook was to have sailed to night The Buford will get away Sun day. While tho Bufort Is a Government ves el. trail Is laid upon the fact that there will bo i"1 DSlted States soldiers ubuard, and the only person aarlng United tates commissions beside Quartermaster Kty will be the doctors anil members of the hospital corps taken along to look after the sick among the refugees. .State Department advices Indicate that there arc perhaps i Americans likely to avail themselves of this opportunlay to leaves lexlcn. About -"' of these are at ls llochl.1 and vicinity, and probably iki more scattered down the coast as far touib. us Sal In a Cruz. M83XIOQ CITY, April H It waa learned here on good anil lty to-day thai ,i BrKhrli w arable, is an route to tnt vVaai si in look after tha IsMdf cats of British subjects. It Is believed hero that another railtl will lie sent by Great L'rllalu to the gulf. This action, It is understood, is the result of an un derstanding of the European powers, and It Is believed that other nations with lntercstn In Mexico will follow Eng land's had. ITALIAN CRUISER SUNK? Wrrfknne Indicates l.uss of the Vaee In Dardanelles 1 Iglil. CONSTANTINOPLE April art-Wreckage washed ash at the entrance, to the Dardanellai leads to the belief to day that the Italian Cruiser Vavese, one I of the ships engaged IB Ilia immuard ' inent of the forts last week, aril lost in the battle, it waa'repoatad that tha I Vavese was bi.dly damaged In the ham. I baidment and that she Hihaequaatjj Sl.nl.. $12 Men's BlueSergeSuits,$5.95 TIIE "HUB Clothing Ccrner, Urond way, cor. Barclay St.. opp. Post-Offroa, will sell to-day and Haturday l.SOU Men's Suits, serges, worsteds, tlannela, Bhayiota, In bluea, blicks, grays and mixtures: fast colore; many satin lined; all vises; w orth 11 In any other atora Their Biioeial price to-day & Saturday, tS.05. open Saturday night till 10. . VTerld sstaVatlast Xasaiak atha. si.sr. es.a jeliTJSt FUNERAL PASSES wfot " cSmSSSlm Books Open to All." I Tbe Frees PablUblaa Herb M.rldl. JUMPED TO DEATH AS BLAZE RAGED IN A SWEATSHOP Man Penned on Fire Escape Plunged Four Stories Into Street. MANY WOMEN IN PERIL. Scramble Down Ladders, to Reach Fifteen Foot Wall at Bottom. On man waa killed by lumping from a fire escape landing and half a doxen others were Injured during the progress of a fire that swept through a flve-atory sweatshop In the rear of No. 21 Bowery to-day. The blasa naa In auch a pe culiar location that It endangered four aldea of a thickly populated block, and Chlaf Kenlon aent three alarms to in sure keeping it confined to tha building In wbloh It originated Jacob Schlectneck. a sewing machine operator or .o. im Madison street, was tha man who was killed. He became panic stricken when smoke pdured out of a window directly beneath htm ha waa about to step to a ladder on tha fire earapu landing of the fourth Moor tsaapite advice shouted by Bremen who Wra. starting to his assistance, h jumpaa and sustained Injuries from which He died in a few minutes. FLAMES IN MIDST OP DENSE POPULATION. The sweatshop la almost In tha middle of the block hounded by the Bowery. Bayard etrcc?. Christie street and Dlvl slon street. The rear of the buildings fumtlng on nil the el four thoroughfare hck up on the sweatshop, which detached on four aides and equipped with tire escapes on the north aide and south side. About u dozen manufacturing Arm had shops In the building. The fire started at 1-.4V, o'clock, during the lunci hour, when a majority of the employees were out of the building, However there were 10U or more on the various floors. Smoke gave first uvldence of the Bra, as It pound from the windows of th, pants manufacturing plant of Stirrer 1 Co., on the third Moor. Thn blase spre., rapidly through that lloor and cut off, lecapg I y tha stairways from the up per floors, .Men and woalan floolud i the lire escapes. Tnosc who took th I north fire aicapo reached tin grotm. Without difficulty. Iiut tl,,' lower land lug of the SOUth Br escape topped I nfteen-fout brisk wall around the rea yard of u building, fronting OS No. S Division street. ESCAPE LADDER LEFT THEM ON HIGH WALL. Soon there were tlfteun men and ha. a dosen women either on the lower fir, -escape landing or clinging to the lad der between the second and third BOOM, with smoke and fire belching from wu, dows directly above them. The inc.. on the platform were afraid to take s chance Of the lift' en-foot Jump Int. the Division st'eet yard. Frank oilman, a salesman, and Charles Stern, a clerk In the Ulvlsloi. street establishment, drugged a short laddei from laa cellar ami put It agcl ist tho wall. I IBM of Ihe mon got uu.vu by this ladder, others jumped to the courtyard a..U kaoaaed with DTUUMss, vTol'.man and 'tern got a. big rug, which they spread life-Bit fasnlun, In'o thiifl the worm imped safely. Klre clambered up the lire escape ladier ni l helped down half a d ISOB men and wom en, who were too frlgntcned to help themsslves. Schlectneck, who was employed on the Bfth (lour, was the first person to reach the Are escape. While he clung, terror stricken, to the fourth lloor landing, he aaw women Jumping safely from th eecond lloor Into the rug. Firemen were starting for htm when he leaped tor the rug himself, missed It and land ed on the hack of Ins head and shoulders Whllo the Are was at Its hottest half a dosen firemen DltBBbod up the Are- cm ape of the bulldlnK at No. 3) DtVl slon street and Invaded the kitchen of an apartment QpoSlQI OB the lire-es-cipe landing. They couimandirred a stout Ironing board, of WblOB they made a bridge to the il.e-. . -up - of tie: burning building. Across the tmpro vised bridge they rescued four men Willi were Betting ready to Jump from wlndnw. The fire drew an Immense crowd, which -w ii in, d Into Ihe courtyards and onto the roofs of the block. The the men wre hampered In their work until lneM-eir Cahalane and the reserves of ilx preuincts cleared the yards and tha streets n tha outelde where the an as win won NEW YORK, FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 1912. VINCENT ASM GIVES FIRST TALK ON FATHERS DEATH Gets the News of Recovery of Body From The Evening World. GLAD HE DIED A HERO.i Declares Stepmother Has Not Been Allowed to Tell of Last Moments on Titanic. First notified by The K.venlng World to-day of the recovery of the body of his father, aa related In an exclusive deepatch from St. Johns, N F William Vincent Astor talked to an Kvenlnz World reporter at the Astor home. No. MO Fifth avenue. He denied manv rumors and reports that have been pub lished, stating frankly Jus: what has bean occurring In the family slnoe hla stepmother waa brought home from aboard the Carpelhle. Tha young man was tremulously eager to hear en emtliorlaed version of how OoL Astor had conducted himself aboard tha Titantn Ihe nrldat of the iwful momenta that attended the crash with the leatierc and Vh" lowering away of the boats. "Stories that Mra. Aetor has told us all that happened as aha racalletf It .ire ! utterly untrue," said the oung man. "She has not been pannmid to dwell on what happened that nl felt for' mors than a minute at a time. That has been tha orders of the r hystelans who are attending her. If at. any time she haa besun to apeak uf tile terrible ex periences tho conversation haa been Im mediately switched. Practically all we know of how my father conducted him self on that night we have learned from the outside. And it haa been wonderful, ly good," choked out the boy, "to hear, that my father died ai he did." MR. ASTOR TOLD OF BEINQ LED TO LIFEBOAT. He atopped and walked away for a mo ment to hide hla emotlona. Ho was dressed entirely in black. He had come from hli bedroom upon learning of the identification of his fathei's body. "All Mrs. Astor has been allowed tu tell of thai night." lie went on, "relat-rt only to her dressing and being led to a host by my fsther. She was UndfBeiel i when the collision with the lOODOTd 0O urred. My father Insisted that ahe ihould drees warmly and then he guided ler, her maid and her nurse to the boat. She did not see mm aner tne boat began to descend from the davits. He had barely time to wrap her furs about hor tonfore the boat began to des end. We kave not questioned Mrs. Astor, and will not do so until lyr condition is much improved. She is entirely too nervous BOW and Jumpe a the least .lltle thing, in her delleato state we j nust be aafy careful. But ahe Is Im- j H aving and I cannot say that there Is i .ny need nuw tu worry. Time will bring her both mental and physical strength. "It Is not true that Mrs. Astor's maid nurse, who were with her, haVa made any statHiimnt about that night. Tl, are both still In the hospital, and know have said nothing. Stories pur- I iiortliig to come rrom tnem nr.-1 pure!; imaginary. HAS NOT EVEN DISCUSSED HIS FATHER'S WILL. "There has been a good deal In the newspapers about my father's will and it Is all rot. We have not even thought of It and I f haa not been so much as lefcrred to at any family conference. The talk of my visiting my lawyers In reference la tha will la all wrong. I nave been to my lawyera only In the interest of getting news about my father'a body. I have been keeping In touch by telephone with Capt. Kobarts xklpper of the Astor yacht Noma), who Is In Halifax. "The Arst news I received came to me whlla I was in bed, thla morning from t'he Evening World office A ll'tle later 1 tot a telephone messago from the White I tar line confirming tho good UOWBi it RBI llflOfl a great OurdOS from my mind, i Will not no to Hainan i.ptaln Jtoberts will look after ths bringing on ot my tauier s ooay. ' is eiioiner mailer concerning the reported loss of Mrs. Astor's Jew els which I would like to correct. I can that whatever Jewels are bouilit by any maniliar of the fainlly are n ,t n 'i ((awl u ti rsll r K V f MittTI Tn si 1 n i.l , . f the family are always carried and card M was stated at tha White Btar of f.ir 'iv aKnts of tl,-. family. Mrs. Aitr ncea to-.lay that the -able ahlp Minis had very few Jewels ivitli nor." had loft llsllfas ilout I fully supnllid Asked If h had received word of the i with inbalminif fliibls anj would sub- cnnilne; to Sew York of hla mother, Mrs. Ava wining Astor. thu young i man replied: "Yea, my mother la coming and, I ex pect that one win arrive neat week. (OMttMrt aa Fourth ) " TITANIC SIGNALS PLAIN TO MAN ON CALIFORNIAN Young Head of Great Astor Estate, Sister ot Widowed Stepmother JMLjJS 2saaaaml''fcr': MM Wk' h aaaW flan aaaaaLvl yK' IV''' LW rZk wtF Mm1 ' saaaai aaaaft Am mm' lil aaaW1 ' eE 1 sH m H mm Aw mm ASTQR M) STRAUS BODIES PICKED UP BY DEATH SHIP , Mackay-Bennett sends of 205 Titanic Victims on Board Minia Has C. M. Hays's Remains. The bodies of Col.J. J. At tor and Isidor Stiaus have been recovered from the sea by the cable ip Mackay-Ueiuiett. A wireless despatch, teJliug of the feeding and identilication of the bodies of Col. Astor and Mr Straus, was received at the Whitn Star line OlllCCS early to-Uliy The despatch said the podies were aboard the funeral ship and hid been embalmed. 'I he despatch kilo contained a long list of iuw identiiic.itions of the 205 bodies picked up by the M ickcy-Uennett. These names were wire lessed from the cable (hip to the Anchor line steamship Caledonia and by that vessel relayed tu Cape Uace. A dliijtitcli 10 TIM MTBBWjj Win Id froin St. Jubn'a, Neu fuiiii lhind, slaietl Im i u BfirelOM liail bMplCklid up tliere royBrtlBjg Ifca i ng 01 1 the boillen ot V.ai. Altor nnil Ltcr , IecoVcry of Mr. Ciiai;' nlii'lui n uod) tba While Star Unt and It aa pn,!,.l.ly u uonfublon of the iiuinea thai reached. St. John'D. 1 NolhlDK iih ialil In to-day s ' cernlug lhe ,nU) t,e cable xhlp U j ply the Mackuy-Hrtinett eo It woul nut bu necessary to return any i c . , led bodies to thu Isa. aa had at flrt Ileal. ! l-liill llld 1 I KolluwlnB Is the message received at Jth " bite star Uai ofBcai to-4a . Circulation Books Open to 28 PAGES Kay kcr h e. For c ie, xrr V MC?NT,Ai3TOR. FMOT 'iBia,uveft wssm,oo0 49 New Identifications nn,!! (iut'Keiilieiin. No mention el the BI inuilii In Im mlayeil wlrelehs to tvjr. It III from the Mackny-Oenntitt cob- llklly to rmch Halifax. "April Jl Wlrelrsa o' nett via Caledonia Commerelal Cable Oaaipsj l.ickay-Ben-! Hace. t Willie s. line. New York '. "c'lirtlisr nature V II. MAM am;. t rUTTON. J. UTONU. (Ceniiaueo an Fourth WRATtir.n MMm wl n a ptm mH uiifkA EDITION. 51 All. LShc Was About Ernest Gill, Donkey Engineman of the Vessel, Tells the Senate Investigating Committee CAPTAIN AT CAPITAL SAYS IT "I Sent Warning of Icebergs to the Titanic," Says the Captain "and Was Told to Shut Up." WASHINGTON, April 26. In a sworn statement filed to-Jy with the Serrate Committee investiRatinir the Titanic disaster, ErneH Gill, donkey engineman on the liner Californian, now at Boston, sakl that vessel was so close to the Titanic on the night of the tragedy that the Titanlc's distress rockets were plainly visible. He charged that the captain of Ihe Callrtonian refused to go to the aid of the distressed vessel. Capt. Lofd of the Californian, to. Boston last night, denied Gill's statement, The reading of GUI's affidavit was heard with the deepest interet by the committee. Gill was present .ind was placed' rmr the witness stand Immediately after Senator Smith, the chairman, had finished read ing the affidavit. "There b no truth whatever in the story of tfrnest (jill that the Californian saw and ignored distress signals from the Titanic," positively declared Capt. Stanley Lord of the Californian, immediately upon his arrival here from Boston to testily before the Senate Investigating Cam mittee. Accompanying Capt. Lord was the Californian's wireless oper ator, D. C. Bvans. "I was asleep from 11.30 Sunday night until 5.50 Monday morn ing," L'vans said. "Not until 5.5o did we hear of the Titanic and then it was through a message from the Virginian." GOT A SURLY REPLY. HE SAYS. When Capt. Lord took the witness stand he said that halt an hour before the Titanic smashed into the iceberg which sank her she re ceived warning of "icebergs ahead" from the Californian. His ship, he said, was then only twenty miles away. "Shut up; I'm busy," was the reply Capt. Lord said the Titanlcl operator sent to his ice warning. Senator Smith read into the record the following note from Opera tor Young of the U. S. Naval wireless station at the New York Navy vard: v "Carpathia would at no time acknowledge receipt ofca message from navy ships or stations, This station called tttem at 5.30 P. M. April 18 when she was trying to get into com munication with New York stations, but her operator refused to take any assist from us. This was the only station she could work at that time, as no other station could hear her. "YOUNG, Operator." THINKS HE SAW TITANIC PASS. "I saw the ship which I took to be the Titanic," said Gill aftnr beinj; sworn, "some time before midnight. She was about ten mllta away and went past us apparently at full speed. She was a big ship and I law two tiers of IlpriK The Californian at the time was caught in Bald ice, its engines were stopped and she was drifting with the floe." The vessel, GUI testified, must have been plainly visible to the bridge and the lookouts, as well as the rockets which were sent up late from the vessel. The Californian's captain, he said, paid no attention to the distress signals, and his refusal to get up steam and go to the aid of the stranger so incensed the crew that Gill tried to organize a protesting parly among the men. He failed, he said, because of the timidity ot the men. "What time did the Calitornian get up steam?" inquired Senator Fletcher. "I rjofl'l know exactly," said the witness, "but it was some time after s o'clock." Prom the rockets GUI judged the Stressed ship to be not more than twenty miles away. He described the rockets, his description tally ing with that given by Fourth Officer Boxball of the Titanic, who seat them aloft. In tun bright surlit nliiht f BUOdB) . j April II. I'.lll ,1.1 l.e , lie IMMI !e o. of the I'lllfornian at ILH I'. M. us the i vessel, with etixliie- ltoppo4, BBf draft" Ing Mule Hop, WTO Kioin th,' tartail trail tic saw tha BTOIBlUll M(htl Bl a I very larito slcainir. Ilr wai hrd nrr hi ;1ei.t iwv minute- ni l said those on (hi I CalKoTBtaB's bridge, ,.mi er ani teolwui, I OOUM nt liBVI helped selnir her. SAYS HE SAW ROCKET SIGNAL OF OISTRE88. At mldnllht, Hill continued, he want to fell .atila, wrhfld ha riaaarked to bii PRICE ONE CENT. Ten Miles Away, IS NOT TRUE in. ii. . WilUarfl Thomas, that he had ii hi t tentel, uppil'i i!l i nan. IBaS ut fiiii sneeil II,' could not sleep aaaf aent back on deck to emoki cigarette. Til m e itai tali he saw it w.ilta roeaat, ten mllei "f tu - ..iruuard, whlu i he fleet thoughi an a shootlBCatar. A aeeassB rock, I In the ci e I'l l in or sight in In u i e i la',.- lie - iw dtslhKlly, and be remarked tu li -nself Thai must bo a ver fel Hi distress. He did ii i: notify the hrklge or la iiecause. he said, 11 waa not his m ana they aKUid not Dave Belpee feat m ft i i la, - . 'i. ta ! I fJBJBJ - - -aa. I