The times dispatch. [volume], April 23, 1912, Image 1

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Succor Only Five Miles Away When Liner Titanic Goes Down,
but Distress Signals Are Unheeded by Unidentified Passing Vessel
SHARE ALIKE IN
PATTERSON Will
Tobacco Magnate Left
Estate to Wife and
Six Children.
PROPERTY WORTH
NEARLY A MILLION
document Drawn in 1901 Ad?
mitted to Probate in Henrico,
A. W. Patterson Qualifying
a6 Sole Executor Under
Bond of $800,000?Left
Valuable Real Estate.
The wJU of Dr. r. a. Patterson, be?
queathing a fortune conservatively es?
timated at ISOO.OGO to his wife and tlx
children, wan admitted to prolate yes?
terday morning In the Circuit Court of
Henrico county. The testator nr a
his two sons, R. Puller Pan. rson and
a. W. Patterson, executors! but R. Ful?
ler Patterson, b In bad health, de?
clined to serve, and a. W. Patterson
qualified as sole executor by furnishing
bond In the sum of 1800,000.
The home place of the Pattersons,
"Revillle," consisting of seventy-live
acres, is not a part of the estate to'
j.aia by the will, having been settled by |
Dr.Patterson many years ago upon ins,
wife and six children. The value of
"Rovsllle" is [approximately 1200,000.
which brings trio total of Dr Pattsr
son's fortune to f 1,000.000 or more. j
Children Sbare Equally.
Tlie estate Is made Up of about one- i
half or more real ? etat- holdings in .
Henrico, Chjucrfleld and Richmond,
and the. other half of personal prop?
erty Ry the terms of the will the tes?
tator devises and bequeathes to h'.s
Wife, in addition to hu interest In
?Reveille." Inr dower Interest In hl?
real eatuto holdings and her widow's
share of his personal property In foil
simple. The residue of the estate Is;
divided equally among the tlx children
- R. Puller, 4. T? Malvern C \V. P., I
Kllzabith G and A. W, Patterson, on'
her death Mrs. Patterson's dower In- j
tcresl In the real estate reverts to the!
estate proper, but her widow's Intsrest]
in the porsonsl property becomes he-rs,
to be passed on {o, her own children. 1
Mr?. Patterson receives the larger share !
of the estate, approximately 1300,000, ot.
whUh amount $135,000 will on herj
death revert to the estate lor division
among ttio aix children.
Mill Drawn in loot.
The will was drawn b.* A. R. Court- j
n^y on December 24, 1901, and wit
neaaed py II. T. Richeson and Mr. Court-,
iicy. it appears to be unquestionably
tile last ulll and testament, and ill- j
though during recent years Dr. Pat?
terson suffered gome brain aff jetion, it j
1* Relieved that the document .u?
signed while lie wan yet in full pos?
session of his faculties. The win, J
though containing no codicils, is a j
rather lingthy document and is com- .
posed of a great number ot clauses {
The length of the will is due mainly to
the fact that there were seven heirs,
among whom th; inheritance had to be
evenly apportioned, ills four children
by his first wife and the two from his
aecond marriage were treated on the
same terms in the wllL
Estimates as to tile value of the Pat?
terson estate are necessarily specula?
tive to a great extent, as so much ol
the property is in real estate. In u I
statement given out ye sterday by Pr,.s- I
ton Cocke, of the law iirm of Meredith j
&. Cocke, it was averted that the real
estato would be worth not less than!
1800,000?exclusive of "itevclHV of!
course?but It Is understood that this '
estimate Is based upon the assOsseul
valuation of the realty foi taxation.
Mny Itench If I.OO0.0OO.
It is more probable that ih^ value j
?f the estate which passed by W ill >s.
nearer 11,000,000 than fSOO.000. The
bulk of the rcai estate holdings of Dr. '
Patterson ire in Henrico county lands.'
situated on ih? Cary Street Road, Just;
beyond the city limits, although he
owned extensive property in Richmond
and ChcstcrfW Id. one single holding,
the land adjoining "Revclll .' is esti?
mated to be worth about 1400,000, be-1
ing In the line of wester- development:
of the City. The assessed valuation ot"
his entire real estate holdings is only'
about $:::.emi.. ;-c. it will he ueen thai
the actual valut of his really will be
nearly double Its assessed Value
Romantic life Sibrr,
. The life story of Dr. Patterson is
the romunoe of a man ?ho built up
a great fortune with a capital of
brains and grit. His achievement of
succc.-s w.i3 particularly remarkable
because lie losl und fortune during the
Civil War, and was forced 10 make a
fresh start whin the conflict came to
mi end .mil he -was mustered out of
the Confederate ranks. lie was born
In Caroline county, Va., .March I?, 1826,
Into a family which was In very mod?
erate circumstances. His father moved
to a farm, which Is now W.-stiiamp
ton, in ISSii ?nd died suddenly the
following year. A-ffer very meagre
training In jii "old held" school. Or.
Patterson entered the medical depart?
ment of llampden-Sldnoy College, at
the age of twenty, being graduated In
IS IK.
Dir. rls.^ from an obscure country
boy to the hond of one of the greatest
tobaee.? concerns In America began In
1830, whan he gave up the pursuit of
hl? chosen profession to enter the to?
bacco business with James Thomas.
Jr., In Richmond. 'He married Miss
Margaret l>. Courtney In 1851. Out?
growing his first undertaking, Dr.
Patterson joined hands with Thomas
C Williams in 1853 in an Independent
U>baeco mann fact tiring venture, a fast
(Continued on Second Page,).
CONVENTION PLAN
East End Citizens Join
Anvil Chorus and Call
It Unholy.
WANT PRIMARY
TO PICK BOARD
John Hirschberg and George B.
Davis Say They Won't Run
for $5,000 Jobs if Nomina?
tions Are Made in Con?
vention?Others
Knock It.
Without exception, every one of the
doit-n or more speakers the meeting
of the East End Citizens' Association
of Jefferson Ward, held at Chimbiirax*
Park last night, denounced thi pro?
posed convention plan for ih<_ KeiccUon
of candidates for tue new Administra?
tive Itoard. The speakers vied with
sach other in Unding words ot ridicule
and condemnation to apply to what
they designated In effect a scheme con
edeted by politicians to thwart the will
of the people in the s<d :ctlon of the
five most Important officers in the city
government.
Not loni'ni -Aith registering their
opposition to th? convention scheme,
at least two of the Speakers took pains
to warn the audience, which crowded
the jmall auditorium to overflowing,
that "certain newspapers" of the city
had unbarke'd upon a plan of misrepre?
sentation, with the obvious purpose >'iC
confusing tin l;isue before the people
Previous meetings of citizens at which
the convention plan had been con
di tuned, they charged, have been re?
ported by th> offending papers as be?
ing "packed,'' in an silort to show- thai
the voters themselves were fav irably
disposed to. the scheme.
Condemn ? uoventloo I'lan.
At the conclusion 61 tiu speeehmak
ing II II. Cross presented the follow?
ing resolution, which w^s adopted by
?I unanimous vblo and with cheers of
?ipp: oval:
To the City Democratic Committee:
ilcaolvtd, lirst. That we, the members
of tlie Bast End Citizens' Association,
?f Jefferson Ward, fully realizing tne
terlousnces of the political situation in
?fir city, and feeling^ourseZves Individ
lally compeunt to judge the honesty,
fairness and lntellig..n> c of aspirants
for the Administrative board. juiI be
ilevlng that the thoughts of th? civi
i-tiH of Richmond should be brought
bear on the probabl? conditions ot
our cifty and Its people should any
circle of self-interest secure control of
.ts finances, declare ourselves as
against th^ convention plan, and pctj
tlon your honorable body not to make
possible, by adopting the convention
itlah, the trickery and unfairness so
often resorted t" in the convention
method to defeat the will of the people.
tlesolvcd, second. That we will not
participate in a convention to elect
public servants for political ofllces, as
such methods belong to the past and
should b.- forgotten.
J. Matt Davis. president of
the association, appointed a committee
of ten members to present the resolu?
tion to th> City Democratic Committee
when it meets to-night at Murphy'J
Hotel
*n?s lit Violates Pledge,
To select the candidates for the Ad?
ministrative Board by a convention
; lan, said Morgan R. Mills, woulo b<
practically to violate the promise mad'
at the time the creation of the board
was agitated, that the members would
be chosen by the people. Moreover,
he declared, It was his P.rm belief that
the Legislature of Virginia woubi
novjr have consented to the change
in the city charter which made tha
creation of the board possible had th*
demand for the change been accompa?
nied by a provision that tba board be
selected by Convention.
"In my experience with conventions,"
he. said, "und 1 have attended a large
number of them in the course of my
political carter. I have found that they
result almost invariably in the disre?
gard of the will of the people, once
tie- .??invention me its, the will of tho
voter i.-. casl to the four winds. Tho
City Democratic Committee. ,n my
opinion, will make a serious blunder
and perhaps bring about the disruption
of the Democratic party If It Will force
upon the people Uns proposed conven?
tion plan."
\ oter Ar^cr Idien a t hence.
Throughout the whole proceeding,
said Mr. Mills, the voters have never
ha(] a chance to express an opinion on
t<he Administrative Board. His propo?
sition that the question of the creation
of the board he submitted to a refer?
endum, he said, was voted down when
he off.-red il in the City Council at
ih; time the question was before that
body, and now it was proposed to
dimflaib the voter out of th* right to
select Us members,
"If certain elements In this city are j
not satisfied with election by primary,"
warned Mr. Mills, "it is time for tlie i
peopl? to sit up and lake, notlcj. Any
attempt to sidetrack the rights of the
people to rfiooso their public servants
i.- dangerous."
Mr. Mills spoke briefly with regard
to his candidacy for the Common Coun?
cil, saying that he was willing to let
his record |n that body stand sponsor
for .'als claim to re-election. The ru?
mor that was being circulated to the
effect that he was'about to move out
of Jefferson Ward. lie said. wa<s a ma?
licious fabrication by political enemies.
Anvil Chortle AtroliiKt Convention.
A number of candidates for election
to th' Common Council asked th? sup
(ContinueoToa. EighTh-Page.)
GENERAL STRIKE
MAY BE AVERTED
Mediation of Federal
Officials Calls Tem?
porary Halt.
NEILL PLEASED
WITH OUTLOOK
Tender of "Friendly Offices" by
Representatives of Federal
Government Follows Refusal
of Railroad Managers to
Concede Demands of Engi?
neers for Wage Increase.
Now York. April 22.?The tender at I
the "friendly ofilces" of representatives
I of the Ksderal government called at
j least a temporary ' halt to-night t * a
strike of railroad engineers In .ill the
territory east of Chicago and north ot
I the Potomac Itlver, In which it is e?
! tlmated that 52 per cent, of thi rail?
way traffic of the en Uro country is
handled.
! The mediation cl Ke?eral officials
came Immediately after the refusal ot
the managers >f tlfty railroads con?
cerned to concede tne er.gnieers' de?
mands for an is per rent. Increuse in
wages, when Chief Warren H. Stone, ot
the jjroih'.rhodd of Locomotive Kngi
neers, had announced that in view of
1 tlilj refusal a strike of engineers
[ would go into effect within thirty-sU
I hours.
! Knowing the situation had reached a
: critical stage, Marlin A. Knapp; pre
Siding justice of the United States'.' m
* mere3 Court. and Charles P. Nelll.
I tinted State.- Commissioner ct Labor,
hurried here from Washington, and as :
I soon as the decisive break occurred
they addiessed an Identical litter both
'to Chief Stone and to J. C. Stuart,
! chairman of the Conference Commia
si .ii i.f Itallroad Managers, declaring
that a grave situation had arisen and
that the sens.* of duty Impelled ttism t<
lender their "frlepdly ofh es to lue
contending parties, in the hope that
some means may be found t.? adjust
im moltira in dispute without the
calamity of a general strike."
Votes tor Mcdlutlou.
Although Chief Stone had a few
>ninutCa bet?re deeiarci that nisi
torty-niiw associates on the en- j
gloeers' committee would proceed to i
oiar.t to their headquarters to pro- j
pare for a strike within thirty-six
flours, lie was impressed with tho
letter of Messrs. Knapp and Nelll to j
the extent that he amended the- order. I
declaring that the committee would!
remain intact here to-night to con-,
Oder the cituatlon. He declared the;
<ie would place the proposition bet?re (
the engineers' Committee with the
recommendation that it be accepted i
Tor this purpose he Immediately called j
the committee together for an execu- j
live session. At this meeting the
committee voted to accept the offer
of mediation made by Messrs. Knapp
and Nelll.
Chairman Stuart would not com?
ment on what position the railroads j
would take as to the tender of the
mediation. He immediately ordered
a, meeting of the committee for to?
morrow, however, to consider the
proposal.
In this manner the crisis rested,
still regarded by many observers as
critical, hut by others as promising
some sort of adjustment. Comnils
sloner Nelll was pleased with the out?
look tor mediation.
The tlfty railroads which will be
affected unless a strike is averted
arc us follows:
Baltimore and Ohio. Bessemer and
Lake Erie, Boston and Albany, Bostcn |
and Maine, Buffalo, R?chester and|
Pittsburgh, Buffalo and Rusquehanna,I
Central New England. Chicago. In- |
dlanapolls and Louisville. Chicago,
Terrc Haute and Southeastern, Chi-1
i ago, Indiana and Southern, Clncln-j
natl Northern, Cincinnati, Hamilton;
and Dayton, Cleveland. Cincinnati,,
Chicago and St. Louis, Coal and Coke, j
Delaware and Hudson. Delaware. Lack- I
awanna and Wertem, Detroit, Toladol
and Ironion. Dunkirk. Allegheny Val- ?
icy and Pittsburgh, Erie. Grand Rap- i
ids and Indiana. Hocking Valley, In?
diana Harbor Reit. Indianapolis Union. I
Kanawha and Michigan. Lake and
Western, Lake Eric, Alliance and!
Wheeling, Lake SVTore and Michigan
Sotllhorn, Lehigh Valley, Long Island,)
Maine Central, Michigan Central. New
York Central and Hudson Rlv^r. New
York, Chicago and St. Louis. New
York. New Haven and Hartford, New
York, Ontario and Western. New York.
Philadelphia and Norfolk, New York, 1
Susquehannn and Western. New J.>r-'
sey and Now York, Pennsylvania Lines,
East. Pennsylvania Lln>s. West. Pere
Marnuette, Plttshairgli and Lake Erie,
Reading System, Toledo and Ohio Cen?
tral, Toledo, St Louis and Western.
Vandalla Lines. Western Maryland!
Wheeling and Lake Erie, West Side
Belt Line, Wabnsh Pittsburgh Ter?
minal.
GARDNER ASKS FOR LIST
AVnnta to Know Who Subscribed for
Expenses of Itooaevelt'a African Trip.
Washington, April 22_Representa?
tive Gardner, of Massachusetts, to-day
Introduced a resolution directing the
secretary of the Smithsonian Institu?
tion. If not Incompatible with the pub?
lic interest, to send to the House h.
complete list of any subscriptions by
private persons to'tho Smlt hsonian In?
stitution or any of its officers for the
expenses of former President Roose?
velt's African hunting trip.
TOLL OF n LIKES
TAKEN BY STORM
; Scores Injured and Near?
ly 100 Families in Des?
titute Condition.
PROPERTY LOSS
IS TREMENDOUS
Village of Bush Almost in Ruins,
and Other Towns Suffer Great
Damage?Governor of Illi?
nois Arranges to Send
Relief to Stricken
District.
Qhlcag-o, April 22.?Dat'st figures re?
garding the storm which swept over
Illinois and Indiana show seventy-two
dead, nearly 200 Injured, and nearly
100 families In a destitute condition
us a r'-sult of the ietorm. More than
100 hohies were demolished, and thr
property lo.'s totaled several hundred
thousand dollars. Greatest damage
was don., at Bush. Willsvillc. Murphys
I horo. Campus, Freeman and K.mkake-e,
111., and Morocco, Ind.
Governor Dene-)n and Adjutant-Gen
?ral Dickson to-day arranged to ex?
tend State 'rrll?.' to the stricken dis
ricts in Illinois.
The dead and Injured ar<- as follows:
Bush. in.. IS dead, 100 Injured.
District cast of Bush, III., S dead. "0
injured.
Marlon. III., 17 dead (unconfirmed).
Wlllsvtlle, III., 3 drad. 20 injured.
Mllrphyshoro, 111.. 3 dead. ."? injured.
Campus. 111.. - dead, l Injured.
Kank l.-ee 111., 7 dead. 21 injured.
Morocco, Ind.. ft dead. 1 Injured.
Freeman. III., .1 dead.
District hear Morocco. Ind. 2 dend
Killed Instantly.
J. AV. Campbell, section foreman at
3ush', with his Wife and six children,
ras sitting In the section house when
? e storm demolished it. killing the
>ecupahts Instantly. The number of
Injured at Bush will reach mor-a than
;oo.
it i.-h. a village In the northwestern
-?orner Of Williamson count'', suffered
most damage. Two storms met at
Bush; cne coming from the northwest
and tlie other from the southeast. The
norm.- met at a velocity of seventy-j
Jive miles an hour, and In a few mln
?:tes Hush was In ruins. Th.i buildings
of the Western Coal and Mining Com?
pany W-?r? destroyed, as w.Te t'.ie post
office, general department store, hotels,
restaurants and forty dwellings. Thlr
ty-Mve . other dwelling? were partly
wrecked.
A trainload of injured were taken
from Bush to Murphysboro, where
thr?e died.
Seventy-five families ar? homeless!
and destltuto in Southwestern Illinois, j
GREAT DAMAGE IN SOUTH
Severe Storm Sweeps Portion? of Ala?
bama and (leorigtn.
Atlanta, April ?Torrential rains,
accompanied by hlgli winds ranging
from sixty to ninety mile? an hour,
swept parts of Alabama and almost
all of Georgia early to-day. Seven
person? are known to have been killed
and scoros injured. The damage to
live stock and other property Is re?
ported severe. Streams ar? out ot
their banks in South Georgia, and in
many places railroad schedules have
been disarranged. ?
At Newborn, Qa., six persons were
killed when a cyclone swept that ter?
ritory. At Brookslde, near Birming?
ham. Ala., a negro was killed when a
house fell In on him.
From Bowden, Carroll county, (la.,
come reports of twenty injured, .-;v
eral fatally, when their homes were
blown down over their heads.
At Savannah the wind reached a ve?
locity of sixty miles an hour,' accom?
panied by one and a half Inch's of
rain. Street car traffic was suspended
part of the day. and there was con?
siderable property damage through?
out the city.
Reports from Quitman. Ga., state
that the streams are overflowing as a
result of continuous heavy rains.
Railroad tracks have been washed
away and all service nn the Georgia
Southern Railroad, south of Quitman,
has been discontinued.
Damages from the storm nlso are
reported from Athens. Gainesville.
Jendergrass and "ther points in North
(leorgla.
Sir Killed by Cyclone.
Newborn. CSa.. April 22.?Six persons
were killed and a score of others in?
jured by a cyclone which swept this
section of the State early to-day.
Demolished houses and dead live Stock
were loft In the wake of the storm,
which swept a track three-quarters of
a mile, wide through Jasper, Newton
and Morgen counties. The dead:
W. W. nnrden.
Joseph Musey.
Ed Mnxcy. BK'd eleven, hin son.
Dock Mnxoy, nn.? her son.
Two unidentified negrora,
M^-s. W. AV. DurdCTl and four grand?
children, who were in the Dnrden
home when It was blown down, aro
all so severely Injured they are not ex?
pected to live. Mr. Durden's face was
crushed, two limbs broken and a- hole
torn In her back. Two negroes living
near the Durden's h.id their home
blown down and every thread of
clothing was stripped from their
bodies.
Kour churches and schoolhnuses in
the path of tho storm also were de?
stroyed.
ARMED MEN WILL'
PROTECT COURT
Detectives and Consta?
bles Guard Town of
Hillsville.
TRIAL OF ALLENS
MAY BEGIN TO-DAY
Prisoners Taken From Roanoke
to Carroll County in Readiness
for Case to Be Called?Neither
Commonwealth nor De?
fense Expected to Ask
Change of Vanue.
BY ALEXANDER FORWARD.
[Special to The Times-Dispatch.)
Hillsville, Va.. April 22?Again tho
town of Hillsville Is guarded by
armed men. and rifles are to be seen
everywhere. Judge. prisoners and
counsel arc here ready for the trials
of six of the Allen clan, charged with
the courthouse murders or March It.
Twelve detectives and a score of
special constables will protect the
court and guard the Jail. Acting
Sneriff Oeorge M. Edwards contem?
plates examining all who ent?r the
courtroom, so that no deadly weapons
will be carried there, save by ollicers
of the law.
Tho six prisoners arrived from
Roan.ike at >i o'clock this afternoon,
Floyd Allen had to be cart-led into the.
Jail. A tear glistened In his eye as
he spoke to old acquaintances, but he
tried to smile. Frlel Allen looks 111,1
and ssld he had not been well in '
Roanoke. Claude Swanson Allen
com] lalna of rheumatism. Sidni
Edwards alone looks better than when I
arrested. and is in good spirits.
1-ioyd's leg hau only partly healed.
All the prisoners and the party
dined at Chief Detective Thomas 1*
Kelt's home, at Blair. W. G. Baldwin
is also here.
It would appear to-night thai if
any change of venue in the Allel:
trials is had, it will be upon motion
of Judge Waller R. Staples. It is im?
probable that cither the Common?
wealth or the defense will seek a
removal of the scene of the trial. The
court may. under the statute, take
a? tlon of its own volition. As a mat?
ter of fact. Judge Staples or no one
else knows where the trial will he
held.
will Realst Removal.
Attorneys for the prisoners say
to-night that they will resist a re?
moval. Their original motion, heard
at Wythevlile, vas to have- floyd Allen
tried In Roanoke It appearing that
I Judge Staples will not grant this,
tho defense prefers Carroll as the
?scene of the heatings,
j In attempting to prove conspiracy,
I the Commonwealth will have an ad?
vantage on placing its witnesses In
the courthouse in the exact positions
assumed during the tragedy by those
who played the principal parts. By
farts and circumstances, the effort will
be made to show that there was an
understanding that the court should be
wiped out before Floyd Allen should
go to jail. In the minds of the pro?
secuting attorneys, the only objection,
now almost removed, to trial in Hilla
Vllle, wa> the possibility that men
friendly to or terrorized by the Aliens
might hang the jury.
Judge Staples came !n this after?
noon, as di.l Joseph C. Wysor and!
John S. Diaper. Jr.. of Pulaskl, and
Waller S. Poage, of Wythc, who will
atslst Commonwealth's Attorney S.
Floyd Landreth in the prosecution.
For the tirst time In the history of
Hillsville, covering seventy-five years,
the town to-day had telegraphic com?
munication with the outside world,
the Western Union connecting an In?
strument with a telephone line to
Galax. The people watched tho pro?
ceedings with interest. .Message No. 1
went to The Tlmes-Dispateh.
Floyd Allen will Urft bo arraigned
and placed on trial to-morrow, unless
a change of venue is grunted. The
Commonwealth expects to convict;
Floyd Allen. Frlel Allen, Claude Swan-I
son Allen and Victor Allen of murder j
in the tirst degree. The extent of guilt'
of Sidna Edwards is in doubt, and de?
pends upon the evidence. There, seems
to be little against Bird Marion, but a
conspiracy basis may involve htm.
outline of Defense.
Not only will Floyd Allen, when
placed on trial lor his life, claim that
he did not (Ire in the courthouse trag?
edy of March H until he had been
himself shot to the floor, but lie will
in addition endeavor to so account for
the bullets discharged from his weap?
on a-s to make It appear that no one of
' them was fatal.
Claude Swanson Allel] and Frlel Al?
len, who took part in the shooting,
will claim that they fired at men who
still live.
The remaining defendants who aro
In custody?Victor M. Allen, Sldna
Edwards and Bird Marion?will deny
that they wore armed, or took any
part In the tragedy. Uv the process
of elimination, therefore-, it will be?
sought to show that the four court of
llcers who were victims of the assas?
sins' bullets were slain by tho weap?
ons of Sldna Allen and Wesley Ed?
wards.
The outline of the dtfenso was de?
tailed to The Times-Dispatch corres?
pondent to-day by R. H Vlillrt. attor?
ney for the prisoners. All of the law?
yers for the accused men are here, In
cltidlng Judge n. IT. Hnlrston and R.
H. Willis, of Hnlrston. Willis ,fc Hairs
ton, of Roanoke, attorneys for Floyd
' (Continued on Second Pag?.)
FRANTIC APPEALS
OF STRICKEN SHIP
ARE NOT ANSWERED
Evidence Shows That Nearby Steamer Either
Failed or Refused to See Signals, and
Doom of More Than 1,600
People Was Sealed.
OFFICER TELLS HOW CLOSE
SEEMED RESCUE FROM DEATH
Stories of Boxhall and Admission of Vice-President
P. A. S. Franklin, That Titanic Carried Insuffi?
cient Number of Lifeboats, Features of Day in
Hearing Before Senate Committee Which Is In?
vestigating Great Sea Tragedy?Emphatically
Denied That News Was Held Back or Censored.
Widener's Body Believed Recovered.
New York, April --.?The flrnt lint of nnnicn of hodlen recovered
(roin the Titanic dlnnnter by the cahlc Meanier Slack*}-Bennett wm
received here to-nlBht through wireless nimnaee. to the White Star Line
ulBeea.
Tlie IIhI of twenty-seven onmen eontuluK none of the most prom I -
ncnl men who perished, unless It he tliut "ficurKP W. Widen," an sent
by wireless, refers, ua Is believed probnble, to George D. WlUcner, of
Philadelphia.
The orlctlnal passenger ll-in of the Titanic do not mention "Widen,"
>vlileh apparently cntnblinhen the Identity of the body an that of Mr.
Wldeurr, nan of I*. A. 11, Wldencr, of Philadelphia, one of the directors
of the White Star I.Inc. w ho, together "With III* son, Harry, won lost.
The lint nn received ot the White Star I.lnc offices la an follona:
- lloffoinu.
Mrs. Alexunder Hobbloa.
William II. Harbeck.
.Mnleolm .lobnnon.
A. .1. Ilalvrrnun.
H. W. An he.
Leslie William.
A. tl
Jerry
Hnytcr.
Monrone.
Frederick Sntton.
J. S. Gill.
Erneut B. Tomlln.
Georsir Itonennhlre.
>. Mnrrott.
.lohn II. Chapman,
w. Colblne.
II. Gremberg.
Mnion Sother.
N. Colaa Itaaher.
Leslie Giiiuski.
- Shen.
George W. Widen.
Ilnmon Artngaveytia.
Nihil Sehetllrx.
Steward No. 76.
Yoslte Drazenonl.
It. B. Alt.
A number ot the tw^ntr-aeven names In the lint do not check up
with the Titanic'* pnnnencer lint, which leads to the belief tbat a
number of the bodies recovered arc members of the Titanic'? crew.
The wireless message, after llnthis 'he r.nmcn, concludes!
"All preserved." prenumahly refcrrluK to the condition of the hodles.
Washington April 22.?With succor only five miles away the
Titanic slid into its watery grave, carrying with it more than 1,600
of its passenger? ami crew, while an unidentified steamer that might
have saved all failed or refused to see the frantic signals flashed to
it for aid.
This phase of the tragic disaster was brought out to-day be?
fore the Senate investigating committee, when J. B. Boxhall, fourth
officer of the Titanic, told of his unsuccessful attempts to attract
the stranger's attention. This ship, according to Boxhall, could not
have been more than five miles away and was steaming toward tho
Titanic. So close was it that from the bridge Boxhall plainly saw
its masthead lights and the red side light. Both with rockets and
with the Morse electric signal did the young officer hail thd
stranger. Captain Smith and several others in the vicinity of tho
bridge declared at the time their belief that the vessel had seen them
and was waving a reply.
Steamer Keeps Its Course Unchanged.
Boxhall failed to sec the replies, however, and, in any case, the
r.teamer kept on its course obliquely past the Titanic without ex?
tending aid.
This, and the declaration by P. A. S. Franklin, vice-president
of the White Star Line, that there were not sufficient lifeboats
aboard the Titanic to care for the ship's company at one time, were
easily the features of the hearing.
The official was quizzed throughout the morning session in re?
gard to the messages between the Carpathia and New York after
the ship had starte 1 for New York with the Titanic's survivors
aboard. Among the survivors was J. Bruce Ismay, managing di?
rector of the line Among the wireless telegrams read into the rec?
ord was one from Mr. Ismay urging that the steamship Cedric be
held until the Carpathia arrived with it- sorry burden. He declared
he believed it "most desirable" that the survivors of the Titanic's
crew be rushed out of the country as quickly as possible. He also,
the message -aid, would sali 011 th Cedric, and asked that clothing
be ready at the pier for him when the Carpathia docked. The Sciv^
ate's subpoenas blocked the plan.
The committee will resume its hearing at 10 o'clock to-morrow
morning. Fourth Officer Boxhall is expected to continue on the
stand to tell more fully of the events immediately preceding the col?
lision.
Boxhall said that his duties always consisted of assisting the
?cnior officer in charge. He, described the journey of the Titanic
from Belfast to Southampton.
Had Drills and Inspection.
"Were there any drills or any inspection before the Titanic
sailed?" asked Senator Smith, the chairman.
"Both." said the witness. "The men were mustered and the)
lifeboats lowered in the presence of the inspectors from the Board
:)f Trade."
"How many boats were lowered?"
"Just two. sir."
"One on each side of the ship?"
"No, sir-. They were both on the same .-<idc."'
The w itness did not know whether the lowering tackle ran
(Continued on Sixth rage.) : ! "*