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ffihe mm0tmiit Wa xoxtx. PRICE TWO CENTS MT. VERNON, 0., FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1912 No. 32 ESTABLISHED 1836 4 Only 328 Of' Titanic's Cabin Pass engers Wreck News Is Suppressed AH Efforts To Secure Details Of What Happened On Hoard White Star Linerjo Thrilling Moments That Followed When Ship's Doom Was Made Known Are Thwarted By Officers fin Board Carpathia, Which Is Due Tomorrow THE LATEST FIGURES. New York, April 18. The list of cabin passengers of the Tl- tanic saved and missing, as amended by the addition of names to the list of survivors, is as follows: Saved First cabin, 203; sec- ond cabin, 129. Total, 332. Missing First cabin, 155; sec- ond cabin, 198. Total, 353. This adds 44 names to the list of saved. It indicates also that 400 or more of the steerage and crew are safe. New York, April 18. Latest wire less leturns from the Carpathia in dicate that the roll of the saved trom the Titanic disaster Is now complete. It is now practically defi nitely known that only 332 of the 685 cabin passengers of the Titanic are safe on board the rescue ship. The 353 cabin passengers whose names have not appeared In the lists sent ashore by wireless must prob ably be conceded as among the 1,312 lives which the collision of the 'mam moth new steamer with an Iceberg off the Newfoundland banks Sunday night it believed to have taken. Thousands of hopeful hearts were turned to despairing ones when the announcement was made that the United States cruisers Chester and Salem had relayed the names of the cabin passengers aboard the Carpa thian to the government wireless station at Newport. Ueyond even the mystery of how the mammoth Titanic met her fate, anotlie; mystery, evolved by the events of tho jmst three days, forcod itself to the front. Within Wireless Zone. Although the' rescue ship Carpathia -was within the zone of wireless com munication for hours and both shore stations and relaying ships were able to obtain from her long lists of sur vivors anions the steerage passen gers, and to send and receive numer ous short messages from and to prl Tate Individuals, not a word of mat ter deesorlptlve of the manner In which the steamer received her death blow, or how those on board the doomed liner comported them wives in the face of Impending doom, reached the shore. Given the names of the first and second-cabin passengers and the as surance, which the Carpathia fur nished, that she had no more of these to offer, the word of worldwide .Interest demuuded of the Cunarder was that which would reveal the long withheld secret of what took place on the Titanic decks when It uecamo known that the fate of the liner was sealed. But the word was not spoken. Nei ther was there any explanation forth coming In the surviving officers of the Tltnnle as to how their ship came to strike tho hidden obstructed ocean. From the Marconi offices word came that repeatedly, when the wireless working conditions wero practically perfoct, tho Carpathia was asked to convoy to the waiting world some Idea of what wero the momen tous happenings on the Tltanlo In the terrible three hours and GG mjn utes between the time when she struck th Iceberg off the banks and Rescued J. BRUCE ISMAY Head of White Star Line Is Among Those Rescued. Photo by Amc-iicuii I'i-psb Association. that of her final plunge to the bot tom. Say Operator Tired. One explanation was that the wire less operator of tho Carpathia was exhausted as a result of his three days' work at the key. But among tho list of the rescied on board the Carpathia is the second wireless op erator of the Titanic, who might have been counted upon to relieve the wearied sender of the Cunarder. In this disturbing silence, rumors agitated the city. One of these placed the loss of lifn at, 2,000, but there was nothing moro than an un verified dispatch as authority for the story. Another which was widely circulated described the collision of the Titanic with tlie Iceberg, saying that the ship at 10-knots spoed struck so hard that her framework buckle! and that water ponied In all the compartuieuts except those in the midsection. It was a story of panic and terrible scenes following instantly on the crash, but the White Star lino officials said they had re ceived no such report and gaye It no credence. A report which persisted, aud which carried with it some hope for Jhose who have not seon the names of lelatlvps or fi lends on the list given out by the White Star lino, was that the Leyiand liner Callfot nian was bringing a few siirvlvors to Boston, where she Is due tomorrow evening. ANXIOUSLY AWAITED Liner Bearing Titanic Survivors Ex pected to Dock Tomorrow. Now York, April lS.--AccoidIng to f the latest advices received by the i Cunard line, the steamship Curpa- , thla, with survivois from tho Titanic, bhould arilve at Sandy Hook at 4 o'clock this evening and get to the fcunard pior some time early toinor- I row morning, assuming weather con ditions aro such that Captain Hns- Bs.fAsaa ;' ICEBERGS ADRIFT IN THE PATH OF OCEAN VESSELS ARE A DANGER TO NAVIGATION AGAINST WHICH THE WISDOM OF MAN HAS SO FAR PROVED TO BE FUTILE New York, April 18 Icebergs, which are uncharted and move from place to place, are a danger to naviga tion agiiliint which the skill pf man lias proved futile. Various inventions have been made with a view of en abling tho navigating olliceis of a ship to know if they are approaching an Iceberg, but none of these has prov ed certain. A sudden fall In the temperature of tho air sometimes indicates the presence or an iceberg, but the berg may sometimes be npjiroiched without any such fall being noted. The same Is true of changes in the tern pel attire of the water, and when such changes are noted they are often observed too late to serve as a warning. There havu been numerous known collisions with icebergs In which the vessels have not been seriously Injured, in other cases where ships have dlsappealed without leaving a trace it is believed that an iceberg sent them to v bottom. Until jumuitlilng dufin .tsiH.-'leuiiied outPtCun'iily- surmise 'what happened-to-the Titanic," but it is believed timt she struck an iceberg a glancing blow, as It is not thought that she would have sunk if she had struck head-on. tron of the Carpathia will venture as tin through Ambrobe channel and up the bny. All icstrictions on malting a (juick ' entry Into port have been removed by the federal officials. The boat will not be boarded by customs men and there will bo no immigration in spectors. (eno'-al Nelson H. Henry, surveyor of the port, will have 40 inspectors at the pier. Mayor Gaynor sent a letter to Po lice Commissioner Waldo requesting him to nuiUe adequate arrangements for handling the crowds. It Is ex pected that there will be a great crowd at tho Cunard pier when tho Carpathia lands. Under tho rule mndo by Surveyor Henry; passes have been Issued only to near rela tives of the survivors. At (list there was talk that news paper reporters would not be per mitted on the pier, but after talks between officials of the Cunard lino, representatives of the White Star line and government officials, the understanding was that a lixed num ber of reporters , from each paper would be allowed on the pier. Letters have leen received at the Cunard line offices protesting against the presence of reporters on the pier. One of the letters was sent by .1. P. Morgan & Company. It was said that members of the Morgan family, the Guggenheims and the Astors had requested the Cunard people to keep repoiters off the pier. DENIES RUMORS Franklin Says News of Disaster Given Out Promptly. New York. April 18. One of the ffcct persistent reports was to the that the White Star line knew of the sinking of the Titanic hours before the announcement of the fact was made at the ofllccB of the White Star line at about 6:30 o'clock on Mon day evening. P. A. S. Franklin said when asked about these reports; "I have denied these reports more than once. I sav most emphatically that this line did not have a word of the sinking of the Titanic until a j few minutes before it was announced by me on Monday evening." ADDED TO LIST Names of Several Survivors Did Not Appear on Tltanlc'3 Books. New York. April IK. This is a list ot' those saved by tho Caipathla, none of whose names Is on the Tl tanlca' passenger list; Miss Antoinette, .MIsb Appleranelt, Edward IS. Camarlon, .Miss llthel Caisldo, William Chailtou. Miss Sarah Daniel, Miss Nina llupe M!ss C. M. HAYES Grand Trunk President Re ported Saved From Wreck. , i J. A. Hold, Mine. Olivia Middler. I Mrs. Mnhnn, Mrs. l.etta Minderson, ' Miss Elian l'otneroy and Mrs. Nora i Bediey. SAVED BY DREAM Akron Man Had Premonition and Canceled Titanic Passage. London, April 18. Crowds contin ued to catlier at the White Star of- ' Ac and the police had to be called upon to relieve the congestion. Among the Titanic's passenger was Charles Williams, the profes sional lacquet champion of the world, who was on his way to New York U play Standing, the American cham pion, for a stake of $5,000. J. C. Mlddleton, vice president ot the Akion &. Canton railroad, who booked on the Titanic on March 23, told a story of how In a dream on April :'. he saw the Titanic capsized In midocean. "The following night," laid Mr. Mlddleton, I dreamt exactly the same thing. The next day I told my wife and sot eral. friends about It. Afterwards, on receiving cable ad vices from America Jhat business did not icquiro that I "should cross Immediately, I cauceled tho passago." Hope Is Blasted. I Boston, April 18. While officials at tho local offices of the l.oyland Lino Steamship company refused to ho quoted as holding out any hopes, that au bodies of victims ot tho Ill-fated Titanic might have been picked up by the liner Callfornian, which will dock here some time late Friday afternoon, there is the faintest hope tnut such Is the case. Another Hope Blasted. St. Johns, N. R, April 18. A story has been circulating that fishing schooners lescued some of the Ti tanic's passengers, but inquiry of ex perienced mariners eliolts the unani mous opinion that it Is highly Im probable any fishing vessels were In that vicinity at this season of the year. Rush Coffins to Scene. ' Halifax, April IS. With 200 coffins stacked on her forward deck, the cablo ship Mackay-Bennett sailed to explore the scene of the foundering of the Titanic and pick up any float ing bodies, restoring them to loved ones ashore. Hayes Among the Rescued. Halifax. April 18. Confirmation i has been received here of the rescue of C. M. Hayes, president of the Grand Trunk railroad. He and his wife and daughter are with the other saved passengers on the Carpathia. ICE-BREAKER Ottawa, Ont., Apiil 18. The gov ernment ice-breaking steamer Earl Grey went on the rocks, presumably ff the Nova Scotia coast. The gov ernment steamer Mmto has gone there. No details have been received here. Cardiff, Wales, April IS. An explo sion of gas wrecked the Trane coal mine at Gllfachgoch. Rescue parties removed three bodies of mangled dead and five injured within a few hours after the explosion, but could Itfvo no doilnito estimate of tho dead, because they could not penetrate all , the chambers. ON ROCKS COAL MINE WRECKED SEC. KNOX RETURNS From His Lengthy Trip To South America Refuses To Discuss Results Of His Mission SAYS WELCOME WAS COflDIAL ieores Senate For Killing Arbitration Treaties With Amendments Fears That Embarrassing Situations May Arise If United States Does Not Help Weaker Central American States Help Themselves Believes Nicaraguan Loan Will Go Through. Washington, April IS. Secretary Knox returned to Washington after a two-months' round of friendly calls on the republics of Central America and the Caribbean. The Knox party arrived at the Washington nay yard on boatd the president's yacht Sylph: Secretary Knox declined to com ment upon the. results his mission might, have except to make the sin gle prediction that the senate, will ratify the Nicaraguan loan conven tion. Mr. Knox paid his respects to the senate In connection with the alteration of the arbitration treaties by that body since his departure. The secretary declared, In view of "extreme care" wh;ch the senate took to pretent any phase of the Monroe doctrine from ever being submitted'' to arbitration, he felt more than ever convinced of the ..logic and wisdom of the United States helping the weaker republics to help themselves to avoid specific conditions which might prove embar rassing to the United States, "It Ifc well known there have ex- isted In the United States a small ; William Cowley. coterie of directly interested persons i who have been endeavoring to block Riches have wings, and grandeur W reforms essential to the nrocress of ' a dream Cooper. Ladies of Knox County Do not fail to get prices on our WALL PAPER, : WINDOW SHADES, FLOOR OIL CLOTH, j TABLE OIL CLOTH, LINOLEUM, FLOOR I MATTING AND CURTAIN POLES. ' I I I I !! Ill I.I III. ..... SPECIAL for Saturday only 1 fie varnished gold 12-oz. paper for 10c with IS fn. border 6c, neat j stripe bed room paper 4c. These are bargains of merit, see them in the window. 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Tho means through which the president frit that good results might be accomplished wero diligent ly employed "It was iliost gratifying to observo tho genuine friendliness towards and Interest In the people of Hie United States In ull the countries I visited' and tho warmth of Its manifestation when the real purpose of my mission wns appreciated." AS YOU LIKE IT B. J. Albright, editor of the Eaton (O.) itcgister, died from the effects of an apoplectic stroke. Kdvard Haughey was killed in a quarrel over a drink of water at Youngptown. O., by Mike Karns. William II. Taft. 02, of Columbus, no relation to the president, la a can didate for county commissioner of Franklin county. The body of W. E. Wilson, coal dealer, who disappeared from his home In Hamilton, O., was found in. the Miami river near that city. At Huntsvillc, Ala.. Mayor It. E. Smith, after whipping K. E. Pierce, editor of the Dally Times, lined him self S10 and dismissed the editor when the latter was arraigned before him for street fighting. Twenty Drowned. Memphis, Tenn., April 18. Twenty people were drowned In the floods In. Chicot county, Ark., according to re ports received by the government en gineers here. A rescue party from Greenville, Miss., has recovered the bodies of six victims, according to the reports here. Hundreds of families are HWng in tiees. Taluha, Ark., is under P.O feet of water and every house in the village. It is expected will be washed away. I. ?nd R. Resolution Defeated. Boston, April 18. The resolution for an Initiative and referendum by amendment of the Massachusetts constitution was defeated in the house by a vote of 14- to 77, lacking four votes of the necessary two thirds. Girl's Body Found. Kent, C. April IS. The body or Miss Emma (Jetz, member of a promi nent and wealthy family, who threw herself into the Cuyahoga river here about two weeks ago, was found by E. Kirby