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Another Day of Agonizin
ite Star Offices
UNDER THE STRAIN
Women S\v oon \\ lien Tlicy Co
for News to White Star
Office.
ANOTHER DAY OF ANGUISH
Haggard Clerks Can Do' Noth?
ing But Point to List of
Survivors.
[Special to Tin; Tinos-Dispatch.]
New York, Aiirll IS. -Greater throngs
than on any day since tho neive of tliuj
Titanic disaster thronged the White
Star Line offices to-day, anil scenes of;
woe and anguish were Intensified,!
eoores breaking down from the strain
of forty-eight hours- uninterrupted
anxioty. Iltports that scores of tho
survivors were. badly Injured und
would requite hospital attention
brought back t.t of relatives and
friends of the known survivors, whose
faces bore acut? testimony of flvh ??
blasted hopes as they stormed the in
fonnutlon counters. ?
The tired and hagguid clerks :ihook
their heads and despairingly pointed
to the rosters of survivors. They had
no news of any tort to impart. What-!
ever news the officers ut the Hue had
received during the night v.as bottled
up In tho Inner sanctums and the!
clerks were Instructed tu answer no
questions usido from :iic halo lcill-1
mony ut hand In the ?hupe of surviv?
ors' lists. I
Beginning at an early hour, lower
Broadway began 10 choke with a pro
cebslon ol automobilen und taxlcabs,
which discharged their wou-bcgotie
passeugeid in un ever-lncrcaaliig
?Warm. The bleak and drizzling day
liorvcU to thin out the crowds of cilt'l
OUS on the pavements, and there were
very few who struggled Within the en?
trance of No. 9 Broadway whoso' faces
did not contain u.uto evidence ut their
distressing errand.
Women |u .Mujorlly.
Women were xasil> ;n the n.ujorlty
again to-day, and while the many
tuught bravely to control their emo?
tions, there wctc many pathetic scenes
us the harrowed lnqulrem turned away
from tho counters and riumultd, sub?
bing, to a chair.
As tho fourth day of the grlih vigil
began at the. V? hite Star ulllce at
(Southampton, many women among
thuso clamoring for news, collapsed
from grief and exhaustion. One wo?
man, shrieking thai her husband, her
eon, two brothers and fuur cousins
were among the crew .jf the Ill-fated
ship, dropped to the llour unconscious,
and was borne away lo a hospital.
Itelatlves of Uenjain'n Guggenheim,
or Colonel Asior, of the Wlde'ners and
oi scores of other prominent nieii and
women whoso names do not appear on
the. survivors' list returned again to
the steamship ollices, recalled by the
forlorn hupe Inspired by private mes?
sages thai told of survivors whose
names hud not been sent ashore. As
the day woro along and the published
reports that many survivors would
require hospital attention became
Widely read und dlacuestd. the rush to
the White Star ofllces i.ugmcntcd. and
the nature of the inquiries became
frantic and hysterical.
Likewise, multitudes of telegrams
poured lnlo the otllccs from almost
every city In America, and the tele?
phones were again taxed to the limit.
Men and women from distant cities
kept coming In ever greater number,
many of them hysterical and scarcely
uble to nrtlculatu their inquiries, some,
no feeblo they had to bo supported lo
tho counters und then be almost car?
ried out to walling vehicles.
itelatlves and friends of steerage
passengers whose names had not ap?
peared on ihe list obtained by tho
cruiser Chester came. In a swarm to
tight their way Into the Jammed of?
fices and wall their quests for Infor?
mation. In this phase of the throng a
dozen nationalities were represented,
and a babel of tongues added to the
din. Thore were Italians. Slavs. Greeks,
Armenians, Transylvanlans, Russians,
Turks, Foloks, Gomians, French, and.
It seemed, rcpresentailvoa of every na?
tion In Europe and K?stern Asia. For
many of theso Ihore were no interpre?
ters, and they chattered and wept and
wailed In vain.
Relatives of Bur.'. Call.
A dozen womon relatives of Major
Archibald Butt visited tho While
Star ofllces at different tlmt>s to-day,
begging for information concerning
the vague reports that President Taft's
military aide hnd been saved. Mrs. J.
F.. Bull, of Washington, was the first
of tho army man's relatives to arrive,
and Bhe was barely aide to gropo her
way baok to her tnxlcah after she had
been Informed that no word hud been
heard of the fato of her relative. An?
other oousln. Miss Butt, of Plymouth;
Mass., swooned where she stood when
she heard that there was no verifica?
tion of the rumor that Major Butt had
been saved.
A little later threo elderly women
relatives of the major, who have been
frequent visitors at the White Star
ofllces slnco Monday, returned and
begged for some tidings. They depart?
ed weeping and clinging to one an?
other for support.
These three women would not give
their names, though they said their
home was In Washington._
Contractors and Builders
Take Notice
The Richmond Sand and Gravel Company, Inc., Is now
ready to deliver Washed Sand and Gravel in carload iota. ?
Attractive prices. Phone Madiaon 708-L, Monroe 33S4-J.
Wagon trade supplied from plant Highland Park.
AT LAN TIG O C?AN
AS
I Mootherw Route
Ulncrnm ithonluu the northern nnil xuiitbrrn Atlun(l<- Meotnahlp reuten, niiere the T'Hnntc .tniik. nml hnn nhe would hove been clear ot the IcrbrrR idiif hnil nhc been on the .wuthern lane.
BUYING TICKETS
FOR OCEAN TRIPS
-
Strange Phase of Crowd That i
Throngs White Star
Line Office.
nv makv i.oi im; whk.in.
[Special to The Times-DUpatch.] |
New ,Vork, April is.?I expected 10
find Intense excitement about the office
?of tnc White Star WllO to-day. lJe...
I pie '-nine on foot, in str?et cars, in au-j
toinoblles. Many men and women, with
traveling bags, who hud come in from'
, the country or hearby cities, prepared
to stay in close touch ?villi tile steam- I
ship oill^c until definite ntri arrived
of their frl?ridK or relative*.
And one of the strangest phases of
It all was that not all of those atj
the counters were inquirers for Titanic
paSiengcrs; many were purchasing
tickets for transatlantic* trips, just as,
[if nothing had happened, One lltllu
woman with banknotes in her nand re-I
marked that iheic was so much going
I on .she could get nobody to attend lo;
her booking.
Mrs. Benjamin Guggenheim arrived'
I about 10:30, accompanied by her bro-1
ther-ln-lawj LieWiti gel ig man and Mrs.!
Sellgman. Mrs. Guggenheim's hus- \
band was a passenger on the lost ves
sei, and his name wus not among the
list of rescuid. It seemed to nie she
looked wondrously unmoved as she|
mood talking to the newspaper men. ;
A shabby, tired woman, who was
trying 10 get news of her brother. In'
the Tltanlc'a steerage, tumid to me
and hald, with tears tu her eye?: "H?wj
terribly anxious she looks. 1 am so
1 .sorry for her. Money makes no dif- .
fcrence, does it, In sucli a case? ll Is
lbs companionship she Is thinking ol.
Oh. I thank God my husband's here
rwith met"
A man In black pushed tlir-iugh the
crowd and scanned the meagre list of
names shown him by a weary-looking
Clerk, lie swallowed hard as lie ran
his linger down tho line. A'e, U's, C'sij
Ii s h,. passed over. Ai last he reached
the S'S. nnd Ihore found what he'
searched lor. He whipped out his1
handkerchief, passed it over his fore- j
I bead and turned away wllh a breath ofV
! relief. A rjporter .-poke to hin.. "Ita'
i my wife and daughter, and they're
1 safe," he Hung over h'.s shouldCl as he
j hurried out of the office.
A woman stood In a corner, with her;
veil pushed up abovs red eyes, and:
scarcely moved for an hour. "Some one!
who belongs lo you Is not on the list : I
1 asked hor. She noddod her head. I j
reminded her iher; were hundreds of>,
j rescued ones whose names had not bec-n'i
definitely learned as yet by the ofll-'
I clals. She nodded again. "I know. ":
jshe whimpered, her hand held over
trembling lips, "but he wus third-class;
j 1 guess he wouldn't have much chance." j
I Two or three of tho men who asked1,
th- usual Question, "I want lo tind out
If this name is on the list," and did not j
lind it, put their handkerchiefs to their;
eyes, heedless of thi crowd about them.';
Others lit cigars or clgarottes wl/th;
hands that trembled and walkid up!
and down, seemingly not knowing
what to do next.
keeponIemng!
i ?,
\ rinlu Hole for tbo Salvation of
Children and Workers.
"To pre-vent consumption, feed the
children."
"To throw off the infection, feod the
workers." j
"To cure consumption, feed the pa?
tient."
"To prevent relapses, keep on feed- ;
ing hlin."
Jfound rules Trom high medical au- j
Ml or lay, to which we ad<i one rule)
nioro.
Feed the children, the workers and
the lnf?eted pntlenes with Ozomulslon.
Keep on feeding them with Ozomul?
slon.
Thus will they gain Mesh and
strength until their cough is silenced,
hollow chests and cheeks fill out, und
the rich color in their faces tells the
glad Klory of vigorous health restored.
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That those who are seeking health
and strength for themselves, children,
relatives or friends may experience
the life-giving properties of this ex?
clusive Norway gold medal ozonized
cod liver oil medicinal food ?emulsion?
as well as to know OzomuUion supe?
riority?In being most palatable and
easy to take?a generous 3-oz. bottle
will he sent by mall to those who send
addresses by povtcard or Vetter to
Ozomulslon BiS "Pearl-Street. New York.
THOUSANDS VIEW
APPR0?CH0FSH1P
Every Vantage Point Is Crowded
With Eager Spec?
tators.
New York. April IS.?News thai the
Carputhiu was outside of the harbor
aii?J rapidly approaching sent thou?
sands of persons to vantage points
the city's water front. At the
Battery, tho Hist .point on Manhattan
Island, which the rebcue" ship would
; a crowd estimated at 10,000 'per;
L-Mis assembled. Other vantage points
turtber up town wore crowded with
.spectators eager to CJtcii the llrct
glimpse of the approaching Car
pa this.
The coming of the steamer was le
-?orte'd successively from various
tources to the congregated crowds.
Outside the Hook at 6:30 this even?
ing the vessel waa reported suc?
cessively as pissing each local harbor
mark, reaching Quarantine at 7:35.
Every consideration having been
taken, and in tho emergency the
quarantine officials did nut hold up
the ship a moment.The doctors -put
out Ln their launches and hurried
alongside while the vessel slowed
down a bit, and Health Uftlcer O'Con
neli was put aboard. The Carpalhial
proceeded then steadily toward her I
dock, pausing the Statue of Liberty
it 7:50, the Mattery at 8:10, and then
on past the forest of shipping on both
!>ides of the river, proceeding cauti
o'usiy under eecort of tugs.
As the liner passed the Battery, the
great crowds which 1 lined tho wall
and -was massed in the park space
behind stood In silence. ?>
At Intervals the dark river, up
whirli the rescue ship. with .few
lights showing, was passing, was
lighted up as photographers from
rt, k.t of tugs and from well selected
places on shore exploded the largest
flashlights possible In an effort to
eatch the first pictures of the incom?
ing liner.
< >n up the river the Carpathian
steamed, hearing out well the de-i
scrlptlon given of her by tho ob?
servers who snw her as she crept past
Quarantine, and telegraphed word to |
the city that, dimly lighted and slowly I
moving as she was, she looked like j
a "funeral boat."
NO PANIC AT FIRST
All Ileneved There Were Plentr of
LlfeboalN to tin Around.
[Special to The Times-Dispatch.]
New York. April 18.?C. E. Henry
Stengel, of Newark, said It was only
tho forethought of a member of a boat!
crew who wa"> quluk-wltted enough to
.snatch up ihreo green lights that
saved a number of the lives of those
adrift In tho lifeboats. The green
lights, he said, shining through the
darkness, enabled the other boat crows
to koep close together In the lce-fllled
waters.
Mr. Stengel took hi? wife In a hnat
and thon followed. He said that early
the next murnlng. shortly after tho.v
had been picked up, they saw floating
tar away a gigantic Iceberg with two
peaks shining In the mornlnsr sun.
This was the berg that sent the T1
tanlc to the bottom, ho thought.
A Mr. Chambers, one of the sur?
vivors, had his story. The Tltan'o
struck the Iceberg head-on. The pos
xengers ran out. but believing: that the
ship could not sink and being assured
of this hy the officers, again went
back to their staterooms. After about
two hours tho alarm was sent out and
the passengers started to enter the
lifeboats. There was nothing like
panic at first, as all believed that there
was plenty of lifeboats to go around.
After the lifeboat in which Mr. Cham?
bers was was 400 yards from the ship
those in them saw the Titanic hegls to
settle very quickly, and there was a
tush for the remaining lifeboats, and
one was swamped. The great ship sank
slowly by the head, and no suction
was felt by the boat In which Mr.
Chambers was.
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KNEW
EARLY ON
Ample Evidence That News
Was Suppressed by White
Star Line.
t
[Special to Tho Times-Dispatch.]
New York, April 1*.? T!;ul llio om
cers of the White Star bine knew
early on Monday that the Titanic was
sinking, if they did not know that sne
had already gone to tho bottom, oe
C&me apparent to-day. Timothy
Woodruff and tho other members of
the board of directois of the Union
Typewriting Company weie Informed
on Monday .morning at 10:30 o'cloca
by a private message lrom the steam?
ship company that the vessel was
alloat. "but would probably sink
half an hour."
There Is abundant evldenco that
Vice-President franklin suppressed
news ol the disaster. The public was
not told the real facts until late Tues?
day afternoon. Then Mr. Franklin ad?
mitted that he had received tho nlgiu|
before a wireless dispatch from Cap?
tain Haddock, of the Olympic, stat?
ing that the Titanic hau foundered at|
j:i;<i a. M. Monday.
Mr. Franklin excused the suppres?
sion of this news on the ground that|
he was hoping against hope that
would turn out not to be true.
An altogether new light was thrown]
on the eltuatlon to-day wnen It was
learned that the White Star Line was|
telling certain persons early on -Mon?
day that the Titanic was sinking.
"I was attending a meeting of board I
of directors of the Cnton Typewriter I
Company on Monday morning," said
Mr. Woodruff to-day. "It was about]
9:3" o'clock. I should say. " As I en?
tered the oflieo I asked one of thoj
secretaries to call the White Star and
get ihe latest news. Along about lu:8u
o'clock he sent In a typewritten state?
ment, setting fourth at tho Whlto Star
office had told him that the Tltanlo
hud struck an Iceberg, was still I
alloat, but that she would probably
sink within half an hour."
Receives Futnl Mrseagr.
Philadelphia. April IS.?'?Father lost
No hope," was the terse wireless mes?
sage received here to-day from Itiuh
ard Norris William 1, who, with his'
father. C. Duane Williams, was a pas?
senger on the Titanic. Tho elder Mr. I
Williams, who was an ailoTnoy. for-1
merly lived in this city. Wllh his
son he was on his wav horc from
Switzerland to visit relatives. After
the death of his wife In 1890 Mr. Wil?
liams made his homo ahroad.
Alpbonso Slmnnlun Saved.
New York, April 18.?The bankinc
house of Speyer & Co. to-duy received
a wireless message confirming the
news that Alphonso Slmcrnlus, presi?
dent of the Swiss Bank Verein, of
London. Is safe on tho Carpathla.
Native* of Dcndermonde-.
Brussels. Belgium. April 18.?Ten of
the steerage pnssengers on board the
Titanic were natives of Pendermonde.
about sixteen miles from Ghent, whore
they left many relatives, who are very
anxious as to their fate.
Butt Was a Soldier and
Where He Belonged
Wnshtngrton, April 18.?I*resldent
Taft told visitors late to-day that
he hnd never expected to bear of a
rescue of Major Ilutt. his mllltnry
nlde. nfier the Brat Hhncklnfr news
of the Titanic dlsnxter reached land.
"I never had nny Idea that Archie
wan* saved nl nil," sold the PreM
dent. "As soon as I heard that
1,'JOO people went down, I knew
he went down, tun. He was u ?nl
dler, nnd wua on deck, where he
belonged."
Wife and Daughter Go Down
With Allison on
Titanic.
[Special to The Times-Dispatch.1
New York. April 13.?The Mrst .clr-j
cumstantlnl story of what -actuallyI
happened on tho Titanic was let slip i
at tho office of the White Star Line. |
Though the White Star ofllclals deny-,
ed that they had had any further
news than they have given out, It Is
believed they have received other j
messages. An Incident which tends to
contlrm this was the accidental men?
tion by a clerk In the line's olllco of
a strange feature of the wreck, tils
story, which he heggod ue not at?
tributed to him, wna that of a family
named Allison, aboard the Titanic,
only one member, a child, had beon
saved.
"Because Mr. AlU6on would not
take to the lifobouts, but Btayed be?
hind with tho men," said this clerk,
"his wife and daughter also refused
uo leave the snip and {went down
with tho Titanic, having llrst put too
little boy safely In one of the boats
in charge of his nurse."
"How do you know this?" the clerk
was asked. Ho realized for the first
tlmo he was talking to two reportora.
Ho admitted he had got the informa?
tion "Inside," pointing upstairs to the
executive ofllces.
It Is a fact that the family of BV
: J. Allison was aboard, and that noith
I er Mrs. Allison nor Miss Allison, who
were In tho party, havo yet been re?
ported saved.
When asked If ho knew of any otn
er wreck incidents, the clork replied
that "one slip waa enough for him."
The llrst-cabln list of tho 'lltanic
registers the Allison family as fol?
lows: "P. J. Allison, wife, son, daugh
I tor, maid and nurse."
ENTIRE FAMILY SAVED
Mr. and Mrs. Unrter and Tbeir Two
Children Rescued.
Philadelphia, April IS.?It Is proba?
ble that the only entire family to bs
saved of those on board the Tltanlo
when she struck an Iceberg is that
of W. B. Carter, of this city.
Mrs. Carter beforo her marriage was
Miss Lucilo Polk, a Ualtlmare girl, a
I descendant of President Jarnos K. '
Polk. '
Wiroless dispatches received here
toll that Mr. and Mrs. Carter and their
two children. Laiclle, fourteen years
of age, and William, nine years of age,
aro among tho survivors! Mrs. Carter
! ta the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
, VVi Stewart Polk, of Baltimore'. A wo
? man of unusual attractiveness, dainti?
ness and roliliement. In family and for?
tune, she is well equipped for tho so?
ciety In which sho has become a fa?
vorite. It is on her paternnl side
that she Is a descendant of President
.lamea K. Polk. Ono unccstor was
Robert Bruce Polk, w"ho married Mag?
dalene Tasker, of Franco, and. nettled
on the Eastern Shoro of Maryland 'n
16S0, on a grant of land received
from I-ord Baltimore. A nearer an?
cestor was Captain llobcrt Polk, who
married Elizabeth Dlgby Pealu. cele?
brated as an artist and founder of
Peale's Museum, In BalfThfore, Her
mother Is Mrs. W. Stewart Polle,
Previous to hor marriage, fifteen
years ago, to lVm. E. Carter, a wealthy
PhlladeTphlan. she was a '?lg favorlto
In Baltimore society and created a
sensation when Introduced nt the Mon?
day germnn by her beauty and gen?
eral attractiveness.
Tho Carters upent much of their t'mn
In England. Their daughter has been
at school at Wycomb Abbey and their
young son at Rugby. On their re?
turn to America It Is their Intention
to occupy their handsome home at
Bryn Mawr. They nlso havo a villa
at Newport, whlcti they probably will
occupy during July.
CAPTAIN SMITH
GIVEN WARNING
i _
Wireless ' Operator of Mesaba
Tells of Messages Sent
to Titanic'
; t9peola.l to The Tlm^-Dlspatch.]
New York, April 1I8.?Leas than three
hours before the Titanic rocelved its
death blow from tho towering aides of
I an Iceberg on Sunday night, .her cap?
tain received warning a: the danger
In his path from tho Atlantic Trans?
port Line steamship Mosaba, only
ninety- miles ahead of him on the. Ice
strewn steamer traok. So fay as truth
can bo learned to-day, this was tho
third and last warning that the Ti
tanlc's commander received from other
ships. The Mesaba, which arrived In
port to-day, had passed the floating
hold of Ico and tho clusters of tremen?
dous berge alreaay reported by tho
oaptains of La Bretagne and tho Paris?
ian during nearly all of the daylight
hours on Sunday, and at 7:50 o'clock
Sunday night her wireless operator,
Stanley H. Adams, a youth only eigh?
teen years old, but competent ait his
Instrument through more than a. year's
experience, sent back to tt>e Titanic,
chon only ninety ml los astern, word
of what ?tho Atoeaba had seen btooking
.the westward stornier traak.
"From 7 o'olock In tho morning
through tiho Whole of that day w8 were
skirting tJio odgo of an enormous area
of toe," said young Adams, in d.'tail?
ing to-day tho efforts he "had m&de to
send out Jhe usual warning o'f loe ttha.1
one ship passes to another On the
North Atlantic Tha Hoe was greater
than Captain-Tblarke had over seen In
all .his voyages aorons tho Atlantic,
and was filled with great bergs. We
had great dinToulty keeping out of tho
field, and had to altor our course to
southward In order to do so.
"At 7rS0 o'clock that sight we tren
out of the floe area, but a heavy mist
began to drop down on us. I heard
the Titanic talking to f.\pe Race, and
I thought I'd better ?send back warn?
ing of what we had Just escaped.
"So I sent out the Titanic? rail, M.
O. Y., and got an answer Immediately.
Then I sent following message:
'"Latitude 42 to 41.25 north, longi
tudo 49 to 50.311 west, saw much heavy
pack Ire and prreat number Icebergs.
Weather clear.' Within a few mln
mtes I rocelved the following acknow?
ledgment from PhllllpB on the Ti?
tanic: Thanks. M. O. T.'
"At 9 o'clock I began to think again
of the danger wo had Just escaped,
and wondered if I had better call >ho
Titanic once more and repeat the
warning, but I know that the wireless
operator aboard her had already made
acknowledgment of my message, and
had probably reported the same to tho
oaptaln. so I did not send a second
menage."
The Mesn.ba's operator was asked
if he had heard the Tltanlo's "ft O. 8."
call a.t 10:30. He T?pll>d that he had
not, becatrse he didn't hnve his Instru?
ment In key for It. The Metwha did
not know that th? great liner which
had been racing so close behind It had
gono to har doom until Monday, when
Adoima heard tho Olympic talking of
the news to tho Parisian.
CASTOR IA
Fojr Infants and flMldren,
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the
Signature of
Desire to Make Speed Record?
Responsible for Wreck of
the Titanic.
NAVAL OFFICER'S THEORY
Thinks It Unfair to Place Blame
in Absence of Definite
Facts.
Expressions of blame toward par*
tlcular persons or convpanloa In con-?
neotlon with the loss of tho Tltanlo
and the death of Its passengers should
ho withheld until a careful investi?
gation of tho circumstances of tha
d'saster can bo made, lost Innocent
persons receive censure that Is en-i
tlrely unmorlted. Thl3 wes the em->
phatlo 8entlmont expressed yesterday,
by a Richmond naval officer, who has
apont a lifetime on the high seas, and.-'- '
whoao knowledge of marine affairs la -
unquestionable).
"There Is an awful responsibility ?
oonnocted with the accident to tha
Titanic," said tho oflicor, "and ona
that should not bo placed without un-.
lmpeachable reason. Somebody blund- ?
ered terribly, either tho oompany' ot*
the captain, or the helmsman, or tho
lookout?or perhaps all of them to?
gether?but the blamo for sucii. a,
mammoth disaster should notinho
placed rashly, and upon uncertain and
meagre Informarwn.
"If tho captain failed in Judgment,
the less said about the matter, tho
better, for It Is not well to talk dls
crcdltahly of the dead, particularly
of a dead man who had earned such
confidence and esteem as brave Cap- ''
tain Smith, of tho Titanic If th?
company was negligent or ca.relesa of .
human lifo, let it ;oe thoroughly
proved, and then let the blame bo
placed.
Question of Lifeboats.
"A great many papers have raved
wildly about the lack of llfeipre
servlng accessories on the Titanic, but
the truth of the matter Is that tho
Titanic was equipped as no steamor
ever has been equipped with ap
plianocs and apparatus for tho pre?
servation of human life In case of
ace'dent,
"But when tho catastrophe conies ait
this lne did, all human devices and con?
trivances fall; when the lights go out),
the power plant falls and the wind
Is kicking up a heavy sea No ship
afloat carries lifeboats enough to aC-<
commodate all the passengers, bub'
tboro are rafts of great carrying ca?
pacity that do double the duty of life?
boats. But In the Tltanlo disaster,
these great rafts could not be floated,
because tho ship's power plant failed,
mechanical aid being noocssary to
raise tho rafts from the upper dock;
and launoh them.
"In the minds of men who have mada ?
seafaring their business, the failure of?
all livo-savlng devices and tho fright
i ful loss of life on the Tltanlo -was due
to several Irreparable causes?the fail?
ure of the lighting system and tho ?
Inky darkness that ensued, tbe huga.
number of passengers, the very short]
time In whloh tho vessel sank and tha
roughness of tho weather. No matter
If the Titanic had been equipped with
lifeboats epough to accommodate 10,
000 people, it would have been abso?
lutely Impossible to launch the boats
and stow away the 2,200 passengers lq
total darkness. In the short space o? >
four hours. That Is the belief of naval ?
j men, I think. ,
Took Dnugerons Ilonte. Lj
"When tho time for Investigation--,
comes, great stress will be laid on.-;
tho point, why was tho dangerous,.?
1 northern routo taken at this time oC.,
year? In the hydrographtc charts pub-,
llshed by tho national govoimmonts ofr
ibis onuntry and England, the north-,
orn route Is declared to bo treacherous
from January to August. But In the
effort to make tho maiden voyage a
record one. ollher tho advisory board,
of the White Star Lino ordered this'
dangerous routo to bo taken, or Cap?
tain Smith took it on his own Initia?
tive, believing tho bouses of tho Ti
tanlc's designers: that tthi ship was tin
slnkablo. Tlmo and investigation wlllj
show whose was tho responsibility for*
the choice of the northern route.
"A few figures will show why that
northern route. In spite of its known
dangers, was taken. The distance from
Bishop Rock to New York by the ,
southorn route Is 3.01 fi miles, -whilct
by the northern routo the distance 1st
measured as 2,90fi miles, a difference
of 110 miles In favor of tho northern
route. The difference mentis hours In
any transatlantic trip."
Governor
Woodrow Wilson Said:
"If I knew my business and were a manu?
facturer, what would I do? I would create such
corfditions of sanitation, such conditions of life
and comfort and health as would keep my em?
ployees in the best physical conditions."
This Precisely Is The Aim Of The
Instructive Visiting Nurse Association
Our nine nurses are doing pioneer work in
giving relief to the sick, in spreading knowledge
of how to keep well?and in making Richmond
a greater, HEALTHIER city.
OUR ONLY APPEAL THIS YEAR.?
Why not give yourself the pleasure of
seeing the price of a good cigar or the
cost of a dinner go to relieve some suf?
fering family and to prevent the spread*
Ing of disease?