The Courier-Journal from Louisville, Kentucky • Page 1

VOL. CXVII. NEW SERIES NO. 15,816. LOUISVILLE, SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 20, 1912.

14 PAGES. ION TBA1NS FIVE silent as to what happened aboard "the a statement to-night by Attorney General Carmody. -I HOWSURVIVORS SENATORS HEAR LINE OFFICIALS MAJOR BUTT DID LIKE AN AMERICAN SOLDIER The Weather. Kentucky Showers Saturday and probably Sunday. Indiana Showers Saturday and probably Sunday.

Tennessee Showers Saturday and probably Sunday. 9 THE LATEST. J. BRUCE ISMAY Titanic Death Roll Remains Practically Unchanged. sinking -liner.

They- win De reiumea iu England, but not runtU they- have been held long enough, to-permit some of them to testily oeiore ine oeiitiw ThousandVp'oi Destitute, The greatest problem confronting the committees appointed to provide for the survivors has been with the 'Steerage passengers. Speaking no English in any cases. Ignorant of their destinations, frightened and without, friends or-relatives, their plight was acute until' interpreters from the International; institute for young branch 'of the r. w. u.

anions mom iw-day and apportioned them, as thAir tiAtinnniitv Am one the vast. for eign quarter In New York. More $20,000, Including f5.000 from Andrew- Carnegie, nas aireauy ueen uuusunueu for the sufferers and a. series of benefits to raise more money -lies been arranged. Most of the wealthy and more: prominent survivors have left the city, among them Mrs.

Charles M. Hays, widow: of the president of tne urana irunK Kau-way, who lost his life In-. the disaster, but Mrs. Hays and her. daughter saved.

They left for Montreal' to-day in a special train. Col; John Jacob As tor's youi)g widow remained secluded in the Astbr residence here, too III, acr cording to her physicians. to make any statement. No direct word from! her has come to the outside- world since Col. Astor kissed, her good-bye, and placed her.

In the life. boat. tV Threatened faith Revolvers. The wife and daughter of Emll Taussig, of this city, were taken to the home of MrB. Taussig's father.

William Mandel-baum. Both were suffering -from expos-ure and grief over the death of Mr. Taussig. They said that Mr. Taussig and Henry B.

Harris, the theatrical manager, who, with his wife, rushed with them to the deck, when' the collision, was felt, were threatened with, revolvers, when they attempted to get into a lifeboat, although there was plenty, 'of room for Mrs. Taussig declared that the-boat into, which she, her daughter. Ruth, and Mrs. Harris were placed pulled away from tho Titanic with several" seat spaces empty and that she considered that her (Continued On Second MEXICANS GALLED UPON TO SUPPORT "HOLY WAR" SENSATIONAL PAPBBS APPKAL TO XOWEE CLASSES. TIRADES AGAINST AMERICANS IN CALL TO ASMS.

WOMEN ARE IN DANGER Mexico CJtj-, April. 19. That" Senator Elihu Root 'will introduce presently, in Congress a bill providing for-a jrefbrm of the Immiifratioa Jaws, with parbcu'ar reference tocertain alleged revolutionists and representatives of revolutionaries now resident in United States.Hs-the.-pur-pdrt of advices received in Mexico City to-day. Another measure to facilitate the passage of Mexican-troops through American territory, also under according to the fame ad vices, It was regarded, say thee. advices, unlikely, that 'any decisive clash between the and the.

revolutionaries would occur in the Immediate. 'r, Former Minister, Foreign; Relatlqna haVbei succeeded-in office by Pedro; iscurajp'le jLimieo, faiajes- toninii. enjTwwgvvj to-whlch? he 1 waj, appointed Are.cently- -H. will travel Gliblas, an a caption, "A National Fund for the Holy War," printed an incendiary harangue-today to assuming 'a conflict be--tween the two nations closing with a.caH-to.patriots to donate-. 5 per cent, of their.

Income, salary or wages for a war fund. El Diario Del Nogar. launched a tirade against Americans, in the form.of an open letter in which was' embodied a call to arms. Both papers have- more or less in-fluenco among the lower element of the population. Cuernavaca, the capital of the State of Moreiap.

100 miles from Mexico City, is cut oft from. all railroad communication, with rebel bands infesting the roads. There arc.two American and two English women stranded and fear Is expressed for their safety. DAUGHTERS OF REVOLUTION CONDEMN MORMONISM CALL FOB CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT PBOHTBITTNG POLYGAMY. Washington, April 19.

The Daughters of the American Revolution to-night accepted and approved a report Which was vigorous In Its condemnation of Mormon-" Ism and called for an amendment to the Federal Constitution prohibiting polygamy. The report was submitted -by Mrs. Edward Orton, of Columbus, chairman of the Committee on Welfare, of Women and, Children. "The methods of the Mormon Church are very Insidious," said the report. "Their missionaries are honeycombing society and always the effort is made to make young and healthy converts.

It Is only another form of the "white slave traffic." Do you know that In Utah polygamy, still is practiced secretly and that thousands of children are born of polygamous marriages who are regarded as Illegitimate by our Government? Polygamy. Is practiced In Utah because Mormons control the courts and State officials and refuse, to enforce the laws against It." CONFERENCE AT HICKMAN WITH RIVER COMMISSION' Leading Men Prom Kentucky and Tennessee "Will Explain Levee Situation. Hickman, April coming. Sunday Hickman will have in her midst some -distinguished visitors Senator-elect Ollle M- Jaines, the Hon. Finis G.

Garrett. Congressman from-Tennessee; Senator Luke Lea. of Tennessee, and the Hen. TV. A.

Frost, of Mayfleld, State Sen ator from tms aistricc. Assistant -Adjt. Gen Tandy Ellis Is expected also as' the representative of- Gov; McCrcary. They will come to meet the Mississippi River Commission, which will, alsd be here -Sunday. Their object is to assist the Levee Board in Betting an appropriation to be used In strengthening fieelfoot levee and filling in the mile-and-a-half gap or crevasse which was washed out in the Reelfoot levee, below Hickman, by the recent flood.

BRYAN DELIVERS SPEECH IN RELIGIOUS CONGRESS New Tork, April 19. William J. Bryan was the principal speaker to-night at-the first evening meeting of the Christian Conservation. Congress of. the Men and Religion Forward Movement, which- opened here this morning for a six days' session.

Prominent laymen, representing all fi -inlnatlons and from more than eighty cjs' In the.Unlted States and Canada, were present. Mr. Bryan amUywd the fila.ee and Influence of. Christianity: In the Ifo of the people. "The application will be resisted," says the statement and a thorough examination wni op ui-manuea, including, an examination bV tho most dlstlnfnilnhMl nllnntats available and such other examination aa- utay nave u.

sewing upon maw IT mental conaiuon. 1 ARMY OFFICER KILLED IN AN AEROPLANE FLIGHT Wings of Machine Bird Crumpled Up vrom unimown Cause and! Crashes To Ground. Verdun. France, April 19. Lieut.

VUle nflVMtf TVna a4 Lit. 1. IU-UJ 1X1113 UiaiVIIlb an aeroplane flight. The wings of the ma- uiimu auuoiea. up irom some unKnown cause.

WORLD'S ARTISTS TO TAKE PART IN THE EXHIBITION Pittsburgh, April 19. Announcement is made to-night. by John Beatty, director ul une arm oi ine Carnegie institute, tnat 319 paintings compose the forthcoming international- exhibitions to be held here April 25 In connection with Founders' day exercises. Artists from America, England, France. Germany, Holland, Italy.

-Norway. Russia, Scotland, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland win participate. DOWNTOWN BUILDING IS BOUGHT BY PAWNBROKER The building at 305 Vest Market street has just been purchased by Simon Sta-vitzy, the pawnbroker, from Hoffman Hz Starky. The deal for the property was consummated through W. W.

Lee. of Jas. H. Button- Son. and the consideration Involved.

was said to have been around 525.000. FLOOD SITUATION REPORTED GROWING STEADILY WORSE DESTITUTE VICTIMS CABEP FOE. IN EMERGENCY CAMPS. TOBTY SMALL TOWNS INUNDAT ED IN LOWEB. MISSISSIPPI.

BIG RISE IN RED RIVER Memphis, April 19. With condk ons to day in the overflowed territory of the Mississippi River In Southeastern Arkansas, Northwestern Missisilppi and North ern Louisiana steadily growing worae, the plight of victims who have been rend- erl homeless by the onrush. of the waters from the breaks in the levees In those districts are deplorable. Hundreds of these have been cared for at emergency camps established along the lines of. the levees at various pomts.

but owing to the inaccessibility of some of the places far back Into the interior there is much suf fering due to the lack of At least forty small towns nave been Inundated by the muddy waters from the big stream, and it Is- certain that ninny more willpel 'the destructive effects of flood in the history of the 'AUr valley. Two-CT of provisions were dis tributed, aj ly. relieved the food sltuatiotCai. supplies had been almost exhausted. Every street of Taliulah is deep under water.

Business arid. frame-in-the Yazoo Delta, which' Is being overflowed by. the break. at Beuiah, is paralyzed. Damage to property is incalculable.

Supplies will be sent to Rolling "Fork and Lei and as long as those points can be Fifteen miles of the Riverside branch of 'the Yazoo Mississippi Valley railroad is under from ten to-fifteen feet of water. Besides the six negroes who were drowned near the Beuiah break1, it is be lieved that others farther lnianu nave perished. No boats have as yet ventured for more than two miles distant. and It will be some time before it is known it the list is to be increased. For the first time since tne river oegnn oivannt nnt sinirle nolnt, exceDt New Orleans, reported an increased gauge at 7 o'clock to-night.

The rise at Vow Orlnnns- three-tenths of a foot to 20.2 feet, wastduo probably to the back ing up or tne water oeiore a siruns wmu. Begiunlng within the next few days, according to Weather Bureau forecasts, another rise will be recorded at Vicks-burg and all points south, when the waters which are flowing through the Dog Tall and Beuiah breaks return to the Mississippi through the Red River. The highest floods ever experienced in the latter stream In Louisiana are pre dicted. ROADS MOST DECIDE BY 1 MONDAY, SAY ENGINEERS KUST ACCEDE TO DEMANDS WITHIN TIME LIMIT OB TRAF FIC MAT BE STOPPED. -v-r Ar.rft Id Wftrrpn S.

Stone. head of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, sent an ultimatum to the Cqn-rtnmmittfii nf Eastern railroad' managers to-day, giving them until Mon day to accede to tne engineers uemaaus for higher wages. This followed a request for forty-eight hours' more time made by- J. C. Stuart, chairman of the Conference Committee, after Mr.

Stone had sent a letter asking that the demands be granted by 8 o'clock This ietter. was the engineers reply to the Railroad Committee yesterday. The final ultimatum was sent by Mr. Stone late to-day to Chairman Muart. RUSSIA.

TO SUPPORT P0LICIES 0F ITALY reached an agreement under the terms policies In the Balkans, while Russia will recognize aittujw, wb according to a special dispatch to tho Debats from Vienna. If necessary Rus-7i. min hrk ud Italy by a naval dem onstration at the entrance to the Bosporus TEN FRENCH SOLDfERS KILLED IN STREET FIGHT Paris. April 19. Latest advices from ns, Fes the to nne roreisu French troops are gradually placing city under control.

They have lost the ther re-emorccieii thlr reinforcements are on the way to relniorcemenus where a serious revolt occurred sev- PAZ. era! COTTON BELT. RAILROAD TO INCREASE CAH I AL I UUK T.ff.rnn City. April eerUfl- increase the capital stock oi tne Sttoul, Southwestern wgw QSa was issued to-day by the Secre- tary oi autiu. WERE PICKED UP Carpathian Captain Tells Story of Rescue.

Liner Praises Conduct of Ti-tanic's Outcasts. Gathered 475 From Lifeboats Set Adrift. sR0MPT REPLY TO SIGNALS New April 19. Less than twenty-four hours after the Cunard Line steamer Carpathia came In as a rescue ship, with 745 survivors of the Titanic, disaster, she sailed again this afternoon for, the Mediterranean cruise, which she originally started upon last Just before the liner sailed H. S.

Bride, the second Mar coni fWfreless operator of the Titanic, who had both of his legs crushed on a Jlteboaiv'was carried off on the shoulders of the ship's officers to St. Vincent's Hos pital. Capt. II. A.

Itoslron, of the Carpathia, addressed an giving his account of.the Carpathia's rescue work, to the, general manager of the Cunard Line, The report "I beg to report that at 12:35 a. m. 18th instant, I was Informed of an urgent "message from Titanic, with her position. I immediately ordered ship turned around and put her in course for that position, we being then forty-eight miles Si 62-E. TY from her; had heads of all departments called.

and issued what I considered the necessary tobe'lh preparation for any emergency. 'At, saw flare half aV point on" port bow. Taking this for granted' to be shortly after wo out first iceberg. 1 had previously had lookouts knowing that Titanic had struck ice, and so took every care. and precaution.

found ourselves in a field of bergs, large and small, and had to alter course several times to clear, bergs, weather fine and clear, light airs on sea, beautifully night, though dark. stopped at 4. a. thus doing dis tance In three hours and 'a half, picking up' the boat in charge and he reported, that Titanic had' foundered. At 8:30 a.

la? I boat; picked up. Aii survh'ors aboard and alir boats accounted, for, via. Fifteen lifeboats, 'boat abandoned, "two Barfhoh boats alongside (satv one float- tilnairaWard. atnong wreckage) and ac- :Jwfachei.f lUiaving got jammed, making accounted By the" time we had cleared first boat it was breaking day. and .1 could- nea all within area-of four miles.

We also; saw that we were large and small, and three miles the northwest of us, a huge 'field, of drift ice, with large and small bergs In, It, the ice field'. trending from northwest, round west and south to as-far as we could see either way. 'V Californian Arrives. "At 8.8:. the Leyland steamship Californian, came up.

1 gave him the principal news and asked him to search 8:50, proceeded'full wriile research ing over vicinity disaster, and while we were gettlnyeople aboard I gave orders to get spare hands -along and swing In all our disconnect the fall and hoist up as many Titanic boats as possible in our davits: also; get some on forecastle heads by derricks. We got thirteen lifeboats, six -on foward deck and seven In davits. Aftergetting" all survivors aboard, and- while- searching, I got a clergyman to -oner a snort prayer of thankfulness for those saved, and' also a short burial service for the lost' In saloon. "Before deciding definitely where to make for I conferred with Mr. Ismay and told me to do what I thoucht best.

I informed1 him, taking everything Into consideration, i consiaerea iorK best- I knew we should require clean blankets, provisions and clean line, even If we went to the Azores, as most of th-oassencers saved were women and children, and they hysterical, nof know- In wnat meaicai attention tney mignt rpnulre. thoueht It best to fro to New Tork. I also thought it would be better for Mr. Ismay to go to New" York or Engianu as soon as possioie, ana Knowing I should be out of wireless communication very soon If I Droceeded to Azores. If I left Halifax, Boston and New YorK, so i cnose tne latter.

Difficult Transmission. Again passengers were all hysterical about Ice, and I pointed out to Mr. Ismay the possibilities of seeing ice If I went to Halifax. Then I knew from, the gravity of the disaster that it would ba best to keep in touch with land stations best I could, we have experienced very great difficulty In transmitting news, also names of survivors. Our wireless Is very poor, and again we have had so many Interruptions from other ships and also messages'Yrom shore (principally press, whlch-we ignored).

I'gave Instruc tions to seua uri an umciai raeaaagea hin names of nassenRers. then survivors' private messages. We had haze early Tuesday morning tor several hours; again more or less all Wednesday from 5:30 a. to 6 p. strong southwesterly winds and clear weather; Thursday with I moderate rough' sea.

"I am pleased to say that all survivors i have been very plucky. The majority of women, first, second and third class, lost i their husbands, and considering all, have been wonderfully Tuesday our doctor reported all nlrvlvors physically well. Our first-class: passengers Have behaved i splendidly, given up. their cabins voluntarily and supplied the ladles with clothes, etc. we all turned out of ouri cabins and gave them to survivors; saloon, smoking rooms, library, also belns used for sleeping accommodation.

Our crew also turned out to let the crew 1 of the Titanic take -their quarters. I am pleased, to atate that owing to prepara tions ne lur uio.wuuuii vi. aurvivora none were tne worse ior exposure, etc 1 beg to specifically mention now willing1 and cheerful the whole of the ship's company behaved, receiving the highest praise from everybody. And can as-1 Jure you I am very proud to have such a company under-roy command. MA.

ROSTRON, "Captain of. the R. M. S. Carpathia." STATE TO RESIST THAW'S EFFORTS TO GAIN FREEDOM Albany, N.

April 13. Harry K. Thaw'i latest move to obtain his freedom will be resisted by the State, according to Quick Investigation of Titanic Disaster. Chairman Holds Seamen Within Jurisdiction. Ismay Gives Version of Sinking of Steamer.

Second Officer Says Equip ment Perfect. Carpathia's Operator Ex plains Receipt of Signals. MARCONI GOES ON STAND New York. April 13. The seriousness of the inquiry by the Senate Investigating Committee into the Titanic disaster was disclosed to-night when Senator Smith, of Michigan, the chairman, at first flatly refused to let any of the officers or the 200 odd members of the crew of the sunken steamship get beyond the Jurisdiction of the United States Government Tho men were all to 'have sailed to-morrow on the steamer Lapland.

Later It was settled that the greater part of tho crew would, be permitted to 'sail on this steamer, but that the twelve men and four officers among the survivors now under subpoena, together with Mr. Ismay, would not be allowed to depart. The intention of the committee was made dear at adjournment when, with Alfred Crawford, a steward, on the stand. Senator Smith pleaded weariness. "We have been at this all day and Into the night." lie said, "and I believe we had better cease until to-morrow.

I am not through with Mr. Crawford yet and would like to question him further tomorrow, together with other members of the crew and the officers." C. C. Burllnsham, counsel for the White Star line, interposed. Capt.

Rostron stirred the committee when he said that Ii? know he was running a risk when he drove tho Carpathia rhrougli tho sea of ice at top speed toward the Titanic after receiving licr call for help. "I doubled the watch and knew what I was about. I-took risk, for were" many human lives to be saved," he said. "In the name of Congress and tho poo-' pie ot the United States wo thank you for what you did," said Senator Smith solemnly. Ismay On Stand.

The story of how the Titimic met its fate was told ttv'ay to the committeo by.J. Bruce managing director of the White Star Line. The detlls of the story were drawn out by Senator William Alden Smith, chairman of tile special subcommittee, cliarged with the examination of witnesses, and Senator Newlunds. tho other Senator who came to New York to conduct the inquiry, Mr. Ismay was; accompanied by if.

a. S. Franklin, vice jpresldent, and Emerson K. Parvin, secretary of the International Mercantile Murino. Besides the committee.

Representative Hughek of West Virginia, whoso daughter, Mrs. Lucien P. Smith, was saved and whose son-in-law- was lost, was present. -Another spectator was Truman H. Newberry, former Assist ant Secretry of the Navy.

i Adjusting his cuffs, Mr. Ismay was vis ibly; nervous when he took Ute stand. Ho gave his age as fifty years, in response a few formal questions, ne saia no sailed as a voluntary passenger on the Titanic. Senator Smith began to ask the wit ness to detail his experience on the Titan ic. Mr.

Isrfiay interrupted, but senator Smith continued. Then Sir. Ismay said ho desired to express hli sincere grief at the catastrophe and to welcome tlw fullest inquiry. "Klmllv tell Uie committeo all the cir cumstances surrounding your voyage, said Senator Smith. "Tell It as succinctly as possible, beginning with your boarding the vessel at Liverpool, your place oh tho shlpi and as many circumstances as possible to helpi this committee." ivlrst wisn io s.y wun.

inmiirv BniA Mr. Ismay. This awful catastrophe, I must say at the out set, 1 greatly aepiore. no iivo i.uuuj, to conceal, nothing hide. i.

Tells of Ber Trip. "The boat left Belfast, think, on tha first of April. Sho underwent her trials safely and arrived at Southampton on Wednesday, April 3, I think. She sailed on Wednesday, April 10, leaving Southampton at 12 o'clock noon. That evening the Titanic reached Cherbourg, having run at about irixty-elzht revolutions.

We arrived at Queenstown Thursday noon. The Titanic was then running at seventy revolutions. The first day, I think, we made about 67 tallies. The next day we increased the speed to seventy-two revolutions, and I tUlnk we ran 519 mlle3. The next day we Increased to seventy-five revolutions and ran abouc 646 tb 549 miles.

"The accident took place on Sunday night. The exact time 1 do not know because I was asleep. The jihlp sank, I am understand you havJ been told that the Titanic wan running! at full speed. It never had run at full speed. "She was built to go elihty revolutions and never had been aped up to that.

never had all her boilers working. -It was our intention to speed the boat up to her full quota on Tuesday, but the catastrophe came, to prevent Although he came on a "voluntary trio." Mr. Ismay said his purpose was to see how the ship worked and in what manner she could bo" improved upon. A representative of the' builder. Mr.

Andrew, was on board, Mr. Ismay said. Andrew "Did he survive?" asked Mr. Smith. "Unfortunately, Mr.

Ismay iiald it was arranged te- iwe-eu H1H1 ixu Titanic, not to arrive i at New l'ork Lightship before 5 o'clock a. i wouiu nave uceu uu On Fourth; Poga.) Charges White Star Line Head Responsible: For Disaster. Denounces Action Entering Lifeboat As Cowardly, Alleges Titanic Official ed High Speed. Order Says Suits May Be Brough In Great Britain Vessel Not Properly Equipped With Lifeboats. SHOULD IFIX RESPONSIBILITY Washington.

April 19. An indictment rarely eaualed in its vigor of J. Bruce Ismay, managing director, and other officials of the White Star Line, holding them responsible for the Titanic disaster. iras delivered In the Senate to-day by. Senator Rayner, of Maryland, who pictured Ismay as "the officer, primarily resnonslble for the whole disaster, who has reached hia destination in safety and unharmed." Senator Rayner'nolnted out that while there were no civil nor criminal remedies available In the American courts, crimi- Ai .,11 cull, nrtulH hf hrnuCllt in -Ifc British courts, and that a con gressional committee would havo abso lute authority to subpoena everyone con nected with the disaster, and that if any one-should refuse to answer questions.

he 'could be indicted and imprisoned for contempt. "Mr. Ismay claims, according to re ports, that he took the lost lifeboat," cried Senator Rayner. "1 do not believe and if he did. it was cowardly to take anv lifeboat, for the managing director of the line, with his board.

Is criminally responsible for this appalling tragedy. Guilty of Manslaughter. "If this had happened on an American vessel there would bo no question that aa indictment would be found, and It the facts were sustained, the officers ot tho oomiunv could 'be convicted of mah- notof murder, because the evidence is clear that the vessel was not properly, equipped with efficient life-say- "I have not the slightest doubt that the Northern route was taken in obedience to Mr. Ismay's direct orders, and that wlth'full warning he. risked the lite of his entire ship, to make a speedy passage.

"I care not What the rules of the Eng lish admiralty arc. Here you have the spectacle ot the head, of the line failing in sen that his ship was properly equipped with life-saving apparatus, heedless of the Warnings that he was sailing In a dangeUus sea, forsaking his vessel and permitting 1,600 of her passengers and crew to be swallowed by the sea. The QTiri-ttif, atronles of separation that took place on board the sinking ship are too fearful for tne mina 10 awen upon and contemplate, but Mr. Ismay, -a, rmmnnsthle for the tne whole disaster, has reached his destina tion in safety and unharmed. To Fix Besponsibiltty.

ix. run brlnz back to earth a single life lost upon that fatal night. What we. can ao is io neip iu wte If possible, and rely upon Tjrlti.h lustlca to bring to bay the guilty directorate of this company. "AU civilized nations win appia.uu iu nAsant(nn of the management of this line.

If they can be made to suffer no sympathy will go out tor tnem, ana ji it does, it be submerged in the over whelming lamentation mat io-aayi receives throughout the civilized world for the victims of their culpable carelessness, a ihni 'nt hundreds of their fellow-beings into eternity, desolating homes ana nresiaes, ana-iumeu who uwu into a house of mourning. I "In this hour of our calamity we appeal to the majesty of the law to deal out retributory justice to this guilty company io the last degree." I Two more bills framed on the lesson drawn from the Titanic disaster were ln-irojluced in the House to-day. One of them, by Representative O'Shaughnessy, of Rhode Island, would compel all oceangoing steamships to or from the States, to carry constant and adequate wireless. Representative Parran, of Maryland, offered a measure to appropriate 1100,000 for naval target practice in destroying Icebergs by the guns of the warships and by dropping explosives from airships. No Special Message.

President Taft will not send a special message to Congress urging legislation to un nMcan, lama PBcrrila Hnr fltrensinen me supervision of steamships clearing for 'American puna-. oc. Congress neeis no such suggestion since the Titanic disaster. Moreover, ho is satisfied that' the existing laws of the United States are adequate, if enforced, as Commerce and Labor Department would be able to enforce them with the restriction of present International agreements "under agreement with Great Britain the certificate of the Titanic that she had met tho requirements of the British Board of Trade as to life saving equipment would in STar Vb anil tha navo Deeu sweuveu Titanic would have been allowed-to clear again ror isnsiano. The disaster, however, undoubtedly will bring about a new agreement between the United States and Great Britain and with other, nations In the.

same class, in the opinion of officials here- The regulations of the United States as applied to vessels that sail under, the Amerlcan.flag or un-oc? thT flags ot natlons not In the agreement are strict enough to compel he carrying- of life saving equipment suffic ent to tfite care of every passenger and every "Anctof'coVss nt.WnS the exist- (Continued On Ninth Page.) Helped Women To Boats and Scorned Rescue. Went Down With Titanic Smiling Goodbye. President and Masons Plan Memorial Services. Suggestion From White House That Mr. Watterson Speak.

Mrs. Henry B. Harris Describes Last Tragic Scenes. GRIEF OF GEORGIA FRIENDS "Washington, April 19. With all hope for the rescue of Maj.

Archibald Butt abandoned President Taft to-day issued a statement showing the high regard in which he held him and his belief that he died as a man should die in the face of such a disaster as that to the Tetanic. The President said: "Maj. Archie Butt was military aide. He was like a member of my family, and I feel his loss as if he had been a younger brother. The chief trait of his character was loyalty to his Ideals, his country -'and his friends, fiis character was a simple one in the sense that he was incapable of intrigue or insincerity.

Taft Praises Butt. "He was ffentie and considerate to everyone, high and low. He never lost, under any conditions, his sense of proper regard to what he considered the respect due to constituted authority. He was an earnest member of the Episcopal Church and loved that communion. He was the soldier, every Inch of him; a most competent and successful Quartermaster and a devotee of his profession.

"After heard that part of the ship's company had gone down, 1 gave up hope for the rescue of Maj. Butt, unless by accident. I knew that he. would certainly remain on the ship's deck until every duty had been performed, and every sacrifice made that properly fell on one charged, as he would feel himsetf charged, with responsibility for the rescue of others. "He leaves the widest circle of friends, whose memory of 'him Is 'sweet ill every particular." Tributes to Maj.

Butt continued to pour Into the White House to-day. 'Senator. Bacon, of Georgia, said: "I doubt if there was -a man in the. United Stated who-had, more friends than friends who will mqpc-Bincerely mourn "a- very rasr Jtadl pu rmightearrunldWK elrarsCcxerj and we shall not-see i Senator -v. Tillman; pf- tiouttv Carolina, said: "He' was one of God Almighty's gentlemen." i i Butt Eescued Woman.

A graphic story of the heroism of Maj. Butt on the Titanic was told to-dav in an interview given to the Washington staff correspondent in N'w York by Miss Marie Young, a former resident of this city. Miss Young Is believed to have been the last woman to leave the Titanic and the last of the survivors to have talked with the President's military aide. She and Maj. BuU had long been friends.

Miss Young having been a special music instructor to the children of former President Roosevelt. Miss Young -said: "The last person to whom I spoke on board the Archie Butt, and his good, brave face, smiling at me from the deck of the steamer, was the last I could distinguish as the boat I was In pulled away from the steamer's side. "Wrapped In Blankets. "Archie himself put me into the boat. WTappeU UlttUIVCLS awun" "ic, me In as carefully as if we were starting rlria We.

pntorwl rho boat with performing the little courtesies as calmly and with aa smiling a face as if death was far away. Instead of being hut' a few. moments removed from he had carefully wrapped me up. and, lifting his hat. smiled down at me.

uooa-Dye, -suss iuuus, oa.ni, bravely and smilingly. 'Luck is with you. win vnii kfndiv remember me to all the folks back "Then he stepped to tne aectt oi ine steamer ana the boat I was in was low ered to tne wai. iu to leave the ship; of this I am perfectly A irnnr that thp Irmt of those who were saved to whom Archie Butt" spoke. "As our boat was lowered and left the side ot ine.

sieiuuci, standing at the rail, looking down at me. His hat was raised, and the same old genial, brave smile was on his race. T-he picture he made as )M stood there hat-, in hand, brave and smBTng, is one that will always linger In" my memory." Mrs. Henry B. Harris.

Mrs. Henry B. Harris, of Washington, In an interview In the Washington Star to-day, also described the heroism of Major Butt. She said: "Archie Butt was a major to the last. God never made a finer nobleman than he.

The sight of that man, gentle, and yet as firm as a rock, will never leave me. The American army is honored by him, and the way he showed some of the other men how to behave when women and children were suffering that awful mental fear that came when we had to be huddled In those boats. Maj. Butt was near me, and I know very nearly everything he did. "When the order came to take to the boats, he became aa one in supreme command.

You would have thought he was at a White House reception, so cooi and calm was he. When the time came, he was (- man to be feared. In one of the earlier boats fifty women, it seemed, were about to be lowered, when a man, suddenly panic-stricken, ran to the stem of it. Maj. Butt shot one arm out, caught him by the neck, and.

Jerked him backward like a pillow. His head cracked against a rail, and he was stunned: 'Sorry, said Maj. Butt: "Women will be attended to first or I'll break every damned bone In your "The boats were lowered away, one by one, and aa I stood by my husband, he said to me, 'Thank God ior Archie Perhaps Maj. Butt heard it, for he turned hia face toward us-for a second. Just at that time a young man was arguing to get into a lifeboat, and Butt had hold of the lad by the arm, like a big brother, and appeared to be telling Him to keep his head.

An. Inspiring Man. "How Inspiring he, I stayed; until almost the last and know what a man Archie Butt was. They put me In; a (Continued On Second Page,) Investigation into the disaster to the Titanic was begun in Now York yesterday by the Senate Committee. Director Ismay, of the steamship company, was on the stand, apparently very nervous over the situation.

Other survivors gave testimony. In a speech in the Senate, yesterday. Senator Rayner delivered a scathing Indictment against Ismay, whom ho called a coward. Tributes were paid to the bravery of Mat. Archie Butt by two women survivors of the wreck, who declared him all that an American soldier should be.

President Taft also gave out a statement to the same effect and a memorial is being arranged for him. A call was Issued last night by Mayor Head and the presidents of several organizations for a meeting to be held in the Jefferson county armory to-morrow night in memory of those who lost their lives in the Titanic disaster. Secretary Nagel. of the Department of Commerce and Labor, will recommend to President Taft the calling of an international congress to draft regulations for the protection of life on the sea. The Democratic State Executive Committee will meet at The Seelbach to-day the purpose of designating the manner of naming delegates from the various congressional districts to' the National Democratic Convention, and tixlng a date for the Democratic State Convention, which will name four delegates from the State-at-large to" the National Convention.

Director McKinley, of the Taft National Bureau in Washington, yesterday issued a statement in which he declares the two names given out by Senator Dixon, of Roosevelt's bureau, as being of delegates instructed for Taft. who had repudiated the President for Roosevelt, do not appear on the list of delegates from South Carolina or any other State. Carter H. Harrison, ilayor of Chicago, and Roger Sullivan, National Committeeman, declined yesterday to entertain any basis of compromise, and the result was two conventions, at which delegates were selected to attend the Democratic National Convention to be held in Baltimore. 1 sent" yesterday :S.i St'oney -head, of 1- the Brotherhood of, Locomotive Engineers, to of Eastern Railroad Managers, the railroads were allowed until Monday in which to accede to the demands of the engineers for increased wages.

When President Taft invades Massachusetts next week it is confidently expected that he will break his long silence and reply to the charges which have been preferred in various campaign speeches by Col. Roosevelt. The Weather Bureau forecasts the highest flood known in the Mississippi in Louisiana when the water now pouring through the levees comes back to It through the Red River. Thomas" F. Dolan, on trial at Lexington for the murder of Patrick Moo-ney, testified that Mooney was advancing on him with an open knife when the fatal shots were fired.

Late advices from Fez are to effect that ten men were lost by the French troops yesterday in the street fighting In an effort of the troops to gain control of the city. According to a statement Issued yesterday by Attorney General Carmody, of New York State, he will resist every effort to be made by Harry Thaw to obtain his freedom. The Cotton Belt railroad' was grant-' ed permission yesterday by the Missouri Secretary of State to increase Its capital stock from $55,000,000 to The Daughters of the American Revolution have approved a report condemning Mormonism and calling for an amendment prohibiting polygamy. Representative Rouse believes that tie may be able to remove all difficulties In the way of Fort Thomas being made a naval recruiting station. Willard Richardson was executed at the Eddyvllle penitentiary yesterday for the murder last February of John Violet at Mllburn.

Representative Bathrlck. ot Ohio, introduced a resolution for a congres-ional investigation of a so-called zinc and pig lead trust Noted artists' from throughout the wona will take part in the International exhibition to be held In Pltts-burgh, April During the past week there have keen reported 260 business failures, an Increase of twenty-six over last week. Lieut. Vine Davrey, a French army officer, was Instantly killed yesterday while making an aeroplane flight, Survivors See Tragedy In Calmer Retrospect. Full Story of Horror Slowly Unfolding.

Royalty and Coolies Tenderly Cared For. Carpathia, Rescue Ship, Off For Naples Voyage. INTEREST IN MARINE PROBE New York, April 19. The living cared for, the dead beyond recall, "survivors of the Titanic disaster "were able for tho first time to-day to see calmer retrospect Monday's, tragedy of the North Atlantic, and from their more normal utterances there is slowly unfolding the full story of how the great White Star liner, her band playing to the last, sank off the Grand Banks with more than 1,500 souls aboard. From the Countess of Rothes, now quartered luxuriously in a New York hotel, to the six Chinese coolies, who.

escaped by hiding under the lifeboat seats, all of the 705 have been provided with food and clothing, and some, immigrant and millionaire, are on their way hor i to England, the continent or distant parts of the United States. Many, however, and of these the hospitals shelter scores, still remainf in New York, where the Cunard flfner Carpathia brought them last night Death Toll Increases. Even after ail that has how been told of the disaster the death list remains approximately the same as last 'night's total estimate, which was to-day the White Star Line issued a statement placing the toll at 1,635. Exactly how many died will never be known. It has been established officially, that the Titanic was traveling twenty-one knots an.

hour when, she struck the Ice-b, liiSQtit none- if ttii)' suttyors'v trotii "steerage- saloon, has as yet 'condemned CapL-Smith, who went down with his ship. The Titanic's rate of which was. approximately twenty-six and one-half land mlies, was brought out to-day from the lips of J. Bruce Ismay, president of the International Mercantile Marine and managing director of the White, Star Line, who appeared as a witness before the United States Senate committee which Is Investigating the disaster. Nervous, but not in tears, as was Capt.

Rostron, of the carpathla. who followed him on the stand, Mr. Ismay told in whispers of his escape from the sinking liner, from the time he pushed away in la boat with the women, until he found himself clad in his pajamas aboard the Carpathia. He not sure In Just what boat no left the Titanic, nor was he sure how ions he remained on the liner after she struck. He added, however, that before he entered a lifeboat he had been told that there were no more women on the deck, and he denied that there had been any censoring of messages from the Carpathia.

Otncr witnesses, including Capt. Rostrbn, Dore him out in this, with the explanation that the lone wireless operator on the rescue ship, swamped with personal messages, was unable to send matter for the press. Interested In Ismay. Interest, second only to that In the tales of survivors, centered-, upon Mr. l3may'j recital.

In Washington, Senator Rayner, of Maryland, bitterly arraigned him bo-fore the Senate, and expressed the ho-o that this country might rely upon British justice ''to bring to bay the guilty directorate of this, company." Prom Washington also came the opinion oi expert naval hydrographers that ao blame should attach to CaptT Smith, because, as they contended, analysis of ocean charts has shown that the skipper, warned of the presence of had steered the Titanic fully sixty miles southward from the regular course. In spite of this caution the mass of ice was struck, and as a preventive of similar disasters the hydrographic office In New York. Issued to-night an order shifting the lahe3 of transatlantic liners 180 miles southward from the path wfiich the Titanic followed. Carpathia Leaves Dock. After giving his testimony before the Senate Committee, Capt.

Rostron, of the Carpathia, took charge of his ship, which departed late to-day for the Mediterranean. The vessel had been hurriedly renovated and cleared of the disorder caused by the presence of the Titanic survivor, and she left with cabins full. Capt. Itos-tron wept he told to-day how the Car-nathla had picked up the unfortunates set adrift from the Titanic, and before, he lc on his ship, admiring passengers presented him with a loving cup. Although several consistent accounts nt what happened aboard the Titanic have been obtained from survivors, it was manifestly impossible for anyone fully to UUe account of all that occurred on her great deck four city blocks- In length.

Tnu3 there are those who maintain that there were, one or more suicidea among the officers, Sinith Sinks "With. Ship. CapL Smith, it would appear from the consensus of narratives, went down with his ship, but several passengers-say that First Officer Murdock shot himself through the head, before she sank. Among others who hold this view is Mrs. Georgl D.

Widener, of Philadelphia, whose husband and son were drowned. The 200 rescued members of the Ti-tanics crew were still in New York to-nleht. sheltered on the Red Star Liner, Lapland. With few exceptions thoy are.