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i i aasnai V-paaBkk. i i ASSOCIATED PRESS Leased Wire WEATHKK FORECAST. Fair tonight and Tuesday. JzjJLj EL PASO, TEXAS Tuesday Evening, April 18, 1912 12 Page PASSENGERS PERISH WHEN Steamer Titanic, World's Biggest Ship, Which Over 1300 People Met No Single Catastrophe Has Ever Been So Dear in! Money and Lives. LONDON GRIEVES JJJ.W J-JU.

I LADY DUFF-GORDON ON BOARD TITANIC London, April 16. It is estimated that with the cargo the Titanic represents a loss of approximately Of this total STO.OOO was retained by the White Star company at its own risk and the balance was placed on the insurance market in Liverpool. Hamburg and elsewhere. The loss sustained is the largest on record in connection with one "bottom." London Overwhelmed. The news of the loss of the steamship Titanic and the probable drowning of more than 1000 of her passengers oxer helmed 1-ondon today.

Those who lial friends among the passengers or crew had gone to their homes last night, 'relieved and reassured by the late evening dispatches, which declared that the vessel was still afloat find proceeding to Halifax. Londoners were sure all was well until the authentic tidings came this morning of the disaster that had overwhelmed the great ship. The news, published in a few late editions of the morning newspapers and in early editions of the evening newspapers spread rapidly and consternation resulted." This was particularly true at Lloyd's. At all steamship offices and on many public buildings flags are flying at half mast. Disappointed Crowds.

Throupiout the morning the crowds which besieged the newspaper offices and headquarters of the White Star line increased in size. Pitiful scenes were witnessed as women and children, unable to get information as to relatives or friends, hat the crowds with tear-stained faces. Officials of the White Star line had little to offer them beyond -dispatches identical with those cabled to the newspapers from Xew York. The announcement that the steamship (alifomian was remaining in the vicinity of the wreck gave hope that some more survivors might be found. The -list of rescued began trickling into the newspaper offices during the morning, cabled from New York.

Two. Britishers. Lord Ashburtan and Norman C. Craig, member of parliament, whose names an-peared in some of the published lists of first cabin passengers, did not sail on the Titanic. The family of J.

Bruce Is-may, managing director of the White Star line, received nn rlirrv nam fmm him. but his name appeared in the list I Mr. Bacon to postpone his de-of rescued posted by the papers. pa'ir'W! Mnv.ii.. A wireless dispatch received today by the firm of Pears, soapmakers.

and timed omm kxeki nn ippngg bb a i i I STEAMER TITANIC SINKS 11 Death PANGHO VILLA II REPORTED HITTER 1:20 yesterday, said merely: "All It was unsigned, but was believed to be from Thomas Pears, who. with his wife. was among the Titan.cs passengers. 4--f-f'-)---'f''f4-4----i-'f- i-aiiif ay 01 ine uner otsdam. nut there was no indication as to where it was oriiHnaHv sent, mm i The underwriters at Lloyd's were i -j.

ri nciB. uui 11 IS SaiU i that the insurance on the lost vessel is so evenly distributed that none of the underwriters is lik-elv In harrl lift The reassuring cable dispatches received yesterday had sent the reinsurance rate down to 25 guineas percent and the underwriters closed up at night hopeful that all was welL When tliev reopened this morning a I pears hi lie ousiness was uone at so guineas. but the rate quickly was raised to 95, which is known as a "total loss" rate. Famous London Milliner and Fashion Writer Was a Passenger. Paris.

France. April 16. The American colony In Paris was grief stricken today by the news of the lose of Ufa caused by the wreck of the Titanic hundreds of residents and American tourists at the hotels had relatives on Loard. All went to sleep last night comforted with the assurances cabled here that' all had been salved and it was only when they received this mornings newspapers that they learned of the I disaster. The White Star office was besieged by weeping women, several of whom had sons on board.

Among these was Mrs. William Dulles, -who collapsed. i It has been established that lady Duff -Gordon, who is known in Paris i as "leucine, tne name under which she conducts her dressmaking business sailed on board the Titanic with her husband, sir Cosmo Edmund Duff-Gordon. They appear on the official passenger list as Mr. Morgan and wife.

Robert Bacon. United States ambassador to Prance, with bis wife and daughter, had planned to sail on the 1 of tSy5onb T. Serried hi "Succesr! yesterday from Los TranaS. a lit- tie station at Kilometer bz, on tne Kansas City, Mexico and Orient road. Villa passed that point on Sunday afternoon, going in the direction of Ojin-aga.

He ate dinner with a contractor tngaged in work near that section, according to the story, and the contractor asked Villa where he was bound for. and the latter is said to l-ave replied "to the states. I am tnrough with, revolutions and fighting and-hereafter will settle down and de-tote myself to farming." I Ammunition Hilled as Onions TJ. S. SENDS AID TO THE CARPATHIA Revenue Cutters and a Scout Cruiser Are Ordered Out.

Washington. D. April IS President Taft today ordered out two revenue cutters to meet the Carpatjhla, which is bearing the Titanic-s survivors to New York. The Gresham is at Boston and the Acvannet at weedsbole, Mass. TUdlMNllknaIMS I cruiaer aaiem to proceed to sea.

at I once from Hampton Roads. and is baia to nave Come to the ZSUFJSrEZJSr American Side to Become fnTiooVmiSl atl.y' gorS. president, her eommjuirfor will nhtnln a Farmer. oomPlete llst of the Tttanic's survivors government here. In case the Salem has not sufficient coal in her bunkers to start imme- diatelv.

tkp SMrtarv nf tri. naw inva TO FRONT AS ONIONS AMMTJNITION GOES (By Phil McLaughlin Chihuahua. Mexico, April 16. Pancho Villa has been found again. According to a traveler reaching this The Press Nouvelle auotes the can tedn of the French liner La Touralrie saying be Bent a wireless dispatch reporting the presence of the icebergs to the captain of the Titanic who acknowledged the message with thanks.

perform the mission. One of the cruisers will be on Its way tonight. Sympathy to Families. The house unanimously adopted a resolution today extending sympathy to the relatives of those who met their death in the disaster of the Titanic I. A.

R. Kxteadn Sympathy. The disaster to the Titanic was taken notice of by the Daughters of the American Revolution, in annual session here, who at their meeting today appointed a committee to draft and present to the congress resolutions of sympathy. Reports of the national officers were received. SBVKX 1III.I.IOX PIKCES" Olt MAIL MATTKIt LOST.

New York. April 1. Postmaster Edward M. Morgan said today that the Titanic has on board 3506 sacks of mail, it is not likel, be said, they were saved. As the standard ocean mall bag holds about 2000 letters.

It is estimated that 7.000.000 pieces of mail matter have been lost. "T'f' 'fr in particular said that i ti.us lar there Is on band approxlmate- IIIS Fit I EM) SAILED 1 1. 000.000 round of cartrid- iiia ilkatei) TITAXIC. I There p- much comment going on John M. Romagny, French" consular in the local papers in this city anent agent in El Paso, fears that a friend the shipping- of 2000 rifles and lOO.OOd The exact amount of arnwrtv lnwt i or, I8 was passenger on the ill- rounds of ammunition Into Mexico har-I to asrtaL "A fated Titanic He received a letter a City, consigned- to the American and iiwin imam i.

waiiace uerman amoassaaors to be used. It Ba-rinw inat ne would MAJ. DITT, VICTlir OX TITAXIC, KXOWX TO M.VXY EL PASOAXS. Major Archibald Butt, aide to the president, who was on the Titanic when It sunk, was in El Paso at the Taft-Diaz meetlne- a tho nrmMmt'a A large quantity of arms and ammu- 1 moe. appeared with president Taft nition was received in this city jes- all.

of the social functions which terday from Juarez. Most of It came were arranged for the two presidents, in' large sacks, being billed as onions and he appeared in the picture of it is saia. Tne revolutionary officials deny that they are shy on ammunition, and say that shipments are reaching' the city regularly and later is sent to the front. one omctal hard to ascertain. Didst Sail.

The following passengers, whose names were on the list ff the Titanic, did not embark: First class E. A. Melody, M. J. White.

Schabert. Second class Dr. J. C. Jenkins, Mis.

G. Wilkinson, Ada Wilkinson. Premier Asquith Discusses Herror. Premier Asquith in a brief statement in the house of commons this afternoon gai public expression to Great Britain's (Continued from page sail on the 10th of the month, and he thinks it probable that he selected the Titanic on which to make the voyage. GBRMAX COMPAXIBS' LOSS.

Berlin, Germany. April l. The German transport insurance companies 37S.0 on reinsurance at the Titanic SAM WY APPOIXTBD AS CHIXESE IXTKBPRKTBR HERE. Washington, April is. Sam Way.

of California, has been appointed Chinese intrepreter at El Paso CULIACAN FALLS INTO HANDS OF THE REBELS President Taft, Secretary of War and Chief of Military-Staff Hold Conference and Discuss the Mexican Situation Acting Secretary Wilson, of the State Department, Also in the Conference, Washington, D. April 16. Catiacaa, the capital of Sinaloa, has been captured by Mexican rebels, according to state ITeparteieBt advices, today. Guerrero has been added to the list of states where the iaourrecto movement is assuming greater proportions. It is now denied from Salina Crtii, the western terminus of the Tehnaatepec railroad, that that line is being molested.

Apprehension in official circles of the Mexican situation was indicated today by conferences at the white house ia which preotteut Taft and the cabinet, Huntington Wilson, acting secretary of state, and Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood chief of staff of the army, participated. Gen. Wood reached the white house soon after the cabinet assembled and held an earnest conversation with secretary Stinuon in an adjoining room.

Mr. Wilson then was summoned and the three officials went into the cabinet room. said by American and German sub jects in the capital in the event attack by elements prejudicial to the rights of foreigners. Tnls concession, which was. granted under pressure by president Madero, is called "a weakness-' on the part of the president who cannot give protection to foreigners should it become necessary.

Several of the dailies are bitter In their denunciation of the chief executive for this move. Preparations Bat Battle. There Is very little change in the revolutionary situation from all accounts received from the zone dominated by the federals between Conejos -and BenneJUlo. Much activity in the way of preparation is going forward, which dispel the reports that the federals are retreating to their main base at Torreon. Federals must assume the offensive judging- from the actions of the rebels in their strongholds between RclUnn and Sscalon.

Kvvr since they gained t(IA wljkAM, MAVAnl V.b n.llj are. WVl iney save munuunra me same positions and evidently have no intention of moving farther south. It Is believed the federals are planning a move of some kind for the north and perhaps are awaiting reinforcements before proceeding. The Liberal scouts sight the federal scouts almost dally near Conejos and some times exchange shots v. ith them.

The reason assigned by the rebels for not Mwins iowru iw'curi is tnat thev are quite satisfied to wait a few days lit the hope that the enemy will come to them. In the event that this does not nap Pen the march south will begin. May Fight Thursday. l.ate reports toda-- st.itt- that asliarht movement in the federal ranks at -mc. j.o.

fxHGV ooatkaa i kI HBBsBenKxBBU Hi Only 868 Persons Saved Out Of A Total Of Over 2200 People On Board This Newest and Biggest Of the World's Great Passenger Carriers-John Jacob Astor, W. T. Stead, Maj. Butt and Others May Be Lost. New York.

N. Ami 16. All hope that any of the passengers or crew of the Titanic, other than those on the Carpathia, are alive, was abandoned this afternoon. All the steamers which have been cruising near the disaster have continued their voyages, according to messages from St. Johns and Halifax.

The appaling magnitude of the Wrec has been but tittte mitigated by we frag- menlaru information which has filtered in today. The rescuing steamer Carpathia has 868 survivors on board, according to the latest news received at the offices of the White btar line in New Yor. 1 hipnhcreases the ttst of saved by about 200 from the number first reported. TOTAL LIST OF MISSING 1350. But except for this, the favorable details are insignificant compared with the fact that the Titanic is at the bottom of the Atlantic and that tjfe shattered Wreck took with her about 1350 victims to their death.

The official announcement that there are 868 survivors on board the Carpathia and the fact that the names of only 315 of those saved have been received, shows that there are 553 persons rescued from the Titanic whose names have not been received here as yet The first reports giving the total survivors at 675 were varied by favorable news early today, first from Capt. Rostrom, of the Carpathia, who gave the number at about 800, and later by the positive announcement of the White Star line that there are 868 survivors of the Titanic on the Carpathia. But-with-these revised figures there remain. 1350 persons passengers and crew of the Titanic, who today are unaccounted for, apparently lost. STEAMERS ABANDON THE SEARCH.

Hope clung desperately to the belief that thesleamers Virginian and Parisian of the Allan line, might have picked up survivors in addition to those on the Carpathia, but this Was dispelled when the Sable Island wireless station reported that the Parisian had no survivors, and. when the offices of the Allan line in Montreal issued a statement that the captain of the Virginian had sent them a wireless message saying: "Arrived at the scene of the disaster too late to be of any help." The Virginian has proceeded on her way to Europe. The Carpathia is coming in slowly to New York- All hope for details cf the tragedy and its effects are centered on this ship. She will be in wireless communication with Sable Island tonight, with Nantucket on Thursday- and will reach New York some time Thursday night. GRIEF AROUND THE WORLD.

London, New York ana Paris are grief stricken and overwhelmed by the news of the disaster. Tearful crowds of relatives and friends of passengers on board the Titanic thronged the steamship offices in all three cities, waiting hour after hour for news, which, to more of them than not, meant bereavement and sorrow. People in Paris and London went to bed last night in the belief that all the passengers on board the Titanic had been saved; this morning brought them the appaling truth. Of the survivors on board the Carpathia by far the larger number are women and children. MANY PROMINENT VICTIMS.

Many men of prominence on two continents are among the missing. No word has been received of Col. John Jacob Astor; his wife, however, has been saved. Alfred G. Vanderbill was not on board the Titanic as first reported.

He is in Londqn. Isador Straus, the New York millionaire merchant and philanthropist, who was on board, has not been reported among the survivors. William T. Stead, also a passenger, is not reported saved. The $10,000,000 steamship with cargo and jewels worth perhaps $10,000,000 more, is a totat toss.

NfvOOR ARCHIBALD BUTT presidents Taft and Diaz which hangs Vice oresident Franklin, of the In- ternatlonal Mercantile marine, said thi-t afternoon that the company was holding back no information and that the steamship Olympic was now standing off Cap Race relaying the names of pasensers on the Carpathia to the station there. Little Hope of Rescue. The weather signal station on the Gulf of St. Lawrence reports that mi. iosrs lay off Nova Scotia and a 'olent thunderstorm broke In ituiciiiiE csiwarn.

it tno suc. co-tlitiois leu little hope for the tne papers are chary ot dis-ioscup of anv survivors of the Titanic i CUS81.nK the subject. The law docs not lii.il JUISIir Still nrtrirt In It, its TITANIC DID NOT CARRY ENOUGH BOA London. Eng. April apparent required to have sufficient boat room Tttfr- tllST- tlkA Tl amn'a luaio MimmAj.i.

.11 I.L- uw rie uoi i ui complete passer. sumi'ient 10 accommodate the ships per- nelghborhood last night and is snnrwl eastward. It was said that I v. aere. and crew list.

t'enejos Is visible and that the feder- i 'n the chamber of commerce bui'd'nar. ais are Dreoarlng to move either north Mai oi south. newspapei man and when a quarter ine rebel leaders say that it means i master in tne Philippines (has a move north and that the are pre- of L.1 I'aso, was his chief clerk. pared for the coming battle vim I A Mrs Walter Douglas appears In maj take place Thursdav the list of survivors from the Titarflc. Kebcl Capture Ammunition.

'It was thought at first that it was The lebels captured 25 000 roun or lio wife of Walter Douclas of ammunition rrom an escort of fedinis This for the tl-nc the hope that the anchored off Cape TCa i-iric nrsi caned for help mieht h.iir. PK kel up some of the Titanic near Escalor. Sunday. With the ammn nltlon. the federals left Ojinasra about 10 das ago for Parral, here they l'h Ips-Doiige compEi but Mi is at her horn in Warren.

according to the officials of the Southwestern. Mlola Kind 0 Pasnenarerx. The Sable Island cableshlp MInta reported tlll r. 1. wreless station at Halifax that she tne Present great liners were designed fe.tai nidos ui rrcKage in rew Jr.noa.tus.or.raft.

fr" the Titanic. New York. X. Y. Anril lfi Mini! whThl.ad Ucal informati of the life saving when the Tl- I of the Ply-P.

sister ship Tf the given oui today bv the bureau of inspection of steam 'vessels Figures for the Titanic are not available, but as the ships are almost identical in size, it is not likely that their equipment materially differs. Sixteen Lifeboats. The Olympic has 16 lifeboats and four rafts, calculated to accommodate 1171 person This means about one third of the total number ot" iuun the ap- which would approximate 3447. i I lt 9'd at the bure.tu that no hip is The Olympic carries 3455 life pre-, -rs end 45 life buoys, and thee ment are made in compliance with rl proide the number of boats the largest TIT- i eVT lsh homTi OI tr ships shall carry. I lho nite! States bureau has no jon It applies only to shine dianhein.

ln earner lArlrfA 5 I UlC hub, as was passeu beiorc Yfw Wtirl- la a fnrmA- Wn.U..v 5t IlgeTS. iin Llll i mj nave aurrlrorB. Moss, I reports to the con- Allan line oiuciais at Montr, al bel1ee the Parisian may be car-rj ing sonw of the survivors of the Tl-tf-nic This probability was supported i inai me l-Tirislan oianea 'or Halllax ail bound for althouirh PhlladelDhla. iBterr.st In rnmiKliia Intense Interest centers In was origin- ifontlnned on oi us nome ment. i Report On Lifeboats.

1 "n-njnitfon. D. April qu. i report irom the White Star line on tl. and life ratts c.irr nanic nas been telegraphed by supervising inspector Uhler of tS- The federal steamship inspection service was awaitniff the arrival of the complied with the law n- the vessel had been or VnnVican ilOUld hepn obliged to hair I -boats or hfe rft9 containing cubic feet or accommodations person.