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New York Times (Newspaper) - April 23, 1912, New York, New York Mem ��1111�?., lir or Araos a Tatj. To a we \ a y ? a a i a a a a a \ i i a Al the news that s f it to the weather. Cloudy and cooler tuesday wednes. Day fair brisk and High West winds. To tuft full we Tbs re a port a Vagy 23. . 19,813. New York tuesday april 1912.�?Twenty-four pages. Cent a a a a j ele Ewhen Jersey City sad a mail to Cynta strike of engineers government mediators. Offer ser vies after vote tying up railroads is taken. Taft prompted the move Dardanelles still closed. Will Geftman government Bays it not protest to Turkey. Constantinople april 22.-the reopening of the Dardanelles has been postponed owing to the continued presence of italian warships in the archipelago. No further bombardment is reported Here. J chief Stone accedes at once and j dispersed committee of managers is to meet to Day. A arbitration is Likely now t i intervention under Erdman act take it for the first time without 7 l j j a j request of parties in dispute. At the eleventh hour when a strike of % Inore than 30,000 locomotive and electrical engineers on fifty Eastern railroads with a mileage of More than 150,000, seemed to further off than morning the United states government through Martin a. Knapp the presiding judge by the United states court of Commerce and Charles p. Neill the United Stales commissioner of labor changed the whole strike situation by taking the initiative looking first to mediation and j finally to arbitration of the wage dispute Between the railroads and the brother Hood of locomotive engineers f the intervention or rather tender of blindly offices it was said in railway i i circles last night is without precedent in the railway history of the country. Both \ the United states commissioner of labor and the judges of the Federal court of Commerce by the provisions of the erd Man act Are duly authorized to give their services As official mediators to either Side in a labor dispute. In this Case however they took the initiative thus preventing at least temporarily a strike that seemed inevitable and opening the Way to a peaceful settlement. The situation at 6 of clock last night was this the committee of railway Man agers acting with the approval and Sanction of the Board of Eastern railway presidents had made its final answer refusing to Grant the engineers the 18 per cent Rise in wages which had been de handed. The engineers on the acceptance of this final answer had sent an Multi Matt Fth in which they clearly asserted that they intended to strike within thirty i six hours. The fifty two chairmen of the f brotherhood of locomotive engineers who had assembled from All parts of the country to argue their Case with the committee of railway managers had packed their suitcases and were on their Way to their Homes. 1 just at this juncture grand chief Stone of the brotherhood of locomotive engineers and j. C. Stuart chairman of the conference committee of railway managers were accosted by messengers bearing letters with the official Seal of the it ? i United states government. Within a few a minutes the strike atmosphere had considerably cleared. Letter that did the work. F this is the letter which caused the Sud Flen change new York april 22, 1012. Or. W. S. Stone grand chief brotherhood of locomotive engineers Broadway Central hotel new York City. F dear sir we understand that negotiations Between the brotherhood of locomotive in a tenors and the committee of the is attorn railroads have been definitely Bro-1ten off and that the engineers Are Likely to withdraw forthwith from the service. If this is unfortunately the fact it is evident that a grave situation has Arisen which threatens most serious consequences to the Sablic. In this emergency we Are impelled the sense of duty to tender our Friendly flees to the contending parties in the Hope that some Means May be found to adj ret the matters in dispute without the calamity of s general strike. We Are sending an identical letter to or. O. Stuart chairman of the committee of Railroad managers. Very sincerely yours Martin a. Knapp presiding judge United states Commerce court. Charles p. Neill United states commissioner of labor. A strike seemed As certain As a Sun when the letter came. It seemed in fact As if Only one thing in the v orld could Stop it the immediate surrender of the railroads or at least a i Concession of the greater part of the wage demands. The 52 chairmen of the brotherhood of locomotive engineers who by a vote of 93.3 per cent of the i engineers had been authorized to act lag they saw fit had decided by a unanimous vote to declare a strike with Ita thirty six hours. The engineers will accept the offer of the Federal agents. Chief Stone said last night at his Headquarters at the Broad Way Central hotel that he would not Send his formal reply to the letter of commissioner Neill and judge Knapp until his morning but he indicated clearly that it would be agreeable. _ j who body of organized labor a said he Strong enough to reject this offer p a coming from these authorized represent to elves of the United states government a Quot we will give the offer serious consider Are the 52 chairmen a still in town a a die was asked., f a yes. They Are a he replied. / Berlin april 22.�?the German government will make no official protest against the closing of the Dardanelles by reply to an inquiry by the Hansa bund the Central commercial organization Herr von Kiderlen Wuchter the minister for foreign affairs declares that Germany As a Neutral Power cannot interfere in the War Between Turkey and Italy. Nebraska rebuffed Bryan. Though chosen a Delegate All his friends lost in the primary. Special to the new York times. Omaha. April 22, William j. Bryan was elected a Delegate at Large in fridays primaries yet the general result of the election is thought almost a Complete defeat for him. His editor r. L. Metcalf was beaten As a candidate for Bryan wants Wilson to have the state vote but gov. Wilson is Low Man. Harmon obtained two and probably four of the state delegation. That was another Rebuff for Bryan. With 80 per cent of the vote reported Bryan has 12,947 and Hitchcock 12,956 for Delegate at Large. Or. Bryan will probably pass Hitchcock but because of the bitter fight made against Hitchcock by Bryan his election is taken As a slap at the former Leader. Mrs. Mary Gage sane. Mud now answer charge of threatening Charles j. Bell. Washington april 22.�?mrs. Mary e. Gage of this City was adjudged of sound mind to Day and she most face a police charge of making dangerous threats. Mrs. Gage was placed in the custody of her counsel. The lunacy proceedings grew out of threats mrs. Gage was alleged to have made against Charles j. Bell a banker who is prominent socially. Mrs. Gage asserted that or. Bell had impeded her social Progress and that of her daughter. She was arrested several weeks ago at the instance of or. Bell who said he feared for his life. Mrs. Gage gained some prominence As the organizer of a patriotic society and As the author of a genealogical work in which she Laid claim to fourteen centuries of very genteel ancestors. Coast steamers hit in fog. Fire after fire stirs Waterbury twelve outbreaks of mysterious origin cause a panic in Connecticut City. City Hall is destroyed militia Are called out and order citizens to their Homes which they guard with guns. Flames in locked closets one Blaze causes panic in a theatre a a fireman is injured and an arrest made. A Hole is stove in the cretans Bow a Iroquois is unhurt. Special to the new York times. Norfolk va., april 22.�?in a collision off Cape Hatteras Early this morning in a dense fog Between the steamship cretan of the merchants end miners line and the Steamer Iroquois of the Clyde line the former was severely damaged but above the water Une while the Iroquois escaped with Lutile harm. A Hole ten feet in diameter was stove in the cretans Bow but it was temporarily covered with Canvas and the steamship was Able to proceed up the Bay. Fortunately for both ships they were proceeding under a slow head of steam and the lookouts sounded the warning in time for the moment in to be considerably slackened. Both vessels carried passengers but so far As can be Learned no one was dig up $%q00. Aged com a in will left instructions where she a hid Money. Special to the new York t Mes. Philadelphia april to them left in a sealed document led the heirs of miss Saille Bennighoff of Allentown penn., the oldest woman in Lehigh county who died in that City two weeks ago to dig up the ground of her two farms near Lynn at places minutely described where they unearthed Over $3.000 in Gold and banknotes which she had buried. The finding of the Money solved the mystery of a strange Light which neighbors had often seen in the Meadows of miss Bennighoff farms at night. ,. Miss Bennighoff who was 97 years old left a Fortune valued at $50,000 in farms and securities to her nieces and nephews. Form new labor body. If they Are to leave with strike orders when will they leave the City a he was asked. A a i done to know a he replied. Railway managers to meet again. I or. Stone spoke not Only for himself but for the fifty two chairmen whose vote is Law As things stand now with the brotherhood. When or. Stone was a a eked whether a vote had been taken on the proposition he said it had and that it had been unanimous. When j. C. Stuart chairman of the committee of railway managers was informed at the Holland House what action the engineers had taken he immediately declared that he would Call another meet of the Board of managers this morn in the absence of the committee he not say what action the railway fire would take but it is generally supposed that the railroads will follow Lead of the engineers and thus open Way to continued negotiations. President Taft it is generally believed if prompted this Federal int Erces the president it is known has a close Eye on the railway situation the past month and this move Al ugh without precedent is believed to been Long ago decided on As the one in Case the railroads and the ears came to a parting. Missioner Neill was in the City last y and it is said got a first hand fun of the situation from both then he returned it is said to to the president. He returned Jurige Knapp to hold himself in Ness to act at the crucial moment missioner Neill said at the hotel Attan last night that he had Rel from both or. T and or. Stone of the receipt of federation of federations is organized by Western Railroad men. Kansas City mo., april 22.�?the federation of Western Railroad shop workers became an actual organization to Day when conferees representing workmen employed on forty seven lines West of the Mississippi after deliberations lasting Over a week agreed on the name a a federation of federations a for the new body. The federation of federations has 300,-000 members. It includes the unions of five crafts Railroad Carmen boilermakers and helpers blacksmiths and helpers machinists and Sheet Metal workers. Inquiry on judge Archbald. Charges Are said to relate to Pennsylvania Coal lands. Washington april 22. A the results of an investigation by the department of Justice into charges against judge Robert Archbald of the Commerce court Are being kept secret. Attorney general Wickersham to Day refused to comment upon the Case but it is known that the investigation is closed and the results Are awaiting his action. Should or. Wickersham conclude that the charges Are sustained the Case will probably be referred to president Taft. The investigations were made near Scranton penn., and Are said to have to do with Coal property. Jealous he kills girl and himself. Baltimore april 22.�?jealous because of the supposed attention of another Man to his sweetheart Arthur nun Nally 24 years old to Day shot and killed Genevieve Schroeder 18, and then killed himself. Nunnally called at the Schroeder Home and found James Watts jr., talking to miss Schroeder. After shooting the girl Nunnally ran out pursued by Watts. Nunnally tried to shoot Watts but the pistol missed fire. He then put a Bullet into his own brain. A Sattawa of Page # made army officer Don uniform. Special to the new York times. Trenton n. J., april 22.-refusing to hive himself and his staff inspected by a regular army officer unless the latter was in uniform Brig. Gen. Edward p. Meany judge advocate general of the state National guard to Day caused major Evan m. Johnson. U. 8. A., to change from civilian clothes. It then i took Only about two minutes for the fax Jami Natuan. Special to the new York times. Waterbury conn., april 22.�?twelve fires each apparently of incendiary origin occurred Here Between 1 55 this afternoon and 8 35 to night causing intense excitement throughout the City and destroying the old City Hall which was recently renovate Ltd at a Cost of $50,000. As a result the streets Are being patrolled by three companies of the state militia. Citizens Are being warned from the streets and ordered to their Homes in the Hope that by placing the City under practically martial Law the incendiary or incendiaries May be prevented from doing further damage. The outbreaks a recall the great fire of feb. 2, 1902, causing damage to the extent a of $2,500,000, the City being Laid waste. The fear that this catastrophe might be duplicated has spurred the firemen and police to extraordinary efforts All Day and probably had much to do with mayor Francis t. Reeves a order calling out the militia. Two arrests were made this afternoon of men suspected of having had a hand lit starting the fires. One suspect was released after he was Able to account for his actions throughout the period when a Man answering his description was seen at the location of one of the first fires. The other Man arrested is Well known locally for his propensity for sending in false alarms for the Sake of seeing the fire department respond. He Calls himself Jackie Lane and is not known to have a permanent address. Lane was arrested because of his habit not because the police had Quot any evidence against him concerning to Days fires. It is a coincidence however that his. Arrest occurred at 9 40 o clock and that the last fire was discovered at 9 35 o clock. From that moment there has been no other alarm. Police Patti Ileal. Unless the real culprit be a fire maniac the police Are at a loss to account for the outbreaks. Years ago this town was a frequent source of labor troubles. There have been none in recent years nor has there been occasion recently for such disturbances. The mystery of the fires origin is disturbing the City. Who is causing the fires or where the next one May break out has Unstrung the nerves of every one and to night the order of the militia for citizens to leave the streets was obeyed with alacrity and cheerfulness. As fire followed fire House owners decided that their places were at their own residences to guard them from similar destruction. To night the theatres were deserted and the crowds that usually flock the downtown streets were absent. Men and wom4n sat at Home Alert and on guard. Many a Man had a Rifle or Shotgun within easy reach. At 9 35 the last alarm sounded for a fire in pythian Hall at 70 Bank Street a three Story Brick building which houses the West Side savings Bank and a millinery shop and Lodge rooms on the top floor. The damage had been Small in All ten fires except that in the City Hall. In pythian Hall where the fire was started under the stairs on the third floor the damage was slight. In City Hall everything but the Walls was destroyed. The a Ull Dong was erected about forty years ago. It was two stories High and constructed of Brownstone. In years gone by it housed the Only Public meeting Hall of the City where the old time Bell ringers appeared and where Booth once gave a performance of a a the City had just finished paying off $140,000 in Twenty year Bonds on the building and recently $50,000 had been expended in renovating and bringing it up to Date. It was insured for Only about $75,000. Fireman injured. Mme. Steinheil. The Central figure in world famous Paris double murder who was acquitted of the crime tells for the Fiirst time in her a a memoirs her version of the fatal night of the tragedy. Read this thai ing human document in next sundays times 1 lord Mersey Heads England a inquiry Sydney Buxton announces in commons the appointment of a wreck commission. To have fullest Powers Choice of the sex president of the admiralty court As chairman is warmly approved. Special Cable to the new York Timbs. London tuesday april 23.-an nou Cement by Sydney Buxton in the House of commons last evening that lord Mersey was to be appointed chairman of a court of inquiry to investigate the titanic disaster is received with general approval. Lord Mersey has had wide experience in maritime affairs As sex preside it of the admiralty court. The re Sunal which he will direct is to be invested with the widest possible Powers and have authority to require the attendance of any witness and make a searching investigation into All the questions that have Arisen in connection with the loss of the White Star liner. The daily mail this morning Points out that one of these questions Mut be the inaction of the Board of trader it says a a the country has still to learn Why it was that this department charged with a duty so important and so i amp be. Neglected that duty and failed to remodel its regulations determining the provision of boats for passenger steamers so As to keep Pace with the rapid Advance of these vessels in else. A a the want of Leafs was the cause of the fearful tragedy on the titanic whereby 1,635 persons lot their lives and the insufficiency of boats must be ascribed to the negligence of the Board of Trade. A no excuses no special pleading can get Over this grim fact yet even now though Many great shipping companies have taken action the Board of Trade remains the times commenting editorially on the appointment of a titanic court of inquiry says a it is pretty Clear that the Nuiji Ber of persons who can give authentic information about the loss of the titanic is very Small. On so huge a ship most people s area of observations is very limited and they have nothing Toi Tell at the it Ltd Hall fire a fireman was injured. He was fireman James Mitchell who was sent to the top of a lofty water Tower erected in front of the building. He was perched 75 feet in the air when the truck from which the water Tower Rose began to skid on the wet Asphalt. It had been raining All Day. The Tower began to Sway Forward and Back with Mitchell clinging to its top. There were shouts from his fellow firemen and from chief Samuel c. Snagg for him to come Down but before he could obey the warning the truck began to skid More and More influenced by the swaying of the heavy ladder above it and presently it overturned. The water Tower came crashing toward the Street striking against some electric Light wires As it fell. Mitchell was tossed from it and alighted in the wires. He had fallen a Lxiv feet and Lay half conscious in the Maze of wires. Other firemen raised ladders and scurried up within reach of him. He was carried to the sidewalk and rushed to a Hospital. His condition was said to be serious but not dangerous. Meantime a second alarm had been turned in but the Blaze was then beyond the control of the entire fire department. Discovered afterwards that it had it was . Been started in the basement of the building where there was much paper stored and where there was also considerable varnish which had been used in renovating the building and which had been left there until the whole work Shoul have been done. It mounted through the old flues of the building until it reached the attic where it found a mass of old papers Bills and receipts and other documents of no Reat value which had been allowed to accumulate there for years. Feeding on this debris the flames burst through the roof with a vigor which sent them fifty or More feet into the air and which threw a Brilliant Light Over the Small Park on which City Hall faced and which was filled then with hundreds of men women and children. Fire Quarter burned out. Water from dozens of lines of Hose was sent into the building but it seamed to make no apparent effect on the flames and before they were subdued the whole Interior of the building had been burned continued on Page a great beak Spring water. 60c. Per ass of 8 of Iseff stoppered Bottis a adv. Finity who eth at such times few people can relate with perfect accuracy. A a we May at least assume that the inquiry conducted by lord Mersey will not degenerate into a roving inquisition into such imperfect recollections which is now going on in America though not with the approval of enlightened american opinion. A a we shall not have a member of the court talking abet water tight compartments As if they were Bankers safes in which people could lock themselves to keep the water from their feet while they suffocate As has been done by the most bitter and persist dirt of or. Ismay a assailants. A Why any Man even a managing director after working hard to pave others should not at last enter a departing boat with Many places unfilled and no one in sight to fill them is really More than we can understand and More we suspect than or. Ismay a critics would have understood had they been in his antiquated Board of Trade regulations. Will Crooks a labor member initiated for an evening debate and scores of members of the House Rose to support him. A fusillade of questions was fired at preside Over the titanic inquiry. It the bodies All que ton. U to route peed life the j the it a a no a a pm. Buxton mid that he a prepare in in Deli tha n a Outh for an immediate conference of Ahl own red a by bodies hut added that a South Ere regarding the me Aadree. Which the wet a Quatt which Prev anew i time companies themselves contemplated Tak the "1�?o age Juk lug. Pending a revision Oft he statutory rules. He was also carefully considering the advisability of approaching other governments whose ships navigated the at Coit Taud a Page amp v 27 bodies from titanic identified probably include Widener and butt ship file Miles off As Bio liner Sank wireless list of the identified dead Ashe h. W. Arta Aveytia. Ramon. Att r. B., May be major butt Chapman John h. Combine Draze Noui Rosite. G Gilinski Leslie. Gill j. S. Greenberg h. H Hayter a. H. Hoffman. L. M. Halverson a. Harbeck William. It Johnson Malcolm. Montrose Jerry. Marriott n. R Robbins mrs. Alexander. Rose Shire George s. Rasher Nicolas. S Sother Simon. Sutton Frederick. Shea. Schewig Nihil. Steward 7fl. Tomlin Ernest b. W Widen George w., George. D. Widener Williams Leslie. May be errors in wireless a reason for Hope ministers were on Board to conduct the religious services Over the bodies As they were consigned to the deep. The message received from the Mackay Bennett was As follows misspelling May hide identity of bodies of butt Widener and Thayer. Second funeral ship off will stand watch while Mackay Bennett will return with bodies to Halifax. Ismay. New York heavy Southwest Squall has interfered with operations. Fifty bodies recovered. All not embalmed will be buried at sea at 8 p. A. With divine services. Can Only bring embalmed bodies to port. Mackay Bennett. Capt. Smith saw her lights and signalled for assistance. Replied Bui sailed away Quot she answered a officer Box Hall tells Senate committee Captain said. Stewards of same opinion no clue to the identity of the Craft but others saw her lights. Soon after the receipt of the above message the Willie Star line realizing that i Ismay a messages Are read it was possible that hundreds of bodies might be recovered decided to charter the Cable ship Minia which was then in me caries my Alima a Man was then in _ Halifax. The charter of the ship was Arjo Rankin testifies lager ranged for in new York and the following Telegram sent to the agents of the line in Halifax a message was received last night at the White Star offices 9 Broadway giving a list of names of Twenty seven persons whose bodies had been picked up at the scene of the sinking of the titanic the message came from the Cable Steamer Mackay Bennett and was relayed to this City from the Cape race wireless station which had received from the steamship Laconia with which the Mackay Bennett was in wireless communication. The names occurring la the list do not correspond in several instances with the names on the passenger list and believed that the double relay in the bending May have caused the spelling of Many of the names to be garbled. The White Star line sent off a message last night to Cape race asking that the discrepancy in the names of those supposed to have been found and the no Mes on the Pae Benger list be cleared up. In the Hope of receiving a reply to this and of obtaining an additional list of More bodies found officers were kept open All night. Distinguished us a a is doubt. Among the names which must remain in doubt until another message can be received from the Cable ship Are those of col. Actor major butt and George d. The Rel Jred War Elena meet age the name of a George Tel Den udi taken to mean George d. Widener. Anther name in the list waa r. Att. There is no such name on the passenger we have arranged with we tem Union people to a end Down Cable ship Lnla to assist Mackay Bennett in recovery of bodies. Please immediately make same arrangements for caskets for Lnla As wer made for Mackay Bennett. Most urgent Minia proceed to sea at earliest moment. Advise us immediately when she expects to sail. Mackey Bennett wires that she has recovered fifty bodies and As she will probably be sent to Halifax promptly maker All noes sary arrangements ahead for her reception. The following answer was soon received Minia Eady to proceed to sea Vicinity Midnight. Southeast Gale which generally brings fog May delay. Have arranged 150 coffins undertaker clergymen a. Will keep you advised from time to time. All arrangements made to receive Mackay Bennett. Ness to get men Home was Only natural. Did no to carry boats enough line s manager admits that denies. He held Back news that ship had gone Down. Ton of the absence of panic after the it was said that the Mackay Bennett is crmh6d into an Icet a and a now probably returning to Halifax with know to be sinking. That explanation la the bodies she recovered and that she that there was a Quot steamship Only five should reach that port if weather conditions Are favourable sight was depended Tipon by Capi Smith to or Friday morning. Leaving on the 1 o clock train for bos signals of distress. Ton yesterday were representatives of the survivors of Many of the Well known persons who went Down with the titanic. They were bound for Halifax to look at the bodies which will be brought to that port a among those who started for Halifax were representatives of or. And mrs Isidor Straus of George d. Widener Edgar j. Meyer and cot John Jacob Astor. Limited Ana they Nave nothing to �101. Except of the details in their own Vij. Thayer. J b. Thayer a May stand for Thayer. Thayer a vice president of the Pennsylvania Road. Is among the lost. Tors in Buxton is bombarded. London tuesday april 23.-Home Rule for Ireland and All other questions also that some bodies which were beyond. A a urn in Over col. A stars flame there was much speculation in the White Star offices. One name received read Necolas rasher and the wireless and Telegraph men who examined the dispatch finally decided it might stand for col. Astor. A mistake in the sending of names is said to be easily made in either the Morse or Continental code which is used in wireless and land telegraphy. This fact in addition to the possibility of error in the double relay led Telegraph men to the conclusions in regard to the names of major butt or. Widener and col. Astor. Though the names As printed seem very unlike the names of these men a mistake of a Dot or dash in the wireless and land Telegraph codes might occasion a mistake of Man letters in the translation. The name a a Louis m. Hoffman a a second Cabin passenger is supposed to be the father or the guardian of the two Little boys a a Louis and a plump a who Are now being cared for by miss Margaret Hays of 894 West eighty third Street who was one of the survivors from the titanic. The message giving the names stated were subordinated in the House of com identification had been committed a Jain Mons yesterday to an All absorbing la to the sea. In instances where identifies. a my j. Us a Cussion of the titanic catastrophe and the Tion was possible it was made by articles found in the clothing. Further messages Are expected to Day in the afternoon the necessary motion giving the names of More identifications. Another 8blp chartered following the receipt of definite in a fusillade 01 questions was Hirw at formati0n from capt. Prager of the North Sydney Buxton president of h. Bored Bremen which of Trade prior to the introduction of or. Aerman y . To Tho Crooks a motion. It a effect that he had sighted the bodies of or. Buxton in reply stated that he had Oug victims of the titanic disaster already summoned a meeting of the Lead t Miles Dos already summoned a meeting or the Ieada about sixty Miles dising British shipowners for an immediate the Plaza where the great liner Exchange of views. He had also taken Star Une chartered an Exchange of views he Naa Aiso Laxen wite Star line chartered an Steps to Confer with the lord Chancellor a veg gel yesterday to proceed imme in regard to the appointment of a High scene of the disaster and in regard to the appointment or a Nign scene of the disaster and Legal authority a wreck commissioner to Cable a hip Mackay Bennett in the vessel that 1� now supposed to be boats searchlights amp a. Would he said the Way to Ald the Mackay Bennett in to submitted to a searching investigation of a a the we it Tern in on by the strongest possible court of in Minia. Which was scheduled to sail Quiry and if the Board of Trade s present Halifax to join the Mackay Bennett Powers were inadequate to enforce the necessary regulations he would not Hesi Tate to ask parliament to Confer further Only one message was received from the Mackay Bennett during the Day. In that the White Star line announced in making Public the message conveying the above information that such bodies As Lnla Start with Mora coffin. Special to the new York times. St. Johns Newfoundland april 22.�? the Cable ship Mackay Bennett. Which is cruising near the scene of the wreck of the White Star liner tits hic recovered More bodies to Day. It is known that fifty were recovered yesterday but the number taken out of the water to Day has not been sent by wireless up to this time by the Mackay Bennett. There is reason to believe that All the bodies which will be taken to Halifax can be identified. It is also considered probable that articles must have been found on some of the bodies that would identify them but As yet no information to this effect has been Senf from the funeral ship. Immediately following receipt of the news that the Mission of the Mackay Bennett had been partly successful and that there was More work to be done in the neighbourhood of the great disaster than one vessel could handle the White Star line chartered the Western Union Cable ship Minia and ordered her to proceed forthwith to the Relief of the other Cable ship. The Minia which is scheduled to sail from Halifax to night has taken on a cargo of 150 coffins. Several undertakers Are also on Board. The Rev. K. C. Hind of the Church of England is on the Mackay Bennett and he will be trans. Feared to the Lnla when the two Cable ships meet the one in route from and the other to the scene of the wreck. To or Hind fell last night the sad duty of conducting the funerals or the unidentifiable dead no were consigned to the sea from the Mackay Bennett. He will perform a similar duty on Board the Minia in the event any unidentifiable bodies Are picked up by that ship. There will be no efforts made to identify positively Aby of the recovered bodies until after they Are received at Halifax. In that City friends and relatives of the dead will be permitted to View the bodies for purposes of identification. Such As Are identified will be shipped any place in the world the relatives of the victims May designate while such Bolesas Are not identified will be buried with appropriate religious ceremonies in Halifax. The orders to the Minja Are to meet the Mackay Bennett near the scene or the wreck where the latter vessel is now engaged in the work of recovering the bodies. As soon its the Rev or. Hind is transferred to the Minia the other with her pathetic cargo will head straight for Halifax. Troy n. A. April 22.�?a. Halver Sony one of the victims of the titanic disaster whose body has been it covered was the foreign representative of Cluett. Peabody amp co., Collar manufacturer of this City. He was returning with his wife from South America Haring gone to Europe for amp Brief visit. They postponed their departure to take the titanic mrs. Halverson was saved. Thayers insurance Large. Lan with a View to Clung an iter were found to be impossible of identified Ixo too of Accident risk. Special to the new York times. Philadelphia april 22.-the travel Erst insurance company announced in this City that its liability among titanic passengers was at least $1,000,000, and that claims would be paid promptly. The family of John b. Thayer second vice president of the Pennsylvania Railroad who went Down with the titanic will receive $120,000 casualty insurance. Or. Thayer had paid premiums since 1907. So far an is known Here George i wide t0 Ner and his son Harry Elkins Widener did not carry casualty insurance. Tion would be buried at sea from the Mackay Bennett last night and that special to the new York times. Washington april 22.-j. Box Hall fourth officer of the lost titanic testifying before the Senate sub committee to Day suggests a possible explant Miles away her lights plainly visible that come to their Rescue in response to his this ship according to foxhall was steaming toward the titanic. So close was it that from the Bridge capt. Smith and foxhall plainly saw its Masthead lights and then its red port Light. Both with rockets and with the Morse electric signal did the Young officer Hall the stranger. Capt. Smith and several others in the Vicinity of the Bridge declared at the time their belief that the vessel had seen them and was signalling in reply. Foxhall failed to see the replies however and in any Case the Steamer kept on its course obliquely past the titanic without extending Aid. This and the admission by p. A. 8. Franklin vice president of the White Star line that there were not sufficient lifeboats aboard the titanic to care for the help a a company at one time were the features of to Day s hearing. Crash embarrasses committee. Bruce Ismay the managing director of the White Star line eat quietly throughout the proceedings within the Shadow of the witness chair. By his Side sat c. C. Burlingham his attorney. Ismay looked wan and Haggard. The committee met to Day in the ornate majority caucus room in the splendid Senate office building. Half an hour before the committee appeared the room was crowded with women. They bustled in and removed c air hats and wraps As if they were at a play. There were no rules vigorous enough to keep them out for they came armed with credentials from congressmen and representatives of foreign Powers. Senator Smith the chairman of the committee sought to Check the torrent but it overwhelmed his efforts. The witnesses had difficulty in entering and in finding seats. Chairman Smith seemed to be fearful of some demonstration of feeling on the part of Tho crowd. He arose and said m for my associates and myself i dealer to make an announcement the inquiry we Are Ink log is in obedience to a direction by the Senate and is for the purpose of ascertaining the important facts connected with the unfortunate loss of the titanic. A a we Are not at All concerned about the convenience of visitors at the hearing. We Are concerned primarily to obtain the truth and i desire each person Here solely by Sufferance of the committee and not for entertainment to know that any expression of any character will not be permitted. Any violation of this will result in changing these arrangements. I bespeak Courtesy and kindness for the witnesses. As to whether these hearings can be conducted in this general open session has not been determined but with a desire for no secrecy this course was adopted this morning As it was pursued in new All of the members of the committee were present they Are senators Smith of chairman Perkins of Cali fornia. Bourne of Oregon Burton of Ohio 77,. Fornia. Bourne or Oregon Sturton or Umo Railroad Many a heirs will receive of Florida Simmons of North a a a a act Ade Calus a and Newlands of Nevada. For Rob officer Bax Hall a Story fourth officer j. 8 foxhall was the second and last witness of the Day. He took the witness chair at 8 of clock and did not leave it until s. He is 28 years old and he has sailed the seas for thirteen years. For five years he has been with the White Star company. Late in the Day part of the Story of the wrecking of the Titan to was told by him in answer a cores of questions. Pieced together the most striking part of his Story runs second officer ugh Toller was on the i Creta Creme hand if. Bridge until 10 of clock on sunday april Richard Auto Tappi Thutt Al Vurtis Sod by first Otow 1

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