Taft Urges New Ocean Safety Laws After Sea Disaster
President Taft meets with Secretary Nagel and allies to discuss procedures as Congress considers bills to prevent a repetition of the White Star Line calamity. Senators Smith Motawa and others push resolutions and ship safety treaties, aiming to set lifesaving equipment standards and international oversight.
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White Star
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Congress eyes life saving plan after Titanic disaster
Representative Sulzer of New York chairs a foreign relations panel proposing a bill identical to Perkins. It requires one life preserver per person aboard and makes it a felony for captains or senior officers of a corporation to permit a vessel to sail without full equipment. Taft era officials push immediate safety reforms and a possible special message to Congress.
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North Atlantic
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New York
Foreign Relations Comittee
Perkins
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United States
Taft
Catholic Church Dignitaries Meet in U S at University Add to Gibbons Hall
Princes of the Catholic Church Gibbons Farley and OConnell hold landmark first gathering in the United States at a university. They agree to add to Gibbons Hall as part of ongoing church hold in the country.
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Hine Fay
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O'Connell
United States
Gibbons Hall
Cardinals Deplore Titanic Loss in Joint Message
Three American cardinals from the Catholic University trustees meeting sign a joint note to President Taft expressing deep sorrow for the Titanic disaster. They urge lawmakers to enact stricter ocean travel security measures and extend condolence to victims’ families.
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Catholic University of America
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Baltimore
John Card. Farley
New York
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Boaton
Historic cardinal gathering at Catholic University in Brookland
Cardinal Gibbons and Cardinals Farley and O Connell met at the Catholic University of America to attend a trustees board meeting. They sent a Titanic disaster condolence message to President Taft and approved immediate completion of Gibbons Hall, with the east wing nearing $82,000 cost, bringing the total to about $240,000.
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Board Approves Plan to Expand Gibbons Hall and Affiliate Schools
A report led to continuing erection of Gibbons Hall and to steps encouraging affiliation with universities and Catholic high and preparatory schools in America. The plan aims for preparatory schools to ready students for university. Under the adopted plan the university board of trustees will control courses of study at all affiliated institutions.
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Grieve for Isidor Straus in Congress
Former Representative Lafayette Pence eulogizes Isidor Straus of New York who perished in the Titanic disaster. Pence recalls Straus as a merchant prince with tariff knowledge, valued adviser, and a man bound to his wife, noting his brief Fifty-third Congress tenure and close ties to Speaker Clark and key colleagues.
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Virginia
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Taft Urges Flood Aid For Mississippi Valley Sufferers
President Taft appealed to the public to support the Red Cross crisis relief for Mississippi Valley flood victims. Officials cite thousands destitute across towns in Arkansas Louisiana and Mississippi and warn that funds are insufficient for immediate needs including tents rations and shelter. Local reports from Vicksburg Tallulah and nearby areas describe worsening conditions with refugees many of them African American, needing urgent aid and relocation to higher ground.
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Calls for Searchlights in London Over Titanic Sinking
London voices alarm as Titanic disaster shocks public though few realise the liner has sunk. The Times debates the collision cause noting iceberg invisibility at night and urges powerful searchlights on all forward bows to aid future navigation.
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All Women Saved From Titanic Rescue Message
Wireless dispatch received today from Mrs Caroline Bonnell, a Titanic survivor, aboard the Carpathia bound for New York. The message, relayed via the Olympic from Bonnell’s uncle, confirms 171 women saved and notes her contact plan with relatives during the voyage.
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Olympic
Third Cabin Passenger List Names of the Survivors
A Titanic third class list gives the last embarkation at Queenstown of 100 Irish emigrants and other survivors. The document names many passengers embarked at Queenstown Southampton and Cherbourg with numerous spellings and families, reflecting the vast loss and mixed origins among steerage travelers.
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Katherine Buckley
Barry
Janes Moran
Bridget Gullivan
Joseph Foldy
James Kelly
Nora Leary
Daniel Budkrey
Margaret Devanney
Tillis Dwylor
Mary Borgy
Ellen Shine
Michael Linehan
Katie Gilnagh
Katy Mullin
James Beanson
Michael McElroy
Della McDermott
Katy Pat Henry Hart
David Chartens
Thomas Conlin
Julius Smyth
Frank Dewah
Mary Burke
J Bert Donoghue
Pat Carnavan
Nora Hemming
Jeremiah Burke
Nora Higerty
Wiliam Folay
Hannah Naughton
Patrick O'Connor
Agnes Rhee
John Flynn
Patrick Shaughneasey
Nora Healy
Thomas O'Brien
Hannah O'Brien
Bridget O'Neill
Kate Haggerdon
John Meehan
Katherine McGowan
Annie Kelly
Annie Jenymin
Andy Kerane
Patrick Lake
Maggie Madigan
Bridget McCoy
John Kiernan
Thomas McCormick
Philip Kiernan
Mary Murphy
Kate Murphy
James Farrell
Ellen Car
Jenny I
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Robert Nemagh
John Kennedy
Della Henery
Pat Connors
Southampton
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William Alexander
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William Allen
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Lewla Braund
Owen Bray
Emily Badman
David Bowen
W. Bivan
David Batton
William Brockelle
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Lee B. Ernest Cann
Ernest Cresae
Gursi Cohett
Winnie Coutts
Robert Gui
John Garfirth
Leaise Gillinski
Abrah Hyman
Alice Harknett
May Hows
Abraham Harner
Hoe Ling
Johnston
Jamily
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Arthur Keefe
James Kelley
Joan Lovell
William Lobb
Corde Lobb
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Leonard Joseph Pedruzzi
John Perkin
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Names of Passengers and Crew on Carpathian Voyage Report
A fragmentary list of passengers and crew names appears in a damaged rail client story about the Carpathians voyage. The text mentions Lore, steerage passengers, the scout cruiser Chester relaying messages to the Salem, and transmission issues due to wireless interference near Newport.
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Joblom Beierici
Rose Sibelrome
Agnes Sibelrome
Amy Stanley Johan Sumdian
Falia Smythe
Axel Shine
Florence Kesorny
Croft Hedvig Hedvig Turkula
William Turgest Vartauon
Ellen Wicks
Silvie Yesburg
Hanna Yousef George Yousef
Marian Yousef
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Philip Senn
Nicola Eliase
Nicola Gane
August Abrahamson
Bednora Aloun
Marianna Assim Carlo Nelson Canderson Osplunnd
John Charles Rosa Abbott
Edna Anderson
Selma Astlund Felix Astlund Tallian Astt Aklesep Abelseph Leak
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Arpathig
Mayors Urge Stronger Law for Passenger Steamers
Eight New York state executives call on President Taft to urge Congress to pass a law requiring passenger steamers to be equipped with lifeboats or rafts adequate to receive all aboard. William F Capes, secretary of the state mayors’ conference, announced the plan after securing authority from 38 mayors to attach their names to the appeal.
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Congress
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Titanic Sinking Told With Bursting Boilers Supposedly
London April 1 A dramatic account describes boilers bursting as the Titanic sank. Passengers scramble on deck then fall overboard while crew aim for the bridge. The vessel tilts forward and vanishes in about thirteen minutes amid a whirlpool and deep ocean water.
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