Lords Probe Delays War Inquiry on Titania Master Fort Starhope
Lords Question Washington senate inquiry on the Titan incident and the role of mercantile marine in war risk. Lord Stanhope argues evidence at Washington is more reliable than later sensational claims and urges careful handling to avoid international friction.
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Mercantile Marine
House of Lords
Washington
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Starhope
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Vilene
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Mor Bay
Marconi Testimony On Wireless Operators And Titanic Reports
In a hearing, Marconi denies ordering reports or suppressing details of the Titanic disaster. He explains operators could receive money for stories, cites past Republic case, and notes British law penalizes unauthorised disclosures. He confirms no directives to sell but acknowledges allowed payments.
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Carpathia
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Strand Hotel
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INVENTOR OF WIRELESS ON WITNESS STAND AT TAYLOR HEARINGS
Witness described Marconi controls over Titanic and Carpathia communications, press access limits, and arrangements to secure news. Cottam testified on distress messages, coordination with other ships, and rivalries among operators while detailing lifeboat actions and the voyage’s radio duties.
Congress weighs ships and speed regulation in Senate talks
The Senate debates bills to regulate ship equipment and train schedules sparked by the Titanic disaster. Senators push for two wireless operators per vessel and tighter speed limits to protect travelers, while the State Department backs safeguarding passengers at sea as Germany proposes an international conference.
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Minnesota
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Shively
Kern
Indiana
H. H. Miller
Miller
Qme
Redhoad
Congress
State Department
Ita
Germany
Two Butts in Crew Taft to Aid Identification
Boston April reports: Maj Archibald Butt and Lt. William Butt among Titanic victims identified by Mackay Bennett. Taft telegram directs Maj Blanton Winship to Halifax to inspect bodies. officials seek Maj Butt amid 206 recovered, 43 identified.
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Mackay- Bennett
Boston
Taft
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Washington
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Blanton Winship
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Nova Scotia
Mackay-Bennett
Archibald W Butt
Stimson
Maj. Winship
Maj Butt
Lehn Palmer
New York
White Star Line
Itt
Butt
Col Archibald Gracie Returns Home From Titanic Wreck
Col Archibald Gracie arrived in Washington with Mrs Gracie and their daughter Miss Edith Gracie after being rescued from the Titanic wreck. Friends visited at 1527 Sixteenth Street Northwest to congratulate him on his escape as he prepared to testify before a Senate investigating committee. Also noted are survivors Mrs William Beard Silvey of Duluth and her mother-in-law, and William Beard Silvey Jr who went down with the ship.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Smith
Committee On Commerce
Newlands
P A . Franklin
White Star Line
Bruce Ismay
International Mercantile Marine
Senator Burton
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John Hardy
William Ward
Joseph Widgery
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Washington
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Sixteenth Street
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Duluth
Minn
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Wilmington
Windowed Bride's Tribute Plans Titanic Memorial Service
Mrs L P Smith widow of Lucien Smith who perished on the Titanic plans a memorial service at the First Christian Church Huntington West Virginia in April. If Lucien's body is found a costly mausoleum will be erected for his remains.
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Huntington
W Va
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Congressman Hughes
First Christian Church
Lucien Smith
British Bark Erne Sunk in Furious Gale
The British sailing vessel Gael reports witnessing the sinking of the bark Erne after leaving New York. All crew perished, including Captain Fickett and his wife. Gael could not assist due to the gale. three of its sailors were washed overboard and died.
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Gael
New York
Fickett
Licensed to Marry in Richmond Amid Curious Pairings
A fragmented wedding notice lists multiple unions with clerical names and ages, referencing Robert Brenton Tavin and bia Virginie Outter, the Rev P J Q Connor and Eva Ho Gilbert of Richmond, and several other couples. The garbled text names judges and ministers, including Judge C B Bundy and Rev Samuel H Woodrow, with scattered ages and locations, all tied to marriages in a Richmond area context.
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Bia Virginie Outter
P J Q Connor Alfred Comth
Eva Ho Glibert
Richmond
MM Gray Tanler
Holle M Whatley
Judge C_B
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John van Bchalck Jr Baward
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Richmenda
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Titanicl ship's masts sighted by Mount Temple survivors
Dr Quitg ra u testifies before Senate inquiry in Toronto on April 2 about aboard the Mount Temple near the Titanic disaster. He recalls hearing the Titanic struck and distress signals, noting Carpathia sighting and no wreckage. Witnesses describe Captain Moore altering course for ice fields and claim to have seen the Titanic’s masts.
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