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THE San Francisco CALL for Det&Ili of the Weather See Page 13 r : y^ - > THE CALL LEADS IN vi THEWEA%HER POLITICAL ftllllffi y4 %£§TERDAY ? ffigWf temperature, 64; THEATRICAL lilI Hill + REAL ESTATE 111 \u25a0\u25a0 IflfV SPORTING 111 I IfIf X -rbo/iy? Fair,- /igfc/ COMMERCIAL |1 | I| I winds, SOCIETY Will souf/i changing to moderate west. FINANCIAL "? " \u25a0 THE San Francisco CALL For Det&ili of the Weather See Page 13 y A cxi.?no. 140. SAN FRANCISCO. THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1912. PRICE FHrE CENTS. All Titanic Survivors On Carpathia RESCUE STEAMER TO REACH N. Y. TONIGHT WHITE STAR APRIL 15, 19K2 Millionaires Lost WITHHELD 1,312 Are Missing WRECK Hopes Shattered NEWS Story of the Terrible Disaster and Official of Cunard Line Says Ti» Of the Sacrifices Made By the tank Owners Knew Ship . Victims Anxiously Is Awaited Had Sunk at 10 a. m. Monday REPORT OF DISASTER Plan Made to Take Care of the GIVEN OUT AT 7 P. M. Rescued When They Arrive in Vice President Franklin Denies Gotham After Awful Experience Charge, but Accuser Sticks to His Tale of Delayed Account NEW YORK, April 18.?Beyond even the mystery of how the Titanic met its fate another mystery evolved by the events of the last days forced itself to the front ? \!\Speclat Dispatch. 4o The Call] thsee c last night. Although the rescue ship Carpathia was within the zone of wireless communication for hours during the ?-' IV I officesoffice of thetlie White Star lineline ? IXI ijL*l| Vice *President Franklin was) night and both shore stations and relaying ships were able cl% " much disturbed this afternoon t to- obtain from it long lists of survivors among the steer* *".because of insistent reports that the j age passengers and to send and receive numerous short mes- White agents knew of the sinking! Star sages! from and to private individuals, not a word of matter * of the Titanic many hours before they j descriptive oi the manner in whickthe Titanic received its % allowed the news to become public. , »* or how oh board the doomed liner com- *- In*, the most emphatic terms /Franklin : death blow those declared such reports were unqualified ported themselves in the face of impending death reached* '? end false. * -t the shore. Still the rumors would not down, 4 L, 1 *?\u2666 and Franklin, was' at last informed . that: YORK, April 17.?The roll of.the saved from the Titanic Thomas B. .Stead, an official of the; «, line, several news- j disaster tonight seems complete. jCanard had told paper men the sinking of the Titanic ; NEW Practically every attending circumstance in the trans- ?, was. known- in New York as early as mission of news from the Carpathia goes to show that only 328 lO Monday morning, though c o'clock it of the 610 cabin passengers of the Titanic are safe on the rescue ? was not announced at the White Star; .'' office until 7 o'clock that evening. ship. '? The 282 cabin passengers whose names- have not appeared in Sent for Stead . yesterday by wireless probably must be con- 'v . Franklin asked General Agent Sum-j the lists sent ashore ncr of the Cunard line to send Stead i ceded among the 1,312 believed to be dead. to Franklin's office. There the news- I Thousands of hopeful hearts were turned to despair when the I * paper men confronted Stead, and, with I United States scout cruiser Chester sent a wireless dispatch- late !? pale face and trembling lips, he ad- today that it had been in communication with the Carpathia and | mitted he had told newspaper men the) had asked repeatedly for the full list of the first, and second cabin sinking of the ship was known," but I ? denied he .had said or intimated that j survivors, and that the rescue ship reported that all the names had the White Star officials knew it. - already been sent ashore. * .*'«'\u25a0\u25a0' "A very close friend of mine, whose ! The other 540 persons saved were passengers in the steerage name I can not Teveal, a man of high , or members of the crew. standing in the business world."' said; of days' waiting without their Stead; "told me Tuesday morning that After the strain three news of , ? Monday o at 10 c o'clock he had received missing ones, there were a few of the hopeful who still held out definite word -that the Titanic had sunk I tonight against the seemingly final word as to the fate of friends and several hours before. 4 relatives. Friend Told Him remaining persistently *"I The small hope of the few who refused asked him if he knew the lnfor-' tonight faint '??. iration to be authentic, and he said he to believe the worst rested on'the possibility that the of his standing ] did*'"'Because , and his list of survivors sent by wireless from the Carpathia.might qot, be . affiliations I had another reason to be- BODIES INDEEP SEA FOREVER DOCTOR DODGE complete. ])pvp quite % that he spoke the truth, and bo I DORR ARRESTED Carpathia, approximately told you gentlemen" (pointing to the From the which was 600 miles from reporter*). New York this morning and which is expected, if it keeps up its rate "But I did not may the White Star ACTS LIKE of 13 knots an hour, to reach the entrance of the harbor ? WATER IRON GRIP AMONGRESCUED of progress line knej*., My friend is not connected IN STOCKTON FOR \u25a0with the line.".added Stead hurriedly, at about 8 o'clock tomorrow night, came a new report during the ~\ BALTIMORE, April \u25a0while Franklin, transfixed him with a Md.. 17.?-"The bodies of the victims of the day as to the number of survivors on board. glare. Titanic are at the bottom of the deep, never it," said Prof. 'I wowld. not think of saying to leave ON CARPATHIA Through the Cunarder Franconia, which established "wireless that the White Star Robert W. Wood of chair experimental physics ? Irne deceived the MARSH MURDER the of of Johns Hop- ? with ship, . public." .' '.'; kins university, today. "It is altogether improbable that any bodies communication the rescue came a message which included ever willreturn to the surface as in the case with bodies drowned in San this statement: 4 His Former Story . Francisco Assessor and "I've Come Back to Face the shallow water. 705 survivors , Franklin dismissed Stead, who as- Family Located on the "Carpathia has a total of aboard." sured h>kn as he left he was-ready "to- Music," Says Prisoner to "At the depth of two miles the pressure of the water is something The previous statement from the Carpathia had been that it make a statement of any you like 6,000 pounds to the square inch, kind that I which is far too great to be over- Relief Vessel 868 survivors. It may be that the report received through * desire from me, Franklin." Police Chief come by buoyancy ordinarily given drowned bodies by the gases gen- carried The facts are that Stead, in telling erated in them. the Franconia included a count of rescued passengers only, disregard- his story to several reporters Tuesday, "That the bodies sank to the bottom of the sea there is no question. [Special Dispatch to The Call] ing the 100 or more members of the crew who must have been in to [Special Dispatch lo The. Call] added his admissions to Franklin The Titanic's victims who were not carried down with the boat NSW YORK, April 17.?Nathan Vida- which the Carpathia picked up. by the statement that he "knew" the STOCKTON, April 17.?"I've come followed the boats until the very bottom of the sea was reached. There was no such ver, a brother in law of Dr. Washing- ? "White Star had been given the same the music," William thing Communication was being had with the Carpathia tonight back to face said Dodge information that the' mysterious as their stopping in their downward course a half mile, a mile, or at ton of San Francieco, said to friend A. Dorr, the Stocktonian accused of the through both the scout cruiser and the shore wireless station at had received. When asked where this any other point. The Call representative here late to- George Through the Chester there began coming slowly the friend was. Stead said today he had murder of E. Marsh, the mil- "Great changes necessarily have been wrought in the vessel itself day that Washington Dodge, Mrs. Siasconsett. saved passengers from "gone w«st on a sudden call." lionaire soap manufacturer of Lynn, by the enormous pressure to which it has been subjcted. No was Dodge and their 4 year old son were names of the i= effect cabin of the Titanic. Mass., when taken into custody here at produced on any portion, compartment or room to whose as safe on board the Carpathia. the third inside well sending of these only helped to "While some New York papers re- The 9:20 o'clock tonight by Chief of Police as outside walls the water had access. In such instances the pressure were no ITAFT STILL HAS ported him as among those who were c'onflrm the belief that there i ? J- Briare, Detective Donahue and Pa- from one side neutralized that from the other. names of first and second cabin HOPE FOR BUTT missing, I am glad to notify his friends mbre I \u25a0\u25a0 there was an \u25a0 '. ..\u25a0. :,... .- ? \u25a0?--\u25a0;-\u25a0 -;\u25a0 ....?, :\u25a0 ,\u25a0\u25a0; trolman Gayou. "But wherever airtight or watertight compartment through Dodge safe," passengers to send. And thus there "\u25a0 The Call that is > \u25a0 ; \u25a0\u25a0 -',\u25a0 \u25a0-.
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