THE PAPER THAT BOOSTS KEO­ KUK ALL THE TIME. THE WEATHER Subscribers of Th« Dally Gate City Fair. Cooler. Local temp—7 are Served the full Leaeed Wire ser­ p. m. 67; 7 a. m. 49. vice of the United Press Associations. ©alt VOL. 114. NO. 91. KEOKUK, IOWA, MONDAY, APRIL 15, 1912 EIGHT PAGES •••••••• •• • • • •••••••••••• • • PASSENGE7/ JN • IS UNSINKABLE •illN LIFE BOATS • DECLARE OWNERS"EARLY •, BULLETINS • BO £ J VESSEL • <e • — $$ — • • Partial List / lose Who Were • • Titanic Would Keep Afloat In • | • J ' >• AFTER THE CRASH • Spite of Accl- • j FROM THE SEA • • ,,asa. • • dents. ' •! • ^ :• • •! • [Unied Press Leased Wire Serv- • • [United Press Leased Wire Serv- • Morning Dispatches and Wireless i • ice.] • "Have Struok an Iceberg; We Are • ioe.] • ID BY WIRELESS • NEW YORK, April 16.—The • Badly Damaged; Rush Aid," Was • NEW YORK. April 16—The • Flutters Regarding the »* • White Star line officials here this • the Message • White Star line officials, after a • Wreck of the • morning gave out the following • • conference lasting more than an • Titanic. Giant Steamship Titanic Struck by Iceberg in • partial list of first class passen- • Received. • hour today, Issued an official • motors had been stopped. It develop­ • statement In which they stated • I ed, however, that there were reserve • gers who were booked to sail • v>^-. * r:-:h • from Southampton, Cherbourg • • that the great liner was unslnk- • I Midocean and Reported Sinking With motors and storage 'batteries for the • and Queenstown on the Titanic • • able and that there was no rea- • wireless and when this became known 2200 on Board. • as follows: • • son to believe that she either • REVENUE CUTTERS HELP some of the apprehension was reliev­ OUT IN HID OCEAN • had or could founder. They de- • ed. • Mrs. N. Aubert, Harry Ander- • • son, Miss Cornelia Andrews, Miss • • dared the Interruption to the • Finally, at 8:30, a brief wireless • Elizabeth Waiton, Mr. and Mrs. • • wireless was not significant of • stating that the Titanic was still afloat • R. L. Beckwith, Mrs. James Bax- • • danger. The statement reads: • and proceeding slowly under her own Women and Children Were Placed Uncle Sam's Ships Could Offer No • ter, Mr. Qulgg Baxter, Miss Elsie • • "While we are not in direct • 1 steam, was picked up. Then came • Bowerman, Mrs. W. Bucknell, • In Life Boats Ready to be • communication with the Titanic, • Aid as None of Them Were ILL WERE SAVED FROM WATERY GRAVE word that the Cunard liner Carpathia, • we are perfectly satisfied that the • • Mr. and Mts. D. H. Blschop, T. • In the Vicin­ the Allan's liner Parisian and Vir­ Lowered Into the • Beattie, A. H. Barkworth, Henry • • ship ls unsinkable. That no more • ity. ginian, were "standing by" and that • Blank, A. O. Beardmore, Miss • 8ea. • wireless messages are coming • the Baltic was oomlng up fast. • Caroline Bonnell, B. P. Calder- • • from the ship 1b not a sign of • Appeal for Aid Brought Other Vessels to the -r;::.1' i • head, Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Cly- • • danger and may be due to atmos- • Passengers Saved. • more, Charles T. Crane, Mr. and • • pheric conditions or something • Rescue and Passengers Were Another brief and fragmentary wire • Mrs. W. M. Clark, Mr. and Mrs. • MONTROAL, April 15.—At 8:30 the • like that. • [United Press Leased Wire Service.] less followed, telling that the trans­ • T. W. Cavendish, E. P. Calley, • Titanic was still afloat, her engines i • "The ship ls reported to have • WASHINGTON, Aiprll 15.—Follow­ Transferred. shipment of the Titanlc's passengers • Mrs. L. Chiball, Howard B. Case, • were working and at that hour she • gone down several feet by the • ing an Interchange of wireless mes­ had been begun. The first boat loads • Dr. George Lymer, Mr. and Mrs. • was crawling slowly in the general • head. This may be due to water • sages with revenue cutters of the New were rowed to the Carpathia. The • Walter McClark, George Quincy • direction of Halifax and toward the • filling the forward compartment • England coast, the service headquar­ boats of the Titanic are the very latest • Clifford, Mr. and Mrs. E. Carter, • Virginian, which is en route to her. • and the ship may go down many • ters here today announced that lt United Presg Leased Wire Service.]| Only meagre advices regarding the in the life boat line, wide and non- • Miss Lucile Carter, Wm. Carter, • • feet by the head and still keep • would not send aid to the disabled CANSO, N. S., April 16.—The White wreck have been received here by the The Titanic reported that the wo­ sinkable. They are capable of ac­ • Mrs. F. C. Douglas, Mrs. B. De- • men and children had been put in the • afloat for an indefinite period. • liner Titanic. Star liner Titanic, having transferred wireless and these fail to clear up commodating SO passengers in addition • villiers, Mr, and Mrs. Washing- • • "We cannot state too strongly • "The only revenue cutters now any­ her passengers to the Parisian and how the accident took place, or wheth­ life boats and that they were ready to the crew. However, there was no • ton Dodge, Miss B. M. Eustis, • to be lowered at a moment's notice. • our belief that the ship ls nnslnk- • where near the Titanic are at leflst Carpathia, was, at 2 o'clock this after­ er there was a panic among the pas­ necessity of overcrowding and only • J. I. Flinn, Miss Marguerite Frol- • • able and the passengers perfectly • three days run from the disabled sengers. That Captain Smith, admir­ This will not be done, however, until noon, being towed to Halifax, by the thirty-five passengers were loaded in­•ichers, Mrs. Goldenberg, Herbert • j tian that the disabled liner Is safe. •! liner," an official said. "Manifestly Virginian of the Allan line. al of the White .Star's fleet and in lt ls cer to each of the "boats. • H. Billiard, Mr. and Mrs. H. • I acMally asking. • "We figure that the ship is 1,- • lt would be too late to do any good." The Virginian passed a line to the command of this latest ocean crea­ The work of transfer, dangerous at • Sleeper, Mrs. John . Hogeboom, • • 080 miles from New York and six • Titanic as soon as the passengers had tion, realized the danger was shown The weather this morning was clear any time, was less hazardous than • Mr. and Mrs. Fred M. Hoyt, Rev. • and calm. The pumps of the Titanic • hundred miles from Halifax. The • No News There. been transferred and the latest word by an appeal for aid. The wireless of usual because there was practically • P. Stewart Holden, W. D. Hog- • • Virginian is due to reach her at • BOSTON, April 15.—General Mana­ revived by wireless was that there the Titanic picked up the Cape Race were being worked to their utmost, no wind and the sea was calm. Many • ford, Mr. and Mrs.' F. R. Kenyon, • lt was stated, and while the forward • ten o'clock, the Olympic at three • ger J. H. Thomas of the White Star -was no doubt that the new White Star station and immediate aid was de­ of the passengers carried their most • Herbert Klablr, Mr. and Mrs. E. • • this afternoon and the Baltic at • offices here made the following ^ xr »r. u i, « „ . T , a i holds Were full of watff. the water liner would reach port. Agents of manded. valuable belongings with them, but • four." • statement to the United Press today: ; the White Star line at Halifax have The Allan liner Virginian was the J r *! tight compartments were holding and there was no attempt, so far as could Miss Gretchen F LongleyMilton •;„ they etAnd the 8traln there iB hope • Throughout the morning the • "We have no news from fihe Titanic. teen ordered to have wreckage, tugB first to bo reached but almost before be made out from the meagre advices • • White Star offices here were be- • h°nSr< htw ^ ' *! that the levlathian will yet make I cannot understand why wireless sent out to aid the Virginian with her she had turned her prow toward the that have reached here, to move hand • Fletcher:her Fellows, J. R. McGough, • ; • selged by friends of passengers • •port. , communication with the Titanic to# Into port - . wounded levlathian, other craft had baggage. • Dr. and Mrs. W. E. Mlnehan, • on theliig liner who^ wanted^ defi- #1 ij i stopped. She is not too far started on the same errand. There ls no doubt of the grave > B 0U d The women and children were the Miss Daisy Mtnehan, J. Conan • . trt . _ . **,_!• nite information., . The telephones" — • Jia4.nnt tn .nonir tr> r»no RaceT unless Unparalleled Case. - Thea^jirta -a cruel waiting time, P flret to leave the, »hfp. They had a,!#.Mlddleto \ ?; TVM. Caffey, T, J. Z (T + kept busy with inquiries. •,! J!Tc0Uition Seven^ If everything *, punctured with brief wireless mes­ HALIFAX, N. S.. April 15.—Held trying time, biit all were safely land • McCarthy, Miss Georgette Alex- • Titanic c * ®. ? ., '• To all the White Star official ex- • werewo„ normalnnrmll she„hn shouldBhnnid haveh spoken afloat only by her water tight com­ sages that caused the utmost alarm. ed on the Carpathia and Parisian. One I • ander Madill, J. E. McGufre. • with the enormous iceberg. At the ^ tended a88Urance8 that the ve8. « smash, however, the water tight # gel wm afJoat an(J thgt ^ ^ # to points along the north coast via ( partments the great White Star liner "Hurry! Hurry!" was the-burden of report Bald that some of the passen-' • Maxwell Normal, A. W. Newell, • compartment doors closed automatic- ^ , . + the Olympic and other vessels long Titanic is slowly crawling toward this every word that came flashing through j ge'r8" Wer0 al80 placed on board the • Misses Alice and Madeline New- • sengerB WGre not n danger ere this." :5.V/ hirbor.