dhe Daily British Whig EAR 79 30, 93 FRST OFFICER WILDE SHOT H AFTER TITANIC ~ : KINGSTON, IMSELF STRUCK ICEBERG Capt. Sith Took. Charge After the Crash---H Jumped Into the Sea as the - Titanic Babies Thrown ™ Lifeboats by Frantic Mothers---The Tragedy Followed an Evening of Pind Mal "fomen were Lowered Into the Lifeboats Evening Garments---The Carpathia ed to the Scene by * Survivors' ries. New York, April Dm ligsmite nesses say that First Officer Wilde, | who was on the bridge when the Titanic struck, shot himself dead when the consequences of his posi- than bw st apon him. KE. G. Smith took charge ernsh come and directed He was on the bridge | when the water rose to his feet, and off and Captain the ations. when oper he jumped was not seen since, Seven throws info by [frantic mothers, who went down with the ship. They were tenderly caged for by svrvivors, Lut their names will never be ¥nown. They 'are now in infants' hemes in New York, habies were liteboats New York, April 19.--~With the final realization that his splendid eraft was ( ordered the His orders were doomed lifehouts aptain Smith lowered, obeyed with alacrity and the women were lowered. The life- rocked and swayed by the wind aod rolling of the big' boat and and children bouts were reat difficulty was experienced on get. ting the women aboard without mis- hap Thore was a gathering in the grand saton on Sanday wight attended { b men and women of the first cabin in It was a gala night | on boul the great liner, evening clothes. Many of the women were lowered in to the lifeboats in their evening gowns which afforded but from the chill winds and water, scant protection the cries of the dis: the Carpathia cau- tiously made her way through the dan- porous picking up boatload alter boatload of frenzied women and children. Many of the women were rendered tegaporarily insane by their, harrowing Guided only by trossed survivors, ice fields, experience. At the time of the tragedy the Tita- whe proceeding 2 knots. There was a thin, low-hanging haze which added greatly to the danger, : . The iceberg was not sighted until the Titanio was dead upon it. The first signalled for the engines to stop, but it was too late. Bow on, the queen of the seas sped to her fate. The Titanic buckled up. Passengers who had retired were! from her berths by the terrific were nie at officer flung foroe of the impact and several killed. Windows were shattered ornaments were ripped from the walls. The of the torrents of water could he plainly heard. Suddenly the fights went out as the water flooded the dynamo room ahd the sinking ship plunged into darkness, Capt. Smith was the first officer who realized the peril, but he did not be lieve that his boat, which he had ex- pected to pilot to glory on this, her ey trip, was in danger of going down. As» precautionary measure, bow ever, he instructed the wireless opera: tor to send out the "3.0.8." call, the international signal of distzess (on the sta, so that sid would be on band if it came to the worst. This was before the power failed, and the (mvifying signal wasssent into the and rush night asking for assistance. The op- 4; erator had barely clicked his instru- minis for the final letiem of his mess: age when the water flooded the dyoa- moroem. He wirned to his wireless partis, which was weikened, and al were sent ont, whieh would in fifty vears. An is a fiction of the ticket sellers. Will Care for Immigrants. New Yorl, April 19. --Commnlssioner of immigration Williams taking care of the mmigramts among the survivors. The commissioners, as: sisted by a corps of men from the im- mignation station at Ellis island, was on the dock when the Carpathia reached her pier, and as rapidly as possit le the immicrants were "aud mitted, apd those who were unable to take care of themselves or had friends to do so, were provided for some cf the immigrants will be help. less charges on the government, as they, like all others, the ill-fated ship, must have lost everything they had. Announcement was made the sees exchange that a Committee wauid gather contributions for a tund Lift aid of the survivors of the Titanic disaster. j expense of the apparatus, the used only onee j unsinkabfe ship, i trans Atlantic : | Sank. i ---- 1% no id. of the Disaster onl Oks The cold overcame them and they per- ished while the Carpathia nad a num- ber of other liners were rushing to their aid. No attempt was made to recover the bodies, Fifty Millions Insurance, New York, April 19.---While the ma rine insurance companies have suiler ed a heavy loss by the sinking of the Titanic, authorities in this city say there is still a more considerable loss that has not yet been taken into ac count, and which will wndoubtedly ex ceed that of the marine companies This is in life insurance. It is practi cally impossible 10 hazard a guess as to the amount involved, bu# the death 1 of so many men, high in the financial world, will aflect the life insurance companies to a greater extent than any disaster that has happened in years. One man, 'prominent in the life insurance world, savs he will be sur- prised if the life insurance companies are not ealled upon assume the payment at once of policies aggrega. ting at least $50,000,000, Purser Has Guardian Angel. * New York, April 19.--Tt is interssi- ing to learn that Geoffrey P. Rogers, SEPP LBEIIS Se PEEPLILRPE PLS THE WHIG'S EXTRA, The Whig's eight extra, giving the latest 1i1 ings from the wrecked Ti- tanic found rapid sale. as the appalling disaster is upon every mind. The Whig ob- tained its authentic atorv from the morning papers of Toronto, having it telegrih- ed here at an early hour. Everybody was interested in the late C. M. Hays. of the Grand Trunk, and his fare- well words showed him opti- mistic and brave to the final plunge. The Whig's extra was well received and i's enterprise commended. The regular issue :s full the details of the disaster. + Sesssrrstsans Teed Ib bbb Pt at present purser of the White Star liner Lauremtic, was not occupying wn similar position on the Titanic, He had been appointed as joint purser pwith Ma. McElroy of the ill-inted ship, but at the last moment this was ean celled and he remains as purser of the Lautentic, and Mr. Barker, late of th Majestic, was ordered to the Titanic A strange coincidence is that My Barker relieved Mr. Rogers when the latter leit the Pepublic. Mr. Barker's life was spared when the disaster oy ertook the Republic. but only to lose it while employed on the Titanic o'clock to ---- More Lifeboats for Liners. Ottawa, April 19.--At the next ses- sion of parliament the question of the neoessily of seagoing vessels being supplied with a sufficient number of boats to earcy all passengers 'will en gage the attention of the marine com- mittee of the House of Commons, Leg- islation will probably be formed for introdu®tion at the next sossion of parliament which will make the pres. vision 'will also he made for the ex tension of she wircless telegraph sys. tem along the Pacific const and steps will be: taken {o the end that all ves- sels will he equipped with wireless ap- paratus. Fhe dominion government also prppose to join in the interma- tional patrol of Atlantic waters for tha purpose 'of advising ships of the presence of iceberg 2 ol PEPPRPEPPL PPE E Tree PEEP P PLP E IPR P Sree La * Parisian's Operator Halifax, April 19 Because the steamer Larisan, of the Allan line, carried only one wireless operator, and he was off duty when the Titanie struck an iceberg, that vessel, which was less than 100 miles from the wreck, did mot receive the appeal of the Titani¢'s wireless for aid. HU she had, it now seems certain that most of the Titanic's company would have been rescued, but it was not un: til some hours after the Titanic had sunk that Donald Sutherland, the wireless operator on the Parisian, had news from the Olympic and from the Carpathia, Sutherland was at his post all Sun- day, trying to get assistance for the tank steamer Dentchland, which was disabled. le reported the ice-field in which the Titanic later foundered to several vessels that were spoken. Finally, at nine o'clock, he was or dered to bed by Capt. Hains, and the Parisian's wireless was not in com- mission when the great need came. Slap. Absurd Atlantic Competition. Paris, April 19.--~French circles think that the lesson learned from the disaster to the Titani should 'be the necessity for an into national agreement to put a stop to the absurd competition for speed be tween . Europe and New York which leads the commanders of trans-Atlan tic steamers uncomsciously tg take chances that prudence would forbid. There is also a conviction among shipping men that the speed of steam ers should be reduced offi Newiound land, SAID IT WAS TO HAVE BEEN HIS LAST VOYAGE Titanic's Commander Was to Have Been Pensioned When Ship Reached New York. New York, April 19.--The Brooklyn Eagle says: So From an absalutely authoritative shippin v -- Fund Grows in Londen. London, April 19.--~The king has sent a donation of $2,625 to the Man sion Hotise Titanic relief fund. The source this morning it was learne! yueen has donated $1,310 and the that Captain Smith, of the Tita lv, Queen Mother Alexandra SLO to the was making lis last drip as a com same fund. mander of any of the White Star Oscar Hammerstein has profiered, shi;s. His forty-odd years' exper and the lord mayor has nceepted, the jence had made him lamous among use of his opera house for an enter- ghin masters, and vet in the last few taimment in aid of the fund. The Ship- onths his cup of hepitness had been ping Federation has donated $10,500, beofutely drained. to the mayor of Southampton' & fund. | This mcreing it was said by a ship Some public institutions are offering ping man who is connected with the to take care of the orphaned children White Star line that Captain Smith of the evew. Large firms are eontri- pus to be retired when he brought the buting Bberally to the various Titanic mm, that he would have beso funds, while Covent Garden and thor efired after the Olvmpic and Hawke lead'ng theatres are preparing special oolliion except that the company performances Lo aid in (he relief work, the moral effect of. such a move, Contributions to the relief fund in- that he was given the Titanic in clude the following : Morgun Grenfell to rehabiltate himself and to & Co. $10,000; Edward Grenfell, $2, pny the public mind as to the White 500; Baring Bros, $2,500; Mrs. McKay Sear captains. + "The company has deeded to retira : Mrs. Alfred Vanderbilt, : all of its captains at the age of lity five," said this man. "This is very young a man whom it take: years to gain the coveted honor of yw are deprived of $100 a their salary, and this ow "dgar, $1,000. Noted lack of Equipment. London. 19. Frederick Bus combe, ex-mavor of Vaneouver, with his family, crossed the A! messages Tut they were incapable of Ear oi | greater distance than A Tundred The frst "3.0.8." up ny the Carpathia, ---- once for the scenes of disaster. Titanic had dawn ached si hil iit; Ea 251 $i k on the last eastward voyage of stitu insurance for. their reir pie writes : "It appeared to me ing days. Usptain Swith's long ser al that the of lifeboats was alles joe and age wers, in fact, the mov. ng spirit in the new rule made. He was allowed to bring the Titanic here oly on sufferavce, snd thea only be- have cavse of his faithful and splendid service prior to the Olympic incident. Another captain would have taken back the Titanic, and #1 shipping men bis. » Maple Syrup. ONTARIO, FRIDAY, BELIEVE | MINE FIRE 18 OUT. | | Blaze Has Raged 'n Bear Valley Col- { Hery for Two Years. | Sh mokin, Pa. April 19. {which has raged 4a the west level woraings of the Philadelp) Reading Coal & Iron company's Bear Hey colliery was thought to heen ¢omguered, Putting the for a time night in liees®in A five were engaged day fighting it. The working the west water level were ¢ thetaally sealed and two big dams of | woler were constructed deep under- ground for vse 4a fighting the Hames and SPLINTER is BELIEVED T0 HAYE CAUSED TETANUS : Slight Wound on Nosc-- Kad Neglected It. Wilmington, Del., April 19, Muzzeni forty-five years, the Delaware hospital suffering from tetanus as a result of a small splin ter of wood, which struck him on the nose while he chopping . wood in | vard about attention aged is was a week paid his back No ALO, as to the to pain him, and pronounced fully developed. He the, hospital, but there hope far his recov ery. i Dr. Charles H. Parkhurst Pastor of the Madcon Squire Presb) terian church, New York and for near- ly 60 years a leader in eclvic reform movements in New York He was years old on ednasdey RABIES CAl D DEATH. -------------- He Was Bitten by Dog. Scranton, Pa., April 19. --After * sui- fering violent paroxysms for four days Wilham Nearing, twenty-one years old, ded here yesterday from what the doctors prounced hydrvophobia. Sear- half ago, and the symptoms of hydro- phobia showed themselves Wednesday night of last week when he was taken ill at a dance, the party and a few hours later was found moaning and unconscious by his mother. He never regained conscious- ness, Searing was. attacked by a dog on the street and bitten on the arm sigh- teen months ago, and it is believed that saliva from the animal got into the wound and laid the seed of infec: tion. During his illness the young man continually bared his teeth, frothed at the mouth and showed oth- er symptoms of hydrophobm. LATE WILLIAM T. STEAD REMAINED PERFECTLY CALM Said He Would Turn in and Never Appeared on Deck New York, April 19 William T. Stead, the noted English journalist, Titanic struck the jccherg, expressin: the opinion that u few were "'unncces- sarily alarmed." think I will turn in," he said, and he never on it is believed he went to bed and pass pod with thg vessel into the spirit world 'of which he was so fond of writing. The Very Newest Shades. In soft hats af Camphell Bros', The combre task of investigating Titanic is begun by committee. e among the firs the | The J. APRIL have! i ; : i irg a large force of men | Delaware Man Dying as Resuit lt Anthony | ing was bitten by a dog a vear and a He hurried home from | calmly sauntered on the deck after the | 19, water | & 19i2, STORY OF QUARTERMASTER WHO SAW THE TRAGEDY Noted ( le ry man Could Not Owing to Wife's fliness. New Y thants i i was Stag | Portman regal ch: was not deen, Helden, ars, April "ing were eyrned 19. offered that ihe lev. viear of St r west, London. the karl of board the Prayers here w= Square aplawn A ita to an JOHN STUART HOLDEN SAFE, Sail ol hes Joh aud ber nie Though the name appeared on the list {of passengers Mr. Holden cancelled jis passage, owing to the sudden 12 ness of the {land, {shart [cities n ii The Rev, He was coming here mi slon services wife. John Stuart Holden is noted clirgvmen ot Kk I kis st to in Northfield der the or no hold a number of extension {movement and was to have visited thi NMocdy ttdip. {number H fund Relig twas to hue [to, Ihil wl lc cony has age, Star lows BRAD ERA DDD ed =i fers with lade | are oh then with Y¢ | bd ' AC widow of Captain Smith terday "rr e was also of addresses won to under the Forward Mo Lament visited Chicago, wdelolfia and other cities. ER ---- DOW'S SAD MESSAGE. April mdon, 19.--The the the Titanie, written a pathetic mess- which was posted yes- outside the White offices. It reads as fol- mander of 0 my poor fellow My heart grief for n with weighed suler- overflows vou all, and is sorrow that you aown with this terrible 'burden that has heen SL upon us. May God be us and comfort us all. irs in deep sympathy, "ELEANOR SMITH. ---------- SAIN. WITHOUT BAIL. schocl at Northfield during hi have mq ude Me: nu Toron Ab pbb err PEEP E PIP bbe Sr PPS RPL rss Naan ay Ie No Report Yet as to Analysis of Re. Toronte J. H spectively wottnd until yest onday when it began Ophthalmology, A physician was called | appeared again in the police court ves the case as lockjaw, { terday, on the remanded eharge of for was hurr ied to |gery and conspiring to defraud the es in fot. much [late of the late John Revell... have 'We arvey, Revell's Stomach, April 19.--J. G. dean and president, the Empire College ), of had no report from Evans and re of 308 Queen street west, th {pros incial analyst regarding the con {tents of the stomach submitted for an alysis," Hey, In {Ol a wee again torney ra re said Mr, asking Corley, crown att for a further k. The question of bail « ised, but this the crown fused to entertain "TWO OF THE LIFEBOATS or remand Va at SANK WITH THEIR LOADS Not In Good Shape, Says Swivel Who Criticizes The Titanic's Life- New tholes in {could learn good shape," Newmark, | fered dreg to water, which ca wi Tol { "aw {tondad w | aan teondition Man Dies a Year and a Half After| "1 have clear recollection that whe only iwe were nected w Cuite have leit davs. who hav Pembrok Miss Sask. ; Fdith Mary Mi MacLenn | Irwin, Bender, Sask ; Sask.; Sask; R { Imperial, J. E. tino, Sask. members a number of NM. A, Trascotth, Kaddleston, Lethbridge; R. cine Hat; "stella Kate irace Mchay, Swilt favingston, Mehay, Saskatoon; ton, Findlater, Stornaway, Dana. Sask; Ras Saving Resources York, Aprik 19~"There w the lifchoats amd from wha none of them were sid Henry Stengel of Newark, N.J. wdfully. There was no fo light aboard the tried us to the Carpathia th my own eyes two ith passengers, go down attribute this to the of the boats. no I putting off the Titanic ith the. Titanic's life-sav resources." LEFT FOR THE WEST, Left the City. Queen's stude for the west the past e left . via the Kingston railway and the C.I'.R. : B. MacLachlan, Minnes, Regina, Foreman, Nokomis, Har, Stratheona, Alla. Sask; J. Sask. Joseph Ww an, Lang, R. L. Carefoot, M. Erwin, Gull Moreland, F. Ettinger, Sask; Moose; ere tl mn "We suf onl boat ! boats piel the {band was playing aboard the big ship "I have no praise for anything con my | Quite a Number of Student: Have nig few The following is a hist of those & Milestone, Sask; Sask.; Edith H. A W. McMullen, Madi- Lake, Springside, aw, J. Devlin, Saskatoon, Sask. Current; L. Sask. Jd, Bask.: G. Sask.: F. Db. Florence Warren, K F. Joseph Cramer's Appeal. Joseph Uramer, one of the leading cheese of the Fronteanc Db. Saskatoon; Helen Dawson, ('. Maclean, Calgary; Hous- A. Henry, V'Connor, ins: O'Comnor, Davidson, G. E. Wilson, Kinstine, Sask. (board, and known as "the cheese king {of Frontenac county," has appealod (to the members of the board to put rod | the very that the fund, Haare y fous "Je and further, that stand out independent of all 0 * turn hest quality of cheese, highest in the carrying on of King of $2 Hats. av oo Wi 4 Co deck again. forth every effort possible to make this season just entered upon the most successful in the board's history. He has urged the ont 0 prices may be real the hoard other its Out For Icebergs. LIFEBELTS SERVED TO AND PASSENGERS. (REW Smith's Orders After the Crash ~Engineer's Hand Was on the Lever to Stop the Engines When the Crash Came. . New York, Hitch- ms, one of the surviving quartermas ters of the Titanic, who was on duty at the wheel when the ship struck the teeberg, save for another officer whose lips are saw Sunday night's ragedy at closer range than any oth + man living. He said Second Otheer Lightoller, vas rel eved by Murdock, gave ders to look out for icebergs. | took he wheel at ten o'clock. At 11.40 the ignal that there was something ahead as sounded, At the same time one the men in the nest telephoned to he bridge that there was a large ice erg right ahedd. As Murdock's hand Wax on the lever to stop the engines the crash came. le stopped the en- mes immediately, and by another Lrvel cigsed the water-tight doors Fhe skipper from the chart- oom on the bridge, and his first words vere ' "Close the emergency "They already Murdock "Send for the carpenter and tell him o soutd the ship," was the skipper's ext The April 19. -- Robert scaled, siret came doors!' ure closed," said orde message enter: never robably the se his life Fhe ship was the ear He was ship to but to report man in the was set, came first then rapidly. settling orward. All the in sirens were olowing. By the skipper' s orders the ngimes were put to work pumping wt the ship. All hands were ordered n deck and lifebelts were served to he ciew and passenger. Stew: rds and other hands helped the sail ws in getting the boats out. The order Women and children wat," was given, snd enforced, There ax no pavie. | was at the wheel un- il 12.45 o'clock, when | was told to ake charge of a certain boat and oad it with ladies. There were thir vino ladies, a sailor and myself in hat boat boat, so far as 1 saw, was full when lowered, and every oat that set out reached the Cyr sathia. Our boat was #00 away hen the ship went down Montrealers Arvive Home April 19. The special train York, bearing the widow of Hays, late president he Grand Trunk railway system, and wyeral other Montrealers saved from he wreck of the Titanic, together with their friends and relatives, who had gone to New York, arrived in Mont real at 9.50 o'clock ths morning stnet secrecy had been preserved he officials the Grand Trunk rarding the of the time the urival of train, with the result hat but a jew the gen- ral public on hand to see the return of the Montreal of the great marine disaster Carriages survivors and respect ive heavily veiled, every Every vards Montreal, rom New harles M ol by of fact the was re ol there of SUrVivors wery the to thei Haves was but it was noticeabls hat she walked with little or no sign of fatigue, and disvlased few out ward evidences of emotion, Maj. Peuchen Charles M. was going those upon breakdown. HEARTILY WELCOME EXHAUSTITE ENQUIRY Staiement By J. R Bruce Ismay, Mznaging Director of The White Star Line. New York. April 19.--J. Bruce Ismay said regarding the collision that the Titanio hit the iceberg a glancing blow and that she slid off and that in bis opinion and in the opinion of fXpar ts she tore a big part of her keel, Ile them wont on to state as follows: "In the presence and under the shad- ow of a catastophe so overwhelming my feelings are too deep for expres sion in words. [I have onlv to say that the White Star line, its officers and emplo; will do everything pos sible to allevinte the suffering and sor- rows of the survivors and the relatives and friends of those who have perish waiting to bear their homes Mrs relatives says he observe Hays upon the deck. Ile about quelling the fears of the verge of a hysterical Strict Orders Given to Look § THERE WAS NO PANIC before he LAST EDITION . " - ee | WEATHER PROBARILITIES Tovonta, On Auril I%h, 14 am Ottawa Valley and Upper St, Lawrence St ror nord winds, clearing ITEMS OF INTEREST for the « women of an econop cal turn of mind. 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Under these tir cumstances | must respeciiully defer 'making a further siatement at this i time" (Fred W been appointed to investigate the | com 12 plete and exhaustive inquiry and aus } assistance that I or mv associates or | NSC 2 . * the position of bishop of | 8 Sale children's Patent § i Ottaw Out, April 19.-C + te, | roller of the North West ted Police, who ibeem in poor health recently, has igiven an additional two months of absence. Ii is altogether I am informed that.» ithat at the expiration of that he will be swperannuated. ------------------ The Intest in stiff hats, $1.75 wt 50, at Roney & (o's. All the Intent music. Dutton's, By . majority of forty-five, Heber Jf. Vamilion. was elected by § in session in tts ; of sirap oigf 4. Ceawlord, Oiiskin coats, hats, Aig Roney & Co's, Dutton's. 0 Je woyop