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Date 1912-04-20

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pes Nes. aheeeseaaeenal amerous friends and fo ond bogs to vials I be -eartied-o for the company th an assurance of a ch has wiways been icKINNON 235-d-tt SHO ge AS Y RN rN fj Peete so high that. take advan- h, next year, Poesy 2 suggest to- at in buying Seats Goegeatodtertontetocte tees 100.00 1.00 eg Cotiostesteagecgonteageage also from an educational should not miss these OBITUARY thy of many friends will to Mr. and Mrs. H. T. W. the loss sustained througiy one of their twin chil- Kennedy, whose demise Calgary yesterday, The. was taken to a specialist in connection with am eye. L his death wes most un- curring several days after will take place tomorrow at 2.90 o'clock from the ence, Sii Braemar street. ation-of the disaster and 1600 coptes daily..900 clreulated in city 9800 copies Thureday. Advortizers in Daily ge the beneiit of the Weekly country olroulatien no extra oharge. Books open to ad vertin VOL, 2,NO 240 lt;5; Narratives Gathered Piecemeal Pay Unprecedented Tributes to Dead in Their Watery Slowly Are the Naratives of the Terrible and the Beautiful Scenes Witnessed in Those Awful Two Hours Coming Known Approximate Figures Are 1635 With Dead Be- to Light Total Number of Dead Will Never Be yond Recall, the Living Cared For Law Makers and Calamity in Future. New York, April 20. Nearly a week has passed since the Ti history of the world, sank in mid-ocean. Much of her story will fully realize or compre pendous in modern history. 2 The number of dead probably wiil nev: down with the vessel. The number of survivors is fixed-at White Star Line officials believe the death list totals 1,635 Naratives gathered piecemeal from the liner s survi men and women of these modern days, bravery of impulse, stoker and millionaire. age passengers, onsent the churches of the world wi By common hend the significance of the disaster, er be exactly determined inasmuch vors pay tribute, Shipping Companies Are itanic, the gre is still uni 105 by the report of approximately. aptain unstudied, unassuming ill set aside their pulpit tomorrow for the reyerent consider- atest marine achievement in the told, and many days will pass before t which must rank in many respects as the most stu- as the complete passenger without precedent, to the bravery of the and instinctive alike in steer- MEDICINE HAT, ALBERTA, CANADA. SATURDAY. APRIL 20, 1912 Graves Planning. to Avert a Like he world list went rpathia. Rosthern of the As to the needs of the living, York and London already totalling up int Many of the steerage passengers who reached New osity and popularity of America. sellors. The most complete story bers of the Senate Investigation Committee. The committee has already listened to the t Line; Captain Rosthern of the Carpathia; Chas, W. Lighth Witnesses called for today s session includes C. officer; G. Lewe, also in an offici: The committee in its work has the assistance of Ge: vice, and Trueman H. Newberry, who was secretary of far presented emphacises the questioned faith of thi of steaming full speed through the-sea where dange with which the passengers and crew faved the last moment New York, April 20. The living ared for, the dead 0. Even after all that has now been told of the disaster the-death list remains approximate. Last night s totatwas 1495, today the-White Star line issued a statement placing the total at 1633. Exactly how many died will never be known. Tt has been established officially, however, that the Titanic was travelling 21. knots an hour when she struck the iceberg. The Titanie s rate of speed was approximately 20 1-6) Jand miles, was brought out today from .the lips of J. Bruce Ismay, president of the International Mercantile Marine, and: managing director of the-White Star Line,-a witness before the United States committee which is in- estimony of J. Bruce Ismay, second officer of -the Titanic, J. Pittman, third officer of the Titanic; J. G. Roogall, fourth al position on the Titanic, Upler, chief of United States the Navy under Theodore Roosevelt. e Titanie s officers, in her unsinkable character, vous icebergs were known to be and the remarkable calmne s of the sinking ship. fo January 1, crosses Grand Banks in Tmrettts-tate: As-a-matter-of-fact-they ample provision is rapidly being made, relief funds being gatheredin New 0 hundreds -of thousands. York distraugh Clad, fed and housed, they their experience and will start their life in the New World wit t, have already must be given ample time to ith ample funds and likely of the Titanie s fate yet obtained, is being rapidly gathered in New York by the mem- managing older, and fifteen members of the beyond recall, survivors of the Titanic disaster were able ee hE EE bE + sults boca a gguie not Bet se: the fi i i i gether, ere Rot been a single for the first time today to see in a calmer light Monday s wap onvers ro Slee dent apltthe Wieantc. The only tragedy of the, N rth Atlantic and from their normal ut- 7 BREAK RECORD .st tme we were brought together was terances it is slowly unfolding horror upon horror the full ... te wnen we mustered for roll call about story of how the great White Starliner, her-band playing 4- -New-York, April 1. We + - 4 o'ciock on the morning we sailed. to the last, sank off the Grand Banks with more than +: : were crowdingyher to the lim- - Wednesday noon til Sunday, nearly) * 1500-souls aboard. je ity is a statement credited to + +/five days passed, (bijt there was no F i i f+ quartermaster Moody. Every +f boat drill. : From the Countess of Rothschild, now quartered). ounce of steam was crowded + Bulkheads Had no Support luxuriously in a New York Hotel, to the six Chinese coo- .4. ana she was under orders sf) Another story told by members of lies who escaped by hiding under the life boats seats, all -+ from the general officers of .-f the Titanic from which may have i: : i ith food-and-clothing, and the line to make all the speed f+ more bearing in the Investigation, of some immigrants and millionaires are on their way home, she, was canibie Ot ee ae Lees oa ar to England the continent, or distant ports of the United . were tearing along at the rate -f in the coal bunkers of the vessel States. Many, however, of these the hospitals shelter, and 4. ot 21 knots when we struck shortly after she left her dgck at scores still remain in New. York. * the iceberg. The officers - Southampton and which was not ex- Lis' xima wore striving to live up to or- - + tinguished until Saturday afternoon. Death t Appro: te jf ders to smash th record. - + The story as told by a fireman is as + AR ASAT ek tee oe route used by vessels from July 1 to; latitude 45 north, four degrees-farther up the map than the southern or Jong course, in which the Titanic Titanic was sixty miles south of the regular southern course and was ev- en in danger of collision with east- bound steamers, which are entitled to, the Hight of way by the rules of the sea, i New Ronte adds 270 Miles come to realize the-gener- recover from the shock of the advice of worthy coun- director of. the. White Star and others. crew. Steamboat Inspection Ser- The testimony thus recklessness follows: It had been necessary to take coal out of sections 2 and 3 on the star- board side-forward, and when the wa: ter came rushing in after the colli fon with the iceberg, the bulkheads would not hold because they did not have the supporting weight of the +eoal. Somehody reported to the chief engineer that the forward bulkheads had been taken away and the engi- neer replied: My God, we are lost. Engineers Stayed at Pumps The engineers stayed by the pumps and went down with the ship. The firemen and stokers were sent on vestigating the disaster. Nervous, but not in tears, as was Capt-Rosthern-of-4 r jaw ved him on. the stand. : Told Story in Whispers Mr. Ismay told in whispers of his escape from the - sinking liner, From the time he pushed away in a boat with the women until he found himself clad in his paja- mas and.on board the Carpathia, he was not sure in just what boat he left the Titanic, nor was he sure how long he remained on the liner after she struck. He said, however; that before he entered a lifeboat he had been told that there were no more women on the deck and he denied that there had been any censoring messages from the Car- pathia. The new route eastbound provides that steamships shall dip to latitude 38.20 on the first third of their course making the total distance from New York to Fastnet, of 3000 miles, where the distance is now reckoned as 2858 miles. Liners will thus be carried 270 miles below the route heretofore followed. The loss of time on the new route will be about 9 hours for 24 knot boats. Boats of the Olym- pic's class may be 11 or 14 hours longer in crossing, They: will gain, however, in having clear weather most of the time, thus obviating delay tock tire tember tt sank when it was seen that they would inevitably be lost if they stay- ed longer at the work of: trying to Keep fires in the Boilers and the pumps at work. The lights burned to the last because the dynamos were run by oil engines. With the sailing of the majority of the Titanic's crew this morning on the Lapland, some sources of inter- festing information have been closed until the Red Star. liner reaches her destination. Senator Smith believes certain members of the cr w that he has held feof oe oe ole de ble oe ole ie obs oe cde obe deseo Ismay by the senate commission. XDICINE HAT NEWS Bb oe eh ok he Coupon No. 7. APRIL 20, 1912 This: coupon, with one from each of the other issues of The Daily News cf the week end- ing April 19th, and 10 cents, entitles the holder to a photo- gravure reproduction of Ed- ouard Bisson's picture entit- led La Cigale. Coupons and money should. be presented at The Daily News office any time sfter Friday. This pic- ture cannot be sent by mail PEEP AID AT (PEG PEELE fe ole ole obs ole gale ote * Winnipeg, Man., April Waugh yesterday opened a fund in aid of the Titanic subseript- jon for the survivors for the relief of the sufferers and relations of victims of the Titanic disaster. The Winni- peg real estate exchange is opening a fund for it's members, Hugo Ross, Thompson Beattie and Mark Fortune. who perished. 20, Mayor ty hall DAK WN AB JELEGBAPBIC SERVE no PRICE, FIVE, CENTS 100) MORE LABORERS THAN REN CHTY ARE REQUIRED Mayor Has Asked Immigration Department to Turn Some of the New Arrivals this Way Beds Will Be - Provided in Curling Rink. es 1000 more laborers than are at present in the . and this morning he sent word to the that some of the newly arrivals be sent Medicine Hat re city, according to M immigration depart he asking ent We have got to have the laborers or else some of the factories are go- ing to shut down, he said. We are also taking: steps immediately to have the Immigration Building erected her soon as possible and for which the Dominion Government has made an appropriation, with th benefits to be derived from the erection of such a building, the mayor Is of the opinion that a situation like the /prezent existing one would not recurr. : Lack of accommodation for new coms Is another problem to be got over, and it Is planned to put beds in tite Curling Ring to accommodate ern, aS The Alberta Clay Products needs help in the worst way Mrz Over- pack this morning asked the Mayor fo. some of the City laborers, saying that he would have to close down at night if he did not get them. The Ogilvie Co. will rush the work on their mil and the laying of the Read the Serial ing by the Company s aw. ALP. Washington, April 20. A storm of fe ling against the White Star Dine Company and especially agatnst J. Bruee Iemay, managing director, broke out in the senate yestertay, when-Senator-Raynor. of Maryland brought up the Titanic disaster, He read statements concerning the con- duct of Ismay, and denounced him. He said: Ismay, in my judgment, acted in a most brutal and cowardly manner and to him I think the wreck Is largely attributable. He declared that if the Company had been an American one, the offic- ers and Senator Raynor was emphatic in his statements as to the full jurisdiction over the White. Star. people and Mr. In losing, Senator Raynor said, Ismay was. president fthe line, He was saved. Fifteen hundred human be- ings, including the captain and crew, went down to their untimely deaths. Ismay claims, according to the reports that he took the last boat. I don t believe it, and if he did, t was cow- ardly to take any lifeboat for the pres- ident of the line, together with 400.00 for two lots in block 24, High Schoo Annex. This js the buy in the city H. . Pettet Co. Ts We + * Owing, toa. break in the power equipment, the * - News reached the hands of its readers at a very -* ++ late hour last evening. Fortunately the Times * + Came to the rescue with an offer to allow the use of * + its press, otherwise there would have been no News + ++ of the date of April 19th. We tender to the Times + + our sincere thanks and to our readers our humble * + apologies. + coe * 3 - foleinlninink Other Witnesses, one of them Rosthern, bore himrout in this, with the explanation that the lone wireless opera- tor on the rescte ship, swamped with personal messages was unable to send any matter for the press. The Titanic s fate has al aan on account of fog. There was some criticism -among survivors here-today of-the Titantc s crews inability to handle the lifeboats. The crew of the Titenic-was a for examination, may reveal just what happened to the Titanic below the decks when she-steuck-tie bere. Second Officer Lightholder thatthe Titanic did not break in two sulted in prompt action by trans-At- lantic lines to Insure liners hereafter taking a course so far to the south cise Captain Smith for following the whe e the iceberg danger will no ocean line In which he met disaster. longer be present. He showed unusual caution, according Various lines, it is announced, have to naval -bydrographers, in not alter- agreed on the long course which ing well to the south of the regular We Tender Apologies which the Titanfe met disaster. There 1s little disposition to criti- new one, of course, declared Mr. Stone, of Cincinnati, and had never been through lifeboat drill, or. any training in the rudiments of launch- ing, manning-and equipping the boats. wasted,a sacrifice to-inofficioncy. Hal there been any sea running tn- stead of the calm that prevailed, not a single passenger would have safe- Men did not know how to lower the boats. The boats were not provision- ed, and many ofthe sailors could not handle an oar with reasonable skill. Liteboats Poorly Handled. The Stewart says that the life- boats were handled poorly. One thing comes to my mind above all else as I live over again the sinking of the Titanic, he said, We of the crew realized at the start of the trou- ble that we were unorganized and al- though every man did his best we Scores of lives were thus ruthlessly ly reached the-syrface at the water lis needed. but made her dive dlagnoally Mto-they sea and that when half way under the waves there were two explosions which he believed to be the boilers.. The survivors in the hospital are m ing. Contributions. to the Titanic survivors relfet fund continues to pou in and more than 50,000 has been raised so far. No more clothing Happy were the members of the Pi- tanic s surviving crew as they pre- pared to depart this morning on the Lapland. Generous merchants and others had fiited them out with cloth- ing, hats, brushes, razors and a num- ber of other articles for the trip and with sums of money for their im- mediate needs. Other sums of money will be sent later uy the relief com- mittee. says . Hat plant at one of the harvest this fall. would necessarily be er burgesses. To obviate signature of property Signers thereof pledge ficient number of qual on the building: of doing everything pledge in this connectic fice until Tuesday next. Fiveryone is going to Dreamland to were hindered in getting the best re- night, are you? Ismay s Actions Bitterly Arraigned--U.S. Senators Urge Criminal Prosecution Storm of Feeling Against Company and its President) Breaks Out in U. 8. Senate Action of Head of om-' pany in Taking to Life Boat Termed Cowardly. Recklessness, Says Senator. ctors would be liable to . prosecution and punighment for man- slaughter if not for murder. his best OF WHICH THE MEDICINE HAT SAME COMPANY WILL BE CONSTRUCTED. The. Ogilvie Milling in order to be ready to start oper will be inaugurated forthwith. Al citi ness and it is to be hoped that it will b Ansley Spur: will-soon be started which will give employment to at least with full warning he risked the life of his entire ship to make a speedy passage across-the Atlantic, No legislation can bring back, to earth a single life lost on that fatal night. What we can do is to help fix Hundreds Sent Into Eternity Homes and Firesides De-'tne responsibility, it possible, and rely stroyed the World Turned Into a House of Mourn- upon British justice to bring to bay the guilty directorate of this com- company. var. President, this 1s where the trouble lies, We punish inferior of ficers and subordinate employees: for neglect of duty, but Ismay, at the head of the company, who gave the orders and reaps the profit we permit to escape. All civilized nations of the (Continued on page seven) Culpable Carelessness and Dispatch.) board of directors, is criminally, re- spOnStble for this appalling tragedy. have not the slightest doubt that the -northern-route-was taken in-obed fence to his direct orders, and that sed with int committee 1 New York, April 20. J. Bruce Ismay discu today the work of the Senate investig: characterized as- brutally unfair. this sensational inguiry.. They are scems unjust and the injustice Hes heayics en protect myself by having my cov: misunderstand me-by thinking 1 mean 4 the witnesses up. On tle coutrary, simplify the Involved meanings. Discussing his departure from tie 7 have Searched my tind with deepest cx each single incident that 1 could reea that I should not have M been a lenient Judge of ts. Stell you that if 1 thought that in the slightest 1 had done anything wrong, would 1 appy-moment. I tool ne CENCE OF ame to nie, very woman and-child had been cared for before I left the boil. And moze, all the men within reach had been taken of before J sook my turn an why shouldn't I take my turn? Ther only two classes on a ship, the crew and the passengers. I was passenger, It is true that Lam the president of the company but 1 aid not different from the rest of the passengers. I. not manner that estions, Don't ted to twist Intended to Mr, Ismay said: I e thought long over e that T did nothing nd I have not m su + have anol LEER EEE EE beet Company is anxious to begin work on its.Medicine.. tions at the conclusion. Under the usual conditions a delay of several weeks itailed in awaiting the endorsation of the by-law by this waste of precious time, a number of lists for the ywners have been issued by direction cf the Couneil. themselves to the support of the by-law and if a suf- ified voters append their names to the pledge, work ens can-see the force t the company in getting ready for busi- made tie duty: of the hour to sign the gnature will be found at the News of- ible to as mn. Lists for

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