FURTHER DETAILS OF THE DISASTER.

Bush Advocate, Volume XXIV, Issue 25, 19 April 1912, Page 5

FURTHER DETAILS OF THE DISASTER.

Women Reminded of Mens' Heroism. i V. . ! UNITED STATES SENATE TAKING REFORMATIVE ACTION. FICTITIOUS ACCOUNTS DENOUNCED. WORLD-WIDE SORROW AND SYMPATHY. Press Assn—By telegraph—Copyright LONDON, April 18. A relief fund has been opened. . Colonel .Aster's son has chartered a steamer to search *or his rfatlicr'/s body. : The steamer, Mackay Benne has left Halifax with' undertakers .and clergymen aboard to perform funeral ntcs. The cruiser Chester is now repeating wireless from the Carjpathia. The safety of all the women and children is assured. The United States Senate adopted a resolution demanding comprehensive investigations into the disaster. Some survivors were immediately summoned to Washington to give evidence regarding the inability of the officers to save the lives of all a'ooard. • A Bill has been introduced into the Senate prohibiting liners to •enter or clear a United States port without sufficient apparatus to accommodate all the passengers in thexevent of disaster.. The Bill was referred to the Merchant Marine Committee. The '•chairman stated that evidently life boats take up too much room, .and the companies are chasing the Almighty Dollar. The "yellow press" hotly attacks the White Star management, •and criticises the regulations of the English authorities. The steamship owners bitterly resent the comments, and cast blame on those demanding luxuries which encroach upon the lifeboat space. The steamship America warned the Titanic of the icebergs* a few •minutes before she struck. There, are strong comments relative to the false and misleading news regarding the Titanic emanating from America. The Times says the origin of the various accounts demands investigation. The White-Star Company states that it received no message from the Titanic. The erroneous news was the ivork of irresponsible and imaginative persons. The Right Hon. A. M. Carlisle, managing director of Harland and Wolff, declares that the boat accommodation was inadequate. It was a difficult problem to find boat room on the modern .mammoth. The passengers included Mr. Thomas Pears, the soapmaker; 31r. Parsons, ex-Congressman; Mr. Warren, ex-Senator; and Mr. Hoyt, Professor of Law at Washington University. The rescue of Mr. C. M. Hayes, President of the Grand Trunk Railway, is not confirmed. King George, in a message to President Taft, deplored the terrible loss of life in countries so intimately allied in ties of '.friendship and brotherhood. President Taft replied:—"The appalling disaster has brought both countries into a community of grief through the common .bereavement, Americans share the sorrow with their kinsmen :beyond the seas." ~,.Ail the European, Courts have tendered sympathy. The steamer Tunisian was 24 hours in the icefield. Two hundred icebergs were seen. The vessel stopped at night, and sent a wireless message to the Titanic at midnight on Saturday. The Mansion House fund now totals £6OOO. The King gave one hundred guineas and the Queen 250 guineas. The Shipping Federation has given £2OOO to the Southampton iPund. The-Daily Mail specially appeals to women on behalf of the Titanic's seamen, who died to save women.