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Show ISMAY BOARDS VESSEL BOUND FOR OTHER SIDE President of International Merchant Marine Admits to Reporters That lie Is Glad to Leave. MiMA DUE MONDAY W ITH MORE BODIES Chairman Smith Examines Two Witnesses in New York; Wife of Titanic Victim Sues for 550,000. Pv International News Service. NEW YORK. May - Jfc Bmce Ismay, Is-may, the widely criticised president presi-dent of the International Mercantile Mercan-tile Hartne, today sailed for I-lv-OTpOO aboard the ateumcr Adriatic. Adri-atic. Except for 11 slight nervous twitch-Ins twitch-Ins "f Mh hand, Mr. Ismay seemed to be in pood health and admitted that ho wa Indeed glad to leave New York. In company With P. A S. Franklin. vice president of the company, Mr. lempy left the RltK-f'arlton hotel hy the rear tn trance, while Mr. Franklin's motor remained re-mained by the front door. Thin was don tr, elude the Vigilance of newspapermen who wanted a final Interview, OHCS on hoard, Mr Ismny retired to his private suite, situated amidships on j the upper deck. The door was locked and a stew-ird and porter placed on; puard while the president and vice president presi-dent had a conference. Fifteen minutes, before the steamrr sailed Mr. Franklin ome out and said that Mr. Ismay would like to r the ship news reporter to say goodbv e. He seemerj to frel that it was his duty to Bay something before he left, but When questions were asked him he re-. re-. plied: ' I really have nothing to say. I have given all ir testimony in Washington and told Senator Smith that If he needed any more information from mo that I should be very glad to let him have it. 1 am leaving now as 1 am eager to fret home to my family and I need a rest. I hope to come buck to New York some day, hut 1 cannot tell when it will be." Minia Due Monday. NEW YORK, May 2. The "Western Union cable steamer Minla, which has been searching the scene of the Titanic wreck for bodies, is returning to Halifax 1 with fifteen bodies and will dork Monday, according to a wireless message received hen today by the white star line. This means, official! of the line state, that th- search for bodies 4-:as been abandoned for ihe present and may be postponed ' Indefinite . The ineHsaj'- slates that the Minia 1 i 1 1 in f the bodies were widely scattered i war B great area, so that the search he- I Came daily more difficult. A wireless message was sent to the Mlnia by the White Star line, asking that the namee of two additional persons recovered re-covered elnce jresterday he sent ashore. Most or the bodies now on the Minla It Is believed, are members of the Tl-tanlc's Tl-tanlc's crew, Beven bodies buoyed op by lifebelts, together with parte of the wreckage of the Titanic, were passed nn prii 26 in latitude 11.131 ;uii longitude W by the Bteamar Gibraltar, which arrived toriv from UlddlesbOrO. When the bodies were sighted the ship was stopped, but no signs of living person could !e hen and the steamer proceeded. One of the bodlei Wit that of ;i child and the others v. l i e those of men. Astor's Body Arrives. RHWEBBC& K Y.. May 2. -The body ' 'lot,, i ,iin .Jacob Aster arrived a't ITarncllffe, the AS tor estate near here this afternoon, and funeral services, will i-.e held from the Chun h of the Messiah Saturday noon. Every Bag in the vflage was at half mast when the body arrived. A special train will bring a large funeral party from New York. Story Not Confirmed. KY YORK, May 2. Testimony Uken today b Senator William Alden Smith of Michigan, chairman of the senate committee Investigating '.he Titanic Ti-tanic disaster, did r.of reveal fact tend-Ir-i; to confirm the report that news of th Titanic disaster, which the White Star line made public oP Mondav evening. even-ing. April It, had reached New York rH'-.v that morning. To determine this que-tion was the principal object Of the senators visit here and Re had before him todav in private hearing John Bottomlv. "vice president of the American kfarCOhl mm. pan ; E, J Dunn, the New Work merchant, mer-chant, who testified In Washington that a message had been received tn New York on Monday morning te'llng of the TItanlc'e fate, and the operator himself, who returned to the city today. Mr. Smith said, after having been absent since Sunday night These two witnesses were disposed to be recalcitrant, the senator said, and their examination was unsatisfactory. He declared he would call the operator again. Sues for $50,000. NEW YORK, May J. Papers In th first suit for damages brought by a relative, rela-tive, of a Titanic victim were filed in the Federal court today The suit, In admiralty Is brought by Mrs. Ixiulse Robins, widow of Victor Robins, Colonel John Jacob Astor's vulet. and Is that In which the testimony of J. Bruce Ismay and officers of the sunken steamer Is desired It charges negligence on the part of the Oceanic Steam Navigation company and asks for 150,000 damages and costs. The complaint, alleges that the owners of the 'steamship were negligent, first. because the Titanic had been warned thai she was In the vicinity of Icebergs and In spile of the warning whs going it Is -peed of more than twenty knots when 'the collision occurred; Second, thai proper precautions were not taken after the lookout sighted the iceberg: third. that the liner was being operated b a new and untried crew; fourth, that there was not ft sufficient number of lifeboats- fifth, that after the collision the lifeboats were not properly manned. Large Relief Funds. LONDON. May 2 The British Titanic Ti-tanic funds amount approximately to Ji.on,fK0 At a conference today It was decided to extend Immediate relief to widows and bereaved families of members mem-bers of the crew, pending the organization organiza-tion of a committee to undertake the administration Of the fund. This committee com-mittee will include the lord mayor, the ICarl of Derby and the governor of the Bank of England. On Lord Derby's suggestion, It was decided de-cided to Inquire whether the American relief committee would provide for emigrants emi-grants who lost relatives that Intended to settle permanently In the United States |