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Show WAS UNLUCKY SKIPPER. Career of Captain of Titanic Had Been Marred by III Luck. New York. -Captain K. J. Smith, commander of the Titanic, probably went to his grave with his ill-fated vessel without once heln able to communicate direct with the agents of his line. Aside from the "C. Q. D." sent by his wireless oieratur, not one word frorn him was received up to the lime the Titanic wink. The presumption is that he met his death at his ixjMt, as a gallant skipper ahotild. That he and his crew enforced rig-Idly rig-Idly the unwritten law of the sea women and children first Is plainly indicated by the preponderance of women among the partial list of survivors sur-vivors that the wireless has given. Although rated as one of the most able commanders since the advent of the modern steamship. Captain Smith's career recently had been marred with ill-luck. He wss In command com-mand of the Tltanlc's sister ship Olympic when that vessel was In collision col-lision with the British cruiser Hawke. Kxonerated of blame for this occurrence, occur-rence, he was placed In charge of tha Titanic only to graze disaster when his new charge fouled the steamship New York after leaving Southampton on her maiden voyage, which has ended end-ed so diaaturously. He had been In the line's employ more than thirty years, and his first Important command com-mand was the Majestic. |