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Show Tidings o,f the Carpathia Sent ( by Steamer Franconia - New York..' April 17. The Cunard line today gave out a copy of a Marconi Mar-coni message leceived from Wintlcld Thompson ot' Boston who Is a passenger passen-ger on the sj.eamship Franconla, saying, say-ing, i Steamer Franconla established communlcationwUh Carpathln at G:30 New Yorlrr"1rnc4 ,Latter was then 498 miles' ea ofcAmbrose Channel in no need oX assistance, steaming 13 knots. Ekji vl toJreach Now Yoik S Thiusday ovcnuig. Has total of 105 3imiv!oo aboind. Franconla Is relaying personal If messnges from Carpathia lu Sable1 Island " Tho number of 705 survivors given in Mr. Thompson's dispatch may mean surviving passengers as distinguished dis-tinguished frpni the crew. A previous dispatch gave the total number of survivors as SGS, which was believed to include bth the crew and passengers passen-gers on the Carpathia. The Cunard office officially announced an-nounced thnjt it expected tho Caipathia would dock at midnight Thurbdaj. Vice PreIdont Franklin ot the White line j said the company places faith in tlte message that Captain Rostron haP 800 survivors of tho Titanic Ti-tanic on hoard the Carpathln Mr. Franklin siud he did not know when the compaijv would get in direct com-I com-I municationiwlth the Carpathia "We can(t do any more than we have already done and it Is a waiting game nowZ" ho said. . -oo |