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Show iu UOUriL Disaster to Titanic Has No Material Effect on . Bookings Now York, April 17. The disaster to the Titanic has thus far had no effects so far as curtailing sea travel is concerned, according to the steamship steam-ship companies, and thoy believe that It will have no material hearing on the summer rush of vacation tourists which hns already begun, but which does not icach Its maximum until the latter part of May. 1 Some pf the larger companies, as a matjri. of fact, aro just now exper-IJjScisjga exper-IJjScisjga contrary effect. In addition t,oijieiinprmal husiness, for each of Jtl;nhahad its generous quota of JiLqlflrvhcr had'.planncd to leave these BhujTfc oi hHiiow AyhIleBlur liner The con itiqn that the disastor WOuldMlCfltt V) fav If any cancellations in bookings ap expressed b General Lulgi Solarl, one of the officials of the Italfan,.Jjnifc b lost secral f i lends on -the 'iFJ.bimc. "The public? wfll' soon forget the Titanic," he said sadly. 'Evenwheic it is tho same My nation has ahead foiogtton the disaster of Messina. You forgotten the qMsnster of Messina You Republic disaster was forgotten Ev-ory Ev-ory day j on read of railroad wiecks. but the pcopl swarm to the trains cver day as though there were no such' things as wrecks on the rail. Don t you think it will b much the same with this disaster of the sea'."' |