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Message: [QUOTE="Daniel Rosenshine, post: 256899, member: 196848"] This is directed at Mike H. and others involved in this discussion. I too was puzzled by the "Smith" reference in Sloper's account. As for Dalton, Sloper does not seem to make any "intentional" misleading (other than the name) to disguise Carter. There are certainly mistakes, but surely 3 1/2 decades after the disaster, is the cause of this. He even implies the correct date (year) of death for Carter. As for Smith, quite personally, after some thought, I have come to the conclusion, that Sloper was indeed implying Dodge himself. There wasn't much unique detail about Carter, thus severe misleading was not required. However, Dodge has a more unique story, thus I believe Sloper changed his true identity to the best of his ability - succeeding quite well. There is no other first class male, from San Francisco or not, that does fit that description. Appearance and date of death significantly changed, still hint at Dodge. Also incase any description would effect any of the Dodge family, Sloper may have felt the need to disguise the unique character of the situation, in a person that seemed totally opposite to Dodge himself. 1949 may have been 37 years since the disaster, but there were plenty of survivors left and if not them, then there were enough surviving relatives to be affected by anything offending or revealing about their relations on the Titanic. Thus in short, I do believe that “Smith” was Dodge. Daniel. [/QUOTE]

Verification: In which year did the Titanic sail?