Letter of Pius X to President Taft Went Down With the Titanic

“Women will be attended to first or I’ll break every…bone in your body.” (Major Archibald Willingham Butt)

CNA: On the fateful voyage that embarked from Southampton and never made it to New York City, a passenger on the RMS Titanic named Major Archibald Willingham Butt was tasked with a special mission.

He was to carry a letter from Pope Pius X and personally deliver it to United States president William H. Taft. The full story is here.