o . TITE MORNING OKEGOXIAy. fhiday, APRIL 10,
SENATORS
HASTEN
TO MEET SURVIVORS
Smith and Newlands Go to
New York to Lay Founda
tion for Inquiry.
MANY WILL BE SUMMONED
l'oer of Congress to Compel At
tendance or While Star Orrl
rial.o. Kren Thouxli Foreign
Sobjects, Affirmed.
WASHINGTON". April 1. With ub
rma far rrrtmln persons aboard the
t'arpathla whw limn fri not Jt
rloied. Senator Fmlth of Michigan and
Senator Nlnnda of Nevada, mem
ber of th (ienato commltte which
will take the Brut atepa In the lnreati
cation of the Titanic dinaater, went
to New York today to meet the rescue
ahlp.
senator Bourne, third member of the
committee, will Join them tomorrow.
The sub-committee Irtends to ub
Pna everyone on the Carpathla who
might throw any lht on the causea
of the rataetroph.
hMiy i mm He Haaasaeaed.
Toubt as to the powers of the Sen
ate to command tratlmonr of J. Bruce
mar. managing; director of the White
Star Unr or other officers o. the com
pany because thry are foreign subjects
a dlxiwllrd today. Secretary Naarl
ratl there was no jutinn of the Juris
diction of the Senate to summon any
oltnesses who ar In American terri
tory. cretar- Superrlnlns; Inspec-
mr-Ceneral I'hler, nf the steamboat
Inspection service, and Seriteant-at-Arm
KamwlelL. of the Senate, and hla
a.itant. accompanied the Ben a tors
with a party of others who went to
meet friends or relatives aboard the
farpathla. ,
If the steamship official refuse to
respond to the committee's Inquiries
It was siiacested that steps be taken
! penalise vessels entering" harbors
without compliance with American re
nulrement and that other action
mlchl be considered.
rtetar 1m He Telerafed.
Immediately after his appointment as
chairman of the subcommittee. Smith
ernt to the White House to confer
with President Taft. One object waa
to Induce the President to detail George
I'hler. supervising Inspector-general of
the Steamship Inspection Service, to
accompany the committee to New
York. He also desired to request that
Secretary Nagel, who has Jurisdiction
over inspection of vessels, go with the
lommtttre.
Stnltb expressed a willingness to co
operate with any committee from those
In t!ie Investigation, but manifested no
c.lsposttlon to delay bla course to se
cure co-operation. He aald the testi
mony of the survivors would be much
more valuable to the Government If
procured Immediately on arrival.
Senator Cullom announced he would
call a meeting of the foreign relations
committee Saturday, to report on the
Martlne - resolution requesting the
1'reslJrnt to open negotiations for an
International agreement regarding the
safety of paasengera at sea.
Joint lasjalry Kaaaldered.
A Joint investigation of the Titanic
disaster by a committee representing
both Mouses of Congress Is favored by
Chairman Alexander, of the House
committee on merchant marine The
action of the Senate In authorising an
investigation by its committee on com
merce will be followed by a suggestion
from Chairman Alexander to the House
committee on rules that a Joint inquiry
be proposed. The roles committee is
now considering the resolution intro
duced by Representative Mott. of New
York, providing for an investigation by
the House.
Mr. Alexander presented a Joint reso
lution proposing an International mari
time conference to "consider uniform
lawa and regulatlona for the greater
security of life, especially ot vessels
at sea." Included In the subjects for
the conference specified In the Alexan
der resolutions are regulations for effi
ciency of crews, construction of ves
sels, equipment of lifeboats, wireless
apparatus. searchlights, submarine
bells, ltfeaavlng and ftre-exttngulsh-!d
apparatus.
Wlreleaa te Be Restricted.
The Titanic had never cleared from
an American port, but the inveatlga
tlon Is designed to show the extent to
which liners adhere t. American safe
ty regulations. Many members of the
House are openly opposed to Immedi
ate action looking toward an investi
gation of the disaster because they
believe the Senate and officials of the
Navigation Bureau could make the
proper Inquiry without further action
by the House.
The restriction of w.relesa telegraph
activity and regulatlona that will pre
vent Interference by amateurs In times
of emergency were taken up by the
House committee on merchant marine.
A report from a eub-eoramittee. which
haa been framing a bill, waa laid be
fore the full committee at an execu
tive sees! on.
The Alexander wireless telegraph
bill would restrict the operation of
amateurs and others to wave lengths
not exceeding 100 meters. Experiment
ers or others engaged In Important
work might receive special permits
from the Secretary of Commerce and
I-aoor to operate under greater wave
length.
The bill was favorably acted on by
the merchant marine committee and re
ported back to the House, and the
Alexander resolution for the establish
ment of recognised trans-Atlantic trav
el routes by International agreements,
also waa favorably reported by the
committee.
contingent, we ran Into a stiff gale
which lasted for three days, with a
rough sea and head wind for daya after.
This Is not unusual on that coast. Once
during the gale the captain waa carried
by a giant wave from the foot of the
bridge, where he had been taking ob
servations, to the stern of the ship. One
of the small bones In his leg was
broken.
"The weather continued so rough that
all women and children were kept be
low. On the second Sunday out. bow
ever, during service. Captain Dutton
congratulated his hearers on their ap
proach to port. That day the weather
was fair with good winds, and w had
our sails set to help us on. retiring In
good spirits for the night.
"At midnight I was awakened by an
ugly, crunching, grinding nolae near
my head. Hastily slipping on some of
my clothes. I rushed on deck to find
the ship at a standstill in a field of Ice.
A beavy fog covered the ahlp with a
coat of Ice, and this served to make
the confusion more Intense.
"Until the engineer bad made his re
port, none of us knew whether the
ship hsd torn open her seams. It struck
me at the time what a small chance for
some of us If we'had to depend on the
boats and the old. old rule of women
first. But Providence seemed to be on
our side.
"We lav all night with banked fires
In the vicinity of Stone Island, finally
coming out of the Ice after steaming in
and out of the bergs (or I hours, dur
ing which time we made a total ad
vance of not more than, 12 miles.
"The second officer, who was in
charge at the time, admitted to the
skipper that, though he had heard the
II. M. loIon Titanic Victim.
A telegram received last night by
Mrs. Harriet K. MoArthur from her
sister. Mrs. William M. Molson. of Mon
treal, confirmed the report that Mra.
Molson's stepson. Harry M. Molson.
went down with the Titanic.
OLD DANGER IS RECOUNTED
Portland Man Telto of Narrow Ka
ra pc In 1872.
Danger and delay caused by Ice and
fog off the coast of Newfoundland are
well Illustrated by the story of a Port
land man who waa a passenger on the
Allan liner, the Russian, which. In mak
ing the passage from Liverpool to Que
bec in the early pari of 1S7I. waa de
layed nine day. Speaking of this ex
perience yesterday, he said:
"We left IJverpool May 1. 187I. with
a full list of passengers. After railing
at Londonderry, to take on the Irish
BAND PLAYS AS BIG
VESSEL GOES DOWN
Music Floats From Deck of.
Titanic as Lifeboats
Put to Sea.
PASSENGER TELLS STORY
One Woman Dies In Boat and Three
Others Empire After Ueaching
Carpathla Rescuers Pass
Ice Fields on Way In.
NEW YORK. April 18. "When her
lifeboats pushed away from the Titanic
the steamer was brilliantly lighted, the
band was playing and the captain was
standing on the bridge giving direc-
HEAD Or SENATORIAL COMMITTEE THAT WILL INVESTIGATE
TITANIC DISASTER, AND CABINET MEMBER WHO HAS
PROVIDED FOR CARE OF DESTITUTE.
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look-out give him the warning, 'ice
ahead.' be had not altered the course
or speed of the ship, thereby Jeopardis
ing the lives of all aboard."
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MASTER OP TITANIC BELIEVED
BIG SHIP INVCLXERABLE.
Officer Expressed I'tmoat Confi
dence In Seagoing Qualities of
His New Charge.
iCEW TORK. April IS. The night be
fore Captain E. J. Smith, of the Titanic
left for Europe to tako command of the
liner, he dined with Mr. and Mra. W. P.
Willis, of Flushing. L. L At that din
ner Captain Smith, according to Mr.
Willis, waa enthusiastic over the pros
pects of his new command. He aald
he shared with the designers of the
vessel the utmost confidence In her
seagoing qualities, and told Mr. and
Mrs. Willis that it waa impossible for
her to alnk.
He looked forward then to the most
successful days of his seafaring career,
and especially dwelt upon the Idea that
the Tltanlc'a appearance on the At
lantic would mark a high point of
safety and comfort in the evolution of
ocean travel. He regarded tho vessel
as one that would keep above the water
In the face of most unexpected trial.
Even If a part in tha ship were sorlous
ly damaged, he believed there would
be no doubt that she would reach shore.
"From what I know of Captain
Smith." Mr. Willis said, "he would be
the last man to leave th ship If it
were sinking."
TITANIC CAPTAIN BRAVE MAN
Sheridan, Or., Resident Describes
Officer of Wrecked Vessel.
SHERIDAN. Or.. April 18. (Special.)
Dr. William Tyler-timlth. of thia city.
Is an old friend of Captain E. J. Smith,
of tho wrecked White Star liner Ti
tanic. Dr. Tyler Smith haa crossed the
ocean seven times with Captain Smith,
of the Titanic, and speaks of him as a
courageous as well as able man.
Of one particular voyage Dr. Smith
speaks In particular, during which they
encountered immense fields of Ice and
icebergs. In his story Dr. Smith tells
of the ship's approach to the ice fields
and of the sudden lowering of the tem
perature. "It la possible, says Dr. Smith, to tell
by the temperature the approach of
either one or two Icebergs, but whether
more than two la impossible to decide.
In his description of Captain Smith
he outlines an Ideal type of the Amer
ican sea captain, courageous, courteous
and always faithful to duty. In his
Idea of the wreck Dr. Smith Imagines
the officers of the wrecked craft fight
ing back the passengers with guns In
order to let the women and children
leave In safety.
In Dr. Smith's mind, there is not a
oubt but that Captain Smith went
down with his ship, so strong was his
sense of duty.
MURDER CHARGED TO GIRL
Ma roll field Woman Indicted for
Killing Man.
MARSHFIELD. Or.. April IS. (Spe
cial, Murder In the aecond degree Is
the charge which Goldle Bestcott must
face at the present term of the Circuit
Court. The grand Jury has been work
ing on the case for several days snd re
turned an indictment. The case will
be one of the first to be tried at this
term.
The Bestcott woman was the keeper
of a resort In this city and shot
Charles Murray, on the main street of
Marshfield. Murray died several days
after. The grand jury Is now working
on the case of W. K. Foote. who Is held
for. the killing of Charles Wilcox, In
Coqulllc. Foote Is a prominent ranch
er and father of a large family.
tlons," said one of the passengers on
the Carpathla. This passenger de
scribed the "wreck as follows:
"I was awakened at about 12:30
o'clock at night by a commotion on the
decks which seemed unusual, but there
was no excitement. As the boat was
moving. I paid little attention to it
and went to sleep again. About 3
o'clock I was again awakened. I no
ticed that the boat had stopped. I went
to the deck. The Carpathla had
changed her course. Lifeboats were
sighted and began to arrive, and soon,
one by one, they drew up to our side.
"There were 1 boats and the trans
ferring of the passengers was most pit
iable. The adults were assisted In
climbing the rope ladders by ropes ad
Justed to their waists. . The little chil
dren and babies were hoisted to the
deck In bags.
Lifeboats Not Fall.
"Some of the boats were crowded, a
few were not half full. This I could
not understand.
"Some people were In full evening
dress. Others were In their night
clothes and were wrapped in blankets.
These latter, who were Immigrants in
all manner of attire, were hurried Into
the saloon for a hot breakfast. They
had been in the open boats for four or
five hours In the most biting air I ever
experienced.
"There were husbands without wives,
wives without husbands, parents with
out children and children without par
ents. But there was no demonstration,
no sobs, scarcely a word spoken. They
seemed to be stunned.
Weaaea, RewsH, Die.
"Immediately after breakfast relig
ious service was held in the saloon. One
woman died In one of the lifeboats,
three others died soon after reaching
our deck, and their bodies were buried
In the sea at t o'clock that afternoon.
None of the rescued had any clothing
except what they had on. Passengers
contributed enough for their Immedi
ate need.
'The bow was well submerged a-d
the keel rose high above the water.
Suddenly the boat seemed to break in
two. The next moment everything dis
appeared. The survivors were so close
to the sinking steamer they feared the
lifeboats would be drawn Into the vor
tex. There were preparations for a
brilliant party to be given on board the
next evening.
"On our way back to New Tork we
steamed along the edge of a field of Ice
which seemed limitless. As far as the
eye could see to the north there waa no
blue water. At one time I counted 13
Icebergs."
I. W. W. PAYS MAN'S FINE
W. T. Nerr Released at Astoria Case
May Be Appealed.
ASTORIA. Or., April 1. (Special.)
E. J. Lewis, of Seattle, one of the of
ficers of the Industrial Workers of the
World, arrived here today and paid a
t:o fine to secure the release of W. T.
Xeff. the man who was convicted In
the Justice Court on a charge of vio
lating a city ordinance In refusing to
move on when requested by a police of
ficer. Lewis also gave notice that the
case will be appealed to the higher
court. A, McDonald, of Portland, who
says he Is secretary of the organisation,
telephoned to Mayor Henderson today,
saying that if Neff was not released
at once, he would take steps to secure
the man's discharge. He also said he
thought . the authorities here were
harsh In putting a stop to street meet
ings. The Mayor informed him that
while no trouble Is anticipated here or
wanted, the city Is prepared to aee that
Its ordinances are enforced and that
violators of them are punished.
Road Compile With Law's Demand.
Some months ago officials of the
Sumpter Valley Railroad were Indicted
on ten counta by the Federal grand
Jury on charges that Its rolling stock
was not equipped with proper safety
appliances. Later they were found
guilty on four counta and the statu
tory fines Imposed, but suspended under
promise that the proper equipment
would be installed. Now that all the
rolling stock has been arranged to
comply with legal requirements the
o.hcr six counts were dismissed yester
day. '
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MAYOR GAYXOR'S REQUEST IS
VX HEED ED BY MAXY.
nashllght Reveals Three of Fated
Lifeboats Being Lowered From
Davits of Carpathla.
vADi- inrii 18. SoeciaL) -
When the Carpathla was abreast of
her pier and tugi were -her
bow and stern to swing her into
. . .v., whitA lifeboats were
xne uut:Af k'"" TT .
lowered from her davits to the Hud-
non end nulled Into xne nor, p.-v
rntwil lonklnir down from the nler. In
the flashlight of a camera the name
on the boat could be clearly discerned.
It was 'Titanic."
The three boats were paTt of the
little fleet by means of which all those
who survived the wreck were saved.
The boats were pullci along by a
ship's launch and :.'iade fast to a bulk
head at the end of Fourteenth street,
later to be taken over o the White
Star.
There were no camera.- on the pier
or landwarJ, but every now and then
a flash and a pop out of the Hudson
revealed the fact that not every body
acceded to the request of Mayor Gay
nor that on this occasion the camera
bo kept at home. There were pho
tographers In launches and rowboats
and a few climbed to the roofs of the
adjoining piers, where they could get a
fine picture of the Hudson panorama,
with the Carpathla in the center.
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