TTTE 3m-TXG. OREGOXIAX. SATUK1JA, APH1L, 2U,
UQIRY PRESSED;
SfM TESTIFIES
White Star Line Official De
- clares He Deprived No Pas
senger of Place.
CAPTAIN'S ORDER HEARD
IMrrrtor Lrares Bridge Tor Boat
D-k Wlwn Word to Ixfr Away
Is GItmi Krucue Prortdrn
tlal. Marconi Sajs.
(Continued from Tint Pas. '
Smith continued. "tbat two of the life
boats sank as soon as lowered. Do you
know anything about that""
"I do not. I never heard of It. and
think all the lifeboats were accounted
for.-
V easel's East Kt feea.
"IMd you see the Titanic sink?
"I did not see the Titanic pro down.'
I.raay said, shaklnr Ms head mourn
fully.
"I did not want to see her -jo down.
I was roVinK In the lifeboat all the
time until we were picked up. I turned
back once alter left the vessel. I
aw h-r sjreen light and never turned
bick again. I did not want to see the
end."
"Was there confusion apparent on
the Titanic when you looked back?"
"I did not see any. All I saw was the
frrvpn light the last time I looked
"After you left Captain Smith on the
bridge did you see him again?"
"I did not
"Did you have any message from
him?"
"None."
"How many wireless operators were
there on the Titanic?"
"I presume there were two." said Mr.
lmay. "One -is always on watch."
I)id they survive T"
"I have been told one did. but I do
not know whether it Is true."
Senator Smith asked the witness if he
had anything to do with selecting the
crew for his lifeboat.
Beat Crew o Iassaya rheMlag.
"I did not." was the snappy reply.
Ismay declared the ship was spe
cially constructed so that with any two
of the larcer compartments full of
water she still would float.
"If the ship had struck head on she
probably would be afloat today." he.
.ded.
"rud any of the collapsible boats
sink "
"No. sir."
"1W you attempt
the working of thi
to Interfere with
i wireless on the
Csrpathlar-
"The captain probably will tell you I
was not out of my room from the time
I got into it until last night," was the
reply.
As a final question. Ismay was asked
what he had on when be got into the
lifeboat.
"A pair of slippers, a pair of pa
jamas, a suit of clothes and an over
cost." he replied.
"During your voyage did you know
you were in the vicinity of Ice?" Sen
ator Smith asked.
"I knew some had been reported." re
plied the witness.
Joatllaa- Settee-.
!! said the ship was not In proxim
ity to Iceberas Saturday or Sunday, al
though he knew the ship would be nesr
Ice on Sunday night. The witness said
be knew nothing of the Amertka and
the Titanic talking by wireless about
icebergs.
Senator Smith aked If he sought to
send any wireless message from the
Titanic after she struck. He did not.
Turning to the subject of lifeboats.
Ismay said he beard the captain give
the order to lower the boats.
"I then left the bridge." added the
official.
Three boats, he said, he saw lowered
anl filled. In his bout were four mem
bers of the crew and 4S passengers.
"Was there any Jostling or attempt
bv men to get into the boats?" asked
Senator Smith. ,
-I saw none.
"How were the women selected?"
"We picked the women ami children
as they stood nearest the rail."
Representative Hughes banded Sena
tor Smith a note, and then the chair
man told Ismay that It was reported
that the second lifeboat left without
Its full complement of oarsmen, and
from 11:30 until TJv women were
forced to row the boat-
"I know nothing about It."
Keprenentatlve Hughes daughter
mns In this boat, and was assigned to
watch the cork In the boat, and. if It
came out. to use her finger as a stop
per. Ismay was asked how long tie re
mained on the injured ship.
"That would be hard to estimate."
he responded. "Almost until she sank.
Probably an hour and a quarter."
t arpatbia'e Taptala Teat lie.
Captain Kostron. of the Carpatiila.
followed Ismay. He told Mr. Smith that
tie had been captain of the Carpathia
since last January, but that he had
been a seaman 17 years.
"We backed out of the dock at noon
Thursday. L'p to Sunday midnight we
had One. clear weather. At 13:14 Mon
day morning I was Informed of the ur
gent distress signal from the Titanic"
'"Bt whom?"
"The wireless operator and first of
ficer. The message was that the Ti
tanic was In immediate danger. I gave
the order to turn "the ship around as
won as the Titanic had given her po
aitlrfn. 1 set a course to pick up the
Titanic, which was 65 miles west of my
position. 1 sent for the chief engineer:
mid him to put on another watch of
takers and make all speed for the Ti
tanic. I told the first officer to stop
11 deck work. gt out the lifeboats,
and be ready for any emergency."
Arriving on the scene of the disaster.
Contain Kostron testified he saw an
Iceberg straight ahead of him and.
flopping at 4 A. M.. 10 minutes later,
he picked up the first lifeboat. The
officer sang out he had only one sea
man on board and was having difficulty
in manning his boat.
Iceberg Are All Arwaad.
"By the time I got the boat aboard,
lay was breaking." said the captain.
"In a radtus of four miles I saw all
the other lifeboats. On all sides of us
were Icebergs; some 10 were ISO to 200
tret high, and numerous small Ice
bergs or 'growlers.' Wreckage was
strewn about us. At all the Ti
tanic a survivors were aboard."
Then, with tears filling his eyes. Cap
tain Kostron said be told the purser he
wanted to hold a service of prayer
"thanksgiving for the living and a fu-n-ral
servlre for the dead."
"I went to Mr. ismay." said the cap
tain. "He told me to take full charge.
An Kpiscoyal clergyman was found
MANAGING DIRECTOR AND
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among the passengers and he conducted
the services."
As the prayers were being said. Cap
tain Rostron testified, he was on the
bridge searching for survivors. He
told of talking with the Californlan,
which had arrived. As he searched the
sea. one body, with a life-preserver on.
floated by.
Float lag Body Not Recovered.
The man was dead, probably a mem
ber of the crew, the captain said. The
body was not picked up. the officer ex
plaining, "because the survivora ot me
Titanic were 1n no condition then to
aee a body brought aboard."
"But I must say." declared tapiajn
Rostron with posltlveness. "everyone of
the survivors behaved magnificently.
They eat In the boats until the order
came for them to mount the ladder In
turn and then cajne up.
Three members of the Titanic crew
were taken rrom me uieooaia oeau
from exposure. They were burled at
a.
Asked about the lifeboats. Captain
Rostron said he found one among'the
wreckage In the sea. Several of the
lifeboats brought In on the Carpathia
to New York, he said, were lowered last
night and hauled away by tenders, he
knew not where.
Lifeboats Are All .lew.1 '
The lifeboats on the Titanic," Captain
Rostron. of the Carpathia said, were
II new and In accordance with the
British regulations. He saw only one
body floating In the ocean. The Car
pathia cruised around the scene of the
disaster more than half an hour, having
arrived an hour and a half after the
Titanic sank.
'The last message from the Titanic.
said the captain, "was that the engine-room
was nearly full of water. I
answered that I was rushing to her
aid. 'Kxpect to reach your position
about 4:1 o'clock.' I flashed back.
-Was the Titanic on her right course
when she first spoke to your" Senator
Smith asked.
"Absolutely on her regular course,
bound for New York." said the raptain.
"She was In what we call the 'souther
ly,' to avoid Icebergs."
"Do yon think that the route Is a
practical one?"
"Quito so; but this Is a noteworthy
exception."
Cewrae Regarded aa Safe.
"Would you regard the course taken
by the Titanic In this trial trip as
appropriate, satfe and wise at this
time of the year?" l-enator Smith con
tinued. "Quite so."
"What would be a safe, reasonable
speed for a ship of that slxe and in
that courseT"
"I did not know the ship," the cap
tain said, "and therefore cannot tell.'
"I had seen no Ice before the Titanic
signalled us. but I knew from her
message that there was Ice to be en
countered. But the Carpathia went full
speed ahead. I had extra officers on
watch and some others volunteered to
watch ahead throughout the trip."
Captain Rostron said the Carpathia
had 20 lifeboats of her own in accord
ance with the British regulations.
"Would that not Indicate the regula
tions are out of date, your ship being
much smaller than the Titanic, which
also called for 20 lifeboats?" Senator
Smith asked.
I.laer Theaght Life beat la Itself.
"No, the Titanic was supposed to be
a lifeboat herself." V
"You say that the captain of a ship
has absolute control over the move
ments of his vessel?"
"Yea, by law that Is the rule." Cap
tain Rostron answered. "But. suppose
we get orders from the owners of our
ship to do a certain thing if we do
not execute that order, we are liable to
dlsmlsaal. When I turned back for
Now York with the rescued. I sent a
message-to the Cunard Line office say
ing I was proceeding to New York
unless otherwise ordered. I then im
mediately proceeded. I received no
order to change my course."
Captain Rostron then explained that
it was for the good of the shipwrecked
people that he brought his ship to New
York Instead of going to Halifax.
Mr. Ismay. sitting In a corner, smiled
as Captain Rostron said he never knew
of a managing director of one line
giving directions to the captain of an
other line when a passenger on the
captain's boat.
ending ef Message explained.
Why so few messages came from tSs
Carpathia was gone Into. Captain
Rostron declared the first messages,
all substantially the same, were sent
to the White Star Line, the Cunard
Una and the Associated Press. Then
the first and second cabin passenger
lists were sent and then the wireless
failed.
Senator Smith said some complaint
had been heard that the Carpathia
had not answered President Tart's In
quiry for Major Butt. Captain Rostron
decisred a reply was sent. "Not on
board."
He declared he knew of no attempt
of President Taft to communicate
directly with the Carpathia.
Captain Rostron testified he Issued
orders that no messages he sent except
on Instructions from him an( for offi
cial business to i flrsl. then private
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messages from the Tltanlc's survivors
In order of filing.
Ceasorshls) la Denied.
"Absolutely no censorship was exer
cised." he said. "The wireless con
tinued working all the way In. the Mar
coni operator being constantly at the
key.
In discussng the strength of the Car.
pathla's wireless. Captain Rostron said
the Carpathia was only 68 miles from
the Titanic when the call for help came.
"Our wireless operator was not on
duty," said Captain Rostron, "but as he
was undressing he had his apparatus to
his ear. Ten minutes later he would
have been In bed and we never would
have heard." '
Captain Kostron was then excused.
Just before adjournment. Represent
tatlve Hughes, of West Virginia, whose
daughter was rescued, read a telegram
that he had sent to a paper In his state
denying that he had 'said Mr. Ismay
"should be lynched."
Chairman Smith despatched Assistant
Sergeant-at-Arms Cornelius to the
White Star docks to bring before the
committee aa witnesses a seaman from
each of the rescued lifeboats.
William Marconi, the wireless In
ventor, was the next witness. He' en'
tered the room with Mr. Ismay, who
took his seat near the witness-stand.
Mr. Ismay was more nervous than at
the forenoon session; constantly pull
ing his moustache or rubbing his head.
Marconi Tells ef neajolatleaa.
Mr. Marconi said he was the chair
man of the British Marconi Company.
Under Instructions of the company, he
said, operators must take their orders
from the captain of the ship on which
thy are employed.
"Do the regulations prescribe wheth
er one or two operators should be
aboard the ocean vessels 7"
"Yes. On ships like the late Titanic
and the Olympics, two are carried," said
Mr. Marconi. "The Carpathia, a small
er boat, carried one. The Carpathia
wireless apparatus ' Is a short-distance
equipment. The maximum efficiency of
the Carpathia wireless, I should say.
was 200 miles. The wireless equip
ment on the Titanic was available for
6(0 mllea during the daytime and 1000
miles at night."
"Do you consider that the Tltanlo
was equipped with the latest Improved
wireless apparatus"
"Yes; I should say that it had the
very best."
Senator Smith asked If amateur or
rival concerns Interfered with the
wireless communication of the Car
pathia?" ,
"I am unable to say. Mareonl re
plied. "Near New Ifcprk I have an im
pression there was some slight inter
ference, but when the Carpathia was
farther out and in touch with New
York and Nova Scotia, there virtually
was no Interference."
Message Caaght Providentially.
"Did you hear the captain of the Car.
pathU. say In his testimony that they
caught this distress message from the
Titanic almost providentially T" asked
Senator Smith.
"Yes, I did. It was absolutely provl
dentlal."
"Is there any signal for the operator
if he Is not at his post?"
"I think there is none," said Mar
conl.
"Ought It not to be incumbent upon
ships to have an operator always at
the key?"
"Yes. but the shipowners don't like
j to carry two operators when they can
get along with one. The smaller boat
owners don't like the expense of two
operators."
Only through the newspapers, he
said, had he received information
about the Carpathla's refusing to reply
to a request of President Taft for
news.
"I asked the operator last night and
he told me he never dreamed of such a
thing," said. Marconi.
That finished Mr. Marconi's testi
mony. Charles Llghtholder. second of
ficer of the Titanic, aald be understood
the maximum speed of the Titanic was
shown by Its trial tests to have been
214 to 22 knots an hour. Senator
Smith asked if the rule requiring life
saving apparatus to be in each room
for each passenger was complied with.
Inspection Had Been Tkoroagh.
"Everything was complete," said
Llghtholder.
Sixteen lifeboats, of which four were
collapsible, were on the Titanic, he
added. During the tests, he said. Cap
tain Clark, of the British Board of
Trade, was aboard the Titanic to In
spect its Ufesavlng equipment.
"How thorough are these captains of
the Board of Trade in inspecting
ships?" asked Senator Smith.
"Captain Clark Is so thorough that
we called him a nuisance."
Llghtholder said he was In the sea
with a lifebelt on for one hour and a
half.
"What time did you leave the ship?"
"I did not notice."
"Where were you when the Tltanlo
sank?"
"In the officers' quarter."
"Were all the lifeboats gone then?"
"All but one. I was about 10 feet
from It. It was hsnglng In the tackle
and they were trylr.g to get It over
the bulwarks the last time I saw It.
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SENATOR
BRANDS
ISMAY AS COWARD
Rayner Seeks Criminal Action
Against Officers of White
Star Line.
SHIP DESERTION DECRIED
Vigorous Denunciation of Man Who
Kled With Women Made In Tpper
Body of Congress Correc
tive Bills Framed.
WASHINGTON. April" 1. An Indict
ment, rarely equalled in its rigor, of
J. Bruce Ismay, managing director,
and other officials of the White Star
Line, holding them responsible for the
Titanic disaster, was made in the Senate
today by Senator Rayner, of Maryland,
who pictured Ismay as "the officer pri
marily responsible for the whole disas
ter, who has reached his destination in
safety and unharmed."
Senator Rayner pointed out that
while neither civil nor criminal reme
dies were available In the American
courts, criminal and civil suits could be
brought In the Brltah courts and that
a congressional committee would have
absolute authority to subpena everyone
connected with the disaster and that
if anyone should refuse to answer
questions he could be indicted and Im
prisoned for contempt.
Ismay Branded Coward.
"Mr. Ismay contends, according to
report, that he took tbe last lifeboat,
cried Senator Rayner. "I do not be
lieve it and if he did it was cowardly
to take any lifeboat, for tbe manag
ing director of. the line Is criminally
responsible for this appalling tragedy.
"IX this bad happened on an Ameri
can vessel there would be no question
that an indictment would be found and
If the facts were sustained the officers
of the company could Be convicted of
manxlaughtcr, 11 not or murder, be
cause the evidence Is clear that the
vessel was not properly equipped with
efficient Ufesavlng apparatus.
"I have not the slightest doubt that
the northern route was taken In obedi
ence to Mr. Ismay's direct order and
that after full warning he risked the
life of his entire ship to make a
speedy passage.
Head of I.lae Flees.
"I care not what the rules of the
English admiralty are. Here you have
the spectacle of the head of the line
failing to see that his ship was proper
ly equipped with Ufesavlng apparatus.
heedless of the warnings that he was
sailing on a dangerous sea, forsaking
his vessel and permitting 1S00 pas
sengers and crew to be swallowed by
the sea. The martyrdom and the
agonies of separation that took place
on board the sinking ship are too fear
ful for the mind to dwell upon and
contemplate, but Mr. Ismay, the officer
primaaily responsible for the whole
dlsastip-, has reached his destination In
fety and unharmed. Io legislation
can bring back to earth a single life
lost upon the fatal night. What we
can do is to help fix the responsibility
If possible and rely upon British Justice
to bring to bay the guilty directorate
of this company.
Sympathy Held.
"All civilized nations will applaud the
criminal prosecution of the manage
ment of this line. If they can be
made to suffer no sympathy will go out
for them and If It does, it will be sub
merged In the overwhelming lamenta
tion that today echoes throughout the
civilised world for the victims of their
culpable carelessness, a recklessness
that sent hundreds of their fellow
beings into eternity, desolating homes
and firesides and turning this land into
house of mourning.
"In this hour of our calamity, we
appeal to the majesty of the law to
deal out retrlbutory justice to this
guilty company to the last degree.'
Two more bills rramea on me lesson
drawn from the Titanic disaster were
adopted In the House today. One of
them by Representative O'Shaughnessy,
of Rhode Island, would compel all
ocean-going steamships to or from the
United States to carry constant and
adequate wireless. Representative Par-
ran, of Rhode Jsiana onerea a measure
to appropriate $100,000 for naval target
practice in destroying Icebergs by the
guns of the warships and by dropping
explosives from airships.
PRAYERS TO BE OFFERED
Supplications Set Forth for Titanic's
Passengers.
Trayers set forth by the Rt. Rev.
Charles Seaddlng, the) bishop ot ore-
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is yesterday's newspaper."
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reaps the greatest results. If you
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Offices of Hop Merchant, Titanic's
Victim, Close for Day.
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terday out of respect to the memory of
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the Titanic disaster.
Instructions to close the offices, for
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