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Show Senate Committee Writing Writ-ing Titanic Story Into History SOME STARTLING FACTS -- (Now York, April 20 Appear- 4- ing before the senate Titanic -- incstlgatlng committee In a - wheel chair, Harold Bride, as- -f sistant wireless operator of the -f- 4- Ill-fated ship who was dls- ablcd in the rescue, testified today that although the North -f German Lloyd liner Frankfurt was twenty miles nearer tho TI- 4- tanic than the Carpathia, no 4- effort was made to givo her news of the Titanlc's sinking condition. 4- Told to Keep Out Bride tostiflcd that Phillpps, the chief wireloBS operator, told the Frankfurt wireless man bfc was a fool and had -f -4- bettor keep out. Tho Frank- furt, he said, was first to ans- -- wer the Titanlc's signals of dls- tress. The reason no details were given the German ship, Bride said, was that they be- Hevcd her operator could not understand. Bride also testified to hav- ing received warnings of ice- 4 bergs in the vicinity and to having delivered them to his f superior officers, one to Cap- tain Smith himself. 4 -TKj New York. April 20 J. Bruce Is-may Is-may and other officials of the White Star line were subpoonaed today by the senate investigating committee to appear before It in Washington Monday. Mon-day. Tho Investigation In Now York will be concluded today: .hist before tho senate committeo Investigating the Titanic disaster met, an invalid chair was wheeled into tho committee room. In It was Harold Bride, the assistant wireless opciator on the Titanic, whose feet wero wrenched and badly Injured when ho was crushed on tho life raft that picked him up. He was sallow and hollow cheeked and lay propped up with pillows awaiting his call to the witness chair. Had Ordered Full Equipment of Boata. Immediately behind Bride came J. Bruce Ismay, president of tho International Inter-national Mercantile Marine company, and P. A. S. Franklin, vico president of the organization. Mr. Ismny announced an-nounced before the Inquiry begun that ho had given Instructions to all tho lines of the International Morcantllo Marine company, which Include tho White Star, the American, the Red Star, tho Leyland, tbo Atlantic Transport Trans-port and the Dominion lines, to equip all stoamors with sufficient lifeboats and raft boats for every passenger and every man of tho crew without regard re-gard to government regulations. Cottam Recalled to Stand. The llrst witness was Thomas Cottam, Cot-tam, tho wireless operator on tbo Carpathia, who was recalled to tho stand. Senator Smith sought to clear up the messages that hod passed between be-tween tho Caipathla and the Titanic. "What was tho last message sent to the Titanic?" asked Senator Smith. "We sent It word to have Its lifeboats life-boats ready," said tho witness, "that our lifeboats were ready and that we were steaming to them as faBt as we could." Senator Smith asked questions to discover whether any official had sought to keep back news of the disaster. dis-aster. "Did you send any message that all tho passengers had been saved or that the Titanic was being towed to Halifax?" Never Sent Such a Mescage. "No, sir."' "Nor anything like it?" "No, sir." "Did you know such reports were being published to tho world?" "No sir." "If tho White Star lino sent a mes-sago mes-sago Monday reading, 'Rep. J. II. HughcB, Huntington, W. Va., Tho Titanic Ti-tanic proceeding tj Halifax. Passengers Pas-sengers probably will land there Wednesday. Wed-nesday. All safe.' they did not obtain ob-tain tho information or what It Is based on from you?'' "No sir." "Nor do you know that they obtained It from any other operator on the Carpathia?'' "No." Senator Smith asked tho witness If ho had received any message from tho timo the Carpathia loft tbo scone of tbo disaster until it reached Now York. Reported, the Matter Himself "No sir," answered Cottam. "I reported re-ported tho entlro matter myself to tbo steamship Baltic at 10:30 o'clock Monday morning. I told them .wo had been to the wreck and had picked up as many of tho passengers as wo could.1' 'TJId Bride do any sending in' that time?" Senator Smith asked, "Yes sir. He sent tho list of the third-class passengers to tho cruiser Chester." . "Any other message?" "Several. I don't remember what they wero. Tho records arc on the Carpathia." "Did you or Brido send any message mes-sage declaring that the Titanic was being towed into Halifax?" "No sir," said the witness with emphasis. em-phasis. Repeated Testimony Yesterday Cottam repeated his testimony of yesterday and said he bad been without with-out sleep Sunday, Monday and Tuesday Tues-day and until lato Wednesday afternoon. after-noon. Senator Smith sought to have the witness designate the exact, hour when he was relieved by Oporator Bride, who had boon taken aboard tho Carpathia from tho Titanic. "I don't know, sir," said Cottam In extenuation. "I was tip continuously and I lost track of tho hours and days. I had from eight to ton hours sleep from the time we loft tho wreck until wo arrived lufNew York Cotlam, after rehearsing again the final messages exchanged between tho Titanic, and Carpathia, was excused. Ho in to be recalled ' Senator Smith thon called what he evidently oxpected to be one of the j most important witnesses, Harold S. Bride, tho sole surviving viroless op-orator op-orator of tho Titanic. Crippled as a result of his experiences, he was ' whcelod In an invalid's chair to the tablo where the committeo sal. "Contrary to tho usual procedure," said Mr. Smith, "I must place you under oath " Placed Under Oath. Tho witness, hand uplifted, listened whilo the senator ropcatod the oath. Then ho bowed in nsscnt Bride said bo was n native of London, was 22 years aid nnd had learned his profession pro-fession In a British schdol of telegraphy teleg-raphy "What practical experience have you had?" " l , ,, "I have crossed to t,hc States ;j.hreo times and to Br,azlr', wlce," said Bride. Brido remembered receiving and sending messages regarding tho speed Of the Titanic on Its trial tests. After leaving Southampton on tho Titanlc's fatal trip, ho could not remember receiving re-ceiving or sending any messages for Ismay. Sonntor Smith asked particularly partic-ularly about messages on Sunday "I don't remember, sir," said Bride. "Thcro was so much business Sunday." Sun-day." Ilo wns asked If Captain Smith received re-ceived or sent any mesoagos Sunday. "No, sir," was the repjy. "How do you know ho did not?" "Becauso I seo the messages Mr. Philipps takes when they are made up." "Wore thoso for Sunday mado up? "No, they never were.'' Gave Records to Officer on Watch. After testifying he made no permanent perma-nent record of the Iceberg warnings, Brldo Insisted he gave the momor- nndum of tho warning to the officer on watch. The name of tho officer he could not tell. "I know tho officers by sight but not by name," he said. Ho did not inform CaptalrfiSmlth. Bride said ho saw Philipps in the operating room "Ho told mo ho thought the boat had bcon lnjurod In somo way and he oxpected It would have to go back to tho builders," said Bride. "Immediately tho captain came in and said we had better send out a call for assistance," testified Bride. "Philipps asked i.f ho wanted to send a distress call. The captain said ho did. I could read what Philipps sent C. Q. D." "How soon did ho got a reply9" "As far as I know, immediately. I could not hear what he received, howover." Tho witness told of having Intercepted Inter-cepted a message from tho Callfor-nian Callfor-nian Intended for the Baltic, which told of tho presence of three bugo Icebergs Ice-bergs near the formqr vessel. "I gavo tho message to tbo captain personally." he said. '.'Tho Callfornlan was seeking the Baltic and I merely noted that it was an Ice report and told tho captain," he said. In an effort to determine whethor tho signal 'C. Q. D. might not have been misunderstood by a passing ship, Senator Smith called on Mr. Marconi. What CalljM.eans. "The C. Q. D.' " said Mr. Marconi, "Is an international signal which meant that all stations should cease sending excopt the one using the call. Tho 'D was added to lndicato danger. The call, however, now has bcon superseded by the universal call 'S. O. S.' " Bride then said tho North Gorman Lloyd steamor Frankfurt was the first tc answer the Titanlc's distress signal. sig-nal. 'Havo you heard t,hat the Frankfurt was the nearest ship to the Titanic?" "Yes, sir, Mr. Philipps told me that." "How did ho know?" "By the strength' of the signals," &ald tho witness, who added that tho Carpathia answered shortly afterwards. after-wards. The witness said bat twenty minutes min-utes later the Frankiurl operator Interrupted In-terrupted to ask, "what was the matter?" mat-ter?" "What did you rciUy?" No Effort to Get Frankfurt's Po3ltlon. "Mr. Philipps said he was a fool and told him to keep out. Thoro was no further offort to get the Frankfurt's position. Time and again Senator Smith asked ask-ed In varying forms why the Titanic did not explain In detail its condition to tlie Frankfurt. Would Tell the Captain. "Anv operator receiving C Q. D. and the position of the ship, if he Is on the job. would teU the captain at once." said Bride. "Was your object In dismissing tho somewhat tardy inquiry of the Frankfurt Frank-furt duo to your desire to hang on to a certainty, the Carhathia?" inquired in-quired Senator Smith. "Yes." "But under tho circumstances could you not with propriety send a detailed detail-ed message to the Frankfurt?" Scn-ator Scn-ator Smith Insisted " "I didn't think wo could under the circumstances." "Would yon still make tho samo rcplv if you were told that the Frank-furl Frank-furl was twenty miles nearer to you than tho Carpathia?" Brido replied that the Carpathia was then on Its way with its HfeboatB ready. Again Told of Distress Signals. Mr. Marconi again testified to the distress signals and said that the Frankfurt was equipped with Marconi Marco-ni wireless. Ho said that the receipt re-ceipt of the signal "C. Q D." by the Frankfurt's operator should have been all that wns necessary to send the Frankfurt to the immediate rescue. "Why did you not send the message to the Frankfurt as well as to the Carpnthia?" asked Senator, Smith. "He would not have understood." Tho witness said that bofore leaving leav-ing the cabin three minutes before tho ship went down Philipps sent out a final "C. Q. D." There was no response, re-sponse, Bride saying the spark wns then so weak that it probably did not carry. When Bride and Philipps stepped out on the boat deck, ho said, they found persons rushing about In confusion. con-fusion. They wore seeking life belts. The witness said ho did not see J. Bruce Ismay nnd that the last he saw of Captain Smith was when ho was in tho act of jumping from the bridge Just as the ship went down. Americans Will Be Heard Later The story of the American survivors surviv-ors of the Titanic wjll be told at t-h Washington hearings' of tho committee. commit-tee. Subpoenas are being sent outt and several were served in the hotel, where the' committee was holding Its hearing. , Tho dolay in the opening of the, morning session of the hearing, it developed later In the day, was duo to a diplomatic contest between Senator Sen-ator Smith's committee and the White Star line. The slcaruBhlp company wns anxious to have Its men return to England on tbo Iapland. "f want to got every bit of the tes-tcstlmony," tes-tcstlmony," explained Sen. Smith. "It might bo very disastrous should tho British government bo given ono storv by the ship's men and the Amer- , lean government given another by American survivors." ( . |