Show MATE ADMITS HE GOULD COULD HAVE VESSEl I I Second Officer of Wrecked I II I Harvard Waited Ten Minutes to Act LOS ANGELES June 9 Sc 11 P S lP-S Sec Second Cand C- C ond and Officer John P. P by his own testimony could have saved sa-ed the coastwise liner Harvard from de destruction destruction de- de of off Point Arguello May 30 had he be acted Immediately he re rec received re- re c ived the radio report that the ship ua t In danger l M Vi te r testified before the led led- eral elal st steamboat Inspection board yesterday yesterday yes yes- cs he waited 10 minutes to verily verify radio compass bearings from shore before calling callin Captain Lyle B. B Hillsinger Hillsinger Hill Hill- singer inger at a. a m. m 1 I COULD HAVE STOPPED In those 10 minutes before you ou called Captain and after alter you ou found the ship 17 degrees off course shoreward could you have saved the Harvard Hanard asked J A A. Moody l federal Inspector Yes I could have held her up Stopped the thc ship Captain HUlsinger said they tIley re received received re- re a radio bearing of 26 degrees Inside Imide Point Arguello at fl a m. m but discounted It as a mistake He had ordered a degree 10 shift seaward seaward sea sea- ward ward- he said and ud a few minutes later gave the command Hard aport But almost Instantly the crash came caine The passengers were lowered in hi lifeboats and later placed aboard the U S. S S. S Louisville The Harvard Is gradually being broken up b bV by the sea BEARS BLAME IE The skipper declined to shoulder blame for the disaster on any member member mem mem- ber of his crew but said had Me Vicar notified him immediately of the ships ship's danger It could have been swerved out to sea He said he twice had had to discipline Quartermaster John Allen AlIen who was at the helm from 2 to 3 a. a m. m for drunkenness and charges hint him with bein being drunk after aner the ship crashed Into the reef |