Show SELFISHNESS OF ISMAY ISM A Y PROMINENT TESTIMONY i PUTS HIM IN i A BAD LIGHT I L t I Captain Rostron Shows Up Brave and Strong in Comparison MASS OF TITANIC I EVIDENCE BROUGHT OUT Fo Four r Officers and Twelve Men Detained for Ex Ex- Ex- Ex I 1 l' l 1 I 1 I ri NEW YORK April Apri 20 O. The The 4 f 4 following aro important ant and v 4 fome of them are significant Cant do- do dov e. e v 4 the 1 in connection with v the disaster te apart from the tho be bo- 4 t 1 of the senatorial ines v T r 4 r 4 Two Two hundred and ten of the 4 t survivors ur wc were o members of ot v r r 4 the crow of the Titanic I It I nas as nasr r 4 stated that six eighty ix men were 4 h. h J. J amply sufficient to man nau the me- me fe 4 f 4 J- J boat boata T Fifteen women in the first 4 1 J. J 4 v cabin perished 4 o The Tho Carpathia in 1 f 4 twenty wido widowed ed brides who r v on on honeymoons when whon the 4 t to 4 r ship bip went down J f o 4 Survivors said ead that the con con- coni 4 i 4 duct of some of 01 the crow crew in ui ill the v vv v 1 lifeboats was brutal brutal T Tf f 1 Major Archibald Butt But Col Colonel y 4 Astor Aitor and others were praised 4 a. a again nain and for their bray bra bravn n 4 tain I Icy 4 cry cy Butt Bitt But armed With an iron 4 v bat bar h 1 ba back k he hc arm army of pf m men n j to ro let tho the poor worten and chit chil- y 4 I- I dren drol into th the b boats ats r f fr 4 r r The Tho last words word of Benjamin 4 y yv 4 v Guggenheim his his his dying Jes message a o 4 y 4 I to Ins his wife wife wr were ere brou brought ht herp herc y yi x steward i by a room i 1 I- I Tell her hor I I. I played the game y 1 out put straight and to the tho cud No o 4 y r. r v. v woman man shall shaH be lie l ft t aboard thi 4 y I I ship because Benjamin r was as u fl coward Toll roil ber Ier n 1 4 mv Ins' nn last last tho thoughts ts were rc of her 4 y I 4 Th The hydro hydrographic graphic r officers or or- ory 4 y tl I 4 4 the lane lan of At Atlantic Hn- Hn har y r I 4 1 ers rs moved moed ISO U s l southward so 50 t war n 4 The White Star line offices did 4 not a as had been promised on an 4 i Thil d issue today an an- official 4 4 r to the wreck of tho the 4 i Titanic ami aud d the tlC causes leading leadin 4 y S 4 J- J thereto 4 4 4 i ri I NEW YORK April Apri 20 After After hearin hearing hear hear- in ing J. J Bruce Ismay president of th the tho International Mercantile Marine Mane testify test tosti- tosti fy he heras ras as nO not not in i t the first lifeboat that left the Titanic the federal investigating ing committee announced that it would not hot permit lay Ismay four officers of the sunken Titanic Titanic's s 's crew and twelve survivors sur vi or to leave leave th the te jurisdiction ton of the te United States Stats J. J Bruce Ismay who told most of his hi story str in Ul a low voice admitted the to Titanic wa was rushing along at twenty one knots knot an hour when she ahe I crashed cashed into it the iceberg eberg Mr Ir lamay Ismay was vas tho the first witness called and alli was wan not fortunate atc In the thc impression sion lie made ou on 01 the and others present That batIr Ismay Has nas bs been con con- COl cern cd chiefly with wil l bin own safety seemed to to tobe be generally suspected It Itis I is is it nob probable ble that he suffers suter somewhat from from fromn n an unfortunate mannerism a somewhat n supercilious expression and ami rather t too o much eri evidence of amusement at lt the tho land lubberly P errors of tz the tho cOl committee considering the tho gravity Tavit ot 01 t the catastrophe for lor which his hL hi ship shin must musi be held in in measure responsible The remarkable aud and unwarranted faith of Captain Captin E E. E 1 f. f Smith and hi his junior officers in tho the unsinkable of the thc Titanic T the tho recklessness ot of navigating the Titanic at fun full speed i iu view of tho the ad advices es of icebergs in the thc vicinity and tho the wonderful calm which I prevailed among passengers and nd officers oh of cers after the collision were collision were the sa salient heat lent facts brou brought ht out out ut in yesterdays yesterday's yesterday f congressional investigation in Too Much Faith ath in i Ship Captain Smith of the Titanic obviously obviously obviously bad had far too great reat faith in th the staunchness of his bis ship which was wa shown hown by his failure to bound an alarm immediately on impact with the tho ice berg And it was wa brou brought bt out i in in th the tho 3 testimony of the second officer that not L. L only dip he return to his bis cabin after r I the impact under the tho assumption 8 that I no serious dama damage c ad bo be been n n done doue but t i that it remained for him to suggest t to the captain captan the ad advisability of putting tho women and aud children in the boats boat which sti t 6 suggestion stion ston Captain Smith Dp ap approved p I proved Tro ed with the words Yes Yes and low lower er or wayll ow I Ev Even n then the ibo second officer Charles Charle W. W failed fied to appreciate tb the i dancer an and loaded tho the first boats with mth I extreme caution putting accor according ing t to cauton his testimony only twenty five five persons person S into the first boat and gradually rad al persons increasing in iu creasing cressing the number until the last hi he 0 sent down contain contained cd possibly forty forty five Thus hus far tb the has failed i utter utterly to clear up the mysterious absence ab sence fr from m the boat deck of the tho approximately ap proximately fifteen hundred passengers ers S Sand and others otherl who wore were lost A According cordin ti to D J. J Bruce Ima Ismay there were no wom women i i in in when the boat in int o which h he 0 stepped went ent over the si side e. e Capt Rostron's s 's Favorable Favorable Impression In striking contrast Wa waa the testimony test mony of Arthur Henry Henr Rostron ca cap tain lain of the Carpathia who made madea cap a mot most favorable impression on on his hie hearers hear heat ers ers' Ho Je eave ave e every evidence of bein being rr modest courageous and alert aler thou thought thought- ht rul lIil to the last last detail of the safety an and ami Ii of the survivors both of ot Ui tho C 1 Jt Dc and his own cC crew no no detail detal El I mg escaped hIm m in the tho he ho for the rescUe and his hia hil thou thought ht L. L culminating in the religious ious service ser I ice vice of th thanksgiving ivill which h h ho asked aske I Ian an Episcopal o. o clergyman to conduct in im- im in t. t I after ater the die rescue rescue obvious obviously y i as ns much because of a realization of the sedative and comforting effects Asked ns as sto to the tho presence of ice Captain Cap Cap- tam tain Rostron said I 1 had seen seon no leA lew before th thA te Titanic airmailed us us u. but I knew know from hor her mesBA messa mes- mes sa sags BA that there was wac ws Ice to b be encountered I had hod extra extra officers on watch and some oma others volunteered to watch ahead thru throughout hout the trip Captain Rostron Rostro sold said the h hid had d twenty lifeboats of or her own In accordance accordance ac ac- C with wih tho the British regulations Would not that that the regulations were out of oC date your ship being being much smaller than the Titanic which also carried carrie twenty lifeboats Senator Smith uk asked No Xo The Titanic was supposed to be bea a lifeboat he herself herlt You SQ say that that the captain of a R ship haa has absolute Ib control O over Or r the tho movements of his hl vessel vesse YI Yes by law that In is the rule Captain Cap Cap- tam tain Rostron answered But suppose we get orders order from the th owners of ot our ship chip to do a certain thIng thIng-It If we do not execute that order O T are liable to dismissal When I turned back bacic bac we sent a n message to the Cunard line office saying I was wa proceeding proceed proceed- ing to Now N- York unless otherwise or- or or or- dered derod I then thon started I received receive no order to change chango my course Captain Rostron then curse explained that it H was for or the good Joo of oC of tho the shipwrecked p people ople that he brought hI his ship to Now York Instead of going to Halifax Mr Ismay Tamay flUn sitting In a corner smiled d dIS as na IS C Captain Rostron said he never ne knew of a managing director of oC one line Una giving directions to the captain of ot another line 11 when hen a passenger er of ot tho the captains captain's boat bat Women Were Rowing Bowing At Representative Hughess Hughes's suggestion tion ton Captain Rostron was se ake asked further further fur fur- ther thor about the tho lifeboat with v Sh one officer and one onE seaman eaman In It f. f This wa wa the boat boat from which the representatives representative's daughter r was rescued At least two women wom worn en em were wera rowing In another lifeboat lebot he saw caw women t at the oars but bow many ho could not toll tell tol Why Wh so so M few messages tame came from the Carpathia was wa gone Ione Into Captain Rostron Rostron Rostron Ros Ros- tron declared the first messages all 1 substantially sub sub- the same pame were sent to the I White Star Star lino the Cunard lino Uno and th the th A Associated d Pre Press Then th the tho f first t tand and second cabin passenger lists were sent and then the tho wireless failed Senator Smith said some complaint had been heard that the tha Carpathia had hadnot hadnot ha not answered Pre President Tafts Taft's Inquiry for Major Butt But Captain Rostron d de declared de- de dared clard a reply was wa sent ent Not ot on board boad He lie d declared he knew of or no attempt of President Taft Tat to communicate directly with wih the Carnathia Captain Rostron testified he I Issued u d or orders orders or- or 01 d ders rE th that t no messages b be sent Mt except on Instructions from him and for tor official business to go o first then private messages messages me- me mes mes- sages es from the Titanic survivors In or order order or- or order der of ot filing William Marconi the wireless Inventor tor VM v-as v as the next witness He entered the he room rom with wih Mr I Ismay may who took tok his seat near the witness stand stad Mr Ismay Imay w v was s mor more nervous than at the forenoon ses session lon constantly pulling his mu mustache tche his throat or rubbing his hil head Marconi Maconi Testifies Mr Ir Marconi took the stand as a a soon as al the hearin hearing was ws resumed for the tho afternoon H Ho said he was chairman of the British Marconi com company pan Under In In- In str of or the company he said paid operators operators op op- op- op must munt take tae their orders from the captain of the ship on which they aro are aroI I employed I Do the tho regulations prescribe whether ono one or two twp operators should be aboard the ocean vessels Yes Yes On ships like the late Titanic and Olympic two twO are carried said Mr Marconi The Tha Carpathia a. a 1 sae smaller boat bat carries one The wireless wire- wire ies less lees apparatuses eul equip equip- ment The maximum efficiency of ot- the Car Car- Ca pahl pathin wireless I 1 should say nay AJ W wa was 00 miles Th The Tho wireless ss equipment on on the Titanic wa was WI available for tor miles durIng dur dur- ing tho the daytime and 1000 miles mUes at night Do you vou consider that the Titanic was equipped d with wih the latest approved appU- appU anco ancA Yes I should say that It had ha the very vary te best ver Senator Smith asked If amateur or rival concer concerns concern Interfered with wih the wireless communication of ot the Carpathia Second Officers Officer's Story Str That finished Mr Ir Marconis Marconi's testimony Charles Herbert LIghtholder second oti- oti cr rr of the Titanic followed Mr Marconi ot- ot Mr Lightholder said Bald he understood too the maximum speed of the Titanic was shown hown b by ft Its trial tests to t have hav been wa 22 to 23 knots knot an hour Senator Smith asked If It the rule requiring saving life Ute apparatus to be bo In each cach room for tor each passenger was was complied compiled with comple Everything E W was vas complete sai said Light Light- holder holer LI ht Sixteen lifeboats of ot which four 1 boat W were collapsible wore were re on the Titanic he add add- r ed During u the tests he said Captain ad- ad Clerk Clark of 0 th the tha British Board BoUd of Trade was saving aboard abard savin equipment the Titanic to Inspect it Its Ho lifesaving life Ufa- lre a How How thorough are ate these captains of ot the Board oard of at Tre In snips asked aked Senator Smith called Captain Clark Is ls so thorough that tat we I caled him a nuisance said ald he was wa In the sea se with a a a- for tor one hour and a half halt What time did you jou leave the ship I tr didn't dInt leave It IL It Did Did It I leave leavo you 7 Yes Ye sir lr Where w were re you when the Titanic SAD K In tlc the officers officers' quarters Quarter Were ere all the lifeboats al tone gone one then One Ono Boat Not Lauce Launched All An bu but bul one I T was wa about ten tori feet teet abut from It It was wu I. I I hanging In lii tho the tackle takle and the they were trying to t get It ft over tho the bulwarks bulwark the last lat time I saw It The fr first firt t officer Mr Murdock who It lost hla his life Ufe was ws managing the tackle When did you see eee Mr Ismay When we we started stared to uncover the deck deck boats He Ho was I standing on tb the boat boa What was he was u doing Standing still Was he fun fully dressed I say sy for tor sure ure It was dark When you OU saw W Mr r. r Ismay twenty minutes after the collision were there an any other passengers near him I 1 J dIdn't sf see an anyone one In particular said LIghtholder b but t there thero might have been some som The witness winess ome described the collision as a a slight Blight Jar followed ed b by a grinding sound a LIghtholder said that on Sund Sunday he saw a l message from Crom some Sole ship about some somo saw Iceberg ahead He Ho le did not know the s sent nt the message he be testified Making Good God Speed The ship was wa as making about twenty one and a IL half haJ knots knot one testified He said this was not the best the ship could do Did you you OU have an ambition to see what the ship could make mako the witness wItness' was asked wa Ni Naturally tu rl at some Bore time Ume What was the weather Clear and fair Were Vere you ou anxious about abut Ice leer IceT No sir dr And you put on no rio additional lookouts lookouts look look- outs out No No sir When Captain Smith came on the bridge at al five minutes of nine what was WI eald said We talked together generally for twenty or t twenty five enty minutes minute about h when n we w might expect to got gat to the Ice ice- fields He left lert the bridge I think about twenty five minutes mInute after nine Ine o'clock and nd during our talk he ha told me rae to t keep th the ship on Oi her course curee but that If It I IT 1 was a the slightest d degree gee doubtful about conditions con eon once developing to to- let him know kow at Did you keep th the tha Titanic on her course then Senator Smith asked Y Yes Yea f When did oue OU I next see c Captain Smith mith Wl When n I cam out of ot the officers officers' t after ater the Impact LIghtholder replied I Then Captain Smith did not return to l the bridge before your four a 1 watch h expired I did not see sea lef him him What time Wd Um did you ou leaver leave Gave Place Pa to Murdock I turned over oyer tho the watch to First Frt rat Of ot Murdock at 10 Do you recall now Just what the tha TItanic's Tl- Tl position was when you turned T- T over the tho watch to Murdock I do not know sir but I did di know kow kowat at the this time time- Wo We talked about abut the Ice lea that we had b heard ard was afloat and I re remember ye- ye member w we w. w agreed we should reach tho the reported |