Show CAPTAIN CAPT IS BLAMED FOR TITANIC LOSS F Failed led to Heed W Warnings rn Given Him of Floating Floating Float Float- ing ine Ice ACTION OF OFFICIALS SEVERELY CRITICISED Arraigned rr ign d for Sending Out Oat Ki Misleading leading Telegrams as to Disaster B By International News NeWS' Service W WASHINGTON May Mar 23 A A cath in nt of J. J 1 Bruce Bruce- ruco an and I the White Whit Star line ine officials in n NewYork New NeWYork NewYork York a a st stern t ril rIi denunciation of many members of tho tho pick tip pick pick up crew craw of the the i Tit Titanic nie and nd sweeping weep nJ ch charges charres r s of inc m. m in the mana management ement of the tho hn line T il bo made Sn in tho report of the special sub committee mm tt c appointed to investigate into the thc Titanic Titanic- di disaster aster by the Unite United States senate which will be given to the senate next Tuesday bv mornin morning Th The r rp re report report re- re p port port rf will ill b be b submitted d b bv by Chairman iliam Alden Smith of Ilch an who has labored almost almot since inee the afternoon he was ru rushed hed to New Jew ew York to mc t th the and nd secure the I facts fact first hand From the Of br f hi arrival at tho dock up to the completion of th the report and the pe speech h he is i m t to make on onit on onit n nit it S Senator Smith has ball worked un emit and actively ethrel He ex examined mi d or 8 every hue and aud i iq ID New York orK exhaust exhaust- heIr He made many mans trips trips to td New NewYork York t to find ant and examine n new w wit wit- he not got ot the facts fact White Star Line Criticised Taken f together eth r as they will ho bo pr pre presented cut d in the tl report they e constitute themo the mo most t I startling indictment of or a a. great eat p passenger carrying corporation that bace has bac e ever er r been found o nd b by an investigation ly bo-ly appointed b by the senate Sl Senator Smith has as cOP completed his deliver cliver with the ch which ho lie will submission b j n of f the report and in n hi which h he will make mak an n earnest plea for the eDl enactment t of Je legislation which will make such b another other horror as that of the Titanic litan c impossible imposible sible The r r report port spares neither J. J Brucel Bruce l Ismay lm n a- a anor nor his nis subordinates in New Newt r York t whoso juggling with tho the truth after receiving news from Montreal that th l had sunk unk is savagely dr Emphasis is laid on the cruelty o of f ji sending o out ouI t tu su such u h b dispatches as that r received by br Representative Hughes of W Wt t Virginia wh s so d 1 daughter was oh h th the Titanic Titanic- with her lir and was was oldin a tel telegram jiram signed d White Star Starlin lin i r a t the e was S being towed towe into mip J bJ x 4 J O P. P Direct Pirt t r responsibility for the tabs catas catastrophe is laid on on Cap Captain n Smith and aid itis it itis itis is pointed outS out that had nad h ho heeded the warnings of f ice sent him b bv by the Am Amerika Amer- Amer rika r ika ka arid and other vessels the lives ives of f the been saved Pointing out that tho the speed of tho Tit Titanic ni just juet before eb she struck the iceberg ire iceS berg berl was twenty four r and a a. half miles an hour hour- and that it had been beer steadily iri in increased r c after fter r r receiving lee eivin f fee e warning b by th tho report asserts that the presence on board of oC Ismay the mania man man- ia ging director of pf the line and Andrews the ho constructor for tor or Harlan k Wolf theo tho the o dors w was s und undoubtedly an an in lacen- lacen en iye zye to to making thi this great rt at speed It i th that t President Ismay who ot oL away was advised immedi- immedi t p the da danger Jer while many of the passengers were not The impact n al- al l l in momentum to the im- im met i of t f the combined bro broadsides d idel of wenty twenty ir great grat at hips battleships was icar scarcely eli elt on the v vessel s l such sueh was her giant ad ize so and nd tr tremendous stability rew rew- Incompetent I T Tl report recites that the pickup rew cw with which tho the White Star line the vessel were unacquainted nth th each other ther and their duties There ras as the utmost confusion i when tho vesel yes ves- el struck I Much space is devoted to a a- brief and recital of the incidents on the l after ter the iceberg r had had slid sUd along er Cr side leaving leavin a great reat gaping hole hote Int Inu in u he t bil bilge e through h which ater atei was ai pouring at such a rate that e 0 sank ank I seventy venty feet leet within a very verr iw w vi hours houri It t t. is il noted that the weather was Wat ar and aDd perfect l'-arte t- t tb the le sea being beig calm aIm th no o well swell swell conditions that would e a been id ideal pl for lor the saving paving of all allds d ds on on board had hd there been but ade ads te life saving paving apparatus and ade ads te sailors to man them But al- al u ugh b there was as room in the lifeboats lifeboat 1076 1016 persons the report I says but persons were were put into them owing the tile disorganized d and disorderly li conion eon con ion on on of tho the crew ere Twelve persons e S afterward taken out of the water cry Censured Special stress drel is laid on the utter of the junior muter officers who were onE any the tho first firt to leave the ship to lake eke e any an effort whatever to r rescue seu any of ot those thos in hi the water ater for whom om orn mi might ht easily have been found in ini i lifeboats lifeboat The he r report port riddles riddle the assertion of oi iv 3 members of the crew that the don fon drop in tb temperature which n noted ted and testified to b by almost almod y witness placed plaud under e examina- examina k was no warning of the approach u. u Lightoller r sneered when asked sudden cold not indica indica- the wa was an n but he be refused to sa 8 say what hat such stich cons consisted t d of at Concerning the lifeboats it is ill rented re reo that none of them had haa compasses lly ly 1 three had bad li lights all aU w were rc manned and none of them thim by lors lors The indifference of ao such h or- or of e ers and warrant warrant officers as aa did get getto et eto to o 0 the boats to the cries cries cries' of distress u. u caustically atie commented upon uron e 1 C arl Criticism n ri the general criticism of the conduct the crew and the of ef the thE us apparatus comm comment ant Is ts made madeth th th of ot the lookouts lookout that I theY be been n provIded J with marine maims sic sea they C could have the Ice- Ice c g much earlier in time In fact tad to toe toa e a avoided the collision When reame the effort to avoid It the officer working working- for many min only on an the th telephone warning warnings ich cli ch came th from the crow neat i- i ito to e expOSe Qs the weakest w PUt part of ot the Isel set eel The The- bilge bUsel pierced by br the berg beTS berge berga e a the leut braced of any part gt the while at the point pint la lii th the Q bown he ship hp which the wat w. watertight rt bWl h were the largest thus thul a ao at- a a. a few fw compartments compartment wat water r nto tn Ih to to ln sunk Ink tb the ul l which a at t the e points out hut hut- ut had been bern d described as u practically unsinkable and the last lut word won wr In marine marina construction Gout mane into the matter of ot tnt tests of f th the suI mt matters r. r te which were wet rigorously tf re require required re- re quire In battleships the report emphasizes sizes their uter utter utter- lack JAde No sufficient tests test were U made mad of ot th Ui t. t boiler bier which wore wor orf fired almost a as u soon as the v vessel al left lef th constructors constructors' yards at at Belfast Belat and ad kept In operation almost aloon continuously to the time of ot the Initial voyage No O proper tests teats w were re made of ot the gearing of ot the watertight doors dor apparently appa enty before the voyage Ot It I was wu pointed out b by one expert wUn witness u that that no tests tet whatever of ot these doors door were made on Of t the voyage at any ar time No Tests Tes Made Male T There lere were wen no tests of eQ of the Apparatus after ater the tho te voyage begun began and not a single drill dri during its Is pr progress The crew was ws never sent to Its It stations stations- de despite le the Uie Oe testimony of ot onn ona witness who whoM M eal that he had seen leen one drill e 11 place This Thu testimony had ha b been n previously oil disputed b by that of af half ht a a. a dozen dosen of or the officers whose business It I wax wu w to conduct such tests teats tui I The he lAck luck of any ay helpful discipline is h also aTho alO brought out and nvere severely commented comment comment- ed el on The crew did cUd not ro go to their stations eta sta ton when th the alarm was S sounded every ler ort officer cr at ats at's a lifeboat bad had to pick up lip Ur Wat m men n he be could find and and man many 0 or of them whatever had ha extreme difficulty 1 In getting any help In the matter mater of ot lacks which the re report T. T port deals with particular mention menton Is I. made nIAd of or lack Jck of or tests test of the bulkheads d. d which alone stood sto between the passengers pUlon- pUlon geTs gers ger and their doom after the vessel venti was rent by the collision The report repot elves the number of ot passengers gers gera on n board boar at It 13 1224 and the c crew w as ai a 99 aDa fUS Praise for Operators OperatOr There Js is II praise for Phillips Phillip and an Bride the wireless operators one of ot whom Phiip Phillips was rescued from the water only to freeze to death while huddled In Inthe tho the bottom of or the overturned collapsible host boat hoa and xo go 0 to his death deah In the Icy water water from which he had been taken but but a few tours hours hour before The necessity of wireless apparatus In Inlo life Ifo lo saving Is dwelt upon and ad special at at- at a- a tenton Is paM paid to th the importance of ot placing plc- plc hn ing two to men on every ever Vessel venel however howver small InRI mall in order that constant watch may b be kept kep on each other by the sisters of ot the sea spa on their voyages through dangerous dan dan- Cerous northern waters water water The report goes cou severely after Captain afI Lord ord Lr of the tha British h steamer steer Californian whose yew vessel eul taw saw the ro rockets kete of the TItanic Ti Titanic TI- TI and who failed faie to go to her relief although he hf was wa but a a. a few tr 10 miles away aW a distance he e ml might ht readily ruly have covered ere c with his hi vessel essel I In time to save ave possibly tm all el of th the Titanic Titanic's p. p passengers er The failure of otc the captain of or the Call Call- to arouse arOUe his his' wireless operator the minute he saw aw the rockets or the rockets were ere reported to him the report Characterizes The Eng E g. g lieu lish la law IK I. II quoted and It Is II urged urge that It be b Invoked against Lord Commended There Is II nothing nothinG but praise on theother the he theother other hand hd tot foe fortie J the e heroic Rosto Rostron of ot the Carpathia Carpathia who entirely b by accident learned leamel of orthe the disaster and putting ev ev everything aside ulde equipped hi his ship hip for tor an emergency race against death that Is I. quite quie without precedent in the annals of ot navigation anna Getting down doY to t the question of ot the British board of trade the report Is II outspoken outspoken out spoken In Its c condemnation of ot antiquated shipping hipping laws Jaws lawI and played plaTed out administrative adminis bar boards board It announces that the punishment of those responsible must mut be belef left lef to the British board bad whose who members mem mem- hers ben spent but a a. a little while whIle less than four hours Inspecting hours inspecting the vessel vene which was waa U to carry car thousands of human human beings beins across the te waters The ions iu nations are le asked to act together In shipping reform whose ne need I. I eloquently urged The report la is a a review of ot the disaster which heh will wl bring It vividly back hack to the I memory em Or of ot the tha people eoPle who eho wo for weeks thought of Dt little else else call cn forcibly call forcibly to the attention of or congress the necessity for acting now while CrIel the time IB is II ripe In a matter which concerns the future all of-all all I Americans American who to safety eh ehor or of put t sea sea eL It I in will advocate all al the Ideas Idea which are ar embraced In ln the n necessary e American erl bJ bills bills' for raving will wilL t n n. In the opinion of ot those thole have hUe seen nen It lead lea to top to toe the early enactment w of Imm Immediate immediate Immedi immedi- dl- dl ate b beneficial Je legislation probably legIslation probably before betor adjournment In conclusion better pay la is urged for Ja url sailors rs Americana are urged urt to go 10 Into the merchant marine and ad an earnest plea plea is is' is made that that greater dl dignity be given to the work wor ot of of the herl heroic toilers of ot the se sea aea |