Show SPYGLASS MIGHT HAVE IKE SAVED SHIP OUTLOOK ON TITANIC NOT PROVIDED PRO PRO- VIDED VIDEO WITH BINOCULARS AcCORDING ACCORDING AC- AC c. c CORDING TO WITNESSES Iceberg Might Have Been Detected in ir Time to Have Prevented Terrible Tragedy of the Sea Had Men reen feen Properly Equipped 9 Vas Washington Like Like the tho missing horseshoe nail naU that cost a monarch his kingdom the failure to provide binoculars or spyglasses for the lookouts look outs on the Titanic was one contributing contrib cause ause of that ships ship's loss and with it the loss of more than 1600 1601 lives Two witnesses before the senate Investigating In In- committee on Tuesday agreed on this They were Frederick Fleet t a lookout on the liner and Major Majar Ma Ma- jor jar Arthur Godfrey Canadian Canadian Canad Canad- CanadIan ian manufacturer and yachtsman who r was amont the rescued passengers Fleet acknowledged 4 that if it he had been aided I in his observations by a a. a I good glass glass' he probably could hav have i spied tho the berg into which the ship shiP crashed in time to have warned the J it bridge to avoid It lt Major Ca also testified to fo th the much greater sweep of vision afforded by binoculars binoculars ct lars Jars and as a yacht yachtsman man said he believed believed be be- the he presence of the iceberg might have been detected In time to escape the collision had the lookout men men lien Vaen en so equipped It was made to appear that the blame for being without glasses did not rest with the lookout men Fleet said they had asked tor the glasses at Southampton and were told there were none for them One glass In a pinch would have served in the crows crow's nest Major criticised in strong terms the lack of experienced sailors on board the Titanic He said that L when the call to quarters was sounded sound sound- ed not enough of at the crew responded I to undertake the work required In la lowering and filling the boats Furthermore more he said no drills had be ben been n held from th the time ship lef left Southampton although it was customary customary cus cus- H tomary to hold such drills every Sunday Sunday Sunda Sun- Sun da day Herbert J. J Pitman third officer of or orthe the Titanic told of his failure to turnback turn turnback 11 back tre te lifeboat in which he and hl his passengers were ere idly drifting to attempt at at attempt AU tempt tempt the rescue of at others when the Titanic went down Shuddering at the recollection he said the cries for help made one on long long continuous moan The passengers passengers gers gelS insisted that to go back to alit ail them would mean their destruction he said so that after aCter starting in the D w direction of oC the cries ne lie rescinded I his orders and waited r f r dawn n J Twice he ho begged egged to be spared a re recital recital recital re- re a cital of the facts but ut Senator Smith I pressed Dressed him li |