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Show : ismrssionY OF 1115 ESCAPE i 1 MANAGING DIRECTOR OF WHITE STAR LINE DENIES HE TOOK ; PLACE OF WOMAN. I i Appears Before Senate Committee and Tells Story of Wreck of Titanic, I at Tlmjs Speaking Almost in a Whisper. i I New York Tho utory of how the Titanic nut her faio wan told Friday to the Viiitej Sttes senate committee, commit-tee, Invest lj;nni)K :he Titanic disaster, by J. Urucn Ismay, manuring dliector of tho White Star lino. When nsked the circumstances under un-der which he left the boat, Mr. Ismay replied almost, hi a whisper: "Ono of tho lifeboats was beltif? filled. Officers called out to know If there wero any more women to go. There was none. No passengers were on the deck. As the boat was being ! lowered I got Into It." Adjusting his cuffs, Mr. Ismay was visibly nervous when ho took the eland. He gave his age us CO years. In response to a few formal questions he ald lm sailed as a voluntary passenger pas-senger on the Titanic. "The accident took place on Sunday Sun-day night," ho said. "The exact time I don't know, because I was asleep. The ship rank, I am told, at 2:30. I understand you have been told the Titanic was running at full upecd. She never had run at full speed." "Although he came on a "voluntaiy trip," Mr. Ismay said his purpose w:u-to w:u-to see how tho ship worked and In what manner she could be improved uiKin. A representative of the builder, buil-der, Mr. Andrew, was on board, Mr. Ismay said, but perished. Mr. Ismay said It was arranged b tween him and Captain Kmlth of the Titanic not to arrive at New York Muhtshlp before 5 a. m., Wednesday, "There would have been advantage In arriving earlier," he added. lie did not see the Titanic go down, he Kuld, and denied that any of '.he lifeboats were lost lu launching. Turning to the construction of the ship, Mr. Imiuiy declared the ship was specially constructed so that with any two of the larger compartments full of water she still would float. ' If the ship had struck bead on she proliat)'y would be afloat t:day," he added. The seriousness of this Inquiry wn disclosed Friday nljilit when Senator Smith, acting a chairman of tlitj committee, at ftrt fi.it ly refused tc let any of tho officers or the not) odd members of the crew of the sunken steamship net beyond the jurisdiction of tho I'niteil Mates government Tho men were uli to have sailed Sim-day Sim-day on tho Hed Star liner Lapland. Ism.iy's First Thoughts of Self. New York. "For U"d's sake, get mo something to eat. Tin starving. 1 don't cure what it costs or what It Is, bling it to mo." This was the first statement made by J. llruce Ismay, directing head o the White Star line, one of the few men rescued from tho Titanic a few minutes alter he wsis landed on bo:nd tho Carpal hla. It was vouched for by an officer o, the Carpa'hla, who requested that Ilia name be withheld. "Mr. Ismay reached the Carpathla In about the tenth lifeboat," said the officer. "I didn't know rim ho was, but uftftrward I heard others of the crtw discussing his desire to get something to eat the mlnuto he pul bis foot on deck. "The steward who waited on him McCuIro from Loudon ays Mr. Ismay Is-may camo dashing Into the dining riMiiu mid, throwing himself Into a chair, said: "Hurry, for Cod's sake, and get me noun thing to eat; I'm starved. 1 don't care wh; It t-ussg or what U Is; bring It to me." |