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Show J. BRUCE ISMAY BLAffiLD BY WOMAN Chicago, April 20.J. Bruce Ismay wns held responsible for the Titanic disaster by Mrs Walter 1). Douglas' of Minneapolis, whos& husband was drowned. She spent several hours' hero today en route from Now York to her home Mrs. Douglas was rescued res-cued in a lifeboat with Mrs. Arthur Ryorson of Philadelphia. "On Sunday, tho night of tho wreck," said Mrs. Douglas, "Mrs. Ry-erson Ry-erson told me Mr. Ismay had said, 'I have just had wlreleBB word that wo are In tho Icebergs ' "Mrs. Rjerson said; 'Of course you are going to slow down.' 'Oh, no,' Mr, Ismay replied. We are going to pu: on two more boilers and get out of It.' "The day before the wreck 1 saw ono of the ship's crew letting down a bucket to dip up ocean water and take the temperature. I saw that the pall never touched the water" and that he pulled it up ompty. "Ho then took the pall to the water wa-ter pipe on deck and filled it with the ship's water. Then he took the temperature of the water in the pail. "I asked my husband at the time if ho did not think we should report the matter to the officers, but ho said It OVas not Important and we said nothing noth-ing about It" Mrs. Douglas told her story to Senators Sen-ators Smith and Newlands of the senate sen-ate inestigatlng committee before leaving New York. They told her that what she said was Important aud sho agreed to return and testify before tho committee when wanted. Explanation of why Senator William Wil-liam Aldon Smith of Michigan, chalr-man chalr-man of uthe senate committee named to Investigate the Titanic disaster, hurried to. New York Thursday night 'to' begjn the Inquiry was made known today when it became known that a wireless message sent by J. Bruce Is-may. Is-may. prosldont of tho International Mercantile Marino company to Vico President Franklin of the Wlfite Stur Hne be stopped to'tako Mr. Ismay and tho survivors of the Titanic crew on M board, was intercepted by the govern- H racnt boat and sent to Washington. Senator Smith is quoted today as n saying lie had understood in Washing- 1 ton that such messages had been ex- I changed and that this was one of the reasons the investigation had been I startec without any loss of time. 1 -oo " I |