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Show ISIY'S STORY OFNSjSCnPE MANAGING DIRECTOR OF WHITE STAR LINE DENIES HE TOOK PLACE OF WOMAN. Appears Before Senate Committee and Tells Story of Wreck of Titanic, at Times Speaking Almost In a Whisper. New York. The story of how the Titanic met her fate was told Friday to the United States senate committee, commit-tee, investigating the Titanic disaster, by J. Bruce Ismay, managing director of the While Star line. When asked the circumstances under un-der which he left the boat, Mr. Ismay replied almost in a whisper: "One of the lifeboats was being filled. Officers called out to know if there were 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 he took the stand. He gave his age as 50 years. In response to a few formal questions he said he sailed as a voluntary passenger pas-senger on the Titanic. "The accident took place on Sunday Sun-day night," he said. "The exact time I don't know, because I was asleep. The ship sank, I am told, at 2:30. I understand you have been told the Titanic was running at full speed. She never had run at full speed." Although lie came on a "voluntary trip," Mr. Ismay said his purpose was to see how the ship worked and in what manner she could be improved upon. A representative of the builder, buil-der, Mr. Andrew, was on board, Mr. Ismay said, but perished. Mr. Ismay said it was -arranged between be-tween him and Captain Smith of tho Titanic not to arrive at New York lightship before 5 a. m.. Wednesday. "There would have been advantage ia arriving earlier," he added. He did not see the Titanic go down, he said, and denied that any of tha lifeboats were lost in launching. Turning to the construction of tho ship, Mr. Ismay declared tho ship was specially constructed so that with any two of the larger compartments full f of water she still would flof-t. I "If the ship had struck bead en shp V I probably would be afloat uday," he J I added. 1 I The seriousneVs of this inquiry was ' disclosed Friday night when Senalor Smith, acting as chairman of the. committee, at first daily refused to let any of the officers or the 200 odd members of the crew of the sunken steamship get beyond the jurisdiction of the United States government. The men were all to have sailed Sunday Sun-day on the Red Star liner Lapland. I |