The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-05-02
LIGHTOLLER REMAINS
LOYAL TO ISMAY

WASHINGTON, d. c. Special
While j. Bruce lsmay wore a becom-
ing air of injured innocence, the
senior surviving officers of eth
Titanic painted a pathetic picture
of the slX-foot managing director OF
the White Star Line. bundled against
his will into a lifeboat by a hurley
chief officer, who would brook no re-
sistance, even from an athlete like
Ismay.
This story was told to the Senate
subcommittee by Second officer
mays employ. and hopes some day
TO be captain. Lightoller also shout
dered all the responsibility for the
"Hamsi' dispatches, demanding that
the Cedric be held till Ismay could
sail on her. Ismay, he said, was in
such a condition that he practically
had TO be ordered TO send these tele-
grams.
Judging by the pleased expression
on 1smay's face, while this astonish-
ing narrative was being related, Mr.
Lightoller's aspirations to a captaincy
bid fair 20 be realized.
The only man who could verify the
story of driving poor Ismay into the
collapsible boat is Chief officer Wilde,
now at the bottom of the Atlantic,
with the wreck of the ship with
which he CALAMITY went down.
Lightoller was sorry, but he didn't
know who told him the story. He
said the Carpathia's doctor would
verify his statement that Ismay was
in a pitiable condition on the Car
pathia, and kept crying, Il should
have gone down with the ship. There
/ were women on her"
This belated conviction, according
| to Lightoller, rendered Ismay so
helpless mentally that Lightoller
found it easy to take the initiative in
the matter OF trying to hold the
Cedric.
Ismay sent all the dispatches, how
ever, and his employe-councillor did
not know what they contained.
Lightoller volunteered both state
ments. The fact that he had been
the first to suggest holding the Cedric
he communicated to the committee,
and asked that he be given an OPP
portunity to make statement
about 1t.
Competing in interest with yester-
days testimony was the interchange
of kilograms between Senator William
Alden Smith, chairman, and the acting
! Premier of Canada. George Z. Foster.
| The latter told of the docking of
the steamer Mount Temple, at st.
John, N. B., with passengers aboard
who claimed to have seen the Titanic
sink. 1t was believed that the Mount
Temple was the ship that was only
| five miles from the White Star liner
when she took her final plunge.
Senator Smith has requested that
| the depositions of the officers and
crew of the Mount Temple be sent to
offer of DIR. f. G. Quitzman, of To-
ronto, to appear before the commit
| tee. DR.. Quitzman was one of the
passengers who said they saw the III
tanic sink. Acting Premier Fosters
| telegram, dated today, follows:
eCNanfain Mount TaVnnln
ceived G. Q. ID. message from Titanic
1880 A. M, ships time, Monday. Was
| then fifty miles west and south of po-
sition sent out by Titanic. Immedi-
| ately altered course to reach Titanic,
but did not arrive at her position I'M
til 4:S0 A. M, when could not see I'll
| tanic's light. Saw no sign of ship or
boats. Cruised around position until
message from Carpathia at S:44 A. M.
| that she had picked up twenty boat
loads and that Titanic had sunk. Re-
ceived another message at $50 from
! Carpathia: no need to stand by, as
nothing more could be done. Under
| these circumstances 1t does not seem
necessary to detain boat due to sail
! Friday evening. If considered neces-
sary, commission can be appointed to
take captains evidence. Will no doubt
be examined later by British commits
sion"
In reply, Senator Smith dispatched
the following:
Telegram received. I will greatly
appreciate 1t if dispositions of captain
of the vessel Mount Temple, which is
scheduled to sail from st. John, N. B.,
tomorrow (Friday), could be taken by
commissioners, as suggested by you,
and forwarded to me at Washington,
relative to the movements of his ship
on Sunday evening, April 18th, stat
ing relative positions to Titanic and
! Carpathia, together with a detailed
report of all wireless messages sent
/ and received"
The committee also received a tele-
gram signed by j. II. Moore, master
OF the Mount Temple; A. H. Sargent