The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-05-03
GIVES VIEWS ON
SAFETY DEVICES
J. Bruce lsmay Again Before
Senate Committee.

Washington, May More life
boats on transatlantic liners, anfequip-
ment OF Kafts that automatically, would
float clear,of a sinking vessel rnd the
construction of great passenger, steam
ers with double hulls and extended
water tight .compartments-a'1 these
reforms, it was indicated betbre the
senate committee investigatingpthe Tt
tanic disaster, would follow in, the i'm.
mediate future.
J. Bruce Ismay. president and man
aging director of the International
Mercantile Marine company. told the
committee that in Ms op4nion this
should be done He ppoqmsed to take
up the question with the constructors
of the big liners as soon rs h, returned
to England.
. AS a result of the testimony of E. ].
Dunn, New York importer, that the
White Star line official htM received
positive information of the Titanic
disaster twelve hours before Ghey gave
it out Senator Smith sent twp officers
to New York to interrogatei the Off
Gals of the Western Union Telegraph
company by whom was empl Dyed the
man who was said to have originally
made the statement. Later heslearned
that the officers were having 'tDuble
in getting at the facts. He an noslnced
that he possibly would go to New York
f,x ;eof hi M oil
The hearing came to an abrupt end
when Senator Smith annouDca1 that
the committee would recess until Fri.
day This, he said, was necea Stated
because the senate commerce commit
tee, to which the members of the III
tanic investigating committee belong,
was completing its work on the rivers
and harbors appropriation BILL, IT was
desired, he said, that all mem bers Of
the committee be present
At the afternoon session, Senator
Smith asked Mr.. lsmay: .......
Did you communicate with London
or New York about the sinking OF
the ship?' Ills
Yes, on Monday morning shortly
after | got on the CArpathia. the cap
tain asked me if | did not think |
ought to send message about the
sinking of the Titanic. said, yes,
and wrote a short message, to Mr.
Franklin in New York. l showed it
to the captain and said That's about
all | can say He took it AWAY and
sent it, That was Monday morning,
April Is. Mr. Franklin newer got it
until April II. In that message | said.
Deeply regret advise you Titan sank
this morning after collision with an
iceberg. Great loss of life. Further
particulars later ....s..
Halifax, n. S., May Theta Of
identifying the 100 bodies OF the Tt
tanic's dead, brought here on the
Mackay- Bennett, has begun. Nicholas
Biddle of Philadelphia, who accom-
panied Vincent Arstor here ina private
car, went alone to identify the colo
nel's body and 1t was the first pre-
pared for removal to New York.
The body of lsidor Straus few mo-
ments later was turned over to Maui
rice Rothschild of New York and in
quick succession. with little or no
ceremony, the bodies of Fnank D. Mil
let, the artist, H. J. Allen of Montreal
and many others we're given in charge
of friends.
New York, May 1.-The White Star
line made public wireless telegram
received from the Western Union ca
BILE ship Nina, now searching for
bodies of those who died In the II.
tanc disaster. The message reads:
eff bodies afioat believe late north
gales swept them into Gulf stream and
carried many miles east. Have
searched to longitude 1920 between
ATTITUDES 41.20 and ALSO and have re-
covered one body Total fourteen.
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