The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-05-25

business II was to conduct such tests.
The lack of any helpful discipline
is also brought out and severely COM
mented on. The crew did not go 70
their stations when the alarm was
sounded, every officer at a lifebost
had to pick up what men he could
find. and many OF them had extreme
difficulty in getting any help what
ever.
In the matter Of lacks" which the
report deals with. particular mention
is made OF lack Of tests OF the bu'
heads, which alone stood between the
passengers and their doom after the
vessel was rent by the collision.
The report gives the number OF pas
sengers en- board at 1924 and the crew
a. S99
There is praise for Phillips
Bride; the wireless operators, one VI
whom (Phillips) was rescued from the
water only to freeze to death Whine
huddled in the bottom of the over
turned collapsible boat and go to his
death in the icy water from which IA
had been taken but few hours be-
fore.
The necessity of wireless apparatus
in life saving is dwelt upon and sps'
cal attention is paid to the import
ance of placing two men on every VS.
sci, however small, in order that con-
slant watch may he kept on each
other by the sisters of the sea on
their voyages through dangerous
northern waters.
The report goes severely after Cap
tain Lord of the British steamer Cali
fornian, whose vessel saw the rockets
Of the Titanic and who failed to go
to her relief, although he was but
few miles away, distance he mig
readily have covered with his vessel
in time to save possibly all OF the
lltanlc passengers.
The failure of the captain of the
Californian to arouse his wireless
operator the minute he saw the rock
cts, or the rockets were reported to
him, the report characterizes as mex
cusable. r'he English law is quoted
and it is urged that 1t be invoked
against Lord
There IS nothing tut praise. On the
otner hard, for the heroic Rostron of
the Carpathia, who entirely By aCci.
Cent learned of Tie disaster and. put.
ting everything eeide, equipped his
ship for an emergency race against
death that is quite without precedent
in the annals of navigation.
Getting down to the question of the
British board of trade, the report is
Outspoken in it's condemnation of anti
opated shipping laws and played OUT
administrative boards. 1t announces
that the punishment of those respon.
sible must be left TO the British board
whose members spent but little
while-.less than four hours-inspect,
ing the vessel, which was to carr
thousands of human beings across the
waters. The nations are asked to act
together in shipping reforms, whose
need is eloquently urged.
The report Is review of the dc
aster which will bring it wildly pack
to the memory of the people who for
weeks thought of little else. It will
call forcibly to the attention os con.
gress the necessity for acting now
while the time is ripe, in matter
which concerns the future safety OF
all Americans who put to sea. It will
advocate all the ideas which are ELI.
braced in the necessary American
bills for proper life saving equipment
and will, in the opinion of those who
have seen 1t, lead to the early enact
ment of immediate beneficial legisla
tion--probably before adjournment
In conclusion better pay is urged
for sailors. Americans are urged to
go into the merchant marine, and an
earnest plea is made that greater dig
nifty be given to the work of the her
o!c toilers of the sea.