Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-05-28
SMITH IS
RESPONSIBLE
CONTINUED from Ease oneo


OF the danger by anxious friends, and
even then Official statements were
clothed in such confident assurance Of
safety as 10 arouse no fear.
senator smith said that the awful
force OF the impact must have indi-
Gated 70 master and builder that the
ship WAS doomed lie commented
sausslcally upon the failure OF the
ships officers immediately % give gen
crai alarm or TO establish some or
derly routine Concerning the con-
duel OF the ships officers ne said
"Haphasara they rushed BY one
another on staircase and In hallway,
while men OF self control gathered
here and there about the decks help-
lessly staring Rt one another or CIV
Ing announcement to those less
courageous than themselves. Life
belts were finally adjusted 60 all and
the liGebo0ts we're cleared away. and
although strangely insufficient Ia
number we're only partially loaded
and Ia all instances unproVided with
compaEscs and only three OF them
had lamps They were manned so
badly that In the absence of prompt
relief. they would have fallen easy
victims to the advancing ice flow,
nearly thirty miles In width and ris-
ing sixteen feet above the surface Of
tho water. Their danger would have
been as great as n they had re-
manned on the deck OF the broken
hun. and &C. the sea had risen these
toy targets with over 700 exhausted
people would have been helplessly
tossed about upon the waves without
food or water.
zone witness swore that two Of the
three stewards IN her boat admitted
that they had never had an oar In
their hands before and did not even
know what the oarlock was for. The
iifeboRts were filled 30 indiffercntly
and lowered so quickly that accord
Ina 20 the unContradlctcd evidence.
nearly GOO people were needlessly
sacrificed 10 want OF orderly disci-
pllne In loading the few thai we're
provided. And yet IL Is Said by some
well meaning persons that tho best
Of discipline prevailed. II this II
discipline what would have been dis
Ordcrg
"Ameng the passengers were many
strong men who had been accus-
toned 90 command. whose lives had
marked every avenue OF endeavor.
and whose business experience and
military training especially fitted
them for such an emergency. Those
were rudely silenced and forbidden to
speak. as was tho president OF this
company by junior officers. a few OF
whom. regret to say. Rvailod them
selves of the first opportunity TO
a..... af.lU Cs,s..p 81 aTa4 man In
whom had been inirusted the care
OF passengers ncVer reported TO
their official stations. and quickly
deserted the ship with a recklessneaa
and indifference 90 sac responsibiil-
ties Of their positions as cuipable
land amazing as Il - impossible 20 be-
lleyc. And some OF thcm men say
they laid by In their partially filled
lllfoboats and listened 10 the cries Of
distress 'antii tbs noise qutcted
down. and surveyed from "A safe dis
tancc the unselfish men and women
and faithful fellow officers and sea-
men. whose llerplsm lightens zap this
tragedy and recalls the nobiest tra-
dltiOns OF the sea-
Tributes 10 the valor OF Phillips
and Bride. the wireless operators on
the Titanic. we're paid by Senator
Smith. He said that the final exit Of
the Phillips boy was mot 80 swift as
10 prevent him from pausing long
enough 10 pass a cup OF water 20 a
lfainting woman" The senator
showed that had not the underpaid
wireless operator on the carpsthia
prepared for bed " h mis- receiver
still on his head the THAMES distress
signals never would have been re-
lceived by the rescue ship.
when the world weepB together
over common loss" said Senator
Smith, "all nations should take steps
wisely TO regulate wireless teicgraphy
and see that operators are fairly
paid., He condemned the reign o.
silence concerning the details OF the
disaster Ia condemning the failure
OF the Californian TO learn an about
the disaster before the Titanic sank
and go 20 her rescue. senator smith
said
The steamship Californian wal
within easy rcaoh Of this ship ioI
nearly four hours after all the facts
we're known 10 Operator Gotham. The
captain 0f the Carpathia says he
gave explicit directions that all Of
ticinl messages should se lminedia'
teiy sent through other ships, and
messages Of passengers should b
given preference. According a
Binns. the inspector, the apparatpi
on the Californian was practically
new and easily tuned to curry evers
detail OF that calamity 90 the coasl
stations al Cape sable and Cap,
Race, and should have done 80.
THE course taken WIS sinsularl,
In accord with the reticence Of IN,
officials Of the White star company
who knew az 2iae Monday morning,
said the senator. what was sup
posed 10 have occurred. and yet. a
1901 Monday evening q message from
their own office, officially signed
containing this positive assurance o
tho safety ~ tie DRasonHcrE. Wa
; sent 10 a hali-craxod father a. Hunt
/, ington, W. Va. nearly two nours 81
ter tholr admitted familiarity will
the details Of tho disaster. u II litth
wonder that We have not been abb
"a Tx with defiuitonesa the authOr Q
this l8irehOod."