The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-27
TITANIC'S SOULS WOULD
 HAVE BEEN SAVED IF
 WIRELESS WAS WORKING

WaSnln&UOn, ApFn &7...-NeW laws requiring wireless operators on ships to be on duty day and night---every minute fixing stringent qualifications to secure mature men with judgment and changing the system of their em- plOyment and supervision, will be the first and immediate results of the T- tanic disaster, Senator William Alden Smith said, today.
 'tNew regulations for wireless op- orators are imperatfvely needed, it has been shown cOnclusiyely by the in- quiry," Smith declared to the United Press. 'The horrible death toll Of the Titanic might have been decreased and possibly obviated entirely, it has shown, if better wireless communica- tion had been made"
 Smith cited the testimony of Oper- atOr Evans of the steamer Californian. Evans was asleep, 70 miles from the Titanic, when it's 'C. Q. D." appeals were flashing. He also cited the 'sKeep out, you're fool' message sent to the Frankfort by the Titanic's operators when the Frankfort asked for details of the Ttanic's trouble.
 Today, before the hearing convened, Smith promised a sensation later re- garling the testimony of Vice Presi- dent Franklin, of the White Star line.
 sI can't say what 1t will be, but further testimony will have an in- portant bearing on Franklin's evil dence regarding his receipt of the <H.
 Persistent rumors in the committee room are that documentary evidence will be presented in an effort to re- flute Franklin's statement that the White Star line did not censor news and had no authentic information re- garding the Titanic's loss until 6:30 Monday, April 16.
 Today the committee resumed it's in- Quiry into the story of the ''phantom ship whose lights were seen by many sailors and most of the surviving of- passengers in the Hfeboats. Captain J. HI. Moore of the Charlottesville steamer Mount Temple, was expected to arrive this afternoon. If he reaches Washington in time he will he placed on the witness stand at once, even if a night session is necessltated. His vessel is believed to have been only
 
 Smith and his colleagues stated to- day the identity of the ghost ship" seen by the Titanic survivors is not yet completely established despite the strong presumption of certain wit nesses that it was the Californian. They say the testimony of Ernest Gill, donkey-man of the Californian, that he saw distress rockets of the Titanic at a distance of about 10 miles, is somewhat discredited by his alleged sal of the story to a newspaper for $500 a
 Tonight or Monday, most of the Ti- tanic's officers and crew will be re- leased and all told to return to New York to sail for England Senator Smith expressed this hope today. Most of the sailors have given their testi- mony, under oath, at private hearings before individual Senators of the com nittee
 Four more important witnesses were today subpoenaed by the Senate Ti- tanic committee to appear here next week. They are Fred M. Sammis, chief engineer, and Manager Bottom ley of the New York Marconi wireless office; Harold Bride, operator of~ the Titanic, and J. A. Hosey, a telegraph operator at Taunton, Mass, who wrote Senator Smith suggesting plans for new wireless laws. Hosey is not wireless operator.
 A mysterious conference was held by Senator Smith today before the com mittee convened, with Samuel Golden berg.