The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-25
Lightoller Says He Ordered
Dispatches Sent to Vice
President Franklin
Signed "Yamsi'
ONLY MAN WHOCOUL Il
VERIFY STORY LIES
AT BOTTOM OF SEA
Lowe Tells How He Wa
Afraid to Run Lifeboat in
Amoung Survivors Be-
cause They Would
Crowd Into 1t
Hy LANES J. MoNrAGrE.

WASHING April 24.---WhllN
j. Bruce Isnay wore a becoming air
CT injured innocence. the senior SUR
vivirk GfEcer Of the Tt,anie4insis.xs a
painted pathetic picture Of the SIX
foot managing director Of the White
Star line. bundled against his will into
b lifehoat by hurley chief officer.
who would brook no resistance, even
from ar athlete like Ismay.
This story WAS told to the Senate
subcommittee by Second OfYicer
Lightoller Lightoller Is still in L.
mays employ, and hopes some day
to he n captain. LiEhtoller also ehoul.
dered all the responsibility for tho
amsfs DISPATCHES. demanding thar
the Cedric be held tai Ismay could
sail on her. Ismay. he said. was tn
such condition that he practically
had to be ordered to send these tele.
grams.
Judging by the pleased expressions
on Ismay's face. while this astonish~
Ing narrative was being related. Mr..
Lightoller's aspirations to captaincy
bid fair to be realized.
The only man who could verify the
story of driving poor Tsmay into the
collapsible boat is Chief Officer Wilde.
now at the bottom OF the Atlantic.
with the wreck OF the ship with
which he gallantly went down.
Ltghfoller was sorry. but he didn't
know who told him the story He
said the Carpathia's doctor would
verify his statement that Ismay waa
IN pitiable condition on the Carr
pathia. and kept crying. Il should
have gone down With the ship. There
were women on her"
Isnnay Helpless.
This belated conviction, according
to Lightolier, rendered Ismay -
helpless mentally that Light1llor
the matter OF trying to hold the
Cedric.
Isn1ay sent all the dispatches. how
ever. and his employe-cou1sellor 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 OBJ
portunity To make statement about
it.
First Officer Lowe told the commit.
tee that IsInay. nervous and excited.
came bothering about the boats.
shouting Lower away, why don't you
lower away"
Ismay Ordered Away.
At lasA irritated beyond self.con.
troll. Lowe shouted: IF you will ret
to hell out OF cher maybe we can get
these boats over
language OF this outburst Iowa
was reluctant to quote. Observing
his hesitation. the chairman turned
to Ismay. and asked: Have you any
objection to his telling us what he
to your
Ismay eolored. let him write it,
he said. cautiously. .and hand II 10
YOU"
So Lowe was instructed to write II.
lsmay looked relieved when he dis
covered exactly what the expression
was. a. 1t went into the record from
loves lips.
Tho Lightolier story was the chtef
development In the hearing today.
1t came late in the afternoon after
Fifth Officer Lowe had told OF laying
on his oars in an empty boat for more
than an hour waiting till the cries
from the .mass OF humanity In tbs
water died away, 40 that Il would
have been safe to 60 in among them.
IF we'd gone in they'd HAYS
crowded around US and our boat
would have gone down like that. said
Lowe, bringing his hand down on hi
chair arm with q bang. 1T wou16
have been suicide"
Lowe was In command OF five bOata.
He emptied his own into the others.
called for volunteers and waited TIL
tho water had died away. Then \.
worked his boat cautiously In Amos
the wreckaee and picked up four men.
Ono Of them. Mr.. Hoyt, Of New Yor1.
q man OF great aixe. died q few m11ne
utes after being hauled aboard. Thn8
other three. whose names Lowe do(1@
not remember. survived. Later L0SAa
picked up the overturned collapst&
that carried Llghtoiier. twenty -eevl
live men and three dead mem b
transferred all but the three corp
to his boat. This CHASTITY noatinS
coma ne cast adrift. s I'M
Another Of the himsy cOllane3h1&
he picked up just In time to save sl44N
passengers, among whom w4s -
Henry B.. Harris. Of New FORK.
THE boat would not have ia6te
three minutes longer" said LoWos I'M
Ilfth OMrsr Fired Alsoes. 8
The NTH ofhcer tired most ~ L
shots that were heard by thu pa1
! gers nd A. ne wAa being t0W@(
to the water In lifeboAt No. c.
saw "a crowd Of Italians aeA14nMS :
EN- from the lower decks utasy
beasts. I knew that Il anyone. tNl
into that boat u would buch1e
tho thrity.elght women \ hAd
deck horisontally. - e 10 sho1
that I wae armed. and 9y1mNH
them or tAsy would AAxs
Love, Who b I stocl,y. pelec
man. told hIa stogY readily o<
hecamo savaSoly tnabak1S
ticns. HI oeemed ceaNtde
chairmAn wAa .ilnpa1ntnes f4
or cnaraeA and eeyeFAl