The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-04-21

"The less time you spend talking about
IL after you have given the call and your
position. the better It is." he told the Sen
ator. 1T is time for action then"
Bride never gave the Frankfurt any
more information and did not know
whether she learned from the others OF
the situation.
e. Q. u. Common In All Languages.
Senator Smith gave Bride rest here
while heycalled Cottam back to find out
whether the Carpathia ever had the Frank
furt in communication. Cottam said
! Trey had not heard from that ship. Bride
then came back and said first that 1t was
not question OF the operator not under
standing English. for code calls were uni
versal. meaning the same thing in all
languages.
Bride said II was considered unneces
| sary to send any further Information tC
the Frankfurt because it would take too
much time from communication with the
ships that we're coming up. Senator
Smith continued his questions at some
length on this point. He wanted to know
| whether the boys had not lost their tenn
per; II it would not have been just as well
to reply they were sinking az to cail tine
man fool. and then he asked u diner1na
languages or races had anything to do
with 1t. even differing wireless systems
Bride answered sturdily that c Q Z
was enough. and II was better not &c
waste time on man who could notappre-
ciate that call MIR. Marconi interrupted
at this point to say that tbs Frankfurt
oQuPPou wiz" A'co"' ''e'' "''o,.e :.
from the Herman company usihH MS
patents. He In director oil that corpora
| tion.
nrloe oNp'a'ne, una, VI. "ny way a..
| foIce OF the signals received. Naturally
they decrease with distance. The char
acter Of the apparatus also has bearing.
1t was established by Mr.. Marconi that
tbev recoonize C q ID in Germany
Rr;de voa ernnbat;c in declar;no tn At the
r..,Lr,,,. .L.,,,I -. L.,n ,h,. a., r;,L
N 49, aI.I ,'.,.s ~.
w. o,e'y W. DAoo'so. WIG
iNahic ana 81! o.ner Vessels.
| 1t came TO the last minutes OF the near.
ing then. and as the Senator approached
this the boy stretched bacx in the witness
chair but did not speak any less clearly
he only e0OWe0 nus exOtemenJ Oy TuD
bling his hands q little more.
O How LONG did you remain at the
spnaratusp A. All tho time
q After the bo,,ers we're submcrred.
IA Tho cus,omarv power wa. never sub.
n.ry.d
n MIA ,o,, mn, h.v. ,o no. ,h, ro
go. ,ou.r, rh.r. w.s ro..r,.,
$500 ~, ~. ,,n..- 49,, ~. a.. go,
80 .. RI. ..r - .ss -.
20. 80 o,,., ,,-o's- '....
~' ~. ., ou
before the ship went down.
"a hit oueer Outside."
- nj.
III 20. .o"''.ue ~ se"u '.cssaSe'
W =" .n.. ',"e a. wneh we naa nm
sneu WIN 'ne rrahk!urt Mr. fhilnp'
W. !" see now .h'nss were solht
an" ! trleo 70 set tne baitic' IL wa'
not very sausiactor|' ! told her we were
nA.ms Eery Iast ana cou'd NOT save
.ne snip. Ihen MIR. Phiiiips came back
He said II looked bit queer outside and
We had best put on our life belts.
Q. Did you act on this? a. Yes sir
| Q. At that time had all the iifeboati
been lowered? A. ] cannot say, sir.
Q. You paid no attention to what wa.
| going on outside, the lifeboats or any
thing else? A. Beyond what Mr.. Phillip.
said about II looking a bit queer, ! knew
nothing.
Q. What did you do then? A. Mr.