The Washington times., 1912-04-27

| Moore declared that frequently vessels
had run at high speed where the IL
tame was. He had never known the
been beer W. varied @ as IS e tSe 'fT Titanic was. m S he
woull have considered II imprudent and
unwise to continue at speed Of twen-
| ty-one and one-half knots.
Captain Lord On tSand.
| Late yesterday afternoon the Senate
subcommittee on the investigation Of
the Titanic disaster, heard Capt. stan
ley Lord, Of the Californian. of the
| Leyland line, and wireless Operator
Cyiil Evans. of that vessel.
Their testimony lid not bear out the
statements OF Ernest Gill, operator Of
! the donkey engine OF the Californian.
that the distress signals of the Titanic
and that the latter was ten miles from
| the Titanic, yet Captain Lord paid no
The testimony of Captain Lord and
Evans showed the Californian was
about nineteen miles from the Titanic,
| that the Californian was stopped by
Titanic's G. D. O., that. It would have
been received had not the wireless OPP
orator, Evans, gone to bed after six
| teen hours on duty, and that the Cali
communicate with the Titanic Sunday
night by the curt reply shut up"
from the Titanic operator
Had there been two wireless men
on the Californian and had the IT.
tanic operator been more courteous
the Californian would have gone to
the rescue of the Titanic and could
have reached her about the time she
went down or little before.
The committee was impressed with
the apparent truthfulness Of the
statements of Captain Lord who read
from his log. He said he saw, tramp
et an will IN, ahn mil A..
ing up white rockets but not dis
| tress signals.
Stopped by Ice.
Stopped by the Ice about II o'clock,
the Californian lay quiet until morning
and then, hearing of the loss of the
| Titanic, hurried as best she could
through Ice to where she sank.
Senator Smith asked Captain Lord
II his ship had communicated with the
Titanic Sunday night.
Yes, SIR" came the answer, Eat 1850
p. m, ships time"
What was that communication? We
told her we we're stopped and we're sur
rounded by ice. .'nHa >..
Was that message acknowledged? Yes,
believe the Titanic operator told our
operator he had read the message and
| by or something, as he was busy.
Do you know the position of the IT,
tanic when she sank? Yes, sir, 1t was
given me by the Virginian.
And you were in the same position
most OF the night, stopped on account
of the ice. Yes, sir.
How far apart were the two ships
when you warned the Titanic? Nine
teen and a half or nineteen and thrae-
! quarter miles.
Did the Californian receive the COD.
sent from the Titanic? No, sir. We
| first heard of her trouble at a. m.
Monday from the Virginian.
| How seriously was the progress OF
the california interfered with by the ice
| Sunday EVENING""
I'VE stopped altogether"
Did you see the Titanic on Sunday or
receive any signals from her, or do you
know, of your own knowledge. anything
about her sinking?"
mo. sir; saw no signal from her
and know nothing except what / was
| Captain Lord then read entries from
| his log from the time he started for
the scene OF the Titanic disaster until
he reached the spot.
Proceeded Slowly In Ice.
"6 a. m.-Proceeded slowly through
Trick ice.
$3.50 a. m.-Cleared thickest of the ice.
Proceeding fun speed. pushing the ice
ahead.
$50 a. m.-Pulled alongside the Car
pathia at scene of Titanic"
| Would glasses be of assistance to
the lookout in perceiving iceT' csked
Senator Smith.
NO" replied the captain. my ex-
perience Is that glasses are of no use
to a lookout until he has picked up
some specific object to be examined.
The officers have glasses on the
bridge for that purpose"
DO you know whether your oper-
ator was on duty Sunday night after
you sent that warning to the IT,
tanic?"
IT went to his room about 11:45 and
there was no light. indicating that
he was asleep"
of the Titanic If your operator had
been on duty?"