New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-10
Nautical Term. Confusing.

M Farrell added: "ro tho 1ay mind
Standing by conveyed the meaning that
tho vessels were I'm the immediate vicinity,
holding themselves In readiness 10 rehoer
aid. Its use. however. appears to have been
in the technical nautical sense ihdics'ns
that the vessels had received the { H.
responded to it and had headed their course
toward tho Titanic.
The statement was cabed to London ana
later I'm the day at least two dispatches W
similar purport but different NerblaEe "e''
received from different quarters. ana may
have represented merely return OIL tne
same report from other parts Of tho WORM
In New York they were, at tie uine' TAKE"
as confirming the earlier statemnt MADE
at the White Star office.
NO ono was willing 10 believe, ana III
fact. at the time could believe, that inc
Titanic had sunk. Every scrap or "hdl
purportcd 10 be news indicating safety Oh
thc Messengers was seized with avidlty ana
rushed by Telephone. telegraph or cable 10
all parts Of America and Europe. Inc
nrocess doubtless entailed duplication OF
the same messages dying back and forth
which was enormously construed as CON
frmatory evidence.
as an example OF the misunderstanding
arising I am informed that the Nh'e
Star Offices ut Boston called UP the AIIah
Line in Montreal by telephone TO get CON
6rr,ation OF a report that all Titanic pas
serpers were transferred To the Nlrginiah
and the Titanic was proceeding TO Halifax
,ndor bar own steam. The Allan Line re-
piled that they had such statement
meaning that they had heard such re-
nort. The White star Boston once TOOK
this as substantiating the rumor, ana ac'
cordingly. called up the White star once
in New York. confirming the message u
Vice-President Franklin. Doubtless many
similar cases OF unintcntonal errors o'-
CURED In the same way, the chances 'l
error 81 course. being increased IA the re-
ports went through different channels.'
Denies Suppression Of News.
Inst before FarrcIs testimony was ended
Senator Smith asked:
Was there any attempt to suppress any
news item in possession Of YOU or your
company
There was not" replied Farrell.
ANY pressure brought to bear
"No sir. II there had been. IT would nave
Was any attempt made by the "hlte
Star Limo to influence your publication.
- snow there was not
Statements regarding the Titanic dIsaSl''
read into the record to-day Included tol'
gram from MIR Franklin, saying a poll OF
the entire staff OF the passenger depart
men, of the White star Line failed 10 d's
close any knowledge regarding the
typewrittcn telegram To Representative
Hughes. saving the THAMES passengers
were safe, and adding:
cannot conceive how anybody IN thIs
nfBre could have sent that telegram AZ that
limo az thov were we'll aware the worst
had bappened TO the Titanic. We had AZ
that time at least flfty clerks In the once
Guing their utmost 10 satisfy the pubic.
James A. HoScy. a telegraph operator In
Taunton. Mass, sent an AFFIDAVIT saying
that between 6 and II O'Clock OF the Mon
day morning OF the accident h. received
"a fash message stating Titanic sunk and
adding:
4 little later. probably i've or ten min
Mes / received a XIII" on this hash.
which read. XIII flash Titanic sunk
Montreal says the wireless operator AT
Cane Race made mistake In reading
I'll,