Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-27

berg that sent 1t to the bottom the
weather was clear and the sky was stud
ded thick with stars.
Where was your ship Sunday night.
April 14?''
I'VE were in latitude 41.25 longitude
ella at 1870 am. ships time"
Capt Moore certified to the correct,
ness Of the ships clock. which ne said
had been set at noon Sunday.
ar wish you would tell the committed
in your own words just what happened
on that Sunday night and Monday morn
ing" said the senator.
Started at Once for Titanic.
Eat 1890 am. April To-" Capt. Moore
said, II was, awakened by the steward
with a message from the Marconi OPP
orator of my ship. which said that the
Titanic was sending out a c. Q. ID. mes
sage Here is the message: Titanic sends
c. O. d. Requires assistance Position
ALA north. JO.4 west. Come at once.
Iceberg. This was message the oper-
ator picked up"
Did you reply?
s'fNone whatever, sir; We didn't want to
stop those distress messages going out,
and the operator said the Titanic couldn
hear him. 1 blew the whistle at once and
ordered the course toward the Titanic s
position. / dressed and went to the
chartroom. We steamed up and sailed
east by compass. We turned right toward
went to the chief engineer. told him about
the Titanic and to push up the fires, wake
up all extra firemen and to get them busy.
said, If necessary Give the fremen a
tot of rum sir"
"a what" asked Senator Smith.
"A tot of rum, SIR Capt Moore re-
piled, Ito wake them up and spur them
to action"
the Titanic how far distant did you fig
ure the vessel was from you?" asked the
senator.
About forty-nine miles,
The senator asked what speed the Mount
Temple made toward the Titanic. Capt.
Moore said trifie more than eleven
knots.
about 3 o'clock we ran into our first
Ice, continued the witness and we I'M
mediately doubled the lookout watch"
AT 3:3S ships time We had to stop. At
that time we figured we were about four
teen miles distant from where the Titanic
signaled."
Mysterious Schooner Seen.
Another delay was occasioned to the
Mount Temple by small schooner, the
green light Of which halted the Mount
Temple. For moment the captain got
range OF the white mast headlights, and
then they disappeared.
WAS the schooner between you and
the Tftanic?' asked the senator.
Yes. SIR
Senator Smith asked the Mount Tenn
pies master whether he knew of the
presence of a derelict schooner in that
vicinity, and the witness said he did not,
You had no communication with that
schooner"
"Oh, no.
How much nearer the Titanic was that
schooner than you were?'
"Oh,. the schooner couldn't have been
more than a mile or mile and half from
me. heard the fog horn of the schooner
and then put the Mount Temples en-
gines full speed astern to avoid her."
The captain said after he stopped q
few minutes to avoid the ice he proceed
ed slowly on the course toward the IT,
tanic. The schooner he saw coming from
the direction of the Titanic was moving
not more than two knots an hour. When
he saw her. at 3 am, she was, he esti-
mated, about twelve miles from the Tt
tanic.
Senator Smith asked the captain IL he
thought the light of this schooner might
have been the light that Ofi1cer Boxhall
of the Titanic and others on the liner.
saw when the Titanic was firing the dis
mails.
Unidentified Tramp Steamer.
at might have, been the light Of a
tramp steamer which was on our port
bow. She passed to starboard of u.s.
GLOW large a ship was it?''
About 5000 tons, sir. I did not get
her name, but she was foreigner. She
showed no ensign. We tried to raise her
by wireless. but don't believe she had
any" e-
The witness said they searched through
the signal book in an effort to signal the
stranger. but could find nothing About
$50 or o'clock the Mount Temple ran
into ice SO heavy that she was forced
N f1rY ho "a Las nf "a
strange steamer was about 8 O'Clock
Monday, when both were trying to avoid
the ice pack.
"You have no means Of determining
what that vessel was or the name Of its
commander the senator asked.
Il had no communication whatever
What was the color of its funnel?'
LAS / recollect 1t the funnel was black
top"
Did you get any nearer the ritanic's
position?'
Il went slowly after 1926 o'clock and
Monday"
was any other vessel therer'
None but the tramp ship that cut
ahead Of me, sir. earlier"
What did you seer" the senator asked.
The icepack, said the witness, consisted
Of field ice and bergs- He said he count
ed between forty and fifty bergs, the
greater being between 100 and 200 feet
high. /.
Glasses and. searchlights.
Senator Smith took up the question Of
glasses for the use Of lookouts and asked
whether they were useful In detecting the
presence Of danger ahead. The witness
was not sure that they would be Of ex-
traordinary value.
'Well." said the senator. do you be-
iieve that the use of searchlightS during
fog and at night would not lessen the
danger?'
mo. sir. The use of searchlight in
fog would be OF no avail. 1t would be
like throwing 1t against a blank wall.
IL the hight was equipped with q power
full protector 1t might be OF some use at
night
Capt Moore then told of arriving at the
scene OF the Titanic's burial about 4:3O
in the morning, about two and 0ne-half
hours after the liner went down.
Il saw no wreckage and no bodies, sir. !"
he said. There was nothing but the ice
and the tramp steamer. The ice was so
thick that / was compelled to hoist men
to the mastheads to seek a lane out Of
the field"
No Passengers on Deck.
The captain was asked whether he had
heard that certain Of his passengers had
said they had seen rockets fired by the
Titanic that night.
Capt Moore replied that all the pas