Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-04-28
Mount Temple Was Prevented
from Going to Aid of Stricken
Ship by Great Fields Of Float
inc Ice,
EXACT LOCATION OF
BOAT NOT STATED
!, Bruce ISmay Fairly Beams
as Testimony is Given Show
ing That He Acted HeroicaIly
in Trying to Save Women,


Nr Moaning JonrnaI special Leased Wire.I
Washington, April 27,--failure To
give her exact position, n great field
of floating Ice that Offered "a frigid
barrier To ships hurrylng 10 the
rescue and the mistake OF her own
captain In rushing at top speed
through an ice-covered sea, combined
To send the Titanic and her f,600 vic-
Tins to their watery grave In the
North Atlantic, according to testimony
today before the senate commi' tee In
Nestigating the ocean tragedy.
Captain james II. Moore. of the
steamer Mount Temple. which was
hurried to the Titanic in response 10
wireless calls for help, told of tho
great stretch Of field lee which had
held him off. Within his view from
the bridge he discerned. he said, an
othpr strange steamer, probably
tramp" and a schooner which was
making her way out of the Ice. The
lights of this schooner he thought
probably were those seen by tiye
anxious survivors of the Titanic and
WHICH they were frantically trying to
repNh.
0hptain Moore denounced as most
unwise" the action OF the Ttanic's
commander In rushing at twenty-one
knots through the night when he had
been advised of the proximity OF ice.
The Mount Temples commander testi-
fed that he had spent twenty-seven
wears In the North Atlantic. When
ever lee was around. he said he
doubled his watch and reduced speed,
and if he happened to get caught IN
an Ice pack he stopped his engines
and drifted until he was clear
The witness also was emphatic In
his declaration that the position sent
out by the Titanic was wrong. He
4ald the ship was eight miles further
than its operators reported
This. he declared. he proved by OBJ
taken the first thing on the
lay following the disaster
With what virtually was a fleet of
steamers within a radius of ffty miles
IT the Titanic, the officer said that
his mistake IN fixing accurately the
position of the doomed ship was il
fatal one. with icobergs and float
ng lee covering the northern sea. a
'hip Of even the size Of the Titanic
nisht well be overlooked through
uch . variance.
j, Bruce Ismay, managing director
# the International Mercantile MAJ
Inc Company. was much cheered by
he testimony of the afternoon. lie
istened eagerly to the accounts of his
onduct at the life boats as told by
he stewards and seamen. His eyes
airly bcamed when steward Crawford
old how Ismay had called for women
u go In one of the boats and had
aid 10 a woman who told she WAS
My stewardess, You are a woman:
axe your place IN the boat"
1smay listened intrntly too. es
toward fright testified that he had
ot left the ship until after an the
,rge life boats had gone, and only
ne Of two collapsihle boats were left
u deck.
After the session was over the cor
dor in the senate building near the
,mmittee room was crowded with
nxiuus sailors of the Titanic who
ave been at the call of the commit
.e since the rescue ship Carpathia
rought them 20 New York. They
ere a nervous lot. In fact. they
ere broke. Nut being permitted TO
ave they faced the prospect of
iturday night and Sunday without
Inds Most OF hem are men OF FAM
les, dcsiruus of sending word home.
r. Ismnv knew of their circum-
nncss and asked senator smith II
methiug could not be done for them.
lry are entitled To- 50 - day In wit
'ss fees and expenses. hut no prepsr-
ions had been made 10 pay them
itn the, are released
III it r. too late to get money FOR
o. saii"riuen. Mr.. Ismay declared. u
% see that IL l. advanced"
FINALLY. Assistant Sergeant at Arms
.rnrlius found "a way to cheer the
arts of the sailors. and the, were
.orted to the capitol in body and
Nanccd money.
4. \. : Franklin. vice president or
p marine company. left for Nrw
'rk late In the afternoon to rcturn
'ndsy. Mr. lsmay did not leave
hough senator smith told him Do
free to- Eo anywhere h pleased
',idci he reported IN Washnrton
'nday morning
= am not going O. New York. Mt.
nay ssid, hut ! am eoine 90 rest
morrow. I'm not coing o. ten son
ere. hut I viii fr here Aonday
rninr.
henry samuel Etche<. of Southsmp-
!. steward. was called.
liches had charge Of ciHat 1n<1-
ms. one Of which vaa o<1@ K