The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-27
Engineer of Californian K Says His Captain Refused
 to Go to Her Aid
CAPTAIN INDIGNANTLY DENIES STATEMENT
Members of Titanic's Crew Make Com flict in Their Evidence as to Judg- ment of Officers on Serious
 ness of the Accident

| lighted the Titanic dashed full speed ahead to her destruction, according to Ernest Gill, donkey engineer on the steamship Californian, who testified today before the Senate committee in- vestigating the disaster. He said Cap tain Stanley Lord of the Californian refused later to go to the Titanic's aid, the rockets from which could be <- plainly seen. This Captain Lord de- ni1d, but both he and his wireless op- ttor acknowledged to having seen rdEkets. Their ship, they said, was fist in the ice.
 IGill submitted an affidavit to thy ckmmittee and when sworE- and put dh the stand stuck to his charges dgainst the captain of the Californian. So indignant did he become, said Gill, that he endeayored to recruit committee of protest from among the crew.
 Captain Lord entered sweeping denial of Gills accusations and read from the Californian's log to support his conten- tion. Cyril Evans, the Californian's wire less operator. told of having warned the Titanic, only brief time before the great vessel crashed into the berg tha. 1.-the sea was crowded with ice. The Titanic's operators, he said, at the til1e , were working with the wireless station at Cape Race, and they told him to Shut up and keep out. Within half an hour the pride of the sea was crumpled and sinking.
 One Reform Certain
 It developed today that one reform that Is lcestain to spring from the present in ! vestigation will be enforced in the wire lezs rooms of ships entering or leaving nerican ports. This concerns lack of authority over the operators pay, hours arU freedom from responsibility as 1 4ught out hy the testimony today. J -sx1R for Smith. its chairman, announced VNKcly today that such legislation was 4eyitable.s
 UF7rom mass of testimony taken from l fembers of the crew by individual mem ! les of the Senate committee came sev- N fral conflicting statements as to the judg- hlent of officers and sailors on the grav- ity of the vessels condition after collid- ing with the iceberg Sunday night, April A.
 The declaration today that he was warned 15 minutes after the crash that he did not have half an hour to live, and to keep the information hushed; and that this warning came indirectly from Man. ager Andrews of the firm of Harland X Wolff, builders of the Titanic who went down with the ship, was made by Sam uel Hemmlng, a seaman.
 Only Half Hour to Live
 Hemming declared that he had been awakened from his sleep by the slight shock of the collision and had gone back to bed but was soon alarmed by one of [ the ships joiners. who rushed in and 4 ordered him and others to turn ut. Then the batswain came and said 'You fellows have not half an hour to live, Hemming at once hurried out. He gave the warning immediately. He said many of the men were skylarking and Joking after the quotation was repeated " Several sailors told of J. Bruce Ismay after the accident and his escape from the ship One of them said Isnay aided women and children into the boats. Ismay Not Ordered Into Boat N George Rowe, quartermaster in charge kbf the lifeboat in which MT. Isnay left the Titanic said MT. Ismay did not get Into the boat until children and women had failed to respond. Ismay. he de- clared was not ordered into the boat but stepped in just before 1t was lowered.
 The action of the committee in taking the sailors separately and questioning them made glad hearts of g members of the crew of the sunken ship who were willing witnesses because of their in tense desire to return to their homes in England. vs
 Evidence brought out by the individual method of examination was said to have shown that the lifeboats of the Titanic
 rrf. -r han swung out on the davits but that they were not fully equipped.
 F. A. S. Franklin vice president or the 81nternational Mercantile Marine was called to the stand when the committee met He insisted there was no suppress sion of news of the wreck.
 Committee Gathers Early
 Members of the Senate committee of in- | ouiry into the Titanic disaster who ex- amined individually the British sailors and stewards of the Titanic's crew, gath cred early today in the office of Chair | man Smith to prepare a report of their investigations for the full committee. Only few of the members of the crew were z found who could shed any light on tho occurrences of the Hateful morning when the giant liner sank into the sea that had not been elicited from the surviv- ing officers and passengers during the committees hearings.
 The efforts of the committee to ex- pedite the examination of the British wit neses has given J. Bruce Ismay. man aging director of the International Mer- cantile Marine, and his associates con- l siderable relief. which they have not hes ifated to express. Mir Isrnay remains in l Washington. and is now expected to take inc stand immediately after the mem l bers of the Titanic's crew have been dismissed.
 Tossed Babies Into Boat
 It was necessary for women and chill dren on the sinking Titanic to jump three feet from the ships deck to the iifeboats $ and babies were tossed into the boats. accoraing to testimony given by A. o. Stevens. one of the Titanic's crew. He credited this method of loading the boats with the heavy loss of life among the children and women.
 Witness was examined by Senator smith last night. The purport of his testimony was made public today Stevens told Sem ator smith that when the boats were swung away they were at least three feet from the steamers deck, which was 70 fleet above the sea. Women refused 70 tunp. the height was so terrifying. Sew |keral women were thrown bodily across
 he gap, witness said, and one was pro