The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-04-25

memory of the brave woman, \
with one accord the roomful Of !
women arose. =
man were placed in it. The officer
said he could spare no more and that
the fact that women rowed did MOI
show the boat was not fully equipped.
At that time he did not believe the
dancer was great. Two seamen placed
in the boat, he said, We're selected by
him, but he could not recall Who they
were.
How did you happen to name
them?"
Because they were standing near"
Did they want to go?"
Il did not ask them; they went by
my orders"
1.-The third boat?"
by the time / came to the third
boat-all these were on the port side
/ began to realize the situation was
serious n l began to take chances"
How long did all the work of low
ering a lifeboat take?"
1T is difficult to say, but I think
about Is or 20 minutes
How many passengers did the
third boat contain"
Il filled her up as full as I dared.
sir, then lowered her. About 35. The
women and children could not have
stood quieter If they had been in
church."
Short of Seamen.
In loading the fourth lifeboat, Officer
Lightholder said he was running short
Of seamen
jumped out. That was the first boat
l had to put a man passenger in. He
was standing nearby and said he
would go if l needed him.
Il said, Are you a ~sailor2' and he
replied that he was a yachtsman. Then
l told him if he was a sailor enough
to get over the var to the life
boat to go ahead. He did. and proved
himself to be a brave man.
who was he-did you know him ?"
Il did not know him then, but after
wards looked him up. He was Major
Peuchon, OF Toronto" said Light
holder.
"The boats deck was only 10 feet
from he. water when I lowered the
sixth boat. When we lowered the first
the distance to the water was 20 feet"
IsMAY cENsgRED soR
Washington, April Cot has been
years since so vigorous indictment
against n person has been delivered
on the floor Of the Senate as was the
attack on j. Bruce Ismay, managing
director Of the White Star line. made
yesterday afternoon by Senator Ray
nor, of Maryland.
Senator Raynor pointed out that
while there were no civil n criminal
remedies available in the American
courts, criminal and civil suits could
be brought In the British courts and
that a congressional committee would
have absolute authority to subpoena
everybody connected with the disaster,
L and ~ anUnna ShnrI16 raflISa IN answer
questions he could be indicted and i'm
prisoned for contempt.
CriminaIly Responsible.
"Mr. Ismay claims, according to re-
ports, that he took the last lifeboat,"
cried Senator Raynor. II do not be-
lieve it, and if he did, it was cowardly
to take any lifeboat. for the managing
director Is criminally responsible for
this appalling disaster.
IF this should have happened on an
American vessel there would be no
question that an Indictment would be
found, and If the facts were sustained
the officers Of the company could be
convicted of m~anslaughter, If not Of
| myrder, because the evidence Is clear
that the vessel vas not properly equip
ped with efficient life saving appar-
atus.
q" have not the slightest doubt that
the northern route van taken In obedi-
ence to Mr.. Ismay's direct orders. and
that with full warning he risked the
life of his entire ship to mako a speedy
passage.
Il care not what the rules of the
English admiralty are. We nave the
spectacle Of the head OF the line falling
to see that his ship was properly equip.
ped with life saving apparatus, needless
of the warnings that he was sailing in
a dangerous sea, forsaking his vessel
Il and nnrpnitfipr I En0 nf har naacanpara
and crew to be swallowed by the sea.
The martyrdom and the agonies OF
separation that took place on board the
sinking ship are too fearful for tho
mind to dwell upon and contemplate.
but Mr.. Ismay, the officer primarily
responsible for the whole disaster, has
reached his destination in safety and
unframed.
mo legislation can bring back to
earth a single life lost upon that fatal
night. What We can do is to help fix
the responsibility, If possible, and rely
upon the British justice to bring to bay
the guilty directorate Of the company.
Criminal Prosecution Necessary.
"All civilized nations will applaud the
criminal prosecution of the manage
ment of this line. If they can be made
to suffer no sympathy will go u for
them, n II it does, 1t will be sub
merged in the overwhelming lamenta-
ton that today echoes throughout the
civilized world for the victims Of their
culpable carelessness, a recklessness
that sent hundreds Of their fellow be-
ings into eternity, desolating homes
and firesides and turning this and into
a house OF mourning.
IN this our of our calamity, we ap-
peal to the majesty OF the law to deal
out r~etributory justice to this guilty
company to the last degree"
Two more bills framed on the lesson
drawn from the Titanic disaster were
introduced In the House yesterday. One
OF them, by Representative Onslaught
messy. Of Rhode Island, would compel
all oceangoing ships to or from the
United States to carry constant and
adequate wireless.
Representative Parran, of Maryland.
offered a measu to approprite $780,
900 for naval target practice in de-
stroying icebergs by the guns Of war
ships and by dropping explosives from
airships.
OLYMPIC'S CAPTAIN DENIES
HE SENT OUT TITANIC REPORT
London. April 2O.-Captain Haddock,
of the White Star line steamer Olyln-