New-York tribune., 1912-04-20
Declares He Left Titanic on Last Boat and
No Women Were in Sight When
He Went Over Side
IS A SUPERCILIOUS OBSERVER
Unwarranted Belief That Ship Was Unsnkabe Reckless
Navigation and Wonderful Calm After Impact
Brought Out at Hearing.


The remarkable and unarranted faith of Captain E.
his nior officers in the Titanic the reckless
ness navigating Titanic full speed in view the advces that
there were ebergs vicinity the wonderful calm which
vailed among passengers officers after the cosonese the
salient facts brought yesterdays session of the Senatorial nves
cation of the Titanic disaster
cantan Smith of the Titanic obviously great faith
the stancness ship which shown by his failure sound
alarm Immediately impact with the iceberg And it
testimony of the second officer that only did ne
return to the assumption that serious
damage but that remained for him to suggest to the
captain advsaby putting the and children in the boats
suggestion Captain Smith approved with the words Yes and
lower away
Even Charles w. Lighoer failed to ap
peate danger and loaded the first boats with extreme CAUTION
putting according his testimony only twenty-five into the
gradually increasing the number until the last ne sent
down contained possibly forty-hve.
Thus investigation failed utterly clear the my
eos absence the approximately fifteen hundred
Messengers and others According Bruce Ismay
president international Mercantile Marine Company there were
sight when the last boat but went over the d into
stepped this partly confirmed by the second ohcer
testified that he loaded least boats and that toward the
the boats because ne saw no women IN
sight however charge the boats on the port sde while
Ismay the stafboard side
Titanic 495 and 2lO were
officers the According the testimony thus tar
taken the members of assigned eighteen eboats which
successfully could have exceeded each total
tiys There only explanation All and crew
BELTS obviously the members of the crew were more cap
of
Aoat but making the feboa and picked
appear scrambled the feboat which
went down and reappeaed bottom side Deduct
ing these and those originally assigned the boats from the o it
appears picked the feboa eventually
those cingng the bottom of the capszed colapsibe
ISMAY UNFORTUNATE IN IMPRESSION HE MAKES
Iay the first witness called and was not fortunate
impression he made the committee and others present hat
Mr. Isav had chiefly with his safety seemed to
be generally suspected although only fair to him to that
nothing appeared his testimony that of other witnesses
heard s probable that he suffers somewhat from an
unfortunate somewhat supercious expression ana
much evidence the andubby OF the
committee considering the gravity of the catastrophe TOR which his
company held in measure responsible
striking testimony OF Arthur Henry Rostron
captain of the Capatha favorable impression his
hearers receiving commentator OF the committee He
gave every being modest and alert thoughtful
and comfort OF both the SURVIVORS the
Titanic and his detail having escaped him in the prepa
he made for his thoughtuness eliminating the
religious service thanksgiving which he asked Episcopal clergy
conduct Immediately after the rescue obviously much be-
cause of realization sedave and comforting effect would
sufferers because OF his religious con-
vicions
The third witness William O. Marconi who denied that there
had been anv effort on the part the
pudated had been the slightest
showing dsrespect President of the United States incidentally
testified that wireless operators on British ships ranged
from so to $40 with board and lodging and ne said he be-
ved ships should carry two operators TINS oes Drought out by
the fact that through the merest accident a m Sapathla
with only one operator distress signal OF the Titanic
SECOND OFFICER TELLS OF LOADING LIFEBOATS
fourth witness day Charles W. Lghoer second
officer Titanic down with the snip out ae succeeded
climbing on an eboa and subsequently
another stand the greater part OF inc afternoon
impression careful and
truthful witness though possibly ofhcer
According TO his testimony it was safe load the feboa
anywhere capacity they were suspended from the
davit did regard capacity in that position as greater
than twenty-five wny-six although ne purposeo 10 nave
filled I'D from the lower decks they were aoaa plan
which appear well carried out ne Planned to
place only semen boat running snort seae ne
placed passengers of the boats among e MAJOR
Peuchen, of Toronto.
His testimony indicated the colapsoe e
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