The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-21

" AEl ts es
 Questioned About First gsii
 nfe s sHasef, aasai iul4s4 --4 u eao nrst call for aid sent out by the Ti- tanic. He said the first vessel to answer was the Frankfurt of the North German | Lloyd line. The operator on the Frank fart, according 10 witness, apparently con- sidered the call more or less trivial for 1 hals an hour after receiving the impera- l tive appeal of the sea he called the Ti- tanie 10 inquire specifically just what was wrong.
 Mir Phillips said he was a fool, Bride testified, referring to the chief operator on the Titanic, who lost his life, and told him. to keep out
 No effort was made to re-establsh com notification with the Frankfurt, although Philips felt certain that the vessel was much nearer than the Carpathia, with i which conmunicat.nn had been estab- lislled This. Bride said Phillips judged by reason of the greater power of the hertzlan waves.
 Mr Smith expressed astonishment at the statement. He repeatedly pressed the witness to answer why the aid of a ves- sel many miles nearer a sinking ship was not invoked. Bride evaded a direct answer by saying he did not know, that probably the Frankfurt's operator could not understand and that Phillips, his su- perior. had used his own judgment. Another Phase of Laxness
 Another phase of the laxity of the wire less, SC far as man is concerned, was deN eloped by the chairman. He drew from the witness an acknowledgement that on Sunday evening Bride was sitting, the telephonic apparatus strapped to his ears. adjusting his accounts. while the steam ship Californisn,. seeking to warn the Titanic that icebergs were invading the lanes of ocean travel, called necessarily. Bride said he heard the call, but did not answer because lie was busy" It was not until half hour later that the Cali fornian, striving to reach the steam ship Baltic, also reached the Titanic whereupon the warning that three huge icebergs had been sighted was noted by Bride and verbally communicated to the liners captain
 SenatOr Smith established by Gugiielmo Marconi. inventor of the wireless system bearing his name. that both the Titanic and the Frankfurt operated virtually the iame type of instruments. In the opinion of the irventcr there existed no rsasoa why eommunioation between the two ves- sels should not have been perfect, pro- vided weather conditions were favorable. The night. it previously had been es!ab- .ished. was clear and there was no fog or other atmospheric disturbance
 Under insistent questioning, Bride began to show signs of collapse, go Senator Smith ended the wireless inquisition
 Senator Smith then questioned him about the final scenes aboard the Titanic Bride and his superior, Phillips, were among the last to leave and were wit nesses of the closing scenes on the boat deck, the topmost parade deck of the lost ship. Brides story was fragmentaiy pe- cause 1t was drawn from a memory that had not ceased to see the actual living horror of 1t.
 Did Not Feel Shock
 Without Senator Smiths interrogalions .t ian about as follows:
 We did not feel the shock when inc slip struck. In fact. I was asleep at the time and was not even awakened bv he impact. When the engines stopped Mir Phillips called me ana I put on the tele- phone apparatus while he went out to sec what was the trouble A little later he came back. He said things looked queer By queer I suppose he meant that every thing was not as 1t should be.
 At this time. however, neither of us orried bit
 When he heard the confusion on deck I went out to investigate and " hen l returned I found Mir. Phillips sending out C. e. b. call, giving our position. We raised the Frankfurt frs. and then the Carpatfia and the Baltic. As have said. we did not try for ths | Frankfurt for any length of time. but concentrated our messages on the Car . 1 pathia. which had answered that she i was rushing to our aid.
 ! "The captain came into the wireless cabin from the deck when the Carpa- | thia advised us of her position and fig lured out the time when that vessel I probably would reach us. Then we be- gan unofficially to keep in communica- !, ,fion with the Carpathia.
 Found Much Confusion
 From time 10 time either MT Phil Hips or I would ge on deck to observe the situation. The last time went on l. deck I found the passengers running around in confusion and there was al- most a panic. They were seeking life belts. All of the large lifeboats were gone, but there was one liferaft re- mainipg. It had been lashed on the top l of the quarters on the boat deck A number of men were striving 10 launch ! it.
 .I went back to the wireless cabin. Mfr. Phillips was striving to send out q 1nal e. c. D. The rowef was so low that we could not tell exactly whether -~--~--~.~
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