Arizona republican., 1912-04-20
Director of the White Star Line Would Smuggle Witnesses Out of
 Country
PAPER PRINTS
 GRAPHIC TALE
Writer Insists More Would Have Been Rescued But for Blind Faith
 in the Ship
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 NEW YORK. April 1e.-Incensed that a few stray bits of information were given out last night by mem bers of the crew of the Titanic, of ficials of the White Star line kept their men under cover today. It was found a portion of them had been transferred to the Red Star liner Lapland. where they were held in communicate. Four surviving of ficers also were transferred quickly tn the Lapland where they remained until summoned to appear before the senate committee The officers had been instructed to refuse to answer questions, except those propounded by the committee.
 Where were the members of the crew." one of them was asked. Why" was the officers reply. Everyone is anxious to hear their side of the story. Their version might throw some added light upon the tragedy
 Its nobodys business" snapped the officer, and declined to talk fur {, ther
 1 II developed that J. Bruce Ismay, mana ging director of the company, i instructed Vice-presjdent Franklin to segregate the Titaric's men as soon as they arrived on the Carpathia l Ismay urged Franklin to smuggle the men into seclusioA as soon as they /! landed and maky speedy preparations 1 to get them ont of the country. i PARIS. April l9-Three French ! survivors. including Pierre Marechal, son of the French admiral, Paul ! Chevre sculptor. cabled the Matin a graphic narrative of the disaster which repeatedly insists that more lives could have been saved if the passengers had not had such doGSed faith that the Titanic was unsink- able When the Frenchmen's boat rOWed off half d mile the Titanic presented a fairY-lke picture, it. lumined from stem to stern. Sud denly the lights began to go out as the stern reared high in the air, Immediately clamor rose on all sides land for an hour anGuished cries rang l out.
 ] Tt was. say the narratorS. like q great chorus chanting. Sometimes the cries died out then the tragic chorus began again more terrible and mOre despairingly.'
 NEW YORK. April 19.-Less than twenty four hours after the Cunard
 steamer Carpathia came into port
 as a rescue ship bearing 745 survivors of the Titanic disaster. she sailed again this afternoon for the Mediter-
 ranean. to which she originally start ed last week Captain A. H. Ros- tron, of the Carpathia addressed an tOfficial note giving an account of his
 rescue work, to the general manager
 Of the Cunard line. at Liverpool. The report read:
 T beg to report that at 12:35 a. m Monday. the 18th inst, I was
 informed of an urgent message from
 the Titanic with her position. I
 immediately ordered the ship turn
 ed around and put her in the course
 for that position. We were 58 miles
 from her Heads of all departments
 were called and I issued what con
 sidered necessary orders to be in preparation for any emergency At i2:40 I saw a flare half a point on the bow. taking this for granted to be the ship. Shortly after I sighted
 our first iceberg. 1 had previously
 doubled the lookouts, knowing the Titanic had struck ice. and so took every care and precaution. We soon found ourselves in q field of bergs. large and small, and had to alter
 our course several times to clear the , bergs. The weather was fine and clear. We stopped at q. nf, picking up a lifeboat at f:10. The boat was l in charge of an officer, who reported ], the Titanic had foundered. At S:30 the last boat was picked up. All
 the survivors were aboard. and all f the boats accounted for, viz: 15 | life boats. one boat abandoned, two Berthon boats alongside, one of which r had been damned and not launched. By the time we cleared the first r boat. day was breaking and we could see we were surrounded by bergs,
 and three miles to the northwest
 there was a huge field of drift ice
 with many bergs. The field trended ! east as far as we could see. At s I 1 a m. the Leyland steamer California
 came up I gave him the principal s news asked him to search, and at
 S:15 proceeded to New York at full D lspeed After getting all the survivors I aboard, l had the clergyman offer
 d prayer of thankfulneSs for those , who were saved. and a short burial i service for those who were lost in