The evening world., 1912-04-19


r.. Ystuay. accompanied by p. a. 3.
FSankRn. vice-Presldent Of the lnterna-
tisuAi Mercantile Marine, shd Emerson
r. PAWN, Secretary Of the company, ar
rived n tho waidorf-Aetoria at 1880
o'clock. Two Detectives traiied along
behind them. He had passed the night
a. tne 1Ritz- Carlton. MIR. Franklin ana
-. PArvln met hin there this morning.
They thanked him as he left the hotea
ana would not allow him TO be questioned
by wotid. bc interviewers.
Tie crush In Mr.. Smiths room became
ser1SYeat'the committee was forced TO
a>3opra 20 the East room.
Ot&lNS, ~. SAYING rHgRg's
gNovhihso 70 CONCEAL.
II believe said Mr.. fsmay on taking
~ STAND, '.your committee 10 for the
purpose of making an inquiry into this
sad accident, and I am desirous OF as
stStanR YOU all I can. The company has
noxhing 70 conceal. We welcome the In
euigy, I would like TO express my sincere
rekrets n this time. The boat was built
at Belfast. She Was not built by con-
tract. She was the last thing In ship
bdNding. she left Belfast on April !. !
tSink. and underwent her trials. that
were satisfactory. She went 70 South
smpton. arriving there on Wednesday
q. Kindly describe her trial trips. A.
I cannot; l was not present. III left
Southampton on the twelfth and arrived
Al Cherbourg the next evening. she
iset Chsroourg about midday Thursday.
She was proceeding under seventy revo.
Iutions. On the second day out she In
creased her revolutions to s~eventy-two
81 made that day SO miles. On the
third DAY speed was Increased 10 seven
'ty-Ave and she covered $40 miles. The
wsaShSr w. clear. We struck only .
little fog on the third day. The acci-
dent took place on Sunday night. The
enact time I DO not hNow. was asleep.
The ship had neves been run full speed.
, HI top speed 10 kventy-eisht to eighty
rstSs0eaa ioas ct Of her boilers were
i 1spssSsks shA. you did a, IN. tim.
'of>bNsa impAet. N l lay In bed for .
few minutes not knowing what had
Happened. ! thsa got W n asksd the
steward. He replied ne did not know.
thsn ~ - ~ eqehss And went On
the eridkA where ! found Capt Smith.
] asked him what had hanpentd end ne
ssAid: I'VE have struck. we are leaking
badly rs II serious" asked. II
'asar styfts said. heard the order to
vt ouf boats. I met one Of the ON.
ssrs 1{}hs starSoard side who wai
sivin erd.r,.
oAy LETT LINER ON THE
.s LAST BOAT. y
oyUEf pas that oficer. A. I do not
~ tAen went TO the engine room
Al ASPar. Bell. the chief engineer. he
all ne could with the pump.
\ MT on deck and there assisted
In passing the women and
chSo TO the boats. I left the ship
on . ~60ot'1aunchsd from the starboard
side 1t was the last boat to leave, sc
fer - I know. saw three boats low.
cred from the port side. There were
.:soms vomen In ths boats. There was
call. Are there n more women ant
there ives no response. There were n,
Other passengers on deck whsre I stood
Tue boat was In the act Of being low,
cred away. Thcn I got In.
u"s o'.er p".eers seem 10 XIV
.S,Scs- e".'sc1er Of the co'i'sion'
90 mo. NOV,
" .ns '''oss ana fou"'
n oE~~
S"" s 'mp o,a yo'
IN aseH ~
wy" eAP'Aaned INA nFst n
49," go. mn aeek a. an
80 .ro" was Jus
an,on~s
s~'s "e mAOc M ~ eet
IMP WORM.
Q. Let me ask again why you took TIL
and for the purpose Of viewing the shi
In actioAk ] had no particular busines
In New fork. ] came In the naturs
coufss Of events to see the new vess,
VOC. Una 10 see also what improvement,
coud ~ made on her. was the onl
sxe3uuys ofacer OF the company o
bosfdcb ~. Andrews was on board a
the5 representative of the builders. II
wa& saso 20 see what improvement
could be made.
of Dtd you consult with the CAPITA
abopt ,ths movements Of the shiI
sser' Perhaps should corre'