The Washington times., 1912-04-30

the Italian women into the boat and it
was lowered away"
Mr.. Woolner said as the last COLLAPSE
BILE boat was, being lowered he and
II managed to catch hold of the gun
vale. AS did SO felt my legs In the
sea. Then | was pulled into the boat
Senator Smith asked the witness II he
saw any absence of discipline on the
part of officers or crew after the ship
struck.
Il saw no lack of it," he said.
"Have you any complaint about the
discipline of the crew or conduct of the
offlcers?" asked the Senator.
absolutely none" said MIR. Woolner.
The crew were reluctant to go with
| no crowding or jostling."
Woolner believes that all the women
except Mrs. 1sidor Straus left the IT.
tanic. Twice I tried to encourage her
/, to get in but she refused" he said.
The second time I went up to Mr..
Straus and said: i am sure nobody
would object to an old gentleman like
room.'
He said. 4 will not go before the
Admits Selling Story.
Harold Bride. wireless man of the
Titanic, admitted receiving 81 900 for his
story from a New York paper.
He said he last saw Captain Smith
two minutes before he (Brlde) left the
ship.
"He went overheard from the bridge
into the water" said Bride. He had
no life5elt on. so far as could see"
He went over the ground In detail
about the Ice report received from the
Californian and the sending out OF the
s. o. 8. call. He denied charge that
he and Cottam had been taking base
ball scores at the time of the collision.
he admitted that II the position OF the
Titanic had been given the Frankfort
instead of curt reply to shut up. the
story might have been different
Fourth Officer Boxhall was next on
the stand
Concerning the lights of a steamer
seen from the decks of the Titanic the
night of the disaster. BoxhalI said he
was quite positive they were steam
er's lights.
She was coming toward US, and, I
think, about five miles away" said
Boxhall. 81 saw those lights after the
order to the lifeboats and when | got
into my boat, after firing the rockets.
she had turned around and ] could see
the stern light
Boxhall testified that all ships rockets
were not distress signals. Some ships
use a system of rockets for signals
when passing in the night, These; he
said, might have been the rockets
say they saw on a distant ship. Box
hall also saw rockets fired from the
Carpa tha early Monday morning be-
fore the rescue ship reached the scene
of the disaster.
,o D,a you o .aik .hin -. 10 MI ls'nay oei're
Yes, I had just fred distress sig
nal" said Boxhall. MIR. 1smay was
standing by the wheelhouse door He
aSheu o 'tt Mny i, hndn,, uld rooei,Dod e anv
orJars 20 a. 90 wet Whi,e he was talk.
ing the chief OFFICER went over to the
boat, and q few moments later ] was
ordered by Captain Smith into one oil
the ooats'
Lights Disappeared.
The mysterious shin lights Boxhall
said he saw disappear westwardly some
time a fter he had left in the lifeboat.
Senator Smith said he had evidence to
| support the belief that the Californian
was but fourteen miles from the IT.
! tanIc, R, .,,.,,. ~
, 70 you thlnk you couid nave Heen
me , hsnts OF me aniornlan ne asked.
,,,ia u4,l . Know, saiu bokhall rive
P Pn.es Is 'Hs sIeatest lanSe the bLltlsh
sh"u ~ & redutt SHIPS hsnls 10
snon III we niom .hst tney can De
! that ant 7 shnu,d th;,t thas ~ IN Is
not have seer the EaIifornia,' II ,at
| that far that ,,igbf VI man '7"'s
"Had the Caiifornisn ored rocks,s 70
signal Won thai nIpht do yo,, tGinl, ,o,, Az
would have seen them foE,teen rnIIss@''
Il think not" said Roxhau
BoxhaIl was followed on the stand hv
Operator Cottam, OF the Carpathia
NJ
I'VE" Line OF inquiry.
A new line of inquiry. which will not
consume nuch .ima ,,s o,,tI,no, ,,i,,>
~. Samatnn .',.,, Ill., US ou'nneu Qua
'N Sh,i,"' TIC ~ considering
or Gcnosttt, e =, ~, tho"n So'", ,n1 .,"'ons ,ns
death ship Mackav- Bennett. which has
been recovering bodies OF tn. ritanic's
victims Whether or not these bodies
We're found with Ifetoats is one oues-