Evening journal., 1912-04-20
Bv Thn Ilnlled Press

saved if the lifeboats had been loaded
uniformly and up TO capacity. the SEN
ate subcommittee which is investigating
the disaster continued today to hear the
survivors.
The White Star Line has agreed 10
hold l5 selected sailors and all of the
officers that were rescued in this coun
try TO tell their stories. The others OF
the crew the company was planning to
return TO England on the Lapland this
afternoon.
Senator Smith, of Michigan, who W
conducting the investigation said that
}. Bruce Ismay had importuncd him for
permission TO sail on the Lapland today.
II told him that under no circum-
stances could he 90 from this country
at this time" said Smith an order
that there can be no mistake ! saw to il
that lsmay was personally served with
another subpoena today to compel him
TO remain In America until this inves-
! tigation is ended.
ISMAY TO STAY HERE.
"We had information before the Car
pathia arrived that the White Star
Company planned TO rush Ismay and the
surviving officers and men OF the III
tanic out of the country. Passage had
been engaged for them on the Credric
which sailed Thursday if possible. and
on the Lapland today Some of the
crew may 90 on the Lapland but we
had a government detective miDgling
with the crew yesterday and be sup-
pOenaed % men who can tell a thrilling
story that will amaze the American
people. And we will see that these re-
main within the jurisdiction Of the SEN
Ia g..
have them 60"
The committee wants to hear the story
of the wireless assistant operator.
Bruce, who was saved, and Senator
Smith announced that If he was unable
to come before the committee because Of
his personal injuries they will go TO the
hospital 10 interview him.
Only Senator Newlands is in the city
with Senator Smith, Senator Bourne,
the third member OF the subcommittee
not having arrived. Smith said they
planned to hear every one and that the
/ investigation will extend probably
through next week He said that the
committee might transfer its probe to
Washington, and take all of its wit
nesses over there but that would not be
decided Tor the present.
MONEY FOR SURVIVORS.
The dazed survivors are slowly recov-
ering at hotels here Sr have been hur-
ried TO their homes by the friends who
met them Despite the exposure which
many of the tender women were sub
iected to. il was believed today that all
will recover. The condition of the 80
newly made widows, ranging from the
/ beautiful Madeleine Force Astor TO the
/ less fortunate steeragc women, is most
pitiable and universal sympathy was be-
/ ing expressed for all of them
Up at St Nincent's Hospital, where
the stecrago survivors are being care for,
many of the immigrants had been re-
leased today by the immigration inspect
ors to friends who had identified them
selves.
The relief committee of well-known
New York women who have been looking
after the personal comfort of these un
fortunates, saw that all we're supplied
with needed clothing and sufficient funds
until they can become self-supporting.
There was ,'lenty of money for that
purpose although everyone of the third
class survivors had lost eve thing they
possessed America. naturally generous,
is responding nobly in the present emer-
gcncy and the relief fund is constantly
increasing.
MORE LIFE BOATS.
In addition TO the announcement that
they have changed the steamship lanes
so that hereafter there will be no dan
ger of encountering ice fields, many OF
the steamship companies announced today
that they are preparing to install life
boats and RATS so that in the future
there viii be place in these for every
individual ON board the ships.
To do this it will be necessary in
many instances to change the deck con.
struction so that additional davits can be
installed A number OF the lines because
of the bitter criticism that has followed
the knowledge that tender women were
compelled to man the oars in the boats
3 are considering the advisablity OF i'm
, stalling the power type lileboat. These
would be equipped with engines of the
. type familiar TO an operators of auto
mobiles. and could if necessity arose, be
operated by women refugees.
PRAYERS AT THE END.
That many of the victims who remain
ed on the Titanic after the boats ha,
gone and there was no hope. spent th,
last few minutes in prayer seemed Ger
tain TODAY Down in the bowels of th,
the engineers who had done all they
could To save the vessel. kuelt on tn,
floor and died thus Most of them wen,
drowned there before the ship sank. ac
cordng to the stories told by stoker,
who had reached the shore. On decl
most of the men remained quietly. pa
] tientlF waiting. They realized Their
was no hope Some had taken off thei
life belts. They realized they could no
r live in the sea where the water was be
q low the freezing temperature, so the'
/. preferred to have ID all over as soon a
q possible
{ SEVERAL WERE SHOT
S There Is mo- question now that severa
men in the steerage and few of tn
!. crew were shot down in. the first fc,
e minutes OF awful panic But order wa
quickly restored and after that ther
3 was perfect discipline Whether Firs
!, officer hiufdock kiiicd himself as TN
h ship was submerged is a question. som
;. persons claim that the giant Englishmar
n true type of all that is best in mariner.
4 after doing everything he could TO say
6 the people, committed TO his care, waite
:. until the final plunge aud then calml
p blew out his brains to obyiate great sui
5 fering in the ice-dlled waters Othe
l persons say they think he went to th
bottom clinging 10 the rail of the bridg,
From the second cabin passenger refu
gees came some further stories of dis
tressing scenes. One woman who Ia
I been separated from her two childrc
and who believed they had been browne
is hopelessly insane, Il is feared Whe
the children were restored 10 hor o