The Washington times., 1912-04-24

tOgetnef DeIOre,' Lowe answered.
Lowe said he knew his ship was of
the Grand Banks on Sunday, although
he had never crossed the Atlantic be-
fore.
icebergs from the Carpathia after his
rescue.
"They were all around, in every direc-
tion." said Lowe. Some were I'm the
thsh high" me 'ofSe'' was A'OO' iO' i'''
Gould you tell In what direction they
were fp.S Smith Msr. ashen tsTee to Ave
miles away" the junior officer said.
Secretary Of the Treasury MacVeagh
and Mrs. Macveagh were interested au-
around the committees table. There
were half a dozen members of the Diplo-
matte Corps in the audience.
THE last time saw the captain was
night" Lowe testified. The collision
never awakened me"
Question Stirs Lowe.
Lowe grew extremely angry when
| Senator Smith asked him II he was
drinking man.
II never took a drink in my life" he
| asserted with heat.
II have just had a note passed up to
me saying s,, ySI were ysys,I drinking that
! who me?" asked Lowe, leaning over
lin his chair, his face flushing II never
did: ] say 1t without fear Of contradic-
The young officer said he went to bed
before 8 o'clock, before the collision,
| and was awakened by hearing voices of
many people on deck
II went out and found all the pas
sengers wearing belts and the lifeboats
getting ready" the witness continued.
II felt the boat tipping; she had a
downhill grade by the bow an angle
I don't know what time that was.
Fourth officer Boxhall told me we
had struck an iceberg He added, But
/ don't remember IT.
Got Out His Revolver.
II got my revolver-you never know
when YOU need It, Then 1 helped load
boat No. and lower 1t away.
Il was under First officer Murdock' s
order. He was in charge Of everything.
About ten men helped me.
II ordered MIR. Ismay away from the
steward on the Carpathia asked me II
knew what I'd said to Mr.. lsmay. He
said I'd used very strong language to
him.
was overanxious and was getting a
, trife excited. He kept saying: Lower
away: lower away; lower away!
Looked At Ismay.
"I said"
Here the witness broke of abruptly
He turned to look at Ismay. who sa
) nervously chewing his finger nails, will
his eyes lowered.
, Shall ] say what ! said?' demandet
Lowe. There are ladies present here?
quietly.
But suppose you put It on a piece o
! paper and hand 1t over to the commit
Lowe did so.
You may put that note in the rec
! ord" announced Smith. after a brie
The language was You get to hel
out of that"
( Ismay Sought Another Boat.
Resuming. Lowe said Ismay grew yer
. excited, but after he had been sworn a
: left and went to No. boat to help.
There were about ten men helping {
lower our boat, and about FIVE of ther
were, put to manning 1t. heard MI
A Murdoch order Mr.. Pittman into one G
: he got into No. or not"
I: About Loading oBats.
:. Smith tried to get Lowe to sa
u whether No. lifeboat was loaded I
'. its proper capacity before being low
cred The witness insisted that tn
}. number of persons to go aboard wa
= settled by First Officer Murdock. II
3 did not want to say whether his jude
ment coincided with Murdocks, bI
y was finally induced to say that tn
- boat had as many people In it as coul
= be lowered with safety.
"Tha danger is." said Lowe, ~ yo
y overload boat she will buckle up froi
e both ends. There is no support in tn
d center. l should not want 10 put MOI
J. than fifty in a boat before she was low
, cred. although she might carry mor
l. than sixty II loaded from the water"
"If a boat had been lowered anon
the people struggling in the water
would have been hazardous to all o
IS board" /" said Lowe.
e Major Peuchen said some of the ere
a could not row the boat. That Is easil
explained. A sailor is not necessaril
% a boatman. There is a wide differenc
A sailor may sail the sea for years an
n yet never touch an oar"
n Senator Smith and Lowe CONSTANT
.e auibbled and squabbled over their que
tions and answers. Both often becan
10 sarcastic and almost angry.
d You could say Go to h to M
a Ismay, why can't you answer my que
n tions?" asked Smith.
Lowe Scores.
s. IT do answer them in my own be
ic way when you can understand them
j. Lowe quietly retorted.
r. Lowe said the scarcity of sailors VIII.
I'd the ufeboats were being launched WI
ID because many men were sent sent below
t, I'VE had and we put nineteen boa
I over" said Lowe. Our collapsible bo
ID caught in the lashings and fell owe
re board, bottom up
tn The men whose duty 1t was to low
IN the nfeboats then did not appear to {
D. that duty? Is that correct?" ask'
n Senator Smith.
I'VE did the best we could with -
had
women and children" Lowe an, N'r
VIC positively.
vc BY 1880 all members of the co.. nj
d. tee, except Chairman Smith 0nu 81
~ ator Perkins, had wearied of tn" t
y dious questioning of Lowe and II