Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-04-27
CAPTAIN LORD, OF STEAMSHIP
CALIFORNIAN, rEsrtPlEs
THAT ICE sroePEo HIM.
ADMITS Ne SAW RockHrs
TRllINo OF aHlPS DISTRESS
Captain Disputes Members Of Crew
Who Charge Him With Having
Sailed by Sinking Vessel Without
Atom ping to Lend Assistance
Stopped in Attempt by ,es Floes.

Titanic dashed full speed ahead TO its
destruction, according to Ernest Gill, a
donkey enstnsRaan on the steamship
Californian, whe testified yesterday
afternoon, before the senate commit
tee Investigating the disaster.
Gill said that Captain Stanley Lord,
of the Californian, refused later to go
to the aid Of the Titanic, the rockets
from which could be plainly seen. This
Captain Lord denied but both he and
his wireless operator acknowledged to
having seen rockets. Their ship. they
said, was fast in the Ice.
p, A. s. Franklin, vice president OF
the White Star Line, denied that line
has attempted to handicap the inquiry.
Other witnesses told Of the sinking OF
the Titanic, two Of them praising tbs
conduct of J. Bruce Ismay.
TsiIs Of Warning Titanic.
Cyril Evans, the Californian's wire
less operator, told Of hearing muoh
talk among tho crew. who were critics
Of the captains course Gill, he SAID
told him he expected to get 500 Tor MS
story when the ship reached Boston.
Evans told Of having warned the IL
tanic only brief time before the great
vessel crashed into the berg, that the
sea was crowded with ice. The IL
tanic's operators. he said, told MIN 10
"shut up and keep out
It developed that one reform that IS
certain to spring from the present IN :
vestisation will be enforced IN the
wireless rooms Of ships entering or
leaving American ports. This concerns
lack Of authority over the operators
nay. hours, and freedom from RESPONSE
btlity as brought out by the testimony.
Chairman Smith announced such leg
islation was inevitable.
Testimony Of Captains Aoeuser.
When Gill was called Senator Smith
Rad an affidavit made by the former
IN wednesday. In this statement
CHI said he was "actuated by the
desire that no captain who re-
fuses or nsglects to give aid to YES
sel In distress should be able to hush
up the matter"
he charged that several members OF
the crew whom he had urged to join
with him in protesting against the con-
duct of the Californian's captain IN dis
regarding the Titanic's rockets refused
because they feared ito lose their jobs.
He said he saw the Titanic plainly.
Testimony Given by Lord.
When Capt. Stanley Lord OF the
Californian took the stand he said he
had followed the sea for twenty years.
He had brought the log Of the Cali1or-
MAN with him from Boston and read
from the record The entries Included
eax-arol references to iceDergS.
Did you try to get into communi-
cation with the Titanic on Sunday
night % asked Senator Smith.
Yes. sir. about 1915 that night,
shiu's time. We told him we were sur
rounded by ice and had stopped"
Did the Titanic acknowledge that
message?"
Yes. sir It told us to shut up or
keep out or something like that
.Did YOU have further communica-
ton with the Titanic that evening
Not at all"
Did the Titanic have further COM
munication with you?"
Not at all"
Nineteen Miles From Titanic.
How far were the Californian and
the Titanic apart when YOU sent your
message to the Titanic telling it you
were blocked in the ice?'
From the position We had of the Ii
tanic we were about nineteen and one
half miles apart"
Low temperature of the water was
no indication of the proximity OF ice
the captain said. He added he had little
experience with ice.
IF YOU had received the Titanic's
distress call Sunday evening after your
communication with the Titanic. how
long would 1t have taken you to reach
it, asked Senator Smith
AT the least. two hours, under the
ice conditions"
when you got to the scene the next
morning, did you see any wreekage p
Eyes. a little, but considering the size
OF the disaster there was little. 1t look
ed more like a fishing smack had been
wrecked"
See any bodies?"
mo. neither dead nor alive" said the
captain.
Captain Lord remained searching
from 80 a. M to 1880 a. m. and saw
no further signs Of the Titanic.
Given Permission to Testify.
II don't want to seem impertinent
captain" said Senator Smith, "bu,
there was a report this morning that
there had been some attempt to pre-
vent you from coming here to testify
Do you know Of any such attempts?
y NO." said Captain Lord, II dom,
Sshink there was anything Of that kind
when I was served with the subpoena
n asked the assistant general manager
fdr permission could not get the
9eperal manager. But I was permitted
to come"
do you know whether your wireless
operator was on duty Sunday night
artery you sent the warning MESSAGE
II think not I went by his room
about MEAS and there was no light
would indicate he had gone to bed"
Cpf&in Lord said that II the oper
atof had been on duty he would nav
caught the Titanic's signal. An oper
ator ON duty in the day, he said. wa
Of more service than to remain on dut.
at night because there were so man.
one operator ships that one got NOR
Information In the day than At nigh
when the other operators were ssleer
Sew Ne Distress Signals.
The captain, was asked by Senate
Smith whethse - had seen any distress