The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-05-04
UNTRU7HFUl TITANIC
NEWS FROM 3 SOURCES
Melville f.. stone Traced 1t to
Canada and the
Ticker.
JOY SAVED BY 4 SHAWL
Stccrage Crowd Had an Equal
Chance for I.ifc-.Iack BinnS
Talks Wireless.

sSeOHroT Nlillafn hiIeu D'1lIu, nedu Ot
the Senate committee which is investi-
eating the wreck Of the Titanic. what he
knew cf erroneous news dispatches
circulated throughout this country on
tho day that the Titanic sank. Mr.. Stone
took up the dispatches one by one and
told Senator Smith wha, he knew Of the
source Of each.
Beside Mr. Stone the witnesses who
talked to Senator Smith yesterday were
Jack Binns. the wireless operator on the
Republic when that ship sank. who told
the Senator what he knew Of the range
OF tho Carpathia's wireless and com
mented on the construction Of the Titanic;
George A. Harder who was returning by
tho Titanic from his wedding journey
and who happened to notice that some
mechanism supposed TO he connected
with the water tight compartments had
gone wrong; professional swimmer
who said he could swim to Halifax il nee
essary. and two steerage passengers.
one Of whom made his escape clad in a
womnns shawl. Both Of the stecraee
passengers said that the persons Of the
third cluss had an equal chance to escape
with the rest
NtOu' e0Ni tudt Sue IITft TepottS
Of the wreck came carly Monday morn
ing through the Marconi station az Cape
Race. This was the message that was
printed in the morning papers Of Mon
day. April 10. saying that the Titanic
had struck un iceberg and was badly dam
aged. II was tho last authentic message.
eaid Mr s, one. received until late in the
afternoon except for short and in
complete despatch from Capt. HadGock
Of the Olympic.
The earliest report that the Titanic
was still afoat and was being towed to
Halifax came from the Montreal Star.
II was a so-calcd unofficial d"spat Oh from
Halifax saving that the Titanic was
making way slowly in tow to Halifax.
Al ,oi7 O'Clock Monday morning the
Exchange Telegraph Company Of London
received and sent on, II message which
said tha, a wireless despatch from Hall
fax had it that the Titanic's Passengers
had all been taken Of. At iina o'clock
the Dow. Jones ticker circulated the same
message to its clients in New York. On
this ticker appeared the statement also
that thc Titanic was heading in the
direct ion of Halifax
Another Dow. Jones message came
out on the tickers at ii;O6 o'clock retailing
despatch FROM Montreal which was
tlred seventeen minutes earlier II
gave tho contents of a wireless message
which indicated tina; two vessels were
standing by the Titanic and that her
passengers had all been taken of.
At 1907 O'Clock another untruthful
despatch came and was sent out. this
time from the Canadian Press. Limited
of Montreal. II had been received at the
Montreal Office of Horton Davidson. a
passenger by the Titanic. 1; read: All
passengers are safe and Titanic taken
and towed by the Virginian."
Tn, Associated Press also sent out
at lI:23 o'clock the statement made by
Vice-President T. A. s. Franklin of the
White Star Line after he had read a de-
Apatch from Capt Haddock of the Olympic
Such Of it as Mr.. Franklin gave out read
"Parisan and Carpathia in attendance
on Titanic. Carpathia has taken twenty
boatloads of passengers Baltic ap-
preaching. Olympic 2eo away
THAT was the first and only truthful
despatch" said Mr.. Stone after he had
introduced it into Senator Smith record,
40 far as know. then. for the others were
tho Montreal Star. for one despatch. the
Canadian Press. Limited. for another,
and the Dow. Jones tickers. which was
the source Of several dispatches.
Tho testimony of Daniel Buckley. a
young lrshman who lives at 800 fremont
avenue, The Bronx. took up the whole Of
Senator Smiths morning Buckley was
the !irst steerago passenger to go on
record before tho committee. Senator
Smith wanted TO hear from steerage
passengcrs so as to find out whether they
had hah an equal chance with the first and
second cabin passengers to get TO safety
Buckley was in the smaller section of the
Titanic allotted to stc"rage passengers at
the stern of the ship. He had n room with
three companions. Thcv We're asleep
when the ship struck Buckley got ont
Of his bunk AT the shock and soon felt
cold water spreading itself out on the
floor. He told his friends to get up be-
cause something awful was the matter.
What's the trouble with yon?" one of
them said, Get back in bcdl You're
not in Ireland nowl"
But Buckley didn't obey. He ran up on
deck and made his way to the part Of the
ship reserved to first class passengers.
The gate was opcn and he had no trouble
raising throuth Passengers were al
ready out with life belts strapped about
again to get bell from his own room
Water was alrendy up to the third rfourth
step Of tho stairway,
Ry ihc time he got back on deck and
had his life belt strapped in place five
hoats hal already been lowered away.
There We're no women in sight and men
were filling up the sixth boat, among them
members Of the crew. Then some officers
came mp with several women and the
men were ordered out. An officer fired
pist ol over their heads and so ofrightencd
some of the men back to the ship \
woman seeing the Irisn boy in the boat
threw hor shaw around him. The officers
mistakinG him for n woman, let him stay
Il think the lady who gave mo her
shawl" said Buckley yesterday. was
Mrs, Astor"
Ihcn Senator Smith went to work TO
find out il there had been an effort to keep
he SteeraEe passengers away from the
lirebcsts. lTo learned the gate through
which Buckley passed on his first trip to
the .l-st class section Of the ship had been
closed soon after he got through Dnr
passenger reached III" top stair and was
pushed back as Buckley said. into the
ttcarago place The gate was locked
'.r one of III" officers 50 that the ste.rage
,ravelicrs Won! remain out of tn. way
Rut II was broken down when The stcerggc
crowd mad" "A rush for ne boat deck
Do YOU feel" asked senator smith
that the "t"riag" passengers had an
EQUAL chance With the first class passcp.
gers to get 10 ~" lifehoats9"
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