Arizona republican., 1912-04-20
MARCONL THE ELECTRICAL INVENTOR
 ALSO TESTFIES AS 10 SIGNAL WORK
Many Significant Facts Were Disclosed One of Which is to the Effect That Although the Ship Had Warn ing of the Location of Icebergs There Was No slackenng of Speed and No Other
 Precaution of Any Kind

orators on board ship of the Titanic class. and one on smaller boats. They are under the captains orders. The smaller vessels have but one opera tor. he said. because the expense is too great. The wireless range of the Carpathia is 200 miles. the Titanic 500 The latter is equipped with the very best instruments made. There is no Wa NIarconi said, of q ship s receiving news if the operator is not at the key. He declared the operator on the Carpathia naver received the message from President Taft asking for news of Major Butt. or wOud have answered it. The officer, Light holder said the speed of the Titanic was between - and 23 knots. Ev- erything was complete in each room in the way of life saving appliances. he declared. The ship was thorough ly inspected the day before she left Liverpool by the English boarl of trade There were twenty lifeboatS, four of them collapsibie. Lightholdcr said he was in the water with a life belt on for an hour anu half. When did you leave the ship" asked smith.
 T didn't leave the ship. it left me. he replied T was standing in the officers quarters when the ship sank. Just as the water hit me. I junlpel and swan around. finally struck a cork life raft and clambored aboard. Then Col. Oracle got on and finally about thirty more men. I took com mand. We helped men on, and heard h tf, help them
 Where was Ismay when you last saw him."
 He was standing at the deck near {; the boats I saw no one near him . Lighthotder said on Sunday he saw ! a message some ship" sent about 1 icebergs. He was on the bridge in ! command about nine Sunday night i Then he 'relinquished the command i to first officer Murdock They talked for 20 minutes and agreed they would reach the berg fields about Il ! P. M
 Were you anxious about the berg reId?"
 NO, sir"
 And you put out no additional ] loo1outs?"
 No sir
 When the collision came where was Captain Smith"
 II saw him come out of the off cers' quarters and go on the bridge.
 What was the last order you heard the captain give?"
 He told me to put the women anI children aboard the boats and lower away"
 What did you do?' "Obeyed his orders How was the selection made as to who should go into the boats first?
 By sex
 Who determined who should go?
 T did I was in command Of the boats Whenever ! saw woman or child I put them in. except the stew ardesses | turned them back
 Iightholder said the raft he got upon from the seat was the last to leave the ship. It spread out on officers deck and as the ship went down it floated. one of the tunnels he said, broke off and fell in the sea among the struggling humanity and undoubtedly killed many. The officer said as the Titanic sank | the ship dived. he dived also. | was sucked down by the blowers and held there.
 Was your head above water"'
 "No, sir A terrific gust came LII
 from the blowers The boiler mus
 have exploded. and I was blown clear
 Then I was sucked down again. Thi:
 time l struck friendly grating
 There must have been another ex
 plosion for the next thing I knew
 came up by the side of the raft. 1 Did anyone else have similar eX
 perience?"
 f Yes. Col Graciei Q Lightholder said there were fort! l to fifty watertight compartments il
 the ship and this must have beel
 l1own to all aboard as plans were dis a tributed about the shin.
 Do you think any of the passen gers took to the watertight compart ii ments?"