Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-04-22

SOthAhAiANCt AHt3
the purpose of the inquiry was to as
certain the cause of the sinking of the
Titanic With a view 10 deteriniiihs
whether additional legislation was re-
CURED to prevent the reoccurrence OF
SO horrible a disaster
II welcomed such inquiry ana ap-
peared Voluntarliy' wltnout suppoene'
and answered all questions put TO me
by the members OF the COMMITTEES -
the best OF my AFFINITY, with coinpie.e
frankness ana Wlthoul reserve : uiu
not suppose the question OF my per
sona conduct was the supJect Oh me
inquiry, although was READY 10 Ten
everything dld on the nleht OIL Tue
collision.
A nave beer subpoenaea 70 ap-
pear before the committee IN Washine-
ton tomorrow | should prefer TO make
no public statement out OF respect TOT
the committee, but | do not thlnK
courtesy requires me to be silent IN
the face OF the untrue statements
made in some of the newspapers.
when ! went on board the lltanlc
at Southampton April III IL was my
intention to return on her. hao no
intention of remaining in the United
| DtdleS Il lidl liz
to observe the new vessel, as !
done in the case of other vessels OF u
lines.
'During the voyage I was a pas
senger and received no greater privi-
leses tina any other passenger. I was
not consulted by the commander about
! the ship, her course, speed, navigation,
or her conduct at sea. All these mat
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! of the captain. I saw Captain Smith
{ only casually, as other passengers did;
7 was never in his room: I was lever
| on the bridge until after the accident;
7 did not sit at his able in the saloon;
I had not visited the engineroom nor
gone through the ship and did not go.
| or tempt to go, through any part of
the ship to which any other first cabin
passenger did not have access.
at is absolutely false that I ever
said that | wished the Titauic would
make a speed record or would increase
her daily runs.
sAs I have already testified. at no
time did the Titanic during the voy-
age attain her full speed.
seTha statement that the White Star
Line would receive an additional sum
by way of bounty, or otherwise, for at
tanning a certain speed is absolutely
untrue. The White Star Line receives
from the British government a fixed
compensation of $4,000 per annum for
carrying the mails, without regard to
the speed of any of its vessels.
81 was never consulted by Captain
Smith, nor by and other person, nor
did | ever make any suggestion what
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course of the ship. The Titanic, as !
I'M informed, was on the southernmost
~westbound track of transatlantic
steamships. The tracks, or lanes, We're
designated many years age by agree
ment of all important steamship INES
and all captains of the White Star
Linz are required to navigate their yes
sells as closely as possibly on these
ing INSTRUCTIONS.
Commanders must distinctly under
stand that the issue Of these reguIa-
ions does not in IN way relieve them
from responsibility for the safe n
efficient navigation of their respective
! vessels, and they are also enjoined TO
remember that they must run no risk
which might by any possibility result
III dSNAOOhN W thOiA 5hiPS'
THE only information I ever received
on the ship that other vessels had
| sighted ice was by a wireless message
received from the Baltic, which l have
already testified to. This was handed
to me by Captain Smith without any
remark as he was passing me on the
passenger deck on the afternoon of
Sunday, April Ia. l read the telegram
! casually and put 1t in my pocket.
A about 7:10. while 1 was sitting
in the smoking room. Captain Smith
came In and asked me to give him the
message received from the Baltic in
order to post It for the of
the officers. I handed it to him and
nothing further was said by either of
us. did not speak TO any of the Of
fcers on the subject.
RUS ni"" o" captain smith,
IF the information / received had
aroused any apprehension in my mind
which it did mott should not have
ventured to make any suggestion to a