The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-29
INVESTIGATION OF
 TITANIC DISASTER
 TO BE SGGGN ENDED
Only Few Passengers Will Be Examined and Haste Will be Made With
 Recommendations For Legislation
Marcon Inventor of Wrelesss Is Again Before Senate Committee and Exhibits Message In Which He In quired Why Captain of Carpathia Hadn't Permitted News of Wreck to Be Sent

Washington, April 29.-Insurine earlier closing of the Senate Titanic committees hearings and passage o1 remedial legislation before the pres ent session of Congress adjourns. Sen ator Smith, today, announced thai only very few Titanic passengers would be called as witnesses. Abo.1 9 half dozen survivors only will testi. fly ie the new plan is followed. Most of these have already been summon. ed.
 Several considerations led Senator Smith to adopt the new plan and avoid calling passengers extensively He considers the meat of the in vestigation is available from the Iii tanic's officers and crew. White Stal Line officials. wireless operators and captains of other vessels which were near the sinking finer. The passeng- CTS can do little toward disclosing the facts of the tragedy, he believes Smith feels, after their narrowing ex- periences, that the added inconyeni- ence of trip to Washington would be inconsiderate.
 Senator Smith also desires to close the hearings at the earliest possible moment and rush report to Con- gress for fmmedia te legislation. Con- gress will probably adjourn within five weeks. necessitating quick action if laws he deems of the utmost inn portance are to be passed. This means that the hearings must be closed within two weeks. Senator Smith stated. today, that he antici- pated no hitch in the proceedings.
 Conflicting stories of their part in the Titanic tragedy told by some of the passengers form another consid- eration in the decision to summon few passengers. Some of the pas- sengers have been interviewed doz- vitally different story each time as far as the comsnittea's putooscs are concerned. h~r Colonel Archibald Oracle, of this city and New York, will probably be the first passenger called to the wit ness stand. He has asked to be heard this week and return to New York for medical treatment.
 : At g o'clock, this morning, Harold Bride, the wireless hero of the Iii tanic, arrived in Washington from New York. He is still crippled with one foot badly frozen from his ex- periences. two weeks ago. With Bride came William Marconi, the wireless wizard and Chief En-
 
 in New York.
 When the committee reconvened Senator Smith resumed his inquiry in- to the alleged money paid by New York newspapers for the tale of hor- TOT from the wireless operators. Sen ator Smith next proposes to probe the alleged 'millionaires' dinner aboard the Titanic just before the collision. Captain Smiths part in the dinner will be especially inquired in- to.
 Samuel H. Goldenburg and F. K. Seward, of New York, passengers on the Titanic, are detained here as i'm portant witnesses regarding the din- ner They will testify, it is expected, that the captain attended the dinner and was called to the Titanic's bridge by the receipt of wireless messages warning him of ''icebergs ahead" In a room adjoining the hearing, the Titanic's Seamen, today, waited i'm patiently for their release. Senator Smith hopes to be able by tomorrow or Wednesday to release the seamen and permit them to return home.
 William Marconi, the wireless 1n- ventor, was the first witness, today. He was called to clear up minor de tails in his previous testimony.
 Marconi again was asked if he had sent any messages to the Carpathla as that vessel was docking at New York.
 :''I wish to correct my previous an swer that had sent none," said Mar conf. 'T found I had sent one. It was as follows: April 18-One a. m. To Cowden, Marconi Station, Sias- consett, Mass Send following i'm mediately. Advise us immediately, or navy boats. If this impossible ask Captain give reason why none was allowed be sent
 s"The Siasconsett station sent this message: April 18-3:15 a. m.-To operator Carpath1a-Wire news des- patches immediately to Siasconsett or navy boats. If this impossible ask captain why no news allowed to be sent"
 Marconi said he got no reply from the Carpathia. He said Operator Bride admitted receiving the message but no reply was sent to the Mar conf offices. The witness said he knew nothing of the equipment of the scout cruisers Salem and Chester: slow and were not we'll acquainted with the code,'' said Marconi. 'We used the international Morse code
 Marconi again repudiated the mes sage sent at 9:33 D. n1., Thursday, which purports to tell the wireless men on the Gar dIpdtuia to nOlu LHSlT news for money.
 '1 absolutely disapprove of that. it was unauthorized and I knew nothing of it, he declared.
 1T want to ask you this question. ' said Senator Smith. whether you be- lieve the failure of the operators on the Carpathia to give out iEforma- tion due to the hope of reward for the sale of their stories" T don't think they had reason to hope or be- lieve they could sell their stories" replied.
 Smith here ordered Operator Cot tam, of the Carpathia to go outside the room while he examined Marconi.
 Marconi said the sale by Jack Binns, of his story of the Republic, did not influence the Carpathia cper- ators to hold their stories.
 Do you not feel that you should or prevent altogether the practice of operators selling informa- tion % asked Smith. Certainly" said t'I am entirely in favor of it.
 Supporting his declaration that he made every effort to obtain infOrma-