Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-24

portant for this one voyage. In the event
| of accident 1t would be important"
Senator Smith asked the witness fatty
| if he could give the position Of the shiI
at o'clock on that night.
mo, SIR
Il want you to think hard and see ii
you can't give us approximately the posi-
l ton Of the ship at that hour. You car
readily see that II we could get that p osf-
speed Of the ship by taking the elapsed
| time between then and the collision"
The witness said that was known
Reading from memorandum, he said
''The speed Of the ship on that day was
| q fraction below 81 knots an hour"
loves Method Criticised.
There was brisk exchange between
the witness and Senator Smith when
the latter criticised the methods en-
ployed by the officer in ascertafning
the position Of the ship.
Lowe said he had figured 1t on the
speed Of the vessel between noon and
o'clock. The chairman questioned the
accuracy of such a method and held
| that the revolutions Of the engines
should have been the basis.
Did you ever see the captain after
yes. sir. after I got out Of bed"
What time?
"As near as can judge, it was: about
F12 o'clock"
! after the accident?" &
ut must have been, but the imbact
didn't awaken me-. ~ $50
Denies Having Been Drinking.
"Are you temperate man, Mr..
Lower"
Il am. sir. 1 say it without fear of
contradiction
II am glad to hear that, because ]
have just had passed up to me note
which says it was reported from a rep
utable man that you were drinking the
night Of the wreck" said Senator Smith.
me drinking" Mr.. Lowe exclaimed ex.
citedly. 'Impossfble-that's rubbish
Lowe produced chart Of the boat deck
and pointed out his quarters to the
chairman. He designated for the COM
mittee the quarters of all the ofiicers and
the chart was filed by the committee to
| refer to as occasion arises
What time did you awake?" Senator
Smith inquired.
Not Awakened by Collision.
81 don't know. was awakened BY
voices. and looked out. Seeing that some
thing was wrong. dressed hurriedly and
went on deck and found people with life
belts on and the boats being prepared
| could feel by my feet that something wa
wrong. The vessel was tipping. and was
about fifteen degrees by the head
What time was it?''
| II don't know, sir. / had British tim,
with me-
did any one awaken your
II was not aroused that / knew of, bu
i Boxhall told me afterward that he hat
| come into the room and told me WEI
struck an iceberg. l don't remember that
1 I must not have been awake.
| Lowe said that when he did get out or
/ deck he began working at the ltfeboats.
| Il was working the boats under Frs
i Officer Murdoch he continued. boa
No; 5 was the first one we lowered oH,a,sl 90,
| on that boat?''
II should say about ten. two at eacl
| end, two in the boat and others at thu
ropes"
Ismay Ordered to Stand Back.
Il don't know. but the man is here
not have known that ! ordered Mr.. Is
may away from the boat.
"A steward met me on the Carpathia
Il
Ismay that night on the deck" saie
/ didn't know that | had said anythinf
to MIR. Ismay. / said l didn't know Mr.
Ismay. didn't know him. Well, tn,
steward on the Carpathia said ! hal
used very strong Language to Mr.. Ismay
you. want me to will; i not, I wont
I happened to talk to Isrr1ay because h.
appeared to be getting excited. He VIII
saying. excitedly. Lower away. tower
At this iuncture Chairman Smith ask
ed Mr.. Ismay about the language, ant
Mr.. Isnay suggested that the objection
able language be written down to see Il
1T was appropriate. This was done. AIT
er Chairman Smith had read what Lowe
Then you said this to Mr.. Ismay.'
not mentioning the Objectionable word
i'Why did you say it,"
Says Ismay Was Interfering.
Because he. in his anxiety to get thu
boat lowered" Lowe replied. was inter,
Ifering with our work. He was interfer
ing with me, and wanted him to gel
back SO that We could work. He WASH
trying to get in the boat. Finally
turned to him and said: II you will Re
to hell out Of here. we can gse this boa
Did he step back?''
| sDid Mr.. fsmay make any feply?''
mo. he did not
''Tell how many men were 10 ii,
boat:"
Msn Put In the Boat.
az am not sure. sir, but 1 should sd,
about ten were men,"
'.How many men were put into til
boat for the purpose Of manning her2''
Five. SIR"
The witness did NOT Know whether