New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-27

Franklin Denies Diseourtssy.
One cable dispatch from d British
newspaper was read into the record by
the chairman. It said
Complaints here that British SUBJ
jects a/e not receiving sufficient consid-
Grafton. Would greatly appreciate de-
NAL" Presumably the denial was sent,
probably with a quotation from Frank
lin. who assured the chairman he was
being treated with every courtesy.
Senator Smith heard to-day that DR..
Quitzran, who was expected to testify
that the steamship Mount Temple was
within easy reach Of the Titanic and had
0isregarded the latter's signals OF dis
tress. had only hearsaY evidence 10 offer.
and he telegraphed Quitzran that his
testimony was not desired.
Captain Stanley Lord of The CALI
fornian testified that he had been re-
cclving advices of ice for several days
before seeing 1t and that on Sunday
evening. the day of the Titanic disas-
ter, he had doubled his lookout and had
remained on the bridge himself until ne
sighted the ice lie then stopped MS
engines to wait for daylight and retired.
He described the mysterious ship, WHICH
he believed was d cargo vessel, as IT had
only one mast light, and which stopped
within sight, but several miles away,
sending up rockets, but refusing TO an
swer the signals of the Californian
Service Signals He Thought.
Captain Lord said they were not dis
tress rockets, which could be easily DIS
tinguished, and he assumed they were
Service signals" to some other ship
owned by the same company. He said
he had never supplied his lookout with
gIasses hut once. That was the morn
ing after the sinking of the Titanic
when he hauled man up 10 the ex-
IRENE top Of the mast in a coal basket,
providing him with a glass. notwith-
standing which fact he discovered thu
Carpathia, which was on the scene, from
the bridge before he was seen by the
lookout.
Captain Lord was examined at great
length regarding his estimate OF the
size. the color and the appearance or
lcebergs, the relative proportion above
and below the water. etc-a line OF
Questioning which has been addressed
to practically every witness thus far
He said he understood that an iceberg
was generally seven-eighths submerged,
whereupon Senator Smith asked: Then,
if the iceberg you saw extended 100 feet
above the water, IL extended 700 feet
below the surface?" Before the surprised
witness could reply. however the chair
man, prompted by Senator Perkins
added, On bulk. Of course.
Mstook Stars for Lights.
Asked TO what he attributed the dis
aster 10 the Titanic Captain Lord said
It was a clear night but very deceiving;
that he hiraself saw the ice only when
within 2 mile and n half ot il, and that
several rimas he mistook stars for ships
lights.
Among the sailors who testified yester-
dav afternoon in chambers was George
Thomas Rowe. a quartermaster, VINO
commanded the lifeboat in which j.
Bruce Ismay was saved. He said that
Chief Officer Wilde was loading the boat.
the ninth to put off, and that when he
called for more women or children none
responded and none could be seen. 80
AIr. Ismay came aboard the boat" he
added. He said ". i. Carter also came
aboard
Asked if Wilde ordered or made Mr..
Ismay get in, which Second Officer
Llghtoler said he had heard on the Car
pathia, Rowe said no, and that If such
order had been given he could have
heard It. he said Wilde did not speak
10 either Carter or Ismay.
Alfred Oliver also examined by Sen
ator Burton. confirmed the testimony OF
Third Officer Pitman, saying that when
Fitman gave the order 10 return 10 the
spot where the Titanic lad sunk practi-
cally all the women in the boat were
greatly frightened and protested, Pit
man Welding 10 their protests.
Could Have Saved All.
4 positive declaration that within
three miles Of the Titanic when tina
vessel sank was another steamer, whose
two masthead lights were plainly Wis
ible, was made by Edward John Buley.
OF southampton. an able seaman. Buley
testified that this ship was in sight
when the Titanic struck and that "she
passed right by without any signal
we thought she was coming 70 US,
and IL she had every one could have
boarded her" said Bulcy. She had her
steamer lights burning" He said that
all the lifcboats started for that same
light, which kept the boats together
For about three hours, he said, she was
stationary, and then "she made tracks"
and disappeared.
She could not help but see our rock
cts. She was close enough to see our
lights and TO see the ship Itself. and also
the rockets She was bound to see them"
he said.
1t developed to-day that one reform
that Is certain to spring from the pres
ent investigation will be enforced in the
wireless rooms Of ships entering or leav-
ing American ports. This concerns lack
Of authority over the operators, pay,
hours ana freedom from responsibility.
as brought out by the testimony to date.
Senator Smith announced publicly to-
day that such legislation was inevitable.