The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-05-02


New York, and may arrive in time /
90 be questioned before the session
closes.
Officers Of the White Star Line, in
GLIDING Attorney Birmingham. COM
mended Senator Smith upon the re-
suits Of the probe.
Birmingham declared that the in
formation developed max be made
productive OF the most useful changes
in marine legislation, and suggested
that the senator Immediately incOr-
porate them in Senate bills.
A. \. HoSey. OF Taunton, Mass.
wireless operator on one of the Mas
sachusCtts Marconi coast stations, was
also summoned.
senator smith was asked as 70 the
object OF his conference with Attor-
| ncy GOldenberg, who is said 10 have
been on the Titanic when that vessel
sank. The senator said:
His presence has to do with the
whereabouts of Captain Smith, of the
Titanic. and J. Bruee Ismay on Sun
day night before the wreck"
4 few minutes before the hearing
Second Officer Lightoller said he
| knew no man named Lewis Klein.
Klein is the man brought here a few
/ days ago.
He has been missing from his hotel
since last Wednesday.
| There was a man named Klein in
/ llG StNOAAN-OAdSS udIDeISnOp. sara
! Lightoller. Il knew him personally
and he was drowned"
! He said he saw the man who claim
| ed to be Klein, the survivor, and
| added that he is not Klein, the barber.
This testimony makes out the miss
ing witness an impOster. The Klein,
who disappeared, was found i'm To-
ledO, Ohio, and told a story of the
| wreck which caused his subpoena
before the committee.
Moore on the Stand.
Captain Moore, on the stand, said
he was master of the Mount Temple.
had been at sea thirty-two years
twenty-seven of which had been
passed in the North Atlantic. He was
familiar with icebergs.
BY Senator Smith:
Q. Tell the committee what you
know about icebergs?
A. An iceberg is a large piece Of
I ice that has broken away from
glacier. 1t may be composed of any
thing, such as masses Of rock, which
is gathered up on the way to the sea.
I Q. How much of them is sub
merged?
A. About seven-eighths.
@. What is the largest one you ever
saw?
a. I've seen them 800 or 400 feet
long and equally high. Some longer
than the national Capitol building
Q. Did you ever take the tempera-
lulS VI INC water 10 determine the
lpresence of icebergs?
A. If we are approaching fields Of
ice the temperature of the water Will
go down. but in approaching an ice
|, berg there is very little difference,
unless you are very close to it-so
that the presence of an iceberg. in my
opinion, cannot be told by the tenn
perature of the water.
Questioned regarding tests for the
proximity Of icebergs Captain Moore
L.. 4 1. L.
, plOde. He said that in daylight bergs
: appear white, while in starlight or
moonlight they are luminous and ap-
pear black. If the moon or sun is
behind they also appear black.
He said that on Monday, April 18th.
lat 1890 A. NJ. the Mount Temple
? was i'm north latitude 41.25 and west
longitude 51.14.
lie was positive Of the time. as the
ships clock had been regulated the
previous noon by the sun.
@. Tell us what occurred on the
morning of April 18th.
A. l was awakened about 1880 by
a steward, bringing a message from
Z the wireless operator. 1t said that
the Titanic was sending out c O d
messages and in the message there
p was something said about ice.
.. Did you make any reply to the
THAMES messenger
y. No, my operator said he could
not hear him.
@. What did you do?
a. l blew the whistle and told the
second officer to get out the charts and
change our course. informed him
what the matter was and we steered
@. In the direction of the Titanic?
A Yes. / called the chief engineer
and asked him to shake up the firemen,
and, If necessary, to give them lot OF
@. How far were you from the IT.
! A Before we had laid out our
course we received another. position
from the Titanic. giving it as 4l;46
cordingly. She was about forty-nine
DereIict Was Seen.
An unnamed derelict menaced navi-
cation near the latitude where the I'll
tanic went down on Monday, Senator
Smith has been advised. and many of
his questions TO Captain Moore tried TO
determine whether this report was
Captain Moore said that when he
started for the THAMES position the
seven and One-half miles an hour. with
little aid from the gulf stream.
Apout . CLOCK. moore sara, ne saw
the lights OF. a schooner off the port
quarter and had to change the course
of the ship two points to the starboard
Il have been informed" said Smith,
that derelict schooner was in the sea
in the vicinity that night without any
Can you tell me If this schooner you
saw was the derelict?"
Moore said he did not think so, be-
cause the schooner he saw carried
lights and he heard her fog horn.
About 1926" Captain Moore said
I'VE began to find ice in our course
We were then, l suppose. about fourteen
miles from the position given us by
the Titanic. l ordered the engineer to
| stand by the engine, double the look =
out in the crows nest, put an extra
man on the bridge and sent the fourth
officer to the forecastle to watch foI
ice"
Captain Moore did not learn the name
of the ship he passed, but he thought
she was not English She didn't carry
wireless and was about 5000 tons.
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