Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-04-22

I lanes, were designated many years
ago by agreement Of all the import
| ant steamship lines and all captain.
of the White Star line are required to
| navigate their vessels as closely as
| possible on these tracks, subject &c
| the following standing Instructions;
Commanders must distinctly
understand that the issue of these
/, regulations does not in any way re-
! lieve them from responsibility for the
safe and efficient navigation of their
respective vessels and they are
also enjoined to remember THAI
they must run no risk which
might by any possibility result
in accident to their ships. 1t Is to be
hoped that they viii ever bear in mind
that the safety of the lives and prop
arty entrusted to their care is the
ruling principle that should govern
them in the navigation of their yes
sells and that no supposed gain in ex-
pedition or saving of time on the
voyage is to be purchased at the risk
Of accident. The company desires to
maintain for its vessels reputation
for safety and only looks for such
speed on the various voyages AS is
.tDHsiSAtHl WIN Sile anu pTubtht haNi-
cation.
Commanders are remIndsd that
the steamers are to, great extent,
uninsured and that their own iivelI-
hood as we'll as the companys sue
cess depends upon immunity from ac-
cidents; no precaution which insures
safe navigation is to be considered
excessive.
THE only information | ever received
on the ship that otner vessels had
sighted ice was by wireless message
received from the Baltic, which |
have already testified to- This was
handed to me by Captain Smith with
out any remark as he was passing
me on the passenger deck on the af
ternoon of Sunday April IA. / read
the telegram casually and put it in
my pocket.
AT about ten minutes past seven,
while ! was sitting in the smoking
room, Captain Smith come in and
asked me to give him the message
received from the Baltic in order to
post ii for the information Of the Of
ficers. | gave ii TO him and nothing
further was said about ii by either
of us.
IF the information ] had received |
had aroused any apprehension in my
it did not--I should not
have vcntured to make any suggestion |
to commander of Captain Smiths |
experience. The responsibility for the
of the ship rested solely
With him."
1T has been stated that Captain
Smith and ! were having dinner
party in one of the saloons from 1917
to 1890 Sunday night, and at the time
of the collision Captain Smith was
sitting with me in the saloon
Both of these statements are abso-
lutely false. | did not dine with the
nor did see him during the
evening of April 14th. The doctor
dined with me in the restaurant at
Z: 30 and | went directly to my state
room and went to bed at 1890. | was
asleep when the collision occurred. II
felt a Jar. went out into the passage
way without dressing. met a steward.
asked him what was the matter ana
he said he did not know. | returned
to my room. | felt the ship Sow
down: put on an overcoat over my
ajamas and went up on the bridge
deck and on the bridge. | asked cap
tain Smith what was the matter ana
he said we had struck ice. ] asked
him whether he thought IL serious
and he answered that he did. ON re-
turning to my stateroom ! met the
.hief engineer and asked him whether
ne thought the damage was serious,
md he said he thought il was.
hen returned to my room and put on
suit OF clothes ] then went back
% the boat deck and heard captain :
Smith give the order to clear the ,
boats. l helped in this work for near
y two hours. as far as / can judge. !.
worked at the starbOard boats help ,
Eg women and children into the boats
md lowered them over the side. | did
nothing with regard to the boats on /,
he port side. by that time every /,
wooden life boat on the starboard side /.
lad been lowered saWay and ] found
hat they were engaged In getting out
he forward collapsible boat on the
side. I assisted in this work ,
md all the women that were on that ,
leck were helped into the boats. They .
we're an. / think. third class passen-
-ers.
As the boat was going over the ,
ide. MT Carter. a passenger and my >
elf got in At that time there was
lot a woman on the boat deck. nor =
nv passenger Of any class. 50 Tar as =
ge could see or hear. The boat hsd
,etween thirty-fve or forty In II. 4
houid think: most OF them woine n. 4
here. were perhaps four or i've n-'li- :
nd IL was afterward discovered that
here wer. four Chiuamen c"ncesilrdlt