The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-04-26
THE CALIFORNIA
REFUSED AID
THE TITANIC
Wireless Operator Says Sig
nal Rockets Were Visible
From CALIFORNIA; Deck
Wanted TO ORGANIZE
PROTEST COMMITTEE
Sailors Afraid to Take Part for Fear
Of Losing Jobs-Women and Chi.
dren Forced to Take Risk to Get
Into IAfe Boats.

dren Forced to Take Risk to Get
Into Life Boats.
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Washington. April 26.-Cap-
tain Stanley Lord Of the liner
Californian is prepared to enter
a sweeping denial of the state
ment of Ernest Gill.
Washington, April ga sworn
Statement that the captain of the lin
aid of the Titanic. although only a
few miles away. was today filed by
Ernest Gill. the wireless operator on
the Californian. with the senate COM
mittee which is investigating the I'll
tanic disaster.
Gill said the distress rockets were
plainly visible from the deck of the
Californian and must have been Wis
ible from both. the bridge and look
out. He tried to organize a commit
tee of the crew to go to the captain
and protest against his course. bu,
said they were afraid to lose their
Jobs"
1t was necessary for women and
children aboard the sinking Titanic
to iumy three foot chasm from the
deck to the lifeboats, and babies were
tossed into the boats, according to the
testimony given to Senator Smith
chairman of the committee. by F; O
Evans, one of the Titanic's crew. Ev-
ans credited the method of loading
the boats with the heavy loss Of life
among the women and children.
Evans was examined last night by
Chairman Smith and report OF his
testimony was made public today.
The captain and the wireless opera
tor Of the steamer Californian are
scheduled to testify late tonieht.
with P. A. S. Franklin, vice president
of the White Star line as the frs,
witness.
Out of the mass of testimony taken
from the members of the crew of the
Titanic by individual members of the
senate committee who worked nearly
all night. came several conflicting
statements as to the judgment of the
officers and sailors on the gravity OF
the vessels condition after the col
lision with the iceberg.
The declaration that he was warn
cd fifteen minutes after the crash
that he did not have half hour to
live and to keep the information
quiet. and that the warning came in
directly from the manager Of An
drew's firm of Hart and Wolff. the
builders of the Titanic. who went
down with the ship, was made by
Samuel s. Hemming. seaman.
Several sailors told of seeing j.
Bruce Ismay. managing director of the
International Mercantile Marine, after
the accident, and of his escape from
the ship. One of them said Ismay
aided the women and children to get
{ntN he r.
termaster in charge of the lifeboat
in which Ismay left the Titanic, said
Ismay did not get into the boat until
the women and children had failed
to respond to the call.
P. A. S. Franklin. vice president of
the Mercantile Marine. was called
when the committee met and ques-
whether the news of the disaster was
held back by the White Star line.
Franklin insisted there was no sup
preston.
Down to Bedrock.
To learn why nearby steamer did
not offer to aid the sinking Titanic
and to fix the exact hour at which the
lost liner was warned that she was
in the vicinity of dangerous ice. Sen
ator William Alden Smith. chairman
of the senate committee investigating
the disaster, has summoned three i'm
portant witnesse. They are J. H.
Moore. captain of the steamer Mount
Temple which passed within a short
distance Of the Titanic when she was
in extremity and the captain and
wireless operator of the liner Cali
fornia which sent the warning. All
will be put on the stand.
Summonses were issued for the
master and operator of the Califor-
nian. while announcement that Cap
tain Moore would appear was con-
tained in a telegram from Acting
Premier Foster Of Canada. Captain
Moore's story probably will be heard
first for his ship is due to sail from
st. John. N. B., late Saturday.
members Of the crew Of the Titanic
has been adopted to insure greater
dispatch. The men are anxious to
return to their homes in England.
Accordingly each member of the
committee undertook the examination
of group with the intention of re-
leasing such as had nothing Of i'm
others will be placed on the stand.
The names of those to be held were
not made public.
Virtually the entire day was given
over to questioning Guglielmo Mar
conf. inventor Of the wireless tele-
RTdpn anu nSA0 OF the company Oears
ing his name. Both the Titanic and
the Carpathia were equipped with tho
Marconi apparatus. Harold T. Cot
tom. the wireless operator on the
Carpathia also was re-examined.
VIII Interrogate Crew.
Louis Klein of Cleveland, Ohio. a
witness. left his hotel yesterday and
his whereabouts are unknown. Every
effort is being made to find him.
Senator Smith made the following
announcements:
II desire to say that some rumors
have reached the committee that
there 10 friction and lack of harmony
among the members Of the subcom-
mittee. and have the concurrence
of MY associates that the statement
is absolutely untrue.
Personally. I have never heard Of
the slishtest friction. We are all pro-
ceedins in our own way to get re-
suits. while some of my colleagues
have been absent at some Of the
hearings. I want the record to show
that they are performing public
duty on the committee on commerce,
and their absence must not be noted
a. any indication of their failure to
take active part in this hearing.
wish 70 say further that we have de-
terEined to hear the members Of the
crew Of the Titanic. 1t has been
thought necessary because Of tho
large number Of these men to pro-