The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-04-28
LAST POSITION
OF Titanic NOT
GIVEN PROPERLY
Captain Of Mt. Pleasant Says
Wrecked Steamer Gave Wrong
Location
IsMAY IS CHEERED
Rescued Official Hears Officers
Tell How He Waited
Until Last

Washington, April Failure
to give her last position, great
field of floating ice that offered a
frigid barrier to her release and a
mistake of the captain in rushing at
top speed through an ice field ON
sea, combined to send the Titanic
and her 500 passengers to watery
grave in the Atlantic according to
testimony today, before the Senate
committee investigating the awful
disaster, Capt. J. II. Moore of the
steamer Mt. Pleasant who was hur-
rying to the Titanic in response to
wireless calls for help, today told OF
the great stretch of field ice, which
field him off, within his view from
the bridge, he discerned, he said,
another strange steamer, probably a
tramp, and schooner, which was
making their way out of the ice.
Capt Moore denounced las most
unwise" the action OF the Titanics
commander in rushing at 2l knots
an hour at night, when he had been
warned of the proximity OF ice. The
witness was positive in his declara-
tions. that the position sent out by
the Titanic was wrong.
He said that the ship was eight
miles farther east than it's operators
stated. This, he said, was proved by
observations taken on the first day
of the disaster, with what virtually
was a fleet OF steamers, within a
radius of fifty miles of the Titanic,
the officer said this mistake in fix
ing the accuracy Of the position Of
the doomed ship, was a fatal one.
Titanic Might Be Missed.
With icebergs and floating ice COW
ering the northern sea a ship even
OF the size OF the TitaRc might be
overlooked through such a variance.
J. Bruce Ismay, managing director
of the international Mercantile Ma
rine Co., was cheered by the testt-
mony Of the afternoon, Throughout
the week he has worn troubled
look and during the days sessions
he has remained quiet scarcely speak
ing to his associates. lsmay's eyes
blazed when Steward Crawford told
of how he had called for women to
80 into the boats, and said to one
woman, who told him she was a
stewardess, you're woman, take
your place in the boat"
Steward Bright testified that Is
may had not left the ship until all
the large life boats had been gone
and only one of two collapsible boats
were left on deck Bright had seen
Ismay working with others on the
starboard collapsible boat, the last
to leave the ship from that side.
Corridors Are Crowded.
During the session the corridors
in the Senate office building, close
to the committee room, were crowd
ed with anxious sailors, who have
been at the call of the committee,
since the rescue ship Carpathia,
reached New York. They are ner-
yous lot. In fact they were broke. .
Not being permitted to leave they
faced the prospects of Saturday
night and Sunday without funds.
Most of them are men of family and
desirous of sending word home. Is
NAV knew of their condition and
asked Smith if something could not
no done, They are entitled to $4 a
dav in witness fees and expenses,
but no preparations have been made
to pay them until they are released
Sailors Get Money.
"If it Is too late to get money LOT
the sailors" Ismay said, Il can see
that it is advanced
Finally Assistant Sergeant-at-
Arms Cornelius found way to the
hearts of the sailors, and they were
escorted to the capitol in a body and
were advanced money. rms maae
them happy crowd. -
The committee has not as yet re-
leased any of the British members OF
the Titanic crew or officers, al
though all have now given testi"
mony. Some of them will be recalled
next week
Officer Boxall is still here, Gl'
probably will have recovered suf.
flciently to take the stand, again
next week.
Shackleford Released.
Arthur Shackleford was released