The Sentinel=record., 1912-04-28
OFFICERS OF
 TITANIC BLAMED
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| in the saloon, and replied he did not observe him.
 "Who did you serve in the saloon?r asked Senator smith.
 Major Butt. Mir Millett, MT Clar- ence Moore and Mr. and Mrs. Clark" said Ray.
 Did Major Butt dine there that night?'
 No, he dined Sunday night in the cafe"
 With whom did he diner"
 T was told with the Wideners Of Philadelphia
 Was Captain Smith at that dinner. too?r
 q don't know"
 'Did you understand from anyone that on that night MT and Mrs i widener gave q dinner to Captain 1 Smith Mir and Mrs. Carter. MT. and Mrs Thayer, the junior Mir. Widener and Major Butt?s
 NO, l did not know who was at the dianer," Ray answered. 'tt was after came to Washington that learned Major Butt dined that night with the Wideners, Mrs Moore tols me of it."
 1 Ray said that all the employees in the cafe were lost with the exception of a dishwasher and two women clerks.
 Henry Samuel Etches, another stew ard of the Titanic was called
 The witness said he assisted in launching boat No. ' Third Officer Pittman and Mir. Ismay, he said, help ed him in keeping the falls clear.
 "A female came along, said the i witness, just before the boat was low cred and Mir. Ismay called to her to get in. I'm only stewardess, sir. she said, and MT lsmay replied It makes no difference, you're woman Take your place. The woman came away with us Officer Mupock or dered me in boat No. 5. Then Off cer Murdock took Pitman by the hand and said, Good bye, old man. Good luck
 William Burke, another steward
 who cared for MT and Mrs. Isidoi
 straus of New York, followed MT
 Etches.
 What time did Mir and Mrs. Strau' ' dine Sunday night, April 14?" he wal
 asked. About ' o'clock"
 Did you see them again?" "Not after they left the dininl
 room"
 Burke said he knew Captain Smitl
 and Mir Ismay but that he did not se'
 either of them in the dining room Sun
 day night
 Alfred Crawford. another steward
 testified he assisted in loading boa
 No 5, and went to his regular statior
 at No g.
 In this boat Mrs Strauss had plac | ed her maid and passed rug to her * he said. "She was about to get il e herself when suddenly she turned e put her arms around her husbands 0 neck, and said We've beel all these e years together; where you go, 1 vii r go. She refused 10 get in, sir h There was an impressive pause a d this The women in the audience t stirred in sympathy and one or tw' t we're moved to tears. s- Crawford said he was sure he saw t steamer lights as he left the Titani' e to row the lifeboat
 Captain Smith saw the light q plainly" said Crawford 'and as w 5, left the ship, he pointed toward then s and told us to pull for them. an ! sure they were ship lights. O Crawford said the mysterious steam T. CT could not have been more than Il l HttANc Oits llt NpN HN9iNiNt At WoS + steamer he said. and number o t others in the boat were equally posi- e tive"
 e Arthur J. Bright, quartermaster 'f said he was only 75 or 100 yards awa' t from the Titanic when she sank, ant $ he was sure she broke in two. Anoth
 CT witness yesterday gave the same description of the sinking 4 After inqniring whether Louis $ Klein of Cleveland. Ohio, the missing r. witness, had been found, the commit o tee adjourned until 10 o'clock Mon !, day morning, when Chief Engineer e Sammis and ] H. Bottomly of the y Marconi company are expected to ap E pear
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