The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-21

" wcle nccGlvSsly sacrificed III the rusu
Tor safety. ana mat inudtuuatc pro-
Vision was n!.->--, for properly sccur-
Ing against accident the lives OF the
3u01 persons, vino entrusted them
solves 10 the destiny OF that snip. So
i..r. the Investigation 10y the senate
committee, which is sitting in the
Maiau.f- Astoria has disclosed. the
;ac, THAT the Dictated vessel was
travelling at a high rate OF speed
whe, she struck the iceberg, the
members Of Inc crew were ll-prc-
pared 10 cope with such an emergency
and were not familiar win the:
stations, and many OF the mcn placed
IN the lifebuats were not competent
so render any assistance.
The inmcdintc result nj the disaster
mas had TWO saluiary effects impcra-
I've orders have been issued 10 tho
White star Line that all vessels are
TO BE- equipped with moro liteboats,
ana transatlantic steamship S-:u-
i,anics have agreed III use "a route
.,on,o 30 miles south Of that trovcrsea
~ the Titanic. which Is thought to
Sc free OF the menace OF icehcrgs.
trn1r i"r Speed pissIpntcd.
Added 10 these is the further eau
tion that The lnordinatc craze Tor
Sleti has dIssipatcd. with tho result
hat twcutS-tuur- knot ship VIII
require n!nc hours more TO COM
Ilctc the trip and vessels Of tho
Olympic ,.pc from eleven IL four
teen hours more
How nearly tho 1855 persons who
lost then lives came near to beinS
saved Will not 10 known until III"
North German LLOYD steamer Frank
,urt nov i midoccau. reports. Ne
,'urdinS 10 evidence adLuced beforu the.
senate invests cation committee go
day it appears that the Erarkfirt
vss the nssl TO answer the Tttauic's
call for hcip and declared sh" would
stand BY
Harold Bride the assistant wireless
operator ON the Titauic. tod the COM
-mittec thai ne did not know The posi-
zion Of the frankfurt, hut Judging BY
The strength 81 hCr message Sire WAS
:hr nearest boat OF any.
IBID you Tell her the gravity Of
the situatin and state just where You
we're asked senator Smith
We had scnt out the C. g b. call,
which is the most serious that can be
ascd.' replied Mr.. Bride. Every one
lives attention to that. We could get
no satisfaction, however. and finally
Mr. Phillips (chicf operator OF the III
:anic) told the Frankfurt operator that
Az 'Hs ~ .NO'' 4Nlltl lIldi ne kspt Ill =
':erferinS with our wireless to tho Car
:'aihia and asking questions. We told
h!m 10 keep out Of 1t: that h. was in
lerfering with our wireless work"
No Time 10 Waste.
Continuing, MIR. Bride said IL was
recognized that no e. 9. D." message
- sent unless assistance was wanted
No operator should think of asking
questions about such IA message. 1t
IX.l ifi l,,,,
because no timc could be wasted in
asking questions.
MI Bride, with his feet swathad in
randagcs, was wheeled into the cQrrl-
dor and had 10 be carried into the
room His head buried in n pillow
lace without color checks surrken ana
eyes shining like with fever. ana
knucklcs standing out as If with rheu-
inausm. Bride was a striking illustra-
non OF the grursomo tragedy that lios
hind his story. He told how he had
relieved } G. Phillips, the chief 2per-
ator on the Titanic. and that the cap
tain had come in and told him 10 send
Mistress signals--the ilrst, the &c O.
- and the second, the cipher OF the
Titanic.
After III. F'raitfurt had picked up
the message -.thsa- Car athia caught Il.
me reply OF the Carpathia was not us
SIrong as that or the Frankfurt and
Indicated that she was III l.as, ifty
miles away.
Did Not Hear Message.
Harold i. Ccttani. the wireless oper-
hior on the Carpn,h;a, said he did MOI
"ear me messages between the Titanic
aAd the Frankfurt When the cr-y Iyor
help came IN from the Titanic he was
on dNtT. out cried the story 10 Cap-
taln Hosiron. and described VIVA,
preparations Iuad, ,-,rn
thosc Who were picked up. C1ttan
raad ne had not received any messages
rom ottlcals OF the White Star Line
ana knew nothing whatever of me
Story emanating from IIaitfex ,haI
ina Titanic was safe All day Supdnv
md sunday night. Monday and Mon
cay night and Tuesday. Gotham said
he was az mis- Instrument until naiI,ra
TOOK possession aud tho bow III Taii
asleep from shosr exhaustion. After
Two hours rest he revived ana cnn
tinned on DUTY until "Wednesday an.
.nsrnoon. when Bride relieved him The
iest message he had received from ma
itap1o was that the boilers were aU
Ing with water, and ne urged haste
, while the senate Investigating com
in1Ieo vas at white heat. the Mayor
organized to care for all the survivors
without funds. reported a collection 81
about $4,000. declaring that was All
the money needed for the protect!on
800 SSSN|' mo MIS-, NGlSpn
Henry. wife OF the assistant s7irvsy ~ -
OF Che port OF New York, was bus
purchasing apparel for the stra nScS
women. ranging from q hairpin IN,
Sne ts the hero OF thu situation to-
night. and tho storage passsnrnTs
especially credit her with their who'll
ralvSnon and recovery from tho desti.
tute condition which their arrival IN
New York found them. Mira. Uenrv
was wa not only looking after tia steer.
ase Passengers hut nlso give atten-
ton to the first and second class mas
fensers wi:hout means. and provided
mem w1th facilities to leave New York
In fairly decent condition An in
stance Of THE was manifested to.dsy.
when Me furnished an English giyi
who lost everything except a nirht
Tooa. This girl mot her nance. an
oregon rancher. in Now York. and nIra
lianry vouchsafed trouaseau. taxf,
CAP: ceremony and transportation to
GugGenheim Hero,
Among the Interesting s.del,rhts
brought forward to-day was that oer.
tanning to BENJAMIN Guggenhetrn. tha
copper pagnate, who proved 10 he