Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-04-25

was unreliable, as other Atmosphere
disturbances sometimes rang it.
To a question by Senator Smith Mr..
Marconi said he had had no commune
cation with the Carpathia Sunday
night. April IA. the night of the Titanic
disaster. He had t~elephoned his office
Monday and stated TO Mr.. Bottomy.
the manager, that he was anxious TO
obtain information Of the accident. He
got no information till Monday eve
ming. when he learned that the Titanic
had gone down. That was between I
and ) o'clock. The news came from
Manager Bottomy-
up TO Thursday evening DID you
have any word of the accident IRON
any shore stations
"Mv office told me Tuesday thai the
Carpathia was coming to New York.
T. presume our Office told the White
star. [ asked our office if it had any
more information. | was told 1t was
very difficult to get it as the Carpathla
had many messages to attend. 1 mace
no further attempt to get news pc
cause | didn't want to interfere with
the wireless operations. and dian
want to use any authority l might
have to interfere.
Ny Nareoni boarded the Garpathla
at $40 o'clock the Thursday night she
arrived and went to the wireless rooms.
II congratulated Bride, the second
onerator of the Titanic, on what L
heard he had done. Cotton. the Car
pathia operator. had gone. Later COT
i'm, called me I'D and asked me IL ne
might tell the story as he knew 1t to
i. newspaper. He said that he was
going to get paid for it. told him 20
tell all he knew. We have a rule That
operators must not act as reporters
II is a prison offense in England for
an operator to disclose any news IN
mat manner and likewise an offense in
ermanv In some cases American
onerators may use discretion: cottoms
discretion prompted him to keep qulel.
senator Smith asked him if he had
sent a wireless to Cotton, keep your
mouth shut.
He said that he had not, n that any
such message signed Maroon was Il
forgery.
Senator Smith read a wireless from
The commander of the naval vessel
Florida to the secretary of the navy
which gave -four wireless messages IN
tercepted on Thursday, the day the
carpathia arrived in New York. One
message to Carpathia said to Cotton,
"Say. old man. keep mouth shut, Mar
conf Company looking after YOU. Hold
YOUR story. Get big money"
At $3.50 p. m. another. Arranged Tor
YOUR exclusive story for dollars (four
figures), say nothing nov. Signed,
Sammis
At 9 p. m. from 'Leogale,' "Go to
strand Hotel, 500 Fourteenth street, to
meet Mr.. Marconi."
At 9:3S. from Leogale, Personal to
operator Carpathia. meet Mr.. Marconi
and Sammis at 500 West Fourteenth
street. Keep your mouth shut"
Il don't know anything whatever
4 bout these kilograms. They are not
phraseology l would approve Of. l told
Mir. Sammis l wouldn't prohibit these
operators from giving or selling their
story"
Binns, who was on the Republic, solo
his story.
DO you mean to tell committee your
company approves this@?"
We do not prohibit.
DO you mean that operators shall
have the right 70 withhold the facts OF
9 Great sea disaster like this one"
Not at all. We ave no orders to
anyone to hold back anything. I simply
gave my permission to the operators to