The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-25
BY Associated Press.

Washington, April 24.-Harold G..
Lowe, fifth officer of the Titanic. today
told the senate investigating commit
tee that with volunteer crew he res
cued four men from the water. saved
a sinking collapsible lifeboat by tow
inC it astern of his and took off
twenty men and one woman from the
bottom of an overturned boat and
landed all of them safely aboard the
Carpathia-
The story showed that Lowe played
the part of a man. He was ordered
to take charge of lifeboat No. Il and
packed 1t to its capacity on the top
deck and kept up revolver fire while
the boat was descending, fearing some
ore might attempt TO jump into 1t
while descending.
Senator Smith received a telegram
from the premier of Canada saying
that the steamer Mount Temple was
at ST Johns. N B.. with passengers
aboard who claimed to have seen the
Titanic sink. 1t was believed the
Mount Temple was the ship that was
only five miles from the Titanic when
she sank. Smith requested that de-
positions of the officers and crew of
the Mount Temple be sent to him.
The premier then telegraphed that
the captain of the Mount Temple said
that he was fifty miles from the IT,
tanic and went to the scene, saw moth
ing and later got a message from the
Carpathia that she had rescued many
and there was no need to look fur
ther.
IsMAY ORDERED AWAY.
A petty officer of the iIl-fated liner
was compelled to swear at j. Bruce
Isniay, chief official of the White Star
line, on the night of the ocean disas-
ter in order to curb Ismay's interfer-
ence with the lowering of one Of the
lifepoats
Lowe said he shouted to Isrnay:
Get to hell out of here so can work,
while Lowe and other officers were
trying to lower lifeboat.
Ismay was not trying to get into the
boat, said the witness, but his actions
were confusing and he was interfering
with the lowering of life craft.
This man. Gsmay) said Lowe,
was greatly excited. He was holler
ing lower away, lower away, lower
away and / swore at him to order him
back"
Lowe said that Ismay went back and
made no reply to him. Lowe also tes-
tined that he never would have known
tho man was Ismay Is he Uowe) had
pathia who told him what he had done
and asked him why he 'swore at Is
may"
SOME ONE INTERFERING.
Senator Smith arose at the opening
o. the hearing and formally announced
that he wanted to answer an inquiry
that had arisen as to the purpose of
the committees hearings.
1T is to get all of the facts at
tending this catastrophe" he said.
The surviving officers and men Of this
SH chf hfYh
cor get from them what they know, 1t
is all that we can expect. Now a word
as to the plan. 1t is the intention of
the committee to inquire of all subjects
of Great Britain who may be in this
country and who may know anything
or the disaster. and to hold them here
until we have learned all that we
can.
This course will be pursued until
the committee have obtained all ac-
cessible and useful information to a
proper understanding of this disas-
ter.
Now a word about the difficulty.
To the credit of most of the officers
and members of the crew, we have ex-
perienced little difficulty in securing
such witnesses as we thought neces-
sary, but from the beginning until
now there has been a voluntary,
gratultouS, medQleSome aCIenpt upon
the part OF certain persons to influ
erce the course of the committee and
to shape its procedure.
Misrepresentation have been made
have heard. I have not, however,
read the newspapers because I did not
wish to be prejudiced.
The representatives OF the press
have all co-operated in every possible
way to tighten the burdens Of the
committee.
THE committee will not tolerate any
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