The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-23

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| fullest consideration. decided Cedric
| must sail az scheduled. Expect t0tSA
| Carpathia at Quarantine. but cannotN
! remove boats. as everything arrang@
| cd for steamer proceed dock InhfIiS@
| diately. Franklin
Effort to Hide Boats.
The reference TO boats was In rec
| Spouse to still another "Yamsi'' des$
! patch, which ordered Franklin for
reasons best known to Mr.. 'Yamsf
| to get the Titanic's boats of the Car
| pathia, before any one Mt the dock
had chance to inspect them. Hers
is the boat despatch:
| Send responsible officer and four-
teen White Star sailors In two bears
| to take charge Of thirteen Titanic
| boats at Quarantine.
"YAMsI." ts:s5 A. Nj
| The time indicates that MIR. Yamses
| got up very early in the morning to-
| worry about those lifeboats. 1t has
| been intimated that they were rcpaint4
| ed old boats, but this the crew has de-
| MED. "Yamsi'' had his way ah0tz4s
them a little later. for tug cams
| alongside the Carpathia soon afteE
she locked. and the boats were re-
moved quietly and taken away.
Furnish Sensation.
This series Of kilograms, which,
| Franklin admitted were sent through
| the government station. furnish the
| sensation of the day. The renai1deE
of his testimony dealt with his etfor<9
| to verify the reports Of the Titant0
| disaster. which he declared he wao
| unable to do till Monday evening. just
before he gave the news-to the news
papers. He denied all knowledge az
| the dispatch.A ending FAIL saved. sent
to Congressman Hughes. Of West vir-
gtnia. whose daughter was on board
the Titanic. He admitted. however,
that the despatch might have been
| sent. and requested the COMMITTEES to
call for the telegraph companies
records. to the end that it might b
| run down.
Franklin Answers Frankly.
| Franklin was placid and untrcubled
| on the stand and answered every
| question asked him with apparent
/ frankness. Once he told the comnit-
| tee that terrible mistake" had been
made in charging MIR. Ismay with the
responsibility for the accident: yet q
| was his own testimony that injure6
4 Ismay the most.
| He was on the stand throughout
| the morning, and his testimony e
| given in full. would occupy many
pages. sS
Fourth Officer Testifes.
| The story thatriveted the attenS
ton of all within hearing In tho
! packed and sunocating committc0
room in the afternoon. was told M
| short replies to questions by Fourth
| Onicer Boxall, who was on the bridge
| when the Titanic got her DEATH
wound. and who was sent by the cap-
| tain in search OF the mast lights Of w
| ship which all on the bridge plainly
| saw as the Titanic began to settle into
/! the Atlantic. w
| sighted Steamer. Sd
/ Boxall told in low voice how both
he and the captain. when they con-
! cluded that the Titanic had mo-
chance, sighted the white mast light1#
OF steamer. apparently about hAlkN
/! a mile Off the por. cow. a3
Boxall was sent to his station nna
| the end OF the bridge. and ordered kQS
/ signal in the Morse code, known t1S
AL seamen, that the Titanic was 18
7 dfstress AT the same Times Phi3I
in the wireless room. sent his sparlEMH
/ out. over the water to the strangUYS
begging her to stand by and asstS&
No reply came to the signals frc1
the lantern in Boxalls hand. No r0s|
ply came to Phillips Still the liglAtl
Of the steamer glimmered In the8|
darkness. and a. last resort a.
tress rockets were sent up to attrad48
| her attention.
when even this failed, the captaiI
said: sssf.ss A. '.,s:ss.'
Lights Disappeared.
Get into a lifeboat with what -
sengers you can take. row them 49,
to that steamer. and come hack E
the Titanic" Boxall obeyed. 361
story Of how the party rowe0 a0(
through the darkness in the diro0416
Of the lights which grew fatnt4r Ax
fainter. and finally went out IN