The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-04-30
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TO RESULT IN
CHANGE IN LAW
ADDITIONAL WITNESSES WILL BE
EXAMINED, BY COMMITTEE,
INCLUDING SAMMiS.
seamen Will Not Sign With Ships
Carrying Less Than Enough Life
boats to. Rescue Passengers and
Crew-Reception Given Sailors.

Washington, April 29.-Endeavoring
entirely to repudiate intimations that
he had sought to suppress or delay
AeWs of The sinking of the Titanic,
Guglielmo Marconi, inventor of WIRE
less telegraphy, appeared today for a
tnud time before the senate commit
tee of inquiry.
Mr.. Marconi had discovered after
leaving Washington last week that he
had sent a message to the operator
of the steamship Carpathia urging him
to send him news of the disaster 10
the wireless station at Siasconsett,
MASS, or to vessels of the United
States navy. He read a copy of this
message.
Nlr. Marconi also produced copies
of many other messages which pass
ed between the Marconi office and
the Carpatnia in an endeavor to get
definite information of the wreck and
the survivors. Mr.. Marconi was ex-
cused by the committee in order that
he might sail tomorrow for England.
Chairman Smith thanked him for the
aid he mad given.
Sammis Explains Order.
F. M. Sammis, chief engineer of the
American Marconi company, also tes-
titled explaining what had actuated
him in sending messages to Operators
Cottam and Bride on the Carpathia
to hold their stories for -four fig
ures."
He said that he had made an ar
rangement with New York paper
for them to sell their personal stor-
les and had sent the messages to the
boys" informing them of that fact
Chief Engineer Sammis and J H.
Bottomly of the American Marcohi
Telegraph company, arrived from
New York today under subpoenaes is
sued by the committee. They were
prepared to go into teh tecnnicalities
of the wireless system. The commit
tee also indicated its intention 70
question the former witness closely
DIS W u1o COAlCSIIOll Will IlC AAAN1
sages bearing his name, which, sent
to the Carpathia, resulted in its ope-
rator withholding detailed Information
of the disaster. s.t tst r.s...
Senator Smith, chairman of the
committee, hopes to be able to re-
lease all the British witnesses this
week. t-- -. ,... ....
Marconi Read Messages.
After ALarconi had read number
of messages sent to the wireless op-
orators. on the Carpathia, directing
them to send information of the dis
aster, Senator Smith said:
Now, l want to know why you
failed to get any reply to these mes
sages?"
Il have no explanation except that
the operators were busy sending mes
sages from the survivors, replied
the witness.
Il would like to ask you,' the SEN
ator continued, whether, from the de-
yelopments Of this inquiry you don't
feel it is incumbent upon you 10 dis
courage the practice of operators
selling stories of big news events, such
IS this disaster?"
Certainly. I am entirely in favor
of discouraging the practice, and nat
urally give very great weight to the
opinion expressed by the chairman OF
this committee" said Marconi.
Used Different Codes.
He explained it would have been
almost impossible to have established
communication between the United
States cruiser Chester and the Car
pathia, because the Chester used the
United States navy code, while the
Carpathia operator used the interna-
tional system. ~
Operator Cottam was in the room
when Senator Smith started question
ing Mr.. Marconi. Senator Smith had
Cottam temporarily removed.