The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-05-29
hartman Smith of the Inves-
ldgating Committee Sum-
| marizes His Findings and
| Delivers Forcible Speech.
lPTAIN OF LOST
VESSEL CENSURED
Eonnlander of the Steamship
|californian Also Blamed for
Disregard of Distress Sig
nails When Close at Hand.

+ nails When Close at Hand.
r 7ASHINGTON, May 2s.-Thc
formal thanks of congress tC
I1pV tho steamer Carpathla IS ofh.
pP' GERS and crew for the rescue
y ,be Titanic survivors were e1
I,,eed in a joint resolution passed to-
{ kr by the senate. The house will
III prompt action.
] Tbo resolution is the first of three
L,aSJrcs introduced by Senator Smith
\ Michigan, following his speech IN
4 senate and the presentation of his
wsrt for the commerce committee s
tSs:tigation of the Titanic disaster
l b resolution roads:
! I The thanks OF congress arc here
ti5 presented TO Captain Arthur
Henry Rostron, and through him TO
!, INe officers and crew OF the steam
/ thp Carpathia OF the Cunard line.
! In promptly going To the relief OF
~ steamship Titanic and hcroically
larinc the lives Of 704 persons who
l thd been shipwreckcd in the nurth
IAtantic ocean.
fedal for Rostron.
n The president of the United
States is hereby authorized and re-
U|czssted 10 cause TO be made and
r,sentcd TO Captain Rostron suit
( Lie gold medal appropriately in
# |sulbed, which shall express the high
ID |D|slima;ion in which congress holds
{ loo service OF this officer to whose
I,omplness and vigilance was due
lh|e. rescue Of 3I4 women and chill
|ljIteO and $50 men.
( Tie sum Of $1,000 or so much
/, hereof rs may be necessary for the
|Alprhase and manufacture Of said
rsla Is hereby appropriated out Of
Y YIny money in the treasury not other
! IIise appropriated.
n IIue two measures were introduced
@ referred to the commerce commit
YE One was a bill requiring that
ttH steel ocean OF coaStWlSc s1a'
N fns steam vessel aud every steel
am vessel navigating the Great
y tsrihem aud Northwestern Lakes car
hing 100 or more passengers must have
n |s water-tight skin in-bourd from the
Eyard collision bullhcad over not
y =, than two.tbirds Of the length OF
y vessel and the bulkheads so spaced
\ Ia any two ada sccnt compartments
ng.be flooded without destroying The
y liability or stability Of the vessel. "
q fsboat Provision.
hTery ocean or eoastwisc a-golnl
u nu vessel navigating between dif
F'At lake ports allowed 10 carry moro
K Pn hfty passengers must have OIL
ud hfeboats of an aggregate carry
" = capacity computed III cubic fcel
wa TO ten times the total number o.
( e crew plus the total number Of pas
efsis. There are minute details o.
Fsacal requirements as to the ell
v fTsy OIL the lifeboats.
Esry vessel, except river cIalt
I] sld have TO carry one life preseryel
saeh person allowed TO be carried
W mat vessel, including the crew
vfuy steamer must have hfeDoaCs
-, rafts, life preservers h1c-carry
l1I pfolectiles and drags to secure. th'
10y Of all aboard in case Of disas
VIZ AT least four members of tn
y LT must be assigned to each lIfcboa
~ arl'l at stated intervals.
resolution introduced would pro
NJ ior creation of y commission un
MEN, $4,000 appropriation for c2
~ 70 investigate the laws and reg
"a s'ns relating TO construction, equip
~. and navigation Of vessels aud =
~ 70 congress through the prcsl
-sa as findings and recommendation
,oer with Il draft Of legislation AM
"A h|laiissoD laiss II shall propose by Januar.
''iS.' The report follows;
ptsh Blamed.
'lne for the Titanic disastc
ssfgeable directly to the fan
lsoa the dead Captain Smit
!. ssm repeated warnings Of ic'
~ ahead, but responsibility fc
1s.S 1s.Ssssary loss of lifo must b
fGS 1ny Captain Lord Of the steam,
%.,,sliiofnIan, through his disregar
fssHesa signals. This is the findin
ab5 sssenate committee which invest
a .,a,oIne sne sinking OF the Titanic, a
5a 5,,sS IN comprehensive speech ds
Sja by William Alden Smith o
sQ &asa, CHAIRMAN of the COMMITTEES
Ilaii, u Smith declared that respoT
n fnd s'so rests upon tho BIRTHS
shsot on trade. "to whose laxity 0
IA f5;,'n, !" and hasfy inspection tin
|'V 'galitr' largely indebted for the awfi
lRs c,,.h IN deuouncing Captain LoT
~ hpieisahIornian, 20 tho senator said TN
IA fro., oistress signals were plalnl
Htss...'a the deck of his vessel shoI
Ast;.lassa will leave to England tn
| "a + ssn.4eNti ssr.eNti Of those guilty, asserte
sha,, ~, and he quoted British la
nv tseruto mat Captain Lord might l.
i.NINbs, Tor a misdemes nor.
~. a, efonGGlusions presented, in brie
|M Tests Made.
~, den' the the Titanic departed on b.