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dispute between witnesses.
lsmay Bees for Time
Although Mr.. Ismay urged the com
mittee to permit him to go for the
present, pleading that he was or
the verge Of nervous collapse by
reason Of his experience, his request
was not granted. There will remain
as witnesses four officers and ~
members of the crew and they win be
heard as quickly as possible. The in
dications are that the inquiry will not
be completed before the middle OF
next week.
Just before the senate committee
investigating the Titannic disaster
kmet an invalid chair was wheeled in
to the committee room. 1t was Har-
old Bridge. the assistant wireless op-
orator on the Titanic, whose feet were
wrenched and badly injured when he
was crushed on the life raft that
picked him up He was sallow and
hollow-cheeked and lay propped up
with pillows, awaiting his call to the
witness chair.
Immediately behind Bride came J..
Bruce Ismay, president of the Inter
national Mercantile Marine, and P. s.
Franklin, vice president of the organi-
zation. Mr.. Ismay announced before
the inquiry began that he had given
instructions to all the lines of the
International Mercantile Marine,
which include the White Star, the
American, the Red Star, the Lapland,
the Atlantic Transport and the Do
minion lines, to equip all steamers
with sufficient boats and raft boats
for passengers and every man of the
crew without regard to government
regulations.
The first witness was Thomas Cot
tam, the wireless operator on the Car
pathia, who was recalled to the !
stand. Senator Smith sought to clear
up the messages that had passed be |
tween the Carpathia and the Titanic.
What was the last message sent
to the Titanic?" asked Senator Smith
1--WE sent word to have its lifeboats
ready" said the witness, that our
lifeboats were ready and that we were
steaming to them as fast as we
could"
Senator Smith asked questions TO
discover whether any official had
sought to keep back news Of the dis
aster
Did you send any message that
all the passengers had been saved or
that the Titanic was being towed to
Halifax"
mo sir"
Nor anything like it?"
"No sir"
did you know such reports were
being published to the world?"
mo sir"
IF the White Star line sent mes
seage Monday reading: Representa-
tive J. IT. Hughes, Huntington, w. !.
Va: Titanic proceeding to Halifax.
Passengers probably will land there
Wednesday. All safe they did not
obtain the information on what that
is based from you "
NO"
"Nor do you know that it obtained
it from any other operator on the
Carpathia?"
mo"
Senator Smith asked the witness if
he had received any message from
the time the Carpathia left the scene
of the disaster until 1t reached New
York.
mo, sir" asked Cottam. 81 report
ed the entire matter myself to the
steamship Baltic at 1O:S0 O'Clock
Monday morning. told them we had
been to the wreck and had picked up
as many of the passengers as we
could"
Cottam repeated his testimony of
yesterday and said he had been with
out sleep throughout Sunday. Mon
day, Tuesday and until late Wednes-
day afternoon. Senator Smith sought
to have the witness designate the ex-
act hour when he was relieved By Op-
orator Bride. who had been taken
aboard the Carpathia from the Titan
ic.
Il don't know. sir" said Cottam in
extenuation. Il was up continuously
and I lost track of the hours and
days. l had from eight to ten hours
sleep from the time We left the wreck
until we arrived in New York"
did Bride do any sending in that
timer Senator Smith asked.
seYes SIR. He sent the list of The l