Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-04-26
SENATORS QUERY ISMAY ON Stand
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He stuck religiously to facts told with
cut ostentation or a though Of rubbing
up his own log, how he had speeded
the Carpathia to the rescue of the
drifting, ice-bound boats.
But whether the captain of the Car.
Uathia, the head of the White Star
line and principal owner Of the torn
and fOundered Titanic or other wit.
ncsses were being questioned, luxury,
luxury, the glamour Of spending, en-.
jOying, dominated the scene.
The wake Of the Titanic" was held
in surroundings which mistakenly call.
ed to mind the dead millionaire who
was one Of that gay company doomed
TO taste the bitterness of death, swift
upon the service Of the last million.
aires banquet In the fastidiously-f
Toned saloon Of the big boat built for
oblation TO Mammon. After, as be.
fore. wealth. wealth beat upon the
Cymbals for the dirge
Perhaps the greatest shock of IN"
session came when the TitaniC's prin.
opal owner, J. Eruce lsmay. confirm.
ed the worst calculations of the speed
at which the great ship was rushed to
ruin. "Twenty.one knots 49, 26 miles
an hour" said the chief Official of the
great International Mercantile Marine,
clasping his hands together, looking
down at the table In front Of him,
avoiding the searching eyes of all in
the room.
lsmay had made desperate efforts TO
avoid the pitiless reporters who had
logged his doors down at the Cunard
pier and his steps wherever lie ven.
tured on the way to the Waldorf. He
was sworn and gave his evidence with
apparent frankness and the desire to
let the whole truth be known at what
ever personal cost But he was ner
vOus and pitifully agitated appar.
entity a nervous wreck.
He did show a certain amount of as.
surance and anger at one point. and
then he spoke clearly and with head
and hand punctuating what he said.
That was when he was rebutting
the charge that the ship was pushed
rnder the last pound OF steam ito
make a record" record of havoc
and horror. He said that was unjust
and untrue.
mo one ever runs new ship a,
full speed until they know every part
Is working smoothly"
Margin for Safety.
The ships full speed was IS revolu.
tons per minute and they made but
70 as they were scuddlng through the
ice-pack, frisking with the great bergs
which he admitted had been already
reported ahead.
The concession of six revolutions to
safety made pronounced impression.
The unteChniCal gasped as they tried
to figure for themselves what this pow.
orful piston meant when pitching the
painted plates OF the pOpulous palace
against the preCipitous pillar of ice.
The head of the White Star Line
lsirickCn of it's stupendOus star
among stars of the seal was not Gag.
er to rcpcl suggestion and stated the
charge that he sought his own safety
and abandoned the ship on the very
first alarm. But, when the question
was put to him by Senator Smith
(who, with Senator Newiands. was the
only member of the upper house of
Congress present when he was giving
his testimony he cleared himself by
a brief and precise brace OF answers
Hour and Quarter on Wreck.
He was on the ship for an hour and
II minutes after the mortal wound
was inflicted upon the starbOard side
Of the liner and he did not board the
lifebOat until all the women then on
that deck were provided with seats
and the officer In charge was about to
give the order to lower away.
A pregnant point In Captain Rost'
ron's testimony was when he was tell
ing of the approach to the spot on the
waters where the Titanic had signaled
fer aid. They saw lights and with
glad heart took these to be from the
brilliant sides of the liner then being
pounded by the ilattenng. furious
force of the weight OF the yelling
waves.
Iceberg Like Specter.
And then they saw 1t was an ice.
beg - attendant specter of the spirit
of the sea supremacy over mans bra
vest hand work in the building OF
ships. They veered on a point, avoid.
ed il and arrived at their goal as
fast as feasible; too late to stand by
the lost liner, but in welcome time to
save those who had gained places In
the far too few lifeboats. Only a
boatswaln and one solitary seaman
were in the first boat picked up.
Captain Rostron created a sensa,
tiol in the crowded room when he told
how It was merely by the most mirac
ulous accident that signal of distress
was caught by the Carpathia - that
b,a fnr "a nuke Df chance not Il soul