The Wagner post. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1912-current, 1912-04-26

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= Al 4 suggestion from the
\ president that all stand in
y memory Of the brave Woman
\ with one accord the rcomful Of
~ women arose
man were placed In 1t. The oficer
said he could spare no more and that
the fact that women rowed did o
show the boat was not fully equipped
At that time he did not believe tho
dancer was great. Two seamen placed
I'm the boat, he said, were selected by
him, but he could not recall who they
were.
How did You happen to name
them 20
because they we're standnng near"
did they want to g0?'
Il did not ask them; they went BY
my orders"
The third boat?"
by the time / came to the third
boat-aH these were on the port side
I began to realize h situation was
serious n / began to take chances."
"How long did all the work OF low-
ering a lifeboat take?"
1T is difficult to say. blu I think
about rs or 20 minutes"
How many passengers I'D ths
third boat contain"
IT filed her up as full ~ I dared.
SIR, then lowered her. About 50. Tho
women and children could not have
stood auieter IL they had e in
church"
Short Of ssamsn.
In loading the fourth lifeboat. Officer
Lightholder said he was running short
Of m
Il put two seamen In n
jumped out. That was the first boat
L had to put a man passenger in. He
mas rton1inu naarhv and said he
would go If I needed him.
Il said, Are you a sailor and No
replied that he was a yachtsman. Then
I told him IL he was q sailor enough
to get over the bulwarks TO the lfe-
boat to go ahead. He did. and proved
himself to be a brave man.
who was he-did you know him
II did not know him then, but after
| wards I looked him up. He wal Major
Peuchon. of Toronto" said Light
holder.
.The boats Heck was only 10 feet
from the water when ! lowered the
sixth boat. When we lowered the nrse
the distance to the water was ~ feet
'sMAY cTH YsYss,o e coasaAsraopse
washington. April 20.-It q been
years since SO vigorous indictment
against one person has been delivered
on the floor Of the Senate a. va tno
attack on J. Bruce Ismay. MANAGING
director OF the White Star line. made
yesterday afternoon by Senator nay
nor, Of Maryland.
senator Raynor pointed out thar
while there were no civil and criminal
remedies available In the American
courts, criminal and civil suits oul0
be brought I'm the British courts ana
that 3 Congressional committee would
have absolute authority to subp0ena
everybody connected with the Disaster
and IL anyone should refuse to answer
| questions he could be indicted and Inn
prisoned FOR contempt.
criminaliy Responsibls.
Mr.. Ismay claims, according 10 .
ports, that he took the last lffeh0at,@
cried senator Raynor. Il do not be-
iieve it, and IL he did. 1t was cowardly
to take any lifeboat, for the managing
director is criminally Responsible tor
this appalling disaster.
IF this should have happened On an
American vessel there would be no
Question thai an Indictment would NJ
found. and il the facts were sustained
the officers OF the company cOu Be
convicted of m~anslaughter. TX not Of
murder, because the evidence ID clear
that the vessel was not property equip
ped with efficient life saving appar-
atus.
Il have not the slightest doubt that
the northern route was taken IN obed1-
ence to Mr.. Ismay's direct orders ana
that with full warning he risked b
life of his entire ship to make . speedy
passage.
II care not what the rules OF the
English admiralty are. We ave tn6
spectacle Of the head OF the line failing
to see that his ship was properly equip
ped with life saving apparatus needles
of the warnings that he was sailing -
a dangerous sea, ~forsaking his venoe1
and permitting 1900 Of her passenGsrn
and crew to be swallowed BY the So.
The martyrdom and the agOntes e.
/ separation that o place on board tn
sinking ship are too fearful for ~
mind to dwell upon and contempfa1a
but Mr.. Ismay, the ofIic0r pr1max1ly
responsible for the whole disaster ~
reached his destination I safety and
4 unframed.
mo legislation can bring back q
I earth a single life lost upon that fatal
night What we can do Is 70 help a
the responsibility. IL possible, q rely
upon the British justice to bring . nay
the guilty directorate Of the company
Criminal Prosecution Necessary.
T IAN civilized nations viii applaud tn
2 terminal prosecution Of the manages
ment Of this line. II they can be mad
: to suffer no sympathy will 80 = to
them. and II it does i win b sub
merged IN the overwhelmfng lamenen-
ton that today echoes throughout tn
civilized world for the victims OF thea
Iculpable carelessness. q reck1essneml
: that sent hundreds Of their fellow b.
ings into eternity. desolating home
and firesides and turning this lan int
a house Of mourning.
) I'm this hour Of our calamity, we ap'
! peal TO the majesty OF the law to de-
) out retributcry justice to this gutlc
) company to the last degree"
= Two more bills framed IN the lossol
) drawn from the Titanic disaster weF,
! introduced in the House yesterday. On
: OF them, by Representative OfShauGh
) messy. OF Rhode Island. would c0mpe
= all oceangoing ships to Of from tn
y United States to carry constant al
. adequate wireless
Representative Parran. Of Maryland