The Sentinel=record., 1912-04-26
SUMMON NEW
 WITNESSES
CAPTAIN OF MOUNT TEMPLE AND WIRELESS OPERATORS WILL
 TELL OF DISASTER.
The Committee Wants to Know Just Where Other Ships Were at the Time the Titanic Was In Dis
 tress in the North Atlantic.

Washington. April 25.-To learn why nearby steamer did not offer aid to the sinking Titanic and to fix the exact hour at which the lost liner was warned that she was in the vicin. ity of dangerous ice, Senator William Alden Smith, chairman of the senate committee Investigating the disaster. today summoned three important wit nesses. They are ]. II. Moore, cap tain of the steamer Mount Temple. which pissed within short distance of the Titanic when she was in ex- tremity, and the captain and wireless operator of the liner Californian, which sent the warning. All will be put on the stand tomorrow.
 Summonses were issued for the master and operator of the Califor- nian, while announcement that Cap tain Moore would appear was obtain ed in a telegram from Acting Pre- mier Foster of Canada. Captain Moore's story will be heard first, for his ship is due to sail from St. John N. B.. late Saturday.
 To insure greater dispatch, each member of the committee today un- dertook the examination of group of the members Of the Titanic's crew with the intention of releasing such as had nCtifing important to tell. Oth- i ers wilt be placed on tine stand. Virtually the entire day was given over to questioning Guglielmo Mar conf, inventor of the wireless tele- graph and head of the company bear ing his name. Both the Titanic and Carpathia were equipped with the Marconi apparatus. Harold T. Cot tam, the wireless operator on the Car pathia, was also re-examined "
 Soon after the cong al salaras,3 for the last sessiuns Of the 3av ynl
 tor Smith made the following
 ment:
 T desire to sayi lat ramors as. n reached the comnfttee that the friction and lack of harmony a on the members of the sub-comns in. and have the concurrence of
 sociates that the statement is-
 lutely untrue. Vi1
 Personally 1 have never heard 0. the slightest friction We are all proceeding on our way to get at re- suits. l wish to say further that we have determined to hear the members of the crew of the Titanic It has been thought necessary. because of the large number of these men. to proceed with the hearing without the attendance of the public, each mem Der of the committee examining his quota of these men. This is done to expedite the hearing"
 The committee then adjourned un- til 10 am. tomorrow, and the senator | took the sailors into conference.
 Olympic Still Held Up.
 Southampton. April 25.-The White Star steamship Olympic, whose fire men went on strike yesterday, has been obliged to spend another day and night eff RTsyftsse, Isle Of Wight, tiie passengers aboard amusing them selves with kite flying and other pas times.
 The strikers, satisfied today of the seaworthiness of the lifeboats. by practical demonstration. but they then demanded the company should dis miss the firemen who had remained | aboard when the strikers quit the ship. This the company refused to do, and the strikers will meet tomorrow to decide whether they witt rejoin the Olympic. Meanwhile, the com pany has obtained 250 firemen and it is expected the steamer will sail at l s o'clock tomorrow morning