The Sentinel=record., 1912-05-29

Harry K Thaw is making another at- tempt to regain his freedom through pro- eeedings to determine his sanity or in- sanity
 -~>~->>~-~--~-~-~-~-~ the engine room fed their fires with fresh fuel registering in that dangerous place her fastest speed.
 Nature Furnished Warning.
 Nature gave a warning of approaeh- ing peril so significant that passengers Tn stateroom and steerage shut out the chlll and spoke to one another of the sud- den cold Sailors off the Grand Banks know the importance of the thermometer, which is almost as necessary to their safety as is the compass. Even the quartermaster, Hichens, who regularly took the temperature of the water from the sea, said: IL suddenly became hit- ter cold and added that the first order received by him from Second Officer Lightoller at o'clock Sunday evening was to take his compliments down to the ships carpenter and inform him to look to his fresh water, that it was
 Senator smith declared that the com mand of the officer of the watch to avert the disaster actually exposed the most vulnerable part of the Titanic to the ice when the shock came.
 Distracted by the sudden appearance of danger s;~d the speaker, The sharp ly turned asioe the prov, the part best prepared to resist collision. exposing the temple to the blow; at the turn of the hilge the steel encasement yielded to a glancing blow so slight that the impact was not felt in many parts of the ship. although representing an energy of more than a million foot tons, said to be the equivalent of the combined broadsides of 20 of the largest guns in our battleship fleet fired at the same moment with A blow so deadly many of the passengers and crew did not even know of the col lision until tardily advised of the dan ger by anxious friends. and even then official statements were clothed in such confident assurances of safety as to arouse no fear.
 Senator Smith said that the awful force of the impact must have indicated to master and builder that the ship was doomed. He commented caustically up- on the failure of the ships officers i'm mediately to give general alarm or to establish some orderly routine. Concern ing the conduct of the ships officers, he said:
 'Haphazard, they rushed by one an other on staircase and in hallway, while r~Hn of self control gathered here and there about the decks. helplessly staring
 p'e another or giving encouragement to those less courageous than them- selves. Life belts were finally adjusted to all and the lifeboats were cleared away and although strangely insuffi- cient in number, were only partially load ed and in all irstancrs unprovided with compasses and only three of them had lamps They were manned so badly that, in the absence of prompt relief, they would have fallen easy victims to the advancing ice flOe. nearly 30 miles in width and rising Is feet above the sur face of the water. Their danger would an. han ne I. d mained on the deck of the broken hui, and if the sea had risen these toy targets with over roo exhausted people, would have been helplessly tossed about upon the waves without food or water
 Praises Wireless Operators.
 Tributes 10 the vaIor of Phillips and Bride, the wireless operator on the Ti- tanic, were paid by Senator Smith. He said that the final exit of the Phillips boy was not so swift as to prevent him from pausing long enough to pass a cup of water to a fainting woman" The senator showed that had not the under paid wireless operator on the Carpathia prepared for bed with his receiver still on his head. the Titanic's distress sig nals never would have been received by the rescue ship.
 5Iames Captain Lord.
 "The steamship Californian was within easy reach of this ship for nearly four hours after all the facts were known to Operator Cottam. The captain of the Carpathia says he gave explicit direc- tions that all official messaees should be immediately sent through other ships, and messages Of passengers should be given preference. According to Binns. the inspector the apparatus on the Cali fornian was practically new and easily tuned to carry every detail of that ca- lamity to the coast stations at Cane Sable and Cape Race, and should have done so.
 Senator Smith reviewed the testimony of Captain Lord, showing that the Cali fornian came within four miles of the doomed vessel and that he went 10 his room to lie down while signal rockets were being fired.
 Failure of Captain Lord to arouse the wireless operator on his shin, who easily could have ascertained the name of the vessel in distress and reached her in time to avert loss of life,' said Sena- tor Smith, places tremendous respon- sibiity upon this officer from which 1t will be difficult for him to escape"
 Praise for Rostron.
 Contrast, If you will, the conduct of the captain of the Carpathia in this emergency and imagine what must be the consolation of that thoughtful and sym pathetic mariner who rescued the ship wrecked and left the people of the world his debtor as his ship sailed for distant seas few days ago. By his utter self effacement and hls own indifference to peril hy his promptness and his knightly sympathy. he rendered a great service to humanity. He should he made to realize the debt of gratitude this nation owes 10 him while the book of good deeds which has so often been familiar with his unaffected valor, would henceforth carry the name of Captain Rostron to the re- motest period of time.
 "The lesson of this hour" said Sena- tor Smith In conclusion. 'are. Indeed, frutless and its precepts ill-conceived if rules of action do not follow hard upon the day of reckoning. Obsolete and am tiquated shipping laws should no longer cucumber the parliamentary records Of any government, and overripe administra- tive boards should be pruned Of dead branches and less sterile precepts taught and applied"