The Washington herald., 1912-04-23

answered" replied Boxhail, hut / didn't
zee her answer Ct an
The witness said he was unaware
whether the wireless operators were IN
communication with this unidentified ship
or not Attempts TO shake BoxhalIs )
conviction that he saw 4 ship ahead OF
the Titanic we're unayailIng. Il saw two
OF her masthead lights declared Box
han. and later. as she came nearer, ]
saw her red side light
Suppose the Titanic had been equipped
with searchiightsT' asked Senator Smith
Would It not then have been possible to
attract the attention OF this ship by
casting about IN the air the beam OF q
searchlight II one had been installed on
the bow Of the TItanic3''
Ismay visited Bridge.
mo doubt her attention might have
been caught II we had had a search
Hight" replied the witness
Were you ever on a ship equipped
with searehlightsg'.
mot in the merchant marine In the
naval service searchlights are n part Of
the equipment They are In the British
Navy"
-A0 SeIAAAANAND SUI AIOAAl oOAuall QGu~
mite information about the movements
OF Capt Smith and the presence OF J.
Bruce Ismay upon the hyidge. The cap
tain. Boxhall said, he saw FIRST on the
bridge about 8 o'clock. and gave Il as
his conviction that from that time until
the ship struck the captain was either
on the bridge, in the charthouse. or In
the wheelhouse. all being adjoining
points The last he saw OF the captain,
p0Hhnn said uraa rrhan h. MA
ordered to get into one Of the sea boats
and leave the ship. Capt. Smith was
then, he said, standing beside the boat.
on the port side, as II swung READY TO
be lowered. The captains position was
also adjoining the wheelhouse door.
Asked about ]. Bruce Ismay. the wit
ness said that he had known the presi-
dent or the International Marine Com
pany by sight for three years; that he
knew he was on the ship. and that he
saw him on the bridge after the aeci-
dent
did you see him on the bridge before
the accident?'' he was asked.
NO." was the answer.
did you have any conversation with
Mr. Ismay?" Senator Smith asked Box
hall
Yes; on the bridge about a quarter
OF an hour before I left the ship. He
asked me why I didn't get the people
into the boats.
eT replied that the captain had not
yet given the order, but that the boats
were ready. Mr.. Ismay was then
alone. The next time saw him was
when he came ABOARD the Carpathia
from one of the collapsible boats OF
the Titanic"
Who else was in the boa. with AIR.
Isriay2" Boxhall was asked.
Left in Last Boat.
Il say Mr.. Carter, passenger I
saw also three or four men who looked
like FIlipIaos. The boat was fun of
women and children; not full, eifher.
but there were, many. women and chill
dren- Besides the men who looked
like Filiplnos, there were no other
men In the boat with Afr. Ismay. I
couldn't see who held the oars."
Boxhan was asked TO give an ae-
count cf the circumstances in which,
he left the Titanic. He said.
Il was in the last boat but one 10
leave the Titanic on the port side.
There were no more boats hanging in
the davits On that side"
did you see any boats prevented
from being used because of tangled
ropesc Eoxhan was asked.
NO; I didn't see any boats with
tangled gear. So far as / heard. all
went -re-y smoothly. Tho peopfe
showed no great anxiety 10 get in the
boats. Old not put them In. but
Helped assist people 20 the boats.
Z i got In the seaboat when the cap
tain told me 20 get IN and so away. In
my boat was one seaman, whose name
don't know, and never found out
There were about twenty-five or thirty
people in 1t altogether. almost fits full
capacity. / tried 70 count the people
by having each person sing out a NUM-
Der, but most OF them didn't speak any
English, and couldn't make them un-
derstand- There were o9ly four men
in my boat beside myself; one was
seaman, one steward, one cook, and
one male passenger. This passenger was
a middle-aged man who spoke no Eng
lish.
''An the men handled oars. / had one
myself, and a lady, whose name never
assisted me. Another lady, Mrs
Douglas, of Minneapolis, I believe.
steered the boat after had asked
her TO.
II went astern Of the Titanic, and
around TO the other side, figuring that
might pick up few people and take
them infmy boat. i kept about 100 yards
on the Titanic, being afraid Of the sue
hon. Not seeing any one I could pick
up, started my boat away.
Did you see any one in the water. |
alive or dead?'
Il saw only one body in the water
from the time 1 left the Titanic untiI |
got to the Carpathia-'
Withheld News of Wreck.
P. A. s. Franklin. wee president Of
the international Mercantile Marine |
Company. and the White Stars repre-
sentative in this country. was the first
witness called by the Senate commit
tee in its hearings.
MI Franklin began by declaring in \
response to questions that neither he
ior any other officers Of the White Star
Company had had the slightest communi-
,stion with the captain of the Titanic
IN his last voyage.
Did you," asked Senator Smith, chair
nan Of the committee, ~or any OF your
receive any communioa-
ion from Mr.. Ismay after or imme-