Arizona republican., 1912-05-29
Accompanying A Remarks By Chairman William Alden Smith of Senate Inves-
 tigating Committee.
CALIFORNIAN'S
 CAPTAIN SCORED
His Conduct Contrasted With That of the Master of the
 Carpathia.
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WASHINGTON. May 28.-The Ti- tanic disaster on April 15 in which 1517 persons lost their lives was the theme today Of d speech, report and proposed legislation in the senate. Senator w. A. Smith of Michigan. submitted
 the report of the committee investiga-
 tiOn, a feature of which was a condem- nation of the captain of the steamer Californian for not going to the aid of the sinking Titanic and he delivered speech in which he personally took much stronger ground in reviewing the disaster. and introduced measures de- signed to safeguard life in ocean trav- q.
 one of the most important recom-
 mendatiCns was for Stricter inspec-
 ton of vessels by the government
 Of steamship service and the meeting
 of all requirements of the American
 navigation laws by every vessel clear
 ing from an American port. The sen
 ate adopted a joint resolution extend ing the thanks of congress to Captain
 Arthur H. ROstron, of the steamer Car pathia and appropriated $1,000 for a medal to the captain and extended thanks to the crew of the Carpathia.
 Senator Rainer of Maryland. ar raigned the American navigation laws
 and drew lessons from the accident He dwelt a. length on the lesson of Ire ligious faith" that the country needs severe lessons that will strengthen the pillars and altars of it's faith. We are
 to a large extent today defying the or .1inan1PC n Cod the " Q
 awaken to realizing sense of our re- spOnsiblity. the better it will be for the spiritual elevation country. We are running mad with the lust for wealth, power ana ambition We are separat-
 ing society into castes, with fabulous | fortunes on one side, destitution and poverty on other It takes a terrible warning to bring us back to our sens es and our moorings.''
 | He urged legislation that would make 1 owners of corporations personally re- | sponsible for the negligence of em- ] ployes
 "Tha lesson of this hour" said ! Senator Smith in conclusion. "are, in- i deed. fruitless and idle precepts. ill., l conceived if rules of action do not fol- l low hard upon the day of reckoning. | Obsolete and antiquated shipping laws ! should no longer cucumber the par | liamentary records of any government, and overripe administrative boards should be pruned of dead branches and | less sterile precepts taught and ap- 1 piled"
 Senator Smith recommended that | lanes of travel should be more care ] fully defined. strength of ships bows 1 increased, life saving equipment bet
 tered, and discipline and practice made
 an exaction. He said buoys should be
 carried to mark temporarily the place
 of the ships burial in case of accident;
 and men of strength and spirit there
 must be won back to a calling already demoralized and decadent
 But 10 per cent of the men before | the mast in our merchant marine are natives or naturalized Americans he 1 said. Even England. that 20 years ago had barely 1000 orientals on her merchant ships. now carries over TO- ] 900 of that alien race. Americans must
 reenlist in this service, they must be- come the soldiers of the sea, and. 1 whe ther in the lookout, on the deck or
 at the wheel. whether able or common seamen they should be better paid for their labor and more highly honored in their calling: their rights must be re- | spected, and their work carefully per 1 formed: harsh and severe restraining statutes must be repeated, and new dignity given this important field of | Ia bOr '