The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-20

New York. April 20-The delay of more than IF hours in getting news of the Titanic disaster ashore and the cruel reassuring messages that came through the White Star offices all day Monday were the subjects taken up by the Senate Investigating committee here today. Thomas Cottam, the wireless operator of the Carpathfa, was on the stand.
 Definite news of the entire disaster was sent from the Carpathia at 10:30 on Monday morning. according to Cot tam. who says he himself flashed the details to the liner Baltic. The Car pathia was then out of touch with land stations. None of these details and no word that a thousand or more had gone down with the Titanic reach ed the shore until Monday evening.
 T sent several messages to the Ball. aac," said Cottam. answering questions record of these. There were many of them and I was too busy sending. At 1O:3O Monday morning I sent all of the details to the Baltic. It was the whole story. The Baltic was then coming toward the wreck I was not time. I told of the total loss of the Titanic and of the rescue of those who had been picked up. I told them we were going to New York;
 Senator Smith then made an att tempt to get some line on the reas- suring news of Monday afternoon that the Titanic was being lowed into Hali- fax
 ."Did you send anything in any of your messages about Halifax" he asked.
 'T think that one of my early mes- sages said we might take the surviv- ors into Halifax That was talked of at one time. But later I said we were going into New York
 'I did not send from the Carpathia at any time after the disaster report that the passengers and crew had been saved and that the Titanic was com ing slowly into port in tow. Moth ing of that nature was either sent by me or suggested to me by any officer or passenger or anyone else on the Carpathia," continued Cottam. II sent nothing that could be construed utterly false If I had sent out any such word"
 If the White Star line sent the fol- lowing message from New York, on April 15, to Congressman Hughes, in Philadelphia: The Titanic is proceed probably will reach there Wednesday ali safe'-if such a message was sent out at any time, would it have been true?" demanded Senator Smith.
 Tt would not" answered the opera. tor emphatically.
 Smith asked whether any messages had been sent at any time that might have been construed as mean ing that the passengers and crew had been saved. but the operator insisted that no message from him could have been so interpreted.
 Did you in any way attempt to withhold the exact facts about the disaster?'' demanded Smith
 q certainly did not,'' replied the operator.
 "Did any message reach the Carpa- thia, Monday, which indicated a ru- nor that all were safe and the Ti- tanic was being lowed to port was in criculation?''
 No. sir"
 Cottam declared that from Sunday night until the Carpathia reached New York, Thursday night, he got only about eight or ten hours sleep. From the time of the disaster he worked continuously until o'clock Wednesday afternoon, when Operator Bride, of the Titanic, who was among the surviv- ors, relieved him for few hours. Bride, he said. received several mes sages from the scout cruiser Chester and sent several to that vessel, 1n- cluding the list of third class passen- gers saved.
 Cottam was more than emphatic in declaring that neither he nor Bride .~>r anyone else RH ~ Carpathia at