The Sentinel=record., 1912-04-21
WIRELESS
 OPERATOR
 BLUNDERED
EVIDENTLY MADE MISTAKE IN NOT COMMUNICATING WITH
 VESSEL NEAR TITANIC.
Second Marconi Operator on Doomed Ship Relates Exciting Incidents Before the Senate lnvesti-
 gatine Committee.

New York, April 20.--With dramatic suddennesg the senate investigation of the Titanic came to an end today so far as the New York hearing was concerned
 IL will be resumed, however. in Washington Monday, when J. Bruce Ismay and P. A. s. Franklin, the chief officers of the White Star line, and more than a score of officers and crew Of the sunken vessel, viii appear be- fore the committee.
 Incident to the sudden close of the hearing here was the story of liar. old s. Bride, the second and only sur yiving wireless operator of the Iii tanie. Ills tale was one of suffering and death. He told of the final plunge of the vessel to it's ocean burial It's captain's end also was revealed He leaped from the bridge when the wa. ters were closing over his ship.
 In connection with the transfer of the hearing to Washington, it was in- timated that the power Of the senate on federal territory would be undis- puted in getting at the real facts and no question of state rights could arise to interfere.
 At the hearing this morning. Wire less Operator Bride, crippled as re- suit Of lis experiences and seated in an invalid's chair, told his story of the last moments of the Titanic. His narrative, drawn from him piecemeal by Senator Smith of Michigan, chair man of the committee, held enthrall- ed the committee and the audience When his ordeal was ended, he was almost on the verge of collapse.
 After the hearing was resumed in the afternoon, announcement of the change of base was made. Herbert J. Pittman, the third officer of the Ti- tanic. had been called to the witness chair. Senator Smith directed one question to him, relating to the whereabouts or the ships fog. Tine witness said he did not know. Prompt ly Mir Smith announced the commit tees decision to resume the inquiry in Washington Monday
 Later he issued statement giving in detail his reasons for the sudden change in his plans. The statement says the officers of the Titanic al. ready examined were given an oppor- tunity to present their testimony that they might not be further inconveni- enced, but after comforting with our associates, we concluded to exercise our authority and formally subpoena these officers, and about 20 of the crew, and take the further testimony, at least for the time being, at Wash ington. where the entire sub-commit' tee could be present"
 The committee devoted its entire day to an investigation of the eonnec- ton of the wireless with the disaster, H. T. Cottam, the operator on the Carpathia, was the first witness. Sen. ator Smith sought to establish cer. tain testimony he had given on the stand yesterday. Then came the star witness of the day.
 Seated in an invalid chair Bride was wheeled to the end of the table. He was hollow checked and wan and had just come from physicians care. His hands never were quiet and he locked and interlocked his fin gers necessarily.
 Like Cottam. who is 2S years old, Bride is merely boy Neither had any telegraphic experience previous to taking up wireless telegraphy and both told tales of long hours at low wages and days and nights spent without sleep.
 This incxperience and the mental condition of the young operators were two points on which Senator Smith bore consistently. He had put Cottams through gruelling examina- ton, in which he testified he had not slept more than eight or 10 hours between Sunday night, when the ri.  taEic called for help, and Thursday night, when the vessel Carpathia docked here. Brides story was one