Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-21
WORCESTERSHIRE 0. KS UTILITIES BILL
West Virginia Representative Little Debate in Senate on
Discusses Titanic Disaster District Measure
BITTERLY ARRAGNs sMAY AMENDMENTS ARE MADE
Was Corporations
Largely Responsible. - Increased
SAYS SHIP WAS sPEEDED PROPERTY MUST BE LISTED
story Stipulation Made for Filing
Suffering and Her, ments Of Values with Con-
IS - .s
SAYS SHIP WAS. sPEEDED
Relates the Story of His Daughters
Suffering and Loss of Her.
! Husband

Representa- James A. Hughes Of
West Virginia. accompanied by his wife
and their daughter, Mrs. ..Eloise Smith.
passed through the city last night on a
Chesapeake and Ohio train. en- route to
their home in Huntington. While their
train stood in the Union station Mr..
Hughes repeated to a reporter for The
Star the story of his daughters evpe-
rience in the wreck and sinking OF the
Titanic, in which Mrs. Smiths nusDano'
,Lucien Smith. was lost. S.
Representative Hughes was outspoken
in his arraignment of the. officials Of the
White Star line, and was particularly
bitter in denpnciation. of j.. Bruce lsnay'
managing director Of the line, who was was
from the lifeboats OF the Titanic.
.sWitnesses say that it was upon Is
mays orders that the, steamer was rum
ming at high speed in the neighborhood
Of Ice, after having received repeasea
nath,'' said Mr.. Hughes. land, 1t WAS at
Ismay's command. I am informed. that
the sinking steamers boats put on from
her side carrying only half, or less than
half. the number Of persons they might
have carried.
Mr. and Mrs. Hughes left their car only
for few moments. while the train on
which they travelled from lew York walt
ed In the Union station. Mrs. Smith,
their daughter, had retired and could not
be seen. Mr.. Hughes said his daughter Is
doing as we'll as he had reason to. expect
under the horrible circumstances surround
ing her bereavement. She has recovered
her mental equilibrium, and the hysterical
nervousness from which she was suffer-
ing when she landed from the Carpathia
has largely worn away. FL, -.
: Alleges Misinformation. :
speaking of the course pursued by. the
officials of the White Star line. Mr..
Hughes said that he wired the of1ce Of
the White Star line in New York. last
Monday, asking for information In. re-
gard to those on board the Titanic land
informing the officers OF the line that
his daughter and her husband were
aboard the vessel. In reply he received
the following telegram, dated $50 o'clock
last Monday night. signed White Star
Line
Titanic being taken into Halifax. All
passengers are safe. Will unload Wednes-
Oficials of the line, Mr.. Hughes said,
denied. having received a message from
dispatch quoted above. Mr.. Hughes. how
ever, has placed the telegram in the
hands of the special investigating COM
mittee of the Senate.
Relating the story OF his daughters ex-
periences Mr.. Hughes said: -
occurred, although Lucien was still up.
When the ship struck Lucten came to
their stateroom and told her to get up
and dress. He was eating an apple, and
was as calm as II nothing had happened,
but insisted that she put. on hensX.
clothes. high shoes ard warm wraps
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