Arizona republican., 1912-04-21

pathia with which communi" "ation mad
 been established. This Bride said
 Phillips judged by reason Of the
 greater power of the Hertzian waves.
 Smith expressed astonishnent at
 the statement He repeatedly pressed
 the witness to answer why the aid Of
 a vessel many miles away nearer the
 sinking ship was not invoked. Bride evadcG :, .lIreCt answer by SaNiEg be
 JIid not l,nhN. shat probably the Frankfurt operator did not under stand, t!iGs Phillips. his sal,Cror, Lsfl his own judgment. Another phase or the laXitv of the wireless. so far as man was concerned was dcV- opel bN the chairman. He drew from the wit hess n arl I.0WleJ@m eEt that n'; sun day evening Bride Was sitting with the telephoniG apparatus strapped to his ears, adjusting accounts. while the steamship California, seeking to warn the Titanic of icebergs invading the lanes of ocean travel. called in cessantIy Bride said he heard the call, but dld not answer because ne was busy Not until half an hour [ later the California. striving to reach the steamer Baltic, reached the Tl- i tanic whereupon the warning that three huge icebergs had been sighted. l was noted by Bride, and verbally communicated to the liners captain. Smith established by GuGlielmo ! Marconi. inven-o or of the wireless sys- l tenn bearing his name. that both the l Titanic and the Frankfurt operators used virtually the same kind of in 1 struments. In the opinion of the in ventor there was no reason why com 1 municatiDn between the two vessels 1 should not have been perfected, pro- vided weather conditions were faH - ] orable The night, ,:s previously ea- l tablished. was clear, with no fog or i other atmospheric disturbances.
 Under insistent questioning Bride ] began to show signs of coll"rse. ST i Smith ended the wireless nquisitior and ques toned him about final scenes aboard the Titanic. Bride and hij superior Phillips were among the ! last to leave and werT. witnesses to l the closing scenes on the boats deck, i from the topmost parade deck of she ] lost ship. Brides story ran abtu; i as follows.
 We did not feel the shock when | the ship struck. II fact | was asleep i at the time and was not even aNak- ened bv the impact. When the engine stopped Phillips called me, l put on [ the tcIcohone apparatus while he : went to see what was the trouble. \ : little later he came back and said i things looked queer By queer 1 supposed he meant everything was not as it should be Then, however, i neither of us worried about it. When we heard the confusion on deck, 1 went to investigate and when l re- turned found Phillips sending out ] d "C Q. D. call giving our position He raised the Frankfurt first then i the Carpathia and then the Baltic 1 As I said. we did not try for the 1 Frankfurt any length of time, but ] concentrated our message on the Car . pathia which had answered that she was rushing to our aid. The captain came into the wireless cabin when the Carpathia advised Us of her po- l sition and figured out the time when she would arrive.
 He left when that was disposed of and then proceeded to the bridge Then we prOceeuSu to heep oLAiNi'ii' in communication with the Carpathla 1 From time to time Phillips or
 would go on deck to observe the
 situation Tie last time 1 went tc
 to the deck I found the passengers
 running around in confusion, al most in panic. They were seeking lifebelts All the large lifeboats were
 gone, but there was one life raft re
 maining. It had been dashed on tor
 of the quarters on the deck number of men were striving tt
 launch it. T went back to the wire
 less cabin then. Phillips was tryins
 to send out a final e. Q. D." call
 The power was so low we could no
 tell whether it was being carried for we were in a closed cabin. ant could not hear the crackle of thu } wireless at the mast. Phillips kep on sending, however, while l bucllet
 on his life belt, and put on my own . Then we both cared for woman
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