The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-04-27
AFFIDAVIT MADE T Fl A I
SHIP COMMANDER MADE
NO EFFORT TO HELP
CAPTAIN OF CALIFORNIA REFUSED
TO RESPOND TO DISTRESS SIGNALS
Much Sensational Testimony is
Adduced al Congressional In
Vestigation Yesterday
fBy Associated Press.l

Washington, ID. G., April 2I-Therc
We're two steamers and one schooner
near the Titanic when she sank, ac-
cCrding to Captain Moore OF the
steamer Mount Temple. tcstifying. be-
fore the Titanic committee today. Ice
held the vessels back The Mount
Temple arrived on the scene two
hours after the Titanic sank. Moore
said he Immediately turned his yes
sci toward the Titanic when he inter
cepted the aid calls On the way he
saw the lights of a schooner within n
few miles Of the tragedy and coming
from that direction. Daybreak dis
closed great ice field ami a tramp
steamer nearby. The identity of the
tramp nor the schooner could not be
fixed Captain Moore read long list
of messages Intercepted by his ship
from the Titanic. The last one was
&C @. y. boilers flooded. II saw no
rockets at all, and / sent none up my
self for fear OF diyertne other
ships, Moore said.
Washington D. c. April 27-Ablaze
with light from her saloon and cab
ins, the Titanic dashed full speed
al ead TO her destruction according
to Ernest Gml. donNey engine man
on the steamship Californian, who
testified today before the senate com
mittee investigating the disaster He
said that Captain Stanle Lord, Of the
Californian refused later to 90 to the
aid Of the Titanic the rockets fr0m
which could be plainly seen This
Captain Lord denied but both he and
his wireless operator Acknowledged
to having seen rockets Their ship,
they said. was fast in the ice
Gill submitted an affidavit to the
committee and when sworn and put
on the stand stuck to his charges
against the captain or the Californ-
ian He said he was standing on the
deck late Sunday night when he
sighted a great ship sweeping along
"a top speed about ten miles off. He
did not know il was the Titanic but
he made out readily that it was not
freghter or a small vessel because
Of the manner in which it was illum-
mated
Some time later he saw distress
rockets on the horizon He SAYS the
captaiu was apprised of these sig
nails but made no effort to get IN
steam and go to the rescue. The cal
ifornian was drifting with The foe.
So indignant did he become said
Gill that he endeavored to recruit a |
committee of protest from among the
crew but the men failed him.
Captain Lord entered a sweeping
denial OF Gills accusation and read /
from the Californian's log to support |
his contention Syril Evans the Cal /
ifornians wireless operator, however, |
told of heanins much talk among the
crew who criticized the captains /
course. Gill he said, told him he eX
pected to get $500 for his story wen |
the ship reached Boston.
Evans told of having warned the !
Titanic only a brief time before the |
great vessel crashed into the berg !
that the sea was crowded with ice |
The Titanic's operators. he said at
the time were working with the wire /
less station at Cape Race, and they |
told him to shut up and keep out" /
Within half an hour the pride of /
the sea was crumnied and sinking
1t developed today that one reform
which is certain to spring from the !
present investigation will he cnforo- |
ed in the wireless rooms of ships en-
tering or leaving American ports |
This concerns lack of authority over
the operators pay. hours and freedom |
from responsibility as brought ont
by the testimony to date.
Testimony was adduced yesterday
a: the hearing before the senatorial
committee in Washington to show
that
Herbert G. Lowe. fifth officer Of
the Titanic. had to use violent Ian
gnage to J. BEpce Gsmay when the /
latter was interfering with the loadrI
iig Of the life boats under Loves
charge.
Lowe Ieclared that he did not row
back to do rescue 'Ork till the dying
lad thinned out. fearing the drowning
would swamp the boat
j Bruce Ismay was very much per
turbed when he round himself safe on
the Carpathia ond told Second Officer
Iightoller that he. Ismay, should have
gone down with the ship as long as
anv woman ~emained on board the
Titanic. I.ightoller said Officer Wolf
tlrew Ismay into boat
Officer Lightoller testified that the
maritime value of lookout depends
uIon his extreme range of vision and
that marine glasses are only useful 4,