New-York tribune., 1912-04-21

TIE Senate committees investigation yesterday was de-
voted to establishing the wireless communications between the
Titanic and other and messages sent from the Car
patha
If is understood that if the Senate committee finds evil
dence of criminal negligence the disaster to the Titanic
report will be made calling the Department OF justice 10
begin criminal prosecutions. But, on the other hand meioe
Of the United States Attorneys office SAID last nght lha d.
far as he knew the federal courts had no urScto ana N
doubted whether the English courts had any ground 1or
HADDOCK DENIES SENDING FALSE NEWS.
CAPTAIN IFaddock of the Olympic arriving at Plymouth
YESTERDAY denied having sent the message gwen out at ue
White Star offices in this city the name Of Captain Had
dock saving that the VTginan was towing the lahlc anu
that all the Ttanic's passengers were safe.
Senator Smith has ordered a subpoena served on lno'nS
j. Woodruff who has been quoted saying that the Wme
Star people knew of the sinking of The Ilamc many hours
before they made the news public
H. T. Cottam wireless operator Of the Carpanla denied
that he had saying all the passengers
the Titanic had been saved and the vessel was beng towd TO
Halifax He said that he had Informed the Baltic or the
White Star inc of the full extent of the disaster about lO3o
a. m, Monday.
Gotham denied all knowledge of message sent to Con-
gresham Hughes, of West Virginia. by the White Star e'
saving that the Titanic being owed to Halifax and all the
passengers safe -,
From H. S. Bride the surviving wireless operator OF ''e
Titanic was learned that the Frankfurt of the North Ger
man Ilovd Line the first vessel to pick up the distress signal
f the Titanic dsregarded the call for help The Carpama
Bride said responded by saying she coming at 1u Peo
FRANKFURT INTERRUPTS MESSAGE
Twenty minutes after the Titanic got in communication
with the Carpatha Bride testified the Frankfurt interrupted
to ask what was the matter and Phillips the chief wireless
operstor on the Titanic told the Frankfurt operator to keep
out: he fool
Asked uhv the Titanic did not explain Bride SAID: Any
operator receiving C d and the position of the ship ne
is on the lob would tell the captain at once
Bride told of receiving call from the Californian at t:ao
o'clock Sunday afternoon which he dsregarded Halt an hour
later he intercepted message from the Californian to the Baltic
telling of three icebergs He gave this message to Captain
Smith
Howard S. Harrington, Of Harrington Blgham Eng
lar veil known Admiralty lawyer considers j. Bruce Ismays
presence on board the Titanic at the time of the collision an
extremely important factor the determination cf damage
ss AGAINST the White Star Line 1t will be contended, Mr.
Harrington thinks that Mr. IsmayS presence the Scene
with knowledge of the conditions and his scquecence make
he COMPANY itself share in the negligence if such there
which caused The disaster And if the owners of the vee can
I've held negligent he points out the damages colecb may
into many millions of dollars
The Mavors fund for the survivors jumped yesterday to
more than $1,000 check for $4,000 received from
Vincent Astor son of Colonel J. J. Asor.
Those survivors of the wreck who taken to hospitals
ON their arrival here rapidly recovering yesterday and
many cf them left the hospitals while all those who came
the Carpatha were dispensing their homes The seerage
were being amply cared for by the committees formed
that