The evening world., 1912-04-24

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Senator william Alden smA:h. fhe
hartman. announced when the procs~d-
INCA opened that the British witnesses
would be called as rapidly ~ possible
and before any more passenger were
Examined. Fleet was then recalled -
first witness Of the day and was Ques-
TONED by Senator Burton.
O, When you were on the Titanic were
your eyes sxamansd7 ~ Yes.
q. How often. A. Frequenuy.
q. Can you distinguish colors7 A.
Yes. Or.
q. Did you. when In the THAMES
crow's nest. see . iight' A. No. ! saw
no light until ! got In the iifeboat. Then
/ saw Q bright hight on the forward bow.
! don't know what Il was. M. Lishtoiiss
saw II before we got off the Titanic ana
,o,A " 70 pull toward II. II finally ds'
appsared. We never made out what II
was.
q. VIXEN you haws binoculars what
snare Of time DO you have the glasses
10 your eyes while on the lookoutf A.
II We fancy we soc anything on the
horison Ne use glasses to make sure.
PLGgv Aioe m LoAoiNo THE
LiPg0oATs.
Senator Fletcher asked Fleet II he
he'd Ae,psd In the loading Of the boats.
sw~- -sso ha anu~ara6
Q. Had you evsr ~ IN experience
in loading and lowering Mseboatsf A.
All Of W do In the white star. ] saw
no Mfsboats loaded other than No. Q.
the boot IN which I pulled away With
about thirty passsngsrs.
q. Were there any women on che decks
who ala not get IN the beAtf a. No. sir;
! NV mono.
Q. And ara you osu Cor thsm' A. Yes.
cir.
ne Witness eas1 tAsss wsss .
aunbes q Ass q Ne 1sehs Sus
shAs nsas q tAsa seuOAe - eva
sshsl - - taksa -.
rect tod Of the Appearance IN the
boat Of . stowaway who he'd hidden -.
meath Q seat. The man. IN Italian. Wal
a. "a assistanes bseauss Of an injured
arm. HIS boat. Fleet said. Asksds Tor ana
~ aAethsP nan frsn . iifsbeat 70
uhich they tied up.
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g. How Tar were you from the Titanic
wnen u eanks a. On. Il must have
eeen . mule.
~ 70 pour experience n trying d
Estimate how tar he T4tas1e wa from
~ Scsbsre when you sighted Il. ] shouk
~ you "a % hsvs any Judgment o
ieteoes neee Ninth commented.
W meee ] havsa't' Fleet answered
~ thsa wNs excused
SENATOR ~usth tnen announced III
veaeeo 70 Meet an inquiry hat hat
arisen ~ 70 me OF the oom
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= ~ inseaAAea - ~ seAnltsse
- io1nase q IN subjects q Great
1SoA1n ~ nAy ~ - this eeuA.
~ ~ Whe AAy know anything %
~ oAoeetess = 70 hell them here
uAea ~ AAve learned ~ tAas W
80.
"8A1o ooosoo van ~ yassuel n.
~ ~ eeanattss conclude they
hAve ebtaansA Ill accessible ana
useful iasesnataos 70 . proper N.
G~esssaaAing - tAis disaster.
Misrepresentation have been
made. ! have heard. ] have not,
however. read the newspapers be-
cause ! did not wish 10 be prsju.
diced. The representatives. OF the
press have all co-operstsd In every
possible way to tighten the burden
Of the committee.
Nov. q word about the dihiculty.
To the credit OF most Of the Officers
and members Of the crew, We have
experienced little diniculty In secur.