The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-20

any time sent out any messages that could be possibly construed into mean Ing that the passengers of the Titanic
 were all safe and that the wrecked
 under her own steam or by tow.
 'T never even heard such a mes
 sage mentioned until I reached New
 York" declared the operator.
 Senator Smith was most anxious to
 find out who had mentioned the reas-
 surfing message to him upon his ar
 rival here, but the operator could not
 remember. He said that he did not
 think 1t was either Ismay or Captain
 Rostron, of the Carpathia.
 Senator Reed, of Missouri. joined the
 Senators who are conducting the
 probe. today. It was definitely ar
 ranged that, after today's session, the
 committee will return to Washington,
 where the investigation will be re-
 ant Governor Timothy l.. Woodruff
 Senator Smith ordered former Lieuten-
 ant Goveror Timothy l.. Woodruff
 subpoenaed. Woodruff has been quoted as saying that the White Star people knew that the Titanic was at the bottom of the sea hours before Cottam declared that his first mes
 sage from Jack Phillips, the Titanic operator. read:
 Come at once. It is a c. Q. D., old man."
 Then Phillips sent the position of the Titanic. His last message, re- ceived by Cottam at 11:55, read: Come as quickly as possible She's taking water and it's up to the boil ers."
 '1 never heard from her after that" " 1 said Cottam, although several times
 I called the Titanic and sent Captain RostrOn's reply to Phillips last mes sage which read:
 We are making your position speedily as possible. Have double watch in the enginerooms. We are making 15 or 16 knots an hour. Get
 your boats ready. We have ours ready'.'
 "I never got that message to the Titanic"
 The horrors of. the disaster grew very real before the committee when Harold s. Bride, the extra wireless operator of the Titanic. took the stand. Bride, a pale-faced, bIack-haired boy 1 of 22, was carried into the room. Both of his feet, frozen in the terrible l sinking Titanic and the. time he reach ed the Carpathia, were swaIhed in l heavy bandages. His face was drawn
 with pain and his big black eyes were sunken. He was tenderly placed on couch and his bandaged feet were SII0lCIicQ Ou d pllOWSu CndlT DeIOTC him. Bride gritted his teeth and his | face twitched convulsively with pain. Answering Chairman Smith, Bride said that he was assistant operator on the Titanic, that his home was in London and that he received four | pounds, about 20, month. He said that's he and Jack Phillips, his chief, alternated six hour watches at the in struments on the Titanic, which were constantly manned.
 While Bride was testifying several newspaper photographers exploded flashlights. The report startled every | one in the room and Brides shattered nerves almost gave way. Senator Smith reprimanded the photograph CTS.
 A frank admission that the steam ship Californian had tried to report icebergs to him was made by the | operator. He said that he had been | too busy at the time to take the re- port. He was making out reports and heard "M. w. L.', which was the Call l ifornian, call him, saying she had an 1 ice report.
 "I was busy and I did not answer at the time. Half an hour later I heard the same operator transmitting an ice report to the Baltic and I copied it. I thought it was the same message that I refused previously but as it was not official I did not copy it in the book, although a copy was sent to the bridge. Whether Captain Smith received it or not I do not