The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-04-27
Man Who Claind to Have
Been Barber on Titanic
an. 1rnposter.
CAPTAIN Of CALIFORNIA
DENIES REFUSING AID
Declares that His Ship did Not see
the. Distress Rocket Signals Sent up
by the Titanic-What California's
Wireless Operator Says.

Washington, April 27.-When the
investigation into the IT,
tanic disaster was resumed today, Sec
ond Officer Ligholler of the Titanic
was recalled. Senator Smith question
ed him as to his knowledge of the
crew of the ship. Ligholler said he
knew them all.
DO you know Louis Lett" asked
the senator.
mo, SIR"
Was Klein. the second class barber.
aboard?
II knew him personally"
Did he survive?"
NO. SIR"
Louis Klein gave out a statement at
Cleveland making sensational charges.
He was brought here to testify and
promptly disappeared. Lightroller
said he saw Klein in Smiths offices
and he was not the barber. The Of
ticer was then excused.
California Captains Story.
Captain Stanley Lord of the Cali
fornian testified he had followed the
brought the log of the Californian
with him from Boston and read from
the record. The entries included
several references to icebergs.
Did you try to get into communi-
cation with the Titanic on Sunday
night?" asked Senator Smith,
"Yes. sir; about 1915 that night.
ships time. We told him we were
surrounded by ice and had stopped"
did the Titanic acknowledge that
message?"
el,, a. .
or keep out or something like that"
did you have further communica-
ton with the Titanic that evening""
"Not at ALL"
Did the Titanic have further com.
munication with you?"
mot at ALL"
How far were the Californian and
the Titanic apart when you sent your
message to the Titanic telling her you
were blocked in the ice?"
From the position we had Of the
Titanic we were about nineteen and
one-half miles apart"
Did the Californian receive the IT,
tanic's c. Q. D. call?"
No" said the captain. "but we
got 1t from the Virginian about
o'clock the morning of the 18th"
What was the speed of the Cali
fornian?"
about eleven krtots ordinarily"
said the captain. I'VE made thirteen
and one-half when we We're going to
Titanic's."
Were you under full speed them"
I'VE We're driving all we could"
when you told the Titanic you
were surrounded by ice, how badly
were you surrounded?"
The witness said the field was about
twenty-five miles long and several
miles wide. The Californian. he said,
was about a quarter of mile from
the edge Of the foe.
What did you notify the Titanic
for?"
'As matter of courtesy. entirely.
matter of fact l thought she was
eighteen miles south of u.s."
Did you know anything about the
Titanic disaster of your own knowl-
edge?"
Nothing"
did you see any of her signals, or
anything of the ship herself?"
"No."
was the Titanic beyond your
range of vision?"
Yes. nineteetn and one-half or
twenty miles,"
Senator Smith asked the witness
how long it took the Californian to
get to the scene of the Titanic disas-
ter. He read from the log to show
that at o'clock they started for the
scene and drew alongside the Carpa-
thia at $3.50.
Captain Lord said he was on the
bridge himself until 1O:3O Sunday
night and that the watch was dou-
bled.
I'VE had reports two or three days
hafnra nf tho nraSonca nf
he said, land we took precautions. I
asked the Partisan April IA in the
day time and she said she had pass
ed three large icebergs. The New
Amsterdam also warned us that on
April she had passed icebergs."
Low temperature Of the water was
no indication Of the proximity of ice,
the captain said. He added he had
had little experience with ice.
Would glasses in the crows nest
have aided in sighting ice?" the SEN
ator asked.
81 think not, I tried. 1t once and I
don't believe shall try 1t again. It
was when hoisted man in a, coal
basket to the masthead to see II we
could discover the Titanic"
If you had received the Titanic's
your communication with the Titanic,
how long would it have taken you to
reach her?"
''At the very least two hours, under
the ice conditions"
when you got to the scene the next
morning did YOU see any wreckage 20.
"Yes. little. hut considering the
size Of the disaster there was very lit
tie. 1t looked more like a fishing
smack had been wrecked"
See any bodies?"
mo neither dead nor alive" tho
captain said.
Captain Lord remained searching
from $3.50 a. m. to 1880 a. m. and
saw no further signs of the Titanic.
Il don't want to seem impertinent.
captain" Senator Smith said. but
there was a report this morning that
there had been some attempt to pre-
vent you from coming here to testify.
Do you know Of any such attempts2"
NO" said Captain Lord. II don't
think there was anything Of that kind.
When l was served with the subpoena
asked the assistant general manager
for permission. could not get the
general manager. But was permit
"Do you know whether your wire.
less operator was on duty Sunday
night after you sent the warning mes
Il think not. r went by his room
about 11:45 and there waa no light