The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1912-05-24
Two Senators on Titanic lnves-
tigating Committee Are
Former Sailors.
SMITH MAKES FUNNY BREAKS
Chairman Abuses Spectators by Lack
Of seamarship Kno~lsdge-Ps
tins and Bourne Know Ship
From stem 10 stern.
nx oaoRoE CLINTON

committee on inquiry into the itanic
disaster. was given the chnlrmnnHhip
of the body 40 n recognition Of the
tact that be WAS tho urst senator 20
Ofef IN tho senate a resolution Of IN.
quirJ into the causes Of the wreck
Mr. Smith ia from Michigan und b. is
newspaper proprietor ana "a lawyer
When asked about the newspaper bust.
uohs tho senator always says that he
went into II when be VAS a mere
Guild. aud so he did
When the Michigan senator WAS 70
nttio hoy bis father died. leaving the
widow and son virtually without any
means of support William Alden
Smith. mere boy. went 10 work 10
support his mother In those days
transportation was not nH rapid ~ 70
n today and tho news dealers OF
YOUNG smiths town WED with each
other to get tho nfst copies ot the
Chicago morning papers The pres.
eat senator nc the age Of eleven USED
tn wait at the railroad station at un
sauy hour In the morning on the
chance that the Chicago papers would
come IN on a train ON which they Oc
raEiunully came in advance 1f the
usual hour ol their arrival Sometime
the boy would gct tho papers earlier
lhnn anybody elise and consequently
ne would Ecll good many Of them hr.
lore others got started ito made
quite a little money In this way
Bourne Knows the Sea.
Senator Jonathan bourne, Dr.. Who
is aho member OF tho iitanic diB
sst,f inscsliEatiGs committee. recent
" v1s defeated Tor tie senate Ia the
primaries of his llatc. oregon Mr.
r1ufr' 'or years has been uu advocate
VI the primary system. nud his defeat
VI home was unexpected IN Washing
ton II b. said here that he owes %
IN over confidence IN the result. tor he
did not go TO Oregon to plead his own
cause
Senator bourne has not taken an nc.
tire questioning part In tho inycsti.
cation. because that work IN lett al.
most entirely o. the committees chair.
man. Senator Smith. There are men
In Washington who WISH that MIR
noufne would ask more questions. for
he Il ominently qualified to deal with
questions Of the sea Ills inthcr was
cue 81 the great whalc-i OF New Eng
land. a man who knew ships from
stem TO stern and from topmast to
teci. and se impaired his knowledge
~ his son. not only In lessons. hut by
sending him TO sea Senator lourne
euce waa shlpwreckcd aud vent
through many dangers like those
woich attended the rescue OF tho pas
sengors OF the Titanic.
Perkins Was Seaman.
Senator Perkins OF California. who
also Ia on tho Titanic Investigating
eommittec. spent several years aa au
able seaman. lie knows tho sea and
ships. aud while he has not asked
many questions during the course OF
the investigation. he made many
notes. and HIS Judgment will bo ren
dercd on the case NJ its end
The sailors who have testified In tht
Titanic case have shown something
very much Ike amusement. ana posi-
bly, sayoring OF contempt. OF tho ack
Of scamanship knowledge m shown b,
some OF the questions which they ar,
sshed II In needless tn say that
none oi these questions were asked d,
The two members of the committee
who we're formerly sailors Senator
Smith had m idea that the water
tight compartments were places of
refuge Tor women ana children. NOT
kuowing that they were depended up
90 to Keep the ship gHoat. aud n 10,
donra had been opened 20 admit an,
body or anything the water would
have rushed IN and everybody would
nave gone TO thr bottom TIE shipi
oficcr Nhn was asked II any Wumcf
ana children we're put into the water
tight compartment was completely
"uabbcrgasted' by the question ne
Of course. WAS aware NJ the dignity nj
the occasion. but he had to gasp aut
then smile NJ the corners ot his mouth
when the question was put to MIN
The audience was not Ms self cuntainc,
a. the sailor witness It's smile de
Vclopcd into laugh II probably wa
a slip Of Senator Smiths tongue. hu
the question proved that no IL yer,
much of lundsman
Memorial Day at Arlington.
PrruRrallons are being gado II
" glon for the annual Me
moral day, ordinarily called Dec
grafton day. exercises In Arlinr
ton across the Potomac from WASH
ington sloop 10000 Of the country
dead. Federal officers and soldiers an,
Confederate officers ana soldiers sid
BY side Arlington Is tho campln
ground OF an army that never agar
will bear arms
This national cemetery IL perhap
tho most beautiful burial ground In al
tho country II lios upon hillto
where Erow mighty forest trees an
whore the view IL unbrokcn 20 poin
far on down the road TO the Potoma,
The caTotaker at Arlington will te
Ton that no soldier over saw the pac
IN HE without expressing the wis
that he might lie there after death
On Memorial day the soldiers OF IN