The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-04-21

''Isfeivork, Nen York.
"rhnk most unwise keep Titanic crew
until Saturday. Strongly urge OBTAINING
Cedric sailing her midnight IL desirable.
"YAMsI"
"iIefrdnk. Neu York:
Unless you have good and substantial
reason for not holding Cedric. please
arrange do 80. Most undesirable have
crew New York so long. YAMsI"
scope Of Further Inquiry.
The investigation will go on in Wash
ington at 1880 o'clock to- morrow morning
The surviving officers and sixteen of the
crew have been subppnaed to he there,
the balance Of the men being allowed to
sail yesterday morning on the Iapland.
The further testimony will be OF the high
est importance. 1t is to be settled def
niteiy whether the log. which the ancient
law Of the sea requires to he saved first,
was saved and then the inquiry will turn
10 the lfeboats The Senators will in
sst on knowing il the boats were ade-
quate!y provisioned they will find out
IL crews had been assigned TO every boat;
II they were trained to the use OF small
boats. They will learn what had been
done in the matter Of drills. whether the
men had ever been in the boats at all
before they were forced to go in.
Mr.. Ismay will be called again at Wash
ington with President Franklin and
they will be asked new line of questions
which may aid in fixing responsibility.
just as another sidelight IL was dis
closed that the White Star management
had ordered that all other ships Of the
service receive additional equipment in
lfeboats Immediately, these TO be sufii-
cient in number to give every person
aboard chance for escape.
The crowd Of those drawn to the in
quiry al the Waldorf Astoria had grown
90 large Yesterday morning that the
meeting was held in the larger Myrtle
room instead of the East room. Men
and women not only occupied all the
chairs but crowded around the walls and
stood in the doorways crani4g forward
TO catch every word said. Mr.. Ismay
and Mr.. FRANKLIN appeared in good time
and took seats behind the table Of the
Senators. Mr.. lsmay appeared to be in
better spirits and chatted freely with
Marconi and other wireless chiefs who
were there to help in getting the aerial
communication history accurate. just
behind the witness seat sat lnez Null
holland with several other women back
Of her. Scattered throughout the room
we're lawyers and representatives of law
firms. many of them taking notes
MANY of the other women appeared
TO have come mp from Peacock Alley out
OF curiosity just a. the men might have
wandered lp from the cafe. There was
endless confusion from the goings and
the comngs Of these people. the scurry-
ing Of messengers and the endless clicks
Of cameras which eliminated finally in
flashIiGh, explosion which shook the
hotel and nearly resulted in the room
being cleared
Young tottam. tho Carpathia operator,
late witness of Friday night, appeared
first on he stand. Senator Smith wanted
first TO clear up from him the sequence
Of the messages bet ween the two ships
viii you restate your captains last
message to the Titanic?" Cottam was
asked
The captain sent message to the
effect that they werc to have the life
hoats ready. we had got ours ready and
were stealninE as fast as we could in the
direction of the vessel"
Q Anything further said, A. No. sir.
z. And YOU received no further answer? :?
A. No, sir.
Cottam said tha, he had not been able
to get into communication with the
coast during the rush If the Carpathia
to the Titanic. but be was in commune
cation with some vessel or the other all
Of the time. He received messages
from the Baltic. but he could not remem-
her exactly what they We're. They
were official messages, but the witness
did NOT know whet her they were signed
bv the captain Of the Baltic. He had no
time to take records of them.
Baltic Informed of All nt 1890 \. VI.
Il will ask you specifically" said Sena-
tor Smith. whether you received any
message indicating desire that the
true state Of things be kept as conf
dential?"
mo. sir" was the emphatic response.
Il informed the Baltic Of the whole
catastrophe about half past 10 o'clock
in the morning. the morning after the
wrec ="
@. You communicated these facts to
the Baltic" A. Yes. sir.
q. DO you know how far out the Baltic
was at the time how far she was from
you? y. ( could not say. sir. but she
was steaming in the direction OF the
wreck
O. And can you recall what was said
in the message of 1920 o'clock on Mon
day morning" \. I told her Of the dis
tress signal received earlier on the pre-
vious night and told her that had
been to tn. wreck and picked up as many
passengers as we could find, and were
returning to New York.
.. Did you say anything about Halifax.
A. No. sir. Not at that time.
Cottan explained then that at first
the captain had decided to 60 to Halifax
but later had changed his mind and headed
for New York.
Q. You say the Carpathia was bound
for Halifax AT frst' \. Yes, sir.
asked the captain and he told me. Three
or four ships about US wanted to know
where we were bound for and the captain
said he was not decided he thought we
would go TO Halifax. but later In the
morning he changed his mind.
Cottam thought this may have been
about noon. 1t was only necessary tc
make slight change in the course to &C
to New York.
No Message Of All Being saved>
.. Did you at any time on Monday
send a message TO the Baltic or TO an,