Evening star., 1928-11-21

IN MS nome IN Lancaster, Ia. tie was
member of the committee on post Office:
and post roads for many years and wrote
practically all legislation dealing with
the postal service. He was reelected
November 6. Associated Press Photo
to answer repeated calls from its sister
ship, the Voltaire?"
mo"
Monday morning the <vestris did
| answer, and told the Voltaire it had
| not tell the Voltaire of his very serious
Situation?"
well, I don't know"
did the captain ever tell you why he
waited as long as he did in reporting
the condition Of his ship?"
mo"
Eighty-Mile Gale Blowing.
what time did the gale begin to
die DOWN." Capt. Jessup asked John
son.
ST should say it was moderate from
4 o'clock Monday morning on.
What was greatest strength of the
gale at any tine?"
IT should say IS or 80 miles an
hour"
"Was sea at any time bad enough to
endanger any vessel the size of your
vessel that was sound?"
"No."~
Tuttle then took up the questioning
when did it first occur to you to
"At 10 o'clock Monday, when asked
the captain
Supports Captain on o S.
eff you had been the captain wouldn't
you have sent out an S o S before
that?"
"I don't think So"
What would you have relied upon
to save the ship up to that tinle?"
It'd have relied on the pumps to get
the water out"
"But from o'clock Monday morn
ing on you knew the pumps were not
sufficient, didn't you?"
Eyes"
"Then why wouldn't you have sent
an S o sooner?"
well, the gale was moderating all
the time"
THE gale was moderating, but the
list was increasing, and the danger was
in the list, wasn't it?"
"If the gale moderated, the danger
wasn't so great"
"Then, with the list increasing and
water coming in from an unknown
source, you would not have sent out an
S o S before 10 o'clock Monday morn
ing? That's your position, is it?"
I suppose" johnson replied.
Engineer Again Called.
James Adams, the chief engineer,
again took the stand. Capt. Jessup
started to question him. Adams con-
tradicted yesterdays testimony from
Ford, the negro chief fireman, that the
cover of the ash hopper could not be
fastened down tightly.
THE screws were little tight, that
was all" he said.
What did you think caused the
VeStris to list?"
Capt. Jessup asked Adams.
1.-THE wind"
''But after you found there was water
in the coal bunkers?"
81 thought it was the wind
But water in the bunkers could
cause liSt?'
eyes"
"And the list steadily increased Sun
day night?"
Yes"
Your chief fireman has testified the
list was so great Monday morning that
It TOOK four men to get shovel full OF
coal into the boilers
Adams laughed.
The chief engineer then explained In
detail the water and pumping systems
on the ship.
Did the list of the ship increase
gradually all day Sunday?"
NO. IL was the same all day"
Admits List Increased.
but I see you testified the last time
you were on the stand that it was much
greater at night than in the morning .
correct" -H
"Yes."
Did you have any conversations with
| the captain on Sunday?"
About 2 pm, told him the houner
was leaking and there was water rlIn-
ming out Of the bunkers. He told me
to start the pumps"
see from your earlier testimony
that as late as IL o'clock Monday
morning (the VeStris sank at 2 PM
you told the captain you thought you
coulo Keep her af1oat. Did you speak
with him before that on Monday?"
<AHO0v AL CllG UlOIUlIlB i LOlO him
how the water was and said it was
pretty bad. He gave instructions about
pumping"
Capt. McConkey, the British adviser
then asked how the water in the bilga
| got there.
Adams showed he was very uncer-
| tain about this.
When the ship was listing about 80
degrees" Capt. McConkey said, "the
half door about which there has beer
testimony must have been continu-
uously under water?"
"Yes."
'You did not investigate" Can't
Jessup interrogated, "to find If the
water was coming in that way?"
| mo"
Adams was then excused and the
ships carpenter was called.
Gustave Wol1l, the carpenter. said he
had been on the Vestris as ships car
penter for four months. He had had &c
years experience as ships carpenter
Tuttle asked him to describe how he
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