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PRICE ONI OENT. Oe. (Tk MlTlIt ffaUI. NEW YORK, SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1912. 12 PAGES PRIOR ONE 01NT. PAY'S PLAN TO FLEE WAD'S SEAMEN, FIRE IN K'S FALSE TITANIC REPORTS CLOSELY GUARDED COAL HOLD RAGED WITH CREW ON CEDRIC IN UPWS HOLD UNABATED5 DAYS NOT FROM THE CARPATHIA Wireless Heroes (i White 3tar Officials Place Stokers in Relays Unable, to of Disaster I Sent No Message That She Waa Who Testified To-Da- y HURRIED SENATE PROBE Watch to Keep Interviewers Halt Blaze, Ready to Give at Inquiry in Tow," Wireless Operator Testi- riftssevs .w Away From Survivors. Up Sunday. fies Before the Senatorial . Investigating Committe. BOATS' CREWS REMAIN. TOLD TO KEEP SECRET. Government Wireless Caught His Outgoing Liner, Many in Tears and Poorly Stoker Asserts Plan Was to Message to Hold FOR THREE FULL DAYS.' and Investigators Came Here at Garbed as They Are Herded Call Fireboats Here to Once From Washington. Aboard Tug to Depart. Drown Out Flames. Surviving Operator of the Titanic

Approximately 1 of the 306 members The White tar Uner Tttaalc was oa Says of Icebergs Re- of the Tltanlc's crew who survived Word Was HEAD the day She sailed from 'S wore sent back to England y on the Red Star liner Lapland, which or officers ead eraw ceived at 4 P. M. Sunday. VIRTUALLY ADMITS ORDER ailed from Pier No. d at 10 o'clock. knew It, few they had fought the Ire The sailors went as passenger In the for days. steerage. FVw of them wore uniforms. This story, told for the first tfme to- The mnuner in which the news of the sinking; of the Titanic Sen- the majority having been furnished day by the eurvlvora of the ore, who "We Have Need of Ismay" Says clvtllace.' clothing 'by the White Star were sent back to England on board the suppressed for twelve hours or more ami the source of the fab line officials. Red Star liner Lapland, was only one of ing messages that percolated on Monday to the press through (he Whit ator Smith, "And He Will Re- Unusual efforts were made by the Red the many thrilling tales of the first Star Hne officials to prevent the Titan- - and last voyage of the Tltnnlc. OsssssssssssVsKssssOssl sV 1 Star Line oil ices were the. subjects of the investigation, resumed to-da- y at ic's survivors from talking. The "The Titanic sailed from Bont.hemp 5RIOC T CO'TTA,M I main to Answer Questions. meat the men were landed from the ton on Wednesday. April 10, at nosh.' lie Waldorf-Astori- a by-- the Investigating Committee of the United States t Carpathia, they were horded together said J. TMIley. fireman on the TNaote, No. Senate, of which Senator Smith of Michigan is chairman. Herald Gotten, Ismay to General Manager Frank and carried to a tug, which transferred who Uvea at :i Milton road. Wireless messages from J. Bruce them to .the Lapland, where they were Ington, London, North, and who the wireless operator on the Carpathia, and Harold S. Bride, second fcUu lin of the White Star line asking that the Cedric be stopped to take Quartered asrtt sals) time wtt m other members of tew TO SAVE ALL The Red star 11ns, owned by the In- crsw y on the Letpkuid. coni operator on the Titanic, who went aboard the Carpathia with the Ismay and the aboard, which were intercepted by a ternational Mercantile Marine, which "I was aeatgned to the Titanic from lao owns the White Star Hne. was Oceanic, I h)a1 served HMSae a survivors, were questioned along those lines. sent tol Washington, were the direct cause cf the evl the where Gorernment boat and asrauy acting nuder orders to prevent fireman. FVom ths day we sailed, the It was brought out by Cottam's testimony that definite news of the prompt in New York of the Senate investigating committee tne men from toeing Interviewed. Per Tltanec waa on fire and my sole duty, arrival mission to enter steerage the was re together with eleven other men, had ORDERED NOW BY MAY disaster was sent to the Baltic of the White Star Line at 10.30 o'clock on which to-da- y resumed its inquiry into the disaster. fused, the refusal being backed up by been to fight that fire. We had made stationing a force of men about the no headway against It. Monday morning. Both Cuttam and Bride, the surviving assistant wire-le-ss Williarn Alden Smith of Michigan, Chairman of the com- gangway to Senator permit only steerage ticket "Of course, sir." ha went on, noiiers to enter. "the operator of the Titanic, positively denied that they had sent any mes to-da- y : passenger knew nothing of the fire. mittee, said A large number of the Titanic' sail Do you think, sir. we'd have let them sage that could be construed as meaning that the Titanic was not sunk ors. however, refuted to of "J. Bruce Ismay sent wireless messages to General submit to the know about It? No, r. Vessels International Mercantile Marine Are practical Imprisonment and Insisted on and was being lowed to Halifax. outward-boun- 'The fire started In hunker No. fi. Manager Franklin in which he urged that the d 'coming ashore tills morning. Most Now Being Equipped So Every Passen- of There were hundreds of tons of coal That them were founu In the sa- MESSAGES WENT TO WHITE STAR LINE. Cedric be stopped to take himself and the crew of waterfront stored there. The coal on top of the for Car-path- lens drinking beer. They were willing ger and Sailor May Have Chance Life. Cottam aJmitted there had been communication between the ia to England. These mes- to talk freely. hunker was net, as all the con I sh.iuli the Titanic aboard and back have been, but down of an,! Line offices in At 9.30 A. M. the Tltanlc's eallors were at the bottom the White Star New York during the period in up by on Government the coal permitted sages were picked the wireless a mustered in the steerage of the Lin. bunker the had been J. Bruce Ismay, Chairman of the Director, of the International Me- which the Carpathia was steaming from the scene of the disaster to this land and the roll - ,ry- and Washington at once communicated with. That called. About 1M an- ' rcantile Marine, announced y that orders had been Issued to equip oil boat Wared present. As the men answered SPOKE OF EMPTYING COAL port, but Senator Smith was unable to get from him the exact text of names iney were vcsocls of the line:, embraced In that corporation with a sufficient number of is why the Senate committee was so prompt in arriving meir told that sixteen BUNKERS. of these messages. The wireless men denied they played any part men, who had been in command of the lifeboats to carry all pasHeiiKers and every member of the crew. The orders any in New York and why I was down on the pier when the life hoi , had been ordered to remain "The dry coal at the bottom of the in keeping the dire news of the foundering of the Titanic Am-ri- ca go Into effect Immediately and Mr. Innny said the work of completing tho whatsoever M to appear before the Sena- Pile took fire, elr, and am auldered for Carpathia put in. torial investigating Committee. days. The wet coal on top kept the equipment was already under way. secret during the long, anxious hours of Monday. As they came "Not only Ismay to to England from the vessel's hold, tlames fraro coming through, donn Tho linen affected by tho order aro the White Star, American, Ited Star, his first message from Phillips, IT was eager return bringing with them their meagre be- lut Cottam declared that Jack the In the bottom of the bunker, sir, the Atlantic Transportation, Leyland and Dominion. The order was prompted on the Cedric, but he has been eager to get away on the longings, several of them wars In tears. tanic Operator, read: One. Who refused lo give his name, ames wns a raiting. by the experience of the International Mercantile Murine In the foundering in .iw;iy "Two men from each w.iteti of stoker at once. It is a D. man." Lapland since his arrival New York. We have need of brclte from the others and tried of Titanic. "Come C. Q.,old to re- - inter the Lapland. was tolled off. sir, to fhrht that fire. the I the His re- Ismay and he will remain here, for have some more "I don't wav.t to stay In America." The you know, sir, work four "We have learned by bitter experience," mild Mr. Ismay, "although our Then Phillips sent the position of Titanic. last message, he wept. "I ge tkr. questions to ask him. The crew will also be held for a want to back to my hours at a lime, so twelve of us was ships have all been equipped with rettped to life saving appuratua In full ceived by Cottam at tl.SS, read: wiie. fighting flames from the day we pu": out He was led away weep- compliance with (he Admiralty Laws." time, for many of them will be questioned." from the ship of until we hit the "Come as quickly possible. She's taking water and ing. Ills fellows said he was one of damned at tho Beroei of the wreck. ioeffierg. up to boilers." VIRTUALLY I it's the ISMAY ADMITS IT. "No, sir, we didn't get that fire out, Aftef dressing he went on deck nh Mr. Ismay virtually admitted sending the messages in to- And among the stokers there was talk, jtliigllo. Johnson Whs ordered to Ills pot "I never heard from her after that," said Cottam. "Al- question "TITANIC IN TOW-MESSAG- NO sir, that we'd have to empty the hlg WOMAN SHALL ut one of iliv llfobOata Me urged 'inn-ge- day. He was questioned about the matter before t tie seioion of the Sena- I oalled the Titanic and sent Capt NEVER SENT eoal bunkers after we'd put our passcn- - helm to try to get Into a Iwrnt la though several times torial Investigating Committee. igers off In New York, and then on Whloh they were taking SOOBs men. FROM THE OLYMPIC. 'It s not my plnee to tags Bostrom's reply to Phillips's last message, which read: 'Wt the Are-bo- there to help us put out I Imat yet,' "The facts speak for themselves," he told. "The only reason 1 am Mid the young nllUonalro. "There the fire. DIE HERE BECAUSE I are making your position speedily as possible. Have double PLYMOUTH England. April apt. SSeftlS to he man's VrOTll to do et i. 'I anxious to get the survivors of the crew back to lingland as soon as "Hut we didn't need such help It If s Iluddno'i of the Olympic to-d- posi- th!s e'llp there are ho.it for all th in the engine room. We are making 15 to 16 knots was tight under Hunker No. li thut Ihe women, watch possible is because England is their home and they are anxious to get tively and emphatically denied Ihe I'll iry to Ket away." that Vnberg tore Ihe biggest hole In the tie f, I wireless message which the operator Tnen he ifave Johnson miMsnue an hour. Get your boats ready. We have ours ready home. It would be unwise to have them lualing around New York, at 'Titanic, and the flood of wa:er that Mis. Quggenrislm, shook hsnds with the it the Cape llace station says was plcki! I AM A COWARD 1 earns throng. sir, put out the (lit that leward and Malkeil away with Uiijtllo. never got that message to the Titanic." is for their own interest that am anxious to get them back to their up by him, saying that the Virginian jour tons and tons of water hadn't been The horrors of the disaster grew very real before the committee families." was towins the Titanic, was sent from able to get rid of. TO ( LOTHE DESTITUTE his vessel. "The stokers ner .beginning to ge - DANIEL GUGGENHEIM when Harold S. Bride, the extra wireless operator of the Titanic, took the Mr. Ismay was questioned about a report that he told a Mrs. Ryer-so- never hud any SURVIVORS FROM THE "f information to that d over It, hut officers told III bluck-haire- alarm the Stand. Bride, a pale-face- d boy of eighteen, was carried a passenger, on Sunday, when she spoke to him about the proximity effect." said Cupt. Haddock, "and th (a keep our mouths shut they didn't TITANIC 8 STEER A GE. intimation that It was sent by me to of his frozen in the terribe Ice, that the Titanic would "go faster" to get past the ice. He to Went alarm the passentrers." End Millionaire into the room. Both feet, hours between the of made the Cape I!. ice man 1s absolute Injustice. Heroic of Tiie New York Mectlon, OOttBoll nt he left the sinking Titanic and the time he reached the Carpathia, this comment : "Absurd." I do not know from whom he could time TITANIC S SEAMEN , JOWlOh "omen, a national orKanlsa- - have received that message." Miner Told by Steward Who were swathed in heavy bandages. His face was drawn with pain and hjs Inn, with headiiuartel H at No. 44S fen "The story that I sent It." Caipf. Had- GET NOTHING AND PAY 150-FOO- tral Parlt West, ar.nonmed that were red and ainken. FRENCH LINER SAILS T dock added, "is a flagrant Message Mg black eyes NEW HOLE TORN Invention. STOPPED WITH WRECK. Carried to Wife. it is proparag to funlgh oomplota oat- - So toon ai I heard of the disaster bile Bride was testifying several newspaper photographers ex- - ON HER MAIDEN VOYAGE; IN HULL OF TITANIC, from H's of new clolhlaa to all destitute the Carpathia I despatched the news by Titan!.' steerage passenger. I lie report startled everyone DECLARES FIREMAN. to New York. Ex-fp- for furnishing clothing ploded flashlights. in the room, and TAKES SOUTHERN COURSE. wireless That was on to That it. injamlg OuMOAholm, sr ho voni This organisation nsuully lis Monday afternoon. those Aho were asleep at the time of charities to Jewish women girls shattered nerves almost gave way. An accurate Idea of tlie damage dono Soam ith t ie THanlo, died us hravel) and Bride's Tho Olympic," the aptain continued, the uc .doit and did not reach land with In toe case of the Titanic aur-- t France With Many Notables to Titanic by the Impact as tho mude hit Yesterday's session lasted Irom forenoon until almost midnight. La the actual "first heard the Tltanlc's call for aid heir uniforms, the White Mir Hue has hest. win deiinllelv known Ivors no distinction w ill lie made Its with ths Icdborg w,;s obtained about twenty minutes aftern the mls-he.- p to- - yuung Aboard Will Avoid Ice Dangers done nothing for the nieuitberj' of the lay through a moioagf the The organlgatlon is also ready to semi hief feature was the tirst official statement of the catastrophe from William Short , lit at class tire- - had OOCUrred, It canto through the - that of i . Mtsl HlUllglUlH sent his Jiy his c'llearu inn to for need sur- man, No. .. - 'Celtic, we crew win were plokod up fro.n o II wle That Beset Titanic. of nrawlhvi.- I'nrk, one of tenner and never heard f l VOI Second Officer , the senior officer surviving of Hie the thr, men wh'i to pull direct from t'apu Smith. Five tan! 9, Up tu date, there iius lietn n room steward on tie dOOIttOd ship. The j 10. France, tried ('apt. hundred A acre or more nf merchant! have HAVRE. April Is) the Smith unto a miles reparated the. Olympic and the announoemeltl o: what provtalon eel II be ItOWggdi Johnson oy name, tolled Titanic. liner, sailed from llferaft. men. oil cintri holed everythlnif hOOoaoafy to new 27.000.ton Flench and, irttltgtng every pound of made for the off bgo or ' "Tho lallOra all are agreed.'' ie said, tho to tiie iifetsts. Johnooa the icsrlilnK of women ind ohlMrgfl the things already brought out at the investigation is 1 ti ls afternoon on Olympic Under Bmrlish .nariti no laws, , One of that at Havre at o'clock "that the firm hole punched Into the steam. the pressed forward at the Ht. M.sm Hadle A inerie.in, national execn-liy- Hly? wages of t ie sailors, firemen and stew- failed at tie Regis and delivered in her maiden voyage to New York. TlUinlc'a hull, on the starboard side, u pace never before steamed by tier secretary Of the oouaoll and presi- eas'. 198 person died needlessly on the Titanic because in six lifeboats iiiS ards stopped when tnelr vessel went mtaitgi esrrled a throng of notables, among was at a point almu: Ml feet from between it and Knots ail hour. dent the New York Heetlon, Is In re- down. None of the men landMl here "Tell toy wife, If t away, of easily carried 39o persons only 192 persons whom Robert Bacon, who recently her stem. The hlg ahlp tore along over Hours later the Olympic hue, that don't net i harae of the work of relief. that would have were sent wit i money, and they uii declared no.o signed as American Ambassador to the leehefK, whwh opened her koel to her race to the Titanic had been In thai I ecnil not leu.'e the ihlp until all were all went on one side of the ship. : bad boon Mvoa to them. away. These boats that proml-r.'n- t. GO vain. The t'nrj.r. !i announced ii.it the women sgfe, No WOgvM snail :tlM,MMt France, and Mrs. nacon were a point abuut feet aft the hiidge. Under the Knrlish Workmen Com. v.b (blldrrn IMani Trees. I she had the survivors aboard and t bttgtiao I as a DO Of DETAILS. The oltieln.! delegation to the should say the hole torn In the Tl- ill pensatlon law, fa 1, the White star ij to the bottom OHIfAOO, April ;n.: ami chtldron COMMITTEE AFTER 10 the Titanic had disappeared. QIOOO) thl my t.'hamplain festivities In the United tanlc's hull was about or 160 feet (no will bo cOBUOllOd to take care of "d. Tell lor thoughts will be planted more than .. tics m Ohl The cnnimlitef iicmin y to gu Into tbe details of tho disaster In length. settled over the Olympic and ali j lt men th families and dopondooti of her." eaco yesterday In nbwntin n of Ariiur J- states, which comprises eminent amusements ware cbandoned. those s minus unglfs. At yostenluy's eblon Uruco Ismay told why ha France, also sailed. "It didn't matter how many water- memuers of lin crew ahi iosf their There wrr the words Ihe steward in orier thai over) hool child of tight compartments the A committee formed under the chair- line, ia. J. Dal Plal, the general manager of Titanic had, manship of Albert Wlgglti collected lives. The however, is not am. i"ufh' ashore s QuggeDhelm's lust in the city might hafO tl opportunity she was torn open for euc a long dis- polled 10 do snytiilng fur the men t the French line, who Is a pasaenger $7,000 for the relief of the s ifferers. M orb) Notgo, This laformatlofi wa- gtvgg of plaining a Ire. '.. ila he rescued the Titanic survivors, uod Marconi, the wireless man, tOM ft , oo,ouo to-d- tance that none of them could have were saved. t iwoyoarold olm trses on suae at on La France, said that orders The wireless operators and passengers i,t Daniel Uuggaiinalm, eldest of ths of win-los- s sea. saved her. If the hole ha I stopped ono jo workings the system at had been given to the captain to take at on board the Olympic were oombarded seven -- iw all I others, world famous cent eioh. the bridge, I don't think the ' Officer Ughtoller told a lung and clear story of the southern course and to adopt every vessel with requests fori stot ies of the dls- - Tit KM' IS as millionaire mining men. decoud the part 0 would have sunk." all CoUtsiH, Ceulrsl.atticSouth Asurlrta "WIIKHr. I..NII(K)U SOT." measure of prudent. aster, but censorship was established CU se4 Aooordlng to Johnson (iiiKXenheltn was Tbs Smm Vors licrsUl (Muudsrl sill played In the wreck at last nlght'a session of tho oommlttoa. Haluwl a m BuBshi: Trtttilon' u , to Titanic, szoept In over the wireless so to sal In hie prist . nwets! dc.Hcsl tlw Tttauli-metk- The disaster the 1 service as shut j one. aspM see psrcel ebsrk stateroom iutt after the crash and elulon s In went Viewers VML !. turn whiiSi ess b i marhable pxnprlrncr that he down with tbs veoool. was tWMs) very few cases, hae not affected the off the posslbfllty of groundless rumor "on.L. Johnson helped Dim dress, (insgenhelm :.,c s, . rcml to. hssst sradss ovij, eTin es seas. Of S"M mt'ljueiw with rnvuducUuu of Mr. W, A gisjti,'. I I gll lift of La Franoe. i being circulated. iwonoi euiKiius si Pa, was calm, ae aa hts secietary, Ciugllo. sthsf sucked under uud Uleo blown to tho surface by explosion la tho talk at eta ill ns.i amis rensute ajea ...... --.y . 4 T I ' vOsbsbsbsbI