Become bythedevon‘ '
don to the duties of
each day on saith an
angel, a messenger or
ministrsnt for good.
, V—s‘WlIt-
Woe-Me
s.
V Summation 1870
Entered at tho Bomb Norm Whales
«Second Class)“
I
mums»...-
“I Gave No Orders to C
White Star Director Denies That
He Issued Any Commands What-
ever About Speed oi‘ Ship or
Interfered With Control of
Vessel in Any Way Either
4 Before or After Fatal Crash
3. Bruce ismay. head of the Interv
national Mercantile'hfarine, last night
. issued a statement refuting the char-
ges which have been made against his
conduct. It is apparent from the tone
of his remarks that he has been deeply
stirred by the accusations that he was
seeking a speed record for the Titan-
ic; that he gave orders to speed ahead
when told he was among icebergs,l
and that he was making arrangements .
to rush bach’to EurOpe to avoid testi-
fying before the Senate committee.
He said:—
"When i appeared before the Ben-
nie Committee Friday morning 1 sun
posed the purpose of the inquiry was
to asceiiain the cause of the sinking}
of the Titanic, with a view to deter-V
mining whether additional legislation
was required to prevent the recur-
rence of so horrible a disaster.
“ll welcomed such inquiry and ap-
posired voluntarily, without subpoena.
and answered all questions put to me
by the members ohm committee to
the best of my chili“ .. with complete‘
frankness and without observe I did
not suppose the question of my per-
sonai conduct was the subject of the
inquiry, Iai’tho’ulh i is» ready to telii
everything I did on the VnVIIIlt‘ o! t i
tend bold“ the committee “iii Wash-
ington tomOrrow i should prefer to
pect for the committee, but I do not
think that Courtesy requires me to be
silent in the face of the untrue state
than: maddin some of the newspap-
.ers.
i
euv'of‘ no Ordorg, a. as". \
.“When i went on.board the Titanic
ot‘Southampton on April to it was my
intention to returquy her. ”i 'had no
intention of remaining in the United
States at that time. it came merely
to observe the new vessel, as i had
done in the ease of other vessels or
our lines. ’
“During the voyage [ was a passen-
ger and exercised no greater rights
or privileges than any other passen-
ger. l was not consulted by the com-
mander about the ship, her course
speed, navigation. or her conduct at
see. All these matters were under the
exclusive control of the captain. I
saw Captain Smith only casually; as
other passengers did. i was never in
- his room; i was never on the bridge
until after the accident; 1 did not sit
at his table in the saloon, or go, or at-
tempt to so, to any part of the ship
to which any other first cabin peasan-
get did not have access.
‘ “it is absolutely and unqualifiedly
false that i ever said that l wished
that the Titanic should make a speed
record or should increase her daily
runs. I deny absolutely having said
to any person {m We would increase
our speed inorder to get out of the
ice zone or any words to that effect.
“As i have already testified. at no
time did the Titanic during the voyl
age attain her full speed it was not
expected that she would reach New
Work before Wednesday morning. it
she hiid”b‘oen prossed she could prob
ably have arrived Tuesday evening.
.. “rue nihilism that the White Star
V3 . . - .
taming ii certain speed is absolutely
untrue The White Star lino receives
comp is on or £70,000 per annual
the mails. without re-
of any of its vessels
‘ inn is paid on no:
“in speed
. ,VioothVs for such speed as the vs;
make no public statement out of res ]
of transatlantic atesmahips.
tracks, or lanes. were designated
many years ago by agreement of all
the important steamship lines. and all
captains of the White Star line are m
quired to navigate their vessels as
closely as possible on these tracks.
subject to the following standing in-
structions: ~
“ ‘Commanders must distincti .
understand that the issue of thou”
regulations does not in any way
relieve them from responsVVV
for the safe and eiilcientf '}
lion of their respective ‘ ‘
and the) are also enjoined to re-
member that they must rim no
risk which might by any
ships it is to be no“ gtiidtt‘thoy
will ever hear in Vm .jtita‘t‘ the
safety of the lives as . operty in
trusted to their care ' the ruling
principle that shouidjovel‘n them
in the navigation of their vessels,
and that no supposed gain In‘ia‘v’ .i
pedltion or ”till! of time on the ;
voyage is to be purchased at the ..
risk of accldfit. The company ‘
desires to maintain for its vessels
a reputation tor safety and only
‘ n ' .
Mums are reminded
that the steamprs are to a great
extent uninsured and that their
own livelihood. as «well no the
company's success. depend upon
immunity from accident; no .pro
caution which insures life navi-
gation is to be considered exces-
sive.’
"The only information I ever re-
ceived on the ship that other vessels
had sighted ice was by a wireless ines-
hagc received from the Baltic, which
I have already testified to. This was
handed to me by Captain Smith with~
out any remark as he was passing me
on the passenger deck on the after-
noon of Sunday, April it. i read the
telegram casually and put it in my
pocket. At about ten minutes past
seven, while I was sitting in tho‘smoka
lug room, Captain Smith came in and
asked me to give him the mention re-
ceived from the Baltic in order to post
it for the information of the chillers.
i handed it to him and nothing further
was said by either of us. ii did not
speak to any of the other officers on
the subject.
“ 111’ the informaiIOn i received had
aroused any apprehension in my mind
wwhioh’it did not—l should not have
‘ venturhd to_ make any 'suus‘eation to a
commander of Captain Smith’s ex-
perience. The responsibility for the
navigadpn of the ship rested solely
with him.
Did Not Dino with the Captain.
"it has been stated that Captain
Smith and l were having a dinner par-
ty in one of the saloons from haif~
past seven to half~psst ten Sunday
night and that at the time of the col-
lision Captain Smitlnwas sitting With
me in the saloon.
“Both of these statements are ob
soluteiy false. 1 did not' dine with
the captain, nor did i see him during
the evening bf April 14.
rad" , ‘
Joesph iianey and Family Lose
V _V.,V,V
W WISI
WIPWIIK
llama andPracilcsIly Every-
irlnp ii Contained
. .‘Rlillifllfl WEIWI
«innit illlt
Contents at Philip Canon’s llama .
Wars Damaged.
The home oI’Jl’isopn Ronny and fam-
ily. located in West Norwallr avenue.
near the West Norwalk Chapel. prov.
ed a total loss that Saturday ornarnoon.
so. My is employed on the John
Sherman Hoyt mum Howell:
and loft. llama Will in the mm!
M litany; Ias‘ sing) away during the
All the tires in the house
deals the kitchen
m
that something the wrong. but could
not och-to any lino.
albuckot brigade. but nothing could be
done to save on house. it was a sin
room building, worth probably 81.800.
Some of the contents of the parlor ind
,kitchon were saved. but nearly evry-
The doctor .
dined with me in the restaurant at
half— past seven, and i went directly 'to
my stateroom and went to bad all“...
I‘m»
about ilVaif- past ten. 1 was
when the collision occur-rho
jar. went out into the
nails—-
lit-lit on div
this: was destroyed. ..
Th6 insurance, 81,800. was held. by
model-leis chadderton. of Dorian.
and as open as the loss is‘ adjusted.
Mr. honey expects to rebuild. V
“‘ Railroad Allende Pris. ‘
The South Norwalk tire department
was called out to extinguisb‘s fire in
Philip '1‘. Cullen’s home, in Railroad
avenue last night at about 9:80 o'clock
Bo: 3 was pulled and in s twinkling
the department was on the scene and
put the blue out before comparative
Iy any damage had been sustained
Mrs. Cuneo was In the act of light-
ing her ass state when the head of the
match which she struck. flew off and
ignited the covering of a couch. which
instantly biased up. The coach was
thrown out of the window by the are
men before the names had communi.
coted to any other furnishings in the
room.
l—«Don‘t' forgot N. E. O. P. Mason-av
rado dance. Tueddly'nixht.‘-April 23rd,
Mystic Chaid Hall. Admission 250.
‘ anutniiustiiam
Will! Ill BOILING]
W
NORFOLK, Vin. April 28. ”Steamer
Grecian. or the Merchant and illisoro‘
Line. bound from Jockopnviils suds»
vannsh to milliliters. is malts her
way slowly ' LP the coast «noun;
the coils ' W
Neil Yer his Obnrieston in i k-
steam-
out ..
ion.
.wmwm.m
this tints and Mrs. honor "
imminent: and W ‘
The neighbors authored and formed
7. do the train will”! bite the station, he
; train and although in sodoins new»
. .W.~._.m
WIATHIR FORECA'T
Rain ~Todight. Tuesday Fair.
....-............ ....
WWII
it ills; billets
V lecliins
new route; "
sons were lulu
y today when s
812.000 automobile ‘ . n as one of
the three about in New ,York
city. crashed into telesrsph polo on
Jerome avenue, Bronx. The ind.
chine was owned ‘ Mrs. J. Maxwell.
of Fifth avenue. “’- wps occupied by
her chauffeur and g . . of his friends.
The police say it a"30y ride” par»
ty to which Mrs.I bkwell had not.
given her sanctlo 3a of the iniur-
oil. bliss Adeline ' a atenoxraph-
or. will die.
The police say . routomobiieiwaa
making better the 16 miles on boar
when it. bit the policeman War ex-
plained the weld by living that
be bad temporaril control of the
wheel. The car iii loud ion.
~NEXT TUEBDA : I "RMSIN DAY"
and in celebration libero! the Banner
bakery wtlt' have on sale delicious
home made raisin broad. Try a loaf.
Agtull supply of ashes. cookies. etc.
To}. our.
will 3.... and no
its hot iiand liver m
nuanced—-
emulsion. April air-doom
Chisholm a contractor of sound
Bach. laid'befors the police today a
letter ho had secured postmarked
Station a. New York city, in which
too threat was made that bun home
and fannywoald be blown up» a
bomb if he did not io'svo 88,000 out
o. certain. solids by“ next Thunder
night. The letter was written poorly.
The signature, La Mono Nora. was an
ililtsrsto'way of writing "Black Hand"
in ltsiisn. Two stiliotos. drawn in
black ink. tipped with red ink‘, were
scrawled across the bottom of the pa-
per. Mr. Chin-patio would not worry
about the note were it not for the fact
that the porch of Peter Mitchell. .-.
neighbor; sometime use was blown oil.
Mr. Cbiauetto has asked the leiectmon
to provide him with an cihcer to gusdd
his family and his home.
‘x —-'N accommodate those employed
in the intone-{who wish to join The
death ~No'rwaik . Trust Company's
Christmas Savings Club. the coin-
l'pany will be open to receive member-
ship Mutable s p. in, today.
.lIllIIIl “IKE!“ ‘ ‘
Mil IIIIIIIIW “MP5
M
That Clifford ‘i‘yier. of Stevens
itl'eei. Deanery. did not meet a ter-
rlbio death Wteruay morning at no
death Novosik railroad station is on-
ly due to his [real good fortune and
a liberal mount “-of presence of mind.
Mr. Tyidr «the delta from Dsnbury to
South Nerwaik on a freight train and
some oil; laminar at the time that
the two Instant. tracks are enclosed:V
by tendon.
Ho swunsibstwoon the tones sail the!
tolnod a compound fracture of the
rlsht son between the shoulder and
tho elbow whether with a scalp wound
on the W about two inches in
loam sud titer injuries of minor
*. 'flylor remained can
elm tisbtiy to the fence
MW“ 91W was summon“ In!
' oar—Four per- -
melanin swimmer
of Westpofl. m 7
gliWu PRISIIW
MAN I [Will
I. I. P. HEAD.
Stale Veterans Chose William H.
. Dougsi for Department
Commander
in illllii iii
illiill will Bills
iisilrlnu Commander cuibiil’a
Recommendations Carried out
i
BRIDCE‘PORT. April 32.—-Wiiiiun
n. Danni. of Now Preston. was chmV
on department commander by a large
majority over E. Bishop of Putnam
and William Tyson of Waterbury, at
the cloning session of the C. A. it. en-
campment Saturday afternoon. 3
Russel Cloud of Bridgeport was cloc-
ted senior vicecomniander and Egbert
Dart of Rockviiie, Junior vicecomman-
dar.
Commander Douglas served in the
thwllll
The domino void for the recon:-
‘rosnds‘tlon of notion) Commander
Cutbill raising the per capita tax h-om
ten cents to thirty. and to plant an
oak upon the state capitol wounds in
Hartford on April 9.1311 to be known
as the Grant! Amy Oak. That date
will be the anniversary of General
Leo's unmade! ‘
The council of “ministration solac-
M are:
‘r. at Beach of Norwich. Major
Thoma. mono. of Bridgeport. David
W. Sharp of New Haven Dwight C.
Kilbonrn of Utchiield and R J Cut- i
bill of South Norwaik.
The one” of minim adjutant
moral and assistant quartermsstor.
«soul will be consolidated in the
naming of a staff in line with comrade
Cutbiii's recommendations.
The session was attended by over
five hundred comrades. At noon the
ladies of bhe‘auxlliary bodies served
dinner to all.
Dr. M. W. Robinson. of Noroton was
choaen as medical directorruid Wil-
liam H. Hilton. of Hartford as depart‘
ment chaplain. completing the list of
elective emcee.
I
writes not aim l
in utilise iii
Raymond. the siry‘os‘noid son of
Mr. and Mrs. “In il'lt‘cli. of Weill
on,V narrowly escaped serious injury
on Saturday, when tilt axe bolus han-
died by his father. slipped and now
through the air striking the boy on
the nose.
Raymond had crept up behind his
parent who was working on a tree
root unknown to tho wielder of the
sharp instrument. Baby with his task.
Mr. Fitch did not million that he was
endangering any one until the affair
had happened.
hill. Fitch. using the blunt and of the
are on the tree root. put extra weiaht
behind one of the blows lie was audio
in: and the axe slipped throush his
hands. 0n the rebound the are torn-
ed about and ilyiiit‘ blot struck Mao
tor bitch on the nose, cutting a deep
dash. it was lured chit his era:
slain. has been impaired and dial, his
nose was brakes tilt, 3. ill. Nolan;
to: one um to an Not-unlit libel;
‘ ~ when its Mann mils silos. /,
'Vumi‘
we had been Robbins up 71‘. .. fj ‘1
in, ” ays J.‘ Bruce Ismay
Sixty-four Bodies“ Recovered! .
the Mackay-hennett Cable
Ship. and EffOrts Made
to Identify Them
NEW YORK. April 22.——-Word by
wireless from the cable ship-Mackay—
Bennett. which has been searching in
the vicinity of line Titanic disacter
and has reported the recovery of six-
ty-four bodies. was eagerly awaited
here today as the cable ship is under
inatruceions to send forward immedio
ately any identificatoins of the dead
and any other information obtainable.
The White Star Line ohiiclals said
that any information from the Mac-
kay-Benneti. which lb under orders to
remain in' the vicinity for the rest. or
the Week. will be made public on re-
ceipt. Only those bodies that have
been identified or admit of being iden~
titled will be brought back by the Mac-
kay Bennett. Some of the victims have
undoubtedly been mutilated by ice so
that identification is impossible.
Bodies Pleated me Md...
The steamer Rbein reported to the
White Star Line by Wireless that
wreckage and bodies was passed in
02.01 ialtltude. 19.13 longitude. and
that the Macksyfledheit was headed
for that position. This morass indi.
cates that the Gulf stream is carrying
the bodies and wreckage over iifty
miles east of where thc,'l'itsnic sank.
Only those bodies, it is generally be-
lieved. will be recovered that are bu-
oyed up by life preserve” which were
“etched on before the Titanic passed
hospitals on their arrivalle on the
Csrpathls are new practically recov-
ered and may of them have left for
their homes Relief societies have
gathered roads aggregating over a
quarter of a million dollars and the re.
lief committees have been swamped
with clothing. Not only that but
countless letters were received from
rich and poor. grownups and children,
otter-Vin: assistance of every sort. Some
offered the use of their rooms and dill»
era tendered their services after their
tinny work was done.
Life Boats Only Half Filled
That many of the lifeboats of the 'ri
tunic. sharing with a broken ”arm at
andihat if ptain Smith's orders had
been obey many more of the lives
of the 1.000 who perished at sea would
have been saved, has been disclosed
by Peter D. Daiy. of Lima. Peru, a
first cabin surveyor. Duly states that
he saw the captain rush to the railing_
after the boats had put out from the
sinking. ship and called: “Bi-ins those
boats back. they are only half-oiled."
How many boats obeyed the captain's
orders to return Mr. Daiy was unable
to tell.
Tried to loot Record. .
John Thompson. a fireman of the Ti-
tanlc, snoring with a. broken arm at
St. Vincent's hospital, may be. an im‘
portsnt witness amine senatorial ia-
vestlgation into the wreck. at Wain.
inxton. Thompson comes from Liver-
pool and he asserts that the Titanic
was out “to beat all records on maid-
on trips." ‘
“From Quosnstown out." Thompson
is quoted as saying. "all the firemon
had been talking of the orders we had
to fire her as hard as we possibly could
We were to make as quick a pso-
saso as possible, the orders ran. and
we were to beat all records oniour
maiden on. dis board that times or-
der- came train tho satirical-ins do-
pertinent but. bless you. we also did»
in have time to tail: about where the
orders some from.
“We were earl-yin: full pressure.
min the time we tell limousines on.
til the moment of tho shock "I new
ceased. to. an“ train
thins» and duflhl tbs
who to 10 o'clock today tits. about
W I in
sung in all the Catholic churches
the more prominent members of the
lifternoon that it had received the M
lowing wireless message from th
as
the scene of the Titanic dines-tori.
searching for bodies:
‘M 28 allot! of the 'VI'IM
Alden Smith Ind flow
were the only members 01th. '
mittee of the Senateoon‘im
tee present when the
full sub-committee
dance at all the hearings, here.
other members one Senators ‘
of California ncl-tonotomo
an in the Titanic. disaster. it me
men first" who were admitted it
hearing" room Capitol police --
charge of the arrangements slid},
seats and standing room was s
ed. Even senators and: rep V
who cousin to get places of v
for members Vof their fourth
unable to do so.
the subcommittee. reached the
office building late and want i
a few minutes before to: so o’cl
, not scoreless lift at
the'niulog‘ls an no
. and most painful
. . “j‘scbimmnt of self-v
get some information later in the W
and possibly the identification oi till.
bodies. Some of the victim's. it tailor
(lei-stood, were so bodiy crushed. ,
the ice that they are beyoniudonbili
cation. and have been buried at ”I.
Solemn high masses of requiem m
the diocese this morning. Marty at
parish attended the service at St. Pub,
rick' s Cathedral.
At the close of the mass, Cardinal
Farley came on the altar while
cities for the dead was chanted This
after changing his red robe and has to!
black cap and white initre, the .ofl'd‘v
nal pronounced the final blessing.
The White Star Line announced
his ship Monkey-Bennett. which
"lieaVy southwest squall has n
terferred with oporation‘s ‘dl‘iftyV .
ies recovered: All not embaimed will.
be buried at sea at 8 p. in. with , ,.
vine services Can only bring em‘
banned bodies to port... "
Titanic investigation. ,
WASHINGTON D. 0., April ”we
The senate invalidation of the m
ionic disaster. m1 M
week upon the arrival 91“
mum. viceprenm 0! ill .
Star Une; H. 'i‘. Colt-in. Wired
orator or the Camilla: four.
“The heal-inn are being,
in the «and: room, thiiV IV
pron
testimony was taken in New Ylor
will be in
of Oregon: Simmons, 6! North
line. and Fletcher, of Florida. *
Many of the Titania's surviving _
sensors will be called to give ev '
befits the committee. it is an" ’
among the notable witness wil
Mrs. John Jacob Astor, Mrs. 3 w
'l‘hayer and Col. Archibald Gracie.
Hours before tho'resummion of . q .
inquiry great crowds swarmed to iii.
senate oilice building and made a .
for the crystal lighted "cations
Hundreds of them were wane
10 o'clock there were no a
who first would take the stand
was thought pnibablo that 3.
a. A. s. will. our. mm
was ushered into seats rosary
witnessed. ~
3. B. Boxhsll Ins the Int ‘
called. otter Senator blotch «
a.
‘ tidied that crowd
doll. toenail w;
'th ratio. on. a do it...
survive till W
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