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ag ‘THE EVENING WORLD, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 1912." 4 if chairman of the itt de a statement chai that an attempt f° ° j ° : 2 W. M, LAFFAN’S ESTATE Site mronucrwhiewrasmeinen "| Titanic Senatorial Investigators in Session; AEts eT Ate ss.| CUTICURA SOAP “From the beginning until now,” said Senator Smith, “there has been ° ° ope ° pedreattaahating i " 7 : juntary, gatuious meddlesome attempt on the part of cenain pe-| gmay and Other Line Officials Waiting to Testify»: -stecion of tae Purisrer HAVING STICK hy to tadegones tha courte of the committee, and to shape its procedure, y (Photographed Yesterday Afternoon in Washington.) . g Rot, y Brought at Auction Sum of ¥ The committee will not tolerate any further attempt on the part of any eae beaded a ponte he table as he made this stat but nn Tram, fvday, fied the, Ara Lamtan, For Tender Faces Senator Smith on the table as he made this statement, but | TT - . ~ — : - of iam M. Laffan, | : he declined, when requested to do so, to explain who had attempted to é ‘Nei Le : ae ; | Soret blivher of the Bun, who died Testipensebie or tases aE interfere with the committee or thwart its investigation. hi 4 Folie Nin Bin of the skin. Ashaving luxury. No mug, ‘ ‘ F } 555.85, No soggy s08p, no germs, no Waste «! Before the day’s proceedings began a report had gone out that J. ; 4 AEM Bis? 6 Reins Ae hs time or money: tn nlekeled box, 888.6 : Bruce Ismay would be the first witness. This caused the greatest’ crush | r ‘Rearess sre 8ee / tince the investigation was begun. Scores of beautifully dressed women | , ~vyr58 var gor ape ‘ } The entate le lett to hie wide : ‘il } stood for more than two hours in front of the committee room waiting | Pe \ \o¢ fa te } F j z Geormang ‘t. Latfan, who Iv alto the : for the doors to be opened. The crowd became so great that officers | age TY ae a r Oo nae *opne-adpenioa! values 216 shares ji ‘ould-be spec! 4 oe ; 40,000." The b | - "Wher Witarn fi Smith, the Titante tn Belfast harbor?" eaked Hena- i : é eine mpesle, in party, of ie | ; ‘ ) ‘area Lanston Monotype Machine Com- hairma®, announced when the proceed. | tor Smith. ; ; f im ‘ inga opened that the British witnesses “Yes, ot.” ig Tae Z ‘and shares ta public |f resent . What 414 you do? A. 1 looked to vice corporations, From the auction . would be called as rapidly a8 possible | 14) iehonts, With Mr. Moody and Mr. in February, 1910, of paintings, porce- _—~ ao our Spe. H } And before any more passengers WEF | Boxall I looked over the lifeboats, ox: | ¢ a by the American Art Fi cial Sale of | examined, Fleet was then recalled a8 | amined them carefully and found every: | . ; realized. Pianos, first witness of the @ay and wee ques | thing in them, except that in one a dip- ; tioned by Setater Berten. ber wae snlaat TAFT LEADS IN IOWA; PLAYER- 3 } Q. When you-were on the Titanio were ng AML Tee Ce en . CUMMINS EXPECTS DEFEAT.| PIANOS ; r your eyes examined? A, Yes. on aed o sal | fully } @. How often. A. Frequently. “We did find that th CEDAR RAPIDS, Ia,, April The guaranteed | mf @.Can you distinguish colors? A. ol Sg pub onghag hie! : . programme of the Taft men at the Re- 5 8 dl core with extra ode Gor each boat,” the E , publican State convention to-day : ie sco Be al ‘ i , appeared certain to go through. The} . @. Did you, when in the Titanic’ BOAT DRILL WAS four delegates at large, in resolutions | 4 crow’s nest, see @ light? A. No. 1 saw ‘ reported, were instructed to support the | — } i Es reat « bright Haht on the forward bow. |, 219 eld it had been planned to hold (ey ‘3 |gates heretofore for him will give th PIANOS fifeboat drili Aprit 1, but the drill w: President sixteen of fo: twenty-six | 1 @on’t know what it was, Mr. Lightotler rt be ° ( i . , : : | Yotes In the National Convention, | ae tt before we got off the Titanic and fe sone was Aimer "o sre 3 ; iw ‘ It Hooks ay If we were beaten,” mad | i) (ld we, to pull toward it. it finally dte- |iad been no test far epeed * : convention opened: “He. added that te| i appeared. We never made out what It/He belleved tho liner was capable of en = = ——ae a rT would start back to Washington this : wie making trom % tom kote en hour, 1. SENATOR PERKINS. 2. SEN.W-A- SMITH. 3. SEN +. SEN. FLETCHER. afternoon, “I have not been a very ace bs 3 ve you eny lea yourself the 4 5 | tive candidate for the Presidenc sald | / @. Wien you have un what ‘ the Thante mage on her trial trip? 5.J. BRUCE ISMAY —- SITTING ALONG THE WALL NEAR ISM4Y RE WHITE STAR OFFICER) | senator Cummins, “"The boys here in| mare of time do you tie lasses or Go. uh Bab. exeotiy, bit J. be: 7 PHOTO BY HARRIS BREWING. Towa, my friends, said they wanted to | to your eyes while on the lookout? A-|iiive it was between 2) and 91-2 knots. 4 ’ +|present my name to the Chicago | Mt we tancy wo sue anything on te) G'How many revolutions did tint oz ner AS crepe bal cate % horison we use glasses to make sure, |apeed require? A. I can't tell exactly | *n hour,” said the witness, reading/ of the iifeboat was successful. ‘There way doors to make way for the load:|first, almost perpendicular. He could! Way expected of me. T still exoeet. my - PLEET, AIOS IN LOADING THE | because the revotutions had not been en- | from @ memorandum. z wab no trouble. ing." see no one.on the after deck. | name will be presented to the Nationa! (PRBOATS. térely worked out when the ehip went| Senator Smith criticleed the thethods| “That's why I spoke as I did to Mr. “Did that take skilled men? Any one! “1 heard about four explosions," Lowe| Convention, notwithstanding to-day's | » down. employed by the officer in ascertaining ” \ explained the witness. could have done thay and yet skilled men| said, “about fifteen minutes after I left | happen! Benator Fletcher asked Fleet if he! Q. Wee there any representative of| the position of the ship. Lowe said he| Senator Gmith asked Lowe if in his| were sent below when they were needed the ship. The w three had helped in the loading of the boats./ the British Board of Trade on the Ti-| 44 figured it on the mpeed of the ves-| opinion the lifeboat, before it was low- | for the loading and lowering of the life- “Yen, air,” he answered tantc during the test trip? A. Not that |S! between noon qnd 8 o'clock. The| ered, was loaded to its proper capacity. | boats. 1s that the impression you want New York @. Had you ever had any experience |! know of. 4 chairman questioned the accuracy of (GAYS THE SENATOR 18 “PULL-|to leave with this committee others and faved twenty men and one ill Most Appreciate the in toading and lowering lifeboats? A.| The witness ead thet before the Ti- | Such & method, and held that the revo- ING HIM UP.” The witness protested against that in-| woman from a sinking collapsible whlch AN of us do in the White Star. I saw | ‘Anic eatied one drill of the crew was He ronal of the engines should have tren! 1 owe tried to avold making @ direct | @rPretation of his statement. had been plorced by wreckage. ‘Three no ifeboats loaded other than No. ¢,| "eld. He could not remember whether "9. Did you ese the captain afi answer. He complained that the chair-| Lowe had the names of three women |podies were left on the boat. le * >. : the bost in which I pulled away with 't Wae at Belfast or in the harbor at} 2 DIA yo OC yaptain after 8) nen was “pulling him up.” Senator | Who were in his lifeboat and gave theni} “1 was there to eave lif bodies," =PIAN FREE THIS IMP ms 88 said he transferred fitty+ Ave, Gor, 160 8 so 16—to|] The Intetligent, Careful Buyer dhe! ys er thr about thirty passengers. Southampton.- Ho hesitated algo when| ovior that night? A. Yes, just after I aa Aieh ‘ae Bonwit: to Smith, The chairman looked a‘ | Lowe deciared. mibotee Q. Were there any women on the decks | 8#ked, about his especial station and did Q. What time? A. As near as I can eaid Lowe, finally, “I think | these and observed sarc: “L \l the boat wou! ve gone down, I BRASS - who @id not get in the boat? A. No, sir;)/Ot Know whether any other officers] jiace it was about 12 o'clock. {t was properly loaded for lowering.” | thought you had a cand with.the auto-/ianded them all on the Carpathia.”* No Piano in New York To-Day Is Pe aye were at their stations on the starboard MS Nee the podertides ‘A. Tt must | @ What ts the oMcial quota for such | €raphs of all the women on?” Lowe said ice was reported Sunday | A MORE CONSPICUOUS VALUE REO C&S been, t the impact dida't|® lifeboat? A. It te 6.5. “I did not, sir,” was the angry answer. | atiernoon on a slip in the chart room, Send a Postal for Catalogue awaken me, @. You nrean— A, That it can carry |‘‘I'm no autograph hunter. I started to} put he paid little attention to it. He de- Four New York Warerooms: EVERY: @, Are you @ temperate man, Mr. |#!Xty-five adulte and say, a boy or girl. |tranefer my passengers from my Mfe-|nied knowledge of any ice warnings} § $518 Third Ave. 86th St, Manhati $75: it Lowe? A. 1am, oir. I eay it without] @ Do you wish the committee to un-| boat into.some of the others intending |from the steamers Amerika or Califora- | 2929 PURCHASE O44 fear of contradiction. derstand that a@ lifeboat under British |to €o back to the wreck. I discovered | jan. "I am giad to hear that because 1|Fesulations could not lowered with | the italian end pulled ehawloft dis | “1 hi and myself fired pistol have just had passed up to me a note | safety with new tackle and equipment | face..1 threw thim into another boat and /as the steamer sank," sald Lowe, which says it was reported from a|CoMtaining more than fifty people? A.|then we went back to the acene of the | was afraid my boat would collapse while = = - reputable man that you were drinking |The dangers are if you overcrowd the | wreck. I found four persons floating on | jt was being lowered, I felt no more i the night of the wreck," said Senator |bost, it will buckle up from the two|the water. One of them, Mr. Hoyt of |snauld et into the boat. As we were &é F Smith, | .) 4 4 ands, said Lowe. The 6.6 is a floating | Now York, was @ giant, and it took alli vetng lowered’ past the open gecks I 4A yi ry “Me Grinking?” Lowe exclaimed ex-|capacity. If you load from the deck to|of the crew te pull hint in, Me wad| paw K*Ibt of Itullans along the phip's 7.50 100.00 } citedly, “Empoasibie—that's rubbish—I|lower, I should not like to put more | pieeding ¢rom the nose and mouth, We|ratl. They were all staring, I yelled 10.00 “ “18000 am @ fotel abstainer.’ than fifty in a lifeboat, opened his shirt and gave him @ better | ‘Look out!’ uhd then let go bang with! Egegy 50 year: iv oy o Lowe pointed out on a deck o! the| “Mr. Boxhall has stated that his life-} chance to breathe. Unfortunately, he|my revolver to frighten them. T was . years |F | q ‘of abl the officers and thpehart|boat contained only twenty-throe per-| dated véry shortly. I did not see a single | afraid they would try to jump aboard Do You Think Onl f. was’ filed with thé committee. é fons when lowered,” suggested Senator | female body. This was just at daybreak. |us, There was a space of only} three A yo @ withens repeated that he aid not] Smith, “That was mot full capacity,!r was going along very nicély in the di-|feet, I did not intend to hurt anybody. |the Price of Glasses? knOw when he was awakened. Ho said] Was it?” rection of the Carpathla. I noticed a] “And & am absolutely positive 1 did CREDIT TERM: $3.00 Down on %5000; 5.00 “ 7300 25.00 30000 APARTMENTS FURNISMED ho dressed hurriedly and went on dock], “Well; he was not in charge of that colapalite boat and took ier in tow. |not_ hist wistody. T mhot between the If mi : doesn’t matter and found people with lfebelts on and | oat, was he?" rep! rw One of the women in the boat I think} poat and ship's side so these people much where yor , the boats being prepared. Q. If Officer Lightoller said that boats! way Mrs. Henry B. Harris. She had | shout hear and #ee me, I fired three But it y y Mi buy them Fl SH E R BROS "Z could feet by my feet that some-|0n the port side were not londed with] proien arm. ¥ didn't, know any of the time.” ut if you think of your ‘ thing was wrong,” he sald. ‘The vee-|"more than thirty-five people becase of | othere:” |,"o vou pretend to tell me those tale] __e¥€8 and of the effect of the tum afi sel was tipping and wes about fifteen | safety, these boats were not loaded to) CHAIRMAN SMITH GROWS SAR-lians were on the upyer deoks glaring glasses upon them you will | Mae BUS A : degrees by the head.” ihe say cane ivi weet ual vital CASTIC. at you?” asked Senator Sm go where you are certain of | HMM eo oe ee COULD NOT REMEMBER that is @ matter of personal judgment.) 5, some reason, Chairman Smith In- |." do,” replied, Li 7 were at ones ou Sa tanes HE WAB | some men might think differently about |ysceq on interrupting Lowe's chronologt [looking throuxh the windows and over a oniapan ant us.|> —= Da What ould De sar cul story with criticism and sarcasilc| the rail I fired horizontally, not ver- y Wik OME TO UE.) Good on Cold: Mesis 9 any one awaken you? AI] Q. All right. What become of lifeboat! duestions. The witness doggedly tried |tioally up the ship's elde. 1 ony tiret| Our Registered Physicians, ° Secin'isn we chee ea ee thakuas No. 6? A. It was lowered and I saw itl), +61) nis story coherently and Was a-|to let them know I was fully armed to Good on Hot Meats ull away, r iagusted Smith’ auc ol 0 into the room and told me we'd rode l arcntee leccith ‘then vetoriée. to rine (ROcR STOAU ciamuaTad over Brisa PAD: £10, COORSIOR 4 ” H Without s ‘ Jeonstan: interruptions over seemingly ward. Examine Your Eyes isis, an ferkert I don't remember that. I er Pitman’a testimony yesterday, in| trivial points. Cc, M. Lightoller fol- | Perfect Fitting Glasses as low as $2.50. IAG not have Deen awa -|which he aid there were thirty-five tve ufter one of jJowed Lowe on the stand Lowe said that when he did get out | hergone in lifeboat No. 8. That being | gyrec aed contin, Bé hukich & Sons Sai nglish Oculists of Long Experience. oH Ho No the case, he asked why Pitman could} « jaid off @ bit until the drowning a not have gone to the rescue of the! people quieted down. ‘Then I went to on deck he began working at the life- these Lowe continued: Ocussete’ plc» “I wae working the boate under Firat SHORT VAMP > drowning, whose cries he heard plainly! where the Titanic sank, If I'd have \7 West 42d--Bet. Sth & 6th Aver pa Co Co eal See iiap Serene on at | but did not heed, gone before we would have been 350 Sixth Avenue, at 22d St. uU ona Q. How many officers were helping |COULON'T PITMAN HAVE SAVED pipe fetes Ardgincnrgnrs SHOES des peak It adds just the right whet they or hear of an igeberg? | YOU 00 that boat? A. T should say about MORE? cried ’ Cuban and 101Naseau,at Ann St.eN:Y-| yest’ to oravies, sole ean expect, Senator Smith in surprise, ten—two et each end, two in the boat to ac-| Lowe told the committee he waited ‘ 498 Fulton St., Cor. Bond St., B’klyn Srayens D: 10 plan. 38 and others at the ropes. commodate thirty more persons safely |an hour and a half to two hours before French Heels and salads. Per bottle ' Ic sommes aki, 7S Ot tm tase Doasd A Jin that lifeboat? demanded Senator | going back to the wrecker. Satin MadebyE.Pritchard,331 SpringSt. Greet | ne knew. there man | smith. “Ie anyoody had struggled out of the -~ tate seer | number at dawn the day following| 26re Hed Stet ant Dad 5 ne) Boos “No, alr,” said Lowe, “Had he at-| mses of wreckage, 1 would have taken|| Velvet and All heaters I ANO ey the collision. Bis bye have Knows that | tempted to reacue those in the water he|tnem, but {t would havo becn mutcide Spring Sty! OH Yeaen the Standard. vxt 183? ‘that we | _@ Were they in the course of the a Pre me cot from | would have endangered the lives of|io go into that crowd of struggling, ALL SIZES, FAIR PRICES, those with him. I want to Titanic? A. Yes, air, they must have wm. | been, for they were all around the orizon. ‘The biggest, he said, was at least 100 feet high, This was from four to Ave miles away, and all were within a radius of six miles, te z Ts &3 ity pi : E $3 y & word le," about that danger. I heard Major Peu-| gave “TITANIC WENT DOWN chen my on the atand that the satlors BOW FIRST. could not row. ailors and boatmen are Aifferent, Many sailors may be at sca| Lowe sald the Titanto went down tow for years and never &o.in @ rowboat. ‘They are difteremt calliugs, That is t reas that Great many of t! + J. GLASSBERG BS id Av. N.Y. or, 104h Bt, geeks SRP Ara reper tats w Musteated catalogue W free. Open eves, utd, SURE =:* POP at GS 6 veryin tee Fal “SU! Prerpining lee Faia try PLAYER-PIANOS EXTRA! | Removal Sale ‘All Pianos | ‘or Former iH ff li TREES { t g? g i the Treasury, yy Deafness her | cat and wile ate, t the com- used very | satlora could not row. 1e88 e vermin. Our Sere equse I did not wish to be Bag examine Lowe sald he was Not in a position has been conquered by a simple instru- $150up edie "iam Rraranieed Cont ish, “ha pacccomntatives ‘2 4 tion and sat at the committee table to order who should go into the boats, ment which has just been perfected—the 88-Note Player-Pi $065 up ma press have all co-operated in ¢ near the Chairman throughout tho Q. But you were in a Position morning acaston. Q. Was the ship‘on its true cours Detecta Phone ‘kable achievement to Stop te think, so much for so litle sa _88-Note Player INTERFERING WITH THE WORK,| Yes vesncec he wen utotemny, as ‘Foo, because he was interfering. He It is another rem: the credit of science. Joba. scons, Beaboge: ane, : interfering with me personally 7 1 Pianos to.R nea Now, @ word about the dimeuity, [St the time of the collision? A. T was save Lows. bry If you are deaf you can rejoice, as your os to Rent «tc. Trained Ferrets, To the credit of most of the otcers |!%_%, but from tho position on the! Chainman Smith asked Mr, Ismay] #84 % wanted him to gut away 00 fondest hopes Pea aralee Sehi be | Pi Co! Tsencesn & fos, 74 Punten 8t., Nu Bs and members of tho crow, we have “Mart i believe she was on the track. Yalout the language and Mr. Iamay aug-| 4ould Ge somesatag, You will not be fair to yourself if yau ubert Piano Co: ‘ e Titanic on the nor experienced little diMculty in secure do not at least give this wonderful little device a trial, Our representative will come to you. Easy Terms if Desired, State Agents Wanted. DETECTA PHONE CO., 156 Fifth Avenue, New York Ream 405-400, Phone, 11 Gramercy. track or the south track? A. I think she was on the north track, sir, Q. What makes you think so? A. The ®enerel run of things, weated that the objectionable language Q. And he aia? A. Yes, ana zt be written down to seo if it wae appro-| 4 something? priate, This was done. Chairman Smith] Senator Smith asked if it were not had read what Lowe had written true that the reason that the boats “Then you said this to Mr. Ismay,” not |Were Not properly loaded was because Lowe said he was not on duty the|menuoning the unprintable word, but|th® crew were not able to row, The Sunday night of the accident after £9] showing it to the Witness, asked the | Witness denied this, o'clock. From 6 to 8 that mlaht he waal senator, “Why did you say 1 “What Was the drill for at Southamp- Working a dead reckoning for the ship] “Because h his anxiety to get|ton?” aeked the chairman, &t 8 o'clock. ‘This be reported to thy! tne pout lowered,” Lowe replied, “was| “It Was for the Board of Trade. a interfering with our Work, Ho was in-| “There Were eight men to @ boar Q, Personaily? A. No; I put st on Ms] terfering with me, ai 1 wanted him | Where were theay meu witen the 28 West S34 St, ...8x). N.Y, YOUR WIFE WILL BE GLAD ¥f (lhe mamas: saved oy WORLD HOME Executive offices § i f the part of certain per- course CARPET CLEANSING a RoR ‘ table with @ weight on it, to wet back ao that we could work, He {gy arose? They werw all oarmaen, FIRE-PROOF STORAGE ~ Q. Wasn't it important? A. Well, In| wasn't trying to get in the boat, Pinal-| Where wero they when you ware load: | HUGGARD.—On Monday, Aprit 22, 4A the general run of things, not 60 tm-/iy 7 turned to him and sald: ‘If you|Ing Mfeboat No, 5? You musi re. For Household Goods. RICE passed awa, portant, will get to hell out of here we can got Member, sir, we Were in Wark we Funeral Thur Q. Do you mean thet pouitio this boat away!’ |had the eaten the mon, At time “ (Trad ) record.’ the ship was not important? Q, Did he step back? A, Yes. Jof the collision the 1 went dowa Ae, "ra ake “ ay Gollathe Hadith epbha bi ox that to be a part of the ship's lost| Q. Did Mr. Ismay make any reply?) with the ‘bosun’ to clear uway the xina-| Special for Wedmesday, 24th 4 Special for Thursday, 25th 0 und punctuated his remarks by A. Oh, yes, Tim not saying I wasn't) A. No, he did not. = = >|] sranisu PEANUT FHA STRAWHEIU FRENCH ; jag the table wish his important for this one voyage, In tho] Q, How many men were in the boat? . . CUES Se. VINE nox, CREAM WAFERS: une. errefueed to give any detallod caplune, (event of accident it would be important. | A, I'm not sure, sin, but I should may Spring-Cleaning WEDNESDAY'S OFFERING THURSDA’ Hom of what actuated lim to make|UNABLE TO GIVE THE SHIP'S TEDNESDAY © COTER ite ANDREW his statement. POSITION, Q. How many men were put into the —_ a OAR 5 25¢ CHOCOLATES) GUc. er he $1,000 REWA OM Marold G. Lows, ‘Atth omcer of the S toat for the purpose of manning her?| — The Humen ®yetem Needs POND Box, SUNOS iN 453 Wart b4th Ste : RD! cn Senator Smith asked the witness] A, Ive, sir — ep an at ee MISS EVA TANGUAY lost a Aitante, wap the next witness. He told | ai ty ie he could wive the position of the! ‘Thy witness did mot know whether Park Row and Cortlandt street stores onen teers ree ett Orloeks SSS ee | andba: eaiheg ot hile early experiences, from the tme| Onn yt g crciook on that aight t id not know whether | Mra, M, Morgan, 411 4th Ave, AMMade stores, open Satur das _|| HELP WANTED—MALE. g With large amount on @ schooner, He knocked) «7 want you to think hard," sald! ix ‘dea {r ing to purity the pisos || Milk Chocolate Covere ONFLANDY’ @v cuvatealy wove ail’ tum soass*siais age, ‘stonite Beans. Her namie, checkbog Around the world on sailing ubips, then | senator smith, “If we could get the} Q. eve any male pasengers’ | t iN int Uppt-fovted | ate ss 3. 4, 600 wWora, [OL Conn Exchange Bank, Unis (ek wp steamers, and about fifteen | position at that hour we could figure the| A, because We could find no! and Hght-hearted. ett ds th OW & NASSAM CORK MAKERS ford nary versity Branch, and several montis ago joined the White Star Ilne. | speed of the ship by taking the elapsed | Dest food puritier kno A Mounes ¥ o! 4 ‘AD PAY Dwenatt® hehe of No SB larticles of persoyial vatties intl) be ‘Titanic, he aai4, | time between then ani Lime of the], senator. Smith asked Lowe If he bad | cursive brinctbtes ot Poccombines’ the ‘ > 4 _ $1,000 reward wil be gf fa the Morth | conisios.""., - ~ versed with Mra. -Dougiaa or Mrs. | here ae to ralse thai to tele higtions | ‘ste ny ie ee ‘gz | wx a 5th Lave qheatve for re- : “The spend of the eaip on that day | Ryerson on board of the Carpathia, He} clency; he ited. wet iy ae erties urn df handbag and com in ua) ai) thane , the teat ot sel nga 0 traction below smpnsy-ope knots | sakl we eg aot Lowe weld the sear! wlisig ‘otlied Magenanie Ss soso i : a ee ae SE ae aan I PT TE SY RT ERE A