. Officer of Titanic Gives Par-

“SIGHTED ICE T0O LATE

.. Hiekens, quartermaster of the
'. Titanic, the man who was on

7 Iv I took the wheel for two hous,

. out for.smallicebergs.
~ “Second Officer Lightéller. wag |:

a at 10 and I took the wheel ‘then.
for something right ahead.

_- the bridge that thete was a large
iceberg right ahead. As Officer
. Murdock’s hand was on the lever|—

"-. eameé, He stopped the enginea, |
' came from the chartroom to. the

: Mr. Murdock replied,

tell him to sound: the ship,’ was
., the skipper’s nextorder.-

=": gommutor, which showéd in what

=, direction the ship was listing,
. /.~\He saw thatshe carried five de-
7S" grees to starboard.

a ‘settling forward, All the steam

2 were put to work at. pumping
out the ship.

“> were gent by Marconi and rockets |.
"were sent-up from the bridge by.

4

-.. helped the sailors in getting tha

. belts out. The order for women

. -, and children first was given -and
“te enforeed.

oe Dem
_ «there until relieved. J was ‘not
-élieved by anyone,
- ‘simply: sent away by Second Offi-
> ger
 . take charge of'a certain boat and
_ dead: ‘it with ladies,” °
aes | dided'dnd there ' were thirty.

~ -VOL.'T, NO. 35

‘WHEELSMAN

; Was No Panic.

- Sunday night and stood by the

. Officer Moody,
/ were, Fleet and .anothér man

” was on-watch while I stood ‘by

_. from 8 to 10, sent me soon after
- =. 8 to tell the carpenter to look out
-. for the fresh water supply as it

- might: be in danger of - freezing. |

‘never came up to report, He
- was probably the first man: on
_ the ship to lose his life, .

PRICE $2.00 A YEAR oe

TELLS STORY

ticulars of Collision Which
Sunk Vessel,

Circumstantial Account of Catastrophe
. From Viewpoint of Man On Bridge—
“ Accident Occurred at - 1140 Pp. m—

New York, April 22:—Robert

duty at the wheel when the ship
struck the iceberg, says;
“IT went on watch at 8 o'clock

man_ at the wheel until 10.

“On the bridge, from 10 o’elock
were First Officer Murdock,
. Fourth Officer’ Boxall and Sixtht.
On the lookout

whose namei do notknow.
“Second Officer Lightoller, who

carrying messages and the like.

The. temperature then ‘was
“gbout 90 degrees. He gave ‘the
crow’s nest # strict order to look
relieved by First Officer Murdocli

“At 11:40 three gongs sounded
from the crow’s neat, the signal

‘At the same time one of the
men in the nest telephoned to

‘to.-stop the engines. the crash
then immediately by. another};
lever closed the watertight doors.
“'Thé skipper (Captain. Smith}
bridge. His first words were
‘close the emergency doors.’
“They’re closed already sir’
“Send to the: carpenter and

“The message was sent to the
-earpenter, but the carpenter'|.

.“The skipper looked at the].

“The: ship. was ‘then rapidly

‘sirens were- ‘blowing. By the
skipper’s ‘orders, given in the
next few minutes, the engines

Distress signals
quartermaster Rowe, Alt hands
were on deck and lifebelts. were

secured for every passenger,
The stewards and other. hands

There was ho panic,
“Twas at the wheel at 12:25
-. it wag my duty to stay
‘but was

Lightoller, who told me ‘to

up.

‘boats helped to keep us together

everyone did. Isat ant. Bay. ‘who
fired any of them: “I-havé only
told what I know. and: what I
should tell-any tmarine court that

- Hays’ Body Recovered
Halifax: -The body of Chas.
M. Hays was among those pick-
ed up and identified near the
scene of ‘the Titanic's ‘wreck.
The remains are-now on board
the Cable Ship Minia’and after
embalming vill be sent to“ Mon-
treal for burial. es

f

British Investigation .
Will Be Thorough,

‘London; April 26: ---Membera
of both houses of parliament
questioned the government as to
the right of the United States to
institute an inquiry ‘into the loss
of a.British vessel on the high
seas, The reply of the ministry
was that although the. course
_| adopted by the American seriate
was without parallel, the matter
was left to-the good sense of the
‘American people... Any action
taken by ‘the senate committeé
in Washington. will not effect the
British investigation, which will
be as thorough as possible;
The Titanic relief fund now
exceeds $1,000,000,

CONNAUGHT WILL visi
- PRINCE RUPERT IN FALL

Schedule for Vice-regal Tour
Next September lncludes
British Columbia Cities. | o

-‘Oetawsi ‘April 28:-:-The: Dake
and suite, will tour the west next
fall. The vice-regal party will
reach Vancouver on Sept. 19 and
will leave for Prince Rupert on
Sept. 23, On Sept: 28 they. will

satay, after.which they will return
to Ottawa. :

‘New Peace River- Itne
Vancouver, ‘April’ 25:—Speak-
ing at North Vancouver, H. H.
Stephens, M. P., said, “There is
now under ‘eqnaideration the a-
malgamation of certain interests
which will provide an indepen-
dent railway north to the Peace
River country. By. stmmer J hope
matters will be. settled, as-far.as
preliminary arrangements are
corfterned,’’? Mr. “Stevens gave
no hint as to the identity of those
concerned in the negotiations.

in the boat when it was lowered
some time after 1 o’clock----I
can't be sure of the time,

-“The. Titanie had sixteen
lifeboats and two’ collapsible
boats. All of them. got away
loaded; except that one of the
collapsibles did not open properly
and was used as a: wraft. Forty
sailors and stewards were floating
in the water on this. raft and
were picked up. by! the different
boats. Sorie others were _float-
ing about on chairs when picked

’ ‘Every boat, 50 far as [ SAW,
was full when it was lowered and
every boat got on board the Cars
pathia; The green lights of the

bnt there were other lights.’ ' One|
was an.electric flashlight that a
gentleman had’ carried . in his
pocket.: »- :

“Our boat was four hhuadred
yards away when -the ship went
down. :The suction nearby must
have been terrific’ but. we. were
only rocked,

‘T. ‘heard ‘vevolver shots, “as

- two 0 lade, o ‘tailor and my elf, |

may examine me,” cs

‘|tion, which is holding an inquiry

of the” -tegtimony-- wae: 9
df Connaught, with hia’ ‘family | Betton

return to Victoria for a four day’s|

"| water or food had been provided,

White’ Star line, was also given.

‘witnesses that a wireless was

this message to ita source. Mar-
coni, who was himeelf a witness,

agreed that the Titanic’s rate of
though warning of the presence
¢| whieh, proceeding with care, had
avoided tiishap, :

the C. P..R. steamer Mount Tem-|..
ple was very close, : but. was slow |

in going to the rescue.
Moore, who was {ti command of

a ARR — ir
LLFATED SHIP

Senate Investigating’ Committee Elicits Evidence

~ Showing Compaiy:” To Have Been: At Fault}
Life Was Over Sixteen||
“Hundred--Man ‘ Bodies Recovered,

~ OWNERS OF

--- Total. Loss. of

“New York, ‘April. 27: ‘The
latest and probably the ‘final: es-
timate of the number tost j in the
Titanic disaster places the: total
at 1634. Some: three | hundred
bodies have. been | recovered-. by
the searching vessels. On: ‘hoard
the cable ship Mackay Berinett,
now en route to Halifax, are two
hundred bodies, . Among- those
which have been identified are
the bodies of Jolin Jacob ‘Astor
and Isador Straus, the millionaire
merchant of. New. York, Over:
thirteen hundred bodies havé not
been recovered, The greater
‘number went down with the hip,

Senate Investigation «- a
Washington, . April. 27i---The
senate: committee of. investiga-

into the-Titanie wreck, held a
two-days session in New York
and has now been in session here
for three days. It may: conel ude
the investigation earlynext week,
Important findings -and_ Tecom-
mendations . are. expected . aa"-B
result of-the .evidence : ‘heard at
New York and W pahiagton. Bn

ae character, “The hip
lifeboats, it was shown, ‘humber-
ed twenty, including four collap-
sible bozts, Several of the life-
boats ‘were only half filled, all
were. poorly marined, and in

obliged to row.. Nearly all were
without’ lights, and very little

J. ‘Bruce Ismay, the principal:
owner of the Titanic, was a wit-
ness, He told-the senators that

to save himself when it came:
He was given a searching cross-
examination. Other witnessess
testified that Ismay acted the
coward from the first, One officer;
in-his evidence, stated that he
had: to order Ismay not to inter-
fere with the lifeboats.

_ Vice-president Franklin, offthe

a searching ‘examination, in an
endeavor to discover the source
of false reports: regarding the
Titanic which were circulated
after the wreck, The company
was accused of withholding wire-
less messages and of sending out
false ones, One of the lying
messages sent out was to the
effect that the Titanic was being
towed to New York. by the Vir-
gsinian. It was stated by other|;

sent to the captain of the Car-
to withhold information.
committee was unable to trace
knew nothing of the message. .-

~The witnesses were generally

apeed at the time of the impact
was over. 21 knots. an hour, al-

of icaberge had ‘been received
from half ‘a dozen’ ships, all of

’ The statement was made that

‘Captain

‘that city to attend, A five-minute

‘throughout the entire system, all

to Washington to ‘deny the
charge; Officers of the .yegsel
declare - they -did, their .. best.
When the Titanic’s message was
received they were. twenty miles
away. The steamer was imme-
diately headed:for the scene of
the wreck, but. was much delayed
by ite, and when the Titanic’s
‘position was reached there was
nothing to be seen of the wreck.
The statement is also made . that
three vessels; one of which- was
a large German steamer, passed
without paying any attention to
the Titanic’s rockets,
Much Censure for Ismay
New York, April 27:--- The
newspapers, commenting on the
evidence given before the senate
committee here and at Washing.
ton, severely ‘criticise J. Brace
Ismay, calling him J. Brate Is
may,. and. suggesting that the

changed to. White Liver,
All Traffic Stopped
’ Montreal, April 26; --Memorial
Bervices for the late President

special ‘ears “from. ‘Toronto _ “were
crowded with people coming: from||,

period of. mourning was observed

. {long distance telephone from Hot

name. of the White Star lina be}:
. Victoria Wants Railway Con-

Haya were held-heré: ‘today. Five | :

Chamberlain May Succeed

“London: In railway circles
here Vice-president E. J. Cham-
berlain is the most favorably
mentioned as the posssble suc-
cessor to the late president of
the Grand’ Trunk “enterprises,
Chas. M. Hays, who went down
with the Titanic.

OPERATIONS =|
“ON OMINEGA

On the Creeks of Great
Geld District.

Passenger Service

: Early Next Month

A tri-weekly train service from
Prince Rupert to Skeena Crossing
is announced by General Super-
intendent Mehan. . This train will
be the first passenger train run,
and it is expected will commence
on May 1.

Borden’s Far-reaching Voice

New. York, Apri! 26:---Hon. R,
L, Borden, premier of Canada,
addressed the Associated Press
banquet here last night over the

Springs, Virginia, He spoke of
the responsibilities and oppor-),
tunities of an uncorrupted press,

ASKING BRIDGE OVER
SEYHOUR NARROWS

nection Between Vancou-
_ ver. Island and. , Mainland.

oA Victoria, “April Be; Sine ‘Board
of: Trade, at the “Fequest .of a
public meeting of citizens, .has
drafted a memorial to be sent to
Ottawa and presented to Hon. R.

many of the boats women were]

he regarded himself as a passen; | |
ger with a right to take his turn

pathia offering him four figures}.
The:

traffic. being at 2 standstill.”
- Honor Hays’ Memory

service for the late Charleg M.

Hays was held today in the
church of St. Edmonds, near the

Bank of England, Eat! Grey and

Hon. W. 8. Fielding were among

those in attendance.
Smithers Comes to Canada
London, April 26:---Chairman
Smithers of the Grand Trunk
board ‘of directors leaves for
Canada ‘next week,. on business
incidental to the death of Presi-
dent Hays. It is felt -here .that
there is need for the fullest

sympathy and support on the
patt of the Canadian: govern-
‘ment, t6 ensure the completion
ofthe Grand Trunk Pacific in a
manner acceptable to the people
of Canada, Mr. Hays’ successor,

it is said, will bea man to com-

mand more cordial co-opération
with the ministers at Ottawa
than has been experienced in re-
cent months.
terms of operation of the eastern
‘section, from Winnipeg to Monce-
ton, will have ‘to be: revised.
Though no names are mentioned,

it is hinted that the new presi:
dent may be a Canadan official,

It is felt that the

Prince Rupert's Future
- Vancouver, © April

‘Vietoria, “April 25:  Chatlea'l i

Ruat, city puginest of Toronto, |4.,
haa accepted
engineer ~ there,

itioti of ci
ae ‘e.: Will: “a

a4 ihe} Mount Temple, is ont hi way,

upon: the. discharge of of his new
Aluties ¢ on abs Be

London, April 25:---A. memorial

25: --That;
Prince Rupert. will, within ten
years, develop into the greatest
fishing ‘center in the world: is
predicted by H. S. Clements,
P., who arrived here today. Hel
criticised the late Laurier govern:
ment, particularly.in connection
with the Grand Trunk Pacific;
‘which he declared would. be of
doubtful value to the country, as
the excessive cost of construction
{would necessitate the imposition
Of very high freight rates. :

main line from Vancouver to

L. Borden, urging the construc:
tion of abridge over Seymour
Narrows, to connect. Vancouver
Island with the ‘mainiand.- It is
hoped that Premier McBride, on
his return from England, will
confer with the federal prime
minister on the question,

The announcement was made
in Toronto on Monday'that Mac-
kenzie & Mann had secured the
Bute Inlet charter. Twenty miles
of the line. will probably be built
this year. Some weeks ago Sir
William Mackenzie purchased 700
facres for terminals at the Van-
couver Island end of the ‘pro-
jected railway. The port at the
Inlet .end of the line will. be
named Port Mackenzie.

"Mining Men Organize
; ¢Bpecial to The Miner) -
Vancouver, April’ 24:— At a
meeting of mining men held here
yesterday, the Vancouver Mining
Club was organized, with. the
following as provisional officers:
Robert R. Hedley, president; A.
B. Clabon, Vice-president; Dr.
Cameron, secretary - treasurer. .
There‘is an executive committee
of seven, ._ Mayor Findlay presided
at the meeting ‘and gave his en-
dorsement to the club, which has
as its object the safeguarding of
the interests of mining men’: and
the protection of: tlie public
against wildcat schemes,

Double Tracking CG PR
- Vancouver, April 24:--The Can-
adian Pacific will double track its

Calgary, a distance of over (600
miles, The double track. from
here to Hammond is: already. “un,
der way.and thé: revision of: ex
isting grades and'surveyson the

.| gary. section. ia no | proceeding. a
The -work,. ‘which. isin: prepara:
ion for the, expansion Of? traifi¢

balance’. of the: Vaneouver-Cal- :

STEELE BRINGS THE AEWS

Deputy Mining Recorder: for District

Arrives In Hozelton and Tells of
_ Many Developments On Manson and
' Other Creeks of Historic Camp. -

- Good news is brought from the
Omineca river placer camps by
W. B.. Steele, deputy mining re«

a visit to Hazelton: for the first
time,in four years. ', He came

- {over the 200-mile trail. in: seven’ .

days, Ten white men, he. says,
wintered-on the Omineca. The
number is now largely aug-
mented. G. W. Otterson and
party reached Manson on March
29, and immediately resumed
Operations on the Hudérle-Otter-
80n leases. They are now carry-
ing a-drain up to: their ground,
and will be piping by May 1, with
the expectation of a big clean-tip:
for the season, -
F. T. Child, who has three
leases on Manson creek, will have -
his hydraulie plant, installed last.
fall, in operation by May 1. He
has obtained good prospects from
his ground, and should -do well,
The Lost Creek"Hydraulle Co,, -
which purchased: ‘the: Stéele-Mul-
lan leases: on Lost Creek, has
eight’ men now engaged © in pre-
liminary work, They will-ground
sluice preparatory to the installa-
tion of the plant which Mr, :
Bowen is bringing in. The
benches on this ground carry
values which will pey good
profits, but the main objective of
the company-is the lost. chamnel .
of the creek, which i is very rich, |
H. M. Beach, of the Kildare.
company, owning leases on Slate
creek, is expected to reach: ‘Man-
son in July. This éompany plans
to constructa ditch and flume for —
nine miles, bringing water from
Germansen creek to its leases,
The deal with the French syndi-
cate. particulars of which have
appeared in The Miner, is likely
to be consummated soon,»
The Royal Standard Trivest-
ment Cu., of Véticouver, i is gend-—
ing a plant and crew in to work.

_ [nine leases on lower Germansen

- |ereek,

_ GH. Knowlton, who has the
largest area of placer ground of
any of the Omineca operators, is:
coming to Hazelton soon. He
expects to complete the work of
prospecting his leases, by means
of core drills, during the present
season, ;
Munro and Harrison, of Hazel-
ton, are working on ‘Quartz
creek, where they reached: bed.
rock ‘late last fall, obtaining’ good
prospects. J, T. Bates’ and Gus

same vicinity.
. Reports of the. immense re-
sources of the Omineca. country, —

:| Mr, Steele says; are’ not overs
drawn. While it is not'a district.

for the poor’ man, the country: is =
full of excellent dredging proposi-
tions. * Lack of Space comnpelaius * |”
to: postpone: the: ‘poblication.of

much of the interesting informa-. j

tion’. furnished © by ‘the: © poplar .
Manscnite, me,

“London, April Ben. Justin
Huntley McCarthy, former th m=.
ber of ‘patliaiitent, a ‘noted - Spoor...

Whichis éxpecteil'to follow. the
completion: of thé Panama. canal,

= bral take four year to conmpeta In

nalist and author, and ane.of the -
preatest, ‘of the advotates of home
rales is: ‘dead. os s

corder at Manson, who is paying . -

Olson, of Hazelton, -are in the |