rator if he is not at his post?'{'}

"I think there is none," said Marconi.

"Ought it not be incumbent upon ships to have an operator always at the
key?"

"Yes; but ship-owners don't like to carry two operators when they can
get along with one. The smaller boat owners do not like the expense of
two operators."

SECOND OFFICER TESTIFIES

Charles Herbert Lightoller, second officer of the Titanic, followed
Marconi on the stand. Mr. Lightoller said he understood the maximum
speed of the Titanic, as shown by its trial tests, to have been
twenty-two and a half to twenty-three knots. Senator Smith asked if
the rule requiring life-saving apparatus to be in each room for each
passenger was complied with.

"Everything was complete," said Lightoller. "Sixteen life-boats, of
which four were collapsible, were on the Titanic," he added. During the
tests, he said, Captain Clark, of the British Board of Trade, was aboard
the Titanic to inspect its life-saving equipment.

"How thorough are these captains of the Board of Trade in inspecting
ships?" asked Senator Smith.

"Captain Clark is so thorough that we called him a nuisance."

TITANIC KILLED RAPIDLY

After testifying to the circumstances under which the life-boats were
filled and lowered, Lightoller continued. "The boat's deck was only ten
feet from the water when I lowered the sixth boat. When we lowered the
first, the distance to the water was seventy feet."

"If the same course was pursued on the starboard side as you pursued on
the port, in filling boats, how do you account for so many members of
the crew being saved?" asked Chairman Smith.

"I have inquired especially and have found that for every six persons
picked up, five were either firemen or stewards."

COTTAM TELLS HIS STORY

Thomas Cottam, of Liverpool, the Marconi operator on the Carpathia, was
the next witness.

Cottam said that he was about ready to retire Sunday night, having
partially removed his clothes, and was waiting for a reply to a message
to the Parisian when he heard Cape Cod trying to call the Titanic.
Cottam called the Titanic operator to inform him of the fact, and
received the reply. 'Come at once; this is a distress message. C. Q. D.'
"

"What did you do then?"

"I confirmed the distress message by asking the Titanic if I should
report the distress message to the captain of the Carpathia."

"How much time elapsed after you received the Titanic's distress message
before y