ou reported it to Captain Rostron?"

"About a couple of minutes," Cottam answered.

COTTAM RECALLED

When the committee resumed the investigation on April 20th, Cottam was
recalled to the stand.

Senator Smith asked the witness if he had received any messages from the
time the Carpathia left the scene of the disaster until it reached New
York. The purpose of this question was to discover whether any official
had sought to keep back the news of the disaster.

"No, sir," answered Cottam. "I reported the entire matter myself to the
steamship Baltic at 10.30 o'clock Monday morning. I told her we had been
to the wreck and had picked up as many of the passengers as we could."

Cottam denied that he had sent any message that all passengers had been
saved, or anything on which such a report could be based.

Cottam said he was at work Monday and until Wednesday. He repeated
his testimony of the previous day and said he had been without sleep
throughout Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and until late Wednesday afternoon
when he had been relieved by Bride.

"Did you or Bride send any message declaring that the Titanic was being
towed into Halifax?"

"No, sir," said the witness, with emphasis.

MARCONI EXPLAINS

In an effort to determine whether the signal "C. Q. D." might not have
been misunderstood by passing ships, Senator Smith called upon Mr.
Marconi.

"The 'C. Q.,'" said Marconi, "is an international signal which meant
that all stations should cease sending except the one using the call.
The 'D.' was added to indicate danger. The call, however, now has been
superseded by the universal call, 'S. O. S.'"

BRIDE ON THE STAND

Harold S. Bride, the sole surviving operator of the Titanic, was then
called.

Bride said he knew the Frankfurt was nearer than the Carpathia when he
called for assistance, but that he ceased his efforts to communicate
with the former because her operator persisted in asking, "What is the
matter?" despite Bride's message that the ship was in distress.

Time after time Senator Smith asked in varying forms why the Titanic did
not explain its condition to the Frankfurt.

"Any operator receiving 'C. Q. D.' and the position of the ship, if he
is on the job," said Bride, "would tell the captain at once."

Marconi again testified to the distress signals, and said that the
Frankfurt was equipped with Marconi wireless. He said that the receipt
of the signal "C. Q. D." by the Frankfurt's operator sh