SENATOR PROTESTS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1430, 3 May 1912, Page 5

SENATOR PROTESTS.

ENQUIRY UNWARRANTABLEVESSEL MANNED BY BRITISH. ffiy Talcffr»»li—Press Asßioiatlonu (Itcc. May 3, 0.50 a.m.) Washington, May 2. Senator Works, of California, lias protested in tho Senate against Senator Smitli's investigation into the wreck of the litniiie, which was manned bv Hr:tish. subjects ami answerable to British law. 'l'lie Government went to unwarrantable lengths ami what the Senate ought to know could have been ascertained in is few hours. SENATOR SMITH APOLOGISES. Washington, May 1. Senator Smith, chairman of the Senate's Committee of Inquiry, has apologised to Mr. Lowe, fifth, officer of the Titanic, for his reference to Mr. Lowe's sobriety. Ho says he did not intend to east any reflection on Mr. Lowe, tlio word "intemperate" having been interpreted as relating to Mr. Lowe's liabits instead of his temper. TOWN ISM.AY TO BE RENAMED. Sioux City (Iowa), May 1. The residents of a town named Ismav aro taking step's to alter its name in consequence of the criticisms addressed to Mr. Brace Jsmay, head of the White Star Company, in connection with the Titanic inquiry. The inhabitants aro contemplating renaming the town Butt, Astor, or Strauss. THE TITANIC'S ENGINEERS. London, May 1. The London "Chroniclo" is organising a special fund for a /nc-moriul to the 'l'itanic's engineers, and also for the benefit' of the orphans. MONEY FOUND ON BODIES. Halifax, May 1. Ten thousand pounds sterling was found on various bodies recovered from the sea by tho steamer Mackay Bennett. THE RELIEF FUND. (Rec. May 2, 11.25 p.m.) London, May !. The relief fund now amounts to ,£322,000, including the women's fund, totalling •Xi-,000.