Sinking of the "Titanic"

by Jay Henry Mowbray

“You had the telephone apparatus at your ear?” inquired Senator Smith, in surprise.

“Yes, sir.”

“And you did not respond to the call?”

“No, sir.”

“Then a half hour later on, about five hours before the disaster, you took the message when it was intended for another vessel, the Baltic?”

“Yes, sir.”

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.

MEANING OF DIFFERENT CALLS.

“The C. Q.,” said Mr. 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 The call, however, now has been superseded by the universal call, ‘S. O. S’.”

Senator Smith then resumed the direct examination of Bride, who has said the North German Lloyd was the first to answer the Titanic’s distress signal.