"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 The call, however, now has been superseded by the universal call, 'S. O. S.'"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.