MR. EVANS: The sent date was 5:35 p.m., New York time.
SENATOR SMITH: When did you next communicate with the Titanic and what was the message you sent or received?
MR. EVANS: 9:05 New York time, sir.
SENATOR SMITH: What day?
MR. EVANS: On the 14th, sir, the same evening, New York time, that is. I went outside of my room just before that, about five minutes before that and we were stopped, and I went to the captain and I asked him if there was anything the matter. The captain told me he was going to stop because of the ice, and the captain asked me if I had any boats, and I said the Titanic. He said, "Better advise him we are surrounded by ice and stopped." So I went to my cabin, and at 9:05 New York time I called him up. I said, "Say, old man, we are stopped and surrounded by ice." He turned around and said, 'Shut up, shut up, I am busy; I am working Cape Race," and at that I jammed him.
SENATOR SMITH: What do you mean by that?
MR. EVANS: By jamming we mean when somebody is sending a message to somebody else and you start to send at the same time, you jam him. He does not get his message. I was stronger than Cape Race. Therefore my signals came in with a bang, and he could read me and he could not read Cape Race.
SENATOR SMITH: Was that the last time you heard from the Titanic that night?
MR. EVANS: The last time I exchanged signals with them? I heard them working at 11:25.
SENATOR SMITH: Heard him working?
MR. EVANS: Working Cape Race. He was still working Cape Race, sending messages.
SENATOR SMITH: That was at what time?
MR. EVANS: 11: 25 Sunday night.
SENATOR SMITH: That was 15 minutes before the Titanic struck the iceberg, or was that New York time?
MR. EVANS: That was 11:25 ship's time.
SENATOR SMITH: After you jammed him, as you say, you heard nothing further from him direct?
MR. EVANS: No, sir.
SENATOR SMITH: You picked up some wireless messages from him that were direct to Cape Race?
MR. EVANS: I had the phone on my ear, and heard him sending, but I did not take them down.
SENATOR SMITH: You had the phone on your ears?
MR. EVANS: Yes, sir.
SENATOR SMITH: And you heard him sending those messages?
MR. EVANS: Yes, sir.
SENATOR SMITH: But you did not take them down?
MR. EVANS: No, sir.
SENATOR SMITH: What were those messages that you heard, as nearly as you can recollect.
MR. EVANS: They were private messages.
SENATOR SMITH: Can you recollect what they were?
MR. EVANS: You mean did I read these messages?
SENATOR SMITH: Could you read them, or can you remember them?
MR. EVANS: No, sir.
SENATOR SMITH: Have you got them?
MR. EVANS: No, sir.
SENATOR SMITH: Then you are unable to furnish the committee with the contents of those private messages from the Titanic to the Cape Race station?
MR. EVANS: Yes, sir.
SENATOR SMITH: Do you know whether they had any reference to ice?
MR. EVANS: I have no recollection, sir. I generally keep my ears open for anything about ice, if I hear anything about ice, and always take it down ­ ice or derelicts. I always take it down. I would not be positive I did not hear anything about ice, but I do not recollect anything.
SENATOR SMITH: What time did you retire that night?
MR. EVANS: At 11:25 I still had the phones on my ears and heard him still working Cape Race, about two or three minutes before the half hour ship's time, that was, and at 11:35 I put the phones down and took off my clothes and turned in.
SENATOR SMITH: When were you awakened?
MR. EVANS: About 3:30 a.m., New York time.
SENATOR SMITH: And who awakened you?
MR. EVANS: The chief officer.
SENATOR SMITH: What did he say to you?
MR. EVANS: He said, "There is a ship that has been firing rockets in the night. Please see if there is anything the matter."
SENATOR SMITH: What ship's officer was that?
MR. EVANS: The chief officer of our ship, Mr. Stewart.
SENATOR SMITH: He said rockets had been fired during the night?
MR. EVANS: Yes, sir.
SENATOR SMITH: And he would like to have you see if there was anything the matter?
MR. EVANS: Yes, sir.
SENATOR SMITH: What did you do?
MR. EVANS: I jumped out of bed, slipped on a pair of trousers and a pair of slippers, and I went at once to my key and started my motor, and gave "C.Q." About a second later I was answered by the Frankfurt 'D.K.D., Dft." The "Dft," is the Frankfurt's call. He told me the Titanic had sunk.
SENATOR SMITH: He told you the Titanic had sunk?
MR. EVANS: Yes, sir.
SENATOR SMITH: You went to your operating room?
MR. EVANS: My bunk is in the same room as the apparatus.
SENATOR SMITH: You put the telephone on you head?
MR. EVANS: Yes, sir.
SENATOR SMITH: And received from the Frankfurt­­
MR. EVANS: (interrupting). I started my motor first, and called. I called "C.Q."C.Q. means all stations, some one answer ­ and gave my own code signal. The D.F.T. answered me. He said, 'Do you know the Titanic has sunk during the night, collided with an iceberg?" I said, "No; please give me the latest position." He gave me the position. I put the position down on a slip of paper, and then I said, "Thanks, old man," to the German operator, and then the Virginian started to call me, "M.G.M." He started to call me up, and I told him to go. I answered him and told him to go. He said, "Do you know the Titanic had sunk?" I said, 'Yes, the Frankfurt just told me." I sent them a message of my own, what we call a service message, that an operator can always make up if he wants to find out something. I sent a service message, and said, "Please send me official message regarding Titanic, giving position."
SENATOR SMITH: Have you got with you the message you received from the Frankfurt at 3:40 Monday morning?
MR. EVANS: No, sir; that was not an official message; that was only a conversation. But a few minutes after that I got an official message from the Virginian.
SENATOR SMITH: I would like any message, if you have it, that you received from the Frankfurt.
MR. EVANS: No, sir; I have none.
SENATOR SMITH: You have none at all?
MR. EVANS: No, sir. The only thing he gave me was the position of the Titanic. He did not send me an official message.
SENATOR SMITH: He gave you more than the position of the Titanic. He told you the Titanic had sunk.
MR. EVANS: He simply told me the Titanic had sunk.
SENATOR SMITH: Then he gave you her position?
MR. EVANS: Yes, sir. The chief officer was in the room, and I said, "Wait a moment; I will get an official message." I got the official message and the positions were both the same. The position I got from the Virginian and the position I got from the Frankfurt were both the same. I sent that up to the skipper. I did not have time to date the message. I dated my own copy of the message, but I did not get the name of the ship on either, or the date, or who it was addressed to , in my hurry.
SENATOR SMITH: Did you have difficulty whatever working with the Frankfurt operator?
MR. EVANS: Not then, sir.
SENATOR SMITH: Did you afterwards?
MR. EVANS: He was jamming a little afterwards, and interfering when I was trying to get the Carpathia.
SENATOR SMITH: Did the Frankfurt operator say anything to you about his having received a C.Q.D. call from the Titanic immediately after she struck the iceberg?
MR. EVANS: No, sir.
SENATOR SMITH: Did he say anything to you about having received a rebuff from the operator of the Titanic?
MR. EVANS: No, sir.
SENATOR SMITH: Did you understand that the operator of the Titanic, after he had given the Frankfurt the C.Q.D. called, had waited 20 minutes before he had received any reply and then received a reply from the Frankfurt, asking what was the matter and that he then said to the Frankfurt "You are a fool, keep out?" Did you hear anything of that kind from the Frankfurt operator?
MR. EVANS: No, sir.
SENATOR SMITH: Or from anyone else?
MR. EVANS: No, sir; only from the papers when I got in.
SENATOR SMITH: Did you know the Frankfurt's position when she gave the message that the Titanic had sunk?
MR. EVANS: No, sir. He told me he was about 30 or 40 miles off. I remember that. He did not give me the official position, no, sir.
SENATOR SMITH: Did he give you an unofficial position?
MR. EVANS: No, sir.
SENATOR SMITH: That is, the longitude and latitude?
MR. EVANS: No, sir.
SENATOR SMITH: But he said he was about 30 or 40 miles off?
MR. EVANS: Yes, sir.
SENATOR SMITH: How did he happen to say that?
MR. EVANS: I asked him. I forget how it happened, now, but he said, "We are 30 or 40 miles off. We are steaming as fast as we can." But this was after I had taken the message up, and we were under way. I said, "We are steaming full speed, now."
SENATOR SMITH: I understand you perfectly. He told you that after he had told you the Titanic had sunk.
MR. EVANS: Yes, sir.
SENATOR SMITH: Did he tell you from whom he obtained the information that the Titanic had sunk?
MR. EVANS: No, sir.
SENATOR SMITH: Do you know from whom he obtained it?
MR. EVANS: I did not know until I got in, sir. I only knew from the newspapers and what I said just now.
SENATOR SMITH: Did you tell me what the mate said when he woke you up between 3 and 4 o'clock Monday morning?
MR. EVANS: He came into my room between 3 and 4; opened the door. He knocked at the door, but I was asleep, and he came in. He said he knocked at the door and then came in.
SENATOR SMITH: Was it locked?
MR. EVANS: No; we never lock a door on the ship. He came into my room, and I did not wake up, and he caught hold of me. As soon as he touched me I woke up with a start, and he said, "Wireless, there is a ship that has been firing rockets in the night. Will you come in and see if you can find out what is wrong ­ what is the matter?" I slipped on my trousers and called at once. Within five minutes I knew what had happened.
SENATOR SMITH: I believe you had been in communication with the Carpathia the night before, had you not?
MR. EVANS: No, sir.
SENATOR SMITH: Had you been in communication with the Parisian?
MR. EVANS: Yes, sir.
SENATOR SMITH: What time?
MR. EVANS: I got him in the morning, sir, and then ­ no; I think I got him the day before.
SENATOR SMITH: I think I will let you look that up a little later unless you have it handy there. What time?
MR. EVANS: 6:30 a.m., New York time, on the 13th of April, exchanged T.R.'s with the Parisian.
SENATOR SMITH: Do you know her position at that time?
MR. EVANS: No, sir.
SENATOR SMITH: Did you hear anything from the Amerika on Sunday?
MR. EVANS: No, sir; not on the 14th.
SENATOR SMITH: I do not want to have you take any time to look it up, but do you recall having obtained any communication with the Amerika on Saturday? I will not ask you to trouble yourself. If you have it right there, I would like to know.
MR. EVANS: No, sir; I did not.
SENATOR SMITH: You did not have any communication with the Amerika?
MR. EVANS: No, sir.
SENATOR SMITH: Did you have any with the Amerika after you left the scene of the Titanic's wreck?
MR. EVANS: I do not know; I do not think so.
SENATOR SMITH: You can not now recall?
MR. EVANS: I can not recall it.
SENATOR SMITH: What are you wages per month?
MR. EVANS: £4.
SENATOR SMITH: And board?
MR. EVANS: Yes.
SENATOR SMITH: You have your board on ship, and room?
MR. EVANS: Yes.
SENATOR SMITH: Is that the regulation wage of wireless telegraphers?
MR. EVANS: It is for a beginner; yes, sir.
SENATOR SMITH: Are you paid that by the steamship company or the Marconi Co.?
MR. EVANS: By the Marconi Co.
SENATOR BOURNE: Did you think it at all strange when you got "Shut up" from the Titanic or is that customary when you break in to prevent the jamming?
MR. EVANS: If he was working. He had a lot of message to get off.
SENATOR BOURNE: Do you think he got your full message?
MR. EVANS: His signals came in with a bang; therefore my signals must have come into him very loudly.
SENATOR BOURNE: Was he not already engaged in sending to Cape Race at that time?
MR. EVANS: He was receiving at the time I sent the message, at the time I communicated with him.
SENATOR BOURNE: Would not his attention be directed toward the messages he was receiving from Cape Race, he being in communication with Cape Race, rather than the message from you, breaking in on the message?
MR. EVANS: I do not know about that. He must have received that anyway.
SENATOR BOURNE: Can you take more than one message at the same time?
MR. EVANS: No; but my signals were the loudest.
SENATOR BOURNE: And they would drown out his?
MR. EVANS: You would not hear the other one because, myself, I could not hear Cape Race that night.
SENATOR BURTON: You think he must have received your message before he shut you off, because you had the louder note and would have drowned out the message from Cape Race while you were transmitting your message?
MR. EVANS: He must have received my communication; yes, sir.
SENATOR BURTON: You are very sure of that, are you? You are confident that that must have been the fact ­ that he received your message, and that while you were transmitting it the other message would have been obscured or drowned out by your message?
MR. EVANS: Certainly; yes, sir. Cape Race would only be a whisper and mine would come in with a bang.
SENATOR BURTON: Just what was the message that you sent when you received that word, "Shut up." Will you read that again?
MR. EVANS: I said, "Say, old man, we are stopped and surrounded by ice."
SENATOR BURTON: That is what you said?
MR. EVANS: I called him up first. I said, "MGY" three times, and gave him my own call signal once, which is "MWH." I said, ""Say, old man, we are surrounded by ice, and stopped."
SENATOR BOURNE: You gave your location, did you not?
MR. EVANS: No, sir; I was just giving that as a matter of courtesy, because the captain requested me to.
SENATOR BOURNE: You expected a reply from him, or an inquiry as to what your location was, where the ice was, did you not?
MR. EVANS: No, sir. I thought he was very much south of me, because we were bound for Boston, and we were north of the track. We were following the track of the Parisian.
SENATOR FLETCHER: You said the Frankfurt reported she was 30 or 40 miles off?
MR. EVANS: Yes, sir.
SENATOR FLETCHER: Off from you, or off from the Titanic?
MR. EVANS: Off from the scene of the disaster.
SENATOR FLETCHER: Do you know where the Frankfurt was, as to you?
MR. EVANS: Southeast somewhere. He was on the homeward track and he must have been south of us.
SENATOR FLETCHER: And the scene of the disaster was in what direction from you at that time?
MR. EVANS: I could not exactly say. Between southeast and southwest, I think, I would not be sure of that.
SENATOR FLETCHER: Was the Frankfurt between you and the scene of the disaster?
