The committee had in mind the drafting of important legislation as the result of its hearing. Regulation of the use of the air by wireless operators so as to prevent interference in times of wreck at sea is one law that seemed almost sure to be enacted. Another was legislation requiring not only American, but all foreign vessels using American ports to be equipped with enough lifeboats to take off every passenger and every member of the ship’s crew if need be. Patrol of the steamship lanes for icebergs was another. It seemed likewise not at all unlikely that the committee would recommend and Congress enact a law requiring ships, at least those under American registry, to carry two operators so that one may be on duty while the other sleeps. The President seemed likely to be asked by a joint resolution of Congress to open negotiations with foreign powers to establish a new and much more southerly steamship lane across the Atlantic by international agreement. SENATE TO PROBE FALSE MESSAGE. It developed that the Senate Committee intended to make one of the most important features of its probing work and examination in the false messages that were given out by the White Star Line office in New York on Monday when it was said that the Titanic had struck an iceberg, but that she was in tow of the Virginian, which was taking her to Halifax and that all on board were safe. Incident to the sudden close of the hearing was the story of Harold S. Bride, the second and only surviving wireless operator of the Titanic. His tale was one of suffering and of death. He told of the final plunge of the vessel to its ocean burial. Its captain’s end also was revealed. He leaped from the bridge when the waters were closing over his ship. In connection with the transfer of the hearing to Washington it was intimated that the power of the Senate on federal territory would be undisputed in getting at the real facts and no question of State rights could arise to interfere. Throughout the hearing, also, officials of the White Star Line had portrayed the dangers of sailors’ boarding houses in New York as a reason why those detained by the committee should be allowed to sail on the Lapland, which left today. Throughout the hearing Wireless Operator Bride, crippled as a result of his experiences and seated in an invalid’s chair, told his story of the last moments of the Titanic. His narrative, drawn from him piecemeal by Senator Smith, of Michigan, chairman of the committee, held enthralled the committee and the audience. When his ordeal was ended he was almost on the verge of collapse. THE LAXITY OF THE WIRELESS