The witness told of having intercepted a message from the Californian intended for the Baltic, which told of the presence of three huge icebergs in the vicinity of the former vessel. “I gave the message to the captain personally,” he said. Bride did not take down the message and could not give its precise form. “The Californian was seeking out the Baltic, and I merely noted that it was an ice report and told the captain,” he said. Under a fire of questions Bride acknowledged that a half hour previously, or at 4.30 Sunday afternoon, he was working on his accounts in the wireless room when he heard the Californian trying to raise the Titanic. He did not respond, he said, because, he was “busy.” “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 The call, however, now has been superseded by the universal call, ‘S. O. S’.”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. “Have you heard it said that the Frankfurt was the ship nearest to the Titanic?” the senator asked. “Yes, sir; Mr. Phillips told me that.” “How did he know?” “By the strength of the signals,” said the witness, who added that the Carpathia answered shortly after. The witness said that twenty minutes later the Frankfurt operator interrupted to ask “what was the matter?” “What did you reply?” the senator inquired. “Mr. Phillips said he was a fool and told him to keep out.” There was no further effort to get the Frankfurt’s position. Time after time Senator Smith asked in varying forms why the Titanic did not explain in detail its condition to the Frankfurt. “Any operator receiving C. Q. D. and the position of the ship, if he is on the job,” said Bride, “would tell the captain at once.” “Ask him if it would have taken longer to have sent ‘You are a fool, keep out,’ than ‘we are sinking?’” suggested Senator Reed. “Was your object in dismissing the somewhat tardy inquiry of the Frankfurt due to your desire to hang on to a certainty, the Carpathia?” inquired Senator Smith. The witness said it was. “But under the circumstances could you not with propriety send a detailed message to the Frankfurt?” Senator Smith insisted. “I did not think we could under the circumstances.” BRIDE INTERROGATED.