m
onferred on tlic new offensive to
Arde Hip.i.
Crown Prince Frederick William's
rive In the Argonne forest now is nc
eptod iik a small success. in gaining
few >>.rds of terrain, but as a failure
V> attaining: its real objective?a de
fr.lRiv? penetration of the French line.
* The ominous attitude of the Welsh
fcoal miners causes serious apprehen
sion. The miners now liave increased
gthoir demands by asking the Bovern
cr.ei t to withdraw the royal proclama
tion making the coal mines subject
Jo the munitions act.
? President Runciman, of the Hoard of
JTrndc, rejected this proposal at a con
STorence last night. and a meeting held
Jn 'London to-day failed to secure any
ground for an adjustment
J The extremist leaders declared, how
jtever, that it Is a <juestion no longer of
Ji f> per cent wage increase, but the
Abrogation of the royal proclamation,
jjvhich subjects th> miners to a tine of
Jp25 daily for striking
" No effort yet lias been made to en
force the fines against the loO.OOO
^trikers. which th? N aders construe r.s
?in evidence of tin virtual impossibilit v
Sbf carrying out the plan.
& Reports received from all the Welsh
{centers show that the strike continues
fa.o cause much agitation, but no dis
to *
?order.
to
IwANY NEW FACES TO BE
ji IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
? (Continued from l-'irst Pag?-.?
A. Rinehart, \\ II Allen i Pemo
iratic pritn.tr> August
1 Eighth Pistri t 1 lock in chain (Dem
ocratic primary September ' *?; lists
jclose Jul> I*'.
i*Ninth P.strict Augusta. Highland
$nd cit> of Staunton ? William 11.
?Landes. I >-:ti ? ra i
Tenth Distri t- Shenandoah. Fred- .
ierlck and city >??f Winchester?Harry
JFlood Byrd. Democrat
j Eleventh District?Fauquier and Eoit
Sloun?Robert A. Mcintyre, T. C. Pil
Jher, A. P. Kell> tDemocratic primary
jVugust St.
* Twelfth District- Clark, Pace and
Xv arren?11 H Downing, S. (Gardner
M~all*r. R. S Blackburn Smith (Demo
cratic primary August 3(.
? Thirteenth District ? Spotsylvania.
Stafford, Louisa rind Fredericksburg?
f. O'Conor Ooolrick. Democrat.
* Fourteenth District ? Alexandria
County. Prince William, Fairfax and
Alexandria City?H. Ewell Thornton, ?
pemocrat.
*? Fifteenth District?Culpeper, Madi
ison, Rappahannock and Orange?Clyde
ST. Bowers. S M. Newhouse ( Democrat
ic primary August ">.
* Sixteenth District -Goochland, Pow- :
tiatan and Chesterfield. John H. V. at
Jiins, Dr. C. P. Hening i Democratic pri
inary August ID.
*- Seventeenth District ? Albemarle, j
tireene and city of Charlottesville?N". ?
i$. Early. Jr., Democrat.
?* Eighteenth District --- Appomattox. ;
Buckingham, Fluvanna and Charlotte
Is? Sands Gayle, Democrat.
.Nineteenth District?A:nhcr?t and
Nelson?Bland Massle, Aubrey E. '
Strode (Democratic primary August 3).
i- Twentieth District?Campbell ami
fclty of Lynchburg?Walter E. Addison,
Democrat.
Twenty - first District ? Halifax ?
j allies T Lacy. Democrat.
\ Twenty - second District ? Bedford.
Rockbridge and Buena Vista?W T
Paxton. A. W. Robertson, S. H. Price
1 Democratic primary, August St.
Twent y-third I'ist rict?Pittsylvania,
Henry and Danville?W. A. Garrett
{Democratic Convention, July 2-).
' Twenty-fourth District?Pittsylva
nia and Danville?George T. Rison,
1 ifinocrat.
Twenty-lift h District ? Mecklenburg
and Brunswick?W. H. Jeffreys, Jr., J.
I>. Flam (Democratic primary, August
3).
Tw?>nty-*?xt?i District?Franklin and (
Floyl. _ j
Twenty-W?venth District ? (.reenes-i
Ville. Hurry. Suss.-x and Prince George!
' \ii-v n. ilobhs, Sidney It. Burham,
Jr (Democratic primary August 3>.
Twenty-eighth District ? Nottoway, I
Amelia, Lunenburg. l'rince Edward
rind Cumberland?H K. Brock. George
K. Allen (Democratic primary, Au- j
^"t wen tv-ninth District ? Dinwiddle
nnd city* of Petersburg?P. H. Drewtry.
Democrat.
- Thirtieth District?Isle or \\ ignt,
Southampton and Nansemoud?-J. I'"
West, Democrat. ?
Thirty-first District ? Norfolk city?
K. C. Mathews, citizens' party; Col
rfnel V- H S'n .-.'it. .Ir. "organiza
tion' . H D l.egg Independent.
Thixty - svono ^iistriM ?Caroline,
^ianx^ er a" d JM ?-?* "\V illlam?C. t .
?rav.itt Oaru ? -'
? 'Thirty? -thi. 1 ; ?? .ct?Norfolk Coun
ty-- BJid ct! * t ? i thinouth-?Harry L.
Alexa.:a?r, W corhitt t Democratic
primary, Se.pt>. ?? r.<i .)
Thirty-fourt;t I>i? riot? King George,
Richmond, \Vtistri"?relami. Lancaster
and Northuml"*!-.itnl ? C. Harding ,
"Walker, Democrat
Thirty-fifth P ''ict Henrico, New
Kent, Charles <"iiy. James City and
Williamsburg?Julien iliinn, W. \V.
Ware (Democrat lr primarv, August
3).
Thirty-sixth District ? Elizabeth City, j
York, Warwick .tint Newport News?
Saxon \V Holt, Democrat.
Thirty -scVfsitli District?Accomac,
Northampton :>tt? i Princess Anne?G. i
Walter Mapp, Democrat.
Thlrty - eighth District -Richmond
city (two seat.*?? .lames K Cannon, 1
Charley W. Hardwieke, Morgan It
Mills, L>r?uis O Wendenbuj p (Demo
cratic. primary, August 3).
'? Thirty-ninth District ? Kins and
Queen, Middlesex, Kas< x. Olouctttor
and Mathews?John K. .Saunders,
Democrat.
DKLEGATISH AND DISTRICTS'.
Acr0mar I. Harry litnv, Democrat
Albemarle and Charlottesville (two
seats)?D. H. Pitts, ,S. M Page, Demo
crats.
! Alexandria ?'itv and County J Fred
Birrell. De tnocra t
Alleghany, Craig and Clifton Forge?
B. C. Goodwin Thomas M. McCnlcb
CPemocratie i ? maty August 2)
Amherst?W P. Mashie, M. I1 Gate
\fcrood, T. I". i'.i> t ?? t Deino'-ratlc pri
mary August |i>.
? Appom.it? ??>. !: I. Burk*. Democrat.
Amelia and Nottoway- T Freeman
Epes, Democrat
Augusta a J.'! 1 'it.t < r. M .?? ;?t?)
Herbert .1. Taylor William \V Sproul.
Democrat."
Bath, Highland. Buenrt V!?ta and
Rockbridge ?? John W. Stephenson,
Democrat.
Bedford (t wr. seats) ? H C Lowrv,
<lu V;jl Itadford, Tun.er, M k,
Padgett, II P,. Camden (Ik:- , rati
, primary August "i.
Botetourt K V Barley, P I" P.-own
(Democratic pilmary August :t i
Brunswick- H. 'i Ji,ne, \v 1 ? Vi,i? ?
tjnfe ( Democi Kti> primary August :t)
. Buckingham and Cumberlami \ I
Terrell. II. p. Baker (Deinoci au< j,r? -
rnary August ??)
Campbei;- Kugetie '>uld, Ro A R
sell (I>emo< ? th- primary August i
Caroline -\V. E Funis i Democrat).
Carroll
Charl'-tt#- -p.. rkley D. Adams, Demo
crat.
wChesterflelrt- Captain W. W. Baker,
' l>?mo< rat.
: CheMej fie'..j arid Powhatan
ClarK? and Warren .1 Ralph Grlgs
by, H. F Boyer, Fenrifetii N Gilpin
(Dfmoctatic primary August 3).
Culpeper II B Smftli, Democrat.
Dlcker^'-n and W ?
Z>lnwlddle ?John V Harris. J. Clyde
Black well, William P. Wells (Demo
emtio primary August 3).
Elizabeth City?llarry R. Houston.
Democrat.
Fairfax ? Walter Tanslll Oliver,
Frank Williams, Jr. (Democratic pri
maries August 3).
Fauquier?W. X. Tiffany, Democrat.
Fauquier an<l Loudoun?John O.
Daniel, T. F. Mason (Democratic pri
mary Auk list 3)'.
Floyd.
Franklin?D. A. Kmsey. I. D. Chap
man, G. \V. B. Hale (Democratic pri
mary August 3).
Frederick and Winchester?John M.
Stock. Boyd U. Richards (Democratic
primary August 3).
(?lies and Bland?A. K. Shumate,
Democrat; Walter S. Brown, Republi
can.
Gloucester?Major James N. Stubbs,
M\ton E. Bristow (Democratic pri
mary August 3).
Goochland and Fluvanna.
Grayson?No Democratic candidate;
M. o Cornett, Republican.
Halifax (two seats)?Dr. S. T. A.
Kent, D. W. Owen (Democrats).
Hanover?\V. B. Walton (Democrat).!
Henrico?C. W. Throckmorton, Har
ry C. Beattio (Democratic primary
August 3).
Henry?John W. Ramsey, Democrat.)
Isle of Wight?Thomas B. Wright, i
Lerc\v I,. Vellincs (Democratic primary]
August 3).
King and Queen, and Essex?Deatie ]
Hundley, J. X. Deshago (Democratic
primary August 3).
King William and Hanover?Thomas
C. Cummins, William A. Willeroy
t Democratic primary August 3). !
Lancaster and Richmond?R. <?. Xor- j
ris. Jr., John M. Lyell (Democratic pri
mary August 3).
Lee?John Kincaid, Democrat, nomi- ;
nated by convention; W. S. Coldlron. !
Republican.
l.oudoun?Dr. B. F. Xoland, Detn. '
l.ouisa?R. 1. Gordon, Jr.. Dem. J
Lunenburg?S. H. Love, Dem.
Lynchburg?J. C. Moss, Dem.
Madison and Greene?E. H. Lovell, ,
1 '??ni.
Mathews and Middlesex?J. William !
Daniel, R. H. Stubbs, Julius Healy, j
Alexander James (Democratic pri- |
mary August 3>; R. S. Bristow, Repub- |
lican.
Mecklenburg?John T. Lewis, C. S. !
Gordan. K. W. Hudgins (Democratic i
primary August 3).
Montgomery and Radford?D. H. ]
Barger, Dem.; U. G. Flanagan, Rep. j
Nansemond?Col. R. L. Brewer, Jr.,'
Dem.
Xelson. I
Newport Xews?W. K. Rarrett, P. W. !
Murraj (Democratic primary August
3).
Xew Kent. Charles City, James City.
York, Warwick and Williamsburg?N.
L. Henley, .1 D. Parker, J. H. Proctor
(Democratic primary August 3).
Norfolk City ttwo seats)?Thomas
11. Willoox. Jr., Garrett Walters, Or
ganization; W. P. Cousins, L. B. Cox,
Citizens. (Democratic primary Au
gust 3.)
Norfolk County (two seats)?How
ard A. Cason. Lawrence A. Page, D. C.
Davis. Channing Hall (Democratic
primary Aurust 3).
Northampton and Accomao?Thomas
B. Robertson. William Bullitt Fitz
hugh. Dr. G. Fr?><i Floyd (Democratic
primary August 3).
Nortnumbcrland and Westmoreland
?Thomas Brown. Sr , T. A. Jett (Dem
ocratic primary August 3).
Orange ? George L. Browning.
Charles B. Taliaferro, Sr. (Democratic
primary August 3).
Pago and Rappahannock?Col. R. F.
Lecdy, Dem.
Patrick.
, Pittsylvania and Danville (three
seats)?N. E. Clement, R. L. Dodson
Berryman Gre<"ti. Democrats.
Petersburg?Robert W. Price. Dem.
Portsmouth?J. Davis Reed, Dem.
I'rlnce Edward?Dr. Peter Winston, I
Dein. i
Princess Anne?Dr. K. E. White- j
head, A. C>. Baum < Democratic pri
mary August 3).
Prince William?Chris J. Meety?,
Dcm.
Pulaski?O. E Jordan, D?m.
Richmond city (live seats)?A. O.
Boschen, H. T. Bowden, W. A. Cren
shaw, 15. it. Fuller, Graham B. Hob
son, James P Jones, John B. Light
foot, Jr.. Willlnm M. Myers, .James H.
Price i Democratic primary August 3).
Roanoke, city-?H. U. Willis Dein.
Roanoke County?O. L Stearnes, ,T.
Sinclair Brown (Democratic primary
Aimust :i?.
Rockbridge and Buena Vifita?Hugh
A. White. Dcm.; W. D. Austin, Rep.
Rockingham (two seats) ? Democratic
primary September is, li>t closes July
lt?.
Russell?W. B A. Miller, Dcm.; L. B. I
Sutherland, Hep.
Scott.
j Shenandoah?Frank H. flrumback, j
I Dein.; Otto V. Pence, j?ep. |
I Smyth?H. L. Bonham, Rep.; no Dem
i ocratlc nominee. |
Southampton?Guy T Horner, J. S. j
j Musgrave, S. R Westbrook (Drmo- i
| era tic primary August
Spotsylvania and Fredericksburg? i
Granvi 11V H. Swift, Dein.; Robert L
Jones, hid.
Stafford and King George?Whit. D.
Peyton, D?m.; Thacker Berry, Ind.
Surry and Prince George?David A.
Harrison, Jr., Dem.
Sussex and Gn enegville?W. R. Cato,
W. 11 Purdv (Democratic primary
August 3). , \
Tazewell and Buchanan?No Dem
ocratic candidate; Republican not yet
named.
Washington' and Bristol <two seats,
convention not yet called).
Wythe John IT. Crockett, Dem.; W.
B. Ivegley, Rep.
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ORDUNA ATTACKED:
BARELY ESCAPES
LUSITANIA'S FATE
(Continued from First, 1'ago.)
i utes-after we had left her behind I
I looked through iny glasses and enw
' a white streak comlnc; towards us
j through the water. I wasn't sure at
j first It was a streak such as the wake
'of a torpedo or tlie periscope of a sub
' marine, but the question was soon
; set tled.
!toH!'KI>0 CIU IINS t'l*
WlllTK WAKI3 OK FOAM j
\ ' "it was a torpedo. We could see it]
I cominK towards us at high speed, j
.When it appeared to be half :i mile or:
, so off the Orduna seemed to jump
I ahead, und a second nfterwn.rds to!
! swerve to one side. It looked then asj
if the torpedo would strike us aft.;
Rut it didn't. It passed not more thanj
ten yards behind the rudder, churn - j
I inn up a white wake of foam as it j
passed by."
j The passengers turned their classes
I then upon the sailing: ship and tried
! to make out her name. Mr. Graham
j said he thought it was Norninnie, or
something similar.
; Maritime records here contain no
I Nornianie in the list of sailing vessels. ?
j A near approach to this name, how-'
I ever, is that of the American bark
\ Normandy. Normandy reached Liver
pool July 13. three days after the
Orduna was attacked, at the end of
a voyage from Gulfport. Miss., and on
her arrival members of her crew said
the Normandy was stopped by a Ger
man submarine sixty tulles southwest
of Tuskas Hock, off the southeast coast
of Ireland, Friday night. July !>, and
was forced to act as a shield for the
submarine which hid herself from the
Russian steamer I,eo. The submarine
submerged, according to tlW Nor
mandy's crew and proceeded around
the Normandy's bows. Ten minutes
later the crew of the Normandy saw
the 1-eo blown up. The Normandy, her
crew said, was forced to act as a
shield for the submarine on threat of
destruction.
This occurred, the Normandy's crew
said. on the night of July 9. Thej
Orduna was attacked on the morning
of July 9. and the scene of the attack
was about twenty miles distant from
the spot where the I-eo was sunk.
The captain of the Normandy,? how
ever, specifically denied the story told
bv the members of the crew. The 1
bark was stopped by the submarine, he '
said, but was allowed to proceed with
some of the T^eo's crew.
It Ml ON UOSr.XKlt AST'/.
It KSI'M t:s N A It It ATI V10
Resuming his narrative of the at- j
tack. Baron Rosenkrant?. said:
"A short time after the torpedo had j
clipped past the Orduna's stern?it
may have been fifteen minutes, it may
have been half an hour?a submarine :
came into sight. We were not special- I
ly surprised to see her, but what did
surprise us was her location. The tor- j
pedo had come at us from the port, i
and the submarine that now loomed up
was abaft our starboard quarter. This 5
may have been accounted for by the 1
fact that Captain Taylor had been
speeding the Orduna on a zigzag i
course. Possibly it was another sub
marine. I don't know. . I
"At any rate, she opened fire on us
. immediately. She seemed to have the :
I range, too. The first shell fell un- j
' comfortably close, and threw up a :
, fountain of water. Captain Taylor
| swerved again, and showed the sub- ;
marine only the liner's stern, making j
; as small a target as possible.
I "Before the first .-hot was tired, how- '
j ever, immediately after the torpedo ;
I missed us. the stewards ran to the ,
[staterooms and told th<- passengers to |
| get ready. Most of the passengers
were asleep. They dressed hurriedly, I
and when the first shot was lired were !
assembled on the upper deck, each pas- I
senger at his alotted place at the life- |
! boats. As a further precaution, each j
passenger put on a life belt.
| "The second shot passed over the ?
j heads of the passengers We could !
j hear th<* scream of the shell. Appar- !
' ently, the submarine was aiming at '
' the bridge and the wireless. We heard j
| the wireless crackle, and afterwards
| learned that the captain had sent out !
I a wireless call for help.
I "The third shot came within* a few,
! minutes?not more than five. It passed
very close over the deck. In fact, it
I seemed to graze one of the lifeboats '
! aft. In a few seconds the officers \
I shouted an order, not excitedly, but ;
I calmly, and as if the order was Just
j an every-day affair. Thera appeared i
j to be no excitement on the surface. |
I All aboard, passengers, crew and of- I
fleers, seemed outward ly calm.
ORDKIIS OMKVEn QI'K'KI.Y
I ANI) WITH O IT KXCITE.MRNT
" 'All passengers to the deck below,'
! was the order It was obeyed, quick
j ly and without excitement. Ah the
I passengers went down the steps, the
! lifeboats were lowered a few feet to
the level of the deck below. Tho pas
sengers assembled In, their places at
the lifeboats as before.
"1 went below with my wife, but
couldn't s.-e very well there, so came
back up on tho upper deck, and looked
through ,,?>? glasses at tho submarine.
I tried to Kot some clue as to her
Identity, hut could not.
"After the third shot, the real chase
began. Through my glasses I could
see the submarine coming fnst with a
bone in lie,- teeth?with the sprnv of
tho waves washing back over her bows
A fourth shot whistled over our heads!
"The Orduna was gaining. She ran
:i zigzag course, all tho time showing I
the .submarine only the stern, and out
maneuvering her pursuer. The dis- I
tance between us grew larger, the I
shots became fewer, and finally, nftet,,
about half nn hour, they censed alto- '
Bother, and the submarine disappeared
"Some little time after the subma
rine disappeared a small vessel, which
appeared to be very fast and was evi
dently a converted yacht, came close
by and steamed along with us for a
Ittle distance. I afterwards learned
that (Ins vessel was a warship, and I
was told on the way across that four
British warships had answered t ?
wireless s. o. ?. call of the Orduna and
had started towards lis. They were
turned back. I was told, when we were
out of danger.
"I cannot, therefore, understand whv
r?f ,lhW aUatk had "ached
"V 'T, , ^,r 11 WUH certa'nly known to
ho British admiralty. Nor can 1 un
Krst.ind why the admiralty failed to
give ns a convoy.
"Tho day we sailed, a few hours be
fore wo wore attacked, we passed the
? ? ? Si.ii liner Adriatic, hound in
r<?m Now York. She was convoyed by
two torpedo-boat destroyers."
William O. Thompson, of Chicago
counsel for the Federal Commission
on Industrial Relations, was another
passenger who saw the attack. He
said ho would send a protest to Wash
ington. lie declared tho attack was
deliberate, and pointed out that it was
upon a westbound liner, not heavily
munition!** "" ""
|'a.*si:\?ehs i.Ain
COXDl'CT OP CAPTA1M
Tho day aftor the attack the first
. passengers met and formally
11 .,hl" resolution, lauriIng Cap".
taln Taylor for his conduct:
We. the first-class passengers on
"he steamship Orduna on her memor
from Liverpool July S,
11... desire to express to you our heaft
Wt appreciatioa and our admiration
the masterly manner In which vou
m aneuvered and handled your ship dur
ing the sudden and deliberate attack
I," VTm ?" the mor"'?S July
. a ?erinan submarine.
We feel that it was entirely due to
l78tourcef?l?e? and unfailing
heJ,,!r WC eecapeU dangers and
the sufferings of having to take to the
open boats, and that the German com
i ander was completely defeated in his
and .Hi,!"10 ?n ?{ destro>inK ship
and setting us adrift on the sea.
"We thank you. and we hope that
nndrinr,,? 7 COnduct uncler ^ell t|ro
Si ' ,e f"ce of Krave danger will
it fir e .se:vhpre the awHr'? and praise
it so well deserves." i
nrl-he American" s'Knlng this letter !
nfA,ir:iIan1d,Mr'- La,lre"ce Johnson. Jr.,j
of PvR;, WiUUm ?" Thompson.!
icago, \ iolet Kichmond Smith, of!
?hicago; 1-ord Humboldt Keith, Harry!
Newark.?11 " Leafy" aU of
Mr. and Mrs. n. H. Manlev. of N'el
son. R. C., and Mrs. F. M. Morse, of
\ innipeg, also signed the letter, as
wife a*ThBann R?fl0nkran'^ and his!
The British subjects, residents!
of C.reat Britain, who signed the com'
municatlon were eleven In number
Aceounts of the passengers were j
!?.#S to ,he attack, except that!
fou Of them saw the beginning when
the torpedo was launched. Of the!
firing all gave the earne version.
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STATKMBNT TO OKFIOIAKS
UV CAPTAIN TAYLOR
Captain Taylor, whose command of
the vessel under Hie won the admira
tion and praise Of the passengers, mnd?
tho following statement to Charles H.
Sumner, general agent of the Ounnrd
Line hero:
"At 6:60 A. M., July 9, the lookout
man on the after-bridge rang the tele
graph, at the samo time pointing his
hand downward and out on the port
beam. The third officer was immedi
ately sent aft to Inquire what was
seen. He returned quickly, and re'
ported both men had seen a torpedo
pass across the st?rn from port to
starboard, only ten feet clear of the
rudder.
"In the meantime, both the chief
offlcer and myself distinctly saw tho
trail of the torpedo, extending from
the stern to about 200 yards out on the
port beam.
"About eight minutes afterward tho
chief officer and I saw the submarine
come to the surface about two points
on the starboard quarter (distant three
fourths mile), with five or six men on
her deck getting her gun ready. I
Immediately ordered all possible steam,
altered the course and brought her
right astern when they began shellir.g
us.
"The first shot struck the water
abreast of the forecastle, on the star
board side, about thirty feet off. The
second dropped Just under the bridge;
the third abreast of No. 6 hatch, quite
close alongside: the fourth under the
stern, sending up a volume of water
forty feet high. The fifth and sixth
and last shells all fell short.
"The firing then ceased, and the sub
marine was soon left far astern.
"It was an ideal day for torpedo at
tack?light winds, slight ripple, clear
wenther. The periscope could only
have been a few inches above water,
for a very strict lookout was being
kept at the time by the chief and third
officers and myself and four lookout
men. However, we failed to see her
before she fired a torpedo.
"Not the least warning was given,
and most or nearly all the passengers
wer?> asleep at the time. It was al
most another case of brutnl murder."
ATTACK COMES AS LITTI,K
LiKSS THAN SHOCK
WASHINGTON. July 17.?News of the
nttack on tho Cunarder Orduna upsets
the theory of some o(IIcI:iIh hore that
Germany, while not yielding in tho
American diplomatic demands that un
armed rhlps be warned of attack in
accordarfico with international law, was
In practice observing that procedure.
On that theory much hope had been
built for the successful effect' of tho
diplomatic representations brought
about by tho Lusltanla disaster. In
support of their theory ofTlclals had
pointed out that the British ships
Armenian and Anglo-Callfornian, on
both of which American lives wore lor.t,
were warned. As both atteifipted to
escape?and one actually did?the
United States held It could give its
subjects In those eases no relief.
Tho view that Germany now was
conducting her submarine warfare In
accordance with the principles for
which the United States contends lias
been so confidently entertained in of
ficial quarters that tho attack on the
Orduna camo as little less than a shock.
Only yesterday Count liernstorff, the
tierman ambassador, expressed to Sec
retary Lansing his confidence that j
there would not be another disaster j
like the sinking of the Lusitania.
.
FINDINGS IN LUSITANIA
INQUIRY MADE PUBLIC
i (Continued from First Pago.)
that they did their duly. Captain
Turner remained on the bridge till he
was swept Into the tsea. and Captain
Anderson was working on deck until
he went overboard and was drowned."
The court also praised Lesiio N.
Morton, acting as extra lookout when
the Lusitania was torpedoed.
"He was only eighteen years of age,
but he seems to have exhibited great
courage, self-possession and resource,"
said Lord Mersey. "He was the first
to observ the approach of the tor
pedoes, and before they had touched
the ship he had reported them to tho
bridge by telephone."
INSTUl'.MKXTAL IN SAVING
VKAHI.Y 1(M? 1,1 VES
Though knocked off his feet when
a torpedo hit the Lusitania, and later
having to swirn for his life. Lord Mer
eey said, the youth, aided by a member
of the crew named Parry, righted a col
lapsible boat, and was Inotrumontal
In Having nearly 100 lives.
"Some paHsengora attempted to ns
slst In launching the boata. a;id, In my
opinion, they did more harm than
good," Lord-Mersey said. "It Is. how
ever, quite Impossible to Impose anjr,
blame on thorn. They were all work
ing for the best."
The warnings issued by Germany be
fore the ship left New York, tho court
found, only aggravated tho crime of
her sinking.
Explaining the curtailment of boiler
power. Lord Mersey said the l?usltania
had made ttve successive trips in this
fashion, and, "In my opinion, this re
duction in the steamer's speed was of
no significance and was proper in thw
circumstances.".
Lord -Mersey characterized the tor
pedoing as a "murderous attack, be
cause it was made with a deliberate
and wholly unjustifiable Intention > *
killing the people on board."
Of tho testimony of a passenger ?le
scrlblng himself as a French subject,
who stated he had heard an explosion
similar to the rattling of a Maxim gun.
Lord Mersey said:
j "I do not believe this gentlemen.
Ills demeanor was very unsatisfactory,
an<l there was no confirmation of his
story. In my opinion, there was no
explosion of any part of the cargo.
"Complaints were made by some wit
nesses about the manner in wliic!< the
boats were launched and about their
leaky condition. 1 do not question the
good faith of these witnesses, but I
think their complaints were ill founded.
There doubtless were some accidents in
handling the ropes, but it Is impossible
to impute negligence or incompetency
In connection with them. There is no
satisfactory evidence that any of the
I boats leaked."
Regarding tho instructions to Cap
tain Turner, Lord Mersey said:
"It was made abundantly plain to me
that the admiralty had devoted most
anxious caro and thouRht to questions
arising out of the submarine peril, and
that they had diligently collected all
available information likely to affect
| the voyage of tho Lusitanla.
1 "It Is certain that In some respects
I Captain Turner did not follow the ad
: vice given him. It may be. though I
: seriously doubt It, that had he don* so
jhls ship would have rcnched Liverpool
|in safety. "The eoncluslon I have ar
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