Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-10-05

was one Of his own code words, mean
ing that the Lusitania was going ahead
at high speed. The word full" after
"tank," he said, would mean that she
was going at her top speed of twenty
five knots.
The weakest part of the great liner
was the Cunard Daily Bulletin, which
was so feeble that the printer used to
go to sleep setting 1t up. 1t struck the
crowd Of newspaper men on board that
1t would be kindness to the purser.
who was editor as we'll as press cen
sor, If we took the labor of his hands
and brought out a real live paper filled
with the little incidents and romances
that were happening every minute
around us. When the proposition was
put to him Mr.. Lancaster stepped buck
at least four feet. with alarm depicted
on his cherub-like countenance, and
said:
.Oh, no! One would never know
what would happen to one If one al
lowed ones work to be taken out OF
ones hands, would one?"
1--WE thought that 1t was possible
zone would not" judging by the re-
marks the owner of the amateur code
made daily about the censor.
BY noon on Tuesday we had made
run Of 575 miles. 1.121 miles from
Queenstown, and all on board felt hap
by with the idea that the British flag
would once more fly in the van and the
colors Of the famous Deutschland
would be hauled down. Alas, it was
not to be! That night we had rough
sea and strong north-northeast wind
which whistled around the promenade
deck, but did not rock the ship little
bit
The pools We're auctioned OF each
night in the smoking room, which
seemed to arouse some Of the men on
board from their lethargy in the hope
of winning money from their fellow
passengers. The highest pool was
ST 900 and was won by man who
paid 5000 for the number
About midday on Wednesday. after
the run Of $40 miles had been put up
on the notice board, the whistle was
blown, and as the weather was clear
we all rushed out on deck to discover
the cause. BY the aid Of powerful
glasses we saw small steamer about
twenty miles ahead right in our track.
Vy>S, to tho 0f1.
Ger from the altitude of eighty feet on
the bridge that he was afraid the Lusi-
tania would run her down, and Draw
ny chief from Scotlands shores shout
ed out over the bow, ship ahoy, get
out Of the road or We'll sink you" Al
most before the excitement had died
away we passed her.
On Wednesday night we. had con-
cert in the lounge, with a couple Of
speeches, in one Of which Senator
Sutherland declared that the Lusitania
was more beautiful than Solomon's
temple and large enough to hold all his
wives and mothers-in-law, while Rob-
ert Balfour, NJ. p, spoke Of the ship
as another link OF friendship between
America and England. Senator Suth-
erland caused the first laugh that had
been raised on the ship since leaving
Queenstown by his speech because he
came from Utah, though not Nor
mon. y
Late on Wednesday night we noticed
that the speed had increased very
c%o oil
through the water at great rate.
Then at 11:30 p. IN. a fog came on and
dashed our hopes once more. We could
not make out where the bad luck
came from, as there were no Jonahs
on board and all hands were kind to
Bill, the ships big black cat, which
always walked the rounds with the
master at arms when he went through
the ship ut night. Then some one dis
covered that we were to land in New
York on Friday, the 18th, and lie at
the foot of Thirteenth street. Then
we knew that the record held by the
Deutschland for so many years would
not be lowered this trip.
Next day at noon the run of 593 was
announced, which was the best since
we started, but it was too late to save
us. AS we passed Nantucket lightship
Captain Watt said he was pleased with
the ship and satisfied that she had
done all that was expected from her,
but he would net speak of what the
Lusitania might do in the future.
The canny Scot who had charge Of
the engines said In an off moment,
when the press censor was not stand
ing by, that we had consumed about
1000 tons Of coal day; but, Judging
of the trial trip when she used up for
ty-f1ve tons an hour, there is likeli-
hood that it was nearer LOO to 1000.
All hands ON board enjoyed the trip,
but there was general though un-
reasonable feeling of disappointment
that the steamer was not driven lit
tie more to beat the German steamers
records.
An Insidious Danger.
Of rcf nf 1-i1roNy