New-York tribune., 1909-09-03
LUSITAN[A SEA QUEEN
u,RESTS RECORDS FROM
HER SISTER STEEP.
Makes Fastest WcSt5cGrd Passage
Ercr Ran IcoNs ItlapfjC-RcaI
F0ar-Dag Boat Noe.


y =. Turner. her commander had AT the same
.i,s ,,restod from Captain l=ritchard of the
,,s,,retania an honor he had been soclinA for
some time
rbe Mauretauia had eclpsod tho records Of Ths
tusitaria ard unti Yesterday the haEShlp hfo
had things her own WAY. captain fi1t'harn'
VI is to retire soon. had frequently said he
,,oslg make the Mauretalia real four-daN SHIP
h,rlro he gave mp command iut the prize MAS
,.kau from him last niert hy captain Turner
vhe,r he brought the Lustania un 10 0uaTah-
tf-.. p.rare sunset and landed his passengers at
$50 p. IN.
Although her light had been TracucalY h'i-
den under a bushel these twelve m"h''S' "''
Tueitauia came prominently into tho glare yes
terdav. the breaker of all westward RECORDS l'.
time Of passage and average speed 7he 'Ie'l''''
,,r everything but the record Tor the best day
r,n which stiu stands 90 The credit "i tA'
Mauretana.
The Lusitauia left the Landing stage at Liver
pool at 5.H9 D. m. Saturday, ana arrived al
Queenstown at 3:44 a. m. sunday. Captain 'rur-
ner said he was detained longer than usual at
Queenstown. taking on the Irish mail and pas
sengers Had it not been for this delay he said
he would have been abeam the Ambrose Chan-
mel Lightship much earlier yesterday
The big liner left Queenstown on sunday
morning and cleared Daunts Rock LghtShf
at 20 A II. She had good weather throughout
the run unt:l Wednesday night. when she en-
countered a blow that came up from the south
east and shifted the northwest. The bio" in
creased ss it shifted and retarded considerably
the fast time the Lusitania had been making
REAL FOUR-DAY BOAT.
The distance OF 27S4 knots from Hghtship 90
lightship was covered by the Lusitania in
DAYS il hours and ~ minutes. AT an averag"
speed Of 25S5 knots. This record beat IN"
Mauretania's best time of passage hy hours
1-.-r - r-.-s -sIfra
by one one-hundredth OF a knot.
While the representatives OF the Cuuarl Lin"
were elated last night over the great burst o.
speed shown 10y their first quadruIle screw t1r-
bne in her wonderful passage from Daunts
Rock TO Ambrose Channel. they felt that the
real triumph was her ability 10 take passengers .
on board AT Liverpool on saturday afternoon
and land then in New York on Thursday even
ing.
They felt deep satisfaction that the Lusi-
tana, under a handicap of a compulsory late
departure from Liverpool was able through her
own great power and speed 20 become the real
four-dsy, Thursday ship" for which she in
tended.
The figures in her time of passage T. II. A.
were the source Of much iestiug on board. Some
~ the English passengers unfamiliar with the
fayorte negro game of chance known as policy
c aid not understand Vernon II. Brown. former
sEent Of the line when he told Captain Turner
ne nal DetLeF Elu Two minutes 10 lile ll'' ia
passage
Although retired, Mr.. Brown went down 10 the
rier last night TO meet the FAST steam-r that .
was brought out during his service with the
Cunard Line. After conEratuiatinE Captain .
Turner DE said: Captain. why don't you ada .
two minutes 70 your time and give the number
the magic ring Of a. II. 44g' Captain Tune-
understood the joke. hut he explained that he
could not allow Captain Pritrhard margin of
half a second.
CAPTAIN NOT SATISFIED
"she made a splendid run" said Captain
Turner .'bur would have done better If il
had not been for the blow last night and the
delay ~ Queenstown I'll do better Yet and dea-
John captain PiitchardJ will have to do some
fast steaming now 10 beat the Lustania Tho
credit Tor this record run does not in the slight
est belong "a me. The engineers. the stokers
t1rnmers and fromen are the men who KEEP:
her going
when We came over on the last passage with
the nev propoers. similar 10 those of the Maui
retania. ] found that ] only a. minutes
behins her record" he continued I sur
prised at the time, and then realized that with
those new blades ana propeers 7 could beat the
Mauretana"
The Lusitania brought over 1875 passengers.
465 saloon. 43l second cabin and 1913 third. She
was filed 10 capacity and left behind fifty per
sons who had gone 20 the Landing Stage AZ
Liverpool purely the chance Of getting
place In The first cabin should some vacancy
occur.
Tho passengers gambled on tho days runs.
average Of $500 exchanging hands daily, but
there was no professional gambler board
Resolutions were drawn by the passengers
thanking the captain and crew, and on Wcdnes-
day night one of the passengers in a speech
referred 20 Captain Turner as who
began "A q common sailor before the mast "a
sef-made man." he said. who had fought his
way TO the command Of the fastest Atlantic
!ner"
A second speaker at the ships concert said
he believed no praise too great for Captain
Turner. but he added, Il would hardly call him
solf-made man. 50 far as ! can remember
there has ben only one-self-nade man and that
DR. Mary Walker"
USED 1850 TONS OF COAL A DAY
II was said unonicialIy last night that the big
turhincr consumed an average Of 1000 tons Of
coal day Oh the passage. Her large mail
taken OF by two tenders one handling the out
1f-town mall and the other handling only the
mail for this city. Mail which left London on
Saturday vas distributed last night about the
city
Among the passengers were August Belmont
'"d his two Sons, who had been abroad several
months Mr. Belmont said be had been contin-
ualy misquoted when he talked of racing md
mad decided never 20 discuss the subject for
publication again. lie said be believed that
Europe had fully regaincd confidence in Ameri-
can securities. and that the United States would
continue 10 show prosperity.
Air and Mrs Payne whitney and family were
@ tnel down the bay by the yacht Seneca and