The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-18

Vhe passengers said. Then the OrdunS
proceeded on her course, still at top
speed, until she was we'll out of the pos
bible submarine area
The Orduna carried 227 passengers, OF
whom elghty-eight were women and
ffty children, a lisht sailing st, even
Tor q Cunarder in war time. Her crew,
including officers, numbers 265. making
q total of 492 persons aboard. Thirty
of the passengers were travelling first
class, 1l2 second cabin and elghty-ive
steerage. There were twenty-five Amer
leans. eight in the rst cabin. nine In
the second and five in the steerage.
The Americans in the first cabin were
Nj. and Mrs. l.. Johnson. +. II. Keith.
III. Is. L.ary. II. j.. Lesser. Mrs. Rich
moDd Smith. w. o. Thompson and
Travers Browne.
Capt. Taylor gave a typewriter
statement to the Cunard Line describing
the attack, which appears in another
column. At the conclusion OF his de-
scription of the attack Capt. Taylor
makes the following comment
Not the least warning was given and
most or nearly all the passengers were
asleep at the time. 1t was almost an
other case of brutal murder. We had
twenty-five American passengers on
board"
Capt. Taylor said last night that he
did not care to discuss the case fur
ther than his official statement, which.
he said, covered the entire incident. He
did say. however. that II II had not
been for the efficient work of his engi-
neers, particularly Chief Engineer
Thomas Gowans. the Orduna would I'M
doubtedly have been hit.
II could have done nothing" Capt.
Taylor said. III 1t had not been for the
instantaneous cooperation of Chief En-
gineer Gowans."
speed Indercstimnted.
Since the Lusitania was torpedoed
Cunarders have steamed through the
submarine area at high speed. The Or
duna was doing sixteen knots instead
of her usual fourteen. That, Capt. Tay-
Tor believes. is the reason why the tor
pedo passed to the stern OF the ship.
The Germans underestimate her speed.
Thomas Enni and Joseph Henderson
were the two lookout men on the after
bridge who first saw the torpedo coming
toward the Orduna They. too said yes
terday that they had seen no periscope
before they saw the torpedo, and that IL
was several minutes after the torpedo
had passed before they were able to
make out the submarines periscope.
which was then rising slowly out of
the water. They believe, with Capt.
Taylor, that the submarine was lying In
wait for the Orduna with her periscope
only a few inches above the surface.
The following resolution was adopted
by tw~enty-three Of the first cabin pas
sengers at a meeting the day after the
attack. and handed to Capt. Taylor.
The first cabin passengers OF the
steamship Orduna desire 10 express
their heartfelt appreciation and ad-
miration OF the mastery manner In
which you manuuvred and handled
you: steamship during the sudden and
deliberate attack made upon ii on the
morning OF July 9 at 6 A. NJ. by a
German submarine"
- wireless message which came to the
CLnard Line from the Orduna on Friday
puzzled the officials of the the here.
The message m rely gave her position.
but since the German submarines be-
came active II has not been usual for
vessels flying the British flag TO use
their wireless. The message made no
mention Of the submarine attack, it was
said at the Cunard office yesterday.
Puzzled by MessnGe.
Importance was attached to Capt.
Taylor's message. but the Cunard off,
Gals were at "A loss to account for IL.
Capt. Taylor feared that the news of the
submarine attack had preceded him
and wished 10 let the Cunard Line know
that his vesse. was safe. Cunard OH.
cials said Yesterday that il was doubtful!
whether the British Admiralty had yet
been informed OF the attack. unless word
was brought back by The sailing vessel
or the little armtred yacht which calne
in response to the Orduna's S O $.
Two OF the three or four passengers
on deck when the attack began were
Baron Marcus Rosenkrantz of Denmark
and his wife. Baron Rosenkrantz says
Ia. 0n.aa 80 "a I hayAA tIAt lA l1.--
would escape without being hit.
AT the first alarm said Baron
Rosenkrantz. capt. Taylor signalled
full speed ahea! and turned his ship
to starboard. We could see the white
wake Of the torpedo, but the submarine
was not in sight. We thought she was
beh!nd the sailing ship Normandy. which
had Just passed. The Orduna immedi-
ately speeded up and we just missed
the torpedo.
Capt. Taylor notified Chief Stewar d
W. H. Allison, who sent the stewards to
muster the passengers below and serve
out life belts,
Passengers All Calm.
within eight or ten minutes after
he torpedo had passed. the submarine
came up on the starboard side. We
could see her crew preparing the gun
W uIcs ~ HISl shell SOOl came ana
struck the water near us.
Meantime the lifeboat crews stood
by their boats ready to launch their
They were under perfect discipline. The
chief engineer was getting the last ounce
Of strength out Of his fremen and we
were fast gathering speed.
1.-THE passengers too were calm. There
was no panic and every one did exactly
IA he was told to do. Still the sub
marine kept firing at minute intervals.
Several shells passed over W.. but some
Of them fell short, The submarine was
a long distance astern by the time she
fred the last shot and we lost sight of
her. | suppose she submerged.
1T is a crime to allow passengers to
sail on the Orduna. This ship is doomed.
The submarines will get her sure"
Baron Rosenkrantz and his wife are
well known in New York. The Baroness
was Mrs. Rebie Lowe English, wife OF
James English of Atlanta, Ola She got
a divorce from her first husband in 1907,
She was the daughter of the late Will
lam Il. Lowe of Atlanta. Baron Rosen.
krantz lived in New York several years
and formerly had apartments at 80 West
Tw~enty-fourth street.
New Yorker Tells Of Attack.
II. II. Leary. whose home is at 30
West Eighty-second street, a cabin pas
senger on the Orduna, said last nigh
that he was asleep when the torpedo
alarm was spread. but that he arrived
on deck In time to hear the shots fired
from the pursuing craft and to see one
of them strike the water. He ASSERTED