Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1915-05-12
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Turner of the Lusitania has re
fused 80 far to make any forms
' statemsnt. He displayed grea
3 grief over the loss of his vessel
l but mas expressed no opinion OF
the action of the Germans. Cap
tain Turner remained on the Lusi
, tanis's bridge until the ssructur
was submerged, and then elimbe,
up a ladder. ss would q diver from
, tank. When he reached th'
surface he grasped an oar ant
then a chair. He clung to th,
chair for nearly two hours, anG
finally when the chair turned ovsl
he flung up gold braided arm
This was seen by q member oi
the crew in one of the boats and
thus the commander Wa. saved.
! The 80 of the Lnsitania was,
length, 100 feet; beam, 80 feet;
displscemsnt, $4,000 tons; horse
power, 10000 tons; designed
speed. 25 knots. Passengers, 29l
first class, 601 second class, 862
steerage. Crew, $50. Launched
in 1905. Fastest westward trip
4 days. 10 hours. Fastest hourly
speed, ~ .82 kn1ts.
Insurance on the Lusitania, it
is said, amounted to q 500, 900.
The vessel was valued as m ore
than $4,000. 900 and her cargo at
$7S5 900.
| Warrington. May lO.--Count
Bernslorff. the German ambassa-
dor, today expressed in person to
Secretary Bryan This deep regret
that the events of the var had led
to tina loss of go many American
lives" The phrases used were
! shose of the ambassador contained
in q written statement given out
after his call.
Whether the expression wps
made on instruction from Berlin
was not explained. As it was the
first statement of it's kind since
American lives were lost on the
Falabs and the Gulf1ight, and no
specific mention was made Of the
Lusitania incident, the impression
prevailed that the statement was
the usual broad expression which
diplomatic representatives. are
per nitted to make when q disas.
ter occurs to the citizens of q
friendly country.
The action of the German am
bassader, however, will have little
effect on the policy to be pursued,
it was said unless ths German
government makes formal apology
specifically for the loss of Amsri-
cans on the Lusitsnia. and prom.
ises reparation.
Kinsale, Ireland, May 1O.-The
coroner's jury investigating the
deaths of five persons drowned
when the Cunarder Lusitania was
sunk by German submarine off
the coast of Ireland last Friday,
returned a verdict here today
charging "the officers Of said sub.
marine and the Emperor and gov.
ernmsnt of Germany. under whose
orders they acted, with the crime
of Wholesale murder before the
tribunal of the civilized world"
Captain Turner of the Lusitania
was the principal witness. He
told the jury he did not see any
submarines either before or after
his ship was torpedoed. He was
on the bridge when his vessel firss
was struck and Immediately gave
orders for the lowering of the
boats and the plscing of the wo.
men aud children in them. He
said there was no panic; that it
was almost calm.
Many of the boats could not be
lowered because of the list of the
steamer the witness continued .
He was unable to say how many
boats were put overheard, nor was
he able to tell the extent of the
damage to the Lusitanla. He
gave it as his opinion, however,
that the watertight compartments
we're blown asunder by the force
of the explosion, These compart'
ments he said we're all closed when
the ship was struck and yet she
remained afl >at only 18 Minutes.
| Captain Turner said that after
the warnings at New York that
the Lusltania would be torpedo cd
he did not make any application