The farmer and mechanic., 1915-07-20
(By the Associated Press)

New York, July 1.-THE Cunard
liner Orduna from Liverpool to New
York with 227 passengers including
2I Americans, was attacked without
warning by German submarine on
the morning Of July 8, it Was learn
ed on her arrival here today.
Twenty miles from the graveyard
of the Lusitania off Old Head of Kin
sale, the Orduna escaped the Lusi-
tania's fate by one half a second Of
time or ten feet Of space the German
torpedo churning the water that dis
tance behind the liners rudder. Then
the Orduna sped away. She was fol-
lowed by the submarine which rose
to the surface, manned a gun and
shelled the fleeing steamer.
A Race Against Death.
The attack was timed at ten min
| utes to o'clock in the morning
gers were asleep. Aroused by stew
ards, the passengers dressed hurried
ly and went to the upper deck where
| they donned life belts and took their
places at the life boats. They heard
| the scream Of the shells and saw the
ocean spit up columns of water
! where the missiles struck. When the
fire grew hot they were ordered, fo1
their own protection, to the next deck
| below.
For half an hour the Orduna show
ed her heels to the assailant. Through
marine glasses the passengers watch
ed the loW-lying German warshi1
coming on, but the Ordunas f1igh1
was faster than the pursuit and after
seven shots had been fired withou
effect the submarine gave up the
| chase.
A wireless call for help was sent
out by the Orduna when the torpedo
was seen. She was then 81 mile:
south of Queenstown. The reply
Captain Taylor says in his official re-
port, was that help would be giveI
within an hour. 1t was four hours
before the first British vessel, small
armored yacht, the Jeanette, ap
peared-
Protest to Washington.
Protest will be made to the United
States government by at least on
American citizen, and possibly others
who were aboard. William O. Thomp
!, son, of Chicago, counsel to the Fed
! eral Industrial Relations Commission
who went aboard in his official capac
! ity last March and was returning t
! make his report, is the passenger VIII
| said today that he would make Wig
orous protest to his government.
LAS an American citizen, employee
. in an official capacity by the govern
| monC TO go ABROAD, lcel that SIIOul
y bring the governments attention t
the attack" said Mr.. Thompson.
y II feel that l had a right to retur
) home on the Orduna, although sh
: flies the British flag, because she is
: passenger ship. The fact that she ha
> no munitions of war aboard fortitie
: this opinion. 1t is little short of mar
n velous that she was not sent to tn
II bottom with all aboard
: Hid Behind American Slip?
- Whether the submarine hid benin
: an American ship-the bark MOI
mandy, from Gulfport, Miss, was
It point upon which passengers hol
n varying opinions. A small sailing shi
= with two American flags painted Q
+ her side, was sighted ahead short
o before the attack. Captain Taylo
n suspicious of the craft, changed n
,e course Soon thereafter the torped
l. was sighted
There was no certainty as to tt
r. identity of this ship that displaye
,r two painted American flags, but OF
r of the passengers thought that |
10 made out her name to be Norman
p die" through his glasses. There
10 no such vessel listed. The Amerlcs