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TRUE TO ITS IDEALS P r rations most Sake its fu= tbre dreams come true ' *'Willi HAS FAITH SpeaklbpK Immigrants in Philaf V* Selph&vSOio Are Now Citizens of I $ * ^ the Unipn States, President Wilson Outfines to Them the Future ' AspiratwEs of This Republic. W J At Philadelphia Monday night ^ President Wilson was constantly interrup{M. by spontaneous outbursts of applause. Introduced by Mayor Blankenburg, who spoke in distinctly v German accent, a welcome and an >1 i appeal for a single allegiance to the Uniteff^tates, the president carried forward the idea of the welding of >ioreiga blood in the makeup of America by pointing out the true goal of right American citizenship to be a loyalty not to the country of , one's birth but to the land of one's r adoption. Mayor Blankenburg called attention to the fact that like the others he had come to "foreign shores to W * find in the United States a home." "Let me beseech you," he said, < "that Americans are first, last and ' all the time, no matter what may < m - happen in the world at large." "No matter what our personal < feelings for the country we left be- i hind, our first allegiance is to the 1 country of our adoption. I can not impress this too strongly on account of the occurrences of the last eight t months. Thank God we have a man ! in the White House who knows, who J is just a man who knows what to < do." The crowd interrupted with a tu- ( * . ?" , mult .of cheers, arose enmasse and ] jt im waved the stars and stripes. It was . ' M a remarkable sight ( . ^ The stenographic copy of Mr. Wil- , r- * - - it i?.ii J v son's aaaress in iun ionows; " ] "It warms my heart that you < should give me such a reception, but j r. it is not of myself that I wish to , f . think to-night, hut of those who have . f v- just become citizens of the United j States. This is the only country in j ^ , % the world which experiences this con- j stant and repeated rebirth. Other ] countries depend upon the multipli- { / - cation of their own native people. } This country is constantly drinking' ^ strength out of new sources by the , voluntary association with it of great ( bodies of strong men and forward . looking women. And so, by the gift . of the free of independent people, it ; is. constantly being renewed from J generation to generation by the same 1 process by which it was originally created.It is as if humanity had determined to see to it that this great nation, founded for the benefit of humanity, should not lack for the alle- < giance oi the people of the' world. i Allegiance Here is Allegiance to God. "You have just taken an oath of allegiance to the United States. Of allegiance to whom? Of allegiance j to no one, unless it be God. Certainre n.n+jrtf aliAP-innoA to those who tern- * porarily represent this great govern- : ment. You have taken an oath to a ? great ideal, to a great body of prin- < ciples, to a great hope of the human i race. You have said: 'We are going j to America, not only to earn a living, not only to seek the things which it : is more difficult to obtain where we ' j|. were born* but to help forward the i jp great enterprises of the human spirit* i ?to let men know that everywhere ] - in the world there are men who will cross strange oceans and go where a 1 speech is spoken which is alien to < them, knowing that whatever the speech, there is but one longing and ] utterance of the human heart, and < that is for liberty and justice. And < while you bring all. countries witlr 1 you, you come with a purpose of < , leaving all other countries behind you ' ' ?h-Hneine' what is best of their 1 ? * -o O " ? spirit, but not looking over your ] ** *.' shoulders and seeking to perpetuate < what you intended to leave in them, i . "Thorough Americans." "I carefully would not be one even 1 to suggest that a man cease to love the home of his birth and the nation i of his origin?these things are very J s sacred and ought not to be put out of our hearts?but it is one thing to love the place where you were born, 1 and it is another thing to dedicate 1 yourself to the place to which you go. 1 You can not dedicate yourself to America unless you become in every respect and with every purpose of ' your will thorough Americans. You can not become thorough Americans if you think of yourselves in groups. America does not consist of groups. , A man who thinks of himself as be longing a. yaiuvurai giuuy ill America has notyet become an American, and the man who goes among |h yon to trade upon your nationality is ! no worthy son to live under the Stars and Strides. ' "My urgent advice to you would be 1 not only always to think first of America, but always, also, to think , first of humanity. You do not love humanity if you seek to divide humanity into jealous camps. Humanity can be welded together only by love, by sympathy, by justice; not by jeal- . ousy and hatred. ; "The United States." . "I am sorry for the man who seeks to make personal capital out of the passions of his fellow men. He has j not the touch and ideal of America, . for. America was created to unite i i mankind by those passions which lift, ] and not by the passions which separate and debase. We came to America, either ourselves or in persons of our ancestors, to better the ideals of men, to make them seek finer things than they had seen before, to get rid ] of things that divide and to make < i- sure of the things that unite. It ' ij but a historical"accident, no fifofibt; . that, this great country was called \ 'The United States,' and yet I am very ] thankful that it has the word 'united' 1 ife its title, and the man who seeks to 5 % < ^ * , ; ' a. # divide man from man, group from j group, interest from interest, in the United States, is striking at its very I heart. A Beckoning Finger of Hope. "It is a very interesting circum- | stance to me, in thinking of those of you who have just sworn allegiance to this great government, that you were drawn across the ocean by some beckoning finger of hope; by some belief, by some vision of a new kind of I justice, by some expectation of a bet- I ter kind of life. No doubt you have been disappointed in some of us. Some of lis are very disappointing. No doubt you have found that justice in the United States goes only with a pure heart and a right purpose as it 1 Ma does everywuerw in mc nuuu. doubt what you found here did not seem to touch you, after all, with the complete beauty of the ideal which you had conceived beforehand. But, remember this, if we had grown at all poor in the ideal, you brought 1 some of it with you, A man does not ; go out to seek the thing that is not in him. A man does not hope for the < thing that he does not believe in, and i if some of us have forgotten what ] America believed in, you, at any rate, j Imported in your own hearts a re- i newal of the belief. The Dreams of America. "That is the reason that I, for one, 1 make you welcome. If I have in any degree forgotten what America was ( intended for I will thank God if you- J will remind me. I was born in Amer- { ica. Youdreamed dreams of what ( America was to be and I hope you * brought the dreams with you. 1N0 man that does not see visions will ever realize any high hope or under- r take any high enterprise. Just be cause you brought dreams with you, 1 America is more likely to realize the 1 dreams such as you brought. You J are enriching us if you came expect- ( ing us to be better than we are. Elbow to Elbow, Heart to Heart. \ < ."See, my friends, what that means; it means that Americans must have < a consciousness different from the } consciousness of every other nation | in the world. I am not saying this , with even the slightest thought of j criticism of other nations. You know tiow it is with a family. A family ] gets centered on itself if it is not j careful and is less interested in the aeighbors than it is in its own members. So a nation that is not con- \ jtantly renewed out of new sources is < apt to have the narrowneSs and prej- j adices of a family; whereas, America s must have this consciousness, that on ^ /vl KAtTTC OT1H UX tUUCS ill luuvuca gjuvuo uuu j hearts with all the nations of man- ? kind. The example of America must be a special example. The example < >f America must be the example not \ merely of peace because it will not ] Eight, but of peace because peace is ] the healing and elevating influences < of the world and strife is not. There Is such a thing as a man being too j proud to fight. There is such a thing : as a nation being so right that it does s not need to convince others by force j that it is right. j What There is in America. < "So if you come into this great nation as you have come, voluntarily 1 seeking something that we have to give, all that we have to give is this: J We can not exempt you from work. 1 I sometimes think he is fortunate if he has to work only with his hands ! and not with his head. It is very easy to do what other people give you to : do, but it is difficult to give other j people things to do. We can not ex- ; empt you from work; we can not exornnf rnn frrvm the strife and the ; w"*r? ? heart-breaking burden of the strug- 1 ejle of the day?that is common to 1 mankind; we can not exempt you : from the loads that you, must carry; ] we can only make them light by the spirit in which they are carried. That J is the spirit of hope, it is the spirit of s liberty, it is the spirit of justice. "When I \ifcs asked, therefore, by ] the mayor and the committee that ac- 1 companied him, to come up from ( Washington to meet this great company of newly-admitted citizens, I ' :ould not decline the invitation. I ( aught not to be away from Washington, and yet I feel that it has renew- ? ed my spirit as an American. In 1 Washington men tell you so many things every day that are not so, and [ like to come and stand in the presence of a great body of my fellow cit- 1 izens, whether they have been my fel- ? low citizens a long time or a short * time, and drink, as it were, out of * the common fountains with them ( md go back feeling that you have so 1 generously given me the sense of ( Four support and of the living vital- ' Ity in your hearts, of its great ideals which made America the hope of the 1 world." ? BATTLES WITH MADMAN. < t ( Two Greenville Policemen are Shot ! and Assailant Wounded. While attempting to get Walter * White,' a crazy man, out of ln's home '< at Greenville Chief of Police J. E. ( -* J tioicomoe ana uau ^ ?icer i were seriously, if not fatally, wound- j 1 ed Tuesday afternoon and White j1 himself seriously shot by Sergeant! i Cooksie, who broke into the house h and fought a duel with White. White ran his wife and children away from ] home and the officers were called. < They tried for three hours to induce < him to come out, but h.e refused. 1 ? 1 Titanic Claims. 1 Suits against the Oceanic Steam ' Navigation company, Ltd.?White Star Line?arising out of the loss of 1 the Titanic for claims aggregating ? upwards of $18,000,000, came up be- ' fore Judge Mayer in the United * 5+otoc Tlicfrir>t C Mirf \Tnnftfl.V 1!DOT! KJ IV/O JL/ AUVA iVb V * V v ? v? v? v- j ? application of the steamship company 1 to have liability limited to amount of s passage money actually paid to com- s pany. j WILL BRIM THEM HOME ; The Cunard Steamship company 1 has announced in New York Wednes- * day that it will bring back to the United States tfie body of every <' ^jmencail -Wtte jMzs a victim of the 1 sinking of theAusitania at the ex- < pense of the^Ramship company, if 1 the bodies be recovered and 1 ;dentified.^^^ < ' & ' ft. * ?. HOW SHIP WAS SUNK s * r GRAPHIC STORY OF TORPEDO- i ING OF LUSITANIA t ? GREAT SHIP MOVED SLOW \ , i A? TJner Zisrzasrired Across Irish Sea s Passengers Sight Submarine?Tor- q pedo Track is Seen as Weapon f ft * Leaves Boat?Explosions Are Ter- ^ c rifle. c 1 How tho Lusitania was sunk, the ^ 3tory of the fight to save tho passengers, the struggle for life in the g water after the giant liner disappear- c 3d?the story of what happened in c the great marine tragedy, was re- ^ lated by survivors. While there >s t much conflict in their narratives 'rom them have been gathered facts t which, when assembled, form a story t which stands only second io that of y the Titanic disaster. c The Lusitania was steaming ilong :m the last leg of her voyage to Liverpool, making 16 knots. It was ibout 2 o'clock in the afternoo.n The = lay was clear and calm. The sun was , shining brightly. It was a beautiful day at sea. In the morning tho ppeed of tho vessel had been reduced by Capt. rurner -when off Fastnet, probably in v 'ear of scattered mines. The ship ^ sms e-lidin? sinner smonthlv. Most of ^ ;he saloon passengers were at lun- ^ jheon. Seme had quit the saloon and v were on deck. A majority of the sec)nd class and steerage passengers * ilso were on deck. . ^ Passengers lolled in steamer chairs % )r played at quoits. Others lined the ^ ailings, peering anxiously out over J s ;he water. For there was much ner- j c' rous tension due to the ever present 1 peril of submarine attack. F On the bridgo a sharp lookout was 13 leing kept. Sharply at 2.05 the siglal was given from the bride: e "Full speed ahead." r The liner plunged forward under r ;he new impetus. The whole of the t ship's company seemed to feel the :hrill of the new movement. Pas- s sengers on deck flocked to the side, j Suddenly a cry rose from scattered ! s points of vantage on the starboaTd e side, "There's a submarine." , About a thousand yards off the r starboard bow passengers saw break-. ?. ng the sun-glinted surface the sleek lull of a dreaded under-water craf . [t rested for but a moment on the surface, then as quickly , submerged. This apparition was the only warn- ( :ng given. There was an impetuous rush to the side of the ship on the saloon deck. On the saloon deck, faces reflected more of curiosity than fear. Among the other classes aboard excitement fast gained hold and panic e was incipient. Anxious eyes were; j. tv WUVy . jn The first flush of the excitement j had just passed when there arose a ^ more ominous cry from 7he watchers: t "There's a torpedo coming straight _ it us." ! a From the point where tho sub-; t marine sank, a great while streak,r the track of the torpedo, was traced, j ^ [t was aimed slightly ahead of the i * Lusitania, but as the liner plunged 1 r forward at great speed, the track ^ 3eemed to veer more and more to- f svard a point amidships until it struck j fair between the first and second fun- j aels with a dull thud. There was great tearing of metal,! j followed by a terrific explosion in the j t stoke hold. The ship trembled from j ^ stem to stern. The decks seemed to j rise under foot. The liner settled as t if sorely wounded. A great column j.. 3f steam and water rose and coal and ! t jvood splinters were hurled high and j j fell in an avalanche on the upper t, leek. I The iiner appeared to falter, then j t steadied as th8 helm was swung over I md her course was directed for land, i j But before she could answer to her j leim a second lorpeuo pierceu uei- j dow. About four minutes intervened j ^ Detween the two., Some passengers j y state thu.t not only a second but a j, ;hird torpedo struck the ship. It is r generally believed, however, that^the ixplosion of the second torpedo was nistaken for the impact of a third. It was while the ship was making ^ 11 knots with a heavy list to star- . Doard that the order was given, im- ^ nediately after the second missile . struck, to lowe1* the boats. t Among the saloon passengers rela- ? ;ive calm prevailed. It was the gen- n jrally accepted idea that the Lusi- j, ,ania would float. Cool heads coun-lf, jelled calm ana tne more timorous j vere quieted. Many of the first cabin ; 0 passengers went about their depar- i ^ ;ure leisurely, some even remaining n it table until luncheon was conclud- v id. Below the scene enacted was wide- o v different. Women, many of them n with babies in their arms, became panic stricken. Officers and passengers did their best to calm tliem. Fumes arising from the explosion permeated the ship and many fell unconscious to the deck. Meanwhile the ^ crew struggled valiantly to lower the boats. B it due to the high speed of :he vessel and the heavy list the boats fouled the davits or could not b De swung out to clear the side. t Finally upward of 2 0 boats were p put into the water. Several were c wamped when they struck the water; fj pthers were capsized in the swell h * r\ to thn cliin /* Livjiu ^ Life belts bad been distributed p irnong the passengers but many passengers did not wait to equip them- \_ selves with* th< preservers. Some * jumped over the side and were 0 tnocked unconscious when they c struck; others leaped with life belts ^ >n and swam to overturned boats, ;here to await the crowing of otli r swimmers to right the craft. Slowly the Lusitania filled forward tnd her bow dipped deeper into the P vater. Finally the big liner slowed s lown and seemed to settle as if she a lad run her race and was spent. The k vireless apparatus still sputtered its ^ jail for help. On the bridge stood - *5 apt. Turner with his executive offi- 1 er beside him directing the hopeless ight. In the water men and women truggled for their lives. Five boats emained entangled at the davits. With a final lunge forward the jusitania sank. 'Not more than 20 ninutes had elapsed since the first orpedo struck her. She went down >y the head. i As the big liner took her final . >lunge, most of those remaining on < ieck leaped. Some struck the sides. ! )thers jumped clear and struck away, t was here that most of the lives j vere lost. \ A swirling maelstrom closed in, ] ucking with it hundreds upon hun(reds of lives. A great hole seemed ( o open up where the Lusitania had , leen and into it there poured those , vho, 20 minutes before had been hatting gaily on the gleaming decks >f the greatest steamship on the Atantic. Five boats went down with { he ship. * From the shore seen through ! glasses in the hands of one of the oast guard there appeared to rise a 1 urtain of vapor and smoke which iung low, obscuring the scene. When ] he veil lifted the ship was gone. From what survivors say it is safe 1 o assume that nearly every one in j he water within a radius of 100 j ards of the ship when it sank was -i aught in the under drag. ] Many of the boats which were 5 iverturned had been righted with ;reat difficulty. To others still bot- ' >m up swimmers clung helplessly. 1 ilany clung to wreckage. Boats ruised about, picking up the survi- J ors. First of the rescue boats to arrive t-as a trawler. Quickly the first boats 1 rere emptied and then shoved off rith oarsmen to pick up further sur- 1 ivors. Vv hen the last of the survivors 1 ras taken aboard the ships .sped for 1 and, most of them to Queenstown. '"irst aid was administered on board i - x 1 ttt V\ a . i tut many 01 mose resuucu ?cic uc ond help and died on the way in. 'ugs and trawlers remained on the \ cene to pick up the bodies of those j trowned. Many rescued were severe- j y maimed from the effects of the ex- \ ?losion which scattered steel fragaents broadcast. Survivors generally are agreed that .0 warning was .given by the subma- i ine and that everything within hu- s aan power was done to save all on j >oard. ] Capt. Turner went down with his 1 hip but was picked up three hours I ater. He had been able to save him- 1 elf with the aid of a life belt and his i xpertness in swimming. < HOT AND THROAT CUT; ' INNOCENT NEGRO KILLED J ? 1 < Ireenwood Shocked and Aroused? 3 ' - mystent)us, a ttwiu us iu ui uci of Inoffensive Negro. i The city of Greenwood was shock- j d Tuesday morning to learn of a ( lorrible murder committed Monday Light in the very heart of the town. . oe Townsend, an inoffensive and ^ yell-behaved negro, was shot and his 1 hroat cut some time during the ^ light by persons unknown. He died .fter being rushed to the Greenwood J Lospital. Joe lived in a little two- \ oom house in the yard of Mrs. S. H. fcGhee, on Bailey Circle. ^ Mr. McGee stated that he was oused a little before three o'clock t Tuesday morning by groans coming rom the rear of his residence. He < ays he at first thought the negro had j uffered a severe sudden illness and ihrmpri fnr a doctor before going out. , I? secured a physician, but by the ime he got out in the yard Joe had [ragged himself back into his house. ( Another physician was called and 1 he party entered Joe's house, notic- * ng blood on the ground for the first ( ime. The physicians found that oe's throat had been cut and while J ie had sustained horrible gashing uts, no artery had been severed, and \ he physicians said that he was not * ecessarily fatally wounded and that ( e must be carried to the hospital. J Joe was conscious but in great ' ain and kept saying something about j ieing shot. Further examination reealed the fact that he had two bul- J et wounds in his body. He was 1 ushed to the hospital, but died \ hortly after being carried there. -1 The only thing that could be iearnd from him was that two white men ad cut his throat and then shot him wice. He said one of them wore a erby hat. He said he could not ] ientify them. He said they told him hey were looking for a negro named Sam" from Greenville. Nothing lore was learned from him. A bul st from a oS caiiDre pisiui ?? ound in his bed. The whole community is aroused ver the brutal murder, taking place a the very heart of the town, the lain residence section, of (Ireen;ood. Very probably a large reward rill be offered. The police and other fficers are at work on the case, but o clue has developed as yet. AMERICANS ARE IN PERIL lexican Soldiers Rushing to the Rescue of tVomen and Children. j With 500 Mexican soldiers and a 1 and of armed Americans reported as rying to rescue them, a colony of 65 1 imericans, including women and t hildren, were striving Friday to < ght off Yaqni Indians from their omes near Esperanza, south of c luaymas. They situation was re- j orted as critical. i Gov. Maytorena's relief troops are r roceeding to the aid of the Ameri- t an with difficulty, as the railroad is niy partly repaired, several Amen- ( ans have been reported killed in the t ghting. ( * ( GREEK KIXG SERIOUSLY ILL. i Athens, Greece, sends out a disatoh Friday saying that King Contantine was suffering from pleurisy, nd that the general condition of the T ing was causing widespread alarm, t "hree doctors are in constant at- i endance at the royal household. t i WILSON IS DETERMINED ON COURSE TO PURSUE; NOTE IN PREPARATION The following statement on the Lusitania incident was made public at the White House Wednesday by Secretary Tumulty, after a conference 1 with the president: "The course of the president has been determined. It will be announced just so soon as it is proper to publish the note now in preparation." President Wilson virtually complet3d Wednesday the note he will send to Germany as a result of the sinking pf the Lusitania. It asks Germany for an accounting for the scries of violations of American rights in the war zone?not only inancial, but moral?and a guarantee that there will be no repetition of un- i lawful practices of German subma- ? rine3. t Early Thursday the note, now ap- 1 proved by the cabinet, will be sent to t Embassador Gerard to be presented 1 to the Berlin government. Its final a letails are being revised carefully. 1 Members of the cabinet who always i bave advocated a vigorous foreign 1 policy are satisfied with its terms; ? lonservative members approve it also. That it maintains the dignity and honor of the United States is their unanimous opinion. The president, it is said, realizes folly the gravity of meaning in the ^ote and is prepared for any even(alities that may follow its presentation. The note does not say exactly what the course of the United States will be in case of a refusal, nor would the president's advisers* indicate Wednesday beyond saying that each new development would be considered as it arose. In official quarters, however, eventual severance of diplomatic relations with Germany is declared not impossible if there is no abatement of the German practices. The announcement from the White House was taken to mean that the American government observing the usual diplomatic amenities, would iwait receipt of the communication in Berlin before making it public. At Brst, there was some suggestion that the communication be sent personally by the president to Emperor William, but Mr. Wilson determined that it should be addressed not to an individual, but to the German government and through it to the German people. The United States naturally seeks financial reparation, but its protest tiow is in the name of international law and humanity to obtain a guarantee that such tragedies will not be cepeated, and the lives of non-com-; { batants sacrificed. , While high officials were retictent c in discussing its contents, it was s igreed the note voiced the intense reeling of the United States over re- ( cent occurrences in the war zone. c The communication lays stress on c :he inhumanity of attacks, without t varning, on merchant vessels. It re- c riews iD a general way every case in f :he war zone^in which the rights of i American citizens nave been trans- s pressed?the sinking of the Falaba s vith the loss of Leon C. Thresher, an American; the attack by German air- a nen on the American steamer Cush- r ng; the torpedoing of the American c steamer Gulflight, while flying the 7 American flag; and finally the de- e struction of the Lusitania, with the s oss of more than one thousand non- i combatants, and more than one hun- c Ired of them Americans. v The note, while firm and pointed, c loes not abandon tones of friendli- 2 less, giving room for a disavowal by r Germany of her acts or an abatement s )f her practices. * Germany is called on for an expla- r lation of her past and future course, t out the note leaves open the steps i ;he United States will take to compel t in acquiescence in its position. It a calls attention to the fact that while "v varning advertisements appeared in c :he newspapers, the United States t government never was informed that f :he Lusitania would be torpedoed, s [rrespective of that, however, the josition is taken that the serving of s notice to do an unlawful act neither r ustifies it nor makes it lawful. q GUILTY OF MURDER ' t in sale Jury Indicts Officers of Crew, s F Kaiser and Government. a 1 The coroner's jury investigating ^ he deaths of five persons drowned \ vhen the. Cunarder Lusitania was c ;unk by a German submarine off the ?oast of Ireland last Friday returned ] i verdict at Kinsale, Ireland, Monday r charging "the officers of said subma- \ 'ino ckT\r] flip pmnprnr and aovern- c nent of Germany, under whose or- r Jers they acted, with the crime of j wholesale murder before the tribu- j lal of the civilized world." f The verdict follows: "We find 1 ;hat the deceased met death from i prolonged immersion and exhaustion i n the sea eight miles southwest of ? 31d Head of Kinsale Friday, May 7, 1 1915, owing to the sinking of the * Liusitania by torpedoes fired by a Ger- t nan submarine. a "We find that this appalling crime c was committed contrary to interna;ional law and the conventions of all 2 iivilized nations. "We also charge the officers of ^ ?aid submarine and the emperor and * government of Germany, under ^ whose orders they acted, with the mime of wholesale murder before the J Tibunal of the civilized world. a "We desire to express sincere con- ^ lolence and sympathy with the rela- jivos of the deceased, the Cunard j 'ompany and the United States, many c if whose citizens perished in this r nurdcrous attack on an unarmed r Germans Warned to Leave. _ J. ,1: ? ^ hormone 11 vi Ti in r I\(tUU <tll/<CU VJCUUimu > ! ,iverpool have been advised to leave v hat town owing to the danger due to t ioting since the loss of the Lusi- c ania. .. ^ _ s IELLS OF LOST SHIP " M)UBT AS TO WHOSE SUBMA= RINE SANK GULFLIGHT PAT10L BOATS ON GUARD Dead Master Quoted as Saying "That Must be a British Submarine"? Destroyers Directing Course of American Vessel Took no Notice of Attacking Diver. The state department has made jublic a sworn statement by Ralph E. Smith, former chief officer, now maser of the American steamer Gulf ight, describing the torpedoing of hat vessel May 1, off the Scilly Isands. When torpedoed, the officer lays, the Gulflight was flying a large ^ American ensign six feet by ten feet n size. He said he saw the snbma- V ine, but "could not distinguish or >ee any flag flying on her." Capt. Smith further says that ihortly before the submarine was sighted two British patrol boats, the [ago and Filey, took positions on iither side of the Gulflight and oriered her to follow them to the 3ishop Lighthouse. "I personally observed our flag vas standing out well to the breezes," ;he officer stated. The text of Capt. Smith's statement follows: "I am Ralph Smith, now master of ;he steamship Gulflight. At the comnencement of the voyage I was chief officer. The ship left Port Arthur on :he 10th day of April, 1915, laden vith a tank cargo of gasoline and vooden barrels of lubricating oil. The voyage was uneventful. When ibout half way across the Atlantic ;he wireless operator told me there vas a British cruiser in our vicinity . ind that he had heard messages from ;his ship the whole time since leavng Port Arthur, but she made no direct communication with or to our ship. From the sound of the wire ess messages given out by the Brit- . sh ship she seemed to maintain the same distance from us until about ;hree days before we reached the nouth of the English Channel. "On the 1st day of May about 11 >'clock in the forenoon we spoke to ;wo British patrol vessels named iago and Filey. We were then about ;wenty-two miles west of the Bishop lighthouse. The patrol vessels ask>d 'where we were bound. After informing them we were bound for Rouen, they ordered us to follow ;hem to the Bishop. The Filey took ip a position of a half-mile distant )n our port bow, the Iago off our starboard quarter close to us. "We steered as directed and at ibout 12.22 the second officer being >n watch, sighted a submarine on >ur port bow, slightly on the port >ow, steaming at right angles to our ;ourse. . The submarine was in sight or about five minutes when she subnerged about right ahead of us. I ;aw her, but could not distinguish or lee any flag flying on her. "The Gulflight was then steering ibout true east, steaming about eight niles an hour, flying a large Ameri:an ensign, size 6 feet by 10 feet, rhe wind was about south, about dght miles an hour in force. I peronally observed our flag was stand ng out well to the breeze. Immeliately after seeing the submarine I vent aft and notified the crew and ame back and went on the bridge md heard the captain make the renark that that must be a British lubinarine, as the patrol boats took 10 notice of it.. About 12.50 an ex)losion took place in the Gulflight on he bluff of the starboard bow, send- ij& ng vast quantities of water high in^ he air, coming down on the bndge#|Ip ,nd shutting everything off from cui^^p] iew. After the water cleared awaj^^p iur ship had sunk by the head hat the sea was washing over ore deck and the ship appeared to "Immediately after I went aftSpl^l; ee the boats. On my way I saw nan overboard on the starboard ?he water at that time was vith oil. The boats were .nd the crew got into them wit?^^^? lelay or damage. After ascertaigc^r^gg here was no one left on board^^jg|^ hip I got in my boat and we >icked up by the patrol vessel md were advised by her crejEg^jjjpflS eave the scene. We proceedew^gj^^f J Hi > T A Vmi f ^ A ? cXTQS *DL. IVIclI'V b, u u t tutj uciijc^ viiich then came on, prevente<^^^^^ jetting into the harbor that nigffijfrjjgS^ "About 2.30 in the morningg?ggjgSytS owing, I saw Cr.pt. Alfred' GiS?wjJfc?p naster. of the Gulflight. who ieen s'ecping in the room ; kip per of the !ago. standing oom with a queer look on 1;is asked him what his trouble wasM^g le made no reply. Then he 'or the side of the berth with ;^s||2p lands, but did not take hold. I n the room, but he fell befor^^^ eachcd him. Fie was taken on is the cabin was small and hot. At^||p$v? eaching *he deck he seemed ive and said: 'I am cold.' A^g||S^i? hat he had apparently two faintj^^jajgE ittacks and then expired 'in a tl&.-i^^ >ne?this being about 3.40. "We arrived at St. Mary's Scij^^^K' ibout 10 o'clock on the mornina^^e^i day 2. The Gulf light was towec^^;^ Irow Sound, Scillv, on the 2ndT;?|?'-l^ day, by British patrol vessels. 'ommander Oliver, senior naval icer of the port of Scillv, sent ijlj-gSjp, ome one to come on board the ight and I went and the ship .nchored about G p. m. I again he ship that evening?she beindp^fe* hen in the charge of the admiral visited the ship on Monday. I wentSgipj ?ut again on Tuesday, but it was too ough to get on board. To the best of ny knowledge there was no exami- ' cgS iotinn of the vessel made by divers mtil Wednesday about 3 p. m.. when ' / neinbers from the American embassy rere present. The divers at thifc s ime made an external examination mly of the ship's bottom and left th-e hip with me at 5.40 p. m." ' ? : k i .J