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' l '<14 .fMMIWi * > -- x f k\ * Hr. MUONS MOST HAKE ITS FU TURE MEAMS COME TRUE WILSON BAS FAITB •' ♦ i In Speaking to Immigrants In Phila delphia, Who Are Now Citizens of the United States, President Wil son Outlines to Them the Future Aspirations of This Republic* At Philadelphia Monday night President Wilson was constantly In terrupted by spontaneous outbursts of applause. Introduced by Mayor Blankenlmrg, who spoke in distinctly German accent, a welcome find an appeal for a single allegiance toK the United States, the president carried forward the idea of the welding of foreign 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 adoption. ' Mayor Blankenburg called atten tion to the fact that like the others he had come to "foreign shores to And 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 happen In the world at large.” "No matter what our personal feelings for the country we left be hind, our first allegiance is to the country of our adoption. I can not Impress this too strongly on account of the occurrences of the last eight months. Thank God we have a man In tbe White House who knows, who Is just a man who knows what to do.” The crowd Interrupted with a tu mult of cheers, arose enmasse and waved the stars and stripes. It was a remarkable sight. The stenographic copy of Mr. Wil son's address in full follows: "It warms my heart thrt you should give me such a reception, but It la not of myself that 1 wish to think to-night, but of those who have Just become citizens of the United States Tills is the only country In the world which expertrnmi this con 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 gaaeratlon to generation by the same process by which It was originally created. It is as If humanity had de termined to see to It that this great nation, founded tor the benefit of hu manity, should not lack for the alle giance of the people of the world. Allegtaare Here Is Allegiance to God. “You have just taken an oath of allegiance to the United States. Of allegiance to whom? Of allegiance to no one, unless It be God. Certain ly not of allegiance to those who tem porarily represent this great govern ment. You have taken an oath to a great Ideal, to & great body of prin ciples, to a great hope of the human race. You have said: ‘We are going to America, not only to earn a living, not only to seek the things which It la more difficult to obtain where we were born, but to help forward the great enterprises of the human spirit* —to let men know that everywhere in the world there are men who will cross strange oceans and go where a speech Is spoken which Is alien to them, knowing that whatever the speech, there is but pne longing and utterance of the human heart, and that is for liberty and Justice. And while you bring all countries with you, you come with a purpose of leaving all other countries behind you —bringing what is best of their spirit, but not looking over your shoulders and seeking to perpetuate what you Intended to leave In them. "Thorough Americans.” "I carefully would not be one even to suggest that a man cease to love the home of his birth and the nation of. his origin—these things are very sacred and ought not to be put out of our hearts—but it is one thing to love the place where you were born, and it is another thing to dedicate yourself to the place to which you go. You can not dedicate yourself to .America unless you become in every respect and with every purpose of your will thorough Americans. You cap 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 to a particular group in America has not yet beCome an Amer ican, and the man who goes among you to trade upon your nationality is no worthy son to live under the Stars and Stripes. “My urgent advice to you would be Hot only always to think tirst of America, but always, also, to think flrzt of humanity. You do not lov» humanity if you seek to divide hu manity 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 not the touch and ideal of America, for America was created to unite mankipd by those passions which lift, and not fcy the pasetons which sepa rate and debase. We came to Ameri ca, either ourselves or In persons of om ancestors, to better the ideals of ■mb, to make them seek finer things than they had seen before to get rid of things that divide and to make ‘ that oatte. It was accident no doubt lyetluai from man, group from group, Internet from Internet, In tbe United Statee, la striking at Ita very begrt. A Beckoning Finger of Hope. - “It la a very Intereetlng 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 be lief, by some vision of a new kind of Justice, by some expectation of a bet ter kind of life. No doubt you have been disappointed in some of us. Some of us are very disappointing. No doubt you have found tbat justice in the United States goes only wHh a pure heart and a right purppse as It does everywhere In the world; Hp doubt what you foun^l here taldv not x seem to touch you, after all. wfthHhe complete beauty of tbe Ideal which you l^ad conceived beforehand. But, remember this, if we bad grown at all poor in the ideal, you brought iKyou. A man does not go out tOi seek the thing that Is not In hlm\ \ man does not hope for the thing ttmt he does not believe in, and if some of us have forgotten what America believed In, yiju, at any rate, imported In your own hearts a re newal of the belief. The Dreams of America. “That is the reason that I, for one, make you welcome. If I have In any degree forgotten what America was Intended for I will thank God If you 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. Ho man that does not see visions will ever realize any high hope or under take any high enterprise. Just be cause you brought dreams with you, America is more likely to realize the dreams such as you brought. You are enriching us if you came expect ing us to be better than we are. Klbow 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 criticism of other nations. You know how it is with a family. A family gets centered on Itself if it is not careful and Is less Interested In the neighbors than It Is In Its own mem bers. So a nation that Is not con stantly renewed out of new sources Is apt to have the narrowness and prej udices of a family; whereas, America must have this consciousness, tlmt on all sides It touches elbows and hearts with all the nations of man kind. The example of America must be a special example. The example of America must be the example not merely of peace because It will not fight, hut of peace because peace Is the healing and elevating influences of the world and strife la not. There Is such a thing as a man being too |>roud to fight. There Is such a thing as a nation t>eing so right that It doe* not need to convince others by force that It la right. What There is In America. “So If you come Into this great na tion aa you have come, voluntarily seeking something that we have to give, all tbat we have to give la this: We can not exempt you from work. I sometimes think he Is fortunate If he has to work only with his hands and not with his bead. It Is very easy to do what other people give you to do. but it Is difficult to give other people things to do. W’e can not ex empt you from work; we can not ex empt you from the strife and the heart-breaking burden of tbe strug gle of the day—that Is common to 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 Is the spirit of hope, it is the spirit of liberty, it Is the spirit of Justice. “When I was asked, therefore, by the mayor and the committee that ac companied him, to come up from Washington to meet this great com pany of newly-admitted citizens, I could not decline the invitation. I ought not to lie away from Washing ton, and yet I feel that It has renew ed my spirit as an American. In Washington men tell you so many things every day that aro not so, and I like to come and stand in the pres ence of a great body of my fellow cit izens, whether they have been my fel low citizens a long time or a shert time, and drink, as it were, out of the common fountains with them and go !>ack feeling that you have so generously given me the sense of your support and of the living vital ity In your hearts, of its great Ideals which made America the hope of the world." HOW SHIP WAS SUNK zi GRAPHIC STORY OF TORPEDO- INO OF LUSITANIA by the BATTLES WITH MADMAN. Two Greenville Policemen are Shot anil Assailant Wounded. While attempting to get Walter White, a crazy man,- out of Ills home at Greenville Chief of Police J. E. Holcombe and Call Officer Bridges wer% seriously, if not fatally, wound ed Tuesday afternoon and White himself seriously • shot by Sergeant Cooksie, who broke into the house 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 he refused. ~~ —■ •- ■Titanic ITalius. Suits against the Oceanic Steam Navigation company,- Ltd.—White Star Line—arising out of the los$ of the Titanic for claims aggregating upwards of $18,01)0,000, came upi.be- fore Judge Mayer In the' United States District Court Monday upon application of the steamship company to have liability limited to amount of passage money actually paid to com\ pany. GBEAT SBIP Turner with his beeide him directing tbe hopeieea fight. In the water men and women struggled for their lives. Five boats remained entangled at the davlte. With a final lunge forward the Lusitania sank. (Not more than 20 minutea had elapsed since the first torpedo struck'her. She head. big liner tool oat of those n [ IS DETERMINED ON COURSE TO PURSUE; NOTE IN\PREPARAT101 down Tha fo „ 0 ^ hei> ilung Lusitania at the Wht ler Aa Liner rifle. - \. \\ \\ How tbo Lusitania was sunk, the story of the fight to save tho passen gers, the struggle for life in thl water after the giant liner disappear ed—the story of what happened la the great marine tragedy, was re lated by survivors. While the.*e is much conflict In tholr narratives from them have been gathered fr-cts which, when assembled, form a story which stands only second 'o that of the Titanic disaster. The Lusitania was steaming dong on the last log of her voyage to Liv erpool, making 16 knots. It was about 2 o’clock In the aftcrnoo.n The day was clear and calm. The zun was shining brightly. It was a beai tlful day at ser.. In the morning tho speed of tho vessel had been reduced by Capt. Turner when off Fastnet, probably In fear of scattered mines. The ship was gliding along smoothly. Most of the saloon passengers were at lun cheon. Some had quit the salcon and were on deck. A majority of tho sec ond class end steerage passengers also were on rfock. Passengers lolled in steamer chairs icki whe chat\ of tt lantld the st Frol \tpst swirjini SomA stn: ied clear that most of ty. )m cloked ith It res. |wh| ko hut emeu haa thos cks maelst hundreds upol A great hole re the Lusltani! t there poured utes before had ln^ gall^ on the gleaming steamship on the At- ats went down with he \shoye seen', through ^laases\ in\ the maiids of one*of the Coast gharfi there appeared to rise a curtain \of \vapcb- apd smoke \ which ihung low, obscuring^ the scene. When the veil lifted the ship was Kobe. From what aunvivors say It is safe to assume that nearly everyi one In the water within a radius lof 100 yards of the shlp\wh|en It sank was caught in the under drag, \ \ Many of the boats which were overturned had been 1 righted with great difficulty. To others still bot- om up swimmers clung helplessly. Many clung to wreckage. Boats cruised about, picking up the survi vors. ^ 1 First of the rescue boats to arrive was p trawler. Quickly the first boats were emptied and then shoved off with oarsmen to pick up further sur vivors. v» hen the last of the survivors was taken aboard tbe ships sped for land, most of them to Queenstown. First aid was administered on board but many of those rescued were be yond hidp and died on the way in ring statement on the lident wan made public House Wednesday by Secretary Tunkulty, after a conference with the president: \ \\ "The coum\of the president hi been determined. It will be announ ed Just so soon gs it Is proper to pu iish the note npv in preparation." President Wilson virtually complet ed Wednesday tho note ha will send to Germany as a result of t^e sinking pfythe Lusitania It ask# Germady\for an accounting >rlthe series of violations af Ameri- in\right# ih the yr\r zone—mot only -and a guarantee repetition of un- German Isubma- IMS OHOSI smr mubi isir. .use »«*• RINE SANK GULFLIfifT TIOL BOATS ON GUARD or played at quoits. Others lined tho! Tugs trawlers remained on the railings, peering anxiously out ovar | ocene to pick up the bodies of those the water. For there was much ner-i drowned. Many rescued were severe- vous tension duo to tho ever present,'Y mai.ned from the effects of the ex- • plosion which segttered steel frag- perll of submarine attack. On the bridge a sharp lookout was being kept. Shnrply at 2.05 ths sig nal was given from the bride: “Full speed ahead." The liner plunged forward under ( the new impetus. The whole of the ship's rombany seemed to feel tbe thrill of the new movement. Pas- ; B t,ip Vut w as picked up three houls senders on deck flocked to the side. mter. He had been able to sgve htm- Suddenly a cry rose from scattered ge |f with the aid bfi* '* ,e helLand bis points of vantage on the starboard expertness In swimming side. “There's a submarine.” ' ' v - r - About a thousand yards off the starboard bow passengers saw break- lug the sun-glinted surface the sleek hull of a dreaded under-water craf . It rested for but a moment on the surface, then as quickly submerged. This apparition was the only warn ing given. There was an Impetuous rush to tbe side of the ship on the saloon deck. On tbe saloon deck, faces reflected more of curiosity than fear. Among the other classes aboard excitement fast gained hold and panic was Incipient. Anxious eyes were turned to the bridge. The first flush of the excitement had Just passed when there arose ments broadcast. Survivors generally are agreed that no warning was given by the subma rine and that everything within hu man power was done to save all on board. -* , Capt. Turner went down with hjs k' “ T" ^ SHOT AND THROAT CUT; INNOCENT NEGRO KILLED Greenwood Shocked and Arowaed— .Mysterious, Atrocious Murder • 1% of Inoffensive Negro.* The city of Greenwood was shock ed Tuesday morning to learn of a , horrible murder committed Monday I night in the very heart of the town. l*Joe Townsend, an inoffensive and . . I well-behaved negro, was shot and his more ominous cry from the watchers: | throat cut tlme durlnK the There's a torpedo coming straight n , Khl by per80n9 unknown. He died at .. . . ' , I after being rushed to the Greenwood From the point where tho 1 hospital. Joe lived In a little two- marine sani a great while streak. room hou8e ln the yard of Mr8 s H the track of the torpedo was traced. I McGhe< , on Ba , 1( , y Clrcle . t was aimed slightly ahead of the M r. McGee stated that he was Lusitania, but as tbe liner plunged rouiied a l|ule before three o clock forward at great speed, the track i <p ue8day morning by groans coming seemed to veer more and more to- from the re3r of hi , residence. He ward a point amidsh ps until it struck he at flr8t thought the negro had fair between the first and second fun- u(fered a 8evere 9udden inne89 and nels with a dull thud. i phoned for a doctor before going out. , : a9 f r< ‘ Bt < , tear, ? K l 0f a1 ' He secured a physician, but by the followed by a terrific explosion in the t , me be t out ln lhe d Joe had stoke hold. The ship trembled from; draf , ged hlm9a | f back Into his house ov«xr*-\ w r\ avcxwx I r% *-* ^4 Lr a a a a a rm # «■» 1 17 tr * • « Another physician was called and WILL BRING THEM HOME The Cunard Steamship ,company has announced In Now York Wednes day that U twill bring back to the United Statee the body of every American who waa.g' victim o( the Making of the Lusitania at the ex pense of the steamship company. If the bodies eaa be stem to stern. The decks seemed to rise under foot. The liner settled as If sorely wounded. A great column of steam and water rose and coal and wood splinters were hurled high and fell in an avalanche on tbe upper deck. The liner appeared to falter, then steadied as the helm was swung over and her course was directed for land. But before she could answer to her helm a sec. nd 'dorpedo pierced her bow. About four minutes intervened between the two. Some passengers state th-t not only a second but a third torpedo struck the ship. It is generally believed, however, that the explosion of the second torpedo was mistaken for the impact of a third. It was while the ship was making 21 knots with a heavy, list to star board that the order was given, im mediately after the second missile struck, to lowe' the boats. Among the saloon passengers rela tive calm prevailed. It was the gen erally accepted Idea that the Lusi tania would float. Cool heads coun selled calm and the more timorous were quieted. Many of the first cabin passengers went about their depar ture leisurely, some even remainjng at table until luncheon was conclud ed. ■ Below the scene enacted was wide ly different. Women, many of them \yith babies in their arms, became 1>anic stricken. Officers and passen gers did their best to calm them. Fumes arising; from the explosion permeated the ship and many fell un conscious to the deck. Meanwhile the crew struggled valiantly to lower the boats. But due to the .high speed of the vessel and the heavy list the boats fouled the davits or could not be swurfg out to clear the side. Finally upward of 20 boats were put Into the water. Several were swamped when they struct^ the wat.er; others were capsized in tbe swell from the ship. Life belts had been distributed among the passengers but many pas sengers did not Trait to equip them selves with th» preservers: Some Jumped over the side and were knocked unconscious when they struck: others leaped with life belts on and swam to overturned boats, there to await the crowfng of oth r swimmers to right* the craft. Slowly the Lusitania filled forward and her bow dlppod deeper into the water.Finally the Mg liner slowed down not seemed to settle as If she The • . . a .. . —. _ — the party entered Joe’s house, notie Ing blood on the ground for the first time. The physicians found that Joe's throat had been cut and while he had sustained horrible gashing cuts, no artery had been severed, and the physicians said that he was not necessarily fatally wounded and that he must be carried to the hospital, Joe was conscious but • in great pain and kept saying something about being shot. Further examination re vealed the fact that he had two bul- i let wounds in his body. He was I rushed to the hospital, but died shortly after being carried there. The only thing that could be learn ed from him was that two white men had cut his throat and then shot him twice. He said one of them wore a derby hat. He said he could not identify them. He said they told him they w'ere looking fori a negro named "Sam” from Greenville. Nothing more was learned from him. A bul let from a 38 calibre pistol was found in his bed. The whole community is aroused over the brutal murder, taking place in the very heart of the town, the mgjn residence section, of Green- wkluL Very probably a large reward wW be offered. The police and other officers are at work on the case, but no clue has developed as yet. note, titow ap- will be sent to »'be presented jient. Its final iised carefully day th| jlrpveil by tlie .cabinet hansador Gerard t# khd Berlin feoverm details are 'being re Members of , the cabinet who allways have advocated a vigorous foreign polity 'are satisfied with Its tArms^ conservative Inejubers alpprove itialso Th^t 1 in maintains the( dignity! and hohor qf the Utaited Slates is Iheir unanimous opinion The president, it is bald, {■Ilk tbe gravity of meaning int the note an<J is prepared for any even tualities that ihay follow Its presenta tion, The ndte does tot say lexactly v hat the Course of the United States will be ih cake of a refusal! n01, would the president’s! advlsjers indicate Wednesday beyoqd saying that each new development would jbe consider ed as it qrose. In offlqlal quarters, hoiwever, even tual severance oif diplomatic lela- tions with Germany is declared not impossible If there Is no abatement of the German practices. The announcement from the Wnlte House was taken to mean that the American government observing the usual diplomatic amenities, would await receipt of the communication In Berlin before making it public- At first, there was sotne suggestion that the communication be sent personal ly by the prenidenjt to Emperor Wil liam, but Mr. Wilson deijermined that ft should be addressed hot to an in dividual, but to the German govern ment and through tt to the German people. Tho United States naturally seeks financial reparation, but its protest now la In the name of International law and humanity to obtain a guar antee that such tragedies will not be Master Quoted as Saying '‘"Ibafi be a British Subi troyers Directing American Vessel Took no N< , Attacking Diver. The', state department has public a sworn statement by Ral smith, former chjcf officer, now ter of the American steamer light, describing the torpedoing :of that veasel May 1, off the Scill/> Is lands. When torpedoed, the off|cpr say^ the Gulfllght was flying a larie American ensign Six feet by ten feqt in size. H6 said he saw the subi^i#- rine, but “could not distinguish qr see any. Hag flying on her.” Capt. I Smith fqrthe>r says tta shortly before the submarine sighted two British patroj boats, l lago and', Filey, took positions o either side of the Gulflight and or deredi hei( to follow them to th Bishop Li "I personally “ observed our fla, was standing out well to the breezesi’l the officer stated. The text of Cajitl Smith’s statement follows: “I am Ralph Smith, now master the steamship Gulflight. At the cor mencement of the voyage I was chibf officer. The ship loft Port Arthur An the 10th day of April, 1915, laden with a tank cargo of gasoline and wooden barrels of lubricating oil. The voyage was uneventful. When about half way across the Atlantic the wireless operator told mo there was a British cruiser in our vicinity and that he had heard messages from this ship the whole time since leav ing Port Arthur, but she made no di rect communication with or to our ship. F'rom the sound of tbe wire less messages given out by, the Brit ish ship she seemed to maintain the same distance from us until about three days before we reached the mouth of the English Channel. "On the 1st day of May about 11 o’clock in the forenoon wo spoke to two British patrol vessels named lago and Filey. We were .then about twenty-two miles west of tbe Hisbop Lighthouse. The patrol vessels ask ed where we were bound. After In forming them we were bound for Rouen, they ordered us to follot repeated, and tbe live# of non-com- them to the Bfchop. The Filey took AMERICANS ARE IN PERIL Mexican Soldiers Hushing to the Res- & J [ cue of A’oihen and Children. With 500 Mexican soldiers and a band of armed Americans reported as trying tp rescue them, a colony of 65 Americans, including women and children, were striving Friday to fight off Yaqui Indians from -their homes near Esper&nza, south of Guaymas. They situation was re ported as critical. Gov. Maytorena> relief troops are proceeding to the aid- of the Ameri can with difficulty, as the railroad Is only partly repaired. Several Ameri cans have been reported killed In the fighting. batants sacrificed. While high officials were retlctent in dlscuiwlng Its contents, it was agreed the note voiced the intense feeling of the United States over re cent occurrences In the war zone. The communication lays stress on the Inhumanity of attacks, without warning, on merchant vessels. It re views in a general way every case In the war zone In which the rights of American citizens have been trans gressed—the sinking of the Falaba with the loss of Leon C. Thresher, an American: the attack by German air men on the American steamer Cush ing; the torpedoing of the American steamer Gulflight. while flying the American flag; and finally the de struction of the Lusitania, with the loss of more than one thousand non- combatants, and more than one hun dred of them Americans. The .note, while firm and pointed, doe* not abandon tones of friendli ness, giving room for a disavowal by Germany of her acts or an abatement of her practices. Germany is called on for an expla nation of her past and future course, but the note leaves open the steps the United States will take to compel an acquiescence in its position. It calls attention to khe fact that while warning advertisements appeared In tho newspapers, the United States government never was Informed that the Lusitania would be torpedoed. Irrespective of that, however, the position is taken that the serving of notice to do an unlawful act neither justifies it nor makes it lavyful. GUILTY OF MURDER GREEK KING BERIOUHLY ILL.. , Athena. Greece, sends oat a dis patch Friday aaytng that King Con stantine was saffarfhg free# pleariry. and that the general condition of the ktag »** ca»Mfi« w id cap read alarm More are !■ eoaetaat at- w the roya Kin sale Jury Indicts Officers of Crew, Kaiser and Government. The coroner’s jury Investigating the deaths of five persons drowned when the Cunarder Lusitania was sunk by a German submarine off the coast of Ireland last Friday returned a verdict at Kinsale, Ireland, Monday charging “the officers of said subma rine and the emperor and govern ment of Germany, under whose or ders they acted, with the crime of wholesale murder before the tribu nal of the civilized world.” The verdict follows: “We find that .,the deceased met death from prolonged immersion and exhaustion In the sea eight miles sduthwest of Old Head of Kinsale Friday, May 7, 1915, owing to the sinking of the Lusitania by torpedoes fired by a Ger man submarine. "We find that this appalling crime was committed contrary to interna tional law and the conventions of all civilized nations. “We also charge the officers of said submarine add tbe emperor and government of Germany, under whese orders they acted, with the, crime of wholesale murder before the tribunal of the civilized world. "We desire to express sincere con dolence and sympathy with the rela tives of the deceased, the Canard company and the United States, many of whose citlsens perished In this murderous attack on an unarmed Genaafca Waned to Leevw. Naturalized Germans living la Liverpool kave keen advised to leave khat town owing to Ike danger doe to riotiag since the Vam of tho Loot- up a position of a half-mile distant on our port bow, the lago off our starboard quarter close to us. "We steered as directed and at about l- ~ the iteroad officer being on watch, sighted a submarine on our pint bow, slightly on the port bow. steaming at right angles to our course. The submarine was in sight for about five minutes when she sub merged about right ahead of us 1 saw her, but could not distinguish or see any flag flying on her. “The Gulflight was then steering about true east, steaming about eight miles an hour, flying a large Ameri can ensign, size 6 feet by 10 feet. Tbe wind was about south, about eight miles an hour in force. I per sonally observed our flag was stand ing out well to the breeze. Imme diately after seeing the submarine I went aft and notified t lie crew and came back and went on the bridge and heard the captain make the re mark that that must he a British submarine, as the patrol boats took no notice of it.. About 12.30 an ex plosion took place in the Gulflight on the bluff of the starboard bow. send ing vast quantities of water high in the air. coming down on the bridge and shutting everything off from our view. After the water cleared away our ship had sunk by the head eo tbat the son was washing over the fore deck and the ship appeared to bo sinking. “Immediately after I went aft to see the boats. 0\my way I saw one man overboard on the starboard side. The water at that time was black with oil. The boat^ were lowered and the crew got into them without delay or damage. After ascertaining there was no one left on board the ship I got in my boat and we’were picked up by the patrol vessel lago and were advised by her crew to leave the scene. We proceeded to wards St. Mary’s, but the dense fog, wlii^ii then came on, prevented us getting into the harbor that night. “About 2.30 v hi the morning fol lowing, I saw.Cr.pt. Alfred Gunter, master of the Gulflight, who had been s'eeping in the room of the skipper of the lago, standing in the room with a queer look on his face. I asked him what his trouble was and' he made no reply. ■ Then he reached for the aide of the berth with his hands, but did not take hold. I went in the room, but he fell before I reached him. He was taken on deck, as the cabin was small and hot. After reaching ‘he deck he seemed to re vive and said:,'! am cold.’ After that he had apparently two fainting attacks and then expired in a third one—this being about 3.40. “We arrived- at St. Mary’s Scilly, about 10 o’clock bn the morning of May 2. The Gulflight was towed to Crow Sound, Scilly, on the 2nd of May, by British patrol vessels, and Commander Oliver, senior naval of ficer qf the port- of Scilly, sent tor some one to come on board the Gulf llght and I went and tbe ship was anchored about 6 p. m. I again left the ship tbat evening-—she being then In tbe charge of the admiralty. I visited the ship on Monday. I went ’ out again on Tuesday, but It was too rough to get on board. To the beat of my knowledge there was ad exami nation of the veeael made by dlverw ufttll Wednesday about S p. m., whea \ members from tbe American embassy were present Tbe divers at this omly ef the ahlp’s skip with msat |.4« p. sad left thw