Show PROBING LOSS OF CUNARD STEAMER Fifty Y Lusitania Survivors Attend At Attend Attend At- At tend Opening of British Board of Trade Inquiry London June 15 Fifty Fifty survivors o othe ot of the Lusitania disaster to together with relatives of passengers who lost loit their lives and force of ot A retained privately lawyers attended the opening session i today of ot the tho board of ot trade Inquiry into the tho destruction of the liner whose sinking b by a a. German submarine Ma tiray 7 1 caused a loss lOlls of ot more than 1100 lives Ihs Tho survivors and the relatives es o of tho the dead expressed disappointment that tho the testimony relating to the admiralty's alty's altys wireless Instructions to the tana was AR given gi In camera since th they y now soo see small hope that an any evidence e would be bo forthcoming to sho show whether er the officers of ot the ship exorcised all precautions to protect the vessel and her passengers This hope was lessened further b bythe by bythe the ruling of ot Baron president of or the court of ot Inquiry that ho he would pass personally on all questions put to witnesses by bp outside attorneys Captain ln Turner of at the Lusitania was the principal witness today He APpeared ap appeared AP- AP appeared to be In good physical condition and In full tull control of at his hi a nerves His voice olce was vas hearty heart and firm his manner mannel brisk and his answers prompt Interfering I should sn say ay was Captain Turners Turner's answer to the thc quei- quei lion tion of ot Butler AspInall one of or the Cunard COnard line counsel whether the passengers pas pas- engers were helping after the tho explosion explosion ex ox- but when asked again If It the tho passengers ers were ere doln doing the tho best bost the they could the captain replied Ye Yes Barrister Bar Bar- Barrister rister asked whether the captain captaIn cap- cap taIn ain saw Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt The reply was in the negative Competent enough but the they need needmore needmore needmore more practice was as Captain Turners Turner's opinion of the tho efficiency of or tho the crew In n reply to the tho representatives of ot the thes I I s I Ship Stewards Steward's union The Cunard line lino attorney then came cameto cameto cameto 1 to the r rescue cue of ot the witness b by asking him If he did not think oil nIl modern seamen and stewards were interior Inferior to those of the old sailing ship Captain Turner said he preferred the tho old school eVer every time Sir Edward Carson attorn attorney e general who opened for the board of ot trade sal said ho was able to give e complete denial de denial denial de- de nial to the contention of ot the German government that the Lusitania was WaR an armed vessel carrying guns Auns and serving servIn serving In ing as an auxiliary to the naval forces of or Great Britain Without warning he said a German German German Ger Ger- man submarine fired two torpedoes atI atthe at atthe the Lusitania and it is believes believed that a n I third projectile also was fired Such an act was not only contrary to international later inter national law but hut It is contrary to the dictates s of f cI tion and humanity To sink pass passengers In t this s mariner manner wis wisa was wasa a deliberate attempt nt Rt murder Continuing Sir Edward remarked that the question of ot speed would be Important The Lusitania was going going- eighteen knots using only nineteen out of her twenty five boilers in consequence consequence consequence conse conse- quence of oC the tho decreased traffic thus saving saving- a quarter of her total coal consumption consumption consumption con con- and a proportionate amount of ot labor |