Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1915-06-17 | Page 2 | No Directions Given Lusitania Commander

NO DIRECTIONS GIVEN L lUSITANIA COMMANDER Captain Turner Navigating atHis atHis at atHis His Own Discretion When Steamer Was Torpedoed London June 16 Baron 16 Baron Mersey Merse president of oC the court of oC inquiry Into the sinking of ot the steamship Lusitania intimated this afternoon that the In Investigation In- In investigation atlon would woUl soon bo be ended The baron said his mind was quite satis satis- tle fled fied as to the most important questions ques Ques- the speed of ot the vessel at the time she was attacked and tho the absence of ot British destroyers as an escort Ho He believed the court had before It all an the tho evidence c It was likely to obtain rela rela- tive tI to the alleged shortage of or officers and the use of or boats at nt the tho time of ot the tho catastrophe One Ono of ot tho points elicited toda today was that there was only one boat drill dur dur- lag InS the voyage Oage This drill lasted only onh onha a row few minutes The coal 8 saved ed during the voyage oase b by cutting off ott six of ot the twenty five boilers boilers bollers boil boll ers amounted to 1000 tons according to the testimony o of a 0 passenger who said he received this information from Crom Staff Stace Captain Anderson Alfred n Booth oth chairman of oC the board hoard of or the Cunard Steamship company compan was wa was examined cross by an attorney representing representing survivors as ns to whether the company compan took nn any steps to prevent the from doing doing- what she did do namely entering the thc war zone on schedule The witness s replied he did not know what schedule time meant but Captain Turner had been given en entire entire en- en tire discretion Mr Booth said he received no word t from tram Captain Turner during tho the voyage voy voy- age On th the tho morning of oC the tho day the tho was torpedoed the Cunard company om pan asked the admiralty to communicate communicate com corn with the thc ship concerning threats against it Examination of ot the Lusitania by livers divers from Crom a neutral country with a view to ascertaining what she ha had on hoard In the way of ot arms and ammu ammu- wa was suggested U Est g d In lit the house of ot commons common today h by Laurence The Tho practicability of oC this suggestion was questioned b by Walter Runciman president of or tho tIre board of trade owing to tho the depth at which the vessel essel is lying