Show CHEROKEE ST STARlEt ARTH VOYAGE ALTHOUGH UN SEA WORTHY So Alleges Father of Commander Com mander madder of Ship Who Lost Hi His 1 s Life I By y Associated Press Treas L GLOUCESTER Mass March arch r 2 Tho The naval tug Ch rok e which off the Delaware I capes last st l Tuesday e da 1 causing the tho loss of oC nearly j I thirty liven h was sent to sea sen h the tho reports of her h r commander commander- Lieutenant Edward D. D N Nw Newell w ll of this elt city to the navy y department that she was Unseat l orthy according to n. n letter l tt l' l gi given yen out tonight 1 by DY Dt George eol it Newell father of or the young oUng of officer CIccI Lieutenant X Newell Went down n with his ship Dr Mrs Mis Newell left here today f for r Philadelphia hla l to DC he e present at the lib CO court tt of ot inquiry IaH Into hito talc 1116 Ul ships ship's loss los which convenes on n j I Monday In Iii that thatcH cH city Before Defore hl his departure Dr made mad public tt a. letter Jener which ho he to tb Secretary Daniels e At th the time of ot Ills his Lt Lieutenant Newell's New- New ells ell's last visit home February r 17 Dr NeWell Nonien Wrote he stated ted that tit the th- reason for changing changIng- the name of or tit th thI the I Ch Cherokee was for the purpose of or blinding blinding blinding blind blind- ing the public to the worthlessness of ot the kind of ur cr craft ft for 01 which they were spending the peoples people's Furthermore Furthermore Further Further- more after r his fruitless appeals to the various officials with whom he was In ail tou touch h he lie had with him his final appeal appeal ap ape I peal written n on official paper which I he had addressed to your office at Washington giving many mam reasons wh wherein l' l l th the vessel was I one of ot th the things specifically cally mentioned being the f steering gear ear which was apparently app apparently ap ap- i p the Ute principal cause of ot the thed d disaster Knowing nil all this and with the full ull appreciation of ot the responsibility restIng rest rest- Ing big in him for tor the lives Jives of or those of whom he was In command there run an anbe un he be no question no-question of or his obeying an order to put to sea Ben It would seem scent the the- there re responsibility re- re ll lies s not with tilh those Who gave c a this order but bill rather rathel with those whose inefficiency or 01 much worse made It possible under the exIsting ex exIsting existing ex- ex conditions ns and there is il going to tobe tobe tobe be mah many mahy till ache in th the J hearts of I those who have ha boys bors still in itt li th the ser ser- Ico until the government gO has Convinced eon Con on vinced them that another such calamity calamity calam calam- ity is not to be repeated |