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Show SOOTS FIRED TO SAVE AMERICANS Helmsman of Tennessee Launch Did Not Heed Warning Promptly Third Shot Fired. Washington. Nov. 27. The Turkish commander of the forts at Smyrna lays all responsibility for the firing on the cruiser Tennessee's launch "to the Indifference of the helmsman of the launch," who, it is said, did not heed warning of the presence of mines. Secretary Bryan today issued a supplemental sup-plemental statement on the Tennessee Tennes-see incident, based upon the latest communication from the Turkish minister min-ister of war to Ambassador Morgen-thau Morgen-thau in Constantinople. "The war minister's report," the statement said, "states that he ascer talned from the commander of Smyrna Smyr-na that two blank shots of wrarning were first fired and that the sentinel after waiting two minutes, was obliged ob-liged to fire the third shot In another direction from that of the launch which latter shot was merely to pre vent the helmsman of the launch from holding his course which would lead directly on to the mines at the entrance en-trance of the port, and to rescue him from a very certain danger The commander of Smyrna expressed very great regret that such an obligation was presented to the sentinel of the port which he attributed to the indifference in-difference of the helmsman of the launch." Secretary- Bryan said this latest report re-port closes" the incident |