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Show Lusitania'a Cargo The Lusitania, sunk by a German submarine, carried fi,'lK) cases of ammunition, consisting entirely of " cartridges for small arms. These were carried by permission of the United States Department of Commerce Com-merce and could not, according to the report of the collector of the port of New York, be called explosives explo-sives under the terms of the statutes. She curried no troops, guns, loaded shells or high explosives. explo-sives. The cargo consisted of copper cop-per articles, brass and furs and was valued at $7W),OW. |