INTERNATIONAL MERCANTILE MARINE CO.,
New York, May 25, 1912.Senator WILLIAM ALDEN SMITH,
United States Senate, Washington, D. C.DEAR SIR: Inclosed please find letter addressed to you which we have received from Capt. Lord of the steamer Californian, dated Liverpool. May 11.
Yours, truly,
P.A.S. FRANKLIN,
Vice President.
S. S. "CALIFORNIAN,"
Liverpool, May 11, 1912.Senator SMITH,
Sir: After leaving Boston I found that I had unintentionally given a wrong reply to one of your questions. You asked me, "Could I give you the temperature of the water from my log book." I replied, "No; but I could give it to you from memory," which I did.
The log books I have always used have not had a column for temperature of water, but this voyage we have had a new type of book, which has the column in. Although I had the log book at the time you asked me, my reply was based on the ones I had always been in the habit of using. Below I give you the temperature of air and water from noon April 14 to noon April 15. I am sir, yours, respectfully,
STANLEY LORD.