Also, here's a link about the munitions that were illegally aboard:
The manifest includes a shipment of copper wire from J. R. Livermore to some place in Lancashire. I tried looking up J. R. Livermore, but my Google Fu must be weak, because all I found was this photo of an apparent wife:
She's at the "Astor tableaux," which was a fancy party for New York elites. The women dressed in leopard print costumes and acted out Greek plays. Strange how this woman was important enough to get invited to exclusive parties attended by the wealthiest elites of New York society, and yet her husband languishes in obscurity. If anyone knows anything about the J. R. Livermore who had cargo aboard the Lusitania, please let me know.
The Germans claimed the Lusitania was a fair target due to the war materiel she carried. The British said there were no munitions on board. The Germans were right, of course. We have the full manifest, courtesy of the folks at the Franklin Roosevelt Presidential Library, and it's all right there. The British were smuggling weapons and other contraband into a war zone in flagrant violation of U.S. and international law.
Anyway, I found the scan of the manifest and thought I'd share. It's a neat piece of a dark moment in history.
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