Damage

On May 7, 1915, Miss Theodate Pope tied a lifebelt around her, sprang into the sea from the sinking Lusitania. The gentle swell of the ocean rocked her into unconsciousness before the rescue ship Julia saved her.

A year later, she married a brilliant diplomat--John Wallace Riddle, but bad luck on the ocean continued to harass her and, a few months ago (TIME, Mar. 23), Mr. Riddle was forced to resign his post as Ambassador to Argentina because her health forbade her venturing again upon the ocean.

Last week, the Mixed Commission in Washington allowed her $20,000 for injuries and $5,000 for loss of property on that fatal 1915 day, ten years ago.