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NORWICH, CONN., MONDAY, MAY 10, 1915
EIGHT PAGES
PRICE TWO CENTS
VOL LVi!. NO. 110
The Bulletin's Circulation in Norwich is Double That of Any P'er Paper, and Its Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to the City's Population
Events Following the Explosion Narrated by Sur
vivors of the Ill-Fated Steamship Lusitania
14 YEAR OLD GIRL
Helped Stewards Fill a Boat and Retained Composure
Throughout the Ordeal Death Roll is Approximately
1 1,500 Total Number of Survivors 764, of Which 462
' Were Passengers and 302 Crew 144 Bodies Have
Been Recovered 87 Identified and 57 Unidentified
It is Now Believed That a Battery of German Subma-
tines Were Awaiting Lusitania Public Funeral for
"T Unidentified Dead to be Held Today, With Military
- Pomp ! n. ..-?.-
Queenstown, May 9, 5.30 a. m.
STwecty-tlires miles from this port as
the crow flies an Irregular smear of
flotsam en a calm sea marks the grave
of the Cunarder Lusitania, first trans
Atlruitio liner eunk by a German sub
marine. Forty-nine I 1,200 souls who
perished with lier lie In improvised
morgues in old buildings bordering
Queenstown harbor. They either were
picked up dead or succumbed after
landing.
Additional Deaths Expected.
The 645 eurvivors here are quartered
in hotels, residences and hospitals,
eome too badiy hurt to be moved. Two
frroups, clad in misfit clothing, left
town Saturday afternoon and evening
bound for Dublin by rail and thence by
boat to Holyhead. The injuries of
e.ime are so serious that additional
deatns are expected, and nearly all are
too dazed to understand fully what
bae happened.
Stories of Survivors Disagree.
The survivors do not agree as to
whether the submarine fired one or
two torpedoes. A few say they saw
the periscope, though many attest to
tracing the wake of foam as a pro
jectile came towards the vessel. The
only pttints in which all concur is that
the torpedo struck the vessel a vital
blow amidships, causing her to list al
most immediately to the starboard. In
this careening fashion she plowed for
ward some distance, smashing the life
boats' davits as she did so, and making
the launching of boats well nigh im-
: possible until headway had ceased.
Difficulty in Launching Lifeboats.
How far the Lusitania struggled for
ward after being struck and how long
It was before she disappeared beneath
the waves likewise are points upon
which few passengers agree, estimates
of tne time she remained afloat rang
ing from eight to twenty minutes. At
any rate, the list to starboard so ele
vated the lifeboats on the port side so
as to render them useless and it is
paid only two on that eide were
launched. The first of these, accord
ing to the custom of the sea, was filled
with women and children. It struck
the water unevenly, capsizing and
throwing its sixty occupants into the
sea. The Lusitania even then was
making considerable headway, and
these women and little children were
swept to death in epite of the attempts
tf two stokers to rescue them. These
stokfcis, according to the passengers,
were drowned.
Lifeboats Broke Adrift.
After that several boats were launch
ed successfully, but the steamer's list
irrew more perilous, the decks slanting
to such an angle that it was imperative
for all to cling to the starboard rail.
Many by this time bad donned lifebelts
and jumped. Several lifeboats broke
adrift unoccupied and the sea became
a froth of oars, chairs, debris and hu
man bodies.
Crew Behaved Well.
Two rtokers, seeing a drifting boat,
divert overboard, recovered it and pull
ed in nearly forty persons, mostly
women. The Lusltanla's crew mean
while adhered to the letter of the in
structions which had been given them
and the discipline was rigid, although
one or two subordinate officers are said
to have told a group of passengers who
had climbed into a boat that there was
no immediate danger and advised them
to remain on deck a while longer.
Whether this was due to the fact that
these subordinates lost their heads or
to their conviction that the ship's
bulkheads would save her, never will
be determined, but that such an inci
dent occurred is attested by Ernest
Townley, a resident of Surfoiton, Eng
land, who was returning from a busi
ness trip Sn America.
Survivors Are Dazed.
All day yesterday in hotel corridors,
halls and reception rooms survivors
sat listlessly, still too dazed to discuss
what had occurred. They were dressed
in a variety of garments. Some were
cry-in softly. In front of the small
Cunard offices on the waterfront a
crowd surged, clamoring for news of
lathei, mother, brother or sister.
Further down the street a crowd
cramned the small government tele
graph office, where three clerks and
three operators strove desperately to
koep abreast of the ever-growing
stream of messages.
Dead in Four Morgues,
In four morgues lay the dead, women
in some cases side by side with chil
dren, grouped like toys. The body of
Charles Frohnmn, his features placid,
lay face upward in a bare room in an
old building on the hillside a hundred
yardcj from the water's edge. Around
htm were ranged fifty bodies of both
exes, over which attendants were
bend'ng, sorting and ticketing their be
longings. Battery of -Submarines.
Those men best fitted to chronicle
the last moments of the Lusitania
Eibert Hubbard, Justus Miles Forman,
Char'ea Frohman, Albert Gwynne Van
derbllt and others apparently all went
to their graves with her. Her speed
at the time she was struck is various
ly esumated from eight to twenty-one
knots. Whsn forced, the liner could
DISPLAYED HEROISM
do twenty-five knots, outstripping even
the fastest and latest submarines,
henre it is the belief of survivors and
Cunard line officials that a battery of
underwater craft, numbering perhaps
four or five, lay in wait in the clear
sunshine of Friday, posted advantage
ous'y along the route it was surmised
the vessel would take. It was easy to
keen all but the tins of the periscopes
submerged, and then for the craft
nearest her to let go torpedoes.
The first train to arrive here yester
day morning carried attaches of the
main Cunard line offices at .Liverpool,
including Cant. William Dodd, the ma
rine superintendent, and Dr. Duncan
Morgan, the medical superintendent.
Suffering from Wounds and Shock.
The former busied himself with re
lieving the material wants of surviving
passengers and crew and the loentmca
tion of the dead, while the latter at
tended tho injured, several of whom
were suffering from eevere wounds
and shock.
Aid and Sympathy (Extended.
Every train for Kingstown and
Rosslsre carried complement of sec
ond and third class passengers and
members of the crew. Most of the first
cabin survivors, sadly few in number,
will remain here temporarily. The
towrereoole have been generous in
extending aid and sympathy to the
survivors, none ot whom was aoie to
save more than the clothes on his
back. Many are dressed as they would
have been if the disaster had occurred
at night, for the explosion and the long
struifprle in the water virtually denuded
them.
Captain Turner appeared yesterday
morning in civilian clothing donated by
a local banker who has extended the
hospi.ality of his home to the com
mandtr. Later in the day he dressed
in t.ie stained uniform which had been
dried t nd walked with bowed head
down the streets, recognized by few
among the crowds.
TRAWLER PICKED UP
146 OF SURVIVORS
Saw Many Dead Bodies That Were
Horribly Mangled
Queenstown, May 9. The captain of
a trawler which arrived in the harbor
soon after the accident with 146 sur
vivors, mostly women and children,
when reproached for not staying on
the chance of picking up more sur
vivors, said:
"There were many left in the water,
but they were all dead and many so
horribly mangled I thought it bet
ter to bring ashore my boatload of
suffering women, as they could not
have stood much more."
These women presented a pitiful
sight as they wandered aimlessly
about searching without hope for lov
ed ones who must have gone down
with the ship.
Relatives and friends of passengers
who had gane in high spirits to Liver
pool to meet the incoming ship be
gan to arrive here yesterday to search
for the missing, but the small roll of
survivors meant heartbreaking dis
appointment for most of them. Among
the number was William Crichton,
prominent business man of London
and a former resident of Baltimore,
who searched in vain among the sur
vivors and in the morgues for a trace
of his wife.
SURPRISED THAT CAPTAIN
FOLLOWED REGULAR COURSE
Naval Officers Say Lusitania Was
Instructed to Take Middle Channel.
Queenstown, May 9. Queenstown
was almost as much dazed by the
tragedy as those aboard the Lusi
tania. The questions on every lip are:
"Why did Captain Turner pursue the
usual well known Cunard Line course
so close to the Irish coast at medium
speed and why was not the big liner
convoyed I
Several naval officers here state that
the Lusitania received wireless orders
to take a course in the middle chan
nel, but the ship's wireless operator
declines to say whether or not he re
ceived such orders.
All day long morbid crowds sur
rounded the temporary morgues where
the bodies of 149 victims await ident
ification. Although few have been
identified, many bear evidence of hav
ing occupied the first class cabin. In
striking contrast to most historic sea
disasters, the rate of mortality among
first class passengers seems to be
heavier -than among any other class on
board. A large proportion of those
saved are members of the crew, but
this is not evidence of lack of dis
cipline, as most of them were picked
up irom me water.
14-YEAR OLD NEW YORK
GIRL A REAL HEROINE
Aided Stewards in Filling a Boat
With . Women and Children
Queenstown, May 9 The brief time
elapsing between the torpedoing and
sinking of the Lusitania was long
Cabled Paragraphs
An Additional Surv-
London, May 9, 8.20 p. 'V addi
tional survivor of the L. vnla dis
aster made known this evening in
Arthur Dixon, of New York, a second
class passenger.
enough to develop a heroine in the
personof Miss Kathleen Kaye, 14
years old, who was returning from
New Tork, where she had been visit
ing relatives. With smiling words
and reassurance she aided stewards in
filling a boat with women and children.
When all were in she climbed aboard
the lifeboat as coolly as an able sea
man. One sailor fainted at his oar
as the result of a hard race to escape
swamping. The girl took his place
and rowed until the boat was out of
danger. None among the survivors
bears as little sign of her terrible ex
periences as JVtiss Kaye, who spends
most of her time comforting and as
sisting her sisters in misfortune.
The dragging of lifeboats was ex
plained by a number of passengers
and members of the crew by the
statement that the second torpedo
severed several steampipes from the
engines. The Lusitania had been sent
full speed ahead when the first tor
pedo was seen and It was impossible
to stop her headway by reversing the
engines when the necessity for low
ering the boats was realized.
WAS IN A LIFEBOAT
WHICH CAPSIZED.
A Youthful New Yorker Tells of the
Events Following Explosion.
Queenstown, May 9. G. D. Lane, a
youthful but cool-headed second cab
in passenger who was. returning to
Wakes from New Tork, was in a life-
coat which capsized by the davits as
the Lusitania heeled over.
"I was on the 'B deck," he said,
when I saw the wake of the trpe-
do. I hardly realized what it meant
when the big ship seemed to stagger
and almost immediately listed to star
board. I rushed to get a life belt.
but stopped to help get children on
the boat deck. The second cabin was
a veritable nursery. Many young
sters must have been drowned, but I
had the satisfaction of seeing one
boat get away filled with women and
children. When the water cached
the deck I saw another lifeboat with
a vacant seat, which I took, as no one
else was in sight, but we were too
late. The Lusitania reeled, so sud
denly, our boat was swamped, but we
ngnted her again.
We witnessed the most - horrible
scene of human futility it is possible to
imagine. When the Lusitania had
turned almost over she suddenly
plunged bow foremost into the water,
leaving her stern high in the air. Peo
ple on the aft deck were fighting with
wild desperation to retain a foothold
on the alBBst perpendicular deck while
they fell over the slippery stern like
crippled flies. Their cries and
shrieks could be heard above the hiss
of escaping steam and the crash of
bursting boilers. - Then the water
mercifully closed over them and the
big liner disappeared, leaving scarce
ly a ripple behind her.
Twelve lifeboats were all that
were left of our floating home. In a
time which could be measured by sec
onds, swimmers, bodies and wreckage
appeared on the space where she went
down. We were almost exhausted by
the work of rescue when taken aboard
a trawler. It all seems like a horri
ble dream now."
PUBLIC FUNERAL TO BE
HELD AT QUEENSTOWN
For Unidentified Dead, Among Whom
Are Probably Several Americans.
Queenstown, May 9., 7:30 p. m.
Captains Miller and Cassell, attaches
of the American embassy in London,
arrived here this afternoon and con
ferred with Consul Frost.
Most of the survivors were leav
ing Queenstown today. There is lit
tle hope here that additional sur
vivors will be found. A tender cruis
ed about the scene of the disaster all
last night but reported today that no
bodies had been found. The search,
however, will be conmued.
Representatives of the Pearson fam
ily today claimed the body of Dr. F. S.
Pearson. They also visited. the
morgues searching for the body of
Mrs. Pearson, who is missing.
The body identified as Brederick is
that of C. J. Broderick, a Harvard
geologist, who was on his way to Bel
gium to work for the American re
lief emmission. His body had been
mistakenly tagged in the morgue as
tnat ot the purser of the Lusitania.
Marine Superintendent Todd of the
Cunard Line declared today that he
had little hope that any survivors
would turn up at isolated ports along
the coast. He believed that the death
list would remain at about the same
as estimated. The only problem now
was to identify some of the dead in
the morgues.
A number of unidentified dead, in
cluding probably several Americans,
will be buried on Monday. The fun
eral will be public and there will be
a military and naval escort.
ARRANGEMENTS FOR
BURIAL OF VICTIMS
A General Funeral Service to Be Held
Over 139 Coffins.
London, May 9, 9.03 p. m. A Central
News despatch from Queenstown says
that according to the present arrange
ments for the burial of the victims
of the Lusitania the coffins will be
borne from the town hall at 9 o'clock
In the morning, but that the funeral
procession .proper will leave at 3
o'clock in the afternoon for the ceme
tery. The head of the procession will
be formed at the Cunard offices.
A special high mass will be cele
brated at St. Coleman's cathedral, with
the bishop of Cloyne officiating. Me
morial services also will be held wher
ever it is practicable. A general fu
neral service will be held at the ceme
tery over the one hundred and thirty-nine
coffins.
SURVIVORS OF LUSITANIA
462 PASSENGERS, 302 OF CREW
144 Bodies Have Heen Recovered, of
Which 57 Are Unidentified.
New Tork, May 9. The Cunard
Steamship company tonight announced
the receipt of the following cablegram
from Liverpool:
"Up to midnight Queenstown advises
total number of survivors 764, includ
ing 462 passengers and 302 crew.
"One hundred and forty-four bodies
recovered, of which 87 identified and
57 unidentified. Identied bodies com
prise 65 passengers, 22 crew.
"Number of persons injured: 30 pas
sengers and 17 crew."
nierican Action
is Undetermined
PRESIDENT STUDYING LEGAL
PHASES OF AFFAIR.
IS DEEPLY DISTRESSED
Until All Official Reports Are Received
from Ambassadors It Is Not Ex
pected Any Action Will Be Taken.
Washington. May 9. What action
the iJnited States government will
take as a result of the sinking of the
3ritisr liner Lusitania, with a' loss of
more tahn a hundred American lives,
is to'tight an undetermined question.
President Vvilson during the last
hours has been studying every aspect
of the case from its legal and humani
tarian aspects. That he feels deeply
dist-essed over the incident and real
izes lie people of the United States
expert him to express in some pro- J
nounced fashion their indignation over
it to indicated by the statement is
sue'' Ircm the White House last night, j
Considering Course of Action.
Nothing more was added today to i
the lew significant sentences of this
utterance that the president was con
sidering very earnestly but very calm
ly th right course of action to pur
sue end that "he knows the people of
the country wish and expect 'him to act
with deliberation as well as with firm
ness. '
Awaiting Official Reports.
Until all the official reports are re
ceived from Ambassadors Gerard and
Paige, at Berlin and London, respect
ively, it is not expected that any action
will be taken.
The president spent a quiet day
apart from his official family and for
the most part alone. He went to
church in the forenoon and took a ride
after luncheon. Most of the time he
seemed preoccupied. He sat in his
study, it was said, in deep thought, un
disturbed for hours. Secretary and
Mrs. McAdoo dined with him tonight,
but it vas understood no reference was
made to the war situation. It was the
first t.me Mr. McAdoo had visited the
White House since he was operated on
a few weeks ago.
Telegrams from All Parts of Country.
Wucn the president returned to his
desk tonight he found scores of tele
grams from all parts of the country.
Many urged the adoption of severe
measures. Several, among them a few
from workingmen's organizations,
urged a declaration of war as the
surest preventive of further affronts to
American dignity. Others suggested a
severar.ee of all diplomatic relations
until adequate reparation and apology
was maae. btm otners counselled a
peaceiul course, but advocated firm
ness A few messages justified the
sinking. Secretary Bryan, who spent
the aay at home, also received many
similar messages.
Visits Philadelphia Today.
The president plans to go to Phila
delphia late tomorrow to deliver there
late in the evening a speech which ob
servers generally believe will ,give ex
pression to his own feelings on the
situation produced by the sinking of
tne Lusitania. He is to address a
meeting of four thousand naturalized
Americans, arranged for several weeks
ago by the bureau of naturalization of
the department of commerce to launch
a systematic campaign for educating
new citizens to a right understanding
ot their duties. Mr. Wilson will re
turn Tuesday evening and a few hours
later the regular meeting of the cab
inet will take place, when it is gen
erally expected he will lay before his
advisors the policy he has in mind and
asl. their counsel.
Questions of Law Involved.
" On the Questions of law involved in
the sinking of the Lusitania, the
Washington government long ago
stated its position to Germany. Law
officers of the government were unani
mou ; ir their opinion, shared by the
presided, tnat there is no warrant un
der law or reason for the destruction
of an unarmed merchant ship, even of
an enemy, without warning the pas
sengers at tne time the ship is en
counterea and transterrlng non-com
batants to a place of safety.
Berlin Official Statement,
The official statement from Berlin
which came by wireless admitting that
a German submarine had sunk the
Lusitania, and pointing out that the
big Jiner "was naturally armed with
gunSr' was widely commented upon by
OKlCi&lS.
DEATH ROLL ESTIMATED
AT CLOSE TO 1,500
The Only Problem Now Is to Identify
the Dead.
London, May 9. 11 p. m. "The only
problem now is to identify the dead."
Thus Superintendent Dodd, of the
Cunard company, dashed away any lin
gering hope that there might be fur
ther survivors of the Lusitania.
"So far as can be ascertained -about
700 persons escaped when the Lusi
tania took her fatal plunge after being
struck by German torpedoes, but of
these, 45 have since died from expos
ure or from injuries. The death roll
as estimated here totals well up to
1,500.
NAVAL
DEMONSTRATION
IN HUDSON RIVER
Ships Are Lined Up for a Distance
of Four Miles.
New Tork, May 9. Sixteen battle
ships, numerous gunboats, submarines
and auxiliary ships lined up for a dis
tance of four miles in the Hudson for
the naval demonstration drew a crowd
estimated at one million persons to the
shores of the river today. It was said
that only 60,000 of this number were
able to board the ships for Inspection
purposes, the remainder being content
to admire the sea fighters from the
heights of Riverside Drive.
Joseph L. Myers Saved.
New York, May S, A cable mes
sage received tonight placed the names
of Joseph L. Myers of this city on
the list of survivors of the Lusitania.
The message came from Mr. Myers
to -Harry Angelo. Jr., his business
partner and read: "Safe in hospital In
Queenstown." The two men are in
the lace importing business at 176
Mad Madison avenue, under the firm
name of Angelo and Myer
English Wreck
German Shops
FURY AROUSED BY SINKING OF
THE LUSITANIA.
RIOTS IN LIVERPOOL
Contents of Several Shops Were Piled
in the Streets and Burned Police
Unable to Cope with the Outbreak.
Liverpool, May 9, 11.35 p. m. The
attacks upon German shops, which
began yesterday, were renewed to
night as the result of the fury arous
ed . by the sinking of the Lusitania.
Most of the rioters were women,
many of them relatives of the sailors
of the Cunard line. Several shops
were wrecked and the contents piled
in the streets and burned.
A Large Number of Arrests.
A large number of arrests were
made, although so many police have
Joined the army that the Liverpool
force is now hardly able to cope with
the outbreak.
The torpedoing of the Cunard liner
Lusitania roused ill feeling against
the Germans here to fever heat and a
rtumber of shops owned by Ger-mans
were wrecked today.
Police Forced to Use Batons.
Windows were broken and the con
tents of the stores were scattered
about the streets. Fifty policemen
were called out and made twenty ar
rests, but the rioters were so violent
in their efforts to rescue comrades
that the police were forced to use ba
tons to quell the disturbance.
DIGGING GRAVES FOR
THE UNKNOWN DEAD
Military Pomp Will Mark Public Fu
neral at Queenstown.
Queenstown, May 10, 1.45 a. m. This
has been a day of the dead in Queens
town. Most of the survivors of the
Lusitania left for their homes. No
survivors were added to the meagre
list and the only figures augmented
were those of the identified dead. No
additional, deaths were reported at the
hospitals.
While soldiers toiled in the grave
yard of a church on the hill digging
graves for the unknown dead who will
be buried there tomorrow, groups of
relatives and friends of the passengers
went from morgue to morgue some
finding what they sought, others turn
ing awav to continue their search
with ebbing hope. The public funeral
tomorrow which a representative of
the vieenV of Ireiand will attend, will
be too large for the ordinary facilities
of Queenstown " and Cork and trucks
will be pressed into service to carry
the coffins.
, The funeral which will he in charg.
of the general commanding the dis
trict, will be marked by military pomp,
such as is accorded those who die in
the armed service of their country.
REMARKABLE ESCAPE
OF A TEXAS MAN
Was in Water For Nearly Three
Hours, Clinging to Various Objects
Queenstown, May 9. The most
remarkable escape was that of
R. J. Timmis of Gainesville,
Texas, who was 'returning to England
for his yearly visit, accompanied by
his chum, R. T. Moodie, also of Gaines
ville.
Both men gave their life belts to
steerage women just as the Lusitania
sank. Timmis, who is a strong swim
mer remained in the water, clinging
to various objects, for nearly three
hours. Then he was taken into
boat which he still had the strength
to assist in rowing.
The boat began picking up from the
water all those showing signs of life
and the first person rescued was the
half-unconscious steerage woman to
who Timmis had given his lef belt.
Moodie sank when the ship went
under, and although he was a good
swimmer, he was not seen again.
Moodie was ready to jump when Tim
mis, who previously had given his
Deit to a woman, sal a: "There is
steerage woman with a six months old
baby. Moodie stripped off his belt.
Apparently both he and the woman
had persihed.
SAW A. G, VANDERBILT ON
DECK AS SHIP SANK
Was Equipped with a Life Belt, but
Gave It to a Young Woman.
London, May 9. Thomas Slidell of
New York, who was interviewed in
London today, said, he saw Alfred G,
Vanderbilt on the deck of the Lusi
tania as the vessel was going down
Mr. Vanderbilt, who could not swim
was equipped with a life belt, but he
gallantly took it off, Mr. Slidell said,
and placed it around a young woman,
Then he went off to seek another life
belt. The ship sank a few seconds
later.
Mr Slidell said that he and Her
bert Stone of New York were sitting
in thes moking room by themselves
wnen the Hrst torpedo struck the ship.
Both men intuitively knew what had
happened and they simultaneously ut
tered the word "torpedo." Together
they left the room and went on deck,
which already had acutely tilted Mr
Stone made for the upper side of the
deck while Mr. Slidell moved down
ward. This was the last that Mr.
Slidell saw of Mr. Stone. Subsequent
ly he asked a number of survivors
but could not find anyone who had
seen Mr. Stone thereafter.
A NEAR PANIC TOOK
POSSESSION OF WOMEN
As People Were Rushed to the Boats
Liner Settled Rapidly.
Queenstown, May 9. Dr. J. T,
Houghton, of Troy, N. Y.one of the
survivors, said there was no reason
to fear any danger after the first ex
plosion, as It was believed the ves
sel would be headed for Queenstown
iuiu uencneu il necessary, just men.
said Dr. Houghton .the liner was
agai ns truck evidently In a more vl
tal spot, for it began to settle rapidly,
urders then came from the bndjn
to lower all boats. A near panic took
possession of the women. People
were rushed into the boats, some of
which were launched successfully,
ttners not so successfully.
Condensed Telegrams
Michigan crop report for May places
the condition of wheat at 92.
The' Red Star liner Lapland from
New York arrived safely in Liverpool.
.A lemon weighing four pounds is on
exhibition at Sparta by Mrs. Henry
H. Bull.
Crop prospects in Minnesota and
the Dakotas are excellent, following
heavy rains.
G. Clvmer Brooke, prominent bank
er and clubman, died at his home in
Philadelphia.
Hick Colaan, famous wolf catcher,
living near Atchison, Kan., has cap
tured 729 wolves.
Ten persons were killed in an ex
plosion that blew up a powder fac
tory at Fontana Liri, Italy.
JoseDh R. Keim. a prominent wool
en manufacturer in Philadelphia, died
at his home there, aged so.
The "Elgin Motor Car Corporation
was incornorated at Dover, Del., with
capital stock of $1,000,000.
At the annual meeting of the Allis-
Chalmers Co., at Wilmington, retir
ing directors were re-elected.
After much diving, another cable has
been made fast to the sunken subma
rine F-4 in Honolulu harbor.
William H. Hearst, Premier of On
tario, is confined to his home in To-
rnto, suffering from pneumonia.
Scores of firemen were overcome
while fighting a fire on the steamer
Conostata at her pier in Brooklyn.
After nearly twenty years of work, a
concrete seawall along the entire San
Francisco water front has been com
pleted.
The United States submarine L-1
completed her trial trips off Province
town, Mass., meeting all tests sat
isfactorily.
Yeggs entered the postoffice at Ell-
endaie, Del., blew open the safe, and
escaped with stamps and supplies
valued at $600.
Practically all the works in Lanca
shire, England which ordinarily man
ufacture textile machinery tre now
making munitions of war.
Acprding to a statement issued by
the Treasury Department, the total
amount of money m circulation on
May 1 was $3,493,038,876.
A proposed amendment to stop box
mg in Mew lore was introaucea in
the constitutional convention at Al
bany by Lemeuel E. Quigg.
An anonymous donor forwarded
through the Girard Trust Co., of Phil
adelphia a check for $10,000 to the
American Red Cross Society.
It was announced on London that
the underwriting of the $25,000,000 por
tion of the 6 per cent. 5 year Argen
tine loan had been completed.
The schooner Bessie Brown, New
York for Virginia ports, was wrecked
and will be a total loss, near Cobb
Island, Va. The crew was saved.
Lieut.-Gen William Henry Beau
mont De Horsey, who commanded the
famous Light Brigade in its charge at
Balaklava, died m London, aged 89.
After acknowledging the theft of
court funds, Charles J. Olah, justice
of the peace at Franklin, N. J., shot
and killed himself in jail at Newton,
N. J.
Believed to be suffering from a ner
vous breakdown, Alderman Cassius W.
Ranney of Newcastle, Pa., shot and
seriously wounded himself in his of
fice there.
Construction of a new furnace at the
seamless works of the United States
Steel Corporation at McKeesport, Pa.
for making shrapnel "bottles" is be
ing rushed.
Great Britain has requested the
Egyptian government to prohibit the
exportation of cotton to all ports ex
cept those of France, Russia, Spain
and Portugal.
Richard D. Olney, of Boston, form
er Secretary of State, was named by
Secretary Bryan as the American
member of the commission under the
peace treaty with France.
The hydro-aeroplane built for Vin
cent Astor of New York was wrecked
during a trial flight at Marblehead,
Mass. Clifford Wegster, the aviator,
suffered a fracture of the arm.
The French government will within
few days introduce a bill in the
Chamber of Deputies to prohibit the
manufacture or sale of alcohol in any
form during the duration of the war,
Lester Poust, a machinist, shot and
killed Charles Holes, a bartender and
wounded his sweetheart, Celai Sowers
when he found her m a room at Jer
sey Shore, Pa., with Holes. He then
killed himself.
The contract for construction of the
lighthouse tender Cedar has been
awarded to the Craig Shipbuilding Co.
of Long Beach, Cal., for $234,500. The
completion is promised in 12 months,
The Cedar is for use in Alaska,
Warning against orders to ships of
the navy to steam at critical speed
is contained in the report of the spe
cial board that lnvetsigated the
breaking of the battleship Connecti
cut's shatt during tne recent ma
neuvers.
Ten members of the crew of the Cu
narder Carpathia claming to repre
sent 110 other members of the crew,
called at the Cunard Line offices and
demanded their pay, refusing to sail
on the ship, fearing she would be
torpedoed.
ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE
PRESIDENT OF MEXICO
Made by Troops Led by General Bar-
ona Attack Was Repulsed.
Washington, May 9. An attempt to
assassinate Roque Gonzales Garcia, the
convention provincial president of
Mexico, was made early today by
troops led by General Boron a, former
military commander of Mexico City,
according to despatches reaching here
tonight from the Mexican capital. Bar-
ona s troops were repulsed after sever
ghting, with losses to both sides.
REPORTS
Teutonic Allies Declare They
the Russians
RUSSIANS CLAIM ATTACK
Berlin Asserts Germans Have
Flanders British Commander-in-chief Says All At
tacks of the Enemy Have Been Repulsed With Heavy
Losses and That the British Line is Firmly Established
Newspaper Dispatches Report Austrians and Germans
Fleeing From All Parts of Italy Japan Has Cancelled
All Naval and Military Movements Begun in Connection
With Her Demands on China.
In the fighting that is in progress
along its battle lines in Belgium and
France and in Russia and in the Car
pathians both the triple entente and
Teutonic allies claim successes at va
rious isolated spots. None of them.
however, except possibly . Austria and
Germany, record successes on a great
scale. Even the statements of the
Teutonic allies are reiterations of the
reports past that the Russians con
tinue to be pressed back In the Galicias
and the Carpathians and that Hungary
is free of enemy forces
Petrograd noes not deny' the gains
claimed by the Teutons, but declares
that the Russians are fighting back
hard at certain points and that the
attacks of the Teutons, while un
diminished in vigor, are becoming less
frequent.
On the western line Berlin declares
that the Germans have driven the al
lies out of strongly fortified positions
near Ypres and that they have cap
tured several villages in Flanders. Sir
John French, the British commander-in-chief,
takes issue with this state
ment and says all Germany's attacks
have been repulsed with heaw losses
and that the British line is firmly es
tablished. A repulse of the Germans
near Nieuport, the capture of lines of
trenches over a front 4 1-s miles near
Carency and the taking of a front of
about 2 1-2 miles in width farther east
are chronicled by Paris.
JN ewspaper despatches, Switzerland
to Paris, report Austrians and Ger
mans fleeing from all parts of Italy.
A Geneva despatch asserts that six
hundre dthousand Italians have been
eoncentratea at Verona, 23 miles from
the Austro-Hungarian frontier.
The Japanese government has an
nounced that all naval and military
movements begun in connection with
her demands on China have been can
celled.
A GERMAN ATTACK
REPULSED BY FRENCH
Between Nieuport and the Sea Teu
tons Suffered Heavy Losses.
Paris. May 9, 10:30 p. m. The fol
lowing official communicatoin was is
sued tonight:
"Between Nieuport and the sea the
Germans made an attack, but were
repulsed. They suffered heavy losses.
The British troops have gamed
ground in the region of Fromelles.
To the north t Arras we mane im
portant progress and also in the di
rection of Loos and to the south of
Carency. In the latter sector we cap
tured at some places two and at other
places three lines of trenches, ex
tending over a front of seven kilo
metres (about 4 1-3 miles,) which
were strongly fortified.
"We have - established ourselves in
the village of La Targette and in half
of the village of Neuville-St. Voast.
in width. We took more than 2,000
TALE OF CAPTAIN OF
FIRST RESCUE BOAT
Scenes of Grief and Suffering Became
Almost Unbearable.
Queenstown, May 9. Captain David
Murphy, of the trawler Stormcock was
the first on the scene with a rescue
boat. His story follows:
"After first of all I gathered in a
lifeboat 52 persons, most of them wo
men and children, and before I com
pleted my load I had twenty blessed
youngsters aboard the old Stormcock.
Several of them were without their
mothers, but all were taken in charge
before we reached harbor by kindly
women who forgot their own sorrows
in ministering to others.
"One old lady of 78 years had been
in the water two hours, but was as
spry as anyone. Many women fainted
on reaching our decks and when re
vived begged pitifully to be allowed
to retain their lifebelts, as they were
overmastered by the fear that the sub
marine would return to complete its
work of destruction. Several died
aboard my boat, and the scenes of
grief and suffering became almost un
bearable. The little Stormcock brought
150 persons to Queenstown."
Master-at-arms Williams of the Lu
sitania is the proudest member of the
remnant of the crew, for it was his
keep eye which caught the flash of gold
braid on Captain Turner's arm when
the commander was about to throw
up his hands after being in the water
two hours and a half.
Hope dies hard in the human heart
and friends and relatives pf the miss
ing are running down rumors that sev
eral boat loads of survivors have been
landed in remote coves on the Irish
coast while two schooners which took
part in the work are said here to have
sailed for Liverpool with a number of
rescued aboard.
Although the passengers discussed
submarines all the way over, few, if
any, believed that the Lusitania would
be struck. They referred to the pos
sibility almost with levity.
R. K. Timmis, who talked with Cap
tain Turner after landing, stated that
the captain said bitterly: "We didn't
have a chance. I knew that when I
felt the torpedos impact."
Mr. Timmis added that the captain
told the helmsman and staff captain
on the bridge to save themselves, but
Captain Turner remained at his post.
The staff captain was lost but the
helmsman was saved.
FROM THE BATTLEFIELDS
Continue to Press Back
in Gilicia
IS LOSING ITS VIGOR
Captured Several Villages in
is four kilometres (about 1 1-2 miles)
The conquered ground at some places
prisoners and six cannon.
"In the Champagne we repulsed an
attack near St. Thomas, on the edge
of the Argonne forest. At Bagatelle
we were able to verify the extent of
the losses sustained by the enemy in :
yesterday's attack. The Germans had
used, without success, asphyxiating :
bombs and burning fluids.
"On the rest of the front, notably in :
the forest of Le Pretre and at Silla
kerwasen, artillery engagements took :
place."
AUSTRIANS AND GERMANS j
FLEEING FROM ITALY ',
Trains in the Direction of the Fron- !
tier Are Packed with Teutons. !
Paris, May 9, 4.45 p. m. A despatch !
from Bellinzona, Switzerland, to the
Temps today says: i
"Austrians and Germans are fleeing
from all parts of Italy. All trains in
the direction of the frontier are packed
with Teutonic passengers, including i
merchants and officials. j
"Special trains have" brought 3,000 !
Germans from Rome, Florence and :
Bologna, en route for Germany. Lu- I
gano also is filled with refugees. j
"Notice has been given of the sus- i
pension from today of the telephone !
service across the frontier and of the '
suppression of a great many passen- '
ger trains.
"All German and Austrian journal- .
ists hae left Italy.''
EIGHT TURKISH TRANSPORTS
SUNK BY THE RUSSIANS !
Si:
Off the Bosphorus and Twe
the Sea of Marmora.
Paris, May 9. According to news
from a reliable source in Constan- j
tinople, says a desepatch from Athens
to the Havas agency, six Turkish '
transports have been sung by the Rus-
sians off the Bosphorus and two others :
have been sunk in the Sea of Mar- .
mora.
The Turkish army, the despatch '.
adds, has left Adrianople in the dl-
rection of Midiah, a seaport on the
Black sea.
ITALIAN ARMY OF 600,000
MEN READY TO TAKE FIELD
Now Concentrated at Verona, 25 Miles
from Frontier of Austria.
Geneva. Switzerland, May 9, via
Paris, 3.30 p. m. An Italian army,
600,000 strong, fully equipped and
ready for the field, has been concen
trated at "Verona.
Verona is a fortified Italian city sit
uated at the base of the Tyrolese Alps,
25 miles from the frontier of Austria
Hungary. I THOUGHT LUSITANIA
I WOULD REMAIN AFLOAT
Passengers Were Reassured by Some
of the Officers.
Queenstown, May 9. The heavy loss
of life on the Lusitania was due, in
the belief of rescued passengers, to
the fact that some officers at least
reassured them, after the rst torpedo
struck home, that the Lusitania wouid
remain afloat and could make Queens
town. Preparations, it is true, were
made to launch the boats, but before
this could be done, a second torpedo
hit the steamer and she listed so badly
that the crew could only work the
boats on one side of the ship.
Another factor was the extreme con
fidence of the passengers themselves
in the infallibility of the watertight
compartments. According to a stew
ard they would not believe, even after
the second torpedo struck, that the
ship would go down and realized their
terrible position too late. Then it was
that many jumped into the sea a few
to be picked up; the great majority to
parish.
Others, including many of the first
class passengers, were in the cabin at
the time and went down with the ship.
The Lusitania was not in the Brit-,
ish navy list for April among the mer
chant vessels commissioned as naval
auxiliary craft and the officials of the
Cunard company deny that she ever
was used for that purpose.
PASSENGERS TELL OF -
LIFEBOAT INADEQUACY
Assert That Only 5 of 34 Lifeboats
Were Successfully Launched.
Queenstown, May 9. The stories of
lifeboat inadequacy grow as the pas
sengers are "able to take a cooler vie-w
of the disaster. A number of the sur
vivors maintain that only five out oi
the thirty-four lifeboats which wer
swung out were successfully launched.
Others assert that a general order foi
lowering the boats was not given until
the second torpedo struck home. Yet
all admit as many passengers as pos
sible obtained seats in such boats aj
were launched.
Fifty-two persons were picked up
by one boat alone and sixty-four wer
found packedinanother. The collaps
ible boats proved surprisingly efficient
as unexpected havens for many strug
gling in the water, probably saving
more lives than the regular llftboats.
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