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1 'Y ' V ' * ' * ' ' ??<?>? FI.SKWHKKK TWO CESTS.
Wilson Awaits Facts, Nation Ready to Act;
3 Americans Among 59 Lost with Arabic;
Survivors ' Stories Give Germany No Excuse
3 AMERICANS
ARABIC TOLL;
59 MISSIN?
Ten Women Lost ii
German Subma?
rine Attack.
RAIDER FAILED
TO AID VICTIMS
Splendid Discipline an
Coolness Among Crew
Save Many Lives.
PRAISE FOR CAPTA1P
?'.i'-ioni-ers A?rce That N
Warning Was Given -md No
ipe Pn?.-.iblo.
?
Aug. 20.? Fourtee
the torpedoed line
three Amct-ican
for to-nigh
there is now only the slei
thai th? ?-<? ???
The- ?ng arc: '
? T.. Brugui
-. K. K
r in the day the numbe
? down at six, but careful in
als her
V ? -m1 re
Con
has been ? xpe
h wit!
but a
figures wer
'
urn, and, thougl
light modi
c accepted
ible m the cir
Missing. Reamed. Total
d c.-ibin.. ..13 121 1<
. ;'. i? ."?'
? re? . 13 219 2??
I ..m . .".'i .?'??i 4SI
ers miss
f ten I thro?
of th.
he optior
re the ?;ir
Arabic di taster wen
lay iii three important dr
re was no ?arninj? ol
from the German submarine,
ven if it had be? n poi
? i there was no chance
?limarme.
. captain's wonderful
?. inonsible for t he com
1 los i of life.
No i,i-rmiin Kits,
? tin that absolut?
nie by the submarine com
? e victim.-.
? is were on deck
wn by the report that
i, later learned to
., was in view. Y.\ SI )
lookout for -uiimiiimes
? . but it was thought that
/?nit- had been pASSed, as
thai ?"? miles
town.
? m was probably the first
trahie to -?-' tl"1 n i Ite
? pel... He iinm-'iiiate
sport, "but the ?affort
avail, the deadly projectile
? ? just forward of the
Instantly the captain siimalled
nu propellers to 9*4 way
! ;. - ordsi und?
: the boats ?rere
ly snd quickly, only
ng.
pers lecovcred from
"ck of the l.ui stint; torpedo there
srrifi? m port, as the
L Pol h instant
hip's com
? ni-keri, but cool
? calmed the passen*; ti . snd
ati -*ol away from the stricken
. quickly.
I ifeboal-a llxi-l Sailt?.
Arabic began to -.ettie rapidly,
? thirteen minutai sfter
on ot the torpedo. Fortun
SfflOOth, w itb a lii-'ht
The captain, on tin raft onto
he hsd been dragged. t?ok charge
? rdering th ? boats to keep
il ?I hoist Bails, Many of
pitched into 'he ?.. tvhen the
Bpsised were p"ked uj. by
..-> , in to life
ll? re ai;ain gr*s:er loss of life
? ?"?? ?...ia-,1 ,,,, nacr S .'.iliillin I
BERLIN IS WORRIED
OVER ARABIC SINKIf
London. Auf*. 20.?The Ftrhei
Telegraph Company received
following dispatch from Herlin
da> :
?"News of the sinking of the A
hi?- caused great nrruiiisne??. i
Foreign Office fearing it would I?
to Mit?0 difficulties with Mfat
mgton.
"Detalla are withheld from 1
newspapers, which are prohihil
from making comments."
?
EYEWITNESSES
AGREE LINER
WASN'T WARNE
Arabic's Captain Prais
for Swift Organ.zatioi
of Rescue Work.
|B> '?Mr t" Tie T
Queenstown, Aug. 20. Zellah c
the American drat" I I
lory to o Tribuno corn
to-day a- follows:
"I am filled with unutterable disg
' tt Germany'? latest sample of pir?
II wasn't like the Luaitania. The A
westward bound, and could
i possibly be suspected of having r
i"i board, and thr-ir was ,-ib
DO reaaou or c^.cu?i-, therefo
?
? W.' wrr<' late to breakfast, but hi
r'id to d? '- on the reporl of sight i
the Donsley, A ?b-ck steward point
1 i-er out to us and lent us his glass'
W'c lookwl with trtc-it inter?
1 he had been |
We were slightly worried an?l wen!
mir eabin to try on our lifebelts, J?
are had ?*tol them on a terrific c
"u occurred. I grabbed Mra. Ce
im and rushed on deck. \
? into ,i lifeboat with about for
others arnl rraciu-fl the water
.- on? was remarkably cool. A li
girl in ?mr boat wat lightly hy
al, but -..?
calmed
Pinch has great ;
his nun. but he deserves everj p?
. blc honor himself.- I've crossed mai
. and have followed the wat clou
onsidering myself absolutely ne
bul thii whs murder, puro ai
'. simp '.- the least extenuatii
i circumstance. I had hoped thai Ame
could keep out, but she '-an'* now
B. Curry, ? I purser of tl
d :
"The ship was struck at !>:I1 a. n
and >ho srink at 0:."i'.. The torpedo I'
her near the engine room and h?
boiler exploded. Nol the slightei
' warning was given. Most of the nai
. ? rs had jusl fin ished bi eakiai
.f them v'.i re still in thei
cabins.
"There was nothing approaching
panic, anil the passengers were v
the boat? smoothly. The captai
Was the last man to leave ihr
! The ship went down very (?uickly. I
I was the most wonderful sight 1 hav
leen."
Stella Carol, the linger, said to-da
: that sh<- got quietly into a boat, wine
reached the water safely, she saw th
eaptaln dive off a- the ship went dowi
and suiil he was a hero all througl'
Five women wen- in the boat with he
and twenty-nine men. The women go
much distressed after a time, and sh<
sang ??Tipprrary" to cheer them uji
and also took a hand at rowing th<
boat. She was on the east coast o
England Sunday night during the ai
raid.
Surgeon Judd of the Arabic was wit!
I his brother and sister in the salooi
when the ship was torpedoed. All thret
got into a boat, which capsi/.ed almos
immediately. He thou got into a col
lapsible bout and helped t wcnty-oiii
others into it. Including live women
li- brother got Into another boat, but
reached Queenatown in the same ihi|
a.? hi- brother, both being overjoyed
i to find their sister had got to Queena?
town before them, she haviteg been
draw ii onto a raft.
$350 Fi^lTjAILS
HEIRS TO $2,000,000
WOmen Get a Year for Living in
Luxury at Hotel and For
f-etting to Pay.
Mra. M. J Wea.n a..d hoi mother,
Mrs. Harriot C Wells, daughter and
widow of John (. Wells, of Warren,
l'enn., a boiler manufacturer, received
i one year each in General Bel
Brooklyn, yesterday, for defrauding
the Hotel Boesert of |8M. The \.
derhilt, the Waldorf and the laapoi il
also say they have been mi.<i
victims'of the*?- ?omen's luxurioU!
The women den.id they had, or
Would, cheat a hotel. They -aid the;
were heirs to a >..iMiii,iini'
' by the lut.' Hi Wells, and wore
n oi.ey not tie?i up now they would
lore than they oul?l dispo
i-, prosecution showed, however, that
'.iiihj.'.H^i est?n was worth ?*.'."'.
000 when eloaed twenty ti.e years a?:".
The only known resources of II?**..
i Weaver m?' said to bo \S a month ali
I ir.ony.
U-BOATS SINK
14 VESSELS
IN 48 HOURS
Ships of 47,698 Tons, Ten
British, Victims of
Renewed Activity.
LINER LAPLAND
REPORTED SUNK
White Star Steamer Believed
Confused with the Torpedoed
New York City.
?London. Aug. 20. Fourteen steam
ers, with a lotal pros; tonnage of
17.??OS, have been sunk in the last
forty-eight hour., by Germsri subma?
rines. This toll, which establishes a
leroid for so short a period, was more
th?n twice as heavv as thai 1er ird by
??nderwstcr rraf? in the prec'dinr
week. Three other \es-el-- reported
torpedoed may ;?U another 26,961" Ions
',, ?he aggregate destroyed m the la.-t
two ?lavs. known ?here has
, Mi" ?nh
intr of 'He White Star liner trsbic.
Th? bmsrine m
,', ,-i August 12, In th"
week ended "lugust 18 the British Ad
mirall officially that ii,
vess? ! . of -i totsl tonnage of 22,970,
were .-.unk. eleven of them bv sii'"ia
and two bv min?-. 'Id's i
a lotal known los,-, of 70,6?3S tons of
*hippinc >r\ nine ?lav?.
ei?; sunk in the bist
two ?lay- were British, three wer? Nor
?: .-mil one whs Spanish. The to?
tal tonnage known to have been lost
"n Friday was 26,674, and on Thursday
il wsi 21,024.
The larges) vessel whose loss has
- "ntii me,i was the Arabie, of I-"',
-m ?...is. i . the Laplai
iT.iii?? tons, and th.- Nicosian, (??
?? ?-?i . ha i > I?. ? o -unk have nol been
? ??of the Dunsley, .'.
i'.'.'l net (01
before the Arabic '-vas sunk, has not
telj detei mined, rhe Bril
Pr? \ ociation i?;i i -:- nied the
reported !"- ol tl," White Star liner'
Hi,VIC, (if il,,',??? 1(,||
The p .. s - ? " i
The Hen Brnckie, British, owned ii i
i. 3,9 ?8 toi . nil of crew- lend ,
???I; the Baron Krskine, British, >r\.I
in ?lia r~" -, .'? 686 loi lost ; |
the .?samara, British, owned in Glssgoa*,|
3,172 tons, ail ?,f crew saved; the "?Jew
York City. British, 2.790 tons, ?ill of
land? d; ?he Rittern, British, j
!. ."1'T tons, all of ? row i
tin- Bras, Norwegian, 1.351
all of crew saved; th. ;
British, owned in Cardiff, 2,118 tons,
all of crew saved; the Gladiator, Brit?
ish owned in Liverpool, 3.350 ton-, '"ale
iw in doubt; tin- J'enn f aatillo, j
Spanish, 1,920 Ions, loss of l?fe un?
known, ami th.- Sverresborg, Norwe
gisn, 674 toi,-, loss "f life unknown.
The vessels sunk on Thursday were
? Irsbic, 15.801 tons; th- Grodno,
1,966 ton-; th<- Serbino, 2,206 'on?-, ard
the Magda, 1,063 tons, a totsl of 21.024.
All the.-.? vessels were of British reg?
istry except the Msgds, which WSS
Norwegian.
U-Boat Stops Mail Ship
Within Norwegian Waters
Christiania, Aug. '20. A (.erman
submarine stopped the Norwegian mail
-?te,?mer Irma within Norwegian terri?
torial water-' ; e-terdav, but the ap
pesrance of a Norwegian torpedo boat
prevented further interference with the
Ii ma.
The mail ship was on her way from
Newcastle, England, to Stavanger, Nor?
way. North of Jaeterens Reef the sub
marine hailed her with shots across
her bows. The Irma'l skipper sarong
out his boats, but the Norwegian tor?
pedo cruft, attracted by the shots,
-teamed quickly to the spot, warned
the submarine that she was tn Nor?
wegian water- ,ii.,l ordered her to
leave. The submarine then retired
JAG0W REFUSES
TO TALK PEACE
Declines to Answer Socialist
Who Asks Berlin's Terms
Reichstag Cheers.
London. Aug. L'O. Gottlieb von Ja
gow. the German Foreign Minis!?
dined tc reply to-day in the Reichstag
t.. Dr. Karl Liebknecht, one of th. So?
cialist leaders, who asked whether the
rnmaat would abandon its idea of
the annexation of ar.y conqueie.l ter?
ritory and enter into immediate peace
pourparlers if the other belligerent
powers were similarly inclined, ac?
cording to a Berlin dispatch forwarded
b] Renter's Amsterdam correspondent.
"1 think have the support of at ma?
jority of the House." von Jagow is
quoted, "if I decline to reply, as the
moment is u?,suitable."
This statement, the correspondent
was received with great applause.
. hi att. mt'tfd to -peak, but
prevented from doing .-?> by run
i tn.ued loud applause, shout> ?: "Stop"
laughter.
NOVOGEORGIEVSK
YIELDS TO HEAVY
GUNS OF KAISER
Berlin Claims Capture of
85.000 Troops and
300 Cannon.
GERMANS HEM IN
BREST-LITOVSK
Enemy Fleet Penetrates (hilf of
Rijia and Engages
Russian Ships.
London, Aug. 20, Novo Georgicvsk,
the last halting plm-e of the Russians
in Poland, hat fallen. For two weeks
the (ierman siege gun? ha<! bert. b,u
tering Ihe fortress and, like Kovno, it
was force?! to yield.
Berlin today announced the capture
! of the fortress with its :*,?io guns and
a Innre quantity of war material. The
spoils have not yet been estimated, but
thej probabl re large, as it had been
hope?) by tl thai the earth
work; around the fortified camp would
! enable ?I to hold OUt much longer. The
j (ierman.- claim the capture of R5.000
men.
Petrograd admit? German ?uccesses
against the outer forts of Nova Geor
gievsk and the retirement of the Rus
->ati troops into the central defences.
against which the Germans directed
their fire. He fore this retreat the gar?
rison blew up the hri-tir'- oxer the
I Na row and the abandoned Toffl".
A German Beet has penetrate?! the
Gulf of Rigs end ii engaged with Rus?
sian war hips defending the coast, ac?
cording to tneliftiria! statement issued
to-night at the Ru lian War Of]
'?f the quadrangle of forts designed
to Veep the invader from 1'oland Bn I
I.itovsk alone remains, and the German
armies are hemming it in. Marshal
von Mackensen has pushed close to the
fortress. W>- advance up the Hug has
continued and east of Vladova the re?
treating Russians are hard pressed.
Breat?L!tovel* Burrontided.
Military observei lure now believe
that th< Hi? * i tot k hue. the second
front of defence, will be abandoned.
Von Hindenburg threaten! to flank it
< ii the i orth and von Macken-en on the
.south. The eapture of Brest Litovsk,
Grodno hihi Assowetz and the penetra?
tion of the Petrograd railway
certain.
After *h> fall of Kovno Field Marshal
?.on Hindenburg'a army began again an
offensive along the whole front from
ihe (?ulf of Riga tO Kovno with the
object of taking Riga and the whole
Wai '?? Petrograd railway from Vilna
northward. He ? meeting with ituh
born resistance and may be denied
even (?> possess >u of Riga unless the
<ierman fleet succeeds in entering the
f*ulf.
South of Kovno as far as ('rodno the
Russian armies, after the fall of Kovno,
fell back toward th?' Niemen River, and
here, according to the German official
account, thei are offering fresh re?
sistance in the hope of preventing or
delaying the envelopment of the north?
ern flank of the Brest-?itovsk line.
Hired Attack Expected.
There seemingly is ??anger of this
line being forced by direct attacls. Sis
Austro-German armies, strengthened
by the corps which have been investing
Novo Georgievsk, are converging mi
the Russian centre behind the Hug and
along tiie railway from Bl*S ' 1
to Bialostok. Doubtless they will noon
commence a bombardment of Brest
I.itovsk.
Other armies have cleared the whole
of the left bunk of the Hug before
Brost-Litovsk, while Field Marshal
von Mackensen, having crOSOed the
Hug. is advancing on the fortress from
the south. This n-eans that the obsta?
cle of 'he marshes has been circum?
vented and thir. Brest-Litovsk, the
chief military depot and concentration
centre of Ru-sia. l? virtually envel?
oped. Although military oboervera be?
lieve that the (iiand Duke probably
again will be able to withiiraw his
army in safety, the loss of these lines
is considered a greater military mis?
fortune than the loss of Warsaw.
(ierman bun?. Superior.
The German success has been due
almost entirely to thaj-ir great superi
? iintiniinl mi (?age S, million I
Frank H. Simonas
Beginnini to-morrow, there will be x week*- review ot :he
?ir in The Sunday Tribun? e*wj week bj ?rank H. Slmond?.
l'liese articles will be im-re than summ trie- O? toe UKntinr
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SON SAVED, MOTHER LOST
WHEN ARABIC WENT DOWN
I ?mis Bruguiere, the young American passenger on the Arabic, whose brave
effort i" vue his mother failed.
II" I I
Queenstown, Aug. '" d ipateh to
"The Daily Neu Lond
the most amazing "'"I tragic ?toriea "!
the disaster was told by Loui
Bruguiere, of Newport, R, I., whose
mother was lost, Mr. Bruguiere waa
?ng to go on deck to look at the
lg of the Dunsley when the ,
was hit. I he ran into hi
ilim, where ?he, a women
more than rnxtj year old, waa break
? g in bed. He fa tened her life
bell on, .'?tul then one on her French
maid, lie then put on his own lifebelt.
"From 'lie time of the crash until I
had done this," he said, "was not four
minutes. Then we ?teppe?) out onto the
promenade deck, ami I wa> terribly
surprised to lind that all the bonis were
already slung out and had l>-ft the
ship. There was not a single
the promenade deck."
The young man, his mother and th(
French maid stood for a moment alone
watching the la.it boat leaving, and
then, "I found," he said, "my two white
bulldogs whining at my feet. The dis
?anee to the boar was too great for my
mother to jump, but I picked up two
?logs and threw them in. Every mo?
ment thf .-hip was sinking lower. The:.
my mother called, 'There conies the
water up the deck.' We jumped to?
gether then, but I think the French
maid remained on deck. I turned on
my back, taking my mother on my
chest, and puslieu otf irom the ship's I
side. For about twenty mitin
swam. Im? did ??nt cl< u "? wreexagi
Il vu ? cold, but ! think I could hsv?
lusted, ' ni>j I hit s great timber witl
mi liea?!. an?l it drovi me under
In ?hat moment I lost hold of mj
er and I ntt er sw her again.**
I iter Mr. Brugui?re was tucked ur
by the host which had rescued Cap
l in I.. I he ni#?' on board latei
i: anag< tl to put up .. --,,; snd ? '????>
? ? north until th y srers pi?-k?-,|
up by the Mongolia.
M?- Brugui?re and his mother had
intei ? ? by th - i':i:* c .. we? <
earlier, .-"'?I mis i n ecci
d< nt.
\' Cedsrharst, !.. I., yeaterday Mrs.
Ha? "ii Brugui?ri received this ?-ah?"
m? usage f '.mi her son, Louis Brugiu?re.
at Queenstown: "Mother is lost; will
esble sgsin Ister."
A -econ.I message came late in the
to Sherry's? where Mrs.
Marion Brugui?re has an apartment. I?
?ii? from l'an- by Kmiie Hru
guiere, another ion of the missing wom?
an, and read: "Report tha? mother lost
i confirmed." Fun? Brugui?re has been
emnloyed in the office of the American
Ambssssdor sinee the war started.
Mrs. Josephine Brugui?re was the
widow of Emile Brugui?re snd mother
o Dr. Pedar S. Brugui?re, of San
Fran.' ?
Mrs. Brugui?re was returning from
Pans to New York, accompanied bv
i,.-i youngest ion, Louis Brugui?re. For
several years she had maintained a
residence in Paris, In addition to her
silla, Csstlewood, St Newport, It. I.
She was prominent socially on both
-,d>'^ of the Atlantic.
The Brugui?res maile their home in
San Francisco and Monterey. Cal., be?
ing to Newport.
BRITISH SUBMARINE
GROUNDS IN SOUND
E-13. on Way to Baltic. Runs
Ashore on Saltholm?Fifteen
of Crew Missing.
London. Aug. SO. Official announce?
ment was made to-day that a British
submarine had grounded in the Sound.
Fifteen members of the crew were
saved.
BRITISH OFFICIAL
The statement follows:
A British submarine, the E-l.'l,
Lieutenant Commander I.ayton, on its
way to the Baltic grounder! yester?
day morning on the Danish island of
Saltholm, in the Sound.
Fifteen officers and men an* re?
ported to have been tatted, while fif?
teen are nnssintr. Full details will
be mail?: known as soon as they are
received.
Berlin, Aug. 20. The following offi?
cial announcement has been made by
the Admiralty:
During the forenoon of August 1!?
the British submarine K-l'i was de?
stroyed at the southern outlet ?<
t the sound.
The British submarine K-L'i dis?
placed 110 ton-, vu IT?, foot long and
22 feet beam. Her speed above water
was II knots, and submerged In knots
She was armed with four torpedo tube,
and was built in 1914.
Millions in Securities
Aboard the Arabic
London, Aug. -0. It is understood
that the Aiabi?. carried between $10.
>"",nu" .,-. ; 0 worth of Ameri?
tan ir New York. These
all were insured, but the under**
a* Lloyds <-r.d the various tir.uiic.al in
ititutiom were busy this morning look?
ing up the details snd arranging claim?.
? :irm aione had I1JM.000 worth
Dfritiea on the sunken vessel. It
- i.nder-tood that some stocks are
' being purchased in Amenea to cover
' these.
BREAK WITH GERMANY
FELT TO BE CERTAIN
IN NATIONAL CAPITAL
Officials Have Little Hope Aratvc
Sinking Can Be Explained as
Other Than "Unfriendly Act."
TALK OF CONVOY OR EFFORT
TO RAM U-BOAT DISCREDITED
Censorship Indicates Vital Facts May Be
Withheld? U. S. Envoy Expected to
Report Whole Truth Soon.
... !
Washington, Aug. 20.?With lessening hope that any circum?
stance in the sinking of the Arabic will come to light that will
modify the apparently "deliberately unfriendly" nature of Ger?
many's action, official America is to-night waiting for the complete
clearing up of all points before taking action. Telegraphic com?
ment on the situation from all over the country is interpreted as
meaning that the nation as a whole is prepared to support what?
ever course may be decided upon.
The waiting will be continued ti?? the American consular an?l
diplomatic representatives have sent in the complete report:-,,
.backe?"! by -aff*d-*ivits, from all American survivors, for which they
have been asked. Secretary Lansing refused to say to-night
whether the government would also wait for a statement from
Berlin.
So far only two possibilities are suggested that might mitigate
Gcrmany"s act. There is no longer any doubt in the minds of ofti
ciala that the Arabic was torpedoed without warning. But it has
been suggested, first, that she may have been under convoy, and.
second, that she may have attempted to ram the U-boat. Either
of these things would have justified torpedoing her without warn?
ing. Neither, however, is believed to have been the case.
The censorship in Great Britain of press dispatches on the di
aster created the impression that perhaps facts were being withheld
which might affect the case vitally. Official messages, however,
ac not subject to censorship, and confidence prevailed that within
another twenty-four hours the circumstances of the torpedoing
would be definitely learned.
VON BERNSTORfl
AT EASE; THINK!
BREACH REMOT
Foreign Office's Repli,
on Arabic Encourage
Ambassador.
(?Hint Johann von Bornstorff, t
(ierman Ambassador, is more at >-a
now than at any time since it becar
known that the White Star liner Arab
had been torpedoed by a German su
marine with .1 possible loss of Aniet
can lives. He ?aid so at the Rit
Carlton Hotel last night. Since tl
sinking became known the >ayvil
wireless station, has been kept, bur
transmitting messages from the Ge
man Kmbassy to the Berlin Foreig
Office. The reply to these message
vas evidently stisfaetory, becau?
Count von Bernstorff tol?l a report?
for The Tribune last night that he di
not expect any lerioui complication
to arise out of the torpedoing.
An attach? of the German Kmbass
went even further. Without Jisclosin
ins source of intormation, he asserte
most positively that the Arabic ha
been warned by the German submarin
commander before she was torpedoeo
and that *.he shot was tircil only afti
the captain of the White Star liner ha?
made a desperate effort to run awa;
from the German submarine craft.
(Tears I -Boat Captain.
From persons clcse to Count von
Bernstoiff it wa learned that the am?
bassador 11 mil y believes that his sug?
gestion relative to a modification ol
Germany'a mbmorine warfare where
American- may be involved, made some
time ago to the German Admiralty, has
not been rejected. He thinks that it
American lives have been lost thfouich
torpedoing the Arabic it was not the
fault of the submarine commander.
The ambassador, like many other Gar
mans, in official as well as in unoflicial
circles, holds the belief that the cap?
tain of the British liner is to blame
for any casualties which may have re
-ulted by trying to run away from the
ta under.ea boa*.
One of the ambassador*! eallei
Captain Bov-Kd. the imval
attache of the Germi.11 Kmbassy. ( ?p.
?oj-Kd has just leturned from a
mysterious trip which he says was
meant as a vacation into the Berkshire
1 .Mountains, but whit-h is believed to
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I iie Nmcriciin? Meported I asjt,
A ?lispjit.'h to ?he State I?epartment
to-night from Ambassador I'ag? I
that live American lives were last svhr?i
the Arabic went, down. Thirty-six
hours ha?! then elapsed lie? the siak?
mg of the vessel, and it i th?
?Certain that all the -'iivivor- have beetl
accounte?! for. One of the m?
Mrs. Josephine f'ruguioro i?-.?.i la
disappear under the vsave* bv her ,
who Was rescued Cite Others reporte.I
missing aie Or. Kdmond I-'. Vfases. II
I. RaSBSdell sad Mr an?l Mrs. Fred
1 Hinges-, 1'iit prisate advices hei?
the last named eaple wen
The situation is regarded at ihe
.State Department and throughout otli
cial Wa-hin-toi. as of the utmost
gravity. It is more serious, officials
II?, than the crisis thai followed
the sinking of the I.usitania, at the
United states h... since ?hat ?m
clearly defined its attitude that n?i
loophole of escape from the con-c
(luences. of the act is nos? apparent.
High otticial- ?lo not attempt to ?! -?
count the un dlicial dispatch?
ing the atrocif;,. '.i i igh :
judgment until comp'eie advire
to hand from I'nit?-d Sta'.
( onsoy Idea Discredited.
The knowledge that the Arabi.
convoyed by British ?ar vessels on.
leaving Liverpool gave rise to the iu?
picion thai she might have been con?
voyed at the time of the attack. A hign
State Department official rejects this,
idea, pointing to the fact that ?orne of
the survivors v ere in ?.mail boats four
and a half hours before being picked
up. Had a c;".soy *)een at hand, it la
believed, it would have assisted in the
worl: oi reacue.
Another circumstance that lend?
' force to this assumption ia Vice-Conaul
Thompson's cable mesiage ?aymg that
, wireless calla for help were ?ent out
from the Arabic when the torpedo
struck her. The convoying war ve?.
sels would, it is thought, have sent
similar mes?8K*i Bt the aair.e time, and
some notice of the fact would have ap?
peared in the official report?.
The suggestion that the Arabu> may
have been trying to ram the <u?.m?i n.e
that -ank the OOaameSf, the torpedoing
of which wa? watche?) b> the pastea,
gem of the Arabi. ted by the
statements of many - . it n.?
submarine wai s.ghle.l, and that the
Arabic changed her course on!) aft-r
the torpedo was ?eon coming ??ward
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