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EIGHT PARTS
INCLUDINO
Star's Sunday Magazine
And Colored Comic Section
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WEATHER.
Fair today and Monday; iinlU to
moderate westerly wind*. Temperature
past twenty-four houre: Highest tem
pera tum *0 at 4 p.m. resterday; lowest
temperature, i7 at f a.m. yeeterday.
No. 527?No. 19.947.
WASHINGTON, D. ?., SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 9, 1915'
FIVE CENTS.
Lusitania's Dead Number 1,198
ALL MOST PROMINENT PASSENGERS,
INCLUDING NOTED AMERICANS,
PERISH WITH TORPEDOED UNER
A. G. Vanderbilt, Charles Frohman, Charles Klein, Justus
M. Forman and Elbert Hubbard and Wife Among
Those Reported Dead or Missing.
TRAWLERS CONSTANTLY BRINGING MORE BODIES,
BUT ALL HOPES OF FURTHER RESCUES ARE GIVEN UP
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Death List of United States Citizens Contains About 120 Names?Women and Children
Given Preference in Boats?Hundreds Slide to Watery Grave as Ship
Plunges to Bottom?Survivors Tell of Horror at Sea.
QUEENSTOWN. May 8.?Trawlers are con
stantly bringing l>odies ashore, 1>ut no more sur
vivors are being reported. The latest estimate of
the loss of life by the torpedoing of the Lusitania
by a German submarine yesterday is 1,198. It is
not believed that any more will be rescued. Among
the dead are many women, many still unidentified.
It is now regarded as virtually certain that all
of the most prominent persons aboard the Lusi
tania perished.
Among the well known American- whose
bodies have not been recovered, and who conse
quently are believed to have perished, are Alfred
Gwvnne Vanderbilt. Charles Klein, the play
wright: Justus M. Forman and F.lbert Hubbard
and his wife.
The body of Charles Frohman of New York,
the theatrical producer, already has been recovered
and brought ashore at Queenstown.
HOSPITALS ARE FILLED WITH INJURED.
The hospitals of Queenstown are filled with
the injured among the survivors and the morgues
with the dead recovered from the sea.
The Queenstown dock* are the temporary rest
ing places also of the bodies of several children.
One dead mother still is clasping in her rigid arms
the body of her three-month-old baby.
The first train load of Lusitania survivors left
here this afternoon for Dublin.
It is estimated that there were about tyo Amer
icans on board the Cunard liner. So far as could
be ascertained at this time fewer than 70 Ameri
cans were saved. Consequently the death list of
Americans is about 120
TWO OR THREE TORPEDOES HIT.
Either two or three torpedoes struck the Lusi
tania. One report says the first projectile was fol
lowed by two others striking in quick succession.
Another report has it that two submarines took
part in the onslaught, one attacking from the port
;-r.d th ? r,i? c* the starboard side.
Judging from the recitals oi >urvivors. there
was comparatively little panic on board the Lusi
tania when she went down. Nor is there any
thing to show that the rule of the sea favoring
women and children in the work of rescue was
violated. Many of the liner's lifeboats were
rendered useless by the fact that she listed so
sharply that they could not be used.
'JSKD TO PUT ON LIFE BELTS.
^ Many of the passengers did not believe the
Lusitania would sink as quickly as she did. Con
sequently they did not join in the rush for the
lifeboats, but evidently preferred to trust in
their belief that the water-tight compartments of
the vessel would keep her afloat until such time
as help came out from the Irish shore, less than
ten miles away. It is related that some of the
passengers even disdained to put on life belts when
these were handed to them.
When the Lusitania left New York May 1
she had on board 1,901 souls; 1,251 passengers and
650 crew. The passengers were made up of 291
in the first cabin, 599 in the second and .">61 in the
steerage. The list of survivors shows, so far. that
about ninety first class and seventy-five second
class passengers were saved. The first cabin pas
sengers were at lunch when the unheralded Ger
man attack sent the liner to the bottom. It is
noticeable that comparatively few first-class pas
sengers were saved.
FIRST BOAT CAPSIZED.
The liner listed so perilously to starboard
after the first great inrush of water that all but
two boats on the port side were jammed. The
first boat launched was almost filled with chil
dren, with whom were a few women. It capsized
as it struck the water, and all were swept away,
although two stokers gave their lives in attempt
ing to save some of them.
One hundred and seventeen stewards and
I stewardesses of the ship's complement of 416
1 were saved.
New York Continues Calm
In Face of Terrible Loss
of Life on the Lusitania
KEW TORK. May 8.?With nomi of
1Kb bett known ritizens among the
pMienf^rs on the ^..asltania whose
fate has not been accounted for, and
with a growing realization of the aw
fulness of the catastrophe and the
gravity of Its internationl significance.
New York today was a sober city.
Awakening this morning to find that
rhs hopes of the night before that the
-Lusitana'h passengers had been saved
were premature, and that the loss of
life might reach two-thirds of those
aboard, the whole city seemed stunned.
A spirit of depression was in evidence
among people in all public places, and
sobriety of demeanor characterized
rhose who gathered on street corners
and at bulletin hoards to discuss tlit*
catastrophe.
The publication of news of serious
< oss of life brought a throng of
anxious inquiries to the office of the
?Junard lifce early In the forenoon. He
fore midday tne croud had swelled to
nearly 200. but dwindled during the
afternoon to about twenty-live.
Women Give Way.
The Cunard line received and posted
shortly before 10 a.m. an Incomplete
list of survivors, which was anxiously
?canned by friends and relatives.
There were several touching scenes
when women, the names of whose
oved ones were among the missing,
gave way to their emotions.
To the list of survivors received from
abroad several names were added here
by friends of passengers who had re
'?en fed private cablegrams from the
C ontinued on Hecond Page >
President Wilson Calmly
Considering Law and Facts
to Present to His Cabinet
,
President Will Act With
Deliberation and Firmnets
i Tlif flrut autKorltrd alltrairat
from the White Houw rfKirdlnf
i the dinkiiiK of the liUNltania uaa
riven out last night an follow*:
??After a conference with the
Prenident at the White Honae
tbi* eveninK, Secretary Tumulty
saidt
** 4Of rourae, the President feels
the distress and the (ravlty of
the altnation to the ntmuat, and
in considering very earnestly,
but very calmly, the right rourae
of action to purnue. He knows
that the people of the country
i nlah and expect him to act with
j deliberation a* well aaa with
tirinaens.' "
j _
To the cabinet, sitting in extraor
dinary session. probably tomorrov:, Is
to be proposed a course of action for
| the United States in the grave crisis of
j international relations rauned by the
I traffic fate of the Lusitania with its
[ lows of about l,3m> livea, more than
| loo of them Americans.
This proposition is being studied by
| President Wilson In the quiet seolu
! sion of his study he is weighing the
j aspects of law and fact and the con
census of opinion of the people of ihe
I United States regarding the. sinking of
the British liner by & German torpedo,
with the slaughter of more than a
hundred American lives.
The official data upon which formal
action will be based had not arrived.
< Continued ?o fleoond Pm?.)
Less Than 700 Survive
After Liner Sinks From
the Torpedo Wounds
| LONDON, May 9, 12:16 a.m.?Ot those
who left New York a week ago on the
! I-usitania leas than 700 survived after
j that vessel was torpedoed and sunk
| by German submarines off Kinsale,
I Ireland, Friday afternoon.
A full list of the survivors, who in
clude very few of the first-class pas
sengers, is not yet available, but prob
ably there are not many names to add
to those which already have been made
public. All the evidence goes to show
that the first-class and many of the
second-class passengers had such con
fidence in the ability of the Lusltania,
because of her watertight compart
ments, to remain afloat after she re
ceived the first, blow that they did not
concern themselves about taking to the
boats or even providing themselves
with life preservers.
When the passengers did realize that
the I^usltania was doomed they found
that most of the boats on the port side
were so jammed, because of the great
list of the vessel, that they could not
be lowered, and the last seen at them
by the more fortunate passengers who
had secured places in the starboard
boats, or who had jumped overboard
and had been picked up. they were
lined on the sloping decks awaiting
their fate, doubtless even then believ
ing that with land so close they would
still be saved.
Afloat Less Than 20 Minutes
However, the torpedoes had torn
such gaping holes in the liner that she
did not remain afloat for mors than
twenty minutes, and the calls for help
which the wireless sent out, although
answered quickly, could not brine tne
rescuing steamers to the spot In time
to be of any service.
There is a good deal of difference of
<OnntiniM4 ?a ?mm>4 >
SQUASH CENTER DISCUSSES THE SYRACUSE SUIT.
Not for "Peace at Any Price,"
But Sees Index in Mexi
can Situation.
BOISE. Idaho. May 8.?TTnited States
Senator William E. Borah of Idaho, a
member of the Senate foreign relations
committee, tonight issued the follow
ing signed statement:
"I do not anticipate any decisive ac
tion or any change of policy upon the
part of the authorities at Washington
based upon the sinking of the Lusita
nia.
Mexican Situation Worse.
"That disaster and the loss of the
lives of American citizens would be
calculated ordinarily to arouse great
feeling throughout the country. Doubt
less the American people do feel deep
ly upon the subject. But to my mind
the sinking of the ship of a foe upon
which happens to be found American
citizens is by no means to be com
pared with the act of hunting out, rob
bing, ravishing and murdering Ajner
ican citizens in a neighboring coun
try.
"We have lost more citizens In Mexico
than we will lose on the Lusltania. As
our policy with reference to Mexico
seems to be well settled and accepted,
there Is no possible reason why we
should apply a different policy toward
Germany. I don't anticipate any change
of policy because of this unfortunate
affair.
Not for "Peace at Any Price 'r
"I am expressing my view as to what j
our policy will likely be rather than
what it should be. I don't hesitate to
say that I do not agree with the 'peace
at any price* policy.
"This republic should face a world In
arms rather than have it said that
American women may be ravished and
American citizens murdered on the
very doorsteps of the republic.
"And yet in saying this I would not
expect war as a result of such a policy.
We are far more likely to keep out of
i war in the long run by a bold, deter
mined policy of protection to American
citizens than by the policy of indif
ference. The world accepts the stand
ard we ourselves set up and treats us
accordingly."
AMERICAN LINER CROWDED.
Philadelphia's Cabin and Steerage
Full, Despite Sea Tragedy.
NEW YORK. May 8.- The American
liner Philadelphia. sailing for Liverpool
today over the route traveled by the
Lusltania, steamed away witlT full cabins
and with berths In the Rterrage at a
premium. The usual scenes of animation
at the P*er were replaced, however, by
an atmosphere more subdued and sober.
Notwithstanding the American flag,
which flies at the liner's stern, ('apt.
Mills will observe every precaution for
the safety of passengers when he reaches
the war ion# declared by Germany In
British waters.
?"What I propose to do," the veteran
commander said. "Is known only to
myself."
81* cancellations were recorded at the
last minute. The Philadelphia had
aboard 940 passengers and left behind
ISO persons, according to offlcers of the
line, who would have sailed had there
bean sooonunodatlons.
MRS. CARMAN FREE
ON MURDERCHARGE
Acquitted of Responsibility for
,Death of Mrs. Louise
Bailey.
MINEOLA, N. Y., May 8.?A verdict
of acquittal was returned after a short
deliberation late today by the jury try
ing Mrs. Florence C. Carman on the
charge of murdering Mrs. Louise
Bailey at Freeport on the night of
June 30 last.
The Jury was agreed on the first
ballot. The verdict was returned at
6:32 o'clock, one hour and twelve min
utes after the Jury had retired.
Mrs. Carman Goes Home.
Mrs. Carman, who had been depressed
and apparently extremely anxious all
day, brightened as Justice Blackmar
delivered his charge. She beamed with
happiness when the verdict was an
nounced. She shook hands with all the
jurors, and left after a few minutes
with her husband for their hom? in
Freeport.
In his charge to the Jury, Justice
Blackmar said that the; state's case
centered on the testimony of Cella
Coleman, a negro maid in the Carman
household, who testified that Mrs. Car
man had darted Into the kitchen the
night of the murder with a revolver
in her hand, and announced, "I killed
him." The Coleman woman also testi
fied that Mrs. Carman had come to her
room early the next morning and ex
pressed repentance for having "killed
that poor woman."
Charge of the Court.
In his charge, Justice Blackmar said:
"It has been obviously shown that
Celia Coleman was careless of the
truth, but that is not conclusive. It is
for you to decide, after considering all
the circumstances, whether you believe
Cella Coleman."
Mrs. Carman's story on the stand was
practically unchanged from the story
she related in the first trial. She said
she was upstairs ITT her room when the
shooting occurred, and denied that she
had told Celia Coleman, her negro maid,
"I shot him," or afterward said she was
sorry she had killed "that poor woman."
LORD MAYOR INDIGNANT.
London Executive Calls Sinking of
Lusitania "Cowardly Outrage."
IX)NDON, May 8.?The lord mayor of
London, Sir Charles Johnston, referring
to the Lusitania disaster today, said:
"There seems to be no expression strong
enough or adequate to convey the intense
indignation which every one, outside of
Germany, must feel at this cowardly out
rage. It is impossible to crystallize into
a phrase what the world thinks of this
abominable and horrible crime. Let us
hope that before long the perpetrators,
high and low, will receive their deserts."
? ??
St. Paul Sails on Schedule Time.
LIVERPCiat. May 8, 7 p.m.- The steam
ship St. ?aul of the American line
sailed for New York on scheduled time
today. There were no cancellations of
passage on account of the torpedelnjr of
the Lualtania.
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BRITISH DESTROYER |
IS SUNK BY A MINE
i
Germans Fire on Boats Seek
ing to Rescue the Maori's
Crew.
LONDON, May 8.- The British admi
ralty announced tonight that the de
stroyer Maori had been blown up by
a mine. Its statement re-ads:
"While operating off the Belgian
coast, the torpedo boat destroyer
Maori, Commander B. W. Barrow, royal
navy, struck a mine about two miles
northwest of the Weillngen lightship.
Rescuers Fired Upon.
"The crew took to the boats when the
ship was sinking. The torpedo boat
destroyer Crusader, Lieut. Com
mander G. L. D. Mebbs in command,
which was In company with the Maori,
lowered her boats to assist in pick
ing up the crew of the Maori, but the
enemy opened Are from shore batteries
and the Crusader, after being under
fire for an hour and a half, had to
leave her boats and retire.
"It is reported from German sources
that the crew of the Maori and the
boats' crews of the Crusader?seven
officers and eighty-eight man In all?
were taken prisoners into Zeebrugge."
German Version of Loss.
An official communication by the
German war office concerning the sink
ing of the British destroyer Maori
says:
"The British destroyer Maori was
sunk ofT Zeebrugge. The destroyer
Crusader, which had come to its sup
port, was forced to retreat and taive
in the lurch lifeboats which it had
launched.
"The entire crew of the Maori and
the boats' crews of the Crusader were
saved by our own vessels and taken
Into Zeebrugge. In all, there were
seven officers and eighty-eight men."
The Maori was 280 feet long and of
1,035 tons displacement. She was built
in 1909, and her complement was 1
seventy-one men. She was armed with j
two four-inch guns and two torpedo
tubes.
ITALY MOVES TO END
WARFARE ON NEUTRALS
ROME, via Paris, 4:S0 p.m.. May 8.?
The sinking of the Lusltania has caused
a profound impression in Italy. Anxiety
is Increased by the fact that there were
several Italians among the passengers.
The feeling In Rome may be describ
ed as one of indignation at the kill
ing of neutrals, and measures to end
such proceedings are being urged on all
sides.
WEDS MISS CLARA KILLINS.
W. H. Leavitt, Former Son-in-law |
of Secretary Bryan, Harries Again.
SPRINGFIELD. IIL. May 8.?William
Homer Leavitt, former son-in-law of W.
J. Bryan. Secretary of State, and Miss
Clara Klllina of Springfield were mar
ried at Pekln, 111., May 6, it was an
nounced here today. Mr. Leavitt, who is
an artist, waa divorced by Mr. Bryan's
dmgtatw Ruth.
70,000 RUSSIANS TAKEN
IN WESTERN GALICIA,
AUSTRIANS NOW CLAIM
Number of Prisoners May Reach
100,000 as Czar's Armies Con
tinue to Flee, Vienna Reports.
HUNGARY FREE OF INVADERS;
KROSNO AND LIBAU CAPTURED
Slavs Declare Enemy's Attacks Are Weakening Owing to
Enormous Losses?French and British
Make Headway in West.
LONDON. May 8.?Hostilities are proceeding vigorously in all
arenas of war.
A communication issued by the Austrian field press headquar
ters says that probably 100,000 Russian prisoners have been taken in
the first phase- of the western Galician battle. Seventy thousand
prisoners already have been brought in.
"The six-day pursuit of the Russians in western Galicia contin
ues with success,.despite all difficulties," says an official Vienna state
ment. The Austro-German allies yesterday gained ground, espe
cially northward of Limanowa. imperiling those few roads still re
maining open for the retreating Russian Dukla army and bringing
the pursuers into dangerous proximity of the Lupkow pass railroad
SAYS GERMAN LOSSES ARE ENORMOUS.
Petrograd asserts that the losses of the Germanic allies have
been so enormous that the attacks at inany points along the great
eastern battle line are weakening in their intensity.
Berlin asserts that the Russian port of Libau has been captured
by Gen. von Hindenburg's forces, but Petrograd fails, to admit this,
although stating:
"German cruisers and torpedo boats appeared in the vicinity of
Libau yesterday and bombarded the port. One of the enemy's tor
pedo boats was sunk by one of our mines."
Russian offensive movements are developing successfully to
the southwest of Mitau, according to the official Russian statement
of tonight.
Between the Vistula and the Carpathians attacks bj the
enemy have met with no success, according to Petrograd.
"The Russians between the Lupkcw and Uzsok passes are in
full retreat over the Galician frontier, closely pursued by the Aus
tro-Hungarian troops.
"Hungary has been entirely freed from Russians. Russian strag
glers on the great northern slope of the Beskids hourly are sur
rendering in large and small bodies."
Cuts Through "Steel Ring."
One of the hardest fought engage
ments of the war has Just ended, and
the 58th Russian division has emerged
victorious, although suffering heavy
losses.
During the Russian retreat In the dt
rectlon of Dukla. when the Germanic
allies began their strenuous offensive of
several days ago, the 58th was surround
ed on all sides. Germans and Austrlans
pressed close, but the Russians, under
the leadership of Gen. Komlloft resisted
stoutly, being aided greatly by the char
acter of the battlefield, which allowed
defensive works. Night and day the
attacks of the foe were kept up with
fury. As consistently and with as much
vigor the Russians replied to the terrific
fire of the assailants.
Vienna tonight announced this engage
ment was still continuing, but Petrograd
declares the division, sadly depleted
after Its days of fighting against tre
mendous odds, has finally cut its wmy
out of the ring of steel and rejoined Its
parent corps, the union taking place yes
terdar
Hussians Claim Victory.
On the upper Lromnltza sections of
the enemy whloh had ascended the
mountain range of Tavornik were re
pulsed with heavy losses, according to
Petrograd advices.
Hordes of Germans, Austrlans and
Russians continue their terrific strug
gle In Galicia, according to Vienna,
which declares that the tide of battle
still rests on the side of the Germanic
allies.
While reporting gains Vienna admits
that the Russian forces are putting up
a terrible struggle'In defending their
positions.
Austria declares that all of the
counter attacks of the erar's soldiers
In east Galicia have resulted In fail
ure.
French Kake Advance.
The first considerable advance for
several days Is claimed In the French
official statement of tonight, which
declares that the French forces on
the right bank of the Fecht river have
advanced nearly two-thirds of a mile
along a front nearly one mile long
In the direction of Metiergal.
To the west of Lens a French bat
talion made a surprise attack on a
German position and captured It after
sharp fighting.
Artillery engagements, which have
been Incessant since the allied armies
and the German# lined up against
each other last year, show no signs
of abatement The great guns keep
pounding away almost day and night.
This is declared to be the chief rea
son for the continuation of the trench
warfare end the lull In infantry en
gagements.
British Take a Trench.
While announcing: that another
trench has been retaken from the Ger
mane in the vicinity of Ypres, the Brit
ish war office declares that there ha?
been no material change in the situa
tion at this point, where the fighting
has been going on with sanguinary
losses ever since the Germans started
their renewed drive to the coast.
Fighting of fierce character now la
going on between the Ypres-Poelca
pelle and the Ypres-Menin roads, where
the Germans attacked the British this
morning. The German infantry ad
vance was preceded by a heavy bom
bardment.
CONGRESSMEN IN HAWAII
PLAN TO HURRY HOME
HONOLULU, T. H, May 8.?In view
of the grave situation caused by the
torpedoing of the Lusitania and the
possibility of an extra session of Con
gress being called the congressional
party touring the Hawaiian Islands
discussed a plan today to securo the
cruiser Maryland for a rush trip to
San Francisco.
AUTO RACERS HAT DIE.
I ??????
Frank Oalvin and His Mechanician
Seriously Hurt at Indianapolis.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., May 8.?Frank.
Galvin of Berlin, Germany, automobila
race driver, and his mechanician. Chap
pie Dashbach, were seriously, if not
fatally. Injured late today in the Aral
serious accident at the speedway dur-.
lng the training for the 1915 500-mila
race to be held here May 29. At tha
hospital, where -Galvin was taken, it
was said tonight that the extent of his.
Injuries had not been determined, but
that they were serious. Dashbuch, u hs
sustained a number of broken ribs, was
cared for at the speedway hospital, and
It was said his condition was critical.
The machine was so badly wrecked
that the cause of the accident couUli
not be determined.