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ifc -- J i - -- i- - 1 t, n. r . ......... .. ... - - : - --v. . -.;:- THE WEATHER- - Advertfedng, backed by Ghod : ami .; k Servtce" Win Always Mate GoodM- 'doing it for otiienr itlwin d it for yen -Mr.V Merchant. Call up No. 51, ' and 'let us talk over the matttur vrfth you. -"'- Fair Monday, slightly cooler. In cen tal portion ; xuesuay, lair. MORiNHNGv MAY 10, 1915 . WHOM NUMBER 39,195 Lysitania Leaving New York Harbor Before She Was Sunk Off Irish' Coast. TRAGIC STORY OF THE LO OF THE LUSITiifl IS f-Vi'i--;: -' " ? .' J .!!.. ; :! 10L0 ;K7 . - mm im Only One Hundred and Forty-Nine Bodi dred Persons Who Perished When liner was iroedo Have Been Recovered Fourteen-Year-Old Girl Returning From New York, Proves Herself Heroine Many Acts of Unselfishness Recorded. Remarkable Escape of ah asm o v Queenstown, May 9. A smear of flotsam on the face of a calm sea 23 miles from this port marks the grave of the Cunarder Lusitania, victim of a German submarine. j " One hundred and fortynine of the 1,200 persons who perished with the liner now lie in improvised morgues in old buildings that line the Qiie'enstown harbor. They either wre picked up dead or; succumbed, after landing. ' . v : ' : :-: -. r' . . i - : ' " . - The 645 survivors of the disaster here; are quartered in hotels, resi dences and hospitals, some too badly hurt to be moved. Two groups left Saturday afternoon arid evening clad in misfit clothing, for Dub lin, by rail, and thence by boat to Holy. Head. ' (''":": The injuries of . some are so , serrqiis that additional deaths are . ex pected, and nearly all are "tod dazed !; Describe; thettaeKr' The survivors do not agree as t whether the submarine fired one or .two torpedoes. A few say -they-saw the periscope and many attest -to tracing the wake of foam as a projectile raced toward the vessel. 4" ! The only points in which all concur is that thei torpedo struck the Vessel a vital blo amidships, causing her to list almost immediately . to " the star board. In "this careening . fashion she plowed some' distance, smashing . the lifeboats' davits as ,she did ' sOj and 'making the- launching; of boats well .. nigh impossible until headway i "had ceased. '. . . ? . ' ' " How far the Lusitania struggled for ward after being struck and howjlong it was before she disapepared beneath the waves are points on which few passengers agree, estimates of the J.ime she remained afloat ranging, from 8. to 20 minutes. . V ' . f I The list to-starboard so elevated llfe boats on-the port side as soon to ren fler them useless and' it is said ' only two on that side were launched. - First .Hoat Capsized. I The. first of these, according to the custom sof the sea, was filled with '.wo men and children. It struck the water unevenly, capsizing and throwing- Its 60 occupants into the sea. -The Laisi tania even then was making considera ble headway and tho wnmcn anrl tittl - children were swept to death In spite i me attempts of the two stokers to rescue them. cording to passengers, . were drowned; f After that several hfin ta wot-or launch. ed .successfullv but th ntmei'if. list grew more perilous, the decks, slanting - .uin an angle that it was impera- l'Ve for all to Miner tn th EtarhAaril Jail. Jlany by this time had donned T vt? and jumped. Several life oats broke adrift unoccupied and th sa became a froth of oars, chairs, de ns and hujnan bodies. .;-'.-''-i-C dii0 stokers seeing a drifting ! boat vea overboard, recovered it and pull w i in nearly 40 persons, mostly women, hpr .Lusitan'a-'s crew, meanwhile; ad -th. 1 the letter to instructions And 0 ,'f lpiine' was rigid, although one havo t fubordinate? officers are said, to hart i- ? a &rouP of passengers hwho 1 afl climbeti into a boat that there was 110 immpriiati. j .j.-.s-.j. thpm t ranger ana aavisea WW remain " 3eck a while longer, th "J, i!r thls was due to the "fact that subordinates lost their heads, or to hea,r Eviction that, the shrp'ssbulk- tmjnedUld SaV6 hCr' never wil1 tvede Sarvivorn Dazed. - J ,; ; halls d3H yesterday in hotel corridors, a- lie,, Reception rooms survivors 'listlessly. Still' tnn -1 r Messed what had occurred. They were R-er ii ICL' OI garments, some flown n " s:' some were tryingf to force small p Uri3hm.ent- "In front of. the Wfront rd Line offices on the wa r,ew"Va crowd serged, clamoring for j8?". the street a', crowd rammp-i - .- "IK Small ?nvcpnmAnt here three clerks and ktl- al?r S strove desperately to tream V 1 or -the "5 i 7 of Passengers.. .. ever-growing hodv nf ovmrgues lay the dead.! The placid lav Frohman- his features in an' nin race, uPward in a bare rodm fro- thl I''ng a hundred-yards -lflfi water's rto- a i! t-nrifcnti. - bodie5. oyer which at- 'ketii' thrfe-i?e,na,ns'-WtInS anJ' tic nttd i beJonging:sr .ThoseLmei nients nf uy', romcle the last mo- Oaw. Tllt,Vr ,usitania, Elbert ; Hub- Gynne VaLK ?S Porem, Alfred; :"uy all went ' u - - rS- appar" ta. vent to, their graves with kr.rr 11 UCK is variously eM; u -I knot a - - - V'p Batt'' ot Submarine.? ' - - t of the "elve Hun -Queenstown Nc City American -No Criti-; is Made. to understand fully what has ' ' ":V- " " '- ; ,.. . . ; ... : r- - ' . believe that a. battery, of underr water craft, perhaps four or five, lay in wait, posted advantaseously along- the route it was surmised the liner would take. It was easy to .keep all but the tips of the Periscopes submerged and their for the craft nearest to let gro torpedoes; . : Every train for Kingstown and Ross lare yesterday carried complements of second and ' third class passengers and members of the.crew. Most of the first cabin, survivors sadly - few in number will remain here temporarily. . The townspeople have been generous with aid and sympathy. ... "Many sur vivors are dressed as they' would ave been if the 'disaster had occurred - at night, for the explosion and the long struggle in the water virtually denuded them. . . . Captain Turner appeared yesterday morning in civilian clothing donated by a ; local banker who has extended the hospitality of his home to the com mander. Later in the day he dressed in his stained uniform, -which had-been dried and - walked . with bowed head through the -streets, recognized by few among the crowd. : ! f ''; "' Q.netiiMi Belas Ashed. r Queenstown was almost as much dazed by the tragedy as those aboard the Lusitania. The question on every lip is: ; . . . "Why did Captain Turner pursue 'the usual well known Cunard Line 'course so close -to the Irish coast, af medium ' 7 W3S DOt 1116 w& imer . Several naval officers ; here, say the Lusitania received wireless orders -to take a course in the middle channel but the ship's wireless operator - de clined to say; whether he received such orders. All day. long crowds. surrounded .the temporary, morgues.; ; Although': : few bodies havebeen identified, many bear evidence ; of having, 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 . disci pline as most ,of them were "picked up from the - water. ; - The captain ' of a trawler who arrived in the harbor-soon after the accident, with 146 suryivprs, mostly women and children, when re proached for not ; staying longer on the chance of picking up more survivors, said: . -,'.,"i .- - '- ': ' r '' .- ; "There were many left in, . the wa ter,, but they were dead and many were so mangled I thought it better to bring ashore my boatload -of suffering ; wo men, as ; they, could not have . stood much, more,." . ' : - ' - These women presented a pitiful sight-as they jwandered aimlessly about, searching without hope for loved ones who must have gone down "'.with the ship. v ' V '- .: Relatives and .friends, of passengers who had gone m . high spirits to .iver- pool to meet; tne incoming ship, began to arrive here yesterday to search for the missing, but the small roll ,of sur vivora meant heartrbreaking disap pointment for most of them, , One was William Crichton, prominent' business man of London and' a - former resident of Baltimore who searched in vain for a trace of .his wife. .-' - . :' ' - t i v-'Glrl Show Sett; a iHerAtoe;.. ' The ' brief time , elapsing between the torpedoing and sinking' of the ;Lusi tarria wasHong enough to develop a heroine in .the person of Miss Kathleen Kaye, 14 years old,' returning ( from New?Tork where she had been. visiting relatives.- .With smiling words and re assurance ' she aided stewards in Ailing a boat with women and children. :" When: all were in she -climbed aboard -Ki: if fKo.fe;as-co6ly ? as V an f'-able'j8ea-, man; 6 Onsajior, auiie.. C.;-fOl&n'tliued'.ton.-.Pa'gr.e. Pi -mm MM v The Steamship Lusitania, the fastest vessel oh the ocean, was sunk as the Germans threatened before, she left New York on her last trip across the Atlan tic. This- photograph shows the steam er as she was 'straightening out in the North River .with the; help of tugs be fore she pointed her nose down the channel on her last voyage. In the air v s v t " i. C ? WCTIOmmEAMERmAM IS YET UNDETERMINED President Wilson Spends Quiet Family Studying Every Phase of the Situation-No Ac-" tipn Will Likely be Taken Until Full Reports Are Received From Ambassadors Abroad? Washington, -,May:' 9. What action the United r. States government will -take as a result of the sinking o the British liner -Lusitania with a loss of more than" a-hundred American lives is tonight arid -undetermined question. President Wilson, during the last 24 hours, has been studying ! every phase of: the case from both its legal and humanitarian aspects. That he feels deeply distressed "over the incident and realized the. people of Hhe United States expected him' to express in soma pronounced fashion their Indignation is indicated by, the statement isued from the' White ; House- last' night. 1. Nothing more was added today to the few significant sentences of this, utt'er ance that ' the President was "con sidering very earnestly butvery calm sue," arid "that he knows the people of the country wish and expect him to act with deliberation' as well as with firmness.'' . ' , I r V -Until", all the official reports are re ceived from -Ambassadors : Gerard and Page, at Berlin . and .London, respec tively, it " was . not expected that any. action would be-taken. . j ' Wllsoaa Spent Q,uiet Day. 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 lunchJeon. Most of the time he seemed pre'-occupied : and ' talked little to his' companions. He sat in his study it was1 said, in deep . thought, undis turbed for', hours. Secretary and Mrs. McAdoo dined with him tonight, but it was understood no reference was made to the war situation. It was the first time Mr. McAdoohad visited the White House since fie was operated on a few. weekB ago. ':-" .'..-.--'.. .... . When the President went motoring, he rode alone on the front seat, revolv ing in . his mind the most important problem of his' administration! When he - returned- to his desk I tonight he f found " the pile of telegrams had in creased-'; -i, .- I '''.- They had been coming in scores from ailtparts Of : the country. jMany urged the adoption of severe measures. Sev eral; among them a ' few from work in gmen's -6rganizationsf advised a dec lartion of war- as the surest preventive, of f urther-; eff ronts to -American dignity Others . suggested, a - severance; of 'all. diplomatic relations . until - adequate reparation and apology was made". Still others conuseled a peace j course, but advocated . firmness. A few . messages justified the sinking. Secretary Bryan, who .' spent the-day ?at- home, also, re ceived -many . messages bearing on the situation ; similar", tp i those that .came to the White;HOuse. J. v. t' ..'- i. S;.JI1BT'MW VIFUUW1 ,"-.,.-.1 c The, .President, plans; to, go; to . Phila- J delchia late tomorrow to deliver- there i ; ;, (Conttuueain ae wo) nave Been repuls- I c above her scores of., sea -gulls, which follow every ocean '.liner many miles into the sea, are seen flying: The German Embassy at Washington published an advertisements a. day be fore the Lusitania sailed that she might be attacked and that -travel: on her .was dangerous. Many prominent-passengers got telegrams while" they watted on her decks as she remained at f the pier be- Sr. : '- -V. bay Apart From His Official in.N the evening a speech which ob servers generally believe will give ex pression to his own .feeling on . the sit uation produced by. true sinking of the Lusitania. He is . to address a meeting of 4,000 . naturalized Americans. Secre tary Tumulty wenf- tp Philadelphia to day to make arrangements for the trip. Mr. Wilson will return "early Tuesday; and a few hours later the. regular meeting of the cabinet will, take place; when it is generally expected he will lay before his advisers the policy he has in mind and ask.their counsel. The official statement 'frpm Berlin which came by wireless,, admitting that a. German submarine had sunk the Lu sitania and pointing out that 'the big liner "was naturally armed with guns," was widely, commented upon; by offi cials. On the highest authority, it was statea mat ns pny as iasi aepiemoer when Count Von Bernstorff, the Ger man ambassador called attention to the arrival at American" ports of "British iiners with guns-Aboard, the question was taken up by the State Department. It was ruled by: the department that a merchant vessel could not be classed asi a warship if she carried .guns not larger than six-inch calibre for deferi sive purposes, but nevertheless infor mal negotiations were begun imme diately with. Great Britain and an understanding-was reached whereby - no British vessels clearing from American ports' would be armed.. It ,1s -the duty of the : port authorities in New York each time a ship asks, for clearance to see that no guns mounted or unmount ed are carried on - board . belligerent vesselis. . , ' Waa-Nttt Armed. " Dudley Field . Malone;' collector of the port of New York, however; has been asked by the -'Washington government as to whether-:the Lusitania carried any armament and has "reported that she had no guns "aboard. v ' Among diplomatists and. officials the all-absorbing';, topic of v the -conversation was the probable attitude of the United States. , I Count Von Bernstorff, the,; German ambassador, returned to the embassy, but said the German of flcial statement, concerning the disaster made comment ; from . the embassy unnecessary.- '.,'."'......-; ' : ' -''-:': The unofficial AustrorGerman opin ion,; hfcre, how; ever,- to -justify the, act. emphasizes the -presence sf of .. ammuni tion: on a passenger ship , and argues that the sacrifice of " passengers . .was less in the. balance than , the oil i that would have been j taken by the ammu nition had it reachecTthe Aljlies. -',. . Emoawy. to, Threatened. .- H During - thfe ; day, the German ambas sador, received, an anonymous . letter warning, him that the embassy niay. be blown up at 1:32 . a. m. tomorrow. He turned it over. to -the police.-, c...-.-: " i All eyes continued to - be- focused on the-, White House,--where the final de k cision on the policy, to be -.pursue-??', by the 'United f Statea is ,-to e madOniy LlitS XIOOIUCU fi'.lJluov. JUI-luavQ' .auViDCLO know of ; the- complexities., of v theAprob-; t 'c.v - : ;c - . fe: i . v ..4 ,4... ..,::...lHMMife'.. " . .hil&z '1 .:. -V.V.V fore sailing that ' their lives we're "in danger. . v ' ' '.,;'.;. . The Lusitania -was the one big ship which had been kept in service - since the outbreak of the war.. On every trip east and west bound she 'carried, large crowds of passengers - ' ...The Lusitania' was' 785 feet long, and came -out in , 1907,' with her sjster ship; the Mauretania, both intended tp: mak Latest Estimates at London on Lusitania Ctuiroph U',. SEVERAL F SUBMARINES Impression Is That. Liner Ran Into Un derwater Ambash Lord -Mersey to Conduct OffldaJ . Investigation y '; - of the Tragedy. " . London, May, I 9.- Latest: estimates here put the death roll in the' sinking of the Cunarder ' Lusitania at". well up to 1,500. ; V : , ' - - Superintendent Dodd,-' of - the Cunard Line; today dashed lingering hopes that there might be further; survivors in . a statement: that, said: "Thet only prob lem now is toi identify"! the nameless dead." " ''!: ! ; '; t:,i::" " i So far as can be ascertained- about. 700 persons escaped, when th, :. liner sank after being struck" by "German tor pedoes, .but of these, 4 5 have died from exposure or' from injuries. . . ; : Lord Mersey is to conduct an- inquiry into the disaster and until thatvheeins -official opinion , as to how f tire Lusita nia came to be caught; and; why" so many lives wereaoat, win remain a se cret. . ;The general unofficial oprnion is that several German submarines were assigned to the, task of attacking the. liner- and that, they maneuvered .-her into position wnere she could not es cape. . . -'., . ' - ... . . Had Altered Course. , . .t . - . Passengers- say that -for some -time before the first .torpedo- was. fired-the Lusitania had altered her: course, and they ascribe this to the 1 fact that one German submarine had shown, herself,; sending the big? liner -in the direction where others we're.? waiting -to-strike. Beyond anger . at the Germans - the catastrophe has had no effect on . the British people. , Steamers are - arriving and departing -as - usual . .and-, even steamers to Ireland are " being, freely patronized. i ; ; . - - - The; heavy loss of lif e. on ' the Lusi tania was due, passengers .believe to the fact that some officers at feast re assured them after the v first torpedo struck,' that the ; Lusitania would re main afloat. . Preparations . were made to ' launph ; the boats, , but ' before this .could i be done, a: second torpedo, hit the: steamer and she listed so .bodly 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 r the -: water-tight compartments. y ; ,,. ' ' -t- The Lusitariiai was mot iin "i the . British navy list for" April among the: mer chant,; vessels commlssiohedr ag " naval auxiliary craft" -and, Cunard ' officials deny that she, was ever used-for that purpose. ', ' . ' " ' :y. '" " , " '" v ' . .. i OFFICIAL ACCOUNT GIVEN '-If '''' American Who Saw Sabmarine Report - to State Department sThrong-h' Consnl : Washington,: May 9: Statements by American survivors o the -Lusitania cabled to the State Department 'tonight by-iConsul Frost i at? Q iieenstown -. gave brief, -.graphic descriptions ;of r the.: de-. structiow of 1 the Vgreat c linrj byAa i Ger- man 'submarine. i-RpbettJtankin, s of; 'Sir 1 TTOi .V."."-. V.'.V.fc"L' .?-....." w twenty-six Or twenty-seven knots and to wrest the speed laurels of the seas f roni .the German-flyers. ' . . - For ,a . long, time1' the .Lusitania; held the ;. speed championship, malcing a crossing cfrom Queenstown to Sandy Hook ; in- a little less, than 4 days. 16 hours.- I . J ,'. ' - i '.)- ' : : The. Lusitania came into prominent notice . about two months. . ago, when. ilfKl'aiBift MI imm RUSHES TR OOPS mBoiwEmvsmiANs AND GERMANS LEAVING Italian Army of Six Hundred Thousand Concentrated at Ve . rona-rMdre Troops Called to the Colors Russian Fleet Sink Turkish Transports in the BlackSea -French Claim Successes Over Germans in West Newspaper dispatches from Switzer land to Paris , report Austrian s and Germans fleeing, from " . all - parts of Italy. ' ' A': Geneva dispatch' asserts that 600,000. Italians have been concentrated at Verona, 25 miles from the Austro Hungatian frontier.. -: .In Hue fighting along the battle lines in Belgium -ana Fran.ce; and in Russia ahd -in the- Carpathiana. both the :Triple Entente, and Teutonic" allies- claim suc cesses. ;None,:hpwever it except, possibly Austria; and Germany ; records successes on a great sceile Even' the statements of : the Teutonic allies are reiterations Of the reports : of several days past . that the Russians, continue to be press-ed-back in Galicia and .the. Carpathians and', that Hungary is free of enemy. forces.; ' i f . ;" "' 1 .' ' . .'. ' ' Petrograd does not; deny the Teuton claims, but declares the Russians are fighting back ..hard .at certain points and that the attacks, of the Teutons are becoming less frequent.; In the West Berlin declares the Ger mans: have driven' the. Allies out of strongly1 fortified positions . near Ypres arid that they have captured several villages in Flanders. Sir. John French, the British commander-in-chief, . how ever, says ail Germany's attacks have been repulsed. . A repulse Of the Germans. near Nieu port, -the capture of lines of trenches over a front! of 4 1-3 miles near Ca rency'vand . the taking of a front 2 1-2 miles wide farther east are chronicled by Paris. TEUTONS ARE -FLEEING Newspaper I Reports ; say Garmeni and Anstrians Are Leaving Italy. . Paris, May - 9. A Bellinzona, Switz erland,: dispatch to the Temps says: - "Austrian8 and Germans are fleeing from Italy. : All trains in the direction of -the frontier are -packed. "Special V3-113 have brought 3,000 Germans from Rome,. ITIonence and Bo logne. Lugane . is - filled with refu gees.;, ; r : .; .-';:" ''1-" ; . !'Notice has been.- giyen of the sus pension from today of telephone serv ice -across the frontier and of the sup pression of many passenger trains. - "All German and. Austrian .journal ists have left. Italy."" ,. . OPERATIONS IN THE WEST Dealt With a Report of Sir John French . . to British Government. London, May 9.- Field - Marshal . Sir John French,- " commander-in-chief of the" British. forces,, -.sends, this -report of " the operations .. in rthe v West: - - . ."."Lastnight?the- enamy continued hi attacks east; of Ypres- and .made, further jr. mmmmm 3SSJ: .V.V. .VLjCO -...- on .."a vq'yage from this port to Liver- ' pol, she flew' the American flag when entering-the latter port. Caiptain -Turner had- been in -the Cu nard service thirty years and had com manded its; ships: from, car go boats, up. He was regarded as a very skillful nav igator, and when the giant new Cuaasd er Aquitahia came out in June of last year Jhe. was appointed her commander. - '$ ' :4 ed with heavy losses. j.Our line there is -firmly I established. . . "This- morning I , first attacked the enemy's ;linev between- Bois Grnier and FeStubert .and. gained ground south and east toward Fromelles. - The fighting in 'this area; continues. "Our airmen made successful attacks on- the St. Andre ;railway junction north of Lille and on the canal bridge at Dok Furnes, , Harlies, , lilies, Marquelles and LaBassee-were. also - bombarded."- TROOPS TO THE COLORS Reports oni; Berlin to the Effect That Italy Ha Called Oat More Soldiers. . London, May ' 9. The " Copenhagen correspondent, of the," Exchange TeleV graph. says: . . . "A private ' message from Berlin states that Italy yesterday called to the colors all Infantry classes from 1876 and, that many; trains loaded with, troops . are , proceeding ! to the front.",'- LARGE ARSIY AT VERONA Italy Reported to . Haxe Six Hundred Thousand BKeh Concentrated There. , Geneva, : Switzerland, May , 9 (via Paris). -An Italian army of 600,000 fully, equipped and ready for the field, has been . concentrated at Veroha. "-Verona is a -"fortified Italian city at the -base of the Tyrolese Alps, 25 miles from, the frontier of Austria-Hungary. GERMAN OFFICIAL STATEMENT Attack on . Ypres is Continued and Ger mans Claim Many Successes. Berlin, (via London), May 9. The German general staff today gave out the following official statement: In the ; West:, r "During the continuance of our at-, tacks on " Ypres, we drove the enemy out of his strongly fortified positions between the Fortuyn Wyeltkje and the. Ghiejuvelt-Ypres roads. We cap tured the. villages, of .Frezenburg and Verleranhoek . and took up important positions which command the heights. We took. 800 English prisoners, among them 60 officers. " , ': "French attacks west of Lievin .and northeast of the Lore tte. heights failed with -heavy losses for the enemy. . . "Near LaBassee and -Viley we forc ed an aeroplane-of the enemy to land. : ."A. partial French- attack west -pf Perthes was beaten off by hand gren-r ades. ' , " ..,.; ' : . "In the .Argonne between the Meuse and the Moselle and in the Vosges the day passed without, anything of note. "In the East: . . ."::;'.;.:.': "In Libau .we' have - taken- a large stock of war "material. -, ' "Before strong forces the enemy haa collected ; before .Milau our advance; di visions sent-ouf against this town are averting the r enemy. , ' : "Northeast' of ?JCovno. the railway line between Vtlnaand'Saarle - was destroy- ' (continued on. rage two) --. 'S'S s if- 1 . - -life wens . ... t li 4 3f mm '' ''': -B ;T:m- . ; ;' fe-?--; Si ' '-'r... T ':; k hi 1 : mm iff : - , . ';'-' -, ! f V , . ; yim? - -T&ii.X-lt mm i, I fy-m f-m -r.r' S'-r