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TH3 OAZETTE-NEWS HAS TH8 iBZOClATKD FRltBS BERVICH. IT 18 IN KTBBT tt BESPBTTT COUPLETS, it mm.i "WEATHER FORECAST! FAIR TONIGHT AND SXJNDAT. VOLUME XX. NO. 74. ASHEYILT2, N. 0, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 8, 1915. PRICE 2 CENTS N M- PEOPLE KTOWNED ONLY 658 SAVED, WHEN LUS11ANIA IS SEN! 70 BOH OM BY SUBMARINE BH M M MM a i London, May 8 Fifteen hundred people perished yesterday when the Cunard Liner Lusitania was sent to the bottom of f the Irish coast by a German sub marine. The British admiralty estimates the number of survivors at 658, and there were 2160 people aboard, including the crew. SCORES OF BODIES BROUGHT TO SHORE Loss of life causedby explo sions must have been very terrible. .. L A UNCHING OF LIFE BOATS DIFFICULT No evidence of panic among crew; although captain and two officers were saved. Ml OF K TEDDY WOULD ACT. It It ' r- . at H Syracuse, K " Y.p May 8. It Theodore lloosevelt, former It t president of the United States, It It after learning details of the sink- It It lng of the Lusitania, made this H It statement: K It "This represents not merely It piracy, but piracy on. a, vaster H scale of ' murder than any old It time pirate ever practiced. This It DISASTER BUT 51 AMERICANS OUT OF 188 SAVED FEW OF FIRST London, May 8. Fifteen hundred peopje lost their lives, the British admiralty estimates, when the Cunard liner Lusi tania was torpedoed and sunk yesterday off old Head, Kin sale Ireland. The known survivors number only 658, while 2160 souls were aboard the liner when she was attacked. 0 those saved 595 have been landed at Queenstown, 11 at Kin sale, and 52 are reported to be aboard steamers. All the boats but one of the rescue fleet of torpedo boats, tugs and trawlers sent out from Queenstown have reported. There is a slender hope that fishing vessels may have rescued a few more. ' ' .: ' - In addition to the living brought ashore the bodies of 45 dead have been landed at Queenstown. . Five more bod ies are at Kinsale. It is reported that an armed trawler ac companied by two fishing boats, have picked up 100 others. The work of compiling the list of saved is progressing slow ly owing to the indescribable confusion, at Queenstown, but apparently few of the first cabin passengers were among the survivors. , . The United States consul at Queenstown can only ac count for 51 Americans' saved out of 188 aboard the liner. Of the Americans 100 . were first cabin passengers, 62 second and 17 steerage. The heavy loss' of life among the first cabin passengers Is believed to have been due to their calmness and self-possession in the face of danger. Most of them were at luncheon when the liner received her death blow. They declined to join in the rush for the left boats and lif belts, believing that the steamer would remain afloat until assistance arrived. A considerable proportion of those landed at Queenstown are members of the Lusitania crew, including Captain-Turner, with the first and second oflicers. All the other officers are believed to have perished.. - There is no evidence that the is the warfare which destroyed Louvain and Dinant and hun dreds of men, women and child ren lri Belgium. It la warfare against innocent men, women and children, traveling on the It ocean, and to our fellow coun lt try women, who are among the It sufferers. - If- "It seems Inconceivable that It we can refrain from taking ac t tion In this matter, for we owe 5 It not only to humanity, but to H our own national self-respect." No Step Will Be Taken Until All Available Information ; About Lusitania Has Been Received. time-honored rule at sea of "women and children first," was violated. . At least one but vivor; a Toronto newspaper man, declares t here was no panic among the members of the crew, who acted promptly to get the passengers into the boats. It appears that every Fre- ut!cu I'A been ta!:cn by the 3 c: V V.: rr r were on the alert constantly as the giant steamer speeded toward the Irish coast. Diffi culty was experienced in launching the boats because of the heavy list of the liner, al most immediately after ' she was struck, everal (rail craft evidently capsised as they were being launched, or soon afterward. Ilany passengers owed their rescue to life belts, c'-irir to then until picked Investigation fails to reveal that the Lusitania was given any warning by the submarine. Look-outs sighted the peri scope of the hostile craft 1000 yards away and the next mo ment they saw the trail of the torpedo as it flashed on its course. The liner's course was turned toward the shore. Four torpedoes apparently vwere fired at the steamer but only two hit. The loss of life from the tor pedoes themselves and the ex plosions they caused must have been terribly heavy. Many of those brought ashore are terri bly injured and more than a score have died since landing. Probably no event of the war has caused such intense excite ment in London as the sinking of the Lusitania. Enormous crowds surrounded the offices of the Cunard company, scan ning anxiously the bulletins from Queenstown. TEN PEOPLE KILLED IN POWDER EXPLOSION Washington, May 8." We are informing pu.rse.lyes as rap idly as possible in regard to the Lusitania matter," said Secretary Bryan today; and we are doing all we can for the in jured and are getting all the in formation we can." ' There wasy everything indi eating at the white house that while President Wilson was deply shocked at the loss of American lives in the Lusita nia disaster, he was determin ed to have a thorough inves tigation made before determin ing the course of action to bo taken by the Unied States. Of ficials reiterated the statement that no step would be taken until all he available informa ion had been gained. ONE OF WALKER BANKS Alfred G; Vanderbilt Appar ently Among Those Who; Died When Lusitania Was Sent Down, Home, May 7.Vla Paris) Ten people were killed 'last night In an explosion which wrecked a powder factory at Fontana Lin. LITTLE OF INTEREST IN LIBEL CASE TODAY Syracuse, Way T. More testimony concerning publlo printing and pub Ho money was given today at the trial of the libel suit of William Barnes against . Colonel ' Theodore Boosevelt. ATLANTIC FLEET ON WAY TO NAVAL PARADE Newport News, May 7. -The Atlan tic! fleet sailed from Hampton Roads t o'clock this morning for New York, to tnk part In the (rent lis vul J uridt to tie held there. Special to Gaxette-News. Murphy, May 8. H. Tabor, repr sentlng the Walker Hanks, Sparta, Oa., was in the city Tuesday, looking over the field here with a view of organiz ing and establishing another bank In Murphy. The capital i.fuck of the proposed bank will be $25,00, either state or na tlonal as may be decided by the stock' holders. Mr. Tabor states. that during the 25 years banking experience of this chain of banks, there has not been a single failure among them. The Walker Banks fconslst of some SO banks In Georgia, Florida and Alabama. Mr. Tabor states that he had met with a hearty response from the lead lng business men of Murphy and some one would return within the next 10 days and perfect the organisation of the new bank, and be ready for busi ness as early as possible. MANY SURVIVORS IN SERIOUS CONDITION Feared That Some Will Not Survive Rescue Vessels Bringing Dead to Queenstown. Majority of LusitanicCs pas sengers from U. S. go down with ship. WASHINGTON FEELS PROFOUND GRIEF is possibly most serious situation which has confronted Wilson since the war began. KENTUCKY MAN DEAD AFTER LONG ILLNESS Bev. Archibald Shields, aged 84 died here yesterday at .11 o'clock following an mended lllnej. The de cessed Is survived by the widow, who has been In Anhellle with her husband. The body will be taken to Lexington, Ky., the former home of the deceased where the fuporal and Interment will toke plate. New York, May 8. The Cunard line has received a cablegram from Liverpool saying that the admiralty has announced that only a few of the first cabin passengers of the Lusitania were saved and that three boats are bringing 100 bodies la Queenstown. . Queenstown, May 8. The bodies of the victims of the Lusitania disaster are arriving on every Incoming boat The Cunard warehouses are lielna used for a temporary morgue and are already filled, and 60 more bodies have been taken to the town hall. Addi tional dead" a re In boarding hous3 mid j hotels, the victims of Injury or ex haufltlon. Still others itr-j In hospitals where those whose condition appeared to be most serious were tal;on. Little children broimht ashore elapsed In each other's arma have net yet been Identified. The woinun who were landed presented ,i pitiable ap pearance, some Hal on'y blankets wrapped around them. Mony of the children are without parents. The funerals of most of the 'British victims' will be hell at Queonstown Sunday. Two stoker oo.trli-m the report that the steamer was struck by two Icr pedoes. The flr entered stoke-h Ic No. 1 and the other the enclne ro. m. London, May t-A number of sur vivor of the Lusitania' torpedoed yesterday by a German submarine have been landed by a fishing boat on Sovereign island, near Oalley- head. Many are In a serious condi tion and it 1 feared that some will nol survive. London, May 8. Alfred Owynn Vanderbilt appear to have perished when the Lusitania went down, ac cording to a message from Ambassa dor Pag . based on Information re ceived from the American consul at Queenstown. ' Only Fifteen Mlnutrs ftraoo. Describing the experience ot the Lusitania, the steward said: "The passengers were at lunch when the submarine rame up and fired two torpedoes, which strlurk tht Lusitania on the atarooard side, one forward Hn I the other in the engine room. They iaued terrific explosion. , . "Captain Turner Immediately order ed the bonis out. The ship Bn to list bad'y Immediately, Washington, May 8. Dispatches received today by the state department from Consul Lauriat at Queenstown puts the number of rescued from the Lusitania wreck at 634: He added the names of four Americans to the list of those who had been mentioned as saved in previous dispatches, making a total of 51 Americans saved. . Few others have been res cued. The four additional survivors mentioned by the con-( sul are N. N. Allen, Patrick S lattery, Mr. Byington and MrJ Brooks. Destruction of the British liner Lu"!nnla with the loss of many lives shocked officials of the United States government and spread profound grlof In the national capital. Although it was not known how many, If any, of those lost were Amer icans, the view was general that the most serious situation confronted rhe American government since the -juN break of the war In Europe, The warning of the United States that Germany would be held to . a "strict accountability" for the losi of "American lives," Irrespective of whether they were aboard belligerent or neutral vessels when attacked, fo cused attention on the white house, where President Wilson until lute In the night read the dispatches with grave Interest. The president made no comment. Secretary Bryan, Counsellor Lans ing, senators and ' members ' of the house, who were in the city, waited tip to a late hour for definite luws of the passenger and crew of the ship. Earlier in the day they conitrued the positive announcement from abroad that no lives had been lout m final, but later advise dashed their hnpea. Officials said facta and circum stance would have to be obtained by careful investigation- during the next few day before any announcement could be mad by the American gov ernment., The disposition among hlirh official was not to take hasty action, but to await the British admiralty' nport and results of the In 'estimation by Am baraador Pag. The report that the Luftttanla, was torpedoed without warning created a profound sensation for It was the ft ret caa In which this threatened pro cedure ha ben carried out with Amer ican on board a belligerent weail. The linking of the liner brought to llchl a story of repeated threats and warnings which have reached high officials for several day past of a plan by the German admiralty to sink the Lusitnnla for the psychological effect It would have on Great ISrhairi end the terror it might syreod amor? ocean travelers generally. . Information reaching officials of the American gbvernment and diplomatic quarter confirm the belief that plans . for the destruction of the Lusitania 1 were made several week ago. Firsr, the German embassy waa instructed 1 to advertise In the leading newspaper uf the United States warnings passen- : gers against traveling on belligerent . MiiapB. Anonymous warnings then were hen sent to idividuala who pro pored sailing on the Lusitania. Most ' significant of all were letter received here from officials In Germany by per sons stating that the Lusitania surely would be destroyed. HE RACES AT Motorcycle speed contest between enthusiast of Ashevllla, Henderson- vllle, Spartanburg and Greenville will be held at Hendersonvllle next Mon day afternoon from 2 to 6 o'clock. The races will be held on Fifth avenue In Hendersonvllle and give promise of V lng very exciting event. The local military of Hendersonvllle will pairol the street where the rc will bo bold and all precaution will t taken to prevent anyone getting hurt C. K. Brook, C A. Hobbs, Henry King, A. H. Hawkins and W. K. Hanm of Hendersonvill, will act a Judge of the race. Several motorcycle enthusiast from Anl-evlll have stated that they will at tend the race and participate In the events which hav been seheduled. REPORTED TURKS LSD rebels in Tmrcn Paris, May 8. I'nllnn report r current thnt en official ' tnyn thnt the "I" i ; r ; j cnt.-.-., rcl'-! 1" !i ' 1 t I : . l f : i
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