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THE HORROR OF, THE AGE. I Lusitania Sunk By Germans. at,——*—— i I i I I t 1 19 I 0 Two Torpedoes Fired Without Warning. ■■ ■ ) Swansea People Aboard. it » I Great Liner Disappears in Twenty-five Minutes I r Forty-five additional survivors have been landed since the Admiralty statement was issued this morning. They were picked up by a drifter and brought into Queenstown later in the day, after all the torpedo-boats and trawlers had returned. The total num- ber of Lusitania survivors is therefore 703, out of a full complement of passengers and crew of 2,160. Comparatively, few first-class passengers were rescued. The Press Bureau is informed by the Admiralty that no reports regarding the Lusi- f tania have "been received, and that the number of survivors already given may be re- garded as approximately correct. Inquiries are being made along the coast, but there is little hope of further survivors. ( The total number of survivors from the Lufitaria-sairl the Admiralty report this morning—is only 703. Thus, unlese, Bg wo all hope, modifying messages are received later in the day, 1,457 Britishers j end Americans have fallen victims to the crowning crime of German madness- "W&at the Government a.nd the people of *.h a Unit ed Stat e? Trill do regarding the hu,h1\s it. is too aarly yet to say, hut the tmpeT of the people is shovrn in an incident which occurred ou-teide a New y ork n&wspaper office last night., when a Barman who declared to the crowd that, )tavi-ng advertised their warning, his nation wera acting within their rights, uru pummelled into unconsciousness, r President Wilson was on the point of departing for a drive when the first news arrived. Our message states that his relief was evident when the first r announcement came that all on board had fceen saved. Alas. America and Britain found this morning that it had a heavier garden of woe to carry. The Lusitania left New York for Liver- pool last Saturday. That morning the iAttterican journals printed an advertiog- jnent, sent out by the German Embassy, (declaring that In accordance with formal notice given by the German Imperial Government, TPeselg flying the flags of Great Britain or any of her Allies are liable to destruction in those waters. Passengers sailing in the war zone on such vessels do so at their own risk. fit is said that when Mr. Alfred Vander- fcilt, orte of the 'passMigers.showed Captain triirnr,r, a telegram he had received- f Have it on definite authority that the i.usitania is to be torpedoed "—he laughed Itt the threat?, and said We are too fast Sot them." Nothing further was made known as /o the progress of the great. liner— jalthough of course she must have-kept in touch with shore throughout the voyage— lintil Friday afternoon. Not long after four o'clock, certain circles in Swansea ere aghast at the news that she had been fcunk off the Irish coast. • The information wa,; entirely uiiofbcdal, and naturally un- trustworthy for publication. But a £ six 'clock came the dread confirmation. All the evening, owing to the scantiness of tie news, and the re-assuring nature of some Of it, there was hope that we had been spared the greatest, horror; but the fast lingering ray went with the publication of the Admiralty report to-day. The sur- vivors only number 703. When the Lusitania set sail from New York. there [rare 2,160 on board. The Old Head of Kin sale—eight miles off which the disaster happened-is a pro- smontory milps to the wast of Cork HaT. hour, and the first point, of British land usually sighted by the traveller from lAmeriea. There is a lighthouse 100 feet above sea leY1. with a fixed ligM visible 21 miles. The Lusitania was off the Old Head about two o'clock on Friday after- noon. A sharp look-out was being "kept for enemy craft. As may be imagined, in view of the warning," there was a cer- tain amount of anxiety among the pas- isengers. The disaster occurred without the slightest, warning. The clearest story "hirh has yet come through is that of a Toronto journalist; most of the survivors no were landed at Queenstowm were too exhausted to talk. The journalist was chatting with .11, friend, just after two o'clock, when he thought he "just got a glimpse of the canning tower of a sub- marine Itbouta. thousand yards distance." He only just remarked the circumstance to hi? friend, when he noticed the track of a torpedo. The Lusitania, was struck forward. There was. a loud explosion, and portioas of wreckage were flying About. Shortly afterwards the liner was struck by another torpedo, and began to list over to starboard. Two of the stokers w ho were rescued carry on the story of the actual disaster. They state that the submarine gavo no noticp. and fired two torpedoes. One hit No. 1 stokehold, and the second the engine- room. The first torpedo was discharged at two o'clock, and twenty-five minutes later the great liner disappeared. What hap- pened within the fateful twenty-five minutes, it is difficult at this hour to say. There was, naturally, considerable con- fusion, and'it is hard to know where fact can be separated from rumour. But a few statements seem to have about them the air of truth. The weather is said to have been beautifully fine, with a. hot sun and a gentle southerly breeze, weather similar to that which prevailed when the Titanic sank. In the fateful twenty-five minutes, some of the survivors declare that they saw a boat, containing over sixty pas- sengers, being tilted into the sea, owing to to a high cleat block being stuck. Then it is also said that some of the boats oould not be launched, and had to be cut away as the vessel was sinking. It is useless speculating at this stage why so many lives were lost, considering the fact; that most of the survivors in a state to speak declare tbal-I the Lusitania did not sink for twenty-five minutes; al- though one gives the time as fifteen minutes. Wl t-n it was stated last night that there had been this margin between the torpedoing and the sinking, it was confidently anticipated that the loss of life would be small. It was pointed out that since the Titanic disaster all liners have by Board of Trade regulations been obliged to carry sufficient boats and rafts to embirk every soul on board, both pas- sengers a.nd crew, in case of an accident. Furthermore, the crew have to be regu- larly exercised in boat. drill, so that if I. any mishap occurs the boats can be got out; in the shortest possible time and with- out any of them being over- turned through" careless handling. A Kinsale telegram received by us this morning, however, gives a possible cause for tha heavy loss of life. It stated that only a few first-class pas- sengere have been eaved, and, the mes- sage arldA-, "It is understood they thought the ship would float, WITHOUT WARNING. Journalist Who Saw. the Submarine. LONDON, Saturday. Hopes that the death roll in the sink- ing of the Lusitania would not prove to be very great were dispelled by a message issued by the Admiralty this morning, which shows that the disaster was of an appalling character. The following is the message:- Thiy Press Bureau is informed that a telgr;>Sfc to the following effect has been received from the admiral at Queens- town "Torpedo boats, tugs,, and armed trawlers from Queenstown all in, except Heron. Landed from these were 5-9!i survivors and 40 dead; landed from steamer, 52 survivors; landed at Kin- sale, 11 survivors and dead. "The total number of survivors is 658, and 4-Vdead. The numbers will be verified later." The total number of passengers And crew aboard was 2,160. the messages regarding the sinking of .,the great Cunarder Lusitania yesterday afternoon, near the Old Head of Kinsale, which were received during the night and early this morning, were of a spasmodic and, in some respects, confusing character, and up to this morning there was no clear- idea of the total loss of life. It was defi- nitely known that there were over 1,900 persons on board, bull although the Lusitania carried boat accommodation sufficient for a far larger number than that, it was not anticipated that, with the1 short time at their disposal before the vessel disappeared, anything like the total complement could have been got into the boats, no matter how perfect the organisa- tion, or how expeditiously the work was carried out. Shortly before one o'clock the Admirajtv issued a message stating that. the survivors were being landed at Queenstown, followed shortly afterwards by a.further telegram from the port admiral there which stated that between 500 and 600 passengers had been landed, that the wounded had been taken to the naval and military hospitals, and that some of them died. A further Admiralty message stated that eleven persons have been landed at Kinsale. A Cork message to the Times stated that seven persons have been landed at Clonakilty. I First Survivors. I The Press Association special correspon- dent at Qucenstown telegraphs:—The pas- sengers from the Lusitania picked up b.y the boaots which left Queenstown for rescue work were landed at Queenstown last night, the first batch arriving about 8.30. A number of them were in a very ex- hausted condition after their terrible ex- perience, and had to be helped to various hotels in the town. Others who were too weak had to be 'removed on stretchers, and it was found tha,t a few had succumbed. Few of the passengers saved anything more than the clothes they wore. Mr. Ernest Cowper, a Toronto journalist, who was coming across with his editor on business, in an interview, stated that a sharp look-out had been kept for the enemy craft when Ireland was being ap- proached. He wa.s chatting with a friend about two o'clock, and thought he just, got a glimpse of the conning tower of a submarine about a. thousand yards dis- tance. He only just remarked the circum- stance to his friend, when he noticed the track of a torpedo. Two Torpedoes Used. I The Lu?itania was struck forward. There was a. loud explosion, and portions of wreckage was flying about. Shortly afterwards the liner was struck by another torpedo, and began to list over to star- board. The crew immediately proceeded to get the passengers into the boats, and everything was done in an orderly manner A little girl, named Helen Smith, was put in a. boat, but it is feared her parents are lost. Her gran'j, belong to Liverpool. He got int-o the last boat him- self. Some of the boats could not be launched and had to be cut away as the vessel Wall sinking. There was a very large number of women in the second class, and about Mrty children under one year old. 1,000 Lives Lost. I Two of the stokers landed gave a' few details. They said the submarine gave no notice, and fired two torpedoes. One hit No. 1 stokehold, and the second the engine riom. The first torpedo was discharged at two o'clock, and twenty-five minutes later the great liner disappeared. The consternation among the passengers was naturally very great, and these men; stated that a boat. containing many passengers was tilted into the sea owing to a high elisat 'block- Iving -,tuck. Sixty- five persons were stated to have been in this boat altogether, including eighteen wptnn and fifteen children. From what the men saw they fear a thousand lives were lost. Queenstown.A Cork telegram early this morning stated the naval patrol boat Jnlia has now arrived at Queenstown with 52 additional survivors on board. A later message from Cork says that 126 bodies have been landed there. Two of them were little children, not yet identi- fied, who were clasped in each other's arms. The Cunard Stores, turned into a, temporary mortuary, are filled. and the Town Hall,, with 60 bodies "laid out, presents a, horrifying spectacle. ————— PREVIOUS DISASTERS. I The following table shows the total loss I of life in the" worst shipping disasters of this ceuhirv: Titanic sank after striking an ice- berg on April 11. 19J2 1,508 Empress of Ireland sunk by col- lision with the collier Storstadin the St. Lawrence, May 29. 1914. 1,011 General Slocumhurnt at New York, June, 1904 1,000 Norge wrecked on Rockall Reef, .Tuno, 1904 637 The worst disaster caused by a warlike act at sea was the sinking of the West African steamer Falaba on March 27 last, when 1]1 lives were lost. SCENE OF THE DISASTER. I The Old Head of Kinsale is a promon- tory 15 miles to the west of Cork Har- bour, and the first point of British land usually sighted by the traveller f.rom America. There is a lighthouse 100 feet above sea t level, with a fixed white light visible 211 miles. THE WARNING. I I Germans in America Prepared for I Frightful Deed. The Lusitania left, New York last Saturday. Warnings had been sent., out by the German in Washington. and various German sympathisers had sent letters and telegrams to individual passengers advising them not' to sail. The morning papers in New York. Boston, and Philadelphia contained the following advertisements sent out by the German Embassy, acting ou instructions from Berlin:— "Travellers intending to embark on the Atlantic voyage are reminded that a state of war exists between Germany and Great Britain, and that the zone of war includes the waters adjacent to the British Isies. In accordance with formal notice given by the German Im* perial Government, vessels flying the flags cf Great Britain or any of her Allies are liable to destruction in those waters. Passengers sailing in the war zone on such vessels do so at their own risk, Imperial German Embassy, .1 II Washington." Hundreds of messages bearing fictitious names arrived at the pier for passengers. This conduct aroused intense indignation in America..The' warnings are said to have had practically no effect on those who had booked a passage on the vessel. The telegram received by Mr. Alfred anderbilt. one of the passengers, was as follows: "Have it on definite authority that the Lusitania is to be torpedoed. You had better cancel passage im- mediately. The captaiji laughed at the threats and I remarked, We are too fast for them." "THE DEVILS WILL PAY DEARLY." 1 The young wife of a burly Irishman was on board the Lusitania. "If it had not. been for her," he said, "I should have been in the trenches months ago, but if she's gone, then it is settled. I shall go at once, and, by God, the devils will pa7 dearly for my girl. ■ t < t NATIONALITIES. The Press Bureau states the Cunard Company has reported tie nationalities of the Lusitania's passengers as follows:— Saloon Passengers. 179 American citizens. 106 Greeks. 3 Swiss. Swedes and Mexican, 1 each. Second Class. British, 521. American citizens, 65 Russian 3. Belgian. 1 • Holla ndera, 3. French. 5. Italians, 1. Unknown, 2. Third Claw. x English, 204. Irish, 39. v Scotc h, 13. Russians; 59. American citizens, 17. Persians, 2L v Greeks, 3. Finnish, 1. Scandinavians, 4. and Mexicans, 3. Summary. British,' 777. Americans, 261. Greeks, J 09. DISTINGUISHED PASSENGERS. The following are believed to hai-P. been passengers on board the Lusitania:— Mr A. G. Yanderbilt. Mr. Charles Frohman. Sir Hugh Lane. Mr George Ke<ssler. Wealthy American, known in the States as the Champagne King. Giver of freak dinners. Two of his best- known banquets were the North Pole dinner and the Gondolo dinner at the Savoy Hotel. The cost, of the North Pole dinner was 1!60 ahead. Mr. Wanamaker dunr.). Mr* D. A. Thomae. ITie great Wh coal-owner. Lady Ma ok worth (daughter of above). Only child of Mr. D. A. Thomas, and married Sir Humphrey. Mackwortli, Bart., who succeeded to the title la-st year. Mr F. Guy Lewin. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Mackrv. Auckland, Nev Zealand. Mr Charles Klein. Playwright., aged 48, narried Miss Lilian Pankwert, formerly associated with Mr. Charles Frohman as censor as plays in the United State. Author of many plays, including "The Third Degr" and "The Music*Master." Miss Jessie Toft mith. Mr. and Mrs. Montagu T. Grant. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Crompton. Mr. and Mrs. William S. Hodges. Dr. J. 0. Orr.. Major and Mrs. F. Warren Pearl. Commander J. Foster Stackhouse. Mr. Herbert Stone. Son of Mr. Melville Stone, general man- ager of the Associated Press of America. Mr. and Mrs. Iioney, daughter, and maid. Mr. Ifoney. an American, lives with his family mainly at Guilsborough, North- ampton, and is a well-known follower of the Pvtchlev Hounds. Has given two motor-cars, which he fitted up as motor- ambulances, to the Red Cross, and re- cently was at the front driving his own car, carrying wounded to the hospitals. Mr. Bernstein. Mr. F. J. Gauntlet, of Washington. Mr. A. L. Hopkins, of Wa-ghington (? New- port News, Man.). Mr. C. Brodriek, of Boston.. Mr. Samuel Knox, of Sphwab Steel Co. Mr. and Mi's. Hammond, of Montreal. Dr. F. S. Pearson. American financipr. Mr. P. L. Jones, Press photographer. The following had booked rooms at various London hotels:— At the Savoy. I Mr. C. TI. Jeff rpl-. Mr. Harry B. Baldwin, of Autin, Bald- win, and Co.. Chicago and New York. At the Ritz. Lady Allart, and two daughters. Wife of Hugh Montague Allan. Montreal, the principnl member of the Allan Line and president of the Mer- chants' Bank of Canada. She is a daughter of the late Mr. Hector Mackenzie, of Montreal. Sir Hugh re- ceived his knighthood in 104 Mr. G. W. Farrell, Montreal. Mrs. Burnside. Mr. and Mrs. Bilicke. At the Carlton, Mr. aud Mrs. Hammond, Montreal. Mr. Samuel Knox, New York. Weather Very F'ine. Wben the (iisaster occurrpd the weather was beautifully fine, vifch lot. siin. and a gentle southerly breeze. weather similar to that which prevailed when the Titanic sank. Among the rescue boats sent out was a I flpet of ten trawlers. One had the Queens- town lifeboat in tow. Belief in Ship. A Kinsalf, ravage says: Only a first-class passengers have* been saved. It is understood they thought the ship wculd float. She flank in from fifteen to twenty-five minutes, and it is reported she was struck by twrf torpedoes. The Cunard Company agent. gives I 2.160 as the total number on board. In addition to the foregoing, it is just signalled that one armed trawler, pro-l hably the Heron, and two fishing trawlers, are bringing in 100 bodies. Lady Mackworth Saved. I A Que-enetown message savs it is r-I ported that Lady Mackworth is among the cav-ed. I FUND OPENED. I the Lord Mayors of London and Liver- pool have decided to open a fund for the I benefit of the survivors of the Lusitania I disaster. At Fishguard. I Our ep?fial cor res pon dent vho was d?patphed to Fi5hguard Last night, said! no pasapngers fro mthe Lusitania Wèr 11 landed at the Welsh port this morning, 1 ts had bt?n antidpated. No excitement Has sh'n. but intense disappointment l w&s felt, and M the magnitude of the dieter he'-ame generally kno-?n much sorrow was expressed. <

WHAT AMERICA THINKS. 0 President's Query German Thrashed for Laughing. y "Pure Piracy." Roosevelt's Grave Words ■ I: 1 New York. Friday.-ni,- news of tb- sinking of the Lusitania was received throughout the United States with a hush of horror, broken only by the sniggers of the' German Americans out- side the newspaper offices. Dense crowds assembled watching, in breathless silence, successive bulletins telling of the latest horror. Sandwiched in between them were Germans who were 6aying: We warned them. Our Embassy ad- vertised the warning. We were within our rights." One of these Huns was pummelled into insensibility by indignant crowds ifear the "Tribune" office. but others were allowed to continue their rematks un- molested. » For weel^s Americans havo been my- ipg: "If the German, sink any big liner you will see an overwhelming storm of hostility to them in this country. j To-day it. is conceded that the crucial point is: Were any American lives lost?" It the American lives haver been lost, then on all sides one hears this ex- pressed: "Wilson must act up to tho, terms of his ote, and call the Germans to strict accountability." At. present it is not known with cer. tainty whether any American lives have been lost or not, and in official circles no American citizen is prepared to say any- thing on the situation except to express his ahhorrenee of German policy. The American nation is dumfounded. Mr. Wilson was informed of the sinking of the Lusitania as lie left for lunch, hut I he made no comment. ¡ 188 Americans Aboard. I New York, FriGla,, v.A(:eordin, to the estimate of the Cunard CompanyV office here, there were 956 British passengers on board the Lusitania., 188 American, while the remainder—169—were of other nationalities. New York. Friflay.-The State Depart- ment announces that the sinking of the Lusitania falls in the same category a* that of the ship Falaba and both will be handled along the same lines so far as America's interests are concerned. Cabinet Hurriedly Called. I Washington. Saturday.—President Wil- son was preparing to leave the White House for a drive when Hie news of the Lusitania outrage arrived. Previously the Cabinet had discussed for an hour the Gulfliglit question, and th.. members of the Cabinet had all gone to luncheon. They hurriedly returned to the office. President Wilson's first. questoin was whether any lives had been lost, and his I relief was evident, was the first de- spatches announced that all had been I saved. He abandoned his drive in order* to keep in close touch with the situation, and remained in his study all afternoon and evening reading despatches as they arrived. The officials said that no statement wculd be forthcoming until the facts were known, and added that the concern of the Government would he measured by whether American lives had been lost or not. "A Way Out—Without Bloodshed." I 1"-ew York, Saturday.—The "New York Herald" in an editorial says: "At this deliberate, cold-blooded, premedi- tated outrage a blinding white light of indignation will flash throughout the neutral portions of the-earth, which is unhappily growing smaller. Germany's official advertisenent warning filf,, ivorld of its intention to do this very thing, the registered letters and teleearms received by passengers telling them that Germany contemplated this high-handed, blbodv act of destruction, all reveal a colloui- ness and disregard of ordinary human sensibilities that makes one turn away sickened as from the. work of the whole- sale human butchers of mediaeval days." In conclusion, the article breathes a prayer that a way out may be found for the United States with dignity and I honour without bloodshed. Mr. Roosevelt's Comment. I Syracuse. Acw York. Saturday.—Mr. Roosevelt, commenting on the Lusitania outrage, said these deeds, by no rule of international law, can be regarded other- wise than as pure piracy. Mr. Roosevelt added that, this repre- sents not merely piracy, but piracy on a vaster scale of murder than any old time pirate ever practised, "This." be said, "is the warfare which destroyed Louvain and Dihant, and hiindredg of men. women and children in Belgium. It, is 'warfare against innocentmeoll, women and children travelling on the (Continued on Page Three.)

ti Goole Steamer Torpedied. Tho Gcole steamer Don, belonging to the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Co., has been torpedoed. All the crew were saved. Tho Don, is 939 tons grott3 and was built in Newcastle in 1892. THE ITALIAN SITUATION. JP-aris, Saturday.—A" Homo message states that the Duke of Abrutzi con- ferred vesttrday with the Marino Minister ancl the Chief of the Na. j-1 Staff. It is stated in well-informed circles that in the event of war part of the British Fleet left, available from the Dardanelles operations will join tho Italian Fleet in the Adriatic, under the command of the Duke of Abfuzzi. Tha Austro-Htmgarian. Ambassador visited the Vatican yesterday. It is understood ho was received by the Pope, and h.ul a conversation with Cardinal Gaspaxrx, Pa.pal Secretary of State. 4.30—THY BIRTHDAY 1, RAKI, RACE ROCK 3.Eight ran. AIc ran: Queen Desmond, Sir Ac;a!on, Mouetique, Pipingo, Edgeley. Betting: 9 to 2 Bather Bolder- Betting: 2 to 1 South Meadow. •4 4- I For Further Details See Pages Three and FIW.