Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 40, Number 152, 8 May 1915 — Page 1

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM VOL. XL,. NO. 152 Palladium and Sun-Telegram Consolidated, 1907 RICHMOND, IND., SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 8, 1915. SINGLE COPY. 2 CENTS

NEARLY 1,400 CLAIMED IN MARINE TRAGEDY WHEN LUSITANIA IS TORPEDOED BY SEA WASP

SURVIVORS TOTAL 703 MISSING NUMBER 1 ,457 IN AWFUL TOLL OF WAR

[By Herbert Temple, European Manager I. N. S.] LONDON, May 7. Known survivors of the Lusitania now total 703. The missing number 1,457, and it is feared the final death list of the great liner torpedoed by a German submarine off the south coast of Ireland will be in the neighborhood of that number. Reports as to the number of Americans who perished are conflicting, ranging from 60 to 144. Alfred G. Vanderbilt, Charles Frohman, Charles Klein and Mr. and Mrs. Elbert Hubbard have been given up for dead by their friends. Anticipating that Germany will claim that the Lusitania was technically a warship the admiralty issued a statement denying the vessel was armed. The admiralty has abandoned hope that any of the 1,457 passengers and sailors still missing have been rescued.

TRAWLER PICKS UP 60 SURVIVORS ILL FROM TERROR AND EXPOSURE

LONDON, May 8 Among the first of the small boats to reach the scene was the Irish trawler Daniel O'Connell. which picked up sixty passengers; mostly women and children from two Lusitania life boats. All aboard the boats were in a deplorable condition from fear and shaken nerves. The O'Connell hastened for Kinsale but was intercepted by a government tug, which took off the survivors and steamed toward Queenstown. Fishermen on the O'Connell reported that the sea in the neighborhood of the Lusitania was filled with wreckage. Bodies were seen floating in' the water, some encased in life belts and others buoyed up with bits of debris. Survivors told the O'Connell's seaman that the liner sank so rapidly that many persons must have gone down with her. Lady Mackworth, daughter of David A. Thomas, the multimillionaire coal mine owner of Wales, had a narrow escape from death. Taking the word

MANY PASSENGERS BADLY HURT BY TORPEDO QUEENSTOWN, May 8. Many passengers were badly injured when the- Lusitania was torpedoed and some of these died in the hospital after being brought ashore. Others, rendered helpless by their wounds, quickly drowned when the ship went down and they were thrown into the water. The Germans are believed to have used special torpedoes of extra high power against the Lusitania. The missles pierced the double skin of the great liner, tearing out the ships vitals. The liner heeled over with such suddenness that the life boats on the side where the torpedoes had entered could not be launched. This was another factor that entered into the heavy loss of human life. All the hospitals in Queenstown were soon filled and as the injured continued to arrive they were sent to the naval and military hospitals for treatment. At Cork the same conditions prevailed, the hospitals being filled with injured men and women taken into port by tugs, trawlers and torpedo boat destroyers.

THREE TORPEDOES SEND LUSITANIA TO BOTTOM

DUBLIN, May 8. The Lusitania was sunk without warning by a German submarine, which fired three torpedoes into her. The liner was shattered by the three explosion, and sank within twenty-minutes after the first missle had been fired. This information was given a correspondent here today by the cabin steward of the lost ship upon his arrival from Queenstown. His narrative follows: "Following the first torpedo two more were launched. The first staggered the ship. The others completed the work of destruction, shattering the liner into fragments. This was the first intimation that three torpedoes had been fired. "The submarine was seen on our starboard suddenly appearing on the surface and then diving abruptly again after firing the first torpedo. We saw the trip made by the torpedo in the water and knew it was going to hit. It was aimed to strike us a midship, and it got us fair and square. "While submerged the submarine released two more torpedoes, both of which struck us. From the moment the submarine sighted us and submersed itself it was not seen again. It went off after accomplishing its dirty work, and never attempted to save a man, woman or child, but left them to drown like rats. "I believe A. G. Vanderbilt and his valet were both drowned. "The explosion of the torpedos presented a terrible sight, but the passengers for the most part were cool. I believe most of the first-class passengers were drowned. Most of these rescued were second and third-class passengers. The ship sank like a stone. It was a terrifying scene. A great many were carried down by the suctions, which was like a great whirlpool."

RUMOR CLAIMS NEW YORK SUNK NEW YORK, May 8. A persistent rumor was circulated in Wall street today that the American liner New York had been torpedoed off the Irish coast. The rumor was traced to a large house having important connections, but no definite information could be received. At the office of the American line the rumor was characterized' as a wild report resulting from the sinking of the Lusitania. The New York is believed to be near the Irish coast today, being due at Liverpool at noon tomorrow,

of the officers that the ship would not sink, she remained on board, but took the precaution to wear a life belt. When the liner plunged to the bottow, Lady Mackworth went down with the ship, but when she rose to the surface she was picked up by a lifeboat. It is believed that more than one German submarine was lying in wait for the Lusitania. A submarine was seen in Dunmanus Bay, at the extreme southwestern corner of Ireland

on Friday morning and another off Glandore Bay. Glandore Bay is about thirty miles west of Kinsale and Dunmanus Bay about 45 miles west of the point where the Cunarder was destroyed. There was no Germans on board the liner, but the following other nationalities were represented on the first cabin passenger list: "Americans, British, Greek, Swedish, Swiss, Mexican, Dutch, Italian, French, Russian and Canadian. BRITISH CHECK GERMAN DRIVE By FRANKLIN P. MERRICK. PARIS, May 8. Double victory for the British at Ypres is announced in an official communique issued by the war office today. It states that the Germans launched an attack against the British near St. Julien, northeast of Ypres, Friday morning, but were repulsed with, heavy losses. At Hill No. 60, southeast of Ypres, British troops have recaptured part of the trenches taken by the Germans in recent fighting.

INDIANA PERSONS REPORTED AS SAVED

INDIANAPOLIS, May 8. That Dr. Howard L. Fisher, son of former President Fisher of Hanover College, is among the Lusitania survivors was established by a cablegram received here today. THOMPSONS SAFE. SEYMOUR, Ind., May 8 An unsigned cablegram announced the rescue of Blish Thompson of this city who were passengers on the Lusitania. It read "Maudie and I are saved." MISS POPE ESCAPES NEW YORK, May 8. Miss Theodate Pope, the rich Connecticut suffragist and artist, was saved from the Lusitania. Her mother, Mrs. Alfred Pope received a cablegram from Miss Pope today announcing her rescue. LUSITANIA CARGO VALUED AT $750,000 The cargo of the Lusitania was valued at $750,000. It contained various munitions of war and other supplies for the allies, including 189 packages of "military goods," valued at $62,221, and 1,271 cases of ammunition appraised at $47,624, both consigned to Liverpool, and 4,200 cases of cartridges and ammunition valued at $152,400 and consigned to London. Other items and their were: Precious stones, $13,350; sheet brass, $49,565; furs, $119,220; leather, $47, 000; copper, $20,955; cheese, $33,334; bacon, $18,502; cutlery, $10,492; copper goods, $21,000 and dry goods, $19,086. The ship itself, Canard officials said today, was covered by $5,000,000 war risk insurance. WEEPING CROWD ASKS FOR NEWS OF LOVED ONES BY JOHN C. FOSTER, International News Service Staff Correspondent. London, May 8. Weeping men and women besieged the office of the Cunard steamship line all night, and at daybreak today the immense crowd was augmented by the arrival of persons from towns outside of London two had loved ones aboard the sunken liner. On the face of repeated bulletins that the liner had gone down with perhaps more than 1,500 of its passengers and crew, the crowd refused to credit the report until near midnight when the meagre stories of the survivors brought into Queenstown reached here and confirmed their worst fears. And then the crowd became wild in its grief and wild in its anger toward the German government because one of its submarines had bereft them of wives, husbands, sweethearts, children and parents. Asks About Husband. Muriel Terry, the actress, and a member of the famous family was one of the early arrivals in the Cunard office. She begged for news concerning her husband, O. P. Bernard, the famous scenic artist, who had taken passage on the Lusitania after concluding six months work in the United States. But there was none and she became hysterical. GERMANY TO CLAIM LUSITANIA CARRIED CANNON ON DECKS NEW YORK, May 8. Germany will attempt to prove that the Lusitania was a cruiser and that her destruction was strictly legal. This line of defense against the charges of "wholesale murder," made by English and American papers was set forth today by Dr. Hassenfelder acting German consul general in New York: "If the Lusitania mounted a gun she was an armed cruiser of war," he said, "and laid herself open to all the perils of warfare. Whether she was an armed cruiser remains to be established." Count Von Bernstorff locked himself in the Ritz Carton and refused to receive any one. A six-foot German reservist kept guard outside the door. STORM CLAIMS FOUR COLUMBIA, S. C, May 8. The death list of four reported last night was increased to seven early today when additional reports of the destructive tornado which swept Marlboro and Clarendon counties late yesterday were received. Property damage will reach $750,000

LINER'S CAPTAIN DRIFTS 3 HOURS BEFORE RESCUE Maelstrom of Swirling Waters Sucked Lusitania's Brave Leader Into Ocean From Stand of Bridge.

DAVIT ROPES GIVE Overloaded Lifeboat Plunges Screaming Helpless Women Into Sea Increasing Scene of Panic. BY LAWRENCE ELSTON, Staff Correspondent for International News Service. LIVERPOOL, May 8 David A. Thomas, millionaire coal operator of Cardiff, Wales, who with his daughter, Lady Mackworth, were passengers on the Lusitania, told a thrilling story of the escape of his daughter and of Captain W. T. Turner, of the lost liner. "Lady Mackworth went down with the ship and was picked up unconscious after being in the water for three and a half hours," said Mr. Thomas. "Her life was saved by her forethought in putting on a life belt. The Lusitania was torpedoed without notice. Deserves Condemnation. "It was a most dastardly outrage and it deserves, the condemnation of the whole civilized world. Had the disaster occurred at night or during rough weather robably not a soul on board would have been saved. I question whether any boats on the port side were successfully launched. "As soon as the explosions occurred, the ships course was directed toward the shore, with the idea of beaching her. "Captain Turner is a brave man. He remained upon the bridge until the ship went down and he was swallowed up in the maelstrom which followed. He wore a life belt which kept him afloat when he arose to the surface and remained in the water for three hours before he was picked up by a life boat. Many Leap Into Water. "During the last few minutes, she was a ship of panic and tumult. Excited men and terrified women ran shouting and screaming about the decks. Lost children cried shrilly. Officers and seamen rushed among the passengers, shouting orders and helping the women and children into life boats. Women clung desperately to their husbands or knelt upon the decks. Piles of life preservers were distributed among the passengers who hastily donned them and flung themselves into the water. "In their haste and excitement the seamen overloaded one of the lifeboats and the davit ropes broke, while it was being lowered, the occupants being thrown into the water. The screams of these terrified women and men rose to the decks intensifying the fright of those still on the ship. Some of the passengers were picked up from the water from other boats. I don't know what happened to the others. Altogether I counted ten life boats launched." E. G. HILL GROSSED ATLANTIC OCEAN ON LUSITANIA TWICE E. G. Hill, of Richmond, is one of the citizens here who has taken passage on the Lusitania, torpedoed yesterday by a German submarine. Mr. Hill made two trips on this ship, the first five years ago, and the second three years ago, to England. "I have made several trips across the Atlantic," said Mr. Hill today, "and most of all enjoyed the trips I made on the Lusitania, not only because of the congeniality of the tourists who made the passage, but also because the Lusitania rode through the waves so easilly during rough weather. "On my second trip, John Evans of this city also made the journey. On one of my trips I returned from England on the Maretania, the sister ship of the Lusitania. . "Captain Turner of the Lusitania is one of the finest specimens of manhood I ever met." WOMAN SAVES LIFE BY ABILITY TO SWIM QUEENSTOWN, May 8. Julian D. Ayal, the Cuban consul at Liverpool, came ashore wrapped in a blanket covering the only garment he had on when the Lusitania sunk. He was in bed when the liner was torpedoed. Mrs. M. N. Papadopoulo, wife of a wealthy Athenian, saved herself by swimming. She reached Queenstown clad in sailor's trousers. Her husband was drowned.

PANIC BREAKS OUT WHEN TORPEDO HITS

QUEENSTOWN. May. 8. It was about ten minutes after two ,and many of the first cabin passengers of the Lusitania were at lunch, when apparently without warning there was jarring explosion that shook the Giantess from stem to stern. Immediately there was another shock of greater severity than the first. The greyhound keeled over so sharply that scores were thrown from their feet. There was a crash as though the boilers had exploded and the interior of the ship was filled with flying wreckage that left death and wounds in its wake. Fire broke out. Smoke rolled upward..4 Before the first stages of the inevitable panic had made itself felt officers and seamen were running through the ship reassuring the passengers that they need not be alarmed and that care would be taken of them. The work of launching the lifeboats from the undamaged side of the ahip was commenced, while the liner continued to roll further and further until she was almost on her beam ends. KNOX CALLS AMERICA TO ARM HERSELF PITTSBURG, May 8. Philader C. Knox, former secretary of state sounded a warning note today and said that America should arm. He cited the fact fact that Japan today is forcing her mandates on China, but refused to discuss the issues between the two countries. He said: "I have nothing to say about the nature of Japan's demands upon China, the time she has chosen to press them, the method she is employing nor about any duty we owe ourselves or others in the situation. "One thing, however, stands out obvious and distinct. Sixty millions of well organized and compact people are about to impose their will upon four hundred and fifty millions who are devoid of national spirit and the means of effective national defense. Such a spectacle powerfully influences us in considering the necessity of greatly increasing and improving our national defense." REVISE DEATH LIST OF SHIP NEW YORK, May 8. Basing their estimate on the Admiralty's estimate that only 703 of the Lusitania's passengers and crew were saved, the I Cunard officials announced the death list would total 1364. The revised list they stated showed 1251 passengers while the crew numbered 816, a total of 2,067. The local officials said the announcement in London that the Lusitania carried 2,160 persons was an error due to the incorrect passenger lists. The statement of the local office explains the discrepencies between the New York figures on the number lost and those of London, the latter being 1,457. RESCUED AMERICANS LEAVE FOR LONDON WASHINGTON, May 8. The state department at 1:45 o'clock today announced that. 142 Americans are believed to have perished on the Lusitania. The state department also announced that the American consul at Queenstown in a cablegram estimated the total number of survivors at 634. he consul gave 184 as ths total number of Americans on board the Lusitania, and stated that fifty-two American survivors had been accounted for. The consul in his cable gram stated that he had made arrangements for the Americans to leave Queenstown this afternoon for London. Officials of the state department believe many Americans have landed safely along the Irish coast. For Indiana Fair tonight and Sunday. Colder tonight north portion. Temperature Noon 70 Yesterday. Maximum 70 Minimum 47 GENERAL CONDITIONS Storm of Thursday night is moving down the St. Lawrence Valley with rains and dangerous squalls. High barometric pressure between the Mississippi river and the Rocky Mountains is expected to cause continued fair weather. Another storm is forming in the Rocky Mountain plateau.

WEATHER

U. S. POLICY RESTS ON OFFICIAL REPORTS FROM GERMANY AND ENGLAND WASHINGTON, May 8. The United States today is face to face with the problem of whether it will hold Germany to "strict accountability" for the loss of American life in the torpedoing of the Lusitania. The American policy has not yet been determined upon, but the reply sent to Germany by the United States when the former announced her submarine policy and her war zone blockade, furnished a basis on which the American policy can be forecasted. Whether that position will be maintained by the American government in dealing with the Lusitania incident is the question. President Wilson will take no precipitate action. He is awaiting all possible information regarding the tragedy before determining on his procedure, Senator Stone of Missouri, chairman of the foreign relations committee, commenting on the disaster to the Lusitania said: 'How could it possibly affect our present European policy.? Germany has the right to sink or do anything she pleases with' British vessels, and Great Britain has the same right with respect to those of Germany. This applies to merchantmen as well as war vessels, so long as they belong to a belligerent." BRYAN SEEKS OFFICIAL INFORMATION. In his first statement since the Lusitania disaster, Secretary Bryan announced that he had requested Ambassador Gerard at Berlin of the German version of the sinking of the Lusitania. He also had asked Ambassador Page at London for more details, he said. His statement follows : "I think that all you need tell the public is that we are informing ourselves as rapidly as possible of the facts, and are doing what we can for the injured. "We made inquiries this morning at Berlin as to their report of the disaster. "We also sent inquiries to the consul at Queenstown and Ambassador Page at London. "We have no official knowledge that the submarine which sank the Lusitania was German, but we are asking for information from Germany." Ambassador Gerard, to whom the state department inquiry was sent today, will immediately communicate with the German foreign office and will ask for an early reply. Solicitor Johnson of the state department, who will be in charge of the presentation for the claim for damages on account of the death of Americans in the Lusitania disaster, said he was preparing a list of legal authorities for possible action. Claims will be made on account of death of American citizens and on account of the loss of their property.

BRITISH PEOPLE ACCUSE ADMIRALTY OF NEGLECT LONDON, May 8. Men, women and children to the number of 1,457, scores of them Americans, perished when the Cunard liner Lusitania was torpedoed by a German submarine off the South coast of Ireland yesterday afternoon. The full extent of the great sea horror of the war was fixed this afternoon when the admiralty abandoned hope that any more survivors might be landed. Up to that time 703 survivors had been landed at points on the Irish coast. Six hundred and fifty-eight landed last night and 45 more today. While the wrath of England against Germany has been raised to a pitch of mad passion that demands terrific reprisals, there is also anger directed against the British admiralty. The naval authorities are accused of neglecting to furnish proper safeguards for the Lusitania and her cargo of precious lives. Inquiry will be made in Parliament as to why more precautions had not been taken to prevent the destruction of the liner. Reports today were that the first rescue ship reached the spot where the Lusitania sank three hours after she had sunk. The admiralty officers refused to comment on the statement. The announcement of the admiralty that there was no hope of saving more than those already landed was as follows : "No more reports regarding the Lusitania have been received. The number of survivors already given may be regarded as approximately complete. Inquiries are being made along the coast but there is little hope of news of further survivors."

BERLIN ASTOUNDED OVER TRAGEDY

BERLIN, May 8. News of the sinking of the Lusitania by a German submarine printed in big type today caused a great sensation. The tenor of the editorial comment was that a severe lesson had been administered to England. NO HOPE HELD OUT FOR ESCAPE OF VANDERBILT

NEW YORK, May 8. Practically no hope was held out today that Alfred G. Vanderbilt escaped with his life in the Lusitania disaster. Mrs. Vanderbilt remained up all night in her apartment in the Vanderbilt hotel eagerly awaiting news of her husband's safety. The following announcement was issued: "A cable dispatch received by Mrs. Crocker, private secretary to Mr. Van-

derbilt, at 6 a. m. stated that a lifeboat arriving at Queenstown brought one hundred dead and eight survivors from the Lusitania. There survivors were positive that Mr. Vanderbilt had perished." So far as can be ascertained only seventy-nine of the 291 first cabin passengers were saved, says a statement

at the local Cunard office at 11:40 a. m. today.