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VOLUME XV. NO. 131.. TELEPHONE MAIN 46. NOME, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MAY 8. 1915. TELEPHONE MAIN 46 PRICE 25 CENTS
Lusitania Disaster one greatest in History. German Embassy Refrains
from Comment. Britain Aroused to Erenzy. Destroyers Now Rush
ing to North Atlantic. Captain Turner only officer rescued after
Three hours Struggling in Water. Lusitania was not Provided with
Escorts. German Press Claim British are Receiving Just Deserts.
LONDON, May S.—The sinking of
ihe great Cunard liner Lusitania eii
route from New Tork to Liverpool off
Old Kiusale I lend about twenty-five
miles off Queenstown has created a
sensation throughout the Itritlsh Isles.
Hundreds of conflicting reports have
been in constant circulation all des
cribing various degrees of disaster and
has been attributed to several different
causes. Ttie first report received here ^
from Liverpool stated that the Lusi
tania had struck a floating mine. Later
reports asserted that the vessel had
been torpedoed. Still inter reports as
serted that the vessel had been de
stroyed by means of an infernal ma
chine which had heen planted in the
hold by supposed German sympathizers
or agents of the German government.
Included In the many rumors was one
that almost the entire passenger list
had perished with the sinking vessel
but this report was later denied. Other
reports reaching here wore to the ef
fect that the Lusitania had not heen
sunk at all hut that she had succeeded
in reaching land in the vicinity of Kin
sale Head and had been beached.
Small boats of every description
were rushed from Queenstown to the.
scene of the supposed disaster as soon
as the locality was ascertained.
Late in the afternoon the officials
of the Cunard line issued a statement
confirming the report that the liner
bad been sunk. At the London office
of the Cunard lino an immense crowd
gathered anxious to learn further de
tails of the great disaster. Throughout
the afternoon the crowd became so
dense that an entire plantoon of police
were required to keep the people from
damaging one another so heavy was
the pressure exerted by the hundreds of
anxious friends and relatives of the
V>assengers who endeavored to force
their way into the offices of the com
pany. Late last night Lloyd's posted
a bulletin stating that the vessel was
undoubtedly sunk hv a submarine tor
pedo. At the time of leaving New
York in addition to a crew of six hun
dred tile Lusitania carried nearly four
teen hundred passengers, among whom
were Alfred G. Vanderbilt, Elijcrt Hub
bard, Charles Frohman, the London
and New York theatrical manager,
and many other notable people from
both sides of the Atlantic.
The latest reports received here last
evening assert that there has undoubt
edly been a considerable loss of life
attendant on the sinking of the big
vessel. Unconfirmed reports stntc that
the loss among the passengers and
crew may total nearly half of the en
tire number of people aboard the ves
sel.
Nsw York Shipping in Panic.
NEW YORK. May 8.—The news of
the destruction of the great Cunnrd
liner Lusitania off Kinsnle Head, Ire
land. has thrown local shipping into a
panic and sailing dates to British and
European ports have in many cases
been hurrtdly conceled. Shipping pcoplo
were astonished beyond measure at
hearing of the destruction of the Lusi
tania as it was generally held that,
owing to her great speed, the ship was
in little danger of attack from Sub
marine vessels.
Rushss Oestroyars to North Atlantic.
LONDON. May 8.—Promptly oh re
ceipt of the news of the sinking of the
Lusitania the Admiralty rushed a fleet
iif fast torpedo destroyers to the com
merce lanes of the North Atlantic with
instructions to convoy all steamers ar
riving from oversea ports to their des
tination l.ater in the day the gov
ernment issued drastic steamship re
strictions declaring that no vessel I
would tie allowed to leave llritish west - |
cm ports unless escorted hv war yes i
sals until a point of safety was reach- j
ed.
Admiralty Denies Lusitania Armed.
LONDON. May S The Ttritish Ad-1
miralty has issued a statement posi
lively denying that the attack on the
Lusitania was the result "t in attempt
tu tire upon the submarine which ap
proached the vessel with intent to give
warning before firing the fatal tor
pedo The Admiralty denies the
various statements that the Lusitania
was armed ns an auxiliary cruiser, it i
is declared that the Lusitania carried
only the usual signal gun* carried by
vessels of her class.
Lusitania Disaster One of Greatest in
H istory.
LONDON. May s. All Kngland is
dumb and horror stricken at the de
tails of the disaster ti> the great Ca
nard liner Lusitania off Kinsale Head
yesterday. The total list of casualties
posted by the Admiralu demonstrate
that the great sea disaster is one of
the most monumental in history.
Fully three-fifths of the entire list
of passengers and crew of the big liner
perished in the sinking of that vessel
through the attack of the Herman sub
marine.
It has been determined that of the
total number of passengers and mem
bers of the crew aboard the vessel at
the time the torpedoes were fired,
which totaled according to the best in
formation obtainable 2610. total number
known to have been rescued does not
exceed 65R. The total list of casualties
is declared by the admiralty to be 1952.
These figures were posted at nine
o’clock today. Out of the total com
plement of twenty-two officers Captain
Turner is the only officer nhoard the
big vessel who is reported as saved.
Captain Turner was taken from the
[water three hours after the ship foun
dered, according to information re
ceived from Queenstown early this
afternoon.
The total number of American pas
sengers aboard the Lusitania is placed
at 177. The majority are believed to
have perished. It has been definitely
I ascertained that the sinking of the
big vessel was occasioned by the at
tack of one or more Herman submar
ines. According to statements given
out by survivors four torpedoes were
fired at tlie vessel of which two struck.
One torpedo, it is asserted, took effect
about fifty feet from the extreme point
of the bow, the other striking almost
squarely in the center of the engine
room.
The immense loss of life is attri
buted to the fact that the
sudden listing of the vessel following
the crushing impact of the torpedoes
prevented the lowering of life boats
in time to enable the passengers to
escape. In addition it is declared that
file larger portion of the passengers
were at luncheon at the time of the
attack and the first intimation that
anything was wrong came witli the
rending crash of the exploding tor
pedoes. Jt is stated that acarceiy fif
teen minutes elapsed between th« fil
ing the fatal missies and the sinking of
the vessels beneath the waves. Follow
ing the impact "f the torpedoes the pas- ;
sengers became panic stricken and]
scenes of the most hear! - rending des-I
cription followed as the frightened poo
pie made their way to the deck. !><•/
ens are declared to have cast tht»m
selves into tiir sea in a frenzy «*f fear
595 Survivors Lusitania Landed at
Queenstown.
QFEENHTOWX, May * Practirnll.v i
all of the great flotilla of torpedo boats, i
tugs and armed trawlers which were
immediately dispatched to the scene of j
the disaster off Klnsale Mead have re
turned to this city bearing what pro
bably are the total number of survivors,
of the ill-fated Funarder. The total
number landed at this place so far
is 595. In addition one steamer has
landed 40 dead. 53 survivors are also
reported to have landed at Klnsale to
gether with live dead. The total list of,
survivors which is believed to have
embraced all is 658. The total list of
dead so far recovered is 4".
Vessels have again proceeded to the]
scene of the disaster in the hope of;
recovering more of the bodies and it is.
believed that a considerable number
will yet be found. The authorities, ow
ing to the large number of dead, have1
decided to convert the local town hall
into a temporary morgue The larger
number of dead are as vet uninden
tided.
Lusitania Sinking Declared Outrage.
NEW YORK. May x.—The press nr
New Yoik this morning commenting
on the sinking of the Lusitania char
acterize the sinking/>f the great liner
as an ait of the grossest inhumanit \
Officers of tile f'unard lino assert that
the hig vessel carried only mail and
food stuffs for the civilian consump
tion of tlie Rritisli Isles in addition to
the passengers who were mostly for
eigners and who were all strictly non
eombatants. International lawyers as
sert that if (ho statements of tho ship
officials are correct the act of Ger
many cannot be excused through the
contention that the vessel was engaged
in contraband traffic.
Taft Declares Piratical Outrages
Should Cease.
IlOSTON. May 8.—Ex-President Tuft
commenting on the Lusitania disaster
last evening declared that the time had
arrived when the neutral nations of
the world should combine to exert
I pressure on Germany to bring to
an end tho series of piratical outrages
of which site has been guilty even if
resort to arms were necessary to ef
fect that result. Taft declared that
even tlie Germans in the Pnitcd States
must feel that the sinking of the Lusi
tania was an unwarranted outrage for
which no excuse can be found.
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Lusitania Sinking Causes Great
Sensation.
NEW YORK. May 8.—The press of
the world is devoting entire front pages
to the stories of the great Lusitania
disaster cud are including even the
smallest details. The Lusitania de
struction has done much to revive in
tcrest in the great world war which,
especially in the Pnitcd States, had
begun to die out. Great throngs of
people are standing for hours before
the bulletin boa tils of Hie great met -
i •oolituu do Hies eagerly a waiting the
smiillest item of information concerning
tlie destruction of the great t'unard
liner The absence of definite infor
mation lias caused Intense excitement
which apparently precedes ill classes
The local offices of the Punurd line
were besciged h\ thousands yesterday
afternoon rind during the morning
hours todav Included among the pas
sengers aboard the sunken vessel were
some of New York’s most prominent
people
German Embassy Refrains From
Comment.
WASHINGTON. Sfitv V The Ger
man Kmbassy lias so far remained si
lent as to tlie sinking of the Lusitania
apparently awaiting instruction from
tlie home government before making
official comment on the staggering
blow which lias been dealt to British
commerce.
Reported Scandinavian Royalty Aboard
Lusitania.
PhLKNI IAGKN, May T Delay ed in
Transmission, ii is reported that two
members of one of the Scandinavian
Iioyal families who have been traveling
incognito in America were passen
gers aboard the ill-fateil Lusitania
Whether they > 1.• dead or alive is still
unknown
Bryan Believes Lusitania Sinking Be
ginning of Serious Disasters.
WASHINGTON. May S. Tile State
Department is being flooded with thou
sands of telegrams and letters from
anxious friends and relatives of those
xy ho were passengers aboard the liner
Lusitania. Il is unofficially asserted
that government officials are consider
ing the logic of placing restrictions
on American citizens embarking for
Kurnpo on British owned vessels. Sec
retary Bryan is quoted ns slating that
lio believes that tlie Lusitania sinking
is hut tlie beginning of a German sub
marine campaign which may ultimate
ly result in driving allied commerce
carriers from the water' of tlie \t
inntie.
Britain Aroused to Frenzy.
LONDON. May 7 Delayed in Trans
mission—The entire population of the
British Isles has been roused into the
fiercest frenzy by the loss of the mag
nificent liner Lusitania and at'.' giving
vent to their indignation and resent
ment in fierce denunciations of the Ger
mans for thus wantonly jeopardizing
the lives of innocent non-combatants.
The extreme feeling engendered has
had an appreciable effect on recruiting
already. Yesterday afternoon enlist
ments took a sudden leap upwards
closely following the news of the great
ocean disaster. Lord Kitehner declares
that the Lusitania loss means that the
government will be able to recruit sev
eral hundred thousand additional sol
diers and sailors with which to com
bat and destroy the world’s greatest
enemy.
Germans Greatly Astonished.
ROTTERDAM May 7. -German dis
patches received here indicate that
Germany is much astonished at the
news of the Lusitania sinking. Tele
grams received indicate the utmost as
tonishment tlial the German submar
ines were able to reach and attack thf
great British liner.
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AMERICAN LINER
NEW YORK TORPEDOED
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WASHINGTON. May 8.—Rumors
; have reached here and have been
generally circulated to the effect that
the American steamship New York,
which was due to arrive at inberpool
today, h«is also been torpedoed. Since
I arriving in the vicinity of the Itritish
| coast but one message has been re
ceived and grave fears are felt that
her silence may be attributed to the
same cause which was responsible for
the sinking of the l.usitania. It is also
believed that the ship officers may have
decided to remain silent in order to
conceal t lie whereabouts of the vessel
while m the dangerous district along
tiie western shores of the Itritish Isles
New York Carried 879 Passengers.
NEW VUKK, May S. Eocal officials
of the White Star line assert that the
total passenger list when leaving for
Europe was X7S persons of which ovei
half were first class. No further news
concerning the fate of that vessel ha*
so far been received It is generally
believed b> the officials, however, that
she is refraining from reporting het
situation owing to the known pros
itnl(> of the submarines o(f the Irtish
coast it is believed the s essel will be
reported tonight.
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Friends of Americans Abandon Hope
NEW TOKK, May H No complete
list of ih>- survivors of the I.usltania
i has so far been received. The names
j, f Alfred G Vanderhitt, Klbert Hub
hard Daniel Krohman and other promi ,
I nent Americans are not included in the
I lists so far forthcoming; Their friends .
jhavn generally abandoned all hope that |
lhey have been saved. Details of the
great disaster continue to arrive at,
intervals but are of the most meagri
nature and only indicate that the l.usi
tania sinking may he included among
the first in the list of great sea dis
asters of history
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I German Press Declares England Re
ceived Desert.
< ’OI'KXHAOEN’. May K.—Advices re
reiv ed here from Heflin assert that Oer
iman papers are proclaiming the sink
ling of the I.usitania in colossal head
lines. It is declared that the sinking
Inf the Lusitania i* evidence given to
the world that the Germans have re
gistered a new naval policy. The edi
torials generally declare that in the
terrific blow which has been struck by
Germany. England has received no
more than she deserved. It is declared
ithat the attempt of England to starve
the non-combatant population of Ger
many Is a sufficient warrant for Gcr
| ninny to proceed to am extreme by
way of retaliation
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Lusitania Not Provided With Escorts.
LONDON. May S.—The British Ad
miralty is again subjected to a storm
c.r criticism for failing to provide a
j proper escort for the Lusitania when
I entering the dangerous waters adjacent
I n the British coast. Papers through
out (he land are loudly denouncing
the policy of the admiralty in permit
ting vessels to enter or leave the waters j
of the war zone unless properly guard
ed by warships. It is declared that the
failure of the Admiralty to safeguard
commerce has resulted in many losses
to British shipping which could have
been avoided if proper methods of pro
tection had been afforded. Lord Her-'
esford announced this afternoon that
he would personally quetsion Premier
Asquith as to the reason a proper
escort of destroyers was not provided
to guard the I.usitania when entering
British waters. I
Britishers Wonder How America Can
Maintain Neutrality
WASHINGTON, May K. British cit
izens throughout the east are angrily
asking how America will be able to
maintain continuous neutrality in the
. face of the repeated outrages to which
her citizens are heing subjected by the
Germans. Prominent Britishers state
open wonder that the United States
, can remain quiescent while her citizens
are killed without protest.
Sec. Garrison Remains at Office.
Washington, May x. owing to
the possible developments which mac
follow the .sinking of the Lusitania Se<
rotary of War Garrison has cancelled
his proposed trip of inspection and will
remain at his office awaiting develop
ments
Dr. Howard Fisher Among Saved
WASH I NOTON. May V- Hr How
sit'd Fisher, brother of the former Se.
rotary of the Interior, who was enroute
to Belgium on the Lusitania is among
those saved aeeording to information
received this afternoon Or. Fisher
was proceeding to Belgium to enter the
service of the American Red Cross on
tie Belgian firing line
703 Survivors Definitely Located.
LONDON. May 8. -The latest ad
i
vires from Queenstown state t ha i
seven hundred and three survivors of
the Lusitania have been definitely In
rated. thus adding a considerable num
her to the lists previously published
hv the Admiralty. It is stated that the
number mentioned. 703. is undoubtedly
the exact total.
It is also reported that the body
of Daniel Frohman, the American
theatrical manager and playwright h:v*
been found near the scene of the dls
aster The sinking of the t.usltant .
has aroused ev*n greater feeling than
was visible at the outbreak of the whi
A great increase in recruiting has fol
lowed the receipt of the details of tin*
great sea disaster and Britain is now
thoroughly anxious to revenge hersett
on Germany The desire to absolutely
crush Germany out of existence novy
thoroughly permeates the entire Brit
ish people
ANOTHER BRITISHER
ADDED TO LIST TODAY
LONDON. May S The Hrittnli
steamer Hon is reported sunk by a
torpedo near the Irish eoast today
GERMAN CAPTURE
LIBAU. RUSSIA
WASHINGTON. May S — An official
statement was received by the German
Embassy today which says that t.ibau
Russia has been captured by the Ger
man forces.
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