New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 8, 1915, Page 1

NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, SATURDAY, MAY 8, 1915—TWELVE PAGES. ,,216 LIVES LOST IN LUSITANIA | DISASTER; 137 AMERICANS REPORTED AMONG MIS! 7 \ %’fir AT BOAT IS SURVIV- ‘ORS’ STORY. The latest available information in- {dicates that about two-thirds of the persons on board the Lusitania lost their lives when the big trans-atlantic liner was sunk off the Irish coast by torpedoes from a German submarine last Friday. The number of passengers is given by the Cunard steamship representa- tives in New York as 1,264, and of ‘the crew as 665, a total of 1,919. The riumber of survivars now aceounted for is'708. This indicates a death list of 1,216. S Hopes for Others Dashed, Hopes that the list of saved may + 'be materially increased were dashed . by an announcement from the Brit-' ish ldmirnlty that all but one of the i rescue fleet Which put ‘out. from Queenstown had reported, and that ‘there was little prospect of news of further survivors. Nevertheless in- quiries are being made, all along the | coast in the hope that other rescues ,.may have been made by small craft whlch put in at isolated polnu. Of the 290 first class passengers it iz now believed only seventy-six were saved. No word has been received ' of Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, Charles | Frohman and other prominent men who were aboard. Struck By Two Torpedoes., The story of the Lusitania came in slowly, owing partly to the confusion prevailing at Queenstown, where most of the survivers were landed. No in- formation was available as to how mmany of the Americans on the Lusi- tenia had guae down, Bwflel told by surviyors seemed to confirm the earller report that the Lusitania had been | struck By two torpedoes. 3 Ambassador Gerard: at. Berlin wi directed to make inquiiy of the Ger- mul mvu-nment concerning the #ink- ‘While the sit- L hying . on Account of the loss ! cted the verhme “receipt of |’ frcial mfemnuun from Germany be- ol" deciding upon further steps. mlty-thme Amm ‘safe. Lundol:(. May 8, 10:28 ‘d. m.—The érican consul at Queenstown in’a to the United States embassy id that he had cabled to ‘the o % €] state department at Washington a list | éontaining the ngmes of forty-taree . Awmericans who have been saved, The message adds: “There may be. an- others dozen Asnericans not. in touch | with me." I also belfeve that one ten- .~ der . load of. survivors landed at C puknty. Gerard at Berlin to informally-ask the 1.5 WANTS GERMANY'S ¥ ‘ “TWO TORPEDOES FIRED | REPORT ON DISASTER Biyan Cables Gerard to Gat Information on Lusitania. W.ISON AWATING ALL FACTS . Before Laying Out Course American Government Will Pursue in Gravest Complication That Has Faced Ad- ministration Since War Begun. ‘Washington, May 8.—Shocked and a.ppnfled by the tragic aspect of the Lusitania disaster as hourly develop- ments disclosed its magnitude and far- reaching' possibilities, with the prob- able loss of 137 American lives, Pres- ident Wilson and his advisers are wait~ ing for all the facts and for a crys- tallization of public opinion to aid in laying out the course the United States will pursue in this latest inter- national complicatian—the gravest the president has faced since the outbreak of the European war. 8 Nowhere in administration circles is there any disposition' to minimize the situation, but Prestdent Wilson while seeking the facts, hopes that the coun. try will assume an examining attitude and reserve full judgment until all complete information is at hand. ' Reallzo Tensity of Situation. As more details began coming in ac- tivities at ‘the White House and ‘the executive departments of the govern- ment disclosed how much administra- tion officials realize the tensity of the i situation. Secretary ‘Bryan cabled Ambassador G@érman government for its report of thé disaster, and to ‘Ambassador Page at London he sent messages urging re- ad efforts to aid the suffering and ‘gather ‘information. ~ Pregidefit 'Wilson, while he went to .the g0l links for his recreatiom, left instructions to be notified of any im- portant despatches, Cancel Week-end Holiday. Cabinet officers who had planned & week-end holiday ‘away ‘from ‘Wash- ington, cancelled ' their plans, and Secrqtnry /Gayrison’ ‘abandoned © a week’s' official trip through' the south. Chairman Stone of the senate for- eign relations committee, issued a statement counselling calmness and | Jpointing out that qualifying circum- stances must be taken into considera- tion because the Lusitania was a bell- igerent vessel. He considered the at- tack on the American steamer Gulf- “The survivers will proceed at noon luter this afternoon. The . total ‘Buryivers at Queenstown number 634. ’ About sixty-three corpsen remain un- 1 ol idéntified.” R - Present Pmlnl Appearance. Queenstown, May 8., 10 a. m.— Bodies of victims who died of {njuries or exhaustion lie in hotels, boarding ouses ‘and hospitals, Two little children who brought ashore clasped in each others armg have not'yet been identified. Mrs. ‘Stanley = Lines, . who was ‘Brought ashore in one of the ship's ‘boats 8diately. started a seach of % th(’cim‘finfl h!r husbani. mm at 4’ o’clock this morn. ing he “was lyln( dead in'one “the hotels: ; Tde in flowl!. The WM Iandlng presented ' a pitiful appearance. Some of them were covered: only with blankets. Many children. were without their parents. The funerals of most'of the Brit- ish vietims will<be held at Queens- town Sunday. Two stokers have confirmed the report that the steamer was struck by two torpedoes. The first entered num- ber 1 stokehold and the second the engine room. Drifter Lands Forty-five, London, May 8, 1:50 P. M.—A. fur- ther telegram has just been received by the British officials from Cork stating that forty-five more survivors from the Lusitania have been landed at Queenstown from a drifter. Stormcock Lands 160. London, May 8, 7:19 a. m.—The fol- lowing message has been received by the Cunard Steamship company from its offices at Queenstown: “The Stormcock has landed about 160" passengers and crew. The traw- )lers Cock and Indian Empire have on board about 200, the tug Flying Fish about 100, three torpedo boats 46 and four dead. ‘“We are putting up those landed at hotels and boarding houses but can- not give a list of survivors for some - ume. as the W are in such & 5 —— s ,rmnnued on 'l‘enth Pq& were light a much more serious offense against neutral rights. “Don’t Rock the Boat. Mr. Stone said: “The tragedy is, of course, profoundly regretted. If the reports as to the loss of life are true, the sympathies of the civilized world will be deeply stirred. But for us, it seems to me that good sense dlctates that we keep our heads until .we get our bearings. It is a bad time to get rattled and act impulsively. = ‘Don’t rock the boat.” “Without expressing an opinion as to our relations to this event or as to our duty in the premises, there are some facts we cannot over look and the bound to consider. We cannot overlook the fact that the Lusitania was a British 'ship flying the British flag and subject at any time to be ,but into the actual naval service of the government. Indeed, it is stated that at the time-she was attacked she was carrying military reservists to Eng- land for service in the British army. True, there were American citizens; gbut it must not be forgotten that they went aboard a belligerent ship with full knowledge of the risk and after official warning by the German gov- ernmnt. When on board a British vessel they were on British soil. Was not . their position substantially equiv- alent to being within the walls of . al fortified city? If American cmzena stay within 4 city besieged or threat- ened and the enemy attacks, what should our government do if our citi- zens be injured? I express no opin- ion at this time. I am merely sug- gesting reasons why we should main- tain our equilibrium, and not ‘rock the boat’ untiliwe know what we are about. Gulflight More ' Serious for Us. ‘‘Aside from the possible loss of | American lives, let us ask ourselves JUst where we come in. At the pre- sent moment and with the light now before me, I confess that it appears to me 'that, from our standpoint as a neutral nation, the Guiflight case Presents a more delicate and serious complication than the case of the Lusitania.” Senator Lodge, ranking republican member of the foreign relations com- (Continued on Tenth Page.) - BARELY ESCAPES DEATH UNDER CAR T. Hanson, of Meriden, Prics to | Hop 12:39 Dinkey, With Disastrous Results. Duc to his eagerness' to reach his hirie in ‘Meriden for the week-end, E., T, Hanson, aged twenty-three vears, almost sacrificed his life early this aflernoon when he triedi'to board the 12:39 o'clock Berlin bdund train ) beuween Church and ‘Elm streets. Fortvnately the young man jumped for the rear platform of the last car, or ctirerwise when he was thrown off he would surely have been ground un- der the wheels. He was taken to the New Britain General hospital by Of- ficers King and Wagner in the police ambulance and it was said there that' his leg is probably fractured below the knee.. This is the second time the young man has had this limb broken. “The young man is employed at the f, New Britain Lumber & Coal com- pany and boards at No. 310 Park street. He came to this city a month ment and has been going back to his homie in the Silver city every Satur- day afternoon. Today he was later than usual iny gotting started and hurried up the/ tracks toward the depot. As ne was about midway between Church and Elm streets the dinkey came along at a slow rate of speed and Hanson ess sayed to hop on the rear platform of l Friend of this place, who was one of the last car. In running a few steps to gain momentum he failed to see a low switch and banged into it. Even then he held onto the car railing with perseverance and was dragged along side of the track for fully twenty-five feet. . Hanson himself says that had he not been encumbered with a heavy travelling bag he would have climbed aboard in safety, At the hospital the young man dis- played mugh grit and held tightly to the head of the bed while the nurses were pulling his leg to set the bone. HICKS THANKS OFFICE FORCE. Postmaster Ira E. Hicks, who was presented with a valuable smoker's cabinet by his friends at the Federal building yesterday, today gathered them together and expressed his heartfelt appreciation of their actions, The major told that he regrets leav- ing them after so many years of con- tinuous seryice and assured ‘‘the boys” that he would always regard them as his friends. BASTIAN IN AGAIN. John Bastian, a well known char- acter, was arrested at his home on Meadow street this afternoon and was locked up pending a. hearing in po- lice court Monday morning. He is charged with breach of the peace, his ! neighbors having Lomplalned about his actions. I l 4 i ! torpedoing of the American tank liner gy yesterday to take up this employ- [\ e 0o 08 HOLDS DESTRUCTON OF LUSTANIA' JUSTIFIABLE Dr. Dernberg Takes Position As Ship Carried Con- traband of War, Clevieland, O., May 8.—Dr. Berfard Dernberg, former German . colonial secretary, who arrived here today from New York to address the City club, holds the sinking of ‘the Lusi-] tani by ‘a German submarine to be Justifisble. He takes this position be- cause the Lusitania carried contra- band of war and also because the boat was classified as an auxi'iary cruiser at the disposal of' the British admiralty. Warnings given by the German em- assy at Washington together with the | note «f February 18 from Berlin des » claring the existence of war zones re- ’l‘e\'e Germany from responsibility for ‘the loss of lives of Americans, he said. Dr. Dernberg also characterized the | Julitight, carrying a cargo of oil from rasce to England, as justifiable. FARMINGTON MAN ON BOARD. Professor Friend Officer. of American ciety for Psychical Research, (Special to the Herald.) Farmington, May 8 —Edwin W. the, passengers on the ill-fated Lusi- /tania, is well known in literary circles In the United States. Professor Friend was formerly con- nected with a college in Boston and has lived in this town for about a year. He resides on the Hartford rcad a short distance out of the cen- ter. Qt is understood . that Professor Friend was going to FEurope for Miss Theodate Pope in the interests of psychical research. He is under sec- retary of the American Society for Psychical Research. CIANCI GIRL RECOVE] TRUMBULL’S FATE IS STILL IN DOUBT Relatives of Former Plainyille Man Anxiously Await News of Survivors, Plainville, May 8:—Early cable- grams giving a list of the survivors of the Lusatania gave out but iittle { encouragement to relatives and friends fof Isaac B.. Trymbull,’ formerly ' of this place, who was a passenger on the ill-fated liner. Mr. Trumbull's parents, Mr. and Mrs, Hugh Trumbull of Maple street, spent the day anxious- ly, awaiting information and as the hours crept by and hope that the young man had been saved began to diminish their fears. increased lna they were aimost distracted. Up fto | a late hour, they had heard nothing concerning his fate and they began to dread the arrival of the news that he perished. 3 Efforts to get into communication with his brother, John H. Trumbull, president of the Trumbull Blectric company, who is in New York were unsuccessful. Henry Trumbull of Farmington avenue, another brother, .spent the day seeking information but could get no news. ‘'Otheér brothers are George of Bantam, Frank: and Albert of Bridgeport and James, who is in Saranac, N. J., recovering from an “operation recently performed, Mr, Trumbull is treasurer of the American Cycl: Car company of Bridgeport and it was in the interests of this concern that he started on the trip abroad. . His wife, who prior to her marriage was Miss Bertha Cleveland of Bristol, is at her home in Bridgeport. She has heard nothing concerning her husband’s fate. Mr. Trumbull is a native of Plain- ville and is next to.the youngest mem- ber of the family.. With his brothers he received his education in the Gram- mar school here, subsequently be- coming a manufacturere of eiectrical supplies, a business-in which all the members of ‘the - family, made for- tunes. He was located in Bantam for a number of years and has been in Bridgeport but a short time. He Is Discharged from New Britain Gen- cral Hospital Today, Pasqualina Cianci, the seventeen- vear-old divorcee who was shot at her home on Lilac street last Sunday morning, was discharged from the New Britain general hospital today as recovered. Salvatore Carpentere, who is charged with attempting to murder her, is held in $3,000 bail for a hearing in the local court next Saturday. e WEATHER. Hartford, May 8.—Partly cloudy tonight.. Sunday fair and colder, 3 e ey, is one of the heads of the concern which manufacture the Trumbull mo- tor car. He is reputed to be wealthy. TO ADMIT KIMBALL, Auditor of American Hardware Cor- poration Will Become Barrister, At a meeting to be held next Friday George Turner Kimball, auditor of the American Hardware corporation, will be admitted to the Connecticut bar as a lawyer. Mr. Kimball comes from IS ALMOET BLINDED BY GAS EXPLOSION Burdette lfllkflt‘ Painfully Injured at Dennison’s Garage When Stove Blows Up. Attempting to light a good sized gas water heater in €. E. Denniso’'s Main street garage early this afternoon, Burdette Elliott, a well known young chauffeur employed by Mr. Dennison, was almost blinded when the gas ex- ploded ‘in his face, He was rushed to his home by Dr. George H. Dalton and is expected to recover the sight of both eyes as the pupils were not injured. - His nerves were completely shattered, however, from the shock. The pilot ‘Hght on the heater, un- beknown to the men in the garage, had become extinguished and when | Biott approached it with a lighted match the/ accumulation 8t gas inside : the cylindrical heater exploded, shout- ing a sheet of flume into the young man’s face and blinding him tem- porarilly. He staggered from the spot and an instant later fell insensible. to the floor. The report of the . explosion = was heard in the street and a large crowd quickly gathered. SHRINERS READY FOR CEREMONIAL £phinx Temple Will Hold Big Event in Hartford on Wednesday, May 19, ' Wednesday, May letter day in annual cercmonial fphinx Temple will day at the Foot Guard armory in Hartford, with Governor. Holcomb, Lieutenant Governor Wilson, other #late officers and members the legislature in attendance, As usual the pamphlet published by the Temple for this occasion is replete with Kumor, giving cheering advice to the fearful candidates and hinting at the terrible tortures in store for them ag they trot across the burning sands. Accompanying the pampnlet is =a little book of comic tickets, 1abelled “The Sphinx Jitney.” Each ticket is for some point of Interest (?) 'In Ha icrd, for instance, one is _good for a 1ide from City hdll to the = Union station ruins. Another wiil take the owner to the retreat, while some may secure a ride to the police station. The only one missing is that which will provide transportation for the candidate from the armory to the hos- pital after the session, 19, will be a red Masonic circles as the session of the be heid on that of Illinois, Where he was a practicing iawyer. Teofil Grabowski, local notary yublic, Who comes from Indiana, where he formerly’ practiced law, will also be admitted to the bar at this time. a N NO WORD OF CHINA’S REPLY. Tokio, May 8 11:30 a. m.—The l Japanese forelgn office announged this morning that it had received no information as to the nature of Clis Inn's reply to Japan's ultimatum, NOTABLE LOST ON. Vanderb..t, Fre Kiine FEARS ALSO Names Not Inch vivors Are Y] U. 8. N. Retired Hoppins and C. New York, May' notable in the busin of New York city W whose names were mi list of survivers © made public by Queenstown, Of those not ri Alfred G, Vanderbilt most widely known. bulk of the estate timated at $70,000, he is one of the of New York. her home here was t tain any news that.s her husband was Elbert . Elbert Hubbard, istine, author of ¢ at East Aurora, Ne throughout the co bertus.” He inte: investigation in the A compained by Mrs. Charies Charles Frohman, ger and producer, not been ‘included & vors, was anot accompanied by Juss wright and g Charles Klein, known - American accompanied Mr. Herbert 8 Herbert Stu the general Press, 8 ano not accounted was well known & of the hook Stone and compa and editor of “The House Bea magazines, Other Among others been included in were: "Commlnm },, the British proposed ‘Bril graphical ¥x) plates a seven southern seas. house came over h to seek the/ |in the entrp; exploring ship pose. The fi was delayed Dr. “Dr, Pearson, engineer, also ofl Daseengers, was mander St h backers of the son, whe was w was well as a financia) road and elects " C. ; Cheever Orange, N, J., of Hardwick lmpnrtz Gerald A. Let dealer in lnuqu'.' Herman A. Meye! ther importilg: 5. Myers, Frohman's Queenstown, M Charles Frohm manager, of New covered and bros where it Is now | T o . Four Year Old Run Ow Morris, the four yi and Mrs, Jacob 8 street had a na ing run over by trolley about 12:1 in front of his n crossing the road a approaching car. part of the moto, his life. The moto uation in a mo emergency bre lifting the child w how little Morss even the slightest, Mrs. Sperry wha th- back porch o at -bonl to run 4 lost her balance and fe azza painfully sprat 8he will be confined t several days: & »