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{United Press Start « ‘epondent ) yed there was small hope ting from a great sh in his leg.) QUBENSTOWN, May 8—Thrt Women Hysterical from which blood was streaming fag stories of the scenes aboard Many passengers were Didn't Try to Escape Phe Lusitania after the big Cunar er@ about the jocks He cast aside his clothing so ht ner w Amipedoed ° Cesein t f id his office momevents in the water might t as torpedoed by a nan x ae ig rence: Bubmarine off Kinsale yestegda « 1 boarded ¢ ate fore 1 Were told b today by survivors!and some with Kot off the teamer te ' Ayal ie onl Picked up by fishing vess« , ; 1 Wan saved was that I ve An ae ul Ry aa w an : : Hs nah eelet and tramea te. the roe te alight lunch. | swung over the s Lady M I prayed that 1 might be fag. The passengers were at lunc se ey ee je ve ak at te @on When a terrific explosion was word wa ely Bt iy who are in a convent in This was followed by a second, hours, We had no warning o ) effor into the lite Within a few minutes, and the er attack, The vessel sank within tevin Jaan’ Sante egan to sink. Some passengers or 15 minutes after being: bi Meclared she went down within 12) first time. F nes at the quay as survivors OF 15 minutes, and all agree It was a dastardly outrage, ‘e-| arrived here caused even stout the vessel disa ar from sesving the condemna of © sailors engaged in the work of res Within 25 minutes entire civ ad world, Friday Was) gue to turn away, tears welling in Ss D. A. Thomas, a Welsh colliery @ beautiful, sunshiny q ThE their eyes. told the story of the disas-| sea was smpoth. Had tt not ‘| There were women wet and be owner, ter graphically for no one would have been draggled, their faces Maed with “We were at luncheon when the saved terre linging to men on the verge Vease! stopped and rhook from Captain Sticks to Bridge of exhaustion Stem to stern,” he said. “There doubt very much whether an M of the men w on! @ great explosion well rward| port side boats were lauuct sbirts and trousers Which seemed to throw the er) ere in such a position that ear iil-—men and women om her beam ends they « hot swung over alike-—had discarded their shoes “We had not believed it poss sid The steamer ded for ttle child sobbing, clung to Phat an attack would be made. but sho he moment the explosion o¢ the r parenta, unable t ) wn retand there was not a passenger who did curred and Capt. Turner stuc he meaning of it . wo le Not realize that the unoxpec ad | his ige to the He was tots wetped oS happened pieked the wa three hx nage BO ender br 96 4 Liner Lists to Port , mal he stepped astore. “The first explosion wa vw t Cow ewspaper man | Collar as she s Sed by another of « force e satd Lifeboat Capsizes Bteamwer shudd and alm« id that any boa 1 entered boat er lately began to tist to ‘ away in time. The | orders,” wald Chas. C. Hardwick of “Officers and me shed from, ¥ 4 rapidly and car) New York telling his story Pitheir staterooms almost out) ried many people down with The boat overturned soon after waiting for orders and the work of was naturally some COM striking the water, I then swam to Wlearing the life boats begar fusion, but I saw no real panic. Al tost 19, which had 18 women, 16 “There was little panic so far as {| large number of women and about chiidren and 30 men aboard. After id see. Every one was too dox-| 49 children under one year of 886 warg this boat picked up four oth: |r ea to realize what was happeuing.| Y¢re among the cabin passengers.” | oy en and one woman and was a few minutes we were in Consul Is Injured finally towed safely to sbore to believe the stories we w in a blanket, and entire Rescued sailors said Capt. Turne heard of the liner's sa clothing, Julian De and his officers did everything pos prove true tha €| Ayala, Cuban consul at Liverpool, | sible to keep the pi * quiet loat a ex vas cheerful toda but that women ran hysterical! » veas spite act that he was suffer-|from boat to boat, and interfered! STAR—SATURDAY, MAY 8, 1915. PAGE 2, with the launching jvivors, and clothing and food was Many Leap Into Sea } turnin and hot drinks awalted More than 100 passengers put on}those who were brought in, cold lite belts and leaped into the water |®"d wet, after having spent from ee By one to three hours in the wate before the Lusitania dlaappeared | ave Pi » Site” hy greet’ oan Despite the fact that those res oT “he Miore waid (tH, men and women alike, wh rr A local hotel today Mrs. Stan., Were able to walk, refused to rent ley L. B. Lines found her husband. ¢ » alan tapy Sandered He dead, Mra. Lines was picked arty vag ure to other in p by a fishing boat, 4 thruout h t nee the nigh searched vainly fe her nd exhausted herself, ahe went from hotel to hote alled at hospitals during her search When she finally located Line was only to claim his bod He ha perished from Chief Steward Tells Story | exposur The first story of the great snedy (o reach Queenstown Was ught by the chief steward in varge of the 160 survivors who anded here at midnight The p were when the Lus to he said, “Fro t { it E were launched, Two of the | and exploded. The vessel had be-| wn to list When Capt. Turner or dered the boats manned and put Only 10 Boate Out The list was so bad that only} 0. of the 4 were gotten } a ate Roughly spe | { these carried about The boats tried to kee} as they proceeded toward land Many of the survivors are suf. fering from the shock, and n ot the women have been sent to hos pital, | did subma-| ine after the | was struck | Twenty-two survivors died after) ching London | Thruout last night and today the ¢ of Queenstown Joined in do erything posable for the pas brought asho Homes were thrown open to sur see the re {COMPLETE LIST OF SURVIVORS GIVEN OUT AT CUNARD OFFICES NEW YORK, May 8 —The| Campbell, Mrs. J. Abans company issued today the |W ant Mrs. nce MW ing list of Lusitania sur tries). Mrs. John Welfenden. vivers: Veltand, Mrs. Theodore nee Ants —p. A. Thomas, Cardiff rt Kay, Pred § dudsow, Lehmann, Martin Lehmann, 1. vison, alvin M. Colle Emily Davis, Dr. DY. Moore, Mra Cy children, Los Abramowite mple, Robert Dyer dana George Duguid : Oscar F. Grab, Rita | Mise Marion Fish, H. it. Prost, B. Gard | ner, J.P. Gay, Jas, Haldane, G. Bt uder, Mies Gay, Mise Olive North, Tioherty and’ tnfaat, John Tartlett, B.D TL. Hopkins, Chas. Laurent, Gray, Christina MeCalm, Oliver Bersard '. W. Kogers, "julien Byars | Dera Wallender, Mrs. A. Marsh, Mr. and consul general, Liverpool; FP. J. Mrs. I. W. Taylor, A. Donald, J. Wilson, W.| Elizabeth B. Hampshire, Florence White head, SL. B. Lines, A. G. Byrne, W. A ¥, Vassar, Lon: Biss Thompson, Mrs. E. Bliss Thompson, N. M. Pappa-| The big town hall of Queenstown) the Lusitania without the slightest production of the dramatic spec oe *}was turned into a temporary! Warning and exploded in the stoke tacie, “Everywoman,” which comes 2 omas, se resales "Te eddition to the above first and ser-| morgue today to receive the bodies "ld to the Moor r sever - ond cabin passengers, the following names Splinters of steel Mew high into nights begin May 16. of the greatest number of neutral the air and the great boat shook with matine and Sat hie; Mre. Chas victims of Germany's submarine from atem to stern from the shock iy Mackworth, warfare, heretofore slain during tt Aonther explonion followed tu his play and production were a sorets - D a I Eee tees, Be « 4, Arthar Shepperson, conflict mediately ‘his second torpeds seen at the same theatre two years Light, Patrick Slattery, Lines of coffins bearing the completed the tragedy ago, when it Was voted one of the M | Came A Rca “oy bh Tope bodies of those who perished when) Fumes from the explosives per most enjoyable performances ever Ww. Ontenia’ ier. the Lusitania was torpedoed and meated every section of the seen in Seattle , tom, Al Fisher, Hebert Williams (perhaps sunk off Kinsale were being pla amashed steamship. Many passen.| In one of the big acenes over 1 0 . Leary, | T. J. Williams), Mise Jessie Murderk, B/in the main room today, It was! gers fell to the deck unconscious People are seen, while an entire Midell, George A. Keester, npes |e (may be H. Erhardt) ; : h , ub . ‘ tind tes eeuiiianieh announced that all will be taken Others, staggering blind! to. |S¥mphony orchestra is carried b: Dwight to the town hall morgue for ident! ward the rails, made their way to|the organization to render the fm Phutips: Dr 4. TF. Moughion.. "yon | fieation. the life boats which were being! preasive score. which was composed | a an ee, 3 G As fast as the names are ascer jowered and were helpedaboard, (for “Everywoman" by George Mrs. . A. Leroyd and maid; |tained, they will be made public. Latest advices reaching here Je Whitefield A: Thad wick dean of he fe | It has been proposed that great fu-\clare the crew of the Lusitania, N©® Enelan ‘onservatory | Toric, Min "Morten. ve | 6 5 |neral services for the victims be were under perfect discipline and| ste. one of the really big men tn) Find, Mra. 5. 1. B. Lines (Queens. |held Sunday worked in cool, orderly fashion to, A™erican music aie "was Semen’ Woseks oe, ee | | Stories brought here today de the last and the men did their Al A, Pat Miller, Fran! werent pew that the first torpedo struck| best to launch all boats EMPRESS ; card - Leading tt ll at Loew's Em Henderson, Mra. Merignon, if. ¢ ~ —~ | Leading the bill at Loew's B Mas Barrett, Catherine Kay. to the Hall of F press next week, beginning Mon peal hero and go right to the bot| comedy star, Gertrude Barnes, in «| WASHINGTON, May 8 —Owing ON TRANSYLVANIA om revue of exclusive songs and costly to the sinking of the Lusitania 634 gowns. nite Fe ‘ pi seereery st War Garston Bee) NEW YORE, May Sin spite jEquilio brothers, will be seen in | abandoned his trip to Inspect the Mrs. WH. Marsh. Mre. ae | Tennessee and Alabama river and ee —— improvements. The harbor ere tary was to have left Washington | |tonight | Garrison said no one suggested |that he cancel his trip, but that he did not want to be ent whe such “interesting” things were hap | pening. At the state department today al omment regarding the Lusitania was withheld President Wilson and other administration officiais were reticent Stories that an extra session of congress was under consideration lacked confirmatior | On the contrary, Concentration — it was said that + "4 {nothing whatever uld be dene putting all attention fii) iii cesots wore received from British admi t | the | ‘A SURVIVOR TELLS 'HOW HE SAW ATTACK QUEENSTOWN, 3 and energy on one point—is the secret of power and suc- May 8.—Ernest | Cowper a Toronto newspaperman . one of the survivors of the Lusi Concentrate om Pies aw uincnasing the 1 | sibility of a suvmarine nck whi your work! lat 2 o'clock, he caught sight of conning tower a submarine . | thousand yards ft He searcel Concentrate on had‘time to call “his friend's atten lee tion to it, when an explosion o your saving! curred Cowper says the ger lst, practically tae lookout for submarines as she approached the Irish coast, attac of thjs nature being the chief topic of conversation. After seeing Miss Helen Smith, who appealed to him entire passer had joined in Concentrate a savings account at on safely in a boat, Cowper got into | one of the last boats. He says the crew proceeded to get the passen gers into life boats order! and efficient manner in an DEXTER HORTON TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK rough Mune Co SECOND ANH CHERRY athe feleoife hesrices. MUNN & CO., 093 Woolworth Bide, N.Y WASHINGTON OFFICE: 621 F 8, Wading, B.C. QUEENSTOWN, May &— Mrs. M. N. Pappadopoulo of Athens, Greece, faced death in the sea for more than an hour after the sinking of the Lusi tania, before being picked up by one of the rescue boats She is an expert but was completely exhausted when landed here On the rescue tug, swimmer Pap padopoulo w. ven 4 sailor's aweater and trousers to re. place her wet clothing. The Woman Swimmer Nearly Perishes Trying to Save Husband; Keeps Afloat for Hour ‘Town Hall at Queenstown Turned ‘Into Vast Morgue; May Hold Great |Funeral Service Sund plucky woman tried desperate ly to save her husband, but he ‘a probably lost | wae ordering coffee in the saloon,” she said, “when the thip was almost broken in two by the force of the explosion. | donned a life belt and so did my husband. | tried to help him after we got into the water, He was not a swimme however, and | fear he w lost. Only the thought of my babies In Athens buoyed me up until | was picked u “Youth,” MOORE Turning the searchlight upon the fraiities of the human kind and ex posing to its rays the pitfall clety, ing out the pathway is the miasion of Henr. Modesty” and Beaut for Dead nday | t Ww vage & jot the fate of the Lusitania, only | 12 out of 879 passengers cancelled | their passage on the Anchor liver | Transylvania of the Cunard line! | which left for Liverpool last night Great excitement in expo. i circles followed the news of + sinking, but no cancellations ir schedules of any steamers | announced BIG LINER CARRIED NEW YORK, May &—The Lust tania carried $5,000,000 war risk insurance. Its cargo was valued at about $750,000 and contained a jlarge amount of war snpplic There were 280,000 pounds of bra and copper wire, 5,471 cases of au | munition, and $66,000 worth of ail itary goods, all of which | traband of war. 'BIG LINER LIES IN | SHALLOW WATER | DIFFICULT SITUATION, |SAYS EX-PRESIDENT TAFT was co MADISON, Wis. Ma The [news is most distressing,” sald for |mer President aft today, in di cussing the sinking of the Lusitanta ‘It presents a situation of the most difficult, character kening na tional concern. I do not wish to embarrass Presid Wilson, and wish only to express myself as co fident that he will adopt a | patriotic course. FRA HUBBARD JOKED | ABOUT DEATH FEAR NEW YORK, May | Hubbard, who was aboard th tania and is believed to have drowned, joked about submarine attack | from here. |_“From a personal viewpoint,” he aaid, “it might be a good thing for me. I would drown and that would! be about the only way I could get 8 n possible sailing a before | from equilibrium work. The Roland Weat U. 8, CONSUL GABLES WASHINGTON, May The to tal number of survivors of the Lusi Launch at the Hollywood, Advertisement & tania Is given ma, ie mayor again gram received t ler: Mar: 8: nae cane cee William Dixon, —_ penitentiary A ican consul at Queenstown, | me hones Gf euunaiaan oa to was| acentt, “Whe eiane Wate hailed | next prisoner pamed Keon with ureat’s cable, filed m., | , . f the t unusual att dof ean and knocked uncon tr 4 cort of destroyers Was not pro-|@8 one of the most unusual attrac. |!i¢ added four names to an earlier list | Sh escort of destrore tions In vaudeville. an impersonator] cious, Dixon rescued by two eon. of survivors which he had trans-|¥ . s of feminine types with viets, ' mitted and stated Very few others saved, Several unidentified corpses. Total sur. vivors, 634. Americans proceeding Queenstown Saturday will reach London Sunday, Not -untii all facts are in hand can anything be sald METROPOLITAN| STANDANE Bought of Us Developed FREE EVANS’ Third and Columbia Third and Union ANY Tonight at rts RIGOLETTO We Carry Eastman Films Mat, %e Philharmonic Orchestra 50 MUSICIANS JOHN SPARGUR We Are the First Dentists That Ever Pulled a Tooth for This Man Without Pain. Condugte DR. LRCLARI He says “The Regal Dentists are the first LAST CONC SUNDAY MATINEE INS. dentisia that ever pulled a tooth May 9%, 9 o'Clock for mo without pain, It did no hurt a bit when the tooth was pulled, “Yours truly J. MeGILLICUDDY, “512 30th For painless work, the materials and lowest prices, us a RY HIPPODROME | “HEN | ave best Gi Regal Dental Offices DR. L. R. CLARK, MGR, 1406 Third Avenue N. W. Corner Third and Union 3,000 SEATS 25¢ 2,000 SEATS 50c 1 complete search of missin Searching for Relatives Mothers wanc und kled Gr women stranger id to be and it 1s feared Owe of the was more than y," In “Everywoman,” at Moore [Mia neck te silft ae stationary tubs, “THE TANGLE” Players will present 4 household yay Oy At al lalate sketch entitled, “The Tangle.” mag oe 288 OTHER ACTS ] | | | Gertrude Barnes, at Empress and dances. seen In a neat Other attract the regular typ | oe Bi | traction of the \ta opening | performan jadded feature |has arranged \{ment of Jukes I ny, In th the ev of on | Comp reve comedy numbers Six Pultons, arry Antrim ‘lings of Fun,” Thuman dragon.” lered soare) we suffe SURVIVORS TELL STORY OF SINKING OF LINER Queenstown Is One Huge Morgue; Wet and Bedraggled Women Go Weeping From House to House Looking for Missing Relatives weep fefstrick re te cued b from ry \ re ring ome omen tare Vaudeville at Empres s and Pantages, Rest Dark | Checkers Yon Hampton and Hazel| ms leae—re reds, how those poor apindies # of so-| ~ while at the same time potat | happiness, | Josselyn will present bits of songs Billy Kincaid wit be] west, juggling » jons, to; comedy pictures the bill new with bill the Monday Manager for a return engage leld, Dan ¢ ‘Childhe welcome schoolroom days the in an original novelty and Betsy and Carle program relatives , at Pantages , Will be the headline at ANTAGE Unequaled Vaudeville--Our Policy Never Changes Pp BEGINNING MONDAY MATINEE cays Be Attraction Extraordinary for the Week bedrug ted. hore “THE MALE PATTI” d , F JULES HELD, DAN COLLINS & CO., IN “Childhood Days" Popwar Musical Comedy Revue 10c ane 20 ‘FEW FIRST CABIN PEOPLE SAVED NEW YORK, May 8—8:40 a. m.j.—The Cunard offices an- nounce the following cable gram: “LIVERPOOL.—The press bureau | the following: Telegram to the following ef. | fect received from admiral at | Queenstown: | “'Torpedo boats, tugs and armored trawlers from Queens- Josh Wise says: “Old Judge Skoover has th’ sympathy of th’ town all in except Heron. entire community. H just | There have been landed from out of th’ hospital, where he | these 595 survivors and 40 underwent # successful opera- | dead, Landed from steamers, | tlon on his wife.” | 52 survivors. Landed at Kin- 11 survivors and 5 o ° “ ‘Total survivors, 658; dead, Emar Goldberg and Edwin Meyer, 45. These numbers will be whore convietions in federal court, verified later. It is possibie the Kinsale fishing boats may have a few more. Few first- class passengers were saved. It is believed they thought the ship wovld float. She sank in from 15 to 25 minutes. |in connection with Bremerton fraud | cane a year ago were sustain cireult court of appeals, starte MeNet!’s island Saturday J. E, McDonald, secretary Citi. zens’ club of Chehalis, says ranches help business in Chehalis Annual junior day entertainment | university held Saturday Funeral services of Mrs. isaac | Coop who died tn Oakland Wed |mesday, to be held Sunday after. n First number of Bothell Buzzer, speared this week, b'gosh Special children's matinee held at | Pantages Saturday afternoon. Tamba Maru, Nippon Yusen Kai- a sensational revue of exclu nive songs. sha line, with cargo valued at over, $1,000,000, arrived at Great EQUILLO BROS. rthern docks, Smith's cove, Fri jay. Roland West Players tn What pain to walk: He ruce the effort \...1 he hae to make 10c and 20c — Always To even tall His office pals eveived To piny baseball They told him be Get him to fall, notton wild | oR a frisky child, He'd raise his right hand to the sky and! much today, Hie arm's too sore. Spanish ciub meets at Frye Saturday night Last of pop concerts at the Hip- podrome Sunday Hotel Are appropriate at all times. We have made a careful selection of flaw- Mrs. J. DO. Atkinson, Mrs. Gwin Hicks and two children killed tn) less stones, perfectly cut. auto accident Tuesday, will be | These gems can be buried at Pomona, Cal Will of Archibald Graham, who leaped from Ravenna park bridge Saturday, admitted to probate Fri day by Judge Albertson i Independent Asphalt Paving Co. | submitted lowest bid for improve ment of Admiral way, Mayor Gil} threatens to refuse to approve bond of contracting firm awarded work 8 he is opposed to the improve ment. Prof. W. A. McKeever, head of child welts department of Kan- a tells nporta mothers that Shakespeare is out of date. Councli removes Mayor Cook of rt, Wash. and sess wit liam Ingram. Along comes treas- with) orer and refuses to acept warrants w1ll| unless signed by Cook. Now Cook's mounted in settings man- ufactured by us to your order, Diamonds have perma- nent value and are be- coming much more be able every year. e have them in all sizes, but the smaller stones are just as precious propor- tionately as the larger elty er real so | Tickets on sale daily by | “NORTHERN PACIFIC” October 31, NORTHERN PACIFIC RY. TO THE EXPOSITIONS SAN FRANCISCO AND SAN DIEGO | Ask about | EASTBOUND SUMMER EXCURSION FARES | In effect May 15 and daily there- Through Trains Daily to Minneapolis, St. Paul,Chicago, St. Louis JUNE 15 TO SEPT. 15 THE 1915 PARK SEASON In connection with after, to all Eastern Points. Stop- visit | - " | Low Excursion Fares | Sere. THE PALATIAL STEAMSHIP overs permitted and return limit Yellowstone Park eee | at Pan. | matinee For the| Pantages Reached via original entrance at Gardiner Gateway. Low fares daily ins & na os during season. dl Days’ mu al Other are the J. O, McMULLEN, City es. Agt., 107 Yesler Way, Seattle, Wash, A. TINLING, A. G. 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