The evening world. Newspaper, May 10, 1915, Page 3

HEROES GAVE UP LIFE BELT TO WOMEN AS VESSEL SANK = Dramauc T ales of Courage Shown by Those Who Went Down Are Told by Lusitania’s vivors—Scores of LONDON May 1 of the hoi almost within bail was taken into a boat which after. | ward picked up the wome h | he had given his belt, Moodie was) loat. | | Thee A young Spaniard, Vincente Egana, | helped several women and children to the boats, and when there were no more within his reach went to the bridge and stood beside Capt. Turner, He was picked up by @ lifeboat, as was the Captain. we tn Vain. Dr. James T. Houghton of Troy was on his way to a French hospital at La Panne, established by Mme. Marie de Page, wife of Dr. Antoine de Page, head of the Belgian Red Cross. Mrs. de Page, who had been collecting funds for the hospital in this country, was with him. As the Lusitani: 9 7% Dr. Houghton told Mme. de Page to cling to him and they leaped into the #ea together. A piece of wreckage stunned the surgeon, He was picked up and saved. Mme. de Page was lost. flaw Wake of Deadly Torpedo as at Sped Toward Ship. G@ D Lane, returning from New York to his home in Wales, was one of those who saw the wake of tho deadly torpedo as it speed toward the aide of the Lusitania. He did not realise what it meant until the ship quivered and began to heel over. ‘The shrieks of the children penned 1m the second cabin, Mr. Lune said, would ring in his ears as long as he lived. Mr, Lane slipped from the deck into a lifebgat which was only half Olea. Saye Captat: Could Be Beached. After the impact of the first tor- pedo, according to Miss Jessie Taft @mith of Braceville, O., and James J, Leary of Brooklyn, Capt. Turner wai the bulkheads had been closed and tl hip could be kept afloat until ehe was beached. Then came @ second torpedo and in five minutes they were in the water. Mether “Dart Her Dead Baby From Boat as jo Sav Many children were drowned in ‘thelr mothers’ arms, One woman, as abe was lifted into a boat with her dead obild, asked those who were help- ing ber into the middle of the boat to wait for a moment. “Let me bury my baby," though dazed by her grief, and lowered the little body into the water. Sve, Hil! Saye She Saw German Sub- marine That Sank Li Several passengers, among them Myre. R. Hil of New York, saw one, at feast, of the German submarines which fired the torpedoes. “It rose out of the water,” sald Mrs, HM, “wo that ite whole length was visible. The German flag was run up at the stern and it remained above the eurface for at least ten minutes, as though to gloat over the thing it had Gone, before it sank again.” Nearly all of Babies Thrown Into fea Expired. Sur- Babies Perished ror of the sinking of the Lusitania conve scores of thrilling dramatic ine dents, storte " erolem f attl) eeraper and of intense tragedy Alfred G Vanderbilt, ae the ship keeled over, took al 1 from avout his walet ond fastened It about a women, then he stood lack, bareheaded and cool, waiting for the end. In hie hand hie held a purple leather jowel ase, white nd been put in ands by @ Woman [assenger Charles Frohman stood at the re the stoking ship with Mies Kita Jolivet, when word came tat th was doomel Wh rdewth? It fe the most beautiful adventure In Life” were the last words Mite Jolivet heard him say R. J, Timmins and oT Monde of bh ancetenntennnneEn Gainewville, Tox, were about to leap] ted ro tite belte and thrown into the Inte the pea when (hey #aW EWO WOMB baa, in the hope tliey would be en without lifeb The men forced ny the beats, nearly al the women to take the belts The | eee ores of them were seen, of men were thrown inte the robe: shock and exposure, by the crews of fore they could find others. Timmis| the rescue ve Wonderful vitality was shown by many of the Women Who were Ldeiis Into the sea, Miss Barr Macdonald, see Kept themselves afloat for nearly four hours, Miss Macdonald was so near the end of her strength that the men | In the rescue boat thought she was | dead “The poor girl is past help,” she! heamt one of the rowers say, and sum-! moning all her strength she lifted he hand. The motion was seen and she} was saved. Oliver P. a ‘Telie i Story of Liner’s Sink! “We had talked of nothing but the possibility of a submarine attack all the way across," sald Oliver P. Bar- | nard, scenic artist of the Covent Gar- | den Theatre, “yet I could hardly re- alize what was happening when I saw the periscope of a submarine rise above the surface two hundred yards | away. I did not even grasp what was to be our fate when I saw a streak of lengthening from the submarine to- ward us. “But a moment later there came a terrific shock, the air was filled with | coal dust and wreckage. Scores of | coal trimmers and engine-room men must have been killdd outright by the explosion of the torpedo itself, “Except for @ sbriek now and then | from @ woman looking in vain for her children er her husband was little outery. comin time the ship was afloat. “When I saw the torpedo coming I called the attention of a woman to it. She watched it for a moment, and then, Sopersnur, no more sensing coming disaster than I did, remarked: ‘Ie that really a torpedo? Mr. Barnard said he saw men coolly strap life belts about them- selves, lower themselves into the a= water and turn on their backs to} float instead of trying to get into lifeboats. Several boats and lite rafts full of people were carried under by the huge funnels as the vessel turned over. Wirelos. Ope the End Drew Nea The emergency wireless apparatus broke down just at the moment the operator received a flash of acknow!l- edement of his 8 O 8 signal, The | operator went out on deck with a camera and took pictures of the scene. His assistant pushed his chair to @ passenger who had come in to ask If any rescue message had been recetved and said: “Yes, they are coming, Take a chair and make yourself comfortable.” SINKING OF LUSITANIA HORRIFIES THE POPE Pontiff Sends Sympathy to Fam- ilies of Victims—Hopes Future Disasters May Be Avoided. ROME, May 10.—The Popo has ex- Preased the utmost horror over the Lusitania disaster and his sympathy, for the families of the victims, He has said he hopes some method Of the hundreds of babies who were The Famous Chocolate Laxative | EX-LAX Relieves Constipation Helps Digestion Keeps the Blood Pure a delicious choco! will be found so that In the future similar catastrophes can be avoided. late Jaxative recommended by Lax i physicians as a mild, yet positive remedy for constipation in all its forms. ry has made thousands ha; l0-eant bos will i peeve its value—at all Vdrugeiou. d cabin pelitlalen white foam, frothy and fissing, | there} 1 suw more people returning to their cabins than were / out on deck during the short)” | resentec THE EVENING WORLD, MONDAY, MAY 10, Four Women Unaccounted For Who Were Passengers On the Lusitania and Went Down BOSTON CONVINCED NOW HUSBAND IS DEAD CLAIM IN BERLIN BITSHATAN | Prosirated by Shock but Come Heaviest sictiie Is N torted by News He Died a Hero. | | The news from Queenstown to-day |that Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt was seen taking off his life belt and heip- ing to just it about a young womn a few seconds before the Lusitania went down caused his young widow to {abandon the last lingering hope she entertained for his safety now sportsinan. | Mrs, Alfret Gwynne Vanderbilt and her mother are at the home of Mr. Vanderbilt's jiother, Mrs, Vanderbilt, 1 West 57th Street. Many friends have culled at the man- “se have seen the Mrs, Vanderbilt has had a tug sent to search the vicinity of the Lusi- coasts. The London office of the New York Central is directing that search and the tug will remain two weeks, if Mr, Vanderbilt's body is not 1¢- covered before that time. jsent in Mrs. Vanderbilt's name te the State Departinent at Washington, Sho thinks the Government should participate in the search with a hope ;of finding not only Mr, Vanderbilt, but also other survivors, Henry B. Anderson, counsel for Mr. Vanderbilt, refused to discuss Mr, | Position of his property in the event of his death or the amount of the estate, Uniess Mr, Vanderbilt has deviated widely from the business policy of his ancestors, however, it may be taken for granted that he has made a will which gives one of the legateces the largest part of the for- tune. It was so with the will of Cornelius Vanderbilt, his father, Alfred Gwynne, the second of the sons sur- viving at the date of the will, received $56,000,000 of an estate worth §72,500,. 000, according to the appraisal made in December, 1900, when it was dia tributed, Though Alfred . herited large blocks New York | Central securities, neither he nor his brothers, Cornelius and Reginald, has taken any active part in the manage- | ment of the company, nor, for that } matter, has one of them been a di- ‘rector of the ¢ Vanderbilt in- npany or of any of its | principal allied and subsidiary lines. The Vanderoiit lly has been rep- | n the Central directorate in recent rs by William K, Vander- bilt, uncle of Alfred G., and bis sons exclusively The estate in entirety probably has a value be n and | | $100,000,00 with th tgure more likely on an appraisal of a j normal market for real estate and | securities, and the lower figure prob ably in the event of an appraisal on the day as of which the Lusitania Was destroyed, when the market was | depresse ir: Vanderbilt liad three sone, ‘The eldest, Williain H., was born in’ Jand is 4 Elsie Fre ort, Ro Sines to Mrs| I Rmith Holl » have been horn Alf pt 13, 191%, and Gecr ons have cancelled pas sage on the White Star liner Cyinrik flying the British flag, which — ts scheduled to leave for Liverpool Fri- The Cymric will carry A ¢ Hy ; of $0 men and only abovt #0 pesven, —-— ees | { Cornelius slins have nd widow of the, tania horror and adjacent islands and | | Vanderbilt's business affairs, the dis-| | \, [other spoils of war in ala FH, Cc peed P hey YX NDON ef Crease OUT OF HUNGARY, won Progress at Points mw Western Galicia. BERLIN, London) Garman to-day declares that have beon Invading Hungary all been expe sian forces that ha south of Uszok Pass have by v dl to retreat n con northward to @s- believes he Is dead and the shock has] ©sbe annihilation prostrated hey, but she finds some des! ‘The main German advance in the | gree of comfort in the knowledge that S0Uth is now engaging the Rusa he died like a hero and an American @t every m crossing in Wes: Galicia and additional prisoners huve been taken, The War Oftce says that the Rus- made in no ¢ Liban, the now ha WESTERN GALICEA, via London, May Ww (A ed Press). ‘The frst lowing is the text of the French stage of the battle of West Galicia! War Office rep bas been virtually coneluded v “Three new German atacks to the Victorious troops under the id of! north of Lombaertzyde were re- the man General, August von! pulsed yesterd Mackensen, after successfully break-| “To the east of St. Qeorges our ugh all three fortified lines of marine fusiliers took possession of wn front, are assembling and | the Union Farm, very strongly reforming for a new offensive fortified by the Germans, and also bringing forward supplies of a position further to the ‘A request for another tug has been | left behind tn thelr rapid advance and j also are using the interval t gather the captured, they seek for abandoned guns th nty thousand prisoners alre 8 been brought y prisoners jn alicin will ed here by seventy guns AX was the case in the rian Lakes n sixty tured, Ratt February, it ly believed it is only a small part of the suns left: behind in concealed places, The second stage of the operations ts beginning further to tho east, the ‘ond Austro- Hut n Army hav ng stormed the erest of pethians and the northern tween Lupkow and Uzsok Passes and driven before it with the bayonet the Highth Russian Army under Gen, Hrussilofe, Every advance of the man forces shortens the battlefront, tnus liberating troops for use else. pre and at the same tine increasing nfusion along the Russian nes of retreat Every VICTOR Record Victrolas, $15 to $250 MeCreery’s Plan offers and convenient ter telephone orders receive prompt attention James McCreery & Co. 34th Street On their present front | | ortant gains r -|of great severity a Austro-Ger- | MEN GA VE UP THEIR LIVES TO SAVE WOM N ISS MARY NICOMW OF CHICA Go, “ MRS. VANDERBILT RUSSIANS DRIVEN BIG GERMAN GUNS | SHELL DUNKIRK; . . — Louts Whit Weta on For. BLACK AND WHITE CHECK SILK~-26 inches: a Paris gree Capture of St.| wery Charae variety of small and medium checks. Value $1.00 yard 68c George's and Reputse of Ase [ants pation ae Aa { BLACK CHIFFON TAFFETA-—35 inches; soft finish; 8 Se eee dah Feed Aguilas treat bright lustre Vulue $1.25 yerd COC 4 a yer ye. New Olean ny vete tly fehard SIMIISI EL SOM Deteyues I titeptitighiare i, HK cinen Re BLACK CHIFFON TAFFETA Imported; 39 to 40 PARIS, May 10.~ Danhir was ie arte iy ¢ TNRUICEIEE. CSIGEY: aceeultig: tan ea HIN IRAVINE PRINTED CREPE DE CHINE—Imported; 42 inches heavy ns to-day according to an) With havin ide; Il and medium floral designs, on white and ficial statement made by the War | iirenen voll ae ore , ee OB an Giice, ‘Fhe ecient ob the, damanel Wiet eet \ light colored grounds. Value $4.50, 85.00 yard OO is not yet known lft hes PRINTED SATIN FOULARDS.42 inches wide; new The bombardment began at 6 o'clock | | this morr It is believed to have been from the German Kuns that have been mounted nort aint of th three attacks north of Lombert zyde had been repulsed. — reneh marines have taken a strongly fortl- fled farm east of St. ¢ All along the entire bo rtillery duel was in pre line an to about thirty prise was nh bomba mornin being thrown “In the region to the north « | ras we 1 all the rted int terday evening. At about have ma j munication of “Along the rest of the front, par | tleularly in the Argonne and in Al- Jsace at Sillakerwasen, there was a vontinuation of the artillery tghting. LONDON, May. 10. ere thehting from the English frontier to t Nea was reported to-day }inans are attacking points ju uth of jehootoe and toward Fur port addition ar Shay foren from 60 to Bixe sand Nieuw combats the St, Mitel region and near Bpar kes. In all of the fighting the lines jof the allies are being maintained The Germans retain thelr hold on hill 60 but have been unal lany additional ground towar where the British positions have been strengthened \ Advices from Petrograd admit tha us are still occupy J Victor Payment very attractive Mail and inquiries Sth Avenue With Torpedoed Liner on. Condiable ON TUESDAY Cc Removal (6) Sy Specials { _——_—“ 6850 Yards Novelty Ratines 41 inches wide—lormerly 50c Yard pook, lavender, 16c tan and grey blended Yard ith whit Chiefly musturesina pretty snowflake pat tern, comprising pale NOTE At a previous sale of in a few hours at 226 yord yard, we believe it to be the lowe Mail or Te A 12) 5,000 yards were disposed now quoted, 16¢ { at retail. filled \ pre ats s promptly and earefully Noteworthy Sale Of Fashionable Summer Silks [ 11,700 yards |. None will be sent * 0. D or on approval Savings of 33! to 50% MRS MONTAGO GRANT oF CHICAGe Printed Chiffon Taf — fetas, soft finish with _. |] fetas, fashionable col bright lustre and Crepe ( if J ; dium floral designs. Formerly colors for street and aor I taken pita Black Chiffon Taf. [$U28 end $150 J evening wear, Aeolty ina I The widths are 26, 35 and 40 inch. Ie Paste dcarlibs Abs STRIPE SATIN MESSALINE 26 inches wide; fash- 2 UIE ver tonable colorings with various width stripes of white yeron HORAN ai weators Value 85 yard SOC BLACK CHIFFON TAFFETA —395 inches; soft finish; ARRESTED ON STEAMER, bright fustre Value $1.00 yard GBC inches; soft finish; high, brilliant lustre Value $2.25 yard 1.38 this season; Lyons dyed and printed in a variety of white dots and figures; on black and navy grounds only. Value $3,50yard 5,000 Yards Summer Dress Fabrics : Averaging 4 Price 2.25 Fine imported grades 58c poplins in a large as- a lenenan, sortment of the pre- Gh sil end woo! crepes Yard vailing _ fashionable silk and woot erepo- | Formerly.) | shades: also imported nettes, silk and wool diagonal mohairs. 38 to 42 inches wide 2.500 yards Cream 68 This grade is particu. Serge with blackstripe s ic larly adapted for Sum. of various sizes; all Pasa) mer suits and Separate , wool; 50 inches wide Had Skirts, r Special Sale of 200 Semi Made Skirts Beautiful and practical models for the mountain, seashore, travel or sport. Materials are serge, mohair and fine homespuns and mixtures. 4.00 ane tf ear wel buy tne n every week fret pair of prt SILK STOCKINGS nding out that i Ket for dollar close weave— at amount one 4.75 Real Values $59°50 to $7.50 5.25 nd longer wear than ou thought poss wonder they last longer 480 shades and colors Your own sample matched In 24 hours. today to the Shop where k Stockings are A exctuatyvely Gotham Hosiery Shop 27 West Mth Street Douter Women’s Hosiery 10,800 Pairs at Wholesale P: Sizes 815 to 10. 1s and toes. MERCERIZED LISLE THREAD. -Very lustrous, Sum- mer weight. Black, white or tan. Regularly 35¢ pr. IMPORTED GAUZE COTTON [xtra fine. Black or white. Regularly 35¢ pr. LISLE THREAD--Extra fine plain gauze. Black only. Regular widths. Strongly reinforced hee | 25¢ Regularly 35¢ pr. | 6 pairs for BLACK COTTON--Superior quality, medium weight, $1.45 lavender tops. Regularly 35¢ pr. | FIBRE SILK -Plaited; very brilliant Summer weight. | Black, white or tan. Regularly 35. pr. | NOTE—The price per dozen will be $2.85 limit ty to 3 dozen to any one taking advantage of these exceptional prices, Sale Extraordinary -2,500 YARDS Fine Cretonnes 30 inch. Formerly 35¢ Yard. Scores of the most Of very superior shee PA En a quality adapted for cluding the — much Slin Covers, DD q wanted Old English 22 Curtains, Wall Covers chintz designs and Urbain ty, WAU Wovens French floral effects. Cents ings and Cushions. | Golostaes —