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THE . OREGON DAILY -JOURNAL, PORTLAND, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 10, 1915. 0 SURVIVORS DESCRIBE LAST MOMENTS OF GREAT SEA TRAGEDY Many Leap Overboard With out Life Preservers and Are Picked Up, ' OTHERS DRAWN TO DEATH rifts-Tearoid. Boy Ou of Hhom; AiiIiU Womu Into m Boat ana v - Tons Savss a IMm. ":;, Queenstown,": May tO. (I. N. 8.) one or the most; vivid account of the Lusltanla disaster was given 6y John Davis, a member of the crew. He said: "We bad a splendid voyage, but as we were coming: near the-Irlsn coast a sea tog sprang up and-the engines were run down to half speeds about 8 o'clock Friday morning, when the ship was off Fastnet. Later the naze lifted somewhat and at 2 o'clock in the after noon the ship began to xig zag, but al most instantly afterward there waa a powerful, but rather dull explosion. The torpedo had I gone home and about 1000 pounds of explosives had entered and exploded on . our port side. "I may mention here that the bunk- ' era are divided- into sections, numbers one to' four being in the forward part of the ship and,, of course, well below the water line- The torpedo entered the second section and owing to its frightful power, tore divisions of the sections, hurling dust and coal ail through the adjacent sections. V list to Starboard. "I then heard the second explosion and that, in niy . opinion, - expended Itself in the fourth bunker section. The second section was beside the saloon entrance on the main deck and had the entire partitioned divisions given away; at once there is total v destruction and crew would lished no doubt that the of both passengers MISS CONNOR WILL CONTINUE ON WAY " , , 1 v L' "' . f "j ' ' i'i', s' ; ,a' ij - i : IXXyX':;- '1.'"-x Miss Dorothy Connor. Medford, Or., May 10. -The i cable gram from Miss Dorothy Conner of this city to her .mother, Mrs. Charles Conner, received Saturday morning, reading ''safe, well." removed the. last doubt as to the safety of this dodu- .3. lar youn Medford girl, who was a have been .ccomp. pagg th TU8ltania. Accord- The vessel took a b5g list to star board, and. Captain Turner tried to j bo as to make land, i rapidly. , 'No more of the sea for me. I have finished with' it My place is in the trenches to find and punish that race of hell bounds who are responsible for the most cruel, cowardly and dastardly outrage on record "W were ordered on deck, . where we found the passengers 'already as sembled, j , . , "Arrangements were being made by the sailors to lower the starboard boats. These, owing to the great list, 'would naturally swing far out over useless, owing to!4 their falling Inward toward the ship and the fact that they would have to - slide down the itn Ida of the hull, j Children la Boat. . i VI got into a boat that would hold about 60 with William Colwell. helped pica up several crom the aea. To my .knowledge five Iboats were lowered ' that should bold about 60 each, but the one in which' I was had 64 surviv ors. Of these 14 were children. Two children bad been separated; from their father, who wis lost, while their mother had her three babies with ber. 4 "On pulling away from the ship we noticed she waai settling fast by the bead and listing tot port at the same time. The great hull rising into the air assumed an, angle which would soon have brougnt it to the perpendic ular. But, as the form of the ship arose she' seemed to shorten and. Just as a duck dlvef, so disappeared ; the Liusltania." i . , P. J. Gauntleit, of New York and Washington, traveling in (company ' with A. Xj. Hopkins, president of the Newport News Ship. Building company of Philadelphia, said: - Beallaed Banger. -- "I was lingering in the dining sa loon chatting with, friends when the first explosion occurred. We knew at once What had happened. Shortly after the ship listed perceptibly. : I shouted ; to the others to close the ports. Some of us then went to Dur state rooms and 'put on life belts. "Going on deck, we were Informed . that there was no danger, but the, bow of the vessel was gradually sinking. The work of launching the boats be gan in a few minutes.. Fifty or sixty entered the first boat. As it swung from the davits It fell suddenly and I think most of the occupants perished. The other boats "were Jauncbed with the greatest difficulty. Swinging free from one of these as it descended, I grabbed what I supposed was a piece of tvreckage. I found it to be a col lapsed boat, however. I had great dif ficulty In getting it open, finally hav ing tov tip the canvas with my knife. "Soon another passenger came alongside and entered the .collapsible ' with me. We paddled around and be i.tween us we rescued 80 people from " the water. While we thus engaged I noticed thatithe Lusltanla was gradu ally disappearing. All Over is Twenty Mlantes. "Many women and children under the protection ef men were -clustered along the lines lof the port side. As the ship plunged, beeling to an angle of nearly 20 degrees, these people slid toward the starboard side, dashing against each other as they went, until finally the entire vessel war nsiiirri. "I heard only one explosion. The whole episode waa over in less than SO minutes." I . A caMn stewaird gave a vivid account of the disaster.) v y ' "We were godng - about 18 knots an hour." he saidi "and were seven or eight miles south of Galley head when we were struck by the first torpedo. passenger on the Lusltanla. Accord ing to members of the family Miss Conner! will carry, out her original plans and accompany her sister, Mrs. Rickett of London. England, upon the Rer Cross expedition which Mr. Rick ett baa financed. Queenstown, 1 May 10. Miss Dor othy Conner, of Medford, Or.t has been caring for patients, among them sev eral titled passengers who were aboard the Lusltanla. Miss Conner Is a cousin of Henry L. St(mson, ex-secretary of war of the United States. Miss Conner bad the thrilling experi ence of ' being rescued after resigning herself to be drowned She said: "I wasH standing on the deck beside my brother-in-law,-Dr. Howard Fisher, and Lady Mackworth. When the deck became awash I jumped into the sea with a life belt After a terrible buffet ing from the wrWikage.I felt myself becoming unconscious. "I resigned myself to fate, feeling sure that I would drown. When I re vived ! found myself on a collapsible boat. I believe these collapsible boats saved more lives than did the regular' lifeboats. : The latter could not be I launched in time and many of them were smashed or upset by the davits. I know that . two lifeboats were launched on the port sldei" ' really djl not i have time to realise what was happening. "When rl saw .'tlie ship was sinking after the torpedo struck her, I jumped overboard 'just as . I was. ; I had no lifebelt, but I picked up a bit of float ing wood and finally got to an up turned oat and clung to that. After ward with some others who swam to It we managed to right the boat and - clambered in. Then we started to res I cue as many as we could reach. ( t - " Saw Submarine. !' "The submarine made no attempt- to save anybody. Wo Just managed to catch a glimpse of It before ! it dived jand sent the torpedoes at us. I never j saw ft: again. The first torpedo took I us amidships between the , first ' and 'second funnels. , The Lusltanla shook and settled down a bit. Two other ished the ship. : ' "Four or five of her lifeboats went down with her and many of the pas senger and craw were dragged down in the vortex. ;-v i.n-n i '-"The noise of the explosion was not very great. - The first torpedo seemed to strike with a great thud, but we knew we were doomed. j , We , were floating abou t for two hours before the- first rescue steamers arrtVed. Before that time. ; however, some small boats and fishing smacks came along and helped us." ; j Rev. H. M. Simpscn. of BritishCo- icmbia, said: "I paved myself , by clinging to an upturned boat which, with other men, I managed to right after a hard strug gle.' : r :. ' Many Jump Overboard. -We filled that boat witbr all I we eould- rescue. Finally we sawan 'ob Je4 some distance away in the water. Thinking it a vessel of some i sort t we hofsted a distress signal by ' tying a pair of trousers to an oar. but the vessel, or whatever It was, passed; us. Later a big trawler .came along, and took us aboard. . - : ; - ' "When, we were struck"! was In the saloon. They, handed, around-lifebelts but the people did not wait to put tbem on and ran out on deck just as they were.".""' ; - - - J. T. Gray of Edinburgh, a passen ger, said: ' . : ' , "I don't remember how I was Res cued. I fell 80 feet and struck i the water. The fall knocked me uncon scious. 1 was picked up by a boat-: "When we were leaving New York we gave the preference to the Lusl tanla, thinking it 'it, as the Americans say, but It was not the 'it we thought it." ' . ' . r - GERMAN AIR . X FLEET DOES v X : i - : BIG DAMAGE Continued From Pago One) Quit Stomach Drugging J . A" physlclih says that in most cases or stomach trouble there is really no disease of the stomach at all. but just too, much acldf Excessive acid pre vents digestion), causes sour stomach, fermentation of food, and this upsets the liver and intestines and causes great nervousness, weakness, sleep lessness, and "blues. - Quit drugging; simply take a tea spoonful of ordinary Blsurated Mag nesia in, a fourth of a glass of water td neutralize the excessive acidity and you will be all (right. - It works ilk magic, ou can eat fX-hat you want jand sleep all night no mora walking tbe floq at. three and four o'clock in I the morning and suf fering from TtrTTia . WulniH. - nervousness all , the next day. Blsu rated Magnesia 13 for sale by all drug gists in powder or tablet form. Blsurated Mtgnetlaj, No.; 25 X 28ta St.,N. T. C. A minute or so afterward two more bit us. The first staggered us, the others finished us. They shattered the ship in fragments and she disappeared within 20 minutes of the time the first struck. It was a terrible sight; but the passengers were surprisingly cool. "Nearly all .of the first cabin pas-! sengers were drowned. Most of the BOO or 600 saved were third or second class passengers." Bo Warning Olven. When asked If the submarine had given any warning before the sinking of the liner the steward looked aston ished at the suggestion. "We did not get a moment's notice," he said. "The submarine suddenly ap peared above the surface on the star board bowt Then as suddenly it dived and discharged a torpedo at us. We saw the track the torpedo made in the water. It got us fair amidships. "The Lusltanla listed forward- and started to settle. Then the submarine discharged two "more torpedoes which also struck us- Our ship sank in 20 minutes from r the moment the sub marine sighted us and dived. "We did not see the submarine again. It went off after accomplishing Us winy wors- wunout even attempting! to save a man, woman or child. It left i us to drown like rats in a trap. "When the ship sank it went down ! like a atone. A great many of the pas- sengers were ' carried down, bv' th i whirlpool suction of the great vessel, i I saw a hundred Jump overboard and cung to rioatlng wreckage of , over turned boats which had been blown off the ship by the explosion. "Captain Turner was on the bridge and went down 'with his ship. That was the 4asl I saw of him." Boy Tells Batperlence. W. G. Ellison Myers, a lad of 16, of Stratford. Ont.; gave a graphic account of the disaster. ; He was on his way to join the British navy as a cadet.. "I had just come on the upper deck after lunch to play a game of quoits. There were two other boys," he said. "One of . them was looking over" the side when he taw a white streak com ing straight through the water toward us. He shouted. 'There's a torpedo coming straight at us. "We watched it till it struck. Thefe was an awful; explosion... We rushed down to the boat deck and there a huge quantity of; wooden splinters and a deluge of water flew all about us. A second to-: eo struck us about 'four minutes pfter the first one. ."I went below to get a lifebelt'and met a. woman who was frenzied with fright and panic I tried to calm her and helped her into a beat " Vv - "Then I saw a boat which waa nei'i ly BWtimped and got into it, other mn eominr with - me. We bailed it- and then a crowd clambered 7 in, nearly swamping us. .None of us had a luiife, but we found a, hatchet,, cut the lash ings and got the boat clear. : -V.'"-. Cries of "Drowning Appalling ' " "We got only about 200 yards way whan the ship went down bow first. Hundreds of persona sank ' with her, dragged down by the auction. .The cries and hrieks of those poor, doomed people "were appalling. "Our boat was almost swamped In th whirlpool and we had to pull hard in, order to get away. A whole lot of women and children went down. We saved all we could carry." . Clinton- Bernard of New York, an other passenger, said: : - r "Though it was a tremendous shock to i everybody there was not so much1 excitement as one would expect In such a catastrophe. ! The terrifying affair occurred so suddenly that those aboard hoveed over Southend for 15 min utes, t ' "f - . - After dropping between 60 nd 10 bombs. ; the air raiders headed 'for London, dropping- bombs on Pitsea, Shoeburyneaa and Romford, s At Shoe buryness, opposite Sheerneas, the great English naval base, the ' Germans dropped several bombs. ; Shoeburyness has an artillery and gunnery school. Reaching Romford, j the Germans dropped numerous bombs on the great iron foundries there and then turned east, abandoning any plan , they may have had of bombarding London. Eight buildings were fired at Leigh. Several bombs dropped near Queen Mary's hospital, but no damage was done to the institution. v German . airships also bombarded Canvey island, part of the county of Essex, 30 miles from London. Woman Killed by Fall. London, May 10. TJ. P.) Mrs, .'Ag nes Whitnell was killed at Westellff when she jumped from an upper win dow of her. home during the bombard ment by the. Zeppelins and aeroplanes. The invading aerial craft proceeded as far as Ben Fleet when they turned eastward and sailed back toward; the continent. . - : .' It was estimated that at least 100 bombs were . dropped on Southend whjle 25 were showered upon Leigh-on the-Bea. i Eight buildings in Southend were seton xire and destroyed, ' 1 The forts at ; tlte mouth ' of the Thames river opened fire on the Zep pelins and, aeroplanes as soon as they appeared. A terrifio fire was directed against the aerial Invaders by anti aircraft guns and weapons of even higher calibre until they were forced to withdraw. Shells burst near the aircraft, but all escaped without ap parent, damage. . . ' - - Flaxman'a ; timber yard one of the largest on the Thames, was destroyed by fire when, numerous bombs were dropped upon it Eighty bombs had been accounted for by 8 o'clock this morning. Many failed to explode and were extinguished.. . Throughout the bombardment there was no show of panic. , , . , . . - Zeppelin Orer -Southend. Southend, England. May 10. A Zep pelin hovered over this city for. fully 20 minutes today, : bombarding the parade grounds and attempting to blow up the gas works. . It then fol lowed the right of way of the London- Tilbury railway to Leigh, where sev eral other bombs were dropped. ' ,The electric light plant, piers, rail way yards and several houses were badly damaged. - British aviators pur sued the Zeppelins but they were out distanced. " Forts DriTe Off Airships. London, May 10.- (I, N. 8.) Two Zeppelins - were sighted from British forts at Gravesend at 3:30 a. m. today. but were driven off by a heavy fire from the forts. , SUBMARINES NEEDED BY U. S. NAVY; SAYS . HUGE MANUFACTURER Hudson Maxim Declares Un dersea Boats Essential In .:' Modern Warfare, ! By Hudson Maxim. (Wrltfeo for the International. New Service.) New Tork.i May 10. (IV N. S.)-r-Sub- marines modernize warfare, though they do not radically change it.) The United States is badly equipped with tha submarines and the necessity for more of these undersea boats as ah ad dition ; to our navy cannot be exaggerated.'' Submarines are essential to an up- to-date navy. But just as essential are torpedo boats, battle cruisers and battleships. The little torpedo! boat must not be lost sight of. It has its functions to perform the same I as a battleship. What this country needs to. do to prevent war is to have a. navy of suf ficient size. The entrance of subma rines into modern warfare will intro duce new laws of warfare. In lother words, necessity always governs what a nation does In times of war. The use of the submarine isiof such alchar- acter that it overrides international law in order to make it effective. Tims changes the laws of warfare I do not-countenance" the slnkihg of utiarmed-merchant ships which -are carrying wdmen and children, jit is oar carpus ana orutai! to carry warfare against such vessels. Bat of course this subject is all a matter of oninion Soma persons may Justify it fron one point or view. ana otners condemn, it. Germany has been Canada's principal source of seeds, and there is a hustle to supply the Canadian farmers this spring. . PRESIDENT IS ABLE TO HANDLE MATTER, SAY CONGRESS MEMBERS Confident People's Rights in Sinking of Lusitania Will Be .Safeguarded by Hiny AGAINST HASTY ACTION Kembers of Toralgn Heiatlons Com- xnltteese of XT. S. Senate and Hons Xiook to President Wilson. , New Tork. ! May 10. (I. ft. s.) Opinions of members of the foreign re lations committee of the United States senate and of the, house foreign rela tions on the death of Americans In the Lusitania horror were asked by wire oy the international News Service. Following are soma of the replies re ceived: . i,. Baltimore, Md.- Congress not being in session, i feel that the expression of an opinion as to what should be the attitude of our government toward Germany for the sinking of the Lusi- tania would entail nothing. The whole question can be safely- left to . the president and his cabinet If the pres ident should need the assistance f congress or the opinion of the con gressmen, he will , no doubt call us together. J. Charles Lin thicumT house committee. , New York I prefer not to discuss the Lusitania tragedy. But everyone should recognize : the folly of urging hasty or precipitate action by our gov, ernment. The wisdom and patriotism of the president will safeguard every American interest. In my judgment, the situation! does not call for the assembling of congress. Janata A. O'Gorman. United .States senator. Prejndiees Should B Subdned. Buffalo, N T. The questions in volved in the destruction of the Lusi tania are. in nature, human and moral rkther than legal and International. When a. thorough inquiry, has been made r and the facts . fully set forth, steps will be taken to guard the rights and interests of the United States and to uphold our standards of civilization. In the meantime our prejudices should be subdued and our eycU opened to the awful consequences Of hasty or ill advised - action. Charles : Bennett Smith, member house committee. - Washington, -v D. C. Th people should remain calm until all the facta can be ascertained and - weighed , and until the rights' ana duties of both belligerents and neutrals cn'' be made to conform to new conditions and ne cessities of warfare. - Matters at pres ent should be left in the hands of th president. P. J. - McCumber, United States senator. :;-;:-:K:;v;; ' f Vraalaant Will SaimartiiL ' - Montrose, Pa. The. wanton slaugh ter of non-combatant, passengers and crew by the sinkina or the Lusitania without affordfng them ; the slightest opportunity for escape, -is abhorrent to every ethical and moral conception and destructive of the boundary lines with in which so-called "civilised warfare has been carried on. A grave respon sibllity rests ' upon the president - to meet this serious Internationa) situa tion, for our own citizens were among the slain. In this responsibility he will I have the" full measure; of public support. Nationally we are' aggrieved, therefore w must come to a clear understandingwith Germany,-and this without delay.t for wes cannot accept theiFalaba. Gulfligbt and Lusitania cases as within the settled policy of maritime warfare. W, LVP. Ainy, for eign;! affairs committee. v? :; ; Ji" .Aot When Facts Known, j' j Canton, Qhio The sinking of ; the Lusltanla is the most deplorable inci dent of the European war. - Every man with the milk human kindness in his breast condemns any : policy by any nation that leads to the slaughter, without warning, of babies, women and non-combatants. What we ought to do must depend upon the facta after they are jfully disclosed. The president is better able to learn them than anyone eisel, , When they are known, I -have every confidence, that his wisdom, his courage "and his poise will mark put a course to be pursued, .In keeping' with bur i best traditions and -which will meet the approval of all true Ameri cans. . Meanwhile let us all, with calmness, await his judgment. Atlee Pomerene, member senate committee. ! Valdosta, Ga. I cannot ' say more at this time than 'to express my un bounded confidence in the wisdom and patriotism of President Wilson in handling this delicate and deplorable situation. J. R. Walker, member house committee, ' V , - . First Boxing Bouts Staged Friday Eve The first boxing contests under the new law drafted 'recently by the city council' will r be : staged next f fTWty night in the Mohawk club rodms at East Pine and Union avenue. Charley Jost, former matchmaket of the Im perial club. Is arranging the program. Frank' Parslow .and Valley . Tram betus will clash in the main event, which will be six rounds. Billy Macott will meet Carp, and Wagner will be Pitted against Flanigan. Clark, a crack Seattle lightweight, will be sent against "Kid" Mitchell, and Jimmy Moscow -will go against Jack Syveson.; FEDERAL LEAGUE GAMES V Courtney Will Start. Marshfleld, Or., May 10. D. O. Sam uels, one of the owners of. the Court ney mill, near Marshfield, says, the plant will be operated Jyne 1. It will mploy 36 men and has capacity of 75.000 feet daily. The mill was built by A. A. Courtney seven years ago, but was tied ' up by, litigation until bought by Samuels, George E. Heuck and a Portland man. K At Newark: .V - n H K Chicago a 7 2 Batterles-iiendrtx and Wilson; Fal kenburg and Randen. . Money and Jewels Are Left on Train When Mrs. R. J. Bund of Ryan Place, i on the Oregon Klecjrlc, left a train of that railroad at the Jefferson Btreet station yesterday, she left her purse, i containing , a diamond ring valued at $H6 and several other arti cles of jewelry, lying on the car seat. Several minutes later she discovered the loss. She reported the loas first to the police station and later a search was: made of the cars of the train in railroad yards, but the property was not recovered. - Expert Swimming, Diving Features The swimming pool Of the Multno mah club is to be the -scene of some expert swimming and diving tomorrow morning, when four applicants foe. the positions jof swimming instructors in the city's parks take a municipal civil serviee examination. Those who have applied are H. S". McKay, C. C. Walker, Miss Bess C. Burch and I. P. Foster. Campbell .-Is Coming. ' -Marshfleld, OK, May -10. C." L. Campbell was taken" to) Portland yes terday by a deputy United States mar shal, having been bound over to the federal court on a White slaving charge. - Mrs. Doye, , complainant, ac companied Jiim. It is . alleged he -brought her from California., DAVIS FAVORED FOR HANDICAP GOLF AT. EXPO. mj in .i ii iru llll VV I I I X I I I U I I I ' Score or Presidio Links at Bay City, San Francisco, Cal., May 10 (U. r.) Harry. K. B. Davis, Panama-Pacific exposition champion, was the favorite when the first round of match play la the Paname-Pacifla exposition handi cap golf, tournament began today on the links of . the Presidio Golf club. Davis won. the low gross quallfylns score prize Sunday, after playing off a tie with John Law son. Davis was matched with II. Warner Pherwood. Other pairings In the first flight vere: John Low son versus M. A. McLaughlin: K. II. Bankhead versus Dr. James Saves; Jack Neville versus Louis SI oss Jr. Those In, this flight played from scratch. There were IS men in each of th other three flights and they played A. T. 0. Wins Meet And S. 0. .Baseball University of Oregon. Kluirene.' Or.. May JO. Interf raternlty baseball, and track is practically over at the Uni versity of Oregon. Saturday morning the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity won thetrack and field meet, taking 33 points of the total of 163, which were divided among 10 other campus or ganizations. The Sigma Chls received the first place silver cup in baseball by beating the Sigma' Nus 2 to 4 Fri day night. The second place cup I still awaiting the outcome of the Sig ma Nu-Dormltory a-ame. ert Ford, a freshman Kappa Slums from Salem, was high point winner In the track meet, taking 23 of the 21 points that gave his fraternity third piace. Ford won the 100 yard dash in 10 2-5 seconds, the 120 and 220 yard nuroies, and the 220 yard dash, and second place in the broad Jump. ine ranking of the clubs werer Al pha Tau Omega 33, Beta Theta Pi 28. Kappa Sigma 26, Oregon club 16, Dor mitory club 14. Sigma Chi 11. Iota Chi 11, Phi Delta Theta 9, Delta Tau Delta 6, Sigma Nu 6 and Phi Gamma Delta 2. ucii wriuiif or -i:a.iiinpr on Haver- tlsers, you will confer a favor by man tlonlna- The Journal. . ( Adv.) 0. CUSHION RUBBER HEELS , Protect you against . slipping, and gives your; step the safe buoyant lightness of the trained athlete. - ' J.. 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