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ftiMifewt 'tea . i f .. ,, ' .i Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATK1H Matt. 7; MIh. 47. 4r night nml HMnntay,'"' ITnrlv.ririti Yrtir. hnitr-Tunlli Yfnr. Sailed From New York May 1st Slock Markets Paralyxed by Great est Disaster Since Titanic Sank Washington Stirred by News Small Boat to Rescue. NEW YORK, Mny 7. The Cniinnl liurr l.twilnuln, one of (ho fiiMcst hliiN ullimt, wit Itnpeilnril mill Mink this iifu-riKHHi rr tin 'iihi or no. lnnil, leu niili'H smith of MiiiHilc. Slu liml iiImuuiI l-M passengers. Flu- Milled from this poll luM Sntnr tny, Mny I, mul eiiined in uddlllnii to Iht own passenger lt 1(I!I pnseu (its Inuinfrrinl In her l'iin llm Ait rlior liner CiiU'iiii'tilu. Tin' new of her sinking wn nn- liiiiiuced liy lint local office of lln Cumin! Mint nml win hiied on til1t mlvlce received fioin lint liinn nf fift? of Hit' enmpiinv in Liverpool. Three dimlehi", rcecivrd in llm or drr named, weiv mado pnliliit hy llm Unit jhiiI irnil iif follew: 'Vi n-erlved from tin bind' End wireless station news nf i'Kirlcil ills IniHH imi I U made liy lint l.uhilunln nskiug for mHkmii'o lit oiiim. Ili llt. I'usitifui leu nilli't south of Kin Milr. SfiliM'iiiiriilly n'ccivnl tcft-grum fioni Qui'ctistmvn lluit nil nviilliililn t'nifl in llio hnibnr liml been ,dn patched J n$i.J!' Tlit' second message to the local of lift' rt'inl; "Qiieeilfclnwii, .M p. in. About twenty IioiiIn of nil cor I belonging In our lino mo in vicinity vvlicni l.int- tiinin sunk. .MmiiiI nflt't'ti nllii'r bonis nir milking for spot In render assistance." Tin' third cablegram wn dated Livcipoiil, nml rcnii: "rollowiiiB received liy nilinlrnlty: 'Galley Head, Is'J.'i p. in. Several boats, nppnti'iilly suivivnr, south cast nine miles. Greek Mcnuicr pro. ecedlng to nmd-t.' " Di-pnti'lntH teeeived iTt front I.ott ilon, Liverpool nml Quceiistnwn con firnifil tin' news. One nf llm iocs hiiges nmil it wnt believed Unit nil llii' big liner's passengers liml lit't'n received b tlio L'niinnl lino hero early this nfti'rnonn. Tim Cuiiiinl lino announced Hint it would make public ns fast ns rorciv cil nil ilinpnti'licH on tint hlukinc uf tin' l.tiNJImiin, inclinliiiK' IIiom iclnt inj; In llm fnlo uf the piifrti'iiKOr. Tim ntoi'k mnikt'l wn kIiiihu'iI ly tint iipwh. A lorrt'iit nf M'llim; or- tlfru pourrit in from vtry xorllon of tlio country. A IhtkhI ot inlciiMt ex cilciucnt followcil. PrlcCH in war fipccliillioi broke lft to 110 noiiitN within mi hour. .Slnhlo Jhuoh dropped ' In in point n. Ltito toilny llm fiiunrd lino nffii' !nln li'ccivi'd n dUpnlch front Qiii'i'tix. town ninliii(i Hint n Inrpt hcmnir mid ninny miiiiII chhc1h nml IioiiIh Mcio in tlio iclnity roiiiloiiii),' nsnlst mico, Tim ilihpnloli followrt; "LnrRit Hti'iitner jitht nrrivnl in vi- (Continued on 1ijj R,) STOCK PRICES NnW'YOIUv, Mny 7. On tlio Mork ftxolintiKu oxcltumuiit followcil tlio miWH of iho dlHimtur tn tlio I.tiHltunln, Thcro wan a wild null to noil mid prlcuH foil uwny wllhln una hour from 1 r to 110 poliiU In wnr niioolnltlim nml flvo to ton poltttH In tlio ittoro litublo Ihhuoh, lU'tliloliPiu filcol which hud Hcoroil n now IiIkIi nicocd, yielded nil U unlu nml diopimd front HO to 1U0 botwutiii HIlll'H, WimtliiKlioinin lirnka twonly polntM. Tho unllliiK coiilliiiind for tlio huluiico of llm Mtiftnlniit (ViminlMlnii Iioiiwm liml hiii(crM Willi Hkliumlvn wlro con lii'iilnimt inrnivliiK imlllliK orIm Iioiii h fur off H Huh Vrwlwa, Um Aflw HHd Hvw UrlVHNM, MANIA TORPEDOEDWITH 1253 ABOARD; DETAILS DIFFER DISASTER SHAKES TORPEDOED OFF COASTJF ILAi BY LATEST PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE SUNKEN -i xx ai j. 1 1 LOSITANIA SAFE Ti NI'.W YOHIC, Mny 7. Chnrle V. Simmer, Kfiii'inl iipuit of the t'ttnuvtl line, nuitl when tlio Lusltniiin hiiiled tlutt thu dip wu not attended hv any t ink whateer, us Dm liner lunl n upoeil of Iwenly-fiM' mnl u luilf knotK mid wiiH provided with iiiiiiniuil w titer tijiht httlkliemlt. In ooiuiiu'iitin on the lepnrt of tlio toniedoiiiir uf the I.usilmiiu today, niiitino iitt'ii pointed out tlutt in their opinion tlio I.itHitmiiu could not lie Hiink hy n r-itiplo lorpedo, Clutrli'ii T. nnwrittfr, licml of Hie firm of llowriuK llnm., mid jiresiilent of tlio St. (lenrjjoV Hociety, wH one of tlio piiNM'iijjerM who miiletl on the Ltmitmiiti. He eoiuiiieiiled on the ml vurtineiiient npiieariiiK' in Hie nioritiup; pnperi! (thnriutlerixlui; it in n nllly perfurmnnee mid below the dignity of ti diplomatic rcpicenlative of tiny fineinn poverniiieul. AleMttiiler I'anipliell, getternl imiti iier for lie wnr 5c Soiih, London, wlin iiIho sailed, refoned to the udver Hi'iiienl uh 'toiiiinyrol." Other iasHeii(eis on Hie l.iisitiiiiln ineluiled Klheit llulilmid, publisher of (ho l'lnlistine. After Motorcycle Record KAN DIIXKI, Cut., Mny 7, -K. llnhei'. who hohU llm IrmiHi'oiitiiienl- nl inoinieyele leeord nl' II iIiih, l'i Ihoiiv nml HI in uuleri. lelt heie it lillillllulll lMl HiUit ill "Il Milloinnliil' fur New Ymk t'llv In mi iitl"inpl tn lower IhU mink'. Tim mil In mi nf llelal one. t'oniliii'led liliilei' the llllo nf Hie Aiiieileiiii Anl"in'il'llo iioei hIIuh, , , - M ORPEDOES OWNERS OPINION MEDirORD. GERMANY-WAITED ETO WARI1INCITO.N. Mny 7. President Wllion wk Informed of tlio sluklnR of tlio l.uMtunlu and wlttto liotiso of flclnlii dhowod keen anxiety to lenrn wjieiher any American liven wcro loRti No comment wns made. Officials did not beltovo thcro would bo comnllrntlonB, however, un lesH Amerlenu UveB wore lost. A few dny8 uro Antorlcan officials heard privately from porsonnl Bourc o that (lormnity lutomlod to destroy the l.usltaitla nt tlio first opportunity to terrorUe llrltUh sltlppliiK. nml to roHtrnln comomrco with tlio allies. It wan said by officials hero that If there existed n plan In tlio Gor man admiralty to torpedo tlio Lust ttiuln, every precaution hud hoen tak en by .tlio (lerinan Biihmarlno com niamler to Insuro tlio snfoty ot tho paHHeiiKers. Bhould any American h lose their lives, tho case would bo covered, of ficials thoiiKht by the warning to norntuny that hIio would bo held In Unit event by tho United Rtntea "to u btrlct accountability." Women Besiegers Evacuate US1IIN0T0N, Mny 7.- Mr Lawrence Lett In, Jr., nml Mr. Hurry, l.oweulniiVi two I'hiliiilelphiit women ufl'iiiKiKtH, who hitvo been luwle(jln; llm while JiniiMi In perxomilly uslt I'li't-lihlit W'iUon In iidilriM sutim uf hhelr niiHilifcin I'hlhnlelphlit Monday, (tine II up ludnv mnl nniioiiiieed lliey n'niilil ii'immv llielr elTnrlM when Ihu ptet!cnl t;oe u 1'IiiIhiU'I)iUi, AN SINK CNARDER OHRCIOtf, IWIDAY, MAY BRITISH LINER LOSITANIA, PREY OF A A El imwST a WmT " 'fM H m. ... A t i AM CRISIS IN FAR EASI; E Japanese Ultimatum on Twenty-four Demands Expires Sunday Firm Stand by Mikado Military Moves at Tslen Tslng Situation is Clear Ing. WASH1X0T0N, Mny 7. lnfoumx tlou l'roin n hitfli official souive lute today is Hint tho far eastern crisis has been mcrtcd and that u favorable settlement between Japan mid China w in prospect. TIBtf TSIK, Cliinn, IU 7. The Jnpniieso consul here is dctuiuitiK 'id cotiiuiundeeriii,' nil Japauwou uleutiierH in the port. All Jnpuiiese subjeelH hnvo been wn rued tn be icadv to depart on fchmt notice. The .lmiauese nostol'fico is refusing to icccivo mu)l tmitler. 1'KKINO, Mny 7, V.kl Hickl, Hie Jiipuiiese minister to 'China, went tn tho Cliinene foteiKU office belween II nml l o'clock this ufleruoon mid pre Heuled the Jitpuuese tiltiimftuiii wltich lusislK Hint Cliinu accede tn Hie de miimlii picicnted hy Iho Tukio miv einuu'iit. ', The piesenlullou of Hie .Inpnnese iilliiiiatiini In (html U tho ciiliiiinallou of iho neollatloiis which huNn been KniiiK mi urn Jnini'iry) mnl winch (tfwlluiied wT6 lo) NOT ISSUED 7, 1015 Tin' I.iiltnnln coming anil koIiik! Tuo plintnrnidis nf the emit Cur mil liner lkMi ns Mio ww roIhk Into 3lcroy rlcr, T.IrrxHi1, Kiiftland. ()iu v l of the Imjw end; the other In uf tlio stent. E TO CONCEDE DEFEAT IN EAST LONDON, Mny 7, 12:3. p. m. Tho buttle to decide the um-tery of Hill No. 00 mul tho desolated country n round Ypres has not yet rear lied it final stapes-, nor huvo tho l!iisiniiH bhown signs of noeeptinjr the Gennnn elnim that n crushing defeat has been iiitlieted upon them in western Oal icia. That tho Kusians liaxo b'eeu pushed back many miles, ftiht across the Dituajeo nml now nernss tho Vis loku river, which roughly parallels the Dunujeo ftlteeu miles to the eastward, all the dispatches from (lorinnu mid Austrian sources insist, hut the KuglLsh newspapers still re fuse, to concede n jjront victory to the Auslro-QennniH, nltlioiiRU they ml mit that t Rivut teutntivo success hits been achieved. There ih (jrent faith hi Knjjluud in the reouporiitivo (lowers of ltii-sian nuns, mul the disposition toi")lte nto nicnt seems t bo to suspend judg ment on the rpiCdiioii of whether the Itussians, if driven from Dukla Vif, will he foieetl to abandon their ad vance nguliist Huupiry, mid, indeed, their petitions in western Qulicia. At any rule, the argument is be ing made by ltrilisli observers that the Russians hhotihl liuve no troithlo in holding their hue on the liver Situ, in enktern (Jiilicia, cpecinlly ns their flunk is pnw covered hy l'reiuysl. Thu lighting in I'lnnders fimU llm (leriiiiuis hIIII iiiitkhig use of asphyx luting Kit'" nml them i it notice- utile ciiiient iiinnliig Ihronuh Hie llrtllt prei whlvtt lubUU thut thv ENILSH REFU RUSS NO. 40 - o liAfiiii'; GEMN snHE PASSENGEfiSANO , SEAWOLFS BLOW E E XKW YORK, May 7. Tho Cunard steamship company announced today that It had received from Its agents In Kngland an unconfirmed report that the steamship Lusltanla had been torpedoed without warning off tho coats ot Ireland. Tho text of the statement follews: "The whole concern of tho Cun ard company Is for tho safoty ot the passcngors and crews. The material loss does not count as It ts covered by Insuranco. "Tho I.usltania was torpedoed wlthotu warning and sank almost Immediately. It Is known that a number ot tho largo boats aro afloat. Every effort Is being mado to obtain tho fullest information which will bo published Immediately upon receipt," Tho weather is favorable to tho work ot rescuing tho Lusltanla's pas songrs. according to Information con tained In a cablegram received by tho Cunard lino from Queenstown. Tho message stuted: "Weather hero beautifully fine. Wind southeast, light." Of the J '.'33 pasongera aboard, 290 wero In tho first cabin, 603 In tho second and 801 In (ho steeruge," allien should ndopt counter mrflsurc ut mice. Coincident with Hie AiMro-flerinHii elainiK of victory In Onlicln, tber Iim been n iiiHrked iunreawe In Him ru- won of Ituliuii iuUrvmthtti, CAM WITHOOT FORMAL NOTrC CREW ALL SAFE; WARNNGS Stricken Ship Sank Twenty-en Min utes After Shtt-LlfNts RftMh Irish Ceasf Heavy Ltw f LHt Feare4-ReCMe Wert Ihtfcr Way Details Lackiitf . LONDON", Mny 7, Stt.'i p. m. The Canard eomjmny hn definitely ns-( certnincd that tho liven nf the p hengers nnd the rrcw of the LuMlnnin have been hiivcd. LONDON, Mny 7. -The erew nnd pns-tcngcrs of the Lusitanw have been hnved. XKW YORK, May 7. AeeordiiHC tn a Loudon dispatch put out hy ike Dow-Jones ticker late today, the Cunnnl Steamship eomrmny in Lon don issued mi official satti-ment then tonight declaring that the Liutitnnui had been tnqiedoed without warning mid sunk almost immediately. " LONDON, May 7, T-M p. m. No information ns to the fate of the pas sengers and crew' of tho LitsitHRiM was available in Indon up to 73Q o'clock this cvenim;. Tlio Cunnnl offices imj-ondafl were besieged by intpiin'rs, among tkem pinny American hn ing. relative or J-..r. T 1 il In..-' l? inenos auoani ine wtfrrnnfHT. NEW YOHK. May 7. There were 188 American passengers in all aboard the Ltisitania, according to u compilation made hue today nt Hie Cunard offices. Tho Itritish number ed il'id nnd other nationalities made up the remainder of the .")3 passen gers aboard. QUEENSTOWN, May 7. Tho Lu sitnnin was seen from tho signal sta tion nt Kinsnlo to be in difficulties at 2:12 p. m. At 2:.i:i p. m. ha had completely disappeared. This indicates that the liner was afloat twenty-one minutes after what evidently was the beginning of her trouble. i NEW YOHK, May 7. Lnlo this af ternoon the Cunard line mado public tho following di-pateh from Liver- 4 pool : "Following received by admiralty: 'Galley Head, 4:2. p. m. Several boats, apparently survivors, M'uthes nine miles. Greek steamer proceeding to nssUt.' " ' QUEENSTOWN, May 7. Accord ing to n report received isco the first wireless "S. O. S." call was sent by the LiiMtnuin nt 2,:15. This read: "Wunt ussLstnncej listing badly." QUKEXSTOWX, May 7. Tho Lu- sitanift was seen fnun tho signal Kiu tion nt Kinsnlo to be in difficulties nt noon. She had completely stuik ut 2:M p. m. This indicates Hint the liner floated for two hours nnd a half after what wan evidently tho beginning of her trouble. t NKW YOUK, May 7. No deflate word as to the fate ot the Lusttanlft'H pansengers has been re4lved by tkm t local office of the Cunard line np ( 3:30 this afternoon. (Continued oa Page Five.) 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