3WM -a c 3 Medford Mail Tribune ,S -' SECOND EDITION WEATHER L" 1'n I r tonight and Similar Mm, 7H; Mta. 4a.4 L Pnrly.flMi Yriir. Illy- 'IVntli Year. MEDFORD. ORMOtf, SATURDAY, MAY 8, 1915 i i( NO, 41 ., a . l.il TORPEDOED LINER LUSITIK DEATH ROLE NOW TOTALS 116 -l,i' te SBTJ nmni r rEOrtt ALL BUT ONE OF IE Two Torpedoes Fired Famed Amer icans Amwifi Lost Gerard Starts Probe Qiitenstown City of Hor rorsRescued Passenners Give Little Details. LONDON". Mny 8. Tim latest available Information Indicate (lint nlioitt 10 thirds of tho persons ou board (lie l.imltnnln Ioni tliolr llyos. Tint number r passenger I rIv 'ii by dm Cunnrd Stut ntnhlp repre sentatives In New York nn 12M. sunt or III" crow nn lillS, n total of 1 0 1 1. Tim number of survivor now nc- (-minted for Is 703. Tills Indicates n dentil lint of 1 2 10. Hope Hint I tin Hut of person sav- oil mny bo materially Increased wero dashed liy mi annnunrciiiuiit from tho llrltlHh admiralty Hint nil but one of tli roscuo fet which put out from Uitrenslown linil reported and Hint there wn little propert of now of further survivors. Ne or t helms In quiries nro being mmlo nil nlnng tho count In tho hope thnt other rescue may hnvo hern mmlo by small craft uhlcli put In nt Isolated points. I'liKt Cnlilii Suffer Of th 300 first rlns pasmmgor. II Ik now believed only 70 woio unveil. .No word linn been rocehed of Alfred Owlnno Vanderbilt nml otliT prom inent men who wore aboard, Tim story of tho Lusllnnln cnino In slowly, owing partly to tho con dition prevailing nt Qiioonstown where moil of tho survivor were landed. No Information was avail iiblo an to how many of tho Ainer Irnnn on tho l.imliunla hail conn down. Htorli'it told by survivor retimed to rouflrm tho early report that (ho l.iislinnlu hail been struck b) tuo torpedoes. Amhnssmlor Gerard nt Berlin was directed to make impilry of the Her man government concerning tho sink- I in; of the l.imltanla. Wlillo tho sit iiiitlon In regarded nt Wnshlngton nn n serious one, on ncrount of tho loan of American liven, It U expected tho government will nwnlt tho receipt of official Information from Germany boforo deciding upon fuither stop. Moreno Horror Qitccnstnwn linn never witnessed iiucli n scene boforo. Tho dead nro being conveyed to tho morgue anil undertaking establishments and number of motor earn hnvo been brought Into service to tnko tho In J ii red to hospitals, Tim less serious Injured nro helm; helped by Bailors mill HoldlerH. Iloth men nml womou rescued, If (buy nro nblo to walk, rofma to ro main In tholr hotels. Thoy haunt Urn dork. wnltliiK nml watching for friends nml relatlvuH, Many of tho nun-Ivor nro Ht 111 bo- (Contluuoii on potto two) HEAVE GERMANS IN 'CHANGE TO STREET IN WRATH t H HHH i.o'nnT. Mnv h. .i!i ii. in. a. ... ' "".'. ' -' -" ' -Tho feeling of ri'Hculment ruinst (loi'iiinitv nvi'i- tint liii'im. IIBIli doliiK.nC tho Imhilnuin wn so " HtroiiL' on tlui Htook I'Xdliiinuo t " HiIh inorniiiK Hint tho llrilish 7 moniherrt iinileil nml turned till "I thoir follow iiiemliei'H of (lorinitu oriKin, nml iilso Column oIciUh, " J lintllly- out of llio liousti, Tho J Jhilisli iiipiiiIiii-h hnvo urnuiKcd " to hnvo potitioiiH put up in ovory " miirkot on Jromhty, uskluj,' tho " ooniiuiltco to uxelmlo nil Hiifh " "y inoinhofB from llio Iiourd, mid "" J this np!to of llio fnot tlutt llio " lUi'iuborH of Oonunn iii'litiit "II " Imvo ijutttniliKiitioii piipotH, "" SH PS N 703 SURVIVORS 137 AMERICANS I r- ILOST LIVES IN SEA TRAGEDY President and C.ililnet Walt (or Full Facts Before Glvlr.j Out Policy Calmness Urycil liy Foreign Com mltlee Head Yankee Consuls Start Probe Amonn Survivors. OSIIINflTON, Mnv H.- Appnllrd liy llio tlnuii iipeel or the l.iiMlimlii dliili'i' im Imiiilv ileveiiiiiieii(4 iIim eliiMtil ilx mnuiiilucle nml liii-reneli-Ini; piH-iliilllie, with llio proliulile o4 of III" Ameiienu lio, I'rexident WiIhoii nml hi- it ih Worn nro wniltiiK for nil llm fiH'l. nml for it cr.Vhlnl liriitmii of putilio opinion l nid in liijinj; out tho ooiirxo tho I'nited SliiloH will purMio in th i- Inlaxt inter milionnl eiiiiiplii'iilinn -tho prnvrit the pri'Kiileiit Iiiik fneeil Mliec the out hreuk of the liuroN-nii w n i , l'ifideiit WiUoii, wlulo M't'kin;: the liietn, Impcn tint I the eoiiutrv wilt iifhiime mi ruiiiiiiiiiiic uttltmlo mm reeive full judgment until I'omplcte iiifonimtion it nt hum!, Keoretiiry llrynu rubied Ambits!! dor (lernnl ill llerliu today to inform nlly nxk llio (Jennan piveriiiurut for it h it-port of tlie dUnstoi' and to Am bnMidor l'ne nt London he hrnt iiii"i.iioi urintt teiirwed effoiti. to nid the Miffuriui; nml (.'iitlier itifor million. I'leMilnil WilMin, whilo ho went to llio coif liiil.N for hirt recreation, left triet iiolni('tiotiM to be notified of nny iuipnitiiiit dispatcher.. Cnhlnet oflieeix who had plmini'd n week-end liolidny nwny from Wiixhinaton, eon eelled their pliuiK. riiuiiimiii Stone of Hie mmmIo for rlit ndiitious I'ominittee, ixhiied n tulemeiit eonm-ellin oiilmue-i. f'lininunii Stone pointed out Hint ipinlifsin; oiteunintiuief inut he taken into conidemtiou boeiui( lh. I.UMtnuiii Wiih u belligerent, but he rnuidett:d the nttnek on the Ameri enii (luinij;lit n niueli more mmioiih of feiiMi itKitiiiMt neutinl rihU. The Amerienii onmul nt QueeiiH- town nml vieiuily were ordered to rendei' eveiy ns-'isluneo to Ihe in jured uud MinivorH ami tnko testi mony. WASIIINnTON', .Mny 8. Lute to dny tho hlnlo depart iiienlV ndvioes iieeouuled for as nnfo hhly-ttine of the 188 AuieiieuiiH on the l,iMtanin. That iiumher did not iueliide llnee iiudeulified hodie whieli wele Ihoiiht to ho thoxo of Aiiierieiiiis. iechIalIea io SUBMARINE'S ACT AVARMINOTON', Mny 8. Tho fuel Hint tho liiixitiiuiu wax a llritisi idiip, flying the lliilihh Hut; and oven hud ooutrahiiml of war aboard, did not remove from tho minds of officials llio eer-recurrent thought that u hos tile milium rino deliberately destroyed tho hhip with tho Kuowledo that linn dredri of del'eiiHeleHH ncutrnlH nml wo men and ehildten weio nhouid. Kverywhero thnt aspeet ovcivhad- owed Jho lej;nl phnsott of tho pane, for while there ih said to ho no precedent In international law for tho attack without warning ou a belligerent mer ehautimiu, It wan realixed that do femo miulit hdi mado on tho ohui'KP that t;uuH we io niouuted on tho deek, Thnt, however, tho HrilUh government liitH denied, In many (piartorn it was thought linihahlo representations to Clormniiy will ho general covin int; ll tho eases of attack on Amorienn vessels, la official rptn iters nml amoiiR dip lomats, (hero wiih uppioheiihiou that tho American people miht not eoiw hider ropresentntions huffieieut. A Hpeiil seHston of consross has been (allied of, hut thuro lias been no iuti tnatjoi (if It iih yet from any official Hmrttir, Al DARKEN yMUH LJ4Bm KFr-i'- &rmmm wKf T??K4 iJj ifKrJ "mSiSL 'tBL. ticSf- jlry rdkkM&lJEa& L 7tin' lM. iHkiH iiP . I '. ' Ji iiKiHliH H -"t'' ?i A (fioupof Hie lllliei.l Offleornnf Hi illicit of the Henlrn NKW YOltIC, Sluy 8 -lnurnnro on tho l.imltanla, It w mild today, nmotinteil to J7.. "00,000. Tho c M'l an valued. In round figure nt 110,000,000. Tho Hortb of tho carp a ibn carried wan rerkoned today nt 1730,000, On tho amount of limirnnco car ried. It Ii understood tho lino paid n liremluiii of three per cent ami a npe cUl vnr rlk premium of 1 Vi per cent for each trip. Jt In understood tho lino cnrrled one-third of tho In surance, tho remainder being di vided nuioiiK l.loyd'n nnd other un derwriter. About one-half tho In mirnueo upon tho cargo wnn taken by local underwriter nnd tho rest by Mo)d'. Tho cargo rnte. In fluenced by the theory Hint tho fanl liner wnn too ipeedy to bo caught by n torpedo, wnn 1 per cent, much lower than tho cuntoniary trans-At lantic rnto ut this time. Tho l.imltanla carried 2S0 lings of mall. Shn had no npocto aboard. On her manifest tho largest ulnglo Item wan listed ns "cartridges nnd ammunition, -1200 case, $152,400." Tho cartridges nnd ammunition ensea wcro consigned to London. VANDERBILT FATE STILL UNKNOWN; ING SHOT NKW YORK, May S.-Cahlecrnms from abroad telling of tho safety of pasheners or Hiiyinij their fato was unknown, were received here today by relatives of tho-o aboard. Captain Isaac Hmerson, father-in-law of AlfredO. Vnudcibilt, mmlo piiblio a biief cahleKiiiin received to day front i.(htt Vanderbilt njtent in London. Tim sender cstimnted tho number of survivors at (100 ami said Mr, Vanderbilt was "still jni-sinr." Mrs. Vanderbilt is with her father here. It. Mi Bryan received a cnblesram tellinjr of tho safety of I). A. Thomas tho no-called llrilish coal kiiuj, who was rescued with his daughter, Lady Mnckworth, and his secretary lteeso Vans. C. V. Ibiwrinsr or UowriiiR & Co., owners of the Jed Cross line, was in tho water four hours, neeerdin: to u eallejram veeeivcil by his wife. Tho message, dajed Queeiii-toWii, Mny 8, read: "Torpcdoeilvithout warning, port side, .lumped ovorhonrd (.taihoaid side, In wator four hours. No ill effects." Mr. Howilng U president of, hc St. (Icorjjo.'j) boululy lieto. INSURANCE UPON LINER $7,500,000, VALUE $1,000,000 NO WARN GENERAL OFFICERS OF ITALY'S ARMY IN DRESS th o Hnllnii Anny. ItepreM-ntliiK by Tliel TURK PACT WITH ITALY VOID, IS 4 OKN'KVA, Switr.eriund. via Pari, May 8, ::'-0 p. m. Tim Tribune pub-li-liex a dispatch from Home Miyiim Hie Italian novernme'uT.lin ilecidcd, owinjr Io tho recent upri-inir in Trip oli, to notify Turkey thnt it eonid- M WAR ered void the treaty of Iiii-anne.offieo and liy noon tho officc were Such a iiotitlciitioii, the Tribune -a vs. would amount to a declaration of war. Passenger trains from Itnlv nre crowded with Gentian uud Austrian. A number of German ciirrepoudoiiH from Milan nnd Turin have, arrived at LitKiinn. After (ho upri-inir of rebels nenr Mina, Tripoli, liibt month, it was re porled from Itomo that the iiir.un-'eiit wero being led by Turks. CABLES NEWS OF SAFETY TO CITY A eablo front Jl"s H'rothy ronnor, ou tho LiiMtuiiia when torpedoed, to day continued the who report of her Mifety and lifted a heavy load of anx iety from the niindt or local relative and friends. Nothing m the great war has brought to cloe homo the av ngery of German warfare. Interest in the l.usitnniu was intense. i WASHINGTON, May 8. Dr. How ard L. Fisher, brother of Walter L. Fisher, former Mccretary of tho inter ior, who wis o:. tho l.usitaniu, going to (ho American Ited Cross unit in Ilelgium, cabled to his vife heto from (Jueenstown today hu was safo and well, , v r '; Dr. Fisher is a hrother-iu-lnw of Houdiiiot Connor ami traveling com panion of Miss Dorothy.' Ho visited in this valley a year ago. BERLIN GLOATS T LONDON, May 8, .11:18 a. in, Tho Kxcliaugo Telegraph company has received today tho following tele gram from Copenhagen; "Heiliu mnv&paper prints tho news of tho sinking of tho Liisitauia in colossal type, and hail tho torpedo ing of tho ship as a ntfw triumph for German naval policy, Tho general impression is that l.uglaml bus got what olio deservo,Ji.,J DIM CONNOR ER RAGEDY UNIFORMS r nrlou fiilfonns Nearly Krcrr ;TEUT0NIC AO. OF . DEATH AGAIN IN XKW YORK, irnv 8.-TeIeram by (he hundred poured into the Clin nrd offices here today, jnuking in; miiries" ivardin nnrvivuis J of the I.usitnuiti. A tho day wore on a crowd gathered at tho C'uunrd line tilled with men und women, iniinv of (hem crying, who waited for word of relatives and friends aboard. Sev eral hundred more, unable to crowd into the offices, crowded the side walk. I.its of survivors Usiied were scanned anxiously. Kvcry clerk in the lincV employ ex cept those engaged in making out lists of survivors ns they dribbled in from Liverpool, wns put to work nnswering impiiries. The walls of the office nml the counters were placarded with passenger lists showing nil aboard. A chcckaimirk in ink wns placed oppo site (he names of thoe reported saved. There were ninny white kiids between the cheek marks. There was froipient mention during the day of the fact that tho adver tisement plueed by the German em bassy in New York newspapers tho morning of tho LuMtnnin's sailing, had reappeared in (ho newspapers to day. Simultaneously wiih tho reappear ance of this advertisement tho l.usi (nnia was stricken from (ho adver tisements of tho Cunnrd line. At tho offices of the line it wns an nounced nt noon that it was known that seventy-niuo of tho first cabi.n passengers had been saved, according to lists compiled from their own ad vices and other sources. A revision of the passenger list placed the total number of passengers aboard at 12il4. The crew numbered (H5."5, making a to tal of 11)10 persons on the ship. BUT THEIR OWN FAULT THEY SAY AMSTKltDAM, May 8, via London, l:."tO p, in. A dispatch leccivcd hero from Cologne quotes the Cologne. Ga zette on thu Liisitauia incident as follows; ''There is no Germnn living who will not regie t this incident and pity tho travelers drowned, 'J hoy, however, nro responsible for their own ruin, since they trusted themselves to a vessel which, it was well known, would pass through waters Germany had nnnounced wero tho &ceno of sub marine warfare. If many Americans, and Komo Americans of high position, suffered by (ho destruction of tho Lusitnnia, wo nro doubly sorry, hut it was their own fault. W TDK PRESS GERMAN REGRETS t LIBAU, RUSS KEY ! TOPETROGRADIN i GERMAN HANDS Object of Baltic Raid Taken Impor tant Industrial Center Muscovites Still in Retreat Heavy Artillery Duels on Ypres Front Allies Lose Heavily, Claim. HKRI.tN, May 8, via London. "On the grenter part of the front there wcro yesterday the usual artillery duels, which In certain places, name ly at Ypres, north of Arras, in tho Argonne and In the hills of the Mouse Increased In violence from time to time. "An Infantry battle took place In the Vosges. Only In this section did the French attack our position. At Stelnbrueck on both sides of the vnlley of the river Kecht, they at tacked after a preliminary fire of artillery which lasted for hours. All these attacks resulted In failure with hary losses to the French. "In the eastern theater of war: The troops we sent against tho city of Llbau took possession of this town yesterday. Sixteen hundred prison crs, IS cannon and four machine guns fell Into our hands. "The pursuit or the defeated ene my by the army under General Mac kensen and such troops of our allies as joined tho army, was continued steadily throughout yesterday. Our advance forces crossed the river Wlsloka In the neighborhood of Krosno jesterday evening. "The Joint action of all parts of tho nrmy engaged In this advance led to the cutting off of not Jncon slderablo Russian forces. Conse quently the, total number of pris oners taken In tho Gallclan arena since the end of April should so far have been Increased to about 70,000 men. Thirty eight cannon. Including nine of henvy calibre have beoa taken from the Russians." In the capture of Llbau tho Ger mans have gained one of the main 'objects of their invasion of tho Ilal tlc provinces of Russia. This move ment was designed to occupy Llbau and Riga, which would enable the Germans to harass Russian com munications with Petrograd. Llbau Is an Important seaport and Industrial center. It Is about 75 miles along tho sea coast from tho German border. TO ON EVERY BOAT QUKKNSTOWN, May 8, 0 a. in. Tho bodies of victims from tho l.usi tnuiu are arriving on every incoming boat. Thu Cunnrd lino wurehouse, which is being used as a temporary morgue, already lias been filled aiul sixty more bodies have been laken to the town linll. Additional l-ail lie in hotels nnd boarding houses, tho vtctimn of in juries and oxhnustion, Still others aro at tho hospitals, to which were taken thoso whoso condition appear ed most serious. Two littlo children who wero brought nshoro olusped in eachothei-'a anus, have not yet been identified. Mrs. Slnnloy Lines, who was brought ashore in ono of thu ship's bouts, immediately started a search of tho city to find her husband. She learned nt 4 o'clock this morning that ho was dead nt a hotel. Tho women landing presented a pitiful upponrnnce. Somo were cov ered only with blankets. Many chit- tircn wore without their parents. Tho fuuornls of most of tho British victims will bo held nt Qucenstown Sunday. Two stokors have confirmed tho report that tho stenmor wns htrnnk bv two torpedoes, Tho first flooded No, LUSITANIA DEAD UEENSTOWN 1 stokehold and tho second tho m gino room, t JON T ROCK THE BOAT'TILLFACTS E Foreign Committee ChaOma Isshk Statement AnMrfcams m ItHtfT; ent Ship Subject ts Risks of War Gulfliffit Case Mere Cmpht Institote frebe. - WASHINGTON, May R. Chair man Stone,6f the senate foreign rela tion's Committee nnde todar a state ment, which in part Is as follows; "It seem to me that good sens dictates that wo keep our heads until we get our bearings. It Is a bad time to get rattled and act Impulsively. "We cannot overlook the fact that the Lusltonla was a British ship fly ing the llrilish flag and subject at any time to be put Into actual naval service of the government.. Indeed, It Is stated, that at the tlmo she, was carrying military resorvlcts to Eng land for service In the Drltlsh. army. True here were American citizen aboard, but it must not be forgotten they went aboard a belligerent ship, with full knowledge of the risk and after official warning by the German government. "When on beard a Brit ish vessel they were on British soil. Was not heir position substantially equivalent to being within the walla of a fortified city? "I express no opinion at thta time. I am merely nuegestlnn; reasons why. hro should maintain oBf'eflHHIbriHni and not 'rock the beat' until we' know what we aro about. "Aside from the possible loss of American lives, let its ask ourselves Just where we coins In. At the pres ent moment and with the IlKht now boforo me, I confess that It appears to me that from our standpoint as a neutral vessel, the Gulfllght case presents a more delicate and serious complication than the case of the Lu sltanla." Among senators at the capital there -was a general feeling of alarmT but nit refrained from enterlng'fnto public discussion while awaiting de velopments. Tho opinion prevailed that loss of American lives and the manner In which the Lusltonla was destroyed would arouse public opin ion tremendously. Secretary Bryan reached his of- flee early and Immediately went Into conference with Counselor Robert Lansing nnd Assistant Secretary Phillips. Officials showed by their demeanor they realized they' were facing a grave situation. Secre,tury Oarrlson conferred with hla assistants and Secretary Daniels consulted his aides. Everywhere tho attitude of President Wilson was tho subject of grave consideration. Most officials scennd to agree that It might bo several days before the policy of tho United States could be formulated because of the scarcity of Information of an official charac ter. ,i i.-M VON TIRPITZ HERO; BERLIN SEES TRAGEDY AS FIEEI REVENGE KNOWN STQN LONDON, Mny 8, 1;1$ p. m Tho Exchange Telegraph . . "" comnanv has received a disuatidi from Jlerliu by way of Amster- "t J dam, which reads; . . "Hundreds of telegrams of f J congratulation nro being sett Adiuiral von TirpiU, the florm"aKT" J minister of marine, on (he sink- f' ing of (ho Lusitania," which 'jit. ' ' J considered by the German tof' an npswer to the d&tru(i f "" tho Gorman squadron, ff V" Falkland islands. ' , "Tho news of Hi a lika uf'iks Lusitania was rwpivtt) yU - mixed, cxprtMiiori ,f awa- uiGtit nnd entkuLii." r " , A A , . , . ' t T t v,t iv HH - ' tj i til : t vi -" z :sQ 4 W O