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ft Lease Mre fl jfl 1 fLMI tl Today's News Printed Today j r iPSIiM -vw" 1 j I JHIRTI EIGHTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON. SATURDAY" MAY VToT ' -.tt - j ' PRKK TWO CENTS rj b FF CTR PKFM P ?nWlQ NS Ai(MCE lUllIEDSlilUmiA CARRIED nnniT I nPOirr m.r r5 F. Sin .TnKf CAPT1 0F lM Germans i 11 1 MUNinoNs of war. GREAT LOSS OF LIFE DUE CLAMOR AT OFFICES FOR HffiSB' SD-G! Tn cm i ' Si m- REPORTS OF SURVIVORS Latest Reports Say That 703 Persons Were Known To I Have Been Saved Admi ralty Criticized For Not Pro I viding Escort For Liner When Warnings Had Been f Given of Attack-German Attack Bitterly Condemned London. May 8. Ouly 703 passengers, threats in the note to Germany Je .and members of the crew of the Lnsi-1 livered in February, stating that the iHinn were saved and 1,345 probably imperial government would be held to perished when the big Cunard iuer "strict accountability " for the loss of "!""" 'i . urimuu sunuiurine t)tf Kinsale, according to latest reports u.eneji ny me iiritisu admiralty up Su 2:13 this afternoon, ,t At tlml hour tho udmiralty had re rebel mi further reports of rescue 1'ii.e a dispatch from Oueenstowu an- .couneiiig that 4" additional survivors , , , . , , .1 , . , i ,-. ui mu ...iniiuniu, out, eon (ncl been landed there during the morn. firmnsitin of the enormous loss of life ng. 'I Ins brought the number of per-i in the sinking of the vessel aroused the Kins known to have been saved mi to I connti i- mnn i. : ..... 1 . , i . 1 i' w huh t igure the admiralty ..Ifunlci s approximately correct al-! Ii.'i.gh iHiinries are still being made Jl'.ng the coast. t Ken us silent, grief stricken crowds stood about, ihe Cunard line offices here " turni'.l to the admiralty for news . i"w hoy thai some word might come Ml UUsKinir Ti.linivea it wn evident tnnt tlift ti.,1,!.... , . I . I I hrn, i . , "'s 01 "'.", ' "a" inn, ni 'ui crisis iu r.ng- to at. Inst have penetrated the calm of , ,". . . I'ngland and feeling against (Icrniunr ',.;, ." '! ",""' ''or,!'"1 tllat t1"' Kvern- today hardly knew any bounds. i mil be swain,.,i with pointed in- Kditorially Hritish 'papers express l 1 !!,!''" '',lH,ll,,,,,",, ionvenes bitter condemnation the (lermaii at ..on .liuinun. M.uiv members favor re.' tnek l',''lc,o.e m"m i;''"'":,"v of equal The Manchester Guardian declared: ,, vi'": . I "The flerinaii fiiilnnariuo campaign has i h ,w ' ,''r' of, .!," "'''j ",nv "'"'"I -' I'!"""', marked bv C ide II J. ' ' , f'"ll,re t0' "',,r -'''M'ness for innocent lives t jroMd the l.usii:ii with an escort1 than ever before." I ,', w " ", V"',V ,0' ""' twt ,h,,t! 'In' l-iverpool Post asserted: "If t M e' '1m n",ttK 'Tf , b,,en BiV0"! 0"n,l""' d'",ir"1 I'"" f the 1 Vf " W."1,'1 '"' 1'""'I'"1-' l'i"-'l states thrown on the scales of ..in mines Lercslord, former hea.l war against, herself, she could not have , i ' " "aV'. """0,"";,,1 ht he chosen a more effective method.'' , J. iinpiire of Premier As.piith in' Knormoiis crowds besieged the " , coiiiiiifins regarding why i ( 'umird officers lust night and at dav :"IMl ail es. ort had not .l.l,,il.l ... I. I. .1.. .1 t. , ... " ' iiM1 ..Mi i.iMn ....r.. it- ,1 . . , . """. l.iisitniiia safely i I'ri.; i , "no l'ri. I ii ,:,':' n.l'ri' 'Oday anxious- odav anxious- I - 1.11..1M1.111011 i rum washing- - me pians ot the American -U'lMTlltlll'Ilt an. I the extent to which ' ? will follow his PRESENT WAR SHOWS NEW DEPARTURES Werans of Many Battles Find Latest Struggle Different In I All Respects- Artillerymen's Accuracy With Unwieldy Cuns In Uncanny-Men Fight Unseen Foe Four Miles J Away Over A Hill Hidden In Trenches t S alt p1 , VMei PfOMitwcci, us and the I o,v, ;i ,,",,d?!lt . ruined farmhouse ?' l'1"i:lii. il in i . ,, . 1 ""' I reiwi I li':i , . , , ,Mn ,l,l-l':)1 . irt., i' ' .,,ie H"it'h Army, . X,-- .. tii n. nv .Mllll "k.)-This is Frederick Vil. 1"T' '"'.''nth war. Kverywhere we I its tl in the I. IU Kill ,t,na .. . a lid P,V ... I " ....... nvflll- Ullil-IT 5 '" lniii: "Hi,f i . r 'II tU -or, of ,MJ "7n,2 " l'' I Ai Vi ' I oe, ii , pictured wnri i... ""riii, says: "it s all1 c .'"' ' m i babe at this newi (Lir ii " ' "" '"'w n'"'. of course.' .I l I felt eifectv snfe I n I . .V , ,. ' " a quarter of a mile I :Jr. ,. ... treiii'ties, j;'1''"'1 "t that the most danger- it-., warfare was t'h, I f ouneis mar had . ." ir-'iicnes. i ft ere i.t "' nr like that which I necessary in range finding. The tweti ' n " 'o him as they are tojtieth century Hritish artillerymen wcte ' Hut In the main it Is showiinr us how well thev knew to ' o. I ' I'Uli.l J" 'i mi ii.. Villiers' first lam-'shoot. Hut there is another point in ' ""O- In those duys tin' this twentieth century warfare that is "tt a cannon imtil th.nt-Mn mum imoiirtHtil. and that is ti rifi. - . . . siglll, It wna like aiming, it i, ,, "uernoon we looked III.! I ... - I . . 1 Tn,. . ppiitnry artillery fir "".tin,, r''ller.vmeii were at -h, w,lpn the offi- "honed v ' l,n., .'. i map. w re in this section," he "u. I we're miua tn shunt an I.: .. . " He in, it'ii ttti tMiint . " ""atit. in th. L-. tl,nr'' ,n'1 vil, n'1 . ., -mail ami i ur 01 '"'rman trenohea lay be-1 American lives or sh na It is understood that the British government will exchange views with Washington bo that an understanding may be reached before parliament re convened Monday. England was stirred yestorjny bv tlio v i..i. bii; luiiiu mini- luc re-declaration of war against Germany Hritish citizens aro asking euriousl'v. and Americans almost anirrilv. how President. Wilson will be .hie , mnin nun coniinuea neutrality iu the loss of Anioricnn lives warning to Germany. view of and his Kccruiting has been greatlv stlnin- lateit by the amialitnir dlsnsler off T.-: 1.. mt . ..' 1 - "". i no spirit or vengeance seems i . . "m - (ii inc Miiung 1111. 1 increiisea until iiuuure.is were clamoring for news of missing relatives. The officials of the line said thev were indeavoriiiir to nerfect n lis! if uiii-v-ivnrd u-.,r.. l.-i (rontinued on Page Six.) target. "Theie's a German of- there. fleers lire alwavs hanging aro i and iw - '"'v.- to tourt. it up now and then." Fire!" he said. The shell drilled1"."' "'" " ""'';' '" " " "' ..i.;.r , i ,i,, i, ,i, ui... latter striking the water. Jenkins addcii .i... u.:.;..i. .':.... ii'. I i, i lUlicnit ot iii.t i.iiiiu liiiiii-i, nijM.r lull. , wl... saw the shell ex ' - ''l - . telephoned back that it hud : ... . " i iii, ,oe iuhu nn-n , again: tins nine ine message came tnat "ritish artillerviiien tinkered with their ."" ''''li' i'tely is a watchmaker id J"1"""' Jeweled watcn, ami men me gun boomed out again. "It hit the farmhouse," was Ihejjje mcssnifc that came back over tiie tele-ltk pnolie. it was a noo percent snooting. ' - tne two test sums are sins niosi ; m keep in mind where not to a.t. Ijiter in the dav we saw III anion- ishing example of thn. We were ml the Finglish trenches at Ploeghiirect. Villiers had trudged dnwn the trench l before us. Through a ienope we; looked across the deep green' gra-s of .1 No nun's land and saw the German i tr n. hes, not a block distant. j Scattered rifle firing was meesnant. i (Continued oa Faje Five.) Prisoners and Guns Taken Allies Retake Trenches At Hill 60 Merlin, via. wireless to London, May S. ldbau, the Russian port on the Rul tic sea, has been captured, an official statement from the war office an nouneed today. Lilian is 10.1 miles west by south west or .Mitau, one of the chief cities of the Baltic provinces of Hussia against which the lutest, (iermau cam. paign has been directed. It has been bombarded at intervals bv Oermun ves sels. In taking Libnu, the war office an nounced, tho Germans captured 1000 prisoners, 12 cannon and four niachrhe guns. The Austrinns nnd Germans have crossed the Wislok river near Krosno, ir is uocinreit, cutting off a consider able Russian force. The total prisoners iniieu in l.alieia number 70,000. Thirty eight cannon hnvo been captured. French attacks on Stninbrueek and the I'echt valley have been heavily re pulsed, the government announces. In crossing the A isloka river the Austroflernian forces have continued their steady sweep throguh western Gulicin. liy capturing Lilian tho Germans have also met with success in the first phase of their campaign into the Jbiltie provinces. The prime object of mis invasion is not only to raid the rich agricultural districts of Hussia, but to seize Libnu and Riga. British Recapture Trenches. Paris, May S. The Hritish have re captured ut the point of the bayonet part of their line of trenches in Fland ers, previously lost to the Germans, It was officially announced today. Heavy losses were suffered bv the Germans iu resisting the Hritish charge, the war office declared. As a result of their successful attack the Hritish now hold a part of their original po.si. lion upon T I ill. Fttrthor Negotlatlotia. Kome, May S. An announcement to day that the reopening of the Italian parliament, scheduled for May la, had been postponed unlil May "6 was in terpreted to mean that further negotia tions were to b.' attempted with Aus tria. British Steamer Bunk. London, May 8. The Hritish sleamer Dun has been torpedoed ami sunk off the in i r I ti coast "I Ireland, War To End By Autumn. Pasadena, ( 'al., May H. Madame Slavko Gronitch, wile of the Servian uiider-secretnry of foreign nffuirs, as serted today that she had received in. formation from a source that conl.l not be made public which "gives definite reason to believe that the war will end by n ii t n m ti . ' ' Mine. Grnulteli is here in the inter est of Servian relief work. She is an American by birth. One Boat Capsized. That nt least one of the Lusitnnia 's boats, bride. 1 with women and children, capsized litter being laiinciied, was Ihe declaration made to.lav bv Kertrand Jenkins, of New York, one of thn sur vivors of the disaster. After the liner was torpedoed, Jen- kins said, he helped two women into the boat. One of I hem was Miss llram well, the (pern singer, of New Vork. that onlv a few of the occupants of , , ' ii. .ii,- "" 1 " ' "' " """ " " "" : noiii wn i. m i iiiiii- ui. The woman who has fact invariably nuwj whi not lo .In id PASSENGER LIST. LONDON, jlay 8 A revised list of the Lusltaiua'i paasen gera covering their nationality Issued by the Cunard line to day, shows the following to have beeu aboard. First cabin English. 179; American, 100; Greet 3; Swed ish, 1: Mexican, 1; Swlaa, 1. Becond cabin English, Ml; American, 05; Russian, 3: Bel gian, 1; Dutch, 3; French, D; Italian, 1; unidentified. 2, Third class English, 204; Irish, 39; Scotch, I I; Russian, fiO; American, 17; Persian. 13; O refit, 3; Finn, 1; Scandinavian 4; Mexican, 1. Officer and erew, ino. According to the latest ful area the number lost la 1340. Authorities Hold That Ger mans Will Have Good Legal Defense For Deed GERMANS WILL BE HELD STRICTLY ACCOUNTABLE Roosevelt Might Torpedo Con struction But Would Pro tect Interests Washington,, May 8. The Vnited States has asked Germany fur a de tailed report on the sinking (,f the Lusitnnia and the consequent loss of more than 1300 Jives. The kaiser's government was asked flatly whether Germany was responsible. Hut aside from taking this action through a cablegram to Ambassador Gerard in Korliu, the udministrntien doubtless deemed Itself powerless. This conclusion is based npuu personal and confidential expressions by executive officials. Official oxpressiiiis from the state department nnd the White House were refused. The heavy loss of life, and especially among Americans, imule a deep impression iu (,e eapilal. There was u distinct air of strained cnln. inroiignoiii official circles. It was ad. mittod that this government laced a sorious situation, but despite the tak ing of American lives, and viewing the matter from the cold standpoint, of in ternal ioiial law. it was the opinion of a majority of authorities that Germany has a good legal defense. An overwhelming majority of those niiiiiiiar with the situation created by tho sinking of Ihe Liisitanlu took the ..:...., ...I .......... i -.. I., i ... ... u.,wm. I,, .viuv ov uiuiriiian Htono of the senate foreign relations coininiiice an. I MMintor lloke Hinilh that the l.iisit.iiiin may not furnish (his government with grounds for as firn a protest as some other incidents of for. In view of the fact that, the Lusl tania was a Hritish boat and that warn ing was given uf the ilanger to Ameri cans in such navel, these authorities now unit the l.eriimns will ,,1V.. r. goo,) legal defch,e for their act which cost so mnu innocent lives Their defense, it was declnre.l, will be lis strong in Ihe ei if the Lusi. tania as was that following the sink ing of the liner Falnbn, when one American peii-hcl, and much better thun in the i.i-cs of the William P, Frve, the l ushing and the Giill'lighl. All of the latter ships were American vessels. The Five was sunk been the com- maiidcr of the I'riuz Kitel Frederich deemed her rug" of wheat coiitrnband.j The ( jishing w is attacked by an nero- plane and one uree bombs which were dropped slriiek her. The altuck upon the Giiltlight might be taken as a direct blow at American commerce and she is an American bout and was' carrying Aiiii'in iia oil. Gardner M.kee Hot Retort. Sharp reloit liom the While Honae to.lav lolh.wed a statement bv I'on l gressmnn Gard'ier that if tho 'i'nited I torpedu any thing American without Slates recede- from its position of knowing the reason whv." ! holding Geimany to "strict account-j Cnnsideriiig Gardner's criticism of ubility" fur l .-s of American lives the' the Tinted States navy during Ihe Inst ' counlrv will become nothing better, session of congress he was asked if he, than an " iiiicistionnl bluffer." thought it able to hold its own with "I do not '''" to comment nn Giird-l'he German fleet. I ner's mteiaiiecs except to say that thel While llou-e i nts his action of using it as an nuxilimv to his press bureau,", was the declaration of Secretary Tumiillv, following the congressman 's islt. Gardner ailed at the White House, this afternoon where he saw Tumulty,! but did not see President Wilson J After his vilt. Gardner said: I "I sincerely hope that the president will not recede an inch from his notice! lo Geriiianv that she would be held In strict accountability If Americans werej blown up. If 'he president recedes, jjj 1'nde Sam will become In Ihe eves of the world nothing better than an III. ternational bluffer." I ' Asked how he Interpreter "strict acroiintiibilit . " Gardner said: I "Von renici.ber the answer Lincoln sent to Mir. I I stmarstoii when it was . reported a seci.n.i Aiaoama was ueing fitted out I 1 "'A second Alabama, your lordship,': aid Lincoln, ''ceans war'." f If Colonel Itoosevelt were president,! said Gardner, Germany would have' known what "strict accountability"! meant and would have (Unregarded the Charges That American Pas sengers Were Carried As A Shield For Cargo t'levelnnd, Ohio, Mnv 8. Dr. Hern hard Dernbnrg today charged that the Hritish government curried American passengers on the Lusitnnia us a shield for ait immense cargo of war muni tions. When asked pointedly if he antici pated that tho I'nited States might bo drawn into the war by the Lusitnnia disaster Dernburg said: "That is a question 1 cannot discuss. I can only say that any ship flying the American flag, mid not carrying con traband of war, will be as safe as a cradle on the sens. "Hut any other ship, not so exempt, will be as unsafe as a volcano or as the Lusitnnia. '' Peruburg was questioned about the Gulfliglit case. He replied: "Oils nre contraband of war. The Gulfliglit carried oil for France. "The Lusiluiiia 's inunifest showed that she carried for Liverpool liu.llOO pounds of brass, liil.liiio pounds of cop. per, 1MII eases of military goods, 1271 eases of aiiiiiiiiiiilion ami for London 1'JIIO cases of cartridges. "Vessels of Unit kind can be seized and destroyed under The Hague rules without any respect to their presence iu o out of the war zone. The LiinI tania was n Hritish auxiliary cruiser and a man of war, The passengers had full warning. "Germany wants to do anything reasonable so as not to make the railed States or its citizens suffer in any way. Hut we cannot do so unless j Americans take necessary precautions! to protect theinsehes from dangers t which they are cognizant, "What Germany has done, has been done by way of retaliation after Great Hritain rejected President Wilson's suggestion that Ihe Hritish permit food stuffs to reach Germany, and after Great Hritain hn.l declared a war that was direeleil towards I'JO.iillO.lini) in Decent iioii.ciiuibiilauts, woiiieu and children, "Americans can do their own think ing when the facts arc fairly laid be fore tlieni." Cunard Company Denies. New Vork, Mnv M, -Answering the clinige of (ir. Ilernhiiid llernlmrg. who. iu n ('Ictcliiud iuleivicw, alleged the Liisilania carried iirins, was a Hrilish niix'iliai v cruiser and n mini of war, Ihe Cunard company today issued a state ment declaring Ihe torpedoed liner ear ricd no aiuuiiinition or war iniiitilions excepl a t'-w cases of small arms earl ridges. Warning Attain Printed. San I'raneisco. Mnv M.--New soaiiers here (nine again . tinted the advertise ment of tile imperial (icriiiau ciiiLiiksv. sslnuc.toii, warning Americans thai ''tiaxelers sailing iu llic war zone on ships of (iieat Hiitaiu or her ullies do so at l;ieii own risk." The notice was a paid advertisement, nnd ii appeared i... i. ...i, u i.. ,.x, it WI)N exactly the s as the nn j tice when the (Ici'mnn L'ovcriiihcut. in i seiteil in Amerii iia iicwhiici' on the lav the Lusitnnia sailed, one week ago. It was la led Washingliiu, April L'2. warning at her peril, "Roosevelt might torpedo the con sliuction itself," declared Gardner, but he would, not let miv one else, "'oh. no! ' he replied. "Hut if - 'ess Willard tweaked my now, I would have a try at him anvwav. " THE KNOWN SURVIVORS. NEW YORK, May 8.-T!ie known survivors among the cabin paiuiengera of the Lusl Unia, according to latest fig ures, an as follows: First cabin Total passen gers, 3ttl; known saved, M. Olhera saved, 2; unaccounted for, 338. Second cabin Passengers, 001; known saved, 24; others probably saved, 0; unaccounted for, 672. Not Names cabled some what resembling those on pas. senger list and probably errora In transmission. In addition to Identified survivors the names of 37 rescued not oa the pas senger list have been cabled. Probably cable errors. 1 11 in iiiiii 11 ti 1 1 i-iii 1 1111 " " "-iiihi iiiv IIIIL.UI1L. TO GIVE ANY WARNING Passengers At Luncheon Were Startled By Terrific Explos ion and Rush For Boats Began Survivors Suffer From Exposure and Many Die After Reaching Shore-Only Ten Boats Could Be Launched Before Liner Sank row Z ' J Thrilling, liar-. rived here caused even stout sailors ea ow ing stories ot the scenes aboard the gaged in the woik of rescue to turn .usitiiniii imn.cdiutely .u'ter the big : wny fr a moment, tears welling U (unnr.l liner was torpedoed by a (lor- theii-cyes. There we n women we and won, f, Ki"".'"" y"S,,'r,1"J'l '"'"KB'-'I. their faces m d wT li ?"r i . inn '7- , "'luy "''" j '" 'li"ging to men on the verge of ex- icke.1 up by fishing vessels. All agreed hnustion. Many of the men wore unit that the LuHitan.u was a.lacked with- shirts and trousers. Nea ly M Zy mil se, . '" "1,Bl"7t, W",rn,"- i Tl'" 1 w'"l' ''lik' "1 li.'urde7th,nr i, . i , " "" " " ""' lowed by a second within a few minutes and the liner iinniediiitely began to sink rMinie passengers Ueelnred she went down within twelve or fifteen minutes and all agree that the vessel disap peared from sight within 25 minutes. I). A. Thomas, u Welsh colliery own er told the story uf the ilinster graph ically. " We were having luncheon when sud denly the vessel stopped mid shook from stem to steam," he said. "There was a tremendous explosion well for- wiird which s led to throw the liner on her lion in ends. "We hail not believed it possible Hint an utiacK would lie niiide, but there was not u passenger who did not realize that the iiucx ted hud liiippened. "The first explosion was followed by iiiiolber of cipiul force. The steamer shuddered iind almost immediately be gan to list to port. No Panic Evident. "Officers mid men rushed from their statorooiiiH almost, without wailing for orders nnd the work of clearing the life bonis begun. There was little panic so far as I could see; everyone was too dazed to realize what was happening, For u few minutes we were inclined to believe the stories we had heard of Ihe liner's safety might prove true and Hint she would stay afloat. Hut a eon slantly increasing lint of the vessel showed that there was small hope. "Many passengers were running here and there about the decks, though I'm linn Turner li.nl his off is tried the r . .... . ., ., . best to pacify them. Mirny women be came hysterical, and some, with inl'nnls iu their ui ins, eaiighl the fasleiiingH of the boats, hampering the biuiichiug. "Altogether ten bouts wire finally swung over the side. I.udy Miickworil was picked up unconscious alter having I n iu the water for three hours. No Warning Given. "We had in miming of the attack. The Liisilania sank wilhiu twelve or fifteen minutes l.l'ter beillK hit the first 1 time i It was n dastardly outrage deserving I the coiidciiinnliiiii of the entire civilized 1 world. Friday was a beautiful sun shiny dny. The sea was smooth. 1 1 lid it not been for this, no one would have been saved. With u rough sea all would ! have been lost. "1 doubt very much whether any port sine ii, , i, is were iiinneiieii. Tlicy were in such a position that they could not be swung over the aide. The steamer headed for shore the moment the explo sion occurred and t'liptiiin Turner slin k to his bridge to the Inst, lie was picked up in the water three hours after the Liisilania foundered." Krnest Cooper, n newspaperman of Toronto, (Int., said: "1 inn n I rind that many boats could "'l "nd so did my husband. I tried to not be cut away iu time. The vessel help him after we got Into the water, sank very rapidly nnd carried many was not a swimmer, however, and I pie down with her. There was , ' 'ear he was lost. (Inly the thought of naturally some confusion, but I saw no . '".V babies in Athens buoyed me up un real panic. A large number of women i til ' wna finally picked up by a fishing and ul, out in children under one year of i boat." age were among the cabin passengers.". Mrs. Pappndopoulo will live, ntlend- A .IHn.,1,,,11 I. UIa,, Wrapped in a blanket, and entirely without clothing, .1 nl in it je Ayuya, Cu ban ronsul nt Liverpool, was extremely cheerful today despite he fact that he was suffering from a grent gash In his leg from which blond was streaming. He east aside his clothing that his movements in the water might not be bumpered. "I boarded three bouts before I flu ally got off the sinking steamer ill snfe ty," said lie Aynln. "The only reason I was saved was that I remained quiet . and trusted iu the Lord. I prayed that I I might be spared for the sake of my ! three children who are in a convent in Liverpool, t be lieve that ninny made' no effort tu get into the lifeboats, be lieving that the slenmer could not be , sunk, Scenes nt the quuy as survivors ar- '.v- " "''.r parents unu i e to tin- derstan.l the meiining f it nil. Two nine tots were helped ushore by an elderly woman who had long been in the water before picked up by a fish ing limit She collapsed its she stepped upon the pier, Boat Is Swamped, "I entered bout No. 17 under orders," said Charles C. Himlwick, New York, iu telling his stoiy. "Tim boat overturned soon after striking the water. 1 then swum to bout 10, which had IS women, JS children and ,10 men aboard. Afterward this boat picked up four other men and one woman and was finally towed safely to shore." Rescued sailors said Cniitiiin Tiirm. and his officers did everything possible, to keep the passengers quiet nnd avert a panic, but that women run hysteri cally from bout to I t and interfered with the Iniincliing. Many of the ten boats launched were nearly filled, how ever, when they struck the water. More than lull passengers put oil life belts and leaped into Inc water beforo the l.iisitauiu disappeared beneath the waves A great many of thesi. were picked up by the l.iisitniiia 's bouts, the sailers said. Although reports were circulated that Alfred (I. V lorl, Hi had been saved. a search failed to establish the slightest tiace of him nn. I Ins friends here have abiiiiiloued hope. At a local hold today Mrs. Stanley L. H. Lines found her husband, lie wua I j ,' ""', , ., P" Ren up l,y a fishing bout and throiiuhout the n l.i I .1 1 VI..- I : vainly seareluol for her husband. Weiik anil exhausted, herself, she went rrom hotel and hotel and called at hospitals during her search. When she finally located Lines, it was only to eluiin his body. He had perished from exposure. In one of the hospitals today is Fire man Young who served on o f the Hritish wnndiips which toon part in the battle off the Falkland Islands. He was rescued, but his spine was injured by 11 xplosion on the l.osilnniii and he is not ex ted lo recover. Tries to Buve JIUBband. Mrs. M. N. Pnppiidopoulo, of Athens, Greece, faced death In the sea for more tliaii an hour after the sinkinir of the Lusitnnia before being picked in, bv on.. of the rescue borts. She is an expert w iininer, but was completely exhausted when Inn. led here. Uu the rescue tun. Mrs. Piippudopoiilo was given a sailor 'a sweater ami trousers to replace her wet clothing. The plucky woman tried des perately to sine her husbund but he is probably lost. " I was ordering coffee in the salon," Mrs. Pappadiipoiilo said, "when the ship was almost broken in two by the force of the explosion, 1 donned a life- ing physicians declare. (Continued mi page Hit.) The Weather Oregon: Tonight and Sunday show ers west, probably showers east por tion, cooler to ulgkt, m,t por. tiou; outherwest-