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Lusitania Is Torpedoed and Sunk;
Fate of I,2s3Passengers Unknown
Great Cuuard Liner,
Supposed to Have
Been Attacked by a
German Submarine,
Goes to Bottom in 30
Minutes Off the Irish
Coast
RESCUE SHIPS
HURRY OUT
Many Americans on
Board the Vessel —
. Washington Is Great
ly Excited But No
Official Statement
Issued b} r Govern
ment at Late Hour
This Afternoon
By Associated Press,
New York, May T.—The Cunard
liner Lusitania, one of the fastest
steamships afloat, was torpedoed and
sunk this afternoon off the coast of Ire
land, ten miles south of Kinsale.
She had aboard 1,233 passengers.
She sailed from this port last Saturday,
May 1, and carried in addition to her
own large passenger list, 103 passen
gers transferred to her from the An
chor liner Camperonia.
The news of her sinking was an
nounced by the local office of the Cunard
Line and was based on cable advices
received irom the home office of the
company in Liverpool.
Dispatches Announcing Disaster
Three dispatches received in the or
der n<ined. were made public by the
line and read as follows:
"We received from the Land's End
wireless station news of repeated dis
tress calls made by the Lusitania ask
ing for assistance at once. Big list.
Position ten miles south of Kinsale.
Subsequently received the telegram
from Queenstown that all available
craft in the harbor had been dispatch
ed to assist.''
The second message to the local of
fice read:
"Queenstown, 4.51) p. m. Wire be
gins about twenty boats of all sorts
belonging to our line are in vicinity
where Lusitania sunk. About fifteen
other boats ari ■ nuking for spot to
render assistance."
The third cablegram was dated Liv
erpool and read:
"Following received by admiralty:
Galley Head. 4.25 p. m. Several boats,
apparently survivors, southeast nine
miles. Greek ste,-imer proceeding to as
sist. '*
Foreign Dispatches Confirm News
Dispatches received here from Lon
don, Liverpool and Queenstown con
firmed the news. One of the messages
said it believed that all the big liner's
passengers bad been saved.
No definite news as to the fate of
the passengers had been received by
the Cunard line here early this after
noon.
The Cunard Line announced that it
would make public as fast as received
dispatches on the sinking of the Lusi
tania, including those relating to the
fate of the passengers.
The stock market was stunned by the
news. A torrent of selling orders
poured in from every section of the
country. A period of intense excite
ment followed. Prices in war special
ties broke 15 to 30 points within an
hour. Stable issues dropped 5 to 10
points.
Vessels Rendering Assistance
Late to-day the Cunard Line officials
received a dispatch from Queenstown
stating that a large steamer and many
small vessels and boats were in the vi
cinity rendering assistance.
The dispatch follows:
"Large steamer just arrived in vi
cinity. Apparently rendering assist
ofrar- 4tHKmt flnftepettftettt
ance. Tugs, patrols, etc., now on the
* spot taking boats in tow. Motor fish
} ing boats with two Lusitania boats
bearing probably for Kinsale."
This information came from Old
, Head via Quenstown.
Queenstown. May 7.—Cunard Line
I steamer Lusitania has been sunk. It
was torpedoed.
London, May 7, 5 P. M.—Lusitania
has been sunk off Old Head, Kinsale,
by a torpedo. Assistance has been
II
sent.
New York, May 7.—Confirmation of
L the report w*s received in a dispatch
dated Queenstown 450 p. m. to-day
and reading as follows:
"Old Head, Kinsale. about twenty
boats, all sorts, belonging to the Lusi
tania, are in vicinity where sunk.
t' About 15 boats are making for the
spot to rescue.
London. May 7.—The passengers on
board the Lusitania are believed to be
safe.
Passengers Reported Saved
j New York, May 7.—The Dow-jones
Company ticker service in a report from
j London, declares the Lusitania was
_ | beached and passengers and crew, ac
cording to Lloyds, were saved.
I. :
Liverpool, May 7, 5.40 P. M.—The
"Evening Express" was officially in
_ J formed this evening by the officials of
' the Cunard Steamship Company that
the Lusitania had been torpedoed and
that she had sunk this afternoon.
l'
Kinsale, off of which the Lusitania
5
was torpedoed, is a seaport of Ireland,
thirteen miles southwest of Cork. It
lies near the entrance of St. George's
channel, between Ireland and England
through which transatlantic vessels
1 pass on their way to Liverpool. •
i Washington Greatly Excited
Washington, May 7.—News of the
torpedoing of the Lusitania struck of
ficial Washington like a bomb. While
disposed to ajrait full details before ex
pressing opinions ah administration of
ficials realized that the incident was
probably the most serious Washington
has faced since the beginning of the
war.
j No Word of Passengers or Crew
; Liverpool, May 7, 5.35 P. M.—The
j "Echo" has been informed that a mes
sage to the Cunard Line read as fol
| lows:
"The Lusitania was torpedoed and
sunk at 2.33 p. m. off Kinsale.
"There is no word of her passengers
or crew, who number over 1,000."
Sunk at 2.33 p. m., London Time
London, May 7, 5.50 P. M.—The
manager of the Cunard Company has in
formed the Liverpool "Evening Ex
press that he received this afternoon
the following message from the wire-
I less station at Old Head off Kinsale:
The Lusitania was sunk by a sub
| marine at 2.33 o'clock this afternoon,
,| eight miles south by west (of this
point)."
Not Known How Many Saved
London, May 7, 5.56 P. M.—A dis
patch from Liverpool to the Exchange
Telegraph Company says it Is not known
how many of the Lusitania's passengers
were saved.
No Comment on Disaster
| Washington, May 7.—President W!l
--i son was informed of the sinking of the
Lusitania, and White House officials
showed keen anxiety to learn whether
any American lives were lost. No com
ment was made.
! 1,253 PASSENGERS WERE
ON BOARDTHE LUSITANIA
New York, May 7.—When the Lusi
tania sailed she hart about 1,263 pas
sengers. Some nervousness had been
caused because of the publication in
the morning papers of Saturday of an
advertisement warning intending trav
elers that a state of war existed be
tween Germany and Great Britain and
her allies; that the zone of war in
cludes the waters adjacent to the Brit
HARRISBUBG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 7, 1915—16 PAGES.
ish Isles; that i-n accordance with no
tfce given by the German government
vessels flying the flag of Great Britain
are liable to destruction in those wa
ters and that travelers sailing in the
war zone on ships of Great Britain or
her allies do so at their own risk. The
advertisement was signed "Imperial
German Embassy.''
This warning apparently did not
cause many cancellations for the ship
sailed with a very full passenger list.
Just before the steamer's departure a
number of the passengers received tele
grams warning theui not to sail on the
vessel as it would be torpedoed.
A. O. Vanderbllt Got Message
Alfred G. Vanderbilt wan one of the
passengers who received .such a mes
sage. He destroyed it without com
ment.
Charles P. Sumner, general agent of
the Cunard line, was at the pier and
in a statement made then, said that
the voyage of the Lusitania would not
be attended by any risk whatever as
the liner had a speed of 25 and a half
knots and wan provided with unusual
water tight bulkheads.
In commenting on the report of the
torpedoing of the Lusitania to-day
marine men pointed out that in their
opinion the Lusitania could not be sunk
by a single torpedo.
The Lusitania was delayed for more
than two and a half hours in sailing
for Liverpool last Saturday on account
of having to take over the 163 pas
sengers from the Anchor liner Camer
onia, which was chartered at the last
minute bv the Britieh admiralty.
Others Ignore Warning
Charles T. Bowritig, head of the
firm of Bowring Brothers, and presi
dent of the St. George's Society, was
one of the passengers who sailed on
the Lusitania. He commented on the
advertisement appearing in the Ger
man papers characterizing it as a silly
performance and below the dignity of
a diplomatic representative of any for
eign government.
Alexander Campbell, general man
-1 aiger for John Dewar & Sons, London,
who also sailed, referred to the adver
tisement as "tommy rot."
Other passengers on the Lusitania
included Klbert Hubbard, publisher of
"The Philistime;" D. A. Thomaa, the
wealthy Welsh coal operator and his
I daughter. Lady Maekworth, the Eng
| lish suffragette. All these persons took
I occasion to say that they saw nothing
to worry at in the advertisement.
List of First Cabin Passengers
The fallowing is a list of the first
cabin passengers aboard the Lusitania:
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Adams, 'Boston.
A. H. Adams, New York.
Lady Allen and 'Maid, Montreal.
IMliss Anna Allan, Montreal.
Miss Gwen Allan ami maid, Mon
treal.
LM. X. Allan, New York.
Continued on Thirteenth Pace.
TORPEDOED AND SUNK IN
33 MUTES, SAYS PACE
Washington, May 7.—Ambassador
Page at London cabled:
"Lusitania torpedoed and sunk
within thirty minutes. No news of pas
sengers yet."
Admiralty Hurries Aid to Sec one
Queenstown, May 7, 5.35 P. M.—
Immediately the news of the torpedoing
of the Lusitania was received here the
admiral In command of the naval sta
tion dispatched to the scene all as
sistance available. Tugs Warrior, Storm
cock and Julia, together with five traw
lers and the local life boat in tow of a
tug were hurried to sea.
No News of Passengers' Safety
Queenstown, May 7, 4 P. M.—The
Admiralty officers here have no news
concerning the safety of the passengers
and the crew of the Lusitania.
Twenty Boats in Vicinity
London, May 7, <1.43 P. M.—The
Cunard line gave out information this
evening to the effect that there axe
about twenty boats In the vicinity of
the spot where the Lusitania went
down.
Sixteen more boats, the line says,
have been dispatched to the scene for
rescue work.
The twenty boats on the spot belong
to the Lusitania. The 10 other boats
were sent to the scene from New York
by points.
BRITISH SHIP CANDIDATE
TORPEDOED BY SUBMARINE
London, May 7, 12.56 P. M.—The
British steamer Candidate was torpe
doed by a German submarine yesterday
off Waterford, Ireland. The members
of her crew were saved.
The British steamer Candidate was
of 3,826 tojis net register. Built in
Glasgow in 1906 she was 398 feet long.
She was owned in Liverpool, where she
arrived April 9 from New Orleans.
The Candidate was outward bound
when she encountered the submarine
18 miles from Waterford. Members of
the crew say the vessel was torpedoed
without warning.
Four boats were launched from the
Candidate. One of these was swamped,
but the occupants clambored into other
boats. All of the crew, numbering 44,
landed at Milford Haven.
CENTURION. BIG BRITISH
STEAMER. IS TORPEDOEO
London, May 7, 2.55 P. M. —The
British steamer Centurion was torpe
doed by a German submarine off the
Irish coast yesterday. Her crew were
saved.
The Centurion was attacked about
the same time that the British steamer
Candidate, owned by the same com
pany, was torpedoed off Waterford, Ire
land. The Centurion was bound for
South Africa and the Candidate for
Jamaica.
The Centurion was 339 feet long and
her tonnage was 3,85 4. She was
owned in Liverpool.
C. A. BARCLAY HURT IN
HIGHWAY AUTO MISHAP
George A. Barclay, 48 years old, of
Pittsburgh, superintendent of roads
signs in the State Highway Depart
ment, was seriously injured this morn
ing when truck No. 8, belonging to the
State Highway Department, fell over
the edge of a 20-foot embankment on
the Harrisburg-Sunburv road just be
low Mountain Spring hotel, 28 miles
from Harrisburg. Mr. Barclay sus
tained a fracture of the left leg and of
the right arm, with possible internal
injuries.
Dr. George B. Kunkel, of Harrisburg,
accompanied the representatives of the
State Highway Department to the
scene of the accident and had Mr. Bar
clay brought to the IHarrisburg hospital.
Charles W. Hepford, chauffeur, was
thrown from the auto as it fell and sus
tained a lacerated scalp and cuts and
contusions of the head and body. J. R.
Ross, of Gettysburg, the third member
of the party, jumped as the truck fell
and escaped injury.
ELKS ARRANGE PROGRAM
Mothers' Day Exercises Will Be Held
at Lodge Room Sunday
At the Mothers' Day exercises to be
held on Sunday afternoon at 3.30
o'clock at the EJks' lodge room, under
the auspices of the social committee
Harrisburg Lodge No. 12, B. P. O. E.,
the following program will be given:
Solo, "A Perfect Day," William
Webster; opening address, B. W. Dam
ming, E. R.; prayer, Dr. Ellis N. Krem
er; soprano solo, William Webster; ad
dress, W. M. Hargest; violin solo, se
lected, Harry R. Loeser; duet, "The
Lord Is My Sliepherd," Mrs. E. J.
Decevee and Mrs. H. A. Hertzler; bene
diction, Dr. Ellis N. Kremer. E. J.
Decevee *t piano.
Boys and Girls!
Uncle Harry Talks
To-day On
"THE WAR UP TO OWE"
Read What He Has to Say
On Page 2
IE ATTACKS 4
HOMES IN GNOLA
Two Dwellings De
stroy e d and Two
Damaged by Early
Morning Blaze
HELP IS SENT
BY THIS CITY
Friendship Motor Truck Responds to
Call for Aid Prom 'Cross River
Town and Gives Material Assistance
—Loss Is Put at $ 10,000
Flames totally destroyed two houses
and damaged two more in Enola early
to-day, causing an estimated loss of
SIO,OOO. The origin of the blaze is
not known.
The lire started about 1.30 o'clock
in the vacant side of double frame
dwelling, the other side of which was
occupied by R. F. Kautz. These were
destroyed. The homes were in Perry
street, in the southwest section of
Enola, a long distance from the fire
house. Before the blaze had been dis
covered it had gained much headway
and by the time tile Enola fireman ar
rived the flames had eaten their way
to another double dwelling.
On the arrival of Enola fire company
word was quickly sent to the Pennsyl
vania Railroad firefighters, and both
the Car Shop and the Engine House de
partments made long runs to the scene
of the blaze.
With a strong wind blowing the fire
men feared the blaze would get beyond
th'eir control, so a hurried telephone call
was sent to the Friendship fire com
pany of Harrisburg. It quickly respond
ed with its motor truck. The Harris
burg firemen arrived in time to be of
material assistance in checking the
flames, being in action for more than
half an hour.
The houses partly destroyed were
occupied by Charles Kuntzelman and
Israel (Snyder. Mrs. Kuntzelman suf
fered from the shock of the early
morning fire and received medical
treatment. The houses are owned by
Frank & Zinn, a real estate company,
of Newport, and are fully insured. The
fire is believed to have been started
by a tramp who was sleeping in the
vacant house.
FIRE IN THE TECH RICH
SCHOOL BURNS ITSELF OUT
MysteMous Blaze Destroys Desk and
Valuable Instruments and Ruins
Tiled Wall Without Anybody Dis
covering It Until It Is All Over
A fire, concerning the origin of which
there is mystery, destroyed a desk be
longing to J. Grant Koons, engineer at
the Technical High school, Walnut and
Aberdeen streets, along with valuable
testing instruments which were on tho
desk, and ruined a wide surface of
white tiling on the walls of the fire
proof room some time during last night.
The fire burned itself out before it was
discovered. The damage may reach
1500 and is fully covered by insur
ance. Had it not been for "the fire
proof -nature of the building, the
whole structure might have been imper
iled.
H. S. Gumpert, janitor, was last in
the building at 9 o'clock last night.
Then everything was all right. He
found the desk in ashes this morning.
The fire had consumed it during the
night and burned itself out with no
damage to the room, which is of steel
and concrete, except to the wall tiles,
a number of which fell off on account
of the heat.
School officials do not know how to
explain the fire. Koons said he kept
no matches in the desk. That the fire
was confined to such a small area puz
zles the officials. A paper calendar but
three feet away on the wall was not
even scorched and a wooden tool box
about the same distance away on the
floor was only slightly marked by the
flames.
This room is in the new part of the
building, which is fire-proof. Should a
similar fire have occurred in the old
part of the building, the stairway would
have been damaged, in the opinion of
school officials. A total of $30,000 in
surance is carried on the building.
To-morrow Closes Olean-up
To-morrow will wind up Harrisburg's
semi-annual clean-up after which a gen
eral inspection of the city will be made
•by the police and the City Bureau of
H*alth. The clean-up men yesterday
hauled 207 loads of ashes and rubbish
out of the city.
AISTRO-ITALIAN
aim TENSE
Subjects of Dual Mon
archy in Rome Lose
Confidence in Favor
able Outcome
FINAL PROPOSALS
HANDED TO ITALY
Utmost Secrecy Is Observed Regarding
the Concessions the Austrlans Are
Willing to Make—Von Buelow and
Baron Sonnlno in Conference
Paris, May 7.—A Havas dispatch
from Rome says the Austrian Ambassa
dor is reported to have handed to For
eign Minister Sonuino at a conference
yesterday afternoon the Vienna Cabi
net's final proposals to Italy containing
| the extra concessions the dual mon
archy is willing to make. While the
utmost secrecy is observed regarding
these concessions, Austrians and Ger
mans in Rome have lost confidence in
a favorable outcome of the negotia
tions. Prince Von Buelow, the German
Ambassador, also called upon Baron
Sonnino yesterday afternoon.
Germans Hurriedly Leave Rome
Rome, Via Pari<s, May 7, 4.35 A. M.
——l. pon receipt of a dispatch from Ber
lin the German school in this city sud-
Coatlnued on Thirteenth Pagr.
Army Corps Advancing Against Serbia
Geneva, Via London, May 7.—A
dispatch to the "Tribune'' from Vi
enna says that an army corps under
Archduke Eugene has arrived at Mora
vitz, ten miles from the Serbian front
ier, advancing against Serbia.
TWO HEN DEAD: CIRLDYINC
j Triple Tragedy at Jersey Shore When
Jealous Railroader Finds Woman
With Another Man
By Associated Press,
Williams port, May 7.—Two men
are dead and a girl probably fatally
injured a« a result of a double shoot
ing and suicide at Jersey Shore, near
here early to-day. Lester Poust, 28, a
machinist, employed by the New York
Central railroad at Avis, shot and
fatally wounded Charles Holes, aged
32, a bartender, and wounded Cecilia
Sowers, aiged 22, a dining room girl,
when he found them together in a
rooming house.
Poust was jealous. He shot both
through the head and then shot him
self through the mouth, dying almost
instantly. The girl is in a hospital.
Holes was married and leaves two
daughters living at Jersey Shore.
4 BURNED IN GAS EXPLOSION
Two Probably Fatally Injured in Ac
cident at Mines
Wilkes-Barre, Pa., May 7.—Four
men were burned, two probably fatally,
in a gas explosion in No. 2 mine of
the Delaware and Hudson Company
here to-day. The accident was caused
when one of the men entered a cham
ber where a body of gas had accumu
lated after a blast had been tired.
The explosion caused many wild ru
: mors and hundreds rushed to the mouth
of the shaft and remained there for
several hours before their fears were
allayed.
Permit for Bowman Building
The building permit for the six-story
addition to the store of Bowman &
Company, at Market and Dewberry
streets, was issued to-day by Building
Inspector James H. Grove. The struc
ture is to cost $25,000. C. M. Her
shey got papers to build two two-story
frame and stucco houses at Nineteenth
and Mulberry streets costing $6,200.
Sold Ice dream Without License
As a result of the activity of the
City Bujeau of Health, Alderman Hov
erter this afternoon placed eight war
rants in the hands of a constable, for
the arrest of ns many defendants on a
charge of failing to take out a food
license to sell ice cream. In the ma
jority of the cases, the offenders are
venders who opened business at the cir
cus groun'de yesterday.
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PRICE, ONE CENT.
BIG LOSSES
BY TURKS AT
KILIDBAHR
Allied Troops Capture
Heights Facing
Souain Dere Fort Af
ter Sharp Fighting
TOWER OF MAIDOS
FIRED BY SHELLS
Division of Turkish Reinforcements Ar
rives on Peninsula and Desperate
Fighting Is On to Prevent Them
From Effecting a Junction
London, May 7.—An Athens dis
patch to the "Daily Mail" says:
"The allied troops after short en
gagements whicih caused heavy losses
to tihe Turks captured the heights facing
Souain Dere fort, four miles west of
Kilid Bahr. The possession of these
heights promises the s|>eedy reduction
of Souain Dere which covers Kilid Bahr.
"The allies lateT continued tlheir sue
cesses, turning their attention to die
section of the peninsula between Gaba
Tepc and Seddul Bahr.
"An entire division of Turkish rein
forcements have arrived on the penin
sula and desperate fighting is under
way t,o prevent them from effecting a
junction with the troops in holding the
positions in the lower ports of the penin
sula."
Using Inflammatory Shells
Dardanelles, Thursday, May 6, Via
London, May 7, 12.22 P. M. —The ar
tillery exchanges between the warships
of the allies and the shore positions of
the Turks continue. Some vessels are
firing from the gulf ofSaros, making use
of inflammatory shells. The town of
Maiilos was set on fire yesterday.
Certain Forts Silenced
London, May 7.—Certain forts at
| Chanak and Kalid Bahr in the Darda-
I nelles have been silenced, while some of
those of both sides of tihe waterway up
to -N'agara probably also are out of ac
tion, says a dispatch to the "Chrou
icle'' from Mvtilene.
Aviators Fly Over Constantinople
Paris, May 7, 12.30 .U. M.—The first
attack of the war on Constantinople
is reported in an unofficial dispatch
from Athens. It is said three Russian
aviators flew over the c.itv dropping sev
eral bombs which are .believed to have
caused extensive damage.
The message says also that tihe Rus
sian Black sea fleet bombarded tho
Turkish forts on the left bank of the
'Bosphorus on Wednesday. Several Rus
sian shells fell within about ten miles
of Constantinople.
Victories Reported by Turks
Constantinople, May 6, Via Wireless
to Berlin and London, tMay 7, 8.07 A.
IM.-—The following statement regarding
the operations in the Dardanelles was
issued last night 'by the Turkish war
office:
"An enemy battalion was annihilated
Wednesday as the result of an attack
by our troops against his left wing.
"At Ariburau part of the enemy's
strongly 'built entrenchments were cap
tured.
"At Seddul Bahr we inflieted Cieavv
losses on the English and captured
great q lantities of ammunition. Wo
'have taken ten enemy machine guns."
WALL STREET CLOSING
By Associated Press,
New York, May 7.—Confirmation of
the sinking of the Lusltanla was fol
lowed by enormous selling' orders.
Losses ran from O to 12 points stand
ard stocks and 15 to 30 in war spe
cialties, with a few substantial recov
eries in the final dealings. The closing
was weak. Stocks collapsed this aft
ernoon on news that the British trans
atlantic liner Lusitania had been tor
pedoed. Prices fell away rapidly, but
support brought some steadiness at tho
close.