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EXTRA 5:30 A. IV1. All the Hews That's Fit to Print" falhtc Tatar aavd fhtadar: Tatr. ONE. CENT NEW YORK.

SATURDAY. MAY 8. PAGES. lmmj (Hr aad t4. TIIOCUtML VOL.

20.32X wy wir inr 71 TFT. Ff TTIV TWICE TORPEDOED OFF IRISH CO AS SlJVKS nv it muuir.j; CAPT. TURNER SAVED, FROHMAN AND VANDERBILT MISSING; WASHINGTON BELIEVES THAT A GRA VE CRISIS IS AT HAND TEE Washington Deeply Stirred by the Loss of American Lives. EULLETWS AT WHITE HOUSE Krzizn Feadi Them tfotefy. tut It Silent cn the Nation's Cctme, H.UTs' CF CONGRESS CALL Lett ef Lu.itanla RtcaHa Frm Ton of Our Hnt Warn- Irj to Carmany.

CATTTAL FULL OF RUMORS Rtn Tt Um Wm Wr HmH ftafera AataJ Mat T. Sfaaar Am DtoS TttaAia atsrrad a koala t.a rto LaetraaA. Tto- aarty ra- mrt w4 cat tar a um rattof ara wmf to ta iiiln) wtoa W. kaar tarn ttora to! to-A MAT jutMo praTBaal ecia raniito trwtyJ tA-ara. a tri.MA A irUi'W ta tnwrtoOoaal ralatlaM tSxtaA mm It la aaaa mmt etokiaa; mt ia LaaUaaUa hi ia a .4 mUmu uau fc" It te ktolat-a eWWtly aatrni pniimm to tto treat tatmt to trmrm TlxM.

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aar im taoUM to tfc a4 dpbar dark am tKmrmm telTtt aJc to Ua mat Dp" raana a tter gMMto art si- TWy aiaa fc4 ta trurtba pmbSim mar mmm- mMm ltafi rartaJ a-taTj rcmrrS- ki ta LoMttonto aaii iiara ty txa taiaTm9 ait WMin. taat Tare a JteUTart al aanat UtoS to to aaJ4 la tJtot suli On era waa ta eraaUiy caav. rr Uto saatolaaw It to aane a tor towmr4 aacttamaaC mt iain Itoary eattoaw Maitir W. JL OatirvM a thm Caawatttoa rtr R'tafWia, ii a m'l limn ana tata aaia It amr hM TfM tM LoatiaUe eraMjti JU4 fiM UM BtU Ut ir--T tm ante elaO n-n rp if 1W uva aikJ ei peeaeed to4 te latrmM UM mwm ta TV ar autty ltve McrtOc4L. aty a tac -U wmm 3 to Wa im wa lioe tM arctoOt UU i mm rmr inmm ttmm htm mm to wtw 3ct Uk( laaaUifa 1m4 a ia' TVe Rto P.iJfiMt tosicM mi fcucrwtlnu to Uto Aaerttta Fmlw to Zn to mwmd Uto a ut laaMnt wW eaavM toa kM tiwnir A tojOectaj li- r.

nv r. in i 1 1 it. v. i I I I i iii in i CnnflrJ 0ice rc Besieced for News; Fate of 1,918 on Lusitania Long in Doubt ii mi Notlilnj Heard from the WetUCnown Pmxtengrn on Boms6 Story of. Disaster Long UoconTtrroed VhH Anxxxii Crowti Sek DeUU.

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O. Vaaaarlt. CtorW rtotoaaJt. Crto Mllaa rerwAJ. a4 CWI IfaatoM.

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a tUAt. trat. at 11 ari-rir rtarUr aaarBlAC aa4 torn-fa to to tto. aTtarwaato. Tto aiaana.

SIMt WM aaot fraaa tto toa4 attic la LJiirinl. Tto traOawto ttoa 1a. ttoto wkJca toA toaaj Srk a to tto wtr-hnaa ataitoa at La rav4. Nil tori to toA. Mi.t- to ChmH atfftoa.

Tto) Orat aarj a tto eotlitos a tto 4 tor racttal tto taaia. aa iiaa a. aaa, oama ai am a laa.K awM kaM toaa I 77 a r. a I Tto a. mi a4 9 a TW a aa aw aa ta Ito aatoy I Tl I rw Tl ttoaaa.

laaMa aTtkUMlt aT rT 'YnJ" The Last Cunard Steamship Lusltanla. i m. tt- ciMk 5t Whjr Ihi Stcond Tondo Struck. I I a tM fto tto Star. lt a I iM AfWw iao ni mm rtraa re Uifa a- inakto rf hmi aa tor4.

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Miurt iturtjr-aLa a4 toaat traaaarred i ttm aU faatarnala a tartar amlae Tktta Wlaa4 Ue I artfa to tcack la UU Tto afttcara a4 rraar aamtorad toiliait Uk Uwl caanptcoMat a tO mm aaearant tmrnmr mtmm tome ca-rva4 to tfm at'Uara a4 atraarta da-tavrtoMaie. T- I tor. to mii 11 mM to. Tto CusAr4 loM alt tanirTa ltoi tto waialil oat tto aniaaa.l aa a ttoy atair racarv.4 mmd tv4 a totaaooa 'it twl tork tt awa fi un tto auavdc. toveraj toltotiaa a era! rrral fraan tba tJvarsool effVa.

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k'Vdt and I txiNNELU lSaw the Submarine and Watched Torpedo as It Struck Ship Em est Cowpcr, Toronto Newspaper Man, Describes Attack, Sen from Ship's Rail Poison Gas Used in Torpedoes, Say Other PaAsengers. Quccntown. Saturday. May 8. 3:18 A.

M. lookout for sub marine wat kept aboard the LuniUnia aa approached the Iri.th coast, according to Ernest Cowpcr. a Toronto newspaper man, who was among the survivors landed at Queenstown. He said that after the ship was torpedoed there was no panic amonsr the crew, but that they went about tho work of irettinjr passengers into the boats in a prompt and efficient manner. As we neared the coast of i Ireland." jaid Mr.

Cowper, we all joined in the lookout, for a possible attack by a submarine was the sole topic of conversa tion. -I i-ionH at the rail about 2 o'clock when two torpedoes, one hitting No. suddenly I caught a glimpse of) 1 stoke hole and the second the the conning tower' of a sub-. engine room. The fifM torpe-marine about a thousand yards, do was discharged at 2 clock, distant.

I immediately called In twenty-five minutes the my friend's attention to it. Im-j threat liner disappeared, mediately we both saw the Signals have been received at track of a torpedo followed al- Queenstown that an armed most instanUy by an explosion, trawler, believed to be the Portions of splintered hull were Heron, and two fishing flvine into the air. and ers are bringing in 100 more then another torpedo struck. The ship began to list to star board. The crew at once proceeded to get the passengers into boats 1 Loss of the Lusitania With Horror arariai r.M, ta TR Nw Tlata IxMMiN.

fUlarvlay. Mar "tupafac 1 tlon la tha word a hlrh ht J-arritoa th firat imprrulon cratrd by na of lb. alrvklna of the a. Pei'l-wmtrtmA unaola lo ralt. thai al 1 1 a LaC a tto wrM a prorc Jch 100 Yards Off in an orderly, prompt, and efficient manner.

'Miss Helen Smith appealed to me to save her. I placed her in a boat and saw her safely away. I grt into one of the last boats to leave. Some of the boats could not be launched as the vessel was sinking. There was a large number of women and children in the second cabin.

Forty of the children were less than a year old." Poison Fumes from Torpedoes. interviews with pas- From sengers it appears that when the torpedoes burst they sent forth suffocating fumes which had their effect on the passengers, causing some of them to lose consciousness. Two stokers, Byrne and Hus-sey of Liverpool, gave a few details. They said the subma- rine cave no notice and fired bodies. The Cunard Line agent states that the total number of persons aboard the Lusitania was 2.

160. Fills London and Utter Amazement d--4 rould to committed aa an act of ar I hava no aorda for It." aald Lrfrd fl.ry. anj rverywhrrr on founJ I f.r Mm ntim-nt rpatd. It aaa aoma houra Mifo tha Ui Caallaard aa rn S. SOME DEAD TAIN ASHORE Several Hundred SurvM ors at Queenstown i otu ran a im avpa One Torpedo Crashes Into the Doomed Liner's Bow, Another Into the Enaine SHIP LISTS OYER TO PORT Makes It Impossible to Lower Many Boatt.

So Hundreds Must Have Cone Down. ATTACKED IN BROAD DAY i a nnin a LunehMiw.Wiriiliifl Had Betn Given by Germans Ba-f fore the Ship Left New York-- Only 650 Were Saved, Few Cabin Passengers QUEENSTOWN, Saturday, May 8, 4:28 A. M. -Survivors of the Lusitania who have arrived here estimate that only about 650 of those aboard the steamer were saved, and say only a small proportion of those rescued were saloon OHidml CmJammhmm. WASHINGTON, May 8.

A dispatch to the State Department early today from American Consul Lauriet at Queenstown stated that the total number of survivors of the Lusitania was about 700. LONDON, Saturday, May 8. The Cunard liner Lusitania, which sailed out of New. York last Saturday with 1,918 souls aboard, lies at the bottom of the ocean off the Irish coasL She was sunk by a German submarine, which sent twq tor- pedoes crashing into her side at 2:30 o'clock yesterday after-, noon while the passengers, seemingly confident that the great, swift vessel could elude I 1 In. raft Vint tjrtrtlllAU uuuunaiu vtutf.

were having luncheon." The great inrush of water caused the liner to list heavily to port, so that she could not launch many of her About 1,260 of those on board the great ship, including many Americans, apparently went dowri with her, as a state- ment issued late this morning by the Admiralty says the total number of survivors islonljf. 658. There were 1.253 passengers on board the steamship, including 200 who were trans ferred to her from the steamer Cameronia. The Americans totaled 188. The crew num- be red 663.

It is believed that, only a few first class Dassensrers were' saved as they thought the' ship" would remain auoai, anu inaus. little effort to escape. There appears to be a large a A proportion of the ship's crew among the survivors landed at jm i.

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