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CANADIAN VALLEY RECORD, CANTON. OKLAHOMA.
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LUSITANIA SENT TO BOTTOM;
GERMAN TORPEDO DOES IT
NAVAL EXPERTS THINK VEfSEL
lasted but thirty minutes
after being struck.
TOTAL DEATH LIST NOT KNOWN
Survivor Estimates Dead at Nine Hun-
dred—Passengers Were at Lunch
When First Torpedo Strikes—Second
Follows—Head First Giant Liner
Sinks—Carried 1,251 Passengers, of
Which 188 Were Americans—Crew
Totaled 816.
BIG BATTLE STILL
RAGES IN GALICIA
which in the meantime, however, had
been verified by newspaper dispatches
from London.
Conflicting reports came in during
the afternoon to the line and the news
agencies in regard to the safety of the
passengers, but up to the early hours
of the evening no definite information
as to their fate had been received.
The publication of the news created
tremendous excitement in Wall street
and there followed a violent decline
in both the stock and cotton markets.
Tinder an avalanche of selling orders
which reached their greatest volume
during the last hour of trading, stocks
fell from 8 to 30 points and cotton
$2.50 a bale. The so-called war stocks,
like Bethlehem Steel, were especially
affectedr
The Lusitania, with a total of 1,251
passengers aboard, of whom 188 were
Americans and with a crew of 816,
sailed from here last Saturday in the
face of a warning published on t"he
day of her departure by the German
embassy which stated that travelers
intending to embark on British ships
did so at the risk of the ships being
destroyed, in accordance with the Ger-
man war zone decree.
This warning, published in the form
of an advertisement, did not result in
the cancellation of a single passage,
nor did anonymous notes of warning
said to have been received by some
passengers just before the big liner
left her pier, deter anyone from sail-
ing.
Reports from Washington that it
was privately known in official quar-
ters that the Lusitania was to be tor-
pedoed at the first opportunity gave
eolor to the opinion expressed in ship-
ping circles tonight that the embas-
sy's warnings was intended to apply
particularly to the Lutltanla.
"Travelers intending to embark on
the Atlantic voyage," read the adver-
tisement, "are reminded that a state
of war exists between Germany and
her allies; that the war zone includes
the waters adjacent to the British
Isles; that, in accordance to formal
notice, given by the imperial govern-
ment, vessels flying the flag of Great
Britain or any of her allies afe liable
to destruction in those waters and
that travelers sailing in the war zone
on the ships of Great Britain or her
allies do so at their own risk."
This afternoon and tonight anxious
friends and relatives of the Lusitania's
passengers besieged the offices of the
Cunard line and the scene recalled
those at the offices of the White Star
line wlnn the Titanic sank, three years
ago.
Officials of the Cunard line an-
nounced tonight that they had re-
ceived more than 500 telephone and
telegraph inquiries relative to the
safety of the passengers.
The Teutonic Allies Claim to be
Forcing Russians Back on
the Eastern Front.
ADVANCING ACROSS BESKIDS
Vienna Declares Retreating Slav Army
Is Being Pursued by Austro-Ger-
mans—Bad Weather on the
Western Front.
New York City, May 10.
From out the depth of
the ocean the big British
Steamship Lusitania of the
Cunard Line was ambush-
ed by German submarines
just off Old Head, Kinsella,
on the Irish coast at 2:30
p. m. Friday May 7.
The list and accurate
total of the dead has not
yet been ascertained.
It appears that luncheon was be-
ing served in the big liner when she
was struck by the first two torpedoes.
one of which penetrated the engine
room and both of which shook the
mighty structure from stem to stern.
Immediately the ship began to list;
the boats were ordered out, and four
or five hundred of the thirteen hun-
dred passengers succeeded in getting
into them. Other survivors and the
dead were picked up by craft which
gathered at the scene. Apparently
few of the officers were saved.
It was only 15 minutes from the
time the ship reeled under the impact
of the torpedoes that she went down,
head first, into the sea.
Some idea of the dreadful panic
that ensued can be gathered when it
la remembered that the Titanic was
two hourB and thirty-five minutes in
Blnking.
How many of the Lousitania's pas-
sengers and crew were rescued cannot
be told at present, but the official
statements from the British admiralty
up to midnight accounted for not more
than 500 or 600.
A ship's steward, who landed with
others at Queenstown, gave it as his
opinion that 900 persons were lost.
There were dead and wounded
among those brought ashore; some
since have died. But not a name of
rescued or lost, of dead or injured
has yet been listed.
The British admiralty is discourag-
ing the publication of surmises and j The Lusitania was pronounced by
guesses regarding the dead and injur- her builders to be as nearly unsink-
ed. Even before the crude details are able as any 9hip couid be The iower
known, the British press is asking deck was water-ttght. The double
editorially what the United States will J bottom was so construtced that should
say to this event, and how she will the bjjge ^eel be torn away and the
hold Germany to the "strict accounta-; bull pierced, the entering water would
Ship Was a Floating Palace.
bllity" mentioned in previous diplo-
matic correspondence.
A report from Queenstown says:
The tug Storm Cock has returned
be cinfined within the inner and outer
bottoms. The lower portion of the
hull was divided into 175 water-tight
compartments, with communicating
here, bringing about 150 survivors of i floors so constructed that they could
the Lousitania, principally passengers, i j,e closed automatically from the nav-
aomng whom were many women, i jgable bridge in a few seconds.
several of the crew and one steward. Although the Lusitania was sur-
Describing the experience on th0 passed in size by several other liners
Lousitania. the steward said: built subsequently, including the Im-
"I fear 000 lives were lost by the perator, Olympic and Vaderland, she
sinking of the lousitania. never lost the reputation acquired at
"The passengers were at lunch when j the outset of her career.
a submarine came up and fired two, ,Her speed and luxurious accommo-
torpedoes. which struck the lousitania dations made her a favorite and her
on the starboard side, one forward J passenger lists bore the names of
and the other in the engine room, many of the most prominent Atlantic
They caused terrific explosions. , wayfarers. She had nine decks, con-
"Captaln Turner immediately order- nected with elevators. Her cabins
ed the boats out. The ship began to were designed to look more like a
list badly immediately. hotel than a ship. There were open
"Ten boats were put into the water > fire-places, windows, shaped and cur-
and between 400 and 500 passengers tained as in a private house, elaborate
entered them. The boat in which 1 suites and a series of tapestried re-
was approached the land with three ception rooms, smoking rooms and
other boats and we were picked up cafes.
shortly before 4 oclock by the Storm
Cock.
"I fear that few of the officers were
saved. They acted bravely.
"There was only 15 minutes from
the time the ship was struck until she
foundered, going down bow foremost.
It was a dreadful sight.''
Two other steamers with survivors
•re approaching Queenstown.
Piracy, Says Roosevelt
Syracuse, X. Y.—Theodore Roose-
velt. after learning details of the sink-
ing of the Lusitania, made this state
ment: "This represents hot merely
piracy, but piracy on a vaster scale of
murder than any old-time pirate ever
practiced. This is the warfare which
destroyed Louvaio and Dinant and
New ^ork, May 8.—The first news hundreds of men. women and children
if the torpedoing and sinking of the in Belgium. It is warfare against In-
Cunarder liner Lusitania came shortly nocent men women and children trav
ifter 1 o clock yesterday, through an ejiDg on the ocean and to our fellow
announcement through the local of- countrymen who are among the suf
fices of the Cunard, which stated that
a rumor to that effect had been receiv-
ed from abroad. Less than an hour
ferers. It seems inconceivable thai
we can refrain from taking action in
this matter, for we owe it not only to
later the company made public addi humanity, but to our own national
tlonal messages confirming the report 8eif.re8Dect."
London, May 8.—Fighting of a san-
guinary character still continues be-
tween the Russians and the Teutonic
allies in Galicia and in the western
and eastern Carpathians. Vienna as-
serts that the Austro-Germans now
are in the district of Pilsno and Poslo,
east of Wisloka, and that the Russians
still are retreating, pursued by the
Teutons, who are advancing across the
Beskids.
In the eastern Carpathians, Vienna
declares that the Austro-Germans are
repulsing desperate Russian attacks
and causing heavy losses. Petrograd
says the fighting in Galicia between
the Vistula and the Carpathians lias
"assumed the character of a great bat-
tle."
From Courland to the Carpathians
both Berlin and Petrograd claim suc-
cesses at various points.
Bad weather prevails on the western
front, and but little fighting has taken
place there. Both the Allies and the
Germans report some gains or re-
pulses of attacks.
German Attack General.
London, May 7.—The Germans, in
consort with their Austrian allies, are
putting forth an effort, the extent of
which never has been approached in
the history of war.
Throughout virtually the whole
length of the eastern front they are
engaged with the Russians, while in
the west, in addition to their attacks
around Ypres, they are on the offen-
sive at many points.
At other points they are being at-
tacked by the French, British and Bel-
gians.
Far up in the Russian Baltic prov-
inces, heretofore untouched by the
war, the Germans are attempting to
advance toward Libau and Riga; on
the East Prussian front they are en-
gaged in a series of battles, and with
big guns are bombarding at long
range, as they did Dunkirk, the Rus
sian fortress of Grodno; in central Po-
land they have had to defend them
selves against a Russian attack; ir
western Galicia they are attempting
with all their strength to smash the
Russian flank and compel the Russians
to abandon the Carpathian passes,
which they gained at such cost during
the winter.
In this western Galician battle the
Germans claim to have made a still
greater advance and to have crossed
the Wisloka river, which is well to the
east of the Dunajec river, which until
a few days ago formed part of the
Russian front, and to have put their
hands firmly on Dukla pass.
In conjunction with this attack from
the West the Austrians are attempt-
; ing to drive the Russians from Lup-.
kow pass, further to the east, and
with success, according to the German
eocount. In all, the Germans claim to
have taken 40,000 Russian prisoners
since the offensive was undertaken on
last Saturday night. The Austrians
put the number at more than 50,000
and express the belief that the whole
Russian Third army will be destroyed.
Await Nicholas's Report.
These reports show that the Austro-
German blow is meeting with the
greatest success in the northern slopes
of the western Carpathians, for to-
wards the upper Vistula the Russians
appear to be in their old positions.
Despite the claims of the Austrians
and the Germans, the Russian repre-
sentatives in the European capitals re-
iterate that the victory has been
greatly exaggerated and the public is
waiting to hear what Grand Duke
Nicholas, commander-in-chief of the
Russian forces, has to say about it.
Germans Gain Near Ypres.
' London, May 6.—The German official
report issued this afternoon claims
victories both over the Russians in
Western Galicia and over the British
to the east of Ypres in Flanders.
Field Marshal Sir John French, the
British commander-in-chief, has admit-
ted that he was compelled to- readjust
his lines in the region of Ypres, but
the French communication, far from
confirming a German victory in Bel-
gium, states the German attacks were
repulsed, and that the Germans, being
taken-nn the flank by French artillery,
suffered severely.
Siyttrmsr
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UMET
NG POWDER
The cook is happy, the
other members of the family
are happy—appetites sharpen, things
brighten up generally. And Calumet
Baking Powder is responsible for it all.
For Calumet never fails. Its
wonderful leavening qualities insure
perfectly shortened, faultlessly raised
bakings.
Cannot be compared with
other baking powders, which promise
without performing.
Even a beginner in cooking
gets delightful results with this never-
failing Calumet Baking Powder. Your
grocer knows. Ask him.
RECEIVED HIGHEST AWARDS
W«U'« Pur. Food ExpoMtioo, CUcMo, n.
Park Expedition, Frmnc^ March. 1911.
A Dispensation.
A sweet-faced, motherly looking
farmer's wife was overheard not long
ago telling this story of her son:
"He had been out to choir rehearsal
with his sister," she said, "and they
had so far to drive that they never got
back till twelve o'clock. The next
morning my husband wanted to call
John at the usual time to milk the
cows. But I just set down my foot
he shouldn't. 'John's a growin' boy,'
I told him, 'and he needs sleep. He's
been up till midnight, and he shan't be
called now at half after three, cows
or no cows. And I had my way. He
wasn't called. I let him sleep till four
o'clock."
You Can Never Tell.
In a train of the Paris Metro, or sub
way, the attention of other passen
gers was attracted to a pretty young
woman dressed as a Red Cross nurse.
Presently a soldier entered the car—
a soldier with his head almost com-
pletely enveloped in bandages. The
young woman flew to him and asked
in a voice full of maternal solicitude:
"You have been wounded, poor boy."
The mumbled reply of the Boldier
was:
I've got toothache."
A Proper Name.
In the Boston Herald appears the
following brief anecdote of the late
Mrs. Charles D. Homans, whose lif«
was made noteworthy by friendships
with such men as Dickens, Thackeray,
and Hawthorne, and whose keen wit
and broad culture won for her no lit-
tle distinction.
Her son, a well-known Boston physi-
cian, had bought a new horse to use
in visiting his patients, and he asked
his mother what she would suggest
for a name.
"Rpland," she said promptly.
"Why?" he asked in surprise.
"Isn't he going to carry the good
news to Aix?" was Mrs. Homan's re-
tort.
An Essential Particular.
Knicker—Smith can tell the
of the eud of the war.
Bocker—Which end ?
date
He Knew.
"T won $50 at poker last night."
"So I suppose your wife'll get a $75
gown on the strength of it."
A liar can use the truth to deceive.
—Albany Journal.
Close Figuring.
"Are you going to take boarders
next summer?"
'No," replied Farmer Corntossel.
"Food's too valuable to be fed to city
folks. I'm goin" to hire a doctor and
turn the place into a sanatorium an'
get customers that won't eat nothin'
much except medicine."
If a man has the cheek to ask a girl
to marry she seldom has the cheek to
refuse.
The man who attempts to serve
two masters Is liable to arrest for
bigamy.
After society discards a woman she
wonders how she ever managed to tol-
erate it at all.
There's nothing in a name—unless
you are a candidate for some ofllce.
Plumbers prefer the piping times of
peace.
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Canada is CallingY&u
to her ffichWheatLands
■She extends to Americans a hearty in-
vitation to settle on her FREE Home-
stead lands of 160 acres each or secure
some of the low priced lands in Mani-
toba, Saskatchewan and Alberta.
This year wheat is higher but Canadian land just
as cheap, so the opportunity is more attractive than
ever. Canada wants you to help to feed the world
by tilling some of her soil—land similar to that
which during many years has averaged M to 45
bushels of wheat to the acre. Think what you
can make with wheat around $1 ft bushel and
land so easy to get Wonderful yields als - of
Oats. Barley and Flax. Mixed farming
is fully as profitable an Industry aa grain
owing.
- The Government this year is asking
'J I farmers to put increased acreage into
grain. Military service is not con
pulsory in Canada but there is a great demand for farm labor to replace the many
young men who have volunteered for service. The climate is healthful and
agreeable, railway facilities excellent, good schools and churches convenient
Write for literature and particulars as to reduced railway rates to Superintendent
Immigration, Ottawa, Canada, or to
G. A. COOK
125 W. 9th SL* Aansas City, Me.
Canadian Government AflMfc.
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