THE LUSITANIA.
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Asked whether lost drill was practised during the voyage, Dr. Foss said he heard that there was a drill at half past 5 on Thursday morning. The boats were an covered and swung out, and left in that position, but some of them
seams were starting.
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HONGKONG, THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1915.
until the last ory as the ship sank. She was struck about 10 minutes after 2 o'clock and all the surviv- ore with watches tell me that their watches stopped at half-past 2.
Scenes At Queenstowa,
Queenstown, May 9, Queens
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far heavier, for the situation when shoulders and her grey hair in the Lusitania was torpedoed was disarray, advancing slowly really as bad as it could be. through the crowd calling out, I am told on good authority "Is Den Daly among ye? Dan that the first torpedo for Captain Daly the fireman?" She was a Turner is convinced that two mother seeking distractedly for torpedoes struck the ship enter her son, Clatching by the arm
LANDLORD SUES TENANT.
Was the Writ for Damages Premature.
CHINESE JUSTICE.
The Crown Solicitor and
·Extradition, Cases.
At the Police Court, this after.
on this incident by the statement had been badly caulked and the town to-day is a town of the deaded the forward atokahold and each member of the crew she en-rhia afternoon in the Sam-noon, Mr. P. M. Bodgson (Orown
Some light is, perhaps, thrown
that after the ship had tilted over to a sharp angle she remained for
a time in that position, and, bear-
and
jpg in mind all that had been said
watertight compartments "double skin," some of the passen Basinkable. These points, and gera thought she was really others of which rumour whispers, will no doubt be elucidated in good time.
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by some of the fellow-passengers on Friday morning that the wireless messages during the officers had received a number of
morning.
Passengers Struggles in the Water,
of
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The
and dying, the maimed, the sick broke the main steam-pipe. This countered, she would mosningly Except for two British ships and the sorrowing. The hotels completely paralysed the engines, ask whether he did not know Dan mary Court, before Mr. Justice Solicitor), made an application just outside New York Harbour, are hospitals and the town ball and it was found to be quite Daly the fireman, but none of Hazeland, E. Mace, 981. Wanchai for the extraditon to China of Road, engineer, sued.A. O. Bower Leung Chan-cheung, alias Leung Do warehipa "were soon at any and other buildings are mor-impossible to reverse them. The them know him. At last she came storehouse man, No. 7. "B" Blook, | Ab-yan, scoused of the commis- and written about the Lusitonia's rime. He had, however, been told tuaries. The arrival of survivors ship was travelling at a consider-upon a fireman who did know Married Quarters, Queen's Roadsion of orimes of murder and': bas censed, and most of the pas-able speed at that time, and, and I heard the decisive answer sengers and crew of the Lusitania though the engines were stopped, which shattered ber hopes. "Dan have departed, but everywhere reveres them it was impossible to below at the withrare who escaped with little or no injury in the absence of the power to is gone, madam. He was down
evidence of the disaster is to be stop thoahip. She made consider up her hands with a gesture of seen, and the brilliant sunshine able bead way for at least 10 despair, the other turned aside bal only heightened the feeling minutes, and while she was mor- to leat over a packing case for Mr: Franklin, of Birmingham, of gloom. Every now and then ing forward the boats could not support while she wailed and Condition of the Lifeboats. said he was on board with his there has passed through the main be lowered. When they reached wailed in sorrow. Dr. C. E. Foss, of Montana, one wife, two boys, and a little girl. street a mournful little proces- the water the speed of the vessel The feeling here is composed of the survivors, described the Ea put his family into a boat, sion of men bearing stretchers on was bound to cause the boats to fary and grief. Moving among sound of the explosion as "a and then got a lifebelt for him which, covered by a flag-I saw capsize, as two which were let down the crowds before the Cunard loud, voluminous boom," The self. The boat capsized. He several on which the flag was the are said to have done, Thirty boats offices and at Lime-street Station were the had been swang out during the I heard men say to each other, ship heeled over rapidly, and it managed to get hold of two of the Stars and Stripes whip out to get upon dick children, but when the ship sank budies of the latest victims of morning in preparation for any these acentasd Germans." The against the "falling of the they were under and the children submarine attack. As they pass-emergency, but as they could not "These ship: One curious result of the were wrenched from his grasped along the street all hats were be lowered immediately a num- expression indicates the losthing shock, he noticed, was that the He came up slone. Francis, one of reverently raised and soldiers sad ber on the port side, owing to the that is felt for a fos at whose amount in dispute between the the prisoner running after them. foremost of the four funnels leau- the boys, about eight or nine sailors, who were among the beavy list, were never laauched deeds civilisation stands" aghast. ed sideways. He obtained a life-years old, clung to the overturned crowds standing stillly erect gave at all; when those on the other Bat something more ie wanted, the salute. Round the many side could be lowered only a few and what that is is best described belt and jumped overboard on boat until he was rescued. the port side. He fell near a Mr. Leao Lehmann, of new mortuaries passed anxione re-minutes were left before the ship in a sentence from an appeal propeller, which was still revol-York, said:--
latives on their mournful geest. eank. This interval before the which Lord Derby issued yester ving, though at a diminishing I was in the smoking-room with
A visit to the mortuaries hea launching of the boats doubtless speed. Just above it, smashed a friend when i heard a shot brought home more thoroughly led to the belief on board that all against the side of the ship, was fred. There was only one torpedo. than anything before the itightfal was well and that there was no
boat still banging by ropea. It struck in the neighbourhood of reality of war as it is waged by immediate danger. from the davits, and to this boat the engine room. I ran out to the the Germans. The chief of the a man was clinging. «
boats. While an attempt was three resting places of the dead is being made to
the market-hall, a small, bare
The Union Jack on the City chamber emptied of its everyday
Liverpool, May 9.
Hall floats at half-mast out of fornitate, and filled with ae many
Liverpool is profoundly moved respect for the dead, but the flag victims of the nameless submarine over the sinking of the Lusitania. floate miast-high in the national as it can hold. Men and women There are reasons why the cala-spirit of the people. have been passing down the files mity should be felt more keenly
The ship was lurching forward, receding, and plunging forward again. Women and children were jumping overboard from the port side, which was high above the water. ile swam to one woman who was clasping a child and held them up until a boat which had been lowered The them. drifted near to occupants of this boat lifted in first the child and then the
mother.
Fearing to be dragged down by the suction of the sinking ship,
be swam to another boat a jout 80
or 100 yards away. The bost, he
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Grief and Fury in Liverpool.
day. This country," he says, calls no longer for men to fight on honourable fos. It calls for men id hnat down and orush once and for alla race of cold-blooded murderers.
The Scene Twenty-four
Hours After,
East, to recover the sum of robbery, at places within the
for one half of 08D, Wanchai Li Kwok-kwan, the Civil Gover $73.41 made up as follows: jurisdiqiion of Chins. ront for the month of May spplication is at the request of Road $35.; one balf the cost of nor of awong Tang
Leong Ho, a farmer at Kan light daring April $1.45; one half of the excess water rate Shan Hang village, Hoi Ping 800.75.; one half cost of light district was awakened about one during May $1.21; one month's o'clock on the morning of March rent as damages for vacating the 27, by the sound of robbera said premises without giving breaking open the door of the notics to the plaintiff $35.00. house next to his. He got up. and Grist; appeared for the safety. His neighbour followed Mr. Dixon, of Messra. Wilkinson and ran out of the village for plaintiff, and Mr. J. H. Gardiner bim and as they were passing for the defence.
Mr. Dixon said that the only end of the village, he saw through the gate. at the West
witha revolverig his hand. He saw the prisoner are the revolver several times, and he fired at them. He heard bis neighbour shout out "Ai Yab," he looked back and saw his neighbour fall to the ground. Witness raw the prisoner fire two shots at Leung Ohenk (his neighbour)after he fell Witness concealed himself behind some bushes for about an hour, when he came out and found the robbers had gone. He then say the dead body of his neighbour lying a short distance from where he was abot. Witness had known the prisoner "since he was born".
they were alanemen.
parties was the sum of $35 the laat item on the wris. All the rest had been paid into court since
the action commenced.
Mr. Gardiner took a prelimin ary objection which would dispose of the case.. Bia Lordship would see from the endorsement on the wil that a month's rent was damages for vacating the pre- mises without giving notice to the plaintiff. His submission was that the rent for the month of June was not due until midnight, June 30 or July 1; therefore the writ go far as the writ was concerned was prematnre.
His Lordship :-When did he
vacate?
Later in the case his Worship does not matter at all
Mr. Gardiner:The vacation asked if more evidence could not.
be produced, " new proposition to him that the certainly did think so, but in Continuing he said, it was a The Crown Solicitor said he landlord could sue for rent, these cases he was in the bands of even if the premises be vacated Obiness Officials and they should before that time. Sapposing his supply it. He understood there was client wanted to zatara to the come difficulty in getting wit
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end of Jane.
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lower one of the boats the ropes suapped and 30 people were thrown into the water. I ran to my cabin, got my revolver and a lifebelt, came back to a second bost which had been loaded. I shouted, "For Gol's of dead all day long seeking re-here than anywhere else. Liver-German Owned Shops Wrecked, sake, launch the boat." A man falives and friends who, they pool, regarded the magnificent replied, "The captain's ordera are feared, were among the missing. ship as its own special possession The intensity of feeling arous not to launch the boats." Human emotion has at times one of the glories of its great ed in Liverpool has resulted in a promptly drew my revolver and almost resobed breaking ports and there was no spectacle number of shops owned by Ger said, "I'll shoot the first man who point. The dead lay as they were to which parents were more fond mans being wrecked. The win does not launch that boat."
found, in the clothing in which of bringing their children to bee dows of the shops were broken The boat was launched with they were taken from the water than that of "Lucy" as she was and the contents thrown about about 60 people in it. They gut. Their faces still bore the expres-affectionately called, coming in or the streeta away all right but the Lusitanis sion with which each one of these going out of the Mersey. To add In the neighbourhood of Ever larobed and the boat came back cruelly slain men, women, and to the sense of personal loss, the ton go threatening was the atti-premissa before the end of Jane, nesses to come down from the fonod, was full of women. It was and struck the side, about 20 children had met death. For captain and nearly every man of tude of the crowds that a pose he could do so. The only ques- villages because the journey was leaking badly, and he urged the people being killed or injured. there were several children in the the oren belonged to Liverpool of police about 50 strong had to tion was whether the landlordose of four days each way. women to bale out the water. They At the same moment I beard an obamber of death.
Most of the survivors of the be called upon and they made could sue for rent. had, however, no manns of baling explosion in the forepart of the Men broke down, when they crew came home this morning, about 20 arrests. The angry rio-
His Worship asked if an Elder of Mr. Dixon:- am not going the village could not be found to except by using their hands, and ship, and two minutes later the looked upon a young mother They were expected at 5 o'clock, ters thereapon jostled the police for rent. The defendant went dat give evidence. before long the boat capsized, ship went down.
ising there with her dead baby, and even at that early hour there in an endeavour to rescue their of the house on May 30 and Blinging the
The Crown Solicitor said he wan women into the I wda thrown clear of the perhaps 18 months old, folded in was a big crowd at Time-street comrades, and the police had to water. Most of them managed wreckago, but went under twice, her protecting arme. Near by Station to meet them. They were use their batone to quell the die wrote my client a letter saying merely carrying out what the Chi- my tenancy terminates on the nese Officials neked on the in- to grasp the upturned bit, but, Then my lifebelt brought me up, were two baby twins. I am told, the same people whom I had seen turbance,
evening of the 31st, and I shall not formation sent down-the Court as they were nearly all on one side and by placing two oara under my too, of a sailor who was found last night waiting and weeping of it, their weight turned it com-armel kept myself afloat for about with the body of a little child before the windows of the Cunard
admit any liability. We issue a was not trying the case here and pletely over again. They tried to four hours and a half, when I was strapped on his shoulders. Two offices, in which were shown the
writ for damages, not for rent in it was not the duty of the officials lieu of notice. tie has terminated here to try it. In cases of this, clamber back into it, only to rescued. Some of us know of the children, who went down together names of rescued passengers and
the tenancy and has told us he is kind, there was no doubt he had capsize it once more. It was not threats against the vessel before with their arms round each other, crew on they were telegraphed We have received by wireless until the boat had "revolved". we left New York, but they bad were still folded firmly together from Queenstown. For the most from a passopger in the Missan- no coming back to the house. inquired very carefully into the We did when their bodies were recovered. part they were women and abie the following description of either give a month's notice or Canton-they were very carefully His Lordship: -You must conduct of Extradition cases in half a dozen times that those who no effect at all upon us. were left were able to atordy it not regard them as serions, The awful horror of these sights! girls, the mothers, wives, what he ear when the versel and climb into it.
Mr. Isaac Jackson, of Paterson, Some of the dead faces wore existers and" Bweethearts
pay a month's rent. of passed over the scene of the sink-
gone into. He did not know if "There were still two of the New Jersey, said the sound of the pressions of terror at their swift the crew. With gray shawls ing of the Lusitanin 24 hours month's rent is not due until the were extradited the case was in- But the he was aware that when people women in the water. An oar explosion-he heard only one-doom; others were calm and wrapped round their heade they after it occurred :--- was flcaling noar and this he was a reading, grinding sound bosutiful. There have been kept vigil through the night, and Saturday, 1.30, at lunch. A
vestigated by the Chinese author- seized by the middle. With rather than a sharp report, and it heart-reading recognitions, and hungrily scanned each freeli bal- swerve. A suspicion. On deck. the defendant went away before viction.
Mr. Dixon pointed out that if ities very thoroughly before con- difficulty he managed to push shook the ship under his feet. there have been steps that sadly letin. Now and then a piercing See floating deck chairs. A beat the end of June, the plaintiff, if is within the reach of the two Daring the morning the boats had turned away to come again on the cry was heard,"He's saved," and I read Liverpool." Swerve. Mr. Gardiner's contention were believed that.
His Worship said he very well women, and with one holding all been awang out ready for morrow.
three or four women would rush Rear wash of our bowe swings correct, would not be able to issue. each end he propelled the car for lowering, and owing to the heavy And, with all the rolema pano sway frantically exclaiming her round. "Lusitania,"
The hearing was adjourned. rome gards to a "canvas raft" on list it was impossible to get those ply of death, there is nothing to Saved! Saved! Saved!" as it
the writ until the beginning of | ..., My God, it has happened! Ire- July.
VOLUNTEER-SPECIAL which were several men. They on the fort side in a position for suggest to themind of the reverent hattening to spread the good news alice that we are on the scene of a
NOTICE, were dragged upon the raft, and lowering. Men of the crew and observer that this spectacle had in their neighbourhood.
great tragedy. Lifeboats. On with he spent 10 minutes in reviving pagsengers stood in the collapsible even a remote connection with
a pair of boots and a bat within. by artificial respiration one of the boats underneath and tried to civilised warfare. There are no
Collapsible basta. Some with sides women, who was unconscious. push the lifeboats out over the weapons with the bodies, al- Not long afterwards the Indian side, but they were too heavy, eo though some are badly scarred, The scenes at Lime-street Sta- keel upwards. A body with life- not up. An oar. Whale-boate, Empire, a small steamboat, picked they gave it up and olimbed into and nothing to ward off a shame- tion: were more poignant still. belt slipping off at neck. Dead? the bosts, to await events. Mr, ful blow. These poor soule were Bhortly after 6 o'clock the train Yes. Anyhow, Captain Evans has unarmed and holpiese when they came in with over 200 of the prow. 1,000 lives here to get into safety. Jaokeon continued :~~
An officer at once ordered us went to their death, Fo it is that There were a few potty efficere; Up goes our speed. A dashing revezal of her lifeboats still hang out of them, shouting to us that Queenstown in seething with the the others consisted of engineers, zig-zag coures. Now a bald head ing from the davits, loosened but there was no danger. So we got fury of men who ask themselves stewards, firemos, seamen, trim bobs up not 20ft. away, ghastly not detached and many passengers out and atroi talking and waiting what they can do to make the mere, watchmen, waitere, and in the sunshine. The water is went down with the ship. When antil the ship went down. I Germans answerable for this ap-messenger boys, who made up almost motionless. The silence. the list was so great that the think that as she had ceased to palling crime.
the miscellaneous staff of the big The shrieking of that silence. FOR SAN FRANCISCO. starboard deck was almuat heel over beyond a certain point
Many Child Victims. liner. Some bad bandages roend The impressiveness of it all, awash, the ship appeared to the officers thought she would
Three stewards on the ship with their harde, some were limping, coupled with a dawning of our remain in that position for keep afloat. She cank quite whom I talked to-day were quite and a few, more seriously injured, own danger, brought a wonderful
The Steamship some time, and this led many suddenly. ·
overcome by the thought of the had to be carried away in motor calm to all. Our women were to think that she would keep deck tried to hold together, but who are numbered among the clothes as they happened to have which overrode fear. We can do
Those who were standing on young girls and little children cabs. They all came in such fine silent, sad, with fullaympathy SAIKAI MARU” Afloat. Dr. Toss continued:→
exception: on when their ship was taken unnaught but race on. But by Gat despatched for San Francisco Sandakan "We had on
The above steamer will be June, There was no psnio. I noticed when we were in the water I had more exoltement among the orew to break away from a man who ally large number of them, one awares, but what was most curious night our own risk is over. Cap direct on or about the 1st July, 20th Jane, due at Hen than among the passengers. The was dragging me down by the said. I did not ses many of was the contract between their fain Evans's calm and dignity crew were running round half-wrist, I was picked up by a life them on my deck after the stoical anocncern and the anxious, when I interviewed him in his For freight and particulars, The L & MERIONETHSHIRE from
apply to dared instead of seeing to the boat which was no crowded that torpedo struck us, and though tear-stained faces of the throng of cabin were fine, yet no man could boats, lo fact, most of the boats the oare could not be need. I am not certain, I believe the women and girls by whom they live his previous 24 hours un that were lowered were released The passengers were wouder majority were lost. While were immediately surrounded moved, and his thoughts must fully calm, women as well as men. the loss of life has been tremen I saw one elderly woman, with have down to his own boy in the There was very little screaming dous, it might easily bare been her shawl hanging Izom her trenches. — /imes.
them up.
Excitement Among the Crew,
Tae Lusitania weat down with
male passengers with the help
of some of the crew,"
viocima,
Joy and Oriet,
י'
Hi Lordshipreserved judgment.
Dragon Boat Festival. The annual Dragon Boat Fes- Large crowds of people, including tival took place to-day at Aberdeen. many Europeans, watched the festivities.
TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENT.
& Co., Ltd. the
Agente. Hongkong, 17th June, 1915.
JARDINE, MATHESON
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The day and the night guard at the Volunteer Headquarters in discontinued from to-day at noon.
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